Patents Examined by J C
  • Patent number: 11788266
    Abstract: A conventional bathroom sink has an overflow port and an overflow conduit. A conventional drain pipe for the conventional sink has overflow ports in fluid communication with the sink's overflow port. A vessel sink does not have an overflow port. A prior art drain pipe that does not have overflow ports has been used with vessel sinks. The present invention provides a new drain pipe with overflow ports for a conventional sink and means for covering and sealing the overflow ports in the new drain pipe so that the new drain pipe can also be used with a vessel sink that does not have an overflow port. Means for covering and sealing the overflow ports include an inner sleeve that fits inside the drain pipe, an outer sleeve that surrounds the drain pipe and grommets and hole plugs that that fit inside the overflow ports, where all of the means cover and seal the overflow ports so that the new drain pipe does not leak when used with a vessel sink that does not have an overflow port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PF Waterworks LP
    Inventors: Sanjay Ahuja, Harold Kent Beck
  • Patent number: 11779958
    Abstract: An ultrasonic stepping motor device for generating ultra-fine single droplet includes a valve housing, a valve core, and a spring. The valve core and the spring are installed inside the valve housing, and the valve core abuts against a liquid inlet of the valve housing under an elastic force of the spring. The valve housing is connected with a injector through a catheter, and the catheter is driven for linear operation by the inverse piezoelectric effect of piezoelectric ceramics through an ultrasonic linear motor. A right end of the catheter is equipped with a rubber piston, and the rubber piston is arranged in a cavity of the injector and matched with the injector. Since the piezoelectric vibrator driven catheter can produce nano feed length, and the volume of droplets overflowed each time can reach micron level, which can meet the requirements of producing micro droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianmin Gao, Ke Xu
  • Patent number: 11780668
    Abstract: A refillable solution dispenser including a dispenser housing having a base with a plurality of sidewalls defining an interior volume of the housing. A lid defining the top of the housing located on the top of the sidewalls is movably secured to allow access to the interior of the housing. An actuator mechanism is disposed through a top of the housing. At least one dispensing device is moveably connected within the housing. The dispensing device includes a pressure system connected to the actuator mechanism. The pressure system will move a pressure apparatus located within the housing forcing a solution from a solution reservoir through a dispensing passageway and out of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Wise
  • Patent number: 11773506
    Abstract: An IC fabrication system for facilitating improved thermal uniformity includes a chamber within which an IC process is performed on a substrate, a heating mechanism configured to heat the substrate, and a substrate-retaining device configured to retain the substrate in the chamber. The substrate-retaining device includes a contact surface configured to contact an edge of the retained substrate without the substrate-retaining device contacting a circumferential surface of the retained substrate. The substrate-retaining device includes a plurality of contact regions and a plurality of noncontact regions disposed at a perimeter, where the plurality of noncontact regions is interspersed with the plurality of contact regions. Each of the plurality of noncontact regions includes the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Hung Lin, Jr-Hung Li, Chang-Shen Lu, Tze-Liang Lee, Chii-Horng Li
  • Patent number: 11771222
    Abstract: A sink includes a front wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The front wall includes an inner surface that defines part of a basin of the sink, and an outer surface located opposite the inner surface that is configured to be exposed in front of an opening of a cabinet in which the s sink is installed. The front wall includes first and second lateral portions that extend outwardly past the first and second side walls. The first and second lateral portions of the front wall are configured to at least partially overlap a front face of the cabinet adjacent the opening, so as to substantially conceal the opening when the sink is installed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jason R. Miller, Niels J. Eilmus
  • Patent number: 11767214
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: fairlife, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Peter Doelman, Vincent A. Baxter
  • Patent number: 11761180
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a structure for aligning handle and mounting base of faucet and a widespread faucet including same. The structure for aligning handle and mounting base of a faucet includes: a water access main body, a cartridge, a mounting base, a handle, a first connecting element, and a second connecting element. A water inlet end of the cartridge is mounted in the water access main body. The mounting base is arranged around the water access main body and is provided with a first mounting hole. The handle is mounted on the cartridge and is provided with a second mounting hole. The first connecting element is inserted in the second mounting hole to fix the handle with a top end of the cartridge. The second connecting element is inserted in the first mounting hole to fix the mounting base with the water access main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun Li, Biao Shen, Jianxiong Shen, Changzheng Ni, Shulong Sun
  • Patent number: 11753807
    Abstract: The present utility model relates to the field of manufacture of sanitary wares, and provides a toilet. The toilet includes a seat body with a sewage accommodating bowl, and a cistern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL (China) Investment Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhongde Fan, Li Jiang, Tiantao Li, Yongze Liu, Xiaolong He
  • Patent number: 11751731
    Abstract: A stabilized toilet seat and toilet bowl that operates to prevent the toilet seat, when placed in a parallel orientation relative to the rim of a toilet bowl, from moving laterally or diagonally. The stabilized toilet seat and toilet bowl includes an interlocking system integral with both the toilet seat and the toilet bowl which automatically engages whenever the toilet seat is hinged into the parallel orientation without placing any restriction on the toilet seat's hinging movement into or out of the parallel orientation. A locking protrusion integral with the toilet seat and a locking slot integral with the toilet bowl may form the interlocking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Leonard C Brown
  • Patent number: 11747834
    Abstract: A gas is received through an inlet. A portion of the gas is supplied to an electrostatic chuck. A portion of the gas is re-circulated through a compressor. A pressure of the second portion of the gas is increased. The second portion of the gas is stored in a gas storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay D. Parkhe
  • Patent number: 11749555
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an apparatus and method for processing semiconductor substrates. In one embodiment, a processing system is disclosed. The processing system includes an outer chamber that surrounds an inner chamber. The inner chamber includes a substrate support upon which a substrate is positioned during processing. The inner chamber is configured to have an internal volume that, when isolated from an internal volume of the outer chamber, is changeable such that the pressure within the internal volume of the inner chamber may be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sultan Malik, Srinivas D. Nemani, Qiwei Liang, Adib M. Khan
  • Patent number: 11742235
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to process chambers with coaxial lift devices. In some embodiments, the device comprises both a bottom bowl lift and a pedestal lift. The bottom bowl lift supports a bottom bowl and is configured to move the bottom bowl into a position that reduces the process volume. The bottom bowl lift is co-axial with the pedestal lift and the bottom bowl lift and the pedestal lift are attached for vacuum operation. The pedestal lift includes multiple actuators to create a dynamic lift mechanism. Both systems complete a nested system such that the bottom bowl lift is adjustable and can close the bottom bowl creating a symmetric and small process volume. The pedestal lift can move independently to its process position and tilt in a desired direction without interference with the bottom bowl lift, increasing film uniformity on a processed substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason M. Schaller, Jeffrey Charles Blahnik, Amit Kumar Bansal
  • Patent number: 11738991
    Abstract: The invention is a pulsar lock device that can be installed on a variety of different gas dispensing pumps to prevent theft of gasoline. The pulsar lock device includes first and second covers that enable the device to be attached to a fuel dispenser frame. The covers also properly position the device adjacent to the pulsar. The pulsar lock further includes a cross bar that spans the distance between the first and second covers and provides support for a block. Advantageously, the block is positioned adjacent to the pulsar, thereby preventing access to the pulsar control board. As a result, the pulsar cannot be accessed and/or manipulated, thereby effectively preventing theft of gasoline by thieves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher D. Smith, Garrett R. Jones
  • Patent number: 11735446
    Abstract: A substrate carrier, includes: a unitary body fabricated from a single block of graphite, wherein the body comprises a back plate, and a pair of spaced apart, substantially parallel, side rails, wherein each of the side rails comprises: an inwardly facing surface extending outwardly of the back plate; a longitudinally extending selenium vapor bore formed therein, a top end of the selenium vapor bore being open and configured for coupling to a selenium supply container for receiving selenium vapor by gravity, a bottom end of the selenium vapor bore being closed; an inwardly directed selenium vapor channel; a plurality of selenium vapor outlets disposed between the selenium vapor bore and the inwardly directed selenium vapor channel so as provide a plurality of conduits between the selenium vapor bore and the selenium vapor channel; and, a longitudinally extending engagement slot formed in the inwardly facing surface of each side rail adjacent the back plate to engage and hold a substrate in proximity to the ba
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Lu, Jyh-Lih Wu, Wen-Tsai Yen
  • Patent number: 11726001
    Abstract: A device adapted for installation onto a toilet overflow pipe to indicate a leaking condition of a toilet flush valve. The device having a stem portion with a diameter configured for receipt within an interior diameter of a toilet overflow tube. The device including a housing forming a reservoir for collection of water prior to entering the overflow tube. The reservoir including a cavity for the placement of a water soluble pigment, wherein the pigment is dissolved within water in the housing and into the overflow tube. An alternate embodiment of the device, includes a stay member configured to support a ball float member in an off condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Vance Roy Pencheon
  • Patent number: 11728143
    Abstract: Process kits, processing chambers, and methods for processing a substrate are provided. The process kit includes an edge ring, a sliding ring, an adjustable tuning ring, and an actuating mechanism. The edge ring has a first ring component interfaced with a second ring component that is movable relative to the first ring component forming a gap therebetween. The sliding ring is positioned beneath the second ring component of the edge ring. The adjustable tuning ring is positioned beneath the sliding ring. The actuating mechanism is interfaced with the lower surface of the adjustable tuning ring and configured to actuate the adjustable tuning ring such that the gap between the first and second ring components is varied. In one or more examples, the sliding ring includes a matrix and a coating, the matrix contains an electrically conductive material and the coating contains an electrically insulting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath
  • Patent number: 11723484
    Abstract: A roller spreading device for spreading a butter substance over a food product is provided. The device includes a basin structure and a roller member. The basin structure is sized to hold the butter substance for melting therein, the basin structure including a lower floor surface extending with an arcuate structure. The roller member includes a cylindrical outer surface with multiple recesses therein sized to capture the butter substance along the multiple recesses. The roller member, suspended within the basin structure, rotates about an axis such that the roller member rotates through the butter substance pooled along the arcuate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher L. Hanks
  • Patent number: 11718913
    Abstract: A gas distribution system, a reactor system including the gas distribution system, and method of using the gas distribution system and reactor system are disclosed. The gas distribution system can be used in gas-phase reactor systems to independently monitor and control gas flow rates in a plurality of channels of a gas distribution system coupled to a reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Sonti Sreeram, Junwei Su, Loc Vinh Tran
  • Patent number: 11712102
    Abstract: A sealed packaging for cosmetics, defining a longitudinal axis and normal plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and including a first containing body, second containing body and central body, including a base and applicator; the first containing body couplable to the second containing body, defining a closing configuration, defining packaging inner volume, and an opening configuration for the packaging, the central body constrained and partially arranged inside the first and second containing bodies when the packaging is in the closing configuration, the second containing body and first containing body including a fastener to couple the second containing body and the first containing body. The packaging including sealing device, including a seal and a supporting base arranged to be adjacent and opposite in the closing configuration to ensure airtightness of the packaging. The sealing device separate from the fastener and spaced apart along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Wensheng Chen, Andrea Perego
  • Patent number: 11712133
    Abstract: A stone niche assembly system and method is disclosed, which includes collapsed and adjustable modular stone tile components with stabilizing grooves to be assembled into a stone niche for installation in the wall of a shower enclosure, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: 2721111 Ontario Inc.
    Inventor: Paolo Mantenuto