Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • RESONANT TYPE HIGH FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160254702
    Abstract: A resonant type high frequency power supply device provided with a power semiconductor element that performs a switching operation at a high frequency exceeding 2 MHz, the resonant type high frequency power supply device including a variable inductor that makes an adjustment to the amplitude of a device output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AKUZAWA, Kiyohide SAKAI, Toshihiro EZOE, Yuki ITO
  • COMPACT MECHANICAL VAPOR RECOMPRESSION EVAPORATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160250563
    Abstract: A compact mechanical vapor recompression evaporator system and method for operating is provided. The system may include a vapor separator, a falling film evaporator, and a mechanical vapor recompression device. The system may also include a spin vane positioned at the inlet to the vapor separator. The falling film evaporator may surround an outer wall of the vapor separator, defining a common vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Caloris Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Artur G. Zimmer
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160255469
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing contextual environmental information. One embodiment of a method includes detecting a plurality of objects in an environment, identifying at least a portion of the plurality of objects in the environment, and determining a location of a user relative to the plurality of objects. Some embodiments may be configured to determine a desired number of alerts to provide the user based on a characteristic of the user and, in response to determining that the desired number of alerts is less than a number of objects detected in the environment, provide data related to a location of a subset of the plurality of objects, relative to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M.A. Djugash, Tiffany L. Chen
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160254230
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device package and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor package comprises a die pad, a row of leads, a component, a package body, and a conformal shield. The die pad has a top surface. The row of leads comprises a first lead and a second lead, and the row of leads is arranged along a side of the die pad. The first lead has a first lateral surface, and the second lead has a second lateral surface. The component is disposed on the top surface of the die pad. The package body encapsulates the component, the die pad, the first lead, and the second lead, exposes the first lateral surface of the first lead, and covers the second lateral surface of the second lead. The conformal shield covers the package body and connects to the first lateral surface of the first lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Daesung LEE, Ingyu HAN, Chulhyun PARK
  • RECTIFYING CIRCUIT FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20160254759
    Abstract: A rectifying circuit for high-frequency power supply that rectifies an alternating voltage at a high frequency exceeding 2 MHz, the rectifying circuit for high-frequency power supply including a bridge rectifier circuit that rectifies the alternating voltage inputted from a reception antenna for power transmission, a matching functional circuit that matches a resonance condition to that of the reception antenna for power transmission, and a smoothing functional circuit that smooths the voltage rectified by the bridge rectifier circuit into a direct voltage, in which the rectifying circuit for high-frequency power supply causes the bridge rectifier circuit to perform partial resonant switching in a switching operation at the time of rectification by using the matching functional circuit and the smoothing functional circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AKUZAWA, Kiyohide SAKAI, Toshihiro EZOE, Yuki ITO
  • METHOD FOR CLEANING A NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT IN A SPRAY DRYING APPARATUS, AND SPRAY DRYING APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20160252299
    Abstract: In a spray drying apparatus, comprising in a usual manner a drying chamber, an air disperser, and at least one pressure nozzle arrangement (4), means are provided for emptying the feed in the nozzle arrangement(s) (4) after the supply of feed from a feed system (5) is halted and before the nozzle arrangement(s) (4) are removed from the drying chamber and positioned in a cleaning system (7). The emptying takes place while maintaining atomization in the nozzle arrangement (4). The feed emptying system (6) comprises a pump (60), a pressurized air/gas source (61) and a conduit (62), and the spray drying apparatus at least one valve (45, 53, 63, 64, 65, 66) allowing switching from the feed system (5) to the feed emptying system (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: GEA Process Engineering A/S
    Inventors: Jens Ulrik Nielsen, Thomas Filholm, Troels O.J.P. Berg, Thomas Willum Jensen
  • RESONANT TYPE HIGH FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT FOR RESONANT TYPE HIGH FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160254700
    Abstract: A resonant type high frequency power supply device provided with a power semiconductor element that performs a switching operation, the power supply device including a second power semiconductor element at least one or more connected in parallel to the power semiconductor element to achieve optimization of parasitic capacitances of the power semiconductor element and the second power semiconductor element itself, and a high frequency pulse drive circuit that transmits a pulse-shaped voltage signal having a high frequency exceeding 2 MHz to the power semiconductor element and the second power semiconductor element to drive the power semiconductor element and the second power semiconductor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AKUZAWA, Kiyohide SAKAI, Toshihiro EZOE, Yuki ITO
  • Opposed Piston Three Nozzle Piston Bowl Design
    Publication number: 20160252067
    Abstract: A piston may include an outer peripheral surface and a crown. The outer peripheral surface may include first and second openings spaced about and extending through the outer peripheral surface. The crown may include a recess at least partially defined by a first lobe in fluid communication with the first opening and a second lobe in fluid communication with the second opening. Each of the first and second lobes may be recessed relative to an adjacent portion of the recess of the crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustav R. JOHNSON, Gary L. HUNTER, Darrell SPARKS
  • INKJET PRINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160250864
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method is provided. A smear-free printed matter superior in glossiness can be obtained. The inkjet printing method includes: a second ink layer forming step of discharging a second ink on a first ink layer formed on a recording medium and drying the discharged second ink, and a third ink layer forming step of discharging a third ink on the second ink layer and drying the discharged third ink. A drying time during the second ink layer forming step is shorter than a drying time during the third ink layer forming step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira TAKATSU, Tomotaka FURUHATA
  • Seat occupancy sensor unit for seat with spring suspension or seat pan
    Patent number: 9428080
    Abstract: A pressure-responsive seat occupancy sensor unit (10) comprises a support plate (12) having a top surface (20) and a bottom surface, a plurality of spacer elements (14) defining an upper surface (18) of the pressure-responsive seat occupancy sensor unit, which upper surface the top surface of the support plate is arranged recessed from, a foam pad (22) disposed between the spacer elements on the support plate, a recess (24) formed in the top surface of the support plate, underneath the foam pad, and a pressure-responsive membrane switch (26) arranged in the recess. The recess has a depth exceeding the thickness of the pressure-responsive membrane switch. The foam pad is configured such that, upon it being compressed by application of pressure exceeding a certain threshold, it deforms so as to penetrate into the recess and activates the pressure-responsive membrane switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
    Inventors: Markus Kordel, Dietmar Jungen, Konstantin Weires, Manuel Wampach
  • Functionalized carboranyl magnesium electrolyte for magnesium battery
    Patent number: 9431678
    Abstract: Electrochemical devices and processes for forming them employ a functionalized carboranyl magnesium electrolyte. The functionalized carboranyl electrolyte includes a carboranyl anion functionalized with at least one halide, or one alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, and/or aryloxy groups, or their partially or completely fluorinated analogs. In contact with the electrolyte, a non-noble metal cathodic current collector has unusually high oxidative stability >3.0V vs. a magnesium reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Tutusaus, Rana Mohtadi
  • Transfer printing ink and transfer printing method
    Patent number: 9428659
    Abstract: Provided are a transfer printing ink and a transfer printing method which are advantageous in that an increased number of types of transfer media can be employed. The transfer printing ink of the present invention contains a solvent, a sublimation dye, and a binder resin, wherein the binder resin is dispersed, emulsified, or suspended in the solvent, and the binder resin has a melting point which is higher than the lowest temperature at which the sublimation dye sublimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Ohnishi
  • Estimated time of arrival for vehicle navigation
    Patent number: 9429436
    Abstract: Arrangements related to determining an estimated time of arrival for vehicle navigation are described. A travel route between an origin and a destination is determined. The travel route includes a toll road. It can be determined whether one or more toll payment areas are located along the toll road. A toll payment delay for the one or more toll payment areas can be determined. Responsive to receiving an indication of automatic toll payment, the toll payment delay for the one or more toll payment areas can be adjusted. An estimated time of arrival to the destination can be determined using the adjusted toll payment delay for the one or more toll payment areas. The determined estimated time of arrival can be presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Anthony Wippler, III
  • Lipase-containing polymeric coatings for the facilitated removal of fingerprints
    Patent number: 9428740
    Abstract: A substrate or coating is provided that includes a lipase with enzymatic activity toward a component of a fingerprint. Also provided is a process for facilitating the removal of fingerprints is provided wherein an inventive substrate or coating including a lipase is capable of enzymatically degrading of one or more components of the fingerprint to facilitate fingerprint removal from the substrate or said coating. Applying heat to the substrate or coating increases the rate of fingerprint removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Andreas Buthe, Ping Wang, Songtao Wu, Hongfei Jia, Masahiko Ishii, Minjuan Zhang
  • Iron cobalt ternary alloy nanoparticles with silica shells and metal silicate interface
    Patent number: 9431159
    Abstract: Superparamagnetic core-shell nanoparticles having a core of an iron cobalt ternary alloy, a shell of a silicon oxide on the core and a metal silicate interface layer between the core and the shell layer are provided. Methods to prepare the nanoparticles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paul Rowe, Ryan Daniel Desautels
  • Membrane based desalination apparatus with osmotic energy recovery and membrane based desalination method with osmotic energy recovery
    Patent number: 9428406
    Abstract: An energy efficient membrane based desalination process, which utilizes an osmotically driven energy recovery sub-process. Energy recovery sub-process involves the extraction of water from low salinity first aqueous solution by using a high salinity content, pressurized second aqueous solution to draw the water from first aqueous solution across a semi-permeable membrane. High salinity content, pressurized second solution can be used to generate osmotic pressure on the low salinity content first solution to drive water from first solution to the second solution with respect to chemical potential differences. The process also harvests the Gibbs free energy of mixing in terms of pressure conservation in the second solution, while the volume of second solution is increasing by the drawn water from the first solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: GS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CORP.
    Inventors: Sarper Sarp, In-Ho Yeo, Yong Gyun Park
  • Laminate
    Patent number: 9429685
    Abstract: The laminate of an embodiment is a laminate including an antireflection film and a protection film bonded onto the antireflection film, wherein the surface of the antireflection film includes a plurality of protrusions; the protection film includes a supporting film and an adhesive layer; the adhesive layer includes an adhesive agent, a copolymer, and a carboxyl group-containing monomer; the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is 1000000 or more and 2000000 or less; the copolymer includes the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester with the alkyl group having 4 or less carbon atoms in the largest weight proportion among the monomer components; the acid number of the copolymer is 16 mg KOH/g or more and 120 mg KOH/g or less; and the mixing amount of the epoxy cross-linking agent in relation to 100 parts by weight of the copolymer is 1.5 parts by weight or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Minoura, Takao Imaoku, Tokio Taguchi, Seiichi Shimizu, Ryuta Ooka
  • Control apparatus for a linear motion stage, and linear motion system
    Patent number: 9429959
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a linear motion stage includes: a first filter for filtering the frequency of a signal received from a linear encoder of the linear motion stage; an adder for adding an input signal representing a command position and a negative of an output signal of the first filter; a control for generating a control signal for controlling the linear motion stage based on an output signal of the adder; and a second filter for filtering the frequency of the control signal. Each of the input terminals of the first and second filters has a correction table for storing cut-off frequencies and damping rates measured according to the driven positions of the linear motion stage, thereby applying the correction table so as to determine the cut-off frequencies of the first and second filters and the damping rates according to the driven positions of the linear motion stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Soonhan Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Byoung Gwan Ko
  • Method to prepare hard-soft magnetic FeCo/ SiO2/MnBi nanoparticles with magnetically induced morphology
    Patent number: 9427805
    Abstract: A method to prepare a core-shell-shell FeCo/SiO2/MnBi nanoparticle wherein the morphology of the MnBi shell is formed by synthesis of the MnBi layer in an applied magnetic field is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paul Rowe, Ryan Daniel Desautels
  • Ship alternatively running fuel gas main drive engine and fuel gas generator engine
    Patent number: 9428256
    Abstract: A ship includes: a high-pressure injection engine using fuel gas as fuel to obtain a propulsion power of the ship; a generator engine using fuel gas as fuel to generate electricity; a motor generating a power by using the electricity generated from the generator engine; a propulsion propelling the ship; a main clutch connecting the high-pressure injection engine to the propulsion; an auxiliary clutch connecting the gear box to the propulsion; and a gear box disposed in a front side of the propulsion and power-connected to the main clutch and the auxiliary clutch. The high-pressure injection engine and the motor are selectively power-connected to the propulsion to obtain the propulsion power of the ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Kwang Lee, Dong Kyu Choi, Jung Han Lee