Patents Assigned to A/S
  • Method of controlling the force of a pneumatic actuating device
    Patent number: 11992947
    Abstract: A method is for controlling an actuation force exerted by an actuating device having a first working chamber and a second working chamber supplied with pressurized air from a source of pressurized air by a first pressure regulator and a second pressure regulator. The method includes calculating, by an optimization algorithm based on a dynamic model of the actuating device and of the first and second pressure regulators, desired values for control signals for the first and second pressure regulators to generate an actuation force equal to a desired value for the actuation force. An estimated value for the actuation force, estimated values for pressures inside the first and second working chambers and for first derivatives of the pressures, are determined by a state observer based on a measured value for the actuation force and on measured values for the pressures in the first and second working chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Rocco Antonio Romeo, Daniele Pucci, Luca Fiorio, Marco Rossi
  • Fluid system for a wind turbine
    Patent number: 11994113
    Abstract: A fluid system for a wind turbine, which is particularly beneficial when the wind turbine is operating at low power, such as during idling operational mode. Fluid accumulates in a fluid storage device before being released intermittently, for example by fluid bursts or pulses, to one or more consumer units, including but not limited to bearings. The fluid system advantageously enables fluid, such as lubricant, to be sufficiently distributed to the one or more consuming units even if the pump used to supply fluid to the consuming units is operating at low power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Jan Hove Pedersen, Thomas Korsgaard Nielsen, Morten Aalbæk Kristensen
  • Nozzle arrangement for injecting liquid into a tank
    Patent number: 11992864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nozzle arrangement and method for removing solids and/or fluids, such as sludge, preferably suspended or contained in fluid, from tanks such as oil/mud-tanks and other similar difficult accessible deposits and tanks/tanks. In preferred embodiments, the nozzle arrangement has a rotating mechanism (8) comprising a primary drive shaft (13) being connected to a pipe section (4), a row of gear teeth (9) fixedly arranged on or formed in lower end of a down pipe (3) on an outside thereof, an angular gear (10), a worm gear (16) arranged to rotate an angled nozzle pipe section (7) at the cleaner head (5) driven by the angular gear, a secondary drive shaft (11) rotatably mounted on an outside of said pipe section (4) and having at one end a gear wheel of the angular gear (10) and at the other end a gear wheel co-operating with said row of gear teeth (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ORECO A/S
    Inventors: Kaare Wessel Wetlesen, Ole Meldgaard Nielsen
  • Anthropometric data portable acquisition device and method of collecting anthropometric data
    Patent number: 11995840
    Abstract: An anthropometric data portable acquisition device includes an image sensor and a processing unit. The processing unit in turn includes: an acquisition module, configured to receive first images of a person from the image sensor; an anonymised image processor, configured to provide second images from respective first images by applying the edge detection procedure; a communication module, configured to send out the second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: I-DEAL S.R.L.
    Inventors: Eugenio Alessandro Canepa, Stefano Fasana
  • Depolarizing homogenizer
    Patent number: 11994688
    Abstract: A depolarizing homogenizer including one or more lenslet arrays, for providing a plurality of beamlets associated with different respective parts of a received beam. The depolarizing homogenizer includes a depolarizer comprising different areas which affect polarization differently, the depolarizer being positioned to cause alteration of the polarization characteristics of at least some of the plurality of beamlets. A lens is arranged to at least partially overlap the beamlets having the altered polarization characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS A/S
    Inventors: Dmitri Oulianov, Frederik Nielsen, Irnis Kubat, Thomas Feuchter, Timur Iskhakov
  • Pulse width modulation decoder circuit, corresponding device and methods of operation
    Patent number: 11996851
    Abstract: A circuit for decoding a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal generates an output signal switching between a first and second logic values as a function of a duty-cycle of the PWM signal. Current generating circuitry receives the PWM signal and injects a current to and sinks a current from an intermediate node as a function of the values of the PWM signal. A capacitor coupled to the intermediate node is alternatively charged and discharged by the injected and sunk currents, respectively, to generate a voltage. A comparator circuit coupled to the intermediate node compares the generated voltage to a comparison voltage and drives the logic values of the output signal as a function of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Vanni Poletto, Ivan Floriani
  • Method for completely emptying a catalytic reactor by means of an articulated arm equipped with rotary spiral protuberances
    Patent number: 11992831
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles and that comprises at least one dump tube, which opens into the reactor in the bottom portion of the bed of particles or underneath the latter. The method comprises the following: a first step of causing a proportion of the catalyst bed to flow out of the reactor via said dump tube; then a second step of expelling out of the reactor the catalyst remainder, by driving towards the opening of the dump tube the catalyst particles remaining in the reactor at the end of the first step, this step being performed by means of a removable device introduced into the reactor via the dump tube, and is characterised in that said removable device comprises an articulated arm bearing one or more protuberances spirally disposed about a rotary axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: EURECAT S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent Thevenet
  • Integrated compression and membrane separation process for removal of CO2 from raw natural gas
    Patent number: 11992804
    Abstract: A single compressor is used to separately compress permeate from cascaded first and second gas separation membrane-based separation units and residue from a fourth gas separation membrane-based separation unit in order to avoid too high a CO2 partial pressure in the compressed permeate. After the permeates from the first and second stages are compressed, the compressed stream is fed to a third gas separation membrane-based separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Karode, Paul Terrien, Cyril Defaye
  • Resonant cavity filters including coupling tuning by resonator rotation
    Patent number: 11996599
    Abstract: A resonant cavity filter includes a filter housing defining an internal cavity therein, a resonating element in the internal cavity of the filter housing, and a coupling transmission line extending adjacent a periphery of the resonating element in the internal cavity of the filter housing. The resonating element is rotatable relative to the coupling transmission line to vary an electromagnetic coupling therebetween. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Italy S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Facchini, Luca Bonato, Yrjo Erkki Hugg, Roman Tkadlec
  • Charging system and method of a battery of an electric vehicle based on cable authentication
    Patent number: 11993165
    Abstract: A charging system of an electric vehicle battery is provided. The charging system has a charging station and at least one charging cable connectable to a battery to be charged. The charging station has at least one power unit provided with a power card adapted to charge the battery and a female-type connector adapted to connect to a male-type connector of the at least one charging cable. The at least one charging cable and the charging station have respective authentication circuits configured to implement a cable authentication algorithm which, in case of positive outcome, enables charging the battery. The charging system allows charging batteries of different types and working voltages. A method for charging an electric vehicle battery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BIKEF S.R.L.
    Inventor: Massimo Ferrari
  • Ink dispensing system using pressure
    Patent number: 11993071
    Abstract: This document discloses a system to dispense a precise and continuous amount of ink for a large printing press. The dispensing system can be judiciously combined into a more elaborate dispensing system that uses two chambers with ink having a different density to dispense ink with a precise, adjustable and stable ink density. The dispensing system can be used to compensate the drifts in quality observed in presses when the speed, or any environmentable parameters vary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BOBST FIRENZE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Federico D'Annunzio, Antonio Bellosi, Andrea Melchiorri
  • Impact wrench having dynamically tuned drive components and method thereof
    Patent number: 11992921
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems an impact wrench having dynamically tuned drive components, such as an anvil/socket combination, and related methodology for dynamically tuning the drive components in view of inertia displacement, as well as stiffness between coupled components, and with regard to impact timing associated with clearance gaps between the component parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. McClung, Timothy R. Cooper, Warren A. Seith
  • Banknote guiding device
    Patent number: 11995939
    Abstract: The banknote guiding device comprises a first, second and third guide assemblies, each guide assembly being rotatory to be placed in either a first or second position for the guiding of banknotes into channels, wherein the first and second guide assemblies are rotary about a first rotation axis, and the third guide assembly is rotary around a second rotation axis. It provides a banknote guiding device that is as simple as possible while minimizing the gaps between the guide assemblies to avoid banknote jams during travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AZKOYEN, S.A.
    Inventors: Álvaro Martínez Chavoy, Jesús Aguado Vitas, Sergio Díaz Pérez, José Manuel Navarro Cueva, Miguel Angel Calleja Lafuente
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 11997775
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a communication device. One example communication device includes a communication module, an energy storage module, a power cutoff detection module, a processor, and a memory. The communication device is adapted to connect to a power grid for receiving power. The processor is adapted to operate the communication device in a normal mode when connected to the power grid. The power cutoff detection module is adapted to signal to the processor a cutoff from the power grid. The processor is adapted to operate the communication device in power cutoff mode using energy in the energy storage module after receipt of the signal of the power cutoff detection module. The processor is adapted, in power cutoff mode, to determine an amount of energy in the energy storage module and to store a value indicative of the amount in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventor: Laurent Secretin
  • Device for diffusion of volatile substances
    Patent number: 11992584
    Abstract: A device for diffusion of volatile substances that includes a container for containing volatile substances, including the container, an aperture defining a sealing area, and a multilayer structure placed on the aperture. The multilayer structure includes a microporous membrane through which the volatile substances are diffused and a barrier layer that is removed before a first use. The multilayer structure also includes a sealing portion in contact with the sealing area. A device with a microporous membrane where the porosity of the membrane at the portion of the sealing area has been substantially reduced or eliminated to stop liquid transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ZOBELE HOLDING, S.P.A.
    Inventors: Livio Sordo, Cedric Morhain, Stefano Deflorian
  • Use of geopolymeric additive in combination with non-brominated flame retardant in polymer foams
    Patent number: 11993691
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of i) geopolymer and ii) non-brominated, phosphorus- and/or nitrogen-based flame retardants for improving the self-extinguishing properties of a composition comprising polymer. The polymer may be a vinyl aromatic polymer, and may be in a granulate or foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SYNTHOS S.A.
    Inventors: Filip Lukasz Kondratowicz, Kamil Utrata
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D1028474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. II
    Inventors: Cubby Golden, Anthony Macey
  • Part of furniture element
    Patent number: D1028589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: POLIFORM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Spinelli, Aldo Spinelli, Giovanni Anzani
  • Frequency converter
    Patent number: D1028887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER ELECTRONICS A/S
    Inventor: Michael Sørensen
  • Aerosol generating device
    Patent number: D1029357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Kenneth Konrad Ming Chi Lam