Patents Issued in March 28, 2017
  • Patent number: 9604253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating system, in particular a coating system containing an organometallic layer which allows the selective removal of post coating layers from substrates without detrimental impact to their “in-service” performance. The organometallic layer comprises (a) an organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities; and (b) a metallic agent which forms an organo metallic complex with the organic polymer containing multi-chelating functionalities and is located between an optionally coated substrate and at least one post coating layer of a coating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation, The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sheng Li, Stuart Bateman, Alex Bilyk, Sarah Khor, Weidong Yang, Chris Broadbent, Glenn Dalby, Randall Jahren, Matthew D Jensen
  • Patent number: 9604254
    Abstract: A system and method for driving ultrasonic transducers and improvements to a phase track controller for reducing loss of lock occurrence is disclosed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Versatile Power, Inc.
    Inventor: David I. Brubaker
  • Patent number: 9604255
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to provide mechanical support for a micromachined piezoelectric transducer array. In an embodiment, a transducer array includes transducer elements each comprising a respective membrane portion and a respective supporting structure disposed on or around a periphery of that membrane portion. The transducer elements are initially formed on a sacrificial wafer, wherein supporting structures of the transducer elements facilitate subsequent removal of the sacrificial wafer and/or subsequent handling of the transducer elements. In another embodiment, a polymer layer is disposed on the transducer elements to provide for flexible support during such subsequent handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.
    Inventors: Arman Hajati, Ut Tran, Darren Todd Imai, Martin Schoeppler
  • Patent number: 9604256
    Abstract: A system and method for providing intelligent mail recovery are provided. A cart for receiving a bucket containing mail items provide a camera and scale on a frame for detecting movement of mail items and determining destination as well as an associated weight of the mail item. An indicator is provided to an operator of the system as to the destination of the mail item. The mail item can then be sorted to the appropriate sort location. The system provides the ability to efficiently sort mail in addition to being portable within a sorting facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Logical Turn Services Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Serjeantson, Adam Stevenson, David Short, Jim McLellan
  • Patent number: 9604257
    Abstract: A method for automatically sorting undeliverable as addressed (UAA) mail can include capturing a first image of a first UAA mail piece with a camera to create first image data, passing the first image data to a waste verification system and performing optical character recognition to produce a first character recognition data set. The method includes testing the first character recognition data set to determine whether the first UAA mail piece is a verified waste mail piece. If the first UAA mail piece is a verified waste mail piece, the method includes routing the first UAA mail piece into a first bin. If the first UAA mail piece is not a verified waste mail piece, routing the mail piece to a second bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongjian Li, Peter Parker, Asif Bilal Ahmed, Janusz Pieniadz
  • Patent number: 9604258
    Abstract: A conveying system for intended use in sorting articles and related methods of conveying and sorting articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first conveyor extending in a first direction and a second conveyor extending in a second direction, with the directions intersecting. A transfer conveyor, such as a transpositor conveyor, may be provided for transferring articles from one of the first conveyors to one of the second conveyors. The system may be used to sort articles delivered from one or more storage locations for distribution, or may instead be used to sort articles for delivery to one or more storage locations. Related aspects and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SPAN TECH LLC
    Inventors: James L. Layne, Brian Keith Thomas, Steve C. Fye, Lewis W. Ward, Ervin Puskar
  • Patent number: 9604259
    Abstract: The modular parcel terminal according to the present invention has been built from modules comprising outward moving open-topped compartments and compartments with doors and the console module. The outward moving open-topped compartments have been located in the parcel terminal in such a pattern that would allow achieving the maximum capacity of the parcel terminal and that it would be comfortable and safe for the user to enter and retrieve parcels, postal packages, storable items at the parcel terminal. The modules of the parcel terminal have been built in such a way that allows them to be connected with each other according to the need of storage space in a particular parcel terminal exploitation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cleveron Ltd
    Inventors: Remi Lossov, Lauri Hirvesaar, Indrek Pettai
  • Patent number: 9604260
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a gate valve include a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid path therebetween, a track defined in the inner surface, the track defining a bottom surface; a gate having a wing; a scraper having a leading edge, the scraper mounted to the wing of the gate; a biasing element, the biasing element biasing the leading edge of the scraper against the bottom surface of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph William Vanderburg, Jared Aaron Brandt, Carlos Stephen Moreno
  • Patent number: 9604261
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a coating from a lengthwise section of an optical fiber includes a heater at least partially defining an elongate heating region configured for receiving the lengthwise section of the optical fiber, wherein the heater is configured for heating the heating region to a temperature above a thermal decomposition temperature of the at least one coating; a sensor configured for providing a signal indicative of explosive removal of the at least one coating from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber; and at least one device operatively associated with the sensor and the heater for receiving and processing the at least one signal from the sensor, and deactivating the heater. The at least one device may be configured for determining how much time passes between occurrence of the heater being deactivated and the at least one coating being removed from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventor: Qi Wu
  • Patent number: 9604262
    Abstract: A combination air cannon and sonic horn for dislodging accumulated bulk material comprises an air cannon, a sonic horn, and a shared portion. The air cannon is configured to store pressurized gas and to periodically abruptly discharge the pressurized gas through a gas outlet. The sonic horn is configured to generate sound waves that that are emitted from the gas outlet. The outlet is formed on a nozzle having a unique configuration. The outlet can be oriented such that blasts of air from the air cannon pass over the accumulated bulk material and lift the bulk material into suspension via Bernoulli's law.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Martin Engineering Company
    Inventors: Joel Nash, Jefferson Landers Shelton, Jefferson Logan Shelton, Joe Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9604263
    Abstract: A method for cleaning the interior of a freight container of ISO type having an access opening for receiving goods, wherein the method comprises: providing a cleaning tool comprising a framework, a robot movably connected to the framework and having a nozzle for supplying a cleaning medium including dry ice, and an actuating unit arranged to move the robot relative to the framework; gripping the framework of the tool with a truck designed for gripping and carrying freight containers of ISO type; driving the truck carrying the tool to the container to be cleaned; moving the robot into an interior of the container by means of the actuating unit; and moving the nozzle by means of the robot along a programmed cleaning path while cleaning the interior of the container by means of dry ice blasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: IBC ROBOTICS AB
    Inventors: Kerstin Eriksson, Erik Jansson, Anders Thunell, Ingemar Reyier
  • Patent number: 9604264
    Abstract: A washing device for a water treatment apparatus is provided. The washing device includes circulation members connected to passages of the water treatment apparatus to circulate wash water through the passages of the water treatment apparatus, a circulation module connected to the circulation members for circulating the wash water through the passages of the water treatment apparatus, with the circulation members thereby washing the passages of the water treatment apparatus, a drainpipe connected to the circulation members, a passage switching unit connected to a portion where the circulation members are coupled to the drainpipe to switch passage of the wash water, and a circulation pump connected to the circulation members to selectively circulate the wash water in the connection pipes through the drainpipe or the passages of the water treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-Hwan Lee, Jin-Seong Ka, Ho-Dong Nam, Jong-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9604265
    Abstract: A fluid jet assembly for washing out material from a cavity. The fluid jet is capable of oscillating in a overlapping revolutions to ensure complete washout of the material in the cavity, preferably an energetic-containing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Steve J. Schmit, Ryan M. Smith, Nathan R. Perkins
  • Patent number: 9604266
    Abstract: An airborne component extraction system comprises a source of a positive pressure air stream and a source of a negative pressure air stream. Conduits allow the positive pressure air stream to be channeled to a work area, and the negative pressure air stream to be drawn from the work area to pull airborne components away from the work area. A manifold receives the conduits and aids in directing both air streams between the sources and the conduits. The manifold may support the conduits in the form of an arm that can be rotated while directing the air streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Brian J. Hammers, Adam Joseph Frank, William Maske
  • Patent number: 9604267
    Abstract: There are provided a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet having good press formability and a magnesium alloy coil stock obtained by coiling the magnesium alloy sheet. After a raw material sheet 1 composed of a magnesium alloy is preheated to 280° C. or less, the heated raw material sheet 1 is rolled with a reduction roll 3 and the obtained long rolled sheet is coiled. The surface temperature of the reduction roll 3 is set to be 230° C. or more and 290° C. or less. The preheating, rolling, and coiling are repeatedly performed in a continuous manner. By setting both the temperatures of the raw material sheet 1 and reduction roll 3 to be certain temperatures, the rolling property of the raw material sheet can be improved and the raw material sheet can be properly rolled in a continuous manner. In addition, a variation in temperature in the width direction of the reduction roll can be suppressed and uniform rolling can be performed, resulting in the production of a long magnesium alloy sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mori, Yukihiro Oishi
  • Patent number: 9604268
    Abstract: A cold state metal plate strip surface treatment system and a treatment method thereof, used for high-pressure jet-flow descaling and rinsing metal plate strips, includes a high-pressure jet-flow descaling section. A tension unit and a stabilizing roller are provided in front of the high-pressure jet-flow descaling section, and a stabilizing roller, a compressed air drying device and a tension unit are provided after the high-pressure jet-flow descaling section; at least one descaling unit is provided in the high-pressure jet-flow descaling section, wherein the descaling unit includes first and second bending rollers used for bending a metal plate strip, and correspondingly first and second jet-flow descaling nozzles, and first and second rinsing nozzle sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BAHOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingnan Duan
  • Patent number: 9604269
    Abstract: A method of processing BMGs in a non-ideal environment (such as air) to create a uniform and smooth surface is provided. By utilizing the contact-line movement and an engineered flow pattern during TPF the method is able to create complex BMG parts that exhibit uniform smooth appearance or even can be atomically smooth. In addition, to mending surface imperfections, this method also eliminates void formation inside the material, allows for the creation of precise patterns of homogeneous appearance, and forms improved mechanical locks between different materials and a BMG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Golden Kumar, Jan Schroers, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Thomas Hodges
  • Patent number: 9604270
    Abstract: A metal strip is gripped by an upstream set of infeed tension rollers and, downstream therefrom in a strip-travel direction, by a downstream set of outfeed tension rollers. These tension rollers are rotated so as to tension the strip between the upstream and downstream sets and move the strip downstream in the strip-travel direction. Between the sets the strip first passes around individually supported relatively rotatable stretch rollers to increase a plastic stretch ratio of the strip, and then through a plurality of straightening rollers to reduce curvature and residual tension of the strip and also to increase the plastic stretch ratio of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BWG BERGWERK—UND WALZWERK—MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Noe
  • Patent number: 9604271
    Abstract: A machine to bend pipes that includes: a plate that is configured and arranged to move along an X-axis; a bending head connected to the plate, where the bending head is capable of moving along a Z-axis and is equipped with at least one bending arm and at least one bending die; and at least one calendering jig, which is located at a position that is before the bending die, with respect to a feeding direction of the pipe. The calendering jig includes at least two first rolls used to lock the pipe and at least one second roll that is configured and arranged for determining the calendering radius of the pipe, wherein the at least one second roll is anchored to the plate. The bending head is configured and arranged to move in the Z direction with respect to both the plate and the second roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CRIPPA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pace, Claudio Bargna
  • Patent number: 9604272
    Abstract: An induction heating coil for stably heating a steel tube which is being fed in its axial direction without rotating, the heating being uniform in the circumferential direction and in a narrow range in the axial direction has at least two 1-turn coils in the form of a first turn coil body and a second turn coil body. The inner peripheral length Ln (the non-effective coil length) where the effective number of coil turns is less than the total number of coil turns when the coil is projected in the axial direction and the inner peripheral length L0 of the projected coil bodies (the inner coil length) satisfy Ln/L0<0.05. First and second coil bodies have insulating portions on their connecting portions, and the insulating portions are present in locations separated by a central angle of 5-45° measured from the center of the coil bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Okada, Atsushi Tomizawa, Naoaki Shimada
  • Patent number: 9604273
    Abstract: A swaging tool having a housing, a piston, a fixed jaw and a moveable jaw, wherein the housing is capable of receiving and holding a tube and a swage fitting in the fixed jaw; the moveable jaw is in communication with a moveable die and is capable of moving axially along the housing with respect to an axis for the tube and the swage fitting to connect the swage fitting to the tube and create a seal between the swage fitting and the tube, and two opposing arms attached to the moveable jaw that have an open and a closed position to hold the tube and swage in alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Veigh Hogan
  • Patent number: 9604274
    Abstract: A processing line material clear out devices and methods are disclosed. The device is particularly useful for clearing metal billets from induction heating units, but may be used for many other processes having sequentially ordered materials traveling down a conveyor or other processing line. In one example of the invention, a reciprocating push rod rack is used to sequentially deposit and remove at least two push rods used to abut and clear the downstream billets. A push rod advance device is used to interlink independent, sequential push rods positioned on the billet track. On clearing of the billets, the push rods are retracted, removed from the billet track and stored on the push rod rack for ready use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: INTER-POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary M. Gariglio, Edward P. Potoczak, Brian C. Smith, David J. Wagner, James W. Nankervis, Patrick H. McRee
  • Patent number: 9604275
    Abstract: In order to provide a covered member for which unexpected galling is suppressed in the initial stages when the member is used, and which has excellent sliding properties, a covered member has a hard film on the working surface and has excellent sliding properties, said hard film including an A layer, for which an a1 layer comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 30% or more of chromium in terms of atomic ratio in metal (including metalloid; the same shall apply hereinafter) component, and an a2 layer comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 60% or more of vanadium in terms of atomic ratio in metal component, are alternately laminated, and a B layer on the upper layer of said A layer and comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 60% or more of vanadium in terms of atomic ratio in metal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Honda, Kenichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 9604276
    Abstract: A process for producing a coupler and an improved coupler are provided. The process produces a coupler by constructing a mold that is a replica of the coupler and is constructed from a plurality of mold components that are selected and assembled to form a mold having the shape of the coupler. The mold components may include a front mold component section that forms the head of the coupler, a rear mold component section that forms the shank of the coupler, and, optionally one or more shelf components forming a shelf of the coupler. The front, rear and shank mold components may themselves be made from a plurality of mold components that are assembled together. The mold is formed from a consumable material, coating with a heat resistant material so that the assembled mold components are within a mold volume, and molten metal is added to the mold volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PENNSY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Stern, Perry Levitt, Manuel Tavares, Zachary Ryan Brook, Wayne H. Murphy
  • Patent number: 9604277
    Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated mold for casting of wheels. The integrated mold has an upper mold, integrated side molds and a lower mold, wherein the number of the integrated side molds is four in the circumferential direction of the wheel mold. Thermal deformation circular arc compensation surfaces are formed by processing on an upper and lower one-fourth circular arc part of each integrated side mold, and compensation surfaces are formed by processing on key parts of 45-degree matching surfaces of the adjacent integrated side molds. The integrated side molds can effectively solve the problems such as imprecise matching of the matching surfaces, parting-line flashes of the matching surfaces and adhesion of aluminum caused by thermal deformation of the integrated side molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Yongning Wang, Zhihua Zhu, Changhai Li, Hongbiao Li, Xiwei Xue, Yong Li, Gui Wang, Longtao Kang, Donghui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9604278
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing an amorphous alloy ribbon, the method including a step of producing an amorphous alloy ribbon by discharging a molten alloy through a rectangular opening of a molten metal nozzle having a molten metal flow channel along which the molten alloy flows, the opening being an end of the molten metal flow channel, onto a surface of a rotating chill roll, in which, among wall surfaces of the molten metal flow channel, a maximum height Rz(t) of a surface t, which is a wall surface parallel to a flow direction of the molten alloy and to a short side direction of the opening, is 10.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shibasaki, Takayuki Motegi, Hajime Itagaki, Jun Sunakawa, Yoshio Bizen
  • Patent number: 9604279
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vessel for melting meltable material having a body with a melting portion configured to receive meltable material to be melted therein and an injection path for injecting the meltable material in molten form after melting (e.g., into a mold). The body has a recess configured to contain the meltable material within the vessel during melting of the material. The vessel is configured for movement between in a first position to restrict entry of molten material into an injection path of the vessel and to contain the material in the recess during melting, and a second position to allow movement of the material in a molten form through the injection path and into the mold (e.g., using a plunger). The vessel can be used in an injection molding system for molding bulk amorphous alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Timothy O'Keeffe, Quoc Tran Pham, Theodore Andrew Waniuk, Michael Blaine Deming
  • Patent number: 9604280
    Abstract: A method of working an additively manufactured part includes applying a layer of wax to a part manufactured with an additive manufacturing process. Then a mold is formed over the layer of wax on the part. The wax is then removed from between the mold and the part. The part is then melted in the mold, and then the part is re-solidified in the mold. Finally, the mold is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: JinQuan Xu
  • Patent number: 9604281
    Abstract: The present invention describes the use of nanoparticle interfaces to chemically process solid nanomaterials into ones with tailorable core-void-shell architectures. The internal void sizes are proportional to the nanoparticle size, the shell thickness and composition, and can be either symmetric or asymmetric depending on the nature of the interface, each of which is controlled by the process of making.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mathew M. Maye, Wenjie Wu
  • Patent number: 9604282
    Abstract: There is provided a selective laser sintering method capable of reducing the trouble in chipping or breakage of the machining tool and the like. The manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, the repetition including the steps of (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby allowing a sintering of the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequent solidification thereof, and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the resulting solidified layer, followed by the irradiation of a predetermined portion of the powder layer with the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Abe, Masataka Takenami, Isamu Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9604283
    Abstract: The invention relates to an alignment device for precisely positioning a first functional element (103), particularly a retainer, on a second functional element (105), particularly a disc, these being detachably secured to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Beck
  • Patent number: 9604284
    Abstract: A portable drilling machine wherein when a shorting failure occurs in a circuit part connected to a driving motor, this state is reliably detected and a false start of the motor is reliably prevented. A diving motor control circuit in the portable drilling machine includes a main control section; a triac and a relay which are connected to power supply terminals in series with the driving motor; peripheral circuits (a triac control circuit, a relay control circuit, a triac inspection and determination section, a bypass resistor, etc.) which are related to the triac and relay; and a current measurement section for measuring current flowing in the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 9604285
    Abstract: A rotary tool, in particular drilling tool, extends along a longitudinal axis and has an end surface; a brad point; and at least one major cutting edge extending outward up to an edge corner. A first free surface segment adjoins the major cutting edge, and a second free surface segment in turn adjoins said first free surface segment. To keep the stress, in particular the wear, low in the region of the end surface, the first free surface segment has a lower average abrasiveness than the second free surface segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL, INC.
    Inventors: Juergen Schwaegerl, Herbert Rudolf Kauper
  • Patent number: 9604286
    Abstract: A drill with a cutting fluid supply hole includes: a tool main-body with an axial end cutting-edge, a portion having a discharge flute on a main-body distal end side portion, and a cutting fluid supply hole, the hole having a fan-shaped cross section defined by a front inner-wall surface located along a main-body radial direction on the front side in the drill rotation direction, a rear inner-wall surface located along the radial-direction on the rear side in the drill rotation direction and facing the front inner-wall surface in a main-body circumferential direction, an outer circumferential inner-wall surface made up of a partially cylindrical surface around a drill center line, and an inner circumferential inner-wall surface made up of a partially cylindrical surface around the center line with a curvature radius smaller than that of the outer circumferential inner-wall surface and facing the outer circumferential inner-wall surface in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: OSG CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuteru Takai
  • Patent number: 9604287
    Abstract: Disclosed are a setting method and a control device of a depth of cut in an initial axial direction for a rotating cutting tool. A setting method of a depth of cut in an initial axial direction for a rotating cutting tool according to the present disclosure includes when a tool T is mounted on a spindle S, receiving an overhang length L of the tool T, the diameter D of the tool T, an overhang length ratio reference value C, and an axial depth of cut reference value E; calculating an axial depth of cut Y; and setting the axial depth of cut Y as an initial axial depth of cut of a cutting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Doosan Machine Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Jae Lee, Jin Suk Song, Han Kee Jang
  • Patent number: 9604288
    Abstract: A facer for use in preparing the opposed ends of polyolefin pipes for fusion into a pipeline has a pair of cutting wheels which rotate in unison. A controller causes the cutting wheels to trace and face the pipe end walls in a closed loop path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Perrault, Seth P. Ahrens, Abraham B. Contreras, William Barton Draeger, Fabiano Tavares de Souza
  • Patent number: 9604289
    Abstract: A tool (100) for working the internal bore of a tube comprises a motor (10), having a housing with a rotary output; a housing sleeve (14a) and shaft (22); a first bearing housing (16), having a rotatably journalled first spindle (102), mounted on the housing sleeve; and an end sleeve and shaft connected to a tool head. The motor output drives, along a common axis (1), the housing shaft, first bearing spindle, end shaft and tool head. A change mechanism (56,58) is in the tool head to change direction of said drive to transverse said common axis. An output (60) is adapted to receive a tool bit. Gauge means (18,18?) is disposed on said tool head and is adapted, in use, to bear against the bore of the tube and maintain the tool head located radially with respect to the tube axis; and support means (24,24?) is disposed on one or more of said housing shaft, first bearing housing and end sleeve adapted, in use, to bear against the bore of the tube and support the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.
    Inventor: Wessley Jack Wilmot
  • Patent number: 9604290
    Abstract: A milling tool for working non-metal materials, in particular wood, engineered wood, and plastic, includes a carrier body, a plurality of cutting elements, which can be inserted into said body on the periphery in a corresponding number of openings extending in the radial direction and can be screwed to the carrier body by way of a bore and which have a plate-shaped and in the cross-section a substantially triangular-shaped design and on a side edge are provided with a blade. The cutting element includes: the region located opposite of the blade is rounded, a groove extending substantially at a right angle to the blade is provided in the bottom, the bore divides the groove preferably into two regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LEITZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Kisselbach, Jurgen Graef, Heiko Ehrensperger
  • Patent number: 9604291
    Abstract: A tool is disclosed that has an elongated tool body defining a longitudinal axis and includes a ball-end section having a positive taper angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tool body, and a relief section that extends rearwardly from the ball-end section and has a negative taper angle relative to the positive taper angle of the ball-end section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raja Kountanya, Changsheng Guo
  • Patent number: 9604292
    Abstract: A cutting insert comprises a first surface sequentially including a first and second inclined surface. The first inclined surface is inclined toward the second surface, going inward from the edge at a first inclined angle on a basis of a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between the first surface and a second surface. The second inclined surface, located more inward than the first inclined surface, is inclined toward the second surface at a second inclined angle different from the first inclined angle on the basis of the perpendicular plane. An intersecting part of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface includes a first part located at a highest position in a region of the intersecting part along the second side surface. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of producing a machined product using the cutting tool are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 9604293
    Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology that allows corrugated tubes of various diameter sizes to be easily and reliably cut at a convex portion. In order to achieve the purpose, a cutting device is provided with a feeder feeding a corrugated tube such that an axial direction of the corrugated tube lies along a feeding path; a cutter cutting along a circumferential direction of the corrugated tube being fed along the feeding path; and an imager capturing an image of a planned cutting position of the corrugated tube. A controller performs image analysis of the captured image of the planned cutting position to determine whether the planned cutting position is a convex portion of the corrugated tube and, when a positive determination result is obtained, causes the cutter to cut the corrugated tube at the planned cutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Shibayama, Masayoshi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9604294
    Abstract: A shearing blade for a cutting device includes a main body that has a seat and a blade insert that is arranged on the seat and forms a cutting wedge, wherein the cutting wedge forms a cutting edge via a flank face and a pressure face at an angle to the flank face. The seat has at least one undercut face that acts in a direction transverse to the flank face. When the blade insert is inserted, the undercut face interacts with at least one form-closure face formed on the blade insert, whereby a form closure taking effect transversely to the flank face is established. The blade insert is fastened to the main body by at least one pin-shaped plug-in connection element, which is oriented perpendicular to the flank face and which is arranged in aligned holes in the main body and in the blade insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Weber-Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Strohmeier, Peter Herwig
  • Patent number: 9604295
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and improved coping saw for performing a coping operation. The saw is operable in a first orientation for performing a first cut and in a second orientation for performing a coping second cut and comprises a handle having one or more power switches for activating and deactivating the drive system in both the first orientation and in the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas J. Halsey
  • Patent number: 9604296
    Abstract: A chainsaw as a working machine, which switches among stop, drive, and choke operations of an internal combustion engine, includes an operation lever that is turnable, a turning member turnably combined with the operation lever, and a torsion coil spring holding abutting of the operation lever and the turning member. The turning member is coupled to a choke operating member via a choke rod and is regulated in turning from drive position to stop position. When the operation lever is turned from drive position to choke position, the turning member also turns to move the choke rod, by which the choke operating member closes the choke valve. Meanwhile, the operation lever is turned from drive position to stop position, against the turning force of the torsion coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshio Seki
  • Patent number: 9604297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid dispensing system for a rotatable work tool (2), comprising a control valve (13), an inlet and outlet liquid guiding device (11, 15). The control valve (13) comprises a housing (18) with a rotatable drum part (19) arranged to rotate. The housing (18) comprises inlet and outlet tubes (21, 22) arranged to be connected to the liquid guiding devices (11, 15). The tubes (21, 11) have corresponding inlet and outlet openings (23) facing the drum part (19). The drum part (19) comprises a first seal (25) and a third seal (27), the seals (25, 27) running around the drum part (19). The third seal (27) has an extension (34) running partially along the first seal (25), such that a first and second volume (28, 29) are formed. Each opening (23, 24) is connected to one of the volumes, or both. At least one volume (29) enables fluid connection between the openings (23, 24) that is variable by means of the third seal (27) moving over one or more of the openings (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Karlsson, Hans Petersson
  • Patent number: 9604298
    Abstract: The removal starting position (8S1) of a first removal process and the four removal starting positions (8S21-8S24) in a second removal process are established on an imaginary circle (7I) with a prescribed radius (R) that is inscribed in the apex (7C) of an incomplete thread part (7a). In each removal process, the tip of the screw thread cutting tool shaves off the apex (7C) of the incomplete thread part (7a) into respective recesses, contacting the imaginary inscribed circle (7I) from the outside (above). The multiple cutting surfaces of the apex (7C) are formed in parallel helices (that is, as mutually adjacent helical recesses) from the starting position to the ending position of the incomplete thread part. Points and burrs in the incomplete thread part can thereby be eliminated or reduced without loss of the ability to screw together with a partner threaded fastener (threaded portion).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH ELEMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Shimizu, Masao Kobayashi, Kenji Nishikawa, Seiji Otani, Takaya Nishikawa, Manabu Takeda
  • Patent number: 9604299
    Abstract: A method and a device for the material-fit connection of an optical element to a frame are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Schoeppach, Johnannes Rau, Gennady Fedosenko, Leonid Gorkhover, Gerd Klose, Stefan Wiesner, Hans-Joachim Trefz, Michael Widmann, Ulrich Bingel, Claudia Ekstein, Guenter Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9604300
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module and a circuit board, includes an insulating body, multiple terminals, and multiple solders. The insulating body includes multiple receiving holes running therethrough and multiple resisting portions. The terminals are respectively located in the receiving holes. One end of each terminal is provided with a soldering portion, the soldering portion has a soldering surface, and the soldering surface is perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board. Left and right sides of the solder urge the soldering surface and the resisting portion respectively, a lower side of the solder is soldered onto the circuit board by reflow soldering, and the solder is soldered to the soldering surface by laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 9604301
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method to determine the weld joint penetration from arc voltage measurements in gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). It is based on an observation on the dynamic weld pool surface in GTAW—the surface tends to first expand toward the electrode and then be pushed away from the electrode after full penetration is established. For the pool surface in GTAW, localized partial keyholes around the arc axis as in plasma arc welding are not significant. The pool surface is relatively smooth. The arc voltage that reflects changes in the arc length thus first tends to reduce and then increases after full penetration is established. This invention thus tracks the arc voltage until the decrease slope becomes insignificant. Once full penetration is established, the current is reduced to decrease the weld penetration or first decrease the penetration growth for a certain period and then decrease the weld penetration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: YuMing Zhang, Xiangrong Li, Zeng Shao
  • Patent number: 9604302
    Abstract: An engine-driven welder generator is controlled based upon power draw for welding and other applications. Once a welding arc is initiated, the power draw is monitored. The engine speed, and therefore the power output of the generator, may be increased or maintained based upon the power draw. The power draw may include both welding power draw and auxiliary power draw. The engine speed is increased in increments. The initial engine speed and subsequent increments may depend upon particular welding processes or regimes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Randall J. DuVal, Daniel C. Fosbinder, Nathan J. Jochman, Christopher J. Wierschke, John C. Leisner