Patents Examined by Orlando E. Aviles
  • Patent number: 11383356
    Abstract: A system and method for a clamp designed for those with weak hands or damaged grip this clamp fixes material in place without having to hold with any pinching forces with a top clamp, a bottom clamp, a bearing positioned in a bearing holder, a lock ring, and an anchoring plate positioned below the bearing holder that allows the clamp to be mounted to a bench or other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Dennis J. Montilepre
  • Patent number: 11383358
    Abstract: A wrench is provided, including: a rod member; and a driving member, rotatably connected to the rod member, including an insertion hole disposed therethrough, the insertion hole being configured for a connector to be replaceably inserted therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TAGATEC INDUSTRIAL., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian-Shiou Liaw
  • Patent number: 11376718
    Abstract: A packing screw removal tool for removing packing from a pump fluid end comprising: a tool body; a plurality of packing screw engagement dogs distributed about an axis of rotation about the packing screw removal tool; and a torque transfer engagement post coupled to the tool body. The engagement dogs align with and are releasably connected to radial locations on the packing screw. Applied torque is transferred through a torque transfer engagement post, through the tool body to the engagement dogs and into the packing nut. A second torque transfer engagement post is smaller than the first engagement post. The shape of the tool body allows rotation in limited or confined space. A pump may be serviced at the wellsite by utilizing the packing screw removal tool to unthread the packing screw from the fluid end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services. Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher A. Benz, Brandon Stackhouse
  • Patent number: 11376708
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a polisher that polishes a target object to be polished. A holder is rotatable while holding the target object to be polished. Multiple concentric elastic members around the center of a rotation shaft of the holder are provided on the holder and elastically press the target object to be polished against the polisher. Multiple sensors are provided in the elastic members and detect vibration from a polishing surface of the target object to be polished. The detected vibration allows the polishing apparatus to create an unevenness map of the polishing surface and correspondingly actuate the concentric elastic members to remove the unevenness, according to a control sequence set in advance, based on the detected vibration, in a polishing control program to control the concentric elastic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syunichi Ono, Tsutomu Miki
  • Patent number: 11376717
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a body and a ratchet wheel. The body has a head and a handle connected to the head. The ratchet wheel is rotatably disposed in the head and has a first diameter portion, a second diameter portion connected to the first diameter portion, and a driving portion adapted to connect an object. The first diameter portion defines a first diameter in a radial direction of the ratchet wheel, and the second diameter portion defines a second diameter less than or equal to the first diameter in the radial direction of the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Infar Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11370083
    Abstract: A pad conditioner head cleaning tool has a first clamp configured to removably engage a first portion of a sponge against an outer surface of a disk-shaped pad conditioner head at a first location, a second clamp configured to removable engage a second portion of the sponge against the outer surface of the disk-shaped pad conditioner head at a second location, and an arm coupling the first clamp to the second clamp. The arm is sufficiently flexible to permit the first clamp and the second clamp to be separated to fit around the disk-shaped pad conditioner head and sufficiently tensile to bias the first clamp and the second clamp inwardly to press the sponge against an outer surface of a pad conditioner head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Sumit Subhash Patankar, Nathan Arron Davis, Michael J. Coughlin, Allen L. D'Ambra
  • Patent number: 11358847
    Abstract: A machine for removal and extraction of a lid for containers includes: a centering element, for aligning the machine above the container; a gripping device for acting upon a contained lid, being capable of disengaging the lid from the container and holding the same lid; a first device for moving said gripping device along a vertical axis, between first and second positions, proximal to, and away from said centering element and a support structure, fixed to said centering element, for supporting said first device. The gripping device takes first and second operating configurations, wherein it does not act upon said lid, and wherein it does act upon a protruding portion of the lid. The centering element has an abutment portion to abut against an upper container edge, and to prevent the container from moving, without exerting any force upon said edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Luca Drocco, Mario Drocco
  • Patent number: 11358250
    Abstract: In a spherical lens surface processing method, a lens surface is ground to a spherical surface by forming a contact state in which a rotating cup-shaped grinding stone is placed in contact with the lens surface and a sphere center oscillation state in which the cup-shaped grinding stone oscillates along the lens surface centered on a sphere center. In the sphere center oscillation state, the distance from the center of the sphere center oscillation to the contact point of the cup-shaped grinding stone with the lens surface is set to be the same as the radius of the spherical surface. The oscillation width of the sphere center oscillation is set so that the contact point of the cup-shaped grinding store with the lens surface can move from one peripheral edge of the lens surface past the lens center on the lens surface to the other peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KOJIMA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Kojima, Hiroshi Fukuzawa, Tetsuya Jowa
  • Patent number: 11350805
    Abstract: Proposed is to a window cleaning tool including an internal unit or including an internal unit and an external unit. The window cleaning tool is configured to prevent an external unit from separating and falling, and to realize smooth movement of a cleaner during washing because when an internal unit moves up, the front end of an internal unit blade rotates away from an inner surface of glass and the front end of an external unit blade rotates away from an outer surface of the glass, and when the internal unit moves down, the front ends of the internal unit blade and the external unit blade rotate toward the surfaces of the glass to be pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Myong Kim, Yoon Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11351656
    Abstract: A key clamp for key processing machines and key processing machine comprising a base, a first clamp and a second clamp, have the same structure and are arranged in parallel on the base, and they both have a fixed connection with the base. The first clamp comprises at least three clamping jaw and a transmission device, three clamping jaws arranged in one row, the first clamping jaw and the third clamping jaw are both fixed in relation to the base. The second clamping jaw is flexibly installed on the base. The transmission device penetrates the first clamping jaw, the second clamping jaw and the third clamping jaw, and are connected to the second clamping jaw. The key clamp can clamp house keys and automotive keys with a multitude of structures. It has the advantages of strong versatility, simple structure, easy use and reliable clamping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Zhejiang Yongyuan Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yongfeng Xi
  • Patent number: 11345317
    Abstract: An extendable windshield wiper system includes a wiper blade assembly having: a resilient material wiper blade; and a wiper extension rod connected to the wiper blade. A wiper sleeve is configured to move about an arc of rotation with respect to an axis of rotation of the wiper sleeve. A bore of the wiper sleeve has the wiper extension rod slidably disposed within the bore. An actuation portion directs a pressurized fluid to outwardly extend the wiper extension rod from the wiper sleeve and thereby to outwardly extend the wiper blade in an extension direction during a first portion of the arc of rotation. The wiper blade is induced to traverse an extended arc of travel during rotation of the wiper extension rod and the wiper sleeve along the arc of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Bruce N. Greve, James C. O'Kane, David T. Renke
  • Patent number: 11338414
    Abstract: A bendable torque wrench includes: a shank; a tubular body whose front end is angularly displaceable with respect to the shank about an axis defined by a first pivotal connection end of the shank; an abutting block located on one side of the tubular body, a the front end of the abutting block has a convexly curved abutting surface; and a detent member whose front end is pivotally connected to a second pivotal connection end of the shank and whose rear end forms a convexly curved contact surface in elastic contact with the curved abutting surface of the abutting block. The torque wrench bends, or collapses, rapidly when the torque applied to the torque wrench reaches a preset torque value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KABO TOOL COMPANY
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11332355
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an opening tool (100, 200) for opening and/or removing a tab portion (314) of a beverage can (300). The opening tool includes a hollow housing (110, 210). The hollow housing includes a generally cylindrical housing body (112, 212) having a top end (ET), a bottom end (EB), an outer surface (114, 214), an inner surface (116, 216) and an open cavity (118, 218) extending from a top end towards a bottom end of the housing body. The opening tool further includes one or more claws (120, 220), having a claw body (121, 222) extending between a claw end portion (123, 224) and a claw tip (122, 226) such that the tip of each of the claws is adapted to be hangingly disposed within the open cavity of hollow housing. In operation, when a beverage can is passed through the hollow housing from the bottom end towards the top end, the claw tip of at least one of the claws engages and pulls-opens the tab portion while the beverage can moves out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Gaafar, Maisie Devine, Patrick O'Riordan, Hilary Farnsworth, Peter Daily, Doreen Swift, Ralph Cassara, Glenn Drost, Rodney McGaugh
  • Patent number: 11325225
    Abstract: A reciprocating wrench for quick combining fastener includes a main body, a claw, and an elastic positioning device therebetween. The main body includes a concavely-shaped first jaw opening, which has a pivot end at an end thereof. The claw includes a concavely-shaped second jaw opening, which has a pivotal combination portion at an end thereof. The pivotal combination portion is pivotally connected with the pivot end, such that the claw and the main body pivotally move with respect to each other. The elastic positioning device allows the claw to optionally rotate toward a closing direction or remain in the opening status. Therefore, the claw is able to remain in the opening status for combining the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 11325223
    Abstract: A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a carrier body, an outer membrane assembly, an annular segmented chuck, and an inner membrane assembly. The outer membrane assembly is supported from the carrier body and defines a first plurality of independently pressurizable outer chambers. The annular segmented chuck supported below the outer membrane assembly, and includes a plurality of concentric rings that are independently vertically movable by respective pressurizable chambers of the outer membrane assembly. At least two of the rings having passages therethrough to suction-chuck a substrate to the chuck. The inner membrane assembly is supported from the carrier body and is surrounded by an innermost ring of the plurality of concentric rings of the chuck. The inner membrane assembly defines a second plurality of independently pressurizable inner chambers and has a lower surface to contact the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Zuniga, Jay Gurusamy
  • Patent number: 11317705
    Abstract: The double action cleaning tool of the present invention includes a dynamic double action dual brush head and a handle. The dynamic double action dual brush head includes two brush heads rotatably attached to a brush head base, allowing the brush heads to independently rotate about the axis in which it is rotatably attached to the brush head base. A mechanical device capable of storing and releasing energy is connected between the two brush heads, which is rigidly attached to the brush head base. The double action cleaning tool stores energy in the form of potential energy in the mechanical energy storage device of the dynamic double action dual brush head during the sweeping stroke of the double action push broom. At the end of the sweeping stroke, the stored potential energy is converted into kinetic energy and rotates the dual brush, thereby providing an additional sweeping motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Salvador Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11313357
    Abstract: An inertial rotation device includes: a central member with an axial direction, a first engaging portion on the peripheral surface of the central member, an inertia member with a mounting hole, and a second engaging portion on the wall of the mounting hole. The inertia member is mounted around the central member and can be displaced between an engaging position and a released position along the axial direction of the central member. The inertia member can rotate together with the central member when at the engaging position, where the two engaging portions are engaged with each other, and cannot rotate together with the central member when at the released position, where the two engaging portions are disengaged from each other. The magnitude of the torque of the inertial rotation device can be changed by switching the inertia member to the engaging position or the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: KABO TOOL COMPANY
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11312088
    Abstract: Modular carriage for varying spacing between ends of polymer pipe during fusion. The modular carriage includes a fixed jaw; an inner movable jaw; an outer moveable jaw and a plurality of guide rods. The fixed jaw being adapted for tool free engagement with the terminal ends of the plurality of guide rods. A carriage cylinder is associated with at least two of the guide rods and mounted for reciprocal travel along the length of its associated guide rod. The movable jaws being adapted for tool free engagement with at least two carriage cylinders for reciprocal travel therewith. A combined hydraulic cylinder/guide rod includes a guide rod with an integral guide rod piston, a cylindrical tube, and a guide rod gland on each end of the cylinder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur H. McElroy, II, Jason A. Lawrence, Seth P. Ahrens, Paul John Donaldson
  • Patent number: 11298804
    Abstract: A pushing lever structure of a ratchet wrench is provided. The ratchet wrench has a head portion. A ratchet gear, a toothed element, and a pushing lever are mounted in a receiving space of the head portion. A rear peripheral surface portion of the toothed element is provided with a recess. A pushing block extending forward from the pushing lever extends into the recess of the toothed element. When rotated, the pushing lever can move the toothed element effectively because it is the pushing block of the pushing lever that drives the toothed element into displacement. The bottom side of the head portion is mounted with a cover plate, and the bottom end of the pushing lever is pivotally provided on the cover plate to enhance the rotation stability of the pushing lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KABO Tool Company
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11292107
    Abstract: An engagement structure of a socket wrench contains: a body including a drive head, an accommodation chamber, a ratchet member received, a hexagonal groove, a circular large-diameter notch, multiple recessed, and a hexagonal small-diameter orifice. The hexagonal groove is configured to accommodate a locating sleeve. The locating sleeve includes an upper extension, a hexagonal positioning portion, a hexagonal receiving hole, multiple columns, two opposite central holes, two steel balls, and a slot. The locating sleeve further includes multiple springs fitted on the multiple columns of the multiple cutouts. The upper extension of the locating sleeve is connected with of the hexagonal small-diameter orifice and a hexagonal coupling aperture of a control disc, and a C-shaped retainer is engaged in the slot of the locating sleeve so that the C-shaped retainer abuts against the control disc, thus connecting the ratchet member, the locating sleeve, and the control disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: YUNG FONG TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tzu-Chun Chen