Patents Examined by Temilade Rhodes-Vivour
  • Patent number: 10267946
    Abstract: An embodiment of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) apparatus for estimating properties of an earth formation includes an NMR measurement device including a transmitting assembly configured to emit a pulse sequence and a receiving assembly configured to detect an echo train based on the pulse sequence, and a processor. The processor is configured to perform receiving input parameters including an axial speed of the NMR measurement device and a T1 value associated with a selected formation fluid, analyzing polarization data associated with the T1 value, the polarization data describing a dependency between polarization and axial speed, determining a wait time for the pulse sequence based on the polarization data, applying the pulse sequence with the determined wait time to the transmitting assembly, and estimating a property of the earth formation based on the echo train detected by the receiving assembly in response to the pulse sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Radu Coman
  • Patent number: 10247759
    Abstract: A current sensor includes a first current pathway, a first magnetic sensor arranged near the first current pathway, a second magnetic sensor arranged opposite the first magnetic sensor with the first current pathway in between, a second current pathway, a third magnetic sensor arranged near the second current pathway, a fourth magnetic sensor arranged opposite the third magnetic sensor with the second current pathway in between, and a signal processor that generates a signal based on a quantity of the first measured current from output of the first magnetic sensor and output of the second magnetic sensor, and also generates a signal based on a quantity of the second measured current from output of the third magnetic sensor and output of the fourth magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Hideto Imajo, Hidenori Hasegawa, Kenji Kai
  • Patent number: 10247687
    Abstract: A soil moisture sensor and a soil moisture sensing system are provided. The soil moisture sensor includes a double groove helical structure having grooves and formed from an insulator. The soil moisture sensor further includes at least a first electrode and a second electrode formed from one or more metals deposited at at least two different locations on the grooves. The soil moisture sensor also includes a processor for processing a soil moisture measurement signal based on a conductivity between the electrodes. The soil moisture sensor additionally includes a wireless transmitter for transmitting the soil moisture measurement signal to a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Hendrik F. Hamann, Levente Klein, Michael A. Schappert, Theodore G. van Kessel
  • Patent number: 10241184
    Abstract: In an EPI acquisition sequence for magnetic resonance signals k-space is scanned along sets of lines in k-space along opposite propagation directions, e.g. odd and even lines in k-space. Phase errors that occur due to the opposite propagation directions are corrected for in a SENSE-type parallel imaging reconstruction. The phase error distribution in image space may be initially estimated, calculated form the phase difference between images reconstructed from magnetic resonance signals acquired from the respective sets of k-space lines, or from an earlier dynamic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Paul Jurriaan Jurrissen, Johannes Petrus Groen, Miha Fuderer
  • Patent number: 10241133
    Abstract: A test probe tip can include a resistive element coupled with a tip component. The resistive element can include a resistive layer disposed on an exterior surface of a structural member of the resistive impedance element. In embodiments, the resistive element can be configured to form a structural component of the test probe tip without an insulating covering applied thereto. Additional embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie A. Campbell, William A. Hagerup, Ira G. Pollock, Christina D. Enns, James E. Spinar, Kathleen F. M. Ullom, Charles M. Hartmann, Daniel J. Ayres
  • Patent number: 10234484
    Abstract: A power monitoring system includes a plurality of current sensors suitable to sense respective changing electrical current within a respective conductor to a respective load and a conductor sensing a respective voltage potential provided to the respective load. A power monitors determines a type of circuit based upon a signal from at least one of the current sensors and a signal from the conductor, wherein the type of circuit includes at least one of a single phase circuit, a two phase circuit, and a three phase circuit. The power meter configures a set of registers corresponding to the determined type of circuit in a manner such that the configuring is different based upon each of the single phase circuit, two phase circuit, and three phase circuit suitable to provide data corresponding to the determined type of circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Veris Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Cook, Michael Bitsch
  • Patent number: 10228233
    Abstract: A rotation-detecting apparatus includes the following: a rotor coil provided on a rotor; detection coils provided on stators; a control circuit that detects the relative rotational angle between the rotor and the stators by processing detection signals induced in the detection coils as a result of the rotor coil being excited by an excitation signal; and a communicating means for performing data communication with an external device. The control circuit in the rotation-detecting apparatus has functionality whereby a switch signal that turns on and off at preset rotational angles is outputted on the basis of the aforementioned detection signals. Also, the control circuit is designed such that the set rotational angles for the aforementioned switch signal can be changed by the external device via the abovementioned communicating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: NSD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Kimata, Tomoshi Takatsuka
  • Patent number: 10222239
    Abstract: A system for detecting a position of a dual solenoid device includes device configured to move between first and second positions, and a controller. The controller has first and second monitoring circuits in operable communication with first and second channels, respectively. The first and second channels are in operable communication with first and second solenoids, respectively. Each solenoid is configured to selectively operate as an active solenoid to move the device when the solenoid and its respective channel are in an active mode, and as a passive solenoid when the solenoid and its respective channel are in a passive mode to passively move with the active solenoid. Each of the monitoring circuits is configured to determine a position of the device when the channel the monitoring circuit is associated with is operating in the passive mode by monitoring an electrical parameter of the passive solenoid associated with that channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk A. Lillestolen, Gary L. Hess
  • Patent number: 10215781
    Abstract: To provide a current sensor excellent in insulation resistance. A current sensor (1) includes a conductor (10); a support part (30) for supporting a signal processing IC (20); a magnetoelectric conversion element (13) configured to be electrically connectable to the signal processing IC (20), and arranged in a gap (10a) of the conductor (10) so as to detect a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the conductor (10); and an insulation member (14) supporting the magnetoelectric conversion element (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Hideto Imajo, Daigo Takagi
  • Patent number: 10203376
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a position of an abnormality occurred in a secondary battery system includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module (module information) from among a plurality of modules included in a module series that accommodates a block for which the difference between a block voltage value and a block voltage value after a primary delay has changed so as to exceed a voltage threshold within a preset time before and after the point in time at which the block voltage value and series current value stopped being correlated, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Motohiro Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 10203225
    Abstract: A rotation detector includes the following: a rotor and stators comprising a rotor substrate and stator substrates, each of which is a multilayer substrate; a rotor coil provided on the rotor substrate; and detection coils provided on the stator substrates. The frequency of an excitation signal used by said rotation detector is set so as to be higher than a prescribed frequency that would be required if the rotor and the stators were each made of a magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NSD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Kimata, Tomoshi Takatsuka
  • Patent number: 10203377
    Abstract: An apparatus for specifying an abnormality-occurrence area of a secondary battery system includes an information transmission unit for outputting block voltage values and an average block voltage value, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module accommodating a block that has output a block voltage value when the difference between a reference block voltage value obtained from the correlation between the block voltage value and the average block voltage value and the block voltage value is equal to or greater than a preset voltage threshold, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insultors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Motohiro Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 10200016
    Abstract: A contactless readable programmable transponder to monitor chip join and method of use are disclosed. The method includes reading a frequency of an oscillator associated with a chip module. The method further includes correlating the frequency with a bond quality of the chip module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen P. Ayotte, Shawn P. Fetterolf, Adam J. McPadden, Timothy M. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10197508
    Abstract: Exemplary imaging systems, apparatus, and methods may include a plurality of reconfigurable antenna assemblies. The reconfigurable antenna assemblies may each include one or more antennas. The antennas may be configured in a plurality of states including a passive state in which the antenna may not perturb the electromagnetic field. The antennas may be positioned about a measurement domain such as, e.g., a conductive measurement chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERISTY OF MANITOBA
    Inventors: Joe LoVetri, Mohammad Asefi
  • Patent number: 10197509
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a signal by means of electromagnetic waves according to one embodiment of the present invention can, when a radio frequency (RF) signal is radiated onto a medium through any one of a plurality of channels, simultaneously receive the radiated RF signals which have been reflected or scattered by the medium or have penetrated the medium through the plurality of channels other than the channel through which the RF signal has been radiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MUTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Mo Park, Tae-Wook Lim, Jae-Hong Lim, Kwang-Won Lee, Sang-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10180411
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive transducer assembly for generating a longitudinal elastic guided wave of a selected frequency and mode and for guiding the wave into an open end of a heat exchanger tube for testing the tube. The transducer assembly comprises a current-carrying coil of wire, a magnetostrictive material wrapped around the coil of wire, a mechanism for pressing the magnetostrictive material against an inner surface of the tube, and one or more biasing magnets placed in the vicinity of the current-carrying coil of wire and the magnetostrictive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: KOCH HEAT TRANSFER COMPANY, LP
    Inventors: Cody J. Borigo, Steven E. Owens, Joseph L. Rose, Jason K. Van Velsor
  • Patent number: 10175065
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for deployment within a momentum control device that enables near-zero revolutions per minute (RPM) sensing, and method for making same, are provided. The provided rotor assembly utilizes a magnet coupled to the rotor shaft and a stationary sensor element to detect magnetic flux from the magnet and derive reliable near zero RPM therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Thom Kreider
  • Patent number: 10175288
    Abstract: An electronic device for the diagnosis of insulation loss of an energized electrical apparatus, with respect to a ground. The device includes a first resistance-switch group and a second resistance-switch group, connectable or disconnectable in a controlled manner, and also a first measurement circuit and a second measurement circuit, arranged in parallel to the first and second resistance-switch groups, respectively. The first and second measurement circuits include respective first and second detection circuits, first and second charge modulation circuits and first and second partition resistors (RBminus, RBplus). The first and second charge modulation circuits allow a dynamic “switching” measurement technique. Moreover, a method is described for measuring the insulation resistances (RIminus, RIplus) of an energized electrical apparatus with respect to ground, in which the method is carried out by a device according to the invention. Finally, a self-diagnosis method of device is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNETI MARELLI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Danilo Pritelli, Rosanna Suglia, Gianluca Aurilio, Alessandro Cerutti, Franco Ciampolini
  • Patent number: 10168371
    Abstract: A system for determining the impact of moisture on a dielectric sealing material may include a testing apparatus having a testing chamber. A dielectric sealing material and a conducting pin may be exposed to the testing chamber. A first electrical lead may be coupled to the conducting pin, and a second electrical lead may be coupled to the dialectic material. An insulation resistance measurement unit may be coupled to both the first electrical lead and the second electrical lead, and the insulation resistance measurement unit may be configured to measure an insulation resistance value between the electrical leads. The insulation resistance measurement unit may measure a first insulation resistance value of the dielectric sealing material in a first environmental condition, and the insulation resistance measurement unit may measure a second insulation resistance value of the dielectric sealing material at a second environmental condition, that is different than the first environmental condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: PA&E, HERMETIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Xia, Tucker Havekost, Daniel Brown, Erich Preissler, Mike Grimm
  • Patent number: 10168559
    Abstract: The present invention provides an LCD detecting system including timing control (TCON) IC. The TCON IC includes a process unit to receive lock signal, a detecting control unit connected with the process unit, and a point-to-point transmission unit connected with the detecting control unit. The detecting control unit detects mode of the point-to-point transmission unit and sends a control signal to the process unit based on a detecting result. The TCON IC transmits timing control signal based on the control signal received by the process unit and starts to transmit normal RGB data. Priority of the control signal transmitted by the detecting control unit is higher than that of the lock signal. The present invention also provides an LCD detecting method. The present invention can increase the speed of detecting and time to market, enhance competitiveness, increase the speed of manufacturing analysis, saves working time and productivity, and reduces cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Zhi Xiong