Patents Issued in June 18, 2024
  • Patent number: 12011791
    Abstract: An orientation device for objects (O) provided with a stem (S) and with a head (H) that has a minimum width (R), characterised in that it comprises: a slot (3) which has two edges separated by a predetermined distance (D), less than the minimum width (R) and greater than the maximum width of the stem (G); an uncoupling device (4), movable between an active configuration, in which it is able to retain an object (O) with respect to lifting, and an inactive configuration, in which it is not able to interact with an object (O); a magnetic gripping element (2), movable along at least a vertical direction between an upper position and a lower position, in which an object (O) associated with the gripping element (2) is in a position such as to be retained by the uncoupling device (4) so as to be detached from the gripping element (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Toro
  • Patent number: 12011792
    Abstract: A loading workstation comprises a docking station including a first transmission device adapted to transmit a carrier for loading components, and a mobile vehicle. The mobile vehicle includes a second transmission device, a feeding device and a loading device. The second transmission device is adapted to dock with the first transmission device to allow the carrier to be continuously transmitted on the first transmission device and the second transmission device. The feeding device is adapted to supply components to be loaded. The loading device is adapted to load the supplied components onto the carrier that has been transferred to the second transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Jian Cao, An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xianghao (Jorge) Bao
  • Patent number: 12011793
    Abstract: A main spindle monitoring device determines an abnormality of a main spindle in a machine tool. The main spindle monitoring device includes a main spindle operation monitoring unit and a feed axis operation monitoring unit. The main spindle operation monitoring unit monitors a change of an operation condition of the main spindle based on a main spindle load. The feed axis operation monitoring unit monitors a change of an operation condition of a feed axis based on a feed axis load. The abnormality of the main spindle is determined when the main spindle operation monitoring unit detects the change of the operation condition of the main spindle and the feed axis operation monitoring unit does not detect the change of the operation condition of the feed axis in a state where a constant rotation speed is commanded to the main spindle while the feed axis is driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Okuma Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi Hongo
  • Patent number: 12011794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressed gas-operated apparatus, which comprises a tool unit and a receiving unit for accommodating the tool unit, wherein the tool unit comprises a stator and a rotor that is rotatingly drivable about a rotational axis relative to the stator while being applied with compressed gas, wherein the tool unit is deflectable relative to the receiving unit from a starting position that is predeterminable by means of the receiving unit into one or more deflection positions. In order to provide a compressed gas-operated apparatus of that type, with which an increased process security can be ensured, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the apparatus comprises a sensor device for determining a deflection state of the tool unit relative to the receiving unit. The invention also relates to a compressed gas machining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MD DRUCKLUFTTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Claus-Werner Bay
  • Patent number: 12011795
    Abstract: The invention discloses an automatic tool aligning system based on a spectral confocal displacement sensor. The system comprises three-dimensional mobile platform, tool aligning component based on the spectral confocal displacement sensor, clamping device, machine tool and the control module. The three-dimensional mobile platform is fixed on the outer side of the machine tool, the tool aligning component is connected with the three-dimensional mobile platform, the clamping device used to clamp the workpiece is fixed on the center of the machine tool through mechanical connection, and the spectral confocal displacement sensor is connected with the control module. After judging the collected working condition data, the control module outputs a control instruction to the three-dimensional mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERISTY, SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ming Chen, Qinglong An, Weiwei Ming, Xiaojiang Cai, Ruhao Zhou, Xianghui Huang
  • Patent number: 12011796
    Abstract: A fitting (20) for holding a flat component (1), including radial support stops (2; 3), and a chamber (40) bordered by jaws (21; 22) including clamping surfaces (310; 320) for holding the component (1), open on one side by a recess (41; 42) to perform an operation on the component (1), this fitting (20) is deformable between an open position and a closed position around the component (1) tightened by said jaws (21; 22) subjected to a closing force exerted by manoeuvring means arranged to bring these jaws (21; 22) closer to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Patric Pham, Joël Röthlisberger
  • Patent number: 12011797
    Abstract: A spindle includes a housing including a first opening, a bearing housed in the housing, a main shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a collet chuck in a first through hole defined in the main shaft to grip a machining tool and being movable in an axial direction of the main shaft, a draw bar connected to the collet chuck, and a cover covering the first opening and including a second through hole through which the main shaft is disposed. The main shaft and the cover are disposed at a distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DGSHAPE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Miyamoto, Gota Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12011798
    Abstract: The grinding unit includes a slide provided with a movement towards and away from the disc-shaped cutting blade. On the slide, at least a first grinding wheel and a second grinding wheel are arranged so as to act on a first flank and on a second flank of a cutting edge of the disc-shaped cutting blade. The first grinding wheel and the second grinding wheel are respectively carried by a first arm and by a second arm that are mounted so as to rotate around a respective rotation axis with respect to the slide (115) in order to move towards and away from the disc-shaped cutting blade. The first arm and the second arm are associated with angular locking members adapted to lock the first arm and the second arm in a respective operative angular position with respect to the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Fabio Perini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mario Gioni Chiocchetti, Romano Maddaleni
  • Patent number: 12011799
    Abstract: An electric knife sharpener includes an accommodating unit including a base and an upper cover with a V-shaped opening slot, a driving unit fixed on the base and including a motor and an eccentric wheel, a linkage unit including a linkage mechanism and an upper fixing seat with two limiting rods thereof pivotally connected to an upper part of the upper fixing seat, and a grinding unit. The linkage unit has a guide groove located in a pivot end thereof and coupled to two guiding blocks in a through hole of the upper fixing seat. The grinding unit includes two sharpening components. One end of each sharpening component is pivotally connected in a groove of the linkage mechanism, so that the two sharpening components form a cross arrangement and opposite openings are formed between the two sharpening components to cross a sharpening accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CUTTWAY PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yi Lin, Po-Chun Chuang
  • Patent number: 12011800
    Abstract: Shortcomings associated with insufficient control of a conventional CMP-process are obviated by providing an CMP-apparatus configured to complement a constant force (to which a workpiece that is being polished is conventionally exposed) with a time-alternating force and/or means for measuring an electrical characteristic of the CMP-process. The time-alternating force is applied with the use of a system component that is electrically isolated from the workpiece and that is disposed in the carrier-chick in which the workpiece is affixed for CMP-process, while the electrical characteristic is measured with the use of a judiciously-configured reservoir in which the used fluid is collected. The use of such CMP-apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BRUKER NANO INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Gulkov, Nikolay Yeremin
  • Patent number: 12011801
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad includes successively depositing a plurality of layers with a 3D printer, each layer of the plurality of polishing layers deposited by ejecting a pad material precursor from a nozzle and solidifying the pad material precursor to form a solidified pad material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajeev Bajaj, Barry Lee Chin, Terrance Y. Lee
  • Patent number: 12011802
    Abstract: A clamping device (10) for the axial (AR) clamping of a tool disk (300) on a flange (30) associated with a drive spindle (20) of a hand-held power tool (100), wherein the clamping device (100) has a screw (2), which is to be screwed into an internal thread (22) of the drive spindle (20) to securely clamp the tool disk (300), wherein the screw (2) is mounted in a coupling module (1) of the clamping device (10), wherein the coupling module (1) has an internal contour (16) which is paired or can be paired positively with the drive spindle (20) for conjoint rotation in the circumferential direction (U).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Blatz, Karin Groth
  • Patent number: 12011803
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a polishing system. The polishing system includes a carrier head configured to enclose a wafer. The carrier head has a retainer ring configured to laterally surround the wafer and an abrasive structure that partially covers a lower surface of the retainer ring. A membrane support is surrounded by the retainer ring and defines one or more ports. One or more chambers are coupled to the one or more ports and are defined by the membrane support and a flexible membrane having a lower surface configured to contact the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 12011804
    Abstract: A vacuum shroud system can include a shroud body having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of air holes defined by the shroud body and extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. A vacuum attachment void and a grinder attachment void may be defined by the shroud body, each extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The vacuum shroud system may also include an adjustable collar disposed over the grinder attachment void of the shroud body to attach a grinder to the shroud body. The system may include a cover securable to the top surface of the shroud body, where the cover overhangs a top edge of the top surface. A vacuum hose may be securable within the vacuum attachment void, with a wall of the vacuum attachment void determining an outlet angle for the vacuum hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Tile Ram IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Irving, Christopher Reed
  • Patent number: 12011805
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cleaning inner surfaces of tubes in a heat exchanger. Some systems include a cleaning device having a nozzle configured to inject cleaning fluid into first and second tubes to perform different first and second cleaning cycles on the tubes, respectively, a controller configured to determine delivery parameters for the cleaning cycles based on a characteristic of each tube, and to control the cleaning device to perform the cleaning cycles based on the delivery parameters. Some methods include determining, with a controller, a tube in the heat exchanger engaged with a nozzle of a cleaning device for injecting a cleaning fluid into the tube during a cleaning cycle, a characteristic of the tube, and a delivery parameter of the cleaning cycle for the tube based on the characteristic of the tube; and performing the cleaning cycle for the tube based on the delivery parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CANDU ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Paul Wilson, Peter Visser, Brent Spivak
  • Patent number: 12011806
    Abstract: An impeller for a centrifugal blast wheel machine includes a hub provided at one end of the impeller, with the hub being configured to be coupled to the motor. The impeller further includes a tapered section provided at an opposite end of the hub, with the tapered section defining a media inlet to receive blast media. The impeller further includes a plurality of drop-shaped vanes positioned between the hub and the tapered section. The plurality of drop-shaped vanes is spaced from one another on peripheries of the hub and the tapered section. The plurality of drop-shaped vanes defines a plurality of impeller media outlets constructed and arranged to allow egress of blast media upon rotation of the impeller. Each vane is drop-shaped having a leading side directed toward a direction of rotation of the impeller and a trailing side opposite the leading side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Wheelabrator Group Limited
    Inventors: Christoph Baer, Philipp Weissenberger, Stanislav Venclik
  • Patent number: 12011807
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a shaped abrasive particle transfer assembly. The shaped abrasive particle transfer assembly includes a substrate including an adhesive and a plurality of shaped abrasive particles adhered to the substrate and forming a predetermined pattern thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joseph B. Eckel, Aaron K. Nienaber, Thomas J. Nelson, Amelia W. Koenig, Ann M. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 12011808
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a method for forming and using one or more workpiece securing devices to reduce the deflections and vibrations of the workpiece during machining, as well as the time and labor associated with machining multiple workpieces. The method includes depositing material onto a surface of a movable jaw of a vise to form a first jaw protrusion and depositing material onto a surface of a stationary jaw of the vise to form a second jaw protrusion. A workpiece can be secured between the first and second jaw protrusions and then can be machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Karl F. Hranka
  • Patent number: 12011809
    Abstract: A power tool and a safety control circuit module and a safety control method thereof are provided. The power tool includes a power supply device, a control processing device, a safety control circuit module, and a power output device. The control processing device is electrically connected with the power supply device. The safety control circuit module includes a first switch control circuit, a second switch control circuit, a third switch control circuit, a first resistor, and a first diode. The power output device includes a first power connection terminal and a second power connection terminal. Before switch units of the control circuits are controlled, the control processing device detects whether the switch unit has failed, so as to increase safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BASSO INDUSTRY CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-en Tsai, Chun-min Shih, Chong-kun Hung
  • Patent number: 12011810
    Abstract: An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, an output shaft, a torque detector, a correction circuit, and an output circuit. The correction circuit corrects a drive command value based on load torque detected by the torque detector. The drive command value indicates a magnitude of electric power to be supplied to the motor. The output circuit outputs a drive signal indicating the drive command value. The drive circuit (i) receives the drive signal from the output circuit and (ii) supplies electric power in accordance with the drive signal to the motor to drive the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunihisa Shima
  • Patent number: 12011811
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece coupled to the housing and extending therefrom, a driver blade, a canister magazine coupled to the nosepiece, a pusher mechanism coupled to the nosepiece, and a cam. The pusher mechanism includes a body coupled to the nosepiece, a feeder arm pivotably coupled to the body, and a lever pivotably coupled to the nosepiece. The lever has a first end that is engageable with the body for imparting reciprocating translation to the body relative to the nosepiece in response to pivoting movement of the lever in opposite directions about the pivot axis. A cam is engaged with a second end of the lever for imparting pivoting movement to the lever. The feeder arm is engageable with individual fasteners in the nosepiece for sequentially pushing the fasteners into the driver channel in response to reciprocation of the body relative to the nosepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Casey D. Garces, Andrew P. Rux
  • Patent number: 12011812
    Abstract: A cordless, hand-held power tool, such as a hammer drill/driver, a drill/driver, an impact driver, an impact wrench, etc., that includes a brushless direct current (“BLDC”) motor. Each of the hand-held power tool includes a removable and rechargeable battery pack, electronics, and a BLDC motor that have been designed and balanced to produce a high-performance-capable (e.g., high-power, high-current, high-torque) hand-held power tool. The hand-held power tool is capable of delivering high instantaneous (i.e., short duration) current to the BLDC motor for short-duration high power operation and high continuous (i.e., long duration) current to the BLDC motor for long duration high power operation. Additionally, the short and long duration power is capable of being provided in a smaller (in size) and lighter (in weight).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon L. Verbrugge, Matthew J. Mergener, Matthew P. Wycklendt, Jeffrey C. Hessenberger, Dennis J. Grzybowski
  • Patent number: 12011813
    Abstract: An electric work machine (1; 110; 120; 130), such as a power tool, includes a motor (11) having a rotor, a drive part (13) that supplies electric currents to drive the motor, a rotational-direction selection part (17), and a motor-control part (14; 31, 32, 40, 50, 60; 14, 40, 60, 73, 80; 14, 60, 91). The rotational-direction selection part is configured for manually setting (selecting) the rotational direction of the rotor and outputs first and second setting signals that each indicate the set (selected) rotational direction. The motor-control part controls the drive part such that the rotor rotates in the rotational direction indicated by the first setting signal and/or the second setting signal. In response to a determination that the rotational directions indicated by the first and second setting signals are inconsistent, the motor-control part stops or prevents the drive of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Seitaro Hayashi, Motohiro Omura, Itsuku Kato
  • Patent number: 12011814
    Abstract: A tool with a transmission assembly having a reduction gearset and a speed selector. The speed selector has a member, an actuator and a shifter assembly. The member is movable between a first position, in which the member is non-rotatable, and a second position in which the member is coupled to a planet carrier of the reduction gearset for common rotation. The actuator includes a pivoting yoke and a follower that is coupled to the yoke. The follower engages the member so as to be axially movable with the follower. The shifter assembly has a selector switch, a switch fork, and a pair of springs. The selector switch is slidable between a first switch position and a second switch position. The switch fork is slidably coupled to the selector switch and receives the yoke. The springs cooperate to bias the switch fork relative to the selector switch into a neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Brent A. Kuehne, Jianhua Chen, Jian Gao, Wen Zhu, Guoquing Wang
  • Patent number: 12011815
    Abstract: An impact power tool includes one or more of the following features including a housing, a motor, an output spindle, a rotary impact assembly, and a planetary transmission having a fixed ring gear and rotatable planet gear carrier. In an aspect, the planetary transmission is configured to transmit rotational motion from a motor output shaft to a cam shaft at a single overall speed reduction ratio. The planetary transmission includes a sun gear rotatably driven by the motor output shaft, a planet carrier rotatably driving the cam shaft, a ring gear rotationally fixed relative to the tool housing, a first planet gear mounted to the planet carrier and meshed with the sun gear but not meshed with the ring gear and a second planet gear mounted to the carrier and meshed with the ring gear but not meshed with the sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: David Tomayko, Tyler Petrus
  • Patent number: 12011816
    Abstract: A hydraulic tool includes a tool head and a moveable piston coupled to the tool head. The hydraulic tool head includes a plurality of jaws, which are operable to open and close for performing work on a workpiece. The hydraulic tool also includes a motor operable to drive the moveable piston to close the plurality of jaws to a closed position at which the work on the workpiece is completed. The hydraulic tool further includes a position sensor configured to detect when the plurality of jaws are at the closed position and responsively generate a sensor signal indicating that the plurality of jaws are at the closed position. Additionally, the hydraulic tool includes a controller configured to receive the sensor signal from the position sensor. The controller is configured to operate the motor based on the sensor signal that the controller receives from the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Luke J. Skinner, Kris J. Kanack, James G. Ballard, David R. Bauer, Troy A. Marks, Marc S. D'Antuono, Paige L. Bovard, Eric Norquist
  • Patent number: 12011817
    Abstract: An electrical tool includes a housing, a motor, a bearing set and a shock-absorbing element. The motor is disposed in the housing and has a driving shaft and a nut. The bearing set is arranged on a side of the motor and includes a bearing seat, a bearing and a tool spindle. The tool spindle has a slot disposed at one end thereof facing the motor, and another end thereof is disposed protrusively from the bearing seat. One end of the driving shaft is combined in the slot through the nut. The shock-absorbing element sheathes the nut and is attached to an inner wall of the slot to reduce the vibration and noise during the operation of the electrical tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BASSO INDUSTRY CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Da Chen, Ching-Chih Ho
  • Patent number: 12011818
    Abstract: An electric tool is provided which enables preventing adherence to a rotor core of dust, such as iron powder, that has entered a motor. The electric tool includes a cylindrical motor housing 10 accommodating and supporting the motor, and a cooling fan attached to a rotation shaft of the motor, and cools the motor by flowing air generated by the cooling fan toward the back or front of the motor housing 10, wherein a fan guide 50 guiding cooling air is provided in front of an insulator 35 of a stator 30 of the motor. The fan guide 50 includes a first cylindrical part 51 which covers a rotation space of the cooling fan, a guide surface 53, and a second cylinder 55 which extends backward from the guide surface 53, wherein a labyrinth space 39 is formed by the insulator 35 and the second cylinder 55. By providing the labyrinth space 39, it is possible to block the flow of cooling air from the outer peripheral side of the stator 30 to an opening 53a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Miyazawa, Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12011819
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a head replaceable electric tool with a safety mechanism, which has a tool body and at least one working head, the working head is detachable; the tool body has a machine body housing, a motor mounted in the machine body housing, and a working head engagement device arranged at an output end of the tool body; a switch body is arranged on the tool body; a button is arranged on the switch body; a locking device is arranged in the tool body; a main body of the locking device is arranged in the machine body housing and is arranged concentrically with the working head engagement device; the locking device is connected to an inner wall of the machine body housing through screw threads or a slope; and a safety mechanism for locking the button is arranged between the tool body and the working head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Jinhua Dalv Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhenqiang Lv
  • Patent number: 12011820
    Abstract: A tool bit holding system for a power tool includes a snap-on bit holder including a curved plate contoured similar to a contour of a top surface of a power tool housing and configured to removably rest on the top of the power tool housing. A plurality of legs extend from lateral ends of the curved plate, each leg including a hook portion configured to be removably received in recesses in lateral sides of the power tool housing to removably retain the curved plate on the top surface of the power tool housing. A bit holding portion includes at least one of a magnetic plate, a box, and one or more bit receiving slots coupled to a top face of the curved plate. The at least one of the magnetic plate, the box, and the one or more bit receiving slots is configured to removably retain at least one of a tool bit, a fastener, and a supplemental tool bit holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Darren Moss, Aland Santamarina
  • Patent number: 12011821
    Abstract: The present specification relates to an electrically insulating tool cover assembly adapted to cover at least a front portion of a power tool, comprising a first and a second cover portion adapted to, in use, together cover the front portion of the power tool, and a releasable retaining element adapted to cooperate with a corresponding mating structure at the first and second cover portions, in order to hold the first and second cover portions together. The first and second cover portions and the retaining element are made of an electrically insulating material, such that in use, an electrical insulation may be provided for at least a part of the front portion of the power tool, and the first end is a front end of the tool cover assembly adapted to, in use, be arranged at the front end of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Tim Kristoffer Johansson Mann, Robin Kjell Åman
  • Patent number: 12011822
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a social robot includes operating an electronic output device based on social interactions between the social robot and a user. The social robot utilizes an algorithm or other logical solution process to infer a user mental state, for example a mood or desire, based on observation of the social interaction. Based on the inferred mental state, the social robot causes an action of the electronic output device to be selected. Actions may include, for example, playing a selected video clip, brewing a cup of coffee, or adjusting window blinds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Gregory I. Gewickey, Lewis S. Ostrover
  • Patent number: 12011823
    Abstract: A linear motion mechanism has a plurality of linear motion elements assembled telescopically in multiple stages, and a block row connected to the linear motion elements and configured to drive the linear motion elements. A drive mechanism feeds the block row from an accommodating portion to extend the linear motion elements and pulls back the block row to the housing to contract the linear motion elements. The wire body is wired along the block row. A detour member is provided to absorb the excess length of the wire body which varies as the block row is fed and pulled back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Amemiya
  • Patent number: 12011824
    Abstract: A robot joint is connectable to at least another robot joint via an output flange. The robot joint includes a joint motor having a motor axle configured to rotate the output flange. The robot joint includes a brake assembly having an annular brake member that is rotatable and a resilient member arranged on the motor axle. The annular brake member and the resilient member are arranged between a first locking member and a positionable locking member, where the positionable locking member can be fixed at a plurality of positions along and at the motor axle. An engagement member is movable between an engaging position and a non-engaging position, where in the engaging position the engagement member engages with the annular brake member and prevents rotation of the annular brake member around the motor axis. The annular may include brake protrusion that includes two slats forming a triangular-like shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL ROBOTS A/S
    Inventors: Mikkel Johansen Vraa, Rasmus Borgbjerg Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12011825
    Abstract: A device, a method and a program, by which a weight and/or a position of a gravity center of a load attached to a movable part of a robot can be estimated by a simple configuration. The device has a torque sensor configured to detect a torque applied to an axis for driving the movable part of the robot, and a calculation section configured to calculate the weight of the article, by using: a first torque applied to the axis, when the article attached to the movable part is positioned at a first position and represents a first posture; a second torque applied to the axis, when the article attached to the movable part is positioned at a second position different from the first position and represents the first posture; the first position; and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Naitou
  • Patent number: 12011826
    Abstract: A negative pressure containment system is configured to run in lateral air flow mode or enhanced controlled environment mode, depending on the operator's needs. A diverter assembly facilitates switching between modes by directing air into alternative air chases. In the enhanced controlled environment mode there are two concurrent air paths that eventually converge, with one path being a bypass flow that creates negative pressure in the main chamber and another path being compressed air that feeds the main chamber. In this mode it is possible to precisely control the chamber environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Flow Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Scott Williams, Allan James Goodman
  • Patent number: 12011827
    Abstract: A system that uses 3D scanning, movable devices, and pose selecting means, either in or outside the robot workspace, in order to create a robot program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SCALABLE ROBOTICS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew Fuhlbrigge, Carlos Martinez, Gregory Rossano
  • Patent number: 12011828
    Abstract: A method for controlling effectors of a robot by means of primitives made up of parameterizable coded functions, the primitives being activated conditionally by actions selected by an action selection system, the method based on associating coded objects with a sequence of characters corresponding to their semantic description, and comprising: i. a semantic description of the coded objects stored in the memory, made up of a string of characters representing a perception function of the robot and of another string of characters representing a perceived object, ii. a semantic description of the primitives, made up of a string of characters representing a possible action of the robot and of another, optional string of characters representing the optional parameters of this action, iii. a semantic description of rules made up of the combination of a string of characters representing the associated context and another string of characters representing the associated action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SPOON
    Inventors: Jérôme Monceaux, Thibault Hervier, Aymeric Masurelle
  • Patent number: 12011829
    Abstract: A substrate transport arm including a first link, a second link, a third link, and a mechanical transmission including a pulley. The third link includes an end effector configured to support a substrate thereon. The mechanical transmission is configured to control rotation of the third link on the second link as a function of an angle between the first and second links such that, as the first and second links are rotated relative to each other, the wrist joint follows a wrist path which includes a curved portion. Rotation of the third link relative to the second link is completely mechanically dependent upon rotational location of the second link on the first link. The rotation of the third link about the second link is mechanically constrained and limited by mechanical dependence based upon the function of the angle between the first and second links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Wilkas, Martin Hosek, Jacob Lipcon
  • Patent number: 12011830
    Abstract: A positioning arm including a link assembly including a translation link configured to translationally move along a virtual axis passing a remote center of motion (RCM) present at a predetermined position separated from one point and configured to move in at least two directions based on the one point, and a gravity torque compensator configured to provide a compensation torque in a direction opposite to a gravity torque applied to the one point by a self-weight of the link assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: ROEN Surgical, Inc., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Soo Kwon, Chang Kyun Kim, Byung Sik Cheon
  • Patent number: 12011831
    Abstract: A speed reducing mechanism according to one embodiment includes an output shaft, carriers each of which has an output shaft hole, and oscillating gears each of which has an output shaft insertion hole. The output shaft is inserted in the output shaft hole and the output shaft insertion hole and contacts the inner peripheral surfaces. The surface roughness Ra of the inner peripheral surfaces defining the output shaft hole and output shaft insertion hole is equal to or less than 1.6 ?m. The static friction coefficient of the inner peripheral surfaces against the output shaft is equal to or less than 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Makisumi
  • Patent number: 12011832
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a robot to perform a custom real-time action that uses a callback function. One of the methods comprises receiving a definition of a custom real-time control function that specifies a custom callback function, an action, and a custom reaction that references the custom callback function; providing a command to initiate the action; repeatedly executing, by the control layer of the real-time robotics control framework, the custom real-time control function at each tick of a real-time robotics system driving one or more physical robots, including: obtaining current values of one or more state variables, evaluating the custom reaction specified by the custom real-time control function according to the current values of the one or more state variables, and whenever the one or more conditions of the custom reaction are satisfied, invoking the custom callback function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Intrinsic Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Andre Gaschler, Gregory J. Prisament, Sean Alexander Cassero, Nicholas Julian Cox, Benjamin Bremer, Nils Berg, Michael Beardsworth
  • Patent number: 12011833
    Abstract: A system and a method for robot control based on a memristive crossbar array comprises a sensor group, an input sensing signal modulator, a neuromorphic circuit, an output control signal modulator, an output device, an external supervisor module and a training controller; the neuromorphic circuit performs robot control, and the main part thereof is a memristor crossbar array with a fully-connected neural network structure, wherein a differential amplifying circuit and a multiplexing switch in the neuromorphic circuit are connected to the memristor crossbar array, an input signal vector is multiplied by a weight matrix stored in the memristor crossbar array, and one or more channels of analog output signals are obtained through the differential amplifying circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Feng Miao, Shijun Liang, Cong Wang, Zaizheng Yang
  • Patent number: 12011834
    Abstract: A robot system includes a slave unit including a slave arm having a working end, a slave arm actuator configured to drive the slave arm, and a slave-side controller configured to control the slave arm actuator based on a slave operating command for defining a target position of the working end, a master unit including a master arm having a manipulation end into which the content of manipulation is inputted by an operator, and a system controller configured to generate the slave operating command based on the content of manipulation inputted into the manipulation end. When a command corresponding to the content of manipulation is a command corresponding to a limit equivalent range corresponding to a limit of operation of at least one of the slave arm and the master arm, the system controller performs processing to give perception to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Hideyuki Ryu, Jun Fujimori, Hiroki Kinoshita, Hiroki Takahashi, Takuya Shitaka, Kai Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12011835
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of engineering autonomous system with reusable skills includes displaying a graphical user interface simulating a physical environment. The graphical user interface depicts one or more simulated objects corresponding to one or more physical objects. Graphical markers are created on the simulated objects based on instructions provided by a user via the graphical user interface. The position and orientation of each graphical marker is determined with respect to the simulated objects. A skill function is created which comprises a functional description for using a controllable physical device to interact with the physical objects based on the position and orientation of each graphical marker. Executable code operable to perform the skill function is created and used to actuate the controllable physical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Richard Gary McDaniel
  • Patent number: 12011836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented system. The system includes: an internet capable device installed with a web browser to enable web browsing to access an internet; and a cloud computing server system available on the internet and configured to: cause a visualization interface to be displayed on the web browser; receive a user instruction corresponding to a user interaction with the visualization interface inputted through the web browser; import an extracted building information modelling data from external; plan and simulate a robot motion path and a sequence of motions partly based on the extracted building information modelling data by selectively performing intelligent algorithms according to the user instruction; and generate a predetermined motion command set including the determined robot motion path and sequence of motions for a robotic device to move accordingly to prefabricate a plurality of construction components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ROBIM TECHNOLOGIES INC. OF CANADA
    Inventors: Shih-Chung Kang, Liang-Ting Tsai, Cheng-Hsuan Yang
  • Patent number: 12011837
    Abstract: A method performed by an autonomous device includes identifying a current movement of an operator based on monitoring the operator of the autonomous device. The method also includes inferring an intended direction of travel for the autonomous device based identifying the current movement. The method further includes identifying one or more objects in a current environment and limitations of the current environment. The method still further includes determining the action to be performed based on inferring the intended direction of travel and also identifying the one or more objects and the limitations of the current environment. The method also includes performing, by the autonomous device, the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Allison Thackston, Samuel Zapolsky, Katarina Miller, Laura Stelzner, Ron Goldman
  • Patent number: 12011838
    Abstract: A robot system according to the present disclosure includes a robot installed in a work area, a manipulator configured to be gripped by an operator and manipulate the robot, a sensor disposed at a manipulation area and configured to wirelessly detect positional information and posture information on the manipulator, and a control device which calculates a locus of the manipulator based on the positional information and the posture information on the manipulator detected by the sensor, and operates the robot on real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo Hasegawa, Tetsuya Yoshida, Masayuki Kamon, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Tomofumi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 12011839
    Abstract: A three-dimensional scanning system, a scanning path planning method, and a three-dimensional scanning method are provided. The three-dimensional scanning system includes a control apparatus configured to determine a planned scanning path for a to-be-measured object based on a historical scanning path of an object type to which the current to-be-measured object belongs and according to a historical pose and a current pose of a rotary table carrying the to-be-measured object. The three-dimensional scanning system further includes a mechanical arm that includes a gripping end for gripping a scanner to drive the scanner to scan the to-be-measured object according to the planned scanning path under control of the control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SCANTECH (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangfeng Wang, Shangjian Chen, Chuanpeng Jiang, Zhe Zhang, Jun Zheng
  • Patent number: 12011840
    Abstract: A tool includes a tool body, a tool head, and an actuator. The tool head is rotatable with respect to the tool body. The actuator can rotate together with the tool head. The actuator is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the actuator and the tool head cannot rotate with respect to the tool body. In the second configuration, the actuator and the tool head can rotate with respect to the tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Cutler, James Parks, Curtis Henry Watenpaugh