Patents Examined by Edelmira Bosques
  • Patent number: 11473811
    Abstract: Wind baffles are provided at a side discharge vent of a cabinet containing a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system. The wind baffles include two or more baffles joined to a support frame. The baffles have a leading edge towards ambient environment surrounding of the cabinet and a trailing edge towards an interior of the cabinet, and the leading edge has a perimeter greater than a perimeter of the trailing edge. The baffles may surround each successive baffle. The baffles may be concentric The wind baffles may be located between ambient environment surrounding of the cabinet and a fan near the side discharge vent. The fan may be a variable-speed fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., TRANE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zi Xia Jin
  • Patent number: 11472643
    Abstract: A grain dryer is a system and means for drying grain having a grain conveyor and pair of blower motors. A first blower motor has a heat exchange while a second blower motor has a cool air exchange. A screen covers the conveyor to ensure the grains stay in position. Grain is moved along the system by means of an auger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Johnny F. Sen
  • Patent number: 11473367
    Abstract: A shutter includes a window frame, a plurality of blade structures, an intake driving unit and an airflow guiding unit. The window frame has an upper frame portion, a lower frame portion and two side frame portions. The blade structures are disposed on the window frame, and each has a through hole and a plurality of outlets. The intake driving unit is disposed in the upper frame portion. The airflow guiding unit is disposed in at least one of the two side frame portions. Each of the through holes of the blade structures communicates with the inside of at least one of the two side frame portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tien-Sheng Lu, Yu-Chung Wu
  • Patent number: 11472267
    Abstract: A rotary apparatus includes a motor, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the plurality of gears and the motor. The housing includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion facing the first surface portion and spaced apart from the first surface portion, and a sidewall portion provided at an outer peripheral portion of the first surface portion and the second surface portion and supporting the first surface portion and the second surface portion. One of the first surface portion and the second surface portion includes a vibration damping part opposing the output gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Yukimasa Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11466891
    Abstract: An indoor unit includes a housing, an air duct member, and a thermal insulation tube. The housing has an accommodating cavity. the air duct member is detachably mounted in the accommodating cavity. A mounting space is formed at a side of the air duct member in a length direction of the air duct member. The mounting space has a mounting opening facing an outside of the housing. The thermal insulation tube includes a tube section extending along a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the air duct member. The tube section is at least partially arranged in the mounting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Qin, Kuifang Zou, Qiankun Liu, Xidong Wang
  • Patent number: 11465833
    Abstract: An assembly for saturating or aerating a medium with fluid. At least one hollow cylinder having gates and vents embedded within a grain mass. A target section of grain mass is identified and the gates and vents activated to provide influent flow to the target section in both vertical and horizontal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HABER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Harweger
  • Patent number: 11460222
    Abstract: An automatic hygienic hot water expediter device for the hastening of the delivery of warm/hot water to a spigot for purposes of hygiene and comfort. The automatic hygienic hot water expediter device generally includes a controller, tubing or piping composed of code-appropriate materials, and flow control components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Chris Lee Nelson
  • Patent number: 11460203
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an exhaust demand control system for measuring one or more contaminants at one or more exhaust locations within one or a plurality of exhaust ducts or plenums served by an exhaust fan system. Example systems and methods can include sensing the one or more contaminants within the one or more exhaust duct locations using a multipoint air sampling system having one or more sensors and comparing contaminant concentration measurements from the one or more of said exhaust duct or plenum locations against an action level to create a fan setback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Measured Air Performance, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Desrochers
  • Patent number: 11457775
    Abstract: A method of controlling a dryer stand, which includes a receptacle on which a dryer for discharging drying air is mounted and which is rotatable in a horizontal direction, and an air purification unit, are provided. The method includes detecting the dryer mounted on the receptacle, charging a battery provided in the dryer when the dryer mounted on the receptacle is detected, determining whether a predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied, and operating the air purification unit when it is determined that the predetermined condition for air purification operation is satisfied, whereby it is possible to purify indoor air. A method of controlling the dryer while it is not on the stand is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jekwang Youn, Youngdon Kim, Hyunsun Yoo, Jaehung Chun, Yousook Eun, Joogyeom Kim, Sungkyung Kim, Myongsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11448472
    Abstract: A heat transfer fin includes a fin body having a plate shape, a plurality of through-holes famed through the fin body and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, in which a heat exchange pipe is inserted into the plurality of through-holes and heating water flows along an empty space in the heat exchange pipe, and two outer body portions protruding outward from at least partial areas of opposite ends of the fin body with respect to the first direction. Each of the outer body portions includes a contact portion that makes contact with a heat-insulating pipe with a heat-insulating side plate therebetween and that has a shape corresponding to at least a partial area of an outer surface of the heat-insulating pipe through which the heating water flows and a separated portion spaced apart from the heat-insulating side plate to form a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYUNGDONG NAVIEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Chul Jeong, Jung Yul Bae
  • Patent number: 11448419
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner capable of inducing airflow blown through a blowing port to blow in a substantially horizontal direction. The air conditioner includes a housing including a blowing port, and an airflow guide unit installed in the blowing port to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, wherein the airflow guide unit includes a main blade configured to cover the blowing port, and a pair of sub blades spaced downwardly apart from the main blade and disposed in a flow passage of the blowing port such that outer surfaces thereof are in contact with airflow in the blowing port as a whole, and having different inclination angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hun Kang, Jin Baek Kim, Seong Hyun Yoon, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11448395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-temperature reheater anti-friction device for anti-friction of metal tubes on a heated surface of a high-temperature reheater adjacent to a soot blower, has a hole-type tube clamp arranged on a metal tube of a heated surface of a high-temperature reheater, an anti-friction box and an anti-friction cover. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of reduced maintenance workload of the unit and prolonged service life of the metal tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Biao Li, Xiaofeng Wu, Ping Shen, Shun Wang, Qiudi Zhang, Lucheng Jin
  • Patent number: 11441842
    Abstract: An apparatus (10; 20; 30; 40; 60) for removing moisture from a surface (522) in a container (500; 5001, 5002; 500?), characterized by: a centrifuging element comprising a mount (140; 1401, 1402) for attaching said container (500; 5001, 5002; 500?) to said centrifuging element and a drive (105) coupled to said mount (140; 1401, 1402) for rotating said attached container (500; 5001, 5002; 500?) and centrifuging said moisture off said surface (522) in said attached container (500; 5001, 5002; 500?); and a heating element (200) for providing heat energy and evaporating said moisture from said surface (522) in said attached container (500; 5001, 5002; 500?), and a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Luc Felden
  • Patent number: 11435098
    Abstract: An access control system receives a trigger command for controlling a ventilation system; determines that the trigger command includes a lock trigger to hold an entrance door in a closed position; and induces a locking differential air pressure between opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the lock trigger, where the locking differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to contact or to increase contact with a door frame in the closed position. The access control system may also determine that the trigger command includes an open assist trigger to ease an opening of the entrance door; and may induce an opening differential air pressure between the opposite sides of the entrance door in response to the open assist trigger, where the opening differential air pressure is sufficient to bias the entrance door to reduce contact with the door frame in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventor: Thomas P. Naughton
  • Patent number: 11433739
    Abstract: An air vent for a motor vehicle includes a housing which defines an air guiding channel and a plurality of lamellae which are provided at their ends with bearing pins, the lamellae being pivotably attached thereby to the housing. The lamellae are mounted on opposing sides with one respective radial bearing and on just one side with one respective axial bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Günther Krämer, Laurent Le Tohic
  • Patent number: 11428436
    Abstract: A system for controlling airflow in a plenum, that comprises a worm gear and planetary gear that are removably coupled to a worm shaft and planetary shaft, respectively. The planetary shaft controls the movement of a damper between an open position permitting maximum airflow through the plenum, and a closed position restricting airflow through the plenum. A motor or gear-motor is positioned at the plenum for driving the worm shaft. The motor is controlled by a remotely located controller that includes a power supply for operating the motor and that has a display providing a continuous indication of the position of the damper between the open and closed positions. The controller is connected to the motor through a cable with a detachable electrical connection between the cable and the controller, such as a jack and plug. A wall plate for housing the electrical connection is mounted on a wall or other structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Metropolitan Air Technology
    Inventors: John E. Hollender, Keith Alsberg, Michael Blaha
  • Patent number: 11430672
    Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein generally relate to drying environments within semiconductor processing systems. In these embodiments, substrates are cleaned and dried within a drying environment before returning to the factory interface. However, due to an opening between the factory interface and the drying environment, air flows from the factory interface into the drying environment, often reducing the effectiveness of the drying processes. In embodiments described herein, the air flow is blocked by a sliding door that raises up to the closed position when a substrate enters the drying portion of the dryer located within the drying environment. After the substrate exits the dryer and before the substrate enters the factory interface, the sliding door lowers to the opened position such that the substrate can enter the factory interface. As such, these processes allow for multiple substrates to dry quickly and consistently within the system, improving throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin Velazquez, Jim Kellogg Atkinson
  • Patent number: 11421374
    Abstract: A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum installed in the cabinet and having an inlet through which air is introduced and an outlet through which air is discharged, a heat exchanger configured to remove moisture of the air discharged through the outlet and increase a temperature of the air, a fan installed between the outlet and the heat exchanger and configured to guide the air discharged through the outlet to be introduced into the heat exchanger, a blowing passage connecting the fan to the heat exchanger such that the air discharged through the fan is introduced into the heat exchanger after being bent at 90 degrees, and a vane installed perpendicular to a bottom surface of the blowing passage and disposed at a portion in the blowing passage in which the air introduced into the heat exchanger has a highest flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hong Park, Guangri Jin, Jin Baek Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo
  • Patent number: 11413932
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. The controller operates the blower motor according to a first voltage responsive to a charge sustain mode, and operates the blower motor according to a second voltage different than the first voltage in response to a charge deplete mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jasbir Jaglan, William Stewart Johnston, Alan Douglas Wallington, Curtis Mark Jones, Chris George Oehring, Mark G. Smith
  • Patent number: 11415326
    Abstract: A heated water device is disclosed. The heated water device includes a cold water tank configured to receive cold water from a cold water source and a hot water tank configured to receive water from a hot water source and discharge water to the cold water source. The heated water device includes a pump configured to selectively pump water from the hot water source and to the hot water tank and a valve configured to selectively permit water to flow from the hot water tank to the cold water source. The heated water device includes a thermoelectric generator configured to generate electrical energy from a water temperature differential between cold water in the cold water tank and heated water in the hot water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Davis Engelman, Maia Gatlin, Carrie Li, Erik Marquez, Nishan Guna Sakaran, Victor Pria, Mukund Bhaskar, Atilhan Manay