Patents Examined by Matthew P Travers
  • Patent number: 11375779
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gemstone arrangement, that comprises a first gemstone element, a second gemstone element, which is connected to the first gemstone element, and at least one decorative element, which is arranged between the first gemstone element and the second gemstone element. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing the gemstone arrangement. A further aspect of the invention relates to a jewel with a gemstone arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: REALIZATION DESAL AG
    Inventor: Michael Bonke
  • Patent number: 11369138
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable vapor is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, an inner wall of the heating chamber including a coating, the coating including a binder material and metal particles embedded in the binder material or the coating includes a metal alloy, and the coating being configured to be heat-reflective and dirt-repellent. A method for manufacturing an aerosol-generating device to generate an inhalable vapor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Pieter Van Lancker, Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest, Simon Desnerck
  • Patent number: 11370036
    Abstract: An end effector provides one up assembly drilling through mated components, including a panel, by preloading the components. The end effector includes a drill and clamp dispenser for temporarily inserting and removing expansible single-sided clamps at various pre-drilled locations in the panel. In one method, pilot holes are first pre-drilled into mated components, for example an aircraft wing panel and a wing rib or spar; an initial pilot hole location is identified, and an expansible clamp is inserted into a pilot hole adjacent a desired initial fastener hole location. The clamp is torqued, causing its expansion for preloading the wing panel and rib and/or spar components under a predetermined load. The fastener hole is then drilled, the end effector untorques and removes the clamp and identifies a second (and/or next) pilot hole location, and the process is replicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Fei Cai, Tanni Sisco, Matthew Ryan Dunaj, Brian Joseph Cobb
  • Patent number: 11370070
    Abstract: A method of applying a braze component to a honeycomb structure may comprise: applying at least a partial vacuum within a chamber, the chamber defined at least partially by a vacuum device and a cover, the honeycomb structure disposed within the chamber, the braze component disposed between the honeycomb structure and the cover; pulling the cover towards the braze component in response to applying the partial vacuum; and pulling the braze component into a plurality of hexagonal cells defined by the honeycomb structure in response to pulling the cover towards the braze component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Guolin Oo, Garimella Balaji Rao
  • Patent number: 11364577
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a recliner mechanism may include movably attaching a first plate of a recliner heart to a second plate of the recliner heart, positioning a gap ring onto the first plate of the recliner heart, positioning an encapsulation ring around the first and second plates such that the gap ring is disposed axially between the first plate and the encapsulation ring, and removing at least a portion of the gap ring from between the first plate and the encapsulation ring to form a clearance gap between the first plate and the encapsulation ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralph L. Schmitz, Sapan M. Poptani
  • Patent number: 11365099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rope drums for winding and unwinding ropes, having a drum shell, to which end disks are fastened at the end faces, and to rope winches having such rope drums. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a rope drum. According to the invention, the drum shell is seamlessly rolled from an annular workpiece blank by means of a rope groove profile embossed in a non-cutting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Hausladen, Hubertus Rütten
  • Patent number: 11364538
    Abstract: A clamping system for fastening a cooling unit on a circulating supporting element of a caterpillar-type casting machine includes at least one connecting element, which is pre-tensioned in its longitudinal direction by a spring, and a clamping arrangement, by which the cooling unit is fastenable on the supporting element. The connecting element is accommodated in a displaceably mounted manner in the direction of its longitudinal axis inside the supporting element. The clamping arrangement is formed by a head on an upper end face of the connecting element and a recess, which is provided on/in the cooling unit and is brought into interaction therewith. The connecting element is pre-tensioned by the spring toward the supporting element and is transferred into a clamping position, in which the cooling unit, when the head of the connecting element engages with the recess provided on/in the cooling unit, is automatically clamped with the supporting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Boecking, Guido Fick
  • Patent number: 11351639
    Abstract: A working system includes a first work station and a second work station. The first work station includes a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit, a first positioning unit, and a first work unit that carries out a predetermined work for a workpiece positioned on the first conveying unit. The second work station includes a third conveying unit, a fourth conveying unit, a second positioning unit, and a second work unit that carries out a predetermined work for the workpiece positioned on the fourth conveying unit. The third conveying unit is connected to a downstream portion of the first conveying unit, and the fourth conveying unit is connected to a downstream portion of the second conveying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuyoshi Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11338937
    Abstract: A machining apparatus is borne by an articulated arm and includes: a casing defining an opening to be placed by the articulated arm in a machining position so the opening faces the surface to be machined; at least three bearers attached to the casing to rest against the surface to be machined in the machining position; an attachment system fixing the casing to the surface to be machined; at least one support mounted to move with respect to the casing, and a machine-tool mounted on the support; and at least one position sensor providing position parameters representing a relative position of the surface to be machined with respect to the casing. Also included is a control system operating the support and to move the machine-tool with respect to the casing according to a movement instruction, the control system being designed to calculate the movement instruction using the position parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FIVES MACHINING
    Inventors: Pascal Soulie, Sinziana Lungu, Philippe Cuminal, Jean-François Sartori, Jean-Pierre Nicaise
  • Patent number: 11338449
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology for the pick-up and release of materials, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Grabit, Inc.
    Inventors: Harsha Prahlad, Richard J. Casler, Susan Kim, Matthew Leettola, Jon Smith, Kenneth Tan, Patrick Wang, John Mathew Farren, Patrick Conall Regan, Po Cheng Chen, Howard Fu, Dragan Jurkovic, Aishwarya Varadhan, Chang-Chu Liao, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Ming-Feng Jean
  • Patent number: 11337551
    Abstract: A belt cooking apparatus (10) includes a lower frame structure (12) and an upper frame structure (14) in registry with the lower frame structure. A lower cooking conveyor belt (16) is supported by the lower frame structure (12) and correspondingly an upper conveyor belt (18) is supported by the upper frame structure (14). Heating element assemblies (20) are mounted on the lower frame structure (12) just below the lower cooking belt (16) as well as on the upper frame structure (14) just above the upper cooking belt (18). Food products are cooked while positioned between the upper and lower moving cooking conveyor belts (16) and (18) by heat generated by the heating element assemblies (20) while being advanced by the conveyor belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: John Bean Technologies AB
    Inventors: Karl Fredrik Johannes Sahlström, Carl-Alvar Johansson
  • Patent number: 11325180
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a tool body, an anvil, a pin-gripping part, a motor, a rotation member, a moving member, a gear part and a receiving member. The rotation member is configured to be rotationally driven around the driving axis. The moving member is coupled to the pin-gripping part and engaged with the rotation member. The moving member is configured to move along a driving axis defining a front-rear direction, in response to rotational driving of the rotation member. The gear part is shaped like a flange projecting radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the rotation member, and has gear teeth on an outer circumference thereof. The receiving member is disposed rearward of the gear part and configured to receive, via a rear surface of the gear part, a rearward reaction force applied to the rotation member when the pin-gripping part moves frontward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihito Yabunaka, Hiroki Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11298784
    Abstract: A screw supplying module includes a main body, a feeding body and a holding module. The main body includes a second portion, a third portion and a hollow part. The holding module includes a screw chamber, a plurality of clamping pieces, an elastic piece and a fixing piece. The screw chamber includes an input portion, an outer ring wall and an inner space. The plurality of clamping pieces are inserted into the plurality of holes respectively. Accordingly, the plurality of clamping pieces are partially located in the inner space and are partially exposed from the holes of the screw chamber. The elastic piece is sleeved on the outer ring wall, and the elastic piece abuts against the part of the plurality of clamping pieces exposed from the holes. The fixing piece is sleeved on the outer ring wall and is configured to fix the elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tse-Min Chen, Chi-Jung Huang
  • Patent number: 11300105
    Abstract: A wind turbine (1) comprising a tower (2) and a nacelle (3) mounted on the tower (2) is disclosed. A movable container (39) is mounted on a lower part of the nacelle (3) or suspended below the nacelle (3), the movable container (39) housing a hoisting mechanism for hoisting and/or lowering the movable container (39) and for hoisting and/or lowering wind turbine components (9, 10, 11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventor: Joris Kofman
  • Patent number: 11298741
    Abstract: A chain replacement apparatus includes a body seat, an operation assembly, and a repair block. The operation assembly is rotatably disposed on the body seat. The repair block is disposed on the body seat and selectively switched among a removing status, a combining status, and a riveting status, so as to, through the operation assembly, break the chain, press the outer and inner chain plates, and rivet the chain. The repair block rotates about an action axis to be switched among different statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: POUL CHANG METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 11292049
    Abstract: An electric rivet nut machine comprises a motor having a first output shaft and a second output shaft; the first output shaft is connected with a first gear set, and the second output shaft is connected with a second gear set; and a rivet nut drive unit having a rivet nut shaft, a coupling gear and a moving gear; the coupling gear is engaged with the second gear set; the moving gear is engaged with the first gear set; through the first gear set and the second gear set of the motor respectively engaging with the rivet nut drive unit, and through the first output shaft and the second output shaft at two ends of the motor respectively engaging with the first gear set and the second gear set, different gear ratios can be formed, and better gear drive ratio can be produced for the rivet nut drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TECHWAY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Hua Hsu, Rui-Heng Lin, Yi-Tsun Lai
  • Patent number: 11292050
    Abstract: A hydraulic fastener tool comprising with a piston in threaded connection with a single-unit puller that is inside a single-unit anvil. Inside the puller is a segmented collet assembly with an internal spring and guide tube. In use, the tool secures fasteners and ejects the severed fastener stem after fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Spilker
  • Patent number: 11285527
    Abstract: A method of assembling a clutch includes assembling a wedge chain by connecting a plurality of wedges together with links such that the wedges are movable relative to each other, and wrapping the wedge chain around an inner race. The method further includes connecting an end one of the links to an end one of the wedges to secure the chain to the inner race. The may also include installing the inner race into an outer race such that the wedge chain is radially disposed between the inner and outer races.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Carsten Ohr
  • Patent number: 11278392
    Abstract: Fixation assemblies having a button captured by a continuous (i.e., closed) loop of thread, such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber are disclosed herein. Preferred assemblies are constructed such that the intact button cannot be detached from the continuous loop without breaking or opening the loop of fiber. The closed fiber advantageously contains at least one or two stitched, or otherwise secured or reinforced, sections positioned on the loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Edward Ferguson, Patrick Joseph Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11273485
    Abstract: A device for inserting the blind fastener in the fastening site, a pulling and extracting device for swaging the blind fastener in the fastening site and a passive compliance device that binds the inserting device to the pulling and extracting device. The passive compliance device allows the installation of the bind fastener without sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Boris Moriniere