Patents Examined by Cristi J Tate-Sims
  • Patent number: 11692293
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a washing module; a camera to acquire an image of laundry; a memory for storing therein a laundry recognition model, wherein the model is trained using a machine learning or deep learning algorithm, wherein the model is configured to recognize laundry information about the laundry; and a processor configured to apply image data from the acquired image to the laundry recognition model to acquire the laundry information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehong Kim, Heeyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 11691899
    Abstract: Laundry treatment appliances for use in a typical household include a tub that has an opening to provide access to the interior and at least partially defines a treating chamber into which fabric items such as clothes, towels, or linens can be placed to undergo a washing operation. A system can be provided for recirculating wash liquid through the tub to reduce water consumption. At least one tank or reservoir and a coagulant dosing system can be included for the chemical treatment of wash water as part of the wash liquid recirculation system. The tank can also serve to separate coagulated solids from the wash water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mohsin Mahamadshafi Attar, Jalindar S. Dawange, Richard L. Hammond, Christopher A. Hartnett, Peter N. Howes, Eric Monville
  • Patent number: 11686034
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a detergent storage unit retractable into a cabinet through an opening, wherein detergent is stored in the detergent storage unit; a supply case disposed in the cabinet and receiving the detergent storage unit retracted through the opening; and a dispenser disposed inside the cabinet, and located above the detergent storage unit, wherein the dispenser includes a water supply portion from which water is discharged and drops downwards, wherein the water supply portion includes shower portion for supplying water to a bottom of the supply case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11686035
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a detergent delivery device, comprising a water box and a liquid storage box, an inner side wall of the water box is provided with a boss protruding towards an inside of the water box and extending along an axial direction of the water box, an upper surface of the boss is a supporting surface, and the liquid storage box is placed on the supporting surface of the boss, and is pulled along an extension direction of the supporting surface, the boss is provided with a notch penetrating through the supporting surface, such that water on the supporting surface flows into the water box through the notch. In the present disclosure, the notch is arranged on the supporting surface, under the condition of not influencing the pulling movement of the liquid storage box, water on the supporting surface is guided to the inside of the water box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Huang, Yuliang Jiang, Bingheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11688600
    Abstract: A method for removing particles from a semiconductor wafer surface is disclosed. A liquid is placed on a surface of a semiconductor wafer on which particles may adhere. A light pulse is then applied to the surface of the semiconductor wafer through the liquid. The liquid containing the particles is then removed from the surface of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PulseForge, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alex Rose, Kurt A. Schroder
  • Patent number: 11680354
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having a opening defined therein; a tub disposed inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; a detergent storage unit retractable into the cabinet through the opening, wherein detergent is stored in the detergent storage unit; and a dispenser disposed inside the cabinet, and located above the detergent storage unit, wherein the dispenser includes a water supply portion from which water is discharged and drops downwards, wherein the water supply portion has a surface from which is discharged and drop downwards, wherein the surface is water-repellent, resulting in removal of water from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11674261
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber configured to accommodate hanging clothes and a cycle chamber configured to house machinery, the cycle chamber being positioned vertically below the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus also includes a partition plate that partitions the treatment chamber from the cycle chamber, a door configured to open and close the cabinet, a door liner disposed at an inside of the door and configured to guide condensed water generated in the treatment chamber to an upper side of the partition plate, a condensed water guide member disposed at the partition plate and configured to guide the condensed water from the door liner into the treatment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taejun Yoon, Hyungkyu Lim, Jeongryeol Choi
  • Patent number: 11674260
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber configured to accommodate hanging clothes and a cycle chamber configured to house machinery, the cycle chamber being positioned vertically below the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus also includes a partition plate that partitions the treatment chamber from the cycle chamber, a door configured to open and close the cabinet, a door liner disposed at an inside of the door and configured to guide condensed water generated in the treatment chamber to an upper side of the partition plate, a condensed water guide member disposed at the partition plate and configured to guide the condensed water from the door liner into the treatment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taejun Yoon, Hyungkyu Lim, Jeongryeol Choi, Hyoungsup Park, Youngjin Doh, Sunghoo Park
  • Patent number: 11662159
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a device for assembling and processing a plate heat exchanger of a power battery, including a cleaning box, and a base platform. The base platform is welded to a bottom of the cleaning box. A water outlet pipe is welded symmetrically through an inside of the base platform obliquely. A power box is provided at a middle of the inside of the base platform. A motor is screwedly provided inside the power box. A top end of a rotating shaft of the motor is penetratingly welded to a bottom end of a rotating plate, and a welding position between the rotating shaft and the rotating plate is sealed. An edge of an upper surface of the rotating plate is welded to a bottom end of a connecting column, and a top end of the connecting column is penetratingly welded to an upper plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Shusheng Xiong, Qiujie Song, Wei Li, Jun Ye, Peng Li, You Weng
  • Patent number: 11655580
    Abstract: A washer appliance with a removable agitator post includes an impeller supporting a receptable having multiple features for receipt of agitator tabs to secure or release the agitator post. A biasing element may be used to help secure or release the agitator post. The agitator post is rotated to secure or release it from the impeller. A removable cap may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Kalyana Mallavarapu, Neelapala Gopinath Yadav, Veera Venkata Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy, Srikanth Gopireddy
  • Patent number: 11639574
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a tub for providing therein a space for water to be stored, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and providing therein a space for clothes to be stored, wherein the drum includes an open surface for inserting and withdrawing the clothes therethrough and a bottom surface located on an opposite side of the open surface, a pulsator rotatably disposed on the bottom surface and inside the drum, an agitator protruding from the pulsator inside the drum and extending toward the open surface, wherein the agitator is rotatably disposed at a center of the pulsator, and a driver configured to drive at least one of the drum, the pulsator, and the agitator. The pulsator and the agitator may be configured to rotate in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongcheol Kim, Youngjong Kim
  • Patent number: 11639576
    Abstract: A dispenser box assembly for a laundry appliance that includes a dispenser housing and a lid. The dispenser housing includes one or more housing walls that define a main chamber. The lid is attached to the housing walls and includes an in-lid reservoir. The in-lid reservoir includes an inlet section that is arranged in fluid communication with water inlet ports in the dispenser housing and a diffuser section with an outlet that is arranged in fluid communication with the main chamber. An air port that is open to the atmosphere is arranged in fluid communication with the main chamber such that the main chamber is open to atmospheric pressure and produces a water pressure drop between the water inlet ports and a water outlet port at the bottom of the main chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rajwardhan Deshmukh, Jason R. Spears, Kurt L. Masciovecchio
  • Patent number: 11624146
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothing treating apparatus comprising: an outer case which includes a first opening formed at the front side thereof; an inner case which is provided inside the outer case and has a space formed therein to receive clothes; an inner case bottom surface which forms the bottom of the inner case; a first penetrating part which extends through the inner case bottom surface; and a first machinery room forming surface which forms a machinery room disposed under the inner case and separated from the inner case, and provides a holding surface that protrudes to enable a steam nozzle to be installed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junyoung Choi, Wansik Nam, Sunghoo Park, Hyeyong Park
  • Patent number: 11624138
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a laundry apparatus for heating a drum by an induction heater and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the method of controlling a laundry apparatus including a tub, a drum, an induction heating module mounted on the tub to heat the drum, and a circulation pump configured to pump wash water from the tub to an upper portion of the drum includes supplying wash water into the tub through a water supply valve, circulating the wash water by operating the circulation pump and performing fabrics soaking by driving the drum, performing heating by the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking, and performing washing by driving the drum, wherein a water level of the wash water at the termination of the fabrics soaking is lower than a water level of the wash water at the termination of the water supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changoh Kim, Sangwook Hong
  • Patent number: 11624425
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes an outer tub to receive wash water, a driving motor having a stator fixed to the outer tub, and a rotor rotated relative to the stator, a washing shaft rotated together with the rotor, and a rotatable spin-drying shaft spaced apart from the rotor. The laundry treatment apparatus also includes an inner tub disposed in the outer tub, a pulsator provided in the inner tub at a lower portion thereof, and a clutch assembly. The inner tub is rotated together with the spin-drying shaft and the pulsator is rotated by the washing shaft. The clutch assembly selects one of a plurality of modes including i) at least one restriction mode of restricting the spin-drying shaft to the rotor or the outer tub and ii) a free mode of not restricting the spin-drying shaft to the rotor and the outer tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dongcheol Kim, Youngjong Kim
  • Patent number: 11622678
    Abstract: A control method for an endoscope reprocessor is a control method for an endoscope reprocessor that includes a treatment tank, a circulation conduit that links a circulation opening and a discharge opening opened in the treatment tank to each other, a first pump that feeds liquid from the circulation opening towards the discharge opening, an atmospheric open conduit including a first end portion open to an atmosphere and a second end portion connected between the circulation opening and the first pump in the circulation conduit, a filter that filtrates a liquid flowing from the treatment tank through the circulation opening into the circulation conduit, and a sensor that detects a liquid feeding state in the circulation conduit, where the liquid feeding state in the circulation conduit is measured by the sensor during operation of the first pump in a state where the inside of the atmospheric open conduit is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norito Sato
  • Patent number: 11618049
    Abstract: A cavity cleaning and coating system for safely and efficiently cleaning and coating the interior of a cavity without requiring entry of any workers. The cavity cleaning and coating system generally includes a mount which is coupled with a movable arm of a vehicle. The mount includes an inner plate, which is coupled to the arm, and an outer plate. A shaft is coupled to the outer plate. The mount is adjustable independently of the arm of the vehicle, including outwardly, inwardly, and rotatably. A spray head is connected to the shaft. The spray head is rotatable and includes a dispenser for dispensing fluids. The vehicle is positioned near a cavity to be treated. The mount is adjusted for optimal positioning of the spray head. The spray head is lowered into the cavity to dispense a cleaning fluid and, after the cleaning fluid has dried, a coating fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Russell R. Gohl
  • Patent number: 11607122
    Abstract: An endoscope cleansing accessory is described for use with an automatic endoscope reprocessing (AER) apparatus which utilizes the motive force provided by a flowing cleansing fluid already within the AER to actuate an actuator wheel of the endoscope during the cleansing process. The movement or actuation of the actuator wheel during cleansing in turn imparts a back and forth motion to an elevator platform or forceps raiser within the endoscope to loosen tissue and other particles that are then flushed out by the flowing cleansing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Medivators Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Edward Eibs
  • Patent number: 11605534
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to method for trimming and cleaning an edge of a wafer. The method includes trimming an outer edge portion of the wafer with a blade along a continuously connected trim path to define a new sidewall of the wafer. The trimming produces contaminant particles on the wafer. Further, the method includes applying deionized water to the new sidewall of the wafer with water nozzles to remove the contaminant particles. The method also includes applying pressurized gas to the wafer at a first top surface area of the wafer with an air jet nozzle. The pressurized gas is directed outward from a center of the wafer to remove remaining contaminant particles. The applying of deionized water and the applying of pressurized gas are performed in a same chamber as the trimming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tung-He Chou, Sheng-Chau Chen, Ming-Tung Wu, Hsun-Chung Kuang
  • Patent number: 11603620
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing tub rotatably disposed to accommodate laundry, a pulsator rotatably disposed in the washing tub, a drive shaft to rotate the pulsator, a dehydration shaft to be connected to the washing tub and through which the drive shaft passes, a solenoid to form a magnetic field when a current is applied, a fixing core to surround the solenoid, and a clutch to couple and uncouple the drive shaft and the dehydration shaft. The clutch includes an armature to be lifted by a magnetic force of the solenoid, and a clutch coupler to be elevated along the dehydration shaft, perform coupling between the drive shaft and the dehydration shaft in a first position, and perform uncoupling between the drive shaft and the dehydration shaft in a second position lifted from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeonguk Lee, Joonho Pyo, Taehee Lee