13th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160089692 | TURBINE COMPONENT COATING PROCESSES AND TURBINE COMPONENTS - Turbine component coating processes include applying a malleable masking material to one or more apertures of one or more fluid flow passages within a turbine component surface and then applying a first coating over the malleable masking material and on the turbine component surface. The turbine component coating processes further include locally applying a local masking material to the one or more apertures of the one or more fluid flow passages and then applying a second coating over the local masking material and on the first coating. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089693 | METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE WITH A LACQUER AND DEVICE FOR PLANARISING A LACQUER LAYER - The disclosure relates to a method for coating a substrate with a lacquer. First, the lacquer is uniformly applied to the substrate. Then, the solvent proportion of the lacquer applied to the substrate is reduced, and the coated substrate is exposed to a solvent atmosphere. In some embodiments, the lacquer is heated. The invention also relates to a device for planarising a lacquer layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089694 | ARTISTIC NAIL POLISH CURING APPARATUS - An artistic nail polish curing apparatus includes a casing, a lamp holder, a light curing lamp module, a lamp source and a control unit. During use, a switch is assembled for turning on/off a lamp source to emit light, and a casing cover is formed at an opening at the top of the casing for selectively transmitting the light to the outside and allowing users to judge the ON/OFF status of the curing apparatus, while maintaining the overall stylish design of the curing apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089695 | BONDABLE FLUORINATED BARRIER COATINGS - Bondable fluorinated barrier coatings on oxidized metal surfaces. The barrier coatings include a perfluorinated silane having a C2-C30 alkyl chain with a reactive silicon end containing 1 to 3 leaving groups. The perfluorinated silane layer is covalently bonded to an underlying oxide layer and the outer surface is treated with an atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment. The resultant barrier coating exhibits corrosion resistance attributed to perfluorinated silanes but with enhanced bonding/adhesion properties. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089696 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing method includes the steps of cleaning a substrate in a processing tank, forming an organic solvent vapor atmosphere in a chamber, elevating the substrate to replace a rinse on a surface of the substrate with an organic solvent, draining the rinse from the processing tank, moving the substrate into the processing tank, making the surface of the substrate water-repellent, elevating the substrate and supplying an organic solvent vapor to the substrate to remove water repellent from the surface of the substrate, and drying the substrate with inert gas. The water repellent is removed above the processing tank, and thus the substrate can be dried while contamination of the substrate with particles that can be generated in the processing tank in this step is suppressed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089697 | SCREENING MACHINE FOR SCREENING OR REFINING GRAVEL, SAND OR THE LIKE - Disclosed is a screening machine for screening, preparing, or refining gravel, sand or other bulk material, including a machine body, a drive, operatively linked to the machine body, for generating a shaking and/or swinging motion, and at least one air bellows supporting the screening machine. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089698 | ORE SCREENING PANEL FASTENER - A headed retention pin is proposed that seats into recesses in the lower adjoining edges of two screening panels. The heads are tapered vertical from the upper surface of the head to the lower edge of the panels and tapered horizontally from the outer edge of the heads toward the centre line of the head which lies on the join line of the two adjacent panels. These appear to be an X in plan view. The advantage is that as well as locating the panels correctly and retaining the panels on the frame they also pull the adjacent panels together to reduce ingress of fines between the panels. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089699 | TUNNEL-TYPE MACHINE FOR WASHING OBJECTS - A tunnel-type machine to wash objects comprises a containing structure which internally delimits a work volume and is provided with at least an entrance door to feed the objects in a loading direction. The work volume comprises at least two processing chambers contiguous in the loading direction, a single separation door is provided between the two processing chambers, and is mobile through a passage aperture of the containing structure. At least a front packing is provided between the two processing chambers, and at least an upper packing is provided at the passage aperture, and the separation door is configured to contact, in a closed and separated position of the two chambers, both the front packing and the upper packing. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089700 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING AND DRYING ROLL STANDS - A system for use in a rolling train includes a roll stand ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089701 | CLEANING MEDIUM SUCTION UNIT AND DRY CLEANING APPARATUS - A cleaning medium suction unit is provided. The cleaning medium suction unit includes a container, a vibration plate, a vibration source, and a suction member. The container contains a cleaning medium. The vibration plate is disposed inside the container, and has an upper surface on which the cleaning medium is to be placed. The vibration source vibrates the vibration plate. The suction member is disposed above the upper surface of the vibration plate forming a gap therebetween, and has a suction opening to suck the cleaning medium with a negative pressure. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089702 | METHOD OF CLEANING A FOOD OR BEVERAGE DISPENSER - A food and beverage dispenser for dispensing food and beverage products may have a clean in place (CIP) system that functions with minimal to no operator interface and disassembly. The dispenser may include one or more product barrels and an ingredient supply refrigerator. A nozzle cap containing a cleaning/sanitizing agent may be placed on a dispensing valve of the dispenser, and a CIP connector may be connected to a BIB connector after disconnecting the BIB connector from a BIB package. The CIP connector completes a CIP circuit that places the product barrel in fluid circulation with a water source and optionally another sanitizer source to help clean the dispenser in place. A heater may be included in the CIP circuit to heat the circulating fluid. A microcontroller or other computer processor may control the CIP process. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089703 | Sewer Jetter - A sewer jetter apparatus is provided. The sewer jetter apparatus may include a sewer jetter attachment and a sewer jetter hose. A coating is provided over a joint formed by the sewer jetter attachment and the sewer jetter hose. The coating provides a smooth sloped transition between the sewer jetter attachment and the sewer jetter hose. The coating enables improved performance of the sewer jetter apparatus during retraction of the sewer jetter apparatus from a pipe. In one embodiment, the coating may be formed by a heat shrink Teflon tubing formed on at least a portion of a sewer jetter attachment ferrule and a portion of the sewer jetter hose. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089704 | Container Rinsing System and Method - A container rinsing system has a nozzle adapted to be positioned proximate an opening of the container and adapted to direct a supply of air in any orientation to the container. A vacuum member is positioned around the air nozzle and adapted to vacuum foreign particles away from the container. A system comprises an air source and a manifold having a manifold inlet, an ionization unit, and a plurality of manifold outlets along with a plurality of air nozzles. Each nozzle has a nozzle inlet, a nozzle outlet, and a nozzle passageway extending between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet. The ionization unit is placed within the manifold, and the plurality of nozzles are located on the plurality of manifold outlets such that during operation air is ionized before entering the nozzles. The ionized air is used to clean containers. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURGING CONTAMINANTS FROM A SALT CAVERN - A novel system and method for removing contaminants in a salt cavern is provided. A purge fluid is used to purge one or more contaminants from the cavern on a continuous or intermittent basis before or during operation of the cavern. The cavern can be cycled one or more times with purging operations to create a cleaner cavern less susceptible to contaminating stored hydrogen during the operational lifetime of the cavern. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089706 | CONTAINMENT PROCESS FOR OIL SANDS TAILINGS - A process for containing tailings produced during an oil sands operation includes filling and containing the tailings in a geotextile container. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089707 | TUBE BENDER - A tube bender is provided. A rotatable member is pivoted to a base, defines an inner space and has a rack portion extending around the pivot portion within the inner space, a first arched groove archedly extending around the pivot portion and a holding portion having a holding recess for a tube. An abutting assembly has an arm portion connected with the base and an abutting chunk assembled to the arm portion. A gear assembly includes a driving assembly for being driven by a driving tool and a rotating assembly which is pivoted to the base and rotatably connected with the driving assembly. The driving assembly is pivoted to the arm portion and non-coaxially arranged with the rotating assembly, and the rotating assembly has a first toothed portion meshed with the rack portion and a driven portion meshed with the driving assembly. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089708 | Method and device for producing rotationally symmetrical metal components - A method for producing rotationally symmetric structural components of metal, in particular steel, is provided. A blank is arranged in a torsion-proof manner on a first receptacle, the receptacle is rotated about a rotation axis so that the blank is caused to rotate about this rotation axis, at least one linear shaping element with a contour having at least partially an unrolled external contour of the rotationally symmetric structural component or a preform of the structural component is moved tangentially to the surface of the synchronously rotating blank, and the linear shaping element is at the same time pressed against the blank so that during the tangential movement the contour of the linear shaping element is formed at least partially into the blank. A kingpin or link pin of a connection link with a connection shaft and a link outer part is produced. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089709 | Method And Mould Arrangement For Explosion Forming - The invention is intended to improve a method for explosive forming of a workpiece by means of gas explosion, in which the workpiece is arranged in a intake area of a moulding tool, wherein the intake area is at least partially filled with liquid and the explosion is triggered by ignition of an explosive gas mixture, to the effect that the method is suitable and simplified for mass production. This object is solved by a method for explosive forming of a workpiece by means of gas explosion, in which the workpiece is arranged in a intake area of a moulding tool, wherein the intake area is at least partially filled with liquid and the explosion is triggered by means of ignition of an explosive gas mixture, in which the explosive gas mixture is provided at least partially above the surface of the liquid before the ignition. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089710 | PUNCH PRESS - A punch press includes a punch support body, on which a plurality of punches are mounted, and an integrated die support body positioned below the integrated punch support body and including a plurality of dies mounted thereon to perform a punching process in cooperation with the punches. The plurality of the dies are juxtaposed along a rim of the integrated die support body. The integrated die support body includes an integrated die support main body and an in-and-out moving body that enables at least a portion thereof to assume a condition emerging out of the rim of the integrated die support body while its connection with the integrated die support main body is retained. Some of the dies disposed in the integrated die support body are disposed in the in-and-out moving body. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089711 | Joint Structure and Joining Method Thereof - To provide a joint structure capable of suitably joining members which compose the joint structure, and to provide a joining method thereof. The joint structure includes a shaft member, and a cylindrical member an inner surface of which is fitted to an outer surface of the shaft member. The cylindrical member includes first crimped portions which are crimped along axial grooves provided in an axial direction of the shaft member; and a second crimped portion which fits the axial grooves and is crimped along a circumferential groove, the circumferential groove being provided on a circumferential surface of the shaft member by reducing a diameter of an axially intermediate portion in a radial direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089712 | VERSATILE DYNAMIC STAMPING/RESTRIKING TOOL - A stamping tool and a method for deforming a part with the stamping tool are disclosed. The stamping tool may include an array of striking members (e.g., pins), each striking member capable of being actuated independently with respect to the other striking members. In some embodiments, the stamping tool is part of a system having a vision system and a computing device. The vision system is capable of scanning the part to determine a location or location in which the array of striking members will engage the part. The deforming operation can include a rework operation subsequent to another process, or alternatively, the deforming operation can include deforming the part such that the part includes a three-dimensional shape. Also, the part can be a two-dimensional or three-dimensional part made from metal (e.g., aluminum, steel) or plastic. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089713 | Machine for Producing Sand Moulds - Machine for the production of sand moulds comprising a machine structure with a moulding chamber ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089714 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY CASTING SLAB FOR HEAVY GAUGE STEEL PLATE - A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method for continuous casting with which slabs for heavy gauge steel plate in which porosities are decreased can be manufactured. In the present invention, when a slab for heavy gauge steel plate is continuously cast, two pairs of reduction rolls that are arranged separately from each other with a roll-interval in a range from 3 m to 7 m, between which a support roll is arranged, are used, reduction is carried out on the slab by 3 to 15 mm with the reduction rolls at the first stage under the condition where the slab includes an unsolidified portion with the solid-phase ratio in a range from 0.8 to less than 1, and reduction is further carried out on the slab with the reduction rolls at the second stage under the condition where the slab is completely solidified. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089715 | HORIZONTAL SKULL MELT SHOT SLEEVE - Disclosed are embodiments of a vessel configured to contain a secondary magnetic induction field therein for melting materials, and methods of use thereof. The vessel can be used in an injection molding apparatus having an induction coil positioned adjacent to the vessel. The vessel can have a tubular body configured to substantially surround and receive a plunger tip. Longitudinal slots or gaps extend through the thickness of the body to allow and/or direct eddy currents into the vessel during application of an RF induction field from the coil. The body also includes temperature regulating lines configured to flow a liquid within. The temperature regulating lines can be provided to run longitudinally within the wall(s) of the body between its inner bore and outer surface(s). A flange may be provided at one end of the body to secure the body within an injection molding apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089716 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CYLINDER FOR A TWO-STROKE ENGINE - A method for producing a cylinder for a two-stroke engine, has the following steps: producing a casting core, wherein a central core slide for the cylinder chamber and at least one salt core for a transfer port are produced and the at least one salt core is connected to the central core slide, inserting the casting core into a casting mold, casting the cylinder in a die-casting process, removing the central core slide from the cylinder, wherein the at least one salt core is separated from the central core slide, and flushing the at least one salt core out of the cylinder. The invention further relates to a casting core for such a method. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089717 | TIE BAR WITHDRAWING DEVICE - A post-extracting device for at least one post ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089718 | PUMP STRUCTURE FOR USE IN TRANSFER CHAMBER - The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089719 | ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING AN ARTICLE - An article and a method for making shaped cooling holes in an article are provided. The method includes the steps of depositing a metal alloy powder to form an initial layer including at least one aperture, melting the metal alloy powder with a focused energy source to transform the powder layer to a sheet of metal alloy, sequentially depositing an additional layer of the metal alloy powder to form a layer including at least one aperture corresponding to the at least one aperture in the initial layer, melting the additional layer of the metal alloy powder with the focused energy source to increase the sheet thickness, and repeating the steps of sequentially depositing and melting the additional layers of metal alloy powder until a structure including at least one aperture having a predetermined profile is obtained. The structure is attached to a substrate to make the article. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089720 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMING METHOD - A three-dimensional forming apparatus includes: a material supply unit that supplies a stage with a sintering material in which metal powder and a binder are kneaded; a heating unit that supplies the sintering material supplied from the material supply unit with energy capable of sintering the sintering material; and a driving unit that is able to move the material supply unit and the heating unit three-dimensionally relative to the stage, wherein the material supply unit supplies a predetermined amount of the sintering material to a desired position on the stage and the energy is supplied to the supplied sintering material from the heating unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089721 | AEROSPACE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AEROSPACE COMPONENT - A method of forming an aerospace component, the method including: forming a first subcomponent by an additive layer manufacturing (ALM) process, the first subcomponent having an inner surface defining an inner space; performing a non-ALM machining process to modify a portion of the inner surface of the first subcomponent; and forming a second subcomponent by an ALM process, the second subcomponent being arranged to close the inner space to complete the component. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089722 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT FROM A MOLYBDENUM-RICH ALLOY - A method for manufacturing a gas turbine engine component from a molybdenum-rich alloy. The method includes the steps of providing a molybdenum powder of at least 50% molybdenum by weight, extruding the molybdenum powder to provide a first shape, forming the first shape to a second shape and forging the second shape to provide a third shape. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089723 | METHOD OF FABRICATING NANOSTRUCTURES USING MACRO PRE-PATTERNS - A method of fabricating nanostructures using macro pre-patterns according to the present invention, which comprises either depositing a target material on a substrate having macro pre-patterns formed thereon, or applying a target material to a substrate and then forming macro pre-patterns on the substrate, and then depositing the target material on the side surface of the macro pre-patterns by an ion bombardment phenomenon occurring during etching, provides a three-dimensional nanostructures with high aspect ratio and uniformity can be fabricated by a simple process at low cost by using the ion bombardment phenomenon occurring during physical ion etching, thereby achieving the high performance of future nano-devices, such as nanosized electronic devices, optical devices, bio devices and energy devices. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089724 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING METAL CONTAINING POWDER - A process for manufacturing metal containing powder, the process including the steps of: (a) mixing at least one metal oxide powder with Ca or Mg granules and/or calcium hydride in granule or powder form to form a mixture; (b) maintaining said mixture under an H | 2016-03-31 |
20160089725 | Tailstock Device - A tailstock device includes a lower transport unit, a base seat, and a tool unit. The lower transport unit includes a lower transmission mechanism that has a lower leadscrew adapted to be rotatably installed on a bed of a lathe machine and extending in a lengthwise direction. The base seat threadedly engages the lower leadscrew and is driven movably by the transport unit along the lower leadscrew. The tool unit is mounted on the base seat, is movable relative to the base seat in a crosswise direction transverse to the lengthwise direction, and has a lathe center adapted to point toward a headstock of the lathe machine and a carriage adapted to be mounted with a deep-hole drilling tool. The carriage and the lathe center are arranged in the crosswise direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089726 | DEVICE FOR CAPTURING, CENTRING, GRIPPING AND/OR SECURING OBJECTS | 2016-03-31 |
20160089727 | DRILLING TOOL APPARATUS - A drilling tool apparatus ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089728 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL - A rotary cutting tool has a cutting tool body with a cutting end and a cutting portion adjacent to the cutting end. The cutting portion includes a first blade, which has a first finishing cutting portion and a first roughing cutting portion adjacent to the first finishing cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a second blade, which has a second finishing cutting portion and a second roughing cutting portion adjacent to the second finishing cutting portion. The first finishing cutting portion overlaps one or both of the second finishing cutting portion and the second roughing cutting portion. The first roughing cutting portion overlaps one or both of the second roughing cutting portion and the second finishing portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089729 | INTERCHANGEABLE BALL MILL - A tool is disclosed, including an interchangeable cutting member and an adapter to which said interchangeable cutting member is adapted to be replaceably mounted. The interchangeable cutting member comprises a substantially ball-shaped body with a cutting surface, within which a female screw-thread is provided. The adapter is provided having a male screw-thread portion configured and arranged for screw-engagement in the female screw-thread. A coolant or lubricant fluid passage is provided in the interchangeable cutting member. The coolant or lubricant fluid passage ends at the cutting surface of the ball-shaped member. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089730 | MECHANISM FOR ENHANCED, BI-DIRECTIONAL FINE ADJUSTMENT OF CUTTING INSERT CARTRIDGES IN MACHINE TOOLS - Cutting insert cartridge for chip removing machining tools has an axial adjustment system threadedly engaged with a cartridge body and a tool body. The axial adjustment system includes a differential screw in threaded engagement with the tool body either directly, for example by threaded engagement with a threaded opening in the tool body, or indirectly, for example by threaded engagement with a cross dowel fastener slidably positioned in an opening in the tool body. Actuation portion positioned axially between threaded end portions of the differential screw has an engagement feature on an outer surface to be driven, e.g., with a tool or by hand, to rotate the differential screw and adjust the axial position of the cartridge. The spaced apart relationship improves access to the actuation portion and engagement feature for rotation of the differential screw. Chip removing machining tools with such cartridges and methods of machining are also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINED SHEARING OF STEEL PLATE - A method for combined shearing of a steel plate adopts a combination of unrolling and pendulum shearing with laser cutting, wherein after a steel roll is cut by unrolling and pendulum shearing to obtain sheets having a specified length, a part or all of the sheets are directly conveyed to a stack as finished sheet materials and the other part or all of the sheets are transferred to a laser cutting line by means of lateral material discharge from a unrolling and pendulum cutting line, and are picked up by a loading robot and moved to a laser cutting position to subject to a secondary cutting, so as to finally obtain profiled sheet materials which are picked up by a discharged material handling and stacking robot for an operation of stacking the finished products. By a method and system for combined shearing of a steel plate, the present invention achieves laser cutting of a profiled material by lateral material discharge from a blanking from a pendulum cutting line, and can share other functional segments of a production line; meanwhile, two blanking methods are combined to achieve cutting of a sheet of any shape, optimizing and improving the function of the production line and reducing the footprint and equipment investment costs. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089732 | HAND SAW - A hand saw includes a main body, a reinforcing member and a fastening assembly. The main body includes a bow body and a grip portion connected to the bow body, and a receiving slot is recessed along the bow body. An end of the bow body far from the grip portion has at least one first positioning column for a saw blade to be positioned thereon. A rigidity of the reinforcing member is higher than that of the bow body. The shapes of the reinforcing member and the receiving slot are substantially complementary. The reinforcing member is fixedly disposed in the receiving slot. The fastening assembly is attached to the main body and has at least one second positioning column for the other end of the saw blade to be positioned thereon, and is movably adjustable for tensionally fixing the saw blade to the main body. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089733 | Tool Clamping Device - A tool clamping device, in particular a saw-tool clamping device, for a portable power tool, includes at least one clamping unit configured to clamp-in a machining tool, which comprises at least one movably mounted release element configured to transfer the clamping unit into a releasing position, at least one clamping element configured to produce a clamping-in force acting on the machining tool, at least in a state of the machining tool in which the machining tool is connected to the clamping unit, and at least one movement-arresting element configured to arrest at least one possibility of movement of the release element in at least one state. The movement-arresting element is fixedly connected to the clamping element. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089734 | POWER TOOL HAVING ROTARY INPUT CONTROL - A power tool includes a housing, a motor, an output member driven by the motor, and a reaming attachment coupled to the output member. The reaming attachment has a front end portion selectively driven in rotation by the output member to drive a fastener into a workpiece, and a reaming portion selectively driven in rotation by the output member to remove material from an end surface of a conduit. A rotational motion sensor in the housing is operable to detect rotational motion of the housing about an axis. A controller receives a signal indicative of rotational motion from the sensor, determines a direction of the rotational motion of the housing, and drives the motor in a direction corresponding to the direction of rotational motion of the housing. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089735 | SWING MOTION FOR MANUFACTURING NON-GENERATED BEVEL GEARS WITH END RELIEF - A motion which creates an end relief and which is integrated into the plunging cycle of non-generated bevel gears. The tool, after feeding to the correct tooth forming position in case of non-generated gears, is swung sideways out of cutting or grinding contact with the slot instead of along a withdraw path which is identical to the plunge path but opposite in direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089736 | LAPPING MACHINE AND LAPPING METHOD - A lapping machine includes a lap that is meshed with a workpiece gear and laps the workpiece gear. The lap is meshed with the workpiece gear such that: there is a clearance in a prescribed amount between a tooth tip of the lap and a bottom land of the workpiece gear, and there is a clearance in the prescribed amount between a bottom land of the lap and a tooth tip of the workpiece gear; and an effective tooth tip of the lap is located closer to the bottom land of the workpiece gear than a curved line indicating a tooth profile management diameter of the workpiece gear is. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHAMFERING AND DEBURRING GEAR CUT WORKPIECES - The present disclosure relates to a method and to an apparatus for chamfering and deburring gear cut workpieces, especially of large-volume gear cut workpieces, using a deburring apparatus which is arranged on or at the cutting head of a gear cutting machine and which at least partially utilizes the machine axes of the gear cutting machine to chamfer and to deburr gear teeth along a tooth contour. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089738 | THREAD-CUTTING TAP - A thread-cutting tap includes: a thread portion having an external thread, and including a chamfered portion and a complete thread portion that is axially adjacent to the chamfered portion; a flute extending from an axially distal end of the tap toward an axially proximal end of the tap; a rake face defined by one of widthwise opposite end portions of the flute; and a cutting edge defined by one of widthwise opposite edges of the flute, so as to be adjacent to the rake face and extend along the flute. The cutting edge is provided with a protrusion portion at least in a radially outer end portion of the chamfered portion, such that the protrusion portion protrudes from the rake face forwardly in the rotation direction and extends along the cutting edge. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089739 | ROTARY TABLE APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE USING THE ROTARY TABLE APPARATUS - A rotary table apparatus includes a rotary table body, a table rotor supported on the rotary table body and configured to be rotatable, a driving unit for driving the table rotor, a seal mechanism including a sealer disposed between the rotary table body and the table rotor, and a first supply unit configured to supply clean fluid for use in machining to the seal mechanism. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089740 | Bonding Method for Thin Film Diamond Providing Low Vapor Pressure at High Temperature - A thin diamond film bonded to a diamond substrate made by the process of heating a diamond substrate inside a vacuum chamber to about 500° C., cooling the diamond substrate, coating a first surface of the diamond substrate with chromium, depositing an initial layer of palladium, heating the diamond substrate, allowing the chromium and the diamond substrate to form a chemical bond, inter-diffusing the adhesion layer of chromium and the initial layer of palladium, cooling, depositing palladium, placing a shadow mask, degassing the vacuum, depositing a tin layer, assembling the tin layer, heating the tin layer, melting the tin layer, and bonding the thin diamond film to the diamond substrate. A thin diamond film bonded to a diamond substrate comprising a thin diamond film, a layer of chromium, palladium, tin, and a diamond substrate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089741 | GAS COOLING DEVICE AND REFLOW OVEN USING THEREOF - The present invention discloses a gas cooling device and a reflow oven using thereof. The gas cooling device comprises a liquid cooling machine, a plurality condensers and a plurality of outer sleeves. The condensers are disposed in parallel and connected to the liquid cooling machine, in which two ends of all the condensers are separately connected with valves. The outer sleeves are sleeved out of the condensers and communicatively connected in order, in which the outer sleeves disposed at two ends are provided, respectively, with a gas inlet and a gas outlet and each of the condensers is provided with a water outlet. Each of the condensers is formed a circulation with the cooling device. Even though any of the condensers is detached, other condensers are able to continue operating as long as the valves disposed at the two ends of the detached condenser are closed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089742 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WELDING CONDUITS - A method for welding two or more conduits includes aligning end portions thereof in an abutting relationship to define a gap. The method includes performing a spatter free root weld along the gap to configure a root layer while the inner circumferential surface side is unobstructed. After the root weld is complete, an outward thrust is applied along the inner circumferential surfaces of the conduits. During the application of the outward thrust, a filler weld is performed along the gap to fill the gap and to facilitate shrinkage of the filler and root weld materials longitudinally and radially outward while preventing pressing out of the filler and root weld materials radially inward of the inner circumferential surface. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE CONTROL OF A WELDING SYSTEM - A motion detection system having detection circuitry, motion recognition circuitry, and communication circuitry is provided. The detection circuitry is configured to detect gestures or motions of a welding system operator. In some embodiments, the detection circuitry is configured to detect gestures or motions of a welding operator via an accessory device, where the accessory device is in wireless communication with the motion detection system. The motion recognition circuitry receives the detected gestures or motions, and translates the detected gestures or motions into a welding command. The welding command is communicated to a welding system via the communications circuitry, and is configured to adjust an operating parameter of the welding system. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089744 | Plasma Cutting Torch, Nozzle And Shield Cap - A plasma torch assembly, and components thereof, is provided with optimized attributes to allow for improved torch durability add versatility. A torch nozzle is provided having a novel design, including exterior cooling channels running along a length of the nozzle. An improved inner retaining cap assembly is provided which imparts a swirl on shield gas flow. Additionally, a shield cap and outer retainer have optimized geometries to allow the torch to be made narrower to facilitate the cutting of complex 3-D shapes and bevel cuts not attainable with known mechanized plasma torches. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089745 | ALUMINUM SPOT WELDING METHOD - A welding tip ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089746 | SPOT WELDING GUN FOR QUENCHING WELDING ZONE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A spot welding gun for quenching a welding zone includes a welding tip configured to contact a metal plate material. A first electrode base is configured to have the first welding tip fixed thereto and apply a current to the first welding tip. A plurality of first cooling nozzles provided in the first electrode base and configured to spray a cooling medium around a contacting part of the welding tip. The contacting part contacts the metal plate material. A method of operation of a spot welding gun for quenching a welding zone is also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089747 | TIP DRESSING CUTTER - A low-cost tip dressing cutter causing no accumulation of swarf around a breaker is provided. A surface of a breaker | 2016-03-31 |
20160089748 | FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL COMPRISING A RETRACTABLE GUIDE MEMBER AND A WELDING PROCESS - A friction stir welding tool with a base, a rotating friction stir slug mounted in the said base and at least one guide member connected to the said base, the welding tool being adapted to move from upstream to downstream; a welding tool having at least one displacement member of the guide member relative to the said base between at least one guiding position in which the guide member extends in a scout area located downstream and facing the friction stir slug and at least one retracted position in which the guide member is offset from the said scout area. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089749 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF INCREASING FOCUSED BEAM DIAMETER - A laser processing apparatus including a processing head and a light-focusing optical section for focusing a laser beam having a diffusion angle and enabling the laser beam having a convergent angle to be emitted from the processing head. The laser processing apparatus includes a transmissive optical member located upstream of the light-focusing optical section so as to transmit the laser beam while keeping the diffusion angle constant, or located downstream of the light-focusing optical section so as to transmit the laser beam while keeping the convergent angle constant. The transmissive optical member includes a focused-beam diameter increasing part for increasing a focused beam diameter of the laser beam transmitted through the focused-beam diameter increasing part, as compared to a focused beam diameter of the laser beam in a case where the laser beam is not transmitted through the focused-beam diameter increasing part but is focused by the light-focusing optical section. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089750 | METHOD TO JOIN DISSIMILAR MATERIALS BY THE COLD SPRAY PROCESS - A process for joining dissimilar materials. The process includes providing a first component made from a first material and a second component made from a second material. The process also includes cold spraying a bead of the second material onto the first component and joining the second component to the bead on the first component such that a weldment is formed from the first component and the second component. In some instances, joining of the second component to the bead on the first component is performed by fusion welding the bead and the second component together. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089751 | ARMBAND BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WELDING EQUIPMENT USING GESTURES AND LIKE MOTIONS - Portable, wearable or integrate-able devices may be used in detecting gestures or motions by operators of welding systems, and performing actions based thereon. The detection may be performed using sensors (e.g., MEMS or muscle sensors), which generate sensory data. The detected gestures or motions may be processed and translated into corresponding actions or commands, which may be handled directly or communicated to other devices in the welding systems. The actions or commands may comprise welding actions/commands, which are configured for controlling a particular component used during welding operations, and/or gesture-related actions/commands, which are configured for controlling gesture-related components and/or operations. Feedback is provided to the operator, such as to acknowledge or validate detection of the gestures, to identify the corresponding action or command, and to complete the identified action or command. The feedback may be non-visual feedback, such as haptic or audio feedback. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089752 | Au-Sn-Ag-BASED SOLDER ALLOY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE SEALED OR JOINED USING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a high-temperature lead-free Au—Sn—Ag-based solder alloy that is excellent in sealability, joint reliability, and wet-spreadability, that can be kept at a high quality level for a long period of time, and that is provided at a relatively low cost. The lead-free Au—Sn—Ag-based solder alloy contains 27.5 mass % or more but less than 33.0 mass % of Sn, 8.0 mass % or more but 14.5 mass % or less of Ag, and a balance being Au except for elements inevitably contained therein during production. When having a plate- or sheet-like shape, the Au—Sn—Ag-based solder alloy has a surface whose L*, a*, and b* in an L*a*b* color system in accordance with JIS Z8781-4 are 41.1 or more but 57.1 or less, −1.48 or more but 0.52 or less, and −4.8 or more but 9.2 or less, respectively. When having a ball-like shape, the Au—Sn—Ag-based solder alloy has a surface whose L*, a*, and b* are 63.9 or more but 75.9 or less, 0.05 or more but 0.65 or less, and 1.3 or more but 11.3 or less, respectively. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089753 | JOINING APPROACHES FOR SANDWICH STRUCTURES - A method for securing sandwich structures together, especially vehicle structures. In one embodiment, two sandwich structures are perpendicularly secured together, where a first one of the sandwich structures includes a micro-truss core having one unit cell geometry and second one of the sandwich structures includes a micro-truss core having different unit cell geometry. The micro-truss core of the second sandwich structure includes a micro-truss extension fabricated at the same time as the micro-truss core and having the same unit cell geometry as the micro-truss core for the first sandwich structure. The extension is inserted in an open area between face sheets in the first sandwich structure so that it abuts against the micro-truss core in the first sandwich structure. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089754 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A COMPONENT - Provided are a manufacturing system and a method for fabricating a component. The manufacturing system includes a wire delivery assembly arranged and disposed to deliver a wire feed to a fabrication assembly arrangement; the fabrication assembly arrangement includes a wire manipulation assembly, the wire manipulation assembly being arranged and disposed to convert the wire feed into a wire segment and position the wire segment on a workpiece positioner to form a workpiece stack; an energy beam source assembly arranged and disposed to direct one or more energy beams toward one or more aligned surfaces of adjacent wire segments within the workpiece stack, to weld the wire segments together. The method includes delivering a wire feed to a fabrication assembly; cutting and positioning a wire segment; and directing an energy beam toward one or more aligned surfaces of adjacent wire segments to weld the wire segments together. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089755 | AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY APPARATUS, AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY METHOD - An automated assembly apparatus comprises an assembly robot that includes a Y-axis movement unit, a first X-axis movement unit movable in a Y-axis direction along the Y-axis movement unit, and a grip unit movable in an X-axis direction along the X-axis movement unit, and a workbench unit including a Z-axis movement unit arranged below the assembly robot with respect to an Z-axis and a workbench movable in the Z-axis direction along the Z-axis movement unit, wherein an assembly operation for a first assembly component gripped by the grip unit and a second assembly component mounted on the workbench unit is performed through movement in the Z-axis direction by the workbench unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089756 | TOOL CLAMPING SYSTEM - A tool clamping system is disclosed having a tool holder for clamping a cutting tool, wherein a device including at least one Seebeck element for generating a voltage from thermal energy of the tool clamping system is provided. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089757 | Sensor Device, in Particular Hand-Held Power-Tool Sensor Device - The disclosure is based on a sensor device, in particular a hand-held power-tool sensor device, for identifying an uncontrolled occurrence of jamming in the case of a hand-held power tool, having at least one sensor unit, which is provided to sense at least one motion characteristic value of the hand-held power tool, and having a protective unit, which is provided to control the hand-held power tool in dependence on at least one triggering threshold value and the at least one motion characteristic value. It is proposed that the protective unit be provided to set the at least one triggering threshold value in a variable manner and/or to define at least one further triggering threshold value. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089758 | MACHINING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ATMOSPHERE INSIDE MACHINING TOOL CONTROL PANEL - A control panel of a machining tool includes a measurement unit measuring a temperature and a humidity involved with an atmosphere inside the control panel, an adjustment unit adjusting the temperature and the humidity, and an atmosphere control unit controlling an atmosphere inside the control panel by controlling the adjustment unit. Since the atmosphere control unit receives electric power supplied from a system separated from a power supply supplying electric power to the machining tool, it is possible to protect various electronic devices inside the control panel by measuring and adjusting the atmosphere inside the control panel even when the machining tool power supply is not turned on. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089759 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF MACHINE TOOL - A control system of a machine tool with a rotary type spindle and a feed axis which generates feed motion of the spindle, comprising a current detecting part which detects a current through a spindle motor for driving the spindle, a temperature detecting part which detects a motor temperature, a remaining time estimating part which uses a predetermined maximum allowable temperature and a detected temperature value by the temperature detecting part as the basis to estimate a remaining time until the motor temperature would reach the maximum allowable temperature on the assumption that the detected current value by the current detecting part at the time of the detected temperature value would continue to flow through the spindle motor, and a feed speed changing part which changes speed of the feed motion in accordance with the estimated value of the remaining time. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089760 | TURNING CONTROLLER - A turning controller includes a storage, a working program processing device, a command value setting processing device, an approach angle setting command amount calculator, and a command processing device. The storage is configured to store a working program and tool shape data. The working program processing device is configured to analyze the working program and to calculate and output command amounts. The command value setting processing device is configured to set an approach angle command value for defining an approach angle. The approach angle setting command amount calculator is configured to calculate, as an approach angle setting command amount, a B-axis command amount for controlling to cause the approach angle to have the approach angle command value based on the tool shape data. The command processing device is configured to output the approach angle setting command amount to the B-axis driver. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089761 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OVERSIZED PARTS IN COMPACT CNC MACHINES - This application relates to methods for applying automated precision machining operations to an oversized workpiece with a compact computer numerical control (CNC) machining apparatus. By shifting an oversized workpiece through a working area of the CNC machining apparatus, the CNC machining apparatus can apply machining operations to any portion of the workpiece in an automated manner. To achieve precision results, a position of the workpiece is tracked as the workpiece is shifted through the working area. In some embodiments, a probe can be utilized to track the shifting of the workpiece by determining a location of a machined feature after a particular shift has been completed. In this way, a position of the workpiece can be tracked without having to rely upon tolerances inherent to a workpiece manipulator. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089762 | ANGLE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR GRINDING MACHINE - A grinding machine includes a base with a U-shaped frame on the base. The U-shaped frame has two extensions and each have a first hole and a second hole which is an oval hole. A grinding roller is connected to the frame. An adjustment device includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft extends through a portion of the base and the two respective first holes of the extensions. The second shaft extends through the second holes of the two extensions. An eccentric sleeve and an adjustment member are located in the second hole of one of the extensions, and each have an eccentric hole. The adjustment member is mounted to the eccentric sleeve. The second shaft extends through the two eccentric holes. When rotating the adjustment member and the eccentric sleeve, the frame and the grinding roller are pivoted about the first shaft. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089763 | COMPOSITION FOR TUNGSTEN CMP - A chemical mechanical polishing composition for polishing a substrate having a tungsten layer includes a water based liquid carrier, a colloidal silica abrasive dispersed in the liquid carrier and having a permanent positive charge of at least 6 mV, an amine compound in solution in the liquid carrier, and an iron containing accelerator. A method for chemical mechanical polishing a substrate including a tungsten layer includes contacting the substrate with the above described polishing composition, moving the polishing composition relative to the substrate, and abrading the substrate to remove a portion of the tungsten from the substrate and thereby polish the substrate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089764 | POLISHING PAD AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a polishing pad and a method for making the same. The polishing pad includes a base layer and a polishing layer. The base layer has a first surface and a plurality of first trenches. The first trench has an opening at the first surface. The polishing layer is located on the first surface of the base layer and fills the first trenches. The polishing layer has a plurality of second trenches, the positions of the second trenches correspond to those of the first trenches, and the depth of the second trenches is less than that of the first trenches. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089765 | SLURRY DISPERSION SYSTEM WITH REAL TIME CONTROL - A slurry dispersion system is provided, and includes a slurry source system, an in-line analyzer and a controller. The slurry source system provides a slurry for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The in-line analyzer measures at least one parameter of a sampled slurry sampled from the slurry dispersion system, and generates an indication signal based on the parameter, in which the indication signal indicates at lease one characteristic of the slurry. The controller receives the indication signal, and generates a control signal based on the indication signal for performing a real time control on the slurry dispersion system for controlling quality of the slurry. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089766 | INDUCTION HARDENED PROCESSING SHAFT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An induction hardened processing shaft of a part-processing apparatus and method of manufacturing includes exposing a shaft to a partial induction hardening process. An induction hardening process may be applied to only the portion of the shaft that may be exposed to processing spray or shot peening material. The portion of the shaft exposed to induction hardening will include a harder surface material that can better withstand its composition and structure during impact, minimizing or reducing the amount of wear on the surface from exposure to processing material utilized in the part-processing apparatus. By limiting the induction hardening process to less than the full length of the shaft, the shaft is less likely to experience substantial deformation, and further permits screws and fasters to be driven into the shaft to secure the shaft at specific locations with the processing apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089767 | VISE JAW BASE PLATE ADAPTERS INCLUDING SOFT JAWS - Vise jaws are provided with base plates having bolt receiving holes or slots passing therethrough near top edges thereof. Soft jaws formed of a readily machinable material are provided with threaded bores which can receive bolts passing through the holes or slots in the base plates, the bolts also pass into the threaded bores to hold the soft jaws to the base plates. The soft jaws can be provided with a modified contour to match a geometry of a workpiece to be held. A locating pin can cooperate with alignment holes and alignment bores in the base plates and soft jaws for precise alignment of the base plates and soft jaws together. Adapters are also provided which can attach to surfaces of base plates and be rotated to present edges at a variety of different angles for supporting of workpieces in various angled orientations. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089768 | OPENING IMPLEMENT FOR ACCESSORY CLASP - There is provided an opening implement for a ring-shaped clasp of an accessory, the clasp including: a body having a cutout part, a closing member to close the cutout part, a movable part connected to the closing member to open and close the closing member, and a fixed part. The opening implement includes a first holding part to hold the fixed part, a second holding part configured to hold the movable part; and a connection part connecting the first holding part and the second holding part. The first holding part includes a housing part configured to house any of a part of the spring clasp and a part of the lobster clasp. Any of the spring clasp and the lobster clasp is held by only the first holding part via the housing part. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089769 | Clamping structure for open end wrench - A clamping structure for an open end wrench contains: a body, and the body including a handle, an operation head, and a clamping portion. The clamping portion has a first jaw arranged on a first side thereof, a second jaw formed on a second side thereof, and a V-shaped retaining fringe defined on a rear end thereof. The first jaw has a first plane defined on a front end thereof, two first recesses arranged on a rear end of the first plane and a first front end of the V-shaped retaining fringe, and an arcuate projection defined between the two first recesses. The second jaw has a second plane defined on a front end thereof, an abutting face arranged between a rear end thereof and a second front end of the V-shaped retaining fringe, and an arcuately concaved section formed between the second plane and the abutting face. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089770 | ADJUSTABLE WRENCH - An adjustable wrench has a wrench body, a clamping element, and a ratcheting jaw. The wrench body has a handle, a head, and a thumbscrew. The head is formed on the handle and has a connecting block, a fixed jaw, a curved slot, two pin holes, a positioning pin, a mounting recess, two pivot holes, and a sliding slot. The clamping element is connected to the wrench body and has a sliding bar, a ribbed slab, and a movable jaw. The ribbed slab is formed on the sliding bar and is mounted in the sliding slot. The movable jaw has an engaging surface and a positioning block. The ratcheting jaw is a curved block capable of sliding forward and retracting backward inside the curved slot and has two mounting boards, a receiving recess, an engaging surface, an abutting surface, an engaging protrusion, a holding recess, and an elastic element. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089771 | ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER - An electric screwdriver includes a motor having a motor shaft, a handle housing for accommodating the motor, an output shaft at least partly protruding from the handle housing, a transmission device for enabling the motor shaft to drive the output shaft to rotate around a first axis, an exploring antenna for detecting whether an object is charged, and an operating switch coupled to the handle housing for controlling the motor. The exploring antenna has a front end portion extending beyond the handle housing. The output shaft has an inserting groove, and a ratio of the maximum size of the handle housing to the maximum size of the inserting groove in a radial direction of the output shaft is greater than or equal to 3.9 and less than or equal to 8. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089772 | SCREWDRIVER TOOL HAVING MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY - A screwdriver tool contains: a connecting rod and a magnetic assembly. The connecting rod includes a tool segment, a threaded section, and a neck section. The magnetic assembly includes a slidable sleeve, a magnetic attracting element accommodated in a front end thereof, and an inserting notch formed therein, wherein a diameter of the inserting notch is greater than a diameter of the threaded section, and the slidable sleeve further has a screwing section formed on a rear end of the inserting notch to screw with the threaded section, a length of the screwing section is less than that of the neck section, the threaded section of the connecting rod is inserted into the inserting notch of the slidable sleeve, and the screwing section of the slidable sleeve is fitted with the neck section of the connecting sleeve. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089773 | TOOL BOX WITH A POSITIONING DEVICE - A tool box has two bodies, two inner boxes, a positioning device, a positioning block, and a buckle unit. The inner boxes are respectively mounted in the bodies. Each positioning device has a fixing base mounted in one of the inner boxes and a fixing elastic plate. The fixing base has two hooking portions and two recesses respectively formed in two ends of the hooking portions. The fixing elastic plate is detachably mounted on the fixing base and has an inserting portion and two hooking portions respectively engaged with the recesses. The positioning block is mounted on the inserting portion and has multiple tool recesses. The buckle unit is mounted on the bodies. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089774 | HANDHELD ENGAGEMENT DEVICE - A handheld engagement device ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089775 | ROBOT - A robot includes a base part having a first cavity part inside, a torso part coupled to the base part, at least one arm unit provided on the torso part, and an inner box provided in the first cavity part and having a second cavity part opening in an upper portion. A circuit board for driving an actuator that operates the arm unit is provided on an outer side surface of the inner box. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089776 | Compact Parallel Kinematics Robot - An industrial robot includes first and second kinematic chains configured to transmit the movements of corresponding first and second actuators to respective movements of an end effector. The first kinematic chain includes a first rod which is stiff. The second kinematic chain includes elements between the second actuator and the first rod such that the actuation of the second actuator causes bending forces on the first rod. The first and second kinematic chains thereby have the first rod as a common element, which improves compactness and accessibility of the robot. This improvement assumes that the robot is provided with one or more stiff rods that can bear the bending forces resulting from the actuation of the corresponding actuators. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089777 | ROBOT - A robot includes a supporting unit that rotatably supports a first passive shaft part, and a first arm fixed to the first passive shaft part, wherein the first arm has an internal space overlapping with the first passive shaft part in a direction orthogonal to a center shaft of the first passive shaft part. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089778 | ROBOT - A robot includes a curved arm including a first member, a second member, and a coupling member and bending in a longitudinal direction, the first member couples to a distal end of the coupling member in the longitudinal direction, and the second member couples to a base end of the coupling member in the longitudinal direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089779 | ROBOT - A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089780 | AUTOMATICALLY POSITIONABLE JOINTS AND TRANSFER TOOLING ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AUTOMATICALLY POSITIONABLE JOINTS - An automatically positionable joint for a modular tooling assembly includes a first joint member; a second joint member that is rotatably connected to the first joint member; a motor for causing rotation of the first joint member with respect to the second joint member; and a first clutch that is movable between an engaged position in which the first clutch restrains rotation of the first joint member with respect to the second joint member and a disengaged position in which the first clutch permits rotation of the first joint member with respect to the second joint member. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089781 | ROBOT, CONTROL APPARATUS AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot includes a casing, a first arm unit and a second arm unit provided on the casing, a first board that outputs a current command signal, a second board that controls an actuator for driving the first arm unit based on the current command signal, and a third board that controls an actuator for driving the second arm unit based on the current command signal. The second board and the third board are provided inside of the casing. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089782 | ROBOTIC HANDOVER SYSTEM NATURAL FOR HUMANS - The disclosure includes a system and method for determining posture data for a user based on observation of the user, generating user model data describing one or more user models, determining user preferences data describing the preferences of the user for receiving an object, generating two or more reach simulations that simulate the user reaching for different points inside a user environment to receive the object, each reach simulation resulting in a hand of the user arriving at a three-dimensional point in the user environment, analyzing the reach simulations to assign a value to each three-dimensional point in the user environment, grouping the three-dimensional points into one or more clusters of similar points to form candidate zones including one or more points inside the user environment where a robot can place the object for handover to the user, and ranking the candidate zones. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089783 | ROBOT CLEANER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method for a robot cleaner includes acquiring a plurality of images of surroundings during travel of the robot cleaner in a cleaning area, estimating a plurality of room-specific feature distributions according to a rule defined for each of a plurality of rooms, based on the images acquired while acquiring the plurality of images, acquiring an image of surroundings at a current position of the robot cleaner, obtaining a comparison reference group including a plurality of room feature distributions by applying the rule for each of the plurality of rooms to the image acquired while acquiring the image at the current position, comparing the obtained comparison reference group with the estimated room-specific feature distributions, and determining a room from the plurality of rooms having the robot cleaner currently located therein. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089784 | INDUSTRIAL-USE ROBOT AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A total time necessary for work is shortened by reducing program correcting. A control device has a teaching program storage storing a teaching program, a command interpreter transmitting a movement-related command to a movement-related command separator, determining whether the command is a synchronous interval command or an asynchronous interval command and separating the movement-related command into command of each device according to a determination result, and executing a non-movement-related command, a movement-related command buffer selecting one of the transmission of the movement-related command to the sub-locus calculator and accumulating movement-related command therein based on a device movement state, a main locus calculator calculating movement information on the device on which synchronous control is performed from the movement-related command, a sub-locus calculator calculating movement information on the device that is not a synchronous control target based on the movement-related command, and a motor driver performing operations of the devices. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089785 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOBILE BODY - A control device for a mobile body enabling a smooth transition operation between a first mode and a second mode is provided. A change amount of a center of gravity component at a prescribed time is expressed by using an inertial force-dependent manipulated variable component, which changes in accordance with an instantaneous value (d | 2016-03-31 |
20160089786 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOBILE ROBOT - A control device for a mobile robot capable of stabilizing the posture of the mobile robot while in motion is provided. A control unit ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160089787 | ROBOT CONTROLLER - A robot controller of the present invention comprises a movement control part which controls an operation of a robot so that a movable part of the robot moves on a predetermined track, and a return control device which controls an operation of the robot so that if the movable part departs from the track during its movement on said track, the movable part will return to the track. The return control part is configured to limit a force generated by at least one of a plurality of drive devices which drive the robot, to a predetermined upper limit value or less. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089788 | ROBOT, ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A robot includes an arm and a control unit configured to control a motion of the arm using compliant motion control. The control unit changes a parameter value of the compliant motion control depending on a relative position and orientation of a first object moving along with the arm and a second object. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089789 | ROBOT SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING FORCE CONTROL - A robot system includes a robot that operates to move a machining tool relative to a workpiece, an actuator that changes a position of the machining tool, and a control device that controls the robot. The control device includes a robot control unit that operates the robot along a predetermined motion trajectory, a force detection unit that detects force acting between the machining tool and the workpiece, a position detection unit that detects a current position of the machining tool, a force control unit that obtains a target position of the machining tool such that a detection value of the force detection unit approaches a predetermined value, and a position correction unit that calculates a position correction amount of a motion trajectory of the robot and a position correction amount of the actuator in response to the target position of the machining tool. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089790 | HUMAN-COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM - A human-collaborative robot system includes a detection unit that directly or indirectly detects a physical quantity which is changed in response to contact force applied to a robot when the robot comes in contact with an external environment, and a stop command unit that compares the physical quantity detected by the detection unit with a first threshold value and a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value, stops the robot according to a predetermined stop method when the physical quantity is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and is smaller than the second threshold value, and stops the robot in a shorter period of time as compared with the predetermined stop method when the physical quantity is equal to or greater than the second threshold value. | 2016-03-31 |
20160089791 | Continuous Updating of Plan for Robotic Object Manipulation Based on Received Sensor Data - Example systems and methods allow for dynamic updating of a plan to move objects using a robotic device. One example method includes determining a virtual environment by one or more processors based on sensor data received from one or more sensors, the virtual environment representing a physical environment containing a plurality of physical objects, developing a plan, based on the virtual environment, to cause a robotic manipulator to move one or more of the physical objects in the physical environment, causing the robotic manipulator to perform a first action according to the plan, receiving updated sensor data from the one or more sensors after the robotic manipulator performs the first action, modifying the virtual environment based on the updated sensor data, determining one or more modifications to the plan based on the modified virtual environment, and causing the robotic manipulator to perform a second action according to the modified plan. | 2016-03-31 |