190 patents
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Utility
Electric submersible pump cable tubing encapsulated cable splice
8 Aug 23
A cable splice assembly includes a tubing encapsulated cable, an electric submersible downhole cable, where the tubing encapsulated cable and the electric submersible downhole cable are tape-spliced through a pair of respective contacts, and a thermoplastic insulator to seal the tubing encapsulated cable.
Taylor Simas, Andrew Smith, Charley Campbell
Filed: 17 May 21
Utility
Switch for diaphragm valve actuator
8 Aug 23
Technologies are described for devices and methods to determine a position of a valve.
Richard Kovacs, Louis Matalon
Filed: 21 Dec 18
Utility
Configurable Graphical Vibration Band Alarm for Pump Monitoring
27 Jul 23
Technologies are generally described for a vibration band alarm configuration tool to facilitate efficient and reliable setting configuration by displaying data and analyses pertaining to the data produced by a vibration transducer attached to a rotating machine and thereby reduces needed knowledge of machinery and vibration analysis.
James REITANO
Filed: 7 Apr 21
Utility
Force Sensing Device, Vehicle Braking Device Incorporating Such a Force Sensing Device, and Method of Production Thereof
27 Jul 23
The force sensing device (1) comprising: a sheet (2) of piezoelectric; at least a first and a second interdigitated electrodes (5, 50) located on a first main face (3) and at least a third and fourth interdigitated electrodes (6, 60) located on a second main face (4) of the sheet (2), the first and third electrodes (5, 6) being aligned to each other along a normal stress direction (N), the second and fourth electrodes (50, 60) being aligned to each other along the normal stress direction (N); the piezoelectric material comprising first portions (100) facing the first and third electrodes (5, 6) interposed with second portions (101) facing the second and fourth electrodes (50, 60), the first portions (100) having bulk electric polarization with vector field (E) mostly oriented in alignment with the normal stress direction (N), the second portions (101) having bulk electric polarization with vector field (E) mostly oriented transversally to the normal stress direction (N).
Stefano SERRA, Umberto VIGNOLO, Marco TERRANOVA
Filed: 21 May 21
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Vehicle Brake Pad and Method of Production Thereof
20 Jul 23
A vehicle brake pad (100) comprising: a support plate (21); a friction pad (20); at least a shear force sensing device; and an electrical circuit configured to collect signals from the shear force sensing device (1); wherein the shear force sensing device (1) comprises: a sheet (2) of piezoelectric material having a first and a second main faces (3, 4) parallel to each other identifying a shear stress direction (S); at least a first digitated reading electrode (5) located on the first main face (3); at least a second digitated reading electrode (6) located on the second main face (4), the first and second reading electrodes (5, 6) having digits (5a, 6a) aligned along a reading direction (R) orthogonal to the stress shear direction (S); at least a first digitated polarizing electrode (7) located on the first main face (3) and interdigitated with the first digitated reading electrode (5); and at least a second digitated polarizing electrode (8) located on the second main face (4) and interdigitated with the second digitated reading electrode (6); and wherein the piezoelectric material has a bulk electric polarization with vector field (E) transversally oriented to the reading direction (R), each pair of aligned digits (5a, 6a) of the first and second reading electrodes (5, 6) enclosing a respective zone (2a) of the piezoelectric material having the
Stefano SERRA, Umberto VIGNOLO, Marco TERRANOVA
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Multi-frequency Helmholtz Resonator System
6 Jul 23
A Helmholtz resonator having a plurality of resonator chamber modules formed into an array.
A. David Sandiford
Filed: 22 Dec 22
Utility
Variable Camshaft
29 Jun 23
A one or more plane, variable camshaft is described.
A. David SANDIFORD
Filed: 1 Jun 21
Utility
Sensor-equipped vehicle braking systems, devices, and methods
30 May 23
Methods, devices, and systems, for analyzing and managing data generated by a sensor-equipped braking system for vehicles, comprising a support element a block of friction material, at least one sensor interposed between the block of friction material and the support element, comprising at least one central control unit capable of receiving in real time from the sensor means at least the basic data related to one or more of the pressure of the activated braking system, the temperature of the activated braking system, the braking torque, the residual braking torque when the braking system is deactivated, and the wear on the braking system during and after activation thereof.
Stefano Serra, Daniele Donzelli, Marco Terranova, Mattia Solari, Luca Martinotto
Filed: 26 Sep 19
Utility
Four piston scotch yoke actuator
30 May 23
A Scotch yoke actuator includes a housing formed with four piston bores spaced equally 90° from each other, a shaft with four yokes, each of the yokes having a slot, and four pistons including two pairs of 180° opposing pistons, one pair of the opposing pistons being orthogonal to the other pair of the opposing pistons.
Igor Berkovitz, Yoel Hadar
Filed: 29 Aug 21
Utility
Device and Method the Production and Secondary Machining of Layers Applied by Laser Cladding
4 May 23
The invention relates to a device (1) for laser cladding, a method (100) for operating such a device, and a component (4′) produced using such a method and/or such a device comprising a laser cladding unit (2) having at least one laser cladding head (3) disposed thereon, one or more material sources (5) for supplying the laser cladding head with a material (M) to be applied, and a laser beam source (6) for supplying the laser cladding head with laser light (L) for carrying out the laser cladding, wherein the device is configured to apply material layers (42, 43, 44) from an adjacent application cladding track (MS) to a surface (41) of a component (4) in the form of at least a first layer (42) made from a material (M) that comprises structures (42s) projecting from the surface of the first layer and having a first hardness (H1), and a second layer (43) applied thereto made from a material (M) having a second hardness (H2) that is less than the first hardness, and the application process is controlled so that the second layer at least partly covers the structures projecting from the first layer.
Phillip UTSCH, Dominik DOBRZANSKI
Filed: 9 Sep 20
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Brake pad with thermoelectric energy harvester
25 Apr 23
Various brake pads with thermoelectric energy harvesters are disclosed.
Stefano Serra, Paolo Truccone, Umberto Vignolo, Ali Asghar Enkeshafi, Lasse Aistrup Rosendahl, Paw Vestergard Mortensen, Agustin Sin Xicola
Filed: 14 May 21
Utility
Portable Respirator
20 Apr 23
A portable respirator as described may include an inflatable bag and a respirator body.
A. David SANDIFORD, Steve E. KIM, Mostafa DONYANAVARD, Matthew T. BLOMQUIST
Filed: 25 Mar 21
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Durable High Friction Coating (DHFC) for Brake Application
13 Apr 23
Technologies are described for a durable high friction coating (DHFC), which may be manufactured by mixing a binder, a filler, and one or more additives in liquid form, loading the liquid mixture onto a coil material (metal substrate) and curing for subsequent cutting and/or stamping.
Abdul-Hafiz AFANEH, Francesco MANCINA, Abed HASHEMINASAB
Filed: 1 Feb 21
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Coatings for brake discs, method for reducing wear and corrosion and associated brake disc
28 Mar 23
Brake pads are prepared using a formulation of friction material of the copper-free type (Low-Steel or Organic Non-Asbestos) and at least one friction surface of a brake disc, which is intended to cooperate with the brake pad, is covered with an anti-wear and anti-corrosion coating consisting of a surface layer of chromium carbide particles (Cr3C2) dispersed in a metallic matrix consisting of a NiCr alloy, and coupled to a second layer consisting of selected combinations of metallic materials, chosen from the group consisting of: Cr3C2-high density NiCr, NiAl alloys, FeNiCrMoSiC alloys, metallic nickel, NiCr alloys, and/or any combination of the above.
Agustin Sin Xicola, Francesco Vannucci, Simone Ansaloni
Filed: 22 Dec 20
Utility
Coatings for brake discs, method for reducing wear and associated brake disc
28 Mar 23
Brake pads are prepared using a LS (Low Steel) or NAO (Non-Asbestos Organics) type friction material formulation and at least one friction surface of a brake disc intended to cooperate in use with a brake pad that is coated with an anti-wear and anti-corrosion coating with adequate plasticity in order to have a reduced propensity to form micro-cracks under conditions of tribo-mechanical stress, chosen from the amongst the group consisting in: particles of chromium carbide (Cr3C2) dispersed within a metallic matrix consisting of an alloy of NiCr; particles of a combination of several metallic materials in order to create a metallic compound consisting of an alloy of FeNiCrMoSiC (iron-nickel-chromium-molybdenum-silicon-carbon).
Agustin Sin Xicola, Francesco Vannucci, Simone Ansaloni
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Diaphragm assembly
28 Mar 23
Technologies are described for a diaphragm.
Louis E. Matalon, Richard Kovacs, David Lindt, Michael D. Yoder
Filed: 20 Feb 19
Utility
Apparatus and Methods for Supplying DC Power to Control Circuitry of a Matrix Converter
9 Mar 23
Apparatus and methods for supplying DC power to control circuitry of a matrix converter is provided.
Dean P. Williams
Filed: 10 Aug 22
Utility
Spring Spacer Coupling
9 Mar 23
Devices to couple a drive hub to a driven hub.
Daniel Stephen Miller, Paul Walter Behnke
Filed: 5 Oct 22
Utility
Clearance adjustment for twin-screw pumps
7 Mar 23
Technologies are generally described for clearance adjustments in twin-screw pump assemblies.
Manuela Lissel, Eike Steffen Korte, David Johannes Blatt
Filed: 24 Aug 21
Utility
Two-piece Oil Filter Assembly for Pumps
16 Feb 23
Technologies are generally described for a two-piece filter assembly for centrifugal pump assemblies.
Cynthia Ann KOHBERGER, John Charles SALERNO, Susan Elaine SULLIVAN, Kevin Michael DEWAELE
Filed: 7 Feb 20