Patents Issued in October 26, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170304959
    Abstract: A method includes disposing a braze material adjacent a first body and a second body; heating the braze material and forming a transient liquid phase; and transforming the transient liquid phase to a solid phase and forming a bond between the first body and the second body. The braze material includes copper, silver, zinc, magnesium, and at least one material selected from the group consisting of nickel, tin, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, indium, lead, antimony, cadmium, and bismuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Marc W. Bird, John H. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20170304960
    Abstract: A filler for welding including (in % by weight): C: ?0.036, Ni: 15.0-20.0, Cr: 15.0-22.0, Mn: 0.75-2.0, Zr: 0.1-1.45, Si: 0-1.5, Al: 0-2, N: <0.06, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventors: Joel HELLSTEN, Susanne HELLSTRÖM SELIN, Thomas HELANDER
  • Publication number: 20170304961
    Abstract: Provided is a flux for a solder paste that can prevent peeling from electrode, which is seen in a component, a thickness of which is reduced, such a semiconductor package like BGA. Rosin, a glycol-ether-based solvent, an organic acid, a thixotropic agent, a halogen compound, and an imidazole compound are contained and the halogen compound is either an amine hydrohalide or an organohalogen compound or a combination of them. Their addition amounts stay within a range satisfying a formula of 2.5-X-0.625Y?0 in which the addition amount of the amine hydrohalide is indicated by X (weight %) and the addition amount of the organohalogen compound is indicated by Y (weight %). However, the addition amount X of the amine hydrohalide and the addition amount Y of the organohalogen compound are such that 0?X?2.5 and 0?Y?4, excluding a range of 0?X<0.02 and 0?Y<0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuyori Takagi, Toru Hayashida, Yutaka Hashimoto, Tetsu Takemasa, Nanako Miyagi, Ko Inaba
  • Publication number: 20170304962
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains generally to boric acid free flux composition in which boric acid and/or borax is substituted with a molar equivalent amount of potassium tetraborate tetrahydrate. In some embodiments, a phthalocyanine pigment is used to effect a color change at activation temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20170304963
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains generally to a process for making boric acid free flux compositions in which boric acid and/or borax is substituted with a molar equivalent amount of potassium tetraborate tetrahydrate. In some embodiments, a phthalocyanine pigment is used to affect a color change at activation temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Howard
  • Publication number: 20170304964
    Abstract: A manifold structure and method of forming a structure having at least one enclosed cavity includes using an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) process to build up a solid component, forming a cavity in the solid component, filling the cavity with a sacrificial material, using a UAM process to build up a finstock layer over the cavity filled with the powder material to enclose the cavity and form the enclosed cavity, and removing the sacrificial material from the enclosed cavity after the finstock layer is ultrasonically welded to the solid component. The sacrificial material has an adequate density to support the UAM process of forming the finstock layer over the cavity and the material may be removed from the enclosed cavity, resulting in an enclosed cavity having smooth surfaces with an optimal fluid flow area therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Michael L. Andersen, Travis L. Mayberry, Gregory P. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20170304965
    Abstract: A package structure for welding powder has a casing and a casing cover. The casing cover is deposited on the cover. The casing and the casing cover are made of metallic copper. The casing cover has a protruding segment being cylindrical and formed on a bottom surface of the casing cover, and a mounting recess being round and formed in a top surface of the casing cover corresponding to the protruding segment for storing fine welding powder. The package structure has a fire strip deposited on the top surface of the casing cover and extending into the mounting recess via a top opening of the mounting recess, and a sealing sheet deposited on the top surface of the casing cover to hold the fire strip securely with the casing cover and seal the top opening of the mounting recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Ying Chun HE
  • Publication number: 20170304966
    Abstract: A mobile welding system that does not rely exclusively on a track to define the path of the welder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: William T. MATTHEWS, Patrick S. Wahlen, Stephen R. COLE, Bruce A. SCHLEE, Keith L. SCHLEE
  • Publication number: 20170304967
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a replacement insert, which may be used for replacing stripped threads and providing the new smooth surface for a washer/gasket on component, such as for a vehicle. The insert has an inner and outer threaded surface, and the inner threads are merely partially formed in the inner cavity of the insert, leaving an unthreaded surface proximate the end of the insert. The insert has a shoulder with a greater diameter than the hole into which it is inserted, to stop further insertion. The insert can be threaded into the hole using the thread chaser bit screwed insert, and continued rotation of the chaser past a thread stop can form remaining threads, allowing for application of torque to install the insert in the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Undercar Express, LLC
    Inventor: Paul E. Schuck
  • Publication number: 20170304968
    Abstract: A robot screw-fastening device includes a nut runner that is attached to a distal end of an arm of a robot to fasten screws one by one. A screw magazine accommodates a plurality of screws to be fed to the nut runner. A magazine inserting-extracting mechanism inserts and extracts a screw retrieving position of the screw magazine to and from below the nut runner. The screw magazine includes a flat support surface with a slit-like opening that contacts with a bearing surface of each of the screws so as to support the screws in a hanging state. The slit-like opening allows an underhead section of each screw to extend therethrough so that the plurality of screws are arranged parallel to each other in a single row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Yoshio MOTOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20170304969
    Abstract: There are provided a bolt caulking method and a bolt caulking device which ensure supply and caulking of a bolt as a single operation. The method is a bolt caulking method including supplying a bolt into a nose piece having a vertical hole, and lowering a punch from above to drive the bolt into a metal plate. The bolt is supplied through a pipe connected to a side of the nose piece, and dropped into a vertical hole formed in the nose piece along an inclined hole formed at a tip end of the pipe with a head part of the bolt being located on the topside. Thereafter, the punch which ejects air from a central hole is lowered within the vertical hole to drive the bolt into a metal plate while holding the bolt at a lower part of the vertical hole by the ejecting air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki HOSHINO, Toshiya MORI, Yukinori FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170304970
    Abstract: A heavy object supporting device includes: a mounting table which is arranged to face a base, and on which a supported object is mounted; an annular sealing member which is arranged between the mounting table and the base and can be elastically compressed in the direction in which the mounting table and the base face each other; and a separation preventing structure which prevents separation between the mounting table and the base. A space, which is defined by the mounting table, the base, and the sealing member, is formed as a fluid-filled space that is sealed in a state filled with fluid. The separation preventing structure is configured to allow the mounting table to be moved relative to the base in the facing direction and the direction orthogonal to the facing direction while maintaining the sealed state of the fluid-filled space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Takao Arai
  • Publication number: 20170304971
    Abstract: A workpiece change for use in a machine tool that comprises a tool spindle for clamping tools for machining workpieces, comprises two wheels arranged parallel to one another and rotatable about an axis of rotation into at least two prominent angular positions. Two swivel tables for clamping workpieces are arranged between the wheels and are each mounted on the wheels to swivel about a swivel axis which runs parallel to the axis of rotation. In each prominent angular position, one of the swivel tables is located in its working position in which clamped workpieces can be machined with the tools. Both wheels are supported at their rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Dirk Prust, Michael Eble
  • Publication number: 20170304972
    Abstract: In a working machine, left and right side walls are erected on a bed, a forward/backward saddle is movable in forward/backward directions, left and right sides of the forward/backward saddle are movably supported with the left and right side walls, a forward/backward drive device is arranged on the left and right side walls, to move the forward/backward saddle in the forward/backward directions, a left/right saddle is arranged on the forward/backward saddle and movable in left/right directions, a left/right drive device is arranged on the forward/backward saddle on each of forward/backward sides of the left/right saddle, to move the left/right saddle in the left/right directions, an up/down slider is movable up and down and arranged on the left/right saddle, a lower portion of the up/down slider is provided with a processing head to which a processing tool for processing a work set on the bed is removably and replaceably attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AMADA MACHINE TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanao KATO
  • Publication number: 20170304973
    Abstract: A tool changer includes at least one tool changer unit, wherein the at least one tool changer unit includes: a tool holder that receives and holds a tool; a base member that supports the tool holder so that the tool holder can be slid along a longitudinal direction of the tool; and a moving mechanism that slides the tool holder relative to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: NAKAMURA-TOME PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akira KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20170304974
    Abstract: A spindle assembly configured to be assembled in a machining device. A front cover of the spindle assembly includes passages to allow high pressure fluid to flow towards the blades of the turbine and rotate the turbine; openings located at the front end of the front cover may allow low pressure fluid to flow out of the spindle assembly; passages extending from behind the turbine to the front end of the front cover may allow collection of low pressure fluids that flow towards the rear end of the spindle after hitting the blades of the turbine and to direct these fluids towards the front end of the front cover and out of the spindle assembly. The housing of the spindle assembly may include a rear section configured to be assembled onto the machining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Zvi MILLER
  • Publication number: 20170304975
    Abstract: The Toe Notch Plate attaches to a standard router and maintains the router at approximately a 75 degree angle from the work piece and is adjustable for use with ¾? or ½? material. It also maintains the router bit a consistent distance from the edge of the work piece. When the router is moved along the edge of the work piece it will create an angled groove providing a resting point for a nail gun and an entry point for brad nails. This allows the grooved piece to be toe nailed to another piece of wood which typically will be perpendicular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Bruce Damon Clark
  • Publication number: 20170304976
    Abstract: An electric working machine comprises a motor, a switch, a drive device, a brake device, and a failure determiner. The switch is configured for operation by a user, has an on-state and an off-state. The drive device is configured to drive the motor in response to the switch being placed in the on-state. The brake device is configured to control deceleration of the motor to a stopped state in response to the switch being placed in the off-state. The failure determiner is configured to monitor deceleration of the motor during controlled deceleration and to determine whether the brake device has failed based on the monitored deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170304977
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transmission case housing is provided wherein a minimum quantity of lubrication as a compressed air/oil mist is supplied as the housing is rough bored and face milled. The transmission case defines a plurality of transmission fluid drainage holes for draining transmission fluid from the transmission when installed in a vehicle. The housing is positioned with the fluid drainage holes below a central axis of the housing and a plurality of internal bores and faces are bored and face milled on the housing. The compressed air/oil mist is sprayed from the cutting head to cool and lubricate the boring and face milling tools. Machining chips are blown off the rough bored housing through the fluid drainage holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Joseph HABEL, Gregory S. CARLONE
  • Publication number: 20170304978
    Abstract: Provided is a machining apparatus capable of improving the positioning accuracy of a machining tool as compared to conventional machines. A machining apparatus 1 includes a rotating tool, a machining tool provided on an outer periphery of the rotating tool, and a spindle head adapted to rotatably support the rotating tool. The machining apparatus includes a driving portion configured to move the spindle head in a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation R of the rotating tool, a position sensor configured to measure a position of the spindle head on a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation R, and a control unit configured to control the driving portion so as to move the machining tool in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation R of the rotating tool on the basis of the position of the spindle head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20170304979
    Abstract: Provided is a base configuration of a processing machine line (1) with good usability, including a machine tool (5) loaded on a base (2) provided with a processing module (3) that performs specified processing on a work, and an auto loader (4) that transfers the work between processing modules (3), the base being configured such that a rail member (15) of the auto loader (4) that has a length to match the width of the base is assembled on a front section of the base, and, when multiple bases (2A, 2B) are arranged next to each other in an adjacent position at which rail members (15, 17) can be connected, an additional rail member (17) is able to be attached to and removed from an additional base (2B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi HIRATA, Daisuke FUKUOKA
  • Publication number: 20170304980
    Abstract: Thin glass elements with improved edge strength are provided—from a sheet glass element that has two opposite parallel faces and an edge connecting the faces. The sheet glass element has a thickness of at most 700 ?m. At least a portion of the edge is defined by an edge surface portion that is convexly curved, so that at least one of the faces merges into the edge surface portion, wherein a curved arc of the edge surface portion has a length that is at least 1/30 of the thickness of the sheet glass element. In the region of the convex curvature, the edge surface portion has indentations in the form of furrows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jotz, Markus Heiss-Chouquet, Hauke Esemann, Clemens Ottermann, Claudia Stolz
  • Publication number: 20170304981
    Abstract: Abrasive machining apparatuses and methods of finishing glass articles with abrasive machining apparatuses are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an abrasive machining apparatus includes a support base, an edge finishing unit, and an edge finishing unit position sensor. The edge finishing unit includes an abrasive machining spindle having an abrasive wheel that is coupled to a motor and a pivot mechanism that is coupled to the support base. The pivot mechanism has an axis about which the abrasive machining spindle pivots. The abrasive machining spindle is pivotable between an extended position and a retracted position. The actuator is coupled to the edge finishing unit and to the support base and selectively positions the abrasive machining spindle about the axis. The edge finishing unit position sensor is coupled to the support base and is oriented to detect a position of the abrasive machining spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: James William Brown, Yao-Sheng Chen, Hsi-Ta Lin, Yuyin Tang, Naiyue Zhou, Zepei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170304982
    Abstract: An automatic machine for drilling and milling substantially flat glass sheets includes a machine body; an input conveyor provided with a motorized roller conveyor or roller belt that conveys the glass sheet by its lower edge; an input conveyance surface provided with idle gliding wheels; an output conveyor provided with a motorized roller conveyor or motorized belt that conveys the glass sheet by means of its lower edge; and an output conveyance surface provided with idle gliding wheels. The machine further includes at least one carriage provided with synchronous horizontal motion along the longitudinal axis X2; and at least one pair of working heads provided independently with a synchronous vertical motion for adjustment and feeding along the axes Y1 and Y2, wherein, each head bears a tool provided with rotary motion (cutting) and feeding motion along the axes Z1 and Z2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: FOREL SPA
    Inventor: Fortunato VIANELLO
  • Publication number: 20170304983
    Abstract: A grinding cup for detachable connection to the output drive shaft of a grinding machine for grinding buttons on drill bits or cutters, said grinding cup having top and bottom surfaces and consisting of a lower grinding section and an upper body section with a centrally disposed recess formed in the bottom surface of the grinding section; said body section having a centrally disposed upright drive section formed on the top surface of the grinding cup, said drive section shaped and sized to both driveably engage within a corresponding recess at end of the output drive shaft and provide axial and radial support and retaining means for detachably connecting the grinding cup to the output drive shaft wherein said drive section has a non-circular cross section and is tapered from the top surface of the grinding cup to the free end of the drive section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: C.M.E. BLASTING & MINING EQUIPMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Thomas SJOLANDER, Bjorn SJOLANDER
  • Publication number: 20170304984
    Abstract: A blocking unit for a block piece for a spectacle lens comprising a block piece reception body with a reception surface adapted to receive a block piece with a spectacle lens to be blocked and a bottom surface opposite the working surface, and a plurality of light sources fixedly mounted to the block piece reception body. A process of curing a lens on a block piece. The process comprises the steps of defining, in a controller, a pattern of illumination, and sequentially turning on and off the light sources from a plurality of first light sources and optional second light sources based on the determined pattern, for curing a material between the lens and the block piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Savoie, Alexandre Cormier, Detlef Siegert
  • Publication number: 20170304985
    Abstract: A grinding device of a travel path, on which traveling wheels of a rail-type vehicle roll, includes a grinder which grinds a surface layer of a travel path, a frame on which the grinder is provided, and a device traveling wheel mounted on the frame. The device traveling wheel rolls along the travel path on the top surface of the standard rail extending in the extending direction of the travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kosaku MURASE, Kenta FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20170304986
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes: a plurality of polishing heads for holding a wafer, a polishing pad for polishing the wafer, a rotatable turn table having the polishing pad attached thereto, a turn table driving mechanism for rotating the turn table, a plurality of wafer-detecting sensors for detecting coming off of the wafer from the polishing head during polishing, wherein the polishing apparatus has the wafer-detecting sensor disposed above peripheral portions of the respective polishing heads and on each downstream side in a rotation direction of the turn table with respect to the respective polishing heads. The polishing apparatus can detect coming off of a wafer from a polishing head during polishing more rapidly, and can prevent a breakage of the wafer thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP.
    Inventors: Junichi UENO, Michito SATO, Kaoru ISHII, Hiromi KISHIDA, Yosuke KANAI, Yuya NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20170304987
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a slider includes steps of: (a) providing a row bar with a plurality of slider elements connecting together; (b) lapping surfaces of the row bar so as to obtain a predetermined requirement; (c) lowering the temperature of the surfaces lapped in the step (b) before and/or during lapping; and (d) cutting the row bar into a plurality of sliders. The present invention can prevent a local high temperature generated on the magnetic head during lapping so that the performance of the magnetic head is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Chiuming LUENG, MANKIT LEE, LOREST GARCIA PINGUL, YASUTOSHI FUJITA, CHEUKMAN LUI, CHIYUEN MOK, CHEUKWING LEUNG, JUREN DING, RONGKWANG NI
  • Publication number: 20170304988
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of making a lapping plate by coating a platen with solid resin powder, abrasive particles, and an aqueous carrier followed by evaporating the aqueous carrier and curing the solid resin powder to form an abrasive coating. The present disclosure also involves related lapping plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond Leroy Moudry, Mihaela Ruxandra Baurceanu, Joel William Hoehn, Andrew David Habermas
  • Publication number: 20170304989
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a method of making a lapping plate by electrostatically coating a platen with solid resin powder and abrasive particles followed by curing the solid resin powder to form an abrasive coating. The present disclosure also involves related lapping plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond Leroy Moudry, Mihaela Ruxandra Baurceanu, Joel William Hoehn, Andrew David Habermas
  • Publication number: 20170304990
    Abstract: A polisher head of a polishing apparatus includes a membrane and a first local pressure nodule and a second local pressure nodule physically contacting the membrane. The first local pressure nodule is configured to apply a first local force to the membrane and the second local pressure nodule is configured to apply a second local force to the membrane. The first local pressure nodule and the second local pressure nodule are independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ting-Kui Chang, Fu-Ming Huang, Liang-Guang Chen, Chun-Chieh Lin
  • Publication number: 20170304991
    Abstract: A turn table transport carriage configured to carry a turn table removed from a polishing apparatus or turn table which is to be disposed to the polishing apparatus, turn table transport carriage including a turn table holding section configured to hold the turn table, support base which supports the turn table holding section from a lower side, elevating mechanism which moves up and down the turn table holding section, and inclination mechanism which inclines the turn table holding section holding the turn table, the turn table transport carriage being characterized by enabling carrying the turn table in a state where the turn table holding section holding the turn table is inclined by the inclination mechanism. Consequently, there is provided the turn table transport carriage which has a narrow width at the time of carrying the turn table and can reduce a width of a passage for carrying the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP.
    Inventors: Michito SATO, Yosuke KANAI
  • Publication number: 20170304992
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus which is an index system polishing apparatus which includes a polishing head for holding a wafer, a plurality of turn tables to which polishing pads for polishing the wafer are attached, and a loading/unloading stage for loading the wafer to the polishing head or unloading the wafer from the polishing head, and which polishes the wafer while switching the turn tables to be used for polishing the wafer held at the polishing head by causing the polishing head to perform rotation movement, the polishing apparatus including a turn table upward and downward movement mechanism which allows the turn table to move upward and downward. With this polishing apparatus, it is possible to reduce an amount of displacement caused when moment load is applied on the polishing head during polishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP.
    Inventors: Michito SATO, Junichi UENO, Kaoru ISHII, Hiromi KISHIDA, Yuya NAKANISHI, Ryosuke YODA, Yosuke KANAI
  • Publication number: 20170304993
    Abstract: Described herein are articles, assemblies, and methods that use a dust extraction device having a body with a chamber, a first inlet communicating with the chamber extending along a first inlet axis and adapted for releasable connection to a source of pressurized gas, a second inlet communicating with the chamber extending along a second inlet axis and adapted for releasable connection to a dust source, and an outlet extending along an outlet axis and communicating with the chamber. The outlet is adapted for releasable connection to a receptacle, with the outlet comprising at least one baffle that diverts flow of the gas within the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Luiz Daniel A. Borges, Yuri C. Fontes, Alex W. Borro
  • Publication number: 20170304994
    Abstract: A centrifugal blast wheel machine comprises a housing and a wheel assembly coupled to the housing. The wheel assembly has a plurality of blades configured to throw blast media introduced into the wheel assembly against a work piece. According to one embodiment, each blade of the plurality of blades includes a curved portion positioned adjacent a central hub of the wheel assembly, and a straight portion integrally formed with the curved portion extending radially outwardly from the wheel assembly. According to another embodiment, each blade includes a first side rail extending along the blade, the first side rail having a first recess, and a first grommet positioned in the first recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Bitzel, JR., Michael Dwayne Reaves, Christoph Baer, Philipp Weissenberger, Jürgen Wruck
  • Publication number: 20170304995
    Abstract: A method of making polycrystalline diamond material includes providing a fraction of diamond particles or grains and a sintering additive, the sintering additive comprising a carbon source of nano-sized particles or grains, forming the diamond particles and sintering additive into an aggregated mass, consolidating the aggregated mass and a binder material to form a green body, and subjecting the green body to conditions of pressure and temperature at which diamond is more thermodynamically stable than graphite and for a time sufficient to consume the sintering additive, sintering it and forming polycrystalline diamond material that is thermodynamically and crystallographically stable and is substantially devoid of any nano-structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Kaveshini NAIDOO
  • Publication number: 20170304996
    Abstract: An abrasive article is provided that has a backing having opposed first and second major surfaces, an abrasive layer disposed on the first major surface, and a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the second major surface. The protrusions comprise a polymer having a Shore A hardness ranging from 5 to 90. These articles provide an alternative sanding solution enabling abrasive articles lacking an attachment layer to be handled effectively and efficiently, providing for a technically superior abrasive sheet on the marketplace that does not use or require an attachment layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Paul D. Graham, Douglas A. Davis, Yugeun P. Yang, Thomas E. Pahl, James J. Kobe, Christopher J. Lee, Thomas B. Galush, John G. Petersen
  • Publication number: 20170304997
    Abstract: A polishing brush (4) includes a grinding element bundle (9) formed with a plurality of wire-shaped grinding elements (28) formed by impregnating and solidifying an assembly of inorganic filaments with resin, and a grinding element holder (7) having a holding hole (20) holding the base end portion of the grinding element bundle 9 on an outer peripheral side surface (7c) serving as a grinding element-holding surface. The grinding element bundle (9) has a front surface (9a) facing forward in a rotational direction (R1) and a back surface (9b) facing backward. The grinding element bundle (9) is held in the grinding element holder (7) such that the front surface (9a) and the back surface (9b) are inclined in the same direction relative to a virtual surface (30) that includes a center point (P) of a cross section (9d) of the grinding element bundle (9) cut across an outer peripheral side surface (7c) and the axis of center of rotation (L) of the grinding element holder (7) and extends in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Mitsuhisa AKASHI, Norihiko SUMIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20170304998
    Abstract: A ratchet handle has a wrench body, a ratchet block, an elastic sheet and a ratchet. The ratchet block, the elastic sheet and the ratchet are received inside the wrench body. The ratchet block has a first end, a second end opposite the first end of the ratchet block, a first side, a second side opposite the first side of the ratchet block, and a sliding face. The sliding face is arranged on the second side of the ratchet block and is formed at the first end of the ratchet block. The elastic sheet has an assembling section assembled on the second side of the ratchet block. The assembling section extends toward the first end of the ratchet block and extends to a position on the sliding face, thereby pushing the ratchet block sufficiently to make the ratchet block and the ratchet free from slippage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Szu LIN
  • Publication number: 20170304999
    Abstract: Described are fittings, components, and associated tools for use in coupling pipe or tubing. The described fittings generally include a unitary body having an outer surface and an inner lumen forming a void within said unitary body. The lumen is configured to receive threads for mating with the threads of a female sub end of a pipe or tube. The outer surface includes at least one aperture for receiving a tool that can be inserted within said aperture so as to rotate the fitting about an axis that extends through the lumen of the unitary body. The at least one apertures provide a safe and convenient way to tighten and loosen the fitting during the process of coupling pipe or tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: 3SC Global, LLC
    Inventors: Don William Broussard, Jr., Ronald Kent Swain, Jeffery Allen Bess, Johnnie Rae Burrows, Jerad Norman Richardson
  • Publication number: 20170305000
    Abstract: A screwdriver for resisting premature disengagement of a screw from the screwdriver. The screwdriver includes a shaft having a central axis; a tip radially aligned with the central axis of the shaft which includes an end opposite the shaft, at least one radial protrusion extending away from the central axis, and a notch; and a screw retention mechanism including a flexible member aligned with the notch and attached to either the tip or the shaft. The flexible member has an unattached end which is separated from the second end of the tip. When the tip is inserted into a recess of a screw, the flexible member flexes toward the central axis and creates an opposing elastic force which holds the screw to the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Kennedy, Charles J. Turner
  • Publication number: 20170305001
    Abstract: Provided are a quick disconnect tool and a male connector. The tool includes a socket, detents in the socket and a collar to open and close the detents. The male connector fits within the socket and cannot rotate within the socket. The male connector includes a recess into which the detents can lock the male connector inside the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Rodriguez, Edwin Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20170305002
    Abstract: In an embodiment herein, a tool is described. The tool comprises an inclinometer configured to determine a first inclination of the tool; and transmit a first indicator to a controller in response to determining the first inclination of the tool. The tool further comprises a controller interface configured to receive a first program from the controller in response to transmitting the first indicator. The tool further comprises a tool head configured to tighten a first fastener based, at least in part, on the first program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ajanthan Subramaniam, James Clifford Rose, Jordan James Moreau
  • Publication number: 20170305003
    Abstract: An extraction device for extracting a trim weight from a rotor blade, comprising a supporting tube that is at least partly provided with a female thread, and a threaded rod that is at least partially arranged in the supporting tube, wherein the threaded rod is coupled to a fixing element that is adapted for being detachably fixed to the trim weight and that is at least partially provided with a male thread which engages at least partially the female thread of the supporting tube, and wherein the threaded rod is at least partly plastically deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventor: Alois TANNHAEUSER
  • Publication number: 20170305004
    Abstract: A panel fastener tool is disclosed that includes a first arm pivotally connected to a second arm. Each of the first arm and second arm include a camming portion, a camming surface, a terminal projection projecting substantially inwardly, and an indent between the camming portion and the terminal projection. Upon pivoting the first arm and the second arm towards each other, the camming surfaces each engage a top portion of an inner member of a fastener inserted into a hole in a workpiece. The camming surfaces lift the inner member out of an insertable member of the fastener, and the terminal projections capture a head portion of the insertable member within the indents. When an upward force is applied, the terminal projections lift the insertable member from the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Paul Marquis
  • Publication number: 20170305005
    Abstract: A method for replacing a clincher anvil of a clincher assembly of a fastener driving tool is provided. The method includes removing a first connector connecting the mount to a connecting rod operatively connected to a motor of the fastener driving tool through a first aperture in the housing, aligning second connector connecting the clincher anvil to a portion of the clinching assembly with a second aperture in the housing, removing the second connector through the second aperture, removing the clincher arm from the fastener driving tool, aligning a replacement clincher arm with the portion of the clinching assembly, inserting the second connector through the second aperture, securing the replacement clincher arm to the portion of the clinching assembly, inserting the first connector through the first aperture and into the mount, and connecting the mount to the connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Gianpaolo SCABIN, Brian MCNEILL, Jonathan D. KALOW, Brian C. BURKE
  • Publication number: 20170305006
    Abstract: In an impact tool, a vibration absorbing body is fitted on the outside of an outer periphery of an operating body, and the vibration absorbing body is interposed between the operating body and the cover body. The vibration absorbing body includes a tubular main body, and ring bodies attached to be fitted into recessed grooves formed on an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the tubular main body along the circumferential direction and elastically deformed to expand or contract the outside diameter. The ring bodies are maintained in a state where the ring bodies are elastically contracted in a freely expanding or contracting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Apuren Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio WATANABE, Toshiyuki OKADA
  • Publication number: 20170305007
    Abstract: A generally continuous cylindrical body where a first set of tools and a second set of tools are arranged at the proximate and distal ends of the body to rotate in a specific alternating 180 degree sequence in either an “L” mode or “screwdriver” mode for use. The tools are configured to be positioned at one or more hinge points by screws and shoulder screws. At a proximal end of the tool body, and at the tangent of the circumference of the body at the distal end of each tool; each tool is configured to rotate away from the body to a plurality of angles. The general cylindrical body also provides angled channels or walls with varying angular depths or tool slots where the tools are arranged and retained within the general cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Gallegos
  • Publication number: 20170305008
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a shank having a driving end and a connection end which is fixed to a handle. The handle has a core portion which is mounted to the connection end of the shank by way of injection molding. Multiple first portions and multiple second portions are alternatively attached to the outside of the core portion. The first portions are made of material that is softer than that of the second portions so as to provide comfortable grasp to the user's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Scott Wang