Patents Examined by Helena Kosanovic
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Patent number: 11964340Abstract: A device for fabricating a quartz microfluidic chip by a femtosecond pulse cluster. The device includes: a femtosecond pulse cluster laser source configured to output a femtosecond pulse cluster; a beam splitting and interference system, configured to split the femtosecond pulse cluster into a plurality of parts, and to converge split parts to form a femtosecond pulse cluster plasma or a femtosecond pulse cluster plasma grating; a sample system configured to move the electronic displacement platform where a quartz glass is placed to control a position where the parts of the femtosecond pulse cluster are converged on the quartz glass; and a hydrofluoric acid immersion system configured to immerse the quartz glass in a diluent hydrofluoric acid solution to remove an ablated part of the quartz glass to form the quartz microfluidic chip.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: CHONGQING INSTITUTE OF EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, ROI OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD., EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Heping Zeng, Junyi Nan, Mengyun Hu
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Patent number: 11958144Abstract: A self-adjusting wire feeder mounting assembly includes a mount fixedly connectable to a multi-axis robotic arm, and a slidable, floating adapter plate for mounting of a wire feeder thereon. The adapter plate is coupled with and slidable about the mount, and the adapter plate is moveable relative to the mount when a force is applied to the wire feeder.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Ryan M. Lizotte, Lloyd J. Steed
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Patent number: 11940077Abstract: An extended Direct Electric Heating system includes a conduit arrangement for transporting fluid from at least one subsea well apparatus to a topside or onshore location/The conduit arrangement has at least one Direct Electric Heating conduit section arranged adjacent to at least one heat traced conduit section in a longitudinal direction of the conduit sections between a subsea connection point and the at least one subsea well apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NEXANSInventors: Oyvind Iversen, Torunn Lund Clasen
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Patent number: 11933520Abstract: A fluid-heating device for heating fluid with a heater includes: a heating portion that is molded so as to cover the surrounding of the heater; and a support body integrally cast into the heating portion, the heating portion being molded in a state in which the heater is supported by the support body in a die for molding the heating portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Naohisa Kamiyama, Hiroki Yoshioka, Takashi Otsuka, Daiju Suzuki
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Patent number: 11926518Abstract: A shutoff valve system for dispensing beverage from an open source syrup tank is presented. The shutoff valve system includes a syrup inlet receiving syrup from the open source syrup tank and a syrup outlet dispensing the syrup to a pump. The shutoff valve also includes a water inlet receiving water, and a water outlet dispensing the water to a dispensing point. Two distinct inlets and outlets for syrup and water prevent the syrup and water being mixed in the shutoff valve. The shutoff valve system further includes an actuator rod that is configured to block the water outlet in response to a pressure change at the syrup inlet, where the pressure change is caused by air flow from the syrup inlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Cleland Sales CorporationInventor: James M Cleland
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Patent number: 11925732Abstract: A device for variable volatilization of a compound includes first and second heating elements that cooperate to form a heating chamber and each having a movement enabling structure; the movement enabling structures being configured to allow movement of the first and second heating elements relative to one another; an adjustment mechanism cooperating with the movement enabling structures to produce selective relative movement of the first and second heating elements; and wherein movement of the adjustment mechanism in a first direction results in relative movement of the heating elements away from one another and movement in a second direction produces relative movement of the heating elements toward one another resulting in adjustment of the amount of heat within the heating chamber. Methods of adjusting the amount of heat within a heating chamber are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.Inventors: James A. Layer, Robert E. Shave
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Patent number: 11904415Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core. The tubular welding wire includes less than approximately 0.4% manganese metal or alloy by weight, and the tubular welding wire is configured to form a weld deposit having less than approximately 0.5% manganese by weight.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HOBART BROTHERS LLCInventors: Mario Anthony Amata, Joseph C. Bundy, Steven Edward Barhorst
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Patent number: 11885506Abstract: A cooking appliance may include an oven cavity having a cavity top, a cavity back, and cavity side walls, an interior side wall extending parallel to each of the cavity side walls defining a passage therebetween, and a plurality of side rails extending along the interior side walls, the rails being rotatable between a rest position in which no oven rack is installed and airflow is blocked, and an active position in which the oven rack is installed and airflow is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Fabio Bianchi, Mauro Baldazzi, Laura Fossati
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Patent number: 11877690Abstract: An extraction unit of a beverage preparation machine, the extraction unit to extract an ingredient of a beverage from a capsule, the extraction unit comprising: a capsule holder operable to move between a capsule receiving position and a capsule extraction position; a capsule holder loading system operable to actuate the capsule holder between the said positions, the capsule holder loading system comprising an actuator unit and a loading mechanism, the actuator unit to actuate the loading mechanism, wherein the loading mechanism comprises a planetary gear train and a linear actuator, the actuator unit to supply a rotary motion to the planetary gear train, the planetary gear train to gear down the said rotary motion, the linear actuator to: receive the said geared down rotary motion; convert the geared down rotary motion into linear motion; couple the said linear motion to the capsule holder.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventor: Alexandre Kollep
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Patent number: 11850677Abstract: A laser ablation system, and method, facilitates the execution of user-defined scans (i.e., in which a laser beam is scanned across a sample along a beam trajectory to ablate or dissociate a portion of the sample) and enables the user define additional scans while a scan is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLCInventors: Ciaran O'Connor, Erik Larsen, Leif Summerfield
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Patent number: 11850688Abstract: A Y-shaped refractory anchor, a plurality of Y-shaped refractory anchors, and a method of installing a plurality of Y-shaped refractory anchors in a hexagonal pattern is disclosed. The Y-shaped refractory anchor comprises a singular rectangular folded metal plate comprising a stem that comprises at least one tapered triangular section to be welded to a backing surface and a folded stem base and a branch section comprising two branches, wherein the singular metal plate is folded together at the stem base, such that the stem of the Y-shaped anchor is twice as thick as the two individual branches.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: JT Thorpe & Sons, Inc.Inventors: Rich Giaramita, David Watts
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Patent number: 11845147Abstract: Disclosed is a nut welding automation system configured to automatically weld different types of nuts to holes formed in a metal-processed product using a robot. The system may reduce an error rate with respect to products by preventing omission of a nut or welding of a wrong type nut so that reliability in administration of the welding process may be secured and overall productivity may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Taek Lim, Tae Gil Lee
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Patent number: 11847298Abstract: Provided is an electric arc generation system comprising a robot, an electric arc torch attached to the robot, a power supply configured to provide an electrical power output to the torch, and a user interface for adjusting a plurality of power supply parameters. The user interface comprises a display. The system includes a processor configured to receive respective settings of the plurality of power supply parameters, and configured to analyze the settings of the plurality of power supply parameters and control the display to display a pictograph warning associated with a current parameter setting, based on a result of analyzing the settings of the plurality of power supply parameters. Said pictograph warning graphically indicates an adjustment direction for the current parameter setting. The processor is configured to automatically adjust one or more of the settings of the plurality of power supply parameters based on a predetermined operating angle of the torch.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.Inventors: Matthew A. Albright, Bruce J. Chantry, Levi J. Mitchell, Lance F. Guymon, Daniel J. Spieker
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Patent number: 11845139Abstract: A resistance welding apparatus includes a welding controller configured to control a welding tool. The welding controller has an assignment device including a parametrization device. The assignment device is configured to read out a current point to be welded from a list of points to be welded, to read out a first setpoint curve from a record of a database assigned to the current point to be welded, and to assign the first setpoint curve to the first regulator and the parametrization device is configured to read out the first value from the record of the point to be currently welded and to parametrize a first parameter of the first regulator with the first value. The welding controller further includes the first regulator configured, using a first parameter, to regulate a temporal profile of an electric current at the current point to be welded in accordance with the first setpoint curve.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Juergen Haeufgloeckner
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Patent number: 11839322Abstract: To improve the safety and efficiency of conventional zesters, the present inventor devised, among other things, a child-friendly bidirectional twist-action zester. One exemplary zester includes a housing and at least two grating elements. The housing defines an interior volume configured to receive at least a portion of a whole citrus fruit, and the first and second grating elements are mounted to the housing such that with their grating teeth face the interior and contact the whole citrus fruit, thereby preventing bloody fingers and knuckles during zesting. Moreover, each grating element includes at least some teeth that are opposite to some teeth in the other grating elements, enabling the zester to produce zest with each back and forth movement of the zester relative the fruit. Some other embodiments add a reamer to the housing, enabling the zester to serve as both as zester and a juicer.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventors: Katherine Waymire, Melessa E. Paynter
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Patent number: 11826862Abstract: A system and device operating using a welding power bus are provided. One welding power supply includes control circuitry configured to control the operation of the welding power supply and power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to output welding power. The welding power supply also includes welding terminals configured to receive the output welding power from the power conversion circuitry and to provide the output welding power to a device that does not use the welding power for a welding operation. The control circuitry is configured to adapt the output welding power to the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: David Austin Stanzel, Michael William Roth, Anthony VanBergen Salsich, Jeffrey Robert Thomas
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Patent number: 11825975Abstract: A slow cooking appliance device. The device including: a body having a base, the body receives within it a removable cooking vessel; a movable heating element supported by the base; and a lift mechanism within the base for raising and lowering the movable heating element, such that the heating element is movable between an upper position and a lowered position.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITEDInventors: Stephen John McClean, Pierce James Barnard, Duncan Bruce Hellmers
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Patent number: 11806812Abstract: A detector is configured to detect an output of a reflected beam from an exit end surface of a parallel plate. A determination unit is configured to determine that an abnormality occurs in the parallel plate when a detection value of the detector is smaller than a determination threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Nishio, Jingbo Wang, Hitoshi Nishimura, Motoki Morioka
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Patent number: 11801568Abstract: A method welds together two components of an internal combustion engine exhaust system, by resistance welding, to provide greater positioning freedom of two components welded together. A first component is provided with a welding area including an insertion opening edge surrounding an insertion opening. A second component is provided with a welding area including an insertion area to be inserted into the insertion opening. The insertion area is inserted into the insertion opening such that the insertion area is in contact with the first the entire insertion opening edge. An electrical voltage is applied to resistance weld the first component to the second component. The surface (28) of the insertion area is curved about two axes that are not parallel or is curved about an axis that is parallel to the surface of the insertion area, or/and an insertion surface of the insertion opening edge is located in one plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: PUREM GmbHInventors: Daniel Manicke, Andreas Sauer, Jan Pallmann
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Patent number: 11800888Abstract: Improvements to a juice extraction machine, particularly a commercial-scale fruit juice extraction machine that is extremely light and compact for very easy handling and transportation, which is noteworthy for its unusual construction configuration that includes, among other items, a swing-lidded waste-bin on its front whose walls are close to the peeler cups when closed, allowing easy removal of wastes such as pith, pulp and peel when open.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventor: Carlos Mendes