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  • Patent number: 10612817
    Abstract: A gas-fired appliance includes a tank configured to store a fluid to be heated, a powered anode extending into the tank and configured to generate an electric anode current, and a combustion chamber including a burner configured to generate products of combustion. The appliance also includes an exhaust structure, a heat exchanger, and an electronic processor coupled to the powered anode. The products of combustion flow from the combustion chamber to the exhaust structure via the heat exchanger. The electronic processor is configured to determine a duty cycle of the burner, determine whether the duty cycle of the burner exceeds a predetermined threshold, increase a magnitude of a protection parameter of the powered anode from a first value to a second value when the duty cycle of the burner exceeds the predetermined threshold, and control the powered anode according to the second value of the protection parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: A. O. SMITH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ray Oliver Knoeppel, Michael William Schultz, Timothy Edward Rooney, Thomas G. Van Sistine
  • Patent number: 10616510
    Abstract: In illustrative implementations, a set of separate modulation signals simultaneously modulates a plurality of pixels in a superpixel by a set of separate modulation signals, such that each pixel in the superpixel is modulated by a modulation signal that causes sensitivity of the pixel to vary over time. Each superpixel comprises multiple pixels. In some implementations, the sensitivity of a pixel to incident light is controlled by storage modulation or by light modulation. In some implementations, this invention is used for 3D scanning, i.e., for detection of the 3D position of points in a scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Photoneo s. r. o.
    Inventors: Tomas Kovacovsky, Michal Maly, Jan Zizka
  • Patent number: 10605557
    Abstract: An integral sound suppressor for a gun barrel, with the integral sound suppressor including a tubular housing designed for nearly completely or completely encasing the gun barrel along its longitudinal direction with an internal thread disposed inside the housing for mounting the integral sound suppressor on an external thread disposed on the muzzle of the gun barrel. Disposed inside the housing is a deflector system for deflecting the gas generated by firearm discharge, and disposed on the housing is a guide surface which is spaced at a distance from the internal thread along the longitudinal direction of the housing for guiding the integral sound suppressor in the region of the front end of the gun barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: L&O Hunting Group GmbH
    Inventor: Fabian Göggel
  • Patent number: 10603052
    Abstract: An orthopedic bone cutter for cutting bone and tissue is described. The cutting device comprises a plurality of radially extending struts that form a frame to which a base is connected thereto. Each of the struts that form the frame comprise sidewalls having left and right sidewall portions that are positioned at an angular relationship with respect to a primary strut sidewall portion. A plurality of cutting teeth reside along each of the struts have a tissue cutting surface that is raised above the exterior strut surface. The base of the orthopedic bone cutter may comprise a cross bar or bar and boss interface which secure bone cutter to a drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Viant AS&O Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Gary C. Victor
  • Patent number: 10605482
    Abstract: A water heater system includes a tank having internal capacity no greater than 1 gallon, a water inlet, and a water outlet. A flow of water into the tank through the water inlet and out of the tank through the water outlet is a downstream water flow. An absence of downstream water flow is a standby condition of the water heater. The water heater includes a heating element for heating water in the tank, a first temperature sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the water flowing into the tank, and a second temperature sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the water flowing out of the tank. The water heater further includes a damper upstream of the second temperature sensor to reduce fluctuations in the temperature readings of the second temperature sensor to reduce false detection of downstream water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Jianmin Yin, Brian Thomas Branecky, Mark Murphy, Benjamin Joseph Bolton
  • Patent number: 10600832
    Abstract: A camera module includes a circuit board, a photosensitive chip located on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the circuit board, a package body packaged on the circuit board, and a bracket located on a side of the package body away from the circuit board. The package body includes a bearing surface away from the circuit board, and the bracket includes a first surface adjacent to the package body. A ratio between an area of the first surface and an area of the bearing surface is about 0.5 to about 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengzhe Shen, Jun Feng, Shumin Zhu, Shengyun Zhang, Wenhua Shuai, Dong Tang
  • Patent number: 10595556
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an apparatus for filling transport containers (1) with rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, provided with an area (2) receiving the rod-like articles in the form of a mass flow, a rod-like article storage area (3) comprising at least two sidewalls, a filling unit (4) constituting the bottom wall of the storage area for transferring the rod-like articles from the storage area to the transport container, a lowering conveyor (5) working together with the filling unit (4), adapted to lower the transport container while filling with the rod-like articles. The apparatus is characterised by being further provided with a counting module (6) designed to count the rod-like articles in the transport containers, adapted so that the individual rod-like articles being in the transport container are counted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. z o. o.
    Inventors: Piotr Cepiński, Radoslaw Owczarek
  • Patent number: 10596638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lathe that is provided with an eccentricity adjustment mechanism that makes it possible for electrical components that are readily affected by the environment to be eliminated from the turntable; for slip rings in particular, which exhibit problems in terms of the durability of signal transmission during high-speed rotation, to be eliminated as well, and for safe and stable adjustment of workpiece eccentricity to be easily achieved. A lathe provided with an eccentricity adjustment mechanism, in which a linear motion guide unit (6) is provided in an inclined state in an engaging part of the center part of a turntable (1) and an axial-direction-movement part (5A) of a center shaft (5); and, due to the center shaft (5) being moved, the turntable (1) moves in the radial direction by the radial pressing force generated by the linear motion guide unit (6) being inclined, and the eccentricity of the workpiece (3) is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: O-M LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Shimizu, Takio Nakamura, Hirofumi Nakakubo, Akira Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10596827
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclose a method for operating a printer apparatus. The method comprising monitoring a utilization rate of each heating element in a first set of heating elements defined by a print head arrangement. Further, the method comprises generating a utilization dataset based upon monitoring of the utilization rate of each heating element in the first set of heating elements print head arrangement. Furthermore, the method includes analyzing the utilization dataset to identify one or more overutilized heating elements of the first set of heating elements. Additionally, the method includes identifying a second set of heating elements defined by the print head arrangement. The second set of heating elements comprises a portion of the first set of heating elements exclusive of the one or more overutilized heating elements. The method further includes processing a print job. The processed print job utilized the second set of heating elements during printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Slawek Goetz
  • Patent number: 10602043
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a circuit board; a photosensitive chip located on and coupled to the circuit board; a package body packaged on the circuit board; and a bracket located on a side of the package body away from the circuit board; wherein the bracket is provided with a step away from the package body, a sidewall of the step is inclined with respect to an optical axis of the camera module, a distance between the sidewall of the step and the optical axis gradually increase along a direction from the circuit to the package body, and an angle between the sidewall of the step and the optical axis ranges from 0.5° to 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: O-FILM IMAGE TECHNOLOGY (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD., NANCHANG O-FILM OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengzhe Shen, Jun Feng, Shumin Zhu, Shengyun Zhang, Wenhua Shuai, Dong Tang
  • Patent number: 10598530
    Abstract: A method for determining flow velocity in a flow path, comprises defining a flow path for a fluid, the fluid flowing in a downstream direction that is opposite an upstream direction. A thermally-conductive element is exposed to the flow path. A known amount of heat is applied to a first portion of the thermally-conductive element and a sensed temperature is sensed at a second portion of the thermally-conductive element downstream of the first portion. The known amount of heat and the sensed temperature are used to determine a flow velocity of the fluid in the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew W. Critchley, Charles J. Koehler, III
  • Publication number: 20200084261
    Abstract: An input device for transmitting operation information of a user to an information processing device, includes: a housing having an upper surface; a left grip part located proximate to a left side of the upper surface of the housing, and sized and shaped to be gripped by a left hand of the user; a right grip part located proximate to a right side of the upper surface of the housing, and sized and shaped to be gripped by a right hand of the user; a first input part located proximately to the left grip part such that the user provides inputs to the first input part with the left hand; a second input part located proximately to the right grip part such that the user provides inputs to the first input part with the right hand, where the inputs from one of the first input part and the second input part cause system software of the information processing device to take action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Takaichi, Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Toshimasa Aoki, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Takahiro Fujii
  • Publication number: 20200083437
    Abstract: A method of forming a magnetoresistive element comprises of forming a novel Boron-absorbing cap layer provided on the top surface of an amorphous CoFeB (or CoB, FeB) ferromagnetic recording layer. As the magnetoresistive film is thermally annealed, a crystallization process occurs to form bcc CoFe grains having epitaxial growth with (100) plane parallel to the surface of the tunnel barrier layer as Boron elements migrate into the novel Boron-absorbing cap layer. Removing the top portion of the Boron-absorbing cap layer by means of sputtering etch or RIE etch processes followed by optional oxidization process, a thin thermally stable portion of cap layer is remained on top of the recording layer with low damping constant. Accordingly, a reduced write current is achieved for spin-transfer torque MRAM application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: T3 Memory, Inc.Shanghai CiYu Information Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Rongfu Xiao
    Inventor: YIMIN GUO
  • Patent number: 10582798
    Abstract: The present invention includes a milk dispensing assembly for use with a beverage dispensing machine for combining milk, which is heated, ambient, unheated, or chilled, selectively with a second ingredient. The milk dispensing assembly includes a single milk passage for the introduction of a flow of milk and a single passage for the introduction of a second ingredient. The milk passage and ingredient passage are oriented to be fed into an intermediate passage which communicates with a swirl cavity defined by a mixing chamber. The introduction of milk and second ingredient is controlled to provide a variety of selected conditions of the resulting combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Midden, Suresh Radhakrishnan, Rex Allen Rogers, Daniel Hansen, John Bodjack
  • Patent number: 10584874
    Abstract: A water heater venting system, the water heater venting system comprising a main exhaust vent; and a first water heater in communication with a second water heater. The first water heater including an inlet, a blower assembly including a motor, an exhaust vent coupled to the main exhaust vent, a fluid flowpath created by fluid communication between the inlet, the blower assembly, and the exhaust vent, a sensor positioned along the fluid flowpath, and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor and the motor of the blower assembly, the controller controlling the speed of the motor based on at least one of an input from the sensor and an input from the second water heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: A. O. SMITH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brian T. Branecky
  • Patent number: 10587451
    Abstract: A secure programming system and method for provisioning and programming a target payload into a programmable device mounted in a programmer. The programmable device can be authenticated before programming to verify the device is a valid device produced by a silicon vendor. The target payload can be programmed into the programmable device and linked with an authorized manufacturer. The programmable device can be verified after programming the target payload by verifying the silicon vendor and the authorized manufacturer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Data I/O Corporation
    Inventor: Rajeev Gulati
  • Publication number: 20200069611
    Abstract: Provided are inhibitors of sphingosine kinase Type I that are useful in a number of applications, indications and diseases, as well as for monitoring pharmacokinetics and patient management. These compounds are applicable to treating tumors of the central nervous system, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicants: Enzo Therapeutics, Inc. c/o Enzo Biochem, Inc., Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Sarah Spiegel, Robert Elliot Zipkin, Jeffrey Kroll Adams
  • Publication number: 20200073746
    Abstract: An arrangement is described for programming and debugging a microcontroller embedded into a system using a WiFi connection between the system and a host PC, rather than a wired connection. An optional additional monitor system collects event-driven data from the system which is compared to MCU code execution events to provide debugging information without interrupting the microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Mikro Elektronika D. O. O.
    Inventors: Neboj{hacek over (s)}a MATIC, Ivan Rajkovic, Darko Jolic, Nenad Marinkovic, Marko Vukovic
  • Patent number: 10575916
    Abstract: A surfactant treatment is provided that can result in a sterilization wrap that can have a bacterial filtration efficiency of at least 94 percent as determined according to ASTM F2101. The surfactant treatment includes a surfactant consisting essentially of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Wrapping packs in a wrap treated with said surfactant treatment in an amount ranging from greater than 0 to 2 weight percent based on the dry weight of the wrap results in the production of fewer wet packs after steam sterilization compared to when packs are wrapped with an identical wrap without said surfactant treatment. A sterilization wrap comprising a nonwoven fabric and a dried residue surfactant treatment that is essentially free of silicon, potassium, phosphorus, and sulfur is also provided, where wrapping packs to be sterilized in the surfactant treated wrap reduces the occurrence of wet packs after steam sterilization compared using an untreated wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine J. Turnbow, Roger B. Quincy, III, Anthony Stephen Spencer
  • Patent number: D877462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie V. Teat, Kun-Chi Wu, Patrick F. Elliott, Brian E. Lin, Mary Rachel Taylor Henderson, Matthew G. Weatherly, Ann Shupe, Karen Duncan