Patents Issued in December 15, 2020
  • Patent number: 10865067
    Abstract: A cord reel assembly including a single, continuous cord having stationary and retractable segments, with the stationary segment including multiple connectors and sheath covering such connectors where the connectors twist and untwist relative to the sheath in response to the retract and extension of the retractable segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Astronics Connectivity Systems and Certification Corp.
    Inventors: John Alford, Christopher Hinojosa
  • Patent number: 10865068
    Abstract: A reel assembly for deploying a cable, hose or umbilical connection may include an electronic control unit that may operate to control an electric motor that drives the reel assembly. The electric motor may include a closed-loop feedback control system. A sheave that redirects the direction of the cable, hose or umbilical connection may include sensors that may measure various parameters, such as a measured line tension, and transmit the measured data to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit may, based on received sensor data, automatically direct the operation of the reel assembly. Optionally, the sensor data and/or user control inputs and system status information may be logged. The system also may use this data to control the system, such as by activating an alarm when a certain alarm limit is exceeded by the data, adjusting parameters of the drive, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PATCO Machine & Fab., Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Dion, Henrix Soto
  • Patent number: 10865069
    Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator including a controller, wherein the controller is configured to communicate over a plurality of networks with a plurality of devices, the plurality of networks including a first network and a second network and the plurality of devices including a first device and a second device, the first device being within or proximate the elevator, wherein the plurality of devices are configured to communicate over a third network, and wherein, while the plurality of devices are communicating over the third network, the controller selectively effects a communications bridge over the plurality of networks between the plurality of devices and supersedes the communication over the third network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Guru Charan Kottur, Tejas Arunrao Dhumal, Aditya Swami
  • Patent number: 10865070
    Abstract: A belt-shaped rope of a hoisting device, the rope being substantially larger in its width-direction than thickness-direction, and comprising two or more load bearing members; a coating forming an outer surface of the rope, in which coating the two or more load bearing members are embedded, wherein the two or more load bearing members are oriented to extend parallel with longitudinal direction of the rope adjacent each other in width direction of the rope such that a gap is formed in width direction between load bearing members next to each other, the coating extending into the gap. The coating comprises a first coating portion between load bearing members next to each other, and a second coating portion forming an outer side of the rope facing in thickness direction of the rope, and in that the material of the first coating portion is substantially harder than the material of the second coating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventor: Juha Helenius
  • Patent number: 10865071
    Abstract: A method and system for managing an elevator system (10), includes providing a plurality of elevator cars (14) to travel in a hoistway (11), and selectively introducing and removing at least one of the plurality of elevator cars (14) to and from the hoistway (11) via a loading station (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Randall Keith Roberts, Zbigniew Piech, Adam Marian Myszkowski, Cezary Jedryczka, Wojciech Szelag, Tadeusz Witczak, Enrico Manes, Richard N. Fargo, Bryan Robert Siewert
  • Patent number: 10865072
    Abstract: A method and system for managing an elevator system (10), includes providing at least one elevator car (14) to travel in a hoistway (11), and selectively introducing and removing the at least one elevator car (14) to and from the hoistway (11) via an intermediate transfer station (50) disposed at an intermediate floor location, wherein the intermediate transfer station (50) includes a service lift (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Richard J. Ericson
  • Patent number: 10865073
    Abstract: A passenger conveyor includes a main frame, a support angle at an end in a longitudinal direction of the main frame and which is to be disposed on a building structure; and a support reinforcement part. The support reinforcement part includes a connection portion which is fixed to the support angle, a building-side extension portion which is extended from the connection portion along a floor face of the building structure, and a main-frame-side extension portion which is extended from the connection portion along an upper face of the main frame. In a case where the building-side extension portion of the support reinforcement part is in contact with the building structure, and the support angle is not in contact with the building structure, at least one portion of the main-frame-side extension portion is able to touch the upper face of the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Hashioka, Ayaka Ushirosako, Masahiko Nawata
  • Patent number: 10865074
    Abstract: An automatic handrail tensioning system and a method for adjusting the tension degree of a handrail, and belongs to the technical field of escalators. The automatic handrail tensioning system of the present invention comprises: a sensor for detecting information that can reflect a tension degree of the handrail; a controller for determining the tension degree information of the handrail according to the information detected by the sensor, and generating a corresponding control instruction for adjusting the tension degree of the handrail based on the tension degree information; and an actuator for driving a tensioning device to adjust the tension degree of the handrail based on the control instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: QingXi Cai, JianGuo Li, Xin Wei, Jie Hu, LiFei Cheng, ZuAn Tang, Jun Ma
  • Patent number: 10865075
    Abstract: A method for controlling command of lifting a load suspended from a boom, carried by a mast of a crane, includes determining: depending on the mass of the suspended load, a specified load factor quantifying an acceptable exceedance with respect to a predetermined maximum allowable load for said crane; a maximum permitted lifting acceleration, depending on the mass of the suspended load, on the specified load factor and on the distribution position of the load suspended on the boom with respect to the mast; from lifting speed setpoints, optimized lifting speed setpoints intended to be executed by a motor device for displacing the suspended load according to a lifting movement so that the acceleration related to the lifting movement remains, in absolute value, less than or equal to the maximum permitted acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Manitowoc Crane Group France
    Inventor: Xavier Claeys
  • Patent number: 10865076
    Abstract: A confined-space davit, including a vertical, elongate mast provided by at least one annular tube; and, a boom that is pivotally connected to an upper end portion of the mast and that extends forwardly from the mast. The tube comprises a forward wall and an opposing rearward wall and comprises left and right opposing lateral sidewalls that each connect the forward wall to the rearward wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Greg E. Schrank, Andrew C. Strauss
  • Patent number: 10865077
    Abstract: A system for assembling/disassembling a windmill in a supporting tower, comprising a intermediate fixing structure with hydraulic supports for attachment, by pressure, to the tower; a main structure capable of being attached to the tower at various working positions by absorbing the diametral differences of the latter; two pivoting arms hinged to the main structure and capable of being positioned by hydraulic actuators; a secondary structure for hoisting tower segments, equipped with four cranes of a minor size for handling the main structure and the pivoting arms during hoisting/descent, and a counterbalancing group adjustable in height by means of capstans. The main structure and the intermediate structure include a detachable side for their withdrawal and separation from the tower during disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SLING SUPPLY INTERNATIONAL, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Garitaonandia Aramberri, Mikel López Ruiz, Igor Rodríguez Aldea
  • Patent number: 10865078
    Abstract: A lifting assembly for elevating components to a wind turbine. The lifting assembly comprises a plurality of tower segments adapted to be arranged on top of each other to form an elongated tower, and a lifting device including a support frame for supporting the tower, a securing assembly for securing the tower to the wind turbine, and a crane having a base part and a jib rotatably connected to the base part. The lifting device comprises a platform arranged vertically moveable between a lower and an upper position. The platform has a first storage area for supporting components with a weight of more than 10 tons. The crane is mounted on the platform and is configured to move the components between the platform and the wind turbine when the platform is in the upper position. The platform is provided with an opening adapted to receive the tower segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: S&LAccess Systems AB
    Inventors: Michael Strandberg, Kenneth Lundberg
  • Patent number: 10865079
    Abstract: A mobile lift crane includes a carbody; a rotating bed; a boom; a moveable counterweight unit; at least one linear actuation device; and at least one arm pivotally connected at a first end to the rotating bed and at a second end to the linear actuation device. The arm and linear actuation device are connected between the rotating bed and the counterweight unit such that extension and retraction of the linear actuation device changes the position of the counterweight unit compared to the rotating bed. In one method of operation, the counterweight unit is never supported by the ground during crane pick, move and set operations other than indirectly by the ground engaging members on the carbody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Manitowoc Cranes, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Pech, Kenneth J. Porubcansky
  • Patent number: 10865080
    Abstract: This overload preventing device is mounted on a mobile work machine, and is provided with: a storage unit which stores lifting performance data; and a work machine control unit which controls operation of the mobile work machine on the basis of the actual load and the lifting performance corresponding to the present operation state of the mobile work machine. A third lifting performance configured for a transition region, a first switching angle defining the boundary between the front region and the side region and the boundary between the back region and the side region when the outriggers are in different states of deployment, and a second switching region defining a transition region in the side region are configured on the basis of stability calculations and strength factors such as jack strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Furuichi
  • Patent number: 10865081
    Abstract: A portable winch and method of use is shown. One advantage of winches shown includes an ability to lower a boom or boom sections into limited access exit pit for winching operations such as pipe bursting. Sectional boom designs shown provide the ability to easily raise and lower a boom large distances without the need for a single long boom. Selected winch designs shown include flexible inserts between the boom and the winch frame that help resist damage from unforeseen shifting of the device during operation. Designs and methods shown also include multiple pulleys on a boom end unit. Fasteners are shown that reduce build up of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Tjader
  • Patent number: 10865082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-operated crane drive in which a more rapidly rotating motor (1) drives a more slowly rotating cable drum (3) via a transmission (3). A safety brake (5) is arranged on the more slowly rotating side of the transmission (2). A signal that is used for actuating the safety brake (5) is utilized for initiating an electrical deceleration of the motor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FLENDER GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Kube
  • Patent number: 10865083
    Abstract: A vehicle lift system incorporating one or more lift control modules having an advanced operating platform. The lift control module includes a user interface for receiving user instructions from a user, at least one control module processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium with an advanced operating platform stored thereon. The computer readable medium includes a first application operable executable by the advanced operating platform. The first application directs the control module processor to provide instructions to the vehicle lift to control the vehicle lift based on the user instructions. The computer readable medium further includes a second application executable by the advanced operating platform. The second application directs the control module processor to perform certain steps, with such certain steps not directed to controlling the vehicle lift. Furthermore, the advanced operating platform is configured to execute said first application and said second application simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Gray Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry M. Jaipaul, Stephen J. Rucker, Raymond C. Chan
  • Patent number: 10865084
    Abstract: Examples provide a configurable item display dolly. The item display dolly includes a plurality of attachment slots for attaching support arms that hold trays and/or items. In a closed configuration, the support arms are configured to hold the trays a minimum distance apart. In an open configuration, two or more of the support arms are separated a maximum distance apart to enable users to access items on the item display dolly. The item display dolly transports trays of items from a storage area in a transport mode and converts to an item display device in a display mode. A controller component analyzes sensor data, including weight data and temperature data, to update item display dolly inventory, identify broken/damaged items, alert users when trays are empty and/or trigger maintenance or other action if temperature levels fall outside acceptable cold-chain compliance temperature ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Alexander, Joel Alan Rutledge
  • Patent number: 10865085
    Abstract: A system and method for precisely applying threaded caps using a linear rotary actuator is provided. The method includes aligning the threaded cap with the threaded top of a container, soft landing the threaded cap in contact with the threaded top, aligning the ends of the threads, soft landing the threaded cap in contact with the threaded top, and snugging the threaded cap. The system includes a linear rotary actuator and a tool for driving and coupling to the threaded cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Systems, Machines, Automation Components Corporation
    Inventors: Edward A. Neff, Michael A. Ferris, Steve Curtiss, Stavros Haidos
  • Patent number: 10865087
    Abstract: A filler spout including a tubular body having mounted therein a valve member extending facing a valve seat and a secondary shutter arranged in a distribution chamber downstream from the valve member and rigidly connected thereto with a small amount of axial clearance between the valve member and the secondary shutter, and a movable portion of an actuator being coupled to the valve member in order to move it between an extreme closure position and an extreme opening position. The valve member possesses an intermediate closure position and includes a portion that is received in a bore opening out into the distribution chamber in order to form a suction system when the valve member is moved from the extreme closure position to the intermediate closure position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Serac Group
    Inventor: André Jean-Jacques Graffin
  • Patent number: 10865088
    Abstract: A device for filling a container with a filling product in a beverage filling plant is provided. A transporting device for transporting a container to be filled during the filling process is provided, wherein the transporting device transports the container to be filled along a transporting path, and wherein at least one determining unit for determining the fill level of the filling product in the container is provided, wherein at least one of the determining units can be displaced synchronously with the transporting device at least in a sub-section of the transporting path of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Erwin Knieling
  • Patent number: 10865089
    Abstract: The inventive system and method advantageously enable superior preserved storage and selective dispensation of liquids by storing wine (or other liquids) in a pressurized environment to ensure that the stored liquid does not come into contact with air, and then by selectively dispensing a portion of the stored liquid, in accordance with a desired dispensing regime, by utilizing a controlled source of pressure force to apply a sufficient pressure to the pressurized environment to expel the desired volume of the liquid in a pressurized stream directed to a dispensing/pouring interface through a conduit or equivalent delivery system. In at least several novel embodiments thereof, the system and method of the present invention are configured for use with wine-in-bag (“WinB”) products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Bevolution Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Harry Otto
  • Patent number: 10865090
    Abstract: A cooling system for use in a beverage dispenser, the cooling system including: a cold plate having a top surface and a side surface; a carbonator arranged in a non-horizontal orientation relative to the cold plate, the carbonator having a sidewall, a lower uninsulated portion of the sidewall of the carbonator being in thermal communication with the side surface of the cold plate; and a fastener coupling the carbonator to the cold plate, the fastener having a lower thermal conductivity as compared to a thermal conductivity of the carbonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Lawrence B. Ziesel
  • Patent number: 10865091
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system is provided, including a main body that includes an interior cavity adapted to receive a beverage container, an adaptor module, and a controlled gas system. The adaptor module is configured to provide fluidic coupling from the beverage container to the controlled gas system, such that a beverage may be dispensed through from a tap connected to the adaptor with the aid of positive gas pressure disposed on a beverage surface within the beverage container. The controlled gas system exerts a positive pressure on a surface of the beverage in the beverage container such that when a tap is opened to dispense the beverage, the relative pressure difference between the positive pressure on the surface of the beverage and the ambient pressure causes the beverage to be dispensed from the tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Prashant Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10865092
    Abstract: A modular beverage-dispensing assembly, as provided herein, may include a housing, a compressed gas tank mounted to the housing, and a plurality of discrete beverage containers, and a multipath gas valve or multipath liquid valve for dispensing a liquid from one or more of the beverage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Fitt, Steven Fox, Jacob Wells, Isabella Mari Cuasay, Griffin Maxwell
  • Patent number: 10865093
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system includes a cabinet with a dispensing station. The cabinet includes therein a refrigeration system, a cooling fluid system, and a refrigerated compartment having therein a cooling system and a beverage source coupled with the dispensing station. The cooling fluid system circulates a cooling fluid through the refrigeration system such that the refrigeration system cools the cooling fluid. The cooling fluid system further normally circulates the cooling fluid through the dispensing station to cool beverage therein. The cooling fluid system directs the cooling fluid from the dispensing station to the cooling system when necessary to cool the refrigerated compartment. A beverage fluid system resides in the cooling fluid system between the beverage source and the dispensing station such that the cooling fluid system cools beverage flowing through the beverage fluid system prior to delivery of beverage to the dispensing station for dispensing therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lancer Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 10865094
    Abstract: A dropper machine for pouring a measured amount of a substance in a plurality of receptacles, including: a reservoir containing the substance to be dropped, cylinder and piston metering devices, a drive unit arranged to simultaneously drive the piston of the metering devices wherein each of the metering devices is associated with a respective actuating device cooperating with the piston of the metering device, the actuator device being operable individually to inhibit the delivery of the substance to be dropped through the nozzle when the drive unit is actuated to cause displacement of the pistons of the metering devices associated therewith between the start position and the end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SOREMARTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Massimiliano Marcarino
  • Patent number: 10865095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and assembly for refilling a reservoir with liquid dispensed from a dispenser, in particular, but not exclusively, to a system and assembly for the substantially leak-free refilling of the reservoir of a smoking-substitute device with a liquid comprising nicotine from a refill dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott, Christopher Lord, David Jones, Stephen J. McDonald, Thomas S. Sudlow
  • Patent number: 10865096
    Abstract: In a method and system for delivering fluid to a fluid consuming asset having a fluid tank, an inlet of a manifold is fluidically coupled to a tank and an outlet of the manifold is coupled to a spigot. A pressure relief valve is disposed between the tank and the manifold to facilitate fluid flow back to the tank through a recirculation inlet when the back-pressure in the system reaches a threshold value. A first distal end of a fluid transporting mechanism is coupled to the spigot and a second distal end thereof is coupled to a hydraulic connector of a fill cap having a connection plate coupled to the fluid tank of the fluid consuming asset. The fill cap further comprises a probe and fluid flows from the first tank to the second tank, through the manifold and the hydraulic connector, through the probe and into the fluid tank of the fluid consuming asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Fueling Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mason Duncan, Hanan Tuchshnieder
  • Patent number: 10865097
    Abstract: A fluid-driven chemical product dispensing system dispenses fluid chemical product concentrates. The dispensing system includes a fluid drive unit powered by flow of a fluid, such as a diluent, and a pump which delivers the fluid chemical product concentrate from a supply to a destination. Upon exit from the fluid drive unit, the diluent is also delivered to the destination, where it mixes with the dispensed fluid chemical product concentrate to form a use solution. The dilution ratio of the volume of fluid chemical product concentrate dispensed per unit time versus the volume of diluent exiting the drive unit per unit time is constant over a defined range of diluent flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Kraus, Eric A. Dean, Brock S. Mueggenborg, Alissa R. Ellingson
  • Patent number: 10865098
    Abstract: A fuel storage and supply arrangement serving as a source of fuel to be dispensed via at least one fuel dispenser in a fuel dispensing environment. The arrangement comprises a storage tank for containing a quantity of the fuel and a pump assembly for drawing the fuel from the storage tank providing the fuel under pressure. A fuel supply line is configured to convey the fuel under pressure from the pump assembly to the at least one fuel dispenser in a dispenser flow path. A fuel conditioning and filtration assembly comprise a housing having a housing inlet receiving the fuel under pressure created by the pump and a housing outlet whereby the fuel entering the housing inlet exits the housing through the housing outlet. A filter element is within the housing and interposed in the flow path between the housing inlet and the housing outlet. A return tube receiving fuel from the outlet of the housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Veeder-Root Company
    Inventors: Kyle Stephen Gibson, James T. Bevins, Thomas Scott Menke, Diane Marie Sinosky, Kent Deloy Reid
  • Patent number: 10865099
    Abstract: A MEMS device includes a first layer and a second layer including a same material, a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, a first air gap separating the first layer and the third layer, a second air gap separating the second layer and the third layer, a plurality of first pillars exposed to the first air gap and arranged in contact with the first layer and the third layer, a plurality of second pillars exposed to the second air gap and arranged in contact with the second layer and the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Hsiung Yang, Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, En-Chan Chen
  • Patent number: 10865100
    Abstract: A method for forming a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device structure is provided. The method includes forming a substrate over a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) substrate. The substrate includes a semiconductor via. The method also includes forming a dielectric layer over a top surface of the substrate, and forming a polymer layer over the dielectric layer. The method further includes patterning the polymer layer to form an opening, and the semiconductor via is exposed by the opening. The method includes forming a conductive layer in the opening and over the polymer layer, and forming an under bump metallization (UBM) layer on the conductive layer. The method further includes forming an electrical connector over the UBM layer, wherein the electrical connector is electrically connected to the semiconductor via through the UBM layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai-Fung Chang, Lien-Yao Tsai, Len-Yi Leu
  • Patent number: 10865101
    Abstract: Discharge circuits, devices and methods. In some embodiments, a MEMS device can include a substrate and an electromechanical assembly implemented on the substrate. The MEMS device can further include a discharge circuit implemented relative to the electromechanical assembly. The discharge circuit can be configured to provide a preferred arcing path during a discharge condition affecting the electromechanical assembly. The MEMS device can be, for example, a switching device, a capacitance device, a gyroscope sensor device, an accelerometer device, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, or a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) device. The discharge circuit can include a spark gap assembly having one or more spark gap elements configured to facilitate the preferred arcing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerod F. Mason, Dylan Charles Bartle, David Scott Whitefield, David T. Petzold, Dogan Gunes, Paul T. Dicarlo
  • Patent number: 10865102
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a MEMS package having different trench depths, and a method of fabricating the MEMS package. In some embodiments, a cap substrate is bonded to a device substrate. The cap substrate comprises a first trench, a second trench, and an edge trench recessed from at a front-side surface of the cap substrate. A stopper is disposed within the first trench and raised from a bottom surface of the first trench. The stopper has a top surface lower than the front-side surface of the cap substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chuan Tai, Fan Hu
  • Patent number: 10865103
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a packaging method, including: providing a first semiconductor substrate; forming a bonding region on the first semiconductor substrate, wherein the bonding region of the first semiconductor substrate includes a first bonding metal layer and a second bonding metal layer; providing a second semiconductor substrate having a bonding region, wherein the bonding region of the second semiconductor substrate includes a third bonding layer; and bonding the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate by bringing the bonding region of the first semiconductor substrate in contact with the bonding region of the second semiconductor substrate; wherein the first and third bonding metal layers include copper (Cu), and the second bonding metal layer includes Tin (Sn). An associated packaging structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chen, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Chung-Yi Yu
  • Patent number: 10865104
    Abstract: Process for encapsulation of a microelectronic device comprising the following steps in sequence: supply a support substrate comprising a first principal face on which a microelectronic device is placed, a second principal face, and a lateral face, deposit a bonding layer on the first principal face of the substrate, position an encapsulation cover comprising a first principal face, a second principal face, and a lateral face, on the bonding layer, deposit a lateral protection layer on: the lateral face and the periphery of the second principal face of the support substrate, the lateral face and the periphery of the second principal face of the encapsulation cover, the lateral protection layer delimiting a protected zone, thinning of the second principal face of the support substrate and/or the second principal face of the encapsulation cover outside the protected zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Messaoud Bedjaoui
  • Patent number: 10865105
    Abstract: A method for surface writing is disclosed. The method includes fabricating a plurality of nanomotors, forming a secondary solution by adding the plurality of nanomotors to a primary solution placed on a substrate, guiding the plurality of nanomotors along a path in the secondary solution, and forming a sol-gel film along the path on a surface of the substrate. Wherein, the primary solution includes a monomer and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Fabricating the plurality of nanomotors includes preparing a mesoporous silica template, forming the plurality of nanomotors within the mesoporous silica template, and separating the plurality of nanomotors from the mesoporous silica template. The mesoporous silica template includes a plurality of channels, wherein each channel of the plurality of channels has a diameter less than about 50 nm and a length of less than about 100 nm, and each nanomotor of the plurality of nanomotors is formed within a channel of the plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi, Mojtaba Shamsipur, Reza Saber, Saeed Sarkar
  • Patent number: 10865106
    Abstract: Novel and useful quantum structures that provide various control functions. Particles are brought into close proximity to interact with one another and exchange information. After entanglement, the particles are moved away from each other but they still carry the information contained initially. Measurement and detection are performed on the particles from the entangled ensemble to determine whether the particle is present or not in a given qdot. A quantum interaction gate is a circuit or structure operating on a relatively small number of qubits. Quantum interaction gates implement several quantum functions including a controlled NOT gate, quantum annealing gate, controlled SWAP gate, a controlled Pauli rotation gate, and ancillary gate. These quantum interaction gates can have numerous shapes including double V shape, H shape, X shape, L shape, I shape, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Equal1.Labs Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Robert Walter Leipold, George Adrian Maxim, Michael Albert Asker
  • Patent number: 10865107
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing liquid fuels and chemicals, which process comprises feeding carbon monoxide and hydrogen to a hydrogenation reactor, wherein the molar ratio CO:H2 is in the range of 1:0.5 to 1:0.9, catalytically hydrogenating said carbon monoxide in said hydrogenation reactor, condensing the effluent of said hydrogenation reactor to recover one or more organic liquid(s) and an aqueous solution, feeding a non-condensable component of said effluent into an oligomerization reactor; condensing an effluent discharged from the oligomerization reactor to obtain an additional organic liquid and an additional gaseous stream, separating said additional organic liquid, and either combusting said additional gaseous stream to produce heat and electricity, or processing same to obtain recyclable gaseous streams utilizable in said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mordechay Herskowitz, Tomy Hos
  • Patent number: 10865108
    Abstract: To provide a sulfur-containing complex having few impurities, a method for producing the complex at a higher production efficiency, and a method for producing a solid electrolyte using the complex, a sulfur-containing complex, containing a lithium sulfide and a lithium halide, exhibiting, in X-ray diffractometry using a CuK? ray, the diffraction angle of the peak of lithium halide shifting toward the diffraction angle of the peak of lithium sulfide, and not containing an oxygen-containing lithium halide represented by Li3OX (where X represents a halogen element) is provided. And a production method for a sulfur-containing complex including heating a solution containing a lithium hydrosulfide and a lithium halide in the presence of hydrogen sulfide is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minoru Senga, Takashi Umeki
  • Patent number: 10865109
    Abstract: A method for preparing a magic-sized nano-crystalline substance, wherein a component containing at least one metal element of groups IIB, IIIA and IVA in the periodic table, and a component containing at least one non-metal element of groups VIA and VA are used as raw materials. In a reaction system for preparing a conventional nano-crystalline substance and in an inert gas atmosphere, after heating the reaction, reactants are cooled to a temperature 50% lower than the actual heating temperature of the reaction thereof, and after standing, the target product of the magic-sized nano-crystalline substance is obtained. The required pure target product can be obtained by the preparation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mingyang Liu, Kui Yu, Qiyu Yu, Jing Zhang, Tingting Zhu, Min Fu, Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 10865110
    Abstract: Processes for removing/recovering heavy metal ions in solutions containing phosphoric acid by adding reagents having at least one organothiophosphorus compound and at least one surfactant to the solution during the wet-process phosphoric acid production process to form heavy metal complexes, and separating the heavy metal complexes from the solution are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Xueping Qiu, Rajesh Raitani
  • Patent number: 10865111
    Abstract: This patent disclosure includes a process that uniquely and unexpectedly results in the production of extremely high specific surface area and large pore volume carbon nanomaterial with high content of sp2 hybridized carbon-carbon in the form of nanosheets from a renewable carbonaceous raw material. The resulting nanomaterial is in particulate form or porous nanomaterial or dispersed in solvent. This process can also be used to produce carbon nanosheet on substrates or form a nanocomposite with other materials that results in exceptional properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Kwabena Opoku
  • Patent number: 10865112
    Abstract: Modified substrates are provided having nano- or microscale wells, tracks, channels, pores or perforations. Also provided are methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Scott E. Heise, Han Liu, Jacob L. Swett, Michael J. Hiltabidle
  • Patent number: 10865113
    Abstract: There is provided a method for obtaining a purified aqueous solution of silicic acid containing less metal impurities such as Cu and Ni using water glass as a raw material with less number of purification steps than that in conventional methods without using any unnecessary additives. The method for producing a purified aqueous solution of silicic acid, the method comprising the steps of: (a) passing an aqueous solution of alkaline silicate having a silica concentration of 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less through a column filled with a polyamine-, iminodiacetic acid-, or aminophosphoric acid-type chelating resin, and (b) passing the aqueous solution passed in the step (a) through a column filled with a hydrogen-type cation exchange resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakaida, Eiichiro Ishimizu
  • Patent number: 10865114
    Abstract: A process for preparing precipitated silica comprising a reaction of a silicate with an acidifying agent to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica, followed by a step of separation to obtain a cake and a step of drying said cake, wherein a step of compaction of said cake at a pressure greater than 10 bars is carried out between the step of separation and the step of drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Sylvaine Neveu, Anne-Laure Pinault
  • Patent number: 10865115
    Abstract: The present invention provides highly dispersible precipitated silica having improved structure and properties for use as reinforcing filler in elastomeric compositions and method of preparation thereof. The present invention further provides an alkaline silicate solution having reduced dielectric constant by digesting biogenic silica source with alkaline solution such that soluble organic compounds present in the biogenic silica source leach into the alkaline silicate solution. The alkaline silicate solution obtained as above is then acidified with a mineral acid under particular conditions of pH, temperature, time etc. to obtain the highly dispersible precipitated silica of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BRISIL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Abhisek Poddar, Nikhaar Jain, Tanmay Pandya
  • Patent number: 10865116
    Abstract: A novel process is described for the preparation of a microporous crystalline solid, known as IZM-2 microporous solid or IZM-2 zeolite. This novel process consists of carrying out the synthesis of IZM-2 zeolite by conversion/transformation of a zeolite with structure type FAU in a fluorinated medium under hydrothermal conditions. In particular, said novel process consists of carrying out the synthesis of an IZM-2 zeolite in a fluorinated medium starting from a zeolite with structure type FAU used as the source of silicon and aluminium and a specific organic molecule or template comprising two quaternary ammonium functions, namely 1,6-bis(methylpiperidinium)hexane dihydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Raquel Martinez Franco, Nicolas Bats
  • Patent number: 10865117
    Abstract: A molecular sieve belonging to the ABC-6 framework family with disorder in the ABC stacking sequence essentially composed of double-six-ring periodic building units and having a mole ratio of silicon oxide to aluminum oxide from about 8 to about 60.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter N. R. Vennestrøm, Lars Fahl Lundegaard, Brian Jensen