Patents Issued in February 25, 2020
  • Truss jigging system
    Patent number: 10569411
    Abstract: A truss jigging system has an elongated table having a lower support deck supporting a plurality of spaced slot-defining C-shaped or T-shaped rails with infill panels filling spaces in between to define a truss-piece support. The table has a plurality of the carriages moving in the slots and moving locating pins or pucks that extend above the support plane to select positions. Linear drive systems drive the carriages to and fro. The locating pins (or pucks), the carriages and the drive systems therefor are all preferably located above the base plane of the lower support deck in order to accommodate a ‘X-Y scrolling vertical press style’ which has a heavy lower crossbeam that scrapes or skims laterally left and right closely underneath the lower support deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Jack A. Schulz
  • Modular tool storage assembly
    Patent number: 10569412
    Abstract: A modular tool storage assembly for organizing and transporting tools includes a case and a lid that is hingedly coupled to the case for opening and closing the case. A pair of support rails is each positionable in the case having each of the support rails being spaced apart from each other. A plurality of storage units is provided and each of the storage units has a plurality of elastic compartments attached thereto. Each of the elastic storage compartments on each of the storage units can store a respective tool. A selected number of the storage units are positionable to releasably engage the support rails having the selected number of storage units being vertically oriented in the case. In this way the storage units and the case can both organize and transport the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: George Reyes
  • Exoskeleton and method of providing an assistive torque to an arm of a wearer
    Patent number: 10569413
    Abstract: An exoskeleton includes a first link that pivots in a transverse plane about a first vertical axis and a second link that pivots in a transverse plane about a second vertical axis. The second link is coupled to the first link. An arm support assembly is coupled to the second link and pivots about a horizontal axis. The arm support assembly includes a spring that generates an assistive torque that counteracts gravity. The arm support assembly provides the assistive torque to an arm of a wearer to support the arm of the wearer. The arm support assembly further includes a cam profile and a cam follower. Contact between the spring, cam follower and cam profile determines an amount of the assistive force provided by the arm support assembly. A cuff is coupled to the arm support assembly and the arm of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Russ Angold, James Lubin, Mario Solano, Chris Paretich, Tom Mastaler, Claire Cunningham, Kevin Dacey
  • Robot control apparatus, robot control method, and robot control program
    Patent number: 10569414
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a workpiece orientation calculation unit, an arrival prediction unit, a robot orientation calculation unit, and a trajectory data generation unit. The arrival prediction unit obtains a picking prediction position at which a workpiece that is conveyed by a conveyance apparatus may be picked up by a picking apparatus or the like, based on conveyance speed information supplied by the conveyance apparatus or the like and the sensing information supplied by an image acquisition apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Akane Nakashima, Takeshi Kojima, Kennosuke Hayashi, Haruka Fujii
  • Tension stiffened and tendon actuated manipulator
    Patent number: 10569415
    Abstract: A manipulator includes first and second link arms which are connected together by a hinge. A cable actuation and tensioning system is provided between the link arms and includes a spreader arm, a driven element attached to each link arm and a cable engaged with the respective driven element and attached to the spreader arm. At least one of the arms, or all of the arms, can telescope to shorten or lengthen the arm(s) by movement of the system. The spreader arm may also be configured to slide relative to the first and second link arms to change the position of the spreader arm relative to the first and second link arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
    Inventors: William R. Doggett, John T. Dorsey, Thomas C. Jones, Bruce D. King
  • Robotic system with enhanced scanning mechanism
    Patent number: 10569416
    Abstract: A method for operating a robotic system including determining an initial pose of a target object based on imaging data, wherein the initial pose is for estimating a resting orientation of the target object in a pickup area; calculating a confidence measure associated with the initial pose, wherein the confidence measure is for representing a likelihood of the initial pose being correct; and calculating a motion plan according to the confidence measure, the motion plan for executing a task based on picking up the target object from a start location, transferring the target object to a task location, and scanning one or more object identifiers between the start location and the task location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventor: Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Robotic system with enhanced scanning mechanism
    Patent number: 10569417
    Abstract: A method for operating a robotic system including determining an initial pose of a target object based on imaging data, wherein the initial pose is for estimating a resting orientation of the target object in a pickup area; calculating a confidence measure associated with the initial pose, wherein the confidence measure is for representing a likelihood of the initial pose being correct; and calculating a motion plan according to the confidence measure, the motion plan for executing a task based on picking up the target object from a start location, transferring the target object to a task location, and scanning one or more object identifiers between the start location and the task location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventor: Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Robot controller for executing calibration, measurement system and calibration method
    Patent number: 10569418
    Abstract: A robot controller, a measurement system and a calibration method, by which measurement regions for improving positioning accuracy of a robot can be appropriately generated. First and second measurement regions are specified in a movable range of the robot, the calibration of a mechanical parameter of the robot is executed in each measurement region, and calibration results are stored as first and second calibration results. When the difference between the calibration results exceeds a predetermined threshold, a third measurement region is specified between the first and second measurement regions, and the calibration is further executed in the third measurement region. The result of the further calibration is stored as a third calibration result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuusuke Murata
  • Control device and robot system
    Patent number: 10569419
    Abstract: A control device comprising a processor configured to receive information on a captured image from an imaging device capturing an image from an operator, control a robot including a robot arm on which a stamp that forms a marker on an object and an end effector that performs work on a work target are allowed to be provided by being replaced, perform correlation between a robot coordinate system that is a coordinate system relating to the robot and an image coordinate system that is a coordinate system relating to the captured image, and perform the correlation based on a plurality of coordinates of a predetermined portion of the robot arm in the robot coordinate system and a plurality of coordinates of the plurality of markers in the image coordinate system when the plurality of markers are formed on the object by the stamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Taro Ishige, Nobuyuki Setsuda
  • Interfacing with autonomous devices
    Patent number: 10569420
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for selecting a modality for interfacing between a user and a robot. In some implementations, a system determines that a particular action requires user confirmation before being performed. The system receives position data indicating a level of proximity of a user to a robot and environmental data indicating environmental conditions sensed by the robot. The system selects a particular mode for obtaining confirmation of the action from among multiple modes of interfacing with users based on one or more of the position data and the environmental data. The system provides a request confirmation of the action using the particular mode for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel A. Cohen, Pavel Vodenski
  • Robot apparatus, robot control method, method for manufacturing part, and recording medium
    Patent number: 10569421
    Abstract: To improve production efficiency while maintaining stability of an operation of a robot arm. A dust position determination unit determines whether there is a read error based on a read result of a detection head of an encoder. In a case where the dust position determination unit determines that there is a read error, an error determination unit judges in which region, among an allowable region and a non-allowable region, the read error occurs. In a case where the read error is judged to occur in the allowable region, the error determination unit continues an operation of the robot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenji Shino
  • End of arm tools for soft robotic systems
    Patent number: 10569422
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to unique structures for robotic end-of-arm-tools (EOATs). According to some embodiments, two or more fingers or actuators may be present on an EOAT, and the actuators may be configured to move (together or separately) to adjust the spacing between the actuators. Some aspects involve techniques for extending and/or retracting a vacuum cup present on the EOAT. Further embodiments, which may be used separately or in conjunction with the previously-described embodiments, apply a secondary inner grip pad to provide a secondary gripping mode for the EOAT. These embodiments may be particularly advantageous when the actuators are soft robotic actuators and the inner grip pad is a relatively more rigid structure than the actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Soft Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Curhan, Craig Demello, Thomas Womersley
  • Spiral curve self-aligning docking device
    Patent number: 10569423
    Abstract: A target spar. A left jaw member. The left guidance portion has a left spiral curve. The left arm portion has a left arm profile, a left arm gear, and a left arm protrusion. A right jaw member. The right guidance portion has a right spiral curve. The right arm portion comprises a right arm gear and a right arm protrusion. A top plate member. A bottom plate member. A drive unit comprising an electric motor within a pressure housing. A drive shaft on the electric motor. The bottom plate member abuts the left jaw member, the right jaw member, and the top plate member. The left jaw member and the right jaw member opened and closed. At the closed position, the target spar is slidably received in the left and right jaw members, the top and bottom plate members, and abuts the left and right arm profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Anthony D. Jones, Gregory W. Anderson, Wayne P. Liu, Maxwell M. Kerber, Michael R. Murphy
  • Device for gripping containers
    Patent number: 10569424
    Abstract: Various example embodiments described herein relates to a gripping device that includes a top plate, first side plate, a second side plate, a first arm, a second arm, and a driving pin. The first side plate and the second side plate are engaged to the top plate. The first arm is engaged to the first side plate and the second arm is engaged to the second side plate. The first arm defines a first cam slot, and the second arm defines a second cam slot and are constrained together, by the driving pin engaged to an actuation assembly. The driving pin is configured to move between a first position and a second position within the first cam slot and the second cam slot so as to drive movement of the first side plate and the second side plate between an open position and a closed position to grip a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Eliot Green, Darius Scott
  • Hand stocker and hand
    Patent number: 10569425
    Abstract: To provide a hand stocker with a simple structure. A hand stocker housing a hand for attaching on an actuator includes a housing board that houses the hand in a hung state and includes a hanging mechanism hanging the hand on a board surface facing the hand. The hanging mechanism includes: a hooking member that extends in a horizontal direction from the board surface to engage with a hanging portion disposed in the hand; a pressing member that prevents the hand hung on the hooking member from moving to a direction separating from the board surface; and a supporting member that restricts the hand hung on the hooking member from moving to a direction approaching the board surface. The hand is sandwiched between the pressing member and the supporting member and housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuji Fukurotani, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Robot hand jig and robot
    Patent number: 10569426
    Abstract: A robot hand jig includes a grip including a first depression configured to engage with a first finger and a second depression configured to engage with a second finger. The first depression includes a first surface, a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, a third surface perpendicular to the second surface, and a fourth surface perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The second depression includes a fifth surface, a sixth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface, a seventh surface perpendicular to the sixth surface, and an eighth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface and the sixth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Sota Yamamoto, Ryuichi Okada, Fumiaki Hasegawa
  • Servo transmission mechanism
    Patent number: 10569427
    Abstract: A servo transmission mechanism includes a servo main body, a first housing, a second housing, a connecting rod, and a linking member. The semi main body includes a first end having an output shaft and a second opposite end. The first housing is connected to the output shaft of the servo main body. The connecting rod has an upper end and a lower end that includes a connecting shaft, opposite ends of which are rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing, respectively. The linking member rotatably connects the upper end of the connecting rod to the second end of the servo main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Xiaopeng Wu, Meichun Liu
  • Robot
    Patent number: 10569428
    Abstract: A robot includes: an n-th arm (where n is at least one integer equal to or greater than 1) that includes a first portion and a second portion having a portion extending in a different direction from the first portion and is rotatable around an n-th rotation axis; and an (n+1)-th arm that is installed in the n-th arm to be rotatable around an (n+1)-th rotation axis as a different axis direction from a axis direction of the n-th rotation axis. The second portion is located closer to the (n+1)-th arm than the first portion. The n-th arm and the (n+1)-th arm are overlapable when viewed in the axis direction of the (n+1)-th rotation axis. The n-th rotation axis and the (n+1)-th rotation axis are separate from each other. A length of the (n+1)-th arm is equal to or less than 80% of a length of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekatsu Miyasaka, Sho Nakano
  • Secured computer system over optical networks
    Patent number: 10569429
    Abstract: New multi-computer architecture allows for the protection of personal computers to reinforce online security. The disclosed system encompasses intermediate lock-computer and unidirectional internal interfaces based on novel principles providing complete security while sending information to world wide web and reliable filtering of unwanted software while receiving information from the Internet and a secure way to send and receive data through public networks utilizing optical signals and LiFi connections. A key physical principle is the physical separation of dataflow from web-connected computer to intermediate lock-computer to the main personal computer and the counter data flow from main computer to lock-computer to web-connected computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Fridel Dorfman, Andrew Joel Swindells
  • Low variability robot
    Patent number: 10569430
    Abstract: An apparatus including a frame, a first position sensor, a drive and a chamber. The frame has at least three members including at least two links forming a movable arm and an end effector. The end effector and the links are connected by movable joints. The end effector is configured to support a substrate thereon. The first position sensor is on the frame proximate a first one of the joints. The first position sensor is configured to sense a position of two of the members relative to each other. The drive is connected to the frame. The drive is configured to move the movable arm. The frame is located in the chamber, and the drive extends through a wall in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Tuan Ha, Christopher Hofmeister
  • Industrial robot system optically indicating motion area of robot
    Patent number: 10569431
    Abstract: There is provided a robot system including robots installed on a floor surface and configured to execute a plurality of tasks. The robot system further includes an irradiating unit capable of irradiating visible light onto the floor surface. The irradiating unit is controlled so as to irradiate the visible light onto a motion area on the floor surface. The motion area is an area occupied on the surface of the floor by a space within which the robot is allowed to move during execution of the tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Syu Katayama
  • Automatically opening tool with sliding scale release
    Patent number: 10569432
    Abstract: An automatically opening tool with a sliding scale release. The assembly includes a modular body; a tool; a gear assembly attached to the tool; a first resilient member for rotating the tool; a sear configured to mate with the gear assembly; a second resilient member for imparting a resilient force to the sear; and cover plates. When the tool is closed, moving the cover plate causes the tool to open automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Walter Halucha
  • Safety cutter
    Patent number: 10569433
    Abstract: The safety cutter supports adjustment of the blade length which is allowed to expose outside the housing. It includes a housing, a blade carrier, a blade, a threaded shaft, a nut and a guiding member. The blade carrier is slidable along a blade carrier track provided within the housing. The blade removably engages a forward end of the blade carrier. The threaded shaft is disposed along the blade carrier track. The nut is restricted from axial rotation and engaged with the threaded shaft in such a way that rotation of the threaded shaft drives the nut to move axially along the threaded shaft. The guiding member is fixedly coupled to the blade carrier for guiding movement of the blade carrier and positioned to be movable between a rear end of the blade carrier track and the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Tsang Wing Wong
  • Multipurpose cutting tool
    Patent number: 10569434
    Abstract: A cutting tool is provided which may include a first blade and a second blade rotatably coupled to the first blade. The cutting tool may include a first handle rotatably coupled to the first blade, the first handle rotatable between a deployed position and a folded position, and a second handle rotatably coupled to the second blade, the second handle rotatable between a deployed position and a folded position. The cutting tool may also include a first rotation lock configured to hold the first handle fixed relative to the first blade. The first handle may be configured to be rotatable relative to the first blade in response to the first rotation lock being disengaged. The first rotation lock may be configured to be held in the disengaged position in response to the first handle being disposed between the deployed position and the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LEATHERMAN TOOL GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Melissa L. Covel, Tony Steven Peterson
  • Razor docking
    Patent number: 10569435
    Abstract: Disclosed here are shaving razor systems including razor handles that dock with razor cartridges. In some embodiments, a handle is configured to dock with a razor cartridge using a single hook configured to mate with a cartridge tab a central pushrod is mounted with a spring into the handle, and is configured to exert a pushing force on the mounted cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Personal Care Marketing and Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Shlomo Zucker
  • Device for cutting hair
    Patent number: 10569436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device to cut hair, fibers, or thin, flexible materials, comprising at least one retaining element (2) with a cylindrically formed interior that is suitable for immobilizing and potentially bundling in lengthwise direction a sample (1) to be cut, composed of a multiplicity of hairs, fibers, or thin, flexible materials, and a cutting device (3) that is suitable for cutting the sample that is immobilized and possibly bundled in lengthwise direction, in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the cylinder axis of the interior of the retaining element (2). The present invention relates furthermore to a method making use of the device, as well as a hair section that can be produced with the device or the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Insa Lo
  • Winder unit for vehicle glazing panel cut out
    Patent number: 10569437
    Abstract: A winder unit for winding cutting line, for vehicle glazing panel removal, has a rotatable spindle shaft for winding the cutting line and a ratchet device mounted to the spindle shaft by means of a one-way rotational bearing or clutch. Typically the ratchet device has a component mounted to rotate in unison with the one-way rotational bearing or clutch. The improvement provides a rotational directional control providing 2 one-way rotational control devices in concert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BELRON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: William Finck
  • Spiral slicer
    Patent number: 10569438
    Abstract: A spiral slicer for producing spiral-cut fruits and vegetables, includes a main body supporting a shaft operated by a crank handle. Rotation of the crank handle selectively moves a pusher, which attaches to a fruit or vegetable toward a set of julienne blades and a main slicing blade. The fruit or vegetable is cut by the julienne blades and then by the main blade, with the sliced portion passing through a gap positioned between the julienne blades and the main blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Bagley, Jennifer K. Cotter
  • Device for processing of materials by cutting and cutting unit with oscillating cutting knife and variable cutting angle of inclination
    Patent number: 10569439
    Abstract: A device for the cutting of material on a plane material supporting surface, the device having at least one cutting unit which can be motor-driven in a controlled manner above the material supporting surface in the direction of the X- and Y-axis of a Cartesian coordinate system that is parallel to the material supporting surface, and having an oscillation drive and a cutting knife, wherein the oscillation drive sets the cutting knife into linear oscillations along an oscillation axis that is perpendicular to the advancing direction of the cutting knife. The cutting knife is pivotable around a pivot axis that is parallel to the material supporting surface and is aligned with the rotary axis of a rotary drive shaft of an electric motor of the oscillation drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Guenter Broeker
  • Clearing device, operating method thereof, and cutting device
    Patent number: 10569440
    Abstract: A clearing device, an operating method thereof, and a cutting device are provided. The clearing device includes: an operating platform, including an operating surface; a first clearing unit, provided on a side of the operating platform close to the operating surface; a control unit, configured to communicate with the first clearing unit and control a clearing operation and a count of the operation of the first clearing unit; at least one detecting unit, provided on the operating platform and communicatively connected to the control unit, wherein the first clearing unit is configured to clear a foreign matter on the operating surface, the detecting unit is configured to detect a degree of cleanliness of the operating surface and send to the control unit a data signal which reflects the degree of cleanliness of the operating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Liu, Qingyu Hu, Yong Sub Kim
  • Rotary knife providing material removal via suction
    Patent number: 10569441
    Abstract: A vacuum rotary knife is fluidly connectable to a vacuum source conduit. The rotary knife includes an annular blade and a knife head. The knife head supports the blade for rotation about a rotational axis. The knife head presents a vacuum port fluidly connectable to the conduit. The vacuum port is spaced from the blade such that the knife head defines a suction pathway extending between the blade and the vacuum port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hantover, Inc.
    Inventor: Clark A. Levsen
  • Cutting blade mounting mechanism
    Patent number: 10569442
    Abstract: A cutting blade mounting mechanism includes: a blade mount mounted to a spindle; and an air supply unit supplying air to the blade mount. The blade mount includes: a columnar boss section inserted into a through-hole provided in an annular base of the cutting blade; a flange section projecting in a radial direction from a side of a base end of the boss section; and an ejector type blade suction section having a first air passage connecting a supply port supplied with air from the air supply unit and a discharge port discharging the air, and a second air passage connecting a suction port opening to a side of a support surface of the flange section and the first air passage. A plurality of the discharge ports are formed in an outer peripheral face of the boss section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma Sekiya
  • Method and device for placing an insert in a cavity formed in a foil
    Patent number: 10569443
    Abstract: To place an insert cut out of film with no gaps in a cavity formed in a foil, after placing the foil on a supporting substrate, the cavity is punched into the foil by means of a tubular cutting punch comprising an inner pusher with a cutting edge in the required shaped of the cavity and the insert, so that the edge goes through the thickness of the foil and cuts a slug out of it; the punch is lifted with the slug held inside the punch, without moving the foil, the film is brought between the foil and the edge of the punch, the punch is lowered once again so as to cut the insert out of the film and then push the insert cut in that way in the cavity with a pusher, and the punch and the pusher are removed, with the insert held in place in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Thales Dis France SA
    Inventors: Francois Roussel, Joseph Leibenguth, Frederic Blanchon, Jean-Luc Lesur
  • Rotary cylindrical attachable sleeve
    Patent number: 10569444
    Abstract: A sleeve for attaching to a cylindrical platform of a die cutting machine. The sleeve includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The sleeve may be arranged in a cylindrical configuration by aligning a first abutting surface of the first elastic member to a second abutting surface of the second elastic member. The first elastic member and the second elastic member can be mounted on a cylindrical platform without the need for a locking mechanism to secure the sleeve onto the cylindrical platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Dicar, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Joseph Allen, Stephen Kenneth Warll, Douglas Wayne Vaught
  • Stapling device with exchangeable driving tool
    Patent number: 10569445
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for stapling printed products, preferably automatically, comprising a stapling head for driving a staple through a printed-product back and a bender for bending the open ends of the staple. Said device is characterized in that the stapling head has a modular design, wherein the stapling head comprises a driving tool (1) and a driving-tool holder (2) for equipping with the driving tool, and wherein the driving tool can be fastened to the driving-tool holder in an exchangeable manner, e.g., by means of locking bolts (3) fastened to a crossmember (4) or by means of a groove (5)/feather-key connection. The invention further relates to a corresponding stapling head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Andreas Lüttich
  • Method for controlling a wall saw system when making a separating cut
    Patent number: 10569446
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wall saw system during creation of a separation cut in a workpiece between a first and second end point, is disclosed. The separation cut is carried out in a plurality of main cuts. In addition to the main-cut sequence, an overcut sequence having at least two overcuts is defined for each end point defined as a free end point. For each overcut sequence, a starting position and an end position are defined, the overcuts being carried out therebetween. The wall saw is positioned in the starting position and is pivoted into a first overcut angle; subsequently, the saw head is moved by way of the inclined saw arm until the end position has been reached. The wall saw is displaced back into the starting position and pivoted into a second overcut angle. This sequence is repeated until all of the overcuts have been carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilfried Kaneider, Dragan Stevic, Christian Bereuter
  • Systems and methods of feeding hook fastening elements
    Patent number: 10569447
    Abstract: Systems and methods for introducing hook fastening elements into a mold traveling along a mold assembly line are disclosed. The system can be configured to cut hook fastening tape into strips having a predetermined length based on information received from the mold assembly line, and to drop the cut strips directly into the mold at the appropriate intervals as the mold travels along the mold assembly line. Also disclosed is a system for facilitating the continuous feeding of hook fastening tape through the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sho, Yoshifumi Nakata, Hisashi Yoneshima, Tomonari Yoshida, Takanori Yoshida
  • Suction or blow thermal roller
    Patent number: 10569448
    Abstract: A suction or blow thermal roller includes: a cylindrical body extending along a longitudinal direction; the cylindrical body including at least one inner tubular element and at least one outer tubular element that is concentrically arranged around the inner tubular element; the inner tubular element includes an outer diameter d and the outer tubular element includes an inner diameter D, being D>d; two hubs, each arranged at one end of the cylindrical body; at least one heat-exchange chamber realized between the inner tubular element and the outer tubular element. The roller includes a coating layer for the inner tubular element. The coating layer includes at least one rib arranged along a helical path around the longitudinal direction. The at least one rib is made in one piece in the coating layer, realizing at least one helical channel between the coating layer and the outer tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GTK TIMEK GROUP SA
    Inventor: Lorenzo Domeniconi
  • Nanoimprint lithography system and method
    Patent number: 10569449
    Abstract: A method for transferring a pattern from a template to a nanoimprint object. A perimeter portion of the nanoimprint object is supported by a perimeter support structure. A gas pressure induced force is applied to the nanoimprint object to facilitate bending of a central portion of the nanoimprint object in a direction toward a surface of the template until the central portion of the nanoimprint object is brought into contact with the surface of the template. While the nanoimprint object is held in contact with the surface of the template, the pattern from the template is transferred to a surface of the nanoimprint object thereby creating a patterned surface on the nanoimprint object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Justin Curts, Matthew E. Colburn
  • Imprint apparatus, mold, imprint method, and method of manufacturing article
    Patent number: 10569450
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs an imprint process of forming, by using a mold, a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate, including an obtaining unit configured to obtain electric charge information on an amount of first electric charges charged on a first surface of the mold on a side of the substrate by releasing the mold from the cured imprint material on the substrate, a supply unit configured to supply second electric charges having a polarity opposite to that of the first electric charges to an electrode arranged on a second surface of the mold on a side opposite to the first surface, and a control unit configured to control, based on the electric charge information, an amount of the second electric charges supplied from the supply unit to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junichi Seki
  • Vulcanization of dip-molded rubber articles with reduced molten media bath times
    Patent number: 10569451
    Abstract: Pore-free rubber articles are prepared by dip-molding in a dipping medium that includes a vulcanizing agent, then partially-cured by immersing the dip former in a heated liquid bath that is chemically inert. A particularly effective liquid bath is a molten, nitrite free inorganic salt. The partially-cured rubber is then maintained at a desired curing temperature in a low/no oxygen heating oven to complete curing. Alternatively, upon removal from the molten salt bath, the latex film is quenched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apex Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. McGlothlin, Scott Herrick
  • Method of manufacturing a wood-based board
    Patent number: 10569452
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wood-based board (10). The method includes applying at least one first fibre mat (11) including a first mix comprising lignocellulosic particles and a binder on a carrier (13), applying a second fibre mat (12) including a second mix including cellulosic particles and a binder on said at least one first fibre mat (11), and pressing said at least one first fibre mat (11) into a base layer (14) and the second fibre mat (12) into a surface layer (15) simultaneously, thereby forming a wood-based board (10). Also, to such a wood-based board (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Georg Vetter, Niclas Håkansson, Marcus Bergelin, Hans Persson
  • Thermoplastic composite part and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 10569453
    Abstract: An assembly of thermoplastic parts for forming a final composite part is presented where the assembly includes at least two prefabricated shells fabricated of thermoplastic. Each prefabricated shell has substantially the same shape as the final composite part and where the shapes of the prefabricated shells have dimensions that allow the prefabricated shells to be assembled into a nest for placement into a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron William Bartel, Wallace Chan, Paul B. Diep, Bernhard Dopker, David Gideon
  • Method for manufacturing impeller
    Patent number: 10569454
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an impeller composed of a frustum-shaped hub (11) and a plurality of blades provided on a peripheral surface (12) of the hub (11) at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and inclined in one direction. The method for manufacturing the impeller comprises: an injection-molding step of injection-molding a molding article (10a) in which the blades are connected to the periphery of the hub (11) via fragile connection parts (16) so as to spread outward; a blade rotationally moving step of rotationally moving the blades (13) to the peripheral surface (12) of the hub (11) about the connection parts (16); and a fixation step of fixing ends of the blades (13) to the hub (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shigeto Akahori, Yoshinori Tsurugai
  • Manufacturing method and manufacturing device for resin fan
    Patent number: 10569455
    Abstract: A resin fan includes a semi-molded article in which a first circular plate and blades are integrated. While the semi-molded article is retained, a composite mold is moved to a secondary molding side, a second mold is put in a first position and a third mold is moved to the first position and inserted into the first mold. An intermediate part extends over the inner surface-side of a large-bend part, and causes the end of the third mold to engage with the first mold. Next, resin is poured into a secondary forming mold, and a second circular plate is integrally molded continuous with the blades of the semi-molded article, and a fan is molded. Together with the opening of the second mold and the composite mold, the third mold and the composite mold are opened, each of the molds is moved to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Matsudakanagatakogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masao Matsuda
  • Resin molded article and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10569456
    Abstract: A resin molded article includes an insert component and a synthetic resin member sealing the insert component. The insert component is provided by a primary molded product of a thermosetting resin, or a metal component, and has a functional group. The synthetic resin member is provided by a synthetic resin including a base polymer of a thermoplastic resin and a bonding component bonding with the functional group included in the insert component. The synthetic resin member has a sea structure formed of a continuous phase including the base polymer, and at least a part of the bonding component is present as a dispersed component in the sea structure. The dispersed component bonds with the functional group included in the insert component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Izumi, Noritaka Inoue, Hodaka Mori
  • Two-part fastener
    Patent number: 10569457
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a two-part fastener may include a fastener-molding housing and an actuating assembly. The fastener-molding housing may include a fastener mold having a first mold section connected to a second mold section through a flash connection mold section. The fastener mold is configured to receive fastener-forming material to form a pre-engaged fastener having a first fastener portion within the first mold section and a second fastener portion within the second mold section. The first fastener portion is temporarily secured to the second fastener portion through a flash connection portion formed within the flash connection mold section. The an actuating assembly includes a stripper plate, a connecting member, and at least one ejection member. The connecting member is configured to securely retain the first fastener portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Tisol, Jr., Brock T. Cooley, Benjamin H. Moerke
  • Controller arrangement for injection molding system
    Patent number: 10569458
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus (10) comprising a signal converter (1500) interconnected to a machine controller (MC) of an injection molding machine (IMM) that generates standardized signals (VPS), the signal converter (1500) receiving and converting the standardized signals (VS) to a command signal (MOPCS, PDCVS) that is compatible with a signal receptor or interface of an electrically powered actuator (940e, 941e, 942e) or a signal receptor, interface or driver of a proportional directional control valve (V, V1, V2) that drives a fluid driven actuator (940p, 941p, 942p) to respectively operate the electrically powered actuator (940e, 941e, 942e) or the proportional directional control valve (V, V1, V2) to move in a direction that operates to either begin an injection cycle and to end an injection cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Vito Galati, Lin Yang, Ling Feng, Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes
  • Handheld 3D printer
    Patent number: 10569459
    Abstract: A device is described where an operator uses a handheld nozzle that deposits new material onto a part. The process can be used to create new parts from a substrate, or to repair parts. The device automatically maps the physical part and matches the physical part against a model of the desired part. As the operator moves the nozzle over the part, the device automatically computes the amount of material necessary to modify the current part to match the model of the desired part. This method can be used for spraying or spray-casting metal, ceramics, and other materials. The described process and device automates this process, and simplifies the operator's involvement. Moreover, because the device can measure the part as the material is being deposited, the resulting part is more likely to more closely resemble the original part both in aesthetics and physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Molding head mounted on discharge container
    Patent number: 10569460
    Abstract: The present invention is a molding head that includes: a mounting part mounted around a discharge hole of a discharge container; and a molding part having a plurality of forming holes through which a discharge discharged from the discharge hole separately passes and a molding surface to which the plurality of forming holes are open, and configured to combine a plurality of molded pieces, which are formed by the discharge molded by separately passing through the plurality of forming holes, on the molding surface to form a molding. A diffusion chamber, in which the discharge is diffused in a radial direction along the molding surface and is fed to the plurality of forming holes, is configured to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mai Kase