Patents Examined by Chad Erdman
  • Patent number: 10126790
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a temperature control system for a substrate support assembly disposed in a substrate processing system. In one embodiment, a temperature control system is disclosed herein. The temperature control system includes a remote fluid source and a main frame system. The remote fluid source includes a first reservoir and a second reservoir. The main frame system includes a first fluid loop and a second fluid loop. The first fluid loop is coupled to, and configured to receive a first fluid from, the first reservoir. The second fluid loop is coupled to and configured to receive a second fluid from the second reservoir. The first proportioning valve has a first inlet in communication with the first fluid loop and a second inlet in communication with the second fluid loop. The first proportioning valve has an outlet configured to flow a third fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: John M. White
  • Patent number: 10130020
    Abstract: A mounting head is formed of a main body section and a plurality of nozzle holding units, and each of the plurality of nozzle holding units is mounted to the main body section in an exchangeable manner. The height of a suction nozzle when the mounting head is moving over a circuit board is different for each of the plurality of nozzle holding units. In a mounting machine using such a mounting head, due to an installation position optimization program being executed, an installation position of a tape feeder in which electronic components which are scheduled to be mounted to the circuit board which is conveyed by one of a pair of conveyance devices are stored is set to a tape feeder installation table of a supply device of a side close to the one conveyance device of the pair of supply devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagata, Hirotoshi Yamane
  • Patent number: 10114386
    Abstract: A control system includes an electro-hydraulic servo valve configured to move about a plurality of positions in response to receiving an analog bi-polar current signal. An electronic field programmable gate array (FPGA) generates first and second digital pulse width modulation (PWM) signals according to an adjustable duty cycle. An electronic bridge circuit is in electrical communication with the FPGA to convert the first and second digital PWM signals into the bi-polar current signal. An electronic current sensing circuit is in electrical communication with the bridge circuit, the current sensing circuit configured to generate a digital feedback signal indicating an average current level of the bi-polar signal. The FPGA controls the duty cycle based on at least the average current level indicated by the digital feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Camila Summers, Eric Duane Ronning
  • Patent number: 10107204
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a fluid based engineering system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states of the model processor, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode. The model processor may further include an estimate state module for determining an estimated state of the model based on a prior state model output and the current state model of the open loop model, the estimate state module determining estimator gain associated with the current state model and applying the estimator gain to determine the estimated state of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Boris Karpman, Richard P. Meisner
  • Patent number: 10107203
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a fluid based system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode, wherein the open loop model generates current state derivatives, solver state errors, synthesized parameters as a function of the dynamic states and a model input vector. A constraint on the state derivatives and solver state errors is based on a series, of utilities that are based on mathematical abstractions of physical laws that govern behavior of the component. The model processor may include an estimate state module for determining an estimated state of the model based on at least one of a prior state, the current state derivatives, the solver state errors, and the synthesized parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Boris Karpman, Richard P. Meisner, Matthew Donald, Thomas E. Case
  • Patent number: 10101724
    Abstract: A laser machining robot includes a manipulator, a robot controller, and a laser machining head. The robot controller controls the operation of the manipulator. The laser machining head is mounted to the manipulator and scans a laser beam. The laser machining head includes a servomotor for driving a member for scanning the laser beam. The drive of the servomotor is controlled by the robot controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yiheng Kung, Yasushi Mukai, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10090702
    Abstract: Reconfiguring a power system for an electrical load includes establishing a secondary feed to an electrical load that is receiving power from a primary power source. A set of secondary feed lines is coupled between a donor power source and a power input to the electrical load such that the set of secondary feed lines is configured to supply power from the donor power source to the electrical load. An automatic transfer switch is coupled in parallel with the set of secondary feed lines. The electrical load is transferred by the automatic transfer switch from the donor power source to the primary power source for the reconfiguration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Noel Kellett, Patrick Hughes, Jonathan David Hay
  • Patent number: 10090705
    Abstract: A control unit of a plant facilities testing apparatus implements a first step of obtaining unupdated screen information and updated screen information, a second step of obtaining an unupdated test-item table file, a third step of comparing the unupdated screen information with the updated screen information and extracting a change item and an addition item while categorizing a difference thereinto, a fourth step of creating a test-item table file for an addition portion based on the addition item, a fifth step of creating a test-item table file for a change portion based on the change item and the unupdated test-item table file, and a sixth step of creating an updated test-item table file by combining the test-item table file for an addition portion with the test-item table file for a change portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuko Maeda, Shinichiro Tsudaka
  • Patent number: 10069302
    Abstract: A power flow control system is provided that is capable of improving the reliability of controlling power flow fluctuation and creating wide applicability for systems that control power flow fluctuation. A power-varying device (101) varies the distribution line power amount, which is a value of the power flow that flows in a distribution line (112) to which is connected a plurality of power sources (111) that each generate power. A measurement device (102) measures an index value relating to the total generated power amount, which is the sum total of the amount of power generated by each of the power sources. A calculation device (103) estimates the total generated power amount from the index value, and according to the estimation result, regulates the amount of change in the distribution line power amount that is changed by the power-varying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisato Sakuma, Koji Kudo, Hitoshi Yano, Kazuhiko Aoki, Yoshiho Yanagita, Eisuke Saneyoshi, Yuma Iwasaki, Ryo Hashimoto, Takahiro Toizumi
  • Patent number: 10054925
    Abstract: A field device to determine or monitor a process variable in automation technology The field device meets a safety standard that is required in a given safety-critical application, with a sensor working according to a defined measuring principle, and a control/evaluation unit that processes and evaluates the measuring data delivered by the sensor in uninterrupted sensor measuring mode along at least three redundantly and/or diversely designed measuring channels. The control/evaluation unit has at least two redundant reconfiguration controls assigned to it, and with one of the two redundant reconfiguration controls dynamically or partially dynamically reconfiguring the faulty measuring channel in case of a malfunction in one of the measuring channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Romuald Girardey
  • Patent number: 10048655
    Abstract: A control device outputs, to a to-be-controlled system which operates based on a control input and from which an observable amount varying cyclically is obtained, the control input based on the observable amount. The control device includes a deviation processing unit performing at least proportional integral control on a deviation between the observable amount and a command value being a target value of the observable amount and varying cyclically, and a totaling unit totaling an output of the deviation processing unit for each cycle of the command value to generate the control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Reiji Kawashima
  • Patent number: 10031567
    Abstract: Techniques are described for battery management in a computing device. The described techniques may be implemented by a battery offline module that provides functionality to control utilization of a battery such as determining whether the battery is available to receive power from a power source. For instance, the battery offline module may receive an input requesting that a battery be taken offline, determine whether system conditions for taking the battery offline are met, and take the battery offline when the system conditions are met such that the battery is not capable of receiving power from a power source of the computing device. In some instances, the battery offline module may cause different powering and charging arrangements between multiple batteries of the computing device. By implementing the battery offline module in the computing device, battery utilization is controlled to improve battery life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ceceli Ann Wilhelmi, Ricardo Marquez, Ying Huang, Wei Guo
  • Patent number: 9996131
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with electrical fast transient tolerant input/output (I/O) communication (e.g., universal serial bus (USB)) design are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include common mode extraction circuitry to extract a common mode voltage from a USB input signal for a USB device, compare the common mode voltage with a reference voltage range and determine, based on the comparison, that the common mode voltage is outside of the reference voltage range. In the embodiments, the apparatus may further include processing circuitry to adjust the common mode voltage to within the reference voltage range. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Amit Kumar Srivastava
  • Patent number: 9995186
    Abstract: A method for releasing a catching of a locking pin may include a control application step of releasing the locking pin from a locking pin hole by an electronic control unit (ECU) so that a catching phenomenon of the locking pin due to friction force into a rotation direction of a cam is prevented, and a cam shaking prevention control logic alternately performing, by the ECU, a holding control stopping a rotation of the cam and a rotation control of the cam into a target direction so that it is prevented that the cam is rotated in a direction which is opposite to a rotation target direction of the cam when the releasing of the locking pin is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Joo Kim, Do Geun Jung
  • Patent number: 9979343
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a proportional control signal circuit (PCSC), an HVAC controller employing the same and an HVAC system including the HVAC controller. In one embodiment, the PCSC includes: (1) a signal input configured to receive a pulse width modulated signal, (2) a control input configured to receive an integration signal, (3) a signal output and (4) control circuitry, coupled to the signal input, the control input and the signal output, configured to provide either the pulse width modulated signal or a DC signal to the signal output based on the integration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie Curry, Darko Hadzidedic
  • Patent number: 9958850
    Abstract: An energy management system is disclosed having an in situ processing unit with a measuring unit capable of measuring a set of power related parameters over a main electricity cable. The system has a first processing unit capable of processing the power related parameters by applying a signature detection algorithm, for detecting an event relating to turning ON or OFF an electronic and/or electric appliance and for characterizing the event. The system also has means for transferring to a server a data packet having an output of said signature detection algorithm. The processing unit triggers the transfer of a data packet only in case such an event is detected. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring the use of electronic and/or electric appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Smappee NV
    Inventors: Joost Bruneel, Hans Delabie
  • Patent number: 9958933
    Abstract: Described herein in various embodiments are techniques to better coordinate long wakeup events on a network processor that are due to radio or network activity with the long wakeups that are due to requests from an application processor. In one embodiment, power management logic can receive wake requests from system processes upon notice that one or more application processors are transitioning into a low power state. The power management logic can coalesce the wake requests based on a supplied margin and determine a wake timeframe in which the application processor may be opportunistically woken from the low power state. The power management logic can provide the wake timeframe for the application processor to a network processor in the system. The network processor can opportunistically cause an early wake of the application processor during the wake timeframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Varaprasad V. Lingutla, Cyril De La Cropte De Chanterac
  • Patent number: 9958927
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a plurality of power supplies connected for supplying power to a computer system, wherein the plurality of power supplies includes at least one redundant power supply in a standby mode. For each of the plurality of power supplies identified, the method determines a length of a power supply cable connected between the power supply and a power distribution unit for supplying power to the power supply. The method further includes placing one or more of the plurality of power supplies in an active mode in ascending order of the length of the cable connected to the power supply, and supplying power to the computer system using the one or more of the plurality of power supplies in the active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Luke D. Remis, Brian C. Totten, Michael DeCesaris
  • Patent number: 9952653
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus has a first power mode and a second power mode in which electric power consumption is smaller than in the first power mode. The second information processing apparatus is capable of communicating with the first information processing apparatus and an external apparatus via a network. Definition information including identification information identifying a packet received via the network and process information indicating a process to be performed on the packet is received at least from one of the first information processing apparatus and the external apparatus. If a packet is received from the external apparatus in the second power mode, the packet is analyzed to identify definition information corresponding to the packet based on the identification information. A process is performed according to the process information included in the definition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Minoru Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 9945572
    Abstract: Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controllers are described herein. One method includes receiving an approximate relationship between each of a number of controlled and manipulated variables of an HVAC system, designating one of the number of controlled variables as a primary controlled variable, determining operating parameters for each of the number of manipulated variables that maintain the primary controlled variable based, at least in part, on the approximate relationship between the primary controlled variable and each respective manipulated variable, and determining operating parameters for each of the number of manipulated variables that maintain each of the other controlled variables based, at least in part, on the approximate relationship between each respective other controlled variable and each respective manipulated variable and the determined operating parameters for each of the number of manipulated variables that maintain the primary controlled variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Purnaprajna R. Mangsuli, Ranganathan Srinivasan, Paul Wacker, Ondrej Holub