Patents Examined by Jason Y. Ko
  • Patent number: 11624141
    Abstract: A fabric treating appliance comprising a cabinet defining an interior and having a top wall defining an access opening. A cover movable relative to the cabinet between opened/closed positions to selectively close the access opening. A tub located within the interior and having an upper edge defining an open top, a rotatable basket located within the tub and having an upper edge defining a loading opening. A tank defining a bulk dispensing reservoir positioned in the cabinet, and a timer valve that is fluidly coupled to the bulk dispensing reservoir. A time selector is located on the tank and operably coupled to the timer valve. The time selector has non-time selection indicia such as load amount, liquid volume, or soil level. The timer valve is a mechanical timer valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus A. Cannon, Bruno T. Ramasco
  • Patent number: 11624148
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus is disclosed. The clothes treatment apparatus includes a case defining the external appearance and having an open front, a first clothes treatment chamber defining a space in the case to treat clothes using steam or air circulation, a second clothes treatment chamber defining a space at one side of the first clothes treatment chamber in the case to remove wrinkles from clothes by applying pressure to the clothes, a machine chamber provided in the case to spray steam to or circulate air through the first clothes treatment chamber or the second clothes treatment chamber, and a partition plate configured to be movable to a position for closing the second clothes treatment chamber so that the second clothes treatment chamber is separated from the first clothes treatment chamber and to the open front of the case to open the second clothes treatment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kihyuk Kim, Jaeil Bae, Wookjun Chung
  • Patent number: 11612914
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes a mower that executes a mowing work while traveling autonomously, and a cleaning station that cleans the mower. The cleaning system includes: an acquirer that acquires dirt information relating to a state of dirt of the mower; a determiner that determines at least one of a necessity of cleaning the mower and a method of cleaning the mower, based on the dirt information; and a first cleaning executor that executes a cleaning operation, according to a determination result of the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya Takahashi, Yoshiaki Kotani, Hiroto Takahashi, Naoki Kameyama
  • Patent number: 11612915
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning method and a cleaning apparatus capable of removing dirt on electrical contacts, the dirt being unable to be removed with deionized water, without adversely affecting a plating solution and a substrate holder which is a member for holding a substrate. A cleaning method according to the present disclosure is a cleaning method for a substrate holder having electrical contacts for supplying electric power to a substrate by contacting the substrate to plate the substrate, the method including a cleaning step of cleaning the electrical contacts attached to the substrate holder with a citric acid aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11608579
    Abstract: A laundry system may include a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance. The washing machine appliance may include a first controller configured to initiate a washing operation. The first controller may be configured store wash control information of a plurality of discrete washing operation occurrences of the washing machine appliance. The dryer appliance may include a second controller in operable communication with the first controller to receive one or more data signals therefrom. The second controller may be configured to initiate a drying operation. The first controller or the second controller may be configured to determine a combined load condition based on the wash control information of the plurality of discrete washing operation occurrences of the washing machine appliance. The second controller may be configured to adjust the drying operation according to the combined load condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Efren Rodriguez, Ryan James Scheckelhoff
  • Patent number: 11602254
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes: a liquid container; a heating element; and a pump for conveying liquid out of the liquid container in a direction of the heating element. The heating element at least partially vaporizes the liquid. The heating element is connected to a cleaning head, from which the vaporized liquid exits. A compensating device is arranged between the pump and the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Alessandro Brugora
  • Patent number: 11603771
    Abstract: A compressor cleaning apparatus to clean a compressor of a gas turbine is provided. The compressor cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle configured to inject a cleaning fluid into an interior of a compressor, a fluid supply tube connected to the nozzle to supply the cleaning fluid to the nozzle, a first cleaning fluid supply connected to the fluid supply tube to supply a first cleaning fluid, and a second cleaning fluid supply connected to the fluid supply tube to supply a second cleaning fluid having a temperature higher than that of the first cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Sic Hwang, Young Jin Jung, Young Seok Heo
  • Patent number: 11596289
    Abstract: An automatic dishwasher with a treating chamber, at least one dish holder, and a sprayer. The sprayer can be coupled to the dish holder and include a set of fan spray nozzles or a set of jet nozzles. The set of fan spray nozzles or the set of jet nozzles fluidly connect the sprayer and treating chamber. One or more angles in which fluid flows from the set of fan spray nozzles or the set of jet nozzles into the treating chamber can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Sujit S. Naik, Floyd Jackson
  • Patent number: 11591735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved washer and dryer combination. The washer and dryer are in a side by side configuration that has the ability to transfer washed clothes from the washer to the dryer. The washer has a movable platform that can be tilted via hydraulic arms such that any clothes within the washers can slide down a chute that connects the interior spaces of the washer and dryer to one another. When clothes are not being transferred from the washer to dryer, the chute is covered by sliding doors. In addition, the device may use a mobile application that notifies a user of the various stages of the washing, drying, and transfer process have been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Terron Allen
  • Patent number: 11594436
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus for performing a cleaning treatment on substrates. The apparatus includes an indexer block with an indexer robot, a treating block including a front face cleaning unit and a back face cleaning unit as treating units, and a reversing path block including a plurality of shelves on which substrates are placed, and having a reversing function. The indexer robot includes a guide rail, a base, an articulated arm, and a hand. The guide rail is positioned so as not to overlap a mount position of a substrate in the reversing path block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yuzo Uchida, Noriyuki Kikumoto, Hiroyuki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11581205
    Abstract: A method for cleaning semiconductor substrate without damaging patterned structure on the substrate using ultra/mega sonic device comprising applying liquid into a space between a substrate and an ultra/mega sonic device; setting an ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; before bubble cavitation in said liquid damaging patterned structure on the substrate, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f2 and power P2 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; after temperature inside bubble cooling down to a set temperature, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 again; repeating above steps till the substrate being cleaned. Normally, if f1=f2, then P2 is equal to zero or much less than P1; if P1=P2, then f2 is higher than f1; if the f1<f2, then, P2 can be either equal or less than P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ACM Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Wang, Fufa Chen, Fuping Chen, Jian Wang, Xi Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yinuo Jin, Zhaowei Jia, Liangzhi Xie, Jun Wang, Xuejun Li
  • Patent number: 11581208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus that performs a cleaning treatment on substrates. A treating block includes a plurality of treating units in an upper and lower stages, respectively. The treating block includes a front face cleaning unit and a back face cleaning unit, each being at least one in number, in the upper stage. The treating block includes at least one tower unit including the front face cleaning unit and the back face cleaning unit, each being at least one in number, in the lower stage. Moreover, a transportation block is provided that includes a center robot in each of the upper and lower stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kikumoto, Yuzo Uchida, Hiroyuki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 11578448
    Abstract: A laundry washing machine includes a housing with conventional washing elements within the housing. A door on a door opening of the housing enables access inside the housing to the conventional washing elements. A sensor senses color of cloth prior to passing the cloth through the door opening. The sensor is positioned so that it senses the cloth in a dedicated area outside of the machine adjacent to the door or door opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Chiorino, Luca Sorana
  • Patent number: 11578449
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a remote control method for a washing machine, a washing machine and a mobile terminal in wireless connection with the washing machine are used, and the remote control method includes the following steps: a status feedback channel that is between the washing machine and the mobile terminal and that is configured to transmit a working status of the washing machine is established; a control request sent by the mobile terminal is received by the washing machine; and after an activation key disposed on the washing machine is activated, a control channel that is between the washing machine and the mobile terminal and that is configured to transmit a control instruction is established. The remote control method for a washing machine disclosed in the present disclosure, solves the safety problem of the remote control of the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Wenwei Li, Jun Wu
  • Patent number: 11571719
    Abstract: A nozzle for generating fine bubbles, the nozzle including: a hollow housing; and a plurality of plates provided in the housing and partitioning the housing into a plurality of spaces, wherein an upper face or a side face of the housing is provided with an inflow port into which a gas-dissolved liquid flows and which communicates with an uppermost space of the spaces partitioned by the plate, each of the plates is provided with a plurality of through-holes, and a lower face of the housing is provided with a slit communicating with a lowermost space of the spaces partitioned by the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11566363
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a treating chamber provided for receiving laundry for treatment, a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions including a set of cycles of operations. The laundry treating appliance also includes a user interface operably coupled with the controller and having a touchscreen configured to provide an input and output function for the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Megan Clayton, Ferdinando Valenti
  • Patent number: 11569086
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing part that supplies a processing liquid from a processing liquid supply part to a mounted substrate to execute liquid processing, a liquid drainage part that has a recovery channel connected to a storage part that stores the processing liquid and drains the processing liquid used for the liquid processing, and a control unit executes a processing recipe for the liquid processing and a cleaning recipe for cleaning the substrate processing part and the liquid drainage part. The control unit executes a cleaning operation for supplying a cleaning liquid from a cleaning liquid supply part to clean the substrate processing part and the liquid drainage part and subsequently executes a return operation for supplying the processing liquid from the processing liquid supply part to replace the cleaning liquid attached to the substrate processing part and the liquid drainage part with the processing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuki Kosai, Kazuyoshi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11560664
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine. The washing machine includes a main body having a laundry inlet on the front portion, a tub provided inside the main body to store water, a drum rotatably installed inside the tub, a pulsator provided inside the drum and configured to be rotatable with respect to the drum, a first driving motor to provide power to the pulsator, and a second driving motor to provide power to the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeoung Kyo Jeoung, Doo Young Rou, Yong Jong Park, Hee Tae Lim, Gyu Dong Jeon
  • Patent number: 11560895
    Abstract: A laundry treating machine includes a case, a tub, a drum, a drain pump housing, and a drain pump motor, wherein a plurality of fastening protrusions that are formed at one of the drain pump housing and the drain pump motor are inserted into a plurality of fastening grooves that are formed at the other of the drain pump housing and the drain pump motor, and wherein a length of one fastening protrusion is formed to be different from lengths of the other fastening protrusion such that the drain pump housing and the drain pump motor is prevented from being assembled wrongly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoon Choi, Donggi Shin, Jeongkeun Choi
  • Patent number: 11560662
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus having a first front panel disposed on a front face thereof and a first drum disposed therein for accommodating laundry, and a second treating apparatus disposed beneath the first treating apparatus to support the first treating apparatus. The second treating apparatus has a second front panel disposed on a front face thereof and a second drum disposed therein for accommodating the laundry. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a control panel disposed between the first front panel and the second front panel. The control panel is signally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus. The control panel is inserted between the first front panel and the second front panel, and is fixed by sliding in a lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngho Jung, Sanghee Yoo, Sangho Cho