Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Press machine and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 9021946
    Abstract: Provided is a press machine for driving a slide by a motor, including a control device for controlling driving of the motor, in which the press machine has a press capacity which can be variably controlled by using field control for the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagase, Yasuhiko Tanaka, Kenji Suzuki, Hiroaki Yoshida
  • System and method for wheel assembly acoustical evaluation
    Patent number: 9026305
    Abstract: A vehicle service or inspection system including a load roller for applying a radial load to a vehicle wheel assembly consisting of a tire mounted to a rim, with at least one sensor for acquiring measurements of acoustical energy generated by the wheel assembly during loaded rotational movement. The vehicle service or inspection system is configured with a programmed processor to evaluate the acquired measurements to provide a measure of tire road noise, identification of tire defects, and/or identification of sources of noise, vibrations, or acoustical energy on the tire surface such as tire flat spots, cupping, bubbles, embedded foreign objects, or other defects. The processor is further configured with software instructions to utilize the acquired measurements to provide a consumer with a figure of merit associated with the acoustics of the tire undergoing testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
    Inventors: Gregory F. Meyer, Joel Clasquin, Timothy A. Strege
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING ACCURATE LANE LEVEL MAPS
    Publication number: 20150117723
    Abstract: A method for generating accurate lane level maps based on course map information and Lidar data captured during the pass of a sensor carrying vehicle along a road. The method generates accurate lane estimates including the center of each lane, the number of lanes, and the presence of any bicycle paths and entrance and exit ramps using a computer-implemented method where the course map data and the Lidar data are subjected to particle filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Avdhut S. Joshi, Michael R. James
  • VEHICLE DOOR ENERGY ABSORPTION PAD
    Publication number: 20150115585
    Abstract: An energy absorption (EA) pad mountable on a vehicle door interior trim panel provides controlled collapse under side impact collision forces to minimize contact between the door and a vehicle passenger. The EA pad is in the form of a hollow body having an endwall, a sidewall, and an open end. A flange extends laterally from the open end. One or more slots and one or more ribs can be formed in the sidewall or the endwall of varying height, numbers, spacing, thickness, and shapes to provide the controlled collapse of the EA pad. A restraining rib structure is formed on the door trim panel adjacent to a least one side of the EA pad. In another aspect, a door trim panel includes the EA pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah E. Smith, Jay Zocher, Phouvadol P. Khouphongsy
  • VARIABLE LUMBAR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150115679
    Abstract: A variable lumbar support including a frame and a support extending between an upper end and a lower end wherein the support bracket includes a first longitudinal direction. A pad having a first surface is provided within the assembly. The first surface of the pad contacts the lumbar portion of the seat assembly. The pad is positioned between the lumbar portion and the seat back cushion. Upon a sliding movement of the lumbar member along the support while in contact with the pad, a curved surface of the pad is displaced in the first longitudinal direction and a second direction normal to the first direction. As the lumbar member contacts the curved areas of the pad, the foam is displaced and pushed towards (a bulge) the seat back cushion so that the user of the vehicle seat feels a fore-and-aft movement of the lumbar member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Rupert Muck
  • VEHICLE BATTERY PRE-CHARGE FEATURE
    Publication number: 20150120104
    Abstract: A system and a method for a hybrid vehicle for pre-charging the battery. A hybrid vehicle includes a battery having a state of charge (SOC), an engine configured to charge the battery, an actuation device having an on state and an off state, and a processor configured to activate the engine to charge the battery when the actuation device is switched to the on state until the SOC reaches a required SOC. The required SOC may be input by a driver and may exceed a normal maximum SOC utilized by the hybrid vehicle. The pre-charge feature can override the normal hybrid vehicle battery management logic. The required SOC allows the driver to perform reverse maneuvers without running out of battery power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Heraldo F. Stefanon, Kiyoshiro Ueoka
  • ANTIREFLECTION FILM
    Publication number: 20150116834
    Abstract: On a surface of a film base material (22), an antireflection structure configured by nano-sized optical projections (23) to suppress reflection of light and protective pillars (24) to prevent the optical projections (23) from being flattened out are arranged. The protective pillar (24) has a truncated cone shape. When a diameter of the protective pillar (24) at a proximal end thereof, a height of the protective pillar (24), and an angle between a side surface of the protective pillar (24) and a central axis of the protective pillar (24) on a section passing through the central axis of the protective pillar (24) are given by D, H, and ?, respectively, these values satisfy a relationship: D>2H×tan(2?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Osumi, Takehiko Nakagawa, Tetsuya Minobe, Yuki Yamamoto, Yoshinori Ito, Yoshihiko Takagi
  • LOW VISCOSITY, LOW VOLATILITY LUBRICATING OIL BASESTOCKS
    Publication number: 20150119306
    Abstract: This disclosure provides low viscosity, low volatility aryl ether compounds represented by the formula: This disclosure also provides processes for producing the aryl ether compounds, lubricating oil basestocks and lubricating oils containing one or more of the aryl ether compounds, and a method for improving one or more of solubility and dispersancy of polar additives and/or sludge in a lubricating oil by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil containing one or more of the aryl ether compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Abhimanyu O. Patil, Satish Bodige
  • SURFACE MODIFIED ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNGAS PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20150114834
    Abstract: An electrode for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide and water forming carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The electrode includes a metal substrate. A self-assembled monolayer is bonded to the metal substrate. A selectivity of reaction products of carbon monoxide and hydrogen produced by the electrode is regulated relative to a bare metal substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongfei Jia, Kenneth James McDonald
  • Device for processing eye tissue by means of femtosecond laser pulses
    Patent number: 9017315
    Abstract: For processing eye tissue (8) by means of femtosecond laser pulses, an ophthalmological device (1) includes a projection optical unit (2) for the focused projection of the femtosecond laser pulses into the eye tissue (8). Disposed upstream of the projection optical unit (2) is a first beam-deflecting scanner system (3) for scanning the eye tissue (8) with the femtosecond laser pulses along a processing line (s). A second beam-deflecting scanner system (5) is disposed upstream of the first scanner system (3) and is designed for scanning the eye tissue (8) with the femtosecond laser pulses on a scanning curve (f) superimposed on the processing line (s). The second scanner system (5) has a scanner speed that is a multiple of the scanning speed of the first scanner system (3), and comprises at least one deflection mirror, a first scanning axis (51) and a second scanning axis (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: SIE AG, Surgical Instrument Engineering
    Inventor: Christian Rathjen
  • Optical device integrated with driving circuit and power supply circuit, method for manufacturing optical device substrate used therein, and substrate thereof
    Patent number: 9018651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device integrated with a driving circuit and a power supply circuit, a method for manufacturing an optical device substrate used therein, and a substrate thereof, which are capable of reducing the overall size and facilitating the handling and management thereof by mounting a plurality of optical elements, driving circuits thereof, and power supply circuits thereof on a single substrate for an optical device having a vertical insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Point Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum Mo Ahn, Ki Myung Nam, Seung Ho Park
  • Multi-turn high density coil and fabrication method
    Patent number: 9019059
    Abstract: A multi-turn electrical coil and fabrication method uses a plurality of identically constructed flat electrical conductors, alternating ones of which carry an electrically insulating material layer on one major surface. The bare conductors and the insulated conductors are alternatingly stacked about mounting posts in partially overlapped and partially laterally offset pairs of conductors, with each conductor in each conductor pair reoriented relative to the other conductor in the respective conductive pair, and alternating conductor pairs reoriented relative to adjacent conductor pairs, to form a spiral winding turn for the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nomura, Jae Seung Lee, Kayoko Seto
  • Horizontally-triggerable inflation connector
    Patent number: 9016304
    Abstract: A horizontally-triggerable inflation connector includes a casing, a packing unit, and a pull bar. The packing unit is received in the casing. The pull bar is arranged outside the casing and coupled to the packing unit. The pull bar is horizontally and reciprocally movable between a released position and a secured position. When the pull bar is at the released position, the packing unit is set in a released condition and when the pull bar is at the secured position, the packing unit is set in a compressed condition. Thus, the horizontally-triggerable inflation connector is operable to selectively secure or release an air valve so as to achieve convenience of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Beto Engineering and Marketing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lopin Wang
  • Nozzle rotation mechanism and application device therewith
    Patent number: 9016598
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nozzle rotation mechanism that is small in size, has a simple structure, and can accurately adjust the rotational direction of a nozzle tip. Also disclosed is a coating device provided with the aforementioned nozzle rotation mechanism. The nozzle rotation mechanism is provided with: a nozzle having a discharge outlet from which a liquid material is discharged; a nozzle unit having a channel that connects the nozzle and a liquid material supply source; a base member; and a rotation device that is provided on the base member and rotates the nozzle unit. The nozzle is disposed in the nozzle unit such that the centerline of the discharge outlet of the nozzle forms an angle with the rotational centerline of the nozzle unit, and the nozzle unit is removably mounted to the rotation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Musashi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Image encoding apparatus
    Patent number: 9020284
    Abstract: An image encoding apparatus is provided which realizes an encoding process at a high bit rate without degradation in image quality at boundary parts within a picture. The image encoding apparatus 1 includes: a plurality of entropy encoding sections 105 and 106 for generating bit streams by entropy-encoding intermediate data generated from syntax elements of image data; and an encoding control section 104 for supplying the intermediate data to any of the entropy encoding sections. The encoding control section 104 determines the entropy encoding section that performs an entropy encoding process by a frame in accordance with the processing status of each of the entropy encoding sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Hironori Komi, Yusuke Yatabe, Mitsuhiro Okada, Hiroshi Kojima, Yoshimasa Kashihara, Toshikazu Yanagihara
  • Method for preventing shield casing jamming due to too large frictional resistance in earth pressure balance shield machine
    Patent number: 9016983
    Abstract: A method for preventing shield jamming by excessive frictional resistance in earth pressure balance shield which involves real-time monitoring of earth pressure signal for earth pressure on the shield body through sensors on the shield machine. Combined with the known parameters, resistance in the shield machine is calculated. The friction F1 between the shield body and the stratum is calculated by CPU module in PLC according to the earth pressure signals on a real-time basis. Then the friction F1 is determined whether it is less than or equal to the difference between the quotient of dividing total propulsion force Ft by correction coefficient Kxz and total resistance of F2, F3, F4 and F5; if so, it is under normal propulsion; if not, the warning device alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbin Li, Shunhui Tan, Yulian He
  • Magnet apparatus
    Patent number: 9019054
    Abstract: A magnet apparatus which comprises a first vacuum chamber, a second vacuum chamber, a first magnet disposed within the first vacuum chamber such that the first magnet can be thermally isolated from the exterior of the first vacuum chamber, and a load connector extending from the first vacuum chamber into the second vacuum chamber so that a load on the first magnet can be transferred to the second vacuum chamber, wherein the load connector is in thermal contact with the first magnet and can be thermally isolated from the exterior of the first vacuum chamber and the exterior of the second vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Tesla Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Frederick Thomas David Goldie, Patrick Brian Clayton
  • Funnel
    Patent number: D728326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: WirthCo Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Wirth, Andrew W. Wirth
  • Funnel
    Patent number: D728327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: WirthCo Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Wirth, Andrew W. Wirth
  • Funnel
    Patent number: D728330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: WirthCo Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Wirth, Steven E. Wirth