Patents Examined by M. Tran
  • Patent number: 11959819
    Abstract: Provided is a strain sensor. The strain sensor according to embodiments of the inventive concept includes a flexible substrate, rigid patterns on the flexible substrate, the rigid patterns including a first pattern and a second pattern spaced apart from the first pattern in a first direction, a first electrode on the first pattern, a second electrode on the second pattern, the second electrode being spaced apart from the first electrode, and a piezoresistive layer connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, each of the rigid patterns may have a stiffness greater than that of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Su Jae Lee, Seong Hyun Kim, Chan Woo Park, Jae Bon Koo, Bock Soon Na, Ji-Young Oh
  • Patent number: 11959817
    Abstract: An electromagnetic ultrasonic double wave transducer, comprising a shell (1), and a permanent magnet assembly, a coil (4), a shielding layer (5), and a wire (6) which are provided in the shell (1). The permanent magnet assembly comprises a first permanent magnet (2) and a second permanent magnet (3) sleeved on the first permanent magnet (2). The magnetizing directions of the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3) are perpendicular to the bottom of the shell (1), and the magnetic field directions of the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3) are opposite. A non-conducting non-magnetic bushing material (9) is provided between the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3), and upper end faces of the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3) realize magnetic circuit closing by means of a magnetic circuit closing element (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU PHASERISE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Yang, Mingming Xie, Yisheng Jin, Xinzong Zhou, Junhui Zhao, Xuxiang Zhu, Yuping Shen
  • Patent number: 11958720
    Abstract: There is provided a vibration suppression device for a rope-like body of an elevator that can inhibit displacement of the rope-like body from becoming unstable due to amplification of the displacement and can make a movable range of the rope-like body wider. A vibration suppression device (20) includes a movable unit and a stopper. The movable unit can move in a direction in which a distance from an equilibrium position (19) of the rope-like body changes. The stopper restricts movement of the movable unit to a position closer than a first distance (d1) from the equilibrium position (19). The movable unit includes a displacement amplifier and a restriction member. The displacement amplifier is arranged to be directed to a first position (P1) of the rope-like body. The displacement amplifier amplifies displacement of the rope-like body. The restriction member inhibits the rope-like body from approaching the displacement amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Asamura, Eiichi Saito, Seiji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11959334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multifunctional glazing unit suitable for generating electricity, to a method of preparing same and use thereof, said multifunctional glazing unit comprising a first sheet of glazing material comprising a first face and a second face, a second sheet of glazing material comprising a first face and a second face, a photovoltaic portion, and a reflecting element, wherein the first sheet of glazing material and the second sheet of glazing material are separated by a cavity, the second faces of each sheet of glazing material face towards the cavity, the photovoltaic portion and the reflecting element are each positioned between the first sheet of glazing material and the second sheet of glazing material, and wherein the photovoltaic portion comprises a transparent region, a bi-facial region, and at least one photovoltaic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventor: Marcel Ribberink
  • Patent number: 11962603
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing a routing protocol of a telecommunications network are provided. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) routing protocol is provided. The method includes receiving a packet from a first peer device on a network; determining whether a mismatch exists in an authentication of the packet from the first peer device; and responsive to an authentication mismatch, sending a flush instruction to a plurality of peer devices on the network to remove any link state packets from the first peer device. The plurality of peer devices are configured to remove all link state packets from the first peer device regardless of a type of authentication and a type of mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventor: Navjot Sharma
  • Patent number: 11952240
    Abstract: A roller for an elevator system has a roller body made of a metal material and a shell made of a POM material forming a running surface of the elevator roller. The shell and the roller body each have a wave profile running in a circumferential direction on a shared contact surface, wherein the shell has, on the running surface, a V-ribbed profile aligned with the wave profile of the roller body that has a rib spacing which substantially corresponds to a wave spacing of the wave profile. The elevator roller is manufactured using a molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Florian Dold, Gian-Reto Petruzzi, Volker Zapf
  • Patent number: 11955733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new wideband mm-wave end-fire magneto-electric dipole antenna with excellent beam-scanning radiation patterns and reasonably low side lobes and low cross polarizations. The antenna comprises: an asymmetrical substrate integrated coaxial line feed comprising: a first substrate having a first substrate thickness; a second substrate placed on the first substrate and having a second substrate thickness different from the first substrate thickness; a conductive signal line deposited on an upper surface of the first substrate; and two rows of waveguiding vias positioned along and at both sides of the signal line respectively; a ?-shaped probe adopted to excite the antenna; a pair of shorted planar parallel plates serving as magnetic dipole and two pair of vertical conductive vias serving as electric dipole; and a folded vertical reflector consisting of conductive vias and strips is added to reduce the back radiation and to improve the gain of antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwai Man Luk, Ao Li
  • Patent number: 11955695
    Abstract: An antenna module includes: a middle frame, wherein a bezel of the middle frame is provided with an opening for providing a functional module, the bezel is formed with a first conductive strip on one side of the opening, and the bezel is formed with a second conductive strip on the other side of the opening, wherein the first conductive strip and/or the second conductive strip is/are connected to a feed line, to be used as an antenna radiator for transmitting and receiving radio signals. The first conductive strip and the second conductive strip are formed by the bezel at the opening for providing the functional module, to transmit and receive the radio signals, such that the bezel at the opening can be multiplexed to transmit and receive the radio signals in a case that space is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heng Cao
  • Patent number: 11949173
    Abstract: An antenna system mounted on a vehicle, according to the present specification, is provided. The antenna system can include: a main radiator formed on an antenna board and configured to be electrically connected to a feeding part; and a parasitic radiator formed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from the main radiator so that a signal from the main radiator is gap-coupled. The parasitic radiator is electrically connected to a ground through a ground connection part, the main radiator operates in a first mode, and the parasitic radiator can operate in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Changil Kim, Changwon Yun
  • Patent number: 11939189
    Abstract: A frictionless electronic safety actuator (100; 202), for use in an elevator system, includes a magnetic plate (104); an electromagnet (102); a linkage (136); a biasing arrangement (106); and a path-constraining arrangement (112). The linkage (136) is actuatable so as to move a safety brake (204) into frictional engagement with an elevator guide rail (206). The linkage (136) is attached to the magnetic plate (104) and is moveable between a first position in which the linkage (136) is actuated and a second position in which the linkage (136) is not actuated. The biasing arrangement (106) is arranged to apply a biasing force to the magnetic plate (104) to bias the magnetic plate (104) towards the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Javier Munoz Sotoca
  • Patent number: 11940352
    Abstract: A system for detecting the watertightness or flooding of an annulus of flexible lines from a connector. The system includes: an assembly of plunger and cylinder that are connected by a rod to a chamber that acts as a pilot valve. The assembly is connected directly to the outlet of a safety valve of a connector of the flexible line, in which same are fitted using a sealing system. The system is operated by commands sent to a ROV that has an arm and that controls the system using a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PetrĂ³leo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Paulo Roberto Santos Poli, Joao Marcio De Castilho Santos, Gustavo Pinto Pires, Cassio Kuchpil, Carlos Eduardo Maia De Souza
  • Patent number: 11942117
    Abstract: A software product includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to display a graphical user interface for a video editing system, the user interface including a media bin displaying one or more media elements imported into the video editing system; a viewing window for viewing a selected one of the media elements; a timeline; and a concatenator element; and responsive to a user actuating the concatenator element, concatenates the media elements present in the media bin together into a single media element and loads the single media element into the viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Matthew Dowling
  • Patent number: 11940425
    Abstract: A comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatograph, comprising a sample injector, a primary dimension column, a two-position three-way valve, a secondary dimension column, a three-way tube, a heating oven and a detector, wherein an inlet end(s) of the sample injector is connected to a carrier gas line and as well to a sample line, and an outlet end thereof is connected to a first end of the primary dimension column, a second end of the primary dimension column is connected to a first branch of the three-way tube, a second branch of the T-union is connected to a first end of the secondary dimension column, a second end of the secondary dimension column is connected to an inlet of the detector, a third branch of the three-way tube is connected to a gas inlet of the two-position three-way valve, and a first gas outlet of the two-position three-way valve is connected to the carrier gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Nine Max Instrument Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaosheng Guan, Zhijun Zhao, Hai Jiang
  • Patent number: 11939190
    Abstract: The present invention relates an elevating apparatus based on a hetero-oriented non-isometric, dual-spiral drive structure, comprising a first carrier and a second carrier, further comprising a first support and a second support that are telescoped together in a manner that they can rotate with respect to each other, the first support is provided with a first recessed portion and a first raised portion that shares the same spiral direction and spiral pitch, the second support is provided with a homo-oriented, isometric, dual-spiral second recessed portion that has a spiral direction different from that of the first recessed portion. The carrier of the present invention is provided in a simply-supported-beam, and the carrier force can be achieved without additional weight, and the operation is stable and reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY, JIANGSU ZHIJI ENVIORNMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangdong Kong, Ping Dong
  • Patent number: 11940337
    Abstract: The pressure sensing device includes a substrate and a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor used is a thin-film piezoresistive sensor with a certain area, and a power wire, a ground wire, and two differential wires are led out from ends of the pressure sensor respectively, and the pressure sensor is arranged on the substrate. The substrate is simply attached to the object being tested that is to be subjected to pressure, the pressure sensor is connected to a pressure sensing detection circuit, the object being tested deforms under pressure, and the thin-film piezoresistive sensor deforms as the substrate deforms. The deformation of the substrate is detected through detecting the voltage drop between the two differential wires, which is converted to obtain the pressure on the object being tested, thereby realizing a pressure-sensitive touch function. A pressure sensing method and an electronic terminal with the pressure sensing device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN NEW DEGREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Li, Xuepeng Lin
  • Patent number: 11940336
    Abstract: A capacitive pressure transducer includes a shielded spacer positioned between the capacitor electrodes and driven with a separate voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sporian Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Pilant, Dale Schoonover, Jakob Oreskovich, Brittany McGrogan, Eric Schneider, Bradley Smith, William VanHoose
  • Patent number: 11933656
    Abstract: The present application provides a magnetostrictive liquid level meter and a liquid level measurement method thereof and belongs to the technical field of a liquid level meter. The meter comprises a holder; several measurement units configured to be fixed sequentially to the holder along a lengthwise direction of the holder; several waveguide wires configured to be connected with the several measurement units in a one-to-one correspondence mode, wherein each waveguide wire is arranged along the lengthwise direction of the holder, and a tail end of a upper waveguide wire is at least extended to a head end of a lower waveguide wire; and the magnetic float configured to be sheathed outside the holder, wherein the magnetic float moves up and down along the holder when a liquid level is changed, and one or more waveguide wires are located in a magnetic field formed by the magnetic float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING CONNETECH ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiushan Hu, Yang Xia, Zhongying Yang
  • Patent number: 11932524
    Abstract: A base frame for a reach truck includes a wheel arm subassembly with two wheel arms each having a front end and an opposing rear end. A load wheel receiver is positioned on each rear end and a counterweight is positioned at the front end of the wheel arms and coupled to the wheel arm subassembly by a plurality of screw connections. The plurality of screw connections comprise a first portion of screw connections and a second portion of screw connections. The first portion of screw connections each extend in a first direction and the second portion of the screw connections each extend in a second direction which is different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Lemke, Boyan Belchev
  • Patent number: 11932514
    Abstract: Elevator systems and methods are provided. The systems include an elevator car movable within an elevator shaft, the elevator car includes an elevator car door interlock device operable to open and close elevator car doors, a plurality of landing doors located at respective landings along the elevator shaft, wherein each landing door includes a landing door interlock device operable to open and close a respective landing door, wherein each landing door interlock device is engageable by the elevator car door interlock device to enable operation of the elevator car doors and the respective landing door simultaneously. An elevator component inspection system is configured with a detector located on the top of the elevator car and arranged to monitor the interlock devices, wherein the detector obtains inspection data associated with the elevator car door interlock device and the plurality of landing door interlock devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sandeep Sudi, Daniel M. Tripp
  • Patent number: 11937011
    Abstract: A recording device comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a setting unit configured to set a scene number; a communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of a scene number to share the scene number with at least one other recording device; and a recording unit configured to record a file of recording data with a file name including a scene number at a start of recording the recording data and a scene number at an end of recording the recording data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Soichiro Shirashige