Patents Examined by Gregory L. Huson
  • Patent number: 10514166
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for using pyrophoric liquids to ignite combustible gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohamed Soliman, Ali Al Abbas
  • Patent number: 10507926
    Abstract: A conveying device for conveying a fluid stream comprising a mechanical unit, including a movable conveying element, and an electrical unit comprising a housing as well as electronic elements arranged in the housing. The mechanical unit and the electrical unit are detachably connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Dariusz Krakowski, Stephan Risse
  • Patent number: 10500927
    Abstract: A folding vane for an air register includes a vane body having a first section, a second section and a hinge joint connecting the first section and the second section. An air register includes a support and at least one folding vane. A method of distributing air from an air register is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Araujo Nieto, Alfredo Pérez Montiel, Fernando Ovando
  • Patent number: 10502454
    Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a furnace having a primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger, where the primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger form a heat exchange relationship between an airflow and an exhaust gas, and where the primary heat exchanger is positioned upstream of the secondary heat exchanger, a burner configured to generate the exhaust gas, a sensor configured to monitor an ambient temperature, and a control system configured to receive feedback from the sensor, compare the feedback to a threshold, operate the furnace in a first mode when the ambient temperature exceeds the threshold, and operate the furnace in a second mode when the ambient temperature is at or below the threshold, where the furnace operates above a condensation temperature when in the second mode, such that the exhaust gas does not condense when operating in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Stephen C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10502434
    Abstract: A support for the heating elements of radiant coverings and floors is disclosed. One example of a support disclosed herein includes bosses having a concave portion. In some examples, defined on the surface of the concave portion is at least one adhering low relief, for example four adhering low reliefs may be provided per concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PROGRESS PROFILES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Dennis Bordin
  • Patent number: 10502419
    Abstract: A portable biometric lighter device (100) generally involving a control unit (210), a biometric sensor, such as a fingerprint sensor (140), wherein the biometric sensor is configured to scan a biometric data of a user and is operably coupled to the control unit (210), and an ignition element, wherein the ignition element is activated by the control unit (210) upon a match of the scanned biometric data of the user and a biometric data of an authorized user that is stored in a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: John Gibson Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: John Gibson
  • Patent number: 10499768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a portable stove. The portable stove includes a housing having a bottom part and a cover lid part, wherein the cover lid part is hinged to the bottom part, a handle attached to the portable stove and movable between an open position and a closed position, and a locking mechanism operable by the handle, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to lock the cover lid part to the bottom part when the handle is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Fenix Outdoor Development and CSR AG
    Inventor: Magnus Hagström
  • Patent number: 10495322
    Abstract: Embodiments related to moisture abatement during a heating operation of a climate control system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the climate control system includes a thermoelectric device (TED) or other thermal condition device having a hot side and a cold side. In certain embodiments, the thermal conditioning device is operated (e.g., by a processor or a condensate switch) to inhibit or prevent the occurrence of condensation, and/or to abate condensation that has already occurred, on the cold side of the thermal conditioning device during the heating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GENTHERM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Brykalski, David Marquette
  • Patent number: 10493505
    Abstract: A fume hood adapted to be connected to an exhaust system has a ventilated chamber having an access opening, and at least one horizontally sliding sash or panel at the access opening that is configured to cover and uncover portions of the access opening. Each horizontally sliding panel has a peripheral edge that convexly curves into the chamber towards a centerline of the at least one horizontally sliding panel. In some embodiments, the peripheral edge is convexly curved in an arc of between about ninety degrees and about one hundred eighty degrees (90°-180°). The exhaust system creates air flow into the chamber and the curved peripheral edge produces controlled air flow patterns into the chamber. The curved edge is aerodynamically designed to help shed vortices and prevent accumulation of concentrations on the inside edge of the each panel typical of conventional fume hood sashes/panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: 3Flow, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Smith
  • Patent number: 10495305
    Abstract: A door assembly for an oven comprises an inner frame, a first glass panel and a first pair of brackets coupled with the inner frame and compressively retaining the first glass panel against the inner frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Todd William Lambkin, Joel Matthew Sells
  • Patent number: 10495347
    Abstract: Technical challenges of efficiently and cost-effectively deriving energy from the sun are addressed using a manifold and an array of evacuated tubes in fluid connection, in a butterfly or other planar arrangement. Tube and manifold fluid guides are plumbed for coaxial flow and/or parallel flow, and thermally protected by sleeves, stainless steel piping, and/or vacuum. Tubes are provided with a selective low emissivity coating and/or internal mirror to reduce thermal loss. The solar absorption surface of evacuated tubes may be five square meters or more, with only low-quality concentration optics, or no concentration optics used. The tubes array tracks the sun with a two-axis motion platform. Fluid operating temperatures range from 150 to 300 degrees centigrade, depending on the sunlight exposure, working fluid, and supplemental heat source if any. Fluid may circulate heat between the manifold and heat engine, cogeneration facility, and/or other module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventor: Mark Mueller
  • Patent number: 10488052
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an assembly patio heater (PH) base at the bottom, a gas combination valve, a reducing bushing unit, a PH perforated cylinder, a tubing unit along with the pilot assembly, PH pan head, a gas combination control assembly, a gas lighter unit, a burner assembly and an assembly PH emitter grid assembly. A reflector is mounted at the top of the assembly PH emitter grid assembly. The present invention provides an automatic ignition system along with ON/OFF switch and the device also has an inbuilt transformer which provides the safety to the user(s). Hence, the present invention is very easy to operate and user friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Radianz Energy Private Limited
    Inventors: Seetharaman Kalyanaraman, Skandakumar Krishnasamy
  • Patent number: 10488042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a blockage in an exhaust flue of a gas boiler, comprising: (A) a step for conducting an ignition process according to a user set temperature requested from the outside and performing temperature control to reach the user set temperature; (B) a step for determining whether the current fan RPM of a driven blower exceeds a reference fan RPM; (C) a step for calculating a difference between temperature values of supplied heating water and collected heating water that are detected by temperature sensors when heating water is supplied and determining whether the calculated value is less than a preset reference temperature value when it is determined that the current fan RPM exceeds the reference fan RPM; (D) a step for determining whether the elapsed time elapses a preset setting time based on the determination time point of the step (C) when it is determined that the calculated value is less than the reference temperature value; and (E) a step for displaying,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYUNGDONG NAVIEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dong Jin Yang, Jeon Hur, Soo Hyun Hur
  • Patent number: 10488057
    Abstract: Controlling under surface heating/cooling by supplying liquid to at least two supply loops in an under surface heating/cooling system, and controlling the flow of the liquid on and off such that during the duty cycle the flow is high and between the duty cycles the flow is off. Room temperature is controlled by controlling the percentage of the duty cycles, which percentage is determined on the basis of the heating demand of the rooms. Different loops are controlled such that at least in two different loops the duty cycles start at different moments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventor: Ulf Jonsson
  • Patent number: 10487513
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for venting buildings, specifically attic spaces, such vents being predominantly shape-conform to the components from which a wall or a roof is built (typically tiles, in the context of roofs), the vent typically being fabricated from a metallic, plastic, or ceramic core as well as one or more layers from other materials or compounds which modify the overall characteristics of the vent, such as the surface characteristics. Furthermore disclosed are methods of manufacturing such ventilation apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: William Boone Daniels
  • Patent number: 10488080
    Abstract: Azimuthal rotation mechanism for solar trackers having a vertical pedestal (1) on which a rotating support (2) holding the solar panels (7) is mounted, which is actuated by at least three hydraulic cylinders (4, 5 and 6) located in the same horizontal plane and articulated through the casing to the rotating support (2) by a first movable vertical shaft (18), while the piston rods of the three cylinders pass through the wall of the rotating support and are articulated at the same height to the pedestal by a second fixed vertical rotation shaft (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SENER, INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.A.
    Inventors: Xabier Lecube Inchausti, Eduardo Villarroel Pinedo, Jesus Maria Lata Perez
  • Patent number: 10486526
    Abstract: A vehicle configuration includes a motor, a battery, a cooling unit, an air conditioning unit and an air-blowing unit. The motor drives wheels of the vehicle. The battery supplies electric power to the motor. The cooling unit is equipped with a radiator that is disposed at a lower side of a floor panel of the vehicle. Heat from at least one of the motor or the battery is transferred to the radiator by circulation of a coolant. The air conditioning unit supplies cool air to an interior of a cabin of the vehicle. The air-blowing unit moves air in the cabin to the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 10480783
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described related to a premix combustion system used in a furnace system. Prior systems have to create a negative pressure in the premix chamber to draw gas into the chamber. Embodiments under the current disclosure can use an amplifier that is pneumatically coupled to an air supply and a secondary location (besides the gas valve). Coupling to the amplifier to a location apart from the gas valve allows the system to avoid a negative pressure in the mixing chamber. The amplifier can apply an amplified pressure or signal to a gas valve regulator and thereby raise the gas pressure so that the gas supply is driven into the premix chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn W. Kowald
  • Patent number: 10480803
    Abstract: A vapor management system includes a monitoring service system configured to communicate one or more system parameters with at least one vapor mitigation system. The monitoring service system is further configured to generate a user interface. The user interface is configured to display and permit adjustment of the one or more system parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Vapor Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Patent number: 10478874
    Abstract: The local air cleaning apparatus 1 causes a cleaned uniform air flow blown out from an air flow opening face 23 to collide with an air collision face W to flow outside an open region, so as to cause cleanliness to be higher inside a guide 3 and inside the open region than other regions. Additionally, the apparatus 1 includes at least one of a device for measuring pressures inside the guide 3 and inside a push hood 2, a device for measuring the cleanliness inside the guide 3 or of the open region, and a device for measuring a gap area between the guide 3 and the air collision face W, and, to ensure the cleanliness from a result of the measurement, controls such that a flow velocity of the cleaned uniform air flow blown out from the air flow opening face 23 can be decelerated or accelerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KOKEN LTD.
    Inventors: Taketo Suzuki, Kozo Nitta, Yuki Fujishiro, Tomoyuki Kakinuma, Takahiro Sato