Patents Issued in February 26, 2015
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Publication number: 20150052704Abstract: An opening/closing assist device includes a cam fixed to a first member, which is one of an opening/closing body and a coupling subject of the opening/closing body, a contact element located on a second member, which is the other one of the opening/closing body and the coupling subject, and a damper stay. The damper stay includes a first end rotatably connected to the first member and a second end rotatably connected to the contact element. The contact element is maintained in the state of being pressed against the cam by means of the elastic force of the damper stay. The cam has a shape that is set so that a moment generated at the cam based on the elastic force applied by the contact element is generated so that a moment required to rotate the opening/closing body is in accordance with operation characteristics required for the opening/closing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryusei Suzuki, Toshihiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150052705Abstract: A slam latch mechanism employs an actuation lever rotatable from a first position to a second position and having a prong extending therefrom. A bolt, resiliently retractable from an extended position with the actuation lever in the first position, has a land with a slip surface engaging the prong in the second position to retract said bolt. A dampener extends from the slip surface by a margin to engage said prong in the first position to prevent metal to metal contact by the prong and slip surface with the actuation lever in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Scott A. Kramer, Daniel Rivera
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Publication number: 20150052706Abstract: A hinged apparatus for message clip boards where a message board is allowed to pivot at least 180 degrees along one vertical edge of the message board to allow a message board to be mounted to the side wall of an object, such as a refrigerator, and that would allow the message board to be position at or near zero degrees, to hide the visibility of the board to an angle greater than zero, such as 90 degrees, to position the board parallel with the front of the object (refrigerator) so as to be fully visible. The hinge apparatus featuring a thin vertical bar used to support the message board with minimum surface contact along any metallic strip in a object, wall, refrigerator etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Robert W. Kalis
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Publication number: 20150052707Abstract: A hinge structure includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a sliding component, a first pillar, and a second pillar. The second shaft is parallel to the first shaft. The sliding component includes a first sliding portion and a second sliding portion, wherein the first shaft and the second shaft are disposed through the first sliding portion and the second sliding portion respectively, and the first sliding portion has a first guiding slot and the second sliding portion has a second guiding slot. When the first shaft rotates with respect to the sliding component and moves the first pillar along the first guiding slot, the first pillar drives the sliding component to slide along the first and second shafts and move the second pillar along the second guiding slot, so as to drive the second shaft to rotate with respect to the sliding component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Che-Hsien Lin
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Publication number: 20150052708Abstract: A coupling member for interconnecting two containers stacked one above the other, particularly on board ships, having a first coupling projection that can be hooked into a corner fitting of one container and pre-locked there, and a second coupling projection that can be coupled to a corner fitting of the other container, and having an actuating member by means of which the second coupling projection can be switched between an automatic position, in which the containers lock and unlock fully automatically during loading and unloading, and a second position, in which the containers must be manually unlocked by an operator during unloading, wherein the second coupling projection is moved under pre-tension into the automatic position or the second position and can be moved to the respective other position by means of the actuating member, counter to the pre-tensioning force is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Christian Bederke
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Publication number: 20150052709Abstract: A locking device includes a flap configured to swing on a hinge towards a base, the flap having a tongue at a distal end thereof and the base having a housing at a distal end thereof, wherein the tongue is forced into the housing and is locked in place using a mechanical catch; the flap and the housing each being provided with a pair of magnets, those magnets on the housing being attached to a slider that is able to slidingly reciprocate between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Carfoldio LTDInventor: Jon Sumroy
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Publication number: 20150052710Abstract: A touch fastener has a base and an array of discrete fastener elements each extending from the base and together forming with the base a contiguous mass of resin. Each discrete fastener element includes a stem rising from the base, and a head overhanging the base from a front side of the stem to a distal edge, the front side of the stem, an underside of the head, and an upper surface of the base together forming, in side profile, a generally curved retention space boundary surface such that the boundary surface forms, at its innermost extent, a retention cavity defined between curvature discontinuities spaced from both the base and the distal edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Almin Idrizovic, Christopher M. Gallant, William D. Grenier
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Publication number: 20150052711Abstract: A channel letter has a rear surface for mounting against a raceway, wall, or a structure for supporting the signage, and sheet metal sides defining the figuration of the letter or shape to be depicted. A lighting element is positioned against the rear surface of the enclosure, and a lens is retained to the open front of the enclosure. The lens is retained by a plurality of retainer clips. Each of the retainer clips has a first and a second side extending from an arched back with the sides spaced a distance sufficient for the sides to fit around the end of the walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: SignComp, LLCInventor: Clyde H. Boyer
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Publication number: 20150052712Abstract: A clamping apparatus secures a photovoltaic module to a rail. The clamping apparatus includes a bolt extending between a first end and a second end of the bolt. The clamping apparatus includes a clamp defining a bolt opening into which the bolt is received and a support structure. The support structure positions the clamp at a first location on the bolt. The first location is a first distance from a top rail surface plane within which a top surface of the rail lies. The support structure is adjustable to position the clamp at a second location on the bolt. The second location is a second distance from the top rail surface plane. The first distance is different than the second distance. The support structure has a support structure thickness corresponding to a third distance that is less than the first distance and less than the second distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: John B. Markiewicz, Darius J. Kaunas, Thomas Young
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Publication number: 20150052713Abstract: A decorative device adapted for securing to a shoe lace attached to a shoe, wherein the device includes: a body selected from the following group shapes when viewed from a top view: ovoid, kidney bean, cigar, square, or circular; wherein the device includes at least an upper surface joined a lower surface wherein the lower surface is relatively flat and adapted to engage an upper contacting surface of the shoe, when in use; and wherein the device includes a bore in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: James Hannan, Zdenka Douglas
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Publication number: 20150052714Abstract: An absorbent material including a fibrous material having a plurality of individual fibers forming a fiber matrix, a plurality of absorbent fibers, wherein the plurality of absorbent fibers are impregnated within the fiber matrix by means of a needlepunch process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Paul Y. Fung
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Publication number: 20150052715Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, in which unevenness on one surface of the piezoelectric layer is formed by forming an oxidizable metal layer on the one surface of the piezoelectric layer; aggregating the metal layer by thermal oxidation; and performing isotropic etching on the metal layer aggregated on the one surface of the piezoelectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Motoki TAKABE, Takahiro KAMIJO, Tatsuro TORIMOTO, Toshihiro SHIMIZU, Shiro YAZAKI
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Publication number: 20150052716Abstract: A machining tool, such as a forming, embossing, punching or pinching tool carries at least two tool elements at radial external faces for processing sheet metal. The tool elements are fixed to a tool body, either as separate pieces or integrated therein, and the tool body is rotatably supported in a receptacle. The tool body is rotatable about a rotation axis which is not perpendicular to the sheet metal during processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Markus Wilhelm
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Publication number: 20150052717Abstract: The invention relates to a method for descaling a scaled metal strip, in particular a hot-rolled metal strip with a thickness of more than 1 mm, for example 1.2 mm to 16 mm. The strip is guided around at least two straightening rollers which are arranged one behind the other in the strip running direction and undergoes an alternating bending in the process. At least one of the straightening rollers can be positioned transversely to the strip running direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Andreas Noé, Jens Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20150052718Abstract: A hand held brake pad spreader tool for use with a brake calliper (90) of the kind having a sliding calliper body supporting an opposed pair of brake pads arranged to sandwich a brake disc and a piston (92) for clamping the brake pads against the brake disc. The tool comprising a body (20); a handle (22) on the body; an abutment on the body for engaging the calliper body; an elongate member (40) supported by the body for longitudinally sliding movement relative thereto, the elongate member having a piston engagement means (50) for engaging the piston; a manually actuable moveable member (30) supported on the body adjacent to the handle; and drive means (60) coupled between the moveable member (30) for moving the elongate member (40) longitudinally from a first retracted position to a second driving position in which the piston engagement means is in driving engagement with the piston when the abutment is in engagement with the calliper body to move the piston to spread the brake pads apart.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Nigel Buchanan
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Publication number: 20150052719Abstract: A pneumatically powered fastener installation tool (2) comprising floating pull (24) and return (26) pistons which are free to move axially within the main channel (22), thereby providing compliance when transmitting pressure from a double-acting pneumatic piston (16) and intensifier rod (18) to a head piston (6) thereby to install a fastener such as a lockbolt and preventing the generation of a vacuum condition on oil loss during the pull stroke of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2012Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Simon Andrew
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Publication number: 20150052720Abstract: The invention relates to a tool connection for arranging a riveting tool on a riveting tool receptacle, having a contact surface arranged on the riveting tool for supporting the riveting tool on a supporting surface arranged on the riveting tool receptacle. In order to provide a tool connection for arranging a riveting tool on a riveting tool receptacle, by means of which a repetitive riveting operation can be carried out without damage and it is particularly simple to replace the riveting tool, it is provided that a journal is arranged on one of the riveting tool or riveting tool receptacle and a journal receptacle is arranged on the other of the riveting tool or riveting tool receptacle, the journal can be introduced into and removed from the journal receptacle and the riveting tool can be releasably locked to the riveting tool receptacle by a magnetic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Thorsten Weyland
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Publication number: 20150052721Abstract: A portable boring machine includes:—a transmission unit comprising a first electric motor having an axis of rotation (B) and a distribution block of the motion imparted by said electric motor to a tools shaft supporting means for boring and welding and having an axis of rotation (C);—a centralized unit comprising a supporting shaft for advancement of said tools shaft formed by a hollow cylindrical tube internally comprising an externally threaded screw tube, and a second centralized electric motor adapted to manage said advancement;—means for coupling and decoupling said transmission unit from said centralized unit. The portable boring machine further comprises an advancement system of said screw tube configured for converting the rotary motion imparted by said electric motor in straight linear motion of said screw tube along said axis (C).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Raffaele Mauro, Francesco Costanzo
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Publication number: 20150052722Abstract: An orientating and installing jig for orientating a heat-dissipating unit (or a workpiece) to fix on a heat-generating device (or a target device) above a circuit board (or a supporting baseplate), which includes a carrying board formed with at least one assembling opening, a plurality of fixing posts and a pair of arrest-orientating modules oppositely arranged at two sides of the assembling opening. The assembling opening is shaped correspondingly to the shape of the heat-dissipating unit. The fixing posts are disposed at a bottom surface of the carrying board for fixing the carrying board above the circuit board. Each arrest-orientating module includes an arresting barrier. The arresting barrier is rotatably disposed at a suspending position of suspending the workpiece on the carrying board, and a releasing position of allowing the workpiece to pass through the assembling opening, so that the workpiece is put on the target device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: WISTRON CORP.Inventors: XIAO-HUA KE, WAN-RONG ZHU
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Publication number: 20150052723Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating platelets of a monochromator for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are disclosed. For example, a method of fabricating a platelet of a monochromator for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy involves placing a crystal on a stage of an X-ray measuring apparatus, the crystal having a top surface. The method also involves measuring, by X-ray reflection, an orientation of a crystal plane of the crystal, the crystal plane beneath the top surface of the crystal and having a primary axis. The method also involves measuring a surface angle of the top surface of the crystal by measuring a light beam reflected from the top surface of the crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey T. Fanton, Rodney Smedt, Bruno W. Schueler, David A. Reed
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Publication number: 20150052724Abstract: An alignment master glass for aligning a plurality of openings of a vapor deposition mask for tensioning the vapor deposition mask, the alignment master glass includes a transparent substrate, and reflective film patterns on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, the reflective film patterns being only at locations corresponding to the plurality of openings of the vapor deposition mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Sang-Shin LEE
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Publication number: 20150052725Abstract: An elastic averaging alignment system includes a first component having at least one wall member defining a thickness between opposing faces thereof, and a second component having a component surface with at least one receiver protruding therefrom, each of the at least one receiver having a first receiver wall with a first engagement surface and a second receiver wall with a second engagement surface, the first and the second engagement surfaces are positioned a distance apart less than the thickness such that at least one of the first and the second receiver walls elastically deform in response to having the at least one wall member positioned between the first and the second receiver walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Steven E. Morris, Jennifer P. Lawall
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Publication number: 20150052726Abstract: A safety appliance for a downhaul weight. The safety appliance includes a cradle that is configured and arranged to receive support a downhaul weight in its normal working orientation. The safety appliance is capable of receiving and supporting downhaul weights having different sizes and dimensions. When a downhaul weight is seated in the cradle, the safety appliance may provide a working space therebelow. The cradle of the safety appliance may include friction reducing material that allows a downhaul weight to be manipulated while it is seated in the cradle. The safety appliance and a downhaul weight may be conveyed from one location to another location as a single unit. The safety appliance may include one or more box-beams that facilitate lifting the safety appliance from below and/or one or more lifting lugs that facilitate lifting the safety appliance from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: MACHINING & WELDING BY OLSEN, INC.Inventors: David A. Camp, Chris R. Johnson, Darin L. Young
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Publication number: 20150052727Abstract: A medicine cabinet organizing system suspends products to the undersides of cabinet shelves. Products may be individually held by clips that include a ferromagnetic material. The clips in turn couple to magnets attached to the underside of the shelves. Magnets may move with respect to the shelves to allow storage of different size products. An organizing system kit includes a plate having a ferromagnetic material, a fastener to affix the plate to the cabinet shelf, two or more bar magnets, and a plurality of clips, each clip including a ferromagnetic material and a spring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Robert Michael Rosso, JR.
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Publication number: 20150052728Abstract: A method includes assembling a first latching device and a second latching device. The first latching device includes a first support housing and a first sliding assembly. The first sliding assembly is selectively movable, relative to the first support housing, between a latched position and an unlatched position. The second latching device includes a second support housing, a second sliding assembly, and an actuating mechanism. The second support housing is substantially identical to the first support housing. The second sliding assembly is selectively movable, relative to the second support housing, between a latched position and an unlatched position. The actuating mechanism is operatively disposed in the second support housing and is configured to selectively maintain the sliding assembly in the latched position until the actuating mechanism is selectively actuated. The first latching device does not include the actuating mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Paul W. Alexander, Robert Dallos, JR., Roger Herbert Culver, Nancy L. Johnson
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Publication number: 20150052729Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to orthopedic implantable device technology, and more specifically to implantable devices for use in stabilizing the occipitocervical junction and the cervical spine. For example, the disclosure relates to embodiments of an implantable orthopedic assembly generally comprising an occipital plate and one or more repositionable clamping assemblies for securing a stabilizing rod at a nonzero distance from a plate surface. One or more rails may extend laterally from a plate to support a clamping assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: BLACKSTONE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Hammer, Tara Ziolo, Stephen Termyna
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Publication number: 20150052730Abstract: A rail fastener driving machine used for performing a spiking operation is provided, and includes a rail fastener workhead unit configured for driving a fastener into a rail tie. Also included in the machine is a position feedback system configured for controlling the spiking operation of the fastener driving machine based on a position signal and a mode signal, and a position sensor connected to the position feedback system for generating the position signal relative to a cylinder connected to the workhead unit, the position sensor transmitting the position signal to the position feedback system. The mode signal indicates an operation mode selected by an operator, and the workhead unit is actuated by the cylinder based on the mode signal for automatically positioning the workhead unit for driving the fastener into the rail tie.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Jonathan Dale Dickerson
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Publication number: 20150052731Abstract: A heat sink structure and a method of manufacturing same are disclosed. The heat sink structure includes a main body and a plurality of radiating fins. The main body has a plurality of coupling flutes circumferentially spaced along an outer surface thereof and longitudinally extended from a first end to a second thereof. The radiating fins respectively have a bent section integrally located between a first and a second heat radiating section. To quickly assemble the radiating fins to the main body, the radiating fins are disposed in a forming mold, and the main body is mechanically driven into the forming mold at a high speed, so that the bent sections of the radiating fins are longitudinally forced into the coupling flutes from the first to the second end of the main body to thereby tightly connect the radiating fins to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Sheng-Huang Lin, Kuo-Sheng Lin
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Publication number: 20150052732Abstract: Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Rupert Andrew CRAYTHORN, Ralph FUHRMEISTER, Shane Peter MATTHEWS, Wojciech GOSTYLLA, Stuart Edmund BLACKET, Nicholas Richard CLEW, Michael BUTLER
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Publication number: 20150052733Abstract: A mechanical coupling for joining pipe elements has segments joined end to end, each segment having projections with surface portions oriented angularly with respect to other surface portions to serve as a guide for the insertion of pipe elements between the segments when arranged in spaced apart relation around a ring gasket. A method of assembling a pipe joint includes engaging the surfaces with ends of the pipe elements and rotating the segments relative to one another to permit insertion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: PHILIP W. BANCROFT
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Publication number: 20150052734Abstract: A method for using a guard for structural members is disclosed. This can reduce worker injury with a thin sheet metal or plastic, broadly U-shaped guard plate attached to a structural support through attachment to a pair of clamps, each with a primary and a secondary threaded clamp mechanism. The attachment between the guard plate and pair of clamps may be via a slotted intermediate structure. The primary mechanism has a swivel pad end while the secondary clamps have a pointed, cone-shaped end. The guard can be used in wind turbine towers to protect workers on a fixed ladder from hitting interior flanges as they climb up and as they climb down.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Edward Antony Oliver, William Nichols
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Publication number: 20150052735Abstract: Fasteners are provided that include a head and having a head, a tip end having a tip, a first body portion having first threads having a pitch angle, and a second body portion having second threads, the second threads having a different pitch than the first threads. The first body portion is adjacent to the tip end of the fastener and extends a first distance along a length of the fastener towards the head end. The second body portion is adjacent to the first body portion, and extends the head end of the fastener and extending a second distance along the length of the fastener towards the head end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Michael A. Kochheiser
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Publication number: 20150052736Abstract: A coil segment manufacturing apparatus includes a conducting wire material feeder which repeatedly feeds a conducting wire material while changing the feeding amount and interposing a processing time, a coating remover which removes an insulation coating of the conducting wire material at a removal position each time the processing time is reached, and a conducting wire material cutter which cuts the conducting wire material each time the processing time is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Kanomi Hayashi, Shinichi Kawano, Daisuke Ueno, Satoru Saito
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Publication number: 20150052737Abstract: A system and method to reduce core loss in the stator of an electric motor by first preparing laminations of the stator and/or rotor in a water jetting operation, punching or stamping operation, laser cutting operation, or similar manufacturing operation, and then subjecting the laminations to a temperature treatment in a manner such that, upon assembly into a stator and/or rotor of an electric motor and operated within expected parameters, core loss is reduced. The system and method subjects the laminations to a cold bath preferably consisting of liquid nitrogen, after stamping but preferably prior to assembly, and then stacking the laminations together for assembly as a stator and/or rotor of an electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Robert Ross
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Publication number: 20150052738Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a logging tool for a borehole are provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, shields are disposed to prevent or reduce circulating electrical currents from causing a voltage difference that would adversely affect the measured voltage difference between two adjacent electrodes. Groups of sensors, e.g., two or more, may be placed within the shield. The shields may have any cross-section shape. A magnetic field source is disposed proximate the electrodes such that the magnetic field source is oriented to generate a magnetic field substantially orthogonal to an imaginary line intersecting each pair of electrodes. A voltage measuring circuit is electrically coupled to the plurality of electrodes and configured to measure a voltage difference between each pair of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: REM SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventor: Robert E. Maute
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Publication number: 20150052739Abstract: Lithium metal oxides may be regenerated under ambient conditions from materials recovered from partially or fully depleted lithium-ion batteries. Recovered lithium and metal materials may be reduced to nanoparticles and recombined to produce regenerated lithium metal oxides. The regenerated lithium metal oxides may be used to produce rechargeable lithium ion batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Nilanjan DEB
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Publication number: 20150052740Abstract: A terminal crimping device includes crimp tooling comprising an anvil and a ram movable toward the anvil with a crimp zone being defined between the anvil and the ram configured to receive a wire and a terminal configured to be crimped to the wire by the crimp tooling. An ultrasonic transmitting transducer is coupled to at least one of the anvil and the ram that transmits acoustic signals through the wire and terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: David Michael Stull, Christopher John Karrasch, Keith Lynn Nicholas, Charles David Fry
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Publication number: 20150052741Abstract: A system and method for stacking battery cells or related assembled components. Generally planar, rectangular (prismatic-shaped) battery cells are moved from an as-received generally vertical stacking orientation to a generally horizontal stacking orientation without the need for robotic pick-and-place equipment. The system includes numerous conveyor belts that work in cooperation with one another to deliver, rotate and stack the cells or their affiliated assemblies. The belts are outfitted with components to facilitate the cell transport and rotation. The coordinated movement between the belts and the components promote the orderly transport and rotation of the cells from a substantially vertical stacking orientation into a substantially horizontal stacking orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Andrew L. Bartos, Yhu-Tin Lin, Raymond D. Turner, III
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Publication number: 20150052742Abstract: A circuit board structure manufacturing method includes the following steps. A circuit substrate is provided including an insulating layer, a first metal layer, and a second metal layer. The insulating layer is disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first metal layer has a first cavity. The insulating layer has a second cavity and a provisional region. A width of the first cavity is larger than a width of the second cavity. The provisional region is defined between a sidewall of the first metal layer defining the first cavity and another sidewall of the first metal layer defining the second cavity. A first masking layer is formed to cover the first metal layer and provisional region. The second cavity is exposed from the first masking layer. A heat-dissipating metal member is formed in the second cavity. Furthermore, the first masking layer is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: BOARDTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: CHIEN-CHENG LEE, Chung-Hsing Liao
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Publication number: 20150052743Abstract: A manufacturing method of electronic module components according to the present invention includes: forming a plurality of module components on a principal surface of a substrate; forming a groove by dicing between the module components; spraying a conductive paste toward the principal surface of the substrate; and separating the module components. The spraying is performed so that an angle formed between a spray direction and the principal surface is an angle ?. The angle ? is set so as to satisfy the following expression (1), assuming that a depth of the groove is D and a width of the groove is w.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Kenichi KAWABATA, Seiko Komatsu
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Publication number: 20150052744Abstract: A method for decreasing the number of assembly workstations, the method comprising the steps of providing a first workstation at a first location, supplied with power from a first power source; providing a product to the first workstation and supplying the product with power from the first power source; providing a second workstation at a second location, supplied with power from a second power source; transporting a product from the first workstation to the second workstation including disconnecting the first power source from the product in order to transport the product; connecting the product to the second power supply at the second workstation; the method further comprising the steps of: prior to supplying the product with power from the first power source placing the product in a device capable of supplying the product with power from a battery; disconnecting the first power source from the device; supplying the product from the battery, so that the product remains supplied with power between the disconType: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Maciej SKRZYPCZAK
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Publication number: 20150052745Abstract: In the component mounting method, it is determined whether a component shortage simultaneous occurrence in which predicted component shortage timings belong to the same time zone in component mounting apparatuses and component replenishment is necessary in the same time zone with respect to the component mounting apparatuses is present or not. When the component shortage simultaneous occurrence is determined to be present, the component shortage timing is moved up by a predetermined move-up time in any one of the component mounting apparatuses relating to the component shortage simultaneous occurrence and notified.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Hiroaki KURATA
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Publication number: 20150052746Abstract: An electrochemical test sensor being adapted to assist in determining information relating to an analyte in a fluid sample and includes a base and a second layer. The base includes a plurality of electrodes, a working conductive lead and a counter conductive lead thereon. The electrodes include a working electrode and a counter electrode. The second layer assists in forming a channel in which the channel includes a reagent therein. Auto-calibration information of the test sensor is performed by a plurality of auto-calibration segments connected to one of the following: the working conductive lead, the counter conductive lead, or neither of the conductive leads, at least one of the plurality of auto-calibration segments being connected to the working conductive lead and at least one of the plurality of auto-calibration segments being connected to the counter conductive lead.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Harris A. Lieber, Joseph E. Perry
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Publication number: 20150052747Abstract: A manufacturing method of touch substrate includes steps of: providing a substrate, a photosensitive film of Nano-Silver particles being formed on a surface of the substrate; performing an exposure process to the film of Nano-Silver particles of the surface of the substrate; performing a development process to the film of Nano-Silver particles of the surface of the substrate to form a nontransparent sensing electrode layer and a nontransparent electrode wiring layer in the form of a mesh on the surface of the substrate; and performing a high electrical conductivity treatment and a stabilization treatment to the nontransparent sensing electrode layer on the surface of the substrate. So, the nontransparent sensing electrode layer and nontransparent electrode wiring layer can be formed on the surface of the substrate at the same time. Therefore, the manufacturing process is simplified. Moreover, the surface resistance is lowered and the wiring space is enlarged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
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Publication number: 20150052748Abstract: A wing (1) including a vertical plate (2) and a horizontal plate (3) is placed in the throat of a carburetor (41) or throttle body (93). The wing (1) is located adjacent to and downstream from the throttle valve (46, 94). The edges (6, 7, 13, and 131) are held in a spaced apart relationship from the carburetor wall (44) by locating tabs (4, 14, 15 and 16) which abut the wall (44). Securing tabs (5, 24) extend from the edges and grip a gasket or boot associated with an existing intake manifold. The wing (1) causes the air/fuel mixture exiting a carburetor to follow channelized parallel paths (78, 81 and 84) into the intake manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Lonn M. Peterson
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Publication number: 20150052749Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrally bladed rotor for gas turbine engines according to one aspect includes a step of positioning a blade on a hub in a joining procedure by using a priority surface of the blade as a reference surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Mario BLAIS, Michel BELLEROSE
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Publication number: 20150052750Abstract: A method and tooling for assembling a guide vane stage that includes an inner shroud and an outer shroud that are coaxial and interconnected by radial airfoils, the method including holding plates pressed against an outer surface of the inner shroud so that the plates cover gaps formed between openings in the inner shroud and the airfoils at least in part and in a manner that is leaktight, and applying a sealing resin to the inner surface of the inner shroud so that the resin fills the gaps and so that radially inner ends of the airfoils are embedded in the resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Romain Rene Marcel Chardonnet, Patrick Gilbert Petit, Alain Martinez
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Publication number: 20150052751Abstract: A system for manufacturing an airfoil includes an unfocused laser beam and a first fluid column surrounding the unfocused laser beam to create a confined laser beam directed at the airfoil. A sensor inside the airfoil detects penetration of the confined laser beam through the surface of the airfoil. A method for manufacturing an airfoil includes confining an unfocused laser beam inside a first fluid column to create a confined laser beam, directing the confined laser beam at a surface of the airfoil, and penetrating the surface of the airfoil with the confined laser beam. The method further includes detecting penetration of the confined laser beam through the surface of the airfoil.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zhaoli Hu, Douglas Anthony Serieno, Mark Joel Kromer
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Publication number: 20150052752Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a recording head having a head chip that ejects ink, an upstream flow path member, a downstream flow path member where an accommodating portion and a downstream flow path are disposed, a wiring member that is connected to a piezoelectric actuator in the head chip, a wiring substrate, a first insertion hole into which the wiring member and a tool are inserted, and a second insertion hole where a wiring member insertion portion into which the wiring member is inserted and a tool insertion portion into which the tool can be inserted are integrally formed, the method including inserting the tool into the tool insertion portion, holding the wiring member with the tool, withdrawing the tool from the tool insertion portion by moving the downstream flow path member to the head chip side, and inserting the wiring member into the wiring member insertion portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Masayuki SAKAI, Yasuo INAOKA, Minoru YAJIMA
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Publication number: 20150052753Abstract: Methods of fabricating cooling apparatuses are provided which include: providing a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to an electronics card, the thermal transfer structure including a clamping structure movable between opened and clamped positions; and providing a coolant-cooled structure configured to reside within, and be associated with a receiving slot of, an electronic system within which the electronics card operatively inserts, the coolant-cooled structure residing between the electronics card and, at least partially, the clamping structure when the transfer structure is coupled to the electronics card and the card is operatively inserted into the receiving slot, wherein the opened position facilitates insertion of the electronics card into the electronic system, and movement of the clamping structure to the clamped position facilitates clamping of the thermal transfer structure to the coolant-cooled structure, and thermal conduction of heat from the electronics card to the coolant-cooledType: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Amilcar R. ARVELO, Mark A. BRANDON, Levi A. CAMPBELL, Tan D. DOAN, Michael J. ELLSWORTH, Jr., Randall G. KEMINK, Eric J. McKEEVER