Patents Issued in December 29, 2020
  • Patent number: 10875728
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device, which is included in an image forming apparatus and a post processing device, includes multiple position detectors and a position corrector. The multiple position detectors are aligned along a sheet conveying direction and configured to detect a side end of a sheet. The position corrector is configured to convey the sheet and correct a position of the sheet based on a positional deviation amount of the sheet, obtained by a detection result of the multiple position detectors. The positional deviation amount of the sheet is obtained by an extreme downstream position detector in the sheet conveying direction, of the multiple position detectors. A position of a subsequent sheet is corrected based on a sum of the positional deviation amount of the sheet and a positional deviation amount of the subsequent sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yamane, Hiromichi Matsuda, Tetsuo Watanabe, Katsuaki Miyawaki, Hideyuki Takayama
  • Patent number: 10875729
    Abstract: A mail processing system utilizes a conveyor to shingle or de-shingle mailpieces as they move through the processing system and utilizes belts to move the mailpieces. A first shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece to overlap with a second mailpiece to create shingled mailpieces. A second shingling conveyor moves a first mailpiece away from a second mailpiece to de-shingle them to create singulated mailpieces. A camera takes images of the mailpieces in the conveyor and image analysis software is used to determine dimensional aspects of the mailpieces that are used to control the belt speeds to move mailpieces with respect to each other. A mail processing system may include a mail processing station that scans addresses, applies postage and/or weighs the mailpieces. Mail may be de-shingled prior to being weighed and then re-shingled for subsequent processing, or mail may shingled prior to passing through a scale if weighing is not necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TRITEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: James Malatesta
  • Patent number: 10875730
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a detector configured to detect an attitude of a conveyance target medium, a corrector configured to perform a correcting operation based on a detection result of the detector, and circuitry configured to calculate an angular displacement correction amount and a lateral displacement correction amount of the conveyance target medium, cause the corrector to perform the correcting operation in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, based on the lateral displacement correction amount, after the corrector grips the conveyance target medium, and cause the corrector to rotate by the angular displacement correction amount of the conveyance target medium before the corrector grips the conveyance target medium and to perform the correcting operation in a direction of rotation of the conveyance target medium, based on the angular displacement correction amount, after the corrector grips the conveyance target medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Eri Uchida, Motoharu Takahashi, Yuichiro Maeyama, Tomohiro Egawa
  • Patent number: 10875731
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a main body, a conveyance path, a first external cover and a second external cover. The first cover provided in the main body to cover the conveyance path includes a blocking wall facing the conveyance path; a concave portion provided below the blocking wall and recessed toward the main body with respect to a lower end of the blocking wall; a communication portion, provided between the lower end of the blocking wall and an upper end of the concave portion, that penetrates the first external cover and faces an outer space of the image forming apparatus at a position that extends from the concave portion to the blocking wall; and an air exhaust portion provided above the blocking wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tadao Kamano
  • Patent number: 10875732
    Abstract: An adhesive tape dispensing device with a tape alignment mechanism, comprising a body formed from a rigid material or materials, configured to hold and dispense adhesive tape, and a tape alignment mechanism comprising at least one spring that presses laterally against the edge of the tape, the side of the tape form, or against a hub onto which the tape is mounted, wherein one edge of the portion of tape being dispensed is kept in a fixed alignment relative to the dispensing device while it is being dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BLUTAPER, LLC
    Inventors: Michael F. Renkert, Kevin G. Shumway
  • Patent number: 10875733
    Abstract: A supply of stock material for a dunnage conversion machine includes two plies of sheet stock material wound into a roll or fan-folded into a stack. Each ply has disposed on a corresponding leading or trailing end thereof an adhesive layer and a removable release liner covering the adhesive layer. When applied to a leading end of the supply, the adhesive layer is applied to opposing, outwardly-facing surfaces of the respective plies. When a supply of stock material is almost spent, the operator removes the release liners from both plies to expose respective adhesive layers, and then interposes the leading end of a new supply between the plies of the trailing end of the almost-spent supply and presses the layers together to attach the plies of the new supply to respective plies of the almost-spent supply, for conversion into dunnage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ranpak Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders
  • Patent number: 10875734
    Abstract: Provided is a bag making and packaging machine having superior workability in film joining work. A bag making and packaging machine is a bag making and packaging machine that uses film having at least one character or a figure printed on its front side, and is equipped with a film roll support unit, a conveyance unit, a bag making unit, and a light emitting component. The film roll support unit supports a film roll in which the film is wound in a roll. The bag making unit processes the film to make bags. The conveyance unit is positioned between the film roll support unit and the bag making unit. The conveyance unit feeds the film to the bag making unit. The light emitting component illuminates, from the direction of the front side of the film, the film positioned between the film roll support unit and the conveyance unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ichikawa, Satoshi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10875735
    Abstract: A method for splicing a web of packaging material is provided. The method involves guiding a first web of packaging material through an automatic splicing device, determining the position of at least one mark of the first web of packaging material by a detector, moving the first web of packaging material based on the position of the at least one mark of the first web of packaging material such that a specific area of the first web of packaging material is arranged in proximity to a cutting unit, and cutting the first web of packaging material in order to form a separate leading part of the first web of packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A
    Inventors: Emanuel Leufstadius, Alexander Persson
  • Patent number: 10875736
    Abstract: A media tray may include a number of mezzanines to accumulate media as the media is ejected from a printing device and a number of ramps to selectively engage with a leading edge of the media as the media is accumulated based on a plurality of positions of the number of ramps, the number of ramps positionable based on movement of the number of mezzanines. In one example, movement of the number of mezzanines from a first position to a second position may cause the number of ramps to be in a position to selectively engage and disengage with a leading edge of the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bruce G Johnson, Elliott Downing, Steve O Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 10875737
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Weatherford, William T. Bigbee, Jr., Clifton S. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10875738
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Weatherford, William T. Bigbee, Jr., Clifton S. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10875739
    Abstract: A detachable line guide is disclosed. A screw with a helical groove between threads is provided. A guide is positioned a fixed distance perpendicular to the screw and can travel laterally freely. A follower mount is detachably affixed to the guide. The follower mount has a follower that is biased into the groove. Rotation of the screw causes the follower to track the groove and move the follower mount laterally. The guide is configured for a line to pass therethrough. When the line exerts a lateral force above a predetermined threshold against the guide, the guide and the follower mount detach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Jerome Miles, Daniel Madsen
  • Patent number: 10875740
    Abstract: The wall-mounted retractable holster comprises a holster, a tether, and a retractor. The retractor may retrieve a retrievable object that is coupled to the tether so that the retrievable object may be stored in the holster. As non-limiting examples, the retrievable object may be a remote control or a cell phone. The end of the tether may attach to the retrievable object via a device attachment located at one end of a tether cord. The other end of the tether cord may be wrapped around a spool within the retractor. A pawl and ratchet may allow the tether cord to be pulled out of the retractor but may prevent the cord from being pulled into the retractor unless a retract button on the retractor is activated. The spool may be spring loaded so that the cord is pulled in automatically when the retractor button is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Santaite, Victor Mariotti
  • Patent number: 10875741
    Abstract: An elevator request authorization system is provided and includes a second server configured to grant an elevator use token upon request from a first server registerable with the second server for establishing secure communications between the second server and the first server. The first server is configured to be receptive of an elevator request relating to elevator usage by a user, to authenticate the user, to authorize the elevator usage by the user to which the elevator request relates, to request the elevator use token from the second server via the secure communications upon authentication and authorization and to deliver the elevator use token to the user upon receipt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Bradley Armand Scoville, Yew Leong, Adam Kuenzi, Cesar Aguilar, Simantov Yousoufov, Yuri Novozhenets, Jason Higley
  • Patent number: 10875742
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making elevator service requests in a building having an elevator system, the method including, determining a departure floor, populating, by a computing device comprising a processor, a destination floor list with at least one destination floor and displaying the destination floor list on a user device, the destination floor list limited to a subset of all possible destination floors, and receiving at least one user input indicating a selection of a destination floor by a user and indicating a new elevator service request based on the determination of a departure floor and the selection of a destination floor. The method also includes generating an elevator service request packet based on the new elevator service request and transmitting the elevator service request packet to an elevator controller to make an elevator service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Bradley Armand Scoville
  • Patent number: 10875743
    Abstract: An elevator system includes a hoistway and an elevator car positioned in and movable along the hoistway. The elevator car includes a first sheave and a second sheave spaced apart from the first sheave. The first sheave and second sheave have parallel axes of rotation and each include a traction surface and a gearless prime mover operably connected to the traction surface to drive rotation of the traction surface. A first load bearing member is positioned in the hoistway and a second load bearing member is positioned in the hoistway. The first load bearing member passes laterally under the first sheave, vertically upward between the first sheave and the second sheave, and laterally over the second sheave. The second load bearing member passes laterally under the second sheave, vertically between the second sheave and the first sheave, and laterally over the first sheave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard L. Hollowell, Kiron Bhaskar
  • Patent number: 10875744
    Abstract: An air supply system in building elevators for the purpose of providing continuous purified and filtered exterior air for the improved safety of elevator cab passengers. The air supply system is separate from that of the building. System components include: an air intake means in the top of the building to receive exterior air; an air filtering and purifying mechanism; an air blower and compressor; air heating and cooling unit; a pressure controlled air plenum; a flexible vertical lightweight traveling tube that continuously carries purified air from the plenum near the top of the building to the cab interior, a flexible vertical lightweight air exhaust traveling tube that continuously carries spent air from the cab interior discharge conduit to the building exterior exhaust, wherein both tubes are affixed to the elevator traveling cable and extend the height of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Robert E. Doyle
  • Patent number: 10875745
    Abstract: The application relates to a handrail-drive system of an escalator. The handrail-drive system includes a handrail drive with drive elements and a belt-form handrail which can be moved in a circulatory manner. The handrail is delimited by an outer contour configured as a gripping surface and by an inner contour which leaves a cavity free in the handrail. The driving force is transmitted from the drive elements to the handrail on two mutually opposite side surfaces of the inner contour, wherein a complementary configuration of the side surfaces makes it possible for all the other forces which are caused by the transmission of the driving force and act between the side surfaces to compensate for one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventor: Csaba Boros
  • Patent number: 10875746
    Abstract: A fixture for lifting a heat exchanger header includes a first leg including a first receiver slot and a second leg including a second receiver slot and a first load arm pivotally attached to an upper portion of the first leg and a second load arm pivotally attached to an upper portion of the second leg. In use, the upper end portions of the first and second load arms are engaged by a lifting device. A first scissor arm is pivotally attached to the second leg and slidingly attached to the first leg by the first receiver slot. A second scissor arm is pivotally attached to the first leg and slidingly attached to the second leg by the second receiver slot. First and second connection plates are secured to the lower portions of the first and second legs and are connected to the tubing aperture of the heat exchanger header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: E&C FinFan, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lanphier, David Snell
  • Patent number: 10875747
    Abstract: A device for tensioning an elongated hoisting member, comprises: a first friction-generating member rotatably supported around a first support member; a second friction-generating member rotatably supported around a second support member, the first and second friction-generating members being adapted to provide friction to the elongated hoisting member when the friction-generating members are pressed against each other with a portion of the elongated hoisting member therebetween. A brake is provided for braking the rotation of the friction-generating members around the support members. There is also described a system that includes such a device, as well as a method for operating such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yngvar Borøy, Adrian Mihai Orasanu, Thor Strand
  • Patent number: 10875748
    Abstract: A marine vessel and a method of operation of such a marine vessel include a crane with a boom including a main boom section and a jib section and a variable length stay mechanism. The lattice boom is movable from a hoisting position into a parking position by a routine including operating the variable length stay mechanism allowing the jib section to fold towards the main boom section. The crane is provided with a fixation device adapted to establish fixation of the jib section relative to the main boom section in a folded position. A boom rest is mounted on the hull. The routine further includes operating the luffing assembly to position the jib member of the folded jib section, fixated to the main boom section, in the parking position onto the boom rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Martinus Van Veluw, Joop Roodenburg
  • Patent number: 10875749
    Abstract: A winch including a drive motor, a cable drum, and a gear train assembly coupled to the drive motor and including a planetary gear set having a ring gear positioned in a gear train housing. The gear train housing including a radial clutch mount and an axial clutch mount. A clutch mechanism is selectively positionable at the radial clutch mount, in a first configuration, and the axial clutch mount, in a second configuration. The clutch mechanism is operable to selectively lock and unlock the ring gear to the gear train housing, thereby engaging and disengaging the cable drum from the gear train assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Westin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Frazier, Ron Dennis, Brent Nasset
  • Patent number: 10875750
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating device for an approximately horizontal mobile platform that is able to be set in movement in a vertical direction between a high position and a low position, and having a frame supporting the platform, said actuating device having at least one rigid chain actuated by at least one motor secured to the frame, and a guide member for guiding the rigid chain between a position substantially extended in the direction of the ground and a position substantially stowed parallel to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: LIFT'O
    Inventor: Antoine Bodechon
  • Patent number: 10875751
    Abstract: Pumping machine (650, 750) comprising: —at least two tubular elements (651, 751) containing pressurized gas and extending vertically in parallel and interconnected between them by means of a connecting element (652, 752); and—an electromechanical lifting system (600, 700) comprising a first cylinder (601, 701), interconnected to the tubular elements (651, 751) and comprising a substance compressible by a piston (601b, 701b); and a screw (602, 702) with a vertical axis Y coinciding with the axis of the pumping machine (650, 750). The screw (602, 702) is inserted inside a second thrust cylinder (658, 758), connected in sliding manner inside the first cylinder (601, 701), and has a first end (602b, 702b) fixed to the connecting element (652, 752) and a second end (602a, 702a) configured for sliding inside the thrust cylinder (658, 758) and overlying a chamber (605, 705) comprising lubrication and cooling oil overlying the piston (601b, 701b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DIMACO S.A.S. DI MARRALE CARMELO & C.
    Inventor: Carmelo Marrale
  • Patent number: 10875752
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system comprising: multiple self-propelled motorized transport units; a wireless communication network; and a central computer comprising: a transceiver, a control circuit and a memory storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: receive a request from a customer requesting location information for a requested item; identify the requested item is a category of items, and identify category location information; communicate routing instructions to the motorized transport unit based on the category location information causing the motorized transport unit to initiate physical movement; and communicate to the motorized transport unit a species clarification inquiry instruction configured to cause the motorized transport unit, while implementing routing instructions to move toward the category location, to present a clarification inquiry to the customer seeking clarification in narrowing the identified category to one or more produ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald R. High, Michael D. Atchley, David C. Winkle
  • Patent number: 10875753
    Abstract: A boom extension monitoring system is provided that uses a combination of sensors to determine an absolute location and a relative location of the boom. As the boom extends or retracts, the monitoring system can determine the absolute location of the boom as the sum of the absolute at relative distances. These distances can be obtained through a combination of a grid, low-resolution sensors, high-resolution sensors, counters, processors, and other components according to various embodiments described herein. A process to obtain the total boom extension of multiple telescoping beams by monitoring the extension of a single beam element is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Manitou Equipment America, LLC
    Inventor: William Uskoski
  • Patent number: 10875754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an industrial truck (10), the industrial truck (10) comprising a lifting mechanism (12), a fork carrier comprising two fork prongs (16) being height-adjustably guided on the lifting mechanism (12), a preferably individual rack bay label (31, 32, 33) provided on a rack bay (F1, F2, F3) of a storage rack (30), particularly a high-bay storage rack, is captured as digital image data by means of a digital camera (18) disposed on a fork prong (16) or on the fork carrier, the digital images being preferably transmitted from the digital camera (18) to a computer unit (22) of the industrial truck (10), wherein the digital image data is analyzed by the computer unit (22) and transmitted after the analysis to a display panel of the industrial truck (10), particularly a display unit (24), and information corresponding to the captured rack bay label (31, 32, 33) of the rack bay (F1, F2, F3), particularly text information and/or symbols, is displayed on the display panel of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Jungheinrich AG
    Inventors: Alexander Pautz, Lars Dohrmann, Sebastian Rockel
  • Patent number: 10875755
    Abstract: A load-bearing assembly including a clamping-force sensor in a pivoting support assembly that is adjustable to vary a radial spacing between a pivot pin and a clamp pad mounted on the support assembly. A plurality of clamping-force sensors may be included in a plurality of pivoting clamp pad support assemblies to support a clamp pad and may be arranged to sense the magnitude of a clamping force exerted by a particular adjustable pivoting clamp pad support assembly and send signals indicative of the magnitude of the force to a controller. A load sensor may be located between a pivot pin and a bearing block, or strain gauges may be mounted in the pivoting bearing block so as to measure forces carried through the bearing block. Force values sensed and transmitted to the controller may be used to evaluate and adjust the clamp arm assembly to grasp a load with a desired clamping force or distribution of clamping forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Cascade Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Sinclair White, Davide Roncari
  • Patent number: 10875756
    Abstract: A bottle is conveyed to a filling device without being sterilized by a container sterilizer, and a culture medium is filled inside the bottle by using the filling device. Then, the bottle is capped with a cap using a cap attachment device. Thereafter, whether or not bacteria survive or propagate in the culture medium in the bottle is verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hayakawa, Yuiko Wada, Ryuichi Tamagawa, Tsubasa Tokimoto
  • Patent number: 10875757
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing sparkling and other pressurized beverages from a container. Sparkling wine and other beverages may be dispensed without removing a cork or other closure. One or more needles may be inserted through the closure and sparkling beverage dispensed through the one or more needles. The one or more needles may be inserted at an angle to the vertical or axis of the bottle opening in which the closure is positioned, e.g., to avoid contact with a metal retainer on the closure. Dispensed beverage may be directed to a pressurized reservoir to help maintain or recover carbonation prior to dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Lambrecht, Robert Kevin Moore
  • Patent number: 10875758
    Abstract: A dispenser control device, comprising: at least a first light emitter and at least a first light detector, a memory component, a calculation component and a signal transmitter. The dispenser control device configured to conduct one or more of (1) calibration, (2) receptacle-type conjecturing, (3) stopping-intensity value determination, (4) receptacle filling status assessment, and (5) dispensing-termination signal transmission. Also methods comprising one or more of (1) calibration, (2) receptacle-type conjecturing, (3) stopping-intensity value determination, (4) receptacle filling status assessment, and (5) dispensing-termination signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Marquardt GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen McMahon
  • Patent number: 10875759
    Abstract: A metered dispensing device for plant extracts is provided. The device includes a main body having an inner volume for holding plant extract, a rotatable dial operably coupled on an end of the main body, a dispensing end located on an end of the main body opposite the rotatable dial, and a dispensing tip coupled to the dispensing end. The device also includes a dispensing mechanism including a plunger moveable along the length of the main body in response to rotation of the dial. The plunger pushes plant extract from the inner volume out the dispensing tip. The device also includes a feedback system providing tactile and audible feedback after a predetermined amount of plant extract has been dispensed through the dispensing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Mark A. Scatterday
  • Patent number: 10875760
    Abstract: A method for delivering heating oil to homes and commercial establishments comprises a two-mode combination of (a) using a conventional large-tank delivery truck and (b) using a portable, self-contained apparatus which is carried on a lighter weight truck as cargo. The portable apparatus comprises a tank having just under 119 gallons capacity, a pump for flowing oil through a meter subsystem which measures the quantity of oil, to a hose; all mounted on a skid for portability. The apparatus is capable of dispensing oil quantities of 1, 5, or 25 gallons while meeting regulators' weights and measures approval requirements. When the small tank is filled with heating oil, preferred apparatus weighs less than 1500 pounds and is removably carried on the bed of an un-placarded truck (one that does not have to meet hazardous material requirements), and that may be driven by a driver having an ordinary driver's license, compared to the requirements and associated costs attending the conventional truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey Hale Suntup
  • Patent number: 10875761
    Abstract: A micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes one or more slidable connection assemblies for releasably coupling the micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) device to a wafer from which the micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) device was made. The MEMS device may include a MEMS actuation core, and a MEMS electrical connector assembly electrically coupled to the MEMS actuation core configured to be electrically coupled to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MEMS Drive, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Ng, Xiaolei Liu, Guiqin Wang
  • Patent number: 10875762
    Abstract: An addressable display system configured for use in a mounting adapter configured to mount a personal electronic device (PED) on an aircraft includes a transparent surface configured to overlay the display surface of a PED when the PED is mounted in the mounting adapter wherein the transparent surface includes a region that is uniformly coated with a coating layer that when activated with a select excitation wavelength is configured to emit visible light to annunciate a message indicating a problem with an image displayed on a PED display; a lighting source configured to provide light in at an excitation wavelength; a MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) scanner module that is controllable to write desired symbology for annunciation at different addressable locations on the transparent surface; and an imaging device configured to capture an image of the PED display for an integrity check of data displayed on the PED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kalluri R. Sarma, Richard Berckefeldt, Willard R. True
  • Patent number: 10875763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus having a substrate arrangement with a first circuit arrangement that heats up during operation and a second circuit arrangement that is integrated into a substrate material of the substrate arrangement. Further, the apparatus has a cavity structure that is arranged between the first and the second circuit arrangement, said cavity structure being formed in the substrate material and having a pressure that is lower than an ambient atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventor: Stephan Pindl
  • Patent number: 10875764
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure are related to an integrated chip including a first substrate underlying a second substrate. The first and second substrates at least partially define a cavity. An absorptive layer is disposed within the cavity and comprises a reactive mater. An absorption-enhancement layer is disposed along the absorptive layer and within the cavity. The absorption-enhancement layer is configured to pass the reactive material from a top surface to a bottom surface of the absorption-enhancement layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Jung Chen, Lee-Chuan Tseng
  • Patent number: 10875765
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switching circuit and related apparatus is provided. In examples discussed herein, the MEMS switching circuit is configured to toggle (open or close) a number of MEMS switches without causing hot switching in any of the MEMS switches. More specifically, the MEMS switching circuit determines a switching sequence for toggling the MEMS switches such that each MEMS switch is only opened or closed under a very low current (e.g., <0.1 mA) or a very low voltage (e.g., <0.1 V). By operating the MEMS switches based on the determined switching sequence, it may be possible to protect the MEMS switches from hot switching damage, thus making it possible to employ the MEMS switches in an apparatus (e.g., a wireless communication device) to replace conventional switches for improved power amplifier efficiency and radio frequency (RF) performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Nadim Khlat
  • Patent number: 10875766
    Abstract: Technologies related to parallel characterization of individual MNPs are disclosed. A diamond chip with MNPs distributed thereon may be used with an epifluorescence microscope and camera to generate multiple different images of multiple individual MNPs. The multiple images are recorded at different microwave frequencies and under different external magnetic field strengths. The multiple images are then used to determine properties of the multiple individual MNPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Acosta, Andrejs Jarmola
  • Patent number: 10875767
    Abstract: A process and a plant for cooling a synthesis gas produced by catalytic steam reformation of a hydrocarbonaceous feed gas, which is cooled by heat exchange with boiler feed water for its conversion into steam, by separating the resulting aqueous condensate, wherein the further cooling is effected in that the gas passes through several series-connected cooling stages and comprises the heat exchange with the feed gas, with degassed and non-degassed boiler feed water for generating the steam required for the steam reformation, and with ambient air, and wherein condensate obtained after the last cooling stage is separated from the gas and the gas is discharged for the further treatment, wherein at least after a further cooling stage upstream of the last cooling stage a hot aqueous condensate is separated from the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Tadiello, Yue Chen
  • Patent number: 10875768
    Abstract: An oxygen generator has a composition for generating oxygen and an acidic compound and/or a basic compound. The composition for generating oxygen includes an oxygen source, an ionic liquid, a metal oxide compound and/or a metal salt, and optionally a basic compound. The oxygen source is a peroxide compound, the ionic liquid is in the liquid state at least in a temperature range from ?10° C. to +50° C., the metal oxide compound is an oxide of a single metal or of two or more different metals selected from the metals of groups 2 to 14 of the periodic table of the elements. The metal salt has a single metal or two or more different metals, and an organic and/or an inorganic anion. There is also described a method for controlling the oxygen production rate of the oxygen generator, and a device for generating oxygen in a controlled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kallfass, Andreas Hinterberger, Fritz Kuehn
  • Patent number: 10875769
    Abstract: A process for treating an H2S- and CO2-comprising fluid stream, in which a) the fluid stream is treated in a first absorber at a pressure of 10 to 150 bar with a first substream of a regenerated H2S-selective absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and an H2S-laden absorbent; b) the H2S-laden absorbent is heated by indirect heat exchange with regenerated H2S-selective absorbent; c) the heated H2S-laden absorbent is decompressed to a pressure of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Ingram, Gerald Vorberg, Georg Sieder
  • Patent number: 10875770
    Abstract: A method and system for cooling sulfuric acid aqueous solutions (H2SO4) belonging to the field of chemical processes, which is part of a contact process for production of sulfuric acid with or without energy recovery. The method comprises absorption of SO3, which produces heated concentrated sulfuric acid and indirectly cooling the hot acid. The method uses a sulfuric acid-inert coolant. A cooling step comprises an intermediate indirect acid-fluid cooling and a second fluid-water or fluid indirect cooling step—third fluid, wherein when the process is of the type with energy recovery. A third step includes energy recovery, steam generation. A system to perform the method, which works next to the SO3 absorption tower comprises an acid cooling loop consisting of an intermediate acid-fluid heat exchanger; a second fluid-water heat exchanger, and when the process is of the type with energy recovery, said equipment further includes a steam generation boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NC Engenharia Industria E Comercio Ltda
    Inventor: Nelson Perella Clark
  • Patent number: 10875771
    Abstract: Metal (II) phosphate powders, lithium metal phosphate powders for a Li-ion battery and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The lithium metal phosphate powders are represented by the following formula (II): LiFe1-aMaPO4??(II) wherein M comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Cr, V, Mo, Ti, Zn, Zr, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, Pt, Au, Al, Ga, In, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, B and Nb, 0.5<a?1, the lithium metal phosphate powders are composed of plural flake powders, and a length of each of the flake powders is ranged from 50 nm to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Lih-Hsin Chou, Shao-Wei Peng, Kai-Chu Chang
  • Patent number: 10875772
    Abstract: A hydrogel comprising a colloidal suspension of MIXMIIYPZ two-dimensional nanocrystals in water, wherein MI is Na+ and/or Li+, MII is Mg2+ or a mixture of Mg2+ with one or more Ni2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, Fe2+ and/or Mn2+, P is a mixture of dibasic phosphate ions (HPO42?) and tribasic phosphate ions (PO43?), X ranges from about 0.43 to about 0.63, Y ranges from about 0.10 to about 0.18, Z ranges from about 0.29 to about 0.48, X, Y, Z being mole fractions, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INVICARE INC.
    Inventors: Faleh Tamimi Marino, Ashwaq Ali Al-Hashedi, Marco Laurenti, Ahmed Ebraheem Al Subaie, Mohamed-Nur Abdallah, Iskandar Tamimi Marino
  • Patent number: 10875773
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for storage or transportation of graphene oxide. The method for storage or transportation of graphene oxide comprises the steps of: carrying out wet spinning of a graphene oxide spinning solution to a coagulating bath to obtain graphene oxide pellets; drying the obtained graphene oxide pellets; storing or transporting the dried graphene oxide pellets; and redispersing the stored or transported graphene oxide pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Lak Joo, Chao-Wen Chang, Somayeh Zamani, Wonsik Jung, Taechung Kang, Sangjoon Park
  • Patent number: 10875774
    Abstract: Aluminum (Al) hydrocarbon precursor compositions are provided that can be used for vapor deposition of transition metal carbide thin films, for example aluminum-doped transition metal carbide thin films such as Al-doped titanium carbide thin films. In some embodiments, the precursor compositions comprise one or more isomers of tritertbutyl aluminum (TTBA). In some embodiments the precursor compositions comprise at least 50% of Isomer 1 of TTBA, at least 50% of Isomer 2 of TTBA, or at least 20% of a combination of Isomer 1 and Isomer 2, where Isomer 1 has the formula Al(tert-Bu)2(iso-Bu) and Isomer 2 has the formula Al(tert-Bu)(iso-Bu)2. A container containing a precursor composition comprising at least 50% of Isomer 1 or Isomer 2 or at least 20% of a combination of Isomer 1 and 2 of TTBA can be attached to a vapor deposition reactor and used to deposit transition metal carbide thin films such as Al-doped titanium carbide thin films by atomic layer deposition or chemical vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Eric J. Shero, Mohith E. Verghese
  • Patent number: 10875775
    Abstract: There is produced a Li-containing silicon oxide powder containing a crystallized lithium silicate that is mostly water-insoluble Li2Si2O5 and containing little crystalline Si. This object is attained through the mixing of a lower silicon oxide powder represented by a compositional formula SiOx (0.5<x<1.5) with a powdered lithium source that involves grinding of the powdered lithium source; controlling a median diameter D1 of the lower silicon oxide powder and a median diameter D2 of the powdered lithium source so as to fulfill 0.05?D2/D1?2; and calcining the mixed powder at 300° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OSAKA Titanium technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohki Takeshita, Shingo Kizaki, Yusuke Kashitani
  • Patent number: 10875776
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an aerogel, an acid is added to a first aqueous high-molar-ratio silicate solution that includes silica particles having a mean particle diameter of from 1 nm to 10 nm and that is alkaline, to produce a gel. The gel is subjected to a dehydration condensation to obtain a hydrogel. The hydrogel is converted into a hydrophobized gel. Then, the hydrophobized gel is dried. According to the method, an aerogel having a pore volume of from 3.00 cc/g to 10 cc/g, a mean pore diameter of from 10 nm to 68 nm, and a specific surface area of from 200 m2/g to 475 m2/g can be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Sakatani, Kazuma Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10875777
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3, comprising: (a) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources of YO2, one or more sources of X2O3, and one or more structure directing agents (SDA); (b) crystallizing the zeolitic material from the mixture obtained in (a); wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a bivalent element, and wherein the one or more structure directing agents comprise one or more isomers of diaminomethylcyclohexane. A zeolitic material having an FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process; processes for preparing a coated substrate and a shaped body, respectively, from the zeolitic material having a FAU-type framework structure obtained according to the inventive process and, a method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides NOx employing said zeolitic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Natalia Trukhan, Alexander Panchenko, Ulrich Mueller