Patents Examined by Praachi M Pathak
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Patent number: 12370611Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power tool including a housing and a hydraulic drive assembly at least partially supported in the housing. The housing includes a handle that supports a switch that activates the tool. The hydraulic drive assembly includes a pump assembly operably coupled to the motor assembly, a reservoir configured to contain hydraulic fluid in fluid communication with the pump assembly and in which a baffle is supported, a cylinder in fluid communication with the pump assembly which supports an auto-return valve therein, and a piston disposed in the cylinder and biased to a first position by a piston spring. The pump assembly includes a manifold housing that at least partially defines an inlet passageway that fluidly communicates the pump assembly and the cylinder and supports an inlet check valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Mathew R. Rentmeester, John N. Reeve, Daniel R. Garces, Brennan L. Mach, Adam C. Frey, Brian J. Hyde, Harrison T. Snyder
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Patent number: 12350797Abstract: Disclosed is a pneumatic nailing gun with an adjustable nailing force, which solves the technical problem that a nailing force adjusting precision of an existing pneumatic nailing gun cannot be kept for a long time. The pneumatic nailing gun comprises a housing and a striking pin, a first cylinder and a second cylinder are further arranged in the housing, and the first air chamber and the second air chamber are communicated with each other through a fully-closed ventilation channel, so that the first air chamber, the ventilation channel and the second air chamber form a pneumatic structure closed relative to the outside, and an air hole capable of keeping the pneumatic structure in communication with the outside is arranged in the pneumatic structure, and a handle capable of adjusting a ventilation capacity between the air hole and the outside is arranged on the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Inventor: Huading Zhang
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Patent number: 12336705Abstract: A surgical instrument for treating the tissue of a patient is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises a housing including a handle, a housing frame comprising a housing connector, and a drive system comprising at least one electric motor. The surgical instrument further comprises a shaft assembly releasably assembled to the housing including a shaft frame comprising a proximal connector and a distal connector, wherein the proximal connector is releasably coupled to the housing connector and a shaft drive system comprising at least one rotatable shaft operably coupled to the electric motor. The surgical instrument further comprises an end effector releasably assembled to the shaft assembly including an end effector frame comprising an end effector connector releasably coupled to the distal connector of the shaft assembly, a plurality of staple cartridges removably stored in the end effector, and a plurality of end effector drivers operably coupled to the rotatable shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONALInventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris
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Patent number: 12330278Abstract: A fastening tool includes a housing, a magazine, a striking assembly, a trigger assembly, and a brake assembly, where the housing is formed with an accommodation space, the magazine accommodates a fastener, and the striking assembly is accommodated in the accommodation space and includes a striker, where the striker is configured to move along a striking direction to output a striking force to the fastener; the trigger assembly is configured to trigger a first switch and includes a first state for not triggering the first switch, and when the first switch is not triggered, the striker does not output the striking force; the brake assembly includes a lock state for preventing the striker from moving along the striking direction; and in response to the trigger assembly switching to the first state, the brake assembly switches to the lock state.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junyong Yang, Jingdong Hao, Mingqi Zhou
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Patent number: 12263982Abstract: A system for packaging a product into separate bags, including a station for providing a partly closed bag and adding a quantity of the product into the partly closed bag, a closing station for closing the partly closed bag with the quantity of the product therein, a separating station for separating the closed bag from the sheet-shaped material, and an analyzing station for analyzing the closed bag, where the analyzing station is positioned between the closing station and the separating station and where the closed bag hangs from another bag when analyzed.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: TRIVISION A/SInventor: Ole K. Neckelmann
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Patent number: 12257679Abstract: A nail gun with a hidden nail head structure includes a gun body, a nail magazine, and a nail head located at the nail exit of the nail magazine. The nail magazine is a component for supplying nails, and the gun body is a component for striking nails. The gun body has a connecting part extending towards the nail exit. The nail head is fixedly connected to the nail magazine on both sides by fasteners, and the upper part of the nail head is fixed to the connecting part by fasteners, realizing the hidden installation of the nail head. By adopting an insertion-type installation method, the nail head is hidden, making the overall appearance of the nail gun more elegant and attractive, with convenient assembly and connection, a more stable structure, simplified nail head structure, more convenient processing of components, and reduced manufacturing costs.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Zhejiang Rongpeng Air Tools Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenxing Yin, Junpeng Wei, Zhenhui Chen, Xiaorong Li, Fazheng Yang
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Patent number: 12257804Abstract: A method for manufacturing of cartons by a carton manufacturing system comprising a piece assembly unit and a piece attaching unit. The method may comprise steps: A) retrieving a set of measurements of an intended content to be enclosed in a final carton; B) calculating a width X1 and a length Y1 of a first carton piece, and a width X2 and a length Y2 of a second carton piece; C) providing the first carton piece with the width X1 and the length Y1, and a second carton piece with the width X2 and the length Y2; D) assembling the first and the second carton piece into a detachable carton piece assembly; and E) attaching the first and the second carton piece to form a carton assembly by placing a first edge of the first carton piece is against a second edge of the second carton piece.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: OPTIBINARY ABInventor: Per Hallendorff
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Patent number: 12257685Abstract: An anvil for an impact mechanism, where the anvil includes wings that taper at a taper angle of about 5 degrees to about 30 degrees. The anvil may also include a shaft extending from the wings, and a drive end adapted to transfer and apply torque to a work piece. The wings of the anvil also include wing impact surfaces that receive rotational impact forces from a hammer. For example, the hammer contacts and applies torque to the wings of the anvil.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Saiphon C. Charoenphan, Adrian J. Robillard, John E. Fuhreck, Collin T. Kohls
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Patent number: 12245611Abstract: Disclosed is a production method developed for production of cornet cones with less waste from plain cornet paper in a roll.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventors: Umit Sahin, Osman Kadiroglu
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Patent number: 12240648Abstract: A feeding unit which is configured to feed articles from a pick-up station to a delivery station. The feeding unit comprises: a gripping head provided with at least one gripping means and attached to a shaft. The shaft is configured to translate along the rotation axis between a lowered position, in which the articles are picked up and released by the gripping head, and a raised position, in which the gripping head rotates between the pick-up station and the delivery station. The feeding unit comprises two actuators which are coaxial to the shaft and which are configured to respectively translate the shaft between the lowered position and the raised position along the rotation axis and to rotate the shaft around the rotation axis between the pick-up station and the delivery station.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Paolo Degliesposti, Fabio Gaudenzi, Luca Lanzarini
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Patent number: 12233569Abstract: A wheeled conveyance straddles and squeezes a parapet or similar vertical wall from both the inside and outside vertical faces. Side wheels may be adjusted to be closer together or farther apart to accommodate the thickness of the wall being straddled. The conveyance traverses the parapet along the top edge, and at least one fastener driver suspended from the carriage faces one or both of the inside and outside vertical faces at some preferably adjustable distance below the top edge of the parapet. While the conveyance traverses the parapet, an actuator selectively and repeatedly actuates the fastener driver(s). Various sensors and controls are provided that permit the speed, fastener spacing, and travel distance to be adjusted. Position awareness and visual, auditory, and radio communications may optionally be employed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Scepaniak IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Kurtis D. Scepaniak, Michael S. Marquette, Travis M. Marquette
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Patent number: 12208497Abstract: A magazine for use with a fastening tool. The magazine can have a pusher assembly that can be retracted into a recess in the magazine to facilitate loading and reloading of fasteners. The pusher assembly can have a pusher assembly knob which can be reversibly latched to a detent to maintain the pusher assembly in a retracted state. The fastening tool can use a magazine which can be reloaded by a method which has a step of reversibly retracting the pusher assembly into the retracted state to allow for feeding one or more fasteners to the magazine.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Larry E. Gregory, Michael P. Baron, Lee M. Brendel, Todd A. Hagan, Stuart E. Garber
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Patent number: 12202225Abstract: A machine for converting a sheet material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly. The forming assembly is configured to cause lateral edges of the sheet material to roll towards one another, forming a tubular shape. A deflector at a downstream end of the forming assembly is configured to engage the lateral edges of the sheet material and to urge the lateral edges into an interior of the tubular shape. This juxtaposes lateral edge portions of the sheet material adjacent the respective lateral edges. A forming channel at a downstream end of the forming assembly faces the deflector to receive the lateral edge portions and shape them into a tab. Finally, the feeding assembly includes rotating connecting members that engage and connect together the overlapping lateral edge portions of the sheet material forming the tab.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Ranpak Corp.Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 12202111Abstract: An electric nail gun includes a flywheel, a swing arm unit, and an actuation unit. The swing arm unit includes a conversion member, and is operable to swing relative to the flywheel in a first direction between an initial position, in which the swing arm unit and the flywheel have a maximum distance therebetween, and a triggered position, in which the swing arm unit and the flywheel have a minimum distance therebetween. The actuation unit includes a pushing member that has a pushing surface facing the conversion member, and a pushing rod that is operable to move relative to the pushing member in the first direction between an extended position, in which the pushing member pushes the conversion member via the pushing surface thereof so that the swing arm unit is in the triggered position, and a retracted position, in which the swing arm unit is in the initial position.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.Inventor: Chia-Yu Chien
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Patent number: 12186881Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a housing, in which at least one drive unit configured to drive a tool holder is arranged. The tool holder is designed to hold an insertable tool. The hand-held power tool includes an alignment apparatus having a control unit and at least one luminous element arranged on the housing. The alignment apparatus is designed to determine, in real time, during operation of the hand-held power tool, a current deviation of a selectable machining angle, which is selected via the control unit and which is formed between the insertable tool inserted in the tool holder and a workpiece surface that is to be machined, from an actual inclination angle between the insertable tool inserted in the tool holder and the workpiece surface to be machined, and to visualize said deviation using the at least one luminous element.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ralf Windsheimer, Suresh Subramaniam, Thomas Hampel, Scott Novotny, Petra Kalinowski, Jan-Hendrik Heins
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Patent number: 12186932Abstract: An internal rotor type nail drive device of electric nail gun, comprising a nailing rod and an internal rotor type rotary actuator that can output a specific rotation angle and can drive the nailing rod to move downward for nailing. Specifically, the rotary actuator comprises a stator and a rotor arranged inside the stator, even groups of electromagnetic mutual action components are configured in pairs between the stator and the rotor, to generate a tangential force to drive the rotor to rotate for a specific rotation angle, and to drive the nailing rod to move for a nailing stroke. The nailing stroke can be determined by a specific rotation angle. Thus, through the above configuration of the rotary actuator, the structure of the electric nail gun can be simplified, and the kinetic energy for nailing can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: DE POAN PNEUMATIC CORP.Inventors: I-Tsung Wu, Chia-Sheng Liang, Yu-Che Lin, Wen-Chin Chen
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Patent number: 12172287Abstract: A hydraulic hammer for impact fracturing a work object includes a hammer shell having a cylinder body disposed between a front head and a rear head. A piston reciprocally movable within the cylinder body abut a work tool and can extend and retract the work tool from the hammer shell. To dampen momentum and impact forces, an accumulator head is attached to the back head and can accommodate hydraulic and dampening fluids in separate first and second sub-chambers. The dampening sub-chamber may directly fluidly communicate with an internal dampening fluid reservoir in the back head.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Cody T. Moore
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Patent number: 12162239Abstract: A dunnage conversion system (100) includes a supply area (120), a dunnage conversion machine (110), and an arcuate slot (130). The supply area (120) is configured to hold a supply of a sheet material (122). The sheet material (122) is in a substantially flat configuration in the supply area (120). The dunnage conversion machine (110) is configured to pull the sheet material (122) from the supply area (120) and to convert the sheet material (122) into a non-flat configuration. The arcuate slot (130) is positioned between the supply area (120) and the dunnage conversion machine (110) such that the sheet material (122) is fed through the arcuate slot (130) as the sheet material (122) passes along a path from the supply area (120) to the dunnage conversion machine (110).Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)Inventors: Christopher C. Hamlin, Thomas P. Orsini, Russell T. Christman
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Patent number: 12157213Abstract: Disclosed is a nail gun having an accidental shooting prevention structure. More particularly, the nail gun having an accidental shooting prevention structure has a function of controlling not to be shot when not loaded or continuously driven except when a nose of a contact member is pressed to a target object and, at the same time, a trigger is pulled.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Jeil Tacker Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wang-Geun Oh
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Patent number: 12151349Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece having a fastener driver channel from which fasteners are discharged into a workpiece, a driver blade, a workpiece contact element, and a pusher mechanism. The powered fastener driver also includes a dry-fire lockout mechanism having a lockout lever movable between a bypass position and a blocking position and a last fastener holding member configured to engage a fastener within the fastener driver channel. The lockout lever is configured to engage the fastener within the fastener driver channel. The last fastener holding member biases the fastener within the fastener driver channel toward an inner surface of the fastener driver channel to inhibit the fastener from falling out of the fastener driver channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Casey D. Garces, Andrew P. Rux, Andrew R. Wyler