Patents Assigned to B
  • Patent number: 10295085
    Abstract: Proposed is a cable anchor for mounting a cable to a sheet. The cable anchor includes a first clamp portion to be mounted on a first side of the sheet and a second clamp portion to be mounted on the second side of the sheet, opposite to the first side. The first clamp portion and second clamp portion co-operate to retain a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Alexander Smit, Gerrit Jan Hillen
  • Patent number: 10294180
    Abstract: Ethylene glycol is prepared from a carbohydrate source in a process, wherein hydrogen, the carbohydrate source, a liquid diluent and a catalyst system are introduced as reactants into a reaction zone; wherein the catalyst system comprises a tungsten compound and ruthenium as hydrogenolysis metal and further at least one promoter metal, selected from transition and post-transition metals; wherein the carbohydrate source is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of the catalyst system to yield a product mixture comprising ethylene glycol and butylene glycol. Butylene glycol may selectively be removed from the product mixture by azeotropic distillation using an entraining agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: AVANTIUM KNOWLEDGE CENTRE B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Cornelis Van Der Waal, Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruter, Erik-Jan Ras
  • Patent number: 10298337
    Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Küchler, Thomas Baier, Manuel Lafer
  • Patent number: 10294446
    Abstract: A dosage element to be consumed in use in a ware washing machine, the dosage element including a container, whereby the container encloses a non-consolidated particulate composition and a gel in direct contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER FINISH B.V.
    Inventors: Ralf Wiedemann, Pavlinka Roy, Frederic Moreux
  • Patent number: 10299048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiver unit comprising a plurality of moveable membranes, a motor assembly being adapted to drive a first moveable membrane and one or more successive moveable membranes in accordance with an incoming electrical drive signal, wherein the first and at least one of the successive moveable membranes have different frequency responses in order to enhance the frequency response of the receiver unit. The present invention further relates to a hearing aid instrument comprising the receiver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
    Inventor: Koen van Gilst
  • Patent number: 10299331
    Abstract: A LED retrofit driver circuit (3) is provided, comprising at least an input (6) for receiving an operating voltage from a power supply (2), an output (8) for connection to one or more LED units (5), a power converter (7) connected with said input (6) and said output (8) and configured to provide a lamp current (50) at said output (8) during operation in at least a first and a second operating state. To provide a versatile circuit (3), allowing operation with a variety of power supplies and under various load conditions, in said first operating state, the power converter (7) is adapted to switch between a high current generating mode (40), in which the power converter (7) is configured to draw current pulses from said power supply (2) to provide a first average input current (33a), and an OFF mode (42) in which no current is drawn from said power supply (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Robertus Leonardus Tousain, Redouane Eddeane, Dennis Johannes Antonius Claessens, Philip Louis Zulma Vael, Jack Jiang
  • Patent number: 10294369
    Abstract: A composition includes specific amounts of a poly(phenylene ether), a poly(phenylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer, a homopolystyrene, a flame retardant, and a reinforcing filler. The composition exhibits a desirable balance of flame retardancy, heat resistance, stiffness, and melt flow. Articles that can be prepared from the composition include frames and chassis of office equipment, fuser module parts for printers, copiers, and facsimile machines, cooling fan blades, cooling fan housings, parts for automotive kinetic energy recovery systems, and parts for electric vehicle junction boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi Chiku, Sho Sato
  • Patent number: 10294443
    Abstract: A low-foaming composition for cleaning a ware-washing machine comprises water, an alkoxylate, an acid (preferably citric acid), and preferably a phase separation promoter (for example a polyethylene glycol or an ionic salt). The composition is in two separate layers under ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER FINISH B.V.
    Inventors: Karl Ludwig Gibis, Dietmar Van Loyen, Chris Efstathios Housmekerides
  • Patent number: 10293879
    Abstract: A bicycle handlebar assembly comprises a base bar, a v-shaped stem selectively removable from the base bar, and a bicycle fork assembly. Control cables from the bicycle may be routed from the base bar into hollow diverging stem members of the v-shaped stem. The bicycle fork assembly comprises an external-steerer fork having a load-bearing member and a preload tensioning rod. The preload tensioning rod fits within a head tube of the bicycle, and a hollow space around the preload tensioning rod accommodates control cables passing from the v-shaped stem into a hollow portion of the bicycle frame. The v-shaped stem is secured against the base bar by a pair of nut plates. In some examples, an engagement portion of an accessory such as an aerobar extension assembly is configured to secure the v-shaped stem and an aerobar extension against the base bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: PON Bicycle I B.V.
    Inventors: David Killing, Jonathon Edward Max Strack, Robert James Pike
  • Patent number: 10295761
    Abstract: A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at non-conventional connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the non-conventional connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the non-conventional connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule, a ferrule hub supporting the ferrule, and a split sleeve surrounding the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC, CommScope Asia Holdings B.V., CommScope Connectivity Spain, S.L., CommScope Connectivity UK Limited
    Inventors: David Patrick Murray, Ton Bolhaar, Paul Schneider, Rafael Mateo, Luis Cabacho, Michael Wentworth, Steven J. Brandt, Marcellus PJ Buijs, Alexander Dorrestein, Jan Willem Rietveld
  • Patent number: 10293178
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a verification system for confirming the position of a conduit inserted within a patient may include an elongate control element dimensioned for insertion within the conduit. The control element has a proximal end and a distal end, and a verification element coupled to a distal region. The verification element may be configured to detect the presence of a reference marker associated with the conduit and communicate a signal indicative of the position of the reference marker relative to the verification element. The control element may also be configured to maneuver the verification element along a length of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Nucletron Operations B.V.
    Inventors: Frits De Vries, Adriaan Van Appeldoorn
  • Patent number: 10293269
    Abstract: The invention provides a sensing device that can be incorporated in a construction element for a toy construction set to allow new use of construction elements, for instance tracking the construction process. Sensing device comprises a carrier comprising a top surface provided with a series of top coils, a bottom surface with a series of bottom coils at a distance from said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor functionally coupled with a memory for storing a status, said data processor comprises a computer program which controls and reads currents through each of said top and bottom coils and storing them in memory, thereby tracking status for each of said top and bottom coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: RND BY US B.V.
    Inventors: Arie Quirinus Bastiaan Brandwijk, Ibrahim Abdel-Aziz Mohamed Kamal
  • Patent number: 10296795
    Abstract: An approach is provided for estimating a quality of lane features of a roadway. The approach involves processing, by a computer vision system, an input image to detect the lane features of the roadway. The approach also involves determining respective confidence values associated with a plurality of regions of the input image used to detect the lane features. The respective confidence values represent a probability of predicting the lane features from each of the plurality of regions. The approach further involves performing a classification of the plurality of regions into a plurality of confidence levels based on the respective confidence values. The approach further involves determining the estimated quality of the lane features based on the classification of the plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Richard Kwant, Anish Mittal
  • Patent number: 10299361
    Abstract: An optical pulse for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source may be formed by illuminating a semiconductor material of a modulation system with a first light beam having a first wavelength; applying a voltage to the semiconductor material for a time duration, the applied voltage being sufficient to modify an index of refraction of the semiconductor material such that a polarization state of a light beam having a second wavelength passing through the semiconductor material is modified to pass through at least one polarization-based optical element of the modulation system; and forming an optical pulse by passing a second light beam having the second wavelength through the semiconductor material during the time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Christoffel Johannes Liebenberg, Robert William Parry
  • Patent number: 10297272
    Abstract: A signal processor comprising: a signal-manipulation-block configured to: receive a cepstrum-input-signal, wherein the cepstrum-input-signal is in the cepstrum domain and comprises a plurality of bins; receive a pitch-bin-identifier that is indicative of a pitch-bin in the cepstrum-input-signal; and generate a cepstrum-output-signal based on the cepstrum-input-signal by: scaling the pitch-bin relative to one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal; or determining an output-pitch-bin-value based on the pitch-bin, and setting one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal to a predefined value; or determining an output-other-bin-value based on one or more of the other bins of the cepstrum-input-signal, and setting the pitch-bin to a predefined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Samy Elshamy, Tim Fingscheidt, Nilesh Madhu, Wouter Joos Tirry
  • Patent number: 10293943
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, an aircraft seatback pocket spring provides a pre-loaded spring force for holding the pocket closed. The pocket spring may include a length of a wire extending between inner surfaces of frame members on either side of the seat and forming an upper edge of the pocket. Second lengths of wire may extend from ends of the first length of wire in a vertical direction to form side edges of the seatback pocket. Coils may be formed at each end of the second lengths of wire and may be mounted to receiving elements provided on inner surfaces of the frame members. Extension members extending from the coils may contact a contact point on the same or proximate frame members to maintain the pre-loaded spring force on the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Pozzi, Randall Bryce Liposky, Fabio Anello
  • Patent number: 10298281
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods, apparatuses and systems involving establishing communication with wireless devices. According to an example embodiment, a system comprises orientation circuitry configured and arranged to obtain orientation data indicative of a physical orientation of the user, a communication circuit configured and arranged to wirelessly communicate data with a plurality of wireless devices, and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured and arranged to: determine a direction of interest using the orientation data, select a wireless device from the plurality wireless devices based on the direction of interest, the selection being based on information indicating a location of the user relative to the plurality of wireless devices, and establish communication between the system and the selected wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B. V.
    Inventor: Kai Neumann
  • Patent number: PP30524
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duesunwht’ characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • Patent number: PP30525
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duessphtpk’ characterized by its moderately compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely and early flowering habit; bright magenta-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • Patent number: PP30528
    Abstract: ‘ARAANTRED6’ is a new and distinctive variety of Anthurium plant which is characterized by the combination of a moderately fast-growing herbaceous perennial with a broad, upright growth habit, an abundance of inflorescences, held above the floral plane, vibrant red spathes, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation. The new variety is typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: J&D Horticulture B.V.
    Inventor: Silvia van Rijn