Patents Examined by Alexander Markoff
  • Patent number: 12643133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a treatment liquid discharge assembly and a treatment liquid discharge method, and the treatment liquid discharge assembly includes a drain manifold connected to at least one discharge line of the substrate treatment apparatus and configured to define a predetermined accommodation space to temporarily accommodate a treatment liquid, and a drain pipe connected to a bottom surface of the accommodation space, in which the drain pipe defines a level difference with a predetermined height in the accommodation space of the drain manifold, and the drain pipe protrudes by the predetermined height from a bottom surface of the accommodation space toward an upper side of the accommodation space to define a buffer space in which the treatment liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Min Lee, Tae-keun Kim, Kang Sul Kim
  • Patent number: 12636684
    Abstract: A system may include a camera assembly, a fluid dispensing assembly, a wiper assembly, and a controller. The camera assembly can include a lens. The controller can be in communication with the camera assembly, the fluid dispensing assembly, and/or the wiper assembly. In some examples, the controller can be configured to determine, based on image quality data generated by the camera assembly, that a debris is attached to the lens. In response to determining that the debris is attached to the lens, the controller can trigger the fluid dispensing assembly to dispense liquid onto the lens, and activate the wiper assembly to remove the debris from the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Joao Nuno Rocha, Sean Corro
  • Patent number: 12622557
    Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by a cordless vacuum cleaner, of automatically adjusting the strength of a suction power of a suction motor. More specifically, the method may include obtaining data about a flow path pressure measured by a pressure sensor, obtaining data related to a load of the brush apparatus through a load detection sensor, identifying a current usage environment state of the brush apparatus by applying the data related to the flow path pressure and the data related to the load of the brush apparatus to an AI model stored in a memory of the cordless vacuum cleaner, and adjusting the strength of the suction power of the suction motor, based on the identified current usage environment state of the brush apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongu Lee, Hyunkoo Kang, Seehyun Kim, Sanghyuk Park, Yeongju Lee, Jaeshik Jeong, Jeonghee Cho, Jiwon Choi, Junggyun Han
  • Patent number: 12616349
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a ground feature by an automatic cleaning device. The method includes collecting a rolling-brush current and a side-brush current; performing weighted calculation according to the rolling-brush current and the side-brush current, so as to obtain a ground identification coefficient; and according to the ground identification coefficient, identifying a feature of whether the ground on which the automatic cleaning device is located is carpet or a non-carpet dielectric surface. Software optimization is carried out on the basis of current detection technology, thus reducing the false identification rate without additional cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: DREAME INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinbo Xu, Jun Wu, Jiajia Sun
  • Patent number: 12612588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing method at acidic or neutral pH in a reactor (4) for processing lignocellulosic biomass (P), said process including a continuous cleaning phase of the reactor which comprises introducing a basic aqueous solution (EB) into said reactor containing the biomass being processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Institut National De Recherche Pour L'Agriculture L'Alimentation Et L'Environment, Argo Industries Recherche Et Developpement
    Inventors: Meriem Bouras, Caroline Aymard, Olivier Carnnot
  • Patent number: 12611801
    Abstract: A recycling device and a recycling method for laminar structures bonded by cured adhesive are disclosed. The recycling device comprises a barrel device, a molten salt supply equipment and a transfer equipment. The barrel device accommodates the laminar structures. The molten salt supply equipment fills a specially formulated molten salt into the barrel device, and also discharges the molten salt from the barrel device. The transfer equipment transfers the laminar structures between the outside environment, the temperature-adjusting space and the barrel device. Through the design of the barrel device, molten salt supply equipment and transfer equipment, molten salt is used to heat and pyrolyze the solidified adhesive in the laminar structures to obtain recycled plate-like objects with a whole structure, so it can improve the shortcomings of conventional methods for recycling laminar structures such as direct heating pyrolysis, mechanical peeling or scraping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: CHUNG WEI TECHNICAL SERVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Sheng Wang
  • Patent number: 12611702
    Abstract: A cage orienting apparatus for use in an object cleaning and filling system includes a first conveyor device; a second conveyor device; and a rotating mechanism, operatively connected to the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device, configured to rotate the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device 180°. The first conveyor device and the second conveyor device being positioned such that the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device are substantially parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: VISRON DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin I. Yager, Jeffrey C. Robertson
  • Patent number: 12616001
    Abstract: A substrate is held by an upper holding device, and a lower-surface center region of the substrate is cleaned. During this cleaning, a suction holder of a lower holding device located below the upper holding device is rotated. The substrate held by the upper holding device is transferred to a suction holder of the lower holding device. A lower-surface outer region of the substrate held by the suction holder is cleaned. After the lower-surface center region of the substrate is cleaned and until the substrate is transferred to the suction holder of the lower holding device, rotation of the lower holding device is stopped. Further, the suction holder is moved in a horizontal direction by a base device. A rotation stopping operation for the suction holder and a horizontal moving operation for the suction holder are performed such that the periods for these operation at least partially overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Okada, Nobuaki Okita, Kazuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12615986
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus with a support part that has a substrate-facing surface and supports the substrate in a state of being spaced from the substrate-facing surface. The support part is accommodated into a processing space of a processing chamber. A processing fluid flows in a certain direction in the processing space. In a path for a laminar flow of the processing fluid between the substrate and the support part, a downstream path positioned on a downstream side in the certain direction is wider than an upstream path positioned on an upstream side in the certain direction to reduce the pressure loss of the processing fluid flowing from the upstream path to the downstream path to prevent re-adhesion of the liquid to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritake Sumi, Hajime Shirakawa, Masaki Inaba, Koji Ando, Tomohiro Motono
  • Patent number: 12599943
    Abstract: A spraying system and method is provided for more efficiently accessing the interior of a container having an access opening to the container that is offset from or in angular relationship to the center and/or rotational axis of the container to contact the interior walls and surfaces of the container with a medium, such as a liquid, mixture, solution or suspension. The spraying system and method includes a non-linear boom that is elevated by a support structure, where the non-linear boom includes at its front end a plurality of spray nozzles. In one example, the support structure is a movable support structure that includes a guide mechanism where the guide mechanism is mounted on the moveable support structure at an angle relative to the surface supporting the moveable support structure to allow access to the interior of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Core Insight Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Anthony Camell
  • Patent number: 12601993
    Abstract: In an example of the disclosure, a system to service a print blanket includes a rotatably mounted endless cleaning surface (“ECS”), a doctor blade, a heating element, and a container. The ECS is to carry a polymeric material and positioned to engage the print blanket. The doctor blade is disposed in relationship to the ECS and to a container to scrape a portion of the polymeric material from the ECS into the container. The heating element is to heat the container. The container is positioned to collect the scraped portion of polymeric material, and make heated polymeric material available to be picked up by the ECS as the ECS is rotated adjacent to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Amir Kedem, Eyal Rosenwein, Rea Yakar, Shimi Nakash
  • Patent number: 12594586
    Abstract: A cleaning method for cleaning a filling machine for filling at least to one side open packs with products is described and illustrated, wherein the filling machine has a transport device for transporting the at least to one side open packs through the filling machine. To ensure satisfactory cleaning results repeatably in a defined and/or shorter time, it is provided that a preceding plurality of at least to one side open packs is transported at least partially through the filling machine by a transport device and is filled with products, at least one nozzle for dispensing cleaning medium is transported at least partially through the filling machine by the transport device and cleaning medium is thereby dispensed for cleaning the filling machine, and after the filling machine has been cleaned, a subsequent plurality of at least to one side open packs is transported at least partially through the filling machine by the transport device and is thereby filled with products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: SIG Services AG
    Inventors: Bernd von Birgelen, Johannes Hortmanns, Sabine Knauff, Ngoc-Thinh Nguyen, Frank Ott, Claus Panert, Gordon Petruschkat, Michael Rösseler, Christoph Schröder, Lars Wallentin, Rene Ronneberger
  • Patent number: 12588461
    Abstract: A method includes: supplying a processing liquid to a center position of a substrate surface; shifting a supply position of the processing liquid from the center position to a first eccentric position; holding the supply position of the processing liquid at the first eccentric position and supplying a substitute liquid to a second eccentric position; shifting the supply position of the processing liquid in a direction away from the center position, and shifting a supply position of the substitute liquid to the center position; and supplying the processing liquid to the first eccentric position at a first flow rate, and reducing the flow rate of the processing liquid to a second flow rate after the supply position of the processing liquid starts to be shifted from the first eccentric position in the direction and until the supply position of the substitute liquid reaches the center position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroki Sakurai, Kazuki Kosai, Kazuyoshi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 12582280
    Abstract: A dishwasher including a tub; a door to open and close the tub; an input device to receive a selection of a washing course; and an automatic detergent dispenser including a storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents are stackable, an ejector to discharge a solid detergent outside of the storage compartment, a seating member on which a solid detergent discharged from the storage compartment is seatable, a detector to detect whether a solid detergent is seated on the seating member, and a processor configured to control the ejector to operate so that, when a plurality of solid detergents are loaded in the storage compartment, one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents is discharged outside of the storage compartment to be seated on the seating member, and determine whether a solid detergent is seated on the seating member based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju Lee, Seungyong Yang, Junghee Lee, Sungjin Kim, Jinhyok An, Youngpyo Kim
  • Patent number: 12571328
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for cleaning silica deposits from a turbine. A method of cleaning a turbine is disclosed that can include contacting a deposit on a surface of the turbine with a composition and removing at least a portion of the deposit from the surface of the turbine. The composition can include a tetrafluoroboric acid and a urea component, and the deposit includes silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jasbir S. Gill, Dinesh Mantri
  • Patent number: 12551081
    Abstract: A dishwasher including a tub; a door to open and close the tub; an input device to receive a selection of a washing course; and an automatic detergent dispenser including a storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents are stackable, an ejector to discharge a solid detergent outside of the storage compartment, a seating member on which a solid detergent discharged from the storage compartment is seatable, a detector to detect whether a solid detergent is seated on the seating member, and a processor configured to control the ejector to operate so that, when a plurality of solid detergents are loaded in the storage compartment, one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents is discharged outside of the storage compartment to be seated on the seating member, and determine whether a solid detergent is seated on the seating member based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inju Lee, Seungyong Yang, Junghee Lee, Sungjin Kim, Jinhyok An, Youngpyo Kim
  • Patent number: 12543524
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes at least one cleaning module configured to receive a substrate after a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process and to remove contaminants on the substrate using a cleaning solution. The cleaning system further includes a cleaning solution supply system configured to supply the cleaning solution to the at least one cleaning module. The cleaning solution supply system includes at least one temperature control system. The at least one temperature control system includes a heating device configured to heat the cleaning solution, a cooling device configured to cool the cleaning solution, a temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature of the cleaning solution, and a temperature controller configured to control the heating device and the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ssutzu Chen, Ying-Tsung Chen, Ya-Ting Tsai, Gin-Chen Huang, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 12539699
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a converter, the method including the steps of: providing a heating unit for heating a cleaning fluid; providing a ring main for continuous circulation of heated cleaning fluid around the ring main; connecting the heating unit to the ring main; connecting the ring main to the converter to enable delivery of heated cleaning fluid to the converter; and providing a controllable cleaning fluid valve for delivery of a heated cleaning fluid, and providing a controllable rinsing fluid valve for delivery of a rinsing fluid; providing a controller for controlled delivery of a sequence of the rinsing fluid and the heated cleaning fluid to the converter upon recognition of a rinsing fluid delivery condition and a heated cleaning fluid delivery condition, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: ECOCHEM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
    Inventor: Geoffrey Literski
  • Patent number: 12535676
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes a housing holding an imaging device, a protective cover located in a field of view of the imaging device, a vibrator to vibrate the protective cover, a piezoelectric driver to drive the vibrator, a cleaning liquid discharger to discharge, onto a surface of the protective cover, a cleaning liquid including an abrasive, and a signal processing circuit to control the piezoelectric driver and the cleaning liquid discharger. When causing the cleaning liquid discharger to discharge the cleaning liquid, the signal processing circuit can control the piezoelectric driver such that the protective cover is vibrated at a vibration acceleration of larger than about 8.0×105 m/s2 and equal to or less than about 21.0×105 m/s2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nishiyama, Takaaki Mori
  • Patent number: 12532993
    Abstract: Discloses is an assembly for providing a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly may include multiple portions, such as a handle portion and a cleaning portion. The cleaning assembly may further include a disposable head portion that may be engaged and disengaged from the handle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Stefan Brown, Benjamin Ma, Russell E. Bell