With Receiver And Supply Securing Means Patents (Class 141/383)
  • Patent number: 11958107
    Abstract: A continuous casting machine is provided that includes a refractory tundish funnel. The tundish funnel has a tapered shape and is designed to sit on a tundish lid in order to channel steel from the ladle to the tundish bath. A collector can also be provided to channel the steel from the ladle. The collector has an opening with a cross-section that transitions from a cylindrical shape to a cross-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Properties Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ryan Hartley, Ken Morales Higa
  • Patent number: 11865309
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a reservoir for containing a medical product, a distally projecting end-piece having an outer surface and a total length measured along a longitudinal axis of said end-piece, said end-piece defining an axial passageway for the transfer of said medical product contained in said reservoir, wherein a gripping surface is provided on a portion of said outer surface, said portion being located in a distal region of said end-piece, the length of said portion representing at most 40%, preferably less than 33%, of the total length of the end-piece. An assembly includes such a drug delivery device and an adaptor intended to be mounted onto the end-piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Stéphane Bonnet, Sylvain Hallynck
  • Patent number: 11346497
    Abstract: A grease gun extension device that supports a flexible grease gun extension tube allowing the user to securely position the grease tip onto a grease fitting without having to use a second hand to force the grease tip onto the grease fitting. A series of rigid elongate tube supporting members are pivotably attached via spring biased locking knobs and radial gear tooth panels located at the ends of each rigid tube supporting member, allowing the user push on the locking knob, bend the flexible extension tube to the desired angle and release the locking knob to have the radial gear tooth panel sets lock the flexible tube at a fixed angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Rixon Irvine
  • Patent number: 11046574
    Abstract: A fueling adapter configured to permit a fuel dispenser which terminates in a twist lock mating assembly to be used to supply fuel to a fuel tank which has a fuel receiver outfitted with a dry break connector connected thereto, said fueling adapter comprising a dry break assembly rotatably connected to a twist lock assembly via a rotational connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SPILLX LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Mitrovich
  • Patent number: 10879066
    Abstract: In a mask pattern forming method, a resist film is formed over a thin film, the resist film is processed into resist patterns having a predetermined pitch by photolithography, slimming of the resist patterns is performed, and an oxide film is formed on the thin film and the resist patterns after an end of the slimming step in a film deposition apparatus by supplying a source gas and an oxygen radical or an oxygen-containing gas. In the mask pattern forming method, the slimming and the oxide film forming are continuously performed in the film deposition apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhide Hasebe, Shigeru Nakajima, Jun Ogawa, Hiroki Murakami
  • Patent number: 10503082
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to load or unload a mask pod includes a first load port supporter and a second load port supporter spaced apart from the first load port supporter. Each of the first load port supporter and the second load port supporter includes at least portions of an L-shaped rectangular prism. The first load port supporter and the second load port supporter are disposed diagonally around a rectangular area, where first inner sidewalls of the first load port supporter and second inner sidewalls of the second load port supporter delimit boundaries of the rectangular area, and where a first width of the rectangular area is equal to a second width of the mask pod, and a first length of the rectangular area is equal to a second length of the mask pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Lee, Yu-Piao Fang
  • Patent number: 10442677
    Abstract: A fueling adapter configured to permit a fuel dispenser which terminates in a twist lock mating assembly to be used to supply fuel to a fuel tank which has a fuel receiver outfitted with a dry break connector connected thereto, said fueling adapter comprising a dry break assembly rotatably connected to a twist lock assembly via a rotational connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SPILLX LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Mitrovich
  • Patent number: 10395959
    Abstract: A substrate transport system includes a carrier having a housing forming an interior environment having an opening for holding at least one substrate and a door for sealing the opening from an outside atmosphere where when sealed the interior environment is configured to maintain an interior atmosphere therein, the housing including a fluid reservoir exterior to the interior environment and configured to contain a fluid, forming a different atmosphere in the fluid reservoir than the interior atmosphere, to form a fluidic barrier seal that seals the interior environment from an environment exterior to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Babbs, Robert T. Caveney, Robert C. May, Krysztof A. Majczak
  • Patent number: 10361108
    Abstract: Devices and methods for transferring solar cells while maintaining a controlled environment are provided. Such devices include a solar cell carrying cassette adapted to support a stack of solar cells within a solar cell carrying pod that maintains a sealed micro-environment of inert gas and allows for automated transfer of solar cells between the pod and a fabrication line. The solar cell carrying cassette includes a pair of end plates and a plurality of rods extending therebetween that are configured to support a stack of solar cells. An identifier, such as an RFID chip, is included in each of the pair of end plates so as to allow for ready identification of the cassette from a single location relative the pod, while the cassette is coupled within the pod, regardless of the orientation of the cassette within the pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventor: Pablo Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10242897
    Abstract: Devices and methods for transferring solar cells while maintaining a controlled environment are provided. Such devices can include a solar cell carrying pod adapted to support and maintain a stack of solar cells within a sealed micro-environment of inert gas. The solar cell carrying pod can further allow for ready removal of a solar cell carrier to facilitate automated transport of solar cells. The solar cell carrying pod can include a cover adapted to receive a solar cell carrier cassette securely mounted on a base that is sealably coupled with the cover to maintain solar cells within the carrier cassette in a sealed micro-environment for an extended period of time. The base can include a collet-operated gear train to facilitate unlocking and removal of the base from the cover in an automated process to facilitate large-scale solar cell fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventor: Pablo Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10062591
    Abstract: An equipment platform system and a wafer transfer method used to a wafer processing is provided. The equipment platform system comprises: a working platform, each side of the working platform is used to mount process chamber; a top-loading wafer device fixed on the top surface of working platform, the top-loading wafer device includes: a cassette or FOUP loading unit, a wafer loading unit installed disposed opposite the cassette or FOUP loading unit, the wafer loading unit has an inside cavity; a central robot, located between the cassette or FOUP loading unit and the wafer loading unit; a loading gate used to open or close the inside cavity; a wafer tray, which is in the inside cavity; a shutoff gate, which is at the bottom of the inside cavity, used to open or close the internal of the working platform; there is an opening at the top of the working platform, the opening is located at the lower part of the inside cavity, and disposed opposite the shutoff gate, the shutoff gate can seal the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SHANGHAI IC R&D CENTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Daqing Ren
  • Patent number: 9989179
    Abstract: An air valve connecting device or attachment includes a mouth engaged in a housing and having a compartment for engaging with either a US or French inflation valve, an actuator slidably engaged in the housing and engageable with the mouth, a tube slidably engaged in the actuator for selectively engaging with the inflation valve, and extendible into the mouth for selectively engaging with the other inflation valve, one or more catches are slidably engaged in the actuator and engageable into the actuator for engaging with the tube and for retaining the tube to the actuator, and a cam member is engageable with the actuator for forcing the actuator to compress the mouth and to grasp the inflation valve to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: BETO ENGINEERING & MARKETING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lo Pin Wang
  • Patent number: 9989180
    Abstract: An air valve connecting device or attachment includes a mouth engaged in a housing and having a compartment for engaging with either a US or French inflation valve, a barrel engaged into the housing and engaged onto the mouth, an actuator slidably engaged in the housing and engageable with the barrel, and a cam member is engageable with the actuator for selectively forcing the actuator and the barrel to compress the mouth to grasp either of the inflation valves to the housing, a tube is slidably engaged in the actuator and extendible into the mouth, and a catch is slidably engaged in the actuator and engageable into the actuator for selectively engaging with and for retaining the tube to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: BETO ENGINEERING & MARKETING CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Lo Pin Wang
  • Patent number: 9927069
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (10) for transferring fluid between a first surface installation (11) and a second surface installation (12), comprising a tubular transfer conduit (25) that can be deployed between the two surface installations, the first end (28) of the conduit being connected to piping of the first surface installation (11) while the second end (29) is intended to be connected to a collector (20) of the second surface installation (12), said tubular transfer conduit (25) being suspended beneath a support and guidance structure (40) by a link (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventor: Philippe François Espinasse
  • Patent number: 9799542
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus, including: transportation chamber maintained in an atmospheric environment where a substrate is transported; a vacuum processing chamber connected with the transportation chamber through a load lock chamber; a substrate placing table installed in the vacuum processing chamber and having a body part and a surface part that is attachable to/detachable from the body part; a storage unit installed in the load lock chamber or the transportation chamber and configured to receive the surface part; and a transportation mechanism configured to transport the substrate from the transportation chamber to the vacuum processing chamber through the load lock chamber and transport the surface part between the storage unit and the body part of the vacuum processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Eiichi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9795956
    Abstract: A container for ensuring the transport and the aseptic transfer of a biopharmaceutical product from or to a closed chamber provided with a leaktight joining device, includes: an annular flange delimiting an opening, a removable cover, built-in elements for locking/unlocking the removable cover and a peripheral envelope. The built-in locking/unlocking elements include a built-in functional locking/unlocking arrangement formed by a through-housing formed in the annular flange and a blind housing formed in the removable cover, and by a pin at an inner radial position and a pin at an outer radial position. The container is capable of being in an initial locking position, in an intermediate unlocking position and in a final locking position owing to the displacements of the pin at an inner radial position and the pin at an outer radial position in the blind hole of the removable cover and in the through-housing of the annular flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SARTORIUS STEDIUM FMT SAS
    Inventor: Gaëlle Nodin
  • Patent number: 9791192
    Abstract: A device for charging a primary fluid system, such as an air-conditioning or cooling system, closed and at a first pressure (P1), with a secondary fluid, comprises a dispensing cylinder of the secondary fluid, said cylinder containing the secondary fluid and a propellant fluid having a second pressure (P2) greater than said first pressure. Said cylinder further comprising a filler valve operable to allow/block the exit at least of the secondary fluid from the cylinder. A connection hood is partially superposed over the dispensing cylinder, fitted with connections means suitable for fluidically connecting said filler valve directly to said primary fluid system or to a connection pipe to said system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ERRECOM S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luca Ronga
  • Patent number: 9599930
    Abstract: A fixing portion 18c for suppressing movement of a developer bag 16 when the developer bag 16 is unsealed by moving a sealing member 19 is provided. By this, unsealing becomes easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroomi Matsuzaki, Junichi Matsumura, Kazuki Matsumoto, Tatsuo Fujisaki, Kojiro Yasui
  • Patent number: 9564350
    Abstract: Methodology and system for using vacuum pods to store/transport semiconductor wafers to efficiently reduce contamination of the wafers while reducing cost, cycle time, and process steps and tools without the need for a complete reconfiguration of processes/tools in the fabrication facility are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: William Fosnight, Stephanie Waite
  • Patent number: 9562523
    Abstract: A wobble drive mechanism for coupling a rotary motion to a reciprocating motion comprising a diagonal plate coupled to a rotary motion axis driving a wobble carrier having a flat side in sliding contact with the diagonal plate and a spherical side in contact with a spherical bearing recess. The wobble carrier has a bore containing at least one reciprocating drive shoe. The reciprocating drive shoe may be coupled to a piston operating within a cylinder. The reciprocating drive shoe may be free to move in the bore linearly and/or rotationally. In various embodiments, the reciprocating drive shoe comprises two or more components. In various embodiments the piston is coupled to the shoe via a fixed rod section and the fixed rod section terminates in, for example, a double cylindrical bearing T section or a spherical bearing. The reciprocating drive may operate various devices, for example, pump or motor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: JM Harwood LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Harwood, Thomas Bender
  • Patent number: 9415751
    Abstract: An extraction cap of an integrated flat tire repair kit is provided with; an air-dedicated flow passage that normally connects the inlet mouth portion for taking compressed air to the outlet mouth portion without passing through the bottle container; and a puncture repair-dedicated flow passage that is connected to the inlet mouth portion instead of the air-dedicated flow passage by switching means. The puncture repair-dedicated flow passage comprises a first flow passage portion that connects the inlet mouth portion to the inside of the bottle container and a second flow passage portion that connects the inside of the bottle container to the outlet mouth portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Taniguchi, Tsutomu Kono
  • Patent number: 9334118
    Abstract: A system is provided for treating a trash chute with an aerosolized compound. The system includes an aerosol discharge unit mounted to a door frame of a fire door arrangement of the trash chute with an aerosol outlet thereof in fluid communication with the trash passageway; a liquid diffusion appliance mounted remotely from the trash chute and the fire door arrangement, the liquid diffusion appliance including a compound in liquid form to be aerosolized and including a control system for operating the liquid diffusion appliance to generate the aerosolized compound from the liquid compound and to discharge the aerosolized compound from an appliance outlet of the liquid diffusion appliance; and a conduit coupling the appliance outlet of the liquid diffusion appliance with the aerosol outlet of the discharge unit, the conduit defining an aerosol passageway through which the aerosolized compound travels to be discharged into the trash chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Prolitec Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Tanner
  • Patent number: 9312152
    Abstract: Methods and systems to reduce the consumption of purge gas for semiconductor substrate containers. The recirculation purging system recycles purge gas back to substrate containers by filtering and purifying gas flow from substrate containers, receiving gas flow from load port, or including a recirculation tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Lutz Rebstock
  • Patent number: 9242847
    Abstract: An insert is disclosed for use with a closed loop dispensing system. The insert includes a flat, ring-shaped venting member which permits air to pass therethrough but prevents liquid from passing therethrough. A foam liner is positioned at the underside of the venting membrane to shield or protect the venting membrane when the retainer disc of the insert is secured to the lower end of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Rodney Laible
  • Patent number: 9168798
    Abstract: An apparatus for introducing air and/or sealant into a tire includes a container for the sealant which has an inlet and an outlet and a pressure generating means, wherein the inlet of the container is connectable to the pressure generating means and the outlet of the container (14) is connected or connectable to the inlet end (24) of a hose (20) whose outlet end is connectable to the tire to be filled. A latchable coupling is provided for connecting the pressure generation means to the inlet of the container, with two latching levers (50) provided at the container (14) being designed to release the locking convection of the coupling on a movement of the respective free lever ends toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Arnold Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 9156212
    Abstract: The invention allows the relaxation of the precision of fitting the inner lid to the cap body while making removal of the inner lid more reliable. In the bottle unit of the tire puncture repair kit that has an extraction cap attached to the mouth portion of the bottle container, the extraction cap is provided with: a first flow channel for taking in compressed air from a compressor into the bottle container; a second flow channel for successively taking out the puncture repair liquid and compressed air from the bottle container; and first and second closing means for closing the first and second flow channels in the pre-coupling state. The extraction cap is provided with a release means for releasing the second closing means and opening the second flow channel when connection occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Taniguchi, Tsutomu Kono
  • Patent number: 9138946
    Abstract: In the present invention, a difference between a pressure displayed by a manometer of a compressor device and an actual internal pressure of a tire can be reduced. A compressor device (2) and a bottle unit (3) are directly connected. A cap (6) attached to the bottle unit (3) comprises a unidirectional valve (14) for preventing a reverse flow of a flat tire sealing agent to the side of the compressor device. A cylinder (12) of the compressor device (2) is provided with a pump chamber (11), and a surge chamber (18) which receives the compressed air from the pump chamber through an exhaust valve (16), wherein a volume (Q2) of the surge chamber (18) is 1.0 to 3.0 times of the stroke volume of a piston (10) in the pump chamber (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Tsutomu Kono
  • Patent number: 8997802
    Abstract: Sealing fluid container assembly (3), connectable to a compressor assembly and to a control circuit of the compressor assembly, has a connecting unit (25) defining a releasable connection to the compressor assembly; and a connecting device (12) for injecting sealing fluid into an inflatable article, and which cooperates releasably with a valve (V) of the inflatable article. More specifically, the container assembly (3) has a sensor carried by the connecting device (12); and at least one electric contact (33) connected to the sensor (12) and cooperating with an electric terminal (24) to transmit a signal from the sensor (12) to the control device when the connecting device (12) is connected to the valve (V); the sensor (12) having a first and a second terminal (40, 39) designed to be short-circuited directly by the valve (V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: TEK Global S.R.L.
    Inventors: Sergio Lolli, Maurizio Marini
  • Patent number: 8985360
    Abstract: A cap for a drain hose and a plurality of bottles with different opening sizes is provided. The cap includes a main body and an extension body. The main body includes a main sleeve, a sleeve for drain hose and a leakage-proof part, wherein the main sleeve is for engaging with a first bottle, the sleeve for drain hose is for engaging with the drain hose, and the leakage-proof part is for closely sealing the opening of the first bottle. The extension body is formed integrally with the main body and extends outwardly from the main body, the extension body including an extension sleeve for engaging with a second bottle, the opening size of the second bottle being larger than the opening size of the first bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Yen-An Chen
  • Publication number: 20150059924
    Abstract: Filler devices having an enclosure sub-assembly are provided herein. Filler devices may include at least one of a reservoir and at least one working valve for dispensing the product into a container. Enclosure sub-assemblies may include an enclosure frame, an enclosure member, at least one hinge, and at least one magnetic latch assembly, wherein the at least one magnetic latch assembly comprises a body having a magnet associated therewith, and wherein the at least one magnetic latch assembly is fixedly secured to one of the enclosure frame or the enclosure member upon displacement of the enclosure member from a closed position to an open position, and releasably, magnetically secured to the other of the enclosure frame or the enclosure member upon displacement of the enclosure member from a closed position to an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Benjamin Fogg
  • Publication number: 20150059917
    Abstract: The material transfer system and method of transferring materials comprises provides improved connectors that overcome the deficiencies of the connectors currently used. The connector and method of connecting of the present invention comprises a fool-proof method of connecting and a method of ensuring the safe and accurate transfer of materials. The connector of the present invention provides a plurality of male and female connector portions in a plurality of geometric shapes and colors and specific key components that prevent the delivery of and mixing of incorrect and incompatible materials. The connectors of the present invention are shaped differently from any connectors currently available on the market. Each geometric shape corresponds to a general class of chemicals. One embodiment of the present invention connector is a color coded element according to the shape, size, and configuration of the connector and the material the connector is intended to transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: James Randall Brown
  • Publication number: 20150013824
    Abstract: A fuel can adapter is designed to be used with a fuel can having a neck that is internally and externally threaded. The fuel can adapter includes a plate having external threads for engaging internal threads of the neck, the plate including a hole. The adapter includes a sliding tube mounted to slide within the hole in the plate. The adapter includes an elbow mounted at an upper end of the tube, the elbow including an outlet. The adapter further includes a protrusion extending from the plate beside the hole. The elbow bears against the protrusion to exert a torque on the plate that threads or unthreads the plate from the neck of the fuel can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Duane LEONHARDT
  • Patent number: 8925593
    Abstract: Device for recharging a bottle with liquid, includes: a refill containing the liquid, and a decanting system, adapted selectively to pass the liquid from the refill to the bottle, the decanting system including: a first part fixed to the refill and having a first liquid passage and a first air passage in communication with the refill; a second part connected to the first part, and intended to be fixed to the bottle, the second part including a second liquid passage and a second air passage intended to communicate with the bottle, the first and the second parts structured to move together in translation and free to rotate between an open configuration, in which the first and second liquid and air passages are aligned, providing passage of liquid and air between the refill and the bottle, and a closed configuration, in which they are not aligned, preventing liquid and air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Techniplast
    Inventor: Jean-Philippe Lamboux
  • Patent number: 8915271
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for loading/unloading cryogenic fluids between a ship and storage tanks The system comprises a shaft extended upwards to above the sea level, a transfer pipeline extended from the storage tanks to the shaft with a free end free to expand/contract axially inside the shaft, a header fluidly connected to the free end, at least one downward pipe branch from the header, at least one hose coupler attached to the shaft, at least one internal hose freely hung inside the shaft between the downward pipe branch and the hose coupler, and at least one loading arm fluidly connected to the hose coupler and having an end flange for connection with ship manifolds for fluid transfer. The system further comprises at least one vertical support to support the header in the vertical direction, wherein the header is free to move along with the free end of the transfer pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Xuejie Liu
  • Patent number: 8915267
    Abstract: A device and a method for filling syringes, which allows the filling of a syringe with exact dosage of different drugs, by using electronic guns or any other suitable device, without the necessity of using a needle and which may be disconnected from said electronic gun to connect a standard needle for the application of the fluid to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Rogelio Castaneda, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8905994
    Abstract: Valve assemblies for use with a liquid container and a drug vial for enabling an initial transfer of liquid contents from the liquid container to the drug vial for liquid drug formation purposes and subsequent transfer of liquid drug contents from the drug vial to the liquid container for administration purposes. Liquid drug transfer sets can include a valve assembly pre-attached to a liquid container. Alternatively, liquid drug transfer sets can include a valve assembly packaged in sterile blister packaging ready for attachment to a liquid container prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: MEDIMOP Medical Projects, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Niv Ben Shalom
  • Publication number: 20140352845
    Abstract: Valve assemblies for use with a liquid container and a drug vial for enabling an initial transfer of liquid contents from the liquid container to the drug vial for liquid drug formation purposes and subsequent transfer of liquid drug contents from the drug vial to the liquid container for administration purposes. Liquid drug transfer sets can include a valve assembly pre-attached to a liquid container. Alternatively, liquid drug transfer sets can include a valve assembly packaged in sterile blister packaging ready for attachment to a liquid container prior to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Niv Ben Shalom
  • Patent number: 8881774
    Abstract: A fill adapter for filling a reservoir. The fill adapter includes a button assembly actuator and a pump chamber plunger actuator hingably attached to the button assembly actuator, wherein the actuation of the button assembly actuator actuates the pump chamber plunger actuator and wherein the pump chamber plunger actuator actuates a pump chamber membrane before the at least one button assembly is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: DEKA Research & Development Corp.
    Inventors: Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., Richard J. Lanigan, Stephen L. Fichera, Dean Kamen, Larry B. Gray
  • Patent number: 8857859
    Abstract: A preconditioned air connector (PCA) may be provided with a hollow body configured to pass a fluid flow, and a first mount assembly coupled to the hollow body. The first mount assembly may include a first cam joint with a first arcuate path of motion in a first plane generally tangential to the hollow body, a first mount coupled to the first cam joint, and a first lever coupled to the first cam joint. The first lever may be configured to actuate the first mount via a first transfer of motion through the first cam joint to draw the first mount inwardly toward the hollow body. In addition, the first mount may be configured to draw the hollow body and a mating component inwardly toward one another to pass the fluid flow between the hollow body and the mating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Janis, Folkert Fred Koch, Wolfgang Ott, Christopher Robin Drake, Brian Michael Piety, Mark David Resendes
  • Patent number: 8844587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking fuel pump fuel dispenser nozzle and especially to a locking fuel pump fuel dispenser nozzle having a locking mechanism for automatically locking a fuel nozzle spout in the vehicle filler tube whenever fuel is being pumped into the vehicle filler tube and fuel tank and which can be unlocked only when fuel pressure from the fuel pump is cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: James A. McCommons
  • Publication number: 20140261887
    Abstract: System (1) for characterizing motion of at least one individual forming a target, comprising a radar emitting electromagnetic signals towards the target and receiving echoed signals, output as radar data, preprocessing means (11) receiving radar data as input and outputting a spectrogram representing time variations of the Doppler spectrum of the radar data, characterizing means (13) configured for outputting a probability density estimation of the state of a target, state means a vector of properties from a target, referred to as state vector, the system being characterized in that said state vector comprises at least one discrete target gait classification variable determining one target gait model among a set of determined target gait models, and a set of discrete and/or continuous motion parameters, the characterizing means comprising estimation means estimating the probability density of said state vector from said spectrogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Thales Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Stephan Groot, Ronny Harmanny, Hans Driessen
  • Publication number: 20140261886
    Abstract: A combination includes a container and a coupling configured to receive the container. The coupling has a unitary body having a first side and an opposing second side, the first side comprising a first orifice and a second orifice, the second side comprising a third orifice. The first orifice is disposed in flow-through communication with the third orifice from the first side to the second side, and the third orifice is disposed in flow-through communication with the second orifice from the second side to the first side. A first flow path through the first orifice is disposed parallel with a second flow path through the third orifice, and a third flow path through the third orifice is disposed parallel with a fourth flow path through the second orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Shawn M. Kaiser, Glenn B. Duke, Aaron K. McKinney, Jeffrey A. Lee
  • Patent number: 8813795
    Abstract: The invention relates to a passive valve for multi-valve devices for sealing a container or a line. According to one aspect of the invention, the passive valve is free of bearing supports which protrude in a positive sense out of the passive valve. The invention also relates to a multi-valve device for contamination-free connection of two containers or two lines with partial valves that can be rotated about a single axis. According to this aspect of the invention, at least three partial valves, which are arranged essentially parallel to one another and can be put under tension so they can be sealed with respect to their surroundings, can be rotated about the single shared axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Andocksysteme G. UNTCH GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Untch
  • Patent number: 8776843
    Abstract: A suction nozzle, which is configured to be interlocked with a gas filler nozzle used to supply a gas to a gas consuming device, comprises a suction port configured to suck moisture inside the gas filler nozzle when the suction nozzle is interlocked with the gas filler nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Komiya, Toshiyuki Kondo, Hideyo Omori, Noriyasu Yamada, Kunihiro Ishii
  • Publication number: 20140182745
    Abstract: A cap for a drain hose and a plurality of bottles with different opening sizes is provided. The cap includes a main body and an extension body. The main body includes a main sleeve, a sleeve for drain hose and a leakage-proof part, wherein the main sleeve is for engaging with a first bottle, the sleeve for drain hose is for engaging with the drain hose, and the leakage-proof part is for closely sealing the opening of the first bottle. The extension body is formed integrally with the main body and extends outwardly from the main body, the extension body including an extension sleeve for engaging with a second bottle, the opening size of the second bottle being larger than the opening size of the first bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: YEN-AN CHEN
  • Patent number: 8746292
    Abstract: A sealing fluid container assembly (3), connectable to a compressor assembly and to a control circuit of the compressor assembly, has a connecting unit (25) defining a releasable connection to the compressor assembly; and a connecting device (12) for injecting sealing fluid into an inflatable article, and which cooperates releasably with a valve (V) of the inflatable article. More specifically, the container assembly (3) has a sensor carried by the connecting device (12); and at least one electric contact (33) connected to the sensor (12) and cooperating with an electric terminal (24) to transmit a signal from the sensor (12) to the control device when the connecting device (12) is connected to the valve (V); the sensor (12) having a first and a second terminal (40, 39) designed to be short-circuited directly by the valve (V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: TEK Global S.R.L.
    Inventors: Sergio Lolli, Maurizio Marini
  • Publication number: 20140110020
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aseptic filler system for big containers having an outlet. The system comprises an outlet (1) which in turn comprises an outlet body (1b) and a cap (1a), which is inserted in a hole (2) of a filler head (3) provided with a pair of semicircular jaws (4), which lock about an annular cavity (5) provided externally of the outlet in order to block the outlet (1) to the hole (2). The system has seal means which operate between the outlet body (1b) and the periphery of the hole (2) to hermetically close the inside of the filler head when the outlet body is locked between the jaws (4). The seal means are realised by means of a first seal ring (2a), fashioned below the perimeter of the hole (2) and haying an internal diameter which defuses the passage diameter of the hole (2), and a second seal ring (6), fashioned externally of the outlet body (1b) above the annular cavity (5), the diameter of the upper part thereof being greater than the passage diameter of the hole (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: CFT S.P.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Catelli
  • Patent number: 8684049
    Abstract: The adapter comprises a central tubular body extending on one side with an abutment and fixing base on the cartridge and, on the other side, with two fixing legs on an intermediary nose piece of the transmission and filling member able to be hinged for ensuring the fixing operation, disconnecting and ejecting wings being additionally provided. The disconnecting and ejecting wings are arranged for opening the fixing legs before driving them into translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Societe de Prospection et d'Inventions Techniques-Spit
    Inventors: Jean Michel Dreveton, Cyril Marion, Frederic Nayrac, Patrick Herelier
  • Patent number: 8684046
    Abstract: A puncture repair kit has a bottle unit positioned with greater stability. A puncture repair kit includes a compressor device, and a bottle unit in which a cap is attached to an opening in a bottle container which houses a puncture sealing agent. The compressor device includes a compressed air discharge port. The cap includes an air intake port for feeding compressed air from the compressed air discharge port into the bottle container, and a sealing agent/compressed air removal port for removing puncture sealing agent and compressed air in succession from the bottle container by feeding in compressed air. When the cap of the bottle unit is oriented downwards, the air intake port is directly connected with the compressed air discharge port. When this direct connection is made, the basal plane of the cap and the basal plane of the compressor device are flush with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Unik World Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Kojima, Wen San Chou, Takaaki Ishida
  • Patent number: 8684050
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology are directed towards a leak-proof drink dispensing system. The drink dispenser uses a container, a spigot that may be mated to a lid adapted to fit a corresponding cup. The spigot extends from an outside portion of the container, and has a lever, cylindrical nozzle, and threaded cylindrical locking collar. The lid has a threaded cylindrical spout that may be mated to the spigot, such that rotation of the lever causes the threads of the collar to engage the threads of the spot. This causes the lid to become releasably affixed to the spigot for purposes of leak-free dispensing of the liquid from the container. The drink dispenser may also employ a mixing rake, cooling tray, spill catching tray, and cup dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventors: William Jimroglou, Daniel Noel