Patents Examined by Jill E. Culler
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Patent number: 11243227Abstract: An angular acceleration sensor includes a curved track having first and second metallic layers, and a spherical conductive ball provided within the track. The first metallic layer has a constant, uniform, width along a length of the track while the second metallic layer has a varying-width along the length of the track. An angular acceleration experienced by the spherical conductive ball is associated with a change in a capacitance between the spherical conductive ball and the curved track, which is uniquely associated with an external linear acceleration experienced by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, Wedyan Babatain, Rishabh Mishra
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Patent number: 11231672Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a flag, a sensor, a loop controller, a detector, and an image controller. The flag is disposed between the first and second conveying units and moves when in contact with a recording material having a loop. A signal value output from the sensor varies per a flag position. The loop controller changes a recording material speed based on the signal value output. The detector detects the recording material or an image formed on the recording material and the image controller changes an image forming condition based on the detection. The detector includes first and second contacting members that move to nip the recording material. A position of the flag, for changing a signal value output from the sensor, is included in a range in which first and second contacting members are movable.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masato Suzuki
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Patent number: 11225093Abstract: A support structure defining a flat support surface for supporting a web material includes a number of beams, each having a cross-section elongated in a first direction normal to the support surface. The beams have a ruler edge extending in a second direction in parallel with the support surface, which is defined by the ruler edges. The support structure includes a number of adjustment mechanisms for adjusting the positions of the ruler edges in the first direction. Each beam has a base part and a ruler part, the ruler part defining the ruler edge and being connected to the base part by at least three adjustment mechanisms distributed over the length of the beam. Each adjustment mechanism includes a lever that is pivotable relative to the base part about a fixed fulcrum, is connected to the ruler part, and has an adjustment arm with an adjustable free end.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Joseph A. Schulkes
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Patent number: 11225042Abstract: A graphic arts support assembly is operable to be used with a graphic arts plate assembly in a press. The graphic arts support assembly and the plate assembly are configured for removable association with a lift mechanism including a shiftable lift element. The support assembly includes a graphic arts magnetic support structure operable to removably support the graphic arts plate assembly. The magnetic support structure includes a support plate, a magnet fixed relative to the plate, and an alignment element projecting from the support plate. The support assembly is operable to be mounted on the lift mechanism so that the lift element is aligned with a lift opening of the support plate, with the lift element shiftable through the lift opening to locate at least part of the graphic arts plate assembly away from the support plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Universal Engraving, Inc.Inventors: Larry R. Hutchison, Eric A. Domsch
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Patent number: 11202372Abstract: An apparatus that communicates with a screen printer and a solder inspection device is disclosed. The apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a process that is configured to: obtain first information associated with each of a plurality of pads on the substrate; obtain second information associated with each piece of the solder paste applied to each of the plurality of pads from the solder inspection device; determine a position correction value for the stencil mask with respect to the substrate based on the first information and the second information; and deliver the position correction value to the screen printer.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Duk Young Lee, Jae Hyung Kim, Jeong Kyu Noh
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Patent number: 11198163Abstract: The invention relates to a method including very superficial embossing combined with superficial laminating, which involves a slight reduction in thickness, the method being applied to plates several millimetres thick and to aluminium sheets having a thickness of less than 0.3 mm, supplied, in either case, as independent plates or in a continuous roll.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: ACR II Aluminium Group Cooperatief, U.A.Inventors: Segundo Antonio Sánchez Martínez, Ignacio Gil Fernández-Marcote, Salvador Antonio Marcilla Gomis
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Patent number: 11196884Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus, in which a recording material is conveyed by a reverse portion rotated in a first direction at a first velocity which is faster than a conveyance velocity of the recording material in a fixing portion after a rear end portion of the recording material passes through the fixing portion, and then, the recording material is conveyed to a conveying portion by the reverse portion rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction through a conveyance path at a second velocity which is faster than the conveyance velocity of the recording material in the fixing portion, and a conveyance velocity of the recording material is set to a third velocity which is slower than the second velocity at a predetermined timing before the rear end portion of the recording material reaches a curved portion of the conveyance path.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kengo Sato
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Patent number: 11192393Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit, a movement mechanism, and a positioning portion. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning part that has a contact surface extending along an axial direction of a conveyance roller and cleans the conveyance roller, and a cleaning housing that supports the cleaning part. The movement mechanism moves the cleaning unit between a cleaning position and a mounting and removing position. The movement mechanism allows the cleaning part to be brought into contact with the conveyance roller at the cleaning position, allows the cleaning part to be disposed below the conveyance roller in a separated manner at the mounting and removing position and allows the cleaning unit to be mounted on or removed from the apparatus body. The positioning portion restricts a relative position between the cleaning part and the conveyance roller by being brought into contact with the cleaning unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventors: Naoto Miyakoshi, Shinobu Ohata, Shunsuke Yamasaki, Hiroatsu Tamai, Yasuhiro Michishita, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenichi Satake, Hiroki Sakane, Masato Usui, Yuzuru Yuasa, Yusuke Tamekuni
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Patent number: 11187606Abstract: The disclosed technology is a pressure transducer with a bleed valve built into the body of the transducer for purging liquid systems. The transducer assembly includes a body, a bleed valve port defined in the body and configured to accept a bleed valve, an interface port attached to the body, an adapter attached to a portion of the interface port, a header attached to the adapter and the body, a pressure transducer mounted to the header, and an internal cavity in communication with the interface port, the pressure transducer, and the bleed valve port. The bleed valve port is configured to vent a gas from the internal cavity. A bleed valve disposed in the bleed valve port is configured to controllably vent a gas from the internal cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.Inventors: Louis DeRosa, Elias Geras, Robert Gardner
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Patent number: 11163376Abstract: The present invention extends adjustable keyboard components. A user can selectively adjust height, tilt, and other keyboard positioning aspects (e.g., pitch, tilt, roll, yaw etc.), to accommodate the specific preferences and/or physical or anatomical characteristics of the user. Keyboard adjustments can tailor a solid foundational position for the user's fingers and hands. The keyboard can include separate left and right modules. Adjustability and separability facilitate highly variable and independent movement of the user's left and right hands. Adjustments and re-adjustments allow a user to make a wide range of alterations to their typing position at any point in time based on circumstances and comfort. As such, adjustments and re-adjustments can (potentially significantly) reduce discomfort and/or injuries associated with repetitive motion.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventor: Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.
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Patent number: 11155128Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel monitoring device (D) of the type comprising a housing (100) formed from a hollow core (101) containing different components including an electronic board (500) and a power supply battery (600) for said board (500), said housing (100) being positioned inside the tire and fixed to the internal portion (220) of the valve (200) fitted on the wheel, a polymer material filling in the free volume. The device is remarkable in that the housing (100) is preformed so as to provide at least two different superposed parallel installation planes (P1, P2) on which the different components are distributed, said housing (100) being preformed with a lateral opening to enable the different components to slide laterally into their appropriate installation plane (P1, P2).Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: LDL TECHNOLOGY SASInventor: Dominique Luce
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Patent number: 11156459Abstract: Microelectromechanical sensor comprising a fixed part and a mobile part suspended from the fixed part such that the mobile part can move at least in an out-of-plane displacement direction, the fixed part comprising at least first electrodes extending parallel to the displacement direction of the mobile part, the mobile part comprising a seismic mass and at least second electrodes extending parallel to the out-of-plane displacement direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being located relative to each other so as to be interdigitated, in which the second electrodes are directly connected to the inertial mass and only part of the face of each mobile electrode is facing an electrode fixed at rest.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Federico Maspero, Loic Joet
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Patent number: 11150265Abstract: The present invention discloses a three-axis accelerometer. The three-axis accelerometer comprises: a substrate; at least one anchor block fixedly disposed on the substrate; a first X-axis electrode, a second X-axis electrode, a first Y-axis electrode, a second Y-axis electrode, a first Z-axis electrode and a second Z-axis electrode all fixedly disposed on the substrate; a framework suspended above the substrate and comprising a first beam column, a second beam column disposed opposite to the first beam column and at least one connecting beam connecting the first beam column and the second beam column; a proof mass suspended above the substrate; and at least one elastic connection component configured to elastically connect to the at least anchor block, the connecting beam, and the proof mass.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MEMSIC Semiconductor (TIANJIN) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Leyue Jiang, Yang Zhao
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Patent number: 11148443Abstract: A cleaning device includes a controller configured to control cleaning of a conveyance roller by a web. The controller includes a take-up control unit and a web end determination unit. The take-up control unit controls the solenoid such that the web is taken up by rotatably driving the take-up roller in a state where the web is pressed to the conveyance roller. The web end determination unit determines whether or not an end of the web is exposed on a support roller by a take-up operation of the take-up roller. The web end determination unit determines that the end of the web is exposed on the support roller when a detection result of a detection unit is not changed in spite of a fact that supplying of electricity to the solenoid is performed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Hiroatsu Tamai, Naoto Miyakoshi, Shunsuke Yamasaki, Shinobu Ohata, Yasuhiro Michishita, Takeshi Watanabe, Kenichi Satake, Hiroki Sakane, Masato Usui, Yuzuru Yuasa, Yusuke Tamekuni
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Patent number: 11148442Abstract: A cleaning device includes a controller configured to control cleaning of a conveyance roller by a web. The controller includes a separation and contact control unit, a conveyance roller rotation control unit, and a take-up control unit. The separation and contact control unit is configured to control a separation and contact mechanism so as to allow the web to be pressed to the conveyance roller when the conveyance roller is in a non-conveyable state. The conveyance roller rotation control unit rotates the conveyance roller in a state where the web is pressed to the conveyance roller. The take-up control unit is configured to allow the take-up roller to perform a take-up operation of taking up the web by rotatably driving the take-up roller plural times at a predetermined time interval within a cleaning time set in advance in a state where the conveyance roller is being rotated.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Hiroatsu Tamai, Kenichi Satake, Hiroki Sakane, Masato Usui, Yuzuru Yuasa, Yusuke Tamekuni, Yasuhiro Michishita, Shinobu Ohata, Naoto Miyakoshi, Shunsuke Yamasaki
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Patent number: 11144002Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a transfer section that transfers an image to a sheet; a sheet conveying member that is provided on an upstream side of the transfer section in a conveying direction of the sheet and that conveys the sheet; and a hardware processor that controls displacement of the sheet conveying member such that the sheet is displaced in a width direction of the sheet. The hardware processor causes a detector that detects an edge of the sheet in the width direction to detect the edge of the sheet after displacement of the sheet conveying member has been started, and causes the displacement to be terminated on the basis of the detected result such that the edge of the sheet reaches a target position.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yasuo Shiokawa, Yoshiteru Kawakami, Takahiro Okubo
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Patent number: 11143633Abstract: A significant reduction in extra-column band broadening can be achieved by decoupling the injection system from the main solvent flow line. In addition, by decoupling the injection system from the main solvent flow line, additional components (e.g., filters, valves, etc.) can be introduced into the chromatography system without increasing the negative band broadening effects. Systems and methods herein provide not only for such decoupling but also for filtering precipitates from the system. As a result, a larger volume of sample can be injected into the present systems without compromising separation yield. In addition, an increase the column loading per batch, an increase the overall yield of separations, and greater system efficiency (i.e., less time lost for cleaning and maintenance) can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: Abhijit Tarafder
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Patent number: 11136883Abstract: A tracer material for tracing fluid flows from a hydrocarbon reservoir. The tracer material is a particulate tracer material including a plurality of particles of a porous particulate solid material, the particles having pores containing a tracer composition characterised in that a retaining material overlies the tracer composition in at least some of the pores. The retaining material retards the release of the tracer material so that the tracer is released at a more constant rate over a longer period than in the absence of the retaining material.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Neil Borrell, Aidan David Brierley
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Patent number: 11137250Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonator apparatus includes a resonator member, at least one anchor structure coupling the resonator member to a substrate, and a comb-drive element connected to the resonator member. The comb-drive element includes first comb fingers protruding from the resonator member, and second comb fingers of a different material than the first comb fingers interdigitated with the first comb fingers to define sub-micron capacitive gaps therebetween. Respective sidewalls of the first comb fingers are oppositely-tapered relative to respective sidewalls of the second comb fingers along respective lengths thereof, such that operation of the comb-drive element varies the sub-micron capacitive gaps at the respective sidewalls thereof. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Haoran Wen, Farrokh Ayazi
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Patent number: 11125632Abstract: Piezoresistive detection resonant device comprising a substrate, a mobile par configured to move with respect the substrate, suspension elements suspending the mobile part to the substrate, a piezoresistive detection device to detect the motions of the mobile part, said piezoresistive detection device comprising at least one strain gauge, wherein the piezoresistive detection resonant device also comprises a folded spring with at least two spring arms, connected to the mobile part and configured to be deformed by the motion of the mobile part, the at least one gauge being suspended between the substrate and the folded spring in such manner that the deformation of the gauge is reduced compared to the motion of the mobile part.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, POLITECNICO DI MILANOInventors: Patrice Rey, Guillaume Jourdan, Philippe Robert, Giacomo Langfelder, Antonio F Longoni, Stefano Dellea