Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Patent number: 11773021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a concrete vacuum tube segment for a hyper-speed transportation system using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and a manufacturing method thereof. A concrete vacuum tube segment for a hyper-speed transportation system can be easily manufactured using UHPC, in which shrinkage and structural cracking do not occur due to mixing a binder and a short fiber to secure airtightness on the basis of a maximum fill theory, and accordingly, shrinkage of the concrete vacuum tube segment can be reduced even in a partial-vacuum state in which the magnitude of drying shrinkage is very small and quick drying occurs; when mixing the UHPC, an antifoaming agent is mixed and a circular vacuum pump is used to remove generated entrapped air to minimize the entrapped air; and a capsule-type crack healing material, which is able to repair fine cracks, is compacted to secure airtightness of the concrete vacuum tube segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Gum Sung Ryu, Jae Yoon Kang, Gi Hong An, Byung Suk Kim, Jae Joon Song, Kyung Taek Koh, Jong Dae Baek
  • Patent number: 11771126
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-station adaptive walnut shell pre-breaking system, comprising a feeding device and a shell pre-breaking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, XINJIANG JIANG NING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changhe Li, Mingcun Shi, Yiping Feng, Yitian Feng, Zhenming Jia, Leilei Zhao, Rong Wang, Yucheng Wang, Yanbin Zhang, Ji Che, Runze Li, Cai Wang, Min Yang, Yali Hou
  • Patent number: 11771538
    Abstract: Injection systems and methods of using the same are described herein. Each injection system may include one, two, or more needles, with each needle being configured to move needle between an injection position and a retracted position to deliver an inoculant. The injection needles may rotate about a carriage axis that extends through the injection axis along which each needle moves when moving between their injection and retracted positions. The injection needles in systems that include two or more injection needles may be advanced from the retracted position to the injection position at the same or different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Nova-Tech Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Elliot D. Eid, Jeremy J. Imdieke, Christopher J. Stark, Matthew R. Biel, Roger A. Harkess
  • Patent number: 11773878
    Abstract: An artificial muscle includes a housing including an electrode region, an expandable fluid region, a first film layer, and a second film layer. The first film layer and the second film layer each include an inner protective layer having a first elasticity, an outer protective layer having a second elasticity, and a reinforcing layer provided between the inner protective layer and the outer protective layer, the reinforcing layer having a third elasticity greater than the first elasticity of the inner protective layer and the second elasticity of the outer protective layer. The artificial muscle further includes an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing and between the first film layer and the second film layer, and a dielectric fluid housed within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Rowe, Maduran Palaniswamy, Shardul S. Panwar
  • Patent number: 11772325
    Abstract: A method for producing a 3D-printed tissue substitute is disclosed, utilizing a 3D printing device including a tank including a yield stress fluid in which the material is printed, the printing material delivered by the cartridge includes polyvinyl alcohol and gelatin, the method including a step following which, after printing the material in the yield stress fluid, a printed intermediate device is solidified in the yield stress fluid by lowering the temperature of the tank. The intermediate device is removed from the tank, rinsed and dried in order to obtain the tissue substitute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: SEGULA ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD—LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Lucas Lemarie, Edwin-Joffrey Courtial
  • Patent number: 11772763
    Abstract: A propeller includes a propeller shaft, a plurality of first blades, and a plurality of second blades. The first blades are connected to the outer peripheral surface of the propeller shaft so as to be rotated synchronously with the propeller shaft. The second blades are connected to the outer peripheral surface of the propeller shaft, so that they are rotated in the same direction as the first blades. The second blades are located in front of the first blades and correspond to the first blades in a one-to-one manner. The size of the second blades is smaller than the size of the first blades, and the rotation direction of the second blades is the same as the rotation direction of the first blades. Thereby, the propeller of the present invention can improve the operation efficiency of the boat at high speed without increasing the size of the first blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SOLAS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yeun-Junn Lin
  • Patent number: 11773998
    Abstract: The single-action emergency thermal valve comprises a body with a through channel for coolant supply through its inlet in the direction of its outlet, and a fuse link in the through channel of the body; the fuse link consists of at least two parts, each of the two parts completely overlaps the section of the through channel, the parts are made of materials with different melting points, and are located in the through channel in series with the increase of the melting temperature of each successive part in the direction from the through channel inlet to its outlet, wherein the body can have transverse ribs and/or transverse ridges at the location of the fuse link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Joint-Stock Company Engineering Company ASE, Joint Stock Company Atomenergoproekt, Joint Stock Company “Science and Innovations”
    Inventors: Nikolay Yur'evich Zhuravlev, Igor Ivanovich Shmal
  • Patent number: 11776522
    Abstract: A sound isolating wall assembly includes a plurality of walls defining a space between the plurality of walls. At least one acoustic scatterer is disposed within the space between the plurality of walls. The at least one acoustic scatterer has an opening and at least one channel. The at least one channel has a channel open end and a channel terminal end, with the channel open end being in fluid communication with the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Xiaoshi Su, Debasish Banerjee, Yuji Shintaku, Katsuhiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11774673
    Abstract: An optical communication package structure includes a wiring structure, at least one via structure, a redistribution structure, at least one optical device and at least one electrical device. The wiring structure includes a main portion and a conductive structure disposed on an upper surface of the main portion. The main portion defines at least one through hole extending through the main portion. The via structure is disposed in the at least one through hole of the main portion and electrically connected to the conductive structure. The redistribution structure is disposed on a lower surface of the main portion and electrically connected to the via structure. The optical device is disposed adjacent to the upper surface of the main portion and electrically connected to the conductive structure. The electrical device is disposed on and electrically connected to the conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Yung-Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 11778780
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a cooling assembly includes a heat-generating device, a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer, a shared coolant reservoir, a passive heat exchange circuit, and an active heat exchange circuit. The MIO layer is bonded to the heat-generating device. The shared coolant reservoir contains a coolant fluid. The passive heat exchange circuit directs coolant fluid from the shared coolant reservoir through the MIO layer and back to the shared coolant reservoir. The active heat exchange circuit includes a pump and a heat exchanger, wherein the active heat exchange circuit draws the coolant fluid from the shared coolant reservoir through the heat exchanger and returns the coolant fluid to the shared coolant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Danny J. Lohan
  • Patent number: 11773467
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for processing a rare earth concentrate ore. The method comprises (1) mixing the rare earth concentrate ore and concentrated sulfuric acid, thereby obtaining a mixed slurry and a first fluorine-containing gas; (2) mixing the mixed slurry and an initiator liquid for acidolysis, thereby obtaining a clinker and a second fluorine-containing gas; (3) subjecting the clinker to leaching with water, thereby obtaining a leached slurry; (4) subjecting the leached slurry to a solid-liquid separation, thereby obtaining a filtrate and a leached slag, and recycling the leached slag to step (2) for acidolysis again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA ENFI ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianwen Tang, Guoshan Du, Pengfei Xian, Shuang Qiu, Wenlong Zhou, Bo Qin
  • Patent number: 11773046
    Abstract: A facile solvothermal method can be used to synthesize metal alkanoate nanoparticles using a metal nitrate precursor, alcohol/water, and alkanoic acid. The method can produce lanthanide (e.g., La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, or Yb) and transition metal (e.g., Ag, Co, Cu, or Pb) alkanoate nanoparticles (<100 nm) with spherical morphology. These hybrid nanomaterials adopt a lamellar structure consisting of inorganic metal cation layers separated by an alkanoate anion bilayer and exhibit liquid crystalline phases during melting. The metal alkanoate nanoparticles can be calcined to produce metal oxide nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: LaRico Juan Treadwell, Clare Davis-Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11773274
    Abstract: The environmental-friendly antifouling agent includes a furan oxime and/or furan oxime metal complex, which has not only good antifouling performance, low toxicity and high efficiency and environmental friendliness. The ecological toxicity of the non-target organism is less than 15% of that of metals such as copper and chromium and organic matters such as benzoxazole, and the excellent barrier property of the furan ring structure itself on small molecules such as oxygen and water vapor can also significantly improve the barrier effect of a coating on a typical corrosive factor. The antifouling agent combined with an antifouling coating system can greatly improve the corrosion resistance of the coating system. Meanwhile, such the antifouling agent is easy to synthesize, can be well compatible with self-polishing resins, corrosion type resins and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Liping Wang, Guangming Lu, Shuan Liu, Jibin Pu
  • Patent number: 11776863
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a carrier, a first interposer disposed and a second interposer. The second interposer is stacked on the first interposer, and the first interposer is mounted to the carrier. The combination of the first interposer and the second interposer is substantially T-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Hao-Chih Hsieh, Tun-Ching Pi, Sung-Hung Chiang, Yu-Chang Chen
  • Patent number: 11771205
    Abstract: An impregnatable pad applicator storage and warming device for storing at least a first impregnatable pad applicator for a cosmetic preparation, a sundry preparation, a topical medication, or topical pharmaceutical, and warming these contents thereof comprises: a housing including an upper housing element and a lower housing element, the housing elements attached by a connector; a storage unit configured to receive and store at least a first impregnatable pad applicator; a warming unit comprising a power supply, controller, and a first heating element; and a first warming chamber configured to receive a first impregnatable pad applicator and transfer heat from the first heating element to the contents of the warming chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CaseMed Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Samangooie
  • Patent number: 11777300
    Abstract: A method for installing a section of heat shrink tubing on a wire. The method utilizes an infeed guide that receives the continuous length of tubing and initially opens the tubing from a compressed condition. The continuous length of tubing is received in a cutting guide and cut to a desired length. After cutting, a pair of spaced support jaws move together to open the cut section of tubing. A funnel having a first opening and a second opening is moved into engagement with the section of tubing such that the second opening is received within the section of tubing. A wire is inserted into the funnel which guides the wire into the cut section of tubing. Once the wire is received within the cut section of tubing, the funnel and support jaws are removed and the wire is removed with the section of support tubing installed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Artos Engineering Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Kirst
  • Patent number: 11776667
    Abstract: Systems and methods of chemical process simulation providing improved methods and systems for expressing the composition of a stream in a chemical process model in a manner that is not immediately indicative of the underlying composition, providing for improved accuracy of allocation of a process output stream to the appropriate source(s), avoiding duplication of components or other inaccurate component representations in relation to critical calculations, and improving the operation of a computer or other computing system for performing chemical process modeling and simulation. The systems or methods provide for three distinct layers of interaction, separating mixed species displayed to the user from individual species used in calculations, while providing transformation objects between dataset layers to provide for accurate modeling, calculation, and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Bryan Research & Engineering
    Inventors: Ashley Hull, Kevin Lunsford
  • Patent number: 11777426
    Abstract: A controller may use energy packets to control a prime mover of a machine. The controller may include an energy packet measurement control to calculate energy packets, perform post-processing actions on the energy packets to generate processed energy packets, and convert the processed energy packets into a fuel valve reference. Post-processing may include a calibration correction to remove measurement artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Gregary C. Zweigle, Scott M. Manson, Ellery A. Blood
  • Patent number: 11772065
    Abstract: A device is provided having a structure for conducting a first fluid, the structure having in addition an interface for conducting a second fluid. The first fluid can be brought into contact with the second fluid at the interface of the structure. A flow interrupter (120.0) for interrupting a flow of the second fluid is situated at the interface of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hirschberg Engineering AG
    Inventor: Sebastian Hirschberg
  • Patent number: D1000639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NSAFE ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Chester J. Budziak, Gregory C. Budziak, Adam P. Budziak