Patents Examined by Lisa M. Caputo
  • Temperature measuring method and device for induction cooker, and readable storage medium
    Patent number: 11460348
    Abstract: An induction cooker includes a microcrystal panel and at least three temperature sensors scattered on a bottom surface of the microcrystal panel, and the induction cooker is configured to heat a container to be measured. The method includes: obtaining temperature data collected by the at least three temperature sensors and position data of each temperature sensor relative to the microcrystal panel; obtaining an actual position of the container on the microcrystal panel according to the temperature data and the position data; obtaining a preset temperature curve matching the induction cooker according to the temperature data, and extracting a peak value of the preset temperature curve; and calculating an actual temperature of the container to be measured according to the actual position and the peak value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRICAL HEATING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Li, Zhao Wang, Shuai Wang, Wei Chen, Shaohua He
  • High-temperature, irradiation-resistant thermocouple, coaxial thermocouple, and related methods
    Patent number: 11460351
    Abstract: A coaxial thermocouple includes a wire, an insulation layer surrounding the wire, a sheath surrounding the insulation layer, and an electrical junction formed between the wire and the sheath and at one longitudinal end of the coaxial thermocouple, the electrical junction including a swaged end with an outer diameter of the sheath reducing in diameter along a longitudinal length of the coaxial thermocouple until the sheath contacts the wire within the insulation layer. The wire includes a first material and the sheath includes a second material where the first material includes one of molybdenum (Mo) or niobium (Nb) and the second material includes the other of molybdenum (Mo) or niobium (Nb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Skifton, Joshua Daw
  • Inspection apparatus
    Patent number: 11460447
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an inspection apparatus including a first stage, a second stage, an ultrasonic oscillator, and an ultrasonic collector. The first stage includes a first main face. The second stage includes a second main face opposed to the first main face. The ultrasonic oscillator is disposed in a first region. The first region includes the first main face. The first region further includes a region inside the first stage. The ultrasonic collector is disposed in a second region. The second region includes the second main face. The second region further includes a region inside the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Sho Kawadahara
  • Filling level indicator
    Patent number: 11460335
    Abstract: A filling level indicator for determining a filling level in a tank, having a resistor network arranged on a carrier substrate, a contact element, and a magnetic element. The contact element is arranged adjacent to the resistor network and the magnetic element is movable relative to the resistor network and the contact element. The contact element has a contact region deflectable by the magnetic element. An electrically conductive connection between the contact region and the resistor network is produced by the deflection of the contact region. The contact element has an attachment region connected to the carrier substrate, and the contact region is formed spaced apart from the resistor network and the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Benner, Bernd Pauer
  • Thermoelectric nanosensor
    Patent number: 11454552
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a thermoelectric nanosensor includes the following steps. A first conductive material is prepared. A plurality of tellurium nanostructures are formed on the first conductive material. A second conductive material is prepared. The second conductive material is formed on the tellurium nanostructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zong-Hong Lin, Yu-Hsiang Tsao
  • Cavity blackbody radiation source
    Patent number: 11454547
    Abstract: A cavity blackbody radiation source is provide. The cavity blackbody radiation source comprises a blackbody radiation cavity and a carbon nanotube composite material. The blackbody radiation cavity comprises an inner surface. The carbon nanotube composite material is located on the inner surface. The carbon nanotube composite material comprises a black lacquer and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and the plurality of carbon nanotubes is in an upright state in the black lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Wei, Guang Wang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Thermal conductivity measuring device, heating device, thermal conductivity measuring method, and quality assurance method
    Patent number: 11454599
    Abstract: A thermal conductivity measuring device includes a sample container that has a plurality of storage sections; a drive unit that is configured to move the plurality of storage sections of the sample container; and a radiation thermometer that is configured to measure the temperature of a predetermined position of the sample container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Yohei Fujikawa
  • Passive sampler and methods of making
    Patent number: 11454578
    Abstract: Described herein are passive samplers, making of such samplers, and methods of use. In an example embodiment, a passive sampling membrane comprises, for example, a continuous mesoporous sequestration media having a sequestration phase and a support membrane configured to support the sequestration phase. The sequestration phase may include a hydrophobic region and a hydrophilic region. The continuous mesoporous sequestration media may be configured to simultaneously sequester polar and non-polar organic substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Damian Shea, Xiang Q. Kong, Xin-Rui Xia
  • Sensor module with reduced size
    Patent number: 11454489
    Abstract: A sensor module includes a substrate; a resistor formed of a-film containing Cr, CrN, and Cr2N, on one surface of the substrate; an electronic component mounted on the one surface of the substrate, to be electrically connected to the resistor; and a power source mounted on the one surface of the substrate or on another surface of the substrate, to be electrically connected to the electronic component, to supply power to the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Asakawa, Shigeyuki Adachi
  • Method and system for monitoring ultrasound probe health
    Patent number: 11452507
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring ultrasound probe health is provided. The method includes acquiring test data from a plurality of elements of an ultrasound probe by, for each of the plurality of elements, transmitting an ultrasonic signal from one of the elements and receiving a signal on two or more of the elements based on the transmitted ultrasonic signal. The method includes automatically analyzing the test data from the elements to determine a health report for the ultrasound probe. The health report includes a health status for each of a plurality of components of the ultrasound probe. At least one of the components is not part of a transducer array. The method includes automatically displaying the health report on a display device. The health report includes information for at least one of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Jean Bulte, Jean-Francois Gelly, Geir Ultveit Haugen, Bruno H. Haider, Gilles Thouret, Julia Labrune, Delphine Cotta, Ryan Rindler
  • Measurement adapter and measurement device comprising such adapter
    Patent number: 11454549
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat flow measurements. In particular, the invention relates to a surface adapter (10A, 10B, 100) for a heat flow measurement device, a device comprising such adapter (10A, 10B, 100) and a method of measuring heat flow. The adapter is comprises a rim (12) positionable around a measurement head (20) of a heat flux measurement device, the rim (12) being at least partly made of resilient material capable of adapting in shape to uneven surfaces for thermally insulating the measurement head (20) from its surroundings. The invention allows for more accurate thermal flow measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Mikael Paronen, Stuart Buddle
  • Method and device for determining junction temperature of die of semiconductor power module
    Patent number: 11448557
    Abstract: A method for determining the junction temperature of at least one die of a semiconductor power module, the semiconductor power module being composed of plural dies connected in parallel and switching between conducting and non conductor states according to pattern cycles, the method comprises the steps of: disabling the conducting of the at least one die during at least a fraction of one switching cycle, applying a current limited voltage to the gate of the at least one die during a period of time of the cycle wherein the at least one die is not conducting, the resulting voltage excursion having a value that does not enable the die to be conducting, measuring the voltage at the gate of the die, deriving from the measured voltage a temperature variation of the junction of the at least one die or the temperature of the junction of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ewanchuk, Stefan Mollov, Jonathan Robinson, Julio Brandelero
  • Transducer assembly with header with improved configuration including side pins
    Patent number: 11441962
    Abstract: The invention includes differential pressure transducer assembly systems and methods in which headers are configured with header pins that extend perpendicular with respect to an axis of the assembly and through header sidewalls, enabling a compact configuration, ease of assembly, enhanced reliability and/or redundancy. Channels and ports defined in a housing portion of the assembly are configured to enable the use of substantially straight tubing sections for routing main and/or reference pressures to one or more differential sensing elements mounted on the headers. Two or more headers with associated sensing elements can be stacked to provide redundant differential pressure sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KULITE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Gardner, Louis DeRosa
  • Method and system for detecting events in a conduit
    Patent number: 11441926
    Abstract: There is provided a system for determining multiple baselines for detecting events in a conduit. The system comprises an optical fiber interrogator for interrogating optical fiber; and one or more processors communicative with the optical fiber interrogator and memory having stored thereon computer program code configured, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform a method. The method comprises, for each of multiple channels of the conduit, each channel comprising a portion of the conduit: obtaining phase data for the channel, the phase data being obtained by causing the optical fiber interrogator to interrogate optical fiber positioned alongside the conduit; and determining one or more baselines from the phase data. As a result, events in the conduit may be detected with fewer false positives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HIFI ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Adekunle Adeyemi, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
  • Methods and systems for reservoir characterization and optimization of downhole fluid sampling
    Patent number: 11441422
    Abstract: A method (and corresponding downhole tool) is provided for downhole fluid analysis of formation fluids. The downhole tool is operated to draw live fluid from the formation through the downhole tool and acquire observed sensor measurements of the live fluid (which includes filtrate contamination) that flows through the downhole tool. The observed sensor measurements are used in an inversion process that solves for a set of input parameter values of a computational model that predicts level of filtrate contamination in the live fluid that flows through the downhole tool. The set of input parameter values includes at least one endpoint value for the observed sensor measurements. The set of input parameter values solved by the inversion process can be stored and output for different applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morten Kristensen, Nikita Chugunov
  • Temperature sensing device of integrated circuit
    Patent number: 11435237
    Abstract: The invention provides a temperature sensing device of an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of stacked metal wire layers, and the temperature sensing device includes a first metal sheet, a first via and a second via. The first metal sheet is disposed between the first metal wire layer and the second metal wire layer of the metal wire layers. The first via and the second via are used to connect the first metal sheet and the first metal wire layer, wherein a temperature sensing signal enters the first metal sheet through the first via and leaves the first metal sheet through the second via to measure the temperature of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ITE Tech. Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Chou, Yu-Chin Chen, Tzu-I Huang
  • Temperature detection device and temperature detection method
    Patent number: 11435238
    Abstract: A temperature detection device includes: a detection processing unit configured to transmit a transmission radio wave, simultaneously receive a response radio wave corresponding to the transmission radio wave, and detect whether a temperature of an object to be measured is normal or abnormal based on the response radio wave; and a temperature sensing unit configured to receive the transmission radio wave and transmit the response radio wave responding to the transmission radio wave. The detection processing unit calculates, from the response radio wave received via a second antenna, an amplitude, a phase, or a quadrature phase amplitude of the response radio wave and compares the temperature of the object to be measured to a temperature determined in advance based on a result of the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Cornoration
    Inventors: Kenzo Makino, Hideaki Arita, Masaya Inoue, Junji Hori, Hiroshi Araki, Yoshitsugu Sawa, Wataru Tsujita
  • Printed circuit board having strain gauges positioned near corners thereof
    Patent number: 11435243
    Abstract: A printed circuit board including electronic components, a carrier equipped with a network of conductor tracks electrically connecting the electronic components, and a plurality of strain gauges positioned on the carrier such that each one of the plurality of corners has a respective one of the plurality of strain gauges positioned closer to the one of the plurality of corners than to any other of the plurality of corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Stéphane Couarraze
  • Method and system for automated ultrasonic inspection of complex composite structures with non-parallel surfaces
    Patent number: 11435323
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed for non-destructively a substrate using ultrasound waves, and enhancing resolution of imaging created from ultrasound signals that are back reflected from a substrate surface second, or back surface by maintaining the incident angles of the ultrasonic beams at the substrate second surface such that the ultrasonic beams strike the substrate second surface at an angle that is substantially perpendicular to the complex geometric profile of the substrate second surface by supplying known spatial coordinates to the system to maintain the incident angles of the ultrasonic beams at a predetermined angle relative to the substrate second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, William J. Tapia, Barry A. Fetzer
  • Ultrasonic inspection device
    Patent number: 11435321
    Abstract: An ultrasonic wave inspection device includes: a transmitter that outputs ultrasonic waves toward an inspection object; a receiver that receives at least first ultrasonic waves passed through the inspection object, among the ultrasonic waves output from the transmitter; a member that regulates a second propagation path, the second propagation path being a portion of propagation paths through which the output ultrasonic waves reach the receiver, and the second propagation path being different from a first propagation path through which the first ultrasonic waves reach the receiver; and a signal controller that extracts ultrasonic waves of a predetermined time segment from at least the first ultrasonic waves, the predetermined time segment starting from a time when the first ultrasonic waves is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA FINE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nara