34th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150231697 | FINE SOLID SOLUTION ALLOY PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231698 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COATED SILVER FINE PARTICLES AND COATED SILVER FINE PARTICLES PRODUCED BY SAID PRODUCTION PROCESS - The invention provides a novel and non conventional process for producing coated silver fine particles by the so-called amine complex decomposition process, and also provides coated silver fine particles produced by the process. The process includes a first step of forming a complex compound including a silver compound and an alkylamine by mixing (1) a silver compound capable of generating metal silver by thermal decomposition, (2) an alkylamine, and (3) at least one alcoholic compound having a solubility in water and/or a compound having at least one of a carbon-heteroatom multiple bond and a heteroatom-heteroatom multiple bond in the molecule, and a second step of generating silver fine particles coated with a protecting layer including the alkylamine by thermal decomposition of the complex compound. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231699 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT COVERED WITH AN ABRADABLE COATING - A method of fabricating a part covered in an abradable coating ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150231700 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WEAR-RESISTANT ROLLER COMPONENT - Described is a wear-resistant roller component for handling abrasive materials where the component comprises a metal body with at least one surface. It is characterized in that a metal template having a pattern of through-going holes is arranged on the at least one surface of the metal body and in that a cover arranged to cover at least a part of the metal template is located at a distance from the metal template to form a gap between the cover and the metal template and in that a powder material suitable for sintering is introduced into the through-going holes in the metal template through the gap and in that the metal body, the metal template, the cover and the material powder are bonded together by means of a sintering process. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231701 | METHOD FOR THE DENSIFICATION AND SPHEROIDIZATION OF SOLID AND SOLUTION PRECURSOR DROPLETS OF MATERIALS USING MICROWAVE GENERATED PLASMA PROCESSING - A method for processing feed material to produce dense and spheroidal products is described. The feed material is comprised of powder particles from the spray-drying technique or solution precursor droplets from ceramic or metallic materials. The feed material is processed using plasma generated from a microwave. The microwave plasma torch employed is capable of generating laminar flow during processing which allows for the production of spheroidal particles with a homogenous materials distribution. This results in products having improved thermal properties, improved corrosion and wear resistance and a higher tolerance to interface stresses. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231702 | LATHE TURNING TOOL - A cutting insert is configured to include: a first portion having a rake face, a flank face, a cutting edge, and a face facing an insert attachment portion at an end of a tool main body; and a second portion having a side surface including at least one flat plane that is parallel to a center line of a tool or inclined at a prescribed angle to the center line. The second portion extends continuously to a region surrounded by the face of the first portion. The second portion is fitted into the tool main body to position the cutting insert and to prevent the cutting insert from rotating. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231703 | COATED CUTTING TOOL WITH PATTERNED SURFACE AREA - The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool and a method of making such cutting tool, wherein the tool comprises a substrate and a surface coating deposited on the substrate and covering at least a portion of the substrate, the surface coating having a thickness T | 2015-08-20 |
20150231704 | TOOLHOLDER WITH INSERT CLAMP AND METHOD FOR CHANGING CUTTING INSERTS ON A TOOLHOLDER - A toolholder and method for use with a cutting insert having a clamping opening, comprising a toolholder body and a clamp pivotably mounted to and contacting the toolholder body and pivotable between a first position in which a protrusion of the clamp is disposed in a position in which it is arranged to be received in the clamping opening in the cutting insert to secure the cutting insert to the toolholder body and a second position in which the protrusion is spaced, relative to the toolholder, upwardly from the first position so that the cutting insert is not secured to the toolholder body by the protrusion. A resilient member is arranged relative to the clamp to urge the clamp to the first position and to resist pivoting of the clamp to the second position. An opening in the clamp may receive a portion of a separate lever. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231705 | Cutting Tool Having Adjustable Insert Cutting Angle - An adjustable insert cutting angle cutting tool comprising a tool holder having a cartridge receiving pocket, an insert cartridge clamped the cartridge receiving pocket by a clamping member, and a cutting insert removably retained in the insert cartridge. The clamping member is operated by a separate fastening member. The cutting insert has at least one operative cutting portion, and the insert cartridge is oriented in a cartridge receiving pocket of the tool holder so that the operative cutting portion encounters a workpiece at an insert cutting angle. The clamping member has a clamping surface with at least one clamping zone, and the same at least one clamping zone makes contact with a non-planar clamped surface of the insert cartridge for different values of insert cutting angle. The insert cutting angle is increased or decreased by reorienting the insert cartridge in the tool holder, following release of the fastening member. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231706 | VIBRATION-DAMPED TOOL - A tool for machining work pieces is disclosed. In order to provide a tool which exhibits only very small vibrations during operation, the tool body of the tool has a cavity in which a multiplicity of hollow structural elements having an outer closed shell, within which at least one solid particle or a hollow body is arranged in a freely movable manner, are accommodated. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231707 | Tool, Template, Cassette, and Method for Grooving a Roller - The tool according to the invention comprises a tool body and a cassette for machining a roller. At least one machining device can be fastened, in particular detachably, onto and/or in the cassette. In particular, the machining device is a cutting device, preferably for grooving a roller. The tool has a positioning device for orienting the cassette in the tool body at a predetermined position. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231708 | CYLINDRICAL GRINDING PROCESS AND AS-GROUND PART RESULTING FROM SUCH PROCESS - A process of grinding a pre-ground part wherein the method includes the steps of: providing a pre-ground part containing a bore, and the pre-ground part having an exterior surface with one or more to-be-ground exterior surface regions; positioning a loading tool within the bore of the pre-ground part; exerting a loading tool load on the loading tool which in turn exerts a part load on the pre-ground part; removing material from the one or more to-be-ground surface regions of the pre-ground part when under the part load to form an as-ground part; and unloading the part load from the as-ground part. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231709 | Clamping Apparatus - A clamping apparatus includes a base, a support mechanism mounted on the base, and a plurality of retaining mechanisms mounted on the base. A wheel rim is mounted on the support mechanism of the clamping apparatus to be worked by a wheel rim working machine. Thus, each of the retaining mechanisms of the clamping apparatus presses the inner wall of the wheel rim to position the wheel rim in place when the wheel rim is worked by the wheel rim working machine, so that the wheel rim is positioned by the clamping apparatus, and will not slip or detach from the clamping apparatus due to the high speed operation of the wheel rim working machine. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231710 | METHOD FOR MACHINING CENTER HOLES OF FORGED ROTARY BODY AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINING CENTER HOLES OF FORGED ROTARY BODY - Disclosed is a technique of achieving weight reduction of a forged rotary body while improving productivity of the forged rotary body. Temporary center holes are set for each of two or more samples extracted from one forging lot of a plurality of forged rotary bodies produced within a time period after a die misalignment adjustment through before a next die misalignment adjustment. Then, a virtual final shape of each of the samples is simulated on an assumption that machining is performed on the basis of the temporary center holes, and a rotational imbalance amount is calculated. Then, an average value of the rotational imbalance amounts in all of the samples in the same forging lot is calculated, and center-hole positions which allow the average value to become zero are set as center hole machining positions for all of the forged rotary bodies in a corresponding forging lot. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231711 | CUTTING INSERT AND FACE MILLING CUTTER USING THE SAME - An object is to provide a cutting insert for a milling cutter with which efficiency in machining can be increased. The cutting insert includes two polygonal main surfaces facing each other and side surfaces each connected to a corresponding side of each of the main surfaces. The side surfaces include a major side surface through which an attachment hole extends, a first minor side surface perpendicular to the major side surface, and a second minor side surface disposed between the first minor side surface and the major side surface. A ridge between each of the main surfaces and the major side surface forms a major cutting edge, and a ridge between each of the main surfaces and the second minor side surface forms a minor cutting edge. An angle between the major cutting edge and the minor cutting edge is 145° or larger. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231712 | SHOE ACCESSORY FOR A SAW - An accessory for a reciprocating saw, having a blade configured to cut a workpiece and a shoe including a guiding surface for engaging the workpiece, includes a body having a first face and a second face opposite the first face. The body includes a member proximate the second face for coupling the accessory to the shoe. A guiding surface is defined on the first face of the body for engaging a workpiece and an opening is formed in the body for receiving the blade. The guiding surface constitutes a modified surface configured to differ from the guiding surface of the shoe by at least one characteristic. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231713 | RECIPROCATING SAW BLADE - A saw blade for use with a reciprocating saw includes a body and an attachment portion extending from the body. The attachment portion includes a tang and an aperture configured to connect to the reciprocating saw. The saw blade also includes a cutting portion formed on the body. The cutting portion includes a plurality of cutting teeth and a floor guard tooth positioned adjacent at least one of the plurality of cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth has a tip that defines a plane. The floor guard tooth extends from the body beyond the plane. The attachment portion is offset from the plane to reduce interference of the reciprocating saw with a surface while performing a footer cut with the saw blade. The floor guard tooth contacts the surface while performing the footer cut to inhibit the plurality of cutting teeth from contacting the surface. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231714 | DEBURRING APPARATUS WITH DRIVING MEANS FOR ROTATABLY AND REVERSIBLY DRIVING THE APPARATUS TO AND AWAY OF A BILLET - An apparatus for removing burrs on billets has a supporting element and at least two arms extending from the supporting element. Deburring devices are driven in rotation by burrs of billets. The deburring devices are supported by the arms. The apparatus is driven rotatably and reversibly by a drive between a stand-by position wherein the apparatus is spaced apart from the billet to be deburred and a working position wherein the deburring devices are close to the billet to be deburred and are able to contact a burr. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231715 | BOLT CLEANING APPARATUS - An apparatus for cleaning a bolt having a threaded portion with a longitudinal axis of rotation. The apparatus includes a bolt receiving portion and a cleaning member. The bolt receiving portion has a throughway configured to receive the threaded portion of the bolt when the threaded portion is rotating about the longitudinal axis of rotation. The cleaning member is coupled to the bolt receiving portion and has a plurality of cleaning projections positioned to contact and clean the threaded portion of the bolt as the rotating threaded portion of the bolt passes through the throughway. The projections may be bristles or pins. Optionally, the bolt receiving portion may include a plurality of throughways each configured to receive a threaded portion having a different outer diameter. Optionally, the apparatus may include a handle portion that may be selectively couplable to the bolt receiving portion. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231716 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a wire electric discharge machining device and method capable of reliably terminating a short circuit between a wire electrode and a workpiece. The invention relates to a wire electric discharge machining device that starts machining of a workpiece ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150231717 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING TOOL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING SYSTEM - An electrochemical machining tool includes a tool main body which includes an electrode having a tubular shape extending along an axis and formed of a conductive material having flexibility, the electrode through which an electrolyte flows toward a distal end side, and an insulating layer coated on an outer circumferential surface of the electrode so as to expose a distal end surface of the electrode. In the electrochemical machining tool, a hole part serving as a fluid discharge part configured to discharge the electrolyte flowing through inside of the electrode toward the outside in the radial direction of the tool main body is formed at a portion of a position in the circumferential direction of the tool main body. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231718 | HIGH-FREQUENCY-VIBRATION-ASSISTED ELECTROLYTIC GRINDING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR - To provide a high-frequency-vibration-assisted electrolytic grinding method and a device therefor in which micro abrasive grains can be used so as to improve the grinding accuracy and efficiency. A high-frequency-vibration-assisted electrolytic grinding method in which a work is grinded by a grinding stone while electrolytic reaction is performed by applying a voltage between the grinding stone and the work through an electrolytic solution and high-frequency vibration is transmitted to the grinding stone or the work wherein; the grinding stone has non-conductive micro abrasive grains with grain sizes of less than #400 in accordance with the JIS R6001 standard of grinding stones for precision polishing projecting from its surface formed of conductive binding material, and the distance between the grinding stone and the work, which is regulated by the projecting lengths of the micro abrasive grains from the base of the grinding stone, is set to less than 0.02 mm. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231719 | WIRE DISCHARGE-MACHINING APPARATUS WITH PARALLEL CUTTING WIRES - A wire machining method includes: a wire electrode set as cutting wires provided in parallel with a distance between the cutting wires of which a predetermined regional part faces a workpiece; a machining power source that generates a pulse-shaped machining voltage; and plural feeder units that are electrically connected to the plural cutting wires respectively of the wire electrode and supply the machining voltage between the cutting wires and the workpiece respectively. In the parallel cutting wires, the feeder units are arranged such that a direction of a current passed to at least a part of the cutting wires becomes a direction different from a direction of a current passed to other cutting wires. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231720 | PROCESSING TANK RAISING/LOWERING DEVICE AND PROCESSING TANK RAISING/LOWERING METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE - In an electrical discharge machine, the top end of a vertically extending electrode is supported by an electrode holder so as to be able to be raised and lowered, the circumferential surface of the bottom end of said electrode is supported by an electrode guide that is disposed so as to be able to move vertically with respect to the electrode holder, and the position of said electrode guide is detected by a position detection unit. This electrical discharge machine is provided with a work-tank raising/lowering device. During electrical discharge machining, said work-tank raising/lowering device raises/lowers a work tank, in accordance with the electrode-guide position (Hg) detected by the position detection unit, so as to set the distance from a prescribed part of the work tank to the electrode-guide position (Hg) equal to a prescribed value (Ha). | 2015-08-20 |
20150231721 | Flux Composition and Techniques for Use Thereof - The present invention is directed to flux compositions and uses thereof. One composition comprises an activator and a solvent being a glycerol ethoxylate with a molecular weight of 200-500. Another composition comprises an activator, a solvent being a glycerol ethoxylate with a molecular weight of 200-500 and an amine. A soldering method for joining objects is also provided, comprising the steps of applying a flux composition to at least a portion of one or more of the objects, and joining the objects. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231722 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC BRAZING DEVICE - A semi-automatic brazing apparatus having a brazing wire feeding apparatus containing a brazing wire feed mechanism, a controller, and a user input device. The brazing wire from a brazing wire source is continuously drawn from the source through the apparatus via the feeding mechanism and is directed towards a brazing gun for a semi-automatic brazing operation. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231723 | SOLDER BALL ATTACHING APPARATUS, FLUX DOTTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A solder ball attaching apparatus includes first protrusions on a surface of a first body and a first vacuum part connected to the first vacuum holes. The first protrusions include first vacuum holes and are configured to detachedly hold solder balls. A distance between adjacent ones of the first protrusions is greater than at least a diameter of the solder balls. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231724 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIVERSE CONTROLS - The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method related to generating a lead in profile that defines acceleration before a cutting velocity is achieved to perform a cutting operation and a lead out profile that defines deceleration after the cutting operation is performed. The lead in profile defines acceleration from approximately zero (0) to the cutting velocity within a duration of time in order to perform the cutting operation, wherein the lead in profile is calculated based on the cutting velocity or a type of material of the workpiece, a start location for the cutting operation, and a thickness of the workpiece. The lead out profile defines deceleration from the cutting operation to approximately zero (0) within a duration of time, wherein the lead out profile is calculated based on the cutting velocity or a type of material of the workpiece, an end location for the cutting operation, and a thickness of the workpiece. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231725 | DUAL DRIVE HYBRID WELDING - The invention described herein generally pertains to a hybrid welding system, comprising a rotor-stator assembly including a rotor and a stator that provides electrical energy to a welding output bus, a combustion engine operatively coupled with the rotor to turn the rotor of the rotor-stator assembly, and an electric motor operatively coupled with the rotor to turn the rotor of the rotor-stator assembly. Various techniques for controlling operation of the electric motor and/or combustion engine can be employed. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231726 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ARC-WELDED Zn-Al-Mg ALLOY COATED STEEL PLATE STRUCTURAL MEMBER - A method for producing an arc-welded Zn—Al—Mg alloy coated steel plate structural member excellent in liquid metal embrittlement cracking resistance is provided. The method contains a step of joining steel members by gas-shielded arc-welding to produce a welded structural member, at least one of the steel members to be used is a hot dip Zn—Al—Mg alloy coated steel plate member, and the shield gas contains an Ar gas, a He gas or an Ar—He mixed gas as a base gas with a CO | 2015-08-20 |
20150231727 | NON-CONSUMABLE ELECTRODE WELDING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD THEREOF - A non-consumable electrode welding system and a welding method thereof are disclosed. The non-consumable electrode welding method of the present invention includes a step of applying (+) or (−) polarity to a welding wire as a basic material and a filter metal and applying, to a non-consumable electrode rod, the polarity opposite to the polarity of the welding wire. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231728 | METHOD OF FORMING GOLF CLUB HEAD ASSEMBLY - A method of forming a golf club head assembly includes aligning a faceplate with a recess of a club head; welding the faceplate to the club head; then, after welding the faceplate, heating the club head and faceplate to at least a solvus temperature of the faceplate for a predetermined amount of time; and then, after heating the club head and faceplate, allowing the club head and faceplate to air cool. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231729 | ELECTRODE FOR RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING OF DISSIMILAR METALS - A method of spot welding a workpiece stack-up that includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum alloy workpiece involves passing an electrical current through the workpieces and between welding electrodes that are constructed to affect the current density of the electrical current. The welding electrodes, more specifically, are constructed to render the density of the electrical current greater in the steel workpiece than in the aluminum alloy workpiece. This difference in current densities can be accomplished by passing, at least initially, the electrical current between a weld face of the welding electrode in contact with the steel workpiece and a perimeter region of a weld face of the welding electrode in contact with the aluminum alloy workpiece. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231730 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING STEEL AND ALUMINUM WORKPIECES WITH PROTUBERANCE - A method of resistance spot welding a steel workpiece and an aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece (“aluminum workpiece”) together includes several steps. In one step a workpiece stack-up is provided. The workpiece stack-up includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum workpiece. Another step involves forming a protuberance in the steel workpiece. In another step a first and second welding electrode is provided. Yet another step involves clamping the first and second welding electrodes over the workpiece stack-up and over the protuberance. And another step involves performing one or more individual resistance spot welds to the workpiece stack-up. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231731 | MELT CUTTER - A melt cutter includes a case, an electricity-connecting portion, a heating device, a working portion, a control portion, and a heat-dissipating device. The case has a heat-dissipating zone. The electricity-connecting portion is disposed in the case for connecting with an electricity source. The working portion is disposed in the case and has a gap with changeable size for clamping an object. The control portion alternatively triggers the heating device to heat and to transmit heat to the working portion, and it also reduces the size of the gap for melting and cutting the object. The heat-dissipating device is disposed at the heat-dissipating zone and is electrically connected with the electricity-connecting portion. Thereby, the heat-dissipating device helps air communication between interior and exterior of the case. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231732 | ADVANCED DEVICE ASSEMBLY STRUCTURES AND METHODS - A microelectronic assembly includes a first substrate having a surface and a first conductive element and a second substrate having a surface and a second conductive element. The assembly further includes an electrically conductive alloy mass joined to the first and second conductive elements. First and second materials of the alloy mass each have a melting point lower than a melting point of the alloy. A concentration of the first material varies in concentration from a relatively higher amount at a location disposed toward the first conductive element to a relatively lower amount toward the second conductive element, and a concentration of the second material varies in concentration from a relatively higher amount at a location disposed toward the second conductive element to a relatively lower amount toward the first conductive element. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231733 | FRICTION STIR WELD PLUGS AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF - In one aspect of the disclosure, an article for filling an opening in an object includes a plug having a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The plug has a trailing end. The first flange is in contact with the body and extends away from the body. The second flange is in contact with the first flange and extends away from the first flange and the body. The second flange is configured to deform toward the body upon installation of the plug into the opening. This deformation of the second flange rotationally and translationally secures the plug in the opening and consolidates the plug in the opening. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231734 | FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING DEVICE AND FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDING METHOD - A tool driving section of a friction stir spot welding device is configured to advance and retract each of a pin member and a shoulder member. A tool driving control section is configured to control the tool driving section such that an absolute value of a tool average position Tx is small, wherein Tx is defined by a following equation: Ap·Pp+As·Ps=Tx, where Ap is a cross-section area of a front end surface of the pin member, As is a cross-section area of a front end surface of the shoulder member, Pp is a press-fit depth of the pin member press-fitted from a front surface of an object to be welded, and Ps is a press-fit depth of the shoulder member press-fitted from the front surface of the object to be welded. Thus, especially in a double-acting friction stir spot welding, excellent welding quality can be accurately achieved according to welding conditions, and an internal cavity defect can be prevented or suppressed. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231735 | PULSE WIDTH CONTROLLER - A pulse width controller for a thermal processing system is disclosed. Pulsed electromagnetic radiation is directed through a rotatable wave plate to a polarizing beam splitter, which reflects and transmits according to the phase angle of the wave plate. Radiation transmitted by the polarizing beam splitter is directed into an optical circuit that returns the radiation to the polarizing beam splitter after a transit time. A second rotatable wave plate is positioned in the optical circuit. The polarizing beam splitter reflects and transmits the returned radiation according to the phase angle of the second rotatable wave plate. A second pulse width controller may be nested in the optical circuit, and any number of pulse width controllers may be nested. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A CUTTING INSERT USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - A method and apparatus for removing material from a cutting insert is disclosed. A source of electromagnetic radiation produces a laser beam that passes through a aperture for truncating a dimension of the laser beam and a homogenizer for providing a cross section of the laser beam with a uniform energy density. A mask having a predetermined shape reduces the dimension of the laser beam, and an imaging lens projects the laser beam onto a surface of the cutting insert. The predetermined shape of the mask provides for selective adjustment of an amount of material removed from the surface of the cutting insert. In one embodiment, the mask has a shape of an isosceles trapezoid for producing a T-land surface at the intersection between a top rake face and the flank face of the cutting insert. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231737 | Method and Device for Machining Non-Rotationally Symmetrical Workpieces by Means of Laser Beam - A device and a method for machining workpieces ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150231738 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD - A laser processing method includes steps of providing a mask material of which thickness is equal to or greater than 10 μm onto an object, and forming a hole in the object or cutting the object in a state where the mask material is provided on the object, in a manner that an ultrashort-pulse laser light is irradiated from above the object and an opening portion is formed at the mask material to penetrate the mask material while ablation processing is performed to a portion of the object by the ultrashort-pulse laser light, the portion of the object being below the opening portion. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231739 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARDBOARD PRETREATMENT - A system and methods for operating a cardboard processing machine, the method comprising creating a pre-processing crease at a location on the cardboard where it is required to process the cardboard; and processing the cardboard along the pre-process crease. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231740 | SOLDERING METHOD FOR POLYMER THICK FILM COMPOSITIONS - A method of soldering to a polymer thick film material, comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a polymer thick film layer on at least one surface of the substrate, incorporating a metal preform into the polymer thick film layer such that a surface of the metal preform is exposed, curing the polymer thick film layer to secure the metal preform thereto, and soldering to the exposed surface of the metal preform using a solder material. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231741 | Pb-Free Sn-Ag-Cu-Al or Sn-Cu-Al Solder - A solder alloy includes Sn, optional Ag, Cu, and Al wherein the alloy composition is controlled to provide a strong, impact-and thermal aging-resistant solder joint that has beneficial microstructural features and is substantially devoid of Ag | 2015-08-20 |
20150231742 | BRAZING ALLOYS - An alloy is provided having the composition Ti | 2015-08-20 |
20150231743 | TOOL HOLDER - Welding tool holders are presented including: a welding tool receiving bracket having a surface, where the surface forms a first partial cylinder that forms two connected arms extending outwardly to define a first vertical opening for receiving a first welding tool, the first partial cylinder having a first diameter, where the first partial cylinder is vertically oriented, where the first partial cylinder includes an upper edge, where the welding tool receiving bracket further includes a lower surface extending downwardly from the surface and forming a second partial cylinder, the second partial cylinder having a second diameter; and an attachment portion extending away from the surface with respect to the first vertical opening. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231744 | SUBSTRATE INSPECTION DEVICE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - A substrate inspection device and a component mounting device are provided. The solder inspection device and the component mounting device respectively have substrate support devices that support a rear face of a printed circuit board. The substrate support device includes backup pins that support the rear surface of the printed circuit board, a location determiner that determines locations of the backup pins, and a backup pin locator that places the backup pins at the locations of the backup pins determined by the location determiner. The location determiner determines positions for supporting areas of the rear face of the printed circuit board where an electrode is covered by a resist film and where neither electronic component nor solder is present, as the locations of the backup pins. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231745 | FIXTURE AND METHOD OF WELDING LOCOMOTIVE SILLS - A welding fixture for use during welding of a web member to a flange member to produce a sill, includes an elongate bed having a pair of opposed longitudinal edge rails, and a plurality of clamp assemblies mounted at spaced intervals along each of the longitudinal edge rails. Each clamp assembly is selectively movable between an open configuration in which a welding head can move past the clamp assembly while welding the web member to the flange member, and a closed configuration in which the clamp assembly is operative to hold the web member and the flange member in a predetermined orientation relative to each other. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231746 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AT LEAST ONE METAL TURBINE ENGINE PART - A method of fabricating at least one metal part for a turbine engine, the method including the steps of casting a metal alloy by centrifuging into a permanent metal mold for making a blank; obtaining a cast blank of elongate shape and of section that is circular or polygonal; and machining the blank to make the part. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231747 | METHOD OF RECOVERING STEEL REINFORCEMENT FROM CONVEYOR BELTS - The present invention is based upon the discovery that the level of adhesion between steel reinforcing elements and rubber products, such as conveyor belts, in which they are embedded can be significantly reduced by heating the steel reinforcing elements by induction heating to break down the level of bonding between the steel reinforcing elements and the rubber in the article. The present invention more specifically discloses a method for recovering steel reinforcements from a conveyor belt carcass having steel reinforcements which are bonded to the carcass of the conveyor belt, said method comprising (1) heating the steel reinforcements in the conveyor belt by induction heating to a temperature which is sufficient to substantially breakdown bonding between the steel reinforcements and the carcass of the conveyor belt and (2) applying a mechanical force to the steel reinforcements which is sufficient to separate the steel reinforcements from the conveyor belt carcass. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231748 | Pressing Mechanism For A Woodworking Machine - A pressing mechanism for a woodworking machine includes a case, two buffering boards, two upright boards and a pressing frame. The case has multiple flat boards and multiple cushions are installed to the flat boards. The two buffering boards are pivotably connected beneath the cushions and each have a slot. The pressing frame is engaged with the two slots. Two arms are respectively and pivotably connected to two buffering boards. Each arm has a pivot connected to the first end thereof and the pivot is pivotably connected to the case. Each arm has a pressing bar connected to the second end thereof. The pressing bar is pivotably connected to the buffering board corresponding thereto. Each of the arms is pivotable about the pivot and the pressing bar is movable with the arm so as to balance the pressing frame to securely press the wood material to be cut. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231749 | MACHINE LOCATING PIN - A locator pin according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes an elongated body that extends from a base along an axis, the elongated body deflectable off the axis relative to the base. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231750 | Machine Tool With A Machine Rack Constructed of Structural Parts - Provided is a machine tool with a machine rack constructed of structural parts and components mounted thereon, the components including functional components. The functional components generate heat during the operation of the machine tool which is input into the structural parts and/or the components by heat transport. The machine tool may also include a flow channel system disposed on the structural parts and/or the components of the machine tool in which a tempering medium is circulated such that the heat generated by the functional components is distributed in the machine rack and/or the components as a result of the passage of the tempering medium. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231751 | Machine Tool Having Functional Components That Produce Heating During Operation - Provided is a machine tool having functional components that produce heat during operation and which are arranged on a machine frame having cavity structures that form a circulation circuit in which a coolant is circulated inside the machine frame. The machine frame has first areas where the heat-generating functional components are arranged, and second areas spaced apart from the first areas. The heat input in the second areas, which is produced by the functional components, is smaller than that in the first areas. The cavity structures have first sections which are arranged in the first areas and second sections that are arranged in the second areas, and therefore, when the coolant is circulated from the first sections to the second sections, the heat supplied by the functional components is dissipated into the second areas so as to effect a temperature compensation between the first and second areas. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231752 | Honing Tool as well as Device and Method for Dressing Honing Stones - A dressing device for dressing honing stones is provided with a base body and a mounting device for mounting the dressing device in a grinding machine. The base body has at least one honing stone receptacle that is a pocket. Honing stones are inserted and secured in the honing stone receptacles and the abrasive coating of the honing stones are ground by the grinding machine. A set of honing stones that is required for furnishing a honing tool can be dressed by one mounting action in the dressing device and can be inserted into the honing tool so as to be positioned exactly at the same radial position without requiring additional machining. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231753 | DEVICE OF PROCESSING TEMPERED GLASS, APPARATUS OF PROCESSING TEMPERED GLASS AND METHOD OF USING DEVICE OF PROCESSING TEMPERED GLASS - To provide a processing device for a tempered glass in which a period of employable time is significantly increased. The processing device ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150231754 | GREEN BALL GRINDING METHOD, CERAMIC SPHERE FABRICATION METHOD, AND GRINDING APPARATUS - A green ball grinding method includes the step of supplying a green ball between a first surface of a first member and a second surface of a second member constituting a grinding apparatus, and the step of grinding the green ball between the first surface and the second surface while the green ball rotates around its own axis and in orbital motion. In the step of grinding the green ball, the step of causing the green ball grinding to proceed while applying load between the green ball and each of the first surface and the second surface, and the step of modifying the rotation axis of the green ball by reducing the load lower than in the step of causing the green ball grinding to proceed are executed alternately. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231755 | HANDHELD ABRADING MACHINE - A handheld abrading machine is provided which includes a holding device, a drive motor and a tool head, wherein the holding device includes a substantially tubular bar which has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the drive motor is arranged at the proximal end, wherein the tool head is arranged at the distal end, wherein the abrading machine includes a transmission shaft which connects the drive motor to a tool holder of the tool head for transmitting torque thereto and which runs at least in sections thereof within the tubular bar, wherein the tubular bar includes an engagement region which is gripped by a user when the abrading machine is effecting an abrading action. A center of gravity of the drive motor and a center of gravity of the tool head can be located on mutually opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the tubular bar. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231756 | HANDHELD ABRADING MACHINE - A handheld abrading machine is provided, including a holding device which includes a substantially tubular bar having a proximal end and a distal end and having a drive motor arranged at the proximal end and a tool head arranged at the distal end, and a transmission shaft connecting the drive motor to a tool holder of the tool head and running within at least sections of the tubular bar. The tool head includes a hood device which includes a hood element having a substantially cylindrical hood chamber, wherein the tool holder together with a tool arranged thereon is arrangeable in at least sections of the hood chamber. The hood element includes a recess in the form of a segment of a cylinder so that a tangent touching an edge of the tool runs substantially in a plane delimiting the recess in the form of a segment of a cylinder. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231757 | MULTIPLE-PHASE SURFACES, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A workpiece having a multiple-phase working surface, and a lapping process for producing the surface, the process including: (a) providing a system including: (i) a workpiece having a multiple-phase working surface having a first continuous solid phase, and a second solid phase, intimately dispersed within the continuous phase in the multiple-phase working surface, she continuous phase having a hastiness exceeding a hardness of the second phase by a Mohs Hardness of at least 0.5; (ii) a contact surface, disposed generally opposite the working surface, having a Shore D hardness within a range of 40-90, and a Young's modulus of less than 20 gigapascels; (iii) a plurality of abrasive particles, freely disposed between the contact and working surfaces, and (b) lapping the working surface by exerting a pressure on the surfaces and applying a relative motion between the surfaces, to effect an elastic interaction between the contact surface and the abrasive particles in which at least a portion of the abrasive particles penetrate the working surface, to produce a lapped product having a modified working surface, in which an exterior surface of the second phase is recessed by an average of at least 1.5 micrometers with respect to an exterior surface of the continuous phase. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231758 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING LAYERS - A method of making a polishing layer for polishing a substrate selected from at least one of a magnetic substrate, an optical substrate and a semiconductor substrate is provided, comprising: providing a liquid prepolymer material; providing a plurality of hollow microspheres; exposing the plurality of hollow microspheres to a carbon dioxide atmosphere for an exposure period to form a plurality of treated hollow microspheres; combining the liquid prepolymer material with the plurality of treated hollow microspheres to form a curable mixture; allowing the curable mixture to undergo a reaction to form a cured material, wherein the reaction is allowed to begin ≦24 hours after the formation of the plurality of treated hollow microspheres; and, deriving at least one polishing layer from the cured material; wherein the at least one polishing layer has a polishing surface adapted for polishing the substrate. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231759 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING CONDITIONER WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE - The present invention relates to a chemical mechanical polishing conditioner with high performance, comprising a substrate; a binding layer disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of abrasive particles fixed directly on the substrate by the binding layer, or each abrasive particle disposed on a metal fixing seat and the substrate have a plurality of blind holes and a plurality of through holes, so that the metal fixing seats are installed into the blind holes or the through holes, and the metal fixing seat fixed on the substrate by the binding layer; wherein the abrasive particles are treated by a surface processing treatment to make the abrasive particles have specific cutting edge angles, crystal structures, tip heights, or tip orientations. Therefore, the present invention can control the profile of each abrasive particle to accomplish the best polishing performance. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PAD - A conditioning method which can efficiently produce surface roughness of a polishing pad to obtain an optimum polishing rate by performing dressing while monitoring the surface roughness of the polishing pad and adjusting a temperature of the polishing pad is disclosed. The conditioning method includes measuring surface roughness of the polishing pad during dressing of the polishing pad, comparing the measured surface roughness with preset target surface roughness to obtain comparison result, and adjusting a surface temperature of the polishing pad by heating or cooling the polishing pad based on the comparison result. The surface roughness is represented by at least one of five indexes comprising arithmetical mean deviation of the roughness profile (Ra), root mean square deviation of the roughness profile (Rq), maximum profile valley depth of the roughness profile (Rv), maximum profile peak height of the roughness profile (Rp), and maximum height of the roughness profile (Rz). | 2015-08-20 |
20150231761 | ABRASIVE BLASTING APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY ACTIVATING AND MODULATING FLOW OF ABRASIVE BLASTING MATERIAL - An abrasive blasting apparatus comprises a blast pot, a blast media valve fluidly connected to said blast media outlet of the blast pot, a source of pressurized gas, a proportional air valve in fluid communication with the blast media valve and the source of pressurized air, a hose having a blast nozzle at a distal end thereof, and a main control unit fluidly connected to the blast media valve and the air valve. The blast media valve comprises a housing having a blasting media intake, a plunger disposed within the housing, a sleeve disposed between the housing and the plunger, a blast media port in the sleeve, a casing fixedly connected to the housing, a piston disposed within the casing and connected to the plunger, and a base member fixedly connected to the housing. The plunger is movable by the piston with respect to the blast media port. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231762 | WATER JET PEENING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND METHOD OF EVALUATING NOZZLE - A water jet peening apparatus includes: a nozzle, which is arranged in water and has a mouth from which water is jetted out; a detecting device, which is arranged in the water and detects sound in at least a part of a period during which the water is being jetted out from the mouth; and a processing device, which determines, based on a result of the detection by the detecting device, presence or absence of abnormality in the nozzle. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231763 | Shot Material and Shot Peening Method - A method of shot peening a workpiece comprising projecting metal alloy particles at a workpiece wherein said metal alloy particles comprises Fe in combination with B, C, Cr and Nb, wherein the Fe is present at a level of greater than 50.0 atomic percent. The metal alloy particles have a Vickers Hardness (HV) of at least 1150 and an elastic modulus of greater than 200 GPa. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231764 | GRINDSTONE TOOL - A grindstone tool is provided with a shaft part which has a tubular shape having a connection hole therein, a head part which has a cylindrical shape coaxially and integrally connected to the leading end of the shaft part and having a hollow section therein, and abrasive grains which adhere to the entire outer peripheral surface of the head part via a bonding material. A grinding fluid is supplied to the hollow section of the head part from one end side of the head part, the other end side of the head part is blocked by a lid member, and in the head part, a plurality of communication holes through which the hollow section and the outer peripheral surface communicate with each other, and which each have a taper shape with a diameter size on the outer peripheral surface side larger than a diameter size of the shaft center side are formed. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231765 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING LAYERS - A method of making a polishing layer for polishing a substrate is provided, comprising: providing a liquid prepolymer material; providing a plurality of hollow microspheres; exposing the plurality of hollow microspheres to a vacuum to form a plurality of exposed hollow microspheres; treating the plurality of exposed hollow microspheres with a carbon dioxide atmosphere to form a plurality of treated hollow microspheres; combining the liquid prepolymer material with the plurality of treated hollow microspheres to form a curable mixture; allowing the curable mixture to undergo a reaction to form a cured material, wherein the reaction is allowed to begin ≦24 hours after the formation of the plurality of treated hollow microspheres; and, deriving at least one polishing layer from the cured material; wherein the at least one polishing layer has a polishing surface adapted for polishing the substrate. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231766 | Method and Systems to Control Optical Transmissivity of a Polish Pad Material - A method and systems for controlling optical transmissivity of a polish pad material are provided. The method and systems may include adjusting control parameters to determine the optical transmissivity of a polish pad material. The control parameters may also include pre-processing controls, casting controls, and/or curing controls. Methods and systems also provided for assembling a polish pad that controls the optical transmissivity of the polish pad. Additionally, a polish pad with a controlled optical transmissivity is provided. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231767 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD - A fastening device includes a fastening needle system, which is guided in a base body of the fastening device. The fastening needle system is configured to be led through a drilling hole of one or more components. By exercising a pulling force onto the fastening needle system, the components can be fastened between the front portion of the fastening needle and the base body. A fastening system may include the fastening device and a fastening pliers. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231768 | SQUEEZING CLAMP HAMMER UNION TORQUE TOOL - A uniquely designed torque wrench having a torque body, the torque body attached to a frictional squeezing clamp, and a lug socket which is rotationally connected to the frictional squeezing clamp. The frictional squeezing clamp entering a contracted stated during extension of a rod of a hydraulic cylinder, and entering an expanded state during the retraction of the rod of a hydraulic cylinder, the lug socket turning the wing nut of a hammer union. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231769 | Impact Tools with Torque-Limited Swinging Weight Impact Mechanisms - Illustrative embodiments impact tools with torque-limited swinging weight impact mechanisms are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a swinging weight impact mechanism may comprise a hammer configured to rotate about a first axis and pivot about a second axis different from the first axis, the hammer having a void formed therein, and an asymmetric anvil disposed partially within the void, the asymmetric anvil being configured to rotate about a third axis when impacted by the hammer. The asymmetric anvil may comprise a cylindrical body and a lug extending outward from the cylindrical body. The lug may include a first impact face extending along a first plane that intersects the third axis and a second impact face extending along a second plane that does not intersect the third axis, where the second plane intersects the first plane along a line that passes through the cylindrical body of the asymmetric anvil. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231770 | ROTARY IMPACT TOOL - There is provided a rotary impact tool that comprises: an impact mechanism, in which, when an external torque of a specified value or greater is applied to an anvil, a hammer impacts the anvil in a rotational direction; an impact detection unit configured to detect the impact; a fluctuation width detection unit configured to detect a fluctuation width of a physical quantity that fluctuates due to the impact; and a control unit configured to control driving of the motor according to the fluctuation width of the physical quantity when the impact is detected after a starting of the motor. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231771 | Power Tool - A power tool includes a housing, a motor, a hammer, an anvil, a detecting unit, and a controller. The motor is accommodated in the housing. The hammer is configured to be rotated by the motor in a rotational direction about a rotational axis extending in an axial direction. The anvil is configured to be rotated upon being struck by the hammer. The detecting unit is configured to detect an impact generated in the rotational direction and the axial direction. The controller is configured to control the motor based on a detection result of the detecting unit. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231772 | Reaction Device for Reducing Stress on Torque Generating Tools - A reaction arm for use with a torque generating device, the reaction arm including a reaction bar, and a body portion having a first internal diameter, and having formed on an internal surface thereof a female spline having a second internal diameter and a guide bushing having a third internal diameter, the first, second, and third internal diameter being distinctly sized. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231773 | Stud Removal Tool - A tool for removing a stud includes a housing, a cage and a canted coil spring. The housing has an interior sidewall with a three-lobed cam and a groove. Each lobe has a counterclockwise cam inner surface and a clockwise cam inner surface on the opposite side of the lobe center line. The cage has a top surface, a tapered terminus and a groove disposed between the top surface and the tapered terminus. The cage includes jaws, in which the jaw outer cam surface of each jaw interfaces with the cam inner surface of the interior sidewall. The canted coil spring rotatably couples the cage to the housing. During stud removal, the housing rotates counterclockwise relative to the cage and the cage rotates counterclockwise to engage the stud. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231774 | Tool and Method For Removing A Wheel Hub Assembly - A wheel hub removal tool is provided that allows a single technician to readily remove the hub using the vehicle steering. The tool is a generally U-shaped bracket that is seated on the ball-joint to support a pair of arms on opposite sides of the U-joint assembly. The arms carry corresponding blocks that are sized to seat between the drive axle housing and a component of the U-joint that is coupled to the wheel hub. The tool maintains a block on either side of the U-joint assembly so that pressure may be applied alternatively between the blocks to gradually dislodge the wheel hub from the axle. The tool is adjustable to accommodate different axle hub and bearing assembly configurations for different vehicles. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231775 | Adhesive Scoop - A method and apparatus for removing a viscous material from a structure. The apparatus may comprise a base section. The base section may be configured to move along a surface of a first part and a second part of the structure. The base section may have sides that form a pocket. The sides may have a shape that substantially conforms to the surface of the first part and the second part of the structure. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231776 | MULTI-PURPOSE DRYWALL INSTALLATION TOOL - A multi-purpose tool that provides a hammer, a hatchet, a cutting blade, a lift support, a screw puller and a rasp for use in the installation of drywall sheets used in constructing walls within buildings. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231777 | HAND POWER TOOL AND DRIVE TRAIN - A drive train for supplying power to a power tool may include, a motor, a motor shaft, a rotational coupling mechanism connected to the motor shaft, and a drive shaft connected to the rotational coupling mechanism that forms the shape of a “U.” A pair of enmeshed bevel gears transfers the motion from the motor shaft to an orthogonal tool bit. The drive train may also include a hammering device that transfers a rotational impacting motion to the tool bit. A hand power tool for driving a screw may include a tool shell with an integrally formed vertical handle, a rotational recess formed into the tool shell opposite the handle, and a tool chuck within the rotational recess that drives a screw. The tool may incorporate the drive train as described above. The tool may include a mechanism for locking the tool chuck in a particular position. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231778 | Power Tools with Reconfigurable Secondary Switch - In one illustrative embodiment, a power tool may comprise a housing supporting a motor, a primary switch coupled to the housing and configured to control a supply of energy to the motor, and an secondary switch that is reconfigurable between a first position near the primary switch and a second position spaced apart from the first position. When the secondary switch is coupled to the housing in the first position, the primary switch and the secondary switch may be configured such that a user holding the power tool with only one hand can operate both the primary switch and the secondary switch using the one hand. When the secondary switch is coupled to the housing in the second position, the primary switch and the secondary switch may be configured to require the user of the power tool to simultaneously operate the primary switch and the secondary switch using two hands. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231779 | HANDLE FOR A WORK APPARATUS HAVING A DRIVE MOTOR - A handle for a work apparatus has an actuation member for controlling the rpm of a drive motor of the work apparatus. The actuation member is mounted in the handle and has a pressure surface for the fingers of a user hand. In an initial position, the actuation member protrudes with its pressure surface beyond the grip surface of the handle and, in a position for continuous operation of the motor, has dipped into the grip surface so that the pressure surface of the actuation member lies at the level of the grip surface. A recess extends in the longitudinal direction of the handle and is formed in the grip surface. The recess overlaps the pressure surface of the actuation member so that the actuation member is displaced into the handle via the recess to a boost position whereat the pressure surface lies within the grip surface. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231780 | BICYCLE CLAMP - The present disclosure relates to a bicycle clamp including a rail having an elongated orientation having a first end opposite a second end. A first stabilizer is attached to the rail adjacent to the first end, the first stabilizer configured to at least partially receive an associated frame of a bicycle and a second stabilizer is operably attached to the rail and movable along the rail between the first stabilizer adjacent the first end and the second end. The second stabilizer is adapted to be rigidly attached to the rail at a support position. The second stabilizer is configured to at least partially receive the associated frame of a bicycle wherein the bicycle repair clamp is configured to be placed against the associated frame of a bicycle to support the bicycle in a maintenance position. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231781 | ROBOT TRAVELING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH CABLE TRACK, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND MACHINING SYSTEM - A robot traveling system, which enables sufficient space to be secured by a machine that is installed along a rail. The robot traveling system is provided with a rail, a carriage which can move along the rail and which supports a robot, a drive mechanism which drives the carriage, and a cable track which houses a cable which has a connecting end which is connected to the robot and is laid at the bottom side of the rail along that rail. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231782 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on a display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231783 | OPTIMALLY POSITIONING AN IDLE ROBOTIC ACCESSOR IN A TAPE LIBRARY - In one embodiment, a system includes a controller for controlling a robotic accessor, and a memory in communication with and/or integrated with the controller for storing information about media and storage slots. The information includes data corresponding to a physical distribution of the media in the storage slots. Logic integrated with and/or executable by the controller is configured to position the robotic accessor at a computed optimal position during an idle period of the robotic accessor, the computed optimal position being based at least in part on at least one of: (a) the data corresponding to the physical distribution of the media in the storage slots, and (b) a center of access calculated using the data corresponding to the physical distribution of the media in the storage slots. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231784 | ROBOT CONTROLLER LEARNING SYSTEM - A threshold learning control system for learning a controller of a robot. The system includes a threshold learning module, a regime classifier, and an exploratory controller, each receiving sensory inputs from a sensor system of the robot. The regime classifier determines a control regime based on the received sensor inputs and communicates the control regime to the threshold learning module. The exploratory controller also receives control parameters from the threshold learning module. A control arbiter receives commands from the exploratory controller and limits from the threshold learning module, The control arbiter issues modified commands based on the received limits to the robot controller. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231785 | ROBOT SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL DROPPING OF CONVEYED OBJECTS - A robot system comprises a robot provided with a robot arm and a robot hand, and a control device for controlling the motion of the robot, wherein a permitted area where a teaching operation for the robot hand should be permitted is preset within a maximum area which the robot hand can reach. The control device is provided with a judging part which judges if the robot hand as a whole is present in the permitted area, based on robot hand position information, and a teaching operation restricting part which permits a teaching operation for the robot hand when it is judged that the robot hand as a whole is present in the permitted area and prohibits a teaching operation for the robot hand when it is judged that the robot hand as a whole is not present in the permitted area. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231786 | MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE ROBOT - A prediction model for predicting a mobile robot state is constructed to represent a state change of the mobile robot in a prediction interval of a predetermined duration; time-series data on a control input to ensure stability of the mobile robot is obtained in the prediction interval using a predetermined stability evaluation criterion and a constraint condition based on a mechanical balance; a center-of-gravity trajectory of the mobile robot is obtained based on the time-series data and prediction model; a slack variable for relaxing a constraint is introduced into a constraint condition; a slack variable is introduced into the stability evaluation criterion such that the variable becomes zero when a solution to a stable trajectory is obtained under the constraint condition and a slack variable value is generated when the trajectory diverges under the constraint condition; and positions of contact points are changed so as to cancel the generated value. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231787 | ROBOT CONTROLLER, ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD - A robot controller includes a force control unit that outputs a correction value of a target track of a robot based on a detected sensor value acquired from a force sensor, a target value output unit that obtains a target value by performing correction processing on the target track based on the correction value and outputs the obtained target value, and a robot control unit that performs feedback control of the robot based on the target value. Further, the force control unit performs first force control when an external force direction indicated by the detected sensor value is a first direction, and performs second force control different from the first force control when the external force direction is a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231788 | END EFFECTOR WITH MULTIPLE PICK-UP MEMBERS - An end effector for use with a moving device has a frame and a plurality of operational members mounted for movement on the frame. The effector also has an actuation mechanism directly connected to a first operational member and is operable to move the first operational member from a first position to a second position, and from the second position to the first position. A linking apparatus is provided for linking the first operational member to a second operational member. The actuation mechanism moves the first operational member from the first position to the second position, and results in the second operational member being moved by the linking apparatus from a third position to a fourth position. The operational members can be pick up members for picking up items at one pitch and releasing them at a second pitch. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231789 | CUTTING APPARATUS, CUTTING DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CUTTING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A cutting apparatus moves a cutting blade and an object to be cut relative to each other based on cutting data, thereby cutting a pattern out of the object. The apparatus includes an extraction unit extracting from the cutting data positions of cutting start and end points of cutting line and a setting unit changing the positions of the points to a position on the cutting line other than a specified position on the cutting line when the extracted positions are on an apex of neighboring line segments of the cutting line, in a case where a closed pattern is cut out. The cutting line includes continuing line segments, and the setting unit sets the cutting start and end points at the line segment within a successive obtuse angle region where an obtuse angle that is made between neighboring line segments and is not less than a threshold is successive. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231790 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING TWO SUBSTRATES - This disclosure relates to a device for separating two substrates to be utilized in electronics, optics, optoelectronics and/or photovoltaics. The device separates the substrates at an interface, the device comprising:
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20150231791 | CONVERTIBLE SLICING/DICING MANDOLIN AND METHOD - The cutting device can be used to slice, make julienne strips, and/or dice food items. In dicing, preferably the horizontal slicer blade is retracted during a first pass of the slider past the julienne blades, and after the slider has been rotated by 90°, during a second pass, the horizontal blade is erected to make the horizontal cut and complete the dicing operation. A slicing width adjustment is provided with a large diameter threaded member being adjustable to support a movable platform, with an adjustable locking mechanism to support the end of the platform nearest the horizontal cutting blade. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEPARATING TUBING SLEEVES FROM A TUBING HOLDER - A method includes selecting a cutting wheel assembly of a plurality of cutting wheel assemblies of a cutting system. Each cutting wheel assembly includes a different number of cutting blades. The method includes using a feed system to feed tubing toward the cutting system. The method also includes using the cutting system to cut the tubing concurrently at a plurality of locations to separate one or more subsections of tubing. The plurality of locations corresponds to a particular number of cutting blades of the selected cutting wheel assembly. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231793 | Cutting Strand Segment - A cutting strand segment for a cutting strand of a machine tool separating device includes at least one blade carrier element, at least one blade element arranged on the blade carrier element, and at least one cutting depth limiting element arranged on the blade carrier element which is configured to limit a maximum cutting depth of the blade element to a value that is less than 0.5 mm. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231794 | Automatic Clipping Line - A method and apparatus for trimming the edges of sheets including providing a conveyor, a first saw and a second saw, first conveying the sheets on the conveyor past the first saw, trimming a first side edge of the sheets, and then conveying the sheets on the conveyor past the second saw and trimming a second side edge of the sheets. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231795 | FIBER COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH ANTI-BONDING COATINGS - Methods and systems for forming a thin-layer moisture-resistant fiber composite material involve pressing a mixture of fibers and resin between a pair of heated dies at least one of which includes a working surface coated with a hard ormosil coating including a cross-linked organically-modified silica network. The use of such coatings may yield composite sheet materials having improved surface quality, sharper edges, and greater draw angles than previously possible. Some systems for making thin-layer fiber composite materials may utilize ormosil coatings on various working surfaces of equipment coming into contact with the fiber and resin mixture, such as surfaces of machinery for mixing or conveying the mixture to the dies. | 2015-08-20 |
20150231796 | TREATED COMPONENT AND METHODS OF FORMING A TREATED COMPONENT - A treated component and methods for forming a treated component are disclosed. The methods include providing an untreated component having an untreated creep strength. The untreated component is formed by a three-dimensional printing process, and is treated to yield the treated component having a treated creep strength. The treated component comprises an arrangement formed by the three-dimensional printing process, wherein the arrangement has been subjected to treating to increase creep strength. | 2015-08-20 |