Patents Issued in February 19, 2019
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Patent number: 10207296Abstract: A material sorting system sorts materials, such as scrap pieces composed of unknown metal alloys, as a function of their detected x-ray fluorescence. The x-ray fluorescence may be converted into an elemental composition signature that is then compared to an elemental composition signature of a reference material in order to identify and/or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification/classification. The material sorting system may include an in-line x-ray tube having a plurality of separate x-ray sources, each of which can irradiate a separate stream of materials to be sorted.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: UHV Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Manuel Gerardo Garcia, Nalin Kumar, Subodh Das
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Patent number: 10207297Abstract: Method and system for inspecting a manufactured part supported on an optically-transparent window of a rotary actuator at an inspection station are provided. The window rotatably supports the part in a generally vertical orientation at which a bottom end surface of the part has a position and orientation for optical inspection. An illuminator is configured to illuminate the bottom end surface of the part through the window with radiant energy to obtain reflected radiation signals which are reflected off the bottom end surface of the part. The reflected radiation signals travel through the window. A lens and detector assembly is configured to form a bottom image from the reflected radiation signals at a bottom imaging location below the window and is configured to detect the bottom image. The window is made of a material which is substantially transparent to the radiant energy and the reflected radiation signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: GII Inspection, LLCInventors: Michael G. Nygaard, James W. St. Onge, Nathan Andrew-Paul Kujacznski, Laura L. Poletti
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Patent number: 10207298Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an air handling unit during servicing may comprise a support tray which defines a space for receiving the unit and may include opposite sides and opposite ends, with a front side and top of the tray being substantially open such that the is movable through the front side into the support tray. The apparatus may also include a support frame supporting the support tray above a ground surface and wheels on the support frame. The support frame may be configured to permit the tray to tilt end to end with respect to the support frame to adjust heights of the ends and to permit the tray to tilt side to side with respect to the support frame to adjust a height of the front side of the tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Kevin K. Becker
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Patent number: 10207299Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and methods for active biofouling control. According to an aspect, a device comprising a surface for contacting a biological material. The device also comprises a mechanism comprising a structure configured to change the surface between a first shape and a second shape. The change from the first shape to the second shape deforms the surface beyond a critical strain for debonding of a fouling agent from the surface when the fouling agent has bonded to the surface in the first shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Duke UniversityInventors: Gabriel P. Lopez, Vrad W. Levering, Xuanhe Zhao, Phanindhar Shivapooja, Qiming Wang
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Patent number: 10207300Abstract: A system for clearing precipitation from a window comprises one or more transducers (1-8) fixed to the window. The transducers are driven by a generator (13) to produce surface acoustic waves that propagate through the window. The window may be a laminated window such as a windscreen (10) for a vehicle. A sensing system (122) may be used for detecting the presence of precipitation to actuate the clearing system.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: EchoVista GmbHInventors: David Robert Murray Trevett, Patrick Naven Trevett
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Patent number: 10207301Abstract: A thermostat assembly for a marine engine, having a housing with a first bore and a second bore in communication with the first bore. A thermostat mounts within the first bore for movement between an open and a closed position. A plunger removably mounts within the second bore for movement between an extended position for engagement with the thermostat, and a retracted position for disengagement with the thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventors: Greg Bohrer, Tina Bohrer
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Patent number: 10207302Abstract: A method and apparatus for infectious waste treatment. First, the infectious waste may be shredded into a mixture of liquid and shredded solid waste, then the mixture may be poured into a plurality of perforated bags. The liquid waste drips from the perforated bags onto a preheating subsystem and the solid waste remains in the perforated bags. The preheating subsystem heats up the liquid waste to a pre-disinfection temperature. Finally, steam may be utilized to heat up the liquid waste and the solid waste to a disinfecting temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Seyed Morteza Sadat
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Patent number: 10207303Abstract: A cold rolling apparatus includes: a heating device configured to heat a sequentially transferred steel sheet; a cold rolling mill configured to sequentially cold-roll the steel sheet after being heated; a meandering-movement correction device arranged on an upstream side of the heating device in a transfer direction of the steel sheet, and configured to correct a meandering movement of the steel sheet transferred toward the heating device; and a meandering-movement suppression device arranged between the heating device and the cold rolling mill, and configured to suppress a meandering movement of the steel sheet attributed to the cold rolling of the steel sheet by using the cold rolling mill.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Masayasu Ueno, Yoshimitsu Harada, Hidemasa Kodama, Tatsuhito Fukushima
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Patent number: 10207304Abstract: A metal plate bending device, including a lower die having a main body including a pair of arc-shaped cross-sectional recesses formed on an upper surface in a symmetric design with respect to a center line, and swingable members swingably received in said recesses respectively. An upper die is arranged above said lower die movably along said center line relative to said lower die, wherein said upper die is moved toward a metal plate mounted on said lower die causing a press-push force to said metal plate to, causing said swingable members to swing and bend said metal plate along said center line. A movable plate is slideably in planar contact with a flat upper surface of the swingable members and is a flat supporting surface. During bending, said movable plate is slideable with respect to said swingable member, and is moved together with said metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: TOKYO SEIMITSU HATSUJO CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki Maeda
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Patent number: 10207305Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a hairpin tube. The method includes cutting a coil of tube to provide a plurality of lengths of tubes, and bending each length of tube to form a plurality of hairpin tubes. A lubricant is then atomized with an injector nozzle, and injected into at least one open end of each hairpin tube. After lubricating the hairpin tubes, the legs of each hairpin tube are expanded.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.Inventors: David W. Skrzypchak, Vikas Somani, Brian J. Christen
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Patent number: 10207306Abstract: The present invention suppresses deterioration in the corrosion resistance of a worked portion resulting from working cracks in a Zn-based plated layer (3) in a workpiece (2) formed into a predetermined shape by performing plastic working on a Zn-based plated steel sheet (1) coated with a Zn-containing metal as a raw material. That is, plastic working is performed on a raw material that is a Zn-based plated steel sheet (1) to obtain a workpiece (2) having a predetermined shape, and thereafter, pressurization processing is performed on a worked portion in a sheet thickness direction to deform the plated metal, thus decreasing the width of working cracks in the plated metal. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the deterioration in the corrosion resistance of the worked portion of the Zn-based plated workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Sasaki, Jun Kurobe
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Patent number: 10207307Abstract: A device for a press for shaping a sheet metal part with a section which can be shaped out separately as an undercut in the device. The device includes a press-side ram, a swage and a die which can be driven separately, serves to shape out the undercut, and interacts with an undercut contour which is arranged substantially in a filler slide which is mounted such that it can be moved rotationally in the swage. The filler slide can be transferred from a shaping-out position into a position which exposes the undercut in the sheet metal part, and vice versa. At least one temperature-control device is provided in the filler slide, by way of which temperature-control device the filler slide can be temperature-controlled at least in sections.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Juergen Becker
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Patent number: 10207308Abstract: A machine arrangement for processing panel-like workpieces includes a processing station for processing a workpiece to produce a processing product, a workpiece support for supporting the workpiece during the workpiece processing and the processing product after the workpiece processing, the workpiece support including an unloading-side support part and a further support part that are arranged laterally side-by-side and substantially flush with one another in a horizontal direction at their upper sides at a common level, a movement device to which the workpiece and the processing product can be attached in a detachable manner and by which the workpiece attached to the movement device and the processing product attached to the movement device can be moved over the workpiece support, and a handling device for unloading the processing product from the workpiece support.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: TRUMPF Sachsen GmbHInventor: Franz Kowal
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Patent number: 10207309Abstract: A transfer apparatus (104) for transferring a workpiece (116) has a support surface (124) for supporting a workpiece (116). The transfer apparatus (104) has a carriage (128) movable with respect to the support surface (124) between a loading location and an unloading location. The transfer apparatus (104) further has a drive mechanism (146, 150) operatively connected to the carriage (128) for moving the carriage (128). The carriage (128) has a lift member (230) moveable between a lowered position and a raised position relative to the support surface (124). The carriage (128) further has a push member (292) operatively connected with the lift member (230) to enable engagement of a workpiece (116) with the push member (292) and the lift member (230) to lift at least a portion of the workpiece (116) from the support surface (124) to decrease the factional engagement between the workpiece (116) and the support surface (124).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Peddinghaus CorporationInventor: James Magnuson
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Patent number: 10207310Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle structure member by using a hollow extruded material that has a pair of side plates and a plurality of connecting plates connecting the side plates together and that has a quadrilateral closed section and a longitudinal shape, such that a width dimension of the vehicle structure member, which is a distance between the side plates, varies in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle structure member, the method including: an extrusion molding step of producing the hollow extruded material with the connecting plates each having a bent shape by extrusion molding; and a widening step of increasing the width dimension by increasing the distance between the side plates partially in the longitudinal direction so as to flatten the connecting plates having the bent shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Nakanishi, Yutaka Yamada
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Patent number: 10207311Abstract: Machine (10) for the production of coiled gaskets from continuous strips, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: GSKET S.R.L.Inventors: Gian Piero Barozzi, Lorenzo Facchinetti
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Patent number: 10207312Abstract: Forge lubrication processes are disclosed. A solid lubricant sheet is placed between a workpiece and a die in a forging apparatus. Force is applied to the workpiece with the die to plastically deform the workpiece. The solid lubricant sheet decreases the shear factor for the forging system and reduces the incidence of die-locking.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES LLCInventors: Scott Oppenheimer, Robin M. Forbes Jones, John Mantione, Ramesh Minisandram, Jean-Philippe Thomas
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Patent number: 10207313Abstract: A gripping device for mechanical fasteners, such as rivets, screws, bolts, and similar fasteners, and a robot effector employing such a device. The device includes a housing and a pair of jaws arranged on a holder. The pair of jaws is adapted to grip a mechanical fastener therebetween. The holder is rotatable inside of the housing and the jaws allow a self-centering of a gripped mechanical fastener.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: KUKA Systems AerospaceInventor: Patrice Riotte
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Patent number: 10207314Abstract: An investment mold includes a mold cavity and a refractory investment wall that bounds at least a portion of the mold cavity. At least a portion of the refractory investment wall includes a plurality of fugitive beads. The fugitive beads can be sacrificed to provide voids that control the strength of the refractory investment wall such that the wall fractures at the voids during investment casting to alleviate stress on a solidified metal cast in the mold cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Mario Bochiechio, Charles R. Watson
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Patent number: 10207315Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a composition, system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or user interface adapted for, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise, after removing a cast device from a stack-lamination-derived mold, said cast device formed from a molding composition, applying a desired shape to said cast device to form a shaped cast device, said molding composition comprising: a ceramic composition comprising silica; an cycloaliphatic epoxy binder composition, said cycloaliphatic epoxy binder composition present in said molding composition in an amount up to 30% by weight of said molding composition; a silicone composition comprising a siloxane resin, said silicone composition present in said molding composition in an amount up to 30% by weight of said molding composition; and a solvent composition adapted to dissolve said cycloaliphatic epoxy binder composition and said silicone composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael P. Appleby, Iain Fraser, John Paulus
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Patent number: 10207316Abstract: A primary object of this invention is to provide a continuous casting method by which a slab of excellent internal quality can be obtained even if the casting speed is changed. In this invention, upon continuous casting with two pairs of the reduction rolls arranged along a casting direction and support rolls arranged between the reduction rolls, when a casting speed is reduced compared to a state where combination of reduction with reduction rolls at a first stage on an unsolidified portion of the slab and reduction with reduction rolls at a second stage on a solidified portion thereof is employed, the combination is switched to combination of reduction with the reduction rolls at the first stage on a portion of the slab at an end of solidification and the reduction with the reduction rolls at the second stage on the solidified portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Tajima, Akihiro Yamanaka, Kenji Taguchi
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Patent number: 10207317Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods that ultrasonically agitate a semisolid metal slurry to prevent dendrite formation that can lead to clogging of a nozzle during direct metal writing.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Andrew J. Pascall, Eric B. Duoss, Ryan M. Hunt, Joshua Kuntz, Christopher M. Spadaccini, John Vericella
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Patent number: 10207318Abstract: A method of controlling molten metal flow and an electromagnetic brake system for a metal-making process, including: a first magnetic core arrangement having a first and second long sides with Nc teeth, and arranged to be mounted to opposite longitudinal sides of an upper portion of a mould, a first set of coils, each being wound around a respective tooth of the first magnetic core arrangement, and Np power converters, with Np being an integer that is at least two and Nc is an integer that is at least four and evenly divisible with Np, wherein each power converter is configured to feed a DC current to its respective group of 2Nc/Np series-connected coils.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Anders Lehman, Jan-Erik Eriksson, Martin Sedén
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Patent number: 10207319Abstract: An insert part for a cast piston of an internal combustion engine may include a powder, such as a sintered powder material, containing at least iron or alloys thereof, and having a capacity for being infiltrated. The powder may contain particles having different grain sizes, and up to 4% by volume of the powder may include particles having a diameter smaller than 75 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Udo Rotmann, Roland Ruch, Patrick Sutter, Frank Winger
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Patent number: 10207320Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coupling segment including: obtaining a mold having an interior and an exterior, the interior defining an interior surface, the interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity including a border line at an outermost edge of the cavity; placing a material in liquid form into the cavity in the mold; and removing a coupling segment from the mold, the coupling segment formed from the material, the coupling segment including an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end, a second end, and a parting line extending along the border line of the cavity of the mold prior to removal of the coupling segment from the mold, the parting line offset from a top surface of each end.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Anvil International, LLCInventors: Ty Schell, Patrick M. McCrea
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Patent number: 10207321Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for contactless induction of high-frequency vibrations in a volume of molten metal during the manufacturing of a metal component or a metal matrix composite component. The system includes a moveably arranged electromagnetic primary coil, adjustment means for adjusting the position of the primary coil, and a control unit for controlling the position of the primary coil to a predefined distance above, but not in contact with, an upper free surface of the molten metal. The molten metal may be contained in a foundry crucible during manufacturing. The system can be used as an additive manufacturing system, with the primary coil arranged above the melt pool. A secondary low-frequency electromagnetic coil may be arranged around and at a distance from the molten metal to induce flow and/or vibrations in the molten metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: European Space AgencyInventors: David John Jarvis, Koulis Pericleous, Valdis Bojarevics, Christian Lehnert
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Patent number: 10207322Abstract: A method of producing a reactive powder includes providing a bulk structure of reactive material comprising a first reactant and a second reactant, the bulk structure having a preselected average spacing between the first and the second reactants; and mechanically processing the bulk structure of reactive material to produce a plurality of particles from the bulk structure such that each of the plurality of particles comprises the first and second reactants having an average spacing that is substantially equal to the preselected average spacing of the bulk structure of reactive material. The first and second materials of the plurality of particles react with each other in an exothermic reaction upon being exposed to a threshold energy to initiate the exothermic reaction and remain substantially stable without reacting with each other prior to being exposed to the threshold energy.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Adam Stover
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Patent number: 10207323Abstract: A composite magnetic material includes a plurality of soft-magnetic metal powders, a first oxide that covers a surface of each of the plurality of soft-magnetic metal powders, and a second oxide that covers a surface of the first oxide and is interposed among the plurality of soft-magnetic metal powders each coated with the first oxide. The first oxide has a first recess in a surface, and the second oxide is provided in the first recess. With this configuration, peeling between the first oxide and the second oxide can be prevented, so that the composite magnetic material having high mechanical strength can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Takeshi Takahashi, Junichi Kotani
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Patent number: 10207324Abstract: This invention provides a method for manufacturing parts with a built-in channel. Two kinds of materials with different melting points are used, the material with the lower melting point is a molding element with an arbitrary shape, the material with the higher melting point is powdered, and the material with the low melting point is wrapped and positioned in the powder with the high melting point. When the preparation is completed, the low-temperature material is melted down, and the channel with the random shape is formed after sintering. In the application that the metal parts need supply water, air, or oil, instead of the channel acquired by mechanical splicing or the channel molded by 3D printing technology, this method in the invention is with a wide application range, the lower cost, and the simple and controllable technology, and is suitable for mass production and with very broad market prospects.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: NINGHAI DAYA PRECISION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Weifa Yan
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Patent number: 10207325Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing includes building a component having a top surface, attaching the component to a powder bed fusion plate that receives the component, filling the powder bed fusion chamber so the powder is flush with the top surface of the component, and adding a first layer of powdered metal level with the top surface of the component. The method of additive manufacturing also includes fusing the first layer of powdered metal to the top surface of the component to create a fusion joint, and building up an additively manufactured body from the top surface of the component in subsequent layers.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Delavan Inc.Inventors: Gregory Zink, Spencer Pack, Matt Donovan
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Patent number: 10207326Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes a fabrication stage and a flattener. A fabrication layer in which powder particles are bound together is formed layer-by-layer on the fabrication stage. The flattener relatively moves in a moving direction along a stage surface of the fabrication stage and flattens a surface of powder on the fabrication stage to form a powder layer. The fabrication stage and the flattener are arranged to be relatively movable in a height direction. In formation of the powder layer on the fabrication layer formed on the fabrication stage, the apparatus performs an operation to increase a distance between the flattener and the fabrication stage in the height direction when the flattener moves to a position near an edge of the fabrication layer in the moving direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Soyoung Park, Shinichi Kakuda, Shozo Sakura
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Patent number: 10207327Abstract: The present invention relates to granular composite density enhancement, and related methods and compositions. The applications where these properties are valuable include but are not limited to: 1) additive manufacturing (“3D printing”) involving metallic, ceramic, cermet, polymer, plastic, or other dry or solvent-suspended powders or gels, 2) concrete materials, 3) solid propellant materials, 4) cermet materials, 5) granular armors, 6) glass-metal and glass-plastic mixtures, and 7) ceramics comprising (or manufactured using) granular composites.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignees: The Trustees of Princeton University, Uniformity Labs, Inc.Inventors: Adam Bayne Hopkins, Salvatore Torquato
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Patent number: 10207328Abstract: An Fe—Mo—Cu—C-based alloy steel powder for powder metallurgy has a chemical composition containing Mo: 0.2 mass % to 1.5 mass %, Cu: 0.5 mass % to 4.0 mass %, and C: 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein an iron-based powder has a mean particle size of 30 ?m to 120 ?m, and a Cu powder has a mean particle size of 25 ?m or less. Despite the alloy steel powder for powder metallurgy having a chemical composition not containing Ni, a part produced by sintering a press formed part of the powder and further carburizing-quenching-tempering the sintered part has mechanical properties of at least as high tensile strength, toughness, and sintered density as a Ni-added part.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Takashita, Akio Kobayashi, Naomichi Nakamura, Toshio Maetani, Akio Sonobe, Itsuya Sato
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Patent number: 10207329Abstract: A tool having a toolholder and a cutting insert disposed in the pocket of the toolholder. The cutting insert includes a hole having a cutting insert clamping surface that is contacted by the clamp clamping surface. The clamp clamping surface and the cutting insert clamping surface are formed, such that as a clamp bottom surface is moved toward a bottom surface of the pocket, when a post is in a post hole and a fastener is in a clamp hole and a toolholder hole, the cutting insert is urged against the bottom surface and a rear wall. A tool holder is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SECO TOOLS ABInventor: Jimmy Thelin
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Patent number: 10207330Abstract: Tool-holding device (11) for a machining tool, comprising: a tool-holder body (13); a receiving part (15) defined in the tool-holder body (13); a retaining element (17) provided with a pair of mutually cooperating jaws (17a,17b); a female seat (19) between the jaws for an engaging male portion (21) of a machining tip (23), the jaws (17a,17b) being capable of taking a locking configuration, in which the engaging portion (21) of the tool (23) is firmly locked within the seat (19) of the retaining element (17), and a disengaged configuration in which the engaging portion (21) of the tip (23) can be detached from the retaining element (17); a moveable component (25) which bear the main load of holding the retaining element (17) in the receiving part (15) when the retaining element (17) is in the configuration in which it engages the tool (23).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SATURNINO FIORI CATE SRLInventor: Saturnino Fiori
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Patent number: 10207331Abstract: A tool holder is disclosed for holding a tool shaft of a tool, the tool holder having a receiving bore for receiving the tool shaft in a predetermined axial position, having a seal at an inner end of the receiving bore, and further comprising a coolant supply from a machine-side into a bore of the tool shaft, wherein the seal has an at least partially elastically deformable sealing element.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: BILZ WERKZEUGFABRIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gerhard Babel, Ulrich Zierer
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Patent number: 10207332Abstract: A work holder includes: a first holding part having three attracting members that are arranged circumferentially apart from each other to attract an axial end face of an annular work; and a second holding part having a contacting member that is held in contact with an inner periphery or outer periphery of the work and restricts radial movement of the work.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Yokoyama, Masami Narisawa, Shogo Kuroyanagi, Yoshinobu Shichiri
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Patent number: 10207333Abstract: There is provided a tool assembly for transferring locations and dimensions of a pattern of holes from a first structure to a second structure. The tool assembly has a transfer plate with a transfer plate pattern of transfer plate holes that include a plurality of oversize holes and two transfer plate index holes. The transfer plate pattern is substantially identical to the pattern in the first structure. The tool assembly has one or more alignment elements installed in the plurality of oversize holes. Each alignment element has a through opening in a coaxial alignment with the oversize hole. The oversize hole allows formation of an alignment variation gap between an exterior of the alignment element and an inner wall of the oversize hole. The tool assembly has one or more holding elements coupled to the transfer plate, each with a central through opening in coaxial alignment with the oversize hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mark E. Nestleroad, Craig A. Charlton, Jake A. Wilson, Andrew M. Huckey
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Patent number: 10207334Abstract: A machining device including a framework, a transmission shaft and a drive mechanism including a rotation member for driving the shaft in rotation about its axis, a drive member in helical connection with the shaft to drive the translation thereof along its axis with a feed movement, according to the relative rotational speed of the rotation and drive members. The drive member is mounted with the ability to effect translational movement with respect to the framework along the axis and is positioned between the rotation member and an end for coupling of the shaft to a cutting tool, while an electromechanical actuator is mounted in a fixed frame of reference associated with the framework in front of the drive member to which it can be coupled in order to cause it to oscillate translationally so as to superpose an axial oscillation component with the feed movement.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignees: CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES, AMVALORInventors: Ugo Masciantonio, George Moraru
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Patent number: 10207335Abstract: A device for opening a connection to a lined pipe is disclosed. The device has a body that includes a front end and a rear end and being rotatable about a rotation axis. The device also has a drill head that has multiple cutters for puncturing and enlarging a hole in a liner, and multiple side cutters have at least one cutting edge parallel to the rotation axis. A safety ring is disposed on the body between the drill head and the side cutters. The safety ring has a circular periphery extending beyond the drill head and the side cutters in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
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Patent number: 10207336Abstract: A rotary tool comprising two coupling parts, namely a carrier and a cutting head in a front end surface. The carrier comprises a pin receptacle into which a coupling pin of the cutting head is inserted. In order to prevent pulling-out in an axial direction, stop surfaces are provided on the pin receptacle and on the coupling pin, said stop surfaces being effective in an axial direction. For a design that is as simple as possible, in particular with regard to grinding, each stop surface of the coupling pin is adjoined by a lateral surface which freely tapers off in the direction toward the end surface as viewed in the axial direction. In particular, the lateral surface constitutes a torque surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Jürgen Schwägerl, Berthold Heinrich Zeug, Horst Manfred Jäger
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Patent number: 10207337Abstract: A front-loaded, side-activated modular drill includes a shank and a replaceable cutting insert installed on and engaging the tool shank. The shank has a pocket for supporting the cutting insert when the cutting insert is installed within the pocket. The pocket includes a first centering wall having an aperture with internal threads formed with a first pitch and a second centering wall having an aperture with a first portion with internal threads formed with a second, different pitch. A first member is threaded into the aperture of the first centering wall, and a second member is threaded into the second centering wall. The first member is threaded into the second member. The cutting insert has an opening in a trailing end for allowing the first member to pass therethrough. Rotation of the first member causes the centering walls to elastically deform and move relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventor: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho
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Patent number: 10207338Abstract: A device for holding and securing a tool, in particular, a drill bit, on a machine tool, for example, a core drill, including an output shaft for transmitting a torque generated in the machine tool to the tool; and a union nut positioned around the output shaft for detachably connecting the output shaft to an attachment end of the tool. The output shaft includes a locking ring and the union nut includes a washer disk, as well as an attenuator, the washer disk being positioned between the locking ring and the attenuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Reichenberger, Xaver Ried
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Patent number: 10207339Abstract: A cutting insert for an indexable drill according to the present disclosure may be used for external cutting or internal cutting depending on a position and a direction in which the cutting insert is installed even though a single type of cutting insert is provided. In addition, the cutting insert for an indexable drill according to the present disclosure has a section of the internal cutting edge which is involved in a cutting process or a section of the internal cutting edge which is not involved in the cutting process, which are clearly distinguished from each other, and as a result, the cutting insert may be rotated and mounted, and reversed and mounted on a drill body, such that maximum eight corners may be used to perform a cutting process.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: KORLOY INCInventors: Chan Kyu Park, Hong Seung Son, Sung Hyun Kim, Hyo Joon Lim, Sun Yong Ahn, Young Heum Kim
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Patent number: 10207340Abstract: A machining device for machining the lateral surface of an approximately cylindrical object in portions thereof includes a chain for annularly surrounding the object to be machined. The chain consists of at least two hingedly connectable chain links, one of which is a tool holder having at least one tool for machining the lateral surface. The device also includes support rollers for rolling on the lateral surface. The at least one other chain link is a chain connecting link. The chain links are connectable in such a way that they form a closed chain ring around the object to be machined. The machining device further includes a feed adjuster capable of reversibly adjusting an axial position of facing ends of two chain links parallel to the axis of the closed chain ring relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: PF-Schweiβtechnologie GmbHInventors: Bernd Merle, Achim Spychalski-Merle
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Patent number: 10207341Abstract: A disposable drilling and milling cutter for use with an NC or CNC machine tool and configured to be fed in a spiral manner includes a shank, a chip removing groove at one of a plurality of offset positions at one end of the shank, a blade seat at a distal end of the chip removing groove, and a disposable blade locked to the blade seat. The disposable blade has a cutting edge at each of its upper and lower ends, and each cutting edge has an irregular height and a notch. The wavy structural design of the disposable blade enables the disposable drilling and milling cutter to drill and mill in a sectioned manner, to break the drilling/milling chips automatically, and to perform intermittent processing.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Hsin-Tien Chang
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Patent number: 10207342Abstract: An insert detachably attached to an indexable rotary cutting tool, having an upper surface having cutting edges along the ridgeline, a lower surface, side surfaces, and a center hole for a fastening screw; each cutting edge having a corner cutting edge formed in each acute corner portion, and a bottom cutting edge and a peripheral cutting edge formed along the ridgelines on both sides of the corner cutting edge; the bottom cutting edge and the peripheral cutting edge having different clearance angles; a flank of the corner cutting edge having an angle-changing surface portion having a clearance angle continuously changing in a region from the bottom cutting edge to the peripheral cutting edge; and the length of the peripheral cutting edge being restricted by a receding portion adjacent to an upper end of the peripheral cutting edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Hisanori Mura, Tadahiro Hibata, Tomohiro Murata
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Patent number: 10207343Abstract: A tool assembly configured for location on a section of a pipe is operable to both isolate a section of the pipe and perform an intervention into the pipe while maintaining pressure integrity. The tool assembly includes a clamp, a cutting tool and an isolation tool. In use, the clamp sealingly secures the tool assembly to the pipe, the cutting tool performs an intervention operation on the pipe, and the isolation tool isolates the section of pipe in order that repair or replacement of equipment can be effected.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Stats (UK) LimitedInventor: Douglas Corey Krokosz
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Patent number: 10207344Abstract: An attachable and extendable saw and methods for cutting objects with the attachable and extendable saw are provided. The attachable and extendable saw can include a blade housing coupled to a main body. The blade housing at least partially covers a saw blade and the extendable member can be configured to move the saw blade with or without the blade housing between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the main body. The extendable saw can also include means to drive the saw blade, means to drive the extendable member, and means for attaching the attachable and extendable saw to the objects to be cut.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Mechanical & Electrical Concepts, Inc.Inventor: Will Harris
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Patent number: 10207345Abstract: A motorized saw assembly includes a base assembly having a workpiece support surface which defines a workpiece surface plane, an upper support assembly configured to support a saw blade, and a hinge assembly including a first linkage assembly and a second linkage assembly. The upper support assembly is configured to move between a first position, whereat the first linkage assembly and the second linkage assembly extend substantially perpendicular to the workpiece surface plane, and a second position, whereat the first linkage assembly and the second linkage assembly extend over the workpiece support surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Plamen V. Marinov, Gregory A. Menze