Patents Examined by Steven A Maynard
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Patent number: 8782897Abstract: A dental implant for preventing elution of metal when applied within an oral cavity and preventing the occurrence of mismatching (bumpy occlusion or the like) when fixed in place, and its manufacturing method are provided. The abutment is manufactured through steps including molding a titanium molded body composition to obtain a titanium molded body, molding a ceramic molded body composition to obtain a ceramic molded body, assembling the titanium molded body and the ceramic molded body together to obtain an assembled body, degreasing the assembled body so that the titanium molded body becomes a titanium degreased body and the ceramic molded body becomes a ceramic degreased body, and sintering the assembled body to transform the titanium degreased body into a titanium member and to transform the ceramic degreased body into a ceramic member so that the titanium member and the ceramic member are firmly fixed and joined together.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Junichi Hayashi, Michio Ito
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Patent number: 8769787Abstract: A head lifting device for lifting the head off of an internal combustion engine. The head lifting device is typically used for an engine having multiple separate heads. It includes a crane assembly that has a support member. At one end of the support member is a bracket for attaching to a first head. At the second end of the support member is a gearbox. The second end of the support member is positionable over a second head, the second head typically being adjacent the first head. Hanging down from the gearbox is a shaft threaded, and at the end of the shaft is an assembly for engaging the second head. Driving the gearbox will allow the shaft to move upward through the gearbox and, with a second head attached thereto, allow the second head to lift off the engine block.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Inventor: Lonnie Koehne
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Patent number: 8752262Abstract: An exemplary method of retrofitting a brake onto an elevator machine that was previously installed in an elevator system includes selecting a surface of the elevator machine that rotates as a sheave of the machine rotates. A braking surface is provided on the selected surface. At least one brake member is installed in a position to selectively engage the braking surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Otis Elevator CompanyInventors: Daniel B. Davis, Valery Sheynkman, Kenneth V. Allen, Jesse R. Richter, Michael P. Keenan, Gregory M. Oseep, Robert Scott Farmer, Doug B. LaBrecque, Christopher H. Koenig, Michael Joseph Concannon
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Patent number: 8745836Abstract: A process for placing a tube spout fitment within a flexible pouch container is provided. The process can include providing a front panel and a back panel, each panel having a top edge, a side edge, and a bottom edge. In addition, the front panel can also have an aperture. A fitment having a fitment base and a spout extending from the fitment base is provided and placed through the aperture using a plate with a channel and a channel stop.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Pouch Pac Innovations, LLCInventor: R. Charles Murray
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Patent number: 8732936Abstract: A method of operating with a rivet is for the coupling and the tack riveting together of a first element and a second element. The method comprises positioning the rivet such that the rivet traverses two substantially coaxial openings arranged in the first and second elements to be assembled; pulling the mandrel to form a bulb on the second end; and resuming pulling of the mandrel, to cause a rupture of the sleeve at the bulb so as to permit removal, by way of the external surface of the first element, of the mandrel and of a first portion of the sleeve as well as the falling away of the portion of the bulb remaining on the external surface of the second element.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Ateliers de la Haute Garonne ets Auriol et Cie, S.A., Ateliers de la Haute-Garonne Rivets, S.A., Eris, S.A.R.L.Inventors: Pierre Auriol, Jean-Marc Auriol
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Patent number: 8720035Abstract: A wiper arm assembly and method of assembly thereof includes a mounting head and a wiper arm configured for relative rotation during assembly from a disassembled position to a shipping position, wherein the wiper arm and mounting head are locked against rotation toward the disassembled position once in the shipping position. The mounting head and wiper arm have locking surfaces configured for locked engagement with one another while in the shipping position. The locking surfaces are brought into engagement with one another by a force imparted by a spring while rotating the mounting head relative to the wiper arm from the disassembled position toward the shipping position. When in the shipping position, the locking surfaces confront each other and prevent the mounting head and the wiper arm from rotating back toward the disassembled position from the shipping position.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Horstman, Alan J. Stahlhut
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Patent number: 8713774Abstract: Systems and methods of rapid model vehicle construction. The invention substitutes large and unitary model vehicle sections for the greater number of individual model vehicle components used in known model vehicle construction techniques. Further, substantially the entire exterior of a model vehicle is created from the collective non-machined or substantially non-machined exterior portions of interlocked model vehicle sections.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Curtis Strawn
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Patent number: 8707535Abstract: A built-in device, in particular a kitchen device, is provided and includes a front side and a unit wall comprising a unit front surface. Said method consists of the following steps: at least one adjusting device is secured to the built-in device in such a manner that an adjusting edge of the adjusting device protrudes over the front side of the device, the built-in device is inserted into the furniture niche until the adjusting edge is aligned with the front surface of the unit, the built-in device is secured to the unit niche. The invention also relates to an adjusting tool which is adapted, particularly, for carrying out said inventive method.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Karl-Friedrich Laible, Helmut Steichele
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Patent number: 8696036Abstract: A piping connector is provided having a ring configured to install around an external diameter of a pipe, the ring having at least one clamp closing portion that has an open uncrimped position and a closed crimped position, a piping shield connected to the ring, the piping shield having at least one penetration to accept the at least one clamp closing portion, wherein the piping shield covers an abutment end of the pipe to be connected, wherein a joint between the ring and the piping shield forms a connection.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.Inventors: Michael Lin, Lei Zhang
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Patent number: 8695215Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the assembly of a balance shaft unit for use in motor vehicles. The assembly includes a housing having a bearing section, a rotating component and at least one rolling element bearing for the axially fixed journaling of the rotating component in the bearing section of the housing. The rolling element bearing has a first ring section associated with the rotating component and a second ring section associated with the bearing section. First, the rolling element bearing is axially fixedly installed on the rotating component or in the bearing section. Next, the rotating component is cooled and/or the housing part is heated. Finally, the rotating component is introduced into the bearing section and is held until a temperature compensation has taken place between the rotating component and the housing such that a shrink-fit connection is established.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Magna Powertrain AG & Co KGInventor: Michael Schober
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Patent number: 8695199Abstract: A method of manufacturing a molding product of an image sensor unit having a molded product with a substantially rectangular parallelpiped outer shape and incorporating a substrate on which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in line, includes the steps of forming a frame on the molded product to surround a periphery of the substrate, forming a plurality of caulking projections substantially linearly arranged on an upper surface of the frame in a longitudinal direction, with each caulking projection having a proximal portion extending from the frame, and forming a plurality of antiwarping grooves, with each groove being proximate to one of the caulking projections but spaced apart from its respective proximal portion. Additional steps include fitting the substrate to be fixed in the frame of the molded product, and bending the caulking projections by heat and pressure to fix the substrate in the frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Canon Components, Inc.Inventor: Hideo Kiyota
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Patent number: 8695187Abstract: The invention relates to a novel device for attaching components, particularly clips, screws, nuts, or similar joining elements, to workpieces, made up of a swage head for placing the respective joining element onto a workpiece and having a supply station for feeding the joining elements at the swage head.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventor: Heiko Schmidt
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Patent number: 8516700Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a flat plate heat pipe, which includes steps of: forming a wick structure layer and at least one wick structure post on the inner surface of a chamber of a pipe, pressing the pipe to become a flattened pipe with the wick structure post being connected therein, connecting a conduit to the chamber, sealing both sides of the flattened pipe, evacuating air inside the chamber through the conduit, filling a working fluid into the chamber, and sealing the conduit. According to this method, a flat plate heat pipe can be made in a simplified manner with increased yield and reduced cost.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Beijing AVC Technology Research Center Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsiu-Wei Yang
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Patent number: 8510945Abstract: A method of assembling a heat exchanger in a gas turbine engine assembly is provided. The method includes providing a structural body including a wall having an elongated slot, providing a heat exchanger operably associated with a bracket, and providing a slip joint for coupling the bracket to the structural body. The slip joint includes a standoff, an elongated member, and a biasing member disposed about the elongated member. The standoff is inserted through the wall so that the biasing member imparts a predetermined biasing force between the bracket and the structural body. The slip joint allows relative sliding movement between the bracket and the structural body when a sliding force due to thermal expansion or contraction is greater than the biasing force.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: John Hand, Bernard A. Luschek, Lonnie R. Stewart, Michael J. Gilloon, Walter A. Hundley, Jr., Jerry W. Myers, Dennis A. McQueen, Michael Peoples
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Patent number: 8474121Abstract: An automated driver for tightening a fastener bolt includes a housing body including a handle. A chuck is rotatably connected to the housing body. An actuation system is operatively connected to the chuck for rotating the chuck. A tool element is held by the chuck, the tool element configured to engage the fastener bolt. An alignment tool is connected to the chuck. The alignment tool includes a chuck receiving portion having an opening extending therethrough in which the chuck is located and a bit receiving portion having an opening extending therethrough in which the tool element is located. An end of the tool element extends beyond an end of the bit receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Ivor McGuire, Juan Manuel Molina
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Patent number: 8468678Abstract: A device for retrieving an intravascular device from a body lumen is disclosed. A retrieval device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a braided member coupled to an elongated shaft member. The braided member may include a number of filaments defining a radially expandable inner lumen configured to receive and encapsulate the intravascular device therein. An elastomeric jacket disposed about at least a portion of the braided member may encase the filaments.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Amr Salahieh, Michael Schultz, Paul Laduca, Thomas E. Broome
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Patent number: 8418344Abstract: A multi-piece ceremonial sculpture when assembled creates a symbol for unity during a wedding ceremony or anniversary or business celebration. The method of assembling the sculpture is to fasten an outer cross-shaped piece to a solid base through peg holes. Once the outer cross-shaped piece has been secured, then an inner piece will be secured within the outer piece by placing plugs through the openings on the top and sides. Once assembled, the sculpture displays a complete piece of art commemorating the commitment to the union.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Inventor: Michael James Letney
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Patent number: 8375553Abstract: In one illustrative example, a device for sealing an opening in a vessel wall and/or tissue tract may include an anchor, a filament, a plug, and a knot. The anchor may be configured to be disposed adjacent to an interior surface of the vessel wall adjacent the opening in the vessel wall. The filament may have a distal end coupled to the anchor and may be configured to extend proximally through the vessel opening and/or tissue tract. The plug may be disposed about at least a portion of the filament member. The knot may be disposed about the filament proximal of the plug and may be configured to move over the filament and secure the plug relative to the anchor. The knot may be independent of the filament member.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael Pikus, Leonard B. Richardson, Joe Groff, James G. Hansen
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Patent number: 8336208Abstract: A process for producing a cast, coated vehicle wheel utilizing a multi-axis computer numerical control (CNC) machine. The CNC machine allows unique draft angles and unique design elements to be cast from a single metal ingot. The process utilizes a plurality of steps to achieve the desired aesthetic qualities in the wheel including design elements such as colored portions, rivets, logos and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Inventor: Brock Weld