Patents Issued in April 16, 2019
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Patent number: 10258973Abstract: A catalyst washcoat is provided having a molecular sieve with a CHA crystal structure; about 0.5 to about 5.0 mol % phosphorus; and SiO2 and Al2O3 in a mole ratio of about 5 to about 40. The washcoat includes one or more promoters or stabilizers, and may be applied to a monolith substrate to produce a catalytically active article.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: John L. Casci, Hai-Ying Chen, Joseph Michael Fedeyko, Jillian Elaine Collier, Raj Rao Rajaram, David Thompsett, Robert P. Hodgkins
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Patent number: 10258974Abstract: A SAPO-11 molecular sieve, preparation method thereof and use thereof in the isomerization of hydrocarbons is disclosed. The preparation method includes dissolving an aluminum source in ethylene glycol, and stirring to give a solution A; adding a structure-directing agent and a phosphorus source to the solution A, and stirring to give a solution B; adding a silicon source to the solution B, and stirring to give a solution C; transferring the solution C to a supercritical CO2 reactor, and introducing CO2 into the reactor to increase the pressure in the reactor; heating the supercritical CO2 reactor to the reaction temperature for crystallization; and after crystallization, lowering the temperature of the supercritical CO2 reactor, removing the solution from the reactor, separating the product, drying and calcining to obtain the SAPO-11 molecular sieve. A hydrocarbon isomerization catalyst can be obtained by molding the molecular sieve, loading a metal component, drying and calcining.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM-BEIJINGInventors: Yu Fan, Shanlei Han, Chenglong Wen, Shihua Wang
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Patent number: 10258975Abstract: Method of forming micro channels in a polymeric nanocomposite film is provided. The method includes combining one or more monomers to form a mixture and adding a plurality of carbon fibers with metal nanoparticles dispersed therein to the mixture prior to or concurrently with formation of a polymer from the monomers. The method also includes adding at least one hydrophobic agent and at least one plasticizer to the polymer to form the polymeric nanocomposite film and forming a plurality of laser-etched micro channels in a surface of the polymeric nanocomposite film.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPURInventors: Nishith Verma, Janakarajan Ramkumar, Prateek Khare
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Patent number: 10258976Abstract: Precatalysts of formula I and IV, and processes for the functionalization of SP2-carbons using the same are described herein. The precatalysts comprise a fluoroborate salt protected intramolecular frustrated lewis pair (FLP). The precatalysts are bench stable with improved stability towards moisture and/or air. The precatalysts can be used to generate in situ the corresponding FLP catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: UNIVERSITÉ LAVALInventors: Frédéric-Georges Fontaine, Marc-André Légaré, Étienne Rochette
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Patent number: 10258977Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to prepare lanthanum (La) supported tin oxide-titania (SnO2—TiO2) nanoparticles in the presence of three different solvents (Ethyl acetate, Benzyl alcohol, Ethylene glycol) as directing medium, through sol-gel followed by hydrothermal method for nanofiltration system.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Inventor: Muhammad Akhyar Furrukh
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Patent number: 10258978Abstract: A porous ceramic substrate for use as a particle filter, with a porosity of at least 50%, which includes a non-uniform coating layer of an oxide component in contact with a surface of the ceramic substrate, which oxide component is distributed on the surface and in dead-end pores of the ceramic substrate and creates the non-uniform coating layer on the substrate support, wherein the coating layer has a substantially smooth surface. Such substrate is typically a particle filter or part of a particle filter, e.g. a DPF.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: DINEX A/SInventors: Thomas Wolff, Ramona Deinlein, Lars Christian Larsen
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Patent number: 10258979Abstract: The invention provides novel porous materials that are useful in chromatographic processes, e.g., solid phase extraction, and that provide a number of advantages. Such advantages include superior wetting characteristics, selective capture of analytes of interest, and non-retention of interfering analytes. In certain aspects, the materials feature at least one hydrophobic component, at least one hydrophilic component and a average pore diameter of about 100 ?to about 1000 ?. In certain embodiments the materials also exhibit a nitrogen content from about 1% N to about 20% N. In certain embodiments, the materials also exhibit more than 10% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ?. The invention advantageously provides novel porous materials having a large percentage of larger pores (i.e. wide pores). The invention advantageously provides novel porous materials that overcome the problems of SPE of biological samples.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Darryl W. Brousmiche, Kevin D. Wyndham
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Patent number: 10258980Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and methods of synthesizing the metal complexes. The invention is further directed to pharmaceutical and/or dietary supplement composition comprising compounds synthesized as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: C Lab Pharma International, S.A.Inventors: Charles Louis Albartus Barker, Siead Zegar, Kurt Wachholder
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Patent number: 10258981Abstract: A measurement device containing one or more capillaries to measure the volume of a dispensed fluid and determine the volumetric accuracy of the dispensing device. The measurement device can contain a reservoir containing the fluid to be measured and there may be an additional reservoir for a secondary fluid. A viewing window is necessary to complete a manual measurement and may include a magnifying lens. The liquid well by the capillary inlet may be shaped such that the measurement fluid is directed toward the capillary. The well may have features designed to position the dispensing device toward the capillary, or to position the well proximal to the capillary after it is filled. The well may also have surfaces or coatings which attract or do not attract various types of substances. The measurement device may interface with sensors to output measurement data.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Forward Biotech, Inc.Inventors: Ian K. Glasgow, Brian Kolb, Andrea Habura
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Patent number: 10258982Abstract: A combined-blade open flow path device is a fluid flow path device where flow paths are adjacent to each other. The combined-blade open flow path device comprises a substrate configured to constitute a bottom portion of the flow paths; and blades erected on a surface of the substrate, the blades being configured to constitute side walls of the flow paths, wherein the blades are erected in groups, each of the groups extending from an upstream side to a downstream side in a flow direction of a fluid with a space between each of the blades in the flow direction of the fluid in each of the groups for making conduction of the fluid between the adjacent flow paths possible, and wherein one end of one of the flow paths is configured to be in contact with the fluid and is configured to make a flow of the fluid possible.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Takahiko Hariyama, Daisuke Ishii, Masatsugu Shimomura, Ko Okumura, Marie Tani
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Patent number: 10258983Abstract: An apparatus comprises a biosensor disk structure including a first substrate with a first inner surface, a second substrate with a second inner surface facing oppositely toward the first inner surface, and fluidic channels reaching between the first and second inner surfaces; wherein the first inner surface has binding sites and non-binding sites adjoining the binding sites, the first substrate is transparent at the non-binding sites, and the non-binding sites have discrete polygonal configurations of equal size and shape; and the second inner surface has non-reflective areas and reflective areas bounded by the non-reflective areas, and the reflective areas have discrete polygonal configurations sized and shaped equally with the non-binding sites such that the reflective areas are located coextensively opposite the non-binding sites.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, LLCInventors: Jeffery R. X. Auld, James E. Smith
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Patent number: 10258984Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge (10) for processing of a liquid sample, for example for the detection of components in a sample of blood. The cartridge comprises a fluidic system with an intake port (12) leading via an intake capillary channel (13) to a storage chamber (14). Moreover, a feeding capillary channel (15) leads from the storage chamber (14) to a detection chamber (16). The design of the cartridge (10) is such that the intake capillary channel (13) that connects the intake port (12) to the storage chamber (14), has a capillary suction pressure sufficiently high to drive some sample from the intake port to the storage chamber without need of any additional pressure. Furthermore the cartridge a flow control element (18, 20) adapted to be externally controllable such that the sample can be drawn from the storage chamber (14) towards the processing chamber (16) without any active pumping.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Godefridus Johannes Verhoeckx, Toon Hendrik Evers, Marlieke Joan Overdijk, Monica Scholten, Nicole Henrica Maria Smulders, Joost Hubert Maas, Bernardus Jozef Maria Beerling
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Patent number: 10258985Abstract: This invention generally relates to systems and methods for the formation and/or control of fluidic species, and articles produced by such systems and methods. In some cases, the invention involves unique fluid channels, systems, controls, and/or restrictions, and combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention allows fluidic streams (which can be continuous or discontinuous, i.e., droplets) to be formed and/or combined, at a variety of scales, including microfluidic scales. In one set of embodiments, a fluidic stream may be produced from a channel, where a cross-sectional dimension of the fluidic stream is smaller than that of the channel, for example, through the use of structural elements, other fluids, and/or applied external fields, etc. In some cases, a Taylor cone may be produced.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Darren Roy Link, David A. Weitz, Manuel Marquez-Sanchez, Zhengdong Cheng
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Patent number: 10258986Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for producing a drop of a viscoelastic fluid. A separation volume of viscoelastic fluid that is to form a drop from a larger remnant volume of viscoelastic fluid is moved from through an interface and into a cross-channel. Movement subjects the viscoelastic fluid to shear that may cause a reduction in viscosity. Movement of the viscoelastic fluid is then reduced or stopped (i.e., the rate at which shear is applied is reduced), such that the viscosity of the viscoelastic fluid may increase as the viscoelastic fluid experiences relaxation. The separation volume of viscoelastic fluid is then moved down the cross-channel in a first direction by the flow of an immiscible fluid, which separates the separation volume from a remnant volume. The separation volume may then be dispensed from the cross-channel as a drop.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: University of New HampshireInventors: Brian G. Zukas, Nivedita Gupta
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Patent number: 10258987Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the manipulation of fluids using acoustic waves such as surface acoustic waves. In some aspects, one fluid may be introduced into another fluid via application of suitable acoustic waves. For example, a fluid may be added or injected into another fluid by applying acoustic waves where, in the absence of the acoustic waves, the fluid cannot be added or injected, e.g., due to the interface or surface tension between the fluids. Thus, for example, a fluid may be injected into a droplet of another fluid. Other embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for making or using such systems, kits involving such systems, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The University Court of the University of GlasgowInventors: David A. Weitz, Thomas Franke
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Patent number: 10258988Abstract: Devices and methods for generating droplets. An exemplary device comprises a substantially planar base portion including a bottom surface having a plurality of microfluidic channels formed therein as recessed regions of the bottom surface. The device also comprises a plurality of protrusions projecting from a top surface of the base portion and each formed integrally with the base portion. The device further comprises a sample well, a carrier well, and a droplet well. Each well has an upper portion created by one of the protrusions. A cover layer is attached to the bottom surface of the base portion and seals a bottom side of each microfluidic channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kevin D. Ness, Benjamin J. Hindson, Billy W. Colston, Jr., Donald A. Masquelier
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Patent number: 10258989Abstract: Methods of making a droplet-generating device. In an exemplary method, an upper member is injection molded. The upper member includes a bottom surface and also includes a first microfluidic channel, a second microfluidic channel, and a third microfluidic channel each formed in the bottom surface. The upper member has a plurality of openings each extending completely through the upper member from the bottom surface and creating a side wall region of a sample well, a carrier well, and a droplet well. A cover layer is attached to the bottom surface of the upper member, such that the cover layer seals a bottom side of each microfluidic channel. The microfluidic channels meet one another to create a droplet-generation region. The sample well, the carrier well, and the droplet well are connected to the droplet-generation region via the first, second, and third microfluidic channels, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kevin D. Ness, Benjamin J. Hindson, Billy W. Colston, Jr., Donald A. Masquelier
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Patent number: 10258990Abstract: An imaging plate includes a plurality of wells individually accommodating little fishes, and the little fishes inside the wells are imaged from bottom portions of the wells. In order to adjust imaging posture or imaging positions of the little fishes inside the wells, an imaging little fish management device includes a water unit which supplies and discharges water into and from each well of the imaging plate. The water inside each well flows through a discharge hole provided laterally at a lowermost portion of each well. The water unit is also used to breed the little fishes of the wells of the imaging plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION MIE UNIVERSITYInventors: Toshio Tanaka, Yasuhito Shimada, Noriko Umemoto, Masaru Obata, Masatoshi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10258991Abstract: A detection device of a sample to be examined is described, including a processing module, a detecting module, connected to the processing module, a support, in which the sample to be examined can be placed, the support including a plurality of sensors, preferably biosensors and/or nanosensors, and being insertable within the detecting module, and a containment enclosure including a body, which is arranged within the processing module, and a sensor portion, in which the detecting module is arranged. The processing module includes a processing unit having a plurality of processing channels and a processor, each one of the processing channels being connected to one respective of the sensors and being adapted to amplify and to filter the signals of the sensors, the processor processing the signals amplified and filtered by the processing channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ELEMENTS S.R.L.Inventors: Federico Thei, Michele Rossi, Marco Bennati, Francesca Manzoni
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Patent number: 10258992Abstract: Provided in part herein are static-defeating apparatus for use in multipipettor systems. Multiple pipette tips can be retained by a static-defeating sheet of material. A multipipettor, having multiple pipettes or nozzles, can engage the pipette tips retained by the sheet. After use, the multipipettor can eject the pipette tips, which sometimes are ejected as a single unit due to the pipette tips being retained by the sheet. In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a snap plate having one or more holes, and a base rack for ease of mounting.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Biotix, Inc.Inventors: Scott Edward Curry, Arta Motadel, Peter Paul Blaszcak
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Patent number: 10258993Abstract: A media shredder system includes a body forming an inner cavity; a punch cutter; a die cutter; and a driver. The punch cutter includes a punch cylindrical body with an outer surface; and a plurality of random oriented protrusions with sharp cutting edges, the protrusions are configured to protrude from the outer surface of the cylindrical body. The die cutter includes a die cylindrical body with an outer surface; and a plurality of dies extending inwardly from the outer surface of the die cylindrical body, the plurality of dies matching the plurality of random oriented protrusions. The driver simultaneously rotate the punch cutter and the die cutter.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Inventor: Robert Allen Moreland
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Patent number: 10258994Abstract: Method and apparatus for deconstructing, cutting, shredding or disintegrating a mattress, sofa, car seat or similar items with steel or metal sub frames by the use of high pressure water jets whereby the mattress, sofa, car seat or the like is compressed and then deconstructed while compressed by the use of high pressure water jets.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MADDISON MORGAN & BAILEY LIMITEDInventor: Philip Andrew Cooke
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Patent number: 10258995Abstract: Provided are a solvent separation method, a solvent separation apparatus, and a solvent separation system that make it possible to easily collect a solvent removed from an exhaust atmosphere and that make it possible to easily carry out maintenance of exhaust gas pathways. An impeller placed in a storage space of a casing is rotated to introduce a gas including a volatilized solvent from an inlet of the casing into the storage space, and the volatilized solvent is cooled and devolatilized by a collection face that has been cooled so as to have a surface temperature lower than the temperature of the gas, to thereby separate the solvent from the gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Koichi Nagai, Masanori Minamio, Toshiro Kanda, Yasuyuki Takano, Masahiro Kawata
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Patent number: 10258996Abstract: The present invention relates to flotation of sulfidic copper-molybdenum- and gold-containing minerals. More specifically, the invention relates to sulfoxy reagent-assisted floatation for separating of sulfides of copper, molybdenum and gold from pyrite, marcasite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, and other gangue minerals following aerating by an oxidizing gas and contacting by a sulfoxy reagent. To promote collection and flotation the feed mineral materials are preferably not contacted with an externally generated non-oxidizing gas to lower the dissolved molecular oxygen content prior to flotation.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Barrick Gold CorporationInventor: Barun Gorain
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Patent number: 10258997Abstract: A device provides selective modes of vibrational oscillations and centrifugal rotations for preparing analysis samples. The device includes a base, an elastic connection body, a group of a synchronous unidirectional bearing inner ring and a synchronous unidirectional bearing outer ring, a group of an eccentric unidirectional bearing inner ring and an eccentric unidirectional bearing outer ring, and a synchronous fixed ring and a motor on the base. The eccentric unidirectional bearing outer ring is connected to a sample plate for holding the analysis samples.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: BEIJING ABILITY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongming Zhang, Shanshan Zhang, Yuemeng Liu
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Patent number: 10258998Abstract: An optical monitoring system is provided for use with a blood processing system. The system includes a light source configured to illuminate a disposable flow circuit received in a centrifuge and a light detector configured to receive an image of the disposable flow circuit. A controller combines two or more of the images received by the light detector to generate a two-dimensional output. The output is used to control the separation of blood within the disposable flow circuit. The monitoring system may also be used to verify that the disposable flow circuit is suitable for use with the centrifuge or that the disposable flow circuit is properly aligned within the centrifuge. The monitoring system may be positioned outside of the centrifuge bucket which receives the centrifuge.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Case, Steven R. Katz, William H. Cork, Jonathan Prendergast
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Patent number: 10258999Abstract: A separator includes a rotor, a plurality of flow channels each of which has an inlet and an outlet for gas and are in a vicinity of a rotation axis of the rotor, an air current producer configured to cause gas to flow through the plurality of flow channels, a driving device configured to rotate the rotor to rotate the plurality of flow channels around the rotation axis, and a discharger for allowing discharge of solid materials suspended in airstream produced in each of the plurality of flow channels, in a direction away from the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Akasaka, Yoshiki Hayasaki, Koji Tsuji, Hirotaka Matsunami, Masanao Kamakura, Yoshikazu Kuzuoka
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Patent number: 10259000Abstract: Disclosed is a circumferentially revolving water outflowing device, having a main body, an upper cover, a lower cover, a water outflowing assembly and a revolving swing. The upper and lower covers are respectively covered on an upper and a lower end face of the main body, forming a water inlet cavity therein. The water inlet cavity is provided therein with an impeller, a speed reduction duplex gear and an output gear. The output gear is provided at an axial center portion thereof with a first rotating shaft, which rotates synchronously therewith, extends through the water inlet cavity out of the lower cover and is fixedly connected to one end of the revolving swing. The other end of the revolving swing is rotationally connected to an upper end face of the water outflowing seat. The revolving swing drives the water outflowing assembly to rotate under the driving of the output gear.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SINYU TECHNOLOGY (FUJIAN) CO., LTDInventors: Zhangjun Yu, Zhifeng Wu
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Patent number: 10259001Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of applying loose-fill insulation within a cavity is provided. The method includes blowing loose-fill insulation particles into a cavity of a structure to install the loose-fill insulation within the cavity and thereby insulate the structure. The method also includes applying water (e.g., water mist) to the loose-fill insulation particles so that a moisture content of the installed loose-fill insulation is between about 2% and 20%. The water aids in retaining the loose-fill insulation particles within the cavity without requiring the use of an enclosure member that encloses the cavity and the loose-fill insulation is substantially free of a water soluble adhesive material that adheres the loose-fill insulation particles together within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Johns ManvilleInventors: Mingfu Zhang, Thomas John Fellinger, Daniel Elden Near
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Patent number: 10259002Abstract: A spray-gun apparatus, comprising a spray-gun handle, a spray-gun tube-body, and a connection adapter; wherein the connection adapter is connected between the spray-gun handle and the spray-gun tube-body; wherein the first conduction tube is connected with the spray-gun handle and the spray-gun tube-body to use as a gas output path, and the second conduction tube is connected with a second cover-body to use as a gas suction path. Thereby, the gas sent from the spray-gun handle is blown out through the first conduction tube of the connection adapter and the spray-gun tube-body, and the water-sucking tube set inside the spray-gun tube-body will be made to spray liquid; and the second conduction tube of the connection adapter is used to connect a gas suction apparatus, so that the gas around the second conduction tube can be sucked into through the second conduction tube of the connection adapter.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: GRAIN POINT ENTERPRISE LIMITEDInventor: Chao-Ming Kuo
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Patent number: 10259003Abstract: A pump assembly cap includes an accumulator reservoir configured for fluid communication with a container through a one-way inlet valve. An actuator including a dispensing passage having a dispensing orifice. A delivery path extended from the one-way inlet valve, through the accumulator reservoir, the one-way outlet valve, and to the dispensing orifice. The delivery path includes a sealed configuration and an opened configuration. In the sealed configuration, the actuator is in a ready position and the accumulator reservoir includes a first volume, the one-way outlet valve hermetically seals the accumulator reservoir, and the one-way inlet valve is closed. In the opened configuration, the actuator is moved to a dispensing position and the accumulator reservoir includes a second volume less than the first volume, the hermetic seal of the one-way outlet is open, and the one-way inlet valve is closed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: The Plant Based CompanyInventor: Rajat Dhir
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Patent number: 10259004Abstract: A process includes setting a preset temperature; setting up a counter, wherein a first number is displayed on the counter in response to a water control switch switching from a low position to a high position, a second number is displayed on the counter in response to the water control switching from the high position to the low position; setting a target temperature in response to a first determination as to whether the first number or the second number is displayed on the counter, wherein the target temperature is equal to the preset temperature in response to the first number being displayed and the target temperature is equal to preset temperature less an adjustment temperature in response to the second number being displayed; and maintaining the target temperature for a period of time, then restoring the target temperature to the preset temperature after the period of time.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.Inventors: Minghui Zhu, Haixing Sun, Bo Hu
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Patent number: 10259005Abstract: A workpiece carrier includes a base frame, a fixture base, a plurality of locators, and a drive source. The fixture base is secured to the base frame. Each of the plurality of locators is secured at a first end to the fixture base and at a second end to a workpiece. The drive source is in communication with the fixture base for rotationally driving the fixture base with respect to the base frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hua-tzu Fan, Jorge Arinez
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Patent number: 10259006Abstract: An extensible adhesive dispensing gun system. A syringe has a piston for urging an adhesive out of a nozzle, and a first mount at a back end of the syringe. A gun body contains a mechanism for advancing a plunger from a front end of the body in response to a trigger, and a second mount is disposed on the front end. An extension tube assembly includes an outer tube having near and far end adapters. A third mount on the near end adapter engages the second mount on the gun body, and a fourth mount on the far end adapter engages the first mount on the syringe. An inner rod member is arranged inside the outer tube. When the gun plunger is urged against a back end of the rod member, a leading end of the member forces the syringe piston to urge the adhesive out of the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLCInventor: Kelvin B Bradley
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Patent number: 10259007Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally include apparatus and methods for depositing nanowires in a predetermined pattern during an electrospinning process. An apparatus includes a nozzle for containing and ejecting a deposition material, and a voltage source coupled to the nozzle to eject the deposition material. One or more electric field shaping devices are positioned to shape the electric field adjacent to a substrate to control the trajectory of the ejected deposition material. The electric field shaping device converges an electric field at a point near the surface of the substrate to accurately deposit the deposition material on the substrate in a predetermined pattern. The methods include applying a voltage to a nozzle to eject an electrically-charged deposition material towards a substrate, and shaping one or more electric fields to control the trajectory of the electrically-charged deposition material. The deposition material is then deposited on the substrate in a predetermined pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Kurtis Leschkies, Steven Verhaverbeke, Robert Visser
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Patent number: 10259008Abstract: Methods are provided for sealing air and water leaks in varied items. The methods provide for even application of a rubberized product that quickly and effectively cures to obtain a water- and air-tight seal.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Swift Maintenance Products, Inc.Inventors: Philip Swift, Alan Swift
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Patent number: 10259009Abstract: A balloon coating method and a balloon coating apparatus are disclosed by which the thickness and/or morphological form of a drug in a coating formed on a balloon can be appropriately set. The balloon coating method can include moving a coating section for applying a coating liquid containing a drug relative to the balloon in the direction of an axis, while rotating the balloon about the axis of the balloon, thereby to apply the coating liquid to an outer surface of the balloon; detecting the distance of a dried part where the coating liquid applied to the outer surface of the balloon has been dried from the coating section; and controlling moving velocity of the coating section relative to the balloon in such a manner that the distance of the dried part from the coating section is maintained at a preliminarily set designated distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuo Kurosaki, Eisuke Furuichi, Hiroshi Goto
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Patent number: 10259010Abstract: A method for curing an automotive coating is disclosed. The method includes applying a first automotive coating to at least one surface; moving a hand-held ultraviolet light source into a booth that has the at least one coated surface; curing the first automotive coating with the ultraviolet light source; moving the ultraviolet light source out of the booth that has the at least one coated surface; applying a second automotive coating to the at least one surface; moving the ultraviolet light source into a booth that has the at least one coated surface; curing the second automotive coating with the ultraviolet light source; and moving the ultraviolet light source out of the booth that has the at least one coated surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: CarMax Business Services, LLCInventor: Andrew Seyler
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Patent number: 10259011Abstract: A disc for a separating conveyor screen has a disc body with an opening in an axial direction for receiving a shaft. At least one anchoring member of the disc has an anchoring portion projecting into the opening in a radially inward direction and has a positioning portion fitted in a disc body of the disc. The anchoring portion has at least one projection in circumferential sense of the opening for anchoring in at least one recess in an outside surface of the shaft. At least one tensioner is provided for tensioning the anchoring member and the disc body radially towards each other. A separating conveyor screen equipped with such discs is also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: BOLLEGRAAF PATENTS AND BRANDS B.V.Inventor: Gerrit Johan Klaassen
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Patent number: 10259012Abstract: The invention relates to a screen frame adapted for use in a shaker and to which woven wire mesh is to be attached, comprising an outer perimeter and a plurality of plastics ribs extending between opposing regions of the perimeter, the frame being arranged such that, when fitted in a shaker to which it is adapted for, a portion of the opposing regions is clamped in place and a portion of the opposing regions is not clamped with the number of plastics ribs per unit length for the clamped portion greater than the number of plastics ribs per unit length for the unclamped portion, and to a shaker comprising at least one such screen frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignees: M-I L.L.C., M-I Drilling Fluids U.K. LtdInventors: Graham Robertson, Brian Carr, Eric Cady
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Patent number: 10259013Abstract: Screening members, screening assemblies, methods for fabricating screening members and assemblies and methods for screening materials are provided for vibratory screening machines that incorporate the use of injection molded materials. Use of injection molded screen elements provide, inter alia, for: varying screening surface configurations; fast and relatively simple screen assembly fabrication; and a combination of outstanding screen assembly mechanical and electrical properties, including toughness, wear and chemical resistance. Embodiments of the present invention use a thermoplastic injection molded material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Derrick CorporationInventor: Keith F. Wojciechowski
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Patent number: 10259014Abstract: A sorting outlet module for a postal sorting machine, provided with a bay for receiving a storage tray for storing mailpieces, and, inside the bay, is provided with a support for supporting the storage tray in the manner of a drawer. The support is mounted to move in translation in a longitudinal direction between a storage position in which the tray on the support is retracted inside the bay and a transfer position in which the tray on the support is out of the bay. The support is also provided with pivot and alignment means for pivoting and aligning the tray, which means are arranged in such a manner that pivoting the tray through 90° on the support relative to the longitudinal direction causes one end of tray to be aligned with one side of the bay while also maintaining the tray as close as possible to the bay.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SOLYSTICInventors: Jean Rieu, Jacques Chapelet, Frederic Mestrallet
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Patent number: 10259015Abstract: A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MineSense Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Nicholas Barcza, Andrew Csinger
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Patent number: 10259016Abstract: A method of merging, on a table (7), postal articles (2) with mailpieces (3) that are already sorted into a certain sorting order comprises the steps of pre-sorting the postal articles (2) in a sorting frame having vertical slots by means of an electronic station for assisting with sorting in the sorting frame, and then in using said station again for assisting the operative with merging the pre-sorted postal articles with the mailpieces.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SOLYSTICInventors: Agnes Philippe, Bruno Volta
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Patent number: 10259018Abstract: A method and apparatus for sealing a fastener element. A structure may be positioned over a seal cap that has been adhered and sealed to the fastener element. A number of projections associated with the structure may be moved along an interface formed between the seal cap and an object in which the fastener element has been installed such that the number of projections removes at least a portion of excess material around the seal cap while moving along the interface between the seal cap and the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jesse Randal Wiseman, Roger A. Gage, Matthew Gregory Kesterson, Stephan Joel Favilla
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Patent number: 10259019Abstract: A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: GUI Global Products, LTD.Inventors: Walter G. Mayfield, Daniel Martin Valdez
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Patent number: 10259020Abstract: A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: GUI Global Products, LTD.Inventors: Walter G. Mayfield, Daniel Martin Valdez
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Patent number: 10259021Abstract: A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: GUI GLOBAL PRODUCTS, LTD.Inventors: Walter G. Mayfield, Daniel Martin Valdez
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Patent number: 10259022Abstract: An infectious waste treatment system and method for decontaminating infectious waste employ a thermal friction extruder in which first and second interleaved counter-rotatable augers include reverse pitch flight sections that urge waste material in a direction opposite to that of the flow stream and into engagement with the back sides of friction plates. This increases the amount of heat generated by the extruder. The reverse pitch flight sections can be selectively replaced with forward pitch flight sections to control the amount of heat imparted to the waste material by the friction plates.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Inventor: John R Self
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Patent number: 10259023Abstract: Improvements in a processing basket lining system for slide maker-stainer instrument. The utility liner is configured to sit on top of the processing baskets that are customarily occupied/filled with the processing reagents. The probe jackets are shaped to slip in and out without interfere with its capacity to dispense-drain reagents while submerged to the intended reagents in the processing baskets. The liners provide a surface between the processing baskets or probes and the reagents where debris can accumulate as a waste by-product of the process largely in quantities or simply just by the length of use time. The disposable utility lining system, processing basket and probe cover are disposable. The liners are preferably made of plastics. The material of choice is tested not to react with the processing reagent for a period of time, depending on the manufacturer's maintenance requirement.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Inventor: Jones Ofori