Patents Issued in September 24, 2024
  • Patent number: 12098758
    Abstract: A rotary geared actuator RGA includes an actuator body that has a gear or gears and means configured to rotate said gear or gears about a first central longitudinal axis X?. The RGA also includes a drive transmission shaft extending along a second central longitudinal axis X?, means for rotating said drive transmission shaft about said central longitudinal axis X?, and means for translating said rotation of said drive transmission shaft to said gears so as to cause rotation of said gears about said first central longitudinal axis X?. The second central longitudinal axis X? of said drive transmission shaft is laterally offset from said first central longitudinal axis X?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin R. Harrison, Jonathan A. Darby
  • Patent number: 12098759
    Abstract: A system includes a linear guide, drive device, spindle nut and spindle extending along an axis. The spindle nut is arranged on the spindle, with the spindle nut and spindle engaged. The drive device connects to the spindle nut in a torque-proof manner to rotate the spindle nut about the axis, moving the spindle parallel to the axis. The spindle has a spindle groove extending parallel to the axis on an outer circumferential side. The linear guide includes a guide housing arranged in a torque-proof manner, and a ledge element. The guide housing has a radially outwardly extending receptacle. The ledge element includes a radially outwardly disposed carrier and a ledge radially inwardly of the carrier, connected to the carrier and extending parallel to the axis. The ledge element engages the carrier in the receptacle and the ledge in the spindle groove, guiding the spindle parallel to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Konrad Würl
  • Patent number: 12098760
    Abstract: A vehicle powertrain may include a differential assembly having a housing disposed partially in a lubrication reservoir. The differential assembly translates rotational motion of a pinion gear to a pair of axle shafts extending from the housing and permits different rotational speeds of the axle shafts. One or more components of the differential assembly, e.g., one or more side gears, may include a plurality of radial grooves configured to distribute a lubricant from the lubrication reservoir while the first side gear rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mason Verbridge, Gary Allen Pinkley, Caleb Alex Morris, George Zalanca
  • Patent number: 12098761
    Abstract: A drive system for a vehicle includes a chain ring and a drive chain. The chain ring has a plurality of teeth serially arranged and joined to one another. A first subset of teeth has a first outer face that applies a lateral pressure to a link of a drive chain in a first direction. A second subset of teeth has a second outer face that applies a lateral pressure to another link of a drive chain in a second direction. The teeth all have substantially the same width. The top surfaces of the teeth are offset from the centerline of the drive chain. The centerlines of the top surfaces of the teeth are arranged asymmetrically on one side of the centerline of the drive chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Eko Sport, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Winans, Darek C. Barefoot, Timothy A. Fry
  • Patent number: 12098762
    Abstract: A low axial runout driven pulley through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing multiple sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft. Utilizing a belt-driven pulley supporting overhanging loads with low axial runout provided by a spindle shaft with radial clearance to supporting bearings. Further axial clamp loading may be provided through multiple sets of bearings by the application of a fastener, such as a shaft bolt and a sleeve that press against the inner races of the bearings in the axial direction with this clamp load. The belt-driven pulley with low axial runout through the application of a spindle shaft utilizing at least two sets of bearings with radial clearance to the shaft may be utilized with heavy-duty trucking, marine, industrial, and other systems that utilize an overhung driven component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Cadarette, Jason Jacques, Robert Masse, Michael Koppeser
  • Patent number: 12098763
    Abstract: A drive assembly including a housing having an opening, a shaft supported for rotation by a bearing assembly received in the opening of the housing, and at least one gear fixed for rotation with the shaft. The bearing assembly includes a bearing that is axially fixed to the shaft, and a sleeve having a tubular section, a radially inwardly extending flange at a first end of the tubular section and a radially outwardly extending flange at a second end of the tubular section. The bearing is received in the tubular section and abuts at least a portion of the tubular section and the radially inwardly extending flange. The radially outwardly extending flange abuts a surface of the housing surrounding the opening of the housing thereby setting an axial position of the at least one gear relative to the opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kevin Hutchinson, Chris Hutchison, Perry Hollen
  • Patent number: 12098764
    Abstract: A shroud is provided and includes first and second curved sections, at least one of which defines a main interior channel and at least one of first and second lube jet sections integrated with the first and second curved sections. The first lube jet section includes a summit at which proximal portions of the first and second curved sections meet and defines a first jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at the summit. The second lube jet section includes an elongate member extending from one of the first and second curved sections and defines a second jetting interior channel fluidly communicative with the main interior channel and terminating at a distal end of the elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Slayter, James Vandung Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12098765
    Abstract: A power transmission system for an aircraft turbine engine including a speed reducer including a ring gear that is able to rotate about an axis X, formed from half-rings having annular flanges clamped together by first fastener. The reducer includes an annular channel for recovering centrifuged oil, having a U-shaped cross section, extending around the flanges, this channel being formed by an axial assembly of at least two parts and forming a fairing for the flanges and the first fastener intended to limit aerodynamic disturbances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Juan-Luis Marcos Izquierdo, Melody Elisabeth Laurent Cailler, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin, Jean-Pierre Serey
  • Patent number: 12098766
    Abstract: A gear motor for a motor vehicle is provided comprising a housing having an engine housing section to contain an electric machine and a transmission housing section to contain a transmission coupled to the electric machine, wherein the electric machine, the transmission, and an oil collection tank are incorporated in an oil circuit, wherein oil for the cooling and/or lubricating of the electric machine and the transmission circulates in the oil circuit by at least one delivery device of the gear motor or the motor vehicle, and wherein the interior of the engine housing section and the interior of the transmission housing section are separated from each other such that the oil collects separately in the engine housing section and the transmission housing section at respectively at least one suction outlet connected to the delivery device, while a lower section of the transmission housing section in which the oil collects forms the oil collection tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Ivo Greiter
  • Patent number: 12098767
    Abstract: A planetary carrier, including an input flange, a first web plate connected to the input flange, a second web plate arranged opposite the first web plate, a first support plate connected to a side of the first web plate that faces the second web plate and parallel to the first web plate, and a second support plate connected to a side of the second web plate that faces the first web plate and parallel to the second web plate, the first and second support plates being arranged opposite each other. The side of the first support plate includes a plurality of first support portions. A number of first support portions is the same as that of planetary gear shafts. The side of the second support plate includes second support portions corresponding to the first support portions. Each first support portion and respective second support portion support one planetary gear shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZF WIND POWER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fuliang Wang
  • Patent number: 12098768
    Abstract: A rotary shifter includes a knob, a cam mechanism to hold the knob at holding positions corresponding to respective predetermined shift positions whose number is N, an electromagnetic brake including a yoke and an armature to restrict the rotation of the armature and the knob, and a hardware processor to determine a predetermined shift position of the knob to control the operation of the electromagnetic brake. The rotation pitch angle between the holding positions of the knob at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a first integer A (A?N). The rotation pitch angle between stopping positions of the armature corresponding to the holding positions at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a second integer B (A>B?N).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisaku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 12098769
    Abstract: There is provided a transmission control device that controls a first prime mover and a second prime mover of which output responsiveness is different from each other. A processing circuitry of the transmission control device executes a process including: in response to a shift command, calculating each target rotational speed of the first prime mover and the second prime mover for a synchronous control that brings one of rotational speeds of a dog and a transmission gear at the second transmission gear position close to the other; and determining a first timing or a second timing such that the second timing is later than the first timing, the first timing being a time at which the synchronous control of the first prime mover is started, and the second timing being a time at which the synchronous control of the second prime mover is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Sano
  • Patent number: 12098770
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seal, such as a gasket, for sealing a gap in a housing, said gap extending around an inner chamber of the housing, and thus for sealing the inner chamber from an exterior of the housing, comprising at least one sealing layer. The present disclosure further relates to a frame seal that provides sealing between at least two components of the housing, for example a bottom part and a top part of the housing, for example of a motor vehicle battery housing or motor vehicle battery box housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Blersch, Manuel Kamm, Andreas Michalke, Jochen Salzmann, Maxim Vovcuk
  • Patent number: 12098771
    Abstract: A coupling device attaches a sealing device to a panel. The sealing device seals a gap between the panel and a rotational shaft located in a shaft hole provided in the panel. The coupling device includes: a supporting wall part formed with a through hole into which the sealing device is to be inserted; multiple sealing-device hooks located on a first surface side of the supporting wall part and located around the through hole, the sealing-device hooks for being hooked on the sealing device from the outside; and multiple panel hooks located on a second surface side of the supporting wall part and located around the through hole, the panel hooks for being inserted into the shaft hole of the panel and to be hooked on a periphery of the shaft hole of the panel from the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12098772
    Abstract: A faucet assembly including a housing body, a valve assembly received within the housing body, and a waterway assembly having a base supporting the valve assembly. A face seal is positioned between the valve assembly and the base of the waterway assembly. An upper radial seal is positioned between the valve assembly and an internal surface of the housing body, and a lower radial seal is positioned between the base and the internal surface of the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventor: Benjamin Michael Allen
  • Patent number: 12098773
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed a core seat for a valve core, the core seat comprises a base (9) with a total water outlet passage (9a), a first transition water outlet passage (9b) and a second transition water outlet passage (9c); and an electric control switch (13), the second transition water outlet passage (9c) is in communication with the total water outlet passage (9a), the electric control switch (13) controls communication between the first transition water outlet passage (9b) and the total water outlet passage (9a); the core seat provides the possibility that a tap using the core seat can be switched into an ordinary tap for use after an electric control switch is damaged. The present invention disclosed a valve core module which comprises a water path switching valve core and the core seat, a tap using the valve core module can be switched to an ordinary tap for use after the electric control switch is damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Wanhai Cartridge Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yonghua Ma
  • Patent number: 12098774
    Abstract: A check valve includes a housing that includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and a valve chamber. The inlet port extends from a ceiling of the valve chamber to an outer surface of the housing. The outlet port extends from a floor of the valve chamber to the outer surface of the housing. The check valve further includes a valve member supported within the chamber. The valve includes a valve head. When an upstream pressure is applied to the valve, the valve head is configured to deflect away from the ceiling of the valve chamber and unseal the inlet port. When a downstream pressure is applied to the valve, the valve head is configured to deflect away from the floor of the valve chamber and seal the inlet port such that the valve head conforms to a shape of the ceiling of the valve chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Mason, George Mansour
  • Patent number: 12098775
    Abstract: A valve assembly with a valve body, which has a fluid passage designed as a fluid inlet and at least one fluid passage designed as a fluid outlet, is disclosed. A fluid chamber connecting the fluid inlet to the at least one fluid outlet is formed in the valve body. A movably mounted closing body is positioned in the fluid chamber. The closing body is guided axially and/or radially by at least one guide ball. The at least one guide ball is arranged between the closing body and a lateral delimitation of the fluid chamber. A fluid passage is formed in the radial direction of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lechler, Jens Norberg, Patrick Schellnegger
  • Patent number: 12098776
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a flow control device can include, a first plate having one or more windows defining a flow path therethrough, a second plate configured to abut the first plate, and an actuator operatively connected to one or more of the first plate and/or the second plate. The actuator can be configured to drive the first plate and/or the second plate relative to one another to enlarge or reduce the flow path through the one or more windows in the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Matej Rutar
  • Patent number: 12098777
    Abstract: An actuator includes housing having a reciprocation axis, drive gear configured to couple to the motor, and electromagnetic clutch configured to couple to the motor and coupled to the drive gear. The clutch engages first and second clutch plates responsive to being powered and disengages the clutch plates responsive to not being powered. Actuator includes a ball screw including a nut and a threaded shaft. The nut is coupled to the drive gear and rotation of the drive gear induces rotation of the nut about the reciprocation axis. Rotation of the nut induces motion of the threaded shaft along the reciprocation axis. Actuator includes a fluid damper having a piston coupled to the threaded shaft and disposed within a chamber containing a fluid. Piston includes a port that couples a first chamber portion to a second chamber portion. A brake assembly limits rotation of the nut responsive to the assembly being engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventor: Fredrik Diesen
  • Patent number: 12098778
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes: a valve body; a housing which includes a valve seat and a valve chamber; a movable iron core which moves the valve body; a solenoid coil; a fixed iron core configured for moving the movable iron core by causing a current to flow to the solenoid coil; and a sleeve which is disposed inside the movable iron core, in which the sleeve is attached to the housing in such a manner that an open portion of the sleeve is inserted into an open recess portion of the housing communicating with the valve chamber and a gap between the sleeve and the housing is sealed by a seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Noguchi, Yoshinari Kasagi, Hiroyuki Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 12098779
    Abstract: A flow control valve including a main valve and a pilot valve for controlling a piston of the main valve. The valve maybe controlled through a control system based upon measured pressures or temperatures in a system supplied or controlled by the valve. The valve may be operated as a pressure independent control valve, using pressure measurement from a supply line and exit line or return line of a hydronic HVAC system as inputs to the control system, which is operable to maintain a constant pressure drop across the system, or the valve may be operated as a temperature independent control valve, using temperature measurements from a supply line and exit line or return line of a hydronic HVAC system as inputs to the control system which is operable to maintain a constant temperature drop across the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Griswold Controls, LLC
    Inventor: Stefan I. Tuineag
  • Patent number: 12098780
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing the position of a piston in a valve in a gas compressor or the position of a piston in a free piston engine. The apparatus includes a plurality of valve sensors, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of valve sense modules coupled to the valve sensors and a controller coupled to the plurality of valve sense modules. The method includes processing information received from the valve sensors to determine the linear position of the valves in the gas compressor or a piston in a free piston engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Vieletech Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Viele
  • Patent number: 12098781
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing possible causes of changes in at least one control valve, in a plant of which the control valve is a part, or in a process which is carried out on the plant is proposed, wherein at least in a first and in a second time interval the position of the actuator is detected, an operating point or operating range is determined from the first and from the second time interval, these are compared, and possible causes of changes in the at least one control valve, in the plant or in the process are diagnosed from detected differences. Such a diagnosis does not require any additional sensors and makes it possible to detect emerging problems or undesirable developments solely from the operating state of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: David Wagner-Stuerz
  • Patent number: 12098782
    Abstract: A controller is configured to perform in-situ testing on a control valve. These configurations can generate a signal that changes position of a closure member in the valve during operation of a process. These changes exercise components of the valve for a short period of time. This testing may result in data that can indicate whether the device is operating properly or may be in need of maintenance or repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dresser, LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Dimitrov Kostadinov, Arkady Khasin
  • Patent number: 12098783
    Abstract: A cylinder porous cylinder, a gas flow control valve, and a mounting method for the gas flow control valve. The porous cylinder (1) includes a plurality of pipe bundles filled inside the pipe. A single flow passage is formed in each of the pipe bundles, such that a seepage passage is formed inside the pipe. The inner diameter, length and permeability of the pipe bundle are determined in advance based on a Reynolds number smaller than 2300. The porous cylinder (1) is capable of implementing a stable gas flow in a gas injection channel. The valve body (21) of the gas flow control valve (2) is provided therein with a plurality of tubular passages arranged in sequence along the horizontal direction of the valve body. The tubular passages include a pipe flow passage (24) and a plurality of seepage passages (25). The porous cylinder (1) is mounted in each of the seepage passages (25). A plurality of connection channels (221) are provided in the valve cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinglong Chen, Jianguo Xu, Jiazhong Wu, Haishui Han, Na Zhang
  • Patent number: 12098784
    Abstract: A piping component for a press fitting is provided that includes a body comprising a body inner diameter. A first end includes a first end inner diameter and an inner surface. A sealing recess is positioned between the first end and the body. The inner surface includes a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves is integrally formed with the first end and comprises a blunt surface configured for a press fit between a pipe and the piping component. The plurality of grooves comprises a groove inner diameter that is within about ±10% of the body inner diameter and the first end inner diameter. The plurality of grooves includes an angled edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NIBCO INC.
    Inventors: James Stogdill, Andrew Stevens
  • Patent number: 12098785
    Abstract: A cap is described for connection to a medical connector, the cap includes a housing having a top wall and sidewall forming a first cavity, and a removable or integrally formed protrusion. The protrusion includes an inner thread on an inner surface, the inner thread being sufficient to interlock with a mating feature of a female needleless connector. The inner surface of the protrusion defines a second cavity. The protrusion includes an outer thread on an outer surface, the outer thread being sufficient to interlock with a mating feature of a male needleless connector. The second cavity configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap may also include a peel seal and/or septum to prevent the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the second cavity. An exterior sidewall surface of the housing may include a plurality of grip members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Paul P. Marici, Kevin M. Ryan, Chang Jiang, Michael Kwong Chan
  • Patent number: 12098786
    Abstract: An ear clamp (10) comprising a clamping band (12) and tightening structure (14), wherein the clamping band (12) has an outer clamping band end (12a) and an inner clamping band end (12b), wherein the inner clamping band end (12b) includes a first hook (16) which, in the closed condition, passes through an opening (18) in the outer clamping band end (12a). In a top view of the band, the openings (18) are slit-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Oetiker Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Markus Widrig, Maxime Bösiger, Tim Werner, Melanie Müller
  • Patent number: 12098787
    Abstract: A pipe binding band comprises: a band body which is formed in a ring shape so as to surround interconnection end portions of a first and a second pipe in the circumferential direction and has a structure capable of adjusting a close contact coupling force to the external surfaces of the first and the second pipe through an adjustment member; and a plurality of pressing pins which are arranged to be spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the band body and provide a pressing force to the first and the second pipe so that the first and the second pipe move in a direction closer to each other as the close contact coupling force increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Myeong Su Park
  • Patent number: 12098788
    Abstract: A conduit mount including a bracket and a clip. The bracket is defined at least by a first arm, a second arm, and a horizontal portion joining the first arm to the second arm. The bracket includes, a slot located on the first arm, a first catch disposed on the second arm proximate a distal end of the second arm, and a second catch disposed on the second arm and spaced a distance apart from the first catch. The clip includes a first end and a second end. The clip further includes a retaining member disposed on the first end of the clip and shaped to be insertable through the slot in the bracket. The clip also includes a hook disposed on the second end of the clip that optionally engages the first catch or the second catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Unirac, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Gallegos, Jeffrey Ballard, Nathan Schuit
  • Patent number: 12098789
    Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a generally flat base; and first and second opposed arms extending in a first direction from the base; wherein hooks are positioned on free ends of the arms; wherein each of the free ends of the arms has an arcuate cross-section; wherein the arms form a gap configured to receive and grasp a cable; and wherein the cable hanger is a unitary member formed of a polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventor: Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 12098790
    Abstract: An assembly includes an elongated, cylindrical pipe; a plumbing connector attached to an end of the pipe, in which an opening is defined through a length of the plumbing connector; and a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) coating disposed on an interior surface of the plumbing connector that defines the opening, in which the NPR coating on the plumbing connector is configured to exhibit an auxetic behavior in response to application of a force to the NPR coating, in which the end of the pipe is disposed concentrically within the opening of the plumbing connector such that the NPR coating of the plumbing connector contacts an outer surface of the pipe, and in which a portion of the plumbing connector extends beyond the end of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Joon Bu Park
  • Patent number: 12098791
    Abstract: A joint member includes a joint main body configured to include a flow path portion formed and an opening portion communicating with the flow path portion, and a tube member configured to include an end portion inserted into the opening portion of the joint main body and joined to the joint main body by brazing. The joint main body includes a step portion on which the end portion of the tube member inserted into the opening portion abuts. The tube member includes an annular recessed portion recessed from an outer peripheral surface of the tube member and formed on a flexible tube side with respect to an end surface on a joint main body side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhito Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12098792
    Abstract: A damper for an exhaust duct of an exhaust line of a semiconductor fabrication apparatus includes a damper body to be inserted into a fixing hole in the exhaust duct in a first direction, the damper body having a diameter substantially the same as a diameter of the fixing hole, and plural push buckles. The push buckles are provided on a distal end of the damper body along an outer circumferential surface of the damper body and spaced apart from each other around a circumference of the damper body, the push buckles being resilient and movable with respect to the outer circumferential surface along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. When the push buckles have passed through the fixing hole in the first direction, the push buckles prevent a return movement through the fixing hole in a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., HYOJIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jauk Gu, Jonghee Choi
  • Patent number: 12098793
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a quick coupling for pipelines, and belongs to the technical field of pipeline couplings. The quick coupling includes a connector, a collar and a limiting assembly. A lined pipe in which a pipeline is inserted and connected is disposed inside the connector, and is internally provided with a flow path communicating with the pipeline, an insertion connection groove in which the pipeline is inserted is formed between the lined pipe and the connector, the collar connects the limiting assembly onto the connector, the limiting assembly is positioned at an outer side of the lined pipe, and the limiting assembly cooperates with the lined pipe to limit the pipeline. The pipeline to be connected is directly inserted into the insertion connection groove from the limiting assembly, so that a connection effect of the quick coupling and the pipeline can be effectively improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TAIZHOU JINQUAN COPPER INCORPORATED COMPANY
    Inventor: Caiyou Sun
  • Patent number: 12098794
    Abstract: A swivel bayonet joint for transferring cryogenic fluids includes a plug bayonet joint and a socket bayonet joint. The plug bayonet joint has an insertion stem with an insertion jacket surrounding and co-axial with a plug inner line of a corresponding pipe section, and a first clamp member having at least one race. The socket bayonet joint has a vacuum jacket at a distal end thereof that sleeves over the insertion stem of the plug bayonet joint, and a second clamp member having at least one race. When the plug bayonet joint is mated with the socket bayonet joint, the race of the plug bayonet joint aligns with the race of the socket bayonet joint to define a clamp member that is filled with ball bearings, the ball bearings functioning to lock the plug bayonet joint to the socket bayonet joint so as to allow rotation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: VJ Systems, LLC
    Inventor: John W. Bonn
  • Patent number: 12098795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a monitoring system (2) for cable, pipe or wire transits (1; 1a . . . 1n) of a type which has a plurality of transit elements (10, 20, 30, 40; 42; 400) to be assembled into a sealed installation of one or more cables (2), pipes or wires at a site (5). Each transit (1; 1a . . . 1n) has a transit guard unit (50; 50a-50n; 150; 250; 350; 450) configured to detect a condition indicative of whether the installation of the cables, pipes or wires in the transit is sealed or at least potentially not sealed. A central monitoring unit (70) is configured to receive, over a communication network (60; 60b), first information (110, 112) about the condition detected by the transit guard unit (50) of any of the transits (1a . . . 1n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ROXTEC AB
    Inventor: Mattias Persson
  • Patent number: 12098796
    Abstract: A system for dewatering a subsea gas pipeline includes a pig launcher at the pipeline's upper end, which may be at or near the sea surface, and a pig receiver at the pipeline's lower end, which may be at or near the sea floor. A multiphase pump unit is deployed at the pipeline lower end and is configured to provide sea water suction to aid in a pig train being forced downwards through pipeline. The multiphase pump is configured to handle some amount of gas leaking around the pig train. A choke system may allow sea water to enter the flowline, thereby lowering the gas volume fraction (GVF) and preventing the GVF from exceeding the ability of the multiphase pump. For deeper water applications, a second pump may be provided in series that may be a single pump if positioned downstream of the multiphase pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Hans Fredrik Kjellnes, Ina Ekeberg, Svein-Arne Marthinussen, Helge Dale, Knut Klepsvik, Per Bloch Helmers
  • Patent number: 12098797
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a positioning device for pipeline detection, which comprises: a host machine and a detection part detachably connected to the host machine, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the host machine, a main control board is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the host machine is provided with a first connecting member, a buckling position is formed on the first connecting member, the first connecting member is provided with an ejector pin assembly, an antenna assembly is arranged in an inner cavity of the detection part, the detection part is provided with a second connecting member, the second connecting member is provided with a clamping hook, a part of the second connecting member passes into the accommodating groove and is in buckling connection with the first connecting member, and the detection part is electrically connected to the main control board through the ejector pin assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaoquan Chen
  • Patent number: 12098798
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for a cable jacket having a resealable closure, where the closure is adapted to protect the inner elements of the jacket without exposure to outside contaminants, even when the jacket is manipulated by bending and/or twisting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Altshuler
  • Patent number: 12098799
    Abstract: A hybrid compound for insulating a substrate is formed by dispersing functionalized inorganic nanomaterials in a non-toxic reagent at a controlled pH using volatile bases to form an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion is then stirred to form the hybrid compound. The compound is then applied to a substrate and dried to from an insulating layer. The insulating layer protects the substrate from temperatures exceeding 1200 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NANOTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Claudinei Calado Rezende
  • Patent number: 12098800
    Abstract: A machine for making insulation may include two or more rotatory members configured to pull a precut insulation product at a first rate, wherein the precut insulation product comprises a first paper layer, a second paper layer, and a continuous paper core sheet, a first restraint and a second restraint spaced apart a predetermined distance to create a first space therebetween, and two or more second rotary members configured to feed a continuous paper sheet at a second rate into the first space such that the continuous paper sheet forms a plurality of flexible loops defining a plurality of air channels that extend in a direction that is substantially perpendicular with a machine direction. The first rate may be slower than the second rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TemperPack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James McGoff, Alex Dimen, Daniel Shores, Caleb Meindertsma, Justin Turner-Gonzalez, Charles-Alexandre Archambault Vincent
  • Patent number: 12098801
    Abstract: Various embodiments concern locking release mechanisms that allow an articulated support arm to be moved between various vertical orientations. A locking release mechanism may include a handle release mechanism positioned within the handle of the articulated support arm, and a gas spring release mechanism positioned within the body of the articulated support arm. The articulated support arm can include a gas spring that remains locked until the handle release mechanism is activated, e.g. by applying pressure to a grip actuator. Other embodiments concern cable management techniques for articulated support arms. Oftentimes, an articulated support arm will include cables routed through the arm that are configured to support an attachment. For example, the cable(s) may be adapted for audio signals, video signals, power, etc. The cable(s) can be readily cleaned and/or serviced when routed through an articulated support arm composed of one or more removable pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: GCX Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Peter Glaser, Joshua Kawarii Littlefield, Cristian J. Daugbjerg, Paul Rene Borloz
  • Patent number: 12098802
    Abstract: A bracket assembly includes a first bracket and a first lock bracket. The first bracket forms a plurality of first guide slots and a plurality of first locking holes, the first guide slot extends along a mounting direction, and a position of the first locking hole in the mounting direction is gradient; the first lock bracket is connected to the first bracket, and includes a first device connecting piece and a first bracket connecting piece, the first device connecting piece forms at least one first device locking hole thereon, the first bracket connecting piece is bent with respect to the first device connecting piece and forms a plurality of first lock holes. In addition, the disclosure further provides an electronic device including the above-mentioned bracket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CINCOZE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Te Chien
  • Patent number: 12098803
    Abstract: A frame enhancer may include a body, a first extension extending from the body and including a first notch, a second extension extending from the body, and a third extension extending from the body and including a second notch. The first extension and the second extension may define a first slot. The second extension and the third extension define a second slot. The first slot may be configured to receive a first side of a support arm, and the second slot may be configured to receive a second side of the support arm. The first notch may be configured to lock the first side of the support arm in the first slot, and the second notch may be configured to lock the second side of the support arm in the second slot. At least a portion of the first and third extensions may be configured to support a flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PanelClaw, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Armano, Hanghai Yang, Colby Anderson Andresen
  • Patent number: 12098804
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a first fixing piece, a second fixing piece, a room, a cover, a first embedded piece and a second embedded piece. The first fixing piece is on a first surface of a first housing and includes some first fixing holes. The second fixing piece is on a second surface of the first housing and includes some second fixing holes. The room includes is disposed on an edge adjacent to the first and the second surfaces. The cover covers the opening and includes some through holes. The first embedded piece is on a third surface of a second housing and includes some hooks. The second embedded piece is on the third surface and includes an extension arm. When the hooks respectively extend into the first or the second fixing holes, the extension arm penetrates into the room through the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: ChihJung Chen, ChengHung Tsai, HungChun Chen
  • Patent number: 12098805
    Abstract: A cryogenic fluid transfer device comprising a first tank, a second tank, and a fluid transfer circuit, wherein the first tank comprises a cryogenic fluid distribution tank configured to store a cryogenic fluid in a liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in a gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the second tank comprises a cryogenic receiving tank configured to house the cryogenic fluid in liquid phase in a lower part thereof and in gaseous phase in an upper part thereof, wherein the fluid transfer circuit is configured to connect the first and second tanks, the fluid transfer circuit comprising a first pipe connecting the upper parts of the first and second tanks and comprising at least one valve, and a second pipe connecting the lower part of the first tank to the second tank that comprises a pump that has an inlet connected to the first tank and an outlet connected to the second tank, wherein: the pump and the at least one valve of the first line are configured so as to ensure a fluidic connec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Joshua Light, Jerry Hayes, Laurent Allidieres, Thomas Fayer, Cyril Benistand-Hector
  • Patent number: 12098806
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a modular compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station. The modular CNG fueling station modules include a control station skid, an interface module, and a compressor skid. The compressor skid includes a fueling station for fueling a compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle. Each of the modules of the modular CNG fueling station are configured as fully wired “plug and play” station modules. The control station module, the interface module, and the compressor module are each pre-plumbed with electrical connections to allow the CFS station to be portable and easily installed above-ground at a utility site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: OPAL FUELS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Kubista, Corey Sense, Chad Starkson
  • Patent number: 12098807
    Abstract: A system for determining a corrosion level of a pipeline includes a corrosion coupon received from the pipeline, a database, a first computer, a second computer, a neural network, and a third computer. The database includes existing data indicative of corrosion of a plurality of previously analyzed pipelines. The first computer receives corrosion data of the corrosion coupon and uploads the corrosion data to the database. The second computer uploads calculations performed on the corrosion data to the database. The neural network receives the corrosion data and the calculations from the database and outputs a corrosion level of the pipeline based on the corrosion data and the calculations. Further, the neural network is trained on the existing data from the plurality of previously analyzed pipelines so that the corrosion level is based on a combination of the corrosion data, the calculations, and the existing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Rashed Alnaimi, Bashaer Alhammad