Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • CANTED COIL SPRINGS AND ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140131932
    Abstract: Canted coil spring rings each with a first plurality of coils having first coil major and minor axes; a second plurality of coils each having second coil major and minor axes; the coils of the first plurality of coils alternating with the coils of the second plurality of coils according to an alternating pattern. The spring rings having inner and outer perimeters and wherein the inner perimeter of the spring ring is defined by at least said first plurality of coils. The resulting configuration of the spring ring has improved spacing along the inner perimeter, among others, with respect to a similar canted coil spring ring having a constant coil cross section, such as a coil length with all similar coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BAL SEAL ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Peter J. Balsells, Jin Kim
  • INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, CLOGGED NOZZLE RECOVERING METHOD AND CLOGGED NOZZLE RECOVERY PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20140132665
    Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus, a clogged nozzle recovering method, and a clogged nozzle recovery program are provided. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a head, a tank, a first pump, a cap, a second pump and a control means. The head is provided with a nozzle face and a plurality of nozzles. The tank is connected with the head through a tube. The first pump is connected with the tank and maintains the tank at a constant negative pressure. The cap for suction covers a part of the nozzles on the nozzle face of the head. The second pump is connected with the cap for sucking an inside of the cap. The control means controls to lower the negative pressure of the tank that is maintained by the first pump when the inside of the cap is sucked by the second pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: TOMOMI IGAWA
  • MODEL-BASED EFFICIENCY SCORING IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
    Publication number: 20140136092
    Abstract: A scoring device for evaluating the efficiency of a route travelled with a vehicle, an efficiency evaluation method and a system. Acceleration sensors are formed in a mobile telecommunications device in order to obtain position and acceleration data which are supplied to the scoring device via an interface in order to calculate a vehicle model with set parameters from the sensor data. The vehicle model serves to calculate efficiency values for the route travelled which are compared for similarity to reference efficiency values and are incorporated in a graphical depiction of the route travelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: ITK Engineering AG, M2C Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Christian ROBL, Michael ENGLERT
  • ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS WITH CRACKING RESISTANCE ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20140135431
    Abstract: Methods are provided for upgrading the quality of an asphalt. The methods include mixing an asphalt feed with a cracking resistance additive that improves the low temperature properties of the asphalt while leaving the high temperature properties unchanged or minimally changed. The cracking resistance additive corresponds to a compound that is a liquid at both the low temperature performance grade for the asphalt and at mixing and/or storage temperature for the asphalt. Examples of compounds that, in an appropriate molecular weight range, are liquids across this broad temperature range include polyalphaolefins, alkylated naphthalenes, and organic esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventor: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STOPPING AND/OR ALIGNING TRANSPORT GOODS ON A CONVEYING DEVICE, AND CONVEYING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140131167
    Abstract: A device for stopping and/or aligning transport goods on a conveying device, in particular a roller conveyor, device has a main part and a stopping device that can be moved out of the main part into a conveying path of the conveying device in order to stop and/or align the transport goods that are transported along the conveying path. The stopping device comprises at least two separate stops that can be moved between a working position, which projects into the conveying plane, and a rest position, which is retracted with respect to the conveying plane, by means of a common actuator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP SYSTEM ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventor: Hardy Dörr
  • PREPARATORY HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC (HPLC) SEPARATION TECHNIQUE FOR QUANTITATIVE FRACTIONATION OF HEAVY PETROLEUM STREAMS
    Publication number: 20140131257
    Abstract: A method and system for performing quantitative fractionation of a hydrocarbon sample is disclosed. The method includes introducing the hydrocarbon sample in a separation system having a first separation column and a second separation column. Separate fraction removal steps are performed for the elution of saturates, aromatic ring classes, sulfides, and polars fractions. The method allows to collect the separated fractions and obtain the material balance information of the hydrocarbon sample. The method further includes performing an analysis on the at least one aromatic ring class fraction to identify and quantify an olefins fraction in the hydrocarbon sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Birbal CHAWLA, Cathleen YUNG
  • SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY LATCH WITH STABLE ON-OFF POSITION
    Publication number: 20140130491
    Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator includes a SMA element connected to a first crown to move the first crown with respect to a second crown along an axis to toggle the actuator rod between a first position and a second position, the first position and the second position maintained when the SMA element is deenergized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Umesh N. Gandhi, Christian A. Trager, Clare A. McNamara
  • TIP-UP SEAT WITH CONCEALED SUPPORT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140132052
    Abstract: A vehicle tip-up seat wherein the seat includes a seat back having a front surface, a seat portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The seat portion is pivotally mounted to the seat back at a first pivot point. An elongated support member extends generally perpendicular to and spaced apart from the lower surface of the seat portion. The elongated support member is fixed to the lower surface of the seat portion. At least one support bracket extends between the elongated support member and the lower surface of the seat portion to support the seat in the event of a crash as seat portion rotates downward. The seat further includes a cushioning foam fully covering the support bracket, the seat portion and the elongated support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Itoh, Trevor J. DeLanoy, Robert C. Day, Vasudeva S. Murthy
  • TWISTED LEAK DETECTION CABLE
    Publication number: 20140130350
    Abstract: Disclosed is a leak detection cable that has an outer jacket layer and a four wire construction in a flat wire configuration that is twisted in a helix. Detection cables are disposed on the exterior surface adjacent openings of the jacket to allow for detection of aqueous fluids. The wire is twisted in a helix to allow adjacent detector wires to easily detect aqueous fluids. Disparate materials are used for the jacket and the coatings of the wires, to allow the jacket to be easily removed from the wires without affecting the integrity of the coatings of the wires. The four flat wire configuration is sized and spaced for easy connection to an insulation displacement connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: RAYMOND & LAE ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Donald M. Raymond
  • CONDENSING AIR PREHEATER WITH HEAT PIPES
    Publication number: 20140131010
    Abstract: An air preheater comprises flow conduits for heat transfer between a heating gas and combustion air which is to be pre-heated with heat pipes extending between the flow conduits for the two gas streams to provide heat transfer The fins on the heat pipes in at least the condensation zone of the flow conduit of the heating gas are provided with one or more serrations on the sides of the pipes facing away from the oncoming gas flow. The serrations assist in removing any liquid film which may accumulate on the fins during operation in the condensing mode. A corrosion resistant coating material such as glass may be provided on the condensing side of the finned heat pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyungsik LEE, Brandon J. PENCE, Scott C. CHAPMAN
  • Cobalt catalyst with improved activity maintenance
    Patent number: 8722570
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst comprising a catalytic metal, preferably cobalt, rhenium or mixtures thereof. The catalytic metal is supported on a support comprising a major amount of titania and a minor amount of cobalt aluminate derived from anatase titania. The support also includes a minor amount of titania derived from a titanium chelate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventor: Charles H. Mauldin
  • Offset hand proofer tool
    Patent number: 8720335
    Abstract: A method of predicting the performance of a printing press for a printing job includes preparing a first printing plate and securing the printing plate to a proofing device then adjusting the proofing device to optimize ink transfer from an anilox roll to the printing plate and from the printing plate to a substrate. An operator then prepares a printing proof on the substrate and evaluates the printing proof to predict the performance of a second printing plate on the printing press. The invention may also include a plate for printing that includes a printing press portion that is dimensioned to be secured to a printing press and a proofing portion that is dimensioned to be secured to a proofing tool that are separable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Probity Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Ronald K. Westby
  • Fatigue monitoring
    Patent number: 8725429
    Abstract: A method and system are provided to reconstruct vibration responses such as stress and fatigue damage at desired locations in a structure from a limited number of vibration measurements at a few locations in the structure. Vibration response measurements can be of any type, e.g. acceleration, angular velocity, strain, etc. The desired locations can be anywhere within the domain of the structure and may include the entire structural domain. Measured vibration responses may be of uniform type or combinations of different types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Scot McNeill, Puneet Agarwal
  • Control device of servo press and method for controlling servo press
    Patent number: 8720328
    Abstract: A control system of a servo press and a control method are provided for preventing an overload on a pressure capability of a press and a torque capability of a drive system. A control device of a servo press for pressing by transferring a drive force of a servomotor to a slide via a drive mechanism includes: a motion calculation unit for calculating slide target position data; a torque calculation unit for calculating process torque for pressing and control torque for speed change of the servo motor on the basis of slide target position data; a process system limit unit for limiting the calculated process torque to predetermined process limitation torque; and a drive system limit unit for limiting combined torque of the limited process torque and the control torque to predetermined drive limitation torque. The servo motor is driven on the basis of a command of drive limitation torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: AIDA Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Attachment for different air valves
    Patent number: 8720474
    Abstract: An air valve connecting device or attachment includes a housing having an inlet mouth, a gasket engaged into the housing for engaging with an inflation valve, a casing engaged in the housing for compressing the gasket to grasp the inflation valve to the housing, and the casing includes a compartment communicative with the gasket for engaging with a valve piece which selectively blocks the casing, a spring biases the valve piece to engage with the casing, an actuator is engageble with the casing for compressing the gasket to grasp the inflation valve to the housing, and the actuator includes a valve member for preventing an air leaking problem from being occurred by the inflation valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lo Pin Wang
  • Printer apparatus
    Patent number: 8721067
    Abstract: A printer apparatus (10) is provided with a front and rear drive motor, which rotationally drives a feed roller (21) in a state that the plate-like medium (B) is pinched by the feed roller (21) and a pinch roller (24) which are paired to feed the plate-like medium (B) to the front side and to set to be located on the platen (13), a right and left drive motor which moves the printer head (32) in the right and left direction, and a controller which performs control for feeding the plate-like medium (B) and control for moving the printer head by the right and left drive motor (32). The platen (13) is provided with a feeding auxiliary member (40) which is protruded from a support face for supporting the plate-like medium (B) and is located on the front side with respect to a portion facing the printer head (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayuki Kobayashi, Takaaki Kambara
  • Process of fabricating a circuit board
    Patent number: 8720053
    Abstract: A process for fabricating a circuit board that includes a dielectric layer, a circuit layer, and an insulation layer. The circuit layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and has a pad region and a trace region. The insulation layer is disposed on the circuit layer and covers the trace region. Here, a thickness of the pad region is less than a thickness of the trace region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Lee, Kun-Ching Chen, Ming-Loung Lu, Chun-Che Lee
  • Recording of 3D images of a scene with phase de-convolution
    Patent number: 8723924
    Abstract: A method of recording 3D images of a scene based on the time-of-flight principle is described. The method includes illuminating a scene by emitting light carrying an intensity modulation, imaging the scene onto a pixel array using an optical system, detecting, in each pixel, intensity-modulated light reflected from the scene onto the pixel and determining, for each pixel, a distance value based on the phase of light detected in the pixel. The determination of the distance values includes a phase-sensitive de-convolution of the scene imaged onto the pixel array such that phase errors induced by light spreading in the optical system are compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Mirbach, Marta Castillo Franco, Thomas Solignac, Frédéric Grandidier
  • Vehicle door trim panel
    Patent number: 8720118
    Abstract: The vehicle door construction includes a bezel carrying a door release lever and linkage connected by a pair of first attachments to a door trim panel and by a second attachment to a door inner panel. The pair of first attachments includes a collar with an aperture for receiving a fastener to attach the bezel via the collar to the door trim panel. A small tab integrally connects the collar to a main portion of the bezel and defines a rupturable area when force is exerted on the door causing the door trim panel to separate from the door inner panel. The tabs rupture to allow the door trim panel to separate from the door inner panel while maintaining the bezel and the door release lever and linkage fixedly attached to the door inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerritt B. Meyers, Tiffany Beech, Jeff Pehler
  • Method for recovering and producing ethanol and oil
    Patent number: 8722372
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing an ethanol which facilitates the processing of a solid component as a residue generated upon processing, while improving the recovery rate of heat energy contained in leftover food. The method for recovering and producing ethanol and oil is a method for producing ethanol by saccharification, fermentation, and distillation of leftover food. In this method, a three-phase centrifuge for performing separation into three phases of an oil component, an aqueous solution component, and a solid component is used in a step of solid-liquid separation of any one of a saccharified liquid, a fermented liquid, and a distillation waste liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd., Nittetsu Plant Designing Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Kiuchi, Yasuhiko Kato, Yasufumi Hajima, Norio Yoshitake, Shigeru Mitarai