Patents Examined by Jimmy Chou
  • Patent number: 11787265
    Abstract: A radiant heating device for producing radiant heat in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a heating surface for emitting heat radiation, a heating element for providing heating power, a first temperature sensor for detecting a first temperature in a specific spot and for providing a corresponding first temperature indication, and a second temperature sensor for detecting a second temperature on the surface and for providing a corresponding second temperature indication. In order to detect a local over-heating of the heating surface, a difference between the two temperature indications is determined. In the event of a defect, a protective operating mode is then selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Hofmann, Patrick Oswald, Peter Satzger
  • Patent number: 11779150
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Patent number: 11780027
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for processing a workpiece that includes a plurality of lasers that each produces a laser beam pulse. The system also includes a laser control module that sequences temporal characteristics of the laser beam pulses. Additionally, the system includes a laser beam compensation module that shapes a near field intensity profile of at least one of the laser beam pulses and adjusts a path length of at least one of the laser beam pulses. The system also includes at least one laser beam position element that combines the laser beam pulses to produce a combined laser beam pulse at a surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alan F. Stewart, Anthony J. Kay, Louis K. Zeldin, Andrea Koumvakalis
  • Patent number: 11783138
    Abstract: In some aspects, material processing head can include a body; an antenna disposed within the body; a first tag, associated with a first consumable component, disposed within a flux communication zone of the body at a first distance from the antenna, the first tag having a first resonant frequency; and a second tag, associated with a second consumable component, disposed within the flux communication zone of the body at a second distance from the antenna, the second tag having a second resonant frequency that is different than the first resonant frequency, where the first and second resonant frequencies are tuned based upon at least one of: i) a difference between the first distance and the second distance; or ii) a characteristic (e.g., shape) of the flux communication zone in which the first tag and/or the second tag is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HYPERTHERM, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Hoffa, E. Michael Shipulski
  • Patent number: 11779718
    Abstract: An aerosol forming component for volatilizing a liquid in an aerosol delivery device is disclosed. The aerosol forming component includes a first aerosol-forming member configured to be heated up to a first operating temperature and thereafter to a second higher operating temperature, and a second aerosol-forming member configured to be heated up to at least the first operating temperature as the first aerosol-forming member reaches the second higher operating temperature so that liquid volatilized from the two aerosol-forming members mix with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Helmut Buchberger, Colin John Dickens, Rory Fraser
  • Patent number: 11771099
    Abstract: A smoker assembly includes a body portion comprising a body top end and a body bottom end. The body portion includes at least one air inlet vent defined therethrough proximate the body top end. The smoker assembly also includes at least one air inlet duct coupled to the body portion. The air inlet duct includes a first opening configured to align with the air inlet vent and a second opening configured to be positioned proximate the body portion bottom end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Blues Hog LLC
    Inventor: Tim Scheer
  • Patent number: 11772191
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate includes placing a mask on a top surface of a processing substrate, the mask including openings, placing a cover substrate on the mask, the cover substrate overlapping the openings of the mask, placing the processing substrate on a vessel that accommodates an etching solution, and irradiating a beam onto the top surface of the processing substrate to form processing holes in the processing substrate, where a bottom surface of the processing substrate contacts the etching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11771257
    Abstract: An improved French coffee press apparatus, system, and method that utilizes a locking ring to engage with a locking base that can be removed from the carafe, along with any coffee grounds. The locking ring is connected to the pressing rod, which also includes a filter system above the locking ring. The pressing rod fits through an opening in the carafe lid, and the carafe lid secures the liquid inside the carafe. The combination of the filtering system assists in the filtering and capture of any coffee grounds into the locking base for cleaning, and the locking ring assists in the removal of the locking base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Toby Eisenberg
  • Patent number: 11772183
    Abstract: A plasma torch moves to a piercing position. The plasma torch generates a plasma arc and starts a piercing step at the piercing position. Whether the piercing step is completed is determined based on the arc voltage. The plasma torch is held at the piercing position in the horizontal direction from the start of the piercing step until the completion of the piercing step. The plasma torch is moved in a predetermined direction including at least the horizontal direction after the piercing step is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Takata, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11771263
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toaster, including a box body, a feeding bin, a conveying device, a first heating device and a second heating device. One side of the box body is provided with a discharging port; the feeding bin is provided with a feeding port in communication with an inner cavity of the box body. The conveying device is arranged between the feeding port and the discharging port, and is configured to convey foodstuffs from the feeding port to the discharging port. The first heating device is configured to heat foodstuffs on the conveying device, and the second heating device is configured to preheat the foodstuffs within the feeding bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGMEN CITY XINHUI HENGLONG INNOVATIVE HOUSEWARES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huayao Nie
  • Patent number: 11766742
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a feeding mechanism including at least one feeding roller and winds the electrode sheet around an outer circumferential surface of the feeding roller to feed the electrode sheet in a feeding direction. When an imaginary contact plane surface contacted with a first surface of the electrode sheet on the laser processing points generated on the electrode sheet by a laser irradiation mechanism is determined as a boundary, a region on a side where the electrode sheet is contacted with the imaginary contact plane surface is defined as a first region and a region on an opposite side is defined as a second region. A peripheral edge of an opening portion of the dust collection hood is placed in the first region with respect to the imaginary contact plane surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Kenichi Kakishita
  • Patent number: 11758935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coffee bean temperature detection device, including an accommodation tube, with two opposite openings, and the opening facing the bean in use is a first opening, and the other opening facing away from the bean is a second opening; a fixing element is fixedly arranged in the accommodation tube but does not contact the accommodation tube; a non-contact thermometer is located in the accommodation tube and fixedly arranged on a surface of the fixing element facing the first opening, with the non-contact thermometer facing the first opening and not in contact with the accommodation tube; and a blowing device is fixedly arranged at end of the second opening, and the blowing device blows in a direction towards the non-contact thermometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Aillio Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonas Lillie
  • Patent number: 11759048
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A food container having a hollow container interior is positionable within the hollow chamber. An end of the food container extends above the upper portion of the housing when the container is installed within the hollow chamber. A lid is moveably attached to the housing and is moveable between a first position that covers the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber when the food container is installed within the hollow chamber and a second position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Gill, Ross Richardson, Naomi Kalia Williams Zabel, Da Deng, Mete Gursel, Andrew John Roy Tattersfield, Niall Christopher Denham, Roger Neil Jackson, Ronan Patrick Leahy, Evan James White, Thomas Guerin, Chris Martin, Nathaniel R. Lavins, Mackenzie Lee Swanhart, Samuel Andrew Ferguson, Scott James Stewart
  • Patent number: 11745879
    Abstract: A hybrid heater system for an aircraft air data sensor includes a voltage source and a first hybrid heater set. The first hybrid heater set includes a carbon nanotube (CNT) heater, a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater disposed in parallel with the CNT heater to form a parallel formation, and a second PTC heater disposed in series between the voltage source and the parallel formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Jacob, Guru Prasad Mahapatra
  • Patent number: 11745293
    Abstract: A laser machining tool is disclosed. The laser machining tool includes a machining device that has a movable carriage. A machining unit, which includes a machining head, is arranged on the movable carriage. The machining head is configured to direct a laser beam of laser light onto a workpiece to be machined. A flexible fibre cable for supplying the laser light from a laser light source is connected to the machining head. The machining unit can be moved linearly together with the machining head relative to the movable carriage. The flexible fibre cable is fixed to the machining unit with a first fixing means and fixed to the movable carriage with a second fixing means. The flexible fibre cable is freely movable for enabling a linear movement of the machining unit relative to the movable carriage in a predetermined guide plane between the first and second fixing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BYSTRONIC LASER AG
    Inventors: Fabian Raphael Bürgi, Marco Curdin Bergamin, Christian Kähr
  • Patent number: 11745292
    Abstract: A glass panel processing method includes a first deformed portion formation step in which, in order to form a via-hole in a glass substrate, a first deformed portion is formed to a first depth from the upper surface of the glass substrate through irradiation with a laser beam along a planned via-hole line, a second deformed portion formation step in which, in order to cut the glass substrate into unit cells, a second deformed portion is formed to a second depth in the glass substrate through irradiation with a laser beam along a planned cutting line, and an etching step in which, the glass substrate with the first deformed portion and the second deformed portion formed therein is etched such that etching of the glass substrate along the planned cutting line is completed before completion of etching of the glass substrate along the planned via-hole line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: JOONGWOO NARA CO., LTD., BSP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Soo Park, Hong Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11738936
    Abstract: A method of making a portion capsule that includes steps of: forming a metal material into a base element that includes: i) a wall extending around a central longitudinal axis to define a cavity, and ii) a rim having a top side and an opposing bottom side; filling the cavity with a beverage material; closing the cavity by attaching a foil cover onto the top side of the rim, the cover being dimensioned and configured to be: i) pierced by the mandrel of the beverage making machine in a piercing region, and ii) sealed by the seal of the beverage making machine in a sealing region; and providing an optically detectable identifier onto the metal material so that the optically detectable identifier results on the bottom side of the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Krüger
  • Patent number: 11738406
    Abstract: A method for laser carving of paint on an outer surface of a vehicle wheel includes a step of priming: priming an outer surface of the wheel to form a painted surface; a step of laser carving: carving the primer from a selected area of the wheel by laser to remove the painted surface from the selected area, the selected area having an exposed area with metallic luster, and a step of fine-polish: polishing the outer surface of the wheel to form a fine-polished area at the exposed area. The painted surface on the wheel can be quickly removed to disclose a selected area with metallic luster, while the wheel is prevented from corrosion so as to reduce manufacturing cost and increase precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Jian Sin Industrial Co., Ltd., Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Ching Jui Chang, Jui Lung Kao, Yung Sheng Wang, Viktor Robertsson, Andreas Andreen, Juan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11719897
    Abstract: In various embodiments, laser emissions are steered into different regions of an optical fiber, and/or into different optical fibers, in a temporal pattern such that an output has different spatial output profiles. The temporal pattern has a frequency sufficient such that a workpiece is processed by an effective output shape combining the different spatial output profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Mordarski, Bryan Lochman, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo
  • Patent number: 11706845
    Abstract: Provided is an end cell heater for a fuel cell capable of preventing water existing in reaction cells of a fuel cell stack from being frozen to improve initial start ability and initial driving performance of the fuel cell at the time of cold-starting the fuel cell during winter by disposing heaters on end cells disposed at both ends of the fuel cell stack and capable of securing air-tightness and pressure resistance properties of air passages and fuel passages formed in the end cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Kil Sang Jang, Ju Han Kim