Patents Examined by Shelley M. Self
  • Patent number: 11628445
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a crushing cavity structure for the technical field of crushing cavities of cone crushing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Gaipin Cai, Chunsheng Gao, Zhihong Jiang, Guohu Luo
  • Patent number: 11623267
    Abstract: A determination part determines whether or not a shadow of an upper mold is expanded to a photodiode by laser beam projected to a light receiver side based on a light receiving state of a photodiode positioned in a vicinity of the upper mold. When it is determined that the shadow of the upper mold is expanded to the photodiode positioned in the nearest vicinity of the upper mold, the invalidation unit invalidates the photodiode. A detection unit detects a presence or absence of a foreign body between the upper mold and a lower mold based on light receiving states of the effective plurality of photodiodes during a lowering operation of an upper table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kento Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11623265
    Abstract: A swage tool includes a power unit connected to a yoke. The power unit exerts vertical force on a die block. The yoke holds swage dies in place and opposes the force exerted by the die block. The die block transfers the load exerted by the power unit into the swage dies, which surround the connector. The swage dies convert vertical force from the power unit into a radial swage on the connector. Quick release endplates hold the swage dies in place in the yoke and the die block. A yoke shroud keeps broken pieces of the yoke together if the yoke fails. A counter records the number of swages made by the tool. A rotating handle, a stand, remote wireless actuation and swage die identification imprints are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DMC POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Eyass Khansa, Mark McMichael, Roy Perez
  • Patent number: 11617474
    Abstract: A lid and blade assembly for a micro puree machine includes a lid having a central aperture for receiving a central hub of the blade. At least two cutting arms and at least two mixing arms extend radially outward from the central hub. A retaining component retains the blade within the lid during processing. The lid includes a recess below the retaining component for collecting slush and ice displaced by the blade during processing. Portions of the blade also include serrated grooves for clearing slush deposits when the blade engages the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Helen Williams, Sam William Bannister, Lukas Tubby, Ryan Michienzi, Max He, Ping Chu
  • Patent number: 11617475
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multifunctional kitchen utensil matched with an electric drill. The multifunctional kitchen utensil matched with the electric drill comprises a grating board, an inner container and an outer container; the grating board and the bottom of the inner container are detachably connected; and the inner container is placed inside the outer container. The outer container is used for placing fruits and vegetables to be grated, and the inner container is used for placing the grated filamentous fruits and vegetables. The grating board is connected to the bottom of the inner container. The present disclosure avoids the dangerous situation that an operator needs to hold the fruits and vegetables to be grated with a hand during grating, and solves the problems of inconvenient collection of the grated filamentous fruits and vegetables and the single function of the grater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SIW Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xiaoya Zhang
  • Patent number: 11618230
    Abstract: The press machine includes: a hydraulic cylinder configured to drive a slide; a plurality of hydraulic pumps/motors; a first port of each of which is connected to a first pressurizing chamber of the hydraulic cylinder; a plurality of servomotors axially connected to rotating shafts of the respective hydraulic pumps/motors respectively; a low-pressure accumulator to which second ports of the hydraulic pumps/motors are each connected; a high-pressure accumulator connected to a second pressurizing chamber of the hydraulic cylinder; and a slide position controller configured to control the servomotors so that a position of the slide matches a position corresponding to a slide position command signal based on the slide position command signal from a slide position commander and a slide position signal from a slide position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AIDA ENGINEERING. LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kohno, Ryosho Iwamura
  • Patent number: 11618065
    Abstract: Changing of a horizontal roll in a horizontal roll stand involving readjustment of an amount of pressing is to be done readily and promptly. In order to achieve this, a horizontal roll stand 10 with a pair of built-in upper and lower horizontal rolls 11 is configured to retreat toward one side across a forming line. A fixed stand 40 stands upright on a counter-retreating side of the forming line. An overhang part 42 of the fixed stand 40 jutting out over the forming line is provided with a pressure device 43 that applies a pressing force to the horizontal rolls 11. The horizontal roll stand 10 includes a horizontal roll housing 12 with an opened top, receives the pressing force from the pressure device 43 via the opened top, and retreats to the outside of the forming line while the pressure device 43 is left on the forming line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NAKATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Sato, Tomoyasu Nakano, Feizhou Wang
  • Patent number: 11612116
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for vertically felling trees by taking apart the trunk in a stepwise manner combining sagittal and horizontal cross-sections. A vertical frame is attachable to a tree trunk, the vertical frame having a movable portion and a fixed portion. A first cutting device is attachable to the vertical frame and configured to cut the tree sagittally substantially along a longitudinal axis of the tree. A second cutting device is attachable to the vertical frame and configured to cut the tree horizontally from an exterior of the tree to a sagittal cut made in the tree by the first cutting device. A locking mechanism releasably locks the movable portion of the frame to the fixed portion of the frame. The apparatus uses the weight of the upper trunk to maintain stability to steadily decrease the tree height until the entire tree is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: UE Laboratory Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaoqi Ma
  • Patent number: 11612404
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a jig apparatus for bending a malleable tool includes a block having an upper surface and containing, a conical recess extending into the block through the upper surface of the block, defined by an elliptical directrix on the upper surface, an apex within the block, and generatrixes disposed about a central axis of the conical recess extending from the apex to the directrix, and an elongated cylindrical hole, which is sized to fit the malleable tool therein and has a longitudinal axis extending from the conical recess into the block at an oblique angle relative to the central axis of the conical recess, and angular markings disposed on the upper surface and around a circumference of the elliptical directrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Vadim Gliner, Alon Boumendil
  • Patent number: 11612925
    Abstract: Bending machine and method for bending a workpiece out of a flat material The invention relates to a bending machine (10) for bending a workpiece (12) out of a flat material, such as a sheet for example. A section (14) to be bent may be reshaped relative to a clamped section (16) of the workpiece (12) about at least one bending axis (18), wherein the bending machine (10) comprises: a machine frame (20); a first side clamping wall (22); a second side clamping wall (24) which can be moved relative to the first side clamping wall (22); and at least one bending unit (26, 28) comprising at least one bending tool (30). The first side clamping wall (22) and the second side clamping wall (24) are designed to clamp the workpiece (12) on a clamping plane (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Nikolaus Franz Duscher
  • Patent number: 11612924
    Abstract: A lifting apparatus of the present invention includes: a ball screw; a frame configured to support bearings for the ball screw; an electric motor supported by the frame and having an output shaft being rotatable; and a rotational force transferring mechanism configured to transfer a rotational force of the output shaft as a rotational force of a threaded shaft of the ball screw. A first moving body providing a first sliding surface inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane including a direction of an axis is fixed to a nut of the ball screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Shogo Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11607693
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include an apparatus and method for forming nanoparticles. The method includes a mechanical milling process induced by aerodynamic, centrifugal, and centripetal forces and further augmented by ultrasound, magnetic pulse, and high voltage impact. A nanoparticle mill having an atmospheric and luminance controlled environment can form precisely calibrated nanoparticles. A nanoparticle mill can include first aerodynamic vane configured to rotate around a central axis of the nanoparticle mill in a first direction, and a second aerodynamic vane configured to rotate around the central axis in a second direction. An aerodynamic shape of an aerodynamic vane can be configured to cause particles within the nanoparticle mill to flow around the aerodynamic vane. The nanoparticle mill can include a primary product line, a nanoparticle sampling line, a particle programming array, a solidifying chamber, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nanom Inc.
    Inventors: Antonijo Licitar, Jon Armann Steinsson
  • Patent number: 11602101
    Abstract: A crusher includes a blade assembly and a drive assembly. The blade assembly includes a first blade and a second blade. The drive assembly is respectively connected with the first blade and the second blade, and is configured to drive the first blade and the second blade to rotate. The first blade is configured to disperse and perform primary cutting of the materials. The second blade is configured to perform secondary cutting of the materials. The first blade makes the materials fully disperse, so that the second blade can fully cut the materials. In addition, the first blade initially cuts the materials, so that the formed fragments can achieve a better fertilization effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTRADIN (HUZHOU) PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junliang Wang, Ping Li, Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11596990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel-plate descaling device, including several steel-plate surface descalers and several steel-plate side-surface descalers disposed along the direction of a flow line as well as a trolley rail disposed in parallel to one side of the flow line. At least one roller-changing vehicle slides back and forth on the rail. The roller-changing vehicle is provided with a roller-changing mechanism. When the roller-changing vehicle slides to a front side of the steel-plate surface descaler, the roller-changing mechanism extends into the inner part of the steel-plate surface descaler to change the roller. The oxide scale of the steel-plate surface is removed physically, having low pollution and high descaling efficiency without a blind spot, and simultaneously having a high degree of automation in replacing the descaling roller through the roller-changing vehicle, saving both time and effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG MOPPER ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ruxue Fu
  • Patent number: 11597545
    Abstract: A cable tie tool has a first operating unit, a second operating unit, a pivoting shaft, a torsion spring, a cutting assembly, and an extension spring. The second operating unit has two guiding holes aligned to each other. The pivoting shaft is mounted in the guiding holes, is pivotally connected the first and the second operating units, and is movable along the guiding holes. The torsion spring abuts against and pushes the first and the second operating units. The cutting assembly has an activating element pivotally connected to the second operating unit and a cutting element movably mounted in the second operating unit and driven by the activating element. The extension spring is connected between the activating element and the second operating unit. When the extension spring is stretched, the activating element blocks the pivoting shaft from moving along the guiding holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUA WEI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tony Ni
  • Patent number: 11597001
    Abstract: A ram assembly includes an elongated ram body and a punch mounting assembly. The ram body has a reduced length. The punch mounting assembly includes an elongated body having a complementary length. The punch mounting assembly is coupled to the ram body. The assembled punch mounting assembly and ram body have an operational length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Andrew Crush, Nicholas Schultz, Luke Wayne Jacobson
  • Patent number: 11596107
    Abstract: A chopping unit (10) of a forage harvester, having a chopping drum (11) bearing chopping blades (15), having a shear bar carrier (17) bearing a shear bar (16) for the chopping blades (15), wherein a top side (20), facing away from the shear bar carrier (17), of the shear bar (16) provides a cutting edge (21) of the shear bar (16), wherein the top side (20) of the shear bar (16) is contoured such that the top side (20) of the shear bar (16) is inclined, at least in a top-side portion (26) facing the chopping drum (11), continuously in the direction of the chopping drum (11) in the contact region with the chopping blades, as seen in the axial direction of the chopping drum (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CLAAS SAULGAU GMBH
    Inventors: Gregor Wehner, Josef Unger, Manuel Hugger
  • Patent number: 11590546
    Abstract: A shaped part and a method for forming the shaped part from a lightweight metal or alloy by extrusion of a slug performed along a pressing axis. The shaped part is formed in at least one region with a deviation from a basic form that is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the pressing axis. The symmetry-deviating region extends over a wall portion of the shaped part that is formed by backward cup extrusion with a normal vector extending predominantly orthogonally in relation to the pressing axis. The same extruding operation forms a structure that surrounds the pressing axis, on a sheet-like base of the shaped part that adjoins the wall portion and has a normal vector extending predominantly in the direction of the pressing axis on the side thereof opposite from the wall portion. In a region of lowest wall thickness of the wall portion at the transition to the base, the quotient of this wall thickness in mm and an average curvature (1/r) in mm?1, formed at the transition, is greater than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEUMAN ALUMINIUM FLIESSPRESSWERK GMBH
    Inventor: Johann Willdonner
  • Patent number: 11590722
    Abstract: A press load measuring apparatus includes: strain gauges attached to respective columns of a press machine and configured to detect strains generated in the respective columns respectively in association with a press load acting on a slide of the press machine, an inertial force calculator configured to calculate a slide inertial force proportional to a product of a mass of a slide and a member connected to the slide and a slide acceleration detected by an acceleration detector, and a press load calculator configured to calculate press partial load signals before calibration based on a strain signals detected by the strain gauges, eliminate a slide inertial force signals from the press partial load signals before the calibration, and calculate calibrated press partial load signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kohno, Kazuki Honjo
  • Patent number: 11583864
    Abstract: A crusher assembly for a jaw crusher having a swing jaw and a crusher jaw having teeth formed on the breaking sides thereof, the crusher jaw comprising end faces at the opposite ends thereof, wherein a clamping piece having a clamping surface acts on the one end face (35) and the other end face (35) is supported on a clamping piece, wherein the clamping piece and the clamping element are interchangeably connected to the swing jaw, wherein the swing jaw comprises a head part having a pivot bearing on the end region thereof facing away from the clamping piece, and wherein the crusher jaw at least partially covers the region of the swing jaw in front of the pivot bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Otto Blessing, Benjamin Kazmeier, Jochen Meier, Christian Weller