Patents Examined by Duane Smith
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Patent number: 10103043Abstract: The inventive concepts provide apparatuses for transferring a substrate and/or apparatuses for processing a substrate including the same. The substrate transferring apparatus including a chamber, a filter assembly disposed in a chamber to provide external air into the chamber, and an additional assembly including a moisture removing part and a purge gas providing part sequentially stacked on the filter assembly may be provided. The filter assembly may be coupled to the additional assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Sun Choi, Yun-Kwang Jeon, Taekyun Kang
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Patent number: 10092883Abstract: Provided is a waterproof ventilation structure including: a housing (20) including an inner space (22) and an opening portion (21); a waterproof gas-permeable membrane (11) placed to cover the opening portion (21); an electroacoustic transducing part (40) placed in the inner space (22); a first double-faced adhesive tape (31) directly joining an inner surface of the housing (20) and an edge portion of one surface of the waterproof gas-permeable membrane (11) together; and a second double-faced adhesive tape (32) directly joining an edge portion of the other surface of the waterproof gas-permeable membrane (11) and the part (40) together. The waterproof gas-permeable membrane (11) has a water entry pressure of 50 kPa or more, and the first double-faced adhesive tape (31) includes a base including a foam material.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventor: Kouji Furuuchi
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Patent number: 10093154Abstract: A filter insertion opening into which a filter is inserted is formed in an indoor-air/outdoor-air switching unit, which constitutes an air conditioning device for a vehicle, and a guide section for guiding the filter downstream in the insertion direction is provided on the inner wall surface of a casing so as to face the filter insertion opening. The guide section has: a first lower guide facing the filter insertion opening and tilted upward; and a second lower guide formed downstream of the first lower guide in the insertion direction and tilted downward. When inserting the filter from the filter insertion opening, the filter is guided along the first lower guide and therefore is inserted while being tilted such that the end of the filter, which is located downstream in the insertion direction, is lifted up. Consequently, the filter can be inserted without contact with the vehicle body-side structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Ishii, Tsutomu Kobari
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Patent number: 10092873Abstract: An air cleaning system and a method of controlling the same, the air cleaning system including a particle separation device for suctioning indoor air to separate microbial particles from air particles, a collection device collecting the microbial particles separated by the particle separation device, a luminescence measurement device for detecting an amount or intensity of light emitted from the microbial particles collected in the collection device, and at least one air cleaning device that selectively operates on the basis of contamination of the microbial particles detected by the luminescence measurement device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yeekyeong Jung, Chulwoo Park, Sunghwa Lee
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Patent number: 10094184Abstract: A craneless elevatable MGS vessel and U-tube assembly can be delivered on a winch truck to a drilling site and assembled in a far shorter time and without the need of having a crane and crane operator attend to the movement and placement of the MGS vessel and attached U-tube mud lines to a mud handling system in a drilling rig. The MGS vessel of the present application can be a standard type of MGS vessel well known in the industry. By fabricating this MGS vessel with attached and moveable U-tube connectors for the mud line, the system can be moved and assembled at the drill site without crane intervention. Moreover, the ability to raise the MGS vessel, after placement in its vertical position, permits ready attachment to multiple diverse drilling rig configurations.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventor: Camaron M. Cox
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Patent number: 10092871Abstract: An assembly for an air conditioning system may include an air filter for filtering drawn-in fresh air. The air filter may be arranged in a fresh air path and may separate a raw side from a clean side of the fresh air path. A water path for discharging water separated from the fresh air may be disposed at the raw side of the air filter. The water path may include a water filter for filtering the separated water. The water filter may separate a raw side from a clean side of the water path.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Florian Klein
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Patent number: 10087898Abstract: A filter element assembly includes a filter body and an auxiliary filter. The filter body includes a sidewall around a hollow core. Further the filter body and auxiliary filter are both received and held on a support including a base and a cage.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jacqueline L. Tomlin, Roger Joseph Khami, Alexander Adam King, Jeff Sean Boulton, John Emley, Joseph Matthew McCann, Hovie Jarrett Cassell
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Patent number: 10076719Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a node having a node enclosure provisioned with at least one heat-generating component. A device that provides infrastructure support to the node contains an air mover is attached to the node enclosure. The air mover creates cooling air flow through the node to absorb and transfer thermal energy from the at least one heat-generating component. An air filter enclosure is attachable over an air intake of the device. The air filter enclosure has a top slot sized to receive a manually inserted air filter into an air filter receiving frame. Replacement of the air filter can be achieved without tools. The air filter filters the air prior to the air entering the node enclosure to remove impurities and possible particulates that can damage the internal components of the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Joanne C. Zhang, Thuy Thanh Vu, Mike Morihata
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Patent number: 10060313Abstract: A particulate filtering apparatus for dry filtering exhaust gases of a diesel engine includes at least two compartments independently arranged in parallel with respect to a flow of the exhaust gases. Each of the compartments is equipped with at least one shut-off valve for regulating the flow of gas passing through the compartment and further includes one or more filters adapted to hold the particulate and an emission device to generate a countercurrent gas pulse flow at the one or more filters. A central control unit operates and controls the at least one shut-off valve and of said emission device. Each of the at least two compartments further includes an injector operably controlled by the central control unit for the inlet of hot gases into the at least two compartments.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Ecospray Technologies S.R.L.Inventor: Maurizio Archetti
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Patent number: 10024276Abstract: An air pre-filter assembly is provided for installation in the OEM air inlet of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle. The pre-filter assembly includes a polyester fiber filter retained in the inlet duct by a spring-clip or a ring. The pre-filter and ring reside completely within the air duct, and requires no additional structure. The pre-filter assembly is located upstream from the primary filter, and can be replaced or removed for cleaning, as needed.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Cab Fresh Filter CoInventor: David J. Winters
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Patent number: 10023296Abstract: The present invention includes an air flow bypass for a tiltrotor engine comprising: a ram air inlet comprising bypass door(s) capable of at least partially or fully blocking a ram air flow through the ram air inlet; a barrier filter inlet positioned in a side, a bottom, and/or a top of a tiltrotor engine nacelle; a filter plenum; a selector duct comprising one or more openings; and one or more selector duct doors or covers over the one or more openings; wherein the barrier filter inlet, the filter plenum, the one or more openings in the selector duct, the selector duct, and an engine are in fluid communication and the bypass door(s) in the ram inlet are closed and the barrier filter inlet provides filtered air flow to the engine when the aircraft is in hover operations.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: David L. Miller, Brent Chadwick Ross
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Patent number: 9999381Abstract: A device for performing at least one medical function on a user is proposed. The device has at least one medical functional element that is designed to perform the medical function. The medical function is selected from a diagnostic, a therapeutic and a surgical function. The device has at least one evaluation and control part that comprises at least one actuation component for controlling the medical function. The evaluation and control part has at least one casing and at least one battery receptacle. The battery receptacle comprises at least one electrical energy reservoir, more particularly at least one battery. The battery receptacle is designed to be opened irreversibly by the user for removing the energy reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.Inventors: Stephan-Michael Frey, Helmut Walter, Jürgen Braun, Jürgen Pfrang
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Patent number: 9909767Abstract: A filtration material comprising a blend of polypropylene and acrylic fibers of round, flat, dog bone, oval or kidney bean shape in any size from 0.08 to 3.3 Dtex. A preferred blend contains about 50 weight percent polypropylene fibers and about 50 weight percent acrylic fibers. The fibers can be blended ranging from 90:10 to 10:90 polypropylene to acrylic. The shape contains 25 weight percent round, flat, oval, dog bone and kidney bean shapes. The fiber blend contains 25 weight percent of at least one size between 0.08 and 3.3 Dtex. Electret fibers incorporated within these blends have 0.02 to 33 weight percent of a charge control agent. These fibers can be used in producing electret material by corona or triboelectric charging methods.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Inventor: Rick L. Chapman
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Patent number: 9890750Abstract: A filter element, and filter apparatus, include a filter pack, a seal member, and a seal support frame operatively connecting the seal member to the filter pack. The seal support frame includes an annular extension, which is preferably canted at an oblique angle to a longitudinal axis, for supporting the seal member. The seal support frame also preferably includes a first end thereof including the annular extension, and a second end thereof spaced from the first end thereof along the longitudinal axis, with the first and second ends of the seal support frame joined by a hub of the outer peripheral sidewall of the seal support frame to define a cavity within the seal support frame for receiving the filter pack. The first and second ends of the seal support frame, and the filter pack are preferably joined and sealed to one another by a single bead of adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Baldwin Filters, Inc.Inventors: Gene W. Brown, Steven J. Merritt
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Patent number: 9885442Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment assembly for treating exhaust gas. According to various embodiments, a first housing has a first end and a second housing has a second end, the second end being coupled to the first end. At least one alignment bracket is coupled to the first housing proximate the first end. An annular gasket is supported on the at least one alignment bracket between the first and second ends. The at least one alignment bracket may comprise a base having a curved surface conforming to the interior surface of the housing, the base having a length that is less than a circumference of the interior surface. A stop arm extends substantially transversely from the base. A support arm extends substantially transversely from the stop arm and substantially parallel to the base. An insulation receiving space is defined between the base, stop arm, and support arm.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: CUMMINS IP, INC.Inventors: William Runde, Eric Butler, Shane O'Connor
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Patent number: 9883782Abstract: According to one embodiment, an upright liquid filtration vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum nozzle head and a housing moveably coupled to the vacuum nozzle head. The vacuum cleaner further includes a liquid tank that includes a wall defining an interior volume and a tank intake channel positioned in the interior volume. The interior volume is configured to hold a liquid. The tank intake channel is positioned to direct debris received from an intake passageway into the liquid tank so that the liquid in the interior volume of the liquid tank filters the debris into the liquid so that clean air is exhausted. The vacuum cleaner further includes a separator configured to generate an airflow. The vacuum cleaner is configured to seal the intake passageway when the vacuum cleaner is deactivated and further configured to unseal the intake passageway when the vacuum cleaner is activated.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Inventors: Larry D. York, Randy G. Spencer
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Patent number: 9878275Abstract: An air cleaner includes a housing, a pleated filter element, and a spacing piece. The filter element is accommodated in the housing. The spacing piece is arranged between an inner surface of the housing and one of the pleats of the filter element that is located at an end of the filter element. The spacing piece maintains a space between the inner surface of the housing and the one of the pleats located at the end of the filter element.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuji Suzuki
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Patent number: 9873127Abstract: An air cleaner, which allows air to flow smoothly, has increased strength, and reduces noise generated when a blower fan rotates. The air cleaner includes a main body including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan provided inside of the main body, and configured to induce air from outside of the main body to be suctioned into the inlet and to be discharged to the outlet, a motor configured to drive the blower fan, and a fan guard to which the motor is fixed, and configured to guide air suctioned into the inlet to the blower fan, where the fan guard is provided to include a plurality of bent cross sections arranged in a radial direction at different distances from the motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mun Sub Kim, Hyun-Wuk Kang, Ju Young Kim, Woo Seog Song, Jin Yong Mo, Hyeong Joon Seo
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Patent number: 9873128Abstract: An electrostatic precipitation type air cleaner is disclosed herein. The air cleaner includes a charging module to charge dust particles by applied power and a collection module to collect the dust particles charged by the charging module. The collection module includes high voltage electrode plates and low voltage electrode plates disposed opposite the high voltage electrode plates so as to form air passages with the high voltage electrode plates, at least one of the high voltage electrode plates and the low voltage electrode plates includes a conductive member, a dielectric member to surround at least a part of the conductive member and coating layers configured to coat the surfaces of the dielectric member, and the coating layer includes 0.5 w % to 5 w % of zinc oxide. The coating layer including 0.5 w % to 5 w % of zinc oxide may have high antimicrobial activity and maintain high surface hardness.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Taeyoung Kim, Sangyoon Kim, Okchun Hyun, Yanghwa Lee
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Patent number: 9873067Abstract: An atmospheric vertical oilfield tank designed to pre-condition oilfield fluid streams. Flow enters on tangent a vertical cyclone tube located within the tank and rotates inside the tube. Solids fall downward out of the tube to the bottom of the tank; gases exit upward out of the tube and vent from the tank. Liquids exit the cyclone tube tangential to the ID of the tank, additional solids separation due to impingement, and the liquid flows into the body of the tank where flow slows to allow for settling of solids. Solids are periodically removed from the bottom of the tank. The liquid flows over the top of multiple vertical flow dividing tubes located at the same elevation within the tank, creating separate and equal effluent discharge streams. The tank is taller than destination vessels to provide the height differential necessary to create flow into subsequent tanks without using pumps.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: KBK INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Will D. Ball, IV
