Patents Issued in June 18, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200189104
    Abstract: Provided are a method and robot device for sharing object data. The method, performed by a robot device, of sharing object data includes: obtaining sensing data related to objects in a certain space; classifying the obtained sensing data into a plurality of pieces of object data based on properties of the objects; selecting another robot device from among at least one other robot device; selecting object data to be provided to the selected robot device from among the classified plurality of pieces of object data; and transmitting the selected object data to the selected robot device, wherein the classifying of the sensing data into a plurality of pieces object data includes generating a plurality of data layers including the classified plurality of pieces of object data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Junghwan LEE, Daehun KIM, Hyunseok HONG
  • Publication number: 20200189105
    Abstract: A robot operable within a 3-D volume includes a gripper movable between an open position and a closed position to grasp any one of a plurality of objects, an articulatable portion coupled to the gripper and operable to move the gripper to a desired position within the 3-D volume, and an object detection system operable to capture information indicative of the shape of a first object of the plurality of objects positioned to be grasped by the gripper. A computer is coupled to the object detection system. The computer is operable to identify a plurality of possible grasp locations on the first object and to generate a numerical parameter indicative of the desirability of each grasp location, wherein the numerical parameter is at least partially defined by the next task to be performed by the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Chengtao Wen, Juan L. Aparicio Ojea, Eugen Solowjow, Martin Sehr, Heiko Claussen
  • Publication number: 20200189106
    Abstract: A method for examining a robot apparatus which includes a driving source configured to drive a joint, the position and orientation of which are controlled based on trajectory data determined in advance for a normal motion. The examination method includes generating examination motion data for driving a joint as an examination target under a driving speed that causes the examination target joint to resonate and causing the examination target joint to pass through a path based on the trajectory data. A resonance amplitude of the joint is acquired based on the examination motion data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Yutaka Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20200189107
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) robot and a method for controlling the AI robot, includes detecting a target object changing its position in a travel area after determining a condition of the travel area based on an image captured by an image capturing unit while the AI robot is traveling in the travel area. The AI robot is controlled to travel based on the target object detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyungkook JOO, Hyunsup SONG, Kyungman YU
  • Publication number: 20200189108
    Abstract: An articulated robot includes an arm, an actuator, a storage device, and a control device. The storage device stores the correction parameter for correction accuracy required for each of the multiple work regions, which are segmented as the regions in which work on the work target object is performed in the movable region of the robot arm. When the work is instructed with designation of the target position, the control device acquires, from the storage device, a correction parameter corresponding to a work region to which the designated target position belongs, among the multiple work regions. Then, the control device controls the actuator by correcting the target position using the acquired correction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato SUZUKI, Masatoshi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20200189109
    Abstract: A component fastening system includes a fastener for fastening a first electronic component to a second electronic component and a movable part configured to move the fastener. The fastener includes an arm, a head, and a lock. The arm is connected to the movable part. The head is connected to the arm and contacts the first electronic component. The lock contacts the arm when the first electronic component is moved to a reference space and is spaced apart from the arm when the first electronic component is fastened to the second electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Futoshi YOSHIDA, Jeongho YI
  • Publication number: 20200189110
    Abstract: According to a certain aspect of the present invention, a control device for a robot is provided. The control device includes a processor configured to implement: a function of obtaining a signal indicating a detected value of a sensor detecting a state quantity of the robot; and a function of, in converting the detected value to an estimated value of the state quantity according to a conversion function obtained by calibration of the sensor, applying an offset value compensating for a difference between the estimated value and the actual state quantity in a critical situation in operation of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamagishi, Norio Nagatsuka, Naoki Numaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200189111
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a robot system including a robot that performs work on a workpiece; a controller that controls the robot; a first camera that captures an image of the workpiece while being moved relative to the workpiece by means of the operation of the robot; and a second camera that is capable of acquiring, in synchronization with image capturing by the first camera, an image that represents the relative positional relationship between the first camera and the workpiece. The controller includes a correcting unit that corrects, on the basis of the image acquired by the second camera, the image-capturing timing of the first camera so that an image is captured at a position at which the workpiece is appropriately captured in the field of view of the first camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenshirou OONO
  • Publication number: 20200189112
    Abstract: A calibration apparatus of a robot that includes an arm, a joint attached to the arm, a motor provided to the joint, and a gear speed reducer provided between the motor and the joint includes setting circuitry that sets a destination position of the end of the arm in a predetermined three-dimensional space, acquiring circuitry that acquires an angle of the joint when the end of the arm is moved to the destination position, adjusting circuitry that adjusts the angle acquired by the acquiring circuitry in accordance with rotational angle transmission error in gears of the gear speed reducer, and correcting circuitry that corrects Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) parameters of the robot by using the angle adjusted by the adjusting circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Vineet Jacob KURUVILLA, Haruhiro TSUNETA
  • Publication number: 20200189113
    Abstract: A method for the mechanical correction of geometric motion errors of a positioning machine having at least two machine frame components and at least one axis movement assembly for the relative movement of the machine frame components, the at least one axis movement assembly comprising a plurality of axis guide components, each axis guide component and each machine frame component having a mounting surface. A mounting surface correction profile is determined for the considered axis, whereas the mounting surface correction profile describes the correction amounts in function of the position for the mechanical correction of the considered axis. The determined mounting surface correction profile is imparted to the mounting surface of the axis guide component or to the mounting surface of the machine frame component of the considered axis by machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Sascha WEIKERT
  • Publication number: 20200189114
    Abstract: An approach to positioning one or more robotic arms in an assembly system may be described herein. For example, an apparatus may include a first robotic arm having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end may be configured for movement and the proximal end may secure the first robotic arm. The apparatus may further include a camera connected with the distal end of the first robotic arm. The camera may be configured to capture image data of a marker connected with a second robotic arm and provide the image data to a computer. The computer may generate a set of instructions for the first robotic arm based on the image data of the marker. The movement of the first robotic arm may be caused by the computer according to the generated set of instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Oussama Rawas, Lukas Philip Czinger
  • Publication number: 20200189115
    Abstract: A transfer system includes a hand that supports a workpiece to be transported; an arm that moves the hand; a scanning controller that moves the hand by the arm along a scanning direction that intersects sides which are provided to be fixed to the hand and not parallel with each other, such that the sides pass a known reference position in a transfer path of the workpiece; and a position detector that detects a positional deviation of the hand in a direction intersecting the scanning direction, based on a timing at which one of the side reaches the reference position and a timing at which the other side reaches the reference position RP, while the scanning controller is moving the hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Minami, Yoshiki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20200189116
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a robot having an arm, a driver, an end effector, a first detector, and a second detector, and a control device. The control device acts as a third detector, a calculator, and a controller. The third detector detects a slip direction of the object held by the end effector. The calculator calculates an angle defined by the slip direction detected by the third detector and a direction opposite to gravity. The controller causes the end effector holding the object to pivot by the angle calculated by the calculator, to align the slip direction detected by the third detector with the direction opposite to gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Haruki SHOJI
  • Publication number: 20200189117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an operation of a service robot is disclosed. The method includes measuring, by processing circuitry, an evaluation index of the service robot based on sensor data in a service mode; determining, by the processing circuitry, an operation mode of the service robot from a set of at least two operation modes based on the measured evaluation index; selecting, by the processing circuitry, a behavior to be applied to the operation of the service robot from a set of at least two behaviors based on the operation mode; and controlling, by the processing circuitry, the operation of the service robot based on the behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taesin Ha, Kyung-Rock Kim, Jun-Won Jang, Joon-Kee Cho
  • Publication number: 20200189118
    Abstract: To provide a positional relationship acquiring apparatus that can acquire the positional relationship between a plurality of rotation shafts that are driven by a plurality of motors, without a user manually performing setting or the like. A positional relationship acquiring apparatus includes: a motor control unit that controls a plurality of motors of a robot that has a plurality of rotation shafts that are respectively driven by the plurality of motors; a receiving unit that receives angular velocities that have been acquired by a plurality of angular velocity sensors that are respectively provided for the plurality of rotation shafts; and a positional relationship acquiring unit that acquires a positional relationship between the plurality of rotation shafts, using the angular velocities acquired by the plurality of angular velocity sensors and received by the receiving unit when the plurality of rotation shafts have been rotated by the motor control unit one by one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: KEISUUGIKEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naohiro HAYAISHI
  • Publication number: 20200189119
    Abstract: A shank-fastener apparatus (100) comprises a shank-fastener housing (170), a shank-fastener turret (102), an indexing-pin assembly (103), a drill (104), and a shank-fastener delivery assembly (105). The shank-fastener turret (102) is supported by the shank-fastener housing (170) and is selectively rotatable relative to the shank-fastener housing (170) about a shank-fastener-turret rotation axis (A). The indexing-pin assembly (103) is supported by the shank-fastener housing (170) and is selectively movable relative to the shank-fastener housing (170) between an indexing-pin-assembly extended position and an indexing-pin-assembly retracted position along an indexing-pin-assembly axis (B) that is parallel to the shank-fastener-turret rotation axis (A). The drill (104) is supported by the shank-fastener turret (102) and is selectively movable relative to the shank-fastener turret (102) along a drill axis (C) that is parallel to the shank-fastener-turret rotation axis (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: John Walter Pringle, IV, Chris J. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20200189120
    Abstract: Methods and systems for joint execution of complex tasks by a human and a robotic system are described herein. In one aspect, a collaborative robotic system includes a payload platform having a loading surface configured to carry a payload shared with a human collaborator. The collaborative robotic system navigates a crowded environment, while sharing a payload with the human collaborator. In another aspect, the collaborative robotic system measures forces in a plane parallel to the loading surface of the payload platform to infer navigational cues from the human collaborator. In some instances, the collaborative robotic system overrides the navigational cues of the human collaborator to avoid collisions between an object in the environment and any of the robotic system, the human collaborator, and the shared payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Kota Weaver
  • Publication number: 20200189121
    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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey CURHAN, Craig DEMELLO, Thomas WOMERSLEY
  • Publication number: 20200189122
    Abstract: An end-of-arm tool for attachment to a robotic arm, includes a housing, an outer suction cup assembly that includes an outer suction cup located at the distal end of the housing, and an inner suction cup assembly that extends centrally through the outer suction cup assembly. The inner suction cup assembly includes a lower suction tube, an inner suction cup that is positioned at a distal end of the lower suction tube and is in fluid communication with the lower suction tube. The inner suction cup is concentrically located relative to the outer suction cup. The tool includes an actuator configured to selectively extend and retract the lower suction tube with respect to the outer suction cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Felipe De Arruda Camargo Polido, Ulf Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20200189123
    Abstract: A multiple suction cup apparatus for lifting an object includes the capability of exchanging a large and small suction cup. At least one interlock enables the large or small suction cup to be deployed. The interlocks include passive interlocks, such as ball detents and conventional magnets, and active interlocks, such as a twist lock and electronic actuated magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Michael James O'Connor, Ennio Claretti, Ryan Frederick Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200189124
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to 3D-architected soft machines with topologically encoded actuation, and methods of making and using the 3D-architected soft machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramses Valentin Martinez Garrido, Debkalpa Goswami
  • Publication number: 20200189125
    Abstract: According to a certain aspect of the present invention, a control device for a robot is provided. The control device includes a processor configured to implement: a function of obtaining a signal indicating a detected value of a sensor detecting a state quantity of the robot; and a function of, in converting the detected value to an estimated value of the state quantity according to a conversion function obtained by calibration of the sensor, applying an offset value compensating for a difference between the estimated value and the actual state quantity in a critical situation in operation of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamagishi, Keiji Togawa, Norio Nagatsuka, Naoki Numaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200189126
    Abstract: A mechanical stopper device wherein a fixed body includes a fixing-side stopper, including: a lever that can swing about a supporting shaft provided to the fixed body; and a pair of elastic bodies, attached to the fixed body, on both sides in the lever swinging direction, and which can contact with both side surfaces of the lever. Further, a rotating body includes a stopper pin that can be in contact with both the side surfaces of the lever. The ratio between a distance (a) from a supporting point of the lever to a contact position where the lever and the stopper pin are in contact with each other, and a distance (b) from the supporting point of the lever to a contact position where the lever and the elastic bodies are in contact with each other is 1.05?a/b?2.30, and thickness (D) of the elastic bodies is 20 mm?D?40 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Taichi IGARASHI, Yuki SHIKA, Motoaki MURAKAMI, Yasuharu SAKURAI, Tatsuji MINATO
  • Publication number: 20200189127
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a locking folding knife having a handle lock and a safety switch arranged around and rotatable around a pivot axis of the knife. In an engaged position the switch overlaps at least a portion of the handle lock and prevents it from moving into an unlocked position. A spring, such as a wire form spring, can be arranged within a pocket of the switch, and when the switch is moved between engaged and disengaged positions the spring can be compressed generating a rotational bias on the switch urging the switch toward either the engaged or disengaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, Danny R. Smith, Jr., Thomas Ward, Timothy Eric Roberts, Timothy James Galyean
  • Publication number: 20200189128
    Abstract: A knife having a latchless locking mechanism having a handle half with a left handle portion and a right handle portion held apart to form a blade groove. The left handle portion and the right handle portion each include a liner including a pivot slot and a first lock pin disposed between the first left handle portion and the first right handle portion. A blade having a tang that is pivotally and slidably coupled to the handle half with a pivot pin, the tang including a tang slot configured to accept the locking pin and a hook portion extending over the tang slot, the hook portion configured to capture the lock pin when the blade is in a locked position and thereby prevent rotation of the blade from the first locked position to the open position. A latchless locking system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Elling, Mark Delplanche, Hans Albing, Jason France, Ryan Dickman
  • Publication number: 20200189129
    Abstract: A knife with a hidden tang, and a computerized method selecting the pre-fitted knife parts and assembling them into a customized knife product, based on the consumer's selections including use of a natural material for the knife handle, but without the need for grinding, polishing or processing the pre-fitted parts after assembly. A knife assembly utilizing a rounded filet surface and a hidden tang for the precise fitting and connection of a butt of a knife tang, handles and a cylindrical back surface of a generally cylindrical blade bolster. A method of assembly of a knife with a hidden tang, using a larger diameter channel in the handle and providing specific geometric requirements for the components in order to accomplish a more precise fit of the pre-ordered components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Gabriel Schmerler
  • Publication number: 20200189130
    Abstract: A utility knife (100) includes a body portion (120) including a sleeve portion (124) at a first end thereof and a heel portion (122) at a second end thereof, and a blade (110) that extends from the sleeve portion. The body portion includes a wheel assembly (140) including a wheel (142) rotatably disposed about a hub (146). The wheel is configured to support the utility knife during a cutting operation relative to a material being cut. The wheel is disposed on the hub to enable axial movement of the wheel to change an alignment of the wheel relative to the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Zixuan Wei
  • Publication number: 20200189131
    Abstract: A novel cutting-edge structure and method and apparatus for manufacturing the cutting-edge structure is provided. The cutting-edge structure is comprised of naturally derived or renewable material at greater than 50% by volume fraction. In one embodiment, the naturally derived material is a cellulose nanostructure such as a cellulose nanocrystal. The cellulose nanocrystal is processed using a base or mold structure to provide a cutting edge of any shape such as linear or circular edge structures. The process includes dual cure steps to produce an optimal cutting-edge structure without shrinkage. The formed cutting-edge structure can be utilized as a razor blade as it is formed with very sharp tip and edge suitable for cutting hair. The base structure can form one or more cutting-edge structures simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Neville Sonnenberg, Abhinav Rao, Anastasios John Hart, Paul Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20200189132
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are multi-tool devices for golfing. In one aspect, an multi-tool device includes a plurality of tool elements contained within a housing, the tool elements comprising at least one cutting element and one divot tool element, a plurality of locking mechanisms, each locking mechanism in operable communication with a tool element and configured to retain the tool element within the housing in a locked state, an attachment element connected on an outer surface of the housing and a ball marker releasable secured to the housing. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the disclosed devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Justin W. Barnhart, Eric Ochs
  • Publication number: 20200189133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving unit for a shaving apparatus, comprising at least two cutting units (10a, 10b), wherein the cutting units each comprise an external cutting member (12) having a plurality of hair entry openings (13) and an internal cutting member (480) which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation. The cutting units each comprise a housing (20) accommodating a hair collection chamber, the housing comprising a base portion (551) and a cover portion (530) which is releasably coupled to the base portion, wherein the external cutting member and the internal cutting member are held in an operating position in the cover portion by means of a holding component (517) which is releasably coupled to the cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Alwin William DE VRIES, Marcus Cornelis PETRELLI
  • Publication number: 20200189134
    Abstract: A blade cap is provided to shield a user from heat generated by operation of a blade assembly. The blade cap provides an insulative barrier between the blade assembly and the skin of the user. The blade cap may prevent discomfort or burns from the heat generated by the blade assembly. The blade cap includes openings, channels, projections, tabs, and other formations to allow the flow of air through the passageways between the blade cap and the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Richard J. Tringali, Jeffrey D. Gross, Joseph Novak
  • Publication number: 20200189135
    Abstract: A drive cap uses snap fasteners to couples with the housing. The drive cap uses joining structures, such as protrusions and recesses, to align with the upper and lower housings. Once correctly aligned, snap fasteners enable a snug fit and enhance the fit and finish of the hair clippers. The snap fasteners can be located on an inner surface of the drive cap, inner housing assembly, and/or upper housing assembly. A snap detent is located on the inner surface of an adjacent surface to receive the snap fastener. Using a combination of protrusions, extensions, voids, and recesses, in addition to the snap fasteners ensures a secure fit for the drive cap between the upper and lower housings. The snap fasteners couple the drive cap to upper and lower housings seamlessly along the outer surface of the hair clippers and facilitate quick release of the drive cap for maintenance or cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: John Harlan Peterson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200189136
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus for hair or fiber protruding from a surface includes a roller, a number of cutting features disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the roller, wherein the number of cutting features is adapted for cutting the hair or fiber when the roller rotates in contact with the filamentous surface or is moved while in contact with the filamentous surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Lee Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Ross A. Lee
  • Publication number: 20200189137
    Abstract: A novel cutting-edge structure and method and apparatus for manufacturing the cutting-edge structure is provided. The cutting-edge structure is comprised of naturally derived or renewable material at greater than 50% by volume fraction. In one embodiment, the naturally derived material is a cellulose nanostructure such as a cellulose nanocrystal. The cellulose nanocrystal is processed using a base or mold structure to provide a cutting edge of any shape such as linear or circular edge structures. The process includes dual cure steps to produce an optimal cutting-edge structure without shrinkage. The formed cutting-edge structure can be utilized as a razor blade as it is formed with very sharp tip and edge suitable for cutting hair. The base structure can form one or more cutting-edge structures simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Neville Sonnenberg, Abhinav Rao, Anastasios John Hart, Paul Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20200189138
    Abstract: A novel cutting-edge structure and method and apparatus for manufacturing the cutting-edge structure is provided. The cutting-edge structure is comprised of naturally derived or renewable material at greater than 50% by volume fraction. In one embodiment, the naturally derived material is a cellulose nanostructure such as a cellulose nanocrystal. The cellulose nanocrystal is processed using a base or mold structure to provide a cutting edge of any shape such as linear or circular edge structures. The process includes dual cure steps to produce an optimal cutting-edge structure without shrinkage. The formed cutting-edge structure can be utilized as a razor blade as it is formed with very sharp tip and edge suitable for cutting hair. The base structure can form one or more cutting-edge structures simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Neville Sonnenberg, Abhinav Rao, Anastasios John Hart, Paul Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20200189139
    Abstract: A hard coating for a substrate or portion of a razor blade wherein a main layer of the hard coating includes graphene and/or any combination of derivatives thereof. The graphene may be deposited on the substrate or portion of the razor blade using plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) or similar process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Konstantinos MAVROEIDIS, Anastasios SIOZIOS, Vasileios PAPACHRISTOS
  • Publication number: 20200189140
    Abstract: Disruptor device consisting in a frame said frame (F) having a Water Jet system to disaggregate one portion a tread or a sidewall of a tire, an hydraulic power unit, a control cabinet with PLC and control panel, a lower assembly, an upper assembly, an hopper for collection of fragmented materials and a vibrating screen, a group for the forced ventilation system and the air/water separation wherein the upper assembly consists on a frame divided in two identical first half-frame and second half-frame (20b); the upper assembly is supported to the frame (F) by two arms (1a, 1b); the upper assembly (9) presents a series of rollers (14) and a movable plate (24) positioned on each half-frame (20a, 20b) between two of these rollers (14) and supporting an upper nozzles head (18) supplied by high pressure water through a piping system; the lower assembly (2) presents a set of rollers (15) mounted on a fixed frame (22); in the space between two of rollers (15) scrolls a slide (24) for nozzle-head (21) that supports one
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Domenico ZUNINO
  • Publication number: 20200189141
    Abstract: An automated food processing machine includes a receptacle, a slitter assembly, and a controller. The slitter assembly is coupled to a first motion actuator and includes a third motion actuator coupled to a slitter blade. In response to an input signal, the controller is configured to (1) actuate the first motion actuator to translate the slitter assembly along a first axis until the slitter blade has penetrated into a whole fruit or vegetable, and (2) actuate the third motion actuator to move the slitter blade relative to the slitter assembly with a component along an axis that is not parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Supracut Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Barrie Alan Mann
  • Publication number: 20200189142
    Abstract: Disclosed are a control circuit of a banana slice frying machine and a control method therefor. The control circuit comprises a MCU, a material cutting module and a processing module, wherein the material cutting module and the processing module are both connected with the MCU, the material cutting module comprises a slicer motor and a range sensor, and the processing module comprises an X-axis driving motor, a Y-axis driving motor, a Z-axis motor and a temperature control module. Signals from the range sensor and the temperature control module are received by the MCU, then feedback information is transmitted to a working element, and the MCU drives the slicer motor to perform automatic cutting and control a heating temperature of an oil pan to realize a full automatic working process from cutting to frying, so that a conventional semi-automatic working manner is abandoned, and result in great convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Shufen LIANG, Hui HUANG, Huimin XIE, Yankun WEI, Yunrui DONG, Manying HU, Dongliang XIAN, Zining XIE, Shufeng HUANG, Qiaowei LIANG
  • Publication number: 20200189143
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite material includes providing a ceramic fiber and a powdery base material for a ceramic matrix composite and layer-by-layer building up the ceramic matrix material for the ceramic matrix composite by irradiating of a powder bed formed by the base material with an energy beam according to a predetermined geometry, wherein the base material is remelted, solidified and adhesively joined to the ceramic fiber in that parameters of the energy beam are locally chosen such that in the contact region of the ceramic fiber and the powder bed, the ceramic fiber is only partly remelted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Milan Brandt, Jens Dietrich, Ingomar Kelbassa
  • Publication number: 20200189144
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coater assembly 1 for a 3D printer, comprising a coater 3 having a container 5 which defines an inner cavity for receiving particulate construction material which opens into a container opening 7 for outputting the particulate construction material from the container 5, and an output region 9 which defines a coater output opening 11 for outputting the particulate construction material from the coater 3 onto a construction field. The container 5 is movable relative to the coater output opening 11 so that by moving the container 5 relative to the coater output opening a discharge of particulate construction material from the inner cavity through the container opening 7 and the coater output opening 11 onto the construction field is variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Muller, Thomas Leinauer, Thomas Huber
  • Publication number: 20200189145
    Abstract: A method for indirect additive manufacturing of an object constructed of boron carbide, silicon carbide, and free silicon, comprising: (i) producing a porous preform constructed of boron carbide and silicon carbide by an indirect ceramic additive manufacturing (ICAM) process in which particles of a powder mixture become bonded together with an organic binder, wherein the powder mixture comprises: a) boron carbide particles, and b) silicon carbide particles, wherein at least 80 vol % of the silicon carbide particles are larger than the boron carbide particles; and wherein the boron carbide and silicon carbide particles are each included in an amount of 40-60 wt. % of the powder mixture, provided that the foregoing amounts sum to at least 95 wt. %; (ii) subjecting the porous preform to a temperature of 500-900° C. to volatilize the organic binder; and (iii) infiltrating molten silicon into pores of the porous preform to produce the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Corson L. Cramer, Richard A. Lowden, Kinga A. Unocic, Jacob W. McMurray, Amelia M. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20200189146
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for producing a cured 3D product comprising the following steps: (a) providing a form negative mould of the 3D product comprising of one or two formed plastic sheets as obtained by thermoforming corresponding with the shape of the 3D product; (b) adding a liquid curable composition to the mould such that the inner surface of the mould is covered by the curable composition; and (c) solidifying the curable composition wherein a solidified layer or body is formed having the shape of the 3D product; wherein the cured 3D product is a radiation cured 3D product; and wherein the step (c) a radiation curable composition is solidified by radiation through the plastic sheet of the mould to form a solidified layer having the shape of the 3D product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: WHAT THE FUTURE VENTURE CAPITAL (WTFVC) B.V.
    Inventor: Janne Tuomas KYTTANEN
  • Publication number: 20200189147
    Abstract: A method for producing a transformable dry preform, in particular for the creation of a product made of composite materials, includes the sequence of the following steps: simultaneous weft/wale knitting of at least one stitch thread and at least one unidirectional reinforcement thread, at least one stitch thread including a material, the nature of which being different to that of a material comprised in at least one unidirectional reinforcement thread, at least one of the materials being thermoplastic and having a melting point lower than the melting point of at least one other material, referred to as reinforcement material; and creating of a three-dimensional knit that constitutes a dry preform in the shape of the product that is to be obtained. Additionally, a product made of composite materials can be produced using the dry preform created by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre CONZE, Jerome BRAVARD
  • Publication number: 20200189148
    Abstract: An induction heating system for molding a thermoplastic article includes a first mold and a second mold defining a mold cavity therebetween for molding the thermoplastic article, a first metallic susceptor as part of or adjacent to the first mold, a first armature-supported induction coil array in proximity to the first metallic susceptor, and a first induction generator electrically coupled with the first armature-supported induction coil array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Everette D. Gray
  • Publication number: 20200189149
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating an apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, wherein the apparatus has a movable carrier, on which a plurality of transforming stations are arranged for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers. The transforming stations each have at least two mould supports on which blow mould parts are arranged, which blow mould parts are components of a blow mould and form a hollow space within which the plastic parisons can be expanded into the plastic containers by application of a flowable medium. The mould supports are pivotable with respect to one another for opening and closing the blow mould and wherein furthermore the transforming stations have a latching mechanism which is configured to latch the two mould supports at least at times to one another such that an opening movement of the blow mould is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas HACK, Florian GELTINGER
  • Publication number: 20200189150
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a mould that is suitable for moulding a tool that is suitable for providing support and shape to a preform made of composite material, in which the mould defines a forming die provided with a forming surface with double curving, the method providing the forming of a monolithic solid by an additive manufacturing technique in a construction direction, the monolithic solid comprising a sandwich structure of curved shape that extends between two end edges extending in length in the construction direction, the sandwich structure comprising an inner core that has a section with a corrugated profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Maurizio BERNINI
  • Publication number: 20200189151
    Abstract: In one embodiment, this disclosure describes a method for removing flashing from an article. The method includes the steps of configuring a deflashing apparatus in a loading condition; loading the article into a nesting portion of a first nesting plate of the deflashing apparatus; engaging an actuating mechanism to actuate a drive assembly of the deflashing apparatus; continuing to engage the actuating mechanism to facilitate movement of a press plate of the deflashing apparatus toward the first nesting plate; releasing the actuating mechanism to retract the press plate, and returning the press plate to the loading condition. During this method, the press plate compresses against the first nesting plate such that flashing of the article is separated from the article. The deflashing apparatus can include interchangeable nesting plate to fit various articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Steere Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Conrad, Dean Carson
  • Publication number: 20200189152
    Abstract: An asymmetric mold core for forming curved floor openings in pallets is taught.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: REMCON PLASTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Peter James Connors
  • Publication number: 20200189153
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for a molded lens are provided. A substrate is located between a first molding core and a second molding core, and the first molding core is moved so that the substrate is formed into a lens. A distance sensor sends a plurality of press distance parameters of moving the first molding core, and the press distance parameters may form a press curve. The press curve and a reference press curve is compared for a difference by a processor and a comparator. The processor determines whether the difference is within an error range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Shiue-Li Liu, Ming-Yuan Chou, Tzu-Lun Wang