Patents Examined by Minh Chau
  • Patent number: 11940179
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioner including: a cabinet assembly forming an external appearance of the indoor unit and having a suction port formed in a rear surface of the cabinet; a filter module movably disposed in rear of the cabinet assembly; a filter module mounted to the filter mounting member and filtering foreign substances in air flowing into the suction port; a mobile member connected to the filter mounting member and moving a position of the filter mounting member; a driving device pressing the mobile member to change the position of the filter mounting member; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a control command to change the position of the filter mounting member, operate the driving device that presses the mobile member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongnam Kim, Sunggyu Choi, Sehwan Bae, Junseok Bae, Kyunam Lee, Ilseop So, Sangyoon Lee, Hyesun Lee, Hosik Jang
  • Patent number: 11938435
    Abstract: A round filter element has a filter medium body flowed through by a fluid to be purified in radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. The filter medium body radially encloses an inwardly positioned flow space. An end disk is arranged at an end face of the filter medium body. The end disk has a shaped body axially delimiting the inwardly positioned flow space. The end disk has a sealing disk arranged externally at the shaped body, wherein the sealing disk covers the shaped body and the end face of the filter medium body. The shaped body has a receiving depression that is flow-tight relative to the inwardly positioned flow space. The sealing disk has a receiving opening aligned with the receiving depression of the shaped body. The receiving depression and the receiving opening can receive a support element of a filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Irmgard Thalmann
  • Patent number: 11933254
    Abstract: A system for cleaning air flowing into an engine provided with a plurality of sub-blocks. A plurality of air separators arranged in the plurality of sub-blocks, wherein each sub-block includes air separators having a predetermined optimal air flow velocity. At least one rotary louver/shatter is associated with at least one sub-block. A controller is provided to control transitioning of at least one rotary louver/shatter based on a sensed air flow velocity into the engine or on a velocity of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Eugene Zeyger
  • Patent number: 11933519
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a filter and an irradiation unit that irradiates the filter with ultraviolet light. An optical axis of the ultraviolet light emitted from the irradiation unit is inclined relative to a plane orthogonal to a thickness direction of the filter. This makes it possible to efficiently disinfect the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Umemura, Ryuji Seino
  • Patent number: 11916993
    Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11902316
    Abstract: A cybersecurity assessment system is provided for monitoring, assessing, and addressing the cybersecurity status of a target network. The cybersecurity assessment system can analyze the scan data and determine a degree to which the current status of the target network satisfies a particular cybersecurity readiness standard, and how the status changes over time. The cybersecurity assessment system can also transform large amounts of vulnerability scan data into efficient representations for use in providing interactive presentations of the vulnerabilities detected on the target network. The cybersecurity assessment system can also provide information regarding cybersecurity events in substantially real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Cytellix Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Douglas Berger, Howard Chen Lin, Andrew Michael Fabrizio
  • Patent number: 11902351
    Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11888916
    Abstract: A method for generating and processing a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes encoding broadcast data for one or more broadcast services, encoding first level signaling information including information describing properties of the one or more broadcast services, encoding second level signaling information including information for scanning the one or more broadcast services and generating a broadcast signal including the broadcast data, the first level signaling information and the second level signaling information, wherein the first level signaling information includes user service description (USD) information describing service layer properties with respect to the broadcast services, wherein the USD information includes capability information specifying capabilities necessary to present broadcast content of the broadcast services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minsung Kwak, Kyoungsoo Moon, Jangwon Lee, Woosuk Ko, Sungryong Hong
  • Patent number: 11888921
    Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11888922
    Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11878262
    Abstract: Provided is a filter module including a filter arranged on a flow path through which air passes, a first electrode arranged to face a first surface of the filter and a second electrode arranged to face a second surface of the filter opposite to the first surface, wherein a space is maintained in at least one of between the first surface and the first electrode or between the second surface and the second electrode through a spacer, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are prevented from being electrically connected to each other through foreign substances that are collected by the filter at a predetermined amount or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So-Young Yun, Jee-Ho Park, Kwang Seung Lee, Yasuhiko Kochiyama, Hyong Soo Noh, Ki Sup Lee, Il Yong Cho, Euy Sung Chu
  • Patent number: 11876853
    Abstract: A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11876637
    Abstract: A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KIP PROD P1 LP
    Inventors: Amir Ansari, George A. Cowgill, Leon E. Nicholls, Jude P. Ramayya, Ramprakash Masina, Alvin R. McQuarters, Atousa Raissyan
  • Patent number: 11872511
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for a flangeless air filter configured to be mounted onto a flat surface within an air intake system of an internal combustion engine. The flangeless air filter is comprised of a cone-shaped filter medium, retained between a base and a cap, that is fabricated to remove contaminants and particulate matter from an intake airstream. The base includes a pliable seal that forms an airtight connection between the flangeless air filter and the flat surface of the air intake system. A mounting bracket and fasteners may be used to attach the base to the flat surface, compressing the seal there between. In some embodiments, the mounting bracket may be incorporated into, and made a part of the base. A cap is disposed on a top of the flangeless air filter and configured to direct the intake airstream around the cap and toward the filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Jere James Wall, Steve Williams
  • Patent number: 11872512
    Abstract: An intelligent robot includes at least one accessory to measure activity and state in proximity to the robot; an air filtration module housed in a casing made of a UV blocking material; and a control center to analyze output of the at least one accessory, to recognize a known target user according to the analysis and to control functionality of said robot and the air filtration module for said known target user according to saved preferences for said known target user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: XTEND AI Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Fox, Sergh Sapojnikov, David Azoulay, Andrew C. Gorelick, Gabriel Bachman
  • Patent number: 11865484
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) home air filter to remove airborne molecular contaminants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from air within residential spaces. The HVAC home air filter includes a supportive frame having a shape and size suitable to orient the HVAC home air filter within a residential HVAC system. A filter medium is retained within the supportive frame to remove the airborne molecular contaminants and VOCs from air flowing through the residential HVAC system. The filter medium includes a combination of media layers configured to exhibit a relatively high filtration efficiency and a low air pressure drop across the filter medium. The supportive frame includes a plurality of elongate sections and corner sections disposed along perimeter edges of the filter medium to support the filter medium within the residential HVAC system so as direct air through the filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Williams, Jere James Wall
  • Patent number: 11865485
    Abstract: An air cleaner includes a case, an air inlet, an air outlet, a grill covering the air inlet to filter airborne oil droplets, a fan to suction air through the air inlet and discharge air out of the air outlet, a roll filter provided between the grill and the fan to filter oil mist, and a filter roller to cut the roll filter. The roll filter includes a roller and a filter sheet wound around the roller, and the filter sheet may be unwound to extend behind the grill. When the filter sheet becomes dirty, the roll filter is further unwound so that a clean section is provided behind the grill, and the filter cutter may cut off the dirty section. During cutting, a clamp holds down the filter sheet. The case includes a slit through which the dirty section of the filter sheet passes for discarding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunju Kim, Hyun Byung Cha, Chinsoo Hyon, Younju Oh, Hee Jeong Heo
  • Patent number: 11863207
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing dynamic dictionary-based compression and decompression are described herein. A computing device may receive, during a currently running session with a client device, a plurality of messages. The computing device may determine, based on the plurality of messages, one or more frames. The computing device may determine, based on the one or more frames, data samples. The computing device may compress the one or more frames based on a compression dictionary. The computing device may train, during the currently running session, the compression dictionary based on the determined data samples, to create a new compression dictionary. The computing device may determine, during the currently running session and based on receiving additional messages, one or more additional frames. In addition, the computing device may compress the one or more additional frames based on the new compression dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Improbable Worlds Limited
    Inventor: Charles Micou
  • Patent number: 11846444
    Abstract: A refrigerator having an air processing apparatus includes a first cabinet including a storage compartment and second cabinet mounted at one surface of the first cabinet includes an inlet hole and an outlet hole, a blower fan to blow the air drawn into the inlet hole towards the outlet hole, and a filter unit to filter the air drawn into the second cabinet via the inlet hole. A first PCB includes a first control unit to control at least one of a compressor and a pressure regulator, and a second PCB includes a second control unit to control the blower fan. A first mounting unit at one surface of the first cabinet defines a predetermined space which can accommodate the first PCB, and a second mounting unit at one surface of the second cabinet defines a predetermined space which can accommodate both the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Younghoon Yun
  • Patent number: 11845035
    Abstract: A method of operating a cleaning process on a filter in a vehicle air intake includes passing air through the filter from an upstream side to a downstream side, and providing an exhaust duct having an inlet end adjacent the upstream side of the filter and an outlet end adjacent a cooling fan or other air-extraction device of the vehicle arranged to draw air through the exhaust duct from the inlet end to the outlet end. In a periodic cleaning subroutine, the rotational speed of the fan is increased from a first speed to a second speed, while a pulse of pressurized fluid is applied to a downstream side of the filter. The exhaust duct carries away material dislodged from the upstream side of the filter by the applied pulse, and the rotational speed of the fan is reduced to its original level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hämmerle, Peter Gast, Andreas Kleinhenz, Thorsten Capelle, Andreas Reisch, Hans Leistle