Patents Examined by Allen R. B. Schult
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Patent number: 11958681Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilating and blanking device for a coal storage Eurosilo. The ventilating and blanking device includes a top blanking pipe, an axial flow fan and a baffle door, the top blanking pipe including a first pipeline and a second pipeline, an air supply pipe is connected to a side wall of the second pipeline, and the baffle door is connected to a driving mechanism; during blanking, the driving mechanism drives the baffle door so as to make the baffle door close the air supply pipe and the axial flow fan is shut off; and during ventilation, the driving mechanism drives the baffle door so as to make the baffle door close the first pipeline, and the axial flow fan is turned on. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of ventilation efficiency, good ventilation effect, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: HUANENG POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC., SHANGHAI SHIDONGKOU FIRST POWER PLANTInventors: Zhong Ni, Zhiwei Sang, Zhongming Huang, Xin Hu, Pengxia Ni, Ping Zhu, Qinghan Zheng, Runhan Liu, Xiao Zhang, Jinxin Yu, Haifeng Guan, Jialei Deng
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Patent number: 11963317Abstract: A ventilation assembly of the present disclosure includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; an external member being a tubular body having a bottom; and a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member, wherein the external member is joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side, the ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in at least one selected from the inside of the internal member, the inside of the external member, and an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together, and the internal member includes one first projecting portion or two or more first projecting portions projecting from the inner peripheral surface at a position on the second enType: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Kitagawa, Tomoyuki Kasagi, Youzou Yano
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Patent number: 11959318Abstract: An oven includes an oven body, a heating element, a frame, and an oven door. The oven body has an inner space inside and includes a front plate, wherein the front plate has an entrance that communicates with the inner space. The heating element is adapted to heat the inner space. The frame is engaged with the oven body and has an abutted portion. The oven door is pivotally connected to the oven body and is located at the entrance. The oven door can pivot to a closed position to close the entrance and can pivot downward to an open position from the closed position to open the entrance. When the oven door is located at the open position, the second surface abuts against the abutted portion of the frame, thereby forming a platform outside the entrance for placing objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh
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Patent number: 11953226Abstract: Implementations of vent extenders may include a first portion including a back wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall and a second portion including a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second portion may be configured to extendably couple to the first portion. The vent extender may also include a pocket formed within the first portion and including a first pocket sidewall, a second pocket sidewall, a third pocket sidewall opposite the second pocket sidewall, an opening opposite the first pocket sidewall, and a base. The vent extender may also include a magnet coupled to the base of the pocket. The first pocket sidewall may be directly coupled to both of the second pocket sidewall and the third pocket sidewall. The magnet may be configured to secure the vent extender to a vent register.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Spectrum Products LLCInventors: Renee Mosiman, Michael Mosiman
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Patent number: 11946649Abstract: A cooking appliance extending along a lateral direction between a pair of opposing sides, extending along a transverse direction between a front and a back, and extending along a vertical direction between a top and a bottom, includes a front panel supported by the cooking appliance, the front panel defining an opening; a user interface panel rotatably positioned at the opening, the user interface panel being rotatable between a first position and a second position; and a rotatable support mechanism that carries the user interface panel between the first position and the second position, the rotatable support mechanism positioned proximate to the opening and having an axis of rotation that is spaced apart from the opening and located above and in front of the user interface panel when in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Justin Patrick Todd, Cristopher Lopez Regalado, Luis Enrique Salas Rico
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Patent number: 11945285Abstract: The air discharge device includes a duct defining: a main flow path through which an air flow passes; and a main hole opened in a flat shape to discharge the air flow as a working air flow toward a downstream from the main flow path. A throttle portion is provided in the duct to reduce a flow path height of the main flow path from an upstream of the air flow toward a downstream of the air flow. A plurality of partitions are arranged to divide the main flow path in a major direction into a pair of side flow paths and at least one center flow path. The plurality of partitions are disposed in the duct such that a flow path width of the center flow path is reduced from the upstream of the air flow toward the downstream of the air flow.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Etsuro Yoshino, Yuuji Okamura, Jun Yamaoka, Masaharu Sakai, Yusuke Komatsubara, Yasuhiko Niimi, Tatsuya Yoshida, Hidetaka Nomoto
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Patent number: 11940160Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a panel attachable to or detachable from a lower side of the housing and including an inlet to introduce air therethrough, a first filter installable to the panel to filter the introduced air, a second filter installable to the panel and configured to further filter the introduced air using an electrostatic force, and a lifter configured to detach the panel from the lower side of the housing by lowering the panel from an initial position, and to attach the panel to the lower side of the housing by lifting the panel from a maintenance position. When the panel is lowered to the maintenance position, one or more of the first filter and the second filter are accessible for maintenance thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventors: Hyunho Kim, Jihong Kim, Hongyeol Moon, Wooyoung Park, Byungyul So, Mingu Jeon, Changwoo Jung
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Patent number: 11938784Abstract: A health protection system and a method for passengers on a train in a polluted indoor environment are provided. The health protection system includes a basic data acquisition module, an outdoor air quality prediction module, an indoor air quality prediction module, and a ventilation strategy generation module, wherein the basic data acquisition module acquires basic data; the outdoor air quality prediction module predicts outdoor air quality of the train; the indoor air quality prediction module predicts indoor air quality of the train; and the ventilation strategy generation module generates a ventilation strategy and achieves health protection of the passengers on the train. The method includes: predicting indoor and outdoor air quality data information of the train according to the acquired indoor and outdoor air quality data of the train; and generating a corresponding ventilation strategy according to the indoor and outdoor air quality data of the train.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Central South UniversityInventors: Hui Liu, Chao Chen, Zhu Duan, Yanfei Li
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Patent number: 11933499Abstract: An oven appliance includes a plurality of sidewalls defining a cooking chamber, a door to selectively open and close the cooking chamber; and a bottom panel assembly removably provided within the cooking chamber. The bottom panel assembly includes a panel defining an aperture, a front air deflector attached to the panel at the aperture, and a retention clip provided within the cooking chamber, the retention clip defining a receiving slot to selectively receive the panel when the panel is in an installed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Pugel, Blake Ellis, Hans Juergen Paller
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Patent number: 11927351Abstract: A hood assembly for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a top panel comprising a first panel portion and a second panel portion adjustably coupled to one another, wherein the top panel is configured to rotatably couple to a housing of the HVAC unit. The hood assembly further includes a filter frame rotatably coupled to the top panel, wherein the filter frame is configured to support at least one filter. The hood assembly is adjustable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, the first panel portion and the second panel portion are configured to translate relative to one another during transition of the hood assembly between the collapsed configuration and the deployed configuration, and the top panel is configured to contain the filter frame within the housing in the collapsed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: Gurpreet Singh, Prashanti S. Dhawan, Nitin A. Kurane, Anand Talikot
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Patent number: 11920818Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11919369Abstract: In a vehicle, a flow adjusting plate is placed along an upper edge part of a front windshield, so that the flow of wind flowing along an inner surface of the front windshield is adjustable by the flow adjusting plate. Further, the angle of the flow adjusting plate from the inner surface is adjustable, so that the flow adjusting plate allows the direction of the wind flowing along the inner surface to be directed toward a seat placed behind an instrument panel in the vehicle front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Madoka Doi
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Patent number: 11912108Abstract: A vehicle air vent system includes a duct defining an outlet that directs air into an interior compartment. An air register assembly is operably coupled to the duct proximate to the outlet. The air register assembly includes a frame. A vane is rotatably coupled to the frame. A variable resistor is operably coupled to the frame. A user interface has a display. A controller is communicatively coupled to the user interface and the variable resistor. The controller receives a signal from the variable resistor and determines a position of the air register assembly in response to the signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcos Ahuizotl Fragoso Iñiguez, Fernando Mayorga Basilio, Juan Pablo Jiménez de la Rosa
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Patent number: 11912418Abstract: An aircraft air conditioning system comprises intakes ram air from outside the aircraft, and uses a heat exchanger to pretreat (preheat or precool) some of the ram air. The system further includes a heat recovery unit that uses the cabin exhaust air to further heat the pretreated ram air, resulting in conditioned ram air. The system further includes an air conditioning pack unit to produce a first conditioned air stream from the conditioned ram air. The system further includes a mixing box to mix the first conditioned air stream with another subflow of ram air to produce a second conditioned air stream.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventor: Greg Longe
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Patent number: 11912103Abstract: An air conditioning device mounted on a vehicle in which a cabin on which an occupant boards is open to an outside of the vehicle includes: a front air blowing port provided further forward than a boarding position on which the occupant boards in a front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; a rear air blowing port provided further rearward than the boarding position in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; and a control unit for controlling the air conditioning device. The control unit performs control to blow the air from the front air blowing port when the vehicle travels forward, and performs control to blow the air from the rear air blowing port when the vehicle travels rearward.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Konishi, Kento Hosono
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Patent number: 11906178Abstract: An air admittance valve, particularly for use in building ventilation, to close a duct when there is at least atmospheric pressure in the building, but to open to admit atmospheric air to the building upon the occurrence of even a very small less-than-atmospheric pressure in the building. The valve has a hollow body with an upward opening to outside the building, and the low point of the body forming a basin, and a valve seat about an upward opening to inside the building. A valve member in the body above the basin opens and closes the upward opening to inside the building, and the valve member is guided in alignment with the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Michael Dean Van Horn
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Patent number: 11906193Abstract: A portable enclosure is configured to mix room air with a controlled amount of exterior air via one or more flexible conduits disposed between the enclosure and an exterior window. At least one flexible conduit is connected to a barrier structure which is designed for sealable placement within the window. One or more mixing dampers are employed to control the amount of exterior air supplied to the enclosure. An air moving device delivers exterior air in controlled amounts to the enclosure which is designed to be moveable so that a more desirable (fresher, cooler, and more contaminant free) stream of air is deliverable to the personal space of an occupant to satisfy ventilation and temperature requirements.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Steven Michalski
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Patent number: 11906204Abstract: An absorber system solves problems of known absorber systems for use in solar fields in that the absorber tube is suspended on a rail below an absorber cover. The design also makes it possible to move measuring and cleaning robots and the like along the absorber tube more and allows the absorber tube and the secondary reflector to be jointly suspended, whereby an exact mutual alignment between the two components is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FRENELL IP GmbHInventors: Max Mertins, Nicolaus Lemmertz, Moritz Naumann
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Patent number: 11904661Abstract: A rear wall of an instrument panel has an outlet port and an inclined wall. An angle defined by the inclined wall and a vertical plane is from 30° to 40°. An upper fin and a lower fin are both supported by fin pivots. The lower fin is configured to be inclinable downward by at most 30° with respect to a horizontal plane. When the lower fin is inclined downward by a maximum angle, an interlocking mechanism inclines the upper fin together with the lower fin in an interlocking manner such that an angle of the upper fin with respect to the lower fin is greater than that when in a horizontal state. A bottom wall of a retainer includes an inclined surface located under an upstream end of the lower fin. The inclined surfaced is inclined upward toward the downstream end.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroto Watanabe
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Patent number: 11897318Abstract: An air sanitizing apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an ozone generator; a negative ion generator; and an ultraviolet radiation source. The air sanitizing apparatus further includes a rotating feature and a motor operably connected to the rotating feature, the rotating feature configured to move the air sanitizing apparatus along a track system. The air sanitizing apparatus can includes a first end portion; a second end portion; a middle portion disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, the middle portion rotatable relative to the first end portion and the second end portion about an axis that extends through both the first end portion and the second end portion. The ozone generator, the negative ion generator, and the ultraviolet radiation source are all disposed at the middle portion. The air sanitizing apparatus is disposed in an interior of a vehicle below but adjacent to a ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Michael Kolich, Daniel Ferretti, Scott H. Dunham