Patents Examined by Alvaro E Fortich
  • Patent number: 11977133
    Abstract: A device for measuring magnetism of a permanent magnet material at a high temperature includes a laser device, a power controller, a light beam controller, a temperature controller, a magnetism measurement unit, temperature sensors, and electromagnet pole heads. The electromagnet pole heads are divided into an upper piece and a lower piece for clamping upper and lower surfaces of a sample. Heat absorbing sheets are respectively fixed on front and rear surfaces of the sample. Temperatures of the heat absorbing sheets are measured by the temperature sensors. The sample is heated by laser, and the temperature controller is used to adjust a ratio of light beams of the power controller and the light beam controller irradiating the heat absorbing sheets on the front and rear surfaces of the sample, thus adjusting the temperatures of the heat absorbing sheets. The magnetism of the sample is measured using the magnetism measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qiong Wu, Hangfu Yang, Hongliang Ge, Nengjun Yu, Minxiang Pan, Xiani Huang, Zisheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11976949
    Abstract: Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Corephotonics Lid.
    Inventors: Itay Yedid, Ephraim Goldenberg, Gil Bachar, Gal Barak, Yiftah Kowal
  • Patent number: 11972674
    Abstract: An electric utility meter including a Hall Effect sensor configured to sense a magnetic field proximate the electric utility meter. The electric utility meter also includes a controller having an electronic processor, the controller configured to receive a signal indicative of a magnitude of the magnetic field proximate the electric utility meter from the sensor, determine whether the magnitude of the magnetic field exceeds a first magnitude threshold and whether a threshold flag has been set, set the threshold flag when the threshold flag has not been set and the magnitude exceeds the first magnitude threshold, determine an amount of time for which the magnitude has exceeded the first magnitude threshold when the threshold flag has been set, and generate an alert indicative of a magnetic tamper event when the amount of time exceeds a time threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aclara Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Lee McDougall, Jr., Charles Andrew Waters
  • Patent number: 11969812
    Abstract: A training system comprises a training stand, a width, a length, a spacing measurement assembly, a training assembly, and a controller. each among a plurality of blade disks comprise a blade disk having a body portion, a center aperture, a diameter, a plurality of punched teeth, a sharpened edge, a center point, an outer edge and a center aperture diameter. portions of the plurality of blade disks comprises one or more misaligned disks and one or more nominal disks. The plurality of blade disks comprise at least a first disk and a last disk. each among the plurality of blade disks are attached to a mandrel along a center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Gin Services LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Lloyd Ford, Danny J Ford
  • Patent number: 11971461
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes an insulating layer including a protruding surface, a first MR element, and a second MR element. The protruding surface includes a first curved surface portion. The first curved surface portion includes a first portion including an upper end portion of the protruding surface, and a second portion continuous with the first portion at a position away from the upper end portion of the protruding surface. When the shape of the protruding surface is regarded as a function Z, the mean value of the absolute value of a second derivative Z? of the function Z corresponding to the first portion is smaller than the mean value of the absolute value of the second derivative Z? of the function Z corresponding to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromichi Umehara, Kenzo Makino, Masachika Hashino
  • Patent number: 11971459
    Abstract: A sensor system may include a first magnet arranged such that a position of the first magnet corresponds to a position of a trigger element on a linear trajectory. The sensor system may include a second magnet arranged such that a position of the second magnet corresponds to a selected position of a selection element. The sensor system may include a magnetic sensor to detect a strength of a first magnetic field component, a strength of a second magnetic field component, and a strength of a third magnetic field component. The magnetic sensor may be further to determine the position of the trigger element based on the strength of the first magnetic field component and the strength of the second magnetic field component, and to determine the selected position of the selection element based on the strength of the third magnetic field component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Ladurner, Richard Heinz
  • Patent number: 11970932
    Abstract: A method for ranging to locate a target borehole. The method may include disposing a bottom hole assembly (BHA) into an intercept borehole, disposing a downhole tool into a reference borehole, imaging a target borehole for the intercept borehole to get a first set of measurement, imaging the target borehole from the reference borehole to get a second set of measurements, and combining the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements to determine a direction and distance to the target borehole form the intercept borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler Milford
  • Patent number: 11962079
    Abstract: The embodiments include an array in intimate adjacent contact with a substrate foundation. The array has a plurality of radio frequency (RF) witness films overlain on the substrate foundation. Each RF witness film is a unit cell defined in a three-dimensional coordinate frame of reference, and is centered at an origin of the three-dimensional coordinate frame of reference. Each RF witness film in the plurality of RF witness films is equally-spaced from adjacent RF witness films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Zachary A. Sechrist, Christopher G. Yelton, Mark B. Moran, Linda F Johnson, Joseph E. Estevez, Gretchen H. Hefley
  • Patent number: 11959964
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing electrical parameters of a target chip includes: a function generator; a switch matrix module; a plurality of source measurement units (SMUs); at least one of the SMUs is configured to provide power supply for the target chip; at least one of the SMUs is coupled to the switch matrix module; and at least two of said SMUs are test SMUs coupled to ports of the target chip and the function generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEMITRONIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiabai Cheng, Wei Chen, Ludan Yang, Fan Lan
  • Patent number: 11953364
    Abstract: A measuring arrangement for measuring a fill level in a bypass of a container with a measuring instrument, in particular a fill level or point level measuring instrument, wherein the bypass is connected to the container by means of at least two container connections, characterized by a monitoring device for monitoring a consistency of the container connections, which is coupled with the measuring instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Clemens Hengstler, Matthias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11953537
    Abstract: Disclosed are a test device and a test method thereof. The test device includes a first electrode, an electron transport unit, a charge generation layer, a hole transport unit and a second electrode which are stacked; the charge generation layer includes an N-type doped layer and a P-type doped layer which is stacked on the N-type doped layer, the N-type doped layer is adjacent to the electron transport unit, and the P-type doped layer is adjacent to the hole transport unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhaoyang Xi
  • Patent number: 11953422
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of detecting incipient corrosion on surfaces of an object. The method comprising immersing the object into an electrolyte, and detecting by electrochemical techniques the presence of corrosion on the surfaces of the object based on current originating from redox reaction of iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mikael Bergelin, Janne Lahtiranta, Juho Lehmusto, Berndt Södergård
  • Patent number: 11953568
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wide-range perpendicular sensitive magnetic sensor and the method for manufacturing the same, the magnetic sensor includes a substrate, a plurality of magnetic tunnel junctions, a plurality of magnetic flux regulators, a first output port and a second output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DIGITAL GRID RES. INST., CHINA SOUTHERN PWR. GRID
    Inventors: Peng Li, Qiancheng Lv, Bing Tian, Zejie Tan, Zhiming Wang, Jie Wei, Renze Chen, Xiaopeng Fan, Zhong Liu, Zhenheng Xu, Senjing Yao, Licheng Li, Yuehuan Lin, Shengrong Liu, Bofeng Luo, Jiaming Zhang, Xu Yin
  • Patent number: 11946989
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes at least one magnetic sensor and a support. A center of gravity of an element layout area of the at least one magnetic sensor is deviated from a center of gravity of a reference plane of the support. The at least one magnetic sensor includes four resistor sections constituted by a plurality of magnetoresistive elements. Magnetization of a free layer in each of two of the resistor sections includes a component in a third magnetization direction. The magnetization of a free layer in each of the other two resistor sections includes a component in a fourth magnetization direction opposite to the third magnetization direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu Ota, Hiraku Hirabayashi, Kazuma Yamawaki, Shuhei Miyazaki, Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11940588
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for clay detection, clay typing, and clay volume quantification using downhole electromagnetic measurements conducted by a downhole logging tool on a formation at a low frequency less than 5000 Hz. The downhole electromagnetic measurements are used to determine permittivity data that characterizes permittivity of the formation at the low frequency less than 5000 Hz. The downhole low frequency electromagnetic measurements are nondestructive, and the results indicate it is with high sensitivity to the existence of clays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouxiang Ma, Ping Zhang, Wael Abdallah, Chengbing Liu
  • Patent number: 11940404
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and devices for detecting molecules. In some embodiments, a system for detecting molecules comprises an amplifier and a nanopore unit, wherein the nanopore unit comprises a nanopore, a sense electrode, a counter electrode, and a shield situated between the sense electrode and the counter electrode and coupled to an output of the amplifier. The shield may be recessed from a hole in the nanopore. A system or device may include an array of nanopore units that may share some components, such as a read amplifier, a digitizer, drive circuitry, control logic, and/or a multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Bedau
  • Patent number: 11933834
    Abstract: A method of detecting self-clearing, sub-cycle faults comprises sensing a current condition and a voltage condition at a location along a power cable. The sensed conditions are relayed to an analyzing device, the analyzing device including a current peak detector. The presence of a measured current value is determined. If the measured current value is greater than a current threshold value, a faulted circuit indicator (FCI) analysis is performed to determine the presence or absence of an FCI fault. If an FCI fault is absent, an incipient fault analysis is performed, wherein the RMS current values before and after a threshold event are compared and the voltage total harmonic distortion (THD) before and after the event are compared. If the two current values are within a first predetermined percentage and the THD values differ by a second predetermined percentage, then an incipient fault is reported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Phillip J. Bergeron
  • Patent number: 11933816
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to test equipment, apparatuses, and systems for a device under test, such as, but not limited to, a semiconductor device. More specifically, this disclosure relates to test equipment, apparatuses, and systems that are portable for use in atypical testing environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CELADON SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William A. Funk, Garrett Tranquillo, Riley Kaiser
  • Patent number: 11927648
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic sensor less subject to an environmental magnetic field. A magnetic sensor includes magnetic detection elements MR1 to MR4 positioned on a first plane P1 and a magnetic member 30A provided on a second plane P2. The magnetic member 30A includes first and second leg parts 41 and 42 and a first main body part 51 positioned between the first and second leg parts 41 and 42 so as to form a first space 61 between itself and the second plane P2. The magnetic detection elements MR1 to MR4 are covered with the first main body part 51. According to the present invention, magnetic field to be detected is collected to the first and second leg parts 41 and 42, and the magnetic detection elements MR1 to MR4 are covered with the first main body part 51, thereby allowing an environmental magnetic field acting as noise to bypass the magnetic detection elements MR1 to MR4 through the first main body part 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11927606
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a silicon substrate having an active surface; a first sensing area disposed near a first edge of the active surface of the silicon substrate such that the first sensing area has at least one first magnetic sensing element is made of a first compound semiconductor material and contact pads; and a second sensing area disposed near a second edge of the active surface of the silicon substrate, such that the second edge is substantially opposite to the first edge, such that the second sensing area has at least one second magnetic sensing element made of a second compound semiconductor material and contact pads. A processing circuit is disposed of in the silicon substrate and is electrically connected via wire bonds and/or a redistribution layer with the contact pads of the first and second sensing areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA
    Inventors: Lucian Barbut, Francis Monchal, Simon Houis, Lionel Tombez