Patents Examined by Sean Curtis
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Patent number: 10502786Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes a switch detection system with a hardware controller having a power supply configured to generate a supply voltage. A first switch assembly includes an input terminal configured to receive the supply voltage. The first switch assembly includes a first switch configured to operate in a first plurality of switch states. A second switch assembly is connected in series with the first switch assembly and includes an output terminal connected to a voltage reference point. The second switch assembly includes a second switch configured to operate in a second plurality of switch states. Based on a voltage potential across the input terminal and the output terminal, the hardware controller determines the first plurality of switch states independently from the second plurality of switch states, and determines the second plurality of switch states independently from the first plurality of switch states.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jeffrey R. Nowicki, Wade G. Johnson
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Patent number: 10495697Abstract: Provided are a magnetic sensor, which is capable of accurately determining abnormalities, such as disconnection and a short circuit, of wiring of a magnetic sensor device, and the magnetic sensor device. An output control circuit of the magnetic sensor includes a voltage divider circuit, which is connected to an output terminal of the magnetic sensor, and an amplifier, which is configured to control a gate voltage of a MOS transistor, which is connected to the output terminal of the magnetic sensor, so that a voltage of the voltage divider circuit and a reference voltage become equal to each other, with the result that an output voltage of the magnetic sensor is determined by the reference voltage and a voltage dividing ratio of the voltage divider circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: ABLIC INC.Inventors: Kentaro Fukai, Minoru Ariyama
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Patent number: 10473732Abstract: A magnetometer provides a newly designed signal processing circuit that can reduce noise and increase the magnetic sensitivity by means of reducing the noise of GND electrode potential occurred at the timing when the pulse current passes through the magnetic wire. It is characterized by preparing a differential element with a neutral coil electrode, a differential sample holding circuit and a differential amplifier circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Magnedesign CorporationInventor: Yoshinobu Honkura
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Patent number: 10472936Abstract: A mineralogy composition of a formation of interest is determined using core samples or downhole measurements. A dry permittivity is determined for each identified mineral. A volumetric mixing law is employed using the determined mineralogy composition and the determined dry permitivities. An effective matrix permittivity is determined using results from the volumetric mixing law. Dielectric dispersion measurements of the subject formation are acquired using the core samples or the downhole measurements. A dielectric petrophysical model is produced using the dielectric dispersion measurements and the effective matrix permittivity. A water saturation is estimated based on the dielectric petrophysical model. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) T2 measurements having short echo spacings are acquired. A NMR petrophysical model is generated based on the NMR T2 measurements. A total porosity is determined based on the generated NMR petrophysical model.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Khaled Hadj-Sassi, Mohammed Badri
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Patent number: 10473012Abstract: A battery management system for determining a lease rate for a rechargeable battery includes the rechargeable battery in communication with a database, a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a timer, a controller, and a memory in communication with the controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Clean Train PropulsionInventor: David Cook
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Patent number: 10466309Abstract: A magnetic field measurement device includes an excitation circuit including an excitation coil that is coupled to a resonation control circuit. The excitation coil is wound around an amorphous soft magnetic core. The magnetic field measurement device includes a detection circuit including a detection coil that is wound around the amorphous soft magnetic core. The resonation control circuit is coupled to the excitation circuit and to the detection circuit to adjust a resonant frequency of the detection circuit responsive to temperature variations of the amorphous soft magnetic core.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Wenquan Li, Randal Thomas Beste, Brian Roberson
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Patent number: 10451699Abstract: In one embodiment, an image processing device includes memory circuitry configured to store a program; and processing circuitry configured, by executing the program, to extract an outer wall of a tubular structure by using a fat image obtained by a water/fat separation method of magnetic resonance imaging, and generate a tubular-structure wall image in which a wall of the tubular structure is distinguished, based on the outer wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Satoshi Wakai
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Patent number: 10444554Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, one line on the substrate, the one line extending from a peripheral region through a display region, pixels on the display region, the pixels being connected to the one line, an outer line on the peripheral region, the outer line being connected to the one line during a short circuit test process that detects a position of a short circuit defect, an electrostatic protection resistor on the peripheral region, the electrostatic protection resistor being connected to the outer line, a pad on the peripheral region, the pad being connected to the outer line through the electrostatic protection resistor, a short circuit test signal being applied to the pad during the short circuit test process, and a bypass line connecting a node between the pad and the electrostatic protection resistor to the outer line.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyong-Tae Park
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Patent number: 10436752Abstract: A particulate measurement apparatus comprises a control section, which provisionally determines in an anomaly determination process that a corona core wire is in a short anomaly state when a linear voltage is equal to or lower than a particular voltage value and increments a sensor anomaly counter CNS or a chassis anomaly counter. The control section determines that the corona core wire is in a short anomaly state when the count value of one of the anomaly counters is equal to or greater than a determination threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Inoue, Yuichi Goto, Ryosuke Noda
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Patent number: 10436844Abstract: A synthetic test circuit for testing a submodule performance in a power compensator includes a submodule test unit which is an object of testing the submodule performance, a current source and a controller. The current source is connected to the submodule test unit to supply a voltage to the submodule test unit such that a charging voltage having a capacity set in the submodule test unit is stored in order to operate the submodule test unit. The controller is configured to perform control to perform a submodule performance test of the submodule test unit using the stored charging voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Ho Chung, Seung Taek Baek, Young Woo Kim, Jin Hee Lee, Eui Cheol Nho, Jae Hun Jung
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Patent number: 10429430Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a capacitive sensor arrangement of a motor vehicle, a control unit being provided, the sensor arrangement having at least one electrode and a connection arrangement which is assigned to the electrode and has a connecting line and, on the latter, a connection on the electrode side and a connection on the control unit side, the electrode being controlled during a measurement routine by the control unit and the resulting distance values being determined on the basis of a measurement capacitance formed by the electrode with respect to a reference potential, the electrical connection state of the electrode being checked with respect to the connection to the control unit during a diagnostic routine by the control unit. It is proposed that the connection state is checked during the diagnostic routine by the control unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, BambergInventors: Holger Wuerstlein, Detlef Russ
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Patent number: 10429427Abstract: The invention relates to a method (3) for determining (33) a state characteristic value (28) of a electric device (4) controlled by a temporally variable control signal (17). The at least one state characteristic value (28) is determined using the frequency of the temporally variable control signal (17) and/or the switching characteristics of the temporally variable control signal (17).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions GmbH & Co. OHGInventors: Sven Fink, Matt Saterbak
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Patent number: 10429178Abstract: An arrangement measures coordinates of a workpiece and/or machines the workpiece. The arrangement has a first part and a second part that can be moved relative to the first part. The relative mobility of the first and second parts is specified in addition to a possible mobility of a probe that is optionally additionally fixed to the arrangement. The mobility of the probe is specified by a deflection of the probe from a neutral position during a mechanical probing of the workpiece for the purpose of measuring the coordinates. A measuring body is arranged on the first or second part, and at least one sensor is arranged on the other part, i.e. on the second or first part. The sensor generates a measurement signal corresponding to a position of the measuring body and thus corresponding to the relative position of the first and second part.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbHInventors: Tobias Held, Rainer Sagemueller, Dominik Seitz, Tobias Woletz
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Patent number: 10429290Abstract: In a particulate measurement apparatus (300) of a particulate measurement system (10), a control section (600) provisionally determines in an anomaly determination process at S130 that a corona core wire (202) is in a wire-breakage anomaly state; namely, that the corona core wire (202) is broken, when a corona low-side current C1 is equal to or smaller than a current determination value C1min, and increments a wire-breakage anomaly counter CNB at S140. The control section (600) determines that the corona core wire (202) is in the wire-breakage anomaly state at S170 when the count value of the wire-breakage anomaly counter CNB is equal to or greater than a wire-breakage determination threshold Cth; namely, that the result of the determination at S160 is “Yes”.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Inoue, Kaoru Hisada, Yuichi Goto
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Patent number: 10424449Abstract: An abnormal operation of a movable contact is correctly detected. The abnormal operation of the movable contact (9) to the fixed contact (10) is detected based on at least one of a separation transient response signal of a coil current passed through the excitation coil (6) during the supply of a separation pulse signal and an attraction transient response signal of the coil current during the supply of an attraction pulse signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Norikazu Nishio
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Patent number: 10416201Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for estimating an RMS current (Ic,rms) of an intermediate circuit capacitor (CZWK) for a complete system of a battery (1), an inverter (9) and an N-phase electrical machine (6), wherein, in the complete system, the inverter (9) converts a DC power received from the battery (1) for the purpose of energizing the electrical machine with N phase currents, and wherein the RMS current (Ic,rms) of the intermediate circuit capacitor to be estimated is calculated according to a calculation rule which is supplied with predefined switching times (tLow,off, tHigh,off) of the N phases of the electrical machine, measured phase currents (ISu, ISv, ISw) of N-1 phases or N phases of the electrical machine and a predefined battery direct current (IBatt) as input variables. This makes it possible to exactly estimate the RMS current (Ic,rms) of an intermediate circuit capacitor for any desired pulse patterns for controlling the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Daniel Zimmermann, Christian Djonga, Michele Hirsch
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Patent number: 10401438Abstract: Provided are a magnetic sensor, which is capable of accurately determining abnormalities, such as disconnection and a short circuit, of wiring of a magnetic sensor device, and the magnetic sensor device. An output control circuit of the magnetic sensor includes a voltage divider circuit, which is connected to an output terminal of the magnetic sensor, and an amplifier, which is configured to control a gate voltage of a MOS transistor, which is connected to the output terminal of the magnetic sensor, so that a voltage of the voltage divider circuit and a reference voltage become equal to each other, with the result that an output voltage of the magnetic sensor is determined by the reference voltage and a voltage dividing ratio of the voltage divider circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Ablic Inc.Inventors: Kentaro Fukai, Minoru Ariyama
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Patent number: 10401446Abstract: A radio frequency coil unit (10) for use in a magnetic resonance imaging system, the radio frequency coil unit (10) comprising: at least one electrically insulating substrate (18); at least one radio frequency coil member (12) disposed at a first side (22) of the electrically insulating substrate (18); a first capacitor member (26) disposed at the first side (22) of the electrically insulating substrate (18) and galvanically connected to the at least one radio frequency coil member (12); a second capacitor member (28) disposed at a second side (24) of the electrically insulating substrate (18) which is opposite of the first side (22); wherein the first capacitor member (26) and the second capacitor member (28) at least partially overlap in a direction (20) perpendicular to a surface of the electrically insulating substrate (18); and wherein the at least one radio frequency coil member (12), the first capacitor member (26) and the second capacitor member (28) are part of a radio frequency resonance circuit havType: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Oliver Lips
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Patent number: 10393908Abstract: A bobbin for holding inductive coils includes features that yield a smaller overall size and prevent irregular and asymmetric coil windings. The bobbin comprises a central hub and a single flange that extends from a middle circumference of the hub. The bobbin includes no end flanges at the ends of the central hub, reducing the height of the bobbin. The interface between the flange and the hub is a sharp corner with little or no radius, facilitating regular and symmetrical coil geometries. Coil assemblies can be attached to the respective two sides of the flange concentrically with the hub. Each coil assembly can be formed by winding a transmitter coil, then winding a receiver coil concentrically over the transmitter coil. Conductive pins that extend from the outer edge of the flange interface the coil lead wires to a printed circuit board of an inductive sensor or other device.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Roberto S. Santos, Yongyao Cai, Boeun Uy
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Patent number: 10393688Abstract: A sensor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a functional element. The first electrode includes a porous body having holes in at least the vicinity of a surface of the first electrode, and includes a first metallic material in which either a first passivation film is formed on the surface or the first passivation film present on the surface is lost. The second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode includes a porous body having holes in at least the vicinity of a surface of the second electrode. The functional element is configured to measure a difference in electric potential between the first and second electrodes. A porosity of the first electrode and a porosity of the second electrode are different from each other. The sensor device is configured to measure a state of a site to be measured based on the difference in electric potential.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Juri Kato, Takao Miyazawa