Patents Examined by Kevin F Murphy
  • Patent number: 11480266
    Abstract: A heated water valve provides electrical resistance heaters placed within flange connections of the valve to provide for an integrated heater valve assembly with good heat conduction and spreading capabilities that can prevent water valve freezing at low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: Colin Feuster
  • Patent number: 11473697
    Abstract: A flow rate adjusting device of the present invention includes a flow channel member and a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a rod, a knob and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is switched by the knob moving in the traverse direction between a prohibited state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the to-be-engaged portion so that the rotation of the rod relative to the flow channel member is prohibited via the knob and a permitted state in which the engagement between the engaging portion and the to-be-engaged portion is undone so that the rod is permitted to rotate relative to the flow channel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Ueno, Tadashi Fujii, Nichiki Okada, Naoki Imai, Shinsuke Uchida, Ikuo Makihira
  • Patent number: 11466783
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body having a flow bore extending along a valve body axis from a first end to a second end, wherein at least one of the first end or the second end includes an opening adapted to receive a fluid end, the opening having an opening diameter sized to enable at least one of a valve member, a valve stem, or a valve seat to be installed through the opening. The valve assembly also includes an actuator adapted to drive movement of a valve member between an open position and a closed position. The valve assembly further includes a bonnet coupled to the actuator, the bonnet being coupled to the valve body at a top location, the bonnet being coupled to the valve body while at least one of the valve member, the valve stem, or the valve seat is installed through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Choate, Keith M. Adams, Lloyd Cheatham
  • Patent number: 11459106
    Abstract: An aircraft water supply system supplies water to a water discharge port in an aircraft. A cold water flow path supplies cold water to the water discharge port. A hot water flow path supplies hot water to the water discharge port. A first control valve adjusts the flow rate of cold water flowing through the cold water flow path. A second control valve adjusts the flow rate of hot water flowing through the hot water flow path. A flow sensor detects the flow rate of water at any point up to the water discharge port. A flow control unit controls the opening/closing state of the first control valve and the second control valve based on the water temperature detected by the flow sensor so that the amount of the water discharged from the water discharge port reaches a predetermined target flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Murayama
  • Patent number: 11454016
    Abstract: A drain has a cup with a fluid outlet to be connected to a conduit, wherein the cup accommodates a water trap. The cup has an axial channel along the circumference, the channel is open upwards and limited by a bottom, a channel wall and a cup wall. The drain further has a circumferential drain wall adapted to fit into the channel, whereby the drain wall is arranged axially movable in the channel, a casting framework arranged releasable around the outer circumference of the drain wall, the framework has a radial extension, and the drain wall has an outward radial flange at an upper end, the radial extension of the flange is equal or less than the radial extension of the framework. A method and a kit of parts for installing such a drain are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Nygård
  • Patent number: 11454196
    Abstract: A fuel bowl is disclosed. The fuel bowl comprises a body having an interior opposite an exterior, four sides, and a bottom opposite an opening. The opening is configured to be in fluid communication with a carburetor or an adaptor. The fuel bowl also comprises a fuel inlet port disposed in at least one of the four sides and configured to receive a gaseous fuel from a fuel regulator. The gaseous fuel expands and contracts within the body. A carburetor system is also disclosed. The carburetor system comprises a gaseous fuel, a fuel regulator configured to receive and deliver the gaseous fuel, a fuel bowl in fluid communication with the fuel regulator and a carburetor, a final fuel metering restriction disposed in an inlet supply port of a cylinder of the carburetor, and a venturi disposed in the carburetor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Steven Brown
  • Patent number: 11447363
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hose holder that nests individual hose loops separately in grooves formed on (or forming) a sloped surface. The holder includes a series of arched grooves, each groove provided at a different position along the slope of the surface such that adjacent grooves are at different vertical heights when the holder is mounted for use. Grooves further from the mounting point are lower than those nearer. In general, each groove is wide enough to hold and guide a single loop of hose and is configured for easy deployment of the hose when the hose is pulled away from the hose holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Jesse Jameson Cockerell
  • Patent number: 11448330
    Abstract: A container main body has a container main body opening portion in one end portion. The lid body is attachable to and detachable from the container main body opening portion and capable of blocking the container main body opening portion. The gas purge port is provided with a seal face provided in at least one of a ventilation path forming portion and a part of the gas purge port other than the ventilation path forming portion and the check valve member and coming into close contact with a gas injection port. The seal face is provided with a close contact pad constituted by an elastic body for preventing gas leakage between the gas injection port and the seal face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MIRAIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiaki Matsutori, Kouichi Nishizaka
  • Patent number: 11434939
    Abstract: A manifold includes multiple first valve mount portions, on each of which three electromagnetic valves are arranged side by side, or a plurality of second valve mount portions, on each of which two electromagnetic valves are arranged side by side, or includes at least one of the first valve mount portions and at least one of the second valve mount portions. Waterproof covers are attached to the valve mount portions of the manifold to each cover the three or two electromagnetic valves mounted on the valve mount portion. Thus, a waterproof manifold electromagnetic valve is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Miyazoe, Toru Fujiwara, Takashi Murakami
  • Patent number: 11434639
    Abstract: A pivotable downspout extension system includes an adapter coupleable to a fixed-position downspout via a downspout aperture, a bucket hingedly coupleable to the adapter, and an extension arm. The extension arm is received by an extension arm receiving portion located on the bucket. The bucket and the extension arm remain in a substantially vertical position until a sufficient amount of water enters the bucket so as to overcome the weight of a weight chamber of the bucket and move the bucket's center of gravity. The bucket with the extension arm then pivots on a fulcrum point, allowing the water to exit the extension arm. Once emptied, the weight chamber of the bucket pivots the bucket and extension arm to the substantially vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Rusten Gomez
  • Patent number: 11427433
    Abstract: An improved apparatus, kit, system, and method for a portable garden hose stand is disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a portable garden hose includes a post and a butler. The post may support a garden hose in a raised position above a ground surface. The butler may be separable from the post for winding the garden hose in a hanging position upon the butler. The butler may include an attachment extending from the butler, the attachment including more than one opening, each of the more than one openings including an upper narrower slot and a lower wider slot. A primary support projection and a secondary support projection may extend from a first side of the post, and the primary support projection and the secondary support projection may mate with the more than one openings to support the butler on the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Liberty Garden Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent Southard
  • Patent number: 11421798
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electro-hydraulic actuator for providing mechanical actuation. The electro-hydraulic actuator comprises a housing having a first chamber and a second chamber and a gear pump arranged within the first chamber. The gear pump is configured to pump fluid from the first chamber into the second chamber. Furthermore, the electro-hydraulic actuator comprises a piston assembly comprising a piston-head slidably arranged within the second chamber, a piston-rod coupled to the piston-head, and a rack configured as piston-rod. The rack comprises a plurality of teeth and the rack is configured to move linearly corresponding to the linear movement of the piston-rod. Moreover, the electro-hydraulic actuator comprises a shaft arranged within the first chamber and orthogonally to the piston-rod and a pinion mounted on the shaft. The pinion is configured to rotate upon linear movement of the rack to cause rotation of the shaft, for providing the mechanical actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Amit Shah
  • Patent number: 11408521
    Abstract: A storage container having a base storage compartment configured to receive a divider by which the storage compartment is divided into two or more sub-compartments, wherein divider includes a tool configured to provide a secondary utility or function unrelated to dividing the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Joseph Spataro, Curtis H. Blanchard, Megan Scherich, Weston F. Harding, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bin Wang
  • Patent number: 11408163
    Abstract: A drain floor, including a drain base, a drain body including a cavity, a drain cup, a supporting frame; and a reset member. The drain cup includes a cup body, a stem, and a base. The cup body includes a through hole, and two ends of the stem are connected to the cup body and the base, respectively. The cup body is disposed in the cavity and the base is disposed out of the cavity. The space between the drain body and the drain cup forms an annular channel, and the annular channel communicates with the through hole. The annular channel includes a water inlet and a water outlet. The reset member is connected to the drain cup and is movable with respect to the drain cup to open and close the water outlet. The supporting frame connects the drain body and the reset member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11408152
    Abstract: Disclosed is an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus including a housing, a tankless air compressor, a temperature controller, a heating unit, a power supply, and an electrical junction box. The housing includes a first outlet to receive the hose and a second outlet for air intake. The tankless air compressor is configured in the housing for providing air pressure to blow out water through the first outlet in the hose. The tankless air compressor receives air from the second outlet. The temperature controller is configured within the housing to maintain an optimal temperature. The heating unit is configured within the housing attached to the temperature controller for maintaining an above freezing environment. The power supply cable supplies power. The electrical junction box is configured within the housing for distributing the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan David Loutzenhiser
  • Patent number: 11401702
    Abstract: There is provided a system separator having a backflow preventer including a housing enclosing a main flow conduit, a valve seat inside the housing on the main flow conduit, and a valve body movable relative to the valve seat to close off the main flow conduit together with the valve seat in a closed position and to release the main flow conduit in an open position. The valve body is alternately movable between the closed position and the open position by at least one of a pressure difference in the main flow conduit or a force of a spring element, and the main flow conduit is divided in the area of the valve body into at least one outer flow conduit and one inner flow conduit, and the valve body encloses the inner flow conduit and forms at least one valve-body valve seat on the inner flow conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: AWG Fittings GmbH
    Inventor: Lars Biskupek
  • Patent number: 11402033
    Abstract: A pressing-controlled valve having a valve casing, a valve seat, a fixed valve plate, a movable valve plate, a driving piece, a press structure and a pulling structure, wherein the valve seat is assembled on one end of the valve casing. The fixed valve plate, movable valve plate and driving piece are disposed in the valve casing. A flow channel for fluid is formed among the valve seat, fixed valve plate and movable valve plate. The driving piece is in contact with the movable valve plate. The pulling structure includes a shaft lever, a guide block and a drawing piece. The press structure pulls the shaft lever the move, the shaft lever pulls the drawing piece through the guide block, so that the driving piece drives the movable valve plate to slide laterally, so as to enhance the handiness of flow control or the on/off of the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Hao-Nan Peng
  • Patent number: 11401770
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed as including a first material volume with at least a hardened portion and a second material volume that includes at least two layers. The first material volume is composed of at least a hardenable alloy of steel. The at least two layers is located adjacent to a first surface comprising the hardened portion of the first material volume. The at least two layers includes a first layer composed of at least a ductile low-carbon alloy of steel and a second layer composed of at least a cobalt-based hardfacing over the first layer. The apparatus is applicable in preparing shear ram blocks and shear ram blades to provide a hardened blade edge with an adjacent hardfacing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hydril USA Distribution LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Clay Gamble, Eric Larson, Brian Baker, Daya Singh, Joseph Incavo, William Miller, Melissa Newbury, Mark Reinmuller
  • Patent number: 11400851
    Abstract: Disclosed is a breather valve for controlling a pressure of a transfer channel of a valve assembly. The valve assembly controls charging and discharging of hydrogen in a hydrogen fuel cell-based vehicle. The breather valve includes a vent ring movably received in a distal portion of the transfer channel and having a ventilation hole communicating with a main portion of the transfer channel; and a vent valve received in the distal portion of the transfer channel and screw-coupled to the transfer channel to open or close the ventilation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: UNICK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang-Hoon Lee, Eui-Dong Roh, Jung-Tae Kim, Ji-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11396950
    Abstract: A poppet of a check valve includes a base, a shaft extending from the base, and a sealing head coupled to the shaft and extended away from the base by the shaft. A flow channel is defined between the base, the shaft, and the sealing head. The base includes a plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Vasudevan Harigovindan, Aswin Chandar N C