Patents Examined by Nathaniel J Kolb
  • Patent number: 12360135
    Abstract: A method for detecting orientation of an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method includes moving, in response to a gravitational force, a mobile metallic piece in an evolution zone of a housing. The housing is formed in an interconnect region of the integrated circuit. The housing includes walls defining the evolution zone. The walls are formed within multiple metallization levels of the interconnect region. The walls include a floor wall and a ceiling wall. At least one of the floor wall and ceiling wall incorporate a pointed element directing its pointed region towards the mobile metallic piece. The pointed element delimits an open crater in a concave part of a projection. The method further includes creating an electrical signal by movement of the mobile metallic piece at a plurality of electrically conducting elements positioned at boundary points of the evolution zone and detecting the electrical signal by a detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Abderrezak Marzaki, Yoann Goasduff, Virginie Bidal, Pascal Fornara
  • Patent number: 12360127
    Abstract: Provided is a concentration monitoring system which allows continuous concentration monitoring of a processing tank. The concentration monitoring system is provided with a first cycle in which a sample of a processing liquid to which a chemical has been added is taken from a processing tank in which the processing liquid is stored and supplied to a concentration meter which measures the concentration of the chemical, a second cycle in which a chemical solution having a known concentration of the chemical is supplied to the concentration meter, and a control device which controls the first cycle to evaluate the concentration of the chemical in the processing tank on the basis of the concentration of the sample measured by the concentration meter and controls the second cycle to evaluate the precision of the concentration meter on the basis of the concentration of the chemical solution measured by the concentration meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Chiyomaru, Hiroaki Mikawa, Yuichi Okuzaki
  • Patent number: 12352612
    Abstract: A level measuring instrument is provided, including a microwave integrated circuit in a form of a radar system on chip with at least two transmission hardware channels, each to generate a transmission signal, and at least two receiving hardware channels, each to receive reflected signals from a product surface; a noise level reduction device configured to increase a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal, which relates to the reflected signals from the product surface, by averaging results of several measurements carried out in succession in time; or a signal level increasing device configured to combine, by an inverse Wilkinson divider, two of the transmission hardware channels to produce a combined transmission signal with increased power or to combine two of the receiving channels to produce a combined reception signal with increased power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland Welle, Joerg Boersig, Steffen Waelde
  • Patent number: 12347298
    Abstract: Target monitoring and alert systems for identifying and tracking targets within radar data. Raw frame data is filtered to remove data relating to reflections from static objects. Moving targets are identified in the filtered data and their location is tracked over time generating target data. Neural networks may process the target data, calculate a fall likelihood score and generate a fall-alert if this is above an alert-threshold. A person identification module may extract the position and motion characteristics of each target from the data and generate a probabilistic identification of the target with a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventors: Tsachi Rosenhouse, Alon Keren, Shay Moshe, Amit Dvash, Ido Klemer, Michael Orlovsky, Ronen Tur, Rotem Barda
  • Patent number: 12339270
    Abstract: A neural network-based water quality monitoring device for a marine ranch includes a floating board and a host computer monitor. The host computer monitor is disposed on a top of the floating board, and the host computer monitor is provided with a water quality monitoring system, and the water quality monitoring system is configured to collect water quality parameters of the marine ranch and analyze collected water quality parameters. The environmental monitoring unit is configured to use a hyperspectral water quality multiparameter monitor to monitor continuous spectral segments within a target wavelength range in water body in the marine ranch to monitor in real time data including a concentration of dissolved substances in the water, growth of algae, water pollution, water color, and presence of solid floating objects on water surface. The device can apply multiple water quality tests to improve the effectiveness and accuracy of water quality monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Guangdong Ocean University
    Inventors: Yunrong Yan, Kun Zhang, Chengqi Sun, Shoujun Zhang, Banglin Deng, Yin Sun, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 12326395
    Abstract: Provided is a downhole material test sub assembly, a well system including the same, and a method for using the same. The downhole material test sub assembly, in one aspect, includes a flange for coupling to a mandrel, and one or more retainer assemblies coupled to the flange, the one or more retainer assemblies configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel. The downhole material test sub assembly, according to another aspect, includes a mandrel and one or more grooves or pockets located in an outer surface of the mandrel, the one or more grooves or pockets configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Fraser Murray, Shanshan Yu, Thanh Nam Vu
  • Patent number: 12320737
    Abstract: A device suitable for measuring or quantifying the permeation or diffusion of one or more substances through a membrane, said device including a housing at least part of which is configured to form a first chamber or cell capable of holding a fluid or liquid in use, and a membrane support means to hold or locate at least one membrane in use adjacent to said first chamber or cell, wherein the first chamber or cell includes one or more windows or orifices through which ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS) and/or infrared (IR) electromagnetic radiation can pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
    Inventor: Kofi Asare-Addo
  • Patent number: 12313579
    Abstract: To provide an odor sensor capable of using an additive that was not capable of being adopted in an odor sensor including a polymer film, an odor measurement system using the odor sensor, and a method for producing the odor sensor, an odor sensor comprises a plurality of sensor elements, the sensor element including a substance absorption film adsorbing an odor substance; and a detection unit detecting adsorption of the odor substance with respect to the substance absorption film, wherein the substance absorption film is a porous fine particle film that contains fine particles containing a compound having silicon and oxygen as a skeleton, and a surface modifier for modifying surfaces of the fine particles, and in at least a part of the plurality of sensor elements, compositions of the fine particles and/or the surface modifier are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: AROMA BIT, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hashizume, Masahiro Kishida, Erika Terada, Kenichi Maeno
  • Patent number: 12313435
    Abstract: A method for operating a Coriolis measurement device comprises the following steps: recording the measured voltages of sensors for sensing measuring tube vibrations and creating an asymmetric sequence of values by way of the amplitudes of the measured voltages for the purpose of diagnosing the Coriolis measurement device, recording at least one stabilization variable and creating a stabilized asymmetric sequence of values based on the stabilization variable, wherein the stabilization variable is one of the following variables or a first or further temporal derivative thereof: a resonant frequency of the measuring tube containing medium or a variable derived therefrom, time or phase difference between measurement signals from the first sensor and the second sensor or a variable derived therefrom, temperature of the measuring tube wall, temperature difference between two measurement points of the measuring tube wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Johan Pohl, Hao Zhu
  • Patent number: 12313488
    Abstract: A capacitance diaphragm gauge (CDG) assembly includes a CDG sensor positioned within a vacuum enclosure, which is maintained at a vacuum. The CDG sensor generates sensor signals responsive to a pressure of an applied gas. The vacuum enclosure provides thermal insulation around the CDG sensor. The CDG sensor is maintained at a selected operating temperature using an internal heater positioned on the CDG sensor. The internal heater is responsive to external heater control signals. The temperature of the CDG sensor is monitored using an internal temperature sensor mounted on the CDG sensor. The temperature sensor generates a temperature signal. The vacuum enclosure includes an end cap that seals the vacuum enclosure. Connectors positioned through the end cap communicate the sensor signals, the heater control signals and the temperature signals through the end cap. The connectors are hermetically sealed to the end cap to maintain the vacuum within the vacuum enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt E. Datlen, Kurt R. Rustin, Nathaniel S. Hankel, Shawn C. Brown
  • Patent number: 12298202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for identifying infiltration of a viscous medium (18) into an electronic assembly (10) for a vehicle, the electronic assembly (10) comprising at least one housing (40), a printed circuit board (15) and a connection region (45), the housing (40) providing an almost tight enclosure for the electronic assembly (10) and a redundancy being provided in respect of a processing and/or forwarding of electrical signals by means of the printed circuit board (15) in the electronic assembly (10), the redundancy providing at least a first transmission path (1) and a second transmission path (2) operatively parallel thereto, each transmission path (1; 2) consisting of at least one first electrical conductor (11; 21) and a second electrical conductor (12; 22), the electrical conductors (11, 12; 21, 22) each being electrically insulated from one another, and the first transmission path (1) and the second transmission path (2) forwarding the same electrical signal (U), the second transmission
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC, ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Becker
  • Patent number: 12292369
    Abstract: The present invention provides an induction type oil debris signal monitoring and identification system, which comprises an induction type oil debris sensor, used to detect small electromagnetic changes in the oil and output a monitoring signal after processing through a signal processing circuit; a bubble and debris classification and identification network module, used to analyze whether an abnormal amplitude signal in the monitoring signal contains bubbles or not so as to prevent the bubbles from being c as debris, and a two-level debris signal analysis network module, used to analyze the monitoring signal and determine the size and the quantity of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Shenzhen Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhenghua Qian, Guan Wang, Xianwei Wu, Zhi Qian, Peng Li
  • Patent number: 12287187
    Abstract: A method for reducing blasting vibration of tunneling includes the steps of: dividing the cutting holes into several groups according to different cutting methods; conducting layout and test blasting on one group of cutting holes; testing blasting parameters for the layout and test blasting; calculating an interval t; conducting layout and test blasting on at least two groups of cutting holes again; testing blasting parameters for the layout and test blasting of each group for the second time; taking the minimum interval t of each group as the interval for formal blasting of the remaining groups of cutting holes. The use of the characteristics of the wave in the invention can superpose the peaks and troughs of the vibration wave, and further cancel out mutually; reduce the peaks of the blasting vibration and fill the troughs of the blasting vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: CHINA MCC5 GROUP CORP. LTD
    Inventors: Yixin Luo, Li Luo
  • Patent number: 12270737
    Abstract: A high aspect ratio vacuum air sampling assembly is disclosed including a first canister module. The canister module includes a high aspect ratio conduit having an aspect ratio of at least 30:1, an inlet disposed at an inlet end of the conduit, and an outlet with an outlet valve disposed at an outlet end of the conduit. The outlet is in fluid communication with the inlet through an internal volume of the conduit. An air sampling train is attached to and in fluid communication with the inlet, and includes an inlet valve, a precision orifice, and a flow controller. The inlet valve and the outlet valve are configured to isolate the internal volume of the conduit from fluid communication with an external environment when the inlet valve and the outlet valve are closed. The assembly may further include a second canister module or more in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: RESTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Goss, Jason S. Herrington, Thomas E. Kane
  • Patent number: 12251177
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for calibrating a medical instrument are discussed herein. For example, a first instrument can be configured to access an anatomical site via a first access path and a second instrument can be configured to access the anatomical site via a second access path. The second instrument can include an imaging component configured to provide image data representative of the anatomical site and the first instrument. A difference can be identified between a first coordinate frame associated with the first instrument and a second coordinate frame associated with the second instrument. A control frame of reference associated with the first instrument can be updated based at least in part on the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Chauncey F. Graetzel, Russell W. Pong, Sarah Plewe, Toni Divic, Aadel Al-Jadda
  • Patent number: 12246380
    Abstract: Calibration components having a turbomachine component form factor and methods of fabricating the calibration components using an additive manufacturing system are provided. A calibration component includes a main body and one or more representative quality indicators. The one or more representative quality indicators are disposed within the main body of the calibration component. The representative quality indicators include a cavity that has a material disposed within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richert Arthur Davis, Andrew F. King
  • Patent number: 12228494
    Abstract: A pressure regulated fluidics system of a flow cytometer includes a sheath tank holding sheath fluid; a degasser coupled to the sheath tank by a first sheath line; a manifold assembly coupled to the degasser by a second sheath line; a first valve coupled to the second sheath line; a pressure regulator coupled to the sheath tank; and a transducer coupled to and between the pressure regulator and the first valve. The transducer senses measured pressure and converts it into a voltage. The pressure regulator applies regulated pressure to the sheath fluid to maintain a total flow rate of fluids through the flow cytometer based on the voltage. The degasser pulls gas molecules out of the sheath fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventor: David Vrane
  • Patent number: 12228561
    Abstract: A method for inferring energy content of a flow fluid in a gaseous state is disclosed. The method is carried out by a computer system (200) having a processor (210) and memory (220), the memory (220) having an inference module (204), the method comprising inferring, by the inference module (204), the inferred energy content of the flow fluid in the gaseous state from an inferential relationship between the inferred energy content of the flow fluid in the gaseous state with at least one measurement taken of the flow fluid in the liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: George Alexander MacDonald, Tony Wright, Timothy James Pegg, Hans Christopher Loewenheath, Anthony William Pankratz
  • Patent number: 12222337
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph includes: a liquid meter that measures a liquid amount of a mobile phase stored in one or more mobile phase containers; and a notification unit that notifies an operator of the liquid amount of the mobile phase in each of the one or more mobile phase containers measured by the liquid meter. According to such a liquid chromatograph, when the operator replenishes the mobile phase to the mobile phase container, it is not necessary to visually measure the liquid amount of the mobile phase or manually input the value to the control device, so that it is possible to reduce the workload of the operator regarding the liquid amount management of the mobile phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Etsuho Kamata, Saki Yoshino, Fuyuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 12216014
    Abstract: A strain measuring device (100) is a strain measuring device (100) for measuring strain on an FEP (10), and includes a viscous body (101) that has a lower rigidity than the FEP (10) and covers an uneven surface of the FEP (10), and a strain gauge (102) that is attached to a portion of a surface of the viscous body (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kobayashi, Kazuaki Watanabe, Masafumi Nakagawa, Atsushi Aratake