Patents Examined by Mark K Buse
  • Patent number: 11958153
    Abstract: In a method for operating a machine tool, a machine-specific flow resistance and a respective tool-specific flow resistance are ascertained for various tools. Tool-specific regulator parameters for regulating a pump of a coolant lubricant device are computed on the basis of the machine-specific flow resistance and the tool-specific flow resistance of the tool chucked in a tool spindle. Subsequently, the machine tool is operated using the tool-specific regulator parameters. In this way, a rapid and exact feed of coolant lubricant to the machining point of the respective chucked tool is enabled in a simple and flexible manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAG IAS GMBH
    Inventors: Ralph Davis, Horst Fondy, Jürgen Menze
  • Patent number: 11946593
    Abstract: Provided is a grease injection system including a plurality of grease injection devices and a host. The grease injection devices uses control information to output lubricating grease, and output a plurality of pieces of status information. The host receives the pieces of status information from the grease injection devices, and generates the control information based on the pieces of status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DORCAS SHIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ming-Tan Hsu, Xin-Xin Lin, Li-Hsiang Sun, Wen-Chi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11940094
    Abstract: A central lubricating station for lubricating one or more machine part(s), having a container base adapted for holding at least two replaceable containers. Each replaceable container holds at least one type of lubricant; and one or more pump(s) is configured for pumping at least one type of lubricant interchangeably from the at least two replaceable containers to the one or more machine part(s); and a motor is configured for driving the one or more pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hove A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Lisby, William Lisby, Ivan Madsen
  • Patent number: 11927305
    Abstract: A drive device includes a gear unit, which is able to be driven by a motor and includes a pressure-lubrication system. The pressure-lubrication system has a distributor block, having a continuous longitudinal bore and continuous transverse bores. The distributor block is arranged as a single piece, in particular from metal such as steel or aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Zili Wu
  • Patent number: 11920731
    Abstract: A lubricant or fluid distributor may have a housing made in one piece and comprising an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall encloses an inlet chamber fluidly connected with an outside of the housing through a fluid inlet. A main chamber may be formed in between the outer wall and the inner wall, the main chamber fluidly connected with the inlet chamber and fluidly connected with the outside of the housing through one or more fluid outlets. A lubricant fitting member may be encapsulated within the inlet chamber. A system with the lubricant or fluid distributor may have a part to be lubricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dana Italia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Zendri, Matteo Dallapiccola, Manuel Albarello
  • Patent number: 11913522
    Abstract: A V-ribbed belt in which a frictional power-transmission surface is formed from a weft knitted multilayer knitted fabric is provided, in which the weft knitted multilayer knitted fabric contains cellulose based natural spun yarn, polyester based composite yarn, and polyamide based yarn, and in that at least the cellulose based natural spun yarn and the polyamide based yarn are disposed in a layer on the frictional power-transmission surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Hamamoto, Takeshi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11913602
    Abstract: A system for lubricating a wire rope includes a housing configured to be mounted adjacent a wire to be lubricated. A cartridge for housing lubricant is disposed on the housing. At least two nozzles are in fluid communication with the cartridge and configured to dispense the lubricant onto a respective wire at a position adjacent a weight bearing portion of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DRIPTEK, LLC
    Inventors: James Foley, Amanda Foley, Tom Dart
  • Patent number: 11913521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power-transmitting friction belt having a compressed layer and a knitted fabric. The surface of the compressed layer is covered with the knitted fabric. The knitted fabric has an overlapping section in which one end and the other end of the knitted fabric overlap each other. The overlapping section has a bonding region containing a bonding component for bonding the end and the other end of the knitted fabric together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Hamamoto, Yorifumi Hineno
  • Patent number: 11906016
    Abstract: In a V-ribbed belt provided with a compressed rubber layer having V-ribbed portions extending parallel to one another in a belt longitudinal direction, and having a friction transmission surface at least a portion of which is capable of coming into contact with a V-ribbed groove portion of a pulley, the friction transmission surface of the compressed rubber layer is formed from a rubber composition vulcanizate including a rubber component and a sound generation resistance improving agent. A difference between a radius of curvature of a rib distal end portion of the pulley and a radius of curvature of a rib bottom portion of the belt is adjusted to be ?0.08-0.08 mm. The radius of curvature of the rib bottom portion may be approximately 0.1-0.5 mm. The radius of curvature difference may be ?0.05-0.05 mm. The pulley may include a pulley having an outer diameter at most equal to 65 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Imai, Yuji Maruyama, Arata Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11906107
    Abstract: An arrangement forming a lubricant circuit includes at least one lubricant line, at least one line branching that branches the lubricant line into a first branch and a second branch. The arrangement further includes at least one lubricant reservoir integrated into the first branch, and at least one line junction where the first branch and the second branch merge. The first branch is lockable and releasable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Andreas Vath, Guenter Berger, Georg Tenckhoff
  • Patent number: 11898698
    Abstract: Proposed is a high pressure-generating multi-point lubricant injector that enables smooth discharge of a lubricant by uniformly pressurizing a piston with a single power source, and enables active use in multiple injection points, as well as efficient distribution of the lubricant to a drive end and a non-drive end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KLT CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Im Yang
  • Patent number: 11898695
    Abstract: A progressive distributor for lubricant includes a housing block having an inlet and a plurality of outlets and a plurality of metering pistons received in associated piston bores in the housing block. Each piston bore is associated with two lubricant outlet bores, and each metering piston is displaceable and configured to alternatingly release the one or the other lubricant outlet bore in order to dispense the metered lubricant amount to the lubricant outlet bore. The piston bores are fluidically connected to the lubricant inlet bore and to each other via connecting bores in order to transfer lubricant to the other piston bores. A dummy piston is disposed in one of the piston bores that permanently closes both the lubricant inlet bore and both lubricant outlet bores, and includes at least one bypass passageway that fluidically connects two of the connecting bores to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Markus Mandera, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann, Dennis Zahn
  • Patent number: 11897581
    Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises at least one chain engaging member constituting at least a part of at least one sprocket tooth of the bicycle sprocket. The at least one chain engaging member is configured to contact a bicycle chain in a state where the bicycle chain engages with the bicycle sprocket. The at least one chain engaging member is made of a first material. At least one bicycle attachment member constitutes at least a part of a sprocket body of the bicycle sprocket. The at least one bicycle attachment member is configured to be coupled to a bicycle. The at least one bicycle attachment member is made of a second material that is different from the first material. At least one shifting facilitation area is provided in the at least one chain engaging member to facilitate a shifting operation of a bicycle chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Tooru Iwai, Tetsu Nonoshita, Toyoshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11879590
    Abstract: A lubricating system has a pump to force a viscous lubricant from a supply of lubricant to a lubricator at which the lubricant is to be dispensed onto a cable, wire, or the like that is being pulled through a conduit. A sensor, associated with a spool from which the cable is being dispensed, is be used to automatically control the amount of lubricant that is to be dispensed onto the cable. A second described system comprises a custom bucket or bucket insert which allow a cable to pass through the bucket whereupon lubricant will be automatically applied to the cable and the container includes a profiled base to ensure proper passage of the cable through the lubricant and ensure the maximum usage of any lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Juday, Doug Sanford, Nathan Buckert, Alan Zantout
  • Patent number: 11879520
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a friction transmission belt that includes a core cable. The core cable includes a cord comprising: a core yarn containing high elastic-modulus fibers; and a plurality of sheath yarns that are disposed around the core yarn and that contain low elastic-modulus fibers. The cord is twisted and the proportion of the average diameter of the sheath yarn to the average diameter of the core yarn is 0.2 to 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Tamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Takuya Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11879539
    Abstract: An insert for supplying a fluid to splines of a drive shaft, the insert comprising an insert wall extending between a first end and a second end of the insert, a chamber surrounding the insert wall for storing a fluid, a piston having a surface configured to be exposed to the fluid, the piston configured to move between a first position and a second position within the chamber, and the piston biased toward the first position, and wherein an increase in supply of the fluid in the chamber causes the piston to move toward the second position and a decrease in supply of the fluid in the chamber causes the piston to move toward the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: AERO GEARBOX INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Nathan Lewis
  • Patent number: 11873945
    Abstract: System, apparatus, and method for delivering grease to process valve(s). The system generally includes a grease cylinder to which grease is delivered, a piston, an actuator, and a first process valve. The piston extends at least partially within the grease cylinder. The actuator strokes the piston within the grease cylinder to meter a first amount of the delivered grease to the first process valve. The actuator comprises a power cylinder within which the piston extends. The piston comprises a head portion slidably disposed in the power cylinder and dividing the power cylinder into first and second chambers. The head portion has a first cross-sectional area. The piston includes another portion contacting the grease in the grease cylinder and having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area. The actuator may also meter a second amount of the delivered grease to a second process valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DOWNING WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie B. Beason, Nicholas J. Cannon
  • Patent number: 11867357
    Abstract: A deaeration system for an engine lubrication system, the deaeration system comprising: a deaeration rotor rotatable about an axis and including: a rotor inlet extending circumferentially around the axis, a first and a second rotor outlet, a first rotor passage in fluid communication between the rotor inlet and the first rotor outlet, and a second rotor passage in fluid communication between the rotor inlet and the second rotor outlet in parallel to the first rotor passage; and a deaeration conduit including: a conduit inlet, a splitter downstream of the conduit inlet relative to a flow of lubricant through the deaeration conduit, a first conduit outlet and a second conduit outlet downstream of the splitter, the first conduit outlet in fluid communication with the rotor inlet, the conduit inlet having a curved portion extending away from the splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Ivan Sidorovich Paradiso
  • Patent number: 11859762
    Abstract: A lubricant pump includes a housing mountable to the upper end of a lubricant container and having a vertical central bore, an outlet passage extending between the central bore and an outlet port fluidly connectable with the lubricant distributor and a vent chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A vent inlet passage extends between the central bore and the vent chamber inlet and a vent outlet passage extends between the vent chamber outlet and a vent outlet port fluidly connectable with a container cavity. A movable valve element is disposed within the vent chamber and displaceable along an axis between a position in which the valve element obstructs the chamber inlet and/or the chamber outlet and a second position in which the chamber inlet is fluidly connected with the chamber outlet to provide an internal flow path from the central bore to the vent outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul G. Conley, Keegan Sims
  • Patent number: 11859668
    Abstract: A lubricant injector includes a lubricant inlet, a lubricant outlet, a control piston and a metering piston. The control piston is configured to conduct lubricant from the lubricant inlet to the metering piston, and the metering piston is configured to pump the lubricant provided by the control piston to the at least one lubricant outlet. The metering piston includes a first metering chamber and a second metering chamber that are each connected to the at least one lubricant outlet. The lubricant injector further includes first and second lubricant channels, and in a first switching state of the control piston the lubricant inlet is connected via the first control space to the first lubricant channel and the second metering chamber, and in a second switching state the lubricant inlet is connected via the second control space to the second lubricant channel and the first metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Herbert Kannegiesser, Edward Schneider, Ralf Trinkel