Patents Examined by Gedeon M Kidanu
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Patent number: 11738610Abstract: A detection system for extracting information from a sensor module in a rolling wheel comprises: a sensor module which comprises a sensor adapted for sensing a physical property of the tire when mounted in a tire of the wheel or on an inner surface of a tire of the wheel; an acquisition module adapted for sampling a signal from the sensor module, thus obtaining a sequence of data samples; a correlation module adapted for cross-correlating a signed reference sequence with the sequence of data samples thus obtaining a correlation sequence; an extraction module adapted for identifying at least one perturbation in the correlation sequence, wherein the perturbation is induced when a part of the tire where the sensor is mounted hits the ground thereby forming the tire patch.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SAInventor: Jeremie Chabloz
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Patent number: 11725996Abstract: Measurement of pressure of a fluid in a vessel using a cantilever spring in the vessel; a magnet connected to the cantilever spring in the vessel; an electromagnet outside of the vessel operatively connected to the magnet and the cantilever spring in the vessel, wherein the electromagnet induces movement of the magnet and the cantilever spring in the vessel, and wherein the movement is related to the pressure of the fluid in the vessel; a receiving coil operatively positioned relative to the magnet, wherein movement of the cantilever spring and the magnet in the vessel creates an electromotive response in the coil; and a controller analyzer connected to the receiving coil, wherein the controller analyzer uses the electromotive response in the coil for measuring the pressure of the fluid in the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Jack Kotovsky, Taylor Bevis
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Patent number: 11719228Abstract: A motorized rolling maintenance cart that utilizes the angled trailing edge geometry of an airfoil-shaped body (such as a wind turbine blade or rotor blade) to traverse the length of the airfoil-shaped body. The trailing edge-following maintenance cart may be used to carry personnel doing maintenance activities on the blades, such as local repairs or re-painting. In accordance with one aspect, the maintenance cart carries non-destructive inspection sensor units or other maintenance hardware over the surface of the airfoil-shaped body (e.g., in a spanwise direction). In accordance with another aspect, the trailing edge-following maintenance cart is configured to also provide fall protection to one or more independently movable crawler vehicles by means of cables. Alternative embodiments may include only one of the two aspects.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Joseph L. Hafenrichter
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Patent number: 11719673Abstract: A structure of a flow cell assembly for a chromatography detector is used to generate a chromatograph of a sample, and includes a capillary extending in one direction, a housing that houses at least part of the capillary and a ferrule that holds the capillary in the housing. The capillary includes an inner tube formed of a material having a refractive index lower than that of water, and an outer tube formed of a material having strength higher than that of the material of the inner tube and has an outer diameter that is equal to or smaller than 5 mm. An outer peripheral surface of the inner tube and an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube adhere to each other, and a flow path through which a mobile phase including a sample flows is formed in the inner tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Yohei Toji
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Patent number: 11703422Abstract: A fastening system for fastening an electronic device (2) in a measurement housing (1), comprising: an electronic-device holder (10) designed to accommodate an electronic measurement device (2); and a prestressing ring (20) that is able to cooperate with said holder (10) for assembly and comprises a plurality of prestressing beams (22, 25) designed to bear on said electronic device (2) when said ring is assembled together with the holder, said electronic device (2) being inserted into said holder (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Vianney Leroy, Denis Martin
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Patent number: 11703485Abstract: A structural reinforcement and biocompatible pump head for a pump includes a reinforcement structure having a plurality of ports and fluid pathways therein. The fluid pathways in the reinforcement may be coated or lined with a biocompatible material to form a biocompatible pump head useful for liquid chromatography and other analytical instrument systems. The biocompatible material may be injection molded into the fluid pathways of the reinforcement structure and may be machined after core pins are removed to obtain a desired surface finish and/or size of the biocompatible fluid pathways of the pump head.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: IDEX Health & Science LLCInventors: David Medeiros, Scott Ellis, Eric Beemer, Jason Polly
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Patent number: 11692859Abstract: Methods for determining phase fractions of a downhole fluid via thermal properties of the fluids are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a temperature of a fluid flowing through a completion string downhole in a well and heating a resistive element of a thermal detector at a position along the completion string downhole in the well by applying power to the resistive element such that heat from the resistive element is transmitted to the fluid flowing by the position. The method also includes determining, via the thermal detector, a flow velocity of the fluid through the completion string and multiple thermal properties of the fluid, and using the determined flow velocity and the multiple thermal properties to determine phase fractions of the fluid. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Patrice Ligneul, Mustapha Abbad, Nicolas Renoux, Marian Faur
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Patent number: 11692986Abstract: A sensor element includes element main body including side surfaces, a detection unit, connector electrodes disposed on the rear end-side part of the side surfaces, a porous layer that covers at least front end-side part of the side surface, the porous layer having a porosity of 10% or more, and a water-penetration reduction portion. The water-penetration reduction portion is disposed on the side surface so as to divide the porous layer or to be located closer to the rear end than the porous layer. The length L of the water-penetration reduction portion is 0.5 mm or more. The water-penetration reduction portion includes, among a dense layer covering the side surface and having a porosity of less than 10% and a gap region in which the porous layer is absent, at least the dense layer. The water-penetration reduction portion reduces the capillarity of water.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yuki Nakayama, Shota Kageyama, Yusuke Fujii, Kei Kosaka
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Patent number: 11692902Abstract: Techniques implementing and/or operating a system includes a pipe segment and a test head assembly secured to the pipe segment. The pipe segment includes tubing that defines a pipe bore through the pipe segment and a fluid conduit in a tubing annulus of the pipe segment. The test head assembly includes barrier material poly welded to the tubing of the pipe segment to facilitate sealing the fluid conduit defined in the tubing annulus from environmental conditions external to the tubing of the pipe segment and a fluid port fluidly connected to the fluid conduit defined within the tubing annulus to enable integrity of the tubing to be tested at least in part by flowing a test fluid into the fluid conduit defined in the tubing annulus via the fluid port, extracting fluid from the fluid conduit defined in the tubing annulus via the fluid port, or both.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLCInventors: John Paul Leger, Ashesh Srivastava
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Patent number: 11668620Abstract: A leak detecting device for a fluid filled vessel including a housing, a solid shaft, an anchoring attachment, and a resilient member. The housing has a continuous perimeter edge sized to extend around an underwater surface, forms a hollow interior, and includes a first aperture formed through a wall of the housing and a second aperture formed through the wall of the housing. The solid shaft extends through the first aperture of the housing and has a first end on an interior side of the housing and a second end on an exterior side of the housing. The anchoring attachment is secured to the first end of the solid shaft. The resilient member is secured to the perimeter edge of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Red Phino Leak Detection, IncInventor: Mark D. Marino
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Patent number: 11649478Abstract: A method for identifying in situ presence of a hydrocarbon reservoir or of a pipeline leakage is disclosed. The method can include obtaining a sample from an area of interest, such as a sediment sample or water column sample near a hydrocarbon seep or near an offshore pipeline; analyzing the sample to detect nucleic acid, protein or metabolite signatures that are indicative of cold-shock response; identifying the relative abundance of the cold-shock signatures present in the sample in comparison to the surrounding environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering CompanyInventors: Giovanni Pilloni, Zarath M. Summers
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Patent number: 11639890Abstract: A protection device for an oil-smoke sensor has a protection housing having two ends and an inner chamber; the first end having a first opening for receiving a probe of the oil-smoke sensor and in communication with the inner chamber; a second opening is disposed on the second end which is opposite to the first opening and in communication with the inner chamber. Because the probe is sealing mounted in the first opening, the probe will not be directly exposed in oil-smoke flow. The protective device is mounted such that the axial direction of the protective device is vertical to the oil-smoke flow direction. Therefore, the inner chamber of the protection housing has a pressure with respect to the oil-smoke flow that tangentially flows at a high speed, and the oil-smoke can only be diffused into the protection housing, thus, the probe is much less likely to be contaminated.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiusong Dai, Qinlong Xu, Zhongqun Mao, Yongding Zhu, Ge Liu
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Patent number: 11634984Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mahdi A. AbuAli, Maher I. Almarhoon, Khaled Arouri
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Patent number: 11630090Abstract: A sample dispatcher for a fluid separation apparatus includes a sampling path including a sampling volume, a sampling unit, and a retaining unit. The sampling unit receives a fluidic sample, and the sampling volume temporarily stores an amount of the received sample. The retaining unit receives and retains from the sampling volume at least a portion of the stored sample, and has different retention characteristics for different components of the sample. A switching unit is coupled to the sampling path, a sampling fluid drive, a mobile phase drive, and a separating device. In a feed injection configuration of the switching unit, the mobile phase drive, the separating device, and the sampling path are coupled together in a coupling point for combining a flow from the sampling fluid drive containing the fluidic sample retained by the retaining unit with a flow of the mobile phase from the mobile phase drive.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Ortmann, Thomas Glauner
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Patent number: 11630119Abstract: Systems and methods for use in determining a device's speed. The system uses a plate having a front side that is perpendicular to the device's direction of travel. The airflow caused by the device's motion causes the plate to deflect from a resting position and the amount of deflection of the plate is proportional to the speed of the device. The amount of deflection is measured by a rotary encoder coupled to the plate. By properly calibrating the system, the system can determine the device's velocity simply from the airflow caused by the device's motion.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: UTI Limited PartnershipInventors: Naser El-Sheimy, Shady Zahran, Adel Moussa
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Patent number: 11624733Abstract: A system for separation of components of a natural gas product uses a first separation column to receive the natural gas product and to provide first stage components including a first component gas, uses a gas converter to provide second stage components that includes third component gas from at least a second component gas of such first stage components, and uses a second separation column to provide third stage components that includes the first component gas, the third component gas, and one or more additional carbon-based components provided in or over a period of time associated with the separation of the components of the natural gas product.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Salar Azizi, Bastian Baecker, Ansgar Cartellieri
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Patent number: 11619622Abstract: An automated batch sampling drilling mud management system (1) includes a portable mud measurement system (10) and a communications system (120). The portable mud measurement system (10) has one or more measurement devices (14) arranged to measure at least one property and/or characteristic of drilling mud; and a pumping system (16) arranged to pump a batch sample of drilling mud from a supply of drilling mud to the one or more measurement devices. The pumping system (16) is also able to subsequently flush the batch sample of drilling mud from the one or more measurement devices (14). The communications system (120) enables bidirectional communications between the mud management system (10) and a remote location to enable transfer of data therebetween and the exertion of control from the remote location to the mud management system (10).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Australian Mud Company Pty LtdInventors: Frans Christiaan Havenga, Storm Kyle Burnham, Shaun David Wilson
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Patent number: 11607915Abstract: A method of measuring a tread depth of a tire includes transmitting at least one radio wave from a transmitter through a tread of the tire. The at least one radio wave reflected from a road surface is received with a receiver. The tread depth of the tire is determined based on comparing the at least one radio wave reflected from the road surface with the at least one radio wave from the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Djordje Preradovic, Aaron James Adler, Akshay Choudhari
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Patent number: 11607168Abstract: A method for assessing the state of hair by releasably engaging a first end (5) of hair fibres (3) with a holder (1) so that an opposite, second end (4) of said hair fibres (3) hangs free and applying sufficient force to the first end (5) of the hair fibres (3) such that the hair fibres (3) at the second end (4) are pulled across the holder (1), wherein the force is in an upwards direction and applied by action of an encapsulated gas having a density of less than that of air (7).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Gita Coenen, Deborah Kirsten Lunt, Stephen Paul Maguire, Scott Robson, Shona Elizabeth Simmons, Geraldine Bridget Griffith
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Patent number: 11604130Abstract: A cabin air state sensing system for a vehicle may include a divergence structure facilitating measurement of cabin air temperature and dust concentration in a cabin through suction of air using an air suction device and an operation method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ji Min Park, Yong Chul Kim