Patents Examined by Daniel S. Larkin
  • Patent number: 12038419
    Abstract: In order to obtain analysis conditions, there is provided a liquid chromatography data processing device which generates, based on data regarding analysis conditions of a chromatography device and data on separation performance, display data that displays a graph showing correspondence of data regarding analysis conditions of the chromatography device and separation performance, generating a first group of biaxial data regarding the above analysis conditions, second group of biaxial data obtained by calculation comprising multiplication and/or division of two data of the first group of biaxial data, and display data according to a graph showing correspondence of the data regarding separation performance, wherein at least each axis of the first group of biaxial data and the second group of biaxial data is represented as a logarithmic axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Ito, Katsutoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12038421
    Abstract: A method for determining a grade of black tea by HPLC detection belongs to the field of tea grade determination. The specific steps are as follows: adding known black tea powder samples of different grades into boiling water of 95-100° ° C. for extraction, and filtering with a filter membrane with a pore size in a range of 0.20-0.25 um to obtain black tea sample liquid; measuring contents of ten components by peak area normalization method; standardizing data of the contents of the ten components in a black tea sample solution; carrying out unsupervised principal component analysis; carrying out supervised partial least squares discriminant analysis; carrying out hierarchical clustering analysis on the basis of partial least squares discriminant analysis, and finally establishing a tea grade discrimination model based on HPLC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Anhui Agricultural University
    Inventors: Huimei Cai, Mengying Shuai, Xiaochun Wan, Daxiang Li, Chuanyi Peng
  • Patent number: 12038424
    Abstract: A gas sensor includes an electrically conductive membrane that bends with an applied surface stress, a fixing member disposed outside the membrane, a coupling portion that couples together the membrane and the fixing member, a flexible resistor whose resistance value changes in accordance with a deflection that occurs in the coupling portion, a conductive support substrate connected to the fixing member and disposed with a gap between the membrane and the coupling portion, a receptor which is formed on an area including the center of a surface on one side of the membrane which is opposite to the other side facing the support substrate, and deforms in accordance with a substance adsorbed, a first terminal capable of applying a first potential to the membrane, a second terminal capable of applying a second potential to the support substrate, and an insulating portion electrically insulating the fixing member from the support substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiki Hirashima, Hidenori Mochizuki, Takanori Murakami
  • Patent number: 12033536
    Abstract: A tangle free flag or banner that includes an anti-furling ballast system. The system is segmented and flexible, stitched into and sewn through the fly hem, featuring a compact design with ballast material packets of predetermined size and weight. Stitching and heat seals create a weighted-keel effect that balances expected flag-flying properties with anti-furling forces that prevent a flag from being tangled around a flagpole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen Moor
  • Patent number: 12019088
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a detection apparatus includes an inclination sensor arranged to be capable of inclining according to an outer shape of a specimen container, the inclination sensor configured to detect inclination information, and an information processor configured to detect posture information of the specimen container based on the inclination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AOI SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki Itoh
  • Patent number: 12019002
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a set of spiked matrix standards comprising: one or more carriers, each carrier comprising: (a) a reference standard analyte in an amount that is different in each carrier; and (b) a blank matrix that is in admixture or in contact with the reference standard analyte. Methods for preparing and quantitating an analyte in a test sample comprises (a) providing one or more test samples to be tested for the presence of the analyte (b) providing a set of spiked matrix standards; (c) processing the standards and test samples and (d) quantitating the amount of analyte in each of the standards and test samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PinPoint Testing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory William Endres, Jeffery H. Moran
  • Patent number: 12007169
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for extracting water from a condenser to the outside for water quality analysis. The apparatus includes an insertion pipe inserted into a condenser, a screw thrust portion including a rotating shaft inserted into the insertion pipe, a screw coupled to one end of the rotating shaft, and a screw thrust portion comprising a power providing portion configured to transmit power to the rotating shaft, and an exhaust pipe provided in the insertion pipe to introduce the water to flow to the outside of the condenser when the water contained in the condenser flows toward a rear side of the screw according to a rotation of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Chang Sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 12007379
    Abstract: A fuel testing data acquisition system calibrator, signal simulator, and pickup complementary apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: OMNI IP LLC
    Inventor: Chad Alan Michaelis
  • Patent number: 12000820
    Abstract: A multifunctional and modular geotechnical testing device for testing a soil sample is provided. The testing device includes a testing cell, a plurality of needle probes, and a plurality of lateral pressure-measuring sensors. The testing cell has an oedometer ring for accommodating the soil sample, with a plurality of holes located on and angularly distributed over an internal lateral surface of the oedometer ring forming a plurality of channels to access the soil sample from outside. The plurality of needle probes, each configured to house a pore water pressure-measuring sensor, is detachably mountable to the plurality of channels from outside for simultaneously measuring the pore water pressures. The plurality of lateral pressure-measuring sensors is removably attachable to an inner peripheral side of the testing cell for measuring lateral pressures of the soil sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun Kang Chow, Yu Hsing Wang
  • Patent number: 11998892
    Abstract: A method of forming a stationary phase of a capillary column for gas chromatography includes in situ growth of a metal-organic framework on an inner surface of the capillary column. The capillary column may include fused silica on an inner surface thereof and can be treated to provide functional groups capable of forming covalent bonds with a difunctional organic linker of the metal-organic framework. Epitaxial growth of the metal organic framework can occur directly on the inner surface of the capillary tube to a desired uniform thickness, controllable by concentration of metal organic framework precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ahmed Yacine Badjah Hadj Ahmed, Khadejah Dhafer Yahya Otaif, Zeid Abdullah Alothman, Khalid Mohammed Nasser Alotaibi
  • Patent number: 11991956
    Abstract: A baler includes a near-infrared testing system configured to receive near-infrared radiation reflected by plant material in a bale and to analyze the near-infrared radiation and generate evaluation data reflecting one or more properties of the plant material. The near-infrared testing system is calibrated using a calibration sample at a calibration temperature. A temperature sensor measures a sample temperature of a crop sample of the plant material and a temperature alteration mechanism adjusts the sample temperature of the crop sample so that the sample temperature matches the calibration temperature of the calibration sample before the near-infrared testing system receives the near-infrared radiation reflected by the plant material. A computer receives and combine the evaluation data of the plant material to produce overall evaluation data reflecting one or more overall properties for the at least one bale of the plurality of bales, and assign the overall evaluation data to the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin J. Hamilton, Patrick Kendrick
  • Patent number: 11994435
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive sensor is capable of measuring pressure distribution over a wide range, measuring pressure consistently in a state of surface contact, and enhancing pressure measurement accuracy in each area of intersection. A pressure-sensitive sensor includes a conductive cloth having a mixture of conductive carbon black and a binder resin applied thereto, a first-electrode cloth disposed on a first-surface of the conductive cloth, and a second-electrode cloth disposed on a second-surface of the conductive cloth, wherein areas of intersection between the first-electrode cloth and second-electrode cloth are formed so as to have a matrix structure, courses or wales of the first-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to courses or wales of the conductive cloth, and courses or wales of the second-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to the courses or wales of the conductive cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiro Koga
  • Patent number: 11988582
    Abstract: A cryogenic liquid sampling system including a chamber having affixed therein a sample pump to pull a cryogenic liquid sample from an external source and an enclosure. The enclosure includes a supply port to receive an input stream of a gas, an input port connected to the chamber via a vacuum line, a sample pump port connected to the chamber via a pump line and configured to feed therethrough gas received at the supply port to the sample pump, a vacuum device connected to the input port and configured to generate a vacuum within the chamber by pulling air from the vacuum line, and processing circuitry to control the vacuum device and the sample pump to perform transfer of a cryogenic liquid sample from the external source to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Thompson, Kevin Warner, Timothy L Querrey
  • Patent number: 11988543
    Abstract: An abnormality detection method is performed in a gas supply system including a flow rate control device having a restriction part, a control valve, a flow rate control pressure sensor for measuring upstream pressure, and a control circuit. The inflow pressure sensor measures the supply pressure. An upstream on/off valve is provided upstream of the inflow pressure sensor. The method includes closing the upstream on/off valve when the gas flows at a controlled flow rate at the downstream of the restriction part by controlling an opening degree of the control valve based on the output of the flow rate control pressure sensor; measuring a drop in supply pressure on the upstream side of the control valve after closing the upstream on/off valve while keeping the control valve open; and detecting the presence or absence of abnormality in the flow rate control device based on the measured supply pressure drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Atsushi Hidaka, Masaaki Nagase, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kaoru Hirata
  • Patent number: 11988655
    Abstract: A combined platform for testing fireproof materials for cables includes a main frame for providing operating space; an air circulation system including a fresh air supply unit for supplying fresh air into the operating space and an exhaust gas treatment unit for treating the gas in the operating space under set conditions; an open flame system for providing an open flame for testing cables; a water circulation system for supplying water at least to the exhaust gas treatment unit and the operating space; and a control system for collecting at least the temperature and gas concentration in the operating space, and performing process control based on the collected results. The actual working conditions of scenarios such as fire-resistant cable tunnels and fire-resistant cable trenches can be simulated, and multiple tests such as combustion performance test and physical and chemical performance test can be carried out under various working conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: STATE GRID JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chenying Li, Jie Chen, Xiao Tan, Yijun Fei, Wei Zhang, Jingying Cao, Yang Liu, Qiang Wu, Jinggang Yang, Qiang Huang, Rong Sun, Jian Liu, Hongze Li, Liguo Liu
  • Patent number: 11982497
    Abstract: A system for heat exchange and leak detection is generally provided, the system including a heat exchanger including a first wall defining a first passage containing a first fluid. A leak detection enclosure containing a leak detection medium is defined between the first wall and a second wall surrounding the first wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Nicholas Taylor Moore, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, William Dwight Gerstler
  • Patent number: 11982609
    Abstract: A method for determining lower radius limit of movable throat of shale is provided, and it includes: performing a low-temperature nitrogen adsorption test on a target shale to obtain first pore radii; performing a high-pressure mercury injection test on the target shale to obtain second pore radii; performing a nuclear magnetic resonance test on the target shale to obtain third pore radii; obtaining a relationship diagram of distribution frequencies and pore radii according to three pore radii; distinguishing, according to the pore radii, relationship diagram data, and performing normalization processing to determining a relationship curve of normalized frequency data and the pore radii; and determining a lower radius limit of movable throat of shale according to relationship curve. A problem of describing characteristics of shale occurrence space with complex pore structures and strong heterogeneity is solved, the method is suitable for determining lower radius limit of movable throat of shale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Yu Xiong, LingHong Wang, MeiHua Chen, TingTing Lei, MeiJuan Guo, HaiTao Hong, XiuQing Li, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11976026
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for quantitatively determining the amount of the amphetamine-related compound identified herein as amphetamine carbamate (amphetammonium-amphetacarbamate) present in a drug-containing polymer matrix comprising amphetamine, and for assessing a drug-containing polymer matrix comprising amphetamine. The methods may comprise converting any amphetacarbamate present into reaction products comprising carbonate, quantifying the amount of carbonate, and quantifying the amphetacarbamate originally present from the quantified amount of carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Deboprosad Mondal
  • Patent number: 11977066
    Abstract: A combustion analyzer system includes an analyzer unit, a primary analysis probe and one or more remote probes. The analyzer unit includes a condensation removal unit and two or more electrochemical sensors to detect at least oxygen and carbon monoxide. The analyzer unit also includes a means for sealing or isolating the electrochemical sensor inputs to prevent oxidation of the reactive elements when the unit is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Fieldpiece Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Tinggui Hong
  • Patent number: 11971397
    Abstract: A gas sensing device includes one or more chemo-resistive gas sensors; one or more heat sources, wherein the gas sensors are heated according to one or more first temperature profiles during the recovery phases and according to one or more second temperature profiles during the sense phases; a preprocessing processor for generating preprocessed signal samples; a feature extraction processor for extracting one or more feature values from the received preprocessed signal samples; and a gas concentration processor for creating a sensing result, wherein the gas concentration processor includes a classification processor for outputting a class decision value, wherein the classification processor is configured for outputting a confidence value, wherein the classification processor includes a first trained model based algorithm processor, wherein the gas concentration processor comprises a quantification processor for creating an estimation value, and wherein the quantification processor comprises a second trained m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Cecilia Carbonelli, Manuel Carro Dominguez, Andrea Heinz, Sebastian Schober, Jianyu Zhao