Patents Examined by Jonathan G Riley
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Patent number: 11975416Abstract: A cutting machine having a table with a working surface is disclosed. The working surface including a crossbeam above the working surface configured to be linearly positioned parallel to a first horizontal axis, a module, mounted on the crossbeam configure to be positioned parallel to a second horizontal axis, which extends perpendicularly to the first horizontal axis, a tool holder mounted in the module configured to move in a vertical axis and rotate about the vertical axis, and to accept one of a plurality of different interchangeable tools, and a control unit, wherein the tool holder has a connection device designed to supply the tool with power and a fluid, wherein the supply with the fluid is provided via a rotary joint, and wherein the power is provide via a rotary transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: ZÜND SYSTEMTECHNIK AGInventors: Leo Rempfler, Simon Jann
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Patent number: 11964334Abstract: An electric powered work machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a tool; a motor; a manual switch; an electric current path; a shunt resistor; a reference voltage generation circuit; and an electric current measurement circuit. The reference voltage generation circuit (i) generates a reference voltage having a first magnitude in response to a first condition being established, and (ii) generates the reference voltage having a second magnitude in response to the first condition not being established. The electric current measurement circuit (i) receives the reference voltage and a measured voltage, and (ii) outputs an output voltage based on the reference voltage and the measured voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 11958120Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a miter gauge and methods of use thereof. Generally, this disclosure is related to a miter bar of a miter gauge that includes at least one spacer member which applies pressure to a side of a channel defined within a worktable. The application of this pressure by the at least one spacer member enables the miter bar to remain in a substantially constant position between the first side and second side of the channel and reduces the degree of play between the miter bar and the first and second sides of the channel. Retainer members are provided on a bottom of the miter bar to aid in preventing the miter bar from lifting vertically out of the channel during use.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLCInventor: Wayne Sherman
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Patent number: 11958203Abstract: A handheld motorised food cutting device (10) is disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Margaret Antkowiak, Richard Llewelyn Jones
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Patent number: 11926069Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode plate, includes an unwinder on which an electrode reel is installed; a meandering corrector correcting meandering of an electrode sheet unwound from the electrode reel; a press puncher disposed at a rear end of the meandering corrector; a cutter disposed at a rear end of the press puncher; a detector disposed between the press puncher and the cutter to acquire an image of the electrode sheet; and a controller connected to the detector and the meandering corrector.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.Inventors: Bong Kun Cho, Nam Il An, Woo Yeon Cho
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Patent number: 11919199Abstract: A cutting and dust or slurry collecting assembly that comprises: a) a circular saw blade (4) b) a blade guard (5) c) a cover device (6), and the cover device (6) has a front end (31), a rear end (32), a top surface (34), a bottom surface (36), elongated sidewalls (35), and a longitudinal passage (45,46) for the saw blade, d) the blade guard (5) and the cover device (6) being pivotally connected or connectable to one another via a hinge (40) in or adjacent to a lower rear corner of the blade guard (5), such that the cover device and the blade guard can be turned in relation to each other, e) a discharge member (52) is provided at the rear of said hinge and has an outlet (58) which can be connected to a vacuum source, f) a connection member (12) connects the discharge member (52) with at least one of the longitudinal passage (45, 46) and the cut created rear of the longitudinal passage, g) that the direction of rotation of the saw blade (4) is such that a circumferential part of the blade which has passed beyonType: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Pär Carlsson, Håkan Pinzani, Paulo Varella
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Patent number: 11904487Abstract: In some examples, a pile cutting device includes a first pile positioning unit, a cutting unit for cutting at least one sheet pile, and a bearing device including a first pile bearing surface. The first pile positioning unit includes an upper rotary plunger that can be pivoted about a pivot axis and moved with respect to a vertical direction, and also includes a first horizontal drive for moving a sheet pile in and/or counter to a horizontal direction. The first pile positioning unit further includes two upper pressing elements that differ from the upper rotary plunger, and that are movable with respect to the vertical direction. A first one of the upper pressing elements is movable in and/or counter to the horizontal direction by the first horizontal drive. A second one of the upper pressing elements is movable in and/or counter to the horizontal direction by a second horizontal drive.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AGInventors: Jann Neumann, Martin Palme, Jens Sauer
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Patent number: 11898945Abstract: A microtome blade guard including a first arm operable to be coupled to a first side of a cutting mechanism of a microtome; a second arm operable to be coupled to a second side of a cutting mechanism; a lateral support member disposed between the first arm and the second arm; and a staff coupled to the lateral support member and operable to extend therefrom to engage a blade positioned in the blade slot. A microtome including a blade guard and a method including placing a blade in a blade slot of a blade block of a microtome; engaging the blade with a staff coupled to a blade guard that is coupled to the blade block; and moving the blade with the staff.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC.Inventor: Lawrence H. Dirks
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Patent number: 11890773Abstract: In order to prevent slices separated from a product caliber by a slicer from adhering temporarily to a cutting surface of a blade and not coming to rest on the desired position on a base when the slices are ejected, the arrangement of one or more recesses in the blade back facing away from the product caliber is suggested in a specific way.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co., KGInventors: Dominic Koch, Oliver Mueller
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Patent number: 11883891Abstract: A shuttle assembly for use with a saw guide track is provided. The shuttle assembly includes a base plate to which a saw is mounted. An alignment spacer extends laterally outward from the base plate and provides an abutment for locating a saw blade of the saw while the saw is being secured to the shuttle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Nomis LLCInventor: Taylor James Hall
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Patent number: 11883968Abstract: A cutting length adjustment mechanism for a hair cutting appliance, a hair cutting appliance, a method of operating a cutting length adjustment mechanism for a hair cutting appliance and an adjustment drive for a cutting length adjustment mechanism for a hair cutting appliance wherein the adjustment drive includes an actuator that is configured to actuate a movable portion of the cutting length adjustment mechanism with respect to a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance, and a movement sensor unit that is configured to detect a movement of the hair cutting appliance, the movement involving at least one of an orientation change and a position change. The actuator is further configured to output an adjustment control signal that is derived from the detected movement. In a length adjustment mode, the actuator is operated on the basis of the adjustment control signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Alle Braaksma
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Patent number: 11883972Abstract: A slit-cutting device includes a first holder, a second holder, a first contactable member a second contactable member, and a protrusion member. The first holder includes a medium faceable area and a first contactable member. The second holder holds a blade and includes a second contactable member. A cutting edge of the blade may cut a medium between the first holder and the blade. The first contactable member and the second contactable member contact each other and defined a closest approach distance between the cutting edge and the first holder. The closest approach distance is longer than zero and below a thickness of the medium. The protrusion member protrudes more than the closest approach distance from a part of the medium faceable area. The cutting edge may make a cut line includes at least a part of a slit-cut and a full-cut in a cutting edge direction in the medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kiyoshi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11878482Abstract: Provided are a tire-trimming device and method. The method includes: detecting a profile of a tire outer surface and a position thereof by using a profile sensor while rotating the tire; inputting data detected by the profile sensor into a control unit; when removing the unnecessary rubber components, selecting, from among a plurality of different types of the trimming tool, a trimming tool which is of a type set in the control unit in advance for use in a location on which the unnecessary rubber components are formed; moving the selected trimming tool and the tire relative to one another on the basis of the data detected by the profile sensor; and positioning a tip end section of the trimming tool along the detected profile of the tire outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Kensuke Matsumura, Masayuki Watanabe, Haruhisa Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11865736Abstract: The invention relates to a perforating device for thermoplastic plates, which relates to the technical field of a plate processing device. The device includes an electromagnetic chuck, one side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with the driving member, the other side of the electromagnetic chuck is connected with a mounting plate and a spike. When the electromagnetic chuck is powered on, the spike is attracted below the mounting plate by an electromagnetic force generated by the electromagnetic chuck. A clamper is arranged below the mounting plate, the thermoplastic plate is fixed by the damper, and a heating system is also provided to heat the thermoplastic plate. As the electromagnetic chuck is powered on or off, the spike can be attracted in or separated from the mounting plate, respectively. Therefore, the perforating device can make a new plate be pierced during the cooling and curing process of the perforated plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Civil Aviation Flight University of ChinaInventors: Weigang Fu, Huanjie Xiong, Yaoming Fu
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Patent number: 11858162Abstract: Machines for cutting products and impellers suitable for use with the machines. The impellers include a lower plate having a central zone and paddles configured with the lower plate outside of the central zone to direct material to the cutting head. At least a first exit slot is located in the lower plate, intersecting the perimeter of the lower plate, and extending through the lower plate to define a passageway to enable foreign debris at the upper surface to exit the impeller through the passageway.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Barber, Rebecca G. Gann, Betsy M. Hicks
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Patent number: 11858157Abstract: A shaving implement comprises a cutting portion and an end portion. Further, the cutting portion transitions between a straight configuration and a bent configuration based on an application of an external force on the cutting portion. forming a bend in the cutting portion characterized by a curvature and a direction. Further, transitioning the cutting portion from the configuration to the straight configuration comprises removing the bend. Further, the cutting portion is not transitionable between the straight configuration and the bent configuration without the application of the external force. Further, the cutting portion comprises a blade slot for receiving a blade. Further, the cutting portion curves the blade in a blade shape based on the forming of the bend. Further, the end portion removably holds the cutting portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Jonathan Abraham Trichter, Jesus J. Valle
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Patent number: 11837765Abstract: A cutting apparatus of membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell may include a cutting press including a cutting die disposed on a lower side of the feeding path and a driving cutter configured to be upwardly and downwardly movable on the cutting die at an upper side of the feeding path, and the cutting press disposed to a facility frame, a plurality of gripper modules disposed on the facility frame through a base member along a feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet, and gripping both side edges of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet and a gripper driving unit disposed in the facility frame and moving the base member in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet and along the feeding direction of the membrane-electrode assembly sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kai Motors CorporationInventors: Yoosuk Hong, Sung Hoon Jeong
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Patent number: 11820030Abstract: Blade arrangement for a hair clipper comprising a comb with an anterior edge, which contains tooth elements; a blade with an anterior cutting edge, which contains tooth elements, wherein the cutting edge at its anterior end is downwardly sloped towards the lower cutting edge, and wherein the blade is configured to be movable relative to the comb; a connecting device, which connects the comb and the blade relatively movable to each other; and a pretension element, which preloads the comb and the blade against each other characterized in, that the cutting edge of the blade have a wave shape, wherein the anterior cutting edge of the blade contains at least three tooth elements and/or the edges of each tooth element have a curved shape according to the wave shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: WAHL GMBHInventor: Gerd Emminger
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Patent number: 11813768Abstract: An attachment structure for attaching an auxiliary fitting such as a parallel ruler to a portable machining apparatus allows simpler assembly and maintenance. A portable machining apparatus includes a base having a lower surface to be in contact with a workpiece, a machining body supported on an upper surface of the base, and a mount that receives an auxiliary fitting removably attachable to the base. The mount includes an internal threaded fastener detachably supported on the base, an external threaded fastener screwed with the internal threaded fastener to be tightened with the internal threaded fastener to press the auxiliary fitting onto the base, and a locking section that locks the external threaded fastener with respect to the internal threaded fastener.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Syuji Aoyama
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Patent number: 11806885Abstract: A handle for a shaving razor in which the handle comprises a frame and a movable member assembly operably coupled to the frame such that the frame is disposed between the movable member assembly and where the movable member assembly portions are configured to move both above and below the frame. The movement can be linear or rotational. The movable member assembly comprises one or more springs. A method of manufacturing a razor handle comprising the steps of providing an upper portion with one or more upper elements, providing a lower portion with one or more lower elements, securing the upper portion to the lower portion wherein a rigid member extends between the upper portion and the lower portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Steven Michael Bourque, Robert Harold Johnson, Kelly Daniel Bridges, Matthew Stephen Bauer, Jack Anthony Washington, Charles James Bassett, Christopher Ramm, Ashok Bakul Patel, Christian Arnold Litterst, Christoph Zegula