53rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150375301 | BINARY OR HIGHER ORDER HIGH-DENSITY THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE NANOSTRUCTURED COPPER-BASED TANTALUM METALLIC SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A binary or higher order high-density thermodynamically stable nanostructured copper-tantalum based metallic system according to embodiments of the invention may be formed of: a solvent of copper (Cu) metal that comprises 70 to 100 atomic percent (at. %) of the metallic system; and a solute of tantalum (Ta) metal dispersed in the solvent metal, that comprises 0.01 to 15 at. % of the metallic system. The metallic system is thermally stable, with the absence of substantial gross grain growth, such that the internal grain size of the solvent metal is substantially suppressed to no more than about 250 nm at approximately 98% of the melting point temperature of the solvent metal and the solute metal remains substantially uniformly dispersed in the solvent metal at that temperature. Processes for forming these metallic systems may include: subjecting powder metals of solvent and the solute to a high-energy milling process using a high-energy milling device to impart high impact energies to its contents. Due to their high-density thermodynamically stable nanostructured, these metallic systems are an ideal candidate for fabricating shaped charge liners for ordinance. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375302 | METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE - Methods of synthesizing metal nanoparticles from a metal oxide ore are provided. The methods include adding a metal compound and a reducing agent to the metal oxide ore and contacting the metal compound and the reducing agent to form zero-valent metal nanoparticles. The methods also include contacting the metal oxide ore and hydrogen (H | 2015-12-31 |
20150375303 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MACHINED PRODUCT - A cutting insert may have an upper surface, lower surface, side surface, and a polygonal plate shaped to form a cutting edge at a ridgeline where the upper surface and the side surface intersect. The upper surface has a major part having a flat upper end surface, a first protrusion protruding from the major part toward a corner part of the upper surface, a second protrusion protruding from the first protrusion toward the corner part, and a pair of projections located between the second protrusion and the cutting edge. A height of an upper end of the first protrusion from the lower surface is lower than a height of the upper end surface of the major part and is higher than a height of the cutting edge. A height of an upper end of the second protrusion from the lower surface is equal to the height of the cutting edge. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375304 | Vibration Absorber with High Viscous Dampening - A tunable or tuned boring tool having a dynamic vibration absorber is provided herein. The boring tool includes a boring bar having a distal portion configured to support a tool, a proximal portion configured for attachment to a support structure of a metalworking machine, and a cylindrical body extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion, having an elongated cavity therein. The boring tool further includes a tuned or tunable absorber inserted in the cavity of the boring bar. The absorber includes an absorber mass, an annular or partially annular support circumscribing each end of the absorber mass for holding the absorber mass within the cavity, and a layer of fluid restricting material surrounding at least a central portion of the absorber mass for dampening vibration of the absorber mass. A method of forming a boring tool with a dynamic vibration absorber is also provided herein. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375305 | Optimized Vibration Absorber - A tuned or tunable boring tool includes a boring bar defining an elongated cavity therein. A distal end of the boring bar is configured to support a tool or cutting insert. The boring tool further includes a dynamic vibration absorber inserted within the elongated cavity of the boring bar. The dynamic vibration absorber includes a mass that vibrates in conjunction with vibration of the boring bar. The mass has a proximal end and a distal end. The dynamic vibration absorber further includes at least one resilient proximal support positioned adjacent to and supporting the proximal end of the mass and at least one distal resilient support positioned adjacent to and supporting the distal end of the mass. The at least one proximal support and at least one distal support have a different stiffness. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375306 | Vibrating System - A swinging system includes two gear trains each having two pinions, a first drive train and a second train driven by the first train, a first pinion of the first train engaging a first pinion of the second train, the second pinion of the first train engaging the second pinion of the second train, each pinion including a disk such that the disk of the first pinion of the second gear train is off-axis relative to the other pinion of the first gear train and one of the two disks includes a slug which fits into a groove arranged in the second disk. Thus, the speed of rotation of the first pinion of the second train varies relative to the speed of rotation of the first pinion of the second train. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375307 | TWIST LOCK TOOL SYSTEM - A tool system including a liner having a body and a plurality of coupling members extending from the body, the body includes a first aperture through which at least part of a tool extends and is configured for coupling to a tool fixture, and a housing having an second aperture through which the at least part of the tool extends, a first end of the housing having grooves configured to mate with the plurality of coupling members to couple the tool within the grooves and to the tool fixture. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375308 | Process for Machining Back Counterbores - A method for machining a counterbore in a machining component is provided. The method includes positioning a machining component with respect to a machining tool, the positioning of the machining component based on geometric specifications of the counterbore. The machining tool includes a boring bar, the boring bar angled based on the geometric specifications of the counterbore. The method further includes, with the head traversed through the bore, repositioning one of the machining component or the tool such that the cutting element comes in contact with the second side of the machining component and, with the cutting element in contact with the second side of the machining component, rotating at least one of the tool and the machining component. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375309 | MILLING TOOL - A milling tool has a tool shank and a cutting head fastened to the forward end of the tool shank by way of a clamping connection. The clamping connection has a protrusion with clamping faces, and a recess with centering faces that interact with the clamping faces. Each of the centering faces has a first region where the centering faces are spaced from a longitudinal axis of the tool shank by a first distance and a second region at a smaller distance. The first region merges into the second region. The clamping faces of the protrusion are introducible into the recess between the first regions of the centering faces and are movable, by rotation of the cutting head about the longitudinal axis, into a clamping position in which the clamping faces interact in a force-fit with the second regions of the centering faces. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375310 | BALLNOSE CUTTING TOOL AND BALLNOSE CUTTING INSERT - A ballnose cutting insert has a top face, a bottom face, a plurality of side clearance faces, a first nose corner, a second nose corner, and a first elongate cutting edge at the top face, a second elongate cutting edge at the top face, and a fastener bore with a center. There is a first open-end notch below the first nose corner, and a second open-end notch below the second nose corner. The first open-end notch is defined at least in part by a first generally planar engaging surface, and the second open-end notch is defined at least in part by a second generally planar engaging surface. The first generally planar engaging surface is disposed at a disposition angle relative to the second engaging surface, and the disposition angle is not equal to zero degrees. The first generally planar engaging surface is disposed from the center of the fastener bore a first abutment distance as measured along a line perpendicular to the first generally planar engaging surface. The second generally planar engaging surface is disposed from the center of the fastener bore a second abutment distance as measured along a line perpendicular to the second generally planar engaging surface. The first abutment distance is equal to the second abutment distance. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375311 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELBOW, CUTTING TOOL, AND ELBOW - Provided is a method of manufacturing an elbow, including: a first cutting step of cutting a material by relatively moving a cutting section of a cutting tool, which is formed of at least a part of a substantially spherical shape, along an inner side surface of the elbow to be finished in a direction from a first end surface to a second end surface of the material; and a second cutting step of cutting the material by relatively moving the cutting section along the inner side surface of the elbow to be finished in a direction from the second end surface to the first end surface of the material. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375312 | BROACH AND METHOD FOR BROACHING SLOTS FOR PARTS SUCH AS TURBINE ROTOR DISKS OR TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR DISKS - The invention relates to the broaching of at least one slot ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375313 | TABLETOP CUTTING DEVICE - Two 18V-type rechargeable batteries are attached in series so as to allow a 36V-type tabletop cutting device to be utilized. By utilizing the 18V batteries which are highly prevalent for electric tools, it is possible to use the 36V-type tabletop cutting device as well as to reduce costs for the batteries. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375314 | TABLE SAWS - Table saws are disclosed. The table saws can include a blade, an arbor, an arbor block, an elevation carriage, and a latch that connects the arbor block and the elevation carriage. The arbor block can have a first position in which the latch connects the arbor block and the elevation carriage, and a second position in which the latch does not connect the arbor block and the elevation carriage. The arbor block can pivot from the first position to the second position upon the occurrence of a retraction force. The table saw can include an actuator to cause the occurrence of the retraction force, and detection electronics to detect contact between the blade and a person. Woodworking machines with detection and reaction systems are also disclosed. A reaction system can include an explosive that causes retraction of a cutting tool. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375315 | CUTTING TOOL - A motor housing of housings forming an outer casing of a tool main body is provided with two battery attachment portions allowing attachment of rechargeable batteries. The two battery attachment portions are configured as slide attachment type battery attachment portions. The two battery attachment portions are suited to slide attachment type rechargeable batteries that are attached through sliding. The two rechargeable batteries are attached in the right-left direction of the tool main body so that the two rechargeable batteries can be arranged side by side in the direction in which the tool main body extends. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375316 | HORIZONTAL BAND SAW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING BAND SAW BLADE - A horizontal band saw machine includes abase, a vertically-movable housing disposed above the base, a pair of wheels that are disposed at a lower portion of the housing and a distance between whose axis lines is changeable, a band saw blade lopped over the pair of wheels, and saw blade guides that are provided on the base. An installation position of the band saw blade is set lower than a cutting end position of a workpiece to be cut by the band saw blade. The housing can move the pair of wheels to the installation position. The pair of wheels can be inserted into an region surrounded by the band saw blade that is set on the saw blade guides when being moved to the installation position with the distance shortened. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375317 | WIRE SAW - Provided is a wire saw ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375318 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE ALONG A CUTTING LINE - A device for cutting a workpiece along a cutting line between a first end point and a second end point including a saw head, comprising an advancing mechanism with a guide carriage and with an advancing motor. The saw head is arranged on the guide carriage movable along an advancing direction, including a sensor system with a sensor element for monitoring the saw head, the advancing mechanism or the work process, including a control unit with a control element to control the saw head, the advancing mechanism and the sensor system as well as an evaluation element to evaluate a measured quantity detected by the sensor system, including an operating device to operate the saw head and the advancing mechanism, and including a display. On the basis of the measured quantity, the control unit calculates the momentary work result which is shown on the display. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375319 | SLIDE ROLLING PROCESS FOR THE GENERATION OF BEVEL GEARS - Generating cutting processes for producing bevel gears and employing a single rotary disc cutter ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375320 | METHOD FOR CUTTING OR MACHINING GEAR TEETH AND GEAR-CUTTING MACHINE - The invention concerns a method for the chip-removing generation or machining of gear teeth on a workpiece which is driven in rotary movement about its rotary axis at very high rates of rotation, with a toothed tool that is driven in rotary movement about its rotary axis, wherein the tool and the workpiece are brought into a rolling tooth engagement in the manner of a helical gear transmission with their axes of rotation crossing each other at an angle different from zero, and wherein a further operation is performed on the workpiece and/or on its gear teeth during the time of operating engagement between the teeth of the tool and of the workpiece | 2015-12-31 |
20150375321 | FIBER REINFORCED BRAZED COMPONENTS AND METHODS - Methods of providing a fiber reinforced braze include providing a substrate, disposing at least a first fiber reinforcement layer on the substrate, wherein the at least first fiber reinforcement layer comprises a fiber material, disposing at least a first braze layer on the at least first fiber reinforcement layer, wherein a melt temperature of the braze layer is lower than a melt temperature of the fiber material, and heating the at least first fiber reinforcement layer and the at least first braze layer to bond the fiber reinforced braze to the substrate. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375322 | BRAZE METHODS AND COMPONENTS WITH HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS - Braze methods include providing a substrate comprising a pre-sintered preform disposed thereon, wherein the pre-sintered preform comprises a mixture comprising a base alloy comprising about 30 weight percent to about 90 weight percent of the mixture and a second alloy comprising a sufficient amount of melting point depressant to have a lower melting temperature than the base alloy. Braze methods further include at least partially covering the pre-sintered preform with a heat resistant material, wherein a melt temperature of the heat resistant material is higher than a melt temperature of the pre-sintered preform, and heating the pre-sintered preform on the substrate. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WELDING DATA - A method of managing welding data, including receiving, via a network, welding data from a data storage system, populating, via a processor, a user viewable dashboard page with one or more user input controls, receiving a user input via the user viewable dashboard page, and populating, via the processor, the user viewable dashboard page with graphical indicia representative of one or more subsets of welding data corresponding to the received user input. The welding data includes welding parameters associated with welding sessions performed by a plurality of welding operators. The user input controls include filter criteria, a search control, or any combination thereof. Each filter criterion of the filter criteria corresponds to a respective subset of the welding data. The user input includes a selection of one or more filter criteria from a user, a search string input via the search control, or any combination thereof. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WELDING SYSTEM OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION - A welding system including a processor configured to receive a first set of welding data of a live welding session corresponding to welding parameters, arc parameters, or any combination thereof, a memory configured to store the received first set of welding data, and an operator identification system coupled to the processor and to the memory. The operator identification system includes an input device configured to receive a first identifier input from a first operator that performs the welding session and a second identifier input from a second operator. The operator identification system is configured to determine an identity of the first operator based at least in part on the first identifier input, to verify the identity of the first operator based at least in part on the second identifier input, and to associate the received first set of welding data with the first identifier input. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375325 | ADAPTIVE WELDING APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ADAPTIVE WELDING APPARATUS - An apparatus for adaptive welding is provided. The apparatus includes an arc welding robot having a repositionable arc welding gun. The arc welding robot is configured to position the arc welding gun at a location of a joint formed at an interface of at least a first workpiece and a second workpiece. The apparatus further includes a thermographic imager that is configured to measure a temperature of at least one of the first workpiece and the second workpiece at the location. The apparatus also includes a controller that is in signal communication with the arc welding robot and the thermographic imager. The controller is configured to select a weld schedule for forming a weld at a location based at least in part on the temperature measured with the thermographic imager and a joint profile of the location before the weld is formed. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375326 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CONTROL OF WELDING PARAMETERS - A welding system includes a welding torch, a power supply, one or more sensors, and a controller is provided. The welding torch advances an electrode toward a workpiece in a first direction. The power supply provides a flow of electricity to the electrode for generating a welding arc between the electrode and the workpiece. Generating the welding arc generates a weld puddle behind the welding arc as the electrode moves in the first direction. The sensor generates a voltage output signal based on the amount of light received from the weld puddle. The controller is communicatively coupled with the sensor to receive the voltage output signal, and the sensor controls a welding parameter of the welding system based the voltage output signal. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375327 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE WELDING TRAINING - A welding system including a helmet having one or more sensing devices configured to detect a position and an orientation of a welding torch relative to a workpiece during performance of a welding session, and a controller coupled to the one or more sensing devices and configured to receive arc parameters corresponding to the performance of the welding session. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375328 | WELDING POWER SUPPLY WITH DIGITAL CONTROLLER - A welding power supply including power conversion circuitry adapted to receive a primary source of power, to utilize one or more power semiconductor switches to chop the primary source of power, and to convert the chopped power to a welding output is provided. The provided welding power supply includes a pulse width modulated (PWM) digital controller including gate drive circuitry that generates a PWM output signal that controls the switching of the one or more power semiconductor switches. The PWM output signal includes a duty cycle term corrected for one or more sources of error in the welding system. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375329 | MODULAR DIRECT CURRENT POWER SOURCE - A modular direct current power source is provided. One welding power supply system includes a plurality of hysteretic buck converters coupled in parallel. The hysteretic buck converters are configured to receive a common input and to provide combined output power to a common load based upon the common input. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375330 | WELDING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR WELDING SYSTEM - A welding system performs communication accurately without provision of a control line between a welding power supply device and a wire feeding device. The welding system includes a welding power supply device, a wire feeding device, a welding torch, and power cables for supplying welding power from the welding power supply device to the welding torch. The system also includes power transfer lines for supplying power for driving a feeding motor disposed in the wire feeding device, so that the welding power supply device and the wire feeding device perform communication via the power transfer lines. The power transfer lines have less superimposed noise compared to the power cables. Accordingly, communication can be performed more accurately than in the case of performing communication via the power cables. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRE FEED SPEED - A method of controlling a welding system includes providing a welding wire to a welding torch at a first wire feed speed, providing a pulsed power output to the welding wire via a contact point of the welding torch, determining, utilizing a sensing system, a contact-point-to-work-distance (CPWD) between the contact point and a workpiece, and changing, utilizing a controller, the wire feed speed of the welding wire to a second wire feed speed based at least in part on the determined CPWD. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375332 | NON-CONTACT LAMINAR FLOW DRAWN ARC STUD WELDING NOZZLE AND METHOD - A plurality of screens can be supported within a nozzle assembly and positioned so that gas from a housing manifold flows through the plurality of screens and into a flash shield nozzle. The flash shield nozzle can include a partial-parabolic-shaped portion. A distal end of a collet holding the stud during welding can extend past the distal end of the flash shield nozzle and any other component of the nozzle assembly to maintain a gap between a workpiece the stud is being welded to and the nozzle assembly so that no component of the nozzle assembly contacts the workpiece during stud welding. Related methods can include welding a stud to a workpiece including an obstruction or welding impediment. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375333 | SPOT WELDING CAP CHANGER - The invention relates to a spot welding cap changer ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375334 | ELIMINATION OF TOOL ADHESION IN AN ULTRASONIC WELDING PROCESS - A welding assembly includes a sonotrode, cleaning station, and controller. The controller periodically commands clamping of the sonotrode onto the cleaning block, and a transmission of ultrasonic energy into the cleaning block for a calibrated duration sufficient for removing residual amounts of metal from welding pads of the sonotrode. The cleaning block may include an aluminum bar coated with a polymeric material, e.g., porous polyethylene silica or alumina composite. A thin sacrificial layer of an anti-adhesion material, e.g., colloidal silica, may be periodically applied to the welding pads, particularly after a transition from welding a first metal to welding a second metal. The sacrificial layer may be applied via a sponge, a saturated surface, or spraying. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375335 | HYBRID FRICTION STIR WELDING FOR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS THROUGH ELECTROPLASTIC EFFECT - A hybrid Friction Stir Welding approach and device for dissimilar materials joining employing Electro-Plastic Effect. The approach and device include an introduction of high density, short period current pulses into traditional friction stir welding process, which therefore can generate a localized softened zone in the workpiece during plastic stirring without significant additional temperature increase. This material softened zone is created by high density current pulses based on Electro-Plastic Effect and will move along with the friction stir welding tool. Smaller downward force, larger processing window and better joint quality for dissimilar materials are expected to be achieved through this hybrid welding technique. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375336 | Methods and Systems for Coherent Imaging and Feedback Control for Modification of Materials - Methods and systems are provided for using optical interferometry in the context of material modification processes such as surgical laser or welding applications. An imaging optical source that produces imaging light. A feedback controller controls at least one processing parameter of the material modification process based on an interferometry output generated using the imaging light. A method of processing interferograms is provided based on homodyne filtering. A method of generating a record of a material modification process using an interferometry output is provided. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375337 | POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR FIBER LASER PROCESSING MACHINE, AND FIBER LASER PROCESSING MACHINE - There is provided a power control method for a fiber laser processing machine including: a fiber laser oscillator having a plurality of fiber laser modules each of which generates a laser beam; a laser processing head for emitting the laser beam generated from the fiber laser oscillator; and a condenser lens with a prescribed focal length provided between a workpiece and the laser processing head, for irradiating the workpiece with the laser beam having a spot diameter output from the laser processing head, wherein the number of the plurality of fiber laser modules oscillated is adjusted so as to achieve the spot diameter corresponding to the workpiece, and thereby, a beam quality from the laser processing head is adjusted. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375338 | Laser System for Modifying Objects - A system for modifying a surface of an object, including a transport mechanism for transporting an object, a laser pulse generator for generating a laser pulse having an energy between 200 mJ and 400 mJ by pumping an active medium, a spatial light modulator being adapted to spatially modulate a laser pulse generated by the laser pulse generator and including an emitting surface that is adapted to emit a spatially modulated laser pulse, the spatial light modulator and the laser pulse generator being arranged to emit a spatially modulated laser pulse onto a surface of an object transported by the transport mechanism, wherein the laser pulse generator includes a Q-switch and a control unit that is adapted to control the point in time the Q-switch is switched, depending on a transport property of the object; and a method for modifying the surface of an object. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375339 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYBRID FUNCTION MICRO WELDING - An apparatus, system and method for micro welding, wherein insulated object, such as a wire, that includes a metallic conductor that is at least partially covered by one or more layers of insulation, is positioned across a termination point. A laser beam may be applied to an area of the insulated object overlapping the termination point, wherein the applied laser beam is configured to substantially simultaneously (i) ablate the one or more layers of insulation in a first region of the area, (ii) weld the metallic conductor to the termination point in a second region of the area, and (iii) detach a portion of the object from the termination point in a third region of the area. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375340 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS AND SYSTEMS WITH FIBER REINFORCEMENT - Additive manufacturing methods for fabricating a fiber-reinforced composite objects include providing at least a first layer of powder material, disposing a fiber material adjacent the at least first layer of powder material to form a fiber reinforcement layer, and applying a laser energy to the at least first layer of powder material so as to fuse the powder material into at least a first laser fused material layer adjacent the fiber reinforcement layer of the fiber-reinforced composite object. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375341 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - A method of forming an electrode structure for a capacitive touch sensor in a first transparent conductive layer ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375342 | Laser Processing - A laser processing method comprises generating a laser beam comprising laser pulses having a duration less than 1000 ps, focussing the laser beam to form a focal region inside a transparent material and varying the position of at least one of the focal region and the transparent material so as to provide a pulse-to-pulse overlap of between 45% and 99%, thereby to form a smooth material modification inside the transparent material. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375343 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KERFING VENEERS - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for laser kerfed veneers. A laser may be used to produce kerf lines in thin veneers. The settings of the laser may be adjusted to adjust the width and depth of the kerf lines. The width and depth of the kerf lines may be selected in order to provide sufficient strength to the veneer while decreasing telegraphing. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375344 | AUTOMATED FABRICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING 3-D VOID MODELING - A fabrication system is disclosed for use in joining two components of a work piece. The fabrication system may have a mount configured to hold the work piece with a void to be filled with material. The fabrication system may also have a scanner configured to capture at least one image of the void, a robotic fabrication device movable relative to the mount, and a controller in communication with the scanner and the robotic fabrication device. The controller may be configured to generate a model of the void based on the at least one image, and to slice the model into at least one layer. The controller may also be configured to develop a tool path for each of the at least one layer, and to cause the robotic fabrication device to deposit material within the void based on the tool path. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375345 | Method for producing a roll-clad aluminum workpiece, roll-clad aluminum workpiece, and use therefor - A method for producing a roll-clad aluminium workpiece and an associated roll-clad aluminium workpiece are provided, wherein a core ingot is produced from an aluminium alloy and at least one cladding piece is produced from a cladding material, wherein at least one groove is introduced into the core ingot and/or into a layer applied to the core ingot, wherein the cladding piece is inserted into the groove, and wherein the core ingot is hot-rolled after the cladding piece has been inserted, the width of the groove being equal to or less than the core ingot width. A use of such a roll-clad aluminium workpiece is also provided for producing a soldered workpiece, in particular a folding tube. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375346 | COMPONENT REPAIR USING BRAZED SURFACE TEXTURED SUPERALLOY FOIL - A superalloy component such as a gas turbine engine blade ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375347 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LESS UNBALANCED BLOWER BLADE - A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a blower blade including a plurality of blade portions having the same shape and arranged around a rotation axis line includes a machining device for machining the blower blade and a control device for controlling the machining device. The control device includes a command creation unit for creating an operation command to the machining device according to a machining program and a machining parameter, a balance measurement unit for measuring balance of the blower blade, and a machining amount adjustment unit configured to individually adjust a machining amount of each of the blade portions without changing the machining program, based on data of the balance of the blower blade measured by the balance measurement unit so as to reduce unbalance of the blower blade. A manufacturing method using the above-described manufacturing apparatus is also provided. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375348 | ISO-GRID COMPOSITE COMPONENT - A method of defining a rib structure within an iso-grid composite component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, defining a first rib at least partially with a uni-tape ply bundle at a first level, the uni-tape ply bundle including uni-tape plies and a first spacer ply, and defining a second rib transverse to the first rib at least partially with a spacer at the first level, the spacer including a second, different spacer ply, the spacer transverse to the uni-tape ply bundle such that the spacer is interrupted by the uni-tape ply bundle. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375349 | HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE - A heat exchanger tube with a tube axis, a tube wall, a tube outside and a tube inside. Continuously running, axially parallel or helically circling inner ribs are formed out of the tube wall on the tube inside, each inner rib having two rib flanks and a rib tip. A continuously extending groove is formed between adjacent inner ribs. The rib tip has at regular intervals recurring elevations which have an essentially frustopyramidal form. The inner ribs are raised in the radial direction on the contour line which is defined by the transitional edge of a rib flank to the rib tip and protuberances advancing out of the rib flank are formed in this region. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger tube. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375350 | METHOD OF JOINING A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, HAVING AN ATTACHMENT PART, WITH A METAL SHEET - In a method for joining a functional element with a metal sheet, with the functional element having an attachment part for attachment of a structure to the metal sheet, a cold forming process employed for the metal sheet is also used to mark the metal sheet with a sink mark by which a joining position of the metal sheet with the functional element is indicated. After the functional element is joined with the metal sheet at the joining position, the joining position is checked with respect to a position of the functional element inside of the sink mark. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375351 | WORKPIECE CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A workpiece convey system comprising two conveyor devices which alternately convey workpieces from a source area to a destination area, wherein each of the two conveyor devices is provided with a workpiece holding part which can hold a workpiece, and a movement mechanism which moves the workpiece holding part back and forth between the source area and the destination area, the two conveyor devices being arranged so as to match the positions where their respective workpiece holding parts are stopped within the source area. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375352 | METHOD OF CUTTING OR MACHINING INTERNAL GEAR TEETH, MOTION-CHANGING DEVICE, AND MACHINE TOOL - The invention concerns a method for the chip-removing generation or machining of internal gear teeth on a workpiece which is rotatable about its rotary axis and radially delimits a free space that extends axially to one side beyond the internally toothed region and whose radial width narrows in the direction of its axial extension in at least one location. An externally toothed tool which is driven in rotary movement about its axis of rotation is brought from the opposite side into rolling engagement with the internally toothed region with the rotary axes crossed at an angle. Through the application of a mechanical force, the chips which are produced in the process and which are subject to a centrifugal force are caused to change their movement in the zone of narrowing width in a manner directed against the origin of the centrifugal force. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375353 | KNIFE SHARPENING DEVICE FOR CIRCULAR KNIFE - A knife sharping device for a circular knife contains: a circular body, a circular connecting cover, and a first circular fixing cover. The circular body includes an annular portion and an external wheel, the annular portion has a through hole and a first conical face, the first conical face has a thickness gradually increasing to the outer rim of the annular portion from the central portion of the annular portion, the first conical face also has a plurality of first sharpening tabs equidistantly arranged thereon. The circular connecting cover includes a first side lid and an inserting post, a cross section of which is non-circular. The first circular fixing cover includes a second side lid, a first positioning member, and a first pressing loop; wherein a cross section of the first positioning member is non-circular, and the first positioning member has a first orifice defined thereon. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375354 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING THE SURFACE OF OBJECTS - When decoating a glass panel ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375355 | INTEGRATED PART FIXTURING FOR LATHING PROCESSES - Methods, systems, and devices for lathing parts, including lenses such as ophthalmic lenses. In some embodiments a reference surface is machined into a workpiece. In some embodiments the methods include machining first and second surfaces of a lens so that they have the same centerlines. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375356 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING TOOL TIP AND TOOL TIP - In order, in a drill tip ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375357 | ABRASIVE BELT POLISHING FINISHER - The invention discloses an abrasive belt polishing finisher in the field of mechanical technology, which addresses inconvenient operation of the existing polishing finishers. The abrasive belt polishing finisher includes a motor and a connection support. The central section of the connection support is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the motor. Several self-rotable connection support finishing wheels are provided around the connection support. The curve surface of the rim of each of the support finishing wheels has a different curvature. Each connection support finishing wheel is distributed on the same circle centered on the output shaft of the motor. The connection support is driven by the motor into rotation to press and position one of the connection support finishing wheels against the back of the abrasive belt in the polishing finisher. The abrasive belt polishing finisher could satisfy continuous polishing treatment for different curved surfaces. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375358 | CHAMBER COMPONENTS WITH POLISHED INTERNAL APERTURES - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for polishing internal surfaces of apertures in semiconductor processing chamber components. A method includes providing a ceramic article having at least one aperture, the ceramic article being a component for a semiconductor processing chamber. The method further includes polishing the at least one aperture based on flowing an abrasive media through the at least one aperture of the ceramic article, the abrasive media including a polymer base and a plurality of abrasive particles. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375359 | COMPONENT SURFACE FINISHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods for finishing a component include providing the component comprising one or more interior surfaces fluidly connected to one or more exterior surfaces, providing a plurality of magnetic particles, and applying a magnetic field so as to repeatedly move the magnetic particles against the interior surfaces and exterior surfaces of the component. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375360 | Tool for Abrasive Flow Machining of Airfoil Clusters - A tool for use during the abrasive flow polishing of an airfoil cluster in an abrasive flow machine is described. The tool may comprise a body and prongs extending from the body. Each prong of the tool may be configured to insert between an adjacent pair of airfoils of the airfoil cluster to create at least one channel therebetween. The channel may allow the flow of an abrasive media therethrough. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375361 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD - A method of chemical mechanical polishing a substrate is provided, comprising: providing a polishing machine having a platen; providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has an exposed silicon oxide surface; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad, comprising: a polyurethane polishing layer; wherein the polyurethane polishing layer composition exhibits an acid number of ≧0.5 mg (KOH)/g; providing an abrasive slurry, wherein the abrasive slurry comprises water and a ceria abrasive; creating dynamic contact at an interface between the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the substrate; and, dispensing the abrasive slurry onto the polishing surface of the polyurethane polishing layer of the chemical mechanical polishing pad at or near the interface between the chemical mechanical polishing pad and the substrate; and, polishing the substrate. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375362 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING LAYER FORMULATION WITH CONDITIONING TOLERANCE - A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided containing: a polyurethane polishing layer having a composition and a polishing surface; wherein the polyurethane polishing layer composition exhibits an acid number of ≧0.5 mg (KOH)/g; wherein the polishing surface is adapted for polishing a substrate; and, wherein the polishing surface exhibits a conditioning tolerance of ≧80%. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375363 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CARRIER FOR USE IN DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING WAFERS - A method of producing a carrier for use in a double-side polishing apparatus, the method including engaging an insert with a holding hole formed in a carrier body and sticking the insert to the holding hole, the carrier body being configured to be disposed between upper and lower turn tables to which polishing pads are attached of the double-side polishing apparatus, the holding hole being configured to hold a wafer during polishing, the insert being configured to contact an edge of the wafer to be held, the method including: performing a lapping process and a polishing process on the insert; engaging the insert subjected to the lapping process and the polishing process with the holding hole of the carrier body; and sticking and drying the engaged insert while applying a load to the insert in a direction perpendicular to main surfaces of the carrier body. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375364 | GRINDING TOOL - The rotation support bar ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375365 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH FLOW PARTICLE BLASTING WITHOUT PARTICLE STORAGE - A particle blast apparatus transport is capable of generating granular sized particles and delivering them without substantial storage to a single hose feeder assembly. The apparatus is configured to be used with solid blocks of cryogenic material, such as carbon dioxide, and with individual pellets of such material. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375366 | DENSE PACKING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOR PDC CUTTERS - A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A method of making a superabrasive compact comprises steps of providing a plurality of superabrasive particles having a particle size distribution with a first ratio (d50)/(d50 principle particles) ranging from about 0.86 to about 0.92; providing a support to the plurality of superabrasive particles; and subjecting the support and the plurality of superabrasive particles to conditions of an elevated temperature and pressure suitable for producing the polycrystalline superabrasive compact. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375367 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE INCLUDING A CORE AND A BONDED ABRASIVE BODY - An abrasive article including a core including an organic material and a first bonded abrasive body integrally bonded directly to the core, the first bonded abrasive body having abrasive particles contained within a bond material and the abrasive article having a bonding factor of at least about 60%. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375368 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE HAVING SHAPED SEGMENTS - An abrasive segment can include an inner segment portion, an outer segment portion, and a central segment portion connected thereto. The inner segment portion can include an inner circumferential wall and an outer circumferential wall. Leading and trailing radial sidewalls can extend between the inner circumferential wall and the outer circumferential wall opposite each other. The outer segment portion can include an inner circumferential wall and an outer circumferential wall. Leading and trailing radial sidewalls can extend between the inner circumferential wall and the outer circumferential wall opposite each other. The central segment portion can include a leading radial sidewall and a trailing radial sidewall. The leading radial sidewall of the central segment portion can establish an acute angle, α, with respect to the outer circumferential wall of the inner segment portion and an obtuse angle, β, with respect the inner circumferential wall of the outer segment portion. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375369 | DETACHABLE BLOCKING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR ON A CLAMPING TOOL - A detachable blocking device, in particular on a clamping tool, having a blocking element, which blocks the displacement capability of a rod in at least one detachment direction in a blocking position, and a detachment member, which displaces the blocking element into a release position when moved from a default position into a detachment position, in which release position the rod can be displaced at least in the detachment direction. A brake element, in a braking position, acts on the rod so that the rod can only be displaced after neutralization of a braking force acting against the displacement direction of the rod, which braking force does not have to be neutralized in a sliding position of the brake element. The brake element has a brake lever and/or can be brought into its sliding position by pivoting an arm of the detachment member having a detachment lever. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375370 | PIN CLAMP WITH MULTI-THICKNESS CLAMPING FEATURE - A pin clamp for clamping a workpiece includes a housing and a locating pin extending through the housing and having a longitudinal axis. The locating pin is sized to be positioned within an opening of the workpiece. A finger is positioned adjacent to the locating pin and movable in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal axis to retain the workpiece on the locating pin. A linear actuator is configured to move the locating pin in opposite directions along the longitudinal axis. A locking arrangement is carried by the housing. A sequence cam is connected with the linear actuator in a manner allowing axial movement of the linear actuator to be converted into transverse movement of the sequence cam. The sequence cam includes an engagement surface which engages the locking arrangement to lock the locating pin and the finger against the workpiece upon retraction of the linear actuator. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375371 | TORQUE GRIP SLIP FORCE PLIERS - A slip-joint pliers having opposed parallel jaws with a specific cross-hatch pyramidal teeth construction develops a high torque grip slip force on a seized or overly tightened cylindrical workpiece such as a pipe or bar. The pliers includes a tongue in groove type slip-joint construction. The cross-hatch teeth are disposed at between 110° and 150°, and the rows of cross-hatch teeth are spaced at less than about 10 teeth/inch on each jaw face. The pliers are a compact yet heavy-duty use tool that develops a torque grip slip force greater than similarly sized prior art pliers. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375372 | TENSION LOCKING TOOL - A hand tool having first and second plier units attached to one another where a jaw region is operatively configured to have a work piece to be placed therein and a handle region is configured to be used by the user of the tool to grasp the work piece. A tension member is provided to be positioned past a dead point axis so as to apply a clamping force upon the jaw member and the hand tool maintains a grip upon the work piece without continuous interaction with the user of the tool. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375373 | Wrench - A wrench includes a wrench body provided with a hollow mounting hole which is mounted on a workpiece which has a plurality of outer sides and a plurality of corners. The mounting hole of the wrench body is provided with a plurality of locking edges and a plurality of receiving grooves. Thus, the receiving grooves of the wrench body receive the corners of the workpiece to prevent the wrench body from contacting the corners of the workpiece, so that the corners of the workpiece will not be rubbed when the wrench body drives the workpiece. In addition, the locking edges of the wrench body press and provide a force to drive the outer sides of the workpiece so that the wrench body can be used to drive the workpiece whose corners have been worn out, without producing slip during operation. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375374 | Adjustable Wrench - An infinitely variable speed and multi-functional wrench has a wrench body. The sockets are arranged at two ends of the wrench body. An adjustment screw bolt is arranged on the wrench body. An adjustable wrench support matches with sockets and are separately arranged on two ends of the adjustment screw bolts. An adjustment threaded sleeve is arranged between the adjustment wrench support and the adjustment screw bolt. An adjustable button fixed with the adjustment screw bolt is arranged on the adjustment screw bolt. The spacing between the sockets and the adjustable wrench support can be adjustment with the adjustable button. The diameters of the wrench holes at two ends of the wrench body varies with each other. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375375 | SQUEEZING HEAD TORQUE TOOL - A uniquely designed torque wrench having a torque body, the torque body attached to a drive head, the drive head entering a contracted stated during extension of a rod of a hydraulic cylinder, and entering an expanded state during the retraction of the rod of a hydraulic cylinder. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375376 | HAND TOOL IMPACTING DEVICE WITH FLOATING PIN MECHANISM - A hand tool impacting device may include, a drive shaft with an aperture, an impaler disk, and a floating pin positioned within the aperture of the drive shaft. A set of circular ramps on the outer edge of the impaler disk may interact with a stationary pin insert to translate the drive shaft and create an impacting motion. A pair of springs placed against either side of the floating pin may allow a specialized tool bit to engage or disengage the impaler disk, thereby allowing selective use of translational impacting motion, or rotational torque. An impact bit for engaging the impaler disk may include, a tool head configured to engage a work piece and a tool shaft configured to be inserted into a hollow drive shaft to engage a floating pin. According to one embodiment, the impact bit includes a number of sleeves to guide the tool head during operation. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375377 | DRIVING HEAD-CHANGEABLE TOOL - A driving head-changeable tool is provided, comprising an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has an end peripheral edge and a non-circular circumferential inner wall. The end peripheral edge is formed with corner portions and blocking flanges. The inner sleeve has a non-circular circumferential outer wall. The inner sleeve is rotatably sleeved by the outer sleeve and has a first connecting end along a central axis. An inner wall of the first connecting end is formed with concaves extending axially. The non-circular circumferential inner and outer walls are nonrotatably abutted against each other. As viewed in an axial direction, each concave overlaps with one the blocking flange. When a driving head is inserted in the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve come close to each other, the driving head is blocked by the blocking flanges. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375378 | APPARATUS FOR RAPID INSTALLATION OF THREADED FASTENERS - An apparatus for rapid installation of threaded fasteners is provided. The apparatus includes a drive portion configured for being received by a rotary tool, a bit holder extending from the drive portion and configured for receiving a tool bit, the bit holder defining an elongate portion, and a sleeve configured for translatable movement along the elongate portion. The sleeve has a first extended position in which an end of the sleeve extends substantially beyond the tool bit and a retraction position in which the sleeve does not enclose the tool bit. A spring biases the sleeve into the extended position. Pressing of an end of the sleeve against a working surface imparts translation of the sleeve in a direction from the extended position towards the retracted position. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375379 | TORQUE WRENCH HAVING TRANSPARENT WINDOW ILLUMINATION STRUCTURE - A torque wrench having a transparent window illumination structure includes a torque wrench main body. The outer surface of the torque wrench main body has at least one window. A torque indicator is provided corresponding in position to the window. An illuminating member is disposed at an end of the torque indicator opposite to the window. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375380 | TORQUE WRENCH WITH A REFLECTION-TYPE VIEWING WINDOW ILLUMINATION STRUCTURE - A torque wrench with a reflection-type viewing window illumination structure in the present invention includes a wrench body having an outer surface bored with a viewing window provided therein with an indicating member. A luminous member is installed at a location adjacent to the viewing window, and a control unit is electrically connected with the luminous member. Thus, the luminous member can be started by the control unit to carry out illumination toward the interior of the viewing window for lighting up the indicating member so as to enable a user to clearly read the indicating member in an environment of insufficient light and really know the torsion value that the wrench body sets at the very moment. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375381 | DRIVER - The durability of the driver is further improved. The nail driver for driving a nail into a material to be driven includes: a plunger moved in a first direction parallel to a driving direction of the nail by bias caused by a coil spring and moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction against the bias of the coil spring ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375382 | DEVICE FOR PRESSURE MONITORING - A device for monitoring pressure within a gas space, which is filled with gas, preferably nitrogen, and/or is prestressed, of a pressure accumulator of a hydraulically driven percussive mechanism having a housing in which a piston is mounted, together with a display element which extends through the face surface of the housing, so as to be slidingly movable counter to the force of a spring, wherein the piston divides the housing into a pressure chamber and a spring chamber. The spring acts on a spring chamber-side working surface of the piston, and the pressure accumulator is at least indirectly operatively connected to the pressure chamber-side working surface of the piston, such that, in the event of a critical pressure within the pressure accumulator being undershot, the piston and the display element are displaced to such an extent that the display element protrudes out of the housing. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375383 | PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE - A device for monitoring the pressure within a gas space, which is filled with a gas, preferably nitrogen, and/or is prestressed, of a pressure accumulator of a hydraulically driven percussive mechanism, in particular of a demolition hammer or of a drilling hammer, having a housing in which a piston is mounted, together with an indicator element which extends through the face surface of the housing, in slidingly movable fashion. The piston divides the housing into two chambers, and a first, pressure accumulator-side chamber and a pressure accumulator-side working surface, which is averted from the indicator element, of the piston are operatively connected at least indirectly to the gas space of the pressure accumulator. A second, hydraulics-side chamber and a hydraulics-side working surface, facing toward the indicator element, of the piston are connected to the hydraulic system of the percussive mechanism. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375384 | Tool Holder - A tool holder for a power tool comprising: a body defining a passageway in which a shank of a cutting tool can be located; at least one axial locking element moveably mounted within the body and which is capable of being moved between and held in at least a first release position and a second locking position where it projects into the passageway where it is capable of engagingly a shank of a cutting tool when located within the passageway in order to axially restrict the movement of the shank in the passageway; and at least one axial guide moveably mounted within the body and which can be moved between and held in at least two positions, including one position where it projects into the passageway where it is capable of engagingly supporting a side of a shank of a cutting tool when located within the passageway. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375385 | MULTI-PURPOSE TOOL - A multi-purpose tool operated by a user for storing, opening, cutting, clamping and holding of articles is provided. The multi-purpose tool includes a first shear, a second shear movably coupled to the first shear at a pivot point and a ratchet extending from each finger grip. Each shear includes a finger grip, cutting edges, tines and gripping tips. Further, the multi-purpose tool includes ratchet extending from respective finger grips. Each ratchet having a plurality of ratchet teeth defined therein, the ratchets extending towards each other. The first cutting edge and the second cutting edge are adapted for extending around the article in a firm grip by engagement of the ratchets in order to clamp the article between the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375386 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL TOOL - A method for controlling an electrical tool having a motor, a transmission mechanism, a control device, and a function member. The motor drives the function member to move in a reciprocating manner via the transmission mechanism. The function member has a standard position and the control device controls the motor. The control device at least has an associated position sensor capable of detecting a position of the function member. The method for controlling the electrical tool includes at least a reset movement process that is used to reset the function member to the standard position after the function member completes more than one cycle of reciprocating movement. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375387 | TORSION OUTPUT TOOL - A torsion output tool has a housing, a motor and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes a first planetary gear train. The first planetary gear train has a first planetary gear carrier, a first level planetary gear, a first inner ring gear disposed outside the first level planetary gear and meshing therewith, and a first central wheel sliding in a direction of a first axis to a first position and a second position. The transmission assembly further has a locking member. The locking member slides synchronously with the first central wheel and only locks the relative circumferential positions of the output shaft and the first planetary gear carrier when the first central wheel is at the first position and only constitutes circumferential engagement with the first planetary gear carrier when the first central wheel is at the second position to achieve a drilling mode and an impact mode of operation for the tool. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375388 | Housing Device for a Hand-Held Power Tool - A housing device for a hand-held power tool includes at least one receiving interface configured to receive a battery unit. The at least one receiving interface is further configured to receive a mains power connection unit as an alternative to the battery unit. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375389 | DEVICE FOR ANGULARLY PRECISE MACHINING OF A WORKPIECE BY A TOOL GUIDED ON A GUIDE RAIL - Disclosed is a device for angularly precise machining of a workpiece ( | 2015-12-31 |
20150375390 | ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR APPLYING SURFACE FINISHES TO LARGE OBJECTS - A robotic system for performing surface finishing processes on a large object, is provided, the system includes at least one platform having a connected robot, the robot performing a surface finishing process on the large object. Also included is an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) separable of the platform movable independent of the platform for moving under the platform, lifting up the platform and moving the platform multiple locations along or around the large object to extend a useful working envelope of the robot. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375391 | TEACHING SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND TEACHING METHOD - A teaching system according to embodiments includes a data acquiring unit and a job generating unit. The data acquiring unit acquires data including an initial attitude of a tool, a final attitude of the tool, a rotation center axis of a handled object, and a rotation angle of the handled object about the rotation center axis, in a robot that performs an operation of holding and rotating the handled object with the tool. Based on the data acquired by the data acquiring unit, the job generating unit generates a job program that operates the actual robot so that the tool is brought into the initial attitude, and then brought into the final attitude after the handled object is rotated by the rotation angle about the rotation center axis. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375392 | CONTROL SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT - A control system includes a force sensor that has a mechanical mechanism (e.g., an end effector) and N (N is an integer equal to or more than two) triaxial force sensor units, acquires unit output values to which values resulting from the mechanical mechanism have been added from the respective triaxial force sensor units of the N triaxial force sensor units, and outputs force sense values based on the unit output values, a force sense value corrector that corrects the force sense values based on the force sense values output by the force sensor, and a controller that performs control of mechanical equipment (e.g., a robot) including the mechanical mechanism based on the force sense values corrected in the force sense value corrector. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375393 | OFFLINE TEACHING DEVICE USING SIMULATION - An offline teaching device has a calculation unit which calculates a second position of a second tool on a work line which is separated by a predetermined distance from a first position of a first tool on the work line, calculates a workpiece position where the first tool in the first position contacts or adjoins the workpiece, and calculates a workpiece position and posture such that the second tool in the second position contacts or adjoins the workpiece by changing the posture of the workpiece from the workpiece position with respect to the first tool, while maintaining the work posture of the first tool, and has a generation unit which generates a robot teaching position based on the position and posture of the workpiece and the holding position of the workpiece, and generates a program such that the first tool and the second tool pass along the work line. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375394 | DYNAMIC PHYSICAL CONSTRAINT FOR HARD SURFACE EMULATION - A method and apparatus for haptic hard surface emulation using a dynamic physical constraint are provided. The movement and position of the dynamic physical constraint is actively controlled in order to emulate a hard surface. The dynamic physical constraint may be controlled by a computer. In another aspect of the invention, the dynamic physical constraint limits the motion of a manipulator joint in space. The position at any time of the dynamic physical constraint is dependent on the position in space of the manipulator's end effector. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375395 | ROBOT CLEANER - A robot cleaner including a driving unit configured to move the robot cleaner; a charging unit disposed on an upper surface of the robot cleaner, and configured to wirelessly charge a mobile terminal; and a control unit configured to control the driving unit to move the robot cleaner to a position of the mobile terminal corresponding to a sensed preset signal, control the robot cleaner to execute a wireless charging of the mobile terminal placed on the charging unit according to a charging command, and output a feedback signal when the wireless charging of the mobile terminal is completed. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375396 | AUTOMATIC IN-SITU REGISTRATION AND CALIBRATION OF ROBOTIC ARM/SENSOR/WORKSPACE SYSTEM - Various technologies described herein pertain to automatic in-situ calibration and registration of a depth sensor and a robotic arm, where the depth sensor and the robotic arm operate in a workspace. The robotic arm can include an end effector. A non-parametric technique for registration between the depth sensor and the robotic arm can be implemented. The registration technique can utilize a sparse sampling of the workspace (e.g., collected during calibration or recalibration). A point cloud can be formed over calibration points and interpolation can be performed within the point cloud to map coordinates in a sensor coordinate frame to coordinates in an arm coordinate frame. Such technique can automatically incorporate intrinsic sensor parameters into transformations between the depth sensor and the robotic arm. Accordingly, an explicit model of intrinsics or biases of the depth sensor need not be utilized. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375397 | FEEDING ASSISTANT ROBOT - The present invention relates to a feeding assistant robot, which assists in feeding patients or the elderly and infirm who have difficulty in moving their arms and thus have difficulty in feeding themselves. The feeding assistant robot includes: a picking arm including a gripper for picking up food placed on a tray; a feeding arm, including a spoon on which the food picked up by the picking arm is placed, for moving the spoon to the mouth of a user; an input device enabling the user to direct the movements of the picking arm and of the feeding arm; and a control unit electrically connected to the picking arm, the feeding arm, and the manipulation part to control the movements of the picking arm and the feeding arm according to the commands from the input device. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375398 | ROBOTIC LOGISTICS SYSTEM - A robotic logistics system is disclosed. The system includes multiple robots each having an image capture unit and a server communicatively coupled to the multiple robots. The server is configured to transmit a location of a first item to a first robot and the location of a second item to a second robot; track the positions of the first robot and the second robot; transmit a first image of the first item captured by the first robot to an operator device; receive first verification signal from the operator device in response to the first image; transmit a second image of the second item captured by the second robot to the operator device; and receive a second verification signal from the operator device in response to the second image. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375399 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM - An exemplary illustration of a user interface for a medical robotics system may include multiple light sources configured to illuminate a gesture within a field of view. The user interface may further include multiple cameras, which have a field of view and are configured to generate a detection signal in response to detecting the gesture within the field of view. The user interface can also have a controller configured to generate a command signal based on the detection signal. The command signal may be configured to actuate an instrument driver, a display device, a C-arm configured or any combination thereof to perform a function mapped to the gesture. | 2015-12-31 |
20150375400 | PITCH CONTROL UNIT, PICKER HAVING THE PITCH CONTROL UNIT AND TEST HANDLER HAVING THE PICKER - A pitch control unit includes a base plate having an opening therethrough, a linear driver attached to the base plate in the opening, the linear driver including a plurality of rods linearly movable in a first direction, the rods being spaced apart from each other in a second direction, a stopper box attached to the base plate and including a plurality of stopper bodies, the plurality of stopper bodies individually face the plurality of rods of the linear driver to stop respective moveable rods at different moving distances from each other, and a picker holder attached to the linear driver, the plurality of rods of the linear driver being individually attached to pickers arranged in the first direction to pick the objects, and a picker pitch of the pickers being controlled by the moving distances of the plurality of rods. | 2015-12-31 |