Patents Issued in June 25, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200198012
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus according to one embodiment includes a manufacturing unit, an elastic wave generation unit, an elastic wave detection unit, and an inspection unit. The manufacturing unit sequentially stacks a layer formed by emitting a first energy beam to a material and solidifying the material. The elastic wave generation unit emits a second energy beam to a manufactured object including the layer and generates an elastic wave propagating in the manufactured object. The elastic wave detection unit detects the elastic wave. The inspection unit inspects the manufactured object on the basis of a detection result from the elastic wave detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tomoko NISHINO, Naotada OKADA
  • Publication number: 20200198013
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to achieve full densification and grain size control for sintering metal materials. First, raw material powder is deagglomerated to obtain deagglomerated powder with dispersion. The deagglomerated powder is granulated by spray granulation. The granulated particles are processed by high-pressure die pressing and cold isostatic pressing. The powder compact is sintered by two-step pressureless sintering. The first step is to heat up the powder compact to a higher temperature and hold for a short time to obtain 75-85% theoretical density; the second step is to cool down powder compact to a lower temperature and hold for a long time. The two-step sintering can decrease the sintering temperature, so that the powder compact can be densified at a lower temperature. Thus, the obtained refractory metal product is densified, with ultrafine grains, uniform grain size distribution, and outstanding mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Lin ZHANG, Xuanhui QU, Xingyu LI, Mingli QIN, Yanhao DONG, Ju LI, Guanghua WANG, Ying LONG, Wei ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20200198014
    Abstract: Composite materials include a non-ferrous metal matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated into the matrix. The composite materials have substantially lower density than non-ferrous metal, and are expected to have appreciable strength. Methods for forming composite non-ferrous metal composites includes combining a reinforcing carbon fiber component, such as a woven polymer, with non-ferrous metal nanoparticles and sintering the non-ferrous metal nanoparticles in order to form a non-ferrous metal matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
  • Publication number: 20200198015
    Abstract: A method of producing metal powder, in which molten metal which is stored in a molten metal holding furnace is atomized using, a molten metal nozzle upward to generate fine liquid droplets from the molten metal and the droplets are rapidly solidified by cooling, including: preparing at least one metal melting furnace which is configured to melt metal to form molten metal, and a molten metal holding furnace which has a trough which receives the molten metal and sends the received molten metal into the molten metal holding furnace, atomizing molten metal which is stored in the molten metal holding furnace upward by a molten metal nozzle to generate fine liquid droplets of the molten metal and rapidly solidifying the droplets by cooling to produce metal powder, and controlling a molten metal level of the molten metal in the molten metal holding furnace by melting metal in the metal melting furnace to form molten metal and supplying the molten metal to the trough from the metal melting furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Huajun LI
  • Publication number: 20200198016
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a spindle headstock having a main spindle, a spindle headstock having a main spindle with a Z3 axis parallel to an axis center direction of the main spindle, a turret that moves relative to the spindle headstocks, and a controller that superposition-controls the spindle headstock with movement of the turret as a standard, wherein the turret is movable in directions of an X axis and a Ys axis that are orthogonal to a Z axis and intersect with the Z axis at an angle except for the right angle, and the controller moves the turret in a direction of a Y axis different from the Ys axis and the X axis by combining movement in the direction of the Ys axis and movement in the direction of the Y axis, and regulates, in the superposition control, the movement of the spindle headstock in the X axis direction associated with the movement in the Y axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori SHINOHARA, Mitsuru YAMAURA
  • Publication number: 20200198017
    Abstract: A hard coating film of a coated cutting tool contains Al within a range of 70 at % to 80 at % and Ti within a range of 20 at % to 30 at % with respect to a total amount of metallic (including metalloid) elements, and contains Ar of 0.50 at % or less with respect to a total amount of the metallic elements (including metalloid) and nonmetallic elements. The film has a diffraction peak due to each of a TiN (111) plane, a TiN (200) plane, and a TiN (220) plane of an fcc structure and an AlN (100) plane and an AlN (002) plane of a hcp structure, in which the diffraction peak of the TiN (200) plane indicates a maximum intensity and an intensity of the diffraction peak due to the TiN (111) plane is next thereafter. The average crystal grain size is within a range of 5 nm to 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Tomoya Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200198018
    Abstract: An insert based on an aspect includes a first face, a second face located opposite to the first face, a third face located between the first face and the second face, and a cutting edge located on an intersection of the first face and the third face. The first face includes a first region inclined so as be close to the second face as being separated away from the cutting edge. A virtual straight line orthogonal to the cutting edge is set as a first virtual straight line in a front view of the first face. A ten-point average of roughness the first region in a direction along the first virtual straight line is expressed by Rz1a and a ten-point average of roughness of the first region in a direction along the cutting edge is expressed by Rz1b, and Rz1a is larger than Rz1b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotoshi GONZUI
  • Publication number: 20200198019
    Abstract: An indexable cutting tool in which cutting ability can be ensured while suppressing the occurrence of chatter vibration. In outer circumferential blades provided on a tool main body, the axial rake angles are all set to the same angle, and so are the radial rake angles. With this configuration, the cutting ability of an indexable cutting tool can be ensured. Furthermore, the disposing intervals, in the circumferential direction of the tool main body, of the plurality of outer circumferential blades that are provided in, at least, a first groove of a plurality of groove are set to unequal values. With this configuration, it is possible to make the intervals at which the outer circumferential blades adjoining in the axis direction contact a workpiece unequal, suppressing resonance of periodic vibration occurring in cutting and, thus, suppressing the occurrence of chatter vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: OSG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka, Takuma Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20200198020
    Abstract: Tool holder for a tool for machining workpieces, with a tool holder body, which defines a longitudinal axis, on which a tool mount for securing a tool is formed and on which a tool holder interface for fixating the tool holder to a holder shaft is formed, wherein the tool holder interface comprises: a tool holder plane surface oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis, against which a holder shaft plane surface can abut to establish a defined relative position in longitudinal direction between the tool mount and the holder shaft, a tool holder cone section, which is polygonal in a cross-section and which can engage with a correspondingly polygonal holder shaft cone section to establish a defined relative position in tangential direction between the tool mount and the holder shaft, and a tool holder cylinder section which can act together with a corresponding holder shaft cylinder section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Moerk, Uwe Boelke
  • Publication number: 20200198021
    Abstract: An adjustable collet holder for use with a lathe is provided. The adjustable collet holder may include a set of hold down screws to hold it in place once adjusted. Adjustment may be achieved by adjusting multiple set screws to change both angular and concentricity orientations of a collet receiver relative to a body of the collet holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Woodman
  • Publication number: 20200198022
    Abstract: A wheel rim chuck has a chuck seat (10) and multiple soft jaws (20). The soft jaws are arranged radially at equiangular intervals and slidably mounted on the chuck seat (10). Each soft jaw (20) has a claw (21) having a protrusion (211), a clamping groove (213), and an inclined plane (216). The protrusion (211) protrudes from a side of the soft jaw (20) away from the chuck seat (10). The clamping groove (213) is recessed in a side of the protrusion (211) facing the center (111) of the chuck seat (10) and having a side wall (214) and a bottom wall (215). The inclined plane (216) extends longitudinally and obliquely from the bottom wall (215) away from the side wall (214) of the clamping groove (213).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Tsui-O LIU
  • Publication number: 20200198023
    Abstract: A housing for an electric machine tool, in particular for a core drill, said housing in which a motor is accommodated, which has a motor shaft for driving a tool mount and to which cooling air is supplied through at least one air guide duct, which is delimited at one end by at least one air inlet and at the other end by at least one air outlet. A guide structure, providing air guidance for the cooling air and associated with a motor mount, in which the motor is at least partially accommodated, is disposed in the air guide duct downstream from the at least one air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Aryon SHONDEL, Achim HESS, Ralf GOSNIK, Boris RICHT, Sergej DENZEL
  • Publication number: 20200198024
    Abstract: A dust collector for electric power tool includes a body case, a dust box, a nozzle, and a dust collecting route. The dust box includes a dust-collector-side exhaust port and is installable on an electric power tool. The dust box internally includes a filter. The nozzle is disposed to the body case and includes a suction opening on a front end. The dust collecting route is disposed from the suction opening to the dust-collector-side exhaust port passing through the filter. The dust box includes a box main body that includes a vibration applicator configured to directly apply a vibration to the dust box by a rotating operation of an operation knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
  • Publication number: 20200198025
    Abstract: In an aspect, a rotating tool includes a main body having a rod shape and extending along a rotation axis. The main body includes a first end, a second end, a twisted cutting edge located at a side of the first end, a twisted flute, a reverse twisted cutting edge located closer to the second end than the twisted cutting edge, and a reverse twisted flute. The reverse twisted flute is connected to the twisted flute. The twisted cutting edge includes a first part having a length from the rotation axis decreasing as approaching toward the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yuusaku TAKATAKE
  • Publication number: 20200198026
    Abstract: An end mill includes a plurality of teeth and flutes. The teeth and their associated flutes include one or more correlated physical parameters. One such correlated parameter is that, at an axial location in a front half of an effective cutting length, at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth has a rake angle smaller than an average rake angle value of the plurality of teeth, and, at the same axial location, a flute preceding each such tooth has a helix angle larger than an average helix angle value of the plurality of flutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: LEONID SHPIGELMAN
  • Publication number: 20200198027
    Abstract: Holders are described herein providing secure clamping and/or positioning of cutting inserts. Briefly, a holder for a cutting insert comprises a base and a slot for receiving the cutting insert, wherein the slot forms an angle with the base ranging from 10 degrees to 60 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Igor KAUFMANN, Raouf Benamor
  • Publication number: 20200198028
    Abstract: Milling tool holder which comprises a first holder part, a second holder part, and a locking mechanism. The first holder part comprises a first cutting insert receptacle for receiving a first cutting insert and a second cutting insert receptacle for receiving a second cutting insert. The second holder part which, for adjusting a milling width, is variably positionable with respect to the first holder part along a longitudinal axis, comprises a third cutting insert receptacle for receiving a third cutting insert and a fourth cutting insert receptacle for receiving a fourth cutting insert. The locking mechanism is configured to fix the first and second holder parts to the adjusted milling width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Christian STARK
  • Publication number: 20200198029
    Abstract: A method of milling a piece of raw steel stock comprising: arranging a minimum of four solid pole extensions on top surface segments of a magnetic chuck such that the solid pole extensions are relatively evenly distributed under a piece of raw steel stock and within 2 inches of a perimeter of the piece of raw steel stock; arranging multiple mobile pole extensions beneath the piece of raw steel stock and on every other top surface segment of the magnetic chuck under the piece of raw steel stock that is not occupied by the solid pole extensions but beneath the piece of raw steel stock, each of the multiple mobile pole extensions having a biased top portion that contacts the piece of raw steel stock; and milling the piece of raw steel stock with a face mill that generates steel chip as swarf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Steel 21, LLC
    Inventor: Kimm Eric Slater
  • Publication number: 20200198030
    Abstract: An assembly in accordance with some example embodiments includes a support structure, first and second plates coupled to the support structure, and a shearing apparatus operable to cut a workpiece between ends of the workpiece. The first plate engages and guides a first end of a workpiece, and the second plate engages and guides a second end of the workpiece. The shearing apparatus includes a stationary die and a movable die and coupled to the support structure between the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: John Russell Fenske
  • Publication number: 20200198031
    Abstract: Herein a chainsaw (1) is disclosed comprising a guide bar (3) and a chain (5) moveably arranged around the guide bar (3). The chainsaw (1) comprises an motor (9) comprising a motor shaft (11), wherein the motor (9) is configured to drive the chain (5) via the motor shaft (11). The chainsaw (1) further comprises a tension estimation arrangement (13) configured to sense a load on the motor shaft (11), and configured to estimate the tension of the chain (5) around the guide bar (3) on the basis of the sensed load on the motor shaft (11). The present disclosure further relates to a method of estimating tension of a chain (5) of a chainsaw (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Walter Schriever, E. Arnold Fie, Garrett Sherman, Victor Stramenga
  • Publication number: 20200198032
    Abstract: A dust collector in one aspect of the present invention comprises a dust collection portion, a communication portion, and an interlock operation control portion. When the communication portion receives an interlock command transmitted from an electric working machine, the interlock operation control portion makes the dust collection portion operate interlocking with the electric working machine. The interlock operation control portion includes a storage portion, in which identification information specific to the electric working machine with which the dust collection portion is to be made to perform the interlock operation is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200198033
    Abstract: A saw blade includes a cutting portion having consecutive first, second, and third cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth includes a rake surface, a relief surface, and a tip. The first cutting tooth includes a protrusion extending from the relief surface of the first cutting tooth. The cutting portion includes a first gullet positioned between the first cutting tooth and the second cutting tooth and a second gullet sized differently than the first gullet positioned between the second cutting tooth and the third cutting tooth. The cutting portion includes a first pitch extending over the first gullet from the tip of the first cutting tooth to the tip of the second cutting tooth. The cutting portion includes a second pitch different than the first pitch extending over the second gullet from the tip of the second cutting tooth to the tip of the third cutting tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Peter R. Heath, Bryan C. Ward, Christopher J. Rechlin, Austin J. Kazda, Matthew B. Lois
  • Publication number: 20200198034
    Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade includes an axially elongated blade body having a first end portion, a second end portion, a cutting edge extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, and an opposite back edge extending from the first end portion to the second end portion. An exposed first tang is coupled to the first end portion and is configured to removably mount the blade body in a blade holder of a powered reciprocating saw. An unexposed second tang is defined by a first score in the blade body between the first end portion and the second end portion. The first score is configured so that the second tang can be exposed by breaking off a first removable portion of the blade body at the first score. The second tang is configured to removably mount the blade body in a blade holder of a powered reciprocating saw when the second tang is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Charles Kalomeris, Matthew Savarino
  • Publication number: 20200198035
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a saw blade includes providing a saw blade body, forming a plurality of gullets and a first portion of a plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body with each gullet positioned between adjacent tooth bodies, and forming a second portion of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body separate to forming the plurality of gullets and the first portion of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Steven B. Smith, Paul Trautner, Brian Harms, John R. Matthews, III, Shane N. Felton
  • Publication number: 20200198036
    Abstract: A method directed to gear cutting tools and gear cutter job consolidation resulting in a single cutter capable of cutting a plurality of different members of a part family. The method comprises a multi-step approach comprising a first step of defining a temporary master. A second step creates a virtual master which is especially well-suited for accommodating the requirements of the jobs in the consolidation variety. A third step determines cutting depths and optimized machine settings for all consolidation jobs using the virtual master.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Anthony J. Norselli, Markus J. Bolze
  • Publication number: 20200198037
    Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machine for machining a workpiece by generating electric discharge at a discharge gap between the workpiece and a wire electrode includes: a machining current setting unit for setting the magnitude of a normal machining current depending on the discharge gap state at application of a discharge induction voltage at the previous time or previous times; and a machining current control unit configured to control a main discharge circuit so as to supply the normal machining current to the discharge gap when the present discharge gap state is the normal state, control the main discharge circuit so as to supply a short-circuit machining current smaller than a predetermined current to the gap when the discharge gap state is the short-circuited state, and control the main discharge circuit so as not to supply any machining current to the gap when the discharge gap state is the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yousuke Tsuchiya, Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20200198038
    Abstract: A method for preprocessing data related to a tool electrode, which is applied in an EDM machine to manufacture a part comprises: generating an electrode model for the tool electrode based on the geometry of the part; generating the cavity shape model (volume of the part to erode), combining the electrode and cavity shape model, dividing the resulting model into a plurality of slices in a plurality of parallel planes, wherein at least one slice is composed of at least two sections, which are topologically disconnected; and generating for each slice a slice-geometry data, and generating an electrode-geometry data including the slice-geometry data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Christian CHAPATTE, Olçay AKTEN, Roberto PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20200198039
    Abstract: The invention details the designs of cleaning pad assemblies for use with heating tools including for example soldering cartridges and soldering irons. The cleaning pads of the assembly are designed to effectively remove and clean the solder from heating tools during and at the end of soldering operations, and allow the collection of the removed solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Hakko Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuhiko Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20200198040
    Abstract: A cutting torch comprises a cutting oxygen channel for supplying cutting oxygen, a heating oxygen channel for supplying heating oxygen, a fuel gas channel for supplying fuel gas, an ignition mixer configured to generate ignition gas from heating oxygen and fuel gas, a heating oxygen bypass channel originating from the heating oxygen channel and coupled to the ignition mixer, the heating oxygen bypass channel configured to supply heating oxygen to the ignition mixer, a fuel gas bypass channel originating from the fuel gas channel and coupled to the ignition mixer, the fuel gas bypass channel configured to supply fuel gas to the ignition mixer, and a fuel gas shut-off valve located on the fuel gas bypass channel. The shut-off valve is configured to turn off the supply of the fuel gas to the ignition mixer, and the ignition mixer supplies only heating oxygen to the cutting oxygen channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Martin ROUBICEK, Jiri POLIVKA, Gareth PEMBERTON
  • Publication number: 20200198041
    Abstract: An arc-tracking welding method according to the present invention is an arc-tracking welding method in a consumable-electrode-type welding apparatus provided with a weaving function for swinging a torch in the welding direction, wherein a welding current and a welding voltage to be supplied to a consumable electrode include high-frequency components. A change in resistance value resulting from a fluctuation in electrode height is detected from the welding current and the welding voltage during welding. Then, a shift of a weld line is detected from information about the detected resistance value and both end positions of a weaving amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Yoshiharu NISHIDA, Tsutomu ONE, Toshihiko NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200198042
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a welding torch. The welding torch includes a sensor unit, a storage unit, a welding information setting unit, a welding information obtaining unit, and a communication unit. The sensor unit detects inclination information on the welding torch. The storage unit stores information. The welding information setting unit sets welding information in the storage unit in a manner such that the welding information is in association with the inclination information. The welding information obtaining unit obtains, from the storage unit, the welding information corresponding to the inclination information detected by the sensor unit. The communication unit transmits the welding information obtained by the welding information obtaining unit to a welding power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroki IMAMACHI
  • Publication number: 20200198043
    Abstract: A control method is provided for arc welding performed by repeating a short-circuit period and an arc period. The method includes: feeding a welding wire by a push-pull feeding control using a push-side feeding motor configured to rotate in a forward direction and a pull-side feeding motor configured to rotate in a forward direction and a reverse direction; temporarily storing a portion of the welding wire in an intermediate wire receptacle disposed along a feeding path between the push-side feeding motor and the pull-side feeding motor; and correcting a pull feeding speed of the pull-side feeding motor based on a store amount of the welding wire in the intermediate wire receptacle. The correction of the pull feeding speed is performed by correcting a waveform parameter for the pull feeding speed based on the store amount in the intermediate wire receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kento TAKADA, Tetsuo ERA, Satoshi ARAKANE
  • Publication number: 20200198044
    Abstract: An example contact tip for a welding torch includes: a first body section having a first diameter and exterior threads, the first body section having channels extending longitudinally along an exterior surface of the first body section to permit gas flow from a first end of the contact tip to a second end of the contact tip through the channels; a first bore portion having a first inner diameter; and a second bore portion having a second inner diameter configured to contact an electrode wire traveling through the second bore portion, the first inner diameter being larger than the second inner diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: James Uecker, Jake Zwayer
  • Publication number: 20200198045
    Abstract: A method of keeping a scriber tip clear of ablated material that uses an ablation scriber head constructed in accordance with the teachings of the method. The ablation scriber head directs pressurized gas at the scriber tip to keep the scriber tip clear of ablated material. It is preferred that the pressurized gas contains an oxidizing agent which oxidizes the ablated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Alain CAREL, Kimball ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20200198046
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing method for performing additive manufacturing of a metallic powder material on a surface of a metallic base material includes a step of supplying the powder material onto the surface of the base material, a step of welding the powder material to the surface in an unmelted state through friction stir of the powder material and the surface, a step of supplying the powder material onto a welded portion formed by welding the powder material to the surface, and a step of welding the powder material to the welded portion in the unmelted state through friction stir of the powder material and the welded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yoto IMAIZUMI, Yasuyuki FUJIYA, Ken ISHII, Hiroki KOMURO, Akiko INOUE, Shintaro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200198047
    Abstract: A magnetic component with a rare-earth magnet is provided. The rare-earth magnet has a bronze coating that partially or entirely covers the surface of the rare-earth magnet. Further, the tin coating partially or entirely covers the bronze coating. A production process for the magnetic component as well as a soldering method for connecting the magnetic component with a substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Lothar ZAPF, Natalia ANKUDA, Manfred REUTHER
  • Publication number: 20200198048
    Abstract: A method for generating a structured surface on a substrate includes analyzing a substrate surface of the substrate and selecting, as a function of a condition of the substrate surface, method parameters including focus diameter, pulse peak power, pulse energy, point spacing, pulse length, pulse spacing and/or pulse sequence. The method further includes generating, by partial ablation and partial deposition via treatment with an intensive pulsed laser beam, surface structures having dimensions in the sub-micrometer range such that a multi-scale surface structure in the sub-micrometer and micrometer range adapted to intrinsically inhomogeneous properties of the substrate surface in the sub-micrometer range is generated. The substrate is an inhomogeneous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Inventors: Caren Sophia GATZEN, Daniel Emil MACK, Martin TANDLER, Robert VASSEN
  • Publication number: 20200198049
    Abstract: A laser welding apparatus includes: a laser oscillator configured to emit a laser beam toward a welding portion of a welded material; an optical interferometer configured to generate an interference signal that indicates an intensity of an interference beam of a measurement beam reflected by the welding portion and a reference beam; and a derivation unit configured to generate, based on the interference signal, two-dimensional tomographic image data indicating a correlation among a distance in a proceeding direction of welding of the welding portion, a depth of the welding, and an intensity of the interference signal, to extract specified depth tomographic image data within a specified range from the two-dimensional tomographic image data, and to derive a depth for each distance based on the intensity of the interference signal in the specified depth tomographic image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: JUN YOKOYAMA, TAKASHI URASHIMA, DAICHI HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20200198050
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses are used for monitoring material processing using imaging signal density calculated for an imaging beam directed to a workpiece or processing region, for example, during inline coherent imaging (ICI). The imaging signal density may be used, for example, to monitor laser and e-beam welding processes such as full or partial penetration welding. In some examples, the imaging signal density is indicative of weld penetration as a result of reflections from a keyhole floor and/or from a subsurface structure beneath the keyhole. The monitoring may include, for example, automated pass/fail or quality assessment of the welding or material processing or parts produced thereby. The imaging signal density may also be used to control the welding or material processing, for example, using imaging signal density data as feedback. The imaging signal density may be used alone or together with other measurements or metrics, such as distance or depth measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher M. Galbraith, Jordan Kanko, Paul J.L. Webster, Cole Van Vlack, Genevieve Elizabeth Hayes
  • Publication number: 20200198051
    Abstract: A device is provided for determining an orientation of an optical device of a coherence tomograph. The device has an optical reference geometry, a deflection optics configured to direct an optical measuring beam reflected by the optical device onto the optical reference geometry, and an evaluation unit configured to determine a distance between a first reference plane and at least one second reference plane of the optical reference geometry in order to determine the orientation of the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Matthias Sauer
  • Publication number: 20200198052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a Method for cutting a separator foil (41) for an electrode assembly for a battery cell, the separator foil (41) containing a polymer layer (45) and a ceramic layer (46), by dint of a laser beam (80), the laser beam (80) being emitted by an ultrashort pulse laser and consisting of ultrashort pulses of light, whereat the laser beam (80) propagates in a propagation direction (z) and is linear polarized in a vertical direction (x), and whereat the laser beam (80) is directed onto the separator foil (41) and is moved along the separator foil (41) in a cutting direction (s). The invention also relates to a separator foil (41) cut using the method according to the invention and a battery cell containing at least one such separator foil (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Scherner, Johannes Proell
  • Publication number: 20200198053
    Abstract: Laser processing head (20) includes collimator lens (23) that converts laser light (70) into a parallel light beam; light-collecting lens (24) that collects laser light (70) converted into the parallel light beam; case (21) that contains collimator lens (23) and light-collecting lens (24); wavelength selection mirror (25) that is provided between collimator lens (23) and light-collecting lens (24) and transmits laser light (70) while reflecting light of a given wavelength different from that of laser light (70); and a transmission window provided at a position where the light of the given wavelength is transmitted and also where laser emission end face (61) of optical fiber (60) can be optically observed through wavelength selection mirror (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: KIYOTAKA EIZUMI, TAKAYUKI YAMASHITA, DOUKEI NAGAYASU, KENJI HOSHINO, HIDEAKI YAMAGUCHI, NAOYA KATO, RYO ISHIKAWA, SHINYA DOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200198054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a beam forming lens system for machining material using a laser beam, comprising a two-dimensional axicon array (10) featuring a plurality of microaxicons (11) for creating an annular laser beam intensity profile, the microaxicons (11) being provided with curved lateral surfaces (113). The invention also relates to an apparatus for machining material using a laser beam, comprising a beam forming lens system of said type and a focusing lens system (15) for focusing the laser beam onto a workpiece (18). The beam forming lens system is designed to create the annular laser beam intensity profile in a focal plane (F) of the focusing lens system (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Andreas Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20200198055
    Abstract: A beam-forming unit for forming a laser beam and focusing the laser beam onto a workpiece, the unit including a movable component, an immovable component, and a cooling system configured for movement of a cooling medium to actively cool the movable component, wherein the cooling system has a cooling water circuit on the immovable component configured for water cooling of the immovable component and the cooling medium, and wherein the cooling system is within an outer housing of that is sealed from the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jens Braun, Björn Luong
  • Publication number: 20200198056
    Abstract: A laser welding method is constituted of: emitting shield gas in advance through a laser nozzle provided on a laser processing head at a time of moving the laser processing head from a reference position to a starting position for welding the workpiece; and radiating laser light onto the workpiece through the laser nozzle at the starting position for welding when a feeding rate of the shield gas gets stabilized, whereby performing laser welding on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki JIKIHARA, Ikuyasu ONO
  • Publication number: 20200198057
    Abstract: A double nozzle for a laser processing head includes an inner body portion having an interior surface defining a bore for passing a laser beam, a first interface surface near a distal end of the inner body portion, the first interface surface including a plurality of channels, and an exterior surface near a proximal end of the inner body portion and shaped to engage the laser processing head. Each channel includes interior and exterior linear edges in a cross-section that passes though a central longitudinal axis of the double nozzle. The double nozzle also includes an outer body portion connected to the inner body portion. The outer body portion defines a jet surface, which together with the plurality of channels defines a corresponding plurality of auxiliary fluid flow paths about the bore and between the inner body portion and the outer body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Woods, David J. Cook, Joe Ciambra, Marco Celeghin, Aaron D. Brandt, Sanjay Garg
  • Publication number: 20200198058
    Abstract: A mold component manufacturing method that includes a step of forming a first surface by removing a predetermined region that contains a worn location from a worn mold component, and a step of building up a steel material on the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takanori OOTAKI
  • Publication number: 20200198059
    Abstract: An assembly for rapid manufacturing of symmetrical objects by direct metal deposition is disclosed. A rotary stage provides rotational movement to an object supported by the stage around a central stage axis. Nozzles are spaced above the rotary stage for performing direct metal deposition for building an object supported by the stage. Each nozzle is independently moveable along a horizontal axis and independently pivotable, and combined, moveable along a vertical axis for providing symmetrical movement corresponding to a symmetrical deposition configuration of the object while the object is rotated around the central stage axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Bhaskar Dutta, Vijayavel Bagavath-Singh, Mark David Lewan
  • Publication number: 20200198060
    Abstract: A method of additive manufacture is disclosed. The method may include providing a powder bed and directing a shaped laser beam pulse train consisting of one or more pulses and having a flux greater than 20 kW/cm2 at a defined two dimensional region of the powder bed. This minimizes adverse laser plasma effects during the process of melting and fusing powder within the defined two dimensional region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew J. Bayramian, James A. DeMuth, Ning Duanmu, Yiyu Shen
  • Publication number: 20200198061
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a fine wire suitable for speedy and small quantity production of a fine wire having a desired cross-sectional area at low cost without being restricted much by a material. The method includes: stacking a metal powder on an upper surface of a molding plate in which a plurality of semicircular molding grooves are formed in parallel; melting the metal powder by projecting a laser beam onto the metal powder stacked on the upper surface of the molding plate, wherein the laser beam is projected along the molding grooves to melt the metal powder; and removing the remaining metal powder when the melted metal powder is solidified so that a wire is formed in the molding grooves of the molding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Younghoon MOON, Taewoo HWANG, Sangwook HAN, Youngyun WOO, Ilyeong OH