Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • Patent number: 9481840
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include one-step synthesis to prepare a hypergolic green Fuel (HGF) propellant from 2-Hydroxyethylhydrazine (HEH) via a “one-step synthesis method”. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure include fully nitrated HGF and partially nitrated HGF and formulations containing Hydroxyethylhydrazinium Nitrate (HEHN) and acetone, where the HEHN is produced independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, OGDEN ENGINEERING & ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Smith, Jr., Gregory E. Ogden, Clinton J. Brown, Paul M. Frisby, Sahar A. Torabzadeh
  • Patent number: 9484307
    Abstract: Described herein is a semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein the semiconductor device includes a first die including a first pad and a first passivation layer; a second die including a second pad and a second passivation layer; an encapsulant surrounding the first die and the second die and comprising a first surface; a dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the first passivation layer and at least a portion of the second passivation layer, and further covering the encapsulant between the first die and the second die, wherein the dielectric layer includes: a second surface adjacent to the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer and the encapsulant; and a third surface opposite to the second surface; and a redistribution layer electrically connecting to the first pad and the second pad and disposed above the third surface of the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Hsuan Tsai, Chuehan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9484313
    Abstract: The semiconductor package includes a substrate, a die, a first metal layer, a second metal layer and an optional seed layer. The package body at least partially encapsulates the die on the substrate. The seed layer is disposed on the package body and the first metal layer is disposed on the seed layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the first metal layer and the lateral surface of the substrate. The first metal layer and the second metal layer form an outer metal cap that provides thermal dissipation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Sheng Chung, Kuo-Hsien Liao, Jin-Feng Yang, Chen-Yin Tai, Yung-I Yeh
  • Patent number: 9481184
    Abstract: A printing method is provided that enables a high-quality transfer image to be obtained with simple steps. As a solution, a printing method according to the present invention includes an applying step of applying a latex ink onto a transfer medium 10 to form an ink applied surface, a heating step of heating the transfer medium 10 to increase the viscosity of the latex ink, a transfer step of contacting and transferring the latex ink on the transfer medium 10 to a printing target 15, and a drying step of drying the latex ink on the printing target 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 9484283
    Abstract: Modular cooling apparatuses are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cooling apparatus includes an inlet manifold, a jet plate manifold, a plurality of jet plates, a vapor manifold, and a target layer. The inlet manifold includes a fluid distribution chamber, and a plurality of fluid distribution channels symmetrically located within the fluid distribution chamber. The jet plate manifold is coupled to the inlet manifold such that the plurality of jet plate openings is vertically aligned with respect to the plurality of fluid distribution channels. The plurality of jet plates is removably disposed in the jet plate manifold. The vapor manifold has a plurality of walls that define a vapor manifold opening and at least one outlet channel through at least one of the walls. The target layer is coupled to the vapor manifold such that the jet orifice surface of each jet plate is positioned above the target layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan Mehmet Dede, Matthew Joseph Rau, Mayur Prakash Gaikwad, Suresh V. Garimella
  • Patent number: 9482712
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing measurements on a utility power device that shares a common ground with the apparatus selectively sends a first high voltage signal via a first lead to a first terminal of the utility power device, measures a first corresponding signal returned via a second lead of the apparatus from a second terminal of the utility power device. While the corresponding first lead and the second lead of the apparatus remain electrically coupled to the corresponding first and the second terminal of the utility power device. The apparatus selectively sends a second high voltage signal via the second lead to the second terminal of the utility power device, and measures a second corresponding signal returned via the first lead of the apparatus from the first terminal of the utility power device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: DOBLE ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Clark Woodward, Jr., George Matthew Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9485881
    Abstract: An inverter cover for covering an inverter provided in a front space which is formed in front of a vehicle room in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, by partitioning the vehicle room with a vehicle body panel, includes: a body part for covering an upper face of the inverter; and an extended part extended rearward from the body part so as to be positioned between a connecting part which is provided in a rear part of the inverter and to which a harness is connected, and an edge part which is protruded frontward from the vehicle body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeo Nagamori, Masaru Ohkado, Katsumi Nishimura, Toshihiko Ando, Shoji Tanizawa
  • Patent number: 9483059
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the automated driving of a vehicle. The method may include coordinating a planned vehicle path using a path planner application. The path planner application may receive information based on inputs to sensors disposed on the vehicle. The method may include sending a command to one or more vehicle systems to control the vehicle to follow the planned vehicle path. While the vehicle follows the planned vehicle path, the method may include receiving an indication that the path planner application is not meeting a threshold performance level. After receiving the indication that the path planner application is not meeting the threshold performance level, a command is sent to one or more vehicle systems to control the vehicle to follow a temporary and irregular full vehicle movement to alert a vehicle driver. The temporary and irregular full vehicle movement may be a full vehicle side-to-side wobbling movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek S. Caveney
  • Patent number: 9482304
    Abstract: A subassembly and a method of producing a subassembly. The subassembly has a dividing body or separating body and at least one flow channel formed on the dividing body and extending along it with at least one flow path to influence a flow of a magneto-rheological fluid along the flow channel of the dividing body. The dividing body includes a magnetic field generation device for generating a magnetic field and a field closing device. At least the magnetic field generation device and the field closing device are filled with at least one solidifying medium using a placeholder which can be removed to form the three-dimensionally predefined flow channels on the dividing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Inventus Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Battlogg, Michael Kieber
  • Patent number: 9482255
    Abstract: Dual directional latch devices or connectors are described wherein a first connector component and a second connector component have a first latched position and a second latched position when moving in a first direction and wherein movement in a second direction is also possible when a restriction feature is overcome. As described, opposing magnetic forces, pneumatic pressure, spring force, and a crushable force may be incorporated so that further movement in the second direction must overcome the restriction feature. The dual direction latch devices may be used with articles of manufacture such as with implantable medical devices, door panels, airplane panels, and drilling devices to name a few.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Changsrivong, Rob Sjostedt, Hugh Cook, Rick Dawson
  • Patent number: 9482644
    Abstract: A method of imaging a test subject includes providing one or more moveable sensors to sense an attribute of the test subject (e.g., acoustic pressure), wherein the attribute has a tonal noise component and a broadband noise component. A rotational sensor is provided to sense a rotational velocity of a rotational element of the test subject. Each of the moveable sensors are moved along a path while continuously acquiring test data that is indicative of the rotational velocity of the rotational element, the sensed attribute, the position, and the orientation of each of the moveable sensors. A set of transfer functions corresponding to points in space that have been visited by the moveable sensors are constructed, each of the transfer functions relating the test data of the moveable sensors to the test data of the rotational sensor. A visual representation of the tonal noise component of the attribute in a region adjacent the test subject is produced using the set of transfer functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: ATA ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Havard I. Vold, Parthiv N. Shah
  • Patent number: 9482455
    Abstract: A system comprising a gear having at least one slot, wherein the gear is connected to an icetray and a motor so that when the motor rotates the gear, the icetray twists, and an optical sensor that detects when the gear has rotated the slot over the optical sensor. The icetray twists while the gear is rotated in a first direction away from a home position to a reverse twist position. The rotation of gear then reverses to twist the icetray to a harvest position in a second direction that is opposite of the first direction until ice in the icetray is dislodged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: ENVOLVE ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Gene Hortin, Kyle Carter Edmondson, Patrick J. Boarman, Michael Edward Stagg, Li Yi Situ
  • Patent number: 9480481
    Abstract: A tourniquet cuff includes a first sheet, a second sheet, and a seal joining the first sheet and second sheet to form an inflatable bladder. A securing strap is attached to the cuff. The cuff encircles the limb so that the bladder overlaps upon itself. A stiffener fits inside the bladder and sized to extend substantially the length of the bladder but not the entire bladder length, and to fit completely within the seal. A tubular port is connected to the bladder for directing gas into the bladder from a tourniquet instrument to which the port may be releasably connected, and a cuff marking weld is located on an outer surface of the cuff, having a shape selected to form a symbol or indicia that is visible to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Western Clinical Engineering Ltd.
    Inventors: James A. McEwen, Michael Jameson, Kenneth L. Glinz, Allen J. Upward
  • Patent number: 9481110
    Abstract: An injection blow molding (IBM) system and method for forming a plurality of parisons and molded articles. The IBM system includes at least one upper body mold half and one lower body mold half, with the upper and lower body mold halves cooperatively presenting a body cavity and being configured to define an exterior shape of a body of the parison. The tooling additionally comprises at least one upper neck mold half and one lower neck mold half, with the upper and lower neck mold halves cooperatively presenting a neck cavity and being configured to define an exterior shape of a neck of the parison. The tooling further comprises an upper thermal barrier plate positioned between the upper body mold half and the upper neck mold half and a lower thermal barrier plate positioned between the upper body mold half and the upper neck mold half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: R&D Tool & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Bruce Wardlow, Jincheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20160315383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonant type power transmission antenna device provided with a plurality of transmission antennas 12 and a plurality of reception antennas 13, the resonant type power transmission antenna device including a transmission shield antenna 22 arranged between the plurality of transmission antennas 12, a reception shield antenna 23 arranged between the plurality of reception antennas 13, transmission and reception circuits 21 and 24 to operate the transmission and reception shield antennas 22 and 23 in electromagnetic field resonance having a phase opposite to that of the transmission and reception antennas 12 and 13 respectively adjacent to the transmission and reception shield antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki AKUZAWA, Kiyohide SAKAI, Toshihiro EZOE, Yuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20160312605
    Abstract: An logging method for locating a watered zone in a horizontal well with high watercut problem by isotope labeling is disclosed, which successively includes the following steps: a. solidifying an isotope used in an isotope releasing device into a water-soluble carrier; b. connecting the isotope releasing device with a tubing and setting them to a horizontal segment of the well; c. dissolving the water-soluble carriers in the water at the bottom of the well to release the isotope, wherein the releasing rate is proportional to the flow rate of the water; d. starting a lift-up pump and beginning a production logging; and e. continuously performing y-ray energy-spectrum analysis on produced water on the ground, so as to locate the watered zone of the horizontal well with high watercut problem by the detected species and characteristic content of the isotope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, CHINA ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS
    Inventors: Wen HUANG, Shuming PENG, Xuejie WANG, Dazhi QIAN, Shilei ZHU, Bin TANG, Rundong LI, Zhihua ZHANG, Jun XIE, Songbao ZHANG, Jian YAO, Yang ZHANG, Fang HE, Yi CHEN, Xin LUO, Yujie ZHU, Hanming LIAO, Tianlu NI, Xijun YANG, Yong YANG, Shubin GUO
  • Publication number: 20160311559
    Abstract: A liquid storage device for a propellant tank in a spacecraft includes a gas-guide tube, a cover plate, a housing, blades, a supporting column, a base, a passage-window pressing plate, a passage-window mesh piece, a liquid-storage-device mesh piece, a fixing block, and a pressing plate for the liquid-storage-device mesh piece. The blades are uniformly distributed on and fixed to the support column in a radial direction to form an integral structure, and the integral structure is mounted on and fixed to a circular partition plate in the base. The liquid-storage-device mesh piece is pressed on the circular partition plate in the base by the pressing plate for the liquid-storage-device mesh piece and then is fixed. The passage-window mesh piece is pressed on the outer side of a cylinder wall of the base by the passage-window pressing plate and then is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF CONTROL ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Qi HU, Yong LI, Hailin PAN, Jian CHEN, Yanming WEI, Baotang ZHUANG, Jintao LIU
  • Publication number: 20160313818
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method for manufacturing a touch panel, which form a bridge with transparent first oxide having conductivity and forms second oxide, which is robust to a high temperature and high humidity, on the bridge. The method includes forming a plurality of electrode parts in a display area of a substrate, forming a light blocking layer in a non-display area of the substrate, forming an electrode line on the light blocking layer, forming a line bridge by using transparent first oxide having conductivity, and forming second oxide on the first oxide for protecting the first oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Myung KIM, Young Gi KIM, Kyung In MIN, Il Houng PARK, Chang Kyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20160315329
    Abstract: A Li-air battery is provided. The battery comprises: an anode compartment containing lithium or a lithium alloy as active metal; a cathode compartment supplied with an O2 source; and a lithium ion conductive membrane separating the anode compartment from the cathode compartment. The cathode compartment comprises an air electrode with a skin alloy platinum or palladium catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shrihari SANKARASUBRAMANIAN, Jai PRAKASH, Fuminori MIZUNO, Nikhilendra SINGH
  • Publication number: 20160312050
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a way to appropriately decorate a heat-resistant member. This is achieved by a method for producing a painted heat-resistant member which is a heat-resistant member having an image drawn thereon. The method includes a drawing step of ejecting an ink onto a heat-resistant member medium in droplets with an inkjet head, and irradiating the ink landed on the medium with UV light to draw an image on the medium, the ink containing at least a pasty liquid containing an organic substance, an UV-polymerizable organic substance which is an organic substance that polymerizes upon being irradiated with UV light, and an inorganic pigment dispersed in the pasty liquid; and an organic substance removal step of heating the medium having the image drawn thereon to remove the organic substance component contained in the ink on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru OHNISHI