Patents Issued in March 27, 2018
  • Patent number: 9925550
    Abstract: A dispenser comprising a first reservoir in liquid communication with a first pump; a second reservoir in liquid communication with a second pump; exit orifice; and an actuator; wherein the first and second pumps are in liquid communication with the exit orifice; wherein the second pump is in liquid communication with the exit orifice; wherein said first and second pumps are in communication with the actuator; wherein the first reservoir comprises a first composition, comprising a volatile solvent and a first fragrance; wherein the second reservoir comprises a second composition, comprising a carrier and a plurality of microcapsules; wherein the exit orifice dispenses a first dose of the first composition and a second dose of the second composition; wherein the microcapsules have a volume weighted fracture strength from about 0.1 Mpa to about 25 Mpa, and a median volume-weighted particle size from about 2 microns to about 80 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Charles Dring, Lee Burrowes, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Julien Claude Plos, Alastair Robert Edward MacGregor, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Adam Gaszton Horvath, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois
  • Patent number: 9925551
    Abstract: A device to prevent the drying of nozzles of a machine for the preparation of fluid coloring products having a delivery head includes an anti-drying member and an actuation mechanism to take the anti-drying member from an inactive position distant from the delivery head to an operating position in contact with the delivery head. The actuation mechanism includes an actuation lever oscillating with respect to a fixed support and a group of parallelogram levers commanded by the actuation lever and connected to the anti-drying member so as to keep an upper surface of the anti-drying member constantly parallel to the lower surface of the delivery head during the movement from the inactive position to the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: COROB S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO
    Inventor: Marcello Bettini
  • Patent number: 9925552
    Abstract: An applicator for dispensing liquid material onto a substrate includes a body, a valve module body having a valve stem, and a backpressure control device provided in the and having a device passage. The body includes an inlet passage, a dispensing outlet passage, and a recirculation outlet passage. The valve module has a dispensing mode and a recirculation mode, and directs the liquid material through the dispensing outlet passage in the dispensing mode and directs the liquid material through the recirculation outlet passage in the recirculation mode. The valve stem is movable between an open position in the dispensing mode and a closed position in the recirculation mode. The backpressure control device directs the liquid material through the device passage in the recirculation mode such that a backpressure of the liquid material in the recirculation mode is substantially equal to a backpressure of the liquid material in the dispensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Joel E. Saine
  • Patent number: 9925553
    Abstract: Provided is a method for forming a bezel pattern of a display panel, the method including: attaching a release film including a non-pattern portion to a panel; printing at least one bezel pattern by applying an ink composition on the panel; and removing the release film from the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jooyeon Kim, Seung Heon Lee, Jiehyun Seong
  • Patent number: 9925554
    Abstract: Sprayer apparatus for use with an elongate boom may be configured to spray a liquid onto foliage on a ground surface. The sprayer apparatus may include a spray boom, a spray hood coupled to the spray boom, an extension member coupled to the spray boom, and a mounting apparatus coupled to the extension member. The mounting apparatus may be couplable to the elongate boom to support the spray boom and the spray hood above the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Claussen Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Justin D. Buetow, John P. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9925555
    Abstract: A sealing blade includes opposite elongated edges (30, 31) and between them a flat (32) and which is adaptable to a blade holder (17) arranged in a coating applicator (25) of a coating device (21) and into contact with a moving surface (11?). The sealing blade has a contact surface (33), which may be arranged against the moving surface and which is 5-15% of the width (W) of the sealing blade (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Arto Karusalmi, Vesa Lamberg
  • Patent number: 9925556
    Abstract: A method for applying a wax formulation to a vehicle. A water hose is connected at one end to a water source and at the other end it is connected to a siphon-sprayer having a wax formulation in its container. The wax formulation includes water and wax emulsions. The water is turned on and flows from the water source through the water hose and then through the siphon-sprayer. The wax formulation is siphoned up from the siphon-sprayer to form a wax formulation and water mixture that is then sprayed onto the vehicle. After application of the wax formulation and water mixture, no further step of buffing or wiping is required. In a preferred embodiment, the wax emulsion is a cationically charged wax emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventors: Duane A. Klingerman, Patricia B. Klingerman, Wyatt B. Klingerman, Kerri A. Klingerman
  • Patent number: 9925557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for synthesizing a nanostructured composite material and to an implementation device associated with this process. The device (100) comprises a chamber (3) for synthesizing said material comprising a system (13, 13a, 13b) for depositing the matrix on a target surface (15); a system (1, 4, 5, 9) for generating a jet of nanoparticles in a carrier gas comprising an expansion chamber (1) equipped with an outlet orifice (7) for the nanoparticles toward the synthesis chamber (3, 3?) and, in addition, means (21, 22, 23) for adjusting the distance L between the outlet orifice (7) of the expansion chamber and the target surface (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Olivier Sublemontier, Harold Kintz, Yann Leconte
  • Patent number: 9925558
    Abstract: A nozzle for applying a fluid material to an object includes a tubular wall with several circumferentially spaced ribs that extend outward from the tubular wall to engage an object to which the fluid material is to be applied. The ribs space the tubular wall from the inner wall to provide a gap for the fluid material and aligning the tubular wall with the hole in the object. The tubular wall provides at least one opening between adjacent pairs of ribs for the fluid material to flow into the gap. A sealing surface on the nozzle engages a portion of the object preventing escape of the fluid from the gap. In a process for using the nozzle, a user manually detects equilibrium between the pressure applied to the fluid in the nozzle and the pressure in the nozzle to determine when the gap has been filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Richard A. Belanger
  • Patent number: 9925559
    Abstract: A graphene-containing coating film includes at least one hydrate represented by Chemical Formula 1 as described herein, a graphene positioned in a shape on the surface of the hydrate represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a silica particle positioned on the surface of the hydrate of Chemical Formula 1 and positioned on the surface of the graphene in a shape of discontinuous island. Particularly, the silica particle includes agglomeration of a plurality of silica nanoparticles. A method of preparing the graphene-containing coating film and a vehicle part such as a head lamp including the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
    Inventors: Kyu Geol Lee, Kwang Il Chang, Seung Hun Hur
  • Patent number: 9925560
    Abstract: Articles having crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and silica nanoparticle multilayer coatings are provided. More specifically, articles including a substrate, and a multilayer coating attached to the substrate are provided. The multilayer coating includes a first crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) layer and a first silica layer. The first crosslinked PVA layer is an outermost layer of the multilayer coating. The first silica layer comprises a plurality of acid-sintered interconnected silica nanoparticles arranged to form a continuous three-dimensional porous network. The PVA and silica nanoparticle multilayer coatings can be used on a large variety of substrates and tend to be resistant to wet and dry abrasions, scratches, and impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Armstrong, Justin A. Riddle, Karan Jindal, Samuel J. Carpenter, Garry W. Lachmansingh, William R. Dudley, Jason T. Petrin, Naiyong Jing
  • Patent number: 9925561
    Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) having at least two deflectable membranes. The membranes are spaced from each other, and the membranes contribute to and/or are responsive to receive or transmit an ultrasonic signal. Spacing between the at least two deflectable membranes is adjustable through application of a voltage to cause deflection of at least one of the deflectable membranes, to affect the receive/transmit properties of the CMUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
    Inventors: Tahereh Arezoo Emadi, Douglas A. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 9925562
    Abstract: A vibrator includes a piezoelectric element deformed when power is applied thereto, an installation member having the piezoelectric element installed thereon, and a plurality of elastic members connected to the installation member and changing a displacement direction through deformation of the installation member. The plurality of elastic members are disposed to oppose each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa Young Oh, Seung Hyeon Jeong
  • Patent number: 9925563
    Abstract: A vibration exciter for a soil compacting device, comprising a first unbalanced shaft, a second unbalanced shaft, which is arranged axially parallel to the first unbalanced shaft and which is contra-directionally rotatably coupled to the first unbalanced shaft in a form-locked manner, and a drive device for rotatably driving one of the two unbalanced shafts. The second unbalanced shaft has a first unbalanced shaft half and a second unbalanced shaft half, which is arranged coaxially to the first unbalanced shaft half and which can rotate relative to the first unbalanced shaft half. At least one respective unbalanced mass is arranged on the first unbalanced shaft, on the first unbalanced shaft half, and on the second unbalanced shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wacker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Bartl, Martin Simon
  • Patent number: 9925564
    Abstract: A fluidized aggregation separation system including an intake assembly having a first and a second end, and a separation assembly configured to separate material larger than a predetermined size from material smaller than the predetermined size. The separation assembly includes a screen assembly configured to prevent the material larger than the predetermined size from passing through the screen assembly and to allow the material smaller than the predetermined size to pass through the screen assembly. The fluidized aggregation separation system also includes an exit assembly configured to direct the material smaller than the predetermined size towards a restoration area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Fluidized Rock Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard Eastman
  • Patent number: 9925565
    Abstract: Device (100) for riddling materials such as, for instance, inert materials arising from demolitions or the like or inert materials for the building industry such as gravels, sands or the like, comprising at least two riddling rollers or drums (103, 102), wherein at least one of them can be moved with respect to the other so that the distance between the axis of rotation of said at least two rollers or drums can be changed according to the needs and/or circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SIMEX ENGINEERING S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mirco Risi
  • Patent number: 9925566
    Abstract: An electronic product sorting system includes a conveying device; an image capturing device configured to capture at least one image of an electronic product; a storage unit configured to pre-store appearance characteristic information of a plurality of predetermined electronic products; a processing unit coupled to the image capturing device and the storage unit, configured to determine appearance characteristic information of the electronic product according to the at least one image of the electronic product, and generate a comparison result by comparing the appearance characteristic information of the electronic product and the plurality of predetermined electronic products; and a sorting unit configured to sort the electronic product according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LEADOT INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventor: Justin Wang
  • Patent number: 9925567
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for a self-cleaning ion generator that includes a self-cleaning ion generator device that includes a bottom portion, a top portion, at least one electrode extending from the top portion, and a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the at least one electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Global Plasma Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Houston Waddell
  • Patent number: 9925568
    Abstract: A method for removing an organic ligand from a surface of a particle including: obtaining a particle having an organic ligand disposed on a surface thereof; contacting the particle with an alkylammonium salt represented by Chemical Formula 1: NR?4+A???Chemical Formula 1 wherein groups R? are the same or different and are each independently hydrogen or a C1 to C20 alkyl group, provided that at least one group R? is an alkyl group, and A is a hydroxide anion, a halide anion, a borohydride anion, a nitrate anion, a phosphate anion, or a sulfate anion; and heat-treating the particle to carry out a reaction between the alkylammonium salt and the organic ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Yeon Lee, Jun Ho Lee, Kyungsang Cho, Young Suk Jung
  • Patent number: 9925569
    Abstract: Methods for conditioning interior surfaces of a process chamber are provided herein. In one embodiment a method of conditioning interior surfaces of a process chamber is provided. The method comprises maintaining a process chamber at a first pressure and at a first temperature of less than about 800 degrees Celsius, providing a process gas to the process chamber at the first pressure and the first temperature, wherein the process gas comprises chlorine (Cl2) and high IR absorption gas, and exposing the process gas to radiant energy to remove residue disposed on interior surfaces of the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhiyuan Ye
  • Patent number: 9925570
    Abstract: An open path optical sensing system having an ultrasonic cleaner. The system includes at least one ultrasound transducer which is configured to propagate ultrasonic waves across exposed surfaces of optical components of the optical sensing system. The ultrasonic waves create tiny vibrations on the exposed surfaces of the optical components which clean the surfaces of environmental pollutants and prevent environmental pollutants from accumulating on the surface. The ultrasonic waves may have a frequency that is substantially different than the modulation frequency of a modulated laser light beam that is generated by a laser of the open path optical sensing system. The surfaces of a plurality of optical components may be cleaned by the ultrasonic waves of a single ultrasound transducer. A plurality of ultrasound transducers may propagate waves on a single optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Ji, Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 9925571
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a substrate processing apparatus including a gas supply part configured to eject a process gas via gas passages formed in the gas supply part, and divided into first and second regions corresponding to first and second in-plane positions of a substrate, respectively, includes cleaning a first one of the gas passages corresponding to the first region with the plasma of the process gas by causing a first flow rate of the process gas supplied to the first region to be lower than a second flow rate of the process gas supplied to the second region and cleaning a second one of the gas passages corresponding to the second region with the plasma by causing a third flow rate of the process gas supplied to the first region to be higher than a fourth flow rate of the process gas supplied to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Kikuchi, Mitsuhiro Tomura
  • Patent number: 9925572
    Abstract: Provided are washout devices for cleaning the interior of a frac tank. In embodiments, the devices may comprise (i) a wand comprising a first pipe and a second pipe; wherein the second pipe is positioned in parallel below the first pipe; wherein one or more trusses connect the first pipe and the second pipe; (ii) a support member in communication with a proximal end of the wand such that the wand is suspended above and at a desired angle relative to the ground; (iii) one or more washout nozzles disposed along the length of the first pipe. Embodiments may also include a system and a process for cleaning the interior of a frac tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NGL Solids Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Harman, Dewayne Jacobs, Justin White, Terry Bailey
  • Patent number: 9925573
    Abstract: A system and process for cleaning a vessel is described. In embodiments, the system has one or more manway adapters configured to fit one or more manways of the vessel and deliver a cleaning solution through them. Further, in embodiments the system includes one or more actuators which are configured to position the one or more manway adapters horizontally or vertically to allow for optimal alignment and positioning of the manway adapters within the manways. Movement of the manway adapters may be facilitated by way of a frame assembly mounted on one or more horizontal rails. The system may be used to clean tanks and other vessels such as those that are on tanker trucks, tanker cars, or frac tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NGL Solids Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Harman, Terry Bailey, Dewayne Jacobs, Justin White
  • Patent number: 9925574
    Abstract: In one implementation, a direct-push oxidant candle apparatus for the treatment of contaminated groundwater through direct-push installation methods includes: a drive tip positioned at a bottom end of the apparatus, the drive tip having one or more front surfaces that are shaped to create a bore as force is applied to an opposite base surface of the drive tip; a structural pathway that is connected to and extend upwardly from the base surface of the drive tip; one or more oxidant delivery devices that are enclosed within the structural pathway; and one or more fluid supply lines that extend from one or more locations outside of the bore and that terminate at or near a bottom end of the structural pathway so that fluid supplied through the fluid supply lines travels through the structural pathway and along the one or more oxidant delivery devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Mark Christenson, Steven Douglas Comfort
  • Patent number: 9925575
    Abstract: A rolling mill with oil-cooled top and bottom work rolls at the entry side and a water spray header at the exit side of the bottom work roll. Water cooling is used below the pass line, reducing the heat in the mill substantially without the risk of generating drip-related surface defects during rolling. Water cooling can be used on the bottom work roll and a portion of the oil no longer needed to cool the bottom work roll can be diverted to the top work roll. In some cases, the coolant portion of the flatness control can be operated solely through water-cooling the bottom roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: David Gaensbauer, Jim McNeil
  • Patent number: 9925576
    Abstract: A shaving die for cutting the surface layer of a wire is provided with a circular cutting blade and a plurality of protrusions. The wire is inserted into the circular cutting blade so that the surface layer of the wire is cut. The protrusions are provided at positions around the cutting blade so as to come into contact with the surface layer of the wire that has been cut by the cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9925577
    Abstract: A galling-resistive insert is positioned on an outer surface of a mandrel assembly. The insert is secured at the outer surface of the mandrel assembly and functions to reduce galling of an inner surface of a tubular blank during a rotary-draw bending operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrey M. Ilinich, S. George Luckey, Jr., Stephen Kernosky, Feng Ren
  • Patent number: 9925578
    Abstract: A method for reducing springback in a press-formed part according to the present invention includes an analytic model forming step including forming an analytic model of the part from plane elements and/or solid elements; a stressed-state setting step including setting each of the elements of the analytic model to a stressed state that causes a springback; a rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step including performing an optimization analysis for shape on the analytic model with the elements set to the stressed state in the stressed-state setting step to detect a portion of the part that highly contributes to the rigidity of the part; and a rigidity improving step including applying a rigidity improving means to the part on a basis of the portion detected in the rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanobu Saito
  • Patent number: 9925579
    Abstract: A hemming device wherein a processing tool is equipped with a base part moved by a robot, a processing unit having a hemming roller and a guide roller, and a floating mechanism that is attached to the base part and elastically supports the processing unit with six degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yoshimichi, Hiroshi Miwa, Shigetoshi Namiki
  • Patent number: 9925580
    Abstract: A motorized crimping mechanism to impart substantially 90 degree crimps to adjacent roof and/or wall panel seams of a fabricated edifice is provided. Such a crimping device allows for substantially uniform seaming along the target contact line of two adjacent panels with substantially similar pressures and torque applied thereto at the selected locations of crimp application. The motorized device itself includes a rotary drive shaft to apply sufficient pressures for 90 degree crimps in two adjacent metal panels, as well as an optional guide to ensure proper placement and direction along the entire contact line between such panels. The invention thus encompasses the device as well as the method of using such a motorized crimper for connecting standing seams of adjacent side edges of two building panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Developmental Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry L. Rider
  • Patent number: 9925581
    Abstract: A processes of manufacturing wrenches is provided with preparing a cylinder of raw material; cutting the cylinder of raw material into cylindrical first half-finished products; increasing volumes of two one ends of each first half-finished product 10-18% by compressing to form a second half-finished product having two spheres at two ends respectively; pressing each sphere to form top and bottom flats on the ends of the second half-finished product respectively; sintering the second half-finished product; placing the second half-finished product in a die; forging the second half-finished product to form a third half-finished product; and punching the third half-finished product to form a finished wrench having an open end and a box end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Chen Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 9925582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for casting a slab having a good cast surface. The method includes heating the surface of molten metal on a metal inlet side of a mold by a first heat source so that the following formulas: q?0.87 and c?11.762q+0.3095 are satisfied where c is a cycle time [sec] of turning movement of the first heat source, and q is an average amount of heat input [MW/m2] determined by accumulating an amount of heat input applied by at least the first heat source to the contact region between the upper surface of the slab on the metal inlet side and the mold, along the path of turning movement of the first heat source, and dividing the resultant accumulated value by the cycle time c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yanagiya, Eisuke Kurosawa, Takehiro Nakaoka, Hidetaka Kanahashi
  • Patent number: 9925583
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a temperature regulated vessel and a fluid delivery device, and methods of use thereof. The vessel can be used in an injection molding apparatus and include one or more temperature regulating lines configured to flow a fluid or liquid within the body (e.g., to heat a cold device). The fluid delivery device is mounted in the apparatus and has a collar with an opening extending therethrough to sealingly mate with the vessel. A delivery channel is provided within the collar for directing an input flow of fluid into the vessel. An exit channel can also be provided within the collar for directing an output flow of the fluid from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Adam A Verreault, Sean T. O'Keeffe, Joseph W Stevick
  • Patent number: 9925584
    Abstract: A method for die casting a hybrid component includes defining a cavity within a die element of a die and inserting a spar into the cavity. Molten metal is injected into the die element. The molten metal is solidified within the cavity to cast the hybrid component. The spar establishes an internal structure of the hybrid component. The spar includes a high melting temperature material that defines a first melting temperature greater than a second melting temperature of the molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven J. Bullied, John Joseph Marcin, Carl R. Verner
  • Patent number: 9925585
    Abstract: An injection system applied to a die casting machine includes a container module, a first mold module, a second mold module, and a pipe module. The container module includes a container casing member, and the container casing member has a material receiving space. The first mold module includes a first mold structure embedded inside the container casing member, a first inlet reinforcing structure disposed on the first mold structure and partially embedded inside the container casing member, and a second inlet reinforcing structure disposed on the first mold structure and partially embedded inside the container casing member. The second mold module includes a second mold structure. The pipe module includes a first pipe body connected between the first mold structure and the second mold structure and embedded inside the container casing member, and a second pipe body connected to the second mold structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: CHUNG CHWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Pau Lin
  • Patent number: 9925586
    Abstract: A method for casting a cast part according to the tilt pouring principle includes pouring a molten metal from at least one tiltable casting vessel into a casting mold including a mold cavity which forms the cast part. The molten metal is ladled directly out of a bale-out furnace using the casting vessel, and a metal oxide skin forms in the casting vessel on the surface of the molten metal. The casting vessel containing the molten metal and the metal oxide skin floating thereon is brought to the casting mold. The molten metal is poured from the casting vessel into the casting mold by a common rotation of the casting vessel and casting mold about an axis of rotation. The metal oxide skin rises to the top of the molten metal during the pouring process, floating predominantly on top and on the surface of the molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Fill Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Rathner
  • Patent number: 9925587
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Paul V. Cooper, Vincent D. Fontana
  • Patent number: 9925588
    Abstract: A method includes providing a subassembly having a circuit carrier with a first metallic surface portion, a first joining partner, which is integrally connected to the first metallic surface portion by means of a first connecting layer, and a second metallic surface portion. In a heat treatment, the second metallic surface portion is held uninterruptedly at temperatures which are higher than a minimum heat-treatment temperature of at least 300° C. Moreover, a second joining partner is provided. A fixed connection is produced between the second joining partner and the subassembly in that the second joining partner is integrally connected to the subassembly following completion of the heat treatment on the second surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bolowski, Achim Froemelt, Christian Kersting, Christian Stahlhut
  • Patent number: 9925589
    Abstract: A powder metal compact is disclosed. The powder metal compact includes a cellular nanomatrix comprising a nanomatrix material. The powder metal compact also includes a plurality of dispersed particles comprising a particle core material that comprises an Al—Cu—Mg, Al—Mn, Al—Si, Al—Mg, Al—Mg—Si, Al—Zn, Al—Zn—Cu, Al—Zn—Mg, Al—Zn—Cr, Al—Zn—Zr, or Al—Sn—Li alloy, or a combination thereof, dispersed in the cellular nanomatrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Zhiyue Xu
  • Patent number: 9925590
    Abstract: A method of preparing magnetically conductive powders based on principle of liquid flow control in a cavitation line, where in a jet tube are evoked, during the rise of a cavitation cloud and implosion of cavitation bubbles with intensity up to ultrasound frequency 24 kHz, pulse shock waves acting on a surface of a substance whereby are released particles in dimensions in range of micrometer or nanometer units. Particles of the substance from a jet tube are carried away by liquid media into a header where they are captured via a magnetic element. A device includes a cavitation line that is equipped for capture of decavitated particles of the substance by at least one header along which is placed a magnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE
    Inventors: Ladislav {hacek over (C)}elko, Miloslav Haluza, Hynek Hadraba, Lenka Klakurková, Ji{hacek over (r)}í {hacek over (S)}vejcar
  • Patent number: 9925591
    Abstract: A metallurgical system for producing metals and metal alloys includes a fluid cooled mixing cold hearth having a melting cavity configured to hold a raw material for melting into a molten metal, and a mechanical drive configured to mount and move the mixing cold hearth for mixing the raw material. The system also includes a heat source configured to heat the raw material in the melting cavity, and a heat removal system configured to provide adjustable insulation for the molten metal. The mixing cold hearth can be configured as a removal element of an assembly of interchangeable mixing cold hearths, with each mixing cold hearth of the assembly configured for melting a specific category of raw materials. A process includes the steps of providing the mixing cold hearth, feeding the raw material into the melting cavity, heating the raw material, and moving the mixing cold hearth during the heating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MOLYWORKS MATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Eonta, Andrew Van Os LaTour, Scott Weston Steiner
  • Patent number: 9925592
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for fabricating a gold nanoparticle, the method comprising the steps of contacting a gold ion with a protein, wherein the protein has an inner cavity that can accommodate the gold ion, separating the protein with the encapsulated gold ion(s) from non-encapsulated gold ions, contacting the protein-encapsulated gold ion with a first reductant to reduce the gold ion and form a gold nanocluster seed in the inner cavity of the protein, wherein the first reductant is a strong reductant, and contacting the gold nanocluster seed in the inner cavity of the protein with a second reductant to mineralize and grow the gold nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Brendan Patrick Orner, Rongli Fan, Shu Wen Chew, Vee Vee Cheong
  • Patent number: 9925593
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing workpieces to form parts. Tools associated with a multi-spindle machine may be positioned with respect to a plurality of workpieces on a fixture comprising a plurality of platforms and an adjustment system. Each platform may be individually moveable with respect to others in the plurality of platforms about a number of axes. The plurality of platforms may be configured to hold the plurality of workpieces in which each platform may be configured to hold a workpiece in the plurality of workpieces during operations performed by the multi-spindle machine. The adjustment system may be configured to move each of the plurality of platforms about the number of axes independently from the others in the plurality of platforms. The operations may be performed on the plurality of workpieces using the multi-spindle machine and the fixture to form a plurality of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan L. Hanks, Kevin G. Waymack, David P. Heck
  • Patent number: 9925594
    Abstract: A method to form a surface on a metal work piece includes providing a turning insert having a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge and a convex nose cutting edge connecting the first and second cutting edges, a nose angle formed between the first and second cutting edges being less than or equal to 85°; arranging the second cutting edge such that it forms a back clearance angle of more than 90° in a feed direction; positioning all parts of the turning insert ahead of the nose cutting edge in the feed direction; rotating the metal work piece around a rotational axis in a first direction; and moving the turning insert in a direction parallel to or at an angle less than 45° relative to the rotational axis, such that the surface at least partly is formed by the nose cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    Inventors: Ronnie Lof, Adam Johansson
  • Patent number: 9925595
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an insert body, a rake face on an upper surface of an end portion of the insert body, a cutting edge on a ridge between the rake face and an end surface of the insert body, side cutting edges on ridges between the rake face and side surfaces of the insert body, each connected to both end portions of the cutting edge, and a breaker convex portion on the rake face. The breaker convex portion includes two breaker island portions extending toward the side cutting edge as extending closer to the front cutting edge. Each breaker island portion includes from the front cutting edge side a first raised portion, a descending portion which becomes lower from a top portion of the first raised portion, and a second raised portion which becomes higher, from the descending portion, than the top portion of the first raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9925596
    Abstract: A turning tool holder includes a tool body, a cutting tool insert, and a shim. A coolant conduit system extends through the turning tool holder, a first portion of the coolant conduit system extending through the tool body and an end portion of the coolant conduit system extending through the shim. The end portion of the coolant conduit system includes a through hole extending from a first surface to an opposite second surface of the shim. The end portion has a coolant outlet opening at the second surface, the coolant outlet opening being formed by the shim alone. A jet of coolant from the coolant outlet opening may be directed towards a space expected to have a cutting zone of a workpiece. Further a cutting tool insert arranged to be used in a turning tool holder is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Adam Johansson, Gustav Gewers
  • Patent number: 9925597
    Abstract: A chuck for clamping workpieces or tools in a clamping space with a clamping force (F). The chuck includes at least two chuck jaws movable in translation along one clamping plane (E) in the direction of one center Z of the clamping space and a gear train located at least largely within the chuck for transfer of a driving torque of a drive motor, which can be coupled to the gear train by coupling means of the gear train, to the chuck jaws for movement of the chuck jaws. The coupling means able to be coupled to a corresponding coupling connection of the drive motor. The movement from the maximum size of the clamping space to the minimum size of the clamping space is executed via the gear train from the drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tiefenbock, Herbert Tiefenbock
  • Patent number: 9925598
    Abstract: A machining device including a casing, a transmission shaft (3) and a drive mechanism (1) including a first gearing member (13) that is able to rotate the shaft about its axis (A), a second gearing member (17) that is in a helicoidal connection with the shaft in order to drive the shaft translationally along its axis in a feed movement, depending on the relative rotational speed of the first and second gearing members, and means for generating axial oscillations. The second gearing member (17) is able to move translationally along the axis (A) with respect to the casing, the means for generating axial oscillations including an electromechanical actuator (20) mounted at a fixed location, connected to the casing, and able to be coupled axially to the second gearing member (17) in order to make it oscillate translationally, so as to superimpose an axial oscillation component on said feed movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES, AMVALOR
    Inventors: Ugo Masciantonio, George Moraru
  • Patent number: 9925599
    Abstract: A protection tool for an electronic drill provides various functions when drilling is carried out. The electronic drill has a front end with a through hole located at the front end and a drill head extending through out the through hole. The protection tool is moveably mounted at the front end of the electronic drill along an operation direction. A guard plate includes a pore aligning with the through hole and provides pass way for the drill head. A supporting frame is assembled with the guard plate and is moveably mounted at the front end of the electronic drill along the operation direction, so that the guard plate is positioned at a variable distance from the front end according to the movement of the supporting frame with respect to the front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Xuan-Cheng Liu