Patents Examined by Eric W Golightly
  • Patent number: 12017257
    Abstract: A lower-surface center region of a substrate held by a first holder is cleaned by a cleaner. A lower-surface outer region of the substrate rotated by a second holder is cleaned by the cleaner. A mobile base provided with the second holder and the cleaner is moved in a horizontal plane such that a reference position of the first holder coincides with a center axis of the second holder in a plan view when the substrate is received and transferred between the first holder and the second holder, and is moved in the horizontal plane such that the cleaner overlaps with the lower-surface center region of the substrate held by the first holder and a center axis of the cleaner coincides with a first portion different from a center of the substrate in the plan view when the lower-surface center region is cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Shinohara, Kazuki Nakamura, Yoshifumi Okada, Takuma Takahashi, Takashi Shinohara, Nobuaki Okita, Junichi Ishii
  • Patent number: 12012079
    Abstract: A wash system for a cattle trailer having an automatic side car having a base with a horizontal rail, a support wheel on the horizontal rail driven by a locator motor, a vertical rail supported on the horizontal rail, a shuttle vertically movable on the vertical rail driven by a shuttle motor. The system includes a wand having a nozzle at one end slidably disposed on the shuttle and driven by a wand motor. The system includes a vision system having a camera on the shuttle, a point depth sensor, and a control box electrically connected to the vision system, the locator motor, the shuttle motor, and the wand motor to accept information from the vision system and use the information accepted from the vision system to direct the locator motor, the shuttle motor, and the wand motor to locate the nozzle within the cattle trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: QUALITY INTERSTATE SERVICES, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Harley Andrews
  • Patent number: 12005646
    Abstract: A hydrophobic preliminary cleaning agent includes a first compound and a second compound, The first compound is fatty acid ester and the second compound is any one of solid paraffin, hydroxylated wax, and aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 24 carbon atoms. The second compound is greater than or equal to 30 weight % with respect to 100 weight % by total weight of the first compound and the second compound, The hydrophobic preliminary cleaning agent is solidified at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: RAISER MOON, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Nemoto, Yutaka Kondoh
  • Patent number: 11992977
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a vulcanization mold for tires in a curing press uses device having a collaborative mobile robot and incorporating a computer program. The robot includes an autonomous mobile platform mounted on drive wheels and having batteries supplying electricity, a dry ice dispenser, sensors for identifying the location of the mold to be cleaned, and motors ensuring its displacement between a storage location of the device and the mold to be cleaned and the displacement of an articulated mobile arm of the robot. The robot bears a nozzle for spraying dry ice from the dispenser. The device comprises means for communication with a control unit. The control unit sends a mission instruction to the device, which navigates between a storage location and the location of the mold and automatically cleans the vulcanization mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Dettorre, Quentin Deniau, Frederic Drago, Michel Druet
  • Patent number: 11986140
    Abstract: A cleaning device and method of cleaning are provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and in fluid communication with the pump, the valve assembly being configured to selectively flow cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph K. Patterson, Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, Christopher Joseph Carballo
  • Patent number: 11987002
    Abstract: Washing apparatus and methods used to process additively fabricated (e.g., 3D printed) parts are described herein. The apparatus and methods may be used to wash uncured liquid resin from the parts. The washing apparatus may include two or more containers for storing respective solvents and may be fluidly connected to a vessel in which the additively fabricated parts are placed. One or more pumps and one or more valves may be controlled to introduce a first solvent from one of the containers into the vessel to wash the part in a first wash cycle and then the valve(s) may be re-configured to introduce a second solvent from another container into the vessel to wash the part in a second wash cycle. Advantageously, the parts may remain in the same vessel while being washed with both solvents in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Fussman, Hugo Liebrand, David Sadowski, Alexander K. McCalmont, Craig Broady, Nicholaus Ray Lancaster, Maxim Lobovsky
  • Patent number: 11988102
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a blade of a rotary device includes: a first application step of applying a water-soluble cleaning liquid containing a surfactant to the blade; a setting-aside step of setting the blade to which the cleaning liquid has been applied aside; a first wiping step of wiping the blade after the setting-aside step; a second application step of applying water or a dilute cleaning liquid having a lower concentration of the surfactant than that in the cleaning liquid applied in the first application step to the blade after the first wiping step; and a second wiping step of wiping the blade after the second application step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Nariyuki Tomonaga, Hikaru Miyata, Hiroyuki Mitsui, Takayuki Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 11982061
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a cleaning vehicle, in particular a street sweeper capable of being operated in automated fashion, by a control device. A trajectory is calculated and control commands are produced for a longitudinal guiding and transverse guiding of the cleaning vehicle during travel of the calculated trajectory. Measurement data are received from at least one sensor in order to ascertain a cleaning region. At least one actuator is controlled, based on the received measurement data, in order to position a cleaning device of the cleaning vehicle in the longitudinal direction and/or transverse direction relative to a direction of travel of the cleaning vehicle, in order to clean the cleaning region. A control device, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Mielenz
  • Patent number: 11980332
    Abstract: A box-type dishwasher, wherein the dishwasher has a fresh-water connection with a feed valve, wherein a water-treatment system with a reverse-osmosis device is provided downstream of the feed valve in order to treat, in particular as required, as least some of the fresh water fed to the dishwasher via the fresh-water connection, wherein a backflow preventer is provided between the feed valve and the reverse-osmosis device in order to prevent water from flowing back from the dishwasher into a fresh-water-supply installation which is, or can be, flow- connected to the fresh-water connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Björn Brodowski, Matthias Kuderer
  • Patent number: 11978636
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method for processing a semiconductor structure and a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The method for processing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate being provided with a feature portion, the aspect ratio of the feature portion being greater than a preset aspect ratio, a mask layer being provided on the top of the feature portion; ashing a semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure comprising the semiconductor substrate, the feature portion, and the mask layer; cleaning the semiconductor structure; drying the semiconductor structure; and removing the mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Ning Xi
  • Patent number: 11974659
    Abstract: A suction assembly, toothbrush, and method are provided that suction fluids and debris resulting from brushing. The suction assembly includes a housing configured to couple to the toothbrush so that a portion extends around sides and a back of the toothbrush head and is spaced from the toothbrush head by a gap. The suction assembly further includes a vacuum pump, a collection reservoir, and one or more conduits that couple the vacuum pump, suction head portion, and collection reservoir to apply a suction around the toothbrush head through the gap and deposit suctioned material in the collection reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Maxine Strickland, Vivek Ashok Kumar
  • Patent number: 11969770
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an electronic device peripheral cleaning cabinet and a method for cleaning such peripherals. In an example, a peripheral cleaning cabinet includes a cabinet body, a door, a cabinet gas line, and a support shelf. The cabinet body includes an exhaust port. The door is mechanically coupled to the cabinet body. The cabinet gas line includes a gas valve and a nozzle. The gas valve is fluidly coupled to the nozzle. The nozzle is disposed in the cabinet body. The cabinet gas line is configured to supply a gas to flow into the cabinet body. The support shelf is disposed in the cabinet body and is configured to support a peripheral. The support shelf is configured to allow the gas to flow from the nozzle, through the support shelf, and to the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jesusa Teomarie Tugab, Gerald De Vera, Eugenio Villarico
  • Patent number: 11970672
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer cleaning composition for used in a semiconductor device manufacturing process and a method of cleaning a semiconductor wafer using the cleaning composition are provided. The cleaning composition includes surfactants represented by Formula 1 and Formula 2, respectively, an organic or inorganic acid, and water occupying for the remaining proportion. The cleaning method is a method of immersing a semiconductor wafer in the cleaning composition for 100 to 500 seconds. The cleaning composition and the cleaning method according to the present disclosure provide an incredibility improved removal rate and an effective cleaning power for contaminants, especially organic wax, during a process of polishing the surface of a wafer used to manufacture semiconductor devices, thereby providing a super-cleaned wafer surface, resulting in production of reliable semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: YOUNG CHANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seung Hun Lee, Seung Hyun Lee, Seong Hwan Kim, Seung Oh Jin
  • Patent number: 11964309
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus includes: a first bath storing a cleaning solution and having a first opening formed in an upper surface thereof; and a first ultrasonic oscillator installed in the first bath and providing ultrasonic waves toward a surface of the cleaning solution exposed by the first opening to form a water film protruding from the surface of the cleaning solution, wherein a substrate is not immersed in the first bath, and a surface of the substrate is placed adjacent to the first opening and cleaned by the water film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hun Eom, Sung Ho Lee, Ju Yong Jang
  • Patent number: 11957768
    Abstract: A wet wiper for cleaning an oral cavity or an oral appliance. The wet wiper comprises a water insoluble substrate and a physiologically acceptable cleansing composition. Methods for cleansing oral cavities and oral appliances are also provided, such methods comprising the step of contacting the surface of an oral cavity or an oral appliance with a wet wiper of the present invention for a sufficient time to permit cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Oral Health Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Eugene Tricca, Malia Mueller Smith
  • Patent number: 11955927
    Abstract: A panel cleaning system is provided which includes an inflatable wiper and a nozzle. In one aspect, the panel cleaning system includes pressurized air, linear actuators, and a panel-cleaning inflatable wiper wherein the pressurized air and the panel-cleaning wiper are configured to clean PV panels. A further aspect includes an inflatable wiper, a heater configured to heat pressurized air before the air flows out of nozzles and multiple air-driven pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Green Grid Inc.
    Inventors: Chinmoy Prosun Saha, Jeffrey Scott Pickles
  • Patent number: 11953651
    Abstract: This invention relates to comfortable ophthalmic devices and methods of producing such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. McCabe, Robert B. Steffen, Hélène Aguilar, W. Anthony Martin, Susan W. Neadle, Ann-Marie Wong Meyers, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Dominic P. Gourd, Kristy L. Canavan, Gregory A. Hill
  • Patent number: 11953758
    Abstract: A cleansing solution receptacle provides sterile cleansing solution when reversibly mated with a cleansing device that forces the fresh, unused contact lens solution in a manner that jets the front and back surfaces of an item with sufficient force to prevent air bubbles from clinging to surface areas of the item. Further, the cleansing device submerges the item in the fresh, unused contact cleansing solution for a controlled threshold cleansing time to ensure proper removal of contaminate build-ups on the item. Further still, according to inventive concepts, devices are automatically cleansed and dried to ensure sterility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Austin Greeson
  • Patent number: 11951516
    Abstract: A system to perform multi-stage cleaning of material from a space suit worn by an astronaut in a deep space environment includes one or more discharge units installed external to an interior volume of a facility in the deep space environment. Each of the one or more discharge units releases one or more substances. The one or more substances includes water or air and the interior volume of the facility is defined by an interior hatch that is separated from an exterior hatch leading to the deep space environment by an airlock. One or more collection units installed external to the interior volume. Each collection unit traps released material that is released from a space suit based on the multi-stage cleaning to prevent the released material from entering the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jake Rohrig, Julie Strickland, Samuel Anderson
  • Patent number: 11947190
    Abstract: A multi-chamber fluid cartridge is configured for storage of unused cleansing solution to be used by an automated contact lens cleansing device and for storage of used cleansing solution drained from the device. For example, the multi-chamber fluid cartridge may include a first chamber configured to store the unused cleansing solution and a second chamber configured to store the used cleansing solution. After being reversibly mated with the automated contact lens cleansing device, a controlled amount of the unused cleansing solution may be transferred from the first chamber to a reservoir within the automated contact lens cleansing device for performance of one or more cleansing cycles. Upon completion of the cleansing cycles, the used cleansing solution may be drained from the reservoir to the second chamber for storage until replacement of the multi-chamber fluid cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Austin Greeson