Patents Examined by Deming Wan
  • Patent number: 12680220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry dryer, and the laundry dryer comprises a steam part for supplying steam into a drum, and a water supply part for supplying water to the steam part, wherein the steam part includes: a steam generator; a steam nozzle for supplying steam into the drum; a steam pipe for connecting the steam generator and the steam nozzle; and an accumulator for separating condensate water from the steam flowing in the steam pipe, and thus prevents the condensate water from being generated in the steam pipe or the steam nozzle and falling into the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yeeseok Bae, Hoon Chang, Kyoungmin Choi
  • Patent number: 12674271
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum, a circulating flow passage configured to supply air discharged from the drum into the drum, a fan disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to cause the air to flow along the circulation flow passage, an evaporator disposed inside the circulating flow passage and configured to cool the air discharged from the drum, a condenser spaced apart from the evaporator and configured to heat the air, and a removal device that separates foreign matters from a heat exchanger including the condenser and the evaporator. The removal device is configured to provide a mechanical force for separating the foreign matters from the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Juhan Yoon, Myoungjong Kim, Matthias Herrmann
  • Patent number: 12669124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump, in particular a vacuum pump, comprising a pump-active component having a coating, wherein the coating comprises an oxide layer, which is in particular formed by anodic oxidation in an acidic electrolyte and which has pores, and a fluorine-free polymer-based and/or sol-gel-based sealing, and wherein the pores of the oxide layer are at least partly covered by the sealing and/or impregnated with the sealing and/or filled with the sealing. The present invention further relates to a method of sealing a porous oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG
    Inventors: Bernd Koci, Jonas Becker, Sebastian Latta
  • Patent number: 12660903
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of devices for holding hairdryers. The technical result is mobility and more reliable fastening of a hairdryer. A holder for hairdryer includes an elongated body, which has an U-shaped cross-section and is made of an resilient material; the flat lateral sides of the fastening end of the holder body are provided with opposite holes for receiving an axis of the holder body, the axis being detachably fastened from the outside of both lateral sides of the body. One end of the holder body axis is threaded for connection with a fixing screw designed to press or release the lateral sides of the holder body relative to one another. The holder body is disposed on the holder body axis for rotation thereabout. Provided on the lateral sides of the opposite end of the holder body are opposing holes for receiving the ends of an resilient belt so that an opening is formed between the inside surface of the holder body and the belt for receiving a handle of a hairdryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Inventor: Elena Igorevna Kazanceva
  • Patent number: 12662770
    Abstract: A clothes dryer including an improved gasket structure to improve a drying performance. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatable inside the cabinet, a frame positionable between the cabinet and the drum to support the drum, and a gasket positionable between the drum and the frame. The gasket includes a first member to couple an inlet member of the drum to a vertical surface of the frame while the first member is in contact with the vertical surface of the frame so as to limit a horizontal movement of the drum, and a second member to couple the inlet member of the drum to a horizontal surface of the frame while the second member elastically supports the inlet member of the drum on the horizontal surface of the frame so as to limit a vertical movement of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changbae Yeom, Youngjae Kim, Jaeik Cha, Yeonwoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 12656060
    Abstract: A vacuum drying device and a related method thereof are provided. The device includes a box body, where a bottom end of the box body is provided with a base, and a top end of the box body is communicated with a vacuumizing pipeline. A lifting mechanism is arranged in the base, and a top end of the lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with a table top. A plurality of drying mechanisms are arranged on the table top, and top ends of the drying mechanisms are fixedly connected with a take-up mechanism. The take-up mechanism is connected with a powder collecting mechanism, the take-up mechanism is fixedly connected with the box body, and the take-up mechanism is connected to a wire collecting mechanism. The wire collecting mechanism is connected to a powder collecting mechanism, and the wire collecting mechanism is fixedly connected to the vacuumizing pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tingting Lang, Fanghao Li, Xinrong Jin, Junhao Ye
  • Patent number: 12655571
    Abstract: A dryer appliance and steam generation system is provided. The dryer appliance includes a drum rotatably mounted within a cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The drum includes a plurality of openings allowing fluid communication into the chamber. An induction heating element is positioned on a non-ferrous substrate. The non-ferrous substrate is positioned between the induction heating element and a ferrous substrate. The ferrous substrate is positioned in an interior volume, and a nozzle is positioned in the interior volume to eject water onto the ferrous substrate. The induction heating element is positioned fluidly separate from the water ejected from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Leibman, Venkata Chakradhar Rangu, Ionelia Silvia Prajescu
  • Patent number: 12655563
    Abstract: A dryer includes a rotating drum; a lifter positionable on an inner surface of the rotating drum; an energy harvester positionable inside the lifter so that while the energy harvester is positioned inside the lifter, the energy harvester generates electric power as the rotating drum rotates while the lifter is positioned on the inner surface of the rotating drum; a humidity sensor positionable inside the lifter so that while the humidity sensor is positioned inside the lifter, the humidity sensor receives the electric power generated by the energy harvester and senses humidity; a circuit board positionable inside the lifter and on which the humidity sensor is disposed; and an air passage formed through the lifter so as to allow air inside the rotating drum to pass through the lifter. The humidity sensor senses the humidity according to air passing through the air passage of the lifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongsu Han, Doyoon Kim, Hoyoung Kim, Taegyoon Noh, Junhoe Choi, Jaebok Lee
  • Patent number: 12648672
    Abstract: A griddle adapted for use on a kamado-style grill is disclosed herein. The griddle may comprise a flat cooking surface suitable for cooking, for example, meats, vegetables, and breakfast foods. The griddle may comprise a grease chute that provides a receptacle within or adjacent to the flat cooking surface for removing grease during cooking. The grease chute directs the grease to one or more holes in the grease chute through which the grease can drain into the fuel chamber below the griddle. The griddle may comprise an outer lip that extends upwardly away from the flat cooking surface to prevent grease or food from falling over perimeter edges of the flat cooking surface. Additionally, the griddle may comprise one or more notches for coupling the griddle to a cooking grate and/or other structure, thereby helping to secure the griddle's position on the cooking grate of the kamado-style grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Premier Specialty Brands LLC
    Inventors: Donald Stephen Gazdick, III, Joseph Pruitt
  • Patent number: 12648630
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automated reciprocating hair dryer including a base configured to exhaust air, a bowl having a top opening and a bottom opening, and a pipe connected to the base. The bowl has an outer wall and an inner wall forming a chamber, and a protruding structure forming an inlet opening. A linear actuator includes a support frame having a track and a motor connected to a power source and a positioning sensor. The motor drives the linear actuator to reciprocate the bowl from a raised position to a lower position around the pipe. A hose, a housing, a computing device, and a blower are also included. The blower is connected to the first end of the hose, and the second end of the hose is connected to the inlet opening of the bowl. The pipe is in alignment with the top and bottom openings of the bowl, and the first end of the pipe exhausts the air into the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Inventor: Shawna Stepp-Jones
  • Patent number: 12644222
    Abstract: A clothes dryer including a cabinet including an inlet and a base; a drum inside the cabinet, a support frame including a front support frame supporting a front end portion of the drum, and having a laundry inlet, and a rear support frame supporting a rear end portion of the drum; a blow fan below the front support frame; and a guide portion behind the blow fan, and connected with the blow fan. The blow fan and the guide portion may be configured so that the blow fan is operable to move outside air to inside of the cabinet, and the guide portion guides a first portion of the outside air moved inside of the cabinet by the blow fan toward a gap between the drum and the front support frame to dry air leaking from between the drum and the front support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhong Park, Guangri Jin, Woojin Kim, Eungryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 12642033
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing an inner space; a fluid supply unit configured to supply a drying fluid to the inner space; and a fluid exhaust unit configured to exhaust the drying fluid from the inner space, and wherein the fluid exhaust unit includes an exhaust line connected to the chamber; a pressure adjusting member installed at the exhaust line and configured to maintain a pressure of the inner space at a set pressure; and a heating member installed at the pressure adjusting member or a back end of the pressure adjusting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Semes Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Mo Jae, Seung Hoon Oh
  • Patent number: 12637992
    Abstract: A turbine unit (10) for a supercharging device (1), with a bearing housing (30) and a turbine housing (20) which is coupled to the bearing housing (30) via a flange connection (100). The flange connection (100) has a turbine-housing-side flange (110) and a bearing-housing-side flange (120). The turbine-housing-side flange (110) and the bearing-housing-side flange (120) are configured and coupled to each other in such a way that they form an axial distance region (130) and an axial contact region (140) of the flange connection (100). The axial contact region (140) is arranged radially on the inside of the axial distance region (130). A radial distance (RD) between an outer radius of the axial contact region (RKA) and a circumferential radius (RF) of the bearing-housing-side flange (120) is at least 3.50 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: BorgWarner, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Czechanowski, Christian Kraemer
  • Patent number: 12630964
    Abstract: A hanger device of present disclosure includes a main body including a at least one cabinet and a cover to cover the at least one cabinet, the cover having at least one opening and the cabinet having at least one discharge port. A fan module is provided in the cabinet and is configured to suction air through the opening of the cover and force the air to the discharge port. A filtering module is disposed over the fan module to filter air as the air is suctioned through the opening of the cover. A discharge tube extends through upper and lower surfaces of the main body and has at least one discharge duct which communicate with the at least one discharge port of the cabinet. A hanging unit extends from the bottom surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joogyeom Kim, Hyunsun Yoo, Hyunjung Kim
  • Patent number: 12630967
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum, a housing, a foreign particulate removal assembly, and a blower. The foreign particulate removal assembly includes a first lint filter that defines a plurality of first lint filter openings, a second lint filter that defines a plurality of second lint filter openings that are smaller than the plurality of first lint filter openings, such that the second lint filter is configured to collect foreign particulates that pass through at least one of the plurality of first lint filter openings, and a binding member that couples the first lint filter to the second lint filter. The foreign particulate removal assembly is operable between a collection position and a maintenance position. In the collection position, at least the second lint filter is positioned within the housing. In the maintenance position, the second lint filter is positioned outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Rachael Kelley Acker, Pawan Arora, Ryan Robert Bellinger, Timothy Noah Blatchley, Mark Jason Christensen, Alex Perry Hoffmann, Ryan Douglas Kuhn, Derek James Morgan, Wesley Paul Traylor, Mimansa Verma, Gianluca Bocchino, Justin Q. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12622452
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a roasting apparatus and a method of controlling a roasting apparatus, and more particularly, are a roasting apparatus in which an object is stirred and roasted in a roasting chamber, and a method of controlling the roasting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Stronghold Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Wook Woo
  • Patent number: 12624496
    Abstract: A method of operating a dryer appliance includes obtaining an image of a drum of the dryer appliance and a load of articles therein. The image of the drum may be obtained by a remote user interface device. The method further includes detecting a load type of the load of articles in the drum. The load type detected may be based on the image of the drum. The method additionally includes determining a recommended incremental cycle time. The method further includes adjusting a base cycle time with the recommended incremental cycle time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: MyungGeon Chung, Youngmin Han
  • Patent number: 12624497
    Abstract: A dryer is provided. The dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, at least one roller mounted on at least one surface inside of the cabinet to support the drum, a motor configured to provide power to rotate the drum, a motor driver configured to control the motor, and at least one processor configured to determine at least one of a first rotation velocity of the motor or a first rotation time of the motor based on a non-use time of the dryer, and control the motor driver based on the determined at least one of the first rotation velocity or the first rotation time of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehyung Kim, Eunkyeong Kwak, Minhwan Oh, Hooijoong Kim, Hyemin Cha
  • Patent number: 12616234
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for drying at least one cell of the electrostatic precipitator of a smoke treating unit in a system of a coffee beans roasting apparatus and a smoke treating unit, said method comprising the step of passing hot air through said cell, while said cell is positioned inside the electrostatic precipitator and while said cell is switched off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Joel Morend, Riste Pindjurov, Flavien Florent Dubief, Daniel Roland Manser
  • Patent number: 12607401
    Abstract: A method for drying a component interior of a component can be used in a lithographic process chain. The method includes a first drying step, in which simultaneously heated air is admitted into a component interior through an inlet, and the heated air is sucked out of the component interior through an outlet. The method also includes a succeeding second drying step, in which the inlet for the heated air is closed and the air is sucked out of the component interior, resulting in a reduced pressure is generated in the component interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Arvid Maczeyzik, Patrick Paul