Patents Issued in June 1, 2021
  • Patent number: 11020737
    Abstract: A pipette tip (20) containing a rigid porous matrix (22) on which a ligand is immobilized, the ligand being capable of binding to a protein associated with chromatin; the rigid porous matrix being positioned within the pipette tip such that, in use, chromatin in a liquid sample passing through the pipette tip is retained by the rigid porous matrix is described. A method of isolating chromatin from the liquid sample using the pipette tip and the use of the pipette tip in a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Porvair Filtration Group Limited
    Inventors: David Richard Cowieson, Samantha Jane Hutchinson, Lewis Francis
  • Patent number: 11020738
    Abstract: Pipette assembly that includes a pipette device, a pipette tip, and a leaf spring coupling device coupling the tip to the pipette device, the coupling device includes a plurality of circumferentially disposed elements or segments in the form of flexible leaf springs with stabilizer plateaus used to retain a pipette tip to the coupler and prevent the pipette tip from rocking on the coupler and a distal elastomeric element, such as an O-ring, and the pipette tip includes dual complemental working surfaces in the pipette tip to provide precise control of an axial coupled position defined as an axial distance from a distally facing axial stop surface of the pipette tip coupler to the end of the pipette tip that contacts liquid when the pipette tip coupler and disposable pipette tip are in a coupled configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hamilton Company
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Guzman, Thomas Barresi, Trevor Cummins
  • Patent number: 11020739
    Abstract: Imprinted substrates are often used to produce miniaturized devices for use in electrical, optic and biochemical applications. Imprinting techniques, such as nanoimprinting lithography, may leave residues in the surface of substrates that affect bonding and decrease the quality of the produced devices. An imprinted substrate with residue-free region, or regions with a reduced amount of residue for improved bonding quality is introduced. Methods to produce imprinted substrates without residues from the imprinting process are also introduced. Methods include physical exclusion methods, selective etching methods and energy application methods. These methods may produce residue-free regions in the surface of the substrate that can be used to produce higher strength bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Han, Dajun A. Yuan, M. Shane Bowen
  • Patent number: 11020740
    Abstract: A microfluidic biochip for detecting disease antigens using gold nano interdigitated electrode circuit under a controlled self-driven flow condition is disclosed. The biochip incorporates hydrophilic microchannels for controlled self-driven flow and gold nano interdigitated electrodes for capacitive sensing with enhanced sensitivity. The biochip's microchannel has a surface treated with oxygen plasma to control microchannel surface hydrophilicity and flow rate of the biofluid sample. Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) are utilized as an intermediate layer to enhance the binding capability to nano electrodes to enhance sensitivity. Due to the carboxylic groups of the CNTs, covalent bond binding between the antibodies and the CNTs allows the antibodies to adhere more readily on the surface of the electrodes. The quantity of antibodies attaching to the surface is increased due to the high surface to area ratio in CNTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Eon Soo Lee, Bharath Babu Nunna
  • Patent number: 11020741
    Abstract: A system and method for performing a portable, fast, field assay of a small sample biological analyte includes a microfluidic cartridge and a reader with which the microfluidic cartridge is selectively communicated. A closed microfluidic circuit mixes and recirculates the analyte with a buffer. A shear horizontal surface acoustic wave (SAW) detector communicates with the microfluidic circuit and has a plurality of channels including at least one functionalized sensing channel in which the mixed analyte and buffer is recirculated and sensed. Capture of the analyte is amplified by recirculation of the analyte and buffer, and detection is amplified by use of an all-purpose endospore display mass amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Autonomous Medical Devices Inc.
    Inventors: Yehoshua Shachar, Roger Kornberg
  • Patent number: 11020742
    Abstract: This invention provides devices, systems, and methods for performing point-of-care, analysis, including multiplexed analysis, of a biological fluid analyte, such as blood. The invention includes a cartridge for collecting the biological fluid analyte. The cartridge is configured to be inserted into an assay reader, in which one or more assay reactions may be performed. The assay reader is designed to read and report the results of the one or more assay reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Junyu Mai, Albert Gutes-Regidor, Rifat Emrah Ozel, Javier L. Prieto
  • Patent number: 11020743
    Abstract: Devices, kits, and methods for conducting a plurality of diagnostic assays on a patient's single liquid test sample within a single reaction cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Kauffmann
  • Patent number: 11020744
    Abstract: A handheld system includes a reference pressure source configured to generate a reference pressure. The handheld system also includes a primary pressure source coupled to the reference pressure source. The primary pressure source is configured to generate a primary pressure in a primary pressure range. The primary pressure is less than the reference pressure, and the primary pressure is induced by the reference pressure source. The handheld system also includes a secondary pressure source coupled to the primary pressure source. The secondary pressure source is configured to generate a secondary pressure in a secondary pressure range. The secondary pressure is less than the primary pressure, and the secondary pressure is induced by the primary pressure source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhenyu Li, Baichen Li
  • Patent number: 11020745
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for concentrating particles after application of a field and flipping the direction of the particles. The field applied to the particles can be an acoustic field. The particles can be flipped from a first flow stream at a higher speed into a second flow stream at a lower speed to aid in concentrating the particles, including concentration within an analysis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Ward, Jason Malkin, Ken Lefton, Saul Selberg
  • Patent number: 11020746
    Abstract: A reaction processor includes: a vessel installation unit for installing a reaction processing vessel provided with a channel formed in a substrate; a high temperature heater and a medium temperature heater for adjusting the temperature of the channel of the reaction processing vessel; a vessel alignment mechanism for adjusting the position of the reaction processing vessel 10; and a housing that has a housing main unit and a cover portion capable of being opened and closed with respect to the housing main unit and that houses the vessel installation unit, the high temperature heater, the medium temperature heater, and the vessel alignment mechanism. In conjunction with the state of the cover portion being changed from an open state to a closed state, the vessel alignment mechanism aligns the reaction processing vessel such that the reaction processing vessel can be heated by the high temperature heater and the medium temperature heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 11020747
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dissolving compressed blocks of loose-fill cellulose thermal insulation material. The device includes a support surface for the compressed blocks of insulation and a cylinder with protruding members arranged on the cylinder mantel surface. Said cylinder is rotatable around a substantially horizontal axis to process and dissolve the compressed blocks of insulation between the protruding members and a processing zone arranged by an edge of said support surface. The invention discloses that said protruding members arranged on the cylinder mantel surface are elongated protrusions extending substantially parallel to the horizontal axis. The invention further discloses that the cylinder is arranged to rotate inside of an arc-shaped surface partly covering the cylinder mantel surface and prolonging the milling zone in a peripheral direction of the cylinder. Further, the invention relates to a loose fill insulation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CELLULOSE INSULATION PRODUCTION SCANDINAVIA CPS AB
    Inventor: Jan-Olof Bynélius
  • Patent number: 11020748
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a milling roll machine capable of accurately monitoring a surface temperature of a roll and preventing a high temperature abnormality occurring on a roll surface from being overlooked are provided A temperature sensor S that monitors surface temperatures of a pair of rolls 4 and 5 and a temperature of a milled product after passing through the rolls is provided in the vicinity of the pair of rolls 4 and 5, and opening/closing control of the gap between the rolls 4 and 5 or flow rate control of the raw material stock is performed according to the surface temperatures of the rolls and the temperature of the milled product after passing through the rolls detected by the temperature sensor S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumio Tagawa, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11020749
    Abstract: Provided is a disc gap servo control device and method for a powder grinding system, which includes a disc powder grinding machine, a rotating speed regulating device of a rotating disc, the disc gap servo control device and a control cabinet. The method includes the following steps of: (1) inputting a control information; (2) an industrial computer obtaining a current disc gap and displaying the disc gap on a touch screen; (3) the disc gap servo control device adjusting the disc gap; (4) the current disc gap reaches a target disc gap; and (5) a frequency converter controlling a motor rotating speed, so that the actual rotating disc rotating speed can reach a target rotating speed of the rotating disc. The operation parameters of the rotating disc are observed by the industrial computer in real time, and finally a high-precision servo control of the disc gap can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ping Zhou, Mingjie Li, Hong Wang, Tianyou Chai
  • Patent number: 11020751
    Abstract: A materials-separation process includes a sorting operation in which plastics materials including at least first and second plastics materials are sorted from paper and metal materials so that the first plastics material may be separated from the second plastics material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Flores
  • Patent number: 11020752
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for removing salts from a liquid are described. A first liquid containing at least one salt is mixed with magnetic composite particles. A subsequent separation of the particles from the liquid is achieved using an electromagnetic source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fawzi Ahmed Ibraheem Banat, Emad Yousef Mahmoud Alhseinat, Priyabrata Pal, Anjali Achazhiyath Edathil
  • Patent number: 11020753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated apparatus for monitoring the separation of the solid and liquid phases in a centrifugal by measuring at least one parameter of a filling material inside a centrifugal, the integrated apparatus comprising at least one light source for illuminating at least part of a surface of the filling material, and a light detector arrangement being a adapted to receive light reflected from the filling material. The present invention also relates to an associated method for monitoring and controlling separation of solid and liquid phases in a centrifugal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BJARNE CHRISTIAN NIELSEN HOLDING APS
    Inventor: Bjarne Christian Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11020754
    Abstract: An outlet nozzle for centrifugal drums has a nozzle body with at least one cylindrical portion and having an insert connected to the nozzle body. An inlet channel and an outlet channel, which is oriented at an angle with respect to the inlet channel, are formed in the nozzle body. The insert has a torque transmitting contour for arranging a tool with a complementary tool torque transmitting contour in position in order to rotatingly secure the nozzle body in an opening of a rotatable centrifugal drum and to release said nozzle body. The insert also has a polygonal cross-section, which is smaller than the cross-section of the cylindrical section. The insert starting from the polygonal, in particular, rectangular cross-section, merges with the cylindrical section of the nozzle body over rounded surfaces having a radius greater than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT GMBH
    Inventor: Kristin Katja Ketterer
  • Patent number: 11020755
    Abstract: A foam dispensing container (100) has a container body (40) that reserves a liquid agent (L); a head part (30) that has an outlet (20), and dispenses the liquid agent (L) delivered from the container body (40) through the outlet (20) into foam; and a pump head part (32) that allows dispensing of a predetermined amount of the foamy liquid agent (foam) through the outlet (20) each time it accepts a user's operation. The outlet (20) is formed with a contiguous geometry narrowed from an intended shape. A foam, dispensed through the outlet (20) as a result of a single or multiple operations of the pump head part (32), is built up into the intended shape in a plan view seen in the dispensing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Hirata, Hidesato Kizaki
  • Patent number: 11020756
    Abstract: A spool and wobbler assembly for a sprinkler includes a spool section with facing spool flanges on opposite sides of a spool core, where at least one of the spool flanges includes a circumferential rolling ledge. A wobbler cage including a wobbler ring is supported on the spool section, and a water deflector plate is coupled with the wobbler cage. An underside of the wobbler ring is provided with a circumferential rolling surface that engages the circumferential rolling ledge of the at least one spool flange. The rolling surface and rolling ledge provide for smoother orbital motion of the deflector plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NELSON IRRIGATION CORPORATION
    Inventors: George L. Sesser, Craig B. Nelson, Andrew B. Hellie, Steven E. Crawford
  • Patent number: 11020757
    Abstract: This rotary atomizing head used in a rotary atomizing head type painting device is provided with: an atomizing head main body formed in a bell shape or a cup shape; an attachment part which is connected to the atomizing head main body and attaches the atomizing head main body to a motor rotary shaft of the rotary atomizing head type painting device; and a resin mold in which an IC tag containing unique information about the rotary atomizing head stored therein is embedded, and which is attached to the attachment part, wherein the attachment part can have a prescribed structure, the resin mold is attached to the attachment part through a prescribed method, and the IC tag is embedded in the resin mold such that the surface of an embedded coil antenna adopts a prescribed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD., ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Shigeru Yamauchi, Masaaki Saruyama, Masaaki Kitagawa, Shinya Nomura
  • Patent number: 11020758
    Abstract: Flow blurring injection utilizes a two-phase concept to generate fine sprays immediately at the interior exit, rather than a typical jet which gradually disintegrates into ligaments and then finer droplets for a conventional injector. Therefore, clean combustion is achieved with the FB injection for fuels with distinct properties without fuel preheating or hardware modification. However, in addition to the droplets, the FB injection also produces ligaments for highly viscous liquids and relatively larger droplets at spray edge, resulting in difficulty in sustaining the flame and performs incomplete combustion and higher emissions close to the combustor all. The disclosed swirl burst injector and method utilizes the advantages of FB injection and swirl atomization to further improve atomization, and overcomes the limitations of FB injection, providing a sustainable way to use both conventional and alternative fuels with improved efficiency and minimized emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventor: Lulin Jiang
  • Patent number: 11020759
    Abstract: A system, including a spray cap configured to couple to a spray tool, wherein the spray cap includes a body and an air shaping passage through the body. The air shaping passage includes a flow control passage, an expansion chamber downstream from the flow control passage, and one or more air shaping outlets downstream from the expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Carlisle Fluid Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William K. Bierie
  • Patent number: 11020760
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a process chamber accommodating substrates; a heating system for heating the process chamber to a predetermined temperature; a precursor gas supply system including a precursor gas nozzle and for supplying a precursor gas from the precursor gas nozzle to the process chamber; a reaction gas supply system configured to supply a reaction gas reacting with the precursor gas in the process chamber; and a control part configured to control the heating system, the precursor gas supply system and the reaction gas supply system to form a film on each of the plurality of substrates by performing a process, while heating the process chamber accommodating the plurality of substrates to the predetermined temperature. The process includes supplying the precursor gas from the precursor gas nozzle to the process chamber and supplying the reaction gas to the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Fujino, Yuma Fujii, Kazuki Nonomura, Yoshinori Baba, Yuji Takebayashi, Kenichi Suzaki
  • Patent number: 11020761
    Abstract: A piston rod includes a piston end that is removably attached to the piston rod body. A sleeve extends around the piston rod body and interfaces with a seal disposed within a pump. A ring extends from the piston end defines at least a portion of a socket formed in the piston end for connecting the piston end and the piston rod body. The ring has a cylindrical ring exterior and the sleeve rests on the cylindrical ring exterior such that the shank, the ring, and the sleeve radially overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Jeromy D. Horning, August F. Legatt
  • Patent number: 11020762
    Abstract: A coupling is provided for the connecting of lines and includes a first coupling disc with first line connectors and a second coupling disc with second line connectors. Moreover, a first drive is provided in order to be able to move the two coupling discs axially with respect to each other. Moreover, a second drive is provided in order to be able to rotate the two coupling discs with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Wagner International AG
    Inventors: Gilbert Lutz, Roman Schmid
  • Patent number: 11020763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the manufacture and use of an additive manufacturing (AM) system that employs a spacer flow guide disposed or formed within a housing that defines a chamber of the AM system. The spacer flow guide may direct various portions of a gas flow within the chamber to respective exhaust channels. For example, in combination with portions of the housing, the spacer flow guide may define a main exhaust channel that extends between the chamber and a gas outlet formed in a downstream end of the housing. Additionally, a bypass exhaust channel may be defined between the chamber and a back surface of the spacer flow guide to fluidly couple an upper portion of the chamber to the main exhaust channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Mohammed Mounir Shalaby
  • Patent number: 11020764
    Abstract: A rewinding waterwheel includes a secondary body, a main body and guide members. The main body includes a rewinding waterwheel frame, a hub ring shaft and a water pipe wound around the hub ring shaft. The hub ring shaft is installed onto the rewinding waterwheel frame and rotatable. The secondary body includes a waterwheel frame and a sprinkler head mounted onto the waterwheel frame. The water pipe is fixed and communicated to the sprinkler head; the guide member is installed on the ground; the water pipe is in a rolling contact with the outer circumferential surface of the guide member. In a water spray method of the rewinding waterwheel, a traveling path is designed to achieve automatic lawn irrigation by the guide member in contact with the water pipe and to change the irrigation speed by the transmission gearbox to control water volume and save energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Wei Tu
  • Patent number: 11020765
    Abstract: A method of delivering a glutinous substance to a workpiece from an end-effector comprises using the end-effector to position an applicator relative to the workpiece. The method also comprises urging the glutinous substance from the end-effector through a first channel of a body of the applicator from an inlet of the first channel toward an outlet of the first channel. The method additionally comprises selectively operating an actuator of the applicator to regulate a rate, at which the glutinous substance flows through the first channel of the body of the applicator, responsive to, at least in part, output received from a sensor of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Pringle, IV, Raul Tomuta, Jake B. Weinmann, John J. Brown, Chris Erickson, Martin Guirguis, Don D. Trend, Richard P. Topf
  • Patent number: 11020766
    Abstract: A spin coating apparatus, system, and/or method that increase the uniformity of a coating material on a substrate. The spin coating system may be specifically directed for use with polygonal shaped substrates. The spin coating system may include a process chamber within which the substrate is located, spinning on a chuck, during operation. The spin coating system may include gas injection ports that inject a gas into the process chamber so that the gas contacts the substrate along corner portions of its front surface. This injection of the gas increases pressure and prevents excessive build-up of the coating material that may otherwise occur when spin coating polygonal shaped substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Gary Hillman, Joseph Deghuee
  • Patent number: 11020767
    Abstract: A plural component dispensing system includes a dispensing device, first and second fluid component sources, a system controller, and an operator interface device. The first fluid component source is connected to the dispensing device to deliver the first fluid component to the dispensing device. The second fluid component source is connected to the dispensing device to deliver the second fluid component to the dispensing device. The system controller is connected to regulate operation of the first fluid component source and the second fluid component source to produce a target ratio of the first fluid component and the second fluid component at the dispensing device. The operator interface device is remote from and operatively connected to the system controller. The operator interface device is configured to output system state information received from the system controller and to receive operator input to control an operational state of the system controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Vo, Jeffrey S. Armstrong, David Bordwell, Jonathan R. McMichael
  • Patent number: 11020768
    Abstract: Vibrating classifier embodiments such as vibrating grizzly feeders are provided. Some embodiments include a reconfigurable grizzly bar classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Superior Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lafe Grimm, Ryan Larson
  • Patent number: 11020769
    Abstract: A nut sorter includes a support frame with a rotatable cage connected thereto. The rotatable cage is comprised of support rings with a plurality of longitudinally extending rods connected thereto. The outer periphery of the longitudinally extending rods extends inwardly into a center space defined by the inner diameter of the support rings. The nut sorter also has a plurality of scrapers utilized to dislodge stuck debris and nuts as the cage rotates under the scrapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Savage Equipment Incorporated
    Inventor: Basil W. Savage
  • Patent number: 11020770
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for container chutes for sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example system may include a frame and a chute assembly coupled to the frame, where the chute assembly is configured to pivot from a first position to a second position with respect to the frame. The chute assembly may include a first planar ramp, a first support on a first side of the first planar ramp, and a second support on a second side of the first planar ramp. The chute assembly may include a first pneumatic lift component coupled to the first support and to the frame, and a second pneumatic lift component coupled to the second support and to the frame. The chute assembly may be held in the second position when the first pneumatic lift component and the second pneumatic lift component are in a compressed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akshay Rajendra Tilekar, Justin Stone, Jon David DeFant
  • Patent number: 11020771
    Abstract: An apparatus for sorting gemstones from a batch of gemstones comprises one or more measurement locations, a conveyor comprising a plurality of discrete compartments for containing the gemstones, a delivery device configured to deliver individual gemstones from the batch of gemstones to individual compartments of the conveyor and a controller configured to synchronise a speed of the conveyor with an operation of the one or more measurement locations such that the measurements of the gemstones can be correlated with a location of the gemstones in their associated compartments. A method of sorting gemstones from a batch of gemstones is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: De Beers UK Ltd
    Inventor: James Gordon Charters Smith
  • Patent number: 11020772
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for cleaning a wind turbine blade or a solar panel with a wind cinch device. The method includes applying a cleaning solution to a surface of a wind turbine blade or solar panel; affixing a wind cinch device around a high point of the wind turbine blade or solar panel; applying tension to one or more lines attached to the wind cinch device to control the pressure the wind cinch device applies to the surface of the wind turbine blade or solar panel; and applying tension to the one or more lines attached to the wind cinch device to pull the wind cinch device from the high point on the wind turbine blade or solar panel to a low point on the wind turbine blade or solar panel. Other embodiments of the present invention are directed to a Wind Cinch device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: William F. Crunk
  • Patent number: 11020773
    Abstract: A cleaning device comprises a housing. The cleaning device also comprises a drive gear that rotates about a drive-gear rotational axis. The cleaning device further comprises driven gears, driven by a drive gear and rotatable about corresponding driven-gear rotational axes inside the housing. The cleaning device further comprises brushes, located outside the housing and each rotatable together with a corresponding one of the driven gears. The cleaning device also comprises a vacuum tube, passing through the drive gear. The cleaning device additionally comprises a solvent supply, passing through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John Walter Pringle, IV, Nicholas Ryan Farrell, Raul Tomuta
  • Patent number: 11020774
    Abstract: This invention relates to systems and methods that produce a treatment beam with a controllable beam size. This is accomplished by providing an auxiliary chamber in open fluid communication with the main process chamber. A nozzle is mounted in a recessed manner in the auxiliary chamber. The nozzle dispenses a treatment spray into the auxiliary chamber. The auxiliary chamber shapes and dispenses the treatment material as a treatment beam into the process chamber. In illustrative embodiments, control of process chamber pressure adjusts the beam size of a treatment beam used to treat the surface of one or more microelectronic substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TEL MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Chimaobi W. Mbanaso
  • Patent number: 11020775
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a test sample well, provided in a diagnostic test card, using a cleaning head having a cleaning tube delivering, at its free end, a cleaning fluid, and a suction tube mounted inside the cleaning tube for aspirating the contaminated cleaning fluid from its free end located in proximity to the free end of the cleaning tube. The method provides for relative displacement between the test card and the cleaning head, so that the test card occupies a cleaning position wherein the cleaning tube delivers, at its free end, the cleaning fluid to the inside of the well to be cleaned and the suction tube aspirates the contaminated cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BIOMERIEUX
    Inventor: Frédéric Foucault
  • Patent number: 11020776
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning method includes a processing liquid supplying step which supplies a processing liquid that contains a solute and a volatile solvent to an upper surface of a substrate, a film forming step in which the solvent is at least partially volatilized from the processing liquid and solidified or hardened to form a particle holding layer on the upper surface of the substrate, and a removal step in which a peeling liquid is supplied to the upper surface of the substrate to peel and remove the particle holding layer. A solute composition in the solute is insoluble in the peeling liquid before being heated to a temperature equal/higher than a quality-changing temperature to become soluble in the peeling liquid. During film forming, the processing liquid is heated to a temperature below the quality-changing temperature, to form the particle holding layer, without changing the quality of the solute composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Yukifumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11020777
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing including an upper body and a lower body coupled to each other to define a treatment space, the lower body being provided below the upper body, a supporting unit coupled to the upper body, the supporting unit supporting an edge of a substrate disposed in the treatment space, a fluid supplying unit configured to supply fluid into the treatment space, a sealing member provided between and in contact with the upper and lower bodies, the sealing member hermetically isolating the treatment space from an outer space, and an isolation plate installed between the sealing member and the supporting unit. The isolation plate may be provided to face the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hun Lee, Eui Sang Lim, Jae Myoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11020778
    Abstract: A photoresist removal method is provided. The photoresist removal method includes analyzing the process status of each of a number of semiconductor substrate models undergoing a tested plasma ash process by a residue gas analyzer. The tested plasma ash processes for the semiconductor substrate models utilize a plurality of tested recipes. The photoresist removal method further includes selecting one of the tested recipes as a process recipe based on the analysis results from the residue gas analyzer and at least one expected performance criterion. In addition, the photoresist removal method includes performing a plasma ash process on a semiconductor substrate according to the process recipe to remove a photoresist layer from the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Hsiao, Ya-Ping Chen, Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Pin Liu, Chin-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 11020779
    Abstract: A bottle cleaning system includes a bowl; and a brush attachment attached to the bottom surface of the bowl, and having an elongated tube attached to a rod engaged with a pressure seat, the pressure seat attached to a first valve; bristles extending from the elongated tube; a housing extending around the rod and positioned above the pressure seat; and a connection system attached to the bottom surface of the bowl, and having a plate with a channel, the channel to align with the pressure seat; and a spring surrounding the channel and having a second valve contained therein; depressing the spring via the housing forces liquid through the channel and the elongated tube; the bristles allow for one handed cleaning of a bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Heidi Chen
  • Patent number: 11020780
    Abstract: A production equipment line for a hot-rolled steel strip comprises a rough rolling mill comprising rough rolling mills for hot rolling a material, which is heated to a predetermined temperature to a finish rolling start sheet thickness and a finish rolling mill comprising finish rolling mills for controlled-rolling the material to a final sheet thickness. At least one of the rough rolling mills is a reversible rolling mill. The production equipment line is provided on an upstream side of the reversible rolling mill with one of a slow cooling apparatus for slowly cooling at a water volume density of less than 1000 L/min·m2 and a rapid cooling apparatus for rapidly cooling after the slow-cooling at a water volume density of not less than 1000 L/min·m2 and the other of the slow cooling apparatus and rapid cooling apparatus on a downstream side of the reversible rolling mill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ueoka, Yuta Tamura, Sonomi Shirasaki, Yukako Katayama, Takashi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11020781
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metal wire, a manufacturing method therefor, and a tire. The metal wire is made by twisting a filament; an outer peripheral surface of the filament is covered with a Cu-M-Zn alloy coating; the outer peripheral surface of the filament is also covered with a Cu—Zn alloy coating; the metal wire is made of at least one filament; an area covered by the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is 10%-90% of an area of the outer peripheral surface of the filament, and the rest is the Cu—Zn alloy coating; M in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is selected from one or two of Co, Ni, Mn, or Mo; the mass fraction of Cu in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is 58%-72%, the mass fraction of M in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is 0.5%-5%, and the balance in the Cu-M-Zn alloy coating is Zn and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Xiang Liu, Ziming Hu, Haidong Yao
  • Patent number: 11020782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a straightening apparatus for a vehicle, including a frame (1), a lifting device (2) fastened to the frame, a straightening table (3) which is fastened to the lifting device and which has, on its sides, platforms (5a1, 5a2, 6, 8a1, 8a2, 5, 8) onto which the vehicle may be moved for the straightening work, and anchor beams (4a1, 4a2, 4a3, 4a4; 4) and fasteners (12a1, 12a2, 13a1, 13a2; 11, 12, 13) fastened to the anchor beams for fastening the vehicle to the straightening table for the straightening work, the anchor beams (4a1, 4a2, 4a3, 4a4; 4) being fixedly fastened to the gaps between the platforms (5a1, 5a2, 8a1, 8a2, 5, 6, 8) on the sides of the straightening table (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Olavi Venäläinen
  • Patent number: 11020783
    Abstract: A mold holder device in a press brake includes a mold clamp that clamps a mold with respect to a mold contacting surface provided for a holder body of the mold holder device. The mold clamp is pivotally arranged on the holder body. A long groove is formed in a mold clamping surface with which the mold clamp clamps the mold with respect to the mold contacting surface. The long groove is in parallel with a pivot axis of the mold clamp. A metal pipe member has a longitudinal slit and is inserted in a rotation restricted state into the long groove. A part of an outer peripheral surface of the pipe member is protruded toward the mold contacting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yohei Fuchinoue, Seishiro Ikeda, Jun Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11020784
    Abstract: A method for producing a molded body of particularly steel, and including a hub and a bell-shaped lower part axially connected thereto, in which an inner contour is made in the lower part by non-cutting forming in a convex region. The inner contour includes of ball tracks and cage paths that are concave in the axial direction and arranged in a peripherally alternating manner, for receiving rolling bodies, the cage paths being shallower than the ball tracks. The hub is formed from a rotating round blank and reducing the thickness thereof using at least one pressure roller. The flat region of the round blank that radially connects to the hub is pressed onto contour segments of a rotating first inner contour tool, partially forming the inner contour using at least one axially and radially moving pressure roller to form a preform of the lower part. The fixed preform is pressed against contour segments of a second inner contour tool by a die of partial dies, fully forming the cage paths and ball tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: WF-MASCHINENBAU U. BLECHFORMTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG, THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Udo Friese, Thomas Großerüschkamp
  • Patent number: 11020785
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a press component without generating cracks in a flange on an inner circumferential side of a curved portion includes press working by a free bending method on a blank consisting of an ultra-high tensile strength steel sheet. A press component is manufactured by performing cold press working on a blank of an ultra-high tensile strength steel sheet. By the press working, a material inflow facilitating portion that increases the amount by which a portion of the blank to be formed into an end portion of the press component flows into a portion of the blank to be formed into a flange on an inner circumferential side of the curved portion of the press component is provided in the vicinity of the portion of the blank to be formed into the flange on an inner circumferential side of the curved portion of the press component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Ryuichi Nishimura, Yasuharu Tanaka, Takashi Miyagi, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11020786
    Abstract: A system and apparatus is disclosed for controlling a restraining force applied to a panel. The apparatus includes a die, a binder supporting the panel against the die, and a punch used to draw the panel into the die. A restraining element is disposed on one of the die and the binder that engages a surface of the panel and applies a restraining force onto the panel. A strain gauge is disposed inside at least one of the die and the binder that engages a surface of the panel to measure the restraining force applied to the panel. The level of restraining force applied by the restraining element onto the panel is controlled based upon the restraining force measured by the strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Sergey F. Golovashchenko
  • Patent number: 11020787
    Abstract: A workpiece placement platform device including: an X-axis direction positioning member provided on one side of a placement platform on which to place a plate-shaped workpiece and configured to position one side edge of the workpiece in an X-axis direction by contacting the one side edge; a Y-axis direction positioning member provided on another side of the placement platform and configured to position another side edge of the workpiece in a Y-axis direction by contacting the another side edge; and a workpiece positioning member that is movable in and out relative to a workpiece placement surface of the placement platform and configured to partition the workpiece placement surface into sections in the X-axis direction and enable simultaneous positioning at the sections on the workpiece placement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Iwao Hayashi, Masashi Shirota, Takeshi Washio, Naoyuki Okamoto