Patents Issued in August 29, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240286262
    Abstract: A device may include a housing. A device may include a shank supported by the housing, the shank extending along a first axis and including a tool coupling portion configured to couple to the tool. A device may include a tool bit adapter supported by the housing along a second axis, the tool bit adapter being pivotable relative to the housing such that the second axis is disposed at a plurality of angles relative to the first axis. A device may include a transmission assembly positioned within the housing, the transmission assembly configured to convert an input torque about the first axis from the tool to an output torque about the second axis acting on the tool bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Julian L. Kinneavy, Carter A. Gibson, Scott T. Moeller, Dalton Fitch
  • Publication number: 20240286263
    Abstract: A power tool, such as a tension control (TC) and/or shear wrench is provided. The power tool includes a powertrain having a motor and an output assembly the motor defines a motor axis of rotation and the output assembly defines a drive axis of rotation, which is oriented parallel to and offset from, or perpendicular to the drive axis of rotation. The motor and the output assembly are operatively coupled by a linkage assembly, which is configured to transfer rotational power from the motor to the output assembly. The output assembly includes a transmission configured to rotate both an inner socket and an outer socket of the output assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mitchell Gibson, Jay Klubertanz, Benjamin Farley
  • Publication number: 20240286264
    Abstract: An oscillating power tool includes a housing, a motor disposed generally within the housing and including a drive shaft, an output spindle configured to be driven by the motor and journaled for oscillating rotation about an oscillation axis, a drive mechanism configured to convert rotation of the drive shaft into oscillating rotation of the output spindle about the oscillation axis, the drive mechanism including an eccentric member configured to rotate off center about the motor axis, and a forked member operatively coupled to the eccentric member and configured for oscillating rotation about the oscillation axis in response to rotation of the eccentric member, and an amplitude adjustment actuator configured to move the eccentric member in the direction generally parallel to the motor axis to change an angular amplitude of oscillating rotation of the forked member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: James C. Sitter, David A. Bierdeman
  • Publication number: 20240286265
    Abstract: A tool for mechanical advantage which allows for a wrench to be attached to other tools such as ratchets, breaker bars, and any other tool with a square head. Furthermore, in some embodiments the tool for mechanical advantage has a hinge that allows the user to approach fasteners for different angles of attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Patrick McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20240286266
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a tool assembly for optionally operating a tool body independently or in combination with a storage holder for polygonal shaped tools, such as a L shaped hex key. The tool assembly includes a tool main body that can act as a tool itself. The tool main body may comprise a housing, an adjustable securing mechanism, and a control member. The adjustable securing mechanism is mounted in the tool main body housing and is operatively connected with the control member. The adjusting mechanism is configured to accept and secure a tool of different sizes and shapes. The control member is rotatable to bias the adjustable securing mechanism to rotate around an axial direction in the housing so that the adjustable securing mechanism is moved in a manner to either secure a tool or release a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher IBRAHIM, David P. ENGVALL, Angela CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240286267
    Abstract: A compact 2-piece axe comprises a first piece which is used as a hatchet, and with the connection of a second piece, which forms a handle extension, transforms the first piece, the hatchet, into an axe. The 2-piece axe of the invention when separated into the 2-pieces can be packed compactly, while still providing an axe which can be operated in two different axe modes, the first piece alone as a hatchet or the first piece with the handle extension attached as an axe. The axe of the invention can be and easily transformed from one axe mode to the other axe mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Graham N. Beck, Bradley Rothwell, Henry J. Samulski, Arthur H. Watson
  • Publication number: 20240286268
    Abstract: An arm support arrangement in line with a load-bearing tool counterbalances a load associated with the load-bearing tool. The arm support arrangement includes a tubular body having at least three bends defining two planes and terminating in a tool-engaging end. A first of the two planes has an upward slanting arm-engaging angled portion opposite the tool-engaging end. The arm-engaging angled portion has one of the bends disposed between a pair of support segments. The bends cooperate to orient an axis of a user's forearm toward the tool-engaging end. The tool-engaging end is in line with a load-bearing tool at least a weight of which is directed downwardly such that the arm-engaging angled portion is directed upwardly toward the user's forearm about a fulcrum point intermediate the tool-engaging end and the arm-engaging angled portion. The arm support arrangement counterbalances a load associated with the load-bearing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Pesek
  • Publication number: 20240286269
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a storage device are provided. The storage device includes one or more storage compartment that are slideable with respect to sidewalls of the storage device. The containers are also rotatable with respect to the sidewalls of the storage device, thereby permitting improved accessibility to the storage compartment in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ryan C. Dick
  • Publication number: 20240286270
    Abstract: A device for positioning an end effector in a space spanned by a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a vertical direction has: a first linear rail aligned in the longitudinal direction and on which a first longitudinal slide is arranged so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, a second linear rail aligned parallel to the first linear rail in the longitudinal direction and on which a second longitudinal slide is arranged so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, and a third linear rail guiding a cross slide connected to the first linear slide via a first guide element and to the second linear slide via a second guide element, characterized in that the first guide element is a first spring structure that is rigid in the vertical direction and the second guide element is a second spring structure that is rigid in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Alois Jenny
  • Publication number: 20240286271
    Abstract: An exoskeleton including a pair of lower modules connected to an upper portion by pivot points, an elastic actuator configured to exert, when tensioned, a compensatory force moment, a mechanical coupling assembly configured: —in a working position of the user, to tension the at least one elastic actuator when the lower modules form substantially the same non-zero angle with the upper portion, the exoskeleton then providing assistance, —in a walking position of the user, to enable a counter-phase free pivoting of the lower modules, without the exoskeleton providing assistance, the coupling assembly including a flexible connecting element coupling the lower modules together, and a flexible guide element of the connecting element, coupling the lower modules to the upper portion via the connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Simon MASSONNIER
  • Publication number: 20240286272
    Abstract: A robot teaching system that uses 3D scanning, movable devices, and pose selecting devices, either in or outside the robot workspace, in order to create a robot instruction. The system may include a 3D scanning device, a user input device, and a computation device. The computation device executes instructions to cause the 3D scanning device to capture a 3D scan of a workpiece, record a spatial point, and determine best fit geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Andrew FUHLBRIGGE, Carlos MARTINEZ, Gregory ROSSANO
  • Publication number: 20240286273
    Abstract: An application apparatus that includes: a base unit comprising a first end, a second end, and a connection device that extends along a base unit axis from the first end to the second end; an application unit securely coupled to the second end, wherein the application unit is configured to apply a strip to a workpiece; and a redirection unit pivotably coupled to the base unit. The application unit comprises a first input guiding element configured to supply the strip to the application unit. The redirection unit is configured such that the strip can wrap around the redirection unit and be guided from an axial receiving position to an axial discharge position, wherein the axial receiving position is spaced apart from the axial discharge position in an axial direction of the axis. The first input guiding element of the application unit is spaced apart from the axial receiving position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Deniz Nick Akin, Thomas Gerdsmann, Peter Himmelsbach, Marten Rohde, Tristan Wienzek
  • Publication number: 20240286274
    Abstract: A bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, an annular retainer, and rollers. The inner ring is located radially outside a central axis. The outer ring is located radially outside the inner ring. The retainer is located between the inner ring and the outer ring. The rollers are positioned at intervals in the circumferential direction by the retainer between the inner ring and the outer ring. The retainer includes column portions and a flange portion. The column portions are located between adjacent pairs of the rollers. The flange portion connects end portions on one axial side of the column portions in the circumferential direction. The flange portion extends radially inside from an end portion on one axial side of the column portions. The radial center of the column portions is located radially outside the radial center of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Kenji SUGISHITA
  • Publication number: 20240286275
    Abstract: A manipulation method learning apparatus includes: a storage portion that stores an environment model including a device capable of manipulating a target object; a first acquisition portion that acquires a state quantity of the device by using the environment model; a second acquisition portion that acquires a state quantity of the target object by using the environment model; a third acquisition portion that acquires a contact state of the device and the target object by using the environment model; an internal reward calculation portion that uses the contact state as an input and calculates an internal reward from a frequency of occurrence of the contact state; an external reward calculation portion that uses the state quantity of the device, the state quantity of the target object, and a contact state quantity as an input, searches a manipulation strategy of the target object, and calculates an external reward for a target task solution; and a search portion that searches while probabilistically selecting
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki Morihira, Akinobu Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240286276
    Abstract: Provided is a teaching device for a mobile manipulator based on a mobile robot and a collaborative robot. The teaching device includes a communication unit that transmits/receives data to and from the mobile manipulator, a memory that stores a program providing an interface for performing a task of the mobile manipulator, and a processor that operates a teaching program that performs map creation and autonomous setting for the mobile robot, and setting necessary for robot manipulation for the collaborative robot on the same interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeyoun DONG, Seung Woo NAM
  • Publication number: 20240286277
    Abstract: A flexible material provided at a robot is conductive and an electrical characteristic of the flexible material changes in response to a change of state. The electrical characteristic between plural detection points of the robot is detected by a detection unit. An estimation unit uses a learning model to estimate a robot state from the electrical characteristic of the robot. The learning model is trained so as to input the electrical characteristic and output the robot state. The learning model is trained using, as training data, electrical characteristics when changes of state occur at the flexible material and robot states after the changes of state of the flexible material of the robot. The estimation unit inputs the electrical characteristic to the learning model and outputs the robot state corresponding to the inputted electrical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime KITANO, Yasumichi WAKAO, Hitoshi YASUI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hirohito SUGINO, Yusuke FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240286278
    Abstract: An estimating device including, a detecting section detecting electrical characteristics between a plurality of predetermined detection points of a flexible material, the electrical characteristics of the flexible material varying in accordance with changes in applied pressure, and that is disposed can cover a portion of a projecting portion, an estimating section that inputs time-series electrical characteristics to a learning model that is trained by using, as learning data, time-series electrical characteristics at times when pressure is applied to the flexible material, and applied stimulus state information expressing applied stimulus states in which pressure is applied to the flexible material, such that the time-series electrical characteristics are inputs of the learning model and the learning model outputs the applied stimulus state information, and the estimating section estimates applied stimulus state information expressing an applied stimulus state corresponding to the inputted time-series electr
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime KITANO, Yasumichi WAKAO, Hitoshi YASUI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hirohito SUGINO, Yusuke FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240286279
    Abstract: A method for controlling a robot, in which a force and/or movement of a user is transferred to at least one actuated segment of the robot and is detected by the robot in order to control a solid in a fluid, wherein the force and/or movement of the user is transferred to the solid, wherein the actuated segment generates a movement and/or force in dependence of the solid as haptic feed-back, and wherein, in order to determine the force generated by the actuated segment, a fluid force vector is determined which includes the influence of the fluid on the solid, and a solid force vector is determined which includes the influence of the solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Deutsches Zentrum für luft-und Raumfajrt e.V.
    Inventors: Neal LII, Aaron PEREIRA, Benedikt PLEINTINGER, Annika SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20240286280
    Abstract: A method of controlling an actuator having a maximum velocity and a maximum acceleration includes accessing a reference trajectory signal comprising temporally-spaced reference positions for the actuator and accessing a trajectory template having at least a third derivative continuity and at least one characteristic constrained by the maximum velocity and the maximum acceleration. The method includes generating a smooth reference trajectory signal based on the reference trajectory signal and the trajectory template and outputting the smooth reference trajectory signal. Controls for the actuator can be generated based on the smooth reference trajectory signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Peyman Karimi Eskandary, Alejandro Hernandez Herdocia
  • Publication number: 20240286281
    Abstract: A method includes: accessing a virtual model defining a geometry of a workpiece; navigating an optical sensor about the workpiece; accessing an image of the workpiece; detecting a marker, on the workpiece, depicted in the image; defining a first workpiece region of the workpiece bounded by the marker; defining a toolpath within the first workpiece region based on a geometry of the first workpiece region represented in the virtual model; assigning a first target force to the first toolpath; and during a processing cycle accessing a first sequence of force values output by a force sensor coupled to the sanding head, navigating the sanding head across the first workpiece region according to the first toolpath, and based on the first sequence of force values, deviating the sanding head from the first toolpath to maintain forces of the sanding head on the workpiece proximal the first target force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Avadhoot L. Ahire, Cheng Gong, Rishav Guha, Satyandra K. Gupta, Ariyan M. Kabir, Sagarkumar J. Panchal, Brual C. Shah
  • Publication number: 20240286282
    Abstract: A method for determining a pose of a robot having a lidar including: obtaining a first pose of the robot in a map coordinate system; determining first positions of laser points corresponding to the lidar in the map coordinate system according to the first pose when the lidar performs laser scanning; determining matching scores between the first positions and grids where the first positions are located according to the first positions and mean values of the grids where the first positions are located, wherein the grids are grids in a probability map corresponding to the map coordinate system; determining a first confidence level for the first pose based on the matching scores; and determining a target pose according to the first confidence level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: YULONG GU, Youjun Xiong, Simin Zhang, Yun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240286283
    Abstract: An electronic device for manipulating a target object, including: a camera; a memory; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a first image of the target object, wherein the first image is captured by the camera, provide the first image and a target image to an artificial intelligence (AI) model to obtain relative pose information, based on the obtained relative pose information, generate a similarity value, and generate a control command based on the similarity value, wherein based on the similarity value being greater than a threshold value, the control command includes a movement command for moving a manipulator associated with the electronic device from a first position to a second position, and wherein based on the similarity value being less than or equal to the threshold value, the control command includes a manipulation command for manipulating the target object using the manipulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungseok HONG, Suveer GARG, Jinwook HUH, Hyun Soo PARK, Ibrahim Volkan ISLER
  • Publication number: 20240286284
    Abstract: A robotic system includes a robotic arm that includes a first joint that connects a first segment to a second segment, the first segment being connected at an end of the first segment opposite the first joint to a shoulder joint of the robotic arm and the second segment being connected at an end of the second segment opposite the first joint to an elbow joint of the robotic arm; and a processor coupled to the robotic arm and configured to receive an end effector trajectory and determine a motion plan to move the end effector through the end effector trajectory, including by using the first joint to vary the distance between the shoulder joint and the elbow joint, as and if needed, to realize the end effector trajectory while using the joints and links other than the first joint in a preferred pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Holmberg, Michael Fisher, Zhouwen Sun, Samir Menon, Vikas Agrawal, Avinash Verma
  • Publication number: 20240286285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a collaborative robot comprising: a main body robot; an additional shaft robot that moves the main body robot along the additional shaft; and a processor unit that transmits and receives signals to and from the main body robot and the additional shaft robot, wherein the processor unit comprises: a receiving unit that obtains a data signal from the main body robot and the additional shaft robot; an external force calculation unit that calculates an external force value using the obtained data signal as a variable; a collision determination unit that compares the calculated external force value with a predetermined collision detection boundary value so as to determine whether a collision has occurred; and a control unit that generates different control commands for the main body robot and the auxiliary shaft robot depending on whether a collision has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jong Hoon PARK, Young Jin HEO
  • Publication number: 20240286286
    Abstract: A received 3D costmap includes a 2D map of a plane and a cost value per position on the 2D map, wherein the cost value is indicative of a cost of positioning the robot with an orientation in the presence of obstacles in a vicinity of the position. A received start position and end position of the robot include a start and an end orientation of the robot, respectively. Consecutive positions for a path in planning are iteratively selected from the start position to the end position. A cumulative cost value of the consecutive positions, which comprises a sum of the cost values, is minimized. The cumulative cost value comprises a stress value indicative of a change in a movement direction along the planned path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventor: Marco MASANNEK
  • Publication number: 20240286287
    Abstract: A robot system includes a first group of robot controllers, each including a safety change control unit and each being connected to at least one corresponding manipulator, where one robot controller is a proxy robot controller. The safety change control unit of the proxy receives a request to manually operate at least one joint of at least one of the manipulators via a first point of manual control at one of the robot controllers and forwards it to the others, each safety change control unit determines a response to the request and at least one safety change control unit receives the responses from the other safety change control units, investigates if the responses and request match and denies the request in case at least one response does not match the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Roger Mellander, Per Carlsson
  • Publication number: 20240286288
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for social behavior of a telepresence robot are disclosed herein. A telepresence robot includes a drive system configured to move the telepresence robot; a control system configured to control the drive system to drive the telepresence robot around a work area; an object detection system configured to determine that a first object encountered by the telepresence robot is a human; and a social path component configured to: determine a first lockout zone having a first radius around the human and a first comfort zone having a second radius around the human, the second radius being larger than the first radius; and instruct the control system to cause the telepresence robot to: avoid traveling through the first lockout zone; move at a first maximum speed within the first comfort zone; and move at a second maximum speed outside of the first comfort zone, wherein the second maximum speed is greater than the first maximum speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Pinter, Fuji Lai, Daniel Steven Sanchez, James Ballantyne, David Bjorn Roe, Yulun Wang, Charles S. Jordan, Orjeta Taka, Cheuk Wah Wong
  • Publication number: 20240286289
    Abstract: Provided is an article conveyance processing system in which article(s) are efficiently taken out from a mobile cart and/or article(s) are placed on a mobile cart even when various types of mobile carts are used. Using the cart coordinate system obtained such that the horizontal, vertical and depth axes of the cart coordinate system substantially coincide with the horizontal, vertical and depth directions of the mobile cart, respectively, the article conveyance processing system performs the control of moving the robot hand and the attitude control of the robot hand; thus, the article conveyance processing system can efficiently take out an article from a mobile cart and/or place an article on a mobile cart regardless of in what orientation a wide variety of mobile carts are placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi UEDA, Yoshiaki UEMIZO, Tomonori KITANO, Shin IOSE, Kazuyoshi NAKATANI, Yoshimi EZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240286290
    Abstract: A remote operation control system and method are provided. An operator remotely operates a remote operation target that is an object of reality or a virtual object of a virtual world, the system includes an information acquisition part acquiring first operation information indicating an operation inputted by a first operator via a first controller, and second operation information indicating an operation inputted by a second operator via a second controller; a control information generation part generating control information for causing the remote operation target to move based on the first and second operation information and the second operation information; and a feedback information generation part generating based on the control information first feedback information that feeds back a motion content of the remote operation target to the first controller and generating second feedback information that feeds back a motion content of the remote operation target to the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta KIMURA, Tomohiro KAWAKAMI, Takahide YOSHIIKE, Kenichiro SUGIYAMA, Masaaki MUROMACHI, Yoichi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240286291
    Abstract: A position inspection system includes a gripping unit that grips an object, a shooting unit that shoots an inspection image of the object gripped by the gripping unit, and a processor. The processor identifies a first rotational amount of the object from the proper position within a plane of the inspection image. The processor identifies, based on control information of the gripping unit, a correction angle between a direction in which a particular portion of the object is facing and a shooting direction of the inspection image. The processor identifies, based on the first rotational amount and the correction angle, a second rotational amount of the object from the proper position about the direction in which the particular portion of the object is facing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro KIMURA, Hiroshi BITO, Fuminori SAITO, Reoto UETAKE
  • Publication number: 20240286292
    Abstract: A programmable robot is configurable between a measuring configuration, in which a probe is operable, and a machining configuration, in which a tool is operable. The robot includes a carrier for carrying the probe and the tool, a position sensing arrangement for determining coordinate data, and a controller 7. The controller is configured to cause the carrier, in the measuring configuration, to move the probe to each of a plurality of reference features in a template held in a first orientation by a jig, wherein feedback via the probe enables the position sensing arrangement to determine coordinate data associated with the reference features. The controller is configured to, based on the determined data, cause the carrier, in the machining configuration, to return to each position corresponding to each reference feature location and machine a workpiece held in the first orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Robin HARDI, Harvey BROOKES, John MUMFORD, Richard Cameron BLAIN
  • Publication number: 20240286293
    Abstract: A gripper assembly for a robotic arm includes a gripper finger having a first end and a second end, a gripper pad pivotably coupled to the gripper finger such that the gripper pad is permitted to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the gripper finger, the gripper pad having a pair of sides with one of the sides forming a gripping surface configured to grip an object, and a proximal side located between the pair of sides, and a gripper pad aligner including a pad alignment element coupled to the gripper pad and a finger alignment element coupled to the gripper finger, wherein the pad alignment element is coupled to the finger alignment element and configured to apply an aligning torque to the gripper pad that, when applied, rotates the gripper pad toward a first angular orientation about the rotational axis between the gripper pad and the gripper finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Slavi MIRTCHEV, Gary I. KRIVOY, Manish KOCHAR, Aaron H. LEIMKUEHLER
  • Publication number: 20240286294
    Abstract: A support plate according to an embodiment of the present invention has a grasping pad provided to pick up an object suspended and supported therefrom, the support plate configured to be moved by a manipulator. The support plate includes a plate body; a central connection part disposed at a central portion of the plate body and to which the manipulator is connected from an upper side; and a plurality of side connection parts disposed along both side portions in a width direction of the plate body and to which the grasping pad is connected from a lower side. A recessed groove is provided in the plate body so as to be spaced apart from the central connection part and the side connection parts, the recessed groove being recessed to a predetermined depth in a thickness direction of the plate body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Hyun Ji
  • Publication number: 20240286295
    Abstract: An air gripper having a body, an upper cover releasably coupled to a first surface of the body, a lower cover releasably coupled to a second surface of the body, and a through-hole extending through the body, upper cover, and lower cover, is disclosed. An edge gripper having an upper body, a lower body releasably coupled to the upper body, a guide attachment releasably coupled to the front face of the upper body, and a vent positioned between the front face of the upper body and the guide body of the guide attachment, is disclosed. A destacker assembly having a carriage, an edge gripper coupled to the carriage, and a finger coupled to the carriage, is disclosed. Methods of using the air gripper, the edge gripper, and destacker assembly to move and/or a ply of material from a stack having a plurality of plies are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Demitri Balabanov, Troy Coverstone, Michael Dabrowski
  • Publication number: 20240286296
    Abstract: System and methods for manipulating and sorting of objects being moved along a conveyor are disclosed, whereby control of the object is achieved through the application of one or more of vacuum, impaling, or mechanical grasping. One embodiment is directed to a robotic arm and vision detection system operable for detecting a target object to be grasped from a stream of objects being moved on a conveyor, and moving a suction head into position over the target object that has been detected on the conveyor, the suction head having a flexible cup section disposed at a distal end thereof, the vacuum item pick-up system/method using high subsonic air flow (e.g., on the order of 60 scfm or more) through a suction cup having a flow opening area large enough that an airflow of 60 scfm does not result in an airspeed exceeding Mach 0.2 under standard conditions of temperature and pressure, and further having a flow opening area whose ratio to cup opening area falls between 0.36 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Derek Wayne Robinson, Kienan C. Brotherton
  • Publication number: 20240286297
    Abstract: In a technique for transporting a glass slide, particularly, a glass slide transport device that can transport a glass slide while holding a liquid placed on the glass slide is provided with a simple configuration. The glass slide transport device includes a gripping portion that can grip and release the glass slide, and a drive unit that can move the gripping portion. Here, the gripping portion includes at least three or more finger portions and a finger drive unit that can operate the plurality of finger portions. Each of the plurality of finger portions includes a support portion that can support a part of a lower surface of the glass slide, and a pointed head portion that can come into contact with a gripping point. The gripping point is provided on a side surface of the glass slide at a position below an upper surface of the glass slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ryota SEKINE, Hidetoshi SUGIYAMA, Masashi ENDO
  • Publication number: 20240286298
    Abstract: A bistable component, including: a ribbon comprising (i) a first extension arm having a proximal portion and a distal portion, (ii) a second extension arm having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and (iii) a central segment connecting the proximal portion of the first extension arm and the proximal portion of the second extension arm, the distal portion of the first extension arm being joined to the distal portion of the second extension arm at a joint, the bistable component being reversibly convertible between a stable stressed first state and a stable stressed second state, the central segment having (i) a first curvature state corresponding to the bistable component being in the stable stressed first state and (ii) a second curvature state corresponding to the bistable component being in the stable stressed second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Zechen Xiong, Hod Lipson
  • Publication number: 20240286299
    Abstract: Safety knife with a knife body 10 with a cavity and an opening at a front end, a trigger mechanism operable outside the body 10 including a trigger slide 22 located in the cavity and slidable from a rear position to a front position, a blade holder 32 for securely holding a blade 31, located in the cavity and movable from a safety position, where the blade 31 is completely within the body 10, to an extended position, where the blade 31 extends out of the opening at the front end of the body 10, rotatable in the extended position into a rotated position, the trigger slide 22 equipped with a trigger coupling surface 24 and the blade holder 32 equipped with a holder coupling surface 34, said coupling surfaces 24, 34 in contact with each other in a plane essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body 10 and connected by a coupling means when in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Ritesafety Products International, LLC
    Inventors: Melvin Freedman, Thomas Landwehr
  • Publication number: 20240286300
    Abstract: An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: AOB Products Company
    Inventors: Brett Eckelkamp, Michael Cottrell, Shane Ball, William Garland, Brian Steere, Timothy S. Kinney, Seth Wheeler, Justin Burke, James Tayon, Curtis Smith
  • Publication number: 20240286301
    Abstract: Provided are a tool bit structure convenient for guiding hairs during vertical cutting, and a hair trimmer. The tool bit structure includes a stationary knife; the stationary knife is provided with a comb-tooth edge portion; the comb-tooth edge portion has a plurality of teeth; each tooth is provided with a step for preventing a movable knife from scraping the skin; all the steps are combined to form comb teeth convenient for guiding hairs during vertical cutting; and the steps protrude from the teeth at a height of 0.4 mm to 1 mm. The steps are added at the comb-tooth edge portion of the stationary knife, so that the steps can be used to prevent the movable knife from scratching the skin in a running process, and the comb teeth formed by combining all the steps can also comb the hairs during the vertical cutting, which facilitates guiding the hairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Jianfeng Yan
  • Publication number: 20240286302
    Abstract: A pet hair trim clipper includes a main clipper body and a handle connected to the main clipper body, wherein the main clipper body includes at least one longitudinal trim cutter for trimming the pet hair and a hair removing element for scraping down the hair on the longitudinal trim cutter, wherein a trimming direction of the longitudinal trim cutter is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the handle, so as to facilitate the use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Shuiyou Zeng
  • Publication number: 20240286303
    Abstract: A razor cartridge is proposed. The razor cartridge may include at least one blade having a cutting edge and a blade housing accommodating the at least one blade in a longitudinal direction. The razor cartridge may also include a guard frame accommodating the blade housing to be movable forwards and backwards, in which the guard frame includes a first front supporter provided in front of the blade housing and coming into contact with skin during a shaving process. The blade housing may include a second front supporter provided between the blade and the first front supporter and coming into contact with skin during the shaving process. A topmost portion of the second front supporter may be higher than a topmost portion of the first front supporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Hoon YANG, Se Jun JANG
  • Publication number: 20240286304
    Abstract: A razor cartridge is proposed. The razor cartridge may include at least one blade, a blade housing accommodating the at least one blade, and a guard frame accommodating the blade housing to be movable forwards and backwards. The guard frame may include a first front supporter provided in front of the blade housing. The blade housing may include a second front supporter provided between the blade and the first front supporter. A topmost portion of the first front supporter may be higher than a topmost portion of the second front supporter so that the first front supporter can come into contact with skin where the blade housing is at a foremost position relative to the guard frame, and the second front supporter can come into contact with skin where the blade housing is at a rearmost position relative to the guard frame, during shaving the shaving process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Hoon YANG, Se Jun JANG
  • Publication number: 20240286305
    Abstract: A razor cartridge including a first housing portion having a first top surface positioned on a first plane; one or more razor blade members mounted in the first housing portion and each including a blade with a cutting edge; and a second housing portion rotatably attached to the first housing portion. The second housing portion has a second top surface positioned on a second plane, and the second top surface includes an engagement surface configured to receive a shaving razor component. The second housing portion has a first position in which the second plane is positioned at an angle of between negative 30 degrees and 30 degrees with respect to the first plane and a second position in which the second plane is positioned at an angle of between 70 degrees to 130 degrees with respect to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Jack Anthony Washington
  • Publication number: 20240286306
    Abstract: An optical fiber cleaving apparatus for cutting an optical fiber includes a blade member configured to damage the optical fiber, and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the blade member by a predetermined angle each time the blade member damages the optical fiber. The predetermined angle is a numerical value that is not capable of dividing 360.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ryuichiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20240286307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film (1) for application to pressurized bodies (20) and to a method for the production thereof. The film (1) according to the invention is distinguished by a slotted perforation (10) consisting of slots (11) in a planar arrangement and also without release of material. In order to produce such a slotted perforation (10), a perforation roller cutter (40) inserted into a cutting plotter (30) can be guided linearly over and into an unperforated film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk TROTTNOW, Marcin GIERSZEWSKI
  • Publication number: 20240286308
    Abstract: Mist management systems are configured for a processing machine having a portioning station configured to portion a workpiece within an enclosed portioner housing having a first side wall extending along the portioning station, a second side wall, at least one hood portion between the first and second side walls, and at least one end wall between the first and second side walls, using at least one liquid jet cutter and a conveyor configured to move the workpiece in a longitudinal direction beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter. The systems may include a tray secured within the enclosed portioner housing beneath the at least one liquid jet cutter and the conveyor, the tray being downwardly angled and configured to direct a waterjet of the liquid jet cutter toward a low pressure plenum chamber positioned external to the first side wall of the enclosed portioner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
  • Publication number: 20240286309
    Abstract: A wood-drilling device includes at least one drill shank, at least one drill tip, and at least one cutting body. The cutting body has at least one cutting wing, wherein at least one of the cutting wings has a cutting surface, which is arranged on a base side facing towards the drill tip. The cutting surface is formed by at least two mutually adjoining cutting partial surfaces which are angled away from a drill plane, oriented perpendicular to the rotation axis, in the direction of the drill shank and which are angled to each other at an angle and each have an angle to the rotation axis different from 0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Fischer, Stefan Christen, Lorenz Kaeser
  • Publication number: 20240286310
    Abstract: A multi-layer panel for use as structural sheathing with a coating that is both fire resistant and water resistant. The multi-layer panel may be a wood structural panel, such as OSB or plywood. The coating provides building-code-compliant fire resistance characteristics. The coating also acts as a water resistant barrier (WRB) layer on a surface of the panel. The joint fire-resistant and water-resistant barrier (FR/WRB) coating may be applied to one or both faces of the panel at the manufacturing facility, prior to shipping or installation at a job site. The coating may also be applied to panel edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: JIANWEN NI
  • Publication number: 20240286311
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of making a sintered article comprises providing a composite article comprising a porous exterior printed from a powder composition via one or more additive manufacturing techniques, the porous exterior defining an interior volume and providing a loose powder component in the interior volume. The porous exterior and loose powder component are simultaneously sintered to provide the sintered article comprising a sintered interior and sintered exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Paul D. Prichard