Patents Examined by Liang Dong
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Patent number: 12202157Abstract: A razor cartridge is disclosed. The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a razor cartridge including a blade housing and a lubrication member providing unit, wherein the blade housing is configured to accommodate at least one first shaving blade having a cutting edge and at least one second shaving blade having a cutting edge to lie in a longitudinal direction, the lubrication member providing unit is configured to provide a lubrication member, and the lubrication member providing unit is coupled to the blade housing so that the lubrication member is positioned between the first shaving blade and the second shaving blade.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Dorco Co., Ltd.Inventors: Da Woon Han, Shin Hwan Park
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Patent number: 12202164Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspecting a structure. One embodiment is a method for inspecting a structure. The method includes advancing a structure along a track in a process direction, aligning a Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) station at the track with an edge of the structure that was trimmed upstream of the cleaning station, imaging the edge via the Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) station, characterizing the edge based on the imaging, and advancing the structure further in the process direction via the track.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Darrell D. Jones, Daniel R. Smith
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Patent number: 12162173Abstract: The present disclosure provides a razor cartridge. According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a razor cartridge includes at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge, a blade housing configured to receive the at least one shaving blade in a longitudinal direction, and an edge portion disposed on each of both lateral sides of the blade housing and including a plurality of edge protrusions formed on a corresponding surface of each edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.Inventor: Da Woon Han
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Patent number: 12157175Abstract: A reciprocating cutting tool includes a shoe that is less likely to slip off when pulled frontward, for positioning the shoe, beyond a predetermined position such as a maximum pull position. The reciprocating cutting tool includes a motor, a slider being rod-like and including a tip tool holder, a reciprocation converter that converts rotation of the motor to reciprocation in a direction in which the slider extends and transmits the reciprocation to the slider, a shoe slidable in a front-rear direction to come in contact with a workpiece to which the tip tool is applied, a shoe lock unit engageable with the shoe to restrict the shoe from sliding and disengageable from the shoe to allow the shoe to slide, and a pin that interferes with the shoe slid to a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki Miwa
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Patent number: 12122060Abstract: A method cuts a, in particular flat, workpiece by a cutting beam and a cutting fluid. A workpiece part to be cut away is consecutively cut into at least two smaller portions which fall or are lowered downwards from a surrounding remaining workpiece after they have each been cut away. The division into smaller portions and the execution of the cut for separating the first smaller portion occur such that the point at which the first-cut, first smaller portion is cut away lies within the outer contour of the workpiece part to be cut away.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KGInventors: Simon Ockenfuss, Karl Lukas Knierim
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Patent number: 12109724Abstract: Improved chain saws, components for chain saws, methods of making chain saws and components, and methods of using chain saws and components are disclosed. In some embodiments, a chain saw comprises a saw bar and a plurality of links, wherein a first link has a hook that engages a recess of a second link, thereby coupling the first link and the second link and allowing them to articulate without decoupling. The saw bar may have a rail, and the links may have grooves such that the links straddle and ride over the rail. The rail may have a projection and the grooves of the links may have notches accommodating the projection such that the projection prevents dislocation of the links. The links may have conical or pyramidal cutting teeth. The chain may be bidirectional. Robotic and automated operation of saws and other instruments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Chain Orthopedics, LLCInventors: Paul Viola, Ira Sanders, Timothy J. Langloss
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Patent number: 12103094Abstract: A hydraulic actuation device includes a tool, an actuation part having a pressure oil supply mechanism configured to send pressure oil from an oil chamber to the tool and return return oil from the tool to the oil chamber, an operation handle for adjusting oil passages for the pressure oil and the return oil in the pressure oil supply mechanism and configured to be able to be moved from an initial position, and biasing means configured to bias the operation handle toward the initial position when no external force is applied to the operation handle. When the operation handle moves from the initial position, the tool is actuated by the actuation part. When the operation handle is returned to the initial position by the biasing means, operation of the tool by the actuation part is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: OGURA & CO., LTD.Inventor: Kiyoshi Kimura
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Patent number: 12090543Abstract: A punching apparatus includes a punch holder and a punching tool. The punch holder includes a guiding body having a mounting cavity to slidably receive the punching tool and a driving assembly connected to the guiding body and provided with a beating element having first and second connecting ends coupled by a threaded coupling that enables a relative rotation for a linear movement of the punching tool with respect to the beating element. A stopping element has a first end fixed inside a connecting cavity in one of the connecting ends and arranged to receive the other connecting end and a second end inserted into a stopping cavity of the other connecting end and sliding inside the stopping cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SALVAGNINI ITALIA S.P.A.Inventors: Diego Figatti, Stefano Saggin
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Patent number: 12093013Abstract: A CNC machining center that includes a machine base and a machine tool positioned on the base for carrying out a machining operation on a workpiece. A work table is positioned on the base and is adapted for supporting the workpiece and moving the workpiece relative to the machine tool during a machining operation. A saw is positioned above the work table in a longitudinally-offset direction from the machine tool for carrying out a sawing operation on the workpiece. The saw may be a band saw.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: C. R. Onsrud, Inc.Inventor: Tom Onsrud
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Patent number: 12011844Abstract: A bundle breaker has upstream and downstream breaking supports and first and second platens located above the breaking supports that are configured to be raised and lowered by actuators to selectively clamp a log between the platens and the breaking supports. A third actuator applies a shifting force to the downstream breaking support to shift an input end of the downstream breaking support relative to an output end of the upstream breaking support to break a second portion of the log from a first portion of the log. A controller controls the first actuator and the second actuator and the third actuator. Also, the controller is configured to stop or reduce the application of the shifting force in response to a determination that the second portion of the log has broken off the first portion of the log.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: A. G. STACKER INC.Inventors: Clarence C. Allen, Jr., Jerry Blosser, Eric Stempihar, Randall Donn Senger, Joseph Wunder
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Patent number: 11970018Abstract: It is an object to provide a trimmer that can trim a fore-edge portion of a bound material except a cover and that can be excellent in productivity and cost. A cover has flap portions adjacent to the fore-edge portion of the bound material, a trimmer includes: a trim cutter that trims the bound material; a blade receiving portion that receives an edge of the trim cutter; a base portion and a pressure portion that nip and position the bound material; and a pair of guide portions arranged for movement in a direction close to or away from the bound material, wherein the guide portions are inserted between the book block and the cover so as to peel the cover together with the flap portions up when the fore-edge portion of the bound material is trimmed by the trim cutter.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Horizon International Inc.Inventors: Osamu Nishimura, Kazuyuki Fukushima, Satoshi Tsunawaki
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Patent number: 11964361Abstract: A workpiece processing device includes a workpiece supporting unit configured to support a workpiece so that the workpiece is rotatable around a first axis parallel to a central axis of the workpiece, a cutting unit having a blade configured to cut a surface of the workpiece, a detecting unit configured to calculate a position of a vertex of the surface in a direction along a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the blade, and a control unit configured to control the workpiece supporting unit so that a cutting position on the surface is located at a vertex in the direction along the second axis, and relatively move the workpiece supporting unit and the cutting unit so that an incision direction of the blade is on a plane defined by the central axis and the cutting position, thereby forming a groove at the cutting position.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Iida, Teruhiko Nishikawa, Tasuku Shimizu
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Patent number: 11951554Abstract: A ring saw blade includes a flat annular support which has a side face and an outer circumference. One or more cutting elements are disposed along the outer circumference. An annular groove is recessed into the side face and has a radially inner flank and a radially outer flank. The radially inner flank is conical and a first cone describing the radially inner flank has a half opening angle of between 10 degrees and 30 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Oliver Koslowski, Bernhard Brehm, John Van Taack-Trakranen, Goran Golubovic, Josef Schittl
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Patent number: 11945128Abstract: A handle. The handle can include a body and a pivoting head pivotally coupled with the main body at a pivot axis. The pivoting head can include at least two mating parts defining an interior channel. A pivot spring can include a first coil spring and a second coil spring and a main bar portion that is at least partially disposed in the interior channel and interacts with the pivoting head to bias the pivoting head into a rest position. The main bar portion also can couple the first and second coil springs together in a spaced.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Marco Fontecchio, Patrick Francis McNally, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Michael Tejpaul Verasamy
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Patent number: 11890829Abstract: A cardboard box dividing device and a cardboard box production device are provided with: lower conveyors on which a plurality of connected cardboard box bodies are stacked and transported; a pressing device pressing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyors from above; a cutting knife disposed along a width direction of the connected cardboard box bodies and dividing the plurality of connected cardboard box bodies stacked on the lower conveyors into a front part and a rear part; and a lifting/lowering device lifting and lowering the lower conveyors and the pressing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takanori Iwai, Naoki Shigeyama, Masakazu Ohira, Yasunari Suzuki
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Patent number: 11890767Abstract: A tool comprises an underbody wall structure having an internal wall and two side walls attached to two ends of the internal wall; and a dual-latch mechanism coupled to the underbody wall structure. The dual-latch mechanism comprises a first latch configured to moveably couple to the underbody wall structure via a first brace affixed to the internal wall; a second latch configured to moveably couple to the underbody wall structure on a side opposite of the first latch, via a second brace affixed to the internal wall; and an integral connection translationally moveable with respect to the underbody wall structure and integrally connecting the first latch to the second latch, wherein moving the first latch in a first direction causes the second latch to move in the first direction. The first latch, the second latch and the integral connection are a monolithic part.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CORVESCO CO. LTD.Inventor: Xu Wen Sheng
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Patent number: 11872717Abstract: The swivel knife holder assembly includes a shoulder screw defining an axis, and having a proximal threaded end and a distal head, and mounted on the shoulder screw is a bobbin assembly. The swivel knife holder assembly also includes a shell defining an interior, and having a distal opening and a proximal opening. A core is secured in the interior and is coupled to a knife for cutting fabric material. The proximal opening of the shell is defined by a flange and houses the shoulder screw therein. Threadably coupled to the proximal threaded end of the shoulder screw is a stem. The stem secures the bobbin assembly within the shell and also includes a mounting surface for engaging a reciprocating drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Gerber Technology LLCInventors: Mark R. Johansen, Darryl C. Stein, James Loos
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Patent number: 11872618Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to obtain a fine finish along a trim line in a plate material while preventing scoring between a floating cutter and a main trimming press upper. A floating cutter unit is provided with: a floating cutter for cutting scrap from a plate-shaped material, said floating cutter being attached to and used in a trimming press processing device that cuts scrap from a plate material along a trim line Tr and that additionally cuts scrap along a scrap cut line Sc; a holder set for holding the floating cutter so as to be movable in the direction of an axial center O; a spring that is brought into contact with the tail end surface of the floating cutter and that applies reaction force to the floating cutter; and a pair of cutters that are attached to the holder set and positioned on both sides of the floating cutter along the trim line Tr.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: OILES CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Kiriaki, Junichi Tanahashi, Satoshi Abe
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Patent number: 11858156Abstract: The lubricating strip for a razor cartridge includes a first layer including a first lubricating material having a first color; and a second layer disposed under the first layer and including a second lubricating material having a second color different from the first color. The first layer and the second layer are configured to form at least one boundary line, which is not parallel to a straight line along a width direction of the lubricating strip, on a cross-section of the lubricating strip cut in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the lubricating strip; and define multiple shaving layers including a first shaving layer including the first layer, a second shaving layer including the first layer and the second layer, and a third shaving layer including the second layer, the multiple shaving layers being arranged along a straight line parallel to a height direction of the lubricating strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Dorco Co., Ltd.Inventors: Doo Shik Kim, Tae Young Lee
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Patent number: 11826924Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge with a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface. A guard is at the front of the housing. A cap is at a rear of the housing. At least one blade is mounted to the housing between the guard and the cap. The housing has a wall defining an opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface that is configured to receive a portion of a handle. The wall having a pair of arms each with a distal end extending toward each other defining a gap. The bridge is a thermo-plastic elastomer that is different than a polymeric material of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventor: Jack Anthony Washington