Patents Examined by E. A. To
  • Patent number: 12270280
    Abstract: A bottom hole assembly includes a production logging tool including a spinner flowmeter for determination of flow velocity within production tubing, and a downhole scale removal tool coupled to the production logging tool. The downhole scale removal tool includes an elongate body defining an internal flowpath therein, one or more openings defined on an outer surface of the elongate body, the one or more openings fluidly coupled to the internal flowpath, and a plurality of solid bristles disposed on an outer surface of the elongate body and extending radially from the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Haitham Aljuaydi, Faisal M. Alissa, Mohammad A. Aleissa, Ali Sadah
  • Patent number: 12268294
    Abstract: An oral care system that includes an oral care implement and a tracking attachment. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head. The tracking attachment is detachably coupled to the oral care implement. The tracking attachment may include an outer casing having an outer surface and a connection element that is configured to mate with a connection element on a handle of the powered oral care implement to couple the outer casing to the handle. The tracking attachment may further include a plurality of visual markers protruding from the outer surface of the outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John Gatzemeyer, Takahide Okai
  • Patent number: 12270429
    Abstract: Disclosed is a channel hanger that is generally made up of a U-shaped hook that extends from an upper half of a channel member, the channel member configured to conform to the top of a rafter. The channel hanger further includes a center channel member having a first and second leg extending from either side of the center channel member. The center channel member is in the upper half and the distal ends of the legs are in the lower half of the channel member. The channel hanger also includes a web that bridges a convex region of the U-shaped hook with the first leg. The web extends into the lower half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Keir Hart
  • Patent number: 12268312
    Abstract: A foldable container includes a foldable supporting frame, at least one operation switch arranged on the foldable supporting frame, and a container body supported on the foldable supporting frame. The operation switch is actuated through a pulling operation to move the foldable supporting frame between an unfolded mode and a folded mode. The container has an edge and an opening formed within the edge. At the unfolded mode, the opening is opened. At the folded mode, the opening is closed. The container body is automatically folded as the foldable supporting frame is moved from the unfolded mode to the folded mode. Via a folding method, the foldable supporting frame is folded to reduce an overall size for occupying less storage space when it is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Mengmeng Mu
  • Patent number: 12270489
    Abstract: An electric valve, comprising a stator assembly, a valve component, a valve body, a first sealing member and a sleeve; the stator assembly is located at the periphery of the sleeve and is limitingly connected to the valve body; the stator assembly is provided with a first recessed part, which is located between the valve component and the stator assembly; at least part of the opening of the first recessed part faces toward the valve body, and the first sealing member is located in the recessed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Yiyuan Pan, Liwei Wu
  • Patent number: 12268332
    Abstract: A vertical grilling assembly for uniform grilling of food with reduced flareups includes a housing, which defines an interior space. A retaining unit, which is engaged to a food item is insertable through an opening, which is positioned in a front of the housing, so that the food item is positioned in the interior space substantially equally distant from opposed sides of the housing. A first door is hingedly engaged to the housing and is positioned to selectively close the opening. A pair of heaters is engaged singly to the opposed sides of the housing and positioned in the interior space. The heaters selectively heat the interior space to grill the food item. A controller is engaged to the housing and is operationally engaged to the pair of heaters. The controller is positioned to control heat output from the pair of heaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Jason Huff
  • Patent number: 12270300
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a tube including an inner surface, an inner diameter, and a length. The apparatus also includes a coil spring. The coil spring includes an outer surface, an outer diameter, and a plurality of coil elements arranged along a length of the coil spring. The coil spring can be positioned within the tube and the outer diameter of the coil spring can be less than the inner diameter of the tube. The coil spring can form a waveguide. Related methods of manufacture and systems are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Quaise Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Hy Phan, Matthew Houde, Curtis Ardoin, Carlos Araque, Justin Lamb, Dennis Arnow, Ray Oliver
  • Patent number: 12273743
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: control circuitry that controls transmission/reception of a first control frame and a first data frame used for communication with another communication apparatus, and controls transmission/reception of a second control frame and a second data frame used for communication with the another communication apparatus; first radio circuitry that performs radio communication of the first control frame and the first data frame using a first omni-directional antenna; and second radio circuitry that performs radio communication of the second control frame and the second data frame using a second directional antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Motozuka, Takenori Sakamoto, Masataka Irie, Yao Huang Gaius Wee, Hong Cheng Michael Sim
  • Patent number: 12270308
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example variable flowpath casings for blade tip clearance control. An example casing for a turbine engine includes an annular substrate extending along an axial direction, the annular substrate including a first surface and a second surface that is radially inward relative to the first surface; an actuator structure coupled to the second surface of the annular substrate; and a smart structure cantilevered from the second surface of the annular substrate, the smart structure including: a support structure, a first region of the support structure coupled to the second surface of the annular substrate, a second region of the support structure coupled to the actuator structure; and a radially inward surface defining a variable surface, the support structure to move the variable surface in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Naveena K P, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Domala Uma Maheshwar, Kishore Budumuru, Kudum Shinde, Abhishek Goverdhan
  • Patent number: 12268351
    Abstract: A device for introducing openings into a disposal bag for a vacuuming device, wherein the vacuuming device has a suction head and a collecting tank. The includes components that are configured in a manner corresponding to one another, wherein the components of the device that are configured in a manner corresponding to one another include an open structure, wherein the open structure is designed to effect pressure equalization between a first region and a second region of the collecting tank. Within the meaning of the invention, it is preferred for the proposed device to include a punch and a die, wherein the punch is arranged in the suction head and the die is arranged in the collecting tank. In a second aspect, the invention relates to a vacuuming device that includes at least one proposed device. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a method for introducing openings into a disposal bag for a vacuuming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Xaver Hanslmeier, Eduard Sever, Felix Basalla
  • Patent number: 12270336
    Abstract: A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a sun gear that is configured to be driven by an engine shaft that is rotatable about an axis, a plurality of intermediate gears that are intermeshed with the sun gear, a ring gear assembly that is engaged with the plurality of intermediate gears, the ring gear is configured for attachment to a static structure, a carrier that supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears, the carrier configured for rotation about the axis, at least one baffle that is attached to the carrier that is configured to impart a momentum on expelled lubricant, a fixed gutter that is disposed radially outside the at least one baffle and is configured to receive lubricant that is exhausted from the at least one baffle, and a fan shaft that is rotatable about the axis and configured to be driven by the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Parnin, Mark A. Klein
  • Patent number: 12268362
    Abstract: An articulation joint includes proximal links, distal links, and intermediate links connecting the proximal and distal links. The articulation joint has a straight configuration along a straight longitudinal axis, a first bent configuration when the articulation joint bends toward a first side of the longitudinal axis, and a second bent configuration when the articulation joint bends toward a second side of the longitudinal axis, opposite to the first side. When the articulation joint is in the straight configuration, a first gap is defined at the first side between adjacent proximal links, and the adjacent proximal links contact each other at the second side, a second gap is defined at each of the first side and the second side between adjacent distal links, and a third gap is defined at the first side between adjacent intermediate links, and adjacent intermediate links contact each other at the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Powell, Almir Velagic
  • Patent number: 12270346
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a starting sequence of a turbomachine including a compressor provided with a rotor, a starter capable of rotating the rotor and a combustion chamber, the method including determining a bracketing of a time zone during which the ignition instant takes place, the bracketing being defined by, on the one hand, a lower limit corresponding to an event necessarily taking place before the ignition instant and an upper limit corresponding to an event necessarily taking place after the ignition instant; and determining between the lower limit and the upper limit, a break point in the variation with time of the measurement signal, this break point corresponding to an ignition instant of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Marion Marguerite Jedruszek, Jérôme Henri Noël Lacaille, Thomas Louis Gaston Dumargue
  • Patent number: 12270525
    Abstract: A light fixture is disclosed. The light fixture includes: a mounting base, with a surface for interfacing with a wall; a fixture face plate; a decorative fixture element with a light socket; and a catch mechanism for securing the fixture face plate to the mounting base. The catch mechanism includes; at least one catch receiver, at least one catch aperture, and at least one catch insert. The mounting base is secured to a wall. The fixture face plate is secured to the mounting base when the at least one catch insert is inserted into the catch aperture and then rotated into the at least one catch receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BUNK16 LLC
    Inventor: Rose Matthes
  • Patent number: 12272876
    Abstract: A reflector antenna heating system includes a dielectric radome that covers a first side of a reflector and a feed subsystem of an antenna. The system also includes a plurality of heater blower devices on a second side of the reflector, each of the plurality of heater blower devices having an inlet port and an outlet port. The system further includes a plurality of outlet duct assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of outlet duct assemblies is coupled to the outlet port of a respective heater blower device to direct heated air around a perimeter of the reflector and along an inside surface of the dielectric radome. One or more gaps proximal to a center of the reflector are included to recirculate cooled air toward a plurality of inlet ducts for the plurality of heater blower devices to feed the inlet port of each heater blower device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt A. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 12272885
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lightweight patch antenna having grooves formed in a dielectric, an upper patch, and a lower patch so as to maintain antenna performance while being lightweight. The disclosed lightweight patch antenna comprises: a dielectric; an upper patch layered on the dielectric; a lower patch layered under the dielectric; and a plurality of lightweight grooves formed by removing a portion of a stack from the outside of the stack in which the dielectric, the upper patch, and the lower patch are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: D1070021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Stuart G. Goldsberry
  • Patent number: D1070022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Jason Judson
  • Patent number: D1070023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Dionne
  • Patent number: D1070030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: LeafFilter North, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Alan Crowell, Michael Gori