08th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210053143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUSING PIPE SEGMENTS - A system for securing first and second metal workpieces to a central metal workpiece located therebetween. The system includes clamps to secure the first and second metal workpieces in coaxial alignment with the central metal workpiece, and the central metal workpiece is rotatable about its axis. Heating elements heat opposed ends of the first and the central metal workpieces, and opposed ends of the second and the central metal workpieces to a hot working temperature. While the opposed ends are at the hot working temperature, the heating elements are removed, and the opposed ends are engaged with each other, and the opposed ends of the central metal workpiece are rotated relative to the other opposed ends engaged therewith. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053144 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID-COOLED JACKET - A liquid cooling jacket is produced by forming a first butted portion where a step side face of a peripheral wall portion and an outer peripheral side face of a sealing body butt each other and a third butted portion where a step side face of a support pillar portion and a hole wall of the hole portion of the sealing body portion butt each other with a gap, and friction-stirring by inserting a tip side pin and a base side pin of a primary joining rotary tool that is rotating into the sealing body and moving the primary joining rotary tool along the third butted portion with an outer circumferential face of the tip side pin being kept off the step side face while having a second aluminum alloy of the sealing body flow into the gap. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053145 | PRE-WELD MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE FOR A CUSTOM WELDED BLANK - A technique for producing tailored metal blanks composed of two pieces having different thickness involves modifying at least one piece to include a transition region. A thickness of a modified piece changes over the transition region so that a substantially similar thickness is provided along a joint of the two pieces. The two pieces, subsequent to modification, are joined via a welding process, which may be a laser welding process or a friction stir welding process. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053146 | APPARATUS FOR AND A METHOD OF KEYHOLE FREE FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING - Embodiments of the present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2021-02-25 |
20210053147 | ANNEALING APPARATUS USING TWO WAVELENGTHS OF RADIATION - A thermal processing apparatus and method in which a first laser source, for example, a CO | 2021-02-25 |
20210053148 | Parent Substrate, Wafer Composite and Methods of Manufacturing Crystalline Substrates and Semiconductor Devices - Provided is a parent substrate that includes a central region and an edge region. The edge region surrounds the central region. A detachment layer is formed in the central region. The detachment layer extends parallel to a main surface of the parent substrate. The detachment layer includes modified substrate material. A groove is formed in the edge region. The groove laterally encloses the central region. The groove runs vertically and/or tilted to the detachment layer. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053149 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS, LASER PROCESSING METHOD, AND CORRECTION DATA GENERATION METHOD - Laser processing apparatus includes movable mirror for changing paths of laser light for processing and measurement light, and stage for changing an incident angle of measuring light. Furthermore, laser processing apparatus includes lens for condensing laser light for processing and measurement light on processing point, controller for controlling laser oscillator, movable mirror, and stage based on corrected data for processing, and measurement processor for measuring a depth of keyhole generated at processing point. The corrected data for processing is data corrected so as to a deviation of an arrival position of at least one of laser light for processing and measurement light caused by chromatic aberration of lens on the surface of workpiece. With this configuration, an accurate depth of keyhole can be measured. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053150 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD - A laser processing device configured to form an irradiation point of a laser beam for processing a substrate on a main surface of the substrate held on a substrate holder and configured to form processing traces by moving the radiation point on dividing target lines of the substrate includes a processing unit configured to repeat, while switching the dividing target lines, moving the substrate holder in a first axis direction to move the irradiation point on the dividing target lines and configured to rotate the substrate holder around a third axis during the moving of the substrate holder to change a direction of the substrate held on the substrate holder by 180°. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053151 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC JET ANGLE ADJUSTMENT - The invention relates to an apparatus | 2021-02-25 |
20210053152 | Method for butt laser welding two metal sheets - A method for butt laser welding two metal sheets ( | 2021-02-25 |
20210053153 | METHOD FOR JOINING TWO COMPONENTS TO ONE ANOTHER BY MEANS OF LASER WELDING AND COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a method for joining two components to one another by laser welding, wherein a first component and a second component are arranged adjacent to one another to form a component arrangement, in that the component arrangement has an irradiation surface which has a first radiation partial surface on the first component and a second radiation partial surface on the second component, wherein the irradiation surface is irradiated with a laser beam along an irradiation direction in a joining region. In the method, the irradiation surface has a gap in the joining region, the gap extending from the irradiation surface in the irradiation direction, wherein the first component and the second component are joined to one another by heat conduction welding. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053154 | Method for producing a press-hardened laser welded steel part and press-hardened laser welded steel part - A method for producing a part includes providing a first and a second precoated sheet ( | 2021-02-25 |
20210053155 | CONNECTING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LASER DEVICE - A connecting article includes a non-metallic body and a bonding layer. The non-metallic body includes a non-metal. The bonding layer is bonded to the non-metallic body. The bonding layer includes the non-metal, a first alloy, and a second alloy. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing the connecting article, and a laser device. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053156 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR FORMING PATTERN ON SURFACE OF MATERIAL BY USING DIFFRACTION OF LASER BEAM, AND METHOD THEREOF - A processing device to form a pattern on a surface of an object to be processed using diffraction of a laser beam emitted from a laser source, the device including: a main body providing a space to process the object using the laser beam emitted from the laser source; a laser transmission unit formed at a first portion of the main body, and configured to diffract the laser beam so that a diffracted laser beam is emitted toward the object; an actuator formed at a second portion of the main body, and connected to the laser transmission unit so as to change an emission pattern of the diffracted laser beam while rotating the laser transmission unit vertically/horizontally or in a set radius; and a controller provided at a third portion of the main body, and connected to the actuator to control an operation of the actuator. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053157 | WORKPIECE CUTTING METHOD - An object cutting method includes: a first step of preparing an object including a single crystal silicon substrate and a functional device layer provided on a first main surface side; a second step of irradiating the object with laser light to form at least one row of modified regions in the single crystal silicon substrate and to form a fracture in the object so as to extend between the at least one row of modified regions and a second main surface of the object; and a third step of performing dry etching on the object from the second main surface side to form a groove opening to the second main surface. In the third step, in a state in which an etching protection layer having a gas passing region formed, is formed on the second main surface, the dry etching is performed by using a xenon difluoride gas. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053158 | WORKPIECE CUTTING METHOD - An object cutting method includes: a first step of preparing an object to be processed including a single crystal silicon substrate and a functional device layer provided on a first main surface side and forming an etching protection layer on a second main surface of the object; a second step of irradiating the object with laser light to form at least one row of modified regions in the single crystal silicon substrate and to form a fracture in the object so as to extend between the at least one row of modified regions and a surface of the etching protection layer; and a third step of performing dry etching on the object from the second main surface side, in a state in which the etching protection layer is formed on the second main surface, to form a groove opening to the second main surface. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053159 | LASER APPARATUS AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - A laser apparatus includes: a first vacuum chamber, wherein machining is performed on a target substrate in the first vacuum chamber; a laser facing the first vacuum chamber; a carrier disposed in the first vacuum chamber, wherein the target substrate is seated on the carrier; a chamber window disposed in one surface of the first vacuum chamber, wherein a laser beam emitted by the laser passes through the chamber window; a first protection window positioned between the carrier and the chamber window; a second vacuum chamber disposed at a first side of the first vacuum chamber; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the first protection window to the second vacuum chamber. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053160 | Method and System for Ultrafast Laser-based Material Removal, Figuring and Polishing - The disclosure relates to methods and systems incorporating physical modeling to identify the ultrafast laser/material interaction mechanisms and the impact of laser parameters, to optimize implementation of ultrafast laser-based processing for a given material. The process determines a laser fluence near the ablation threshold for a given material and given pulse duration. The repetition rate, scanning speed and scanning strategy are subsequently optimized to minimize heat accumulation, having an operable line scan overlap between 50% to 85% for achieving smooth ultrafast-laser polishing, while maintaining an optic-quality surface. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053161 | HIGHER TOUGHNESS STEEL ALLOY WELD DEPOSITS AND FLUX-CORED WELDING ELECTRODES FOR PRODUCING HIGHER TOUGHNESS STEEL ALLOY WELD DEPOSITS - The present disclosure is directed to flux-cored welding electrodes designed to produce higher toughness steel alloy weld deposits, and to the higher toughness weld deposits themselves. The weld deposits may comprise less than 0.20 (or less than 0.15) weight percent silicon. The flux-cored welding electrodes comprise a flux core and a tubular steel strip. The flux core may comprise, by weight percent of the electrode, 0.25-0.30% zirconium, 0.12-0.18% aluminum, and 0-0.11% silicon. The metallic zirconium, aluminum, and silicon may be added to the flux core in the form of silicon-zirconium metal powder and aluminum-zirconium metal powder. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053162 | WORKPIECE SUPPORT DEVICE - A workpiece support device including a base; a conducting rotary table that supports a workpiece and that is rotatable about a horizontal rotation axis; a motor that rotationally drives the rotary table; a collecting brush disposed on the base slidable on the outer circumferential surface of a conducting shaft fixed to the rotary table and extending along the rotation axis; a connection terminal that is electrically connected to the collecting brush and to which an external cable is connected; and a liquid-proof cover surrounding the collecting brush and the outer circumferential surface of the shaft. The liquid-proof cover includes an upper back-plate portion that is disposed at the same position as the rear end of the motor, and a lower back-plate portion located below the upper back-plate portion and forming a recess. The connection terminal penetrates through the lower back-plate portion and projects into the recess. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053163 | CLAMPING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED LASER WELDING APPARATUS - A clamping apparatus for clamping shaped parts which may be welded along a welding contour by irradiation with a laser beam, includes a first clamping plate used as a holder for a first shaped part, a second clamping plate which is designed to apply a clamping force to the first shaped part and a second shaped part arranged thereon, an outer clamping jaw including a recess and an inner clamping jaw arranged in the recess, which together form the second clamping plate, a passage gap for a laser beam formed in sections between the outer clamping jaw and the inner clamping jaw, and one or more fastening elements which connect the outer clamping jaw with the inner clamping jaw in sections and which bridge the passage gap. The clamping apparatus includes a mirror element arranged such that a laser beam is reflected onto a section of the welding contour. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053164 | LATERAL POSITIONING METHOD - A lateral positioning method makes a lateral positioning device being coupled to a first object in a first direction and laterally engaged with a second object in a second direction. An angle formed between the first direction and the second direction. The lateral positioning device includes a body portion and a movement element. The body portion is coupled to the first object and has a limiting portion. The movement element is connected to the body portion and limited by the limiting portion. The movement element is engaged with the second object. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053165 | MEDICAL APPARATUS REMANUFACTURING METHOD - A medical apparatus remanufacturing method includes: disassembling a housing including a first housing and a second housing. The first housing can include a boss that is press-fitted to a boss hole of a press-fitted portion of a second housing to form an assembled state in which the first housing and the second housing are assembled to each other. The housing is disassembled by changing a temperature of at least one of the boss or the press-fitted portion to decrease a contact surface pressure between the boss and the boss hole, and removing the boss from the boss hole to release the assembled state. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053166 | IMPROVED TRANSFER MACHINE - A transfer machine comprising:
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20210053167 | LNK TYPE CLAMP DEVICE - A clamping device ( | 2021-02-25 |
20210053168 | BUILT-IN TYPE ELECTRIC DRIVING SYSTEM OF MACHINE TOOL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is a built-in type electric driving system of a machine tool. The system is capable of directly connecting a motor, which drives a spindle in a lathe which processes a workpiece, to an outer surface of the spindle without using a belt to rotate the spindle, and is capable of selectively transferring the power of the motor to a rotation system including a drawbar and a spindle for driving a chuck using a clutch device. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053169 | Method for Automated Positioning of a Blank in a Processing Machine - In a method for automated positioning of a blank in a processing machine provided with a housing and a spindle unit with an electric motor, a control unit for control and electrical supply of the processing machine, a computer producing processing programs for manufacturing workpieces, a workpiece holder, and an image recording unit that optically records image data of a blank received in the workpiece holder, a blank is fixed in the processing machine and the image recording unit produces an image of the blank. A division of the blank into an already processed region and into an unprocessed region based on the image data of the image is performed. A workpiece geometry to be produced is assigned to the unprocessed region of the blank, and a milling operation is performed on the unprocessed region. In a variant of the method, the image recording unit is separate from the processing unit. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053170 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND DETECTION METHOD FOR MACHINE TOOL ABNORMALITY - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting an abnormality of a tool of a machine tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for correcting backlash of a machine tool, which are capable of repeatedly measuring a load of a workpiece transferring unit or a workpiece machining unit, and automatically detecting an abnormality of a tool based on a normal range of load data that are proportional to a standard deviation of the load data measured based on any one of a mode value, a mean value, or a median value of the repeatedly measured load data. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053171 | A TOOL, A TOOL ASSEMBLY AND AN APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF THE EDGE OF A KNIFE - A tool, a tool assembly and an apparatus arranged for simultaneous treatment of both sides of the edge of a knife. The tool assembly comprises a tool in the form of a stave having faces reaching longitudinally from a first to a second end of the stave, a holder in which the stave is journaled pivotally within a restricted pivot angle range (α) defined by a pivot limit function accomplished through interaction between the holder and the stave. A pivot journal means is arranged for journaling the stave pivotally about a pivot axis which extends longitudinally through the stave internally of said faces. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053172 | Knife Sharpening Device - A knife sharpening device includes a main housing, a first knife sharpening blade having two first sharpening edges, a second knife sharpening blade having two second longitudinal sharpening edges, and a blade replacement arrangement. The blade replacement arrangement includes a first supporting device movably and inclinedly supported by the main housing, a first knife sharpening blade detachably supported on the first supporting device to expose one of the first sharpening edges out of the first supporting device, a second supporting device movably and inclinedly supported by the main housing to and a second knife sharpening blade being detachably supported on the second supporting device to expose one of the second longitudinal sharpening edges out of the second supporting device. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053173 | Automatic High-Shear Low-Pressure Force-Controlled Grinding Device for Complicated Curved Surface and Machining Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface and a machining method thereof, which belong to the field of complicated curved surface grinding technologies of difficult-to-machine materials. The device comprises a base, columns, an industrial robot, an electrical spindle, a force-controlled floating tool holder, a workpiece chuck, a grinder plate, a six-dimensional force sensor, a rotary table, a triaxial precision displacement table, a safeguard hood, a safety door, and a pedestal. The grinder plate comprises a grinder plate substrate, a press plate, a lining plate, and an abrasive layer. Each module is effectively communicated, and a control system collects and processes signals as well as transmits commands to achieve automatic force-controlled grinding of the complicated curved surface. The abrasive layer of the grinder plate generates the shear thickening effect; so, the material can be removed in a high-shear low-pressure grinding manner. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053174 | Intelligent continuous polishing machine and process - An intelligent continuous polishing machine and an intelligent continuous polishing process therefor are provided. The intelligent continuous polishing machine includes a base platen, a rotary platen, a multi-beam bridge mechanism, two workpiece holding mechanisms, a lap measuring mechanism, a lap cutting mechanism, a small-conditioner holding mechanism, a large-conditioner holding mechanism, and a control computer. The intelligent continuous polishing process includes a normal polishing procedure, a lap surface shape measuring procedure, and three procedures for correcting the lap surface shape error: a lap cutting procedure, a sub-aperture correcting procedure, and a full-aperture correcting procedure. All of these procedures are controlled by the control computer through CNC programs. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053175 | HAND-HELD TOOL - A hand-held tool, such as a disc grinder, is used to perform work at a high work site, a countermeasure is taken to prevent the hand-held tool from falling by using a suspension tool, such as a tether strap. If a coupling part that couples the suspension tool to the hand-held tool is damaged, this fact is notified to a user. Thereby, an original function of the suspension tool can be reliably performed. If a large impact is applied to a coupling member via a suspension tool, the coupling member is displaced to a second position, due to the deformation of a first position retaining member. A conductive portion disengages from contacts to cause a power circuit to be shut off, thereby prohibiting a main body part from being activated. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053176 | Quick Clamping Device - A quick clamping device for a machine tool, in particular for a hand-held machine tool, includes at least one clamping device that is moveably mounted in particular on an output spindle of the machine tool that can be rotationally driven about an output shaft of the machine tool, at least for axially securing a tool device, in particular an insert tool, on the output spindle of the machine tool. The quick clamping device includes at least one movement securing unit having at least one movement securing element arranged in particular on the clamping device, which is provided for a movement of the tool device, in particular in a rotary drive position, and/or for securing the tool device. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053177 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECONDITIONING A SUBSTRATE SUPPORT - A treatment tool for reconditioning the top surfaces of a plurality of projections of a substrate support in a lithographic tool. The treatment tool includes a reconditioning surface which is rough relative to smoothed top surfaces of the projections and which reconditioning surface has material harder than that of the material of the top surfaces of the projections. A reconditioning method involves causing an interaction between the reconditioning surface of the treatment tool and the top surfaces of the projections of the substrate support, so as to leave these top surfaces rougher than they were prior to the interaction. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053178 | Polishing Head with Membrane Position Control - A carrier head for chemical mechanical polishing includes a housing for attachment to a drive shaft, a membrane assembly beneath the housing with a space between the housing and the membrane assembly defining a pressurizable chamber, and a sensor in the housing configured to measure a distance from the sensor to the membrane assembly. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053179 | Novel CMP Pad Design and Method of Using the Same - An embodiment is a polishing pad including a top pad and a sub pad that is below and contacting the top pad. The top pad includes top grooves along a top surface and microchannels extending from the top grooves to a bottom surface of the top pad. The sub pad includes sub grooves along a top surface of the sub pad. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053180 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION TOOL - A chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) tool includes a platen and a polishing pad attached to the platen, where a first surface of the polishing pad facing away from the platen includes a first polishing zone and a second polishing zone, where the first polishing zone is a circular region at a center of the first surface of the polishing pad, and the second polishing zone is an annular region around the first polishing zone, where the first polishing zone and the second polishing zone have different surface properties. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053181 | POLISHING PAD - The present invention is a polishing pad configured to be capable of polishing a polishing object while rotating with a polishing slurry supplied thereon, wherein the polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polishing surface capable of polishing the polishing object, and the polishing surface includes a non-contact part formed of at least one of a recess and a through hole extending through the polishing layer, the at least one of the recess and the through hole being arranged on a concentric circle having a radius of a given length and having a center that is a rotation center of the polishing pad during rotation for polishing the polishing object. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053182 | CARRIER HEAD WITH SEGMENTED SUBSTRATE CHUCK - A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus includes a carrier body, an outer membrane assembly, an annular segmented chuck, and an inner membrane assembly. The outer membrane assembly is supported from the carrier body and defines a first plurality of independently pressurizable outer chambers. The annular segmented chuck supported below the outer membrane assembly, and includes a plurality of concentric rings that are independently vertically movable by respective pressurizable chambers of the outer membrane assembly. At least two of the rings having passages therethrough to suction-chuck a substrate to the chuck. The inner membrane assembly is supported from the carrier body and is surrounded by an innermost ring of the plurality of concentric rings of the chuck. The inner membrane assembly defines a second plurality of independently pressurizable inner chambers and has a lower surface to contact the substrate. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053183 | DUAL MEMBRANE CARRIER HEAD FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING - A carrier head for chemical mechanical polishing includes a base assembly and a membrane assembly connected to the base assembly. The membrane assembly includes a membrane support, an inner membrane secured to the membrane support, wherein the inner membrane forms a plurality of individually pressurizable inner chambers between an upper surface of the membrane and the membrane support, and an outer membrane secured to the membrane support and extending below the inner membrane, the outer membrane having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the outer membrane defines a lower pressurizable chamber between the inner surface of the outer membrane and a lower surface of the inner membrane, wherein the inner surface is positioned for contact by a lower surface of the inner membrane upon pressurization of one or more of the plurality of chambers, and wherein the outer surface is configured to contact a substrate. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053184 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION TOOL - A method of operating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) tool includes attaching a polishing pad to a first surface of a platen of the CMP tool using a glue; removing the polishing pad from the platen, wherein after removing the polishing pad, residue portions of the glue remain on the first surface of the platen; identifying locations of the residue portions of the glue on the first surface of the platen using a fluorescent material; and removing the residue portions of the glue from the first surface of the platen. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053185 | METHOD FOR GRINDING AND/OR POLISHING A DEFECT AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method for grinding and/or polishing a defect in the surface coating of a workpiece involves holding a grinding or polishing disc held on a tool and guiding the disc with pressure over the defect with orbital, rotating and/or vibrating movements. The tool fitted with the grinding or polishing disc is moved over the defect automatically and in a computer-controlled manner based on a stored program, wherein the grinding or polishing disc is first guided along a concentrically inner grinding path relative to the defect and then without interruption is guided along a spiral grinding path to an outer concentric grinding path. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053186 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE OF POWER TOOL - A protective device of a power tool includes a fixing base having a tube portion and an abutting surface, a restricting ring fitting around the tube portion, several springs disposed between the abutting surface and a first end of the restricting ring, a protective cover having several second projections and several second recesses, and a locking member. The first end has an abutting portion. A second end of the restricting ring has several first projections and several first recesses matching with the second projections and the second recesses. The restricting ring is located between the protective cover and the abutting surface. When a blocking portion of the locking member moves to a first position, the blocking portion restricts the restricting ring from moving toward the abutting surface. When the blocking portion moves to a second position, the blocking portion leaves a position between the abutting surface and the abutting portion. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053187 | PARTICLE BLAST APPARATUS - A particle blast apparatus or system entrains blast media particles from a particle source into a transport fluid which already has blast media particles entrained therein. The system may have, prior thereto, entrained blast media particles into the transport fluid which at that time did not already have blast media particles entrained therein. The particle types may be dissimilar, such as dry ice particles and abrasive media particles. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053188 | FLOOR POLISHING APPARATUS - A brush assembly is provided for increasing an effective area and uniformity of performance in an abrasive floor polishing application at a given size of brush mount. The brush assembly includes a pad with slots for receiving abrasive blades. The pad includes variable protrusions to provide varied support to the abrasive blades. The blades have a trapezoidal body shape. The blades include abrading components including an abrasive material such as diamonds. In some embodiments, the abrading components include a metallic material, such as copper material. In some embodiments, the abrading components include a phenolic material. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053189 | VISE - The present invention relates to a novel vise that operates in both a threaded and unthreaded mode. The vise includes a fixed block, a movable head, a rod, a ratchet mechanism, a threaded mechanism and a toggle mechanism. In the threaded mode, the movable head may only be moved by rotating the rod. In the unthreaded mode, the movable head may only be moved by applying force to the movable head in the desired direction of movement. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY SECURING A CYLINDRICAL BODY - At least some implementations of the present invention include the ability to access and secure a compressed riser portion of a pop-up sprinkler. Access is gained through use of the tip of the tool, sloped for access clearance between the sprinkler nozzle “lip” and outer sprinkler base. Once raised from the outer sprinkler casing, the riser is secured in a designated clamping bay or within designated clamping points. This two-pronged approach accommodates varying diameter of sprinkler risers and increases the multi-use function of the tool. The tool's overall inward tension is provided by an engineered compression spring designed with adequate outward tension without making hand compression use of the tool restrictive. Use of the tool in an inward sweeping motion toward the sprinkler allows for raising and clamping the riser in a quick and simple fashion. Thereafter, allowing free and open-hand access for quick and thorough maintenance, repair, exchange or adjustment of the sprinkler nozzle and filter. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053191 | PILERS - Pliers contains: a first clamp part, a second clamp part, and a spring. The first clamp part includes a first head, a first handle, and two first rotatable connection portions formed between the first head and the first handle. The two first rotatable connection portions respectively have two symmetrical orifices and two first inclined faces. The second clamp part includes a second head, a second handle, and two second rotatable connection portions formed between the second head and the second handle. The two second rotatable connection portions have two central shafts orifices accommodated in the two symmetrical orifices respectively, and the two central shafts orifices have two guide faces corresponding to the two symmetrical orifices respectively; wherein the spring abuts against the first handle and the second handle so that the first head and the second head clamp an object. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053192 | SUCTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a suction device, including a body. A cavity is disposed in the body. The cavity has a closed end face and an open end face. The open end face forms an end face to suck a workpiece. A tangential nozzle is disposed on a sidewall surface of the cavity. An external fluid enters the cavity through the tangential nozzle along a tangential direction of the cavity. A suction hole is disposed on the closed end face. The suction hole is connected to a suction unit. The suction unit sucks the fluid in the cavity through the suction hole. The suction device can suck a workpiece by using both a rotational flow negative pressure and a negative suction pressure of a fluid in the cavity, and therefore can suppress impact of a workpiece surface on a suction force and generate a larger suction force. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053193 | TOOL FOR ADJUSTING THE ALIGNMENT OF A CONNECTOR - A tool for adjusting the alignment of a connector carried within slots in one or more components. The tool comprises a first member and a second member, wherein the first member and/or second member includes an alignment feature configured to react against reaction feature(s) of the one or more components to adjust the alignment of the connector within the slots. The first member includes a shaft and a tool head carried thereby. The tool head comprises a body configured to engage a first portion of the connector. The second member is configured to be coupled with the first member, and also includes a shaft and a tool head carried thereby. The tool head of the second member comprises a body configured to engage a second portion of the connector. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053194 | Harmonic Balancer Stabilizer Apparatus - A harmonic balancer stabilizer apparatus for removing engine harmonic balancers includes a wrench body having a top side, a bottom side, a front end, a back end, a left edge, and a right edge. The wrench body has a principal aperture extending from the top side through the bottom side proximal the front end. The wrench body has a plurality of auxiliary apertures extending from the top side through the bottom side adjacent the principal aperture. Each of the plurality of auxiliary apertures is distributed around a perimeter of the principal aperture a fixed distance from the perimeter. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053195 | UNIVERSAL FAUCET NUT WRENCH - A method and apparatus for installing or uninstalling supply lines or retaining nuts. A wrench includes a body having first and second sections rotatably coupled to each other. The body includes a first portion having a plurality of castellations, wherein a plurality of radial slots are formed between lateral surfaces of adjacent castellations, each radial slot being engageable to a wing of a retaining nut, wherein the first portion includes a plurality of first inner surfaces engageable to a first pipe fitting in the closed position. The body includes a second portion spaced away from the first portion, the second portion including a hinge for rotating the first and second sections relative to each other. The body includes a third portion located between the first and second portions, the third portion including a plurality of second inner surfaces engageable to a second pipe fitting in the closed position. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053196 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC TOOL - A signal processing apparatus for an electric tool is provided for generating a motor control signal for controlling a motor by performing a smoothing process on a torque value signal from a torque sensor of an electric tool by using a filter. The signal processing apparatus includes a half width detector circuit that detects a half width of the torque value signal; and a calculator circuit that controls a cut-off frequency of the filter to change the cut-off frequency according to a number of hits of the electric tool, based on the detected half width of the torque value signal. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053197 | Dust Boot Tool - A dust boot tool includes a shell, a piston, a valve and stretchable rods. The shell includes a chamber in communication with an inlet channel. Pressurized air enters the chamber via the inlet channel. The piston is movable in the chamber by the pressurized air, and includes a first section, a second section opposite to the first section, a vent in the first section in the vicinity of the inlet channel, and a conical internal face extending on the second section. The valve includes a portion movably inserted in the vent. Each of the stretchable rods includes a stretchable end for contact with a dust boot, an abutment end in contact with the conical internal face of the second section of the piston, and a pivotal portion formed between the stretchable end and the abutment end and pivotally connected to the shell. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053198 | FASTENER DRIVING TOOL - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion powered fastener driving tool including a fuel cell receiver configured to receive and engage a fuel cell metering valve of a fuel cell, the fuel cell metering valve configured to dispense a dose of fuel from the fuel cell. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053199 | BINDING MACHINE - A binding machine, includes: a staple magazine unit configured to accommodate a staple having a crown portion and a pair of leg portions; a staple driver provided at a position facing the crown portion; a clincher provided at a position facing tip ends of the leg portions and movable along an extending direction of the leg portions; and a regulating portion configured to regulate a movement amount of the clincher toward the leg portions. The clincher and the staple driver are configured to sandwich the staple therebetween with a movement of the clincher along the extending direction toward the leg portions, folding the staple. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053200 | BLADE MOUNTING DEVICE, CHISEL AND BLADE THEREOF, CARVING CUTTER REPLACEABLE BLADE, AND ADAPTER FOR MOUNTING CARVING CUTTER REPLACEABLE BLADE ON BLADE MOUNTING DEVICE - A blade mounting device allows a blade of a pushing cut tool that cuts a workpiece by pushing a cutting edge forward to be mounted on an impact tool. This blade mounting device has a blade mounting portion for mounting the blade on the blade mounting device and a tool mounting portion secured to the blade mounting portion in order to mount the blade mounting device on the impact tool. The blade mounting portion has a front end portion where an inverted tapered hole complementary to an inclined shape surface formed on a tang of the blade is formed. The tool mounting portion is provided with a through hole perpendicular to the center axis and a center hole that reaches a through hole from a front side end surface of the tool mounting portion along the center axis. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053201 | IMPACT TOOL WITH VIBRATION ISOLATION - An impact tool is provided with vibration isolators to reduce vibrations felt by the operator gripping the handle of the tool. The impact tool has a hammer and an anvil that impact against each other during use. The impacts create undesirable vibrations in the tool housing and noise in the work area. The isolators are useful in minimizing such vibrations and noise. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053202 | ERGONOMIC HANDLE FOR A POWER TOOL - Disclosed herein is a handle for a tool head. The handle includes a handle region having a first end and a second end. The handle region includes a first region adjacent the first end and adapted to receive a user's thumb and index finger, the first region including a trigger for actuating the tool head. The handle region also includes a second region adjacent the first region that is adapted to receive the user's middle finger and a first portion of the user's palm, and a third region adjacent the second region and adapted to receive the user's ring finger and a second portion of the user's palm. The handle region also includes a fourth region disposed between the third region and the second end that is adapted to receive the user's pinky finger and a third portion of the user's palm. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053203 | Quick Coupling Apparatus on Instrument Handle - Disclosed is an apparatus for use with an instrument handle, the apparatus including a housing, a knob receivable in the housing, the knob having a key hole structure to receive an instrument bulb and neck, a slot in the housing to receive the knob, wherein the knob is pressed into the slot to facilitate installation and removal of the instrument bulb and neck. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053204 | WHEEL DETAILING STAND - A wheel detailing stand that provides for 3-point contact with a wheel mounted thereon is disclosed. The wheel detailing stand includes a base frame having a bottom frame member and a back frame member extending upwardly from the bottom frame member, a pair of bottom rollers attached to the bottom frame member where the pair of rollers are arranged in parallel and spaced apart from one another, and a back roller attached to the back frame member and oriented generally orthogonally to the pair of bottom rollers. The pair of bottom rollers and the back roller provide 3-point contact with a wheel positioned on the wheel detailing stand. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053205 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, ASSEMBLING TOOLING AND ASSEMBLING METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a support assembly, an assembling tooling and an assembling method, wherein the support assembly includes: a fixing member extending in a first direction; a first hinge member, stacked on the fixing member on a second direction and connected to the fixing member; a support member, spaced apart from the first hinge member in the first direction, and stacked on the fixing member on the second direction and connected to the fixing member; wherein in the second direction, a height of the support member is higher than that of the first hinge member, the first hinge member is adapted to rotatably connect with the tower tube segment and serve as a rotation fulcrum of the tower tube segment, and the support member is adapted to support the tower tube segment to maintain a position of the tower tube segment relative to the first hinge member. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053206 | FRAME - A frame includes a bracket and a number of fixing brackets. The bracket forms a multi-layer stacking space. The fixing brackets are mounted on the bracket. The fixing frame includes a number of hook portions configured to hook onto the bracket to mount the fixing frame on the bracket. The fixing bracket defines a number of through holes in a mesh structure. Each through hole is configured to receive a glue-filled hose. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053207 | Mobile Robot for Cleaning - A robotic cleaner includes a cleaning assembly for cleaning a surface and a main robot body. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller to control the movement of the robotic cleaner. The cleaning assembly is located in front of the drive system and a width of the cleaning assembly is greater than a width of the main robot body. A robotic cleaning system includes a main robot body and a plurality of cleaning assemblies for cleaning a surface. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller to control the movement of the robotic cleaner. The cleaning assembly is located in front of the drive system and each of the cleaning assemblies is detachable from the main robot body and each of the cleaning assemblies has a unique cleaning function. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053208 | EXOSKELETON DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ACTUATION SYSTEM - An exoskeleton device in accordance with the present disclosure may generally include a series elastic actuator (SEA), a slider-crank mechanism and a four bar linkage mechanism. The SEA includes a motor and a ball screw coupled to a shaft of the motor via a shaft coupler, which transfers rotational motion of the shaft directly to the ball screw. The slider-crank mechanism includes a ball nut and a crank. As the ball screw rotates, the ball nut converts rotational motion of the ball screw into linear motion of the ball nut to drive the crank. The crank converts linear motion of the ball nut back into rotational motion at the input of the four bar linkage mechanism. The four bar linkage mechanism is coupled to an output of the crank and configured to provide a complex motion profile that emulates kinematics of a wearer's joint. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053209 | Snake-Like Robot - A snake-like robot includes a first link having a first distal end, a first proximal end, and a first longitudinal axis extending between the first distal end and the first proximal end. A second link has a second proximal end, a second distal end operatively coupled to the first proximal end, and a second longitudinal axis extending between the second proximal end and the second distal end. Rotation of the first link relative to the second link alternatively performs the following effects: elongation of the robot; pivoting of the first longitudinal axis relative to the second longitudinal axis; and rotation of the first longitudinal axis relative to the second longitudinal axis. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053210 | ROBOT - A robot includes a first joint and a second joint positioned on a base end side from the first joint. A first speed reducer is incorporated in the first joint. A second speed reducer is incorporated in the second joint. A volume proportion of a resin occupying a constituent member of the first speed reducer is larger than a volume proportion of a resin occupying a constituent member of the second speed reducer. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053211 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes: a robot including drive shafts; and a control device configured to control the robot, in which each of the drive shafts includes a drive unit configured to cause a second member to operate with respect to a first member, the drive unit includes a motor, a deceleration mechanism configured to decelerate rotation of the motor and supply the rotation to the first member and the second member, and an input-side detector configured to detect a rotation angle position of the motor, at least one drive unit includes an output-side detector configured to detect an operation position of the second member with respect to the first member, and the control device controls the motor such that each of the drive shafts with high responsiveness is caused to operate with priority, on the basis of the detected rotation angle position of the motor and the detected operation position. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053212 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TRAINING A MODEL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING, ASSISTANCE AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - A method for training a model, a classification system for voice or text classification, a method for controlling, and a assistance system. General-language word vectors and technical-language word vectors, and training data which include terms, are provided. A label is assigned to each of the terms, which indicates a specificity of the term with respect to a specialist field. A first word vector is determined as a function of the general-language word vectors and a second word vector is determined as a function of the technical-language word vectors, for a term from the training data. The model predicts a specificity of the term with respect to the specialist field as a function of the first word vector, the second word vector, and a difference vector. At least one parameter being determined for the model as a function of the specificity predicted for the term and the label of the term. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053213 | ROBOT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a body which is provided with a battery therein, a head connected to a front or an upper side of the body, a mouth formed on one side of the head and include a fixed portion and a rotatable portion disposed below the fixed portion, a mouth driver configured to rotate the rotatable portion in a vertical direction, a biometric information sensor disposed inside the mouth and exposed to the outside during the lower rotation of the rotatable portion, and a processor configured to acquire health state information of a user through the biometric information sensor. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053214 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An operation control device for a robot comprises: an input part inputting at least one operation candidate, and a captured image including an object to be processed; a first learning device that has finished learning performed according to first learning data to output a first evaluation value indicating evaluation of each operation candidate when the robot performs a first processing operation upon input of the captured image and the operation candidate; a second learning device that has finished learning performed according to second learning data which differs from the first learning data, to output a second evaluation value indicating evaluation of each operation candidate when the robot performs a second processing operation upon input of the captured image and the operation candidate; and an evaluation part that, based on at least one of the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value, calculates a command value. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053215 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC PRECISION PLACEMENT AND INSERTION - A system and methods are disclosed for precision placement or insertion of an object using robotic manipulation. A robotic tool includes at least three members, including a first member and a second member that grip the object between opposing faces and a third member that exerts a force on a proximate end of the object to push the object out of the robotic tool. A series of maneuvers is performed with the robotic tool in order to place the object on a surface or insert the object in a hole. The maneuvers include positioning the object against the surface, rotating the object around a contact point between the object and the surface, rotating the robotic tool around a contact point between the object and either the first or second member of the robotic tool, sliding the object horizontally along a surface, and tucking the object into a final desired position. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053216 | ROBOTIC MULTI-GRIPPER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR GRIPPING AND HOLDING OBJECTS - A system and method for operating a transport robot to simultaneously grasp and transfer multiple objects is disclosed. The transport robot includes a multi-gripper assembly having an array of addressable vacuum regions each configured to independently provide a vacuum. The robotic system receives image data representative of a group of objects. Individual target objects are identified in the group based on the received image data. Addressable vacuum regions are selected based on the identified target objects. The transport robot is command to cause the selected addressable vacuum regions to simultaneously grasp and transfer multiple target objects. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053217 | ROBOTIC GRASPING PREDICTION USING NEURAL NETWORKS AND GEOMETRY AWARE OBJECT REPRESENTATION - Deep machine learning methods and apparatus, some of which are related to determining a grasp outcome prediction for a candidate grasp pose of an end effector of a robot. Some implementations are directed to training and utilization of both a geometry network and a grasp outcome prediction network. The trained geometry network can be utilized to generate, based on two-dimensional or two-and-a-half-dimensional image(s), geometry output(s) that are: geometry-aware, and that represent (e.g., high-dimensionally) three-dimensional features captured by the image(s). In some implementations, the geometry output(s) include at least an encoding that is generated based on a trained encoding neural network trained to generate encodings that represent three-dimensional features (e.g., shape). The trained grasp outcome prediction network can be utilized to generate, based on applying the geometry output(s) and additional data as input(s) to the network, a grasp outcome prediction for a candidate grasp pose. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053218 | ROBOT CONTROLLER - A robot controller that moves a first workpiece mounted on a robot with respect to a second workpiece, the robot having a sensor for detecting one of magnitude of force acting on the first workpiece and magnitude of torque acting on the robot, the robot controller including a calculation unit configured to calculate a force between the first workpiece and the second workpiece and a moment on the first workpiece, based on the magnitude of the force or the torque, a controller carrying out force control so that the calculated force and the moment correspond to a predetermined force and moment, and a display displaying at least one of a velocity of the first workpiece and an angular velocity, the velocity and the angular velocity occurring as a result of control by the controller, the velocity and the angular velocity being overlapped on an image of the robot. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053219 | ROBOT CONTROLLER - A robot system includes: a first robot; a second robot; and circuitry configured to: control the first and second robots to execute a collaborative operation on a work piece; and control, in response to a detection of an irregular state of the first robot during the collaborative operation, the first and second robots to execute a collaborative counteractive operation to eliminate the irregular state. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053220 | MOTION PLANNING FOR ROBOTS TO OPTIMIZE VELOCITY WHILE MAINTAINING LIMITS ON ACCELERATION AND JERK - Faster, less computational intense, and more robust techniques to optimize velocity of robots or portions thereof without violating constraints on acceleration and jerk (derivative of acceleration with respect to time) are described. A nonlinear problem of optimizing velocity without violating acceleration constraints is linearized, and produces acceleration constrained velocity estimates. A nonlinear problem of optimizing velocity without violating jerk constraints in linearized, and produces jerk constrained velocity estimates, and may be feed by the acceleration constrained velocity estimates. Configuration and timing may be generated and provided, e.g., as vectors, to control operation of a robot, robotic appendage or other structure. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053221 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TASK EXECUTION IN DYNAMIC HETEROGENEOUS ROBOTIC ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for task execution in dynamic heterogeneous robotic environment is disclosed. The method includes extracting data associated with a plurality of data categories and further deriving a plurality of factors from the extracted data. The method further includes determining a plurality of correlations among the plurality of factors based on the deep learning network. The method further includes deriving a plurality of sentiment parameters for a set of factors from the plurality of factors based on the plurality of correlations. The method may further includes simulating execution of the at least one current task by employing a plurality of robots. The method may further includes iteratively re-adjusting at least one of the plurality of sentiment parameters based on reinforcement learning performed on a result of the simulating. The method may further includes executing the at least one current task by employing the plurality of robots. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053222 | Portable Rehabilitation Apparatus - Disclosed is a portable rehabilitation apparatus and method for use of the apparatus by a user or patient. The apparatus is adapted for transitioning between a collapsed state to facilitate the mobility of the rehabilitation robot (e.g., using wheels) and an open state for operation of the rehabilitation robot by the user. The apparatus includes the rehabilitation robot that is contained within a compartment defined by a housing which is made up of moveable portions. The apparatus also includes a mast assembly adapted to form a gap between the moveable housing portions in order to provide the user with access to the rehabilitation robot. The mast assembly is further adapted to collapse, thereby eliminating the gap and closing off the compartment when the rehabilitation robot is not in use. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053223 | ROBOT DEVICE - Operation information on a robot is recorded in a temporary data recorder continually only for a predetermined period. The operation information for one cycle during a normal operation of the robot is retrieved from the temporary data recorder, and is recorded in a normal-state data recorder. If a storage control section determines that a predetermined trigger condition has occurred, some pieces of the operation information recorded in the temporary data recorder are recorded in the trigger-state data recorder. An operation information display displays the operation information in a normal state and the operation information in a trigger state so that these pieces of the operation information can be compared with each other. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053224 | SAFE OPERATION OF MACHINERY USING POTENTIAL OCCUPANCY ENVELOPES - Various embodiments for enforcing safe operation of machinery performing an activity in a three-dimensional (3D) workspace includes computationally generating a 3D spatial representation of the workspace; computationally mapping 3D regions of the workspace corresponding to space occupied by the machinery and a human; and based thereon, restricting operation of the machinery in accordance with a safety protocol during physical performance of the activity. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053225 | SAFE OPERATION OF MACHINERY USING POTENTIAL OCCUPANCY ENVELOPES - Various embodiments for enforcing safe operation of machinery performing an activity in a three-dimensional (3D) workspace includes computationally generating a 3D spatial representation of the workspace; computationally mapping 3D regions of the workspace corresponding to space occupied by the machinery and a human; and based thereon, restricting operation of the machinery in accordance with a safety protocol during physical performance of the activity. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053226 | SAFE OPERATION OF MACHINERY USING POTENTIAL OCCUPANCY ENVELOPES - Various embodiments for enforcing safe operation of machinery performing an activity in a three-dimensional (3D) workspace includes computationally generating a 3D spatial representation of the workspace; computationally mapping 3D regions of the workspace corresponding to space occupied by the machinery and a human; and based thereon, restricting operation of the machinery in accordance with a safety protocol during physical performance of the activity. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053227 | SAFE OPERATION OF MACHINERY USING POTENTIAL OCCUPANCY ENVELOPES - Various embodiments for enforcing safe operation of machinery performing an activity in a three-dimensional (3D) workspace includes computationally generating a 3D spatial representation of the workspace; computationally mapping 3D regions of the workspace corresponding to space occupied by the machinery and a human; and based thereon, restricting operation of the machinery in accordance with a safety protocol during physical performance of the activity. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053228 | COORDINATION SYSTEM, HANDLING DEVICE, AND METHOD - A coordination system for a handling device including a plurality of kinematic chains is provided. Each of the kinematic chains being movable in a workspace. At least two of the workspaces having an overlap, the kinematic chains being designed to carry out a work movement based on a work command. The coordination system includes a trajectory planning module and a control module. The control module is designed to activate the kinematic chains to carry out the work movement based on trajectory data. The trajectory planning module is designed to determine the trajectory data to carry out the work movement and to provide the trajectory data to the control module. The trajectory planning module is designed, if a further work command is provided while the work movement is being carried out, to replan the trajectory data into replanned trajectory data and provide these data to the control module. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053229 | COORDINATING AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS - Implementations are described herein for coordinating semi-autonomous robots to perform agricultural tasks on a plurality of plants with minimal human intervention. In various implementations, a plurality of robots may be deployed to perform a respective plurality of agricultural tasks. Each agricultural task may be associated with a respective plant of a plurality of plants, and each plant may have been previously designated as a target for one of the agricultural tasks. It may be determined that a given robot has reached an individual plant associated with the respective agricultural task that was assigned to the given robot. Based at least in part on that determination, a manual control interface may be provided at output component(s) of a computing device in network communication with the given robot. The manual control interface may be operable to manually control the given robot to perform the respective agricultural task. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053230 | ROBOTIC MULTI-GRIPPER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR GRIPPING AND HOLDING OBJECTS - A method for operating a transport robot includes receiving image data representative of a group of objects. One or more target objects are identified in the group based on the received image data. Addressable vacuum regions are selected based on the identified one or more target objects. The transport robot is command to cause the selected addressable vacuum regions to hold and transport the identified one or more target objects. The transport robot includes a multi-gripper assembly having an array of addressable vacuum regions each configured to independently provide a vacuum. A vision sensor device can capture the image data, which is representative of the target objects adjacent to or held by the multi-gripper assembly. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053231 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to embodiments, a robot system configured to determine a recipe from an ingredient list obtained by detecting a type and an amount of an ingredient includes: a storage table configured to detect a weight change by a scale installed under each of cells that store ingredients according to types of the ingredients, detect the cell of which a weight is changed according to an ingredient selection of a user to identify the type of the ingredient, and identify the amount of the ingredient based on a degree of the weight change of the cell; and a robot configured to receive the ingredient list obtained from the type and the amount of the ingredient identified by the storage table from the storage table, retrieve menus to be cooked with the ingredient list, and perform cooking by determining the recipe according to a menu selected from the menus. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053232 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - [Problem] An information processing apparatus capable of determining a method of estimating a self-position of an autonomous mobile object adaptively to the state of the autonomous mobile object, an information processing method, and a program are provided. [Solution] An information processing apparatus including a controller that, when an autonomous mobile object estimates a self-position, determines which of a first estimation method using a result of sensing by a first sensor unit configured to sense internal world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object and a second estimation method using a result of sensing by a second sensor unit configured to sense external world information in relation to the autonomous mobile object is used by the autonomous mobile object based on whether a state of the autonomous mobile object is a stopped state. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A plurality of robots cooperate to cope with problems occurring outside robots. An information processing apparatus comprises an acquirer that acquires information from a first robot, an analyzer that analyzes the acquired information,
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20210053234 | HOLDING DEVICE AND TRANSPORTING DEVICE - In embodiments, a holding device includes a suction pad, a first link, a second link, a base, and a tube member. The first link supports the suction pad so that the suction pad can rotate around a first rotation axis. The second link supports the first link so that the first link can rotate around a second rotation axis. The base supports the second link so that the second link can rotate around a third rotation axis. The tube member communicates the suction pad with the base and can be bent. The second rotation axis and the third rotation axis are not parallel to each other. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053235 | JOINT UNIT, ROBOT ARM AND ROBOT - The invention relates to a joint unit that is reduced in size while being provided with a plurality of angle detection mechanisms. The joint unit includes an input-side support member that supports a rotationally driven input shaft, a decelerator that decelerates the input shaft to provide a deceleration output shaft, an output rotating body that is coupled to the deceleration output shaft, and includes a strain generating portion that generates strain due to rotation transmitted by the deceleration output shaft, and an associated rotating body that is coupled to a output-side portion of the strain generating portion of the output rotating body to rotate together with the output rotating body, and is disposed in a space between the input-side support member and an input-side portion of the strain generating portion of the output rotating body. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053236 | INTERFACE MECHANISM AND HORIZONTAL ARTICULATED ROBOT - An interface mechanism is provided in a cover of an arm of a horizontal articulated robot and connects a wiring member inside the arm and a wiring member outside the horizontal articulated robot to each other. The interface mechanism includes a fixed member that is disposed inside the arm and that is fixed to a cover, and also includes a connecting member that is attached to the fixed member and to which the wiring member inside the arm and the wiring member outside the horizontal articulated robot are connected. The fixed member is fixed to an inner surface of the cover in a state where the fixed member abuts against the inner surface from below. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053237 | ROTARY MODULE AND ROBOT - A rotary module includes a first outer tube, a first member in which a function of the channel is maintained when a first outer tube rotates relative to a first inner tube, the channel coupling an outside of the first outer tube and an inside of the first inner tube, and a second member in which electrical coupling between the first terminal provided on an inner circumference surface of a second outer tube and the second terminal provided on an outer circumference surface of a second inner tube is maintained when the second outer tube rotates relative to the second inner tube, wherein the first outer tube and the second outer tube are fixed, the first inner tube and the second inner tube are fixed, and the first member and the second member are arranged along the same axis as each other. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053238 | DEFLECTION AMOUNT ESTIMATING DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF DEFLECTION - A deflection amount estimating device is provided for estimating an amount of deflection of a four-bar linkage structure part of a robotic arm. The four-bar linkage structure part swings in a given angle range. The deflection amount estimating device comprises processing circuitry configured to calculate a swing angle of the four-bar linkage structure part; calculate a load received by the four-bar linkage structure part, determine a stiffness value, corresponding to the swing angle of the four-bar linkage structure part, based on a stiffness-value determining function indicating a correlation between the stiffness value and the swing angle of the four-bar linkage structure part, the stiffness value indicating a value of each element in a stiffness matrix associating the load with the amount of deflection of the four-bar linkage structure part; and calculate the amount of deflection of the four-bar linkage structure part based on the load and the stiffness matrix. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053239 | UTILITY TOOL - A utility tool with at least one blade that is capable of being disposed at least partially within the body of the utility tool. The at least one blade may swivel around an access of rotation and engage with a locking mechanism to keep the blade secure when in use and secure in the body when in a closed position. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053240 | DUETTE VERSATILE MULTI-HEADED SHAVER - A shaver is disclosed and includes a handle with a plurality of razor-heads attached to a plurality of arms. The razor-heads being adjustable to accommodate shaving areas of different shapes and sizes. The razor-heads provide versatile maneuverability by incorporating movement about at least two distinct axes for each razor-head. Each razor-heads' maneuverable range functions independent of any additional razor-heads. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053241 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE CONNECTION AND HANDLE - A connector for a razor handle having first and second arms, each arm comprising a fixed end, a terminal end where the terminal end has a razor cartridge engagement member movable from a capture position to a release position, a first surface and an opposed second surface. An activator having an activation element acts on each arm for moving the arms toward each other into the release position when the activator is activated, and a biasing member that acts on each arm for biasing the arms outwardly into the capture position. The activation element acts on the arms between the fixed end and the terminal end on the first surface of the arms and the biasing member acts on the arms between the fixed end and the terminal end on the second surface of the arms. | 2021-02-25 |
20210053242 | Safety Knife with Slidable Grip - A safety knife functions as both a box cutter and a separate line cutter. A slidable grip is manually displaceable between two stable safety positions. In one safety position, the grip obstructs access to a forwardly projecting blade. In a second safety position, the grip obstructs access to the line cutter. | 2021-02-25 |