Patents Issued in May 16, 2019
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Publication number: 20190143426Abstract: A miter saw and a workpiece support are provided. The workpiece support has a circular disc-shaped turntable penetrated by a saw blade slot serving as a passage for the saw blade lowered into the working position, a holder on one side for fastening the saw unit, and a radial arm which extends the turntable and the saw blade slot in the longitudinal direction of the slot radially outwards on a side opposite the holder. A radial arm connection is provided, on which the radial arm is detachably and co-rotatably attached to the turntable, or on which a radially outer radial arm outer portion of the radial arm is detachably and co-rotatably attached to a radially inner radial arm inner portion of the radial arm formed integrally with the turntable. The miter saw has blade that can be moved transversely and lowered from a position above the workpiece support.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Markus Bindhammer
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Publication number: 20190143427Abstract: A dust collection system designed for a table saw is disclosed. The dust collection system includes a dust shroud and dust shield to channel dust generated by a blade as it cuts wood or other material. The dust shroud includes fins and walls to “peel” dust and air off a spinning blade and direct the dust and air downward. The dust shroud encloses the lower front portion of a blade. An insert with a channel into which a dust shield can extend is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: SawStop Holding LLCInventors: Paul H. Stasiewicz, John P. Nenadic
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Publication number: 20190143428Abstract: A shoe for a band saw, the shoe having a body including a generally C-shaped member defined by a substantially planar portion for engaging a workpiece and a pair of rails extending transversely therefrom and wrapping such that the body includes a generally T-shaped receptacle for slidably receiving a correspondingly-shaped member. The substantially planar portion includes apertures aligned linearly. A biased detent feature has a holding force with a magnitude sufficient to hold the body when the detent feature is seated in one of the apertures. The body is moveable linearly, relative to the detent feature, in the direction of alignment of the apertures between engaged and non-engaged positions. The body is moveable out of the engaged position in the direction by application of a disengaging force in the direction acting to move the body with respect to the detent feature and acting to overcome the holding force in the engaged position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Matthew T. Bertsch, Steven F. Thiel, William A. Elger, Melissa M. Marineau
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Publication number: 20190143429Abstract: A machining jig holds a workpiece with respect to a tool when machining the workpiece with the tool, the workpiece including a ridge that projects from an outer periphery of a cylindrical section in a radial direction and that extends so as to intersect a peripheral direction. The machining jig includes a holding jig that includes a cylindrical body section that is disposed at an outer periphery of the workpiece and a stopping section that projects inwardly from the body section and that stops a face of a surface of the ridge on a side where the tool leaves a processing portion of the ridge; and a coaxial base that is coaxial with the holding jig and to which the holding jig is coaxially fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Hirofumi Kiguchi
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Publication number: 20190143430Abstract: A device and associated system for threading, cutting, and reaming pipe ends are described. The device and system utilizes a brushless DC electric motor. The devices also include on-board electronics and operator interface(s) to provide sophisticated control and information as to the various operations. Also described are methods of operating the devices and several different modes for performing various operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Richard M. Kundracik, Paul W. Gress, James E. Hamm, Glen R. Chartier
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Publication number: 20190143431Abstract: Tool electrodes for and methods of electrical discharge machining are provided. In one exemplary aspect, a tool electrode for machining features into a workpiece is provided that allows for increased machining speed without sacrificing the quality of the machined features. Moreover, a tool electrode is provided that eliminates or reduces the high cost associated with customized tool electrodes. In particular, a tool electrode is provided that includes a plurality of electrode elements arranged and spaced apart in a digitized matrix representative of a tooling shape for machining features into a workpiece. The plurality of electrode elements are spaced apart from one another and arranged in the digitized matrix by digitizing an analog electrode tool configured to machine the feature into the workpiece or a volume of the feature to be machined into the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yuefeng Luo, Nouman Usmani, Yuanfeng Luo
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Publication number: 20190143432Abstract: A controller for a wire electrical discharge machine that machines a workpiece along a machining path by relatively moving the workpiece and a wire electrode to each other while generating electric discharge across an electrode gap between the workpiece and the wire electrode, includes: a machining surface state acquisition unit configured to acquire the state of a machining surface of the workpiece; and a machining path setting unit configured to specify an excessively machined portion of the workpiece based on the acquired state of the machining surface and set an approach point at which the wire electrode is made to approach the machining surface from a machining start point, so as to avoid the excessively machined portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Ryou NISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190143433Abstract: The invention provides a method for machining a shape such as slot or cavity or aperture using a plurality of first type holes (1) and second type holes (2), wherein during machining of first type holes (1) the hole circumference completely envelopes the respective portion of the electrode circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Michel HULSEBOS, Arjen Cornelis van der Molen
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Publication number: 20190143434Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a conductor pattern provided on an insulating substrate and having a main surface to which the semiconductor element is joined; and a terminal electrode joined to the main surface of the conductor pattern by a hard solder material and electrically connected to the semiconductor element. A joining region joined to the hard solder material in the conductor pattern includes: a first region in which the terminal electrode exists in a plan view; and a second region located outside the first region and not overlapping with the terminal electrode. The conductor pattern on the insulating substrate and the terminal electrode can be firmly joined by the hard solder material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yutaka YONEDA, Masao KIKUCHI
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Publication number: 20190143435Abstract: A system for re-configuring a welding system provides the ability to download applications to a welding power source or system, and to store the configuration data and applications to one or more of a series of welders, thereby simplifying configuration and re-configuration of power sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Collin Stoner, John Luck, Anthony J. Kowaleski, Bruce A. Casner
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Publication number: 20190143436Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a welding type power using a welding power circuit having a control input and a welding type power output, a feedback circuit and a controller connected to the control input and the feedback circuit is disclosed. The controller includes a parameter setting module and/or a process selection module that are connected to and responsive to at least one of the feedback circuit. The a process selection module can be responsive to the parameter setting module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Bruce P. Albrecht, Robert R. Davidson
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Publication number: 20190143437Abstract: A detection device for an active glare protection device comprises a detection unit that is configured for a direct or indirect detection of at least one welding parameter of a welding apparatus, and comprises at least one communication unit that is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter to the active glare protection device, wherein the communication unit is configured for a transmission of at least one information of the at least one welding parameter, implemented as a bit sequence of a defined length, to the active glare protection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Ramon HOFER KRANER, Tindaro PITTORINO, Olaf SCHREIBER
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Publication number: 20190143438Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing engine driven welding-type power supply includes an engine, a generator, an input power circuit, a welding-type power circuit, an auxiliary power circuit and a controller. The generator includes permanent magnets that create and provides a generator output from at least one polyphase winding. The input power circuit is connected to the generator output and the welding-type power circuit is connected to the input circuit, and provides a welding-type output. The auxiliary power circuit is connected to the input circuit and provides an auxiliary power output. The controller is connected to the auxiliary power and the welding type power circuits, and can command that there be no load for the generator. The generator is connected to the engine and connected to function as a flywheel to the engine and the engine does not include a flywheel other than the generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Dennis R. Sigl, Todd G. Batzler, Michael D. Madsen
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Publication number: 20190143439Abstract: A welding system includes a wire drive assembly having feed rolls for feeding welding wire through a welding torch assembly. The welding system also includes a rear structure disposed at an upstream end of the welding torch assembly, a forward structure disposed at a downstream end of the welding torch assembly, and a continuous guide structure. The rear structure has a rear structure aperture through which the welding wire is received, the forward structure has a forward structure aperture through which the welding wire is output, and the continuous guide structure is disposed between and coupled to the rear structure aperture and the forward structure aperture. The rear structure aperture is aligned with a first axis, the forward structure aperture is aligned with a second axis, and the first and second axes are offset from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Paul William Garvey
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Publication number: 20190143440Abstract: A robot includes: a robot body including a plurality of joints, and a cleaning mechanism provided to the robot body and configured to clean a predetermined cleaning target site of the robot body to which a foreign material is likely to adhere.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Daisuke AKITA, Masaaki UEMATSU
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Publication number: 20190143441Abstract: A joining head for the joining of a joining element to a workpiece, wherein the joining head) has a fluid cylinder that acts in an axial direction for actuating a loading pin, and the fluid cylinder has a cross-sectional area and defines a dimension of the joining head in a predetermined radial direction, and the cross-sectional area of the fluid cylinder deviates from a circular shape in order to reduce the dimension of the joining head in the predetermined radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Christoph EISENBERG, Jochen HAIN, Nicolas NAB, Wolfgang OBERMANN, Michael SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20190143442Abstract: A spot welding apparatus which performs spot welding of a plurality of plate materials which are lapped to each other, comprises a displacement driving unit which displaces lapped portions of the plurality of plate materials and a tool relatively to each other; a rotation driving unit which rotates the tool; and a controller which controls the displacement driving unit and the rotation driving unit so that the tool is plunged into the lapped portions in a state in which the tool is rotated to perform friction stir spot welding. The controller controls the displacement driving unit so that at least one friction stir spot weld is formed in a region of the lapped portions which is between a plurality of resistance spot welds formed by resistance spot welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji OHASHI, Yoshitaka MURAMATSU, Masahiro MIYAKE, Takuya FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20190143443Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing using foil-based build materials. Such methods and apparatuses eliminate several drawbacks of conventional powder-based methods, including powder handling, recoater jams, and health risks. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for compensation of in-process warping of build plates and foil-based build materials, in-process monitoring, and closed loop control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Justin MAMRAK, MacKenzie Ryan REDDING, Mark Kevin MEYER
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Publication number: 20190143444Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing using foil-based build materials. Such methods and apparatuses eliminate several drawbacks of conventional powder-based methods, including powder handling, recoater jams, and health risks. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for compensation of in-process warping of build plates and foil-based build materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Justin MAMRAK, MacKenzie Ryan REDDING, Thomas Graham SPEARS, Mark Kevin MEYER
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Publication number: 20190143445Abstract: A process and apparatus for free form fabrication of a three-dimensional work piece comprising (a) feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; (b) depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit under a first processing condition; (c) monitoring the molten pool deposit for a preselected condition; (d) comparing information about the preselected condition of the monitored molten pool deposit with a predetermined desired value for the preselected condition of the monitored molten pool deposit; (e) solidifying the molten pool deposit; (f) automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the comparing step (d); and repeating steps (a) through (f) at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer a three-dimensional work piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Scott Stecker
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Publication number: 20190143446Abstract: An exothermic welding apparatus and an exothermic welding method, belonging to the exothermic welding field are provided. The exothermic welding apparatus includes a mold, an igniter and an electronic starter, the mold has a holding space configured to accommodate an exothermic welding flux, the igniter includes a heating wire, a first conductor wire and a first connector, the heating wire is configured to ignite the exothermic welding flux directly, one end of the first conductor wire is electrically connected to the heating wire, the other end of the first conductor wire is electrically connected to the first connector, and the electronic starter cooperates with the first connector and is configured to supply power to the first connector. The exothermic welding apparatus can ignite an exothermic welding flux by supplying power with an electronic starter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Xudong Yu, Fanjiao Chen, Zhoubo Lv
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Publication number: 20190143447Abstract: A pulsed light generation apparatus includes a dispersing unit for dispersing pulsed light for respective wavelengths, a polarization dependent type spatial light modulator for modulating the dispersed pulsed light in respective wavelengths, and a combining unit for combining wavelength components of the pulsed light output from the spatial light modulator. A polarization plane of the pulsed light input to the spatial light modulator is inclined with respect to a polarization direction in which the spatial light modulator has a modulation function. The spatial light modulator causes a time difference between a first polarization component of the pulsed light along the polarization direction and a second polarization component of the pulsed light intersecting with the first polarization component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Haruyasu ITO, Koji TAKAHASHI, Koyo WATANABE
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Publication number: 20190143448Abstract: A laser machining method includes obtaining a movement direction in which a head that variably makes a shape of a radiation locus using a laser is being moved by a robot that causes the head to move along a machining line, and adjusting the radiation locus made by the head to keep a constant relative angle between the movement direction obtained by the obtaining and a representative angle of the shape of the radiation locus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Seiichiro FUKUSHIMA, Takashi MOTOYOSHI
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Publication number: 20190143449Abstract: Systems and methods for additive manufacturing, and, in particular, such methods and apparatus as employ pulsed lasers or other heating arrangements to create metal droplets from donor metal micro wires, which droplets, when solidified in the aggregate, form 3D structures. A supply of metal micro wire is arranged so as to be fed towards a nozzle area by a piezo translator. Near the nozzle, an end portion of the metal micro wire is heated (e.g., by a laser pulse or an electric heater element), thereby causing the end portion of the metal micro wire near the nozzle area to form a droplet of metal. A receiving substrate is positioned to receive the droplet of metal jetted from the nozzle area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Michael Zenou
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Publication number: 20190143450Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel manufacturing method that makes it possible to manufacture low-cost, high-performance vacuum insulation panels, and a vacuum insulation panel are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Tsutomu AZUMA, Hirohisa MISHIMA, Takefumi NAKAKO
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Publication number: 20190143451Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing using foil-based build materials. Such methods and apparatuses eliminate several drawbacks of conventional powder-based methods, including powder handling, recoater jams, and health risks. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for compensation of in-process warping of build plates and foil-based build materials, in-process monitoring, and closed loop control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Justin MAMRAK, MacKenzie Ryan REDDING
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Publication number: 20190143452Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing using foil-based build materials. Such methods and apparatuses eliminate several drawbacks of conventional powder-based methods, including powder handling, recoater jams, and health risks. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for compensation of in-process warping of build plates and foil-based build materials, in-process monitoring, and closed loop control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Justin MAMRAK, Mackenzie REDDING
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Publication number: 20190143453Abstract: In a three-dimensional printing method example, a metallic build material is applied. A positive masking agent is selectively applied on at least a portion of the metallic build material. The positive masking agent includes a radiation absorption amplifier that is compatible with the metallic build material. The metallic build material is exposed to radiation from a spatially broad, high energy light source to melt the portion of the metallic build material in contact with the positive masking agent to form a layer. The radiation absorption amplifier i) has an absorbance for the radiation that is higher than an absorbance for the radiation of the metallic build material, or ii) modifies a surface topography of the at least the portion of the metallic build material to reduce specular reflection of the radiation off of the at least the portion of the metallic build material, or both i) and ii).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thomas Anthony, Kristopher J. Erickson, Krzysztof Nauka
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Publication number: 20190143454Abstract: A laser patterning apparatus of a three-dimensional object to be processed, which includes a laser generation unit, a first beam adjustment unit for adjusting the magnitude of a laser beam generated in the laser generation unit, a second beam adjustment unit for adjusting the focal location of z-axis, x-axis, and y-axis of the laser beam via the first beam adjustment unit, and a control unit for controlling the second beam adjustment unit so that laser patterning is performed on a three-dimensional object to be processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Advanced Technology Inc.Inventors: Byoung-Chan CHOI, Yong Cheol CHOI, Ho Kyeng CHOI, Young Hun SONG, Ki Won JUNG, Doo Baeck AN
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Publication number: 20190143455Abstract: A system 10 and method for laser cutting a plurality of parts, for example metal chassis components, using a plurality of laser cutting apparatuses is provided. The system 10 includes a plurality of the laser cutting apparatuses 14 disposed in a single enclosed cell 12 for simultaneously trimming multiple parts. The system 10 also includes at least one inner chamber 22 and at least one set of double doors 16, 18 for transferring the parts in and out of the enclosed cell 12 without any light escaping the cell 12. The parts are conveyed through the first door 16 to the inner chamber 22 while the second door 18 is closed, and through the second door 18 to the enclosed cell 12 while the first door 16 is closed. The system 10 also includes robots 24 continuously preloading and unloading the parts to maximize the laser trimming time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: John Richard Potocki, Alexander Zak
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Publication number: 20190143456Abstract: A laser cutting machine including an X1 axis provided with clamps which make it possible to firmly grip a material to be cut in sheets or on reels (the blank) enabling the material to be moved from left to right; a Y-axis: perpendicular to the X1 axis, enabling the movement of a laser cutting head; an X2 axis with at least one pair of clamping rollers enabling the material to be moved to the left or to the right; a straightening/de-cambering/levelling system placed beside this X2 axis comprising an optimised number of rollers; a unit incorporating the X2 axis and the straightening system which can be moved upwards or downwards, and a motorized discharge table enabling the cut elements (scrap and good pieces) to be discharged at a precise point, delimiting a picking zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Pierre VANDEVELDE
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Publication number: 20190143457Abstract: A laser preheating control method is applied to a laser preheating control device. When a cutter processes a workpiece along a process path, a laser source of the device is provided to output a laser beam to the workpiece for selectively forming a laser spot on the workpiece surface. And according to a movement direction of the cutter, a laser controller of the device is provided to form the laser spot only on a preheating region of the workpiece, where in front of the cutter in the process path, for preheating the workpiece in the preheating region. As a result, the laser spot will not repeatedly heat the workpiece behind the cutter in the process path, and the qualitative change of the workpiece caused by repeating heating is preventable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yu-Ting Lu, Yu-Fu Lin, Jui-Teng Chen, Wen-Long Chang, Chih-Hung Chou
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Publication number: 20190143458Abstract: The invention pertains to a laser machining system that comprises first deflection optics, which are designed for deflecting a machining laser beam in two directions in space, second deflection optics, which are designed for deflecting a measuring beam in two directions in space independently of the machining laser beam, and a coupling device, which is arranged in a beam path of the machining laser beam and designed for coupling the measuring beam into the beam path of the machining laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Matthias Strebel
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Publication number: 20190143459Abstract: A screen (24A-H) of a specified thickness (T) for insertion in a gap (32) between surfaces of workpieces (32, 34) to be joined by brazing. The screen thickness determines and maintains the gap thickness during brazing. The screen has a higher melting point than the braze filler material (22), is wettable by a melt of the braze filler material, and may have a higher tensile strength than the braze filler material at operating temperatures of the braze joint. The screen may include electrical resistance heating wires (52, 62) to melt the filler material (46). The screen may be covered by the filler material, forming a brazing foil (20B). The screen may include electrically conductive insulated wires (92, 93) connected to a sensor (95) such as a thermocouple or strain gauge to monitor a condition of the braze joint during subsequent operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Gerald J. Bruck
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Publication number: 20190143460Abstract: Provided is a repair-welding material for die having a composition containing, by mass %: 0.18%?C?0.35%, 0.01%?Si?0.20%, 1.30%?Mn?1.90%, 0.50%?Cr?1.50%, 1.50%?Mo?2.50%, 0.30%?V?1.00%, N?0.020%, and O?0.0050%, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Tetsuya Masuda, Naoki Umemori
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Publication number: 20190143461Abstract: A composition for use in an electronic assembly process, the composition comprising a filler dispersed in an organic medium, wherein: the organic medium comprises a polymer; the filler comprises one or more of graphene, functionalized graphene, graphene oxide, a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, graphite, a 2D material, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, silver, nano fibers, carbon fibers, diamond, carbon nanotubes, silicon dioxide and metal-coated particles, and the composition comprises from 0.001 to 40 wt. % of the filler based on the total weight of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Ramakrishna Hosur Venkatagiriyappa, Morgana De Avila Ribas, Barun Das, Harish Hanchina Siddappa, Sutapa Mukherjee, Siuli Sarkar, Bawa Singh, Rahul Raut, Ranjit Pandher
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Publication number: 20190143462Abstract: An apparatus for connecting collar components to an elongate member is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame structure having a central opening that is configured to receive an elongate member and that includes at least a first gripping station and a second gripping station. Each gripping station includes a reference surface and a clamp device that is configured to force a collar component against the reference surface. The first and second gripping stations are configured to control relative spatial location of a first collar component held by the first gripping station relative to a second collar component gripped by the second gripping station, prior to connecting the first and second collar components to the elongate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: ConXtech, Inc.Inventors: Maxwell C. Simmons, John S. Boyd, Kevin Marek, Eric Bellman, Robert J. Simmons
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Publication number: 20190143463Abstract: A pumping apparatus includes a pump configured for moving air, a housing supporting the pump, and an air output in communication with the pump. The apparatus further includes a power cord connected to the pump for providing electrical power to the pump and a standing base on a first end of the housing configured to support the pump apparatus in a standing configuration. The standing base includes a base mount configured for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the power cord wrapped around the base mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Jeffrey A. Kennedy, Ryan A. Alvarez, Gregory T. Davis, Brian J. Ecklund, Craig S. Golden, Curtis L. Hollabaugh
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Publication number: 20190143464Abstract: An automated assembly apparatus, characterized by comprising an assembly robot having a plurality of hands, the plurality of hands being movable in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction by an X-axis moving unit and a Y-axis moving unit, and a plurality of workbenches which are provided with Z-axis moving unit and which are movable in a Z-axis direction by the Z-axis moving unit. A work area is independently provided for the plurality of workbenches, a width of a predetermined work area among the work areas is larger than clearance widths of the plurality of hands, widths of the work areas other than the predetermined work area are smaller than the clearance widths of at least some of the plurality of hands, and the hand which performs a job on the predetermined work area is disposed at a lowermost level in the Z-axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Wataru Kogushi
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Publication number: 20190143465Abstract: A machine tool includes: two Y-axis sliders arranged parallel to each other on the bed for allowing the saddle to move in the first direction; two X-axis sliders arranged parallel to each other on the saddle to move the table; and a controller. The controller, before controlling a first motor to move the saddle, controls a second motor to move the table so that the centroid position of a moving object assembly including the table and a loaded object placed on the table is positioned in a predetermined range including the center position between the two Y-axis sliders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiko Nagao
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Publication number: 20190143466Abstract: A workpiece replacing apparatus delivers a pre-machined workpiece into an intra-machine space inside a machine tool from an extra-machine space outside the machine tool, and delivers a workpiece machined by the machine tool to the extra-machine space from the intra-machine space. The workpiece replacing apparatus includes a secured cover, an arm device, and a movable cover. The secured cover is secured to a securing member of the machine tool. The secured cover defines a partition between the intra-machine space and the extra-machine space. The secured cover is provided with an opening. The arm device delivers the workpieces between the intra-machine space and the extra-machine space through the opening. The movable cover is integral with the arm device or in engagement with the arm device such that the movable cover is operable in conjunction with operation of the arm device. The movable cover closes the opening, with the arm device located in the extra-machine space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Kozo Imanishi, Yoshio Ootsuka
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Publication number: 20190143467Abstract: A detection device, detection method, and compensation method for tool wear, applied to a machine tool including a spindle connected to a tool. A first parameter set including a first cutting depth having a zero cutting depth is set, and the machine tool performs a cutting procedure with the first parameter set to record a first loading rate of the spindle. A second parameter set including a second cutting depth having a non-zero cutting depth is set, and the machine tool performs the cutting procedure with the second parameter set to record a second loading rate of the spindle. A processing device calculates an estimated cutting force according to the loading rates and a machine performance database. A fuzzy logic unit outputs a wear level according to a tool wear database and the estimated cutting force. The machine tool adjusts a cutting locus according to the wear level.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Ming-Jheng WANG, Meng-Chiu LIN, Chung-Min CHANG, Min-Rong CHEN, Chien-Yi LEE
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Publication number: 20190143468Abstract: A fixture clamp adjustment system includes a test workpiece and an alignment block. The test workpiece has a load cell and is configured to nest upon a fixture that has a clamp such that the load cell aligns with the clamp when open and such that the clamp contacts the load cell when closed. The alignment block is configured to couple with the clamp and engage the test workpiece when the clamp is closed to maintain clamp and load cell alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Michael Allen Schmitz, Larry Fisher Adams
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Publication number: 20190143469Abstract: A power tool includes a control for the motor of the power tool that senses an operating characteristic of the motor and controls the operation of the power tool based on the sensed characteristic. The sensed characteristic includes variations in reluctance of the motor. A controller may sense changes on load on the motor as a result of interaction between a working element such as a saw blade or drill bit and the work piece. The controlled operation may include variation in speed or torque or both, or may include stopping the motor. Emergency conditions may be sensed by changes in reluctance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Micah A. Coleman
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Publication number: 20190143470Abstract: A servo tuning device adapted to a multi-axis machine tool at least having two linear axes and a rotation axis used for a moving base and a working platform to move relatively along the two linear axes and the rotation axis. The servo tuning device includes a reflection component, a photoelectric sensor and a processor. The reflection component is configured to be disposed on one of the moving base and the working platform and has a reflection surface. The photoelectric sensor has a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element facing the reflection surface. The photoelectric sensor is configured to be disposed on the other one of the moving base and the working platform. The processor records information of relative movement between the photoelectric sensor and the reflection surface for calculating a loop gain value used for tuning a servo setting of the two linear axes or the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Wei-Sheng CHEN, Shih-Chang LIANG, Po-Hsun WU, Yu-Sheng ZENG, Tsung-Yu YANG
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Publication number: 20190143471Abstract: A peening position control apparatus, includes: an ultrasonic wave generation unit generating ultrasonic waves; an ultrasonic wave radiation unit disposed to contact the ultrasonic wave generation unit, the ultrasonic wave radiation unit receiving an ultrasonic medium transmitting the ultrasonic waves therethrough; and an insert member configured to be inserted into a treatment object disposed inside the ultrasonic wave radiation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, DANKOOK UNIVERSITYInventor: Sunghwan JUNG
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Publication number: 20190143472Abstract: A method of grinding a surface of a crankshaft is provided. The method includes grinding the surface of the crankshaft by a grinding wheel, and polishing the surface of the crankshaft ground by the grinding wheel by oscillating a polishing wheel in a transverse direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the crankshaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventor: Michael A. Kopmanis
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Publication number: 20190143473Abstract: An accessory for use with an oscillating power tool includes an attachment portion having a first planar member, a second planar member parallel to the first planar member, a central opening defined in one of the first planar member and the second planar member, a keyed sidewall disposed at least partially around the central opening and extending from the first planar member to the second planar member transverse to the first planar member and to the second planar member, and a plurality of equiangularly spaced recesses defined in one of the first planar member and the second planar member, the recesses spaced apart from the keyed sidewall and not in communication with the central opening. A working portion may be couplable to the attachment portion and configured to perform an operation on a workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Sarah J. Montplaisir, David B. Lee, Rachel A. Lombardo, Mark D. Miller, Kevin W. Covell
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Publication number: 20190143474Abstract: An apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing of a wafer includes a process chamber and a rotatable platen disposed inside the process chamber. A polishing pad is disposed on the platen and a wafer carrier is disposed on the platen. A slurry supply port is configured to supply slurry on the platen. A process controller is configured to control operation of the apparatus. A set of microphones is disposed inside the process chamber. The set of microphones is arranged to detect sound in the process chamber during operation of the apparatus and transmit an electrical signal corresponding to the detected sound. A signal processor is configured to receive the electrical signal from the set of microphones, process the electrical signal to enable detection of an event during operation of the apparatus, and in response to detecting the event, transmit a feedback signal to the process controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Chih-Yu WANG, Tien-Wen WANG, In-Tsang LIN, Vivian CHOU
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Publication number: 20190143475Abstract: An apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing includes a platen having a surface to support a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad, a pad conditioner to hold a conditioning disk against the polishing surface, an in-situ polishing pad thickness monitoring system; and, a controller configured to receive a signal from the monitoring system and generate a measure of polishing pad wear rate by applying a predictive filter to the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Sivakumar Dhandapani, Jun Qian