Patents Examined by Christopher E Mahoney
  • Patent number: 11698174
    Abstract: A device for day lighting the interior of structure deploys reflective louvers that are spaced apart in stacks. The louvers include a coating or multilayer structure that is operative to reflect visible light but transmit IR light through the louver. The louvers also have a retro-reflective structure to return the IR light by reverse reflection in the opposite direction of the incident light, which is back toward the sun. The interior of the structure is more uniformly illuminated with visible light while the louvers and interior are not heated by IR light or radiation from the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SERRALUX INC.
    Inventor: Mark E Gardiner
  • Patent number: 11685170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for simultaneously performing printing of tablets and inspection on exteriors of the tablets, and provides a device for printing a tablet and inspecting an exterior of the tablet, comprising a transfer unit arranging and transferring tablets supplied from a tablet supplier in a line; a pre-printing image-capturing unit located on a transfer path on which the tablets are transferred to discriminate positions and orientations of the tablets, and disposed to capture images of exteriors of the tablets being transferred; a tablet printing unit located next to the pre-printing image-capturing unit on the transfer path on which the tablets are transferred, and printing the tablets being transferred, in consideration of discriminated results acquired from the images captured by the pre-printing image-capturing unit; and a post-printing image-capturing unit located next to the tablet printing unit on the transfer path on which the tablets are transferred, and capturing images
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Enclony Inc
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Lee, Byung In Kim
  • Patent number: 11685172
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance path including a curving part, an inversion path for inverting a medium upside down, and a control unit, and the control unit includes a first mode for conveying the long medium at a first speed when a surface that faces inside when the long medium is rolled in a roll shape and a surface that faces inside when conveyed in a curved shape through the curving part are the same, and a second mode for conveying the long medium at a second speed lower than the first speed of the first mode when the surface that faces inside when the long medium is rolled in the roll shape and the surface that faces inside when conveyed in the curved shape through the curving part are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Yajima
  • Patent number: 11685177
    Abstract: A recording device includes a first cover that is movable with respect to a recording unit that performs recording on a sheet, and that moves to a first open position for opening a space where the recording medium to be recorded by the recording unit is transported, and to a first closed position for closing the space, and a second cover movable with respect to the first cover. A movement direction of the first cover includes the same directional component as a movement direction of the second cover with respect to the recording unit, and a first coupling portion that couples the first cover and the second cover is provided in the recording device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Sakai, Yukiya Beppu
  • Patent number: 11686782
    Abstract: A power cable failure prediction apparatus and method includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature around a vehicle, a resistance measurer configured to measure a resistance of a cable connected to a drive motor of the vehicle, and a controller configured to predict in advance whether the cable is damaged by comparing the temperature around the vehicle with the resistance of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Jun Yang, Sang Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11679611
    Abstract: A hand-operated stamp (1) comprising a housing (2) in which a stamp unit (3) coupled to an actuating part (8) which can be displaced with respect to the housing (2) is mounted, wherein the actuating part (8) has a locking element (10, 10?) for limiting a displacement of the actuating part (8) with respect to the housing (2), wherein the locking element (10, 10?) is configured as a rocker element (10a) on a pivot shaft (14), wherein the actuating part (8) has a recess (22) for receiving the rocker element (10a), wherein the pivot shaft (14) is arranged in the recess (22), wherein the actuating part (8) has a supporting strut (23) in the recess (22), wherein the supporting strut (23) is arranged parallel to the pivot shaft (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: COLOR STEMPELERZEUGUNG SKOPEK GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. & CO. KG.
    Inventor: Johann Wilflingseder
  • Patent number: 11683587
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera device with optical image stabilization, comprising: a base, a first carrying member, a camera module, a first optical compensating component, a second optical compensating component, and a guiding component. The first carrying member is slidably assembled to the base. The second carrying member is movably assembled to the first carrying member. The first force interaction member and the second force interaction member are configured to be force-interacted. The second optical compensating component comprises a third force interaction member disposed on the base and a fourth force interaction member disposed on the first carrying member. The guiding component is connected with the base and the first carrying member. The third force interaction member and the fourth force interaction member are configured to be force-interacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lanto Electronic Limited
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Wu, Tao-Chun Chen, Wen-Yen Huang, Meng-Ting Lin, Shang-Yu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11679451
    Abstract: A system and method for performing laser marking may include identifying an event performed by a laser marking system. A laser marking unit may be driven to mark the feature on the part. The part may be illuminated with a visible illumination signal to indicate an occurrence of the event in response to identifying the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.
    Inventor: Lorenzo Bassi
  • Patent number: 11679585
    Abstract: A printing apparatus that performs printing by using a print head includes a first power supply, a second power supply, and a control unit. The first power supply supplies a first voltage to the print head through a first supply line. The second power supply supplies a second voltage to the print head through a second supply line. The control unit supplies the first voltage from the first power supply without supplying a voltage from the second power supply at the time of an inspection of the print head, and executes a process action concerning a current leakage when a voltage exceeding a predetermined first threshold is generated on the second supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Ogi, Hisao Okita
  • Patent number: 11681203
    Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a movable portion used for connecting to an optical element having an optical axis, a fixed portion, and a second driving assembly used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion includes a bottom having a window corresponding to the optical axis, a first blade corresponding to the window, and is movable relative to the bottom, a connecting element movable relative to the bottom and is used for bringing the first blade to move, and a first driving assembly used for driving the connecting element to move relative to the bottom. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The fixed portion has a polygonal structure when viewed along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsi Wang, Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 11675252
    Abstract: An interface facility has a first facility element connected to an ocular, a device case configured to connect to a smart device, a second facility element connected to the device case, the first and second facility elements being configured to connect to each other in a connected condition and to detach from each other, the first facility element being registered with a first optical axis associated with the ocular, the second facility element being registered with a second optical axis associated with the camera, the first and second optical axes being registered with each other when the first and second facility elements are in the connected condition, such that the camera records images generated by the ocular. The first and second facility elements may comprise a bayonet mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
    Inventors: Quint Dean Crispin, Timothy J. Lesser, Zachary Matthew Bird
  • Patent number: 11675250
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa
  • Patent number: 11668763
    Abstract: An analog fault detection circuit is disclosed. The analog fault detection circuit comprises an input terminal, an input circuit path coupled to the input terminal at a first end and a first sampling switch coupled to the second end of the input circuit path. The first sampling switch is configured to sample an input path voltage at the second end of the input circuit path to provide a first analog to digital converter (ADC) input voltage. The analog fault detection circuit further comprises a first ADC conversion circuit configured to convert the first ADC input voltage to a first digital ADC output; and a first broken wire detection circuit coupled between the first sampling switch and the first ADC conversion circuit, and configured to adaptively pulldown or pullup the first ADC input voltage, in order to detect a fault associated with a first analog circuit path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ketan Dewan, Rocco Calabro, Juergen Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11667134
    Abstract: A printing device includes: a main body including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a printing medium; a cover displaceable between an open position where the accommodation portion is opened and a closed position where the accommodation portion is closed; a platen roller attached to the cover and rotatably supported by the cover; a peeling roller attached to the cover and supported so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller; and a switching mechanism attached to the cover and configured to switch the peeling roller between a contact position where the peeling roller comes into contact with the platen roller and a non-contact position where the peeling roller is away from the platen roller in conjunction with displacement of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Asai, Yushi Kato, Masashi Tanizaki, Koshiro Shimoda, Shotaro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11667099
    Abstract: A die and counter die system for impressing a relief pattern onto a substrate, including a male die film and at least one female die. The female die includes a female-die contact surface including at least one cavity defining the relief pattern. The male die film includes a flexible male-die contact surface which is featureless in a region thereof opposing the relief pattern on the at least one female die. The system further includes a compression mechanism adapted, when the substrate is disposed between the male die contact surface and the female die contact surface, to move the male die film and the at least one female die towards one another so as to impress the relief pattern on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HIGHCON SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Ron Or, Michael Karp, Claudio Rottman
  • Patent number: 11668996
    Abstract: A lens cap device, comprising a base configured as inner ring; an outer ring configured to be rotatable relative to the base; and a plurality of curved blades rotatably connected to the base and slidably connected to the outer ring, wherein the plurality of curved blades is configured to function as an iris; and wherein when the outer ring is rotated, each blade in the plurality of curved blades travels from an outer position that defines an opening to an inward position that defines a closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley Hogan Rivas Devine, Beau Oyler, Luke Gonos
  • Patent number: 11662368
    Abstract: A sensor probe includes a body having first and second channels that are spaced apart and extend through the body approximately parallel to each other. A first end of a Rogowski coil is fixed within the first channel. The Rogowski coil passes through the second channel and loops back to the first channel where a second end of the Rogowski coil is selectively insertable into the first channel opposite the first end of the Rogowski coil. A non-contact sensor coupled to the body is positioned between the first and second channels to measure a parameter of an insulated conductor situated within the loop formed by the Rogowski coil. The size of an interior region within the loop is selectively adjustable by sliding movement of the Rogowski coil within the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Ginger M. Woo, Gloria M. Chun, Ricardo Rodriguez, Ronald Steuer
  • Patent number: 11662395
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a soak tester apparatus for testing an implantable enclosure having an impedance engine, a multiplexer and a removably attached cartridge, which cartridge has a plurality of threads, comprising a Faraday cage housing; a receptacle disposed within the Faraday cage housing, wherein the receptacle is configured to host an implantable enclosure having an impedance engine, a multiplexer and a removably attached cartridge, which cartridge has a plurality of threads; and a pigtail disposed within the Faraday cage housing having a charging coil configured to power the implantable enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NEURALINK CORP.
    Inventors: John W. F. To, Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, Julian Borrey, Russell Ohnemus, Joshua S. Hess, Robin E. Young, Sonal Pinto
  • Patent number: 11654702
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a first transport path, a second transport path, a first discharge roller pair, a second discharge roller pair, a first driving motor configured to drive the first discharge driving roller, a second driving motor configured to drive the second discharge driving roller, and a movement mechanism capable of moving the second discharge roller pair between a sandwiching state where a second discharge driving roller and a second discharge driven roller sandwich a recording medium, and a separated state where the second discharge driving roller and the second discharge driven roller are separated. In a part of a period in which the recording medium is transported, the second discharge roller pair is in the separated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Waki, Yuki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11648783
    Abstract: A portable label printer for printing content onto a surface of a label is provided. The label has a chip disposed therein. The portable label printer includes a main body, an RFID antenna assembly, a front cover unit, a back cover unit, and a print head module. The front and back cover units are disposed in the main body, and a paper exit port is formed between the front and back cover units. The RFID antenna assembly is disposed in the main body and adjacent to the paper exit port. The print head module is disposed in the main body and under the RFID antenna assembly. The label first passes through the print head module, and then passes through the RFID antenna assembly. When the label passes through the RFID antenna assembly, the RFID antenna assembly performs data reading or data writing on the chip of the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TSC AUTO ID TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ko-Chun Chen, Jung-Te Cheng, Hui-Tse Chang, Wen-Wei Tsai