Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Apparatus for purifying wastewater and method thereof
    Patent number: 9346695
    Abstract: The present inventions relates to an apparatus for purifying wastewater and a method thereof, which comprises: a stirring part to make bubbles impregnated into floc through high speed stirring by adding floc forming materials to influent and stirring them; an air supply part to supply air to the stirring part to make more bubbles impregnated; a pumping part to conduct pressurized conveying of the floc included treatment water; a cyclone part to separate high density floc to downstream and treatment water with low density floc to upstream from the pressurized treatment water; and a flotation part to separate floc from the treatment water with floc supplied from the cyclone part. Therefore, the present invention have an effect that it is possible to improve purification speed of wastewater and obtain good quality of purified water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: POSCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., BLUEGREENLINK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hyung Ko, Kwan Yeop Kim, Yun Jung Kim, Hyun Bae Kim, Hyoung Gun Kim, Hae Wook Nam, Hee Chul Yoon, Yu Seong Won, Jae Woong Park, Young Hwa Choi
  • Movable sensing device for stringed musical instruments
    Patent number: 9349361
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems are disclosed for movable sensing for stringed instruments. A string selector module selects one or more strings of a stringed instrument in response to a user of the stringed instrument positioning at least a portion of the string selector module over the one or more selected strings. The stringed instrument includes a plurality of strings, and the plurality of strings includes the one or more selected strings and one or more unselected strings. A sensor module produces an electrical signal in response to vibration of the one or more selected strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: RODMACHER ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Radmacher, Eric Ramos, Alan Robertson
  • Dynamo with columnar oscillator
    Patent number: 9347332
    Abstract: The dynamo of the present invention is provided in the flow field of a fluid, and has: a columnar oscillating body, one end of the oscillating body being supported in the flow field of the fluid by a shaft that is parallel to the flow direction of the fluid, and the oscillating body being moved reciprocally by self-excited oscillation about the shaft; and an electricity generation unit for generating electrical energy in response to the reciprocal oscillation of the oscillating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING
    Inventors: Shinji Hiejima, Kenichi Hayashi
  • Stencil foil assembly
    Patent number: 9351406
    Abstract: A stencil assembly includes a stencil foil, having a stencil pattern thereon and of a planar configuration, with a peripheral edge, which is a captured by rigid frame. The rigid frame includes a base and a cover attached thereto. The assembly adapts a standard stencil foil for use in a stretch frame that requires an elongated groove. The assembly thereby facilitates mounting the stencil to a stretching machine during printing. Also, the stencil assembly protects a user from injury by preventing contact with the sharp outer edges of the stencil foil. Further, the assembly protects the stencil foil portion from damage and greatly facilitates handling thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: QTS ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Erdmann
  • Stable complexes of zero-valent metallic element and hydride as novel reagents
    Patent number: 9346676
    Abstract: A composition and its method of production are provided. The composition includes at least one zero-valent metallic element atom in complex with at least one hydride molecule. The method of production includes ball-milling an elemental metal in a high-surface area form, with a hydride. The composition can be useful as a reagent for the synthesis of zero-valent metallic elemental nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
  • Semi-submersible offshore structure having storage tanks for liquefied gas
    Patent number: 9347611
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semi-submersible offshore structure having storage tanks for liquefied gas, which is constructed so as to improve workability in marine offloading of the liquefied gas stored in the storage tanks while reducing an influence of sloshing. The offshore structure is anchored at sea and has liquefied gas. The offshore structure includes a storage tank storing liquefied gas, a plurality of columns partially submerged under the sea level and each having the storage tank therein, and an upper deck located on the plurality of columns to connect the columns to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Cheol Ryu, Jun Hyung Jung, Deok Su Kim, Yoon Sik Hwang, Yong Soo Kim, Chuel Hyun Kim
  • Air turbine driven EGR pump for diesel engines
    Patent number: 9347365
    Abstract: A power plant is provided and may include an exhaust gas recirculation passage and a turbo machine having a first turbine rotationally coupled to a pump. The first turbine may include an expanded air passage. The pump may be arranged in the exhaust gas recirculation passage. A pre-cooler may be arranged in the expanded air passage and in the exhaust gas recirculation passage upstream from the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Hunter
  • Air pump with a biasable head
    Patent number: 9347613
    Abstract: An air pump with a biasable head is disclosed to include a head connectable to an air valve of an inflatable object, a cylinder providing an air output end, and a flexible air guide tube haying a front end thereof fixedly connected to the head and an opposite rear end thereof connected to the air output end of the cylinder. Subject to the arrangement of the flexible air guide tube, the air pump does not vibrate the connected air valve during its operation. Further, the flexible air guide tube has a short length, and can positively maintain the head in connection with the cylinder during delivery, avoiding disconnection of the head from the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Beto Engineering and Marketing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lopin Wang
  • Optical systems and methods employing a polarimetric optical filter
    Patent number: 9347832
    Abstract: A birefringent filter includes an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. A polarimetric imager includes a birefringent filter including a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. The imager further includes a detector in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate. A projection system includes an EM directing element and a birefringent filter. The filter includes (1) a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and having a first surface in optical alignment with the emissions source, and (2) an EM directing element in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Bodkin Design And Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bodkin, James T. Daly
  • PORCINE PSEUDORABIES VIRUS, VACCINE COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160137700
    Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the present invention is a vaccine composition including an immune amount of attenuated live vaccine, inactivated vaccine, subunit vaccine, synthetic peptide vaccine, or genetically engineered vaccine of the porcine pseudorabies virus strain. The vaccine composition can effectively induce antibody generation, and prevent infections of virulent strains of the porcine pseudorabies virus, and provides effective protection for pigs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: PULIKE BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Xuke ZHANG, Jinzhong Sun, Rui WU, Feifei TAN, Chaoyang BAI, Kegong TIAN
  • CHARGING INLET LID STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160137081
    Abstract: A charging inlet lid structure of a vehicle includes a normal charging inlet and a quick charging inlet in a recess portion for charging, and a first lid and a second lid for the recess portion. One of the normal charging inlet and the quick charging inlet is provided at one side of the recess portion and the other of the normal charging inlet and the quick charging inlet is provided at the other side of the recess portion. The first lid and the second lid are provided so as to slide from totally closed positions where the first lid and the second lid totally close the recess portion in directions in which the first lid and the second lid move away from each other and can be opened and closed independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira TAKAHASHI, Yusuke KATAGIRI
  • Vehicles Having A Cross-Vehicle Stabilizing Structure
    Publication number: 20160137231
    Abstract: Vehicle structures for dissipating energy associated with a collision are described herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a first side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a second side support extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and spaced apart from the first side support in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross-vehicle stabilizing structure extending between the first side support and the second side support, the cross-vehicle stabilizing structure including a first joint portion coupled to the first side support, the first joint portion including a stiffness-reducing portion positioned within a perimeter of the first joint portion, a second joint portion coupled to the second side support, and a cross-vehicle stabilizer portion coupled to the first joint portion and the second joint portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos M Briceno, Maurice P. Silva, Jonathan R. Young, Adam D. Holmstrom, Naipaul D. Ramoutar
  • Breakage prevention mechanism of transfer apparatus and transfer apparatus using thereof
    Patent number: 9339861
    Abstract: A breakage prevention mechanism is configured to prevent deformation or breakage of a crossbar and transfer the work even in the condition where a pair of left and right arm supporting the both end of the cross bar is displaced beyond assumption. The breakage prevention mechanism is equipped with a pair of arms which is synchronized and moves approximately parallel, and a crossbar bridged between the top end of the arms. Both end of the crossbar and the arm are connected pivotably around two axis. Both end of the crossbar are configured to be slidable against the arm in X axis direction. The plunger is placed between both end of the crossbar and arm, in which protects the crossbar by restraining the pivoting and the sliding of both in the normal condition and releasing the restraint when the unintended force is given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: AIDA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Takeda, Seiji Nakoshi, Takashi Koshimizu
  • Integration of molten carbonate fuel cells for synthesis of nitrogen compounds
    Patent number: 9343763
    Abstract: In various aspects, systems and methods are provided for integration of molten carbonate fuel cells with processes for synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds. The molten carbonate fuel cells can be integrated with a synthesis process in various manners, including providing hydrogen for use in producing ammonia. Additionally, integration of molten carbonate fuel cells with a methanol synthesis process can facilitate further processing of vent streams or secondary product streams generated during synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Berlowitz, Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, S. Allen Erickson, Anita S. Lee
  • Projectile dispensing system and use
    Patent number: 9339855
    Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention is a system comprising a feeder to feed projectiles. There is a conveyor for metering the projectiles, and that conveyor is in communication with the feeder. A pipe is in communication with the conveyor, for impelling projectiles through the pipe. In another it is use of a barrel internally lined with a helical blade for unconfined metering of projectiles to clean a gas pressurized pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ENVIROLOGICS ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: John Hochfellner, Kevin Lillie, Dave Marshall
  • Method and computing system for designing a sheet-metal-forming process
    Patent number: 9342070
    Abstract: In a method for designing a sheet-metal-forming process in which a sheet-metal part is formed, a visual representation of the sheet-metal part is computed and displayed. Visual labels are displayed, each label being visually linked to the representation of a feature of the part. The labels indicate one or more processing units of the sheet-metal-forming process that are assigned to the features. The labels can also indicate process operations to which these processing units are assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Autoform Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Kubli, Matthias Pietsch, Silke Wagner
  • Floor device capable of up-down movement for vessels
    Patent number: 9340268
    Abstract: Provided is a floor apparatus which is vertically movable with a thruster canister within a vertical trunk of a hull. The floor apparatus includes a floor frame which is installed in an upper space of a vertical trunk of a ship, that is, a space above a thruster canister. The floor frame is installed to be vertically movable along the vertical trunk. The side of the floor frame is installed to be vertically movable while being guided along the sidewall of the vertical trunk. In particular, at least one pair of guide frames which guide the side of the floor frame are symmetrically installed on the sidewall of the vertical trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITED, DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Gi Choi, D. Scott Brittin
  • Wafer level semiconductor package and manufacturing methods thereof
    Patent number: 9343333
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes at least one semiconductor die having an active surface, an interposer element having an upper surface and a lower surface, a package body, and a lower redistribution layer. The interposer element has at least one conductive via extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The package body encapsulates portions of the semiconductor die and portions of the interposer element. The lower redistribution layer electrically connects the interposer element to the active surface of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: John Richard Hunt
  • Computer-implemented method for managing at least one data element in control unit development
    Patent number: 9342672
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing at least one data element in control unit development, the method allows uniform management of data elements over the entire development process by providing a management unit having a user interface, associating the data element with the management unit, and associating an access configuration with the management unit. The access configuration defines the accessibility of the data element by a user via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Misch, Mirco Hoecker, Dirk Stichling
  • Hybrid vehicle launch control
    Patent number: 9340200
    Abstract: A launch control system which maximizes hybrid vehicle acceleration from a standing start. A hybrid vehicle includes wheels, an engine, a motor-generator, a processor, and an actuation device. The processor controls an engine speed and an engine torque independently from a wheel speed and a wheel torque. While the hybrid vehicle is at a standstill, the actuation device is switched to an on state, and the engine speed and engine torque is raised to optimal values. When the actuation device is subsequently switched to an off state, the engine speed and the engine torque is applied to the plurality of wheels to launch the hybrid vehicle. The processor blends or further adjusts the torque applied to the plurality of wheels to maximize the acceleration while optimizing an amount of wheel slip. The processor then learns the launch to improve performance on subsequent launches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Mohammad E. Dufford