Patents Issued in December 29, 2020
  • Patent number: 10875126
    Abstract: A corner fitting includes a sleeve body having a hollow inner space and configured to coaxially fit over a pipe member of a predetermined size. An edge of the sleeve body at a second distal end has a corner cut portion, a protruding tab, and two recesses, the protruding tab being diametrically opposed to the corner cut portion in the radial direction of the sleeve body, and the recesses being diametrically opposed to each other in the radial direction of the sleeve body. The corner cut portion is configured and shaped such that the sleeve body fits together with an identical sleeve body on the pipe member of the predetermined size with the corner cut portions of the two sleeve bodies contacting each other and with the pipe being nested between the protruding tabs of the second distal ends of the two sleeve bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Humm
  • Patent number: 10875127
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for bonding an electronic component and a method for manufacturing a bonded body, which are capable of sintering a silver paste at a comparatively low temperature. Disclosed is a method for bonding an electronic component using a silver paste containing silver particles, the method including: applying a silver paste containing silver particles on a surface of a substrate and setting electronic components on the silver paste applied, heating in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature of lower than 300° C., and after heating in the reducing atmosphere, heating in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature of 300° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teppei Kunimune
  • Patent number: 10875128
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for joining a first component comprising a first metal or alloy and a second component comprising a second metal or alloy to each other. The techniques may include positioning the first and second component adjacent to each other to define a joint region between adjacent portions of the first component and the second component. The techniques also may include positioning a pre-sintered preform (PSP) braze material in the joint region, heating the PSP braze material to form a molten braze alloy, and cooling the molten braze alloy to join the first and second components. The PSP braze material may include a wide gap braze material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Ruiwen Xu, Scott Nelson
  • Patent number: 10875129
    Abstract: A method for producing a sealing component has a body made of superalloy covered by a coating to be placed in contact with a gas turbine blade tip. Steps are carried out in which: a) the new coating is produced by moulding from an alloy of a cobalt-nickel-chromium-aluminium-yttrium (CoNiCrAlY) type further containing between 0.5 and 5% by mass (wt %) of boron, and b) the superalloy body and the new coating are brazed together in order to obtain the said sealing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines
    Inventors: Thomas Guillaume Mongis, Christophe Joël Lopvet
  • Patent number: 10875130
    Abstract: A scrap cutting apparatus including an enclosure comprising two open sides, two closed sides, an open bottom, and a closed top, wherein at least one opening is provided in at least one of closed sides, at least one torch extending through the at least one opening, and a rail system comprising two parallel rails, wherein the enclosure is adapted to move along the rail system. Also, a method of cutting metal scrap including positioning a plurality of pieces of scrap material between the rails of the scrap cutting apparatus described above, moving the enclosure over a first piece of scrap material, making at least one cut in the first piece of scrap material using the at least one torch, moving the enclosure along the rail system and over a second piece of scrap material, and making at least one cut in the second piece of scrap material using the torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TMS International Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy G Schutz, Joseph H. Jung
  • Patent number: 10875131
    Abstract: A method of remanufacturing a turbine blade having a platform includes placing a puck against a surface of the platform. The method may include electrical discharge machining an interface between the puck and the platform and brazing the puck to the platform. A total radial thickness of a finally remanufactured platform of the remanufactured turbine blade is greater than an initial radial thickness of the platform before remanufacturing the turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MECHANICAL DYNAMICS & ANALYSIS LLC
    Inventors: Jason Huxol, Jayson Houston, Mark Towner, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III
  • Patent number: 10875132
    Abstract: A method for the construction of bladed rings for radial turbomachines, including: preparing an annular block; roughing the annular block by removing material to define a first, second, third and fourth axial section, wherein the first axial section defines a reinforcement ring, wherein the third axial section defines a base ring; roughing the second axial section by removing material to delimit a plurality of separate elements, wherein the separate elements axially connect the base ring to the reinforcement ring; finishing each of the separate elements by removing material to provide the separate element with the shape of an airfoil blade, wherein a leading edge of the blade and a trailing edge of the blade develop substantially parallel to a central axis of the bladed ring; roughing the fourth axial section by removing material for delimiting an annular anchoring appendage of the base ring to a radial turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: EXERGY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Spadacini, Dario Rizzi
  • Patent number: 10875133
    Abstract: A tool-change station includes a base, and a first tool-change member that is coupled to the base and is rotatable relative to the base. The first tool-change member includes a first tool-engagement portion, geometrically complementary with a tool-change-engagement portion of a tool of a rotary drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Dennis R. Mathis, Jason Kerestes, Rachel M. Chow
  • Patent number: 10875134
    Abstract: A washer dispensing system includes a retaining bin that is configured to receive washers within a washer-retaining chamber. The retaining bin includes a bin outlet connected to the washer-retaining chamber. A vibration motor is coupled to the retaining bin. The vibration motor is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the retaining bin to move the washers towards the bin outlet. A discharge chute is coupled to the retaining bin. The discharge chute includes a washer delivery channel connected to the bin outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Phillip A. Billiard, Bercely Hurtado Otalora
  • Patent number: 10875135
    Abstract: A machining tool assembly is provided for machining a blank to form a firearm lower receiver. The assembly includes a pair of side plates positionable on opposed sides of the blank to capture the blank therebetween. A template plate having a template aperture is adapted to be removeably attachable to the side plates. The template aperture is aligned with a top surface of the blank and is adapted for machining a cavity within the blank having a peripheral contour complimentary to a peripheral contour of the template aperture. A centering mechanism is adapted to be removeably attachable to the template plate, with the centering mechanism including an opening aligned with a corresponding void formed on the blank to align the blank with the template plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: 80 Percent Arms Inc.
    Inventor: Tilden Alan Smith
  • Patent number: 10875136
    Abstract: A machine tool system includes: a machine tool for machining a workpiece set on a table using a tool attached to a spindle; and a robot for gripping the workpiece. The robot is installed on the table and performs a setting operation for setting the workpiece on the table and a clamping operation for clamping the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rikizou Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10875137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a selecting device to be disposed downstream of a springs forming device of a springs forming machine. The selecting device may include an inlet adapted to receive springs formed in the springs forming device, outlets adapted to eject each of the springs from the selecting device, means for selectively conveying each of the springs entering the selecting device through the inlet towards the outlets, and means to form conduits to connect the inlet to the outlets. The selecting device may include means for generating a depression in at least one of the conduits and means for generating a compressed air flow directly inside the selecting device at one of the conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SIMPLEX RAPID S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Boschiero, Paolo Boschiero
  • Patent number: 10875138
    Abstract: A tool holder is provided for holding one of a tool and workpiece. The tool holder is configured for mounting to a driving member of a machining device. The tool holder includes a tool holder first end including a coupler for coupling the tool holder to the driving member of the machining device. A tool holder second end includes a clamp for releasably holding one of the tool and workpiece. A force sensor is disposed between the clamp and the coupler for sensing force exerted on the one of the tool and workpiece held by the clamp. A linear actuator is disposed between the clamp and the force sensor for linearly moving the one of the tool and workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: M4 Sciences LLC
    Inventors: James B. Mann, Yang Guo, Seong Eyl Lee
  • Patent number: 10875139
    Abstract: Machine tool with a workpiece receptacle for receiving a workpiece to be machined and with a tool receptacle for receiving a tool that is needed for machining a workpiece. A hardness measuring device is integrated in the machine tool, and a hardness measurement can be carried out in an automated manner at the workpiece by the hardness measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Jochen Fischer, Martin Bröll
  • Patent number: 10875140
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a spectacle lens is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining prescription data descriptive of an ophthalmic prescription of a user in the plus prescription range; obtaining frame data descriptive of a perimeter of a spectacle frame in which the lens is to be mounted; providing a lens blank having a convex front surface and a back surface; determining a final cutting surface to be machined on the back surface of the lens blank in a final cutting phase; and determining an intermediate cutting surface to be machined on the back surface of the lens blank in an initial cutting phase. Further, it is provided that the intermediate cutting surface is different from the final cutting surface; and the final cutting surface comprises a prescription zone in which the final cutting surface together with the front surface fulfills the ophthalmic prescription of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Ray Steven Spratt, Angela Nolan, Philipp Ellinger, Michael Gall
  • Patent number: 10875141
    Abstract: A paint trencher includes a main body, a guide, an abrasive body, a first adjustable bracket, a second adjustable bracket, and a handle. The main body includes a top panel, a support, a first pin, and a second pin. The guide is rotatably connected to the first pin and the second pin so that paint trencher can be adjusted according to the ceiling corners or vertical corners. The abrasive body is adjacently mounted to the support, and the handle is mounted to the top panel so that applied pressure of the main body can be transferred into the abrasive body to cut a trench into the wall. The first adjustable bracket and the second adjustable bracket are oppositely positioned of each other about the support and are operatively coupled between the top panel and the guide thus enabling the guide to be adjusted and locked about the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Lynette Weisbarth, Randal Weisbarth
  • Patent number: 10875142
    Abstract: Disclosed are a process and apparatus for polishing a glass article (1201). The polishing process comprises bringing a rotating article (1201) to be polished into contact with various centrifugally outspread flexible flaps of a rotating flexible flap grinding wheel (1101), with a grinding wheel (1101) rotation shaft being parallel to an article (1201) rotation shaft; and pneumatically controlling the feed of the flexible flap grinding wheel (1101) relative to the surface of the article (1201) to be polished, such that the outer edges of the flaps of the flexible flap grinding wheel (1101) are in pressure contact with the surface to be polished of the article (1201) to be polished, and polishing same. This polishing process can restore a worn glass bottle, particularly a glass bottle having a profiled contour, to the extent that same looks like new at a lower cost. The corresponding polishing apparatus can realize automatic and continuous grinding polishing of worn glass bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Yuping Lin, Fulei Yang
  • Patent number: 10875143
    Abstract: An apparatus for CMP includes a platen, a wafer carrier retaining a semiconductor wafer during a polishing operation, a dresser configured to recondition a polishing pad disposed on the platen during the polishing operation, and a vibration-monitoring system configured to detect vibrations during the polishing operation. The vibration-monitoring system includes a first vibration sensor configured to generate a plurality of first vibration signals. An end point is triggered to the polishing when a change between the plurality of vibration signals reaches a value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: James Jeng-Jyi Hwang, Jiann Lih Wu, He Hui Peng, Chi-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 10875144
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of CMP polishing a metal surface, such as a copper or tungsten containing metal surface in a semiconductor wafer, the methods comprising CMP polishing the substrate with a CMP polishing pad that has a top polishing surface in a polishing layer which is the reaction product of an isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer and a curative component comprising a polyol curative having a number average molecular weight of 6000 to 15,000, and having an average of 5 to 7 hydroxyl groups per molecule and a polyfunctional aromatic amine curative, wherein the polishing layer would if unfilled have a water uptake of 4 to 8 wt. % after one week of soaking in deionized (DI) water at room temperature. The methods form coplanar metal and dielectric or oxide layer surfaces with low defectivity and a minimized degree of dishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, I
    Inventors: Bainian Qian, Fengji Yeh, Te-Chun Wang, Sheng-Huan Tseng, Kevin Wen-Huan Tung, Marty W. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 10875145
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajeev Bajaj, Daniel Redfield, Mahendra C. Orilall, Boyi Fu, Aniruddh Khanna, Jason G. Fung, Mario Cornejo, Ashwin Chockalingam, Mayu Yamamura, Veera Raghava Reddy Kakireddy, Ashavani Kumar, Venkat Hariharan, Gregory E. Menk, Fred C. Redeker, Nag B. Patibandla, Hou T. Ng, Robert E. Davenport, Amritanshu Sinha
  • Patent number: 10875146
    Abstract: The invention provides a polishing pad suitable for polishing or planarizing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polymeric matrix, a thickness and a polishing track representing a working region of the polishing layer for polishing or planarizing. Radial drainage grooves extend through the polishing track facilitate polishing debris removal through the polishing track and underneath the at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates and then beyond the polishing track toward the perimeter of the polishing pad during rotation of the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Lee Melbourne Cook, Yuhua Tong, Joseph So, Jeffrey James Hendron, Patricia Connell
  • Patent number: 10875147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a main body of a grinding tool fixture, a grinding tool fixture having a cap at a front, a sleeve and a coil spring consecutively connected, and a main body connected at a rear, and the main body having a body and a rotating shaft integrally formed with a rear of the body. The main body of the grinding tool fixture is turned, heat-treated, and then straightened. According to the present invention, a grinding tool for a grinder can be conveniently attached and detached by reciprocating a sleeve such that a separate working tool or fastener is not required, and the grinding tool can be immediately replaced even during use of the grinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: E&Q One-Touch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 10875148
    Abstract: An apparatus for CMP includes a wafer carrier retaining a semiconductor wafer during a polishing operation, a slurry dispenser dispensing an abrasive slurry, and a temperature control system monitoring and controlling a temperature variation during the polishing operation. The temperature control system includes a temperature sensor detecting a temperature during the polishing operation and providing a signal corresponding to the temperature, a temperature controller coupled to the temperature sensor and receiving the signal from the temperature sensor, and a cooling device coupled to the temperature controller and providing a coolant to the apparatus for CMP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: He Hui Peng, James Jeng-Jyi Hwang, Chi-Ming Yang, Yung-Yao Lee, Yen-Di Tsen
  • Patent number: 10875149
    Abstract: A slurry dispensing unit for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus is provided. The slurry dispensing unit includes a nozzle, a mixer, a first fluid source, and a second fluid source. The nozzle is configured to dispense a slurry. The mixer is disposed upstream of the nozzle. The first fluid source is connected to the mixer through a first pipe and configured to provide a first fluid including a first component of the slurry. The second fluid source is connected to the mixer through a second pipe and configured to provide a second fluid including a second component of the slurry, wherein the second component is different from the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei-Wei Chen, Chih-Hung Chen, Ying-Lang Wang
  • Patent number: 10875150
    Abstract: An automatic tire replacement apparatus is disclosed that has a hydraulic fluid line connected to a hydraulic fluid reservoir via a reservoir at one end a hydraulic fluid retainer at the other end. At least one hydraulic piston is provided that has a hollow barrel with an inner volume and an outer volume, a piston, and a piston rod with a first end and a second end within the inner volume of the hydraulic piston. The apparatus also contains a power rod, with a spiral thread, partially within the hollow barrel outer volume. The hollow barrel is connected to the hydraulic fluid retainer via an inner piston actuator and an outer piston actuator. The power rod is connected to the piston rod. A power bolt that has a set of inward facing pins is engaged with at least the power rod spiral thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Rivera
  • Patent number: 10875151
    Abstract: A vapor abrasive blast system includes a pump for pumping a water stream to a pressure vessel for pressurizing the pressure vessel to a pot pressure. A water regulator is disposed to regulate the water stream to a fixed water pressure, such that the water stream entering the pressure vessel has the fixed water pressure. The pressure vessel contains a blasting mixture, comprising an abrasive media and water, for introduction to a compressed air stream and application to a substrate. The water entering the pressure vessel has the fixed water pressure to control the pot pressure. The water regulator is configured to output the water stream such that the fixed water pressure is greater than a compressed air pressure in the compressed air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Grau, Nicholas K. Studt, Brandon K. Falkenberg, Bryce J. Gapinski, John W. Turner
  • Patent number: 10875152
    Abstract: A super-abrasive grinding wheel includes a core and a super-abrasive grain layer provided on a surface of the core, the super-abrasive grain layer including diamond abrasive grains and CBN abrasive grains, the diamond abrasive grains and the CBN abrasive grains being fixed to the core in a single layer by a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: A.L.M.T. Corp.
    Inventor: Nobuhide Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10875153
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajeev Bajaj, Daniel Redfield, Mahendra C. Orilall, Boyi Fu, Ashwin Chockalingam
  • Patent number: 10875154
    Abstract: A sanding block adapted for abrading a surface, particularly drywall joints, comprising: (a) a body having an array of elongated raised portions having raised end surfaces and recessed portions, the raised end surfaces collectively defining an abrasive working surface and the recessed portions defining channels between adjacent raised portions; (b) a make coat on the end surfaces; and (c) abrasive particles at least partially embedded in the make coat. Also methods of using such sanding blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: David R. Dow
  • Patent number: 10875155
    Abstract: Disclosed is a universal fixture based machine tool used in the machining industry. The tool includes a numerically controlled machine tool body, a multifunctional machine tool countertop, a first fixture pallet, a second fixture pallet, a fixture integration platform, a split bench vise, and a flexible fixture element. The multifunctional machine tool countertop, the first fixture pallet and the second fixture pallet are all made of perforated foundation plates. The numerically controlled machine tool body can achieve a three-axis linkage machining function of X-, Y-, and Z-coordinate moving axes. The fixture integration platform can achieve a rotary machining function of three rotation axes A, B, and C of the universal fixture based machine tool. The flexible fixture element can have various combinations and changes, so that the universal fixture based machine tool has a machining function of three increment axes U, V, and W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING LXT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumin Zhao, Yongyi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10875156
    Abstract: An anti-pivot and lock mechanism for a clamp including a horizontal post connected and moveable relative to a vertical post. The mechanism engages the vertical post and horizontal post above or below a pivot axis of the horizontal post to prevent or minimize pivoting movement of the horizontal post between changes of consecutive clamped workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Henry Wang
  • Patent number: 10875157
    Abstract: A solid surface clamp that has a top jaw and a bottom jaw, along with alignment structures, is disclosed. The clamp includes a top jaw, a bottom jaw, a bolt attached to the bottom jaw and slideably received through the top jaw, and a nut. The bolt has an alignment cutout, a threaded portion extending from the top jaw and defines a bolt longitudinal axis. The nut is threaded onto the threaded portion of the bolt and transitions the clamp from an open position to a clamping position. The top jaw further includes an alignment hole that contacts the alignment cutout and maintains the top jaw and the bottom jaw substantially fixed relative to each other about the bolt longitudinal axis. The alignment cutout moves relative to the alignment shaft in the direction of the bolt longitudinal axis when the clamp transitions from an open position to a clamping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OMNI CUBED, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Leigh Livingston, Jr., Derek Carlton Westlund
  • Patent number: 10875158
    Abstract: This invention provides a tool with a function of fastening and cutting a clamping band, including a left pliers head, a right pliers head and a switching structure. The right pliers head and the left pliers head cooperate with each other to fasten and cut the clamping band. The switching structure is disposed at the left pliers head and the right pliers head to adjust the distance between the left pliers head and the right pliers head when the left pliers head and the right pliers head clamp tightly. The tool with the function of fastening and cutting the clamping band provided in this invention achieves one tool with two functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Zhujitop Hardware Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuejuan Shen
  • Patent number: 10875159
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed a hand-held wrench device that is advantageously sized and shaped to be used in confined locations (e.g., in the space immediately below a sink or behind a toilet). Particularly, the disclosed wrench device comprises a base portion and a body portion positioned aligned therewith. The body portion includes at least one cavity sized and/or shaped to accommodate at least a portion of the wing extension of a wing nut. In use, once the disclosed device is coupled to a nut, the nut can be tightened or loosened simply by rotating the device by hand about its own axis in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: David N. Banko
  • Patent number: 10875160
    Abstract: A torque wrench with a ratchet and a drive for the ratchet includes a ratchet housing with two opposed side walls which have a specified distance to each other and are connected with each other. A through opening extends transversely through the two side walls, which is designed to accommodate a ratchet rotary body, wherein its axis of rotation extends parallel to the axis of the through opening. The ratchet rotary body includes a fastening means for fastening a supporting device to the torque wrench, by means of which the torque wrench can be supported perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the ratchet rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jorg Hohmann, Frank Hohmann
  • Patent number: 10875161
    Abstract: A lockable torque wrench with adjustment indication includes a rod body, a handle, a plurality of rollers having a rolling pillar, a rotation ring, and a pressing member. The rod body is combined into the handle and rotatable to protrude or retract against the handle for adjusting the torque. The rotation ring is disposed on an extension tube of the handle and mounted around the rollers. The rotation ring is switched between a locked and a relax positions. The pressing member has combination portions at two sides of the extension tube, and permanently engages the rolling pillar. In an ascend position, the rolling pillar is pressed toward the rod body by the prestress force supporting the pressing member. When meeting a position limiting groove, the rolling pillar is pressed to lower in the position limiting groove, providing a switch sensation formed for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OGC TORQUE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wun-Jin Guo
  • Patent number: 10875162
    Abstract: A pneumatic screw driving device includes a terminal element intended to cooperate with an element to be tightened/untightened and a body. The body houses: a pneumatic motor capable of rotationally driving the terminal element; an air intake into the motor; and a setting element for setting an intake section of the air intake into the motor. The setting element can take at least: a fixed state in which the intake section is fixed; and a setting state in which the intake section is adjustable between at least two values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ETABLISSEMENTS GEORGES RENAULT
    Inventors: Benoit Lefrancois, Serge Besnier
  • Patent number: 10875163
    Abstract: An update manager for a tightening parameter server may include processing circuitry. The tightening parameter server may be operably coupled to one or more tool controllers that are each operably coupled to respective power tools. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive a subscription request from a tool controller where the subscription request identifies an application to which the tool controller is to be subscribed to receive updates to the application automatically, record an identity of the tool controller in association with the application to build a database of applications and corresponding tool controllers subscribed to each of the applications, determine that a particular application has been updated, and, in response to determining that the particular application has been updated, provide an update to each tool controller subscribed to the particular application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Abele, Jonathan Reay Harris
  • Patent number: 10875164
    Abstract: A tool to remove or insert cotter keys in insulator bells having an L-shaped handle, with at least one depression on a generally flat butt end surface of the handle, a generally cylindrical rigid L-shaped member extending from the distal portion of the handle that terminates at a distal end in a second generally cylindrical tab having a smaller cross section than that of the rigid member. The method involves leveraging the member on an insulator cap while the tab is in a cotter key or for insertion, pressing the handle butt end at a depression against the key. The handle may be formed of two halves, be a unified body of synthetic material, be pliable and have an ergonomic shape, and the tab can be any of a variety of cross sectional shapes. The handle and extension may also be integrally formed and be made of similar materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jonathan Whitmore
  • Patent number: 10875165
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including multiple combustion chambers and an exhaust gas recirculation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Chinbay Q. Fan, Patrick Talano, James Haberstroh
  • Patent number: 10875166
    Abstract: There is provided a driving machine capable of reducing a load applied to a guide member in a direction of a center axis. The driving machine drives a fastener into a workpiece. The driving machine includes a movable piston, a driver blade operating together with the piston and applying driving force to the fastener, a cylinder guiding operation of the piston, a holder provided in a housing and supporting the cylinder, and a vibration damping rubber interposed between the holder and the housing and receiving a load applied to the holder in an operational direction of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ueda
  • Patent number: 10875167
    Abstract: A hydraulic hammer for a working machine configured for digging a surface includes a housing, a chisel, sensors, and a controller. The housing is coupled to the working machine. The chisel is partially enclosed by the housing and extendable from the housing for digging the surface at a contact location. Each of the sensors is configured for generating a signal indicative of a projecting distance between one of the sensors and the surface. The controller is configured for receiving the signals, determining an angle between the chisel and a plane substantially tangent to the contact location, and reorienting the chisel so that the chisel is substantially orthogonal to the contact location with the angle at substantially ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Hatim Bookwala
  • Patent number: 10875168
    Abstract: A power tool contains a brushless motor that includes a stator having a stack thickness and an outer diameter, a rotor having a diameter, and a motor shaft extending from the rotor and having a rotational axis. A drive mechanism is operably coupled to the motor shaft and is configured to drive a tool accessory in relation to a drive axis. A first housing houses the motor and the drive mechanism. The drive axis does not intersect the brushless motor, but the rotational axis of the motor shaft intersects the drive axis. The outer diameter of the stator is at least five times greater than the stack thickness. Furthermore, the diameter of the rotor is greater than the stack thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iida, Masanori Furusawa
  • Patent number: 10875169
    Abstract: A bit retention device has an upper support member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A lower support member fixed to the upper support member. A stationary plate is mounted to the inner surface of the upper support member. A clamp plate opposes the stationary plate and is spring biased toward the stationary plate and slidably moveable between the upper support member and the lower support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Schaub, James R. Parks, Richard J. Heavel
  • Patent number: 10875170
    Abstract: In an electric power tool 1 including a motor 20, a cooling fan 24 for cooling the motor 20, a plurality of intake ports 11a through which outside air is introduced by use of said cooling fan 24, and a heating element 50 That generates heat, a heat sink 40 is disposed between the motor 20 and the intake port 11a. The heating element 50 is connected to the heat sink 40 through a heat pipe 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Numata
  • Patent number: 10875171
    Abstract: A foldable saw includes, on a saw handle body, a latch body made of spring wire and including a coil section, a stop pin section, a latch section, and an operation section. The saw handle body includes at least a seating recess, a pin hole, and a receiving groove. The latch body is configured, in the state of being attached to the saw handle body, such that the latch section located in front of the coil section enters into the receiving groove by spring bias, and that the latch section retreats against the spring bias in response to an operation of the operation section located in the rear of the coil section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: U.M. KOGYO INC.
    Inventor: Shozo Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 10875172
    Abstract: An extended sawhorse includes a first side body and a second side body. Each of the first side body and the second side body has second cross members that are integrally connected to outer leg portions and an inner leg portion of the side body. A pair of hinged folding platforms are rotatably coupled to the second cross members at connection areas directly adjacent the inner leg portion of each of the first side body and second side body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventor: Nickolas Reinhart
  • Patent number: 10875173
    Abstract: A tool holding rack has a back board and a pair of hanging hooks. The pair of hanging hooks is attached to the back board. Each hanging hook has a hook body, at least one through hole, and a track channel. The at least one through hole is defined through the hook body. The track channel is defined in the hook body, wherein the back board extends through the track channels in the pair of hanging hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jui Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 10875174
    Abstract: A modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly is described for transporting an item being shipped. The assembly includes a modular mobility base having propulsion, steering, sensors for collision avoidance, and suspension actuators; a modular auxiliary power module with a power source and cargo door; a modular cargo storage system with folding structural walls and a latching system; and a modular mobile autonomy module that covers the cargo storage system and provides human interaction interfaces, externals sensors, a wireless interface, and an autonomous controller with interfacing circuitry coupled to the human interaction interfaces and sensors on the mobile autonomy module. The assembly has a power and data transport bus that provides a communication and power conduit across the different modular components. A method for on-demand assembly of such a bot apparatus is further described with steps for authenticating the different modular components during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud, Frank Mayfield, Daniel Gates
  • Patent number: 10875175
    Abstract: A robotic gripping device, system and method are disclosed. The robotic device includes an end effector having at least one finger, the fingers being configured for manipulating objects in the vicinity of the device under computer control. The device is configured for manipulating objects of varying sizes, dimensions and positions with reference to the device, without requiring information as to the precise location of the object with reference to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Graham Deacon