Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Patent number: 10228409
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to calculating a fault location in an electric power transmission system based on traveling waves. In one embodiment, a system consistent with the present disclosure may be configured to detect a fault in an electric power transmission system. The system may include a traveling wave detection subsystem configured to detect and measure traveling waves on a transmission line and a fault location estimation subsystem. The fault location estimation subsystem may receive from the traveling wave detection subsystem a first plurality of traveling waves on the transmission line generated during a reference event. The fault location estimation subsystem may receive from the traveling wave detection subsystem a second plurality of traveling waves generated during an unplanned event. An unmatched traveling wave in the second plurality of waves may be detected and a location of the unplanned event based on the unmatched traveling wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam, Armando Guzman-Casillas
  • Patent number: 10226319
    Abstract: A method for reducing the level of occluded alkali metal cations from an MSE-framework type molecular sieve comprises either (a) contacting the molecular sieve with a solution containing ammonium ions at a temperature of at least about 50° C. to ammonium-exchange at least part of the occluded potassium ions or (b) contacting the molecular sieve with steam at a temperature of at least about 300° C. and then subjecting the steamed molecular sieve to ammonium exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Allen W. Burton, Karl G. Strohmaier, Scott J. Weigel
  • Patent number: 10228129
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a waste gasification melting apparatus which, even if a fuel gas is used as an alternative to a part of the coke, the temperature of the coke bed can be sufficiently raised, and a method using the same. Solution A waste gasification melting apparatus including an oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 for blowing oxygen rich air into a tuyere 5, and a fuel gas supply apparatus 15 for supplying a fuel gas to the tuyere 5, and a controller 16 for controlling the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14; the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 mixing air and oxygen to prepare oxygen rich air and supply the oxygen rich air to the tuyere 5; and the controller 16 controlling the amount of air to be mixed and the amount of oxygen to be mixed in the oxygen rich air supply apparatus 14 so as to give an oxygen concentration of the oxygen rich air in accordance with the amount of fuel gas supplied to the tuyere 5 from the fuel gas supply apparatus 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Horiuchi, Keiichi Okuyama, Takeshi Uchiyama, Hajime Akiyama, Junya Watanabe, Takashi Nakayama, Kazumasa Wakimoto, Akio Shimomura
  • Patent number: 10229859
    Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a first substrate, an electrical component disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed over the electrical component, an adhesive layer, a spacer, and an encapsulation layer. The adhesive layer is disposed between the electrical component and the second substrate. The spacer directly contacts both the adhesive layer and the second substrate. The encapsulation layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Jen Wang
  • Patent number: 10228303
    Abstract: An automation cell for performing a plurality of secondary operations on manufactured parts is for use with a manufacturing machine operable to perform primary manufacturing of the parts. The automation cell includes a cell housing, a robot with a gripper mechanism capable of loading and unloading a part between the manufacturing machine and the automation cell, a gauging station being a secondary operation device and operable to gauge a parameter of a manufactured part, a marking device for marking the manufactured part, and a vision system for verifying the marking of the manufactured part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Automation Controls & Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Predrag Lazic, Chris Mackey, Steve Moore
  • Patent number: 10229894
    Abstract: A semiconductor process includes: applying an encapsulation material on an upper surface of a first substrate to encapsulate a die and first conductive parts, wherein the encapsulation material is a B-stage adhesive; forming a plurality of openings on the encapsulation material to expose the first conductive parts; pressing a second substrate onto the encapsulation material to adhere a lower surface of the second substrate to the encapsulation material, wherein the second substrate includes second conductive parts, and each of the first conductive parts contacts a corresponding one of the second conductive parts; and heating to fuse the first conductive parts and the corresponding second conductive parts to form a plurality of interconnection elements and solidify the encapsulation material to form a C-stage adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Huang, Chun-Hung Lin, Yi-Ting Chen, Wen-Hsin Lin, Shih-Wei Chan, Yung-Hsing Chang
  • Patent number: 10227054
    Abstract: A radar system with frequency scanning beam steering is described for in-vehicle occupant detection and classification for seat-belt reminder functionality (SBR) and airbag suppression. The system includes an antenna system for which the main lobe direction (azimuth angle ö) is changing mostly linearly over frequency, a RF electronic transceiver electronic with at least one transmit channel and one or multiple receive channels with two outputs (I/Q) per channel. The data acquisition and signal processing/interpretation are made by a microcontroller system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A
    Inventor: Andreas Diewald
  • Patent number: 10229849
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus including a disc provided so as to be rotatable on its axis, at least one susceptor disposed on the disc such that a substrate is seated on an upper surface thereof, the susceptor being configured to rotate on its axis and to revolve around a center of the disc as the disc rotates on its axis, a metal ring coupled to a lower portion of the susceptor, the metal ring being arranged such that a center thereof coincides with a center of the susceptor, and a magnet provided below the disc so as to be radially arranged on a basis of the center of the disc, at least a portion of the magnet being opposite the metal ring in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Bum Kim, Seung Youb Sa, Ram Woo, Myung Jin Lee, Seung Dae Choi, Jong Sung Choi, Ho Boem Her
  • Patent number: 10228053
    Abstract: A method of reducing the required machining on a pin type carrier, such as a planetary gear carrier, may utilize a combined drilling and milling operation to reduce the required machining. A hole in a surface may be formed during the drilling operation and the surface may be machined to a desired level during the milling operation. A tool having a leading drill feature and a trailing mill feature may be used to sequentially form the hole and mill the surface in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke A. Rippelmeyer, Jeremy L. Cummings
  • Patent number: 10229531
    Abstract: A method and a device for testing a control unit, in which sensor data are transmitted over a network connection to a real or simulated control unit, which data are calculated by a data processing system using simulation, in which the simulation of the sensor data takes place at least in part with at least one graphics processor of at least one graphics processor unit of the data processing system. The simulated sensor data are encoded in image data that are output via a visualization interface to a data conversion unit that simulates a visualization unit connected to the visualization interface. Via the data conversion unit the received image data are converted into packet data containing the sensor data through the network connection to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Scharfe, Thorsten Pueschl
  • Patent number: 10227947
    Abstract: A cylinder head containing an exhaust system manifold for an engine includes screw holes formed through a fastening face of the cylinder head and an exhaust pipe, and outlet cooling channels that are provided adjacent to an outlet of a confluence of the manifold, and are disposed between the screw holes and the outlet. Coolant flows through the outlet cooling channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Koyama, Yuya Okamoto, Akira Yoshihara, Norio Takayasu, Genki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10227537
    Abstract: A method of hydrotreatment of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products, the method including: 1) mixing Fischer-Tropsch wax with a sulfur-containing liquid additive, contacting a resulting mixture with hydrogen, feeding a hydrogen-containing mixture to a first reaction region, feeding an effluent from the first reaction region to a second reaction region, and carrying out hydrocracking reaction; 2) feeding a hydrocracking product from the second reaction region and Fischer-Tropsch naphtha and diesel fuel to a third reaction region, carrying out hydrofining reaction; feeding an effluent from the hydrofining reaction to a fourth reaction region, and carrying out hydroisomerizing pour-point depression reaction; and 3) feeding an effluent from the fourth reaction region to a gas-liquid separation system to yield hydrogen-rich gas and liquid products, recycling the hydrogen-rich gas, and feeding the liquid products to a distilling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN KAIDI ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Lai, Youliang Shi, Li Xu
  • Patent number: 10228087
    Abstract: A method for filling a gap with a filler material, enabling prevention of inflow of the filler material into an air removing tool through its opening before complete removal of air from the gap, and enabling uniform filling of the gap with the filler material. The gap is between an existing conduit and a lining material provided inside the existing conduit. The method includes: inserting an air removing tool into an air removing hole bored through the lining material, and bringing a leading end face of the air removing tool into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the existing conduit; and injecting the filler material into the gap while expelling air from the gap through a leading end of the air removing tool, the air removing tool including, at its leading end, an air removing portion through which air is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., ASHIMORI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Okuda, Ichiro Kusuba, Koji Aso
  • Patent number: 10228487
    Abstract: An X-ray cargo inspection system and method. A lead-in conveyor on a first trailer receives a cargo container for inspection. An inspection module disposed on a second trailer then scans the cargo container with penetrating radiation, detects penetrating radiation that has interacted with the cargo container, and produces an inspection signal. An exit conveyor disposed on a third trailer projects the cargo container following scanning. The inspection module may contain transmission or scatter detectors, or both. Multiple lead-in conveyors may serve to load additional cargo containers for subsequent scanning by the inspection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: American Science and Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Mastronardi
  • Patent number: 10229385
    Abstract: Inventory is managed to minimize the footprint of storage spaces affected by variable production volumes and high inventory turnover. A warehouse includes a plurality of storage spaces for storage of items in the inventory. In response to receiving a request to store or retrieve a particular item, a recommended storage space in the warehouse can be determined for the particular item. The determination can be at least partially based on one or more user-defined facts, one or more user-defined rules, and a current state of the warehouse at the time the item location request is received. The user-defined facts can relate to an item, the inventory, the plurality of storage spaces, and/or the warehouse. The user-defined rules can be configured to dynamically assign storage spaces to the warehouse based at least partially on user-defined indications of how items will be consumed during a workflow performed within the warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Evers, Enrique D. Espinosa
  • Patent number: 10227539
    Abstract: Methods are provided for modifying hydrogenation catalysts having silica supports (or other non-alumina supports) with additional alumina, and using such catalysts to achieve unexpectedly superior hydrogenation of feedstocks. The modified hydrogenation catalysts can have a relatively low cracking activity while providing an increased activity for hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael P. Lanci, Stuart L. Soled, Javier Guzman, Sabato Miseo, Thomas E. Green, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Lei Zhang, Christine E. Kliewer, Lukasz Koziol, Kanmi Mao, Tracie L. Owens, Gary P. Schleicher
  • Patent number: 10227535
    Abstract: Methods are provided for modifying hydrogenation catalysts having silica supports (or other non-alumina supports) with additional alumina, and using such catalysts to achieve unexpectedly superior hydrogenation of feedstocks. The modified hydrogenation catalysts can have a relatively low cracking activity while providing an increased activity for hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael P. Lanci, Stuart L. Soled, Javier Guzman, Sabato Miseo, Thomas E. Green, Joseph E. Baumgartner, Lei Zhang, Christine E. Kliewer, Lukasz Koziol, Kanmi Mao, Tracie L. Owens, Gary P. Schleicher, Xiaochun Xu
  • Patent number: D842717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
    Inventor: Craig A. Carroll
  • Patent number: D842978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hamworthy Combustion Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Keith Bailey, Paul Newman, Nick James
  • Patent number: D842980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hamworthy Combustion Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Keith Bailey, Paul Newman, Nick James