Patents Examined by Jennifer Bahls
  • Patent number: 11370229
    Abstract: An automatic transaction machine (ATM) prints on both sides of a document having a first side and a second side. A printer rotates about a printer axis allowing the printer to move between a first positon and a second position. A transport moves a document adjacent the printer in the first position. While in the first position the printer is configured to print on a first side of the document as the document passes the printer on the transport. A document spool with a spool axis receives the document from the transport and at least partially rotates the document so the first side of the document is facing toward the spool axis. The printer rotates about the printer axis to the second position to print on the second side of the document that is facing outward away from the spool axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael J. Harty, Aaron C. Graham, Sathish M. Irudayam
  • Patent number: 11359745
    Abstract: A CNG leak detection system has a plurality of CNG tanks. A plurality of control valve mechanisms, equal in number to the plurality of CNG tanks, is coupled with each CNG tank. A sensor is coupled with each control valve mechanism. The sensor monitors the CNG in the tank. A processor is electrically coupled with the sensor. A display is coupled with the processor to display the sensed condition of at least one desired tank of the plurality of tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Heil Co.
    Inventors: Nitesh Shroff, Brian H. Ham, Stanley Maroney
  • Patent number: 11360423
    Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus installed in an image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first guide member provided to a rear cover and configured to guide a sheet along a conveying path, a second guide member provided to the rear cover and configured to be movable between a first position where the sheet is guided to a nip of intermediate discharging rollers and a second position farther from the nip in a sheet conveying direction than the first position, and a movement mechanism configured to move the second member. When the rear cover is moved from a closed position toward an opened position, the movement mechanism moves the second guide member from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeyuki Takagi, Shota Shinoya
  • Patent number: 11351808
    Abstract: A recording medium post-processing device includes a binding unit and a hole forming unit. The binding unit performs a binding process on a recording medium bundle. The hole forming unit performs a hole forming process in a region of recording media that constitute the recording medium bundle including a part of a binding region in which the binding process is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hidenori Tanaka, Hiroki Oka, Ayumi Ikegaya, Keiichi Asajima, Yuzo Fujita, Ryusuke Yamanashi
  • Patent number: 11353817
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a buffering portion having a reverse conveyance roller pair and an intermediate roller pair, with the reverse conveyance roller pair reversing a conveyance direction of a sheet received from a first conveyance path and delivering the reversed sheet into a second conveyance path and being configured to come into contact with and be separated from each other. The intermediate roller pair is disposed in the second conveyance path and disposed upstream of a conveyance roller pair in a sheet conveyance direction, and the reverse conveyance roller pair is caused to nip a first sheet and a second sheet by causing the reverse conveyance roller pair to abut each other after receiving the second sheet by the reverse conveyance roller pair from the first conveyance path in a state in which the intermediate roller pair nips the first sheet reversed by the reverse conveyance roller pair and the reverse conveyance roller pair is separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Agata, Hiroharu Tsuji, Masayoshi Fukatsu
  • Patent number: 11346815
    Abstract: A system includes one or more tools, sensors, or both configured to obtain data related to the one or more pipelines, wherein the data is ultrasonic data, electromagnetic data, or both, and a cloud-based computing system including at least one processor that receives the data from the one or more tools, sensors, or both, performs analysis to generate a virtual structural model of the one or more pipelines based on the data, determines one or more states of the one or more pipelines using the virtual structural model and determines whether to take one or more actions when the one or more states indicate that the one or more pipelines violate a threshold operation boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Earle Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11340549
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a retransport assembly, and a controller. The retransport assembly includes a first transport roller pair, a second transport roller pair, and a skew roller pair configured to alone transport, in a skewed manner, a sheet spaced from the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair, and a reference wall. The controller controls the retransport assembly and executes a waiting operation to cause the sheet to wait at the retransport assembly. The controller is configured to execute the waiting operation by stopping the skew roller pair and one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair in a state in which the sheet is nipped by the skew roller pair and the one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenta Tosuji, Yuichiro Ichinose, Masafumi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11338602
    Abstract: A handle assembly adapted to be mounted on a driving member of a stamp has a knob body and an extending portion. The knob body has a bowl-shaped head, a central post, and a fixing seat. The extending portion has a ball joint, a collar, and a fixing plate. The ball joint is engaged with and encloses the bowl-shaped head, the collar surrounds the central post, and the fixing plate is mounted in a slot of the fixing seat. The extending handle is mounted on a top of the knob body firmly by the engagement between the ball joint and the bowl-shaped head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SUN SAME ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Jer Shih
  • Patent number: 11332391
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for removing a volatile component from a liquid solution for a chromatographic separation are described. The method includes the flowing of a liquid solution through a first chamber of the device. A volatile component in the liquid solution is transported across a first ion exchange barrier from the first chamber to a second chamber. The first ion exchange barrier has a first charge. The second chamber includes an ion exchange packing having a second charge that is an opposite polarity to the first charge. The volatile component reacts with the ion exchange packing to create a charged component in the second chamber. The charged component having a third charge that is a same polarity to the first charge. The ion exchange packing is regenerated by electrolytically generating a hydronium or a hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: DIONEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kannan Srinivasan, Sheetal Bhardwaj
  • Patent number: 11320334
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a method of inspecting a component of a gas turbine engine. The method includes performing a through-hole inspection, and determining a location of the plurality of holes from results of the through-hole inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: James M. Koonankeil
  • Patent number: 11312188
    Abstract: A tire deterioration state prediction method for predicting, by a computer, the deterioration state of a tire using a tire model configured from multiple elements comprises an information acquisition step for acquiring information relating to a use environment, which includes the pressure history and the temperature history in an air chamber during tire use, and the history of load acting on the tire, and information relating to the tire characteristics, including the material characteristics of members configuring the tire; a temperature history calculation step for calculating, for each element, the temperature history of the tire on the basis of the information acquired in the information acquisition step; an oxygen concentration history calculation step for calculating, for each element, the oxygen concentration history on the basis of the information and the temperature history of each element; and a tire deterioration state evaluation step for evaluating the deterioration state of the tire on the basis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Tamura, Keiichi Sakai, Shinichiro Yamazaki, Seita Komori
  • Patent number: 11312166
    Abstract: Printed matter having a continuous color pattern, such as a high-definition fine printed design pattern. The printed matter has a printed portion on a surface of a printing substrate. The printed portion is formed of an ink and visually recognized as a continuous color pattern. Further, the printed portion is constituted of a combination of a plurality of lines each being formed of an ink and having a line width of 100 ?m or less. Of the plurality of lines, two adjacent lines have a spacing there between which is 50 times or less the line width of the line that is the narrower one of the two lines defining the spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Reiko Ueda
  • Patent number: 11307135
    Abstract: A resilient bearing pad or support includes resilient material and a sensor that is configured to measure one or more of acceleration, velocity, variations in load, etc. of a mass supported by the bearing pad. The sensor may be configured to wirelessly transmit data for storage and/or evaluation. The data may be evaluated utilizing predefined criteria to detect and/or predict failure of the pad and/or a mass supported by the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Fabreeka International Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Luis De Jesus
  • Patent number: 11299365
    Abstract: An paddle apparatus for a finisher includes a rotatable shaft and a paddle coupled to the rotatable shaft. The paddle is rotatable in a forward direction to compile a recording medium toward an end of a register tray of the finisher, and is rotatable in a reverse direction to apply a downward force to the compiled recording medium. An amount that the paddle is rotated in the reverse direction can be varied based on a height of the compiled recording medium in the register tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Rohman, Matthew Raisanen, Sundae Kim
  • Patent number: 11294317
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: an apparatus main body; an openable and closable member provided on the apparatus main body; an image reading portion configured to read an image of an original, the image reading portion being supported on the apparatus main body and being movable to a first position and to a second position; and a stopper member configured to move in conjunction with a movement of the image reading portion, wherein when the image reading portion is moved to the first position, the stopper member is moved to a restricting position for restricting the openable and closable member from moving from a closed position to an open position, and wherein when the image reading portion is moved to the second position, the stopper member is moved to an allowing position for allowing the openable and closable member to move from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shogo Miyakawa, Masaaki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11279152
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including a printing apparatus main body, a cutter unit attached to the printing apparatus main body, a fixed blade, a movable blade configured to mesh with the fixed blade to cut a printing medium, and a pickup sensor configured to detect a printing medium. The cutter unit incorporates the movable blade and the pickup sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Tokuda, Takashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 11275335
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a transport path to guide a sheet transported in a predetermined transport direction, a rotating body pair capable of transporting the sheet in a first direction for nipping the sheet transported to the transport path thereby drawing the sheet to perform folding processing, and in a second direction for switching back the sheet to return to one direction side in the transport direction, a press member for pressing the sheet folded by the rotating body pair in the second direction, and a support portion for supporting the press member, where the support portion is disposed on the side opposite to the rotating body pair with the transport path therebetween and on the other direction side opposite to the one direction side in the transport direction with a nip line for connecting between the nip portion and a front end portion of the folding blade therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventor: Takuya Katayama
  • Patent number: 11262272
    Abstract: One embodiment can provide a system for estimating useful life of a load-bearing structure. During operation, the system can perform a degradation measurement on the structure to obtain degradation data for a predetermined time interval, apply a constraint convex regression model to the degradation data, estimate a total useful life (TUL) of the structure based on outputs of the constraint convex regression model, and predicting a remaining useful life (RUL) based on the TUL and a current time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventor: Deokwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11261047
    Abstract: A system has: a transport chain, which is roof-shaped in an upper region, along which printed products are transportable astride, collectable, and optionally stitchable in an intermediate stitching station; and a stop, which is adjustable in accordance with a format of a printed product of the printed products being delivered, is arranged in a transport direction of the printed products, and is positioned after the intermediate stitching station along the transport chain, the stop corresponding to a location of delivery of the printed product from the transport chain. A cyclic transfer of the printed product during the delivery takes place via a delivery system, the delivery system having in an infeed region a printed product transporter configured to transfer the printed product being delivered, the printed product transporter having pivot arms, the pivot arms being controllable according to a measured thickness of the printed product being delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Lukas Leuenberger
  • Patent number: 11254536
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a swingable member feeding portion, a sheet stacking portion including a stacking tray and a sheet feeding passage and movable between a first position where a sheet feed from the feeding portion is feedable to the sheet feeding passage and a second position away from the first position, and a movable member movable to a space, between the feeding portion and the stacking portion, generating with movement of the stacking portion from the first position to the second position in interrelation with the movement of the stacking portion from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Noda, Kenichirou Isobe, Kenji Ninomiya