Patents Examined by Brian D Keller
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Patent number: 11844473Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner system including: a cleaner; a cleaner station; and an imaginary plane including an imaginary suction flow path through line penetrating a suction flow path in a longitudinal direction and an imaginary suction motor axis defined by extending a rotation axis of a suction motor, in which when the cleaner is coupled to the cleaner station, the plane penetrates at least a part of the cleaner station, such that a center of gravity of the cleaner is disposed to pass through a space for maintaining balance of the station, and as a result, it is possible to stably support the cleaner and the station while preventing the cleaner and the station from falling down.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungjun Kim, Jinhyouk Shin, Ingyu Yang, Youngsoo Kim, Jungwan Ryu, Jeahyuk Wie, Dongjae Lee
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Patent number: 11844418Abstract: A toothbrush having a handle portion, a shank portion and a head portion. A channel extends longitudinally through the handle portion, the shank portion and terminates in the head portion. The channel is sized to slidably receive one or more toothpaste pellet formulated to effervesce when exposed to water or saliva. An aperture extends transverse through the head portion providing fluid communication into the channel. A one-way gate is disposed within the channel permitting a toothpaste pellet to pass into the head portion, and to prevent the toothpaste pellet from passing out of the head portion. A handle cap is removably attached to a lower end of the handle portion. The head portion and shank portion may be received within a head cap that removably attaches to the handle portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Austin Bernard
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Patent number: 11839955Abstract: A ratchet wrench comprises a handle defining a cavity including a plurality of teeth on an inner periphery thereof, a wheel, a biasing spring ring, and at least one tooth pawl mounted in recesses formed on the outer periphery of the wheel. The wheel is rotatably mounted inside the cavity and the pawls are biased by the spring ring to engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a first direction, and to slide over the teeth engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Great Star Tools USA, Inc.Inventors: Brenton Michael Solar, Mark Robert Stanley
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Patent number: 11839947Abstract: A pad-temperature regulating apparatus is disclosed, which includes a heat exchanger capable of being cleaned in a limited space. A pad-temperature regulating apparatus includes a heat exchanger configured to contact a polishing pad to exchange heat with the polishing pad, a moving mechanism configured to move the heat exchanger between a temperature regulating position where the heat exchanger can exchange heat with the polishing pad, and a retreat position located on a side of the polishing pad, and a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the heat exchanger moved to the retreat position. The heat exchanger has an approximate triangular shape in a horizontal cross-section, and a longest side of the heat exchanger faces the polishing pad when the heat exchanger is moved to the retreat position.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Kamiki, Toru Maruyama, Yasuyuki Motoshima
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Patent number: 11833645Abstract: A dual-beam torque wrench with a linear display and a linear locking member is provided. The torque wrench includes a head that couples to a socket to rotate a fastener or bolt. A housing of torque wrench extends from the head to form a handle. Within the housing forming the handle are two beams: a lever beam that transmits the force from the handle to the head and a deflecting beam that couples to the head and not the handle. The deflecting beam deflects away from the lever beam to indicate that a predetermined torque has been applied. A torque adjustment assembly moves the lever beam relative to the head to set the predetermined torque, and a pin follows the linear display to indicate to the user the set predetermined torque.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventor: Caleb C. Adams
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Patent number: 11833637Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a steam generator with a heating element to apply heat to a vessel to generate steam, an opening to deliver steam onto a polishing pad, a first valve in a fluid line between the opening and the vessel, a sensor to monitor a steam parameter, and a control system. The control system causes the valve to open and close in accordance with a steam delivery schedule in a recipe, receive a measured value for the steam parameter from the sensor, receive a target value for the steam parameter, and perform a proportional integral derivative control algorithm with the target value and measured value as inputs so as to control the first valve and/or a second pressure release valve and/or the heating element such that the measured value reaches the target value substantially just before the valve is opened according to the steam delivery schedule.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Hari Soundararajan, Shou-Sung Chang, Calvin Lee, Jonathan P. Domin, Shuchivrat Datar, Dmitry Sklyar, Paul D. Butterfield, Chad Pollard, Haosheng Wu
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Patent number: 11832778Abstract: An agitator including an elongated main body configured to rotate about a pivot axis, one or more soft cleaning features coupled to and extending over a substantial portion of a surface of the elongated main body, the one or more soft cleaning features defining at least one channel, and at least one deformable flap disposed at least partially within the at least one channel and extending from the elongated main body. The deformable flap may extend beyond an outer surface of the soft cleaning features. The channel may have a generally U shape and/or V shape. The channel may be configured to allow the resiliently deformable flap to move front to back as the agitator rotates about the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Daniel R. Der Marderosian, Nathan Herrmann, Max P. Lacoma, Devan Schappler, Adam Udy, Donald Williams, Steven Gacin, Patrick Cleary, Xavier Cullere
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Patent number: 11832779Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a first tube and a second tube positioned within the first tube, where a first end of the first tube is connected to an outlet of the backbone and a first end of the second tube connected to an inlet of the backbone. A handle is on the first end of the first tube. When the backbone is in a retracted position the first end of the first tube surrounds the second end of the second tube, the second end of the second tube obstructs the outlet of the backbone, and the second end of the first tube surrounds the first end of the second tube. When the backbone is in an extended position the second end of the first tube aligns with the second end of the second tube, leaving the outlet of the backbone unobstructed to a dustcup. A floor nozzle is connected to the inlet of the backbone and includes a nozzle motor configured to operate a brush roll axle and a casing that provides an airpath to the inlet of the backbone.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Origyn LLCInventor: Jason Thorne
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Patent number: 11826008Abstract: A household appliance has a device housing, a blower arranged in the device housing, an outlet opening formed in the flow direction behind the blower in the device housing, and a flow channel. Soundwaves are generated by the blower, and produce resonances characterized by standing waves, which form between opposing inner walls of the flow channel. A sound reducing wall is positioned in the flow channel, the wall plane of which is oriented parallel to a primary flow direction of the air flow guided in the flow channel. The sound reducing wall is positioned in the flow channel so that a maximum for a fast amplitude of a sound particle velocity of the air flow guided in the flow channel lies in the wall plane of the sound reducing wall. The soundwaves form while interspersing the sound reducing wall between the opposing inner walls of the flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbHInventor: Amin Nezami
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Patent number: 11825933Abstract: A liquid-permeable brush roll may include a main body having a radial surface, a cavity having an open end, a stopper removably coupled to the main body at the open end of the cavity, and one or more weep holes defined in the radial surface of the main body and fluidly coupled to the cavity. The cavity extends within the main body and is configured to store a cleaning fluid therein.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Marian Heman-Ackah, Douglas Petro
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Patent number: 11826886Abstract: The proposed solution relates in particular to a method for assembling an engine assembly having a first engine component and a second engine component, wherein at least one fastening element is first of all arranged on an assembly aid, the at least one fastening element is arranged on the first engine component via the assembly aid and is held in an assembly position under the action of at least one magnetic element of the assembly aid, the at least one fastening element is fixed to the second engine component, and the assembly aid is removed again from the first engine component.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventor: Stephan Koehler
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Patent number: 11825997Abstract: An extraction head for a cleaning machine is disclosed for traveling along a cleaning path on a variable-height floor. The extraction head comprises a body including a floor-facing surface and an extraction aperture disposed in the floor-facing surface. The extraction head comprises a vacuum outlet in fluid communication with the extraction aperture. The extraction head comprises an adjustable-height brush positioned in front of the extraction head body along the cleaning path. The adjustable-height brush is configured to translocate upwardly and downwardly as the extraction head moves along the cleaning path on the variable-height floor. The adjustable-height brush may comprise a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The proximal and distal ends may be configured to translocate upwardly and downwardly relative to each other as the extraction head moves along the cleaning path on the variable-height floor.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Christopher Wayne Smith
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Patent number: 11826009Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner includes a single agitator rotatably mounted within a housing, the agitator being arranged transversely within the housing such that it is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cleaner head during use, the agitator being conical in shape, such that a first end has a larger diameter than a second end.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Heidi Williamson, Thomas Clifford Carter, Ashley Alexandre Goncalves
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Patent number: 11819983Abstract: A torque structure includes a first body, a second body, a first elastic member, a retaining unit, an adjusting unit, a mobile unit, and a display unit. The second body has a first guide slot. The first body is rotated relative to the second body to drive the adjusting unit to rotate and move relative to the retaining unit to adjust the torque value. The mobile unit is received in the second body and aligns with the first guide slot. The mobile unit is mounted between the first elastic member and the adjusting unit. The first body drives the adjusting unit which moves the mobile unit which adjusts the compression extent of the first elastic member to adjust the torque value. The display unit display unit detects a position of the mobile unit and indicates a torque value.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: Wen-Chin Kuo
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Patent number: 11819180Abstract: Described herein is a vacuum device. In various embodiments, the vacuum device includes a vacuum housing; a motor housing coupled to the vacuum housing; a motor disposed in the motor housing and configured to apply suction toward the vacuum housing; an inlet nozzle releasably coupled to a side of the vacuum housing and configured to receive a waste material; and a disposable vacuum bag disposed in the vacuum housing and configured to receive the waste material that passes through the inlet nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: Marcella Hinton
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Patent number: 11819172Abstract: The present invention provides a scrubbing robot, including a window scrubbing device, including a suction assembly configured to be sucked to a window body, a first travelling assembly configured to move on the window body, and a window body cleaning system; and a floor scrubbing device, including a second travelling assembly configured to move on a floor and a floor cleaning system, where the body of the floor scrubbing device has a mounting recess, and the window scrubbing device is configured to be capable of being embedded into and removed from the mounting recess. The scrubbing robot is an integrally functional cleaning robot integrating multiple functions of floor sweeping, floor scrubbing, and window scrubbing.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SHANXI JIASHIDA ROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Liqun Niu
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Patent number: 11812845Abstract: The disclosure provides an ionic toothbrush having an elongated body that may be configured to have a one-piece design, or alternatively one or more components of the ionic toothbrush may be removable and/or replaceable. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an ionic toothbrush which includes a handle portion, a brush head portion including a plurality of bristle tufts; and an electrical circuit configured to transmit a negative electrical charge through at least a portion of the brush head, wherein the electrical circuit includes one or more sections of conductive resin present on an outer surface of one or both of the handle portion and the brush head portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Inventor: Gerhart P. Huy
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Patent number: 11813714Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus and a CMP pad, the apparatus including a rotating plate; a CMP pad on an upper surface of the rotating plate; a rotating body facing the rotating plate and bringing a wafer into contact with the CMP pad to press the wafer; and a slurry supply configured to supply slurry to the CMP pad, wherein the CMP pad includes a pad body having a circular plate shape; a plurality of circular grooves on a bottom surface of the pad body, the plurality of circular grooves having a circular shape; and a connection groove connecting the plurality of circular grooves, the connection groove having a linear shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hojoong Kim, Taesung Kim, Seokjun Hong, Junyong Kim, Donghyuk Jang, Youngjin Hong
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Patent number: 11812906Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a surface includes a liquid delivery system for storing cleaning liquid and delivering the cleaning liquid to the surface to be cleaned, a fluid recovery system and a control system. The control system includes a controller that is coupled to a sensing assembly. Methods of operating the same include sensing foam or liquid with the sensing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: BISSELL Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A Scholten, Jacob Resch, Jacob S. Boles, Bryan Lee Villaroman, Victoria J. Royale, Timothy R. Lambrix
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Patent number: 11806844Abstract: A flexible head joint for a tool, such as a motorized ratcheting-type tool. The flexible joint also allows an output mechanism of the tool, such as a ratchet head, to be disposed at an angle with respect to a housing to the tool, which houses a motor. For example, the first shaft is pivotably coupled to a first connector, which may have a tongue shaped portion. The second shaft is pivotably coupled to a second connector, which may have a slotted portion adapted to receive the tongue portion. This provides two pivot points that have parallel axes.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Snap-on IncorporatedInventor: Joshua M. Beer