Patents Assigned to B
  • Patent number: 9994828
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The disclosure also concerns methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Dow AgroSciences LLC, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Terence A. Walsh, Daniel J. Gachotte, Cory M. Larsen, Scott Bevan, P. Ann Owens-Merlo, James G. Metz, Ross Zirkle
  • Patent number: 9993012
    Abstract: A system for producing chocolate-based articles in solidifying form includes a transportation system having at least a first conveyor belt looped around at least a first and second axes. A dispensing unit is arranged to dispense chocolate mass in liquid form along an outer surface of a top load carrying side of the at least first conveyor belt. The at least one conveyor belt is arranged for transporting the chocolate mass through at least one cooling chamber at a predetermined speed along a first and a second cooling path, which may be positioned opposite one another. The system may further include a release mechanism positioned along the second cooling path for releasing the chocolate mass from an outer surface of the bottom load carrying side of the at least first conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SGL Technology B.V.
    Inventor: F. W. A. Laurijssen
  • Patent number: 9995022
    Abstract: A dragline lip assembly comprising, a dragline lip including at least one upright member having a boss, and a wing shroud comprising. The wing shroud further comprising a first sidewall having a first abutment surface, a second sidewall having a second abutment surface wherein the second sidewall has a securing portion configured so as to be coupled to a lock assembly on the dragline lip, and a center wall having a third abutment surface provided with an opening, the center wall connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall wherein the first, second and third abutment surfaces define a channel to receive a portion of the at least one upright member and wherein the boss is insertable in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Work Tools B.V.
    Inventor: Willem J. Hooijmans
  • Patent number: 9996060
    Abstract: The invention relates to controlling power consumption of a group of plurality of groups of power consuming devices by determining power consumption control value for controlling power consumption of devices of the group by use of at least one of the following: load shedding flexibility value of at least one group of plurality of groups, wherein the load shedding flexibility value of the corresponding group indicates maximum amount of power, by which power consumption of devices of the corresponding group can be reduced such that minimum power consumption permissible in the corresponding group is maintained; load restoration flexibility value of the at least one group of plurality of groups, wherein the load restoration flexibility value of the corresponding group indicates maximum amount of power, by which the power consumption of devices of the corresponding group can be increased such that maximum power consumption permissible in the corresponding group is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Sri Andari Husen, Ashish Vijay Pandharipande, Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Ying Wang, Meng Zhao
  • Patent number: 9998568
    Abstract: A device includes a transceiver configured to communicate over a communication network according to Digital Multiplex (DMX) protocol; a memory device; and a microcontroller configured to process server data stored in the memory device into one or more Internet Protocol packets and to provide the one or more Internet Protocol packets to the transceiver for communication of the server data over the communication network according to the DMX protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Maximillan Ben Shaffer
  • Patent number: 9997909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surge protection device (10, 110) for an outdoor lighting fixture that includes a live connection (23A, 123A), a neutral connection (23B, 123B), and a ground connection (23C, 123C). A first varistor (42) and a second varistor (43) may be electrically connected to one another in a series connection between the live and neutral connections and a third varistor (41) electrically connected between the live and neutral connections in a parallel configuration with the first varistor and the second varistor. A surge arrestor (46, 146) may also be electrically connected between the ground connection (23C, 123C) and the series connection between the first varistor and the second varistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Gerardus Wilhelmus Cornelis Sesink
  • Patent number: 9994407
    Abstract: A processing system and a method for processing a flexible substrate (e.g., a web) use a tensioner with a vacuum plate that can be moved along a transport direction of the flexible substrate with an indexer that intermittently moves the flexible substrate for processing. The tensioner and the indexer are controlled so that a relative speed between the indexer and the vacuum plate of the tensioner is maintained above a predefined threshold under all working conditions, even when the flexible substrate is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Jozef P. W. Stokkermans, Tom Kampschreur, Theodorus ter Steeg, Patrick J. M. Houben
  • Patent number: 9994796
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of a composition comprising a polyalkyleneimine and/or salts or derivative thereof for the prevention of corrosion of non-metallic in organic items during a washing or rinsing process, in particular during an automatic dishwashing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER FINISH B.V.
    Inventors: Karlheinz Ulrich Hahn, Karin Werner
  • Patent number: 9994994
    Abstract: Hybrid rope (20) comprising a core element (22) containing high modulus fibers surrounded by at least one outer layer (24) containing wirelike metallic members (26). The core element (22) is coated (23) with a thermoplastic polyurethane or a copolyester elastomer, preferably the copolyester elastomer containing soft blocks in the range of 10 to 70 wt %. The coated material (23) on the inner core element (22) is inhibited to be pressed out in-between the wirelike members (26) of the hybrid rope (20) and the hybrid rope (20) has decreased elongation and diameter reduction after being in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: BRIDON INTERNATIONAL LTD., DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Xavier Amils, Beste Durmus, Paulus Johannes Hyacinthus Marie Smeets
  • Patent number: 9993025
    Abstract: Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes; more particularly, to electronic cigarettes including a clearomizer. Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a clearomizer with a refillable electronic cigarette juice tank with a first fill aperture, and a mouthpiece including a second fill aperture. The mouthpiece and the refillable tank rotate relative to one another along a common longitudinal axis to align the fill apertures, and facilitate filling of the refillable tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Alarcon, Dennis Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 9993048
    Abstract: A safety harness connector is provided, the safety harness connector includes a male buckle system and female buckle system. The male buckle system is configured and arranged to be coupled to at least one first webbing. The male buckle system further includes a male connection portion. The female buckle system is configured and arranged to be coupled to at least one second webbing. The female buckle system includes a female housing member having a receiving chamber to selectively receive the male connection portion of the male buckle system. The receiving chamber has a select receiving chamber depth. The female housing member further has a movement channel portion that is connected to the receiving channel. The movement channel portion has a movement channel depth that is greater than the receiving channel depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: D B INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Scott C. Casebolt
  • Patent number: 9993180
    Abstract: A cross-leg alert device comprising a cross-leg detector for detecting a cross-legged posture and an alert generator is disclosed. The alert generator is to generate an alert to a user upon the cross-leg detector detecting a change in posture from a non-cross-legged posture to a cross-legged posture. The cross-leg detector is for detecting a cross-legged posture and the alert generator is for generating an alert signal to a user when the cross-leg detector has detected a change in posture from a non-cross-legged posture to a cross-legged posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: WINDRIDER R.S.B AVIATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Tsz Ming Lou
  • Patent number: 9994319
    Abstract: An aircraft galley power and control system is disclosed having a plurality of electrical appliances within a monument, the galley control system including a control panel removed from the electrical appliances that include controls for operating each of the electrical appliances, The galley also includes a galley controller interface for receiving commands from a display screen on the control panel and communicating the commands to the electrical appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Godecker, Nicolaas Van Zwieten, Michael Kemery, Eid-Beng Goh
  • Patent number: 9994856
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of gene therapy, more specifically to oligonucleotides for making a change in the sequence of a target RNA molecule present in a living cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ProQR Therapeutics II B.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Anton De Boer, Tita Ritsema
  • Patent number: 9996754
    Abstract: An apparatus adapted to provide visual attitude reference to occupants seated in an inboard area of a cabin of a vehicle, that includes at least one interior partition positioned in the cabin in proximity to the occupants and at least one video camera mounted on the vehicle for capturing an electronic image of an environment exterior to the vehicle. At least one video monitor is adapted to serve as a virtual window mounted on the at least one interior partition in a substantially vertical and substantially parallel direction relative to a direction of forward travel of the vehicle in viewing proximity to the occupant, and further adapted to receive the electronic image from the at least one video camera and provide to the occupant an image of the environment external to the vehicle to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: R. Klaus Brauer
  • Patent number: 9996786
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for a method for under sampling a RF carrier signal, the method including receiving, by an analog digital converter, the RF carrier signal, selecting, by a multiplexer, a clock signal which includes a first clock signal and a second clock signal which are phase shifted, receiving, by the ADC, the clock signal which has a frequency less that the frequency of the RF carrier signal, sampling, by the ADC, the RF carrier signal using the selected clock signal and demodulating, by a digital signal processor, the RF carrier signal into I channel data and Q channel data for I/Q demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Mendel, Ulrich Andreas Muehlmann, Dominik Kurzmann
  • Patent number: 9998276
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a USB Power Delivery System including determining whether at least a predetermined length of initial bits of a message is received, turning on a clock when the predetermined length is received, determining whether the message has stopped, starting a counter when the message has stopped, determining whether a count value of the counter has reached a predetermined value, and turning off the clock when the predetermined count value has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Chandrakant Kulkarni, Kenneth Jaramillo, Siamak Delshadpour
  • Patent number: D820028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ROSTI MEPAL SUPPORT B.V.
    Inventor: Johan Weernink
  • Patent number: D820210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Svenska AB, TE Connectivity Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Rickard Barrefelt, Sebastiaan Roger Neerincx, Albert Pieter Jan Mooij, Andreas Winandus Dieduksman, Alexandra Petronella M. Dermi{hacek over (s)}ek-Van De Langenberg
  • Patent number: PP29388
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHALYDSAP’, particularly characterized by having white flowers with purple flecks and red-purple lip, 1 to 2 peduncles that are long and moderate, leaves that are oblong, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Nicolaas Gerardus Van Swieten