Patents Examined by Tinsae B Ayalew
  • Patent number: 11976406
    Abstract: A combination washer/dryer (20) has a cabinet (12) with an opening enabling access inside the cabinet (12). A drum and tub assembly (14) is positioned within the cabinet (12). A washing circuit (40) washes items in the drum and tub assembly (14). A drying circuit (50) dries the items in the drum and tub assembly (14). A door assembly (16) includes an outer door (18) and a floating inner door (20) sealing the drum and tub assembly (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Logan R. Urbanski, Joel Sells, Michael Vriezema
  • Patent number: 11970812
    Abstract: A driving system having a hollow shaft, a solid shaft arranged in the hollow shaft, a stator, a rotor connected to the hollow shaft, a clutch mechanism selectively engaged to one of the stator and the rotor, and a speed reduction mechanism having a planetary carrier assembly engaged to the clutch mechanism, and a planetary gear train connected between the solid shaft and the rotor, wherein where the clutch mechanism is engaged to the stator in a transmission manner, the planetary carrier assembly is connected with the stator, and the rotor drives the solid shaft and the hollow shaft to operate at a differential speed, and where the clutch mechanism is engaged to the rotor in the transmission manner, the planetary carrier assembly is connected with the rotor, and the rotor drives the solid shaft and the hollow shaft to operate at a same speed by the planetary gear train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG WELLING MOTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA WELLING MOTOR TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yiming Hu, Tiantian Yan, Ping Li, Di Wu, Jintao Chen
  • Patent number: 11973461
    Abstract: Provided is a device and method of cleaning a solar panel of a solar boat using, as cleaning water, water externally introduced and compressed during operation of the solar boat. The device includes a water inlet port disposed on the front side of the solar boat, a filtration unit removing impurities from water introduced through the water inlet port during operation of the solar boat, a compression unit compressing impurities-removed water, and a spray nozzle spraying the compressed water to the solar panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: K-MARINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Woo Lee, Hye Sook Jung
  • Patent number: 11969026
    Abstract: A cleaning system and cleaning devices and methods for cleaning smoking accessories, and in particular, glass smoking accessories, including a containment, which according to preferred embodiments, is configured as an elastomeric tube, and preferably a silicone tube that is designed to receive the smoking accessory therein. A smoking accessory is admitted to the tube with a cleaner or detergent being added or present in the tube. A closure is provided for closing the end of the silicone containment or tube. The tube is folded over onto itself when the accessory is within the tube. The clip preferably is applied to the tube end to maintain the sealing position of the tube, in order to contain the accessory as well as an cleaning solution therein. The accessory is cleaned by shaking the tube with the accessory therein. A kit is provided having a tube, a brush and a clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Samuel W. Claytor
  • Patent number: 11964311
    Abstract: The application relates to a cleaning system configured for cleaning of cavities filled with a liquid, including fragmentation, debridement, material removal, irrigation, disinfection, and decontamination. The cleaning system includes an electromagnetic radiation system and a liquid. A treatment handpiece irradiates the liquid within a cavity with a radiation beam, producing a first vapor bubble using first pulse, and, at a different location, a second vapor bubble using a second pulse. The pulse repetition time is adjusted to ensure efficacy, for example such that an onset time of the second vapor bubble is within the first contraction phase of the first vapor bubble, when the first vapor bubble has contracted from its maximal volume to a size in a range from about 0.7 to about 0.1 of the maximal volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FOTONA D.O.O.
    Inventors: Nejc Lukac, Matjaz Lukac, Matija Jezersek, Peter Gregorcic
  • Patent number: 11959219
    Abstract: Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11952704
    Abstract: Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11946186
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an aperture in a front surface thereof. A drum is disposed within the cabinet. The drum defines an access opening that aligns with the aperture. A door is coupled to the cabinet and is operable between closed and opened positions relative to the aperture. A bellows extends along a perimeter of the aperture and proximate the access opening. A deflector extends along at least a portion of the perimeter of the aperture. The deflector extends into an interior of the drum over the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl C. Bodine, Donald E. Erickson, Gregg P. Fitzgerald, Stephen D. Ostdiek, Marcel Schmidt, Todd J. Tunzi
  • Patent number: 11931780
    Abstract: A bottle cleaner includes a housing defining a chamber therein. A support frame is disposed within the housing to support one or more bottles. A base is disposed below the housing. A bottom liner is at least partially received within the housing. The bottom liner defines a plurality of openings and a fluid reservoir. At least one pump is disposed within the base to pump liquid from within the fluid reservoir to one or more spray jets for cleaning the bottles. Further, a blower and heater are disposed within the base. The blower discharges air into the chamber through the plurality of openings to dry the bottles. A heater element produces steam which aids in steam sterilization functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ALTELLE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rudolf W. Riegner, III, Selamat B. Ismail, Mohd Nasir B. Lazim, Syah Izzaideen B. Yusoff, Wan Muhamad Nur Zikri B Mat Daud
  • Patent number: 11935737
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a cleaning machine and a cleaning method. The cleaning machine includes: a wet cleaning module, configured to execute a wet cleaning process on a wafer; a dry cleaning module, configured to execute a dry cleaning process on the wafer; a conveying module, configured to input the wafer into the wet cleaning module or the dry cleaning module, or output the wafer from the wet cleaning module or the dry cleaning module; a transferring module, configured to transfer the wafer from the wet cleaning module to the dry cleaning module or transfer the wafer from the dry cleaning module to the wet cleaning module; and a processing module, configured to extract gas from the transferring module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Ning Xi
  • Patent number: 11926947
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a laundry apparatus and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the method of controlling a laundry apparatus including a tub, a drum, an induction heating module mounted on the tub to heat the drum, and a circulation pump configured to pump wash water from the tub to the drum includes supplying wash water into the tub through a water supply valve, circulating the wash water by operating the circulation pump and performing fabrics soaking by driving the drum after termination of the water supply, performing heating by driving the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking, and performing washing by driving the drum after termination of the heating, wherein the heating is performed while a water level of the wash water is lower than a lowest end of the drum, the heating including heating the drum, the wash water, and fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changoh Kim, Sangwook Hong
  • Patent number: 11925962
    Abstract: A means of integrating the materials and automating the actions required for the cleaning of optical fiber, where the present invention can hold cleaning material, dispense cleaning agent, and clean multiple fibers, while routing conduits and cleaning pads protect the optical fiber from mechanical stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Jon Zbinden
  • Patent number: 11929250
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes a batch type cleaning unit, a holding unit, and a single-substrate type drying unit. The batch type cleaning unit simultaneously cleans a plurality of substrates in a batch process with a first liquid. The holding unit receives the cleaned substrates while still wet and then keeps a first surface of each of the substrates wet with the first liquid. The single-substrate type drying unit is configured to receive the substrates one by one from the holding unit and then dry off the substrates one by one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Sato, Hiroshi Fujita, Tatsuhiko Koide
  • Patent number: 11919054
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a cleaning device and a method of cleaning a nozzle, and relate to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing. The cleaning device includes: a body configured to surround the nozzle, where the body includes a body inlet and a body outlet; and at least one row of first runners configured to introduce a cleaning agent, where the first runners are arranged along an outer circumference of the body, an outlet of each of the first runners communicates with the body, and a cleaning position is formed at the outlet of the first runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Qilong Wu
  • Patent number: 11920273
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus comprises: a cabinet having a top face for supporting an object thereon and a front face having a front opening communicating an interior of the cabinet with an outside; a drawer extendable from the cabinet through the front opening; a tub disposed inside the drawer and having a water storage space; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub to receive laundry; a laundry inlet in a top face of the tub to receive laundry; a lever having a fixed end pivotably coupled to the cabinet and a free end positioned between a top face of the cabinet and a top face of the drawer; a magnetic field generator fixed to one of the free end of the lever and the drawer; and a magnetic field sensor disposed on the other of the free end of the lever and the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jihong Lee, Kwan Woong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11920282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus configured to directly heat a drum containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet forming an external appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus; a tub provided in the cabinet; a drum configured to rotate within the tub and to contain laundry therein, the drum being formed of a metallic material; an induction module provided at an outer surface of the tub and configured to heat the drum within the tub via induction by generating a magnetic field; and wherein the outer surface of the tub comprises at least one mounting portion that is configured to mount the induction module, with at least part of the at least one mounting portion being arranged radially closer to a rotational axis of the drum than a remaining portion of the outer surface of the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Beomjun Kim, Bio Park, Sangwook Hong
  • Patent number: 11913159
    Abstract: Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11910976
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multifunctional cleaning machine. The multifunctional cleaning machine includes a housing, a pipe, a nozzle, a plurality of wheel assemblies and a locking means. The pipe connected to the housing, the pipe including a water inlet and a water outlet, the water inlet being located on an upper side of the housing, the water outlet being located on a lower side of the housing, and the water inlet being configured for connecting to a high pressure water source. The nozzle connected to the water outlet. The wheel assemblies rotatably connected to the housing by the connecting assembly. The locking means connected to the housing and configured for locking the wheel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANIOR INC
    Inventor: Ligen Lin
  • Patent number: 11898295
    Abstract: Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11898296
    Abstract: Provided is a washing agent pump and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided within the cabinet, a rotary tub provided within the tub in a rotatable manner, and a washing agent supply unit. The washing agent supply unit may include a storage container to store a liquid washing agent including a liquid detergent or a liquid softener, the storage container being slidably provided in the cabinet, a washing agent supply passage having one side connected to the storage container and another side connected to the tub, and a washing agent delivery device provided in the washing agent supply passage to deliver the liquid washing agent to the tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang