Patents Assigned to ON! Systems
  • Air-conditioning system for vehicle and controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 10744843
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are air-conditioning systems for a vehicle for a battery, which can control temperature of the vehicle or the battery by delivering air cooled through a first evaporator of a cooling and heating module or air heated through a condenser to a supply side (toward a passenger or a battery). The cooling and heating module includes: a compressor; the condenser; an expansion valve for controlling a flow of the refrigerant condensed in the condenser; the first evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant supplied through the expansion valve; a first-first blowing unit for blowing air through the first evaporator; a first-second blowing unit for blowing air through the condenser; and a discharge duct for selectively delivering the air supplied through the first-first blowing unit and the first-second blowing unit toward the passenger by opening and closing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jong-Bo Won, Tae-Yong Park, Yong-Nam Ahn, Sung-Je Lee, Se-Min Lee
  • Dark-current-circuit interruption structure and electrical junction box including same
    Patent number: 10748722
    Abstract: Provided is a novel dark-current-circuit interruption structure that can stably maintain the state of engagement of an engaging portion of a conductive component holder with an engaged portion of a case, while reducing the size of the case, and an electrical junction box including the same. A conductive component is formed by a plate metal fitting, a conductive component holder 48 includes elastic projecting pieces and engaging portions that are provided on each of a pair of side walls that are opposingly positioned with a gap between the plate metal fitting and each of the side walls, and the case includes engaged portions with which the engaging portions are to be engaged. When attaching the conductive component holder to the case, the engaging portions and the engaged portions are configured to come into contact with each other to cause the elastic projecting pieces 68 and 76 to elastically deform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Horiuchi, Daisuke Matsuura
  • Steam turbine
    Patent number: 10746058
    Abstract: A steam turbine 1 of one embodiment has a side exhaust structure where a condenser 190 is installed at one side in directions perpendicular and horizontal to an axial direction of a turbine rotor 40 and supported on a foundation 70. The steam turbine 1 includes an outer casing 10 having an outer casing upper half 12 and an outer casing lower half 13; a groove part 100 formed in each of a pair of lower half end plates 17 extending perpendicular to the axial direction of the turbine rotor 40, the groove part 100 being opened upward and being recessed to an inside of the outer casing 10; and a block-shaped key member 120 fitted to both the groove parts 100 and 110, a groove part 110 being formed at a part of the foundation 70 facing the groove part 100, the groove part 110 being opened upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Daichi Fukabori
  • Control device and control method using fuel supply acceleration command value
    Patent number: 10746105
    Abstract: A control device for a power generation system whereby power is generated by a first power source that operates by burning a fuel. The control device identifies, on the basis of a pressure difference in a prior-stage mechanism that supplies the fuel to the first power source, a fuel capacity that compensates for the pressure difference in the prior-stage mechanism. The pressure difference is the difference between a pressure set for the fuel before a load change in the prior-stage mechanism and a pressure set for the fuel after the load change in the prior-stage mechanism. The control device calculates a fuel supply command value, which is a command value for adjusting the amount of fuel supplied to a fuel supply device that supplies the fuel to the first power source, and is output to the fuel supply device using a fuel supply acceleration command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Murayama, Takanori Tsutsumi, Yoshinori Koyama, Ken Tamura, Takashi Fujii
  • Eddy current pipeline inspection using swept frequency
    Patent number: 10746698
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for inspecting a section of piping are disclosed. In one example embodiment, an apparatus includes first and second excitation coils, a plurality of magnetometers, and a data acquisition system. The first excitation coils are disposed at a first axial location and are energized with a first swept frequency waveform and the second excitation coils are disposed at a second axial location and are energized with the swept frequency waveform. The plurality of magnetometers are disposed at an axial location between the first and second axial locations and are positioned to detect magnetic fields generated by eddy currents induced in the section of piping by the first and second excitation coils. The data acquisition system is operatively connected to receive output data from the plurality of magnetometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Exxam Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Lott, Yuan Ji
  • Aldehyde scavenging agent for retrieving elements from fixed tissue
    Patent number: 10746637
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to a method for retrieving at least one molecular recognition element in a fixed tissue. In some embodiments the method comprises preparing a solution comprising at least one aldehyde-scavenging agent. In some embodiments, the method comprises contacting the fixed tissue with the solution. In some embodiments, the tissue is fixed with an aldehyde-based cross-linking agent. In some embodiments, a reaction of the aldehyde-scavenging agent with the aldehydes comprising the cross-linking agent retrieves the at least one molecular recognition element. In some embodiments, the at least one molecular recognition element comprises of amino acids, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
    Inventors: Jason Eriksen, Craig Vollert, Steven Bark, Wilna Moree
  • Activated aluminum fuel
    Patent number: 10745789
    Abstract: Aluminum can be used as a fuel source when reacted with water if its native surrounding oxide coating is penetrated with a gallium-based eutectic. When discrete aluminum objects are treated in a heated bath of eutectic, the eutectic penetrates the oxide coating. After the aluminum objects are treated, the aluminum objects can be reacted in a reactor to produce hydrogen which can, for example, react with oxygen in a fuel cell to produce electricity, for use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LTAG Systems LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Thurston Slocum
  • Methods of treating inflammation associated airway diseases and viral infections
    Patent number: 10745474
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating a pathogen-induced lung inflammation in a subject are provided in which an anti-S100A9 antibody is administered to a subject. Methods of treating a respiratory virus infection by administering an anti-S100A9 antibody are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Washington State University, The Board of Regents of the University of Texas Systems
    Inventors: Santanu Bose, Philippe Tessier
  • Vehicular heating device and cooling water circulating pump provided therein
    Patent number: 10744851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular heating device comprising: a vehicular engine cooling unit for connecting an engine, a water pump, and a radiator on a first cooling water circulating line to cool the engine; and a vehicular indoor space heating unit for connecting the engine, the water pump, and a heater core on a second cooling water circulating line to heat an indoor space of the vehicle, wherein the vehicular heating device comprises a heating means mounted on the second cooling water circulating line to heat cooling water supplied to the heater core. According to the present invention, the heating performance of the cooling water, which is supplied to the heater core during an initial cold start of the vehicle is improved, thereby increasing the indoor heating efficiency of the vehicle during a winter season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Cha You Lim, Jae Hoon Kim, Dong-Hee Ye
  • Opposables and automated specimen processing systems with opposables
    Patent number: 10746752
    Abstract: A specimen processing system is capable of processing specimens carried on slides. The specimen processing system can sequentially deliver slides and opposables to specimen processing stations. The specimen processing stations can use the opposables to apply a series of liquids to the specimens. The applied liquid can be moved along the slide using capillary action while the specimen processing stations control the processing temperatures. The applied liquid can be in a fluid-carrying gap. The opposable can contact the slide to vary a cross section of the fluid-carrying gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Otter, Brian Howard Kram, Carl David Martin, Jessica Wifall, Kevin David Marshall, Christine Tse, Josh Harrison
  • Piston assembly for an unloader valve of an air compressor
    Patent number: 10746300
    Abstract: A piston assembly is provided for an unloader valve of an air compressor. The assembly comprises an unloader piston having a first bore of a first diameter, and a second bore of a second diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the first bore. The assembly also comprises a coil spring having a central opening, one end portion disposed in the second bore, and an opposite end portion extending into the first bore. The assembly further comprises a balance piston including a head portion sized to be disposed in the first bore, a first stem portion extending from the head portion and having a diameter smaller than the first and second bores, and a second stem portion extending from the first stem portion and extending into the central opening of the coil spring and having a diameter smaller than the first stem portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Padraig B. Yeats, Shane A. Harte, Jeffrey M. Geither
  • Active material, electrode, secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle
    Patent number: 10749169
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes a first phase including a niobium-titanium composite oxide, and a second phase adjacent to the first phase and including an orthorhombic niobium oxide. The active material is a particle in which a second (010) plane of the orthorhombic niobium oxide is in contact with a first (010) plane of the niobium-titanium composite oxide in at least a part of a contact interface between the first phase and the second phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami, Keigo Hoshina, Kazuomi Yoshima
  • Freespace antenna measurement system
    Patent number: 10746774
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide an antenna characterization system. The system may include a horn antenna including a waveguide and a horn section with an open end and at least one lens disposed at the open end of the horn antenna, having a focal length. The system may also include a platform to hold an antenna under test (AUT) positioned at substantially distance x from the open end of the horn antenna, wherein x is the sum of the focal length and a far-field distance property of the AUT. The system may further include an analyzer coupled to the horn antenna to measure a radiation pattern and other properties such as EIRP, TRP, EVR and spurious emission of a passive or active AUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Vasundara V. Varadan
  • Control device for power steering device, and power steering device
    Patent number: 10745045
    Abstract: A power steering device includes a steering mechanism, an electric motor for applying a steering assist force to the steering mechanism, and a first motor rotational position sensor for sensing as an actual axis phase a rotational position of a rotor of the electric motor. A control device is configured to: receive input of a signal of first actual axis phase outputted from the first motor rotational position sensor; receive input of a signal of value of electric current flowing through the electric motor; estimate as a control phase a phase of an induced voltage occurring in the electric motor, based on the signal of value of electric current; and determine whether or not the first motor rotational position sensor is abnormal, based on a difference between the first actual axis phase and the control phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sasaki, Takumi Hisazumi, Shigehisa Aoyagi
  • Exterior aircraft light unit and aircraft comprising the same
    Patent number: 10750589
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes at least two light sources. Each light source is provided with a variable current bypass component. Each variable current bypass component is configured to allow bypassing an adjustable electric current by the respective light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Ramesh Spinivasamurthy, Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Robert Trinschek
  • Systems and methods for selecting communication paths for applications sensitive to bursty packet drops
    Patent number: 10749795
    Abstract: Described embodiments provide systems and methods for selecting communication paths for applications sensitive to bursty packet drops. A device intermediary to a client and a server may identify an application for which packets are to be communicated between the client and the server. The device may determine a sensitivity level of the application to a network disruption affecting the packets. The device may estimate, for each path between the client and the server for communicating the one or more packets, a path quality for the path indicating a likelihood that the network disruption affects the one or more packets. The device may select path for communicating the packets based on the sensitivity level of the application and the path quality. The device may communicate the packets between the client and the server via the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sachin Shelar, Praveen Raja Dhanabalan, Surya Prakash Patel
  • Handling a callback call in a contact center in response to a limited-content message
    Patent number: 10750021
    Abstract: A system for sending limited-content message texts to a debtor, where each message comprises a fixed format, comprising an agent's name, which may be an alias, a callback number, and optional suggested times for the recipient to callback the agent. The limited content message texts are sent over a time period during the work schedule of the agent. Upon receiving a voice telephone callback from the recipient, a comparison is performed on the calling party number to ascertain if it matches a called party number of one of the sent limited-content message texts. If matched, then the call is routed to the agent identified in the limited-content message text. If the agent is unavailable, various options for routing the call is identified. The agent is further presented with information indicating the voice telephone call is a callback in response to a previously sent limited-content message text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Noble Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Karl H. Koster, Guilherme A Miranda Villarinho
  • Adaptive autopilot control systems and methods
    Patent number: 10747226
    Abstract: Autopilot systems and related techniques are provided to improve the ability of mobile structures to maintain a desired reference path (e.g., to keep a desired track and/or to follow a desired contour). In various embodiments, a high quality turn rate signal and GPS based signals are used to generate high bandwidth cross track/contour errors and other associated signals. An adaptive controller uses the generated cross track/contour signals to provide robust track keeping and/or contour following in the directional control of a mobile structure. Techniques are also provided for systems and methods to provide directional control for mobile structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Johnson, Ian Matt, Christopher Yeomans, Gytis Sabaliauskas, Gordon Pope
  • Delivery device for providing two medium flows guided separately from one another, especially in a fuel-operated vehicle heater
    Patent number: 10744853
    Abstract: A delivery device provides two medium flows guided separately from one another in a fuel-operated vehicle heater. The delivery device includes a first delivery wheel (14) rotatable about a first rotation axis (A) for delivering a first medium, a second delivery wheel (16) rotatable about a second rotation axis (A) for delivering a second medium, as well as a drive motor (12) for driving the first delivery wheel (14) and the second delivery wheel (16). At least one delivery wheel (16) is coupled with the drive motor (12) via a magnetic coupling device (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: EBERSPÄCHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hans Jensen, Michael Humburg
  • Inertial sensor
    Patent number: 10746564
    Abstract: A method of determining whether parametric performance of an inertial sensor has been degraded comprises: recording first data output from an inertial sensor; then recording second data output from the inertial sensor; comparing the first data output with the second data output; and determining whether the parametric performance of the inertial sensor has been degraded based on the comparison between the first and second data output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Gregory