Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Patent number: 10224654
    Abstract: A connection device with floatable self-adjusting contacts includes a first main body, a plurality of first and second contact point groups, a second main body, and a plurality of conducting boards (pin boards). The first and second contact groups are respectively disposed on the first and second bodies. The floating board is disposed on the second main body in a floating manner. The conducting board has an insulated main body and a plurality of conducting pins which are disposed on the insulated main body in a floating manner. The conducting pin has a first conducting portion contacting the first contact point, and a second conduct portion contacting the second contact point. The first and second conduct portions respectively have an arc-shaped periphery and an elastic arm. The conducting pins can respectively self-adjust to achieve an optimal downward contacting pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP.
    Inventors: Hou-An Su, Hai-Wen Yang, Yong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10220375
    Abstract: A catalyst, including a molecular sieve carrier and an active component. The active component includes: iron, manganese, copper, and a basic promoter potassium. The molecular sieve carrier is a cerium salt and/or praseodymium salt modified-aluminosilicate molecular sieve carrier and/or silica-rich molecular sieve carrier. A method for preparing a catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, includes: 1) fully dissolving a ferric salt, a manganese salt, a copper salt, and an alkali or a salt containing potassium element in water to yield an aqueous solution, stirring and adding sodium lauryl sulfate to the aqueous solution, and continuing stirring to yield a uniform solution; and impregnating a modified molecular sieve in the uniform solution to yield a mixed solution; and 2) drying and calcining the mixed solution to yield the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN KAIDI ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiguang Yang, Qianqian Liu, Dechen Song, Changyuan Li, Xiaodong Zhan, Jiaqi Jin, Yanfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10220674
    Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system can reduce a load applied to a vehicle powertrain during certain conditions. The system can include a compressor operable based on a first target evaporator outlet (TEO) temperature map. Systems and methods can determine if an HVAC system is activated, and whether an engine water temperature meets a forced HVAC recirculation intake threshold. Responsive to determining that the engine water temperature meets the forced HVAC recirculation intake threshold, it can be determined if the engine water temperature meets a first threshold. Responsive to the recirculation mode air source being selected, determining if at least one measured vehicle condition meets predetermined criteria. Responsive to determining that the engine water temperature meets the first threshold, the compressor can be operated based on a second TEO temperature map, the second TEO temperature map including higher TEO temperatures than the first TEO temperature map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Cosgrove, Hidekazu Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 10221521
    Abstract: A textile printing is more appropriately performed on fabrics made from various materials. A textile printing method of performing textile printing on a textile printing object which is a fabric includes a dye adhesion process of adhering particles of a polyester resin which is a particulate polyester resin, and a dye to the fabric, and a heating process of heating the textile printing object having the particles of the polyester resin and the dye adhered thereto, thereby developing the color of the dye while fixing the particles of the polyester resin to the textile printing object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Tabayashi, Yoshimi Yamada, Yuta Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 10221890
    Abstract: A lubrication apparatus is provided. The lubrication apparatus includes a tray having opposing sides, opposing ends, a bottom member and a cavity formed therewithin. A plurality of roller assemblies is positioned within the cavity. The roller assemblies are configured for rotation and further configured to receive the bushing therebetween. A motor is mounted to the tray and configured to rotate the plurality of roller assemblies. Rotation of the plurality of roller assemblies urges rotation of the bushing. A lubricant material is positioned in the tray and configured to contact the roller assemblies. Rotation of the roller assemblies brings the lubricant material into contact with the outer surface of the bushing. The motor and the roller assemblies are further configured such that a single revolution of the bushing results in a substantially uniform layer of a lubricant material on the outer surface of a bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Aries Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Brieschke
  • Patent number: 10224301
    Abstract: A semiconductor package device includes a carrier, a first electronic component, and a conductive element on the carrier. The first electronic component is over the carrier. The conductive element is on the carrier and electrically connects the first electronic component to the carrier. The conductive element includes at least one conductive particle and a solder material covering the conductive particle, and the conductive particle includes a metal core, a barrier layer covering the metal core, and a metal layer covering the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Jen-Kuang Fang, Wen-Long Lu
  • Patent number: 10220639
    Abstract: Both stability and high glossiness of a glossy ink used for printing can be achieved. A printer is provided that performs inkjet printing for a medium. The printer includes a glossy ink head as an inkjet head that discharges droplets of a glossy ink, a heater, and an ultraviolet light source. The glossy ink includes an ultraviolet-curable resin curable by being irradiated with ultraviolet light, a glossy pigment, and a solvent added to disperse the pigment. Particles of the glossy pigment have particle sizes less than or equal to 0.5 ?m. The heater heats the medium to volatilize and strip the solvent in the ink. The ultraviolet light source irradiates dots of the glossy ink on the medium with ultraviolet light after a preset waiting time has passed subsequent to a timing of the droplets of the glossy ink landing on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Hashizume
  • Patent number: 10224121
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism for a reactor vessel (RV) cable penetration tube improves the functional and structural integrity of a cable inserted in an RV through a penetration tube due to use of a precise thimble. The sealing mechanism includes a penetration tube configured to penetrate an RV from an outside to an inside thereof and having a penetration hole for communication with the inside of the RV, a cable configured to be inserted in the RV through the penetration hole of the penetration tube, and a thimble placed between the cable and the penetration tube, wherein a dimple groove portion is provided on the thimble in a direction from an outer surface of the penetration hole toward the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Park, Won Ho Lee, Young Ju Kwon, Myoung Goo Lee, Sang Gyoon Chang, Dae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 10224930
    Abstract: A method for detecting the topology of electrical wiring between at least two field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) includes implementing a first receive register on a second interface pin; implementing a first send register on a first driver; activating the first driver via a first activation signal; emitting, by the first driver, a first signal, wherein the first signal is defined by the first send register; reading out, by a first receive register, whether the first signal is received at the second interface pin; and allocating the second interface pin to the first interface pin if the first signal from the first driver is received at the second interface pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: DSPACE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventors: Dominik Lubeley, Marc Schlenger, Heiko Kalte
  • Patent number: 10222455
    Abstract: A vehicle measurement station utilizing one or more displacement sensors disposed on each opposite side of an inspection region of a vehicle inspection lane to acquire displacement measurement data along associated measurement axes. At least a portion of the displacement measurement data is associated with the outermost wheel assemblies on an axle of a moving vehicle passing through the inspection region, and utilized to determine one or more vehicle characteristics, such as an axle total toe condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Stieff, Timothy A. Strege, Daniel R. Dorrance
  • Patent number: 10221060
    Abstract: Provided is a microvolume liquid dispensing method in which a variable capacity passage section of a liquid passage in a microvolume liquid dispenser is pressurized from the outside and shrunk in a direction that reduces the internal capacity thereof so that a liquid that is within the variable capacity passage section is pushed toward both a downstream passage section and an up stream passage section. A microvolume of the liquid is pushed toward the downstream passage section as a result of the downstream passage section having a much larger liquid passage resistance than the upstream passage section. It is thus possible to precisely drip a microvolume liquid of a picoliter order from the tip opening of a nozzle by simple control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ENGINEERING SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Ishida, Kentaro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10221070
    Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that dries coal; a pyrolyzer 3 that pyrolyzes the coal dried by the dryer 1; a quencher 5 that cools the coal pyrolyzed by the pyrolyzer 3; a finisher 7 that deactivates the coal cooled by the quencher 5; and cyclones 28 and 94 that collect pulverized coal generated from the coal, wherein the pulverized coal collected by the cyclones 28 and 94 is fed to an absorber fed to a scrubber 32 that treats a flue gas. Thus, the mercury generated from the coal upgrade plant can be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
  • Patent number: 10220808
    Abstract: A button bridge system can include a curtain side airbag and a button bridge attached to the curtain side airbag. The button bridge can be attached to the curtain side airbag at various portions of the curtain side airbag such that a lower portion of curtain side airbag can be folded to a predetermined fold length. The lower portion of curtain side airbag and a corresponding portion of the button bridge can be stored in a storage position such that the button bridge is pulled taut when the curtain side airbag is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua L. Moberg, John J. Lavoie-Mayer, John A. Scheick
  • Patent number: 10220682
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vent assembly that includes a fin/actuator sub-assembly that includes an aperture, an inner ring that includes a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion including a retention surface, and an annular retaining member, wherein when the annular retaining member is in a retaining engagement with the fin/actuator sub-assembly and the inner ring, a portion of the annular retaining member is disposed within the aperture of the fin/actuator sub-assembly, and portions of the annular retaining member contact the retention surfaces of the protrusions of the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl David Spamer, Daniel Frank Gillay
  • Patent number: 10223077
    Abstract: A method for automatically determining models signals of an FPGA program which are readable from the FPGA with the aid of a readback following an FPGA build, including the following steps: generating an FPGA model and generating an FPGA code from the FPGA model, the method comprising the additional step of an automatic analysis for the purpose of identifying signals which are readable from the FPGA with the aid of a readback, prior to the completion of the step of generating the FPGA code from the FPGA model, and the method comprises the step of outputting signals which are readable from the FPGA with the aid of a readback. A data processing device is also provided for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Kalte, Lukas Funke
  • Patent number: 10220805
    Abstract: An attachment member may couple a radiator to a grille of an automotive vehicle. The attachment member may be easily fit into a complementary grille opening on the grille. The complementary shapes of the attachment member and the grille opening may limit movement of the attachment member relative to the grille in one or more directions. The attachment member may install from above the grille opening or horizontally slide into the grille opening. Engagement features on the attachment member may engage with surfaces of the grille opening to limit relative vertical movement. The attachment member may provide a first engagement with the grille at a first level and a second engagement with the radiator at a second level different than the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingher Fred Shen, Brandon W. Letcher, Brandon H. Hanna, Lenny D. Gotwalt, Chad B. Pierce, Robert D. Gray, Timothy B. Dutton
  • Patent number: 10224833
    Abstract: Disclosed are a modulation method of a modular multilevel converter and a fault isolation method of a submodule unit. The modulation method comprises a first mode and a second mode, and the first mode and the second mode operate cyclically. In the first mode, a first power semiconductor switch and a second power semiconductor switch are turned on alternately, while a third power semiconductor switch is turned off normally and a fourth power semiconductor switch is turned on normally. In the second mode, the third power semiconductor switch and the fourth power semiconductor switch are turned on alternately, while the first power semiconductor switch is turned on normally and the second power semiconductor switch is turned off normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: NR ELECTRIC CO., LTD, NR ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeyuan Xie, Dongming Cao, Tiangui Jiang, Minglian Zhu, Guanxian Yin
  • Patent number: 10222132
    Abstract: Apparatus comprises: a panel (100) having first and second main faces (101, 102); and a sealed system internal within the panel and comprising plural passages (103) each extending from a first manifold cavity (107) at a first end of the panel to a second manifold cavity (107) at a second end of the panel and containing a fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein each of the passages includes one or more protruding features (122, 123, 124) on a side of the passages that is closer to the first main face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Flint Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Lester, Hussam Jouhara
  • Publication number: 20190067230
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a die, a first protective layer, a second protective layer, a first conductive pillar and a second conductive pillar. The die includes a conductive pad. The first protective layer is disposed on the die. The first protective layer defines a first opening to expose the conductive pad of the die. The second protective layer is disposed on the first protective layer. The second protective layer defines a second opening and a first recess. The second opening exposes the conductive pad of the die. The first conductive pillar is disposed within the second opening and electrically connected to the conductive pad. The second conductive pillar is disposed within the first recess. A height of the first conductive pillar is substantially equal to a height of the second conductive pillar. A bottom surface of the first recess is disposed between a top surface of the first protective layer and a top surface of the second protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Wei LIU, Huei-Siang WONG
  • Patent number: D842451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hamworthy Combustion Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Keith Bailey, Paul Newman, Nick James