85 patents
Utility
Rigid Mounting Connector
14 Dec 23
Technologies are described for rigid mounting connectors to connect a monitoring device to a piece of equipment.
Bradley DeCook
Filed: 28 Oct 20
Utility
a Vehicle Electronics System Including a Parking Brake Equipment
7 Dec 23
A vehicle electronic system including a parking brake equipment, comprising a brake element (2) including either a brake pad or a brake shoe, said brake element (2) including an electrical circuit equipped with one or more sensors (3, 4, 5) for real-time detection of signals relating to temperatures and/or to normal forces and/or to shear forces and having electrical terminals arranged in a zone for collecting the signals from the brake element, said vehicle electronic parking brake system further comprising an actuator (8) of the brake element (2), a controller (7) delivering a braking force command to the actuator (8), and regulating means (9, 10) driving the controller (7), wherein the regulating means (9, 10) include a closed regulating loop of the braking force including a reference braking force generator (10), said closed regulating loop of the braking force being communicating with said sensors (3, 4, 5) to acquire at least one of temperatures and/or normal forces and/or shear forces measurements.
Pietro Roberto MACCHI, Stefano SERRA, Marco TERRANOVA, Umberto VIGNOLO
Filed: 27 Sep 21
Utility
Modular Monitor
7 Dec 23
Technologies are described for devices to monitor a machine.
Bradley DeCook, Daniel Kernan, Naveen George, James Reitano
Filed: 28 Oct 20
Utility
Friction Material Block, In Particular for Equipping Brake Pads and Associated Brake Pad and Method
2 Nov 23
Friction block or layer made of an asbestos free friction material, the friction material including, as composing materials thereof, inorganic and/or organic and/or metallic fibers, at least a binder, at least a friction modifier or lubricant and at least a filler or abrasive, wherein the asbestos free friction material also contains, as an additional composing material or additive, an hydrophobic wax, preferably present from 0.5% to 5% in volume, the asbestos free friction material block or layer possessing a hydrophobicity, defined as the time of absorption within the friction material of a liquid drop formed by 20+/−5 μL of distilled water, of more than 60 minutes, so that the force to detach the friction block or layer from a metallic surface to which it has been made to stitch electrochemically is lower than 15 Nw.
Agustin SIN XICOLA, Andrea ISOARDI, Laura RINALDI, Daniele GENTA, Flavio TROMBOTTO
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Motor Assembly for Driving a Pump or Rotary Device Having a Cooling Duct
19 Oct 23
A motor assembly for driving a pump (e.g., liquid pump) includes an electric motor with an output shaft.
Dean P. Williams, Daniel J. Kernan, Christopher J.F. Tighe
Filed: 5 Aug 22
Utility
Perimeter Seated Knife Gate Valve
12 Oct 23
Technologies are generally described for perimeter seated knife gate valve.
Richard KOVACS, Jeremy CARROLL, Randy BATES
Filed: 27 Oct 20
Utility
Air Safety Systems
14 Sep 23
Technologies are described for providing safe and clean air and to prevent interchange of fluids or particulates between people in social situations through two or more distinct airflows generated and/or directed by various structures.
A. David SANDIFORD, Hsuannien Samuel CHEN, Steve E. KIM
Filed: 18 Nov 20
Utility
Hybrid Acoustic Damping Layer
7 Sep 23
Technologies are generally described for hybrid acoustic damping materials that may be used in noise, vibration, and harshness mitigation.
Craig Bryant JAYNES
Filed: 17 Feb 23
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
Utility
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
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
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
Utility
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
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
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
Utility
Multiple Connector Assembly
2 Feb 23
Technologies are generally described for multiple individual connectors in a single connector assembly.
Carl Rodney BUNKE
Filed: 10 Feb 20