Patents Examined by Helena Kosanovic
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Patent number: 11303102Abstract: A system for removing metal foil shield from electrical wires and/or cables, using ablation process, shear stress generation and video camera feedback.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Frisimos, Ltd.Inventors: Tal Pechter, Hanan Ben-Ron
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Patent number: 11292081Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zhaoli Hu, Abe Denis Darling, Shamgar Elijah McDowell, Douglas Anthony Serieno
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Patent number: 11292082Abstract: 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 workiType: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ADIGE S.p.A.Inventor: Maurizio Sbetti
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Patent number: 11265976Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Markus Kuchler, Kerstin Rigorth, Sebastian Sterz, Matthias Vogt
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Patent number: 11246231Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: William Krietzman, Richard Evans Lewis, II
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Patent number: 11242999Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Rick A. Bagwell, Darrin W. Beardslee
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Patent number: 11235416Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.Inventor: Heinz Muehlleitner
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Patent number: 11230163Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Amilkar Soto Infante
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Patent number: 11221153Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: AIRIUS IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Raymond B. Avedon
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Patent number: 11220340Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Rafal H. Chylinski, Nick Undricov, Peter John Leslie Burd
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Patent number: 11208988Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Douglas A. Brown, Kwun-Wing W. Cheung
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Patent number: 11199334Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Trane International Inc.Inventors: Robert Wayne Helt, Roy Randall Crawford
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Patent number: 11175056Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: QC MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Dana Charles Stevenson, Dustin Martin Stevenson
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Patent number: 11166395Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventor: William Drew Krietzman
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Patent number: 11162487Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Shih-Chang Chen, Jia-Yu Liao, Hung-Hsin Liao, Chi-Feng Huang, Wei-Ming Lee
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Patent number: 11161212Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TRUMPF Laser—und Systemtechnik GmbHInventors: Nicolai Speker, Markus Wirnitzer, Gunter Fischer, Björn Sautter
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Patent number: 11117442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Joong Man Han, Doo Hoon Kim, Chul Hee Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Kyung Ju An
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Patent number: 11117669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Bruno Fletcher, Guilherme Oliveira, Jon Curry, John Bierstaker, Olexandr Varichev
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Patent number: 11104207Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jin Han Ahn
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Patent number: 11105524Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventor: Gregory S. Daniels