Simulated Environment (e.g., Test Chambers) Patents (Class 73/865.6)
  • Patent number: 12203829
    Abstract: An apparatus for studying aerosol includes a test chamber having panels defining an enclosed interior volume. The panels have (i) a first wall having a surface defining an interior of the test chamber, (ii) a second wall defining an exterior of the test chamber, (iii) a void space between the first and second walls, (iv) a panel inlet in communication with the void space, and (v) a panel outlet in communication with the void space. The apparatus includes a chamber inlet port and a chamber outlet port, each extending through one of the panels and in communication with the enclosed interior volume. The apparatus includes a fan disposed in, and positioned and configured to mix air in, the enclosed interior volume. The apparatus includes a trap port extending through one of panels and includes a valve to permit sampling of the contents in the enclosed interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Hervé, Maria Gomez Lueso, Emmanuel Gérard René Rouget, Markus Silvan Widmer
  • Patent number: 12203841
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing personal protection equipment or devices comprising an enclosure body having an air-inflatable support structure that receives an air-transferable chemical and air to maintain a substantially rigid structural integrity; a nozzle connected to the air-inflatable support structure, wherein the nozzle releases air and the air-transferable chemical from the air-inflatable support structure into the interior of the enclosure body for a selected period of time as a concentration of the air-transferable chemical in the interior of the enclosure body is at a steady state of uniformity; and a panel integrated into the enclosure body that passively releases air from the enclosure body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Steven A Yurechko
  • Patent number: 12185785
    Abstract: A method for fitting a pre-existing standard helmet to the head of a user, the helmet includes an optronic device intended to be positioned in front of the eyes of the user, the method comprising: A) measuring the dimensions of the user's head, the dimensions of the head comprising a volume of the head and a position of the eyes, B) obtaining the dimensions of the helmet, the dimensions of the helmet including a volume of the helmet, C) defining a lining for the helmet so as to ensure the positioning of the optronic device in front of the user's eyes, the lining having a top face that is intended to be applied against an inner face of the helmet and a bottom face that is intended to be applied against the user's head, the lining having a flexible cellular structure, the manufacture of the lining being adapted to the dimensions of the head and to the dimensions of the helmet, D) manufacturing the lining as defined in step C), and E) placing the lining inside the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Joël Baudou, Philippe Dumercq
  • Patent number: 12146390
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a system that aims at reproducing situations close to those found in oil wells, in relation to the thermodynamic conditions (pressure and temperature), and the fluids present (by means of the chemical species involved), aiming at representing in a more realistic way the production scenarios to be faced. The main scope is to represent on a laboratory scale the phenomenon of depressurization with the release of carbon dioxide inducing the precipitation of calcite (calcium carbonate), the growth and agglomeration of inorganic crystals, and the phenomena of adhesion and scale on common metallic surfaces of elements of completion of oil wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras, Universidade Federal Do Espírito Santo—UFES
    Inventors: Fabio De Assis Ressel Pereira, Rafael De Paula Cosmo, Andre Leibsohn Martins, Helga Elisabeth Pinheiro Schluter, Bruno Barbosa Castro
  • Patent number: 12117370
    Abstract: A physical simulation test system for studying a tunnel structure under active fault movements includes: a simulation box, a loading frame, a first loading mechanism, a second loading mechanism and a third loading mechanism. The simulation box is a hollow and open box structure including a first box and a second box that can slide relative to each other. The loading frame includes a crossbeam, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket. The simulation box is located below the crossbeam, between the first bracket and the second bracket, and in front of the third bracket. The first loading mechanism is disposed on the first bracket, the second loading mechanism is located below the first box, and the third loading mechanism is disposed on the third bracket. The three loading mechanisms are configured to provide loading forces in three different directions to the first box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yu Zou, Chunling Liu, Guangming Luo, Shengwen Qi, Songfeng Guo, Bowen Zheng, Yongchao Li
  • Patent number: 12117559
    Abstract: The present invention enables testing with high reproducibility under various conditions. This present invention is provided with: a testing platform on which a vehicle to be tested is mounted and which is capable of changing the orientation and the direction of the vehicle to be tested; an environment reproduction mechanism for reproducing the environment around the vehicle to be tested; a running condition reproduction mechanism that moves relatively to the vehicle to be tested and reproduces the running state of the vehicle; and a building that covers the testing platform, the running condition reproduction mechanism, and the environment reproduction mechanism, and that sets the surroundings of the testing platform as an indoor space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tone, Mamoru Jo, Shinichiro Nishimura, Masayuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12104128
    Abstract: An apparatus to simulate biocide performance in crude oil pipeline conditions is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a reactor to simulate a two-phase crude oil pipeline which includes a crude oil phase above a water phase. The reactor has an agitator to control a flow of the water phase in the reactor in response to a motor that drives an agitation rate of the agitator. A crude oil inlet supplies crude oil to the reactor for the crude oil phase. A water inlet supplies water to the reactor for the water phase. A control circuit is configured by code to control a proportion of the water to the crude oil supplied to the reactor and to control the motor to drive a desired agitation rate of the agitator. A biocide inlet supplies biocide to the reactor. A water sample outlet enables sampling of the water phase of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiangyang Zhu, Mazen A. Al-Saleh, Qurban Ali
  • Patent number: 12099037
    Abstract: A method for determining an optimal fiber content and fiber slenderness ratio in compression-cast fiber-reinforced concrete (CCFRC). The method includes: step 1, determining an optimal range of pressure of CCFRC with a mix proportion; step 2, applying optimal compressive stress to a fiber-reinforced concrete mixture, and performing a uniaxial compression test after demolding and curing; step 3, keeping the slenderness ratio of the fiber in step 1 and the optimal compressive stress in step 2 unchanged, decreasing or increasing content of the fiber, and repeating step 2 to obtain a mechanical property of CCFRC with different content of the fiber; and step 4, keeping the content of the fiber in step 1 and the optimal compressive stress in step 2 unchanged, decreasing or increasing a slenderness ratio of the fiber, and repeating step 2 to obtain a mechanical property of CCFRC with a different slenderness ratio of the fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen University
    Inventors: Biao Hu, Feiyang Yi, Yu Weng, Yufei Wu
  • Patent number: 11988655
    Abstract: A combined platform for testing fireproof materials for cables includes a main frame for providing operating space; an air circulation system including a fresh air supply unit for supplying fresh air into the operating space and an exhaust gas treatment unit for treating the gas in the operating space under set conditions; an open flame system for providing an open flame for testing cables; a water circulation system for supplying water at least to the exhaust gas treatment unit and the operating space; and a control system for collecting at least the temperature and gas concentration in the operating space, and performing process control based on the collected results. The actual working conditions of scenarios such as fire-resistant cable tunnels and fire-resistant cable trenches can be simulated, and multiple tests such as combustion performance test and physical and chemical performance test can be carried out under various working conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: STATE GRID JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chenying Li, Jie Chen, Xiao Tan, Yijun Fei, Wei Zhang, Jingying Cao, Yang Liu, Qiang Wu, Jinggang Yang, Qiang Huang, Rong Sun, Jian Liu, Hongze Li, Liguo Liu
  • Patent number: 11834620
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to centrifuge energy harvesting chambers (CEHCs) for gas production simulation are provided. Certain CEHCs may include a high-pressure chamber, high-pressure syringe pumps, cooling systems, an actuator and surcharge, backpressure control inside the wellbore, a heating element on the wellbore, water gas separation systems, and flow measurement systems. Certain CEHCs may also provide software operably connected to sensors and instrumentation, comprising a module to continuously, in real-time, periodically, or asynchronously, measure and monitor simulation variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Charles Wang Wai Ng, Sina Baghbanrezvan
  • Patent number: 11828673
    Abstract: An environmental testing laboratory includes a supply port allowing air-conditioned air at a predetermined temperature supplied through the supply port at a predetermined speed, a discharge port facing the supply port and allowing the air be discharged through the discharge port, a flow passage disposed between the supply port and the discharge port and allowing the air to pass through the flow passage part, an installation part disposed at a center of the flow passage and allowing a measurement target in the installation part, and a flow straightening member which is disposed between a sidewall surface of the flow passage part and the installation part and which is configured to straighten an airflow of the air-conditioned air. The sidewall surface of the flow passage part and the first flow straightening member are disposed in parallel with the airflow of the air-conditioned air from the supply port to the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI PLANT SERVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Tanaka, Satoru Sugitani, Tsuyoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11774435
    Abstract: The invention discloses a digital sample plot for soil fauna in dry land and the construction method thereof, comprising the dry land with sample plots in the center, automatic monitoring equipment and power supply equipment; such equipment is set around, underground, on the surface of or above the sample plot; the invention realizes a full-coverage, all-weather and three-dimensional sample plot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Meixiang Gao, Tingyu Lu, Jinwen Liu, Lu Dai, Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 11738483
    Abstract: A method for making a biocompatible three-dimensional object includes delivering, using a delivery system, a biocompatible fluid substance comprising a plurality of particles towards a support body having a matrix surface to obtain a coating layer of predetermined thickness configured for coating the matrix surface, generating a relative movement with at least three degrees of freedom between the support body and the delivery system, and removing from the support body any surplus particles of the biocompatible fluid substance to make uniform the predetermined thickness of the coating layer. The support body is coated with the biocompatible fluid substance to obtain a three-dimensional object having an object surface corresponding to the matrix surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: S.M. SCIENZIA MACHINALE SRL
    Inventors: Marco Bacchereti, Luca Bosio, Giorgio Soldani
  • Patent number: 11675684
    Abstract: The present system for modeling intelligent sensor selection and placement takes signal and sensor information and calculates a statistical inference. As signal data passes through a series of processors, it is transformed by functions to account for signal emission, sensor reception, environmental factors, and noise. This produces a simulation of what the emitted signal would appear to be at a given sensor. The system may be used to select the most effective sensors for a given area or to determine the best sensor coverage for a given area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventor: David Keith Wilson
  • Patent number: 11639484
    Abstract: Perfume compositions having controlled spatio-temporal olfactory profiles are described. The disclosure also relates also to a method of measuring said spatial-temporal olfactory profiles of said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN SA
    Inventors: Alain Alchenberger, Christian Quellet
  • Patent number: 11561147
    Abstract: Device (1) for testing a hydraulic part (10) for a turbomachine, the device comprising a closed loop for circulation of a working fluid, the loop comprising at least one recirculation pump (7) configured to circulate the working fluid in the loop according to a direction of circulation, at least one valve (4) for regulating the flow rate of a working fluid, at least one reservoir (A) configured to store the working fluid, a test section (2) configured to accommodate the hydraulic part (10), the device (1) further comprising a gas injection means (8) configured to inject and dissolve, at atmospheric pressure, a gas in the working fluid stored in the reservoir (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Loïc Pora, Petar Tomov, Théodore Magne
  • Patent number: 11360018
    Abstract: No reliable test presently exists for predicting the amount or type of corrosion a metal surface may experience during field use, particularly when the corrosion can be a result of both acid-induced corrosion and microorganism-induced corrosion mechanisms. Apparatuses affording more field-like testing conditions may comprise: a one-pass fluid train comprising a reservoir configured to maintain a fluid at a first temperature state under anoxic conditions; a pre-conditioning chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to receive a defined volume of the fluid; an autoclave chamber having an impeller in fluid communication with the pre-conditioning chamber that is configured to receive the defined volume of the fluid from the pre-conditioning chamber; and one or more sampling receptacles in fluid communication with the autoclave chamber that are configured to receive the defined volume of the fluid while maintaining anoxic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Dennis R. Enning, Ramsey J. Smith, Jeffrey D Spitzenberger, Alexander J. Dulin, Oleg Y. Melnichenko, James K. Backman, William Farrell, Kurt R. Grice, Michael Scudiero
  • Patent number: 11333647
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for assessing hot coal fallout propensity of burning cigarettes based on human behavior features of ash-flicking action. The method is characterized in that the method is accomplished through an apparatus for detecting hot coal fallout propensity based on human behavior features of ash-flicking action, which include behavior features of human action of flicking cigarette ash, features of holding a cigarette, and features of force applying process and other aspects. This method can provide objective and accurate test basis for evaluation of cigarette fallout performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: ZHENGZHOU TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CNTC, HEFEI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CHINA TOBACCO JIANGXI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Li, Yi Zhang, Yaoshuo Sang, Mingjian Zhang, Liu Hong, Zhigang Li, Bingyang Xu, Zhenyu Xu, Xiaoling Tang, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 11268895
    Abstract: A dustproof test device includes a test box and a dust supply apparatus, where the test box includes a sample cabin, where the dust supply apparatus is connected to the test box through a dust tube, and where the dust supply apparatus is configured to transport dust into the sample cabin under the action of compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Gan, Pan Zhang, Xiaozhi Wu
  • Patent number: 11029239
    Abstract: The invention as herein described discloses a test apparatus (1) for testing dust suppression systems and a method for testing dust suppression systems using said test apparatus (1). Said test apparatus (1) comprises a housing (100) with at least two chambers (101,102) being separated from each other by a window (103) which comprises at least one transfer vent (104). Therein particle counting means (110, 120) are detachably mounted to at least one of said two chambers (101,102). Further, the first chamber (101) of said at least two chambers (101,102) comprises a door (121) and is equipped with supply means for supplying the first chamber (101) with particulate free air, and wherein the second chamber (102) of said at least two chambers (101, 102) is equipped with exit means for releasing air from the second chamber (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Fuchs Petrolub SE
    Inventors: Paul Roger Littley, John Stirland
  • Patent number: 10994219
    Abstract: The invention is directed to special effect device that is used to produce a simulated flame that has the shape and, if desired, the color characteristics of an actual flame. The device is particularly adapted to applications in which individuals may be in close proximity to the device. In this regard, the device produces little noise that would indicate to such an individual that the simulated being produced by the device is not a real flame. In one embodiment, the device includes a sintered nozzle that receives a stream of steam and outputs a steam cloud, a steam accelerator for applying a linear stream of air to steam cloud output by the sintered nozzle, and a lighting system to project desired colors onto the linear steam cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Technifex, Inc.
    Inventors: Montgomery C. Lunde, Ryan G. Lunde, Matthew A. Case
  • Patent number: 10987606
    Abstract: The invention is directed to special effect device that is used to produce a simulated flame that has the shape and, if desired, the color characteristics of the flame produced by a jet afterburner. In one embodiment, the device includes a steam system for providing a stream of steam, a steam accelerator for applying a high-speed and highly linear stream of air to steam provided by the steam system to produce at steam cloud with a highly linear shape similar to the shape of the flame produced by a jet afterburner, and a lighting system to project desired colors onto the linear steam cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Technifex Products, LLC
    Inventors: Montgomery C. Lunde, Rockne J. Hall, Ryan G. Lunde, Matthew A. Case
  • Patent number: 10852221
    Abstract: A magnetic suspension thermobalance based on quick photothermal heating comprises a sealed container, a reaction tank, a magnetic suspension device, a laser displacement monitoring component, a photothermal heating component and a photothermal heating component displacement device. A method comprises following steps: weighing a testing sample and adding same into the reaction tank; putting the reaction tank into the sealed container together with a magnetic suspension float; causing the magnetic suspension float to float in the sealed container; introducing gas into the sealed container; measuring the real-time position of the magnetic suspension float, and causing same to a measurement zero point; heating the reaction tank; maintaining a heating beam on the reaction tank; measuring the temperature of the testing sample in the reaction tank; and recording the displacement of the magnetic suspension float, and converting said displacement into mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Song Hu, Hanjian Li, Jun Xiang, Huanying Chi, Gongxiang Song, Tao Liu, Sheng Su, Yi Wang, Kai Xu, Limo He, Jun Xu, Hengda Han
  • Patent number: 10712719
    Abstract: A testing machine for testing a test specimen includes an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to the test specimen; and a computing device configured to control the actuator assembly, the computing device including a graphical user interface that renders at least a visual representation or a simulated visual representation of at least a parameter of the component or the component changing in accordance with changes of the actual corresponding component on the testing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Schulz, Michael Ray Buth, Jeffrey Allan Breece, David Martin Tillman, Maureen Bitney, Darrell Robert Bennington, Pinklekumar D. Patel
  • Patent number: 10591383
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that characterizes I/O performance of a computing device in terms of energy consumption across a range of vibrational operating environments. During operation, the system executes a test script on a computing device that is affixed to a programmable vibration table, wherein the test script causes the computing device to perform a predetermined I/O workload. While the test script is executing, the system controls the programmable vibration table to subject the computing device to different vibrational operating environments. At the same time, the system obtains test results by monitoring a progress of the test script and an associated power consumption of the computing device. Finally, the system uses the obtained test results to characterize the I/O performance of the computing device in terms of energy consumption across the range of vibrational operating environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Kenny C. Gross, Anton A. Bougaev, Aleksey M. Urmanov, Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, David K. McElfresh
  • Patent number: 10584964
    Abstract: A slope monitoring system includes an analysis formula variable measuring means 81 which measures values of respective analysis formula variables that are obtained when a state of a test layer has been changed from a test environment in which there exist at least an arbitrary test layer or a test layer identical to a material layer forming a monitoring target slope, and a value of a predetermined first observable amount, and an analysis formula variable modeling means 831 which constructs, based on various values obtained from the test environment, for each of the analysis formula variables, a model defined a relationship of them with a second observable amount that is a predetermined observable amount being the same as the first observable amount, or having a known relationship with the first observable amount, or a predetermined third variable that can be calculated from the second observable amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Kasahara
  • Patent number: 10407968
    Abstract: A system for operating a door of a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include an actuator configured to move the door between an open position and a closed position. The system may also include a controller configured to determine a first open-door angle associated with a predetermined first velocity profile, determine a second open-door angle based on the open position relative to the closed position, determine a second velocity profile based on the first open-door angle, the second open-door angle, and the first velocity profile, and control the actuator to operate the door according to the second velocity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventors: Padmanabhan Kumar, Matthew Partsch, Cian Brogan, Stewart Taylor
  • Patent number: 10309052
    Abstract: An air flow pressure compensator system maintains substantially constants air flow within a clothes dryer system and adjusts the speed of one or more exhaust fans by monitoring one or more sensors/transmitters positioned in one or more exhaust ducts and/or one or more incoming air ducts. The system includes a compensator controller; a variable frequency drive electrically coupled to the compensator controller; and an anemometer and/or a differential pressure sensor/transmitter electrically coupled to the compensator controller that allow for real-time monitoring and system adjusting, which improve clothing drying time and dryer efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce R. Villella, James Beaudreault
  • Patent number: 10300907
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide power to augment that of an electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle to control deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle. When a hybrid electric vehicle is going to encounter some road condition that may require deceleration, e.g., a downgrade, the hybrid electric vehicle may turn off the engine to take advantage of the regenerative braking properties of the hybrid electric vehicle while traversing the downgrade. However, in situations where the electric motor is unable to provide sufficient negative motor torque to control deceleration, the engine can be connected to the drivetrain in a fuel-cut off mode allowing the engine to generate negative engine torque that can augment the negative motor torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas S. Hawley
  • Patent number: 10215723
    Abstract: A system for determining an adiabatic stress derivative of temperature for rock includes two pressure vessels containing a rock sample unit. The two pressure vessels are both filled with silicon oil. Bottoms of the pressure vessels are communicated with each other through an oil pipe. Each of the pressure vessels is communicated with a booster pump through an oil inlet pipe, and is provided with a pressure relief pipe at its top. Each of the oil pipe, the oil inlet pipes, and the pressure relief pipes is respectively provided with a drain valve. Each of the oil inlet pipes is respectively provided with a pressure sensor. Each of the rock sample units is respectively encapsulated in a rubber sleeve immersed in the silicone oil, and each rock sample is provided with temperature sensors on a surface and in a center thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xiaoqiu Yang, Weiren Lin, Osamu Tadai, Xin Zeng, Xiaobin Shi, Ziying Xu
  • Patent number: 10197549
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for analyzing the material properties and behavior of cement as it hydrates under simulated downhole conditions. A wellbore cement simulator includes a temperature and pressure controlled innermost oil-filled container; an annulus in contact with the innermost container configured to hold a cement sample; a mesh sleeve in contact with the annulus wherein the mesh sleeve is water permeable to permit hydration of the cement sample; a steel sleeve in contact with the mesh sleeve; an elastomeric bladder surrounding the steel sleeve; and a temperature and pressure controlled outermost oil-filled container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas, John David Rowatt, Francois M. Auzerais, Simone Musso, Smaine Zeroug, Kenneth Kin-nam Liang, Harald Quintus-Bosz, Joshua P. Kinsley, Alfred J. Costa, Ching-Hua Tseng, Julien Prosper Marc Aknin, Jonathan Andrew Bannister
  • Patent number: 10145775
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining the swell of a subterranean formation sample when contacted with a fluid at subterranean conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharath Savari, Bhargav Gajji, Somesh Kurella
  • Patent number: 10139325
    Abstract: A system for evaluating bubble formation potential in a structure includes an environment test chamber and an environmental controller for controlling a plurality of environmental conditions within the environment chamber. The system additionally includes a detector for capturing images of a structure under test and an illumination source for controlling illumination of the structure under test. A user interface is coupled to the environment controller for setting and adjusting environmental conditions within the environment test chamber. The user interface is also coupled to the illumination source for setting and adjusting illumination of the structure and the user interface is coupled to the detector for receiving the captured images and evaluating bubble formation potential in the structure under test based on the captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Xiaoxi Wang, Jeffrey C. Mentel, Shuying Zhu, Stephen P. Jones
  • Patent number: 9921145
    Abstract: A method of determining degradation of a thermoplastic when exposed to light and heat includes illuminating the thermoplastic with a desired wavelength of light at a desired irradiance while maintaining the ambient air surrounding the thermoplastic at a desired temperature. The method is useful to measure the discoloration rate of transparent, translucent and opaque thermoplastics such as polycarbonates, the discoloration rate being determined by transmission or reflectance spectra of transmitted or reflected white light through or from the thermoplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Christopher Luke Hein
  • Patent number: 9886875
    Abstract: Provided is an intrusion simulator, and more particularly, an intrusion simulator capable of reproducing a situation in which a passenger's ankle is broken at the time of intrusion of a structure such as a steering gear box due to a head-on collision of a vehicle and a collision situation of passenger's knees with a wheel or a dash board due to the intruded structure, and applying the accelerating force using the automatically controllable servo actuator to reproduce each situation to perform the simulation so as to obtain the accurately measured values, and to improve a structure of the vehicle body in the development or production of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Koreatesting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Eui Kim, Hyoung Joon Kim, Hyoung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9791363
    Abstract: The sensor device (100) has a sensor housing (110), to which at least two sensors from a group consisting of a black standard sensor (120), a UV radiation sensor (130), an air temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ATLAS MATERIAL TESTING TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Peter March, Bernd Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9488561
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a test apparatus for early landslide detection fully-connected with pore water pressure, surface displacement and shear surface. The test apparatus calculates a factor of safety of a slope based on variation in pore water pressure, surface displacement and shear surface of a soil mass, and predicts a change in factor of safety, thus making early landslide detection possible. In the test apparatus, while a container of a slider is moved with a soil mass loaded into the container, shear surface and surface displacement environment is provided, and the shear strength and the shear stress of the soil mass can be calculated based on the pore water pressure and the weight of the soil mass. Thereby, the factor of safety of the soil mass can be calculated, and early landslide detection can be realized by using variation of the factor of safety of the slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Sueng Won Jeong, Choon Oh Lee, Kyeong-Su Kim, Byung-Gon Chae, Young-Suk Song, Junghae Choi
  • Patent number: 9476292
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a deepwater drilling condition based marine riser mechanical behavior test simulation system. An upper three-component dynamometer, an upper connecting structure, a marine riser, a lower connecting structure and a lower three-component dynamometer are connected between an upper trailer connecting plate and a lower trailer connecting plate in sequence. The invention further discloses a test method. The present invention has the advantages that the mechanical behavior of the marine riser under deepwater drilling condition and marine environment coupling effect can be simulated comprehensively and accurately, and the apparatus can simulate ocean current environment, apply top tension to the marine riser, simulate circulation of internal drilling fluids at different current rates, simulate rotation of the drill stem at different rotational speeds and apply different drill pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qingyou Liu, Shouwei Zhou, Liangjie Mao
  • Patent number: 9347860
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a dynamic vapor microchamber having a recessed area that accommodates a test material that includes chemical vapors emitted therefrom; an air inlet chamber that directs a flow of air towards the recessed area; at least one air flow wall adjacent to the recessed area and intersecting the flow of air, wherein the at least one air flow wall disrupts the air flow field as it flows towards the test material and produces a uniform and distributed laminar air flow field across a surface of the test material; a thermal controller under the recessed area that maintains a uniform temperature of the test material and the flow of air over the test material; and an air exhaust port that collects the vapors emitted from the test material. The apparatus may include a plurality of chambers arranged adjacent to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Theresa A. Lalain, Brent A. Mantooth, Corey L. Piepenburg
  • Patent number: 9255915
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) and method for evaluating an effect of a surface presentation angle (A). The apparatus supports a plurality of samples (12) separated by support plates (18) between end plates (22) in a shish kebab arrangement. A groove (34) is formed on each side of each support plate for receiving an edge of each respective sample at a different angle relative to an axis of impingement (32). A clamping mechanism (20) holds the end plates, support plates and samples together in the fixed orientation exposing each sample surface at a different presentation angle, yet at the same distance from a process end effector (30). The sample impingement surfaces are exposed to the process, and the effect of the different surface presentation angles is determined from the samples. Process variables to counter the effects of surface presentation angle may be identified and controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald J. Bruck, Brandon W. Shinn, Ahmed Kamel
  • Patent number: 9250224
    Abstract: Disclosed is a test apparatus of accelerated photo-degradation measuring a degradation caused by photo-degradation in a material or a product by light containing UV light and visible light that simulate the solar light-inducing degradation. The apparatus includes a light irradiating unit configured to irradiate light using at least one electrodeless plasma lamp; a light condensing unit configured to collect light emitted from the light irradiating unit and irradiate the light uniformly into the surface of the specimen for the material or the product; and a specimen holder configured to fix the specimen, and the specimen holder being fixed at a predetermined position or rotated. Further, the at least one electrodeless plasma lamp generates light having a light power spectrum similar to a solar light in a region of UV light and short-wavelength visible light corresponding to a range of about 300-500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Doo Jin Byun
  • Patent number: 9164050
    Abstract: Thermal test apparatus comprising a specimen supported by a fixture, a thermal shroud comprising a flexible insulating fabric forming an enclosure around at least a portion of the specimen, and a temperature controlled air supply connected to an opening formed in the enclosure for delivering a supply of temperature controlled air into the enclosure. Also, a method of conducting a thermal test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Peter Davies
  • Publication number: 20150135862
    Abstract: An accelerated life testing device and method including an accelerated life testing method for a test piece within a test chamber, the method including: establishing a first atmosphere within the test chamber; changing the first atmosphere to a second atmosphere to form a deposition layer on the test piece; changing the second atmosphere to the first atmosphere to remove the deposition layer from the test piece; and repeating the changing the first atmosphere to the second atmosphere and the changing the second atmosphere to the first atmosphere to form an oxidation layer on the test piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Darren Y.K. Yap, Alexander E. Holmes
  • Patent number: 9032820
    Abstract: A protective device for a test installation, the test installation being used for testing objects that have a tendency to burn and emit gas, in particular for testing lithium-ion batteries, and the test installation having a test chamber that is sealable via a door-type opening element with the interposition of a sealing element, and having a testing device configured in the test chamber for the objects. The test chamber includes a venting device for gases and is surrounded by a sealed enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Dallinger, Rudi Kaiser, Jannis Stemmann, Rainer Kern, Carsten Pipper
  • Publication number: 20150114142
    Abstract: Provided is a wind power generation system, more particularly a fault simulator for a mechanical part of a wind power generation system for education. The fault simulator includes a rotary shaft extending along a rotary axis line and rotatable based on the rotary axis line, a rotation driving unit for rotating the rotary shaft based on the rotary axis line, and a disk-type rotating disk coaxially fixed to the rotary shaft, wherein a plurality of mass coupling units to which a mass is detachably coupled is provided at the rotating disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Gaon Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9007073
    Abstract: Provided are a method of measuring a degree of degradation of a lubricating oil and a measuring device therefor, in which (a) acidity is measured through use of an ISFET of hydrogen ion sensitive type and (b) dielectric constants or electrostatic capacitances at two or more different frequencies are obtained, to thereby determine a degradation state of the lubricating oil based on the acidity and a plurality of values of the dielectric constants or the electrostatic capacitances. Accordingly, the degree of degradation of the lubricating oil can be measured easily and precisely and a degradation mechanism of the lubricating oil can be predicted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Katafuchi
  • Patent number: 9002287
    Abstract: A test system for testing multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems is provided. The test system may convey signals bidirectionally between two test chambers. Each test chamber may be lined with foam to minimize electromagnetic reflections. Each test chamber may include structure three-dimensional array of test antennas. The test antennas may be mounted in a sphere using an antenna mounting structure. The antenna mounting structure may include multiple rings of different sizes. Test antennas may be embedded in the inner walls of the antenna mounting structure. There may be multiple receiving antennas located in each test chamber. One test chamber may include a device under test inside an array of test antennas and another test chamber may include base station antennas inside another array of test antennas. Signals may be conveyed between the test chambers using channel emulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matt A. Mow, Robert W. Schlub, Ruben Caballero
  • Publication number: 20150090053
    Abstract: An apparatus for environmental tests includes a chamber having formed therein a test space for disposing a sample, and a tray that is provided on the upper surface of the chamber and has an open upper surface. A front wall of the tray is configured by an operation unit where switches are provided. A rear wall of the tray is configured by a control unit housing a control substrate. A left wall and a right wall of the tray are configured by hollow bodies connecting the operation unit and the control unit. The tray is covered with a lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ESPEC CORP.
    Inventors: Osamu Matsuguma, Tetsuya Shimada, Shuichi Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20150068328
    Abstract: The apparatus for artificially weathering or testing the lightfastness of samples has a weathering chamber, in which at least one sample can be arranged, and a plurality of radiation sources, which are arranged in the weathering chamber and which are operable independently of one another, wherein the apparatus is configured in such a way that the at least one sample is movable on a closed path around the plurality of radiation sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: ATLAS MATERIAL TESTING TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd RUDOLPH, Peter MARCH
  • Publication number: 20150068327
    Abstract: The apparatus has a weathering chamber, in which at least one sample can be arranged, and at least one radiation source, which are arranged in the weathering chamber, wherein the radiation source is provided with a storage device, on which data relating to the radiation source are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: ATLAS MATERIAL TESTING TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd RUDOLPH, Peter March