Patents Assigned to A & A Company
  • Robotic system and drilling end effector for robotic system
    Patent number: 9789549
    Abstract: A drilling end effector may include a motor operative to drive a drilling member, a housing surrounding the motor, and a vacuum shroud coupled to the housing and surrounding the drilling member, wherein the vacuum shroud has a variable length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tuong Q. Nguyen, John W. Pringle, IV
  • Measurement of total organic carbon
    Patent number: 9791430
    Abstract: A method for determining the total organic carbon in a sample which includes mixing the sample with a reagent containing at least one acid effective for reacting with inorganic carbon-containing materials in the sample, and at least one oxidizing agent effective for oxidizing organic carbon-containing materials in the sample in the presence of ultraviolet radiation, and detecting the carbon dioxide generated, is described. The at least one acid may include phosphoric acid, while the oxidizing agent may include sodium persulfate. In accordance with an embodiment of the inventive concept, the sample is first injected into a reaction chamber, which is continuously flushed with carbon dioxide free gas with no UV light present, and CO2 generated from any inorganic carbon in the sample as carbonates is flowed through the detector, and may be recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventor: Ramon Hammerschmidt
  • Absorbent articles with channels
    Patent number: 9789011
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid management system (LMS) and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate a topsheet and a backsheet. The LMS defines one or more channels therein. The one or more channels of the LMS may at least partially overlap or not overlap with channels defined in the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Kathy Quinlan Ames-Ooten, Blanca Arizti, Julia Boesel, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Nelson Edward Greening, II, Sharon Irene Grenberg, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Marie Brigid O'Reilly, Rodrigo Rosati, Sandra Sautter, Beate Simon, Lutz Stelzig, Rachael Eden Walther
  • Filter substrate comprising three-way catalyst
    Patent number: 9789443
    Abstract: A catalysed filter for a positive ignition internal combustion engine comprises a porous filtering substrate having a total substrate length coated with a three-way catalyst washcoat composition comprising at least one precious metal selected from the group consisting of rhodium and one or both of platinum and palladium supported on a high surface area oxide, and an oxygen storage component, which composition being axially shared by a first zone comprising inlet surfaces of a first substrate length<total substrate length and a second zone comprising outlet surfaces of a second substrate length<total substrate length, wherein a sum of the substrate length in the first zone and the substrate length in the second zone?100% and wherein one or both of the following applies: a washcoat loading in the first zone>second zone; and a total precious metal loading in the first zone>second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventor: David Robert Greenwell
  • Charger for vehicles
    Patent number: 9789774
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for a charger for vehicles. In particular, the charger includes, an AC/DC converter configured to convert a commercial alternating current power source to a direct current power source and a DC/DC converter configured to convert the direct current power source applied from the AC/DC converter to a battery charging power source. The direct current power source is supplied to a battery. The DC/DC converter includes a snubber circuit that reduces the magnitude of a ripple current of the charging power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jin Young Yang, Dae Woo Lee, Jong Pil Kim, Si Hun Yang, In Yong Yeo, Byeong Seob Song, Woo Young Lee
  • Forms of [R-(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-beta, gamma-dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid calcium salt (2:1)
    Patent number: 9790177
    Abstract: Novel forms of [R—(R*,R*)]-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-?,?-Dihydroxy-5-(1-methylethyl)-3-phenyl-4-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-1-H-pyrrole-1-heptanoic acid hemi calcium salt designated Form XX, Form XXI, Form XXII, Form XXIII, Form XXIV, Forms XXV, Form XXVI, Form XXVII, Form XXVIII, Form XXIX, and Form XXX characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction, solid state NMR, and/or Raman spectroscopy are described, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical composition of the same, which are useful as agents for treating hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: George Michael Laurence, Aeri Park, Timothy Andrew Woods
  • Heat transfer in a polymerization reactor
    Patent number: 9789463
    Abstract: A process comprises polymerizing an olefin monomer in a loop reactor in the presence of a catalyst and a diluent, and producing a slurry comprising solid particulate olefin polymer and diluent. The Biot number is maintained at or below about 3.0 within the loop reactor during the polymerizing process. The slurry in the loop reactor forms a slurry film having a film coefficient along an inner surface of the reactor wall, and the film coefficient is less than about 500 BTU·hr?1·ft?2·° F.?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Scott E. Kufeld, Joel A. Mutchler, John D. Hottovy
  • HEALTHBOOK analysis
    Patent number: 9792658
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for capturing development and behavior of a social healthcare network in nodes and relationships of a social dataset, determining a sub-set of the social dataset for analysis, and performing an analysis on the sub-set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sudhir Vijendra, Patricia G. S. Florissi
  • Water resistant personal care polymers
    Patent number: 9789049
    Abstract: Described are personal care compositions comprising a polymer comprising: (a) one or more polymer comprising, as polymerized units, (i) 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more (meth)acrylate monomer selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, or substituted styrene, and (ii) 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more hydrophobic monomer, including hydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C8 to C22 and, (iii) optionally crosslinker, and, (b) at least one suncare active. Optionally, the polymer further includes a stage 2 polymer comprising, as polymerized units, (i) 10-99% of one or more monomer which has a Tg of more than 80° C. after polymer formation, (ii) 1-10% of one or more (meth)acrylate monomer containing acid functional group, and (iii) optionally, a crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Fanwen Zeng
  • Lightweight cyber secure bi-directional aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) transmission
    Patent number: 9794059
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for encrypting data. The disclosed techniques can include tracking a plurality of flight parameter values for a plurality of flight parameters of an aircraft, generating a first cryptographic key from the plurality of flight parameter values, encrypting plaintext using the first cryptographic key to generate a first ciphertext, and sending, from a sender to a receiver, a message comprising the first ciphertext.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Nguyen, Timothy M. Mitchell, Marissa A. Nishimoto
  • Managing policy
    Patent number: 9794288
    Abstract: There is disclosed a technique for use in managing policy. The technique comprises storing information relating to at least one previous authentication request. It should be understood that the information can be used in an authentication operation performed in connection with an authentication request. The technique also comprises receiving a policy request to alter a policy relating to an authentication operation that can be performed in connection with an authentication request. The technique further comprises generating an alteration to the policy based on the stored information and the received policy request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hassan, III, Yafit Levi, Maor Franco, Ayelet Eliezer, Liron Liptz
  • Seating system
    Patent number: 9790698
    Abstract: A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another. Further, at least one of the plurality of seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the plurality of seating risers. The powered seating riser includes a belt drive system. Additionally, the plurality of seating risers are adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Rogers Athletic Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua William Koch, Timothy John Hockemeyer, Brian Staten
  • Computer system synchronization
    Patent number: 9794335
    Abstract: A method may comprise communicating by a first computer with a second computer over a network during a first frame having a first frame duration; transmitting a first synchronization signal from the first computer to the second computer; receiving by the first computer during the first frame a second synchronization signal from the second computer; determining by the first computer a first elapsed time between a time when the first synchronization signal was transmitted by the first computer and a time when the second synchronization signal was received by the first computer; and determining by the first computer a duration for a second frame based at least in part on the first elapsed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Dennis Walter Gvillo
  • Fixing device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9791813
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt formed into a loop rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a pressure roller disposed opposite the fixing belt. The pressure roller includes a shaft fixedly positioned and a deformable elastic layer. A fixing pad is disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt and separably pressed against the pressure roller via the fixing belt to form a fixing nip between the fixing belt and the pressure roller, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A biasing member biases the fixing pad and the fixing belt against the pressure roller. A stopper restricts motion of the fixing pad biased by the biasing member. The stopper contacts the fixing pad while the recording medium bearing the toner image is conveyed through the fixing nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fukuhata, Yuusuke Furuichi, Tomohiko Fujii
  • Crystals and process of making 5-({[2-amino-3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionyl]-[1-(4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-amino}-methyl)-2-methoxy-benzoic acid
    Patent number: 9789125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystals of 5-({[2-amino-3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionyl]-[1-(4-phenyl-1h-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-amino}-methyl)-2-methoxy-benzoic acid and methods of making the zwitterion of 5-({[2-amino-3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionyl]-[1-(4-phenyl-1h-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-amino}-methyl)-2-methoxy-benzoic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Allergan Holdings Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Luigi Anzalone, Frank J. Villani, Christopher A. Teleha, Penina Feibush, Barry Fegely
  • Method of manufacturing semiconductor structure comprising plurality of through holes using metal hard mask
    Patent number: 9793204
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure including a conductive structure, a dielectric layer, and a plurality of conductive features is disclosed. The dielectric layer is formed on the conductive structure. A plurality of through holes is formed in the dielectric layer using a metal hard mask, and at least one of the through holes exposes the conductive structure. The conductive features are formed in the through holes. At least one of the conductive features has a bottom surface and at least one sidewall. The bottom surface and the sidewall of the conductive feature intersect to form an interior angle. The interior angles of adjacent two of the conductive features have a difference less than or substantially equal to about 3 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Lin, Chun-Hsien Huang, I-Tseng Chen
  • Faucet hub
    Patent number: D800260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Faucet handle
    Patent number: D800267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Heart rate sensor
    Patent number: D800313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
    Inventor: Chun-Chieh Chang
  • plant named ‘Balmirbur’
    Patent number: PP28537
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Balmirbur’, characterized by its deep red-purple colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Troy Thorup