Patents Examined by Minh Chau
  • Patent number: 11772032
    Abstract: The present application relates to a system for quality management of a filter unit disposed in an intake passage. The system includes a plurality of evaluation parameter detection units configured to detect an evaluation parameter relating to of each filter constituting a filter layer of the filter unit. By determining a distribution of the evaluation parameter based on the detection values, the quality evaluation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Rei Takei, Yoshiyuki Doi, Hiroyuki Katayama, Toyosei Aota
  • Patent number: 11774120
    Abstract: A filter structure capable of removing dust is proposed. The filter structure includes a circular rim part; a frame, extending from the rim part, for installing a motor; a dust collection net attached to the frame; a brush which is in close contact with the dust collection net and is rotated by the motor; an opening, formed at a lower end of the rim part, for discharging dust; an open part formed at one side of the dust collection net; and a concave groove part having an outside coupled to the open part and in one-side communication with the opening at the rim part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CENDORI CO., LTD
    Inventor: Moon Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11766373
    Abstract: Examples of a module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment for use during surgery. The module can include a lower section and a tower-like upper section. The lower section can house unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment. The tower-like upper section can be located on top of the lower section. A water-resistant cowling can enclose at least a portion of the lower section and the tower-like upper section. A cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be protectively housed within the tower-like upper section. The cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be configured to emerge upward from a top of the tower-like upper section to substantially seat itself on the top of the tower-like upper section when activated allowing the ultraviolet-C light to disinfect the patient and staff-contacting upper surfaces of the equipment in the operating room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Susan D. Augustine, Garrett J. Augustine, Brent M. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 11766058
    Abstract: A popcorn popper is provided having a cabinet including a popcorn popping chamber, a kettle positioned within the popcorn popping chamber, at least one inlet provided in the top wall of the popcorn popping chamber configured to receive effluent from the kettle when popping popcorn and a recirculation passage in fluid communication with the at least one inlet that is configured to receive effluent from the at least one inlet. A filter is positioned in the recirculation passage and a blower including a housing in fluid communication with the recirculation passage is provided with an outlet of the housing being configured to direct filtered effluent into the popcorn popping chamber through the top wall and downwardly generally parallel to one of the side walls. A method of operating a popcorn popper is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Gold Medal Products Company
    Inventor: Timothy A. Rhome
  • Patent number: 11770435
    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: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BRIGHT DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Derry Shribman, Ofer Vilenski
  • Patent number: 11766372
    Abstract: An automated dose-response record system including a module for housing waste-heat producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including at least one physiologic monitor, and including a system to measure, temporally correlate and record dose and response events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Susan D. Augustine, Garrett J. Augustine, Brent M. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 11767791
    Abstract: A system, as well as associated methods, for increasing the efficiency of a gas turbine including an inlet assembly and a compressor may include a housing configured to channel airstream towards the inlet assembly, an air treatment module positioned at a proximal end the housing, and at least one air conditioning module mounted downstream of the air treatment module for adjusting the temperature of the airstream entering the compressor. The air treatment module may include a plurality of inlet air filters and at least one blower configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon
  • Patent number: 11761410
    Abstract: A sealed intake air system incorporates a positive connection seal interface between the air filter and the airbox with captive fasteners to provide a positive connection between the air filter and the one-piece airbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Flow Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Nick Niakan, George R. Chiang
  • Patent number: 11765056
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to managing a knowledge graph by providing, to an agent and based on a request from the agent, an output of a number of signals having an indicated correlation in a knowledge graph, receiving, from the agent, additional correlation information for at least a portion of the number of signals and/or additional signals, and storing, in the knowledge graph, the additional correlation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Anthony Morman, Suren Aghajanyan, Irina Frumkin, Thomas William Potthast, III, Sai Sankalp Arrabolu, Roman Batoukov
  • Patent number: 11765173
    Abstract: Techniques for managing redundant or overlapping access rules are provided. Access rules are determined for evaluation. Performance metrics for the access rules prior to implementation and post implementation are determined. Overlapping access rules are identified. Performance of the overlapping access rules are evaluated to determine actions to be applied to the overlapping access rules. Recommended actions and adjustments can be automatically provided by the system based on the performance analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Boding, Christopher Holmes, Haochuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11759737
    Abstract: A separator system for separating drops and solid particles from an air inlet flow. The separator system includes an air inlet channel opening and a separating body which is internally installed. The separating body is arranged downstream of the air inlet channel opening so as to completely cover the air inlet channel opening and to extend flat in a mounting plane. The separating body is provided as a modular design and includes, in the mounting plane, at least one first separating part, and at least one second separating part which is arranged to be separate from the at least one first separating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Detlef Weber
  • Patent number: 11752056
    Abstract: An anesthetic equipment storage and waste air management module configured to housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. The module can include a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment. The module can also include a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and can include a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Susan D. Augustine, Garrett J. Augustine, Brent M. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold
  • Patent number: 11756543
    Abstract: Methods and systems for multi-modalities integration via speech, chatbot, low-code, and no-code enterprise integration. Methods and systems for application integration for both application integration and macro/system aware integration technology. Methods and systems for integrating services between different software systems, the computer having a processor and a data repository including storing one or more service connectors configured to connect an origin software system to a target software system in the data repository, receiving integration instructions, the integration instructions including at least one of the origin software system, a directionality of the integration, the directionality indicating whether the integration is unidirectional or bidirectional, a frequency of integration, and the target system software, and performing the integration from the origin software system to the target software system using the one or more service connectors according to the integration instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Harrison Touati, Adam Branch
  • Patent number: 11755316
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a customizable cloud-based software platform. A customizable cloud-based software platform provides functionality that enables a user (e.g., individual user, organization, etc., that has created an account with the customizable cloud-based software platform) to modify a base version of a cloud-based software application to the specific user's needs. For example, the customizable cloud-based software platform provides a base version of a cloud-based software application that includes a base set of functionalities, settings, user interfaces, etc., which a user may modify to meet the user's specific needs A user may therefore use a client device to interact with the customizable cloud-based software platform to access their customized instance of the cloud-based application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Al Cook, Martin Amps, Madis Abel, Hando Tint, Tatjana Mihnovits
  • Patent number: 11747032
    Abstract: An air filter essentially for use in woodworking workplaces includes a casing having a top panel, a bottom panel, two sidewalls, a filter gauze, a motor, and whizzer blades. The casing has an inlet anteriorly and an outlet. The casing has therein an inner blocking wall which extends rearward to form two inner sidewalls. The two inner sidewalls are each penetrated by a through hole. The two through holes face each other. The casing further has a curved panel bending in its thickness direction. The curved panel and the two inner sidewalls together define a receiving space. The curved panel curves to an extent corresponding in curvature to part of the outer edges of the whizzer blades and is spaced apart from the whizzer blades by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JPW INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Sam Su
  • Patent number: 11745130
    Abstract: A filter and kit assembly for securing to one or more intake surfaces associated with a V-shaped heat exchanger unit. A screen includes a reinforced edge, within which is configured a plurality of spaced apart grommets aligning with and receiving therethrough engaging portions of the fasteners. In one variant, a frame is constructed for supporting the fasteners and attached filter and which is subsequently secured by clips against a flange surface surrounding the intake opening. In a further variant, the screen is configured in wrap-around fashion for supporting against first and second consecutively arranged intake openings along with an interconnecting intermediate flange surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: THE NEWWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Randy Simmons, John Gordon Grenville, Steven George Bell
  • Patent number: 11745206
    Abstract: A filtering apparatus having a housing with lateral, upstream and downstream walls, and a top plate disposed at a significant angle to incoming overspray air to accelerate and guide the particulate-laden air. The angle of the top plate directs the air upstream and away from the filters so the larger solids impact the top plate and wall and adhere, removing paint from the air. Larger solids too massive to turn while accelerating through an opening into an entry chamber collect on the upstream sidewall and the highly filtered air flows toward filter units disposed downstream of the entry opening. Lighter solids that flow downstream are removed by the filtration media. An overhang of the angled top plate reduces flow into the filter units of collected solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Columbus Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Baizel, James E. Large, Mounir B. H. Slama
  • Patent number: 11744421
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes first and second pre-motor filters that are in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11749537
    Abstract: Electronic device processing assemblies including an EFEM with at least one side storage pod attached thereto. The side storage pod has a side storage pod container. A supply conduit extends between an upper plenum of the EFEM to the side storage pod container. A fan causes purge gas to simultaneously flow into the EFEM chamber and into the side storage pod container. The fan also causes recirculation of the purge gas from the EFEM chamber. Methods of operating EFEMs and EFEMs are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Pannese, Murali Narasimhan, Paul B. Reuter, Nir Merry
  • Patent number: 11745129
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are air intake assemblies for internal combustion engines. In some embodiments, an air intake assembly includes an air filter configured to produce filtered air, a sealed filter housing configured to house the air filter therein, and an intake tube configured to convey the filtered air to an internal combustion engine. The filter housing includes an air intake port configured to provide intake air to the air filter. The air filter is configured to remove particulate matter from the intake air and produce the filtered air. The air filter includes a multi-component coupling interface configured to accept an intake-end portion of the intake tube in the coupling interface. The filter housing includes an aperture configured to accept the coupling interlace of the air filter in the aperture. Also disclosed herein are methods of the air intake assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced FLOW Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Nick Niakan, Christian L. Landel