Patents Examined by Ruth G Hidalgo-Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10479529
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding a panel. A rigid frame is secured on an aircraft on a rework area on the aircraft. A carrier is attached to the rigid frame. The panel is held on the carrier and the carrier moves the panel about a plurality of axes. The panel moves with the carrier such that the panel has a desired position relative to a rework opening in the rework area. The panel is attached to the aircraft while the panel is held in the desired position relative to the rework opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Paul R. Gehlsen
  • Patent number: 10471768
    Abstract: The invention relates to converting a ball and socket style vise into a positioning vise. Jewelers and hand engravers and metal working artists utilize traditional ball vises for holding and spinning an object that is being worked on. The present invention provides a way to retrofit these traditional ball vises with a linear positioning top portion assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventor: Steven James Lindsay
  • Patent number: 10473002
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a poppet valve 10 from an intermediate valve products is disclosed. The intermediate valve products have an intermediate valve head 14? with a pressing protrusions 15. A peak 15a of the pressing protrusions 15 is located in a normal direction X2 of the seat surface N, which is positioned on a normal line X2 passing a reference point P3 set on a line segment K connecting a base point P1 in an inner side and a base point P2 in an outer side of the seat surface N; a position of the reference point P3 is set such that a relation between a length L1 from the base point P1 to the reference point P3 and a length L2 from the base point P2 to the reference point P3 meets a formula of L1/L2?0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nittan Valve Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maiku Mikami, Kazunori Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 10464405
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic installation system, a device, and a method, of a high voltage battery for a vehicle. In particular, the automatic installation device of a high voltage battery for a vehicle includes a hanger part to hang a frame for the vehicle; and an automatic installation part provided under the hanger part to automatically center the high voltage battery on the frame for the vehicle and then install the high voltage battery, whereby it is possible to improve workability by replacing a manual work process with the automatic installing process of installing the high voltage battery on the frame for the vehicle and thus save costs by improving accuracy and safety and reducing labor costs thanks to the implementation of automation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Woo Kim, Yong Cheol Kim, Tae Joon Kang
  • Patent number: 10463497
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for the optimization of shoulder arthroplasty component design through the use of computed tomography scan data from arthritic shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: John W. Sperling
  • Patent number: 10451370
    Abstract: A magazine opener for removing a floor plate of a firearm magazine, wherein the floor plate defines a hole and the magazine defines a side wall, wherein the opener includes: a handle having a first end and a second free end; a first arm pivotally connected with the first end of the handle; a second arm extended from the handle to form an engagement point biased against the side wall; wherein the first arm comprises a L-shaped element inserted into the hole to secure the first arm with the floor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NcSTAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Carson Cheng, Changan Tian, Richard Thomas
  • Patent number: 10448742
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a chair including a base, a hub, and a seat frame. The hub is supported by the base and includes first and second side mounts and first and second covers. The first side mount is positioned on a first side of the chair and includes a back portion and a bottom portion. The first cover is coupled to the first side mount to define a first channel with the first side mount. The seat frame includes a first lateral member having a lower portion and an upper portion that is pivotally coupled to the back portion of the first side mount and is configured to angulate relative to the lower portion. The lower portion of the first lateral member is slidably received in the first channel such that two sides and a bottom of the lower portion received within the first channel are substantially hidden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Evan T. Aschbrenner, Daniel W. Tracy, Andrew B. Hector
  • Patent number: 10451212
    Abstract: A device for fixing an optical device is disclosed. The device has a housing, an actuating device having an adjustable actuating element, an expansion sleeve having a plurality of expansion segments, which can be displaced in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the expansion sleeve between a closed state and an expanded state, and a first adjusting device, which converts a movement of the actuating device into a radial movement of the expansion segments in the plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the expansion sleeve. The expansion segments can be inserted into the receiving opening of the optical device in the closed state of the expansion sleeve and, in the expanded state, form a force-fitting or form-fitting connection with the receiving opening of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Siegler, Till Cramer
  • Patent number: 10436047
    Abstract: A method of repairing a diaphragm of a rotary machine includes removing an initial steam path from the diaphragm. The initial steam path includes a plurality of initial partitions. Each initial partition is associated with an original trailing edge profile and an original axial length. The method also includes coupling a replacement steam path to the diaphragm. The replacement steam path includes a plurality of replacement partitions. Each replacement partition has a replacement axial length that is greater than the original axial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Michael Kostrubanic, Joseph Paul Turley, Rory Todd Hersom, Ronald Roy Patterson, Sheldon Dirk Westwood, Kurt Neal Laurer
  • Patent number: 10436220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a low-pressure compressor stator for an axial turbine engine. The stator comprises an external shroud with stubs and an annular row of stator blades extending radially towards the inside from the stubs. The method comprises the following stages: supply or production of a starting bar; bending of the bar so that it makes a circle, in order to form an unwrought external shroud; turning to form an axial annular wall delimited by annular fixing flanges; orbital friction-welding of a row of blades onto the stubs of the external shroud. The stubs are realized during a milling stage of the bar or of the external shroud, the milling being carried out before or after the bending stage. The shroud and the blades can be produced in titanium or in a thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Aero Boosters SA
    Inventor: Francois Hindryckx
  • Patent number: 10427207
    Abstract: A press apparatus includes a press assembly and an activation assembly. The press assembly includes a plurality of dies. The plurality of dies defines a center opening for receiving a work piece. The central opening defines a central longitudinal axis. The activation assembly is adapted to actuate the press assembly. The activation assembly includes a first switch and a second switch. The second switch includes a capacitive touch surface that faces in a direction toward the central longitudinal axis of the press assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Eric D. Orcutt, Ryan Thomas Ellerbrock
  • Patent number: 10391595
    Abstract: A floating type machining platform includes a base, a holding platform, a first elastic module, a second elastic module and a third elastic module. The holding platform is configured to hold a workpiece. The first elastic module is connected between the base and the holding platform for allowing the holding platform to move along and rotate around a first axis relative to the base. The second elastic module is connected between the base and the holding platform for allowing the holding platform to move along and rotate around a second axis relative to the base. The third elastic module is connected between the base and the holding platform for allowing the holding platform to move along and rotate around a third axis relative to the base. Wherein, the first and the second axes are different horizontal axes, and the third axis is a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NOPORVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Kai Hung, Chun-Neng Chan, Hui-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 10363534
    Abstract: Assembly of a fluidized bed reactor for the preparation of polycrystalline silicon granules by chemical vapor deposition of silicon onto seed particles and removal of polycrystalline silicon granules is facilitated without breakage and with gas tightness by a specific assembly sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Dirk Weckesser, Gerhard Forstpointner, Harald Hertlein
  • Patent number: 10359132
    Abstract: A fitting for attaching to a threaded connection of a pipe, in particular a water pipe, includes a basic body, a threaded portion, and a sealing body arranged on the threaded portion. The basic body has a pressing surface on the side situated opposite to the threaded portion. Also disclosed is a method for attaching a fitting to a threaded connection of a pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anton Hartmann, Burkhard Henschel, Benedikt Wiethoff, Tobias Koch, Ralf Halbe, Ulrich Arning, Andreas Muller, Christian Becker, Frank Kasperkowiak, Reiner Mester, Peter Massow
  • Patent number: 10349541
    Abstract: A device for the tool-free mounting of modules on a top-hat rail and for the damage-free, tool-free unmounting of the same. The device has a double leg spring, with a first leg coil spring and a second leg coil spring, which are arranged coaxially about a common spring axis. First and second spring legs of the double leg spring are dimensioned identically and in each case form a hook bent in the direction of an opposite end of the double leg spring. The double leg spring also has a common intermediate leg at another end, which leg forms a hook bent in the direction of a first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SKIDATA AG
    Inventor: Juergen Schieren
  • Patent number: 10335557
    Abstract: A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Larry Brian Gray
  • Patent number: 10315241
    Abstract: A method comprises: providing a spiral metallic workpiece having a cast structure associated with such spiral; and at least partially flattening the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dilip M. Shah, Alan D. Cetel, John J. Marcin, Jr., Steven J. Bullied, Carl R. Verner
  • Patent number: 10286727
    Abstract: There is provided a method capable of producing a wheel-supporting rolling bearing unit at low cost. In an event of producing a wheel-supporting rolling bearing unit, a cylindrical portion formed in an axial end portion of a hub ring is inserted through an inner ring, swing caulking is performed by pressing a die against a tip end portion of the cylindrical portion protruding to an axial end portion side more than the inner ring and an axial end surface of the inner ring is held by a caulked portion formed by caulking and expanding the tip end portion of the cylindrical portion radially outward. In such a way, the inner ring and the hub ring are fixed integrally witch each other. At this time, a swing angle of the swing caulking is set at 15 degrees or more to 30 degrees or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10281182
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an air-conditioning apparatus serving as a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: performing an operation test in a factory under a state in which inert gas (nitrogen) is sealed into respective devices mounted on an outdoor unit (such as a compressor and a four-way valve) and an outdoor pipe connecting the devices in place of refrigerant having flammability; and shipping the air-conditioning apparatus under the state in which the inert gas remains sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Akiyoshi Ishibashi, Noriaki Imano, Kazuki Okada
  • Patent number: 10260539
    Abstract: Two or more vehicle components can be operatively connected with one or more fasteners configured to provide selectively variable dampening characteristics. The fastener can include a dampening unit configured to provide different dampening characteristics based on a torque applied to the fastener. In one or more arrangements, the dampening unit can provide different dampening characteristics based on an amount of compression the dampening unit is under. Target dampening characteristics between two or more components can be determined. A torque can be determined and applied to the fastener based on the target dampening characteristics. The torque can cause the dampening unit of the fastener to compress and provide the target dampening characteristics between the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Zielinski, Allan A. Pett, Eric M. Ehlert