Patents Examined by Demetrius R. Pretlow
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Patent number: 11714147Abstract: Some aspects comprise a tuning system configured to tune a radio frequency coil for use with a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a tuning circuit including at least one tuning element configured to affect a frequency at which the radio frequency coil resonates, and a controller configured to set at least one value for the tuning element to cause the radio frequency coil to resonate at approximately a Larmor frequency of the magnetic resonance imaging system determined by the tuning system. Some aspects include a method of automatically tuning a radio frequency coil comprising determining information indicative of a Larmor frequency of the magnetic resonance imaging system, using a controller to automatically set at least one value of a tuning circuit to cause the radio frequency coil to resonate at approximately the Larmor frequency based on the determined information.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.Inventors: Todd Rearick, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Gregory L. Charvat, Matthew Scot Rosen
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Patent number: 11709208Abstract: In order to provide an environmentally secured voltage testing interface, an electrical enclosure box comprising a front panel is herein-described, into which is mounted a voltage indicator comprising a plurality of LED indicators that indicate a status of one or more circuits coupled thereto and monitored thereby. A test point device is also mounted through the front panel and comprises an interface comprising a plurality of external measurement sockets configured to receive one or more probes for manual measurement of voltages, wherein each external measurement socket is coupled to a voltage divider that is further coupled to each of a plurality of respective wires coupled to respective LED indicators of the voltage indicator.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: GRACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Charles Ronald Adkins, Jr., Roger Steven Clarke, Gang Chen
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Patent number: 11709198Abstract: A method for line assignment of a short-circuit of a broadband lambda sensor having an upper or a lower short-circuit potential, wherein the broadband lambda sensor has a sensor and multiple sensor lines. The method comprises establishing a conductive connection of at least one sensor line of the multiple sensor lines via a limiting resistor to a reference potential; comparing a sensor line potential of at least one sensor line to be checked of the multiple sensor lines to the reference potential or the short-circuit potentials; classifying (105) the at least one sensor line to be checked as not short-circuited with the upper or the lower short-circuit potential if it is established upon the comparison that the at least one sensor line potential is inside the reference potential range or if it is outside the short-circuit potential ranges; and assigning the short-circuit to at least one sensor line not classified as not short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stefan Kremer, Bernhard Ledermann, Fabian Baumann
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Patent number: 11705275Abstract: A current transformer (CT) for the purpose of, for example, current measurement, that uses a power line as a first coil and a second coil for measurement purposes, is further equipped with a third coil. Circuitry connected to the third coil is adapted to measure a signal therefrom. The measured signal from the third coil is compared to a signal measured from the second coil and based on the results, internal CT parameters are determined allowing calibration of actual results to expected results thereby providing an improved accuracy. This is especially desirable when using the CT for measurement of the like of current or phase of the primary coil when measurements are adjusted using the newly determined calibration parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: PANORAMIC POWER LTD.Inventors: Daniel Aljadeff, Dan Wijsboom, Yael Alali, Adi Shamir
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Patent number: 11693049Abstract: A sensor test apparatus capable of efficiently testing a sensor is provided. A sensor test apparatus 30 which tests the pressure sensor 90 includes an application unit 40 including an application device 42 including a socket 445 to which the sensor 90 is electronically connected, a pressure chamber 43 which applies pressure to the sensor 90, and a heat sink 443,462 which applies a thermal stress to the sensor 90, the test unit 35 which tests the sensor 90 via the socket 445, and the conveying robot 33 which conveys the sensor 90 into and out of the application unit 40.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: ADVANTEST CorporationInventors: Kazunari Suga, Daisuke Takano, Satoshi Hanamura, Michiro Chiba, Hisao Nishizaki, Atsushi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11685004Abstract: An example welding-type system includes: processing circuitry; and a machine readable storage medium comprising a machine readable instruction, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to: control a first switch to disconnect a motor circuit from a motor power source, the motor circuit comprising a wire feed motor and a second switch; control the second switch to permit current to flow while the first switch disconnects the motor circuit from the motor power source during a test period; and in response to feedback indicative of a current through the motor circuit while the first switch is open and the second switch is closed, detecting a fault condition associated with the motor circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Gregg Donald Prochnow, Maxwell Bode Brock
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Patent number: 11675038Abstract: A fat suppressed diffusion image determination apparatus, a corresponding method and a corresponding computer program determine a diffusion weighted magnetic resonance image (DWI) of an object. The fat suppressed diffusion image determination apparatus includes a diffusion reference image providing unit for providing a diffusion reference MR image of the object, a fat image determination unit for determining a fat image from the diffusion reference MR image, a diffusion weighted image providing unit for providing a diffusion weighted MR image of the object, a fat suppressed image determination unit for determining a fat suppressed diffusion weighted MR image using a combination of the diffusion weighted MR image and the fat image.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Johan Samuel Van Den Brink, Elwin De Weerdt
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Patent number: 11668762Abstract: A leakage current detection circuit is used for detecting a leakage current, includes a main winding, an auxiliary winding, a detection module and a signal output module used for outputting a pulse signal with pulse signals with positive and negative alternations, wherein the main winding is connected to a leakage current detection end and coupled to the auxiliary winding, and the auxiliary winding is respectively connected to the signal output module and the detection module. During the auxiliary winding in a preset state and a leckage current occurred, the leakage current coupled to the auxiliary winding is superimposed with the pulse signal, so that the current signal detected by the detection module is greater than the current signal detected when the pulse signal with pulse signals with positive and negative alternations is not applied.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN POWEROAK NEWENER CO., LTDInventors: Jianhua Lei, Yongbo Zhang, Hui Ma, Geng Qin
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Patent number: 11670930Abstract: Devices are described that support, house, and protect an electrical cable monitoring system that is electrically coupled to an electrical cable. An example support structure includes an elongate body including an interior surface extending along and concentric to an axis of the electrical cable. The body is configured to engage a cable accessory disposed on the electrical cable. The support structure includes a first electrode attached to the interior surface and configured to operatively couple to the cable accessory. The support structure includes a second electrode attached to the body and configured to operatively couple to the shielding layer. The support structure includes a monitoring device attached to the interior surface and operatively coupled to the first and second electrodes. The monitoring device is configured to monitor one or more conditions of the electrical cable or the cable accessory.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Connected Intelligence Systems Ltd.Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Laszlo Markos, Lior Embon, Eyal Doron, Udi Blich
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Patent number: 11668761Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for detecting short circuits in a load are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a short circuit detection system includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a controller. The first circuit has an output and an input coupled to a load and an auxiliary power source through a resistor, while the second circuit is configured to enable an output of the short circuit detection circuit for a specified period of time following application of auxiliary power at the auxiliary power source. The controller includes computer-executable instructions to monitor the output of the first circuit, and allow or disallow a main power source from powering the load based upon whether a short circuit condition exists.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Lei Wang, Wen-Hung Huang, Guangyong Zhu, Jaehyeung Park
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Patent number: 11661950Abstract: A diagnostic system includes a fan control circuit coupled to an electric fan and a microcontroller, and a sense line coupled to the fan control circuit and the microcontroller. The fan control circuit outputs a fan command sense signal at a duty cycle through the sense line to the microcontroller. A tachometer generates a tachometer signal at a frequency indicative of the rotational speed of the electric fan. A fan tachometer circuit receives the tachometer signal and outputs the tachometer sense signal at a frequency to the microcontroller in response to the tachometer signal. The microcontroller sets a second diagnostic flag to an error value indicating that the sense line has impaired operation if the frequency of the tachometer sense signal is within a desired frequency range, and a first diagnostic flag is equal to a first error value.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Sagar Nagaluru, Sandeep Vankineni, Nitin Bharane
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Patent number: 11656264Abstract: A high-speed signal subsystem testing system includes a processing system having a transmitter and a receiver, a loop back subsystem coupled to the transmitter and receiver to provide a testing communication path between the transmitter and the receiver, and a communication path testing engine coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The communication path testing engine generates test signal(s) and transmits the test signal(s) via the transmitter and through the testing communication path provided by the loop back subsystem and, in response, receives test signal result(s) via the receiver and through the testing communication path provided by the loop back subsystem, The communication path testing engine processes the test signal result(s) to generate a testing impedance profile for the testing communication path, and compares the testing impedance profile to an expected impedance profile to determine whether a testing communication path issue exists in the testing communication path.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Umesh Chandra, Bhyrav Mutnury
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Patent number: 11644498Abstract: A partial discharge detection apparatus for detecting partial discharge in a power cable and recognizing an insulation deterioration state of the power cable. A low-speed AD converter converts an analog signal of an AC waveform flowing through a power cable into a digital signal. A high-speed AD converter converts an analog signal of a partial discharge current into a digital signal. The partial discharge is detected based on the maximum value or the sum of a current value obtained from the digital signal of the partial discharge current obtained by the conversion of the high-speed AD converter, for each phase of the AC waveform, which is obtained from the digital signal of the AC waveform flowing in the power cable. The digital signal is obtained by the conversion of the low-speed AD converter.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Takami, Shoji Yoshida, Mitsuyasu Kido, Tatsuya Maruyama
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Patent number: 11646580Abstract: To improve functional security in electric power systems, a fault detector is provided in the electric power system that is connected to the data communication bus and that evaluates streamed values of at least one process parameter. In order to detect an electric fault in the electric power system, the fault detector is arranged to send a fault present indication to the switching element when an electric fault is detected. The fault present indication is sent to and received by the switching element, before the tripping operation of the switching element is triggered upon receipt of the switching command from the automation system, and the switching element triggers the tripping operation of the switching element only when a fault present indication has been received.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: OMNICRON ELECTRONICS GMBHInventors: Alexander Apostolov, Andreas Klien
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Patent number: 11635474Abstract: An electrical wiring device including: a plurality of line terminals comprising a line-side phase terminal and a line-side neutral terminal; a plurality of load terminals comprising a load-side phase terminal and a load-side neutral terminal; a line conductor electrically coupling the line-side phase terminal to the load-side phase terminal; a neutral conductor electrically coupling the line-side neutral terminal to the load-side neutral terminal; and a controller configured to trigger a trip mechanism to electrically decouple the at least one of the plurality of line terminals from at least one of the plurality of load terminals based, at least in part, on comparing a magnitude of the current differential to a threshold, wherein the threshold is a function of the frequency of the current differential.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.Inventors: Joshua P. Haines, Michael F. McMahon
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Patent number: 11630162Abstract: Connection normality check of a pair of electric wires is simplified. A circuit check device 1 that checks connection normality of a pair of electric wires L1 and L2 includes, when the pair of electric wires is connected to an exchange 2, a voltmeter 11 that measures a first inter-wire potential difference between one end of an electric wire portion p1 of the electric wire L1 and one end of an electric wire portion p2 of the electric wire L2, a voltmeter 12 that measures a second inter-wire potential difference between the other end of the electric wire portion p1 of the electric wire L1 and the other end of the electric wire portion p2 of the electric wire L2, and a determiner 13 that determines whether the measured first inter-wire potential difference agrees with the measured second inter-wire potential difference.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Sato, Takaho Shibata, Tsuyoshi Nagai
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Patent number: 11630141Abstract: A vector network analyzer is provided which includes a first measuring port, a digital interface connected to the first measuring port, a second measuring port adapted to be connected to a radio frequency (RF) input or output of a device under test (DUT), and a processor. The digital interface is adapted to be connected to a digital input or output of the DUT. The processor is adapted to determine scattering parameters (S-parameters) of the DUT based on measuring signals transmitted to the DUT and received from the DUT by the first measuring port and the second measuring port.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Steffen Heuel, Steffen Neidhardt, Thilo Bednorz
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Patent number: 11618325Abstract: A method and a device for the diagnosis of the active discharge of a HV intermediate circuit of an electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Stephan Brüske
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Patent number: 11609280Abstract: A method of detecting a leakage path in an electronic device includes iteratively performing operations until an iteration condition is satisfied. The operations include causing a capacitor to be set to a known state, measuring a voltage level of the capacitor, and storing data indicating the measured voltage level. The operations also include causing the capacitor to be connected to a potential leakage path, remeasuring the voltage level of the capacitor, and storing data indicating the remeasured voltage level. The operations further include comparing the measured voltage level and the remeasured voltage level to detect leakage in the potential leakage path. The iteration condition is satisfied when a difference between the measured voltage level and the remeasured voltage level satisfies a voltage threshold or when a count of iterations performed satisfies an iteration threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Liquid Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Cencula, Casper G. Otten
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Patent number: 11609258Abstract: According to an apparatus and a method for detecting a cable abnormality based on reflectometry utilizing artificial intelligence according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to monitor a state of the cable which connects the nodes in real time by inserting a result of the time-frequency domain reflectometry into a variational autoencoder (VAE) which is one of unsupervised learning.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei UniversityInventors: Yong-June Shin, Gu-Young Kwon