Patents Assigned to Steam Tech, LLC
  • Patent number: 12269435
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Publication number: 20240399426
    Abstract: A mobile panel maintenance system including a mobile panel maintenance unit having a base supported for translational motion over a surface within a panel array and a carriage movably mounted to the base to position a panel maintenance assembly in relation to a panel surface for panel maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Hartman, James L. Hartman
  • Patent number: 12059715
    Abstract: A mobile panel maintenance system including a mobile panel maintenance unit having a base supported for translational motion over a surface within a panel array and a carriage movably mounted to the base to position a panel maintenance assembly in relation to a panel surface for panel maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Hartman, James L. Hartman
  • Publication number: 20240140365
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC.
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Patent number: 11866012
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Publication number: 20230249231
    Abstract: A mobile panel maintenance system including a mobile panel maintenance unit having a base supported for translational motion over a surface within a panel array and a carriage movably mounted to the base to position a panel maintenance assembly in relation to a panel surface for panel maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Hartman, James L. Hartman
  • Publication number: 20230227006
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Patent number: 11702038
    Abstract: A wiper including wiper bracket which couples a wiper arm to blade carrier which carries one or more blades and includes an internal flow path which conducts fluid from a wiper bracket inlet through a hollow passage in a wiper blade carrier cover to plurality of outlets aligned with passthroughs in the blade carrier through which fluid egresses from the wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Patent number: 11638939
    Abstract: A mobile panel maintenance system including a mobile panel maintenance unit having a base supported for translational motion over a surface within a panel array and a carriage movably mounted to the base to position a panel maintenance assembly in relation to a panel surface for panel maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Hartman, James L. Hartman
  • Patent number: 11560125
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Publication number: 20220330502
    Abstract: A plant growing system including a plant growing apparatus and methods of making and using the plant growing apparatus to control at least one physical condition of the environment to cultivate plants in plant growing trays associated with the plant growing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Hartman, James Hartman
  • Publication number: 20210380072
    Abstract: A wiper including wiper bracket which couples a wiper arm to blade carrier which carries one or more blades and includes an internal flow path which conducts fluid from a wiper bracket inlet through a hollow passage in a wiper blade carrier cover to plurality of outlets aligned with passthroughs in the blade carrier through which fluid egresses from the wiper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Patent number: 11142167
    Abstract: A wiper including wiper bracket which couples a wiper arm to blade carrier which carries one or more blades and includes an internal flow path which conducts fluid from a wiper bracket inlet through a hollow passage in a wiper blade carrier cover to plurality of outlets aligned with passthroughs in the blade carrier through which fluid egresses from the wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Publication number: 20210234505
    Abstract: Generally, a panel maintenance system including a panel maintenance assembly configured to move over a plurality of panel modules. Specifically, a panel module including a first frame including a first plurality of frame members joined to enclose a first panel. The first plurality of frame members including a first frame inner side configured to capture the first panel within the first frame and a first frame outer side configured to provide a first track axially extending between first and second ends of at least one of the first plurality of frame members. The first track configured to engage a drive element of a panel maintenance assembly which operates to move the panel maintenance assembly over the first panel. The panel maintenance assembly bears one or more components which function to maintain the first panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Patent number: 10994703
    Abstract: A surface wiper device which includes a carrier which supports a blade. The carrier attaches to a wiper arm which urges the blade against and moves the blade across the surface of a windshield. The carrier further provides a plurality of outlets each of which communicate between a hollow passage inside the carrier and a location on the external surface of the carrier. A fluid can be delivered from a fluid source fluidicly coupled to the hollow passage of the carrier under sufficient pressure to be dispersed from the plurality of outlets onto the windshield during movement of the blade. A fluid heater can be thermally coupled with the fluid delivered from the fluid source to the plurality of outlets to increase the temperature of the fluid dispersed onto the windshield. The fluid can be sufficiently heated to generate a heated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Patent number: 10998851
    Abstract: Generally, a panel maintenance system including a panel maintenance assembly configured to move over a plurality of panel modules. Specifically, a panel module including a first frame including a first plurality of frame members joined to enclose a first panel. The first plurality of frame members including a first frame inner side configured to capture the first panel within the first frame and a first frame outer side configured to provide a first track axially extending between first and second ends of at least one of the first plurality of frame members. The first track configured to engage a drive element of a panel maintenance assembly which operates to move the panel maintenance assembly over the first panel. The panel maintenance assembly bears one or more components which function to maintain the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Hartman
  • Publication number: 20200268967
    Abstract: A device, method or kit for delivery of a treatment into a fluid flow for inhalation. More particularly, the invention relates to an infuser having a treatment chamber which receives a treatment or treatment element permeated with a treatment which mixes into a fluid flow to form a treatment vapor which egresses from the infuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Hartman, James L. Hartman
  • Patent number: D1014194
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Hartman, Garrett Clayton Morali
  • Patent number: D1035387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Hartman, Garrett Clayton Morali
  • Patent number: D1044585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Steam Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Hartman, Garrett Clayton Morali