08th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160052047 | MOLD-MAKING DEVICE AND MOLD-MAKING METHOD - A mold-making device may include a stirring device including a stirring tank and at least one stirring blade. The stirring device may further include a packing port that is configured to open and close on a bottom of the stirring tank. The stirring device may stir a particulate aggregate and at least one additive by rotating the at least one stirring blade within the stirring tank to yield an admixture. A forming mold may communicate with the packing port and mold the admixture into a predetermined shape. A packing device may compress a surface of the admixture within the stirring tank and pack the admixture into the forming mold via the packing port. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052048 | Furnace Assembly - A furnace assembly for dewaxing investment casting molds includes a housing having a top and a bottom and sides and extends along an axis to define a cavity. A plurality of tiles are supported in a spaced relationship with the bottom of the housing and define a pair of lower chambers for directing the wax vapors out of the cavity. A plurality of trays having apertures are supported by the tiles for moving molds through the housing. Chimneys connect to the lower chambers and a passageway is defined by the tiles for evacuating the wax and wax vapors from the cavity to the lower chambers and out through the chimneys. A pair of lower burners extends into the lower chambers for igniting wax vapors in said lower chambers. The heat from the lower chambers radiantly heats up portions of the furnace assembly that are disposed above the lower chambers. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052049 | Apparatus and Process for delivering molten steel to a continuous casting mold - Apparatus and Process for delivering molten steel to a continuous casting mold with high inclusion removal capability and high mold pool flow optimization potential includes a tundish with a novel design and a metal distributor comprising a main chamber body connected to a vacuum device and tubes for metal exchange between the tundish, the distributor and the casting mold. At least one of the tubes has gas injection devices to perform gas lifting functions. The new design of the tundish enables it to receive all the steel in a ladle without leaving any heel and refining the steel to an extremely low inclusion level. The distributor is able to achieve an effective hydrostatic head relative to the mold metal level of the order of 10 | 2016-02-25 |
20160052050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING MOLTEN METAL - Methods and apparatus for moving a molten metal are provided in which the electromagnetic inductor includes at least two pairs of electromagnetic pole pairs and in which a first magnetic field component is generated between one pole in a first electromagnetic pole pair and a second pole in a different electromagnetic pole pair, and in which a second magnetic field component is generated between the two poles in one or more electromagnetic pole pairs, the second magnetic field component thereby generating one or more eddy currents in the molten metal. Those eddy currents are generally parallel to the surface of the molten metal and so have greater magnitude and extent that eddy currents perpendicular to the surface. Such eddy currents provide useful additional movement to the molten metal, for instance for stirring purposes, particularly when the depth of molten metal is small. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052051 | PULLING-UP-TYPE CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS AND PULLING-UP-TYPE CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD - A pulling-up-type continuous casting apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a holding furnace that holds molten metal, a shape defining member disposed near a molten-metal surface of the molten metal held in the holding furnace, the shape defining member being configured to define a cross-sectional shape of a cast-metal article to be cast as the molten metal passes through the shape defining member, a first nozzle that blows a cooling gas on the cast-metal article, the cast-metal article being formed as the molten metal that has passed through the shape defining member solidifies, and a second nozzle that blows a gas toward the cast-metal article in an obliquely upward direction from below a place on the cast-metal article on which the cooling gas is blown from the first nozzle. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052052 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLUMINUM ALLOY - A method for producing an aluminum alloy, comprises: separately preparing an aluminum or aluminum alloy matrix and an aluminum nitride-aluminum composite; melting the matrix, and adding the aluminum nitride-aluminum composite to the molten matrix to prepare a melt; and casting the melt. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052053 | SUPPORT AND COMPRESSION ASSEMBLIES FOR CURVILINEAR MOLTEN METAL TRANSFER DEVICE - A curvilinear metal transfer device with support and compression assemblies that help maintain a constant force on the transfer device's metal outer casing and refractory as the outer casing and refractory expand and contract due to temperature fluctuations. In one embodiment, the support assemblies are configured to apply force to the refractory to keep the refractory in tension with the outer casing to suspend the refractory relative the outer casing. Also disclosed are clamp plates that help hold the refractory in place, and nested lids that cover the curvilinear metal transfer device. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052054 | Apparatus for Three-Dimensionally Printing Reactive Materials - Apparatuses are disclosed for three-dimensionally printing reactive materials which utilize a powder spreading step followed by a binder-jet deposition step. Some such apparatuses include a binder jet three-dimensional printing device, a curing device, and a depowdering device contained within an environmental enclosure which provides an inert atmosphere sufficient to allow a reactive material to be used as a build material without fire or explosion hazards. Some such apparatuses include one or more conveying systems for moving a removable build box among the various devices. Environmental enclosures having unique designs and features are disclosed. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052055 | SINTERING APPARATUS - A sintering apparatus ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052056 | ENHANCED ELECTRON BEAM GENERATION - A method for forming a three dimensional article through successively depositing individual layers of powder material that are fused together with an electron beam from an electron beam sources so as to form the article. Providing a model of said three-dimensional article; a vacuum chamber having at least a first and a second section, powder material that are fused together is provided in said first section, at least one electron beam source is provided in said second section, wherein said first and second sections are openly connected to each other. Directing an electron beam from said at least one electron beam source over said work table to fuse in first selected locations according to said model to form a first cross section of said three-dimensional article while supplying a gas to said second section of said vacuum chamber. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052057 | GAS TURBINE COMPONENT MANUFACTURING - A method of fabricating a gas turbine engine component comprises building and machining a hollow workpiece. The workpiece is built via additive manufacturing to create a coarse structure that turbulates cooling flow. At least a portion of the workpiece is machined via subtractive manufacturing to create a smooth surface that promotes laminar flow. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052058 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional component. It is proposed to manufacture, during the build operation in the build space of the layer manufacturing system, not only the component but also at least one characterizing element associated with the component. The characterizing element allows simple, fast, and reliable sorting of the three-dimensional components. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052059 | COMPACT FOR PRODUCING A SINTERED ALLOY, A WEAR-RESISTANT IRON-BASED SINTERED ALLOY, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide a compact for producing a sintered alloy which allows a sintered alloy obtained by sintering the compact to have improved mechanical strength and wear resistance, a wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy, and a method for producing the same. The wear-resistant iron-based sintered alloy is produced by: forming a compact for producing a sintered alloy from a powder mixture containing a hard powder, a graphite powder, and an iron-based powder by powder compacting; and sintering the compact for producing a sintered alloy while diffusing C in the graphite powder of the compact for producing a sintered alloy in hard particles that constitute the hard powder. The hard particles contain 10% to 50% by mass of Mo, 3% to 20% by mass of Cr, and 2% to 15% by mass of Mn, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Fe, and the hard powder and the graphite powder contained in the powder mixture account for 5% to 60% by mass and 0.5% to 2.0% by mass of the total amount of the hard powder, the graphite powder, and the iron-based powder, respectively. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052060 | MIXING COLD HEARTH METALLURGICAL SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALS AND METAL ALLOYS - A metallurgical system for producing metals and metal alloys includes a fluid cooled mixing cold hearth having a melting cavity configured to hold a raw material for melting into a molten metal, and a mechanical drive configured to mount and move the mixing cold hearth for mixing the raw material. The system also includes a heat source configured to heat the raw material in the melting cavity, and a heat removal system configured to provide adjustable insulation for the molten metal. The mixing cold hearth can be configured as a removal element of an assembly of interchangeable mixing cold hearths, with each mixing cold hearth of the assembly configured for melting a specific category of raw materials. A process includes the steps of providing the mixing cold hearth, feeding the raw material into the melting cavity, heating the raw material, and moving the mixing cold hearth during the heating step. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052061 | TOOL HOLDER COMPRISING SLITS - A tool holder for non-positively holding a rotatable tool by a receiving body containing a receiving opening with slits extending radially from the inner wall towards the exterior and running in the longitudinal direction of the receiving body. To permit a simple production process, the receiving body has an insert fixed into a receiving section. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052062 | TOOL HOLDER - A tool holder includes a basic body, in which a tool receiving region is located, a circular cylindrical clamping chuck having several joints and an external thread which has an external pitch angle, as well as a union nut having an internal thread which has an internal pitch angle. The union nut has a stopping face on the basic body or on the clamping chuck. The external pitch angle is different from the internal pitch angle. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052063 | Clamping Device - A clamping device for releasably holding a tool holder shank is formed with an engagement bore in a rear end, and includes a housing having a bore in a forward end for receiving the tool holder shank, a drawbar reciprocally movable inside the housing and which in a forward end is provided with engagement means arranged to engage with an engagement formation inside the engagement bore of the tool holder shank, and which is formed with a drawbar aperture extending through the drawbar in a transverse direction of the same, and a cam shaft extending through the drawbar aperture. The cam shaft includes three cam formations and more precisely first and second spaced apart cam formations, which are journalled in seating apertures in the housing on opposite sides of the drawbar, and an intermediate third cam formation located between the first and second cam formations and positioned within the aperture of the drawbar. The drawbar is insertable into the bore from the forward end. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052064 | Clamping device - A clamping device for releasably holding a tool holder shank formed with a bore includes a housing having a forwardly facing surface and a bore. A drawbar is mounted reciprocally movable inside the bore and which in a forward end has engagement device, which is arranged to engage with an engagement formation inside the bore of the tool holder shank. The drawbar is, in a rear portion, formed with a drawbar aperture extending through the drawbar in a transverse direction in relation to a longitudinal axis of the same, and a cam shaft extending through the drawbar aperture and being rotatably journalled in the housing and arranged to impart an axial displacement to the drawbar in relation to the housing. The cam shaft includes first and second spaced apart cam formations and an intermediate circular cylindrical portion located between the cam formations, wherein the first and second cam formations are journalled in a first and second seating apertures, respectively, in the housing on opposite sides of the drawbar. The intermediate circular cylindrical portion is extended through the drawbar aperture, and the drawbar is insertable into the bore through the forwardly facing surface. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052065 | Clamping Device - A clamping device for releasably holding a tool holder shank is formed with an engagement bore in a rear end. The clamping device includes a housing having a mounting bore for receiving the tool holder shank; a drawbar being mounted reciprocally movable inside the housing and which in a forward end is provided with an engagement segment which is arranged to engage with an engagement formation inside the engagement bore of the tool holder shank, wherein the drawbar is in a rear portion formed with a drawbar aperture extending through the drawbar, and a cam shaft extending through the drawbar aperture and comprising a cam formation. The cam shaft is rotatably journalled in the housing and arranged to impart an axial displacement to the drawbar in relation to the housing by the cam formation when rotating the cam shaft. The cam shaft includes two identical cam formations, which are spaced apart by a recess, and the drawbar is on the inside of the aperture formed with a ridge on each side of the aperture which each fits in the recess of the cam shaft when rotating the same. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052066 | ULTRASONIC MICRON PRECISION MOLDING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic micron precision molding apparatus includes: an ultrasonic generating module, a tool and an amplitude transformer. The ultrasonic generating module provides ultrasonic frequency vibration. The tool is disposed below the ultrasonic generating module, and has a micron-level precision structure. The amplitude transformer is disposed between the ultrasonic generating module and the tool and has a first section and a second section, the first section is disposed at the junction of the amplitude transformer and the tool, and the distance between the second section and the tool is longer than the distance between the first section and the tool, wherein the width of the first section is greater than the width of the second section. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052067 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE - A spindle assembly for machining a cast workpiece includes a fixture that provides rotational movement to the workpiece around a fixture axis. A first spindle provides rotational movement to a cutting tool around a first spindle axis and a second spindle provides rotational movement to a second cutting tool around a second spindle axis. The first spindle axis and the second spindle axis are transverse to the fixture axis. The fixture is disposed between the first spindle and the second spindle. The pivotal movement of the fixture provides access to opposite sides of the workpiece to the first spindle and the second spindle enabling the cutting tools to simultaneously cut opposing sides of the workpiece. The first cutting tool and the second cutting tool are replaceable by a third cutting tool and a fourth cutting tool to cut an alternative or different aperture into the workpiece. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052068 | Method for Producing a Drill Hole and a Drilling Machine for this Purpose - The invention relates to a method for producing drill holes ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052069 | TWIST DRILL WITH CERAMIC INSERTS - A twist drill includes a shank; a body adjacent the shank extending along a rotational, longitudinal axis of the twist drill, the body made of a carbide material; a plurality of helically extending chip flutes formed into the body with a web formed between the chip flutes, the chip flutes oriented at a helix angle relative to the longitudinal axis, each chip flute flanked by a major cutting edge with a corresponding flank or land and a minor cutting edge with a corresponding flank or land; and a ceramic insert attached to a notch formed in the body of the drill, wherein the ceramic insert forms only a portion of each of the major and minor cutting edges of the twist drill. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052070 | CHAMFER MACHINING METHOD - A beveling method for beveling the edge of the opening of a cross hole ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052071 | WING SURFACE FINISHING METHOD AND WING COMPONENT - A wing surface finishing method is the one in which after finishing of a leading edge and a trailing edge and finishing of a ventral portion and a back portion in a wing surface of a wing component are separated into separate steps, a finishing end mill is made to approach a ventral portion and a back portion of awing surface corresponding area of a workpiece after a speed of the finishing end mill is increased, finishing processing is applied to the ventral portion and the back portion of the wing surface corresponding area of the workpiece, respectively, and the speed of the finishing end mill is decreased after the finishing end mill is moved away from the wing surface corresponding area of the workpiece. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052072 | ASYMMETRIC END MILLS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In one aspect, rotationally balanced asymmetric end mills are described herein. An end mill described herein comprises a shank portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the end mill, and a cutting portion extending from the shank portion. The cutting portion comprises a plurality of unequally indexed blades separated by flutes along an axial length of cut, the blades extending onto a cutting end surface of the end mill, wherein at least one of the flutes is of unequal length and the asymmetric end mill has an imbalance of 2.0 gmm or less. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052073 | METHOD AND PULSE-FORMING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING - A method for electrical discharge machining a work piece using rectangular processing pulses includes forming the rectangular processing pulses by discharging one or multiple discrete delay lines that comprise multiple storage elements. The storage elements are arranged as part of a feed line to a spark gap on a section of the feed line near the spark gap. The discrete delay lines are connected to a guide head by an electrode-side contact unit and are connected to the work piece by a work piece-side contact unit. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052074 | WAVE SOLDERING NOZZLE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WAVE SOLDERING - A wave soldering machine includes a housing and a conveyor coupled to the housing. The conveyor is configured to deliver a printed circuit board through the housing. The wave soldering machine further includes a wave soldering station coupled to the housing. The wave soldering station includes a reservoir of solder material, and a wave solder nozzle system adapted to create a solder wave. The wave solder nozzle system has a nozzle frame, and a nozzle plate secured to the nozzle frame. The nozzle plate includes a first zone of openings positioned adjacent a leading edge of the nozzle plate, a second zone of openings positioned proximate a middle of the nozzle plate, and a third zone having no openings positioned adjacent a trailing edge of the nozzle plate. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052075 | Nozzle For Cutting Steel Workpieces - The invention relates to a nozzle ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052076 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SPATTER GENERATING EVENTS - A method for monitoring a spatter generating event during a welding application. The method includes capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of the welding application. The method also includes detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data. The method includes analyzing the detected parameters to monitor the spatter generating event during the welding application. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052077 | WELDING POWER TO AUXILIARY POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for manufacturing and using the auxiliary power conversion unit, which is capable of being remotely located from a welding power supply unit during a welding operation, are provided. In some embodiments, the auxiliary power conversion is capable of outputting DC as well as AC power, capable of outputting multiple voltages consistent with the demands of typical auxiliary tools, such as a hand grinder or a light. In certain embodiments, the power conversion unit may be a stand-alone system or may be incorporated into a device, such as a wire feeder, which is configured to derive power from the arc potential. The power conversion unit may contain control and processing electronics that may include a controller, a processor, memory, and so forth. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052078 | WELDING TORCH WITH UPPER AND LOWER SHIELDING GAS FLOW AND WELDING METHOD USING WELDING TORCH FOR HORIZONTAL WELDING - A welding torch ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052079 | ENHANCED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for operating an additive manufacturing apparatus in which a three-dimensional article is formed. Said method comprising the steps of: providing a vacuum chamber having at least a first and a second section, wherein said first and second sections are openly connected to each other, providing a predetermined vacuum level inside said vacuum chamber, providing a layer of powder material on a work table in said first section of said vacuum chamber, directing an electron beam from said at least one electron beam source provided in said second section over said work table to fuse in first selected locations according to said model to form a first cross section of said three-dimensional article, purging said second section with a dry gas when said vacuum chamber is open for prohibiting ambient air into said second section. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052080 | Method for Making Clad Metal Pipe - A method of producing a nickel alloy clad steel pipe including: providing a hollow cylinder of nickel alloy cladding material and a hollow cylinder of steel, placing the hollow cylinder of the nickel alloy cladding material concentrically inside the hollow cylinder of steel or the hollow cylinder of the steel concentrically inside the hollow cylinder of nickel alloy cladding material to form a composite billet, heating the composite billet to 1121-1260° C., and extruding the composite billet, wherein the nickel alloy cladding material comprises 6.0-12.0 wt. % molybdenum, 19.0-27.0 wt. % chromium, 1.0 wt. % maximum tungsten, 0.6 wt. % maximum aluminum, 0.6 wt. % maximum titanium, 0.001-0.05 wt. % carbon, 0.001-0.035 wt. % nitrogen, 0.001-0.3 wt. % silicon, 1.0 wt. % maximum niobium, 2.5 wt. % maximum iron, 0.5 wt. % maximum manganese, 0.015 wt. % maximum phosphorous, 0.015 wt. % maximum sulfur, 1.0 wt. % maximum cobalt, and the balance nickel and may have a solidus temperature greater than 1312° C. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052081 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING A TUBULAR CABLE LUG TO A STRAND PRODUCED FROM ALUMINIUM - A method for connecting a tubular cable lug produced from a non-ferrous metal to a strand produced from aluminium, includes steps of providing a tubular cable lug having a tubular portion and a connecting portion, providing an ultrasonic welding device having a sonotrode that has a pressure surface and having an anvil that has a mating pressure surface, securing the connecting portion to the anvil by clamping such that the tubular portion faces the mating pressure surface of the anvil, inserting one end of the strand into the tubular portion of the tubular cable lug, bringing the pressure surface into contact with the tubular portion, pressing the pressure surface against the tubular portion such that the tubular portion is forced against the mating pressure surface, and generating an ultrasound vibration oriented approximately perpendicular to a tube axis of the tubular portion by means of the sonotrode. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052082 | METHOD FOR REMOVING BRITTLE-HARD MATERIAL BY MEANS OF LASER RADIATION - Laser radiation is used for removing brittle-hard material from a substrate without damaging the material. A removal depression having a flank angle w of the flanks of the removal depression forms in the material as a result of the removal. The removal depression forms with an entry edge, which is defined as a spatially expanded region of the surface of the material, where an unchanged and thus unremoved portion of the surface of the material transitions into the removal depression. Spatial portions of the laser radiation are refracted and focused into the volume of the unremoved material at this entry edge. The distribution of the laser radiation is set such that the entry edge assumes a small spatial expansion, such that the portion of the power of the laser radiation, which is captured by the focusing effect of the entry edge, is not sufficient to generate a threshold value ρ | 2016-02-25 |
20160052083 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - A laser processing device converges laser light at an object to be processed having a silicon part containing silicon mounted on a glass part containing glass with a resin part interposed therebetween so as to form a modified region within the object along a line to cut. The laser processing device comprises a laser light source emitting the laser light, a spatial light modulator modulating the laser light emitted from the laser light source, and a converging optical system converging the laser light modulated by the spatial light modulator at the object. When forming the modified region in the glass part, the spatial light modulator displays an axicon lens pattern as a modulation pattern so as to form converging points at a plurality of positions juxtaposed close to each other along a laser light irradiation direction. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052084 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - The laser processing device comprises a laser light source emitting a laser light, a converging optical system converging the laser light at an object to be processed, and an aberration providing part for imparting an aberration to the laser light converged at the object by the converging optical system. In an optical axis direction of the laser light, letting a reference aberration range be a range of a converging-induced aberration as an aberration occurring at a position where the laser light is converged as a result of converging the laser light at the object, the aberration providing part imparts a first aberration to the laser light such that the laser light has an elongated range longer than the reference aberration range in the optical axis direction as an aberration range and an intensity distribution in the optical axis direction with a continuous undulation in the elongated range. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052085 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - A laser processing device converges laser light at an object to be processed so as to form a modified region within the object along a line to cut. The laser processing device comprises a laser light source emitting the laser light, a spatial light modulator modulating the laser light emitted from the laser light source, and a converging optical system converging the laser light modulated by the spatial light modulator at the object. The spatial light modulator displays an axicon lens pattern as a modulation pattern so as to form converging points at a plurality of positions juxtaposed close to each other along a laser light irradiation direction. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052086 | SMART ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM (SAMS) - An additive manufacturing process is monitored, in situ, using optical emission spectroscopy to analyze the composition, phase transformation or manufacturing defects. The system or method may include an analysis of contours of the plasma line intensity, or pre-processing of the plasma spectral line including signal-to-noise ratio analysis, baseline removal, line identification, line de-convolution and fitting. Improvements may additionally involve consideration of plasma parameters such as plasma spectral line intensity, line ratio, plasma temperature and electron density using high-resolution optical emission spectroscopy in both visible and ultraviolet regions. Parameters of the plasma may be determined using an intensity ratio of the ions or atoms emission lines, a FWHM of the line profile for electron density estimation, or a Boltzmann plot for plasma temperature estimation. One or more techniques may be used to monitor when there is a lack of deposition. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052087 | METHOD OF ELIMINATING SUB-SURFACE POROSITY - A method for operating an additive manufacturing apparatus, the method comprises directing a first energy beam along a surface contour vector in a build plane. A second energy beam is directed along a plurality of substantially parallel hatch vectors disposed in the build plane inward of the surface contour vector. A sum of the surface contour vector and the plurality of hatch vectors define a processed powder region in the build plane. A third energy beam is directed along an offset contour vector in the build plane. The offset contour vector includes a plurality of unprocessed powder regions in the build plane between the surface contour vector and the plurality of hatch vectors. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052088 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - A laser processing device forms a modified region in an object to be processed by converging ultrashort pulse laser light at the object and comprises a laser light source emitting the laser light, a converging optical system converging the laser light emitted from the laser light source at the object, and an aberration providing part imparting an aberration to the laser light converged at the object by the converging optical system. In an optical axis direction of the laser light, letting a reference aberration range be a range of a converging-induced aberration as an aberration occurring at a position where the laser light is converged as a result of converging the laser light at the object, the aberration providing part imparts a first aberration to the laser light such that the laser light has an elongated range longer than the reference aberration range in the optical axis direction as an aberration range and an intensity distribution in the optical axis direction with a continuous undulation in the elongated range. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052089 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR HARD FACING ALUMINUM INJECTION MOLDS - A number of variations may include a product that may include a substrate that may include an aluminum-nickel alloy and at least one surface and a coating that may include a metallic material deposited over the at least one surface via laser cladding. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052090 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SUBSTRATE, CUTTING METHOD OF PROCESSING OBJECT AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A manufacturing method of a substrate, the method includes a crack forming process of forming a crack along an interface between a first portion of a processing object and a second portion of the processing object, the crack-forming process forming the crack in a manner that an ultrashort-pulse laser light is irradiated so that a focus point thereof is positioned at the interface or in a vicinity thereof, and a separating process of separating the processing object at the crack, wherein an impurity concentration of the first portion and an impurity concentration of the second portion are different from each other or material of the first portion and material of the second portion are different from each other. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052091 | WELDED PORTION INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOF, WITH INSPECTION IN DIFFERENT ZONES OF THE MOLTEN POOL - A welding laser beam (L | 2016-02-25 |
20160052092 | AQUEOUS ALUMINUM BRAZING COMPOSITION - An aqueous aluminum brazing composition contains, as a binder resin, a water-soluble/dispersible polyurethane resin that exhibits a residual ratio of 60% by mass or less in a 400° C. heating environment and exhibits a residual ratio of 1.0% by mass or less in a 520° C. heating environment. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052093 | WELDING ASSEMBLIES FOR DRESSING ELECTRODE TIPS AND METHODS OF DRESSING ELECTRODE TIPS - A welding assembly includes a tip dress unit for dressing an electrode tip and a tip cleaning unit having a brush rotating during a cleaning operation. The tip cleaning unit is used to clean the electrode tip prior to the electrode tip being moved to the tip dress unit. The brush may be a wire brush. The brush may clean multiple electrode tips simultaneously. The brush may remove debris, such as sealer, oil, or particles from the electrode tip. The tip cleaning unit may include a shield at least partially surrounding the brush. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METALIZING VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY - A method for metallizing a vertically aligned carbon nanotube array includes coupling a support structure to an actuator, the support structure supporting a vertically aligned carbon nanotube array, and vibrating the support structure with the actuator. The method can also include the step of fixedly positioning the actuator between a first member and a second member. The vibration can be consistent or it can vary in amplitude and/or frequency over time. The step of fixedly positioning can include the first member having a first mass and the second member having a second mass that is different or less than the first mass. The actuator can include a piezoelectric element. A metalizing assembly for intercalating a vertically aligned carbon nanotube array with a metal includes a first member, a support structure, a second member and an actuator. The support structure is coupled to the first member. The support structure supports the vertically aligned carbon nanotube array. The second member is coupled to the support structure. The actuator is positioned between the first member and the second member. The actuator vibrates the support structure. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052095 | ASSEMBLY, KIT AND METHOD FOR SECURING A COVERING TO AN AIR INTAKE FACE - An assembly for installing a covering over an air intake opening in engagement with a surrounding perimeter extending face. A plurality of elongated supports attached to the perimeter extending face at locations around the intake opening, each of the supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot. A plurality of fasteners install through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot. A rigid mesh exhibits a generally rectangular outline which generally matches the arrangement of the elongated supports, an aperture pattern defined in the mesh permitting the projecting portions of the fasteners to extend through the mesh to retain the mesh over the forwardly projecting support surfaces. The covering has a flexible material with perimeter defined apertures for receiving the projecting fastener portions to affix the material against an exterior surface of the mesh in engagement with the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052096 | POSITIONING DEVICE - A positioning device capable of increasing the amount of diametrical expansion of an engagement member to be engaged in a cylindrical hole in a workpiece, and capable of performing positioning while not exerting any force on the workpiece in the downward direction positions a cylindrical hole (Ha) in a workpiece (W) in a first direction while permitting shifting thereof in a second direction, the device comprising: the insertion shaft member; a hydraulic cylinder for driving the insertion shaft member; a pair of engagement members; a taper engagement mechanism for shifting the engagement members to increase their diameter; and a movement permitting holding mechanism that, along with supporting the engagement members, so that they cannot shift in the first direction but are capable of shifting in the second direction. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052097 | PREFORMED BLOCK PIECE HAVING A HOLDING SURFACE WITH AN AXIS THAT IS OFFSET RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE BLOCK PIECE - A block piece for holding an optical lens to be machined, with a coupling part for being held in a workpiece chuck and with a holding part for fastening the lens. The holding part has a convex or concave holding surface corresponding to a first side of the lens. The holding surface is, according to the shape of the lens to be held, provided in the form of a negative free-forming surface, and the block piece is made from a plastic that can be machined. The principal axis of the holding surface is arranged set off and/or tilted relative to the axis of rotation of the coupling part | 2016-02-25 |
20160052098 | TOOL UNIT APPLIED TO ULTRASONIC MACHINING - A tool unit applied to ultrasonic machining, includes an amplitude transformer, a machining head and a connecting portion. The machining head has a micron-sized array structure. With the connecting portion, the amplitude transformer and the machining head are assembled together and the connecting portion has a change in shape. The machining head includes a substrate and at least one diamond layer. An upper surface of substrate touches the amplitude transformer or the connecting portion. And the diamond layer is disposed on an lower surface of substrate. The material of the substrate is selected from a group of a steel material with thermal expansion coefficient ranged from 10.70×10 | 2016-02-25 |
20160052099 | SUPERABRASIVE TOOL WITH METAL MESH STRESS STABILIZER BETWEEN SUPERABRASIVE AND SUBSTRATE LAYERS - A multi-layer polycrystalline superabrasive PCD or PCBN blank for attachment to a working tool is disclosed. The blank comprises an abrasive layer of PCD or PCBN and a substrate layer of cobalt containing cemented tungsten carbide. In between the abrasive and substrate layers is a metal mesh stabilizer layer sintered by HPHT to the abrasive and substrate layers. The apertures of the mesh layer contain PCD or PCBN which, along with the mesh are sintered to the support and substrate layers and cobalt present in the substrate layer is infiltrated through the mesh layer into the abrasive layer as a binder. The metal mesh layer provides stability to the abrasive and substrate layers which have different stress and thermal expansion properties. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052100 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - A method of processing a crowned portion of a roller includes disposing first and second feed drums so as to extend parallel to each other, each of the first and second feed drums having an outer periphery formed with respective spirally extending threaded guide surfaces, the first and second feed drums being driven to rotate to transport the roller from a first location towards a second location through between the first and second feed drums, and successively processing the crowned portion of the roller, by means of a through feed processing with the use of a grinding stone. The threaded guide surface of one of the first and second feed drums is formed so that an angle of inclination of an outer peripheral surface of the roller relative to a processing surface of the grinding stone is varied in dependence on a roller passing position of the feed drum. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052101 | LENS HOLDING TOOL - A lens holding tool includes a head portion and a pin that supports the head portion rotatably. The pin includes: a shaft portion having an exhaust outlet therein; a protruding portion that protrudes outwardly from the shaft portion; a sealing member disposed on the protruding portion; and a supporting portion that has a partially spherical shape and is disposed on a leading end of the shaft portion. The head portion includes: a workpiece receiving portion that holds a workpiece; an internal space that accommodates the protruding portion; an opening that has a diameter larger than a diameter of the shaft portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the protruding portion, the internal space communicating with an outside of the head portion through the opening; a suction hole through which the internal space communicates with the workpiece receiving portion; and an end receiving portion on which the supporting portion abuts. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052102 | PAD FOR SUPPORTING ABRASIVE DISC - A pad for supporting an abrasive disc by being fixed with the abrasive disc to a shaft of a grinder, the pad including a supporting surface opposing the abrasive disc. In a radial direction, an outer edge of the supporting surface is located inward of an outer edge of the abrasive disc. The supporting surface includes a taper portion inclined away from the abrasive disc as it approaches the outer edge of the supporting surface. The abrasive disc is not fixed to the taper portion. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052103 | POLYURETHANE POLISHING PAD - The polishing pad is for planarizing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a cast polyurethane polymeric material formed from a prepolymer reaction of H | 2016-02-25 |
20160052104 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus in which a liquid containing a slurry hardly enters into a gap between a top ring body and a retainer ring during polishing, and the slurry can be discharged by cleaning even if the liquid containing the slurry enters into the gap, and slurry particles can be prevented from being attached to a surface of a substrate (wafer) when the substrate (wafer) is released is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes a top ring having a top ring body and a retainer ring provided at an outer circumferential portion of the top ring body, and configured to hold a substrate to be polished and to press the substrate against the polishing surface, and a cleaning mechanism provided at a substrate transfer position for transferring the substrate to the top ring or receiving the substrate from the top ring, and having a cleaning nozzle configured to eject a cleaning liquid toward the top ring. The retainer ring has a recess formed over an entire circumference of an inner circumferential surface of the retainer ring. The cleaning nozzle is configured to eject the cleaning liquid toward the recess of the retainer ring. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052105 | AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR VALVE GRINDING - An auxiliary equipment for valve grinding is provided, including a main body, a driving shaft, a first linkage, a second linkage, a third linkage and a driven shaft. The driving shaft defines a first axial direction. The driving shaft is for connecting to a rotating tool. One end of the first linkage is connected to the driving shaft. The second linkage and the other end of the first linkage are connected to a first movable connecting portion. One end of the third linkage and the second linkage are connected to a second movable connecting portion. The driven shaft defines a second axial direction. When the first linkage rotates together with the driving shaft, the first movable connecting portion rotates about the first axial direction, the second linkage swings about the first movable connecting portion, and the second movable connecting portion swings about the second axial direction. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052106 | Nonwoven Abrasive Articles and Methods of Making the Same - Nonwoven abrasive articles comprise a nonwoven abrasive member having an overlayer composition comprising a fatty acid metal salt disposed thereon adjacent to a working surface. The nonwoven abrasive member comprises abrasive particles adhered to a fiber web by a binder. The abrasive particles may be exposed and/or the nonwoven abrasive member may have suitable frictional properties. Methods of making the same are also disclosed. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052107 | POLISHING METHOD - There is disclosed a method of polishing a peripheral portion of a wafer having a hard film with use of an abrasive film while preventing damage to the abrasive film. The polishing method uses an abrasive film including a base film made of polyimide, a binder made of polyimide, and abrasive grains held by the binder. The polishing method includes: rotating a silicon substrate having a surface on which a silicon carbide film is formed; and removing the silicon carbide film from a peripheral portion of the silicon substrate by pressing the abrasive film at a low force against the silicon carbide film on the peripheral portion of the silicon substrate. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052108 | POSITIVE RELIEF FORMING OF POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND STRUCTURES AND RESULTING CUTTING TOOLS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of making articles having portions of polycrystalline diamond bonded to a surface of a substrate and polycrystalline diamond compacts made using the same. In an embodiment, a molding technique is disclosed for forming cutting tools comprising polycrystalline diamond portions bonded to the outer surface of a substrate. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052109 | METHODS OF FORMING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND - Methods of forming polycrystalline diamond include encapsulating diamond particles and a hydrocarbon substance in a canister, and subjecting the encapsulated diamond particles and hydrocarbon substance to a pressure and a temperature sufficient to form inter-granular bonds between the diamond particles. Cutting elements for use in an earth-boring tool includes a polycrystalline diamond material formed by such processes. Earth-boring tools include such cutting elements. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052110 | Board Hanging Device - Disclosed are the ornamental design and utilitarian characteristics of a tool configured for associating an attachment-device (such as a joist hanger) with a structure (such as a ledger board). The tool comprises an alignment element that is placed in alignment with an edge defined by a structure so as to define an A-axis and B-axis location for associating the attachment-device to the structure. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052111 | DRIVING HEAD-CHANGEABLE TOOL AND SLEEVE ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A driving head-changeable tool is provided, including a tool set and a driving head. The tool set includes a connecting sleeve, an outer sleeve and at least one limitation member. The connecting sleeve has a receiving slot and a driving end. A plurality of protruding ribs extending axially and a plurality of recesses disposed between the protruding ribs are disposed on an inner wall of the receiving slot. The recesses are provided for a polygonal ball head to insert therein. A recessed portion and a protruding portion are disposed on the inner wall. The outer sleeve is slidable between a first position and a second position. When the outer sleeve is at the first position, the limitation member can restrict the polygonal ball head. When the outer sleeve is at the second position, the polygonal ball head is withdrawable from the receiving slot. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052112 | Illuminated Ratchet Wrench - An illuminated ratchet wrench having lights thereon. The illuminated ratchet wrench includes an elongated handle having a tool head on an end thereof. The tool head has a front surface on which a socket head adapted to receive a socket is positioned. Thus, the ratchet wrench operates similarly to a traditional ratchet wrench. The front surface of the tool head comprises one or more pairs of lights arranged thereon. The lights are arranged on the lower end of the tool head and are oriented in the same direction as the socket head. In this way, the lights illuminate the area in which the ratchet wrench will be used, allowing the user to more easily see the work area. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052113 | MOUNTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE COUNTERFORCE-FREE MOUNTING OF A PRESSURE PLATE ASSEMBLY ON A COUNTERPRESSURE PLATE, AND METHOD FOR COUNTERFORCE-FREE DISMOUNTING - A mounting device ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052114 | Piston Ring Removal Tool - The disclosure relates to a piston ring removal tool and methods of using the same. One method includes disposing a tool between a first piston ring and a piston associated with the piston ring and rotating the piston, wherein the tool engages the first piston ring and separates at least a portion of the first piston ring from the piston. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052115 | TOOL FOR HOLDING COMPONENT - A tool for holding a component is provided. The tool includes a handle. The tool also includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The tool further includes a holding assembly. The holding assembly is adapted to hold the component. The holding assembly includes a base portion. The base portion is connected to the second end of the elongated body. The base portion includes a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge. The holding assembly also includes a first arm. The first arm includes a first inner surface. The holding assembly further includes a second arm. The second arm includes a second inner surface. The first inner surface and the second inner surface face each other with a gap being defined there between. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052116 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR SAFE REMOVAL OF VALVES FITTED IN FLUID PIPES - This invention relates to a manual tool for safely removing undesired taps, connected illegally and controlled by means of locking valves in fluid transport pipes (especially oil and derivatives thereof) and with pressures present of up to 690 kPa (100 psi). The tool according to the present invention is formed by a handle, a handle shaft, a packing gland, a main body, a draining valve, and a gauge adapter or wood plug, which is inserted by friction in the perforation to be blocked, forming a temporary seal therein while a definitive metal patch is fitted and soldered to the pipe. The invention also includes the method for safe removal of valves fitted to fluid pipes with said tool. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052117 | ROOFING AND NAIL REMOVAL HAMMER - A hammer including a head having a hammering portion and an oppositely arranged claw portion, the claw portion has an end with at least three teeth separated by at least two, substantially equal “V”-shaped grooves centered on a longitudinal axis of the head; and a handle formed contiguously with the head and extending perpendicularly down from a bottom of the head. The hammer further including a grip affixed to and surrounding a bottom portion of the handle from above a middle of the handle to below and surrounding a bottom end of the handle, the grip including a downwardly and outwardly tapering upper portion to a middle portion from which the grip continues tapering downwardly and inwardly toward the bottom end of the handle with an outwardly tapering bottom portion and a substantially flat end, the grip further including a cap portion attached to a top end of the upper portion and the cap portion including a bottom portion of the cap extending upwardly away from and substantially parallel to the upper portion of the grip and a top portion of the cap extending diagonally inwardly from the bottom toward and affixing to the handle. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052118 | HYBRID IMPACT TOOL - A power tool having a rotary impact mechanism and a mode change mechanism. The impact mechanism is driven by an output member of a transmission and includes a hammer and an anvil. The mode change mechanism includes a mode collar that is movable between a first position, in which the mode collar directly couples the hammer to the transmission output member to inhibit movement of the hammer relative to the spindle, and a second position in which the mode collar does not inhibit movement of the hammer relative to the spindle. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052119 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact tool includes a casing ( | 2016-02-25 |
20160052120 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WELDING APPARATUS - Multifunctional welding apparatuses and methods of operating multifunctional welding apparatuses are provided. In one aspect, a multifunctional welding apparatus is provided and includes a first handle, a first head member moveably coupled to the first handle, a second handle, a second head member movably coupled to the second handle, a first tool unitarily formed with one of the first head member and the second head member, and a plurality of tools moveably coupled to at least one of the first handle and the second handle. The first head member and the second head member are rotatably coupled to each other. The first tool is one of a pliers, a nozzle removing tool, a tip removing tool, a wire cutting tool, a hammer and a cleaning tool. The plurality of tools includes at least one of a thickness gauge, a scratching tool, and a picking tool. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052121 | Hick Carpentry, Construction and Demolition Tool - An augmented hammer equipped with a hammer head and pick at one end, and a nail claw and prying claw at the opposite end. The device is further equipped with a fulcrum between the nail claw and the prying claw at the bottom end of the device to give it more leverage when removing nails or when prying objects. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052122 | ROTARY EXTENSION ROD - A rotary extension rod includes an outer tube, an inner tube received in the outer tube, a rotatable assembly having a knob, a fixing seat and a link, and a positioning ring deposited on the fixing seat. The knob is rotatably deposited at one end of the outer tube. The fixing seat is received in the outer tube and fixed to one end of the inner tube. The link is between the knob and the fixing seat, and has two opposite first radially raised portions. The positioning ring has two opposite second radially raised portions. By rotating the knob, the first radially raised portions are posed to abut against or depart from the second radially raised portions, so that the positioning ring radially deforms to press against or release the outer tube, in turn allowing the length of the extension rod to be adjusted. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052123 | ROTARY WRENCH - A rotary wrench includes a first wrench body, a second wrench body, and an elastic member. The first wrench body has a first grip whose one end has a pivot hole. The second wrench body has a second grip whose one end has a pivot axially extending outward. The pivot is rotatably received in the pivot hole of the first grip of the first wrench body, so that the first and second wrench bodies are allowed to rotate with respect to each other and provide adjustable working angles. The elastic member is mounted around the pivot of the second wrench body, and prop between the first grip of the first wrench body and the second grip of the second wrench body, for providing an elastic resistance that holds the first and second wrench bodies in position. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052124 | BITS RECEIVED INSIDE OF A HANDLE OF SCREWDRIVER - A screwdriver includes a shank with a handle connected to a collar rotatably and a base is located in a room of the handle. At least one resilient extending from the underside of the collar is inserted in at least one recess of the handle. The base connected to the outside of the collar has a rod connected to a positioning member. The positioning member is defined with multiple slots able to hold bits in position in the room. One side of the base is sealed by a cap. Therefore, the bits are received inside of the handle so as to carry with the screwdriver. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052125 | TOOL BIT CASE WITH MODULAR COMPONENTS - A tool bit case includes a first housing member and a second housing member pivotally coupled together. Each housing member includes a base and sidewalls extending from the base. The tool bit case also includes a plurality of retainers located along opposing sidewalls of the first housing member. The tool bit case further includes a modular tool bit holder that is engageable with a corresponding pair of retainers of the plurality of retainers. The modular tool bit holder is pivotable relative to the first housing member between a storage position and an upright position. When the modular tool bit holder is in the storage position, the modular tool bit holder blocks access to at least one retainer adjacent the corresponding pair of retainers, and when the modular tool bit holder is in the upright position, the at least one retainer is accessible. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052126 | STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Systems for cleaning a structure via a robot are described. The robot includes a body. The robot further includes a tool coupled to the body and configured to hold a structural maintenance tool. The robot includes a sensor coupled to the body. The robot includes a drive system configured to allow positioning of the body along the structure, including inverted positioning and vertical positioning. The robot further includes a communication interface coupled to the body. The robot includes a controller coupled to the body. The controller is in communication with the tool, the sensor, and the drive system. The controller is configured to receive an operating instruction through the communication interface. The controller is configured to autonomously position the body via the drive system and to perform a task with at least one of the tool and the sensor according to the operating instruction. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052127 | Wearable Robot - There is provided a wearable robot able to maintain a balanced state during operations thereof. The wearable robot includes: a wearable robot body; a travel unit for moving the wearable robot body; and a hip joint unit provided in the wearable robot body and coupled to the travel unit, for maintaining a posture of the wearable robot body in response to a movement of the travel unit. With this construction, the wearable robot is provided with a hip joint unit having a resilient force such that a posture of a wearable robot body can be maintained during an operation of the hip joint unit, so that the robot can be operated more stably. Further, because a posture of the wearable robot can be stably maintained so that the safety of the user can be guaranteed and operation efficiency can be improved. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052128 | Method Of Programming An Industrial Robot And Industrial Robots - The invention concerns a method of programming an industrial robot, exhibiting the steps of selecting a program command, the assigned rigidity parameter of which is to be verified, changed and/or saved in the program mode; moving the manipulator arm into a test pose, in which the industrial robot is configured and/or arranged to manually touch and/or move the manipulator arm; and the automatic actuation of the manipulator arm by the control device such that the manipulator arm in the test pose exhibits the rigidity corresponding to the assigned rigidity parameter of the selected program command. The invention further concerns an industrial robot, exhibiting a control device designed and/or configured to execute such a method. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052129 | LINK STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CABLE GUIDE SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC MECHANICAL MANIPULATOR STRUCTURE - A robotic mechanical manipulator structure includes a first link and a second link rotatably coupled to the first link by a rotatable joint. A first high hardness cable guide is disposed in the first link. A first cable is connected between the first link and the second link to move the first link relative to the second link in a first direction around the joint, the first cable connected to the first link at a first anchor point, and passing through the first high hardness cable guide in the second link. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052130 | LINK STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CABLE GUIDE SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC MECHANICAL MANIPULATOR STRUCTURE - A robotic mechanical manipulator structure includes a first link, a second link rotatably coupled to the first link, a first cable connected between the first link and the second link and coupled to the first link by a spring anchored to the first link, passing through cable guides on the first link and the second link and anchored to the second link, and a second cable connected between the first link and the second link and anchored to the first link, passing through cable guides on the first link and the second link and coupled to an actuator. The cables each have a length selected to provide a selected range of motion between the second link at a selected angle with respect to the first link when the actuator is in a rest position. The cable guides are formed from a high hardness material. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052131 | Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Strain-limited Layer for Soft Actuators - A soft robot having an integrated electrical component includes an expandable or collapsible body, the body comprising an inlet that is configured to communicate with a fluid source and a flexible strain limited layer secured to a portion of the expandable or collapsible body, wherein the strain limited layer includes at least one electrical component. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052132 | ROBOT MOTION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM USING MOTION DATA REDUCTION/RESTORATION COMPATIBLE TO HARDWARE LIMITS - A robot motion data processing system has a data extraction module for intermittently extracting restoration motion data from a successive input motion trajectory formed for controlling a motion of a robot, and a data restoration module for restoring an output motion trajectory approximate to the input motion trajectory by using restoration motion data extracted from the data extraction module. The output motion trajectory is restored to satisfy a condition that the robot operating according to the output motion trajectory does not exceed a hardware operation limit of the robot. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052133 | ROBOT CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT CLEANER - Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot cleaner. The control method includes acquiring an image of the robot cleaner and a surrounding area of the robot cleaner at a reference position, the robot cleaner having two markers spaced apart from each other by a given distance, extracting the two markers from the acquired image, defining a horizontal plane of an actual space in which the two markers are located, based on positions of the two markers displayed on the acquired image and an actual distance between the two markers, acquiring position information of the robot cleaner relative to the reference position, based on position information of the two markers in the horizontal plane, and controlling travel of the robot cleaner based on the position information of the robot cleaner relative to the reference position. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052134 | Robotic End Effector for Plug Installation - A robot tool is provided for the placing of closing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component. The robot tool includes a placing device in which a plug magazine with a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be placed by way of the placing device without reloading directly behind one another in the respective openings. A method is provided for the secure placing of the plugs. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052135 | ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot includes: a controller that causes a fitting member including at least one fitting flat surface which is a flat surface parallel to a fitting direction to move in the fitting direction so as to fit a fitted section. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052136 | Natural Pitch and Roll - A control system may receive a first plurality of measurements indicative of respective joint angles corresponding to a plurality of sensors connected to a robot. The robot may include a body and a plurality of jointed limbs connected to the body associated with respective properties. The control system may also receive a body orientation measurement indicative of an orientation of the body of the robot. The control system may further determine a relationship between the first plurality of measurements and the body orientation measurement based on the properties associated with the jointed limbs of the robot. Additionally, the control system may estimate an aggregate orientation of the robot based on the first plurality of measurements, the body orientation measurement, and the determined relationship. Further, the control system may provide instructions to control at least one jointed limb of the robot based on the estimated aggregate orientation of the robot. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052137 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS INCLUDING A WHEELCHAIR-ASSIST ROBOT - Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a wheelchair-assist robot for assisting a wheelchair user with everyday tasks or activities at work, at home, and the like. In an embodiment, the mobile wheelchair-assist robot includes a wheelchair interface component configured to exchange control information with a wheelchair controller. In an embodiment, a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly is provided for, among other things, electrically and physically coupling a wheelchair-assist robot to an associated wheelchair. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052138 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS INCLUDING A WHEELCHAIR-ASSIST ROBOT - Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a wheelchair-assist robot for assisting a wheelchair user with everyday tasks or activities at work, at home, and the like. In an embodiment, the mobile wheelchair-assist robot includes a wheelchair interface component configured to exchange control information with a wheelchair controller. In an embodiment, a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly is provided for, among other things, electrically and physically coupling a wheelchair-assist robot to an associated wheelchair. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052139 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS INCLUDING A WHEELCHAIR-ASSIST ROBOT - Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a wheelchair-assist robot for assisting a wheelchair user with everyday tasks or activities at work, at home, and the like. In an embodiment, the mobile wheelchair-assist robot includes a wheelchair interface component configured to exchange control information with a wheelchair controller. In an embodiment, a wheelchair-assist robot mount assembly is provided for, among other things, electrically and physically coupling a wheelchair-assist robot to an associated wheelchair. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052140 | ROBOT DRIVEN BY MOBILE PHONE - A robot system driven by mobile phone comprises a slave mobile phone for collecting robot information and processing the information; a central interface unit for signal processing conversion between the universal interface of the slave mobile phone and the mechanism component; an executing component for executing the command sent by the slave mobile phone; a master mobile or a remote control computer for remote control, by using a wireless network, sending command to the slave mobile phone and receiving information feedback from the slave mobile phone; input devices carried by the master mobile and the remote control computer as well as additional auxiliary input devices; and functional software of the slave mobile phone, the master mobile phone and the remote control computer. The robot system driven by mobile phone can be used to control a robot remotely, and can be popularized easily in homes in large scale. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052141 | Method and Apparatus For Controlling Operations Of Robot - A robot, such an industrial robot, has an arm. The arm has a plurality of rotation members, a plurality of joints each rotatably and mutually connecting adjacent two rotation members, and a plurality of electric servo motors respectively driving the joints. In this robot, every operation cycle, an angular speed is calculated at which to drive each servo motor, and a speed of a monitoring portion set in each rotation member is calculated. It is then determined whether or not the speed at the monitoring portion is equal to or lower than a reference speed. When it is determined that the speed at the monitoring portion is over the reference speed, the angular speed of each servo motor is instructed to reduce such that the speed at each monitoring portion becomes the reference speed or lower. The servo motors are driven at the angular speed that has been reduced. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052142 | TENDON BASED ROBOTIC FINGERS HAVING SHOCK ABSORBING AND SELF RE-ALIGNING FEATURES - A robot mechanism includes a link formed from a first segment abutting a second segment at opposing faces thereof, at least one tendon passing from the first segment into the second segment, wherein the first segment is held in contact with the second segment by tension applied to the at least one segment. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052143 | CONCAVE BEARING OUTER RACE FOR TENDON BASED ROBOTIC JOINTS - A robotic manipulator includes an actuator, a first link and a second link coupled together at a joint, and a bearing rotatably disposed in the joint and having a concave outer race. At least one tendon is coupled between the actuator and the second link, the at least one tendon passes between the first link and the second link, and is routed over the concave outer race of the bearing when passing between the first link and the second link. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052144 | CONFORMABLE DRY ADHESIVE HOLDING DEVICE - A gripping device is described and includes a holder including a base and a conformable jamming element that has a conformable releasable surface-adhesive element secured onto its surface. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052145 | CONFORMABLE HOLDING DEVICE - A device for gripping a workpiece is described, and includes a holder including a base and a conformable jamming element. The conformable jamming element includes an air-impermeable pliable membrane containing filling material including magnetic particles, and is attached to the base. An electroadhesive element and a conformable releasable surface-adhesive element are secured to a surface of the membrane. | 2016-02-25 |
20160052146 | ROBOTIC TOOL CHANGER WITH TOOL STAND DECOUPLE POWER SUPPLY - A robotic tool changer ensures inherently safe operation by separating power sources for the “couple” and “decouple” operations of its coupling mechanism. The power for the decouple operation is available only when an attached robotic tool is safely disposed in its tool stand. Once the robotic tool leaves the tool stand, there is no power supplied to the coupling mechanism of the robotic tool changer to decouple the robotic tool from a robot arm. Accordingly, it is impossible for the robotic tool to inadvertently become disengaged from the robot arm—even if software were to erroneously assert a DECOUPLE signal, or otherwise initiate a decouple operation. Furthermore, since the design is inherently safe, neither interlock circuits, the redundancy of such circuits, nor the extensive and complex monitoring circuits necessary to ensure their proper operation, are necessary. | 2016-02-25 |