Patents Examined by Praachi M Pathak
  • Patent number: 12129068
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for configuring product packaging and removal of the packaging from a product is disclosed. The labeled product packaging includes a shrink wrap packaging adapted for sealing around a product. A predefined point of failure is configured in the packaging and includes a failure mode for when pulled in at least one direction. A label is sealed to the packaging and adhered to the predefined point of failure in covering relation over the predefined point of failure. Lifting the label from the packaging tears open the packaging starting at the predefined point of failure so the product can be removed from the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Ryan David Lucey, Christopher John Opelt, David M. Shoberg, Brian P. Carlson, Paul R. Kraus
  • Patent number: 12115616
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a hand held power tool comprising a housing, the housing comprising a back handle portion at a back end thereof. And a front handle portion at a front end thereof, wherein a motor is arranged in the back handle portion and coupled to an outgoing axle extending through the front handle portion. Wherein the front handle portion comprises an inner tubular structure and an outer tubular gripping sleeve. The outer tubular gripping sleeve is circumferentially supported by at least two vibration absorbing resilient elements arranged around the inner tubular structure, such that a circumferential gap is formed between the inner tubular structure and the outer tubular gripping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: Torbjörn Walheim
  • Patent number: 12097599
    Abstract: A dustproof magazine to be mounted in a nail gun including a muzzle unit includes a magazine body, a nail-pressing member, and a scroll spring connected therebetween. The magazine body includes spaced-apart first and second rail walls extending transverse to the muzzle unit, and disposed respectively distal from and adjacent to the muzzle unit. The nail-pressing member is mounted movably along and between the first and second rail walls, and includes a main body and a scraper set extending therefrom. Movement of the nail-pressing member away from the muzzle unit drives the scroll spring to resiliently convert from a winding state into an unwinding state, where a strip portion of the scroll spring unwinds and extends along the second rail wall. The scraper set is in contact with the strip portion during the movement of the nail-pressing member for scrapping foreign matters off the strip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventors: Jian-Rung Wu, Rui-Wen Wu
  • Patent number: 12090620
    Abstract: A rotary tool may include a motor, a first clutch, a first drive path, a second drive path, a second clutch, a rotating mass, and an output anvil. The rotary tool may drive, by the motor and the first clutch, a first drive path that causes the output anvil to rotate at a speed. The rotary tool may selectively enable, by the motor and the second clutch, a second drive path that causes the rotating mass to engage to the output anvil and increase a torque delivered to the output anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CSP CONSULTING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Pedicini, Joshua Pedicini
  • Patent number: 12083663
    Abstract: A pressure accumulator, rock breaking machine and method of storing pressure energy. The accumulator includes a casing and an elastic membrane arranged inside the casing. The membrane divides an inner space of the casing into two separate pressure spaces. A gas space is prefilled with pressurized gas. On the opposite side of the membrane is a hydraulic space for receiving hydraulic fluid. The membrane is a hat-like element having side walls, a mounting flange at its open end and a closed top end. The mounting flange of the membrane is mounted between the casing and a flange element. The accumulator is without a screen. The flange element is provided with a sealing for sealing a piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
    Inventor: Erik Airas
  • Patent number: 12083657
    Abstract: A fastening tool for driving a fastener into a workpiece is described herein. The fastening tool includes a contact trip, a magnet, and a magnetometer. The contact trip is disposed at a first end of the fastening tool and is configured to move toward a second end of the fastening tool opposite of the first end when the contact trip engages the workpiece. The magnet is configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnet is coupled to the contact trip such that movement of the contact trip causes the magnet to move. The magnetometer is configured to detect a change in the magnetic field generated by the magnet when the magnet moves relative to the magnetometer and, based on the detected change in the magnetic field, to generate a signal indicating when the contact trip engages the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Schroeder, Merrill A. Myers, III, Dylan Parker, Alex Dignan, Vivekkumar Kumar, Alastair Valentine
  • Patent number: 12064853
    Abstract: An impact tool (1; 1A) includes a spindle (12) rotated by a motor (10) and a hammer (70) rotated by the spindle. The hammer is designed to impact an anvil (14) in a rotational direction. A case (8) houses the hammer. A bearing (78A, 78B) is disposed between the hammer case and the anvil. An O-ring (84) is disposed between the anvil and the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryunosuke Kumagai, Tokuo Hirabayashi, Tomoyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 12059155
    Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil defining a plurality of staple forming pockets and a stapling head assembly. The stapling head assembly includes a body, a coupling member capable of actuating the anvil relative to the body, a staple deck defining a plurality of staple openings, and a firing assembly capable of driving a plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil. The firing assembly includes a proximal driving body and an array of discrete staple driving segments positioned distal to the proximal driving body. The proximal driving body is slidably housed within the body. The staple driving segments each have a free proximal end. The proximal driving body is capable of simultaneously actuating the array of staple driving segments to drive the plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Austin E. Wise, Shane R. Adams, John S. Kimsey
  • Patent number: 12060187
    Abstract: A filling machine configured to form, fill, and seal individual packages is provided. The filling machine comprises a disinfection station and a hygienic chamber downstream the disinfection station, which hygienic chamber is configured to reduce the risk for re-contamination of the packages after passing the disinfection station. An inner hygienic zone is formed inside the hygienic chamber, whereby a positive air flow is established from the inner hygienic zone to the hygienic chamber outside the inner hygienic zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Ulf Lindblad, Mårten Regner, Jenny Lindblad, Bo Runnberg
  • Patent number: 12036654
    Abstract: A method is for operating a hand-held power tool that includes an electric motor. The method includes determining a signal of an operating parameter of the electric motor; determining an application class at least partly on the basis of the signal of the operating parameter; and providing comparative information at least partly on the basis of the application class including (i) providing at least one model-signal form, and (ii) providing a threshold value for correspondence. The model-signal form can be assigned to an established state in the progress of the work performed by the hand-held power tool. The method further includes comparing the signal of the operating parameter with the model-signal form and determining a correspondence evaluation from the comparison. The correspondence evaluation is at least partly based on the threshold value for correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Erbele, Wolfgang Herberger
  • Patent number: 12036648
    Abstract: A driving tool with a mechanical spring uses urging force from a striking spring as driving force and switches its operation mode. The tool includes a striking driver to strike a fastener, a striking spring urging the driver in a driving direction, a contact arm movable to a retracted position in a counter-driving direction in response to pressing against a workpiece, a trigger movable to an on-position in response to user operation, and a mode selector switch to switch the operation mode between continuous drive mode and single drive mode. A driving operation is performed in the continuous drive mode in response to the contact arm moving to the retracted position and the trigger moving to the on-position in any order, and in the single drive mode in response to the contact arm moving to the retracted position and the trigger moving to the on-position in the stated order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isao Miyashita
  • Patent number: 12037211
    Abstract: A supply (22) of sheet stock material (24, 34) for a dunnage conversion machine (26) that is readily spliced to another supply includes (a) one or more plies of sheet material (24, 34) having (i) multiple longitudinally-extending sections, including a center section (42) bounded by lateral sections (40), where the lateral sections (40) are folded over a common face of the center section (42) along longitudinal fold lines (44) at lateral edges of the folded sheet material, and (ii) a leading end (60) and a trailing end (62) at respective longitudinally-opposite ends of the sheet material, where the lateral sections (40) are separated from the center section (42) adjacent the leading end (60) and adjacent the trailing end (62) along respective lines of separation; and (b) a splicing adhesive (76) applied to the sheet material adjacent the leading end (60) or the trailing end (62) on both the center section (42) and each of the lateral WO 2020/092578 A1 sections (40) to facilitate splicing each section to respec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis J. Wagner, Brian Stinard, Hugo Van Ool, Leon Hanssen, Mike Timmers
  • Patent number: 12017815
    Abstract: A manually operated stretch wrap device comprising: a rigid, cylindrical support member comprising: a proximal section adapted to support a stretch wrap roll, and to facilitate rotational dispensing of the stretch wrap from said roll, a distal section adapted to support a stretch wrap roll, and to facilitate rotational dispensing of the stretch wrap from said roll, and a center section adapted to be held by a person using one hand and adapted to facilitate rotational dispensing of the stretch wrap from the proximal and distal sections of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Ronald Grubbs
  • Patent number: 11987411
    Abstract: A method, a packaging system, and use for packaging objects on a conveyor using a hose-shaped stretch foil of plastic material. A method, system, and use, where the hose-shaped stretch foil may be stretched around the objects in a horizontal manner. The packaging system comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor where first and second conveyors are arranged for conveying objects from said first conveyor to said second conveyor. The system comprises a foil dispensing mechanism arranged in a space between the first and the second conveyor, and being arranged for dispensing a continuous hose-shaped foil onto said conveyed objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Tentoma A/S
    Inventor: Frank Bruhn
  • Patent number: 11951706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing a cushion means for packaging purposes, comprising a dispensing means which provides the cushion means, and a withdrawal region from which a user can take the dispensed cushion means. At least one sensor means is present, which detects an engaging of the dispensed cushion means by the user and/or the presence or absence of at least one region of a hand of the user in the withdrawal region or in a detection region adjacent to the withdrawal region. The providing device dispenses a cushion means depending on the detected engaging of the dispensed cushion means by the user and/or depending on the presence and/or absence of a hand of the user in the withdrawal region or in the detection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Storopack Hans Reichenecker GmbH
    Inventor: Lukas Hagestedt
  • Patent number: 11951529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cartridge-type rivet feeding mechanism of a flow drill screwing device including a rivet box, a magazine for storing rivets from the rivet box, a rivet pulling mechanism including a rivet pulling block, a rivet pulling block guide housing and a linear driving unit connected with the rivet pulling block, a blowing mechanism including a curved connecting tube and a third air inlet, the rivet pulling block is defined with a T-shaped through hole capable of accommodating a rivet and configured for transferring the rivet from the first connecting tube to the second connecting tube. The first air inlet and the second air inlet are both configured for introducing compressed air to push the rivet to move towards the riveter head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: JEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Liu, Zhe Weng, Donghua Tang, Hongjie Liu
  • Patent number: 11931873
    Abstract: A nail gun includes a frame unit, a flywheel, and a nail-striking device that includes an actuation unit, an impact member and an accidental discharge prevention unit. The actuation unit includes a safety subunit. The impact member has a confining portion. The accidental discharge prevention unit includes a restraining member located between the confining portion of the impact member and the safety subunit. The actuation unit is operable to convert the restraining member from a restraining state, in which the restraining member restrains movement of the confining portion of the impact member, to a releasing state, in which the movement of the confining portion of the impact member is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BASSO INDUSTRY CORP.
    Inventor: Chia-Yu Chien
  • Patent number: 11911037
    Abstract: A medical device, a stapler, and a rotation locking mechanism, the medical device including a handheld mechanism, a connecting mechanism, and an actuator. The connecting mechanism is connected to the handheld mechanism and the actuator. The handheld mechanism is internally provided with a first rotation locking mechanism and a first transmission mechanism connected to the first rotation locking mechanism. A second rotation locking mechanism matching the first rotation locking mechanism is disposed on the connecting mechanism. When the first transmission mechanism is in a first state, the first rotation locking mechanism and the second rotation locking mechanism are in an unlocked state, such that the connecting mechanism is rotatable. When the first transmission mechanism is in a second state, the first rotation locking mechanism and the second rotation locking mechanism are in a locked state, such that the connecting mechanism is locked, thereby improving surgery safety and surgery efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EZISURG MEDICAL CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Lin Nie, Xiao Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11911884
    Abstract: A nail gun includes a nail gun body unit, and a magazine unit. The nail gun body unit has a drive module, a nail-discharging section, and a firing channel that is formed in the nail-discharging section, and that extends along a firing axis. The nail-discharging section has a base segment, and a guide segment having a guide surface. The base segment has a tip section that has a tip face. The tip face and the guide surface have a height difference in the direction of the firing axis. The magazine unit is connected to the nail gun body unit, and is adapted to accommodate nails. The drive module is adapted for firing the nails that are positioned within the firing channel to move along the firing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANREX INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Ho Ou
  • Patent number: 11904569
    Abstract: A Coiling device for spirally rolling-up a three-dimensional cushioning material made by a cushion forming device from a web-type source material (e.g. a roll or a Leporello-stack) of paper, can include a reel having at least two deflectors, and having a rotational axis extending in vertical direction. The deflectors can be a mandrel, hook, deflector edge, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-Und Wellpappenwerke & Co.
    Inventors: Bastian Schalk, Marco Schwarberg, Saskia Lange