Patents Examined by Ruth G Hidalgo-Hernandez
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Patent number: 10149746Abstract: A method for producing a dental shaped body from a blank that has a corpus of tooth restoration material by a tool adapted to remove the material. To detect a position of the corpus inserted in a machining device, contact scanning is performed on the blank by the tool. At least one dimension of the blank corpus is detected, and the machining tool is prepositioned for a contacting operation according to the detected at least one dimension of the blank corpus.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.Inventor: Klaus Niewiadomski
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Patent number: 10143451Abstract: A tool for deploying an anchor sleeve onto an implantable device includes handle and base members, which may be fitted together by an operator. The operator may select the handle member from a plurality thereof included in a kit; and the base member, also included in the kit, includes a rail segment with which a gripping portion of the selected handle member may be engaged, for example, via guidance from a marked portion of the base member. Once engaged, a deployment tip of the base member is located to move a mounted anchor sleeve from a tubular member of the handle member and onto a body of the device. The tubular member of some tools has a laterally offset distal end portion, on which the corresponding anchor sleeve is mounted; thus, kits including this type of handle member, may include a converter for the base member to facilitate engagement therewith.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Bruce A. Behymer, Michael J. Kern, William V. Ferris, Jr., Thomas C. Bischoff
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Patent number: 10138879Abstract: This housing is a cylindrical housing including a bearing-member mounting portion provided at least one position on the inner circumferential surface, on which bearing-member mounting portion a bearing member is mounted; mounting legs provided at least two vertical positions on the outer circumferential surface; and chucking portions to be chucked by a chuck mechanism of a machining apparatus during machining, provided on the outer circumferential surface, at least three positions in the circumferential direction, corresponding to the position where the bearing-member mounting portion is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Hagita, Masaki Kawasaki
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Patent number: 10132361Abstract: A method for manufacturing a propeller shaft comprising: a shaft portion of a circular tube shape; and a joint assembly to be joined to a transfer gear box side or a differential gear box side of the shaft portion, the joint assembly comprising a shaft-side joint to be joined to the shaft portion and an other-member-side joint to be coupled to a transfer gear box or to a differential gear box, the method having: a press fitting step of pressing the shaft-side joint of the joint assembly into the shaft portion, in a state in which the shaft-side joint and the other-member-side joint have been assembled into the joint assembly; and a welding step of welding the shaft portion and the joint assembly, after the press fitting step.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Hino Motors, Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Katsuragi, Tomonori Kato, Shingo Sugamata, Satoshi Shibata
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Patent number: 10118261Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gear includes providing a rim gear, a hub and a core wherein the core is annular and has a core forging temperature below a hot hardness temperature of the rim gear and the hub. The rim gear and the hub are rotated about an axis relative to the core. During the relative rotation, the rim gear and the hub are in contact with the core to generate friction heat to raise an interface temperature of the core to the core forging temperature. The hub is driven into the core to upset a first portion of the core into an outer annular groove defined in a first faying surface of the hub. The rim gear is driven over the core to upset a second portion of the core into an inner annular groove defined in a second faying surface of the rim gear.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Eaton CapitalInventor: Michael Killian
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Patent number: 10091933Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for monitoring yield while harvesting grain. In some embodiments a template is provided for cutting an opening in a clean grain elevator plane. In some embodiments, a gauge and shims are provided for positioning a yield sensor on the clean grain elevator.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Justin Koch, Michael Strnad, Brad Mullins
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Patent number: 10086184Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods used to manufacture a percutaneous port for promoting tissue in-growth around the percutaneous port. In one aspect, the method includes providing a tubular structure having an outer surface and providing a coil having an outer surface and comprised of a plurality of loops. The method further includes joining at least a portion of the outer surface of the coil to the outer surface of the tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHInventors: Guangqiang Jiang, Tom He
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Patent number: 10072526Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a tool in an assembled apparatus. The apparatus includes a support structure, the support structure having a central member and a plurality of support members pivotally mounted on the central member. The support members are movable between a non-deployed position in which the support members extend a minimum distance from the central member and a deployed position in which the support members extend a maximum distance from the central member.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Daniel Clark, Justin Burrows, James Kell
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Patent number: 10058959Abstract: A method for remanufacturing an ultra-large copper nut includes steps of: step (1) coarsening treatment; step (2) purifying treatment; step (3) detecting a material of the ultra-large copper nut; step (4) sleeving a thermal insulation device; step (5) preheating the ultra-large copper nut; step (6) melting-deposition shaping; step (7) post-processing; and step (8) detecting. The method of the present invention simultaneously utilizes water, electricity, gas, fire and machine and performs melting-deposition on materials by simultaneously supplying water, electricity, gas, fire and machine according to the designed requirements. The method of the present invention solves problems of large thickness abrasion and remediation of fracture components. The method of the present invention is capable of preventing the ultra-large copper nut from deformation and collapse and is a feasible remanufacturing for decreasing the huge economic loss caused by damages of expensive ultra-large of nonferrous metals.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Wuhan Kaiming High Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaiming Zhang, Xubing Chen, Jiang Li, Zhigang Fu, Mingxi Li, Hongbo Zhao, Guanglei Chen, Sigu Zhu, Zhitian Liu, Li Lin, Wenbin Luo, Fuquan Liu, Hejiao Xiao, Daoguo Zhou, Yide Liao, Zhenlin Yang, Ganggui Hu, Guilin Zheng, Weiguo Wu, Chengwu Liu
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Patent number: 9943294Abstract: A tool for deploying an anchor sleeve onto an implantable device includes handle and base members, which may be fitted together by an operator. The operator may select the handle member from a plurality thereof included in a kit; and the base member, also included in the kit, includes a rail segment with which a gripping portion of the selected handle member may be engaged, for example, via guidance from a marked portion of the base member. Once engaged, a deployment tip of the base member is located to move a mounted anchor sleeve from a tubular member of the handle member and onto a body of the device. The tubular member of some tools has a laterally offset distal end portion, on which the corresponding anchor sleeve is mounted; thus, kits including this type of handle member, may include a converter for the base member to facilitate engagement therewith.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Bruce A. Behymer, Michael J. Kern, William V. Ferris, Jr., Thomas C. Bischoff
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Patent number: 9939190Abstract: A method of manufacturing a refrigerator having a body, storage compartments, and a door that opens/closes the storage compartments and comprises a front panel formed of a metal plate material, through holes being formed in the front panel, the method including forming the through holes in the front panel by performing an etching or laser process; and filling a filler member in the through holes so that foreign substances are prevented from permeating an internal space of the through holes.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Soo Sung, Heung Seob Choi, Man Yeob Lee, Jong Tak Lee
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Patent number: 9931683Abstract: A method of assembling a first part (1) with a second part (2) having at least one crimping lip (4), a crimping anvil (3) and a crimping groove (9) designed to accept an edge (10) that is to be crimped belonging to the first part, in which method the edge that is to be crimped is introduced into the crimping groove and magnetic crimping is performed by applying to the crimping lip a magnetic field that is designed to bend the crimping lip over and close the crimping groove onto the edge that is to be crimped, characterized in that the crimping anvil has at least one inclined portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: ADM28 S.À.R.LInventor: Eric Mandel
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Patent number: 9925628Abstract: A method for installing a fastener by positioning a cap around the fastener, spraying a cooling agent from a sprayer of a cooling system. The fastener may have a top portion including a dielectric material. The cooling system may be configured to cool the top portion of the fastener to stiffen the top portion. A tool may be configured to install the fastener in a structure after cooling, while retaining the cooling agent within the cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Julie M. Drexler
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Patent number: 9926015Abstract: An assembly is provided that includes a front end support frame and radiator support beam. The front end support frame has an end that defines an opening that extends between two facing walls across an inside wall of the tubular structure. The radiator support beam is assembled into the opening in the end of the front end support frame and is attached to the two facing walls. The front end support frame is a hydro-formed tube and the radiator support beam is an extruded part. The radiator support beam includes at least one internal reinforcement wall and an outside wall of the front end support frame is fastened with flow drilling screws to the internal reinforcement wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Gerhard G. G. Lueschen, Dragan B. Stojkovic
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Patent number: 9901966Abstract: A method is disclosed for assembling a flattened tube multiple tube bank heat exchanger that includes a first tube bank and a second tube bank, each bank including a plurality tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship. A spacer clip is installed on a longitudinally extending edge of each heat exchange tube segment arrayed in a first layer of tube segments. A plurality of heat exchange tube segments are arrayed in a second layer in engagement with the spacer clips installed on the tube segments of the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Michael F. Taras, Arindom Joardar, Melkamu Woldesemayat, Bruce J. Poplawski
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Patent number: 9895735Abstract: A method and a device are provided for joining the ends of strips with two or more surfaces arranged flat on top of each other, more particularly metal sheets that can be coiled, in order to draw these successively through a treatment or machining system. It is provided that the strip ends are joined by means of a plurality of eyelets arranged essentially transversally to the strip direction, wherein initially all holes are simultaneously punched in a first stroke and then all eyelets are pressed in a second stroke. The device has a clamping device and a machining unit, which has a working tool with a plurality of punching and pressing tools, wherein the working tool and a die are displaceable by the distance between two neighboring individual tools and wherein above the punching and pressing tools, a pressing device is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Otto Junker GmbHInventors: Klaus Schmitz, Robert Brull, Alexander Ruttgers
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Patent number: 9894806Abstract: A method for forming a system. A cooling conduit is secured on a top surface of each rack container of rack units to allow a cooling fluid to flow through a flexible tube into each rack container via the cooling conduit that encapsulates the flexible tube. The rack units are stacked in a direction parallel to a floor. The cooling conduit includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment is linked to, perpendicular to, and in direct physical contact with, the second segment through a first articulation. The second segment is linked to, parallel to, and in direct physical contact with, the third segment through a second articulation. The first and second articulations are configured to rotate horizontally in a plane parallel to the floor to enable the flexible tube to maintain smooth contact with the top surface of each rack container.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sebastien Bousseton, Arnaud Lund
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Patent number: 9850880Abstract: A system for enabling servicing of a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. A rotor servicing fixture attaches to a first and second rotor blade, and contacts a wind turbine tower. A clamp assembly is connected to the rotor servicing fixture, and clamps onto a third rotor blade. The clamp assembly lowers the third rotor blade from a hub and raises it back to the hub. A lifting assembly is connected to the rotor servicing fixture and the clamp assembly, and is configured for raising and lowering the third rotor blade via the clamp assembly. A slide assembly is connected to the rotor servicing fixture, and is configured to support the rotor part and to slidably move the rotor part away from or towards the wind turbine. The system enables the rotor part to be removed or replaced without requiring the rotor to be removed from the wind turbine.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Ingo Puls
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Patent number: 9849579Abstract: A handle for a tool is provided that is formed of a core positioned within a sleeve of a temperature resistant material to form a handle with a space between the core and the sleeve. The core can be formed by machining a metal material while the sleeve and an optional skin positioned on the sleeve can be molded. The materials forming the sleeve and skin, and the space formed between the core and sleeve, create a handle that can be adapted to form a variety of different tools with different mechanisms located in the core that also has improved heat transfer characteristics for sterilization purposes.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Gauthier, Robert F. Miller
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Patent number: 9844826Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a turbine nozzle are provided. A plurality of nozzle segments is formed. Each nozzle segment comprises an endwall ring portion with at least one vane. The plurality of nozzle segments are connected to an annular endwall forming a segmented annular endwall concentric to the annular endwall with the at least one vane of each nozzle segment extending between the segmented annular endwall and the annular endwall.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bradley Reed Tucker, Ardeshir Riahi, Jason Smoke, Ed Zurmehly