Patents Examined by Edelmira Bosques
  • Patent number: 11077740
    Abstract: An outlet for a forced air system of a vehicle comprising: a primary air flow chamber; a secondary air flow chamber adjacent the primary air flow chamber; an air flow diverter between the primary air flow chamber and the secondary air flow chamber that diverts a portion of air flow from the primary air flow chamber and into the secondary air flow chamber, with the diverted portion of the air flow flowing back into the primary air flow chamber; and a tray configured to retain an aromatic agent, the tray movable into and out of the secondary air flow chamber to selectively place the aromatic agent in contact with air flowing through the secondary air flow chamber to aromatize the air before flowing back into the primary air flow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Federico Emilio Mejia, Cecilia Abigail Ayala Rubio, Carlos Pietra Santa, Jose Sandoval, Mario Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11065939
    Abstract: A motor-driven air vent device for a vehicle is provided. The motor-driven air vent device connects a horizontal wing of an air vent to an output shaft of a driving motor through a link structure and rotatably operates the driving motor in the forward direction or the reverse direction by a touch type switch operation. Accordingly, the vertical angular rotation operation for the horizontal wing is automatically performed by the operation of the link structure delivering the torque of the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Pill Yoon Kim, Byung Gyu Choi, Young Rok Lee, Choong Yeul Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Kwan Woo Lee, Won Sik Kim, Ji Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11067337
    Abstract: A grain dryer unload system is presented that facilitates operation of a discharge system independent of a metering system. A motor connects to an axle that connects to the discharge system, which may be a drag chain, a belt or an auger. The axle also connects to a metering system. A clutch mechanism is connected to an end of the axle and is positioned between the discharge system and the metering system. When the clutch mechanism is in an engaged position, the motor simultaneously operates the metering system and the discharge system. However, when the clutch mechanism is in a disengaged position, the motor operates the discharge system while the metering system does not operate. This arrangement facilitates easier cleaning of the grain dryer without introducing the fines into the grain or a connected grain storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SUKUP MANUFACTURING CO.
    Inventors: Casey Scott Heilskov, Kerry Hartwig
  • Patent number: 11060756
    Abstract: A register box for an HVAC installation has a body with a plurality of side panels arranged in a generally rectangular or square configuration and a plurality of flanges extending inwardly from the plurality of side panels, an expandable polymeric material affixed to an inner side of each of the plurality of side panels such that the expandable polymeric material has a portion extending across one end of the body inwardly of the plurality of flanges, and a sheet positioned over the portion of the expandable polymeric material at the one end of the body such that the sheet is interposed between the plurality of flanges and the portion of the expandable polymeric material. The expandable polymeric material and the sheet are cuttable so as to open to the interior of the register box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Sterling Kidd Combs
  • Patent number: 11059080
    Abstract: A removable hood for a fume extractor comprises a shield defining an internal cavity and having one or more vent openings in an upper portion, a welding opening in a rear portion, one or more viewing openings in one or more sides, and a pipe opening in a bottom portion of the shield. The pipe opening comprises arcuate portions on either side thereof for placement adjacent to a pipe. The hood also comprises a removable attachment mechanism on the upper portion of the shield configured to selectively couple the one or more vent openings to an extraction arm of the fume extractor, one or more layers of window material coupled to the shield to cover each of the one or more viewing openings, and one or more internal airflow spaces shaped to direct air flow to cool the window material when suction is applied to the vent openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: NOVARC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Ringo Gonzalez, Abdolreza Abdollahi
  • Patent number: 11052726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle in which an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case and a blower unit is disposed at a side of an engine room relative to a dash panel, and a distribution duct having a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent is disposed in the interior of a vehicle relative to the dash panel so as to distribute cold air and hot air discharged from the air-conditioning case into the interior of the vehicle, wherein the floor vent is placed on one side of an area, in which a relatively large amount of hot air flows, in a mixing chamber of the distribution duct where cold air and hot air are mixed, i.e. a side adjacent to the dash panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jae Chun Ryu, Chui Hee Kim, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn, Young Hum Han, Joong Man Han, Yun Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11053634
    Abstract: A method for regulating a quantity of a condensing medium according to change in air temperature at an outlet of a barrel of the dryer comprises the following steps: Step 1, Starting drying, detecting an air temperature at the outlet of a barrel of a dryer, and determining that the air temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaches a set temperature; Step 2, calculating the time value from the start of drying to the temperature at the outlet of the barrel reaching the set temperature; Step 3, determining the supplying tempo of the condensing medium at least according to the time value calculated in step 2; and Step 4, supplying the condensing medium with the supplying tempo of the condensing medium determined in step 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huacheng Song, Sheng Xu, Shujun Tian, Yonghong Xu, Lijun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11007547
    Abstract: A portable paint booth has a floor, roof and walls made of non-porous materials, at least one door, an air inlet adapted to receive air from a mechanical blower, and an exhaust tube that extends from the booth and comprises at least one orifice disposed at a terminal end of the tube, wherein the terminal end of the tube is disposed above a junction of a wall and the roof when the booth is pressurized. The exhaust tube may be supported by a pole to hold the tube upright and maintain a predetermined height. The terminal end of the tube may be propped open by a support element that extends around a perimeter of the exhaust tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Instant Auto Body
    Inventors: Jacob Begis, Logan James Begis
  • Patent number: 11002449
    Abstract: A combustion device includes a stove body and a flow guiding device. The stove body has first and second sides disposed oppositely and includes a wick disposed between the first and second sides. The wick is spaced from the first and second sides at first and second distances respectively. A flow guiding device includes first and second shielding members respectively connected to the first and second sides of the stove body. The wick is spaced from the first and second shielding members at third and fourth distances respectively. The third distance is greater than the first distance and the first shielding member is spaced from the first side. The fourth distance is greater than the second distance and the second shielding member is spaced from the second outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Pro-lroda Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Long Chen
  • Patent number: 10995985
    Abstract: A drying apparatus includes a gas flow channel, a first hollow fiber module, a second hollow fiber module, a gas driver and a control unit. The gas flow channel is used to accommodate an article and has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first and second hollow fiber modules are disposed at the first and second terminals respectively to adsorb water or to be electrified to desorb water. The gas driver disposed in a gas flow path of the gas flow channel drives the gas flowing into the gas flow channel through the first hollow fiber module and flowing out from the gas flow channel through the second hollow fiber module, or flowing into the gas flow channel through the second hollow fiber module and flowing out from the gas flow channel through the first hollow fiber module. The control unit provides power to the first and second hollow fiber modules and controls the gas driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chin-Chih Tai, Yi-Shan Lee, Yun-Hsin Wang, Cheng-Fu Hsu
  • Patent number: 10995990
    Abstract: This invention relates to a rotary dryer with multi-drying chambers which is developed and improved for drying materials such as cassava chip, paddy, corn, various crops, longan, fertilizer, biomass and mining industry with better drying efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: K.S. PREMIER PRODUCTS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Phakorn Kosonsittiwit, Sommas Keawluan, Paisal Naksuk, Thanakrit Kosonsittiwit, Kriangkrai Chaisirinirun
  • Patent number: 10995969
    Abstract: A register box for HVAC installations has a body with a plurality of side panels arranged in a generally rectangular or square configuration and a wall extending across the rectangular configuration, a duct opening through the wall so as to communicate with an interior of the body, and an expandable foam polymeric material affixed to an inner side of the side panels. The wall has a surface extending from the opening of the duct to the side panels. The expandable foam polymeric material is affixed to the surface of the wall. The expandable polymeric material is polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Sterling Kidd Combs
  • Patent number: 10982860
    Abstract: A cooking device including a frame that defines a cooking chamber, a burner cover provided in the frame to form a combustion chamber and includes an opening for flowing air, a burner provided inside the combustion chamber, and a barrier member provided between the burner cover and the frame in order to prevent heat of air discharged from the combustion chamber from being delivered to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungyoun Kim, Jongho Lee, Youngsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 10973298
    Abstract: A digitally controlled hairdryer has removable attachments that are used to style hair. The hairdryer is powered with AC and DC power, with the DC power supply being separate from the main body. The removable attachments are powered and controlled by the hairdryer. The oscillating attachment has a motor that moves an oscillating portion to direct airflow from the outlet of the hairdryer. The diffuser attachment has a motor that is connected to a slider that moves along a central axis. The slider moves wire fingers between a grasped and relaxed position. The ends of the fingers are connected to a blocking membrane that directs airflow through an outlet aperture that is small in the grasped position and large in the relaxed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Beachwaver Co.
    Inventors: Sarah J. Kennedy, Erin A. Wall, Luis Eduardo Alanis, Manuel Besnier Lopez
  • Patent number: 10968560
    Abstract: A dryer according to the present disclosure may be a dryer to which a heat pump system is applied, and may provide a structure in which constant temperature external air is suctioned and supplied to a drum to maintain constant performance of the dryer. An air supply unit configured to supply hot dry air to the drum is isolated from an inside of the main body such that internal air including a foreign material is not introduced into the air supply unit, and a suction port cover is separably coupled to the dryer such that a foreign material introduced with the external air is easily removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Sun Park, Jin Woo So, Myung Hee Ryu, Jin Woo Hong
  • Patent number: 10962233
    Abstract: A domestic hood may include: a support frame with a power input; a motor fan unit located within the support frame; the support frame extends between a lower end portion and an upper end portion, and at the lower end portion the hood has a suction port in fluid communication with the motor fan unit; a filter means arranged between the suction port and the motor fan unit and configured to filter gases extracted by the motor fan unit through the suction port; a lighting means including an enclosure that defines a seat containing a plate having a plurality of light-emitting diodes; a fixing means for removably fixing the lighting means to the support frame; and an electric connection means for electrically connecting the lighting means to the power input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ELICAS.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Cimino, Emanuele Spinaci
  • Patent number: 10960572
    Abstract: Systems for and methods of drying a wet skin of a wet skinned ceramic ware are disclosed. The wet skinned ceramic ware includes a dry interior web with an outer surface. The wet skin is disposed on the outer surface of the dry interior web. The method includes generating an airstream and then directing the airstream through a first end of the wet-skinned ceramic ware only through an annular portion of the interior web that is adjacent the outer surface of the interior web. The flow of the airstream through the annular portion of the interior web causes moisture in the wet skin to migrate inwardly toward the interior web. The moisture is removed from the annular portion of the interior web when the airstream exits a second end of the ceramic ware, thereby drying the skin from the inside out of the wet-skinned ceramic ware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacob George, Amit Halder, Madison Minjoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10948232
    Abstract: A method and a fiber-treatment system dry wet or damp fibers. A fiber mat (13) including wet or damp fibers is formed on a treatment band (31) which is moved in a conveying direction (x). An air flow (36, 36a) composed of heated drying air is generated in the fiber dryer (30). The heated drying air is guided in an upward direction through the treatment band and the fibers contained in the fibre mat (13, 14) are loosened and dried. Linters (16) possibly produced by any moving fibers are captured by a filter band (32) arranged above the treatment band, which is also moved in the conveying direction (x). At the outlet of the fiber dryer, the fibers are detached from a support (17) formed on the filter band, in particular when guiding the detached fibers back towards the dried fibers guided to the treatment band (31, 31c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Niklaus
  • Patent number: 10946969
    Abstract: A ventilation system, aircraft, and method. The ventilation system includes a first conduit in fluid communication with a first air source in the aircraft to direct a fluid flow from the first air source. The ventilation system also includes a first branch in fluid communication with the first conduit and a first outflow point, the first branch including an active air mover to move the fluid flow toward the first outflow point. The ventilation system further includes a second branch that is separate from the first branch and in fluid communication with the first conduit and a second outflow point, the second branch including a passive air mover to move the fluid flow to toward the second outflow point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Casey Y. K. Ng, Gregg G. LaVoy
  • Patent number: 10946718
    Abstract: An air-conditioning unit of a vehicle for air-conditioning a vehicle interior may include a unit outlet for discharging air into the vehicle interior, an outside-air duct for an intake of outside air, and an air recirculation duct for recirculation of inside air from the vehicle interior. The air-conditioning unit may also include an outside-air shut-off element arranged in the outside-air duct, which in a closed position blocks a flow of outside air through the outside-air duct, and a recirculated-air shut-off element arranged in the air recirculation duct, which in a closed position blocks a flow of inside air through the air recirculation duct. The air-conditioning unit may further include a sensor device for detecting a property of air. On at least one duct of the outside-air duct and the recirculation duct, a bypass may be arranged which bypasses an associated shut-off element and is fluidically connected to the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Eberle, Rainer Knoeller, Markus Michael, Anja Reiter, Oliver Schultze, Joachim Treier, Walter Wolf