Patents Issued in September 11, 2018
  • Patent number: 10072352
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a silicon single crystal growing apparatus and method. The apparatus comprises: a chamber; a crucible that is disposed in the chamber and receives melted silicon; a heater disposed outside the crucible to heat the crucible; a heat shield part disposed in the chamber; and an auxiliary heat shield part disposed above the crucible to move upward and downward, wherein the auxiliary heat shield part is disposed to be separated from a body part of a single crystal that has grown from the melted silicon, and a rising speed is controlled such that a defect-free zone in the single crystal body part increases. The auxiliary heat shield part can reduce a deviation of a temperature gradient in the body part, whereby increasing the distribution of a defect-free zone in the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SK SILTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Yeon Kim, Il Soo Choi, Yun Ha An
  • Patent number: 10072354
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a lower side wall for use in a processing chamber. In one embodiment, the lower side wall includes an annular body. The annular body as an inner circumference, an outer circumference, a plurality of flanges projecting from the inner circumference, and a first concave portion formed in the outer circumference. The outer circumference has a plurality of grooves arranged in a circumferential direction of the lower side wall. In another embodiment, the annular body further includes a top surface having a mounting surface formed thereon and a second concave portion formed opposite the first concave portion. The second concave portion has a plurality of purge holes. In another embodiment, each groove of the plurality of grooves formed in the first concave portion has an arc shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Okabe, Yoshinobu Mori
  • Patent number: 10072355
    Abstract: A method of forming graphene single crystal domains on a carbon substrate is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Luigi Colombo, Rodney S. Ruoff, Yufeng Hao
  • Patent number: 10072356
    Abstract: A magnetic material may include ??-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of ??-Fe16N2 and ??-Fe16Z2, where Z includes at least one of C, B, or O, and x is a number greater than zero and less than one. In some examples, the magnetic material including ??-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of ??-Fe16N2 and ??-Fe16Z2 may include a relatively high magnetic saturation, such as greater than about 219 emu/gram, greater than about 242 emu/gram, or greater than about 250 emu/gram. In addition, in some examples, the magnetic material including ??-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of ??-Fe16N2 and ??-Fe16Z2 may include a relatively low coercivity. Techniques for forming the magnetic material are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Yanfeng Jiang, Md Aminul Mehedi
  • Patent number: 10072357
    Abstract: A system and method for producing bio composite materials by mixing pelletized plant fiber dust and virgin or recycled plastic. The system may comprise a reducer, a press, a dryer, a pelletizer, and a mixer. The reducer separates the fibers of the plant material and the press removes liquid from the separated fibers. The dryer further reduces the moisture content of the pressed fibers and generates dust which is extracted by sifting, screening, or another suitable method. The pelletizer compresses and/or treats the fiber dust with solutions, adhesives, or other processes that cause the fiber dust to adhere together. The fiber dust pellets are then mixed with virgin or recycled plastic to produce a bio composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: GEOPHIA, LLC
    Inventors: Dimitrios G. Hondroulis, William W. Gorman
  • Patent number: 10072358
    Abstract: The present patent of invention describes a recycling process to recover fibrous reinforcing material of composite materials, particularly carbon fiber, primary reactor compound (101), for the controlled pyrolysis and oxidation of the composite material matrix (resin) at low temperature (400° C. to 500° C.) and a system for treating waste gases produced by thermal decomposition of composite material matrixes which employs a secondary reactor (201), containing within the same a thermal plasma arc (211). The main characteristic of the process, within the scope of the carbon fiber recycling, is the possibility of maintaining the fabric web, obtaining fabrics made of pure carbon fiber, without a significant amount of residues and preserving their structural characteristics. The thermal plasma allows managing high temperatures (2,000° C. to 15,000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventors: Antônio Carlos Da Cruz, Fábio Santos Da Silva, Rafael Razuk Garcia
  • Patent number: 10072359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil agent for carbon-fiber precursor acrylic fiber, including at least one type of compound selected from groups of a hydroxybenzoate (Compound A), a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (Compound B and C), a cyclohexanedimethanol and/or a cyclohexanediol and a fatty acid (Compound D and E) and an isophoronediisocyanate-aliphatic alcohol adduct (Compound F), an oil composition for carbon-fiber precursor acrylic fiber, a processed-oil solution for carbon-fiber precursor acrylic fiber, and a method for producing a carbon-fiber precursor acrylic fiber bundle, and a carbon-fiber bundle using the carbon-fiber precursor acrylic fiber bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Aso, Masaaki Tsuchihashi, Tetsuo Takano
  • Patent number: 10072360
    Abstract: A yarn twisting device is simple in structure but capable of easily producing twisted yarn made of a plurality of yarn pieces twisted together. The yarn twisting device includes: a case; an operation wheel rotatably supported by the case so that an outer circumference of the operation wheel is partly exposed outside the case; and a plurality of yarn holding shafts supported by the case so as to protrude from one surface of the case and that axially rotate with the rotation of the operation wheel in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: CLOVER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kumiko Nitta
  • Patent number: 10072361
    Abstract: A composite yarn comprising one or more ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers wrapped around one or more polyurethane-polyurea copolymer fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: GRT DEVELOPMENTS PTY LIMITED, RMIT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Matthew Thomson, Scott Thomson, Pushpaji Shyamal Rathugaman
  • Patent number: 10072362
    Abstract: A polymer-sheathed multi-filamentary strand for use in braided covers for wiring harnesses intended for use in challenging embodiments comprises a core of glass filaments wrapped in an aramid yarn, and sheathed in a siloxane-modified polyetherimide polymer. Shielding against electromagnetic interference may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Pascale Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Willorage Rathna Perera
  • Patent number: 10072363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling drum for cooling a thread plug in texturing process. The cooling drum comprises a drivable cooling jacket, on the circumference of which at least one air-permeable guide track is designed for guiding the thread plug. A suction chamber is provided in the interior of the cooling jacket, which chamber is connected via a suction connection to a vacuum source. In this way, a stationary shielding means is provided, which is arranged between the cooling jacket and the suction chamber. In order to produce a suction flow which is as targeted as possible and affected by little loss, according to the invention, the shielding means is formed by a closed sealing jacket which is placed substantially coaxially spaced apart with the cooling jacket and has an air slot in the region of the guide track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Claus Matthies
  • Patent number: 10072364
    Abstract: A terry fabric includes a ground component comprising a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns interwoven with the plurality of warp yarns. At least one of the plurality of warp yarns and the plurality of weft yarns include 5 twisted or plied yarns. The woven terry fabric includes a pile component that projects from the ground component in a direction away from the ground component. The pile component includes a plurality of piles that include absorbent pile yarns interwoven with the plurality warp yarns and the plurality of weft yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Welspun India limited
    Inventor: Dipali Goenka
  • Patent number: 10072365
    Abstract: Knit fabrics and military apparel such as T-shirts made therefrom are disclosed. The fabrics are constructed from blended yarns made from an intimate combination of nylon and cotton staple fibers. Such fabrics comprise a weight ratio of cotton to nylon which ranges from about 55:45 to about 85:15, and these fabrics also have a weight ranging from about 3 to about 8 oz/yd2. Knit fabrics of this type possess a desirable combination of good thermal protective properties, provided the specified high level of staple fiber blend uniformity is achieved, along with very useful abrasion resistance, bursting strength and drying time characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Sharon W. Birk, Yashavant Vinayak Vinod, Douglas A. Bloom, Fred C. Wynegar
  • Patent number: 10072366
    Abstract: Described are fibrous products for molding for use in Automotive products such as Underbody Aero-shields, wheel house liners, and Engine compartment applications with enhanced heat aging capability, abrasion resistance, and resistance to water, oils, and other fluids and is recyclable. The fibrous products also have acoustical benefits such as improved acoustical impedance or sound dampening properties over currently available acoustic insulation materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nonwoven Network LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. Foss, Jean-Marie Turra
  • Patent number: 10072367
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar release mechanism, a drive portion, a contact member, and a switching mechanism. The needle bar is configured to move up and down. The needle bar release mechanism is configured to connect and disconnect the transmission of the driving force between the drive shaft and the needle bar. The drive portion is configured to drive the needle bar release mechanism. The contact member is configured to come into contact with the needle bar in a case where the needle bar is positioned at a top dead point of the range within which the needle bar is able to move up and down. The switching mechanism is configured to switch the position of the contact member between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Ueda
  • Patent number: 10072368
    Abstract: A yarn feed system, for control of the feeding of one or more yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, which can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment removably mounted to a tufting machine includes a series of yarn feed devices each having a drive motor with a replaceable yarn feed roll drive system mounted thereto. Each yarn feed roll drive system can include a set or series of yarn feed rolls mounted within a housing and having a series of gear teeth formed thereabout, with the gear teeth of the yarn feed rolls engaged in an intermeshing arrangement so that as one of the yarn feed rolls is driven by the drive motor, the other yarn feed rolls likewise are actively driven thereby. Each of the yarn feed rolls further will include a textured roll surface that can provide for enhanced grip and control of the feeding of the yarns which are extended thereabout to the needles of the tufting machine in accordance with a tufted pattern being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Card-Monroe Corp.
    Inventor: Ricky E. Mathews
  • Patent number: 10072369
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a cycle of operation includes a rotatable basket defining a laundry treating space and having a bottom wall and a side wall. The bottom wall of the rotatable basket includes at least one drain hole. A centrifugally actuated valve comprising a weighted ball is positioned to selectively open and close the at least one drain hole as the basket rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Galea, Christopher A. Jones, Aaron A. Linden, Thomas D. Spicer, Meredith A. Wagner, Robert C. Williams
  • Patent number: 10072370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a washing course for eliminating dirt or contaminants from laundry loaded in a drum, a washing-dehydrating course for eliminating water elements from the laundry having the washing course by accelerating the drum; and a rinsing course performed after the washing-dehydrating course, the rinsing course for eliminating detergent used in the washing course and remaining dirt or contaminants of the laundry by rotating the drum, wherein the drum is decelerated down to a rinsing RPM higher than 0 RPM together with finishing of the washing-dehydrating course and the rinsing course starts at the rinsing RPM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunku Kwon, Sanghyun Lee, Bonkwon Koo, Sunho Lee
  • Patent number: 10072371
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a time setting unit configured to set an operation time, and a controller configured to control the laundry treatment operation so as to be terminated before expiration of the operating time by adjusting at least one of a level of water supplied to a washing tub to execute at least one of the wash and the rinse, a number of times of executing the rinse and an execution time of the spin-dry, according to the operation time set through the time setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Suncheol Bae
  • Patent number: 10072372
    Abstract: A control method of a washing machine including a wireless communicator communicating with an electronic device, includes: causing the washing machine to operate a washing tub of the washing machine as a preliminary operation, including a rotational operation of the washing tub; acquiring motion information regarding a motion of the electronic device during the preliminary operation; determining whether or not the electronic device is inside the washing tub based on the acquired motion information and information indicating the preliminary operation; and giving the washing machine a notification indicating that the electronic device is inside the washing tub if the determining determines that the electronic device is inside the washing tub. It is determined whether or not the electronic device is inside the washing tub, based on a comparison between characteristic operation information determined in advance with regard to the preliminary operation and the motion information acquired by a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Nozomu Tooyama, Masaru Yamaoka, Kazuhiro Kuroyama
  • Patent number: 10072373
    Abstract: A clothes dryer for drying fabric items in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, includes a treating chamber receiving fabric items for treatment and a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions comprising at least one user-selectable cycle of operation, the controller may receive an indication of a dye transfer event and implement a cycle of operation based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory R. Fulmer, Kaustav Ghosh, William L. Murch, Mir A. Quddus, Robert J. Pinkowski
  • Patent number: 10072374
    Abstract: A wall-mounted drum-type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water; a rotatable drum in the tub; a driving unit providing power to the drum; a coupling unit on the rear panel coupled to a rotatable driving shaft of the drum; and a disposition portion preventing the driving unit connected to the driving shaft from interfering with the wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ui Kun Hwang, Ju Dong Lee
  • Patent number: 10072375
    Abstract: The power P of the heater of a dryer is regulated in order to heat up the air used to dry washed articles placed in the drying chamber to a temperature close to a set point temperature TSET. The output signal of the regulator of the heater is used to estimate the moisture content of the fabrics and to terminate the drying cycle when a predefined moisture level is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Davide Colombo, Daniele Martinello
  • Patent number: 10072376
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet including a treatment chamber, a steam unit that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to generate steam, and a steam spray device that is located in the cabinet and that is configured to spray steam into the treatment chamber. The steam spray device includes a main body part that defines a main body space. The steam spray device includes an introduction part that is configured to allow steam that is generated by the steam unit to enter the main body space. The steam spray device includes a nozzle part that is connected to the main body part, that communicates with the main body space, and that is configured to discharge steam in the main body space into the treatment chamber. The steam spray device includes a condensed water discharge part and a partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeongryeol Choi, Hyungkyu Lim, Taejun Yoon
  • Patent number: 10072377
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced composite material having high interlaminar toughness and compressive strength under wet heat conditions, as well as an epoxy resin composition for production thereof and a prepreg producible from the epoxy resin composition is described. The prepreg includes at least constituents [A], [B], and [C] as specified below and reinforcement fiber, wherein 90% or more of constituent [C] exists in the depth range accounting for 20% of the prepreg thickness from the prepreg surface: [A] epoxy resin; [B] epoxy resin curing agent; and [C] polymer particles insoluble in epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko Shimizu, Nobuyuki Tomioka, Shirou Honda, Maki Nagano, Yuji Echigo, Hiroshi Takezaki, Junko Kawasaki, Hiroshi Taiko
  • Patent number: 10072378
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fluorine-free composition for treating textile articles being water repellant, sol resistant and stain resistant, especially carpets comprising a first composition comprising an aqueous silicone emulsion, an aqueous dispersion of a silane quaternary ammonium salt and water and a second composition comprising a soil repellency component that is an aqueous dispersion of colloidal organosiloxane copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.Ä.R.L.
    Inventor: Markus Baumann
  • Patent number: 10072379
    Abstract: A required portion of a textile fiber product is subjected to a fiber-modifying treatment by applying a fiber-modifying agent containing at least an aqueous polyvalent cationic salt solution and a urethane resin having a blocked isocyanate group at the end thereof, after which a masking ink containing at least a white or light-colored pigment, a water-soluble polymer dispersing agent, a self-emulsifying urethane resin and/or an acrylic resin having an acid value of 40 to 100 mg KOH/g, and an aqueous liquid as a solvent or disperse medium, is printed by an inkjet process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MATSUI SHIKISO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kitagawa, Masaki Kariya, Daisuke Inoue
  • Patent number: 10072380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of detoxifying pretreated lignocellulose-containing material comprising washing the pretreated lignocellulose-containing material in a washing solution and treating the used washing solution to remove an enzyme inhibitor and/or an inhibitor of a fermenting organism before recycling the used washing solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Novozymes Als, Cofco LTD
    Inventors: Haiyu Ren, Hong Zhi Huang, Jie Zheng
  • Patent number: 10072381
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of increasing the surface hydrophobicity of the surface of a cellulosic article involving applying a solution of amylose-fatty ammonium salt inclusion complex in water to the article and then optionally applying an alkaline solution to the article to neutralize said amylose fatty ammonium salt inclusion complex to form an insoluble amylose fatty amine inclusion complex. Also disclosed are cellulosic articles produced by the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: George F. Fanta, Frederick C. Felker, Gordon W. Selling
  • Patent number: 10072382
    Abstract: A multi-ply bath tissue includes a first ply providing a first surface of the bath tissue. The first ply includes first and second layers. The first layer forms the first surface and includes a temporary wet strength resin. The second layer is substantially free from a temporary wet strength resin. A second ply provides a second surface of the bath tissue. The second ply includes first and second layers. The first layer forms the second surface and includes a temporary wet strength resin. The second layer is substantially free from a temporary wet strength resin. The bath tissue is free from regenerated cellulosic microfibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John H. Dwiggins, Daniel W. Sumnicht
  • Patent number: 10072383
    Abstract: An interlocking traffic tile for a one piece water permeable paver, which has a plurality of connection cells and is configured to support traffic, includes a paver plate with a top side formed over a plurality of intersecting beams. The paver plate has at least one of: a plurality of grooves extending into the top side of the paver plate, a plurality of ribs extending through the top side of the paver plate, and a plurality of perforations extending from the top side of the paver plate. The paver plate has at least one integral interlocking support integrally extending from the plurality of intersecting beams for locking to a connection cell of the one piece water permeable paver. The at least one integral interlocking support has a body, which connects the paver plate to the connection cell of the one piece water permeable paver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Stiles Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Barry J. Stiles
  • Patent number: 10072384
    Abstract: A concrete dowel device including a sleeve and plate in which the sleeve includes break-away alignment tabs at the opening of the sleeve to ensure proper alignment of the plate within the sleeve during field installation. The tabs are positioned at the sleeve opening, rather than along the length of the socket, to avoid misalignment of the plate in the sleeve, simplify use and reduce manufacturing costs of the product. The sleeve and plate may include additional alignment surfaces on the plate, at the rear corners, or along the rear side of the plate and sleeve. To facilitate manufacturing, the break-away alignment tabs may be formed as molded components rotated and snapped into position. Alternatively, the break-away alignment tabs may be formed as part of an insert plate manufactured apart from and attached to the flange of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: McTech Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen F. McDonald
  • Patent number: 10072385
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, a method of operating a work vehicle with an ejector body may include receiving a position signal indicative of a position of the work vehicle, receiving a target profile indicative of a target topography for an area, receiving an ejection command at a controller and entering the controller into an ejection mode based on the ejection command, and controlling, with the controller, in the ejection mode, at least one of a speed of the work vehicle and a speed of an ejector included in the ejector body based on the position signal and the target profile, to spread a load of material from the ejector body onto a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Kean, Douglas G. Meyer, Francois Stander
  • Patent number: 10072386
    Abstract: A vibration system for a compactor drum including a central support structure fixedly mounted within the compactor drum. The vibration system also includes a first vibratory exciter coupled to the central support structure. The vibration system further includes a second vibratory exciter coupled to the central support structure. The second vibratory exciter is longitudinally spaced apart from the first vibratory exciter. The vibration system includes a stabilizer element coupled to, and extending between, the first and second vibratory exciters. The stabilizer element is parallel to the central support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Alan Lehtola, Nicholas Alan Oetken
  • Patent number: 10072387
    Abstract: A side snowplow including a land leveler, comprising: a rear mounted seat, a hydraulic cylinder I, a pull rod, a snow-pushing board, an oscillating rod, a hydraulic cylinder II, and a front mounted seat. The rear mounted seat is fixed on a rear portion of a rear rack of the land leveler and connected to the pull rod; the hydraulic cylinder I is hingedly connected to the rear mounted seat, and the pull rod; and the snow-pushing board is positioned at a left side or a right side of the land leveler and inclines toward a direction that the land leveler moves, a rear end of the snow-pushing board being connected to the hinge plate II, a front end of the snow-pushing board being connected to the hinge plate III.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: XUZHOU XUGONG ROAD-CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zonghua Song, Chengpeng Gu, Hongqiang Qi, Shengli Lu, Qingxuan Meng, Ju He, Junjie Duan, Yang Fan, Qiangda Zhang, Cong Xiong, Chaohai Chen, Guangdong Gong
  • Patent number: 10072388
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for dispensing a travel path applicant. For example, a computing entity can monitor the location of a maintenance vehicle and/or its travel path to dispense travel path applicants accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Nagesh Kadaba
  • Patent number: 10072389
    Abstract: A coupler interconnects adjacent sections of soil nail members to extend a length for a soil nail to be installed. The coupler includes a plurality of projections extending from the exterior surface of the coupler. The projections serve multiple purposes. One purpose is to center the soil nail within a drilled hole. Another purpose is to provide mixing for selected amounts of drilled material to remain within the hole, and/or evacuation of drilled material to be removed from the hole. Another purpose is to create a drilled hole with varying diameters in response to different geological layers encountered during drilling. The coupler with projections therefore serves as a secondary drill bit implement. The size of the projections can be altered to selectively enlarge a desired portion of a drilled hole. The invention further includes a soil nail assembly and a method for installing a soil nail assembly including couplers with projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: R&B LEASING, LLC
    Inventors: Colby Barrett, Nathan Beard, Timothy Allen Ruckman, Matt Birchmier, Todd Hamilton, Justin Petersen
  • Patent number: 10072390
    Abstract: A tubular foundation element, in particular a pile e.g. a jacket pile, to be installed in a ground formation has at least one open end, typically both ends open, allowing a pile driver with an anvil to be inserted into the tubular foundation element. The tubular foundation element comprises a support at the inside thereof, which support is adapted to transmit energy from the anvil directly to the tubular foundation element, during installation of the tubular foundation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: IHC HOLLAND IE B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus Gerardus Andreas Van Vessem
  • Patent number: 10072391
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a boom base portion including: an inner side wall; and an outer side wall disposed opposite to the inner side wall; a lift link disposed on a rear portion of the boom base portion; and a boom cylinder disposed in front of the lift link. One end side of the lift link is inserted between the inner side wall and the outer side wall and is pivotally supported on the boom base portion. The other end side of the lift link is pivotally supported on the machine body. One end of the boom cylinder is inserted between the inner side wall and the outer side wall in front of the lift link and is pivotally supported on the boom base portion. The other end of the boom cylinder is pivotally supported on the machine body by below the lift link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Takemura, Shunichiro Mori, Hiroshi Koyamatsu, Hayato Ido, Shigeki Morishita
  • Patent number: 10072392
    Abstract: A boom and boom foot section for connection to a machine, where the boom includes a center section and a box section extending between the foot and center sections. The box section includes first and second side walls. The foot section includes a machine connection for connecting the boom to the machine, and first and second protruding flanges. The first flange couples to the first side wall, and the second flange couples to the second side wall. The foot section can include a bulkhead. The machine connection, bulkhead, and flanges can be formed by a single piece of material. The flanges can be coupled to the side walls by weld joints that do not have weld roots. The flanges can extend beyond the bulkhead to allow internal welds in the weld joint. The flanges and side walls can have double-beveled edges for the weld joints formed by fused groove welds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Gregory Wittendorf
  • Patent number: 10072393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a telescopic sliding beam for supporting a work machine comprising a sliding beam box and an internal sliding beam that is outwardly telescopically supported in the sliding beam box. The sliding beam box and the internal sliding beam have an opening in the peripheral region, with the openings overlapping one another in an outwardly telescoped state, and with a bolt being able to be introduced into the overlapping openings. The sliding beam box has an abutment at its inner side and the internal sliding beam has an abutment at its outer side, with the abutment of the sliding beam box and the abutment of the internal sliding beam contacting one another in an outwardly telescoped state such that a further pulling of the internal sliding beam out of the sliding beam box is suppressed. The invention furthermore comprises a work machine comprising this telescopic sliding beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Henkel
  • Patent number: 10072394
    Abstract: A control system for a machine with a rotatable operator station includes sensors to produce data indicative of suitability and unsuitability of the machine for initiating and completing adjustment, respectively, between a first control configuration where the operator station is at a first orientation and a second control configuration where the operator station is at a second orientation. A control device in the control system transitions the control system between a locking state for inhibiting rotation of the operator station and an unlocking state for permitting rotation, based on the suitability data and the unsuitability data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wynkoop, David Pavlik, Nicholas Dodge, F. Walter Duren, Andrew Saxsma
  • Patent number: 10072395
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower running body and an upper turning body that is turnably provided on the lower running body. An engine is mounted on the upper turning body. A hydraulic pump is driven by the engine to discharge an operating oil. A hydraulic actuator is mounted on the upper turning body. A control device controls operations of the shovel. An entering object detection device detects a position of an entering object in a monitoring area of said shovel and outputs a detection signal indicating the detection position of said entering object. The control device supplies, after a determination of an entry of the entering object into the monitoring area, the operating oil from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10072396
    Abstract: A working machine control system includes: a split-flow fluid pressure pump configured to discharge a working fluid from a first discharge port and a second discharge port; a communication switching valve configured to be switched by a switch signal when any one of a first operation valve and a second operation valve is switched so as to allow a first neutral passage and a second neutral passage to communicate with each other; a neutral cut valve configured to be switched by the switch signal so as to block communication between a tank and one of the first neutral passage and the second neutral passage for the first operation valve or the second operation valve that is not switched; and a discharge flow rate adjusting device configured to adjust the fluid pressure pump so as to reduce a discharge flow rate thereof when the switch signal is inputted from any one of the first operation valve and the second operation valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Yoshida, Ikuo Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10072397
    Abstract: A payload management system embodiment may include a force sensing system operatively associated with a bucket of an excavator. The force sensing system senses a magnitude of a force required to hold the bucket at a defined position with respect to a reference datum. An angle sensing system operatively associated with the bucket senses a direction of the force with respect the reference datum. A processing system operatively associated with the force system and the angle sensing system processes data relating to the magnitude of the force and the direction of the force to determine the amount of the payload in the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Flanders Electric Motor Service, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard L. Claxton
  • Patent number: 10072398
    Abstract: An outdoor water service system is described. The system is primarily for providing water for outdoor applications in cold weather, such as flooding outdoor rinks but may also be used for other watering applications in warmer weather. The system includes a source of water connected to an underground hydrant with an above-ground hydrant valve and a heated enclosure with a floor and an opening in the floor through which the hydrant valve extends. The enclosure includes a hose, a heater, a water conduit extending from the hydrant valve to the hose, a first door for accessing the hydrant valve from outside of the enclosure and a second door for accessing the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Ion Irrigation Management Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Magill, Casey Mahan, Chad Placsko
  • Patent number: 10072399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for thawing frozen pipes utilizing electricity. Specifically, the present invention relates to electrically charging a section of frozen pipe such that heat is generated and causes the ice therein to thaw. Even more specifically, the present invention relates to one or more ports disposed above specific portions of pipe that extend upwards towards a surface thereabove and provide electrical access to the specific portions of pipe from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Michael John Gilles
  • Patent number: 10072400
    Abstract: A faucet assembly includes a bushing defining a cutout at a portion of a first end, and a control handle received on the first end of the bushing. The control handle includes an inner wall defining a set screw bore therein, and an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall, the outer wall defining a visible bore therethrough. The control handle further includes a cavity at least partially defined between the inner wall and the outer wall. The cavity is configured to receive at least a portion of the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: William R. Bares, Perry D. Erickson
  • Patent number: 10072401
    Abstract: A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Nelson, Christopher Michael McGuire
  • Patent number: 10072402
    Abstract: A method of installing a sprayhead retraction assembly includes providing a portion of a hose in a groove defined by a first pulley, and coupling a first end of a constant-force spring to a first surface. The method further includes coupling a second end of the constant-force spring to a second pulley, and coiling the constant-force spring around the second pulley, wherein the second pulley is coupled to and offset from the first pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: John C. Esche, Daniel E. Smith