Providing Transitory Integral Holding Or Handling Portion Patents (Class 29/418)
  • Patent number: 11979011
    Abstract: An electrical box comprising an adjustable voltage divider may include a housing comprising an inner surface and ribs or threads integrally formed on the inner surface of the rectangular housing. A voltage divider plate may be disposed within the housing with vertical edges of the voltage divider plate extending along and held in place between the ribs or threads integrally formed on the inner surface of the housing, the voltage divider plate dividing the housing into a high voltage area and a low voltage area. The voltage divider plate area may comprise a plurality of horizontal guide lines vertically offset from each other, and a plurality of vertical guide lines horizontally offset from each other and intersecting the plurality of horizontal score lines. Upper outer corners of the voltage divider plate may be inwardly disposed from the vertical edges of the voltage divider plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11768061
    Abstract: A fletching device (6) which is removably mountable on an arrow shaft, the fletching device comprising a body (60) which is engageable with an arrow shaft, and at least two vanes (66) attached to the body. The body is reversibly deformable such that a friction fit is provided between the body and an arrow shaft when the body is engaged with an arrow shaft. This allows the device to be easily and quickly removed and replaced on an arrow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Laurent Rathborn
  • Patent number: 11707846
    Abstract: A first robot for handling at least one first workpiece in a first processing operation of the apparatus, a second robot cooperating with the first robot for processing the at least one first workpiece in the first processing operation, and at least one first workpiece holder for holding the at least one first workpiece during the first processing operation. In order to improve robot-assisted processing of workpieces which differ from one another, the first robot handles at least one second workpiece and the second robot processes the at least one second workpiece in a second processing operation of the apparatus. The first robot or the second robot in order, in a changeover operation of the apparatus, to replace the at least one first workpiece holder automatically by at least one second workpiece holder for holding the at least one second workpiece during the second processing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ludger-Josef Gruene, Miguel Lebrato-Rastrojo, Thomas Albert Roebbecke, Jun Yue
  • Patent number: 11424649
    Abstract: An internal rotor for an electric motor has a laminated rotor core with a multiplicity of rotor plates, and multiple pockets in each of which pocket a rotor magnet is at least partially arranged. The rotor plates have first recesses for forming the pockets and at least a first rotor plate which has at least a second recess associated with a first recess. A sprung web-shaped clamping element is formed between the second recess and the associated first recess, and tensioned toward the second recess by the associated rotor magnet to apply a force to the associated rotor magnet toward the first recess in order to hold the associated rotor magnet in the pocket. A rotor plate holds a rotor magnet in a pocket of a laminated rotor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arnold Schulde, Juergen Herr, Johannes Fehrenbach, Markus Flaig, Christoph Mayer, Serkan Poyraz, Bozidar Radjenovic
  • Patent number: 11235550
    Abstract: An in-mold foamed molded product unit may include an in-mold foamed molded product made of a thermoplastic resin, and an insert material. At least a portion of the insert material may be embedded in the in-mold foamed molded product. The insert material may have a frame-like shape that is substantially rectangular shape and includes a first set of opposite sides and a second set of opposite sides. A portion of the insert material that corresponds to the first set of opposite sides may be a first extending portion, and a portion of the insert material that corresponds to the second set of opposite sides may be a second extending portion. The first extending portion may be substantially entirely embedded in the in-mold foamed molded product, and the second extending portion may include an exposed portion that is exposed to the outside of the in-mold foamed molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, KANEKA FOAM PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Okada, Tsuyoshi Umetani
  • Patent number: 11092038
    Abstract: A split case compressor including a first compressor case segment including a first split flange extending axially and a first axial flange extending circumferentially about the first compressor case segment. The compressor also includes a second compressor case segment including a second split flange extending axially and a second axial flange extending circumferentially about the second compressor case segment, the first and second split flanges forming an overall split flange for securing the first compressor case segment and the second compressor case segment to each other. The compressor further includes a notch of at least one of the first axial flange and the second axial flange proximate the overall split flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart K. Montgomery, Joshua L. Mardis, John Johnsen
  • Patent number: 10895101
    Abstract: Adaptable fenestration frame members, fenestration units using the frame members, and methods of adapting the fenestration frame members. The adaptable fenestration frame members provide a construction that is adaptable for use in both pocket and non-pocket installations by including an adaptation channel forming an outside corner along one edge of the fenestration frame member. Removal of the outside corner converts that portion of the frame member from an outside corner to an inside corner, thus adapting the frame member for use in a pocket installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Johnson, Todd Bruchu
  • Patent number: 10822970
    Abstract: A structural guide vane may include a first root, a second root positioned radially outward from the first root and a truss extending between the first root and second root. The truss may be made of a first material. The guide vane may further include an overmold made of a second material that surrounds the truss to form an airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Richard Ganoe, Thomas B. Hyatt
  • Patent number: 10801438
    Abstract: A method for producing a piston may include producing a piston top part and a piston bottom part each including an inner support element having an inner joining surface and an outer support element having an outer joining surface. At least one of the joining surfaces may include a solder depository. The method may also include pre-machining at least one of the joining surfaces and introducing a high-temperature soldering material in at least one solder depository. The method may further include assembling the piston top part and the piston bottom part to form a piston body via creating at least one of circular contact and linear contact between the joining surfaces such that a gap width is 20 ?m to 150 ?m. The method may also include transferring the piston body into a soldering oven, melting the high-temperature soldering material via heating the piston body, and cooling the piston body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Christof Geissler, Jochen Kortas
  • Patent number: 10797545
    Abstract: A rotor has a first slot and a second slot, each having a substantially rectangular section, the rectangular sections being arranged in a V-shape when viewed from the direction of the rotary axis; and a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet, each having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the direction of the rotary axis, inserted in the first slot and the second slot, respectively. This rotor further has a communicating portion having a section that is defined by a side connected between the close pair of end points of the rectangular sections of the first and second slots and a side connected between the distant pair of the end points, among the wend points located on the radially inner side when viewed from the direction of the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Hosoda
  • Patent number: 10794201
    Abstract: A method for assembly of a first turbomachine part with at least one second turbomachine part, including an injection of a vulcanisable elastomer, preferably a silicone that can be vulcanised at ambient temperature called an RTV silicone, in an injection zone at the junction between the first and the second parts; local heating of the injection zone so as to vulcanise the vulcanisable elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Eric Raymond Jean Vatin
  • Patent number: 10589339
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blisk includes an intermediate product molding step of molding a blisk intermediate product including a circular disk-corresponding part, a plurality of rotor blade-corresponding parts, and bridges each connecting a front edge of one of each pair of the rotor blade-corresponding parts adjacent to each other and a rear edge of the other one of the rotor blade-corresponding parts. The method for manufacturing the blisk further includes a disk finishing step of cutting the disk-corresponding part so as to finish the disk-corresponding part into the disk in a product form, and a rotor blade finishing step of cutting each bridge so as to finish the respective rotor blade-corresponding parts into the respective rotor blades in a product form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, Endo Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ochiai, Nobutaka Yanagidani, Rui Kondo
  • Patent number: 10539094
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a lower portion and an upper portion. An upper joining plane is positioned between the upper and lower extending through the outer circumference of the piston. At least one lower joining plane is positioned between the upper and lower portions. A solder gap is defined in the upper and lower joining planes wherein a solder containing iron is inserted to fixedly join the upper and lower portions together. Methods for producing pistons through connection of the lower portion to the upper portion with solder are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kühnel, Holger Germann, Edward Werninghaus
  • Patent number: 10508659
    Abstract: A compressor may include a compressor housing configured to have a surge slit and a choking slit; an internal sleeve configured to be provided on the compressor housing; an external sleeve configured to be provided on an external side of the internal sleeve; a rotation interlocking device configured to rotate the internal sleeve depending on an axial linear movement of the external sleeve; a selection slit configured to be provided on the external sleeve to communicate with the surge slit or communicate with the choking slit depending on the axial linear movement of the external sleeve; and a plurality of vanes configured to be provided on an internal side of the internal sleeve so that the vanes are rotated depending on the axial linear movement of the external sleeve to adjust a flow of gas introduced into the compressor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seok Beom Jin
  • Patent number: 10408224
    Abstract: A fan blade for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The disclosed fan blade includes an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a convex side, a concave side and a distal tip. The leading edge, trailing edge, convex side and concave side of the airfoil is at least partially coated with an erosion resistant coating. The distal tip of the airfoil is coated with a bonded abrasive coating. The bonded abrasive coating engages the abradable coating disposed on the fan liner and, because of its low thermal conductivity, reduces heat transfer to the distal tip of the fan blade. The reduction in heat transfer to the distal tip of the fan blade preserves the integrity of erosion resistant coatings that may be applied to the body or the airfoil of the fan blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher W. Strock, Changsheng Guo
  • Patent number: 10404118
    Abstract: A vacuum pump for rotary driving a rotor by a motor to perform vacuum pumping, wherein a motor rotor of the motor includes a yoke fixed to a shaft of the rotor, and a permanent magnet held at the yoke, and the yoke includes a holding portion provided apart from the shaft and configured to hold the permanent magnet, and a pair of fitting portions provided respectively at both ends of the holding portion in an axial direction and bonded to the shaft by fitting, and a radial thickness dimension of each fitting portion is set less than that of the holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Taiki Nishimura, Koichi Shimizu, Osamu Ashida
  • Patent number: 10393588
    Abstract: The invention relates to an infrared detection module (4) comprising: a detection portion (7) comprising an infrared detector (16) and a detector housing (11) suitable for containing the infrared detector; a cold-production portion (8) comprising a refrigerating machine (39) for cooling the detector (16) and a refrigerating-machine casing (12) suitable for containing the refrigerating machine (39); and an attachment device (56) for attaching the detector casing (11) to the refrigerating-machine casing (12), the attachment device (56) comprising a nut (57) suitable for being screwed onto the detector housing (11) and/or onto the refrigerating-machine casing (12) so as to rigidly connect the casings to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Bertrand Cottereau, Michel Bidaud, Nicolas Duval, Philippe Legoubin, Philippe Rassinoux
  • Patent number: 10329958
    Abstract: An aircraft casing structure including a shroud surrounding the engine and made up of a plurality of sectors; a plurality of radial arms, each mounted between two adjacent shroud sectors and each having a base; and a plurality of fasteners for fastening the shroud sectors on the bases of the radial arms; the fasteners including a plurality of plates each mounted flush in a respective groove of corresponding shape in a shroud sector, and a set of headed bolts held captive in the plate by a difference of diameter between their shanks and their threads, a set of captive nuts being fastened to the bases to provide a secure connection between the shroud sectors and the radial arms by each nut receiving the thread of a respective captive bolt of the set of headed bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Ceddric Beljambe, Noel Robin
  • Patent number: 10312124
    Abstract: A wafer table structure providing a single wafer table surface suitable for handling both wafers and film frames includes a base tray having a set of compartments formed therein by way of a set of ridges formed in or on an interior base tray surface; a hardenable fluid permeable compartment material disposed within the set of base tray compartments; and a set of openings formed in the base tray interior surface by which the hardened compartment material is exposable to negative or positive pressures. The base tray includes a first ceramic material (e.g., porcelain), and the hardenable compartment material includes a second ceramic material. The base tray and the compartment material are simultaneously machinable by way of a standard machining process to thereby planarize exposed outer surfaces of the base tray and the hardened compartment material at an essentially identical rate for forming a highly or ultra-planar wafer table surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES & INSTRUMENTS PTE LTD
    Inventors: Jian Ping Jin, Leng Kheam Lee
  • Patent number: 10177616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spoke-type permanent magnet rotor (1) used in brushless direct current electric motors (13), forming the rotating part inside the stator (14) that forms the stationary part thereof and having an air gap (15) between the inner surface of the stator (14) and itself, comprising a cylindrical core (2) produced from ferromagnetic laminations or ferromagnetic powder metal, a shaft (3) fixed to the core (2) and forming the rotational axis of the rotor (1), a hub (5) disposed at the center of the core (2) and having a shaft hole (4) that bears the shaft (3), more than one pole segment (6) disposed all around the hub (5), more than one magnet slot (7) disposed between the pole segments (6), more than one magnet (8) tangentially magnetized, placed in the magnet slots (7) and extending outwards in the radial direction, and two end rings (9) produced from non-magnetic materials such as plastic and aluminum and fixed on the front and rear planar surfaces of the core (2) by the injection
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ARCELIK ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Cihad Ekin, Emin Gultekin Sonmez, Yakup Imat, Mahmut Himyeri
  • Patent number: 9979245
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor and a rotor sub-assembly that is maintained at an appropriate position without using a spacer and without applying excessive compressive stress to a magnet. A magnet and an end-plate are press-fitted into a ring-shaped member to form a rotor sub-assembly. A shaft is passed through the rotor sub-assembly. A fastener is fastened onto the shaft, and fixes the axial position of the rotor sub-assembly with respect to the shaft. The shaft includes a step at which the shape of the shaft changes between a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Osamu Maeda
  • Patent number: 9976430
    Abstract: A platform of a fan outlet guide blade has a first rib and a second rib in an opposite surface of a flow passage surface thereof. The first rib and the second rib are formed in portions excluding a predetermined area separated to an upstream side and a downstream side by 8 to 30% of an inter-flange distance between a first flange and a second flange with respect to an axial center of the platform, the portions being located on a pressure surface side in the opposite surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuto Ogawara
  • Patent number: 9692146
    Abstract: A contact element for connecting to a cable having a braided shield includes a spring contact sleeve and a crimp sleeve. The spring contact sleeve has an annular ring and spring contacts arranged circumferentially on one end of the annular ring. The spring contact sleeve and the crimp sleeve form an enclosed hollow cavity between one another when the crimp sleeve is joined to the annular ring. The hollow cavity is configured to fully receive therein an exposed portion of the braided shield provided for connection of the contact element to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Joern Justi, Hans-Juergen Krach, Georg Schroeder, Uwe Pitzul, Wilfried Heringhaus
  • Patent number: 9673671
    Abstract: A permanent magnet rotor for a motor, the permanent magnet rotor including an iron core and a permanent magnet. The iron core includes an annular ring having a central axial bore and a plurality of magnetic induction blocks protruding outward from an outer side of the annular ring. Between two adjacent magnetic induction blocks form a radial recess for mounting the permanent magnets. The magnetic induction blocks at both sides of an opening of the radial recess protrude with a hook block. The section of an outer side surface of the magnetic induction blocks is a circular-arc line and the outer side surface employs a point with a distance deviating from the center of the central axial bore as a center of circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN BROAD-OCEAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingpan Pan
  • Patent number: 9660355
    Abstract: A connection structure of an external conductor terminal for connection with an external conductor of an electric cable including the external conductor made up of twined cables enclosing an outer periphery of an insulating coating of one or more internal conductors and a protective coating covering the external conductor, wherein the external conductor terminal has a cylindrical connector portion connected to the external conductor and a terminal portion provided at one end of the connector portion; and the connector portion is fitted around a location on an outer periphery of the insulating coating where the external conductor is laid bare, the twined cables of the external conductor are provided in contact with an outer periphery of the connector portion, a ring member is fitted around outer peripheries of the twined cables and the twined cables are crimped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Kato, Kazuhiro Tomine, Takaaki Miyajima
  • Patent number: 9593586
    Abstract: A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine comprises at least one vane, a first platform and a second platform. The at least one vane has a first end and an opposite second end with the first end of the at least one vane being secured in a corresponding first aperture in the first platform, and the second end of the at least one vane being secured in a corresponding second aperture in the second platform. The at least one vane intersects the first platform at an acute angle, and the at least one vane intersects the second platform at an obtuse angle with the acute angle and the obtuse angle being supplementary to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Brynley Clark
  • Patent number: 9570948
    Abstract: A magnet plate used for a rotor core of a motor, includes a magnetic pole portion being set between an outer peripheral edge of a body portion and a magnet slot and having a radial width being smaller than a radial sectional width of the permanent magnet, and a higher hardness portion being formed into a hook shape along an end corner of the magnet slot and have a smaller width than the radial sectional width of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Kameda, Kazuo Iwata, Yuji Araoka, Yoshiki Ono
  • Patent number: 9441496
    Abstract: A disclosed structural guide vane for a gas turbine engine includes a strut defining a plurality of channels and a cover attached over the plurality of channels. The strut includes a first side defining a first surface of an airfoil and a second side including a plurality of channels. At least one of the plurality of channels defines a wall thickness of a portion of the first side that varies in a chord wise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas B. Hyatt, Carl Brian Klinetob, Jason Leroux
  • Patent number: 8997327
    Abstract: A fastener with a breakaway and methods of using the same. In one embodiment the fastener is a screw having a head and elongated stem, adapted to be easily manipulated by a user when using the screw as a fastener in a hinge or joint. A means of holding a screw by providing a breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem which can be used to align and insert the screw into a screw hole in the process of engaging threads in the screw hole with threads of the screw. After engaging the threads in the screw hole, such as after the screw has been essentially completely inserted into the screw hole, the breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem of the screw may be broken off at a breakaway and discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: FBB Asset Management Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Nancy Tedeschi
  • Publication number: 20140338167
    Abstract: A method of securing a wedge assembly to a vehicle is shown and described. The method may include the following steps: providing the wedge assembly having a striker assembly, a support assembly and a shipping retainer, securing the wedge assembly with a moveable door of the vehicle, engaging the moveable door of the vehicle with a door engaging portion of the vehicle, and adhering the support assembly with the door engaging portion of the vehicle in a predetermined position. The method may further include the following steps: disengaging the moveable door of the vehicle from engagement with the door engaging portion of the vehicle causing the shipping retainer to disengage from the striker assembly, and securing the support assembly with the door engaging of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Nicholas Jackson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140325811
    Abstract: A method of installing a motor in a machine includes moving a tray coupled to a frame of the machine to a first position, securing the tray to the machine in the first position, placing the motor proximate to a first end of the tray, sliding the motor proximate to a second end of the tray, inserting at least two studs into apertures defined on the motor and corresponding mounting apertures defined in the frame, rotating a nut in a threaded engagement with a corresponding stud to raise the motor to an installed position, successively removing one of the studs from the aperture of the motor and the corresponding mounting aperture followed by inserting a mounting bolt therein. The method further includes moving the tray from the first position to a second position and securing the tray to the frame in the second position by one of the studs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Engel, Sean P. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20140309638
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a customized assembly of osteosynthesis plates. The customized assembly of osteosynthesis plates is custom-made, for example I-shaped and/or L-shaped and/or cross-shaped and/or crow's-foot-shaped ones which are themselves customized according to the operation to be carried out and the future anatomy of the patient, characterized in that the osteosynthesis plates are connected together by a rod, the rod further comprising two protrusions (4) protruding from the rod towards the nasal orifice (8) of the patient into positions that correspond to the two ends (5, 6) of the base (7) of the nasal orifice (8) of the patient. The invention can be used during dental occlusion operations, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Patrice LONGEPIED
  • Publication number: 20140308107
    Abstract: A last-in, first-out bottom-loading, bottom-deloading vertical storage and retrieval system comprising a raising and lowering means such as a jack or a leveraged arm, a frame with a pawl or pawls for supporting a tray, a plurality of trays, and a deloading means for disengaging the pawl or pawls that support a tray in the frame. A method of manufacture of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Nickles
  • Patent number: 8782868
    Abstract: A retaining ring includes: a resilient material forming a loop comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the loop has a notch through a portion of a thickness of the material; a removable extension at the second end extending from the notch, wherein the removable extension is configured to break away from the first end at the notch with an applied force to the removable extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: Chad Singleton White
  • Patent number: 8734925
    Abstract: Composite pre-forms are molded at high pressure to form composite parts that can be used in place of metal-based high performance parts, such as the outlet guide vanes found in turbofan jet engines. The composite pre-forms include two different fiber orientations that are co-molded in a resin matrix at high pressures to provide composite outlet guide vanes and other high performance parts. Chambers within the composite part are optionally formed during molding of the pre-form at high pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hexcel Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Kweder, Bruno Boursier
  • Patent number: 8671556
    Abstract: A remote racking tool can have a drive assembly, remote control assembly, and radio remote pendant station. The remote racking can enable operators to install or remove circuit breakers in switchgear or equipment rooms while outside of an arc flash zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Finley Lee Ledbetter
  • Patent number: 8661681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (1) of fabricating a micro-mechanical component that includes the following step: b) forming (3) at least one plate that includes a frame connected by at least one bridge of material to a part of said component, wherein said part has a hole. According to the invention, the method (1) also includes the following steps: e) stacking (5) said at least one plate against a support; f) securing (7) a pin in the hole of said at least one stacked part so as to form the component; g) releasing (9) the component formed from each plate. The invention concerns the field of watchmaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Fussinger, Marco Verardo
  • Publication number: 20140029302
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate with at least one light incident surface, and a light source structure arranged at a side of the light guide plate. The light source structure includes a reflection cover and at least one light emitting module. At least one positioning pin is arranged on the reflection cover. The at least one light emitting module is installed on the reflection cover and corresponding to the at least one light incident surface. The at least one light emitting module is fixed on the positioning pin in a rotatable manner, such that the at least one light emitting module can rotate around the positioning pin as an axis when the reflection cover is combined with the light guide plate, so as to allow the at least one light emitting module facing the at least one light incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yu Wang, Cheng-Min Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130298371
    Abstract: A mobile device and a method for the placement of a group of pin-type fasteners so as to form at least one seam field for purposes of connecting large components in aircraft construction, such as fuselage shells and fuselage sections, for purposes of connecting large components in ship construction, in rail vehicle construction, in building construction, and similar construction environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Juergen Otten, Frank Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 8516676
    Abstract: A method of fixturing a plurality of dissimilar blade assemblies, wherein each assembly undergoes one or more manufacturing steps to bring it to a finished form, the method comprising the step of providing on each of the articles a datum feature, wherein each datum feature is of identical form and dimension, in turn a) locating the datum feature of a first one of the articles in a complimentary fixture to secure the dissimilar article, b) performing at least one manufacturing step on the secured dissimilar article, c) removing the dissimilar article from the fixture, d) locating the datum feature of another of the articles in the complimentary fixture to secure the dissimilar article, e) performing at least one manufacturing step on the secured dissimilar article, f) removing the dissimilar article from the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Colin J. High
  • Patent number: 8505202
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk, including: using an abrasive water jet to cut a block of material, so as to create blade preforms extending radially outwards from a disk, while keeping material to form a connecting mechanism between directly consecutive blade preforms, the cutting being done such that the connecting mechanism approximately forms a ring at a radial spacing from the disk, connecting the blade preforms together at a radially inwards distance from their tips, and then removing the connecting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Snecma
    Inventors: Serge Berlanger, Sebastien Bordu, Thierry Jean Maleville, Christophe Charles Maurice Roca
  • Publication number: 20130187529
    Abstract: A method of producing an electrode support for a spark plug is provided. The method includes attaching a chip to the electrode support. The chip includes a section of sacrificial material located between two sections of electrode material. The method includes substantially removing the section of sacrificial material from the chip to create a spark gap between the two sections of electrode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Peter John DESALVO
  • Patent number: 8464425
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a single-piece bladed disk, including: using an abrasive water jet to cut a block of material, so as to create blade preforms extending radially outwards from a disk, while keeping material forming a connecting mechanism between at least two directly consecutive blade preforms, the connecting mechanism being at a radial spacing from the disk; then removing the connecting mechanism; then milling the blade preforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Berlanger, Sebastien Bordu, Thierry Jean Maleville, Christophe Charles Maurice Roca
  • Publication number: 20130125387
    Abstract: Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: INSOUND MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart Wenzel, Chuangang Lin, Paul Wagner, Igal Ladabaum
  • Publication number: 20130127122
    Abstract: A method for producing a flat component having at least one functional element, includes providing a blank for the at least one functional element, shaping the at least one functional element from the blank, providing the functional layer which is to have the at least one functional element, and arranging the at least one functional element on the functional layer and fastening the at least one functional element on the functional layer. A resultant flat component having the at least one functional element is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Kristian Muller-Niehuus
  • Patent number: 8375583
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a single-piece bladed disk, including: using an abrasive water jet to cut a block of material so as to create blade preforms extending radially outwards from a disk, while keeping material to form a connecting mechanism between at least two directly consecutive blade preforms; then milling on the blade preforms so as to obtain profiled blade blanks; then removing the connecting mechanism; then a finishing by milling of the blade blanks, so as to obtain blades with a final profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Serge Berlanger, Sebastien Bordu, Thierry Jean Maleville, Christophe Charles Maurice Roca
  • Publication number: 20130016504
    Abstract: A system for mounting a lighting fixture to a surface may include an elongate mounting member (“EMM”) and a retaining element. The EMM may include a first end, a second end, and a shaft therebetween. The second end of the EMM may be configured to connect to a fixture mounting screw that is attached to a mounting surface, and the EMM may be configured to be received by an aperture defined by a fixture pan of the light fixture. The retaining element may be configured to be removably attachable to a portion of the shaft of the EMM and, when attached to the EMM, configured to support a fixture pan of the light fixture while the fixture pan is separated a distance from the mounting surface. This allows an installer to perform operations between the fixture pan and the mounting surface without the installer having to support the fixture pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Quoizel, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Garber
  • Publication number: 20120325885
    Abstract: In the configuration where a cover tape separating mechanism 50 partially separating a cover tape 15e from a carrier tape 15 is provided in an upper member 32 of a guide section 30, a pressing member 43, which presses the carrier tape 15 from the cover tape 15e, is provided in the upper member 32 on the upstream side of the cover tape separating mechanism 50. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the early separation of the cover tape 15e from the base tape 15a that does not yet reach the cover tape separating mechanism 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhide Nagao, Nobuhiro Nakai, Yutaka Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8234767
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manufacturing packaged lancets. The steps of the process include providing a tape comprising a plurality of lancets comprising a lancet tip and a lancet body, enveloping at least the lancet tip with at least one foil, whereby the at least one foil forms a first and a second portion that overlap at least partly, and sealing the at least one foil with a laser beam at least at the edges of the first and second portion of the overlapping foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Diagonostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Roeper, Werner Finke, Herbert Harttig, Bernd Hiller, Hans List
  • Publication number: 20120180286
    Abstract: A continuous strip of T-Nuts formed on a common strip of metal. Each T-Nut of the strip of T-Nuts is integrally connected to the next adjacent T-Nut by carry tabs. The carry tabs can be frangible themselves or contain a frangible portion. Each T-Nut includes a cylindrical bore therein and a threaded interior. A mechanism feeds and severs the endmost T-Nut in endwise fashion. The mechanism to feed and sever the endmost T-Nut includes a cutting blade positioned vertically below the frangible portion of the carry tab. A shearing ram having a guide positioned axially in line with the cylindrical bore in the endmost T-Nut is adapted to move vertically from an upper to a lower position to engage the cutting blade with the frangible portion and sever the endmost T-Nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: STAFAST PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: JONATHAN WAYNE DIETER, STEPHEN R. SELLE