Patents Examined by Alex T Devito
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Patent number: 10751763Abstract: A method for utilizing a gas sampling panel is provide, including at least one system sample gas inlet, a purge gas inlet, a system outlet, a system vent outlet, a purge gas valve, at least one manifold station valve, a regulator isolation valve, a regulator, a flow meter inlet valve, a flow meter, a flow meter outlet valve, a relief valve, a process valve, a process check valve, a purge check valve, and a vent check valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Airgas, Inc.Inventors: Frederick Marencik, Robert J. Grasmeder
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Patent number: 10729446Abstract: Some systems and methods for operating a vessel occlusion catheter may include a control and inflation device to control the filling of the balloon in such a manner that the vessel wall will not be overstressed while the safe occlusion of the blood vessel is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Miracor Medical SAInventors: Jon H. Hoem, Oliver A. Kohr
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Patent number: 10725204Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of a data collection method and apparatus comprises at least one sensor that may be configured as a mobile data collection apparatus, which sensor may be in communication with a controller. The data collection apparatus may include one or more sensors, including but not limited to air pressure, air humidity, air temperature, road surface temperature, lightning distance, light level, precipitation rate, ozone level, carbon dioxide level, nitrous oxide level, and methane level; all of which may be in communication with a controller. One or more sensors may be positioned on or within a main assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Weather Telematics Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Moran, Malcolm Leslie Rook, Darryl Smith
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Patent number: 10690100Abstract: A device (1) for measuring the injection rate dm(t)/dt of an injection valve (2) for a fluid (4a), wherein m(t) is the injection quantity of the fluid (4a) as a function of the time (t), having a measurement volume (3) which is closed off on all sides and which is filled with a test fluid (4), having an opening (5a) in one wall (5) of the measurement volume (3) for the purposes of receiving the injection valve (2) such that the injection valve (2), in the installed position, projects with at least one injection opening (2a) into the measurement volume (3), and having a pressure sensor (6) which is arranged in the measurement volume (3), wherein correction means (8, 8a, 9a, 9b, 9c) are provided for determining the propagation time of a pressure wave (12), which originates from the injection opening (2a) and which propagates through the test fluid (4), to the pressure sensor (6) and for correcting the measured injection rate dm(t)/dt, taking said propagation time into consideration, to give a rectified injectioType: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Clemens Majer, Iris Hartung, Thomas Fischer, Wolfgang Sander
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Patent number: 10654715Abstract: Provided are integrated analysis devices having features of macroscale and nanoscale dimensions, and devices that have reduced background signals and that reduce quenching of fluorophores disposed within the devices. Related methods of manufacturing these devices and of using these devices are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BIONANO GENOMICS, INC.Inventors: Han Cao, Michael David Austin, Parikshit A. Deshpande, Mark Kunkel, Alexey Y. Sharonov, Michael Kochersperger
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Patent number: 10648622Abstract: Provided is a pipeline network diagnosing device in which: a pressure measurement value is stored upon being acquired by a pressure gauge; a pipeline network is divided into sub-networks at the installation positions of an air compressor, a terminal device, and a pressure gauge installed partway along a pipeline channel, after which a sub-network model is generated; the flow of air within a sharing sub-network configured from two sub-networks that share the pressure gauge is calculated and stored, the pressure measurement value at an end part of the sharing sub-network serving as a calculation criterion; the pressure measurement value and a pressure calculation value at a shared pressure measurement point are compared to each other, the shared pressure measurement point being a pressure measurement point shared by the two sub-networks within the sharing sub-network; an assessment is made for each of the sub-networks with regard to whether air has leaked or a device has clogged; and any sub-networks in which aType: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsurou Yashiki, Yaping Liu, Yukinori Katagiri, Hisanori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10641691Abstract: A thin film vessel useable in gravimetric methods for measuring the total dissolved solids or total solids in a liquid sample, or the moisture content of a solid sample. The vessel includes a main body formed of a thin walled polymeric material having a melting temperature greater than 180° C. The main body comprises an open top edge and a sealed bottom edge which define an inner cavity configured to hold a volume of liquid, and indicia applied to a portion of the main body, wherein the indicia include a tare weight of the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Environmental Express, Inc.Inventors: Edward Jino Kim, Joseph Martin Boyd, David Alan Smith
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Patent number: 10641750Abstract: This method allows for prediction of subsurface fluid properties (e.g., phase or API gravity) using gas chromatogram data of a small-volume extract. Small volume equates to microliter scale volume (or milligram scale weight) from a subsurface rock sample, where a fluid test may not be available for analysis. The method may also be applied to petroleum liquid samples where drilling fluid or other contaminants preclude accurate direct property measurement. Gas chromatographic data is calibrated to measured petroleum properties; preferably local oils from the same petroleum system, however, a general global calibration can also be used.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: Albert G. Holba, Russell L. Bone, Bradley J. Huizinga, James R. Vasquez, Sean M. Stokes
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Patent number: 10641692Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a degree of cure and a specific volume of a packaging material is provided, including: an upper load module configured for driving the rotation of an upper ball screw via an upper servo motor such that a force plate coupled to the upper ball screw moves downward and is thus positioned; a lower load module having a lower ball screw operating and moving via a lower servo motor such that a load joint group connected to the lower ball screw generates a corresponding displacement; an upper film cavity module connected to the upper load module; and a lower film cavity module disposed on the lower load module. The displacement of the load joint group enables a push rod to move upward. A heating pipe keeps constant the temperature of a subject to be measured in a cavity of the lower film cavity module.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: U-CAN DYNATEX INC.Inventor: Sheng-Jye Hwang
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Patent number: 10626776Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a particulate matter sensor positioned downstream of a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system. In one example, a particulate matter sensor may include a spherical assembly with an oblong chamber located therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Xiaogang Zhang
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Patent number: 10620091Abstract: A pressure simulator is disclosed. The pressure simulator may include a supply inlet, a venturi coupled to the supply inlet by a supply conduit, the venturi including a vacuum output, and a first simulator output coupled to the vacuum output by a vacuum conduit. The venturi is configured to receive a compressed gas from the supply inlet and to provide a vacuum to the first output via the vacuum conduit.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Mark A. Chamberlain
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Patent number: 10620078Abstract: A system and method for performing a diagnostic on a hydraulic system in a vehicle while the vehicle is at a standstill. The method includes, by means of an electronic processor, moving a plunger at a constant rate, determining a position of the plunger, receiving a pressure of the hydraulic system from a pressure sensor, comparing the determined position and the measured pressure to a position versus pressure graph, and sending a diagnostic to a diagnostic indicator.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Labiba Quaiyum, Qingyuan Li, Wenguang Zhou, Reimar Fuchs
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Patent number: 10605787Abstract: A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a liquid. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a surface of a liquid contained in a container and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Textures of liquids are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Ou Bai, Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Scott Fagan, Enrique Michel-Sanchez, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Scott G. Richardson, Chen C. Shao
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Patent number: 10605795Abstract: A method for measuring hydrogen concentration in a gas includes exposing a PdNi alloy thin-film gas sensor to the gas, alternately controlling the temperature of the PdNi alloy thin-film gas sensor between a first temperature for a first period of time and a second temperature for a second period of time while the PdNi alloy thin-film sensor is exposed to the gas, continuously monitoring the resistance of the PdNi alloy thin-film gas sensor during the first and second periods of time, and calculating the hydrogen concentration as a function of a transient in the resistance of the PdNi alloy thin-film sensor measured at a time that the temperature transitions between the first temperature and the second temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: H2Scan CorporationInventors: Vikas Lakhotia, An T. Nguyen Le, G. Jordan Maclay
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Patent number: 10598648Abstract: A non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an ultrasound excitation device, an acoustic capturing device, an ultrasound capturing device and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool and the ultrasound excitation tool direct energy towards a food snack placed on a surface and produce an acoustic signal and an ultrasound signal. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal and ultrasound signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Ou Bai, Wilfred Marcellien Bourg, Jr., Scott Fagan, Enrique Michel-Sanchez, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Scott G. Richardson, Chen C. Shao
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Patent number: 10578636Abstract: An electronic device for detecting an air flow includes at least one sensor having a pair of platelets, each platelet having an RTD and having one end fixed, the other end being free and overlapping the free end of the other platelet. A platelet is flexible so as to form a switch for an electrical circuit. An air flow with a speed higher than a predetermined speed makes the sensor go from a first state, corresponding to a closed switch, in which the free ends of the platelets are in contact, to a second state, corresponding to an open switch, in which said contact is broken. A detection module allows, for each sensor, a resistance of the electrical circuit to be measured, the resistance corresponding to the RTDs being connected in parallel when the switch is closed or to one of the RTDs when the switch is open.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventor: Pierre Charon
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Patent number: 10571437Abstract: Operational configuration and temperature compensation methods are provided for bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator devices suitable for operating with liquids. Temperature compensation methods dispense with a need for temperature sensing, instead utilizing a relationship between (i) change in frequency of a BAW resonator at a phase with adequate sensitivity and (ii) change in frequency of a phase that is correlated to temperature. Operational configuration methods include determination of an initial phase response of a BAW resonator in which temperature coefficient of frequency is zero, followed by comparison of sensitivity to a level of detection threshold for a phenomenon of interest.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: QORVO US, INC.Inventors: Rick Morton, Kevin McCarron
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Patent number: 10551271Abstract: Using a calibration sensor to calibrate an unstable sensor from a network of unstable sensors. Approaches for using a calibration sensor to calibrate the unstable sensor initially identify an unstable sensor in a geographic region to be calibrated by a calibration sensor using a model of environmental conditions for the geographic region, and then use the model to determine how to calibrate the unstable sensor using the calibration sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NextNav, LLCInventors: Michael Dormody, Thomas Wolf
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Patent number: 10539544Abstract: A testing device is capable of testing a NOx sensor in an environment that does not have dew point detection capability. The testing device includes a connector configured to be coupled to the NOx sensor, an output indicator, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to send an unverified dew point signal to the NOx sensor via the connector and receive a sensor signal from the NOx sensor via the connector. The unverified dew point signal includes an indication that a temperature of the environment is at or above the dew point. The sensor signal includes an indication of operation of the NOx sensor in the environment. The circuitry is further configured to determine a status of the NOx sensor based on the received sensor signal and indicate, via the output indicator, the status of the NOx sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: PACCAR IncInventors: John Bessman, Richard Jeffrey Currie, Michael Gerty, Nick Hertlein
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Patent number: 10538269Abstract: Technical solutions are described for estimating handwheel angle of a steering wheel of a vehicle based on road wheel rotational speed data. In one or more examples, the technical solutions are used when the vehicle does not have a sensor to measure the handwheel angle, or if the handwheel angle sensor is faulted and unable to provide data on the actual handwheel angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Carl D. Tarum, Matthew A. Tompkins