Patents Issued in August 27, 2019
  • Patent number: 10391506
    Abstract: Presently described are components of a spray application system. At least one component comprises a liquid repellent surface layer. The liquid repellent surface (e.g. layer) may comprise a porous layer and a lubricant impregnated into pores of the porous layer; a fluoropolymer; a fluorochemical material and an organic polymeric binder; or a fluorochemical material melt additive and a thermoplastic polymeric material component. The component is typically a liquid reservoir, a liquid reservoir liner, a lid for a liquid reservoir or liner, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the component comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material. In some favored embodiments, the component is a removable liquid reservoir or liner. In some favored embodiments, the component is a collapsible liquid reservoir or liner. The spray application system typically further comprises a gravity-fed spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Adam J. Meuler, Nicholas L. Untiedt, Stephen C. P. Joseph, Thomas P. Klun, Naiyong Jing, Paul B. Armstrong, David A. Gzik, Cheryl L. S. Elsbernd
  • Patent number: 10391507
    Abstract: A portable washing device, including: a housing, a motor arranged in the housing, a pump driven by the motor, a container for storing washing liquid connected to the pump, a spraying pistol held and controlled by a user connected to the pump, the liquid spraying out from the spraying pistol, the pistol comprises a control unit for controlling the portable washing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Gianni Borinato
  • Patent number: 10391508
    Abstract: An improved container suitable for use with a nesting sprayer handle is provided. The container includes a container handle opening with an improved top wall geometry. The top wall geometry resists deformation to reduce or eliminate accidental dislodgment of a sprayer handle when the sprayer handle is nested in the container handle opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLC
    Inventor: Edmund Lee White
  • Patent number: 10391509
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pump dispenser (100) comprising: a body (110) defining a hollow interior (113) and an opening (114) through which at least a portion of a refill cartridge (10) containing a flowable substance is receivable into the hollow interior (113); a lid (120); and a pump for pumping the flowable substance from the refill cartridge (10) when the portion of the refill cartridge (10) is in the hollow interior (113) and the lid (120) closes the opening (114). The lid (120) comprises a dip tube (126) with a lumen (127) fluidly connected to the pump, the dip tube (126) has a tapered end (126A) located in the hollow interior (113) when the lid (120) closes the opening (114). At least one of the body (110) and the lid (120) has a grip on an exterior surface thereof for aiding relative movement of the body (110) and the lid (120) to access the hollow interior (113) when the lid (120) closes the opening (114). Also disclosed is a system comprising the pump dispenser (100) and the refill cartridge (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong Toh, Virgil Calejesan, Andrea Brown
  • Patent number: 10391510
    Abstract: With the use of a low cost microphone mounted at each nozzle, a sound signature of the nozzles may be captured and stored to be used as a continuous indicator of any changes in the flow rate of the nozzles. By measuring changes in sound at each nozzle, it is possible to determine the change in flow before a change in pressure manifests into a problem in the system. The change in sound will oftentimes be significant for plugged nozzles, or nozzles that have excessive wear and flow at too high of a rate. The invention has the advantage of being relatively low cost with ceramic microphones, for example, and with little or no moving parts required. A closed loop control system may be included to compensate for nozzle degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: John Posselius, Tim Stombaugh
  • Patent number: 10391511
    Abstract: A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Hirobe, Yutaka Matsumoto, Masato Ushikusa, Toshihiko Takeda, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Katsunari Obata, Takashi Takekoshi
  • Patent number: 10391512
    Abstract: A multifunctional irrigation pliers and method of piercing, cutting, and fitting an irrigation tube with an irrigation pliers. The irrigation pliers enables the forming of a hole in an irrigation tube, the placement of a nozzle or a drip emitter into the formed hole or a terminal opening of the irrigation tube, the cutting of a length of the irrigation tube, and general deforming of sections of the irrigation tube. A first jaw and a second jaw are pivotally attached together at a pivoting joint to allow the jaws to be pivotally displaced toward and away from each other by moving a first handle and a second handle to and away from each other. The inner surfaces of the jaw comprise a blade, a spike, and retaining slots sequentially positioned across the jaws to engage the irrigation tube, the nozzle, and the drip emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Brian Keith Samuel
  • Patent number: 10391513
    Abstract: A sealant dispensing apparatus includes a rotatable injection cartridge for loading a sealant, having a plurality of outlets distributed from a periphery to a center with respect to a rotation axis of the injection cartridge; and a nozzle assembly in fluid communication with the injection cartridge, including at least two sub-nozzles arranged in a line. The outlet of the injection cartridge closer to the center of the injection cartridge is in communication with the sub-nozzle of the nozzle assembly closer to a first end of the line, and the outlet of the injection cartridge closer to the periphery of the injection cartridge is in communication with the sub-nozzle of the nozzle assembly closer to a second end of the line. The first end is opposite to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jideng Zhou, Ge Wang, Chengying Cao, Peng Li, Huanyu Li
  • Patent number: 10391514
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein include coating application systems and methods for controlling such systems. The system can include an application end configured to be operatively connected to a robot arm. The application end can include one or more nozzles to dispense a coating onto a workpiece. The application end can further include one or more brushes to brush a portion of the coating dispensed onto the workpiece. The brush can be moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position. In some arrangements, the systems can include a cleaning tool to remove excess coating from the brush after brushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Zolli, Dan LeLievre, Michael Horn
  • Patent number: 10391515
    Abstract: An applicator assembly may include an applicator member and a pump. The applicator member may include an applicator surface substantially matching a surface of a pipe or fitting. The pump may cause a fluid to flow via one or more channels onto the applicator surface. When the pipe or fitting is positioned within or around the applicator surface the pump causes the fluid to flow between the applicator surface and the surface of the pipe or fitting applying the fluid to the surface of the pipe or fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Andrew Norman Kerlin
  • Patent number: 10391516
    Abstract: An applied liquid applicator for discharging applied liquid by turning of an operating portion provided to a barrel main body achieves improved filling efficiency of the applied liquid stored in the barrel main body with respect to an inside capacity of the barrel main body. The applied liquid is fed to the applicator portion through the first valve and the applied liquid feed path by turning the operating portion and sliding the piston in the front-back direction by use of the cam mechanism portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Satoru Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 10391517
    Abstract: A dispenser assembly includes a rod, a plunger and a stopper. The rod has a plunger receiving end with a clip receiving recess. The plunger has a rod receiving structure with a rod engaging clip biased to fit to the clip receiving recess of the rod for movement therewith. The stopper has a plunger receiving space that defines an aperture extending through the plunger receiving space with the rod extending through the aperture. The plunger receiving space is dimensioned such that with the rod receiving structure of the plunger located within the plunger receiving space, movement of the rod engaging clip is restricted by contact with surfaces of the plunger receiving space preventing release of the rod from the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Hayden Turner
  • Patent number: 10391518
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transparent pattern printed steel plate includes forming a printed paint film layer by jetting transparent ink onto at least one surface of a steel plate, and curing the printed paint film layer with ultraviolet light to form a cured printed paint film layer. Further, a method of manufacturing a transparent pattern printed steel plate includes preparing a steel plate having a color painted film layer formed on at least one surface thereof, forming a printed paint film layer by jetting transparent ink onto the color painted film layer, and curing the printed paint film layer to form a cured printed paint film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Tae Kim, Jong-Sang Kim, Bong-Woo Ha, Yang-Ho Choi, Jung-Hwan Lee, Ha-Na Choi, Jong-Kook Kim
  • Patent number: 10391519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the protection of value documents and value commercial goods. In particular, the invention relates to methods of making an optical effect layer (OEL) associated with a substrate, the method comprising i) providing a substrate associated with a coating composition comprising magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles; ii) providing a permanent magnet assembly producing a first magnetic field; iii) providing an electromagnet assembly including a winding assembly and drive producing an oscillating or rotating second magnetic field that interacts with the first magnetic field to spin the permanent magnet assembly to rotate the first magnetic field; and iv) applying the first magnetic field while the first magnetic field rotates by spinning of the permanent magnet assembly to aggregately orient the magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles to create the optical effect layer. The invention also relates to apparatuses for creating an OEL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Pierre Degott, Mathieu Schmid, Claude-Alain Despland, Evgeny Loginov, Edgar Mueller
  • Patent number: 10391520
    Abstract: Examples of a pressure wave generator configured to generate high energy pressure waves in a medium are disclosed. The pressure wave generator can include a sabot carrying a piston. The sabot can further comprise a locking means to lock the piston in a fixed position when the locking means are activated. When the locking means are in a deactivated position, the piston can be released and can move at least partially away from the sabot. The sabot carrying the piston can be disposed within an inner bore of a housing of the pressure wave generator and can move within the inner bore of the housing from its first end toward its second end along a longitudinal axis of the bore. A transducer can be accommodated in the second end of the housing. The transducer can be coupled to the medium and can convert a portion of the kinetic energy of the piston into a pressure wave in the medium upon impact of the piston with the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: General Fusion Inc.
    Inventors: Lon William McIlwraith, Michel G Laberge
  • Patent number: 10391521
    Abstract: A device for sorting particulate material includes a main conveyor belt, a separation screen, a graded material conveyor, and an oversize material conveyor. The separation screen is configured to separate the material into a first portion and a second portion with a larger average particle diameter than the first portion. The graded material conveyor is positioned below the separation screen to receive the first portion of the material, and the oversize material conveyor is positioned at an end of the separation screen to receive the second portion of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Steve L. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10391522
    Abstract: A device (100) for cleaning a platen of a platen press (1), the platen press (1) has a lower and an upper platen (11, 12) of which at least one is movable towards the other. The device (100) includes a frame (110) having a base (172) defining a base plane substantially parallel to a surface on which the frame (110) is positioned, a lift member (120) arranged to the frame (110) such that a relative movement can be executed between the frame (110) and the lift member (120) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base plane, a pneumatic lifting device (178) for moving the frame (110) relative to the lift member (120), and a rotating element (130) arranged on the lift member (120) and configured to rotate around an axis substantially parallel to the direction of relative movement between the frame (110) and the lift member (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BOBST MEX SA
    Inventor: Serge Taets
  • Patent number: 10391523
    Abstract: A sensor washing device that includes a washer housing that has a ring portion and a fluid source attachment. The fluid source attachment is configured to receive fluid. The ring portion has a main opening for receiving a detecting head of the sensor, an attachment side configured for mounting the washer housing, and a washing side configured to frame the detecting head of the sensor. The washing side is in fluid communication with the fluid source attachment. A plurality of nozzles are disposed in a transition portion of the washer housing between the ring portion and the fluid source attachment of the washer housing. The plurality of nozzles are configured to discharge fluid to the washer side radially inwardly towards the main opening for cleaning the detecting head of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Vladimir Karasik
  • Patent number: 10391524
    Abstract: A rotating drum of a rotating drum-type workpiece cleaning device is provided with feed fins that extend helically along the inner circumferential surface of the drum body. The feed fins are, for example, fins in which metal sheets have been folded. On both sides of the feed fins, the angle of the internal corner between the feed fin and the inner circumferential surface of the drum body is an obtuse angle, for example, about 120 degrees. It is possible to prevent or limit the trapping of conveyed workpiece in the internal corner and trapping between adjacent fin sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Hiraide Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takei, Kazutaka Fujimori, Masahiko Hiraide
  • Patent number: 10391525
    Abstract: A method for washing an article to remove contaminations such as oils and fats, foreign substances and the like from a surface of the article is provided. The washing method comprises the steps of: cooling a washing solution to obtain a super-cooled washing solution; heating an article to increase its surface temperature to the temperature which is not lower than the boiling point of the washing solution; and washing and drying the article concurrently, while spraying the super-cooled washing solution to the heated article. The washing apparatus for carrying out this washing method is also provided. Using these washing method and apparatus, it becomes possible to downsize a scale of the washing apparatus, and to operate the washing apparatus under the energy-saving conditions as a result of reduction in an amount of the consumed energies, and the washing process at an accelerated speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keita Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 10391526
    Abstract: A cleaning fixture assembly for protecting an electrostatic chuck suitable for supporting semiconductor substrates during a cleaning process contains a plate configured to align with and engage a backside of the electrostatic chuck, the plate having an annular seal portion surrounding a pocket. The cleaning fixture assembly also contains a first O-ring engaging the annular seal portion of the plate, a plurality of through-holes in the pocket of the plate, and a plurality of O-rings surrounding the plurality of through-holes in the pocket of the plate. The plurality of through-holes are configured to be aligned with and in fluid communication with lift pin holes and helium holes in the backside of the electrostatic chuck, and the plurality of O-rings are positioned to allow cleaning media to engage the lift pin holes and helium holes in the electrostatic chuck during a cleaning process while sealing the cleaning media from reaching the backside of the electrostatic chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Armen Avoyan, Cliff LaCroix, Hong Shih, Kennet Baylon
  • Patent number: 10391527
    Abstract: An ozone cleaning system includes a cabinet defining a cleaning space, and an ozone generator disposed in fluid communication with the cleaning space and configured to produce and introduce ozone therein for cleaning items with ozone. An ozone neutralization unit is attached to the cabinet and includes an inlet and outlet tube each disposed within the cabinet. The ozone neutralization unit includes a heater/blower assembly in fluid communication with each tube and operable for heating and recirculating the ozone within the cleaning space. A method of operating the ozone cleaning system includes receiving an input to commence an ozone cleaning cycle, and then producing and introducing ozone into the cleaning space. The method proceeds by determining if the ozone cleaning cycle is complete, and then initiating and executing an ozone neutralization cycle to accelerate the rate of ozone neutralization after the ozone cleaning cycle is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventors: Luciano Boin, Samuel Baruco, J. R. Scott Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10391528
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus using a gas-mixed liquid includes a first inlet port into which a liquid supplied from the outside is introduced, a second inlet port into which a gas to be mixed with the liquid introduced from the first inlet port is introduced, a mixing chamber in which the liquid introduced from the first inlet port and the gas introduced from the second inlet port are mixed with each other, and an outlet port through which the liquid mixed with the gas in the mixing chamber is discharged. According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently remove slime such as scale generated in a variety of industrial conduits in which liquids flow, and germs, etc. deposited in various conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Jong-ha Park
  • Patent number: 10391529
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an exhaust system includes a first pump unit, a second pump unit, a shaft, and a motor. The first pump unit includes a first exhaust chamber, a first intake port, a first exhaust port, and a first rotor. The first intake port, the first exhaust port, and the first rotor are provided in the first exhaust chamber. The second pump unit includes a second exhaust chamber, a second intake port, a second exhaust port, and a second rotor. The second intake port, the second exhaust port, and the second rotor are provided in the second exhaust chamber. The shaft links the first rotor and the second rotor. The motor causes the first rotor, the second rotor, and the shaft to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10391530
    Abstract: An artificial surface is disclosed where super-repellency is obtained solely from surface roughness regardless of the material's intrinsic wettability. The surface is able to repel all known liquids. The surface contains thereon a plurality of microstructures having a doubly re-entrant topology and a liquid-solid contact fraction of less than 50%. In one embodiment, the doubly re-entrant topology includes a cap portion and downwardly extending lip extending from the periphery of the cap portion. The surface withstands high temperatures and resists surface changing phenomenon such as biofouling and chemical scaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Chang-Jin Kim, Tingyi Liu
  • Patent number: 10391531
    Abstract: A quick blade repair and replacement enabled apparatus integrating medical waste shredding and sterilization is a dismountable integrally assembled vertical structure. Three chambers, including a loading and stirring, a shredding and a sterilization and discharging chamber are connected into a whole. Two repair gates are respectively on the left and right sides of the shredding chamber, they are designed as a whole together with the rotary blade shaft, when repair and replace the blades, only the repair gates need to be dismounted, and the replacement process can be finished outside the shredding chamber. The stationary blades are pressed on the inner wall of the shredding chamber by using binder plate, and bolts for securing the binder plate are screwed from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CHONGQING GIENT HEATING INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jun Peng, Zhe Wang, Fengyan Chen
  • Patent number: 10391532
    Abstract: A system for treatment of contaminated sediments and soils using free radical chemical reaction and phase separation processes comprises a sediment or soil inlet system, a slurry tank, wherein the inlet system feeds the slurry tank, a water make-up tank, an optional acid storage tank, wherein the water make-up tank and the acid storage tank are connected to the slurry tank, a reaction vessel, wherein the slurry tank is connected to the reaction vessel, an oxidant agent storage tank, an optional catalyst storage tank, wherein the oxidant agent storage tank and the catalyst storage tank are connected to the reaction vessel, a first particle separator, wherein the reaction vessel is connected to the first particle separator, and an oil/water separator, wherein the first particle separator is connected to the oil/water separator is disclosed. A method for treatment of contaminated sediments and soils is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SedTech Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Arthur E. Chin, David M. Bates
  • Patent number: 10391533
    Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle component from a light metal alloy includes: extruding an extruded profile with, in cross section, at least two mutually different wall thicknesses and at least one closed hollow chamber and with an extrusion width, at least partially flattening and/or widening the cross section to a processing width, wherein the processing width is greater than the extrusion width, before or after the flattening and/or widening, performing separation to form blanks, processing the blanks by deformation to form the motor vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BENTLER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Edvin List Clausen, Andreas Hitz, Tobias Svantesson Kavik, Amin Farjad Bastani
  • Patent number: 10391534
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for straightening dents and irregularities in wheels including a spindle, a platen mounted on the spindle configured such that the wheel can be mounted on the spindle with the spindle projecting through the central hub hole and at least one actuator device positionable between the spindle and a section of the wheel to be straightened, the actuator exerting a straightening force on the rim of the wheel and a mobile device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Donald Neubauer
  • Patent number: 10391535
    Abstract: A process for making a shaped-part from a heat-treatable aluminum alloy blank comprises providing the blank in a hardened temper state, for instance the T6 or another suitable temper state. The as-provided blank is subjected to selective heating, such that a first portion of the blank is heated to a predetermined first temperature for a predetermined first length of time and a second portion of the blank is heated to a predetermined second temperature for a predetermined second length of time. The heated blank is then formed into the desired shape of the shaped-part, and is cooled to ambient temperature. The selective heating substantially increases ductility to facilitate forming of the blank into the desired shape of the shaped part, and provides desired mechanical properties within first and second portions of the shaped part corresponding to the first and second portions of the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Shulkin, Maximilian Amtmann, William A. Kokosza, Aldo Van Gelder
  • Patent number: 10391536
    Abstract: A tool kit for bending a metal tray including a middle bending tool, a right bending tool, and a left bending tool. The middle bending tool further includes a middle lower handle and a C-shaped middle top clamping member. The middle lower handle is perpendicularly extended from the middle bottom plate of the middle top clamping member. The right bending tool further includes a right lower handle and a C-shaped right top clamping member. The right lower handle is rightwardly extended at a forty-five degree angle from the right bottom plate of the right top clamping member. The left bending tool further includes a left lower handle and a C-shaped left top clamping member. The left lower handle is leftwardly extended at a forty-five degree angle from the left bottom plate of the left top clamping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Shawn Hubbard
  • Patent number: 10391537
    Abstract: A method and system for flanging a metal part is provided to improve the final dimensions of the part to a desired shape. Residual stresses from flanging operations can distort a final shape of the metal part. This disclosure provides an initial flanging step in which metal gainers are formed into the metal during a first flanging step. The metal gainers provide an increased amount of metal at select regions. Then, during a next flanging step, the metal gainers are smoothened or removed during that flanging step while the metal is additionally bent. The metal gainers help combat the residual stresses and allow the flange to better take the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: John W. Davis, Kenneth James Schmidt, Christian Richard Genereux
  • Patent number: 10391538
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing steel parts of sheet metal by hot deep drawing characterized by bringing the semi-finished product into austenitic condition by heating, subsequently cooling its locations, which would undergo undesirable deformation, to a temperature below the austenite temperature, and then completing the forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Zapadoceska Univerzita V Plzni
    Inventors: Hana Jirková, Bohuslav Ma{hacek over (s)}ek
  • Patent number: 10391539
    Abstract: A blanking die apparatus includes multiple machining stations having respective cutting tools operated simultaneously to perform predetermined blanking operations on a belt-shaped workpiece fed progressively in a longitudinal direction and finally to perform a contour blanking operation on the workpiece, thereby forming core pieces used for manufacturing a laminated iron core, and an auxiliary cutting tool that forms a disposal hole by partly blanking a scrap forming area of the workpiece simultaneously with the operations of the cutting tools of the machining stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Shimizu, Hironosuke Taniishi
  • Patent number: 10391540
    Abstract: A bowl forming device may include a mandrel sleeve, a stem mandrel, and a bowl mandrel. The mandrel sleeve may comprise a stem cavity, a bowl mating surface, and a sleeve surface. The stem mandrel may comprise a stem surface and a neck. The bowl mandrel may comprise a neck mating surface and a bowl surface. The device may be transitioned into and out of a nested position, in which the bowl mandrel may be mated with both the mandrel sleeve and the stem mandrel so that the stem mandrel may be received within the stem cavity and the sleeve mating surface contacts the bowl mating surface, to facilitate travel and storage of the device. A method of forming a smoking bowl using a bowl forming device is provided which includes the steps of forming a sheet of malleable material against the mandrel sleeve, stem mandrel, and bowl mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Kevin Gerstenslager
  • Patent number: 10391541
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing multiple recirculations of a plurality of articles are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of line starwheels and a recirculation line. The plurality of line starwheels each include a plurality of starwheel pockets thereon. The plurality of starwheel pockets includes a first-pass, a second-pass, and a third-pass starwheel pocket. The recirculation line includes a synchronization mechanism and a plurality of line-pocket sets. Each of the line-pocket sets includes a first and a second line pocket. The line pockets are configured to receive an article from a downstream line starwheel and deposit the article in the proper starwheel pocket of an upstream line starwheel. The synchronization mechanism configured to synchronize the plurality of line-pocket sets to the plurality of starwheel pockets. The first-pass, second-pass, and third-pass starwheel pockets correspond with respective first, second, and third stages of modifying the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC.
    Inventor: Richard H. Lee
  • Patent number: 10391542
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rolling bearing unit is provided to periodically reciprocate a stage (38) in a vertical direction by rotating and driving a servo motor (44) while rotating a roll about a central axis of a hub main body using a roll driving motor (43) in a state in which a processing surface of the roll is pressed against other end surface of a caulking section in an axial direction. A period of the reciprocation is restricted by a relation between a rotation position of the roll about the central axis of the hub main body and an engaged state between concave sections, which are sections between a plurality of processed teeth formed in the processing surface of the roll, and a face spline tooth formed by the concave section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hagiwara, Kazuto Kobayashi, Isao Shintou, Hiroshi Koyama, Toshio Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10391543
    Abstract: A single piece pulsed flow wing assembly method providing for horizontal wing manufacture is accomplished using synchronized automated vehicles guided in a predetermined manner to move and, locate wing structure in a plurality of assembly positions. Multi-axis assembly positioning systems (MAPS) are used at each assembly position to support and index components in the wing structure and determinant assembly techniques are used for indexing of the components. Modular automated manufacturing processes employing magnetic assembly clamping, drilling, fastener insertion, and sealant application are employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Philip W. Boyd, John W. Hall, Clayton L. Munk, James C. Roberts, Michael J. Fant, Richard D. Fiedler, Barry A. Lewis, Samuel R. Dobbs, Gary E. Mansell
  • Patent number: 10391544
    Abstract: A gauge cutting system and method are described herein. The gauge cutting system includes a cutting apparatus coupled to a track for cutting a wire and a movable measurement apparatus spaced from the cutting apparatus and coupled to the track. The measurement apparatus for measuring a length of wire extending from the cutting apparatus by looping said wire around said measurement apparatus and returning a cut end of the wire to the cutting apparatus, wherein a distance of the measurement apparatus from the cutting apparatus is proportional to the length of wire to be cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Michael J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10391545
    Abstract: Provided are self-aligning riveting tools and methods of utilizing such tools for installing rivets. A tool includes an aligning sleeve, which is slidably coupled to a first die. Furthermore, the tool includes a die holder, which is slidably coupled to a second die. During operation, the aligning sleeve is positioned over the rivet head thereby axially aligning the first die relative to the rivet, even before the first die contacts the rivet head. The second die contacts the rivet shank end thereby axially aligning the rivet relative to the second die and the die holder. Advancing the die holder toward the first die first clamps the rivet in the tool and then proceed with forming the rivet tail. The rivet remains coaxial with both dies during all of these operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Pradeepan Kuniyil, Blair Larsson
  • Patent number: 10391546
    Abstract: A forged crankshaft production method includes a first preforming step, a second preforming step, and a final preforming step. In the first preforming step, sectional areas of portions to be formed into pins and sectional areas of portions to be formed into journals are decreased, whereby flat portions are formed, and the portion to be formed into the pin located at a second position is decentered. In the second preforming step, a portion to be formed into the pin located at a first position is decentered, and a portion to be formed into the pin located at a third position is decentered to a side opposite to the portion to be formed into the pin located at the first position. In a blank obtained thereby, portions to be formed into pins have been reduced and decentered, and the material yield rate can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Okubo, Kenji Tamura, Kunihiro Yoshida, Samsoo Hwang, Ryusuke Nakano, Masao Hori
  • Patent number: 10391547
    Abstract: A mold for casting a titanium-containing article includes calcium aluminate and silicon carbide, and the silicon carbide is graded in the mold such that it is in different portions of the mold in different amounts, with the highest concentration of silicon carbide being located between a bulk of the mold and a surface of the mold that opens to a mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Joan McKiever, Brian Michael Ellis, Nicholas Vincent McLasky
  • Patent number: 10391548
    Abstract: A casting device is provided that carries out casting by supplying molten metal to a cavity (formed inside a casting die in a state in which a core pin is disposed in the casting die. The device casting is provided with a temperature detector and a cooling controller. The temperature detector detects the temperature of the core pin at a predetermined time at an end of one casting cycle. The cooling controller applies cooling energy to the core pin and controls an amount of cooling energy applied to the core pin during a next casting cycle according to the temperature that is detected by the temperature detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10391549
    Abstract: A method of forming a cast component and a method of forming a casting mold is generally provided. The method is performed by plugging or covering an opening in a ceramic core-shell mold. The ceramic core-shell mold includes at least a first core portion, a first shell portion, and at least one first cavity between the core portion and the first shell portion. The core-shell mold may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process. At least a portion of the ceramic core-shell mold and the plug or cover is coated with a second ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Michael Cole, Michael Brown, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Brian David Przeslawski, Douglas Gerard Konitzer
  • Patent number: 10391550
    Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, an actuated fabricator deposits structural elements (e.g., tensile structural elements) in a 3D pattern over large displacements. The fabricator is supported by at least three elongated support members. It includes onboard actuators that translate the fabricator relative to the ends of the support members. The fabricator is configured, by actuating different translations along different support members, to translate itself throughout a 3D volume. In some implementations, each of the actuators use fusible material to fuse metal tapes together, edge-to-edge, to form a hollow structure that can be shortened or lengthened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Benjamin Peters, Neri Oxman
  • Patent number: 10391551
    Abstract: A mold body for use in a mold includes a mold cavity, a chill cavity, a fill channel, and a chill material having a thermal conductivity that is greater than the thermal conductivity of the mold body disposed within the chill cavity. The chill cavity is formed adjacent the mold cavity and is separated from the mold cavity by a chill wall. The fill channel is in communication with the chill cavity and with an exterior surface of the mold body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Adam Taylor Boyle, Nathan Padriac VanBecelaere
  • Patent number: 10391552
    Abstract: A casting mold for casting a piston for an internal combustion engine may include a mold body having a surface texture in a region corresponding to a subsequent internal surface of a piston skirt. The surface texture may be defined by a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves may have the following dimension: a depth of 0.2 mm<t<0.5 mm, a width of 0.02 mm<b<0.05 mm, and at least two groove walls which are inclined outwardly at 0°<?<10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Tilch, Dieter Zarges
  • Patent number: 10391553
    Abstract: A die casting machine includes a plurality of ejector pins capable of advancing and retracting together with respect to the internal portion of a die; an electric motor capable of driving the plurality of ejector pins; a position sensor capable of detecting the positions of the plurality of ejector pins; a force sensor capable of detecting the pressure which is given to the molding material inside the die by the plurality of ejector pins; a display device capable of displaying images, and a control device controlling the electric motor and display device. The control device includes a drive control part which controls the electric motor so as to generate a driving force making the plurality of ejector pins advance to the inside of the die after the start of injection and before die opening, and a display control part which controls the display device so as to display the position detected by a position sensor and the pressure detected by a force sensor along a common time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Amezawa, Satoru Aida, Toshiaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 10391554
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for producing powder mixtures having uniform dispersion of ceramic particles within larger superalloy particles are provided, as are embodiments of superalloy powder mixtures. In one embodiment, the method includes producing an initial powder mixture comprising ceramic particles mixed with superalloy mother particles having an average diameter larger than the average diameter of the ceramic particles. The initial powder mixture is formed into a consumable solid body. At least a portion of the consumable solid body is gradually melted, while the consumable solid body is rotated at a rate of speed sufficient to cast-off a uniformly dispersed powder mixture in which the ceramic particles are embedded within the superalloy mother particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: James Piascik, Amer Aizaz, James J Cobb, James S Roundy
  • Patent number: 10391555
    Abstract: Silver nanowires having a thin and long shape that exhibit excellent dispersibility in an aqueous solvent having an alcohol added thereto are provided by silver nanowires having an average diameter of 50 nm or less and an average length of 10 ?m or more, covered with a copolymer of a maleimide-based monomer and vinylpyrrolidone. The silver nanowires can be produced by a method for producing silver nanowires, containing reductively depositing silver in a wire form in an alcohol solvent having dissolved therein a silver compound, the deposition being performed in the solvent having dissolved therein a copolymer of a maleimide-based monomer and vinylpyrrolidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE, DOWA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Ida, Yoshitsugu Hirokawa, Jeyadevan Balachandran, Jhon Lehman Cuya Huaman, Kimitaka Sato