Patents Issued in January 30, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200030833
    Abstract: A spray gun cover for protecting a spray gun upper body from overspray is provided. The spray gun cover comprises a cover front wall, a cover rear wall, and a cover center body. The cover front wall is form-fitted to a front portion of the spray gun upper body surrounding a spray nozzle of the spray gun and has a front aperture disposed therein such that the front aperture coincides with the spray nozzle. The cover rear wall is form-fitted to a rear portion of the spray gun upper body. The cover center body is disposed between the cover front wall and the cover rear wall and has a bottom aperture disposed in a bottom portion thereof. The bottom aperture is designed for enabling insertion of the spray gun upper body therethrough into the spray gun cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SprayTech Innovations
    Inventors: Joe Upper, Christ Stitt, Aitor Iruretagoyena, Sheri Kellington, Andy Geck, Alexander Nielsen, Joey Stitt
  • Publication number: 20200030834
    Abstract: An optimization approach for placement heads tasks assignment of beam-type single-gantry surface mounter is disclosed, building a comprehensive framework that simultaneously achieves all optimization objectives in reasonably short time. Specific steps are as follows: (a) importing user-defined production parameters and forming raw production data, (b) pre-processing the raw production data and obtaining the intermediate production data that facilitates the subsequent processing, (c) verifying the loop condition of the “placement heads tasks assignment”, (d) performing nozzle assignment, (e) confirming all the nozzle assignment exchange possibilities, (f) verifying whether the loop condition of “component allocation” are fulfilled, (g) performing component allocation, and (h) outputting the optimal placement heads tasks assignment results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Huijun GAO, Zhengkai LI, Xinpeng LIU
  • Publication number: 20200030835
    Abstract: A system and method have been shown for the effective implementation of a height and rotational adjustment system for one or more spray guns for use in a line striper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: SCOTT FERGUSON, RAMRAJ SOUNDARARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20200030836
    Abstract: Described herein is a clamp for repairing a site of at least one damaged nozzle on a pipe for carrying liquid, such as a sparger nozzle in a header pipe in a boiling water reactor of a nuclear power plant. The clamp in general includes a housing configured for mounting over the site on a surface the pipe, wherein the housing has a front, sides, top, and back. The housing may include an opening, or the clamp may include an orifice plate having an opening and being positioned on the front side of the housing such that liquid exiting the pipe flows through one or both the opening in the housing and opening in the orifice plate. The clamp also includes a bottom surface which, together with the housing and orifice plate, when included, defines an interior chamber. The bottom plate has an opening for alignment, upon installation, with the site, and at least one member, for example, wedges for securing one of the damaged nozzle or support rings for stabilizing a replacement nozzle in position within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: KEVIN J. FOLEY, JOSHUA C. LANDERS
  • Publication number: 20200030837
    Abstract: An effective implementation is shown for a height adjustment system for one or more spray guns used in a line striper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: SCOTT FERGUSON, RAMRAJ SOUNDARARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20200030838
    Abstract: An apparatus for surface treatment of articles comprises a plurality of trays (4) each carrying one or more piece-holding spindles (3). A primary transport assembly (19) removably engages the trays (4) to transfer them according to a step-by-step motion between a plurality of stopping locations (A . . . J) distributed along the movement path (P), along which respective work stations (12, 13, 14, 15) operate. At least one additional transport assembly (31a, 31b) withdraws each tray (4) from the primary transport assembly (19) at one of said stopping locations (A . . . J), for moving it at one of said work stations (12, 13, 14, 15), and engaging it again with the primary transport assembly (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Luciano PEREGO
  • Publication number: 20200030839
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for applying a coating material to a wire, the apparatus comprising: a coating chamber for applying a thermosetting coating material to a wire passing through the coating chamber; an elongate injection channel for receiving coating material input to the coating apparatus at a first end of the injection channel and supplying the received coating material to the coating chamber that is arranged at a second end of the injection channel; and, a number of heating elements controllable to progressively raise the temperature of the coating material as the coating material flows through the coating apparatus to achieve a desired viscosity of the coating material within the coating chamber. Advantages include providing an industrial process for applying a coating to a wire that is easier, safer and cheaper than known solvent based techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Filippo Gionata Diego Veglia, Piero Degasperi, Francesco Taiariol
  • Publication number: 20200030840
    Abstract: A coating device has: a die head that is provided with a supply port into which a coating slurry is supplied, a manifold that stores the coating slurry, and a slit that dispenses the coating slurry; a supply pipe that is connected to the supply port of the die head; and a cover plate that is provided in the supply port or the supply pipe and that reduces the flow rate of the coating slurry at the center of a cross-section that is orthogonal to the direction in which the coating slurry in the supply port or the supply pipe flows into the die head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Envision AESC Energy Devices Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20200030841
    Abstract: An apparatus (812) for loading and unloading a brush (822) to and from a brush-arm assembly (802) of an end-effector (102) is disclosed. The apparatus (812) comprises a base (814) and a carriage (818), which is movable along an axis (A) at least to a first position, a second position, or a third position relative to the base (814). The carriage (818) comprises a brush receptacle (820), configured to prevent movement of the brush (822) in a first direction, but not in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, when the brush (822) is placed in the brush receptacle (820). The apparatus (812) also comprises a stationary component (832), fixed relative to the base (814) and configured to prevent movement of the brush-arm assembly (802) in the second direction. Additionally, the apparatus (812) comprises a linear actuator (816), configured to move the carriage (818).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Raul Tomuta, Angelica Davancens, Frederick B. Frontiera, Martin Guirguis, Don D. Trend, Jake B. Weinmann
  • Publication number: 20200030842
    Abstract: A spin chuck jig includes a handle having first holes, a base having second holes, wherein a number of the second holes and a number of first holes are the same, and bolts each penetrating one of the first holes and one of the second holes so that the handle and the base are attached to a spin chuck to be lifted from a spin process equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Ybarra, Elijah L. Rhoades
  • Publication number: 20200030843
    Abstract: Mixing device and applicator for sealants formed by a main body and a handle (1), wherein the main body comprises a container-carrying sheath (7), a rotating cylinder (14), a gear module (11) that can be coupled to a rotor and a set of mechanisms that eject the sealant material. By actuating a trigger (2), a speed regulator (3) and a rotation selector (4) present in the handle (1) in a first action the cylinder (11) rotates in one sense mixing the material and in a second action it changes the sense of rotation and by actuating a cylinder locking system (19 and 20) present in the main body the device ejects the sealant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel Ortiz García
  • Publication number: 20200030844
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to forming a thin film of nanoscale thickness by depositing a mixture of a precursor and a supercritical fluid onto a surface of a substrate and removing the supercritical fluid from the surface of the substrate. The mixture is sprayed onto the surface by a spraying module. A layer of the precursor is formed on at least a portion of the surface. Molecules of the supercritical fluid is removed from the surface. The surface is exposed to plasma radical to transform the layer of the precursor into a solid thin film. In some embodiments, molecules of the precursor chemically bond with molecules of the supercritical fluid in the mixture. The molecules of the supercritical fluid can be decoupled from the molecules of the precursor before the layer of the precursor is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Sang In LEE
  • Publication number: 20200030845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cured product having excellent stain resistance and low gloss, a method of manufacturing the same, and an interior material including the cured product. The cured product according to the present invention includes, along with an acrylic oligomer, an oligomer having a functional group containing silicon (Si) and an oligomer having a functional group containing fluorine (F), and thus, has excellent stain resistance and can implement a micro-folded structure on a surface thereof through extreme ultraviolet rays to be used during curing, thereby being capable of realizing low gloss without a matting agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ji Yeon SEO, Heon Jo KIM, Min Kyung PARK, Tae Yi CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200030846
    Abstract: A panel and a panel production method are provided wherein an elastomeric coating, and preferably, a water-based elastomeric polyurethane coating, is applied to a pre-existing, finished panel construct, by pressing the coating onto the panel construct, and thereby bond the coating to the surface of the panel construct. The method is used to produce enhanced panels which can be used in the production of flooring materials, wall panels, furniture, countertops, and the like. The resultant panels typically have an enhanced surface that protects the surface layer of the panel construct. The coated panel can also be made abrasion resistant, and can also be enhanced so as to provide better acoustical properties while providing a soft touch, haptic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert N. Clausi, Salvatore A. Diloreto
  • Publication number: 20200030847
    Abstract: A composite material, and methods of making thereof, include a polycarbonate substrate and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition formed layers. In particular, a film formed by a process of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition includes: applying a radio frequency bias to a substrate; and supplying a process gas through an antennae, where microwave power applied to the antennae generates plasma of the process gas at the surface of the substrate thereby forming one or more layers on the substrate. In certain aspects the film exhibits one or more (or all) of favorable oxygen transmission rate, barrier improvement factor, optical transmission, surface roughness, chemical resistance and surface roughness properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shahram SHAFAEI, Robert Dirk VAN DE GRAMPEL
  • Publication number: 20200030848
    Abstract: A control console for a powered surgical tool. The console includes a transformer that supplies the drive signal to the surgical tool. A linear amplifier with active resistors selectively ties the ends of the transformer primary winding between ground and the open circuit state. Feedback voltages from the transformer windings regulate the resistances of the active resistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Adam D. Downey, Neal R. Butler, Scott A. Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20200030849
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to optomechanically couple light to a crystal structure, thereby producing stable, coherent bulk acoustic modes within the structure. In some embodiments, a resonator may comprise a plano-convex crystal structure to which pump light may be applied. The pump light may transfer energy to acoustic phonon modes of the crystal structure so as to create acoustic phonon modes with a coherence length greater than a length of the crystal structure. High frequency and high quality factor resonators may thereby be produced and operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Yale University
    Inventors: Peter Rakich, Prashanta Kharel, William Renninger, Ryan Orson Behunin
  • Publication number: 20200030850
    Abstract: A Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (PMUT) device is provided. The PMUT includes a substrate and an edge support structure connected to the substrate. A membrane is connected to the edge support structure such that a cavity is defined between the membrane and the substrate, where the membrane configured to allow movement at ultrasonic frequencies. The membrane comprises a piezoelectric layer and first and second electrodes coupled to opposing sides of the piezoelectric layer. For operation in a Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) mode, a third electrode is disposed on the substrate and separated by an air gap in the cavity from the second electrode. Also provided are an integrated MEMS array, a method for operating an array of PMUT/CMUT dual-mode devices, and a PMUT/CMUT dual-mode device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: InvenSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil APTE, Renata Melamud BERGER, Michael DANEMAN
  • Publication number: 20200030851
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer, in particular for an ultrasonic sensor, is proposed. The acoustic transducer has a functional group, the functional group encompassing a diaphragm cup and at least one electroacoustic transducer element. The acoustic transducer furthermore has a housing. The diaphragm cup encompasses a vibration-capable diaphragm and an encircling wall, as well as at least one electroacoustic transducer element, the transducer element being embodied to excite the diaphragm to vibrate and/or to convert vibrations of the diaphragm into electrical signals. The diaphragm cup is constituted from a plastic material, the at least one transducer element being integrated into the vibration-capable diaphragm, the transducer element having an electrically active polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes Henneberg, Andre Gerlach, Marko Liebler
  • Publication number: 20200030852
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a rotary sifter is disclosed that includes a body assembly, a drive mechanism, and a base assembly supporting the body assembly and the drive mechanism. The body assembly includes a housing, a screen frame assembly that is positioned within the housing, and a rotor assembly mounted for rotation within the screen frame assembly. The drive mechanism is in mechanical cooperation with the rotor assembly to rotate the rotor assembly, and is axially fixed in relation to the housing, the screen frame assembly, and the rotor assembly. The base assembly includes a guide rail system that is configured and dimensioned to permit longitudinal movement of the rotor assembly and the screen frame assembly in relation to the housing and the drive mechanism to allow for removal of the rotor assembly and the screen frame assembly from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Prater Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Riegle, Swapna Reddy Chilukuri, David Arthur Smith
  • Publication number: 20200030853
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reforming coal ash, including classifying coal ash having 10% by mass or more of a residue on a 45 ?m sieve by using a forced vortex centrifugal type classifying apparatus, under a condition that the residue on a 45 ?m sieve of the coal ash after the classifying becomes in a range of 1% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koota DOI, Makio YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20200030854
    Abstract: A sorting apparatus, system, and related methods are described and which include a selectively heated avalanche photodiode (APD) which is maintained at a stable and substantially constant predetermined temperature and which further demonstrates a higher gain and signal-to-noise ratio with greater stability at the predetermined temperature for enhancing sorting efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Johan Calcoen, Peter Stulens
  • Publication number: 20200030855
    Abstract: A roll-type cleaning member for scrubbing and cleaning a target cleaning surface of a substrate includes a plurality of nodules formed on a surface thereof. Each nodule includes a slit which extends so as not to be parallel to the rotation direction of the roll-type cleaning member, upstream edges are formed by the slit so as to serve as edges first contacting the target cleaning surface when a cleaning surface of the nodule contacts the target cleaning surface of the substrate by the rotation of the roll-type cleaning member, and the upstream edges are provided at a plurality of positions of the cleaning surface of the nodule in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Tomoatsu Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20200030856
    Abstract: A testing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a chamber, a probe card including probes exposed in the chamber, a stage supporting a test target object in the chamber, a moving mechanism to move the stage between a testing position where the test target object is in contact with the probes and a cleaning position where the test target object is arranged away from the probes in a horizontal direction, and an air tube introducing first dry air into the chamber through the probe card when the stage is placed at the cleaning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko FUJIWARA, Takao Sueyama, Keiko Kaneda, Michiko Tsumura
  • Publication number: 20200030857
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection element including a detection surface, including a first cleaner configured to perform cleaning, and configured to clean the detection surface by using a first cleaning portion, a second cleaner, and configured to clean the detection surface by using a second cleaning portion, a driver to which the first cleaner and the second cleaner are attached and configured to move to approach or recede from the detection surface in a state where the first cleaner and the second cleaner are attached to the driver, and a control unit configured to control each of the first cleaner, the second cleaner, and the driver, wherein the control unit controls, based on the received setting, a cleaning order and/or a number of cleaning operations of the cleaning performed by the first cleaner and the cleaning performed by the second cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Keita Hirayama, Gou Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20200030858
    Abstract: A pipeline inspection system including a first drum including a first cable having a first camera disposed on a distal end of the first cable, where the first cable is received within an interior of the first drum and is configured to be directed into a conduit, a second drum including a second cable having a second camera disposed on a distal end of the second cable, where the second cable is received within an interior of the second drum and is configured to be directed into a conduit, and a hub housing electrical components for operation of the pipeline inspection system, where the hub is removably received in the interior of the first drum, and where the hub is selectively removable from the first drum and insertable into an interior of the second drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher J. Turner, Gareth Mueckl, Samuel J. Krohlow
  • Publication number: 20200030859
    Abstract: A polymer pipeline pig is provided for cleaning the interior of a pipeline capable of completely dissolving in a fluid including oil, water and/or gas over a time period of from 4 days to 24 days and over a temperature range of from 100° F. to 250° F. The polymer is selected from polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) and combinations thereof The pipeline pig can be launched into the interior of the pipeline, allowed to move through the interior of the pipeline in a fluid including oil and water, and dissolved over a time period of from 4 days to 24 days and over a temperature range of from 100° F. to 250° F. Thus, no pig receiving facility is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Matthew Scott Bolen
  • Publication number: 20200030860
    Abstract: A tank cleaning nozzle (2) configured to be mounted on a tank (6), wherein said tank cleaning nozzle (2) comprises an inlet (42), an outlet (26) and an interior space (54) being in fluid communication with the inlet (42) and the outlet (26), The tank cleaning nozzle (2) is configured to receive a pressurized liquid (36) through the inlet (42) and inject the liquid (36) through the outlet (26) into the tank (6), The tank cleaning nozzle (2) comprises a moveably arranged closing structure (34, 52) configured to close the outlet (26). The closing structure (34, 52) is arranged and configured to be moved into a position, in which the outlet (26) is provided with a free passage, through which the liquid (36) leaving the outlet (26) is injected into the interior space (54) without colliding with the closing structure (34, 52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Jens ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20200030861
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for recycling plastics, electronics, munitions or propellants. In particular, the method comprises reacting a feed stock with a molten aluminum or aluminum alloy bath. The apparatus includes a reaction vessel for carrying out the reaction, as well as other equipment necessary for capturing and removing the reaction products. Further, the process can be used to cogenerate electricity using the excess heat generated by the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald G. Presswood, Jr., Ian C. Bishop
  • Publication number: 20200030862
    Abstract: Notching equipment for a steel strip, a method of notching a steel strip, a cold rolling equipment, and a method of cold rolling that make it possible to perform cold rolling on a material without weld breaks, even if the material is a brittle material or a high alloy material such as a silicon steel sheet or a high-tensile steel sheet with high Si and Mn contents. The notching equipment includes a shearing device and a grinding device. The shearing device performs shearing on both edge portions in the steel-strip width direction including the joint to form a first notch. The grinding device grinds end surfaces of both the edge portions of the joint in the steel-strip width direction to form a second notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro MATSUBARA, Yuu NAGAI, Kazuhisa IWANAGA
  • Publication number: 20200030863
    Abstract: A hot extrusion-molding method is for a Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy, wherein: a billet has a component composition for a precipitation strengthened-type Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy having a gamma prime phase equilibrium precipitation amount of 40 mol % or more at 700° C.; a lubrication glass pad is installed between a die and the billet; and adjustment is made so the relationship between the outer diameter DB (mm) of the billet at the time of insertion in a container and the inner diameter DC (mm) of the container satisfies (DC-DB): 2-8 mm, or adjustment is made so the relationship between the outer diameter DB? (mm) of the billet prior to being heated to a hot processing temperature and the inner diameter DC? (mm) of the container prior to being heated to a preheating temperature satisfies (DC??DB?): 3-9 mm. A production method is performed using the hot extrusion-molding method mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Remi MUKOSE, Gang HAN
  • Publication number: 20200030864
    Abstract: A forging assembly may comprise a first die and a second die configured to translate toward the second die. A first sensor may be coupled to at least one of the first die or the second die. The first sensor may be configured to output a first signal correlating to a first distance between the first die and the second die. Additional sensors may be applied to track die alignment during the forging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rebbecchi, Jean Philippe Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200030865
    Abstract: A method for marking a wordpieces and workpiece are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes applying an identification to a blank in places and after applying the identification to the blank, deforming the blank to form a metal body, wherein deforming the blank comprises rolling so that a thickness of the blank changes more strongly than a width of the blank when the metal body is formed, wherein the identification remains on the metal body at least until after deforming the blank and is not destroyed by deforming the blank, and wherein the identification, both to the blank and to the metal body, has at least one of a difference in reflection or a difference in remission and an albedo difference of at least 15 percentage points in at least part of at least one of a near ultraviolet spectral region, a visible spectral region or a near-infrared spectral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Zeh, Thomas Härtling
  • Publication number: 20200030866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the optimized production of a component, in particular from steel, with at least one secondary formed element, comprising the steps of a) providing a blank which has been cut to size at room temperature from a strip or a sheet and in which cut-outs and/or holes have optionally been created by stamping or cutting operations; b) thermal treatment of selected edge regions of the blank that have been cold-hardened by the stamping or cutting operations, in which the edge regions are heated to a temperature of at least 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: STEFAN MÜTZE, MATTHIAS SCHNEIDER, SEBASTIAN WESTHÄUSER
  • Publication number: 20200030867
    Abstract: A method for producing a formed component is disclosed. The method includes: preforming a workpiece to a preformed component having a base region, a wall region, and optionally a flange region, wherein a material quantity adaptation is set in the preformed component; and calibrating the preformed component to a finally formed component, at least in regions, having a base region, a wall region, and optionally a flange region, wherein compressing of the preformed component is performed at least in regions during the calibrating. The method provides a formed component wherein the dimensional accuracy is improved and, in particular, any spreading of the walls of U-shaped components or part-portions can be influenced in a targeted manner, so as to further improve the dimensional accuracy of the formed component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Flehmig, Martin Kibben, Daniel Nierhoff
  • Publication number: 20200030868
    Abstract: A shearing method of a plate-shaped workpiece for applying a shear force in a thickness direction of the plate-shaped workpiece includes: a step for starting applying the shear force on the workpiece with a clearance between action points in a surface direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the workpiece; a step for applying the shear force after the start of applying the shear force until a fractured surface is created in the workpiece; and a step for increasing the clearance depending on a deformation of the workpiece in the thickness direction after starting applying the shear force until the fractured surface is created in the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi YASUTOMI, Shigeru YONEMURA, Tohru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200030869
    Abstract: A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Randal Dively, Ralph Conrad, S. George Luckey, JR., Andrey Ilinich, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery, Patrick McCleer
  • Publication number: 20200030870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling element bearing cage formed of one or more segments, each segment comprising: a supporting frame having a plurality of spaced apart openings each for accommodating a rolling element; and a reinforcing frame, inserted within the supporting frame, having a corresponding plurality of openings each for aligning with the openings of the supporting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Ian Breeze
  • Publication number: 20200030871
    Abstract: A portable tool comprising a hollow body delimiting two chambers and comprising a shoulder and a barrel extending from the shoulder. A piston slides in the chambers and a stem is secured to the piston and is accommodated in the barrel. A C-shaped head with a first end forms a shoe which presses against the shoulder and in which is created a bore into which the barrel fits, and with a second end facing the free end of the stem. A fastening system comprises a channel on the barrel perimeter. Two sliders are slidably mounted on the shoe parallel to a plane of movement which is perpendicular to the axis of the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Yann-Erick LEMONNIER
  • Publication number: 20200030872
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to integrated core-shell investment casting molds that provide a filament structure corresponding to a cooling hole pattern in the surface of the turbine blade, stator vane, or shroud. The disclosure also relates to the forming of a ceramic coating on at least a portion of the shell of the core-shell casting mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Xi YANG, Michael COLE, Michael BROWN, Gregory Terrence GARAY, Tingfan PANG, Brian David PRZESLAWSKI, Douglas Gerard KONITZER
  • Publication number: 20200030873
    Abstract: A method for producing an austenitic stainless steel slab by continuous casting of an austenitic stainless steel, including applying electric power to the molten steel in a depth region providing a solidification shell thickness of from 5 to 10 mm at least at a center position in the long edge direction, so as to cause flows in directions inverse to each other in the long edge direction on both long edge sides, thereby performing electro-magnetic stirring (EMS) to control a continuous casting condition satisfying 10<?T<50×FEMS+10. Herein, ?T represents a difference between an average molten steel temperature (° C.) and a solidification starting temperature (° C.) of the molten steel, and FEMS represents a stirring intensity index shown by a function of a molten steel flow velocity in the long edge direction imparted by the electro-magnetic stirring and a casting velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro EHARA, Shun SAITO, Kazunari MORITA, Hiroshi MORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200030874
    Abstract: In continuous casting, to provide products with excellent quality with high productivity. A molten metal from a melting furnace is stirred and driven by a Lorentz force due to crossing of magnetic lines of force from a magnet and direct current and sent to a mold while improving the quality of the molten metal, or a molten metal immediately before solidification in the mold by the Lorentz force to equalize the temperature of the molten metal immediately before solidification in the mold. As a result, finally a high quality product can be obtained, and the performance of the magnet can be maintained by cooling the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kenzo TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200030875
    Abstract: An injection assembly (1) of a die-casting machine is provided with electronic control means (300) of the valves, configured and programmed for carrying out a plurality of diagnostic tests on said valves. The test management program provides for the execution of a test for each valve and the comparison of parameters detected during said test with a predefined interval or with a threshold value. Furthermore, means are provided for displaying the results of the diagnostic tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Andrea PEZZOLI
  • Publication number: 20200030876
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for filtering molten metal (M), such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy includes at least one ceramic foam filter or any other type of filtration media such as porous tube or alumina balls disposed in a receptacle (12) for the molten metal (M). A vibrator vibrates at least one of the filter, the receptacle (12) or the metal and may be used to induce priming, filtering and/or drainage of the filter. The vibrator may be retrofitted to an existing filter system and may be adjustable in frequency and amplitude. The vibration may be continuous over a given period or produced in a single shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Dumont, Francis Caron, Patrice Côte, Jean-Francois DesMueles
  • Publication number: 20200030877
    Abstract: A method for producing a silver nanowire dispersion liquid which exhibits good separability among wires, including: subjecting a liquid having dispersed therein silver nanowires having an average length of 10 ?m or more, to at least once of filtration including filtration with an organic fiber mesh filter having an aperture of 8 ?m or more and 120 ?m or less, so as to provide a filtrate having dispersed therein silver nanowires having an average length of 10 ?m or more (preliminary filtering step); and subjecting the filtrate obtained in the preliminary filtering step, to at least once of filtration including filtration with an organic fiber mesh filter having an aperture of 12 ?m or less, so as to provide a filtrate having dispersed therein silver nanowires having an average length of 10 ?m or more (finish filtering step).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kimitaka SATO, Hirotoshi SAITO, Daisuke KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20200030878
    Abstract: Provided are surface-modified metal compound particles comprising metal compound particles which are surface-modified with one or more types of carboxylic acid selected from a methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid, and a propionic acid, and a 12-hydroxystearic acid, wherein a portion or all of the one or more types of carboxylic acid selected from a methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid, and a propionic acid is a carboxylic acid (protonated) type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiyuki TAKASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200030879
    Abstract: A system and method for printing a transparent object with an additive manufacture printer. The system includes a stage on which the object is to be produced, a dispenser coupled to a source of thermally-curable optical material positioned to deposit the thermally-curable optical material at a position on the stage, an ultrafast laser configured to direct radiation having a wavelength in the range 800 nm-2000 nm to the position, and at least one mechanism to cause relative movement between the stage and the dispenser, and relative movement between the stage and the laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Rongguang Liang, Zhihan Hong
  • Publication number: 20200030880
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing learning model generation apparatus is applied to a method for manufacturing a shaped article by radiating a light beam onto layered metal powder and heating the metal powder. The additive manufacturing learning model generation apparatus generates a learning model for determining a manufacturing condition or for estimating a shaped article status through machine learning that uses the manufacturing condition and the shaped article status as learning data. The shaped article status is related to the shaped article when the light beam is radiated or after the light beam is radiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya NAGAHAMA, Makoto Tano
  • Publication number: 20200030881
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a magnet capable of using only a single pole, whereby a combination force between a permanent (or referred to as a magnet) and a yoke (or referred to as a shielding metal) can be improved without performing a manual bonding work therebetween and then the efficiency of subsequent processes, such as polishing and plating, after combination and completeness of a product can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Jun-Bum AN
  • Publication number: 20200030882
    Abstract: A method for producing engine components with a complex geometric structure particularly for an aircraft engine, includes providing a first component that has a first sintered state with a first degree of compaction; providing at least one second component that has a second sintered state with a second degree of compaction; wherein the second degree of compaction is lower than the first degree of compaction; and wherein the at least one second component has an opening, into which a portion of the first component is introducible; and wherein the opening is dimensioned to close substantially completely during a sintering joining process, to form a force-fitting sintered joint with the first component; introducing the first component into the opening; and carrying out the sintering joining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Enrico DAENICKE, Ralf MUELLER