And Means To Sever Work From Supply Patents (Class 29/564.6)
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Patent number: 12230931Abstract: A connector for receiving a ribbon cable, to be assembled via a clamping tool, is provided. The connector includes a housing, a cover, and a protection cap. The housing includes an open top and a bottom. The cover is configured to selectively cover the open top of the housing to enclose the ribbon cable within an interior of the housing. The protection cap is configured to cover the bottom of the housing. The protection cap includes a nonplanar surface with a bump, where the clamping tool contacts the cover and the bump to force the cover toward the housing when the connector is assembled.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Davidsz, Scott H. Micoley, Douglas J. Carpiaux, Robert S. Carlson
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Patent number: 12202077Abstract: Transport system for transporting soldering material through a soldering apparatus and soldering apparatus, having two transport tracks running parallel to one another and extending in a transport direction, wherein each of the transport tracks includes two transport rails, and wherein at least one of the two transport rails of the respective transport track is adjustable in the transverse direction running transversely to the transport direction for a width adjustment of the respective transport track.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ERSA GmbHInventor: Uwe Hofmann
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Patent number: 12180781Abstract: A device for filling spacer frames with hollow-section strips has a storage tank for free-flowing, hygroscopic fill material, such as a molecular sieve. A line that leads to the spacer frame to be filled extends from the storage tank and empties into a fill opening in the wall of the spacer frame. The amount of the fill material poured into the spacer frame is determined by the amount of the fill material removed from the storage tank being detected. The amount of the fill material removed from the storage tank is detected by measuring the travel of a piston that rests with pressure on the fill material in the storage tank. The degree of filling is verified by the amount of the fill material removed from the storage tank being compared to the preset amount of the fill material that is to be poured into the spacer frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: LISEC AUSTRIA GMBHInventor: Rainer Wippel
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Patent number: 11888280Abstract: A device is provided for aligning a ribbon cable relative to an electrical connector to crimp the electrical connector onto the ribbon cable with a tool. The device includes a side portion and a central piece. The side portion includes an upper end and a cable track having a width sized to receive the ribbon cable. The central piece is coupled to the side portion and includes an upper surface. The upper surface of the central piece and the upper end of the side portion at least partially define a connector retaining segment sized to receive the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark E. Davidsz, Michael S. Baran, Shravan Rajmohan, Douglas J. Carpiaux, Scott H. Micoley
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Patent number: 11652328Abstract: A terminal crimping device 1 comprises a terminal cutting device 260 configured to cut off a terminal 130 provided on a band-shaped terminal carrier 140 from the terminal carrier, a terminal carrying unit 270 configured to carry the terminal 130 separated from the terminal carrier 140 by the cutting unit 260 to a terminal crimping work unit 14, a cable carrier 210 for carrying the electric cable 110 to the terminal crimping work unit 14, a crimping device 280 configured to crimp the terminal 130 carried to the terminal crimping work unit 14 by the terminal carrying unit 210 to the tip end of the electric wire 112 of the electric cable 110 carried to the terminal crimping work unit 14 by the cable carrying unit 210.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: UNION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshio Takeuchi, Kazumasa Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 11545803Abstract: An electrical connector assembling machine includes a connector strip distribution unit including a reel cradle for holding a reel of the connector strip and a roller for rotating the reel of the connector strip to unwind the connector strip from the reel. The electrical connector assembling machine includes a connector strip feed unit including a feeding device configured to index the connector strip through a feed track in successive feed strokes. The electrical connector assembling machine includes a connector strip notching unit including a notching device configured to cut notches in the connector strip at designated locations. The electrical connector assembling machine includes a contact loading unit loading contacts into the connector strip and an electrical connector separating unit for separating the electrical connector from the connector strip.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: David Wiltraut, Craig Roper, Jeffrey Zerbe, Scott A. Day, Edward T. Price, III
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Patent number: 11489309Abstract: Systems and methods for designing and assembling form boards with attached wire routing devices for use in wire bundle assembly. The assembly method comprises: (a) establishing a coordinate system of a form board having a multiplicity of holes; (b) using a computer system to determine locations of form board devices of different types with reference to the coordinate system of the form board based on engineering data specifying a wire bundle configuration; and (c) fastening the form board devices of different types to respective holes of the form board having centers closest to respective locations determined in step (b). The form board devices may be inserted robotically or manually.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Damien O. Martin, Lars E. Blacken, Bradley J. Mitchell, Grace L. Duncan, Eerik J. Helmick, Keith M. Cutler, Randall V. Fraker, Alexey S. Meerov, John R. Porter
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Patent number: 11359394Abstract: An alignment head for an automatic fastener feed installation tool employs a platform with spring biased retractable pins and a central opening. The retractable pins are spaced to protrude downwardly and engage opposing sides of a support joist. The central opening receives the fastener which is automatically positioned for driving at an entry position into a deck board overlying the joist. The fastener is drivable into the joist at a medial position of the joist and a pre-established position from the edge of a deckboard. The pins also define the spacing of the adjacent deck board. In one embodiment, the alignment head is employed for securing the deck boards at a consistent 45° angle to the joist.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Dicaire, Mark J. Guthrie
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Patent number: 11122720Abstract: A component feeder includes a feeding mechanism which feeds taped components in which components with leads having a plurality of leads are held on a carrier tape by the plurality of leads, and a positioning mechanism which positions each of the plurality of leads included in the component at the supply position. The positioning mechanism includes a clamp which is configured to include a first member and a second member that are operated relative to each other, and a guide section which guides each of the plurality of leads to a defined position in a feeding direction of the taped component when the plurality of leads are pinched by the clamp. The component feeder includes a clamp closed position checking mechanism for checking whether or not a closed position which is an operation position of the clamp in a state where the clamp is closed is an appropriate position.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Shunji Morikawa, Toshihiro Nonomura
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Patent number: 10861644Abstract: A method for assembling an amorphous metallic transformer core includes providing at least one coil of amorphous metallic strip, unwinding the amorphous metallic strip from the coil, utilizing a roll feed to transport the amorphous strip along a longitudinal direction through a shearing section, along a bridge plate, and into an accumulator roll, advancing a first end of the amorphous strip into the accumulator roll a predetermined distance, stopping the accumulator roll while the roll feed continues to feed the amorphous strip at a set speed, moving the bridge plate from a closed position to an open position, moving a deflector plate from a non-deflecting position to a deflecting position, continuing to operate the roll feed so that a first desired feed length of the amorphous strip is achieved, and shearing the amorphous strip at the first desired feed length to produce an amorphous strip comprising the desired feed length.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: LAKEVIEW METALS, INC.Inventor: Kevin C. Looby
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Patent number: 10854358Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing method includes manufacturing a standard-size electric wire in which a terminal-equipped electric wire which is connected to a terminal is manufactured in lot units for each type, clamping the terminal-equipped electric wire to a pair of electric wire clips, dispensing a plurality of terminal-equipped electric wires respectively clamped by the electric wire clamps to electric wire holders, storing the plurality of the terminal-equipped electric wires temporarily in the electric wire holders, locking the both end portions of the terminal-equipped electric wire to an electric wire clip tool respectively and aggregating an electric wire group configuring a wire harness at the electric wire clip tool to form a harness set, and detaching the end portions of the terminal-equipped electric wire from the harness set and inserting the terminal connected and fixed into a terminal accommodating chamber of a connector housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Takada, Hiroshi Furuya, Takuya Taniguchi, Kousuke Masuda
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Patent number: 10758965Abstract: An automated pin anvil press for connecting a workpiece pair at a plurality of pin locations with a plurality of pins includes a platform, an anvil paired with a puncher, and a position control camera capable of taking position alignment images. The platform includes a base, an x-y stage including a floor with a central opening and a y-axis datum and a x-axis datum aligned along a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, respectively, and a primary constraint mechanism on the x-y stage wherein activation of the primary constraint mechanism constrains at least one of the workpiece pair on the x-y stage. The platform also includes x-axis and y-axis carriages connecting the x-y stage to the base, wherein activation of an x-axis actuator connected to the x-axis carriage moves the x-y stage parallel to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: KORVIS ASIA PRIVATE LIMITED, KORVIS AUTOMATION (SHANGHAI) CO. LTDInventor: Yi Qiang Yang
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Patent number: 10327369Abstract: In the automatic assembling system, a part mounting cell includes a solder mounting unit that solders an electronic part to a printed circuit board, and a printed-circuit-board information acquisition unit that acquires printed circuit board information including at least one of position information on an alignment mark disposed at a specific position on the printed circuit board, mounting position information on the electronic part on the printed circuit board, and warpage information on the printed circuit board. The manufacturing management device includes a compensation data generation unit that generates, based on the printed circuit board information, compensation data for compensating for a program to be executed in a downstream process cell. The downstream process cell includes a downstream process execution unit that executes a downstream process based on the compensation data generated by the compensation data generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Okochi, Norihiro Saido
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Patent number: 10071412Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for assembling products in a die by the aid of a device for assembling products in a die. The device for assembling products in the die comprises a pushing portion and an assembling portion. The pushing portion comprises a pushing block (11), a pushing spring (10) and a pushing wedge (9), wherein the pushing block (11) is connected with the pushing spring (10), and the pushing wedge (9) is arranged above the pushing block (11) and is in wedge-shaped connection with the pushing block (11). The assembling portion comprises an assembling wedge (6), a transmission wedge (4) and an assembling male die (5), wherein the transmission wedge (4) is in wedge-shaped connection with the assembling male die (5), and the transmission wedge (4) and the assembling male die (5) are arranged in a lower base (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: CHENGDU HOMIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Junjie Guo, Guofu Tian, Jian You, Yan Zhuang, Yi Guo, Bin Teng
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Patent number: 10071413Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for assembling products in a die. The device comprises a pushing portion and an assembling portion. The pushing portion comprises a pushing block (11), a pushing spring (10) and a pushing wedge (9) wherein the pushing block (11) is connected with the pushing spring (10), the pushing wedge (9) is arranged above the pushing block (11) and is in wedge-shaped connection with the pushing block (11). The assembling portion comprises an assembling wedge (6), a transmission wedge (4) and an assembling male die (5), wherein the transmission wedge (4) is arranged above the assembling male die (5) in wedge-shaped connection and both of them are arranged in the lower die base (2), the assembling wedge (6) is arranged above the transmission wedge (4) in wedge-shaped connection while in contact.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: CHENGDU HOMIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Guofu Tian, Jian You, Zhouyan Wang, Yan Zhuang, Bin Teng, Yi Guo
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Patent number: 10074923Abstract: An electrical connector is revealed that has unique useful characteristics. A sheet metal fork supplies the stored energy that imparts a force to a second member—a plunger that makes contact with the mating circuit. The plunger can be configured to increase or decrease the force or deflection and can be designed with various connection ends with different contact characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Ohio Associated Enterprises, LLCInventors: Larry M. Crofoot, John T. Venaleck
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Patent number: 10069268Abstract: An assembly apparatus (10) is provided. The assembly apparatus (10) includes a first feeding mechanism (12) arranged in use to feed a series of first components (14), a holding mechanism (16) arranged in use to hold consecutive ones of the first components (14) in place, a cutter (18) arranged in use to separate individual ones of the first components (14) while being held in place by the holding mechanism (16), an inserter (20) arranged in use to push a separated first component (14) into a corresponding opening in a second component (22), and a drive mechanism (24) coupled to each of the first feeding mechanism (12), the holding mechanism (16), the cutter (18) and the inserter (20). The drive mechanism (24) is arranged in use to synchronize movement of the first feeding mechanism (12), the holding mechanism (16), the cutter (18) and the inserter (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: ZionTECH Pte LtdInventors: Sin Wei Woon, Wen Kai Lin
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Patent number: 10038348Abstract: A liner for use for a resilient stator of an electric machine for positioning between teeth formed in the stator. The stator is conformable from a first generally extending shape with opposed spaced apart ends and to a second generally hollow circular shape. The liner includes a central portion for positioning in a cavity between the adjacent teeth, a first end portion for limiting motion of the liner extending from the central portion and adapted to cooperate with a first end face of the stator, and a second end portion extending from the central portion and cooperating with a second end face of the stator, opposed to the first end face. The first end portion limits motion of the liner. The liner is positioned between adjacent teeth when the stator is in the first shape and remains in the cavity when the stator is in the second shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Alan Jacob Manz, Bryan James Stout
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Patent number: 9653951Abstract: An insulation member for use with a stator assembly is provided. The insulation member includes a body and a cuff. The body includes a first end and an opposite second end, at least one tooth portion, and at least one yoke portion that extends from the at least one tooth portion. The cuff is formed from at least one of the first end and the second end of the body and extends along at least one of the at least one tooth portion and at least one yoke portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Jason Jon Kreidler
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Patent number: 8726487Abstract: This invention describes a process flow, method and apparatus to assemble triple IG units without contaminating the center glass lite. A non-contact vacuum pad is used to lift a glass lite off from a horizontal or vertical support that conveys it from a glass washer to an assembly station. Each of multiple pads has a capacity to lift approximately seven to ten pounds. Use of multiple pads per glass sheet or lite allows lites having, dimensions up to 70 by 100 inches (assuming glass thickness of one quarter inch) to be assembled.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: GED Integrated Solutions, Inc.Inventors: William Briese, John Grismer, Timothy B. McGlinchy
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Patent number: 8695205Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for attaching a safety cutting blade onto a substrate, such as a cardboard blank. A piece of cutting blade material is cut to length and fed to a forming station that bends the piece to form a safety cutting blade having a plurality of cutting teeth. The cutting blade is fed to a crimping station where the cutting blade is mated with a substrate and affixed with the substrate. A transport then conveys the combined cutting blade and substrate away from the crimping station.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Metal Edge International, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Q. Moyer, Jeffrey L. Schroy, Jonathan C. Tyson, David J. Dravuschak, Andrew Levan, Joseph M. Dorner, Jr., Leonard C. Wagner, Christopher Yatsko, Stephen F. Smith, James W Day
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Patent number: 8677603Abstract: Tool for forming drop tube connectors for connecting between a sap producing sugar maple tree and a collection conduit by providing for the measurement, cutting and application of fixture fittings within a single unit. The cutting and fixture application features are actuated by a single operating lever. Operation of the tool can be facilitated indoors or out, allowing a single drop to be made in the field or thousands of drops to be made indoors.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Inventor: Stanley James Reynolds
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Patent number: 8661636Abstract: Provided is a metal shell cutting and assembling machine for cutting a material tape with metal shells and assembling the metal shell with a plastic body of a connector. The metal shell cutting and assembling machine includes a frame, a material-feeding mechanism, a pre-press mechanism, a metal shell-cutting mechanism, a plastic body-inserting mechanism, a metal shell-inserting mechanism and a controller. The material-feeding mechanism is used for transferring the material tape. The pre-press mechanism can pre-press the metal shell of the material tape for being cut by the metal shell-cutting mechanism. The metal shell-inserting mechanism can push the metal shell held between the pre-press mechanism and the metal shell-cutting mechanism onto the plastic body-inserting mechanism, and the plastic body-inserting mechanism pushes the plastic body for assembling with the metal shell. Whereby the metal shell cutting and assembling machine can enhance the manufacture efficiency and reduce the labor cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu-feng Lin, Kuo-chuan Chiu, Feng-chi Lee
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Publication number: 20130180698Abstract: Flat-plate connecting portions are formed in a band plate by a connecting-portion forming unit. The flat-plate connecting portions are cut off by another connecting-portion forming unit except one flat-plate connecting portion so as to form a corrugated-plate connecting portion. A corrugated-plate portion is formed by a corrugation forming unit, so that the corrugated-plate portion has multiple projections arranged in a width direction of the band plate and each of the projections extends in a plate feeding direction. The corrugated-plate connecting portion corresponding to a predetermined connecting number is cut off so as to form a corrugated fin having a predetermined number of corrugated-plate portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: DENSO CORPORATION
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Patent number: 8375569Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a transformer core includes a drawing which draws magnetic sheet materials in parallel from winding bodies. A cutter cuts the sheet materials at predetermined positions substantially simultaneously to form sheets each with a different length. An overlapping unit forms a block-shaped laminate by laminating the cut magnetic sheet materials in length and forms a resultant laminate by laminating the formed block-shaped laminates. An annulation unit forms an annular structure of the resultant laminate so that the longer block-shaped laminate forms the outer annular portion and the shorter block-shaped laminate forms the inner annular portion. Both ends of the magnetic sheet materials are abutted or overlapped to locate the abutted or overlapped portions at annularly different positions between adjoining layers of the magnetic sheet materials. A control unit controls the drawing unit, cutter and overlapping unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukui, Kenji Nakanoue, Takashi Kurata, Hisashi Koyama, Hidemasa Yamaguchi, Chikara Mizusawa
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Patent number: 8281631Abstract: A corrugated metal sheet member fabrication system formed of a material feeder, a roller-ramming unit, a cutting unit, a conveyer, and a finished product receiving rack is disclosed. When the reciprocating cutting-off device is moved forwards or backwards, the belt frame of the conveyer is synchronously moved to carry the movable frames forwards or backwards, and therefore the front driven roller and the rear driven roller with the conveying belt are moved with the movable frames forwards to the extended position or backwards to the retrieved position. After the movable frames has been moved forwards, the front side of the conveying belt is kept spaced above the base for receiving finished products from the reciprocating cutting-off device of the cutting unit and delivering collected finished products to the finished product receiving rack.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Inventor: Chun-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 8281481Abstract: A method of loading stator windings into a stator core includes guiding a first stator winding including a plurality of slot segment portions along at least one guide track towards an arbor member having a plurality of slots, inserting one of the plurality of slot segment portions of the first stator winding into one of the plurality of slots, and guiding a second stator winding including a plurality of slot segment portions along the at least one guide track towards the arbor member. The method also includes indexing one of the at least one guide track and the arbor member to position another of the plurality of slots adjacent the at least one guide track, inserting one of the plurality of slot segment portions of the second stator winding into another of the plurality of slots, rotating the arbor member, and feeding a plurality of slot segment portions into remaining ones of the plurality of slots.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Remy Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Jeremiah Shives, Kirk Neet, David Schuster, Keith J. Murphy
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Patent number: 8148210Abstract: The method includes providing a plurality of semiconductor chips and placing the plurality of semiconductor chips on a carrier. A compression molding apparatus is provided that includes a first tool and a second tool. The carrier is placed on the first tool of the compression molding apparatus and the semiconductor chips are encapsulated in a mold material by compression molding. During compression molding a heat transfer from the first tool to an upper surface of the carrier is delayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Edward Fuergut, Markus Fink
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Patent number: 8108988Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminated iron core using a die, includes punching out iron core pieces from a thin steel sheet material by a first working row, each piece having a spindle hole and a plurality of slot holes of a given configuration. Electrically insulating sheet pieces are punched out from an electrically insulating thin sheet material by a second working row, each piece having a spindle hole and a plurality of slot holes with a configuration similar to, but smaller than, the slot holes of the iron core pieces. Thereafter, the iron core pieces and electrically insulating sheet pieces are stacked such that edges of the slot holes of the electrically insulating sheet pieces extend outwardly beyond edges of the slot holes of the iron core pieces.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Kuroda Precision Instruments Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Nishizawa, Hideo Horii
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Patent number: 7975362Abstract: The invention relates to a processing device for covers (20), wherein processing stations are embodied as individual processing stations (47) provided with, respectively, one tool for one cover. Several of said stations work in parallel for the simultaneous processing of several covers. If need be, stations can also be used wherein several tools form groups which are functionally separate from each other. As a result, the processing precision and production speed of the objects can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Soundronic AGInventors: Peter Gysi, Marcel Oberholzer
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Patent number: 7971346Abstract: Stock having printed circuits thereon is conveyed in a transport plane by a conveying device, and electronic components carried by a transfer belt are transferred to the stock under pressure exerted by the belt. The electronic components are transferred to the belt by a feed device individually in such a way that the electronic components are accurately positioned on the stock by the transfer device.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Markus Hösel, Thomas Walther
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Patent number: 7963020Abstract: A method and machine for manufacturing foam parts are provided. The method generally includes cutting a plurality of sections across the width of the base sheet, engaging and reorienting at least one portion of each section, and joining the portions of each section in a desired configuration to thereby form a plurality of parts. The portions can be engaged by actuator assemblies operating in successively adjacent work spaces across the width of the base sheet to simultaneously produce a plurality of similar parts. In some cases, each part includes at least one portion that is reoriented relative to another portion, such as by rotating one of the portions or adjusting one of the portions to a position that is offset from the plane of the section.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)Inventors: Nicholas P. De Luca, Andrew B. Perkins
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Patent number: 7958618Abstract: A method of inserting wooden or plastic connecting elements into at least one of end faces and longitudinal sides of technical wood products which are continuously conveyed along a device. The technical wood products have two opposing planar surfaces, the end faces connect the opposing planar surfaces and have a relatively small surface area compared to the two opposing planar surfaces. At least one of the end faces and the longitudinal sides have grooves for receiving the connecting elements. The method includes providing an inventory of pre-fabricated connecting elements. Cutting and separating the connecting elements and transferring the connecting elements from the inventory into magazines. Grasping individual ones of the connecting elements from the magazines with a transfer device and lifting or lowering the individual connecting element to the height of the groove in the technical wood products.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Kronotec AGInventors: Ronald Symossek, Matthias Lewark
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Patent number: 7950132Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated device which can peel a protective film from a board assembly and mount the board assembly on a backlight unit. The integrated peeling and mounting device includes: an index rotary unit having a shaft for rotating heads facing in different directions; an alignment calibration unit for calibrating an aligned state of the board assembly and the backlight unit; and a mounting unit for mounting a board assembly adsorbed to a first head of the index rotary unit on the backlight unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungmin Kim, Yongjin Kim, Byungsu Chae, Youngjin Lee
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Patent number: 7870661Abstract: A die machine for manufacturing a laminated iron core includes a first working row for punching out iron core pieces from a steel sheet material and a second working row for punching out electrically insulating sheet pieces from an electrically insulating synthetic resin sheet material. Each iron core piece includes a spindle hole and a plurality of slot holes for receiving coil windings. Each electrically insulating sheet includes a spindle hole and a plurality of slot holes which have a substantially similar configuration to, but are smaller than, the slot holes of the iron core pieces. The die machine includes a stacking die mold for selectively receiving the iron core pieces and the electrically insulating sheet pieces such that successive stacks of iron core pieces are sandwiched between electrically insulating sheet pieces.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Kuroda Precision Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Nishizawa, Hideo Horii
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Patent number: 7730601Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inserting connecting elements in the end faces and/or longitudinal sides of technical wood products, wherein, according to the invention, an inventory for the connecting elements is disposed on a longitudinal side of the conveyor device. Furthermore, a press-in unit is provided, which presses the connecting elements which are fed and held by a transfer arrangement into the groove in the technical wood products.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Kronotec, AGInventors: Ronald Symossek, Matthias Lewark
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Patent number: 7703191Abstract: This present invention discloses a cutting shield machine used for separating iron shells of connectors from a metal strip. The cutting shield machine includes a worktable, a separation apparatus located in the worktable, a carrying apparatus located in the worktable delivering the metal strip into the separation apparatus, a receiving box located in the worktable for receiving the iron shells from the separation apparatus, a crossing apparatus and a driving apparatus located in the worktable. The separation apparatus has a prop stand located in the worktable, a rotating portion with a columned portion capable of rotation and a pole are fixed in the prop stand in sequence in the transmission direction of the metal strip. The metal strip passes from the top of the rotating portion and the bottom of the pole or from the bottom of the rotating portion and the bottom of the pole.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aijun Yan, Wei Wang, Yu Zhou
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Patent number: 7676900Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for processing electronic components mounted on a carrier, comprising at least two engaging elements which co-act when engaging on a carrier. The invention also relates to a processing element for processing electronic components mounted on a carrier, which processing element can be coupled interchangeably to an apparatus according to the invention. The invention furthermore relates to a method for product-related adjustment of such an apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Fico B.V.Inventor: Wilhelmus Hendrikus Johannes Harmsen
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Patent number: 7578046Abstract: A process carrier is capable of supporting printed circuit boards during manufacturing and testing. The process carrier includes a base plate, a first top plate and a second top plate. The base plate has an upper surface including a recessed area sized to receive a panelized group of printed circuit board substrates and a lower surface. The first top plate is coupleable to the upper surface of the base plate during a first manufacturing process. The first top plate includes a plurality of connected rails configured to secure the panelized group of printed circuit board substrates. The second top plate is coupleable to the upper surface of the base plate during a second manufacturing process. The second top plate is configured to cover the panelized group of printed circuit board substrates.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: JoAnn C. Vigil, Robert Gibson-Taylor
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Patent number: 7464451Abstract: A combination book binding machine with a plastic coil forming machine, whereby a plastic spiral coil is formed at a first raised temperature, then cut to a length sufficient for the plastic spiral coil to bind a book, cooled and then advanced toward a receiving coil conveyor of a coil binding machine, for binding the book with a plastic coil at the lowered cooled temperature. The binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate the cooled flexible plastic spiral coil into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of the book to receive the leading edge of the plastic spiral binding coils. A cylindrically shaped mandrel is spaced apart from a glidable block. The plastic pre-formed spiral binding coil is fed onto the mandrel from the distal end thereof, with the leading edge of the binding element facing and spaced apart from the book.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Spiel Associates, Inc.Inventor: Norton Spiel
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Patent number: 7448124Abstract: An apparatus for placing an edge piece on a battery plate includes a feed mechanism which transports a strip of bendable plastic material. A bending mechanism forms this strip into an open top, U-shaped channel. A cutter cuts the channel into an edge piece having a length which is substantially equal to an edge of the battery plate which is to be covered. An in-feed conveyor transports a battery plate toward the edge piece, and a support mechanism supports the edge piece while the edge of the battery plate is inserted into it. The support mechanism then releases the edge piece so that it can travel out of the apparatus with the battery plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: MiTek Holdings, Inc.Inventors: David A. Johnson, Peter E. Johnson
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Patent number: 7363693Abstract: A wire-processing device has a belt-drive that feeds a wire to a swivel-arm with a gripper. Drives operate the swivel-arm in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. The swivel-arm has a neutral position on a longitudinal axis of the wire and on the axis is a processing station with a cutting-head that cuts off the leading end and strips the insulation of a wire-end being held by the gripper and a guide-tube arranged on the gripper. An internal diameter of the guide-tube fits onto an external diameter of the wire. Other guide-tubes with different internal diameters are stored in a magazine with the swivel-arm being able to execute a change of guide-tubes automatically.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Komax Holding AGInventor: Daniel Fischer
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Patent number: 7346975Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator core for an inner rotor type of motor. The core back of the stator core in the motor has an arc shaped inner circumferential surface therein that is offset from the center thereof. The stator core is produced from a laminated body having a stator core, a chuck frame that is integral with and surrounds the stator core, and connector arms that connect the stator core and the chuck frame and integral therewith. After the windings are wound around the stator teeth, the stator core is cut from each connecting arm and the stator core is removed from the chuck frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Yoshio Fujii, Susumu Terada
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Patent number: 7251876Abstract: A machine for terminating electric cable has a feeding segment that is decoupled from a terminating segment. The feeding segment has two feeders on which electric cable is wound. A length of cable is paid off one feeder and cut to length while another length of cable that has been paid off another feeder and cut to length is terminated at least at one end of the cable. A process for terminating electric cable provides a cable feed comprising a plurality of feeders and pays off a length of cable from one feeder of the cable feed while another length of cable that has been paid off another feeder of the cable feed is terminated at least at one end of the another length of cable. Alternatively lengths of cable are paid off two feeders and accumulated in a buffer segment associated with a feeding segment and a terminating segment. In an alternative process several lengths of cable are cut off and accumulated in a buffer while several other lengths of cable are being terminated.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Cesar Rodriguez, Filiberto Heiras
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Patent number: 7185411Abstract: An apparatus for forming armed sutures has a swaging station for receiving, holding and swaging needles that are deposited therein. A linear motor drives a suture insertion gripper, which pulls suture from a supply reel and inserts a cut end thereof into a needle held in the swaging station. A ganged needle transfer assembly with a plurality of spaced needle gripper units carries needles along a line substantially at right angles to the suture line and transfers them to and from the swaging station and other needle processing stations. A precisor orients needles prior to placement in the swaging station and a pull test assembly tests armed sutures in both destructive and non-destructive modes. Both ends of the production line may be automated, e.g., by robots which load and offload needles prior to and after swaging, respectively. The apparatus is capable of forming double armed sutures by using a rotatable mount for the suture insertion gripper and a secondary, loop gripper.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Timothy P. Lenihan, Demarest D. David
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Patent number: 7185425Abstract: By forming a terminal at a tip of a lead part of a lead frame, and by fixing this terminal and a connecting pad which was formed on an upper surface of a first printed circuit board, the lead frame is attached to the first printed circuit board. By cutting off a frame part and a tie bar part from the lead frame which was attached to the first printed circuit board, the lead part is separated, and forming is applied to the lead part so as for its tip to be extended over the first printed board. After the lead part which is expanded upward is inserted into a through-hole which was opened in a second printed circuit board, by soldering the lead part and the through-hole, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are electrically connected.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignees: Fujitsu Ten Limited, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohta, Kazuaki Yamada, Kiyoshi Tsujii, Hidekazu Manabe
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Patent number: 7143493Abstract: A processing line for liquid crystal display fabrication. The process line reduces unnecessary processing steps by removing known defective (NG) individual liquid crystal panels before subsequent processing, with the knowledge about defects depending on stored information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Heum Uh, Kyung Su Chae
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Patent number: 7107671Abstract: A method of processing a strip of lead frames is disclosed. The method includes engaging the strip with a lead frame advancement system, advancing the strip to a tooling member, and performing a tooling operation on the strip.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Morley J. Weyerman
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Patent number: 7040001Abstract: A metal encaustic tile making machine includes a machine base, a corrugation forming roller unit controlled to corrugate a continuous sheet of metal sheet material into a corrugated metal sheet, an angle forming unit controlled to stamp the corrugated metal sheet into a metal encaustic tile having angles, a cutting unit controlled to cut the finished metal encaustic tile from the continuous sheet of metal sheet material, a slide carrying the angle forming unit and the cutting unit on the machine base, and a motor controlled to move the slide forwards/backwards along two parallel guide rails at the machine base via a transmission screw to fit the delivering speed of the continuous sheet of metal sheet material.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Inventor: Sen-Jung Chuang
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Patent number: 7028384Abstract: A device is suggested for processing cable-shaped conductors, particularly multicore cables, having at least one transport means (126) having a drive means (132) for transport supply and/or for lengthwise transport of cable-shaped conductor material (200), a cutting means (170) for cutting through cable-shaped conductor material, at least one first means (170) for processing the cut, cable-shaped conductor material, at least one guide means (130) for lengthwise guiding of the cable-shaped conductor material, the guide means (130) being implemented so that the free end of the cable-shaped conductor material may be pivoted out of its lengthwise direction, and at least one plate (110), implemented essentially perpendicularly to the cable direction, on which at least some of the means (126, 128, 130) of the device are positioned on one side.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Komax Holding AGInventors: Urs Mehri, Alois Lustenberger