Patents Issued in November 6, 2018
  • Patent number: 10118281
    Abstract: In an impact driver including an impact mechanism for percussive driving of an output drive shaft on which is provided a tool receptacle for receiving an inserted tool, the tool receptacle is embodied as a clamping chuck, a permanent connection being embodied between the clamping chuck and the output drive shaft in order to prevent at least tool-free detachment of the clamping chuck from the output drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Sim Teik Yeoh, Siew Yuen Lee
  • Patent number: 10118282
    Abstract: An Impulse wrench includes: a housing, a motor with a stator and a rotor, an impulse unit including an output shaft, a power control unit connected to the motor, and a trigger supported on the housing and connected to the power control unit and arranged to selectively deliver signals to activate the power control unit, wherein the impulse unit including the output shaft is axially displaceable in relation to the housing. The trigger includes a sensor arranged to be activated and deliver signals in response to axial displacements of the impulse unit including the output shaft relative to the housing, and the power control unit is arranged to control the motor operation in response to signals received from said sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB
    Inventor: Hans Niklas Öberg
  • Patent number: 10118283
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held tool for driving fastening elements into a base, the tool having an initiating device, the actuation of which initiates a drive-in action and which can be blocked, depending on at least one state of the tool. In order to further simplify or improve the operation of the hand-held tool, a lifting magnet, associated with the initiating device, can block or enable the actuation of the initiating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Harald Fielitz, Klaus Bertsch
  • Patent number: 10118284
    Abstract: A broomstick for a broom includes a cap having a first part that is connected to an end of the broomstick and a second part provided with a hanging element configured to hang the broomstick to a wall. The connection between the first part of the cap and the broomstick is rotatable in such a way that the cap can rotate with respect to the broomstick and vice-versa, wherein, further, the cap is in a single piece in such a way that a rotation of the first part of the cap corresponds to a rotation of the second part of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Celestino Niccolai
  • Patent number: 10118285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap of the type used for being attached to shafts or handles (1) of implements, such as cleaning implements, and coupleable to different types of handles (1), thereby preventing the need to have different sized and shaped caps, basically comprising an elongated and hollow tubular body, an upper end (2), an open lower end (3) for at least partially housing therein the free end of the handle (1) of an implement, a magnet (4) for attaching it to a hanging surface (9) and progressive adjustment means for adjusting it to the outer contour of said handle (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Jaime Jose Roncero Romero
  • Patent number: 10118286
    Abstract: A lifting device includes a framework (2) and a manipulator arm (8) pivotally connected to the framework. The manipulator arm includes a first end portion (19) and a second end portion (13) adapted to carry a tool (20). A balancing arrangement (7; 30, 39) includes a first part (7a; 30a; 39a) connected to the framework and a second part (7b; 30b; 39b) adapted to interact with the first end portion. At least one of the manipulator arm and the balancing arrangement includes a first balancing device (11; 31; 34), which is extendable to ensure that interaction between the second part and the first end portion is maintained. The first balancing device is adapted to generate a first balancing force which maintains a moment balance about the first joint. The manipulator arm has at least two rotational degrees of freedom in a first spherical coordinate system (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LOFS SPECIALMASKINER AB
    Inventor: Klas-Arne Lof
  • Patent number: 10118287
    Abstract: A socket holder with a built in locking mechanism that is user controlled and activated by a push button which controls internal locking mechanisms which allow this socket holder to securely store and transport sockets mounted to it. This socket holder can hold multiples of the sockets to its main socket holder body, releasing them only when desired by the user with the push of the push button that controls the internal mechanisms which release the sockets from the socket holder body. This socket holder is designed to organize and securely lock the sockets onto its socket holder body in a way that is dependable and easy to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: William Lawrence Billups, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10118288
    Abstract: Novel tool tray systems and devices. In at least one exemplary embodiment of a tray of the present disclosure, the tray comprises an interior tray section configured to receive one or more items, the interior tray at least partially surrounded by at least one sidewall having a height, a first ramp portion in communication with the interior tray section, the first ramp portion defining a sloping surface that extends from the interior tray section to a top of the at least one sidewall, wherein the at least one tray is configured to be secured to an inner lip of an aerial bucket liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Invoke 3D, LLC
    Inventor: Dewayne Eugene Blake
  • Patent number: 10118289
    Abstract: A motor-driven articulated haptic interface arm includes a frame; an arm linked to the frame and rotationally mobile about an axis; and a motor including a rotor, which delivers at least one maximum resistant torque about the axis opposing at least part of forces applied to the arm by its environment. A main transmission transmits to the arm the resistant torque about the axis and includes a capstan-type cable reducer. The arm includes elements for evaluating the resistant torque transmitted to the arm by the motor; braking rotation of the arm about the axis; activating the brake when the maximum resistant torque is reached by the motor; evaluating, after activation of the brake, the forces transmitted to the arm by the environment, including determining a deformation of the transmission under the forces; and deactivating the brake when the deformation goes below a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HAPTION
    Inventor: Francois Louveau
  • Patent number: 10118290
    Abstract: A support structure for an upper half body of a robot includes: a columnar backbone pan extending in an upward direction from a haunch bone part of a robot; an upper half body support part connected to the backbone part; and a driving unit on which an arm unit of the robot is rotatably mounted and which has an accommodation space receiving at least a predetermined actuator for driving said arm unit to rotate from the outside of the arm unit, wherein the driving unit is connected to the upper half body support part and the haunch bone part at a first connection point on the upper half body support part which is away a predetermined distance from a connection point of the upper half body support part and the backbone part to a side thereof, and at a second connection point on the haunch bone part, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Nagatsuka
  • Patent number: 10118291
    Abstract: Robotic systems for supporting a human in stationary and/or mobile applications and related methods of operation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Haruhiko Harry Asada, Daniel A. Kurek
  • Patent number: 10118292
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for configuring a group of mobile field devices using a configuration device (an HMI) is provided. In particular, the HMI is programmed to configure identically programmed field devices that are arbitrarily arranged in an application-dependent formation by defining and providing configuration parameters to the devices via wired and/or wireless communication. In particular, the HMI assigns a unique identifier to respective robots as a function of the position of the robot within the formation or the layout of the environment. Accordingly each robot can be efficiently configured by the HMI to operate independently yet as a coordinated member of the group and without requiring the robots to be placed in specific positions during the initial deployment. This obviates the need for constant independent control commands for each robot by a central controller or providing a customized control program to each robot during deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Parrott, Pablo Carrasco Zanini
  • Patent number: 10118293
    Abstract: The invention relates to an articulated arm robot for handling a payload, comprising a robot arm (R), which is attached to a base (1) that can be rotated about a first axis (A1), and at least two arm elements (2 and 3), which are arranged to form a kinematic chain and a first arm element (2) is mounted on the base (1) to pivot about a second axis (A2) that is oriented orthogonally relative to the first axis and a second arm element (3) which is attached to the first arm to be pivotal manner about a third axis (A3) that is oriented parallel to the second axis (A2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., UNIVERSITÄT ROSTOCK
    Inventors: Martin Christoph Wanner, Reinhart Kny, Michael Wollenberg, Steffen Dryba
  • Patent number: 10118294
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a control device capable of suppressing trajectory misalignment due to deviation between the response delay times of a plurality of axes (a plurality of servomotors). In this control device, which issues commands to a plurality of servo drivers corresponding to a plurality of servomotors, the servo driver corresponding to a standard servomotor for which the response delay time is the greatest among the plurality of servomotors is set as a standard servo driver, and the command timing for the other servo drivers is delayed more than the command timing for the standard servo driver, by an amount equal to the difference between the response delay time of the standard servomotor and the response delay time of the servomotors corresponding to the other servo drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Morino
  • Patent number: 10118295
    Abstract: A manual feed apparatus of a robot comprises an interference calculation apparatus configured to calculate an operable range in which the robot can operate without causing interference. The interference calculation apparatus includes an operation range setting part configured to judge a position at which the robot can operate without interfering with a peripheral object and set the operable range. The operation range setting part calculates the operable range during a period when the robot is stopped. The interference calculation apparatus calculates an operation allowable range in a direction in which the robot operates based on the operable range. The robot control apparatus executes control for reducing a speed of the robot when the operation allowable range is smaller than a predetermined judgement value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Oumi
  • Patent number: 10118296
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for creating, storing, and/or offloading tagged robot sensor data. In various implementations, a first plurality of sensor data points that are sampled by one or more sensors associated with a robot and that share a first attribute may be identified. Each of the first plurality of sensor data points may be tagged with a first tag, which may be indicative of the first attribute. A context in which a robot is operating may be identified. A first transport rule that governs how sensor data points tagged with the first tag are treated when the robot operates in the context may then be identified. At least a subset of the first plurality of tagged sensor data points may then be offloaded from the robot and/or stored locally on the robot pursuant to the first transport rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Moline Gennis, Andre Hentz, Daniel Lam
  • Patent number: 10118297
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for placing non-destructive marks onto a part via an end effector of a robot. One embodiment is a system comprising an end effector of a robot. The end effector includes an extendable punch that places targets onto a part, and supports that hold a strip of reflective adhesive tape between the punch and the part. Extending the punch cuts out a target from the strip and applies an adhesive side of the target to the part, and retracting the punch leaves a reflective side of the target visible on the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Christopher A Greer
  • Patent number: 10118298
    Abstract: A lower body supporting robot system includes a lower body mechanism being worn on a user's lower body, the lower body mechanism including a plurality of joints and links and a drive device, a distance calculator for measuring a first distance that is a vertical distance to an object located therebelow and a second distance that is a vertical distance to a ground surface, a memory for storing a limit distance that is a vertical distance between the distance calculator and the ground surface when the lower body mechanism is in a lowest sitting posture, and a controller for calculating a tolerance distance that is a difference between the second distance and the limit distance, comparing the first distance with the tolerance distance, and controlling the drive device so that the distance calculator moves by the first distance when the first distance is less than the tolerance distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sang In Park, Kyung Mo Jung, Dong Jin Hyun, Hyun Seop Lim
  • Patent number: 10118299
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method are described for removing rods from wood mats, the apparatus configured to assume an open position and a closed position. The apparatus has machine body, an attachment at the rear end of the machine body configured to attach a hydraulic cylinder, a rod that is slidably positioned within the machine body a spring within the machine body, the spring compressable by the rod, levers rotatably attached to the body, each lever having an extension arranged to penetrate a hole on the machine body and to fit within a rod depression on the rod therethrough, jaws protruding from the machine body, each jaw having a curved shape and a pointed end, each jaw rotatably movable; and a jaw ring positioned within the machine body contacts the jaws, wherein the apparatus assumes the closed position to bring the pointed ends of the jaws together radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Yak Mat, LLC.
    Inventors: Sam Hudson, Deway Greene, Jr., Brian M. Greenhoe
  • Patent number: 10118300
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing high flow vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a high flow vacuum source that provides an opening with an area of high flow vacuum at the end effector such that objects may be engaged while permitting substantial flow of air through the opening, and a load detection system for characterizing the load presented by the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Berkshire Grey, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Kevin Ahearn, Benjamin Cohen, Michael Dawson-Haggerty, Christopher Geyer, Thomas Koletschka, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, Gene Temple Price, Joseph Romano, Daniel Smith, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Prasanna Velagapudi, Thomas Allen
  • Patent number: 10118301
    Abstract: A hub assembly for coupling different grasper assemblies including a soft actuator in various configurations to a mechanical robotic components are described. Further described are soft actuators having various reinforcement. Further described are and soft actuators having electroadhesive pads for improved grip, and/or embedded electromagnets for interacting with complementary surfaces on the object being gripped. Still further described are soft actuators having reinforcement mechanisms for reducing or eliminating bowing in a strain limiting layer, or for reinforcing accordion troughs in the soft actuator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Aaron Lessing, Ryan Richard Knopf, Carl Everett Vause, Kevin Alcedo
  • Patent number: 10118302
    Abstract: Provided is a ceramic cutting tool including a blade body containing zirconium oxide as a primary component, the blade body containing particles containing any one of aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or silicon nitride as a primary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takanori Nishihara
  • Patent number: 10118303
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaver, comprising a handle, at least two rotary shaving heads, driven by at least one drive shaft which protrudes from said handle, and a support structure for supporting said shaving heads onto the handle so as to have their joined shaving surface (S) extend substantially perpendicular to said at least one drive shaft. The support structure is configured such, that a space (A), restricted at one side by the shaving heads and at the opposite side by the handle, is substantially open to its remaining, surrounding side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Albertus J. C. Van Der Borst, Bart J. Massee, Paul A. J. Ackermans, Wilko Westerhof, Albert J. Aitink, Ype Brada
  • Patent number: 10118304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to razor blade cutting edges and methods of producing edges exhibiting improved shave performance longevity and lower cutting forces. Conventional razor blades have increasing cutting forces with use due to the outer coating wear and adhesion loss. Blade edges produced according to the novel process exhibit significantly lower cutting forces when subjected to wool felt cutting shaving simulation, which correlates to more comfortable shaves initially and over the life of the blades. The present invention treats razor blade edges having a first adherent polyfluorocarbon coating with a first solvent to partially remove the polyfluorocarbon coating, adds a second polyfluorocarbon coating, heats, and treats the blade edge with a second solvent providing a final blade edge having a thin, uniform polyfluorocarbon coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Richard Duff, Jr., John Joseph Nisby, Kenneth James Skrobis, Joseph Allan Depuydt
  • Patent number: 10118305
    Abstract: A tool for use in cutting a tie wrap that is bound about at least one wire is provided. The tool includes a housing having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side and the second side are coupled together to define a cavity. The housing further includes a groove formed in the first side and in the second side, wherein the groove is in flow communication with the cavity. A blade is coupled to the first side and positioned with the cavity, wherein the blade includes a cutting surface partially extending into the groove. The tool also includes a spacer coupled to the housing and configured to maintain the wire a distance away from the cutting surface when the housing is applied to the tie wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David Scott Wright, Christine Mary Anderson, Curt Backman, Donald Wayne Coffland, Aaron Robert Ayers, Donald Richard Young
  • Patent number: 10118306
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a wearable cutting device. Specifically, the present invention relates to a cutting device that can be worn over the finger, so that simply by movement of the finger, cutting action may occur upon contact with a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas John Scimone, Scot Herbst, Hailey Ann Scimone, William Whitfield Hunter, Robert Joseph Gallegos
  • Patent number: 10118307
    Abstract: A chain saw has a fluid pump. The fluid pump has a pump rod, a pump core assembly defining a pumping channel, and a pump body. The pump core assembly has an inner pump core and an outer pump core. The pumping channel is formed at least by a first hole defined in the inner pump core and a second hole defined in the outer pump core and the first hole is in communication with the inlet and the outlet. The pump rod is arranged to do a straight reciprocating motion in the pumping channel along a first axis so as to force fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet by passing through the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Huixing Fu
  • Patent number: 10118308
    Abstract: Mounting systems to secure and index riving knives and spreaders in table saws are disclosed. One embodiment may include three mounts or screws attached to an elevation carriage. A clamp plate fits over the heads of the mounts and a handle pivots to move the clamp plate against flanges on the heads of the mounts to clamp a riving knife or spreader in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SawStop Holding LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, James F. W. Wright
  • Patent number: 10118309
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a log splitter with an extendable, or otherwise movable, work zone to increase the accessibility of the work zone for a user and improve movability of the log splitter. The log splitter may be configurable to be in an extended position, a compact position, a vertical position, or a moving position. In the extended position, the log splitter may split logs in a horizontal direction, and in the vertical position the log splitter may split logs in a vertical direction. When the log splitter is in the moving position and/or the compact position an operator of the log splitter may manually move the log splitter to a new position and/or location, or tow the log splitter with a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Blount, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Bowman, Jason Carlson, Patrick Foley, Emanuel Guzman, John Hatch, Hovan Huang, Marilena Papaianache, Randy Pitzer
  • Patent number: 10118310
    Abstract: A method of preparing a log splitter comprising a first beam supporting a moveable blade configured for splitting logs and a second beam extending between two wheels, the method comprising: elevating the first beam in relation to the second beam while the first beam is connected to the second beam by a rigid element that is pin jointed at a first end to the first beam and at a second end to the second beam; rotating the first beam horizontally about a vertical connection until the first beam is oriented perpendicular to the second beam; and attaching a tow bar beneath the first beam and parallel with the first beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Jiashan Superpower Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lu Yu Xin
  • Patent number: 10118311
    Abstract: Board, wherein this board substantially consists of a material mass which is pressed and which comprises at least two components, namely a first component consisting of organic material, and a second component functioning as a binding agent for said first component, with the characteristic that said material mass is composed differently in the plane of the board. The invention also relates to methods by which such board can be manufactured, as well as to panels comprising such board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Peter Hochepied
  • Patent number: 10118312
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for manufacturing high-performance concrete by introducing air into normal concrete and dissipating air, wherein high-performance concrete is formed in a manner in which bubbles, which are to be removed, are added in a large amount together with an admixture to pre-blended normal concrete so that the admixture is uniformly dispersed in the normal concrete using the ball-bearing effect of the bubbles, thus forming mixed concrete, and the mixed concrete is discharged using air at a high pressure of 5 atom or more to thereby shoot high-performance concrete of which the slump, remarkably increased due to the large amount of bubbles, is reduced to fall within the range of slump of normal concrete while dissipating excess air from the mixed concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kangwon National University University—Industry Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Kyong Ku Yun
  • Patent number: 10118313
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a mixing at least one material with at least one other material within an in-line mixing device. In one example embodiment methods, apparatuses, and systems are described to treat, reuse or otherwise remediate dredged or raw material from bottom sediment or other sources through the mixture of raw material and another material such as a hardening agent into a homogenous material for contamination remediation, use as construction materials or other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: JAFEC USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takeshima, Tsuyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10118314
    Abstract: The fiber boxes (60) each contain fiber (62) and are removably mounted to a fiber injector (9) for injecting the fiber (62) into a material flow stream. The fiber boxes (60) each have an enclosure (61) for containing the fiber (62), preferably a single fiber (62). An aperture 70 provides a feed hole (70) for passing the fiber (62) from an interior of the enclosure (61) to an exterior of the enclosure (61). Contacts (64) having ends disposed on an exterior of the enclosure (61), spaced apart for registering with mating contacts (54) on a fiber distribution ring (40). A frangible element (68) extends between the contacts (64) and provides electrical continuity between the two contacts (64), such that when the fiber (62) is fully withdrawn from within the enclosure (61) the frangible element (68) separates and breaks electrical continuity between the two contacts (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Mark D. Robbins
  • Patent number: 10118315
    Abstract: Techniques for producing composites outside of an autoclave that have smooth surface finishes are disclosed. The smooth composite surface, free of porosity, can be fabricated by curing the prepreg in a tool that includes a novel microstructure. In conventional composite manufacturing, some degree of porosity appears to originate from trapped gas bubbles that form during curing. The microstructure can provide a mechanism for the gas bubbles to escape from the tooling, thereby eliminating porosity and yielding a smooth surface finish on the out-of-autoclave composite. The microstructure can be applied to the tool surface using an inkjet process applying an acrylic resin curable with ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Surfx Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Siu F. Cheng, Mikhail M. Grigoriev, Robert F. Hicks
  • Patent number: 10118316
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a coefficient of thermal expansion of a member made of a fiber-reinforced resin, the method including: adjusting a coefficient of thermal expansion in a predetermined direction by increasing or decreasing a quantity of fiber having a grain direction in agreement with the predetermined direction. Also disclosed is a mold (100) for curing a cylindrical laminate (30) obtained by laminating prepreg. The mold includes a core die (10) and a surface die (2) outside the laminate including a plurality of partial surface dies (21 to 27). The partial surface dies are arranged to cover the entire circumferential surface of the laminate. Each of the partial surface dies is made of a fiber-reinforced resin in which a quantity of fiber having a grain direction in agreement with the circumferential direction differs from a quantity of fiber having a grain direction in agreement with an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshikazu Sana
  • Patent number: 10118317
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a template includes a template pattern and a liquid repellent pattern. The template pattern is formed on a substrate. The liquid repellent pattern has liquid repellency to a resist and are disposed on a periphery of a region for arrangement of the template pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kawamura, Masayuki Hatano, Yohko Komatsu, Hiroyuki Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 10118318
    Abstract: The invention discloses a temperature regulation mask and an alignment layer pre-curing device, and is related to the field of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel. Said temperature regulation mask is suitable for the alignment layer pre-curing device for pre-curing an alignment layer, and includes a base and a pattern arranged on the base. A pattern region of said temperature regulation mask has a different thermal conductivity from a thermal conductivity of a non-pattern region of said temperature regulation mask. A position of the one having a lower thermal conductivity among the pattern region and the non-pattern region of said temperature regulation mask corresponds to a position of said alignment layer corresponding to a metallic wiring region. The present invention can obtain an alignment layer with even thickness and improve a display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongming Zhan, Lifeng Lin
  • Patent number: 10118319
    Abstract: A mold assembly for forming a film includes a transparent bottom mold, a top mold, a case, and a lighting member. The transparent bottom mold defines a cavity for receiving a workpiece and a plurality of liquid compositions. The top mold is matched with the bottom mold to accommodate the workpiece between the bottom mold and the top mold. The case receives the bottom mold and the top mold placed therein. Air in the case is exhausted from the case to coat the plurality of liquid composition on the workpiece. The lighting member emits light on the liquid compositions to solidify the liquid compositions to form a film on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Lung Lee, Hung-Chun Ma, Yu-Lin Liao, Chih-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 10118320
    Abstract: A biomimetic skin for an animatronic figure and other applications is provided. The biomimetic skin may include an outer layer having a surface texture, and an inner layer attached to the outer layer. The inner layer may include a compressible cellular material. The outer layer may move correspondingly with the inner layer such that as the inner layer is moved the outer layer moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander W. Hsing, Philip Jackson
  • Patent number: 10118321
    Abstract: A tooling apparatus for manufacturing a composite structure may include a rigid outer tool for receiving a composite layup, a tubular inner vacuum bag in contact with the composite layup and defining an inner vacuum chamber, and an outer vacuum bag covering at least a portion of the rigid outer tool. The outer vacuum bag and the tubular inner vacuum bag may collectively define an outer vacuum chamber containing the composite layup. An outer bag vacuum source may be fluidly coupled to the outer vacuum bag for applying an outer bag vacuum pressure on the outer vacuum chamber. An inner bag vacuum source may be fluidly coupled to the tubular inner vacuum bag for applying an inner bag vacuum pressure on the inner vacuum chamber during application of the outer bag vacuum pressure on the outer vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Philipp Witte, Stanley W. Stawski, Fedor A. Kleshchev, Joshua Zarfos, Parth Naidu
  • Patent number: 10118322
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet-shaped mold possessing a high strength and having a low breakage rate in demolding even in a case where the mold is thin and has a large-area. The sheet-shaped mold is prepared by combining a cured silicone rubber containing a polyorganosiloxane and a fiber for reinforcing the cured silicone rubber. The fiber may comprise a cellulose nanofiber. The sheet-shaped mold may have an uneven pattern on at least one surface (or side) thereof. The fiber may be surface-treated with a hydrophobizing agent. The fiber may forma nonwoven fabric, and the nonwoven fabric may be impregnated with the cured silicone rubber. The cured silicone rubber may comprise a two-component curable silicone rubber having a polydimethylsiloxane unit. The sheet-shaped mold may be a mold for nanoimprint lithography using a photo-curable resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Mizuta, Takuya Osaka, Katsuhiro Nakaguchi, Arimichi Okumura, Hiroto Miyake, Masaya Omura, Naotaka Nishio
  • Patent number: 10118323
    Abstract: To obtain an integrated foam-molded product whose manufacturing cost is reduced and which makes an effective use of a property of an integration target. Foaming heat generated at the time of the foaming of a polyurethane foam raw material, whose influence has been conventionally prevented by contriving a special measure, is positively used. The integration target is influenced by foaming heat generated at the time of the foaming of the polyurethane foam raw material in a mold, to thermally deform into a desired shape along a mold shape. Consequently, it is possible to mold the integration target into an arbitrary shape in a step of integrating the integration target with a polyurethane foam layer in the mold by integrated foaming, and therefore, there is no need to work the integration target to a state closer to a final shape in a step before it is disposed in the mold, which can simplify manufacturing steps and reduce manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Delta Kogyo Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Seiji Kawasaki, Shigeki Wagata, Yoshimi Enoki
  • Patent number: 10118324
    Abstract: A magnetic-inductive flowmeter with a measuring tube, a magnetic field generator and a measuring electrode in which its measuring electrodes are improved is achieved by the measuring electrode being formed of an outer electrode sheath of an electrically non-conductive plastic and of an inner electrode core of electrically conductive plastic, and by a method for producing the measuring electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: KROHNE AG
    Inventors: Freek Beerling, Alexander Marnix Heijnsdijk, Josef Neven, Christian Nicolas
  • Patent number: 10118325
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component is provided that includes disposing a fiber panel onto a first surface of a mold cavity. The method also includes compressing the fiber panel between the first surface and a second surface of the mold cavity to form the fiber panel into a desired shape. The method further includes injecting resin into the mold cavity to fill at least one void between the first surface and the second surface adjacent to the fiber panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bart W. Fox, Jeffrey A. Deyoung, Tony M. Pokorzynski
  • Patent number: 10118326
    Abstract: A mold fabrication element has a hollowed volume defining a respective continuous inner surface. A fabricator resource disposes the mold fabrication element into a cavity of an injection mold assembly; surface contours on the inner surface of cavity as well as the respective continuous inner surface of the mold fabrication element exposed in the cavity define an outer surface of a resulting injection molded part. To create the injection molded part, the fabricator resource injects liquefied material into the cavity. The injected material contacts the continuous inner surface of the hollowed volume in the mold fabrication element as well as the surface contours of the cavity. After the injected material solidifies, the fabricator resource removes a combination of the injection molded part and the mold fabrication element. The fabricator resource separates the mold fabrication element from the injection molded part for further processing and use of the injection molded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith R. Washburn
  • Patent number: 10118327
    Abstract: A description is given of a method for the sound damping and/or sound insulation of metallic parts and/or plastic parts in which thermoplastic compounds are applied to the parts as a defined profile by direct extrusion at melting temperatures of between 120 and 300° C., wherein, before the heating, the compounds are in the form of granules with a density of 1.5 to 5 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bernd Schenzle, Josef Giesinger, Jozef Hudina
  • Patent number: 10118328
    Abstract: A forming mold (311) is configured to include: a pair of split mold bodies (312) in which an intermediate molded product (61) is accommodated; a pair of handle holding split molds (312) provided in the split mold bodies (315) so as to be slidable in a direction orthogonal to the opening and closing direction of the split mold bodies, and sandwiching a handle (30) therebetween; and driving means (313) connected to the handle holding split molds (312) for sliding the handle holding split molds individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NISSI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yuji Sakabe
  • Patent number: 10118329
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for maintaining the inflation level of a bubble formed by nips in a moving roll of tubular film, to form a gusset in a final product produced from the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hilex Poly Co. LLC
    Inventor: Harry B. Wilfong, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10118330
    Abstract: A molding unit (10) for forming a container made of thermoplastic material, includes: —a mold bottom (16) that is movable between a low position, an intermediate boxing position and a high position; —a carriage (24) that supports the mold bottom (16) and is mounted in a movable manner in a fixed holder (26); —actuation elements for moving the carriage (24) into its intermediate boxing position; —the actuation elements including a cylinder (32) that houses a piston (98) liable to push the mold bottom (16) through a boxing travel; characterized in that the mold bottom (16) is supported in a fixed manner by the carriage (24), the cylinder (32) being fixed with respect to the fixed holder (26). A method for employing the molding unit is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Damien Cirette, Yves Roche