Patents Issued in June 21, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180169691
    Abstract: A method for aerosolising a liquid comprises the steps of:—providing an aperture plate having at least 100 outlet holes per mm2; delivering liquid to the aperture plate; and vibrating the aperture plate to produce an aerosol. The viscosity of the liquid is in the range of from 1 to 15 cP and the surface tension of the liquid is in the range of from 72 to 0.5 mN/m. The output rate of the generated aerosol is greater than 0.01 mL/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Stamford Devices Limited
    Inventors: Ronan MACLOUGHLIN, Conor DUFFY, Brendan HOGAN, Patrick Martin KELLY
  • Publication number: 20180169692
    Abstract: A spray gun adapter establishes fluid communication between a fluid pump of a handheld airless spray gun and an applicator accessory. The adapter comprises an adapter body, a head attached to the adapter body, and a protrusion. The adapter body comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, a radial inlet located in a sidewall of the adapter body between the upper and lower portions, and an adapter bore having a first diameter in fluid communication with the radial inlet. The head attached to the adapter body is attached at the upper portion of the adapter body. The head comprises a cavity in fluid communication with the adapter bore and having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, an adapter outlet located in the upper portion of the adapter body and in fluid communication with the cavity, and a handle extending radially from the head. The protrusion extends radially from the adapter body between the upper portion and the lower portion of the adapter body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Diane L. Olson, Steven Dale Becker
  • Publication number: 20180169693
    Abstract: A cartridge for a medium to be dispensed is disclosed. The cartridge includes a head part having a dispensing outlet, and a film forming a cartridge wall. The film bounds a cartridge chamber for the medium to be dispensed, and extends at least partially in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge. The film has a front end that is connected to the head part. The is a multilayer film having at least two layers formed from different materials. The front end of the film is sealingly and non-releasably embedded in the head part of the cartridge, such that an end face of the front end of the film is covered by the head part. A method of manufacturing a cartridge having a head part using a mold is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Charles M. Frey
  • Publication number: 20180169694
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a precision dispenser that is hand held and constructed and arranged to receive and release a variety of glue cartridges. In various embodiments, the adhesive cartridges include precision tips that provide, for example, flat even bead with little or no spill or drip. Other precision tips can be constructed and arranged for use with the precision glue gun. In some examples, the precision tips can be tailored to the specific adhesive contained in the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: STONERIDGE KITCHEN & BATH LLC
    Inventor: Steven P. Baylis
  • Publication number: 20180169695
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a decorative construction plate, the method including subjecting a metal siding material including: a metallic substrate on which a recess-projection pattern having a height difference of 0.5 mm or more is formed and on which an ink receiving layer formed from a resin composition is provided; a core material; and a back-side material, to flame treatment by exposing the metal siding material to flame with an output of 250 kJ/h to 12000 kJ/h per 10-mm width of a flame port of a burner so that the surface temperature of the substrate does not exceed 300° C., followed by performing inkjet printing using an active ray curable ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki SATOU, Seiju SUZUKI, Masaru HIRAKU, Shuichi SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20180169696
    Abstract: A process of providing an antibacterial coating to the surface of an article including the steps of applying a layer of an antibacterial precursor layer to the surface of an article to which an antibacterial coating is to be applied, wherein said antibacterial precursor layer is a precursor from which the coating is to be formed; and directing a neutral molecular hydrogen flux from a neutral molecular hydrogen flux emission source towards the surface of the article. Upon impact of neutral hydrogen molecules on molecules at or on the surface of an article, the bonds of the antibacterial precursor layer are selectively ruptured, and wherein the selectively ruptured bonds cross-link with themselves or with other chemical moieties at said surface or a combination thereof, resulting an antibacterial coating being formed on the surface of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Master Dynamic Limited
    Inventors: Yingnan WANG, Zhuonan MIAO, Ching Tom KONG, Woon Ming LAU, Sui Kong HARK, Ka Wai WONG
  • Publication number: 20180169697
    Abstract: There is provided a barrier film having a substrate, a low thermal conductivity organic layer and an inorganic stack. The inorganic stack will include a low thermal conductivity non-metallic inorganic material layer and a high thermal conductivity metallic material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher A. Merton, Ta-Hua Yu, Christopher S. Lyons, Kam Poi Chia, Brent Beamer, Cedric Bedoya, Paul T. Engen, Amy Preszler Prince
  • Publication number: 20180169698
    Abstract: A process for imparting improved toughness and durability, improving the surface appearance, and enhancing the coloration of a porous gypsum article created by 3D printing, casting or other means. The process includes the steps of first warming and drying the article; next, dipping it while warm into a bath of ultraviolet-activated liquid polyester resin at a lower temperature than the article, so the heat of the article lowers the resin's viscosity as air in the pores contracts and draws the resin in. The resin is chosen to have an index of refraction after curing as close as possible to that of pure gypsum. The resin is cured with ultraviolet light before applying a surface finishing coat to the cured resin by a second dipping into the same resin followed by curing or by spray-painting or other coating technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: ZVERSE ,INC.
    Inventor: James W. KRONBERG
  • Publication number: 20180169699
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making a cord-reinforced rubber article, comprising the steps of A) mixing a carrier gas, a sulfur-containing compound and an alkyne, to form a gas mixture; B) generating an atmospheric pressure plasma from the gas mixture; C) exposing a reinforcement cord to the atmospheric pressure plasma to produce a treated reinforcement cord; and D) contacting the treated reinforcement cord with a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste SIFFER, Jerome Bernard HOBELMAN, James Gregory GILLICK, Michael Lawrence GERSMAN, Dinesh CHANDRA, Dan QU, Bina Patel BOTTS, Dirk VANGENEUGDEN, Bert VERHEYDE, Erwin VAN HOOF
  • Publication number: 20180169700
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an ultrathin white covering film. The ultrathin white covering film includes a protecting film, a white ink layer, an adhesive layer and a release material, wherein the manufacturing method for the ultrathin white covering film includes the following steps: S101: preparing white ink and an adhesive; S102: coating the white ink on the protecting film and drying to form a white ink layer; S103: coating the adhesive on the white ink layer and drying to form a adhesive layer; S104: compounding the release material on the adhesive layer and coiling under certain compound temperature and compound pressure; and S105: curing to obtain the ultrathin white covering film. The present invention reduces a polyimide film layer, reduces a use part from three layers to two layers, can greatly reduce the thickness of a product, make an appearance of the product better, and greatly reduces the price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Haibin YANG, Fang ZHOU, Chengying YAN, Yanhui WANG, Guangqi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20180169701
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a single element ultrasound transducer. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer comprises: a piezoelectric layer, a matching layer, one surface of the matching layer is electrically coupled to a top surface of the piezoelectric layer and another surface of the matching layer forms a signal pad within a front face of the ultrasound transducer, and a base package electrically coupled to a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer, the base package extending horizontally and laterally to form a back face of the ultrasound transducer parallel to the front face of the ultrasound transducer, and extending vertically relative to the back face of the ultrasound transducer to form a ground pad within the front face of the ultrasound transducer. In this way, the transducer can work robustly and may be automatically mounted to a flat substrate with printed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Flavien Daloz, Philippe Menage, Edouard Da Cruz, Jean Pierre Malacrida, Giandonato Stallone, Coraly Cuminatto
  • Publication number: 20180169702
    Abstract: One aspect of the technology involves a system for measuring the rotational position of a rotating shaft, including a field source configured to generate a measurable field, a sensor configured to measure the generated field, and a target that is configured to modify the generated field as measured by the sensor to have a shape with (a) at least one measurable feature for a zero reference point, and (b) a shape that varies throughout one or more angles such that a rotational position of the shaft is determined with a selected angular accuracy. There is also a device that receives a query for the rotational position of the shaft a device that responds to the query. Another aspect involves generating multi-frequency vibrations with a single linear resonant actuator (LRA). This LRA can exhibit a beat pattern in response to being driven by the sum of two different sinusoidal functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: John Houston, Rob Morris, Charles Alexander Simpkins, JR., Joel A. Murphy, Gabe Graham
  • Publication number: 20180169703
    Abstract: A sand sifter apparatus includes a sifting head comprising that has a screen extending rearward from a leading edge of the screen and upward from an intermediate portion of the screen. The sifting head also includes a runner that is disposed below at least a portion of the screen and has a front section that is coupled with a front portion of the screen. A handle is coupled with a forward portion of the sifting head, where the handle is configured for a user to pull the sifting head forward over a bed of sand to draw sand over and through at least a portion of the screen that is elevated by the runner away from the bed of sand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: David Clahassey
  • Publication number: 20180169704
    Abstract: A method for mechanically classifying polycrystalline silicon chunks or granules with a vibratory screening machine, involves setting silicon chunks or granules present on one or more screens each comprising a screen lining in vibration such that the silicon chunks or silicon granules perform a movement which causes the silicon chunks or silicon granules to be separated into various size classes, wherein a screening index is greater than or equal to 0.6 and less than or equal to 9.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Andreas SCHNEIDER, Peter GRUEBL, Rainer HAUSWIRTH, Reiner PECH
  • Publication number: 20180169705
    Abstract: A centrifugal dryer includes a housing and a basket positioned within the housing. The basket defines an opening formed laterally there through. The basket rotates around a central longitudinal axis through the housing. An annulus is formed between the basket and the housing. A cleaning device is positioned within the annulus, and the cleaning device introduces a liquid into the annulus. A scraping device is positioned within the annulus, and the scraping device rotates to remove cuttings from at least one surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary E. FOUT, Leonardo VICENTINI
  • Publication number: 20180169706
    Abstract: A classifying wheel for a centrifugal-force air classifier where the flow pattern of the classifying air is contrary to its centrifugal direction, namely centripetal, and which is equipped with extensions fitted to the classifying wheel vanes within the flow channels which influence the flow pattern is to be executed in wear-protected design. This is achieved in that the classifying wheel has at least one reinforcing ring which has uniformly spaced hooks arranged around its periphery which fix the classifying wheel vanes to the extensions so that the outside radial edge of the classifying wheel vanes is not in contact with the reinforcing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Knauer, Karl Herman Kraus, Horst Skirde
  • Publication number: 20180169707
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems and methods that may be used in forest residue processing. Some systems use or include: a filter configured to filter elements based on element size, a separator configured to separate elements based on element areal density, a separator configured to separate elements based on element density, and/or a sorter configured to sort elements based on element wood fiber content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Andrew LAITT
  • Publication number: 20180169708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sorting system for sorting products, in particular vulnerable products, such as apples and pears, and a method therefor. The sorting system according to the invention comprises: a singulator, a measuring system and a sorting device provided with a number of sorting outlets; a control operatively connected to the measuring system and the sorting device, and provided with a classification system, wherein the control is provided with: a selection module configured to switch the sorting system between a basic configuration and a task configuration in which the selection module is configured to select sorting commands and to couple a sorting command to one or more of the available sorting outlets adaptable to the specific product properties by the control, and a product allocation system configured to distribute assessed products over the qualifying sorting outlets in the task configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: WILHELM JAN NIJLAND
  • Publication number: 20180169709
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for sorting mechanisms at a POS terminal. A POS terminal in a secondary mode of operation, receives input of categories. Information of items received by the POS terminal is used to sort the items into the categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Matthew Allen Jones, Robert James Taylor, Aaron Vasgaard
  • Publication number: 20180169710
    Abstract: An automatic fiber cleaning system comprises a first cleaning module, a second cleaning module, and a sprayer. Each of the first cleaning module and the second cleaning module has a cleaning belt, a driven belt wheel on which an unused portion of the cleaning belt is wound, a driving belt wheel on which a used portion of the cleaning belt is wound, and a pressing tool on which the cleaning belt is tightened. The sprayer sprays a cleaning agent onto the cleaning belts. The pressing tools press the cleaning belts on both sides of an optical fiber and clamp the optical fiber. The cleaning belts move relative to the optical fiber by the driving belt wheels to wipe the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation, Shenzhen AMI Technology Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Fengchun Xie, Qinlong Zeng, Yu Zhang, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20180169711
    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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Global Plasma Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Houston WADDELL
  • Publication number: 20180169712
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus is provided with a plurality of substrate treatment parts and a liquid treatment system. The substrate treatment part has a substrate retaining part, which retains a substrate, and a discharge nozzle, which discharges a treatment liquid to the substrate retained by the substrate retaining part. The liquid treatment system has: a storage tank that stores in the treatment liquid; a supply piping part that is connected to the storage tank and forms a supply passage through which the treatment liquid to be supplied to the discharge nozzle passes; a return piping part that is connected to the storage tank and forms a return passage that returns the treatment liquid passed through the supply piping part to the storage tank; and a gas supply part that supplies a nitrogen gas different from oxygen dissolved in the treatment liquid into the return passage of the return piping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Shuichi YASUDA, Michinori IWAO, Noriyuki KIKUMOTO, Mitsutoshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180169713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning a membrane (3) of a membrane aerosol generator (4) of an inhalation therapy device (100), which membrane can vibrate, wherein a cleaning liquid is fed to the membrane (3) and the membrane (3) is caused to vibrate in such a way that the cleaning liquid is conveyed through the openings of the membrane (3), wherein the cleaning liquid contains at least one surfactant. The invention further relates to a combination of a cleaning device (1) and of a cleaning liquid, wherein the cleaning device (1) is designed for cleaning a membrane (3) of a membrane aerosol generator (4) of an inhalation therapy device (100), which membrane can vibrate. The cleaning device (1) comprises a liquid-feeding apparatus (2), which is designed to feed the cleaning liquid to the membrane (3), and a vibration activation apparatus (9), which is designed to activate membrane vibrations such that the cleaning liquid is conveyed through the openings of the membrane (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: PARI PHARMA GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Müller
  • Publication number: 20180169714
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, systems and methods for removing iron sulfide scale from a solid object, such as an oilfield component. The compositions include a carbon-carbon (C—C) double bond with an electron withdrawing group bonded to at least one of the double-bonded carbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Yang Peng, Funian Zhao, Zhiwei Yue, Liu Shi, Liangwei Qu, Chunfang Fan
  • Publication number: 20180169715
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cleaning a transfer plate and a method for cleaning the same. The apparatus for cleaning a transfer plate includes a rack, a cleaning tank, a cleaning roller, at least a part of a cylindrical surface of the cleaning roller is located inside the cleaning tank, and a transfer plate is provided on the cylindrical surface of the cleaning roller fixing mechanism for fixing a transfer plate wound around the cylindrical surface; protrusions are provided on the cylindrical surface, and a vacuum suction hole for sucking the transfer plate is provided on periphery of a protrusion; a friction cleaning device, and the friction cleaning device frictionally cleans the transfer plate through a relative movement between the cleaning roller and the friction cleaning device; a drive device configured to generate a relative movement between the cleaning roller and the friction cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Yangkun JING
  • Publication number: 20180169716
    Abstract: A particle removal method is provided for removing particles on a film etched using a fluorine-containing gas. In the method, a mixed gas of an activated oxygen-containing gas and hydrogen gas added to the activated oxygen-containing gas is supplied to the etched film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jun SATO, Masato YONEZAWA, Takashi CHIBA
  • Publication number: 20180169717
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to treat workpieces with process fluid are disclosed. A disclosed example installation for the treatment of a workpiece with a process fluid includes a workpiece receptacle region for receiving the workpiece, an impingement unit for impinging the workpiece in the workpiece receptacle region with the process fluid, and a closable operating chamber that is provided with at least a partial vacuum. The disclosed installation also includes a housing disposed in an interior space of the operating chamber, where the housing includes a suction connector, and where the housing is to surround a workpiece that is received in the workpiece receptacle region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Hermann-Josef David, Egon Käske
  • Publication number: 20180169718
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for cleaning a pipeline. A first gas or gas pig is fed into the pipeline as a cleaning gas. A second gas is then fed into the pipeline and acts as a motive gas to drive the first gas or gas pig through the pipeline. The first gas may contain additives such as micro carriers that are a core material surrounded by an outer shell that may contain corrosion inhibitors to treat localized corrosion in the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Naveed Aslam
  • Publication number: 20180169719
    Abstract: A pipeline inspection device including a cable having a camera disposed on a distal end of the cable, where the camera and the cable are configured to be directed into a conduit. A first drum includes a rear wall, a front wall, and a side wall defining an interior, where the front wall has an opening providing access to the interior, and where the cable is disposed at least partially within the first drum. A stand supports the first drum, where the first drum is rotatably coupled to the stand. A hub houses electrical components of the pipeline inspection device. The hub is removably received in the interior of the first drum via the opening, where the hub is selectively removable from the first drum and insertable into an interior of a second drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher J. Turner, Gareth Mueckl, Samuel J. Krohlow
  • Publication number: 20180169720
    Abstract: A substrate stocker system that may include a high-density storage chamber that comprises a plurality of compartments, each storing one or more high density substrates, one or more robots configured to move one or more compartments of the high-density storage chamber for cleaning, and a cleaning module configured to clean the one or more compartments, while the one or more compartments hold corresponding one or more substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gerhard Dovids, Yves Fenner, John Fiddes, Christian Wohanka, Bernd Rahrbach
  • Publication number: 20180169721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for sterilising used hygiene products, comprising the use of an autoclave apparatus. Said autoclave apparatus comprises one or a plurality of rotating internal members. In some embodiments, the plurality of rotating members each concentrically position around a common axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the plurality of rotating members comprises holes of predetermined size, such that the autoclaved products can pass from a central rotating section towards radially outwardly positioned ones. This allows for short processing time with high process performance whilst minimising damage of compounds such as pulp fibre and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) while enabling pure plastic, pulp and SAP streams being separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: DIAPER RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD
    Inventor: Martin SCAIFE
  • Publication number: 20180169722
    Abstract: Disclosed are metalworking rollers for fabricating multi-gauge sheet metal parts, methods for making and methods for using such rollers, and rolling mill machines employing variable-radius metalworking rollers for fabricating multi-gauge metal components. A metalworking roller for a rolling mill machine is disclosed. The metalworking roller includes a cylindrical roller body that rotatably and drivingly connects to the rolling mill machine. An outer diameter surface spanning around the roller body circumference includes an outermost peak region and an innermost valley region recessed radially inward from the outermost peak region and elongated circumferentially around the roller body. During operation of the rolling mill machine, the outermost and innermost regions of the roller body's outer diameter surface sequentially press against and thereby modify the gauge of a metal workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Joseph M. Polewarczyk
  • Publication number: 20180169723
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a thickness-varied metal plate, first, a cut plate is manufactured by cutting a metal plate having a constant plate thickness into a predetermined shape. Next, the thickness-varied metal plate is manufactured by rolling the cut plate using a processing machine including a pair of work rolls. Here, a radius of one of the pair of work rolls is varied in a circumferential direction and an axial direction. Accordingly, the thickness-varied metal plate manufactured by rolling the cut plate using the processing machine has a plate thickness varied in two different directions orthogonal to a plate thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoaki IHARA, Satoshi YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180169724
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a parameter, for example the profile or the flatness, of a rolled stock in strip form. A cooling jacket that can be brought up to the roll and is designed to be variable in its effective length b in the circumferential direction of the roll is used as a final controlling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias KIPPING, Ralf SEIDEL, Johannes ALKEN, Torsten MÜLLER, Magnus TREUDE
  • Publication number: 20180169725
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for producing a pipe (1) from a hollow block (2) which has an opening (3). The device has a rolling mill (30) for rolling the hollow block (2) via a rolling rod (21) introduced into the opening (3) of the hollow block (2), whereby the pipe (1) is produced. A retaining device (70) for retaining the pipe (1) is provided behind the rolling mill (30), and the device is further designed such that the rolling rod (21) can be drawn out of the pipe (1) after the rolling process while the pipe (1) is retained by the retaining device (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Hubert STRANK, Peter THIEVEN, Helge DAEHNDEL
  • Publication number: 20180169726
    Abstract: A dual-stage multi-roll leveler and an associated dual-stage work roll assembly. The dual-stage work roll assembly includes independent sets of first stage work rolls and second stage work rolls, with each set of work rolls including one or more upper work rolls disposed above one or more lower work rolls. An adjustable gap is present between the upper and lower work rolls of each work roll set, with the gap being equal from the entry side to the exit side thereof. A dual-stage leveler employs such a work roll assembly to remove shape defects from a moving strip material in the first stage and to remove coil set and/or curl from the strip material in the second stage, through a combination of work roll gap adjustment and first stage work roll bending. Because there is no feathering out of work roll penetration in either stage, differential roll speed and the problems associated therewith are eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Guil Bergman, Chris Heid, Lee Heitkamp, Tony Enneking
  • Publication number: 20180169727
    Abstract: A method for producing open-seam pipes from sheet metal panels, in particular thick sheet metal panels. A sheet metal panel, having bending edges on the long sides thereof, is fed to a pipe forming press, in which the sheet metal panel is formed, lying on a lower tool having of two supporting elements which are horizontally spaced apart from each other, by an upper tool, which can be raised and lowered, by application of a bending force, progressively into an open-seam pipe having bending edges on opposite long sides with a gap for later longitudinal seam welding. In order that the sheet metal panel can be easily, progressively formed or shaped from the start, at least the bending sections immediately adjacent on the bending edges of the sheet metal panel are each formed from the outside to the inside, deviating from a numerically ascending bending step sequence in the pilgering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Mario THOME, Manfred KOLBE, Uwe FELDMANN, Jochen VOCHSEN
  • Publication number: 20180169728
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical housing of an exhaust-gas treatment unit for vehicles includes providing a flat sheet metal part having at least one embossing, and round bending the sheet-metal part in a round bending tool by displacing the sheet metal part between rolls such that the sheet metal part obtains a cylindrical shape having a longitudinal direction parallel to roll axes of the rolls. At least one elastic roll is used such that the embossing of the sheet metal part is maintained during round bending. The longitudinal edges of the cylindrical sheet metal part are then connected to form a tube. A method of manufacturing an exhaust-gas treatment unit is furthermore shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Roland Wolf, Georg Mosonyi, Philipp Hug
  • Publication number: 20180169729
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for correcting a vehicle member, by which twisting or deflection of a vehicle member including a side member of the vehicle, may be corrected, may be disclosed, wherein the apparatus for correcting a vehicle member includes a base extending in a lengthwise direction thereof, and a plurality of correction units disposed on the base to be movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young Min Won, Dae Weon Kim, Tea Jung Yoon, Yong Baek Suh, Kyung Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20180169730
    Abstract: Dies for forming components, such as sheet components, and methods of producing the dies are disclosed. The die may include a bulk material and a forming surface. A solid conductor may be formed in the bulk material. The solid conductor may be spaced from and extend adjacent to the forming surface and have a melting point that is greater than a melting point of the bulk material. The solid conductor may be configured to absorb heat from the forming surface. There may multiple solid conductors within the bulk material, for example spaced apart and extending along an axis. The solid conductor may be a bundle of carbon fibers, which may be pitch-based. The solid conductor may be conformal to the forming surface, for example, having a constant spacing therefrom. The solid conductor may be cast-in to the die during its production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: S. George LUCKEY, JR., Feng REN, Daniel Quinn HOUSTON
  • Publication number: 20180169731
    Abstract: Disclosed is a machine for forming sheets by longitudinal stretching, the machine includes: two stretch heads located on either side of a forming tool for the sheet, the stretch heads each including a line of grippers integral with a support structure which is associated with way of stretching and which is mounted on a chassis by the intermediary of a tipping axis; at least one tipping cylinder being inserted between the chassis and the support structure, in order to allow for the maneuvering in rotation of the support structure about the tipping axis; and the chassis being carried by a support frame. The stretching machine includes a unit, inserted between the support frame and the chassis, arranged to allow for an adjusting of the vertical positioning of the tipping axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Benoit BOURRIAU, Julien CLERGEAU
  • Publication number: 20180169732
    Abstract: In a method of producing a tubular structure for a gas generator, a tubular body is positioned relative to a forming device having inner and outer tools, which are moved relative to an end portion of the tubular body until an inner circumferential surface of a neck of the end portion rests against a support surface of the inner tool to reduce a diameter of the end portion by a tool contour of the outer tool and thereby form a shoulder. The outer tool is held in position upon the end portion and the neck inner circumferential surface is calibrated by a calibrating surface on a calibrating member of the inner tool while an outer circumferential surface of the neck is supported by the outer tool, as the inner tool is removed from the end portion. The outer tool is then removed from the end portion of the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Lücke, Leonhard Rose, Dirk Tegethoff, Marcel Wellpott
  • Publication number: 20180169733
    Abstract: A coiled material transporting device is disposed between a coiled material supply device supplying a coiled material, and a press device pressing the coiled material supplied from the coiled material supply device. The coiled material supply device includes a support, a first driver, and a transporter. The support is extendable and retractable along a direction of a die disposed in the press device. The support is configured to support from below a terminal end of the coiled material supplied from the coiled material supply device. The first driver is configured to cause the support to extend and retract. The transporter is provided to the support and is configured to transport the terminal end of the coiled material toward the die disposed in the press device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto ISHIHARA, Ikuhiro HIROTANI, Hidekazu TOKUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20180169734
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a deboss in a closed end-wall of a metallic cup is provided. The deboss apparatus generally includes a rotatable turret with tooling assemblies. The tooling assemblies are configured to receive a metallic cup formed by upstream equipment. The metallic cup formed by the upstream equipment has a closed end-wall that is generally planar. As the turret rotates, the tooling assemblies are configured to form a deboss in the closed end-wall of the metallic cup. In one embodiment, the deboss projects inwardly into an interior of the metallic cup. The metallic cup with a deboss is subsequently stripped from the tooling assembly for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BALL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Greg Robinson
  • Publication number: 20180169735
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rolling bearing unit is provided to periodically reciprocate a stage (38) in a vertical direction by rotating and driving a servo motor (44) while rotating a roll about a central axis of a hub main body using a roll driving motor (43) in a state in which a processing surface of the roll is pressed against other end surface of a caulking section in an axial direction. A period of the reciprocation is restricted by a relation between a rotation position of the roll about the central axis of the hub main body and an engaged state between concave sections, which are sections between a plurality of processed teeth formed in the processing surface of the roll, and a face spline tooth formed by the concave section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HAGIWARA, Kazuto KOBAYASHI, Isao SHINTOU, Hiroshi KOYAMA, Toshio NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180169736
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a washer capable of improving a material yield is provided. The method includes: a preparation step of preparing a longitudinal member which includes an upper crest portion and a lower crest portion formed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the longitudinal member, and an upper valley portion and a lower valley portion continuous to the upper crest portion and the rower crest portion in the right-left direction, respectively, the upper valley portion and the lower valley portion provided with projections, respectively; and a deformation step of deforming the longitudinal member such that the upper surface and the lower surface are arcuate as viewed in the direction from the front to the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu OCHIAI
  • Publication number: 20180169737
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of wire wrap welding system generally includes a headstock; a bed; a bed mounted tailstock linearly moveable in relation to the headstock; a linear induction drive system adapted to move the tailstock; a linear encoder system having a series of position encoders disposed on the bed; a servomotor adapted to rotate a headstock mounted spindle; a welding system positioned on the headstock, a servomotor positioned on the tailstock and adapted to rotate a tailstock mounted spindle; and a control system. An exemplary embodiment of a method for controlling slot openings between wire segments in a wire wrap welding process generally includes controlling movement of a bed mounted tailstock in relation to the rate of rotation of a headstock mounted spindle, utilizing a linear induction drive system, a linear encoder system, and a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Delta Screen & Filtration, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Mark Everritt, Carl Cooper, Art Parmely, Richard Grifno
  • Publication number: 20180169738
    Abstract: Provided is a method for performing an external pipe thread process on a hollow blank by at least twice rolling, wherein amount of rolling wheels in a rolling wheel set, used in any two back-to-back rolling processes in a processing sequence, are different in parity. Further provided are various roll-processing modules and corresponding rolling apparatuses, achieving the above processing method and having a simple structure, portability and practicality. A hollow blank is not liable to deform when performing an external pipe thread rolling process thereon, thereby improving a processing yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Jun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20180169739
    Abstract: A rolled stainless steel object has surface with a raised and indented pattern including a random juxtaposition of at least two types of polygons. Each of the polygons has at least three sides, and is made up of substantially parallel rectilinear scratches, having a depth of from 5 to 30 ?m separated by ridge lines, the axes of which are from 0.1 to 0.3 mm from each other, and a Fourier transform spectral analysis of which, carried out on a square of at least 100 mm2, shows that they have an isotropy of at least 40% between the rolling direction and the sideways direction, and two adjacent preferred angular orientations of which scratches, from among the three main preferred angular orientations thereof, are spaced apart by a minimum of 20° and a maximum of 60°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: APERAM
    Inventors: Didier Vil, Jean Michel Damasse, Françoise Haegeli
  • Publication number: 20180169740
    Abstract: A press die includes: a die base; a plurality of die members arranged on the die base so as to produce a forming surface; a plurality of shims each of which is interposed between the die base and each of the plurality of die members; and a frame that surrounds the die base, the plurality of die members, and the plurality of shims. Each of the plurality of shims has a hardness higher than the plurality of die members. A regulating means that carries out a regulation so that an amount of displacement of each of the plurality of die members caused by pressure applied during press forming becomes smaller in proportion to proximity of the die member to the frame is provided between the die base and the plurality of die members or provided on the die base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki HIRATA