Patents Examined by Christopher R Dandridge
  • Patent number: 11806560
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an inventory storage system has at least one storage module and a fire suppression system. The storage module has upper and lower conveyor segments that are configured to move storage containers along a longitudinal direction, and first and second connecting conveyor segments that are disposed at the first and second module ends, respectively. Each connecting segment connects the upper and lower conveyor segments to one another such that the upper and lower conveyor segments and the first and second connecting conveyor segments together define a movement path having a closed shape. The storage module defines a gap between storage containers supported by the upper and lower conveyor segments. The fire suppression system has at least one spray nozzle that is laterally adjacent to the gap and that is configured to spray a liquid extinguishant into the gap and onto storage containers supported by the lower conveyor segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Scott Kalm, Noah Lael Ryder
  • Patent number: 11786674
    Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency ultrasonic atomizer structure, comprising a main machine and a master frequency ultrasonic atomizer connected to the main machine. The master frequency ultrasonic atomizer comprises an outer sleeve, an upper cover and a base that are respectively and detachably connected at upper and lower ends of the outer sleeve, an inner tube support body and an ultrasonic atomization unit that are successively arranged inside the outer sleeve, and a liquid storage chamber formed between the inner tube support body and an inner wall of the outer sleeve. The upper cover and the inner tube support body form an air flow chamber therebetween. The master frequency ultrasonic atomizer further comprises a suction tube in communication with the interior of the air flow chamber arranged on the upper cover, and a plurality of air inlet holes in communication with the interior of the air flow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FEELLIFE HEALTH INC.
    Inventors: Jian Hua, Xuefeng Song
  • Patent number: 11788496
    Abstract: This invention refers to an optimized structure of a high flow fuel dosing valve applied to automobiles in general, particularly to high power racing cars with the purpose of opening and closing an orifice for fuel injection in internal combustion engines for power gain through an innovative and improved mechanical constructiveness of the coil body (1), coil (2), spring (3), needle (4), guide ring (5), lock (6), seat (7), sieve (8), needle body (9) and o-ring (10), with advantages of greater and faster fuel flow, durability, efficiency and power gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MRB MACHINING & FERRAMENTARIA LTDA.
    Inventor: Roderjan Busato
  • Patent number: 11778962
    Abstract: The invention discloses a swinging pipe with an adjustable spraying angle, structurally including a pipe body, a flexible spraying pipe, a sliding block and the like, and is mainly characterized in that two sides of an inner end of the sliding block are in articulated connection with inner walls of two sides of a sealing cap in an axial reciprocating motion manner, an outer end of the sliding block is movably assembled in a driving chute of an angle adjusting push rod, and lifts by radial reciprocating motion of the angle adjusting push rod; and converting structures are respectively arranged between two sides of the outer end of the sliding block and the inner walls of the two sides of the sealing cap, by the converting structures, lifting motion of the sliding block is converted into axial reciprocating motion, and thus, the top ends of a plurality of flexible spraying pipes are driven to be simultaneously in an upright state or an axial outward inclined state at different angles on a top of the sealing cap
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO DAYE GARDEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Ye, Qinbo Li
  • Patent number: 11779006
    Abstract: A spraying assembly is provided. The spraying assembly includes at least one nozzle for liquid that is to be sprayed, and at least one active substance injector which is situated directly upstream from the at least one nozzle and to which liquid to be sprayed is supplied by a pump or a pressurized reservoir, with interposition of an obturator on a conduit connecting the pump or the pressurized reservoir to the injector. The spraying assembly also includes an outlet valve for each injector designed to close each outlet orifice. The present invention avoids overdosing or underdosing of the product that is to be sprayed as active substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: EXEL INDUSTRIES
    Inventor: Patrick Ballu
  • Patent number: 11779950
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing apparatus and liquid container with a fluid dispensing apparatus are provided. The fluid dispensing apparatus includes a valve body defining a bore that extends at least partially through a valve body, and an adaptor including a piercing member positioned to pierce a pierceable membrane enclosing the liquid container. The adaptor also includes a releasable fastener that cooperates with a portion of the liquid container to releasably couple the valve body to the liquid container. A liquid droplet production apparatus of the fluid dispensing apparatus controls a discharge of the liquid from the liquid container. The liquid droplet production apparatus includes a perforate membrane, and an actuator that is selectively operable to vibrate the perforate membrane and cause liquid droplets to be emitted from the perforate membrane and projected generally away from the liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Hudson, Morgan S. Sibbald
  • Patent number: 11779786
    Abstract: An apparatus of supplying a fire extinguishing agent to a high voltage battery pack of a vehicle when a fire occurs in a battery case installing a high voltage battery pack includes a fire detection device that is configured to detect an occurrence of the fire in the battery pack, an inflow plug which is formed at the battery case and is configured to allow the fire extinguishing agent to flow into the battery case when open, a fire extinguishing agent supply pipe connected to the inflow plug and guiding the fire extinguishing agent to the inflow plug, and an inflow plug opening device that is configured to open the inflow plug when the fire is detected in the fire detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Huitae Yang
  • Patent number: 11771934
    Abstract: An electrical device having a housing containing at least one electrical component and an automatic fire prevention or extinguishing system with at least one heat and/or smoke sensor, the at least one heat and/or smoke sensor is operably connected to a container holding a fire-retarding, fire-extinguishing or fire-prevention material and the container is arranged to dispense the fire-retarding, fire-extinguishing or fire-prevention material into the housing and/or onto the electrical component when the at least one heat and/or smoke sensor detects heat and/or smoke inside the housing, as the fire-retarding, fire-extinguishing or fire-prevention material is dispensed through at least one conduit operably connected to the container holding the fire-retarding, fire-extinguishing or fire-prevention material. Each conduit is arranged to track electrical wiring of the electrical device or track at least part of an outer surface of at least one electrical component of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Kenneth Freeman
  • Patent number: 11766581
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a frame, a deflector member, a sealing assembly, and a releasing mechanism for a controlled actuation. The releasing mechanism includes a hook member, a strut member, a load member, a link member, and an actuator. The link member surrounds or frames the strut and hook members and holds the members in a static relationship of an unactuated configuration. A preferred link member includes a single central slot through which each of the hook member and the strut member extend. The actuator is arranged with respect to the link member to separate the hook and strut members and break the link member upon operation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventor: Scott Thomas Macomber
  • Patent number: 11766579
    Abstract: An aircraft fire suppression system includes a container filled with gases in both a liquefied state and a compressed gas state. The container includes a first tube positioned in the liquefied gas section configured to expel a regulated amount of liquefied gas into the fire suppression system. The container also includes a second tube positioned in the compressed gas section configured to expel a regulated amount of compressed gas into the fire suppression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark P. Fazzio, Harlan Hagge
  • Patent number: 11759879
    Abstract: A welding method includes feeding a welding electrode axially from a welding torch, moving the welding electrode radially in a desired pattern with respect to a central axis of the welding torch by a motion control assembly within the welding torch, transmitting from control circuitry a signal corresponding to a position of the welding electrode relative to a weld joint or weld pool, advancing the welding torch or a workpiece to establish a weld, and transferring material from the welding electrode to a first location in an area of the weld pool. The welding electrode moves radially while feeding the welding electrode from the welding torch, the material from the welding electrode is transferred to the first location during a first cycle of the desired pattern, and the first location is controlled based at least in part on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hsu, Richard Martin Hutchison, Kevin Michael Scott, Kevin Pagano, James Lee Uecker
  • Patent number: 11759665
    Abstract: A firehose handle device that secures to a firehose and nozzle interface. The firehose handle device has two spaced apart handles oriented transverse to the firehose/nozzle coupling when secured thereto. In certain embodiments, the handles may be selectively adjustable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph Cambria
  • Patent number: 11751520
    Abstract: A mobile drip irrigation system includes a plurality of drip tubes anchored at a first end to a water supply conduit. As the mobile irrigation system travels across a surface to be watered a second, free end of each drip tube is pulled along the surface to provide precise and uniform water distribution through the drip tubes. A cable extending across each section of the mobile irrigation system is attached to the plurality of drip tubes within that section, with the cable movable via a winch mechanism to shift the position of the drip tubes within that section to correspondingly shift the drag path of the tubes to a desired location. In exemplary embodiments, a lower manifold distributes water to the drip tubes, and in further embodiments a support restraint provides support to the lower manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Monty J. Teeter
  • Patent number: 11752372
    Abstract: An ignition suppressing enclosure configured to contain an ignition source is disclosed and includes a body portion defining an inner surface, an outer surface, and an enclosed volume containing a flammable gaseous mixture. The enclosed volume is sized to contain the ignition source. The enclosed volume of the ignition suppressing enclosure is surrounded by an exterior combustible environment also containing the flammable gaseous mixture. The ignition suppressing enclosure includes one or more vent paths that extend between the inner surface and the outer surface of the body portion, where each individual vent path includes an effective diameter based on at least a minimum ignition energy of the flammable gaseous mixture. The effective diameter of the individual vent path is selected to quench a flame that occurs within the enclosed volume of the ignition suppressing enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason S Damazo, Eddie Kwon, William J Sweet, Philipp A Boettcher
  • Patent number: 11745211
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection device that includes a nozzle that ejects a liquid, a liquid conveying tube that conveys the liquid to the nozzle, an outer tube that is internally provided with the nozzle and the liquid conveying tube, and a first vibration applying unit that applies vibration to the nozzle or the liquid conveying tube. The first vibration applying unit is provided between the nozzle and the outer pipe or between the liquid conveying tube and the outer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsuzaki, Hirokazu Sekino, Hideki Kojima, Takeshi Seto, Yuji Saito
  • Patent number: 11738356
    Abstract: A spray bar injector including a spray bar defining a longitudinal axis and including a fluid inlet and a plurality of spray outlet orifices spaced apart longitudinally in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A check or spray valve is operatively connected to each spray outlet orifice. A master valve is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet, operatively connected to divert flow from the fluid inlet into a first passage and block flow into a second passage in a first position to open the check valves and issue a spray from the spray outlet orifices, and to divert flow from the fluid inlet into the second passage and block flow into the first passage in a second position to close the check valves and block issue of spray from the spray outlet orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
    Inventor: John Earl Short
  • Patent number: 11732451
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture (1) is provided having a diffuser (3) arranged behind a functional unit (2) and an annular chamber (24) arranged behind the diffuser (3), an area of an opening cross-section of an outlet opening (9) of the diffuser (3) is at most 10% greater than an area of an opening cross-section of an inlet opening (5, 5?) of the diffuser (3) and/or the annular chamber (24) with a contour, which in a longitudinal section of the fixture (1), follows an ellipse (26, 28) having the smallest possible eccentricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein
  • Patent number: 11730989
    Abstract: A small space fire extinguisher includes: a tube open from one side thereof to the other side thereof and made of a synthetic resin so that a portion thereof bursts by the heat generated when a fire breaks out to allow a fire extinguishing agent accommodated therein to spout; cylindrical blocking members coupled to both sides of the tube to prevent the fire extinguishing agent accommodated in the tube from leaking to the outside; coupling members located on the outer peripheral surface of the tube, in the state where packing members are fitted to installation grooves of blocking member bodies, and then compressed thereagainst by means of a compression device; and blocking members fitted to both side ends of the tube to prevent the coupling members compressedly fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the tube to which the blocking members with the packing members are fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Actiontech co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hak Myeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11730990
    Abstract: A dry sprinkler includes a flexible tube section that maintains a pressurized fluid, such as a liquid antifreeze solution, between a first end and a second end. A first seal prevents fluid from a supply line from entering the flexible tube section. The first seal is maintained in a sealed position by a pressure of the pressurized fluid. A sprinkler head is coupled to the second end of the flexible tube section, and includes a frame, an output orifice, a deflector, a second seal that seals the output orifice, and a thermally responsive element configured to maintain the second seal in a sealed position when the thermally responsive element is in a non-responsive state. A differential pressure controller maintains a ratio between the pressure of the pressurized fluid in the flexible tube section and a pressure of a supply fluid in the supply line to at least a certain ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Multer
  • Patent number: 11723354
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle is provided herein that includes a chassis operably coupled with a powertrain control system. A boom assembly is operably coupled with the chassis. One or more nozzles is positioned along the boom assembly. A flow control assembly is configured to selectively dispense an agricultural product from a tank through the one or more nozzles. A controller is operably coupled with the powertrain control system and the boom assembly. The controller includes a processor and associated memory with the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to receive instructions to accelerate or decelerate the vehicle and alter a flow rate of the agricultural product through actuation of the flow control assembly in response to receiving instructions to accelerate or decelerate the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Scott Allen Long, Nathan Brooks