Patents Examined by Craig M. Schneider
  • Patent number: 11566746
    Abstract: A protective fabric jacket for placement on an object to be protected from excessive heat includes a first layer; a second layer; and an intermediate spacer fabric layer that is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first and second layers are attached to the intermediate spacer fabric layer to form a layered structure. The intermediate spacer fabric layer comprises a flexible honeycomb or octagonal shaped spacer fabric that has a plurality of cells defined therein. The protective fabric jacket also includes a settable material that disposed within the cells and includes a cementitious mixture and one or more organic polymers and is settable to a hardened material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Hasan Ali AL-Hashmy, Christian Canto Maya, Yassine MalaJati
  • Patent number: 11564479
    Abstract: An inflatable air mattress system comprises an inflatable air mattress defining an air chamber and including an inlet passageway, an inflation valve mounted to the inflatable air mattress, and a connector. The valve defines a passageway that includes a lip and a valve member. The valve member includes a seal movable between a closed position wherein the valve member is at least partially covering the lip. In an open position, inflation air can pass through the passageway and into the air chamber of the mattress. The inflatable air mattress system includes an inflating bladder including an interior portion defined by at least one wall of flexible fabric having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a wide opening securable by a closing spring, the second end includes an outlet adapted to connect to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventor: Shuiyong Huang
  • Patent number: 11566684
    Abstract: In a toothed belt including a toothed belt body and a reinforcing cloth, the toothed belt body includes a rubber composition and has a base part formed into a flat band shape and a plurality of rubber tooth parts, which are arranged integrally with one face of the base part and spaced apart from each other in a belt lengthwise direction. The reinforcing cloth is attached to the toothed belt body to cover a face, of the toothed belt body, with the rubber tooth parts. Each of the rubber tooth parts is covered with the reinforcing cloth in a corresponding one of cloth-covered tooth parts where a rate of a volume of the reinforcing cloth with respect to a volume of the cloth-covered tooth part is 60% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Meki, Atsushi Taga
  • Patent number: 11566729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipe suitable for conveying fluids in HVACR applications, which pipe comprises an inner tube delimiting an inner space or passageway for a fluid, an insulating cover and an anti-corrosion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: PTUBES, INC.
    Inventor: Nicola Pilone
  • Patent number: 11560970
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) hose with a leak notification function. The PVC hose includes: an inner layer configured such that a fluid is transferred through a hollow; a reinforcing yarn layer wound around the inner layer, and configured to increase the pressure of the inner layer and restrain expansion; an intermediate layer formed through coating around the reinforcing yarn layer; a first electrode layer formed through coating around the intermediate layer, and provided with a first terminal; a partition layer formed through coating around the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer formed through coating around the partition layer, and provided with a second terminal; a high-density woven yarn layer processed around the second electrode layer; an outer coating layer formed through coating around the high-density woven yarn layer; and a leak detection device configured to determine whether there is a leak depending on whether current is conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEJONG FLEX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Min Seok
  • Patent number: 11562726
    Abstract: Plates and plate assemblies for noise attenuators and other devices and methods of making the same are described herein. An example plate assembly includes a support frame to be coupled to a body of the noise attenuator. The support frame has a plurality of radially extending ribs. The plate assembly also includes a disc-shaped plate having a plurality of openings forming flow paths to attenuate noise. The disc-shaped plate is coupled to the support frame such that pressure-induced loads on the disc-shaped plate are distributed to the plurality of radially extending ribs of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Diaz, Doug Scheffler, Roy Ronald Pelfrey
  • Patent number: 11554236
    Abstract: A patient interface device includes a frame having a central portion with a patient facing side, an opposite outward facing side, a first plurality of magnetic elements secured on or in the patient facing side, and a first aperture defined therethrough. The first aperture having a first portion extending from the outward facing side toward the patient facing side which is structured to be coupled to a delivery conduit and a patient side portion defined by a wall which extends outward from the patient facing side forming a hub. The device further includes a cushion having a patient contacting side which is structured to sealingly engage about an orifice or orifices of a patient, an opposite frame contacting side including a second aperture defined therein which is sized and configured to engage about the hub, and a second plurality of magnetic elements for magnetically coupling the cushion to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Richard Thomas Haibach
  • Patent number: 11555551
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to protect flows in piping systems using minimal spare components. Some embodiments may provide: a first piping subsystem configured to receive a portion of the input flow; a second piping subsystem configured to receive the portion of the input flow by substituting for the first subsystem; a test subsystem configured to detect whether each of the first and second subsystems is able to vent when at least one, in the each subsystem, of a respective pressure and a respective pressure rate satisfies first and second criteria, respectively; and first and second pilots configured to detect a maximum pressure and a maximum pressure rate, respectively, of the portion of the first and second subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Celeras Flow Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lee, Mark Lewandowski
  • Patent number: 11549719
    Abstract: A duct panel, a method of manufacturing a duct panel, a duct section and a method of installing a duct are disclosed. The duct panel includes a laminate structure having an insulation layer disposed between a first support layer and a second support layer, the laminate structure having an end width; and an end cap attached to the end width and configured to be coupled to a mounting flange, wherein the mounting flange is configured to mount the duct panel. The end cap and the mounting flange comprise different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INSTAD PRE FABRICATION PTE LTD
    Inventor: Kwan Heng Chan
  • Patent number: 11543056
    Abstract: A tube includes a corrugated metal tubular member; and a first covering part that covers the outside of the tubular member, and forms a braided structure using a resin string member of which at least a part is covered by a metal having lower electrical resistance than that of a metal forming the tubular member. The tube can also include a third covering part made of an insulating resin arranged between the tubular member and the first covering part, and covers the tubular member, wherein the first covering part covers the third covering part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Mori, Yoshinori Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11536412
    Abstract: A line element includes an inner element, an outer element surrounding the inner element, and a damping element arranged between the inner element and the outer element. The damping element can be made, for example, of knitted wire fabric or a stripwound hose. The damping element can be made in particular of a more easily wearing material than the outer element and/or the inner element, for example of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: WESTFALIA METAL HOSES GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Hauk, Oliver Selter, Dietmar Baumhoff, Karl-Heinz Münker, Andreas Gerhard, Michael Henkelmann, David Christopher Siebels, Sascha Jan Sckudlarek, Matthias Weiss, Karsten Schenk
  • Patent number: 11530599
    Abstract: A bypass plunger combines a unitary or one-piece hollow body-and-valve cage, retains a dart valve within the valve cage portion of the hollow body using a threaded retaining nut secured by crimple detents. A series of helical grooves surround the central portion of the outer surface of the hollow body of the plunger to control spin during descent. A canted-coil-spring disposed within the retaining nut functions as a clutch. The valve cage includes ports that may be configured to control flow through the plunger during ascent. Other embodiments include clutch assemblies using canted-coil springs with split bobbins, and valve stems surfaced to achieve specific functions. Combinations of these features provide enhanced performance, durability and reliability at reduced manufacturing cost, due primarily to the simplicity of its design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Garrett S. Boyd, Mitchell A. Boyd
  • Patent number: 11525538
    Abstract: A plug-in coupling for connecting a first double-walled vacuum-insulated cryogenic line to a second. The plug-in coupling has a coupling plug and a coupling socket. The coupling plug can be plugged into the coupling socket, these being retained in a plugged-together state by fixing means. A guide column is arranged on the coupling plug or the coupling socket. The guide column has arranged on it elastic means which, in the assembled state of the plug-in coupling, are subjected to stressing and which subject the coupling plug and/or coupling socket to an elastic force which strives to release the coupling plug and coupling socket from one another as soon as the fixing means no longer hold the coupling plug and coupling socket together. The elastic energy stored in the elastic means ensures that, in the event of an emergency, the coupling plug and coupling socket are quickly released from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Holger Schulz, Patrick Weber
  • Patent number: 11525601
    Abstract: The flexible duct connector processing system of the present invention comprises a decoiler machine and a processing machine. The decoiler machine stores one or more rolls of flexible duct connector stock which are fed to the processing machine. The processing machine beads, notches, and cuts the flexible duct connector stock according to programmed instructions received from a control system. A conveyor system disposed after the processing machine optionally collects the cut flexible duct connector stock and conveys it in batches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PRODUCTION PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Gass, Drew Evan Miles, II
  • Patent number: 11519526
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an extensible flexible hose comprise one elastic inner layer, one elastic textile reinforcement layer and one elastic outer layer, where the elastic textile reinforcement layer placed on the outer surface of the elastic inner layer, the elastic outer layer disposed on the elastic textile reinforcement layer, while the elastic inner layer and the elastic textile reinforcement layer are reciprocally coupled, the elastic outer layer and the uncovered surface area of the elastic inner layer are reciprocally joined to form a unitary tubular member. The elastic textile reinforcement layer comprising a twill weave textile layer, with stretch yarns longitudinally distributed among. The objective of the present invention is to improve the phenomenon that the telescopic water pipe is liable to be damaged due to strong friction between inner core and outer sheath, to prolong the service life of the extensible flexible hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: YANGJIANG NEW SPORTS TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Zhang, Song Chen
  • Patent number: 11519544
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring tube for conveying a liquid, comprising a tubular section and at least one tubular branch for accommodating at least one component of a measuring device. A first end region of the tubular branch is arranged at or in an opening in a wall along a longitudinal axis of the tubular section. According to the disclosure all points of at least a first portion of the wall, such as an inner surface of the wall, of the tubular section, which first portion defines the opening, are located in a plane. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to an arrangement for determining or monitoring at least one process variable of a liquid in a pipeline, comprising a measuring device and a measuring tube of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Endress+HauserSE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Schmidt, Andreas Krumbholz
  • Patent number: 11519436
    Abstract: Serviceable laminar flow elements are described. The serviceable laminar flow elements includes a flow sleeve, a laminar flow rod installed within the flow sleeve, a mounting plug arranged at a first end of the flow sleeve configured to fixedly secure the laminar flow rod within the flow sleeve at the first end, and an index cap arranged at a second end of the flow sleeve configured to fixedly secure the laminar flow rod within the flow sleeve at the second end. A laminar flow path is defined by a gap between an interior surface of the flow sleeve and an exterior surface of the laminar flow rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger Corallo, Cory R. Rice
  • Patent number: 11512789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a check valve and a modulator block including the same. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a check valve comprising a valve housing including first and second internal flow passages each formed to pass through an interior of the valve housing and having an inlet through which a fluid is introduced and an outlet through which the fluid is discharged; a first opening and closing member provided in the first internal flow passage and opened and closed by a hydraulic pressure of the fluid; a second opening and closing member provided in the second internal flow passage and opened and closed by the hydraulic pressure of the fluid; and a stopper member press-fitted to the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seung Hwan Byun
  • Patent number: 11506305
    Abstract: A method of custom manufacturing a fluid pressure reduction device for use in a process control valve. The method includes creating the fluid pressure reduction device using an additive manufacturing technique, which generally includes forming a body and forming a plurality of flow paths in the body. The body has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced radially outward of the inner wall. The flow paths are formed in the body between the inner wall and the outer wall of the body. Each of the flow paths includes an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and an intermediate section extending between the inlet and outlet apertures. At least a portion of the intermediate section extends in a substantially vertical direction that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, such that the flow paths are able to utilize previously un-used space in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. McCarty, Thomas N. Gabriel
  • Patent number: 11506327
    Abstract: A pipe shield device includes an elongated main body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, a second end and a pair of side edges. The main body is constructed from stainless steel spring metal having high impact resistance and cut resistance properties. The main body includes a resilient memory and transitions between a rolled position in a resting state and an unrolled position in a non-resting state. The main body includes a spring tension for self-securement onto a pipe via the rolled memory tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Mark David Cooper