Patents Issued in May 9, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240149382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to several systems and methods for clamping, machining, inspecting, and/or correcting workpieces in an integrated machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Martin NOBS, Michael EGETER, Brian Lee KINNEY, Benjamin BERRY
  • Publication number: 20240149383
    Abstract: A display control device according to an embodiment controls display of a state of a machine tool that includes (i) an attachment portion to which a tool is attachable, (ii) a numerical control unit for controlling (a) movement of the attachment portion and (b) a rotating speed of the tool in accordance with a machining program and (iii) a vibration detection unit for detecting vibration of the tool. This display control device includes a display control unit for controlling display of time-series data indicating (i) a change in a vibration level detected by the vibration detection unit and (ii) a change in the rotating speed of the tool. Upon receiving an instruction to change the rotating speed, the display control unit controls the display so that a marker indicating the change instruction is superimposed on the time-series data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjiro ENOMOTO, Megumi OYA, Shimpei KODA, Toshitaka NAGANO
  • Publication number: 20240149384
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting the wear of a cutter in a key-duplicating machine, the cutter being provided with cutting sections to obtain bitting cuts on a key and being put in rotation by an electric motor. The method includes measuring, during at least one cutting cycle carried out by means of the cutter, the values of current and/or voltage absorbed/required by the motor for rotation of cutter and/or motor torque values exerted by the motor. The values thus detected are used to determine if there is wear of the cutting portions of the cutter and/or to quantify the wear of the cutting portions of the cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SILCA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Gennaro Giovanni NIGRO, Maurizio UGEL, Giorgio PIGATTI
  • Publication number: 20240149385
    Abstract: An abrasive tool (200) for a floor grinder, the abrasive tool (200) comprising an attachment plate (230) arranged to releasably attach to a tool holder of the floor grinder, the abrasive tool (200) also comprising an abrasive tool section (220) at least partly formed in an abrasive material, wherein the attachment plate (230) comprises a supporting surface (235) at least partly formed in a plastic material, wherein the supporting surface (235) is configured to align with a corresponding surface (510) on the abrasive tool section (220), wherein the attachment plate (230) and the abrasive tool section (220) are held together by one or more welds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Renneson, Tristan Nijs, Tijana Turbic, Henrik Andersson
  • Publication number: 20240149386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an edge machining unit for a surface grinder, comprising: a plurality of cylindrical rotary brushes with a cylindrical surface and a plurality of brushes on said cylindrical surface, wherein each cylindrical rotary brush has a first axis of rotation, which corresponds to a central longitudinal axis of the cylindrical rotary brush, a first drive unit for driving each rotary brush in a rotational movement about its first axis of rotation, a plurality of second axes of rotation, which plurality is not parallel to the first axis of rotation, wherein each first axis of rotation is disposed so as to rotate about one of the second axes of rotation, a second drive unit for moving every first axis of rotation in rotation about its second axis of rotation, and a third axis of movement, wherein the second axes of rotation are guided for a movement guided by the third axis of movement, and a third drive unit for moving the second axes of rotation in a movement guided by the third axis of
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Christoph GIESE
  • Publication number: 20240149387
    Abstract: A hand-held electric power tool comprising an elongated tool housing, that supports an electric motor, and a moveable backing plate protruding externally from the tool housing. The electric motor actuates the backing plate, and the backing plate performs a rotational, random-orbital, orbital or gear-driven working movement in its plane of extension. A bottom surface of the backing plate detachably holds a polishing or sanding member. The tool housing has a rear part formed to be gripped by a hand of a user of the power tool thereby holding the power tool during its intended use and a tubular front part from which the backing plate protrudes, the front part having a smaller diameter than the rear part and being attached to the rear part. At least part of the electric motor may be accommodated in the tubular front part of the tool housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Andrea Valentini
  • Publication number: 20240149388
    Abstract: A method includes polishing a wafer on a polishing pad, performing conditioning on the polishing pad using a disk of a pad conditioner, and conducting a heat-exchange media into the disk. The heat-exchange media conducted into the disk has a temperature different from a temperature of the polishing pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kei-Wei Chen, Chih Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20240149389
    Abstract: A polishing pad including a polyurethane sheet as a polishing layer, wherein the polyurethane sheet has a ratio (E?B40/E?T40) of a storage elastic modulus E?B40 at 40° C. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement performed under a bending mode condition with a frequency of 1.6 Hz to a storage elastic modulus E?T40 at 40° C. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement performed under a tension mode condition with a frequency of 1.6 Hz of 0.60 to 1.60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Teppei TATENO, Ryuma MATSUOKA, Hiroshi KURIHARA, Satsuki YAMAGUCHI, Yamato TAKAMIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240149390
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing pad comprising a polishing layer made of a polyurethane resin foam containing an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer, and a curing agent, wherein the ratio (NC80/NC40) of a weight proportion (NC80) of an amorphous phase content in the polishing layer measured at 80° C. by a pulsed NMR method to a weight proportion (NC40) of the amorphous phase content in the polishing layer measured at 40° C. by the pulsed NMR method is between 1.5 and 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIBO HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihide KAWAMURA, Teppei TATENO, Hiroshi KURIHARA, Satsuki YAMAGUCHI, Yamato TAKAMIZAWA, Keisuke OCHI, Tetsuaki KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240149391
    Abstract: A processing apparatus that flattens a workpiece to a desired thickness. A processing apparatus 1 that flattens a workpiece W having a non-circular shape with a grinding stone 21, the processing apparatus 1 including a suction member 33 capable of suction-holding the workpiece W, and an attachment 37 that is provided on an outer periphery side of the suction member 33. The attachment 37 is composed of a material harder to grind than the suction member 33, and can contact the grinding stone 21 during self-grinding for grinding the suction member 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Tadashi MURASATO
  • Publication number: 20240149392
    Abstract: A holding jig has a plate shape and is interposed between a workpiece with a circular plate shape and a chuck table when the workpiece is held by the chuck table in a grinding apparatus including the chuck table and a grinding unit including a grinding wheel. The holding jig has a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, and an outer circumferential surface that connects the first surface and the second surface. An altered layer that reaches a central region of the second surface from a central region of the first surface is formed. The material of the main component of the holding jig is the same as the material of the main component of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Masaru NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240149393
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a rotatable turntable and four chuck tables disposed on the turntable. When the turntable with the four chuck tables disposed thereon is intermittently turned about its central axis, the wafer held on each of the chuck tables is moved to and positioned in a first processing position, a second processing position, and a third processing position where the wafer is processed. Three types of processing processes are able to be carried out on the wafers without the wafers being spaced from holding surfaces of the chuck tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto MAEJIMA, Yuto MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20240149394
    Abstract: The method for producing a textured plated steel sheet includes: a plating layer forming process of forming a plating layer on a surface of a steel sheet a grinding process of grinding a surface of the plating layer to form a texture on the surface of the plating layer; a plating thickness determining process of determining first plating thickness information relating to a thickness of the plating layer at a time that is after the plating layer forming process and is before the grinding process, and second plating thickness information relating to a thickness of the plating layer after the grinding process; and an adjusting process of adjusting the plating amount of the plating layer formed in the plating layer forming process, and the grinding amount of the surface of the plating layer that is ground in the grinding process, based on the first and second plating thickness information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi FUTABA, Yukihiro UESUGI, Takuya YOKOMICHI
  • Publication number: 20240149395
    Abstract: A rotation and air/abrasive delivery system for an abrasive material surface finishing system includes a rotating basket within the tub; a blast head connected with a compressed air source and an abrasive media source; a hinged connection configured to allow angular adjustment of the blast head into a desired angular position relative to the rotating basket and maintain the blast head in the desired angular position; a motor outside of the tub that is configured to drive rotation of the rotating basket; a bearing shaft connected with the motor and with the rotating basket, the bearing shaft being operable to transfer rotational force from the motor to the rotating basket; and a linkage assembly having at least one seal configured to isolate the motor from the abrasive media source within the tub. A method of retrofitting an abrasive material surface finishing system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Douglas York, Douglas Charles York
  • Publication number: 20240149396
    Abstract: A high-pressure liquid jet cutting system can include a hopper configured to contain an abrasive mixture that includes abrasive and an additive, and a cutting head configured to receive the abrasive mixture from the hopper and introduce the abrasive mixture into a high-pressure liquid jet. The system can further include a sensor configured to detect a characteristic of the abrasive mixture associated with the additive, and one or more processors operably connected to the sensor and configured to determine information about the abrasive based, at least in part, on the detected characteristic. The one or more processors can be configured to adjust or otherwise control operation of one or more components of the high-pressure liquid jet cutting system based, at least in part, on the information to, e.g., improve or optimize system performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Axel H. Henning, Clifford Darrow, Ernst H. Schubert, Guy Best, Martin Midura, Madhura Mitra, Sanjay Garg
  • Publication number: 20240149397
    Abstract: The subject application relates to a bonded abrasive for gear power honing. An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive body having abrasive particles and a bond material. The abrasive body can include an inner annular surface with at least 1 tooth. The abrasive article can provide an average Ff? of less than 2.0 according to a Gear Power Honing Test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Qing Wang, Guangyong Lin, Nilanjan Sarangi, Zhenyu Luo, Lu Lu
  • Publication number: 20240149398
    Abstract: The subject application relates to bonded abrasive with low wetting bond material. An abrasive article including a bonded abrasive body having a particular MOR/EMOD ratio associated with a particular bond vol %. The body also can include a) an average Bond Post Area (BPA) of not greater than microns2; b) an average Bond Post Count (BPC) of at least 140 per 1536 mm2; c) an average bond wetting radius of at least 30/microns; or d) a combination of a) and b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Qing WANG, Guangyong LIN, Nilanjan SARANGI, Zhenyu LUO, Lu LU
  • Publication number: 20240149399
    Abstract: A modified honing brush is provided comprising one or more bristles and one or a plurality of reusable stackable plates having one or more holes or voids located in the plates, or one or more support guides, and wherein each of the bristles is independently fitted through one or more of the holes or voids of the plates or surrounded by one or more support guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Velesig, Norm DiMatteo, Joshua Singley
  • Publication number: 20240149400
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad using an additive manufacturing system, the method including depositing multiple successive layers by droplet ejection over an underlying layer, including dispensing a polishing pad precursor to first regions corresponding to partitions of the polishing pad, dispensing a first sacrificial material to second regions abutting the first regions such that the first sacrificial material lines sidewalls of the partitions, dispensing a second sacrificial material of different composition from the first sacrificial material to third regions corresponding to spaces between the first regions and second regions in the polishing pad, and curing at least the polishing pad precursor. The second regions and third regions correspond to grooves of the polishing pad. The multiple successive layers provide a body. The method further includes removing the first and second sacrificial material from the body to provide the polishing pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Jason Garcheung Fung
  • Publication number: 20240149401
    Abstract: A clamp assembly has a positioning module, a rotating element, and a clamping module. The positioning module has a positioning component to be fixedly engaged with a first object for positioning and a shaft connected to the positioning component. The rotating element is rotatably sheathed onto the shaft. The clamping module is connected to a sleeve portion of the rotating element, is configured to slide upward or downward along the sleeve portion, and can secure a second object on a side of the first object along a clamping direction. A direction of the clamping module is quickly adjusted via rotations of the rotating element relative to the shaft. Thereby, when different clamping positions are nearby, clamping can be finished without readjusting the position of the clamp assembly, which improves flexibility and convenience of operating the clamp assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Dwight Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20240149402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic tool with a handle (26), valve (22), a safety switch lever (18) arranged on the handle (26) for actuating the valve (22) and a pressure medium connection (16), wherein the valve (22) comprises a valve body (28) movable between a home position and at least one further position, wherein a connection between the pressure medium connection (16) and a pressure cylinder (12) of the tool is interrupted in the home position and the connection between the pressure medium connection (16) and the pressure cylinder (12) of the tool is established in the further position. It is proposed that the pressure cylinder (12) is vented with the displacement of the valve body (28) to the home position and a pressure applied to the pressure medium connection (16) displaces the valve body (28) toward the home position when the safety switch lever (18) is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Oetiker Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Brett Richard WHITE, Gabriel SCHUSTER, Peter STEINER, Pascal MOSER
  • Publication number: 20240149403
    Abstract: A socket includes multiple protrusions and grooves alternatively formed in the inner periphery of the central hole of the socket. Each protrusion has an encounter face formed on the distal end thereof. The encounter face includes two inclined faces which intersect at a peak point by a top angle. Each protrusion includes two lateral sides which respectively face the grooves corresponding thereto. The two inclined faces respectively intersect the two lateral sides at a corner by a corner angle which is an obtuse angle. An angle of 2 to 9 degrees is defined between each of the inclined face and a chord that passes the peak point and is perpendicular to an axis of the protrusion. The center angle between the two lateral sides of each protrusion is 25 to 44 degrees and the engagement between the two inclined faces and the worn object can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kuo-Cheng Wu, Chih-Chao Chang
  • Publication number: 20240149404
    Abstract: An assembly method is provided during which a first component is arranged with a second component. The first component is secured to the second component using a fastener assembly. The fastener assembly includes a fastener element and a washer. The fastener element includes a wrenching feature. The washer has a full-hoop annular body with a cylindrical outer surface. The securing includes: mating a socket device with the fastener element and the washer, the socket device engaging the wrenching feature and the cylindrical outer surface; and rotating the fastener element about an axis using the socket device to tighten the fastener assembly and clamp the washer axially between the first component and the fastener element. The socket device centers the washer to the fastener element during the rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Bernard Chow, Gerard Theriault
  • Publication number: 20240149405
    Abstract: A tool bit includes a drive portion configured to be engaged by a tool, a shank extending from the drive portion, and a tip coupled to an end of the shank opposite from the drive portion. The tip has a compressive residual stress layer formed by laser ablating the tip with a laser beam to increase a wear resistance of the tip relative to the shank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: James J. Van Essen, Michael J. Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20240149406
    Abstract: An electric precision screwdriver includes: a hollow housing; a hollow retainer received in and detachably connected to the housing; a main body received in the retainer, and detachably connected to the retainer or the housing, the main body comprising an exposed end; and a charging port arranged in the exposed end of the main body. The retainer is to receive a pushing force from a user so as to disconnect the retainer from the housing, and disconnect the main body from the retainer or the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240149407
    Abstract: An impact wrench includes a motor unit with a motor adapted to produce a rotary motion and an operating switch for operating the motor. A tool-holder shaft rotatable about a rotation axis. A transmission unit with a percussion mechanism, connects between the motor unit and the tool-holder shaft. A handlebar structure has two manual gripping handles. An electronic control system contains at least one electronic control board connected to one or more electric batteries and to the operating switch. A damping connection system mechanically connects a transmission housing of the transmission unit to a main housing of the motor unit and the main housing to the handlebar structure. The damping connection system includes: one or more first damper elements interposed between the transmission housing and the main housing, and one or more second damper elements interposed between the main housing and the handlebar structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: CEMBRE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Gualtiero BAREZZANI, Gianpaolo LUCIANI
  • Publication number: 20240149408
    Abstract: A hand tool with angle adjusting mechanism includes a handle, a driving head, an engaging assembly and a button. The handle has a receiving groove, a transverse hole and a longitudinal hole. The driving head has a connecting portion disposed in the receiving groove. The engaging assembly has an engaging member and a spring. The engaging member has an engaging tooth at a top thereof for engagement with the driving head, and has an arc-shape pushing groove in a lateral side with an arc-shape wall inside thereof. The button is movably disposed in the transverse hole of the handle, and has an abutting portion slidably inserted in the arc-shape pushing groove, the abutting portion of the button has an arc-shape plane abutting against the arc-shape wall such that horizontal movement of the button drives the engaging member to move longitudinally along the longitudinal hole of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: YI-FU CHEN, HE-QIAN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240149409
    Abstract: An anvil for an impact tool includes a body rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a driving end portion configured to receive a tool element over a distal end thereof, the driving end portion including a bore extending through the driving end portion of the anvil in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a groove located between the bore and the distal end. A friction ring is disposed within groove and includes a curved section extending toward the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Mackenzie J. Nick, Jacob P. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240149410
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a controller configured to control power being delivered to the and operable in one of: (a) a normal mode where the controller allows power to be delivered to the motor so that the impact mechanism transitions from operation in the rotary mode to operation in the impacting mode when an output torque exceeds a normal transition torque; and (b) a control mode where the controller controls power being delivered to the motor so that the impact mechanism transitions from operation in the rotary mode to operation in the impacting mode when an output torque exceeds a control transition torque that is greater than the normal transition torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jason K. Leh, Karim Najjar, Scott M. Rudolph, Daniel White
  • Publication number: 20240149411
    Abstract: A method for operating a hand-held power tool, in particular a rotary impact wrench, the hand-held power tool comprising an electric motor, the method including selecting an application class depending on at least one hardness and/or strength property of a substrate in which a screwdriving operation is to be carried out, and selecting an operation mode from an operation mode group comprising a first operation mode and a second operation mode, based at least in part on the application class. The first operation mode has a first maximum torque level of the electric motor per application class and the second operation mode has a second maximum torque level per application class. Furthermore, a hand-held power tool, in particular an impact wrench, having an electric motor and a control unit is disclosed, the control unit being designed for carrying out a method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Marcus Schuller, Tobias Herr, Simon Erbele, Wolfgang Herberger
  • Publication number: 20240149412
    Abstract: An axle removal tool uses compressed air or other inert gas to push apart two U- or C- or V-shaped plates installed partially around the CV axle between a CV axle mount and a transaxle spline. The gas inflates a bellows or bladder sandwiched between the plates. As the plates are pushed apart, the CV axle mount is pushed axially away from the transaxle spline, overcoming the C-clip locking the CV axle mount to the transaxle spline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: CatchJak Inc.
    Inventor: Chad LUSSIER
  • Publication number: 20240149413
    Abstract: A removal tooling for a clutch of a gearbox includes an upper bracket, a lower bracket, a main screw and a pulling claw. The upper bracket has a middle portion vertically provided with threaded holes, and a bottom surface fixedly connected with connecting posts distributed at equal angular distances around an axis of the threaded hole. The lower bracket has a main body fixedly connected to a lower end of the connecting post, and a circumference of the main body has cantilevers distributed at equal angular distances around the axis of the threaded hole. The main screw penetrates through the threaded hole from top to bottom. There are a plurality of pulling claws which are fixed on a bottom surface of the cantilever in one-to-one correspondence, and a lower end of the pulling claw forms a claw portion which is buckled inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Shenzhen Dapeng Auto Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenpeng YUE
  • Publication number: 20240149414
    Abstract: A tool for mounting a bearing and shaft subassembly in an aircraft engine component, including a rod extending from a first end to a second end and adapted to extend through a hollowed shaft, the rod having a shaft seating portion at the first end adapted to engage a first end of the shaft. A holder is engageable to the second rod end to receive a second end of the shaft. The holder is displaceable towards the shaft seating portion during engagement to the second rod end. At least one sleeve is adapted to wrap about a shaft outer surface, removably securable to the shaft, and having an end defining a bearing facing surface to axially engage the bearing. The holder is displaceable towards that surface to axially load the bearing against the sleeve and maintain the shaft between the holder and the shaft seating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Martine BOISSONNEAULT, Philippe BORO
  • Publication number: 20240149415
    Abstract: A chuck key apparatus equipped with a male hex bit is described. A chuck key is present at a first end of a shaft, and the male hex bit is disposed on a second end of the shaft. The first end is in line with the second end. The apparatus facilitates manipulation of the jaws of a power tool rapidly and safely via connection of the apparatus to an impact driver or screwdriver via the male hex bit of the second end. A shaft connects the first end to the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Robert P. White
  • Publication number: 20240149416
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece extending from the housing, a driver blade movable within the nosepiece between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, a piston coupled to the driver blade for movement therewith, a driver cylinder within which the piston is movable and in fluid communication with a pressurized gas acting on the piston, a magazine coupled to the nosepiece in which collated fasteners are receivable, a fastener delivery mechanism for loading individual fasteners into the nosepiece from the magazine, and a lifter assembly including a lifter housing, a drive shaft rotatably disposed within the lifter housing, a lifter sprocket disposed on the drive shaft for moving the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position, and a cam rotatable in response to rotation of the drive shaft for actuating the fastener delivery mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Scott A. Sutherland, Curt A. Laugh, Elton L. Watson, Edward A. Pomeroy
  • Publication number: 20240149417
    Abstract: A nail holding device has a first lever and a second lever. The first lever has a first lever holding section. A first lever handle section extends from the first lever holding section. The first lever holding section extends horizontally below the first lever handle section. A plurality of semi-conical openings is formed along a length of an inside edge of the first lever holding section. Each of the semi-conical openings has a different size opening formed in an apex area of each semi-conical opening, wherein the size openings decrease from a proximate end to a distal end of the first lever holding section. The second lever is pivotably coupled to the first lever. The second lever has a second lever holding section having a smooth inside edge. A second lever handle section extends from the second lever holding section. The second lever holding section extends horizontally below the first lever handle section. A pivot joint pivotably couples the first lever to the second lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: ARIEL L. SHEVAT
  • Publication number: 20240149418
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing having a handle portion defining a first axis, a motor supported by the housing, and a rotary impact mechanism arranged on the first axis and configured to receive torque from the motor, the rotary impact mechanism configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece. The rotary impact mechanism includes a chamber containing a hydraulic fluid, an anvil positioned at least partially within the chamber, and a hammer for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil, the hydraulic fluid configured to attenuate a noise of the rotary impact mechanism that is created by the hammer impacting the anvil. An output member for receiving torque from the rotary impact mechanism is arranged on a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Ryan A. Dedrickson
  • Publication number: 20240149419
    Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a motor, a motion converting mechanism, a body housing, an inner housing, a support body, and a counterweight. The motion converting mechanism is operably coupled to a motor shaft and is configured to convert rotation into a linear reciprocating motion along a driving axis. The inner housing is within the body housing and houses at least a portion of the motion converting mechanism. The support body is originally separate from the inner housing and is attached to the inner housing in the body housing. The counterweight is operably coupled to the motion converting mechanism and is configured to be driven by the motion converting mechanism. The counterweight is supported by the support body to be pivotable around a pivot axis that extends in a direction orthogonal to the driving axis. At least a portion of the counterweight is housed in the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Yusuke TAKANO, Makoto CHIKARAISHI
  • Publication number: 20240149420
    Abstract: A rotary hammer includes a motor, a spindle coupled to the motor for receiving torque, a piston received within the spindle for reciprocation, a striker received within the spindle for reciprocation in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil received within the spindle and positioned between the striker and the tool bit. The anvil imparts axial impacts to the tool bit in response to reciprocation of the striker. A reciprocation mechanism is coupled to the motor to reciprocate the piston along a reciprocation axis. The reciprocation mechanism includes a camshaft fixedly coupled to the piston, a cam groove in the camshaft, a cam ball received by the cam groove, and a rotatable hub on which the cam ball is carried. The rotatable hub is configured to receive torque from the motor and reciprocate the camshaft in response to relative rotation between the cam ball and the camshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Spencer D. Stingl
  • Publication number: 20240149421
    Abstract: The invention concerns a drill bit for percussion drilling or impact drilling use for cutting reinforcing steel in concrete, wherein the drill bit has a substantially hollow-cylindrical carrier body extending along a geometric drill bit axis, wherein the carrier body has at least one chisel tooth with a substantially radially extending first chisel edge. It is proposed that the first chisel edge is arranged in a middle portion of the chisel tooth, in particular precisely centrally, in the circumferential direction, and the chisel tooth has a second chisel edge extending substantially tangentially to the circumferential direction of the drill bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer Lampe, Torsten Thiel, Guido Hoff
  • Publication number: 20240149422
    Abstract: A reciprocating tool includes a body housing, a handle member and an elastic member. A first one of the body housing and the handle member includes a first coupling part, while a second one includes a second coupling part. The first coupling part includes an internal space, and an opening that communicates with the internal space and an outside space of the first coupling part. At least a portion of the second coupling part protrudes into the internal space through the opening and is movable relative to the first coupling part in the front-rear direction within the opening. The elastic member is disposed in the internal space and is configured to bias the first coupling part and the second coupling part such that the body housing and the handle member are biased away from each other in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Yusuke TAKANO, Takumi SUGISAKA, Mizuki YAMAMOTO, Makoto CHIKARAISHI
  • Publication number: 20240149423
    Abstract: A power tool having a hammer mechanism, including: a connecting part connectable with a dust collector, and with a connection flow path to suck in the air from the dust collector to generate a suction power in the dust collector; a motor with a rotating shaft; a first fan to rotate with the rotating shaft and generate a first air flow to cool down the motor; a second fan to rotate with the first fan and generate a second air flow to generate the suction power; a housing with a first exhaust port to discharge the first air flow and a second exhaust port to discharge the second air flow; a first exhaust flow path to guide the first air flow to the first exhaust port; and a second exhaust flow path separated from the first exhaust flow path to guide the second air flow to the second exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Yusuke TAKANO, Makoto CHIKARAISHI
  • Publication number: 20240149424
    Abstract: A power tool system and a battery pack. The battery pack includes a housing provided with a socket, and two battery cell groups received in the housing. Each battery cell group has a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The socket has four conductive terminals respectively and electrically connected to the electrodes of two battery cell groups. Two battery cell groups can be switched between isolated state and series connected state to output two different voltages through two conductive terminals with different polarities being disconnected or connected to each other, and the two conductive terminals with different polarities are respectively connected to two battery cell groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Chuanjun Liu, Xinzhong Guo, An Yan
  • Publication number: 20240149425
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a machine housing, in which an electric drive motor is arranged that is paired with an output shaft for rotatably driving an insert tool, at least one battery pack, and a support device for guiding the machine housing on a workpiece. The support device has a support section, which has a foot plate for contacting the workpiece that includes a passage for the insert tool. The battery pack is arranged in a first machine section, the electric drive motor is arranged in a second machine section, and a handle for a user is arranged in a third machine section, at least in some sections. The three machine sections are arranged next to one another along a transverse axis, which is aligned at an angle to the output shaft of the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Thorsten Kuehn, Michael Wall, Mitchell John Hubbard, Julius Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20240149426
    Abstract: Provided is a grip for an edged tool in which the operation of fitting split grip bodies can be performed only in a prescribed procedure, thereby reducing variations in fitting, and in which the hand movement when fitting the split grip bodies is in a highly safe direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: SHOZO MIYAWAKI
  • Publication number: 20240149427
    Abstract: A connector arrangement for connecting two guide rails of a guide rail assembly for guiding a hand-held power tool, wherein the guide rails extend along longitudinal axes and can be releasably connected to each other by the connector arrangement on mutually opposite end faces, wherein the guide rails have at mutually opposite sides a contact face for the guide rails to rest on a workpiece and a guide face for guiding the hand-held power tool, wherein the guide rails have a longitudinal guide face extending parallel to their respective longitudinal axis for guiding the hand-held power tool parallel to the respective longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal guide face is at an angle to the guide face, wherein the connector arrangement has at least one connector element which has plug-in sections provided for inserting into plug-in receptacles on the opposite end faces of the guide rails on which there are arranged clamping devices for clamping in the relevant plug-in receptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas RANDECKER, Jonathan WEIK
  • Publication number: 20240149428
    Abstract: A saw horse having folding legs which can be unfolded for use and folded for transportation and storage. The sawhorse legs can be unfolded by releasing a single latch and allowing the weight of the legs to unfold. To fold the legs into a storage position, either pair of legs can be rotated to the folded position and then the other legs can be rotated. Which side is initially chosen for closing is not important due to the leg mounting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Emanuel H. Szumer, Edward D. Adkins, Rod Bonham, Michael Ursell, Kenneth Neilson
  • Publication number: 20240149429
    Abstract: A magnetic holder that can be adapted to any flat surface metal or plastic providing magnetic holding of Ferrous objects. Having a waterproof assembly that is washable in cold/hot water. The holder comprises of two neodymium epoxy coated magnets with appropriate size achieving proper hold. Also consisting of proper spacing between the two magnets minimizing movement of objects being held. Further consisting of high bond, double sided foam acrylic adhesive tape to attach magnets to surfaces needing a holder. Currently being used with the Drywall Hawk and Mud Pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Jonathan Adams
  • Publication number: 20240149430
    Abstract: A toolbox is provided, including a main body, an inner tray and a plurality of first connecting mechanisms. The main body includes a box body and a cover body. The box body includes a surface and a receiving groove extending concavely from the surface. The inner tray is disposed on the box body and includes a lip portion and at least one receiving portion. The lip portion is laterally connected with the at least one receiving portion and abutted against the surface. The lip portion has at least two dodge notches extending concavely from a circumferential edge of the lip portion. The plurality of first connecting mechanisms respectively include a first connecting member. In a direction lateral to an opening direction of the receiving groove, each said first connecting member is located in an area corresponding to an opening of one of said dodge notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ying-Chieh Liao, Yu-Kuo Liao
  • Publication number: 20240149431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooperative mobile robot, characterized in that it comprises a slim structure (12) in the form of a column in a main longitudinal direction (13) which is oriented substantially upwards when the robot is in the operating position, at least one locomotion means (14) which is arranged at a lower end of said slim structure (12) and is configured to provide at least a first point of contact with the ground when the robot is in the operating position, at least one stabilization means (20) which is connected to the slim structure (12) and is configured to provide at least a second point of contact with the ground when the robot is in the operating position, and at least one attachment means (16) which is configured to receive at least one means of structural connection with another cooperative mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MECABOTIX
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe FAUROUX, Zine Elabidine CHEBAB