Patents Examined by E. To
  • Ventilation apparatus and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10792459
    Abstract: The present invention discloses ventilation apparatus, comprising a casing with a first vent and a second vent, a fixed spacer disposed within the casing, and a movable spacer in operative connection with a power mechanism. Also discloses herein are methods for ventilating a subject, by synchronously providing a positive pressure ventilation and a negative pressure ventilation using the ventilation apparatus described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
    Inventors: Pai-Chien Chou, Liu-Chieh Chou, Hui-Ju Yang
  • Method and apparatus for sending information
    Patent number: 10797924
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for sending information. The method includes determining uplink information and/or a reference signal to be sent; and sending the uplink information and/or the reference signal to a communication node via a first sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chunli Liang, Shuqiang Xia, Zhisong Zuo, Xianghui Han, Jing Shi
  • Apparatus and methods for transporting and conditioning panels containing phase change materials
    Patent number: 10793338
    Abstract: A rack for holding flat panels containing PCM while the flat panels are conditioned and a method of conditioning the flat panels. The rack includes a frame structure defining an interior through which a conditioning air flow is directed. The interior includes a plurality of vertically spaced shelves for supporting the flat panels in a vertically spaced apart arrangement. The shelves are configured to hold the flat panels with at least a majority of their upper and lower surfaces in contact with the conditioning air flow. A conditioning method includes arranging the flat panels in a spaced apart array in the rack to create air flow channels between adjacent surfaces of the flat panels. Air is circulated between and in contact with the flat panels at a first temperature sufficient to bring the temperature of the PCM in each flat panel at least closer to a required temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Fisher Clinical Services Inc.
    Inventors: Royce Russell Heap, Michael A. Buss, Richard A. Cardillo, II, Desmond Charlery, Minerva Galoiu, Gail R. Mello
  • Rotary manifold for a cohesion-type drive
    Patent number: 10794239
    Abstract: A rotary manifold for a rotor assembly of a cohesion-type drive includes a manifold body extending along a drive axis for rotation thereabout, a first ductwork internal the body for fluid communication with a plurality of first chambers of the drive, and a second ductwork internal the body for fluid communication with a plurality of second chambers of the drive. The second ductwork is in fluid isolation of the first ductwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MCGUIRE AERO PROPULSION SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Matthew McGuire
  • Subsurface safety valve with permanent lock open feature
    Patent number: 10794148
    Abstract: A well system includes a tubing string and a subsurface safety valve interconnected with the tubing string and including a housing that defines a central flow passageway and includes a flapper pivotable within the central flow passageway between closed and open positions. A flow tube is positioned within the central flow passageway and engageable with the flapper to move the flapper to the open position. An actuation piston is operatively coupled to the flow tube, a balance piston is operatively coupled to the flow tube, and a lock-open piston is engageable with an actuator sleeve operatively coupled to the flow tube. A lock-open tool is positionable within the central flow passageway to convey hydraulic pressure into a lock-open piston bore and thereby actuate the lock-open piston to an actuated position that moves the flow tube and permanently locks the flapper in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Jimmie Robert Williamson
  • Combined water cut and salinity meter
    Patent number: 10794847
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flow meter and method for measuring water cut and salinity of a multiphase mixture. The water-cut meter includes a conduit configured to receive the multiphase mixture, and a probe array configured to measure a cross-sectional area of the conduit. The probe array includes a plurality of coaxial probes connected in parallel. Optionally, the probe array is configured to operate at a single high frequency, for example, 1 to 3 GHz, to minimize conductivity loss relative to capacitance. The flow meter further includes a processor configured to transmit a signal to the probe array and to receive a reflected signal from the probe array using a single channel. The processor is further configured to calculate the water cut and the salinity of the multiphase mixture based on a single complex permittivity of the multiphase mixture calculated from the received reflected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael John Black, Mohamed N. Noui-Mehidi
  • System and method for performing power utility remote consumer energy auditing with the aid of a digital computer
    Patent number: 10797639
    Abstract: A system and method to analyze building performance without requiring an on-site energy audit or customer input is described. The analysis combines total customer energy load from a power utility with externally-supplied meteorological data to analyze each customer's building performance. Building thermal performance is characterized to produce a rich dataset that the power utility can use in planning and operation, including assessing on-going and forecasted power consumption, and for other purposes, such as providing customers with customized information to inform their energy investment decisions and identifying homes for targeted efficiency funding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: CLEAN POWER RESEARCH, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Hoff
  • Concrete cutter with depth setting and retention system
    Patent number: 10792836
    Abstract: A power saw includes a base plate, housing, and spring. The base plate is configured to move along a workpiece, and includes a pivot mount and a first retaining member defining an arcuate slot. The housing is configured to receive a cutting tool, includes a pivoting member and a second retaining member, and has a center-of-mass located between the pivot mount and first retaining member. The pivoting member is engaged with the pivot mount to pivotably mount the housing thereto. The second retaining member is received in the slot to guide a pivot of the housing. The spring is engaged between the base plate and housing, and is exerts a spring force acting against the weight of the housing such that a resultant force is sufficient to enable engagement of the cutting tool with the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Rybka, Patrick Sean Gallagher, Miroslav Vuckovic
  • Context dependent diagnostics test for guiding cancer treatment
    Patent number: 10793915
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides diagnostic methods that are relevant to various cancers and which comprise improvements on a BH3 profiling diagnostic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Eutropics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Elisha J. Dettman, Michael H. Cardone
  • Daylighting panel
    Patent number: 10794557
    Abstract: A daylighting panel for integration into a building or larger vehicle comprises a translucent facade element (800) containing a glass sheet and a light transport channel (801) for guiding light about horizontally into an interior of the building, the light transport channel comprising one opening attached to the interior side of said facade element and at least one opening towards the interior of the building equipped with a luminaire (807), characterised in that the inner walls including the rear end are covered by a reflecting layer (808).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cristobal Garrido Segura, Tobias Hintermann, Andre Kostro, Tatjana Vetter
  • Return pan for an agricultural combine
    Patent number: 10791677
    Abstract: A separating and cleaning mechanism for an agricultural combine may include: a return pan. The return pan includes a textured floor, two augers, and two motors coupled to the two augers, respectively, to selectively drive the motors in rotation independently. The textured floor may oscillate in a fore-and-aft direction to move grain toward the two augers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Corwin M. Puryk, Volker Fuchs, Anil Kumar Beeka
  • Centre seeking actuator
    Patent number: 10794407
    Abstract: A centre seeking actuator having an outer cylinder, a slave cylinder slidably disposed within the outer cylinder, and a rod assembly having a piston slidably disposed within the slave cylinder and a rod extending from the piston to a point outside the outer cylinder. One or more first dynamic seals are arranged to act on a side wall of the rod to inhibit working fluid leaking from the outer cylinder, and one or more second dynamic seals are arranged to act on a sidewall of the slave cylinder to inhibit working fluid leaking from the outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Landing Systems UK LTD
    Inventor: Yann Simonneaux
  • Golf club head having a stress reducing feature and shaft connection system socket
    Patent number: 10792542
    Abstract: A golf club incorporating a stress reducing feature having an aperture and a shaft connection system socket. The location and size of the stress reducing feature, aperture, and the shaft connection system socket, and their relationships to one another, selectively increase deflection of the face and provide stability of the shaft connection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC
    Inventors: Michael Scott Burnett, Alexander Theodore Berger, Justin Honea
  • Disinfectant dispenser for storing and delivering an agent for disinfecting surfaces and/or skin, disinfectant and method for publically signalling a disinfected state of persons
    Patent number: 10792387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disinfectant dispenser configured to store and dispense a surface and/or skin disinfectant, the disinfectant dispenser including a first storage container including a disinfectant; a second storage container (4) a including marking agent, wherein the marking agent is inactive in the second storage container; and a mixing section in which the marking agent is mixed with the disinfectant when the disinfectant dispenser is actuated, wherein the marking agent is provided in an inactive state after it is dispensed from the disinfectant dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Heyfair GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hellmundt, Alexander Döpel
  • Gaming apparatus and gaming method
    Patent number: 10796527
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus displays a history of results of a plurality of games on the display unit, displays a first screen image on the display unit before betting a game, displays on the display unit a second screen image for a progress of the game and a third screen image indicating a result of the game in response to receiving a bet order under a first screen image-displayed state, makes a time to shift a displayed image from the first screen image to the third screen image when a display order of the result of the game is received under a first screen image-displayed state shorter than that when a bet is made under a first screen image-displayed state, and updates the display of the history of the results on the display unit according to the result of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyano
  • Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for implementing a data protection policy for a transferred enterprise application
    Patent number: 10795856
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for logically remediating infrastructure resource components are disclosed. According to one example, the method includes capturing metadata specifying both a data protection policy applied to an enterprise application supported by a host computing system and a location of backup file data associated with the enterprise application and transferring the enterprise application and the metadata from the host computing system to a target computing system. The method further includes utilizing the metadata to reconstruct the data protection policy for the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system, wherein the metadata specifies a data protection solution for each of a plurality of resource components supporting the transferred enterprise application on the target computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Lawrence Smith, Michael Barcello
  • Methods and systems for an exhaust gas recirculation cooler
    Patent number: 10794336
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an EGR cooler having first and second coolant jackets fluidly coupled to first and second coolant systems, respectively. In one example, the first and second coolant jackets are hermetically sealed from one another. Furthermore, the second coolant jacket protrudes into a portion of an exhaust gas passage directly downstream of an exhaust aftertreatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Kuske, Hans Guenter Quix, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D897687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: World Wide Daily Holdings Company Limited
    Inventor: Chun Yuen To
  • Mower blade lock
    Patent number: D897801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Dwight Allen Thacker
  • Air filter
    Patent number: D898177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHENYUANXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinhao Guo