Patents Issued in April 30, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200130117
    Abstract: The inventive working spindle comprises a spindle housing and a spindle shaft with axial positioning surface and axial contact surface by which the correct axial position of each fitting provided spindle shaft in the spindle housing is obtained. For torque-proof holding of the spindle shaft in the spindle housing, preferably with stationary motor, a braking unit is provided that comprises a radial outer part that is coupled with the spindle housing in a torque-proof manner and a radial inner part that is coupled with the spindle shaft in a torque-proof manner. The largest outer diameter of the peripheral surface of the inner part is smaller than the narrowest location of the through-opening of the spindle housing between the braking unit and the tool side end of the spindle housing. For this reason the spindle shaft can be readily removed from the spindle housing without disassembly measures of the braking unit, if required, and can be reinserted in reverse route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Dorn, Jürgen WALZ
  • Publication number: 20200130118
    Abstract: Tapered, stepped, or non-tapered router guide templates, optionally combined template holder system, and optional tapered or non-tapered guide bearing on a readily-locatable and lockable shaft, each template comprising: a base portion, a top portion, at least one of an exterior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an outer periphery of the template and an interior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an inner periphery of the template, wherein optionally one of the exterior surface and the interior surface may be continuously tapered between the base portion and the top portion, or stepped, and wherein the base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the template holder system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Woodcraft Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Dwight Sheldon, Kuldeep Singh
  • Publication number: 20200130119
    Abstract: Tapered, stepped, or non-tapered router guide templates, optionally combined template holder system, and optional tapered or non-tapered guide bearing on a readily-locatable and lockable shaft, each template comprising: a base portion, a top portion, at least one of an exterior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an outer periphery of the template and an interior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an inner periphery of the template, wherein optionally one of the exterior surface and the interior surface may be continuously tapered between the base portion and the top portion, or stepped, and wherein the base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the template holder system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Woodcraft Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Dwight Sheldon, Kuldeep Singh
  • Publication number: 20200130120
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a workpiece holder, a tool holder holding working tools that includes a hob cutter used in a rough machining and a skiving cutter used in a finish machining, a tool magazine, a tool replacing device replacing one of the working tools mounted on the tool holder with the other of working tools housed in the tool magazine, a rough machining controlling section performing the rough machining on the workpiece, a tool measuring device measuring a position of a blade in a rotation direction of the skiving cutter, an angle correcting section correcting a rotation angle of the skiving cutter based on a result measured by the tool measuring device, and placing a tooth space formed in the workpiece and an edge tip of the blade in a position corresponding to each other, and a finish machining controlling section by which workpiece is finish machined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki NATSUDA, Kento TAKEUCHI, Hisashi OTANI, Hiroyuki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20200130121
    Abstract: A spindle device includes a spindle shaft, a spindle housing, and a chuck portion as a rotating member. The chuck portion has, formed therein, a suctioning passage through which air suctioned from the outside flows. The spindle shaft has a first guide passage which guides air flowing through the suctioning passage to a clearance between the inner wall of the spindle housing defining a through hole in which the spindle shaft is inserted and the outer wall of the spindle shaft facing the inner wall, by way of the interior of the spindle shaft. The spindle housing has, formed therein, a second guide passage configured to guide the air guided to the clearance, to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Murota
  • Publication number: 20200130122
    Abstract: A chuck unit as a rotating member of a spindle device includes a base portion fixed to one end of the spindle shaft, an attaching portion detachably attached to a side of the base portion that is located on an opposite side of the base portion from the one end of the spindle shaft, and an accommodation space arranged on a communication passage so as to accommodate a filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Murota
  • Publication number: 20200130123
    Abstract: A machine tool equipped with a robot includes a stocker which has one or more effector holder units for holding an end effector to be mounted on the robot, in which the stocker can be stored within a casing of the machine tool. At least a part of the stocker is configured to be bilaterally advanceable into a machining chamber of the machine tool and an external region located outside the machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kenji IGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200130124
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus configured to grind a substrate includes a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate; and an annular grinder configured to come into contact with at least a central portion and a peripheral portion of the substrate held by the substrate holder to grind the substrate. The substrate holder includes multiple substrate holders and the grinder includes multiple grinders. A diameter of at least one of the multiple grinders is different from a diameter of others of the multiple grinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi TAMURA, Munehisa KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20200130125
    Abstract: An application device is configured to clean grinding surfaces in a machine for grinding ophthalmic lenses, the application device including: a central portion having so as to mount the application device in the grinding machine; and a peripheral edge configured to receive an application surface to cooperate with the grinding surface of the grinding wheel so as to clean the grinding surface. It also relates to a cleaning kit including an application device and a cleaning solution, and to a method for cleaning grinding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Etienne LEPAGE, Sebastien PINAULT
  • Publication number: 20200130126
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for deblocking a lens, wherein the lens is blocked with a block material on a block piece. The block material is preheated by radiation. The blocked lens, the deblocked lens, and the deblocked block piece are handled by means of separate grippers. For deblocking, the lens and the block piece are held by opposing holding devices in a rotating manner, while a fluid jet acts on the block material from the side. After the deblocking, the lens and the block piece are cleaned simultaneously. Then, a holding device together with the deblocked lens pivot out from a working space. The deblocked lens is placed with the block side upward in a transport carrier. This makes possible a simple design and an optimized process sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gunter SCHNEIDER, Klaus HOFMANN, Thomas SIMMER, Klaus KRÄMER
  • Publication number: 20200130127
    Abstract: An electric tool capable of achieving inhibition of reaction due to braking in good balance with inhibition of voltage jumping due to regenerated energy is provided. A grinder (1) is provided with a motor (6), an inverter circuit (43) for supplying electric current to the motor (6), and a controller (50) for controlling the inverter circuit (43). When generating an electric braking force on a motor (6), the rotation speed of which exceeds a specified rotation speed, the controller (50) performs a first braking control of continuously turning on lower arm-side switching elements (Q4-Q6) of the inverter circuit (43), after which the controller performs a second braking control of repeatedly turning on and off the lower arm-side switching elements (Q4-Q6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya YOSHINARI, Kazutaka IWATA
  • Publication number: 20200130128
    Abstract: An angle grinder includes a housing, an output shaft, and a motor. The motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly including a motor shaft configured to rotate about a first axis, a commutator, and a carbon brush. The commutator includes a bushing, configured to connect the commutator to the motor shaft, a plurality of commutator segments, sequentially distributed in a circumferential direction around the first axis and arranged around the bushing, and an insulating member, configured to bond the bushing and the plurality of commutator segments so as to constitute a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Chungui Zou, Guoliang Shi, Junmin Fu
  • Publication number: 20200130129
    Abstract: The cutter holder capable of polishing a workpiece has a body, a mandrel, a middle element and a brush assembly. The mandrel extends into the body. The middle element is mounted to the body with a part of the mandrel extending out of the middle element. The brush assembly is mounted with the part of the mandrel that extends out of the middle element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: CHIH-HSIANG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200130130
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for predicting irregular motions of one or more mechanical components of a semiconductor processing apparatus. A mechanical motion irregular prediction system includes one or more motion sensors that sense motion-related parameters associated with at least one mechanical component of a semiconductor processing apparatus. The one or more motion sensors output sensing signals based on the sensed motion-related parameters. Defect prediction circuitry predicts an irregular motion of the at least one mechanical component based on the sensing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Chunhung Chen, Yu Chi Tsai, Chin Wei Chuang, Bo-An Chen, Sheng-Chen Wang, Chen-Hua Tsai
  • Publication number: 20200130131
    Abstract: A CMP polishing apparatus for flattening a quadrate substrate is provided. A polishing apparatus for polishing a quadrate substrate is provided. The polishing apparatus includes a substrate holding portion configured to hold the quadrate substrate. The substrate holding portion includes a quadrate substrate supporting surface that supports the substrate, and an attachment mechanism that attaches a retainer member to be disposed at an outside of at least one corner portion of the substrate supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tetsuji Togawa, Hiroshi Sobukawa, Masahiro Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20200130132
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus and method for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) are disclosed. In an example, an apparatus for CMP includes a platen, a slurry supply, and at least one scraping fixture. The platen is configured to rotate a pad thereon about a central axis of the pad. The slurry supply is configured to supply a slurry onto the pad while the pad rotates. The at least one scraping fixture is configured to scrape the slurry off the pad when the slurry travels a distance between the slurry supply and the at least one scraping fixture in a circumferential direction of the pad as the pad rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yangbo Jiang, Guangyi Wang, Juncheng Yang
  • Publication number: 20200130133
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to abrasive articles including conformable coatings, e.g. a hydrophilic coating, and polishing systems therefrom. The present disclosure provides an abrasive article including a body having an abrading surface and an opposed second surface, wherein the abrading surface of the body includes a plurality of inorganic abrasive particles; a conformable metal oxide coating adjacent to and conforming to the plurality of engineered features, wherein the conformable metal oxide coating includes a first surface; and a conformable polar organic-metallic coating in contact with the first surface of the conformable metal oxide coating, wherein the conformable polar organic-metallic coating includes a chemical compound having at least one metal and an organic moiety having at least one polar functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Chi-Fan Chen, Justin A. Riddle, Vincent J. Laraia, Caleb T. Nelson, Wen-Hsiang Hsieh, Moses M. David, Naiyong Jing, Jun MA
  • Publication number: 20200130134
    Abstract: A polish head of a chemical mechanical polishing system is provided. The polish head includes a carrier head, a membrane mounted to the carrier head, an inner retaining ring mounted to the carrier head and surrounding the membrane, an outer retaining ring mounted to the carrier head and surrounding the inner retaining ring, and an image capturing device. The outer retaining ring is spaced apart from the inner retaining ring. The image capturing device is mounted to the carrier head and between the inner retaining ring and the outer retaining ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-Liang CHEN, Jun-Xiu LIU, Chia-Hsien CHOU
  • Publication number: 20200130135
    Abstract: Disclosed is a concrete floor trowel machine of multiple blades with added floor polishing jacket or attachment. It saves expense and time associated with the use of a trowel and a polisher in consecutive order, often a day apart. Furthermore, disclosed is a blade replacement polisher disk with metallic hook-and-loop attached steel wool polisher puck, which is the loop component of that means of attachment. Means of slurry feed and suction removal to said puck is also disclosed, whereas said puck may rotate in planetary fashion. Said pucks may be attached to blades however. Safety cage and slurry splash cover supplement the machine. Removable caster legs are added to ease moving around the machine before and after normal use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Curtis Craft, Zoltan Kemeny
  • Publication number: 20200130136
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus and a method to detect a polishing pad profile during a polish process and adjust the polishing process based on the detected profile. The apparatus can include a polishing pad configured to polishing a substrate, a substrate carrier configured to hold the substrate against the polishing pad, and a detection module configured to detect a profile of the polishing pad. The detection module can include a probe configured to measure a thickness of one or more areas on the polishing pad, and a beam configured to support the probe, where the probe can be further configured to move along the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsi HUANG, Chia-Lin HSUEH, Huang-Chu KO
  • Publication number: 20200130137
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite article includes providing a polishing pad; rubbing over the polishing pad to produce a polishing pad debris; collecting the polishing pad debris; providing a wood material; and applying a force over the wood material and the polishing pad debris to form the composite article, wherein the composite article includes the wood material and the polishing pad debris, and the rubbing of the polishing pad includes removing a portion of the polishing pad to produce the polishing pad debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: HUA-CHOU CHIANG, CHANDLER YING LAI SEE, CHUNG-CHIEH KO
  • Publication number: 20200130138
    Abstract: Provided herein are chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) systems and methods to reduce metal particle pollution on dressing disks and polishing pads. Such methods may include contacting a dressing disk and at least one conductive element with an electrolyte solution and applying direct current (DC) power to the dressing disk and the at least one conductive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh CHANG, Yen-Ting CHEN, Hui-Chi HUANG, Kei-Wei CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200130139
    Abstract: A conditioning device for conditioning a polishing pad used in chemical mechanical polishing includes a base having an opening and a conditioning disk removably attached to the base. The conditioning disk includes a conditioning portion disposed on a first surface of the base and a fitting portion removably fitted into or through the opening of the base. The fitting portion is fitted through or into the opening to base to prevent dislodging of the conditioning disk from the base during a process of conditioning a polishing pad for the chemical mechanical polishing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Chun-Hsi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200130140
    Abstract: Reduced noise abrasive blasting assemblies and systems are described. The new assemblies and systems are comprised of standard blast hose, accelerator hose, couplings and nozzle. The improved abrasive blasting system maintains abrasive particle velocity while decreasing the exit gas velocity and consequently decreasing sound production. This is accomplished through an acceleration section with reduced inner diameter and sufficient length to provide the necessary abrasive particle velocity. The new system maintains the productivity and efficiency of conventional abrasive blasting systems but with greatly reduced acoustic noise production and reduces operator fatigue due to the lower weight of the carried portion of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20200130141
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDC”) exhibiting enhanced diamond-to-diamond bonding. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table bonded to a substrate. At least a portion of the PCD table includes a plurality of diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The plurality of interstitial regions includes a metal-solvent catalyst. The plurality of diamond grains exhibit an average grain size of about 30 ?m or less. The plurality of diamond grains and the metal-solvent catalyst collectively exhibit an average electrical conductivity of less than about 1200 S/m. Other embodiments are directed to PCD, employing such PCD, methods of forming PCD and PDCs, and various applications for such PCD and PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Bertagnolli, Jiang Qian, Jason K. Wiggins, Michael A. Vail, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Brandon P. Linford
  • Publication number: 20200130142
    Abstract: A buffing and polishing member has an uncompressed monolithic body of foam material having slits from an outside surface toward and less than a distance to a rotational axis of the body. The slits, on circumferential spaced planes, extend generally radially from the outside surface toward and less than a distance to the rotational axis to define a plurality of foam fingers and an unslit center portion. A fastening mechanism holds the center portion of the slit foam body in a compressed state along the rotational axis such that the uncompressed outer ends of the foam finger define a spherocylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Scott S. McLain
  • Publication number: 20200130143
    Abstract: A detachment puller is provided, including a main body, having a threaded hole and a plurality of pivoting portions circumferentially disposed around the threaded hole; a screw rod, screwed with the threaded hole; a plurality of jaws, respectively pivoted to the plurality of pivoting portions, each of the plurality of jaws including an abutted portion; an adjustment mechanism, elastically and movably disposed on the main body, the adjustment mechanism including a plurality of engaging portions, each of the plurality of engaging portions including a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion, the abutted portion being located between the first and second abutting portions, the first abutting portion being movable toward a first direction to press the abutted portion, the second abutting portion being movable toward a second direction to press the abutted portion, the first and second directions being opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: MING-YU WANG
  • Publication number: 20200130144
    Abstract: An improved system and method for clamping of carpenter levels is disclosed. Within the system, it is not necessary to re-size and re-adjust the clamps over and over again as they are re-located. As such, time-consuming repetitive steps are reduced. Additionally, the system can be applied to a variety of clamping surfaces, and can be swiveled to fit at unusual angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: HANDY TOOLS LLC
    Inventor: Keith DeArmond
  • Publication number: 20200130145
    Abstract: A hand tool with a clampable operating area at an upper part of the tool, and two opposed handles extending to a lower part of the tool and being arranged to govern the clampable operating area between an open and a closed position, wherein a toothed pin is pivotally arranged between the handles extending downwards, wherein a support and a pawl are arranged on a first handle of the two handles at a distance from each other forming a space between them, in which space the toothed pin is to be received, and wherein an interaction of the toothed pin and the pawl impedes reverse motion of the handles during a closing action thereof, The interaction of the toothed pin and the pawl is such that reverse motion of the handles becomes possible at a specific release point that corresponds to a specific relative position of the handles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: PRESSMASTER AB
    Inventors: Niklas JONASSON, Marco ENDLER
  • Publication number: 20200130146
    Abstract: A magnetic clamping device is provided that includes a housing in which a number of magnets are disposed. A magnetizable core extends through the housing between the magnets and is movable with respect to the housing and the magnets. The core can be moved using a suitable mechanism disposed on the housing between an extended position where the core is positioned in contact with the support surface and a retracted position where the core is spaced from the support surface. The position of the core relative to the housing and the support surface adjusts the magnetic holding force transmitted from the magnets through the core to attract and hold the core on the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Redman
  • Publication number: 20200130147
    Abstract: A torque reactor has a first body element adjustably joined to a second body element. A first key extends from the first body element to engage a first socket. A second key extends from the second body element to engage a second socket. At least one of the first key and second key is constrained to rotate over a limited rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Murphy L. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200130148
    Abstract: A socket assembly includes a socket head, an input member, and a plurality of transfer members. The socket head is disposed about an axis and defines an aperture extending axially through the socket head and through a side of the socket head. The socket head includes external teeth. The input member is coaxial with the socket head. Each transfer member includes a first end drivingly coupled to the input member and a second end configured to engage the external teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Zachary Machinchick, Joshua Norwood, Douglas Michael Smith, Adam Wirth
  • Publication number: 20200130149
    Abstract: A screw head adapter, including a surrounding shaped envelope, being hex, square, etc., being adaptable to a standard key, ring, box wrench, including at its center, a bit, a flat-blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, hex, Allen wrench, having an adjustable or constant height, for connecting thereof to a standard key, box wrench, dedicated key, etc., adapted thereto and supported by a dedicated protrusion, being fastened to the box wrench by a mechanical, magnetic, etc. attaching means, for allowing, due to its short height, to easily open or close screw heads in narrow hidden regions, and to those having difficult or non-available access by other tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Artur BOGOROCHANER, Yitshak BLINDER
  • Publication number: 20200130150
    Abstract: A powered ratchet tool includes a housing and an output member. The output member has an inner opening, an outer toothed surface, and an output member aperture extending through the outer toothed surface to the inner opening. The powered ratchet tool further includes a drive mechanism for driving the output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke in which the output member is arranged. The yoke has a yoke aperture. The powered ratchet tool further includes a first pawl in the yoke that is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member and a second pawl in the yoke that is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member. When the output member is in a home position, the first pawl and the second pawl are engaged with the toothed surface of the output member and the output member aperture is aligned with the yoke aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mackenzie J. Nick, Jeffrey M. Wackwitz
  • Publication number: 20200130151
    Abstract: An electric pulse tool is configured to deliver torque in pulses on an output shaft thereof and includes an electric motor to drive the output shaft. The electric pulse tool is configured to, for each period, provide a current pulse to the electric motor during a current-on time interval, pause a current feed to the electric motor after the current-on time interval until an end of a torque pulse, determine a width of the torque pulse, and continue pausing the current feed to the electric motor during a pause interval from the end of the torque pulse. The pause interval is determined based on the width of the torque pulse such that a wider torque pulse results in a wider pause interval and a narrower torque pulse results in a shorter pause interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: Adam KLOTBLIXT
  • Publication number: 20200130152
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for tightening a screw connection having a motor-operated screwdriver unit, wherein the angle of rotation and the torque are determined during the tightening to be able to stop the tightening process on reaching a desired tightening tension. An increase in the torque over the angle of rotation is determined by a determination device in a first tightening region and a change in the increase in the torque over the angle of rotation is determined in a second, following tightening region, with the screwdriver unit being stopped by a control device on reaching or exceeding of a maximum permitted change in the increase and/or of a change speed that is determined with reference to the increase that occurred in the first tightening region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Parlow, Ilaka Mupende, Peter Barton
  • Publication number: 20200130153
    Abstract: An impact electric power tool is provided a motor; a striking mechanism connected to the motor; and a controller configured to control an operation of the motor. The controller includes one of a speed controller and a current controller that maintains a constant rotation speed of the motor by compensating for periodic fluctuations in load torque of the motor, where the fluctuations are caused due to the striking mechanism. The speed controller or the current controller includes a repetitive compensator or a resonant filter that compensates for the fluctuations in load torque of the motor to obtain a frequency or a cycle of the periodic fluctuations in load torque of the motor, which is caused due to the striking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Fumiiki YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20200130154
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tool for holding a recessed handle structure to be installed into a hole manufactured into the interior or bottom surface of a trunk door, providing required rotational leverage, and applying required linear pressure to locking tabs of the recessed handle structure as it is being installed into the interior or bottom surface of the trunk door, thereby securing the recessed handle structure within the hole manufactured into the interior or bottom surface of the trunk door. The use of this tool effectively saves time and protects the installer's fingers, hands, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Dana RATLIFF
  • Publication number: 20200130155
    Abstract: A setting tool for a setting tool system for setting capsule anchors is specified, having a shank and a head, arranged at one end of the shank, with a recess for receiving a drive head of a capsule anchor, wherein the shape of the recess is formed substantially by two superimposed hexagons that are arranged in an offset manner to one another. Further, a set for a setting tool system for setting capsule anchors is specified, having an adapter which is able to be coupled to a drive machine, and at least one setting tool. Moreover, a setting tool system is specified, including a setting tool for a setting tool system for setting capsule anchors or a set for a setting tool system for setting capsule anchors, and a capsule anchor and/or a drive machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Tobias DONNER
  • Publication number: 20200130156
    Abstract: An electric tool includes a motor, an operation part provided to be operable by a user, a motor drive control unit configured to perform control of driving the motor in response to the operation part being operated, a temperature sensor, and a temperature determination unit configured to determine overheating of the motor. The temperature determination unit is configured to estimate a temperature of the motor based on a drive situation of the motor and a detection result of the temperature sensor, and to determine the overheating of the motor based on the estimated temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuki TAKEUCHI, Kohei SUTO, Teruaki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20200130157
    Abstract: A fastener driver includes a housing defining a handle portion, a magazine in which fasteners are held, a nosepiece for receiving fasteners from the magazine, a driver blade movable from a ready position toward a driven position during which a fastener positioned in the nosepiece is driven into a workpiece, a lifting mechanism operable to return the driver blade from the driven position toward the ready position for a subsequent fastener driving operation, and a drivetrain to provide torque to the lifting mechanism. At least a portion of the drivetrain is positioned within and extends through the handle portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew P. Rux
  • Publication number: 20200130158
    Abstract: A setting tool having a drive apparatus, having a rod-shaped plunger for driving in a fixing means, a tubular rotary body, at least one spring element, first winding cords which connect the spring element and the rotary body and which convert a linear movement of the spring element into a rotational movement of the rotary body, and second winding cords which connect the rotary body and the plunger and which convert a rotational movement of the rotary body into a linear movement of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Patrick FRÖSE, Matthias GERLICH, Wolfgang ZÖLS, Marco CYRIACKS, Gerit EBELSBERGER, Randolf MOCK, Reinhard FREITAG
  • Publication number: 20200130159
    Abstract: A holding and dispensing device may conveniently store fasteners and permits a user to easily and quickly retrieve and dispense fasteners, such as staples, one at a time, without the risk of fasteners falling out of the device, or protruding in a manner that may harm the user. Embodiments may be especially suitable for a core of staples. The present disclosure further relates to methods of holding fasteners in a fastener holder and methods of dispensing fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Chad A. French
  • Publication number: 20200130160
    Abstract: A fastener driver includes a housing, a magazine coupled to the housing containing fasteners therein, and a nosepiece at least partially defining a fastener driving track into which fasteners from the magazine are individually received. A driver blade is movable from a retracted position toward an extended position during which a fastener in the fastener driving track is discharged from an opening in the nosepiece. A work accessory including a guide portion is configured to align an article with the nosepiece opening prior to attaching the article to a workpiece during a fastener driving operation, and a separate puller portion configured to apply a tensile force to an article to be attached to a workpiece during a fastener driving operation. The work accessory is adjustable relative to the nosepiece to selectively position the guide portion or the puller portion proximate the nosepiece opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Zachary P. Scott, Ryan Altenburger
  • Publication number: 20200130161
    Abstract: A percussion tool comprises a housing and an electric motor positioned within the housing. The motor has a nominal outer diameter of up to about 80 mm and is operable to output at least about 2760 W. The percussion tool further comprises a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells having a nominal voltage of up to 80 Volts and a sustained operating discharge current of between about 40 A and about 60 A. The percussion tool further comprises a percussion mechanism driven by the motor and including a striker supported for reciprocation in the housing. The percussion tool has a ratio of impact energy to mass that is greater than or equal to 2.5 Joules/kilogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew S. Zawisza, Andrew D. Van Hoorn, Ethan T. Zimany
  • Publication number: 20200130162
    Abstract: A power tool includes a casing having a motor receiving portion and a holding portion, a motor disposed in the motor receiving portion, a transmission disposed in the motor receiving portion, and a fan module disposed in the motor receiving portion. The holding portion is adapted to be held by a user. The motor has a rotatable shaft, a front side, and a back side opposite to the front side. The transmission is located on the front side of the motor and is connected to the rotatable shaft, and has an output shaft for being connected to a tool bit. The fan module has a driving motor and a fan blade. The driving motor is adapted to drive the fan blade to rotate. With such design, the fan module could cool the motor to remove the heat generated by the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: MOBILETRON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JUI-CHEN HUANG, SHIH-HAO WANG
  • Publication number: 20200130163
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a wearing part worn on a hand of a worker, a connecting member held by the wearing part, and a control circuit. The connecting member is disposed at a position where it is attached to a tool-side attachment part provided on a grip of a power tool when the worker grips the grip. The connecting member includes, in an exposed manner, a power source terminal that supplies electric power to the power tool and a signal terminal that receives a response signal from the power tool, which are electrically connected to the power tool in an attached state where the connecting member is attached to the tool-side attachment part. The control circuit makes the power source terminal and a power source unit electrically continuous when the signal terminal receives the response signal and makes them electrically discontinuous when the signal terminal receives no response signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato KANO, Akihiro YAMADA, Hiroki KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20200130164
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a power output element for outputting power, a motor for driving the power output element to output power, and a surface light source device for providing illumination. The surface light source device is mounted on the housing and the surface light source device includes a light exit surface allowing the surface light source device to emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dongrong Qiu, Chongyang Tu, Dong Cao, Liang Chen
  • Publication number: 20200130165
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a head portion, a shaft, and a grip component is provided. The grip component and the shaft form a handle of the hand tool. The grip component is a reverse-molded component formed by: forming the external portion of the grip component by molding a first thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material or thermoplastic urethane (TPU) material into a shell that surrounds a first cavity; after forming the external portion; placing the shaft into the first cavity; and, after the external portion is formed and the shaft is placed into the first cavity, forming the inner portion of the grip component by injecting a second TPE material or TPU material into the first cavity and onto the shaft. The first TPE or TPU material has a first level of hardness, and the second TPE or TPU material has a second level of hardness lower than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Keith LOMBARDI, Aliaksei CHERNYSHOU, Thomas PELLETIER, George SORIA, Antony ORSINI
  • Publication number: 20200130166
    Abstract: A display structure for a wrench includes a handle which includes a mirror surface or a matte surface. At least one display area is formed in the handle and is a recessed area in which at least two embossed areas and at least one blank area are formed. At least one display portion is formed within the at least one display area. The at least one display portion has a colored area formed on the top thereof, so that the at least one display portion has a color that is different from that of the body of the wrench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tsan-Chang Lee, Chiou-Mai Chang