Patents Issued in April 6, 2021
  • Patent number: 10968905
    Abstract: A system and method for producing compressed air from ocean waves. The system includes an enclosing frame having a base anchored to an ocean floor with two or more columns extending upward from the base to above the ocean surface and a platform at an upper end of the columns. A float is located in the frame between the columns so that the float is confined to go up and down. The float is placed on the ocean surface within the frame and goes up and down with the ocean waves. One or more pumps are located on the platform with the hammer head that can be raised and lowered to produce compressed air with the pumps. The hammer head is connected to the float with two or more elongated shafts so that the hammer head is raised and lowered by the ocean waves and produces compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Reuven Weinberg
  • Patent number: 10968906
    Abstract: In a compressor for discharging a medium, in particular tire sealant that is to be discharged from a container into a tire, wherein a motor (1) of the compressor (P) drives a step-up transmission wheel (3, 3.1) for moving at least one piston (6-6.6) in a compression chamber (7), the step-up transmission wheel (3, 3.1) is intended to be provided only partially on its circumference with a toothing (20) and/or to consist of two toothed wheels (11, 12) lying on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Martin Patrick Spindler
  • Patent number: 10968907
    Abstract: A linear compressor includes a cylinder that defines a compression chamber configured to accommodate refrigerant and that includes a cylinder nozzle configured to receive refrigerant, and a piston provided in the cylinder and configured to be pressed by refrigerant in the cylinder. The piston includes a piston body configured to move forward and backward within the cylinder, a piston front part located on a front surface of the piston body, the piston front part comprising a suction port through which refrigerant is supplied into the compression chamber, and a refrigerant collection part that is recessed from an outer circumferential surface of the piston front part, that extends to a front surface of the piston front part, and that is configured to receive at least a portion of refrigerant compressed in the compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. and Industry-Academic Cooperation, Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Kwangwoon Ahn, Sungyong Ahn, Yoonchul Rhim
  • Patent number: 10968908
    Abstract: Provided is a scroll fluid machine which is capable of inhibiting contact between tooth tip corners and tooth bottom corners. The present invention is provided with: a wall inclined portion (3b1) of which a facing surface has a distance to an end plate which continuously decreases from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side; and an end plate inclined portion (5a1). Chamfered portions (8a) are provided to tooth tip corners (8) of a tooth tip of a wall (3b) which face tooth bottom corners (9) of bases of mating walls (5b). The chamfered portions (8a) have a shape which avoids contact with step parts (9a) which are formed at the tooth bottom, and which are adjacent to the tooth bottom corners (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Sato, Yoshiyuki Kimata, Masashi Hamano, Takahide Ito
  • Patent number: 10968909
    Abstract: A dry vacuum pump may include a stator which defines an internal chamber in which a rotor is rotationally mounted. A sensor is mounted to the stator and has an output connected to a processing circuit arranged to analyse the output of the sensor to determine the absolute distance between a point on the surface of the rotor and internal stator surface. The rotor to stator clearance can thus be accurately determined in real time during operation of the pump, so that the pump performance can be optimised over its serviceable life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Phillip North, Kanstantinos Karoulas, Benjamin Raymond Wooller, Alan Ernest Kinnaird Holbrook
  • Patent number: 10968910
    Abstract: A supercharger having twisted meshing rotors sealingly contained within a housing having an inlet port to admit air into the meshing rotors and an outlet port to expel air from the meshing rotors, the rotors having mesh points where the rotors contact one another and spaces between their mesh points to accept air from the inlet port and propel it to the outlet port as the rotors are rotated and the mesh points travel axially, the housing, inlet and rotors defining an angle known as the seal transfer angle which is greater than or equal to zero degrees when the inlet port is closed and the volume of air between rotors is sealed and has no leakage path. In the described supercharger the housing, rotors and inlet port are configured to have a negative seal transfer angle of, e.g., ?10 to ?40 degrees or more, up to the maximum available, and to provide a leakage path for an angular portion of the rotors' rotation, improving high end performance without degrading low end performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Magnuson Products, LLC
    Inventors: Owen Peterson, Jonathan Thomas
  • Patent number: 10968911
    Abstract: An oscillating piston compressor includes two oscillating compression units, and an introduction section configured to introduce an intermediate-pressure refrigerant into a compression chamber of each of the compression units. Each compression unit has a cylinder forming a cylinder chamber, a piston housed in the cylinder chamber, and a blade integrally formed with the piston. The piston rotates in the cylinder chamber while the blade oscillates. The two compression units are configured such that phases of the pistons are opposite to each other. The piston has a non-circular outer peripheral surface, and the cylinder chamber has an inner peripheral surface with a shape determined based on an envelope of the outer peripheral surface of the piston in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Inada, Kazuhiro Furusho, Chihiro Endou, Takazou Sotojima
  • Patent number: 10968912
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a bush having a shaft part and a balance weight part. The balance weight part is secured to an outer periphery of the shaft part by shrink-fitting. The shaft part includes: a cylindrical body part; and a cylindrical coupling part which extends outward from an axial end portion of the body part, and to which the balance weight part is joined. The bush satisfies the following requirements: 1.2?D2/D1?1.6; and??(a) 1.0?[(D2?D3)/(D4?D2)]×E1/E2?3.5,??(b) where D1 is the outer diameter of the body part, D2 is the outer diameter of the coupling part, D3 is the inner diameter of the body part, D4 is the outer diameter of the balance weight part, E1 is the Young's modulus of the shaft part, and E2 is the Young's modulus of the balance weight part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Koyama, Tomokazu Matsui, Kohei Tatsuwaki, Yuji Takamura
  • Patent number: 10968913
    Abstract: Refrigerant compressor installation comprising at least three compressors which are arranged in parallel between an intake conduit and a pressure conduit and which each comprise a lubricant sump unit, wherein the compressors, when in operation, work in such a way that the respective pressures in the respective lubricant sump units of the respective compressors form a pressure cascade according to which the compressors have a successively slightly decreasing pressure in the respective lubricant sump unit in a defined cascade sequence, and wherein the lubricant sump units are connected to each other in a manner corresponding to the cascade sequence by way of a lubricant conduit system for lubricant transport, and wherein each lubricant sump unit comprises a port to which is connected an insert element which on the one hand establishes communication with the lubricant conduit system and on the other hand is configured such that it predetermines, for the respective lubricant sump unit, a lubricant level from whic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Scharer, Thomas Varga
  • Patent number: 10968914
    Abstract: A method for providing artificial lift with an electric submersible pump system includes providing an electric submersible pump system having a motor, a pump assembly, a seal assembly, and a shaft assembly extending along a central axis from the motor to the pump assembly. The pump assembly includes two or more pump sections and a coupling with a transmission mechanism is located between the two or more pump sections. The motor rotates a motor shaft segment of the shaft assembly that is in engagement with a first pump section and starts the first pump section. One of the transmission mechanisms is moved from a disengaged position to an engaged position where the coupling conveys the rotation of the motor shaft segment to the adjacent shaft segment and starts another of the two or more pump sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jinjiang Xiao, Brian A. Roth, Rafael Adolfo Lastra
  • Patent number: 10968915
    Abstract: A high-vacuum pump comprises a plurality of pumping stages, each comprising a plurality of mutually cooperating elements, including at least one rotating rotor element and one stationary stator element. At least one of the elements of at least one of the pumping stages is made of a plastic material reinforced with short fibres, dispersed in chaotic and substantially random manner inside the matrix of plastic material. Use of a plastic material reinforced with short fibres allows making the at least one element by injection molding and allows manufacturing the vacuum pump with considerably reduced production costs if compared to the conventional vacuum pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Silvio Giors, Gianluca Buccheri, Mauro Nebiolo
  • Patent number: 10968916
    Abstract: Disclosed is an embodiment of a dual seal arrangement for the high-speed shaft of a supercharger with a centrifugal compressor and a mechanical speed step-down transmission to the shaft. A ring located about the shaft splits the rotational speed of the shaft between two seals, so that each seal spins at a speed of roughly half the speed of the shaft. The arrangement can also be used to split the shaft speed between two bearings in the same manner. The high-speed shaft may also have a turbine attached, to form a driven turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SUPERTURBO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Barry D. Suelter
  • Patent number: 10968917
    Abstract: A blower, including a scroll casing, a fan impeller, a motor, and a pressure measuring connector. The scroll casing includes a chamber, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The air inlet and the air outlet communicate with the chamber. The motor is disposed on the scroll casing. A drive end of the motor is inserted into the chamber and is connected to the fan impeller. The pressure measuring connector is disposed on the scroll casing. A channel is disposed in the pressure measuring connection, and the channel communicates with the chamber. The channel includes a first subchannel and a second subchannel. The first subchannel communicates with the second subchannel, and an inner diameter of the first subchannel is larger than an inner diameter of the second subchannel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Lei, Kunpan Liu, Shikun Chen, Shenglong Guo, Xianjun Liu, Jianhua Zeng, Qixiang Xiang, Xiao Liu, Zeyan Jiang, Haoquan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10968918
    Abstract: Wear rings for electric submersible pump (ESP) stages are provided. An example ESP has one or more running clearance seals reinforced with high-hardness wear rings. Ceramics and carbides may provide the high hardness for the wear rings, but such substances are more brittle than metals and have different coefficients of thermal expansion than metals. For protection, each high-hardness wear ring may be mounted with an elastic cushioning scheme. The elastic mounting preserves each wear ring from shock, stress, and breakage from thermal expansion and contraction of an adjacent pump part. Each high-hardness wear ring may also have a low-stress driving mechanism that cushions the rotational force imparted to the wear ring when the ESP pump is being powered. In some implementations, the elastic mounting scheme may also serve as the low-stress driving mechanism for the high-hardness wear ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arthur I. Watson, David Milton Eslinger
  • Patent number: 10968919
    Abstract: A compressor (22) comprises: a housing (50); a shaft (70); a plurality of bearings (66, 67, 68, 74, 76) mounting the shaft to the housing for relative rotation about an axis (500); and a motor (52). The motor has: a rotor (64) mounted on the shaft; and a stator (62). A first impeller (54A) is mounted the shaft to a first side of the motor. A second impeller (54B) is mounted the shaft to a second side of the motor. The first impeller is an open impeller and the second impeller is a shrouded impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Vishnu M. Sishtla
  • Patent number: 10968920
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an adjustable mounting assembly for a fan motor, having a frame defining a space configured to receive the fan motor, a fixed nut coupled to the frame, and a bolt extending through the fixed nut and into the space. The frame is configured to mount to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit, and the bolt is adjustable relative to the fixed nut to adjust a position of the fan motor within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Amit R. Chothave, Piyush R. Adhav, Shashank B. Kadam, Praveen M. Gotakhindi, Anand Talikot
  • Patent number: 10968921
    Abstract: A blower fan for preventing noise generated from blades and a peripheral interference object is provided, the blower fan including a cylindrical hub, a plurality of blades disposed to be spaced apart an asymmetric distance from one another about the hub, and a balancer connected to the hub to balance the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Namjoon Cho, Dongkeun Yang, Hyoungsuk Woo
  • Patent number: 10968922
    Abstract: A radial compressor having an impeller having a housing with a radially outer and a radially inner insertion section a main flow channel for suppling a medium towards the impeller, a circulation chamber radially outside of the main flow channel separated from the main flow channel by a contour wall and connected to the insertion section via struts. The main flow channel is delimited by the contour wall and by a first segment of the insertion section. The struts engage with a second segment of the insertion section. The second segment of the insertion section engages with a downstream end of the first segment of the insertion section. The upstream end of the first segment of the insertion section protrudes freely in the direction of the contour wall. The first segment of the insertion section has a constant thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Boris Thaser, Matthias Strauss, Oswald Löwlein, Sven Eisenbach
  • Patent number: 10968923
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a first hydraulic device, a second hydraulic device, a first control valve to control the first hydraulic device, a second control valve disposed on a downstream side of the first control valve and configured to control the second hydraulic device, a communication tube connecting the first hydraulic device to the first control valve, a supply fluid tube connecting the first control valve to the second control valve, a connection fluid tube disposed on the first control valve, the connection fluid tube connecting the communication tube to the supply fluid tube, a discharge fluid tube connected to the first control valve, a setting portion disposed on the discharge fluid tube and configured to increase a pressure in the discharge fluid tube, a branching fluid tube branched from the connection fluid tube and connected to the discharge fluid tube, and a throttle disposed on the branching fluid tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Keigo Honda, Yoshimitsu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10968924
    Abstract: A fluid valve assembly having a central bore and a stem axially-movable within the central bore and actuated by an axial pilot force and an axial counter force. An inner supply pressure chamber is provided to retain a stabilized supply pressure providing the axial counter force affecting on the stem. A seal member is arranged coaxially with the stem between the inner supply pressure chamber and an outer supply pressure chamber which is connected to a supply pressure input line. A metering edge is arranged coaxially with the stem to control fluid flow from the outer supply pressure chamber to an actuator chamber. Means are provided to stabilize the supply pressure in the inner chamber against sudden pressure drops in the outer supply pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NELES FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Jan Gunell, Mika Olkkonen, Juuso Jokinen, Joni Kukkonen, Jyri Hakola
  • Patent number: 10968925
    Abstract: An air cylinder includes a cylinder, a piston rod, a piston, and a controller. The piston rod has one end disposed in the cylinder and the other end protruding from the cylinder. The piston is provided at the one end of the piston rod and moves the piston rod by moving in the cylinder. The controller supplies gas into one of a space, which is a space in the cylinder directed on the piston rod side with respect to the piston, and a space, which is a space in the cylinder opposite to the space with respect to the piston, and sucks gas from an interior of the other of the spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takehiro Ueda, Takeshi Akao
  • Patent number: 10968926
    Abstract: A fluid pressure cylinder. A first stepped section having a greater diameter than a cylinder chamber is formed at one end of a cylinder tube constituting a fluid pressure cylinder. A disc-shaped head cover is inserted into the cylinder chamber. The one end is pressed and plastically deformed by a staking jig to form a deformed section, and the head cover is affixed within the first stepped section by the deformed section. As a result of this configuration, the head cover can be more firmly affixed while the sealing effect between the cylinder tube and the head cover is ensured. This eliminates need for a seal means and an engagement means which is used to affix the head cover, and consequently, the number of parts can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Hara, Yusuke Saito, Koichiro Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10968927
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve assembly includes an algorithm stored in an internal memory of the hydraulic valve assembly that determines a spool correction command based on a flow demand which is calculated for obtaining a target single port pressure or a target delta pressure using one or more port pressure measurements. The spool correction command is sent to an upper level controller of the hydraulic valve assembly, and the upper level controller uses the spool correction command to obtain an optimal displacement of a spool inside the valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Chaitanya Mujumdar, Brandon Petersen
  • Patent number: 10968928
    Abstract: A film for arranging and increasing the friction between two frictionally joined components, in particular of a motor vehicle, is provided. The film includes a load-bearing matrix and a plurality of hard particles arranged in the matrix. A process for producing such a film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hoang Viet Bui
  • Patent number: 10968929
    Abstract: The invention comprises a first fixture group for clamping a first erecting rod, a second fixture group for clamping a second erecting rod, a fixed bolt and a compression spring, wherein the first fixture group comprises a first cylindrical portion with a first non-circular axisymmetric profile, the second fixture group comprises a second cylindrical portion sleeved with the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion comprises a second non-circular axisymmetric profile correspondingly sleeved with the first non-circular axisymmetric profile, and the first cylindrical portion axially slides relative to the second cylindrical portion to have a rotatable rotating position and a non-rotatable clamping position, the fixed bolt penetrates through the second cylindrical portion, the first cylindrical portion and the compression spring to be screwed with a nut, and the first cylindrical portion is pushed by the compression spring to move from the rotating position to the clamping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Tsun-Chi Liao
  • Patent number: 10968930
    Abstract: A connecting structure comprising a main body, a plurality of rotary discs, and a joint set is provided. The rotary discs are rotatably disposed on the main body with intervals. The joint set comprises at least one third connecting element and at least one fourth connecting element. The fourth connecting element matches with the first connecting of the object for connecting to each other, and the third connecting element matches with the second connecting element of the device for connecting to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Syncmold Enterprise Corp.
    Inventors: Kang-Chen Lan, Cheng-Chieh Hung
  • Patent number: 10968931
    Abstract: A U-base clip component can include two opposing side walls joined together at an insertion end with a rib receiving cavity between the two opposing side walls. Aperture retention arms can extend outwardly from the two opposing side walls, respectively. Rib coupling arms can extend inwardly from the two opposing side walls. A seal component can include a central wall having a clip aperture therethrough. A first component annular seal can extend in a first direction away from a first side of the central wall. A second component annular seal can extend in a second, opposite direction away from a second, opposite side of the central wall. The seal component and the U-base clip component can have a shipping configuration in which the U-base clip component extends through the clip aperture with the seal component coupled between the trailing end and the aperture retention arms of the U-base clip component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Adam A. Forti, Oday Amer Safry
  • Patent number: 10968932
    Abstract: A solder joint in which an electronic component with a back metal is bonded to a substrate by a solder alloy. The solder alloy includes: a solder alloy layer having an alloy composition consisting of, in mass %: Ag: 2 to 4%, Cu: 0.6 to 2%, Sb: 9.0 to 12%, Ni: 0.005 to 1%, optionally Co: 0.2% or less and Fe: 0.1% or less, with the balance being Sn; an Sn—Sb intermetallic compound phase; a back metal-side intermetallic compound layer formed at an interface between the back metal and the solder alloy; and a substrate-side intermetallic compound layer formed at an interface between the substrate and the solder alloy. The solder alloy layer exists at least one of between the Sn—Sb intermetallic compound phase and the back metal-side intermetallic compound layer, and between the Sn—Sb intermetallic compound phase and the substrate-side intermetallic compound layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Ueshima, Yoshie Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10968933
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes lug clusters for composite tubes and methods for making such lug clusters. Lug clusters of the present disclosure may include a first side, a second side, and a saddle. The saddle may be placed in adjacent contact with a tube and a filament may be wound around the lug cluster and tube. The wound lug cluster and tube may be resin transfer molded. Machining may follow to remove material and finalize the shape of the lug cluster and/or tube. Thus, a lug cluster may be attached to a composite tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: William E. Luce
  • Patent number: 10968934
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing silicon seed rod in which two silicon seeds are joined into one long silicon seed rod by mechanical coupling. A mechanical seed coupler is a body in having an outer wall, an upper surface with an upper aperture, a lower surface with a lower aperture, and an inner wall surrounding an inner space. The mechanical seed couple can be of a shape including a cylinder shape, an elliptical tube shape, a rectangular tube shape and a square tube shape. Furthermore the mechanical seed coupler can be of unitary construction, made from one solid piece of material, or it can be composed of subparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corporation (MIPSA), MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Lovorn, Larry Gurley
  • Patent number: 10968935
    Abstract: A method for mounting fastening structure of automobile sunshade includes providing a fixing strip by stacking a first release layer with a torn portion, an adhesion layer, and a second release layer in turn; tearing off the torn portion to form a reserved opening exposing adhesion layer; providing a positioning unit, adhering the positioning unit to adhesion layer in the reserved opening temporarily and adjusting relative position between the automobile sunshade and the positioning unit; detaching the positioning unit, and exposing a sticking layer the adhesion layer after removing the second release layer to adhere to internal window frame; spreading a crosslinking agent to the adhesion layer in the reserved opening; tearing off the first release layer and adhesion layer; adhering the positioning unit to crosslinking agent on internal window frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHYU FUU INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tung-Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 10968936
    Abstract: A set comprising a panel and a fastening device for securing a furniture component, such as a hinge, an interior fitting, a carrying device or a slider, to the panel. The fastening device includes an element with a first element surface comprising a protruding part which protrudes from the first element surface. The panel comprises an edge surface and a panel surface, which includes an insertion groove. The fastening device is configured to be assembled to the panel with the first element surface facing the panel surface. The edge surface includes an edge groove and a flexible tongue is arranged in the edge groove. The protruding part is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and includes a recess and the flexible tongue is configured to cooperate with the recess for a locking of the fastening device to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Christian Boo, Peter Derelöv, Agne Pålsson
  • Patent number: 10968937
    Abstract: A simple and versatile mounting bracket for mounting e.g. legs on a piece of furniture is provided. The multifunctional mounting bracket facilitates a switch between two states, e.g. a switch between using a table as a dining table and using the table as a coffee table, or a switch between a “table” position and a “stack-up” position without the use of tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SISO A/S
    Inventors: David Tomas Perelman, Amir El Safty
  • Patent number: 10968938
    Abstract: A connector (1) for fastening a first component (100) to a second component (200) of a motor vehicle, includes a bearing collar (10) for bearing against the first component (100), a crossbar (20) having one or more upper bearing surfaces (21.1, 21.2) for bearing against the second component (200) and for bracing the second component (200) against the first component (100) in a rotated final assembly position, a shaft portion (30) for passing through corresponding apertures (110, 210) in the components (100, 200), and fastening means (40) for fastening the connector (1) to the first component (100) in a preassembly position. A rotation-blocking device (50) is configured to block rotation of the connector (1) in relation to the first component (100) in the preassembly position and only to release said rotation when the connector (1) has moved from the preassembly position in the direction of the final assembly position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Leidig, Jan Müller
  • Patent number: 10968939
    Abstract: A torque transmission driver has a first end portion adapted to receive and transmit torque from a torque generation source, and a second end portion including a shaped tapered bit having drive surfaces with an alternating series of five or six lobes and troughs about a rotational axis, having a taper angle between 15 and 65° from the rotational axis operable to engage corresponding drive surfaces in a plurality of at least two size fasteners, the tapered drive surfaces of the bit comprising a first tapered portion operable to engage drive surfaces of a first sized fastener and a second tapered portion operable to engage drive surfaces of a second sized fastener, the drive surfaces of the second sized fastener being larger than the drive surfaces of the first sized fastener. The taper angle may be nominally 52° from the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Infastech Intellectual Properties Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard W. Lukes, Donald K. Blaess
  • Patent number: 10968940
    Abstract: A bolt includes a main-bolt head, a threaded shaft, and a deformable-bolt head component. The main-bolt head has a recess. The threaded shaft extends from the main-bolt head. The threaded shaft has an external thread wrapped therearound. The deformable-bolt head component has an outer flange and an interior threaded bore. The outer flange of the deformable-bolt head component is coupled to the main-bolt head such that a relief space is formed between the deformable-bolt head component and the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CRUSHLOCK, INC.
    Inventor: Arnold R. Limatoc
  • Patent number: 10968941
    Abstract: A fastening device includes a head member and a body member. The head member has a stem portion provided with a fastening section; and the body member is movably assembled to the head member and includes an elastic fastening section for engaging with a first workpiece. To connect the first workpiece to a second workpiece, simply fasten the fastening section of the stem portion to the second workpiece. To disconnect the first workpiece from the second workpiece, simply release the fastening section from the second workpiece. With these arrangements, it is able to quickly connect and easily disconnect two workpieces to and from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: DTECH PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ting-Jui Wang
  • Patent number: 10968942
    Abstract: A tamper-resistant threaded fastener including a circular head having a slot formed in the head transverse to the longitudinal axis, the slot having an enlarged region intermediate an apex and a base of the slot. A cap member includes a head having a drive feature formed therein, the head extending to a first shank portion, extending to an enlarged second shank portion, extending to a foot. The cap member is insertable in the slot only from a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. During rotational installation of the fastener and cap member in a threaded counterbored opening for securing a barrier for protecting an asset, the foot shears inside the slot at a predetermined rotational drive force, the cap member being rotatable in the opening and protectively covering the fastener head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Neidigk, Zachary Medaris Wilson
  • Patent number: 10968943
    Abstract: A floating fastener comprises a retainer and a captive nut held within a cavity of the retainer. The nut is star-shaped with four points spaced equally apart and with four valleys on the periphery of the nut between the points creating the overall star-shape of the nut. Likewise, the cavity in the retainer corresponds to the shape and contour of the nut but sized so that there is a substantial gap between them. Permissible lateral float of the nut can be maximized by employing a particular angularity of the sides of the valleys in relation to other dimensions of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Brian Bentrim, Jonathan Brunk, Thuan Huu Chau, Trevor Fahy, James Sutcliffe, David Quinn
  • Patent number: 10968944
    Abstract: A cap configured for providing a sealed cavity around an end of a fastener and a method of bonding a cap to a structural member in which a contact adhesive is provided for fixing the cap to the structural member and a curable sealant is provided for bonding the cap to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Richard Dobbin
  • Patent number: 10968945
    Abstract: A lock nut system includes a nut having a retaining member which includes locking teeth configured to engage with the lock nut teeth. The retaining member is rotatable in both a clockwise or counterclockwise direction a preselected distance to allow the locking teeth to mesh with the nut teeth so the lock nut can be locked into position on the shaft without further rotation or other adjustment of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Nicholas Mesiti
  • Patent number: 10968946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tilting-pad bearing (7), comprising: a sleeve (15); a plurality of tilting pads (9); and a frame (8), in which the tilting pads (9) are held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Doehring, Tim Maier
  • Patent number: 10968947
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring having a large flange surface, and tapered rollers having roller large end surfaces. The large flange surface has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.1 ?m?Ra?0.2 ?m. The large flange surface further has a roughness curve skewness Rsk of ?1.0?Rsk??0.3, and a roughness curve kurtosis Rku of 3.0?Rsk?5.0. The tapered roller bearing is capable of realizing both stable rotation torque while the bearing is rotating at a low speed, and excellent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kawai, Masaya Takaoka
  • Patent number: 10968948
    Abstract: A bearing assembly (100) includes a split inner race ring (115) configured to be installed on a shaft (25) and defines two raceways (135, 140) for supporting rolling elements (150,155). A split clamping band (170) is configured to be installed over the split inner race ring (115) to secure the split inner race ring (115) on the shaft (25). A split seal wear ring (290, 295) is configured to be installed on an outer diameter surface of the split clamping band (170). An engagement interface between the split clamping band (170) and the split seal wear ring (290, 295) includes a boss (340) on one of the split clamping band (170) and the split seal wear ring (290, 295), and an aperture (355) on the other one of the split clamping band (170) and the split seal wear ring (290, 295). The aperture (355) is sized and configured to receive the boss (340) for positioning the split seal wear ring (290, 295) on the split clamping band (170).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Timken Company
    Inventors: Nick Dent, Brian Werner, Matthew Wilmer, Carl H. Hager, Daniel F. Stanciu
  • Patent number: 10968949
    Abstract: A first arithmetic section calculates a current rotation component phase value and a current rotation component amplitude value. A second arithmetic section calculates a displacement rotation component phase value and a displacement rotation component amplitude value. A third arithmetic section calculates a ratio between the amplitude value of the current rotation frequency component and the amplitude value of the displacement rotation frequency component. Feedback control is performed such that the current rotation component phase value is equal to a value obtained by addition of a phase value of 180 degrees to the displacement rotation component phase value and that the amplitude value of the current rotation frequency component is equal to a product of the displacement rotation frequency component and the ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Junichiro Kozaki
  • Patent number: 10968950
    Abstract: A sliding bearing includes a bearing surface which comprises a material in which an alloy material based on CuSnX (0.01<X<9), CuNi2Si, or CuFe2P is used. A method for producing such a sliding bearing and a use for CuNi2Si, CuFe2P, and CuSnX in a sliding bearing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden Gmbh
    Inventors: Holger Schmitt, Daniel Meister, David M. Saxton
  • Patent number: 10968951
    Abstract: A roller bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring and a cage between the inner ring and the outer ring in which a plurality of rollers are retained. The inner ring or the outer ring includes a guide flange for guiding the rollers, and a biasing member exerts a biasing force, directed toward the guide flange, on the rollers and/or on the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Padelis Katsaros, Volker Wendt
  • Patent number: 10968952
    Abstract: A multi-row rolling bearing unit including an outer ring and at least two inner rings, between which rolling bodies are guided, and an elastic securing ring which engages in annular grooves of the inner rings, the securing ring having a U-shaped cross-sectional profile with two flanks which engage in the annular grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Barthel, Lukas Schraut
  • Patent number: 10968953
    Abstract: A greasable bearing assembly may include an outer ring, an inner ring disposed within, and concentric with, the outer ring, and a plurality of balls disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring. A greasable seal may be disposed adjacent the outer ring and the inner ring, the greasable seal further comprising a toroidal shape comprising an outer face and an inner face. An outer ring-shaped surface may extend from the outer face to the inner face. An inner ring-shaped surface may extends from the outer face to the inner face. An intake opening may be disposed through the greasable seal and extend from the outer ring-shaped surface to the inner face. A securing member may be formed as a lip at the inner face to mateably couple between the inner ring and the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sandcraft, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Roberts, Brent G. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10968954
    Abstract: A bearing grease includes a base oil and a thickener, and the base oil includes mineral oil and poly-?-olefin. The poly-?-olefin may be a blend of poly-?-olefin having a kinetic viscosity higher than that of the mineral oil and poly-?-olefin having a kinetic viscosity equal to or lower than that of the mineral oil, and the kinetic viscosity of the base oil at 40° C. is in a range of 40 through 90 mm2/s. The amount of the poly-?-olefin by mass in the base oil is greater than the amount of the mineral oil by mass in the base oil. The worked penetration of the grease is in a range of 200 through 250. The grease reduces flying grease and outgas and has superior low-temperature characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro Iino, Takayuki Kosaka, Misato Hanaoka, Hisaya Nakamura, Koji Ishii