公开(公告)号：US10260282B1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US16044853

申请日：2018-07-25

Applicant: David Bautista ,  Salve Bigayan Bautista

Inventor： David Bautista ,  Salve Bigayan Bautista

IPC: E06C5/44 ,  G01L1/00 ,  E06C5/34 ,  E06C5/36

Abstract: An electronically-enhanced climbing structure has a first lower and a second higher horizontal surface provided at different heights above ground level to support weight of a user, enabling the user to attain a working position above ground level, electronic circuitry comprising a microprocessor mounted to the climbing structure, a first pressure sensor on the first, lower horizontal surface, coupled to the electronic circuitry, a second pressure sensor on the second, higher horizontal surface, also coupled to the electronic circuitry, and an alert output mechanism. The electronic circuitry receives signals from the first and the second pressure sensors at different times, processes the signals to determine safe use of the climbing structure, and, in an event of unsafe use, triggers the alert output mechanism to issue an alert of unsafe use.

公开(公告)号：US10228296B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US15231253

申请日：2016-08-08

Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Dingzheng Yang ,  Dmitri Eskin ,  Shawn David Taylor

IPC: G01N11/10 ,  G01L1/00 ,  G01N11/14

Abstract: Methods may include emplacing an emulsion into an annular region of a Taylor-Couette (TC) device; flowing the emulsion through the annular region created by a first annular surface and a second annular surface; contacting one or more shear sensors disposed on a surface of the annular region with the flowing emulsion, wherein contact with the one or more shear sensors generates a signal that scales with shear stress exerted by the flowing emulsion, and determining one or more of wall shear stress from the signal obtained from the one or more shear sensors. Methods may also include determining the apparent viscosity of the fluid composition from the stress measured on the wall of the TC device.

公开(公告)号：US10228231B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US15796535

申请日：2017-10-27

Applicant: StretchSense Limited

Inventor： Benjamin Marc O'Brien ,  Todd Alan Gisby ,  Antoni Edward Harbuz ,  Samuel Schlatter

IPC: G01L1/00 ,  G01B7/16 ,  G01L1/14 ,  A61N1/36 ,  B32B37/00 ,  G01L1/20 ,  B32B7/06 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B7/04 ,  B32B37/10 ,  B32B37/16 ,  B32B38/10 ,  A61N1/08 ,  B32B37/12

Abstract: In one aspect the invention provides a laminated device of flexible and compliant layers of material, such as used to provide a dielectric elastomer sensor. A flexible and compliant layer of material is affixed to a substrate to avoid strain during processing is bonded to another layer of flexible and compliant material and released from the substrate to form a laminate. The layer of flexible and compliant material affixed to the substrate may be inspected prior to bonding.

公开(公告)号：US10223325B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-05

申请号：US13721148

申请日：2012-12-20

Applicant: Jeffrey A Lawrence

Inventor： Jeffrey A Lawrence

IPC: G01L1/00 ,  G01L3/00 ,  G01L5/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G01L5/13 ,  B63H9/04

Abstract: The sail force gauge utilizes an electronic system to measure the vectored force of the mainsheet or jib sheet. By gaining the vectored force of the sheet, a relative vectored force upon the sail can be acquired thru simple trigonometric equations. To obtain the vectored force measurement, a multi-axis load cell will measure the force in the lateral and axial directions. These forces can be used to calculate the vectored force of the mainsheet. By knowing the dimensions of the boom length, the sheet block positions, and the vector angle, the resultant angle of the boom can be calculated as well as the perpendicular sail force acting upon the boom. From these calculations, the relative axial force acting upon the boat can be calculated.

公开(公告)号：US10200016B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US15691262

申请日：2017-08-30

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Stephen P. Ayotte ,  Shawn P. Fetterolf ,  Adam J. McPadden ,  Timothy M. Sullivan

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  H03K3/03 ,  G01N1/00 ,  G01R1/00 ,  B23K1/00 ,  G01L1/00

Abstract: A contactless readable programmable transponder to monitor chip join and method of use are disclosed. The method includes reading a frequency of an oscillator associated with a chip module. The method further includes correlating the frequency with a bond quality of the chip module.

公开(公告)号：US10188035B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US14853982

申请日：2015-09-14

Applicant: Intelligent Agricultural Solutions, LLC

Inventor： Adam A. Reich ,  Paul A. Nystuen

IPC: A01D41/127 ,  G01G19/08 ,  A01D57/12 ,  G01B7/14 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G01S13/86 ,  G01S13/87 ,  G01S17/02 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06T7/00 ,  B65G43/08 ,  G01L1/00 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S13/88 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/136 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: A method of estimating the mass of crop entering into a grain tank on a harvesting machine, comprising the steps of mounting a load sensor on the upper bearing of a conveyor belt moving crop through the clean grain elevator into the grain tank, connecting the load sensor to a processor, using the load sensor to measure a load on the conveyor belt when no crop is present in the clean grain elevator, and also when crop is moving through the clean grain elevator, and comparing the load with no crop present to the load when crop is present to estimate the mass of crop moving through the clean grain elevator.

公开(公告)号：US10180416B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-15

申请号：US15171490

申请日：2016-06-02

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Rostislav Vatchev Roussev ,  Vitor Marino Schneider

IPC: G01B11/16 ,  G01N33/38 ,  C03C21/00 ,  G01L1/00

Abstract: Methods of characterizing ion-exchanged chemically strengthened Li-containing glasses include: a) measuring a mode spectrum of the glass sample; b) using the mode spectrum, estimating a first contribution to the center tension associated with a spike region and estimating a second contribution to the center tension due to a deep region only, wherein the deep region is assumed to follow a power-law stress profile; and c) determining a total center tension by adding of the first and second contributions to the center tension. The methods can be used for quality control during manufacturing of glass samples by comparing the total center tension to a center tension specification that provides optimum strength and durability.

公开(公告)号：US10178960B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-15

申请号：US14879575

申请日：2015-10-09

Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.

Inventor： Mark B. Kirschenman

IPC: A61B5/042 ,  A61B18/14 ,  A61N1/05 ,  A61M25/01 ,  G01L1/00 ,  G01L1/16 ,  G01L5/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B18/00

Abstract: An elongate medical device may comprise an elongate tubular body, an electrode, and a trace. The elongate tubular body may comprise a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the body defining a longitudinal axis. The electrode may comprise electrically-conductive ink extending circumferentially about a portion of the distal end portion. The trace may comprise electrically-conductive ink, electrically coupled with the electrode, extending proximally from the electrode.

公开(公告)号：US10156506B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-18

申请号：US15554025

申请日：2016-02-22

Applicant: KOBE STEEL, LTD.

Inventor： Keisuke Okita ,  Tomokazu Nakagawa ,  Mariko Yamada

IPC: G01N3/08 ,  G01L1/00

Abstract: Provided is a residual stress estimation method and a residual stress estimation device which are capable of setting an appropriate analysis range without depending on a user's experience. The residual stress estimation device displays analysis results in which strain generated in a structure is analyzed. A user determines a position and a size of an analysis range based on the analysis results, and inputs the determined position and size of the analysis range and a measured value of residual stress of a cut piece of the structure at a measurement point to the residual stress estimation device. The residual stress estimation device estimates distribution of inherent strain in the analysis range to approximate the inherent strain distribution obtained from the input measured value of the residual stress of the cut piece, thereby estimating the residual stress of the structure based on the inherent strain.

公开(公告)号：US10100679B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US14839612

申请日：2015-08-28

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Mert Geveci ,  John Lawrence Meyer

IPC: G01L5/00 ,  F01K23/10 ,  G01L1/00 ,  F01D19/02 ,  F01K7/16 ,  F01K13/02

Abstract: A control system for a power plant includes a sensor that measures a rotor surface temperature of a steam turbine rotor, where the temperature is a function of exhaust gasses from a heat source for heating steam to a target temperature. The control system includes a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to compute the target temperature using an inverse process model for steam turbine rotor stress dynamics, and based on a reference steam turbine rotor stress and a feedback steam turbine rotor stress, compute a measured steam turbine rotor stress based on a measured surface temperature of the steam turbine rotor, compute an estimated steam turbine rotor stress using a process model for the steam turbine rotor stress dynamics, and based on the target temperature, and compute the feedback steam turbine rotor stress based on the measured steam turbine rotor stress and the estimated steam turbine rotor stress.