Patents Examined by Lucas E. A. Palmer
  • Patent number: 11472017
    Abstract: A power tool including a housing, a motor housed in the housing, and a handle formed on the housing, the handle being provided with a speed regulating mechanism for adjusting the rotational speed of the motor. A speed limiting mechanism cooperates with the speed regulating mechanism. The speed limiting mechanism includes a first knob and a second knob disposed on two sides of the handle. The first knob and the second knob are interlocked with each other to be toggled to limit the motor to operate at a fixed rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yunjie Shangguan
  • Patent number: 11472013
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a tool body, a flywheel, a driver and a pressing mechanism. The pressing mechanism is disposed on a side opposite to the flywheel across the driver in a facing direction in which the flywheel and the driver face each other. The pressing mechanism includes a spring mechanism and a pressing roller. The spring mechanism includes a first spring part and a second spring part and is configured to be displaced along with forward movement of the driver. The pressing roller is configured to press the driver toward the flywheel in the facing direction by a biasing force of the spring mechanism in a process of the forward movement of the driver, to thereby enable transmission of the rotational energy to the driver. A spring constant of the whole spring mechanism varies according to an amount of displacement of the whole spring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Akiba, Kazusa Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11472579
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods to secure a film to a container are provided. An example sealing device utilizes film from a supply of film to seal a lid onto a container. Various sizes of containers are usable with some example sealing devices. Additional features, such as printing on the film and piercing the film for ventilation and/or insertion of a straw are contemplated. One or more markings along the film may be utilized for confirming that an approved film has been loaded into the sealing device. In response, various components or features of the sealing device may be appropriately enabled or disabled. The one or more markings may also be utilized to convey data to the sealing device regarding the installed film, such as for improved operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Michael Cittadino, Mark Edwin Peters, Lenox Gregory Wilson, Roy J. Rozek, Erik Lips
  • Patent number: 11453110
    Abstract: Provided is an electric power work device which includes: a body case; a work tool protruding forward from a front side with respect to the body case; a motor; and a battery supplying power to the motor. The motor is accommodated in the body case and the battery is detachably attached to a rear side with respect to the body case. A top handle is extended in a longitudinal direction at an upside with respect to the body case. The top handle includes, on an upper surface of a front part thereof, a thumb rest and a power switch. The power switch is arranged on a side in a lateral direction of the thumb rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisato Osawa, Kenji Nakano
  • Patent number: 11426855
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a brushless DC (BLDC) motor having a stator assembly and a rotor; a substantially-cylindrical motor housing having an open end for receiving the stator assembly, a rear end, a substantially-cylindrical bearing pocket formed in the rear end to receive the rear bearing of the motor therein, and a radially-extending slot formed at or near its rear end; and a positional sensor board radially received within the slot along a central receiving axis. The positional sensor board includes a curved inner edge shaped to be positioned around the bearing pocket and includes positional sensors mounted around the curved inner edge and facing the rotor to sense a rotational position of the rotor. The curved inner edge is disposed on a side corner of the positional sensor board such that the positional sensor board is asymmetrically-shape in a direction of the receiving axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Palich, Michael R. Marjomaa, Kevin L. Pulley, David J. Smith, Dennis A. Bush, Mark T. Cherry
  • Patent number: 11420315
    Abstract: A handheld machine tool, which has a housing including a handle, a drive motor situated inside the housing, and an interface for establishing a mechanical and/or an electrical connection between the handheld machine tool and a battery pack, the interface having a base element for the electrical and/or mechanical connection of the interface to the handheld machine tool, and a separate contact carrier including at least one contact element for the electrical and/or mechanical contacting with at least one corresponding mating contact element on the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kneer, Wolf Zahn
  • Patent number: 11400578
    Abstract: A work tool includes a spindle, a clamp shaft and at least one biasing part. The spindle is configured to be reciprocally rotated within a specified angle range around a driving axis. The spindle has a first inclined face inclined in a direction crossing the driving axis. The clamp shaft includes a shaft part and a head part. The shaft part is configured to be coaxially inserted into the spindle. The head part is formed on a lower end portion of the shaft part and configured to clamp the tool accessory in cooperation with the spindle while a second inclined face of the tool accessory is pressed against the first inclined face. The at least one biasing part is provided in the spindle and configured to always bias the tool accessory downward while the tool accessory is clamped by the head part and the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Furusawa, Akira Mizutani
  • Patent number: 11389970
    Abstract: Provided is a tool adapter mounted on a handle of a tool to be gripped by a robot hand, the tool adapter including: a fixing part including an opening in which the handle of the tool is inserted to be fixed to the fixing part; a grip part including contact surfaces which are installed on left and right sides of the fixing part to be gripped by the robot hand, and configured such that as at least one of the contact surfaces moves in accordance with a gripping force from the robot hand, a distance between the contact surfaces changes; and a power transmission structure connected to the grip part and configured to convert a movement of the at least one of the contact surfaces into a movement of pressing a switch installed at the handle of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD., KYEONG IN TECH
    Inventors: Seon Yong Chang, Sung Gyu Kim, Sang Min Kim, Yong Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11377248
    Abstract: A packaging system for the selection, grouping and loading of varying size and/or configuration product packs into cartons as provided. The packaging system includes a selection area having a primary selector for forming an initial product pack configuration, and a secondary selector adapted to select and direct an additional grouping of products into a nested arrangement against the initial product pack so as to form a nested product pack. The nested product packs thereafter can be engaged by loader arms of a pair of opposed loading assemblies, which move the nested product packs into a series of cartons moving through the packaging machine. Thereafter, the ends of the cartons can be closed and sealed to complete the packaging of the product packs therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Frank N. Moncrief, David F. Warner, Colin Ford
  • Patent number: 11370095
    Abstract: A flywheel device is adapted to be installed in an electric nail gun. The electric nail gun includes a main frame, a drive pulley rotatably mounted to the main frame, and a transmission belt. The flywheel device includes a flywheel pulley adapted to be mounted to the main frame, a flywheel connected coaxially and co-rotatably to the flywheel pulley, and a weight disc connected coaxially and co-rotatably to the flywheel and the flywheel pulley. The transmission belt is trained on the drive pulley and the flywheel pulley. During co-rotation of the flywheel pulley, the flywheel and the weight disc, a swing arm is pivotable to move an impact member to contact the flywheel for actuating a nailing process of the electric nail gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventor: Chia-Yu Chien
  • Patent number: 11370102
    Abstract: A method for sensing at least one characteristic value of at least one tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, includes detachably connecting the tool to at least one additional module and detecting with the additional module at least one characteristic value of the tool. The method further includes carrying out at least one training operation. The training operation includes deriving at least one reference value from the at least one characteristic value via the additional module and storing the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Anna Heszler
  • Patent number: 11370100
    Abstract: A power tool is provided including a motor housing having a substantially-cylindrical main body having an open end and a rear end. A brushless DC motor is provided including a stator assembly received through the open end of the motor housing and secured within the main body of the motor housing. A motor control and power module disposed proximate the rear end of the motor housing includes a printed circuit board (PCB) on which power switch and a controller are mounted. A mounting bracket is secured to the motor housing at the rear end to support the module such that the PCB is substantially parallel to the rear end. The mounting bracket includes a mating portion projecting axially to come to contact with the motor housing around the rear end to structurally support the mounting bracket with respect to the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Palich, Michael R. Marjomaa, Kevin L. Pulley, David J. Smith, Dennis A. Bush, Mark T. Cherry, Scott Eshlemann, Tal Gottesman
  • Patent number: 11358756
    Abstract: A system for capping a mouth of a container may include: a press-on cap for irreversibly capping the mouth of the container, wherein the press-on cap is made of polymeric material able to withstand high-temperature sterilization and wherein the press-on cap may include: a tubular sleeve extending along an axis of extension and configured to be irreversibly locked to the mouth of the container; a rim that radially projects out of the tubular sleeve at an end of the press-on cap; a capping wall oriented transverse to the tubular sleeve and extending from the rim over a front surface delimited by the rim, wherein the front surface faces outwardly; and a plurality of protrusions, which extend out of the front surface. The front surface may have a height variation relative to the rim across the front surface ranging from ?1% to 1% of a characteristic dimension of the capping wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GOGLIO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Osvaldo Bosetti, Giuseppe Gullo
  • Patent number: 11351691
    Abstract: A machine and a method to carry out workings on a sheet of a sufficiently rigid material is suitable to make containers. The machine includes a transverse working head guided by a first transverse guide member, one or more longitudinal working heads, each selectively positionable in a desired transverse position, guided by at least a second transverse guide member parallel to the first transverse guide member; and positioning mechanism configured to cooperate with each longitudinal working head in order to selectively position it in the desired transverse position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PANOTEC S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Capoia
  • Patent number: 11352175
    Abstract: Safe and sealed closure method for the neck of a bottle, wherein the stopper (1) used and the container (2) to be closed are such that they form one integral part (5) upon closing of the container with the stopper via engagement by entry of a safety strip (6) of said stopper into a part (4) positioned on the container's neck such that the safety strip enters into the part of the container neck in one irreversible way, making the safety strip and the part one integral, non-detachable part or by entry of a safety strip positioned on the container's neck into a part of said stopper such that the safety strip enters into the part of the stopper in one irreversible way, making the safety strip and the part one integral, non-detachable part, wherein said safety strip or said part is attached to a safety seal band (8) of the stopper at an end of the safety seal band, wherein the safety seal band is attached to the whole circumference of the stopper when closed and wherein the safety seal band partially detaches from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AL IBTIKAR PACKAGING & INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ismail Omar Dabbur
  • Patent number: 11345011
    Abstract: A trigger switch device of power tool for preventing accidental triggering is disclosed, comprising a trigger, provided at front end of the handle of power tool, and a safety switch, provided at a side of the handle; when neither the trigger nor the safety switch is operated, the safety switch locks the trigger so that the trigger cannot pressed; when the safety switch is pressed, the lock on the trigger is released and the trigger can be pressed. When the safety switch is released with the trigger pressed, the safety switch locks the trigger so that the trigger remains in the pressed state; when the trigger is in the pressed state and the safety switch is operated, the trigger is unlocked and automatically returns to the original non-pressed position and the safety switch locks the trigger again. As such, the trigger cannot be pressed to prevent accidental triggering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JENN FENG NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Chun Tang, Chih-Hsing Lee, Kuei-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: 11338427
    Abstract: A power tool is supportable by a lanyard. The power tool includes a motor housing, a motor arranged in the motor housing, front housing, an output member extending from the front housing, a gear case, and a gear train arranged in the gear case. The gear train is configured to transfer torque from the motor to the output member. The power tool also includes a first fastener securing the front housing to the motor housing, and a bracket fastened to one of the front housing, the motor housing, or the gear case by a second fastener that does not secure the front housing to the motor housing. The power tool also includes a support member secured to the one of the front housing, the motor housing, or the gear case by the bracket. The support member is attachable to the lanyard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mackenzie J. Nick, Michael R. Sande, Ian A. Duncan, Jacob P. Schneider
  • Patent number: 11325336
    Abstract: A method of forming reinforced packages. The method can comprise forming an attached web by adhering a blank to a web of material and moving the attached web in a downstream direction through at least a tube forming assembly and a carton forming assembly. The method also can comprise at least partially forming a tube by folding at least a portion of the web of material as the attached web moves through the tube forming assembly, forming a reinforcement sleeve by folding at least a portion of the blank so that the reinforcement sleeve extends at least partially around the tube as the attached web moves through the carton forming assembly, and forming a reinforced package comprising the reinforcement sleeve and a tube portion by separating the tube portion from a remainder of the tube, the reinforcement sleeve being adhered to the tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph C. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11312520
    Abstract: A protective packaging formation device is disclosed herein. The device includes an inflation assembly that directs fluid between first and second overlapping plies of a web material. The device also includes a sealing mechanism. The sealing mechanism includes a heating zone and a cooling zone. The sealing mechanism also includes a heating element that extends along both the heating zone and the cooling zone, with the heating element having a first profile in the heating zone and a second profile in the cooling zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Wetsch, Stephen J. Milchuck
  • Patent number: 11292116
    Abstract: A pneumatic tool includes: a drive mechanism which is configured to be driven by compressed air of a first pressure: and a valve mechanism which is configured to be actuated by compressed air of a second pressure, which is higher than an atmospheric pressure and lower than the first pressure, and which is configured to switch whether or not to supply the compressed air of the first pressure to the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tanaka