Patents Examined by Christopher S. Kim
  • Patent number: 11504734
    Abstract: Implementations of sprinkler head covers may include: an artificial turf portion including a backing, a stiffener coupled to the backing at a first side of the stiffener, and a bag removably coupled to a second side of the stiffener. The second side may be opposite the first side of the stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Gary Leavitt
  • Patent number: 11485327
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes a sensor window; a first nozzle adjacent to the sensor window and oriented to blow across the sensor window, the first nozzle positioned below the sensor window and in a first horizontal direction away from the sensor window, the first nozzle being slot-shaped with a first length and a first thickness; and a second nozzle adjacent to the first nozzle and oriented to blow across the sensor window, the second nozzle positioned below the sensor window and in the first horizontal direction away from the sensor window, the second nozzle being slot-shaped with a second length and a second thickness. The second nozzle is farther from the sensor window in the first horizontal direction than the first nozzle, and the first length of the first nozzle is greater than the second length of the second nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Segundo Baldovino, Venkatesh Krishnan, Sunil Reddy Patil, Raghuraman Surineedi, Rashaun Phinisee, Ashwin Arunmozhi
  • Patent number: 11484023
    Abstract: A spray boom support structure includes a first support member, a second support member, a plurality of vertical support elements disposed between the first and second support member along lengths of the first and second support members, and at least one strut. Each vertical support element includes a bottom saddle portion coupled to first support member, a top saddle portion coupled to the second support member, and an I-beam portion disposed between the top and bottom saddle portions. Further, each strut extends between adjacent vertical support elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Roy A. Bittner
  • Patent number: 11458490
    Abstract: A cup liner for a cup of a spray gun includes a fluid reservoir portion that defines a reservoir and includes a divider portion dividing the reservoir into two or more compartments. Each compartment contains a fluid to be dispensed by the spray gun and keeps the fluids separated from fluids held by other compartments. In addition, a fitting for a spray gun includes two or more inlet interfaces and an outlet interface. Each inlet interface couples to a fluid source and the outlet couples to the spray gun such that the fitting provides fluid communication between each fluid source and the spray gun. This permits the spray gun to spray a mixture of the fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Kevin McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11453026
    Abstract: A slot die assembly for dispensing a fluid onto an article includes an adapter body, a shim package and a die plate. The adapter body includes an adapter conduit configured to receive a fluid. The shim package includes a plurality of shim plates having a shim conduit disposed in fluid communication with the adapter conduit and configured to receive the fluid from the adapter conduit. The shim package further includes a connecting conduit disposed in fluid communication with the shim conduit, a reservoir disposed in fluid communication with the connecting conduit, and a slot disposed in fluid communication with the reservoir. The slot is configured to dispense the fluid onto an article. The die plate is disposed in abutting relationship to the shim package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew S. Ayers
  • Patent number: 11446530
    Abstract: methods, apparatuses, and systems for harvesting inert gas exhausted from an engine and using the harvested inert gas to prevent an ignition event and/or extinguish an ignition event. The temperature of the harvested inert gas may need to be lowered. Unwanted components may be removed from the harvested inert gas. Combustion components may be completely burned from the harvested inert gas prior to providing the harvested inert gas to a fire protection system. The fire protection system uses the harvested inert gas to extinguish an ignition event and/or to provide a purge flow to prevent an ignition event. The fire protection system may be on an aircraft. Sensors may be used to detect an ignition event. Pressure sensors may be used to monitor the pressure of the harvested inert gas as well as to monitor the purge pressure of areas receiving a continuous purge flow of harvested inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Frank J. Foster
  • Patent number: 11441298
    Abstract: A sanitary insert unit that is fittable on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting is provided, with a throughflow-quantity regulator unit which, in at least one annular throughflow channel, has at least one annular flow-restricting body of elastic material, which at least one flow-restricting body, between itself and an adjacent channel wall bearing a control profiling, bounds a control gap, the passage cross section of which is variable by the flow-restricting body deforming under the differential pressure forming during the flow therethrough. A jet regulator is arranged on the outflow side of the throughflow-quantity regulator unit and has a jet splitter which divides the water coming from the throughflow-quantity regulator unit into a multiplicity of individual jets. The jet splitter is designed as a perforated plate, and the projection of at least one of the throughflow channels is arranged in a perforation-free annular zone of the jet splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Simon Twitchett
  • Patent number: 11433266
    Abstract: A firefighting apparatus includes a reaction chamber, a CO2 tank fluidly connected to the reaction chamber, acid and carbonate tanks, acid and carbonate pumps, and a controller. The acid and carbonate pumps act to correspondingly regulate flow of acid from the acid tank and carbonate from the carbonate tank to the reaction chamber. Acid and carbonate react within the reaction chamber to produce CO2 gas which flows into the CO2 tank and liquid byproduct which is releasable through a reaction chamber outlet. A CO2 gas delivery valve is fluidly connected to a delivery outlet of the CO2 tank to regulate release of CO2 therefrom. The CO2 tank includes a pressure sensor for measuring a CO2 tank pressure. The controller is configured to control operation of the acid and carbonate pumps, and the CO2 gas delivery valve according to a user command signal, the CO2 tank pressure, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AlazTech Inc.
    Inventors: Hussein Farzam, Mahboob Bolandi
  • Patent number: 11426616
    Abstract: A firefighting motorcycle includes a motorcycle body, a carrier device set assembled on the rear of the motorcycle body, a firefighting equipment and a fire extinguishing gun bracket. The firefighting equipment includes a water storage tank, a high-pressure gas cylinder arranged on one side of the water storage tank, and a fire extinguishing gun connected to the water storage tank and the high-pressure gas cylinder through two pipes respectively. The water storage tank is accommodated in the bottom of the long hollow bracket. The fire extinguishing gun bracket is installed on one side of the motorcycle body, so that the fire extinguishing gun of the firefighting equipment is installed on its. The technical features of the firefighting motorcycle and its various components disclosed in the present invention will effectively improve the effectiveness of firefighters who can reach the fire scene and provide rescue in the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHIH CHANG MOTORCYCLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiu-Ching Chen, Rui-Bin Chen
  • Patent number: 11413635
    Abstract: A mix chamber for a plural component sprayer is configured to receive first and second component materials and emit a spray of a resulting plural component material. The mix chamber includes a chamber body extending between a first end and a second end and including flat lateral sides. A ramp feature is disposed proximate the first end and is configured to contact and push first and second side seals, respectively, away from a body axis as the mix chamber shifts in a first direction through a cartridge bore to increase a gap between the first side seal and the second side seal such that the first side seal engages the first flat lateral side and the second side seal engages the second flat lateral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Ross, Joseph E. Tix, Samuel R. Stewart, Mark T. Weinberger, Christopher J. Pellin, Jeffrey N. Velgersdyk, Jack A. Bosak, Jacob R. Whiteoak
  • Patent number: 11406856
    Abstract: A fire-extinguishing-system valve (2) having a housing (4), having a fluid-entry chamber (26) provided in the housing (4), having a fluid-exit chamber (24) provided in the housing (4), and having a closing body (28) which can be moved back and forth between a blocking state (32) and a release state (34) and, in the blocking state (32) prevents direct fluid flow between the fluid-entry chamber (26) and the fluid-exit chamber (24) and, in the release position (34), connects the fluid-entry chamber (26) to the fluid-exit chamber (24) directly for fluid-conducting action. The fire-extinguishing-system valve (2) has at least one sensor device (18) for directly monitoring the position of the closing body (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Minimax GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kempf, Frank Stachowitz
  • Patent number: 11406855
    Abstract: A fire suppression system having a first triggering mechanism capable of being remotely triggered in response to a fire condition and a second manual triggering mechanism. More particularly, the fire extinguisher includes a valve for a fire extinguisher capable of manual and automatic operation. The system further includes a mechanism to notify of inoperable local status. During automatic operation, the system can be being triggered by a control panel in electrical communication, such as in response to a signal from smoke detectors. This system may also be manually triggered or in response to a temperature threshold sensor or other sensors. The valve includes an actuator that provides a separate area to place a safety pin for storing securely, and which provides feedback to the control system that the safety pin is properly stored and therefore, the fire extinguisher is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: USSC ACQUISITION CORP.
    Inventors: Perry DeYoung, Jeremiah Farrell
  • Patent number: 11388866
    Abstract: A method of using a system to apply liquid over a selected area includes providing a source of liquid, a first tube for transporting liquid from the source through the system, a connector, a check valve and a spray device. The connector includes a projection extending into the first tube. The projection has an inlet in fluid communication with the first tube. The connector further includes an outlet and a passageway in fluid communication with the inlet of the projection and the outlet of the connector. The check valve has an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the connector and an outlet. The check valve is operable to permit the passage of liquid from the inlet to the outlet upon pressurization of the liquid above a threshold pressurization level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Fixed Spray Systems, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Nye, Dirk Rene Kruger
  • Patent number: 11389677
    Abstract: A fire-fighting system for an aircraft, the fire-fighting system having a reservoir having an exterior envelope which delimits an interior volume of the reservoir and an interior wall which extends inside the exterior envelope and separates the interior volume into a first chamber and a second chamber which are separate from one another and are each filled with an extinguishing fluid. A network of pipes, and a valve system are provided which are arranged so as to allow, in succession, the extinguishing fluid to flow from the first chamber to the network of pipes, and then the extinguishing fluid to flow from the second chamber to the network of pipes. Such a fire-fighting system allows simpler installation in the aircraft, the fitting of a single network of pipes and hence a saving in terms of weight and volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Julien Cayssials, Arnaud Guichot
  • Patent number: 11389681
    Abstract: A sprinkler assembly includes a body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passage extending along a longitudinal axis between the inlet and the outlet. A guide pin aperture is defined by at least one of the body or a bushing coupled to the body. The sprinkler assembly further includes a deflector slidably coupled to the body. The deflector includes a deflector body coupled to a guide pin. The guide pin includes a shaft portion extending through the guide pin aperture and a shoulder that is wider than the shaft portion and configured to engage at least one of the body or the bushing to limit movement of the deflector body away from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Steven Lee Shields, Manuel R. Silva, Jr., Sean E. Cutting, William K. Rucker, Daniel A. Cross
  • Patent number: 11382999
    Abstract: An aroma diffuser structure includes a base, a holding member, a frame, an adjusting member, and an aroma diffuser. The holding member is mounted on the base and has a screw hole. The frame is mounted on the holding member and has an upper portion provided with a first magnetic member. The adjusting member has an external threaded section extending through the frame and screwed through the screw hole of the holding member. The aroma diffuser has a plurality of air vents. The aroma diffuser is rotatable on the adjusting member and has a top provided with a rotation shaft which is provided with a second magnetic member magnetically attracted with the first magnetic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Chin-Tan Chang
  • Patent number: 11383114
    Abstract: A sprinkler head includes a main body having a nozzle connected to a water supply pipe, the nozzle is provided inside of the main body, a pair of arms extending from the main body in a water discharge direction of the nozzle, where a tip of each of the arms is connected to a boss that has a columnar shape, that is disposed on a central axis A of the nozzle, and that has a female screw thereinside, an impress screw screwed into the female screw and having a tip protruding toward the nozzle, and a deflector having a disc shape and mounted at a front end of the boss. The deflector has a plurality of slits having an equal length cut around a peripheral edge of the deflector at equal intervals, from an outer periphery of the deflector toward the central axis of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SENJU SPRINKLER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Sato, Yasuaki Koiwa
  • Patent number: 11383209
    Abstract: A device for generating a scented mist of an atomized liquid fragrance oil includes an atomizer complex, a reservoir assembly, a drainage tube, and a vacuum tube. The atomizer complex can atomize the liquid fragrance oil into a scented mist and deliver the scented mist to air outside of the atomizer complex, where the liquid fragrance oil the fragrance oil that is not atomized into the scented mist delivered to the air outside of the atomizer complex includes collected oil that is collected and drained to a reservoir assembly. A drainage tube extends from a bottom area of the atomizer complex into the liquid fragrance oil. The device can filter the liquid fragrance oil in the reservoir assembly and the collected oil from the atomizer complex that drained down the drainage tube. The vacuum tube can suction the filtered liquid fragrance oil and the collected oil into the atomizer complex for atomization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: ScentAir Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Martin John Rosener, Robert David Blaylock, John Thurston Chandler, Garrett Michael Sherman
  • Patent number: 11376711
    Abstract: A nozzle head (1) for discharging a suspension which is under pressure and which includes a fluid and abrasive agent, with at least one nozzle (8) including at least one exit opening (20) for the exit of the suspension. The nozzle head (1) includes at least one first drive device (17?), by way of which the nozzle head can be rotated about a first axis (A1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ANT APPLIED NEW TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventor: Marco Linde
  • Patent number: 11376622
    Abstract: A waterfall or fountain that has the capacity of printing images with water and a method for printing images by said water. The water inside such fountain is released out of nozzles in the form of parallel and regular lines of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Khaled Sulaiman Al Harbi