Patents Examined by Jermie Cozart
  • Double split blade lock ring
    Patent number: 9790803
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades including a root portion and an airfoil portion. The rotor includes a plurality of slots that receive the root portion of a corresponding blade. The rotor includes an annular groove for a first and second retaining ring. The retaining rings are received within a common annular groove for holding each of the plurality of blades within the slots of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Carney R. Anderson, Peter V. Tomeo
  • Supporting base for medical instruments
    Patent number: 9788927
    Abstract: Described is a supporting base (1) for medical instruments (2), comprising a supporting layer (3) having a relative visible front surface (4) and a relative rear surface (5) opposite the visible surface (4); The supporting layer (3) also has a plurality of holes (6) extending from the front surface (4) towards the rear surface (5); More specifically, the supporting layer has a gripping portion (9) positioned on the rear surface (5) and irreversibly joined to the supporting layer (3) to form a single body with said supporting layer (3). The supporting base (1) has at least one opening (17) for inserting, in use, a medical instrument (2), positioned at each hole (6) and extending from the front surface (4) towards the rear surface (5) and through the gripping portion (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: EGMEDICAL S.R.L.
    Inventors: Enrico Xodo, Guido Cappellina
  • Method for manufacturing bulk metallic glass-based strain wave gear components
    Patent number: 9791032
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement bulk metallic glass-based strain wave gears and strain wave gear components. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a strain wave gear includes: shaping a BMG-based material using a mold in conjunction with one of a thermoplastic forming technique and a casting technique; where the BMG-based material is shaped into one of: a wave generator plug, an inner race, an outer race, a rolling element, a flexspline, a flexspline without a set of gear teeth, a circular spline, a circular spline without a set of gear teeth, a set of gear teeth to be incorporated within a flexspline, and a set of gear teeth to be incorporated within a circular spline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Douglas C. Hofmann, Brian H. Wilcox
  • Mounting arrangement
    Patent number: 9788447
    Abstract: A rigid electrical raft is provided to a gas turbine engine via a fusible mount arrangement. The rigid electrical raft may be a part of an electrical system of the gas turbine engine, for example a part of the electrical harness. The fusible mount is arranged to break when a predetermined load is applied. The rigid electrical raft may be attached to a fan case of the engine, and the predetermined load may be that which results from a fan blade being released from the hub. This ensures that the rigid electrical raft is protected from the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Justin Sean Dalton
  • Method for delivering and setting self-piercing rivets
    Patent number: 9776239
    Abstract: Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HENROB LIMITED
    Inventors: Rupert Andrew Craythorn, Ralph Fuhrmeister, Shane Peter Matthews, Wojciech Gostylla, Stuart Edmund Blacket, Nicholas Richard Clew, Michael Butler
  • Port/liner assembly method for pressure vessel
    Patent number: 9777888
    Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a polymeric liner defining a fluid containment cavity and having an opening defining a port aperture extending between an inner surface and an outer surface of the polymeric liner and a rigid ring element is embedded within the polymeric liner and surrounding the port aperture. A metallic port element is disposed on the outer surface of the polymeric liner and fixed to the rigid ring element. A fiber composite material is disposed about the outer surface of the polymeric liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HyPerComp Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: James Patterson, Jared Noorda
  • Method for replacing a swirler
    Patent number: 9772111
    Abstract: A method for replacing a swirler (2) of a premixing or main burner of a burner arrangement (1), wherein the swirler (2) is connected to a distributor flange plate (5) of the burner arrangement (1) via a fuel gas feed pipe (3) and a fuel oil feed line (4) accommodated therein. The fuel gas feed line and the fuel oil feed line are severed to enable removal of the separated end portion of the fuel gas feed line. A sleeve is installed to replace the removed end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Hauser, Peter Möllenbeck, Karsten Von Schwander
  • Method of crimping stent on catheter delivery assembly
    Patent number: 9763818
    Abstract: A method of crimping a stent is disclosed. The stent includes a minimum crimped diameter such that in the minimum crimped diameter, a pair of stent rings, between which marker support structures reside, do not make contact with the marker support structures. The crimped profile of the stent of the present invention can be as small as the crimped profile of a same stent but without the maker support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael Trollsas, Michael H. Ngo, Boris Anukhin, Alexander Nikanorov, Syed Hossainy, John E. Papp, Dudley Jayasinghe, Zella Solter
  • Cargo restraint method
    Patent number: 9764679
    Abstract: A method for engaging an elongated support for restraining cargo in a container having opposed corrugated walls or flat walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: LOGISTICK, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Kanczuzewski, John E. Townsend
  • Method for making carton bottom
    Patent number: 9758289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a packaging carton for fragile, apparatus for making cartoon bottom, and method for making the carton bottom. The packaging carton includes a bottom and peripheral wall which jointly define a receiving space far storing fragile glass substrate with the bottom. The bottom has a skeleton configuration and is made from plastic blowing technology. By the forgoing, the present invention can effectively reduce the packaging cost, and which in turn reducing the cost of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih Hsiang Chen, Yi-cheng Kuo, Qianshuang Hu, Jiahe Cheng
  • Methods for crimping a polymeric stent onto a delivery balloon
    Patent number: 9757897
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a polymer stent crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The stent is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes heating the stent to a temperature below the polymer's glass transition temperature to improve stent retention without adversely affecting the mechanical characteristics of the stent when later deployed to support a body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kevin F. Jow, Arlene Sucy Yang, Yunbing Wang, Kathleen W. Yan
  • Methods for assembling a device for the layer-wise production of patterns
    Patent number: 9757831
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method for assembling a device for the manufacturing patterns in layers. The method includes attaching a build module to a casing. The build module includes a spreader device and a dispensing device mounted above a mounting platform. The build module preferably includes a build platform mounted below the mounting platform. For example, the build module may be attached to the casing by screwing the mounting platform to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: VOXELJET AG
    Inventors: Ingo Ederer, Andreas Hartmann
  • Supporting device for gas turbine
    Patent number: 9752505
    Abstract: A supporting device for a gas turbine includes a base frame; a fixing member installed on the base frame so as to support one end of a gas turbine; and an absorbing member installed on the base frame so as to support the other end of the gas turbine. The absorbing member having lower stiffness than the fixing member so as to deform in first and second directions when the gas turbine thermally expands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: U Jin Roh, Sang Eon Lee, Kyung Kook Kim
  • Increasing the gas efficiency for an electrostatic chuck
    Patent number: 9753463
    Abstract: A gas is received through an inlet. A portion of the gas is supplied to an electrostatic chuck. A portion of the gas is re-circulated through a compressor. A pressure of the second portion of the gas is increased. The second portion of the gas is stored in a gas storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Vijay D. Parkhe
  • Method to inspect and correct railcar brake shoe alignment
    Patent number: 9744977
    Abstract: A method to inspect and compensate for wear on a brake shoe of a railcar brake system includes removing the railcar brake shoe from a brake head of the railcar brake system, placing a brake inspection device between the brake head and a railcar wheel, applying brake load, measuring a gap formed between the brake head and the wheel, measuring the thickness of a stop block of the brake inspection device positioned between the brake head and the railcar wheel, determining an adjustment distance as the difference between the gap measurement and the thickness of the stop block, and adjusting an end extension of the railcar brake system in accordance to the determined adjustment distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: John M. Jackson
  • Yard leveling base and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9745092
    Abstract: A yard leveling base for leveling a column during assembly is provided. The yard leveling base is configured to allow for a packed column section of a column to be placed on a top surface of the yard leveling base, the yard leveling base can further include a bottom surface configured to maintain substantial contact with the ground of a remote manufacturing yard, wherein the yard leveling base is adapted to adjust the level of the top surface of the yard leveling base to account for unevenness or slope of the ground of the remote manufacturing yard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Claude Granger
  • Method for manufacturing a linear lighting device
    Patent number: 9746161
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a linear lighting device, the method comprising the steps of providing a sheet of optically transmissive material, a sheet of thermally conductive material, and a plurality of light sources, arranging the light sources on the sheet of thermally conductive material, roll forming the sheet of thermally conductive material into a supporting heat spreader profile, roll forming the sheet of optically transmissive material into a first shape to cover the light sources and define an optical chamber, attaching end portions of the sheet of optically. The method enables the use of a lower amount of material and provides an efficient method for mass manufacturing linear lighting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Stefan David Gielen, Reinier Imre Anton Den Boer, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg
  • Method for crimping a ring on an attachment rod using an automaton
    Patent number: 9737925
    Abstract: A method for crimping and a crimping tool, such as an automaton, to crimp a ring on an attachment rod extending along an axis of the attachment rod from a panel. The tool involves moving a movement clip of the automaton to grip the ring so that the attachment rod is introduced into the ring and moving a crimping nose of the automaton so as to prevent the removal of the ring from the attachment rod. Once crimped, the ring is released and the crimping nose is moved so as to ready the crimping tool for subsequent crimping of rings on attachment rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Aerolia
    Inventor: Philippe Hauw
  • Composite metal sheet
    Patent number: 9731476
    Abstract: The invention provides a composite metal sheet produced by joining two metal sheets together, comprising: a projection formed by cutting the two metal sheets along a cutting line and pressing an area surrounded by the cutting line and a reference line in the two metal sheets, with the two metal sheets overlapping each other, with the reference line remaining uncut, with the cutting line extending from and communicating with both terminals of the reference line while forming a predetermined shape together with the reference line, and with the projection formed at one portion of the area in response to pressure applied to the area; hole generated by forming the projection in the two metal sheets; and a joint disposed between an outer peripheral cutting face of the projection and an inner peripheral cutting face of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Murakami, Kazuhide Takahashi, Kimitoshi Makino, Yoshihiko Watanabe
  • Method for reprogramming a vehicle electronic control unit
    Patent number: 9727325
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for reprogramming a vehicle engine or transmission control unit to receive and store setpoint data where the vehicle electronic control unit was not configured to receive and store aftermarket setpoint data prior to being reprogrammed. The method comprising the steps of modifying enclosure of the vehicle electronic control unit to allow access to a memory device by a reprogramming device, placing a reprogramming device in electrical connection to the memory device, reprogramming the memory device and modifying the enclosure a second time to render it weather proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Powerteq LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Mizell, Victor Medina, Jacob Hoult