Patents Assigned to Engineering
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Publication number: 20200300368Abstract: A mechanical seal assembly has rotational and stationary sealing members) and a drive unit, which is axially adjacent one of the sealing members. An energizing member urges the drive unit towards the sealing members. A retainer axially and radially retains one of the sealing members. The drive unit is in contact with one of the rotational and stationary members by way of contacting surfaces which are in the range of 1 and 20 light bands of flatness, inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: AES Engineering Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Martin Shaw, Andrew Colverson
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Publication number: 20200301076Abstract: The present disclosure relates to conductive cooling of a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver. For example, an SFP transceiver assembly may include a cooling block and a thermally conductive pad having a thermally conductive material. The SFP transceiver assembly may include a spring finger that contacts the thermally conductive pad while the SFP transceiver is inserted into the SFP transceiver assembly to allow heat to be conducted from the SFP transceiver to the cooling block via the thermally conductive pad to conductively cool the SFP transceiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Steven Watts
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Publication number: 20200303335Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first redistribution layer (RDL) including a circuit layer. The second electronic device is disposed on the first RDL of the first electronic device. The second electronic device includes an encapsulant and a patterned conductive layer. The encapsulant has a first surface facing the first RDL of the first electronic device, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The patterned conductive layer is disposed at the second surface of the encapsulant, and is configured to be electrically coupled to the circuit layer of the first RDL of the first electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Ming Hsien CHU, Chi-Yu WANG
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Publication number: 20200303294Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a carrier provided with a first conductive element, a second conductive element arranged on a semiconductor disposed on the carrier, and a second semiconductor device disposed on and across the first conductive element and the first semiconductor device, wherein the first conductive element having a surface that is substantially coplanar with a surface of the second conductive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Hsin CHANG, Tsu-Hsiu WU, Tsung-Yueh TSAI
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Publication number: 20200300174Abstract: Power train architectures with low-loss lubricant bearings and low-density materials are disclosed. The gas turbine used in these architectures can include a compressor section, a turbine section, and a combustor section. A generator, coupled to the rotor shaft, is driven by the turbine section. The compressor section, the turbine section, and the generator each include rotating components, at least one of the rotating components in at least one of the compressor section, the turbine section, and the generator including a low-density material. Bearings support the rotor shaft within the compressor section, the turbine section and the generator, wherein at least one of the bearings is a low-loss bearing having a low-loss lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicants: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: David Lee Williamson, Raymond John Bankert, Jessica Lee Prince, Carlos Eduardo Silva
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Publication number: 20200304328Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising PoE apparatus including midspans, switches and routers that can provide high powered PoE connections that enable the recovery of DC power in sufficient quantities that allow it to be converted to AC power by way of an inverter. The invention also provides a method for providing AC power, data and light to office workstations using a single PoE connection. The invention further comprises a common mode signalling system that operates independently of any TCP/IP signal transmitted through an Ethernet connection wherein said signalling system is adapted to communicate with and control PoE powered devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Electrical Engineering Solutions Pty LimitedInventors: Norman Boemi, David John Bull, James Bull, Stephan Meyer
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Patent number: 10781591Abstract: A wind protection device for a building has lateral face elements (630) positioned at a distance from an inner building wall (631) creating at least one riser shaft (239) for air. The lateral face element (630) is closed at lateral sides, wherein the wind protection device further has at least one lower air entry element (620, 620?) connected to at least one riser shaft (239) and at least one upper virtual ledge (620?; 643) connected to at least one riser shaft (239) having an outlet opening directing the air flow from the connected riser shaft(s) (239) to the area in front and above the respective upper virtual ledge (620?, 643). The lateral face element (630) has a sequence (650) of side air entries (651, 651?, 651?) connected with at least one riser shaft (239).Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Elemental Engineering AGInventor: Osman Saeed
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Patent number: 10781308Abstract: A resin composition for laser welding contains: relative to 100 mass parts of (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin material that contains a polybutylene terephthalate homopolymer and at least one of a polybutylene terephthalate copolymer, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, and a polycarbonate resin, 0.0005 to 0.5 mass parts of (B) nigrosine; and 0.01 to 2 mass parts of (C) a colorant containing at least an anthraquinone dye C1 having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 590 to 635 nm, a perinone dye C2 having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 460 to 480 nm, and an anthraquinone dye C3 having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 435 to 455 nm, at C1:C2:C3=24 to 41:24 to 39:22 to 46 as the mass ratio relative to 100 mass parts for a total of C1, C2, and C3.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation, ORIENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasushi Yamanaka, Makiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 10781438Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and processes in the field of self-cleaning system using digestive proteins. One composition includes a substrate, a digestive protein capable of decomposing a stain molecule, and a linker moiety bound to both said digestive protein and said substrate. The processes include binding a substrate to a surface and forming a linker moiety between a digestive protein and said substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Motor CorporationInventors: Ping Wang, Minjuan Zhang, Hongfei Jia, Archana H. Trivedi, Masahiko Ishii
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Patent number: 10782328Abstract: A single point to modify a behavior of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) between active and testing modes is disclosed herein. The IED may include a variety of logical nodes, each with a behavior object related to the active or testing mode behavior of the IED. A single testing mode selection point of the IED is used to modify each of the logical nodes to change between active and testing modes. The testing mode selection point may be a logical input. The testing mode selection point may be a physical switch on the IED.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Hamza Abubakari, Tovah Whitesell, Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Cody Browne, Gabriel DeRuwe, David J. Dolezilek, Karen S J Wyszczelski
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Patent number: 10784115Abstract: A method of etching features in a silicon wafer includes coating a top surface and a bottom surface of the silicon wafer with a mask layer having a lower etch rate than an etch rate of the silicon wafer, removing one or more portions of the mask layer to form a mask pattern in the mask layer on the top surface and the bottom surface of the silicon wafer, etching one or more top surface features into the top surface of the silicon wafer through the mask pattern to a depth plane located between the top surface and the bottom surface of the silicon wafer at a depth from the top surface, coating the top surface and the one or more top surface features with a metallic coating, and etching one or more bottom surface features into the bottom surface of the silicon wafer through the mask pattern to the target depth plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Feng Zhou, Ki Wook Jung, Ercan Mehmet Dede, Mehdi Asheghi, Kenneth E. Goodson
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Patent number: 10780927Abstract: Spoiler apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed spoiler for a vehicle includes a sensor operatively couple to the vehicle. The spoiler also includes a body supporting the sensor and including an aperture positioned thereon. The body is coupled to an exterior vehicle surface near a lamp of the vehicle, separate from the spoiler, such that the lamp is exposed via the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Varun Jonathan Prabhakar
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Patent number: 10780430Abstract: Methods are provided for forming noble metal catalysts comprising both platinum and a second Group VIII metal, such as palladium, with improved aromatic saturation activity. Instead of impregnating a catalyst with both platinum and another Group VIII metal at the same time, a sequential impregnation can be used, with the Group VIII metal being impregnated prior to platinum. It has been discovered that by forming a Group VIII metal-impregnated catalyst first, and then impregnating with platinum, the distribution of platinum throughout the catalyst can be improved. The improved distribution of platinum can result in a catalyst with enhanced aromatic saturation activity relative to a catalyst with a similar composition formed by simultaneous impregnation.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Matthew S. Ide, Stephen J. McCarthy, Gary P. Schleicher
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Patent number: 10785189Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods of monitoring communication devices and communication links in a software-defined network (SDN). Network packets may be colored or tagged for routing to a packet analyzer. A VLAN bitmask may be added to a packet to identify the packet for inspection and, optionally, provide origin information identify a switch and/or port of origin. Port mirroring may be utilized and/or eventual routing of network packets to their original destination may ensure that network traffic is not disrupted. In one example, a most significant bit of a VLAN bitmask may be used by a match rule to identify packets intended for a packet analyzer without regard to original packet routing instructions and/or packet content.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Jason A. Dearien, Rhett Smith, Robert Meine
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Patent number: 10780388Abstract: Achieving the selective and reversible adsorption of CO2 from humid, low partial pressures streams such as the flue gas resulting from the combustion of natural gas in combined cycle power plants (4% CO2) is challenging due to the need for high thermal, oxidative, and hydrolytic stability as well as moderate regeneration conditions to reduce the energy of adsorption/desorption cycling. Appending cyclic primary, secondary diamines, exemplified by 2-(aminomethyl)piperidine (2-ampd), to the metal-organic frameworks Mg2(dobpdc) (dobpdc4?=4,4-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3-dicarboxylate), Mg2(dotpdc) (dotpdc4?=4,4?-dioxido-[1,1?:4?,1?-terphenyl]-3,3?-dicarboxylate) or Mg2(pc-dobpdc) (pc-dobpdc4?=dioxidobiphenyl-4,4?-dicarboxylate) produces adsorbents of the classes EMM-44, EMM-45, and EMM-46, respectively, that display step-shaped adsorption of CO2 at the partial pressures required for 90% capture from natural gas flue gas at temperatures up to or exceeding 60° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Jeffrey R. Long, Simon Christopher Weston, Phillip J. Milner, Rebecca L. Siegelman
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Patent number: 10781386Abstract: Marine fuel oil compositions are provided that exhibit unexpectedly high cetane numbers after addition of a cetane improver. Methods of making such compositions are also provided. The unexpected nature of the marine fuel oil compositions is based in part on the ability to achieve a substantial improvement in estimated cetane number by addition of a cetane improver to a hydrocarbonaceous composition with a natural estimated cetane number of less than 35. These unexpectedly high increases in estimated cetane number for fuels or fuel blending components with low natural estimated cetane numbers can allow for production of fuel compositions with desirable combustion characteristics while also maintaining a higher level of aromatic compounds and/or reducing or minimizing the amount of distillate boiling range components in the fuel or fuel blending component.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Kenneth C. H. Kar, Sheryl B. Rubin-Pitel, David T. Ferrughelli, Anthony S. Mennito, Teng Xu
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Patent number: 10782704Abstract: One or more roadway features can be determined based on information received from one or more vehicles traveling on a roadway. A data packet can be received from a remote vehicle. The data packet can include data corresponding to locations and headings of the remote vehicle. A path history for the remote vehicle can be determined based on the data packet. The path history can include data points corresponding to a plurality of locations and headings for the remote vehicle. A geometry for a portion of the roadway preceding the remote vehicle can be determined using the path history. The determined geometry of the roadway can be used to determine a driving maneuver for a vehicle and/or to verify a map.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Vladimeros Vladimerou, Miles J. Johnson, Guarav Bansal, Ahmed Sakr
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Patent number: 10780997Abstract: A shock-resistant memory device comprises a housing and a memory module. The memory module is disposed within the housing and surrounded by potting material to protect the memory module from damage during a shock event. The housing can include a port that accommodates a data connection between the memory module and a sensor from which data is desirably received by the memory module. During a shock event the connection between the memory module and the sensor may be severed, but data stored in the memory module can be retained in the memory module which is protected by the housing. To facilitate retrieval of the memory device subsequent to a shock event, a balloon can be affixed to the housing. The balloon can be configured to inflate subsequent to the shock event so that the shock-resistant memory device does not sink in water and to make the memory device more visible for recovery.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Josiah Bigelow, Brandon Toepper
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Patent number: 10783758Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a tower light assembly having an output indicator responsive to an onboard sensor in accordance with a predetermined environmental parameter threshold. In an illustrative example, an augmented sensing tower light assembly (ASTLA) may include a light tower assembly having a controller configured to receive status data from monitored equipment. The controller may further receive environmental data from the onboard sensor. In response to the received status data and the received environmental data, the controller may actuate the output indicator in accordance with one or more predetermined criteria. Advantageously, the ASTLA may provide supplemental low-cost sensing capability.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Banner Engineering Corp.Inventor: Robert T. Fayfield
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Patent number: 10784511Abstract: Nanoporous carbon provides a binderless, three-dimensional form of graphene as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Katharine Lee Harrison, Matthaeus Wolak, Michael P. Siegal