Patents Issued in April 18, 2024
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Publication number: 20240123485Abstract: Disclosed is a processing apparatus for rounding an edge of a lead tab for a secondary battery, comprising: a loading unit on which the lead tab manufactured by the lead tab manufacturing apparatus is loaded and seated; a primary edge processing unit installed at a downstream side of the loading unit; a secondary edge processing unit installed at a downstream side of the primary edge processing unit; an unloading unit installed at a downstream side of the secondary edge processing unit and configured to load the lead tab transferred from the secondary edge processing unit and discharge the loaded lead tab to the outside; and a transfer unit configured to load the lead tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Ji-Ho KIM, Hoon Hee LEE, Seong Goo KIM
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Publication number: 20240123486Abstract: A method of making a motor vehicle component by hot-forming, hot-cutting, and press-hardening a plate made of a hardenable steel sheet alloy, heating to a temperature greater than Ac1, inserting in a combined forming and cutting tool, fixing the inserted plate in the forming and cutting tool using a stamp which is arranged in the inner region of the tool, at least partially circumferential edge cutting before beginning the forming operation or during a time period of up to 50% of the forming progression and/or at least 20% of the press stroke prior to the bottom dead center position, and hot-forming in a press stroke with the edge cut and optional press-hardening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Oliver LUETKEMEYER, Josef KOESTER
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Publication number: 20240123487Abstract: A clinch forming assembly and associated process for joining first and second panels including a punch having a bottom most profile surface in combination with an inwardly stepped surface which is separated by a vertical edge surface. An overlapping arrangement of the first and second panels defines a center line of the punch aligning with an edge of the upper panel. Initial downward motion of the punch results in the inwardly stepped surface contacting an upper surface of the upper panel, with the vertical edge surface of the punch overlapping in close contact an adjoining side edge of the upper panel. Following a degree of initial deformation of the upper panel, the bottom most profile surface of the punch contacting an upper surface of the lower panel, with continued downward deformation of the punch against an opposing die located underneath the bottom panel resulting in clinching of the layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: VINCENT MILLIOTO
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Publication number: 20240123488Abstract: A toolpack arrangement for a can bodymaker having a frame. The toolpack includes a toolpack having a number of forming dies and an adjustment arrangement. The adjustment includes a number of adjustment mechanisms coupled between the toolpack and the frame, each adjustment mechanism being dynamically adjustable so as to selectively adjust the positioning of the toolpack with regard to the frame and/or a ram body of the can bodymaker as the ram body passes within the toolpack during normal can body making operations of the can bodymaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLCInventors: Joseph John Allen Maurer, Stephen Dane Christensen, Ian Kenneth Scholey
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Publication number: 20240123489Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a panel for a vehicle configured to process a processing plate pre-processed by at least one mold into the panel of a predetermined shape by at least one another mold may include a lower die including a lower base mounted with at least one lower forming steel, an upper die provided vertically movable at a position corresponding to the lower die, and including an upper base mounted with at least one upper forming steel, and at least one cam press unit provided on the lower die and the upper die, and configured to form a flange portion in an edge portion of the processing plate along a vertical direction, and to form a cam forming portion extending from the flange portion along an oblique direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Yongshin CHOI, Daero LEE
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Publication number: 20240123490Abstract: A device and a method for producing at least one wire blank bent into the shape of a bracket having a first wire section, a second wire section which is parallel to the first wire section, and a bent transition section between the first wire section and the second wire section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Fabrice Georg, Marcos Fontana Torres
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Publication number: 20240123491Abstract: A wedge driver and method therefor is presented. A wedge driver can be operably coupled to different ends of a link joiner to drive a wedge therebetween to form a single link. The wedge driver can also drive the wedge out of the link joiner. The present disclosure provides the benefit of allowing the safe and effective removal of the link joiner by preventing violent or forceful decoupling of a link joiner. The wedge driver can include a trunk, a first prong, a second prong, a bolt, and a driver. The driver can be spring enabled, such that the driver can recede into the trunk as the bolt egresses the trunk. A bolt of the wedge driver can push a driver out of the trunk to axially drive the wedge into (or out of) a link joiner without rotating the wedge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: BNSF Railway CompanyInventors: Mike E. Teaford, Ryan L. Kimberlin, Larry C. Valentine
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Publication number: 20240123492Abstract: A system is provided with a controller configured to receive a computer model of a mold configured to cast a part. The computer model has a variable wall thickness of the mold thermally tailored to a geometry of the part. The controller is configured to control a manufacturing system to produce the mold based on the computer model.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jared Micheal Iverson, Shenyan Huang, Christopher Raymond Hanslits, Canan Uslu Hardwicke
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Publication number: 20240123493Abstract: The invention relates to a feeder insert (1, 1?, 1?, 1??, 100, 100?) for use in metal casting in casting molds, comprising a feeder body (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, 102, 102?) which delimits a feeder cavity (4, 4?, 4?, 4??, 104, 104?) for receiving liquid metal, wherein the feeder body (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, 102, 102?) has a first end (6, 6?, 6?, 6??, 106, 106?) having a passage opening (8) for the liquid metal and a second end (10, 10?, 10?, 10??, 110, 110) opposite the first end (6, 6?, 6?, 6??, 106, 106?), and wherein the feeder body (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, 102, 102?) comprises a central axis (Z) extending through the passage opening (8). The feeder body (2, 2?, 2?, 2??, 102, 102?) is separated at least one partition plane (E) extending in a direction of the central axis (Z) and is formed at least from a first feeder shell (18, 18?, 18?, 18??, 118, 118?) and a second feeder shell (20, 20?, 20?, 20??, 120, 120).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: CHEMEX FOUNDRY SOLUTIONS GMBHInventors: Alex PFANNENSTIEL, Heiko SCHIRMER
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Publication number: 20240123494Abstract: A high pressure die casting (HPDC) system for casting ultra-large single-piece castings for vehicles. The HPDC system includes a clear feeding path from at least one ingate to a predetermined thicker section of a mold cavity, a last to solidify ingate having an equivalent or larger feeding modulus than the highest feeding modulus of the other ingates, and thermal management elements. The clear feeding path, last to solidify ingate, and thermal management elements ensure sufficient supplemental molten metal flow to the thicker portion of the mold cavity to accommodate for shrinkage of the thicker portion of an ultra large casting during the casting and solidification process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Qigui Wang, Liang Wang, Daniel J. Wilson, Dale A. Gerard, Devin R. Hess, Paul J. Boone
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Publication number: 20240123495Abstract: A method of using a metal powder in an additive manufacturing process. The method includes providing the metal powder, and using the metal powder in the additive manufacturing process. The metal powder is a metal which is selected from tantalum and impurities, titanium and impurities, niobium and impurities, an alloy of tantalum, niobium and impurities, an alloy of titanium, niobium and impurities, and an alloy of tantalum, titanium, niobium and impurities. Particles of the metal powder have a dendritic microstructure. Particles of the metal powder have an average aspect ratio ?A of from 0.7 to 1, where ?A=XFeret min/XFeret max.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TANIOBIS GMBHInventors: MARKUS WEINMANN, HOLGER BRUMM, CHRISTOPH SCHNITTER, MELANIE STENZEL
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Publication number: 20240123496Abstract: A three-dimensional article is obtained by a process which includes providing a metal powder, and using the metal powder to build up the three-dimensional article layer by layer. The metal powder is a metal which is selected from the group of tantalum and impurities, titanium and impurities, niobium and impurities, an alloy of tantalum, niobium and impurities, an alloy of titanium, niobium and impurities, and an alloy of tantalum, titanium, niobium and impurities. Particles of the metal powder have a dendritic microstructure. Particles of the metal powder have an average aspect ratio TA of from 0.7 to 1, where ?A=xFeret min/xFeret max.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TANIOBIS GMBHInventors: MARKUS WEINMANN, HOLGER BRUMM, CHRISTOPH SCHNITTER, MELANIE STENZEL
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Publication number: 20240123497Abstract: Methods for large-scale additive manufacturing of high-strength boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT)/aluminum (Al) (e.g., reinforced Al alloy) metal matrix composites (MMCs) (BNNT/Al MMCs), as well as the BNNT/Al MMCs produced by the large-scale additive manufacturing methods, are provided. A combination of ultrasonication and spray drying techniques can produce good BNNT/Al alloy feedstock powders, which can be used in a cold spraying process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Arvind Agarwal, Cheng Zhang, Tanaji Paul, Sohail Mazher Ali Khan Mohammed, Denny John
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Publication number: 20240123498Abstract: An additive manufacturing powder includes: a metal powder; and a film provided on a particle surface of the metal powder and containing a compound derived from a coupling agent having a hydrophobic functional group. An average particle diameter is 3.0 ?m or more and 30.0 ?m or less, and a water amount is measured by a Karl Fischer method before and after the additive manufacturing powder is subjected to a heat treatment at 200° C. for 24 hours in an air atmosphere, and when the water amount before the heat treatment is set to 1, the water amount after the heat treatment is 0.85 or more and 1.15 or less in terms of mass ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Momoko WAKABAYASHI, Yasutaka MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240123499Abstract: A method for preparing Mg-RE alloys with high strength and ductility using selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing technology includes the following steps of: A. preparing Mg-RE-(Zn)—Zr pre-alloyed spherical powder by gas atomization; B. molding the Mg-RE-(Zn)—Zr pre-alloyed spherical powder using SLM to obtain the Mg-RE alloys with high strength and ductility; and C. conducting heat treatment on the Mg-RE alloys prepared in step B: solid solution+aging treatment or only aging treatment The method adjusts and controls microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloys by adjusting and controlling process parameters of SLM (laser power, scanning speed, hatch spacing, spot diameter, layer thickness, interlayer rotation angle, substrate preheating temperature, partition width and overlapping area width) and process parameters of subsequent heat treatment (temperature and time) to prepare the Mg-RE-(Zn)—Zr alloys with high strength and ductility using SLM process for the first time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2020Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Yujuan WU, Qingchen DENG, Liming PENG, Yuanhang LUO, Ning SU, Zhiyu CHANG, Xiaoyu XUE
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Publication number: 20240123500Abstract: Described are porous sintered bodies and methods of making porous sintered bodies by additive manufacturing methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Thines Kumar Perumal, Subhash Guddati, Virendra Warke, Devon Nichole Dion, Montray Leavy
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Publication number: 20240123501Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional printed part is disclosed, including ejecting a drop of print material from an ejector for a printing system in a substantially vertical trajectory, directing a stream of inert gas toward the drop of print material from a first direction, and diverting the drop of print material from the substantially vertical trajectory prior to the drop of print material landing onto a surface. The method includes directing a stream of inert gas toward the drop of print material from other directions. A printing system includes at least a first channel oriented in a first plane parallel to the substrate and positioned between the substrate and the ejector, and a gas supply connected to the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Jason M. LeFevre, Seemit Praharaj, Douglas K. Herrmann, Varun Sambhy
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Publication number: 20240123502Abstract: The present disclosure relates to titanium alloy powder for selective laser melting (SLM) 3D printing, an SLM titanium alloy and the preparation thereof. The used titanium alloy powder comprises the following element components by weight percentage: 2.0 to 4.5% of Al, and 3.0 to 4.5% of V, with the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities. During preparation, a titanium sponge and an Al—V alloy are mixed and pressed into a block as a melting electrode; the titanium alloy ingot having good uniformity is obtained after smelting by using a vacuum consumable electric arc furnace for three times; and the ingot is forged twice and processed into a bar for powder-making. The bar for powder-making is subjected to processes such as washing and drying, atomizing, sieving, and airflow classification to prepare SLM titanium alloy powder. The titanium alloy powder is melted and stacked layer by layer by means of SLM equipment to finally obtain an SML titanium alloy block.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityInventors: Leyun Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, Zhe Song
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Publication number: 20240123503Abstract: Systems and methods of forming and removing support structures formed in a powder bed fusion (PBF) system are provided. The support structures are formed with designated failure zones that are designed to fail in a controlled fashion when resonated by one or more resonation devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Gordon TAJIRI, Michael Thomas KENWORTHY
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Publication number: 20240123504Abstract: A printing system and method of forming a three-dimensional printed part in a printing system is disclosed, including forming a three-dimensional printed part in a printing system includes depositing a first print material onto a substrate or a partially formed three-dimensional metal part, depositing a second print material may include an oxidizing agent onto the partially formed three-dimensional part, and forming an oxidized layer on a top surface of the partially formed three-dimensional part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Varun Sambhy, Seemit Praharaj, Jason M. LeFevre, Douglas K. Herrmann
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Publication number: 20240123505Abstract: Disclosed herein is a powder extraction tool formed within a cavity of an additive manufactured component. The powder extraction tool includes at least two tubular sections having tubular walls with perforations and a flex joint linking the at least two tubular sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Dean R. Sirois
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Publication number: 20240123506Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of use thereof. For example, disclosed herein are systems and methods for printing using superluminescent light. For example, disclosed herein are methods of printing with superluminescent light, the methods comprising: generating a patterned light sheet from superluminescent light, with the proviso that the superluminescent light is not generated by a femtosecond laser; and projecting the patterned light sheet at an image plane onto or within a sample comprising a photosensitive material; thereby simultaneously illuminating a selected portion of the photosensitive material within a layer of the sample corresponding to a selected pattern, thereby causing a simultaneous photoreaction that prints structures in the selected pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Sourabh Kumar Saha, Jungho Choi
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Publication number: 20240123507Abstract: A powder supply management system for a laser forming device, includes: a hopper for discharging powder; a main sampling unit which guides a portion of the powder discharged from the hopper to the laser forming device and guides the remaining powder to be discharged to another location; and a discharge monitoring unit which calculates an amount of the remaining powder separated in the main sampling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: INSSTEK, INC.Inventors: Suk Hyun SEO, Won Hoe KIM, Seon Ju LEE
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Publication number: 20240123508Abstract: A processing system includes: a processing apparatus configured to perform an additive processing on a plurality of objects; and a control apparatus configured to control the processing apparatus, the control apparatus generates, based on a result of a first measurement operation for measuring a shape of a first object of the plurality of objects, first processing control information for controlling the processing apparatus to perform the additive processing on the first object, the processing apparatus performs, based on the first processing control information, the additive processing on the first object and the additive processing on a second object of the plurality of objects that is different from the first object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuki UENO
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Publication number: 20240123509Abstract: The present invention discloses an efficient brake disc processing device, which relates to the technical field of brake disc processing, comprising a lathe bed, an upright vertical lathe and a first power tool holder installed on a top end of the lathe bed, and an inverted vertical lathe and a second power tool holder installed on a rear side of the top end of the lathe bed, wherein the upright vertical lathe is cooperated with the second power tool holder to process an upper brake surface of a brake disc, and the inverted vertical lathe is cooperated with the first power tool holder to process a lower brake surface of the brake disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Keyang ZHANG, Fuxing ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240123510Abstract: A machine tool system capable of decreasing the operator's burden in setting the parameters. A machine tool system includes a working machine capable of machining a bar and a bar feeder capable of delivering the bar to the working machine according to the machining of the bar. The bar feeder delivers the bar in accordance with a set parameter. The bar feeder updates the parameter according to parameter information transmitted from the working machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: TAKUJI UCHIYAMA, KATSUHIRO SHINOMIYA, KENICHI GOMI
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Publication number: 20240123511Abstract: A cutting tool with through coolant has an elongated shank and a cutting portion. The cutting portion is configured to remove material from a workpiece by cutting. An outer peripheral surface of the shank is configured to be surrounded and tightly held by a hole-wall defined by a tool-fixing hole of a machine tool. At least one coolant-guiding recess is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the shank and extends along a lengthwise direction of the shank. Each coolant-guiding recess forms a coolant channel together with the hole-wall of the tool-fixing hole. An end of the coolant channel is connected to a coolant-supply system. The coolant channel formed by the coolant-guiding recess enables coolant from the coolant-supply system to be jetted toward the cutting portion. The cutting tool provides through coolant without drilled holes, thereby saving cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: YIH TROUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Li-Cheng CHEN
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Publication number: 20240123512Abstract: A one or multiple cutting edge machining tool, in particular milling, reaming or drilling tool, includes a tool body (12), which extends along a central tool axis and which has at least one cutting web (20), which carries a cutting insert (22), which protrudes radially beyond a circumferential jacket surface (21) of the cutting web (20) and which cuts at least circumferentially, and an integrated coolant channel system, which has a main channel (28) guided along the tool axis (11) and, for each cutting web (20), at least one branch channel (29, 29a, 29b), which branches off the main channel (28) and which is guided through the cutting web (20). The at least one branch channel (29, 29a, 29b), which is guided exclusively through the cutting web (20), has a mouth opening (30, 30a, 30b), which lies in the jacket surface (21) of the cutting web (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Gühring KGInventor: Guido Kuhli
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Publication number: 20240123513Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of AlaCr1-a-bCebN, a is 0.400 or more and 0.800 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of TicSi1-cN, and c is 0.200 or more and 0.990 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Anongsack PASEUTH, Toshihiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20240123514Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternative layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of AlaCr1-a-bCebN, a is more than 0.500 and 0.800 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcV1-cN, c is 0.10 or more and 0.75 or less, and a and c satisfy a relationship of a>c.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Anongsack PASEUTH, Toshihiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20240123515Abstract: The coating film includes a laminated structure including at least one first layer and at least one second layer alternately disposed. The or each first layer has an average thickness of 0.5 to 100.0 nm and has an average composition: (AlxTi1-x-y-zMy)BzN, where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Groups 4, 5, and 6 elements, and lanthanide elements in the periodic table, 0.100?x?0.640, 0.001?y?0.100, and 0.060?z?0.400. The or each second layer has an average thickness of 0.5 to 100.0 nm and has an average composition: (AlpCr1-p-q-rM?q)BrN, where M? is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Groups 4, 5, and 6 elements, and lanthanide elements in the periodic table, 0.650?p?0.900, 0.000?q?0.100, and 0.000?r?0.050.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Asanuma, Tomoki Ebata
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Publication number: 20240123516Abstract: A turning tool (1) that does not easily interfere with other tools and can supply a sufficient amount of coolant is provided. The turning tool (1) includes: a cutting insert (10) which is mirror-image symmetric with respect to a first and second symmetric surfaces (M1, M2); and a tool body (2) which has a first discharge port (5) to supply coolant to a first cutting edge (21E) of the cutting insert (10) from a first rake surface (21R) side. The first discharge port (5) is disposed between a second flat surface (32) and a first reference surface (Vxz) which is parallel with the second flat surface (32) and includes an edge line of the first cutting edge (21E).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: ISCAR LTD., TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Gil HECHT, Yusuke SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20240123517Abstract: A boring head for fixing a boring tool includes a main body mounted to a rotatable tool holder, a piston being received within and movable with respect to the main body in a radial direction, wherein a circumferential surface of the piston has a flat face parallel with the radial direction, and a combined orientation and fixation device for orienting and fixing the piston with respect to the main body. The combined orientation and fixation device includes a blind sleeve mounted in the main body, a flexible end wall of the blind sleeve facing the flat face of the piston, and a tightening screw configured for engagement with the blind sleeve so that the flexible end wall presses against the flat face when the tightening screw is tightened to press the piston against the main body and to simultaneously orient and fix the piston with respect to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Frederic KOPP-CHTARQUE
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Publication number: 20240123518Abstract: A power tool chuck includes a body with a central bore extending along an axis and configured to receive a tool bit, a plurality of angled passageways, and a plurality of jaws received in the passageways and moveable between an axially forward and radially inward clamping position and an axially rearward and radially outward retracted position. At least one jaw has a rear end lying in a first plane transverse to the axis. A first key drive member coupled to a tail portion of the body is configured to be engaged by a second key drive member on a power tool output shaft to non-rotationally couple the body to the output shaft. The first key drive has a forward end lying in a second plane transverse to the axis. The second plane is axially forward of the first plane when the jaws are in the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Joseph P. Kelleher, William F. Gallagher, Louis M. Vasiliades, Trevor J. Koenig, Heather Schafer
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Publication number: 20240123519Abstract: A drilling jig assembly includes a hub unit that has a receiver and a plurality of spokes and the receiver engages a kelly bar of a drilling rig. A plurality of bolt jigs is each coupled to a respective one of the spokes on the hub unit to receiving a respective one of a plurality of bolts of a bolt cage. A plurality of yoke supports is each slidably disposed on a respective one of the spokes of the hub unit such that each of the yoke supports is spaceable an adjustable distance from the receiver of the hub unit. Each of the yoke supports can be attached to a concrete form surrounding the bolt cage thereby facilitating the concrete form to be maneuvered by the drilling rig when the receiver of the hub unit is attached to the drilling rig.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Robert Schaffer
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Publication number: 20240123520Abstract: A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door may include an engagement interface and a backset assembly. The engagement interface is configured to retain the apparatus proximate to an edge of a door and center an edge bore guide between an inside face and an outside face of the door. The engagement interface includes a first arm and a second arm that are each operably coupled to a common pivot axis. The backset assembly is operably coupled to the engagement interface to enable an amount of backset from the edge of the door to a center of a handle hole guide to be adjusted. The backset assembly includes a first mounting bracket operably coupled to a first portion of the first arm and a first portion of the second arm, and a second mounting bracket operably coupled to a second portion of the first arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jeremy Watford, Maxwell Daniel Stacey, Jeremy Hickman
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Publication number: 20240123521Abstract: An end mill that facilitates discharge of chips and enables twining of chips to be suppressed is provided. An end mill (10) includes a tool body, a helical flute, an end cutting edge, a flank, and a gash. The gash forms a cutting face of the end cutting edge. The cutting face is formed as a recessed curved surface and the end cutting edge comprised of a ridge between the cutting face and the flank is concavely curved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: OSG CORPORATIONInventor: Oji Kawaguchi
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Publication number: 20240123522Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of a “Smart Cut” system and method for efficiently and accurately converting material length using a powered saw, such as a miter saw, are disclosed. Certain embodiments are configured such that a user of a miter saw may position a board or other material beneath the miter saw blade, and cut the material to a desired length, without any need to mark a measurement on the material prior to cutting it. It is an advantage of certain embodiments that a typical retractable tape measurement device, a portable tool that is ubiquitous in the construction industry, may be leveraged to indicate proper positioning of the material prior to cutting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: JOEL WILLE, MARK WILLE, BJORN BARJA
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Publication number: 20240123523Abstract: A saw including a lockout mechanism having a lever and a plunge stop. The lever has a trigger abutment surface and is movable between a safety position in which the trigger abutment surface inhibits actuation of a trigger and a use position in which the trigger abutment surface permits actuation of the trigger. The plunge stop is coupled to the lever and is movable with the lever between a first position and a second position. The first position corresponds with the safety position of the lever. In the first position, the plunge stop inhibits a motor housing of the saw from being moved from a raised position toward a plunged position. The second position corresponds with the use position of the lever. In the second position, the plunge stop permits the motor housing to be moved from the raised position toward the plunged position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: David E. Dutterer
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Publication number: 20240123524Abstract: Various aspects of a saw apparatus are disclosed. In a first aspect, a worktable is coupled to a vacuum source configured to provide a negative pressure region beneath the worktable. A partition divides the negative pressure region into a first negative pressure region via a first air flow channel and a second negative pressure region via a second air flow channel. In a second aspect, a worktable includes a housing coupled to a vacuum source configured to provide a plurality of negative pressure regions beneath the worktable. In another aspect, data is received which includes a first portion corresponding to a negative pressure level of a first region, and a second portion corresponding to a negative pressure level of a second region. A determination is then made of whether either of the negative pressure level falls below a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Paul W. Guth
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Publication number: 20240123525Abstract: Various dust collection aspects are disclosed. In a first aspect, a vacuum source is powered by a vacuum motor housed within a filter coupled to the vacuum source, and a worktable includes a center slot aligned to a circular saw blade. The vacuum source provides negative pressure beneath the worktable at the center slot, and the filter collects dust drawn by the negative pressure. In a second aspect, a vacuum motor housed within a filter provides power to a vacuum source. The filter collects dust drawn by a negative pressure created by the vacuum source, and includes pleated media that makes contact with an agitation flap to remove dust via a rotation of the filter. In another aspect, a sensor coupled to a saw apparatus is monitored, and a trigger sensed by the sensor is detected. A communication is then determined in response to a detection of the trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Paul W. Guth
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Publication number: 20240123526Abstract: Various aspects to facilitate mobilizing bulk equipment are disclosed. In a first aspect, a saw apparatus includes a vacuum source, a worktable, and a portability mechanism integrated within the saw apparatus in which dimensions associated with the portability mechanism depend on a location of a center of mass of the saw apparatus. The worktable includes a center slot axially aligned to a circular saw blade, and the vacuum source is configured to provide a negative pressure beneath the worktable at the center slot. In a second aspect, a center of mass inquiry is received, which includes data associated with equipment having a non-uniform distribution of mass. The center of mass inquiry is then processed, and a portability mechanism adjustment is sent in response to a processing of the center of mass inquiry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Paul W. Guth
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Publication number: 20240123527Abstract: Various aspects of a saw apparatus include a worktable, a cutting head that includes a circular saw blade, and a vacuum source. In a first aspect, the cutting head moves along a rail, and the vacuum source provides a negative pressure region beneath a trolley that moves along the worktable such that a center slot remains axially aligned with the circular saw blade. In a second aspect, the cutting head moves along a rail, and a dust guard is coupled to the circular saw blade. The vacuum source provides a negative pressure region above the worktable. In another aspect, the cutting head moves along a rail, and the vacuum source provides a negative pressure region beneath a trolley that is coupled with the cutting head via a pulley system that maintains an alignment between the cutting head and the trolley as the cutting head moves along the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Paul W. Guth
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Publication number: 20240123528Abstract: The invention relates to a method for shaping a periodic structure, in particular a toothing on a workpiece, wherein a lifting mechanism lifts the shaping tool, within the working stroke, off of the workpiece for the return stroke after a machining operation, characterized by a rotational angular region of the lifting cam functionally assigned to a circumferential cam profile region of a lifting cam, the same driven to rotate by a motor, of the lifting mechanism, which circumferential cam profile region determines the engagement distance between the shaping tool and the workpiece in a working stroke portion of a stroke cycle, wherein the rotational angular region of the lifting cam is passed through a further time—albeit in the opposite direction of rotation—during the same stroke cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kurt Kleinbach, Amine Zaghbib, Simon Kern, Sven Mayer
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Publication number: 20240123529Abstract: A draining mechanism according to an embodiment comprises a block in which a through hole is formed therethrough along a direction intersecting the gravity direction. The through hole is provided with a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The block comprises: a gas channel connected to the through hole between the first guide portion and the second guide portion; and a discharge port connected to the through hole between the first guide portion and the second guide portion, extending along the gravity direction, and connected to the outside of the block.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shijin SONG
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Publication number: 20240123530Abstract: A wire termination system includes a heat applicator device to apply resistive heating to a specific connector pin of an electrical connector for the soldering of a wire to the connector pin. In operation, a wire of a cable is inserted into an interior cavity of the connector pin and resistive heating is applied to the connector pin resulting in the melting of solder contained within the interior cavity. Upon stoppage of the resistive heating by the heat applicator device, the solder within the interior cavity of the connector pin solidifies about the wire to form an electrical connection between the wire and the connector pin. The heat applicator device may then be repositioned to apply resistive heating to each additional connector pin of the electrical connector until all wires of the cable are soldered to their corresponding connector pins on the electrical connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Dennis J. Johnson, Keyon Keshtgar, Michael J. Juri
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Publication number: 20240123531Abstract: A method for producing a flared or lap joint including a steel sheet and an aluminum-based sheet material through brazing, wherein a preceding laser beam irradiates ahead of a steel sheet joining position and the aluminum-based sheet material in the joining direction to preheat a joining position, an electrically-heated aluminum-based filler wire feeds to the joining position, a following laser beam is irradiated behind the filler wire so the wire melts performin brazing, and the filler wire is fed with a tilt ranging from 0°?D?19° to a front or rear side in the joining direction with respect to a line passing through a groove center of the flared joint and is perpendicular to the joining direction, so that a flared joint or lap joint including a steel sheet and aluminum-based sheet material is produced without appearance defects of a bead and with a sufficient joint strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi TANIGUCHI, Yasuaki OKITA, Chikaumi SAWANISHI, Hiroshi MATSUDA, Motomichi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240123532Abstract: Systems and methods for localized work return path of additive manufacturing systems are described. Localized grounding connects the printed surface directly to the work return, and shortens the length of grounding and/or the return cables compared to substrate-based grounding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Relativity Space, Inc.Inventors: Michael Reid, Fritz Gruber, Jeremy Krol
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Publication number: 20240123533Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for DED or WAAM, comprising a welding torch configured to generate an arc for generating a melt pool on a surface of a workpiece, and a wire feeder configured to feed a wire towards the melt pool to generate a weld seam on said surface, and an enclosure enclosing at least part of the workpiece and comprising a process atmosphere with a process gas, wherein a sucking device sucks part of the process gas out of the enclosure and thereafter re-introduces the process gas into the process atmosphere, and wherein the enclosure comprises or consists of a flexible housing or a tent and in the sucking device is connected to a buffer volume or a pressure stabilizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Thomas AMMANN, Ian HIBBITT, Dominik BAUER, Julio COROADO
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Publication number: 20240123534Abstract: A highly mobile cart having an upper cantilevered selectively positionable extended support member for use with collaborative robot cutting and welding systems for deployment in manufacturing operations where the systems can be moved from one worksite to another without significant labor or rigging or substantial acquisition and installation capital expenditures, dedicated floor space, or ancillary internal support and operating systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Vectis Automation, LLCInventors: Andrew Akey, Joshua Pawley, Douglas Rhoda, Alex Roerty, Todd Scarpella