Patents Issued in April 26, 2016
  • Patent number: 9321078
    Abstract: A method for producing a structured surface making contact with printing material, preferably a cylinder cover, includes producing a structured coating having microparticles on a substrate, preferably a stainless steel plate. The microparticles are encased antiadhesively and agglomerated by adsorption of nanoparticles, and the agglomerates being produced are fixed in a sol-gel matrix. A surface produced in this way has a structured coating on a substrate and the coating has microparticles. The coating has agglomerates fixed in a sol-gel matrix and including microparticles encased antiadhesively by adsorption of nanoparticles and preferably formed of silicon carbide. The surfaces advantageously have a self-repair function since, in the case of abrasion of structural elevations, the antiadhesive casings of the microparticles are exposed and the antiadhesive property of the coating is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Kolbe, Angela Kuhrt
  • Patent number: 9321079
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a wave energy emitter and a system for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: George Whitaker
  • Patent number: 9321080
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer includes a plurality of elements each including a first electrode and a second electrode with a gap therebetween, a voltage applying unit configured to apply an AC voltage to the first electrode, and a sensitivity variation computing unit configured to compute a sensitivity variation for each of the elements using a signal output from the second electrode of the element due to the application of the AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Takagi, Masao Majima
  • Patent number: 9321081
    Abstract: An apparatus and method associated with amplifying piezoelectric sonic and ultrasonic outputs is presented which provides high power output from piezoelectric devices, especially at high ultrasonic frequencies, in open air, which mitigates or eliminates overheating of the piezoelectric devices when stimulated at or near their peak outputs for extended periods. In addition, the invention provides a means of amplifying a piezoelectric sonic and ultrasonic device if a desired output power exceeds a normal maximum capability of the piezoelectric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: George Whitaker
  • Patent number: 9321082
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide an ultrasonic transducer and ultrasonic probe without the complexity of the manufacturing process of a non-conductive acoustic matching layer while ensuring the conductive path. In the non-conductive acoustic matching layer comprising the first surface of the electrode side and the second surface of the opposite side of the piezoelectrics, a plurality of first grooves leading up to the mid-way point between the first surface and the second surface are arranged on each of the first surfaces of the non-conductive acoustic matching later in response to the arrangement of sound elements. Moreover, each of the second surfaces is provided with the plurality of second grooves leading up to at least the mid-way point from the second surface, intersecting the first grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ona
  • Patent number: 9321083
    Abstract: A method of sorting mailpieces into a sorting frame having sorting slots where, in a sorting pass, and in a memory of a monitoring/control unit with a display screen, recording digital images of mailpieces to be sorted, each image including a delivery address; on the basis of each digital image of a mailpiece, generating a sorting code identifying a sorting slot of the sorting frame, and, in the memory, organizing the mailpieces into virtual stacks of images, each virtual stack of images corresponding to a stack of mailpieces placed in a stack in a sorting slot of the sorting frame and the images in each virtual stack of images being sequenced in the same order as the mailpieces in said stack of mailpieces; and in a subsequent sorting pass, displaying on the screen the images and a sorting code of said mailpieces organized in a virtual stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SOLYSTIC
    Inventors: Bruno Volta, Emmanuel Miette
  • Patent number: 9321084
    Abstract: A descaling nozzle that can efficiently remove scale from a steel sheet. A spray section at an end of the descaling nozzle includes a taper portion continuous with a large diameter portion that forms a cylindrical channel, a first orifice formed on an outlet side of the taper portion, a resonant chamber continuous with an outlet side of the first orifice and that has a dimension in a radial direction that is greater than a major axis of the first orifice, and a second orifice formed on an outlet side of the resonant chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenta Karube
  • Patent number: 9321085
    Abstract: A chemical liquid process is performed on a substrate. Then, a rinse process that supplies a rinse liquid to the substrate is performed. Thereafter, a drying process that dries the substrate is performed while rotating the substrate. The drying process includes a first drying process that rotates the substrate at a first rotational speed; a second drying process that decreases the rotational speed of the substrate to a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed after the first drying process. In the second drying process, the rinse liquid and a drying solution are agitated and substituted while generating braking effect. In a third drying process, the rotational speed of the substrate is increased from the second rotational speed to a third rotational speed after the second drying process. Thereafter, in a fourth drying process, the drying solution on the substrate is scattered away by rotating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruomi Minami, Satoru Tanaka, Tatsuya Nagamatsu, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yosuke Kawabuchi, Tsukasa Hirayama, Katsufumi Matsuki
  • Patent number: 9321086
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaner and a coater equipped with the ultrasonic cleaner are provided. The ultrasonic cleaner is configured to clean an inkjet head for ejecting an alignment solution. The cleaner comprises a cleaning receiver for receiving a clean agent, an ultrasonic generator for generating an ultrasonic, and a storing device for retrieving and storing the clean agent, and each of the ultrasonic generator and the storing device is connected to the cleaning receiver. The ultrasonic cleaner can clean the blocked nozzle hole of the inkjet head quickly and thoroughly in a short time. Besides, the cleanliness in the equipment will not be destroyed and the cleaning agent can be retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guodong Zhao, Tao Song, Ming Liu, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 9321087
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating the surface of a microelectronic workpiece via impingement of the surface with at least one fluid and a method for operating the apparatus are described. In particular, the apparatus includes a treatment chamber defining an interior space to treat the microelectronic workpiece with at least one fluid within the treatment chamber, and a movable chuck that supports the workpiece within the treatment chamber. The apparatus further includes a workpiece translational drive system configured to translate the movable chuck between a workpiece load position and at least one processing position at which the workpiece is treated with the at least one fluid using at least one nozzle connected to at least one fluid supply, and a workpiece rotational drive system configured to rotate the microelectronic workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TFL FSI, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Goluch, David C. Zimmerman, Robert E. Larson, Edward Deneen Hanzlik, Gregory Paul Thomes, Christina Ann Rathman
  • Patent number: 9321088
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning bleeder valves is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rigid casing and a flexible casing rotatably connected to the rigid casing. The flexible casing is adapted to provide fluid-tight coupling of the flexible casing to a bleeder valve. Within the flexible casing, a flexible shaft is rotatably mounted and extended from one end of the flexible casing to a position outwardly of an opposite end of the flexible casing. Connected to the flexible shaft is a drill bit adapted for engagement to breakdown sediments. The drill bit includes a tip, a first and second flutes. The first and second flutes are extended longitudinally along the length of the drill bit, and are relatively straight. The first flute includes a first cutting edge, and the second flute includes a second cutting edge. Also connected to the rigid casing is a valve adapted for selective venting of an interior of the rigid casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventor: Arthur Doty
  • Patent number: 9321089
    Abstract: A method of producing helical springs by spring winding with a numerically controlled spring winding machine includes feeding a wire, controlled by an NC control program, through a feed device to a forming device of the spring winding machine, forming a helical spring from the wire with the forming device, measuring an actual geometry of the helical spring to obtain actual spring data, comparing the actual spring data with nominal spring data to determine discrepancy data which represents a discrepancy between an actual geometry and a predetermined nominal geometry of the helical spring for at least one spring geometry parameter, analyzing the discrepancy data and producing correction data when discrepancies are outside selected predetermined tolerance limits, varying an actuating movement of at least a portion of the forming device on the basis of the correction data for producing a next helical spring, selecting a spring section, determining a correction value for an actuating movement of a portion of the f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: WAFIOS AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Krueger, Stefan Blind
  • Patent number: 9321090
    Abstract: A manufacturing method forms components having a desired shape. A contoured surface is defined for a forming tool for forming a metal blank into the desired shape, wherein respective portions of the metal blank flow over the contoured surface during forming. An intrinsic material flow pattern resulting from the contoured surface is compared to a desired flow in order to identify regions of the contoured surface having an insufficient flow that creates areas in the formed metal blank receiving less than a desired amount of metal. A surface microtexture is applied onto the contoured surface in a pattern selected to increase metal flow along the identified regions by providing a friction in the identified regions that is reduced relative to adjacent regions of the contoured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Jian Cao, Qian Wang, Rajesh Talwar, Donald J. Grzina, Tiffany Davis Ling, Pinzhi Liu
  • Patent number: 9321091
    Abstract: A side panel including a first member and a second member having a higher strength is manufactured by arranging a corner portion of the second member in a recessed portion of the first member, and by simultaneously press-working the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsuchiya, Teruo Kamada, Daisuke Yamamoto, Kaoru Hirotani, Kenji Matsutani
  • Patent number: 9321092
    Abstract: Consumed energy is minimized to reduce running cost. Final formed products of uniform quality are successively obtained. High productivity is provided. A primary forming step of obtaining a primary formed product by plastically working a heated steel sheet with a primary forming die set for a predetermined time period, a secondary forming step of machining the primary formed product with the secondary forming die set for a predetermined time period to obtain a secondary formed product, and a hardening step of allowing a cooling die set placed in a hydraulic press controlled by a servomotor to hold the secondary formed product under pressure for a longer time period than the time period of each of the primary and secondary forming steps to obtain a hardened final formed product are successively performed in sequence. The hardening step is performed independently without coordinating with the primary and secondary forming steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, IMANISHI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SEKISOU KANAGATA CO., LTD., KEYLEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tekkan Takasue, Kyousou Ishida, Kouji Hironaka, Takuya Yamazaki, Kenichi Hatakeyama, Shinichiro Kurusu, Akihiro Nakashima, Toshiharu Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9321093
    Abstract: A system and method of manufacturing a metal vessel may include providing a preform being formed of a work hardened metal. The preform may have an open portion, a closed end portion, and body portion. A multiple segment mold may be closed around the preform. The preform may be blow molded by causing a step-like change in pressure within the preform to cause the preform to take a shape defined by the mold. The molded preform may be removed from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: John Adams, Rajesh Gopalaswamy
  • Patent number: 9321094
    Abstract: A press apparatus includes a lower die cam base slidably disposed inside of a lower die, and having a lower die pad connected to a upper portion of the lower die cam base; an upper die pad mounted under an upper die through a cushion spring at a position corresponding to the lower die pad; and an upper die cam slide having a cam slide surface formed at a lower portion, a cam surface formed at an upper portion, and a cam steel mounted to the upper die cam slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Yong Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 9321095
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cutting a sample piece, having a shape and an outer dimension, out of a porous substrate, comprising: a puncher having an outermost dimension at a punch head; a stripping sleeve; a die having an innermost dimension that is larger than the outermost dimension of the punch head; and a fixture that holds the die in a fixed position relative to the puncher and stripping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Weston Blaine Griffin
  • Patent number: 9321096
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical fitting which includes a cylindrical and hollow body of substantially constant thickness extending along a central axis with an interior and an exterior; a first opening with an inner perimeter defined at a first end portion of the body along the central axis; and, a second opening with an inner perimeter defined at a second end portion of the body opposite the first end portion. The first and second end portions of the body of the electrical fitting are spaced from a central portion of the body and have a substantially constant axial thickness. At least one of the first and second end portions of the electrical fitting has an expanded portion relative to the central portion of the body. Further disclosed are methods for forming the electrical fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sage Metals Ltd.
    Inventor: V. K. Agarwal
  • Patent number: 9321097
    Abstract: A conversion press wherein a crankshaft drives the motion of the tooling assemblies within a number of lanes is provided. The crankshaft is structured to move the tooling assemblies associated with less than the total number of lanes. That is, for example, a four lane conversion press could include two crankshafts each actuating the tooling assemblies of two lanes. In an exemplary embodiment, each lane has a single associated crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory H. Butcher, Aaron E. Carstens, Patrick K. McCarty, Jason A. Davidson, Neil A. Zumberger, Kenneth E. Carper, Russell Bauer
  • Patent number: 9321098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an upsetting press (1, 1?) for upsetting an end (2) of a metallic material pipe (3), e.g. for petroleum applications. The press (1, 1?) comprises a supporting structure (10) which defines a working space and first locking means (15) for locking the pipe (3) to be upset. The press further comprises first upsetting means comprising at least one first upsetting die formed by a first pair of half dies (21, 22) which can be separated and closed about the end (2) of the pipe (3) to be upset and at least one axially movable cylindrical punch (30). The press (1, 1?) further comprises die holding means which support the half dies (21, 22) moving them between a closing position and an opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Camagni, Maurizio Cosolo, Angelo Furinghetti
  • Patent number: 9321099
    Abstract: An ultrasonic riveting tool and an associated method for installing a rivet are provided. The ultrasonic riveting tool and the associated method rely upon acoustic energy to cause the rivet to be installed. In the context of a method, a rivet is inserted into a bore defined by one or more workpieces. The rivet extends from a head to an opposed tail. The method also includes placing a bucking bar in an operative position with respect to the tail of the rivet. The method further includes applying acoustic energy to the head of the rivet to cause interaction between the rivet and the bucking bar such that the tail of the rivet is deformed. In this regard, the method may drive the rivet through the bore in response to application of acoustic energy so as to force the tail of the rivet into operative contact with the bucking bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Chin H. Toh
  • Patent number: 9321100
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal reinforcement for the leading edge or trailing edge of a turbomachine blade, the method including cutting a plurality of metal foils from a flexible metal sheet, corresponding substantially to the developed length of the leading or trailing edge metal reinforcement; producing a plurality of metal pockets, each pocket being produced from two of the metal foils obtained during the cutting; stacking the metal pockets one inside the other, such as to form a preform of the leading or trailing edge metal reinforcement; and hot isostatic pressing the preform, causing the metal pockets to bond to one another, so as to produce the leading or trailing edge metal reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine, Thierry Godon, Alain Robert Yves Perroux
  • Patent number: 9321101
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a metal foam and a metal foam reinforced back plate may be used to provide high-strength and low weight structural elements in portable information handling systems. A method for manufacturing a metal foam may include selectively adding iridium oxide and ceramic particulate to a light-metal allow to create desired mechanical properties of the metal foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Deeder Mohammad Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 9321102
    Abstract: A steering column has an overall hollow and cylindrical shape at least part of which is formed using a column member. The column member includes a main body portion having one-side end section and the other-side end section and a cylindrical member having one-side end section and the other-side section. The cylindrical member is joined in the axial direction with respect to the main body portion by fitting and fastening the other-side end section of the cylindrical member inside the one-side end section of the main body portion. The inner diameter of the end surface of the other-side end section of the cylindrical member is smaller than the inner diameter of a portion of the other-side end section of the cylindrical member. The portion of the other end section of the cylindrical member constitutes a joined section between the main body and the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagasawa, Kiyoshi Sadakata
  • Patent number: 9321103
    Abstract: In a finish heat treatment method and finish heat treatment apparatus for an iron powder, a raw iron powder is placed on a continuous moving hearth and continuously charged into the apparatus. In the pretreatment zone, the raw iron powder is subjected to a pretreatment of heating the raw iron powder in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas and/or inert gas at 450 to 1100° C. In decarburization, deoxidation, and denitrification zones, the pretreated iron powder is subsequently subjected to at least two treatments of decarburization, deoxidation, and denitrification. In the pretreatment zone, a hydrogen gas and/or an inert gas serving as a pretreatment ambient gas is introduced separately from an ambient gas used in the at least two treatments is introduced from the upstream side of the pretreatment zone and released from the downstream side so as to flow in the same direction as a moving direction of the moving hearth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Sakaguchi, Toshio Maetani
  • Patent number: 9321104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for sintering sinter products, such as oxidation-prone materials, in particular metallic sintered goods (46), in particular a dental framework, comprising a tray (18), which accommodates the sinter product and is arranged on a base plate (14), a pot-shaped cover (16), which surrounds the tray, with a rim (36) that is sealed towards the base plate, as well as supply and discharge openings (38) for protective gas connected to the interior chamber (30) that is surrounded by the pot-shaped cover. In order to facilitate sintering even at temperatures above 1200° C. without any problems, it is suggested that the tray (18) be covered by a capping element (20), whereby when the tray is covered by the capping element, the interior chamber (34) of the tray is connected in a gas-flow-allowing manner to the interior chamber of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Hachenberg, Rudi Steinke, Peter Popp, Irmgard Wissel
  • Patent number: 9321105
    Abstract: A clay-like composition for forming a sintered copper body of the present invention includes a powder constituent containing a copper-containing metal powder which contains copper and a copper-containing oxide powder which contains copper; a binder; and water, wherein the amount of oxygen contained in the powder constituent is in a range of from 4 mass % to 8 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaji, Yoshifumi Yamamoto, Yasuo Ido, Shinji Otani
  • Patent number: 9321106
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a one-piece axisymmetric part includes: superposition, around a rotating cylindrical mandrel of at least respectively inner and outer metal-coated composite fibrous structures, wound in first and second crossed directions on the mandrel; arranging, between the crossed inner and outer fibrous structures, at least one layer of metallic wire; then placing a blank of the part, formed by the fibrous structures and the layer of metallic wire, in a tool to apply to the blank a hot isostatic pressing treatment, and to obtain the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Godon, Bruno Jacques Gerard Dambrine
  • Patent number: 9321107
    Abstract: A method for arranging a coating, in particular a hardfacing, on a component, in particular a TiAl drive unit component, is disclosed. The coating comprises a metallic coating material. A green body is formed with the coating material, which is arranged in the presence of a solder on the component and is formed into a coating by a combined solder-sintering process and is fixed on the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Daniels, Herbert Hanrieder, Karl-Hermann Richter, Michael Strasser
  • Patent number: 9321108
    Abstract: Preparation methods, compositions, and articles are disclosed and claimed. Methods for reducing metal ions to metals, the metal products, and articles comprising the metal products are claimed. Such methods show improved reproducibility upon scale-up than previous methods, resulting in products that exhibit reduced variability. The claimed inventions are useful for electronic and optical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Ramsden, Doreen C. Lynch, Junping Zhang
  • Patent number: 9321109
    Abstract: A chuck assembly for supporting cylindrically shaped workpieces to be machined at their ends, the assembly comprising a body having a passage in its lengthways axis, a driving for providing an actuation force absorbed by an actuating pin axially movable in the body, a guide hole in the body having the actuating pin therein, and centring jaws, mounted in a guide groove in the chuck body and moveable radially toward the workpiece, each in a driving arrangement an actuating pin. A roller provided on the driving means facing the actuating pin, a contact surface is on a free end of the pin at right angles to the lengthways axis of the chuck body. The contact surface and the roller interacting such that forces of driving means transfer onto the contact surface axially, and simultaneously a movement at right angles to the lengthways axis of the chuck body is released between the contact surface of the actuating pin and the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SMW-AUTOBLOK Spannsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Helm, Harald Deininger
  • Patent number: 9321110
    Abstract: The hole drilling process is for drilling a hole on a supported tube sheet by using a first drilling tool that can drill a hole with a diameter smaller than that of a mounting hole that is to become a target hole, and a second drilling tool that can drill a hole with a diameter equal to the diameter of the target hole, the process including: a temporary hole drilling step in which a temporary hole with a predetermined depth set beforehand is drilled by moving the first drilling tool to a drilled position set beforehand; a hole measuring step in which a distance (S) between an existing mounting hole and the temporary hole; a drilled position correcting step in which the drilled position is corrected based upon the distance (S) between the mounting hole and the temporary hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Kasubata, Shigeru Okamoto, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9321111
    Abstract: A rotationally driven multi-bevel step tool comprises a plurality of single- or multi-edged cutting steps arranged in a staggered manner in a cutting and feeding direction, a number of flutes in each step corresponding to the number of cutting edges in each corresponding step, at least one web, and at least one swarf window. Flutes which are adjacent in the circumferential direction in each step are delimited from one another by at least one of the at least one web. The flutes which are adjacent in the circumferential direction, of two successive cutting steps, are connected to one another by at least one of the at least one swarf window, the at least one of the at least one swarf window penetrating the web located therebetween and being open on the circumferential side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Guehring OHG
    Inventor: Lutfi Bozkurt
  • Patent number: 9321112
    Abstract: A power saw tool including a housing, a motor, and a reciprocating shaft. A blade clamp assembly is mounted to the reciprocating shaft and adapted for gripping a saw blade. The blade clamp assembly includes a main body defining a channel for engaging the saw blade. A latch arm is pivotally attached to the main body and rotatable about a pivot axis. A locking catch extends from the latch arm and retains the saw blade within the channel. A latch release extends from the latch arm. An actuator is provided to selectively engage the latch release and permit removal of the saw blade from the blade clamp assembly. The power saw tool may include a speed limiter housed within the handle grip to delimit rearward travel of the trigger switch, thereby restricting the speed of the motor. The power saw tool may also include a rotatable shoe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: John S. Vantran, Steven B. McClaskey, Robert J.B. Hobden
  • Patent number: 9321113
    Abstract: A sharpening device for power chain saws, comprising a chain clamping unit and an advance element for advancing the saw chain. The chain clamping unit and the advance element are arranged on a base plate. In a given arrangement, the chain clamping unit and the advance element can be arranged on the base plate and different base plates having elements arranged thereon can be used for sharpening different power chain saws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Johannes Franzen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Johannes Franzen
  • Patent number: 9321114
    Abstract: A wire electric-discharge machining device and wire-electrode removing device are provided. The wire-electric discharge machining device includes a wire-electrode cutting unit that is arranged in a running path of a wire electrode, and a removing unit configured to remove the wire electrode cut by the wire-electrode cutting unit from the running path. The removing unit includes a wire-electrode guide unit that is arranged below the wire-electrode cutting unit and includes a through hole configured to receive a wire-electrode guide pipe and further configured to receive the wire electrode in the running path. The wire-electrode guide unit is configured to guide an end of the wire electrode to a position outside the running path, with the cut wire electrode provided in the through hole, by rotationally moving about a wire-electrode guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Nakajima, Syuichiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9321115
    Abstract: The present invention discloses various methods for repairing a side seal region of a transition duct aft frame region. Embodiments of the present invention include application of a braze filler material to worn locations of seal teeth, brazing of a braze preform to the seal teeth or removal of a worn seal tooth and brazing of material compatible with the transition duct to form a replacement tooth of the side seal. The transition duct is brazed in a furnace in an incremental heated process which elevates the transition duct to a temperature where the braze filler material adheres to the side seal region while also providing a stress relief to the transition duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Alstom Technologies Ltd
    Inventors: Warren Martin Miglietti, Emmerson Denver Rene, Richard Douglas Konney
  • Patent number: 9321116
    Abstract: A cold metal transfer (CMT) contact tip has a substantially copper-free contact surface defining a wire passage. The CMT contact tip is used with a CMT welding apparatus having a weld wire and a wire feeder for feeding and oscillating the weld wire forward and backward through the wire passage where the weld wire shares a concentric axis with the wire passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: William M. Rose
  • Patent number: 9321117
    Abstract: Arc welding systems, apparatus and methods are for hardfacing are provided, including particle feeding apparatus. In one aspect the workpiece is moved in an oscillatory fashion while keeping the welding torch and the particulate delivery system stationary during at least a portion of welding pass. The welding torch and particulate delivery system may also be moved in a non-oscillatory fashion. Process speeds of about 18-30 in/min can be obtained with carbide incorporation of greater than 30% and uniform distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott W. Beary, Michael J. Proffitt, Clint A. Weinberg, Wanti Muchtar, David Landon, Bjorn Johnson
  • Patent number: 9321118
    Abstract: A welding device for weld-assembly of first and second parts, defining therebetween a sealing surface, along a weld joint. The device includes: a supporting mechanism configured to move the device along the weld joint; at least one welding mechanism; and an automatic command and control mechanism. The welding mechanism is mounted on a single supporting element oriented substantially parallel to the sealing surface. A first motorized actuator secured to the supporting mechanism includes a first projection cooperating with an open housing in a first end face of the supporting element, and a second motorized actuator secured to the supporting mechanism includes a second projection cooperating with an open housing in a second end face of the supporting element. The first and second projections are movable in a plane substantially perpendicular to the sealing surface and generate controlled movement of the supporting element of the welding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SERIMAX
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Dagenais
  • Patent number: 9321119
    Abstract: Provided are a combination welding method and a combination arc welding machine thereof having excellent construction efficiency and preventing a deterioration of toughness of a HAZ by maintaining the current density of each of gas metal arc welding and submerged-arc welding within an appropriate range at the time of welding a steel plate by the combination of the gas metal arc welding using multielectrodes and the submerged-arc welding using multielectrodes. The gas metal arc welding is performed using two or more electrodes, a wire for welding having a wire diameter of 1.4 mm or more is used in the first electrode of the gas metal arc welding, and a current density of the first electrode is set to 320 A/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Hayakawa, Kenji Oi, Atsushi Ishigami, Kenji Shimada, Masahiro Odaka
  • Patent number: 9321120
    Abstract: A plasma cutting system for measuring or monitoring the voltage between a plasma torch and the material being cut to determine a voltage or voltage signature and comparing that measurement against predetermined values to indicate that an initial pierce of the material is complete, and based on the measurement, moving the torch or the material to a different location for additional cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel L. Wood, Ronald K. Worth
  • Patent number: 9321121
    Abstract: A device is provided in which a pressing electrode (19, 105) is advanced toward a steel plate component (48, 131) to press a welding projection (4) of a shaft-shaped component (1) against the steel plate component (48, 131), so that the shaft-shaped component (1) is electric-resistance-welded to the steel plate component (48, 131). Pressing force accumulating means (22, 128) for accumulating the pressing force of the pressing electrode (19, 105) is disposed between a pressing member (17, 106) and a pressed member (18, 121). Detection means (54, 113, 3) activated when the pressing member (17, 106) is located at a predetermined position is provided to apply welding current flowing to the electrode, and pressing force adjusting means (55, 123) for adjusting the activation position of the detection means (54, 113, 3) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Aoyama, Shoji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9321122
    Abstract: A spot welding tip for use in a spot welding machine includes a base portion having a longitudinal base axis that passes through a center of the base portion. A tip portion extends from the base portion and provides a contact surface. The tip portion includes a longitudinal tip axis that passes through a center of the tip portion and a center of the contact surface. The spot welding tip includes a transverse axis that is perpendicular to both the base axis and the tip axis. The base axis and the tip axis are parallel to one another and offset from one another by a length. The contact surface is angled with respect to the transverse axis by an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Magna International Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Hill
  • Patent number: 9321123
    Abstract: A spot welding electrode removal apparatus that is compact and durable is provided. Specifically, the apparatus includes a J-shaped operating lever, and in a position adjacent to the end of the operating lever and facing the contact member, a pressing member is provided. The operating lever is pivotably supported at a portion of the operating lever closer to the end of the operating lever than the pressing member is by a portion of the rotating case adjacent to the side of the contact member. The electrode is placed between the contact member and the pressing member, and a pivotal operation of the operating lever toward the electrode allows the pressing member and the contact member to sandwich the electrode, and a further pivotal operation of the operating lever toward the electrode allows the electrode to rotate together with the rotating case, thereby removing the electrode from a shank end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kyokutoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ishikawa, Hirokazu Kusano
  • Patent number: 9321124
    Abstract: Provided is a spot welding electrode housing apparatus having a reduced size such that an operation of mounting electrodes on a welding gun is less likely to affect a line takt time. Specifically, a rotation regulator positioned adjacent to a rotating plate in a direction of a rotation axis is configured to allow the rotating plate to abut against an electrode housed and held in a first recess or a second recess and thereby to regulate a rotation of the rotating plate toward one direction around the rotation axis when the rotating plate rotationally biased by a spiral spring toward the one direction around the rotation axis is allowed to rotate toward the other direction around the rotation axis against a biasing force of the spiral spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kyokutoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9321125
    Abstract: A system includes a unit of a first part, and a proximal portion through an intermediate portion extended by a distal portion including a first extremity surface. A second part with a second portion includes a second surface to be friction welded with the extremity surface. A second portion is bordered laterally by a lateral surface and has a proximal portion, which extends through an intermediate portion extended by a distal portion. The distal portion of the second portion is carried in a malleable state during a friction welding. The intermediate portion of the second portion flares from the distal portion by the second towards and till the proximal portion of the second portion such that the bead of material from the deformation of the distal portion of the second portion during welding rubs against the lateral surface of the intermediate portion of the second portion during welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventor: Marc Jacky Vassault
  • Patent number: 9321126
    Abstract: Various embodiments may be used for laser-based modification of target material of a workpiece while advantageously achieving improvements in processing throughput and/or quality. Embodiments of a method of processing may include focusing and directing laser pulses to a region of the workpiece at a pulse width sufficiently short so that material is efficiently removed by nonlinear optical absorption from the region and a quantity of heat affected zone and thermal stress on the material within the region, proximate to the region, or both is reduced relative to a quantity obtainable using a laser with longer pulses. In at least one embodiment, an ultrashort pulse laser system may include at least one of a fiber amplifier or fiber laser. Various embodiments are suitable for at least one of dicing, cutting, scribing, and forming features on or within a composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: IMRA America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingzhou Xu, Jin Young Sohn, Gyu Cheon Cho, Lawrence Shah
  • Patent number: 9321127
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting two workpiece parts to form a workpiece by through-transmission welding by means of weld seams running in a preselected weld seam pattern in regions of the workpiece parts having different characteristics is provided. The apparatus has a laser beam source with a plurality of individually controllable laser beam emitters of different power which are arranged adjacently in an X direction and a homogenizer arranged downstream. At least two reflection channels are provided in the homogenizer which run parallel to one another in a Y direction and completely penetrate the homogenizer in a Z direction by a channel depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Wollmann, Christoph Steiner, Wilfried Kraemer, Alexander Voitsch