Patents Issued in September 28, 2023
  • Publication number: 20230302565
    Abstract: A torch for performing TIG welding is disclosed. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, the torch includes a torch body having a cavity configured to receive and support an electrode assembly, a first shield gas channel, and a second shield gas channel. The first shield gas channel extends from an external surface of the torch body to a first plenum that is fluidly coupled to the cavity so that the first shield gas channel is configured to direct a first shield gas into the cavity. The first plenum is defined, at least in part, by the cavity and is disposed radially exterior of a portion of the electrode assembly. The second shield gas channel is configured to direct a second shield gas to exit the torch body along a path that that is radially exterior of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Schaffitz, Xavier Jauregui
  • Publication number: 20230302566
    Abstract: A spot welding method of spot welding a workpiece including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, and a fourth panel stacked in sequence includes: conducting indirect spot welding for the first panel and the second panel to form a first weld zone where the first panel is joined to the second panel; conducting indirect spot welding for the third panel and the fourth panel to form a second weld zone where the third panel is joined to the fourth panel; and, after forming the first weld zone and the second weld zone, conducting direct spot welding for the workpiece to form a third weld zone where the second panel is joined to the third panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Masahiro YOKOI
  • Publication number: 20230302567
    Abstract: A method for making a cold plate includes the steps of positioning a finstock structure in a cavity of a substrate; and applying a cover to the finstock structure and substrate, wherein the applying step comprises ultrasonically additive manufacturing the cover to the substrate and the finstock structure, whereby the cover joins with the substrate and the finstock structure. The resulting cold plate assembly includes a substrate having a cavity, a finstock structure within the cavity, and a cover closing the finstock structure within the cavity, the cover being integrally joined to the substrate and to the finstock structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Travis Lee Mayberry, Cory Thomas, Robert Arthur Condie, James S. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230302568
    Abstract: An ultrasonic additive manufacturing system may include a base structure, a sonotrode configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, and one or more transducers configured to vibrate the sonotrode. The sonotrode may include a welding surface extending along a circumference of the sonotrode, and the welding surface may have a contoured profile. At least one of the sonotrode and the base structure may be configured to translate relative to the other of the sonotrode and the base structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Marcelo Dapino, Leon Headings, Mark Gingerich
  • Publication number: 20230302569
    Abstract: A deburring tool for cutting burr generated when members are welded to each other by friction stir welding is provided. The deburring tool includes a tool center portion contacting a welding portion, and a blade portion formed on an outer circumference of the tool center portion to cut the burr. The tool center portion includes a protrusion protruding downward from a ridge line of the blade portion to control a burr cutting amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuura, Toshihide Sunada, Atsuhiro Hatanaka, Yoshihiro Kikima
  • Publication number: 20230302570
    Abstract: Provided is a welded product including: multiple steel members; and one or two or more welds with which the multiple steel members are welded together, at least one of the welds having a surface containing slag, the slag having a Si content of 14% by mass or less and having a mass ratio of Si to Mn of 0.25 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki JIMBO, Tatsumasa HIDAKA
  • Publication number: 20230302571
    Abstract: A laser processing system configured to provide a processing beam is provided. The laser processing system includes a laser, a beam splitting module, a first adjustment module, and a second adjustment module. The laser is configured to provide a laser beam. The beam splitting module is configured to split the laser beam into a first laser beam and a second laser beam. The first adjustment module is disposed on a transmission path of the first laser beam and configured to adjust the first laser beam to a central portion of the processing beam. The second adjustment module is disposed on a transmission path of the second laser beam and configured to adjust the second laser beam to an outer ring portion of the processing beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventor: Hung-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230302572
    Abstract: A laser processing method that enables more precise processing using an ultrashort pulse laser. The laser processing method includes: a low fluence step of processing one or more layers to be processed sequentially from the workpiece by irradiating the layers to be processed with a pulse laser beam having a pulse width of less than 10 picoseconds at a predetermined low fluence; and a high fluence step of removing a protrusion generated on a surface of the layers to be processed by irradiation with the pulse laser beam at a high fluence higher than the low fluence, wherein the low fluence step and the high fluence step are repeated one or more times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori OGAWA, Tetsuya IMAI, Takeshi JIN
  • Publication number: 20230302573
    Abstract: A laser processing method and a laser processing system are provided. The laser processing method includes: irradiating a processing area of a workpiece with an electromagnetic wave; and after irradiating the processing area of the workpiece with the electromagnetic wave, irradiating the processing area of the workpiece with a processing pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Hung-Wen Chen, Chen-Wei Hu, Yu-Chieh Wen
  • Publication number: 20230302574
    Abstract: A method for severing an at least partially transparent material includes focusing ultrashort laser pulses, as individual laser pulses and/or as pulse trains, in the material so that a resulting modification zone elongated in a beam propagation direction enters the material and penetrates at least one surface of the material. Each pulse train comprises multiple sub-laser pulses, The method further includes introducing a plurality of material modifications along a severing line into the material via the laser pulses, and severing the material along the severing line, A pulse energy of the individual laser pulses or a sum of pulse energies of the sub-laser pulses is in a range from 500 ?J to 50 mJ. A length of the modification zone in the beam propagation direction is greater than a thickness of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jonas Kleiner, Daniel Flamm, Tim Hesse, Malte Kumkar, Myriam Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20230302575
    Abstract: A mass transferring system and the method thereof are provided. The system includes two platforms and a plurality of picking and placing units. When the mass transferring process is performed for one of the substrates, the replacing process and the aligning process are simultaneously executed for another one of the substrates, such that the mass transferring process and the replacing process can be performed at the same time. Compared with the conventional mass transferring processes, the efficiency of the mass transferring system and the method thereof according to the present invention can be increased by 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tsung-Lin Tsai, Lu-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20230302576
    Abstract: A laser welding method according to an embodiment includes a preparation process and a welding process. The preparation process includes preparing a temporarily-welded member that includes multiple connection portions by temporarily welding a second member to a first member. The welding process includes welding the second member to the first member by irradiating a laser beam on the temporarily-welded member. In the welding process, a first process is performed, after which a second process is performed. The first process includes irradiating a laser beam from a prescribed position to a second connection portion, wherein the second connection portion is adjacent to a first connection portion, and the prescribed position is between the first connection portion and the second connection portion. The second process includes irradiating a laser beam from the first connection portion to the prescribed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Lisa MASUDA, Ryuichi TOGAWA, Takashi OBARA
  • Publication number: 20230302577
    Abstract: A temperature control method for additive manufacturing includes directing an energy beam of a first energy source toward a material and fusing at least a portion of the material to form a cladding layer, forging the cladding layer with a micro-forging device, and detecting a first internal effect parameter of the cladding layer at a forging position where is forged by the micro-forging device. The first internal effect parameter includes at least one of a stress or a strain of the cladding layer. The method also includes calculating a first calculated temperature of the cladding layer at the forging position based on the first internal effect parameter and adjusting the at least one of the first energy source and the micro forging device if the first calculated temperature does not fall within a desired temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yong Wu, Hai Chang, Yifeng Wang, Zirong Zhai, Dalong Zhong, Yingna Wu, Yimin Zhan
  • Publication number: 20230302578
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a board with a roughened surface and a method for manufacturing a board having a plated layer that allow easily manufacturing the board having a plated layer. One of embodiments is a method for manufacturing a board with a surface roughened for wiring formation. The method for manufacturing a board includes performing laser ablation on a board containing a resin at least on a surface of the board. A laser light irradiated in the laser ablation is a laser light having a pulse width of 1 ps or less, a wavelength of 320 nm or more, and an output of 1 W or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO, Oji KUNO, Jyunya MURAI, Keiji KURODA, Tomoya OKAZAKI, Rentaro MORI
  • Publication number: 20230302579
    Abstract: A laser processing device, including: an irradiation device, and a control device. The irradiation device is configured to process one or more target layers sequentially from the workpiece by irradiating the target layers with a pulse laser beam having a pulse width of less than 10 picoseconds at a predetermined low fluence, and to removing a protrusion generated on a surface of the target layers by irradiation with the pulse laser beam at a high fluence higher than the low fluence. The control device includes a switching unit and a switching condition setting unit. The switching unit switches the pulse laser beam output from said irradiation device between the low fluence and the high fluence based on switching conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya IMAI, Takeshi JIN
  • Publication number: 20230302580
    Abstract: A processing method for a workpiece includes forming a first processing groove by a first processing unit, imaging the first processing groove by a first imaging unit and imaging, by a second imaging unit provided on an opposite side of the first imaging unit with respect to the holding table, a predetermined line that is formed in a position corresponding to that of the first processing groove in a thickness direction of the workpiece, detecting whether or not a position of a first center line of the first processing groove and a position of a second center line of the predetermined line are aligned in a predetermined plane, and correcting the processing position in such a manner as to make the positions of the two center lines aligned when the detected positions of the first center line and the second center line are not being aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshimasa KOJIMA, Atsushi KUBO, Satoshi HANAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230302581
    Abstract: A laser cutting method for cutting out a workpiece part from a metallic and plate-shaped workpiece includes cutting, using a laser beam and a cutting gas with predefined cutting parameters, the workpiece along a predefined cutting path, changing the cutting parameters in an end portion of the cutting path so that a material web remains between the workpiece part and a remaining workpiece of the workpiece. The material web fixes the workpiece part in the remaining workpiece. The method further includes cooling the workpiece in a region of the material web using the cutting gas and/or a cooling fluid, and cutting the workpiece part out of the remaining workpiece by separating the material web using the laser beam and the cutting gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Tobias Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20230302582
    Abstract: Exemplary methods of fabricating a faceplate for a processing chamber may include drilling a first portion of each of a plurality of apertures in a first surface of a faceplate. Each first portion may extend at least partially through a thickness of the faceplate. The methods may include detecting a center of each first portion using a laser drilling apparatus. The methods may include drilling a diffuser portion in each of the plurality of apertures using the laser drilling apparatus. Each diffuser portion is centered with respect to a respective one of the first portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Chidambara A. Ramalingam, Shawyon Jafari
  • Publication number: 20230302583
    Abstract: A solder includes a Sn alloy phase and a particle. The particle has a higher Young's modulus than the Sn alloy phase. The particle has a lower linear expansion coefficient than the Sn alloy phase. An electronic component includes a metal terminal joined thereto with the solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro IGUCHI, Norihisa ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230302584
    Abstract: There is provided a novel Al wiring material that achieves a favorable high-temperature reliability as well as a favorable workability and bondability during installation and connection to a device. The Al wiring material contains Mg and Si so as to satisfy 0.05?x1a?2.5, 0.02?x1b?1, and 0.1?(x1a+x1b)?3 where x1a is a content of Mg [% by mass] and x1b is a content of Si [% by mass], and contains one or more selected from the group consisting of Sc, Er, Yb, Gd, Ce and Y so as to satisfy 0.001?x2?0.5 where x2 is a total content thereof [% by mass], with the balance comprising Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro UNO, Tetsuya OYAMADA, Yuya SUTO, Daizo ODA, Yuto KURIHARA, Ryo OISHI
  • Publication number: 20230302585
    Abstract: A flux containing 1 to 10 wt % of an organic sulfonic acid activator, 10 to 40 wt % of a high-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant that is a nonionic surfactant having a mass-average molecular weight Mw of more than 1200 and 5 to 75 wt % of a low-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant that is a nonionic surfactant having a mass-average molecular weight Mw of 1200 or less, in which the content of the low-molecular-weight nonionic surfactant is equal to or larger than the content of the organic sulfonic acid activator. This flux contains no cationic surfactant or contains more than 0 wt % and 5 wt % or less of the cationic surfactant. A solder paste containing this flux and a Sn-based solder metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SUGII, Yasuhiro KAJIKAWA, Yo YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230302586
    Abstract: The present invention employs a flux containing a resin component, an activator, and a solvent. The resin component contains a copolymer (A) having an alkene-derived repeating unit (al), and an acrylic acid-derived repeating unit (a2) in which a hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom at an a-position may be substituted with a substituent, and contains a rosin (B). A mixing ratio of the copolymer (A) and the rosin (B) is 1 or more as a mass ratio represented by copolymer (A)/rosin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mutsuki KANEKO, Ryuichi TSUDA, Kazuyori TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20230302587
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a supporting platform configured to support a first workpiece, a receiving member, a plurality of pressing members, and at least one rotating member. The receiving member is positioned on the supporting platform and includes a rotating shaft. An axis of the rotating shaft is parallel to a supporting surface of the supporting platform. Each pressing member includes a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft, and the second end can press a second workpiece to the first workpiece. The rotating member is positioned above the receiving member and detachably connected to each pressing member. The at least one rotating member can drive the pressing members to rotate to press or release the second workpiece. The present disclosure reduces the space occupied by the pressing members. The pressing of individual points can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: ZE CHEN, ZHI-JIN MA, BING YU
  • Publication number: 20230302588
    Abstract: A device for laser heating of a mechanical part of the turbine blade or turbine blade element type, including: one or more laser emitters, for respectively emitting at least a first laser radiation at a first predetermined power towards a first target area of the part and for emitting a second laser radiation at a second predetermined power towards a second target area of the part, different from the first target area, the second predetermined power being different from the first predetermined power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Damien Jonathan Julien COURAPIED, Guillaume Valentin Giamondo MARION
  • Publication number: 20230302589
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for affixing and/or removing a fastener from a wafer-carrying pod. The system includes a robotic arm with a screw tool assembly disposed at the far end of the robotic arm. The screw tool assembly includes a lower sleeve configured to receive a fastener. A screwdriver is disposed within an upper sleeve of the screw tool assembly, and a motor is provided to rotate the screwdriver. In use, the screw tool assembly is positioned over the fastener so the lower sleeve surrounds the fastener and the screwdriver engages the fastener. The screwdriver unscrews the fastener from the pod, and the fastener head is received within the lower sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Chen, Chih-Hung Huang, Cheng-Lung Wu, Yang-Ann Chu, Jiun-Rong Pai
  • Publication number: 20230302590
    Abstract: A transportable manufacturing cell including a robotic arm extending between a base and a terminal end, a tool attached to the terminal end of the robotic arm, a positioner unit including a positioner extending between a base and a connector, the connector configured to secure a workpiece to the positioner, a sensor unit including one or more sensors, a controller configured to control the operation of the robotic arm and the tool attached to the robotic arm, and a support platform assembly including a free-standing first platform and a separate and distinct free-standing second platform, wherein the robotic arm and the sensor unit are each mounted to the first platform and the positioner unit is mounted to the second platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan LIEN, Mike KALDY
  • Publication number: 20230302591
    Abstract: The present invention includes a table (2) for placing a workpiece (Wa) thereon, a supporting mechanism (10) including a rotary shaft (15, 16) and supporting the table (2) so as to be able to rock the table (2) about an axial center of the rotary shaft (15, 16), a first drive motor (20) rotating the rotary shaft (15) of the supporting mechanism (10) to rock the table (2), a balance imparting mechanism (30) imparting a balance load to the rotary shaft (15) in accordance with a position of rocking of the table (2), and a controller (50) controlling the first drive motor (20). The balance imparting mechanism (30) includes an eccentric disc (31) having a circular plate shape and connected at a position eccentric from a center thereof to the rotary shaft (15), a housing (32) holding an outer periphery of the eccentric disc (31) via a bearing (33), and a load imparting unit (35) imparting the balance load to the housing (32) in a direction intersecting an axis of the rotary shaft (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHIKI, Keisuke IKAI
  • Publication number: 20230302592
    Abstract: Provided is a tool magazine apparatus that has excellent workability and is capable of being downsized. A tool replacement device includes a fixed frame installed in an opening portion provided at a predetermined position of a tool magazine, a swivel frame disposed inside the fixed frame so as to be rotatable about a swivel axis extending in a vertical direction, and a tool replacement rack fixed to the swivel frame. The swivel frame is rotated to a deliverable position at which the tool replacement rack is parallel to a tool rack inside the tool magazine to enable a tool to be delivered between the tool replacement rack and a tool transfer device, and to a replaceable position at which the tool replacement rack is located outside the tool magazine to enable replacement of old and new tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230302593
    Abstract: In order to be suitable for space-saving of a multi-functional processing machine in which a tool main spindle device is disposed at a center of an opposed biaxial lathe, there is provided an automatic tool exchanger provided in the multi-functional processing machine, the automatic tool exchanger including: a tool magazine that is disposed in a machine body front surface upper portion of the multi-functional processing machine and is configured to house multiple tools for exchange with respect to the tool main spindle device; a shift device configured to move the tool between the tool magazine and a tool exchanging position with respect to the tool main spindle device; and a tool changer configured to exchange the tool between the shift device and the tool main spindle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya ASAKAWA, Toshifumi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230302594
    Abstract: A technique facilitates operation of a split lead nut system which may be used in combination with a lead screw. The split lead nut system may be constructed with a split lead nut having a plurality of lead nut sections, e.g. two lead nut sections. The lead nut sections may be selectively released, via a clasp mechanism, to enable separation of the lead nut sections. When the lead nut sections are separated, the split lead nut disengages from the lead screw such that the split lead nut and the corresponding lead screw may be rapidly shifted with respect to each other. This allows a tool coupled with the lead nut to be rapidly repositioned. Once at a desired position, the lead nut sections may be closed and reconnected with the corresponding lead screw to enable the desired, controlled movements of the tool via rotation of the lead screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jimi WADE, Mark KING
  • Publication number: 20230302595
    Abstract: A turning method includes driving a first movement apparatus to locate a cutting edge of a turning tool at a first radial position; driving a second movement apparatus to move the turning tool in an axial direction to perform first turning with the cutting edge at the first radial position; driving the second movement apparatus to move the turning tool away from a workpiece in the axial direction after performing the first turning; calculating an error between the processed dimension and a target dimension; driving a third movement apparatus, which is configured to move the turning tool relative to the first movement apparatus in a radial direction, to locate the cutting edge of the turning tool at a second radial position to correct the error; and driving the second movement apparatus to move the turning tool in the axial direction to perform second turning at the second radial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo NAGAO, Takeshi YASUI, Youji TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230302596
    Abstract: A turret device having a configuration for obtaining required processing accuracy, includes: an indexing motor configured to pivotally index a turret tool; a turret shaft configured to transmit a rotation of the indexing motor; and a turret head coupled to the turret shaft on which multiple turret tools are mounted on a circumference, wherein the turret head includes a diaphragm-type base member coupled to the turret shaft, an inner diameter side of the base member is coupled to the turret shaft, and an outer diameter side of the base member is rotationally supported by a bearing fixed to a main body member of a turret.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya ASAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230302597
    Abstract: A multi-task device includes an element for securing the device to a motorized handler; an element for securing the device to a structure that is to be worked; at least two functional modules, each including at least one mobile member able to allow a given task to be accomplished; and a single drive and control assembly for driving and controlling the functional modules. The drive and control assembly includes: a single drive spindle; a drive capable of driving the movement of the spindle; a measurement element measuring at least one physical parameter indicative of at least one characteristic of operation of the functional modules; and a controller controlling the drive and the measurement element. The device further includes a coupling gear able to connect the single drive spindle, for the purposes of transmitting movement, alternatively to the at least one mobile member of the functional modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Sebastien PEREIRA-SANTO
  • Publication number: 20230302598
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus and system embodiments that allow a user to sharpen instruments. An apparatus embodiment includes a body with a lower portion and an upper portion, one or more protrusions extending from the lower portion of the body and attached to the upper portion of the body, and a cap configured to be attached to the upper portion of the body. A system embodiment includes a sharpening accessory and a power source, where the sharpening accessory includes a body with a lower portion and an upper portion, one or more protrusions extending from the lower portion of the body and attached to the upper portion of the body, a removable cap configured to be attached to the upper portion of the body, and a sharpening device to be inserted into the body, where the power source is configured to rotate the sharpening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Paula J. CRASHLEY
  • Publication number: 20230302599
    Abstract: A second relative speed of a grinding wheel and a wafer along a second direction in a grinding step is set such that a relative movement of the grinding wheel and the wafer along a first direction and a relative movement of the grinding wheel and the wafer along the second direction are concurrently initiated and are concurrently finished. Specifically, this second relative speed is set taking into consideration parameters which are optionally set, and an expected wear thickness of multiple grinding stones as known before or in a course of the grinding step, in other words, the absolute value of an expected variation in thickness of the grinding stones through the grinding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUZUKI, Kohei TSUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230302600
    Abstract: A wind power blade multi-robot cooperative grinding and roller coating operation assembly line system is provided and includes: a working platform; a blade tip transfer and tooling turning system and a blade root transfer and tooling turning system arranged on a middle of the working platform and configured to support and adjust a head and a tail of the wind power blade respectively; wind power blade automatic grinding robots and wind power blade automatic roller coating robots symmetrically arranged on the working platform and located on two sides of the wind power blade. An automatic processing of grinding and roller coating of wind power blades is realized, which can reduce labor intensity. An integration of omnidirectional transfer and weight of the wind power blades is realized, which can detect the weight in real-time. A blade sprain is avoided effectively, and a layout of an assembly line is more flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: XIAOHUA SHI, YUEHU DONG, BOSHI ZOU, MINGYANG LI, XIAOLI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230302601
    Abstract: A portable electric tool includes an output shaft extending in an axial direction and configured to be rotatable, a tool accessory configured to perform an eccentric circular motion according to the rotation of the output shaft, a dust collection fan fixed to the output shaft so as to circumferentially surround the output shaft, a motor disposed on an opposite side of the dust collection fan from the tool accessory in the axial direction and configured to provide a rotational driving force to the output shaft, a motor cooling fan disposed between the dust collection fan and the motor in the axial direction, a first weight attached to one of the dust collection fan and the motor cooling fan and having a specific gravity higher than the one of the fans, and a second weight disposed at a position different from the first weight in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumihide SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20230302602
    Abstract: A belt sander has an electric motor, a housing including a motor housing part, belt driving part, first handle and battery mounting part. Where a direction in which a rotational axis of the drive roller and the driven roller extend is a left-right direction, a direction wherein the rollers are arranged in parallel is a front-rear direction, and a direction orthogonal to the left-right and front-rear directions is an up-down direction, the belt driving part is below the motor, and a polishing surface is defined by a lower surface of the sanding belt. The battery mounting part is configured so a battery can be mounted and removed by being slid in a sliding direction. The mounting part overlaps with the polishing surface viewed from above and overlaps with the motor viewed from the front. The sliding direction of the battery is a horizontal direction including the front-rear and left-right directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi Okochi
  • Publication number: 20230302603
    Abstract: A processing device that alleviates the influence of rough grinding and performs fine grinding and processes the work with a satisfactory precision. An index table includes a plurality of chucks for holding a work and transports the work to a rough grinding stage with a rough grinding means for rough grinding the work, a medium grinding stage with a medium grinding means for medium grinding the work, and a fine grinding stage with a fine grinding means for fine grinding the work. A first column extends over the index table and one of the rough grinding means or the fine grinding means is installed. A second column extends over the index table and is independent from the first column, and the medium grinding means is installed and the other one of the rough grinding means or the fine grinding means is arranged parallel to the medium grinding means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Fumio MASE, Masaki KANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230302604
    Abstract: In a substrate polishing apparatus where a polishing liquid passes through inside a rotary joint, the rotary joint requires maintenance. There is provided a substrate polishing apparatus that includes: a polishing head for holding a substrate; a rotary table that has a surface to which a first opening portion is provided; a polishing liquid discharge mechanism disposed to the rotary table; and a controller configured to control at least the polishing liquid discharge mechanism. The polishing liquid discharge mechanism includes a first cylinder, a first piston, and a driving mechanism that drives the first piston. The first opening portion is communicated with a liquid holding space defined by the first cylinder and the first piston. The controller controls the driving of the first piston by the driving mechanism to increase and decrease a volume of the liquid holding space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji TOGAWA, Kenichi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230302605
    Abstract: Disclosed is a grinding wheel for online measurement of a grinding force, including a grinding wheel part with a grinding wheel base, CBN abrasive sheets and grinding wheel cover plate, and an acquisition part with tangential, axial, radial strain gauges and a signal unit for signal acquisition and transmission. A concave side end face of the grinding wheel base is provided with a signal unit mounting groove, the grinding wheel cover plate is sealed with the concave side end face, and the CBN block abrasive sheets are bonded on an outer circumferential surface of the grinding wheel base; the tangential, axial and radial strain gauges are respectively arranged on the outer circumferential surface along tangential and axial directions and in the signal unit mounting groove along radial direction; signal output ends of the tangential, axial and radial strain gauges are respectively connected with an input end of the signal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shanghai United Bearing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun ZHA, Shidong GE, Lai HU, Wenliang SHEN, Shubei WANG, Xiaoying SONG
  • Publication number: 20230302606
    Abstract: A dust box is provided that is configured to be removably mounted to a belt sander having a housing, and a discharge nozzle and a suction nozzle that are connected to the housing. The dust box has a first nozzle configured to be connected to the discharge nozzle, a second nozzle configured to be connected to the suction nozzle, a container part formed of synthetic resin and connected to the first and second nozzles, and a filter. The filter is configured to separate dust from air. The filter is provided within the container part to partition an inside space of the container part into a first space that communicates with the first nozzle and a second space that communicates with the second nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsumi OKOCHI
  • Publication number: 20230302607
    Abstract: A sharpening device is provided that can precisely adjust the angle of sharpening stones for use in a variety of ways and with many different types of knives and tools. The sharpening device has a first holder and a second holder positioned in a base. The first holder, the second holder, and the base may have respective pluralities of apertures, where a single aperture of the holder is aligned with a single aperture of the base at any given time. The first holder and the second holder may include indicia that align with respective apertures of the base. The base may include an angle gauge with a pointer, where the first holder or the second holder may be coupled to each other and/or to the pointer via geared surfaces. The sharpening device may include an actuatable thumb wheel, a base stand, safety rods, and/or securing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Glesser, Peter H. Jhones, Michael D. Janich, Louis Sal Glesser
  • Publication number: 20230302608
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustable bar clamp leveling device operable to receive a plurality of conventional woodworking bar clamps and provide space above and below a workpiece for positioning cauls and clamps to the workpiece a glue-up. A plurality of bar clamp leveling devices may be incorporated into a workbench with or without T-slots for securing a workpiece at various positions while maintaining planar alignment of the workpiece components during a glue-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan Feldthouse
  • Publication number: 20230302609
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a handle assembly, a jaw assembly, a locking assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The handle assembly may include a first handle and a second handle, each of the first and second handles having a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw assembly may include a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw may be attached to the proximal end the second handle via a transition region comprising an adjustment channel. The locking assembly may be configured to enable the first and second jaws to be locked at a selected distance from each other in a locked state. The adjustment assembly may include the adjustment channel and a bite adjustment member configured to enable the selected distance to be modified in an unlocked state based on a position of the bite adjustment member in the adjustment channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Zhihong Fu
  • Publication number: 20230302610
    Abstract: An anti-slip remover tool is an apparatus that does not easily slip off a fastener when the apparatus is engaged with the fastener. The apparatus may include a torque-tool body and a plurality of engagement features. The torque-tool body serves to transfer torque to the fastener. The plurality of engagement features ensures that the torque-tool body does not slip off the fastener. The torque-tool body includes a first base and a second base corresponding to the bases of the torque-tool body. A cross-section for each of the plurality of engagement features includes a convex section, a concave section, and a plurality of gripping features. The convex section allows the torque-tool body to be securely engaged to the fastener. The concave section facilitates the engagement of the torque-tool body to the fastener. The plurality of gripping features prevents the slippage of the torque-tool body off the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230302611
    Abstract: An impact tool including a housing, a motor supported within the housing, a camshaft configured to be rotated by the motor, a hammer supported on the camshaft and configured to reciprocate along the camshaft, and an anvil configured to receive intermittent torque application from the hammer, the anvil including an impact receiving portion having a plurality of anvil lugs, a driving end portion opposite the impact receiving portion, the driving end portion configured to be coupled to a tool element, and a stress reducer formed in the impact receiving portion. The hammer is configured to reciprocate along the camshaft and impart rotational impacts to the plurality of anvil lugs, and the stress reducer is configured to dissipate stresses in the impact receiving portion caused by impacts from the hammer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Braden A. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230302612
    Abstract: A wrench sound seat lubrication structure includes: a seat member having an oil receiving space formed at a hollow internal thereof, a top end of the seat member having an opening formed thereon; one or a plurality of through holes formed to penetrate through a side wall of the seat member and fluidly connected to the oil receiving space; an actuating member pivotally attached to the opening on the top end of the seat member. The user is able to store a lubricant oil inside the oil accommodating space in advance. During use, the lubricant oil is slowly released from the through holes and the top opening, allowing the outer side of the seat member to be lubricated for a long period of time, thereby prolonging its useful lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230302613
    Abstract: A control system 100 for a tightener (nut runner 10) of the present invention includes a marker M provided on the tightener, a camera 31 (32) that remotely images the marker M and detects a position of the tightener, and a controller that stores a target tightening torque value of a plurality of tightened members (bolts B) together with position information of the tightened members, and sets a tightening torque value of the tightener for each of the tightened members to be tightened by the tightener on the basis of the position of the tightener detected by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hisashi RYOTA, Shigenori ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20230302614
    Abstract: A wrench guard includes a body portion defining a channel. The channel is configured to receive a handle of a wrench. A first sidewall extends from the body portion and defines a first side of the channel. A second sidewall extends from the body portion and defines a second side of the channel. A projection extends from the body portion. The projection is configured to be held between a user's fingers. A magnet is arranged in the channel. The magnet is configured to be magnetically secured to the handle of the wrench to secure the handle of the wrench in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Moger