Patents Examined by E. To
  • Miter saw with enhanced adjustable miter angle
    Patent number: 10434587
    Abstract: A miter saw includes a base, a worktable pivotally mounted to the base, a fence mounted at the worktable, an operating handle connected to the worktable, and two opposing supporting units respectively mounted to two opposite sides of the base. Each supporting unit includes a fixed panel and a movable panel pivoted to the fixed panel and biasable between an extended position where the operating handle is stoppable by the fixed panel upon operation to rotate the worktable and a first included angle is defined between a cutting slot and a fence of the worktable and a received position where the operating handle is stoppable by the movable panel upon operation to rotate the worktable and a second included angle larger than the first included angle is defined between the cutting slot and the fence of the worktable. Thus, the miter saw achieves the effect of increasing the miter angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: REXON INDUSTRIAL CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Chiang Ku, Yung-Wen Chen, Tsung-Fa Wang
  • Firing rate setting mechanism of airsoft gun
    Patent number: 10436547
    Abstract: An electrically powered airsoft gun includes a rechargeable battery; an indicator; an air canister; a solenoid valve for opening or closing the air canister; an electronic circuit board electrically connected to the rechargeable battery and including a microswitch and a processor electrically connected to the indicator and the solenoid vale respectively; and a trigger for activating or deactivating the microswitch. Various firing rates or intervals can be set by pulling the trigger a number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Jui-Fu Tseng
  • Flow control valve
    Patent number: 10435987
    Abstract: A technique facilitates control over at least one flow control assembly position to control fluid with respect to a tubing string. The flow control assembly is disposed along the tubing string and comprises a flow control valve and a motor to control the operational position of the flow control valve. The flow control valve may comprise a plunger and a seal system to provide a seal between the plunger and a surrounding structure. Additionally, the flow control valve comprises a pressure balanced system. The pressure balanced system serves to balance pressure acting on the plunger such that the motor is able to move the plunger by simply overcoming friction of the seal system without overcoming a pressure differential otherwise acting on the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srinivas Poluchalla, Arun Arumugam
  • Elevator data communication arrangement
    Patent number: 10435271
    Abstract: Elevator safety and safety related information needs to be sent reliably to safety controlling systems. Existing elevator communication devices may be used for transmitting this information by processing the received safety and safety related information and processing it before sending it over the communication bus from the elevator car or floor equipment to the controlling devices. A separate communication unit may be used for receiving and processing safety and safety related data packets before they are transmitted over a common bus used for safety and safety non-critical submission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ari Kattainen, Antti Hovi
  • Method for managing a hybrid power train of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10439259
    Abstract: A method manages a power train of a motor vehicle including a heat engine and an electric motor electrically linked to a power battery. The method includes controlling a heating system for heating the power battery according to at least one measurement of a temperature representative of an operation of the heat engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Philippe Recouvreur, Caroline Marchal, Elise Jean, Irina Marincas
  • Method of fabricating fill factor enhancement for image sensor
    Patent number: 10438979
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes disposed in a semiconductor material and a plurality of isolation structures disposed between individual photodiodes in the plurality of photodiodes. The plurality of isolation structures electrically isolate individual photodiodes in the plurality of photodiodes. A plurality of transistors are disposed proximate to the plurality of photodiodes and include a reset transistor, an amplifier transistor, and a row select transistor. An active region and a gate electrode of at least one transistor in the plurality of transistors are vertically aligned with an isolation structure in the plurality of isolation structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ognjen Milic-Strkalj
  • Method for the biotechnological production of flavonoids
    Patent number: 10435673
    Abstract: A method is proposed for producing flavonoids, comprising the steps: (a) providing of a transgenic microorganism, containing (i) a first nucleic acid section (A), comprising or consisting of a gene coding for a CYP450 oxidase, (ii) a second nucleic acid section (B), comprising or consisting of a gene coding for a plant O-methyltransferase, and (b) adding of one or more flavanones to the transgenic microorganism, (c) the conversion of the substrate flavanones by the transgenic microorganism to the corresponding flavonoids, and optionally (d) isolating and purifying of the final products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SYMRISE AG
    Inventors: Ludger Wessjohann, Anne-Kathrin Bauer, Jakob Ley, Torsten Geissler, Katrin Geissler
  • Method for locating mobile magnetic objects presented before a network of magnetometers
    Patent number: 10436567
    Abstract: A method for locating mobile objects by identifying, on the basis of the objects before a network of magnetometers, a supplementary equation. The method includes connecting, by means of a relationship of equality, a first variable from a current system of equations to a term, the term being a predefined relationship between one or more other variables from the current system of equations or a constant numerical value. The method also includes replacing, in the current system of equations, the first variable with the term to which it is equal to obtain a new system of equations in which the number of variables for which the value needs to be estimated is smaller than in the current system of equations. The method further includes using the new system of equations instead in order to estimate the position/orientation/amplitude of a magnetic moment of one of the magnetic objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventor: Tristan Hautson
  • Gas sensor with humidity correction
    Patent number: 10436737
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for detecting analyte with correction for the effects of humidity. The device comprises a resonant sensor having an oscillating portion. A capacitor is positioned on the oscillating portion. The capacitor is formed by at least two electrodes and a sensing material positioned between the electrodes. A readout circuit is arranged to measure a response of the oscillating portion (e.g., frequency shift or change in resonance frequency, stiffness or strain) and a capacitance of the capacitor when substances are adsorbed or absorbed in the sensing material. This combination of measurements enables the device to distinguish between various types of adsorbed or absorbed molecules, especially distinguishing between an analyte of interest and water molecules that might interfere with the detection of the analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MATRIX SENSORS, INC.
    Inventors: Heinrich Sussner, Paul R Wilkinson, Steven Yamamoto, David K Britt
  • Bale storage system with damper assembly
    Patent number: 10433488
    Abstract: A bale collection system for use with a baler having an outlet through which a finished bale is ejected, the bale collection system including a holder coupled to the baler, the holder defining a support surface configured to support the finished bale, an operating barrier, and a holdback arm in operable communication with the holder and configured to 1) permit the finished bale to pass through the operating barrier in a first direction and 2) restrict movement of the finished bale through the operating barrier in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Austin J. Jones
  • System and method for removing a liner overlap at a multilateral junction
    Patent number: 10435992
    Abstract: A lateral junction liner system may include a liner sleeve proximate to a junction between a lateral bore and a main bore of a well. The liner sleeve may be movable between a first position and a second position. The liner sleeve may separate an upper section of the main bore from a lower section of the main bore while in the first position. The lateral junction liner may further include a liner positioned at least partially within the lateral bore and in contact with the liner sleeve. The lateral junction liner system may also include a lock mechanism attached to the liner sleeve that, when enabled, retains the liner sleeve in the first position and that, when disabled, enables selective displacement of the liner sleeve from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Carmody, Joseph Sheehan
  • Method and apparatus for speech behavior visualization and gamification
    Patent number: 10438611
    Abstract: The disclosed system and methods provide real-time information about how agents and customers sound as they are speaking, allowing a supervisor to continuously monitor how agents are doing. The system allows agents to visualize their own speech behavior performance during and after a conversation while viewing important comparative information about prior conversations, and gamifies conversations in real-time by providing visual comparison between the live conversations and various target metrics. The visualization in-turn enhances agent interactive skills such as active listening and mirroring, as well as decision-making skills based on observations of customer engagement and distress levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cogito Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Feast, Ali Azarbayejani, Skyler Place
  • Footswitch for a medical instrument
    Patent number: 10437277
    Abstract: A footswitch for a medical instrument, with a housing, and with an elastically deformable suction cup arranged in the housing, where a negative pressure is generated in the suction cup by means of an evacuation device in order to secure the housing to a floor surface. In order to create a footswitch which is suitable for a medical instrument and which, while having a simple design and being easy to handle, ensures that the footswitch is secured in a fixed position on a floor surface. The suction cup is elastically extensible via the evacuation device in order to generate the negative pressure by enlargement of the volume enclosed by the suction cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Emmerich
  • Knit bag
    Patent number: D862065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: COLE HAAN LLC
    Inventors: Jack Boys, Ann Bono, Anna Lu
  • Seat cushion
    Patent number: D862114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: CA Acquisitions, LLC
    Inventor: Lingere D. Goddard
  • Front trunk hood for vehicle
    Patent number: D862318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Franz Von Holzhausen, David Tadashi Imai, Randy Rodriguez
  • Front trunk for a vehicle
    Patent number: D862338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Franz Von Holzhausen, David Tadashi Imai, Wootak Kim
  • Wheel
    Patent number: D862355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Robert Battams
  • Drawer for refrigerator
    Patent number: D862531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonjun Lee, Hongsik Kwon, Sooyeon Kim, Suhyeon Son
  • Storage device including flash memory and capable of predicting storage device performance based on performance parameters
    Patent number: RE47638
    Abstract: A storage device includes a semiconductor memory storing data. A controller instructs to write data to the semiconductor memory in accordance with a request the controller receives. A register holds performance class information showing one performance class required to allow the storage device to demonstrate best performance which the storage device supports, of performance classes specified in accordance with performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihisa Fujimoto