Patents Issued in January 17, 2017
  • Patent number: 9545709
    Abstract: Wrench (1) for providing a maximum torque to an external part, characterized in that it comprises at least one elongated metal part (3) provided with a fixed end (4) and a pusher end (5), and which also comprises a torque-applying head (6) upon which the pusher end (5) acts, wherein the elongated metal part (3) is capable of bending when a torque is applied with the wrench, and wherein the elongated metal part (3) reaches a maximum bending point that determines the maximum torque provided by the wrench (1). The inventive wrench (1) is easier to use than conventional spring-based wrenches as the force required to adjust the torque is minimal and independent of the torque value to which the wrench is adjusted. It is also capable of providing higher torque values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, I MAS D, S.L.
    Inventor: Eduardo Anitua Aldecoa
  • Patent number: 9545710
    Abstract: An impact tool which provides a consistent level of impact force is provided. The internal mechanism of the impact tool has a trip release member and a hammer which remains in constant contact over a constant surface area throughout cycling of the impact tool. Additionally, the trip release member may slide against a slug having a straight conical surface to minimize variation. Moreover, the hammer may be non-rotateable so that a non round or asymmetrical head may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Boice
  • Patent number: 9545711
    Abstract: A percussion mechanism includes a first shaft and a second shaft. One or more vanes are fastened to the first shaft. The vanes are arranged so as to be rotatable in a chamber of the second shaft. The chamber is filled with a magnetorheological fluid. A magnetic field source on the second shaft generates a magnetic field that is spatially modulated in the circumferential direction inside the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Hoop, Michael Wierer, Albert Binder, Dieter Profunser, Stefan Battlogg, Juergen Poesel
  • Patent number: 9545712
    Abstract: A sander may include a housing, a motor, a sanding platen, and a two-piece fan. The motor may be disposed within the housing and may include an output shaft. The sanding platen may be driven by the motor for movement relative to the housing. The fan may be driven by the motor and may include a first piece formed from a first material and a second piece formed from a second material. The first piece may include a disk-shaped body having first and second opposite sides. The first side may include a plurality of first blades extending therefrom. The second side may include a plurality of second blades extending therefrom and a recess formed therein. The second piece may be received in the recess and may include a counterweight boss formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BLACK & DEKCER INC.
    Inventors: Brent A. Kuehne, Earl Kelican, Jr., Xin Lei Wang, Feng Chen, Pei Zhong Zheng
  • Patent number: 9545713
    Abstract: Power tool housing shells that matably attach to each other and define an interior cavity that is sized and configured to encase at least a motor associated with a power train for a power tool. Each housing shell is a substantially rigid molded shell body. Each housing shell inner surface includes at least one overmold motor mount member of a resilient material directly, integrally attached to an inner surface of the respective housing shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Joshua Odell Johnson, Dominic Leonard Power, Joseph Constantine Bouboulis
  • Patent number: 9545714
    Abstract: A rotary extension rod includes an outer tube, an inner tube received in the outer tube, a rotatable assembly having a knob, a fixing seat and a link, and a positioning ring deposited on the fixing seat. The knob is rotatably deposited at one end of the outer tube. The fixing seat is received in the outer tube and fixed to one end of the inner tube. The link is between the knob and the fixing seat, and has two opposite first radially raised portions. The positioning ring has two opposite second radially raised portions. By rotating the knob, the first radially raised portions are posed to abut against or depart from the second radially raised portions, so that the positioning ring radially deforms to press against or release the outer tube, in turn allowing the length of the extension rod to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Lin
  • Patent number: 9545715
    Abstract: A tool box contains: a body, a fixing mount, a casing, a hanging seat, and a plurality of screwdrivers. The body includes two connecting notches and two limiting recesses formed on two sides of an inner wall thereof. The fixing mount includes two ends accommodated in the two limiting recesses and moving upwardly and downwardly in the two limiting recesses, and the fixing mount also includes a plurality of receiving holes and two resilient elements fitted on a bottom end thereof. The casing fits with the body and includes two cutouts, and the hanging seat includes two connection protrusions to connect with the two connecting notches of the body and the two cutouts of the casing. Each of the plurality of screwdrivers includes an extension fitted into each of the plurality of receiving holes of the fixing mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Huang-Tung Hsu
  • Patent number: 9545716
    Abstract: An end piece of a tool suspension rack is mounted onto a distal end of a metal rack of the tool suspension rack. The metal rack has at least one slide structure formed thereon for slidably multiple tool holders, wherein at least one distal end of the metal rack has an end piece mounted thereon. The end piece has a groove structure defined therein for allowing the tool holder passing through the end piece such that the tool holders is slidably mounted on the metal rack. The groove structure has a curved protrusion formed on an inner periphery thereof to prevent the tool holders, which are slidably mounted on the metal rack, from accidently detaching from the metal rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Chih-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9545717
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control method of a robot hand including recognizing a pre-posture of user's fingers using a master device, changing the shape of the robot hand according to the recognized pre-posture, recognizing a gripping motion of the user's fingers using the master device, and executing a gripping motion of the robot hand according to a gripping posture corresponding to the recognized pre-posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Young Kim, Kwang Kyu Lee, Young Do Kwon, Kyung Shik Roh
  • Patent number: 9545718
    Abstract: A method of controlling a machine with redundant parallel actuation includes a frame and a mobile element driven by a plurality of mechanical transmissions parallel to one another and each being activated by an actuator (2) including a body fixed to the frame, an actuating member and a position sensor, in which an error signal is produced by comparing the position of each actuator with a setpoint signal, characterized in that the error signals are converted into a mobile element position error signal by applying data representative of the kinematics of the mechanical transmissions, the mobile element error signal is processed by a processing module which produces an effort signal to be applied to the mobile element, the effort signal is converted into signals controlling the actuators by applying data representative of the kinematics of the mechanical transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: TECNALIA FRANCE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Francois Pierrot, Ahmed Chemori, Micaël Michelin
  • Patent number: 9545719
    Abstract: A teaching device and a teaching method for a robotic arm are disclosed. The teaching device comprises a robotic arm, a control device and a gesture recognition module. The gesture recognition module detects a control gesture signal and transmits the detected control gesture signal to the control device. After receiving the control gesture signal, the control device teaches the robotic arm to move and switches between an arm movement mode and a hand movement mode. In an arm movement mode, the control device, aided by an arm ambient image shown on an eye frame and an arm control gesture, teaches an arm unit to move to a target at a high velocity. In the hand movement mode, the control device, aided by a hand vicinity image shown on an eye-in-hand frame and a hand control gesture, teaches a hand unit to move the processing target at a low velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTA STORAGE INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Huang, Shih-Chih Ho
  • Patent number: 9545720
    Abstract: The present application discloses implementations that involve shutdowns of a robotic system. An example may include controlling, by a robotic system, a plurality of motors of the robotic system with a central processing unit (CPU). The example may also include determining, by the robotic system, an error condition of the robotic system, where the error condition prevents the CPU from controlling at least one of the plurality of motors. The example may also include causing a plurality of motor driver boards to control the plurality of motors of the robotic system in response to determining the error condition of the robotic system. The example may also include receiving, by the plurality of motors, one or more commands from the plurality of motor driver boards to move the robotic system to a stationary position and park the robotic system in the stationary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ito, Junichi Urata
  • Patent number: 9545721
    Abstract: A robotic device includes a first calculation section adapted to calculate a first angular velocity of a first arm operating due to a first actuator provided with a first angle sensor based on rotational angle detection data of the first angle sensor of the first actuator, a second calculation section adapted to calculate a second angular velocity of the first arm taking an arm linkage device as an axis based on angular velocity detection data of an inertial sensor provided to the first arm linked via the arm linkage device including the first actuator, which is a calculation object of the first calculation section, and a third calculation section adapted to calculate a torsional angular velocity between the first actuator and the first arm with a low-frequency component eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 9545722
    Abstract: A robot system, includes: a robot; a camera configured to capture an image of operation of the robot; and a circuit configured to: control the robot so as to perform work in accordance with work contents information preliminarily stored to indicate a series of work contents; save image information captured by the camera during work performance by the robot in association with time information; and display the saved image information together with the time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenji Matsukuma, Makoto Umeno
  • Patent number: 9545723
    Abstract: A robotic arm connected to a display device includes a plurality of connecting members rotatably connected to each other via a plurality of shafts. Each shaft can be rotated by a motor. The robotic arm further includes a camera configured to capture images of a user, and a processor configured to execute a plurality of modules. The modules include an obtaining module configured to obtain the captured images; an image analyzing module configured to determine whether a user is moving a body part according to a plurality of successively obtained images and determine a direction and amplitude of the movement; and a signal generating module configured to generate a first control module according to the determined direction and amplitude of the movement, and transmit the generated first control signal to inform at least one motor to rotate the shaft secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-Tsorng Chang
  • Patent number: 9545724
    Abstract: A tray engine includes a vertical drive column, a rotation mechanism for rotating the vertical drive column, and an end effector attached to the vertical drive column. The end effector includes an end effector base attached to the vertical drive column. The end effector further includes a slide attached to the end effector base to support a tray, when present. The slide enables the tray to slide along a length of the end effector base. The tray engine includes a drive mechanism attached to the end effector base for moving along the length of the end effector base to enable the tray, when present, to slide linearly along the length and load or unload the tray to or from the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Bonora, Brian Compian, Jeff P. Henderson, Robert W. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9545725
    Abstract: An article gripping device including a pair of jaws including at least one movable jaw. The jaws of the pair of jaws are movable relative to each other between a first position for gripping an article and a second position associated with release of the article. The at least one movable jaw has at least two forms of actuation to achieve the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Dyco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter D. Yohe, Thomas M. Zurewich
  • Patent number: 9545726
    Abstract: A valve has suction and vacuum supply sides and a valve housing inbetween, a flexible dividing wall delimiting a control space in the valve housing connected to the vacuum supply side via a vacuum passage, and a valve body arranged on the dividing wall moving between open/closed positions. The valve body has a sealing portion sealing off or opening up the vacuum passage in closed/open positions. Based on a control space vacuum, the volume of the control space reduces with a deformation of the dividing wall, and the valve body moves from the open to closed position. The valve body has a suction-side passage connecting the suction side to the control space so air is suctioned from the suction side into the control space, and penetrates the dividing wall with the sealing portion on one side and a guide portion on the other side of the dividing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: J.SCHMALZ GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Eisele, Rainer Hoehn
  • Patent number: 9545727
    Abstract: A robotic end effector includes a finger and at least one actuator. The finger extends from a proximal end to a distal end along a finger axis. The finger includes a first phalanx proximate the proximal end, a second phalanx proximate the distal end, and a knuckle joint including at least one vertebra interposed between and separating the first and second phalanxes. The knuckle joint is configured to permit the second phalanx to pivot relative to the first phalanx about a pivot axis transverse to the finger axis. Each vertebra has an axial thickness extending along the finger axis and a lateral width extending perpendicular to its axial thickness, and its lateral width is greater than its axial thickness. The at least one actuator is operable to move the second phalanx relative to the first phalanx about the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Steven V. Shamlian, Mark R. Claffee, Erik Amaral, Timothy R. Ohm, Annan M. Mozeika
  • Patent number: 9545728
    Abstract: An industrial robot including a base part, an arm part, and a balancer device connected pivatably to the base part and the arm part to apply a repulsive force resisting a load acting on a pivot shaft due to gravity. The balancer device includes a balancer having a cylinder and a piston rod, end parts of the cylinder and the piston rod being pivatably connected with respect to the arm part and the base part, respectively, a coupling member attached to a support part of the base to support pivotably a balancer end part with respect to the support part, and a fastening part fastening a first end face formed at the coupling member and a second end face formed at the balancer end part to push the piston rod inside the cylinder by a fastening force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Hasuo
  • Patent number: 9545729
    Abstract: An adjustable hair trimmer blade set is provided, including a blade chassis, a blade platform linearly displaceable relative to the blade chassis, a stationary blade secured to the blade platform, and a moving blade constructed and arranged for slidable linear reciprocation relative to the stationary blade in a direction of cutting action. An offset rod has at least one offset cam lobe and is rotatably engaged in the chassis along an axis generally parallel to the direction of cutting action. A retaining spring has at least one loop engaged by the offset rod for holding the spring in operational relationship to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert N. Buck, Jr., Scott Melton
  • Patent number: 9545730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair clipping device, comprising: a housing; a cutting assembly (12) which is arranged on one end of said housing and comprises a stationary blade (14) and a moveable blade (16) that is resiliently biased against the stationary blade (14), wherein the stationary blade (14) and the moveable blade (16) define a cutting plane (30) between each other, wherein the stationary blade (14) comprises a first recess (34) and the moveable blade (16) comprises a second recess (32), wherein the first and the second recess (34, 32) are arranged on top of each other; a motor (18) for driving an eccentric transmission element (26); and a coupling element (28) coupled to said eccentric transmission element (26) for translating a movement of said eccentric transmission element (26) into an oscillatory movement of the moveable blade (16) relative to the stationary blade (14); wherein said eccentric transmission element (26) engages the coupling element (28) at at least one engagement point (38?
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Siegfried Sablatschan
  • Patent number: 9545731
    Abstract: Some embodiments may include a personal grooming device. Such a device may include a head portion. The head portion may include a means for mounting at least one razor. An embodiment may also include a means for rotating the razor clockwise and/or counterclockwise by a predefined number of degrees less than one full turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventors: Sheldon Reid, Francis Factora
  • Patent number: 9545732
    Abstract: An object is to provide a method of cutting a laminate film by a circular cutter having a blade around its peripheral edge portion, including rotating the circular cutter at a blade peripheral speed of Vr by a rotational device in a forward rotational direction relative to the cutting direction, while, at the same time, moving the circular cutter at a moving speed of Vc, thereby cutting the laminate film, wherein the relative cutting speed V calculated by subtracting the blade peripheral speed Vr from the moving speed Vc falls within a range of not less than ?50 m/min to not more than 30 m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Koshio, Takuya Nakazono, Masahiro Takigawa
  • Patent number: 9545733
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus comprises a cutting unit including a first blade member and a second blade member that cooperates with the first blade member in cutting an object, configured to cut the object by moving the object and at least one of the first and second blade members relative to each other in a cutting direction; and a changing unit configured to change a crossing angle between the first blade member and the second blade member during an operation of cutting the object, wherein the changing unit makes the crossing angle after the start of the cutting smaller than the crossing angle at the start of the cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei Maruyama, Takakazu Ohashi, Daiki Anayama
  • Patent number: 9545734
    Abstract: A clamp that is meant to act as a coordinate locator for any number of power tools, but most specifically for use with the Biesemeyer T-style table saw fences. The assembly is comprised of a C-frame which offers the ability to enact a clamping action and the ability to enact an indexing action. The design of the assembly allows not only for the clamping of an imprecise reference point along a table saw fence rail, but also the fine adjustment of indexing a screw against the table saw fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Robert James Suhling
  • Patent number: 9545735
    Abstract: Methods for drying ceramic greenware in a manner that substantially compensates for otherwise non-uniform drying are disclosed. The methods generally include partially drying a piece (22) of greenware such that its end portions (22E) are drier than its middle portion (22C). The method also includes further drying the piece with radio-frequency (RF) radiation (88) generated by an electrode system (130) by conveying the piece through the electrode system. The electrode system has a main planar electrode (131E) with a longitudinal axis (AE), and an electrode concentrator (131C) formed thereon or attached thereto. The electrode concentrator has a central section (140) that runs in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electrode and is configured so that when the piece is conveyed through the electrode system, the electrode system concentrates more RF radiation at the center portion of the piece than at the end portions of the piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald A Cervoni, James Anthony Feldman, Michelle Yumiko Ronco
  • Patent number: 9545736
    Abstract: A mold and die metallic material, an air-permeable member for mold and die use, and a method for making the same are provided. The mold and die metallic material is made by forming a mixed material containing stainless steel fibers with an equivalent diameter of 30-300 ?m and a length of 0.4-5.0 mm, and stainless steel powder, heat sintering a green body of the mixed material, and heating the sintered body thus obtained in a nitrogen atmosphere and nitrided; wherein average open pore diameter thereof is 3-50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Asai, Mineo Suzuki, Tetsu Yabuno
  • Patent number: 9545737
    Abstract: A system including a mold having a fluoropolymer wherein the mold defines a plurality of cavities having a predetermined shape and a cross-sectional dimension less than about 100 micrometers; a roller; a surface in cooperation with the roller to form a nip point configured to receive the mold, wherein the nip point is further configured to receive a substantially liquid composition and accelerate entry of the substantially liquid composition into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Henn, Alex Ermoshkin, Kyle Henn, Benjamin Maynor, Jason Rolland, Robert Praino
  • Patent number: 9545738
    Abstract: A method for painting a complex or compound curved three-dimensional surface of a portion of an article. The method comprises providing a paint film (24); providing sheet metal (26) having opposite major surfaces; laminating the paint film onto a major surface of the sheet metal to form a painted sheet metal laminate (22) comprising a first portion and a second portion; permanently deforming the first portion of the painted sheet metal laminate into a formed portion of the article having a complex or compound curved three-dimensional shape; applying an initial force for securing the second portion of the painted sheet metal laminate during an initial stage of said permanently deforming step; and applying a later force for securing the second portion of the painted sheet metal laminate during a later stage of said permanently deforming step. The later applied force is greater than the initially applied force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kent E. Nielsen, Mukesh K. Jain, Mohamed Elnagmi, Moisei Bruhis
  • Patent number: 9545739
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a composite structure comprising a main structure and an external shell connected to the main structure, where the main structure comprises a molded foam obtainable from prefoamed foam particles and the external shell comprises a hollow structure open at one end or at two opposite ends, and where a frictional connection is formed between the molded foam and the hollow structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Lambert, Jürgen Bartl, Tim Albert, Christian Obermann, Markus Buscher
  • Patent number: 9545740
    Abstract: It is an object to manufacture a composite of a metal part and a resin composition part, which is improved so as to securely join and integrate stainless steel and a resin. A stainless steel part whose surface has been suitably roughened by chemical etching or the like can be used. An integrated product is obtained by inserting a stainless steel piece 1 with its surface treated into a cavity formed by a movable-side mold plate 2 and a fixed-side mold plate 3 of a metallic mold for injection molding 10 and injecting a specific resin. PBT, PPS or an aromatic polyamide resin can be used as the main resin component of a resin composition 4 that is used. High injection joining strength is obtained if the resin composition contains, as an auxiliary component, PET and/or a polyolefin resin in the case of PBT, a polyolefin resin in the case of PPS and an aliphatic polyamide resin in the case of an aromatic polyamide resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Andoh
  • Patent number: 9545741
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of making a golf ball with a reduced gate defect. The method may include using a mold that has a mold cavity with a mold chamber with a surface and a parting edge disposed along the perimeter of mold chamber. At least one gate may be disposed on the parting edge to provide a path for a cover material to be injected into the mold chamber. The gate may include a flat middle surface connected by a first side surface and a second side surface disposed opposite the first side surface. A round having a radius of curvature ranging from about 0.2 mm to about 0.5 mm may be disposed along a middle gate edge of middle surface and/or a side gate edge of one of the first side surface and the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Tai Liu, Ying-Kai Wang
  • Patent number: 9545742
    Abstract: A mold for forming tilt boss includes a slider part, a main part and a core pin. The slider part is formed with a tilt groove. The main part is formed with a tilt channel. When the slider part and the first main part are engaged, a tilt-boss forming cavity is formed. The tilt-boss forming cavity is communicated with the tilt channel and coaxial with the tilt channel. The core pin penetrates the tilt channel and one distal portion thereof is slidably engaged with the tilt groove, another distal portion thereof is protruded into the tilt-boss forming cavity. When the slider part is separated from the main part for allowing the core pin to be moved from a high point to a low point of the tilt groove, the core pin is downwardly moved along the tilt channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Chin Liu, Ying-Huang Liu
  • Patent number: 9545743
    Abstract: A cable having conductors that may be easily exposed in preparation for electrical connection, without requiring the use of tools, is provided. The insulating layer of the cable has at least one relatively weak portion extending along the length of the cable that is configured to allow the insulating layer to split, thereby exposing the wire without the use of tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Craig M Joyce
  • Patent number: 9545744
    Abstract: A method for making a polymeric web exhibiting a soft and silky tactile impression on at least one side thereof, the method comprising the steps of: providing a forming drum comprising at least one vacuum chamber; providing a forming structure, the forming structure being moveable upon the forming drum; extruding a precursor web directly onto the forming structure; moving the forming structure adjacent the vacuum chamber; applying vacuum at a sufficient level to induce a sufficient partial pressure to conform the precursor web to the forming structure; providing a source of heat; and annealing the precursor web by heating the precursor web; thereby forming the polymeric web exhibiting a soft and silky tactile impression on at least one side thereof, the polymeric web comprising hair-like fibrils having closed distal ends and an average aspect ratio of at least about 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Francis Gray, Keith Joseph Stone
  • Patent number: 9545745
    Abstract: The invention comprises a die apparatus including a flexible lip for adjusting a gap between the flexible lip and a second lip. The apparatus includes linear moving members that are moved through pivoting pivot members. The pivoting members pivot by adjusting a slide bar. The apparatus may also include a cross-bar contacting the lip and extending substantially the length of the lip, where the cross-bar is connected to the linear moving members that are moved through the pivoting pivot members. As a result, the dimensions of the gap may be changed by moving the slide bar in a first direction or a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Allied Dies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse J. Schemenauer, Brian M. Pitsch, Leigh P. Darrow
  • Patent number: 9545746
    Abstract: A method of after-cooling of the bases of blown out containers, wherein after the transfer of the blown out containers from a blow molding machine to a run-out star wheel which directly follows the blow molding machine along a conveying direction of the containers a cooling of the bases of the containers is carried out by at least one apparatus for cooling the bases. The cooling of the bases of the containers starts immediately during a time interval of at least 0.1 seconds and at most 2 seconds after a pressure release of the containers by the blow molding machine after the blowing out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Alexander Dachs, Andreas Steiner, Erik Blochmann, Ulrich Lappe
  • Patent number: 9545747
    Abstract: A system for injection molding a part includes a plate, first and second primary mold slides, first and second secondary mold slides and at least a first core post. The first and second primary mold slides define an exterior of a first portion of a molded part and are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position. The first and second secondary mold slides define an exterior of a second portion of the molded part and are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position. A first core post defines an interior of the first portion of the molded part. The first and second secondary mold slides are operative to secure the molded part as the first and second primary mold slides are moved from their closed position to their open position, as the molded part is expanded under a source of pressurized air and as the first core post is withdrawn from an interior of the molded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventor: Rick Weckerle
  • Patent number: 9545748
    Abstract: The method and the device are used for blow-molding containers. A preform made of a thermoplastic material is first subject to a thermal conditioning operation along a transport path in the region of a heating section. Thereafter, the preform is formed into the container inside a blowing mold by applying blowing pressure. While the preform is shaped into the container, at least one parameter (49, 50) characterizing the shaping is measured and evaluated by a control unit. Depending on said evaluation, at least one controlled variable (48, 46) influencing the shaping operation inside a closed loop is varied in order to match the measured parameter to an associated target value. In this way, it becomes possible to subject the container parison developing during the blow-molding operation to a predetermined defined development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Balkau, Martin Matthiesen, Frank Haesendonckx
  • Patent number: 9545749
    Abstract: An assistive pouring device may aid a user in handling and pouring liquids from a container. An assistive pouring device may provide an open platform with at least one surface suitable for receiving the container. The platform may provide a base surface for supporting the weight of the container, and may optionally provide lateral surface that prevents or minimizes shifting of the container from side to side. One or more of the platform surfaces may be made from or coated with a material that is slip-resistant or tacky. One or more of the platform surfaces may provide a textured surface. One or more roller legs are connected to the platform, which allow the assistive pouring device to be easily rolled or tilted to pour liquids from a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
    Inventor: Jeff Feng
  • Patent number: 9545750
    Abstract: An embodiment of a portable tube flaring system for flaring a flexible plastic tube end includes a hand-held wand with a heating element for heating a tube heater receptacle, which provides direct contact heating of the tube end about the entire outer periphery of the tube end. A mandrel device is configured for manual insertion into the heated tube end by the user after the tube end is removed from the wand and heater receptacle. A power/control unit is connected to the wand by a wiring bundle to provide electrical power to the heating element, and to optionally provide a visual and/or audio signal to the user for indicating when the tube end should be removed from the wand receptacle, and thereafter, when the mandrel may be removed from the tube end after sufficient cooling or curing time. The system may be carried by a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Fit-Line, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank F. Hayes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9545751
    Abstract: The sonotrode and anvil of co-pending application Ser. No. 12/925,652, for advanced ultrasonic welding of work pieces, are readily incorporated into new form-fill-seal machines, but existing machines with heat-seal stations pose difficult problems for swapping of the sealing packages. Kits enabling heat station replacement, with the further improved sonotrode and anvil disclosed herein, comprise: a housing; a linear rail fixed thereto; anvil and sonotrode support members; and a parallel gripper. Each of the anvil and sonotrode support members is slidably attached to the rail(s) and are also connected to a respective piston of the gripper, permitting actuation of each through cycling of the gripper pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Rinco Ultrasonics USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Gordon Hull
  • Patent number: 9545752
    Abstract: A film-applying machine includes a bracket, a mechanical arm, an application apparatus, and a storage apparatus. The storage apparatus includes a storage mechanism, a driving mechanism, and a first rolling mechanism. The storage mechanism includes a supporting frame mounted to the bracket, and a storage assembly adjustably coupled to the supporting frame. The driving mechanism includes a supporting member and a driving assembly. The supporting member couples with the supporting frame. The driving assembly includes a driving member coupled to the supporting member and a first transmission belt coupled to the driving member. The first rolling mechanism includes a pressing plate and a plurality of rollers. An end of the pressing plate couples with the first transmission belt, and another end is coupled to the supporting frame. The rollers are rotatably mounted on the pressing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: FU DING ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (JIASHAN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Lu Yang, Jie Ni
  • Patent number: 9545753
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional object (11) in layers by using a stereolithography machine (1) that includes: a container (2) containing a fluid substance (3) suited to solidify through exposure to predefined radiation (4a); an emitter (4) suited to emit the predefined radiation (4a) and to solidify a layer of the fluid substance (3) adjacent to the bottom (2a) of the container (2); a modelling plate (5) suited to support the solidified layer (6) and associated with an actuator (7) suited to move it perpendicular to the bottom (2a) of the container; a leveler (8) arranged in contact with the fluid substance (3). The method includes: selectively irradiating the layer of fluid substance to obtain the solidified layer; extracting the solidified layer from the fluid substance; redistributing the fluid substance in the container by moving the leveler so that they are passed between the modelling plate and the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: DWS S.R.L.
    Inventor: Ettore Maurizio Costabeber
  • Patent number: 9545754
    Abstract: A consumable assembly comprising a container portion configured to retain a supply of filament, a guide tube connected to the container portion, and a pump portion connected to the guide tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Swanson
  • Patent number: 9545755
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a non-woven product is disclosed. The apparatus is located substantially within an enclosure and includes a mold or former and at least two moveable material application heads. A controller controls various elements located within or connected to the enclosure. The footprint of the enclosure is smaller than 2 m×2 m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Tamicare Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamar Giloh, Ehud Giloh, Reuven Melamed
  • Patent number: 9545756
    Abstract: Multi-material, three-dimensional fabrication is improved by the use of a purge wall adjacent to an object to absorb transitional artifacts of material changes. The structure of the purge wall may be selected to reduce build time, and to reduce certain printing artifacts such as warping and delaminating. For example, alternating layers of offset or mirrored zigzag patterns may be used to reduce and distribute the layer-to-layer adhesion surfaces throughout the purge wall while providing sufficient contact points to maintain the structural integrity of the purge wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MakerBot Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Sadusk, Filipp Gelman, Andrey V. Patrov
  • Patent number: 9545757
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced composite structure includes multiple plies of pre-impregnated fiber reinforced material. Consecutive plies are layered such that the fibers of one ply are at 90 degrees relative to the fibers of a proximate ply, and such that the fibers of each ply are oriented at positive or negative 45 degrees with respect to a reference plane of the fiber reinforced composite structure. In a method for fabricating a fiber reinforced composite structure, pre-impregnated fiber reinforced composite plies are layered into a tool layup. Each ply is cut on the bias at either plus 45 degrees or minus 45 degrees. The bias angles of the layered plies alternate one relative to the next. The layered plies are cured after layering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boone, Benjamin De Putter
  • Patent number: 9545758
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a composite structure. The apparatus comprises a base section and a locking section. The base section of a mandrel has a channel with an opening that receives a portion of a bagging material wrapped around an exterior surface of the base section. The locking section of the mandrel engages the channel such that the portion of the bagging material in the channel is held inside the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Doan Dinh Pham