Patents Assigned to E'S INC.
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Publication number: 20250033505Abstract: Electric micromobility vehicle charging systems are provided which include a docking station, a wireless power receiver device and a wireless power transmitter device. The docking station is configured to facilitate docking of an electric micromobility vehicle with the docking station for charging, and the wireless power receiver device is associated with the electric micromobility vehicle. The wireless power receiver device includes a wireless magnetic resonant receiver. The wireless power transmitter device is associated with the docking station, and includes a wireless magnetic resonant transmitter. The docking station is configured to facilitate operative positioning, at least in part, of the wireless magnetic resonant receiver relative to the wireless magnetic resonant transmitter with docking of the electric micromobility vehicle with the docking station for charging.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: re:Charge-e, Inc.Inventors: Julien Claude BOUGET, Erika Suzanne HAACK, James Arthur YOUNG, IV, Scotty Campbell PATON
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Publication number: 20240320725Abstract: A factoring system and method in the form of an online marketplace for invoice factoring services enables invoice sellers to create business and invoice profiles and solicit factoring companies to submit proposals. Factoring companies can shop invoice seller profiles and determine whom they wish to make proposals to. The system and method of the present invention enables legal documents to be automatically created and signed/stored by the parties to an engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: FACTOR-e, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Jackson, Alexander Tsao
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Patent number: 12007071Abstract: A hydrogen pressure vessel capable of preventing hydrogen-induced cracking of a cylinder is provided. In a hydrogen pressure vessel according to one embodiment, a gap part (G) in which an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder (10) is spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of a lid (20) is provided between a female thread part (10a) of the cylinder (10) into which the lid (20) is screwed, and a resin seal member (30), and the cylinder (10) includes a first through hole (41) for discharging gas in the gap part (G) into a relief pipe (51) and a second through hole (42) for introducing gas containing oxygen into the gap part (G) formed therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Japan Steel Works M&E, Inc.Inventors: Yoru Wada, Takafumi Hosoya, Hironobu Arashima
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Patent number: 11987867Abstract: A method of recycling a waste of an HSS processing process includes a pre-treating step of pre-treating the waste of the HSS processing process, a primary melting step of forming a primary melt by primarily melting at least one of ferro molybdenum, ferro tungsten, and ferro cobalt and the pre-treated waste of the HSS processing process at 1500 to 2500 degrees Celsius (° C.), and a preparing step of preparing the HSS master alloy by ingot casting the primary melt, wherein the pre-treating step includes: a separating step of separating the waste of the HSS processing process according to a composition, and a mixing step of forming a mixture by mixing oxides containing at least one of K2O, CaO, MgO, SiO2, Al2O3, and Fe2O3 and the separated waste of the HSS processing process with each other, the mixture having a melting point of 800 to 1700° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: T&E INC.Inventors: Bae Gyun Kim, Kyeong Sik Kang
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Patent number: 11948126Abstract: A laser detection system including at least one laser device projecting a light curtain, and a controller is provided. The controller includes a processor and non-transitory, processor-readable memory including executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to receive a signal from the at least one laser device, the signal including an interference point of an object with the light curtain, and distance data indicating a distance between the interference point and the at least one laser device, determine a location at which the object enters the light curtain based on the distance between the interference point and the at least one laser device, and identify an item of a plurality of items located in an area behind the light curtain and corresponding to the location at which the object enters the light curtain.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: B.E.A. INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Boyd, Christopher Rigatti, Michael Brazier
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Patent number: 11879592Abstract: A gas pressure vessel capable of performing processing of removing wrinkles on an inner surface of a dome part and preventing cracking starting from a root of a thread of a neck part is provided. In a gas pressure vessel according to one embodiment, a dome part (12) has an opening whose diameter is 90 mm or greater, and the innermost root of the thread in a female thread part (10a) into which a lid (20) is screwed is provided inside an imaginary plane (B) formed by extending an outer surface of the dome part (12) toward an opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Japan Steel Works M & E, Inc., Tokyo Denki UniversityInventors: Takafumi Hosoya, Yoru Wada, Hirokazu Tsuji
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Patent number: 11746439Abstract: A pressure container for crystal production having excellent corrosion-resistance is provided. This pressure container produces crystals within the container using a seed crystal, a mineralizer, a raw material, and ammonia in a supercritical state or a subcritical state as a solvent. The pressure container has Ag present over the entire surface of at least the inner surface thereof in contact with the solvent. The Ag can be disposed by one or a combination of two or more among, for instance, Ag lining, Ag welding, and Ag plating. The mineralizer is preferably a fluorine mineralizer containing no halogen atoms other than fluorine.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: JAPAN STEEL WORKS M&E, INC., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Kouhei Kurimoto, Quanxi Bao, Mutsuo Ueda, Yuji Sasagawa, Masaya Morimoto, Toru Ishiguro, Shigefusa Chichibu
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Patent number: 11543079Abstract: A pressure vessel (10) is provided with: a cylinder part (1) that defines a pressure chamber (11); a screwing part (3) that is disposed inside at least one of the two ends of the cylinder part; a lid (2) that has a pressure-receiving surface (2A) facing the pressure chamber and that is disposed at a position closer to the pressure chamber than is the screwing part; and a reinforcing ring (4) that is fitted to the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder part. The reinforcing ring covers, along the axial direction of the cylinder part, a part on an outer circumferential surface (1F) corresponding to a portion or the entirety of the engaging portion (12) between the cylinder part and the screwing part.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: JAPAN STEEL WORKS M&E, INC., TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoru Wada, Takafumi Hosoya, Hirokazu Tsuji
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Patent number: 11131013Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enhance the creep characteristics of an Ni-based alloy. The present invention relates to a Ni-based alloy characterized by having a composition containing, in terms of wt %, 15.00-25.00% Cr, 5.00-15.00% Co, 1.00% to less than 12.00% Mo, 1.50-2.50% Ti, 1.00-2.00% Al, 0.20-1.00% Nb, and 0.0010-0.10% C, and in terms of mass ppm, 10-200 ppm P, 30-250 ppm B, and 30-200 ppm N, the remainder comprising Ni and unavoidable impurities.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: JAPAN STEEL WORKS M&E, INC.Inventors: Takuya Okawa, Koichi Takasawa, Eiji Maeda, Masato Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210215826Abstract: A laser detection system including at least one laser device projecting a light curtain, and a controller is provided. The controller includes a processor and non-transitory, processor-readable memory including executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to receive a signal from the at least one laser device, the signal including an interference point of an object with the light curtain, and distance data indicating a distance between the interference point and the at least one laser device, determine a location at which the object enters the light curtain based on the distance between the interference point and the at least one laser device, and identify an item of a plurality of items located in an area behind the light curtain and corresponding to the location at which the object enters the light curtain.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: B.E.A. Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Boyd, Chris Rigatti, Michael Brazier
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Patent number: 10588621Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a medical needle with which, compared to a conventionally known suture thread guide needle, puncture, handling, and perforation are easy when guiding a suture thread along a hernia orifice beneath the skin, and therefore, the medical needle enables the execution of an LPEC method using simpler procedures.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: COSMIC M.E.INC.Inventor: Masao Endo
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Patent number: 10493094Abstract: A hemostatic putty for treatment of a variety of wounds topographies, including but not limited to highly three dimensional wounds, for example gunshot wounds and impalements, is disclosed. The putty is comprised of a matrix polymer weakly crosslinked or not crosslinked such that a viscoelastic matrix is formed. The viscoelastic nature of the putty is tunable by the composition and enables the putty to conform to a variety of wound topographies. Likewise, a hemostatic polymer, for example chitosan or hydrophobically modified chitosan, is included in this matrix to impart hemostatic properties and tissue adhesive on the putty. The hemostatic polymers disclosed prevent microbial infection and are suitable for oxygen transfer required during normal wound metabolism.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignees: GEL-E, Inc., University of Maryland, College Park, The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Kevin Diehn, Matthew Dowling, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, David R. King
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Patent number: 10368117Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of a subscriber device inserting at least one targeted advertisement into a video program is disclosed. The subscriber device receives and stores at least one targeted advertisement, and receives and store at least one video program. At least one existing advertising avail within the recorded video program is identified, the at least one advertising avail having a first duration. The subscriber device modifies the at least one advertising avail to create a customized avail within the recorded video program, the customized avail having a duration not equal to the first duration. The stored at least one targeted advertisement is retrieved, and the at least one targeted advertisement is inserted into the customized avail.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC.Inventor: Gregory C. Flickinger
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Patent number: 10355493Abstract: A system provides power and data to solid-state lights or other stage effects devices. A power hub receives the data as an input signal and includes output ports each with data conductors and power conductor pairs. The hub includes a buffer circuit, a power distribution circuit, and sensor circuits. The buffer circuit distributes data to the output ports. The power distribution circuit receives an input voltage and distributes a calibrated output voltage and maximum current to each output port. The sensor circuits are connected to a respective output port and detect connection of devices and a maximum required power at each output port. The power distribution circuit individually increases voltage to each output port at a calibrated ramp rate based on the maximum required power. The interface circuit connects the data conductors and the power conductor pairs to the devices and passes the voltage/power and data thereto.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: C.A.E., INC.Inventors: James H. Fackert, Glenn Witalec
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Patent number: 10231031Abstract: In accordance with the invention, advertisement identifiers are stored in a queue in memory in the set top box or elsewhere corresponding to individual subscribers of a television service delivery network. The advertisements are retrieved and displayed in the order dictated by the queue as advertisement avails are detected in the particular channel information stream being watched by that subscriber. Accordingly, the subscriber sees the advertisements regardless of what channel or television program is being watched and sees them in the order dictated by the queue. The invention also is applicable to other information streams including Internet advertising, audio/radio advertising and advertising in electronic program guides.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC.Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Gregory C. Flickinger, John A. Schlack, John P. Blasko
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Patent number: 10206012Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of transmitting streaming media and advertisements to viewers at a plurality of viewer nodes is disclosed in which a plurality of viewer groups are created. Each viewer node is assigned to one of the plurality of viewer groups, wherein the assigning includes creating an advertising group map disclosing an advertising group to which each viewer belongs and transmitting the advertising group map to each viewer node. At the head end, at least one media stream is received including media content. A plurality of presentation streams is formed, each presentation channel corresponding to one of the viewer groups, by replicating the at least one media stream, each presentation channel including the media content and advertisements, wherein the advertisements replace previously scheduled advertisements. Each of the presentation channels is transmitted to at least one viewer node in said viewer group corresponding to said presentation channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E, INC.Inventor: Charles A. Eldering
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Patent number: 10182258Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes monitoring a plurality of actions and inactions with video controls of a particular viewer during a first session, wherein the plurality of actions and inactions form a session profile that represents the particular viewer's short-term viewing habits; correlating one or more session profiles that have similar category values to create a signature profile having signature categories that represents the long-term viewing habits of a particular viewer; and matching a new session profile with an existing signature profile to determine a particular viewer for targeted advertising purposes.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E, INC.Inventors: John A. Schlack, Andrew Sutton, Andrew J. Rampulla, Charles A. Eldering
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Patent number: 10116983Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for managing advertisement opportunities in a network environment includes retrieving advertisement parameters supplied by an advertiser; creating at least one program substream by dividing a program stream; identifying avails that are positioned within the program stream and dividing the avails into one or more subavails in the at least one program substream; retrieving subscriber characteristics related to viewers of the at least one program substream; and correlating the subscriber characteristics with the advertisement parameters to determine which advertisement is the optimum advertisement to schedule to display in the one or more subavails.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC.Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Gregory C. Flickinger, John P. Blasko
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Patent number: D909193Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: OBEX P.E., Inc.Inventors: Mark Canavarro, Nicholas Canavarro
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Patent number: D963789Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Japan Steel Works M&E, Inc.Inventor: Hironobu Arashima