Patents Examined by Teresa M Ekiert
  • Paintless dent removal tool, system and method
    Patent number: 11338342
    Abstract: A paintless dent repair glue tab tool, system and method. The paintless dent repair glue tab tool, includes a pull member detachably connected to a support member. The pull member having a top, a threaded neck, and a bottom. The support member having a thick rigid center having an opening extending at least partially therethrough and a thin semi-flexible outer edge extending around the thick rigid center. The opening having a threaded metal insert molded therein and configured to receive a portion of the threaded neck of the pull member. The diameter of the pull member and the diameter of the support member transfer lifting power to a center portion of the paintless dent repair glue tab tool so as to pull up the dent at a peak thereby more efficiently removing dents from the surface of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Chris White, Reggie Ayers, William J Bickel, Jr.
  • Electrohydraulic forming device
    Patent number: 11338346
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic forming device for forming a blank of material includes: —an electrohydraulic forming chamber, —at least one central electrode extending in a so-called longitudinal direction and comprising a first end arranged inside the electrohydraulic forming chamber, —a body provided with a bore for introducing each central electrode into the electrohydraulic forming chamber, the electrohydraulic forming chamber being partially formed by said body, —a mould, and —at least one peripheral electrode electrically insulated from each central electrode, arranged at a distance from and around the end of a central electrode, and extending in a transverse plane relative to said central electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ADM28 S.ÀR.L
    Inventors: Gilles Avrillaud, Julien Deroy, Romain Pecquois, Pierre Thouet
  • Cooling a roll of a roll stand
    Patent number: 11338339
    Abstract: A cooling device (7) for cooling a roll (5) of a roll stand (1). The cooling device (7) includes a chilled beam (13) for receiving and discharging a coolant. The chilled beam (13) has multiple full jet nozzles (21) disposed on a discharge side (19) of the chilled beam (13), the side facing the roll (5) and extending parallel to a roll axis (17) of the roll (5). Through each of the full-jet nozzles, a jet of coolant having a nearly constant jet diameter can be sprayed from the chilled beam (13) towards the roll (5) in a discharge direction (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Erich Opitz, Lukas Pichler, Alois Seilinger
  • Roller framework having a framework cooler for cooling a steel band
    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
  • Press load measuring apparatus and method for press machine
    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
  • Die adjustment mechanism
    Patent number: 11325177
    Abstract: A die adjustment mechanism, includes a base, the base is provided with a die that can apply pressure on the workpiece. The die includes multiple modules arranged sequentially and capable of sliding laterally relative to the base. The base is further provided with a slide rest/slide rests capable of sliding laterally relative to the base. Each slide rest is provided with a shifting fork which can be clamped with a module or can be clamped between two adjacent modules. Each slide rest is provided with a drive component capable of driving the shifting fork to be clamped with the module or be clamped between the two adjacent modules. Using this mechanism, bending and pressing of multiple sides of the metal plate can be completed by the same machine and the production efficiency is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: OMS MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobin Long, Haifeng Hu, Chuan Long, Yang Shi
  • Pressing tool for pressing fittings for producing pipe connections and method for pressing fittings
    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
  • Stretch forming method for a sheet metal skin with convex and concave curvatures
    Patent number: 11318520
    Abstract: A method of forming sheet metal skins of the inner fixed structure of a blocker door thrust reverser assembly having convex and concave curvatures. The method includes plastically stretching a sheet of metal about a mandrel having a chordwise central first axis to form a substantially convex shape. The method further includes the addition of features after the substantially convex shape is formed to facilitate plastically stretching a portion or portions of the substantially convex shape into a substantially concave shape about an axis that is substantially parallel to the chordwise central first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: John Ralph Stewart, III
  • Thermal insulation device
    Patent number: 11318512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal insulation device (1) for thermal insulation of a metal product in a rolling mill, comprising a support element (2), on which a number of thermal insulation elements (3) is arranged. To extend the service life of such a device, the invention makes provision that at least one thermal insulation device (3) is formed by multiple side parts (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), which enclose within them an accommodating space for a thermal insulation material, wherein at least two of the side parts (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) are connected with each other at their adjoining side areas by a hinge-like connection (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Denis Anders
  • Blade plate for crusher, and crusher
    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
  • Sheet material forming
    Patent number: 11311923
    Abstract: A formed sheet metal material (100) and methods, tools (1, 2, 8) and apparatus for forming the sheet metal material (100) in which a pattern of projections and depressions are cold worked in a first portion (101) and, simultaneously, indicia (103) is embossed in a second portion (102) of the sheet material (100). The cold worked portion (101) is formed with the projections and depression configured and distributed such that lines drawn on a surface of the formed sheet material (100) between adjacent rows of projections and depressions are not rectilinear. The indicia (103) is indicative of the alignment between the tools (1, 2, 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hadley Industries Overseas Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Castellucci
  • Electromagnetic forming method
    Patent number: 11311926
    Abstract: An electromagnetic forming method includes: a step of setting pipe periphery members at plural positions along an axial direction of a pipe material; a step of setting a coil unit on a side of one end, in the axial direction, of the pipe material, the coil unit including a conductor wound portion, conductor extension portions, and a resin-made conductor support portion; a step of setting a support member on a side of the other end, in the axial direction, of the pipe material; a coil unit holding step; a coil setting step; and a swaging step. The coil setting step and the swaging step are performed in this order at each of the plural positions of the pipe material while the coil unit is kept held by the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hioki, Yoshihaya Imamura
  • Process and system for pressure forming of a workpiece
    Patent number: 11305326
    Abstract: A process and a system for forming of a workpiece using a press including a pressure generator, a forming tool, and an at least in part elastically deformable element, are disclosed. At least one of the workpiece or the forming tool is heated, and the workpiece is formed using the press so as to obtain a formed workpiece. The heating of at least one of the workpiece or the forming tool is such that the temperature of the at least one of the workpiece or the forming tool during the forming of the workpiece by way of forming pressure generated by the pressure generator is higher than the ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUINTUS TECHNOLOGIES AB
    Inventors: Sture Olsson, Mikael Bergkvist, Carolina Nilsson, Bjorn Carlsson, Hans Hedstrom
  • Processing method for metal plate
    Patent number: 11305325
    Abstract: A processing method for a metal plate includes a curve surface forming recess forming step, a protruding step, and a shaping and dividing step. In the curve surface forming recess forming step, a recess is formed in the metal plate, the recess having an outer periphery forming a curve surface, a side portion formed in a frustum, and a bottom portion being round. In the protruding step, a portion of the recess from the bottom portion to the side portion is protruded toward an inside of the recess, and the side portion of the recess is formed to be close to a center of the recess. In the shaping and dividing step, the protruded portion and the outer periphery of the recess are shaped so that the recess is divided into a group of the plural recess portions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KANEMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Harada, Akifumi Hagino, Takeshi Kakiuchi
  • Binding machine
    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
  • Welded pipe manufacturing apparatus and welded pipe manufacturing method
    Patent number: 11305323
    Abstract: To manufacture a high-quality welded pipe, there is provided a welded pipe manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a welded pipe by bending a metal plate and welding butting end portions of the metal plate. The welded pipe manufacturing apparatus includes a bending unit that bends the metal plate, a light emitter that emits directional light to an inner surface of the metal plate bent by the bending unit, an image capturing unit that captures light emitted by the light emitter and reflected by a surface of the metal plate, and an adjustment assistance unit that assists adjustment of the bending unit in accordance with a shape of the reflected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NAKATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jilong Yin, Tomoyasu Nakano, Feizhou Wang, Takeyuki Sato
  • Can compression equipment
    Patent number: 11298904
    Abstract: A can compression equipment is provided and belong to the field of recycling of renewable resources and environmental protection. The can compression equipment includes: a frame; a pressing block arranged at an end of an interior of the frame, an accommodating space being defined between the pressing block and a bottom of the frame and configured for accommodating the can to-be-compressed; and, a driving device connected to the pressing block and configured for driving the pressing block to move forward or backward along a lengthwise direction of the frame to change a size of the accommodating space. Instead of using manpower to compress the can, the can compression equipment can save time and manpower, and further effectively reduce a volume of the can as small as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO AT-TECHNICAL INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Feng Gao, Xinhui Jiang, Xinguo Fan
  • Device for continuously pressing liquid out of a suspension
    Patent number: 11298903
    Abstract: A device is described for continuously pressing liquid out of a suspension, in particular a screw press, which may have a rotationally-driven rotor, which may rotate in a tubular screw housing and support a conveyor screw. The screw housing may be at least partially formed as a first filter jacket, which may at least partially interact with the conveyor screw and which may have radial passages for discharging the filtered liquid and which may supply a filter cake, made of retained solids, in the conveyance direction of the conveyor screw to a discharge. To provide advantageous filter conditions, a ring-shaped first sleeve, which coaxially encloses the rotor, for peeling off an outer filter cake layer from the filter cake may be associated with the rotor, downstream from the conveyor screw. A conveyance channel for the remaining inner filter cake layer may be provided between sleeve and rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Franz Derflinger, Sr., Franz Derflinger, Jr.
  • Transport device for transporting coin blanks and method for producing a coin
    Patent number: 11292286
    Abstract: A transport device and a method for producing a coin with use of the transport device. The transport device is used to transport blanks to a minting station. A drivable first transport part having a plurality of first transport pockets is provided. A first clearance exists between the outer contour of the blank and the inner contour of the first transport pocket. The transport device has a second transport part having a plurality of second transport pockets. A second clearance is provided between the outer contour of the blank and the inner contour of the second transport pocket. The second clearance is larger than the first clearance. The blanks are transferred at a transfer location from a particular first transport pocket into a second transport pocket. The blanks are transported in the second transport pocket to the minting station, and a coin is minted there from the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SCHULER PRESSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Brechling, Wolfgang Hoyler, Simon Kneer, Horst Jaeschke
  • Mandrel, bent tube, and method and apparatus for producing bent tube
    Patent number: 11278947
    Abstract: A mandrel 10 for producing a thin-walled bent tube having a bending portion with high strength and a small radius of curvature by rotary draw bending without either cracks in an outside of bend or winkles and buckling in an inside of bend occurring includes a shank 14, a connection mechanism 15 and a mandrel ball 16. In a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction of the mandrel ball 16 at a central position in the axial direction of the mandrel ball 16, the mandrel ball 16 has a first position 19 and a second position 20 at which a first straight line m that passes through a mandrel ball center 17 meets an outer periphery 21 of the mandrel ball. Further, a ratio (L1/L2) between a dimension L1 from the mandrel ball center 17 to the first position 19 and a dimension L2 from the mandrel ball center 17 to the second position 20 is in a range of 0.915 to 0.976.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Tamura, Hidehiro Arita