Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Publication number: 20180059905
    Abstract: A vehicular human-machine interface, an instrument cluster and a method of providing information to a driver of a vehicle. The interface includes a multi-information display that provides a driver numerous dynamically-adjustable icons that are representative of a vehicle systems such that the driver can view, and if necessary, control through the interface. During use by a driver to navigate among the various icons being displayed, the human-machine interface enhances a driver's visual acuity by providing notorious indicia of the status of a particular vehicle system that may be of interest to the driver. In addition, by having certain information be arranged in a dynamic presentation format for selective viewing rather than arranged statically, certain information not of immediate interest can be temporarily removed, thereby freeing up the display to show a larger number of the icons on any particular screen being viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Talia T. Ho, Earnee J. Gilling, Tomohiro Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20180056685
    Abstract: A head unit of an ink jet printer is formed with a mist removing space for removing an ink mist generated when an UV ink is discharged by an ink jet head from a gap between the head unit and a table, where the mist removing space is formed with a gas introducing port, arranged at a position between the ink jet head and the LED, for the gas to be introduced from the gap side between the head unit and the table to the mist removing space, an intake port for the gas to be suctioned from the mist removing space toward a sirocco fan side by an airflow generated by the sirocco fan, and a gas discharging port, arranged separately from the intake port, for the gas to be discharged from the mist removing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20180056901
    Abstract: A mounting structure for an electric device of a vehicle includes a case body configured to accommodate the electric device inside the case body, at least one fixing portion provided continuously with the case body and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body of the vehicle, and at least one hollow portion disposed between the case body and the fixing portion. When a load from the vehicle body is transmitted to the fixing portion, the hollow portion is deformed and/or broken by the load so that the load can be absorbed. Thus, transmission of the load to the case body can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko ANDO, Yoshio HIRAIWA
  • Publication number: 20180061405
    Abstract: A voice guide device and a method thereof provided in the present disclosure are characterized that a terminal module is inserted into a smart device's jack through which a little electricity is received, stored, transformed and transmitted to a voice generation unit so that an audio signal, which is generated with default voice data read, is transmitted to the smart device from a terminal module for driving the smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: WALTON ADVANCED ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Hong Chi YU, Mao Ting CHANG, Yu Tsung LAN, Chun Neng HUANG, Chao Yao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180056593
    Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional object, a three-dimensional object manufacturing method, and a 3D data generation program that can facilitate handling compared to the conventional art even if the object is large. A three-dimensional object includes: a shell portion internally formed with a cavity; and a filling material that is filled in the cavity, and the filling material has a smaller specific gravity than the shell portion. The shell portion is configured by a plurality of parts, and the shell portion is formed with a filling material introducing port for introducing the filling material into the cavity when filling the filling material into the cavity, and a gas discharging port for discharging gas in the cavity to outside the cavity when filling the filling material into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ochi, Masakatsu Okawa
  • Publication number: 20180061815
    Abstract: A semiconductor package device comprises a circuit layer, an electronic component disposed on the circuit layer, a package element and a first encapsulant. The package element is disposed on the circuit layer. The package element includes at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to the circuit layer. The first encapsulant is disposed on the circuit layer. The first encapsulant encapsulates the electronic component and the package element and exposes the electrical contacts of the package element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsu-Nan FANG, Chun-Jun ZHUANG
  • Publication number: 20180061776
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package comprises a semiconductor device, a first encapsulant surrounding the semiconductor device, a second encapsulant covering the semiconductor device and the first encapsulant, and a redistribution layer extending through the second encapsulant and electrically connected to the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng YANG, Yuan-Feng CHIANG, Po-Wei LU
  • Publication number: 20180061406
    Abstract: A digitalized voice guide device and a method thereof provided in the present disclosure are characterized that: a connecting interface of a digitalized voice guide device is inserted into a smart device's jack through which electricity is transmitted to all components on a substrate; a voice unit communicates with the smart device for signal exchange based on a acoustic mode; voice data read by the voice unit is transmitted to the smart device through the connecting interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: WALTON ADVANCED ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Hong Chi YU, Mao Ting CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180062552
    Abstract: Monitoring conditions of an electric motor using stator current and voltage signals from power supplied to the motor is disclosed herein. The stator voltage and current signals may be used to calculate instantaneous power values which may be used to calculate slip. The slip may be used to monitor for a locked rotor condition during startup of the motor. The slip value may be used to provide thermal protection to the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos A. Donolo, Jay Hartshorn
  • Patent number: 9902504
    Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle charging systems including unmanned aerial vehicle charging stations having a light socket connector configured to be coupled to a light socket, a power circuit electrically coupled to the light socket connector, and a charging station body having one or more electrical contact regions electrically coupled to the power circuit. The one or more electrical contact regions are electrically engageable with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Moore
  • Patent number: 9902339
    Abstract: Embodiments of a retractable storage apparatus are described. Some embodiments include a hinge component, a back support disposed on a first side of the hinge component, and a lower support disposed on the first side of the hinge component. Some embodiments include an anchor component that is disposed on a second side of the hinge component, where when the retractable storage apparatus is disengaged, the back support, the lower support, and the anchor component are substantially coplanar and disposed within a mechanism cavity. Similarly, in some embodiments, in response to receiving a force directed into the mechanism cavity, the retractable storage apparatus is engaged such that the back support and the lower support extend from the mechanism cavity to expose the back support and the lower support and the back support and the lower support rotate on the hinge component to receive a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Earnee J. Gilling, Jonathan C. Hall, Cassandra R. Grant
  • Patent number: 9902434
    Abstract: A vehicle including a fender panel support assembly includes a hood that at least partially covers an engine compartment. A front fender structure includes a connecting wall portion located at least partially below the hood in a vehicle vertical direction. A side structural member extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction. An offset deforming fender attachment bracket mounts the front fender structure to the side structural member. The offset deforming fender attachment bracket includes a fender attachment portion connected to the connecting wall portion of the front fender structure at a connecting location. A support leg is connected to the side structural member. The support leg extends toward the side structural member from a lateral edge of the fender attachment portion. The support leg includes an apex portion connected to the lateral edge of the fender attachment portion that is spaced outboard from the connecting location in a vehicle lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremiah T. Hammer
  • Patent number: 9902334
    Abstract: A fastening structure of an onboard apparatus to be fastened to a vehicle body includes a support member that is fastened to the vehicle body to support the onboard apparatus and has a protruding section protruding rearward beyond a rear face of the onboard apparatus, and a bracket having a front fastening section to be fastened to a lower face of a rear section of the onboard apparatus, a rear fastening section to be fastened to the protruding section of the support member, and a fragile section provided between the front fastening section and the rear fastening section. By an external force from a front side of the onboard apparatus, the fragile section is deformed and the rear section of the onboard apparatus is moved upward using the rear fastening section as a fulcrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiko Ando, Shinsuke Horibe, Yoshio Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 9904504
    Abstract: A system for providing environmental feedback including one or more processors and a tactile input hardware. The tactile input hardware is communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The system further includes one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, one or more sensing devices communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to receive environmental information from the one or more sensing devices, receive a gestural input on the tactile input hardware, and generate feedback regarding a subset of the environmental information acquired by the one or more sensing devices in response to the gestural input received on the tactile input hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Tiffany L. Chen
  • Patent number: 9905722
    Abstract: An optical module structure includes a light source, a light receiver, a dielectric layer, a circuit layer, an encapsulant and a light shielding structure. The light source is embedded in the encapsulant, and a first surface of the light source is exposed from a first surface of the encapsulant. The light receiver is embedded in the encapsulant, and a first surface of the light receiver is exposed from the first surface of the encapsulant. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface of the encapsulant. The circuit layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the light source and the light receiver. The light shielding structure is disposed in the dielectric layer corresponding to a location between the light source and the light receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Chung Chen, Hsu-Liang Hsiao, Sung-Fu Yang
  • Patent number: 9902123
    Abstract: A batch-automated microfiltration press for producing large uniform thickness nanomaterial sheets includes a filtration envelope of variable size that is defined between an upper platen having a fixed position and a lower platen disposed in spaced apart, parallel relation to the upper platen. The upper platen has a plurality of input nozzles and a plurality of flow dispersers associated with each of the input nozzles. Nanoparticles are deposited onto a fine filter membrane positioned in the filtration envelope. Flow channels and drain holes are formed in the lower platen. Each of the flow channels has a non-linear path of travel. A closed-loop fluid control system maintains a predetermined rate of nanoparticle deposition onto the fine filter membrane. A motion control system controls the raising and the lowering of the lower platen, maintaining a constant displacement instead of constant pressure, enabling the production of clean, undamaged sheets of nanomaterial papers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Innovatech Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Hipol, David Haldane
  • Patent number: 9902907
    Abstract: A gasification system for producing synthetic gas from biomass, including: a biomass material pre-processing part; a pyrolysis part; a condensing part; and a gasification part. The pyrolysis part includes a pyrolysis bed and a combustion bed. The condensate tank of the condensing part is connected to a non-condensable pyrolysis gas compressor via a pipeline; an output of the non-condensable pyrolysis gas compressor is connected to the pyrolysis bed and the combustion bed. The non-condensable pyrolysis gas acts as a fuel of the combustion bed and a fluidizing medium of the pyrolysis bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN KAIDI ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kan Song, Manyi Jiang, Qin Sun, Shirong Zhang, Haiqing Zhang, Jinqiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9902457
    Abstract: A bicycle frame with a hidden battery pack has a tube member and a battery pack. The tube member is hollow and has a peripheral surface, a receiving space, and a replacement opening. The receiving space is formed inside the tube member. The replacement opening is defined in the peripheral surface of the tube member and communicates with the receiving space. The battery pack is mounted in the receiving space and has multiple batteries. Each two adjacent batteries of the multiple batteries are connected to each other and are able to rotate relative to each other. Each battery of the multiple batteries is capable of being rotated or swung to pass through the replacement opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ASTRA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Samuel Hu, Cheng-Lian Wang, Chang-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 9903082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cofferdam deformation-adaptive impervious composite geomembrane structure and construction method thereof, which applies mainly to high rockfill cofferdam, earth and rockfill dam and the like employing composite geomembranes for seepage control in hydraulic and hydro-power engineering. The cofferdam deformation-adaptive impervious composite geomembrane structure and construction method according to the present invention can reduce damage degree of the connections between the composite geomembranes and the concrete toe slabs or the joints between the composite geomembranes and the concrete caps on the top of the concrete impervious walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: POWERCHINA HUADONG ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongming Wang, Jianguo Cai, Xianpei Liang, Jinming Ren, Yuan Deng, Jun Li, Guanye Wu, Lei Huang
  • Patent number: 9903487
    Abstract: A valve system, for use with a cylinder having an extensible rod, includes a first valve assembly having a first inlet/outlet port, a check valve biased toward a closed state, the check valve having a check valve body at least partially receivable within a first port of the cylinder, a flow control valve positioned in series between the first inlet/outlet port and the check valve, and a first pilot port selectively communicable with a source of pressurized gas for opening the check valve. The valve system further includes a second valve assembly having a second inlet/outlet port, a second pilot port through which the pressurized gas must flow before being introduced to the first pilot port, and a valve body at least partially receivable within a second port of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Aladdin Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Natalie E. Bell, Edward R. Horn, David M. Matz, Gregory F. Matz, Scott R. Jones