Patents Examined by Kevin L Lee
  • Patent number: 11958086
    Abstract: A device for cleaning surfaces, mobile, in particular for the cleaning of the cooling elements of an exchanger, including a truck for a nozzle-carrier rack, intended to be disposed in a movable manner facing the surface to be cleaned, carrying a nozzle-carrier rack, with one or more nozzles spraying the surface to be cleaned, and a guide system including, on the one hand, at least one guide profile on which the truck for a nozzle-carrier rack moves, acting as a path for the truck during its movement in the direction of the guide profile, and on the other hand, bearing members of the truck moving on the at least one profile, and wherein the at least one guide profile is rigidified by at least one rigidification beam, under elastic tension, rigidly connected in several discrete positions by fastening plates to the guide profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: A X SYSTEM
    Inventors: Romain Pennel, Jason Dehem
  • Patent number: 11959214
    Abstract: This information processing system comprises an information station inside a store, a washing machine, and a user terminal operated by a user, wherein, when the information station detects that the user U has visited the store, the information station executes control to display a QR code for transmitting a store-visit coupon to the user terminal. The washing machine displays an advertisement, and also, when the washing machine detects that the user has used the washing machine, the washing machine executes control to display a QR code for transmitting a usage coupon to the user terminal. The user terminal acquires information indicated by the QR code displayed on the information station and information indicated by the QR code displayed on the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: WASHHOUSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Kodama
  • Patent number: 11952702
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes first and second treating apparatuses; a first display on which a control command that may be input to the first treating apparatus; a first apparatus input unit for inputting the control command to the first treating apparatus; a first display controller controlling the first display and the first apparatus input unit; a first apparatus first power circuit connecting the first display controller and the first apparatus input unit to a power source; a first apparatus second power circuit connecting the power source with the first load controller, switched by a first controller switch; and a first apparatus third power circuit connecting the power source with the first driving unit, switched by a first load portion switch. When the control command is input through the first apparatus input unit, the first display controller controls the first controller switch to close the first apparatus second power circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinhwan Son, Changhun Oh
  • Patent number: 11931683
    Abstract: A scrubber system may include a scrubber housing including a vertically extended cleaning space, an inflow chamber coupled to a bottom portion of the scrubber housing, and first and second inflow portions, each of which is configured to supply a gas into the inflow chamber. The inflow chamber may include a mixing space, and the mixing space may be connected to the cleaning space. The first inflow portion may include a first connection pipe coupled to the inflow chamber to provide a first connection path and the second inflow portion may include a second connection pipe coupled to the inflow chamber to provide a second connection path. The first and second connection paths may be extended toward the mixing space in opposite directions, respectively, and may be connected to opposite portions of the mixing space, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Seok Roh, Suji Gim, Heesub Kim, Hee Ock Park, Jongyong Bae, Sung Chul Yoon, Sunsoo Lee, Dong Keun Jeon, Jinkyoung Joo
  • Patent number: 11473384
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: AES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Harry McGraw, Leslie M. Bland, Daniel S. Bangert, Mark F. Gravouia, Rizal Masingkan
  • Patent number: 11472694
    Abstract: A system and method detection of an empty keg is provided. Carbonated beverages from a keg communicates a carbonated alcoholic beverage to a liquid beverage sensor in fluid communication with the bulk keg. The liquid beverage sensor includes at least one phase detection sensor capable of identifying a foam or gas-liquid interface (Float on Beer Detector), at least one pressure sensor, at least one flow sensor, or at least one temperature sensor. A controller in operative communication with the TCB communicates with the control valve, the actuation button and in communication with the sensors. Upon detection of a low float level for the FOB detector, or low system pressure, or high system temperature, an alarm and/or override of the control of the tap is accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SESTRA SYSTEMS, INC
    Inventors: Lev Volftsun, Alex Belfor, Paras Goda
  • Patent number: 11460136
    Abstract: A rapid connect coupler for connecting a fluid holding tank to a receptacle in a non-rotatable manner can include a housing, a probe configured to translate in a longitudinal direction within the housing, and a handle assembly configured to cause the probe to translate within the housing. The handle assembly can be movable between a plurality of positions corresponding to decoupled, coupled and venting positions. The coupler can also include a slidable sleeve coupled to an outer surface of the probe and configured to translate with the probe in the longitudinal direction, the sleeve including a collar configured to engage the receptacle in the coupled and uncoupled positions to prevent rotation of the coupler with respect to the receptacle when the two components are engaged to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Engineered Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy N. Tickle, Jeffrey S. Howard, Chad Thomas
  • Patent number: 11448348
    Abstract: A backflow prevention assembly is configurable with varying lay-lengths and orientations. The assembly includes coupling assemblies and valve bodies that adjust in length and/or rotation to allow for the varying lay-lengths and orientations of the backflow prevention valves and assemblies with and without certification. A coupling assembly is connected to a backflow prevention valve and includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that is slidingly received within the outer sleeve. The lay-length is adjusted by slidably moving the inner and outer sleeves with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Jason Doughty, Ian David Baynes, Joseph Michael Burke, Frank DiBenedetto, Muhannad A. Bagegni
  • Patent number: 11427911
    Abstract: A valve device with a built-in orifice is manufacturable with low-cost. The valve body defines an accommodation recess which opens at the surface of the valve body and contains a valve element therein, a primary flow path and a secondary flow path connected to the accommodation recess, the valve element having a sealing portion for blocking direct communication between the primary flow path and the secondary flow path through the accommodation recess, and a through flow passage for making the primary flow path and the secondary flow path communicate through the valve element, wherein an orifice is formed in the through flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Kohei Shigyou, Kenji Aikawa, Tomohiro Nakata, Takahiro Matsuda, Tsutomu Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11421808
    Abstract: A coupling assembly includes a nipple component and a coupler component that are connectable to each other to form a fluid flow pathway through the coupling assembly. The nipple component includes a nipple body that defines a chamber that receives a first valve and a second valve that are moveable within the chamber, and the first valve and the second valve are spring biased against each other by a spring loaded plunger of the first valve, and a second valve spring that biases the second valve in the closed position. During a connection operation and/or a disconnection operation, a balance of forces including the spring bias, in combination with system pressure, maintains the second valve in a closed position, thereby isolating the fluid flow from an area of the chamber in which components of the first valve reside, including isolating an interface seal from fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Brian K. Foner
  • Patent number: 11396967
    Abstract: A quick connector assembly and a quick connector device are disclosed. The quick connector assembly includes a first base, a first fluid interface assembly and a valve assembly. The valve assembly regulates whether a fluid flows through the quick connector assembly or not, and thereby sealing the flow of the fluid at both sides of the quick connector assembly. The quick connector assembly and the quick connector device in an embodiment of the present disclosure can regulate the flow of the fluid effectively and provide better barriers to keep concurrent flows separated and isolated. Especially, the quick connector device can be used in slurry delivery system which has fluid being abrasive fluid or solid contained liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ASIA IC MIC-PROCESS, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Hsin Hsu, Yan-Lan Chiou
  • Patent number: 11396799
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system according to which a swap adapter is connected to a swap station while a discharge manifold is pressurized by at least a first fracturing pump, said discharge manifold being adapted to communicate pressurized fluid to an oil and gas wellbore. The swap adapter is connected to a second fracturing pump via a first suction conduit and a first discharge conduit. The swap station is connected to a suction manifold via a second suction conduit. The swap station is connected to the discharge manifold via a second discharge conduit. After connecting the swap adapter to the swap station, and while the discharge manifold remains pressurized by at least the first fracturing pump: fluid is drawn from the suction manifold using the second fracturing pump; and pressurized fluid is discharged into the discharge manifold using the second fracturing pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DOWNING WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Austin C. Johnson, Kyle Schultz, Ronnie Beason, Nicholas J. Cannon, Justin Robinson, Barton Hickie
  • Patent number: 11396230
    Abstract: An integrated fill system is provided for a vehicle. The integrated fill system can include a receptacle, a cap that mates with the receptacle, and a fill line that is in fluid communication between the receptacle and a container. The integrated fill system can further include a valve between an opening on an end of the container and an end of the fill line to allow one-way fluid communication for entry of compressed material into the container. The integrated fill system can further include a draw line on an opposite end of the container to maintain separate lines for filling and drawing compressed material into/from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: James B. Rike
  • Patent number: 11391380
    Abstract: A water outlet valve assembly and a humidifier including the water outlet valve assembly are provided. The water outlet valve assembly is disposed at a water outlet of a water tank and includes a body and a pressure limiting portion. The body includes a housing and a valve core assembly. A flow passage is formed in the housing. The valve core assembly is capable of blocking the flow passage. The pressure limiting portion is disposed on the valve core assembly and applies a weight of the pressure limiting portion to the valve core assembly, and the pressure limiting portion provides the valve core assembly with a downward pre-tightening force, thus allowing the valve core assembly to block the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Zhongping Huang, Jianfei Hou, Jinbao Zhou, Jianhua Zhang, Xianle Mo, Guoliang Li
  • Patent number: 11377830
    Abstract: A faucet control system. The faucet control system includes a faucet with a first valve, a second valve, and a mobile application configured to control the second valve. The first valve may be manually controlled, and the second valve may be automatically or programmatically controlled. The second valve may be activated at a specific time. A software application on a mobile device is operably connected to the second valve, such that the application specifies the specific time the valve turns on or off. The faucet is programable to turn the water on, off, or a combination of the two as a user desires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Erica Davis
  • Patent number: 11371637
    Abstract: A pipe fitting placement system includes a fitting holder including a bar defining a fitting bore proximate to a first end of the bar, the bar further defining a second end distal from the first end, the bar being elongated in a longitudinal direction extending from the first end to the second end; and a saddle coupled to the bar proximate to the second end of the bar, the saddle rotatable about a saddle pivot axis with respect to the bar; and a pipe fitting received within the fitting bore of the fitting holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Stern, Jeffrey Allen Huffman
  • Patent number: 11358351
    Abstract: An anti-spray joint structure of a connection hose of a vehicle air compressor, the vehicle air compressor contains: a box, a sealant supply can, and a connection hose. The box includes a body accommodated in the box and started by a power supply to produce compressed airs. The sealant supply can includes an open segment for accommodating chemical sealant, and the sealant supply can includes a supply tube arranged on the open segment. The connection hose includes a front connector and a rear connector. The rear connector is an anti-spray joint structure and includes a first segment and a second segment removed from and connected with the first segment, and the first segment is connected with the second segment which has a channel of different sizes and shapes so as to be applicable for different tires and to avoid eruption of the chemical sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-San Chou, Cheng-Hsien Chou
  • Patent number: 11346482
    Abstract: A fluid coupling (R) comprising a male element (A) and a female element, a ring delimiting an inner channel of the female element (B), and a piston slidably mounted with respect to the ring (28) between a closed position and an open position of the inner channel. Between a disconnected configuration of the coupling and the connected configuration, the ring is moved rotationally with respect to the female body and the ring is held longitudinally in the female body, the piston is moved longitudinally from its closed position to its open position. The male body comprises an outer body and an inner body, the inner body delimiting an inner duct of the male element (A). During connecting, the outer body and the ring are rotationally fixed around the central longitudinal axis. In the connected configuration, the outer body and the ring are rotationally fixed. During connecting and in the connected configuration, the outer body and the inner body are free to rotate but unable to move in translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: STAUBL FAVERGES
    Inventors: Alain-Christophe Tiberghien, Christophe Durieux, Francois Michel
  • Patent number: 11346578
    Abstract: A conduit fitting for an exhaust duct includes a conduit and a condensate trap. The conduit fitting defines an interior space partitioned into an upper conduit and a lower condensate reservoir. The condensate reservoir can be configured to contain a neutralizing agent for neutralizing acidic condensate prior to it exiting the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Timothy D. Scott, William Jason Hall, Brad Windon, Brian Shaw, Piyush Porwal, Ashwin Rao, Matthew S. Park
  • Patent number: 11339891
    Abstract: A flow control device includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path connecting the inlet and the outlet. A cage is disposed in the flow path, and a bonnet is coupled to the cage and includes a portion overlapping with a portion of the cage. A retaining ring is disposed between the cage and the bonnet. The retaining ring includes an interior side, an exterior side, and a cavity formed between the interior and exterior sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Lucas J. Schmitt, Steven K. Hostetter, Daniel M. Adams