Patents Issued in June 2, 2020
  • Patent number: 10669021
    Abstract: An airfoil member can have a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The airfoil member can include an upper skin, a lower skin, and a composite core member having a plurality of cells, an upper surface network of the cells can be bonded to the upper skin, a lower surface network of the cells can be bonded to the lower skin. The composite core can have a septum layer embedded in the cells that form the composite core, the septum layer being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Oldroyd, Wei-Yueh Lee, James D. Hethcock, Jr., John R. McCullough, Patrick R. Tisdale
  • Patent number: 10669022
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for use with a structure defining an outer surface which expands and contracts inward and outward relative to the structure includes, a member having at least one inner surface to face the outer surface, and at least one protrusion extending from the inner surface, the at least one protrusion being biased toward and in contact with the outer surface and maintains contact as the structure expands and contracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David H. Hunter, Eric Lucien Nussenblatt
  • Patent number: 10669023
    Abstract: An aerial platform having motive devices for obtaining and maintaining loft of the aerial platform, the motive devices being pivotable relative to a wing of the aerial platform for aerial maneuvering of the aerial platform while generally maintaining stable disposition of the wing relative to the ground. The motive devices may include blades having selectively adjustable pitch for varying output force of respective motive devices. The aerial platform may further include one or more bladed turbines outwardly coupled to the wing and drivable by wind for generating power for the aerial platform. In some cases, the aerial platform may be tethered via a flexible power cable to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gregory W. Heinen, Peter B. Morris, John P. Shea, Charles Miller
  • Patent number: 10669024
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage, a power device connected to the fuselage, and a control device disposed at the fuselage and electrically connected with the power device. The control device is configured to control the power device to switch an operating mode of the power device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly in air or navigate on a water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyu Wang
  • Patent number: 10669025
    Abstract: A response system may be provided. The response system may include a security system and an autonomous drone. The security system includes a security sensor and a controller. The drone includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a drone sensor. The processor may be programmed to link the drone to the controller, build a virtual navigation map of the coverage area based, at least in part, upon initial sensor data stored by the drone, determine that the coverage area is unoccupied, deploy the drone from a docking station, control movement of the drone within the coverage area based upon the virtual navigation map, collect drone sensor data of the coverage area using the drone sensor, and/or analyze the collected drone sensor data to identify an abnormal condition within the coverage area, the abnormal condition including at least one of damage or theft occurring within the coverage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: Bryan Flick
  • Patent number: 10669026
    Abstract: A lift cell module is disclosed having a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet and an air duct connecting them, the housing having a generally circular inner wall having an axis and the inner wall being mounted for rotation about the axis. A plurality of radially disposed lift cells including winglets having opposed ends are connected to the inner wall, each of the winglets being vertically spaced and extending parallel to one another. The lift cell module further including a member connected to the housing for applying a motive force to rotate the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Albert Aguilar
  • Patent number: 10669027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cabin management system for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising: at least one first terminal, which acts as an interface for one or more passengers; at least one second terminal, which performs safety-related functions; and at least one means set up to provide and/or receive video data to/from the first terminal and safety-related data to/from the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Riedel, Sven-Olaf Berkhahn
  • Patent number: 10669028
    Abstract: A system for identifying forgotten items is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes one or more item detectors. The item detectors may be configured to determine a calibration value of a stowage area in a calibration mode, and further configured to determine a check value of the stowage area in a check mode. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the calibration value and the check value, calculate a difference value between the calibration value and the check value, and compare the difference value to a threshold value. If the difference value is greater than the threshold value, the controller is further configured to generate one or more found item signals which indicate the presence of a found forgotten item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Kuyper, Ian L. Frost, Shirley E. Govea Bravo
  • Patent number: 10669029
    Abstract: Described are adjustable seats having a lower portion of a back rest attached to a seat frame having an upper frame and a lower frame. A pivot axis is positioned at an upper end of the lower portion of the back rest, and an upper portion of the back rest is pivotally attached to the pivot axis. The location of the pivot axis is configured to be positioned below a person's shoulders when the person is seated in the adjustable seat. The upper portion of the back rest is also pivotally adjustable relative to the lower portion of the back rest. A seat pan having a front portion pivotally coupled to a rear portion can be attached to the upper frame. An actuation mechanism is configured to simultaneously control a vertical height of the upper frame and a rotational position of the front portion of the seat pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Seats
    Inventors: Christian Verny, Baptiste Demigny, Guillerault Martin, Kulig Kryzysztof
  • Patent number: 10669030
    Abstract: A seat pan diaphragm assembly and a seat assembly including the same, the seat pan diaphragm assembly including a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, bottom, front, back, and opposing lateral sides, a cargo net subassembly for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and attachment straps having a clip attachable to a seat frame element, and stiffeners received in slotted sleeves of the diaphragm subassembly and engaging the cargo net subassembly for securing the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric H. Morse, Matt J. Hulse, Samuel Ponjican
  • Patent number: 10669031
    Abstract: A method for supplying pressurized air to an aircraft includes that bleed air is bled from a portion of a turbomachine of the aircraft and a thrust output of the turbomachine is increased to increase a pressure of the bleed air in a predetermined environmental condition. The method also includes that modes of an environmental control system (ECS) are switched from a first operating mode configured to receive bleed air from each engine of the aircraft in a first environmental condition to a second operating mode configured to receive bleed air from at least one engine of the aircraft in a second environmental condition. The method further includes that engine thrust is increased in at least one engine and engine thrust is reduced from at least the other engine to maintain a constant total thrust when the ECS is in the second operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jayant Sabnis, Louis J. Bruno
  • Patent number: 10669032
    Abstract: An environmental control system for an aircraft is provided. The environmental control system comprises a bleed air system. Also included is a ram air system. Further included is an air pressure and temperature conditioning system, wherein bleed air and ram air are mixed to satisfy a cabin fresh air requirement. The air pressure and temperature conditioning system includes a compressor that pressurizes ram air. The air pressure and temperature conditioning system also includes a power turbine that expands bleed air, the pressurized ram air and expanded bleed air at identical pressures prior to mixing downstream of the compressor and the power turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven E. Squier
  • Patent number: 10669033
    Abstract: An example method includes: forming a conductive layer on at least a portion of a surface of a substrate, where the substrate comprises a composite material of an aerodynamic structure, and where the conductive layer is configured to provide a conductive path to conduct an electric current generated by a lightning strike to an electrically-grounded location; depositing an insulating layer on the conductive layer; removing one or more portions of the insulating layer to form respective gaps in the insulating layer and expose corresponding one or more portions of the conductive layer; and forming a resistive-heater layer on the insulating layer such that the resistive-heater layer fills the respective gaps in the insulating layer and contacts the corresponding one or more portions of the conductive layer, such that when electric power is provided to the conductive layer, the electric power is communicated to the resistive-heater layer thereby generating heat therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Patrick John Kinlen, Eric Alan Bruton, Edward Brouwers, Kenneth Walter Young
  • Patent number: 10669034
    Abstract: A pneumatic deicer assembly includes a first stretch fabric with a first edge opposite a second edge. The first edge is positioned proximate the second edge such that the first stretch fabric forms a tube. A non-stretch fabric covers a seam formed between the first edge and the second edge of the first stretch fabric. A second stretch fabric covers the non-stretch fabric and a portion of the first stretch fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Samual Steven Riczo Schomer
  • Patent number: 10669035
    Abstract: A system detects ice on a surface. The system comprises an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to project light primarily in the UV-A spectrum onto the surface. The system further comprises an optical device configured to capture an image of the surface while the light primarily in the UV-A spectrum is projected by the UV light source. The system further comprises a control device communicatively coupled to the optical device. The control device is configured to receive the image from the optical device and determine whether or not ice is present on the surface based respectively on whether or not visible light induced by the light projected by the UV light source is captured in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles Steven Meis
  • Patent number: 10669036
    Abstract: A turbofan engine including a core engine and at least one fan by means of which fluid is guided to a primary flow channel for the core engine as well as to a secondary flow channel of the turbofan engine, wherein the secondary flow channel is provided for an outer fluid flow that is guided past the core engine, and at least one splitter fairing arranged inside the secondary flow channel around which the fluid flow is flowing during operation of the turbofan engine, which cases at least one component of the turbofan engine that is guided radially through the secondary flow channel, and which has an end element with a leading edge section that is facing towards the fluid flow and/or a trailing edge section that is positioned in the flow direction of the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Robert Thies
  • Patent number: 10669037
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for air cooling in a wet environment includes a propeller coupled to a vehicle capable of at least one of: taking off from and landing on water. The system includes a battery configured to power the propeller, a float configured to hold the battery, and a flap in the float. The flap is configured to open in response to air pressure to permit airflow into the float to cool the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventor: Dennis Young Kwon
  • Patent number: 10669038
    Abstract: One embodiment is an inlet plenum assembly for a rotary aircraft that includes an inlet plenum defined on a first side by an inlet plenum wall and on a second side by a forward firewall assembly, the forward firewall assembly having an inlet aperture configured to receive a drive shaft to rotatably coupled to an engine; and a seal connected to the forward firewall assembly via a seal retainer disposed around a periphery of the inlet aperture. The forward firewall assembly may further include a forward firewall upper portion and a forward firewall lower portion, the forward firewall upper portion configured to removably seat to the forward firewall lower portion. The seal retainer may be attached to the forward firewall assembly via a plurality of bolts disposed around the periphery of the seal retainer. In some embodiments, the seal is connected to an inlet duct of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Brent Scannell, Thomas Mast
  • Patent number: 10669039
    Abstract: A lightning diverter element having integrated ESD protection, including a support and metallic segments disposed on the support is disclosed, wherein the support has a resistance per unit length in a range from 100 k?/m to 100 M?/m. Furthermore, a high-frequency device is disclosed, wherein such a lightning diverter element is disposed on a surface of a component of the high-frequency device. Finally, a vehicle including such a lightning diverter element and/or such a high-frequency device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Weber, Michael Kaste, Robert Kebel, Detlef Ristau
  • Patent number: 10669040
    Abstract: This invention discloses an aircraft control method, apparatus and an aircraft. The invention relates to the field of aircraft control technologies. The method includes: obtaining ambient luminance data by a luminance sensing apparatus of an aircraft; determining whether the ambient luminance data satisfies a luminance value required for normal running of a vision system of the aircraft; and adjusting, when the ambient luminance data does not satisfy the luminance value required for normal running of the vision system of the aircraft, a working status of a light emitting apparatus on the aircraft to change light emitting luminance of the light emitting apparatus. The foregoing aircraft control method, apparatus and the aircraft can accurately learn a flight environment in which the aircraft is located, thereby effectively implementing vision positioning on the aircraft and more conveniently controlling the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Yang
  • Patent number: 10669041
    Abstract: The present invention details a group of focussed means to create points of light of different sizes and colours, that together form figures whose function is to create a sign in front of the eyes of a driver or operator, to provide them with certain information from a remote point. The points of light are created by the ionization of the air in different points in the space where it is desirable to create the sign in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DEFENSYA INGENIERIA INTERNACIONAL, S.L.
    Inventor: Alberto Adarve Lozano
  • Patent number: 10669042
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that includes a light and a cooling system is described. The light fitted to the UAV may be bright since heat it generates will be cooled by thermal conduction, convection and/or heat absorption. The light may be cooled by the airflow generated by the propellers. The cooling system of the lighted UAV may include radiator that may conduct heat to the environment and/or include an internal liquid cooling system. The cooling system may include dedicated fans to cool the lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: WET
    Inventors: Dezso Molnar, John Canavan
  • Patent number: 10669043
    Abstract: Ribs for working an aircraft component having an aircraft component surface, fixtures for the same, and methods for the same, are provided herein. The rib includes a rib surface configured to receive the aircraft component and to be in abutting contact with at least a portion of the aircraft component surface. The rib further includes an extension extending away from the rib and configured to couple to a worksurface. Orientation of the rib is configured to be adjustable relative to the worksurface for improving working of the aircraft component. The fixture includes a mount defining an aperture and configured to be coupled to the worksurface and the rib. The method includes providing the fixture including the rib. The method further includes coupling the extension to a worksurface. The method further includes disposing the aircraft component on the rib surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Bateham, Gloria King
  • Patent number: 10669044
    Abstract: A service trolley for inspecting an interior cabin of a vehicle including a plurality of seats is disclosed. The service trolley includes a container body supported by a plurality of wheels, at least one image capture device, and a control module in communication with the image capture device and a database. The image capture device is mounted to the container body and is positioned along an outer surface of the container body in a location relative to the interior cabin of the vehicle to view the plurality of seats. The database stores image data of the plurality of seats of the vehicle. The control module executes instructions to compare the image data stored in the database with the image of a specific seat to determine a presence of at least one defect on an exterior of a specific seat in the interior cabin of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eric Nicks
  • Patent number: 10669045
    Abstract: A system and method of providing an affordable navigation, guidance and control system for arbitrary nano/micro launch vehicles by integrating commercial grade sensors with advanced estimation algorithms in a manner that provides sufficient accuracy of the resulting vehicle state estimates to inject nano/micro satellites into low earth orbits. The system and method uses commercial grade sensors and an advanced sensor-fusion estimator software that estimates and removes the estimated measurement errors and filters noise produced by the commercial grade sensors, resulting in estimated states with suitable accuracy. The filtered data are sent to a guidance and control system where actuator commands are formulated based on the filtered data. A simulated launch and flight of the launch vehicle is performed using the filtered data to validate that the GNC system and launch vehicle are ready for launch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASA
    Inventors: James Joseph Cockrell, Max Michael Briggs, David James Mayer, Aaron James Cohen
  • Patent number: 10669046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates launch systems, launch vehicles for use with the launch system, and methods of launching articles utilizing the launch vehicle and/or the launch system. In particular, various improvements for electroantimagnetic launch systems, vehicles, and methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Miles R. Palmer, Cam Hosie
  • Patent number: 10669047
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body having at least one pitch control system and a mounting system, the mounting system configured to couple to a payload. The apparatus also includes a rocket engine coupled to the body and configured to accelerate the body to a hypersonic speed. The apparatus further includes a control system configured to release the payload while the body moves at the hypersonic speed by commanding the at least one pitch control system to adjust an angle of attack of the body to a negative angle of attack and commanding the mounting system to release the payload while the body is moving at the hypersonic speed and at the negative angle of attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashwani K. Chaudhary, David Poladian
  • Patent number: 10669048
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a novel system, device, and methods for providing a one-way locking mechanism that changes the shape or stiffness of a structure. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a mechanism for increasing fairing jettison clearance. Embodiments of the present invention permit outward breathing displacement by the fairing, but reduce the inward breathing displacement by the fairing such that the fairing does not hit and damage the spacecraft or vehicle as it is jettisoned from the spacecraft or vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: United Launch Alliance, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Trevor M. Tanner, Michael W. Clarke, Philip M. Echelman
  • Patent number: 10669049
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for filling a receptacle, comprising at least one filling station (48) for filling at least one receptacle (36), and at least one receptacle holder (38) for conveying the receptacle (36) relative to the filling station (48), characterized in that at least one driving surface (13) and at least one mover (20) which can be coupled to the driving surface (13) especially in a magnetic manner are provided, the mover (20) being arranged so as to be movable and/or rotatable on the driving surface (13) in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the receptacle holder (38) is disposed on the mover (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Eberhardt, Andreas Rappold, Dieter Bandtel, Joachim Frangen, Jochen Ziegler, Jochen Peters, Markus Hanisch, Oliver Ullmann, Sebastian Gran, Stefan Junker, Stefan Pfeiffer, Ulrich Krauss, Werner Arleth, Werner Runft, Joshua Windsheimer
  • Patent number: 10669050
    Abstract: A transport and feed unit for preforms, in particular for PET bottles, in which the transport and feed unit can be charged with preforms at its upstream end and supplies the preforms to a conveyor unit arranged at the downstream end of the transport and feed unit. The transport and feed unit has a first conveyor and a second conveyor, in which at the downstream end of the first conveyor a funnel-like device is provided through which the preforms reach the second conveyor which supplies the preforms to the conveyor unit arranged at its downstream end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: M. TANNER AG
    Inventor: Marcel Tanner
  • Patent number: 10669051
    Abstract: An assembly for packaging products including at least one line for supplying the products to be packaged, at least one dispenser of covering sheets, a plurality of handling devices for juxtaposing a sheet on a respective product, and at least one output line for the packaged products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CMFIMA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fabio Frabetti, Luca Baraldi
  • Patent number: 10669052
    Abstract: A modular baler comprises a baling chamber; a displaceable pusher block in the baling chamber interior; a hydraulic cylinder comprising a cylinder rod displaceable into and out of a cylinder casing; a shear module; and wherein the baling chamber is attachable to the cylinder frame, with the cylinder rod attached to the pusher block. The baler fits in elevators unlike prior art. The shear module cuts material that is placed into the baling chamber. When the baling chamber is full, the baling chamber top is closed. Pressurized hydraulic oil flows into the cylinder rod, causing its longitudinal displacement, causing the longitudinal displacement of the pusher block which is attached to the cylinder rod, thereby compressing material in the baling chamber. The material is removed from the baling chamber, providing volume reduction of scrap waste metal over prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Michael A. Goodhind
  • Patent number: 10669053
    Abstract: A weighing and packaging system includes a combination weighing apparatus including a plurality of weighing units that accumulates and weighs supplied articles, a combination calculator that performs combination calculation using weighing values weighed by the weighing units and selects a combination of corresponding articles, and a collecting chute that collects and discharges the articles pertaining to the combination and a packaging apparatus including a former that receives the articles discharged from the combination weighing apparatus disposed on an upper side and forms a belt-shaped package into a cylindrical shape such that the articles fill an inside thereof, a seal portion disposed below the former to seal the cylindrical package, thereby forming a bag, and a discharge portion that discharge the bag formed by the seal portion, wherein a first opening that opens to a lateral side of a discharge direction of the bag and exposes the collecting chute and the former on the lateral side is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Kishikawa, Yoshiki Horitani, Naomi Imaaki
  • Patent number: 10669054
    Abstract: An actuator system for fabricating a cavity within thermoplastic material includes a plurality of actuators arranged in an array. When dimensions of an item are determined, the actuator system may be programmed with data regarding such dimensions to fabricate a cavity for the item. A subset of the actuators, and distances by which each of the actuators is to be extended, may be selected based on dimensions of the item, in order to fabricate a cavity within the thermoplastic material that may accommodate the item therein. Additionally, the actuators and the distances may be selected based on intrinsic or extrinsic data regarding the item, and a cavity fabricated within the thermoplastic material may include one or more buffer zones or protective regions that are specifically formed with respect to aspects of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Hoffman, Cory Richard Boudreau, Todd Ethan Brunner, David C. Franchino, Alexandra Kay Hartford, Vivian Lin, Mohan Mahadevan, John Gaetano Matrecano, Alexandra Surasky-Ysasi, Timothy Alan Talda
  • Patent number: 10669055
    Abstract: A control apparatus is provided. The control apparatus includes: a packaged medicine preparation unit discharging a bundle of packaged medicines in which a large amount of medicines are prepared by one capsule in a single dose to perform a post-process on the bundle of packaged medicines for a specific purpose based on a medicine dispensing request; and a post-processing unit introduced with the bundle of packaged medicines discharged from the packaged medicine preparation unit to perform the post-process thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: JVM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun-ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10669056
    Abstract: A process for unloading a container containing an oxidizable compound having a melting point Tm greater than 15° C. is described. This process comprises the steps consisting in heating the container using a heating means until the oxidizable compound is liquid, the temperature of the heating means remaining less than or equal to Tm+105° C., and then unloading the oxidizable compound in the liquid state. A process for handling such an oxidizable compound, comprising this unloading step, and also a device enabling this process to be carried out, are also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Lars Fischer, Jacques Cavezzan, Jean-François Thome
  • Patent number: 10669057
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for cutting individual label strips from a roll of label web utilizing a cutter assembly. A label cutter comprises a cutter assembly for continuously and independently controlling the rotational speeds of a rotating cutter shaft, a stationary shaft, and a label feed roller is provided. The length of the label strip is controlled by the distinct speed of rotation of a stationary knife, the stationary knife is rotatably coupled to the stationary shaft. At least one cutter blade is operatively associated to the rotating cutter shaft for cutting the label web. The stationary knife rotates with a speed of rotation different from the speed of rotation of the cutter blade to produce longer or shorter label length strips. The frequency at which the cutter blade meets the stationary knife is inversely related to the length of the label strip that is produced during cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Elum Inc.
    Inventors: Ranbir Singh Claire, Vinay Leeladhar Piratla, Karmen Claire
  • Patent number: 10669058
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides a weighing and labeling conveyor for labeling articles, the articles including a first application point at a same point on the article, the conveyor including: a weighing conveyor for determining the weight of the articles; a transport apparatus for transporting the articles; and a labeling system for labeling the articles, the labeling system including three labelers, each labeler including an applicator, each applicator being suitable for applying a label to the first application point on an article while the article is being transported on the transport apparatus. Of the three labelers, during normal operation two labelers are in an active operating state and one labeler is in a passive operating state. During normal operation, the two labelers that are in the active operating state alternately label the first application point of successive articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Bizerba SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Pfau
  • Patent number: 10669059
    Abstract: A delaminatable container having excellent restorability of the outer shell shape, transparency, and heat resistance is provided. According to an exemplary aspect, a delaminatable container is provided that includes an outer layer and an inner layer, the inner layer delaminating from the outer layer and being shrunk with a decrease in contents, wherein the outer layer includes a propylene copolymer layer containing a random copolymer of propylene and another monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KYORAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuaki Eguchi, Shinsuke Taruno
  • Patent number: 10669060
    Abstract: A container of a puncture repair agent includes: a bottomed cylindrical container body to store the puncture repair agent; and a mouth portion provided on the container body, from which the puncture repair agent is pushed out by pressing the container body, wherein the container body is hollow molded into a flat shape and includes a barrel portion, wherein the barrel portion includes a pair of narrow portions facing in a major axis direction, and a pair of wide portions facing in a minor axis direction, and wherein each of the pair of wide portions is provided with a pressing recessed portion capable of being recessed in a concave curved surface shape toward inside of the barrel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Sekiguchi, Ryosuke Oki, Daisuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10669061
    Abstract: A carton for holding at least one article. The carton includes a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton and a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for closing at least one closed end of the carton. The carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Smalley, Steve M. Gould
  • Patent number: 10669062
    Abstract: The present invention provides an eye shield dispenser. The dispenser includes a tower portion including a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls, and an insert portion located within the tower portion, the insert portion including a front wall, and a pair side of walls attached to opposite edges of the front wall. The dispenser also includes an opening in a portion of the tower portion, and at least one tab located in the opening. The tower portion and insert portion are preferably made from a single blank of material. In another embodiment, the insert portion includes a front wall, and a first wing and a second wing attached to opposite edges of the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TIDI Products, LLC
    Inventors: Bradly Thomas Schultz, Brian Wilt, Katie Umentum, Rob Sweitzer
  • Patent number: 10669063
    Abstract: A system and method for mixing compounds is disclosed. Accordingly to one embodiment a transfer device is provided that allows for diluent from a syringe to be introduced into a container having a first compound (e.g., powder) in a sterile manner. In second and third embodiments, systems are shown for combining and mixing first and second compounds contained in first and second containers in a sterile manner. Various dropper tips for dispensing the mixed compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ARCHON PHARMACEUTICAL CONSULTING LLC
    Inventors: William Stratis, Serafin Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10669064
    Abstract: An improved multi-positional lid for a beverage can includes an outer layer and an inner layer, one of which is rotatable around a central point, thus providing various changeable modes for the can. One mode enables the user to drink the beverage through an opening designed for a straw, a second mode provides a larger opening designed for direct consumption, and a third mode enables closure of the lid to protect the contents inside. The multi-positional lid can also include a removable tamper resistant sealing layer for keeping the top of the can clean and providing a tamper resistant mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jafar Shabani Sofla
  • Patent number: 10669065
    Abstract: A dispenser (10) for dispensing a flowable material M has a container (12) having an outer wall (20) and membrane (14) collectively defining a first chamber (22) configured to contain the flowable material M. The membrane (14) has a thickness and a weld seam (40) wherein the weld seam (40) has a thickness less than the thickness of the membrane (14). A fracturing mechanism (16) is operably connected to the container (12). The fracturing mechanism (16) has an extending member (64) projecting from the outer wall (20) of the container (12). The extending member (64) has a projection (66) positioned proximate the membrane (14), wherein in response to deflection of the extending member (64), the projection (66) deflects the outer wall (20) proximate the membrane (14) wherein the weld seam (40) fractures creating an opening (41) through the membrane (14) configured to allow the flowable material M to pass therethrough and from the dispenser (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: James Alexander Corporation
    Inventors: Richard James May, Jeffrey Rendano
  • Patent number: 10669066
    Abstract: A nestable paint container having a main body can having a can bottom, the can is used for receiving paint, the paint body having tapering sidewalls; a circumferential paint can cover and grooved against an uppermost region beneath a rim of an upper side of the main body can; a small central can cover cap about an open small circular opening in the can cover; a substantially circular spline gripping element; and a drip spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Heinz Welschoff
  • Patent number: 10669067
    Abstract: A cosmetic and toiletry organization apparatus is disclosed, comprising one or more telescopic columns configured with a base column for movement of an uppermost of the telescopic columns between a storage configuration of the apparatus, in which the telescopic columns are nested within the base column, and an extended configuration, in which the at least one of the telescopic columns extends at least partly out of the base column. The uppermost telescopic column may include a plurality of openings that accommodate one or more telescopic storage members for telescopic movement within the openings such that in the extended configuration, the telescopic storage members move downward within the openings, thereby providing storage cavities, which, in the extended configuration of the apparatus, have a depth that is more than a height of the apparatus in the storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Romance Coach On the Go, LLC
    Inventor: Camille Joyce Paterson
  • Patent number: 10669068
    Abstract: A beverage bottle may include a handle that engages a neck of the bottle. The handle may include a band region that encircles a portion of the neck of the bottle. The handle may be easily assembled onto the bottle, and be aesthetically pleasing. In an embodiment, a grip portion may be aligned angularly higher than the band region when the bottle is resting in a vertical position. The handle may have a grip portion sized to enable an adult to comfortably hold the grip portion with at least one finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT, LLC
    Inventors: Clay Allen Burns, Sarah Kauss, James Best, Michael Circosta
  • Patent number: 10669069
    Abstract: This application describes fabric storage totes, as well as techniques for use of fabric totes in an infrastructure that uses mechanical systems to transport the fabric totes and/or access inventory items in the fabric totes. The fabric totes may include a fabric base and side walls, with a hardened material support structure. Additionally, the fabric totes may include two handles made of a substantially hard material. The fabric totes may be accessed and transported, manually and/or mechanically, via interaction with the handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernando Tubilla Kuri
  • Patent number: 10669070
    Abstract: A modular drinking container configured to receive one or more components. The modular drinking container, or mug, is configured to have at least one interchangeable component, wherein the at least one interchangeable component is configured to receive and hold one or more external accessory components. The modular drinking mug comprises a removable outer member and an inner member. The inner member is configured to receive and store a liquid therein. The outer member is configured to be positioned over the inner member and secured thereto. The outer member contains one or more locking members to provide a mechanism to secure one or more external accessories to the modular drinking container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Time On Target Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Lane, II, John Glenn Kerwood, Roy Luther Manley, Steven Bruce Willingham, Craig Brian Willingham