Patents Examined by Dung H Bui
  • Patent number: 12263435
    Abstract: A air cleaner includes a blowing device and a circulator movably disposed above the blowing device. The circulator includes a housing extending in a front-rear direction, a first inlet being formed in a rear portion of the housing and a first outlet being formed in a front portion of the housing, a circulation fan disposed in the housing to suction air through the first inlet and then discharge the air through the first outlet to a front of the housing, and a motor rotating the circulation fan. The first inlet is disposed above a second outlet of the blowing device inside an imaginary extension surface vertically extending an edge of the second outlet, and has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the second outlet, thus suctioning air discharged from the second outlet and increasing an intake ratio of clean air that undergoes a cleaning operation of the blowing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Joonmin Park, Taeman Yang, Choonmyun Chung
  • Patent number: 12257537
    Abstract: A separating device includes a casing, a rotor, and a blade. The casing has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a discharge port for solid substances. The rotor is disposed on an inner side of the casing and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of rotation of the rotor, the central axis of rotation extending along an axial direction of the casing. The blade is disposed between the casing and the rotor and is configured to rotate together with the rotor. The blade has a first end adjacent to the gas inlet and a second end adjacent to the gas outlet. The casing has a space between the second end of the blade and the discharge port in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Tsurui, Yoshiki Hayasaki, Masanao Kamakura
  • Patent number: 12251074
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal cyclone axis of rotation wherein the dirt outlet is defined by a gap between the sidewall of the cyclone and a plate positioned at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 12251717
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone chamber having a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber positioned in the air flow path, the cyclone chamber has a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, a cyclone chamber front end, a cyclone chamber rear end, a cyclone chamber sidewall extending between the front and rear ends of the cyclone chamber and a cyclone axis of rotation that extends in a forward/rearwards direction. The front end of the cyclone chamber has a front height in a direction transverse to the cyclone axis of rotation that is less than a rear height of the cyclone chamber in the direction transverse to the cyclone axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Daniel Innes
  • Patent number: 12251716
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone assembly comprising a cyclone and a dirt collection chamber. The cyclone assembly has a cyclone assembly axis extending centrally between a front end of the cyclone assembly and a rear end of the cyclone assembly. The cyclone has a horizontally extending cyclone axis and the dirt collection chamber has a lower end which is at a lower elevation than a lower end of the cyclone chamber. A line that extends in a common direction with the cyclone assembly axis intersects the dirt collection chamber at an elevation below the cyclone chamber, a pre-motor filter and a handle of the hand vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 12247535
    Abstract: An inertial separator including an inlet tube with an undercut, an outlet tube with a spiral ramp, and a scavenge flow outlet, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz Claudio Vieira Fernandes, Jianxiao Liu
  • Patent number: 12246279
    Abstract: An inertial separator including an inlet tube with an undercut, an outlet tube with a spiral ramp, and a scavenge flow outlet, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz Claudio Vieira Fernandes, Jianxiao Liu
  • Patent number: 12239936
    Abstract: Techniques for humidifying a gas stream using a hydration system includes directing a gas stream through a contact zone of at least one hydration system; directing a hydration solution into the contact zone using a pump; contacting the gas stream with the hydration solution; evaporating water from the hydration solution into the gas stream to form a humidified gas stream, transporting the humidified gas stream out of the at least one hydration system; and collecting the remaining hydration solution in a hydration solution collection basin below the contact zone. The at least one hydration system is fluidly coupled to at least one downstream process and the humidified gas stream from the at least one hydration system is transported as a feed stream to the at least one downstream process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Carbon Engineering ULC
    Inventors: Kenton Robert Heidel, David St. Angelo, Jane Anne Ritchie
  • Patent number: 12233373
    Abstract: A dust collector cools a controller. The dust controller includes a body housing, a motor located inside the body housing, a fan rotatable by the motor, a controller that controls the motor, and a thermal insulator between the motor and the controller. The thermal insulator defines a flow channel through which an airflow generated by the fan passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Tahara, Makoto Hotta
  • Patent number: 12233368
    Abstract: A device for removing particles in a gas stream includes a first cylindrical portion configured to receive the gas stream containing a target gas and the particles, a rotatable device disposed within the first cylindrical portion and configured to generate a centrifugal force when in a rotational action to divert the particles away from the rotatable device, a second cylindrical portion coupled to the first cylindrical portion and configured to receive the target gas, and a third cylindrical portion coupled to the first cylindrical portion and surrounding the second cylindrical portion, the third cylindrical portion being configured to receive the diverted particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Hao Cheng, Hsuan-Chih Chu, Yen-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12233372
    Abstract: An air cleaner includes a case, an air inlet, an air outlet, a grill covering the air inlet to filter airborne oil droplets, a fan to suction air through the air inlet and discharge air out of the air outlet, a roll filter provided between the grill and the fan to filter oil mist, and a filter roller to cut the roll filter. The roll filter includes a roller and a filter sheet wound around the roller, and the filter sheet may be unwound to extend behind the grill. When the filter sheet becomes dirty, the roll filter is further unwound so that a clean section is provided behind the grill, and the filter cutter may cut off the dirty section. During cutting, a clamp holds down the filter sheet. The case includes a slit through which the dirty section of the filter sheet passes for discarding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunju Kim, Hyun Byung Cha, Chinsoo Hyon, Younju Oh, Hee Jeong Heo
  • Patent number: 12232918
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a bacteria spread prevention tool designed to be used during oral procedures and is used to prevent the smear or spread of bacteria and viruses. The bacteria spread prevention tool comprises a slightly curved polycarbonic device having an interior suction mechanism. The prevention tool can be placed 4 to 6 inches from the oral cavity of a user, thereby forming a barrier between the user's mouth and the dental care professional, in order to prevent the spread of bacteria, or other pathogens via the oral cavity during dental health checkups or dental procedures. The transparent polycarbonic device provides access to the oral cavity while blocking the spread of aerosols and pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Juan C. Alemany
  • Patent number: 12234812
    Abstract: A system and method in at least one embodiment for separating fluids including liquids and gases into subcomponents by passing the fluid through an intake chamber into an expansion chamber and then through at least a portion of a waveform pattern present between at least two rotors and/or disks. In at least one embodiment, the waveform patterns include a plurality of hyperbolic waveforms axially aligned around a horizontal center of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: QWTIP LLC
    Inventor: Whitaker Ben Irvin, Sr.
  • Patent number: 12232684
    Abstract: Provided are a filter cleaning apparatus and a filter cleaning system. The filter cleaning apparatus includes a shielding body, and at least one cleaning strip is arranged on an inner wall of the shielding body, a dust collection connector is arranged on the shielding body, one end of the dust collection connector is communicated with a dust collection apparatus, and the other end of the dust collection connector is communicated with a cavity in the shielding body. By arranging a dust collection connector on the filter cleaning apparatus, when the filter is cleaned, the dirt may be sucked into the dust collection apparatus in real time by the dust collection connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TINECO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huaiqiang Ren, Kai Liu, He Xu, Mingyang Ding
  • Patent number: 12208354
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of decarbonating a gas stream containing from 15% to 60% carbon dioxide, by passage of the said gas stream over a zeolitic agglomerate comprising at least one binder and at at least one zeolite, and having a mesoporous volume of between 0.02 cm3·g?1 and 0.15 cm3·g?1 and a mesoporous volume fraction of between 0.1 and 0.5, preferably between 0.15 and 0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Sandeep Jain, Leonel Gomes, Alexandre Terrigeol
  • Patent number: 12194401
    Abstract: An air-oil separator assembly can include an air-oil mixture inlet, an air outlet, and an oil outlet, a housing defining a cylindrical separating cavity, and an outlet conduit disposed within the separating cavity, wherein, outlet conduit is adapted to receive oil removed by the air-oil separator assembly from a flow containing an air-oil mixture fluid received by the air-oil mixture inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Lanchao Lin, Richard Louis Heil, Jan Zywot
  • Patent number: 12171385
    Abstract: Disclosed are a base station and a cleaning equipment. The base station includes: a first box defined with a sewage inlet for solid-liquid mixed garbage to enter the first box; a second box communicated with the first box, for receiving liquid garbage from the first box; a cyclone separator communicated with the first box; and a fan communicated with the cyclone separator, the fan is configured to drive an external airflow into the first box from the sewage inlet, and drive the external airflow to enter the fan after passing through the cyclone separator, such that the solid-liquid mixed garbage enters the first box through the sewage inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU QUANJING INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jixin Wang, Yongbin Yang, Suijun Wei
  • Patent number: 12172253
    Abstract: A system and method for making new dust collectors or modifying existing dust collectors includes a containment chamber underneath the bottom exit of a dust collector unit and an independent, unconnected debris container. A metal, plastic, or flexible material chute may be required to direct debris from the dust collector open bottom to the debris container. The containment chamber is equipped with a covered opening, e.g., door or hatch, of sufficient size to insert and remove the debris container. The system may be used with both positive and negative pressure systems. User benefits include lower handling costs and greater convenience in debris management. The system and method have wide application in woodworking operations, as well as, with other applications where particulate matter needs to be removed from an air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Gilbert Otis Rabbe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12172113
    Abstract: An air filter includes a mounting head, a centrifugal separation assembly and a plurality of filtration assemblies. The mounting head is provided with a centrifugal mounting portion and a plurality of filtration mounting portions. The centrifugal separation assembly is removably connected with the centrifugal mounting portion. The centrifugal separation assembly is used for separating a solid and liquid in an airflow. The plurality of filtration assemblies include “7”-shaped import pipe fittings, filtration shells and filtration apparatuses, the filtration shells are provided with filtration cavities and openings connected with the filtration cavities, the filtration shells are connected with the filtration mounting portions, the filtration apparatuses are disposed in the filtration cavities, inner walls of the import pipe fittings are defined to form import channels, first ends of the import pipe fittings are connected with the filtration mounting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Nan Pu Pneumatic Component Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongda Zheng
  • Patent number: 12168239
    Abstract: An air/oil separator is provided. The air/oil separator includes an oil manifold having a first air/oil inlet and a second air/oil inlet; a first separation chamber in communication with the first air/oil inlet; and a second separation chamber separate from the first separation chamber, the second separation chamber in communication with the second air/oil inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Saypen Baraggia Au Yeung, Pietro Molesini, Miriam Manzoni, Fabio De Bellis