Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • DOLLY APPARATUSES INCLUDING SWING OUT ARM AND AUTOMATIC ARM CLOSING FEATURES
    Publication number: 20200164936
    Abstract: A dolly apparatus for use on an assembly line includes a base frame. A swing out arm is rotatably connected to the base frame by a pivot linkage. An automatic arm closing assembly moves the swing out arm from an installation position to an initial position. The automatic arm closing assembly includes an engagement member located laterally outside the base frame. A swinging linkage is rotatably connected to the base frame. A support rod connects the engagement member to the swinging linkage. A connector rod connects the swinging linkage to the pivot linkage. The engagement member has a retracted position and an extended position. The connector rod moves with rotation of the swinging linkage and rotates the pivot linkage thereby moving the swing out arm from the installation position to the initial position with movement of the engagement member from the extended position to the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley J. Garcia
  • Cone air filter
    Patent number: 10661215
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a cone air filter for a closed intake system of an internal combustion engine. The cone air filter includes a cone-shaped filter medium, retained between a base and a cap, that is fabricated to remove contaminants and particulate matter from an intake airstream. The base includes a flange that couples with an air intake duct of the internal combustion engine. A shell receiver is incorporated into the base and receives a rigid exterior shell, such that the exterior shell surrounds the cone air filter and directs the intake airstream therein. A cap is disposed on an apex portion of the cone air filter and is configured to direct the intake airstream around the apex portion and into the cone-shaped filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall
  • Systems, vehicles, and methods for automatically deploying a windshield wiper blade to a deployed position
    Patent number: 10661757
    Abstract: A system for automatically deploying a windshield wiper blade to a deployed position includes one or more processors, an actuator coupled to the windshield wiper blade and communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, one or more optical sensors communicatively coupled to the one or more processors that output an optical signal, and one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more memory modules store logic that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to receive the optical signal output by the one or more optical sensors, detect whether an accumulation of a substance has formed on the vehicle based on the optical signal output by the one or more optical sensors, and deploy, with the actuator, the windshield wiper blade to the deployed position in response to detecting the accumulation of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei I. Gage, Arata Sato
  • Directional drilling apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 10662754
    Abstract: Apparatus for directional drilling allows an uphole section of drill string to be rotated while maintaining a desired orientation of a bent section of the drill string. In some embodiments, clutches above and below the bent section are selectively operated to rotate the bent section to a desired orientation. Reducing transmissions may reduce the rotation rate of the bent section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Evolution Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron W. Logan, Justin C. Logan
  • Publishing LIDAR cluster data
    Patent number: 10663584
    Abstract: Systems and methods for publishing LIDAR cluster data are described. The vehicle can identify one or more clusters based on data from the LIDAR sensor. The identified one or more clusters can be representative of at least one object in an external environment of the vehicle. Additionally, the vehicle can publish the identified one or more clusters before the LIDAR sensor completes a full 360 degree rotation about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Sakai, Nobuhide Kamata, Michael J. Delp, Michael R. James
  • Aromatic hydrogenation catalysts and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10661262
    Abstract: Hydrogenation catalysts for aromatic hydrogenation including an organosilica material support, which is a polymer comprising independent units of a monomer of Formula [Z1OZ2OSiCH2]3 (I), wherein each Z1 and Z2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group or a bond to a silicon atom of another monomer; and at least one catalyst metal are provided herein. Methods of making the hydrogenation catalysts and processes of using, e.g., aromatic hydrogenation, the hydrogenation catalyst are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Paul Podsiadlo, Quanchang Li, David Charles Calabro, Jean Willem Lodewijk Beeckman, Lei Zhang, Kiara M. Benitez, Matthew Scott Ide, Stephen John McCarthy, Mobae Afeworki, Simon Christopher Weston, Preeti Kamakoti, Matu J. Shah, Wenyih Frank Lai, Meghan Kochersperger, David A. Griffin, Ivy D. Johnson
  • Telescoping boom wear pad improvements
    Patent number: 10662035
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a wear button or pad for a telescoping boom of the type comprising at least an outer boom member comprising a threaded bore therethrough for the wear pad assembly, and an inner boom member that is slidable with respect to the outer boom member. In one form, the wear pad assembly comprises a wear pad and a base, a first of which comprises a generally cylindrical body comprising a curved external side surface comprising a screw thread via which this is threadably engageable in the threaded bore, and an internally tapered expandable collet, and the second of which comprises an externally and complementarily tapered mandrel portion, wherein in use, the externally threaded part is threadably engaged in the threaded bore and expanded therein by insertion of the externally and complementarily tapered mandrel portion in the expandable collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CIJ Engineering Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Gavin Cunningham
  • Generating a representation of high-frequency signal data from an electric power delivery system
    Patent number: 10664553
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for representation of high-frequency signal data. In use, input data is received including high-frequency signals, wherein the input data is of a first width. Next, the input data is processed to manage display of the input data, where specifically the input data is divided into one or more segments based on first criteria including the first width, and from each segment of the one or more segments, a maximum value is identified and a minimum value is identified. Still yet, the input data is transformed to a visualizable representation of the high-frequency signals, the visualizable representation of the high-frequency signals including a plot of the maximum value and the minimum value for each segment of the one or more segments. Additionally, the plot is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Hewitt, Matthew J. Halladay
  • Transportable pole-mounted inspection device
    Patent number: 10663839
    Abstract: An inspection device and method for use are described. The inspection device comprises a plurality of nested poles coupled to a wheeled tripod. The poles can be extended outward to create a longer composite pole. A camera can be mounted to the end of the composite pole and the tripod placed near a difficult-to-view location, such as a building roof. The mounted camera can be used to view the location, possibly through wireless transmission to a tablet or other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: O'Brien Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman J. O'Brien, Joshua W. McClure, Joseph D. O'Brien
  • Method for producing compound and compound production system used in production method
    Patent number: 10662449
    Abstract: This method for producing a compound uses a continuous tank reactor which is provided with two or more reaction tanks for producing the compound and with a reaction liquid feeding pipe that feeds a reaction liquid from an upstream reaction tank to a downstream reaction tank, said method being characterized in that the Reynold's number of the reaction liquid that flows in the reaction liquid feeding pipe is configured to be 1800-22000. Furthermore, this compound production system is used in said method for producing a compound, and is formed by housing at least one of the reaction tanks in a portable container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kano, Takamitsu Kariya, Hiroyasu Banba, Tomohiko Mawatari, Takeshi Kato, Tsutomu Hirachi, Keizo Tachibana, Masahiro Kamide, Megumu Morimoto
  • Ultra high ratio liquid delivery system
    Patent number: 10662052
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing system comprises a container enclosing a chamber. A flexible bag in the chamber contains a first liquid. First and second conduits are contained in the chamber. The first conduit connects the chamber to an outlet port in the container were the second conduit connects the bag to the first conduit. A supply source introduces a pressurized second liquid into the chamber. The first conduit serves to direct an exiting flow of the second liquid from the chamber to the outlet port, with the pressurized second liquid serving to collapse the bag and expel the first liquid contained therein via the second conduit to the first conduit for mixture with the exiting flow of the second liquid. The second conduit lacks flow restrictions, such as metering orifices or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Global Agricultural Technology and Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Michael E. Cheney, Scott Ross, John R. Newton
  • Waste heat recovery and boost systems including variable drive mechanisms
    Patent number: 10662903
    Abstract: A powertrain system is provided and may include a combustion engine, a crankshaft, and a turbo-compounding system. The combustion engine may include an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The crankshaft may be driven by the engine. The turbo-compounding system may be configured to drive the crankshaft and may include a first turbine and a drive system. The first turbine may include an inlet fluidly communicating with the exhaust manifold. The drive system may include an input shaft driven by the first turbine, and an output shaft engaged with the crankshaft. The drive system may be configured to drive the output shaft at more than one drive ratio relative to the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustav R. Johnson, Gary L. Hunter, Julian Sherborne
  • Cable connector and cable termination
    Patent number: 10665971
    Abstract: Cable connectors for connecting two multicore cables are provided including a clamping sleeve, having a ceramic insulator with openings on each side of the sleeve, for accommodating core conductors. The clamping sleeve includes contact inserts passing through the clamping sleeve. Clamping elements are provided to clamp the core conductors to the contact inserts to electrically connect the multicore cables. The cable connector has a heat shrink tube that surrounds the clamping sleeve and the cables. Furthermore, cable termination including a clamping sleeve with a ceramic insulator with openings for core conductors is provided. Contact inserts are situated behind the openings to clamp the core conductors on the contact inserts establishing mechanical fixing of the core conductors on the clamping sleeve. The cable termination includes a heat shrink tube as according to the first aspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Woertz Engineering AG
    Inventors: Tamas Onodi, Andreas Dreier
  • System and method for object detection using edge characteristics
    Patent number: 10664974
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving detection of objects in a surrounding environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to emitting a signal pulse, acquiring point cloud data about the surrounding environment as identified from the signal pulse reflecting from the surrounding environment. The method further includes determining which data points within the point cloud data are edge points by distinguishing the edge points from field points in the point cloud data according to edge characteristics. The method includes identifying an object in the surrounding environment according to a segment of the point cloud data that is bound by the edge points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo Uehara
  • Method to dynamically configure and control a power converter for wide input range operation
    Patent number: 10666156
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to power converters that convert power in different control modes based on the input voltage. For example, a power converter may include power conversion circuitry that receives electrical energy from an input at an input voltage and provides the electrical energy at an output voltage. The power converter may include control circuitry that receives a signal indicating the input voltage. The control circuitry may select a control mode from a plurality of control modes based at least in part on the input voltage. The control circuitry may control operation of the switch of the power conversion circuitry based at least in part on the control mode selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Hall, Sean D. Robertson
  • Detector systems for integrated radiation imaging
    Patent number: 10663606
    Abstract: Detector systems for enhanced radiographic imaging incorporate Compton and PET imaging capabilities. The detector designs employ one or more layers of detector modules comprised of edge-on or face-on detectors, or a combination of edge-on and face-on detectors, which may employ structured detectors. The detectors implement tracking capabilities and operate in a non-coincidence or coincidence detection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Minnesota Imaging and Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Robert Sigurd Nelson, William Bert Nelson
  • Method and apparatus for forecasting solar radiation and solar power production using synthetic irradiance imaging
    Patent number: 10663620
    Abstract: In an embodiment, measurements are simulated of direct normal irradiance, diffuse horizontal and global horizontal irradiance from groups of two or more photovoltaic arrays and/or irradiance sensors which are located in close proximity to each other and which have different tilt and azimuth angles. Irradiance measurements derived from solar power system power measurements are combined with measurements made by irradiance sensors to synthesize an image of ground level global horizontal irradiance which can be used to create a vector describing motion of that image of irradiance in an area of interest. A sequence of these irradiance images can be transformed into a time series from which a motion vector can be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: NEO Virtus Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Bing
  • Small crystal ZSM-5, its synthesis and use
    Patent number: 10662068
    Abstract: A molecular sieve having the framework structure of ZSM-5 is described comprising crystals having an external surface area in excess of 100 m2/g (as determined by the t-plot method for nitrogen physisorption) and a unique X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Allen W. Burton, Christine E. Kliewer, Mobae Afeworki
  • Skim tank for treating production fluids
    Patent number: 10662081
    Abstract: Improved apparatus and methodologies for separating production water arising from conventional oil well production operations, the production water containing less than 1% oil-in-water, where the apparatus and methodologies may include the use of a large separation vessel configured to perform a phase separation mid-stream of a continuous fluid flow path, thereby increasing the overall retention time of the separation vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Gas Liquids Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: A. W. (Arnie) Toews
  • Modulated circular polarization viewing system
    Patent number: 10666916
    Abstract: Modulated circular polarization viewing systems and methods that cause temporal modulation of color, brightness, or both, of objects treated with materials having differential polarization reflectance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co.
    Inventors: Nelson V. Tabirian, David E. Roberts