Patents Examined by Allen R. B. Schult
  • Patent number: 11976842
    Abstract: A combined ventilation and illumination system includes a ventilation assembly, a light fixture assembly, and a connector assembly. In an installed position, the system is installed above a ceiling of a room of building structure (e.g., a residence or workplace) to provide ventilation for the room. The system couples a light fixture to ventilation assembly below the ceiling. In the installed position, an air flow cavity is defined between the light fixture and the ceiling, where the cavity allows for air flow around the light fixture and into the ventilation assembly for eventual exhaust beyond the room in which the system is installed. The cavity includes a first critical distance that is sized according to operating parameters of a blower of the ventilation assembly to provide an adequate flow rate of intake air and to provide acceptable sound levels during operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Richard R. Sinur, Ryan A. Revers
  • Patent number: 11975590
    Abstract: A cab for a construction machine includes; an operator seat including a seat base and a backrest; a control box disposed along a lateral side of the operator seat; an air conditioner main body for cooling air; and a duct disposed behind the operator sea for guiding a cooling air generated in the air conditioner main body. The duct has a blowing port provided at such a position as to allow the cooling air to flow frontward along at least one of a lateral side of the seat base and a lateral side of a lower portion of the backrest and along an inner surface of the control box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Fujikawa, Shunsuke Tada, Yohei Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11971188
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11964543
    Abstract: A vehicle deodorizer assembly includes a reservoir which contains a chemical fragrance and the reservoir is integrated into a vehicle. A pump is integrated into the vehicle and the pump is in fluid communication with the reservoir thereby facilitating the pump to urge the chemical fragrance outward from the reservoir. A pair of nozzles is each integrated into the cabin of the vehicle to release the chemical fragrance into the cabin wherein the nozzles are configured to enhance the odor of the cabin. An actuate button is disposed in the cabin of the vehicle and the actuate button is in communication with the pump. Furthermore, the actuate button turns on the pump when the actuate button is depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Deric Tanner
  • Patent number: 11965671
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a filter housing system of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an enclosure configured to support a filter, a connecting channel disposed within a corner of the enclosure and coupled to the enclosure, and a locking system configured to couple to the connecting channel and configured to secure the filter within the enclosure. The locking system is configured to secure the filter within the enclosure via rotation of a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GmbH
    Inventors: Nivedita Nath, Siddappa R. Bidari
  • Patent number: 11958681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilating and blanking device for a coal storage Eurosilo. The ventilating and blanking device includes a top blanking pipe, an axial flow fan and a baffle door, the top blanking pipe including a first pipeline and a second pipeline, an air supply pipe is connected to a side wall of the second pipeline, and the baffle door is connected to a driving mechanism; during blanking, the driving mechanism drives the baffle door so as to make the baffle door close the air supply pipe and the axial flow fan is shut off; and during ventilation, the driving mechanism drives the baffle door so as to make the baffle door close the first pipeline, and the axial flow fan is turned on. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of ventilation efficiency, good ventilation effect, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HUANENG POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC., SHANGHAI SHIDONGKOU FIRST POWER PLANT
    Inventors: Zhong Ni, Zhiwei Sang, Zhongming Huang, Xin Hu, Pengxia Ni, Ping Zhu, Qinghan Zheng, Runhan Liu, Xiao Zhang, Jinxin Yu, Haifeng Guan, Jialei Deng
  • Patent number: 11963317
    Abstract: A ventilation assembly of the present disclosure includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; an external member being a tubular body having a bottom; and a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member, wherein the external member is joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side, the ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in at least one selected from the inside of the internal member, the inside of the external member, and an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together, and the internal member includes one first projecting portion or two or more first projecting portions projecting from the inner peripheral surface at a position on the second en
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kitagawa, Tomoyuki Kasagi, Youzou Yano
  • Patent number: 11959318
    Abstract: An oven includes an oven body, a heating element, a frame, and an oven door. The oven body has an inner space inside and includes a front plate, wherein the front plate has an entrance that communicates with the inner space. The heating element is adapted to heat the inner space. The frame is engaged with the oven body and has an abutted portion. The oven door is pivotally connected to the oven body and is located at the entrance. The oven door can pivot to a closed position to close the entrance and can pivot downward to an open position from the closed position to open the entrance. When the oven door is located at the open position, the second surface abuts against the abutted portion of the frame, thereby forming a platform outside the entrance for placing objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh
  • Patent number: 11953226
    Abstract: Implementations of vent extenders may include a first portion including a back wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall and a second portion including a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second portion may be configured to extendably couple to the first portion. The vent extender may also include a pocket formed within the first portion and including a first pocket sidewall, a second pocket sidewall, a third pocket sidewall opposite the second pocket sidewall, an opening opposite the first pocket sidewall, and a base. The vent extender may also include a magnet coupled to the base of the pocket. The first pocket sidewall may be directly coupled to both of the second pocket sidewall and the third pocket sidewall. The magnet may be configured to secure the vent extender to a vent register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Spectrum Products LLC
    Inventors: Renee Mosiman, Michael Mosiman
  • Patent number: 11945285
    Abstract: The air discharge device includes a duct defining: a main flow path through which an air flow passes; and a main hole opened in a flat shape to discharge the air flow as a working air flow toward a downstream from the main flow path. A throttle portion is provided in the duct to reduce a flow path height of the main flow path from an upstream of the air flow toward a downstream of the air flow. A plurality of partitions are arranged to divide the main flow path in a major direction into a pair of side flow paths and at least one center flow path. The plurality of partitions are disposed in the duct such that a flow path width of the center flow path is reduced from the upstream of the air flow toward the downstream of the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Etsuro Yoshino, Yuuji Okamura, Jun Yamaoka, Masaharu Sakai, Yusuke Komatsubara, Yasuhiko Niimi, Tatsuya Yoshida, Hidetaka Nomoto
  • Patent number: 11946649
    Abstract: A cooking appliance extending along a lateral direction between a pair of opposing sides, extending along a transverse direction between a front and a back, and extending along a vertical direction between a top and a bottom, includes a front panel supported by the cooking appliance, the front panel defining an opening; a user interface panel rotatably positioned at the opening, the user interface panel being rotatable between a first position and a second position; and a rotatable support mechanism that carries the user interface panel between the first position and the second position, the rotatable support mechanism positioned proximate to the opening and having an axis of rotation that is spaced apart from the opening and located above and in front of the user interface panel when in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Patrick Todd, Cristopher Lopez Regalado, Luis Enrique Salas Rico
  • Patent number: 11940160
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a panel attachable to or detachable from a lower side of the housing and including an inlet to introduce air therethrough, a first filter installable to the panel to filter the introduced air, a second filter installable to the panel and configured to further filter the introduced air using an electrostatic force, and a lifter configured to detach the panel from the lower side of the housing by lowering the panel from an initial position, and to attach the panel to the lower side of the housing by lifting the panel from a maintenance position. When the panel is lowered to the maintenance position, one or more of the first filter and the second filter are accessible for maintenance thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hyunho Kim, Jihong Kim, Hongyeol Moon, Wooyoung Park, Byungyul So, Mingu Jeon, Changwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11938784
    Abstract: A health protection system and a method for passengers on a train in a polluted indoor environment are provided. The health protection system includes a basic data acquisition module, an outdoor air quality prediction module, an indoor air quality prediction module, and a ventilation strategy generation module, wherein the basic data acquisition module acquires basic data; the outdoor air quality prediction module predicts outdoor air quality of the train; the indoor air quality prediction module predicts indoor air quality of the train; and the ventilation strategy generation module generates a ventilation strategy and achieves health protection of the passengers on the train. The method includes: predicting indoor and outdoor air quality data information of the train according to the acquired indoor and outdoor air quality data of the train; and generating a corresponding ventilation strategy according to the indoor and outdoor air quality data of the train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Central South University
    Inventors: Hui Liu, Chao Chen, Zhu Duan, Yanfei Li
  • Patent number: 11933499
    Abstract: An oven appliance includes a plurality of sidewalls defining a cooking chamber, a door to selectively open and close the cooking chamber; and a bottom panel assembly removably provided within the cooking chamber. The bottom panel assembly includes a panel defining an aperture, a front air deflector attached to the panel at the aperture, and a retention clip provided within the cooking chamber, the retention clip defining a receiving slot to selectively receive the panel when the panel is in an installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Pugel, Blake Ellis, Hans Juergen Paller
  • Patent number: 11927351
    Abstract: A hood assembly for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a top panel comprising a first panel portion and a second panel portion adjustably coupled to one another, wherein the top panel is configured to rotatably couple to a housing of the HVAC unit. The hood assembly further includes a filter frame rotatably coupled to the top panel, wherein the filter frame is configured to support at least one filter. The hood assembly is adjustable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, the first panel portion and the second panel portion are configured to translate relative to one another during transition of the hood assembly between the collapsed configuration and the deployed configuration, and the top panel is configured to contain the filter frame within the housing in the collapsed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Gurpreet Singh, Prashanti S. Dhawan, Nitin A. Kurane, Anand Talikot
  • Patent number: 11920818
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11919369
    Abstract: In a vehicle, a flow adjusting plate is placed along an upper edge part of a front windshield, so that the flow of wind flowing along an inner surface of the front windshield is adjustable by the flow adjusting plate. Further, the angle of the flow adjusting plate from the inner surface is adjustable, so that the flow adjusting plate allows the direction of the wind flowing along the inner surface to be directed toward a seat placed behind an instrument panel in the vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Madoka Doi
  • Patent number: 11912103
    Abstract: An air conditioning device mounted on a vehicle in which a cabin on which an occupant boards is open to an outside of the vehicle includes: a front air blowing port provided further forward than a boarding position on which the occupant boards in a front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; a rear air blowing port provided further rearward than the boarding position in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; and a control unit for controlling the air conditioning device. The control unit performs control to blow the air from the front air blowing port when the vehicle travels forward, and performs control to blow the air from the rear air blowing port when the vehicle travels rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Konishi, Kento Hosono
  • Patent number: 11912108
    Abstract: A vehicle air vent system includes a duct defining an outlet that directs air into an interior compartment. An air register assembly is operably coupled to the duct proximate to the outlet. The air register assembly includes a frame. A vane is rotatably coupled to the frame. A variable resistor is operably coupled to the frame. A user interface has a display. A controller is communicatively coupled to the user interface and the variable resistor. The controller receives a signal from the variable resistor and determines a position of the air register assembly in response to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Ahuizotl Fragoso Iñiguez, Fernando Mayorga Basilio, Juan Pablo Jiménez de la Rosa
  • Patent number: 11912418
    Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprises intakes ram air from outside the aircraft, and uses a heat exchanger to pretreat (preheat or precool) some of the ram air. The system further includes a heat recovery unit that uses the cabin exhaust air to further heat the pretreated ram air, resulting in conditioned ram air. The system further includes an air conditioning pack unit to produce a first conditioned air stream from the conditioned ram air. The system further includes a mixing box to mix the first conditioned air stream with another subflow of ram air to produce a second conditioned air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Greg Longe