Patents Assigned to Engineering
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Publication number: 20230146523Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to generating a wiring schema with more than one safety device sharing at least one test signal through one or more external terminal blocks when the number of terminals required by safety devices exceeds the number of available terminals of a safety controller. In an illustrative example, the method may include determining a total number of terminals A of safety devices to be connected to a safety evaluation device having a number of terminals B. If A is greater than B, the method may then include generating a wiring schema that one or more external terminal blocks may show indicia of electrical connections between an identified set of safety devices and a shared terminal of the safety evaluation device associated with that set. By using the method, the number of devices that can be connected to the safety evaluation device may be expanded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Banner Engineering Corp.Inventors: John Klesk, Danielle Liu, Greg Sorvari, Dean Erickson, Greg Anderson, Jeff Dixon
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Publication number: 20230146582Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method fluid flow measurements which include a pressure transducer and a flexible tube. The pressure transducer is tuned to measure flow speeds having a Reynolds number less than 100 and include an inlet. The flexible tube has a first end fluidly coupled to the inlet and a second end positioned adjacent to and in fluid communication with a plurality of fluid outlets of a microchannel flow structure. Each of the plurality of fluid outlets has a cross section defining an outlet area. The second end has a cross section defining a flexible tube area that is larger than the outlet area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Ercan M. Dede, Yuqing Zhou, Feng Zhou, Danny Lohan
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Publication number: 20230141525Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20230147453Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicants: 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., LTDInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230145210Abstract: A composition that contains a polycarbonate resin and a recycled carbon fiber, and demonstrates mechanical strength which is close to that of a case where the virgin carbon fiber is blended. The composition contains 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin having a terminal hydroxy group content of 150 to 800 ppm; and 5 to 65 parts by mass of a recycled carbon fiber which is a heated product of a carbon fiber-reinforced resin. A pellet formed of the composition. A molded article formed of the composition. A method for producing the composition. The method includes feeding to an extruder 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin having a terminal hydroxy group content of 150 to 800 ppm, and 5 to 65 parts by mass of a recycled carbon fiber which is a heated product of a carbon fiber-reinforced resin; and melt kneading the extruded polycarbonate resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicants: MITSUBISHI ENGINEERING-PLASTICS CORPORATION, SHINRYO CORPORATIONInventors: Yohei NISHINO, Seiichi TAKADA, Hiroyuki ARITA
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Publication number: 20230142829Abstract: An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light source to emit light. The apparatus further includes a light source controller to control the light source. The light source controller is to change an intensity of the light emitted by the light source. In addition, the apparatus includes a low resolution sensor to measure light data from a reflection of the light off a wall. Also, the apparatus includes a memory storage unit to store the light data and corresponding control data. The apparatus includes an image processing engine to locate and to classify the wall based on the light data and the control data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: JDRF Electromag Engineering Inc.Inventors: Roumanos Dableh, Ghassan Knayzeh, Elias Boukhers
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Publication number: 20230142576Abstract: A downhole electromagnetic logging tool comprises a transmitting system, a magnetic field sensor array and a control module. The transmitting system and the magnetic field sensor array are both connected to the control module. The transmitting system comprises an upper emission coil and a lower emission coil, which are respectively arranged above and below the magnetic field sensor array, for generating magnetic fields of opposite polarities, allowing the magnetic fields to be concentrated at the magnetic field sensor array. A casing generates a secondary magnetic field, which is received by the magnetic field sensor array to complete detection of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicants: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF ZYOF BRANCH, SINOPECInventors: Qingsheng ZHANG, Fei XU, Hua HUANG, Cheng ZHANG, Wenchang ZHANG, Qing LUO, Xiaolei LI, Lingling ZHU
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Publication number: 20230144000Abstract: An electronic package is provided. The electronic package includes a carrier, a first electronic component, a bonding element, and a barrier. The carrier has a conductive layer. The first electronic component is disposed adjacent to the carrier and has a first terminal and a second terminal. The bonding element is configured to electrically connect the conductive layer to the first terminal. The barrier is configured to avoid electrically bypassing an electrical path in the first electronic component and between the first terminal and the second terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Jun-Wei CHEN, Yu-Yuan YEH, Hsu-Nan FANG
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Publication number: 20230143340Abstract: Proposed are a probe head and a probe card having the same. The probe head according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of guide plates each having a guide hole, wherein each of the guide plates has a shape in which a plurality of layers are stacked, and each of the guide plates includes: a first guide layer provided at a lowermost side thereof, and having a first guide hole; and a second guide layer provided at an uppermost side thereof, and having a second guide hole, wherein a side wall of the first guide hole and a side wall of the second guide hole are not provided on the same vertical line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: POINT ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Bum Mo AHN, Seung Ho PARK, Sung Hyun BYUN
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Publication number: 20230145043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Liping WANG, Guangming LU, Shuan LIU, Jibin PU
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Patent number: 11643082Abstract: A method comprises receiving an image of a road captured by a vehicle driving on the road, receiving a map of the road, the map comprising a road geometry of the road, obtaining an edge map of the road based on the image of the road, inputting the image, the map of the road, and the edge map into a trained regressor neural network, determining an estimated snow depth for each of one or more lanes of the road based on an output of the regressor neural network, and transmitting the estimated snow depth to an edge computing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Prashant Tiwari, Rui Guo
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Patent number: 11645430Abstract: Communication buses enable devices to communicate and exchange information and control signals. There is a growing concern over the security of such types of buses. Since any device can transmit any message, and device on the bus which can be compromised poses a threat for the bus. Described is a system to authenticate the source of messages from various devices on a communication bus.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SITAL TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE ENGINEERING (1997) LTD.Inventor: Ofer Hofman
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Patent number: 11643610Abstract: Diesel fuel compositions are provided that have unexpectedly beneficial cold flow properties. Methods for forming such diesel fuel compositions are also provided. The improved cold flow properties are achieved in part based on dewaxing of a distillate fraction of the composition. The improved cold flow properties are achieved further in part based on inclusion of a cold flow additive and fatty acid alkyl ester in the composition, such as fatty acid methyl ester.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventors: Gregory P. Rockwell, Alex S. Lang
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Patent number: 11642439Abstract: The present disclosure relates to injectable and expandable compositions, devices, kits and methods for use in an approach for the in-situ foaming of polymers for bone or tissue defects, namely to fill and/or fuse a tissue defect. The present disclosure relates to compositions, devices, kits and methods for use in an approach for the in-situ foaming of polymers for bone or tissue defects, namely for bone tissue defect filling/fusion. The design of extendable and expandable compositions for bone fusion is one of the most challenging fields in the intersection of polymer and biomedical engineering. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an injectable expandable composition for use in medicine, veterinary or cosmetic, comprising a polycaprolactone particle filler; a polydopamine adhesive bound to said filler; a polymethacrylic acid plasticizer bound to said polydopamine adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO, ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND CELL BASED TECHNOLOGIES & THERAPIES (A4TEC)—ASSOCIAÇĂOInventors: Ana Rita Cruz Duarte, Rui L. Reis, Jorge Manuel Nunes Correia Pinto, Rui Miguel Fernandes Duarte
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Patent number: 11644242Abstract: A method of treating refractory-lined equipment includes accessing an interior of the refractory-lined equipment with an equipment repair apparatus, wherein the equipment repair apparatus includes a robotic arm and one or more end effectors coupled to an end of the robotic arm, inspecting refractory material that lines an inner wall of the refractory-lined equipment with a first end effector coupled to the end of the robotic arm, removing damaged refractory material from the inner wall with a second end effector coupled to the end of the robotic arm, removing one or more anchors from the inner wall with a third end effector coupled to the end of the robotic arm, and installing new refractory material on the inner wall with a fourth end effector coupled to the end of the robotic arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering CompanyInventors: Patrick L. Yoder, Christopher J. Fowler, Aaron M. Schlett, Laura E. Johnsen
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Patent number: 11646896Abstract: A system for generating and authenticating remote sensing imagery includes a remote sensing platform. The remote sensing platform includes an imaging sensor and a hardware logic device that is directly coupled to the imaging sensor. The hardware logic device receives image data from the imaging sensor and generates a cryptographic signature based upon the image data. The hardware logic device outputs a signed image that includes the image data and the cryptographic signature. A computing device operated by a downstream user receives the signed image and can determine whether the image data has been modified from its original content based upon the cryptographic signature.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Sean Michael Crosby, William Marchetto, II, Kurt Daniel Brenning
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Patent number: 11643862Abstract: A sensor module for a vehicle includes a housing structured to be mounted along a sidewall of a cargo door, and a pressure-sensitive sensor mounted in the housing so as to be extendible from the housing and retractable into the housing. A sensor deployment mechanism is operatively coupled to the sensor and is structured to be operable to extend the sensor from the housing and to retract the sensor into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Paxton S. Williams, Scott P. Robison
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Patent number: 11643101Abstract: Vehicle malfunction detection systems and methods for detecting whether a lighting element of a vehicle satisfies a malfunction condition are disclosed herein. The vehicle malfunction detection system includes a detection unit detecting an operational state of the lighting element of the vehicle, and a vehicle control unit configured to place the vehicle in a driving mode, wherein, in response to determining that the operational state of the lighting element satisfies the malfunction condition, a vehicle start prevention signal is transmitted to the vehicle control unit, the vehicle start prevention signal including an instruction to prevent the vehicle from entering the driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Ming Michael Meng
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Patent number: 11642083Abstract: An extendable biosensing device comprising a robotic structure. The robotic structure comprises a pliable exterior lining and an extendable core. The robotic structure comprises at least one sensor located on or within the pliable exterior lining. The sensor is configured to measure a physiological condition. The extendable core automatically extends from a retracted state to a deployed state in response to a triggering event.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini, Ercan Mehmet Dede
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Patent number: 11642074Abstract: A method of detecting a seizure includes collecting volatile organic compounds with a collector material of a collector; separating a mixture of the volatile organic compounds into its constituent chemicals with a gas chromatography column; ionizing the constituent chemicals to create ionized chemicals and detecting the ionized chemicals; and analyzing the ionized chemicals to identify seizure-indicative volatile organic compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: Know Biological, Inc., National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Gary Stephen Arnold, Matthew Wallace Moorman, Joshua Jonathan Whiting
