Patents Issued in July 16, 2019
  • Patent number: 10350737
    Abstract: A T-torque wrench contains: a body including a horizontal handle and a vertical extension. The vertical extension has a fitting connector formed on a bottom thereof and configured to fit with sockets of various sizes, and the vertical extension has a strain gauge arranged on one end thereof so as to detect operation torques of the T-torque wrench, the horizontal handle has a tire-pressure detection connector connected on one end thereof. The body includes a casing covered thereon and includes a digital processing unit electrically connected with the strain gauge of the vertical extension and the tire-pressure detection connector of the horizontal handle, the casing includes a display module arranged thereon and electrically connected with the digital processing unit, and the casing includes a control module arranged thereon between the display module and the horizontal handle, wherein the control module is electrically connected with the digital processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Wei-Ning Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10350738
    Abstract: An oil filter tool used to remove filters and mitigate spillage of oil during and after removal. Sidewalls with grooves between form a substantial cylinder. Curved walls form the grooves, extend outwardly from the sidewalls, and provide some flexibility in the tool's diameter, thereby permitting use with filters other than those for which the tool was designed. A floor is joined by the sidewalls and curved walls to define a chamber in which the filter is mounted. A finger limits insertion of the filter to define a gap into which oil can flow. A funneling guide is angled at the end of the sidewalls opposite the floor to guide oil into the chamber. At least one of the grooves is closed at the guide end and there is an aperture to permit air flow out of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Michael H. Sapp
  • Patent number: 10350739
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for installing a piston ring onto a piston include a piston ring feeder having at least one projection feature and a receiving aperture. Methods include receiving a piston end having a piston groove into the receiving aperture until the piston groove is above piston rings on the piston ring feeder and below projection feature top ends; raising a ring to partially snap into the piston groove with ring ends separated by a first projection feature and the ring wrapped around a second projection feature; raising the piston such that the ring is pulled off the second projection feature while the first projection feature separates the ring ends; and raising the piston such that the first projection feature releases the ring ends and the ring fully snaps into the piston groove to form a gap between the ring ends of the ring seated in the piston groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
    Inventor: David W. Newberry
  • Patent number: 10350740
    Abstract: A pair of pliers for separating osmosis membranes. The pliers include a first arm and a second arm each having a handle end opposite a front end. A first plate includes a top surface, a bottom surface and an edge having a front, a rear and sides. The rear of the first plate is coupled to the front end of the first arm and the front of the first plate includes a taper formed on the top surface. A second plate includes a top surface, a bottom surface and an edge having a front, a rear and sides. The rear of the second plate is coupled to the front end of the second arm and the front of the second plate includes a taper formed on the bottom surface. A pivot pin pivotally secures the first arm to the second arm in between the front ends and the handle ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Raymond Ronald Wentzel
  • Patent number: 10350741
    Abstract: A replaceable positioning tip can be removably fixedly coupled to a distal end of the trip arm. The positioning tip can define a tip nail guide groove having a proximal portion extending at a first angle substantially parallel to a nail driver axis and a distal end tapering at a second angle. The tapered distal end can be encompassed by a thin-walled portion. A nail tip lifter can be coupled to the rear nail guide housing for pivotable movement between a first position adjacent the positioning tip and a second position away from the positioning tip. The nail tip lifter can define a lifter nail guide groove extending from its inception at a proximal end to a distal end. A biasing member can be positioned between the rear nail guide housing and the nail tip lifter to bias the nail tip lifter toward the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Lee M. Brendel, Larry E. Gregory, Rex A. Marshall, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10350742
    Abstract: Percussion unit, especially for a rotary hammer and/or percussion hammer, comprising a control unit which is designed for controlling a pneumatic percussion mechanism. According to the disclosure, the control unit comprises at least one load estimation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Nitsche, Antoine Vandamme, Thomas Winkler, Helge Sprenger, Haris Hamedovic, Wolfgang Fischer, Christian Bertsch, Mario Eduardo Vega Zavala, Ulli Hoffmann, Thilo Henke, Achim Duesselberg
  • Patent number: 10350743
    Abstract: A handheld electric tool includes a working device for performing a function of the handheld electric tool, a powering device for provide a driving force to the working device, and a connecting device for connecting the working device and powering device. The powering device includes: an electric motor, a power housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a transmission mechanism for transmitting power generated by the electric motor and a circuit board for controlling the electric motor, a fan can be driven by the electric motor to provide an airflow which flows from the air inlet to the air outlet. The circuit board, the transmission mechanism and the electric motor are disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet such that the airflow flows through the circuit board, the transmission mechanism and the electric motor successively. The handheld electric tool has excellent cooling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CHERVON (HK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Huixing Fu, Fangjie Nie, Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangtian Deng
  • Patent number: 10350744
    Abstract: An ergonomic handle for use with a power tool defines a first region that includes a switch, adapted to receive a thumb and forefinger when the forefinger is actuating the switch, a second region adapted to receive a middle finger, a third region adapted to receive a ring finger; and a fourth region adapted to receive a pinky finger. Each of the second, third, and fourth region includes a generally oval cross section having a major axis and a minor axis. The longest major axis is in the third region, the shortest major axis is in the fourth region, the shortest minor axis is in the second region, and the longest minor axis is positioned in the fourth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Daniel N. Lopano, Gabriel N. Concari, Sion N. Netzler, Dustin Lee
  • Patent number: 10350745
    Abstract: A gravity locking system includes a mounting structure and an article which includes an alignment structure, gravity load structure, and locking structure. The alignment structure is fixed to the article and aligns the article with the mounting structure. The gravity load structure is movable on the article and biased toward an unrestrained position. As the article moves toward the mounting structure, the gravity load structure moves away from the unrestrained position. The locking structure is movable on the article such that movement of the gravity load structure away from and toward the unrestrained position corresponds with movement of the locking structure toward and away from a closed position respectively. When weight of the article is supported by the gravity load structure on the mounting structure, the locking structure is urged against the mounting structure to lock the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Xusheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10350746
    Abstract: A tool storage device and a tool box. The device may include flexible walls cooperating to define a storage area, and a rigid frame supported in the storage area and including a central portion extending in a direction from a bottom wall toward a top wall, one base portion extending from one side of the central portion, along the bottom wall and toward one side wall, and another base portion extending from an opposite side of the central portion, along the bottom wall and toward an opposite side wall. The tool box may include a body defining a storage compartment; a lid defining a groove in its outer surface to support an elongated work piece; and a handle engageable with a work piece supported in the groove. The lid may be attachable to the top of the body in a closed position and to the bottom in a stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Martinez, Joel Allen, Brandon Miller, Whitney M. Moks, Christopher S. Hoppe, Steven W. Hyma, Michael S. Steele, Steven G. Melnyk, Wade F. Burch, Matthew W. Naiva, Eric Mackey
  • Patent number: 10350747
    Abstract: A dynamic toolbox that is capable of being disassembled has two pull-out side tool racks and two pop-out lift-racks. The toolbox is configured with multiple triangular apertures that provide sufficient supporting strength but eliminate unnecessary material weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Lin Lin Weng
  • Patent number: 10350748
    Abstract: Examples of the present invention include tool storage units and methods for storing tools. In examples of the present invention, a tool storage unit comprises a moveable housing with a guide system for allowing movement of the moveable housing in at least one direction. In various examples, the moveable housing is engaged with a base unit and is moved relative to the base unit by a moving mechanism. The moving mechanism moves the moveable housing to provide access to and/or conceal, at least in part, the moveable housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Matco Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Michael, James Szpak, Jason Tilk, Rob Vystricil, Robert Allen, Bill Rabbitt, Shawn Dellinger
  • Patent number: 10350749
    Abstract: A robot control device includes a learning control unit for calculating a learning correction amount, a position storage unit for storing a position of a leading end of a robot mechanism part during the learning control, and a speed storage unit for storing a speed of the leading end of the robot mechanism part during the learning control. The robot control device determines, while the robot mechanism part is operated by a position command after the learning control, whether or not the position and the speed of the leading end are in an abnormal state based on errors with respect to the position and the speed of the leading end stored during the learning control. The robot control device switches a determination as to whether the learning correction amount is applied in accordance with this determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaimeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10350750
    Abstract: An industrial robot may include multiple motors structured to rotate multiple arm units; multiple motor drivers to drive multiple motors; a power source to supply power to the multiple motor drivers; a charge-discharge unit connected to the multiple motor drivers; a control execution unit to control the multiple motor drivers; an elevation motor to elevate the arm, an elevation motor driver to drive the elevation motor; a first brake to stop the elevation motor; and a second brake to stop the elevation motor. When the industrial robot makes an emergency stop, the supplied power is turned off and control execution unit stops the multiple motors while controlling the multiple motor drivers by using the power supplied from the charge-discharge unit. The control execution unit controls at the time of said emergency stop, operates the first brake and then operates the second brake to stop the elevation motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Yazawa, Yoshihisa Masuzawa, Tomoki Tanabe, Hirokazu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10350751
    Abstract: System and methods to create an immersive virtual environment using a virtual reality system that receives parameters corresponding to a real-world robot. The real-world robot may be simulated to create a virtual robot based on the received parameters. The immersive virtual environment may be transmitted to a user. The user may supply input and interact with the virtual robot. Feedback such as the current state of the virtual robot or the real-world robot may be provided to the user. The user may train the virtual robot. The real-world robot may be programmed based on the virtual robot training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kelleher Guerin, Gregory D. Hager
  • Patent number: 10350752
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand for holding a workpiece; a sensor for measuring a work area in which the workpiece exists to obtain a three-dimensional shape in the work area as measurement data; a measurement data processing device including a model data storage unit, a measurement data correction unit, a position and orientation calculation unit; and a robot control unit for control the robot based on an output from the position and orientation calculation unit, wherein the measurement data correction unit in a learning stage, creates teacher data by arranging the model data in the position and the orientation calculated by the position and orientation calculation unit and adjusts a parameter for correcting the measurement data based on the measurement data and the teacher data, and in a picking stage, outputs corrected measurement data obtained by correcting the measurement data using the adjusted parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taiga Satou
  • Patent number: 10350753
    Abstract: A device and method for easily detecting an abnormality of a joint part of a delta-type parallel link robot having a link ball structure, by estimating a friction torque of a ball joint of the robot. A controller of the robot has: a control section configured to control the motion of the robot; a torque measurement section configured to measure or calculate, during the robot is operated, an amount of change in a drive torque, based on a current value of the motor, before and after the robot represents a specified posture where a sign of a relative angular velocity between a ball and a housing of the ball joint is changed; and a judgment section configured to judge that, when the measured amount of change in the drive torque exceeds a predetermined threshold, a friction state of the ball joint corresponding to the motor is abnormal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: FANUC CORPORATION, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenichiro Abe, Yunfeng Wu, Hikaru Yamashiro, Yukio Takeda, Yusuke Sugahara, Daisuke Matsuura, Masumi Ohno
  • Patent number: 10350754
    Abstract: A control device controlling a robot including a driving unit, a moving unit that is slidable along a predetermined track and a predetermined shaft that is slidably supported by the moving unit includes an instruction value calculating unit calculating an instruction value that drives the driving unit such that the moving unit is moved to a target position, an accelerating-speed calculating unit calculating an angular accelerating speed of when the instruction value changes, a gravity-center distance calculating unit calculating a gravity center distance, a correction instruction-value calculating unit calculating a correction instruction value by correcting the instruction value such that a position of the gravity center which is projected on the predetermined track approaches the target position, and a driving control unit controlling the driving unit based on the correction instruction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Kenji Nagamatsu
  • Patent number: 10350755
    Abstract: A processing system is disclosed for providing processing of homogenous and non-homogenous objects in both structured and cluttered environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    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: 10350756
    Abstract: Method of automatically avoiding an obstacle for a robot including a geometric model expression step, an area setting step, a final posture deciding step, an initial route deciding step, a virtual posture calculation step, an interference determining step, a way-point posture deciding step that decides the virtual posture as a way-point posture; and when the geometric model is determined to interfere with the no-entry area, virtually generates a repulsive force for relatively repelling an interfering portion of the geometric model from an interfering portion of the no-entry area, calculates a posture in a state where the interfering portion of the model is pushed from the no-entry area into the operating area by the repulsive force, and decides the calculated posture as a way-point posture; an updated route deciding step, and a step repeatedly performing the steps from the initial route deciding step to the updated route deciding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakaya, Masaya Yoshida, Shohei Mase, Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10350757
    Abstract: A customer service robot may be selected, or configured, to address a particular work item. Robots may comprise different functionality due to absent software or hardware or due to existent but worn or non-compliant components. A particular work item may have several means of resolution. A particular resolution path is selected in accord with the ability of a robot. Should no path exist, the robot may be transformed by the addition or installation of hardware and/or software to provide the absent functionality. Resolution paths may also be weighted based on the level of success provided by prior resolution paths and/or the requirement for human involvement. Accordingly, a resolution path may be provided that balances robot capability with the likelihood of success and an appropriate level of human involvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: George Erhart, Valentine C. Matula, David Skiba
  • Patent number: 10350758
    Abstract: A robot control unit for an assembly robot includes a force detecting device configured to detect forces applied to first and second works and, when the first work is fitted to the second work by a first robotic arm, a storage device stores a deflection amount table associating a force applied when fitting with the deflection amount of the robotic arm in a direction of the fitting, a deflection-amount acquiring process configured to calculate the deflection amount of the robotic arm in the direction of the fitting by using a value detected by the force detecting device and the deflection amount table, a work-position acquiring process configured to calculate a work position as the position of the first work relative to the second work in the direction of the fitting based on operation information about the robotic arm, and a real-fitting-amount acquiring process configured to correct the work position based on the calculated deflection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Satou
  • Patent number: 10350759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for aligning a fastener feed mechanism. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an alignment tool that aligns a fastener feed mechanism with a chamber of a fastening device that receives fasteners. The alignment tool includes a tip section having a diameter less than a diameter of the chamber, a chamber fit section that extends from an end of the tip section in a lengthwise direction and has a diameter corresponding with the diameter of the chamber, a lip that protrudes radially from the chamber beyond the diameter of the chamber, and a fitting member that extends from the lip in the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kia Miriam Zivari, Zachary David Talus, Derek John Deans
  • Patent number: 10350760
    Abstract: Each robot effectively appeals its own device even when multiple robots are present in surroundings. A robot comprises a person detector, an appeal permitter, and a movement controller. The person detector detects a person. The appeal permitter permits execution of an appealing movement attracting interest of a person. The movement controller executes the appealing movement when the person detector detects a person and execution of the appealing movement is permitted by the appeal permitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tomida, Akira Kashio, Mai Yatsuka
  • Patent number: 10350761
    Abstract: A communication device includes a display provided in a face portion; an environment information acquisition unit that acquires environment information being information about an environment around the communication device; a gaze motion generation unit that generates a gaze motion of the communication device to be expressed in the face portion, the gaze motion corresponding to the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit; a feeling generation unit that generates, according to a predetermined generation rule, a feeling of the communication device to be expressed in the face portion; and an integration unit that displays on the display an image of an eye expressing the gaze motion generated by the gaze motion generation unit and the feeling generated by the feeling generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mina Yuki, Shintaro Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 10350762
    Abstract: A cleaning robot which performs a predetermined task while autonomously moving includes: a driver which makes the cleaning robot move; an image capturer which detects a movement state indicating whether a different cleaning robot existing in front of the cleaning robot is moving along an obstacle, a direction in which the different cleaning robot exists relative to the cleaning robot, and a distance between the cleaning robot and the different cleaning robot; and a following run controller which controls the driver in order for the cleaning robot to move following the different cleaning robot while keeping a position diagonally behind the different cleaning robot at an opposite side of the different cleaning robot from the obstacle, if the movement state indicates that the different cleaning robot is moving along the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Eiichi Naito, Takenobu Aoshima
  • Patent number: 10350763
    Abstract: The present invention enhances user convenience with regards to a user operation etc. of a robot conducted in response to a notification event. A posture control device (1) includes a notification event detecting section (13) configured to detect the notification event having occurred and a driving control section (15) that controls a driving section (24) so that in a case where the notification event detecting section (13) has detected an occurrence of the notification event, a robot (100) takes on a notification event posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Inoue, Akira Motomura
  • Patent number: 10350764
    Abstract: A sensor assembly comprising first, second and third layers of flexible material forming, when superposed, a pressure-sensitive sensor having at least two sensor cells. The first layer comprises first and second electrically conductive regions mechanically connected to each other via an electrically non-conductive region. The second layer comprises a third electrically conductive region. The third electrically conductive region of the second layer overlaps the first and second electrically conductive regions of the first layer. The region of overlap defines an active region of a first and a second sensor cell. The third layer is formed of a conductive elastic material that cooperates under a local mechanical load in the active region with the first and second conductive regions of the first layer so that an electrical resistance between the electrical conductive regions changes in the place of the compressive load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Onedin Ibrocevic, Matthias Kuczera, Matthias Schweiker
  • Patent number: 10350765
    Abstract: A method for switching a control of a robot into a manual operating mode, wherein the robot is movable by a user manually applying at least one of a force or a torque upon the robot, includes detecting at least one of joint forces or joint torques of the robot, and triggering an error reaction in response to the switching and based on at least one of the detected joint forces and/or joint torques, target joint forces and/or target joint torques, or a pose of the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Marc-Walter Ueberle, Matthias Rohmer, Tobias Reichl, Gunter Schreiber, Martin Mueller-Sommer, Uwe Bonin
  • Patent number: 10350766
    Abstract: An extended-reach assist device for an assembly task includes a base mechanism and a compliant end-effector. The articulated base mechanism provides one or more passive degrees of freedom. The end-effector is connected to the base mechanism, and has one or more active or passive degrees of freedom collectively configured to react to contact forces with the assist device when completing the dexterous assembly task. A weight of the end-effector is supported by the base mechanism. The end-effector may be optionally configured as a passive device configured to produce a remote center of compliance or as a robot mechanism. A mechanism may actively or passively augment a force applied by the operator. A sensor may detect a signature indicative of successful task completion, e.g., an acoustic, visual, or audio sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Universite Laval
    Inventors: Muhammad E. Abdallah, Christa Lynn Lauder, Clement Gosselin
  • Patent number: 10350767
    Abstract: An elastic member of a torque sensor includes spring portions, a first fastening portion, and a second fastening portion. The spring portions are disposed in a radial pattern between the first and second fastening portions to connect the first and second fastening portions together. The spring portions have a dimension smaller in a direction tangential to a circle centered on an rotation axis than in a direction of the radial pattern. The distance between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion is smaller than the dimension in the direction of the radial pattern. The optical encoders are opposed on, for example, the same diameter on a circumference of a concentric circle centered on a rotation axis of the rotational displacement of the elastic member. For example, averaging output signals from a plurality of optical encoders reduces influence of disturbance, such as cross-axis force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Nagata
  • Patent number: 10350768
    Abstract: A control device includes a robot control section that controls a robot including a hand and a force detecting section; and a operation-mode switching section that switches, when storing a position and a posture of the robot, a first mode for moving the robot by the robot control section until an external force applied to the hand satisfies a predetermined condition and a second mode for moving the robot by the robot control section on the basis of an external force applied to a first part included in the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10350769
    Abstract: A food product handling device includes a movable loading head having a plurality of coupling rails, a vacuum system operatively associated with the loading head, a plurality of suction devices carried by the loading head and configured to pick up and transport a food product, a plurality of mounting blocks slidably coupled to each other by the coupling rails, and an actuating device operatively associated with the mounting blocks for sliding each of the mounting blocks between a first position and a second position. Each of the suction devices is selectively coupled to the vacuum system. At least one of the suction devices coupled to each of the mounting blocks. The actuating device includes an actuating cylinder configured to displace the mounting blocks between the first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: F.R. Drake Company
    Inventors: Andre Richards, Thomas Ivy, Keith W. Hopkins, George Reed
  • Patent number: 10350770
    Abstract: A pattern knife assembly includes: a blade portion formed by forging and having a rear end integrally formed with a connecting sleeve, and a sheathing hole formed at a rear end of the connecting sleeve; and a tang portion formed by a casting or cutting process and having a tang hidden in a handle and integrally formed with a connector at the front end of the tang. The connector of the tang portion is inserted into the sheathing hole of the connecting sleeve of the blade portion and the connecting sleeve is welded to the connector, so that the connecting sleeve covers the connector and is exposed from the front end of the connecting sleeve to achieve the effects of combining the blade with the tang securely, providing a manufacturing process suitable for mass production, and showing the grain of the pattern steel in the exposed steel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Chen-Fen Chen
  • Patent number: 10350771
    Abstract: A shaving apparatus (1000) is disclosed in which a rotary cutter (1300) and a fixed blade (350) are used to shear a user's hairs therebetween during a shaving process. Various advancements are disclosed herein, including without limitation accurate positioning of the fixed blade in the head (200A) relative to the contact apex of the rotary cutter, bi-directional rotation of the rotary cutter, a cover-blade assembly for detachable coupling and decoupling from a base component of the head, the use of contact rollers on the head to treat and/or prep the skin and/or hairs for shearing, and a rotary cutter configured to pinch, pull and shear hairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Gil Perlberg, Beni Nachon, Shoham Zak, Gitay Kryger, Tsafrir Ben-Ari
  • Patent number: 10350772
    Abstract: An electrically driven device provided with a housing, an electric motor with a drive shaft having a first rotary axis and a drive pin connected to the drive shaft eccentrically with respect to the rotary axis, and a driven shaft mounted in the housing for performing a pivoting is disclosed. The driven shaft is indirectly coupled to the drive shaft by means of a gear mechanism converting a rotary motion of the drive shaft into a reciprocating pivoting motion of the driven shaft. The gear mechanism comprises one intermediate shaft having a second rotary axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the intermediate shaft and at least one crank arm coupled to the drive pin. The crank arm is pivotably mounted in the housing and is coupled to the intermediate shaft thereby converting a rotary motion of the drive shaft into a reciprocating pivoting of the intermediate shaft about the second rotary axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Fischer, Johannes Stimpel, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Andreas Erndt, Detlef Gleich, Sebastian Hottenrott, Michael Steghaus
  • Patent number: 10350773
    Abstract: A razor blade cartridge having at least one razor blade and a housing made from a polymer material and having an outer surface where at least part of the outer surface of the housing is coated with a hydrophilic material, and where the outer surface of the housing includes undulations on at least a portion of the coated part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Andy Hill, Andy Honour, Jeff Motley
  • Patent number: 10350774
    Abstract: Shaving systems are disclosed that include a replaceable shaving assembly and a cartridge connecting structure for connecting the shaving assembly to a handle. In preferred implementations, the cartridge connecting structure has a magnetic portion configured to help draw the cartridge onto the handle and retain the cartridge in place when the razor is not in contact with the skin, and a mechanical engagement that provides the necessary retention forces required to keep the system intact during shaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHAVELOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Wilson, Craig A. Provost, John W. Griffin
  • Patent number: 10350775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacturing. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacture which limit user exposure to associated cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Matthew J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 10350776
    Abstract: A pair of cutoff knives configured for mounting on counter-rotating drums such that a serrated edge of one knife of the pair intermeshes with a serrated edge of the other knife of the pair to create a sinusoidal-shaped gap between the intermeshed serrated edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Zenith Cutter, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Greve, Mark J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10350777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting bite and a cutting apparatus including the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a cutting bite is provided to sequentially pass through an upper end portion, a central portion, and a lower end portion of stacked films in a thickness direction of the stacked films when a rotating wheel rotates, and is provided such that cutting is performed in a manner in which a cutting direction of a cutting tip is a direction from an outside toward an inside of the stacked films while the cutting bite passes through the upper end portion toward the lower end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngtae Kim, Yehoon Im, Yushik Hong
  • Patent number: 10350778
    Abstract: Disclosed is a slitter which comprises: a plurality of slitter heads arranged along and positionally adjustably in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a corrugated paperboard, wherein each of the plurality of slitter heads includes a circular slitter blade and a drive motor for rotating the slitter blade; a blade radius acquisition unit operable to acquire respective radii of the plurality of slitter blades; and a control unit operable, based on the radii of the plurality of slitter blades acquired by the blade radius acquisition unit, to control respective rotational speeds of the plurality of drive motors so as to allow respective blade edges of the plurality of slitter blades to have the same circumferential speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA ISOWA
    Inventors: Satoru Tsuchiya, Kunihiro Kawachi
  • Patent number: 10350779
    Abstract: A new method for dividing a food product log into separate portions prior to cooking of the portions uses a machine that cuts portions from an end of the product log, a controller that controls the operation of the cutting machine, and a sensing arrangement that generates a signal dependent on a cross-sectional dimension of the product at the end. The controller determines the thickness of the next portion to be cut from the end by the cutting machine using the signal from the sensing arrangement and the value of a cook-out parameter related to the proportion of the end of the product that is formed by at least one constituent of the product. The thickness is calculated with a view to the portion achieving a predetermined target weight after it has been cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: THURNE-MIDDLEBY LTD.
    Inventors: Richard David Seager, John Kelsey
  • Patent number: 10350780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising at least one slicing apparatus, in particular a high-performance slicer, for slicing food products; a conveying apparatus for moving portions that each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product; and at least one packaging apparatus for packaging the portions, wherein the conveying apparatus comprises a plurality of individually movable transport movers for the transport of portions; a path system for the transport movers in which the transport movers are movable along at least a predefined path in a direction of transport; and a control device for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the path system; wherein the transport movers each comprise at least one rotor cooperating with the path system and at least one carrier for portions attached to the rotor; and wherein the conveying apparatus is configured for moving the portions from the slicing apparatus to the packaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH
    Inventor: Theodor Horst
  • Patent number: 10350781
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus is disclosed for separating, intermittently, receipts or tickets from a continuous strip of material, in which the strip is cut by a stationary blade when the user tensions the strip by pulling an end thereof, in which the cut margin of the strip is disengaged from the blade by virtue of an elastically movable element that has a non cutting edge extending in length next to the entire length of a cutting edge of the blade, and in which the strip tensioned during the cut pushes the non cutting edge in a recessing position with respect to the cutting edge and after cutting the non cutting edge returns elastically to a protruding position beyond the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Custom S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alberto Campanini
  • Patent number: 10350782
    Abstract: A method for producing a cutting unit segment of a cutting unit of a machine tool separating device, includes at least one cutter support element and at least one cutter element. In at least one step, the cutter element is molded on the cutter support element by a drawing process in an at least partially staggered manner relative to an outer surface of the cutter support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Engelfried, Milan Bozic, Petr Grulich
  • Patent number: 10350783
    Abstract: A self-adhesive material for a wood board is described. The self-adhesive material is formed of polyolefin film having a melt index is ?4 g/10 min (measured at 190° C. and 2.16 kg), and the polyolefin film contains reactive groups with —OH groups of the wood for forming self-adhesive properties. Further, a wood board in which the self-adhesive material is used as a coating and/or as a glue-line material is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: UPM PLYWOOD OY
    Inventors: Samantha Kiljunen, Marjaliisa Asikainen, Gatja Tiusanen
  • Patent number: 10350784
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus can process various materials and manufacture a variety of sheets by changing conditions for making the sheets. A sheet manufacturing apparatus according to the invention has a supply unit that supplies feedstock; a defibrating unit that defibrates the feedstock; a classifier that classifies defibrated material that past the defibrating unit; a mixing unit that mixes an additive containing resin with the classified material that past the classifier; a sieve unit that passes the mixture that past the mixing unit through many openings; a deposition unit that deposits precipitate that past many openings in the sieve unit; a forming unit that applies pressure and heat to the web deposited on the deposition unit, forming a sheet; and a control unit that changes a condition of at least one of the classifier, mixing unit, sieve unit, deposition unit, and forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Murayama, Shunichi Seki, Katsuhito Gomi
  • Patent number: 10350785
    Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of manufacturing wood-based composite products, articles of manufacture employed in the manufacturing of wood-based products (e.g., PTFE sheet configured to be attached to platen and/or platen configured to attach to PTFE sheet), systems used in the manufacturing of wood-based products (e.g., platens having PTFE sheet attached thereto), methods of using such articles of manufacture, methods of using such systems, and wood-based products (e.g., OSB, PB, MDF and/or HDF) obtained from such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Norbord Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Antonio Costa, Bruce Warren Grunert
  • Patent number: 10350786
    Abstract: The cutting method of a honeycomb formed body includes an end face cutting step of cutting both end faces of the ceramic honeycomb formed body before fired, by use of blade type rough-cutting grinding wheels in which coarse abrasive grain layers are formed; a honeycomb formed body rotating step of rotating the honeycomb formed body round a rotation axis which is a central axis perpendicular to the end faces of the honeycomb formed body; and an end face finishing step of disposing two finish-polishing grinding wheels via a predetermined distance so that finishing abrasive grain layers formed in the finish-polishing grinding wheels face each other, rotating the finish-polishing grinding wheels round a rotary shaft which is a central shaft of the finish-polishing grinding wheels, and moving the honeycomb formed body to pass the honeycomb formed body between the two finish-polishing grinding wheels, thereby finish-polishing cut surfaces which are cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Umetsu, Takuya Yamada