Patents Examined by Keith Walker
  • Patent number: 12758831
    Abstract: A golf club head with a mitered joint for joining components of dissimilar materials is disclosed herein. The golf club head has a body with an internal edge defining a recess, and a face component having an internal edge. The face component is disposed over the recess. The internal edge of the body and the internal edge of the face have an angle ranging from about 10 degrees to about 80 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Alex Power, Eric Itokazu, Patrick Davis, Matthew Myers
  • Patent number: 12759031
    Abstract: A system for the continuous casting and subsequent flat rolling of a steel strip with an austenitic and/or ferritic microstructure and a thickness of less than 1.0 mm comprises a casting device with which a raw steel strip with a thickness in the range of 1.50 to 4.0 mm can be continuously cast. At least one hot rolling stand is coupled to the casting device, with which the raw steel strip can be roughed into the steel strip immediately after the casting process while still in the austenitic and/or ferritic microstructure range. At least one rolling module is arranged immediately after the hot rolling stand coupled to the casting device. The rolling module includes, in this order, a cooling device, a heating device and a hot rolling stand with which the roughed steel strip can be hot-rolled in the austenitic and/or ferritic microstructure range to specifications into the steel strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Hof, Ingo Schuster, Matthias Peters
  • Patent number: 12759039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a venting device (01) for venting a casting chamber (11) by means of an evacuation device (12), wherein the venting device (01) has a base body (02) having an outflow channel (03) which is formed within the base body (02) and having an insertion portion (04) for being connected to the casting chamber (11) in a detachable and fluid-conducting manner and having a connection portion (05) for being connected to the evacuation device (12) in a detachable and fluid-conducting manner, wherein air can flow out through the outflow channel (03) when evacuating the casting chamber (11) and a filter unit (06) is disposed in the outflow channel (03). Furthermore, the invention relates to a casting device (10) comprising at least one casting chamber (11) having a casting chamber wall (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: InterGuss Giessereiprodukte GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Enke
  • Patent number: 12752367
    Abstract: A control circuit for use with a network and a distributed control system. The control circuit incudes a switch module, a communication interface module coupled to the switch module and configured to convert data sampled from industrial field into a format suitable for being transmitted to the switch module via the network, and a controller module coupled to the switch module and configured to receive the converted data from the switch module and process the converted data. The switch module is configured to enable a communication between the communication interface module and external devices outside the control circuit and a communication between the controller module and the external devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Yongping Liu
  • Patent number: 12752358
    Abstract: A sealed squeegee for supplying a solder paste with a uniform density is disclosed. In the process of pressurizing and mixing the solder paste contained in a pressurization chamber by a pumping pad that contracts and expands according to injection and discharge of compressed air, the sealed squeegee minimizes a pressure change within the pressurization chamber due to a pressure shock within the pressurization chamber, reduces the number of components by coupling separate components of the existing buffer device and pressurization device into a single pumping pad, prevents a pressure drop within the pressurization chamber by improving sealing capability, prevents unnecessary waste of the solder paste through ease of disassembly and assembly by reducing the number of components and precision in discharging the appropriate amount of solder paste, and improves printing quality by improving cleanability for using different types of solder pastes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: ESE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Rae Ko, Cheol Hong Myung
  • Patent number: 12743019
    Abstract: A composition for forming a resist underlayer film and a method for producing a resist pattern, the method using the composition for forming a resist underlayer film; and a method for producing a semiconductor device. A resist underlayer film-forming composition which contains an organic solvent and a polymer that has an end blocked with a compound (A), wherein: the polymer is derived from compound (B) that is represented by formula (11). (In formula (11), Y1 represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the alkylene group being optionally substituted by a halogen atom or an aryl group having from 6 to 40 carbon atoms, or a sulfonyl group; each of T1 and T2 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer from 0 to 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotada Hirohara, Shou Shimizu, Mamoru Tamura
  • Patent number: 12729409
    Abstract: A TWIP steel sheet is provided having an austenitic matrix including by weight: 0.1?C?1.2%, 13.0?Mn<25.0%, 0.1?Si?3.0%, 0.1?Cu?5.0%, S?0.030%, P?0.080%, N?0.1%, 0.1?Al?4.0% and 0.1?V?2.50% in such way that:—when the amount of Al<2.0%, the weight ratio Al/V is between 0.2 and 8 or—when the amount of Al?2.0%, the amount of V>0.25%, and on a purely optional basis, one or more of Nb?0.5%, B?0.005%, Cr?1.0%, Mo?0.40%, Ni?1.0%, Ti?0.5%, and/or 0.06?Sn?0.2%, the remainder of the composition being made of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from elaboration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Colin Scott, Blandine Remy
  • Patent number: 12728479
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing a thermite weld include applying a first vibration and a second vibration to molten thermite material within a mold between a first piece and a second piece to be welded. The first vibration includes a first vibration frequency and a first amplitude, and the second vibration includes a second vibration frequency and a second amplitude. The first vibration and the second vibration are applied simultaneously to the molten thermite material until the molten thermite material cools below a liquid-to-solid transition temperature. Interference patterns and harmonics between the first vibration and the second vibration enhance the elimination of gas voids within the molten thermite material and enhance grain refinement in the molten thermite material of the resulting thermite weld without damaging the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Francisco Carlos Robles Hernández, Shelton Ray Taylor
  • Patent number: 12733104
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device, the apparatus including: a head portion configured to fix a driving chip; a heater portion coupled to the head portion; a booster portion connected to the head portion; a converter portion connected to the booster portion and configured to vibrate the head portion; and a cooling portion arranged at the converter portion or the booster portion and configured to cool the converter portion or the booster portion by supplying a gas to the converter portion or the booster portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sooyeon Han, Chanjae Park, Kichun Song, Chelgou Lim
  • Patent number: 12722222
    Abstract: Provided is a reducing material for gas pressure welding that enables attachment of a reducing material for gas pressure welding onto a tip portion of a material to be pressure-welded in a state where a gap between tip surfaces of respective materials to be pressure-welded is narrow when the reducing material for gas pressure welding is attached onto the tip portion of the fixed material to be pressure-welded such as a steel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Murayoshi Gas Pressure Welding Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiyu Murayoshi
  • Patent number: 12722236
    Abstract: An adjustable clamp for welding together pipes, the adjustable clamp having a first axis perpendicular to the pipes and a second axis parallel to the pipes. The adjustable clamp includes four clamp corners, four transverse bolts, two parallel bolts, two threaded inserts, and four spaces. Each clamp corner includes a first transverse aperture, a second transverse aperture, and a third parallel aperture. The first and second apertures are transverse relative to the first axis and the third aperture is parallel relative to the first axis. Each transverse bolt is securable within the first and second transverse apertures of the four clamp corners. Each parallel bolt is securable within the third apertures of the four clamp corners. Each threaded insert is placeable within the third apertures of the four clamp corners and each threaded insert is mated with a respective parallel bolt. Each spacer surrounds a portion of each transverse bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: ESCO TOOL
    Inventor: Benjamin James Moruzzi
  • Patent number: 12715034
    Abstract: A continuous casting process of a steel semi-product is provided. The process includes a step of casting using a hollow jet nozzle located between a tundish and a continuous casting mould. The nozzle includes, in its upper part, a dome for deflecting the liquid metal arriving at the inlet of the nozzle towards the internal wall of the nozzle, defining an internal volume with no liquid metal. A simultaneous step of injecting powder through a hole of the dome occurs. The powder has a particle size of 200 ?m or less. The dome includes a first device to inject the powder without any contact with the dome and a second device to avoid sticking or sintering of the powder onto the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO, S.L.
    Inventors: Mathieu Brandt, Jean-Paul Fischbach, Paul Naveau
  • Patent number: 12708953
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) solder ball mounting apparatus comprises a ball storage unit for storing solder balls, a ball buffer unit configured to receive the solder balls from the ball storage unit in response to one or more pressure-actuated actions, and a gate valve configured to allow the solder balls to transfer to a ball mounting brush configured to place the solder balls onto area array contact structures formed on a wafer containing the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chen Chao, Bo Jiang, Wei Li, Jie Chen, Ruijie Huang, Liang Zheng, Qi Ming Bao, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 12691518
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reflow oven, which comprises: a soldering section provided with N soldering sub-zones and comprising a heating zone and a cooling zone, the cooling zone comprising a soldering sub-zone; an inlet zone and an outlet zone respectively provided at two ends of the soldering section; a first inlet zone isolation duct in communication with an upper side or a lower side of the inlet zone; M purification sub-zones, wherein each of the M purification sub-zones is in communication with a corresponding one of the N soldering sub-zones, and M is less than or equal to N, wherein one end of the first inlet zone isolation duct is in communication with a communication port of the inlet zone, and the other end of the first inlet zone isolation duct is in communication with the soldering sub-zone of the cooling zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Yuwei Wang
  • Patent number: 12686048
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for casting metal parts. The apparatus is contemplated as including at least one mold cavity formed by at least one at least partly surrounding cavity wall, a system of sprues, runners and/or ingates defining at least one flow channel for filling the at least one mold cavity with molten metal, at least one riser insert arranged at least partly inside at least one riser cavity of at least one riser. The at least one riser insert comprises at least one insert cavity for receiving molten metal at least partially from the at least one mold cavity and at least one the insert cavity at least partly surrounding riser insert wall, wherein the at least one riser insert is configured to at least partly decelerate the solidification of the molten metal received by the at least one insert cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Mokre, Zsolt Molnar
  • Patent number: 12686084
    Abstract: A device, use of the device and method for setting a specific operating position of an apparatus component, such as a wire feed of a welding installation. The apparatus component can be moved, in particular linearly displaced, to set the specific operating position and, after being moved into the specific operating position, can be fixed in place in said position for operation. The device includes a positioning element that has a modifiable surface on which the specific operating position can be preset for operation; and a setting aid that comprises at least one region interacting with the modifiable surface of the positioning element, and which is embodied to lie against the apparatus component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: EVG Entwicklungs-u. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Potocnik
  • Patent number: 12678855
    Abstract: Provided are a casting die inspection method and a casting device, the method including: a step for acquiring the ultimate pressure in a cavity section, at the time when a prescribed vacuuming time has elapsed since evacuation the inside of the cavity section of the casting die was started; a step for evacuating the inside of the cavity section and acquiring an increased pressure in the cavity section that has increased during a prescribed stop time, at the time when the prescribed stop time has elapsed since the evacuation was stopped; a step for evaluating a first sealing property of the casting device on the basis of the ultimate pressure; and a step for evaluating a second sealing property of the casting device on the basis of the increased pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Kimura, Kenji Yuki, Ryo Onishi, Masashi Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 12683244
    Abstract: An electrochemical device which includes an electrode plate and a porous layer formed on a surface of the electrode plate. The porous layer includes nanofibers and inorganic particles. The nanofibers and the inorganic particles are bonded together by a crosslinker. In addition, an electronic device, which includes this electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Yibo Zhang, Hongmei Wei, Qiaoshu Hu, Bin Wang, Chi Ho Kwok, Ka I Lee, Chenmin Liu
  • Patent number: 12665213
    Abstract: A system includes a stack module box, within which is accommodated a fuel cell stack and which stack module box has at least one fuel cell, the fuel cell being in connection with a plurality of media guides leading to the stack module box and from which media can be delivered to the stack module box or received from the stack module box, wherein at least two of the media guides have electrically conductive regions for discharge of current from the fuel cell stack, and/or the wall of the stack module box is electrically conductive in the regions laying opposite to the media guides, and wherein connection lines are led away from the fuel cell stack to the electrically conductive regions and away therefrom. A fuel cell device and a fuel cell vehicle including such a stack module box are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, kraftwerk ASSETS Inc.
    Inventors: Sascha Kühn, Lutz Heinrich, Heiko Turner, Dirk Jenssen, Christian Schlitzberger, Martin Buchenberger, Friedhelm Walkling, Florian Moll, Steffen Wieland, Christin Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 12651880
    Abstract: A first flexible electronic circuit includes a non-conductive substrate and a conductive trace layer, including a bonding pad, on a surface of the non-conductive substrate. A second flexible electronic circuit likewise includes a substrate and a conductive trace layer, including a bonding pad, on a surface of the non-conductive substrate. The second flexible electronic circuit also includes a conductive interface layer on an opposite surface of the non-conductive substrate to the bonding pad. A plurality of vias, filled with conductive material, extend through the substrate of the second flexible electronic circuit and couple the conductive interface layer to the bonding pad. The bonding pads are brought in contact with each other, and energy (e.g., ultrasonic energy or thermal energy) is applied to the conductive interface layer until the bonding pads are bonded (e.g., ultrasonically welded or soldered) to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur G. Blanck