Centrifugal air separator coil manufacturing tools and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10322368B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15051382

    申请日:2016-02-23

    摘要: Tightly-coiled helical ducts for centrifugal air separators may be formed with the tools and methods disclosed herein. A helical coil toolset includes a helically grooved mandrel and an entry block. The helical groove of the mandrel has a small helix inside diameter relative to a width of the helical groove. The entry block has a guide channel to guide a tube to the helical groove and a mandrel channel to receive the mandrel. Methods include forming tubing into a tightly-coiled helical duct by filling a tube with fine particles, positioning the tube in the helical groove of a helically grooved mandrel, fixing the tube relative to the mandrel, assembling an entry block around the tube and around the mandrel, and bending the filled tube around the helically grooved mandrel into the tightly-coiled helical duct by rotating the mandrel relative to the entry block.

    Robots, robotic systems, and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10315311B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15077199

    申请日:2016-03-22

    摘要: Robots for moving relative to a surface, robotic systems including the same, and associated methods are disclosed. A robot includes a body, at least two legs, and at least two feet. Each leg has a proximal end region operatively coupled to the body at a respective body joint with one rotational degree of freedom and a distal end region operatively coupled to a respective foot at a respective foot joint comprising two rotational degrees of freedom. Each foot is configured to be translated relative to the surface with two degrees of translational freedom. Robotic systems include one or more robots and a surface along which the one or more robots are positioned to move. Methods of operating robots and of operating robotic systems include translating at least one foot of a robot to operatively move the body of the robot with six degrees of freedom.

    Centrifugal air separators
    23.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10315158B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15445808

    申请日:2017-02-28

    摘要: Centrifugal air separators, systems including the same, and methods of separating gas are disclosed. Centrifugal air separators include a separation section configured to separate an input air stream into a clean air stream emitted from an exit port of the separation section and a waste stream emitted from a waste port of the separation section. The separation section includes a coiled duct and is configured to transmit through a duct entrance port a duct input air stream that is at least a portion of the input air stream and to at least partially separate the duct input air stream according to a molecular weight of gaseous components of the duct input air stream into a duct clean air stream that is at least a portion of the clean air stream and a duct waste stream that is at least a portion of the waste stream.

    Systems and methods for on-wafer dynamic testing of electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10281518B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US14625385

    申请日:2015-02-18

    IPC分类号: G01R1/04 G01R31/26 G01R31/28

    摘要: Systems and methods for on-wafer dynamic testing of electronic devices. The systems include a probe head assembly, a probe-side contacting structure, a chuck, and a chuck-side contacting structure. The probe head assembly includes a probe configured to electrically contact a first side of a device under test (DUT). The probe-side contacting structure includes a probe-side contacting region. The chuck includes an electrically conductive support surface configured to support a substrate that includes the DUT and to electrically contact a second side of the DUT. The probe head assembly and the chuck are configured to translate relative to one another to selectively establish electrical contact between the probe and the DUT. The chuck-side contacting structure includes a chuck-side contacting region that is in electrical communication with the electrically conductive support surface and opposed to the probe-side contacting structure. The methods may include methods of operating the system or systems.

    Liquid detection apparatus
    27.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10203238B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US14638962

    申请日:2015-03-04

    申请人: Barrelogix, LLC

    摘要: A liquid detection apparatus for monitoring liquid stored in a wine barrel may include an upper portion configured to be inserted into an opening of the wine barrel and a lower portion configured to extend into the liquid when the upper portion is seated in the opening. A sensing device may be located within the lower portion and at least partially surrounded by a protective layer. The sensing device may be configured to obtain sensed input for the liquid through the protective layer. An alert system may be at least partially located within the upper portion and configured to generate an alert in response to the sensed input obtained by the sensing device.

    Tubing everting apparatus, assemblies, and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10190719B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15807168

    申请日:2017-11-08

    摘要: Tubing everting apparatus, assemblies, and methods are disclosed herein. The tubing everting apparatus include a pressure chamber that defines an internal volume, a liner inlet port that is configured to receive a flexible tube liner into the internal volume, an inlet sealing structure that is configured to resist fluid flow therepast from the pressure chamber, and a liner outlet port that is configured to permit the flexible tube liner to extend from the internal volume. In some embodiments, the apparatus include a lubricator that is configured to apply a lubricant to the flexible tube liner. In some embodiments, the apparatus include a non-deflation valve that is configured to selectively transition between open and closed states. The assemblies include the apparatus and a cart that includes a lubricant reservoir. The methods include methods of operating the apparatus.