17th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220126361 | MELT-MOLDING METALLURGICAL METHOD - A melt-molding metallurgical method includes the steps of: (A) preparing raw material powder and a binder material; (B) mixing the raw material powder and the binder material to obtain pellets; (C) pressing the pellets to obtain a solid state material; (D) preparing a molding device which includes a conveying unit and a forming space; (E) activating the conveying unit; (F) heating the solid state material to become a liquid state material; (G) driving the solid state material that has not melted to push the liquid state material into the forming space; (H) cooling the liquid state material to solidify the same into a blank; (I) debinding the blank; and (J) sintering the blank. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126362 | FINE COPPER PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE COPPER PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED BODY - A method for producing fine copper particles includes producing fine copper particles having a coating film containing cuprous oxide on a surface by heating copper or a copper compound in a reducing flame formed by a burner. The fine copper particles are produced by adjusting a mixing ratio between a combustible gas and a combustion supporting gas which form the reducing flame such that a volume ratio of CO/CO | 2022-04-28 |
20220126363 | ALLOYS WITH A LOW DENSITY OF PRECIPITATES FOR USE IN APPLICATIONS THAT INCLUDE REMELTING PROCESSES, AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF - A method for producing a metal-based powder that is used in metal additive manufacturing, the method comprising: melting alloy metal precursors at a temperature above a liquidus temperature thereof until all alloy metal precursors are in liquid state, to produce a molten alloy; casting the molten alloy by transferring the molten alloy into a caster; cooling the molten alloy to a temperature of at least below the solidus temperature, at a cooling rate above about 50° C./s, to produce a cast alloy with a low density of precipitates; remelting the cast alloy with a low density of precipitates to produce a melted alloy; and forming the metal-based powder from the remelted alloy. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126364 | METHOD FOR LASER-INDUCED GROWTH OF NANO-UNITS TO FORM ORIENTED, CHIRAL, AND COMPLEX STRUCTURES - A method for laser-induced growth of nano-units to form oriented, chiral, and complex structures is provided. Through a laser-induced photochemical reaction, a metal precursor undergoes photolysis to produce inorganic nanoparticles, and these nanoparticles are orientally deposited on a substrate along a polarization direction in a linearly polarized laser to form fusiform nano-units. Through mixed polarized light generated by a vortex plate, the nano-units can grow rapidly and form a specific arrangement to obtain special three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures with chiral features and complex patterns. This method can be implemented in a room temperature environment, has the characteristics of simple operation, short reaction time, high repeatability, long storage time, low cost, and controllable orientations and sites, and shows promising application prospects in the fields of optical devices, chiral catalysis, sensing, integrated circuits, and the like. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126365 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING PART FROM RAPIDLY MANUFACTURED ARTICLE - A manufacturing method includes providing a material that includes a plurality of particles and a binder that is uncured. The method also includes forming a first article from the material including curing the binder to bind a collection of the particles together into the first article. Furthermore, the method includes encasing at least a portion of the first article with an outer member. The outer member defines an internal cavity that corresponds to the first article. Additionally, the method includes heating the outer member and the first article to melt the collection of particles into a molten mass within the internal cavity of the outer member. Moreover, the method includes solidifying the molten mass within the outer member to form a second article. The second article corresponds to at least a portion of the internal cavity of the outer member. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126366 | THREE-DIMENSIONALPRINTING - An example of a three-dimensional printing kit includes a particulate build material including from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles based on a total weight of the particulate build material. The three-dimensional printing kit further includes a binder fluid including water and polymer particles in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % based on a total weight of the binder fluid. The polymer particles have from about 1% to about 10% of a phosphate functional group. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126367 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ALUMINUM ALLOY PART - A method for manufacturing a part ( | 2022-04-28 |
20220126368 | IMPLANTABLE OBJECTS FABRICATED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An implantable object ( | 2022-04-28 |
20220126369 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING OF SILICON NITRIDE AND METAL COMPOSITES - Methods and systems for manufacturing a component are disclosed. The method for manufacturing a component typically comprises blending a silicon nitride powder and a titanium alloy powder to form a combined powder; receiving the combined powder within a build chamber having a platform and a laser beam source configured to produce a laser beam; spreading a plurality of layers of the combined powder over the platform; fusing at least a portion of the combined powder in each of the plurality of layers using the laser beam, wherein each one of the plurality of layers is spread and the portion of the combined powder fused before another one of the plurality of layers is spread, wherein the laser beam is automatically guided by a 3D model of the component; and removing the combined powder that was not fused. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126370 | Method and Apparatus for Fabrication of All-in-one Radiation Shielding Components with Additive Manufacturing - Methods and apparatuses for AM of all-in-one radiation shielding components from multi-material metal alloys, metal matrix, MMCs, and/or gradated compositions of the same are disclosed, comprising: providing an apparatus having: an energy source; a scanner; a powder system for powder(s); a powder delivery system; a shielding gas; and a computer coupled to and configured to control the energy source, scanner, powder system, and powder delivery system to deposit layers of the sample; programming the computer with specifications of the sample; using the computer to control electromagnetic radiation, mixing ratio, and powder deposition parameters based on the specifications of the sample; and using the autofocusing scanner to focus and scan the electromagnetic radiation onto the sample while the powders are concurrently deposited by the powder delivery system onto the sample to create a melting pool to deposit one or more layers onto the sample. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126371 | METHOD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT TREATING OF METAL OBJECTS FORMED IN A METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER - A metal object produced by a three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is subjected to a high temperature heat treatment to improve bonding of the object layers, especially in the vertical or Z-axis direction. A supporting structure is formed around the metal object to retain the shape and features of the object during the high temperature heat treatment. The supporting structure is formed in a manner that is sufficient to retain the shape of the metal object during the heat treatment but is easily removed once the heat treatment is finished. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126372 | A PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR POWDER FEEDING IN POWDER BED 3D PRINTERS - The present invention provides a metal powder-polymer matrix film for use in delivering metal powder to a three-dimensional printing process, the matrix comprising at least one metal powder and a polymer sheet, wherein the metal powder is incorporated within the polymer sheet architecture or on the polymer sheet surface, and wherein the polymer sheet has a thickness that is at least half that of the powder thickness. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126373 | DRILLING MACHINE - The drilling machine includes a spindle, a spindle motor, a frame including, a linear motion guide support plate, a motor support portion, and a ram support plate disposed at a front end of the linear motion guide support plate, and having a height lower than the motor support portion, a linear motion guide disposed on the reference surface, a slider having a nut mounting hole to reciprocate along the linear motion guide, and having a height substantially the same as the motor support portion, a ram penetrating the first ram guide hole, a feed screw including a screw shaft having a rear end supported by the motor support portion and a front end that is a free end, and a nut fastened to the nut mounting hole; and a feed motor connected to the screw shaft. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126374 | DEBURRING APPARATUS AND DEBURRING METHOD - The present disclosure provides a deburring apparatus and a deburring method that does not require a positioning engagement part that is engaged with a fixed part of a machine tool. The deburring apparatus ( | 2022-04-28 |
20220126375 | INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL - An insert includes a base. The base includes first and second surfaces, and a cutting edge on at least a part of a ridgeline of the first and second surfaces. The first surface includes a groove away from the ridgeline and at an angle θ1 of 20-90° relative to the ridgeline. The groove extends from a first end part closest to the cutting edge to a second end part most away from the cutting edge. The groove includes an opening and a bottom surface. An angle θ2 formed by the bottom surface and a raised surface extended from the bottom surface toward the first end part is 95-135°. A cutting tool includes a holder, which has a length extending from a first end to a second end and includes a pocket located on a side of the first end, and the insert located in the pocket. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126376 | Adjustable Angle Toolholder - An adjustable angle toolholder comprising a shank and an adjustable head is provided. The shank has a first end and a second end. The first end is adapted to be held in a machine, such as a lathe. The second end includes a fixed plane oriented parallel to a lengthwise direction of the shank. The fixed plane includes an arcuate face at a distal end of the fixed plane. The head has a fixed plane that mates with the fixed plane of the shank. The fixed planes of the shank and head include a pivot hole through which a pivot bolt passes. The pivot bolt allows adjustment of the head through a wide range of angles relative to a lengthwise direction of the shank, while the fixed planes maintain a position of a centerline of a cutting tool constant with respect to a centerline of the shank. The fixed plane of the shank may be on a centerline of the shank. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126377 | CHUCK JAW STOPPING MECHANISM - A chuck jaw stopping mechanism is disclosed for forming a soft jaw for a lathe. An example of the chuck jaw stopping mechanism includes a stopping device. The example chuck jaw stopping mechanism also includes a securement device configured to connect the stopping device on a master jaw of a chuck of the lathe. The example chuck jaw stopping mechanism also includes a lower surface of the stopping device that moves against a portion of an outer circumference of the chuck in a closed position. The lower surface also moves away from the portion of the outer circumference of the chuck in an open position to form a gap between the lower surface of the stopping device and the portion of the outside circumference of the chuck. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126378 | Illumintated Drill Bit Assembly - An illuminated drill bit assembly for illuminating a work area for a drill without casting a shadow includes a drill bit that can be inserted into a chuck of a power drill. The drill bit has a well integrated therein for insertably receiving an additional drill bit. A cylinder is provided and the drill bit extends through the cylinder. A lighting unit is integrated into the cylinder to emit light outwardly from the cylinder when the lighting unit is turned on. In this way the lighting unit can illuminate the work area without casting a shadow. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126379 | Tie Drill and Lag Screw Inserter Device for the Rail Industry - A portable device is disclosed for drilling a hole through a plate and into a wooden tie and/or inserting a lag screw into the hole in the plate and into the wooden tie. The portable device may include a handle and a removable drill with a rechargeable battery that provides power to the portable device. In various embodiments, the portable device may include a quick connect/disconnect component configured to enable the portable device to be used as a tie drill device or a lag screw inserter device by interchangeably connecting either a drill bit or a lag screw socket to the portable device. In various embodiments, the portable device may include quick-release system, a bit-aligning tip, and/or a bit aligning guide to facilitate switching between different tools compatible with the portable device. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126380 | HOLE SAW WITH HOLE ENLARGEMENT GUIDE AND SUPPORT PIECE DETACHABLE THEREFROM - The present invention relates to a hole saw that is mounted on an electric drill to cut a hole formed on a flat plate such as a ceiling, and more particularly, to a hole saw with hole enlargement guide and support pieces detachable therefrom that is capable of cutting a hole with a larger size (diameter) than a hole already cut in a ceiling. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126381 | NON-ORTHOGONAL CUBE CORNER ELEMENTS AND ARRAYS THEREOF MADE BY END MILLING - A new technique for making cube corner elements that involves end milling is used in the fabrication of cube corner elements having non-orthogonal dihedral angles and dihedral angle errors, and arrays of such cube corner elements. A given optical face of a cube corner element may be a compound face with two constituent faces. In some cases, the constituent faces may be parallel and coplanar such that a given dihedral angle error pertains to the entire optical face, while in other cases, the two constituent faces may not be parallel, and may be associated with different dihedral angle errors. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126382 | SCRAP CUTTER - A scrap cutter is provided in a subsequent stage of the press machine and cuts the scrap material fed from the press machine. The scrap cutter includes: a slide configured to be driven to reciprocate in the vertical direction by a Scotch yoke mechanism; an upper blade attached to the slide; and a lower blade attached to a frame and configured to cut the scrap material in cooperation with the upper blade. A shear angle formed by the upper blade and the lower blade has an angle that gradually decreases from a start of cutting of the scrap material toward an end of cutting to allow the driving torque of the crankshaft of the Scotch yoke mechanism to be constant from the start of cutting to the end of cutting in cutting a scrap material of a cutting capacity limit. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126383 | SAW BLADE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SAW BLADE - A saw blade includes a body having a thickness, an attachment portion formed on the body, and a plurality of cutting teeth formed on the body. The attachment portion is configured to connect the saw blade to a power tool. Each cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth includes a tip defining a plane that extends along the thickness of the body, a rake face extending from the tip, and a relief face extending from the tip opposite the rake face. A first cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth is set in a first direction relative to the body. A second cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth is set in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the body. The planes defined by the tips of the first and second cutting teeth are generally parallel. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126384 | METHOD FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING A GEARWHEEL OR A WORKPIECE WITH A GEARWHEEL-LIKE PROFILE IN A GRINDING OR POLISHING MACHINE - A method for grinding or polishing a gearwheel in a grinding or polishing machine, wherein the machine has two workpiece spindles for receiving a workpiece and a grinding or polishing spindle with a grinding or polishing tool. The method has the steps of: a) Grinding or polishing a first workpiece on a workpiece spindle; b) In a temporally parallel manner to the grinding or polishing of the first workpiece: Receiving a second workpiece on the further workpiece spindle and measuring the toothing of the workpiece to determine the positions of the tooth gaps, the measurement including scanning the tooth or profile flanks of at least one tooth by a tactile measuring element or by contactless measuring, in order to determine the effective oversize on the tooth flanks; c) Following completion of grinding or polishing the first workpiece: Grinding or polishing the second workpiece on the further workpiece spindle based on the determined positions of the tooth gaps and/or the measured effective oversize on the tooth. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126385 | BRAZING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANODE TARGET PLATE - A brazing apparatus and method for brazing an anode target plate of an X-ray generator are disclosed. The brazing apparatus comprises: a vacuum part for providing, during brazing, a vacuum environment at least for a target plate main body formed of an alloy, a brazing material, and a substrate; an induction brazing part for applying an induction current to the target plate main body, the brazing material and the substrate in the vacuum part so as to achieve heating to a temperature higher than the melting point of the brazing material, causing the substrate to be welded to the target plate main body through melting of the brazing material and a resulting reaction; and a directional energy welding part for applying a generated directional energy beam to a position of lower temperature determined on the target plate main body to perform heating. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126386 | METHOD FOR SOLDERING HEATING ELEMENTS TO CREATE AN ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICE OR A HEATING SOURCE; CORRESPONDING ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICE - A method for creating an electric heating source, including a body equipped with one or more housings containing mineral-insulated heating cables. The housings communicate with one or more reservoirs which accept a purely metallic solder material in solid, powder or sheet form. The device is heated in a vacuum degassing plateau, followed by a casting plateau during which the solder melts and fills the housing around the heating cables, resulting in full metal contact between the cables and the body, providing a more uniform temperature and a shorter response time to heating or cooling. Also, a heating source obtained in this manner, including an infrared faired source or an immersion heater for the heating of a liquid bath of molten metal. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126387 | BRAZING METHOD AND BRAZING APPRATUS - The present invention pertains to a brazing method and a brazing apparatus. This brazing method comprises: a brazing material supply step for supplying a brazing material to a to-be-welded part; and a laser irradiation step for irradiating the brazing material having been supplied to the to-be-welded part with a laser beam while moving the laser beam along a brazing direction to form a welding bead. In the laser irradiation step, a gas is injected toward an area to be injected with gas, which is an area encompassing the welding bead located rearward of a laser-irradiated portion of the brazing material in the brazing direction, from above said area or from a front side of said area in the brazing direction. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126388 | LAMINATED MOLDING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED MOLDING - An additively manufactured object formed by depositing weld bead layers, each of the weld bead layers being obtained by melting and solidifying a filler metal made of a mild steel, the additively manufactured object includes a plurality of the weld bead layers having a ferrite phase with an average grain diameter of 11 μm or less in a part except for a surface oxide film. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE VISUAL ASSISTANCE FOR SELECTION OF WELDING PARAMETERS - An example welding-type system includes: power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to welding-type power; an interface configured to: receive a selection of a parameter from a plurality of parameters; and receive a selection of a value for the selected parameter; and control circuitry configured to: in response to the selection of the parameter from the plurality of parameters, control the interface to output a visual indication of an effect of changing the parameter on at least one of a welding electrode, a quantity of discontinuities in the weld, a magnitude of a discontinuity in the weld, or a quantity of inclusions in the weld; in response to a change in the value of the selected parameter via the interface, control the interface to change the visual indication of the effect based on the change in the value; and control the power conversion circuitry based on the value. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126390 | METHOD FOR RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING A STACKED ASSEMBLY OF DISSIMILAR METAL WORKPIECES AND A RESISTANCE SPOT WELDED STACK ASSEMBLY OF DISSIMILAR METALS - A method of resistance spot welding a stacked assembly of dissimilar workpieces. The stack assembly includes a first workpiece formed of a first alloy, a second workpiece formed of a second alloy, and a third workpiece formed of a third alloy sandwiched between the first workpiece and the second workpiece. The third alloy includes a lower resistivity than the first alloy and a lower resistivity than the second alloy. A faying interface is defined by a portion of the first workpiece in direct contact with a portion of the second workpiece through the third workpiece. A weld nugget, a braze, or a combination of a weld nugget and a braze joins the first workpiece to the second workpiece at the faying interface. An annular ring of re-solidified molten pool of third alloy surrounds the faying interface and a region of re-solidified partially melted third alloy surrounding the annular ring. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126391 | Electric Connector Engaging a Welder to a Spot Welding Tool - A electrical connector for removably engaging a welder to a spot welding tool having a first arm in a pivoting engagement to a second arm. The connector features an electrically conductive member engaged to or forming a powered translating shaft of a welder which is surrounded by a housing. The connector engages within a passage formed in a coupling to communicate forward and rearward movement and electric current to a first arm of a spot welding tool. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126392 | ULTRASONIC WELDING MOLD FOR MASK MACHINE CAPABLE OF QUICKLY CHANGING CUSTOMIZED PATTERNS - Disclosed is an ultrasonic welding mold for a mask machine capable of quickly changing customized patterns, including an ultrasonic welding wheel and a plurality of customized pattern components, wherein the customized pattern components are arranged on an outer surface of the ultrasonic welding wheel, and the customized pattern components are provided with printed patterns. Independent customized pattern components are arranged outside the ultrasonic welding wheel, so different customized pattern components can be replaced without removing other components, and the replacement is simple. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126393 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool includes a first spindle, a second spindle, and a joining means for joining the axial ends of workpieces gripped by the spindles to form a joined workpiece. The machine tool further includes an electric servomotor for moving the first spindle in the direction intersecting the axis of the first spindle, a current value detection means for detecting the current value of the electric servomotor, and a misalignment detecting means for detecting misalignment of a first workpiece and a second workpiece in the joined workpiece, based on the current value detected by the current value detection means when the joined workpiece gripped by the two spindles is rotated. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126394 | Friction Stir Welding Apparatus and Friction Stir Welding Method - A friction stir welding apparatus includes a welding tool that includes a shoulder and a probe supported by the shoulder, is inserted into a plurality of welding target members, and moves while rotating to weld the plurality of welding target members, a spindle motor that is coupled to the welding tool to rotate the welding tool in a predetermined direction, a welding head that supports the spindle motor, and an apparatus body that supports the welding head, applies a drive signal to the spindle motor, and moves the welding tool along a welding line while rotating the welding tool. The apparatus body has a first correction mode in which a welding tool position indicating a position of the welding tool in a Z-axis direction is corrected based on a variable correction quantity calculated by a predetermined operational expression according to a fluctuation quantity of a state quantity indicating a control quantity of the welding head in a Z-axis upper direction or a Z-axis lower direction when friction stir welding is performed on the welding target members by the welding tool, and a second correction mode in which the welding tool position is corrected based on a preset fixed correction quantity according to the fluctuation quantity. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126395 | LASER-ASSISTED METHOD FOR PARTING CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL - A crystalline material processing method includes forming subsurface laser damage at a first average depth position to form cracks in the substrate interior propagating outward from at least one subsurface laser damage pattern, followed by imaging the substrate top surface, analyzing the image to identify a condition indicative of presence of uncracked regions within the substrate, and taking one or more actions responsive to the analyzing. One potential action includes changing an instruction set for producing subsequent laser damage formation (at second or subsequent average depth positions), without necessarily forming additional damage at the first depth position. Another potential action includes forming additional subsurface laser damage at the first depth position. The substrate surface is illuminated with a diffuse light source arranged perpendicular to a primary substrate flat and positioned to a first side of the substrate, and imaged with an imaging device positioned to an opposing second side of the substrate. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126396 | OPTICAL APPARATUS FOR THE LASER WELDING OF A WORKPIECE, WITH A PLURALITY OF PARTIAL BEAMS HAVING A CORE ZONE AND A RING ZONE IN THE BEAM PROFILE - A laser welding optical apparatus includes: a laser beam source; a collimation optical unit collimating the provided laser beam; a beam splitter splitting the collimated laser beam into partial beams, the beam splitter having a first setting facility, which variably sets the splitting of the collimated laser; and a focusing optical unit focusing the partial beams onto the welding workpiece The laser beam source has a multiclad fiber having a core and ring fiber, and a second setting facility, which variably splits an input laser beam at an end of the multiclad fiber between the core and ring fiber. A second end of the multiclad fiber provides the laser beam for the collimation optical unit. The beam splitter splits the collimated laser beam among two leading and trailing partial beams. The first setting facility sets the energy distribution between the leading and the trailing partial beams. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126397 | LASER BEAM SHAPING DEVICE, LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND LASER INTERLOCKING WELDING STRUCTURE - A laser beam shaping device includes a multi-zone structure lens and a focusing lens. The multi-zone structure lens includes a lens body and a refractive structure. The lens body has an incident plane and an emission plane, and one of the incident plane and the emission plane is furnished with the refractive structure. The light source passing through the refractive structure deviates and leaves the lens body via the emission plane. The light source passing through the lens body is divided into N sets of light beams. After the N sets of light beams penetrate through the focusing lens, N set of incident beams are formed to project the interface of the first material and the second material in an oblique inward manner with respect to the optical axis of the focusing lens. In additional, a laser processing system and a laser interlocking welding structure respectively are also provided. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126398 | Method for Removing Electronic Components Connected to a Circuit Board - A device for removing a defective electronic component from a circuit board includes a vacuum suction nozzle, a laser beam emitter and an infrared temperature sensor. The vacuum suction nozzle has a suction opening at which suction is generated. The suction opening is dimensioned to be larger than the defective electronic component. The laser beam emitter is oriented so as to emit a laser beam out the suction opening towards the electronic component on the circuit board. The temperature sensor measures the temperature of the electronic component based on infrared radiation emitted from around the electronic component. A method for removing the defective electronic component from the circuit board includes positioning the suction opening over the electronic component and directing the laser beam through the suction opening and onto the electronic component so as to heat and detach the electronic component, which is then sucked into the vacuum suction nozzle. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126399 | LASER WELDING METHOD AND LASER WELDING DEVICE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a laser welding method for a secondary battery, in which a first electrode substrate tab and a second electrode substrate tab are laser-welded onto a first electrode uncoated region of a first electrode plate and a second electrode uncoated region of a second electrode plate, respectively, wherein the first electrode substrate tab and the second electrode substrate tab are fusion-bonded with a laser beam so as to have a preset welding pattern at welding portions thereof. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126400 | METHOD TO EXECUTE A WELD OF AN ELECTRODE OF A CELL WHICH IS PART OF A BATTERY - A method to execute a weld of an electrode of a cell which is part of a battery and having the steps of: causing the electrode to come into contact with another element to which the electrode must be welded; locally heating the electrode and the other element so as to locally cause a melting of the metal making up the electrode and of the metal making up the other element in order to generate a weld pool; waiting for the weld pool to cool down, thus giving stability to the weld; capturing, by means of a video camera, a series of digital images of the weld pool during the heating; analysing the digital images in order to determine a value of at least one parameter of the welding process; and changing the execution of the melting process based on the value of the parameter. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126401 | WELDING METHOD USING FIBER LASER FOR COMPONENTS OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - A system includes a first tubular member comprising a first polymer and a second tubular member comprising a second polymer. The first tubular member defines a lumen configured to receive at least a portion of the second tubular member therein to define a joint region. The system further includes a compression sleeve configured to receive at least a portion of the first tubular member at the joint region and an energy source comprising a fiber laser configured to deliver energy to the joint region to thermally weld the first tubular member to the second tubular member. In some examples, the energy includes a wavelength of radiation transmittable through the compression sleeve and the first tubular member, and absorbable by the first tubular member and the second tubular member. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126402 | FABRICATION OF HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOY WIRE AND MULTI-PRINCIPAL ELEMENT ALLOY WIRE - In various embodiments, metallic wires are fabricated by combining one or more powders of substantially spherical metal particles with one or more powders of non-spherical particles within one or more optional metallic tubes. The metal elements within the powders (and the one or more tubes, if present) collectively define a high entropy alloy of five or more metallic elements or a multi-principal element alloy of four or more metallic elements. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126403 | Apparatus and Method for Separating a Composite Safety Glass Panel - An apparatus for separating a composite safety glass panel along at least one predefinable dividing line, wherein the composite safety glass panel has at least one composite film and at least two glass panels, wherein the composite film is arranged between the glass panels and connects the glass panels to each other, the apparatus having at least one separating means for separating the glass panels along the at least one dividing line and at least one heating means for heating the composite film at least along the dividing line. The invention further relates to a method for separating a composite safety glass panel. A method and an apparatus for separating a composite safety glass panel, wherein the cycle times for separating are shortened, are realized in that the heating means has at least one laser device having at least one plurality of laser radiation sources arranged adjacent to each other, and wherein a plurality of adjacently arranged individual intensity profiles for heating the composite film at least along a portion of the dividing line can be produced by means of the laser device. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126404 | TRACKING WELDING TORCHES USING RETRACTABLE CORDS - Described herein are examples of torch tracking systems that monitor travel directions, speeds, and/or distances of welding torches using retractable cords. In some examples, the torch tracking systems use a sensor to measure a speed at which a reel extends and/or retracts a cord, and/or measure a length of the cord that is extended and/or retracted. The reel or cord can be attached to some portion of the welding torch, such that movement of the torch away from the reel causes the reel to extend more cord, and movement towards the reel allows a spring loaded spool of the reel to automatically retract the cord. While reel based torch tracking systems may provide coarser tracking than the more complex and/or expensive torch tracking solutions, their simplicity and low cost may make them an attractive alternative. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126405 | AUTOMATED INSPECTION AND VERIFICATION OF ELECTRIC MOTOR WELD QUALITY - A method of inspecting an electric motor includes scanning an electric motor stator winding with a 2D or 3D camera, acquiring one or more images of a plurality welds between adjacent electrical wires forming the stator winding using the 2D camera, analyzing the one or more acquired images with at least one neural network such that the neural network determines if at least one of the plurality of welds has a weld defect. The at least one neural network is trained and distinguishes between surface discoloration on a surface of the welds and defect discoloration resulting from contamination during welding. Also, the method inspects over 150 welds per electric motor stator winding moving along an assembly line. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126406 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CYLINDER DEVICE - A production method for a cylinder device includes a first liquid injection step of injecting a first predetermined amount of working fluid L into the inner cylinder, a first piston rod insertion step of inserting an assembly between the piston rod and the piston into the inner cylinder to dispose the piston at a predetermined position inside the inner cylinder, a second liquid injection step of injecting a second predetermined amount of the working fluid into an upper side of the piston inside the inner cylinder, and a closing step of closing the opening of the outer cylinder with the closing member. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126407 | ASSEMBLING DIE BLOCK AND ASSEMBLING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An assembling die block includes a first main die having at least one first mounting section; a second main die having at least one second mounting section; at least one first matching die respectively having a first mating section to be correspondingly associated with the at least one first mounting section; and at least one second matching die respectively having a second mating section to be correspondingly associated with the at least one second mounting section. Wherein, there is a plurality of first mounting sections arrayed in a matrix; or there is a plurality of second mounting sections arrayed in a matrix; or there is a plurality of first mounting sections arrayed in a matrix and a plurality of second mounting sections arrayed in a matrix. An assembling apparatus using the above assembling die block is also disclosed. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126408 | ATTACHING APPARATUS - An attaching apparatus includes a cover plate fixing part and two slideable press heads. The cover plate fixing part is configured to fix a curved cover plate. The two slideable press heads are arranged at a side, configured to fix the curved cover plate, of the cover plate fixing part. Each slideable press head includes an elastic cushion configured to support a flexible display panel. The two slideable press heads are configured to be capable of moving proximate to or far away from each other, and driving the flexible display panel to be pressed and attached to an attaching surface of the curved cover plate in a process that the two slideable press heads move far away from each other. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126409 | SCREW FASTENING FAILURE DETERMINATION DEVICE, SCREW FASTENING DEVICE, SCREW FASTENING FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a technique capable of suitably determining screw fastening failure. A screw fastening failure determination device ( | 2022-04-28 |
20220126410 | FASTENING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Disclosed is a method for operating a fastening apparatus which includes a plurality of fastening devices, and support plates to which the plurality of fastening devices are connected by a variation mechanism to be movable. The method includes: moving the fastening devices along circumferential directions of the support plates or along a radial direction of the support plates depending on a shape and a structure of a workpiece, so that positions of the plurality of fastening devices vary. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126411 | A WEIGHT BALANCING GANTRY - A weight balancing gantry has a tower having a fixed length radial arm pivotally coupled from a pivot point at an upper end of the tower. An angle strut acts between the tower and the radial arm across the pivot point. A pivot point pulley is located at the upper end of the tower and a weight balancing mechanism located at the tower. A bogey runs along the radial arm and has a bogey pulley. A positioning mechanism at the radial arm has at least one controlled cylinder for positioning and holding the bogey along to the radial arm. A cable runs from the weight balancing mechanism, up across the pivot point pulley and over the bogey pulley to attach to an industrial tool. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126412 | CLAMPING DEVICE - A clamping device for clamping an insertion nipple ( | 2022-04-28 |
20220126413 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING ON A CLAMP WORKPIECES IN PROCESSING CENTERS - A method for mounting on a clamp parts or profiles in a processing center provided with a supporting frame for a turntable, comprising a robot for the loading/unloading of the profiles to be worked and of the subsequently worked profiles. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126414 | MACHINE TOOL HAVING TWO TOOL SPINDLES - A machine tool is provided with two vertically oriented tool spindles that are arranged to hold tools and that are movable vertically in a first direction and horizontally in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Furthermore, the machine tool is provided with two workpiece support devices for clamping workpieces in place. At least one of the two workpiece support devices is movable horizontally in a third direction orthogonal to the first and the second direction. The two tool spindles and the two workpiece support devices are mounted on a common machine frame with a common working space, wherein the two tool spindles are movable parallel to one another in the second direction. The two tool spindles are facing one another. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126415 | GRINDING AND POLISHING DEVICE - A grinding and polishing device includes a main body, a grinding disk, a sample disk, a first console, and a second console. The main body includes a support table and a support column. The support table is coupled to the support column. The grinding disk is fixed on the support table and includes a polishing surface. The sample disk is fixed on the support column and configured to hold a preform. The first console is electrically coupled to the sample disk and used for controlling a distance between the preform held by the sample disk and the grinding disk. The second console is electrically coupled to the grinding disk and used for controlling a working state of the grinding disk for grinding and polishing the preform. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126416 | GLASS SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A glass substrate includes: a first major surface; a second major surface that is opposite to the first major surface; an end surface interposed between the first major surface and the second major surface; a first boundary surface that is interposed between the first major surface and the end surface and connected to the end surface; and a second boundary surface that is connected to the first major surface and the first boundary surface. The second boundary surface is a convex curved surface, and the second boundary surface has a radius of curvature R | 2022-04-28 |
20220126417 | MACHINE TOOL HAVING A BALANCING DEVICE - A machine tool having a drivetrain, which includes a tool shaft rotatably mounted on a drive support by means of a bearing assembly and a tool holder arranged on the tool shaft, wherein the tool shaft is rotationally drivable by a drive motor of the machine tool around a rotational axis, and wherein a balancing device is arranged on the tool shaft, which includes a guide body having at least one orbital path extending around the rotational axis and at least one balancing body movably mounted in the orbital path. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126418 | GRINDING/POLISHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING PROXIMITY SENSORS - An example grinder/polisher system includes: a specimen holder configured to secure a specimen; a platen; an actuator configured to move at least one of the specimen holder and the platen; a sensor configured to detect objects within a field of view of the sensor; and a controller configured to control movement of the actuator and to stop the actuator in response to detection of an object by the sensor while the actuator is moving. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126419 | SUBSTRATE CARRIER HEAD AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A substrate carrier head is disclosed. In one aspect, the carrier head includes a carrier body, a substrate retainer, a first resilient membrane and a second resilient membrane. The carrier head can include an inner support plate. The substrate retainer is attached to the carrier body. The substrate retainer includes an aperture configured to receive a substrate. The first resilient membrane includes a first imperforated substrate support portion with a width W | 2022-04-28 |
20220126420 | SUPERHARD MATERIAL ABRASIVE BELT FOR GRINDING AND POLISHING AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF - A superhard material abrasive belt for grinding and polishing and a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. The superhard material abrasive belt includes a lining cloth layer, an electroplating substrate, which is above the lining cloth layer, a grinding unit, which is on the electroplating substrate, a binder layer, which is between the electroplating substrate and the lining cloth layer, and a modified resin layer, which is arranged in the gap between the grinding units on the electroplating substrate. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126421 | BORE CLAMP - The invention relates to a bore clamp for clamping a workpiece having a workpiece bore located in the workpiece, with a radially expandable clamping bush, a displaceable clamping bolt for expanding the clamping bush in the clamping position, and with a clamping bolt drive for axial displacement of the clamping bolt into the clamping position. According to the invention, the clamping bolt drive includes a laterally displaceable piston and a wedge gear with wedge surfaces sliding on each other for converting the lateral movement of the piston into a corresponding axial movement of the clamping bolt in the clamping direction. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126422 | Functional Unit with Fastening Element and Fixing Element - The invention relates to a functional unit for attachment to a workpiece, in particular to a sheet metal part, said functional unit comprising a fastening element having a fastening section for the rotationally fixed fastening of the functional unit to the workpiece and having a head part that adjoins the fastening section in an axial direction and that has a functional section and a head part support surface remote from the fastening section; and a fixing element that can be fixed to the functional section of the head part of the fastening element by means of a rotational movement and that has a fixing element support surface that, in a state of the fixing element installed at the fastening element, faces the head part support surface such that an attachment part can be clamped between the head part support surface and the fixing element support surface. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126423 | WRENCH - A wrench is provided, including: a connection seat, including two seat bodies and a connection portion, the two seat bodies respectively including two first pivot portions; and a driving member, movably connected with the connection seat, the driving member including two second pivot portions, and the two second pivot portions being rotatably connected with the two first pivot portions. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126424 | Pipe Wrench with Improved Design for Side Bite - A hand tool includes a handle section, a working end operably coupled to the handle section, and a jaw assembly disposed at the working end. The jaw assembly includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw. A span defined between the movable jaw and the fixed jaw is adjustable. Each of the movable jaw and the fixed jaw includes an array of teeth defined by ridges that extend substantially parallel to each other. The array of teeth on each of the fixed jaw and the movable jaw includes a first set of teeth having a first width and a first depth, and a second set of teeth having a second width and a second depth. The first depth is less than the second depth and the first width is less than the second width. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126425 | ANTI-SLIP HEX ALLEN TOOL - A hex headed bit and socket for enhanced non-slip application of torque force having a hex head with contoured fastener engagement surface channel within the respective first and secondary alternating flat tool engagement sides. The contoured channels are tapered transversely and extend in angular inclination across hex head bit flat side. The defined primary channel lateral edges correspondingly embed themselves during rotational engagement within the so engaged fastener pulling the hex head bit into the engaged fastener imparting enhanced translateral points of tool engagement. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126426 | ANTI-SLIP HEX ALLEN TOOL - A hex headed bit and socket for enhanced non-slip application of torque force having a hex head with contoured fastener engagement surface channel at the center of the respective alternating flat tool engagement sides. The contoured channels are tapered both transversely and longitudinally and extend in angular inclination across hex head bit flat side. The defined primary channel lateral edges correspondingly embed themselves during rotational engagement within the so engaged fastener pulling the hex head bit into the engaged fastener imparting enhanced translateral points of tool engagement. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126427 | CONTROL DEVICE AND WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING SAME - A control device is provided with a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit makes communication with a tool that is used for the work of fastening a fastener (for example, a screw) and with an image pickup unit for capturing an image of the work site where the work is being performed. The processing unit executes a determination process of determining whether or not the work is being performed normally on the basis of the fastening torque applied to the fastener by the tool and the image captured by the image pickup unit. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126428 | Manual Device for Installing and Removing Knife Blades Into and From Knife Holders of Slitting Machines - A device for installing and removing knife blades from knife holders of slitting machines. Pivotably interconnected grip handles have extensions, each of which has two spaced apart gripping arms. The extensions are also pivotably disposed relative to one another so that they can be separated from one another and drawn toward one another by movement of the grip handles away from and toward one another, whereby the gripping arms can also move toward one another onto hubs of a knife blade, with one of the gripping arms of each extension being disposed on each side of the knife blade and on opposite sides of the hubs. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126429 | DRIVING TOOL - A driving tool including a timer assembly less susceptible to heat operates at a stable operating speed. The driving tool includes a trigger, a contact arm, and a timer assembly that operates in response to the trigger moving to a trigger-on-position with the contact arm remaining at an arm-off-position. The timer assembly includes a flywheel rotatable in response to the trigger moving to the trigger-on-position, and a contact restrictor movable between an unlock position at which the contact restrictor allows the contact arm to move to an arm-on-position and a lock position at which the contact restrictor restricts the contact arm from moving to the arm-on-position. The contact restrictor takes a predetermined period to move from the unlock position to the lock position in response to the trigger moving to the trigger-on-position. The predetermined period is defined by an inertial force generated by rotation of the flywheel. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126430 | PRESSURE REGULATOR AND PNEUMATIC TOOL - A pneumatic tool includes an air chamber; and a pressure adjusting mechanism which adjusts a pressure of a compressed air in the air chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism includes a valve body which opens and closes a flow path that communicates the air intake and the air chamber; an elastic body which exerts an urging force to the valve body; a support part which supports an end of the elastic body; a pressure receiving member which receives air pressure in the air chamber and presses the elastic body in a direction of closing the flow path; and a load reducing mechanism capable of switching the urging force of the elastic body acting on the valve body between a normal state and a load reduction state in which the urging force smaller than the normal state is exerted. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126431 | DRIVING TOOL - A driving tool having a striking unit and a driver unit includes a solenoid configured to switch between a first state and a second state by being actuated by the supply and stop of the electric power, wherein the driver unit has a first drive state in which the striking unit can be actuated and a second drive state in which the actuation of the striking unit is blocked, wherein the first state enables the driver unit to switch from the second drive state to the first drive state and the second state blocks the driver unit from switching from the second drive state to the first drive state, and wherein an actuation direction of the solenoid and the moving direction of the nail are arranged so as to intersect each other. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126432 | PNEUMATIC TOOL - A pneumatic tool includes a drive mechanism configured to be driven by compressed air supplied from an air intake; an air chamber configured to store the compressed air supplied; and a pressure adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the pressure of the compressed air in the air chamber. The pressure adjusting mechanism includes a valve body configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the air intake and the air chamber with each other; an elastic body configured to exert an urging force to the valve body to open the flow path; and a pressure receiving member configured to receive air pressure in the air chamber and exert an urging force in a direction of closing the flow path to the elastic body. The elastic body is arranged at a position closer to the air intake than the valve body. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126433 | FASTENER DRIVING TOOL USING A GAS SPRING - A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. The driver has protrusions along its edges that contact the lifter, which lifts the driver during a return stroke. A pivotable latch is controlled to move into either an interfering position or a non-interfering position with respect to the driver protrusions, and acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126434 | Staple Holding Device - The present invention relates generally to the field of staples. More specifically, the present invention relates to a staple holding device. The device is comprised of a body that has a first end, a second end and a removable handle. In the preferred embodiment, the body is generally rectangular in shape such that it can be easily gripped by a user. The body is further comprised of at least one cutout, wherein the cutout has a channel that receives the body of a staple. The staple is further secured within the channel such that the body and/or the handle can be struck by a hammer in order to allow the staple to be secured within a surface at a specific depth. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126435 | HAND HELD POWER TOOL WITH LASER MEASURING SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - The present disclosure relates to powered hand tools and, in particular, their combination with a laser measuring system to measure a distance between a tool and a reference surface such as a wall, floor, or ceiling. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126436 | HYBRID CLAMP AND CLAMPING SAWHORSE - A hybrid clamp is configurable as a bar clamp or a dog clamp, where first and second clamp members may be associated with a clamp bar or may be separated and connected to other supports for use as dog clamps. A clamping sawhorse is configured to mount the hybrid clamp for use as a bar clamp or as a dog clamp in conjunction with the sawhorse, such as including apertures for accepting either the clamp bar or mounting portions of the first and second clamps. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126437 | Coupling Mechanism for a Utility Module - A coupling mechanism for a utility module is provided. The coupling mechanism includes an locking panels that interface with opposing tabs of a modular storage system. The locking panels actuate between a locked position and an unlocked position. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126438 | Robotic Cart - A robotic cart includes a bin, at least one mobile device holder and at least one robotic arm to manipulate items in or out of the bin. The mobile device holder secures a user mobile device which is communicatively coupled with the robotic cart. The robotic cart performs item manipulations based on data communicated from the coupled user device | 2022-04-28 |
20220126439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit that transmits sensing data collected by an autonomous mobile object to a server, in which the communication unit transmits the sensing data related to a predetermined learning target to the server, and receives a dictionary for recognition generated by recognition learning using the sensing data collected by a plurality of the autonomous mobile objects and related to the learning target. In addition, provided is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls presentation of a progression status related to recognition learning for generating a dictionary for recognition used for an autonomous mobile object, in which the recognition learning is executed by using sensing data collected by a plurality of the autonomous mobile objects and related to a predetermined learning target. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126440 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING ADJUSTMENT OF PARAMETER SET OF ROBOT, A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A method of the present disclosure includes (a) a step of receiving track information for specifying a track of a target operation of a robot, (b) a step of acquiring, according to an instruction to adjust a parameter set for controlling the target operation, about one or more initial parameter sets, values of evaluation indicators of control results obtained when causing the robot to execute the target operation using the respective initial parameter sets, (c) a step of displaying, on a display section, one or more reference displays based on the acquired values of the evaluation indicators, and (d) a step of receiving an input of condition information for deciding a condition of optimization processing for the parameter set, the condition information being condition information about the evaluation indicators, performing the optimization processing for the parameter set according to the condition information, and determining a value of a new parameter set. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126441 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A POLICY FOR A ROBOT - A method for optimizing a predefined policy for a robot, the policy being a Gaussian mixture model. The method begins with an initialization of a Gaussian process, the Gaussian process including at least one kernel k which, as an input parameter, obtains a distance that is ascertained between probability distributions, which are characterized in each case by the Gaussian mixture model and the Gaussian process, according to the probability product kernel. This is followed by an optimization of the Gaussian process in such a way that it predicts the costs as a function of the parameters of the Gaussian mixture model. This is followed by an ascertainment of optimal parameters of the Gaussian mixture model as a function of the Gaussian process, the parameters being selected, as a function of the Gaussian process, in such a way that the Gaussian process outputs the optimal cost function. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126442 | 4D PRINTED GRIPPER WITH FLEXIBLE FINGER JOINTS AND TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a 4D printed gripper with flexible finger joints and a trajectory tracking control method thereof. The 4D printed gripper with flexible finger joints includes: a palm unit and five finger units connected to the palm unit, where each finger unit includes two flexible finger joints and two phalanges; each flexible finger joint is divided into one upper layer and one lower layer of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), and each LCE is used to implement a bidirectional bending movement of the finger unit. The present disclosure can precisely control the gripper with flexible finger joints. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126443 | GRIP APPARATUS AND ROBOT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A grip apparatus is provided. The grip apparatus includes a first finger; a second finger configured to face the first finger, a first link configured to have a first end connected to the first finger, a second link configured to have a first end connected to the second finger, and a differential apparatus including a motor and configured to connect a second end of the first link and a second end of the second link. The differential apparatus rotates the first link and the second link in different directions when the motor is driven. The differential apparatus rotates the first link in a first direction when the second link rotates in the first direction by an external force. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126444 | TRANSFERABLE INTELLIGENT CONTROL DEVICE - An integrated intelligent system includes a first intelligent electronic device, a second intelligent electronic device, a transferable intelligent control device (TICD) and a cross product bus. The first intelligent electronic device performs a first function and the second intelligent electronic device performs a second function. The cross product bus couples the first intelligent electronic device to the transferable intelligent control device. The TICD partially controls behaviors of the intelligent electronic device by sending commands over the cross product bus to the first intelligent electronic device and the TICD partially controls behaviors of the second intelligent electronic device to perform the second function. The TICD is first attached to the first intelligent electronic device to partially control the behaviors of the first electronic device, then detached from the first electronic device, and then attached to the second intelligent electronic device to perform the second function. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126445 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR TASK AND MOTION PLANNING - Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are described that solve task and motion planning problems. In at least one embodiment, a task and motion planning problem is modeled using a geometric scene graph that records positions and orientations of objects within a playfield, and a symbolic scene graph that represents states of objects within context of a task to be solved. In at least one embodiment, task planning is performed using symbolic scene graph, and motion planning is performed using a geometric scene graph. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126446 | METHOD FOR PICKING UP AN OBJECT FROM A BIN - There is provided a method for picking up an object from a bin to be implemented by a robotic arm including a controller and a picking-up module. The method includes: recognizing, by the controller, at least one object in the bin based on an image of an interior of the bin so as to determine a type of each object; determining, by the controller, a score for each object based on the type thereof; determining, by the controller, whether a greatest score among the score(s) of the at least one TBT object is greater than a predetermined value; and by the picking-up module, picking up one of the at least one TBT object that has the greatest score when it is determined that the greatest score is greater than the predetermined value. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126447 | DATA GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure discloses a data generation method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium, the method including: importing a robot model by using a game engine; simulating a Red-Green-Blue Depth (RGBD) camera by a scene capture component in the game engine; controlling a human hand of the imported robot model to move within a field of view of the RGBD camera by using a joint control module in the game engine; acquiring RGBD image data by using the RGBD camera; and generating an annotated data set with coordinates of 21 key points according to the RGBD image data and coordinate information of a 3D pose of the 21 key points. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126448 | Safety monitoring system and method for diagnosing abnormality of the same in a robot - A plurality of safety monitoring units are set on a plurality of loops of a safety monitoring system. A default test program is executed by each of the safety monitoring units. A length of test time of performing the default test program of each safety monitoring unit is compared with a length of verification time to diagnose any abnormality of the safety monitoring unit. When the safety monitoring unit is diagnosed as being abnormal, an abnormality notification is issued, a power switch is immediately turned off to stop the operations of the robot. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126449 | SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOT DYNAMICS FOR SAFETY-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide automated robotic system identification and stopping time and distance estimation, significantly improving on existing ad-hoc methods of robotic system identification. Systems and methods in accordance herewith can be used by end users, system integrators, and the robot manufacturers to estimate the dynamic parameters of a robot on an application-by-application basis. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126450 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SAFETY STATE OF A ROBOT - A control system and method for a safety state of a robot. After a followed device is selected by the selection device, a safety state of a controlled device is set to follow the followed device. When a sensing device detects an object leaving a working environment, the controlled device is controlled according to the state of the followed device. The controlled device is controlled to follow the followed device to leave the safety state to improve the safety of the robot. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126451 | SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYED IN ROBOT OPERATIONS - A safety system for use in robotics includes a plurality sensors, preferably a heterogeneous set of commercial off the shelf sensors, and at least one processor that assesses an operational state of the sensors, validates a system status based on the assessed operational states of the sensors to determine whether sufficient sensors are operable to provide a safety certified system, and monitors an operational environment for violations of safety rules that specify rules regarding proximity of humans to robots. A control system for use in robotics includes at least one processor that performs motion planning taking into account safety monitor rules implemented by the safety system to thereby reduce triggering of stoppages, slowdowns or precautionary occlusions by the safety system. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126452 | ROBOTIC LAUNDRY SEPARATING AND REPOSITIONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE - Devices, systems, and methods for autonomously separating a mass of clean laundry into single articles for folding and/or packing include autonomous separating device. The device includes a platform including a plurality of sequential work volumes and a stationary floor extending between an inlet end and an outlet end of the platform, a plurality of arms disposed in series along the platform for rotating, tilting, extending, and retracting a terminal gripper of each arm into an associated work volume for grabbing at least one of a plurality of laundry articles and passing the at least one laundry article to an adjacent work volume for grasping and hoisting by an adjacent arm. The device includes a bin, platform, conveyor and/or repositioning robot adjacent the outlet end for receiving each single article one at a time as each separate article passes beyond the outlet end. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126453 | Interactive Tactile Perception Method for Classification and Recognition of Object Instances - A controller is provided for interactive classification and recognition of an object in a scene using tactile feedback. The controller includes an interface configured to transmit and receive the control, sensor signals from a robot arm, gripper signals from a gripper attached to the robot arm, tactile signals from sensors attached to the gripper and at least one vision sensor, a memory module to store robot control programs, and a classifier and recognition model, and a processor to generate control signals based on the control program and a grasp pose on the object, configured to control the robot arm to grasp the object with the gripper. Further, the processor is configured to compute a tactile feature representation from the tactile sensor signals and to repeat gripping the object and computing a tactile feature representation with the set of grasp poses, after which the processor, processes the ensemble of tactile features to learn a model which is utilized to classify or recognize the object as known or unknown. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126454 | SUBSTRATE LOCATION DETECTION AND ADJUSTMENT - Systems and methods are provided for positioning a wafer in relation to a datum structure. In one example, a system comprises a camera arrangement including at least two cameras, each of the at least two cameras including a field of view when positioned in the camera arrangement, each field of view including a peripheral edge of the wafer and a peripheral edge of the datum structure. A processor receives positional data from each of the at least two cameras and determines, in relation to each field of view, a gap size between the respective peripheral edges of the wafer and the datum location included in the respective field of view. A controller adjusts a position of the wafer relative to the datum structure based on the determined respective gap sizes. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126455 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING FURNITURE - Systems, devices and methods for assembling a piece of furniture are described herein. The systems include a robot including a base, a robotic arm coupled to the base and a multi-functional robotic head coupled to the robotic arm. The multi-functional robotic head includes a camera configured to scan a barcode positioned on a part presented to the robot. The barcode provides instructions to the robot for attaching one or more hardware components to the part to assemble the piece of furniture. The multi-functional robotic head also includes a first applicator mechanism configured to apply an adhesive to the part; a first gripping mechanism configured to grip a first hardware component to be manoeuvred by the robotic arm to a first position to be attached to the part, and a first attachment mechanism configured to attach the first hardware component to the part at the first position. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126456 | ROBOT, ROBOT OPERATING METHOD, AND NON- TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A robot capable of causing the robot to perform a plurality of different operations with a laser light is provided. The robot includes a controller, n operating units corresponding to n functions, and a laser detector. n is an integer equal to or higher than two. The laser detector detects a radiated laser light and an irradiated location where the radiated laser light is irradiated. The controller performs a control that causes different operating units to operate in accordance with the irradiated location detected by the laser detector. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126457 | Systems And Methods For Gas Detection Within Vehicles - Systems and methods for gas detection within vehicles are disclosed herein. An example method includes monitoring background gas concentrations in a vehicle using a robot having a gas module having a non-selective sensor and a selective sensor, determining a concern index based on output of the gas module, determining when the concern index exceeds a threshold which indicates presence of a non-atmospheric gas, causing the robot to traverse an operating area when the concern index exceeds the threshold to search for a source of the non-atmospheric gas by measuring gas concentration gradients, classifying the non-atmospheric gas using the selective sensor of the gas module and identifying a location of the source of the non-atmospheric gas in the vehicle based on the gas concentration gradients. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126458 | ROBOT DEVICE - A robot device includes a first link configured to rotate on a first axis, a second link supported by a tip-end part of the first link so as to be rotatable on a second axis, and a hand part supported by a tip-end part of the second link. When one direction perpendicular to the first axis is a first perpendicular direction, and a direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the first perpendicular direction is a second perpendicular direction, the second axis extends in parallel to the first perpendicular direction and is deviated from the first axis in the second perpendicular direction. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126459 | ARTICULATION FOR A ROBOT - An articulation for a robot, in particular a collaborative robot, includes as components a drive, a transducer for providing information relating to a rotational speed, commutation and/or position, and a plurality of heat exchanger tubes for removing heat from the components, with a first one of the heat exchanger tubes touching a first subset of the components, and with a second one of the heat exchanger tubes touching a second subset of the components. | 2022-04-28 |
20220126460 | ROBOT AND HOUSING THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a robot and a housing thereof. The housing includes a forearm shell, an upper arm shell and a chest shell. At least one of the forearm shell, the upper arm shell and the chest shell is a flexible shell. The flexible shell includes an elastic main body layer. According to the above technical solution, the robot housing provided by the present disclosure may reduce and even avoid limitations of the housing to motion ranges of joints of the robot, and also ensures attractive appearance. | 2022-04-28 |