Patents Examined by Aaron M Rodziwicz
  • Tree-watering device, system and method
    Patent number: 11154017
    Abstract: A system and method employ a pair of conventional water barrier panels connected to my tree-watering device. The tree-watering device and panels have interactive connectors configured to enable connection together. In a vertical orientation the barrier panels are sunk into the ground in which a tree is planted and below the ground surface, positioning the panels nearby each other to at least partially encompass roots of the tree. In a vertical orientation sinking the tree-watering device into the ground. A top end of my device is at or near the ground surface. A lower portion of my device has one or more openings therein facing the tree and being at least 12 inches below the ground surface. Lastly, introducing pressurized water into the interior of the tubular member so waters flows out the sidewall of the tubular member through the openings therein towards the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Richard E Sowers
  • Drive system arrangement for rotorcraft
    Patent number: 11148822
    Abstract: A drive system for a rotorcraft includes at least one engine, the engine including a compressor section, and a turbine section positioned rearward from the compressor section. A main rotor input shaft extends from a rotor power turbine of the turbine section and is connectable to a main rotor assembly of the rotorcraft to transfer rotational energy from the rotor power turbine to the main rotor assembly. An auxiliary input shaft extends from an auxiliary power turbine of the turbine section and is connectible to an auxiliary rotor assembly of the rotorcraft to transfer rotational energy from the auxiliary power turbine to the auxiliary rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark R. Alber
  • Automated outdoor modular vertical plant cultivation system
    Patent number: 11147215
    Abstract: An automated outdoor modular vertical plant cultivation system forming a vertical structure is provided. The system includes a plurality of shelves, each shelf having a web and flanges; two posts, each post having a web and flanges. Each shelf of the plurality of shelves is mounted between the two posts with incremental spacing between each adjacent shelf along a vertical length of the two posts. The web of each shelf includes a plurality of openings for retaining planter vessels. The flanges of each shelf retain an embedded structural member. The system includes a fluid circulatory system including shelf irrigation piping extending longitudinally above the web of each shelf; and power or power and data and fluid members for the system distributed from vertical risers located in proximity to the web of the posts, wherein the flanges of the shelves have provisions to retain the fluid circulatory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel S. Spiro
  • Method for stopping swimming or crawling of adhesion-stage larvae
    Patent number: 11140893
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of stopping larvae of sessile invertebrates in the settlement stage from swimming or crawling in water, by irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm and a part of 400 to 440 nm, to the larvae in the settlement stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • System for detecting an overpressure in the interior of an aircraft
    Patent number: 11136106
    Abstract: A system for detecting overpressure in an aircraft including a door with a door frame and a door leaf with a first and second door leaf face. The door is mountable in an aircraft where the first door leaf face faces the interior and the second door leaf face faces the surroundings of the aircraft. The door leaf is movably attached to the door frame and selectively movable between an opened position where a door opening defined by the door frame is accessible and a closed position where the door leaf closes off the door opening. The door has a pair of contact faces including a first contact face on the door leaf and a second contact face on the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Bredemeier, Thorsten Knijnenburg, Matias Mail
  • Method for preventing settlement of sessile organisms
    Patent number: 11134671
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of preventing settlement of a sessile organism on a structure in water, including irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm to the structure where settlement of the sessile organism is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • Methods of suppressing settlement of barnacles
    Patent number: 11134670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of suppressing larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage from settling on a substrate in water by irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm and a part of 400 to 460 nm to larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage in a direction from the substrate to the larvae of barnacles in the settlement stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • Method for killing Pteriomorphia and barnacles using light irradiation
    Patent number: 11134669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of killing larvae of sessile invertebrates in the settlement stage in water, comprising the step of irradiating light comprising the spectrum of 409 to 412 nm, to the larvae in the settlement stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SESSILE RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yanagawa, Shinsuke Saito, Keiji Yamashita, Kyoko Kamiya, Yoshio Hayashi
  • Eco-friendly netting and methods of growing and harvesting sod using the same
    Patent number: 11134621
    Abstract: An eco-friendly netting for growing and/or harvesting sod, plants, and/or any type of vegetation is disclosed herein. The eco-friendly netting includes a plurality of fibers arranged in a substantially non-woven configuration. Each of the plurality of fibers is formed from a substantially natural material, which may also be biodegradable. The eco-friendly netting may be preseeded. The eco-friendly netting may be treated or processed with anti-rot agents, degrading accelerators, degrading inhibitors, nutrients, fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, algaecides, herbicides, water absorption/retention enhancers or any combination thereof. Methods of growing sod and harvesting sod, which utilize the eco-friendly netting, are also disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the eco-friendly netting may be treated or processed to increase or decrease its functional longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Siby Pothen, Melissa Pothen
  • Stackable container
    Patent number: 11130614
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stackable container including a holding body, which has a bottom and a lateral wall, which bound a holding chamber. The holding body has stacking elements, which can be moved from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2) and which alternatively allow at least two such stackable containers to be stacked one inside the other and to be stacked one on the other. The holding body also has at least one drain opening in the region of the bottom of the holding body, and the bottom is designed to hold moisture and/or liquid present in the holding chamber and to guide the moisture and/or liquid toward the at least one drain opening. At least one of the stacking elements has a drain groove, which is designed to hold and to lead away moisture and/or liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: H2 INNOVATION GMBH
    Inventors: Nathaly Hubertine Hurt, Heinrich Ullius
  • Plant training device
    Patent number: 11129340
    Abstract: A plant training device includes a base portion having a semi-cylindrical radially interior face and a semi-cylindrical radially exterior face opposite the interior face. A first arm extends radially outwardly from the exterior face, and a second arm extends radially outwardly from the exterior face so as to be angularly spaced apart from the first arm. A first wall extends from the first arm so as to be radially spaced apart from the exterior face and directly opposite the exterior face. A second wall extends from the second arm so as to be radially spaced apart from the exterior face and directly opposite the exterior face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Gabriel Pena
  • Power distribution system for aircraft
    Patent number: 11121557
    Abstract: A power distribution system is disclosed for conducting electrical power through a combination of hollow tube conductors and flexible cabling. Each hollow tube conductor includes an end formed into flat pads. The flexible cabling comprises litz wire, and includes ends crimped to integral lugs. An end of the flexible cabling is coupled to an end of the hollow tube conductor. The other end of the flexible cabling is coupled to an electric device. The other end of the hollow tube conductor is coupled to another flexible cable, which is in turn coupled to another electric device. By connecting the hollow tube conductors, flexible cabling, and electrical devices in this way, an electrically conductive pathway may be established between the electrical devices. The power distribution system conducts alternating current (AC) power, and addresses the skin effect phenomenon that occurs when conducting AC power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Cottrell, Garrett Hennig, Christopher Hermann
  • Aircraft wing assemblies
    Patent number: 11117647
    Abstract: Aircraft wing assemblies are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a trailing edge of a wing of an aircraft. The trailing edge has an elastically deformable skin defining a first surface. The trailing edge has a first end to be fixed to the wing and a second end opposite the first end that is to move relative to the first end. A flap is movably coupled to the second end of the trailing edge. The flap is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The trailing edge is to elastically elongate when the flap moves from the stowed position to the deployed position and the trailing edge is to elastically collapse when the flap moves from the deployed position to the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher K. Droney, Blaine K. Rawdon
  • Mixed media vertical farming
    Patent number: 11109540
    Abstract: A mixed media farm may include a tray for holding water at a prescribed water level. A cell may be placable on the tray, with the cell defining a cavity and having at least one opening in communication with the cavity. The cell may be sized such that when the cell is placed on the tray, a lower portion of the cell resides below the prescribed water level and an upper portion of the cell resides above the prescribed water level. Soil may be in the cavity, with the soil having a lower portion below the prescribed water level, and an upper portion above the prescribed water level when the cell is placed in the tray. A plurality of seeds may be planted in the upper portion of the soil, with the plurality of seeds defining a seed density of greater than 5 seeds per square inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: Rouzbeh Aminpour, Maryam Aminpour
  • Adaptive composite structure using shape memory alloys
    Patent number: 11110647
    Abstract: Systems and processes that integrate thermoplastic and shape memory alloy materials to form an adaptive composite structure capable of changing its shape. For example, the adaptive composite structure may be designed to serve as a multifunctional adaptive wing flight control surface. Other applications for such adaptive composite structures include in variable area fan nozzles, winglets, fairings, elevators, rudders, or other aircraft components having an aerodynamic surface whose shape is preferably controllable. The material systems can be integrated by means of overbraiding (interwoven) with tows of both thermoplastic and shape memory alloy materials or separate layers of each material can be consolidated (e.g., using induction heating) to make a flight control surface that does not require separate actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jeffery L. Marcoe, Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Moushumi Shome
  • Pet house accessory with functions of air purification, sterilization and temperature regulation
    Patent number: 11096374
    Abstract: A pet house accessory with functions of air purification, sterilization and temperature regulation, including a shell, a mounting plate, a thermal conduction device, a semiconductor refrigeration sheet and a sterilization device, wherein a heat dissipating hole is arranged at the center of the bottom of the shell, the thermal conduction device is arranged at the center of the bottom of the mounting plate, the semiconductor refrigeration sheet is fixedly installed at the bottom of the thermal conduction device, and a through hole is defined inside the thermal conduction device. The pet house accessory with functions of air purification, sterilization and temperature regulation provided by the present disclosure is capable of cooling and heating by controlling the semiconductor refrigeration sheet through the control switch to cool down and warm the pet house, and is convenient for pets to live.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Jiayi Liu
  • Scavenging animal deterring feeder assembly
    Patent number: 11083187
    Abstract: A scavenging animal deterring feeder assembly may include a feeder support stand including an elevated stand platform. A stand fence having a plurality of spaced-apart, upward-standing fence spikes may be carried by the stand platform. A feed-dispensing wildlife feeder may be carried by the stand platform of the feeder support stand and at least partially enclosed by the stand fence. A feeder retaining assembly may retain the feed-dispensing wildlife feeder on the stand platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Margene McCoy
  • Catcher basket assembly
    Patent number: 11076583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catcher basket assembly including a main body, at least one confining container for containing an animal, and at least one directing part in the main body, for assisting to direct the animal from the main body to the confining container. In use, the directing part directs an animal towards one or more confining container and the confining container enables the animal to be visually inspected and sorted without the need to make direct contact with the animal. The invention also relates to a catcher basket assembly for confining and sorting a crab. The invention also relates to a method of use of a catcher basket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Short
  • Virtual aerodynamic surface systems
    Patent number: 11072413
    Abstract: A method of generating a pressure wave proximate an airflow surface and altering airflow to promote a localized lowering of skin friction over the airflow surface is described herein. A series of pressure waves may be configured to create a virtual riblet to control turbulent vortices in a boundary layer adjacent to the airflow surface creating a virtual riblet. The pressure waves may be configured to prevent disruption of the flow of air relative to at least one of a step or a gap associated with the airflow surface. The pressure wave generating system may be comprised of at least one of a thermoacoustic material, a piezoelectric material and a semiconductor material, and a microelectric circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa M. Kruckenberg, Vijay V. Pujar, Robert L. Braden
  • Aquaculture shrimps and methods for culturing same
    Patent number: 11071288
    Abstract: An aquacultured shrimp contains carotenoid and does not have a broken 2nd antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Minami, Kosuke Matsuoka