Patents Examined by Randy W. Gibson
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Patent number: 11927471Abstract: In a combination weighing apparatus (1), a driver (10) is attached to a main body (100) by being inserted into an opening (100A) provided in a lateral surface of the main body, in a direction from an outer side (O) toward an inner side (I) of the main body, a first motor (14), a second motor (13), and a load cell (12) are arranged on the inner side of the main body in relation to a base (11), and in a state where the driver is attached to the main body, at least a portion of the first motor, the second motor, and the load cell is located further on a lower side (L) than a lower edge (E1) of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuteru Oda, Toshiharu Kageyama, Naomi Imaaki
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Patent number: 11927470Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus (1) according to one embodiment includes: a plurality of hoppers (4) to (6) that receives articles inputted from an outside, temporarily stores the articles, and discharges the stored articles downstream; a discharge chute (9) that receives the articles discharged from the hoppers and causes the articles to slide downstream; an acquisition unit (50) that acquires weight values of the articles stored in each hopper; and a control unit (30) that performs combination calculation on the basis of the weight values acquired by the acquisition unit and discharges the articles from a hopper determined by the combination calculation to the discharge chute. The discharge chute includes: a first slide surface (91) having a plurality of openings (91A); and a second slide surface (92) that covers a part of the opening and is disposed at a position on an inner side of the discharge chute with respect to the first slide surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mikio Kishikawa
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Patent number: 11927555Abstract: The design and structure of a fluidic concentration metering device with a full dynamic range utilizing micro-machined thermal time-of-flight sensing elements is exhibited in this disclosure. With an additional identical sensing chip but packaged at the different locations in the measurement fluidic chamber with a closed conduit, the device can simultaneously measure the fluidic concentration and the fluidic flowrate. With a temperature thermistor integrated on the same micro-machined thermal sensing chip, the disclosed device will be able to provide the key processing parameters for the fluidic applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Siargo Ltd.Inventors: Liji Huang, Yahong Yao, Li Chen, Chih-Chang Chen
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Patent number: 11913825Abstract: The invention relates to a storage system (1) for a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle. In order to make commercial motor vehicles available that can be utilized more productively and more effectively, the storage system (1) exhibits at least one weighing machine with counting scale (5), capable of being fixed in the loading space, and at least one indicating unit (7), assigned to the weighing machine with counting scale (5), for indicating a piece number of bulk commodity located on the weighing machine with counting scale (5) and/or for indicating a volume of a liquid commodity located on the weighing machine with counting scale (5).Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Detlef Kuck, Marcel Grein, Alexandra Holz, Moritz Martinius, Ramola Rege
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Patent number: 11906347Abstract: A configurable-width industrial weighing scale configured to hang directly from one of multiple engine-powered lifting machines and/or to couple to a quick-attach plate or other attachment means of an engine-powered lifting machine and configured to directly support a lifting element and/or couple to a quick-attach plate or other attachment means of a lifting element. A weighing element includes front and rear plates in parallel with one another and a weighing assembly therebetween. The weighing assembly may include a strain gauge-based load cell, a shock absorber, a mechanical preload adjustment to control a vertical difference between the front and rear plates, a mechanical linearity control to adjust an angle of the weighing assembly, a carriage alignment bolt to compensate for an uneven surface of a lifting carriage of the engine-powered lifting machine, and/or a mechanical adjustment to compensate for a distance between the front plate and a load.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Steven Edward Smith
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Patent number: 11906367Abstract: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a substrate temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a substrate, wherein the substrate temperature sensor is provided in a protective pipe passing through a notch provided at least in a bottom plate of a substrate retainer inserted into a process chamber in a state where the substrate is mounted on the substrate retainer.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Kokusai Electric CorporationInventors: Tokunobu Akao, Hitoshi Murata, Akinori Tanaka, Masaaki Ueno
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Patent number: 11908290Abstract: Disclosed are visual recognition and sensor fusion weight detection system and method. An example method includes: tracking, by a sensor system, objects and motions within a selected area of a store; activating, by the sensor system, a first computing device positioned in the selected area in response to detecting a presence of a customer within the selected area; identifying, by the sensor system, the customer and at least one item carried by the customer; transmitting, by the sensor system, identifying information of the customer and the at least one item to a computing server system via a communication network; measuring, by the first computing device, a weight of the at least one item; transmitting, by the first computing device, the weight to the computing server system via the communication network; and generating, by the computing server system, via the communication network, transaction information of the at least one item.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Maplebear Inc.Inventors: Lin Gao, Shiyuan Yang
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Patent number: 11898896Abstract: A scale apparatus is described. The scale apparatus may include a housing sized to fit within a playing card tuck box; a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects; a wireless transmitter; and a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter. The microcontroller may be configured to: continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate; when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter; measure a change in the weight; and when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Penguin Magic, Inc.Inventor: Acar Altinsel
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Patent number: 11892342Abstract: A parallel guide of a force transmission device has movable and fixed parallel legs, and first and second parallel guiding elements. Thin-point flexional bearings connect the parallel legs to the parallel guiding elements. The movable parallel leg is guided by the parallel guiding element on the fixed parallel leg. A force transmission lever, arranged on the fixed parallel leg, has a lever bearing, and a first lever arm. The force transmission lever is pivotably mounted on the lever bearing and the first lever arm is connected to the movable parallel leg to transmit force. The force-transmitting connection is produced by a coupling element having at least one further thin-point flexional bearing, with at least one functional region of the force transmission device being formed monolithically. A functional region associates at least one bearing point with at least one of the parallel legs, the force transmission lever, and the coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Mettler-Toledo GmbHInventors: Arne Burisch, Hans-Rudolf Burkhard, Stephan Baltisberger, Urs Loher, Andreas Metzger
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Patent number: 11892341Abstract: The weighing platform with a lattice load-bearing structure shaped spatially and made of load-bearing elements and connecting elements intersecting with them, affixed to a joint frame, whereas the load-bearing elements, in the place of intersection with the connecting profiles, have cuts in the shape adjusted to the shape of the connecting elements, and additionally the platform contains at least one load-bearing shell, measurement elements, regulated feet and connectors, according to the invention is characterised in that the connecting elements (8) are located strictly in the cuts (7.1) of the load-bearing structure (7) at the depth “g”, equal to height “h” of the connecting elements (8) and at the same time less than half of the height “H” of the load-bearing elements (7), while to the bottom of the weighing platform at least two profile panels (3) are fixed, with openings (10) for the screw connectors (6), to which panels (3) the measurement elements (4) and regulated feet (5) are fixed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MEGATERM PLUS SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDIALNOSCIAInventors: Marek Jach, Piotr Zach
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Patent number: 11885666Abstract: Accurate weighing and measurement of fine materials is provided by a linear compensation apparatus and a weighing system. The linear compensation apparatus has a weight loading mechanism (10) with a bearing plate (11), a drive apparatus (12), and a measuring weight (13). The drive apparatus is mounted onto the bearing plate, the measuring weight is connected to the drive apparatus, and, by hoisting or lowering the measuring weight with the drive apparatus, loads from the bearing plate are adjusted. The linear compensation apparatus and the weighing system greatly reduce device costs and labor costs in a batching process, save time and effort, have no risk of cross-contamination, and achieve automated production operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Co., Ltd, Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Co., Ltd, Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., LtdInventors: Jinjie Cai, Xiang Li, Zhihe Chao, Chenggang Ding, Xiaomin Zhang, Chunhui Li
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Patent number: 11885665Abstract: A device (10) for weighing individual containers (14) arranged in a nest (12), wherein the containers (14) are formed with a bottom region (16) and a lid region (18) and the device (10) includes at least one weighing device (20) with at least one load cell (19) and with at least one weighing receptacle (22), and an arrangement unit (28). The weighing receptacle (22) and the arrangement unit (28) are arranged movable relative to each other in order to be able to move a container (14) arranged in the nest (12), which is arranged in the arrangement unit (28), completely out of the nest (12). The disclosure also relates to a set comprising such a device (10) and to a method for weighing individual containers (14) arranged in a nest (12).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbHInventors: Ulrich Krauß, Stefan Nagler, Markus Ilgenfritz, Bertram Selig, Erich Hillenmeyer, Samuel Stegmeier
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Patent number: 11879767Abstract: The present disclosure is to a scale for measuring a weight of a mass inside of an intermodal freight container. The scale includes a first bottom side rail, a second bottom side rail, a first cross-member and a second cross-member, where the cross-members join the first bottom side rail and the second bottom side rail. The scale further includes a jointed member having a first elongate section joined to the first bottom side rail with a first hinge, a second elongate section joined to the second bottom side rail with a second hinge, and a third hinge that connects the first elongate section and the second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventor: George E. Kochanowski
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Patent number: 11879770Abstract: A weighing method has an automatic micro-calibration function. In the method, an automatic adjustment is performed by a self-calibration weighing module. When the result of the adjustment does not meet a requirement, an automatic calibration is performed by the self-calibration weighing module, followed by weighing fine formulation materials. In the weighing method, the self-calibration module is used to perform the automatic calibration function to weigh the fine formulation materials. This provides a high degree of automation, and greatly reduced cost in equipment and labor for a formulating process, saving on time and labor, and with no risk of cross-contamination.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Ltd, Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd., Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., LtdInventors: Zhengwei Ji, Chunhui Li, ZhiHe Chao
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Patent number: 11879769Abstract: A cooking assistance device is for weighing a kitchen appliance or food container and then calculating a weight of food contained by the kitchen appliance or container based on a known dry weight. The food weight is provided to cooking aid device (which may be an integral part of the assistance device or it may be a remote device) for providing cooking instructions to a user. The device is thus able to coordinate the use of multiple kitchen appliances or utensils for example when a recipe is being followed by a user, with user instructions, information or advice being provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N. V.Inventors: Franciscus Jozef Marie Starmans, Roland Waldner
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Patent number: 11874201Abstract: The invention relates to a test method for carrying out a fire claim test on a water flow valve and/or on a water flow valve system, in particular on a wet alarm valve and/or on a wet alarm valve station, as well as technical components to be used in this context and their use.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventors: Björn Schmidt, Peter Kempf, Georg Baumann
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Patent number: 11867554Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to apparatus and methods for automatic fluid flow system connectors. The system generally includes a load cell interface coupled to a console and a ring connector coupled to a fluid collection system. The ring connector can be releasably engaged with the load cell using an engagement structure such as a latch, locking arm, or spring clip mechanism. The ring connector and load cell can include electrical contacts configured to engage along an axis that extends perpendicular to a surface that the electrical contacts are disposed on. Advantageously, reduced wear on the electrical contacts should extend the usable life of the system.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Emelia Funnell, Jason Jishen Cheng, Rohit Sinha, Michal Tourchak
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Patent number: 11866303Abstract: Described is a safety system for a self-propelled operating machine (1) comprises a processing unit (3) which includes: a memory module (31) in which a plurality of load diagrams is stored; a limiting module (32) configured for limiting the operational possibilities of actuators of the machine (1), on the basis of a load diagram; a measuring device (41, 42) for acquiring operating parameters relative to various operating conditions of the operating machine (1); and a selection module (33) configured for selecting from the memory module (31) a load diagram on the basis of an operating parameter acquired by the measuring device (41, 42).Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L.Inventor: Marco Iotti
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Patent number: 11850972Abstract: An occupant classification system for a seat assembly (20) includes a plurality of sensors (32), a posture classifier and a weight classification system. The seat assembly includes a seat cushion (22) and a seat back (24). Each of the plurality of sensors (32) measures a force applied to the seat cushion (22) by an occupant of the seat assembly. The posture classifier identifies a posture of the occupant based on the distribution of forces applied to each of the plurality of sensors (32). The weight classification system identifies a weight class of the occupant based on the posture and the magnitude of forces applied to each of the plurality of sensors (32).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Magna Seating Inc.Inventor: Bruno D Carraro
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Patent number: 11846539Abstract: A method and a system measure interfering influences on a checkweighing device. In the method, external interference data are obtained, as are interference data from the checkweighing device itself and interference data from an object being weighed, by calculating or mapping the weighing error data in the stationary state, in the operating state, and in the weighing state. The system for measuring the interference uses a meter and a processing apparatus. The meter and the processing apparatus perform an interference measurement and a compensation method. The amount of interference in the checkweighing device in each state and the amount of influence of the interference on the weighing performance is obtained, thereby facilitating the production, debugging, maintenance, and use of a checkweighing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Ltd, Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd., Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shenhui Wang, Huifang Wu, Ming Cai, Qi Han, Dongjie Qiu, Wenjun Jiang, Jindong Cui, Bin Zhu