Patents Issued in March 8, 2016
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Patent number: 9278432Abstract: A support system is configured to prevent a plurality of receiver blocks from moving during gunsmithing activities. The support system includes a plurality of anti-torque plates proximate one another. Each anti-torque plate further includes a parallelepiped, machined with rounded corners to avoid causing an injury. An opening is centered on the parallelepiped. A right receiver accommodation portion is configured to accommodate a right receiver block such that the right receiver block does not move during the gunsmithing activities. A left receiver accommodation portion is configured to accommodate a left receiver block such that the left receiver block does not move during the gunsmithing activities.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Jason William Doto
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Patent number: 9278433Abstract: A workholding fixture for holding flat semiconductor substrates with a carrier, a holding body which is fixed or which can be fixed on the carrier with a holding side which faces away from the carrier and at least one negative pressure channel which penetrates the holding body with one suction end on the holding side, the holding side having a defined suction structure of soft material.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: EV GROUP GMBHInventors: Herbert Tiefenböck, Jürgen Burggraf, Stefan Pargfrieder, Daniel Burgstaller
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Patent number: 9278434Abstract: An apparatus for removing a socket fastener is described. The apparatus includes a base, a camshaft, a sleeve and a cartridge. The base includes a base top section and a base bottom section. The camshaft includes lobes that extend from a camshaft top surface to a camshaft bottom surface. The camshaft is fixedly coupled to the base. The cartridge includes a cartridge top surface, a cartridge lip and a plurality of jaws. Each jaw includes a jaw counterclockwise outer cam surface, a jaw counterclockwise inner cam surface, a jaw clockwise outer cam surface, and a jaw clockwise inner cam surface. The cartridge is fixedly coupled to the sleeve and the cartridge interfaces with the camshaft. Additionally, the jaw inner cam surface interfaces with the camshaft cam profiles. The jaws rotate and engage the socket fastener.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: ToolTech, LLCInventor: Jake Merrick
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Patent number: 9278435Abstract: A ratchet screwdriver includes a mounting seat, a fixing ring, a control member, a driving shaft, four pawls and four springs. The mounting seat has a space, two first slots and two second slots. A passage is defined through the mounting seat. The first slots each have a first hole and the second slots each have a second hole. The driving shaft has a ratchet portion located in the space. The four pawls are biased by the four springs so as to be engaged with the ratchet portion. The fixing ring is connected to the mounting seat and the four pawls are pivotably connected to the fixing ring. The control member is rotatably mounted to the mounting seat and the driving shaft. The control member has two control plates to pivot the pawls to disengage from the ratchet portion of the driving shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Chiung-Chang Tsai
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Patent number: 9278436Abstract: A torque screwdriver contains: a main body; a driving head and a torque mechanism disposed in the main body and the driving head engages with the driving head; a grip bar installed on a top end of the main body and having two ends which are a long end and a short end so that a configuration of the grip bar and the main body is in a T shape; an insertion hole defined in a top face of the grip bar, wherein a center of the insertion hole is located at the central axis of the torque mechanism. Thereby, the torque screwdriver is operated in a narrow space easily. A force rod can be inserted into the insertion hole, and a forcing position of the force rod for driving the torque screwdriver is identical to a center of the torque mechanism, thus acquiring a precise torque value.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: KABO TOOL COMPANYInventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
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Patent number: 9278437Abstract: A handheld power tool has a tool holder for holding a tool, and a grip housing for holding and guiding the handheld power tool. A relative motion of the tool holder and the grip housing can be transmitted as a switching motion to a microswitch, which switches a drive unit on and off. The tool holder and the grip housing can be moved relative to one another in a direction of rotation, and the switching motion thus comprises a rotary motion of the grip housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Janos Rakaczki, Istvan Szell
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Patent number: 9278438Abstract: A torque wrench stand having an arcuate or curved surface for supporting the stand is described. The stand includes a generally semi-circular main body having a hub opening through which a torque wrench socket extension passes allowing the stand to be carried by the wrench from one wheel to the next. The hub is positioned off-set from the center of the stand along the straight upper edge of the stand. The stand supports the wrench via the extension held within the hub as the wheel lug nuts are removed. The stand pivots about the hub, thus allowing the arcuate surface of the stand to continuously adjust position as necessary so that the height of the hub from the ground matches the height of the selected lug nut from the ground and the stand easily adapts to the height of any lug nut.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: CENTRAL STATES PLASTIC, LLCInventors: Gregory N. Robinson, Timothy R. McKnight
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Patent number: 9278439Abstract: A valve core gripper device is capable of providing a gripping and a grasping collet, that extends out of the remover end and clips onto the small ball end of a valve core, to insert or remove a valve core. This device has many uses due to available modifications including, but not limited, a tire valve, a refrigerator, and a high pressure tire valve. The device may permit the valve to receive or expel gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Evan J. Krause
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Patent number: 9278440Abstract: A bushing removal device for removing a pilot bushing from a crankshaft cavity includes a casing defining a threaded bore extending into the casing. A grease fitting is coupled to an outer wall of the casing and configured to receive an infusion of grease. The casing includes a grease channel in communication with the grease fitting and with a grease channel outlet situated at the threaded bore. A nozzle includes opposed proximal and distal ends, the proximal end having a threaded configuration received into the casing threaded bore. The nozzle includes a grease conduit having a grease conduit inlet at the proximal end that is in communication with the casing grease channel when the nozzle is coupled to the casing and having a grease conduit outlet at the distal end of the nozzle. The casing and nozzle also include air channels and valve for exhausting air from the crankshaft cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Antonelli T. Aron
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Patent number: 9278441Abstract: A hydraulic installation tool comprises a fixed jaw, a movable, and a plurality of independent hydraulic cylinders each comprising a piston. Movement of the pistons in a first direction moves the movable jaw toward the fixed jaw. A plurality of guide rods comprises a first end secured to the fixed jaw. A plurality of retaining members are each removably coupled to an associated one of the plurality of guide rods about the second end. The movable jaw is disposed between the fixed jaw and the plurality of hydraulic cylinders for movement along the guide rods. Each hydraulic cylinder is independently removable from the associated guide rod upon removal of the associated retaining member from said guide rod. In one example, the fixed and movable jaws are configured to engage and axially force a swage ring onto a fitting body to connect and seal the fitting body to a fluid conduit.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: LOKRING TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: Mark John Sindelar
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Patent number: 9278442Abstract: A hydraulic accumulator includes an accumulator housing defining a gas reservoir and a liquid volume. A flexible membrane is positioned within the accumulator housing and separates the gas reservoir and the liquid volume. A flow control screen defines a wall of the accumulator housing, has a screen thickness, and includes an exterior face opposing a membrane engagement face. A first slot is formed through the exterior face and has a first slot depth that is less than the screen thickness. A second slot is formed through the membrane engagement face and has a second slot depth that is less than the screen thickness. The first slot and the second slot intersect to fluidly connect an exterior of the accumulator housing with the liquid volume.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Dennis Wai Man Tang, Lauritz Pillers
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Patent number: 9278443Abstract: A breaking apparatus (1) with a housing (3), striker pin (4), moveable mass (2) and shock absorber. The striker pin (4) has a driven end and an impact end and a longitudinal axis extending between the two ends. The striker pin (4) is locatable in the housing (3) such that the impact end protrudes from the housing (3). The moveable mass (2) impacts on the driven end of the striker pin (4) and the shock-absorber is coupled to the striker pin (4) by a retainer (8) interposed between a first (7b) and second (7a) shock-absorbing assemblies located internally within the housing (3) along, or parallel to, the striker pin longitudinal axis. The first shock-absorbing assembly (7b) is positioned between the retainer (4) and movable mass (2) and is formed from a plurality of un-bonded layers including at least two elastic layers (12) interleaved by an inelastic layer (13).Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Terminator IP LimitedInventor: Angus Peter Robson
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Patent number: 9278444Abstract: A handheld work machine comprises a main body comprising a prime mover and a handle fixed to the main body and configured to be gripped by a user. The handle is formed by pipe material and at least one reinforcement member is disposed at a longitudinal portion of the handle that configures a part of the handle. The reinforcement member may be formed by pipe material and preferably disposed inside the handle. The longitudinal portion where the reinforcement member is disposed may preferably include a fixed portion of the handle that is fixed to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Okumi, Masaki Kondo
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Patent number: 9278445Abstract: A drive tool device includes a drive handle member having three barrels attached to the end portions and the middle portion, the two end barrels each include a non-circular engaging opening communicating with the bore of the handle member, and the drive handle member include one or more non-circular engaging orifices formed in either of the barrels, and a driving shank element includes a non-circular cross section for engaging with the non-circular engaging orifices of the drive handle member and for allowing the drive handle member to be driven by the driving shank element selectively and for allowing the driving shank element to be driven by the drive handle member selectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Yi Cheng Li
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Patent number: 9278446Abstract: A work bench including a frame and a table surface connected to the frame. The table surface includes first and second table surface members. The first table surface member is movably coupled with the frame and has first and second ends. The work bench also includes a first user-actuatable drive member for moving the first end of the first table surface member, a second user-actuatable drive member for moving the second end of the first table surface member and a third user-actuatable drive member for moving the first end and the second end of the first table surface member concurrently.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel, Ltd.Inventors: Omri Lifshitz, Miki Birnbaum
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Patent number: 9278447Abstract: A control apparatus detects a control signal that controls a movable portion of a device, and selects, from a plurality of transmitter stations, a transmitter station that transmits data a plurality of times to a movable station moving in accordance with movement of the movable portion, based on the detected control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru Tachiwa
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Patent number: 9278448Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a positioning mechanism comprising a smaller scale positioning mechanism for moving a tool within a smaller scale work space and a larger scale positioning mechanism for changing a position of the smaller scale work space within the larger scale work space. A commanded position for the tool is received by a processor unit. An error component is determined using a difference between the commanded position and a current position of the tool in the larger scale work space. A restoring component configured to move the tool toward a selected position in the smaller scale work space is determined. Control signals for controlling the smaller scale positioning mechanism and the larger scale positioning mechanism together to move the tool from the current position to the commanded position are generated using the error component and the restoring component.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Philip L. Freeman
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Patent number: 9278449Abstract: Example systems and methods may allow for closed-loop control of robotic operation. One example method includes receiving input data that identities data sources to monitor and indicates adjustments to make in response to deviations by at least one of the data sources from at least one predicted state during subsequent execution of sequences of operations by robotic devices, receiving data streams from the data sources during execution of the sequences of operations by the robotic devices, identifying a deviation by one of the data sources from a predicted state for which the received input data indicates adjustments to the sequences of operations for the robotic devices, providing instructions to the robotic devices to execute the adjusted sequences of operations, and providing instructions to a second computing device to update a visual simulation of the robotic devices based on the adjusted sequences of operations.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Bot & Dolly, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Linnell, Kendra Byrne, Matthew Bitterman
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Patent number: 9278450Abstract: A rotating mechanism which returning a rotating body to an original position. The first detecting mechanism for detecting that the rotating body is in the original position is provided with a first section-to-be-detected affixed to the rotating body and the first detecting section affixed to a supporting body. A second detecting mechanism is provided with a swing member attached to the supporting body, an engaging member that lets the swing member swing, a second section-to-be-detected affixed to the swing member, and a second detecting section affixed to the supporting body. The first detecting section detects the first section-to-be-detected at one or two positions, and the second detecting section switches between ON and OFF at one position. The rotating body is first rotated to the position at which the second detecting section switches between ON and OFF, in order to return the rotating body to its original position.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuyuki Kitahara, Shigeyuki Kaino
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Patent number: 9278451Abstract: A robot system of the present disclosure includes a robot and a controller configured to control motion of the robot, and the controller includes: a motion mode storage unit storing a plurality of motion modes for controlling the robot to switch a motion state of the robot from a normal motion state to a special motion state when a predetermined first condition is satisfied; and a motion mode switching unit configured to switch the motion mode of the robot to another motion mode when, while a particular motion mode stored in the motion mode storage unit is in execution, a predetermined second condition for the particular motion mode is satisfied with a first condition for the particular motion mode satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Dai Kouno, Tamio Nakamura, Takashi Suyama, Takashi Nishimura, Tomohiro Matsuo, Shinichi Ishikawa, Tomoki Kawano
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Patent number: 9278452Abstract: An Automated handling system has a working area, at least one object in the working area, at least a first numerically controlled arm and at least a second numerically controlled arm. The arms are movable above the working area and have a collision avoidance mechanism. The current actual topography of the working area is determinable, a movement planning algorithm determines a path from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first application of the movement planning algorithm a reference path, a quasi-static collision examination for the path, which has been provided by the movement planning algorithm, is applicable, a dynamic collision examination for the path, which has been suggested by the movement planning algorithm, is applicable, and wherein the collision examination determine whether, when moving the first arm a collision would be provoked.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventor: Joel Brandenberger
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Patent number: 9278453Abstract: Systems and methods for sensing human muscle action and gestures in order to control machines or robotic devices are disclosed. One exemplary system employs a tight fitting sleeve worn on a user arm and including a plurality of electromyography (EMG) sensors and at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU). Power, signal processing, and communications electronics may be built into the sleeve and control data may be transmitted wirelessly to the controlled machine or robotic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventor: Christopher Assad
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Patent number: 9278454Abstract: A production apparatus ensures wireless communication without interference. An antenna portion 310 at a robotic arm includes a transmitting antenna portion 311 having a plurality of transmitting antennas 321 to 328 and a receiving antenna portion 312 having a plurality of receiving antennas 331 to 338. A transmitting side switcher circuit 361 changes over a transmitting antenna to be connected to a transmitter 351 among the plurality of transmitting antennas 321 to 328 in conjunction with an attitude information of the robotic arm, and changes an effective direction of a directional characteristic of the transmitting antenna portion 311. A receiving side switcher circuit 362 changes over a receiving antenna to be connected to a receiver 352 among the plurality of receiving antennas 331 to 338 in conjunction with the attitude information of the robotic arm and changes the effective direction of the directional characteristic of the receiving antenna portion 312.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Mimura, Keita Dan, Tadashi Eguchi, Tomoyuki Takada
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Patent number: 9278455Abstract: A wrist includes a wrist housing including a wrist driving structural portion to which rotation is transmitted from a wrist driving pulley, a cylindrical portion arranged coaxially with a rotational axis of the wrist driving structural portion and penetrated by a first hand driving shaft to which rotation is transmitted from a hand driving pulley, a cable introducing portion forming an annular gap with the cylindrical portion, and a hand-driving-shaft penetrating portion penetrated by a second hand driving shaft rotating a hand interface by rotation of the first hand driving shaft being transmitted thereto, and a cable, which comes out of a second arm from a wrist supporting portion, is drawn into the wrist housing from the annular gap and is routed to a hand interface supporting portion in a slackened state.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kimihito Mushikami, Haruo Ito, Keisuke Sadao, Junji Takehara, Hisato Uda
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Patent number: 9278456Abstract: A trim shear is adapted to trim the front and tail ends of a hot rolled product exiting from a rolling mill along a mill pass line and travelling at either high or low speeds, depending on the size of the product being rolled. The trim shear comprises a trim station having a high speed a set of trim knives configured and arranged to trim the front and tail ends of high speed products. A different low speed set of trim knives are disposed laterally from the high speed set of trim knives and configured and arranged to trim the front and tail ends of low speed products. The trim station is shifted transversely with respect to the mill pass line to alternatively locate either one or the other of the sets of trim knives in an active position on the mill pass line.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventors: William Xiaolan Shen, Keith E. Fiorucci, Christopher D. Lashua, Kenneth Plante
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Patent number: 9278457Abstract: The invention relates to a slicing machine (1) for cutting food slices by means of a carriage (2) that can be moved back and forth and a rotating cutting blade (11), wherein the slice thickness can be adjusted by means of a stop plate (12). For cleaning purposes, the carriage (2) can be emptied by tipping the carriage. In order to reduce the risk of injury during cleaning work, a blocking device is provided, which allows the carriage to be emptied by tipping the carriage only in a certain position and while the stop plate is blocked. Said safety feature is provided by means of a blocking slide (41), on which two mechanical safety precaution elements act independently.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: BIZERBA GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Nikolaus Koch
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Patent number: 9278458Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments depicting a feed unit that comprises: a first pair of motor-driven lower rollers for moving first tubes forward along a first feed axis; a second pair of motor-driven lower rollers for moving second tubes forward along a second feed axis parallel to the first one; a first pair of upper rollers for urging the first tubes against the first pair of lower rollers; a second pair of upper rollers for urging the second tubes against the second pair of lower rollers; a plurality of first side rollers for retaining laterally the first tubes; and a plurality of second side rollers for retaining laterally the second tubes.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: ADIGE S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Casagranda, Edoardo Trentin
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Patent number: 9278459Abstract: An apparatus for presenting a replacement blade from a cartridge includes a body and a carrier. The body includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first position and a second position laterally spaced from the first position, and a trough aligned with the second position. The carrier is slidably coupled to the body and movable between the first position and the second position. When the carrier is in the first position, the carrier couples to a blade if a blade is present in the first position. When the carrier is in the second position, the carrier decouples from the blade such that the blade is deposited in the trough, if a blade is coupled to the carrier. When the carrier moves from the first position to the second position, the carrier causes a blade to move from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.Inventor: Andrew P. Block
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Patent number: 9278460Abstract: In a cylindrical knife holder rotatable about its longitudinal axis, at least one groove is present. The groove extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the knife holder. Inserted exchangeably in this groove is a perforating knife, the perforating edge of which protrudes over the peripheral surface of the knife holder. The perforating knife, which can be clamped in the groove by a releasable clamping device, is supported, at its end lying opposite the perforating edge, on a stop element disposed in the groove. The stop element rests on supporting elements distributed over the length of the groove, which are adjustable in directions running transversely to the longitudinal extent of the groove. The supporting elements define the once set radial position of the perforating knife.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: HUNKELER AGInventors: Andre Meznaric, Toni Egli
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Patent number: 9278461Abstract: A corner trimmer includes a base, a bottom blade, an L-shaped operation member, a top blade and a spring. The base has a platform and a pivotal portion. The bottom blade having a round edge is fixed to the base and parallel to the platform. The two ends of the L-shaped operation member and two ends of the pivot of the pivotal portion are connected to the base. The L-shaped operation member has an opening. The top blade is located at the inside of the L-shaped operation member and has a curved edge which is located corresponding to the round edge of the bottom blade and shaped to be complementary to the round edge. The spring is biased between the base and the top blade. The corner of an object is inserted into the opening and trimmed by the alternative top and bottom blades.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Aidox Technology CorporationInventor: Chien-Fu Lin
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Patent number: 9278462Abstract: A method of machining a component including a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface defining at least one interior space includes: disposing a distributed medium having a plurality of irregularly shaped particles in the interior space and forming at least one hole in the substrate, while the distributed medium is disposed within the interior space, such that the distributed medium provides backstrike protection for an opposing wall during the formation of the hole(s). Each hole extends through the substrate to provide fluid communication with the respective interior space; and the method further includes removing the distributed medium from the interior space.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert R. Niblock, Paul H. Tacheron, Steven J. Craigen, Mohamed A. Hashish, Ronald Scott Bunker, Andrew Lee Trimmer
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Patent number: 9278463Abstract: The present invention relates to a filler material for a floor, comprising a natural base material and a mixture containing loess and a resin in powder or pellet form, as well as to a method for producing the filler material. The filler material uses the natural base material and is thus environmentally-friendly and not harmful to the human body. The resin emulsion of the filler material prevents the natural base material from generating dust, thus preventing dust from entering the human body via the respiratory organs of the human body. Further, the filler material of the present invention can be easily produced through a simple process. Therefore, mass production of the filler material can be accomplished even without employing experts.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventors: Mi Suk Jung, Bo Jung Park
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Patent number: 9278464Abstract: A molding machine for making thermoplastic composites contains: a machine frame, a platform, a heating device, a vacuum member, and a gas barrier film. The machine frame includes a working stage. The platform is mounted on the working stage and includes channels, a curved pattern portion and plural tiny holes which are arranged on the top surface of the platform. The plurality of tiny holes communicate with the channels. The platform also includes a connector fixed on one side thereof and communicating with the channels. The heating device is secured on a bottom end of the platform and heats a working material on the platform. The vacuum member is arranged in the machine frame and includes a pipe for coupling with the connector. The gas barrier film is flaky and covers the top surface of the platform.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Chaei Hsin Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shui Mu Wang
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Patent number: 9278465Abstract: A method of forming an aerogel. The method may involve providing a graphene oxide powder and mixing the graphene oxide powder with a solution to form an ink. A 3D printing technique may be used to write the ink into a catalytic solution that is contained in a fluid containment member to form a wet part. The wet part may then be cured in a sealed container for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined temperature. The cured wet part may then be dried to form a finished aerogel part.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Marcus A. Worsley, Eric Duoss, Joshua Kuntz, Christopher Spadaccini, Cheng Zhu
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Patent number: 9278466Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided an imprint lithography method that includes providing a first amount of imprintable medium on a first area of a substrate, the first amount of imprintable medium, when fixed, having a first etch rate; and providing a second amount of imprintable medium on a second, different area of the substrate, the second amount of imprintable medium, when fixed, having a second, different etch rate.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Sander Frederik Wuister, Vadim Yevgenyevich Banine, Johan Frederik Dijksman, Yvonne Wendela Kruijt-Stegeman, Jeroen Herman Lammers, Roelof Koole
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Patent number: 9278467Abstract: A golf ball mold body having a plurality of mold parts with a parting surface defining a parting line along an equator and removably mating to form a cavity having an inner wall with dimple-forming protrusions, and a support pin extendable into and retractable from the cavity, the support pin extending into the cavity to support a center sphere. An end face of the support pin defines a portion of the cavity inner wall when the support pin is retracted. The support pin has a shape satisfying certain conditions, and the support pin and mold body have a gap therebetween set within a specific range. The invention minimizes formation of uneven flash caused by deflection or shifting of support pins, appearance defects caused by damage to the cavity inner wall and contamination by rubbing debris, and the life of the mold is extended.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Nakagawa, Katsunori Sato
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Patent number: 9278468Abstract: An elevator bucket mold combination comprising a common recess and two inserts, namely a first insert and a second insert, separately associable as required with the common recess using respective reciprocal couplings to the common recess without the other, a first insert defining a first bucket mold shape with the common recess while when the second insert is associated with the common recess only a desired part of the first bucket mold shape is provided as a second bucket mold shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: T.F & J.H. Braine (Holdings) PLCInventors: Jonathan Norman Wheat, Pietro Azzolina
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Patent number: 9278469Abstract: One-piece article obtained by injection molding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (20), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (21), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same molding of the main body of the molded article, the hook or each hook having a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is between 100,000 and 100,000,000 times smaller than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: APLIXInventor: Anthony Mahe
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Patent number: 9278470Abstract: A method to reduce or minimize the reduction in molecular weight of a stent during processing is disclosed. The stent has a scaffolding including a polymer formulation comprising PLLA and polymandelide. The polymandelide reduces the molecular weight drop during processing, particularly during sterilization. The stent scaffolding can further include one or more additional stabilizing agents that additionally reduce the molecular weight drop during processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Byron Lambert, Yunbing Wang, James Oberhauser
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Patent number: 9278471Abstract: A method of detecting the presence or position of a first component in an article is disclosed. The first component, which has a predefined response to incident light, includes a microporous film of a semi-crystalline polyolefin and a beta-nucleating agent. The method includes irradiating the article with incident light, detecting light received from the irradiated article; and identifying the predefined response of the first component in the light received from the irradiated article to detect the presence or the position of the first component. A method for preparing a mechanical fastening component for use in an article is also disclosed. The method includes stretching a film backing containing beta-spherulites and having upstanding fastening elements to provide a microporous film backing with sufficient porosity to allow it to be detected when subjected to an inspection system comprising a light detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Michael R. Gorman, Kristopher K. Biegler, Timothy P. Pariseau
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Patent number: 9278472Abstract: An impregnation section of a die and a method for impregnating at least one fiber roving with a polymer resin are disclosed. The impregnation section includes an impregnation zone configured to impregnate the roving with the resin and a gate passage in fluid communication with the impregnation zone for flowing the resin therethrough such that the resin coats the roving. Additionally, the impregnation section includes a surface disposed upstream of the impregnation zone in a run direction of the roving for contacting the roving. The method includes traversing at least one fiber roving over a surface, flowing a polymer resin through a gap, the gap being in the range between approximately 0.1 millimeters and approximately 4 millimeters, coating the roving with the resin, and traversing the coated roving through an impregnation zone to impregnate the roving with the resin.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Ticona LLCInventors: David W. Eastep, Aaron H. Johnson, Timothy A. Regan
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Patent number: 9278473Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an extruder screw, (200-1, 200-2) an extruder screw system (254) having a least one of a first extruder screw (200-1, 200-2) and at least one of a second extruder screw, (200-1, 200-2) an extruder system (250) having the extruder screw system (254), a continuous process for the production of an aqueous dispersion using the extruder system, and an aqueous dispersion formed by the process.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLCInventors: Anthony C. Neubauer, Neil W. Dunchus
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Patent number: 9278474Abstract: A material level detecting mechanism of three-dimensional system includes a bracket, a printing head, first piston, a second piston, a first detecting unit and a second detecting unit. The bracket includes an aligner holder and a supporter. The printing head detachably located in the aligner holder, and including a nozzle with an outlet for extruding the modeling material. The first piston includes a piston rod attached to a piston head, and the second piston slidably located inside the cartridge is adapted to be pushed by the first piston toward the direction of the outlet. The first detecting unit is adapted to detect the home position of the first piston and the second detecting unit is adapted to detect the touching of the first piston and the second piston which provide the initial amount of material present in the cartridge which is subject to print.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignees: XYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company LimitedInventors: Jui-Feng Chang, Chia-Ming Chang, Clyde Ventolina Cordero
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Patent number: 9278475Abstract: An engine intake duct is formed by securing a hydrocarbon-adsorbing element to a frame to form an insert, positioning the insert in registry with a blow-molding core, placing a molten plastic parison and mold around the insert and core, and blow-molding the parison to form a shell engaging the frame to retain the insert with a surface of the insert exposed to a hollow interior of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Roger Khami, Jacqueline L. Tomlin, David S. Moyer, Timothy Dorweiler, James William Ortman, Ha To Chung, Jeffrey Pittel, Alexander King
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Patent number: 9278476Abstract: The blow molding device includes a heating section that continuously transfers and heats preforms that respectively include a neck along a heating transfer path while supporting the preforms using transfer members in an inverted state, a blow molding section that simultaneously blow-molds N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) preforms that have been heated by the heating section in an upright state to form N containers, and an intermittent transfer section that intermittently transfers the N preforms from the heating section to the blow molding section. The intermittent transfer section includes a pitch conversion section that converts the arrangement pitch of the N preforms from a first pitch P1 to a second pitch P2 (P2>P1), and an inversion section that includes N inversion arms that respectively invert the N preforms from the inverted state to the upright state.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Sato, Atsushi Sakurai
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Patent number: 9278477Abstract: Methods for fabricating a polymeric stent with improved fracture toughness including radial expansion of a polymer tube and fabricating a stent from the expanded tube are disclosed. The polymer tube is disposed within a mold and may be heated with radiation. The heated tube radially expands within the mold.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Lothar W. Kleiner, James P. Oberhauser, Thierry Glauser, David Wrolstad, Yunbing Wang
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Patent number: 9278478Abstract: Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of linings, liners, and methods of providing a liner or lining for a tank. An exemplary embodiment includes a method of providing a liner or lining for a tank. In this exemplar embodiment, the method includes extrusion welding a pair of sheets together by infusing a molten thermoplastic material along an interface and within a gap between the pair of sheets. The method also includes extrusion welding the pair of sheets to a bottom sheet by infusing the molten thermoplastic material along and between the pair of sheets and the bottom sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Inventor: Curtis Goad
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Patent number: 9278479Abstract: The linear friction welding apparatus of this invention includes two vibrating assemblies, which simultaneously vibrate both work pieces along different weld axis within the plane of the weld interface during the weld process. The LFW apparatus allows one or both work pieces to be independently vibrated against one another along different weld axis to control and concentrate the application of thermal energy across the weld surfaces caused by friction in certain areas of the weld surface and certain times during the weld process.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: APCI, LLCInventor: Stephen A. Johnson
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Patent number: 9278480Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing composite material products, having the following operating steps: molding at least one main component made of a composite material and one or more secondary components made of a composite material by means of one or more main molds and one or more secondary molds, respectively; arranging one or more intermediate substrates of fibers, in particular carbon fibers, pre-impregnated with a resin, between the main component and/or the secondary components in a molding assembly comprising at least one main mold and/or one or more secondary molds; curing the resin of the intermediate substrates in the molding assembly, so that the main component and the secondary components are joined to each other through the intermediate substrates. The present invention also relates to a system which can be used in such process.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI S.P.A.Inventors: Attilio Masini, Nicolo Pasini, Luigi De Sario
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Sonotrode and anvil energy director grids for narrow/complex ultrasonic welds of improved durability
Patent number: 9278481Abstract: A specially designed sonotrode and anvil are adapted to be used in combination for ultrasonic welding of work pieces, to produce a narrower weld region, but one exhibiting greater durability, thereby permitting use of less packaging material. The contact surfaces comprise a surface of the anvil having a plurality of energy directors, where the plurality of energy directors are arranged into a three-dimensional grid pattern to be capable of distributed vibration-transmissive contact. The energy directors may comprise a series of plateau surfaces being regularly spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, to form the grid pattern. The rectangular-shaped plateaus may be spaced apart by valleys. Engagement of the energy directors of the anvil with the corresponding surface of the sonotrode may cause minor elastic deformation of work pieces positioned therebetween prior to ultrasonic welding.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Rinco Ultrasononics USA, INC.Inventor: Gordon Hull