In Response To Work Position Patents (Class 219/124.4)
  • Patent number: 10738936
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a feed base that is horizontally installed, a first driving source and a second driving source, a first saddle, a second saddle, a first propeller shaft, a second propeller shaft, a first transmission device, a second transmission device, and a holding device. The first saddle rotates about a first axis that goes along a vertical direction. The second saddle is disposed at the first saddle. The second saddle rotates about a second axis. The second axis goes along a horizontal direction. The first propeller shaft transmits a torque from the first driving source. The second propeller shaft transmits a torque from the second driving source. The first transmission device transmits a rotation of the first propeller shaft to the first saddle. The second transmission device transmits a rotation of the second propeller shaft to the second saddle. The holding device holds the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Patent number: 10729094
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a platform, controller, and first and second extension members, brush tool members, and brush tools. The platform has a length orthogonal to and greater than its width. The first and second extension members are movably coupled to the platform and their longitudinal axes are parallel to the length of the platform. The first and second brush tool members are coupled to and extend along the longitudinal axes of the first and second extension members respectively. The first and second brush tools are coupled to and extend along the longitudinal axes of the first and second brush tool members respectively. The controller moves the first extension member towards the front end of the platform, retracts the first extension member towards the back end of the platform, and at a second time after the first time, moves the second extension member towards the front end of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Joel R. Henry, Bruce A. Schroeder, Adam R. Hachey, Rizwan Ajaz, Peter Willem van der Sluis
  • Patent number: 10302069
    Abstract: The invention includes a tool for moving a drivetrain component in a nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine, the nacelle comprising a nacelle structure, the component being connected, in operation of the wind turbine, to a rotor of the wind turbine, the tool comprising at least one carrier adapted to be connected to the component, to carry the weight of the component, and to be supported by the nacelle structure, and at least one drive unit adapted to be connected to the nacelle structure and to the carrier, so as to provide a force between the nacelle structure and the carrier, so as to drive the carrier with the component in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Morten Mogensen, Bendt Høeg
  • Patent number: 9709038
    Abstract: The invention includes a tool for moving a drive train component in a nacelle of a horizontal axis wind turbine, the nacelle comprising a nacelle structure (55, 56), the component being connected, in operation of the wind turbine, to a rotor (51) of the wind turbine, the tool comprising—at least one carrier (403, 405, 4041) adapted to be connected to the component, to carry the weight of the component, and to be supported by the nacelle structure, and—at least one drive unit (407) adapted to be connected to the nacelle structure and to the carrier, so as to provide a force between the nacelle structure and the carrier, so as to drive the carrier with the component in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Morten Mogensen, Bendt Høeg
  • Patent number: 9227797
    Abstract: A crane includes a first arm, a second arm, a first vertical transmission mechanism and a second vertical transmission mechanism. The first vertical transmission mechanism transmits the first arm and the second arm to move vertically in a synchronous manner, and the second vertical transmission mechanism transmits the second arm to move vertically with respect to the first arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Guokun Yang, Chunhao Wu, Kunhsien Lin, Minghu Qi, Zhenhua Guo, Yongqiang Wang, Zenghong Chen, Chenyangzi Li, Weibing Yang, Zhiyou Shu
  • Publication number: 20150122787
    Abstract: The present invention is an enclosure for a laser, the enclosure having positive pressure in the line to generate a positive gas flow within the enclosure so as to keep welding fumes, welding spatter and other contaminants off a laser beam lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald M. Patton, JR., Jung Hwa Lee, Craig A. Gibson
  • Patent number: 8987635
    Abstract: A mechanical system for automatic guiding of one or more torches of a welding unit in a groove delimited by chamfered end surfaces of two metal parts to be welded together, including a main carriage moving along a stationary guide relatively parallel to the groove, a secondary carriage that is connected to the main carriage by a hinged linking assembly and that includes a torch supporting unit and a guiding device including bearing members in contact with the surfaces of the metal parts bordering the groove and sensing members that enter the groove. The hinged linking assembly includes three pivoting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Serimax
    Inventors: Eric L'Arvor, Denis Destouches
  • Patent number: 8901454
    Abstract: In a method for controlling pulse arc welding where an arc is created between a wire and a base material, a pulse waveform different from the pulse waveform for steady-state welding is outputted when a predetermined time has passed since short-circuit welding control was started at arc start, and after a sufficiently large melt pool is formed, the pulse waveform for the steady-state welding is outputted. This reduces the generation of spatters after an arc is created and until the arc is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nakagawa, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Junji Fujiwara, Masaru Kowa
  • Patent number: 8378260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for permanently interconnecting components from a heat-meltable metal material, using a robot-controlled welding unit for carrying out a hybrid welding process. According to the method, a high performance metal active gas welding process (high performance MAG) is carried out. A component (8) carrying out the high performance MAG welding process is carried along by the robot-controlled welding unit (2) to carry out the hybrid welding process, the GSMAW torch (3) which contributes to the hybrid welding process being guided so as to be dragged by the welding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Meyer Werft GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Knipper
  • Publication number: 20100327855
    Abstract: A non-stick coating application for high heat welding environments comprised of a fluorinated polymer combined with acidified graphite to which a hardening agent, such as alumina, may be added in some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Rahul Ganguli, Ten-Luen T. Liao, Roberto S. Santos
  • Patent number: 7738996
    Abstract: A method for joining together at least two sheets with a tool controlled by an industrial robot and including a first arm and a second arm that are mutually movable in relation to each other. An actual position of the sheets is detected by bringing one of the arms to sense the actual position of the sheets. The distance between an ideal position and the actual position is calculated and the actual position of the tool is moved the calculated distance, whereafter the sheets are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventor: Colin Luthardt
  • Publication number: 20100140240
    Abstract: A positioning device (13) for producing a light signal (32) to position a robot tool (2) relative to a workpiece (14) is provided. The positioning device (13) comprises a frame (16) and a pair of light sources (22, 24) mounted at the free end of the frame and arranged to direct a pair of light beams (28, 30) therefrom in converging directions which intersect with each other and provide a light signal (32) at a predetermined distance from the free end of the frame (16). The positioning device (13) can include two pairs of light sources to generate two pairs of intersecting light beams (28, 30; 29, 31). The two pairs of light sources can be arranged so that the two pairs of light beams (28, 30; 29, 31) are located substantially 90 degrees apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Andrew Turner
  • Patent number: 6617845
    Abstract: A housing for a proximity sensor is resistant to harsh environmental effects, such as scorching particles due to sputtering in a welding environment. The sensor housing is formed of a material having a high thermal conductivity, such as copper or an alloy thereof. As a result, the housing is able to rapidly dissipate heat and, in turn, mitigate weld slag build-up so as to improve the efficacy of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Saeed Shafiyan-Rad, Isak Kayserman, Larry Joseph Fischer
  • Patent number: 6441339
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of circuit modules comprising steps of melting a solder on a land by an energy of irradiating laser beam, and pressing an external electrode of an electronic component to a melted solder before the melted solder hardens. This method is capable of connecting the electrode of the component to the land of the substrate using the solder sufficiently heated and melted. A manufacturing apparatus of circuit modules comprises an adsorbing nozzle which adsorbs an electronic component and mounts it on a substrate, an optical system which projects laser beams to a solder preliminarily applied to an electrode of a substrates, and a control device which controls a component mounting and a laser beam irradiation so that the electrode of the electronic component is pressed to the solder melted by an energy of a irradiating laser beam before the melted solder hardens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Ueno