Patents Examined by Don M Anderson
  • Patent number: 11910977
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus adapted for wet cleaning includes a heated fluid delivery system having a dual-phase distributor that dispenses heated liquid and steam vapor. The dual-phase distributor can include a phase separator that separates a vapor phase of a heated fluid from a liquid phase of the heated fluid, a heated liquid outlet, and a steam vapor outlet. The apparatus can further include a liquid delivery system, and/or a recovery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell J. DeJonge, Ryan J. Alt, Steve M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11910895
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying sound production components includes a frame with a plurality of vertically interspaced mounting structures, which are vertically adjustable. Each of the vertically interspaced mounting structures releasably engage with a plurality of sound production components. A folding surface with at least one attached wing is pivotably mounted to a top of the frame, such that the folding surface and the at least one attached wing can releasably engage with at least one of the plurality of sound production components. A bag receives the frame in a folded configuration and encloses the frame and the plurality of sound production components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Kenneth Martini
  • Patent number: 11910971
    Abstract: A surface cleaner configured to distribute a liquid to a surface to be cleaned. The surface cleaner includes a supply tank, a fluid distributor, a suction inlet aperture, a recovery tank and a tool removably connectable to the surface cleaner and configured to direct fluid from the fluid distributor into the suction inlet aperture to rinse the suction inlet aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Eric Hoffman, Rafael Davila, Michael Dawson, Daniel Galleno
  • Patent number: 11905150
    Abstract: An installation tool is provided for a display. The display is connectable to a wall mount which is connected to a wall. The installation tool includes a support which is configured to receive the bottom edge of the display. A hanger is configured to connect to the wall mount. A threaded rod connects the support and the hanger. A threaded receptacle receives the threaded rod. The installation tool is first connected to the wall mount. The display is placed on the support, and is raised using the threaded rod, so that the display can be connected to the wall mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Anthony Tieman
  • Patent number: 11897078
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus that is capable of referring to a storage in which a machine learning model is stored, the machine learning model being learned using learning data in which a feature amount of a signal regarding a frictional force between a polishing member and a substrate in polishing or a feature amount of a temperature of the polishing member or the substrate in polishing is input, and data regarding a film thickness of the polished substrate or a parameter related to yield of a product included in the polished substrate is output, the device including: a polishing table provided with the polishing member and configured to be rotatable; a polishing head facing the polishing table and configured to be rotatable, wherein the substrate is attachable to a surface facing the polishing table; a control unit configured to perform control to polish the substrate by pressing the substrate against the polishing member while rotating the polishing table and the polishing head having the substrate attached there
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nakamura, Tsuneo Torikoshi, Yuta Suzuki, Hisanori Matsuo, Takahito Kagoshima
  • Patent number: 11897090
    Abstract: A tool including a wrench attached to an elongate shaft to open and close a subterranean stop and waste valve. The wrench may be removably coupled to the shaft by way of an attach mechanism. Sometimes, the attach mechanism can be configured to couple with the distal end of a commercially available valve actuation tool. The instant tool can couple with the actuating handle of the stop and waste valve at a plurality of orientations of the tool's handle with respect to the valve's handle. A preferred wrench includes anti-stiction structure to facilitate insertion and retraction of the wrench with respect to an access port for the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Peter H. Hines
  • Patent number: 11897077
    Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a first top ring that is rotatable and configured to hold a wafer, a first turntable that is rotatable and has a polishing pad for performing polishing of a film formed on the wafer, a sound measuring unit (sensor) that measures a first sound generated during the polishing, and a first calculation unit (controller) that calculates a polishing amount of the film based on a first sound pressure of the first sound, a polishing amount per unit time of the polishing, and a time of the polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsutomu Miki
  • Patent number: 11897096
    Abstract: A retaining device to secure a socket to an anvil using provided socket holes and anvil hole, including an O-ring and an integral projecting member extending inwardly from the O-ring, the projecting member having a cross-sectional diameter that conforms with the diameter of the holes in the socket and anvil. The O-ring, though integrally formed with the projecting member, is formed at a reduced cross-sectional diameter so that the overall retaining device can be stretched onto a wider range of socket sizes. The preferred projecting member includes a full-length crush gauge that is positioned in at least one of the juxtapositions between the socket holes and the anvil hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: D. Gray Farley
  • Patent number: 11891766
    Abstract: A pick-up broom attachment for use with a work vehicle that includes a hood assembly, a bucket portion, and a water spray bar. The hood assembly includes a housing, a rotatable brush of generally cylindrical profile mounted for rotation, and a drive motor coupled to the housing for rotating the rotatable brush. The bucket portion is in coupled engagement behind and with the hood assembly and includes: a collection bin defined by a bottom bucket panel, a pair of side bucket panel members, and a rear bucket wall; an internal water tank located in a cavity in the bucket portion located rearward of the rear bucket wall; and a back panel located rearward of the internal water tank that includes implement interface members for connecting with a work vehicle. The water spray bar is mounted to the housing of the hood for delivering water in front of the hood assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Virnig Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Darin R. Virnig, Blake A. Tchida
  • Patent number: 11890745
    Abstract: The complete sawhorse is the only product of its kind that offers a foundational table that enables users to cut any specific material that is needed regardless of its weight, size, or texture. This unprecedented product is uniquely designed with a saw line and level bar to allow for a more precise and accurate sawing process, to address commercial or DIY necessities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Edward Oglesbee, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11890744
    Abstract: A workbench-hand truck assembly includes a first pair of legs, a frame, a second pair of legs pivotally coupled to the frame and to the first pair of legs, a workbench configured to be supported by the first and second pairs of legs, a pair of brackets pivotally coupled to the first pair of legs, and a nose plate pivotally coupled to the pair of brackets for movement between a stored position, in which the nose plate extends parallel to and adjacent the workbench, and a deployed position, in which the nose plate extends away from the workbench. The workbench-hand truck assembly is configurable in a hand truck position when the nose plate is in the deployed position, such that the nose plate extends perpendicular to the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Jeffrey Groves, Tyler H. Knight, Stephen A. Hughett
  • Patent number: 11890715
    Abstract: A carrier head for holding a substrate in a polishing system includes a housing, a first flexible membrane secured to the housing to form one or more pressurizable chambers to apply pressure through a central membrane portion of the first flexible membrane to a central portion of a substrate, and a plurality of independently operable piezoelectric actuators supported by the housing, the plurality of piezoelectric actuators positioned radially outward of the central membrane portion and at different angular positions so as to independently adjust pressure on a plurality of angular zones in an annular outer region of the substrate surrounding the central portion of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Brown, Andrew J. Nagengast, Justin Ho Kuen Wong
  • Patent number: 11890722
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for to monitoring slurry buildup is disclosed. A substrate polishing apparatus includes a surface coated at least in part with a fluorescent material, a light source configured to illuminate the surface, an image sensor configured to image the surface, and a processor coupled to the image sensor and configured to monitor slurry buildup on the surface using data supplied from the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Ho Fai Li
  • Patent number: 11882950
    Abstract: This present invention relates a beverage container carrier comprising a cylindrical vessel receiver for receiving a beverage container, one or more of a tension tab, and one or more of a tension fin. When a beverage container is inserted into the cylindrical vessel receiver it contacts the tension fin. The tension fin and tension tab flex outward creating space within the cylindrical vessel receiver for the beverage container and applying retaining pressure to the beverage container holding it securely within the cylindrical vessel receiver. In exemplary embodiments, the beverage container carrier further comprises a handle slot proximate to the open-top rim for receiving the beverage container handle, and an attachment panel having concealed magnet retention slots. One or more magnets are secured in each of the magnet retention slots and orientated such that the magnets secure the beverage container carrier to ferrous metal objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BevMate, LLC
    Inventors: William D. Bowen, Michael C. Bowen, John W. Bowen
  • Patent number: 11883933
    Abstract: According to one example, a tool includes a second arm pivotally coupled to a first arm, a lead screw nut pivotally coupled to a second portion of the second arm, and a lead screw extending through an opening of the lead screw nut, the lead screw being pivotally and rotationally coupled to a second portion of the first arm. The tool has an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. In the engaged configuration, a first portion of the first arm may be pivoted further from a first portion of the second arm when the lead screw is rotated. In the disengaged configuration, the first portion of the first arm may be pivoted closer to the first portion of the second arm without the lead screw being rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: IFIXIT
    Inventors: Andrew Goldheart, Brett Hartt, Ladeanne Graycochea
  • Patent number: 11883945
    Abstract: A transportable workbench is disclosed the legs of which are easily manipulated and are folded under its top part. With the same ease the legs may be unfolded and erected to create a work-table for working in construction sites and in temporary work places. Each workbench has a telescopic moveable handle and corresponding mechanisms that translate the movements of the handle into movements of the workbench legs. Each workbench also has two push-buttons or actuators which help locking the moveable members of the workbench in various desired positions. Additionally, the tops of the workbenches have different slots and holes for attaching different power and traditional tools to the workbenches and are marked for various measurements and/or calculations which eliminates the need to use some basic tools while working on top of the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Michael H Panosian, Joshua M Keeler
  • Patent number: 11878395
    Abstract: A torque tool is provided, including: a main body, a driving portion, a torque mechanism and an adjusting mechanism. The main body defines an axial direction. The driving portion is disposed on an end of the main body. The torque mechanism is non-rotatably disposed within the main body. The adjusting mechanism includes a plurality of first engaging portions disposed on the main body and an adjusting member rotatably disposed on the main body, and the adjusting member includes a plurality of second engaging portions releasably engaged with the plurality of first engaging portions. The main body defines a center line parallel to the axial direction, and as viewed in the axial direction, hypothetical lines extending between the plurality of second engaging portions and the center line define a plurality of included angles, and at least two of the plurality of included angles have different angle sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: WILLIAM TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shui-Lai Chiang
  • Patent number: 11878405
    Abstract: A worktable system for providing a work surface that is collapsible and portable includes a foldable tabletop that is positionable over a foldable support assembly. The tabletop has a plurality of recesses, and each of a plurality of insertion panels releasably couplable to the tabletop when positioned in one of the plurality of recesses. The insertion panels are removable to make room for a table saw or other tool that is positionable in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Charles Downs
  • Patent number: 11871884
    Abstract: A portable vacuum cleaner includes a housing and a filter assembly. The housing includes a dust collecting cylinder, a dust blocking cover and a main body. The dust collecting cylinder is opened to form an air inlet port and a mating port. The dust blocking cover is rotatably connected to the air inlet port of the dust collecting cylinder. The main body is detachably connected to the mating port of the dust collecting cylinder. A two-way locking structure is provided between the dust blocking cover and the main body. The two-way locking structure is adapted to lock or unlock the dust blocking cover and the main body simultaneously with the dust collecting cylinder, so that when the two-way locking structure is in a locked state, the dust blocking cover cannot open the air inlet port, while the dust collecting cylinder and the main body cannot be separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DREAME INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenke Guo, Ru Zhang
  • Patent number: 11871743
    Abstract: A trap for use with a vacuum cleaner includes a trap body formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. The trap body includes a suction opening formed at one axial end to suck in a target to be trapped and an insertion opening formed at the other end to be inserted into a vacuum cleaner. An adhesive is provided on at least a portion of an inner surface of the trap body. The trap for use with a vacuum cleaner includes a net portion. The net portion blocks a plane orthogonal to an axial direction of the trap body. The net portion includes a net formed in at least a portion to transmit air sucked in through the suction opening. The trap body includes a protrusion formed on at least a portion in a circumferential direction of an outer surface thereof to protrude outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BARRIERHOME CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tamotsu Hori