Patents Issued in August 30, 2016
  • Patent number: 9427757
    Abstract: A spray system including an airbrush; one or more removable containers that are closed initially, and that each contain a composition for spraying onto human keratinous materials; and a junction device that connects the container to the airbrush, the device including at least a composition-outlet first orifice enabling the composition to leave the container in order to be sprayed via the airbrush, and at least an air-inlet second orifice enabling air intake by the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Stefania Nuzzo, Gabin Vic, Eric Parris
  • Patent number: 9427758
    Abstract: There is provided a spray gun comprising: a gun main body; and a trigger having a first locking portion and a second locking portion, the first locking portion locked at one end of a shaft portion provided on the gun main body, the second locking portion locked at the other end of the shaft portion, the trigger operable to rotate about the shaft portion, wherein the shaft portion comprises: a first retaining shaft disposed in a mounting hole formed in the gun main body and locked rotatably on the first locking portion of the trigger; and an elastic member disposed in the mounting hole to bias the first retaining shaft in a direction in which the first retaining shaft exits from the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shozo Kosaka
  • Patent number: 9427759
    Abstract: A LED-illuminated water spraying gun may include a spray gun, a cover body, a base, a LED light, a diversion piece, and a water cover. The base has a first chamber and a second chamber, and a through hole is formed between the first chamber and the second chamber, and the power generator of the LED light can be disposed inside the first chamber and a shaft of the power generator is protruding into the second chamber. A plurality rotating blades are connected to the shaft, and by rotating the blade with water flow, the power generator can further power the LED light. A diversion hole that is outside of first chamber of the base is connected to the second chamber and the water cover covers the base of the cover body. By rotating the water cover, different types of water spraying holes can be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Shih-Feng Chiu
  • Patent number: 9427760
    Abstract: An LED-illuminated water spraying gun may include a water spraying gun, a fixed sleeve, a nozzle, an illumination device and a movable sleeve, which the nozzle has assembly hole to set the LED lamp on, and set power generating device on holding chamber. It can let the power generating device's rotary disc on shaft can be rotated by water flow, and let the LED lamp can generate illumination at movable sleeve's guide ring, which movable sleeve's forth thread lock on nozzle's third thread, it makes water flow can flow through from nozzle's side hole to movable sleeve's through hole, and can adjust the hole to spray the water. The movable sleeve can move and make adjusting hole move between nozzle's ring part and tapered part, which can change the spray and the move will not influence the LED lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Shih-Feng Chiu
  • Patent number: 9427761
    Abstract: A nozzle cap-equipped discharge container (10) includes a container body (11) that is to contain content liquid, and a nozzle cap (12) that is mounted on a mouth neck section (11a) of the container body (11) and includes a discharge section (13) discharging the content liquid fed by the pressurization of the inside of the container body (11). The nozzle cap (12) includes a longitudinal discharge flow passage (16) that sends upward the content liquid fed from the container body (11), and a tip-side discharge flow passage (17) that allows the longitudinal discharge flow passage (16) and the discharge section (13) to communicate with each other. The nozzle cap (12) includes a body part (12a) and a lid part (12b), and the body part (12a) includes the longitudinal discharge flow passage (16) therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamada, Yoshinori Inagawa
  • Patent number: 9427762
    Abstract: A gas injector and cover plate assembly includes a cover plate, a gas injector and a ceiling. The cover plate includes cooling fluid channels. The gas injector is configured to be located on the cover plate, and includes a gas distributor, a fluid-cooling gas transmitter, gas spraying plates and a conducting cone. The gas distributor distributes gases and a gas transmitter cooling fluid. The gas distributor includes a gas conduit for introducing a first gas. The fluid-cooling gas transmitter connects the gas distributor to introduce the gas transmitter cooling fluid to form cooling fluid walls and the first gas and the gases. The gas spraying plates and the conducting cone are located beneath the fluid-cooling gas transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HERMES-EPITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsan-Hua Huang, Tsung-Hsun Han, Paul Wong, Miao-Chan Wu
  • Patent number: 9427763
    Abstract: A water display is described having a lighting array emanating light that travels through a wall. Water flows down the wall to vary the appearance of the light that shines through the wall. The flow of water and particular lights being turned on and off may be controlled. Dramatic visual effects are provided including the appearance of moving art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: WET
    Inventors: Mark Fuller, James Doyle, Howard Tsi
  • Patent number: 9427764
    Abstract: A dispenser and applicator head (T1) for associating with a dispenser unit (2), the head comprising: a connection section (4a) for connecting to the dispenser unit; a fluid application section (4c) that defines at least one fluid dispenser orifice (50), and a fluid applicator pad (51) for applying the fluid coming from the dispenser orifice (50) onto the application surface; an interconnection section (4b) that interconnects the connection section (4a) and the application section (4c); the dispenser and applicator head being characterized in that: the applicator pad (51) is made of a rigid heat-transfer material so as to impart a cold sensation on contact with the skin; and the interconnection section (4b) is made of an elastically-deformable material, such that the applicator pad (51) is movable relative to the connection section (4a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Francis Moreau
  • Patent number: 9427765
    Abstract: A tank system is described for dropping fluid onto a passing vehicle. The tank system includes a tank with a fluid supply inlet. Optionally, a soap injector is included for injecting soap into the water flow to create a fluid mix that is supplied to the tank. A lighting system is attached to the tank. The fluid mix, or any other chemical in the tank, may be heated with the heating unit. An air motor is included for providing air to an air manifold that is disposed within the tank. When air is introduced into the fluid mix, bubbles are created. As the fluid mix and bubbles fill the tank, they fall from the tank via an overflow lip, with the fluid mix and/or bubbles being illuminated by the lighting system as they fall onto a vehicle passing below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: G. Thomas Ennis
  • Patent number: 9427766
    Abstract: An apparatus for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material is provided that includes an un-heated hopper having an inlet for receiving particles of a thermoplastic material and an outlet for discharging the particles and a heated manifold including at least one cavity formed therein and having an inlet and an outlet the inlet communicating with the outlet of the hopper for receipt of the particles from the hopper. The hopper is disposed external of the heated manifold. The heated manifold is effective for melting the particles into molten thermoplastic material therein. The apparatus further includes a pump having an inlet in fluid communication with the cavity. An outlet of the pump is in fluid communication with an inlet of a dispenser and an outlet of the dispenser is effective for dispensing the molten thermoplastic material therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Leslie J. Varga
  • Patent number: 9427767
    Abstract: A coating bar 1 in a coating apparatus includes grooves 2 that are formed, on the surface of a cylindrical shaft, from a contact point between the coating bar 1 and a substrate 3 in a traveling direction and a direction opposite to the traveling direction, and are arranged in the width direction of the shaft. Thus, a uniform film can be stably applied to the curved or wavy substrate 3 having high rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuzo Tsuchida, Isao Muragisi, Akihiro Horikawa
  • Patent number: 9427768
    Abstract: An adhesive dispensing system and method are configured to melt adhesive on demand and maintain the adhesive in a liquid state between dispensing cycles. The dispensing system includes a dispensing applicator with a manifold passage, a receiving device including a receiving chamber for holding a small amount of solid adhesive at the dispensing applicator and a first heating device for melting the adhesive on demand, and a second heating device at the manifold to maintain the temperature of the melted adhesive before dispensing. The receiving device is positioned adjacent to or partially nested within a manifold of the dispensing applicator such that the melted adhesive is delivered directly into the dispensing applicator. The second heating device applies heat energy to maintain the adhesive in the manifold passage as a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Leslie J. Varga
  • Patent number: 9427769
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to modular painting devices for painting and/or printing a surface. In some examples, the modular painting devices include a paint cartridge and a handle attached to a roller assembly. The roller assembly includes a housing and one or more rollers rotatably attached to the housing. The one or more rollers are configured to receive paint from the paint cartridge and transfer paint to the surface. In some further examples, the one or more rollers includes an inner roller and an outer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph Nicolulis
  • Patent number: 9427770
    Abstract: A dual washer pull plug for masking a mechanical part. The dual washer pull plug includes a first centering component and a second centering component. A first masking flange is located at a first end of the first centering component and the first centering component is configured to center the first masking flange relative to an aperture of a mechanical part on a first side of the mechanical part. A second masking flange is located at a first end of the second centering component and the second centering component is configured to center the second masking flange relative to the aperture of the mechanical part on a second side of the mechanical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Engineered Products and Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Malone, Kissak Sarajian, Todd Schuh
  • Patent number: 9427771
    Abstract: An orbiting scroll is fixed on a rotating table and rotated about a spiral center. A spray nozzle is positioned in the spiral center or at an outside end of the orbiting scroll and caused to discharge a coating toward a side face of a wrap portion. The spray nozzle is moved along a straight line in a radial direction while discharging the coating. When a spraying start position is set as the spiral center, a rotation angle speed of the orbiting scroll is gradually reduced in accordance with the movement of the spray nozzle. When the spraying start point is set as the outside end, the rotation angle speed of the orbiting scroll is gradually increased in accordance with the movement of the spray nozzle. As a result, the coating can be applied to the wrap portion side face evenly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ANEST IWATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Asami, Tatsuya Minegishi, Tohru Kuwata
  • Patent number: 9427772
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fireproof bulkhead, having a highly porous structure with an intumescent coating, the highly porous structure being formed as a reticulated foam or as a highly porous pimple or nub structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Berend Schoke
  • Patent number: 9427773
    Abstract: A combined scribing/filling device for scribing a desired channel, trough, trench or groove in a layer currently being fabricated and simultaneously filling the scribed channel, trough, trench or groove with a desired filling material. The combined scribing/filling device comprises (1) a scribing tool having a scribing tip which facilitates scribing of the desired channel, trough, trench or groove in the layer currently being fabricated; and a dispensing/shaping orifice for filling the scribed channel, trough, trench or groove with the filling material. The scribing tip is located coincident with respect to the dispensing/shaping orifice to facilitate simultaneously scribing and filling of the channel, trough, trench or groove. A method of fabricating a three dimensional model from a composite model formed by a plurality of layers, by simultaneously scribing and filling of the channel, trough, trench or groove is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Solidscape, Inc.
    Inventors: Bun Chay Te, John T Wigand
  • Patent number: 9427774
    Abstract: Ultraviolet-C (UVC) photochemistry for customizing an appearance of a wood product is described. In an implementation, a calculated amount of UVC radiation at a wavelength between 100-290 nanometers, for example, is applied to wood to achieve a desired appearance. The customized wood is free of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of stains, varnishes, and paints. The amount of UVC radiation to apply can be based on the tannin content of the wood or on other wood parameters or added photoactive agents. Photochemical interaction between the UVC radiation and various wood extracts, metal ion solutions, acids, bases, and oxidizers is also used to modify the color or lightness of a wood product. An example system includes multiple stations for programmatically spraying a wood product with various processing solutions, drying the wood, and irradiating the wood at one or more stages of the process with UVC radiation to interact with both the processing solutions and the wood surface, at programmed time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SSB LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: David Sheesley, David Seymour, Chris Bartimioli, Grover Lee McCollum
  • Patent number: 9427775
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for imparting a simulated patina, or antique appearance to a substrate by using a coating composition comprising a perlite based effect pigment. The perlite based effect pigment functions as colorant and matting agent and shows an almost angle independent brightness. The process provides, for example, decorative wall coatings showing enhanced antique, or patina effects as compared to conventional effect pigments on basis of mica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Raimund Schmid, Ellen Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9427776
    Abstract: Methods for reducing wafer bow induced by an anti-reflective coating of a cap wafer are provided. The method may utilize a shadow mask having at least one opening therein that is positioned opposite recessed regions in a cap wafer. The method may further include depositing at least one layer of an anti-reflective coating material through the shadow mask onto a planar side of a cap wafer to provide a discontinuous coating on the planar side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Roland W. Gooch, Buu Q. Diep, Stephen H. Black, Thomas A. Kocian, Adam M. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9427777
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a charge retention medium, with which a coating film (precursor of a charge retention medium) containing a fluorinated copolymer having repeating units based on tetrafluoroethylene and repeating units based on ethylene can easily be formed on the surface of a substrate, even in a case where the surface of the substrate has a complicated shape. A process for producing a charge retention medium (electret 30), which comprises a step of applying a coating composition containing a fluorinated copolymer (A) having repeating units based on tetrafluoroethylene and repeating units based on ethylene, and an organic solvent (C), to a substrate (first substrate 10) to form a coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Nakano, Kuniko Okano, Naoko Shirota, Kimiaki Kashiwagi, Yoshitomi Morizawa, Yoshiki Hamatani
  • Patent number: 9427778
    Abstract: A method and kit for restoration of a plastic headlight surface including the steps of conditioning a headlight surface by wet sanding with 600 grit sandpaper effective to remove a laminate coating, wiping the headlight surface with a lint free towel, cleaning the headlight surface with an alcohol treated towel, coating the headlight surface with an ultra violet light curable restoration formulation comprising aliphatic urethane acrylate in the range of 25% to 60%, a photoinitiator in the range of 1% to 5%, N-butyl acetate in the range of 5% to 25%, Toluene in the range of 3% to 15%, a Methyl isobutyl ketone in the range of 3% to 15%, a light stabilizer in the range of 1% to 5%, and includes a flow agent; and exposing the coated headlight surface to an ultra-violet light for at least 10 minutes. In the preferred embodiment, the formulation includes a hydrocarbon propellant and is applied from a spray can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Search Automotive Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Ryan
  • Patent number: 9427779
    Abstract: A method of forming a multilayer coating film with smoothness, distinct image, adhesion and water resistance when a plurality of uncured coating films are cured at once, and especially when cured at low temperature. The method includes the following steps 1-1 to 1-4: step 1-1: coating an article with a primer coating composition (X) and forming an uncured primer coating film on the article, step 1-2: a coating the article having the uncured primer coating film with an aqueous colored coating composition (Y1) for a base coat, to form an uncured base coat film thereover, step 1-3: coating the article having the uncured primer coating film and uncured base coat film, with a clear coating composition (Z), and forming an uncured clear coating film thereover, and step 1-4: a curing the uncured primer coating film, the uncured base coat coating film and the uncured clear coating film by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Ishikura, Takashi Nakayabu, Yuuki Yamada, Masami Kobata
  • Patent number: 9427780
    Abstract: A separator for separating solids and liquids from slurry includes a housing defining a liquid channel and oriented at an acute angle such that a top end is positioned higher than a lower end. A slot sieve extends between and supported at opposing side edges of the housing and is suspended above the liquid channel, the slot sieve including a vibration zone and at least one reaction zone. A slurry delivery apparatus positioned to deliver slurry to the top end of the slot sieve. A liquid removal conduit fluidly coupled to the bottom of the liquid channel. A mechanical vibrator assembly is coupled to the vibration zone of the slot sieve to directly impart mechanical vibration to the reaction zone of the slot sieve and to couple the mechanical vibration to the at least one reaction zone of the slot sieve to dislodge solids from slots of the slot sieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Rejean Houle
  • Patent number: 9427781
    Abstract: A vibratory apparatus including a trough having one or more decks, with an inlet end and an outlet end, a first plurality of isolation springs disposed between the trough and ground, and a two-mass, sub-resonant frequency exciter supported on the trough. The trough and the exciter move 180-degrees out of phase with each other. The apparatus also includes a dynamic balancer including a plurality of isolation springs disposed between the exciter and ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: General Kinematics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Dickinson, Yong Wei, Steve Massman
  • Patent number: 9427782
    Abstract: A portable processing plant for processing granular material is provided. The portable plant includes a plurality of portable processing modules configured to be stacked vertically to allow for a vertically downward progression of the generally granular material through the portable processing plant. Each portable processing module includes a self-supporting independent frame structure and has at least one processing component affixed to the self-supporting independent frame structure. The self-supporting independent frame structures of the plurality of portable processing modules combine to define a structural skeleton of the portable processing plant. Each self-supporting independent frame structure can be removed from the structural skeleton substantially fully assembled while the at least one processing component carried by the self-supporting. Methods of assembling and disassembling the portable processing plant are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Red Flint Group, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Thomas Ayres
  • Patent number: 9427783
    Abstract: A postal matter ejection apparatus includes an ejection unit, a thickness detection unit, a thickness storage unit, a detection unit, an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and an adjustment unit. The ejection unit ejects a postal matter. The thickness detection unit measures a thickness of the postal matter. The thickness storage unit stores thickness information. The acquisition unit acquires a thickness of a preceding postal matter. The setting unit sets a gap between the preceding postal matter and the postal matter ejected by the ejection unit in accordance with the thickness of the preceding postal matter. The adjustment unit adjusts timing for supplying the postal matter to a conveyance path in accordance with the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Toshiki Nakano
  • Patent number: 9427784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for draining and rinsing containers filled with fluid, comprising an accommodating unit for accommodating the container and comprising a removal unit, which has a removal line, a coupling connected to the removal line for connecting the a removal opening of the container, and a pumping apparatus by means of which the fluid in the container can be pumped out of the container, and comprising a rinsing unit, which has a rinsing pin, a rinsing line connected to the rinsing pin, and a control apparatus, wherein the rinsing pin can be moved by means of the control apparatus in such a way that the rinsing pin automatically pierces a wall of the container and rinses out the container after the container has been drained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Huber, Heinz-Gerd Wegkamp
  • Patent number: 9427785
    Abstract: A method of remediation at a remediation site having one or more undesirable conditions in which one or more soil characteristics, preferably soil pH and/or elemental concentrations, are measured at a remediation site. A trace element humate surfactant composition is prepared comprising a humate solution, element solution and at least one surfactant. The prepared trace element humate surfactant composition is then dispensed onto the remediation site whereby the trace element humate surfactant composition will reduce the amount of undesirable compounds by promoting growth of native species activity. By promoting native species activity, remediation occurs quickly and environmental impact is minimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Catherine Lynn Riddle, Steven Cheney Taylor, Debra Fox Bruhn
  • Patent number: 9427786
    Abstract: A method for the removal of semi-volatile organic compounds in soils, sludges, groundwater, process water, and wastewater is presented. Oxidation and biological attenuation processes utilize peroxide, persulfates, percarbonates, and/or other oxidants with trivalent metals, such as ferric iron (Fe3+) or manganic ion (Mn3+) as activators. The resulting chemical oxidation process yields degradation compounds which facilitate further attenuation via biological processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Innovative Environmental Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scalzi, Antonis Karachalios
  • Patent number: 9427787
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a cold-pilger-rolled tube has two grooved pilger rolls rotatable about respective axes to compress a workpiece moving in a travel direction against a mandrel extending in the direction between a nip formed between the rolls and anchored upstream of the nip in a thrust block. Workpiece thickness is adjusted on the fly by measuring a wall thickness of the workpiece downstream in the direction from the roll as the workpiece passes through the nip and for displacing the thrust block and mandrel in to the travel direction as the workpiece passes through the nip in accordance with the measured wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SMS MEER GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Haverkamp, Martin Sauerland, Michael Baensch
  • Patent number: 9427788
    Abstract: A cooling device comprises a manifold housing having a generally concave inner edge configured and dimensioned to surround a surface area of a work roll in a rolling mill. The manifold housing is of a modular design having multiple constituent sections that are internally configured to simultaneously apply both a liquid coolant and a pressurized gas to the surface area of the work roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLC
    Inventor: Raymond P. Dauphinais
  • Patent number: 9427789
    Abstract: A device for hot stamping includes a lower mold having a shape corresponding to a bottom of a product material. An upper mold has a shape corresponding to a top of the product material and presses the product material with the lower mold. A blank holder is disposed inside the upper mold and fixes a blank between the upper mold and the lower mold. A cam has a shape corresponding to a flange of the product material and forms the flange of the product material by moving up or down along an inner side of the blank holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ho Young Kong
  • Patent number: 9427790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a surface relief on an available surface of a compacted sintered component which forms the workpiece, using a forming element that is moved in the working direction towards the available surface. The working direction runs radially in relation to the workpiece and a contact surface of the forming element. The shape of the surface having the relief is applied to the surface of the workpiece in the working direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: PMG Asturias Powder Metal S.A.U.
    Inventors: Diego Castro Menendez-Castanedo, Juan Ignacio Lopez Martinez, Ivan Jose Presa Lopez
  • Patent number: 9427791
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes an outer member and an inner member, which overlap each other and jointly have an edge that includes a distal end portion of the outer member and a distal end portion projecting from an end of the inner member. The distal end portions are fastened together by sheet metal seaming. Boundary regions of the inner member between the distal end portion, which is seamed, and the end, which is not seamed, have respective clearances defined in the end, and which are spaced away from a seaming range in which the distal end portions are seamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keishi Okunaka, Sen Tao, Kenji Shiobara, Kota Kobayashi, Keizo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9427792
    Abstract: A method for producing superheater tubes and connecting pipes and assembling superheater tubes inside a steam generator tube wall includes preparing tubes composed of precipitation-hardened nickel-based alloys in a solution-annealed state for the straight tubes, the bends, and the connecting pipes in a workshop and preparing sleeves composed of a material that is not to be heat treated in a shop. The bends and the connecting pipes are manufactured in the workshop using bending tools and then the straight tubes, the bends and the connecting pipes are precipitation hardened in the workshop in a first heating device. The superheater tubes are manufactured in the workshop by connecting the straight tubes and the bends with weld seams, and connecting the sleeves with the connecting pipes with weld seams. The weld seams between straight pipes and bends as well as the weld seams between sleeves and connecting pipes are precipitation hardened in the workshop with a second heating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Ruben Hartwig, Andreas Helmrich, Daniel Mutter, Alois Schalk
  • Patent number: 9427793
    Abstract: Provided is a hot upset forging method enabling high shape precision to be obtained. The hot upset forging method includes inserting a workpiece (1), with a bottom face diameter d and a height h satisfying h/d>3, into an insertion hole provided passing through a mold (2) of a height H disposed on an anvil (4), and increasing the diameter of the workpiece (1) while decreasing the height of the workpiece (1) to form a forged material. The mold satisfies the following relationships (1) to (3). (1) A shape of the insertion hole and the cross-sectional shape of the workpiece are substantially similar shapes. (2) The height h of the workpiece (1)?the height H of the mold (2). (3) A largest diameter dl of the workpiece 1, and the maximum inner diameter D of the insertion hole, in the height range of the workpiece (1), satisfy dl<D?dl×1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Toga, Hideki Matsumoto, Yusuke Shigihara
  • Patent number: 9427794
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an article by forging. The apparatus has at least one die having a die cavity to receive material, said material being at least partially molten, and at least one punch to slidably engage the die cavity and to exert a forming pressure on material disposed in the cavity. There is also at least one pin for forming an article feature. The pin is to slidably engage the die and to contact the material, the pin being further to recede upon exertion of the forming pressure and to exert a feature forming pressure when receded and thereby form the article having the article feature when the material solidifies under the forming pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Ming Shyan Yong, Kin Kong Tong, Meng Kwong Ho, Siew Fei Pook
  • Patent number: 9427795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a hollow engine valve, with which the production process can be simplified and the processing precision can be improved. To this end, the present invention provides a method for producing a hollow engine valve (1) which is provided with a valve main body (10) in which a hollow hole (10c) is formed along a valve umbrella part (10a) and a hollow shaft part (10b), wherein a solid round bar (11) forming the material of the valve main body (10) is molded to a semi-finished article (12) by means of a single hot-forging process, the semi-finished article (12) is subjected to rotary swaging whereby the semi-finished article (12) is molded into a semi-finished article (13), the semi-finished article (13) is subjected to necking whereby the semi-finished article (13) is molded into the valve main body (10), and a shaft end sealing member (20) is joined to the end part of the hollow shaft part (10b) of the valve main body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Fuji Hollow Valve Inc.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Morii, Kenichiro Hirao, Katsumi Nakamura, Hyoji Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9427796
    Abstract: Disclosed is a continuous casting method in which a melt obtained by melting titanium or a titanium alloy is poured into a bottomless mold and is drawn downward while being solidified, wherein: the surface of the melt in the mold is heated by horizontally moving a plasma torch over the surface of the melt; thermocouples are provided at a plurality of locations along the circumferential direction of the mold; if the temperature of the mold measured by one of the thermocouples is lower than a target temperature, then the output of the plasma torch is increased when the plasma torch comes close to the location where that thermocouple is installed; and if said temperature is higher than the target temperature, then the output of the plasma torch is decreased when the plasma torch comes close to the location where that thermocouple is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Nakaoka, Eisuke Kurosawa, Kazuyuki Tsutsumi, Hideto Oyama, Hidetaka Kanahashi, Hitoshi Ishida, Daiki Takahashi, Daisuke Matsuwaka
  • Patent number: 9427797
    Abstract: An up-drawing continuous casting apparatus according to one aspect of the invention includes a molten metal holding furnace that holds molten metal; a shape determining member that is arranged near a molten metal surface of the molten metal held in the molten metal holding furnace, and that determines a sectional shape of a cast casting by the molten metal passing through the shape determining member, the shape determining member including a pattern provided on an upper surface of the shape determining member; an imaging portion configured to capture an image of the pattern that is reflected onto both retained molten metal that has passed through the shape determining member, and the casting formed by the retained molten metal solidifying; an image analyzing portion configured to determine a solidification interface from the image; and a casting controlling portion configured to change a casting condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoaki Sugiura, Shoichi Tsuchiya, Yusuke Yokota
  • Patent number: 9427798
    Abstract: A template (1) for centering rollers at the foot of an ingot mold, the ingot mold being provided with a round section crystallizer into which the template can be inserted passing therethrough from a first end to a second end, the template comprising a round section tubular frame (5), defining a longitudinal axis (X) and having a plurality of longitudinal slots (6) arranged at an equal angular distance from one another; a plurality of longitudinal plates (7) configured so that each longitudinal plate is inserted into a respective longitudinal slot (6) and can move in radial direction through said respective longitudinal slot; at least one inflatable chamber (8, 8?), housed into the tubular frame (5) and at least partially covering the longitudinal extension of a frame stretch adapted to remain inside the crystallizer when the template is inserted into said crystallizer, said at least one inflatable chamber being adapted to expand so as to move said longitudinal plates outwards in radial direction to adhere the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea De Luca, Marco Ansoldi, Alfredo Poloni
  • Patent number: 9427800
    Abstract: A device for measuring pressures in a mold cavity of a casting mold that can be filled with melt, particularly a vacuum die-casting mold, includes a pressure sensor, a measurement channel, and a ring-shaped gap that runs in the axial direction between an inner body and an outer body disposed axially in the inner body. The ring-shaped gap stands in connection with the mold cavity at its one end and in connection with one end of the measurement channel at its other end. The pressure sensor is disposed at the other end of the measurement channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: KSM Castings Group GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Werner
  • Patent number: 9427801
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cylinder liner having a high bonding strength to a cylinder block. Further disclosed is a method for producing the same. The cylinder liner uses a silicon-aluminum alloy as a material; a plurality of protrusions are formed on the external surface thereof; and the protrusions each contain a pillar section extending from the external surface, and a head section formed at the end of the pillar section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MORESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamagata, Hidetaka Shima
  • Patent number: 9427802
    Abstract: A composite cast tool is cast in one continuous piece, partly of steel and partly of grey iron, so that an interconnection zone is formed between the steel and the grey iron. The steel portion forms the working component of the tool, for example a cutting edge, and the grey iron portion forms the body component of the tool. The steel portion and the grey iron portion have projections or walls extending towards one another. The interconnection zone is located in the region of union between these walls and is planar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Verktygs Allians i Hässleholm AB
    Inventors: Christer Svensson, Tomas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 9427803
    Abstract: Apparatus for gravity flow and feeding of alloy in a casting operation has a supply vessel for holding a supply of alloy, a furnace in which the vessel is contained and in which the vessel is heatable to maintain the supply of alloy at suitable casting temperature, and a die mounted laterally outwardly from the vessel in relation to the furnace. A conduit provides communication between the vessel and the die. The apparatus further includes means for reversibly tilting an assembly including the furnace, the vessel and the die about a substantially horizontal axis to enable or prevent the flow of the alloy from the vessel to a die cavity defined by the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: John Francis Carrig, Geoffrey De Looze, Thang Tran Nguyen, Vladimir Nikolai Alguine
  • Patent number: 9427804
    Abstract: In the method for producing a high-performance neodymium-iron-boron rare earth permanent magnetic material of the present invention, the degree of alignment of the magnet can be improved by preparing the pre-sintered alloy material, the particle size of the powder ground by the jet mill can be refined and the fine powder in the filter of the jet mill can be mixed with the powder collected by the cyclone collector by controlling the oxygen content of the jet mill and adding the nanoscale oxide fine powder. The present invention can significantly improve the utilization ratio of the material and the performance of the magnet, save the use of the rare earth, and especially the heavy rare earth, thereby protecting the scare resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: China North Magnetic & Electronic Technology Co., LTD
    Inventor: Haotian Sun
  • Patent number: 9427805
    Abstract: A method to prepare a core-shell-shell FeCo/SiO2/MnBi nanoparticle wherein the morphology of the MnBi shell is formed by synthesis of the MnBi layer in an applied magnetic field is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paul Rowe, Ryan Daniel Desautels
  • Patent number: 9427806
    Abstract: A metal matrix composite using as one of the components a precious metal is described. In one embodiment, the precious metal takes the form of gold and the metal matrix composite has a gold mass fraction in accordance with 18 k. The metal matrix composite can be formed by blending a precious metal (e.g., gold) powder and a ceramic powder, forming a mixture that is then compressed within a die having a near net shape of the metal matrix composite. The compressed mixture in the die is then heated to sinter the precious metal and ceramic powder. Other techniques for forming the precious metal matrix composite using HIP, and a diamond powder are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Lucy E. Browning, Michael K. Pilliod, Theodore A. Waniuk
  • Patent number: 9427807
    Abstract: A clamp for holding a cutting insert on a tool holder and having a coolant passage therethrough to receive a coolant from a coolant supply conduit external to the tool holder and into an inlet of the clamp, and to impinge a coolant stream emerging from an outlet of the coolant passage onto a cutting interface between the cutting insert and a work piece. The flow of coolant through the coolant passage extends the life of the cutting insert by reducing heat generation at the cutting interface between the cutting edge of the cutting insert and the work piece. The coolant passage can be formed using conventional drilling tools. The clamp enables the extension of the service life of a cutting insert and can be used with conventional tool holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Dennis P. Flolo