Patents Examined by Robert A. Rose
  • Patent number: 10537975
    Abstract: A method includes: vacuuming at least one area among a plurality of areas formed concentrically between a top face of the elastic film and the top ring body under a state where a bottom face of the substrate is supported by a support member and a top face of the substrate contacts a bottom face of the elastic film; measuring a flow volume of gas in an area located outside one or more areas to be vacuumed; determining whether the substrate is adsorbed to the top ring based on the flow volume of the gas; and after it is determined that the substrate is adsorbed to the top ring, separating the elastic film to which the substrate is adsorbed from the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Makoto Fukushima, Osamu Nabeya
  • Patent number: 10537971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measuring steady rest which has a device for supporting central workpiece regions, in particular, bearing points on shaft parts, in particular crankshafts, and a measurement device integrated therein for directly adjusting the measurement of the workpiece regions before and/or during machining of the shaft parts. The measuring steady rest is preferably designed in the form of a prism, the measurement device being arranged on the bottom of the prism between the lateral flanks of the prism. The present invention further relates to a grinding machine comprising such a measuring steady rest, and to a method for supporting and measuring central workpiece regions on such a grinding machine comprising such a measuring steady rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Erwin Junker Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Erwin Junker
  • Patent number: 10537979
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a mobile wet-abrasive blasting system used for cleaning, preparing surfaces, removing coatings, and other abrasive blasting applications. The wet abrasive basting system has a blast pot that includes pilot-controlled pneumatics to control the loading, pressurizing, de-pressurizing, and wash down functions. The wet-abrasive blasting system also uses a floating bung in conjunction with a vent mechanism to further automate the pressurizing steps in setting up the system. The wet-abrasive blasting system also uses pilot-controlled pneumatics to decide the blasting function options of just water, just air, or water/abrasive mix and air. Wet-abrasive blasting systems mix an abrasive media with water and convey the mix to meet compressed air and direct through a blast hose and nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CLEARBLAST, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Skross, Tim P. Kavka-Coogan, Adam H. Soles
  • Patent number: 10525565
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hardbanding removal apparatus and method for use with oilfield tubulars and downhole tools. The apparatus includes a tiltable frame with support arm, a grinding wheel coupled to the support arm, and an idler wheel assembly to supply mechanical feedback to the grinding wheel through the support arm. The mechanical feedback allows the grinding wheel to remove hardbanding accurately and uniformly on tubulars that are eccentric, curved, or have eccentric hardbanding. The tiltable frame enables grinding of tapered sections of the tubular without reorienting the tubular. The method includes removing hardbanding using the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ATT Technology, Ltd.
    Inventor: Elliot Morgan Stamey
  • Patent number: 10519594
    Abstract: Supercritical fluid (“SCF”) is used to scour a target material to leave scour elements, such as oligomers and oils from the target material. Carbon dioxide (“CO2”) is introduced into a pressure vessel also containing the target material to be scoured. The CO2 is raised in temperature and pressure to a SCF state. The CO2 is recirculated within the pressure vessel to scour the target material. An exchange of the CO2 is occurs allowing for the scoured elements to be removed from the CO2 and therefore from within the pressure vessel. Operation variables such as temperature, pressure, time, internal flow rate, and CO2 exchange are adjusted to achieve a scouring of the target material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt W. Kelly, Gerardo A. Montero, Anand P. Kanchagar, Pankaj Rugnath Panchmatia
  • Patent number: 10518382
    Abstract: A substrate processing system comprising a polishing part, a pre-cleaning region, and a cleaning part. The polishing part performs a Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) process on a substrate. The pre-cleaning region is prepared in the polishing part and allows pre-cleaning performed on the substrate having undergone the polishing process. The cleaning part cleans the substrate pre-cleaned in the pre-cleaning region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KCTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kyu Kweon, Byoung Chaul Son, Moon Gi Cho, Joon Ho An
  • Patent number: 10507538
    Abstract: A method for hard fine machining of the toothing of a gear that has an axis of rotation, wherein the toothing is machined with a hard fine machining tool. The machining tool rotates around an axis of rotation during hard fine machining. The method includes: a) Providing a hard fine machining tool that has axially adjacent machining zones, including a first zone for the grinding the toothing and a second zone for fine grinding and/or polishing the toothing; b) Grinding the toothing with the first zone, wherein a first pivoting angle exists between the axis of rotation of the gear and the axis of rotation of the machining tool; c) Fine grinding and/or polishing the toothing with the second zone of the machining tool, wherein a second pivoting angle exists, which is different from the first pivoting angle, between the axis of rotation of the gear and the axis of rotation of the machining tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: KAPP WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH, NILES WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Mueller
  • Patent number: 10507564
    Abstract: A method for the dressing of a multi-thread grinding worm by a dressing roll, wherein the grinding worm has at least two screw channels which are arranged parallel to another, which screw channels extend helically around an axis of the grinding worm and wherein the dressing roll has at least two adjacent dressing profiles which are arranged along an axis of the dressing roll, wherein the dressing profiles of the dressing roll are guided simultaneously through adjacent screw channels of the grinding worm during the dressing of the grinding worm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: KAPP WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH, NILES WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventor: Friedrich Schmueck
  • Patent number: 10507593
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting system. The cutting system (1) is designed to extend in the direction of a first system axis (7) which extends horizontally along a width (B) of the cutting system (1), in the direction of a second system axis (8) which extends vertically relative to the first system axis (7), and in the direction of a third system axis (9) which extends along the depth (T) of the cutting system orthogonally to the first system axis (7) and the second system axis (8). The cutting system has a support (2), a tool (3; 4) which is received on the support (2) in the form of a saw with a spindle shaft (13; 14), the operating direction of the tool following the direction of the first system axis (7), and an additional tool (5) which is received on the support (2) in the form of a chop saw with a third spindle shaft (15), the operating direction of the additional tool following the direction of the first system axis (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: D. Swarovski KG
    Inventors: Johannes Schweigl, Hubert Schwabegger, Joachim Karger, Gerhard Lindenthaler, Andreas Mimm
  • Patent number: 10493591
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems of lapping a row bar of sliders, where the systems and methods use externally mounted laser components to focus laser energy on an area of an individual slider that can absorb the laser energy in a manner to cause at least the write pole and/or reader to protrude more relative to one or more other slider components (e.g., a reader) during lapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gary J. Kunkel, Zoran Jandric, Andrew Habermas
  • Patent number: 10490899
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is presented. A structure having an interior channel is formed using additive manufacturing equipment. A viscous media containing abrasive particles is sent through the interior channel using abrasive flow machining equipment to form a desired surface roughness for the interior channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Allen Wayne Wilson, Patrick Chalit Pattamanuch, Leonard Rosenheck
  • Patent number: 10478944
    Abstract: The recycling unit is the technology for the continuously controlled process of recycling and drying screened abrasive during which the intensity of batching of the abrasive is regulated according to the temperature in the drying oven. The control system continuously measures the current temperature and on the basis of this data it decides on switching the heating elements on or off or turning the batching process on or off; this control is based on the temperature hysteresis and on changing the intensity of batching of abrasive, which is subject to switching the heating elements or turning the batching process on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PTV, spol. s r. o.
    Inventors: Jiri Mestanek, Pavel Pokorny, Daniel Kala
  • Patent number: 10478909
    Abstract: A machine for machining workpieces includes a machine frame (110, 120), a honing ring carrier (60) which is mounted on the machine frame and in which a honing ring or a honing ring blank is clampable and rotationally drivable about its central axis, and a workpiece spindle module (50) having a workpiece spindle (54), wherein a workpiece which is to be machined with the honing ring clamped in the honing ring carrier (60) is mountable in the region of a free end of the workpiece spindle (54). The machine further includes a grinding module (130) for profiling a honing ring as a result of grinding a honing ring blank, wherein the grinding module (130) is arranged in such a manner on the machine frame (110, 120) that a grinding wheel of the grinding module (130) can be positioned relative to the honing ring carrier (60) inside a truly three-dimensional space. The profiling of a honing ring and the honing of a workpiece can consequently be effected in the same clamping setup of the honing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GLEASON SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Frederik Bransberg, Urs Bernhardsgruetter
  • Patent number: 10464190
    Abstract: A substrate, an edge polishing detection method and device and a positioning method and device for the same, an exposure apparatus and an evaporation device are provided. The substrate includes a base substrate and at least one edge polishing detection pattern on the base substrate. The at least one edge polishing detection pattern is provided at an edge of the base substrate and made of a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Wang, Libin Liu
  • Patent number: 10453702
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a chemical mechanical polishing device and a chemical mechanical polishing method. The chemical mechanical polishing device includes: a cleaning apparatus and a polishing pad conditioner disc positionally configurable relative to the cleaning apparatus, where the cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning disc; a pre-polishing pad disposed inside the cleaning disc and configured to perform a pre-polishing operation of the polishing pad conditioner disc when positioned in contact with the polishing pad conditioner disc; a pre-polishing grinding liquid dispensing assembly disposed on a side edge of the cleaning disc and configured to supply a pre-polishing grinding liquid to the pre-polishing pad; and a rotation driver configured to drive the pre-polishing pad to rotate during the pre-polishing operation. The present disclosure beneficially reduces wafer scratches and increases evenness of distribution of a grinding liquid during polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANF. INTL. (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANF. INTL. (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventor: Qiang Tang
  • Patent number: 10449650
    Abstract: This invention discloses a wall polisher for building decoration of this invention, comprising a main body, a housing fixedly arranged on one end of the main body, a slot with an opening towards one end disposed in the housing, a handle fixedly set on the top end face of the main body, standing bases up and down symmetrically disposed on one end face of the main body, a pushing cushion which is fixedly connected to one end face of the main body arranged between the two standing bases; wherein the housing is attached on the rough wall surface with the handle held and the push force applied to the pushing cushion; a dust collecting device which is dismountable disposed on the bottom of the housing; wherein the dust produced during polishing is collected by the dust collecting device, which prevents the dust from spreading to pollute the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Junchao Huang
  • Patent number: 10449653
    Abstract: The present invention is a holding pad including a holding layer for holding a member to be polished, in which the holding layer includes on a part of a surface thereof a template fixing portion for sticking a template for preventing lateral displacement of the member to be polished, the template fixing portion has on a surface thereof an adsorption layer for adsorbing and fixing the template the template fixing portion, and the adsorption layer is formed of a composition which is formed by crosslinking a silicone composed of a predetermined siloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MARUISHI SANGYO CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Yajima, Daisuke Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 10434619
    Abstract: The sanding tool comprises a base, a handle, a first clip, and a second clip. A sheet of sandpaper is held in place against the bottom of the block by the clips. A user grasps the sanding tool by the handle and moves the sandpaper against an object to sand the object. The clips each comprise a wire armature that traps an end of the sandpaper between a plate and a handle block. The wire armature passes through and hinges at the handle block. The ends of the wire armature are coupled to the plate. The wire armature extends towards the center of the block on one side and forms a loop. The position of the loop may be changed to release or retain the sandpaper within the clip. The loop may be retained by a knurled screw into a platform on the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Giuseppe Santelli
  • Patent number: 10436949
    Abstract: An optical lens includes: (i) a temporary coating for protection against degradation at least partially covering a surface of the lens, the temporary protective coating including an outermost layer mechanically degradable through friction and/or contact, and (ii) a removable film having a first side and a second side, which adheres to the outermost layer of the temporary protective coating through its first side, the first side of the removable film including at least one surface portion, which, when applied to the outermost layer of the temporary protective coating, includes at least one adherent zone and at least one non-adherent zone distributed across the surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Gerald Fournand, Zeming Gou, Pascale Lacan, Dominique Conte
  • Patent number: 10434622
    Abstract: A polishing method capable of removing waviness on a resin-coated surface having a curved surface is provided. The resin-coated surface having the curved surface is polished by using a polishing pad having a polishing surface formed of a hard resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yutaka Niwano, Hitoshi Morinaga, Keigo Ohashi, Kazusei Tamai