Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Patent number: 11651904
    Abstract: A multilayer structure includes a first insulating layer including a first body of an anodized oxide material, a first via conductor penetrating through the first body, and a first internal wiring layer electrically connected to the first via conductor, a second insulating layer including a second body of the anodized oxide material, a second via conductor penetrating through the second body, and a second connection pad electrically connected to the second via conductor, and a solder hump provided on one of the first internal wiring layer and the second connection pad and between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The first via conductor, the first internal wiring layer, the second connection pad, and the second via conductor are electrically connected to each other through the solder bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: POINT ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Mo Ahn, Seung Ho Park, Sung Hyun Byun
  • Patent number: 11649776
    Abstract: A system and methods for a turbo-boost control system are disclosed for providing a driver of a vehicle with greater control over vehicle performance. The turbo-boost control system instructs an electronic control unit of the vehicle to increase the manifold pressure to a higher level before releasing the pressure through a waste gate so as to provide a greater power output of the engine. The turbo-boost control system includes a control module, a wiring harness, and a signal adjuster. The wiring harness couples the control module with a turbo inlet pressure sensor, a manifold absolute pressure sensor, and an electronic control unit of the vehicle. The control module sends signals to the electronic control unit based on input readings from the turbo inlet pressure sensor and the manifold absolute pressure sensor. The signal adjuster includes a rheostat that enables manual adjustment of the power output of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Williams
  • Patent number: 11653483
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian M. Alzate, Cameron Scott Soller, Bryan Gentry, Kyle Ellis Hildenbrand
  • Patent number: 11649470
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for producing hydrocarbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. A process may include introducing biomass to a pretreatment system, and a first separation system forming a pentose-rich stream and a pentose-lean stream. The pentose-lean stream may be introduced to a hydrolysis system forming a hydrolysate and the hydrolysate introduced to a second separation system forming a hexose-rich stream and a lignin stream. Additionally, at least one of the pentose-rich stream or the hexose-rich stream may be introduced to a bioreactor containing microorganisms configured to produce hydrocarbon fuels. Additionally, the present disclosure also relates to systems for the production of hydrocarbon fuels. A system may include a pretreatment system, a first separation system, a hydrolysis system, a second separation system, and one or more bioreactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Arsam Behkish, Giovanni Pilloni, Kelsey M. McNeely
  • Patent number: 11653443
    Abstract: A flexible polymeric film includes a reinforcement layer and a base layer. The reinforcement layer includes a lamella and a plurality of columns. The columns are on a surface of the lamella. Each of the columns extends in a direction and is separated from a neighboring column by a gap. The base layer is coupled to the columns and portions of the surface of the lamella in the gaps between the columns. The base layer is less rigid than the reinforcement layer. The flexible polymeric film can be produced by spraying a precursor onto a substrate. A layer of the precursor is formed on the substrate and exposed to an energy beam to form a preliminary film on the substrate. The columns can be formed from a plurality of portions of the preliminary film. The lamella is formed on top of the preliminary film that is formed with the columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Nova Engineering Films, Inc.
    Inventor: Sang In Lee
  • Patent number: 11650562
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to an assembly having a plurality of machines, a first programmable logic controller device and a second programmable logic controller device commutatively coupled to the first programmable logic controller device. The second programmable logic controller device includes a human machine interface having a display and displaying a plurality of user inputs. A processing device communicatively coupled to the display and a storage medium. The storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to prompt a user to select a desired program, to input a desired line speed time, and to input a plurality of line control data. The data is converted into a simulated data and transferred to the first programmable logic controller device, which causes at least one machine of the plurality of machinery to move in a predetermined manner based on the simulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Patrick McLain, Hayato Narita
  • Patent number: 11649870
    Abstract: A vibration isolator includes a first conical disc spring member having a first end and a second end. A first-end spacer in contact with the first spring member first end, and a second-end spacer in contact with the first spring member second end. A second conical disc spring member has a first end and a second end. The second spring member first end is in contact with the first-end spacer. Another second-end spacer is in contact with the second spring member second end. A flexible housing of the isolator defines an interior. The housing is in contact with and extends between the second-end spacer and the other second-end spacer so that the first-end spacer and the first and second spring members are received in the housing interior. The housing includes a plurality of spaced-apart through holes formed therealong between the second-end spacer and the other second-end spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
    Inventors: Paul A. Gilmore, Umesh N. Gandhi, Ryohei Tsuruta, Brian J. Pinkelman
  • Patent number: 11649124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for feeding products in sheets into an insertion device before a digital printer, including a lifting system for a stack of laminar elements, which in turn includes an extraction mechanism for the last board, an insertion system with an advance mechanism, a rotation system for the stack(s), a positioning stop, connected to an advance and reverse mechanism, a squaring and scaling station, able to create a loading and accumulating hopper, and a telescopically-adjustable transportation system, with the capacity to move the previously-scaled sheets until the insertion device is fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: European Machinery Engineering Projects, S.L.
    Inventors: Eduardo Mas Cano, Santiago Mira VerdĂș
  • Patent number: 11653173
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an electronic device within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the electronic device is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the electronic device within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Divya Sai Toopran
  • Patent number: 11648812
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a torsion bar system. The torsion bar system includes a first torsion bar. The first torsion bar is configured to adjust a ride height of a first wheel of a vehicle. The torsion bar system includes a first actuator. The first actuator is coupled to the first torsion bar. The first actuator is configured to control a load on the first torsion bar. The torsion bar system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is coupled to the first actuator. The electronic control unit is configured to set a position of the first torsion bar using the first actuator and based on the load on the first torsion bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Aaron Weidenaar
  • Patent number: 11650241
    Abstract: A technique and a system are used to analyze incremental quantities. The instantaneous electrical measurements associated with a loop in a multiple-phase electric power delivery system are obtained before a fault occurred on the loop and after the same fault occurred on the same loop, and differences between the instantaneous electrical measurements at different times are used to determine incremental quantities, which are used to determine a location of the fault on the loop. Multiple loops in the multiple-phase electric power delivery system are monitored to determine corresponding fault locations on each loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Gandhali P Juvekar, Yajian Tong
  • Patent number: 11649026
    Abstract: A propeller having a plurality of blades extending radially outward from a hub, the blades forming a loop. Each loop having an intake portion, an exhaust portion and a tip portion extending radially outward from the hub and a gap between the intake root and the exhaust root. The tip portion of each of the blades is 30%-75% of the blade, the tip portion beginning at a first deviation from zero of the roll value and extending to 90 degrees, wherein roll value is zero in a plane parallel to the hub axis, and wherein the blades have a vertical angle between ?45 degrees and 45 degrees throughout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Sharrow Engineering LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Charles Sharrow
  • Patent number: 11652846
    Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) of an electric power distribution system includes processing circuitry and a memory that includes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to receive operating data associated with the electric power distribution system, determine whether the operating data matches with expected operating data, generate a connectivity association key (CAK) based on the operating data in response to a determination that the operating data matches with the expected operating data, and establishing a connectivity association based on the CAK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Bradetich, Colin Gordon, Arun Shrestha, Karen S J Wyszczelski, Hidayatullah Ahsan
  • Patent number: 11650043
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided for measuring carbon deposits on an engine. In some examples, a light source can be transmitted through a viewing window of an engine onto an area of an internal surface of the engine and reflected back through the viewing window and detected using an optical sensor. A topography of the area can be determined based, at least in part, on the reflected light source detected by the optical sensor and used to determine whether carbon deposits have increased, decreased, or remained constant on the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Bhaskar Prabhakar, Riccardo Conti
  • Patent number: 11649921
    Abstract: A mounting pad system for securing equipment, such as an HVAC outdoor unit or a standby generator, is provided in the form of a lightweight fillable pad member having a plurality of receivers located on a top surface of the pad member. The receivers are associated with attachment points located on the equipment and are used to secure the equipment to the pad. The pad member contains a filling port on its top surface and is configured as a molded hollow shell containing a gelling material which, when mixed with water, provides support to reduce deflection of the pad member caused by the equipment secured to the pad, prevents damage to the pad that would otherwise be caused by the expansion of internal contents upon freezing and prevents leakage of internal contents of the fillable pad in the event of an unintended breach in the hollow shell. The pad member is provided with at least one through-hole that acts as a supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew L. Carpenter, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Publication number: 20230141525
    Abstract: A battery manager includes a pattern estimator, a prediction engine, and a charging scheduler. The pattern estimator estimates a driving pattern of an electric vehicle. The prediction engine predicts a charging parameter based on at least one of the driving pattern or driver charging behavior. The charging scheduler outputs the charging parameter to control charging of a secondary battery of the electric vehicle. The pattern estimator may estimate the driving pattern based on information from at least one information source of the electric vehicle. The prediction engine predicts the charging parameter of the secondary battery in preparation of a future use of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Arlo C. Eitzer, Lisa B. DiMaggio, Allison McGowan, Emily S. Lerner, Alessandro Concas, Abril A. Galang, Jordan Choby, Max K. Ralya, Tapan V. Patel, Benjamin J. Groelke
  • Publication number: 20230144210
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor that performs a basic input/output system (BIOS) process to initialize hardware of the electronic device upon a first start up. The processor determines, within the BIOS process, that initialization of an operating system (OS) on the electronic device has not been performed. The processor waits to receive a user input indicating that the user is ready to initialize the OS, thus protecting the OS initialization process from unintended interruptions such as power loss that can cause the OS initialization to fail irreparably. Upon receiving the user input, the processor begins the OS initialization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Olson, Huba Leidenfrost, John D. Prestwich, Ryan Lowell Hendrickson, Jennice Rinderknecht, Aaron Taylor
  • Publication number: 20230143156
    Abstract: A stackable rack includes a bottom rack frame; a top rack frame; a locking assembly that connects with the bottom rack frame and the top rack frame; wherein the bottom rack frame comprises a main supporting frame, at least one first supporting frame rotatably coupled with the main supporting frame and supported on a ground, and a second supporting frame having a securing assembly being coupled with the first supporting frame and rotatably coupled with the main supporting frame; wherein the securing assembly comprises at least one locking bracket with a locking cavity being engaged with the first supporting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: MAXTON ENGINEERING LTD.
    Inventor: Shou Qiang ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230147453
    Abstract: A flow splitting device for gas reverse circulation drilling, including: an upper joint for connecting with a double-wall drill pipe; an inner tube which is arranged in the upper joint and defines a first passageway in communication with an inner chamber of the double-wall drill pipe, a second passageway in communication with an annular space in the double-wall drill pipe formed between the inner tube and the upper joint; a lower joint, having an upper end fixedly connected with the upper joint and a lower end for connecting with a drill tool; and a flow guiding member provided between the upper joint and the lower joint. A flexible sealing mechanism is provided outside the upper joint. The flexible sealing mechanism extends radially outward relative to the upper joint and the lower joint to form a sealing contact with a wellbore wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC PETROLEUM ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CO., LTD, SINOPEC SHENGLI PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CO., LTD, DRILLING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SINOPEC SHENGLI PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chuanwei ZHAO, Zhonghua WU, Yanjun ZHOU, Honglin TANG, Zhihe LIU, Xueliang PEI, Haoyu SUN, Zhenguo SU, Bo KANG, Hui ZHANG, Huangang ZHU, Yongming CHEN, Zhongshuai CHEN
  • Patent number: D986057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Hangzhou Zheda Dixun Biological Gene Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhoujie Wu, Yi Liu, Yue Xu, Wei Lei, Chunyan Zhou, Yun Ling