Patents Examined by Nigel H Plumb
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Patent number: 11980043Abstract: A metal mask and an inspecting method thereof are provided for improving quality standard detection. The metal mask has a first and a second long side and plural pattern regions. The method includes the followings steps Based on the pattern regions adjacent to the first and second long sides, a first and a second reference straight line adjacent to the first and second long sides respectively are defined. Then, a first maximum offset length between the pattern regions and the first reference straight line is measured. A second maximum offset length between the pattern regions and the second reference straight line is measured. When a difference between the first and second maximum offset lengths is less than or equal to 20 ?m, the metal mask is determined to meet an inspecting standard.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yun-Pei Yang, Mei-Lun Li, Wen-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 11976995Abstract: A micromechanical component for a capacitive sensor or switch device, having a substrate having a substrate surface, a diaphragm mounted on the substrate surface having a self-supporting region, at least one lever element and at least one first electrode connected to the at least one lever element. The at least one lever element is connected to the diaphragm in such a way that when there is a warping of the self-supporting region of the diaphragm the at least one lever element is set into a rotational movement, whereby the at least one connected first electrode is set into a first adjustment movement oriented at an angle to the substrate surface. The at least one lever element and the at least one first electrode connected to the at least one lever element are situated between the substrate surface and the diaphragm inner side of the self-supporting region of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Jochen Reinmuth
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Patent number: 11976941Abstract: A method and system for measuring a physical parameter, such as speed and/or distance travelled by a bicycle, includes a permanent magnet disposed on a front fork and a measuring circuit with a magnetic sensor disposed on a rim of the wheel at the same distance from the wheel axis of rotation as the magnet. The sensor passes in front of the magnet to generate an induced voltage pulse at each passage. The induced voltage is rectified and stored on a capacitor. Energy recovery during the sensor passing in front of the magnet allows powering of the measuring circuit. The parameter is calculated in the calculation unit clocked by an oscillator based on the received induced voltage pulses by knowing the bicycle wheel diameter. Measurements performed from the measuring circuit are transmitted to a portable device carried by the user or mounted on the bicycle to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventor: Arnaud Casagrande
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Patent number: 11977010Abstract: A tissue core sample in a metal core collector or stylet is touched to a substrate channel filled with as special liquid such as a hydrogel to which the tissue core sample is attracted to thereby transfer the tissue sample to the channel while preserving the integrity of the sample, speeding up the transfer and preserving the sample orientation so it can be unambiguously associated with its anatomical origin.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: URO-1, Inc.Inventors: Phillip Jack Snoke, Sharon Collins Presnell, Philip Morrison Allred, III, Ted Belleza
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Patent number: 11976994Abstract: A sensor for detecting pressure, filling level, density, temperature, mass and/or flow rate, wherein at least one central sensor component is coupled to a further component by nanowires and wherein the sensor component is stiffened, fixed and/or electrically contacted this way.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: WIKA ALEXANDER WIEGAND SE & CO. KGInventor: Alexander Wiegand
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Patent number: 11964270Abstract: The present invention relates to a suction device (1) to be used together with a pipette, in particular a Pasteur pipette. The suction device comprises a base element (2) with the bore (2a) for the insertion of a pipette (5), and a body connected to the base element, wherein the interior of the body is hollow, wherein at least the body is made of a flexible material, so that the inner volume of the body (3) is variable. Herein, the base element is formed in a polygonal or elliptic shape, so that the shape of the base element is not round and hence prevents a rolling of the suction device over a lab bench or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HILGENBERG GmbHInventor: Ingo Hilgenberg
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Patent number: 11959839Abstract: A non-belt automatic mechanized sampling system for a truck configured to collect materials from a carriage of the truck. The system includes an integrated sample preparation component having, in descending arrangement, a discharging mechanism and a feeder, a crusher, a constant mass dividing machine and a sample retention barrel. The system also includes a constant mass dividing machine configured to divide the crushed material into samples and discards. The samples are conveyed to a sample retention barrel and discards to a discharging mechanism, which is configured to convey the discards to the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LEON INTELLIGENCE & INFORMATION (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ying Jiang, Yunfei Luo, Guoning Jiang, Lu Zhou
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Patent number: 11959747Abstract: A system having a micromechanical clocking system component a clocking system component. The system includes a micromechanical oscillation element, which is able to be induced to an oscillation with a natural frequency, and a first circuit, which generates from the natural frequency of the oscillation element a clock frequency which is pre-calibrated to a predefined setpoint clock frequency; a memory for the remaining deviation of the clock frequency from the setpoint clock frequency, the deviation having been individually determined for the clocking system component; and a processing unit which generates a reference time basis for at least a part of the system on the basis of the generated clock frequency and the stored deviation.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Gerhard Lammel, Timo Giesselmann
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Patent number: 11959781Abstract: A human body sensing mat can sense the movement of a human body and analyze a user's sleep. The human body sensing mat may include a substrate; a plurality of fiber sensors for generating signals according to a distance to a specific object; a sensor array disposed on the substrate; a shield layer for covering the sensor array; and a driving unit for applying a voltage to the sensor array. Each of the fiber sensors is disposed on a central portion of the substrate and on both ends of the substrate. The fiber sensors that are respectively disposed in the central portion and end portions of the mat can sense the user's breathing, tossing and turning, and the like regardless of the user's posture. Accordingly, the user's sleep can be analyzed regardless of the user's posture.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyungyu Park, Seonghyok Kim, Suhyang Kim, Jeongwook An, Younjae Lee
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Patent number: 11959892Abstract: A liquid chromatograph is presented which enables automatic resolution of a liquid sending failure when the liquid sending failure caused by a liquid sending pump occurs, and execution of a new analysis with good reproducibility after the liquid sending failure is resolved. The liquid sending failure can be automatically resolved by a purging operation. A sample remaining in the analysis flow path is washed away by a non-injection analysis after the liquid sending failure is resolved, and a new analysis can be executed with good reproducibility.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ohashi, Takayuki Kihara, Hiroshi Miura
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Patent number: 11953400Abstract: A pressure sensing unit is provided. The pressure sensing unit includes a membrane and a pressure sensing pad group. The membrane has a first surface and a second surface. The pressure sensing pad group includes a first pressure sensing pad, a second pressure sensing pad, and a ground pad that are spaced apart from one another. The ground pad and one among the first pressure sensing pad and the second pressure sensing pad are located at the first surface of the membrane, another one among the first pressure sensing pad and the second pressure sensing pad is located at the second surface of the membrane, and an orthographic projection of the ground pad projected onto a reference plane is located between orthographic projections of the first pressure sensing pad and the second pressure sensing pad that are projected onto the reference plane. Therefore, a signal-to-noise ratio can be increased and an erroneous detection can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Che-Chia Hsu, Yu-Han Chen, Chi-Chieh Liao
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Patent number: 11953393Abstract: A method of measuring torque is provided in a six phase electrical motor which includes a motor-stator including two electrically independent stator winding arrangements which each have three combined windings such that the winding arrangements are symmetrical and offset by an angle to each other and such that each combined winding of the second stator arrangement has a corresponding combined winding in the first stator arrangement and offset thereto by an angle. The method includes a) determining the current in the three combined windings of the first stator arrangement and/or the current in the three combined windings of the second stator arrangement and b) determining the torque from the currents.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventor: Felix Mandoux
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Patent number: 11953391Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a pressure sensor and method of using the same. A pressure sensor may comprise a substrate having a substrate thickness extending between a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface, wherein the first substrate surface and the second substrate surface define opposing ends of the substrate thickness; a first pressure sensing assembly attached to the first substrate surface and configured to detect a first pressure force associated with a first fluid volume, wherein a portion of the first substrate surface adjacent the first pressure sensing assembly is fluidly isolated from the first volume of fluid; and a second pressure sensing assembly attached to the second substrate surface and configured to detect a second pressure force associated with a second volume of fluid, wherein a portion of the second substrate surface adjacent the second pressure sensing assembly is fluidly isolated from the second fluid volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Sathish Vadlamudi, Manjesh Kumar B, Sudheer Beligere Sreeramu
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Patent number: 11940458Abstract: A measurement tool includes: a measurement tool body including a sample collection unit for collecting a liquid sample by a capillary phenomenon, and a liquid feed channel; and a lid body attachable to and detachable from the measurement tool body. The liquid feed channel includes an upstream side channel and a downstream side channel. A space is defined, into which an upstream side end of the sample collection unit and a downstream side end of the upstream side channel open, when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body. The downstream side channel is connected to a downstream side end of the sample collection unit. The space is open when the lid body is separated from the measurement tool body, and the space is closed and the upstream side channel and the sample collection unit are connected when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Nakamura, Kazuhiko Imamura, Nobuhiko Inui, Ryousuke Takahashi
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Patent number: 11933689Abstract: A sensor device having a first counter electrode extending under an intermediate carrier, and having a first distance between the intermediate carrier and the first counter electrode being modifiable by the pressure on the movable region, and the first counter electrode encompassing, under the intermediate carrier, at least one electrically separated region that is disposed below a spacing element and includes at least a lateral extent of the spacing element.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Heribert Weber, Christoph Hermes, Hans Artmann, Peter Schmollngruber, Thomas Friedrich, Volkmar Senz
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Patent number: 11933802Abstract: There is provided an automatic analysis device with a structure in which a measurement unit is less susceptible to disturbance as compared to a device in the related art, and a method of designing the automatic analysis device. A first rotation axis 301 of a reaction disk 1, a second rotation axis 302 of a reagent disk 9, and a measurement unit are arranged on the same straight line 311 when an automatic analysis device 100 is viewed from an upper surface side, the first rotation axis 301 of the reaction disk 1 is arranged between the second rotation axis 302 of the reagent disk 9 and the measurement unit, and the measurement unit is arranged on a front side to be accessed by a user of the automatic analysis device 100.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Yasui, Takeshi Setomaru, Akinori Kiyokawa, Masashi Fukaya
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Patent number: 11933686Abstract: A pressure gauge and/or relief valve which may be used in a single-use fluid system, such as a sterilizable fluid system. The pressure gauge and/or pressure relief valve may be configured to measure and to relieve fluid within a fluid-containing structure, the pressure gauge relief valve including a housing having a first end, a second end, and an inner surface defining a passage between the first end and the second end, a movable element movable within the passage, wherein the housing first end is configured to be coupled with a fluid-containing structure, the housing second end is spaced from the housing first end; and the movable element is movable with respect to the housing to indicate pressure therein and to allow fluid to pass between the movable element and the inner surface of the passage at a selected pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Repligen CorporationInventor: Travis R. Ward
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Patent number: 11927578Abstract: A smart wearable device includes a wearable device body, a signal control module, a gas detection module, a signal recording module, and a vibration generating module. The gas detection module can detect a gas concentration of a predetermined gas surrounding the wearable device body so as to obtain a gas concentration signal. The signal recording module can record a plurality of gas concentration values that are provided by the gas concentration signal, and record a plurality of gas-measuring time points that are respectively configured for obtaining the gas concentration values. The vibration generating module can generate a prompt signal according to the gas concentration value provided by the gas concentration signal, and generate a beat signal according to a user setting value. Therefore, the smart wearable device can provide relevant information corresponding to the gas concentration signal, the prompt signal, and the beat signal for a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: RADIANT INNOVATION INC.Inventors: Yu-Chien Huang, Chien-Chang Liao
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Patent number: 11927280Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes a valve body that defines a flow path through which fluid flows and an opening that opens to the outside in a middle of flow path; a flexible partition member that covers the opening and separates the flow path from the outside, and changes a cross-sectional area of the flow path; and a flexible support member disposed on a rear surface side opposite to a flow path side of the flexible partition member. A housing is fixed to the valve body via peripheral portions of the flexible partition member and the flexible support member. A humidity sensor that detects a state of an atmosphere or a change thereof in a space defined by the flexible support member and an inner surface of the housing. The diaphragm valve is capable of preventing fluid in a diaphragm valve from leaking to the outside due to breakage of a diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Yuya Suzuki, Ryutaro Tanno, Daihi Tsuchiguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Tsutomu Shinohara
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Patent number: 11921027Abstract: A specimen introduction method for improving a measurement accuracy and efficiency includes a preparation step, first step, second step, and third step. The preparation step uses a switching member to connect a first feeder to a first inlet-and-outlet, a second inlet-and-outlet to a discharge container, a third inlet-and-outlet to a first inflow port, and a second feeder to a second inflow port. The first step includes filling a path from the second feeder to the switching member through the second inflow port, a specimen treatment device, and the first inflow port with a second liquid. The second step includes filling a path from the first feeder to the switching member with a first liquid. The third step includes subsequently introducing the first liquid into the first inflow port from the first feeder through the switching member, and introducing the second liquid into the second inflow port from the second feeder.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Masashi Yoneta