Patents Issued in February 25, 2020
  • Patent number: 10569361
    Abstract: A method of reworking or repairing a component includes removing a casting defect from a component manufactured of a non-fusion weldable base alloy to form a cavity that results in a through hole; sealing the through hole with a backing; and at least partially filling the cavity with a multiple of layers of a multiple of laser powder deposition spots, each of the multiple of laser powder deposition spots formed of a filler alloy, a first layer of the multiple of layers includes a perimeter of the multiple of laser powder deposition spots that overlap a wall of the cavity and the backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Wangen Lin
  • Patent number: 10569362
    Abstract: A method of making a component includes depositing a metallic powder on a workplane; directing a beam from a directed energy source to fuse the powder in a pattern corresponding to a cross-sectional layer of the component; repeating in a cycle the steps of depositing and fusing to build up the component in a layer-by layer fashion; and during the cycle of depositing and melting, using an external heat control apparatus separate from the directed energy source to maintain a predetermined temperature profile of the component, such that the resulting component has a directionally-solidified or single-crystal microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Todd Jay Rockstroh, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, William Thomas Carter, David Henry Abbott, Rajendra Machukar Kelkar
  • Patent number: 10569363
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for performing an Additive Manufacturing (AM) fabrication process on a powdered material forming a substrate. The system may make use of a diode array for generating an optical signal sufficient to melt a powdered material of the substrate. A mask may be used for preventing a first predetermined portion of the optical signal from reaching the substrate, while allowing a second predetermined portion to reach the substrate. At least one processor may be used for controlling an output of the diode array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Bassem S. El-Dasher, Andrew Bayramian, James A. Demuth, Joseph C. Farmer, Sharon G. Torres
  • Patent number: 10569364
    Abstract: A recoating device for an additive manufacturing system includes a plurality of recoater blades which include a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a plurality of rows of the plurality of recoater blades and extends in the transverse dimension. The second stage includes a plurality of recoater blades and is configured substantially similar to the first stage of the plurality of recoater blades. The second stage of recoater blades is displaced from the first stage of recoater blades in the vertical dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jinjie Shi, David Charles Bogdan, Jr., William Thomas Carter, Christopher James Hayden
  • Patent number: 10569365
    Abstract: A system and method for preparing a fluid flow surface may include the steps of: (1) producing a laser beam, (2) moving the laser beam across a surface of a work piece, and (3) machining a riblet in the surface by removing material from the surface, wherein the riblet includes a pair of ridges, wherein the pair of ridges is approximately parallel to each other, and each one of the ridges includes opposed sides, and a groove formed between facing ones of the sides and separating the ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Weidong Song
  • Patent number: 10569366
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thermal modification kiln for timber includes making plate modules from steel plates (200) by forming edges (210, 220, 230, 240) of the plates with flaps (211, 213, 215, 221, 223, 225, 231, 233, 235, 241, 243, 245), which enable adjacent modules to be interconnected for constructing a kiln frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Luxhammar Oy
    Inventor: Tero Lallukka
  • Patent number: 10569367
    Abstract: A method used to predict a strength of an ultrasonic weld-joint of a wire-cable comprising the steps of providing a wire-cable, determining a combined-weight, removing a contaminant, removing a solvent, determining a weight, determining a percentage by weight of the contaminant, and determining whether the percentage by weight of contaminant is less than a threshold. Determining the percentage by weight of the contaminant removed from the wire-cable is based on a formula [(Mb?Ma)/Mb]*100, where Mb is the combined-weight of the wire-cable and the contaminant and Ma is the weight of the wire-cable. The threshold of the percentage by weight of the contaminant correlates to the strength of the ultrasonic weld-joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Katarzyna Bolek, Grzegorz Paletko
  • Patent number: 10569368
    Abstract: A wire feed control system includes an anti-twist mechanism and a controller programmed to operate the anti-twist mechanism, responsive to a measured degree of twist of a wire on a trajectory between a feed for the wire and a plasma transfer wire arc (PTWA) torch, to maintain the degree of twist within a predetermined range defined by natural rotation introduced to the wire by the PTWA torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Clifford E. Maki, Antony George Schepak, James Maurice Boileau
  • Patent number: 10569369
    Abstract: A flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding has a steel outer sheath filled with a flux. The flux-cored wire includes specific amounts, relative to a total mass of the wire, of TiO2, at least one of Si, an Si oxide and an Si compound, C, Mn, Mo, Ni, at least one of metal Mg and an Mg alloy, an F compound, a K compound, an Na compound, B and a B compound, and Fe, respectively. A total content of each of Ti and a Ti alloy, metal Al and an Al alloy, and V is restricted to the specific range, respectively. A content of Ti is also restricted to the specific range relative to the total mass of the steel outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Yamakami, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Masayuki Nagami
  • Patent number: 10569370
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus includes a retaining member comprising a shape memory material configured to transform, responsive to application of a stimulus, from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. The retaining member is disposed within a hole in a body and secured within the hole by phase change which creates an interference fit to secure the retaining member against rotational and axial movement. The hole has a second axial cross-sectional shape. The retaining member has a first axial cross-sectional shape that is preferably either circular or rectangular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Juan Miguel Bilen, Bo Yu, Kenneth R. Evans
  • Patent number: 10569371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separation unit for a feed apparatus for joining elements, in particular screws, in particular flow-drilling screws, comprising a joining element receiver for receiving a joining element having a head and a shaft, a slider displaceable relative to the joining element receiver, and a rotational element about which the joining element received in the joining element receiver is rotatable on a displacement of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Weber Schraubautomaten GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Wiethoff, Jochen Hartmann
  • Patent number: 10569372
    Abstract: A packaging line to pack profiles and a rotor are described herein. An example method includes transferring a first profile to a movable head carrying a rotor, coupling the first profile to the rotor, along a first side wall of the first profile, with a concave section of the first profile facing upwards, rotating, via the rotor, the first profile such that the concave section of the first profile is facing downwards, transferring a second profile to the movable head with a concave section of the second profile facing upwards, and releasing the first profile over the second profile to insert a side wall of the first profile into the concave section of the second profile and a side wall of the second profile into the concave section of the first profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Bradbury Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Ricardo Barone, Francisco Ansoain, Andrés Alberto Novillo
  • Patent number: 10569373
    Abstract: There are provided a bolt caulking method and a bolt caulking device which ensure supply and caulking of a bolt as a single operation. The method is a bolt caulking method including supplying a bolt into a nose piece having a vertical hole, and lowering a punch from above to drive the bolt into a metal plate. The bolt is supplied through a pipe connected to a side of the nose piece, and dropped into a vertical hole formed in the nose piece along an inclined hole formed at a tip end of the pipe with a head part of the bolt being located on the topside. Thereafter, the punch which ejects air from a central hole is lowered within the vertical hole to drive the bolt into a metal plate while holding the bolt at a lower part of the vertical hole by the ejecting air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Hoshino, Toshiya Mori, Yukinori Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10569374
    Abstract: Provided is a production facility (1), including: a plurality of production units (10A to 10E) coupled to each other in a separable manner; a guide rail (2) extending in a unit coupling direction; and transfer means (3) capable of sequentially transferring, by moving along the guide rail (2), a workpiece from the production unit (10A) toward the production unit (10E). Each of the plurality of production units (10A to 10E) includes: a processing section (13) configured to execute predetermined processing; a control section (14) configured to electrically control an operation of the processing section (13); a rail member (20) constructing the guide rail (2); and a slide member (30) constructing the transfer means (3). Each of the plurality of production units (10A to 10E) further includes: a connector (15, 15) configured to electrically connect the control section (14) thereof and the control section (14) of the adjacent production unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nao Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 10569375
    Abstract: A chip suction cover is used for a machine tool including: a spindle configured to rotate a tool; and a suction mechanism unit configured to suck chips of a workpiece that are produced in accordance with rotation of the tool. The chip suction cover includes: a hollow body that is provided with an opening through which a rotation central axis of the spindle extends and that is arranged so as to surround the tool; and a cover body that is provided in the hollow body so as to partially close the opening and that is configured to cover a part of a tip end portion of the tool while exposing a remaining part of the tip end portion of the tool. A chip suction cover having such a configuration that improves the efficiency of sucking chips produced due to workpiece machining is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keisuke Ikai
  • Patent number: 10569376
    Abstract: An air tool monitoring apparatus includes a housing having a hollow chamber formed therein, and also having an inlet and an outlet formed therein, each of the inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber. The apparatus also includes first and second sensors for sensing condition indicative of tool usage and wear, a battery disposed in the housing, a generator for recharging the battery, and a microprocessor operatively connected to the housing and including a timer, a memory storage module, and a unique identifier. The apparatus may include a baffle for guiding air past the generator. The apparatus further includes a switch for starting and stopping the timer, and a communication device for sending data from the microprocessor to a data collection device. Methods of using the apparatus, along with systems for monitoring and reporting on usage of multiple air tools equipped with the apparatus, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mabee Engineered Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Mabee, Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Darryl V. Witte, Jason M. Adams
  • Patent number: 10569377
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and a method for sharpening a cutting tool. The system sharpens cutting tools by manipulating the tool, measuring the three dimensional profile of the tool, and then grinding the tool. The apparatus consists of a robot capable of six degrees of motion, a gripping mechanism, a force-torque sensor capable of at least two directions of force and/or torque, a three dimensional scanning subsystem, a loading subsystem, a user interface, an initial orientation scan subsystem, a data processing and robot control subsystem, and at least one grinding system comprising two counter-rotating grinding wheels. The method automates the grinding process so that dull cutting tools can be placed into the loading system, sharpened by the system, and then ejected fully honed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Omnisharp, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Robinson, Lynn Sarcione, Russell Aldridge, Marc Christenson, Mathius Jules, Joshua Bennett
  • Patent number: 10569378
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic wheel front burr removing device, including a station rotating motor, a station I manipulator, a station II manipulator, a station III manipulator, a station IV manipulator, a rim burr cutter head, a feeding slide plate I, guide posts I, cylinders I, a servo motor I, a feeding slide plate II, guide posts II, cylinders II, a servo motor II and a vision sensor. The station I is a wheel positioning and clamping station; the station II is a wheel rim burr removing station; the station III is a wheel cap section burr removing station; and the station IV is a wheel loosening and transferring station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Yuexin Lu, Xinyu Bi
  • Patent number: 10569379
    Abstract: Described is a variable reference blocking apparatus for blocking an optical article (5). The apparatus comprises an adjustable ring unit (11) having a plurality of concentric members (19,19c,19i) positioned about a central axis. Each concentric member (19,19c,19i) generally comprises a lip region (17) on its upper end that is capable of receiving at least a portion of a front face of the optical article (5). The apparatus further comprises a moveable base (13) in which its upper portion is coupled with a removable insert (7). The removable insert (7) is generally positioned to be centered about the front face of the optical article (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: James Monaghan, Bruce Taylor, Brad Gelb
  • Patent number: 10569380
    Abstract: A receiving unit receives sensor data output from an eddy current sensor for detecting the film thickness of a polishing object to generate film thickness data. A correcting unit corrects the film thickness data in an inside of the edge of the polishing object based on the film thickness data generated by the receiving unit. The correcting unit corrects the film thickness data generated by the receiving unit in the inside of the edge of the polishing object using the film thickness data generated by the receiving unit in an outside of the edge of the polishing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10569381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for polishing a surface of a substrate having a film whose thickness varies along a circumferential direction of the substrate. The polishing method includes: obtaining a film-thickness distribution in a circumferential direction of a substrate (W); determining a first area having a maximum or minimum film thickness based on the film-thickness distribution; rotating a polishing table (3) holding a polishing pad (2); pressing a surface of the substrate (W) against the polishing pad (2) while rotating the substrate by a polishing head (1); and polishing the first area at a removal rate different from that of a second area in the surface of the substrate (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10569382
    Abstract: A tool comprising a plurality of wear indicators is provided. The tool may be made from a rapid prototyping process. The tool may be used in an abrasive processing operation. The tool may comprise one or more control elements, (e.g., control geometries, part interfaces, fixture interfaces and/or the like). These control elements may comprise indicators of tool wear. The indicators may be inspected physically (e.g., by touch) and/or visually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Micah Beckman, David Masiukiewicz
  • Patent number: 10569383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical mechanical (CMP) polishing pad with a top surface, one or more apertures adapted to receive an endpoint detection window, an underside having a recessed portion and having one or more flanged endpoint detection windows (windows), each window having a flange adapted to fit snugly into the recessed portion of the underside of the polishing layer, the flange having a thickness slightly less than the depth of the recessed portion of the polishing layer (to allow for adhesive), having a detection area that fits snugly into an aperture in the polishing layer so that its top surface that lies substantially flush with the top surface of the polishing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Pisklak, Jeffrey James Hendron
  • Patent number: 10569384
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a chemical mechanical polishing pad having a polishing layer that possesses a consistent positive zeta potential across the entire surface. Also disclosed is a chemical mechanical polishing method using the polishing pad together with a positively charged slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Gadinski, Mohammad T. Islam, Yi Guo, George C. Jacob
  • Patent number: 10569385
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements are provided for release of an ROV operable subsea clamp connector, the clamp connector comprising at least two clamp segments hinged to move pivotally, and a drive screw connecting the clamp segments by threaded engagement with trunnions arranged rotatable in the pivoting ends of the clamp segments, the threads of the drive screw and trunnions turned such that the trunnions travel along the drive screw in mutually opposite directions when the drive screw is turned. An axial bore in the drive screw is adapted for accommodation of a waterjet cutting tool having a sideways pointing nozzle in a forward end, the waterjet cutting tool rotatable inside the bore while feeding high-pressure water through the nozzle, towards the wall of the drive screw until the wall of the drive screw is cut through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
    Inventor: Odd Marius Rosvold
  • Patent number: 10569386
    Abstract: A blasting system, comprising a tank comprising a center tube, an inlet, a fill valve, an outlet, a refilling aperture, and a relief valve. Said tank comprises a top end and a bottom end, said outlet located at said top end of said tank, said inlet located at said bottom end, said fill valve and said relief valve are positioned in a side portion of said tank. Said relief valve closer to said bottom end of said tank than said fill valve. Wherein said tank receives a fluid through said fill valve. Wherein said tank receives a pressurized air through said inlet. Wherein said bottom end of said tank holds said fluid. Wherein said center tube receives a portion of said pressurized air and selectively receives a portion of said fluid to exit through said outlet for a blasting application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Benjamin LeCompte
  • Patent number: 10569387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polishing disc for a tool for fine processing optically active surfaces on spectacle lenses, having a main body which has a central axis and to which an intermediate layer that is softer than the main body and is made of a resilient material is secured, a polishing medium carrier resting on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has at least two regions with different degrees of hardness, said regions being arranged one behind the other in the direction of the central axis of the main body. The intermediate layer region adjoining the main part is softer than the intermediate layer region on which the polishing medium carrier rests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Satisloh AG
    Inventors: Peter Philipps, Andreas Kaufmann, Steffen Wallendorf, Holger Schäfer
  • Patent number: 10569388
    Abstract: A fixture for holding a part comprises a frame supporting a guide plate. A controlled engagement device passes through the guide plate and is arranged to be advanced incrementally towards a first end of a fulcrum beam. A second end of the fulcrum beam is connected to a linkage arm, the linkage arm passing through a gap in the guide plate. An end of the linkage arm distal to the fulcrum beam has a swivel clamp mounted thereto. A support is arranged to face the swivel clamp and defines a space there between, the space being configured to receive a part to be clamped in the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Christopher R Johnson
  • Patent number: 10569389
    Abstract: A pliers includes a first member having a first head and a first handle, and a second member having a second head and a second handle. Each of the handles includes a recessed grip area bounded by a forward lip and a rear lip. The rear lip has a cross-sectional area not greater than a cross-sectional area of a portion of the handle adjacent the rear lip and opposite the grip area. The pliers also includes a first grip positioned on the grip area of the first handle and a second grip positioned on the grip area of the second handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph M. DeBaker, Scott R. Fischer, Daniel H. Schneider, Todd W. Johnson, Abhijeet A. Khangar
  • Patent number: 10569390
    Abstract: A high torque polymer fittings useful in fluid handling systems. The fittings are especially useful for fluid handling fittings having diameters of one inch or greater. Various embodiments of the fittings disclosed accommodate specialized wrenches for securing the fittings, the wrenches being used to tighten the fittings to a desired torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: John A. Leys, Michael Schleicher, Jeffrey J. McKenzie, Steven P. Kolbow
  • Patent number: 10569391
    Abstract: A driver tool for insertion and removal of a first part configured for threaded engagement in a corresponding threaded bore in a second part has a driving end portion of polygonal shape with multiple flats configured for engagement in a recess in the first part having a corresponding polygonal shape. Some or all of the flats have a respective grabbing feature or edge designed to grab or grip into the opposing surface of the recess to allow a greater amount of torque to be applied to the first part when the tool is rotated in the unthreading direction than when it is rotated in the opposite threading or insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ZEST IP HOLDINGS, LLC.
    Inventors: James I. Johnson, Evan A. Cook
  • Patent number: 10569392
    Abstract: A rotary impact assembly structure includes a rotary tool and a rotary impact assembly. The rotary tool is assembled with the rotary impact assembly so that the rotary impact assembly is driven by the rotary tool to rotate. The rotary impact assembly has a counterweight plate. The counterweight plate has a first surface and a second surface at two sides thereof. The first surface is provided with a socket portion having an insertion hole at a center thereof. The second surface is provided with a plug portion at a center thereof. The rotary impact assembly structure is able to increase the rotational inertia and the amount of torque to quickly loosen or tighten a fastener and has a simple and convenient operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Shwu-Ruu Chern
  • Patent number: 10569393
    Abstract: An attachment includes a planetary reducer, a reaction force receiving member, and a universal joint. The planetary reducer has a first output shaft and a second output shaft connectable to a socket. The reaction force receiving member is connected to the first output shaft and has an arm part for contact with an external contact object. The universal joint has an input-side end part connectable to a final output shaft of a fastening tool and an output-side end part connected to the planetary reducer. The reaction force receiving member is configured to rotate integrally with the first output shaft in a direction opposite to the second output shaft by a reaction force caused by rotation of the socket. The universal joint is configured to transmit the torque inputted from the final output shaft via the input-side end part, to the planetary reducer via the output-side end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Naoi, Takashi Nakane, Hiroki Ikuta
  • Patent number: 10569394
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for a rotary impact device having an annular exterior surface for use with an impact wrench for providing torque to a fastener. The rotary impact device includes an input member having an input recess for receiving the anvil of the impact wrench, an output member having an output recess for receiving the fastener, and an inertia member. The inertia member is stationary and positioned on the exterior surface of the rotary impact device for increasing the torque applied to the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Warren Andrew Seith, Ryan Scott Amend
  • Patent number: 10569395
    Abstract: A connection structure is connected between a wrench head of a torque wrench and a socket, and the connection structure contains: a body, a casing, and two positioning members. The body includes a coupling section, a driving section, an extension defined between the coupling section and the driving section, and two bolts oppositely inserted into the body from an outer wall of the coupling section. The casing includes a first part, a second part, and two accommodation grooves respectively defined on two inner walls of the first part and the second part and located adjacent to the coupling section. Each of the two positioning members is housed in each of the two accommodation grooves, wherein each positioning member includes multiple toothed projections arranged on an inner wall thereof and abutting against each of the two bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Wei-Ning Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10569396
    Abstract: A flexible shaft, having a first end and, a second end and capable of being bent about its axis while transferring rotary motion from a device to tool is disclosed. The shaft, manufactured from a rigid material, has at least one flexible segment having two sinuous slots ascending in a helical path from a common start point in opposite rotational directions. In other segments the slots can be a single helical slot, double helical slots, parallel or crossing, or circumferential. The helical paths can vary within each segment or from segment to segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: William R. Krause, Garland Edwards
  • Patent number: 10569397
    Abstract: The present invention provides a successive screw fastener which enhances a screw fastening function and improves operability and rapidness of each element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MURO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Arai, Satoshi Mishima
  • Patent number: 10569398
    Abstract: An adapter for a power tool including a housing, a tool-side connector, and a battery-side connector in electrical communication with each other. The tool-side connector is configured to couple to a power tool, and the battery-side connector is configured to couple to a battery pack. The adapter also includes a communication interface configured to couple with an external device, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a state of the power tool, operate in a data transmission mode when the power tool is in the idle state, operate in a pass-through mode when the power tool is in the active state, and switch between the data transmission mode and the pass-through mode based on the state of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew J. Mergener, Burtrom Lee Stampfl, Michael Monteleone, Cole A. Conrad, Stephen Matson, Robert R. Hollis
  • Patent number: 10569399
    Abstract: A wire sleeve hand application tool includes a handle and a plurality of mandrels received in the handle and being selectively extendable from an axial end of the handle. Each of the mandrels are biased into a retracted position in which an entirety of the respective mandrel is received in the handle. Each of the mandrels are further axially extendable to an extended position in which an axial tip and a portion of the respective mandrel extends from the axial end of the handle while an opposite axial end of the respective mandrel remains supported within the handle. An extended mandrel may be used to insert a wire sleeve or tubular marker onto a wire or other elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Brady Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Sohail Anwar, Michael Radford, Terrance Adams
  • Patent number: 10569400
    Abstract: A hand tool for assembling and disassembling a work piece. The hand tool can be configured for assembling and disassembling a work piece having a plurality of linkable units. The hand tool can include a first work station where at least one assembling operation can be performed and a second work station where at least one disassembling operation can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Wilson, Jason M. Overson, Jacob W. Scarpaci
  • Patent number: 10569401
    Abstract: The invention provides a tensioning device having a traction element and a body. The traction element includes a first lower portion of the traction element that resides in a tie-rod that is able to interlock with a threaded rod and a second upper portion of traction element that resides in a piston, the first and second portions of traction element being integral in displacement. The traction element is axially moveable in a bore of the body and co-axially mounted around the traction element, the body providing a first lower portion of the body that resides in a tubular support sleeve and a second upper portion of body that resides in a cylinder. An annular chamber is formed between the traction element and the body and intended to receive a pressurized fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Patrice Ribault, Marc Alegre
  • Patent number: 10569402
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a driving machine includes a trigger, a first switch turned on or off by an operation of the trigger, a push lever that moves in response to an operation of pressing an ejection port of a fastener against a driven material, and a second switch turned on or off by movement of the push lever. The driving machine drives the fastener when the first switch and the second switch are both in the ON state. The trigger includes a switching mechanism to switch between a single-shot driving mode and a continuous-shot driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Iijima, Hiroki Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10569403
    Abstract: A fastener driver includes a drive blade movable from a retracted position to a driven position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a gas spring mechanism for driving the drive blade from the retracted position to the driven position. The gas spring mechanism includes a piston movable between a retracted position and a driven position. The fastener driver further includes a first return mechanism for moving the drive blade from the driven position toward the retracted position, and a second return mechanism for moving the piston from the driven position toward the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITED
    Inventor: Essam Namouz
  • Patent number: 10569404
    Abstract: This percussion apparatus includes a striking piston, a control distributor arranged to control a reciprocating movement of the striking piston, and a control device arranged to vary the striking stroke of the striking piston. The control device comprises a plurality of control channels, a control channel connected to the control distributor, a control slide movably mounted between a plurality of control positions, and an adjusting slide mounted in a receiving housing delimited by the control slide, the control slide and the adjusting slide delimiting a first adjusting chamber connected to the control channel and a second adjusting chamber connected to a the high-pressure fluid supply circuit. The control slide is movably mounted between a first position in which the first control chamber and the second adjusting chamber are connected and a second position in which the first control chamber and the second adjusting chamber are isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MONTABERT
    Inventor: Jean-Sylvain Comarmond
  • Patent number: 10569405
    Abstract: Provided is an impact tool which can perform control in accordance with working situations. The impact tool converts a torque of a brushless motor into a striking force and applies it to a tip tool. The impact tool includes: a motor control unit which makes detection about whether the tip tool is pressed against an object during the rotation of the brushless motor; and a motor control unit which performs speed increase control for increasing the rotational speed of the brushless motor when a state of pressing the tip tool against the object has been detected continuously for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsuyuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10569406
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an ergonomically excellent work tool while maintaining high manufacturing efficiency. A representative work tool is provided which performs a prescribed operation on a workpiece by driving a tool accessory. The work tool has an inner housing that houses a motor and a spindle, an outer housing and an elastic member. A first inner housing element and a second inner housing element are assembled while being opposed to each other in a transverse direction, and a first outer housing element and a second outer housing element are assembled while being opposed to each other in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yonosuke Aoki
  • Patent number: 10569407
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular a hammer drill or combination hammer, is disclosed. The power tool includes a tool housing which has a receiving recess designed to replaceably receive a storage battery or a power supply unit. The hand-held power tool further includes an electric drive motor having a cooling fan and a first vent portion which is located on the tool housing outside the receiving recess and through which a volume flow generated by the cooling fan can be guided. The tool housing has a second vent portion which is different from the first vent portion and which is located in the receiving recess and through which the volume flow generated by the cooling fan can be at least partially guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Holger Cecchin, Bernd Ziegler
  • Patent number: 10569408
    Abstract: A handle includes: a switch lever having an operational portion in an inverted U-shape, and configured to press an on/off switch when the operational portion is gripped and pressed; a handle body provided with the on/off switch mounted thereto and having an inner peripheral slit from which the operational portion of the switch lever housed in the handle body projects; a spring having a supported portion and a pair of arms extending from the supported portion, housed in the handle body, and biasing and pushing the switch lever back; and a plurality of limiters provided at locations in either the handle body or the switch lever at a distance from the spring, and configured to limit movement of the switch lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunio Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10569409
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a handle and a connection portion which is connected to the handle. The handle is a hollow handle and has a space defined therein. The connection portion includes a slit. A blade has a body and a toothed portion which is inserted into the slit of the connection portion when the handle and the connection portion are connected to each other by way of blow molding. A cooling material is located in the space of the handle. The temperature of the cooling material is the same as the temperature of the handle and the connection portion during blow molding. The cooling material contacts the inside of the handle to cool down the handle. The cooling material performing as a weight in the handle 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Shou-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10569410
    Abstract: Concrete which is used in structural support of freeways, bridges, and large buildings, must be tested for anomalies. The testing equipment consists of probes which are inserted into testing tubes. The tubes are placed within rebar cages before concrete is poured. The prior art involved ad hoc methods of tying the tubes to the rebar. The improvement is pre-fabricated, mass produced cylindrical devices which can be axially snapped onto the testing tube. A first cylindrical device also has a perpendicular receptacle which facilitates connection to a second cylindrical device, where the second device can be axially snapped onto a piece of longitudinal rebar on the edge of the rebar cage. The combined first and second devices safely, accurately, and quickly affix the testing tubes to the rebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Maggio, William Burton