Patents Examined by Max H Noori
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Patent number: 11434105Abstract: A suspension member load sensor configured for use with a suspension member in an elevator system is provided. The suspension member load sensor includes a housing bounded by an upper cover plate and a lower cover plate. The upper cover plate and the lower cover plates are configured to receive a rod extending therethrough. The lower cover plate is configured to seat adjacent a mounting plate. A strain gauge is disposed within the housing and configured to produce an electrical signal commensurate with a load on the suspension member. A plurality of spaced apart projections extend outwardly from a lower surface of the lower cover plate. The projections are configured to define a location for the introduction of force into the load sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Tim Ebeling
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Patent number: 11435171Abstract: The present invention includes a device for determining the force necessary for the separation of a bullet from an ammunition cartridge comprising a chamber housing having central bore extending from a lower housing end to an upper housing end and terminating at a upper aperture, wherein the central bore comprises a chamber diameter adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge and that the bullet partially extends from the upper aperture; a frustaconical shape shoulder in the central bore at the upper housing end to reduce the chamber diameter to mate to an ammunition cartridge shoulder; a neck that connects the upper aperture to the frustaconical shape shoulder adapted to accept an ammunition cartridge neck; a cartridge retention lip within the upper aperture adapted to contact an ammunition cartridge bullet aperture; a chamber mount adapted to connect the chamber housing and a testing device; a bullet securing device comprising a bullet securing end to secure the bullet and a bullet securing device mount adaptType: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: True Velocity IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Lonnie Burrow, Tucker Siuts
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Patent number: 11435269Abstract: A testing system for evaluating the performance of an electrical/electronic UUT under dynamic operating conditions. The testing system includes a dynamic testing component (e.g., a centrifuge) for applying a stimulus to the UUT, and an iDAQ system configured to perform in situ data acquisition and real-time data analysis. The iDAQ system may also be subject to the stimulus. The iDAQ system includes a processor (e.g., an SoC) component, a power supply, a CR/I component, an IR component, and a single enclosure. The processor component may control the dynamic testing component, including varying in real-time the stimulus applied to the UUT. The processor component may include multiple input channels, and a high current/voltage subcomponent of the power supply may be configured to supply up to five hundred volts.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURINGS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohammad K. Benyhesan, Richard W. Spengemann, II
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Patent number: 11422043Abstract: A pressure sensor 1 according to the first aspect of the invention includes: a substrate 50; and a functional element 40 which is laid on the substrate 50 and is composed of functional titanium oxide including crystal grains of at least one of ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) and ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) and having the property that at least a portion of crystal grains of at least one of ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) and ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) change into crystal grains of titanium dioxide (TiO2) when the functional titanium oxide is heated to 350° C. or higher. The substrate 50 includes a substrate thin-film section 51 having a thin film form in which the thickness in the stacking direction of the substrate 50 and the functional element 40 is smaller than that in the other directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Nakamura, Tsutomu Furuta, Hiroyoshi Yoden, Mitsuo Yaguchi, Takeshi Ueda
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Patent number: 11415472Abstract: A sensor circuit architecture includes a Wheatstone bridge-type sensing element that includes a plurality of resistors and a plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of resistors includes one of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks. Each of the plurality of equivalent compensation networks includes at least one digital resistive compensation network configured to provide at least one of the following: variable resistance, digitally controlled variable resistance, digitally controlled resistance, and/or digitally set resistance. The sensor circuit architecture is configured with the at least one digital resistive compensation network to implement at least one of the following: a desired scale of output, a desired offset compensation, and/or a desired temperature compensation.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HARCOSEMCO LLCInventor: Robert A. Croce, Jr.
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Patent number: 11408808Abstract: An intelligent rolling contact fatigue testing system and testing method therefor, including a main testing system (3), a loading system (4) and a subsidiary testing system (7), and further including a testing device, wherein the testing device includes a light source (S3), a CCD camera (S5) and a monitoring assistance device (S2), and during testing, a roller test specimen (306) and an subsidiary testing piece (706) are provided in the monitoring assistance device (S2) after being rolled in contact with each other for a certain time, and the roller test specimen (306) and the rotating brush (S210) are rotated simultaneously in a state in which the lubricating oil is sprayed, and the CCD camera (S5) dynamically collects the surface image of the roller test specimen (306), and then performing quantization evaluation on a fatigue failure state by image preprocessing, image processing and image post-processing.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: CHONGQING HAO HAN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED, CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yan Yang, Hongbin Xu, Hui Li, Jianjun Hu, Yu Liu, Changhui Yang, Gang Zhu, Yi Wang, Juke Liang
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Patent number: 11408786Abstract: A torque sensor which can detect a torque with high accuracy is provided. First structure and second structure are connected by a plurality of third structures. First and second strain sensors are connected between the first structure and the second structure. Each of the first and second strain sensors includes a strain body connected between the first structure and the second structure and a plurality of sensor elements provided on the strain body. The sensor elements are disposed in a region of one side of each of the first structure and the second structure with respect to a longitudinal central portion of the strain body, and the region on the one side is a region where there is only a little difference in strain between along a torque direction of the strain body and a torque-excepted direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Endo
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Patent number: 11402284Abstract: A toe dynamometer is configured to accurately and precisely measure toe extensor strength. The toe dynamometer includes a platform configured to accommodate a patient's foot, and a sensor assembly comprising a force sensor and a toe cap connected to the force sensor. The force sensor is configured to measure forces applied to the force sensor by toe flexion on the force sensor and from toe extension away on the force sensor through the toe cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaInventors: Hongwu Wang, Elizabeth Hile, Mustafa Ghazi
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Patent number: 11395605Abstract: An impact control system includes a supporting structure with gravity compensation mechanism, and a supporting bed which is supported by the supporting structure and supports an impact target. Here, the supporting structure includes an elastic element, a vertical support to which one end of the elastic element is fixed, a horizontal support to which the other end of the elastic element is fixed, and which is rotatable around a rotation axis disposed at one end of the horizontal support meeting an end of the vertical support, and a weight support part which is connected to the other end of the horizontal support and supports the supporting bed while contacting a lower surface of the supporting bed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Sungwook Yang, Eui Sung Yoon, Hoon Ryu, Hyeonjoo Im
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Patent number: 11391636Abstract: The present invention provides a display device and a method for fabricating the same. The display device includes a display area, a bending area, one or more strain sensors disposed on the bending area and configured to detect one or more characteristic parameters of the bending area when the bending area is bent, and a control module connected to the one or more strain sensors and configured to obtain a deformation parameter of a film layer to be detected in the bending area according to the one or more characteristic parameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Jiaqing He, Hao Peng
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Patent number: 11385114Abstract: A sensor (102) for detecting input force includes a housing (103) having a cavity (201) and a contact element (105) which is enclosed in the cavity. The contact element and cavity provide a substantially flush profile along their respective surfaces (104, 106). The cavity includes a wall (301, 302, 303) having a sensing device (304) attached thereto and the contact element provides a physical contact between the contact element and the sensing device on application of a mechanical interaction to the surface of the contact element.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Peratech Holdco Ltd.Inventors: William Max Beckenbaugh, Richard McConnell
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Patent number: 11385109Abstract: A pressure detecting circuit may include a pressure sensing circuit (101), a signal generating circuit (102), and a frequency detecting circuit (103). The pressure sensing circuit (101) and the signal generating circuit (102) may be configured to constitute an oscillating circuit (104). The signal generating circuit (102) may be configured to generate an oscillating signal based on a pressure sensed by the pressure sensing circuit (101). The frequency detecting circuit (103) may be configured to detect a frequency of the oscillating signal and determine a value of the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing circuit (101) based on the frequency of the oscillating signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Pengpeng Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Chih-Jen Cheng
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Patent number: 11385108Abstract: An example microelectromechanical system (MEMS) force sensor is described herein. The MEMS force sensor can include a sensor die configured to receive an applied force. The sensor die can include a first substrate and a second substrate, where a cavity is formed in the first substrate, and where at least a portion of the second substrate defines a deformable membrane. The MEMS force sensor can also include an etch stop layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sensing element arranged on a surface of the second substrate. The sensing element can be configured to convert a strain on the surface of the membrane substrate to an analog electrical signal that is proportional to the strain.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: NEXTINPUT, INC.Inventors: Julius Minglin Tsai, Ryan Diestelhorst, Dan Benjamin
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Patent number: 11378475Abstract: A system provided herein may be configured to evaluate helmet performance. The system may include an impact assembly that includes a stationary post operably coupled to one or more stationary load cells and a plurality of modular headforms. Each modular headform may include a first side and a second side configured to lock together around the impact assembly and receive a helmet. The modular headform may determine a position of the helmet relative to the one or more stationary load cells. Furthermore, the one or more stationary load cells may be configured to measure impact force at a position where one of the plurality of the modular headforms are operably coupled to the impact assembly. Additionally, each of the plurality of modular headforms correspond to a position in relation to the impact assembly to measure the impact force to the one or more load cells at a predefined number of impact locations on the helmet to evaluate the performance of the helmet.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Morgana M. Trexler, Vanessa D. Alphonse, Matthew G. Bevan, Catherine M. Carneal, Quang T. Luong, Mark A. Athey, Kathleen M. Perrino, Andrew C. Merkle, Jeffrey M. Paulson, Steven M. Storck
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Patent number: 11378477Abstract: An apparatus for measuring normal and shear stress at a surface. The apparatus includes a substrate; and a plurality of sensing units on the substrate. Each sensing unit includes a mechanical transducer having a receiving surface and a sensing surface; and a plurality of normal force sensors between the sensing surface and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: KENT STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Mykhailo Pevnyi, Tianyi Guo, Fred Minkowski, Vincent Hetherington, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
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Patent number: 11378472Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a substrate, a patterned circuit, and a conductive material layer. The patterned circuit, formed on the substrate, includes a first-path part and a second-path part of which at least a part is formed at a predetermined gap from at least a part of the first-path part. The conductive material layer, resiliently disposed on the patterned circuit, has protrusions. The conductive material layer deforms to determine a contact area between the protrusions and the substrate, and upon deformation of the conductive material layer to contact the first-path part, the gap between the first-path part and the second-path part, and the second-path part, the first-path part electrically connects to the second-path part.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Tae-il Kim, Chanho Jeong
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Patent number: 11378473Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring displacement parameters of rotating shafts and couplings are disclosed. In some aspects, a measurement system includes a shaft extended in a longitudinal direction and a target wheel configured to rotate with the shaft. The target wheel includes sensor targets circumferentially distributed around the target wheel. Some of the targets are slanted in the longitudinal direction and some of the targets are parallel to the longitudinal direction. The measurement system includes a sensor array including at least three sensors mounted radially around the shaft and configured to detect the sensor targets as the target wheel rotates with the shaft. The measurement system includes a controller configured to receive sensor signals from the sensors and determine, based on the sensor signals, at least an axial displacement measurement of the shaft in the longitudinal direction and a radial displacement measurement of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Lord CorpInventors: Daniel Kakaley, Russell Altieri, Mark Jolly, Victor Zaccardo
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Patent number: 11371895Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide robust capacitive grip sensors that may be used in a variety of applications, including single-handed and double-handed grips, such as but not limited to barbells. Apparatus as disclosed herein and efficiently measure the presence of a human grip without requiring deformation of a gripped surface area.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventor: Bradley Davis
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Patent number: 11371642Abstract: A pig has a body of resiliently compressible material extending along a central longitudinal axis. At least one strain gauge is embedded in the material of the body. The or each strain gauge extends transversely with respect to the central longitudinal axis and is arranged to deflect and elongate longitudinally with longitudinal deflection of a forward end of the body.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Subsea 7 LimitedInventor: David Alexander Lines
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Patent number: 11359981Abstract: A portable electronic device may include an electrical resistance sensor and a battery assembly being adjacent to the electrical resistance sensor. The electrical resistance sensor is positioned to be compressed when the battery assembly swells, and the electrical resistance sensor further includes a pressure sensitive material that exhibits a characteristic of changing an electrical conductance when compressed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventors: Jared Bytheway, Brian Monson