Patents Examined by Minh Le
  • Patent number: 10107316
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating a swirling flow of fluid on horizontal plane comprises of transmission base (1) for creating of swirling which is in cone shape with minimal slope or round and flat base with thickness. It comprise of swirling flow creating surface (2) located symmetrically around central apex or center of transmission base (1) to create swirling flow. In between swirling creating surface (2), there is at least one penetrable slit (3) along the edge of swirling flow creating surface (2) for transmission fluid from one side of transmission base (1) to anther side to swirling flow creating surface (2) to creating swirling on the horizontal plane of apparatus. The said apparatus is installed inside the structure that needed to create swirling on horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Luxnara Yaovaphankul
  • Patent number: 10108481
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to perform early termination error recovery at a data storage device. A data storage device may be configured to perform error recovery operations in response to encountering an error while executing a host command, and terminate the error recovery operations prior to completion based on an error recovery time limit. Based on early termination of the error recovery operations, the storage device can add a storage location corresponding to the error to a scan list of storage locations on which to perform additional error recovery operations. In some embodiments, the host may set the error recovery time limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Abhay T Kataria, Mark A Gaertner
  • Patent number: 10107312
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes: a control valve including a first and second pilot port to move an actuator in a first and second direction respectively; a first line that connects between a pilot pressure source and first pilot port; a solenoid proportional valve provided on first line; a second line that branches off from first line at the solenoid proportional valve's position upstream and that is connected to second pilot port; a switching valve provided on the second line and including a spring to keep the switching valve in a closing position, wherein switching valve allows communication between second pilot port and tank, and a pilot port to shift the switching valve from closing to an opening position, wherein switching valve allows second pilot port to communicate with pilot pressure source; and a third line that connects between the switching valve's pilot port and a portion of the first line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Kondo, Hideyasu Muraoka
  • Patent number: 10094484
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved assembly for transporting flammable fluids. In an example, the assembly comprises a conduit, a liner, and a core. The liner comprises a material that contracts in response to an elevation in temperature. In an example, the liner comprises a material that expands in response to an elevation in temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas R. Crane
  • Patent number: 10094095
    Abstract: The system including a sensing device including a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure of water in a water system of a structure during a testing interval when a system shutoff valve of the water system is closed. The sensing device can be configured to generate pressure measurement data representing the pressure of the water as measured by the pressure sensor. The system also can include one or more processing units comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage media storing machine-executable instructions configured when run on the one or more processors to perform estimating an orifice size of a leak in the water system based on the pressure measurement data. Other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: PHYN, LLC
    Inventors: Miroslav Enev, Salil Banerjee, Shwetak Patel
  • Patent number: 10095608
    Abstract: An application for testing is determined. A test script associated with the application for testing is determined. The application is tested using the test script. The testing requires transferring data form the application to an out-of-band channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Ashish K. Mathur, Vivek Sharma
  • Patent number: 10082235
    Abstract: An improved trap primer valve may include a valve body having a central tube having a proximal end coupled to an outlet orifice and an open distal end extending into a longitudinal bore of the valve, such that fluid exiting the outlet orifice passes through the central tube. A plug, including a head portion and a rod extending from the head portion into the central tube, may be configured to selectively seat against the distal end of the central tube. An annular cartridge surrounding the central tube may have one or more apertures leading to a partially water-filled inner chamber, and may be configured to unseat the plug in automatic response to a fluctuation in system water pressure, thereby opening the valve and charging a downstream trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: JL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack S Vilendre, M Kevin Hardwick
  • Patent number: 10076766
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an application system and to an application method for applying a fluid (e.g., polyvinyl chloride, adhesive, paint, lubricant, preservation wax, sealant, or PUR foam) to a component (e.g., motor vehicle body component), comprising a flow measuring cell for measuring a quantity flow of the fluid and for producing a measurement signal corresponding to the measured quantity flow, and an evaluating unit for determining the quantity flow from the measurement signal of the flow measuring cellin accordance with a measuring specification. The disclosure further provides a calibrating device for automatically calibrating the measuring specification of the evaluating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Durr Systems, GmbH
    Inventor: Manuel Stupp
  • Patent number: 10078565
    Abstract: Methods and circuits are disclosed for error recovery in redundant processing systems. Respective instances of a software program are executed in lockstep on redundant processing circuits. Using a control circuit, in response to detecting a non-fatal error, an interrupt is generated and non-functioning ones of the processing circuits are disabled. The interrupt is serviced using the functional processing circuits operating in lockstep. In servicing the interrupt, a processing state of the processing circuits is stored and a reset of the processing circuits is triggered. Following the reset, the processing circuits are configured to operate in lockstep. The state of the processing circuits is restored to the stored processing state and a return from the interrupt is signaled. In response to the signaled return from interrupt, execution of the software program is resumed on the processing circuits in lockstep at a point at which the non-fatal error was detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventor: Leif Roland Petersson
  • Patent number: 10073471
    Abstract: A pneumatic control and measuring device and seat comfort system with such a device. The pneumatic control and measuring device includes a valve and a pressure sensor, wherein the valve includes an input channel, a pressure channel, an output channel and a sealing element switched or switchable by an actuator. The sealing element is configured to connect the input channel with the pressure channel in that a supply pressure provided in the compressed air supply channel is or can be provided at an output connection of the valve fluidically communicating with the pressure channel. A pressure sensor for capturing a pressure present at the output connection is a printed-circuit-board-integrated pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Kendrion Kuhnke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Derjong
  • Patent number: 10073469
    Abstract: A flow meter includes an inlet side switching valve, an outlet side switching valve on a downstream of the inlet side valve, and a control valve on a downstream of the outlet side valve that are connected with each other by flow passages having internal volumes, a pressure sensor on an upstream side of the control valve, and a larger flow rate measuring section for calculating a flow rate based on a build-down volume of an internal volume of the passage between an outlet of the inlet side valve and an inlet of the control valve, and a smaller flow rate measuring section for calculating a flow rate based on a build-down volume of an inner capacity of the passage between an outlet of the outlet side valve and the inlet of the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagase, Nobukazu Ikeda, Kouji Nishino, Ryousuke Dohi, Atsushi Hidaka, Katsuyuki Sugita
  • Patent number: 10068185
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are technologies directed to a feature ideator. The feature ideator can initiate a classifier that analyzes a training set of data in a classification process. The feature ideator can generate one or more suggested features relating to errors generated during the classification process. The feature ideator can generate an output to cause the errors to be rendered in a format that provides for an interaction with a user. A user can review the summary of the errors or the individual errors and select one or more features to increase the accuracy of the classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Saleema Amershi, Michael J. Brooks, Bongshin Lee, Steven M. Drucker, Patrice Y. Simard, Jin A. Suh, Ashish Kapoor
  • Patent number: 10066651
    Abstract: A compressed-air system having a safety function and a method for operating such a compressed-air system. The compressed-air system contains two working valves, which each can selectively assume an aerating position that aerates a load and a venting position that vents the load. Both working valves are redundantly connected on the output side to the load by means of a separating device. The separating device allows one or the other of the working valves to be separated, while the aeration of the load is maintained, in order to subject the one or the other working valve to an examination of the switching function of the one or the other working valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Festo AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Sauer, Alexander Vargas, Manfred Jainczyk, Eckard Roos, Peter Beil
  • Patent number: 10060546
    Abstract: The present relation is directed to solenoid valve comprising an input port including a spring biased input sealing tip, a first and second output port. The second output port including an output sealing tip, and a solenoid coil arrangement for generating magnetic fields which result in a force either on the input sealing tip or the output sealing tip. Wherein the solenoid valve arrangement consists of a single solenoid coil, that includes a permanent magnet movable in a first and second axial direction by a magnetic field. The permanent magnet being connected to the input sealing tip and to the output sealing tip such that movement of the permanent magnet in the first direction pulls the input sealing tip to open the input port and movement of the permanent magnet in the opposite direction pulls the output sealing tip to open the second output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE AB
    Inventor: Milan Tuskes
  • Patent number: 10061744
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for recovery in a virtualized environment using remote direct memory access (RDMA). In one embodiment, the method comprises operating a virtual computer system on a physical computer system, and the virtual system maintains in a memory area a record of a state of the virtual system. In this method, when defined error conditions occur on the virtual system, RDMA is used to pull the record of the state of the virtual system from that memory area onto a standby computer. This record on the standby computer is used to re-initialize the virtual computer. Embodiments of the invention provide methods that provide a very fast recovery from a virtual machine fault or error, while requiring much fewer resources than standard approaches. In embodiments of the invention, one spare real computer system can be used for backing up several virtual systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammad Banikazemi, John Alan Bivens, Michael R. Hines
  • Patent number: 10061659
    Abstract: Techniques to provide direct access to backup data are disclosed. An indication is received to provide access to backup data backed up previously to a target device. The backup data as stored on the target device is used to spawn on the target device a logical volume corresponding to the backup data. Access to the logical volume as stored on the target device is provided to a production host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Shelesh Chopra, Vladimir Mandic
  • Patent number: 10059454
    Abstract: A potable water supply and waste system for an aircraft galley is provided that includes a potable water distribution manifold in fluid communication with a potable water source. The potable water distribution manifold is configured to distribute water from the potable water source to a galley insert in a work deck of the aircraft galley. A galley insert drain line is connected to the galley insert for draining waste water from the galley insert into a sump. The sump, in turn, is connected to a main drain line for the potable water supply and waste system that is positioned below the work deck. A rotary, cruciform valve is connected in fluid communication with the potable water distribution manifold and the galley insert. The cruciform valve is selectively configured to allow the potable water source to supply or drain the entire system through the same manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Leslie Burd, Nicholas James Wilton Pearce
  • Patent number: 10049004
    Abstract: An electronic system includes: a host processor; a system memory, coupled to the host processor, includes data persistence regions identified by the host processor; a non-volatile storage device, including a fast path write (FPW) reserved area, configured to store user data from the system memory in a non-volatile media; and a power monitor unit, coupled to the host processor, configured to detect a power loss by a primary power failure detector and assert a power-loss detection control; and wherein the host processor is configured to engage a RAM flush driver for moving the content of the data persistence regions to a fast path write (FPW) reserved area in the non-volatile media when the power-loss detection control is asserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gunneswara Marripudi, Harry Rogers, Fred Worley
  • Patent number: 10047769
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flow control valve for a construction equipment for controlling the amount of oil supplied to a hydraulic actuator from a hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventor: Man-Seuk Jeon
  • Patent number: 10042690
    Abstract: The present invention provides for monitoring data file transmissions to determine patterns in data file transmissions and determining issues in a current data file transmission by comparing information associated with the patterns to attributes associated with the current data file transmission. In response to determining issues, dynamic alerts are generated and communicated to designated parties that notify the designated parties of the issues and prompt remedial actions. The present invention is able to monitor events that occur prior to data transmission (i.e., pipeline events) and, when such events are determined, through comparison of the patterns of attributes, to be abnormal or identify a fault, alerts may be generated and actions taken to eliminate or lessen the delay in the subsequent data transmission (i.e., adhere to predetermined data transmission timing requirements).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manu Jacob Kurian, Paul Grayson Roscoe