| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 029281500 | Including means to relatively position plural work parts | 33 |
| 20080256770 | PIPE ALIGNING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A device and method of use for aligning elements is presented. In particular, the present invention relates to the device having particular features and the method for its use for axially aligning and welding elements together, especially pipe elements. Disclosed is a device for aligning the pipe elements which includes a head for surrounding the elements, a plurality of alignment elements for axially aligning the pipe elements, and a pressure mechanism for applying a selectable pressure to the pipe elements. Also disclosed is a device for receiving pipe elements which includes a reversibly attachable alignment head for surrounding the pipe elements, a plurality of multi-axis alignment elements, and a pressure mechanism for applying a selectable pressure to the pipe elements. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090000098 | Assembling Machine with Continuous Peak Assembly Motion - An assembling machine with a feeder is provided. The feeder feeds receiving components into an assembler, where a moveable coupling mechanism couples attaching components to the receiving components. Transporting mechanisms coupled to a plurality of drive trains deliver the receiving components across the feeder table and to the assembler. The transporting mechanisms alternate between a plurality of speeds so as to deliver the receiving components to the assembler such that the moveable coupling mechanism may operate at a continuous, periodic rate. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090133240 | CONVEYING AND ASSEMBLING SYSTEM - To provide a conveying and assembling system in which an operation area where a person coexisting type assembling device and an operator coexist is efficiency distributed, The operation area includes an area A | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090165273 | Gas turbine rotor assembly method - Methods of assembling a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine having a plurality of components. The method comprises, in one aspect, determining a static unbalance force of each component using the mass and the center of mass location, and determining an optimum assembly arrangement minimizing static unbalance forces. Optimal component stacking positions, among other things, may then be established. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090249602 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR ASSEMBLING ORIENTED OBJECTS - The invention relates to a device and a method for assembling oriented objects, such as parts of a pipeline. The device includes means for rotational displacement about a rotational axis ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090282663 | Furniture Assembly - A furniture assembly kit including at least a first support structure, a plurality of furniture components, each component including a base structure having a component width dimension and a component length dimension, a sub-structure supported by the support structure and having a substantially flat support surface defined by a circumferential edge including first and second lateral edges, the sub-structure forming a lip member along at least portions of the first and second lateral edges, the lip member having a distal upper edge, the space adjacent the support surface and between the lip members being a furniture receiving space and wherein different subsets of the plurality of components can optionally be positioned with the base structures supported by the support surface and with the base structures of the component subsets substantially covering the sub-structure support surface, each different subset including at least two of the plurality of components where at least one of the furniture components includes a storage unit that defines a storage space where the storage space resides at least in part above the furniture receiving space when the storage unit is supported on the support surface. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090307887 | ASSEMBLY TOOL FOR MODULAR IMPLANTS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An assembly tool for assembly of a first component of a prosthesis to a second component of the prosthesis for use in joint arthroplasty is provided. The tool includes a first member operably associated with the first component and a second member. The second member is operably associated with the second component. At least one of the first member and the second member are adapted to provide for the assembly of the first component of the prosthesis to the second component of the prosthesis. The second member is operably associated with the first member for relative motion between the first member and the second member for assembly of the first component of the prosthesis to the second component. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100050404 | Centering mechanism - The present invention provides a centering mechanism capable of improving the efficiency of centering work and reducing the work time and the cost. The centering mechanism centers an inner member located inside in a radial direction, with respect to an outer member arranged to surround the inner member in a circumferential direction, and includes a vertical-direction positioning unit which positions the inner member in a vertical direction in a non-stepwise manner. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100132178 | QUICK-POSITIONING SCREW ASSEMBLY - A quick-positioning screw assembly includes a cap having an inside annular flange and a locating groove or locating rib extending around the inside wall, a mounting socket bonded to a mounting through hole of a first plate member and having a top positioning flange extending around the periphery and detachably forced into engagement with the locating groove or locating rib of the cap, a screw press-fitted into the inner diameter of the inside annular flange of the cap for threading into a screw hole on a second plate member to secure the first plate member to the second plate member, and a compression spring mounted in the cap around the screw and stopped between the inside annular flange of the cap and an inside annular flange of the mounting socket. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100170073 | Cord aligning device - A cord aligning device formed with a plurality of guide holes allowing cords to be separately inserted therethrough is provided. Each of the guide holes includes a feed port into which a cord is fed, a delivery port from which the cord is delivered, an introducing portion provided continuously with the feed port, and a delivery portion provided between the introducing portion and the delivery port. The introducing portion is formed such that the area of a cross-section vertical to a centerline thereof is reduced gradually toward the delivery portion from the feed port, the area of a cross-section of the delivery portion vertical to a centerline thereof is uniform along the centerline over its total length, and the delivery portion is formed in a linear fashion. Moreover, the delivery portions of the plurality of guide holes are juxtaposed in a predetermined direction so as to form rows parallel to each other. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100175238 | Picket Installation Tool - This invention relates generally to the field of tools for residential and commercial building construction. The invention provides tools for installing an object, such as deck railing pickets, while maintaining a desired and/or consistent spacing between the object and another object and allowing for hands-free holding during installation of the object to be installed. A particular embodiment of the invention includes A tool for hands-free installation of an object comprising: one or more supports comprising one or more recesses for accepting one or more objects, wherein said recesses and said objects are complementary shaped; wherein said recesses comprise means for holding said objects within said recesses; and wherein said recesses are spaced at a desired spacing interval. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100205793 | LENS ASSEMBLY ALIGNEMENT DEVICE FOR CAMERA LENS MODULE - A lens assembly alignment apparatus for a camera lens module is provided. The lens assembly alignment apparatus includes a position alignment apparatus that moves a lens assembly in a direction of an optical axis of the lens assembly and on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The apparatus also includes a slant alignment apparatus having first and second rotary axes which extend perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens assembly, respectively. The lens assembly is received in a housing, and the slant alignment apparatus aligns an optical axis of an image sensor, which is mounted in the housing, parallel to the optical axis of the lens assembly by rotating the housing about each of the first and second rotary axes. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100212133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING MINIATURIZED DEVICES - An apparatus for assembling a miniaturized device includes a manipulator system including six manipulators operable to position and orient components of the miniaturized device with submicron precision and micron-level accuracy. The manipulator system includes a first plurality of motorized axes, a second plurality of manual axes, and force and torque and sensors. Each of the six manipulators includes at least one translation stage, at least one rotation stage, tooling attached to the at least one translation stage or the at least one rotation stage, and an attachment mechanism disposed at a distal end of the tooling and operable to attach at least a portion of the miniaturized device to the tooling. The apparatus also includes an optical coordinate-measuring machine (OCMM) including a machine-vision system, a laser-based distance-measuring probe, and a touch probe. The apparatus also includes an operator control system coupled to the manipulator system and the OCMM. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223772 | Structural Panels for Use in Aircraft Fuselages and Other Structures - Structural panels for use in manufacturing aircraft fuselages and other structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a structural panel configured in accordance with the invention includes a skin and at least first and second stiffeners. The first stiffener can have a first flange portion mated to the skin and a first raised portion projecting away from the skin. The second stiffener can have a second flange portion mated to the skin and a second raised portion projecting away from the skin. At least one of the first flange portion of the first stiffener and the second flange portion of the second stiffener can extend toward the other of the first flange portion and the second flange portion to form an at least approximately continuous support surface to which a frame can be attached. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110154634 | Sink flange ring alignment and installation tool - A tool for installing a retainer ring onto the lower portion of a loosely inserted drain fitting for engaging a mounting flange thereto includes a generally resilient cup structure provided with a plurality of axially aligned and resiliently cantilevered peripherally adjacent strips within which the retaining ring is received in a compressed engagement seated on a helical interior shoulder. A threaded rod extends through a centering plug received in the drain fitting and then through the cup interior to axially advance the axially aligned ring carried by the strips. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110314650 | ALIGNMENT ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A PRINTHEAD - An alignment component includes a first member, a second member, and a plurality of locating elements. The first member includes at least one surface. The second member includes a plurality of through holes that include a first through hole and a second through hole positioned relative to each other. The second member is affixed with the first member such that a first pocket and a second pocket are formed, each of the first pocket and the second pocket having a wall corresponding to a wall of one of the first through hole and the second through hole. Each of the first pocket and the second pocket have a base corresponding to a surface of the one or more surfaces of the first member. The plurality of locating elements include a first locating element positioned with an interference fit in the first pocket and a second locating element positioned with an interference fit in the second pocket. The wall of the first pocket and the wall of the second pocket define a first component of position of the first locating element relative to the second locating element. The base of the first pocket and the base of the second pocket define a second component of position of the first locating element relative to the second locating element. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120023721 | DEVICE FOR THE SEALED ATTACHMENT OF AN INTERCHANGEABLE MEMBER IN A CHAMBER RING MOUNTED ON A WALL OF A CONTAINMENT CELL - A device for sealed attachment of an oval or circular interchangeable member ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120131779 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR USE WHEN MOUNTING INTERIOR COMPONENT MODULES IN AN AIRCRAFT - A transport device for use when mounting interior component modules in an aircraft includes an undercarriage and an interior component module carrier unit. The interior component module carrier unit is supported on the undercarriage and is adapted to be connected to an interior component module, which is preassembled outside of the aircraft, in order to transport the interior component module with the aid of the transport device into a final assembly position in an aircraft fuselage element. At least a part of the interior component module carrier unit is movable relative to the undercarriage such that an interior component module connected to the interior component module carrier unit is movable horizontally and vertically relative to the undercarriage. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120174364 | Mounting Rail for Mounting and Positioning a Seal - The invention relates to a mounting rail ( | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120186057 | SCREEN INSTALLATION DEVICE - A screen installation device is used for assembling a screen plate to a frame, the screen installation device, and includes a positioning device and a plurality of connection devices. The positioning device is for locating the frame. The connection devices are detachably assembled to the positioning device and are arranged around the screen plate, and part of each connection device is located and retained between the screen plate and the frame to create a constant width gap between the screen plate and the frame. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130086783 | JOINING APPARATUS FOR JOINING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF AN AIRCRAFT - A joining apparatus for joining together structural components of an aircraft, includes positioning means for holding the structural components to be joined in a defined desired position, in which the structural components can be fixedly joined together by means of a joining device that can be moved relative to the structural components by way of guiding means, wherein the positioning means encompass a formative frame structure that is detachably secured to the structural components to be connected along the joining edges outside in the edge area, and serves as a guiding means for the joining device movably secured hereupon. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20140109369 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND INSTALLING STRINGERS - A hands-free method and related apparatus are used to shape, place and compact a composite stringer on a composite skin of an aircraft. A composite charge is placed on a tool assembly that used to shape the charge into a preformed stringer. With the stringer held on the tool assembly, the tool assembly is used to move the preformed stringer into proximity with the skin and both place and compact the stringer against the skin. Following compaction of the stringer, the tool assembly is removed and the skin and the stringer are co-cured. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140250651 | ARTICLE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS HAVING ROTARY ARTICLE PICK AND PLACE - An article assembly apparatus and method employs rotary pick and place technology to deposit one component of an apparatus within another at a relatively high rate of speed. A substantially disk-shaped component is inserted within a substantially cylindrical component with a relatively tight fit between the two. The substantially disk-shaped component is carried at a fixed, predetermined angle, relative to a radius of a rotating wheel carrying the component, permitting the smooth placement and depositing of the substantially cylindrical component within the substantially cylindrical component. The substantially disk-shaped component may comprise a piston and the substantially cylindrical component may comprise a body of a bottom filled airless container undergoing assembly following the placement of a substance to be dispensed within the body. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150013132 | DOOR SEPARATION DEVICE THAT IS USED FOR MULTI KINDS OF VEHICLES - A door separation device that is used for various kinds of vehicles to detach a door that is mounted on a vehicle body through a door hinge in a door separation process may include an upper side gripper and lower side gripper that is respectively on a base frame that can be mounted on an arm end of a robot and is movable in an upper and lower direction, and grips an upper end and a lower end of a door, a moving frame that is disposed on the base frame to be movable in a transfer direction of a vehicle body, and an upper side bolt separation unit and a lower side bolt separation unit that respectively has a pair of motorized runners for separating a bolt that is engaged with a door and an upper side hinge and a lower side hinge of a vehicle body. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150052722 | ORIENTATING AND INSTALLING JIG - An orientating and installing jig for orientating a heat-dissipating unit (or a workpiece) to fix on a heat-generating device (or a target device) above a circuit board (or a supporting baseplate), which includes a carrying board formed with at least one assembling opening, a plurality of fixing posts and a pair of arrest-orientating modules oppositely arranged at two sides of the assembling opening. The assembling opening is shaped correspondingly to the shape of the heat-dissipating unit. The fixing posts are disposed at a bottom surface of the carrying board for fixing the carrying board above the circuit board. Each arrest-orientating module includes an arresting barrier. The arresting barrier is rotatably disposed at a suspending position of suspending the workpiece on the carrying board, and a releasing position of allowing the workpiece to pass through the assembling opening, so that the workpiece is put on the target device. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150068004 | JIG DEVICE FOR TRUNK LID - A jig device for a trunk lid includes a jig part capable of assembling a trunk lid to a trunk body of a vehicle in the state in which the trunk lid is closed, wherein the jig part is configured to include a jig body mounted on the trunk body, first and second jigs mounted on the jig body to determine a position of the trunk lid in a Y direction, a third jig mounted on the jig body to determine a position of the trunk lid in a Z direction, a fourth jig mounted on the jig body to guide the trunk lid in the Y direction, and a fifth jig mounted on the jig body to determine a position of the trunk lid in an X direction. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150082593 | MOUNTING FRAME FOR A VEHICLE DOOR - A mounting jig for a vehicle door, the jig includes a first support having means for adjustably fastening it to a vehicle body in the vicinity of the door opening; a second support having fastening means for fastening to the vehicle door; connection arms for interconnecting the first and second supports, which arms are hinged to each of said supports, and their trace, in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the door opening, cooperates with the trace, in the same plane, of said supports, to form a deformable quadrilateral; a weight arm, mounted to move at least in translation along a vertical axis in guide means carried by the stationary support, between a low first position and at least one second position that is higher than said low position; at least one operating member for operating an indexing member for indexing the position of the second support relative to the first support, the operating member being connected to the weight shaft; and a raising lever, for acting against the effect of gravity, to raise the weight shaft from the first position towards the second position. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089782 | POSITIONING ARRANGEMENT HAVING ADJUSTABLE ALIGNMENT CONSTRAINT FOR LOW PRESSURE STEAM TURBINE INNER CASING - A positioning arrangement ( | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150089783 | DEVICE FOR ALIGNING AND PRE-FIXING A WAFER - A device for aligning and prefixing a flat substrate on a carrier substrate for the further processing of the substrate. The device includes aligning means for aligning a substrate's outside contour relative to a carrier substrate's outside contour by engaging the substrate's outside contour. The alignment of the substrate is carried out along a substrate plane E that is parallel to a contact surface of the substrate. Attaching means is provided for at least partial prefixing of the aligned substrate on the carrier substrate. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160052095 | ASSEMBLY, KIT AND METHOD FOR SECURING A COVERING TO AN AIR INTAKE FACE - An assembly for installing a covering over an air intake opening in engagement with a surrounding perimeter extending face. A plurality of elongated supports attached to the perimeter extending face at locations around the intake opening, each of the supports exhibiting a forwardly projecting support surface within which is configured a slot. A plurality of fasteners install through an accessible end location of each support such that a base of each fastener is retained within and traversable along an interior channel defined in said support, a projecting portion of each fastener extending from said base and through said slot. A rigid mesh exhibits a generally rectangular outline which generally matches the arrangement of the elongated supports, an aperture pattern defined in the mesh permitting the projecting portions of the fasteners to extend through the mesh to retain the mesh over the forwardly projecting support surfaces. The covering has a flexible material with perimeter defined apertures for receiving the projecting fastener portions to affix the material against an exterior surface of the mesh in engagement with the perimeter extending supports and to extend over the intake opening. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160096243 | PART ASSEMBLING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A part assembling apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The part assembling apparatus for a vehicle that assembles constituent elements in a part that is transferred using a part transfer line to be received by a jig and that automatically assembles the part by selectively mounting various applications that test the part of which assembly is complete includes: a base frame and a mounting plate. The base frame is installed at a work place to correspond to the jig. The mounting plate is mounted to slidably move upward and downward at a front side of the base frame and configured to mount various applications to be used upon assembling and testing the part at a front surface. In addition, at least one operation cylinder is mounted to the base frame. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160184881 | RIVETING MACHINE - A riveting machine includes a male mold having a punch and a pair of abutting bars located proximate the punch, a female mold having a positioning pin aligning with the rivet, a mounting member slidably attached to the male mold along a vertical direction, a pair of moving members slidably attached to the mounting member along a horizontal direction, and a pair of clamping members respectively and slidably attached to the moving members and located between the moving members. A pair of first slanting guiding walls is respectively formed at the moving member and the corresponding clamping member to allow the clamping member to slide relative to the corresponding moving member, and a pair of second slanting guiding walls is respectively formed at the moving members and the abutting bar to allow the moving member to slide relative to the corresponding abutting bar. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160252753 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
