Patents Issued in March 30, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170087695
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a first jaw, a first handle fixed to the first jaw, a second jaw, and a second handle pivotally coupled to the second jaw, a link member, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member is operable to axially move a first end of the link member to vary a distance between the first and second jaws. The adjustment member includes an engagement surface engageable with the first end of the link member, a shank in threaded engagement with a bore in the first handle, and a flange extending from the shank opposite the engagement portion. The flange includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and an elongate opening extending through the first and second sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Steven W. Hyma, Cheng Zhang Li
  • Publication number: 20170087696
    Abstract: A ratchet tool includes a shaft member, a handle and a ratchet mechanism, in which the handle is connected to the ratchet mechanism, and the shaft member extends into the interior of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism. The shaft member includes a shaft and an extension portion which passes through the rear end of the ratchet mechanism along the central axle of the ratchet mechanism from the front end of the ratchet mechanism and is connected to the ratchet mechanism, and the shaft is designed to be integrated with or separated from the extension portion. Such a design of the shaft member solves the wobble problem of the shaft. The ratchet tool of the present invention also includes a lighting device. The ratchet tool of the present invention requires small turning force when turning back and has strong capacity of torque transferring, and at the same time achieves lighting feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Weiyi WANG
  • Publication number: 20170087697
    Abstract: A fastener cartridge can be used with a shaft of a tool during an orthopedic procedure. The fastener cartridge can have a main housing that can be attached to fastener housing including a fastener chamber and a backstop component. The fastener chamber includes a plurality of non-flexible tabs and the backstop component includes a plurality of resiliently flexible tabs. The fastener housing is configured to include a plurality of fasteners that are arranged therein such that the longitudinal axes of the fastener chamber and the plurality of fasteners are collinear. The plurality non-flexible tabs prevent one of the fasteners from inadvertently passing entirely out of an outlet of the fastener chamber and the plurality of resiliently flexible tabs allow the fasteners to move axially in the first direction and restrict movement of the fasteners in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Saddy Garcia, James Licht, Myles Tonkinson, Kerwin Suarez, Lawrence Jene Chadwell, Ryan Luby, Nicolai Ussin, Rachel Hale, Brian Lamothe
  • Publication number: 20170087698
    Abstract: A nail pushing device of a nail gun includes a base connected to the nose of the nail gun, a cover slidably connected to the base, and restriction units received in the cover. The base has multiple positioning slots, slide slots and passages. The restriction units are installed in the positioning slots and each have a main part for being contact with the nails. The main part of each restriction unit has a ridge protruding laterally therefrom and a resilient leg extends from each of two ends of the ridge. The restriction units each have a guide member and an engaging portion on two ends thereof. The restriction units located in the positioning slots at different positions are used to guide nails of different lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Samson Power Tool Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi-Kuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20170087699
    Abstract: A stapling device extends in a longitudinal direction from a front region to a rear region, having a bottom part having a set-down surface on its underside, having an anvil leg that is mounted so as to be pivotable in a limited manner about a first pivot pin in the front region with respect to the bottom part and carries an anvil plate in the front region, having a staple magazine that is mounted on a bearing block in the rear region so as to be pivotable in a limited manner about a second pivot pin with respect to the anvil leg, having a driver leg that is mounted so as to be pivotable in a limited manner about the second pivot pin with respect to the anvil leg and with respect to the staple magazine and has a driver for guiding staples through a gap at the front end of the staple magazine and for pressing the staples against the anvil plate, and having at least one longitudinally extending lever which is mounted on the bottom part by means of a first bearing in the rear region and on the anvil leg by a seco
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Hans-Werner GROCH
  • Publication number: 20170087700
    Abstract: A stapler is configured to bind a workpiece using a staple made of a non-metal soft material. The staple has a crown portion and a pair of leg portions formed by bending both longitudinal ends of the crown portion toward one direction. The stapler includes a placing base, a penetrating part, an opening, and a pressing portion. The opening is provided on the placing base so that the one pair of cutting blades and the one pair of leg portions of the staple inserted into the workpiece pass through the opening. The pressing portion that is provided in the opening of the placing base and suppresses deformation of the workpiece caused by a force applied to the workpiece from the cutting blades when the cutting blades penetrate the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Yutaka KATO
  • Publication number: 20170087701
    Abstract: An orifice plate centering tool for use in centering an orifice plate includes a thin elongate member. A distal centering end is configured to contact the orifice plate. An opposed proximal end is configured to receive a force which is transferred to the distal centering end through the elongate member. A plurality of optional demarcations are provided along a length of the elongate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Nathaniel K. Kenyon
  • Publication number: 20170087702
    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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Boice
  • Publication number: 20170087703
    Abstract: A hammer including a housing and a piston arranged for reciprocating movement within the housing is disclosed. The hammer further includes a head assembled on the housing and defining a chamber for holding a pressurized gas and a wall configured to abut the housing and defining a gas discharge passage extending between the chamber and the housing. A plug is positioned in the gas discharge passage and configured to move or deform under pressure of the pressurized gas in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Cody Moore
  • Publication number: 20170087704
    Abstract: A hydraulic hammer is disclosed having a piston and an accumulator membrane disposed external and co-axial to the piston. Additionally, a sleeve is disposed between the piston and accumulator membrane, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of radial passages formed therein that fluidly connect the accumulator membrane with the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventor: Cody MOORE
  • Publication number: 20170087705
    Abstract: A clutch device includes a guiding element, a first clutch element being capable of sliding relative to the guiding element, a second clutch element being capable of sliding relative to the guiding element, an elastic element including a first connecting leg and a second connecting leg which are respectively connected with the first clutch element and the second clutch element, and a rotating element being capable of rotating about a first axis relative to the guiding element. The rotating element includes a first supporting portion for contacting with the first connecting leg, which is disposed at a first axial position of the first axis, and a second supporting portion for contacting with the second connecting leg, which is disposed at a second axial position of the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Yue Lv
  • Publication number: 20170087706
    Abstract: A buffer system for a hydraulic hammer is disclosed. The buffer system includes a wear member disposed between a first component and a second component. The wear member includes a first surface. The first surface is adapted to abut an inner surface of the first component. The wear member also includes a second surface distal to the first surface. The second surface is adapted to abut an outer surface of the second component. The buffer system also includes an insert member disposed in the wear member between the first surface and the second surface thereof. The insert member provides a visual indication when a predefined thickness of the wear member between the first surface and the second surface is worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Cody T. Moore
  • Publication number: 20170087707
    Abstract: A suction extraction device has a fan, a suction head, a channel leading from the suction head to the fan, a dust filter and a collection container to hold the dust that has been deposited on the dust filter. The suction head has a tubular cavity that is arranged around the working axis and that serves to accommodate the connection section of the suction drill bit. Arranged in the cavity is a flow sensor that has a sensor surface facing the working axis and that serves to emit a measuring signal that is indicative of the air flow that is striking the sensor surface. An evaluation unit emits an error signal in response to the measuring signal if the measuring signal is lower than a threshold value for at least a prescribed period of time, whereas it suppresses the error signal if the measuring signal exceeds the threshold value during the prescribed period of time. A signaling unit displays the error signal to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Hans Appel
  • Publication number: 20170087708
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool has a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from a motor output shaft to a tool driver is adjustable by an operator. The torque-limiting unit has a spring system with spring elements having substantially similar characteristics (such as length, compression forces, etc.) and yet generating different spring forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: James R. Parks
  • Publication number: 20170087709
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic compression tool (1) comprises a motor (6) which actuates a hydrodynamic group (11) suitable to increase the pressure of a hydraulic fluid acting on an actuation piston (12) connected to jaws (13, 14), an electronic control system (9) connected to the electric motor (6) and to a user operating member (7) for the actuation of the electric motor (6) wherein the control system (9) monitors the reaching of a closed position of the jaws (13, 14) and switches off the motor (6) automatically upon reaching the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Cembre S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gualtiero Barezzani
  • Publication number: 20170087710
    Abstract: A coating structure for forming a tool comprises a tool body and an outer coating layer. The tool body includes at least one base plate, an upper limiting plate, a lower limiting plate, a ratchet driving member, a stirring member, and at least one pin. The base plate has a handle portion and a driving portion which is connected with one end of the handle portion. An accommodating groove is arranged at the driving portion and received the ratchet driving member and the stirring member. The upper and lower limiting plates are stacked on the upper and lower surfaces of the driving portion respectively. The outer coating layer is covered the outer surfaces of the upper and lower limiting surfaces and the base plate for fastened so as to prevent the outer coating layer from sliding while in operation. The operating quality is efficiently increased and the cost is saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Yi-Fu Chen
  • Publication number: 20170087711
    Abstract: A board shaping support and tool chest allows for the storage, transportation, and mounting of wood shaping tools. The board shaping support and tool chest includes an elongated block with a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment to house tools and materials. A first guide lid and a second guide lid retain the contents of the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment during transportation, as well as support a board to be cut or shaped. A shaping tool, such as a miter saw, drop saw, circular saw or router, is positioned between the first guide lid and the second guide lid during implementation. The board shaping support and tool chest further includes a first guide support and a second guide support to align the board to the fence of a miter or drop saw and prevent the board from kicking out from the saw blade rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: James Furlong
  • Publication number: 20170087712
    Abstract: A bench with integrated, liftable storage for providing integrated, liftable storage includes a base. The base comprises a lift module that has a frame which is box shaped. A platform and a lifter are positioned in an interior space defined by the frame. The lifter is coupled to the platform, such that the lifter can raise or lower the platform within the interior space. A top is positioned on and coupled to an upper face of the frame. An opening is positioned in the top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Bill Wilson
  • Publication number: 20170087713
    Abstract: A cellular device assembly wherein the assembly has a mounting arrangement and an elongated, extendable support system. The cellular device assembly is used to inspect roofs for damage or gutters for clogs. A homeowner securely attaches his cellular device to the mounting arrangement and then attaches the mounting arrangement to the elongated, extendable support system. Then, the homeowner activates the video recording application on his cellular phone. Next, the homeowner may adjust the elongated, extendable support system to a desired height of his roof or gutters and record the condition of the roof and/or gutters. Once complete, the elongated, extendable support is retracted and the video footage is reviewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey Marshall
  • Publication number: 20170087714
    Abstract: The method for controlling a medical manipulator is a method for controlling a medical manipulator which drives a driven part by rotating a motor in accordance with an operation input from an operation part. The method includes: a first step of performing a trial driving when the operation input occurs, and evaluating changes in winding resistance based on a temperature rise of the motor, and setting a driving condition of the motor based on the evaluated changes winding resistance; and a second step of performing driving which corresponds to the operation input based on the driving condition of the motor set in the first step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyohei KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20170087715
    Abstract: A method of setting a medical system, in which at least one treatment tool and at least one manipulation input unit for manipulating the treatment tool are connectable to each other, includes acquiring first information capable of identifying the treatment tool and second information capable of identifying the manipulation input unit, associating the treatment tool with the manipulation input unit on the basis of a comparison between the first information and the second information, and associating an input to the manipulation input unit with an operation of the treatment tool with respect to the manipulation input unit associated with the treatment tool on the basis of the comparison between the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KOMURO, Masatoshi IIDA
  • Publication number: 20170087716
    Abstract: An exoskeleton designed to be worn by a user is generally configured to support and transfer the load supported by the head, the neck and/or the torso (shoulders, chest and/or back) of the user down to the ground. The exoskeleton is generally passive and comprises at least three interconnected sections: torso, hip, and leg sections. Each of the sections generally comprises of a plurality of interconnected rigid members which form the load-bearing structure of the exoskeleton. When a user wears the exoskeleton, load normally carried by the head, neck and/or torso of the user is at least partially supported and transferred to the ground by the exoskeleton, thereby reducing the load effectively supported by the user itself. The leg sections of the exoskeleton are designed to ensure that the load is entirely transferred to the inner side of the feet, in accordance with human biomechanics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alain Bujold, Jean-Marc Sheitoyan, François Tremblay, Patrice Paquette, Aleksander Pohl, Simon Forget, Anis Ouanes, Alain Vary
  • Publication number: 20170087717
    Abstract: An offline teaching device according to the present disclosure includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a teaching program and a model diagram. The storage unit stores commands constituting the teaching program, and model data of the model diagram. The control unit controls the display unit and the storage unit. The teaching program includes a position detection program including a plurality of position detection commands, and a welding program including a plurality of welding commands. The control unit displays, in the model diagram, an operation trajectory of a robot when the teaching program is executed. The control unit displays a part of the plurality of position detection commands and a part of the plurality of welding commands in the model diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: MASAYA HIRAYAMA, YOSHIYUKI OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170087718
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing dynamic vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a first vacuum source for providing a first vacuum pressure with a first maximum air flow rate, and a second vacuum source for providing a second vacuum pressure with a second maximum air flow rate, wherein the second vacuum pressure is higher than the first vacuum pressure and wherein the second maximum air flow rate is greater than the first maximum air flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas WAGNER, Kevin AHEARN, Benjamin Cohen, Michael DAWSON-HAGGERTY, Christopher GEYER, Thomas KOLETSCHKA, Kyle MARONEY, Matthew T. MASON, Gene Temple PRICE, Joseph ROMANO, Daniel SMITH, Siddhartha SRINIVASA, Prassandra VELAGAPUDI, Thomas ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20170087719
    Abstract: A joint of a robot comprises a servo motor, a speed reducer driven by the servo motor, and an output-side encoder for measuring a rotation angle of the output-side rotation shaft of the speed reducer, and the position/orientation of the robot is controlled by the joint. The present invention, which aims to be able to detect certainly and at a high speed the state of the speed reducer, is characterized by driving the joint via the speed reducer by rotating the servo motor, obtaining a resonance amplitude of the joint from the rotation angle obtained from the output-side encoder, and thus diagnosing the lifetime of the speed reducer according to the obtained resonance amplitude of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Yutaka Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20170087720
    Abstract: A time-optimal trajectory generation method, for a robotic manipulator haying a transport path with at least one path segment, comprising generating a forward time-optimal trajectory of the manipulator along the at least one path segment from a start point of the at least one path segment towards an end point of the at least one path segment, generating a reverse time-optimal trajectory of the manipulator along the at least one path segment from the end point towards the start point of the at least one path segment, and combining the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories to obtain a complete time optimal trajectory, where the forward and reverse trajectories of the at least one path segment are blended together with a smoothing bridge joining the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories in a position-velocity reference frame with substantially no discontinuity between the time-optimal forward and reverse trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jayaraman KRISHNASAMY, Martin HOSEK
  • Publication number: 20170087721
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one supernumerary artificial limb and a base structure configured to couple with a human body. The base structure includes a sensor that obtains a measurement regarding load of the human body. The proximal end of the supernumerary artificial limb is coupled to the base structure. The apparatus further includes a processor operatively coupled with the sensor and configured to receive the measurement from the sensor. The processor is also configured to generate a control signal to change at least one of a position of the supernumerary artificial limb and a torque exerted by the supernumerary artificial limb based on the measurement regarding the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Haruhiko Harry Asada, Federico Parietti
  • Publication number: 20170087722
    Abstract: Methods and data processing systems for a simulation and handling of anti-collision management for an area of a production plant performed by a data processing system are provided. At least one robot performing robotic operations and at least one human performing human operations are at least partially operated simultaneously in the same area, and collision events are identified and remedied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Per-Olof Aberg, Alexander Greenberg, Moshe Schwimmer
  • Publication number: 20170087723
    Abstract: A method for controlling a robot includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, the robot is controlled to hold at least one of a pipette and a container containing a liquid and to change a position of the pipette relative to the container so as to make a tip of the pipette contact a sediment in the container. In the second step, the robot is controlled to move the pipette in an upward direction from a predetermined position in the container with the tip of the pipette in contact with an inner side surface of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Miki NAKAMURA, Yoshikazu MATSUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170087724
    Abstract: A robot for handling goods in transit having a movable fork unit with a load-bearing fork and a fork base relative to which the load-bearing fork can be translationally moved. The robot is provided with a cleaning device having a cleaning chamber which can be insulated from the surroundings, completely accommodates the load-bearing fork and at least partly accommodates the fork base. The cleaning device has an inlet opening for at least partial introduction of the fork unit into the cleaning chamber and an inflow opening for a cleaning agent, which opening leads to the cleaning chamber. The robot may be used for handling food items and beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Theo DOLL
  • Publication number: 20170087725
    Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to the field of pathology, and the automated handling of biological specimens from containers containing clear solutions wherein the biological specimens reside. A computer-implemented method is disclosed for extracting specimens from such containers via an extraction device attached to a robotic arm. The robotic arm is controlled by a robotic system controller. The three-dimensional location of all specimens are estimated using image analysis techniques using images obtained from a plurality of imaging systems. Image analysis is used to simultaneously guide the extraction device and track the location of specimens inside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Nastaran Neishaboori, Aria Pezeshk, Azin Neishaboori
  • Publication number: 20170087726
    Abstract: A health care delivery and monitoring system including a robotic figurine with a furry layer, having components and a mechanism that facilitates robotic motion and communication. The components includes a speaker, a motor assembly, a battery, control circuitry, a video camera, speech generator, a communication interface, a network interface and a speech detector operatively connected with each other. The video camera and the wearable device cooperate to enable the robotic figurine to observe the user. The system leverages data from the various digital devices of the patients and other 3rd party syndicated sources to derive insights and enable the delivery of personalized care to the patients. The network interface being connected via a network to a computer, which utilizes the derived insights to provide instructions to the figurine including gesture and voice commands that enable effective care delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Haranth Gnana
  • Publication number: 20170087727
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus includes a guide mechanism and a moving body guided by the guide mechanism. The moving body includes a first support, a second support and a holding portion. The first support has a first engagement portion engaged with the guide mechanism. The first support, supported by the guide mechanism, is movable in a first direction. The second support has a second engagement portion engaged with the guide mechanism. The second support, supported by the guide mechanism, is movable in the first direction. The holding portion, supported by the first and the second supports, holds a workpiece. The first engagement portion receives a moment applied thereto by deformation of the moving body, where the moment is opposite in direction to a moment applied to the first engagement portion by a load of the workpiece held by the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Hideki MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20170087728
    Abstract: A system utilizes electroadhesive surfaces for braking and metering objects in an automated environment. An electroadhesive surface can include electrodes that are configured to induce an electrostatic attraction with nearby objects upon application of voltage to the electrodes. The systems described utilize various configurations of electroadhesive surfaces, sensors, controllers and programmable processors to create smart braking, capturing and metering systems for improved automated material handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Harsha PRAHLAD, Charlie DUNCHEON, Steve ANNEN, Matthew LEETTOLA, Jonathan Andrew SMITH, Bobby Neil ROY
  • Publication number: 20170087729
    Abstract: Acquisition or pick-up tools that themselves aid in improving the ease with which images of an acquired substrate may be captured, and methods of operating such pick-up tools, are provided. The pick-up tools may include a pick-up surface adapted to interface with a foreign substrate and a light source integrated with the pick-up tool such that light emitted from the light source passes through the pick-up surface to the foreign substrate when the foreign substrate is temporarily coupled with the pick-up surface to create a silhouette of the foreign substrate. A vision system may be adapted for capturing the silhouette of the foreign substrate when the foreign substrate is temporarily coupled with the pick-up surface. The substrate pick-up surface may be formed of one of a transparent, a semi-transparent, or a translucent material such that light may at least partially pass there through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: John Matthew Farren, Dragan Jurkovic, Patrick Conall Regan, Howard Fu, Chih-Chi Chang, Kuo-Hung Lee, Chang-Chu Liao, Harsha Prahlad
  • Publication number: 20170087730
    Abstract: A patient side cart for a teleoperated surgical system may include a base, a column connected to the base, a boom connected to the column, a manipulator arm connected to the boom, and a vibration reduction member. The manipulator arm may be configured to support a surgical instrument. The vibration reduction member may be configured to be moved between deployed and retracted positions relative to the base. The vibration reduction member may engage a ground surface in the deployed position and not be in contact with the ground surface in the retracted position. Various exemplary embodiments also relate to carts including a vibration reduction member and methods of controlling a vibration reduction member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: David ROBINSON, Matthew R. CAVALIER, Gregory W. DACHS, Michael HANUSCHIK, Jason JIANG, Paul W. MOHR, Bruce M. SCHENA, Mark W. ZIMMER
  • Publication number: 20170087731
    Abstract: A robotic system is disclosed that includes an articulated arm with an end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas WAGNER, Kevin AHEARN, Michael DAWSON-HAGGERTY, Christopher GEYER, Thomas KOLETSCHKA, Kyle MARONEY, Matthew T. MASON, Gene Temple PRICE, Joseph ROMANO, Daniel SMITH, Siddhartha SRINIVASA, Prasanna VELAGAPUDI, Thomas ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20170087732
    Abstract: A shaving razor adapter used to attach a shaving razor cartridge to a razor handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Ashok Bakul Patel
  • Publication number: 20170087733
    Abstract: A kit comprising one or more removable shaving razor cartridges and a shaving razor adapter which can attach the shaving razor cartridge(s) to different razor handle that is not originally designed to engage with the razor cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Ashok Bakul Patel
  • Publication number: 20170087734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting bite and a cutting apparatus including the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a cutting bite is provided to sequentially pass through an upper end portion, a central portion, and a lower end portion of stacked films in a thickness direction of the stacked films when a rotating wheel rotates, and is provided such that cutting is performed in a manner in which a cutting direction of a cutting tip is a direction from an outside toward an inside of the stacked films while the cutting bite passes through the upper end portion toward the lower end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Youngtae KIM, Yehoon IM, Yushik HONG
  • Publication number: 20170087735
    Abstract: Methods and equipment suitable for slicing products into lattice-type slices or chips. The methods and equipment utilize a knife assembly that includes a corrugated knife having oppositely-disposed surfaces that terminate at a cutting edge. The knife assembly further includes a knife holder having a registration surface and an oppositely-disposed knife seat configured to mated with a first surface of the corrugated knife, and means for securing the knife to the knife seat of the knife holder. The knife seat comprises a pattern of peaks and valleys complementary to a pattern of peaks and valleys in the first surface of the corrugated knife. The securing means cooperates with the knife holder to inhibit accumulation of solids of products along at least one of the first and second surfaces of the corrugated knife, and/or stabilizes the knife by reducing a cantilevered beam length thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel Wade King
  • Publication number: 20170087736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a punch carrier for a punch machine comprising a piston unit exchangeably arranged on the punch machine, and a punch holder arranged on the piston unit for exchangeably arranging a punch. Furthermore, the invention relates to a hydraulic punch machine comprising: a hydraulically driven punch carrier and a die adapted to a punch. In order to provide a punch machine as well as a punch carrier for a punch machine that reliably allows an easy exchange of the punch to adapt to changing processing requirements, the punch holder has a punch seat transversal to the direction of the longitudinal axis of the piston unit, and a stripper that can be attached to the punch machine and has a passage for the punch, wherein the stripper is designed such that it fixes the punch in an operating position in the punch seat. Furthermore, it is provided that the punch carrier is designed according to one or more of claims 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Karl Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20170087737
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a flexible material (14) comprises: a first roller (5) extending along a main axis (A1); a second roller (6) extending along a longitudinal axis (A2), the first roller (5) and the second roller (6) being mutually co-operating to carry out an operation on the flexible material (14), an interspace (37) being defined between the first roller (5) and the second roller (6) though which the flexible material (14) can pass; a pressing device for pushing the first roller (5) and the second roller (6) one towards another; a position adjustment device for adjusting the relative position of the first roller (5) and the second roller (6), the position adjustment device being distinct from the pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mario LODI, Carlo Stefano LODI
  • Publication number: 20170087738
    Abstract: A table saw guard assembly for guarding a blade on a table saw is provided. The table saw guard assembly includes a support structure and a hood assembly including at least one of a front curtain, first side curtain, second side curtain and top curtain, wherein each of said curtains are independently moveable and/or removable from the hood assembly. Furthermore, a table saw guard assembly is provided including a quick release mechanism for connecting the hood assembly to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michael L. O'BANION, Warren A. CEROLL, James R. PARKS, Robert Alan BERRY, Robert P. WELSH, Daniel PUZIO, Michael L. AGRONIN, Philip T. MILLER, Robert J. OPSITOS, JR., Andrew E. SEMAN, JR., John K. HORKY, James P. BASCOM, Todd J. HUSTON, Matthew C. WEBSTER, Adan AYALA
  • Publication number: 20170087739
    Abstract: Disclosed is process of preserving hardwoods with ammoniacal copper, ammoniacal zinc or ammoniacal copper and zinc compounds. The preserved hardwoods are useable as various articles of manufacture and, in particular, railroad crossties and switch ties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Roger Franklin FOX, Norman Timothy CAREY, Randall Thomas BAILEYS
  • Publication number: 20170087740
    Abstract: A rotary log debarker comprising a container. The container comprises a bottom part, two opposed longitudinal walls extending upward from the bottom part, one end wall, and a chute. The bottom part comprises rotors being drivable by a power source. The rotors comprise a plurality of debarking plates. The debarking plates comprise an abrasive surface. The rotary log debarker is characterized in that it is provided with a tilting system for adjustable tilting of the container about a pivot point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: René Perreault
  • Publication number: 20170087741
    Abstract: A Method of producing a wooden product by means of a molding hot-pressing from a wooden blank which has one or several sections (A, B, C, D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Matti Kukkonen
  • Publication number: 20170087742
    Abstract: An in situ inspection system and method to inspect a honeycomb body (122) skin in a skinning system. The inspection system includes a line illuminator (148) to generate a line illumination on the skin (136) perpendicular to an axial direction (112) of the honeycomb body travel, and a detector (152) to detect the line illumination scattered from the skin (136) and generate a signal based on the detected line illumination. A controller (184) is configured to receive the signal generated by the detector (152), compare the received signal to a previously stored defect free signal in real-time, and control at least one skinning process parameter based on the comparison. The method includes in situ inspecting the skin (136) and controlling at least one skinning process parameter based on the inspection. In the method, the in situ inspection includes illuminating a line of the skin (136) perpendicular to the axial direction (112) and detecting the illuminated line scattered from the skin (136).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Henry Citriniti, Parasuram Padmanabhan Harihara
  • Publication number: 20170087743
    Abstract: Disclosed are method and system for treating concrete in mixing drums of delivery vehicles having automated rheology (e.g., slump) monitoring systems programmed to dose fluids into concrete based on the monitored rheology. The present invention takes into account a Revolution-To-Discharge value (“RTD”) which reflects drum rotations needed to move concrete towards and through the mixing drum opening from which concrete is discharged, and also takes into consideration a Volume-Per-Revolution-Upon-Discharge (“VPRUD”) value which reflects the relation between the rate of discharge and rheology (e.g., slump) of concrete upon discharge. The invention is especially useful for reclaiming concrete in the drum after delivery and can confirm rheology based upon peak (maximum) discharge pressure. The present inventors found surprisingly that discharge pressure readings are useful for recalibrating automated rheology monitoring systems as well as for reporting and/or treating the remainder concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mark F. Roberts, Richard K. Jordan, Roy J. Cooley, Eric P. Koehler, Meriem Bahira
  • Publication number: 20170087744
    Abstract: A device and method for cleaving a sample includes: creating an indentation on a top surface of the sample by applying a downward force along a vertical axis, the axis arranging perpendicularly to the top surface of the sample; providing a breaking pin and arranging the breaking pin under the sample to touch the bottom surface of the sample at a position that is directly opposite from the indentation; and, applying a downward force on the sample by providing a left side and right side breaker pin wherein the downward force comprises a left-side downward force extended through the left-side breaker pin and right-side downward force through the right side breaker pin, further the pins that provide the left-side and right-side downward force are disposed on a breaker bar and arranged to be on opposite sides of a vertical axis that extends through the indentation on the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gal Moyal