Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Lateral vias for connections to buried microconductors and methods thereof
    Patent number: 10262931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lateral via to provide an electrical connection to a buried conductor. In one instance, the buried conductor is a through via that extends along a first dimension, and the lateral via extends along a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the first dimension. In another instance, the second dimension is oblique to the first dimension. Components having such lateral vias, as well as methods for creating such lateral vias are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Varioscale, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Adams, Kira L. Fishgrab, Karl Douglas Greth, Michael David Henry, Jeffrey Stevens, V. Carter Hodges, Randy J. Shul, Ronald S. Goeke, Robert K. Grubbs, Scott Silverman
  • Near-bit ultradeep measurement system for geosteering and formation evaluation
    Patent number: 10261209
    Abstract: A downhole drilling tool that has a deep-reading logging tool, a near-bit resistivity tool, and a gamma ray detector. Formation information logged using the deep-reading logging tool is used to build a preliminary stratigraphic model with a relatively low resolution. The preliminary stratigraphic model is further refined using data logged using the near-bit resistivity tool and/or the gamma ray detector to obtain a refined stratigraphic model with a higher resolution. The model is used to guide geosteering to achieve better well placement and trajectory control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC TECH HOUSTON, LLC, DRILLING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SHENGLI PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Jinzhou Yang, Sheng Zhan, Zhen Yang, Jinhai Zhao, Hongbing Xiao, Weiping Xu, Haihua Zhang, Herong Zheng
  • Method of supplying fluid to a submersible pump
    Patent number: 10260489
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system for an inverted electric submersible pump (ESP), where the ESP has a motor section positioned above a pump section in a production path of a hydrocarbon well. The system has a supply of fluid connected to the motor section of the ESP by a supply line and a positive displacement pump that pumps fluid through the supply line to the ESP. A valve is connected between the positive displacement pump and the ESP. The valve is in an open state when the positive displacement pump is pumping fluid. A bypass line is connected in parallel to the positive displacement pump and connected between the normally closed valve and the supply of fluid, the bypass line having a check valve that permits the flow of fluid from the supply of fluid to the ESP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Petrospec Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Chalifoux, Clint Jones
  • Electroless process for depositing refractory metals
    Patent number: 10263241
    Abstract: The invention provides an inexpensive, scalable process for coating materials with a film of a refractory metal. As an example, the immersion process can comprise the deposition of a sacrificial zinc coating which is galvanically displaced by the ether-mediated reduction of oxophilic WCl6 to form a complex WOxCly film, and subsequently annealed to crystalline, metallic tungsten. The efficacy of this process was demonstrated on a carbon foam electrode, showing a 50% decrease in electrode resistance and significant gains in electrochemical performance. This process enables voltage efficiency gains for electrodes in batteries, redox flow batteries, and industrial processes where high conductivity and chemical stability are paramount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Leo J. Small, Paul G. Clem, Erik David Spoerke
  • High resolution, non-contact removal rate module for serial sectioning
    Patent number: 10260865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metallographic system including a measurement module configured to provide precise differential measurements of a sample after serial sectioning, as well as methods of employing such a module. In particular example, the measurement module provides differential measurement(s) without contacting the surface of a sample, thereby minimizing contamination of the sample surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Madison, Elizabeth M. Huffman
  • Mobile mechanical vapor recompression evaporator
    Patent number: 10258899
    Abstract: A mobile mechanical vapor recompression evaporator system including a horizontal vapor separator and a horizontal forced circulation heat exchanger. The horizontal vapor separator can include a generally cylindrical housing configured in a generally horizontal orientation. The housing can include at least one product chamber having at least one product passage configured to receive at least one product. The housing further includes at least one vapor chamber having at least one vapor passage and at least one vapor window located between the at least one product chamber and the at least one vapor chamber, wherein a portion of the at least one product evaporates in the product chamber to produce a vapor that passes through the at least one vapor window into the at least one vapor chamber, and is discharged through the at least one vapor passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Caloris Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Artur G. Zimmer
  • Die cushion device of press machine
    Patent number: 10259031
    Abstract: A die cushion device of a press machine includes: a plurality of cushion pads; a plurality of die cushion force generators that supports the plurality of respective cushion pads, and that is capable of independently moving up and down the plurality of respective cushion pads as well as independently generating die cushion force for each of the cushion pads; and a die cushion controller that controls the plurality of die cushion force generators to independently move up and down the plurality of respective cushion pads as well as to independently generate die cushion force for each of the cushion pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Kohno
  • Method of manufacturing a Coriolis mass flow rate sensor from a polymeric material
    Patent number: 10260922
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a Coriolis mass flowmeter from a polymeric material is described, in which a dynamically responsive manifold is fabricated from the same material as the flow sensor's flow-sensitive elements. The flowmeter is free of mechanical joints and adhesives. The manifold and flow-sensitive elements therefore do not slip or change their location relative one another, nor are they subject to differing degrees of thermal expansion that would otherwise undermine integrity, reliability, and/or accuracy of the boundary condition at the ends of the vibrating flow-sensitive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Malema Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Alan M. Young
  • Large deflection canted coil springs, connectors, and related methods
    Patent number: 10263379
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a housing and pin and a spring contact located therebetween to take up a set gap between the pin and the housing. The spring contact can be a canted coil spring and the spring contact can be made to have a large range of deflection to take up the gap with a large range of variation, such as when the pin diameter varies for a given groove bore diameter or when the groove bore diameter varies for a given pin diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: David Wang
  • Pressure swing adsorption for oxygen production
    Patent number: 10259711
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for separating oxygen from air using a sorption/desorption cycle that includes a reduced or minimized difference between the maximum and minimum pressures involved in the sorption/desorption cycle. The reduced or minimized difference in pressures can be achieved in part by using valves that can allow for commercial scale flow rates while avoiding large pressure drops for flows passing through the valves. A rotary wheel adsorbent is an example of a system that can allow for a sorption/desorption cycle with reduced and/or minimized pressure drops across valves associated with the process. Stationary adsorbent beds can also be used in combination with commercially available valves that have reduced and/or minimized pressure drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Ramesh Gupta, Robert A. Johnson, Thomas N. Anderson, Harry W. Deckman, Peter I. Ravikovitch
  • Automatically configurable intelligent electronic device
    Patent number: 10261567
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are intelligent electronic devices configured for monitoring an electric power delivery system and for determining a plurality of configuration settings based on measurements from the electric power delivery system. An IED may identify a configuration event, obtain a plurality of electrical parameters associated with the configuration event, determine a plurality of configuration parameters from the electrical parameters, determine a plurality of configuration settings based on the configuration parameters, and apply the settings to the IED. The IED may also be configured to initiate the configuration event by opening a single pole of a multi-phase power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam, Armando Guzman-Casillas
  • Arc plasma-generating systems and methods thereof
    Patent number: 10261120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems for generating an arc fault in an electrical circuit, as well as methods thereof. In particular, the system provides a platform that can produce an arc discharge in a controlled manner, while measuring various parameters to characterize that discharge. Such parameters include voltage measurements, current measurements, optical spectroscopy measurements, electron temperatures, and/or plasma temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Eric John Schindelholz, Kenneth Miguel Armijo, Jay Johnson, Richard Karl Harrison, Benjamin Bing-Yeh Yang
  • Field programmable gate array bitstream verification
    Patent number: 10262098
    Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to confirming an integrity of a FPGA. A verifier circuit is placed into an FPGA bitstream to enable external verification of the FPGA configuration in real time without requiring readout of the FPGA configuration itself. Number generators are utilized to generate a key which is shared between the FPGA and an external verification component (VC). The key is utilized to configure an initial state of sequence registers respectively located on both the FPGA and the VC. When the FPGA is operating with an approved configuration, output from the sequence registers at the FPGA and the VC are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Hamlet
  • Winding method
    Patent number: 10262794
    Abstract: A method includes bending back a wire fed to a first end side of a magnetic pole in a winding position by guiding the wire from a first end side to a second end side of a multi-pole armature, so that a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and an arc portion are formed. The first extending portion and the second extending portion are continuous via the arc portion. The first extending portion and the second extending portion are parallel to each other. The first extending portion and second extending portion are simultaneously inserted into slots on both sides of one or more of the magnetic poles in the winding position by moving the wire in a radial direction of the multi-pole armature. The slots are parallel to each other. The bending back the wire step and the simultaneous insertion step are performed repeatedly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NITTOKU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Kondo
  • Shear horizontal surface acoustic wave (SH-SAW) resonators and arrays thereof
    Patent number: 10261078
    Abstract: The present application relates to a biosensor that employs an acoustic cavity to store mechanical energy. In particular examples, the biosensor includes an electrode region and one or more reflector regions to form the acoustic cavity, as well as a functionalized active area disposed in proximity to the cavity. Methods of making and using such biosensors are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Darren W. Branch, Thayne L. Edwards
  • Printed medium manufacturing method, printed medium manufacturing device, and ink
    Patent number: 10259962
    Abstract: There is provided a printed medium manufacturing method for manufacturing a printed medium by performing printing with ink with respect to a permeable medium, which is a recording medium that permeates the ink, the method including an ink attaching process of attaching the ink to the permeable medium, a pigment fixing process of fixing a pigment in the ink to the permeable medium with a binder resin in the ink by heating the ink attached to the permeable medium in the ink attaching process, and a dye color developing process of causing the permeable medium itself to develop color with the dye in the ink by heating the ink attached to the permeable medium in the ink attaching process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Ohnishi
  • Measurement apparatus applicable to two-dimensional reconstruction of gas in combustion flow field
    Patent number: 10260959
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-lightpath and multi-angle measurement apparatus, including an electrically controlled rotary table, electronically controlled translation tables, a laser transmitting/receiving end face, laser couplers, a multipath data acquisition card, a laser controller, a translation controller, an etalon, a laser, detectors, and a computer. The measurement apparatus uses an all-fiber coupling structure, and two ends of the laser transmitting/receiving end face are respectively fixed on two electronically controlled translation tables. Therefore, a maximum area measured by the apparatus is 350 mm×350 mm, and an adjustable minimum translation distance is 1 mm. Bottoms of the translation tables are fixed on the electrically controlled rotary table. Featuring an ingenious design and a compact structure, the whole apparatus is easy to disassemble and easy to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Space Engineering University
    Inventors: Yanji Hong, Junling Song, Guangyu Wang, Wei Rao
  • Ultrasound measuring apparatus and method for measuring the flow rate of a fluid
    Patent number: 10260919
    Abstract: An ultrasound measuring apparatus for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a conduit having two measurement systems is provided that each have at least one pair of ultrasound transducers that span a measurement path between them and that each have a control unit to determine transit times from ultrasound transmitted and received with and against the flow. In this respect, the control units are each configured to fix measurement times for a transit time determination on a measurement path autonomously and independently of one another in accordance with a rule that produces a respective different sequence of the measurement times in both measurement systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SICK ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventors: Toralf Dietz, Arnd Schlicke, Henri Kirmse
  • Fiber optic sensor shaped for a particular frequency response and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 10260937
    Abstract: Sensor shaped to have a frequency response that has less spectral fading than a sensor with a rectangular wrapping pattern, and methods for making such sensors, are disclosed. One such method includes selecting a wrapping pattern comprising multiple layers in which a top layer has a different length than a bottom layer and where the bottom layer is adjacent a mandrel. The method further includes wrapping optical fiber around the mandrel according to the wrapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hifi Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Arne Dankers, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
  • Stepped spiral chute assembly having friction reduction panels
    Patent number: D846222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Alternative Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: D. Robert Rodriguez, John R. McClary