Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
  • Patent number: 10415720
    Abstract: An automatic fill system includes a tank, a transfer hose, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly has a first end having an outlet orifice configured to be received within the tank. The valve assembly also includes a second end configured to be connected in fluid communication with the transfer hose with the second end having an inlet orifice. The valve assembly also includes at least one fluid passageway between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice, and a check valve coupled to a spring and a seal. The seal is configured to be slidably moveable within a piston chamber. The valve assembly further includes a heating element located within a heating element chamber and configured to heat the valve assembly. Finally, the valve assembly includes a jet level sensor with a sensor inlet and a sensor outlet. The jet level sensor is in fluid communication with the piston chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AdelWiggins Group, a Division of TransDigm Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Quang, Mark Silva
  • Patent number: 10415721
    Abstract: A micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS) valve is provided. The MEMS valve includes first and second bodies, a medium and a thermal element. The first body defines a first channel and a second channel intersecting the first channel. The second body defines a third channel and is movable within the first channel between first and second positions. When the second body is at the first positions, the second and third channels align and permit flow through the second and third channels. When the second body is at the second positions, the second and third channels misalign and inhibit flow through the second channel. The medium is charged into the first channel at opposite sides of the second body. The thermal element is proximate to the first channel and is operable to cause the medium to drive movements of the second body to the first or the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yongchun Xin, Daniel Piper, Jonathan Fry, Jang Sim
  • Patent number: 10415722
    Abstract: An adapter may be used to impart ramming force on a pipe having a larger diameter than the ramming tool. The adapter has a set of collets which interface with a conical nose on the ramming tool. The adapter further has a split ring that engages with the pipe and either the collet set or an intermediate cone. The split ring has gaps which are bridged by a cam connector. The cam connector may, through rotation of a cam pin, modify the size of the gaps in the split ring. Expansion of the split ring within a pipe allows the ring to hold its position without relying on a weldment or other more permanent connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Earth Tool Company LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Wentworth, Robert F. Crane, Mark D. Randa
  • Patent number: 10415723
    Abstract: An adapter for mounting cable hangers to a mounting structure includes: a plurality of mounting panels, each mounting panel including a mounting hole, the mounting panels attached to each other at edges thereof, each mounting panel being disposed at an angle relative to its adjacent mounting panels; two base segments, each of the base segments attached to the edge of an endmost one of the mounting panels and extending therefrom toward the other of the base segments; wherein the mounting panels and the base segments define an interior of the adapter; two locking arms, each of the locking arms extending from an end of a respective base segment away from the interior of the adapter, each of the locking arms including a locking feature, the locking arms extending generally parallel to each other and defining a gap therebetween; wherein the adapter can be deflected from a relaxed state to a deflected state by forcing the locking arms toward each other; and wherein in the deflected state the adapter may be mounted
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Taig S. Rajpal
  • Patent number: 10415724
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed as comprising a first leg of a strut clip; a first rotatable element rotatably attached to the first leg of the strut clip at a first aperture; a second rotatable element rotatably attached to the first leg of the strut clip at the first aperture, where the first and second rotatable elements may have tapered lower edges; a first notch of the first rotatable element may be disposed on a longitudinal edge of the first rotatable element; a second notch of the second rotatable element may be disposed on a longitudinal edge of the second rotatable element; one or more stops may be disposed in the first leg of the strut clip, where the one or more stops may limit rotation of at least one of: the first rotatable element and the second rotatable element; and a first elastic element may be disposed between distal longitudinal edges of the first rotatable element and the second rotatable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Brett Wegner
  • Patent number: 10415725
    Abstract: A firestop collar (10) for sealing of openings, especially of line penetrations (12), that pass through walls (11) or ceilings has a frame (16) and a block (20) of optionally intumescent material disposed therein, and is characterized in that an intumescent inlay (22) is disposed between the block (20) and the frame (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Herbert Muenzenberger
  • Patent number: 10415726
    Abstract: Provided is a pipe connecting sealing member including a projection part includes a body part that is provided between the outer surface of the pipe and the inner surface of the connector to which the pipe is inserted, and is formed to extend in a ring shape along a circumferential direction; and the projection part that is formed in a spiral shape forming an unlimited orbit and projects along the outer surface of the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JUNGWOO METAL IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwang Won Lee
  • Patent number: 10415727
    Abstract: A conduit fitting of the type having first and second threaded fitting components and at least one conduit gripping device, further includes a stroke limiting member that allows the fitting to be pulled up by applying a predetermined torque. In one embodiment, the stroke limiting member may be a non-integral torque collar. Alternatively, the fitting may also be pulled up by turns or may have an integral torque collar. In still another embodiment, a stroke limiting member is provided that may be used to enable a fitting that is designed to be pulled up by turns to also be pulled up by torque. In other embodiments, the non-integral torque collar may be installed onto one of the fitting components, and then deformed so as to prevent or make it more difficult to remove the torque collar after installation onto the fitting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Peter C. Williams, Cal R. Brown, Mark A. Clason, Dale C. Arstein
  • Patent number: 10415728
    Abstract: A pipe coupling device includes a body adapted for insertion into a pipe, the body having a through passage, and on its outer surface a groove for receiving a seal for forming a fluid-tight seal between the pipe and the body, the seal having a retaining portion and a sealing portion, wherein either the groove, the seal or both are constructed and arranged such that the retaining portion holds the seal within the groove when the sealing portion is subjected to the insertion force experienced when the pipe coupling device is inserted into a pipe. Further, the base portion may be axially wider than the sealing portion. Further, the seal may include reinforcing means adapted to prevent the seal leaving the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventors: Nigel Paul Raper, Karl Andrew Evans
  • Patent number: 10415729
    Abstract: A seal ring and connection joint for conduits, pressure vessels or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies Limited
    Inventor: John Stobbart
  • Patent number: 10415730
    Abstract: A fitting subassembly includes a threaded fitting nut that can be joined with a threaded fitting body to form a fitting assembly. The fitting nut includes a radial drive surface and an interior wall defining a socket. A back ferrule is disposed entirely in the socket and includes a driven surface adjacent to the drive surface, and a front ferrule is at least partially disposed in the socket. A retaining member retains the front and back ferrules with the fitting nut as a subassembly prior to the fitting nut being assembled with a threaded fitting body. The retaining member applies a retaining force that is limited to permit removal of the front ferrule and the back ferrule from the fitting nut by exposure to a force applying environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Dale C. Arstein, Cal R. Brown, Mark A. Clason, Peter C. Williams
  • Patent number: 10415731
    Abstract: Methods of making hose fittings include providing a stem having a fluid conduit, a first end, a second end with a raised shoulder, and a crimp region disposed between the first end and the second end. A swivel tube nut is placed over the stem, and the swivel tube nut is retained on the stem the by the raised shoulder. A ferrule is thereafter placed over the first end of the stem, and the ferrule comprises a partially formed hexagonal wrench surface, formed prior to. The ferrule is then crimped, at the hexagonal wrench surface, onto the crimp region of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ContiTech USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Boche, Jeremy Jay Lidgett
  • Patent number: 10415732
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a safety lock assembly for a cam lock fitting mounted onto the outside of the cam lock fitting so that the safety lock mechanism is in close proximity to the cam levers so that when the cam lock fitting is pressurized and the operator attempts to open the cam lock fitting the safety lock mechanism will prevent operation or separation of the male and the female portions of the fitting. This is accomplished by having slidable axles mounted in elongated slots in the bosses adapted to slide in response to movement of a safety lock mechanism handle so that the male and female portions of the cam lock fitting initially only slightly separate allowing the operator to quickly reclose the cam lock fitting if the operator observes that the cam lock fitting is still pressurized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey Hartman
  • Patent number: 10415733
    Abstract: A quick connector for releasably engaging a tube having a radial flange includes a housing, a retaining member and a blocking member. The housing is a generally tubular housing. The retaining member is carried by the housing and is movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the retaining member is operative to secure the tube relative to the housing in the first position. The blocking member is operative to resisting movement of the retaining member from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Thierry Hamon, Pierre Youinou, Jacob Garrett, Steve Frederiksen, Ken Gocha
  • Patent number: 10415734
    Abstract: A female pipe coupling member includes a coupling body and a sleeve 138 disposed around a cylindrical peripheral wall portion of the coupling body. The sleeve has a locking element receiving hole extending therethrough from an inner peripheral surface to an outer peripheral surface. When the sleeve is in a locking element releasing position where the locking element receiving hole radially aligns with a locking element, the locking element is received in the locking element receiving hole to assume an unlocking position. The locking element receiving hole is configured to block the locking element from passing therethrough radially outward and thus holds the locking element in the unlocking position from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Imoto
  • Patent number: 10415735
    Abstract: A flow splitter includes a stepped ring and a flow restriction. The stepped ring includes a first inner wall having a first diameter, a second inner wall having a second diameter less than the first diameter, a radial step that transitions from the first to the second inner wall, and a plurality of apertures circumferentially located along the first inner wall and partially through the radial step. The first flow restriction has at least a portion thereof at a position between the first diameter and the second diameter. Further, the first flow restriction directs a flow of at least one of a gas and a fluid towards the first inner wall, and is configured to split the flow into an exit flow and a secondary flow. The exit flow exits the stepped ring via the plurality of apertures and the secondary flow proceeds downstream directed by the second inner walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: John Munson, Phillip H. Burnside
  • Patent number: 10415736
    Abstract: A restraint system for use in securing temporary flow lines that include multiple pipe sections, each pair of pipe sections connected together with a fitting or coupling such as a hammer joint coupling. The system includes multiple pluralities of endless loop slings connected end to end with a cow hitch or girth hitch knot. Disconnectable fittings (e.g., shackles) are placed every three or more slings so that easy disassembly is afforded in case of leakage or other failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Gulfstream Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bond, Jr., Michael Mire
  • Patent number: 10415737
    Abstract: A connection comprising a first duct, a second duct, a flexible tube which comprises a first end configured to cover part of the first duct, and a second end configured to cover part of the second duct, a first clamping system configured to clamp the first end of the flexible tube around the first duct, and a second clamping system configured to clamp the second end of the flexible tube around the second duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Bruno Alquier, Gerard Millet, Thomas Menage
  • Patent number: 10415738
    Abstract: Cable pulling systems and methods of use are provided suitable for trenchless cable pulling applications, including bursting head applications for laying down replacement pipe underground. A chassis is provided that accommodates laterally disposed piston assemblies, both single cylinder and dual cylinder closed path piston assemblies. Also provided are quick release manifolds for cable holding grippers and cable pulling grippers for use with both single cylinder and dual cylinder piston assemblies. A chassis and cable pulling system also are provided for trenchless pipe extraction applications and which accommodate closed path piston assemblies. Small and large pipe diameter bursting head devices also are provided with integrated cable gripping and release assemblies. Also provided are methods for sealing cable ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: RODDIE, INC.
    Inventors: Rod Herrick, Jared W. Shappell
  • Patent number: 10415739
    Abstract: A duct joint assembly between a first section and a second section, each section consisting of an inner tube and an outer tube, the outer tube surrounding the inner tube, and between which a heat insulator is placed. Each section has a fastening body so that the sections can be assembled to, or disassembled from, each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOTAL SA
    Inventor: Serge Le Pennec
  • Patent number: 10415740
    Abstract: A removable motor housing for a plant material trimming device. The removable housing may include a first motor housing connectable to the plant trimming device. The first motor housing may be slidably or pivotably connectable to the plant trimming device. The first motor housing may be operable to receive an output shaft from a first motor in the first housing. The output shaft may be operable to communicate with an input shaft of the plant trimming device. A biasing device may be connectable to the first motor housing and the plant trimming device for biasing the first motor housing into a first position. When the first motor housing is in the first position a substantially constant force is applied between the input shaft of the plant trimming device and the output shaft of the first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Keirton, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Evans, Aaron McKellar
  • Patent number: 10415741
    Abstract: A system for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The system includes a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position; and a pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine as from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position. The rail elements may include a first skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a first axial position; and a second skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a second axial position. First and second segmented support rails are positioned in sliding, aligned contact with the first and second skid, respectively, and are configured to be supported on a respective machine foundation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Alan Davi, Max Dryden, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Jonathan Peter Mallory, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Cornelis Antonius Fransiscus Segeren, John Russell Yagielski
  • Patent number: 10415742
    Abstract: A photographic monopod includes an extendable shaft, a bracket for fixing a photographic device at a first end of the extendable shaft, and a grip at a second end of the extendable shaft. The grip is opposite to the first end of the extendable shaft. The photo graphic monopod further includes a shutter control switch for controlling a shutter of the photographic device, and a shaft extension sensor for sensing a degree to which the extendable shaft is extended. The photographic monopod additionally includes a logic circuit for receiving the degree to which the extendable shaft is extended from the shaft extension sensor and disabling a connection between the shutter control switch and the photographic device when the degree to which the extendable shaft is extended exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashish Kundu, Amit A. Nanavati, Clifford A. Pickover, Komminist Weldemariam
  • Patent number: 10415743
    Abstract: An elevation-adjustable display screen support arm includes arm shaft with box-like shaft body, balance adjustment mechanism accommodated in box-like shaft body and including gear train, first sliding tooth rack, second sliding tooth rack and tension spring, and display screen mounting head including body block, first guideway, second guideway and connection panel. When adjusting the elevation of the supported display screen, body block is driven to move first sliding tooth rack in rotating gear train, causing gear train to move second sliding tooth rack in driving actuating plate to stretch or compress tension spring, and thus, rotation of gear train causes tension spring to provide a corresponding torque that is acted upon first sliding tooth rack to control upward or downward movement of display screen mounting head and supported display screen in stepless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CHEN-SOURCE INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Jong Hsu, Te-Jung Yuan
  • Patent number: 10415744
    Abstract: A hinge hanger and accessory components are described. In a one illustrative embodiment, the hinge hanger includes a curved supporting connector, a hook component and an arm component. The curved supporting connector is configured to interface with a cylindrical component. Also, the curved supporting connector has a top lip that interfaces with the cylindrical component. Additionally, the curved supporting connector has a bottom end that interfaces with the cylindrical component. The hook component is disposed near the bottom end of the curved supporting connector. The arm component extends from the curved supporting connector. The arm component includes a vertical upright component proximate to a distal end of the arm component. The arm component also includes an elastic base at the distal end of the arm component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hinge Hanger LLC
    Inventors: Bill Atalla, Carolyn Marie Atalla
  • Patent number: 10415745
    Abstract: A quick release equipment mount includes a support module secured to a fixture such as a wall or pipe and a number of item modules, each of which can attach to an item of equipment such as a fire extinguisher for quick release. The item modules can have two pair of vertically spaced apart hooks which engage two pair of commensurately spaced apart posts extending laterally from an elongated vertical tongue extending from the support module. The hooks are formed on a pair of rails spaced to form a groove slidingly engaged by the tongue. Item modules can have different item interfacing segments for securing in various manners to various types of equipment items while all having similar support module interfacing segments capable of quick release mounting to the support module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Roskamp, Randall Roskamp, Roger J. Malcolm
  • Patent number: 10415746
    Abstract: A support bracket for use with self-leveling devices, wherein the support bracket includes two identical sections attached to one another, and wherein each section further includes a first upwardly-angled side portion that further includes a slot formed horizontally therein and a semi-cylindrical channel formed vertically therein, and wherein the slot and semi-cylindrical channel intersect one another in a perpendicular manner; a second upwardly-angled side portion that further includes a slot formed horizontally therein and a semi-cylindrical channel formed vertically therein, and wherein the slot and semi-cylindrical channel intersect one another in a perpendicular manner; and a middle portion positioned between the first and second upwardly-angled side portions that further includes a semi-cylindrical channel formed vertically therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: G.C. Hoyle Company LLC
    Inventor: Gary C. Hoyle
  • Patent number: 10415747
    Abstract: Brackets for attaching objects to surfaces are described. One bracket includes a first leg that is attachable to the surface and a second leg that is attachable to the object. The object-facing side includes a slot extending through an object facing-side of the second leg. The slot is configured to receive a fastener for attaching the second leg to the object. Along a length of the slot, a width of the slot tapers from a first width at a first position along the length of the slot to a second width at a second position along the length of the slot. The second width is narrower than the first width. Methods for attaching objects to surfaces are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Joseph I. Tinoco
  • Patent number: 10415748
    Abstract: A portable selfie stick, including a multi-stage telescopic rod (1), and a bracket assembly (2) and a handle (3) respectively arranged at a head end and a tail end of the multi-stage telescopic rod. The portable selfie stick further includes a wireless charging device (4), the wireless charging device (4) includes a wireless charging coil (41) and an electromagnetic power converter arranged at the bracket assembly (2), a power line arranged in the multi-stage telescopic rod (1) in a penetrating manner, and a mobile power source (42) arranged in the handle (3); both ends of the power line are in electric connected with the mobile power source (42) and the electromagnetic power converter, respectively; and the electromagnetic power converter is electrically connected with the wireless charging coil (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ASOKA PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuancheng Wang
  • Patent number: 10415749
    Abstract: A coupler connected a hose of a grease gun includes a body having a path defined therethrough. A check valve unit and a sealing unit are located in the body. The check valve includes a spring which biases the sealing unit. A groove is defined in an outer surface of the body. A socket is mounted to the body and multiple pawls are received in the socket. The pawls each have a first end engaged with the groove, and a second end of each pawl is controlled to be connected to a fitting member. The socket has a flange extending from the inner periphery. The second ends of the pawls removably contact the flange. A trigger is pivotably connected to the body and drives the socket which is moved by pivoting the trigger so as to control the pawls to engaged with or release the fitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: King Cho Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu Tien Hung
  • Patent number: 10415750
    Abstract: In hybrid electric vehicles having increased battery storage capacity and plug-in capability, electric-only operation of significant duration is available. To supplement lubrication for the electric and mechanical components provided in a fluid circuit by an engine-driven mechanical pump, an electric pump is provided in parallel to the mechanical pump. When the electric pump is operating, a diagnostic can be performed to determine system integrity. According to one embodiment, an actual quantity provide to the circuit is determined; an expected quantity is estimated; and a fault is determined when the actual and expected quantities differ by more than a predetermined amount. The fault may indicate a leak or plug in the fluid circuit or a failure of a component in the fluid circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Allan Roy Gale, Michael W. Degner, Paul Theodore Momcilovich
  • Patent number: 10415751
    Abstract: A wind turbine having a nacelle with a stationary region and a rotor, at least one blocking unit for blocking the rotor, and an access control system is provided. The access control system controls a locking of at least one access door to at least one closed-off region in the wind turbine depending on a blocking of the rotor by means of the least one blocking unit. The access control system has a key transfer system and a hydraulic control unit for controlling the blocking unit. The key transfer system has a hydraulic key unit for preventing an unintentional activation of the hydraulic unit and an access door key unit for locking or unlocking the access door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Geiken, Jörg Rohlfsen, Reiner Schmees
  • Patent number: 10415752
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for securing a seal between a thermoplastic liner and a metal boss for a composite cylinder. A metal boss can be integrated with a thermoplastic liner during a molding process. A bushing can be inserted into the metal boss and coupled thereto via threading. The bushing can further include a relief space region having a sidewall that is deformed from a first position to a second position in order to decrease a distance of the metal boss to the sidewall of the bushing, wherein the decrease provides a seal between the metal boss and the thermoplastic liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wojciech Janusz Borkowski, Stanislaw Kubicz
  • Patent number: 10415753
    Abstract: A high-pressure gas container (100) includes an inner layer (11) configured such that high-pressure gas is filled inside, a boss part (13-1, 13-2) provided at least at one position of the inner layer and configured to cause the gas to flow in and out, and an outer layer (12) configured to cover an outer periphery of the inner layer to reinforce the inner layer and having a higher gas barrier property than the inner layer. A gas discharge port (15-1, 15-2) is provided between the boss part and the outer layer, and a gas ventilation part (14) is formed between the inner layer and the outer layer such that the gas having permeated through the inner layer is discharged into atmosphere through the gas discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetaka Uehara, Shinichiro Takemoto, Hiroshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 10415754
    Abstract: A pressure vessel for containing a pressurized fluid is disclosed. An outer shell may define a cavity where the fluid is stored. An inner matrix substantially fills the cavity and undertakes a majority of the forces exerted by the stored fluid. The inner matrix is a series of interconnected nodes with a series of voids located therebetween. The voids contact one another so that fluid may flow therebetween, thus filling the cavity. The interconnected nodes are filleted at the points of contact to reduce stress concentrations. An inlet/outlet device may selectively permit the introduction and removal of the fluid from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: hyQ Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Setlock, Neal Birchfield, Michael Lang, Jacqueline Vance
  • Patent number: 10415755
    Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulated tank for storage of a fluid, having a plurality of multilayer walls. A first of the walls has a secondary thermally insulating barrier including a first insulating panel along the intersection between the load-bearing structure of first wall and the load-bearing structure of an adjacent second wall. A second insulating panel is juxtaposed with the first insulating panel along one edge of the first panel opposing the second wall. The first wall has a secondary sealing membrane including a first corrugated metal sheet welded to a small metal plate of the first insulating panel; and a second corrugated metal sheet welded to the small metal plate of the second insulating panel. The first metal sheet and the second metal sheet are welded together via a joggled edge permitting the first and the second metal sheets to be lap welded to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Marc Boyeau, Antoine Philippe, Sébastien Delanoe
  • Patent number: 10415756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tank comprising a container with an opening and a cover, a flexible casing lying against the interior and exterior of the container. This allows increased resistance to the penetration of sharp objects, liquid and gaseous gases can be used interchangeably and various gas types with a fossil-type and biological-type consistency can be mixed and also heated and cooled in the tank. The invention relates to tanks (1) and staged tanks of the preceding claims, characterized in that in addition to LNG, said tanks can store biological methane gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: COMITEN GBR
    Inventor: Horst Moddemann
  • Patent number: 10415757
    Abstract: A heat exchange system employed to gasify liquid natural gas (LNG) or for other required purpose includes the cold substance such as LNG, a heat dissipation apparatus, a water storage tank, a heating portion, and a cooling portion. The heating portion is coupled between the cold substance and the water storage tank. The cooling portion is coupled between the heat dissipation apparatus and the water storage tank. The cooling portion transmits heat of the heat dissipation apparatus to water of the water storage tank to cool the heating portion, and the heating portion transmits heat of the water of the water storage tank to the cold substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tze-Chern Mao, Chih-Hung Chang, Yen-Chun Fu, Chao-Ke Wei, Yao-Ting Chang, Hung-Chou Chan
  • Patent number: 10415758
    Abstract: A securing device for securing a pipe in a housing, which has a cylindrical collar, at least three securing arms, each securing arm containing a proximal arm portion mounted on the cylindrical collar, a distal arm portion bearing a bearing pad, the bearing pad containing a bearing surface facing away from the collar and intended to collaborate with a wall of the housing in which at least one of the securing arms contains a guideway capable of translationally guiding the distal arm portion with respect to the proximal arm portion, an elastic member being coupled to the guideway so as to be able to apply a return force that pushes the distal arm portion away from the proximal arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Kevin Dagan, Erwan Michaut, Bertrand Bugnicourt, Adnan Ezzarhouni, Catherine Boucard
  • Patent number: 10415759
    Abstract: A cryostat for a superconducting magnet system is provided. The cryostat may include an outer vessel and an inner vessel suspended within the outer vessel. A space may be defined by the outer vessel and the inner vessel. The cryostat may include multiple first support elements and one or more second support elements. The strength of the first supporting element may be larger than that of the second support elements. The inner vessel and the outer vessel may be connected by two opposite ends of a first support element and two opposite ends of a second support element, respectively. The number of the first support elements in the lower part of the space is different from the number of the first support elements in the upper part of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lijun Zou
  • Patent number: 10415760
    Abstract: Controlling flow of gas in a gas pipeline network, wherein flow of gas within each of the pipeline segments is associated with a direction (positive or negative). Processors calculate minimum and maximum production rates (bounds) at the gas production plant to satisfy an energy consumption constraint over a period of time. The production rate bounds are used to calculate minimum and maximum signed flow rates (bounds) for each pipeline segment. A nonlinear pressure drop relationship is linearized to create a linear pressure drop model for each pipeline segment. A network flow solution is calculated, using the linear pressure drop model, comprising flow rates for each pipeline segment to satisfy demand constraints and pressures for each of a plurality of network nodes over the period of time to satisfy pressure constraints. The network flow solution is associated with control element setpoints used to control one or more control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua David Isom, Andrew Timothy Stamps, Catherine Catino Latshaw, Ali Esmaili, Camilo Mancilla
  • Patent number: 10415761
    Abstract: An autonomous, permanently illuminating object includes a sheath that defines an interior space in which is disposed a glass capsule containing a gaseous tritium light source. The sheath defines a transparent region. A layer of photoluminescent pigments is disposed between the glass capsule and the transparent region of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Smolsys AG
    Inventors: Sandro M. O. L. Schneider, Patrick P. Burkhalter
  • Patent number: 10415762
    Abstract: An automotive LED lamp unit includes a plate-like mounting member, LED light sources arranged on two opposite sides of the plate-like mounting member, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes cooling fins and a tapered portion facing the LED light sources and being connected to one end of the plate-like mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Lukas Kuepper, Mohammad Mirsadeghi, Gunnar Luettgens, Gordon Patrick Rudolf Elger, Nadin Roesler, Aldo Tralli
  • Patent number: 10415763
    Abstract: A filament for a filament lamp includes a plurality of light emitting semiconductor chips, wherein the light emitting semiconductor chips are located on a carrier board, the light emitting semiconductor chips are electrically connected, and the carrier board is a flexible carrier board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Tilman Eckert
  • Patent number: 10415764
    Abstract: An LED lamp comprising a lamp shade, a lamp cap, a glass core column, and an LED lamp filament, with the glass core column comprising a glass flare tube, a first conducting wire, a second conducting wire and an exhaust tube, the glass flare tube and the exhaust tube being sintered into a core column body, the first conducting wire and the second conducting wire being fixed on both sides of the core column body through welding respectively, and lower end portions of the first conducting wire and the second conducting wire being fixed on the lamp cap through welding respectively, both ends of the LED lamp filament being fixed on the first conducting wire and the second conducting wire through welding respectively, and the second conducting wire being provided with one or more LED lamp bulb drive elements with a drive chip and a resistance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DONGGUAN MIRAY E-TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jianwen Lei
  • Patent number: 10415765
    Abstract: A portable light bulb system includes a bulb that is removably coupled to a mounting bracket that is affixed to a support surface. The bulb includes an internal battery power supply and a LED light engine. The system also includes a wireless module communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with the bulb. The portable light bulb system is capable of being configured in a first use position where operation of the bulb provides illumination to a region proximate the mounting bracket affixed to the support surface. An operator can disconnect the bulb from the bracket and bring the bulb to a second use position where operation of the bulb provides illumination to the second region. The operator can then return the bulb to the bracket at the first use position, or bring the bulb to yet another location for illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Promier Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Cody Duane Grandadam
  • Patent number: 10415766
    Abstract: An example embodiment of a backlit lamp comprises a housing, a forward facing directional light source and a rear facing directional light source. The housing may comprise a bowl portion comprising a first joining end and a forward emitting end; and a neck portion comprising a second joining end. The bowl and neck portions are joined at the first and second joining ends. The forward facing directional light source is mounted within the housing and configured to emit light in the direction of the forward emitting end. The rear facing directional light source is mounted within the housing and configured to emit light in an opposite direction from the light emitted by the forward facing directional light source. In an example embodiment, the forward facing and rear facing directional light source comprise light emitting diodes (LEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Barry Feit, Jose Mata
  • Patent number: 10415767
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus that can be retro fitted is disclosed. The lighting apparatus comprises a housing and a plurality of illuminating units. Each of the illuminating units comprises a connector used to couple the illuminating unit to the housing. The plurality of illuminating units is coupled to the housing at equal distance and in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Humberto E. Felizzola
  • Patent number: 10415768
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote phosphor light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of phosphors provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10415769
    Abstract: A method for adapting an LED lamp tube to a fluorescent lamp tube holder, an LED lamp tube holder and an illumination device. The LED lamp tube holder comprises an adaptation bracket and a lamp tube holding clip which is connected to the adaptation bracket. The lamp tube holding clip has a circular-arc cylindrical holding surface, thereby being clamped to the outer wall of a light transmission tube of the LED lamp tube. A cylindrical pin which axially extends from the LED lamp tube holder along the light transmission tube is arranged on the adaptation bracket. The shape of the pin is the same as that of an electrically-conductive pin of the fluorescent lamp tube, thereby enabling the LED lamp tube holder to be arranged in the fluorescent lamp tube holder. The LED lamp tube can be arranged on the basis of the original LED lamp tube holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN XINGRISHENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peixing Deng, Xiuqi Li