Patents Examined by Brit E Anbacht
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Patent number: 11951433Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, related methods, components therefor, and features thereof are described. In depicted examples, the air cleaner assemblies and components optionally use advantageous housing seal features. In some examples, a filter cartridge for an air cleaner includes a media pack extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite inlet and outlet flow ends and defining an outer perimeter with opposite straight sides and a first curved end. The filter cartridge can include a seal arrangement circumscribing the media pack outer perimeter, wherein a portion of the seal arrangement extends beyond a first plane defined by the media pack outlet flow end and a portion of the seal arrangement is disposed between the first plane and a second plane defined by the media pack inlet flow end, wherein the seal arrangement is aligned along a third plane disposed at an oblique angle to the first and second planes.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven K Campbell, Robert D. Johnston, Daniel E. Adamek
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Patent number: 11951432Abstract: The present disclosure is related to filter elements and more specifically to filter elements for removing dust from air. In an embodiment, an inventive filter element includes a housing having a first side and a second side, filter material in the housing, a space between the filter material and the first side of the housing for forming a suction chamber, and at least one hole in the first side, whereby the area within the circumference of the side of the filter material facing the first side of the housing is larger than the area of at least one hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CONSAIR OYInventors: Enna Rane, Antti Väisänen, Frank Russi
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Patent number: 11938437Abstract: A filter system and method include a filter configured to receive a first fluid mixture via an inlet. The first fluid mixture includes a first fluid and debris. The filter is shaped to separate a portion of the debris from the first fluid. A fluid control device is fluidly coupled with the filter. The fluid control device receives the first fluid from the filter and changes a characteristics of the first fluid. A conduit is fluidly coupled with the filter and a second fluid source. The conduit receives the debris from the filter and a second fluid from the second fluid source. The conduit combines the debris with the second fluid to form a second fluid mixture within the conduit. The conduit is shaped to control one or more of a pressure or a velocity within the conduit to direct the second fluid mixture through the conduit toward an outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventor: Balaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath
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Patent number: 11938252Abstract: A fluid filtration system is shown. The fluid filtration system utilizes a one-piece or multiple piece containers having a plurality of radiation-transmissible media adapted to receive light, such as ultraviolet light, white light or other wavelength light. The radiation-transmissible media are situated in the container and at least one or a plurality of radiation sources, such as ultraviolet lamps, are situated in an array in proximity to the radiation-transmissible media. The radiation-transmissible media interrupts the flow and velocity of the fluid stream passing through the container to extend the duration of radiation for any contaminants and also provide enlarged surface areas for the contaminants to be received and ultimately exposed to the radiation. In one example, the radiation-transmissible media may be tubular or spherical sections that are hollow or solid and made of quartz.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Aerobiotix, LLCInventor: David Louis Kirschman
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Patent number: 11930691Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an organic material includes an outer tube including an internal accommodating space, and at least one loading inner tube and at least one collecting inner tube disposed in the accommodation space, the loading inner tube including a mesh boat disposed in a first direction in which the loading inner tube extends.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keun Hee Han, Jong Woo Lee, Myung Ki Lee, Suk Ki, Jeong Hyeon Son
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Patent number: 11904265Abstract: An oil separator includes a cover attached to an opening portion on a discharge side of a compressor, a discharge flow path formed in an inside of the cover, and an oil separation portion configured to separate an oil from a fluid that has flowed out from the discharge flow path. A dividing wall portion partitions an internal space facing the opening portion into a plurality of spaces. The dividing wall portion is provided in the inside of the cover. The internal space is a discharge space into which a high-pressure gas refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows. Each of the plurality of spaces faces a high-pressure chamber in the opening portion so as to be in direct communication with the high-pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Uemura, Tatsuya Katayama
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Patent number: 11896925Abstract: A coalescence separator for separating liquid droplets from a gas flow is provided with a multilayer structure of a coalescence filter medium as a finest stage of the coalescence separator. The multilayer structure of the coalescence filter medium is arranged between a gas inlet and a gas outlet and surrounds a cavity. A product of an air permeability of the coalescence filter medium and a grammage of the coalescence filter medium amounts to at least 16 g/m*s and maximally 100 g/m*s. The coalescence filter medium is a glass fiber paper. The coalescence separator is used, for example, as a main oil separator in screw compressors.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Thomas Grein, Klemens Dworatzek, Markus Zuerker
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Patent number: 11890569Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that may include a main body having at least one cylindrical filter and at least one filter frame that forms a mounting space for the at least one filter; and a cylindrical case coupled to an outside of the main body, the cylindrical case having at least one suction inlet through which air is suctioned toward the at least one filter, so that air may be suctioned in 360-degree directions. If the cylindrical case is opened, the at least one filter may be extracted to the outside in a radial direction from the mounting space, thereby facilitating attachment/detachment of the at least one filter.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Soonki Jung, Hyunpil Ha, Yeongcheol Mun, Jaekyun Park, Soohyun Bae
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Patent number: 11892078Abstract: An annular filter element and sealing element for an oil separator of a crankcase ventilation system, the filter element has a covering surface extending parallel to a direction of flow, together with at least one cover element covering surface in at least some regions. An oil separator is taught having the filter element with at least one pressure control valve controlling crankcase pressure and has a valve closing body that operates in conjunction with a valve seat. The sealing element having at least one radially sealing region that is configured to act in the direction of the radius of the annular filter element, and at least one axially sealing region that is configured to act in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the annular filter element.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Markus Zuerker, Markus Melde, Philipp Ehrhardt
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Patent number: 11890562Abstract: A filtering module includes at least one reinforced aluminum side plate and at least one filtering mesh. The reinforced aluminum side plate surrounds to form a rectangular frame. The reinforced aluminum side plate includes a top plate, a connecting plate, a base plate and a positioning plate. The connecting plate is connected between the top plate and the base plate. The base plate and the top plate are substantially parallel with each other. The base plate has a treated surface away from the top plate and configured to abut against a fan filtering unit. The top plate has a supporting surface away from the base plate. The positioning plate is disposed perpendicularly on the supporting plate and aligns with the connecting plate. The filtering mesh is at least partially supported on the supporting surface and at least partially abuts against the positioning plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Ye Siang Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chuang, Wei-Kuo Kong, Shih-Hsien Chuang
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Patent number: 11890566Abstract: An atmospheric aerosol coalescer (AAC) is a device for collecting water from cooling tower plumes, fog. The AAC may include tapered spiral tube body with a helix shaped skin for atmospheric aerosol to pass through. Micro-droplets of water in air, as in cooling tower plumes, fog, separate inside the AAC due to large density difference and centrifugal forces inside the spiral tube. 3-100-micron diameter water micro-droplets may grow to 1000-4000 micron drops by coalescence on the internal walls of the AAC. Big drops detach to a drain at its base and fall through a spout to a collection pond. A number of AAC arrays may be supported by a net or an inflated pad. The net or inflated pad may be lifted by a tethered aerostat.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventor: Mansur Abahusayn
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Patent number: 11890570Abstract: A filter device separating impurities from a gas, including a filter housing having a lid and a pot; the lid having an inlet and an outlet; a filter element in the pot with a top cap and a bottom cap with a filter cartridge therebetween; the top cap has an inlet duct connected to the lid inlet so that the gas to be purified is passed through the inlet duct to the filter cartridge; a space is between the lid and the top cap which is connected to the outlet of the lid; a switching element to be installed rotatably in the lid and rotatable between an off-position in which the inlet port or the outlet port connects to respectively the inlet or outlet of the lid, and a twisted position, in which the entrance of the inlet duct of the top cap can connect to the lid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER N.V.Inventors: Stefaan Boel, Marc Steijnen, Sylwester Manski, Peter Waeterschoot
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Patent number: 11890564Abstract: A perception and planning system includes a system frame and one or more cooling fans mounted on a first side of the system frame to generate an airflow flowing outwardly to remove at least a portion of the heat generated by the processors. The system further includes an air filtering module mounted on a second side of the system frame to filter the air flow flowing inwardly to remove durst or contaminated material from the airflow. The air filtering module includes an air filter, a mounting plate, and a cover plate. The mounting plate can be mounted on the second side of the system frame to receive the air filter. The mounting plate includes one or more magnets. The cover plate can be attached to the mounting plate by a magnetic force generated from the magnets to keep the air filter between the mounting plate and the cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventors: Fu-Kang Liao, Wendy Lu
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Patent number: 11890567Abstract: A filter holder for a filter element that has an oval-shaped cross section, with a receiving section receiving the filter element, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid inlet is arranged such that an inflow direction of the fluid to be filtered is oriented in the direction of a lateral surface of the filter element in order to separate particles contained in the fluid onto a wall of the receiving section with the aid of centrifugal force.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Dennis Stark, Beate Brandt, Manfred Winter, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Karlheinz Muenkel, Volker Greif
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Patent number: 11890558Abstract: A filter system for filtering fluid has a filter housing with inlet socket and outlet socket for fluid. A central tube with radially open region over a portion of its axial length is arranged in the filter housing in flow communication with the outlet socket in an operating state. Within the central tube, a secondary element is arranged slidably between first and second operating positions. A filter element, separating a raw fluid side from a clean fluid side, has a filter bellows with a first end plate at a first end face and a second end plate at a second end face. The end plates have central openings for receiving the central tube in the filter element interior. In the first operating position, the secondary element opens a fluid path through the radially open region of the central tube and closes the fluid path in the second operating position.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventor: Thomas Loehl
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Patent number: 11892177Abstract: An indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes a cartridge provided to an air inlet so as to be freely mountable and dismountable. The cartridge accommodates a filter so as to be freely movable in a fore-and-aft direction and has an opening port formed in one end portion in the fore-and-aft direction. A dust box is provided on a side of the end portion of the cartridge. The dust box includes a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter and a dust collecting portion configured to collect dust.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masayuki Oishi, Shuhei Yokota
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Patent number: 11890561Abstract: Filter media having a relatively small pore size and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. The filter media may include a fibrous efficiency layer, a fibrous support layer, and a third layer adjacent to the efficiency layer. The efficiency layer may impart a relatively homogeneous pore structure to the filter media without adding substantial bulk to the filter media. The support layer may promote the homogeneity of the pore structure. For example, the support layer may prevent and/or minimize defects in the relatively thin efficiency layer that may result from manufacturing and/or processing. The third layer may serve to impart beneficial filtration (e.g., efficiency, dust holding capacity) and/or non-filtration (e.g., layer protection) properties to the filter media without adversely affecting one or more properties of the filter media.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Hollingsworth & Vose CompanyInventors: Farzad Rezaei, Abdoulaye Doucouré
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Patent number: 11890563Abstract: A grid cover for a grid of a filter system covers a strut of the grid. The grid cover may be removable. The grid cover may be configured as a clip and may be clipped on the strut of the grid.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventor: Tyler G Walk
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Patent number: 11891985Abstract: Provided is a filter device configured for providing air for a generator of a wind turbine. The filter device includes a housing including a filter, at least one attaching element configured for attaching the housing to a drive end side of the generator, such that the air is guidable through the filter into the generator. Further, a wind turbine is provided which includes a filter device for providing air for a generator of the wind turbine. Furthermore, a method for arranging a filter device configured for providing air for a generator of a wind turbine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/SInventor: Claus Michaelsen
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Patent number: 11892140Abstract: A ventilation cap according to the present disclosure includes a body, a ventilation filter, a cover member, and legs. A first vent hole is defined in the body, and the ventilation filter is disposed on the body to cover the first vent hole. The cover member is coupled to the body to cover the ventilation filter, and the legs are formed beneath the body and are spaced apart from each other around the first vent hole. Further, the legs are received in a hole defined in a target housing to be coupled to the target housing, and a second vent hole communicating with the first vent hole is defined in a side portion of the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Min Seok Kim