Patents Examined by Avinash Savani
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Patent number: 11859855Abstract: An air redirect apparatus for redirecting forced air through a register access cavity. The air redirect apparatus includes a duct elbow configured to fit into a register access cavity. The duct elbow includes an entrance aperture and an exit aperture. The entrance aperture is sized to connect to a duct opening of ductwork, which routes forced air into the register access cavity. The apparatus also includes a cover plate connected to the entrance aperture and through which the entrance aperture penetrates. The cover plate is sized to cover the duct opening of the ductwork when the entrance aperture is connected to the duct opening. When the duct elbow is fit into the register access cavity, air flow from the ductwork is routed into the entrance aperture and directed out of the exit aperture of the duct elbow, while the cover plate substantially blocks air flow around the duct elbow.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: William S. Galkin
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Patent number: 11859830Abstract: A burner assembly for an oven appliance, the oven appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction and including a cooking chamber, the burner assembly including a gas burner provided in the cooking chamber, the gas burner defining a clean air port, and a shutter housing attached to a first end of the gas burner, the shutter housing defining an air inlet in fluid communication with the clean air port, and wherein the air inlet is positioned below the clean air port along the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Hans Juergen Paller
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Patent number: 11852375Abstract: A ventilation system for a space includes an air supply partition configured to cause filtered air to flow into an area of the space, and an air exhaust partition in spaced-apart relationship with the air supply partition and configured to cause air to be drawn in and filtered from the area. The air supply partition and the air exhaust partition create a “push-pull” air flow across the area. A ventilation partition includes air inlets in a first portion of the housing, air outlets in a second portion of the housing, a filter, and a fan configured to draw air in through the air inlets, through the filter, and out through the air outlets. The partition is a portable, free-standing structure configured to be supported by a surface, such as a floor of a room in which the partition is located.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: 3Flow, Inc.Inventor: Thomas C. Smith
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Patent number: 11852339Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switching assembly for an ignition circuit of a gas cooker, a switching mechanism including the switching assembly, and a gas cooker including the switching mechanism. The gas cooker includes a gas valve structure configured for the passing through and cutting off of a gas, the gas valve structure includes a plunger and a valve housing, and the switching assembly includes: a permanent magnet carrier configured to be connected to the plunger to move between an initial position and a working position with the plunger; a permanent magnet fixed onto the permanent magnet carrier; a reed switch connected to the ignition circuit via a cable; a sealing structure configured to be provided at a connection segment between the reed switch and the cable so as to protect the connection segment from an environment where the switching assembly is located.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Appliances AktiebolagInventors: Maurizio Beghi, Zhi Tan, Benny Zhu
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Patent number: 11852348Abstract: Cooking device gas manifold assembly having support, gas supply and burner assemblies. The support assembly has a burner bracket, shelf and support beam which is mounted to and cantilevered from a securing plate mounted perpendicularly to a support base. The gas supply assembly has a gas pipe that is threaded through the interior of the support beam and connected to a distribution pipe at one end and extending through the securing plate at another end. The burner assembly has a pipe burner supported by the burner bracket and a radiant deflector supported by the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: CHAR PRODUCTS LLCInventor: William P. Blazvick
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Patent number: 11852337Abstract: A flame hole unit structure of a combustion apparatus provided with a plurality of flame holes for forming a flame comprises: a lean flame hole unit including, as a flame hole for jetting lean gas, at least one lean flame hole extending along the longitudinal direction which is a direction perpendicular to the jetting direction of the lean gas; and a rich flame hole unit including, as a flame hole for jetting rich gas, a pair of rich flame hole provided on both sides of the lean flame hole unit with respect to a width direction which is a direction perpendicular to the jetting direction and the longitudinal direction and extending along a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Hyun Muk Lim
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Patent number: 11852371Abstract: A ventilation device to be installed outdoors, includes: a casing; a heat exchanger accommodated in the casing and configured to perform heat exchange between outdoor air flowing indoors and indoor air flowing outdoors; an electric component unit including a control board and accommodated in the casing; and a fastener fixing, to the casing, an electric wire connected to the electric component unit. The heat exchanger is extractable sideward from the casing. The electric component unit is disposed above a projection region of the heat exchanger extracted from the casing. The casing includes a lead-out port disposed below the projection region and through which the electric wire is led out of the casing. The fastener is disposed between the electric component unit and the lead-out port. The electric wire fixed by the fastener is routed around the projection region.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Wataru Fukushima, Kanako Bando
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Patent number: 11850457Abstract: This application relates to ventilation systems, more particularly to roof ventilation systems that help to protect buildings against fires. The roof vent has an ember impedance structure that impedes the entry of flames and embers or other floating burning materials while still permitting sufficient air flow to adequately ventilate a building. Several configurations of vents employing baffle members and fire-resistant mesh material are described, which can substantially prevent the ingress of floating embers and flames.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: O'Daniels, LLC.Inventor: Gregory S. Daniels
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Patent number: 11852360Abstract: An air management device may include three independently operated primary impellers 131, 131?, 131?, and drawn-in air is discharged through discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 provided in the front plate 15 of the housing 10. Louvers 141, 142, 143 installed downstream of the air flow and discharge ports 15?-1, 15?-2, 15?-3 may be independently opened or closed to provide discharge of the air to the surrounding environment. Further, at least one retractable or pop-up fan may be provided. The air management allows customization of air flow. The housing 10 of the furniture-type air management device may be installed on the floor of the livable space and may have a hexahedron shape that extends from side to side. A bottom inlet 11? may be formed on the bottom plate 11 of the housing 10 facing the floor of the living space above a predetermined distance. The replaceable filter 300 may be installed to filter the air sucked through the bottom inlet 11?, and may be drawn in and out of the housing 10.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yong Nam Kim, Keun Ho Ju, Yang Hwan No, Jeong Guen Choi, Min Kyu Oh, Seo Yeon Lee, So Young Kim, Jea Seok Seong
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Patent number: 11844459Abstract: A tunnel tube cooking pot that substantially improves thermal absorption of an aluminum boiling pot by welding specially designed and tuned pieces of aluminum channel or tubing on the bottom of the pot.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: HIGH PERFORMANCE COOKERS LLCInventor: Todd Bard Tunstall
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Patent number: 11841139Abstract: Methods and systems for resonance suppression, can involve measuring signals with one or more sensors, wherein the signals are produced by a combustor associated with an actuator, and receiving at a controller the signals measured by the sensor or sensors. The controller can calculate a damping rate of the combustor. Based on the damping rate, the controller can modulate the actuator if the damping rate falls below a predefined threshold and can continue to modulate the actuator until the damping rate is adjusted and the resonance is suppressed. The sensor can be an acoustic sensor, an optical sensor, or another type of sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Wyatt Culler
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Patent number: 11841167Abstract: A method for manufacturing an air curtain device includes steps of: a) providing a frame that includes two side wall bodies and two end wall bodies cooperatively defining an inner space thereamong, and an upper opening and a lower opening through which the inner space communicates with the external environment; b) covering an upper surface and a lateral outer surface of the frame with a first covering layer; c) closing the lower opening by placing an air-permeable plate; d) sealing a gap between the air-permeable plate and the frame by a first adhesive; e) removing a portion of the first covering layer that covers the upper surface of the frame; and f) closing the upper opening by a cover that is sealingly connected to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: National Taipei University of TechnologyInventors: Shih-Cheng Hu, Ti Lin
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Patent number: 11833882Abstract: A method and system for utilizing environmental data are described. The method includes receiving external environmental data and receiving in-cabin environmental data. A mitigation action for an in-cabin environment of a vehicle is provided. The mitigation action is based on the external environmental data and the in-cabin environmental data.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Aclima Inc.Inventors: Robert Murphy, Meghan Elizabeth Thurlow, Melissa M. Lunden, Davida Herzl, Matthew Hill
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Patent number: 11835258Abstract: An exhaust vent assembly with selectively removable top wall that includes an exhaust vent body with a base wall, two opposing sidewalls, a rear wall, and the top wall that is capable of being removed from the sidewalls to provide access to the inside (or vent channel) of the exhaust vent assembly. The top wall is capable of having a closed position with the top wall secured and covering the upper edges of the two opposing sidewalls and with a mesh screen coupled to the exhaust vent body that is capable of preventing animals, certain insects, and other matter from entering the vent channel. The top wall is configured to have an open position with the top wall substantially uncovering the upper edges of the two opposing sidewalls and providing access to the vent channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Carlos Alfonso
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Patent number: 11835229Abstract: A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: The Middleby CorporationInventors: William S. Schjerven, Sr., Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, Brent James Carlson, Robert Edward Jacob
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Patent number: 11835260Abstract: A door includes an air purifying assembly is secured to the door for filtering air flowing through the door. The air purifying assembly includes an outer housing, a fan housing in the outer housing, a filter housing secured to the outer housing, a filter in the filter housing, and a fan in the fan housing for providing a flow of air through the fan, fan housing, and out of the outer housing and outwardly through the door for purifying air. A plurality of doors in a structure, and an air purifying assembly in each door in the structure may purify the air in the structure. With a forced air unit for the structure, the air from the plurality of doors is discharged to the return air space and recirculating the purified air from rooms which include the doors having air purifying assemblies. Both an air purifying door structure and a method of purifying air in a structure utilizing the air purifying doors are included as claims.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Jerry G. Crittenden
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Patent number: 11834623Abstract: A wooden wick for use in a wax candle comprising a strip of a predetermined wood having each of a first predetermined length, a first predetermined width and a first predetermined thickness. Such wick further includes a wood booster member having each of a second predetermined length, a second predetermined width and a second predetermined thickness adhered to the strip of wood.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: DELCOTTO IP, LLCInventors: Melynda Suzanne Delcotto, Justin Damiani
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Patent number: 11835233Abstract: Methods, systems, and circuitries are provided for detecting flame in a fuel oil burner. In one example, a method includes receiving a series of one or more light samples, each indicative of a level of light. When the fuel oil burner is operating in the flame expected mode, the method includes determining whether the values of the one or more of the light samples exceed a flame threshold; determining whether the values of the one or more of the light samples meet secondary criteria; determining that a flame is present when the values of the one or more light samples exceed the flame threshold and meet the secondary criteria; and determining that a flame is not present when the values of the one or more light samples are below the flame threshold or do not meet the secondary criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: R.W. Beckett CorporationInventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Benjamin Scott Anderson
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Patent number: 11831272Abstract: A device includes a support structure having a plurality of concentric cuts through the support structure that define a set of structure sections. The device also includes an insert assembly supported by the support structure at an inner structure section of the set of structure sections. The inner structure section is configured to tilt the insert assembly at a tilt angle in accordance with a displacement of a first outer structure section of the set of structure sections.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Max Shtein, Erin Evke, Michael Arwashan, Chao Huang
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Patent number: 11801538Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are described which can safely reduce a laboratory fume hood's minimum airflow and energy consumption when it is determined that the fume hood is not in active use, based on a condition monitoring approach. The condition monitoring approach may incorporate a combination of setback criteria to reliably determine if the fume hood is or is not in use. When a determination has been made that a fume hood is not in use, energy reduction is achieved via automatic methods of hood minimum airflow setback. Fume hood minimum flow reductions are automatically disabled when it is determined that the hood is in active use.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Measured Air Performance, LLCInventor: Eric Desrochers