Patents Issued in April 25, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240131711
    Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation planning means 17Y, a display control means 15Y, and a correction receiving means 16Y. The operation planning means 17Y determines a first operation plan of a robot which executes a task in which an object is used. The display control means 15Y displays trajectory information regarding a trajectory of the object based on the first operation plan. The correction receiving means 16Y receives a correction relating to the trajectory information based on an external input. Then, the operation planning means 17Y determines a second operation plan of the robot based on the correction received by the correction receiving means 16Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro ITOU, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240131712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to robotic systems, and more specifically to systems and methods for a robotic platform comprising an on-demand intelligence component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Tutor Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Aaron GRUENSTEIN, Alon Zechariah KOSOWSKY-SACHS
  • Publication number: 20240131713
    Abstract: A method verifies functional/structural integrity of a hand-held unconstrained master device to control a robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation. The master device includes a body having two rigid parts constrained to relatively rotate or translate on a common axis. Position vectors of two-plus points are measured and/or detected, each belonging to a respective one of the two rigid parts, and measuring and/or detecting evolution of the position vectors. An orientation of each of the points, and the evolution of the orientations are measured and/or detected. Constraints from constructional/structural features of the master device are defined, deriving from degrees of freedom. Mathematical relations associated with each of the defined constraints are calculated based on detected and/or measured position vectors, orientations and evolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Emanuele RUFFALDI, Massimiliano SIMI
  • Publication number: 20240131714
    Abstract: A method is for identifying at least one anomaly condition in using a hand-held, mechanically unconstrained master device to control a robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation. The method includes detecting, by sensor(s), the position vector of a point belonging to or integral with the master device, or of a virtual point uniquely and rigidly associated with the master device. A detectable anomaly is identified based on the detected position vector, or based on a component of the detected position vector. The detectable anomalies include at least an incorrect positioning of the master device with respect to a predetermined workspace of the master device. Each of such detectable anomalies is associated with a system state change to be performed if the anomaly is detected, in which the state change includes exiting from the teleoperation state. A robotic system for medical or surgical teleoperation performs the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Massimiliano SIMI, Matteo TANZINI, Emanuele RUFFALDI, Matteo BAGHERI GHAVIFEKR
  • Publication number: 20240131715
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a minimum distance between an object and an apparatus surface, in particular for determining a minimum distance between an object and an apparatus surface of a handling apparatus, is described. A primary distance of the object is captured as the distance of the object by a distance sensor unit in or on the apparatus surface. A critical point which is at the primary distance from the distance sensor unit and is within a capture range of the distance sensor unit and comes closest to the apparatus surface taking into account a spatial course of the latter is also determined. A minimum distance between the critical point and the apparatus surface is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver KRIEG, Etienne EICHSTAEDT, Hermann WIESER
  • Publication number: 20240131716
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning robot including a light source module, an image sensor and a processor. The light source module projects a line pattern and a speckle pattern toward a moving direction. The image sensor captures an image of the line pattern and an image of the speckle pattern. The processor calculates one-dimensional depth information according to the image of the line pattern and calculates two-dimensional depth information according to the image of the speckle pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: GUO-ZHEN WANG
  • Publication number: 20240131717
    Abstract: A robot operation system with improved accuracy of a learning model accuracy is provided. Provided is a robot operation system including a composite image generation unit to which CAD data of an object and a workpiece and a feature point of the workpiece are input configured to generate a plurality of composite images under random conditions from the CAD data of the object and the workpiece, an information processing apparatus configured to search for a route using a position of an end effector of a robot and a position of the feature point and move the end effector to the feature point along the searched route, and an imaging apparatus configured to photograph the object and the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shun SATO
  • Publication number: 20240131718
    Abstract: The present application relates to an autonomous drive through system and method for autonomously detecting the position of the user's face in a vehicle and through AI and robotic technology, calibrating the height, distance, and direction/orientation (x, y, z axis) of the interface associated with the device, bringing the interface closer to the user. The user (driver) either through touch screen and/or voice AI and/or pairing with a mobile device can order and/or pay and/or withdraw cash without coming out of their vehicle(s). The system includes one or more sensors, such as a camera, that provides input for autonomously adjusting height of the device with respect to the user (driver) window. Based on the location of the car window, the device adjusts its position via moving horizontally (x-axis) based on the location of the driver's window and adjusts its position vertically along the y-axis to place itself at the eye level of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Techolution Consulting LLC
    Inventor: Luv Tulsidas
  • Publication number: 20240131719
    Abstract: Device, system, and method for Firefighting Robots™ which can fight fires, wildfires, forest fires, building and/or house fires and general fires by precisely applying water and/or fire retardant to a blaze by using sensors to pinpoint the direction, range, and temperature of the fire in order to precisely point the nozzle on the hose to the fire. This could also be a Skydiving Robot which jumps into remote wildfires, or it could be a robot arm or robotic nozzle with at least two degrees of freedom, for a drone, helicopter, or fire truck, with sensors and networking which could relay the fire location, range, and temperature to the robot to ensure the optimal use of the water and/or fire retardant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Haley
  • Publication number: 20240131720
    Abstract: A rotary table assembly for rotatably supporting a workpiece can include a table having a table top surface positioned in a first plane, where the table has an axis of rotation. The rotary table assembly can also include a gearbox fixedly connected to the table for precisely rotating the table, and a support frame for supporting the table. The support frame has a support surface spaced apart from the axis of rotation of the table at a first precise, predetermined distance. The support surface is positioned in a second plane at least substantially parallel to the first plane and spaced apart from the first plane at a second precise, predetermined distance. A robotic device can be interchangeably couplable with the rotary table assembly and another rotary table assembly, where the robotic device can perform operations based upon the first precise, predetermined distance and the second, precise predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Barglof, Kyle Post, Ted Pappas
  • Publication number: 20240131721
    Abstract: A mobile printing robot prints layouts or other construction information on a construction surface. Support is provided for precise line navigation in a single pass or parallel passes. A firing pattern of an array of printing nozzles may be selected to compensate for lateral errors in position. The mobile printing robot may also print fiducial marks as an aid for navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Josef Herget, Tessa Ann Lau, Shih-Chieh Hsiung
  • Publication number: 20240131722
    Abstract: An robot operation device attached to a robot having a long tool fixed to a flange provided at a distal end of the robot, the robot operation device includes a handle having an inner hole through which the tool is inserted, the handle configured to be held by one of hands of an operator in a manner that a longitudinal axis of the tool is enclosed by the one of the hands, and a sensor configured to attach the handle to the flange, the sensor detecting force or moment applied to the handle by the operator. The robot is operable by lead-through control which changes a position and posture of the robot in response to the force or the moment detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Tomoyuki MOTOKADO, Toshihiko INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240131723
    Abstract: A surgical robotic system includes a surgical robotic arm having an instrument and an instrument drive unit configured to actuate the instrument. The system also includes a storage device and a controller configured to store a save point on the storage device, the save point including configuration data pertaining to at least one of the surgical robotic arm, the instrument drive unit, or the instrument. The controller is further configured to detect an error resulting in a reboot of at least one of the surgical robotic arm, the instrument drive unit, or the instrument. The controller is additionally configured to access the configuration data of the save point after the reboot of at least one of the surgical robotic arm, the instrument drive unit, or the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Saumya Banerjee, Paul M. Loschak
  • Publication number: 20240131724
    Abstract: A robot capable of performing precise work is provided. The robot includes an actuator unit and an end effector provided at a tip of the actuator unit. The end effector includes a first sensor capable of detecting a pressure distribution in a contact region coming into contact with a workpiece, and a second sensor capable of detecting position information of the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: KEI TSUKAMOTO, SATOKO NAGAKARI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, KEN KOBAYASHI, TETSURO GOTO
  • Publication number: 20240131725
    Abstract: A robot control device controls a robot equipped with a sensor capable of measuring force, the robot control device including: a measurement value acquisition unit acquires a first measurement value measured by the sensor when a first tool having a known mass and center-of-gravity position is placed at the tip of the wrist of the robot and the wrist performs a specific motion, and a second measurement value measured by the sensor when a second tool having a known mass and center-of-gravity position is placed and the wrist performs a specific motion; a measurement value storage unit that stores the first measurement value and the second measurement value acquired by the measurement value acquisition unit; and a correction unit that corrects the measurement values from the sensor, on the basis of the first measurement value and the second measurement value stored in the measurement value storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki WAKABAYASHI, Yihua GU
  • Publication number: 20240131726
    Abstract: A digital finger for testing a touchscreen of an appliance using a testing robot is provided. A control circuit receives, from a load cell, first signals indicative of pressure applied by a finger holder simulating interaction with the touchscreen, the load cell being held by a load cell housing defining a channel for receiving the finger holder, such that when the finger holder is pressed onto the touchscreen, the finger holder moves to increase pressure against the load cell. The control circuit receives, from the appliance, second signals indicative of recognition of a touch to the touchscreen. The control circuit determines, response time of the touchscreen and/or the pressure required to operate the touchscreen based on the first and second signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Francesco COTRONEO, Lorenzo FAGNANI
  • Publication number: 20240131727
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a robotic system using an end effector configured for handling one or more objects within a handling environment. In various embodiments, the end effector comprises a frame element secured relative to the positioning mechanism; and a plurality of engagement pads operably coupled to the frame element, each of the plurality of engagement pads being moveable in one or more directions relative to the frame element by a corresponding actuation assembly; wherein each of the corresponding actuation assemblies is independently operable to move one of the plurality of engagement pads connected thereto throughout a respective range of motion such that each of the plurality of engagement pads is configured to engage a respective portion of the one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Ming Rest
  • Publication number: 20240131728
    Abstract: A fully-electric grabber assembly includes a first grabber arm, a second grabber arm, an electric motor, and a plurality of gears. The plurality of gears includes a first gear coupled with the electric motor, an intermediate gear coupled with the first gear, and an arm gear coupled with the first grabber arm and the intermediate gear to facilitate pivoting the first grabber arm. The first gear is configured to rotate about an axis radially offset from a center thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Wallace Buege, Martin Schimke, Joshua D. Rocholl, Jerrod Kappers, Andrew Kotloski
  • Publication number: 20240131729
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support techniques for material hand-off using a double-acting kinematic mount are described. A kinematic mount may be mounted between a flange of a robotic manipulator and with a tool for retrieval and placement of an object. The kinematic mount may include a first sub-component and a second sub-component, where a floating structure of the first sub-component may be coupled with a plate of the second sub-component by a preloading force (e.g., via one or more springs, magnets). The kinematic mount may be configured such that the floating structure may be decoupled from the plate of the second sub-component when a force greater than the preloading force is applied to a bottom plate of the first sub-component. The first sub-component may move independently of the second sub-component while decoupled, allowing the tool to align to the object during retrieval and placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Justin Carl Fossum
  • Publication number: 20240131730
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetically retained replaceable contact plate assembly. The magnetically retained replaceable contact plate assembly includes a contact chuck interface. The contact chuck is configured to physically mate with a device under test (DUT). The magnetically retained replaceable contact plate assembly also includes a DUT layout unit interface (DLU). The DLU is configured to couple to multiple magnetically retained replaceable contact plate assemblies and to a semiconductor handler unit. The DLU is configured to move DUTs within a test environment, and the magnetically retained replaceable contact plate assembly is configured to magnetically attach to said DLU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick Sherman, Don Wagner, Moritoshi Akiya
  • Publication number: 20240131731
    Abstract: A quaternion joint includes a first member, a second member rotatably connected to the first member through links, a plurality of first pulleys provided on the end face of the first member so that the first pulleys are able to swing, a plurality of second pulleys provided on the end face of the second member facing the end face of the first members so that the second pulleys correspond to the first pulleys and so that the second pulleys are able to swing, and a plurality of wires hung between the first pulleys and the second pulleys corresponding to the first pulleys. A rotation shaft of the first pulley is offset from a rotation shaft of the second pulley corresponding to the first pulley in a state in which the rotation shaft of the first pulley is rotated around a direction in which the wire is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazutoshi NISHII
  • Publication number: 20240131732
    Abstract: An arm-shaped structure includes a pipe-shaped main body and a metallic attachment interface joined to at least one end of the main body and securable to another component. At least a portion of the main body and the attachment interface is formed by casting. The main body and the attachment interface are joined to each other in a state where relative movement along a longitudinal axis of the main body and around the longitudinal axis is prevented in accordance with engagement between a recess provided in one of the main body and the attachment interface and a protrusion provided in the other one of the main body and the attachment interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutaka NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240131733
    Abstract: A wearable instrument configured to be wearable by a user includes an inertial sensor, a judgment unit configured to judge whether an output value of the inertial sensor meets a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output an operation permission signal for instructing a control device configured to control operation of a machine to permit operation of the machine in a case in which the output value meets the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Minoru HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240131734
    Abstract: A system that includes one or more sensors installed in proximity to a machine configured to collect raw signals associated with an environment of the machine, are multi-layer spatial data that include time-stamp data. The system may include a processor in communication with the sensors and programmed to receive one or more raw signals, denoise the one or more raw signals to obtain a pre-processed signal, extract one or more features from the pre-processed signals, classify the one or more features to an associated class, wherein the associated class includes one or more of a normal class, abnormal class, or a potential-abnormal class, create fusion data by fusing the one or more features utilizing the associated class and the time-stamp data, and output a heat map on an overlaid image of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sirajum MUNIR, Samarjit DAS
  • Publication number: 20240131735
    Abstract: A method includes: at a mobile robot, travelling according to a current path; using a sensor of the mobile robot, capturing sensor data representing a vicinity of the mobile robot; detecting, based on the sensor data, an obstacle obstructing the current path; in response to detecting the obstacle, outputting a request for a status change corresponding to the obstacle; receiving at the mobile robot, in response to the request for a status change, data defining an updated status of the obstacle; selecting, based on the updated status data, a navigational action between (i) continuing to travel according to the current path and (ii) generating a new path circumventing the obstacle; and executing the selected navigational action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Melonee Wise, Aaron Hoy, Derek King, Micaela Angeli, Chinmay Shah
  • Publication number: 20240131736
    Abstract: A shaver head comprising a blade assembly having one or more blades for cutting hair in a shaving direction; a skin adaptor extending from an outer periphery of said blade assembly and having a skin adaptor surface configured to be in contact with a shaving surface; a coil assembly, the coil assembly being configured to be transitioned between an active state and an inactive state and to generate an electromagnetic field in the active state. The electromagnetic field can be configured to cause pili muscles in the shaving surface to contract in order to expose hair of the shaving surface so that the hair is cut by the blades of the blade assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Ion-Ioannis ANTONAKIS
  • Publication number: 20240131737
    Abstract: Described is a shaving apparatus having a razor handle for disposable razor cartridges. The handle has a top side and a bottom side and both a proximal end and a distal end. A cartridge receiver assembly is positioned on the distal end of the handle and is configured to detachably attach with a removable razor cartridge. A release button is positioned on the bottom side of the handle and operably connected with the cartridge receiver assembly such that depression of the release button causes the cartridge receiver assembly to release a removable razor cartridge when attached with the cartridge receiver assembly. Further, the release button has an exterior surface such that the exterior surface of the release button is flush with the bottom side of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: YIGAL MESIKA
  • Publication number: 20240131738
    Abstract: A razor includes a cartridge supporting a cutting blade and a handle having an elongate gripping portion and an attachment portion at one end of the handle. The attachment portion supports a pivot member providing removable attachment of the cartridge. The pivot member includes an at least partially spheroid portion configured to be held between spaced-apart ends of two opposed legs, between holes formed in the two opposed legs. Stops protruding from a surface of the at least partially spheroid portion of the pivot member are configured to limit rotation of the cartridge when the cartridge is mounted on the attachment portion. The stops are configured to limit rotation of the cartridge by interaction with relief portions of at least one of the two opposed legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas J. Bucco
  • Publication number: 20240131739
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a razor handle comprising a first section disposed in proximal direction of a second section along a proximal-distal axis, wherein a ball bearing is disposed between the first section and the second section, wherein the ball bearing is configured to allow rotation of the first section relative to the second section around the proximal-distal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Argyro KALLIVRETAKI
  • Publication number: 20240131740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaving device includes a housing with a skin contacting surface and at least one cutting blade mounted in the housing, wherein the cutting blade has an asymmetric cross-sectional shape with a first face, a second face opposed to the first face and a cutting edge at the intersection of the first face and the second face. An intersecting line connects the primary bevel of the first face and the secondary bevel of the second face such that a first wedge angle q1 and a second wedge angle q2 are formed. Further, the clearance angle ? between the skin contacting surface and the primary bevel of the first surface is ?11°, the effective cutting angle ? between the skin contacting surface and the bisecting line of the first wedge angle q1 is ?10° and q1>q2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Bodo Gluche, Ralph Gretzschel, Michael Mertens, Matthias Gester
  • Publication number: 20240131741
    Abstract: Tool to scoop out the foam from a SIP panel that complies with the industry safety requirements, it is easy to use, and can be easily adjusted to different types and sizes of SIP panels. The tool to cut out a portion of the core foam from a sip panel, comprising: a power unit; a support frame attached to the power unit; an adjustable guiding unit attached to the support frame; and a scooping unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Mauro Nicolas Querejeta
  • Publication number: 20240131742
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator unit, a tire building device and a method for applying a strip to a drum, wherein the applicator unit comprises an applicator roller and a cutter, wherein the applicator roller comprises a roller body that is rotatable about a roller axis for applying the strip to the drum in an application direction perpendicular to said roller axis, wherein the applicator roller and the cutter are configured to cooperate for cutting the strip on the applicator roller along a helical cutting path about the roller axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Gerardus Johannes Catharina VAN LAAR
  • Publication number: 20240131743
    Abstract: A tool, such as blades and drill bits to be used with cutting devices for cutting through solid material and simultaneously sanding the solid material. The tool includes a body having an attachment point for the cutting devices. Teeth are disposed along a length of a periphery of the body for cutting the solid and sanding layer disposed over an exposed outer surface of the body for sanding new surfaces in the solid material created upon cutting by the cutting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Zachary Smith
  • Publication number: 20240131744
    Abstract: A sawing apparatus can have a drive shaft that is rotatable about a central axis for rotationally driving a saw blade. The apparatus includes an electrical rotary feedthrough for the electrically conductive connection of the drive shaft to a connection assembly. The electrical rotary feedthrough includes a first component having a contact section that tapers in the direction of a second component and the shell surface of said contact section forms a first contact surface. The second component has a receiving channel that extends along the central axis and the side surface of the receiving channel forms a second contact surface. The first contact surface lies against the second contact surface in sections. The receiving channel and the tapering contact section has a clearance for ruling out a purely axial abutment of the components. In addition, an electrical rotary feedthrough for a sawing apparatus, is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan TULODZIECKI, Benjamin Allgaier, Philipp Kranz, Marius Heckenberger, Alexander Lautenschläger
  • Publication number: 20240131745
    Abstract: Provided herein are a method and a system for producing slabs, tiles or sheets of artificial stone, with a wide vein effect, comprising inorganic particles of different sizes and hardened binders, and which simulate the appearance of natural stone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Salvador Cristobal RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, Carmen Maria MONTERO PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20240131746
    Abstract: A method for preparing a shell-bionic ceramic tool and a shell-bionic ceramic tool, wherein the shell-bionic ceramic tool includes alternating stacks of ceramic powders with different components, pressing a ceramic green body using a cold briquetting method, carrying out pre-pressing once using a graphite indenter on a working surface thereof after each layer of the ceramic powder being loaded, and pressing a last layer using a graphite rod, and then pressing a whole ceramic green body with a certain pressure to promote a bonding of the layers of ceramic powder, which in turn gives a complex shape to an interface between the layers, increases a bonding area between the layers, and plays the role of hindering crack expansion, extending the crack expansion path, and improving the bonding strength of the interface; after then, hot-pressed sintering is used to densify the ceramic green body to obtain the shell-bionic ceramic tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY, YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chuanzhen HUANG, Yunpeng Feng, Hanlian Liu, Zhenyu Shi, Peng Yao, Dun Liu, Bin Zou, Hongtao Zhu, Zhen Wang, Jun Wang, Longhua Xu, Shuiquan Huang, Meina Qu, Zhengkai Xu, Minting Wang, Yabin Guan
  • Publication number: 20240131747
    Abstract: A retainer for a rotating bit and/or pick that includes a slot extending from a forward end of the retainer to a distal end of the retainer. The slot includes a gap profile formed by the configuration or design of a first radial end surface of the slot and a second radial end surface of the slot. The retainer includes a dual corner break formed by a first angled surface extending from the distal end of the retainer to the first radial end surface of the slot and a second angled surface extending from the distal end of the retainer to the second radial end surface of the slot. In additional embodiments, the retainer can include any of or any combination of a lead-in chamfer at the distal end of the retainer, a relief notch extending from the distal end of the retainer, and a compression slot extending from the relief notch. The retainer may be used independently with the rotating bit or it may be used in conjunction with nearly butted or solid generally cylindrical hollow spacers and/or washers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: The Sollami Company
    Inventor: Phillip Sollami
  • Publication number: 20240131748
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a workstation that includes a cutting tray and one or more rails. The workstation may include a perimeter cutting element configured to travel along the rails, and the perimeter cutting element may include a perimeter blade mounted at least partially within a perimeter cartridge. The workstation may further include a profile cutting element configured to travel along the rails, wherein the profile cutting element includes a profile blade mounted at least partially within a profile cartridge. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Philip Agoglia, Gregg MALANGA, Bill SOKOL, Brendan CRAWFORD, Samantha BORRI, James SHEPARD
  • Publication number: 20240131749
    Abstract: Various concrete cutting devices using a cutting enclosure and dust collection system are described. The system generally includes a housing, a door releasably secured to the housing, a cutting blade within an interior of the housing, at least one baffle within the housing interior, a vacuum port, and a blade sight window in the door. Also described are vertically positionable and optionally biased skid plates associated with the housing and blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tim Jenkins, Kyle G. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20240131750
    Abstract: Provided are a granulating device die, a granulating device cutter blade holder, a granulating device cutter blade unit, a resin-cutting device, and a granulating device, in all of which an increase in size is suppressed even when the processing amount is increased. The die (10) includes a bottom surface (10B), an upper surface (10A) having a radius smaller than a radius of the bottom surface (10B), a side surface (10C) that connects an outermost peripheral portion of the bottom surface (10B) and an outermost peripheral portion of the upper surface (10A), and a plurality of die holes (11) that discharge a resin raw material, the die holes being defined in the side surface (10C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro SEO, Masao KURIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240131751
    Abstract: A method and a device for the production of polyamide 6 pellets wherein an intermediate drying is not necessary and a combined pelletizing and extraction take place. Depending on the intended use, the pellets may directly be used or subjected to further treatment steps. A device for the production of polyamide 6 pellets includes a melt device for providing a melt of polyamide 6, an underwater pelletizing system which is operable under increased pressure, and a vertical vessel having a cylindrical section and a tapered bottom section. The tapered bottom section is provided with a cooling device and is connected to a pipe comprising a screw and/or a rotary gate valve for conveying pellets. The device includes a circuit for circulating an aqueous solution of ? caprolactam through the underwater pelletizing system and the vertical vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Deiß, Raimund Schwarz, Karl-Heinz Heldmann, Martin Baumert, Eva-Maria Kamp
  • Publication number: 20240131752
    Abstract: Method of treating complex films, comprising at least a first single sheet of a polymer, preferably PET, a second single sheet of a polymer, preferably PE, and at least one layer of adhesive, preferably EVA or acrylic. The sheets are in flake form and are separated by subjecting them to a first stirring bath in hot water with at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one fatty acid, preferably oxalic acid and oleic acid; plus a second stirring bath with a caustic agent, preferably caustic soda, and a surfactant. The PE and PET films are separated by at least one densifying bath. The PET films are then treated by means of a stirring bath, a drying silo and a foreign particle separation machine. After each bath, except between the two densifying baths, the flakes are passed through a centrifuge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel RIERA I BOIX
  • Publication number: 20240131753
    Abstract: An in-mold sealing system for sealing openings in a wind turbine blade mold, the system including a wind turbine blade mold having an interior surface configured to form a surface of the wind turbine blade, the interior surface of the mold having at least one opening therein, at least one boss disposed within the at least one opening of the mold, the boss extending a distance beyond the interior surface of the mold, a flexible diaphragm having opposing first and second surfaces, with the first surface facing the mold, the flexible diaphragm disposed over the opening in the mold surface and a gasket, the gasket having a first surface coupled to a perimeter portion of the flexible diaphragm, and a second surface coupled to the interior surface of the mold, wherein the gasket circumscribes the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Amirhossein Salimi, Alexander Segala
  • Publication number: 20240131754
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for tooling in layered structures for increased joint performance are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes placing a tool onto a first substrate to define an impression in the first substrate, curing the first substrate, removing the tool from the first substrate to define a joint interface corresponding to the impression, and coupling, at the joint interface, the first substrate to a second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Luke G. Warpinski, Michael D. Nevinsky, Kenneth W. Young
  • Publication number: 20240131755
    Abstract: Methods and systems for consolidating an additively manufactured piece. In one embodiment, methods include the step of combining the additively manufactured piece with another piece, for example with another additively manufactured piece or with a piece that is not additively manufactured (e.g. an insert, foam, etc.), so that during a consolidation step, those pieces are assembled or connected together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: 9T LABS AG
    Inventors: Chester HOUWINK, Giovanni CAVOLINA
  • Publication number: 20240131756
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of control for rolling mill vibration, and particularly relates to a control device, system and method for vertical-horizontal coupling vibration of a corrugated rolling mill. The control device includes a housing; a vibration-absorbing container is arranged in the housing; a steel ball particle group is placed in the vibration-absorbing container; a left side of the vibration-absorbing container is connected with one end of a return spring; the other end of the return spring is fixedly connected with a third base; the third base is fixedly mounted on a third sliding block; and the third sliding block is slidably arranged on a third linear guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dongping HE, Chaoran REN, Huidong XU, Yizhong CAO, Zhihua WANG, Tao WANG
  • Publication number: 20240131757
    Abstract: A method for applying a seal onto a plate, including, providing a tool containing at least one support element made of solid material including a recess, a support element made of flexible material including a first part and a second part where said support element made of flexible material is arranged at least partially in said recess, and a means for exerting a pressure in a compensation chamber of said recess, where said compensation chamber is delimited at least partially by said second part of said support element made of flexible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SPLIFAR S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier JENNES, Candido MURILLO, Giovanni SCAGLIOLA
  • Publication number: 20240131758
    Abstract: An electronic-component-attached resin housing is provided that comprises a housing and an electronic component mounting film. The housing is made of resin. The electronic component mounting film includes a base film, a circuit pattern layer, an electronic component, and a reinforcing layer. The base film is disposed along an inner surface of the housing. The circuit pattern layer is formed on at least a surface of the base film opposite to a housing side of the base film. The electronic component is connected to the circuit pattern layer and mounted on the surface of the base film opposite to the housing side of the base film. The reinforcing layer is formed on the housing side of the base film facing the electronic component. The electronic component is integrated with the housing without the electronic component being buried in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuisa TAKINISHI, Chuzo TANIGUCHI, Eiji KAWASHIMA, Hajime NAKAGAWA, Takenori YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240131759
    Abstract: A display unit displays a display screen including information on injection molding, and the display screen displays a setting screen portion that displays setting contents of the injection molding and a power screen portion that displays information on power consumption of the injection molding based on the setting contents together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro NAMIKI, Daigo HOTTA, Takuya MATSUNAGA, Tomohiro HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20240131760
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection nozzle (1) suitable for injection molding of thermoplastic materials, in particular polyolefin materials, the injection nozzle (1) comprising a housing (2) comprising a sleeve-shaped rear section (3) and a thereto coaxially arranged sleeve-shaped front section (4) surrounding a central passage (5) extending in an axial direction (z) forming part of a melt channel (6). In the central passage (5) a needle (7) is arranged movable in the axial direction (z) between a retracted open position and an extended closed position in which a gate (8) at a tip (9) of the front section (4) is closed by a front end (10) of the needle (7) in a sealing manner. A spacer (11) is arranged between the rear section (3) and the front section (4) defining a total length of the housing (2) in the axial direction (z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: OTTO MÄNNER GMBH
    Inventor: Swen SPULLER