Patents Examined by Shantese L. McDonald
  • Patent number: 11439288
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for an extraction cleaner includes a tool body including a nozzle portion connected to an elongated handle portion and a nozzle cover removably mounted to the nozzle portion forming a suction nozzle therebetween. The suction nozzle is configured to extract recovered liquid and dirt. The cleaning tool also includes an internal conduit in fluid communication with the suction nozzle configured to transport recovered liquid and dirt extracted by the suction nozzle. The internal conduit extending longitudinally within the handle portion between opposite ends of the handle portion. The cleaning tool further includes a spray nozzle configured to distribute cleaning liquid forward of the nozzle cover and a supply tube configured to carry cleaning liquid to the spray nozzle. The spray nozzle passes through the suction nozzle or the inlet conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Tyler Clas, Douglas M. Rukavina, Donovan Bode, Juan Aviles Quintero
  • Patent number: 11434120
    Abstract: A system including means for supporting a foundation member or ancillary structure; means for driving said foundation member or ancillary structure supporting means to a ground; means for prying or removing said foundation member or ancillary structure supporting means driven into the ground; means for engaging at least one or more extension sections of said foundation member or ancillary structure supporting means; means for contacting said engaging means to remove said foundation member or ancillary structure supporting means that is driven into the ground area; means for manipulating said prying or removing means; means for providing support for said prying or removing means; means for providing support for said manipulating means; and means for providing a generally straight sliding contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Glenn Hironaga
  • Patent number: 11426840
    Abstract: A wrench has a driving head segment defining a portion of a receiving space of the wrench and including a first driving side of the wrench. The driving side includes a plurality of driving sections for abutting against the object. The plurality of driving sections includes surfaces aligned along an axis. The driving side includes a plurality of first recesses disposed alternatively among the plurality of first driving sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Wei Su
  • Patent number: 11420319
    Abstract: A platform extension mechanism includes at least a bumper, a rolling bearing, an adjuster, and an axle. The axle has a first end surface and a second end surface. The axle is elongated along a first axis. The axle includes interior wall portions that define a slot from the first end surface to the second end surface. The axle is structured to receive the bumper and the adjuster via the slot. The axle is structured to support the bumper and the adjuster in relation to a platform and a structural channel. The axle includes a mounting portion and a shaft portion. The mounting portion has a flange with a first side and a second side. The first side of the flange is mountable to a sidewall portion of the platform. The shaft portion protrudes outward from the second side of the flange. The shaft portion has a peripheral portion that is structured to support the rolling bearing at a designated location along the first axis and enable the rolling bearing to move along the structural channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Corday Peterson, Corey Schlichter
  • Patent number: 11420318
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a convertible worktable convertible between a storage configuration and an assembled use configuration. The worktable comprises a tabletop has a top surface and a bottom surface, a top frame fixed to the bottom surface of the tabletop and a bottom frame being spaced apart and coaxial to the top frame. The bottom frame having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The worktable further comprises a plurality of legs fastened to the top frame and extends beyond and in contact with the bottom frame. A fastener assembly detachably fastens the plurality of legs to the top frame and the bottom frame and defines an assembled use configuration. The fastener assembly allows detachment of the plurality of legs from the top and bottom frame, fastens the plurality of legs and the bottom frame alongside the top frame, and defines a storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: William Geoffrey Harris
  • Patent number: 11413723
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce an amount of use of the polishing liquid. There is provided an apparatus for polishing an object to be polished using a polishing pad having a polishing surface, the apparatus including: a polishing table for supporting the polishing pad, the polishing table being configured to be rotatable; a substrate holding unit configured to hold the object to be polished and press the object against the polishing pad; a supplying device for supplying polishing liquid to the polishing surface in a state in which the supplying device is pressed against the polishing pad; and a pressing mechanism configured to press the supplying device against the polishing pad, in which the pressing mechanism is capable of respectively adjusting pressing forces for pressing the sidewalls of on the upstream side and the downstream side of the supplying device against the polishing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pohan Chen, Hiroshi Sotozaki, Tadakazu Sone
  • Patent number: 11413123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mill blank having a multilayer structure and excellent aesthetics, and a method for producing the mill blank. The present invention relates to a mill blank for dental use comprising a mill blank portion having a multilayer structure with two or more layers, wherein the multilayer structure comprises a body layer (3) inside an enamel layer (1), and the body layer (3) is shaped to comprise a bottom face and a side face, the side face having a portion perpendicular to the bottom face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Yoshihisa Ito
  • Patent number: 11400560
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a retaining ring for use in a polishing process. The retaining ring includes an annular body having an upper surface and a lower surface. An inner surface is connected to the upper surface and the lower surface. The inner surface includes one or more surfaces that are used to retain a substrate during processing. The one or more surfaces have an angle relative to a central axis of the retaining ring. The inner surface also includes a plurality of facets. Channels are disposed within the retaining ring to allow passage of a polishing fluid from an inner surface to an outer surface of the retaining ring disposed opposite of the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeonghoon Oh, Charles C. Garretson, Eric Lau, Andrew Nagengast, Steven M. Zuniga, Edwin C. Suarez, Huanbo Zhang, Brian J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11400566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller wrench comprising: a body with a circular chamber; a driving member being a regular polygonal component capable of rotating in the chamber; and a plurality of rollers installed in the chamber, Each of the rollers is located between a side of the driving member and a peripheral wall of the chamber; one end of each of the rollers is pivotally connected to an end surface of a reversing knob, so that the reversing knob drives the rollers to displace simultaneously. Thereby, the components of the roller wrench can be effectively latched with one another, and a torque value of the roller wrench will not be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KABO TOOL COMPANY
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11396083
    Abstract: Provided is technical means capable of supplying a polishing liquid having a uniform slurry flow rate to a CMP polishing device. There is a blending flow channel 40 communicating with a flow channel in which a slurry, ultra-pure water, a chemical, and hydrogen peroxide water are transferred. In this blending flow channel 40, a plurality of types of liquids are blended, and the blended liquid is supplied to the CMP polishing device 8 as a plurality of polishing liquid. A blending tank 52A storing the polishing liquid obtained by blending the liquids is included. A flow channel reaching the CMP polishing device 8 is a circulation flow channel that returns to the blending tank 52A via a branching point 17A from the blending tank 52A toward the CMP polishing device 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NISHIMURA CHEMITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuji Kaneshige
  • Patent number: 11396080
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus and method for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) are disclosed. In an example, an apparatus for CMP includes a platen, a slurry supply, and at least one scraping fixture. The platen is configured to rotate a pad thereon about a central axis of the pad. The slurry supply is configured to supply a slurry onto the pad while the pad rotates. The at least one scraping fixture is configured to scrape the slurry off the pad when the slurry travels a distance between the slurry supply and the at least one scraping fixture in a circumferential direction of the pad as the pad rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yangbo Jiang, Guangyi Wang, Juncheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11389929
    Abstract: A method for surface treatment of a workpiece made from a hard-brittle material comprises first blasting employing abrasive grains of higher hardness than a hardness of a base material of the workpiece for forming a three dimensional recess-protrusion profile having protrusions and recesses formed between the protrusions on a surface of the workpiece; and second blasting employing an elastic abrasive having a structure in which abrasive grains carried in and/or on an elastic body made from material with low rebound elasticity for polishing the surface of the workpiece formed with the recess-protrusion profile so as to achieve an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not greater than 1.6 ?m on the surface of the protrusions and the recesses on the workpiece while maintaining the recess-protrusion profile formed by the first blasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Mase, Shozo Ishibashi, Mizuki Sekizawa
  • Patent number: 11389927
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a first distinguishing display unit which, when a mechanism making a holding force or a processing force act on a workpiece causes an error, displays a workpiece illustration representing the workpiece to which the error is caused and on which the holding force or the processing force acts distinguishably from another workpiece illustration. The workpiece on which the holding force or the processing force of the mechanism causing the error acts can be thereby identified easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Fukushi, Souichi Matsubara, Suzu Hoshino, Hidekazu Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11383345
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus capable of effectively removing dirt attached to a bottom surface of a heat exchanger, is disclosed. The cleaning apparatus cleans the heat exchanger for regulating a surface temperature of a polishing pad. This cleaning apparatus includes: a moving mechanism configured to move the heat exchanger between a temperature-regulating position in which the heat exchanger can exchange heat with the polishing pad, and a retreat position in which the heat exchanger is separated from a surface of the polishing pad; and a cleaning mechanism configured to clean a bottom surface of the heat exchanger moved to the retreat position The retreat position is located on a side of the polishing pad. The cleaning mechanism includes at least one cleaning nozzle for ejecting a cleaning liquid to the bottom surface of the heat exchanger, or a cleaning tank in which the bottom surface of the heat exchanger can be immersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Motoshima, Toru Maruyama, Keisuke Kamiki, Shuji Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11376715
    Abstract: A reversible ratchet tool includes a cage-type reversing mechanism including a cage member for shifting rollers from their first positions to their second positions. The structure and configuration of the cage member is improved with resilient members for preventing the rollers being stuck unintentionally when the rollers are positioned either in the corresponding first positions or the corresponding second positions, while being capable of maintaining and restricting the rollers upright in place when the rollers are shifted from the corresponding first positions to the corresponding second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hangzhou Uni-Hosen Electromechanical Tools Co., Ltd., Allied Interational LLC.
    Inventors: Jingrong Ye, Timothy Florian, Weikai Yang
  • Patent number: 11373894
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus which can remove foreign matters attached to the entire upper surface of a substrate such as a wafer is disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a substrate holding apparatus; and a processing head configured to scrub an upper surface of a substrate. The substrate holding apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate; and a substrate rotating mechanism configured to rotate the substrate held by the substrate holder. The substrate holder is disposed below the upper surface of the substrate so as not to project above the upper surface of the substrate in a state where the substrate is held by the substrate holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kobayashi, Tetsuji Togawa
  • Patent number: 11363924
    Abstract: The ceiling fan blade cleaning vacuum attachment may comprise a housing, an upper brush, a lower brush, and a pneumatic brush motor. The ceiling fan blade cleaning vacuum attachment may clean an individual blade selected from a plurality of blades of a ceiling fan. A vacuum hose coupled to a vacuum cleaner may be separably couple to a neck of the housing. The individual blade may be inserted into a blade slot of the housing. Suction generated by the vacuum cleaner may draw air through the blade slot and through the neck of the housing. The air may turn a turbine rotor of the pneumatic brush motor, which may drive the upper brush and the lower brush 256 to sweep the individual blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Campo, Joseph Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11358266
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a multi-tool including a handle having a first and a second end opposite the first end and a hammer face attached at the first end of the handle. A pry bar is attached at the first end of the handle along with a lifting hook. A vault key is attached at the second end of the handle. The lifting hook may extend from the first end of the handle or may be formed as a groove or cutout in the first end of the handle or in the pry bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Noble, Shawn Densmore Reed
  • Patent number: 11358788
    Abstract: A container door opening system for assisting in the opening and closing of rusted tight or stuck hinges on intermodal container doors. The container door opening system generally includes an elongated member having a movably first engaging member and a fixed second engaging member. The first engaging member is movable both towards and away from the second engaging member so as to adjust the effective distance between the engaging members. A bias member is connected to the first engaging member so as to bias the first engaging member away from the second engaging member. The first engaging member may be engaged with a first anchor point on a container door and the second engaging member may be engaged with a second anchor point on the container door. The elongated member may then be pivoted away from the door to open it or towards the door to close it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Bart A. Knudson
  • Patent number: 11331786
    Abstract: A table includes a frame, a rotatable component, and a rotation mechanism. The frame has a pair of rotation bearings. The rotatable component has a first rotation position and a second rotation position. The rotatable component includes a pair of pivot portions supported by the pair of rotation bearings. The rotatable component further includes a first work surface configured to support preparation of a first wiring harness in the first rotation position. The rotatable component further includes a second work surface configured to support preparation of a second wiring harness in the second rotation position. The rotation mechanism is coupled with the rotatable component and is configured to rotate the rotatable component between at least the first rotation position and the second rotation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge Israel Verdugo Castro, Jose Antonio Martinez Robledo, Jaime Montes Vasquez