Patents Examined by Jermaine L Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11175200
    Abstract: A rotating body load measuring device according to the present invention includes: a first support section which supports one end portion of a shaft body, which protrudes from one end face of a rotating body, so as to be immovable in a first direction and a second direction along a central axis; a second support section which supports the other end portion of the shaft body, which protrudes from the other end face of the rotating body, so as to be immovable in the first direction and movable in the second direction; and a measuring part capable of measuring a force acting in the first direction on at least one of the first support section and the second support section from the shaft body and capable of measuring a force acting in the second direction on the first support section from the shaft body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Tsumura, Jiro Agawa, Tatsuya Ueda, Makoto Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11169042
    Abstract: A pressure measurement device (1) comprising a housing (20) extending around an electronic card (30) provided with a pressure sensor (40); the housing (20) co-operating with a first face (31) of the electronic card (30) to define a first sealed volume (3); the housing (20) also co-operating with a second face (32) of the electronic card (30) that is opposite from the first face (31) to define a second sealed volume (4); the housing (20) including at least one first channel (24) putting the medium (5) outside the housing (20) into fluid flow communication with the first sealed volume (3); the electronic card (30) including at least one second channel (33) putting the first volume (3) into fluid flow communication with the second volume (4); and the connection between the housing (20) and the electronic card (30) being arranged to allow relative movement between the housing (20) and the electronic card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE, COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, SAFRAN, SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Riou, Eric Bailly
  • Patent number: 11167604
    Abstract: A method for estimating the severity of conditions of use of a tire installed on a vehicle comprises the following steps: a step of measuring the speed of the vehicle and the load of the vehicle, a step of evaluating, as a function of the measurements performed, the power of the internal heat dissipations of the tyres, and a step of determining, as a function of this power, the internal temperature of the tyre, a step of recording the number of wheel revolutions performed and/or the time spent in conditions of use corresponding to a given temperature interval. There is also a system that makes it possible to implement said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventor: Serge Delacroix
  • Patent number: 11169173
    Abstract: A system includes a laser air data sensor and an acoustic air data sensor. The laser air data sensor is configured to emit directional light into airflow about an aircraft exterior and to generate first air data parameter outputs for the aircraft based on returns of the emitted directional light. The acoustic air data sensor is configured to emit acoustic signals into the airflow about the aircraft exterior, sense the acoustic signals, and generate second air data parameter outputs for the aircraft based on the sensed acoustic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Sly, Mark Sherwood Miller
  • Patent number: 11169034
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a concrete material comprising between 0.5% and 10% ferromagnetic fibres. Also disclosed herein is a method for measuring the strain state of a concrete material, the method comprising forming solid concrete containing between 0.5% and 10% ferromagnetic fibres in a random distribution throughout the concrete, applying an oscillating EM current to the concrete, and detecting the associated EM fields within the concrete. Also disclosed herein is the use of an oscillating EM current field to measure the strain state within a concrete material comprising between 0.5% and 10% ferromagnetic fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lateral Logic Limited
    Inventor: Robin Young
  • Patent number: 11162872
    Abstract: A device for evaluating tire rolling resistance, the device includes: load rolls having surfaces that simulate a road surface on which a tire is to travel; a moving mechanism; a load sensor; a position sensor; a phase difference calculation unit; and a rolling resistance evaluation unit. The load rolls are two or more load rolls disposed side by side and are smaller in diameter than the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Okada
  • Patent number: 11162863
    Abstract: A pressure sensing system and method for an engine of an aircraft include a transceiver assembly coupled to a portion of the engine, and a pressure sensor assembly coupled to a fan blade of the engine. The transceiver assembly is configured to transmit a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency that differs from the first frequency. The pressure sensor assembly is configured to receive the first signal and the second signal and transmit a third signal at a third frequency that is a difference between the first frequency of the first signal and the second frequency of the second signal. The transceiver assembly is configured to receive the third signal at the third frequency. A pressure in relation to the engine is determined based on the third signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John E. Rogers, David K. Mefford
  • Patent number: 11162828
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a sensor probe and a circuit housing. The sensor probe is insertable through an opening provided in a flow path wall of a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows and is used in a predetermined orientation relative to the flow direction of the fluid to be measured. The circuit housing includes a display, disposed outside of the flow path, and connects to the sensor probe. The circuit housing is fixable at a plurality of rotation positions relative to the sensor probe about an axis along the insertion direction of the sensor probe. The measurement apparatus allows the display direction of the display to be selected regardless of the orientation of the sensor probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Kawashima, Toshiki Miyasaka, Junichi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11156520
    Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a first substrate, an electrode provided on the first substrate, a diaphragm made of semiconductor material, a second substrate fixed to the first substrate, a dielectric film provided on the diaphragm, and a wall provided between the dielectric film and the electrode. The second substrate supports the diaphragm such that the diaphragm has an opposing surface facing the electrode across a space. The dielectric film is provided on the opposing surface of the diaphragm. The dielectric film has a surface facing the electrode across the space. The wall includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The first protrusion protrudes toward the electrode from the surface of the dielectric film. The second protrusion protrudes toward the electrode from the first protrusion, and contacts the electrode. The second protrusion is made of material which is different from material of the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanori Siroisi, Jun Ogihara, Naoki Ushiyama
  • Patent number: 11150155
    Abstract: A pressure sensing device is configured for measuring water pressure in a soil medium, and includes a sensor housing and a pressure sensor. The sensor housing is adapted with a sensor cavity delimited by an enveloping surface. The sensor housing is provided with a selective passage for water between an outer surface of the sensor housing and the sensor cavity. The pressure sensor is arranged within the sensor cavity for measurement of a water pressure within the sensor cavity. The pressure sensing device includes an antimicrobial substance for preventing microbial gas production in the sensor cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUGRO N.V.
    Inventors: Arend Daniƫl Pool, Franciscus Antonius Nicolaas Hogervorst
  • Patent number: 11150073
    Abstract: A strain gauge for measuring force and strain is provided that has reduced susceptibility to interfering electromagnetic fields. The strain gage includes a first insulation layer, which has a top side, a resistance element, which is arranged on the top side of the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, which is arranged on the resistance element and which is joined to the first insulation layer at least in some sections, and an electrically conductive layer, which is arranged on the second insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alexander Hofmann
  • Patent number: 11143570
    Abstract: A system for leak testing an envelope for a tire assembly can include a rim, an envelope sized to accommodate a green tire assembly and secured to the rim, a vacuum system in fluid communication with the envelope, and a controller. The controller can be configured to pressurize the envelope to a predetermined pressure, compare a slope of pressure over time to a predetermined value, and enable proceeding with a depressurization of the envelope responsive to determining the slope of the pressure over time being more than or equal to the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew J. Abraham, Seth D. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11137295
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a supporter, a film portion, a first element, and a first magnetic portion. The supporter includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The film portion includes a first partial region supported by the first support portion. The first element is provided at the first partial region. The first element includes a first electrode region, a first opposing electrode region, and a first magnetic layer provided between the first electrode region and the first opposing electrode region. A direction from the second support portion toward the first magnetic portion is aligned with a first direction. The first direction is from the first opposing electrode region toward the first electrode region. At least a portion of the first magnetic portion overlaps at least a portion of the first element in a direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shotaro Baba, Yoshihiko Fuji, Kazuaki Okamoto, Shiori Kaji, Tomohiko Nagata, Yoshihiro Higashi, Akiko Yuzawa, Michiko Hara
  • Patent number: 11131599
    Abstract: A sensing mechanism of a two-dimensional airfoil model, which includes pressure sensor groups, multiple first tubes, the second tube, and a cavity. The pressure sensor groups are vertically fixed to mounting holes in the surface of the two-dimensional airfoil model. The pressure measurement surface of each pressure sensor is vertical to the surface of the two-dimensional airfoil model. Multiple mounting holes are opened in and vertical to the surface of the two-dimensional airfoil model. The cavity is fixed to the interior of the two-dimensional airfoil model. The reference pressure end of each pressure sensor is connected to the cavity through the first tube, the multiple pressure sensors of the pressure sensor groups are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple first tubes. The cavity is connected with the first end of the second tube. The second end of the second tube is located in the air outside the two-dimensional airfoil model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Inventors: Weihong Kong, Mingzhi Liu, Pan Li, Yongjie Shi, Renliang Chen
  • Patent number: 11131594
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a diaphragm made of metal and configured to separate a pressure chamber from a liquid seal chamber, a housing made of metal and disposed around the liquid seal chamber, a pressure detection element disposed in the liquid seal chamber in a liquid . . . sealable manner to detect the pressure of the fluid, and a potential adjustment member disposed between the pressure detection element and each of the diaphragm and the housing and being conductive, the potential adjustment member being connected to a zero potential terminal of the pressure detection element, wherein a distance between the potential adjustment member and each of the diaphragm and the housing is larger than a predetermined insulating distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuya Takimoto, Kazunori Hirai, Kazushige Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11125652
    Abstract: A test method of accurately evaluating wear resistance performance of a rubber material when used as a tread rubber of a tire, comprises the steps of: preparing a test piece of the rubber material having a ground contact surface extending in a circumferential direction; abrading the ground contact surface by rolling the test piece on a running surface of a wear testing machine at a slip ratio of not more than 3.5%; and evaluating the wear resistance performance of the test piece by comparing the amount of wear of the test piece with a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakano, Toshio Tada
  • Patent number: 11117428
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a tire pressure sensor structure includes a housing, a tire pressure sensor, a valve connector and a molding body. The housing is with an opening and has a receiving portion and an assembly portion. The receiving portion is located on the inner surface of the housing, and the assembly portion is located between the receiving portion and the opening. The tire pressure sensor is placed into the receiving portion. The valve connector includes a base and a connecting port. The base fixes with the assembly portion for limiting the tire pressure sensor. The connecting port protrudes from the base to connect a valve of a tire. The molding body is formed on the surface of the base and adjacent to the connecting port to close the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Sheng-Ji Jheng
  • Patent number: 11112324
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes: a housing having a tubular shape, and including a front end including an opening; a diaphragm that is disposed to close the opening, and is structured to deform depending on a pressure exerted on a front side of the diaphragm, and includes a hole extending rearwardly from a front end face of the diaphragm; a sensor element structured to output a signal varying depending on an amount of the deformation of the diaphragm; and a heat receiver including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed in the hole of the diaphragm, and is joined with an inner periphery of the diaphragm defining the hole. The second portion is formed integrally with the first portion, and is disposed adjacent to a front end of the first portion, and is structured to cover the front end face of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kasahara, Hirotaka Saito
  • Patent number: 11112326
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement composed of a measuring device and a container, wherein the measuring device (1) is suited for insertion into the container, which contains the medium to be measured, and wherein the container for receiving the measuring device (1) has a connector piece (20) having a passage opening extending in an axial direction and a seal land (22) projecting into the passage opening, wherein the measuring device (1) comprises a rotationally symmetric housing part (10), which is flush with the connector piece (20) and has an external cone portion (11), which forms with an internal cone portion (21) provided on the connector piece (20) a beveled sealing surface pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Kreis, Guido Knoll
  • Patent number: 11105692
    Abstract: A force sensor includes a sensing element, a first circuit board, and at least one second circuit board. The sensing element has a top surface and the bottom surface opposite to each other and has a sensing portion, wherein the sensing portion is located at the top surface. The first circuit board is disposed on the top surface and is electrically connected to the sensing element. The at least one second circuit board is connected to the first circuit board, wherein the at least one second circuit board shields the sensing element. The sensing portion is adapted to generate a sensing signal through an external force transferred from the first circuit board to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CORETRONIC MEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsi-Wen Tung, Wen-Pin Tsai, Ming-Ching Wu