Patents Examined by Anna Thi Ho
  • Patent number: 12686018
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a nozzle main body (1), which includes a tubular body (8) and a closing flat plate (9) that closes one tube end (8A) of the tubular body (8), and in which an inflow space (?) into which a liquid flows is formed in the tubular body (8); a liquid jetting hole (2) penetrating through the closing flat plate (9) and communicating to the inflow space (?); and a liquid guide (23) arranged in the liquid jetting hole (2) from the inflow space (?). The liquid guide (23) is mounted in the liquid jetting hole (2) from a conical upper surface (23A) so as to form a liquid flow path (?) between the uneven surface of the conical side surface (23C) and a conical inner peripheral surface (2a) of the liquid jetting hole (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Science Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Masateru Hirae, Takahiro Okumura, Yasuhiro Mizukami
  • Patent number: 12643117
    Abstract: A flying object includes: a flying object body; a blade that enables the flying object body to fly; a paint ejection mechanism that ejects paint in a first direction; and a fluid ejection mechanism that ejects a fluid in a second direction differing from the first direction by 90 degrees or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhito Katsumura, Osamu Uhara
  • Patent number: 12642999
    Abstract: An admixing system for fire-extinguishing installations is provided for generating a mixture (premix) of extinguishing medium and extinguishing medium additive by admixing an extinguishing medium additive to an extinguishing medium. The admixing system has a motor that can be driven by a flow of extinguishing medium, an admixing pump that is connected to the motor and serves for supplying the extinguishing medium additive to an extinguishing medium additive inlet line, an admixing line, and an extinguishing medium additive outlet line from which the extinguishing medium additive is admixed to the extinguishing medium in the admixing line. The admixing pump is a piston pump having multiple cylinders and at least two outputs connected to the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: FIREDOS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hulinsky, Alexander Schlepp
  • Patent number: 12616991
    Abstract: In an ultrasonic atomization apparatus being the present invention, a source solution is accommodated in a separator cup being a part of a container. A constituent material of the separator cup is PTFE being one of fluorocarbon resins, whose entire thickness is uniformly 0.5 mm. Therefore, the separator cup satisfies a thin film condition that “the thickness of a bottom surface BP1 is 0.5 mm or less”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Orita, Takahiro Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 12604881
    Abstract: A self-leveling crop spraying apparatus is carried by a prime mover, The crop spraying apparatus includes first and second masts, and first and second opposed pendulum arm frame members slidingly engaged to the fast and second masts. A pendulum arm extends through the first and second opposed pendulum arm frame members. The first and second pendulum assemblies are coupled to opposed ends of the pendulum arm, and a carriage assembly is carried by the first and second pendulum assemblies. The carriage assembly is rotatable relative to the first and second masts and first and second opposed pendulum arm frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventor: Mark Ellsworth
  • Patent number: 12508620
    Abstract: A water jet kit for recreational purposes, including: a water collection tank having a trough in an upper portion including at least a first opening in communication with a lower tank to collect water flowing into the trough, a water outlet tank above the collection tank, including water outlet nozzles and at least one opening in a lower face of the outlet tank, oriented towards the collection tank, water exiting the nozzles forming a curtain of water, a supply column for the outlet tank, of rigid and translucent material, having a first end fitting into a second opening of the collection tank and a second end fitting into the opening of the outlet tank, the supply column enabling the outlet tank to be held above the collection tank, a pump for sucking water collected in the tank and injecting it into the supply column to replenish the outlet tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: EURO-MÉDITERRANÉENNE DE TOURISME RÉSIDENTIELET DE SERVICES
    Inventor: Alain Cacoub
  • Patent number: 12472515
    Abstract: The durability of resin components can be improved by preventing ozone from staying in gaps where there is no air flow. A cylindrical gap is provided around the outer peripheral side of the head portion between the head portion and the resin cover portion covering the outer peripheral side of the head portion. Moreover, the head portion is provided with a pilot air introduction path guiding the pilot air exhausted from the switching valves to the cylindrical gap. In addition, the arm portion is provided with a pilot air exhaust path exhausting the pilot air from the cylindrical gap to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Kuniharu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 12465938
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a compartment that surrounds its riser portion in an offset or asymmetrical configuration. More specifically, the distance of the compartments walls from those of the riser vary (i.e., increase or decrease) at different locations surrounding the riser. Put another way, the riser is closer to one side of the compartment than other sides of the compartment. This non-concentric configuration allows larger components to fit inside the compartment than would otherwise fit if the riser was symmetrically surrounded by the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: James T. Wright, III, Steven C. Renquist
  • Patent number: 12364216
    Abstract: A circular sprinkler irrigation all-in-one machine capable of spraying water, fertilizer, and pesticide includes a sprinkler irrigation frame and a storage pesticide box disposed at a side of the sprinkler irrigation frame, and a top end of the sprinkler irrigation frame is fixedly connected to a lower connecting seat. The operator control the machine through a control panel to uniformly spray and irrigate crops, an area of spraying water, pesticide and fertilizer can be adjusted according to the area of crops, effectively saving water, fertilizer and pesticide resources, accurate fertilization or spraying pesticide can be achieved according to different crops, the integration of a water pipeline and a first electric power line with a main sprinkler irrigation pipe ensures that the spraying operation can be carried out regularly and continuously during rotary spraying, avoiding line entanglement, improving device versatility, overall spraying accuracy and the neatness of the device line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS)
    Inventors: Hua Cao, Yongshen Fan, Chunya Ma, Peng Li, Zhen Chen, Fuyi Duan, Wei Zhan, Yinbo Cao
  • Patent number: 12343751
    Abstract: A method for the function control of an electrohydrodynamic atomizer, wherein an electrohydrodynamically atomized fluid, originating from the atomizer, is applied to a body, e.g. a person, in order to coat this body at least in certain areas, wherein the atomizer-comprises a fluid tank for storing the fluid and at least one high voltage source for making available a high voltage and at least one pump unit for transporting the fluid, wherein the fluid is delivered to a nozzle arrangement of the atomizer by means of the pump unit, and wherein the fluid is atomized electrohydrodynamically at the nozzle arrangement by means of the effect of the high voltage from the high voltage source, wherein a voltage and/or a current at the high voltage source is evaluated in order to acquire a working point of the high voltage source via a current/voltage characteristic curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: J. WAGNER GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Mangold, Manuel Fiesel, Jens Ulbrich, Thomas Jeltsch, Alfred Göhring, Jan Barthelmes
  • Patent number: 12330193
    Abstract: A power washing assembly includes a spray bar that has a fluid inlet and a plurality of spray nozzles. The fluid inlet is fluidly attachable to a fluid source to direct a fluid from the fluid source into the spray bar. Each of the spray nozzles is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet to spray the fluid. A handle is coupled to the spray bar thereby facilitating the spray bar to be steered along the support surface to clean the support surface. A leg is coupled to and angles downwardly from the handle and a roller is rotatably coupled to the leg to roll along the support surface. A hook is coupled to the handle and the hook curves upwardly from the handle thereby facilitating the hook to hold a fluid hose that is fluidly coupled to the fluid source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventor: Tiago Meneses
  • Patent number: 12285007
    Abstract: An intelligent air-assisted spraying device for orchards includes a traction mechanism, a spaying system, a collecting system, and a processing-controlling system. The traction mechanism is provided with a spray tank. The spaying system includes a main body connected to the spray tank and multiple spraying tubes, first ends of the spraying tube are communicated with the main body, and second ends of the spraying tubes are capable of rotating. The collecting system is configured to collect a contour and a volume of the canopy, and branch and leaf density of a fruit tree. The processing-controlling system is configured to obtain multiple spraying areas, calculate an air outlet angle of each spraying tube, and control a rotation of the second end of each spraying tube according to the air outlet angle. The device can adjust the spraying direction of each spraying tube, and the quality of pesticide application can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Intelligent Equipment Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
    Inventors: Liping Chen, Hanjie Dou, Changyuan Zhai, Fan Feng, Wei Zou, Si Li, Shuo Yang, Jian Song
  • Patent number: 12246202
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a screen-type fire suppression system for an electric vehicle, and more particularly, to a screen-type fire suppression system for an electric vehicle which, in the event of a fire in a parked electric vehicle, unfolds a screen on the sides of the electric vehicle to prevent the spread of the fire and simultaneously increase the concentration of water sprayed onto the electric vehicle, thereby maximizing fire suppression efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GEOSAN E&G Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Chul Lee, Kwang Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 12233430
    Abstract: A mounting configuration for an electrostatic spray gun (100) includes a probe having a first non-conductive body encasing a first conductive element and a probe mount extending from the electrostatic spray gun with a second non-conductive body encasing a second conductive element. The mounting configuration includes a first elastomeric ring (140) disposed about the second non-conductive body and configured to interface with the first non-conductive body. The first elastomeric ring (140) is configured to exert a force on the first non-conductive body to bias the first non-conductive body away from the electrostatic spray gun (100) such that the probe is secured in a home position. A pin (128) extending from one of the first non-conductive body and the second non-conductive body is seated in a notch (138) formed in the other one of the first non-conductive body and the second non-conductive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia J. Stech, Elisa J. McCline