Patents Issued in September 15, 2020
  • Patent number: 10773268
    Abstract: A nozzle for the additive manufacturing by spraying and fusion of powder along a hollow tapered stream. The nozzle includes an outer cone, an inner cone, and an intermediate cone. The powder is sprayed into the tapered annular space between the inner surface of the outer cone and the outer surface of the intermediate cone. The outer cone includes two portions detachably assembled along the axis of the cone by an assembler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Hascoet, Gilles Carabin
  • Patent number: 10773269
    Abstract: A dispensing pump for liquids, viscous materials, foams, gels, etc. includes a resilient plastic skirt spring so that the entire pump can be more easily recycled. The skirt spring comprises a plurality of concentric nesting rings sequentially decreasing in diameter from a base ring to a top ring to form a conical shape wherein adjacent rings are interconnected by spaced bridge segments and the bridge segments are staggered at each sequential ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventor: David L. DeJong
  • Patent number: 10773270
    Abstract: A fluid cleaning apparatus includes a driving assembly including a motor, a gear clutching assembly, a moving assembly, a swaying spray assembly, a sensing assembly, and a controlling module. The fluid cleaning apparatus integrates functions of movement actuation and spraying angle adjustment with the motor and achieves versatile spraying angles for spray-cleaning with apparatus configuration convertible between swaying motion and ceased swaying motion and/or between moving motion and ceased moving motion. Besides, self-propelled movement, spraying pressure modulation, and spraying angle adjustment can be controlled by the control module or manually remotely controlled by a user. Since the fluid cleaning apparatus of the present application saves the conventional installation cost and space needed, as well as resources consumed, for cleaning the bottom of an object to be cleaned, the fluid cleaning apparatus can be extensively applied to multiple fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Rong Zeng, Kuan-You Liu, Yu-Ping Wang, Chin-Cheng Wu, Min-Han Chiu, Yew-Shyang Lay
  • Patent number: 10773271
    Abstract: Embodiments include a sprayer system having dynamic pre-sets to control spray nozzles that each individually operates continuously or under a time-modulated or a frequency-modulated electronic signal control to release the liquid droplets. Collectively, adjacent or near neighboring nozzles are also controlled by time-sequencing through different modes of operation or physical configurations on each spray nozzle. The spray nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Richard A. Humpal, Stacy L. Bullock
  • Patent number: 10773272
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securement of parts. One embodiment is a method for securing a part during fabrication. The method includes forming an interference fit between a pin and a wall defining a hole, supporting a weight of the part with the interference fit, and rotating the part around an axis of the part while the weight of the part is supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Shinozaki, Jerry Deming Chungbin, Steven Kuan-chi Wu
  • Patent number: 10773273
    Abstract: An annular nozzle assembly includes an inlet tube, an annular tube, at least three first spray nozzles, and a plurality of separating vanes. The annular tube connects to the inlet tube. The first spray nozzles are fixed to the annular tube and are directed to spray inwardly and in a first vertical direction and are equally spaced from each other. The separating vanes are disposed within the annular tube and extend along a length thereof and define a flow channel for each first spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi Ehteshami, Dhaval P. Vaishnav, Andre Sykula, Syed K. Ali, Yi-Hsin Yen
  • Patent number: 10773274
    Abstract: A miniature fluid control device is provided and includes a gas inlet plate, a resonance plate and a piezoelectric actuator. The resonance plate is assembled and combined with the gas inlet plate. The piezoelectric actuator is assembled and combined with the resonance plate. The piezoelectric actuator includes a suspension plate, an outer frame, at least one bracket and a piezoelectric plate. The suspension plate has a first surface and a second surface. The outer frame is arranged around the suspension plate and has an assembling surface. The piezoelectric plate is attached on the second surface. The at least one bracket is formed between the suspension plate and the outer frame as making the first surface of the suspension plate non-coplanar with the assembling surface of the outer frame, so that a specific chamber spacing is maintained between the first surface of the suspension plate and the resonance plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ying-Lun Chang, Shih-Chang Chen, Chih-Feng Lin, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang, Chang-Yen Tsai
  • Patent number: 10773275
    Abstract: Methods for using a hollow, rotating stencil roll to deposit flowable dry powder particles onto a moving substrate and to adhesively bond the particles to a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Evan D. Brutinel, Jon E. Dable, Shawn C. Dodds, Ann M. Gilman, Matthew R. D. Smith, Matthew S. Stay, Eric A. Vandre
  • Patent number: 10773276
    Abstract: The coating film formed on an automobile body has softness during a film formation even on a thermally expandable/shrinkable base, and the cured film has an excellent appearance. Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method comprises: applying an aqueous intermediate coating composition and preheating the applied composition at 60 to 90° C. to form an uncured film; preheating to form an uncured base coating film and a clear coating film; and baking and curing these uncured films to form a multilayer coating film, wherein the aqueous intermediate coating composition comprises (a) an acrylic resin emulsion having a specific properties, and (b) a film formation auxiliary agent that is a fatty acid diester compound having a boiling point of 280° C. to 350° C., and a cured film comprising (a) and (b) at a mass ratio of 3:1 has a rupture elongation of 1% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawabata, Akira Yamazaki, Masako Hase, Keiji Ambo, Yoshinori Narita
  • Patent number: 10773277
    Abstract: An ultrasound system (1) is disclosed that comprises a probe (10) including an array (110) of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells (100), each cell comprising a substrate (112) carrying a first electrode (122) of an electrode arrangement, the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane (114) including a second electrode (120) of said electrode arrangement by a gap (118); a voltage supply (45) coupled to said probe and adapted to provide a first set of said CMUT cells with a sequence of drive voltages each including a bias voltage component and a stimulus component of different frequency for generating a series of temporally distinct pulses each having a different frequency, wherein each pulse is generated in a separate transmit mode and provide a second set of said CMUT cells with a sequence of temporally distinct bias voltages, wherein each temporally distinct bias voltage is provided in a receive mode following one of said transmit modes and is for setting the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Antonia Cornelia Van Rens
  • Patent number: 10773278
    Abstract: Vibratory screening machines that include stacked screening deck assemblies are provided. In some embodiments, at least one of the vibratory screening machines can include an outer frame, an inner frame connected to the outer frame, and a vibratory motor assembly secured to the inner frame for vibrating the inner frame. A plurality of screen deck assemblies can be attached to the inner frame in a stacked arrangement, each configured to receive replaceable screen assemblies. The screen assemblies can be secured to respective ones of the plurality of the screen deck assemblies by tensioning the screen assemblies in a direction that a material to be screened flows across the screen assemblies. An undersized material discharge assembly can be configured to receive materials that pass through the screen assemblies, and an oversized material discharge assembly can be configured to receive materials that pass over the screen assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Derrick Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Colgrove, Michael L. Peresan
  • Patent number: 10773279
    Abstract: A mop cleaning system has a mop basin having a floor and a drain, a chamber affixed to the mop basin in a location away from the drain, a water inlet opening within the interior volume of the chamber, and a water source connected to the water inlet. The water inlet is adapted to pass water in an area adjacent to a bottom of the chamber. The water source is adapted to pass water under pressure into the water inlet. The chamber is fixedly mounted to the floor of the mop basin. The chamber has an outlet located at above the water inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Tim McDonald
  • Patent number: 10773280
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus including: an ultrasonic bath for performing an ultrasonic treatment on a treatment target object; a first ultrasonic vibrator provided on the front surface side of the treatment target object; and a second ultrasonic vibrator provided on the back surface side of the treatment target object; wherein the first ultrasonic vibrator does not face the second ultrasonic vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: C. UYEMURA & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisamitsu Yamamoto, Masayuki Utsumi, Yoshikazu Saijo, Tomoji Okuda, Yutaka Nishinaka, Yoshinori Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10773281
    Abstract: Disclosed are an anhydrous substrate cleaning composition, a substrate treating method, and a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate cleaning composite includes an etching compound that provides a component for treating a substrate, and a solvent that dissolves the etching compound, wherein the substrate cleaning composite is an anhydrous composite that does not include water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Moon Kang, Anton Koriakin, In Il Jung, Hae-Won Choi
  • Patent number: 10773282
    Abstract: Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for acquiring optical emission spectra from an optical emission spectroscopy system by flowing a dry cleaning gas into a plasma processing chamber of the plasma processing system and igniting a plasma in the plasma processing chamber to initiate the waferless dry cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Brian J. Coppa, Deepak Vedhachalam, Francois C. Dassapa
  • Patent number: 10773283
    Abstract: Wands are used as parts of cleaning systems to conduct cleaning agents into gas turbine engine cores. Wands according to the present disclosure include inlet assemblies adapted to connect to cleaning agents, dispensers adapted to discharge cleaners into gas turbine engines, and conduits that extend from the inlet assemblies to the dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: George F. Griffiths, Prahlad R. D. Heggere, Jeffrey A. Green
  • Patent number: 10773284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for sterilising used hygiene products, comprising the use of an autoclave apparatus. Said autoclave apparatus comprises one or a plurality of rotating internal members. In some embodiments, the plurality of rotating members each concentrically position around a common axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the plurality of rotating members comprises holes of predetermined size, such that the autoclaved products can pass from a central rotating section towards radially outwardly positioned ones. This allows for short processing time with high process performance whilst minimising damage of compounds such as pulp fibre and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) while enabling pure plastic, pulp and SAP streams being separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Martin Scaife
  • Patent number: 10773285
    Abstract: A straightening device for straightening cables includes two rows of rollers, an adjusting device for manually adjusting a distance between the rows of rollers, a measuring device for recording the distance between the rows of rollers, and an indicator device with which deviations of the actual value of the distance between the rows of rollers, determined by the measuring device, from a nominal value is visually indicated. The indicator device has two optical error indicating elements for indicating too high and/or too low an actual value compared with the nominal value of the distance, as well as an optical ‘correct’ indicating element for indicating that the actual value of the distance corresponds with the nominal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KOMAX HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Stefan Viviroli
  • Patent number: 10773286
    Abstract: A process to fabricate ultra-fine grain metal wire, comprising: inserting a plurality of metal strands into a flexible elastic polyurethane sheath having an accommodating slot for each of the strands of metal to form a sheathed strand assembly; equal channel angular pressing (ECAP pressing) the sheathed strand assembly through an ECAP die having a plurality of die channels corresponding to the plurality of metal strands. The process is designed to improve electric conductance and mechanical properties of elongated metal parts and is especially applicable to optimize the conductance and tensile strength of copper cables, wires, strings, and rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventor: Faramarz Djavanroodi
  • Patent number: 10773287
    Abstract: A method for the handling of coreless auger, which is produced by an auger production machine from which the coreless auger emerges with a linear motion component and a rotational motion component, includes guiding the rotating auger for linear movement away from the production machine toward a temporary storage facility that has a cylindrical receptacle rotatable about its own axis and a coaxial rotatable feed guide having an axial inlet for formed auger and an outwardly directed outlet for directing formed auger toward an inner periphery of the cylindrical receptacle. The cylindrical receptacle is rotated and the feed guide is allowed to rotate about the axis of its inlet that is roughly coincident with the axis of auger entering the axial inlet of the feed guide. The cylindrical receptacle is rotated at a speed selected to counteract the rotation of the auger about its own axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Technical Systems (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Mattheus Willem Johannes Kuhn, Hendrick Willem Van Deventer, Johan Lodewikus Erasmus
  • Patent number: 10773288
    Abstract: A combined iris and shear unit for a coil forming device is provided that includes an actuator and a plurality of support members coupled together in series to support formation of a coil and connected to the actuator. Each support member further comprises a retractable shear blade. The actuator adapted to cause movement of the support members between an open position with the blades of the combined iris and shear unit being retracted away from the reform tub wall, so that coil forming takes place within the reform tub without interference. A support position with the blades extends into the reform tub and providing support for the coil; or a shear position for cutting the coil before it is extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies USA LLC
    Inventor: Robert John Castle
  • Patent number: 10773289
    Abstract: An auto body repair assembly for removing dents includes a rotary tool that has a shaft. An extender is operationally couplable to the shaft. A first cylinder, which is weighted, is positioned to insert the extender to slidably couple the first cylinder to the extender. A bit is operationally couplable to the extender distal from the rotary tool. The bit has a first section that is configured to penetrate sheet metal and a second section that is threaded and configured to couple to the sheet metal. The rotary tool is positioned to rotate the bit to penetrate the sheet metal and to couple the bit to the sheet metal. The first cylinder is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user to propel the first cylinder along the extender to the rotary tool to apply force to a dent in the sheet metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Adan Fuentes
  • Patent number: 10773290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bending machine (1) for metal sheets (3). The bending machine (1) comprises a machine frame (4) and a support device (15) which is designed to hold the metal sheet (3) to be bent, a support surface (16) of the support device (15) being arranged in a horizontal plane with the support surface (7) of a clamping base (5). The support device (15) has at least a first support module (17) and a second support module (18) having a first support surface (19) and a second support surface (20). At least one of the support modules (17, 18) is horizontally displaceable in the longitudinal direction (21) of the bending machine (1) and as a result a first gap (22) extending at right angles to the blank-holder edge (12) can be set between the two support modules (17, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Aigner, Stefano Speziali, Thomas Weiss
  • Patent number: 10773291
    Abstract: A universal radius metal forming system wherein a bottom die elastomer is used on a sheet metal bending machine or press brake. The bottom die includes a forming pad used in combination with a wear pad to form virtually any radius in any type of metal. The forming pad includes a bottom cavity that is sized according to the volumetric relationship with the press punch. The wear pad is designed and coupled to the forming pad according to the gauge and shape of the metal being bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Polyurethane Products
    Inventor: Govind Lakshman
  • Patent number: 10773292
    Abstract: A forming device includes: a first cavity portion in which a pipe portion is formed and a second cavity portion in which a flange portion is formed, the first cavity portion and the second cavity portion being formed between a first die and a second die; a flange adjusting member which is capable of being advanced into the second cavity portion and is capable of being retreated from the second cavity portion, and which adjusts a length of the flange portion; and a control unit. The control unit sequentially performs a first control of allowing the flange adjusting member to be advanced into the second cavity portion, a second control of allowing the gas supply unit to supply a gas so as to temporarily form the flange portion, and a third control of allowing the flange adjusting member to be retreated from the second cavity portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Saika, Masayuki Ishizuka, Norieda Ueno
  • Patent number: 10773293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic punch device with a hydraulically driven punch carrier for releasably seating a punch and a die with a die opening adapted to the punch cross-section of the punch. To provide a punch device that makes it possible to reliably produce differently shaped holes, the punch has a punch cross-section different from a circular cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TKR Spezialwerkzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Thorsten Weyland
  • Patent number: 10773294
    Abstract: A clamping mechanism is provided to clamp a die set on a carrier of a machine. The clamping mechanism utilizes a first pushing block to push a locating shaft of the die set to allow a top surface of the locating shaft to contact a mounting surface of the carrier and utilizes a second pushing block to push the locating shaft to allow a first contacting surface of the locating shaft to contact a reference surface of a cage base such that the die set will not clamp on the carrier of the machine with shift or skew errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Hsin-Wei Chu, Pin-Jyun Chen, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Hui-Chi Chang, Po-Fu Hsu, Chien-Fa Huang
  • Patent number: 10773295
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus is capable of suppressing widening of legs of hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes and aligning the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes in the horizontal direction at a regular pitch. The alignment apparatus includes: a plurality of outer guide plates that have rollers, which contact upstream sides of legs of the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes that have been stopped by a stopper apparatus, and that contact outer side surfaces of the legs; a horizontal movement apparatus that moves the outer guide plates in a horizontal direction; an up-down movement apparatus that moves the outer guide plates in an up-down direction; and a control unit that drives the horizontal movement apparatus to move the outer guide plates a predetermined distance toward an insertion position, and then drives the up-down movement apparatus to raise the outer guide plates by a predetermined distance to change an orientation of the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes to the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keiichi Morishita
  • Patent number: 10773296
    Abstract: Turbomachine member ring supports extending over sectors of a circle can be constructed from at least one thick flat metal sheet that is curved and welded to form a cylindrical shroud and then formed by pressing into a conical shroud, the outer face of which is machined in order to shape the profile of a mounting rail therein, and the shroud is sectioned in order to divide it into the sectors. The supports have better cohesion and the manufacture thereof is simple and reliable compared with traditional manufacture using bossing of thin metal sheets for joining together the main portions of the supports. The application also relates to a use with stator rings of a turbomachine member that are provided with an abradable lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Bruno Giardini, Emmanuel Bernard Marie Charrier, Frederic Hascoet, Didier Spire
  • Patent number: 10773297
    Abstract: A moulding material mixture with at least one refractory material and water glass as an inorganic binding agent is used for producing casting moulds. The binding agent is cured with the aid of a carbonyl compound that has a molecular weight greater than 88 g/mol and less than 200 g/mol and a boiling point at 1013 hPa greater than 20° C. and less than 200° C. The at least one carbonyl compound is introduced into the gas phase, or carried with the gas phase. The at least one carbonyl compound has the formula R1R2C?O, where R1 is H or a C1 or C2 alkyl and R2 is a carboxyl group R—C(?O)—O— bonded via the oxygen atom, where R is a C1 to C3 hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ASK Chemicals GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Deters, Hannes Lincke, Ronja Resch, Oliver Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10773298
    Abstract: A casting of metal strip by continuous casting in a twin roll caster is provied. In a twin roll caster, molten metal is introduced between a pair of counter-rotated horizontal casting rolls that are cooled so that metal shells solidify on the moving roll surfaces. The twin roll caster is capable of continuously producing cast strip from molten steel through a sequence of ladles positioned on a turret. In casting thin strip by twin roll caster, the crown of the casting surfaces of the casting rolls varies during a casting campaign. The crown of the casting surfaces of the casting rolls in turn determines the strip thickness profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventor: Gerald Hohenbichler
  • Patent number: 10773299
    Abstract: A method for die casting a metal alloy in a cavity, implementing a mold comprising an induction heater to heat the molding surfaces of the cavity. The cavity is filled with the metal alloy by injection and preheated to a nominal preheating temperature T1. The metal in the cavity is solidified. The mold is opened and the part is ejected therefrom. The molding surfaces of the cavity are heated by induction while the part is no longer in contact with said surfaces. The molding surfaces of the cavity are sprayed, the mold being opened, by a release agent. The mold is closed and the cavity is heated the temperature T1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ROCTOOL
    Inventor: José Feigenblum
  • Patent number: 10773300
    Abstract: A casting apparatus includes: a mold including a first mold segment and a second mold segment; and a transfer device that is configured to transfer a core to the first mold segment and place the core in the first mold segment, and to receive and transfer a casting. The transfer device includes a support part, a robot arm, a core grasping mechanism being provided on the support part, and a casting receiving part being provided on the support part. The transfer device is configured such that the robot arm moves the core grasping mechanism so as to place the core in the first mold segment, and moves the casting receiving part so as to receive the casting by the casting receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Tomita, Tadashi Nakahashi, Makoto Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10773301
    Abstract: A molten metal holding container 1 includes an extraction outer pipe 12, an extraction inner pipe 13 and a load receiving part 7 including a first protrusion 7a protruding from an outer circumference of the inner pipe 3 in the horizontal direction and a second protrusion 7b protruding from an inner circumference of the outer pipe 2 in the horizontal direction so as to be opposed to the first protrusion 7a in a vertical direction, the second protrusion 7b being configured to receive a load of the inner pipe 3 through the first protrusion 7a, in which a vertical position of the load receiving part 7 coincides with a vertical position of a central axis of the extraction inner pipe 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10773302
    Abstract: A metal powder for powder metallurgy contains Fe as a principal component, Ni in a proportion of 5 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less, Si in a proportion of 0.3 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less, and C in a proportion of 0.005 mass % or more and 0.3 mass % or less, and when one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta is defined as a first element, and one element selected from the group and having a higher group number in the periodic table than that of the first element or having the same group number in the periodic table as that of the first element and a higher period number in the periodic table than that of the first element is defined as a second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidefumi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10773303
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polycrystalline diamond covalently bonded to a substrate by spark plasma sintering and methods of covalently bonding polycrystalline diamond and a substrate. Spark plasma sintering produces plasma from a reactant gas found in the pores in the polycrystalline diamond and, optionally, also the substrate. The plasma forms carbide structures in the pores, which covalently bond to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Liang, William Brian Atkins
  • Patent number: 10773304
    Abstract: A powder circuit (36) for use in an apparatus (10) for producing three-dimensional work pieces by irradiating layers of a raw material powder with electromagnetic or particle radiation comprises a process chamber (12) accommodating a carrier (16) and a powder application device (14) for applying a raw material powder onto the carrier (16), the process chamber (12) being provided with a powder inlet (30) for supplying raw material powder to the powder application device (14) and a powder outlet (32) for discharging excess raw material powder from the process chamber (12). The powder circuit (36) further comprises a powder circulation line (34) connecting the powder outlet (32) of the process chamber (12) to the powder inlet (30) of the process chamber (12) and a conveying device (38) arranged in the powder circulation line (34) for conveying the raw material powder through the powder circulation line (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SLM Solutions Group AG
    Inventors: Andreas Wiesner, Bodo Haack, Dieter Schwarze
  • Patent number: 10773305
    Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) printing system includes a print engine, a first powder handling module, a sieve, a second powder handling module, and a controller. The controller operates the print engine to fabricate 3D articles of manufacture. The controller operates the first powder handling module to transfer excess powder from the print engine to the first powder handling module and to receive new powder. The first powder handling module dispenses powder to the sieve. The controller operates the second handling module to transfer powder from the sieve to the second powder handling module. The second powder handling module provides powder to the print engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Beauchamp
  • Patent number: 10773306
    Abstract: A mobile additive manufacturing installation (10) comprises a main self-supporting frame, a main manufacturing housing (14) closed in leaktight fashion, at least one main additive manufacturing machine (M1) installed in the main manufacturing housing, a main inerting device (26), a main circulation path (32) in the main manufacturing housing (14), a main airlock (34), and a main device (42) for treatment of the air circulating inside the main manufacturing housing (14). The main treatment device (42) makes it possible to supply the inside of the main manufacturing housing (14) with air withdrawn outside the installation, to withdraw the air present in the main manufacturing housing (14) and in the main airlock (34), and to manage the pressure of the air present in the main manufacturing housing (14) and in the main airlock (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AddUp
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Nicaise
  • Patent number: 10773307
    Abstract: A composite sintered body cutting tool, in which tungsten is reduced, is made of a TiCN-based cermet and WC-based cemented carbide. The cutting tool has an angle of less than 90 degrees formed by a rake face and a flank face. The rake face including a cutting edge contains WC-based cemented carbide including 4% to 17% by mass of iron group metal components with a remainder being WC. The thickness of the carbide is 0.05 to 0.3 times the thickness of the composite sintered body. The TiCN-based cermet which is a base body of the cutting tool includes 4% to 25% of the iron group metal components, less than 15% of W, 2% to 15% of Mo, 2% to 10% of Nb, and 0.2% to 2% of Cr. The cermet may contain iron group metal Co and Ni, where, Co/Co+Ni is 0.5 to 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Igarashi, Akihiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 10773308
    Abstract: A rotor for a variable valve timing engine is disclosed in which the opposing planar surface(s) of the rotor have one or more recesses formed therein in order to balance, equilibrate, or equalize the planar surface areas on the opposing surfaces. Among other things, this can improve the accuracy and efficiency with which the rotor is ground during a related method of manufacturing the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas R. O'Hara, James T. Hill
  • Patent number: 10773309
    Abstract: A three-dimensional production method for a functional element structure body according to the invention is a three-dimensional production method for a functional element structure body, which includes an electrical functional element section having a terminal and an insulating member provided on the periphery of the functional element section in a state where at least the terminal is exposed to the outside, and includes a layer formation step of forming one layer in a layer forming region by supplying a first flowable composition containing first particles for the functional element section from a first supply section, and supplying a second flowable composition containing second particles for the insulating member from a second supply section, a shaping step of shaping the functional element structure body by repeating the layer formation step, and a solidification step of performing solidification by applying energy to the first particles and the second particles in the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Ishida, Tomoyuki Kamakura, Eiji Okamoto, Takeshi Miyashita
  • Patent number: 10773310
    Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing an article includes forming a first portion of the article by three-dimensional printing of a plurality of first layers from a first powder material cut having a first average particle size corresponding to a first feature resolution. The first layers have a first average layer thickness. The method also includes forming a second portion of the article by three-dimensional printing of a plurality of second layers from a second powder material cut having a second average particle size corresponding to a second feature resolution less than the first feature resolution. The second portion includes at least one feature. The second layers have a second average layer thickness less than the first average layer thickness. A three-dimensional printing system and an article formed from a powder material by three-dimensional printing are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Prabhjot Singh
  • Patent number: 10773311
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a phosphorus-containing copper powder with good volume resistivity and a small carbon content by suppressing an oxygen content to a relatively low value even if a particle size is made small, and a method for producing the same. In the phosphorus-containing copper powder containing phosphorus, a ratio of an oxygen content (wt. %) to a BET specific surface area (m2/g) (oxygen content/BET specific surface area) is 0.90 wt. %·g/m2 or less, a divalent copper compound is present on a surface of particles constituting the phosphorus-containing copper powder, a carbon content is 0.10 wt. % or less, and D50 is 7.11 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Inoue, Atsushi Ebara, Masahiro Yoshida, Kyoso Masuda, Takahiro Yamada, Shinichi Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 10773312
    Abstract: A preparation method for silver nanowires, including: dissolving a dispersant in a tribasic alcohol to get a viscous clear solution, dissolving the silver nitrate in a tribasic alcohol to get a clear solution; then, adding the silver nitrate solution to the dispersant solution for uniform mixing, finally, transferring the mixed solution into a reaction kettle, putting into an oven with a set temperature (170˜200° C.), and ending the reaction after a period of time. The mother solution of silver nanowires is diluted with alcohol and then centrifuged to separate organics, the novel silver nanowires with a uniform aspect ratio and nodes are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lu Li, Bitao Liu, Rong Jin, Shanyong Chen, Junjun Li, Hengqing Yan
  • Patent number: 10773313
    Abstract: A turret tool rest includes a main shaft, a turret turning shaft, a turret, a joint base, a mill housing connection shaft, and an engagement member. The main shaft rotates a tool. A part of the main shaft is provided in the turret turning shaft. The turret turning shaft has a first coupling hole. The turret is connected to the turret turning shaft via which the turret is rotated. The joint base has a second coupling hole. The mill housing connection shaft is connected to the joint base. The mill housing connection shaft is provided between the main shaft and the turret turning shaft. Each of the mill housing connection shaft, the joint base, the part of the main shaft, and the turret turning shaft are disposed to rotate around a rotation axis of the turret. The engagement member moves in the first coupling hole and the second coupling hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kijima, Koji Abe, Koichi Kawamura, Takuya Il
  • Patent number: 10773314
    Abstract: An adapter for holding a tool in a collet chuck, the adapter containing an external taper to accommodate the adapter in the collet chuck. The adapter has a thread for fastening of the tool, and several shape-mated elements are arranged on an outer surface of the external taper for non-rotational holding of the receptacle body during fastening of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10773315
    Abstract: A cutting device in accordance with some example embodiments is provided for use with an arbor assembly. The cutting device includes a blade having a plurality of teeth, and a back plate at a proximal end of the blade. The back plate has an outer end surface in which a plurality of ramp surfaces and pin locking recess are provided. A central through hole extending through the back plate. The ramp surfaces only allow the cutting device to be rotated relative to the arbor assembly in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC
    Inventors: Arthur Anton Piper, Kevin Tews
  • Patent number: 10773316
    Abstract: A fixing device for securing a thin-walled component according to an embodiment includes: a support; a pressing portion provided on the support and including: a pressure generator located at a center of the support; and a plurality of pressure transmitters arranged around the pressure generator and extending in a radial direction of the thin-walled component; and a plurality of elastic members connected to the plurality of pressure transmitters, wherein the plurality of pressure transmitters are configured to move the plurality of elastic members in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SangMin Song, KwangHoon Han
  • Patent number: 10773317
    Abstract: A rotating cutting tool that is internally cooled by cryogenic coolant, the rotating cutting tool has a cylindrical body including: a central bore that extends along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body; a plurality of cold flow delivery paths formed from radial bores that fluidly communicate with and extend radially-outwardly from the central bore; longitudinal grooves that are formed along an outer surface of the cylindrical body extending along the longitudinal axis and fluidly communicating with the radial bores; a bushing having an inner diameter closely conforming to the outer surface of the cylindrical body allowing the bushing to concentrically fit over the cylindrical body and the longitudinal grooves to form longitudinal passageways extending from the radial bores to one or more exhaust ports formed in the bushing proximate a rear face of the cylindrical body; and a plurality of flutes for cutting a workpiece each having a cutting edge formed from the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: 5ME IP, LLC
    Inventor: George Georgiou