Patents Issued in December 15, 2020
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Patent number: 10866124Abstract: An encoder including an emitter to emit a waveform to a scene including a structure. A receiver to receive the waveform reflected from the scene and to measure phases of the received waveform for a period of time. A memory to store a signal model relating phase measurements of the received waveform with phase parameters, and to store a state model relating the phase parameters with a state of the encoder. Wherein the signal model includes a motion-induced polynomial phase signal (PPS) component and a sinusoidal frequency modulated (FM) component. Wherein the PPS component is a polynomial function of the phase parameters, and wherein the FM component is a sinusoidal function of the phase parameters. A processor to determine the phase parameters using non-linear mapping of the phase measurements on the signal model and to determine the state of the encoder by submitting the phase parameters into the state model.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Pu Wang, Philip Orlik, Kota Sadamoto, Wataru Tsujita
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Patent number: 10866125Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide with an inscribed Bragg grating, where the Bragg grating is stable at high temperature, has low scattering loss and high reflectivity. Also provided is a method for inscribing a Bragg grating in an optical waveguide, the method comprising irradiating the optical waveguide with electromagnetic radiation from an ultrashort pulse duration laser of sufficient intensity to cause a permanent change in an index of refraction within a core of the optical waveguide, where the irradiating step is terminated prior to erasure of a Bragg resonance, and heating the optical waveguide to a temperature and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove a non-permanent grating formed in the optical waveguide by the irradiating step.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADAInventors: Dan Grobnic, Stephen Mihailov, Robert Walker, Ping Lu, Huimin Ding, David Coulas, Cyril Hnatovsky
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Patent number: 10866126Abstract: A connection unit for connecting an external device to a main device is provided. A connection unit 100 includes a main body part 200 including a main connector terminal 220 to be connected to a connection port of a main device, a sub body part 300 including a sub connector terminal 320 to be connected to a connection port of an external device, and an electric cable 500 electrically connecting the main connector terminal 220 to the sub connector terminal 320. The main body part 200 and the sub body part 300 are united by engaging by an engaging means that is engageable and disengageable, and vary a relative position between the main body part 200 and the sub body part 300 by disengaging by the engaging means. The external device is electrically connected to the main device and is simultaneously attached to the main device by connecting the main device to the external device with the connection unit 100 while the main body part 200 and the sub body part 300 are united.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Iori, Shuji Hayashida
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Patent number: 10866127Abstract: An ultrasonic meter configured to operate in multiple classes is provided including a flowtube having an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, opposite the first end; and first and second face to face transducers, the first transducer being positioned at the first end of the flowtube and the second transducer being positioned at the second end of the flowtube, wherein the first and second face to face transducers are positioned in line with flow through the ultrasonic meter. Related flowtubes are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Sensus Spectrum, LLCInventors: David Healy, Benjamin John Sokol, Hilary Jane Meanwell, Eric Frazee, Charlie Paterson
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Patent number: 10866128Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for determining flow rates of components of multiphase fluid. The method comprises: performing a first magnetization treatment and a second magnetization treatment on multiphase fluid in a pipeline in a target oil and gas well, respectively, to obtain first magnetized multiphase fluid and second magnetized multiphase fluid; determining a first echo train signal set and a second echo train signal set corresponding to the first magnetized multiphase fluid and the second magnetized multiphase fluid, respectively; determining contents of an oil phase component, a water phase component, and a gas phase component of the multiphase fluid at a specified horizon position, and determining a flow velocity of the multiphase fluid at the specified horizon position; and determining flow rates of the oil phase component, the water phase component and the gas phase component in the multiphase fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Feng Deng, Ruidong Zhao, Junfeng Shi, Xin Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Chunming Xiong, Xishun Zhang, Yi Peng, Shiwen Chen, Wei Yang
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Patent number: 10866129Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vibration-type sensor for measuring the density and/or the mass flow rate of a medium, having at least one first oscillator, the sensor including: a curved first measuring tube; a curved second measuring tube; at least one first elastic vibration coupler that couples the first measuring tube and the second measuring tube to each; and at least one exciter for exciting oscillator vibrations in a bending vibration mode. The oscillator has a first oscillator resonant frequency for when the measuring tubes vibrate approximately in phase in the bending vibration mode and a greater second oscillator resonant frequency for when the measuring tubes vibrate approximately in counterphase in the bending vibration mode. The first and second measuring tubes have resonant frequencies differing from their arithmetic mean by no more than 8%, no more than 4%, no more than 2% or no more than 1%.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder, Ennio Bitto, Gerhard Eckert
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Patent number: 10866130Abstract: To provide a flow sensor having improved responsiveness compared to the prior art, the flow sensor of the present invention includes an insulation board, a flow-rate detection resistance element, and a temperature compensation resistance element. Each of the flow-rate detection resistance element and the temperature compensation resistance element is arranged on the insulation board such that a terminal temperature of the temperature compensation resistance element approaches a terminal temperature of the flow-rate detection resistance element. Accordingly, responsiveness can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: KOA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomokazu Ikeno
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Patent number: 10866131Abstract: A reference volume for use with pressure change flow rate measurement apparatus has an internal structure comprising elements with cross section and length comparable to the cross section and length of adjacent interstitial fluid regions. The reference volume may have one or more heat conduction elements exterior to and in good thermal contact with a corrosion resistant material that defines the internal fluid holding region.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: FLOW DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Bhushan Somani, Eric J. Redemann
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Patent number: 10866132Abstract: A valve for connecting and disconnecting two fluid ports, that has a valve member which is movable between an open position, where the ports are in fluid communication and a first closed position where the first and second ports are not in fluid communication can be used to alter the volume of a gas being confined in a reservoir being connected to the valve, if the valve member can be moved into a second closed position in which the valve remains closed and the volume of a chamber being in fluid communication with the reservoir is altered.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Henning Irle, Ingo Niemeyer
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Patent number: 10866133Abstract: A capacitive limit level switch comprises a measuring electrode which protrudes into and forms an electric circuit with a container and ground. Impedance at the measuring electrode depends on the presence of a medium. The switch includes a control unit including a burst generator and a diode bridge. A switching point is determined by spectral analysis of the amplitude response at the measuring electrode. The diode bridge is connected to a controllable delay circuit. A computing unit compares the spectrum of a burst signal influenced by the medium with the spectrum of a known burst signal not influenced by the medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: IFM ELECTRONIC GMBHInventor: Gernot Wistuba
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Patent number: 10866134Abstract: A FMCW fill level radar device including a control circuit for temporarily shifting, during the measuring phase, one component of the transceiver circuit into a state having reduced power consumption, resulting in the measurement being interrupted. This results in the total power consumption of the fill level radar device being reduced such that energy can be accumulated in the device, after which the measuring phase is continued.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Karl Griessbaum, Roland Welle
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Patent number: 10866135Abstract: Mass flow verification systems and apparatus verify mass flow rates of mass flow controllers (MFCs) based on pressure decay principles. Embodiments include a location for coupling a calibrated gas flow standard or a MFC to be tested in a line to receive a gas flow from a gas supply; a control volume serially coupled to the location in the line to receive the gas flow; a flow restrictor serially coupled to the control volume; a pump serially coupled to the flow restrictor; and a controller adapted to allow the gas supply to flow gas through the mass flow control verification system to achieve a stable pressure in the control volume, terminate the gas flow from the gas supply, and measure a rate of pressure decay in the control volume over time. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Zhiyuan Ye, Justin Hough, Marcel E. Josephson
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Patent number: 10866136Abstract: A system of calculating a payload weight, the system including: a first sensor configured to measure a first load associated with a first member of a lifting machine; a second sensor configured to measure a second load associated with a second member of the lifting machine; and a calculating device configured to calculate the payload weight being carried by the lifting machine based on the first load and the second load.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: CQMS PTY LTDInventors: Bruce Alexander Leslie, Nicholas Simon Hillier
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Patent number: 10866138Abstract: A first cover is in a closed state while being held by a second cover due to holding force exerted from a first holding mechanism. The second cover is in a closed state while being held by a housing due to holding force exerted from a second holding mechanism. The second cover is removable from the housing when force is applied against the holding force exerted from the second holding mechanism. The holding force is set such that, when the first cover is brought into an open state from the closed state, the holding of the first cover by the second cover is released with the second cover being held by the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Tadafusa Kamikake
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Patent number: 10866139Abstract: Certain aspects, configurations, embodiments, and examples of a spectrometer with a compact design are described. In some implementations, the spectrometers according to the present disclosure may be used for optical emission spectroscopy (OES). The spectrometer architecture and imager described herein allows a single detector, compact, and high-throughput spectrometer. One or more aspects include an Echelle grating in a spectrometer that reuses optical surfaces to separate wavelengths of light. For example, in one or more aspects, a reflective triplet telescope acts as both a collimator and imager. By reusing optical components, the relative size of the spectrometer may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Mahsa Farsad, David Aikens
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Patent number: 10866140Abstract: Provided is a spectrophotometer having a positional relationship between the spectroscope and a PDA that is set to have a distance between a reflection position of light reflected on a light receiving surface of a corresponding one of PDs constituting the PDA, being configured to receive at least light having a wavelength of from 200 nm to 300 nm, and an incident position at which light reflected at the reflection position is incident on a light receiving surface of the PDA after being re-reflected on the protective plate, the distance being equal to or less than a width dimension of any one of the PDs constituting the PDA.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventors: Masato Watanabe, Masahide Gunji
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Patent number: 10866141Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the spectral analysis of an electromagnetic measurement signal using an optoelectronic mixer, wherein the optoelectronic mixer is designed to generate the electrical superimposition signal by superimposing the electromagnetic measurement signal and a reference signal with at least one known frequency (fo). The device comprises the following features: a signal input for receiving an electrical superimposition signal from the optoelectronic mixer, a low-pass filter, a rectifier, and a read-out unit. The low-pass filter is designed to generate a filtered superimposition signal from the electrical superimposition signal by filtering out frequency portions above an upper cutoff frequency (fG). The rectifier is designed to generate a rectified superimposition signal from the filtered superimposition signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADTInventor: Sascha Preu
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Patent number: 10866142Abstract: An optical sensor including: a semiconductor layer including a source region and a drain region; a gate electrode facing a region between the source region and the drain region; a photoelectric conversion layer between the region and the gate electrode; and a first transistor having a first gate coupled to one of the source region and the drain region.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Shimasaki, Tokuhiko Tamaki, Sanshiro Shishido
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Patent number: 10866143Abstract: An infrared photodetection system is provided that is capable of measuring infrared light up to high-temperature regions while improving a temperature resolution for low-temperature regions without increasing image-acquisition time even if the measuring temperature range varies. The infrared photodetection system is set up to exhibit sensitivity spectrum SSP1 for high sensitivity (for low temperature use) and sensitivity spectrum SSP2 for low sensitivity (for high temperature use) in the transmission band of the bandpass filter when different voltages are applied to a quantum-dot infrared photodetector. The infrared photodetection system then integrates temperature data for the infrared light detected using sensitivity spectrum SSP1 and temperature data for the infrared light detected using sensitivity spectrum SSP2, in order to output a temperature distribution in a measurement region.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Takahiro Doe, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Tazuko Kitazawa, Yasuhiko Arakawa
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Patent number: 10866144Abstract: A branch circuit thermal monitoring system comprises a housing and an electrical power distribution sub-system. The housing includes a plurality of thermal modules each connected with a thermal sensor assembly of a plurality of thermal sensor assemblies. The housing further includes a module rack wherein each of the thermal modules is installed on the module rack. The housing further includes a main controller configured to communicate with the thermal modules. The thermal modules are configured for individually monitoring corresponding identified connection points of interest with the attached thermal sensor assemblies such that the thermal modules and the thermal sensor assemblies provide continuous temperature monitoring of the corresponding identified connection points of interest. The thermal sensor assembly is configured to be directly applied to a connection point of interest thus avoiding any additional mounting assembly. The electrical power distribution sub-system is coupled to the thermal modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.Inventors: Amit Nayak, Matthew Leidy
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Patent number: 10866145Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a node to receive ground potential, a first diode including an anode coupled to the node, a second diode including an anode coupled to the node, a first circuit to apply a voltage to a cathode of each of the first and second diodes to cause the first and second diodes to be in a forward-bias condition, and a second circuit to generate a signal having a duty cycle based on a first voltage across the first diode and a second voltage across the second diode. At least one of such the embodiments includes a temperature calculator to calculate a value of temperature based at least in part on the duty cycle of the signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventor: Matthias Eberlein
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Patent number: 10866146Abstract: A circuit includes a first current source configured to produce a first current in a first current line through a first diode-connected transistor having a voltage drop across the first diode-connected transistor, the first current being proportional to an absolute temperature via a first proportionality factor; a second current source configured to produce a second current in a second current line through a second diode-connected transistor having a voltage drop across the second diode-connected transistor, the second current being proportional to the absolute temperature via a second proportionality factor; a third current source configured to produce a third current in a third current line through a third diode-connected transistor having a voltage drop across the third diode-connected transistor; and a processing network including a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter, the processing network being coupled to the, the second, and the third diode-connected transistors.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Calogero Marco Ippolito, Michele Vaiana
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Patent number: 10866147Abstract: The invention describes a passive heat-flow sensor (1) comprising a contact face (11) for placement on a subject (8) during a temperature monitoring procedure; and a plurality of combined thermistor arrangements, wherein a combined thermistor arrangement comprises an inner thermistor (S1) arranged at an inner face of the sensor (1); an upper thermistor (S2) arranged at the upper surface of the sensor (1) and arranged relative to the inner thermistor (S1) to measure a vertical heat flow outward from the subject (8); and a lateral thermistor (S3) arranged relative to the inner thermistor (S1) to measure a horizontal heat flow along the contact face (11). The invention further describes a method of measuring the temperature of a subject (8) using a heat-flow sensor (1); and a temperature sensing arrangement (10) for monitoring the temperature of a subject (8) using a heat-flow sensor (1).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Edwin Gerardus Johannus Maria Bongers, Louis Nicolas Atallah
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Patent number: 10866148Abstract: A detection device according to a first aspect includes a first arm, a second arm, and a detection unit having two states as output. The first arm and the second arm each have a corresponding pressure receiving portion pushed by one of detection targets and are respectively rotatable about rotation axes as rotation centers along the same straight line such that the first arm and the second arm have different positions when the corresponding pressure receiving portion is pushed and not pushed by one of the detection targets. The output of the detection unit is switched to one of the two states in accordance with the positions of the arms.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideaki Kadowaki, Masafumi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 10866149Abstract: A compact directional high resolution magnetostrictive phased array sensor (MPAS) includes a magnetostrictive comb-shaped patch and a magnetic circuit device. The patch was machined with 24 comb fingers along its radial direction. The magnetic circuit device contains a sensing array of angularly spaced apart sensing coils and cylindrical biasing magnets. The individual sensing coils have distinct directional sensing preferences designated by the normal direction of the coil winding. The directional sensing feature of the developed MPAS is supported by the combined effect of the magnetic shape anisotropy of the comb finger formation in the patch and the sensing directionality of the sensing array. The MPAS detects the strain-induced magnetic property change on the comb-shaped patch due to the mechanical interaction between the patch and GLWs propagating in the structure under study.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: University of Maryland, College ParkInventors: Byungseok Yoo, Darryll J. Pines
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Patent number: 10866150Abstract: This invention relates to force/torque sensor and more particularly to multi-axis force/torque sensor and the methods of use for directly teaching a task to a mechatronic manipulator. The force/torque sensor has a casing, an outer frame forming part of or connected to the casing, an inner frame forming part of or connected to the casing, a compliant member connecting the outer frame to the inner frame, and one or more measurement elements mounted in the casing for measuring compliance of the compliant member when a force or torque is applied between the outer frame and the inner frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: ROBOTIQ INC.Inventors: Nicolas Lauzier, Simon Lefrançois, David Castonguay, Louis-Alexis Allen Demers, Jean-François Duval, Yan Drolet Mihelic, Pierre Olivier Proulx, Rachid Bekhti, Philippe Cardou, Vincent Duchaine, Samuel Bouchard, Jean-Philippe Jobin
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Patent number: 10866151Abstract: Strain gauge structures having high and accurately adjustable electrical resistances and improved heat dispersion properties include a substrate, at least one transducing element configured to change at least one electrical property thereof in response to deformations in the substrate, and one or more trimming grids electrically connected to the at least one transducing element and configured and operable to accurately set electrical resistance of the strain gauge element by setting length of a conduction path thereof, and at least one heat sink element thermally coupled to at least one of the at least one transducing element and the one or more trimming grids and configured to dissipate heat developed therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: EZMEMS LTD.Inventors: Nicola Molinazzi, Tsvi Shmilovich
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Patent number: 10866152Abstract: A concept for torque measurement on a shaft is described. To that end, millimeter waves are transmitted in the direction of a first encoder structure, which is coupled to a first shaft section of the shaft for conjoint rotation and is arranged around the shaft, and in the direction of a second encoder structure, which is coupled to a second shaft section of the shaft for conjoint rotation and is arranged around the shaft. The first encoder structure and the second encoder structure are rotatable relative to one another in the case of a torque to be transmitted via the shaft. At least one reception signal is generated on the basis of millimeter waves reflected or transmitted by the first and second encoder structures. A torque transmitted using the shaft is determined on the basis of the at least one reception signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Dirk Hammerschmidt, Christof Michenthaler
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Patent number: 10866153Abstract: A measuring device (60) is configured for measuring forces or torques between a motorized vehicle (1) and a trailer or attachment which is towed or pushed thereby. The measuring device (60) has at least three sensor elements (79, 80) arranged on a carrier (71), transversely with respect to a virtual longitudinal axis of the motorized vehicle (1) and spaced apart from one another. The measuring device (60) is arranged in a coupling region between the motorized vehicle (1) and the pulled or pushed trailer or attachment. In order to transmit their measured values, the sensor elements (79, 80) are connected to an evaluation device (40), which is configured to convert these measured values into signals for force displays and/or torque displays according to magnitude and direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: WABCO GmbHInventors: Mirko Brütt, Johannes Bührke, Ludger Frerichs, Steffen Hanke, Sebastian Kemper, Lars Thielke
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Patent number: 10866154Abstract: A trunnion bolt monitoring system for an air preheater trunnion has a plurality of trunnion bolts through which extends a respective blind bore each in gas tight connection at its open end to a pressurized manifold comprising piping and T-fittings. Depressurisation of the manifold indicative of fatigue cracking of any one bolt is detected by electrical monitoring of three pressure sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: ARVOS LJUNGSTROM LLCInventors: David W. Bintz, Travis N. Tozer
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Patent number: 10866155Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressure-sensitive sensor includes providing an extruder that includes a cylindrical die, a mandrel arranged inside the die and having plural helical grooves on an outer circumferential surface, and an annular outlet sandwiched between the die and the mandrel, and by using the extruder, performing simultaneous extrusion-molding of an elastic insulating material and an elastic conductive material by supplying the elastic conductive material into not less than two of the grooves from the inside of the mandrel while extruding the elastic insulating material, so as to form a pressure-sensitive sensor. The sensor includes a tubular body including an elastic insulation and having a hollow portion along a longitudinal direction, and not less than two conductive ribs including an elastic conductor and helically provided along an inner circumferential surface of the hollow portion of the tubular body so as to protrude inward from the inner circumferential surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Sugita, Masahiro Abe
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Patent number: 10866156Abstract: A sensing system (10) for monitoring the integrity of a structure has first and second channels (12 and 14) arranged for sealing onto a surface (16) of the structure (18) to form respective spaced apart first and second galleries (20 and 22). A fluid (F1) is in the first gallery (20) and a fluid (F2) is in the second gallery (22). A measurement system (24) measures for a change in a pressure independent physical characteristic: a) in the first gallery (20); b) in the second gallery (22); c) between the first gallery (20) and the second gallery (22); or d) a combination of two or more of a), b) and c) where the change is dependent on a mass flow of fluid from one of, or between, the sealed galleries due to a crack in the structure. The pressure independent physical characteristic of the fluid can be the conductivity of the fluid or the optical properties of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: STRUCTURAL MONITORING SYSTEMS LTDInventors: Henry Abe Kroker, Trevor Blake Lynch-Staunton
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Patent number: 10866157Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring physiological conditions within a structure to generate a user interface with a representation of the physiological state from a vantage point and according to a direction of interest. Physiological data is generated by a sensor a human and a position of the human is determined via wireless communications with multiple reference point transceivers. An augmented virtual model viewing interface is generated with positional coordinates and physiological conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Middle Chart, LLCInventors: Michael S. Santarone, Jason E. Duff, Michael Wodrich
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Patent number: 10866158Abstract: A shock testing machine including: a test platform upon which one or more objects to be tested are mounted; one or more rails upon which the test platform is movable in a longitudinal direction; and a braking station for retarding a relative motion between the test platform and the braking station, wherein the test platform and the braking station include at least one portion interfering with the relative motion of the test platform and the braking station such that relative movement of the test platform and the braking station past the at least one portion produces a shock lateral to the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: OMNITEK PARTNERS LLCInventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Jacques Fischer
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Patent number: 10866159Abstract: A large-amplitude vertical-torsional coupled free vibration testing device for wind tunnel test. The large-amplitude vertical-torsional coupled free vibration device for wind tunnel test includes rigid deck model, lightweight rigid rods, lightweight rigid circular aluminium hubs, the first thin strings, linear tensile vertical springs, and the second lightweight strings. Large-amplitude vertical-torsional coupled free vibrations of rigid deck models can be realized by using this device, in which the springs vertically deform without any tilt. In the traditional free vibration device, the spring may obviously tilt, and the linear torsional stiffness cannot be ensured. The device can be conveniently installed and the initial angle of attack can be easily adjusted. The extreme low and stable mechanical damping ratio required for large-amplitude vibrations can be readily guaranteed, owing to the invocation of the negligible rolling friction between the thin strings and the hub.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventor: Fuyou Xu
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Patent number: 10866160Abstract: A misfire determination apparatus includes first to third obtaining units, a calculator, and a determination unit. The first obtaining unit is configured to obtain actual engine rotation number of an engine. The engine is coupled, via a torsion element, to side of an axle coupled to an electric motor in a torque transmittable manner. The second obtaining unit is configured to obtain motor rotation number of the electric motor. The calculator is configured to calculate calculated engine rotation number of the engine on the basis of the motor rotation number and a total gear ratio between the electric motor and the engine. The third obtaining unit is configured to obtain a rotation deviation between the actual and the calculated engine rotation numbers. The determination unit is configured to execute misfire determination of the engine by determining the engine as being misfiring when the rotation deviation exceeds a determination threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Mao Ota, Tatsuya Ichikawa, Daiki Shiwa, Masaya Kajii
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Patent number: 10866161Abstract: A road surface condition estimation apparatus may output a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of a vibration of a tire. The road surface condition estimation apparatus may calculate a level of high frequency component of the detection signal in a contact section. The road surface condition estimation apparatus may transmit a calculation result of the level of high frequency component as road surface condition data each time the tire rotates for a predetermined number of times. The road surface condition estimation apparatus may estimate a condition of road surface based on the road surface condition data. The road surface condition estimation apparatus may stop transmitting the road surface condition data when estimating that the vehicle accelerates or decelerates.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Yoichiro Suzuki, Takatoshi Sekizawa
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Online fault detection device installed in train car and used for high-speed train running component
Patent number: 10866162Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is an online fault detection device installed in a train car and used for a high-speed train running component comprising a GPS module (1), a noise sensor (2), a 3G module (5), a solid-state drive (6), a microprocessor (4), a status indicator (3), and a buzzer (7). Input ends of the microprocessor (4) are connected to an output end of the GPS module (1) and an output end of the noise sensor (2) respectively. Output ends of the microprocessor (4) are connected to an input end of the status indicator (3) and an input end of the buzzer (7) respectively. The microprocessor (4) is interactively connected to the 3G module (5) and the solid-state drive (6) respectively. The device above is reliable and easy to be installed and maintained; and the components and sensor thereof are not prone to be damaged.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: HEFEI GOCOM INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Zhen Wei, Jian Chen, Lei Cheng, Qingxin Hu, Jiazhu Li, Pin Chen, Yunan Cheng -
Patent number: 10866163Abstract: Among a plurality of sensors that detect a state of a control subject, a relationship fluctuation level between a magnitude of a signal output by a subject sensor and a magnitude of a signal output by another related sensor is calculated for each subject sensor and related sensor combination. Moreover, the subject sensor and related sensor combinations for which a value of the relationship fluctuation level is a predetermined value or more are identified, and a respective number of appearances of the subject sensor and the related sensor included in the identified combinations thereof is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Mashio, Takashi Azuma, Susumu Shiizuka, Takae Yamashita
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Patent number: 10866164Abstract: A biodegradable sampling bag for containing samples or the like, comprises a flexible enclosure defining a chamber adapted to contain therein the sample, the flexible enclosure being made of a plastic material, which contains an additive that renders the flexible enclosure biodegradable when exposed for a sufficient period of time to microbial action. The additive is adapted to enable microorganisms to metabolize the molecular structure of said flexible enclosure. The additive is effective in altering the polymer chain of the plastic material to allow microbial action of a suitable environment to colonize in and around the plastic material, whereby microbes can then form a biofilm on a surface of the flexible enclosure and secrete acids which break down the entire polymer chain. The flexible enclosure, when exposed to microbial action, is adapted to withstand biodegradation for a given period of time, typically of at least three months.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: LABPLAS INC.Inventors: May L. Scally, Shoreh Parandoosh, Danielle Lafond
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Patent number: 10866165Abstract: Disclosed is a system for automatic sampling and detection of on-line gas by high-temperature and high-pressure simulator and a detection method thereof. A vacuum manifold I is successively connected to a pressure controller, a gas-liquid separator, a gas automatic metering collector, a first trace quantitative gas collector, and a mechanical pump. On a vacuum manifold II, a high-low pressure convertor, a second trace quantitative gas collector, a gas transferring device, a heavy oil trap, a filtering trap, and a pressure gage head are connected successively. In the present invention, discharged simulation products, enter an empty gas chromatograph at a normal temperature and a normal pressure after treatment, completing on-line detection of an accumulated gas and a stage gas, and improving accuracy of gas composition measurement.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF ECO-ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Long Su, Yuhong Yuan, Gongcheng Zhang, Dongwei Zhang, Shengrong Tang, Jihui Lin
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Patent number: 10866166Abstract: The present invention provides an improved sorbent and corresponding device(s) and uses thereof for the capture and stabilization of volatile organic compounds (VOC) or semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC) from a gaseous atmosphere. The sorbent is capable of rapid and high uptake of one or more compounds and provides quantitative release (recovery) of the compound(s) when exposed to elevated temperature and/or organic solvent. Uses of particular improved grades of mesoporous silica are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: XPLOSAFE, LLCInventors: Shoaib F. Shaikh, Allen W. Apblett, Nicholas F. Materer
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Patent number: 10866167Abstract: A system for on-stream sampling of pressurized process gas such as natural gas or the like, said system optimized for use with pressurized process gas having liquid entrained therein, or otherwise referenced as “wet”. In the preferred embodiment, a probe and method of sampling is contemplated to provide linear sample of fluids from a predetermined area of said fluid stream. Further taught is the method of preventing compositional disassociation of a gas sample having entrained liquid utilizing a probe having a passage formed to facilitate capillary action in fluid(s) passing therethrough. The present invention further contemplates the use of a screen or membrane provided exterior the probe tip body to block or lessen the likelihood of undesirable particulates or liquids from entering the probe.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Maveaux Holdina LLCInventor: Valmond Joseph St Amant, III
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Patent number: 10866168Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic reference material and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the concentration of at least one chemical substance is characterized from a signal intensity of the chemical substance and a signal intensity of the isotope-labeled chemical substance of the chemical substance obtained using the pyrolysis GC-MS instrument by weighing a mass of a candidate material for the plastic reference material using a balance, weighing an isotope-labeled chemical substance of the chemical substance using a balance, preparing a mixed solution by dissolving the weighed candidate material for the plastic reference material and the weighed isotope-labeled chemical substance in a solvent, introducing a product resulting from evaporation of the solvent from the mixed solution into a pyrolysis GC-MS instrument, and calculating the concentration of the chemical substance included in the candidate material for the plastic reference material.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Hirano, Kenji Namiki, Noriaki Sakai
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Patent number: 10866169Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of detecting rare cells in which, upon spreading a cell suspension in a flow path formed on a microchamber chip, the loss of rare cells is reduced by improving the cell recovery rate. The present invention provides a method of detecting rare cells from a cell suspension by using a cell-spreading device 10 comprising a microchamber chip 1, a flow path-forming frame 2, an inlet port 3, and an outlet port 4; and a method of recovering rare cells comprising: the step (X) of introducing a cell suspension to a flow path 5 via the inlet port 3 so as to spread cells in the flow path 5 on the microchamber chip 1; and the step (Y) of storing the cells spread in the flow path 5 on the microchamber chip 1 in microchamber 6s by intermittent liquid feeding.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Jungo Araki, Kumiko Hoshi
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Patent number: 10866170Abstract: Devices, systems, and associated methods for selectively extracting a material from a sample are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method for selectively extracting biological material from a biological sample can include identifying a region of biological material to be extracted from a biological sample disposed on a substantially planar surface, applying an extraction tool to the region of biological material to disrupt biological material from the biological sample, and dispensing a liquid at the region of biological material. The method can also include aspirating the liquid and the disrupted biological material from the biological sample.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, IncInventors: Nils B. Adey, Katherine B. Geiersbach, Mark Herrmann, Robert J. Parry
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Patent number: 10866171Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for carrying out Romanowsky-type stains, specifically Wright-Giemsa and May-Grünwald stains, quickly and efficiently. The methods greatly reduce the overall amount of time required to complete a Wright-Giemsa stain or a May-Grünwald stain of sufficient quality on a biological sample. The subject methods can be applied to both manual and automated staining procedures.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Abe S. Mamaghani, Koshy T. Chacko, Rupa Rao, Rene Nieves Alicea
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Patent number: 10866172Abstract: A system for producing cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) grids. A grid holding element holds a cryo-EM grid in place while a sample deposit element deposits liquid sample from a sample supply onto the grid. A sample shaping element shapes the liquid sample and then a cryogenic sample vitrifying element vitrifies the liquid sample. The shaping element may direct a gas jet towards the grid to reduce the thickness of the liquid sample. The gas jet may mix first and second liquid samples together in midair or on the grid. A storage element stores vitrified cryo-EM grids and includes an electromagnetic field (EMF) source that creates an EMF within the storage element such that the vitrified sample is exposed to the EMF. As a result of being exposed to the EMF, a protein provided with the sample is re-oriented from a first orientation to a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Neptune Fluid Flow Systems LLCInventors: Trevor Allen McQueen, Winnie Liang
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Patent number: 10866173Abstract: Dry thawing systems and devices for thawing biological substances are provided herein. Methods for thawing biological substances are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: FreMon Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Menachem Shavit, Frederick J. Thacher
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Patent number: 10866174Abstract: A synchronous controller is connected to each of boards by one communication wire, and one communication path is formed between the synchronous controller and each of the boards. A multiple synchronization signal S in which a plurality of synchronization signals are multiplexed is transmitted from the synchronous controller to each of the boards. Signal extraction units as extraction means for recognizing synchronization signals included in the multiple synchronization signal S and extracting the individual synchronization signals are provided in the boards, respectively. The individual synchronization signals are extracted from the multiple synchronization signal S input to the boards by the signal extraction units, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Tsuji