Patents Issued in July 25, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190226919
    Abstract: A temperature detection device which receives a temperature signal from a temperature sensor and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the temperature signal. A temperature slope which is an amount of change in an output of the electric signal relative to an amount of change in the temperature signal is changed at a predetermined temperature threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetomo OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190226920
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a temperature sensor, a display panel, and a display apparatus, in the field of sensors. The temperature sensor includes a ring oscillator consisting of n levels of phase inverters, where n is an odd number greater than or equal to 1. Each level of phase inverter includes a first thin film transistor (TFT) and a second TFT that are connected in series. An on/off state of the second TFT is configured to be in a normally-on state, an on/off state of the first TFT is configured to be determined by a signal input to the phase inverter, and mobility of an active layer material of the first TFT is greater than mobility of an active layer material of the second TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Lijun Zhao, Yingming Liu, Haisheng Wang, ChihJen Cheng, Pengpeng Wang, Chunwei Wu
  • Publication number: 20190226921
    Abstract: An integrated temperature sensor comprises a chip package enclosing an integrated circuit and an ultrasonic transceiver which is integrated on top of the integrated circuit. The ultrasonic transceiver comprises a transmitting element which is arranged for emitting ultrasound waves, and a receiving element which is arranged for receiving ultrasound waves. The chip package comprises at least one barrier arranged at a defined position in the chip package. The barrier is designed to at least partly reflect ultrasound waves emitted by the transmitting element towards the receiving element. The integrated circuit comprises an actuator element to actuate the transmitting element to emit ultrasound waves according to a first signal s(t), and a converter element to convert an ultrasound wave, received by the receiving element, into a second signal y(t).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Zoran ZIVKOVIC, Casper VAN DER Avoort, Willem Frederik Adrianus BESLING
  • Publication number: 20190226922
    Abstract: A temperature sensing device includes a temperature-voltage converter that outputs a first voltage, having a zero temperature coefficient that does not vary with a temperature, and a second voltage having a negative temperature coefficient varying in inverse proportion to the temperature. A multiplexer alternately outputs the first voltage and the second voltage depending on a transition signal. A temperature sensor alternately receives the first voltage and the second voltage and senses the temperature depending on a ratio of the first voltage and the second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: JOOSEONG KIM, KWANGHO KIM, SANGHO KIM
  • Publication number: 20190226923
    Abstract: A heat flux sensor is provided with a main body which detects heat flux, and filling members. The main body has a first surface. The first surface has an uneven shape, with a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions. The filling members are filled in the plurality of concave portions. Surfaces of the filling members constitutes a part of an outer surface of the heat flux sensor. The degree of flatness of the outer surface is higher than the degree of flatness of the first surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshikazu HARADA, Atusi SAKAIDA, Toshihisa TANIGUCHI, Tomohiro IMURA, Hayato WATANABE, Masaya HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190226924
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a concrete material comprising between 0.5% and 10% ferromagnetic fibres. Also disclosed herein is a method for measuring the strain state of a concrete material, the method comprising forming solid concrete containing between 0.5% and 10% ferromagnetic fibres in a random distribution throughout the concrete, applying an oscillating EM current to the concrete, and detecting the associated EM fields within the concrete. Also disclosed herein is the use of an oscillating EM current field to measure the strain state within a concrete material comprising between 0.5% and 10% ferromagnetic fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Robin Young
  • Publication number: 20190226925
    Abstract: A torque sensor includes a detector assembly configured to detect a density of a magnetic flux. The detector assembly includes a case configured to house a magnetic detector and a board, the case being attached to a housing, and a connector integrally formed with the case. The case includes a fitting portion configured to be fitted into an opening portion formed in the housing, and a brim portion fastened to the housing. The connector is formed such that a center axis of the connector is offset from the center axis of the fitting portion in a radial direction of the torsion bar, and the connector is formed such that an end surface on a side opposite to a connection port to be connected to a mating connector is offset toward the housing from a contact surface of the brim portion with the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Hideo MAEHARA
  • Publication number: 20190226926
    Abstract: A safety valve is outfit with sensors to monitor performance. The safety valve may include valve mechanics comprising a closure component moveable relative to a seat. The device may also have a pre-load unit coupled with the closure component. The pre-load unit may utilize a coiled compression spring to generate spring force to keep the closure component in contact with the seat. A strain gauge may be disposed on the compression spring to measure strain, for example, shear strain in the compression spring. Analysis of this data may predict set pressure (or “set point”). This prediction may, in turn, form a basis for an alert or other indicator that the safety valve requires maintenance or repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Roger Dale Danzy, Rajesh Krithivasan
  • Publication number: 20190226927
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for evaluating post-tensioning tendons, where the apparatus uses a positioning head placed directly into the pocket and against the anchor without making contact with the wedges as the apparatus seats on the tendon. From this position the apparatus evaluates the tendon by marking, measuring the tendon, and/or determining its location with increased reliability and precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Bradley Wayne Cook
  • Publication number: 20190226928
    Abstract: A device for measuring a force, includes: a fastening apparatus; and a sensor, which includes a measuring member arranged to move along a measurement axis, the sensor being arranged to measure a force exerted on the measuring member depending on the movement of this measuring member. The fastening apparatus is arranged to exert, during a movement of the measuring member along this measurement axis, on a carrier to which they are fastened, an average force borne by the measurement axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Jean-Yves HOGREL
  • Publication number: 20190226929
    Abstract: A strain generation body and a force sensor equipped with the strain generation body, which can reduce a temperature error between strain sensors and reference resistors and the influence of external noise and which can improve detection accuracy, are provided. A strain generation body comprises a center part, an outer-peripheral part, connecting parts, a plurality of strain sensors, a plurality of reference resistors. The outer-peripheral part surrounds a periphery of the center part. The connecting parts connect the center part and the outer-peripheral part. The strain sensors are provided on main surfaces of the connecting parts. The reference resistors are provided on a main surface of the center part and constitute bridge circuits together with the strain sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Shigeaki SHINGYOCHI, Toyohiko AKATA, Subei SHUN
  • Publication number: 20190226930
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a liquid container and a sense unit mounted to the liquid container. The sense unit may include a substrate, a liquid level sensor supported by the substrate and a pressure sensor. The sense unit may further include an electrical interconnect, wherein the liquid level sensor and a pressure sensor are to each communicate through the electrical interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Michael W. Cumbie, Chien-Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20190226931
    Abstract: A liquid encapsulation device for embedding sensor is provided. The liquid encapsulation device comprises a substrate having an upper surface with a central concave portion; at least one protection layer sealed on the upper surface of the substrate; and at least one sensor fixed on the protection layer. Wherein, the central concave portion is filled with liquid and the sensor is arranged above the central concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Chi Chen, Xiangyu Fan, Ni Zhao, Yan Huang, Ningqi Luo
  • Publication number: 20190226932
    Abstract: A sensor includes a deformable membrane that deflects in response to a stimuli. The sensor further includes a capacitive element coupled to the deformable membrane. The capacitive element is disposed within an enclosed cavity of the sensor. The capacitive element changes capacitance in response to the deformable membrane deflecting. The capacitive element comprises a getter material for collecting gas molecules within the enclosed cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes SCHUMM, Andreas REINHARD, Thomas KRAEHENBUEHL, Stefan THIELE, Rene HUMMEL, Chung-Hsien LIN, Wang Shen SU, Tsung Lin TANG, Chia Ming LIN
  • Publication number: 20190226933
    Abstract: A sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first side and an opposing second side, with the first side having a recess. The recess is defined by one or more side walls and a bottom wall. One or more of the side walls are substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall. A sensing diaphragm is defined between the second side of the first substrate and the bottom wall of the recess. A boss extends from the bottom wall of the recess. The second substrate may include a first side and an opposing second side, where the first side has a recess. The first side of the first substrate may be secured to the first side of the second substrate such that the recess in the first substrate faces and is in fluid communication with the recess in the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Carl STEWART
  • Publication number: 20190226934
    Abstract: A tire valve system allowing a user to virtually check a vehicle's tire pressure and tire temperature remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Zaldana, Gary Zaldana
  • Publication number: 20190226935
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to low frequency pressure sensing. In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a pressure sensor having at least one input and a chamber. The chamber is coupled to the input of the pressure sensor to control pressure variations sensed by the pressure sensor. The chamber comprises a hole, where the hole and the chamber are configured to low pass filter pressure variations at the input of the pressure sensor and filter out pressure variations above about 20 hertz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: George Fuh Hwang, Kajiro Watanabe, Danh Le Ngoc
  • Publication number: 20190226936
    Abstract: An electrode pair that forms a pressure-sensitive capacitance Cx in the central portion of a diaphragm is called a first electrode pair (pressure-sensing electrode pair), and another electrode pair that forms a reference capacitance Cr in the circumferential portion of the diaphragm is called a second electrode pair (reference electrode pair). The ratio ?Cx/?Cr of a change ?Cx in the pressure-sensitive capacitance Cx, which is obtained from the pressure-sensing electrode pair at the time of evacuation, to a change ?Cr in the reference capacitance Cr, which is obtained from the reference electrode pair at the time of evacuation, is calculated as an index for malfunction detection ?. Then, the index for malfunction detection ? thus calculated is compared with the reference value ?ref, which represents the index observed during normal operation, and whether deformation due to a cause other than pressure has been generated in the diaphragm is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya ISHIHARA, Masaru SOEDA, Masashi SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20190226937
    Abstract: In an exemplary method of monitoring performance of a fluid driven actuator for a valve, pressurized fluid is supplied through an actuator supply line to an inlet port of the actuator during a first time period to operate the actuator. Changes corresponding to a fluid flow condition in the actuator supply line are measured during the first time period, and the measured changes are analyzed to identify a non-compliant condition in at least one of the valve and the actuator. An output communicating the identified non-compliant condition is then generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: William H. Glime, III
  • Publication number: 20190226938
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve housing having an inlet, an outlet and an opening, and an insert removably insertable in the opening. The insert has a first side facing upwards and a second side facing downwards when positioned in the opening. The first side and the second side have a conduit positioned therebetween, and a control valve located at least partially within the conduit and movable between an open position and a closed position. The control valve in the closed position stops fluid from passing through the conduit. When the insert is inserted in the opening and the control valve is in the closed position, the insert substantially seals the inlet and stops fluid flowing to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Glenn Walter Knight
  • Publication number: 20190226939
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a seal of a flexible container for a fluid, particularly a fluid medication, includes covering the container at least in part—preferably completely—by a gas-permeable layer. The container, together with the gas-permeable layer, is arranged in a flexible, substantially gas-tight bag, and the substantially gas-tight bag is evacuated by pumping out via a bag opening. The container is filled with a noble gas, and the presence of noble gas, which escapes out of the bag opening from the container via a leak through the gas-permeable layer, is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas WURM
  • Publication number: 20190226940
    Abstract: A vibration exciter comprises a main body having a relatively large mass; a relatively light-weight dynamic part, to be flexibly supported so as to be movable relative the main body, and driving means for driving the main body and the dynamic part to move relative to each other, or at least generate a force acting between the main body and the dynamic part, under the influence of a control signal. It comprises coupling means for providing a releasable coupling between the main body and the dynamic part, the coupling means comprising at least one coupling element releasably engaging one of the main body and the dynamic part in a coupled condition, the coupling element being arranged on the other one of the main body and the dynamic part so as for the dynamic part to be flexibly supported on the main body in the coupled condition via the coupling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Petrus Johannes Gerardus Van Der Linden
  • Publication number: 20190226941
    Abstract: A measurement method for measuring an effective refractive index difference between two propagation modes of a multimode fiber is provided. The method includes: measuring a first Brillouin frequency shift v1 by specifying a frequency having a lowest-frequency peak out of peaks in a first frequency spectrum of scattered light in a first propagation mode; measuring a second Brillouin frequency shift v2 by specifying a frequency having a lowest-frequency peak out of peaks in a second frequency spectrum of scattered light in a second propagation mode; and calculating an effective refractive index difference ?neff in accordance with ?neff=(v1?v2)/(2kVL) with use of the first Brillouin frequency shift v1, the second Brillouin frequency shift v2, a predetermined wave number k of light in a vacuum, and a predetermined constant VL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIMANE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ryo Maruyama, Nobuo Kuwaki, Fumihiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20190226942
    Abstract: In a planetary gear arrangement with a planetary gear which includes a rotating part and a non-rotating part, and with a sensor module for sensing properties of the planetary gear, the sensor module includes a sensor as well as a first sending/receiving unit and a second sending/receiving unit, wherein the sensor and the first sending/receiving unit are coupled and arranged at the rotating part, and wherein the second sending/receiving unit is arranged at the non-rotating part, wherein the first sending/receiving unit and the second sending/receiving unit are configured for being inductively coupled, wherein the first sending/receiving unit includes an energy storage, wherein the energy storage is configured for being charged during each turn of the rotating part for powering the sensor via the first sending/receiving unit in order to perform measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Aktiebolaget SKF, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV
    Inventors: Michael Eller, Luk Greens, Michael Gierling, Jens Graf, Charlotte Olivier, Johannes Schaefer, Kris Smolders, Georg Tenckhoff, Andre Tubbesing
  • Publication number: 20190226943
    Abstract: A facility condition monitoring device includes an abnormality-degree-calculation-model construction part which constructs an abnormality-degree-calculation model for calculating an abnormality degree of a monitoring feature group of a monitoring target facility, based on a normal feature group extracted from a state-quantity fluctuation data of the monitoring target facility, an abnormality degree calculation part which calculates the abnormality degree of the monitoring feature group with the abnormality-degree-calculation model, an abnormality determination part which determines whether the monitoring target facility is abnormal, based on the abnormality degree, an abnormality-contribution-rate calculation part which obtains a contribution rate of each feature constituting the monitoring feature group used for calculating the abnormality degree determined as abnormal by the abnormality determination part, and an abnormality cause identification part which identifies an abnormality cause of the monitoring t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kentaro HAYASHI, Takahiro NAKANO, Atsushi YUGE, Masaaki SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20190226944
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for predicting remaining useful lifetime of a bearing of an electric podded azimuth thruster. A method is performed by a controller. The method includes obtaining operational conditions of the bearing. The method includes predicting the remaining useful lifetime of the bearing using the operational conditions. The lifetime of the bearing is divided in three separate phases. The remaining useful lifetime of the bearing is predicted differently in the three separate phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kari Saarinen, Shiva Sander-Tavallaey
  • Publication number: 20190226945
    Abstract: A tire testing apparatus includes a tire supporting structure, a force applying device, a force measuring device and a controller. The tire supporting structure is configured to retain a tire. The force applying device is attached to the tire supporting structure and is configured to selectively apply a static force to the tire with the tire retained by the tire supporting structure. The force measuring device is attached to the tire supporting structure and is configured to measure the static force applied to the tire applied by the force applying device. The controller is electronically connected to the force applying device and the force measuring device. The controller is configured to receive force measurements from the force measuring device and selectively operate the force applying device to apply a predetermined level of static force to the tire for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Donald AKIYAMA, John HSU, Robert TYREE
  • Publication number: 20190226946
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a sample collection component, by which a removable light shielding component is disposed on a main body of the sample collection component to shield at least a portion of the light that passes through a storing space of the sample collection component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Materials Analysis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Pin Chang, Ying-Chan Hung, Hung-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20190226947
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-program products for fluid analysis and monitoring are disclosed. Embodiments include a removable and replaceable sampling system and an analytical system connected to the sampling system. A fluid may be routed through the sampling system and data may be collected from the fluid via the sampling system. The sampling system may process and transmit the data to the analytical system. The analytical system may include a command and control system to receive and store the data in a database and compare the data to existing data for the fluid in the database to identify conditions in the fluid. Fluid conditions may be determined using machine learning models that are generated from well-characterized known training data. Predicted fluid conditions may then be used to automatically implement control processes for an operating machine containing the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin Young, Mark Chmielewski, Chris Morton, Michael Siers
  • Publication number: 20190226948
    Abstract: A system for tracking one or more subjects for collecting airborne contaminants. The system includes one or more subjects configured to collect air contaminants. Each of the one or more subjects includes an identification tag encoded with identification information identifying the each subject. The system further includes an identification reader configured to decode the identification information encoded within the identification tag of a scanned one of the one or more identification tags. A computer receives and stores the decoded identification information in a record in a database. The computer may also receive and stored an identification code for a user who scanned the scanned identification tag in the record in the database. Additional records in the database are created each time the identification tag of one of the one or more subjects is scanned. The one or more subjects are thereby tracked as they collect airborne contaminants and are incubated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Rosario CALIO, Mark A. Phillips, John Joyce
  • Publication number: 20190226949
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and products for imaging or labelling cells. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of intracellular imaging of a cell. The method comprises exposing the cell to a complex comprising a phenylpyridine iridium (III) (and/or a functional derivative thereof) and a tetrazolato compound and imaging the complex in the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: University of South Australia, Curtin University
    Inventors: Doug BROOKS, Sally PLUSH, Stefano STAGNI, Massimiliano MASSIMILIANO
  • Publication number: 20190226950
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an injection apparatus and an injection method for a liquid sample for standard gas production, wherein the injection apparatus for injecting a liquid sample present in a liquid state at room temperature into a standard gas container has an improved structure that minimizes the area in which the liquid sample directly contacts the injection apparatus so as to prevent the problem in which the liquid sample is adsorbed into the injection apparatus. Furthermore, another purpose of the present invention is to provide an injection apparatus and an injection method for a liquid sample for standard gas production, in which a step of volatilizing the remaining liquid sample by heating is eliminated during the injection of the liquid sample, thereby preventing the apparatus from being damaged by heating to thereby improve the durability of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jihwan KANG, Yong Doo KIM, Sangil LEE
  • Publication number: 20190226951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the chromatographic isolation of a target cell or another complex biological material, in particular by column chromatography such as affinity chromatography or gel permeation chromatography. The invention employs a receptor binding reagent that binds to a receptor molecule that is located on the surface of a target cell. The invention in general provides novel methods for the traceless isolation of biologic materials such as cells, cell organelles, viruses and the like. The invention also relates to an apparatus for the isolation of cells and other complex biological materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Juno Therapeutics GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert STADLER
  • Publication number: 20190226952
    Abstract: Methods of agglutinating and separating erythrocytes, by which erythrocytes can be instantaneously agglutinated into a sufficient size in a blood sample and completely separated from the blood sample; and a hemagglutination reagent are provided. The method of agglutinating erythrocytes according to the present invention includes adding a solution containing a cholic acid-based surfactant and an acid to a blood sample. The method of separating erythrocytes according to the present invention includes separating the erythrocytes agglutinated by the above-described method of the present invention. The hemagglutination reagent according to the present invention contains a cholic acid-based surfactant and an acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: DENKA SEIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shino MURAMATSU, Daisuke KATO, Tomohiro HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20190226953
    Abstract: Microscale and/or mesoscale condenser arrays that can facilitate microfluidic separation and/or purification of mesoscale and/or nanoscale particles and methods of operation are described herein. An apparatus comprises a condenser array comprising pillars arranged in a plurality of columns, wherein a pillar gap greater than or equal to about 0.5 micrometers is located between a first pillar of the pillars in a first column of the columns and a second pillar of the plurality of pillars in the first column, and wherein the first pillar is adjacent to the second pillar. The first ratio can be characterized by Dx/Dy is less than or equal to a first defined value, wherein Dx represents a first distance across the lattice in a first direction, wherein Dy represents a second distance across the lattice in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin H. Wunsch, Joshua T. Smith, Sung-Cheol Kim, Stacey M. Gifford
  • Publication number: 20190226954
    Abstract: A machine that can stretch a material sample biaxially is disclosed. The material sample is gripped on four sides using two pairs of opposing gripping assemblies. Each gripping assembly comprises of multiple individual grippers which can slide towards or apart from each other. The two pairs of opposing gripping assemblies can be slid towards or away from each other, producing either equal or unequal stretches in the two directions. Each individual gripper slides in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which its respective gripping assembly can move as a unit. As the gripping assemblies are moved, the individual grippers are also moved in such a way as to maintain the rectangularity of a rectangular region of the specimen as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Udayan Kanade
  • Publication number: 20190226955
    Abstract: A board testing apparatus and method and in particular a testing apparatus for testing a board made of a corrugated material, such as corrugated cardboard, for failure characteristics. The method comprises taking a corrugated board from a corrugator or converter, locating at least a part of the board into a testing machine, performing a non-destructive compression test on a sample region of the part of the board within the machine and providing a compression test characteristic reading of that region of the board, comparing that characteristic reading against a predefined acceptable compression test characteristic reading that design of corrugated board should have and concluding from the comparison as to whether the board, or that sample region of the board, meets a required compression stiffness parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: David George Rich, Lyndon Geraint Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20190226956
    Abstract: A method for determining rock properties includes running a downhole tool into a wellbore formed from a terranean surface to a subterranean zone that includes an underground rock formation, the downhole tool including one or more protrusions coupled with at least one expandable member of the downhole tool, the one or more protrusions including memory metal; actuating the downhole tool, at a location in the wellbore adjacent the underground rock formation, to adjust the at least one expandable member to move the one or more protrusions into or near contact with the underground rock formation; activating the one or more protrusions to fracture the underground rock formation through forcible contact between the one or more protrusions and the underground rock formation; determining a wellbore pressure increase at the location in the wellbore based on the fracture; and determining one or more properties of the underground rock formation based at least in part on the determined wellbore pressure increase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili, Mirajuddin Riazuddin Khan
  • Publication number: 20190226957
    Abstract: A tension applying device is configured to fix a test substance between a lower fixing part and an upper fixing part, and apply tension between the lower fixing part and the upper fixing part while the test substance is immersed in liquid, wherein the tension applying device includes: a container storing the liquid; a lifter fixed to the lower fixing part and configured to immerse the test substance into the liquid; and a float coupled to the upper fixing part and configured to float in the liquid so as to apply tension to the test substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshihiro YAMAGATA
  • Publication number: 20190226958
    Abstract: A device for stress-freezing experiments during fracturing process according to the present application, in which heating and cooling treatment on a specimen under corresponding temperature control according to a preset temperature gradient and a photosensitive curve is performed by a temperature control system, to realize stress-freezing of the specimen; a pressure is applied to a specimen by a true triaxial servo loading system; and corresponding fracturing experiments are performed to the specimen by a fracturing liquid pumping system having an output end arranged in a thermo-controlled oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING
    Inventors: Yang JU, Peng LIU, Hongbin LIU, Yongming YANG
  • Publication number: 20190226959
    Abstract: An object is displaced alternately in opposite directions, using a hydraulic power unit having a rotatable body which includes the shaft of a hydraulic machine having electronically commutated valves. A motor drives the rotatable body. The hydraulic machine drives an actuator to displace the object in use. Energy is transformed from rotational kinetic energy of the rotatable body to elastic strain energy or elastic strain and gravitational potential energy of the object during a pumping phase and rotation of the rotatable body slows, but does not change direction. The potential energy then drives the hydraulic machine to motor and the rotatable shaft speeds up again, storing rotational kinetic energy. The displacement of the hydraulic machine is controlled throughout to match a time varying demand taking into account the varying speed of rotation of the rotatable shaft. The motor provides energy to compensate for losses and the process can repeat cyclically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: William Hugh Salvin RAMPEN, Niall CALDWELL, Peter MCCURRY
  • Publication number: 20190226960
    Abstract: A two-dimensional nanoindentation measurement apparatus includes a first actuator that imparts a first force in a first direction, and a second actuator that imparts a second force in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first elongate member has a first end attached to the first actuator and a second end attached to an indenter tip that engages the surface of the sample. A second elongate member includes a first end attached to the second actuator and a second end connected to the second end of the first elongate member. The first elongate member is rigid in the first direction and compliant in the second direction, and the second elongate member is rigid in the second direction and compliant in the first direction. The first force is imparted to the indenter tip in the first direction through the first elongate member, and the second force is imparted to the indenter tip in the second direction through the second elongate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Warren C. Oliver, Kermit H. Parks, Kurt Johanns, P. Sudharshan Phani, John B. Pethica
  • Publication number: 20190226961
    Abstract: A wear testing device includes a plurality of holding portions that hold rubber samples. The rubber samples held by each of the plurality of holding portions are independently and simultaneously pressed against a circumferential surface of a rotation body in rotation by a pressing mechanism so that abrasion debris of each of the rubber samples produced via this contact falls downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Yuto Kitani
  • Publication number: 20190226962
    Abstract: A thin film vessel useable in gravimetric methods for measuring the total dissolved solids or total solids in a liquid sample, or the moisture content of a solid sample. The vessel includes a main body formed of a thin walled polymeric material having a melting temperature greater than 180° C. The main body comprises an open top edge and a sealed bottom edge which define an inner cavity configured to hold a volume of liquid, and indicia applied to a portion of the main body, wherein the indicia include a tare weight of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Environmental Express, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Jino Kim, Joseph Martin Boyd, David Alan Smith
  • Publication number: 20190226963
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a nuclear density meter used in the measurement of density of a sand/water/oil slurry flowing in a pipe, without sampling the slurry, is provided comprising determining a net attenuation coefficient for the slurry being measured and mitigating radiation buildup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: WAYNE JANSEN, PATRICK DOUGAN, TREVOR HOUTSTRA, GARY ANTHIEREN
  • Publication number: 20190226964
    Abstract: A high-temperature, high-pressure, and low-velocity gas microtube viscosity measuring apparatus that comprises a thermotank, a fluid filtering and measuring device, a micro-pressure difference metering device, and a data acquisition and processing system. The fluid filtering and measuring device includes a filter, a microtube connector, a flow rate measuring liquid storage tank, an automatic micro-flow rate metering device, and an intermediate container connected in series via pipelines. The micro-pressure difference metering device is connected at two ends to pipelines at the two ends of the microtube connector via detection pipelines. The data acquisition and processing system is electrically connected to the micro-pressure difference metering device and the automatic micro-flow rate metering device to receive pressure difference data and flow rate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Xiang'an YUE, Xin FANG, Weiqing AN, Wenhao TIAN, Jirui ZOU, Xuegang FENG, Wei FANG
  • Publication number: 20190226965
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel optical particle characterization system and method of use that can be applied to harsh environments. By separating the sensing components from the electronics unit and using optical fibers for interconnection, only the sensing components need to endure harsh environmental conditions. This reduces the design constraints on the electronics unit and permits the incorporation of optical components into the sensing probe that can withstand high-temperature and high-pressure environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Hal Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Lin, Gregor Arthur Waldherr
  • Publication number: 20190226966
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying fine particles in slurry provides a sharp particle size distribution with few mixed coarse particles and high classification accuracy. The apparatus includes a rotor (15) including classification chambers (17) between blades (16) radially arranged at circumferentially regular intervals, and classifies particles so that a classified particle size is constant in an entire radial region from an outer periphery to an inner periphery of the classification chamber. The blade (16) of the rotor has a circumferential thickness t(d) increasing toward the outer periphery, and the classification chamber (17) has a width increasing toward the inner periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsugi INKYO, Makoto SATO, Masaaki OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190226967
    Abstract: Devices and methods are described for measuring formed blood component sedimentation rate. Some of the methods may use (1) centrifugal techniques for separating red blood cells from plasma and (2) video and/or still imaging capability. Both may be used alone or in combination to accelerate formed blood component sedimentation and to measure its rate. In one example, the method may advantageously enable rapid measurement of sedimentation rate using small blood sample volumes. Automated image analysis can be used to determine both sedimentation rate and hematocrit. Automated techniques may be used to compensate for effects of hematocrit on uncorrected sedimentation rate data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Dayel, Samartha Anekal, Elizabeth A. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20190226968
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for condensationally enlarging particles in a flow of air or other gas. The apparatus includes a coiled tube having a tube diameter and a coil diameter, the tube having an input receiving the flow and an output, the tube having a length between the input and the output. The walls of the tube are wetted with a condensing fluid. The walls of the first portion of the coiled tube are held a temperature that is lower than the highest temperature in the second portion of the tube. The tube may have a third vapor recovery portion with wall temperature lower than the highest temperature in the second portion, and which optionally may not be coiled. While heating and cooling, the method includes introducing a flow into an interior of the tube at an input, the flow moving the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC.
    Inventors: Susanne Vera Hering, Steven Russel Spielman, Gregory Stephen Lewis