Patents Examined by Dung H Bui
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Patent number: 12233372Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyunju Kim, Hyun Byung Cha, Chinsoo Hyon, Younju Oh, Hee Jeong Heo
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Patent number: 12233368Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Wen-Hao Cheng, Hsuan-Chih Chu, Yen-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 12232918Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventor: Juan C. Alemany
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Patent number: 12233373Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Tahara, Makoto Hotta
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Patent number: 12232684Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TINECO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Huaiqiang Ren, Kai Liu, He Xu, Mingyang Ding
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Patent number: 12234812Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: QWTIP LLCInventor: Whitaker Ben Irvin, Sr.
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Patent number: 12208354Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Sandeep Jain, Leonel Gomes, Alexandre Terrigeol
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Patent number: 12194401Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Lanchao Lin, Richard Louis Heil, Jan Zywot
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Patent number: 12171385Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: CHENGDU QUANJING INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jixin Wang, Yongbin Yang, Suijun Wei
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Patent number: 12172253Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Inventor: Gilbert Otis Rabbe, Jr.
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Patent number: 12172113Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Zhejiang Nan Pu Pneumatic Component Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hongda Zheng
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Patent number: 12168239Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: GE AVIO S.R.L.Inventors: Saypen Baraggia Au Yeung, Pietro Molesini, Miriam Manzoni, Fabio De Bellis
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Patent number: 12168198Abstract: A resource recovery system for reducing carbon dioxide emissions is revealed. Salt is delivered to a first plasma decomposition unit and decomposed into sodium and chlorine. The sodium is sent to a hydrolysis unit and mixed with water to get pure hydrogen and sodium hydroxide which are respectively sent to a power generation unit for power generation and a carbon dioxide absorption unit to react with carbon dioxide from air and produce a mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. Then the mixture is delivered to an electric heating unit and broken into carbon dioxide and sodium hydroxide. The carbon dioxide is sent to a second plasma decomposition unit and decomposed into carbon and oxygen gas which is delivered to the power generation unit for generating power. Thereby catalysts, power required, and coproducts are obtained during operation of the system. Therefore, the system offers energy, environmental, and economic benefits.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Inventor: Chi-Sheng Wang
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Patent number: 12168194Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies, components, features and methods of assembly and use are described. Example air cleaner assemblies are depicted and described in which a main filter cartridge sealing surface is recessed from an open end of a housing body. An access cover of the housing is configured with a portion extending inwardly to engage a main filter cartridge portion and bias it against the main filter cartridge sealing surface. In selected assemblies, the portion of the access cover extending inwardly toward the main filter cartridge, is a precleaner having flow separator tubes therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: David J. Burton, Hubert Julius Rahn
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Patent number: 12165883Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor device and an oxygen removal method thereof. The semiconductor device comprises: a process cavity, an oxygen removal pipe and an oxygen detection device, wherein the oxygen detection device comprises an oxygen detection pipe, a switching ball valve and an oxygen sensor; the oxygen detection pipe comprises a first pipe, a second pipe and a third pipe which are arranged in parallel and all connected to the oxygen removal pipe and the switching ball valve; the oxygen sensor is arranged on the third pipe; and, the switching ball valve is constructed in such a way that the switching ball valve communicates the first pipe with the second pipe in an oxygen removal stage and communicates the first pipe with the third pipe in an oxygen detection stage.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Min Zuo
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Patent number: 12156630Abstract: Dust separation devices are disclosed to enable separating and collecting dust particles. The devices include a vacuum port and a cyclone chamber that are connected by a tube between the vacuum port and an upper end of the cyclone chamber. On the cyclone chamber there is an input port for connecting to a hose for ingesting the dust particles. The devices also include a dust receptacle having a top upper surface and a port cover on a port formed in the upper surface for emptying the receptacle of collected dust particles and a lower portion of the dust receptacle that is integrally formed into the upper surface of the dust receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Mullet Tools, LLCInventor: Jacob Lee Hillard
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Patent number: 12145896Abstract: Techniques and systems for separating components of a mixture of compressed gases each having different boiling points are described. One example system includes multiple recovery stages that each recover one of the gases by condensing it into liquid form. The recovery stages are chained together, such that each stage recovers a gas having a boiling point that is higher than those of the gases to be recovered in downstream stages. Each stage typically includes a warming element that is fluidly coupled to a condenser element that provides a surface cooled to a temperature low enough to condense one of the gases, but high enough such that the remaining gases remain in gaseous form. The system may include an initial evaporator stage that heats a liquid solution of phytochemical extracts and multiple solvents, thereby recovering the extracts and producing the mixture of gaseous solvents.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Bizzybee LLCInventor: Boris David Kogon
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Patent number: 12138583Abstract: A process for removal of acid gases from fluid stream, wherein the fluid stream is brought into contact with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent, the absorbent comprising a diluent and a compound of the general formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from C1-C8-alkyl and C2-C8-hydroxyalkyl; R2 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C8-alkyl; R3 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C8-alkyl; R4 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C8-alkyl; R5 is C1-C8-alkyl; with the proviso that at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii) is met: (i) R5 is C3-C8-alkyl bound to the nitrogen atom via a secondary or tertiary carbon atom; (ii) when R4 is hydrogen, R3 is C1-C8-alkyl; or when R4 is C1-C8-alkyl, at least one of R2 and R3 is C1-C8-alkyl; and n is an integer from 0 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Martin Ernst, Thomas Ingram, Gerald Vorberg, Georg Sieder
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Patent number: 12134055Abstract: The disclosure relates to a collecting device for collecting fluid media (e.g. rinsing agent, paint residues), which are produced when rinsing an atomizer (e.g. rotary atomizer) in a painting plant. The collecting device according to the disclosure comprises a collecting container with an insertion opening at the top of the collecting container for inserting the atomizer into the collecting container. Furthermore, the collecting device according to the disclosure comprises a lateral container wall which externally delimits the collecting container and is substantially impermeable to paint in order to prevent paint from escaping from the collecting container. The disclosure provides that the lateral container wall of the collecting container is at least partially air-permeable so that moist air can escape from the interior of the collecting container to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Sandra Schlichenmaier, Thomas Buck
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Patent number: 12134065Abstract: An air filtration apparatus includes an airflow powerhead assembly including a fan assembly and a vane assembly, a filter assembly, and a separator chamber housing inside of which the filter assembly is disposed. The separator chamber housing has a chamber inlet at a first axial side and a clean air outlet at a second axial side of the separator chamber housing opposite the first axial side. The filter assembly has a first axial end adjacent the chamber inlet and a second axial end adjacent the clean air outlet. The separator chamber housing includes at least one debris ejection slot extension configured to eject debris from an inner space of the separator chamber housing. The filter assembly includes a debris catch tray disposed at the second axial end, the debris catch tray having a debris ejection slot aligned with the at least one debris ejection slot extension.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: THE SY-KLONE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Eric L. Ehrenberg, James G. Moredock