Patents Examined by Teresa A Guthrie
  • Patent number: 11504929
    Abstract: A can crusher (102), having: a backing plate (120); a left crush-arm (126) pivotally secured to the backing plate and having a left handle (130) and a left crush surface (128) that faces the backing plate when the can crusher is in a closed configuration (190); a right crush-arm (140) pivotally secured to the backing plate and having a right handle (144) and a right crush surface (142) that faces the backing plate when in the closed configuration; and a support plate (150). In a vertical orientation (152) the backing plate is oriented vertically; the support plate is disposed below horizontal sweeps (154, 156) of the crush surfaces; and the support plate supports a can in between the crush surfaces when the can crusher is in an open configuration (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Patrick D. Herron
  • Patent number: 11498102
    Abstract: A drawing carriage for a drawing machine, comprising two clamping jaws (16) and a clamping jaw moving device for an opening and closing movement of the clamping jaws (16), is characterized in that the clamping jaw moving device comprises a linear motor (4). In the case of a drawing machine, comprising a drive unit for driving at least two drawing carriages (1), the drawing carriages (1) have a linear motor (4) for the clamping jaw moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Ottavio Pinosa
  • Patent number: 11486155
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a twisting unit configured to twist a binding member which is guided in a loop shape so as to wrap around an object, and thus to bind the object; a twist motor configured to drive the twisting unit; a circuit board having a mounting surface on which a control unit configured to control the twist motor is mounted; a body portion housing the twisting unit, the twist motor and the circuit board; and a handle portion protruding outward from the body portion. The circuit board is arranged between the twist motor and an inner wall surface of the body portion which is located toward the handle portion in such a manner that the mounting surface faces the inner wall surface and the circuit board is closer to the twist motor than the inner wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Makoto Kosuge, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11478841
    Abstract: A method of processing hexahedral metal includes an X-axis edge forging step to press two X-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from a center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in an X-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal, a Y-axis edge forging step to press two Y-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from the center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in a Y-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal, and a Z-axis edge forging step to press two Z-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from the center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in a Z-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT, GANGNEUNG-WONJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION GROUP
    Inventors: Seong Lee, Hyo Tae Jeong, Sang Chul Kwon, Sun Tae Kim, Da Vin Kim, Shi Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11458520
    Abstract: A bender tool measuring system includes a conduit bender, a bent piece of conduit, and a measurement apparatus coupled to the conduit. The conduit bender includes a bender head comprising a hook and a handle coupled to and extending from the bender head. The measurement apparatus is configured to project an optical projection onto the handle of the conduit bender, and the location of the optical projection on the length of the handle indicates the position of the bent piece of conduit in relation to the bender head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Travis Heairld
  • Patent number: 11433446
    Abstract: A die pack mounting for a bodymaker includes a die pack mounting bed and a die pack mounting door assembly. The die pack mounting door assembly is movably coupled to the die pack mounting bed. The die pack mounting door assembly is movable between an open, first position, wherein the die pack mounting door assembly is structured to support a die pack in a maintenance configuration, and, a closed, second position, wherein the die pack mounting door assembly fixes the die pack in a selected position. Further, the die pack mounting door assembly does not include any coolant fluid fittings. That is, the die pack mounting door assembly defines internal passages for coolant and the coolant is supplied via similar passages in the die pack mounting bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Kenneth Scholey, Karl S. Fleischer, Alan W. Cleveland
  • Patent number: 11370008
    Abstract: A stripping device (7) for a roll stand (1) includes a stripper carrier (15) and a stripper (17) arranged on the stripper carrier (15). The stripper (17) has a main body (19) produced from a fiber-plastic composite. The main body has a main body bottom side (23), which contacts the stripper carrier (15). A felt layer (21) is arranged on a main body top side (25) of the main body (19) which is opposite the main body bottom side (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Felix Dollhäubl, Gregor Gerstorfer, Erich Opitz
  • Patent number: 11364525
    Abstract: A roll changing device is applicable to a multi-roll mill. Under a roll changing state, assembly parts of the work rolls and the bearing chocks have a lateral movement space with the internal width not less than the assembly width of the work rolls and the bearing chocks in a lateral direction of the assembly parts moving along a rolling strip in a mill house, and the movement space allows another work rolls to coexist with used work rolls in the mill house before the used work rolls are pulled out. The roll changing device is provided with at least two rows of clamping heads, one row of clamping heads corresponding to an inlet side are inlet clamping heads, another row of clamping heads close to an outlet side are outlet clamping heads, each row of clamping heads comprises a pair of upper and lower clamping heads arranged in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: WISDRI ENGINEERING & RESEARCH INCORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 11331704
    Abstract: A framework cooler (20) for cooling a steel strip (50), installed in a roller framework (11), in place of the work rolls (5) and their associated installation pieces (5a and 5b). The framework cooler (20) is sized to be installed into the roller framework (11) through the operator-side roller stands (1) of the roller framework (11). The cooler (20) includes a lower (21b) and an upper water tank (21a), each having a connection (22) for a coolant, and includes a plurality of cooling nozzles (23), or cooling tubes (23a) arranged in the depth direction (T) of the framework cooler (20) or at least one cooling slot (24) extending in the depth direction (T). The bottom and top sides of the steel strip (50) may be cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Lengauer, Bernd Linzer, Alois Seilinger, Michael Zahedi
  • Patent number: 11331871
    Abstract: A press load measuring apparatus for a press machine of 1-point type includes: a plurality of strain gauges attached to the respective columns of the press machine, the plurality of strain gauges detecting respective strains generated in the respective columns in association with a press load acting on the slide; a bending moment calculator configured to calculate bending moments acting on respective columns based on an angle formed between a direction of movement of the slide and the connecting rod; and a press partial load calculator configured to calculate press partial load signals corresponding to the respective columns, an impact of bending strain components caused by the bending moments included in the strain signals being eliminated from the press partial load signals based on the bending moments acting on the respective columns detected by strain gauges attached to the respective columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kohno, Kazuki Honjo
  • Patent number: 11325178
    Abstract: A pressing tool for pressing fittings to produce pipe connections, with two opposing pressing jaws, each having a pressing section and a lever section, and having a retaining element for swivel connecting the pressing jaws, wherein the pressing sections form a receiving section and wherein pressing the lever sections apart causes the receiving section to close. An actuator spindle, a spindle nut and at least two actuator levers are provided, and each actuator lever is swivel connected at one end to the lever section of a pressing jaw and each actuator lever is swivel connected at another end to the spindle nut. A method for pressing fittings for the production of pipe connections is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Viega Technology GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schneider, Dominik Kramer, David Schmitt, Jörg Rosenthal, Markus Faulstich, Nadine Riili, Detlev Schmitt, Uwe Grünkemeier, Matthias Stahlschmidt
  • Patent number: 11318473
    Abstract: A blade plate for a crusher, where in the blade plate is normally installed on a fixed side or a movable side, includes a base material part, and a large number of blade parts arranged on a surface of the base material part. The blade parts include a rhombic blade part that forms a rhombic blade at a corner between inclined portions and a mountain-shaped blade part that is formed in a polyhedron shape in which a cross-shaped tip blade is formed at a corner between chipped portions provided at inclined portions. An inclined blade is formed at a corner between the inclined portions and is coupled to the rhombic blade part at an intersection point of diagonals of the rhombic blade part and a crusher using the blade plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YUATSUKI Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Okuya
  • Patent number: 11305330
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire to be wound on an object to be bound, a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object to be bound, a curl guide configured to curl the wire being fed by the wire feeding unit, and an inductive guide configured to guide the wire curled by the curl guide toward the binding unit. The wire feeding unit includes a pair of feeding members facing each other with a feeding path of the wire being interposed therebetween, each of the feeding members configured to rotate about a shaft as a support point extending in a direction intersecting with the feeding path of the wire, and a position regulation part configured to regulate axial relative positions of the pair of feeding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshida, Kenichi Arai, Shigeki Shindou
  • Patent number: 11267030
    Abstract: A back gauge for a back gauge positioning system of a bending machine includes a stop finger on which at least one stop surface is configured, and a base unit that is configured for coupling with the back gauge positioning system. The stop finger is coupled with the base unit by a linear guide, and the stop finger can be displaced relative to the base unit between a pushed-forward working position and a retracted position. The stop finger and the base unit are coupled with a first spring element, by which the stop finger is pre-loaded into its working position, and a locking device is configured, by which the stop finger can optionally be locked in the working position or is released into its retracted position for displacement counter to the spring force of the first spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Angerer, Klemens Freudenthaler, Florian Hausmann, Matthias Hoerl, Nenad Kovjenic, Florian Maier, Verena Steininger, Helmut Theis, Manfred Waldherr
  • Patent number: 11261938
    Abstract: Provided is a zipper chain. The zipper chain includes a plurality of chain portions arranged to face each other and engaged with each other at one point while making linear movements. Each chain portion includes a plurality of upper plates connected to each other; a plurality of lower plates arranged to respectively face the upper plates, respectively spaced apart from the upper plates, and connected to each other; a plurality of connecting portions each connecting one of the upper plates to a corresponding one of the lower plates and connecting adjacent upper plates among the plurality of upper plates or adjacent lower plates among the plurality of lower plates; and a plurality of protrusions respectively protruding from the plurality of connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Ki Yoon
  • Patent number: 11247426
    Abstract: A compactor includes a frame supporting a first roller assembly and a second roller assembly. At least one of the first roller assembly and the second roller assembly is moveable relative to the frame in a motion that includes an upward vertical component and a downward vertical component. An actuator is coupled to at least one of the first and second roller assemblies and is operable to repeatedly move at least one of the roller assemblies relative to the frame in both the upward vertical component and the downward vertical component to oscillate the roller assemblies relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Timothy J. Kraus
  • Patent number: 11185906
    Abstract: Disclosed is a forming system having a first die assembly and a second die assembly with dies having die surfaces that are configured to cooperate with each other to form a die cavity therebetween so as to receive a workpiece therein. One or both of the dies includes a heater insert member that has a serpentine groove therein for receiving a flexible heater member. The flexible heater member is configured to conform with the shape of the serpentine groove. The heater insert member is position adjacent to the die surface and provides more uniform heating of the surface to form complex 3D surfaces with tailored properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA INIERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Yunxin Ma, David Polsoni
  • Patent number: 11181169
    Abstract: A chain is provided which includes a plurality of interconnected chain-links. At least one chain-link of the chain has a braided core which includes a first primary strand having polymeric elongated elements having a tenacity of at least 1.0 N/tex. The braided core is braided from at least 2 consecutive turns of the primary strand. Also disclosed is a braided endless shaped element suitable as chain-link for the chain as well as a chain which has a tenacity (Ten) in N/Tex and a combined titer of the 2 legs of the chain-link having polymeric elongated elements (T) in MTex satisfying the relationship of Ten?0.50*T?0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Karel Jozef Wetzels, Dietrich Wienke, Jozef Siegfried Johannes Homminga, Roelof Marissen, Rigobert Bosman
  • Patent number: 11161166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a forging method and a forging apparatus, capable of: reducing the amount of tray plates used during the forging of materials by reducing the width from front to back of the tray plates by fixing only the rear of the materials to the tray plates for fixing the materials; and minimizing the amount of materials used, by compression-molding products by fixing, to the tray plates, the materials having a minimum size necessary for the fmal products, the present invention comprising: a press having upper and lower molds; a tray plate supply means for supplying, to the top rear of the lower mold, tray plates to be vertically movable from one side to the other side by a pitch and to be spaced from the upside of the lower mold; a punching unit provided at one side of the upper and lower molds so as to continuously punch material fixing hole parts in the tray plates; a material plate supply means provided at the front of the other side of the punching unit so as to supply material plate
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: BUMCHUN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Il Park
  • Patent number: 11154921
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a laminated iron core includes a die and a punch configured to punch iron core pieces out of a thin-plate workpiece, a squeeze ring in which the iron core pieces are laminated, and a back-pressure device configured to apply back pressure to the laminated iron core pieces from a side opposite to the punch in a forward-backward direction of the punch. The back-pressure device includes a support body configured to move in the forward-backward direction, a biasing member configured to bias the laminated iron core pieces toward the punch, a drive device having an output shaft, and a conversion mechanism configured to convert rotary motion of the output shaft into linear motion of the support body in the forward-backward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Banno, Shinpei Ono