Patents Assigned to Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9841779
    Abstract: A reference signal generator used with a switching mode power supply which converts an input voltage to an output voltage. The reference signal generator provides a reference signal consisting of a constant voltage signal and a variable voltage signal which is varying according to a duty cycle of the switching mode power supply during a startup period of the switching mode power supply and is varying according to a ratio of the input voltage at an end of the startup period to the input voltage of real time after the startup period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yiwei Wang, Yike Li
  • Patent number: 9843054
    Abstract: The present invention includes a fuel cell system having a plurality of adjacent electrochemical cells formed of an anode layer, a cathode layer spaced apart from the anode layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the anode layer and the cathode layer. The fuel cell system also includes at least one interconnect, the interconnect being structured to conduct free electrons between adjacent electrochemical cells. Each interconnect includes a primary conductor embedded within the electrolyte layer and structured to conduct the free electrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Goettler, Zhien Liu
  • Patent number: 9841102
    Abstract: A self-venting device includes a first component having an interior, a second component coupled to the first component so as to close the interior, and seal structure engaged between the first and second components in a sealed state so as to seal the interior from external agents. The seal structure includes a plurality of seal members, each having a resilient seal tip extending therefrom. The seal tips are constructed and arranged such that 1) when pressure inside the interior is equal to pressure outside of the device, the seal tips are compressed between the first and second components in the sealed state, and 2) when pressure in the interior is greater than the pressure outside of the device causing the second component to move away from the first component, the seal tips move to an unsealed state, permitting air to exit from the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John M Burca, Scott Hall, Karthik Narayan, Wojciech Makiej, Alan Honda
  • Publication number: 20170353027
    Abstract: A device for detecting and potentially eradicating a leakage voltage from a water body comprises at least one wire sensor probe to receive the leakage voltage in the water body. The device comprises a voltage sensing circuit operable for receive the leakage voltage, and generate a voltage signal based on the leakage voltage. The device comprises a trigger circuit to receive the voltage signal, based on magnitude of the voltage signal being greater than a predefined threshold value. The trigger circuit activates an alarm circuit, and activates a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker, in response to activation of the circuit breaker, disconnects a power supply from the at least one voltage source immersed in the water body, thereby eradicating the leakage current from the water body if the leakage voltage is caused by the activated circuit breaker. The alarm circuit, in response to activation of the alarm circuit, alerts a human being about presence of the leakage voltage in the water body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SafeWater Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. McTighe, JR., Dwight G. Shepard
  • Publication number: 20170353824
    Abstract: A positioning system that combines the use of real-time location system and a robotic total station into a single, transparent hybrid positioning system to locate one or multiple targets by one or multiple users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Topcon Positioning System, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Hallett
  • Publication number: 20170350913
    Abstract: A suspension system for a health and usage monitoring system including an inertial measurement unit is provided that includes a plurality of elastomer standoffs coupled between an enclosure of the health and usage monitoring system and an electronics board of the health and usage monitoring system thereby allowing for hysteretic damping to reduce vibration and shock experienced by the electronics board and inertial measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Green Power Monitoring Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Robert Bechhoefer
  • Publication number: 20170354064
    Abstract: A modular housing encloses a data center and a modular cooling system. The modular cooling system includes a modular cooling pallet on which cooling modules are installed. Each cooling module can have different cooling properties and may cool air to a different temperature than that of air cooled by other cooling modules. This can fulfill the different cooling needs among different computers that reside in the data center. The modular housing may also provide features that enable it to be quickly assembled at an operating site. The modular housing may comprise wall structures, roof structures, and a floor structure that are embedded with fastening features, which eliminates use of loose fasteners used for assembly. The floor structure may be made of rack pallets that provide wire ways through which connections can be routed, which simplifies the wiring process when assembling the modular housing on site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: HDT Expeditionary Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Milek, Charles Deighton
  • Publication number: 20170352888
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of changing the porosity of the anode is presented. The anode is formed from a composition comprising nickel oxide, a doped ceria, and a stabilized zirconia wherein the weight percentage of the nickel oxide is greater than twenty-five percent. The anode may comprise a single or multiple layers, and may comprise at least one of gadolinia doped ceria (GDC), samaria doped ceria (SDC), or lanthania doped ceria (LDC); and at least one of Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) or scandia stabilized zirconia (ScSZ). The anode may comprise multiple layers. Each layer may comprise a composition having the general formula NiOx-(doped ceria)y wherein x and y are weight percentages of the composition, and wherein 25<x<100, and 25<y<100, and wherein each successive layer contains more nickel than the preceding layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Shung Ik Lee, Minjae Jung, Younghee Cho, Zhien Liu
  • Publication number: 20170352239
    Abstract: An integrated hanger bearing monitor is provided for reducing installation time and added weight that includes a sensor and an interconnect on a mounting bracket that is sized and configured to be attached to a hanger bearing mounting bracket via connectors that mount the hanger bearing mounting bracket to the helicopter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Green Power Monitoring Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Robert Bechhoefer
  • Publication number: 20170353834
    Abstract: A method for reminding a user to take a weather-related object with him or her when going outside, applied to an electronic device, includes obtaining weather information at the present time or for one or more predetermined future time points or periods. A reminder is given to the user according to the obtained weather information, wherein the reminder includes a weather-related object relevant to the obtained weather information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: CHENG-KUO YANG
  • Patent number: 9835756
    Abstract: A variable mode X-ray transmission system is provided that can be operated in low or high dose rate modes depending upon the area or portion of the vehicle to be screened. In one embodiment, variable dose rate is achieved by use of a novel collimator. The systems disclosed in this application enable the scanning of a vehicle cab portion (occupied by people, such as a driver) at low dose rate, which is safe for human beings, while allowing the scanning of the cargo portion (unoccupied by people) at a high dose rate. Rapid switching from low dose rate to high dose rate operating mode is provided, while striking a balance between high material penetration for cargo portion and low intensity exposure that is safe for occupants in the cab portion of the inspected vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 9835388
    Abstract: Provided are adaptive heat transfer methods and systems for uniform heat transfer to and from various types of workpieces, such as workpieces employed during fabrication of semiconductor devices, displays, light emitting diodes, and photovoltaic panels. This adaptive approach allows for reducing heat transfer variations caused by deformations of workpieces. Deformation may vary in workpieces depending on types of workpieces, processing conditions, and other variables. Such deformations are hard to anticipate and may be random. Provided systems may change their configurations to account for the conformation of each new workpiece processed. Further, adjustments may be performed continuously of discretely during heat transfer. This flexibility can be employed to improve heat transfer uniformity, achieve uniform temperature profile, reduce deformation, and for various other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keerthi Gowdaru, Krishnan Shrinivasan
  • Patent number: 9833344
    Abstract: A stent made from an ultra high molecular weight bioabsorbable polymer is disclosed herein. The bioabsorbable polymer can have a Mw greater than 1 million g/mole or greater than 2 million g/mole. Methods of making the ultra high molecular weight polymer stent without degrading the molecular weight are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Lothar W. Kleiner
  • Patent number: 9838009
    Abstract: A switch includes a substrate that has a contact area on a first face. At least one first conductor is located in the substrate and extends onto the contact area. At least one second conductor is located in the substrate and extends onto the contact area. A sensor is configured to detect when a user contacts the contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Iván Ruiz Larios, Manuel Hernandez Diaz, José Arturo Sánchez López
  • Patent number: 9836478
    Abstract: File system sharing in multi-host computing system (100) running multiple operating systems is described herein. A file systems stored on different data partitions (110-1) and (110-1), of different operating systems (106-1) and (106-2), running on a multi-host computing system (100) may be shared based on file server-client architecture. According to the implementation, an operating system (106-1) may share its file system as file server and other operating system (106-2) may access the shared file system as file client. In one implementation, the sharing of data between multiple hosts is enabled by a dedicated high speed, low latency, inter processor communication bus, FiRE (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ineda Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Balaji Kanigicherla, Krishna Mohan Tandaboina, Siva Raghuram Voleti, Surya Narayana Dommeti, Sridhar Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 9836970
    Abstract: A system that assists a driver with properly positioning a vehicle. Such systems may include an interface to information from vehicle sensor(s), light strip(s), and computing device(s) including one or more tangible computing elements. The computing device(s) may perform steps that include determining a position of the vehicle using the information from the vehicle sensor(s), and generating optical indication(s) using the light strip(s) of an action that the driver should take based on the position. In some aspects, the system is deployed in a carwash bay and assists the driver with properly positioning the vehicle in the carwash bay. The optical indication may be green light to indicate that the vehicle should be moved forward, blue light to indicate that the vehicle should be moved backward, and red light to indicate that the vehicle should be stopped. Also, associated methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HydroSpray Wash Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Reed, III, Robert Lee Fye, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9834852
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for electroplating one or more materials onto a substrate. In many cases the material is a metal and the substrate is a semiconductor wafer, though the embodiments are no so limited. Typically, the embodiments herein utilize a channeled plate positioned near the substrate, creating a cross flow manifold defined on the bottom by the channeled plate, on the top by the substrate, and on the sides by a cross flow confinement ring. During plating, fluid enters the cross flow manifold both upward through the channels in the channeled plate, and laterally through a cross flow side inlet positioned on one side of the cross flow confinement ring. The flow paths combine in the cross flow manifold and exit at the cross flow exit, which is positioned opposite the cross flow inlet. These combined flow paths result in improved plating uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Novellus Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Mayer, Bryan L. Buckalew, Haiying Fu, Thomas Ponnuswamy, Hilton Diaz Camilo, Robert Rash, David W. Porter
  • Patent number: 9833137
    Abstract: A computerized method for administering a low luminance dysfunction test, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a first character in a color at a first acuity level against a display having a luminance level; (b) receiving a first input signal from a patient via an input device, where the input signal is indicative of whether the patient recognizes the first character displayed in the first acuity level; (c) displaying a second character in the color at a second acuity level against the display having the luminance level; (d) receiving a second input signal from the patient via the input device, where the input signal is indicative of whether the patient recognizes the second character displayed at the second acuity level; and, (e) calculating a score based on the first and second input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Innova Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Cheryl Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 9833953
    Abstract: Methods of 3D printing an object with reduced curl on at least one surface that contacts a print plate are described herein. For example, in some embodiments, a method of 3D printing an object comprises depositing build material to form a first layer of a 3D printed object and depositing build material in a predetermined pattern to form a first layer of a skirt in contact with the 3D printed object. Depositing build material to form the first layer of the skirt comprises 3D printing a first layer of a sidewalk that substantially surrounds at least a portion of a perimeter of the 3D printed object and 3D printing a first layer of a perforated interface between the sidewalk and the perimeter of the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: 3D Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Leigh Herran, Khalil Moussa, Martin Alan Johnson, Nickalaus K. Podgursky, Chris Roberts Manners, Terry Wilkes, Jenny Reilly
  • Patent number: D804663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Jenkins