Patents Assigned to of Illinois
  • Composite dry adhesive and methods of making and using a composite dry adhesive
    Patent number: 10377922
    Abstract: A composite dry adhesive includes (a) an adhesive layer comprising a shape memory polymer and (b) a resistive heating layer comprising a shape memory polymer composite on the adhesive layer. The shape memory polymer composite includes conductive particles dispersed in a shape memory polymer matrix, where the conductive particles have a concentration sufficient to form a conductive path through the resistive heating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Seok Kim, Jeffrey D. Eisenhaure
  • Warewasher machine drying system and method
    Patent number: 10376130
    Abstract: A warewash machine for washing wares includes a chamber for receiving wares, the chamber having at least one wash zone with an associated spray system for spraying liquid onto wares passing therethrough, wherein a downstream drying zone includes a blower for blowing air onto wares passing therethrough. The blower includes an ambient intake operatively connected to an ambient air flow path, a machine intake operatively connected to an internal machine air flow path and an exhaust intake operatively connected to a machine exhaust air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Sanders, Alexander R. Anim-Mensah, Mary E. Paulus
  • Modular capacitive touch switch system
    Patent number: 10382037
    Abstract: A modular capacitive sensing switch provides a separate circuit module attachable to a variety of electrode modules, the latter having different configurations. Embodiments providing adhesive mounting and network connections allow simple configuration of a wide variety of capacitive touch panel systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Banfield, Alan Capaldi-Tallon, Christopher Foster
  • Flash trap
    Patent number: 10376993
    Abstract: A manifold assembly for an automobile cooling system includes a crossover tube and a crossover tube cover welded in an opening of the crossover tube A flash trap is provided adjacent the region of the weld joint to receive and capture weld flash migrating inwardly in the crossover tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Took Works Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Davis, Tyler L. Terrell
  • Laminated airbag housing
    Patent number: 10377334
    Abstract: An airbag housing incorporating a molded bin body adapted to store an airbag cushion. A plurality of molded-in surface ribs projects outwardly away from the exterior of the molded bin body. The molded bin body includes a layer of polymer substrate material disposed in over-molded relation to a layer of laminate material providing enhanced toughness and resistance to embrittlement at low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Sanchez, Hin Chow
  • Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations
    Patent number: 10380911
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide visual information associated with welding operations are disclosed. An weld training system includes a display, a camera, a communications device, and a welding helmet. The communications device communicates with welding equipment. The welding helmet has a view port. The communications device is configured to hold the camera, the communications device, and the display such that, when the welding helmet is worn by a wearer, the display is viewable by the wearer, the camera has a view through the view port such that the display displays to the wearer images taken by the camera through the view port and displays a simulated object generated based on information received from the welding equipment via the communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hsu, Scott Nicholas Schmidt
  • Cutting tool for a large diameter travelling pipe cutter
    Patent number: 10376970
    Abstract: A cutting tool to cut a hollow vessel includes a conical member, a plurality of grooves, and a plurality of cutting members. The plurality of grooves are disposed in a semi-helix around an outer conical surface of the conical member. Each of the plurality of cutting members is disposed in fixed position within one of the plurality of grooves at a non-zero angle relative to a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Pierce, Alexander S. Giberman, Michael W. Gearhart
  • Chemical amplification in self-strengthening materials
    Patent number: 10377879
    Abstract: A self-strengthening material is provided, the material comprising a polymer matrix having a plurality of chemical amplifiers dispersed throughout the polymer matrix and a plurality of triggerable reservoirs, the triggerable reservoirs capable of releasing at least one activator of the plurality of chemical amplifiers, wherein the plurality of chemical amplifiers reacts with the at least one activator to produce additional activators capable of changing the mechanical properties of the polymer matrix, and thus strengthening the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul V. Braun, Shuqi Lai, Ariane Vartanian
  • CYCLOTRONIC PLASMA ACTUATOR WITH ARC-MAGNET FOR ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190246482
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is a cyclotronic actuator utilizing a high-voltage plasma driver connected to a first electrode. A second electrode is grounded and the two are isolated from each other by a dielectric plate. A magnet is positioned beneath the dielectric plate such that a coaxial dielectric barrier discharge plasma is formed outwardly between the first electrode across the dielectric plate. The magnet positioned beneath the dielectric plate introduces a magnetic field transverse to the plasma current path, such that the plasma discharge discharges radially and the local magnetic field is oriented vertically in a direction perpendicular to the dielectric plate to create a Lorentz Force, which forces the plasma discharge to move radially outwardly in a curved radial streamer mode pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicants: CU Aerospace, LLC, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Joseph W. Zimmerman, David L. Carroll, Phillip J. Ansell, Georgi Hristov
  • MULTI-PLY STRUCTURES, PACKAGES, AND METHODS OF STERILIZATION
    Publication number: 20190240959
    Abstract: Multi-ply structures are provided that include a barrier film, which has a first polyester layer and a barrier coating layer, a first adhesive layer, and a multi-layered sealant film, where the first adhesive layer is located between the barrier film and the multi-layered sealant film. In one or more embodiments, the multi-layered sealant film includes three nylon layers, a polyolefin layer, four tie layers, and a sealing layer. In one or more embodiments, the multi-layered sealant film includes three nylon layers, two polyolefin layers, three tie layers, and a sealing layer. Packages that are formed from the multi-ply structures are also provided in which these packages are microwaved in a pressurized vessel. Methods for sterilization are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Printpack Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Nilesh Savargaonkar, James Ray, Justin Houck
  • MICROWAVED MULTI-PLY STRUCTURES, MICROWAVED PACKAGES, AND METHODS OF STERILIZATION
    Publication number: 20190240962
    Abstract: Multi-ply structures are provided that include a barrier film, which has a first polyester layer and a silicon oxide layer, a first adhesive layer, and a sealant film, where the first adhesive layer is located between the barrier film and the sealant film, and where the multi-ply structure has been microwaved in a pressurized vessel. Packages that are formed from the multi-ply structures are also provided in which these packages are microwaved in a pressurized vessel. Methods for sterilization are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Printpack Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Houck, James Ray, Nilesh Savargaonkar
  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX SUPPORT MEMBRANE
    Publication number: 20190241852
    Abstract: A microfluidic device and method of use. A porous membrane is disposed between a top layer and a bottom layer, wherein the membrane separates, and is porous between, a first micrometer channel from a second micrometer channel. The first micrometer channel is etched in the top layer and the second micrometer channel is etched in the bottom layer each having a height of about 1 to 100 micrometers. The porous membrane can be a collagen membrane, and supports a cell culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Abhinav BHUSHAN, Chengyao WANG
  • BORON NITRIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING BORON NITRIDE
    Publication number: 20190244756
    Abstract: BN nanosheets are prepared by a method comprising heating to a temperature of at least 500° C., a mixture comprising: (1) an alkali borohydride, and (2) an ammonium salt. NaN3 may be included to increase the yield. No catalyst is required, and the product produced contains less than 0.1 atomic percent metal impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
    Inventors: Narayan S. Hosmane, Amartya Chakrabarti, Shena M. Stanley
  • Portable and low-error DNA-based data storage
    Patent number: 10370246
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides DNA-based storage system demonstrated through experimental and theoretical verification that such a platform can easily be implemented in practice using portable, nanopore-based sequencers. The gist of the approach is to design an integrated pipeline that encodes data to avoid synthesis and sequencing errors, enables random access through addressing, and leverages efficient portable nanopore sequencing via new anchored iterative alignment and insertion/deletion error-correcting codes. The embodiments herein represent the only known random access DNA-based data storage system that uses error-prone portable, nanopore-based sequencers and produces low-error readouts with the highest reported information rate and density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Olgica Milenkovic, Ryan Gabrys, S. M. Hossein Tabatabaei Yazdi
  • Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements
    Patent number: 10374072
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Ralph G. Nuzzo, John A. Rogers, Etienne Menard, Keon Jae Lee, Dahl-Young Khang, Yugang Sun, Matthew Meitl, Zhengtao Zhu
  • Robotic surgical station
    Patent number: 10368949
    Abstract: A robotic surgical station is described. The robotic surgical station has a base configured to be fixed to the ground, a ring-shaped structure to which a patient bed and a plurality of robot arms are restrained at respective first and second mounts and a remote control unit that may be used by a surgeon to carry out a surgical intervention on a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Pier Giulianotti, Arturo Vittori, Andreas Vogler
  • Stereoretentive cross-coupling of boronic acids
    Patent number: 10370393
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tri-orthoalkylphenyl phosphine catalysts of formula I wherein A is CH2, C?O, or NRA; R1 is aryl, heteroaryl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycloalkyl, wherein aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl are optionally substituted; R2 is H, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C1-C8)alkoxy, N(RA)2, or an electron withdrawing group; and each RA is independently H or (C1-C8)alkyl; that are tuned electrically and sterically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Martin D. Burke, Ian Crouch, Jonathan Lehmann, Andrea Palazzolo, Claire Simons
  • Method and apparatus for providing welding-type power and auxiliary power
    Patent number: 10369651
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a welding-type power includes a housing with an auxiliary power mount, and a welding type power circuit. A controller, a control power circuit, and an auxiliary power module are disposed in the housing. The auxiliary power module/circuit is mounted to the auxiliary power mount. A standard power receptacle is connected to the auxiliary power module. At least one wiring harness connects the welding type power circuit to the auxiliary power module/circuit, which is the only electrical connection between the auxiliary power circuit and the welding type power circuit. The auxiliary power is electrically isolated from the input power and the welding type power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Gerald Batzler
  • Power systems and enclosures having improved cooling air flow
    Patent number: 10371039
    Abstract: Power systems and enclosures having improved cooling air flow are disclosed. An example power system includes an enclosure; an air inlet location at a first location on an exterior of the enclosure to permit intake of air from the exterior of the enclosure to an interior of the enclosure; an air exhaust location at a second location on the exterior of the enclosure to exhaust the air taken in through the air inlet location; and an air routing path defined by the enclosure to direct the air from the air inlet location to the air exhaust location, in order: through one or more first compartments in the enclosure, the one or more first compartments containing at least one of a compressor, a generator, or power conversion circuitry; and through one or more second compartments, the one or more second compartments comprising an engine and a muffler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Joe Jochman
  • Fastener driving tool pipe hook
    Patent number: D855431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Jablonski, Edward Eaton, Brian Hurvitz, Joey Lee