Patents Examined by Jason Lau
  • Multiple spark and multiple sense igniter assembly and system
    Patent number: 11333357
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a first carrier tube having a first input end and a first output end and a second carrier tube disposed substantially parallel to the first carrier tube and having a second input end and a second output end. A cross tube may be coupled to the first carrier tube and the second carrier tube and may be disposed substantially perpendicularly between the carrier tubes. A plurality of burner holes may be disposed along the first carrier tube, the second carrier tube, and the cross tube. A plurality of flame sensors may be disposed at various locations of the first carrier tube and the second carrier tube. A first igniter assembly may further be coupled to the first carrier tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Baso Gas Products, LLC, Flynn Burner Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Carlson, Simon Walker, Doug Westrich
  • Heating appliance
    Patent number: 11326782
    Abstract: A heating appliance (1) comprises a main body (2) having a fire-box (9) with an opening (10) for placing combustible fuel (11) therein with which the heating appliance (1) is used. The heating appliance (1) has a fire door (3) for closing the opening (10), and a movable baffle (4). The baffle (4) is placable in a first position in which it is disposed in a front part of the fire-box (9), it is behind the fire door (3), and it forms a shield for the combustible fuel (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HESTIA CONCEPTS LTD
    Inventor: Samuel Haydn Andrew Thomas
  • Combined burner for blowing oxidizing gas and fuel into melting furnace
    Patent number: 11326777
    Abstract: Combined burner for blowing oxidizing gas and fuel into melting furnace, which is fixedly installed into the furnace and provided with outlet apertures for fuel and oxidizing gas, consists, according to this invention, of fixed part (2) of the burner (1) and of a movable nozzle (4), which is rotatably installed inside the body (2.1) of the fixed part (2) of the burner, supply (7) of the oxidizing gas is connected to the movable nozzle (4) and it is controlled by actuator (3), installed outside of the working space of the furnace, while the axis x2 of the orifice of the movable nozzle (4) is diverted from the rotation axis x1 of the movable nozzle (4) by angle a in the range of 5-60° and the movable nozzle (4) is rotatable around the axis X1 in any direction by angle ? in the range of 0-180°. The movable nozzle allows directing blown gases into various places in the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HTT ENGINEERING, SPOL. S R.O.
    Inventor: Jaroslav Brhel
  • Solar selective coating for mid-high temperature solar thermal applications
    Patent number: 11320174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar selective coating for a metal substrate comprising at least one absorber layer and at least one semi-absorber layer selected from the structures of AlTiN and AlTiSiN. In preferred embodiments, the solar selective coating according to the present invention is a double layer coating with AlTiN—AlTiN or AlTiSiN—AlTiSiN formation. The process for producing the coating includes a step of treatment of the metal substrate with a reactive magnetron sputtering system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: B-PLAS-BURSA PLASTIK, METAL, INSAAT, ENERJI, MADENCILIK, JEOTERMAL, TURIZM, SIVIL HAVACILIK VE TARIM, SAN. VE TIC. A.S.
    Inventors: Mustafa K. Urgen, M. Kursat Kazmanli, M. Celal Gokcen, Eren Seckin, Serdar S. Ozbay
  • Home cooking appliance having an air channel
    Patent number: 11313564
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing, a cooking compartment in the housing and accessible through a door in the housing, a cooling air system conveying air through the housing, and an air channel in fluid communication with the cooling air system, the air channel having an outlet exhausting a portion of the air from the cooling air system along a rear wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Temple Chadwick, David Dysinger, Tiffany E. Ingersoll
  • Fluidic burner with heat stability
    Patent number: 11313554
    Abstract: A burner comprises a central passageway and outlets for fuel and for stabilizing oxidant arranged peripherally around the central passageway, and comprises outlets within the burner through which biasing gas, such as gas comprising oxygen, can be injected to enable control of the direction of the flame that is generated by combustion of the fuel and the oxidant at the face of the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse E Cates, Bryan R Bielec, Larry E Cates, Bradley D Damstedt, Megha Jampani
  • Constant efficiency controller
    Patent number: 11313558
    Abstract: A system and controller where the pressure of the air is continuously monitored or read at a designated exhaust point and adjustments made to the flow of the air and gas to keep the efficiency of the appliance at a maximum to control the appliance (or the burner for an appliance) within specifications as dictated by the customer or consumer rather than training the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Maxitrol Company
    Inventors: John James Schlachter, Mark Geoffrey Masen, Frank P. Mimick, Nicholas Roth Hanawalt, Lynn E. Cooper
  • Burn pit flare tip structure
    Patent number: 11313557
    Abstract: A robust, thermally and structurally sound burn pit flare tip structure is disclosed of refractory brick construction capable of resisting the high temperature of 1800° C. and associated fluctuations. The burn pit is capable of prolonged continuous operation and reduces the previously experienced downtime and frequent failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Hamid A. Al-Amer, Khalid Abdullah Al-Jumayiah, Hussain S. Al-Nassir
  • Air-activated device-warming systems and methods
    Patent number: 11306946
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for configuring oxygen barriers for controlled access to chemical warming agents such as wood fiber, vermiculite, activated charcoal, iron, and salt. In this way a smart phone, syringe, or other cold-sensitive device may be warmed by such agents to restore or maintain functionality in a frigid environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ignik Outdoors, Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme Esarey, Scott Comins, Peter Pontano
  • Nozzle assembly for a solid fuel burner and method of operating a nozzle assembly for a solid fuel burner
    Patent number: 11305302
    Abstract: A nozzle tip for a pulverized solid fuel pipe nozzle of a pulverized solid fuel-fired furnace is provided. The nozzle tip includes a primary shroud having an inlet end and an outlet end, and an outlet at the outlet end for the passage of a pulverized solid fuel into the furnace. An area of the outlet is selectively adjustable to vary an exit velocity of the pulverized solid fuel from the nozzle tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory Dunnu, Reinhard Gollnick, Wadim Pimenov, Jakob Heimann
  • Method for regulating a gas mixture by using a gas sensor and a gas mixture sensor
    Patent number: 11287130
    Abstract: A method for regulating a gas mixture formed from a gas and a fuel gas in a fuel gas-operated heating appliance, wherein the gas mixture is created by providing and mixing a gas quantity by way of a first control element and a fuel gas quantity by way of a second control element, wherein a microthermal gas sensor and a gas mixture sensor are used and sensor signals are relayed to a controller, and wherein upon change in the detected sensor signal [of the] gas sensor the newly detected sensor signal of the gas sensor is compared to reference values which have been measured in the laboratory and saved in a table of values in the controller and from this a target value of the sensor signal of the gas mixture sensor is determined without a mixture ratio of the gas mixture composed of fuel gas and gas being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Landshut GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Henrich, Stephan Wald, Jens Hermann
  • Regulating mechanism for regulating the flows from a plurality of gas outlets in a fuel gas valve
    Patent number: 11280497
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a regulating mechanism regulating the flows from a plurality of gas outlets in a fuel gas valve, comprising an actuator, a push rod, a presser plate assembly, regulating rods and a valve body. Wherein the valve body has a plurality of gas outlets, a regulating rod is provided in each regulating port which exists between the gas inlet and each gas outlet, a resetting device is provided between each regulating rod and the valve body, and the actuator drives the push rod which is around by the regulating ports to move along the axis. The push rod causes the presser plate assembly to move up and down to press or relax the regulating rods and simultaneously change the degree of opening between the head portion of each regulating rod and the corresponding regulating port so that the flow from each gas outlet changes synchronously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO RICHEN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yin Zhou
  • Motor controller for draft inducer motor in a furnace and method of use
    Patent number: 11268694
    Abstract: A motor controller for a draft inducer motor that operates an inducer blower in a furnace is provided. The motor controller includes a communication interface operable to receive a signal from a system controller. The signal represents a command to operate the draft inducer motor. The motor controller includes a processor operable to operate the draft inducer motor in accordance with a predefined motor speed profile during at least one of an ignition stage and a combustion stage of the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Devan Scroggins, Paul Steven Mullin
  • System and method for synchronized oxy-fuel boosting of a regenerative glass melting furnace
    Patent number: 11261117
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronized oxy-fuel boosting of a regenerative glass melting furnace including first and second sets of regenerative air-fuel burners, a first double-staged oxy-fuel burner mounted in a first wall, and a second double-staged oxy-fuel burner mounted in a second wall, each oxy-fuel burner having a primary oxygen valve to apportion a flow of oxygen between primary oxygen and staged oxygen and a staging mode valve to apportion the flow of staged oxygen between an upper staging port and a lower staging port in the respective burner, and a controller programmed to control the primary oxygen valve and the staging mode valve of each of the first and second oxy-fuel burners to adjust flame characteristics of the first and second oxy-fuel burners depending on the state of operation of the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Daniel D'Agostini, Michael J. Gallagher, William J. Horan
  • Method and system for auto-adjusting an active range of a gas cooking appliance
    Patent number: 11262069
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a gas cooking element, an electromechanical valve fluidly coupled with the gas cooking element to regulate a flow of gas to the cooking element, a flame detector configured to detect an active state of a flame for the gas cooking element, a manually-actuated user control movable over a range of positions, and a controller coupled to the electromechanical valve, the flame detector, and the manually-actuated user control. The controller is configured to initiate a calibration process to determine an active range for the gas cooking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Vern A. Neal
  • Device for handling combustion gas
    Patent number: 11255542
    Abstract: A device for handling combustion gas comprises: a housing, a first electronic element, a second electronic element, a connecting element, and a sealing element. The housing defines a gas chamber for the combustion gas and an ambient chamber for ambient air. The first electronic element is positioned within the gas chamber and is exposed to the combustion gas. The second electronic element is positioned within the ambient chamber and is not exposed to the combustion gas but is exposed to the ambient air. The connecting element electrically connects the first electronic element and the second electronic element. The sealing element is made at least partially from an elastomer, and is compressed between the connecting element and the housing, and seals the gas chamber against the ambient chamber even if electrically insulating material of the connecting element or the connecting element is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Pittway Sarl
    Inventors: Clemens Metker, Sybrandus B. V (Wim) Munsterhuis, Gerrit Jan Baarda, Andreas Kammerahl, Martin Petersmann, Anton Quatmann, Ulrich Oldehus
  • Burner tube for gas grill
    Patent number: 11246451
    Abstract: The present inventions provide, among other things, tapered burner tubes having raised gas ports and a smooth interior surface free from obstructions. Venturi members and air shutters may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventors: J. Michael Alden, Mohammed Shoeb, Kevin James Schmeski
  • Portable heat shield assembly
    Patent number: 11243012
    Abstract: A portable heater shield assembly for directing heat laterally away from a heat source includes a plurality of panels that removably engaging each other to form a disk. Each of the panels is comprised of a heat resistant material. A plurality of brackets is each removably coupled to a heat source having the brackets being vertically oriented. The disk is positionable on top of the brackets when the brackets are removably coupled to the heat source having the disk spaced upwardly from the heat source. In this way the disk directs heat laterally away from the heat source for warming users sitting around the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Clifford Grove
  • Method of producing soot
    Patent number: 11242277
    Abstract: A method of producing soot, including: combusting a first fuel stream and a first oxidizer at a burner face; combusting a second fuel stream and a second oxidizer at the burner face, wherein the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer are premixed in advance of the burner face and a second equivalence ratio of the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer is less than about 1; and combusting a silicon-containing fuel into a plurality of soot particles, wherein the second fuel stream and the second oxidizer are combusted between the first fuel stream and the silicon-containing fuel. Applying this method of producing soot to deposit a preform suitable for the manufacture of optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Manoj Agrawal, Dale Robert Powers, Fei Xia
  • Cooking appliance
    Patent number: 11236910
    Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance may include an oven having a cooking chamber therein; a cooktop disposed at an upper portion of the oven and provided with at least one cooktop heating unit; an exhaust vent disposed at a rear of the cooktop; an exhaust duct that forms a passage that connects the cooking chamber and the exhaust vent; a space formed between the oven and the at least one cooktop heating unit; a cool air-exhaust duct that forms a passage that connects the space and the exhaust vent; and a guide duct that forms a passage diverged from the cool air-exhaust duct and extended toward a rear of the exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kookhaeng Lee, Jun Ho Seok, Daebong Yang