Patents Examined by Sean Curtis
  • Patent number: 11493618
    Abstract: The number of pulses of a stimulus signal provided by a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) between launch and establishing an electrical circuit with a human or animal target may be counted to determine the distance between the CEW and the target and the distance between electrodes launched by the CEW toward the target while positioned in or near target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Magne Nerheim, Steven N. D. Brundula
  • Patent number: 11493574
    Abstract: The magnetic material inspection device includes: a differential coil configured to detect a change in a magnetic field of a magnetic material and transmit a differential signal, the differential coil including a pair of receiving coils; a detection coil configured to detect the change in the magnetic field of the magnetic material and transmit a detection signal; and a controller configured to detect a state of the magnetic material based on the differential signal of the differential coil and detect the state of the magnetic material based on the detection signal of the detection coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Iijima
  • Patent number: 11487041
    Abstract: A method that includes deploying a casing with a multi-electrode configuration over a dielectric layer in a downhole environment. The method also includes collecting electromagnetic (EM) measurements using the multi-electrode configuration, and processing the EM measurements to obtain a characterization of fluids in an annulus between the casing and a borehole wall. A related system includes a casing deployed downhole, the casing having a multi-electrode configuration and a dielectric layer between the casing and the multi-electrode configuration. The system also includes a controller for directing collection of EM measurements using the multi-electrode configuration, and a processor that processes the EM measurements to obtain a characterization of fluids in an annulus between the casing and a borehole wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Roberson, Scott Goodwin
  • Patent number: 11474273
    Abstract: A detector locator system comprising: an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source array comprising a plurality of EMR sources; a detector apparatus comprising an EMR detector configured to detect an EMR signal emitted by the EMR sources, a wireless transceiver configured to transmit an ON signal responsive to the EMR detector receiving the EMR signal; a control unit configured to instruct the driver to control the EMR sources to turn on one at a time in an activation pattern, receive the ON signal, and designate, responsive to the ON signal, the EMR source that triggered the detection signal as a triggering EMR source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Shlomo Zalman Reches
  • Patent number: 11460369
    Abstract: A system for detecting the formation of a crack in a metal joint includes an electrochemical electrical current detection device. Carrier material surrounds the metal joint, at least partially, with conductive media having electrolyte therein. An auxiliary electrode is in electrical contact with the carrier material. The placement of the auxiliary electrode in electrical contact with carrier material forms a passive layer on the metal joint. The formation of a crack in the metal joint ruptures the passive layer to generate a current for detection by the electrochemical electrical current detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Matergenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehrooz Zamanzadeh, Carolyn Tome, Aaron Ulmer
  • Patent number: 11450613
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with integrated circuit packages with integrated test circuitry for testing of a channel between dies are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an integrated circuit (IC) package may include a first die, a second die, and a channel that couples the first die to the second die. The first die may include a transmitter, test circuitry coupled between the transmitter and the channel, wherein the test circuitry is to control charge and discharge of the channel, and a receiver coupled to the channel. The receiver may determine a voltage of the channel during charge and discharge of the channel, and output an indication of the voltage. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mayue Xie, Jong-Ru Guo, Zhiguo Qian, Zuoguo Wu
  • Patent number: 11448681
    Abstract: An insulation monitoring electric circuit of an electric-motor controller, includes: a first voltage sampling circuit and a second voltage sampling circuit; the first voltage sampling circuit is connected to an input anode (+VBUS) of a busbar, an input cathode (PGND) of the busbar and a busbar-voltage sampled-signal (HV_VDC) line, and a busbar-voltage sampled-signal (HV_VDC) line is connected to the electric-motor controller; the second voltage sampling circuit is connected to the input anode (+VBUS) of the busbar, the input cathode (PGND) of the busbar and an insulation-voltage sampled signal (HV_VDC) line, and an insulation-voltage sampled signal (HV_VISO) line is connected to the electric-motor controller; and the electric-motor controller is configured to compare a busbar-voltage value gathered by the first voltage sampling circuit and an insulation-voltage value gathered by the second voltage sampling circuit, and when the busbar-voltage value and the insulation-voltage value are different, emit an insul
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Jing-Jin Electric Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuxia Qu, Fuxiang Wan, Lingling Tan
  • Patent number: 11442193
    Abstract: A downhole tool may comprise a tool body that is a structural support for the downhole tool, an upper arm attached at one end to the tool body, a pad attached at an opposite end of the upper arm, a lower arm attached at one end to a sliding block and attached to the pad at an opposite end of the lower arm, and a passive arm connected to the lower arm and the tool body. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, applying a force to a passive arm, applying a second force from the passive arm to the lower arm in response to the force applied to the passive arm, and moving the lower arm and the passive arm in a longitudinal direction along an axis of the downhole tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Beard
  • Patent number: 11443155
    Abstract: An insulator leakage current detector, an insulator leakage current detecting system, and a method of monitoring insulator leakage current using the same are provided. An insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string includes a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string; and a device to send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Lindsey Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Keith E. Lindsey, John McCall
  • Patent number: 11442033
    Abstract: A surface property evaluation method includes a measurement step for acquiring the distribution of impedance in the depth direction of a test piece, and an evaluation step for evaluating the surface treatment state in the depth direction and wherein the evaluation step includes: a step for creating a reference measurement value group by preparing untreated sample, good sample, and sample to be evaluated, and calculating an impedance ratio ?1 at each frequency for the untreated sample and good sample impedances; a step for creating an evaluation measurement value group by calculating an impedance ratio ?2 for the impedances of untreated sample at each frequency relative to the sample to be evaluated impedances; and a step for evaluating the surface treatment state of a sample to be evaluated by comparing a reference measurement value group with the evaluation measurement value group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyasu Makino
  • Patent number: 11422283
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool for use in a subterranean region, the NMR tool comprising a magnet assembly to produce a magnetic field in a volume in the region, an antenna assembly to produce an excitation in the volume, and to receive NMR signals from the volume, and an acquisition system coupled to the antenna assembly and configured to acquire a first NMR signal using a first acquisition window having a first duration, and acquire a second NMR signal using a second acquisition window having a second duration, wherein the second duration is different than the first duration, and a processor coupled to the acquisition system and configured to determine a lateral displacement of the NMR tool as a function of time based on the first and second NMR signals, and apply the lateral displacement to the first NMR signal to generate NMR relaxation data with reduced motion effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Arcady Reiderman, Songhua Chen, Zinovy B. Krugliak
  • Patent number: 11408272
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for identifying a mud angle associated with an electromagnetic imager tool based on tool measurements made during operation of the electromagnetic imager tool. Tool measurements made by an electromagnetic imager tool operating to log a wellbore in a formation can be gathered. The tool measurements can be decomposed into two quantities along a plurality of candidate mud angles for the electromagnetic imager tool. As follows, a mud angle associated with the electromagnetic imager tool can be identified from the plurality of candidate mud angles based on an amount of correlation between the two quantities for each of the plurality of candidate mud angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmed E. Fouda, Baris Guner
  • Patent number: 11402457
    Abstract: A system and a method for an integrated test on a primary-secondary pole-mounted breaker. The method includes: establishing an electrical connection between the system and the primary-secondary pole-mounted breaker; establishing a communication connection between the system and the primary-secondary pole-mounted breaker; applying, by the system, a voltage signal and a current signal to the primary-secondary pole-mounted breaker through the electrical connection, to generate a voltage and a current on the primary-secondary pole-mounted breaker; collecting, by the system, signals of the voltage and the current fed back from the primary-secondary pole-mounted breaker through the communication connection; performing, by the system, an integrated accuracy test and an integrated protection test; outputting a test result of the accuracy test and a test result of the integrated protection test to the industrial control machine, to generate the test report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG HUADIAN EQUIPMENT TESTING INSTITUTE CO., LTD., STATE GRID ZHEJIANG HAIYAN COUNTY POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD., STATE GRID ZHEJIANG ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi Li, Jingbo Hu, Zhiyao Zheng, Yibo Gao, Shaofeng Yu, Yifang Su, Gang Wu, Jianqin Lin, Hanpeng Yang, Weiliang Bian, Aimin Xu
  • Patent number: 11402346
    Abstract: An electrical conductivity detector includes a cell through which a liquid flows, a measurement part for obtaining an electrical conductivity signal which is a current corresponding to an electrical conductivity of the liquid flowing through the cell, a phase adjustment value holder that holds a phase adjustment value which is a predetermined shift amount between a phase of the electrical conductivity signal and a phase of a measurement voltage applied to the cell by the measurement part, a BG subtraction signal generator configured to generate a BG subtraction signal for removing a background component included in the electrical conductivity signal obtained by the measurement part, the BG subtraction signal being adjusted to have a phase substantially identical to the phase of the electrical conductivity signal using the phase adjustment value held in the phase adjustment value holder, an addition part configured to add the electrical conductivity signal and the BG subtraction signal with each other, and a c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Hideto Sawata
  • Patent number: 11391665
    Abstract: A painting fiber probe having a measurement surface on which a coating film is formed with the same painting specification as that of a sample (painted steel sheet) is placed in a test tank together with the sample. A cycle consisting of three steps of saline water spraying, drying and wetting is repeated on the sample and the painting fiber probe. In the drying step of the cycle, absorbance at a specific wavelength of the coating film formed on the painting fiber probe is measured at a regular interval and drying is ended when the measured absorbance satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Miwa, Azusa Ishii
  • Patent number: 11378511
    Abstract: A method for detecting corrosion on a conductive object includes submerging a surface of the conductive object at least partially in an aqueous solution, flowing current through the surface of the conductive object by forming a voltage differential across the surface, varying the voltage differential across the surface while monitoring the current through the surface of the conductive object, determining a total charge corresponding to a corrosion level of the surface of the conductive object based on current versus voltage levels. The corrosion level may further be utilized in selecting a cleaning process to remediate the corrosion of the surface based on the corrosion level and in applying a protective corrosion barrier to on at least part of the surface after the cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Gang Grant Peng, Robert Douglas Mikkola, David Britz, Lance Scudder, David W. Groechel
  • Patent number: 11371863
    Abstract: A rotational angle detection apparatus is provided with a magnet disposed so as to be rotatable integrally with an axis of rotation, having a substantially circular shape when viewed along the axis of rotation, and including a magnetization vector component in a direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation; a magnetic sensor that outputs a sensor signal on the basis of change in a magnetic field accompanying rotation of the magnet; and a rotational angle detector that detects a rotational angle of the rotating body on the basis of the sensor signal output by the magnetic sensor; wherein the magnet has a curved inclined surface with a concave shape along the axis of rotation from a prescribed position on the outer side in a radial direction toward the axis of rotation, and when a circular virtual plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation and centered at the axis of rotation is established at a position opposed to the curved inclined surface, the magnetic sensor is disposed at a position at which the amplitudes
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Nagata, Kazuya Watanabe, Hiraku Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11372125
    Abstract: An amphibious portable magnetism detector includes a first housing, a first wiring tube, a first magnetic field sensor, and a central control device. The first housing defines a first inner space and a first through hole in communication with the first inner space. The first wiring tube is connected to the first housing with a first leak-tight seal formed between them, and in communication with the first inner space via the first through hole. The first magnetic field sensor is disposed in the first inner space and configured to detect a magnetic field at a target area and generate a first detection signal. The central control device is electrically connected to the first magnetic field sensor and configured to receive the first detection signal and output a first magnetic field value according to the first detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiao-Ping Zheng, Zhen-Yuan Sun, Bin Wang, Hua Geng, Xiao-Jiao Deng
  • Patent number: 11360117
    Abstract: A structure and method for providing a housing which includes a high frequency (HF) connection between a device under test (DUT) having a wave port 20 and a load board via a waveguide structure. The waveguide includes a wave insert 42, a waveguide adapter 24 and a conductive compliant member 40 which maintains bias between the adapter 24 and the DUT HF port 20 while also maintaining an RF shield despite the variable height of the DUT wave port. The adapter may also include a projection 64 which is received in a recess in the waveguide so that the shielding between the waveguide and adapter has full integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Johnstech International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sherry, Cory Kostuchowski
  • Patent number: 11353535
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for reducing an appearance of an artifact in an image generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generating device configured to create an inhomogeneity in the magnetic field of an MRI system and prevent at least one out-of-field excitation during imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: VIEWRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Chmielewski, Shmaryu M. Shvartsman