Patents Issued in June 12, 2018
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Patent number: 9995614Abstract: Measurement device for determining the flow rate of a fluid flowing in a pipe in a main flow direction, comprises a diverting unit connected to the pipe and adapted to divert the fluid flow from the axis of the main flow direction in the pipe and directing the flow to a measuring section, the diverting unit is a sealed reservoir having an inlet portion connected to an inlet pipe, an outlet portion connected to an outlet pipe and a diverting portion connected to the inlet portion and the outlet portion and comprising a tubular member disposed in the diverting portion and the outlet portion, the tubular member has a measuring section comprising fluid flow rate meter, and a connecting section for connecting the tubular member to the outlet pipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Inventor: Alexandr Mikhailovich Derevyagin
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Patent number: 9995615Abstract: The invention is a hydrogen generator with a fuel gauge and a method of fuel gauging. The hydrogen generator includes a replaceable fuel unit, containing a hydrogen-containing material (fuel) that can release hydrogen gas when heated and whose thermal conductivity is related to a quantity of releasable hydrogen contained therein, and a fuel gauge including a heat source and a temperature sensor adjacent to the fuel unit and a controller for determining a fuel level value based on a measured temperature. The temperature is measured at a pre-established time after activating the heat source, and the measured temperature is compared to a predetermined relationship between the measured temperature and a releasable hydrogen content in the fuel at the pre-established time. An output signal is provided (e.g., to a visible display, an audible signal or a controller).Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: INTELLIGENT ENERGY INC.Inventor: Jason L. Stimits
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Patent number: 9995616Abstract: A fluid level monitoring system for a container defining a chamber includes first and second flexible interdigital capacitive sensors located at first and second ends of the chamber and disposed about a longitudinal axis of the chamber. The first and second flexible interdigital capacitive sensors are configured to be immersed, at least in part, within a fluid contained in the chamber. The fluid level monitoring system further includes a controller disposed in operative communication with the first and second flexible interdigital capacitive sensors, to determine a level of the fluid in the chamber based, at least in part, on an average of measure of parameters received from the first and second flexible interdigital capacitive sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Douglas A. Rebinsky
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Patent number: 9995617Abstract: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container, comprising: a mechanically oscillatable unit; an electrodynamic transducer unit for exciting the oscillatable unit by means of an exciter signal to execute mechanical oscillations and for receiving the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit and transducing them into an electrical, received signal; and an electronics unit, which at least determines and/or monitors the process variable based on the received signal. The invention is distinguished by features including that the electrodynamic transducer unit has exactly one coil, which serves both as a drive element as well as also a receiving element.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Alexander Muller, Sergej Lopatin, Tobias Brengartner
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Patent number: 9995618Abstract: The present invention relates to a capsule-weighing device (1) comprising a capsule holder (2) for receiving at least one capsule lower part (4), preferably for medical preparations, a weighing unit (5) that can be positioned independently of the capsule holder (2) and that has at least one first electrode (8) for weighing the capsule lower part (4) in the capsule holder (2), a transport device (3) for moving the capsule holder (2), independently of the weighing unit (5), to different stations (S1-S12), and at least one second electrode (9), wherein an outer wall (7) of the at least one capsule lower part (4) is exposed in the capsule holder (2), or is only thinly enclosed by the capsule holder (2), such that, by means of an electric field between the first and second electrodes (8, 9), the capsule lower part (4) can be weighed without moving the capsule lower part (4) in the capsule holder (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Walter Boehringer, Jens Schlipf, Martin Vogt, Thomas Franck, Werner Runft
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Patent number: 9995619Abstract: A fluid container measurement system employing a load cell linkage member is disclosed. The fluid container measurement system is configured to suspend a load measurement assembly a distance above a support surface. The load measurement assembly houses a load cell and a measurement control circuit. The measurement control circuit is coupled to the load cell and configured to receive electrical signals indicative of a force imposed on the load cell. The load measurement assembly also includes or is configured to receive a load cell linkage member mechanically linked to the load cell. In this manner, a load placed on the load cell linkage member will be exerted on the load cell. Electrical signals generated by the load cell indicative of the force exerted on the load cell can be used to measure the fluid container attached to the load cell linkage member.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Adaptec Medical Devices LLCInventors: Walter Dan Parker, Edward James Mueller, Keith Hobart Gausmann, Nathan Thomas Luck, Scott Eric Liddle
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Patent number: 9995620Abstract: This disclosure provides a combination scale including a dispersing feeder, linear feeders, a plurality of hoppers, and a collector. The dispersing feeder and linear feeders are respectively disposed in upper parts of a center base of the combination scale to disperse and deliver outwardly articles received therein. The hoppers are removably mountable to an outer periphery of the center base to hold and discharge the articles. The collector collects the articles discharged from the hoppers on a central side of the center base and discharges the collected articles. The collector constitutes a collecting and discharging channel for the articles to be collected and discharged. The combination scale further includes a shielding tool configured to block liquid that drops from the center base downward into the collecting and discharging channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Yamato Scale Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Morimoto, Ryo Shimizu
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Patent number: 9995621Abstract: A compression assembly (5) forms an airborne sound sensor for detecting sound pressure level. The airborne sound sensor includes a piezo electric transducer (11) compressed against a top element (9) and a lower element (12) so as to compress the transducer (11) across a first face and a distal second sensing face.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Inventor: Sophie Elizabeth Clarke
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Patent number: 9995622Abstract: A method of detecting an optical signal, comprising the steps of: providing an avalanche photodiode (APD) comprising a multiplication region capable of amplifying an electric current, said multiplication region, in operation, having a first ionization rate for electrons and a second ionization rate for holes, wherein said first ionization rate is different in magnitude from said second ionization rate, and exposure to the optical signal causes an impulse response; exposing the APD to a modulating optical signal; providing an external circuit that induces an APD bias to the multiplication region; providing an external circuit for amplifying and processing an electric signal from the avalanche photodiode; and modulating the APD bias in a manner that is correlated with the optical signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Voxtel, Inc.Inventor: George Williams
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Patent number: 9995623Abstract: A spectroscopic device, which may be a handheld spectroscopic light source, which uses ambient light as a primary broadband light source, but which may be supplemented with an auxiliary light source to supplement band regions which may be deficient in the broad band source. The spectroscopic device makes use of a number of parallel control channels to monitor for sufficient light and to compensate for variations in the input light levels.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: INTEGRATED PLASMONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Robert Joseph Walters
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Patent number: 9995624Abstract: To improve light use efficiency and thereby achieve even higher sampling rates. An optical measurement device includes: a light source configured to emit illumination light including a plurality of wavelength components; an optical system configured to introduce an axial chromatic aberration into the illumination light from the light source and to receive reflection light reflecting from a measurement object where at least a portion of the measurement object lies along a line extending from the optical axis of the optical system; a spectrometer for separating the reflection light received at the optical system into wavelength components, and a detector including a plurality of light receiving elements arranged one-dimensionally to correspond to the dispersion direction of the spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hisayasu Morino, Jun Takashima, Kenichi Matoba, Masayuki Hayakawa, Naoki Fujiwara, Mariko Marukawa
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Patent number: 9995625Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a continuous-wave terahertz generation and detection device using a photomixing technique, the device including: first and second light source units configured to output continuous-wave laser light sources, which have single wavelength and different frequencies, to generate optical signals; a first electro-optic phase modulator configured to shift a frequency of the optical signal generated by the first light source unit, and a second electro-optic phase modulator configured to shift a frequency of the optical signal generated by the second light source unit; a first optical amplifier configured to receive and amplify the optical signal whose frequency is shifted by the first electro-optic phase modulator and the optical signal generated by the second light source unit, and a second optical amplifier configured to receive and amplify the optical signal whose frequency is shifted by the second electro-optic phase modulator and the optical signal generated by theType: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jongin Song, Hajun Song
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Patent number: 9995626Abstract: A confocal microscope, operable to focus on any of a plurality of portions of a sample, is optically coupled to a light source and to a spectrograph module. When the confocal microscope focuses on a particular portion of the sample, the confocal microscope directs incident light from the light source to the particular portion and directs responsive light from the particular portion to the spectrograph module. The spectrograph module can be operated using a first diffraction grating having a first line density to obtain a Raman spectrum of the responsive light from the particular portion of the sample. The spectrograph module can also be operated using a second diffraction grating having a second line density that is less than the first line density to obtain a fluorescence or phosphorescence spectrum of the responsive light from the particular portion of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventor: Mary Anne Leugers
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Patent number: 9995627Abstract: A spectroscopic scanning device, a portable spectroscopic scanning system, and methods for using the spectroscopic scanning device are described that include at least one focusing element configured to collect light, a beam-steering element configured to direct a portion of the collected light from the at least one focusing element, and a detector configured to receive the directed light from the beam-steering element, wherein the beam-steering element is operable to successively select portions of light from a plurality of locations within its field of regard.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION INC.Inventors: Maxim Frayer, Juan Ivaldi, Peng Zou
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Patent number: 9995628Abstract: A fiber optic sensor, a process for utilizing a fiber optic sensor, and a process for fabricating a fiber optic sensor are described, where a double-side-polished silicon pillar is attached to an optical fiber tip and forms a Fabry-Pérot cavity. In an implementation, a fiber optic sensor in accordance with an exemplary embodiment includes an optical fiber configured to be coupled to a light source and a spectrometer; and a single silicon layer or multiple silicon layers disposed on an end face of the optical fiber, where each of the silicon layer(s) defines a Fabry-Pérot interferometer, and where the sensor head reflects light from the light source to the spectrometer. In some implementations, the fiber optic sensor may include the light source coupled to the optical fiber; a spectrometer coupled to the optical fiber; and a controller coupled to the high speed spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: NUTECH VENTURESInventors: Ming Han, Guigen Liu, Weilin Hou
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Patent number: 9995629Abstract: A static Fourier transform spectrometer is disclosed that includes a beam splitter, a mirror device, and a collection optic. The beam splitter divides an input light beam into a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first arm is reflected by the beam splitter and the second arm passes through the beam splitter, wherein the first arm extends to the converging optical unit without deflection after reflection at the mirror device, wherein the second arm extends to the converging optical unit without deflection after passing through the beam splitter, and wherein the collection optic merges the first arm and the second arm for interference.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Technische Universität MünchenInventor: Michael Schardt
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Patent number: 9995630Abstract: An unevenness inspection apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to obtain a pickup image of a test object and modify a chroma value of a pixel in the pickup image to correct a gain of the pickup image associated with the pixel for generating a color unevenness inspection image. The circuitry is configured to generate a luminance unevenness inspection image based on the pickup image and calculate an evaluation parameter using both of the color unevenness inspection image and the luminance unevenness inspection image. The circuitry is configured to perform unevenness inspection using the calculated evaluation parameter, which is calculated based on unevenness visibility for both color and luminance.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Kunihiko Nagamine, Satoshi Tomioka
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Patent number: 9995631Abstract: An improved system for measuring the temperature of a plurality of workpieces in a rotating semiconductor processing device is disclosed. Because silicon has variable emissivity in the infrared band, a temperature stable, high emissivity coating is applied to a portion of the workpiece, allowing the temperature of the workpiece to be measured by observing the temperature of the coating. Further, by limiting the amount of coating applied to the workpiece, the effect of the coating on the intrinsic temperature of the workpiece and the surrounding semiconductor processing device may be minimized. The temperature of the workpieces is measured as the workpieces pass under an aperture by capturing a thermal image of a portion of the workpiece. In certain embodiments, a controller is used to process the plurality of thermal images into a single thermal image showing all of the workpieces disposed within the semiconductor processing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Pergande, Gary E. Wyka, Aaron Webb
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Patent number: 9995632Abstract: A radiation thermometer has a broadband light source which generates broadband light; an optical filter which, when the broadband light is incident on the measuring target object, passes only light in a predetermined wavelength range of reflected light and heat radiation light from a measuring target object; a light receiver which receives the light in the predetermined wavelength range through the optical filter; and a calculator which calculates a temperature of the measuring target object by using reflected light intensity and heat radiation intensity of the light in the predetermined wavelength range received by the light receiver, wherein an emission spectrum of the broadband light is a spectrum with a full width at half maximum which is equal to or wider than the predetermined wavelength range, and with light intensity increasing while a wavelength thereof becomes longer in the predetermined wavelength range.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.Inventors: Yasushi Iyechika, Masato Akita
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Patent number: 9995633Abstract: An optical wavelength detecting device, the device including: a polarizer configured to transform an incident light into a polarized light; a detecting element configured to receive the polarized light and form a temperature difference or a potential difference between two points of the detecting element, wherein the detecting element includes a carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of carbon nanotubes oriented along the same direction, and angles between a polarizing direction of the polarized light and an oriented direction of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is adjustable; a measuring device electrically connected to the detecting element and configured to measure the temperature difference or the potential difference; a data processor electrically connected to the measuring device and configured to obtain the optical wavelength by calculating and analyzing the temperature difference or the potential difference.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ling Zhang, Yang Wu, Kai-Li Jiang, Chang-Hong Liu, Jia-Ping Wang, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9995634Abstract: To measure the frequency of a laser, the frequency of a beat signal that is generated by the interference between an optical frequency comb, used as the reference of measurement, and the laser to be measured is measured. In such a laser frequency measurement using the optical frequency comb, at least one of a repetition frequency and a CEO frequency of the optical frequency comb is changed so that the frequency of the beat signal becomes a predetermined value, and the frequency of the beat signal is measured, so that the frequency of the laser is measured. This allows measurement of the frequency of laser having large frequency variation and low stability.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiko Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9995635Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal element comprising a shaft and a test prod arranged on one end of the shaft. The thermal element comprises a first conductor and a second conductor, which are manufactured from different conductor materials and which are in electrical contact on one contact point provided in the region of the test prod. The first conductor and the second conductor are embedded at least in sections in a material of the shaft. The contact point is additionally or alternatively to the shaft material shielded with respect to the outside space at least in sections by means of a shield formed by a shielding material, wherein the shielding material has a lower diffusion coefficient and/or a higher thermal conductivity than the shaft material.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: DEKEMA DENTAL-KERAMIKOFEN GMBHInventor: Stephan Miller
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Patent number: 9995636Abstract: A temperature sensing system for a switching device is provided The temperature sensing system includes a sensing device that is configured to sense a temperature of the switching device and a signal converter that is configured to output a digital signal having a frequency based on a voltage across the sensing device by a frequency variable method which receives the voltage across the sensing device which is a temperature sensing value when a current flows in the sensing device to convert a level of an analog signal into a frequency of the digital signal. An isolator is configured to be connected to an output terminal of the signal converter to isolate and transmit the digital signal output from the signal converter. The system also includes a controller configured to recognize the temperature from the frequency of the digital signal transmitted through the isolator.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Kang Ho Jeong, Ki Jong Lee, Jee Hye Jeong
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Patent number: 9995637Abstract: The invention relates to an electric plug connector for electrically connecting at least one first and one second thermocouple conductor, comprising at least one electrically conductive first and second contacting means, wherein the first thermocouple conductor is to be connected to the first contacting means, and the second thermocouple conductor is to be connected to the second contacting means, at least one first electrical temperature sensor, which is provided with a temperature sensing region and with at least one first and one second electrical contact, wherein at least one part of the temperature sensing region of the first temperature sensor is directly attached to the first contacting means by a joint.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Fabian Zink
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Patent number: 9995638Abstract: Input terminal of a thermocouple (TC) instrument. The input terminal may include a printed circuit board (PCB), including an input portion configured to receive signals from a thermocouple, and an output portion configured to communicatively connect to the instrument. The input terminal may further include a sensor mounted on the PCB, configured to measure temperature at or near a cold junction of the input terminal. The PCB may include first traces connecting the input portion of the PCB to the output portion of the PCB, and configured to send TC signals to the TC instrument and second traces connecting the sensor to the output portion of the PCB, and configured to send temperature signals to the instrument. The traces may be configured to provide the TC signals and the temperature signals to the TC instrument without using metal pins.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Daniel H. Ousley, Shaun M. Stelley, David R. Pasternak
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Patent number: 9995639Abstract: A sensor element, comprising first and second measuring paths, wherein the first measuring path extends via a first segment of a first material and the second measuring path at least partially extends via this first segment of the first material, wherein the second measuring path extends additionally via a second segment, which is composed of a second material different from the first material.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Peter Seefeld
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Patent number: 9995640Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise a thermocouple input module. The thermocouple input module can be adapted to determine one or more calibration factors. The thermocouple input module can be adapted to store the calibration factors. The thermocouple input module can be adapted to apply the calibration factors to an incoming thermocouple voltage value to obtain an adjusted thermocouple voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.Inventors: Stephen Mowry, Robert Alan Weddle
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Patent number: 9995641Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a force sensor having flip-chip mounted force-sensing die having a force-sensing element fabricated on an unflipped top surface and an unflipped back surface being thinned so as to create a flexible diaphragm responsive to an externally applied force, wherein, when the force-sensing die is flipped and mounted, a predetermined space remains between the top surface of the force-sensing die and the mounting substrate it faces, the substrate presenting a deflection limitation for the deformation of the flexible membrane during a force event. In an illustrative embodiment, the force sensor may have a mechanical stop to precisely establish a predetermined deflection limitation. In some embodiments, the predetermined deflection limitation may advantageously limit the deflection of the flexible membrane so as not to deflect beyond a breaking point.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Richard A. Wade, James D. Cook
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Patent number: 9995642Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a sensor main body having a cavity, a cantilever having a lever main body and lever support-portion, which is bent according to a pressure difference between the cavity and sensor outside main body, and a displacement detection unit detects cantilever displacement based on resistance variation in resistance values of the main body-resistance portion formed in the lever main body and lever-resistance portion formed in the lever support-portion. A division groove is formed in the lever support; the division divides the lever-resistance portion into a first resistance portion electrically connected to a detection-electrode in series and second resistance portion closer to other adjacent lever support-portion than the first resistance portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Isao Shimoyama, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Minh-Dung Nguyen, Takeshi Uchiyama, Manabu Oumi, Yoko Shinohara, Masayuki Suda
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Patent number: 9995643Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically determining a static tip resistance of a dynamically-loaded component having a tip. One example method comprises receiving gauge data from one or more gauges associated with the component proximate the tip. The gauge data may represent measurements related to one or more impacts on the component. The example method may further comprise determining measured data and estimated data corresponding to the one or more impacts on the component based at least in part on the gauge data. Furthermore, the method may comprise performing an inversion to select the estimated data having the least amount of difference in comparison to the measured data. The method may also comprise determining the static tip resistance based at least in part on the selected estimated data.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Florida Department of TransportationInventors: Michael McVay, Khiem Tat Tran, Rodrigo Herrera, Peter Lai
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Patent number: 9995644Abstract: A plate-like supporting body (200) is arranged below a plate-like force receiving body (100) and a deformation body (300) is connected between them. The deformation body (300) is provided with an elastically deformed portion (310) arranged along a connection channel (R1) which connects a first force receiving point (P1) with a second force receiving point (P2), a first base portion (320) and a second base portion (330) which support the elastically deformed portion (310) from below. The upper end of the first base portion (320) supports the vicinity of a first relay point (m1) on the connection channel (R1) so as to sway freely, and the upper end of the second base portion (330) supports the vicinity of a second relay point (m2) on the connection channel (R1) so as to sway freely.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: WACOH CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuhisa Nishioki, Kazuhiro Okada
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Patent number: 9995645Abstract: A ventilator is configured to assist a user with breathing, while eliminating the need for extraneous sensors and tubing normally found in prior art ventilators. The ventilator relies on a predetermined relationship between a measurable quantity associated with a compressed gas and the maximum pressure of that compressed gas upon delivery to the user. The measurable quantity may be mass flow rate of the compressed gas or pressure within a delivery lumen used to transport the compressed gas, among others. Based on the predetermined relationship, the control logic within the ventilator determines whether the pressure of compressed gas delivered to the user exceeds a maximum allowable pressure. When the maximum pressure is exceeded, the control logic initiates corrective action to reduce the pressure of the compressed gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SILVERBOW DEVELOPMENT, LLCInventor: Todd Allum
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Patent number: 9995646Abstract: A measuring arrangement with a measuring cell for detecting a process parameter and a housing, surrounding the measuring cell at least radially, with the measuring cell being arranged in the axial direction at the front in the housing and a space between the measuring cell and the housing being sealed with a seal from the penetration of process medium, with the seal showing at least a first sealing element radially surrounding a measuring cell and a second sealing element radially surrounding the measuring cell, the second sealing element being distanced from the first sealing element in the axial direction and arranged in front thereof, and the housing showing at least one first section extending in the axial direction and at least one second section arranged thereat and extending in the radial direction between the sealing elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventor: Thomas Kopp
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Patent number: 9995647Abstract: An ultrasonic gas leak detector system for locating a source of ultrasonic airborne energy is described. An exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of spatially separated ultrasonic gas leak detectors, each configured to generate signals indicative of detected angles of arrival of received ultrasonic energy at the respective detectors. A locator processor receives the signals generated by the detectors, and is configured to process the signals to determine a location in three dimensions of the source of the ultrasonic energy received at the detectors and provide locator processor output signals indicative of the location.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: General Monitors, Inc.Inventors: Javid J. Huseynov, Shankar B. Baliga
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Patent number: 9995648Abstract: Provided is an optical measurement system. The optical measurement system includes: an optical module which includes an optical system and which is configured to illuminate a sample and register a defocused image of a nanostructured surface of the sample, an optical system parameter control module configured to set optical parameters of the optical system, an optical transfer function (OTF) measurement module configured to measure an OTF, a defocused image calculation module configured to calculate the defocused image based on the measured OTF and the optical parameters, and a critical dimension (CD) evaluation module configured to compare the registered defocused image with the calculated defocused image of the nanostructured surface of the sample and to output a CD value of the nanostructured surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Alexey Shchekin, Maksim Riabko, Sergey Koptyaev, Anton Medvedev
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Patent number: 9995649Abstract: One or more embodiments are directed to optical test instruments, such as fiber optic inspection scopes and optical power meters, for testing optical communication links, such as fiber optic connectors. The optical test instruments include a single test port that is able to operate in two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, the optical test instrument is configured to provide an image of the endface of a fiber optic connector under test. In a second mode of operation, the optical test instrument is configured to measure power or power loss in an optical fiber under test. In that regard, the fiber optic connector only has to be coupled to a single port of an optical test instrument for a visual inspection of an endface of a fiber optic connector and a power test of the optical fiber under test.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: FLUKE CORPORATIONInventors: J. David Schell, Richard G. Tyler
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Patent number: 9995650Abstract: A test rig of the closed loop type for testing power transmission units of any geometry, in particular helicopter transmissions, comprising drives with friction belts, flat belts in particular. The belt drives have pulleys with diameters that compensate for the creep in the belts. In some embodiments, the test rig comprises ‘slave’ transmissions. In some embodiments the slave transmission is positioned and oriented in such a manner that all its input and output shafts, regardless their different space angles, become parallel and rotating in the same direction as their corresponding shafts on the tested transmission. The shafts can thus be connected by the flat belt drives to close the loops. In other embodiments, sets of gearboxes are run with their slave units; their orientation is also set so as to enable the parallelism and identity of the rotational direction of the shafts the belt drives are connected to.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: Decagon Projects Ltd.Inventor: Dan Meron
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Patent number: 9995651Abstract: The present invention aims to apply a vertical load to a specimen with high precision even if the specimen shifts horizontally. A load application device includes: a hydraulic actuator which applies a load to a specimen; a support structural body which supports the hydraulic actuator along a vertical direction; a horizontal guide surface which guides the support structural body along a horizontal direction; and a bearing which is interposed between the support structural body and the horizontal guide surface and bears the support structural body so as to be horizontally shiftable relative to the horizontal guide surface. This bearing includes a plurality of spherical bodies supported so as to be independently rollable, and the plurality of spherical bodies are held in contact with the support structural body or the horizontal guide surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventor: Isamu Nakagawa
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Patent number: 9995652Abstract: A variety of methods, diagnostic modules and other arrangements for detecting air induction faults during operation of an internal combustion engine are described. In some embodiments, the intake manifold pressure is monitored with the intake pressure being read for each induction opportunity. Induction faults may be detected based at least in part on a comparison of the manifold pressure readings for sequential induction opportunities. In some embodiments, an induction fault is identified when the difference between the manifold pressure associated with an induction opportunity and the immediately preceding induction opportunity exceeds an induction fault threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Tula Technology, Inc.Inventor: Shikui Kevin Chen
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Patent number: 9995653Abstract: A method for diagnosing the function of an exhaust gas sensor in an exhaust gas. The function is evaluated here according to whether during a heating phase an operating temperature of the exhaust gas sensor has been reached for a predefined time period. It is taken into account here whether during the heating phase sufficient heating power has been available to carry out a successful heating phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Dorde Stojicevic, Bastian Roetzler, Bernhard Kamp, Joerg Bosch, Ariel Di Miro, Ipek Sarac
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Patent number: 9995654Abstract: A vehicle state estimation system and method uses an observer model to make cornering stiffness estimates from tire-based sensor data and vehicle-based sensor data throughout transient and non-transient operational maneuvers of a vehicle. A cornering stiffness identifier extracts transient-state cornering stiffness estimates from the cornering stiffness estimates made by the observer model and extracts from the transient-state cornering stiffness estimates an optimal transient-state cornering stiffness estimate having a substantially highest confidence measure for use by a vehicle control system.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Kanwar Bharat Singh
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Patent number: 9995655Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for assessing power system equipment of a power system. Historical sensor data and/or historical field test data collected from the power system equipment may be utilized to develop a health profile of the power system equipment. The health profile is indicative of a predicted health (e.g., or probability of failure) of the power system equipment. In one embodiment, the health profile further comprises a health index score which evaluates that health of the power system equipment in terms of the importance of the power system equipment to the power system. Using the health profiles developed for a plurality of power system equipment, a maintenance strategy for at least a portion of the power system may be developed.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Aldo Dagnino, Luiz Cheim, Lan Lin, Poorvi Patel, Asim Fazlagic
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Patent number: 9995656Abstract: The present invention relates to a forensic device suitable for acquisition and storage of biological samples, comprising in an air tight container (1) a water soluble layer (10) which is adhered to a flexible layer (11) by a water impermeable adhesive layer (12), wherein the air tight container (1) comprises a cover (2) defining a storage compartment (3) and a base (4) having attached thereto a protrusion (5) which extends from the base (4) inside said storage compartment (3). Further, the present invention relates to the use of the forensic device to acquire and store a biological sample.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Inventor: Martin Jan Peter Eversdijk
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Patent number: 9995657Abstract: This invention is related to a device for collection and test of fluid specimens, comprising a first cavity and a second cavity; wherein, the first cavity is located inside the second cavity; furthermore, the first and second cavities are interconnected; the said first cavity is available for mutual rotation with the second cavity to facilitate fluid to flow between them; the first cavity is provided with a first position and a second position inside the second cavity. The device of this invention can ensure adequate and uniform mixing of fluid inside the second cavity to facilitate further tests.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ABON BIOPHARM (HANGZHOU) CO., LTDInventors: Lin Hu, Haipeng Hu, Yinfei Wu
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Patent number: 9995658Abstract: The sampling point valve, with a valve body that is movable in a valve housing between a closed position and an open position of the sampling point valve, wherein the valve body has a sample fluid channel, characterized in that the valve body is made of a material with a high thermal conductivity coefficient, preferably metal, that a signal unit with an essentially pot-shaped housing part made of a material with a high thermal conductivity coefficient, preferably metal, is in contact with the valve body, and that the signal unit includes a signal button that can be advanced out of a housing by a shape memory spring device when this device is warmed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Fidica GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Manfred Volker
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Patent number: 9995659Abstract: A system for on-stream sampling of pressurized process gas such as natural gas or the like, said system optimized for use with pressurized process gas having liquid entrained therein, or otherwise referenced as “wet”. In the preferred embodiment, the probe tip is situated laterally from one side of the inner pipe wall to the other so as to span the entire inner diameter (ID) of the pipe, the probe tip having formed along its outer surface sample collection slot along the length of said outer surface, providing a “linear sample” of the fluid flow of the entire breadth of the flow, providing an accurate sample of even disassociated flow with entrained liquid particles and flow. Embodiments for continuous sampling, batch mode, spot sampling are provided, as well as an anti-vibration feature.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Mayeaux Holding LLCInventor: Valmond Joseph St Amant, III
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Patent number: 9995660Abstract: A smear staining machine and a smearing control method and device thereof. The viscosity of the test sample is used for guiding the configuration of at least one smearing parameter. Because the viscosity of the test sample presents multiple influences of many effecting parameters, it is more suitable for presenting the characteristics of the test sample. Therefore, a better smearing effect could be acquired by referring the viscosity of the test sample to get the smearing parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Jiang, Tao Shen, Shubin Xue
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Patent number: 9995661Abstract: Described herein is a sample preparation device including a sample delivery source, an inline means of transferring the sample from the sample source into a deformable channel within a pressure vessel, and out of the channel into downstream analysis components, a deformable channel disposed within the pressure vessel, the deformable channel having an inlet end and an outlet end fluidly connectable to high pressure valves and a means to measure the fluid pressure within the deformable channel, an external source of a controlled pressurized fluid fluidly connectable to the pressure vessel and a controller system that monitors and controls the sample fluid pressure by control of the external pressure vessel fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Edmund Y. Ting, Alexander Lazarev
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Patent number: 9995662Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems, assemblies, and articles for capturing single cells with a polymer capture film. In certain embodiments, the polymer capture films comprise a plurality of individual channels with top and bottom openings, where the channels are dimensioned such that a single cell is: i) is captured inside the channel, partially or substantially occluding the channel, when negative pressure is provided to the bottom opening; or ii) is captured by the top opening, but does not enter the channel, when negative pressure is provided to the bottom opening. In some embodiments, the channels of the polymer capture film align with the wells of a multi-well chip such that the cell, or the contents of the single cell, may be transferred to a corresponding well.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: TAKARA BIO USA, INC.Inventors: Syed A. Husain, Bradley L. Griswold, Michael Slater, Patricio Espinoza, Jude Dunne, Glenn Hein, Maithreyan Srinivasan
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Patent number: 9995663Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting acrylamide from a matrix comprising matrix components and acrylamide, comprising the steps: bringing said matrix in contact with water to obtain an aqueous extract, and, optionally, adding a base to the aqueous extract; loading a portion of the aqueous extract obtained in the previous step onto an inert support; allowing the inert support to absorb the aqueous extract; extracting acrylamide from the aqueous extract by passing a water immiscible organic solvent through the inert support; thereby obtaining an organic extract. It further relates to a method for analyzing acrylamide content in a matrix comprising matrix components and acrylamide.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Biotage ABInventors: Alan Edgington, Lee Williams