Patents Issued in March 2, 2021
  • Patent number: 10933481
    Abstract: Methods of forming a cooling passage on a turbine component having a component wall with an internal surface and an external surface, are disclosed. An opening is formed passing through the component wall and fluidly connecting the internal and external surfaces. The opening includes a metering section extending from the internal surface to a metering end, and a diffuser area extending from the metering end to the external surface. A preformed cap element is added to close a portion of the diffuser area to form the cooling passage with a diffusion section extending from the metering end to the external surface. The preformed metal cap element includes a projection extending internally of the external surface and into the diffusion area to define an internally facing section of the diffusion section. The cooling passage extends through the component wall and fluidly connects the internal surface and the external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Jason Ray Gregg, Nicholas William Rathay
  • Patent number: 10933482
    Abstract: Provided is a soldering method for soldering a tip end of an electric wire to a soldering portion of a metallic terminal which allows the soldering to be performed with excellent workability. The method includes a damming structure forming step forming a damming structure at a periphery of the soldering portion to dam a solder which is supplied in a molten state with a flux to the soldering portion to keep the solder at the soldering portion, an electric wire setting step setting the tip end of the electric wire at the soldering portion ready for soldering, and a solder supplying step supplying the solder in the molten state with the flux to the soldering portion to perform the soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Kato, Shinpei Kato, Hisashi Karube
  • Patent number: 10933483
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes an optional pre-heat station configured to receive an electronic substrate, a dispense station configured to dispense material on the electronic substrate received from the optional pre-heat station, an optional post-heat station configured to receive the electronic substrate from the dispense station, and a non-contact sensor positioned above the electronic substrate on at least one of the optional pre-heat station, the dispense station, and the optional post-heat station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Prentice, Scott A. Reid, Patsy A. Mattero, Fernando J. Aguiar
  • Patent number: 10933484
    Abstract: An engine-driven welding power supply, comprising a frame, an engine attached to the frame, and a generator attached to the frame. The generator is driven by the engine and configured to output electrical power via an electrical receptacle. Weld power conversion circuitry is integrally attached to the frame and configured to output welding-type power. A power conductor configured to provide input power to the weld conversion circuitry is configured to be manually coupled to the electrical receptacle or to an external source of electrical power. The weld power conversion circuitry is configured to convert the input power received via the power conductor to welding-type power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathon Nelson
  • Patent number: 10933485
    Abstract: A method of operating a welding power supply during a welding process in which an electric arc between a consumable electrode and a work piece is generated while feeding the consumable electrode and moving the arc in relation to the work piece along a welding track, wherein a transition between a DC power output of the welding power supply and an AC power output of the welding power supply, or vice versa, is made without interruption of the welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ESAB AB
    Inventor: Per Aberg
  • Patent number: 10933486
    Abstract: A welding machine includes one or more processors configured to control the welding machine and remote reset circuitry communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The remote reset circuitry is configured to receive a remote signal and to reset the one or more processors based at least in part on the remote signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Bruce A. Casner
  • Patent number: 10933487
    Abstract: A spot welding apparatus includes a stationary frame having a housing formed therein. An upper welding gun is mounted to a length direction of a pressing unit disposed in the housing of the stationary frame. A plurality of lower welding guns are mounted on an outside of the stationary frame and ends of the plurality of lower welding guns selectively face one end of the upper welding gun in a length direction of the lower welding guns by the plurality of lower welding guns. A plurality of actuators are mounted on the outside of the stationary frame. A plurality of link units are disposed between the actuators and the lower welding guns, connect the actuators and the lower welding guns, respectively, and rotate as the actuators are operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Sung Phil Ryu
  • Patent number: 10933488
    Abstract: A resistance spot welding method able to form a welded joint having delayed fracture resistance, includes, in order, applying a pressing force P1 (kN) to the plurality of steel sheets by welding electrodes while supplying a supplied current I1 (kA), while applying the pressing force P1, supplying a current Ic (kA) during a cooling time tc (s), repeating two times or more a pressure force raising and lowering cycle of supplying a supplied current I2 (kA) to the welding electrodes while applying a pressing force P2 (kN) to the plurality of steel sheets by the welding electrodes during a pressing time tf (s), then immediately applying a pressing force P3 (kN) during a pressing time ti (s), applying the pressing force P2 during the pressing time tf, and releasing the pressing force and ending the supply of current, satisfying 0?Ic<I1, 0.3?I2/I1<1.0, P2/P1?2, tf?0.2, P3<P2, and ti?0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiji Furusako
  • Patent number: 10933489
    Abstract: A method for bonding components is disclosed. The method may comprise positioning an interlayer between a metallic component and a metal-plated non-metallic component at a bond region, heating the bond region to a bonding temperature to produce a liquid at the bond region, and maintaining the bond region at the bonding temperature until the liquid has solidified to form a bond between the metallic component and the metal-plated non-metallic component at the bond region. A method for providing a part having a customized coating is also disclosed. The method may comprise applying a metallic coating on a surface of a metallic substrate, and bonding the metallic coating to the metallic substrate by a transient liquid phase bonding process to provide the part having the customized coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Grant O. Cook, III
  • Patent number: 10933490
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of drilling in a multilayer printed circuit board. The method includes drilling a one hole; directing electromagnetic radiation having at least one wavelength with higher energy than a work-function the metal layer toward the hole, and thus causing the metal layer to emit free electrons; and measuring the quantity or intensity of electrically charged particles derived from the emitted free electrons, to detect the extent of exposure or disappearance of the metal layer during drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DRILLIANT LTD.
    Inventor: Guy Soffer
  • Patent number: 10933491
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser beam processing device, the main part of which is a coupling device (1) for coupling a focused laser beam (2) into a fluid jet (3) of a defined cross-section. The coupling device (1) comprises a housing (4), in which a fluid nozzle is configured for forming the fluid jet (3). In addition, an outlet opening (6) is provided in the housing, through which the fluid jet (3) exits from the housing (4) and the cross-section of which is larger than the cross-section of the fluid jet (3). A passage chamber is provided between the fluid nozzle (5) and the outlet opening (6) for the fluid jet (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: AVONISYS AG
    Inventors: Jens Günter Gäbelein, Jeroen Hribar
  • Patent number: 10933492
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods of additive manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a metal deposition device (MDD) is configured to deposit a metal material during an additive manufacturing process. A controller is operatively coupled to the MDD and is configured to command the MDD to deposit the metal material on a base to form a contour of a part. The controller is configured to command the MDD to deposit the metal material on the base to form an infill pattern within a region outlined by the contour. The infill pattern is a wave shape having a wavelength. The controller is configured to command the metal deposition device to fuse the infill pattern to the metal contour at crossover points, where the infill pattern meets the contour, by applying energy at the crossover points and reducing a deposition rate of the metal material at the crossover points to prevent distorting the contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Steven R. Peters, Andrew R. Peters, William T. Matthews
  • Patent number: 10933493
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a build plate; a deposition system operable to dispense material as a melt pool to grow a workpiece on the build plate; a sensor system operable to determine a temperature of the workpiece being grown on the build plate adjacent to the melt pool; and a heater system operable to selectively heat the workpiece between the melt pool and the build plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Wendell V. Twelves
  • Patent number: 10933494
    Abstract: A lap-fillet arc welding joint includes a weld bead, the weld bead being formed on an end portion of one sheet of overlapped two sheets and a surface of other sheet along the end portion. The other sheet includes a projecting portion projecting from the surface at a side of a weld toe of at least one of a start portion and a termination portion of the weld bead. The weld toe is located on a slope surface portion of the projecting portion at a side of the end portion of the one sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shiozaki, Yuichi Tokita, Yoshikiyo Tamai
  • Patent number: 10933495
    Abstract: Provided is a flux that contains at least one of an amine compound containing at least one acetylated amino group and an amino acid compound containing at least one acetylated amino group, as an activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOKI COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Motohide Sasaki, Takeshi Yahagi, Noriyoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 10933496
    Abstract: A method for repairing a worn portion in an inner diameter surface of a bore of a cast iron part is disclosed. The inner diameter surface of the bore may have an original surface geometry prior to wear. The method may comprise forming a crescent-shaped pocket in the inner diameter surface of the bore to remove the worn portion, installing an insert in the crescent-shaped pocket, and post-machining the insert to form a crescent-shaped insert that is flush with the original surface geometry of the bore inner surface diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kegan Jon Luick, Timothy Graham
  • Patent number: 10933497
    Abstract: A method for improving the surface of an aluminum alloy article includes manufacturing the aluminum alloy article using an additive manufacturing technique, wherein the article as-manufactured includes one or more of cracks, roughness, or porosity at a surface of the article; coating the surface of the aluminum alloy article with a diffusion element, the diffusion element being capable of diffusing at least 0.2 mils into the article; heating the aluminum alloy article coated with the diffusion element to cause the diffusion element to diffuse the at least 0.2 mils into the article, thereby forming a diffusion layer of at least 0.2 mils in thickness comprising both aluminum alloy and diffusion element; and removing the diffusion layer from the aluminum alloy article, whereby upon the removing, a resulting improved surface of the article comprises fewer or smaller cracks, reduced roughness, or reduced porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Andy Szuromi, Steve Starr, Donald G. Godfrey, Mark C. Morris
  • Patent number: 10933498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device (10) for inserting a tool (18) into a tool receptacle (14), said device comprising a first holding means (12), which is configured to hold a tool receptacle (14), a second holding means (16), which is configured to hold a tool (18), a linear guide (20), by means of which the second holding means (16) is able to move in relation to the first holding means (12) in an axial direction running along or parallel to a main axis (X) in order to move the tool closer to the tool receptacle and insert it into the tool receptacle, a sensing arrangement (40), which is able to move in an axial direction and is configured to sense in a contact-free manner an axial position of a first reference point (R1) associated with the first holding means and to sense in a contact-free manner an axial position of a second reference point (R2) for a tool held by the second holding means, and a measuring arrangement, which measures an axial displacement path of the sensing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 10933499
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wheel airtight rubber ring press-fitting device, consisting of a frame, first servo motors, ball screw pairs, first guide rails, a first cylinder and the like. The device may be used for automatic continuous production. The central axis of an airtight rubber ring coincides with the central axis of the outer rim of a wheel, so that the positioning precision is improved, and high-precision press-fitting is realized. Through cyclic switching of double manipulators, the press-fitting feeding time is nested, the press-fitting cycle is shortened, and the working efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Huiying Liu, Baojun Shi
  • Patent number: 10933500
    Abstract: A blade mounting and dismounting jig is provided for mounting a blade on and dismounting a blade from a flange of a cutting apparatus which includes a boss, a blade mount for mounting the blade fitted thereover, the flange having an annular end face for supporting the blade thereon and being fixed to a distal end of a spindle, and a holder that cooperates with the flange in gripping and securing the blade in position. The blade mounting and dismounting jig includes a cylindrical jig body, a grip coupled to the jig body and having a diameter larger than the jig body, a plurality of first air ejection ports defined in a distal end portion of the jig body, a plurality of second air ejection ports defined in the jig body at a juncture between the jig body and the grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Kiuchi, Hajime Kameda
  • Patent number: 10933501
    Abstract: A gauging station includes a substrate plate and a fixture plate secured on the substrate plate. The fixture plate has a first mounting member. A gauging fixture has a second mounting member that is interlockable with the first mounting member to secure the gauging fixture on the fixture plate. One of the first mounting member or the second mounting member is a male wedge, and the other of the first mounting member or the second mounting member is a female wedge slot that is complementary to the male wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NYX, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Michael Bisson
  • Patent number: 10933502
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing system (100) for providing a polishing finish to a concrete surface, said system comprises a pad lock (2) which, one a second surface (6) thereof, comprises a number of protrusions (32) which are able to enter into engagement with a voids (16) arranged on a first surface (12) of a pad (10) placed between a fixing ring and said pad lock. The use of such a system provides a higher degree of integrity during use of said polishing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BECO HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenneth Olsen
  • Patent number: 10933503
    Abstract: A workpiece grinding method including a first surface protection step of covering a front surface of a workpiece with a workpiece protective member, a second surface protection step of covering front surface of a support substrate with a support substrate protective member, a workpiece unit formation step of causing an adhesive to spread over a side surface of an outer peripheral portion of the workpiece to fix the side surface to the support substrate, and forming a workpiece unit, a grinding step of thinning the workpiece, a first peeling step of peeling off the workpiece after thinning, the workpiece protective member, the adhesive, and the support substrate protective member from the support substrate as one unit in such a manner to turn them over, and a second peeling step of peeling off the workpiece protective member, the adhesive, and the support substrate protective member as one unit from the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Mihara
  • Patent number: 10933504
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and/or device to scrape a hard disk drive (HDD) to completely and permanently erase, remove, and/or destroy digital and/or electronic data and/or information stored on and/or written to the HDD without using and/or necessitating the use of external induction. The apparatus includes a first part of a HDD scrapper mounted on an arm of the HDD and a second part of the HDD scrapper mounted on a scrapper head. The apparatus also includes a turner that simultaneously permits a turning operation of magnetic platters of the HDD and the HDD scrapper. The first part, the second part, the arm, the scrapper head, the turner, and the magnetic platters are included in an enclosure of the HDD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Bikumala, Jose Alejandro Boillat
  • Patent number: 10933505
    Abstract: An arrangement arranged to enclose a circuit board comprising electronic components is described. The arrangement comprises a structure designed to receive the circuit board and the electronic components, a housing designed to receive the structure, a cover designed to be connected to the housing, and an electric socket adapted to provide the circuit board with electricity. The electric socket is comprised in at least one of the housing or the cover. The arrangement is arranged to enclose the circuit board by the housing and the cover, wherein the structure is designed to be releasable and at least partly bear against the circuit board and the electronic components. A tool comprising an arrangement is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Per-Anders Karlsson, Magnus Karlsson
  • Patent number: 10933506
    Abstract: A monopodic sander is provided for an operator to sand a surface. The monopodic sander comprises a rotary sanding head for contacting the surface and an extendable actuator rod having one end pivotally coupled to the rotary sanding head. The monopodic sander further comprises a controller handle operatively coupled to the one end of the extendable actuator rod to allow the operator to select a pressure applied by the rotary sanding head against the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason A. Kerestes, Kadon A. Kyte, Colton M. Smoot
  • Patent number: 10933507
    Abstract: An end-point detection sensor 50 detects an end point of polishing, the end-point detection sensor 50 being arranged in a polishing table 100. The end-point detection sensor 50 has a pot core. The pot core 60 has a bottom portion 61a, a magnetic core base portion 61b and a peripheral wall base portion 61c. The end-point detection sensor 50 has an exciting coil 62, and a detection coil 63. The back surface 101b of the polishing pad 101 has a space 30 which is arranged at a portion facing the polishing table 100 and houses a magnetic core extension portion 8 and a peripheral wall extension portion 11. The magnetic core extension portion 8 and the peripheral wall extension portion 11 extending to the space 30 are located in the space 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Takahashi, Akira Nakamura, Hiroaki Shibue, Mitsuo Tada
  • Patent number: 10933508
    Abstract: A bonded abrasive article can include a body including a bond material, abrasive particles contained within the bond material, and pores contained within the body. At least a portion of the pores of the body can include a coating. In one aspect, the coating can be a poly(p-xylylene) polymer applied via vapor deposition. The coated abrasive body can maintain a high permeability and pore volume after coating, and the coating can provide an increase in flexural strength and corrosion resistance to the abrasive article, thereby greatly enhancing its life time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS
    Inventors: Charles J. Gasdaska, Alexandre Temperelli, Kenneth Dubovick, Rachana Upadhyay, William H. Lane, Robin M. Bright
  • Patent number: 10933509
    Abstract: A rotary abrasive machining tool (101) is shown. The tool comprises a hub (103) having plurality of axially-oriented radial slots in the outer circumference thereof, and plurality of abrasive segments each of which is located in a respective slot in the hub and which form an abrading surface (102). The abrasive segments comprise a tab for location in a slot in the hub, and an abrading edge defining a plurality of abrasive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Alessio Spampinato, Dragos A. Axinte, Donka Novovic, Paul Butler-Smith
  • Patent number: 10933510
    Abstract: The abrasive unit contains a carrying disc (A) with a hub (1) set off in the central zone, having a coaxial hole (2) reinforced with a steel flange sleeve (3) for mounting the abrasive unit on the spindle of the angular hand grinder. The lower edges of numerous abrasive flaps (B) are fixed with glue binders (5) on the ring surface of the near-edge zone (4), the abrasive flaps subsequently overlapping one another in the circumferential direction so that their rear edges are exposed. The wheel of the carrying disc (A) is a layered polymer composite with reinforcement consisting of at least two meshes of glass fibre situated on both frontal surfaces of the carrying disc (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PRZEDSIEBIORSTWO PENTAR STANISLAW ROG
    Inventor: Stanislaw Rog
  • Patent number: 10933511
    Abstract: Polycrystalline diamond constructions comprise a diamond body attached with a substrate during high pressure/high temperature processing, and include a modified reaction zone interposed between the body and substrate that is engineered to minimize or eliminate unwanted back diffusion of carbon from the diamond body into the substrate during the high pressure/high temperature processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bruce Lund, Sharlynn Davis
  • Patent number: 10933512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping device having a mounting element with an axis of rotation X, an actuator, a support that has an opening of axis X in which opening the mounting element and the actuator are positioned. The mounting element includes a slide in which there are positioned a ring and a locking wedge which collaborate with at least one angle transmission. The support has an interior groove arranged in the opening and the ring and the locking wedge collaborate with the interior groove. The mounting element can thus easily be angularly positioned. There are preferably two angle transmissions positioned such that they are diametrically opposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Christophe Boiteux
  • Patent number: 10933513
    Abstract: The present invention provides an opening-closing device including a first component, a second component and a third component. The second component is rotatably connected with the first component, and the third component is rotatably connected with the second component. The present invention further includes a mode switching device for switching operating modes of the opening-closing device. The operating modes include a conventional mode and a labor-saving mode. When the opening-closing device is in the conventional mode, the third component is fixed relative to the second component. When the opening-closing device is in the labor-saving mode, the third component is rotated in the opening direction relative to the second component during opening of the opening-closing device, and the third component is rotated in the closing direction relative to the second component during closing of the opening-closing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: HANGZHOU GREAT STAR TOOLS CO., LTD., HANGZHOU GREAT STAR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Min Wang
  • Patent number: 10933514
    Abstract: A handheld grip assist device for use in gripping an object in a sanitary manner. The grip assist device has a clamshell construction, wherein two assemblies are joined at a hinge. The two assemblies have a rigid frame that support elastomeric panels. Movement between an open configuration and a closed configuration are controlled by engaging the grip assist device between a thumb and finger and using the muscles of the hand to open and close the grip assist device. In this manner, the grip assist device can be precisely controlled while preventing any direct contact between a gripped object and the skin of the hand. The grip assist device can be locked in its closed configuration, therein isolating surfaces on the grip assist device that could cause cross-contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Doozi, LLC
    Inventors: Simeon E. Tiefel, Michael J. Goldman, Mark A. Adkins
  • Patent number: 10933515
    Abstract: A tool adapter to aid in the removal of a threaded fastener from an article using a drive insert, the tool adapter comprising: (i) a housing comprising a plurality of faces interconnected along one or more respective edges of the plurality of faces to form the housing; and (ii) one or more holes recessed into one or more of the plurality of faces, the one or more holes adapted to receive one or more tools, wherein a first mating end of the drive insert is received into one of the one or more holes of the tool adapter and a second mating end of the drive insert is connected to the threaded fastener; and wherein one or more tools are inserted into at least one of the remaining holes to provide sufficient torque to remove the fastener from the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BIG AL'S TOOLS LLC
    Inventor: Alfred Gunther
  • Patent number: 10933516
    Abstract: A wrench device includes a proximal member including a first recess and a second recess open to the first recess. The second recess has a width smaller than the first recess. The first recess receives a first screw and the second recess receives a second screw smaller in diameter than the first screw. The device also includes a distal member coupled to the proximal member. The distal member includes a first recess, a second recess open to the first recess, and a third recess open to the second. The first recess has a width larger than a diameter of the second recess. The second recess has a diameter larger than the third recess. When the proximal and distal members are coupled, the first and second recesses of the proximal member are in open communication with the first, second and third recesses of the distal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Darrow, Steven Krevitski, Kory Smith, Robert Mazzarello, Donald Lu
  • Patent number: 10933517
    Abstract: A knife that includes a blade, a handle affixed to an end of the blade and a screwdriver bit fixed to the handle and moveable between an extended position beyond the base of the handle and a retracted position in which the screwdriver bit is arranged completely within the opening of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ALLWAY TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gringer, Yuan Fang Cheng
  • Patent number: 10933518
    Abstract: A jointing structure includes a jointing member and at least two abutting members. The at least two abutting members are disposed on the jointing member. The jointing member includes a surface and a plurality of side surfaces surrounding the surface, and the at least two abutting members are disposed on at least two of the side surfaces respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KABO TOOL COMPANY
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10933519
    Abstract: An electronic torque wrench system comprises a plurality of wrenches (11) which communicate with NFC (Near Field Communication) units (12, 42, 44) connected to a unit (20) for managing the plurality of wrenches. The wrench (11) and the external NFC unit (12, 42, 44) each comprise an NFC module (18, 19) for data exchange between wrench and external unit when the wrench is moved close to the external unit. A recharging base, a system and a method for managing the wrenches are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SCS CONCEPT S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco Angelo Cabrel, Roberto Boccellato
  • Patent number: 10933520
    Abstract: A removable protection device is for a transmission seal providing tightness between a differential housing and a transmission shaft inserted therein during installation. The removable protection device includes a cylindrical, longitudinally slotted protection ring which is placed under the seal so as to protect same during the insertion of the shaft, a bearing flange for bearing on the housing, connected to the ring and having a radial opening following the slot of the ring, a removal handle attached to the bearing flange, and an abutment projecting axially towards the outside of the housing from the annular flange, so as to halt the insertion of the shaft in a reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventor: Bruno Muller
  • Patent number: 10933521
    Abstract: A staple gun and a method of using the same. A stapling mechanism in the housing is activated to deliver a staple through an aperture in a housing wall and drive the staple into a surface around a stack of one or more electric cables. The gun includes a reciprocating cable guide for centering the gun on the stack of cables and closing a safety switch to permit the gun's trigger to be activated. A spacer extending outwardly from the housing wall rests on the upper surface of the cable stack. The spacer and a bumper that engages a hammer of the stapling mechanism provide for automatic depth adjustment when driving the staple into the surface. A reciprocating cable guard extending outwardly from the housing wall is positioned between the stack of cables and the staple to aid in preventing the staple from piercing the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BRAHMA INDUSTRIES LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ferris, Eric A. Miller, Jr., John D. Fiegener, Marcus R. Hanna, Ryan Thompson, William P. Liteplo
  • Patent number: 10933522
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a handle which is a hollow handle with a space defined therein. A connection portion has a slit defined in the first end thereof. The connection portion has two ribs extending inward from an inside of the second end thereof. The handle has a tubular portion extending from one end thereof. A protrusion extends outward from outside of the tubular portion. The tubular portion is inserted into the second end of the connection portion, and the ribs are engaged with the protrusion. A blade has a body and a toothed portion. The toothed portion is inserted into the slit of the connection portion. A cooling material is located in the space of the handle. The connection portion of the handle is connected to the toothed portion of the blade. The cooling material performs as a weight in the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Shou-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10933523
    Abstract: An apparatus which enables a person to comfortable work on the engine of a vehicle includes base, spine, post, knee pad, and chest pad components. The spine component is pivotally connected to the base component. A brace prevents the pivoting movement but is removably connected between the spine and the base to allow pivoting when desired. The spine component carries the tube component at a selected height, and the tube component carries the knee pad component at a selected position. The tube component carries the chest pad component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: WHITESIDE MFG. CO.
    Inventors: Shane Obitts, Kirt E. Whiteside, Robert E. Studer, Keith R. Studer
  • Patent number: 10933524
    Abstract: Provided is an arm fixing device that includes: a bracket having close-contact surfaces that are brought into close contact with a mounting surface provided in a supporting member, and a mounting surface provided in an arm or a link for transmitting drive force to an arm, also having one of a screw hole or a through hole that is formed to penetrate each of the close-contact surfaces at a position corresponding to a position of the other of a screw hole or a through hole provided in each of the mounting surfaces, and bridged over the mounting surfaces such that each of the close-contact surfaces is brought into close contact with a corresponding one of the mounting surfaces; and a fastener that penetrates the through hole and is fastened to the screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Chikara, Shun Suyama, Tsuneyoshi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10933525
    Abstract: A horizontal articulated robot includes a base, a first arm supported by the base to be pivotable in a horizontal direction, a second arm supported by the first arm to be pivotable in the horizontal direction, a shaft supported by the second arm to be linearly movable along a longitudinal axis in a vertical direction, and a stopper mounted to the shaft and limiting movement of the shaft within a movable range. The stopper includes a fixing section fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the shaft and protruding therefrom, and a shock absorbing section fixed to one of the fixing section and the second arm. The shock absorbing section is disposed in a position sandwiched by the fixing section and the second arm in the vertical direction, and is elastically compressed in the vertical direction when the shaft tries to move beyond the movable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hikaru Yamashiro
  • Patent number: 10933526
    Abstract: An approach relates to manipulation of tools or instruments in the performance of a task by a robot. In accordance with this approach, sensor data is acquired and processed to identify a subset of instruments initially susceptible to manipulation. The instruments are then manipulated in the performance of the task based on the processed sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Huan Tan, Weston Blaine Griffin, Lynn Ann DeRose, Yi Xu, Ying Mao, Balajee Kannan
  • Patent number: 10933527
    Abstract: A method for operating a robotic system including determining an initial pose of a target object based on imaging data; calculating a confidence measure associated with an accuracy of the initial pose; and determining that the confidence measure fails to satisfy a sufficiency condition; and deriving a motion plan accordingly for scanning an object identifier while transferring the target object from a start location to a task location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventor: Rosen Diankov
  • Patent number: 10933528
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes detecting, by one or more sensors of a robot, one or more characteristics of a current point on a surface on which the robot travels. A feature vector is constructed to describe the current point on the surface on which the robot travels, based on the one or more characteristics. The feature vector is mapped to a confidence level that a hazard exists at the current point on the surface. It is determined that the confidence level meets a threshold confidence. An alert is issued in association with the current point on the surface, based on the confidence level meeting the threshold confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael S. Gordon, James R. Kozloski, Ashish Kundu, Clifford A. Pickover
  • Patent number: 10933529
    Abstract: In some aspects, computer-implemented methods for selecting a robotic tool path for a manufacturing processing system to execute a material processing sequence in three-dimensional space can include: providing to a computer-readable product including robotic system data of a robotic tool handling system and workpiece data relating to a processing path of a tool along the workpiece; generating a plurality of possible robotic tool paths to be performed to move the tool along the processing path; identifying one or more obstacles, or an absence of obstacles, associated with the robotic tool paths; comparing robotic tool paths based on a predetermined robotic parameter to be controlled as the tool moves from the start point to the end point; and based on the identified obstacles, determining feasible tool paths, between the start point and the end point that avoid the obstacles, that can be obtained by adjusting the predetermined robotic parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Waseem Khan, Mohammad Keshmiri, Chahe Bakmazjian, Liguo Huo
  • Patent number: 10933530
    Abstract: A system for analyzing geometric properties for an object includes designing the object in a first computer process and producing information relating to the geometric properties of the object, and receiving the information in a second computer processor which identifies a first portion of the geometric property information as masked or private and second portion identified as public or shared, analysis is performed by the second processor on the public/shared portion of the geometric property information. An output based on the analysis may be provided to an industrial system performing processes on the object. A binary privacy label may be assigned to each triangle in a set of triangles representing the surfaces of the object in a 3D object mesh. The privacy label denotes an associated triangle as being private or shared. The system may be used to produce a set of planned grasps for a robotic gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Kenneth Yigael Goldberg, Ramu Chandra, Florian Till Pokorny, Jeffrey Brian Mahler, Juan L. Aparicio Ojea