Patents Examined by Francis C Gray
  • Patent number: 11857840
    Abstract: A momentum measurement device is disclosed. The momentum measurement device includes a measurement sensor including a printed circuit board and an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a communication element, and a processor connected to the printed circuit board, and a cover configured to surround a first surface and a side surface of the measurement sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Sang Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 11860144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring cell for carrying out chemical analyses, having a vessel, in which at least one liquid to be analyzed is located; a heating wire, which is guided at least partially around an outer wall of the vessel, so that the liquid inside the vessel can be heated in a uniform and controlled manner; and a first temperature sensor, which determines and/or monitors a first temperature of the liquid. The measuring cell furthermore comprises a magnetic stirrer with a stir bar and a cover for closing the vessel, wherein the cover has a plurality of ducts, wherein at least one first duct is provided for at least one first analysis sensor, which determines and/or monitors at least one chemical and/or physical variable of the liquid of the vessel and wherein at least one second duct is provided for a liquid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Kathe, Daniel Schweitzer, Michael Ingelmann
  • Patent number: 11860564
    Abstract: A drive transmitter includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an opening through which a rotary shaft passes, a wall orthogonal to an axial direction of the first member, and a drive transmitting portion by which a driving force is transmitted. The second member has a rigidity greater than the first member and is configured to be fastened to the first member. A space is between the second member and the first member, with the first member and the second member being overlaid in a fastening direction of the second member, prior to fastening of the first member and the second member. At least a part of the wall of the first member defining the space with the second member is configured to shift toward the second member to reduce a diameter of at least a part of the opening at the fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shogo Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11857910
    Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks for capturing one or more of SO2, CO2, and H2O are disclosed herein. Non-limiting examples of metal-organic frameworks include NbOFFIVE-1-Ni and AIFFIVE-1-Ni, among others. The metal-organic frameworks can be used in applications for removing and/or sensing one or more of SO2, CO2, and H2O from a fluid composition or an environment, either of which can proceed under dry or humid conditions and/or at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Mohamed Rachid Tchalala, Karumbaiah Nanaiah, Karim Adil, Youssef Belmabkhout, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Khaled N. Salama
  • Patent number: 11846892
    Abstract: A developing device includes a rotatable developing member, a developing container, a first communication opening, a second communication opening, a first feeding screw including a first rotation shaft, first and second blade portions, a second feeding screw including a second rotation shaft, third and fourth blade portions, a developer discharge opening provided upstream of an upstream end of the second communication opening in a first direction, and a third communication opening provided upstream of the upstream end of the second communication opening in the first direction. In a second direction opposite to the first direction, the third communication opening overlaps with the second blade portion. In the first direction, the third communication opening overlaps with the fourth blade portion. In the first direction, a downstream end of the third communication opening is positioned downstream of a downstream end of the developer discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Ariizumi, Jun Shirayanagi, Fumiyoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 11846530
    Abstract: A method and device for accurately monitoring, displaying, and remote reporting of turbulent material flow streams in confined channels and pipes is provided. The device can have multiple cams coupled to an obstruction, and a spring. The multiple cams can have a cam profile, and the cam profile and the spring may be selected to linearize a rotation of the obstruction over a range of fluid flow velocities. The obstruction can include have multiple obstructions each in a different area of a cross-section of a pipe, improving the accuracy of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fluidics Hawaii LLC
    Inventors: Richard Andrew DeVerse, Mick Chavez-Pardini
  • Patent number: 11835918
    Abstract: A direction in which a first drive transmission gear urges a first drive gear using a first urging portion when a drive force is not input to a first drive input portion is defined as a first direction. A direction in which a second drive transmission gear urges a second drive gear using a second urging portion when a drive force is not input to a second drive input portion is defined as a second direction. The second direction has a force component in a direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a straight line connecting a rotation center of the first drive gear and a rotation center of the second drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ayumu Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 11835138
    Abstract: A diaphragm seal includes a first diaphragm that faces a measurement medium, a sealed-liquid housing, and a second diaphragm. The first diaphragm receives pressure from the measurement medium. The sealed-liquid housing houses a sealed liquid for transferring the pressure to a transmitter. The second diaphragm causes hydrogen intruded into the sealed liquid to permeate through the second diaphragm and be discharged from the sealed liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yukimitsu Sekimori
  • Patent number: 11828770
    Abstract: A thermal surrogate device is configured to replace a data storage device within a server or other multiple data storage device system. The thermal surrogate device has a housing that has a form factor identical to the data storage device. The housing has a cavity along a length, and a sensor fixture is positioned within the housing. An airflow sensor is attached to the sensor fixture and configured to measure an airflow through the housing. The housing is configured to be installed within a slot for a data storage device in a multiple memory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David Wright
  • Patent number: 11828622
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a sensor element for recording process parameters at a measurement point in a sintering press/sintering plant. The sensor element comprises: a first temperature sensor; and a force sensor. A force and a temperature are recorded at the measurement point at which the sensor element is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Hanisch, Nora Jeske, Jonas Massierer, Marco Matiwe, Dennis Sommerfeld, Ulrich Wittreich
  • Patent number: 11815502
    Abstract: This invention is in relation to a laser-energization system to be used in laboratory tests used in the area of acid stimulation of carbonate reservoirs aiming to improve the efficiency in the passage of acid inside the reservoir rock. This system improves planning of the operation, seeking more efficient penetration of the acid treatment in the carbonate rock, and therefore it contributes to improving the IP result of the well by increasing the area open to the flow between the reservoir and the well. The laser-energization system comprises coupling the plug-flow testing equipment with the laser-energization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: PetrĂ³leo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventor: Mario Germino Ferreira Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11808679
    Abstract: A method for manipulating a cryogenic specimen for subsequent examination includes mounting a cryogenic specimen on a work surface of a specimen holder and placing the specimen holder within a pumped cryostat chamber having a layer of cryogenic liquid therein. The cryostat chamber is vented and kept at low humidity in order to generate a cryogenic vapor layer above the cryogenic liquid so that the work surface of the specimen holder is within the cryogenic vapor layer and low humidity and inert environment. The cryogenic specimen in then manipulated to a specimen carrier contained on a different portion of the work surface while keeping the cryogenic specimen within the cryogenic vapor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: EXpressLO LLC
    Inventor: Lucille A. Giannuzzi
  • Patent number: 11796516
    Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a rail extending along the length and configured to receive a first fluidic assembly, and a carriage movably attachable to the rail such that the carriage moves along the rail, the carriage configured to receive a second fluidic assembly, the carriage including an actuator and a stop mechanism. The stop mechanism is configured to selectively prevent and allow movement of the carriage relative to the rail. The stop mechanism is configured to be independently operable from the actuator assembly, and the actuator is configured: to move a chromatography column received by the clamp assembly relative to the rail to create a first fluid tight seal between the chromatography column and the first fluidic assembly, and move the second fluidic assembly relative to the carriage body to create a second fluid tight seal between the second fluidic assembly and the chromatography column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wade P. Leveille, Joseph D. Michienzi, Joseph D. Antocci, Jeffrey Musacchio
  • Patent number: 11796508
    Abstract: A SAW sensor is optimized for detection of refrigerant leakage in a refrigerant system or other gases, vapors, explosives or chemicals of interest. The SAW sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate; an interdigitated transducer deposited on the piezoelectric substrate, the interdigitated transducer having an input portion that receives input surface acoustic waves and an output portion that emits output surface acoustic waves; and a refrigerant sensor film located between the input portion and the output portion of the interdigitated transducer, the refrigerant sensor film including a sorbent material that is selected for preferential adsorption of a target refrigerant over atmospheric gases. Adsorption of the target refrigerant by the sorbent material results in a frequency shift of a frequency of the output surface acoustic waves relative to a frequency of the input surface acoustic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Raghuit Prasad Kunapuli, Praveen Thallapally, Bernard P. McGrail, Deng Zhiqun, Jian Liu, Huidong Li, Jun Lu, Debasis Banerjee
  • Patent number: 11796956
    Abstract: A rotation transmission structure includes: a first member that is provided on a rotating body and includes a plural straight teeth extending in an axial direction of the rotating body and arranged in a circumferential direction; a second member that is provided on a moving body moving in the axial direction of the rotating body, includes a plural straight teeth extending in the axial direction of the rotating body and arranged in the circumferential direction, and is fitted to the first member to transmit rotation of the rotating body to the moving body in a case where the moving body approaches the rotating body; a biasing member that biases the first member toward the moving body; and a rotation mechanism that is provided between the first member and the rotating body and rotates the first member in a case where the first member is moved toward the rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuya Shiokawa, Daisuke Ishihara, Kohei Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11782383
    Abstract: Provided is a process cartridge where a developing unit includes a coupling member that receives driving force, a driving transmission member that transmits the driving force from the coupling member to a driving roller, and a support member that rotatably supports the coupling member and is movable with respect to a developing frame in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of the developing roller. The developing frame and the driving transmission member are configured to be movable with respect to a drum frame of a drum unit in the direction intersecting the rotational axis. In this process cartridge, an urging member that engages with both the support member and the drum frame is included such that an urging force is applied in a direction in which a positioned portion of the support member and a positioning portion of the drum frame contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Matsumaru, Yu Akiba
  • Patent number: 11779822
    Abstract: A motion analyzer for attachment to sports equipment. The motion analyzer may be constructed as one unitary piece and may include a base portion and an upper portion. The motion analyzer may collect and record motion data associated with movement of the sports equipment. The motion data may then be communicated to a mobile application which provides a user with a visual representation of the motion of the sports equipment. Further, a method of manufacturing a motion analyzer for attachment to sports equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Icecap Sports Club
    Inventors: Kyle Costabile, Bryan Costabile
  • Patent number: 11774904
    Abstract: A cassette drawing-in device includes a guide portion to guide a pin protruding from a paper feed cassette, a first member in which the guide portion is formed, a second member facing the first member, a first rotation shaft, a first link rotationally supported by the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft provided on the first link, a second link rotationally supported by the second rotation shaft and including an engagement groove which engages the pin and slides on the pin in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the pin, and a protruding portion on one or both of the first member and the second member within a range of movement of the second link that accompanies the rotation of the first link about the first rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mikio Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11763048
    Abstract: Computer implemented techniques for simulating a fluid flow about a surface of a solid, include receiving a coordinate system for representation of a curvilinear mesh that conforms to the surface of the solid, simulating, with a lattice velocity set transport of particles in a volume of fluid, with the transport causing collision among the particles, executing a distribution function for transport of the particles, with the distribution function including a particle collision determination and a change in particle distribution associated with the curvilinear mesh, performing by the computing system, advection operations in the coordinate system under constraints applied to particle momentum values and mapping by the computer system values resulting from simulating onto the curvilinear mesh by translation of the particle momentum values and spatial coordinates determined in the coordinate system into momentum and spatial values in the curvilinear space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.
    Inventors: Hudong Chen, Raoyang Zhang, Pradeep Gopalakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11762309
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light-emitting element row that includes light emitting elements arranged in a row in a main scanning direction, an optical element that is used for forming an electrostatic latent image by focusing light outputs of the light emitting elements and exposing a photoconductor to light and a control unit that controls light emission of the light-emitting element row. The light-emitting element row is divided into groups, and the control unit uniformly corrects a light intensity of each of the light emitting elements included in the groups on a group-by-group basis by a first correction method so as to correct density unevenness in the main scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kyoji Yagi