Patents Examined by Yewebdar T Tadesse
  • Patent number: 11292021
    Abstract: An adjustable landscaping marking tool includes a strap having a hook disposed at a strap first end, a hook receiving ring disposed on an adjustable connector at a middle section, and at least one (1) marking device aperture disposed at a strap second end. The device is configured to permit a user to secure the hook about a vertical support structure. A marking means secured within a desired marking device aperture may then be used to circumscribe a mark on the ground surface around the vertical support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Tim Cumblidge
  • Patent number: 11285503
    Abstract: A system and method have been shown for the effective implementation of a height and rotational adjustment system for a plurality of spray guns for use in a line striper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: AVANT-GARDE IP LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ferguson, Ramraj Soundararajan
  • Patent number: 11285506
    Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed including a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a nozzle for dispensing lacquer, wherein the nozzle is connected to the frame, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation at the frame, wherein the nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated about the axis of rotation, and wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface of the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, AIRBUS (SAS)
    Inventors: Alexander Gillessen, Pierre Zahlen, Christian Schepp, Daniel Kress, Waldemar Kümmel
  • Patent number: 11280000
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a fixing apparatus for fixing a substrate to be processed below a bearing base during an evaporation process, the substrate to be processed includes a base substrate, a ferromagnetic material is formed on a front surface or a back surface of the base substrate, and a magnetic field generator is disposed on a back surface of the bearing base at a location corresponding to the ferromagnetic material; the magnetic field generator is configured to generate a magnetic field so that the ferromagnetic material and the magnetic field generator are approaching to each other under an effect of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator to fix a front surface of the bearing base with the back surface of the base substrate. An evaporation method is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinwei Gao, Xinxin Wang
  • Patent number: 11266957
    Abstract: Problem: To supply a device and a method for accurately discharging a fixed amount of a liquid, the liquid containing solid particles, in a state that the solid particles are dispersed in the liquid material. Solution: A discharge device for a liquid material containing solid particles includes a first reservoir, a first air pressure supply pipe, a metering portion having a metering hole, a plunger moving back and forth in the metering hole, a nozzle, a switching valve having a first position and a second position, a plunger driver, and a switching valve driver. The discharge device further includes a second reservoir, a second air pressure supply pipe, a branch portion provided in an upper portion of the metering hole and having a branch flow path, and an opening/closing mechanism that establishes or cuts off communication between the second reservoir and the metering hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 11267014
    Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer includes a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a drive unit and a lacquer application unit. The lacquer application unit is mounted on the frame and applies lacquer to a work surface of a work piece while the device is moved in an application direction across the work surface. The drive unit drives the transfer roller in a rotation direction about an axis of rotation. An outside contact surface of the lateral wall comprises a plurality of depressions forming a predetermined structure. The transfer roller rolls with the outside contact surface on the work surface of the work piece for transferring the predetermined structure defined by the depressions in the outside contact surface to lacquer previously applied to the work surface by the lacquer application unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Pierre C. Zahlen, Alexander Gillessen
  • Patent number: 11252855
    Abstract: A seed treatment applicator for applying a liquid seed treatment to an agricultural seed within a treatment chamber. A multi-port valve allows a first liquid source and a second liquid source to be fluidly connected to the multi-port valve. Multiple liquid sources may contain the same liquid treatment, mixed differently to have different densities. A liquid pump, such as a static rate pump, is fluidly connected downstream of the multi-port valve or directly connected to a liquid source. A modular control stick comprises a frame mounted to the treatment chamber, a mass flow meter mounted to the frame and fluidly connected downstream of the liquid pump and configured to generate a measured mass flow signal relative to a real time mass flow rate of the liquid seed treatment; and a flow meter transmitter operably connected to the mass flow meter and configured to generate a switch signal when comparison of the measured mass flow signal deviates from a reference value corresponding to a desired flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KSi Conveyor, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic E. Meyer, Jason P. Kaeb
  • Patent number: 11254106
    Abstract: A machining system includes an application device that applies a photocurable resin to surfaces of a plurality of linear objects provided in a workpiece; a curing device that brings the linear objects, to which the photocurable resin has been applied by the application device, into close contact with each other in radial directions and that radiates light onto the photocurable resin, which has been applied to the linear objects brought into close contact, thus curing the photocurable resin; and a machining device that machines the workpiece, in which the plurality of linear objects have been bound together through the curing of the photocurable resin performed by the curing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Oomura
  • Patent number: 11247224
    Abstract: A device for applying a liquid of different viscosity to a surface to be wetted is presented, having a reservoir for the liquid arranged in a housing, a valve unit for the metered discharge of the liquid from an outlet opening of the reservoir and an application unit connected to the valve unit on its outer side facing away from the housing, wherein, according to the invention, a removal device for removing excess liquid from the surface wetted by the application unit is arranged on the side of the housing opposite the valve unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventor: Turhan Günaydin
  • Patent number: 11246249
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a dispensing unit assembly configured to dispense viscous material and a gantry coupled to the frame. The gantry is configured to support the dispensing unit assembly and to move the dispensing unit assembly in x-axis and y-axis directions. The dispensing unit assembly includes a support bracket secured to the gantry and a movable bracket rotatably coupled to the support bracket by a first strain wave gear system configured to enable the rotation of the movable bracket with respect to the support bracket about a first axis. The dispensing unit assembly further includes a dispensing unit rotatably coupled to the movable bracket by a second strain wave gear system configured to enable the rotation of the dispensing unit with respect to the movable bracket about a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Prentice, Fernando J. Aguiar, Scott A. Reid
  • Patent number: 11235890
    Abstract: A system including an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or aerial robotic system (ARS) to perform at least one task to an object during flight of the UAV in a movement mode configured for maneuvering near a surface of the object. A task sensor configured to sense at least one parameter of the surface. An adjustable sensor arm attachable to the UAV and supporting the task sensor to facilitate the task performed to the surface of the object by the UAV during flight of the UAV. The sensor arm being resilient to impact forces caused by direct contact of the sensor or sensor arm with the surface to bend, spring or swivel relative to a contour of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: WORKING DRONES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Lewis Dahlstrom, Jeffrey C. McCutcheon, Tariq Rashid
  • Patent number: 11229923
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method performing work free from variations among a plurality of work heads having individual differences. A working apparatus includes a number n (a natural number 2 or greater) of work heads, a stage retaining a work object, drive devices moving the stage and the work heads relative to each other in three directions, a work amount measurement device measuring a work amount of each work head, and a control device, wherein the first-direction drive device enables the number n of work heads to be independently moved in a first direction, and the second-direction drive device includes a second-direction main drive device moving the number n of work heads simultaneously in a second direction, and a second-direction auxiliary drive device moving n?1 work heads among the number n of work heads independently in the second direction. A working method is carried out using the working apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 11213839
    Abstract: A coating device includes a rotary head, a power supply part that applies a voltage to the rotary head, and a control part that controls the power supply part. The rotary head is configured so that a coating material is electrostatically atomized. The control part is configured so as to calculate a discharge current based on a total current flowing from the power supply part to the rotary head and a leak current, and control the power supply part based on the discharge current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Trinity Industrial Corporation, Ransburg Industrial Finishing K.K.
    Inventors: Shinji Tani, Akira Numasato, Kazuki Tanaka, Takahito Kondo, Yuki Murai, Yuki Hirai, Atsushi Tomita, Kenji Okamoto, Naohiro Masuda
  • Patent number: 11213845
    Abstract: Provided is a can inner surface-coating apparatus with which inspection of bottomed cylinders can be favorably performed in parallel without being affected by the coating process. In the can inner surface-coating apparatus, inspection cameras to be used for inspection following coating of the inner surface of a bottomed cylinder that will become the body of a can or bottle-shaped can are disposed above spray devices that are used for coating the inner surface of bottomed cylinders. Moreover, the coating area including the spray devices and the inspection area including the inspection cameras are covered with a cover. By supplying air inside the cover from the upper part (air supply port) of the inspection area and discharging the air out of the cover from the lower part (coating mist collection duct) of the coating area, an air flow is formed from the upper part of the inspection area to the lower part of the coating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: TMC JAPAN CO., LTD., G&P INC.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kusubashi, Naoyuki Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 11207708
    Abstract: An applicator for introducing a fluid to a plant includes a first arm and a second arm pivotally connected to one another at one end. The other ends are spaced apart to receive the plant therein when the applicator is in a rest position and are driven together upon pivoting of the arms to place the applicator in an application position. A fluid injector is mounted on the first arm and includes an injector body and a diaphragm defining a plurality of channels. The diaphragm includes a pliable dome defining a reservoir to receive the fluid and a plurality of applicator nodes. A respective applicator node is positioned near a terminus of each channel. A driving member engages the pliable dome when the applicator is pivoted to the application position. The pliable dome is then compressed by the driving member to direct the fluid through the plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Chapin Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: David Dubiel
  • Patent number: 11207706
    Abstract: Systems for applying a masking material to a substrate, the system comprising: a source feed for delivering a quantity of masking material to a substrate, a waste deposit for receiving masking material when removed from the substrate, a spray nozzle moveable relative to the substrate and a controller for controlling movement of the nozzle relative to the substrate and the speed of delivery of the masking material from the source feed, wherein the speed of movement of the spray nozzle relative to the substrate is substantially equal to the speed of delivery of the masking material from the source feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Jetronica Limited
    Inventors: Alan Hudd, Albert Kocsis, Gusztav Florian
  • Patent number: 11207699
    Abstract: A carriage assembly for a spray coating apparatus and a spray coating apparatus including the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly includes a carriage operatively connected to a track that is non-linear, which in some embodiments allows a coating to be applied at at least two different thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: James W. Davidson
  • Patent number: 11201040
    Abstract: A substrate supporting unit is provided. The substrate supporting unit possesses a shaft, a first heater, and a stage. The first heater is located in the shaft and is configured to heat an upper portion of the shaft. The stage is located over the shaft and includes a first plate, a second plate over the first plate, and a second heater between the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Go Takahara, Toshihiko Hanamachi, Arata Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 11199466
    Abstract: A system for detecting leakage of a liquid supply pipe includes a pipe casing for enclosing an end portion of the liquid supply pipe adjoined to a nozzle and a sensor system configured to detect presence of a liquid leaked from the liquid supply pipe at the end portion. The sensor system is in alignment with the end portion of the liquid supply pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Kai Chen, Chin-Kun Fang, Ko-Bin Kao, Li-Jen Wu
  • Patent number: 11192127
    Abstract: In an electrostatic atomization coating apparatus including a nozzle head including a plurality of coating material ejection ports; a coating material chamber that is provided inside the nozzle head and to which a coating material is supplied via a coating material supply path, each of the coating material ejection ports being in communication with the coating material chamber via an individual branch coating material path; and a voltage application device that provides a potential difference between the nozzle head and an object to be coated, the coating material ejected from each of the coating material ejection ports via the coating material supply path, the coating material chamber, and the branch coating material path being brought into a charged state through application of a voltage by the voltage application device, an open/close valve device that opens and closes all of the branch coating material paths, or opens and closes a specific subset of a plurality of branch coating material paths out of all
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Taikisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Manabe, Shogo Noda, Tatsuya Tanikawa