| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
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| 20160059324 | FULLY AUTOMATIC KEY DUPLICATING MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC KEY MODEL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method of duplicating a key includes receiving a master key in a key duplicating machine. The machine automatically detects a cross sectional profile of the master key. The machine automatically determines, based on the detected cross sectional profile, a type and model of the master key. The machine automatically selects a key blank that matches the type and model of the master key, and then automatically cuts the selected key blank to duplicate a key tooth pattern of the master key. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059325 | ROUGHING END MILL - Even if chips enter a gap between a flank face and a surface to be worked, the defect of the flank face or a cutting edge is suppressed by the control of the flow of the chips. A plurality of cutting edges, which are undulated in wave forms in a direction of an axis, are formed on an outer periphery of a front end portion of an end mill body rotating about the axis so that phases of the wave forms are displaced from each other in a path of rotation about the axis; flank faces of the cutting edges are covered with a coating film; and rough surface regions and smooth surface regions are alternately formed on the surface of at least portions of the coating film, which are close to the cutting edges, in the direction of the axis. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059326 | Milling Tool With Rotatable Cutting Disks - A milling tool having multiple cutting disks is disclosed. Each cutting disk is anchored into a flute on the milling tool with clamping screws. During use, the cutting disks naturally become dull. In a preferred embodiment, a single clamping screw is used to hold the cutting disk in place. The clamping screw is loosened and the cutting disk is rotated such that a new and sharp portion of the cutting disk is exposed for use. In an alternative embodiment, multiple clamping screws are used to secure the cutting disk into the flute. In the event a cutting disk becomes stuck in a flute, a clamping screw in a threaded bore coaxially aligned with the locating bore is used to push the cutting disk and eject it out of the flute. This design allows for many positions on the cutting disk to be used before the disk needs to be replaced, sharpened, or refurbished. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059327 | PIPE CUTTING KNIFE - The present patent application discloses a pipe cutter, comprises a left housing, a right housing, a blade, small handle, a rotary shaft and a reset mechanism; the left housing and the right housing are fixed together; the blade is rotatable located between the left housing and the right housing; the rotary shaft pass through the left housing and the blade and is fixed with the right housing; the small handle is provided with a blade feeding apparatus and a blade locking apparatus, the blade feeding apparatus is used for controlling the rotation of the blade, the blade locking apparatus is used for fixing the position of the blade; the small handle is mounted on one side of the left housing and the right housing, the small handle is hinged with the left housing and the right housing through blade locking apparatus; the blade is provided with tooth grooves and hook portion, the hook portion is mounted on the left side of the tooth grooves and adjacent to the tooth grooves | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059328 | DEMOLITION SHEAR AND DEMOLITION SHEAR PIERCING TIP INSERT AND NOSE CONFIGURATION - A demolition shear and a piercing tip insert and nose configuration for a demolition shear which resists nose wear and resists retract forces exerted on the piercing tip insert in jamming situations and in the event of snagging of the piercing tip insert. There is a need for a demolition shear having a piercing tip insert and nose configuration to reduce nose wear and to resist retract forces exerted on the piercing tip insert in jamming situations and in the event of snagging of the piercing tip insert. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059329 | CIRCULAR SAW BLADE - The circular saw blade includes a blade body having the form of a disc, and a plurality n (n>1) of teeth inserted into the peripheral rim of the blade body so as to be distributed over the circumference of the disc. Each tooth generates a chip derived from the machined material. There is a cut-out for the clearance of the chip being provided in the peripheral rim of the blade body at the level of each tooth, and incorporating a base seat to which the tooth is soldered. For at least one tooth, the cut-out defines a volume for clearance of the chip which is less than the apparent volume of the chip generated by a tooth. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059330 | OFFSET SAW BLADE - An offset blade assembly and method of fabrication which includes: a straight saw blade; a heel extending at a 90 degree angle from the saw blade; an extension extending from the heel, where the extension is parallel to the straight saw blade; and a connection end, where the connection end is provided on the extension and is available for attachment to a power saw. The offset blade may be used a reciprocating saw. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059331 | SAWING MACHINE - The invention relates to a sawing machine for cutting or separating workpieces ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059332 | GEAR GRINDING UNIT - A gear grinding unit, capable of grinding a tooth flank of a gear to have fine surface roughness without requiring any special shaping work such as dressing, includes a threaded grinding part which is rotatable around a rotation axis (S | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059333 | Cutting insert and gear milling cutter - A cutting insert and a gear milling cutter is disclosed. A first major side portion of an insert body of the cutting insert is provided with a first recess having a first bottom surface ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059334 | THREAD FORMING TAPS - In one aspect, thread forming taps are described herein. In some embodiments a thread forming tap comprises a shank disposed at a first end adapted to engage a tool holder and an elongated working portion disposed at a second end. The working portion comprises at least one helical thread and a plurality of longitudinally-extending linear grooves. The longitudinally-extending linear grooves intersect the helical thread forming a plurality of lobes, wherein adjacent lobes differ from one another in relief type and/or relief rate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059335 | BOLT HOLE WITH IMPROVED THREADS AND TAP FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - In a part having a surface, a bolt hole is provided extending into the part from the surface. Threads in the hole have crests with a fishmouth shape at the crests defined by a central concave portion and raised corner portions at ends of the concave portion. At least one start thread preceding the threads with the fishmouth shape crests is provided having a substantially flat crest without the fishmouth shape. A tap for manufacturing the threaded bolt hole has a first thread section and a second thread section. The second thread section has a plurality of threads for creating at least one improved start thread in the hole to be threaded, minor diameters at valleys between the threads of the second thread section being greater than minor diameters at valleys between threads of the first thread section or major diameters at crests of the threads of the second thread section being greater than major diameters at crests of the first thread section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059336 | THREAD FORMING TOOL - The invention relates to a thread forming tool having a thread part based on a helical effective surface ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059337 | ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING DEVICE, ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING METHOD, AND DESIGN METHOD - An electrical discharge machining device is provided, using a floating capacitance to provide a machining target with improved surface roughness. An electrical discharge machining device | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059338 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THIN PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER USING WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS - To perform highly accurate cutting according to stable power feed from a machining power supply, a wire electric discharge machining apparatus includes a wire wound over main guide rollers a plurality of times to simultaneously perform a plurality of kinds of cutting. Wire laying work for a plurality of the wires on power feed elements is reduced, uniform power is fed to cutting wire sections, stable machining is intended, and according to alignment positions, for each of units, a plurality of the power feed elements are aligned to correspond to a wire parallel arrangement interval of the cutting wire sections set as power feed targets and are disposed to feed power to the cutting wire sections with an interval of at least every other cutting wire section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059339 | Hermetically Sealed Electronic Device Using Solder Bonding - Solder can be used to wet and bind glass substrates together to ensure a hermetic seal that superior (less penetrable) than conventional polymeric (thermoplastic or thermoplastic elastomer) seals in electric and electronic applications. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059340 | JOINING OF DISSIMILAR MATERIALS - A method for joining a first part formed of an aluminum material to a second part formed of a steel material by metal inert gas welding and cold metal transfer is provided. An aluminum filler material forms a fillet joint between the parts and provides a structure for automotive body applications, such an aluminum bumper extrusion joined to a steel crush box connection. The first part includes a notch for hiding the start and end of the joint. A transition plate formed of a mixture of aluminum material and steel material can be disposed between the first part and the second part to provide the notch. The second part can include a mechanical fastener further joining the parts together. In another embodiment, the second part includes a plurality of dimples and is welded to the first part along the dimples. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059341 | MULTI-CONSUMABLE TORCH TIP AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A system and method is provided where a torch having a consumable manifold can direct one of a plurality of possible consumables to a workpiece for an operation without having the need to re-run a consumable or use a different torch. The torch manifold has at least two feeding throats which feed into a common main throat which then couples to the throat of a torch tip to deliver the desired consumable. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059342 | DEVICE FOR FEEDING A WELDING WIRE TO A WELDING DEVICE - A device for feeding a welding wire to a welding device is disclosed, having a carriage guide, having a carriage that is supported on a carriage guide so that it is able to move along a carriage axis, particularly in a linear fashion, having an advancing drive, which has an advancing device that is provided on the carriage and driven to induce an advancing motion of the welding wire, and having a carriage drive, which includes a drive unit, an eccentric that is driven by the drive unit, and an eccentric rod that is eccentrically mounted on the eccentric and is mechanically coupled to the carriage to induce a reciprocating motion to the carriage, said carriage drive having means for adjusting the stroke of the reciprocating motion of the carriage. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059343 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE WELDABILITY OF HOT STAMPING PARTS - A method for improving the weldability of hot stamping parts improving weldability of hot stamping parts with degraded weldability due to surface oxides is provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059344 | FRICTION STIR WELDING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a device includes a tool and a magnet. The tool softens and causes a welding object member to produce plastically flow, applying a pressure and rotating. The tool includes a shank, a shoulder, a probe, at least one heater, and a heat-insulating layer. The shank includes an attaching portion, a middle portion, and a tip end portion. A heat-insulating layer is provided in the tip end portion. The magnet is disposed outside the middle portion, faces the middle portion. The middle portion includes an iron core portion having a plurality of protrusions and at least one coil including a conductor, and the protrusions are wound by the coil. The both ends of the coil are connected to the heater. A magnetic permeability of the iron core of the middle portion is higher than magnetic permeabilities of the tip end portion and the attaching portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059345 | FRICTION-STIR WELDING TOOL, FRICTION STIR WELDING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WELDING MATERIAL - A friction-stir welding tool includes a front shoulder; a rear shoulder in contact with plate materials; and a probe penetrating the plate materials between the front and rear shoulders, the probe connecting the front shoulder and the rear shoulder to each other. The probe has a first screw part provided on at least one axial end section, and at least one of the front shoulder and the rear shoulder has a second screw part in threaded engagement with the first screw part, the threaded engagement changing so that the rear shoulder and the front shoulder approach each other along the axial direction as the front shoulder and the rear shoulder rotate relative to each other, and the threaded engagement with the first screw part linking at least one of the rear shoulder and the front shoulder with the probe. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059346 | HYBRID MECHANICAL-THERMAL PROCESS FOR COATING REMOVAL - A method of removing a coating ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059347 | Machining Head for a Laser Machining Device - The invention relates to a machining head for a laser machining device, which is equipped for machining a workpiece ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059348 | MULTIPLE BEAM LASER SYSTEM FOR FORMING STENTS - A system and method for precision cutting using multiple laser beams is described. The system and method includes a combination of optical components that split the output of a single laser into multiple beams, with the power, polarization status and spot size of each split beam being individually controllable, while providing a circularly polarized beam at the surface of a work piece to be cut by the laser beam. A system and method for tracking manufacture of individual stents is also provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059349 | MULTI-LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUTTING AND POST-CUT PROCESSING HARD DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - Laser processing of hard dielectric materials may include cutting a part from a hard dielectric material using a continuous wave laser operating in a quasi-continuous wave (QCW) mode to emit consecutive laser light pulses in a wavelength range of about 1060 nm to 1070 nm. Cutting using a QCW laser may be performed with a lower duty cycle (e.g., between about 1% and 15%) and in an inert gas atmosphere such as nitrogen, argon or helium. Laser processing of hard dielectric materials may further include post-cut processing the cut edges of the part cut from the dielectric material, for example, by beveling and/or polishing the edges to reduce edge defects. The post-cut processing may be performed using a laser beam with different laser parameters than the beam used for cutting, for example, by using a shorter wavelength (e.g., 193 nm excimer laser) and/or a shorter pulse width (e.g., picosecond laser). | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059350 | Method for Measuring the Distance Between a Workpiece and a Machining Head of a Laser Machining Apparatus - According to a method for measuring the distance between a workpiece and a machining head of a laser machining apparatus, a machining head is provided, which has a housing that has an interior and an opening for emergence of the laser radiation from the machining head. The laser radiation is directed on to the workpiece, after it has passed through the interior and the opening. An object beam is directed on to the workpiece by a light source of an optical coherence tomograph in such a manner that the object beam passes through the interior and the opening before being incident upon the workpiece. In addition to the object beam, a measuring beam passes through the interior. The measuring beam is used to compensate falsifications of the measured distance that have been caused by pressure fluctuations in the interior. The measuring beam in this case may be reflected at a reflective face that is formed on an inner face of an outlet nozzle that comprises the opening, which inner face delimits the interior. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059351 | LASER BEAM MACHINING APPARATUS WITH HIGH-SPEED POSITIONING FUNCTION - When an operation is performed in a direction (Z-axis direction) in which a machining head is brought closer to workpiece, a numerical controller that controls a laser beam machine avoids a collision of the machining head with the workpiece by switching to gap control when a gap sensor detects a gap amount between the machining head and the workpiece. At this point, whether to perform the operation to bring the machining head closer to the workpiece by gap control using a detection value of the gap sensor or by moving the machining head to a position determined by parameters can be selected using a mode switching unit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059352 | System and Method for Determining Beam Power Level Along an Additive Deposition Path - A power schedule calculation method utilizes an idealized geometry to predict laser power levels on an additive path during laser deposition. The method calculates beam power for any point along the path traveled to form a build having a geometry. Each point along the path has associated with it an idealized geometry comprising a melt pool, hot zone and bulk portion. The method comprises creating a geometric description representing the geometry of the build during the process, creating a path description representing the path of the beam source through space during the process, calculating the idealized geometry for the point on the path based upon the geometric description and path description, calculating an energy balance at the melt pool for the point on the path, calculating total energy needed at the point on the path and calculating optimum beam source power. In the calculations, build temperature is based upon a calculation of hot zone temperature derived from the idealized geometry. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059353 | SURFACE STRUCTURING OF METALS - A method of treating a metallic surface comprising exposing the surface to laser pulses at an energy density below the threshold for ablation of bulk material from the metallic surface; maintaining the exposure until a multiplicity of pores form in the surface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LASER BEVELING AND/OR POLISHING - Laser processing of hard dielectric materials may include cutting a part from a hard dielectric material using a continuous wave laser operating in a quasi-continuous wave (QCW) mode to emit consecutive laser light pulses in a wavelength range of about 1060 nm to 1070 nm. Cutting using a QCW laser may be performed with a lower duty cycle (e.g., between about 1% and 15%) and in an inert gas atmosphere such as nitrogen, argon or helium. Laser processing of hard dielectric materials may further include post-cut processing the cut edges of the part cut from the dielectric material, for example, by beveling and/or polishing the edges to reduce edge defects. The post-cut processing may be performed using a laser beam with different laser parameters than the beam used for cutting, for example, by using a shorter wavelength (e.g., 193 nm excimer laser) and/or a shorter pulse width (e.g., picosecond laser). | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059355 | ABLATION FOR FEATURE RECOVERY - When opaque films are deposited on semi-conductor wafers, underlying features may be concealed. In accordance with one implementation, such concealed features may be re-exposed via an ablation recovery process. One ablation recovery process entails aligning an energy source with a target position on a first surface of a semiconductor wafer based on position information retrieved from a second opposite surface of the semiconductor wafer, and firing a beam of the energy source to ablate opaque material at the target position and to expose a recovery feature underlying the opaque material. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059356 | Methods and Apparatus for Separating a Substrate - This invention relates to slicing a thin semiconductor substrate from side wall into two substrates of half thickness. The substrate slicing process involves a laser irradiation step. The substrate slicing process can also involve a mechanical cleaving process after the laser irradiation step. The apparatus for substrate slicing comprises two opposite-facing substrate chucks, with a gap in between for the substrate to pass through. One portion of the two substrate chucks are in parallel to each other to center the substrate sidewall. The gap can increase between the second portion of the two substrate chucks after the location for substrate separation, to spread out the resulting two substrates after the slicing and to facilitate the continuous substrate separation process. The present invention is further directed to methods and apparatus of separating a continuous thin layer of materials from side wall of a rotating ingot. It can be accomplished by a laser irradiation on the ingot side wall from a tangential direction for materials ablation. In an alternative method, a high-intensity short-pulse laser irradiates on the ingot side wall from a radial direction and converges under the ingot sidewall surface to form a plane of modified region inside the substrate, and a thin layer of materials is separated from the ingot side wall along the plane of modified region in a subsequent mechanical cleaving step. A film can be deposited/bonded to the ingot side wall prior to the separation of the thin film layers. The resulting thin layer of materials can be pulled away from the ingot by a substrate chuck. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059357 | CUT PIECE AND CUTTING METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A cut piece includes a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has at least two grooves, forming at least one support plate located between each two adjacent grooves. The second surface has a plurality of gaps. Each groove is connected with at least one gap. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059358 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND LASER PROCESSING PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE - A laser processing program creation device sets an evaluation region in an adjacent plane to a target plane; calculates the position of the extremity of the product profile in the axial direction within the evaluation region; sets a first line segment passing through the position of the extremity and extending orthogonally to the axis in the target plane; locates a processing area in the range surrounded by the first line segment, a second line segment, and the product profile, the second line segment extending in the axial direction from an end of the first line segment to the product profile; allocates a trajectory for laser beam cutting to form a notch or a hole in the processing area; and allocates a trajectory for laser beam cutting to cut the material along the product profile. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059359 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING THROUGH-OPENINGS IN A SUBSTRATE AND A SUBSTRATE PRODUCED IN SAID MANNER - A method and device can create, with a laser beam, plural recesses in a substrate useful as an interposer, and a substrate produced thereby. A laser beam may be directed to the surface of a substrate. The duration of the laser beam effect is extremely short such that the substrate is only modified concentrically about the laser beam axis without reaching a substrate material recess. The laser beam is initially diverted by a transmission medium having a higher intensity-dependent refractive index than air, and subsequently reaching the substrate. Non-constant pulsed laser intensity increases to a maximum over the temporal course of the single pulse, then reduces; the refractive index also changes. The focus point of the laser beam moves between the outer surfaces of the substrate along the beam axis such that it reaches the desired modification along the beam axis without correcting the laser processing head in the z-axis. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059360 | WELDING OF ALITIZED COMPONENTS AND AN ALITIZED COMPONENT - The welding can be carried out only after the partial removal of a necessary alitized portion prior to welding an alitized component. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059361 | SINTER PASTE WITH COATED SILVER OXIDE ON NOBLE AND NON-NOBLE SURFACES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SINTER - A mixture contains metal oxide particles that are coated with an organic compound. The mixture may be used to connect components and/or to produce a module. A method for producing the mixture is also provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059362 | FLUX COMPOSITION AND BRAZING SHEET - This brazing flux composition for an aluminum alloy is characterized by containing [A] a flux component containing KAlF | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059363 | PORTABLE COMPUTER NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED CUTTING MACHINE WITH FOLDING ARM - A portable computer numerically controlled non-contact cutting apparatus is provided comprising a housing, and an arm having a base portion attached to the housing and movable along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The arm may comprise a head assembly adapted to receive a cutting device, the head assembly may be movable along a longitudinal axis of the arm, and the arm may be rotatable about the base portion relative to the longitudinal axis of the housing from a retracted position to an extended position. Further, the arm may be adapted to be releasably held in the extended position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059364 | WIDE GAP BRAZE - A method to fill a gap in a component according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes applying an alloy powder onto the component such that the alloy powder is received into a gap in response to vibrating of the component. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059365 | ROTORS WITH STALL MARGIN AND EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING GAS TURBINE ENGINE PERFORMANCE THEREWITH - Methods are provided for improving performance of a gas turbine engine comprising a component having a rotor mounted in a rotor casing and having rotor blades. A tip sweep is applied to a leading edge of one or more rotor blades each having a pressure sidewall and a circumferentially opposing suction sidewall extending in a radial direction between a root and a tip and in an axial direction between the leading edge and a trailing edge. One or more blade geometric design parameters are adjusted. A rotor casing treatment is applied to the rotor casing over at least one of the one or more rotor blades. The applying and adjusting steps are performed during design of the rotor and cause a measured stall margin to substantially match a required stall margin with an increase in efficiency of the component. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059366 | PISTON WITH THERMALLY INSULATED CROWN - Exemplary pistons and methods are disclosed. A piston may include a piston body defining a piston axis, the body including radially inner and outer body mating surfaces, and an annular ring cooperating with the piston body to form a continuous upper combustion bowl surface having a radially inner portion defined by the piston body and a radially outer portion defined by the annular ring. The annular ring includes a radially inner ring mating surface and a radially outer ring mating surface, wherein at least one of the annular ring mating surfaces is joined with the corresponding piston body mating surface. The annular ring and piston body cooperate to define an annular gap therebetween configured to thermally insulate the piston body from the annular ring. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059367 | RELEASABLE, THREADLESS CONDUIT CONNECTOR FOR LIQUID MANIFOLD - Conduit connectors for liquid manifolds and methods of fabrication are provided. In one embodiment, a conduit connector is integrated, at least in part, within a liquid manifold, and includes a conduit-receiving opening or socket and at least one releasable retention component. The conduit-receiving opening is disposed within the liquid manifold and in fluid communication with at least one liquid-carrying channel of the liquid manifold. The releasable retention component(s) is selectively operative to threadlessly secure in a fluid-tight manner a conduit within the conduit-receiving opening in fluid communication with the at least one liquid-carrying channel of the liquid manifold to facilitate flow of liquid through the liquid-carrying channel(s), or to release the conduit from the conduit-receiving opening of the conduit connector. The releasable retention component(s) resides at least partially within the liquid manifold when operatively holding the conduit within the conduit-receiving opening. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A HARD DISK DRIVE BASE PLATE WITH AN EXTENDED HEIGHT - A method for forming a hard disk drive base plate with an extended height is described. The method may include forming an initial hard disk drive base plate, forming a filler shim, and forming a shroud. The method may also include joining the initial hard disk drive base plate, the filler shim, and the shroud to extend a height of walls of the formed initial hard disk drive base plate, and to form the hard disk drive base plate with the extended height. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059369 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINES - A wire electric discharge machine for machining a workpiece includes a handling device for handling core pieces produced by the machine during the machining of the workpiece and upper and lower wire guiding heads moveable with respect to each other and with respect to the workpiece. The handling device includes a gripper mounted in a fixed or movable relation to the upper wire guiding head. The gripper moves so as to face a produced core piece with its gripper base. The gripper includes a fluid inlet where fluid flow under positive pressure enters the gripper and a fluid outlet at the gripper base where the fluid flow exits the gripper. An interior of the gripper guides the fluid flow, producing a low pressure region at the gripper base as the fluid flow exits, generating lifting force to remove the produced core piece from the workpiece by movement of the gripper. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059370 | FLANGE MECHANISM AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting blade is held between a first flange and a second flange to define an annular cutting water supply chamber between the two flanges. The first flange has a plurality of cutting water supply holes, a first holding surface for holding one side surface of the cutting blade, and a plurality of first supply grooves formed on the first holding surface so as to extend in the radial direction of the first flange. The second flange has a second holding surface for holding the other side surface of the cutting blade and a plurality of second supply grooves extend in the radial direction of the second flange. Cutting water is supplied from the cutting water supply holes to the cutting water supply chamber and then discharged from the first supply grooves and the second supply grooves by centrifugal force due to rotation of a spindle. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059371 | SYSTEM FOR MACHINING SURFACE OF WORKPIECE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for machining a surface of a workpiece includes setting a plane of the workpiece as an XY plane, aligning an axis of a machining tool to be within a predetermined angle with a normal vector of the XY plane, calculating a reference plane of the surface of the workpiece, defining a plurality of rectangular sections of the surface of the workpiece, defining a continuous machining path from a start point of a first rectangular section to an end point of a last rectangular section, calculating a center point of a plurality of planes of each rectangular section, and adjusting a Z-coordinate position of the machining tool according to a Z-coordinate difference between each of the plurality of planes and the reference plane. The Z-coordinate position of the machining tool is adjusted while the machining tool machines the surface of the workpiece along the continuous machining path. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059372 | CENTERLESS GRINDING APPARATUS - Some implementations of the described invention provide an improved centerless grinding apparatus in which grinding is efficiently operated by reducing the idle time of the grinding wheel. While the described apparatus can comprise any suitable feature, in some cases, it includes a first regulating wheel and a second regulating wheel are axially aligned side by side. In some cases, a first grinding area is provided between the first regulating wheel and a first blade. In some cases, a second grinding area is provided between the second regulating wheel and a second blade. Additionally, in some cases, a grinding wheel is mounted on a grinding wheel Z-slide to be moved reciprocatively between the first grinding area and the second grinding area. In this way, grinding is efficiently operated by reducing the idle time of the grinding wheel. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059373 | SHAPE DIVISION METHOD, SHAPE DIVISION PROGRAM AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND LENS DATA PROCESSING METHOD, LENS EDGING METHOD AND LENS DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A shape division method is provided for dividing spectacle lens three-dimensional shape data into data regarding shape element portions used for edging the spectacle lens, including: acquiring data regarding a projection shape of a circumferential edge of the spectacle lens as projection shape data based on the three-dimensional shape data; obtaining a prescribed circumscribed graphic shape circumscribing a projection shape specified by the projection shape data at each prescribed angle while changing a relative angle of the projection shape and the circumscribed graphic shape, and extracting data regarding a shape of an inside area common to each of all obtained circumscribed graphic shapes, as outermost edging shape data; and obtaining a differential area between a shape specified by the outermost edging shape data and the projection shape specified by the projection shape data, and extracting data regarding a shape portion of the obtained differential area as penetrated edging shape data. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059374 | LAPPING TOOL - A lapping tool for lapping sealing surfaces of a fitting used in a gas turbine. The tool includes a shaft having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis. A removable handle is attached to the first end and is oriented in a direction transverse to the axis. The tool also includes a removable lapping insert having an outwardly extending attachment portion that is attached to the second end of the shaft. The lapping insert includes a lapping surface which corresponds to the shape of a sealing surface of the fitting. In one embodiment, the lapping insert includes a cavity for receiving a cone portion of a fitting. Alternatively, the lapping insert includes a projection for insertion into a receptacle portion of a fitting. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059375 | WAFER INSPECTION METHOD AND GRINDING AND POLISHING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a wafer inspection method of inspecting a wafer after polishing. The wafer inspection method includes the steps of polishing the wafer after grinding, imaging a polished surface of the wafer to thereby create image data including the characteristics of plural saw marks left on the polished surface of the wafer from a detected image, performing Fourier transform to the image data to thereby extract a frequency distribution corresponding to the saw marks, performing inverse Fourier transform to the frequency distribution extracted above to obtain an amplitude of each saw mark, and determining imperfect polishing of the wafer in the case that the amplitude is greater than a predetermined range. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059376 | BUFFING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A buffing module for buffing a substrate is provided. The buffing module comprises a buff table for supporting the substrate, the buff table being rotatable; and a buff head to which a buff pad is attached, being rotatable and movable in a direction of approaching the buff table and a direction of moving away from the buff table. The buff pad includes a first part and a second part arranged so as to surround the first part on an outer side of the first part, the first part and the second part have different characteristics from each other. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059377 | CONFIGURABLE PRESSURE DESIGN FOR MULTIZONE CHEMICAL MECHANICAL PLANARIZATION POLISHING HEAD - A polishing head for chemical mechanical planarization is provided. The polishing head includes a housing and a flexible membrane secured to the housing. At least a first, second, and third pressurizable chamber are disposed in the housing and each chamber contacts the flexible membrane. A first pressure delivery channel couples to the first chamber. A second pressure delivery channel couples to the third chamber. A first pressure feed line couples the first pressure delivery channel to the second chamber. A second pressure feed line couples the second pressure delivery channel to the second chamber. A first manually movable plug interfaces with the first pressure feed line to allow or block pressure from the first pressure delivery channel to the second chamber. A second manually movable plug interfaces with the second pressure feed line to allow or block pressure from the first pressure delivery channel to the second chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059378 | POLISHING PAD PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention is directed to a method for producing a polishing pad having a polishing layer comprising a sheet of a flexible polyurethane resin foam, the flexible polyurethane resin foam having an Asker D hardness of 30 or less at 25° C., and the method comprising: step A of cooling a block comprising the flexible polyurethane resin foam to be adjusted into an Asker D hardness of 35 or more; and step B of slicing the block, the Asker D hardness of which has been adjusted by the cooling, into a predetermined thickness to yield the sheet of the flexible polyurethane resin foam. The method for producing a polishing pad of the present invention makes it possible to slice, with a good precision, a block comprising a flexible polyurethane resin foam. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059379 | PNEUMATIC POWER TOOL WITH AN OVER-SPEED SAFETY DEVICE - A pneumatic power tool includes: a housing with a pressure air inlet passage, a rotation motor, a working implement carrying output shaft, and an over-speed safety device including: a valve element located in the inlet passage and shiftable between open and closed positions, a motor speed responsive actuating mechanism which can shift the valve element from an open to a closed position as motor speed reaches an accepted maximum limit, and a retaining unit which maintains the valve element in an open position at normal motor speed levels and releases it toward the closed position when actuated by the actuating mechanism. The retaining unit includes: a latch spindle having varying width in an axial direction and coupled to the actuating mechanism for displacement between valve element locking and releasing positions at the maximum speed limit, and a support surface and axially adjacently located one or more waist portions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059380 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a buff process module. The buff process module includes: a buff table on which a processing target object is mounted; a buff head that holds a buff pad for applying a predetermined process to the processing target object; a buff arm that supports and swings the buff head; a dresser for dressing the buff pad; and a cleaning mechanism that is disposed between the buff table and the dresser and is for cleaning the buff pad. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059381 | GRINDING WHEEL TRUING METHOD AND GRINDING MACHINE FOR CARRYING OUT TRUING METHOD - In a grinding wheel truing method of an aspect of the present invention, an outer peripheral surface of a grinding wheel is trued while a position of a truer with respect to the grinding wheel is moved from one end side toward the other end side in the axial direction of the grinding wheel. In the truing, a relative movement speed of the truer when a position of the outer peripheral surface of the grinding wheel which grinds a large-diameter portion of a conical surface of a work is trued is lower than a relative movement speed of the truer when a position of the outer peripheral surface of the grinding wheel which grinds a small-diameter portion of the conical surface of the work is trued. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059382 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment method includes: setting a blast treatment condition for a composite material to make a degree of activation on the surface of the composite material within an appropriate range, based on reference information; and manufacturing a blast treated product by the blast treatment of the composite material under the blast treatment condition set to make the degree of the activation within the appropriate range. The reference information shows a relation between a strain amount of a test piece caused by blast treatment under a predetermined blast treatment condition and a degree of activation on a surface of a sample of a composite material by blast treatment, for activating the surface of the sample before painting or bonding, under the predetermined blast treatment condition. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059383 | POLISHING FEATURES FORMED IN COMPONENTS - A polishing system and method for polishing a channel formed within a component is disclosed. The polishing system may include a tooling element operable to be positioned within a recess formed partially through a component. The tooling element may include an outer surface having a geometry corresponding to a geometry of the recess formed in the component. The tooling element forms a channel between the recess of the component and the tooling element when positioned in the recess. The system may also include a first member in fluid communication with a first opening of the channel, and a second member in fluid communication with a second opening of the channel. The second opening may be in fluid communication with the first opening via the channel. Additionally, the first and second member may be configured to continuously vary a pressure within the channel to move an abrasive slurry within the channel. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059384 | END EFFECTOR ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and related methods are provided for adjusting the position and orientation of an end effector of a multi-axis machine (e.g., a manipulable cutting head of a fluid jet cutting machine) relative to a base reference frame. Systems include an adjustable tool mount having a base structure that includes portions or regions that are selectively deformable to adjust a position and an orientation of a tool supported by the adjustable tool mount. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059385 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment device includes at least one nozzle that injects media toward a workpiece, a first lank that supplies the media to the at least one nozzle, a movement structure that moves the at least one nozzle and the first tank, and a second tank that supplies the media to the first tank. The second tank is not moved by the movement structure. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059386 | BLAST TREATMENT DEVICE AND BLAST TREATMENT METHOD - According to one implementation, a blast treatment device includes an injection part and a circulating system. The injection part injects media toward a workpiece made with a composite material. The media each has a weight difference from a resinic particle dropping from the composite material. The weight difference is not less than a threshold or more than the threshold. The circulating system recovers the injected media and supplies the recovered media to the injection part. The circulating system has an impurity separation part that removes at least one of impurities and media, of which particle sizes have become small, each included in the recovered media. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059387 | DISC-SHAPED GRINDSTONE - A disc-shaped grindstone | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059388 | SANDING CLOTHS - A sanding cloth is provided. The sanding cloth comprises a sheet of pliable material having a first side and a second side. An amount of first is adhesive applied to the first side of the sheet. A first grit material is applied to the first adhesive wherein the sheet is easily pliable and conformable to tight fine spaces that are sanded when preparing trim moldings, furniture refinishing and similar finish applications. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059389 | CLAMPING TOOL - A clamping tool includes a strut having one end and defining a longitudinal axis. Arranged on the one end of the strut is a mount which includes a bushing that is arranged on the strut. The bushing includes recesses and a receptacle which interacts with the recesses so as to be rotatably mounted in the bushing. The bushing has an interior provided with at least one groove for receiving an O-ring which is sized to extend beyond the groove to inhibit a rotational mobility of the receptacle. A clamping device is received in the receptacle of the mount and configured to swing about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the strut. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059390 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR RATCHET WRENCH - A ratchet wrench includes a handle having a hole in which a driving unit is located. A control member is partially engaged with the hole and connected to the top of the driving unit. The driving unit has a pawl engaged with the toothed face of the hole of the handle. A bead is movably received in the protrusion of the driving unit and cooperated with an operation rod. The operation rod is connected with a positioning unit located in the circular recess of the control member. The positioning member has a nut, a spring and a press disk. The nut is connected to the connection rod. A flange extends from the top of the nut. The spring is engaged between the flange and the press disk which is movable within the circular recess. A locking member extends through the press disk and is connected to the operation rod. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059391 | Tool, Screw and System for Transmitting a Drive Torque - The present invention relates to a drive tool, a screw and a system for transmitting a drive torque. The drive tool can be guided in a receiving recess of a connecting partner, in particular in a receiving recess of the screw, and transmit the drive torque during a rotation about a central axis. The drive tool has radially outwardly projecting first projections which are wedgeshaped in cross-section and which are suitable for transmitting the drive torque to the connecting partner. The drive tool comprises a quasi-cylindrical section in which all of the surface lines in the region of the quasicylindrical section form an angle of less than 10° with the central axis, but the outer face is, at least in sections, of conical form such that the surface lines in the respective section are inclined by at least 1.5° with respect to the central axis. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059392 | UNIVERSAL SCREWDRIVER - The present disclosure provides a screwdriver apparatus and method of making a screwdriver apparatus. The screwdriver apparatus includes a screwdriver head and an elastomeric flank coupled to the screwdriver head. The screwdriver head includes a base portion and an apex portion. The screwdriver head is wider at the base portion than at the apex portion in a first lateral plane. The elastomeric flank is positioned at least in part along a peripheral portion of the screwdriver head between the base portion and the apex portion of the screwdriver head. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059393 | ADJUSTABLE WRENCH - An adjustable wrench includes a handle and a head is connected to handle. The head has a space defined therethrough and a path is defined in one end of the head. A fixed jaw extends from the head and located at one end of the path. A worm rod is rotatably located in the space. A threaded rod is movably inserted into the path and engaged with the worm rod. A movable jaw is movably connected to a protrusion extending from the threaded rod. The movable jaw has an elongate hole and a resilient member is located in the elongate hole. A pivotal member extends through the protrusion and the elongate hole. The resilient member is biased between the inner end of the elongate hole and the pivotal member. The movable jaw is loosened from the object by reversely rotating the handle of the wrench. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059394 | Combination Including a Ratchet Wrench and a Driving Member - A combination includes a ratchet wrench and a driving member. The ratchet wrench includes a body and a ratchet wheel mounted in the body and rotatable relative to the body about a rotational axis. A driving hole extends through from a side through the other side of the body along the rotational axis and includes an inner periphery having a plurality of abutment surfaces. A corner is formed between each two adjacent abutment surfaces. At least one limiting portion protrudes from the inner periphery of the driving hole in a radial direction perpendicular to the rotational axis. The driving member includes at least one evasive portion and is coupled to the driving hole. The driving member is movable between a first coupling position and a second coupling position along the rotational axis when the at least one evasive portion is aligned with the at least one limiting portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059395 | TORQUE WRENCH - As torque wrench ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059396 | DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING A FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY - A device for assembling a fuel injector assembly is described. The device includes a stand and a body coupled to the stand. The body includes a first arm and a second arm extending from a first side and a second side of the body, respectively, to receive and rigidly hold an adapter of the fuel injector assembly therebetween. The body further includes one or more grooves provided to adjust the body in a horizontal plane with respect to the vertical member. Further, the device includes a handle coupled to the body to position the body in the horizontal plane with respect to the vertical member. The device also includes one or more pins mounted on the vertical member, where each of the one or more pins engage with a corresponding groove and aid in adjusting the body in the horizontal plane with respect to vertical member. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059397 | C-CLIP TOOL - A C-clip tool includes a first part and a second part. A first arm and a second arm are connected between the first and second parts. The second part has a reception hole and a rod is located at the mediate portion of the reception hole. Two enlarged holes are located on two ends of the reception hole and communicate with the reception hole. A resilient plate is located in the reception hole and two pillars are connected to the resilient plate. A push member has a block which optionally contacts one of the two pillars. Two operation members are respectively connected to the first and second arms. The operation members are replaceable to operate on different sizes of C-clips. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059398 | VACUUM PISTON RETENTION FOR A COMBUSTION DRIVEN FASTENER HAND TOOL - A combustion driven fastener hand tool is disclosed having a piston driven by combustion within a chamber, the piston affixed to a driver for forcing a fastener. The piston forms a retention chamber having a lower internal pressure (“vacuum”) than that of the surrounding combustion chamber when the piston is disposed in the starting position for operation of the device. The lower internal pressure of the retention chamber (generated from a previous combustion cycle) momentarily holds the piston in place such that combustion behind the piston must first increase sufficiently to overcome holding force of the retention chamber before the piston moves. Requiring build up of combustion chamber pressure before piston motion greatly improves efficiency and power of the device. Use of the vacuum retention chamber is readily tunable with proper sizing of the chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059399 | COMBUSTION DRIVEN FASTENER HAND TOOL - A combustion driven fastener hand tool is disclosed having an extruded front body component including two to three parallel bores. A first bore forms a cylinder for the piston which drives the fastener. A second bore forms a primary combustion chamber in which a fuel and air mixture is ignited and directed into the adjacent piston cylinder. A third bore (or alternately an attached component) forms a pathway for the fuel and air mixture to be directed into the primary combustion chamber. The combustion driven fastener hand tool includes numerous other features affording improvements over the prior art. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059400 | NAILING DEVICE WHICH IS PROVIDED FOR BEING TRIGGERED OFF INDIVIDUALLY - A nailing device of the present invention mainly includes a striker for driving nails, a restriction mechanism, a power storing mechanism, and an operation mechanism. By cooperation of the components, the power storing mechanism is able to store potential energy. The potential energy is released for firing nail when the restriction mechanism is triggered off. Thus, timing of firing can be controlled by triggering the restriction mechanism. Operation process and firing power of the nailing device is well controlled. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059401 | POWER TOOL - It is an object to provide a novel technique for releasing an intervening member of a driving member. A representative screwdriver is provided with a motor and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism has a spindle, a lock sleeve, rollers, a driving gear, a retainer and a spring receiver. When driven with the rollers held between the lock sleeve and the driving gear, the spindle is rotated in a normal direction. The lock sleeve has an inclined part and the retainer has an inclined part. The lock sleeve and the retainer move with respect to each other in the axial direction and the circumferential direction by sliding contact between the inclined parts. This relative movement in the circumferential direction is utilized to release the holding of the rollers. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059402 | PORTABLE MOTORISED BLOWER WITH ANTI-VIBRATION HANDLE SYSTEM AND REDUCED OPERATING WEIGHT | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059403 | REMOVABLE HANDLE PROVIDED WITH A DEVICE FOR DETACHABLE ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a removable handle ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059404 | Knife handle adaptor - The present invention discloses adaptors to be used as a removable mounting platform for knife handles. These adaptors also connect to a rigid support tube adding stability to the adaptors. The connecting together of these components to the knife handle, provide a durable, sturdy, and removable platform for mounting knife handles, enables the capability of switching knife handles, and provides extended proximity of range when utilizing a knife. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059405 | Wear Protection Cap - The invention relates to a wear protection cap for a bit holder arrangement, having at least two panel segments, located at an angle to one another, for covering surface regions of the bit holder arrangement, the panel segments being integrally joined to one another and the wear protection cap being configured as a cast metal part or as a forged metal part. With a wear protection cap of this kind, the service life of a bit holder arrangement can be substantially improved and machine stoppage time can be decreased. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059406 | CUTTING GUIDE AND METHOD OF INSTALLING EXHAUST TUBE - A cutting guide serves to adjust a length of an exhaust tube introduced in an exhaust pipe so as to adapt to combination of the exhaust pipe communicating from the inside to the outside of a building with an exhaust terminal attached to an end portion of the exhaust pipe on an outdoor side. The cutting guide has a reference site for alignment with an exhaust pipe portion including the exhaust pipe, and has an indication of a cutting position of the exhaust tube for adjusting a length of the exhaust tube protruding from the end portion of the exhaust pipe portion on the outdoor side to a length adapted to a type of the exhaust terminal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059407 | ROBOT TEACHING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot teaching apparatus for teaching an operation of a robot measures a state of an action of a mechanism on a target object while the mechanism is acting on the target object. The mechanism has a shape or a function corresponding to a hand unit of the robot. The robot teaching apparatus generates an operation instruction for the robot based on the measured state, and records the generated operation instruction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059408 | TRAVELING ROBOT, NOTION PLANNING METHOD FOR TRAVELING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR TRAVELING ROBOT - A traveling robot includes a mobile unit, an arm and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set a target position to which the traveling robot intends to travel. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a center of gravity of the traveling robot. The electronic control unit is configured to plan a motion of a movable part of the mobile unit and/or arm to the set target position. The electronic control unit is configured to, in the case where the traveling robot is close to the set target position, plan the motion of the movable part of the mobile unit and/or arm such that a limitation on a range of the center of gravity is relaxed as compared to a limitation on the range of the center of gravity in the case where the traveling robot is far from the set target position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059409 | MANIPULATOR OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device manipulator is a motion controller of a surgical device and includes a fixed platform mounted on an extension arm and a mobile platform connected to the fixed platform by three connecting assemblies. On the fixed platform are three motors with encoders. Each connecting assembly includes a first arch connector with a first end directly rigidly connected to the rotational shaft of the respective motor. A second end is connected by a joint to a first end of a second arch connector. The second end of the second arch connector has at its end a transverse arch arm and is connected to the mobile platform, on which an auxiliary motor is mounted. On a shaft of the motor is mounted a gripping part. The rotational axes of the second ends of the second arch connectors intersect with an axis of rotation of the shaft of the auxiliary motor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059410 | ELECTRIC FLUIDIC ROTARY JOINT ACTUATOR WITH PUMP - There is set forth herein an articulated arm, the articulated arm comprising a first rigid link assembly and a second rigid link assembly. The articulated arm can be configured so that the second rigid link assembly rotates in relation to the first link assembly about a rotary axis. The articulated arm can include an actuator for causing rotary movement of the second rigid link assembly in relation to the first rigid link assembly about the rotary axis. The actuator can include a first fluid chamber, and a second fluid chamber. The articulated arm can include a fluid supply assembly for moving fluid into and out of the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059411 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING OBJECTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for manipulating articles in which a multiaxial industrial robot ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059412 | ROBOTIC MANIPULATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXECUTING A DOMAIN-SPECIFIC APPLICATION IN AN INSTRUMENTED ENVIRONMENT WITH ELECTRONIC MINIMANIPULATION LIBRARIES - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to the technical features relating to the ability of being able to create complex robotic humanoid movements, actions, and interactions with tools and the instrumented environment by automatically building movements for the humanoid; actions and behaviors of the humanoid based on a set of computer-encoded robotic movement and action primitives. The primitives are defined by motions/actions of articulated degrees of freedom that range in complexity from simple to complex, and which can be combined in any form in serial/parallel fashion. These motion-primitives are termed to be minimanipulations and each has a clear time-indexed command input-structure and output behavior/performance profile that is intended to achieve a certain function. Minimanipulations comprise a new way of creating a general programmable-by-example platform for humanoid robots. One or more minimanipulation electronic libraries provide a large suite of higher-level sensing-and-execution sequences that are common building blocks for complex tasks, such as cooking, taking care of the infirm, or other tasks performed by the next generation of humanoid robots. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059413 | TEACHING SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND TEACHING METHOD - A teaching system includes: a teaching-data generator configured to generate teaching data of a robot having a joint in a virtual environment, the virtual environment including a work tool, the robot, and a workpiece to which a plurality of working points is preliminarily set, the teaching data causing the robot to move one of the work tool and the workpiece passing through approach points corresponding to the respective working points to cause the work tool to relatively reach and separate from the working points; a determiner configured to determine whether a virtual line interferes with another of the workpiece and the work tool, the virtual line connecting the approach points of the consecutively worked working points together; and a teaching-data updater capable of changing a position of the approach point on the virtual line. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING A VISUALIZATION OF COORDINATE POINTS WITHIN A ROBOT'S WORKING ENVELOPE - A system and method for enhancing a visualization of coordinate points within a robot's working envelope is disclosed. Part data associated with a position of a part, which may include part offset from a known position, is read using a teach pendant program. The part data is automatically stored within a hidden program instruction of the teach pendant program. The part data may be stored within the part program in a motion instruction associated with a motion line of the teach pendant program. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE HUMAN-MACHINE COLLABORATION - Methods and systems for enabling human-machine collaborations includes a generalizable framework that supports dynamic adaptation and reuse of robotic capability representations and human-machine collaborative behaviors. Specifically, a computer-implemented method of enabling user-robot collaboration includes providing a composition of user interaction capabilities and a robot capability that models a functionality of a robot for performing a type of task action based on a set of parameters; specializing the robot capability with an information kernel that encapsulates the set of parameters; providing a robot capability element based on the robot capability and the information kernel and interaction capability elements based on the user interaction capabilities; connecting the robot capability element to the interaction capability elements; providing, based on the interaction capability elements, user interfaces to acquire user input associated with the set of parameters; and controlling, based on the user input and the information kernel, the functionality of the robot via the robot capability element to perform a task action of the type of task action. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAILYARD ROBOTICS - A robot in one embodiment includes a navigation system, a manipulation unit, a visual recognition unit, and a processing unit. The visual recognition unit includes at least one detector configured to acquire presence information of humans within at least a portion of the area. The processing unit is operably coupled to the navigation system, manipulation unit, and visual recognition unit, and is configured to determine a presence of a human within at least one predetermined range of the robot using the presence information from the visual recognition unit, determine at least one control action responsive to determining the presence of the human within the at least one predetermined range, and control at least one of the navigation system or manipulation unit to implement the at least one control action. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059417 | AUTOMATIC IN-SITU REGISTRATION AND CALIBRATION OF ROBOTIC ARM/SENSOR/WORKSPACE SYSTEM - Various technologies described herein pertain to automatic in-situ calibration and registration of a depth sensor and a robotic arm, where the depth sensor and the robotic arm operate in a workspace. The robotic arm can include an end effector. A non-parametric technique for registration between the depth sensor and the robotic arm can be implemented. The registration technique can utilize a sparse sampling of the workspace (e.g., collected during calibration or recalibration). A point cloud can be formed over calibration points and interpolation can be performed within the point cloud to map coordinates in a sensor coordinate frame to coordinates in an arm coordinate frame. Such technique can automatically incorporate intrinsic sensor parameters into transformations between the depth sensor and the robotic arm. Accordingly, an explicit model of intrinsics or biases of the depth sensor need not be utilized. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059418 | AUTONOMOUS ACTION ROBOT, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ACTION ROBOT - An autonomous action robot includes: a sound acquisition unit that acquires an acoustic signal; a sound source localization unit that estimates a direction of a sound source with respect to the acoustic signal; a distance measurement unit that performs measurements related to distance for a predetermined range; a map information generation unit that generates two-dimensional map information and that estimates a self-location of the autonomous action robot, using information of the distance; a sound source direction determination unit that re-estimates the direction of the sound source based on the two-dimensional map information, the estimated self-location information, and the estimated sound source direction; an action generation unit that generates an action plan based on the two-dimensional map information and the sound source direction estimated by the sound source direction determination unit; and a control unit that controls the autonomous action robot according to the action plan. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059419 | ROBOT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT APPARATUS - A robot system includes a fixed camera that obtains first measurement data by detecting a plurality of features positioned within a detection range, the detection range including at least part of a range in which a robot arm is movable, a hand camera movable with the robot arm, and a control apparatus that controls the robot arm. A calibration function that relates a value obtained as part of the first measurement data to a command value provided to the robot arm at each of a plurality of positions and orientations at which the hand camera obtains second measurement data by detecting each mark. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059420 | MOBILE ROBOT - A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and at least one light source arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system, the control system comprising a feature detection unit for detecting features within images captured by the vision system; wherein the level of illumination provided by the light source is adjusted in response to the number of features detected by the feature detection unit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059421 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY POSITIONING A CASING - A method for automatically positioning a casing includes: placing the casing onto a shelf with the opening of the casing facing toward a robot arm; controlling a distance between two clamping portions of a clamping device to be larger than a distance between two lateral flat surfaces of the casing, making the support portions located towards the opening and lower than the top inner surface of the casing; using the robot arm to move the support portions through the opening into the casing, making the support portions extend over a gravity center of the casing, and lifting the casing; moving the casing until the casing is stopped against the sucker, and moving the support portions with respect to the casing until the top lateral surface is stopped against the clamping device; and moving the two clamping portions toward each other to clamp the casing. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059422 | CLAMPING APPARATUS AND SCREW LOCKING DEVICE USING SAME - A clamping device includes a supporting bracket, a lifting assembly, a first adjusting assembly and a holding assembly. The supporting bracket includes a supporting member. The lifting assembly includes a first lifting member, a second lifting member, a fixed pulley, a connecting member and a clump weight. The first lifting member and the second lifting member are both slidably sleeved on the supporting member. The fixed pulley is mounted on the supporting member. The connecting member is arranged on the fixed pulley and couples the first lifting member to the second lifting member. The clump weight is detachably fixed to the first lifting member. The first adjusting assembly includes a first fixed member rotatably sleeved on the second lifting member and a first adjusting member rotatably sleeved to the first fixed member. The holding assembly is rotationally mounted on the first adjusting member. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160059423 | Defense Related Robotic Systems - A robot quick-release assembly has a first joint member and a robot component mounted thereon, the first joint member has a first coupler and a second joint member, a robot arm mounted thereon, has a second coupler, a clamp, and a locking collar. The first coupler can be coaxially aligned with the second coupler and pressed into the second joint member, and detachably connected to the second joint member. The first mechanical coupler is detachably connected to the second mechanical coupler for transferring power across the quick-release assembly. The robot component can receive an additional electrical connector, the additional electrical connector supplying power to the robot component. The quick-release assembly coupling assembly further exerts large forces with the application of a relatively small torque to the locking collar by applying a two stage wedge engagement and can further include a sequencing system. | 2016-03-03 |
