Patents Examined by Helena Kosanovic
  • Patent number: 11303102
    Abstract: A system for removing metal foil shield from electrical wires and/or cables, using ablation process, shear stress generation and video camera feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Frisimos, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tal Pechter, Hanan Ben-Ron
  • Patent number: 11292081
    Abstract: A method for drilling a hole in a component is provided. The method includes directing a confined laser beam of a confined laser drill towards a near wall of the component and sensing a first characteristic of light from the hole in the near wall of the component with a first sensor positioned outside the component. The method also includes sensing a second characteristic of light from the hole in the near wall the component with a second sensor. The second characteristic of light is different from the first characteristic of light. Additionally, the method includes determining a hole progress based on the sensed first characteristic of light and the sensed second characteristic of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhaoli Hu, Abe Denis Darling, Shamgar Elijah McDowell, Douglas Anthony Serieno
  • Patent number: 11292082
    Abstract: A method of laser processing of a metallic material is described by means of a focused laser beam having a predetermined transverse power distribution on at least one working plane of the material, comprising the steps of: providing a laser beam emitting source; leading the laser beam along a beam transport optical path to a working head arranged in proximity to the material; collimating the laser beam along an optical axis of propagation incident on the material; focusing the collimated laser beam in an area of a working plane of the material; and conducting the focused laser beam along a working path on the metallic material comprising a succession of working areas, wherein the laser beam is shaped: by reflecting the collimated beam by means of a deformable controlled surface reflecting element having a plurality of independently movable reflection areas, and by controlling the arrangement of the reflection areas to establish a predetermined transverse power distribution of the beam on at least one worki
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ADIGE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Maurizio Sbetti
  • Patent number: 11265976
    Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance includes a door which covers a loading opening of a cooking chamber when closed, and has a profiled trap structure to form with an electrically conductive door flange a lambda quarter-wave trap that frames the loading opening. The trap structure includes a metal choke profile with an open face opposite the door flange, inner and outer metal tongues protruding into the open face laterally on an inside and outside, respectively. The metal tongues are connected electrically to the choke profile and separated from one another by a microwave entry slot covered by a microwave-transparent cover. The choke profile is framed laterally on the outside by a parallel overlap region which protrudes from the door flange and has a cover surface facing the door flange at a distance and made of electrically conductive material and having a same shape as a door flange region it covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kuchler, Kerstin Rigorth, Sebastian Sterz, Matthias Vogt
  • Patent number: 11246231
    Abstract: A hot/cold aisle air containment room includes a plurality of electronic equipment enclosures at least partially defining an interior aisle, a frame structure supporting one or more ceiling panels above the interior aisle, and a door assembly. The door assembly includes a sliding door and an unpowered door closer mechanism adapted to move the sliding door from an open state to a closed state, thereby providing controlled access to the interior aisle and minimizing intermixing of hot air and cold air between an environment external to the hot/cold aisle air containment room and an environment internal to the hot/cold aisle air containment room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II
  • Patent number: 11242999
    Abstract: Exhaust capture and containment are enhanced by means of automatic or manual side skirts, a sensitive breach detector based on interference effects, a combination of vertical and horizontal edge jets, and/or corner jets that are directed to the center diagonally from corners. Associated control functions are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Rick A. Bagwell, Darrin W. Beardslee
  • Patent number: 11235416
    Abstract: A welding assembly (1) for welding two rails (2) of a track includes two rail clamping units (5) movable towards one another in an assembly longitudinal direction (4). A power rail (10) provided for power transmission is configured as an assembly guide (3), extending in an assembly longitudinal direction (4), which is spaced from displacement drives (11) and connects both rail clamping units (5) to one another. The power rail (10) is equipped with a cooling device and displaceable in the assembly longitudinal direction (4) relative to the rail clamping unit (5) equipped with the power rail contacts (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Heinz Muehlleitner
  • Patent number: 11230163
    Abstract: A vehicle air handling system includes a user input interface, air duct housing, first and second panel duct doors, at least one air blower, and a first panel actuation assembly. The air duct housing has an air inlet, and first and second panel ducts. The first and second panel duct doors are disposed to selectively open and close the first and second panel ducts, respectively. Air is drawn into the air duct housing via the air inlet and conveyed toward the panel ducts. The first panel actuation assembly is operatively coupled to the first and second panel duct doors to simultaneously control positions in response to operation of the user input interface between a plurality of settings. The positions of the first and second panel duct doors include at least one setting in which different airflow volumes are passed by the first and second panel duct doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Amilkar Soto Infante
  • Patent number: 11221153
    Abstract: An air moving system includes an air moving device including a housing member, a rotary fan assembly, and an opening for connection with an airflow duct, the housing including a plurality of air intake vents. A first volume of air can enter the housing through the opening and a second volume of air can enter the housing through the plurality of intake vents. The rotary fan assembly directs the first and second volumes of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRIUS IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Raymond B. Avedon
  • Patent number: 11220340
    Abstract: A cart bay for an aircraft galley structure includes a housing defined by interior surfaces and capable of housing one or more removable galley carts in a secured position. Chilled air is introduced into the cart bay through a plenum of inlet to maintain perishable contents of the galley cart at a safe temperature. The side walls of the cart bay include rubstrip assemblies for guiding the galley carts in and out of the bay, absorbing impact and noise. The rubstrip assemblies may include a corrugated carrier layer behind a solid rubstrip; the corrugated carrier layer includes apertures for controlling and directing the flow of chilled air along the side walls to maximize the exterior surfaces of the galley carts reachable by the chilled air, separating the galley carts from the side walls and allowing chilled air to reach the side exterior surfaces of the galley carts via the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafal H. Chylinski, Nick Undricov, Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Patent number: 11208988
    Abstract: A direction controlled service apparatus may include a mounting assembly, a housing assembly configured to operably connect to the mounting assembly, the housing assembly being movable with respect to the mounting assembly, and a plurality of actuators connected between the mounting assembly and the housing assembly, each actuator of the plurality of actuators being configured to contract upon a current being applied to the actuator to rotate the housing assembly with respect to the mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas A. Brown, Kwun-Wing W. Cheung
  • Patent number: 11199334
    Abstract: A ventilation system for a building in some cases includes a main HVAC blower for moving temperature-conditioned air through the building plus a smaller ventilation blower for providing fresh air. A controller regulates the ventilation blower's speed to provide a target ventilation flow rate regardless of changes in the pressure differential between the indoor and outdoor air. To ensure that the target rate is appropriate for a particular building, the target flow rate is determined based on a ventilation setting that reflects a specified number of bedrooms and a specified amount of floor space of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Helt, Roy Randall Crawford
  • Patent number: 11175056
    Abstract: An attic fan assembly and method for efficiently cooling an attic is provided. The assembly includes a motor, a fan blade assembly, a control unit, a condition sensor, and a speed sensor. The control unit receives a condition sensor signal from the condition sensor and determines a target speed. The control unit receives a speed sensor signal from the speed sensor and determines a present speed. The control unit sends a motor signal to control speed of the motor according to the conditions of the target speed and the present speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 11166395
    Abstract: A hot/cold aisle containment system includes a frame structure, at least one electronic equipment enclosure installed at least partially within the frame structure, and a header panel assembly. The frame structure is adapted to be at least partially covered by one or more panels to define an interior space and includes a vertical member and a horizontal member. The header panel assembly is installed between a top of the at least one electronic equipment enclosure and the horizontal member of the frame structure to prevent circulation of air above the enclosure. The header panel assembly includes a main panel and at least one seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William Drew Krietzman
  • Patent number: 11162487
    Abstract: An air circulation control device includes a casing and at least one air pump. The casing includes at least one entrance opening, at least one exit opening and an accommodation space. Each air pump is disposed in and closes the corresponding entrance opening. Each air pump includes a first protective film that is a waterproof and dustproof film structure allowing gas to pass therethrough. When the air pump is enabled, the gas is introduced into the accommodation space through the entrance opening and discharged from the accommodation space through the exit opening, so that the gas is circulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Shih-Chang Chen, Jia-Yu Liao, Hung-Hsin Liao, Chi-Feng Huang, Wei-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 11161212
    Abstract: A laser machine for machining workpieces has a workpiece support that forms a support main plane and is permeable to air perpendicularly to the support main plane. Supply air is directed to an upper side of the workpiece support. Air that is contaminated due to machining is discharged as exhaust air from the upper side of the workpiece support through the workpiece support to the bottom side of the workpiece support. In order to generate a laminar supply air flow which is perpendicular to the upper side of the workpiece support, the flow cross section of the supply air channel is divided into partial cross sections by partial cross sectional walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TRUMPF Laser—und Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolai Speker, Markus Wirnitzer, Gunter Fischer, Björn Sautter
  • Patent number: 11117442
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioning system for a vehicle, in which an air conditioning unit having noise inducing unit is arranged at an engine room based on a dash panel and a distribution duct for distributing air to the interior of the vehicle is arranged in the interior of the vehicle based on the dash panel, thereby reducing noise and vibration in the interior of the vehicle, securing visibility and enabling a worker to easily access the air conditioning system for follow-up service because the air conditioning unit causing noise is arranged inside the engine room, and enhancing passengers' convenience by maximizing the interior space of the vehicle in comparison with the conventional air conditioning systems because only the distribution duct is arranged in the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Joong Man Han, Doo Hoon Kim, Chul Hee Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Kyung Ju An
  • Patent number: 11117669
    Abstract: A vane assembly for distribution of a stratified fluid in an aircraft is taught herein. The vane assembly includes a housing including a housing inlet and a housing outlet. The housing inlet is configured to receive the stratified fluid with the stratified fluid including a first portion and a second portion. The housing outlet is configured to exhaust the stratified fluid. The housing defines an interior housing volume between the housing inlet and the housing outlet. The vane assembly further includes a vane disposed within the interior housing volume and bisecting the interior housing volume. The vane includes a leading edge adjacent the housing inlet and a trailing edge adjacent the housing outlet. The trailing edge is angularly offset from the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Fletcher, Guilherme Oliveira, Jon Curry, John Bierstaker, Olexandr Varichev
  • Patent number: 11104207
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air duct system for a battery of a vehicle and a controlling method for an air duct system for a battery of a vehicle capable of protecting a vehicle passenger from toxic gases and flames introduced into the vehicle due to a fire of a battery by blocking a ventilation hole for cooling the battery when the fire occurs in the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Han Ahn
  • Patent number: 11105524
    Abstract: A roof ventilation system operable based on environmental parameters is disclosed. The system includes a vent, a fan, a solar panel, a battery and a controller. The vent is positioned within a field of a roof, and includes a first opening configured to allow airflow between regions above and below the roof. The fan is positioned to generate an air flow through the vent. The solar panel is positioned on the roof in a location such that the solar panel receives solar radiation. The battery is electrically connected to the solar panel. The controller is in communication with the fan, and is configured to drive the fan based on at least one environmental parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory S. Daniels