Patents Issued in September 14, 2021
  • Patent number: 11117173
    Abstract: An adjusting cylinder quick-action adjustment for a long, rapid stroke movement in an edging stand which includes an edger upright, adjustment system, balancing system and edging roll sets, comprises a piston which acts via edging roll chocks of at least one edging roll for adjustment against the rolling stock. The adjustment of the edging roll can be actuated on each side hydraulically by a fluid. The adjusting cylinder quick-action adjustment is mounted in the edger upright and exerts the force required for the edging process. The adjusting cylinder quick-action adjustment includes on each side of the edging upright at least one double cylinder which has two cylinders coupled to one another and is separately controllable and configured for rapid adjustment and for control adjustment of the edging roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Wendt, Martin Schmidt, Michael Zielenbach
  • Patent number: 11117174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positionable robotic cell for placement at a bending machine. The robotic cell comprises a frame for receiving the robot and a receiving device for a workpiece as well as a positioning device for repositioning the robotic cell. Moreover, a first sensor device is provided for recognizing the position of the robotic cell relative to the manufacturing device. The invention furthermore relates to a production facility with a bending machine and with such a robotic cell as well as a method for operating such a robotic cell at a bending machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BYSTRONIC LASER AG
    Inventor: Christian Stein
  • Patent number: 11117175
    Abstract: A forming operation on a workpiece clamps the workpiece between a first clamping jaw with a first shaping edge, and an adjustable second clamping jaw with a second shaping edge so that a portion projects between the shaping edges and afterwards a bending edge of an adjustable bending bar is guided at a distance past the shaping edges, whereby the portion of the workpiece is angled away in relation to the part of the workpiece that is clamped between the clamping jaws. The bending edge is guided on angling along a straight path of movement of the bending edge, and after the bending edge has passed the shaping edges, the shaping edges are adjusted along an adjustment path which approaches the path of movement of the bending edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TRUMPF MASCHINEN AUSTRIA GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Aigner, Stefano Speziali, Thomas Weiss
  • Patent number: 11117176
    Abstract: A one-piece stud and clip is provided by a process working sheet material into a monolithic stud and U-clip fastener. The process includes forming an elongated stud from the sheet material, and bending the sheet material to form the clip. The stud can be a rolled cylinder of the sheet material, or an uninterrupted stud drawn from the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Gerlach, Nicholas Capito, Jr., Hector A. Molina
  • Patent number: 11117177
    Abstract: A spinning forming method includes: preparing a plate including a back surface at which a ring-shaped projection is formed along an outer peripheral edge of the plate, a ratio of a thickness at a reference position of the plate to a thickness at a tip end of the projection being 0.7 or less, the reference position being a position where an inclination of a portion of the back surface which portion extends toward the tip end of the projection is 45° or more; rotating the plate; moving a processing tool outward in a radial direction from an inner side of the projection to a position above the projection while pressing the processing tool against a front surface of the plate that is rotating; and locally heating a portion of the plate against which portion the processing tool is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Ikawa, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Takeo Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11117178
    Abstract: The invention provides a formed material manufacturing method by which unnecessary thickening of a flange can be avoided. The formed material manufacturing method allows a formed material to be manufactured by forming processes that include at least one drawing-out process, at least one drawing process performed after the drawing-out process, and at least one coining process performed after the drawing process. The width of the rear end side of a punch used in the drawing-out process is set to be wider than the width of the tip end side thereof. An ironing process is performed on a region corresponding to the flange of the base metal sheet by pushing the base metal sheet together with the punch into a pushing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naofumi Nakamura, Yudai Yamamoto, Katsuhide Nishio
  • Patent number: 11117179
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to punching tools for punching machines for punching plate-shaped materials. The punching tools have an upper tool part with an upper cutting edge and a lower tool part with a lower cutting edge that move axially with respect to each other. The upper and lower cutting edges are arranged to cut off a part of the workpiece in a punching stoke. The upper cutting edge and/or the lower cutting edge include one or more transition regions that separate the cutting edge into at least two adjacent portions. The transition regions include, in the punching direction with respect to the respective adjacent portions, a discontinuity that is adapted to cut the material cut off from the workpiece into two or more individual parts in the same punching stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Walz, Yakup Coskun, Markus Hees, Thomas Burzig, Martin Steiner
  • Patent number: 11117180
    Abstract: A quick-change die assembly for a necker machine includes an outer die mounting, an outer die, an outer die quick-release coupling, an inner die mounting, an inner die assembly, and an inner die quick-release coupling. The outer die is coupled to the outer die mounting by the outer die quick-release coupling. The inner die assembly is coupled to the inner die mounting by the inner die quick-release coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Richard James Edward Mercer, Ian Kenneth Scholey, Russell Bauer, Daniel A. Jansen
  • Patent number: 11117181
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated iron core includes: inserting a plurality of electrical steel strips in a superposed state to feed rolls including a pair of upper and lower feed rolls that are driven by a drive device to feed the electrical steel strips in a superposed state into a die having a plurality of punching processes in sequence; joining a part or all of the superposed electrical steel strips together before entering the die or at an upstream stage portion of the die after feeding out the electrical steel strips from the pair of upper and lower feed rolls; and punching simultaneously the plurality of electrical steel strips in a superposed state in the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Senda, Masanori Uesaka, Yoshihiko Oda
  • Patent number: 11117182
    Abstract: A method for fabricating electrodes sized and dimensioned to record, measure, and/or stimulate very fine nerve structures (e.g., microscale or less) is described herein. The method can include securing a tip of an electrode, comprising a conductor substantially encased by an insulator, to a proximal portion of an inserter. The electrode can be wound around a proximal portion of the inserter and a portion of the electrode can be secured to a distal portion of the inserter. A tension in the electrode can be maintained during the winding to keep the electrode in place during the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Dominique Durand
  • Patent number: 11117183
    Abstract: A feeder for a swage gun comprises a collar magazine and a guide-block assembly. The guide-block assembly comprises a guide block that comprises a slot, configured to receive the lock collar from the collar magazine at a first guide-block position along the slot. The guide-block assembly also comprises an actuator, operable to move the lock collar along the slot from the first guide-block position to a second guide-block position. Feeder further comprises a feed tunnel, coupled with the guide-block assembly, and a dispensing bulkhead, coupled with the feed tunnel. Feeder also comprises a gripping assembly, coupled with the dispensing bulkhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Pringle, IV, David Pedersen, Matt Barnhart, David Lepore, Yousef Aziz, Jigar Patel, Surajit Roy
  • Patent number: 11117184
    Abstract: An aircraft panel production method has: a step in which a holding jig holds a body panel, which has a plurality of plate-like members having a curved cross-sectional shape, such that the cross section of the body panel has an upwardly bulging curved shape; a step in which the plate-like members of the body panel held by the holding jig are overlapped with each other and the overlapping portions are joined by a rivet; a step in which the holding jig, which is holding the body panel of which the plate-like members have been joined to each other, is moved; and a step in which a frame that follows the curved shape of the body panel is joined, by a rivet, to the plate-like members of the body panel which is held by the holding jig which has been moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hirai, Hiroshi Taneda, Takuya Goto, Tsuyoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11117185
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a housing, a fastener-abutment part, a pin-gripping part held within the fastener-abutment part to be movable in a front-rear direction relative to the fastener-abutment part, a detection-target part provided to move together with the pin-gripping part, a detection device configured to detect the detection-target part, a motor, and a driving mechanism configured to move the pin-gripping part rearward from an initial position relative to the fastener-abutment part. The driving mechanism is further configured to move the pin-gripping part forward relative to the fastener-abutment part so as to return the pin-gripping part to the initial position based on a detection result of the detection device. The fastening tool is configured such that a first moving distance is adjustable, the first moving distance being a distance by which the pin-gripping part is moved from a detection position to the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michisada Yabuguchi, Yuki Kawai, Hiroki Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11117186
    Abstract: A powder binder product for use in making a slurry for investment casting molds comprising Nano-sized powders; and an organic polymer powder, wherein it does not require aqueous colloidal silica to produce slurries used to build investment casting molds. The Nano-sized powders comprise fumed alumina, boehmite, fumed silica, or fumed titanium oxide or combinations thereof. The coarse refractory powder, combined with the powder binder for mold manufacture, comprises milled zircon, tabular alumina or fused alumina, fused silica, alumino-silicate, zirconia, and yttria or combinations thereof. The organic polymer in a powder binder comprises a cellulose-based material. A powder investment casting binder, that once fired, consists of up to 96 weight percent aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: IC Ceramic Consulting, LLC
    Inventor: David B. Price
  • Patent number: 11117187
    Abstract: Disclosed is a casting nozzle intended to suppress or prevent breaking of a nozzle body thereof. The casting nozzle comprises: a nozzle body; a metal casing disposed to surround an upper end of the nozzle body to form a gas pool between an outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the nozzle body and an inner peripheral surface of the metal casing; and a bridging segment provided in at least a part of the gas pool to bridge between the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the nozzle body and the inner peripheral surface of the metal casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KROSAKIHARIMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Harada, Kouichi Tachikawa
  • Patent number: 11117188
    Abstract: A metal powder has a chromium content of at least 90 Ma %, a nanohardness according to EN ISO 14577-1 of ?4 GPa and/or a green strength measured according to ASTM B312-09 of at least 7 MPa at a compression pressure of 550 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Plansee SE
    Inventors: Michael O'Sullivan, Lorenz Sigl
  • Patent number: 11117189
    Abstract: A metal lattice for a carbon dioxide scrubber may comprise a metal lattice body defining a plurality of intersecting ligaments, wherein nodes are formed at said intersections. In various embodiments, the metal lattice may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process. A node density of the metal lattice may vary. A ligament thickness of the metal lattice may vary. The metal lattice may comprise liner defining a channel extending through the metal lattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lynch, Thomas P Filburn, Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Peter J. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11117190
    Abstract: A method for creating a metallurgic component comprises creating a thin-walled container corresponding to a shape of the metallurgic component from a metal. If powder metal is not already in the container (depending on a method of creating the container), the thin-walled container is filled with powder metal. A quick-can device is fixed to the thin-walled container, and the powder metal is consolidated inside the thin-walled container (e.g., in a hot isostatic press). During consolidation, pressure within the thin-walled container is monitored and a desired pressure differential between an inside of the thin-walled container and an outside of the thin-walled container is maintained by the quick-can device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Great Lakes Images & Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Swank, Robert M. Conaway, Hugh M. Davis
  • Patent number: 11117191
    Abstract: A connecting rod comprises a shaft connecting a first end including a first bore with a second end including a second bore. Methods for forming and assembling a connecting rod and crankshaft assembly include fabricating the second end of the connecting rod via additive manufacturing such that the second end comprises a first and second weakened regions on opposing sides of the second bore, and breaking the second end of the connecting rod at the first and second weakened regions to form a connecting rod assembly comprising a second end base and a second end cap, wherein the base comprises a first fracture face and a second fracture face which each respectively correspond to a first fracture face and a second fracture face of the cap. The methods can further include mating the base and the cap such that a crankpin of a crankshaft is disposed within the second bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew C. Bobel, Tyson W. Brown, Whitney A. Poling
  • Patent number: 11117192
    Abstract: A camera assembly is employed in additive manufacturing to improve the fidelity of a printed object. The camera may scan the surface of a build plate of a 3D printer and an object as it is being printed to generate image data. The image data is processed to detect errors in the build plate or printed object. The printer compensates for the detected errors, which can including modifying the printer configuration and/or modifying the instructions for printing a given object. Using the updated configuration, subsequent objects may then be printed, under a corrected process, to produce an object with fidelity to an original object model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Preston, Nicholas Mykulowycz
  • Patent number: 11117193
    Abstract: Some variations provide a process for additive manufacturing of a nanofunctionalized metal alloy, comprising: providing a nanofunctionalized metal precursor containing metals and grain-refining nanoparticles; exposing a first amount of the nanofunctionalized metal precursor to an energy source for melting the precursor, thereby generating a first melt layer; solidifying the first melt layer, thereby generating a first solid layer; and repeating many times to generate a plurality of solid layers in an additive-manufacturing build direction. The additively manufactured, nanofunctionalized metal alloy has a microstructure with equiaxed grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: John H. Martin, Brennan Yahata, Tobias A. Schaedler, Jacob M. Hundley
  • Patent number: 11117194
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a platform to support an object to be fabricated, a dispenser to deliver a plurality of layers of a feed material over the platform, a controller configured to store digital data representing a pre-defined pattern, a laser configured to generate a laser beam to impinge an outermost layer of the feed material and coupled to the controller to fuse the feed material in the pre-defined pattern, and a plurality of independently controllable infrared lamps, each infrared lamp directed to a different section of an outermost layer of the feed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David Masayuki Ishikawa, Paul J. Steffas, Brian Hayes Burrows
  • Patent number: 11117195
    Abstract: A High Energy Beam Processing (HEBP) system provides feedback signal monitoring and feedback control for the improvement of process repeatability and three-dimensional (3D) printed part quality. Electrons deflected from a substrate in the processing area impinge on a surface of a sensor. The electrons result from the deflection of an electron beam from the substrate. Either one or both of an initial profile of an electron beam and an initial location of the electron beam relative to the substrate are determined based on a feedback electron signal corresponding to the impingement of the electrons on the surface of the sensor. With an appropriate profile and location of the electron beam, the build structure is fabricated on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Sutcliffe, Eric Jones, Hay Wong
  • Patent number: 11117196
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film that coats the substrate, wherein the coating film includes a WC1-x layer composed of a compound represented by WC1-x, where x is more than or equal to 0.54 and less than or equal to 0.58, and the compound represented by WC1-x includes a hexagonal crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Koike, Yuki Ueda, Keiichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11117197
    Abstract: Instrument couplings and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for coupling a surgical instrument to a navigation array or other component. The coupling can reduce or eliminate movement between the instrument and the navigation array, improving navigation precision. The coupling can be quick and easy to use, reducing or eliminating the need for extra steps or additional tools to attach or detach the instrument from the coupling. In some embodiments, the single step of inserting an instrument into the coupling can automatically lock the instrument within the coupling in a toggle-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
    Inventors: Philippe Lindenmann, Felix Aschmann, Daniela Wehrli
  • Patent number: 11117198
    Abstract: A cooling chuck relating to a technical field of mechanical manufacturing of drill chuck is provided, including a drill body, a clamping jaw, a nut, a sleeve and a back cover, wherein: a connection hole is provided at a back end of the drill body for connecting to a drive mechanism; a clamping jaw outlet is provided at a front end of the drill body; a clamping jaw cavity is arranged on the drill body outside the connection hole at the back end of the drill body; the clamping jaw is arranged in the clamping jaw cavity; a thread section is arranged at a back part of the clamping jaw; the thread section at the back part of the clamping jaw is engaged with the nut arranged at an outer side surface of the clamping jaw cavity; the nut is connected to the sleeve; the back cover is arranged at the back end of the drill body; a clamping jaw slope is arranged at a back end of the clamping jaw; the clamping jaw slope inclines downward clockwise or anticlockwise along a rotation direction of the drill body; air inlets ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHANDONG WEIDA MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenzhang Qiao, Cong Liu, Zhonggang Liu
  • Patent number: 11117199
    Abstract: A custom-made tool used to control the location and/or movement of parts to be worked to complete an unfinished metal structure into a completed firearm receiver. The tool is a two-part jig fashioned especially for building a handgun receiver from a pre-shaped metal works without the need for other industrial tools or apparatus. Using only commonly available tools in most home work shops, the disclosed jig facilitates producing a firearm receiver from an unfinished metal structure. This disclosure also teaches a method for creating a completed pistol receiver from an unfinished metal structure using the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Jordan J. Vinroe
  • Patent number: 11117200
    Abstract: Drills and methods of removing material using drills are disclosed. Drills may include a plurality of lands that extend to a cutting edge, where adjacent lands are separated by flutes comprising a base contour arranged in a generally helical configuration along a centerline axis of a drill body. The drill also includes a plurality of contoured drill points each having a linear portion that extends towards an outer diameter of the drill body, and an arcuate portion that extends from the linear portion and towards a chisel of the drill body. The drill further includes a plurality of gash contours positioned within the plurality of flutes. The gash contours extend from the chisel of the drill body, and the gash contours are oblique to the base contours of the flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA SGS PRECISION TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas P. Bonfiglio, Steve Curtician, Brian Hamil
  • Patent number: 11117201
    Abstract: The technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a single-sided high feed cutting insert which can have increased edge strength and reduced cutting load so as to be suitable for high feed machining. To this end, the single-sided high feed cutting insert of the present disclosure comprises: a short cutting edge disposed between a major surface and a short lateral surface; a long cutting edge disposed between the major surface and a long lateral surface; and a corner cutting edge disposed between the short cutting edge and the long cutting edge, wherein the short cutting edge has an outwardly convex curved shape when viewed from the major surface, and a minor surface has a straight shape when viewed from the short and long lateral surfaces, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Sang Yong Lee, Young Nam Choi, Jae Man Park
  • Patent number: 11117202
    Abstract: The present disclosure's technical object is to provide a high feed cutting insert capable of providing a sufficient entering angle while ensuring rigidity of a cutting tool's bottom part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Sang Yong Lee, Young Nam Choi, Jae Man Park
  • Patent number: 11117203
    Abstract: Holders are described herein providing secure clamping and/or positioning of cutting inserts. Briefly, a holder for a cutting insert comprises a base and a slot for receiving the cutting insert, wherein the slot forms an angle with the base ranging from 10 degrees to 60 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Igor Kaufmann, Raouf Benamor, John Musil, Shiva Pinnoju
  • Patent number: 11117204
    Abstract: A power tool (100), such as a chainsaw, comprising means (230) for driving said power tool (100) and a controller (210). The power tool comprises a movement sensor (220) and the controller (210) is configured to receive a signal from said movement sensor (220), determine if said signal is a signal indicating a movement, determine a time wherein no signal indicating a movement is received, determine if said time exceeds a time period, and if so, disable said driving means (230).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Patrik Jägenstedt
  • Patent number: 11117205
    Abstract: A portable sharpener for chains of chainsaws comprising sharpening means (2) and a coupling device (3). The sharpening means (2) are configured to sharpen the teeth (102) of a chain (101) of a chainsaw. The coupling device (3) supports the sharpening means (2) and is configured to be reversibly constrained to the chainsaw. Furthermore, the coupling device (3) comprises a support structure (4) which has a first plate (4a) adapted to be arranged parallel to a main extension plane of a chain guide bar (100) of the chainsaw and a second plate (4b) configured to abut against the bar (100), in such a way as to be at least partly interposed between the bar and the chain (101). The first and the second plate (4b) are arranged substantially in an L-configuration. The coupling structure further comprises one or more attachment members (5) applied to the first plate (4a) and configured to constrain the support structure (4) to the bar (100) of the chainsaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TECOMEC S.R.L.
    Inventor: Enrico Cigarini
  • Patent number: 11117206
    Abstract: A heterogeneous composite consisting of near-nano ceramic clusters dispersed within a ductile matrix. The composite is formed through the high temperature compaction of a starting powder consisting of a core of ceramic nanoparticles held together with metallic binder. This core is clad with a ductile metal such that when the final powder is consolidated, the ductile metal forms a tough, near-zero contiguity matrix. The material is consolidated using any means that will maintain its heterogeneous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Powdermet, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Grogan, Brian Doud, Andrew Sherman
  • Patent number: 11117207
    Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machine includes a guide pipe arranged in a path along which a wire electrode is fed from a feed roller to a workpiece, and formed with an insertion hole through which the wire electrode is inserted, a compressed air supply device configured to supply compressed air to the insertion hole so that compressed air flows through the insertion hole along a feed direction of the wire electrode, a database configured to store data indicative of a relationship between rigidity information of the wire electrode and pressure information of compressed air, and a controller configured to set pressure of the compressed air supplied to the insertion hole, based on the rigidity information of the wire electrode fed to the workpiece and the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keita Hada
  • Patent number: 11117208
    Abstract: In one aspect, composite preforms are provided for imparting wear resistance to superalloy articles. The composite preforms can be employed for metallurgically bonding alloy wear plates or pads to superalloy articles. A composite preform, in some embodiments, comprises a powder alloy composition comprising 1-30 wt. % nickel, 0.05-2 wt. % iron, 15-25 wt. % chromium, 10-30 wt. % molybdenum, 0-1 wt. % carbon, 1-5 wt. % silicon, 0.05-2 wt. % boron, 0-5 wt. % tungsten, 0-3 wt. % tantalum, 0-0.1 wt % manganese, 0-3 wt. % aluminum, 0-0.1 wt % yttrium and the balance cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Martin G. Perez, Michael Meyer, Robert W. Monds, Loretta M. Bell
  • Patent number: 11117209
    Abstract: A soldering tip fastening device includes a soldering device fastener configured for fastening the soldering tip fastening device on a soldering device, and a soldering tip fastener configured to fasten a soldering tip on a soldering device when the soldering tip fastening device is fastened to the soldering device. The soldering tip fastener and the soldering device fastener are associated with opposite ends of the soldering tip fastening device. The soldering tip fastening device has a sleeve with an elastic element, the sleeve being configured such that the elastic element is tensioned during the fastening of the soldering tip on the soldering device by the soldering tip fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Bernd Niedermayer, Ralf Zerweck
  • Patent number: 11117210
    Abstract: A welding-type system includes a welding-type power supply to output welding-type power, and a controller connected to the welding-type power supply. The controller is configured to set a value of a control variable of a control loop of the welding-type power supply, the control loop controlling the welding-type power. The controller is also configured to adjust the value of the control variable while monitoring the control loop. In response to detecting oscillation in the control loop, the controller is configured to determine a weld circuit inductance associated with a weld circuit of the welding-type system based on a relationship between the adjusted control variable value and the weld circuit inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Richard M. Hutchison
  • Patent number: 11117211
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, a housing (4) has a housing passageway (R1) housing a plurality of electrodes (10) linearly therewithin. An electrode withdrawal opening (R2) communicating with the housing passageway (R1) is formed on one end of the housing (4). A pressing unit (5) presses toward one end of the housing passageway (R1) the plurality of electrodes (10) arranged side by side and housed in the housing passageway (R1). A lever member (6) is swung to switch between a state where withdrawal of the electrode (10) from the electrode withdrawal opening (R2) is restrained and a state where the electrode withdrawal opening (R2) is exposed. A regulating coil spring (7) urges and swings the lever member (6) to one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kyokutoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kotaro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11117212
    Abstract: Ultrasonic filament modeling systems and methods may be utilized to achieve room-temperature 3-D printing of solid (>95%) metal materials. A vibrating tool is applied to a metal filament to form a voxel, inducing mechanical deformation as well as inter-and intra-layer mass transport. Desired structures may be built on a voxel-by-voxel basis. Additionally, by varying the applied ultrasonic energy, the microstructure of the resulting structure may be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Keng Hsu, Anagh Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11117213
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for depositing an extrudate onto a substrate comprises a deposition head. The deposition head comprises a stirring tool, rotatable about an axis of rotation AR and comprising a tool distal end and a tool proximal end, axially opposing the tool distal end along the axis of rotation AR. The stirring tool defines a bore, extending from the tool proximal end to the tool distal end. The bore is configured to receive feedstock, biased toward the tool distal end. The deposition head also comprises a die, which is positioned adjacent to the stirring tool, defines a die axis AD1, and comprises a die distal end and a die proximal end, axially opposing the die distal end along the die axis AD1. The die axis AD1 is parallel with the axis of rotation AR of the stirring tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rogie I. Rodriguez, Bruno Zamorano Senderos
  • Patent number: 11117214
    Abstract: A laser irradiation device includes: a beam generation unit generating a laser beam; a scan mirror unit adjusting a direction of the laser beam transmitted from the beam generation unit; and a rotating mirror reflecting the laser beam of which the direction is adjusted by the scan mirror unit. The rotating mirror is provided to be rotatable so that the direction-adjusted laser beam is irradiated to an object to be processed while forming a linear laser beam on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Byoung-Chan Choi
  • Patent number: 11117215
    Abstract: A method for hard-surfacing metal parts for an aircraft turbofan, the method involving the use of a nozzle outputting a laser beam or an electron beam, which is to heat a sprayed powder for hard-surfacing the metal part, the method including positioning the metal part to be hard-surfaced in an enclosure, the top portion of which has an opening; positioning a mobile cover covering the opening of the top portion, the mobile cover having an opening; positioning the nozzle at the opening of the mobile cover; feeding an inert gas into the enclosure; spraying metal powders and emitting the laser or electron beam for hard-surfacing the metal part; moving the nozzle relative to the enclosure along a path for hard-surfacing the metal part, the movement of the nozzle causing the movement of the mobile cover on the top surface of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Mottin
  • Patent number: 11117216
    Abstract: The laser irradiation step includes: removing zinc plating layers respectively disposed on the surfaces of the galvanized steel sheets by the laser irradiation; and melting the surfaces of the galvanized steel sheets of which the zinc plating layers have been removed, and the roller pressurizing step includes pressurizing the galvanized steel sheets by the rollers while the surfaces of the galvanized steel sheets that have been melted are in contact with each other such that the galvanized steel sheets are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Nakao, Koji Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 11117217
    Abstract: A metal film for use by an additive manufacturing apparatus is described herein. The metal film has a support structure and metal voxels removably attached to the support structure by respective junctions. When a metal voxel in the metal film is impacted by an energy pulse from an energy source of the additive manufacturing apparatus, one or more junctions that attach the metal voxel to the support structure are broken, resulting in the metal voxel detaching from the metal film (at a desired location in a two-dimensional plane).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventor: David Robinson
  • Patent number: 11117218
    Abstract: A system that uses a scalable array of individually controllable laser beams that are generated by a fiber array system to process materials into an object. The adaptive control of individual beams may include beam power, focal spot width, centroid position, scanning orientation, amplitude and frequency, piston phase and polarization states of individual beams. Laser beam arrays may be arranged in a two dimensional cluster and configured to provide a pre-defined spatiotemporal laser power density distribution, or may be arranged linearly and configured to provide oscillating focal spots along a wide processing line. These systems may also have a set of material sensors that gather information on a material and environment immediately before, during, and immediately after processing, or a set of thermal management modules that pre-heat and post-heat material to control thermal gradient, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: II-VI Delaware Inc.
    Inventor: Mikhail A. Vorontsov
  • Patent number: 11117219
    Abstract: There is provided an AM apparatus for an AM process. The AM apparatus has an AM assembly with a build chamber to support part(s) built with a powder, in a build operation. Unused powder accumulates in the build chamber during the build operation. The AM apparatus has a vacuum assembly with duct line(s) in flow communication with the build chamber, and a powder receptacle in flow communication with the duct line(s). The powder receptacle has coupling member(s) allowing the powder receptacle to be reversibly attached to the duct line(s). The vacuum assembly includes a vacuum apparatus coupled to, and in flow communication with, the powder receptacle, via vacuum duct line(s). The vacuum assembly pulls the unused powder from the build chamber to the powder receptacle, and provides an automated removal of the unused powder from the build chamber into the powder receptacle, to avoid manual removal of the unused powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel E. Sievers, Peter J. Bocchini
  • Patent number: 11117220
    Abstract: It is disclosed a laser marking apparatus provided with a protection shield, comprising a support frame (T) of a working deck (2) and wherein, around said working deck, a protection shield is arranged which fully encircles the working area of said laser marking head (4) and provided with at least partly perimetrally upright arranged panels with respect to said working deck, wherein said panels (P1-P8) are mounted movable from a lower position, wherein said shield encircles said support frame (T) up to a height completely below or flush with the upper surface of said working deck (2), to an upper extended position wherein said shield encircles the area above said working deck (2) up to a working height of said laser marking head (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Tecnomec SA
    Inventor: James Mossi
  • Patent number: 11117221
    Abstract: A laser machining device includes a laser machining head and a control unit. The laser machining head applies laser for machining an object to be machined, and includes a first laser light source for first laser, a second laser light source for second laser having a different pulse width different from the first laser, a condensing optical system provided between the object and the laser light sources to condense at least the lasers on the object, a switch mechanism provided between the condensing optical system and the laser light sources so that the switch mechanism is movable to a position that at least one of the lasers enters the condensing optical system, and an irradiation angle change mechanism provided between the condensing optical system and the switch mechanism to change an irradiation angle of the first laser. The control unit controls the laser machining head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Saneyuki Goya, Minoru Danno, Toshiya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11117222
    Abstract: A method is for processing a cooling hole on a workpiece with laser. The cooling hole includes a shaped hole section. The method includes emitting a first laser pulse to a rough processing part in the position of the shaped hole section to be processed on the workpiece according to the geometrical parameters of the shaped hole section so as to remove the material of the workpiece; and emitting a second laser pulse to the processing allowance part beyond the rough processing part of the shaped hole section to be processed according to the geometrical parameters of the shaped hole section so as to remove the material allowance of the workpiece on the processing allowance part. The energy of the first laser pulse is relatively larger than that of the second laser pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Hong Tao Li