Patents Assigned to "A" Company
  • Cure monitoring systems and methods
    Patent number: 10746660
    Abstract: Cure monitoring systems for and methods of monitoring polymerizable material to determine the degree of curing of the polymerizable material. A monitoring light source delivers visible monitoring light at one or more different visible wavelengths and a visible light detector detects the monitoring light diffusely reflected by the polymerizable material. The monitoring light has a wavelength of maximum emission (?max-mon) that does not effectively induce polymerization of the polymerizable material. Change in intensity of the monitoring light reflected from the polymerizable material is used to determine when a selected degree of curing is reached in the polymerizable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas L. Elmore, Korbinian Gerlach, Gregory A. Kobussen, Jack Wing Lai, Joel D. Oxman, Rudolf Schmid, Stefan K. Welker
  • Animal crate assembly
    Patent number: 10743514
    Abstract: A crate assembly includes a plurality of members defining an interior of the crate assembly, where the plurality of members includes a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. A frame is formed in one of the plurality of members, the frame having a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires that define a door opening. A door is pivotally coupled to the frame about a pivot wire of the frame to move between an open position and a closed position. A latch assembly is pivotally coupled to a horizontal wire of the frame. The latch assembly includes a wire having a first end, a second end and a transverse portion, the wire forming a first portion defined between the first end and the transverse portion and a second portion defined between the second end and the transverse portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Mid-West Metal Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Cantwell, Stew Kerr, David J. Nolley, Michael E. Greene
  • Hydrogen consumption measuring method for fuel cell system
    Patent number: 10749192
    Abstract: A hydrogen consumption measuring method for a fuel cell system includes steps of: calculating an amount of hydrogen consumed for a representative section from a first pressure at a time when hydrogen is supplied into an anode and a second pressure at a time when the hydrogen is no longer supplied to the anode; and calculating a total amount of hydrogen consumed by accumulating amounts of hydrogen consumed from a plurality of sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Se Kwon Jung, Ho June Bae, Ji Hyun Shim, Hyung Ki Kim
  • X-ray and particle shield for improved vacuum conductivity
    Patent number: 10748740
    Abstract: An x-ray shield for improved vacuum conductivity is disclosed herein. An example x-ray shield includes at least one elongate member formed from high atomic weight material shaped into a twist with at least 180° of twist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Rients Jan De Groot, Casper Smit
  • Conveyance device, conveyance system, and head unit control method
    Patent number: 10744756
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object, a head unit to perform an operation on the conveyed object being conveyed at a first conveyance speed, a sensor to acquire data of the conveyed object, a gauge to output a measured travel amount of the conveyed object, and a processor. The processor includes a calculator to calculate a detection result including at least one of a position, a speed of travel, and a calculated travel amount of the conveyed object based on the data acquired by the sensor; and an adjusting unit to adjust a timing of acquisition of the data acquired while the conveyed object is conveyed at the first conveyance speed, based on the detection result and the measured travel amount of the conveyed object being conveyed at a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Gohda, Tomoaki Hayashi, Masahiro Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Nagasu, Koichi Kudo, Masayuki Sunaoshi
  • Outer cover of a pen needle for a drug delivery pen
    Patent number: 10745188
    Abstract: A pen needle assembly, comprising an outer cover having an open end, a lid removably connected to the open end of the outer cover, a pen needle disposed in the outer cover, and connecting members disposed on opposite sides of the outer cover. Also disclosed is a pen needle assembly, comprising an outer cover having an open end, a lid removably connected to the open end of the outer cover, a pen needle disposed in the outer cover, and connecting members disposed on opposite sides of the outer cover, wherein a plurality of pen needle assemblies are connected adjacent to each other via the connecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Joshua D. Horvath, Deirdre Collins, Charles G. Hwang, Paul Upham, Sean Sullivan, Ed Langill
  • Image sensor device and method
    Patent number: 10748948
    Abstract: A system and method for forming pixels in an image sensor is provided. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an image sensor including a first pixel region and a second pixel region in a substrate, the first pixel region being adjacent to the second pixel region. A first anti-reflection coating is over the first pixel region, the first anti-reflection coating reducing reflection for a first wavelength range of incident light. A second anti-reflection coating is over the second pixel region, the second anti-reflection coating reducing reflection for a second wavelength range of incident light that is different from the first wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chu, Yeur-Luen Tu, Cheng-Yuan Tsai
  • Communication with a trapped passenger in a transportation system
    Patent number: 10745241
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method to communicate with a passenger in a car within a transportation system includes receiving an alarm signal from the car, receiving at least one operation parameter from the car, analyzing the at least one operation parameter corresponding to the alarm signal from the car, determining an alarm condition in response to the at least one operation parameter and the alarm signal, and initiating a video session via a video system in response to the alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Paras Kumar Halingale
  • Gradient index (GRIN) spoke lens and method of operation
    Patent number: 10746903
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a center portion and a plurality of spoke portions that are in contact with the center portion and that extend to a perimeter region. The plurality of spoke portions include at least a first monolithic spoke portion extending from the center portion to the perimeter region, and the center portion and the plurality of spoke portions define a plurality of cavity regions among the plurality of spoke portions. The center portion, the plurality of spoke portions, and the plurality of cavity regions are included in a gradient index (GRIN) lens having a plurality of effective dielectric constants that are based on a radial distance from the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Colin Anthony Minor Diehl, Corey McKinney Thacker
  • Compound, resin, material for forming underlayer film for lithography, underlayer film for lithography, pattern forming method, and purification method
    Patent number: 10745372
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein each X independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, or non-crosslinking, R1 represents a single bond or a 2n-valent group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, the group may have an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a double bond, a hetero atom, or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each R2 independently represents a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyl group, in which at least one R2 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or an aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each m is independently an integer of 1 to 6, each p is independently 0 or 1, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Takumi Toida, Masatoshi Echigo, Takashi Sato, Takashi Makinoshima
  • Determination of organic silicon in hydrocarbonaceous streams
    Patent number: 10746659
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the organic silicon content of petroleum fractions, such as refinery fractions. This can be achieved in part based on performing solvent-enhanced selective filtration on a hydrocarbonaceous sample to substantially remove inorganic silicon from the sample while retaining at least a substantial portion of the organic silicon in the sample. After the solvent-enhanced selective filtration, the organic silicon content of the filtered sample can be determined. The ability to determine the organic silicon content of a sample can be used to identify crude fractions and/or refinery fractions that may cause contamination problems within a refinery while reducing or minimizing the occurrence of false positive tests that could result from detection of inorganic silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Mustafa Al-Sabawi, Lindsay A. Mitchell
  • Network apparatus, input and output apparatus, and program
    Patent number: 10747910
    Abstract: A network apparatus includes: a plurality of network interfaces; a first communication unit configured to communicate with an input and output apparatus in a first network with which a first network interface of the plurality of network interfaces is coupled; a second communication unit configured to communicate with a first device in a second network with which a second network interface of the plurality of network interfaces is coupled; and a third communication unit configured to communicate with a second device in a third network with which a third network interface of the plurality of network interfaces is coupled. When the second communication unit receives data from the second network, the data is transmitted to the first network through the first communication unit without being transmitted to the third network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Komine
  • Walking axle for a spreader sprayer machine
    Patent number: 10744831
    Abstract: A spreader sprayer system includes a frame member defining a frame body that has a first side, a second side, a front portion, and a rear portion, a first walking member pivotably coupled to the first side of the frame body, a second walking member pivotably coupled to the second side, a first and second plurality of drive wheels, and at least one spray container. The first plurality of drive wheels are disposed on the first side of the frame body and are operatively coupled to the first walking member. The second plurality of drive wheels are disposed on the second side of the frame body and are operatively coupled to the second walking member. Each spray container is coupled to at least one of the first walking member or the second walking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: THE TORO COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas M. Rich
  • Bonded substrate, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus
    Patent number: 10744768
    Abstract: A bonded substrate includes a first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with adhesive applied to the second substrate, and a checking structure disposed on the first substrate and facing the second substrate. The checking structure includes a bonding surface portion to be adhered to the second substrate with the adhesive and an insufficiency detection surface to detect insufficient adhesion, a height of the insufficiency detection surface being lower than a height of the bonding surface portion. The adhesive does not contact the insufficiency detection surface when an adhesion state of the bonding surface portion to the second substrate with the adhesive is insufficient, and the adhesive contacts the insufficiency detection surface when the adhesion state of the bonding surface portion to the second substrate with the adhesive is sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Keishi Miwa
  • Process for separating electrode for membrane-electrode assembly of fuel cell and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 10749197
    Abstract: Disclosed are a process for separating an electrode for membrane-electrode assemblies of fuel cells from the decal transfer film and an apparatus for separating the electrode. In particular, during the electrode separating process, only an electrode is separated from the decal transfer film on which the electrode is coated, without any damage, by a freezing method for freezing the specimen on the deionized water surface, and thus, wasting the expensive MEA is prevented. Thus, mechanical properties of the pristine electrode can be rapidly quantified in advance, and therefore, long term durability evaluation period during developing MEA having excellent durability is substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Bo Ki Hong, Byeong-Heon Jeong, Taek-Soo Kim, Jae-Han Kim, Sanwi Kim
  • Countertop appliance
    Patent number: D893252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jill Hundley, Rebecca Neils
  • Toner reload kit
    Patent number: D893598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Ji-Won Moon, Woong-Yong Choi, Jinhwa Hong, Min-Chul Lee, Kenneth K. Smith, Andrew Chick, Pratik Shah, Matthew Storey, Matthew Grossman, Muriel Hale Shields
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D893654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Price, Paul M. Demkowski, Robert Nunez
  • Intravenous catheter assembly
    Patent number: D893707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Bart D. Peterson, Bin Wang, Kelvin Chai
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: D893809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
    Inventors: Jason Casto, Lawrence Sternal