Patents Examined by Kevin Guanhua Wen
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Patent number: 11925288Abstract: A nozzle structure having an intake end and an outtake end, wherein a lateral axis is associated with the center of the intake end. A plurality of nozzle bores are uniformly distributed over the outtake end, and each nozzle bore is orthogonal to the lateral axis. Each nozzle bore includes an outlet in communication with the intake end. A flow path between the inlet and outlet forms an acute angle with the intake end.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TML Innovative Products, LLCInventor: Thanh S. Hoang
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Patent number: 11910950Abstract: A device for cooking eggs includes a frame, a support unit, a first burner, a top unit, a second burner, a motor unit and a control unit. The support unit defines a recess into which the pan fits. The first burner is adjacent to the recess. The top unit is attached to the support unit and defies a second recess. The second burner is adjacent to the second recess. The motor unit rotates the pan in response to a command. The control unit receives a desired recipe input from a user interface and generates commands that cause the motor unit to operate according to the desired recipe indicated by the input.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Lou Van Enterprise Inc.Inventor: Louis Gerard Locricchio
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Patent number: 11910947Abstract: Control equipment and method for pressure cooking appliance, and pressure cooking appliance. The equipment comprises: a temperature detecting device for detecting a temperature value within a pot of a pressure cooking appliance; a floater detecting device for detecting whether a floater of the pressure cooking appliance is in a floating state; and a control device used for: calculating a target temperature value according to a first temperature value detected by the temperature detecting device when the floater is in the floating state and a preset target pressure value, and controlling a heater of the pressure cooking appliance according to the target temperature value. The present disclosure can perform control by means of corresponding different target temperature values at different altitudes to achieve a target pressure, so that the quality of food cooked by the pressure cooking appliance would not be affected by the altitude.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRICAL HEATING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Qingsong Gu
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Patent number: 11911846Abstract: Provided is a work processing apparatus configured so that limitations on the contents of processing for a work piece or the type of work piece can be reduced and processing for a wider range of processing contents and work piece can be performed. In a work processing apparatus 100, a work table 101 is, through a table displacement mechanism 103, supported on a rotation base 120 to be rotatably driven by a table rotary drive motor 125, and a weight holding tool 110 is supported on the rotation base 120 through a weight displacement mechanism 114. The table displacement mechanism 103 includes a rack-and-pinion mechanism configured to displace the work table 101 in an X-axis direction as viewed in the figure. At the table displacement mechanism 103, a power inputter 108 configured to input drive force from a table displacement mechanism drive apparatus 130 is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ENSHU LIMITEDInventors: Koutaro Matsumoto, Kenzo Tanaka, Takeshi Muraki, Kazushige Morozumi, Yoshimichi Uda, Daiki Ishizuka
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Patent number: 11910951Abstract: The present disclosure is relates to a cooking device for food. The cooking device includes a base, a power unit and a multi-stage cooking unit. The base has an inlet end and an outlet end. The power unit is connected to the base. The power unit has a first driving member and a second driving member. The multi-stage cooking unit is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer, and has a plurality of stoppers and at least one guideway. The stoppers pivotally are connected to the second driving members. The at least one guideway is connected to the base, the stoppers pivotally move to form a carrying spacing or a blanking spacing, and near the outlet end the stoppers pivotally move to output the cooked food.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventor: Yung Ching Chiu
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Patent number: 11895812Abstract: A computing component is described. The computing component includes a cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material. In some embodiments, the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material may have a cosmetic surface and a protrusion surface. The computing component includes a protrusion extending from the protrusion surface of the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material. In some embodiments, the cosmetic surface of the cosmetic prefabricated sheet of material is uniform in appearance to the naked eye. In some embodiments, the protrusion may have a base and an end. The base may have a cross-sectional width and the end may have a cross-sectional width. A difference in the cross-sectional width of the base and the cross-sectional width of the end may be less than 250 microns.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lincoln Matthew Ghioni, Gary Russell McClary, Lawrence David Azzano, Minh Cao Nguyen, Scott Jeffrey Korn
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Patent number: 11884573Abstract: A method is provided that includes producing filamentary damages in a volume of a glass or glass ceramic element adjacently aligned along a separation line and extend obliquely relative to a surface of the glass or glass ceramic element; and separating a portion from the glass or glass ceramic element along the separation line. The step of producing the filamentary damages includes directing laser pulses of an ultrashort pulse laser obliquely on the surface so that the laser pulses have a light propagation direction that extends obliquely relative to the surface and so that the filamentary damages resulting from the laser pulses have the longitudinal extension that extends obliquely relative to the surface; generating a plasma within the volume with the laser pulses; and displacing the laser pulses at points of incidence over the surface along the separation line.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Andreas Ortner, Albrecht Seidl, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Fabian Wagner
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Patent number: 11864297Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating chamber, a main body outer case, a fan, a first duct member, and an air sending unit. The fan is disposed in a first space. The first space is formed between an outer surface of the heating chamber and an inner surface of the main body outer case. The first duct member is attached to the outer surface of the heating chamber. The first duct member separates a blown air flow into a first air flow and a second air flow. The first air flow flows inside the first duct member. The second air flow flows outside the first duct member. The air sending unit includes an air sending chamber and a heater. The heater is located in the air sending chamber. The air sending chamber is disposed at a position where the air sending chamber is exposed to the first air flow and is not exposed to the second air flow.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shinji Asami
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Patent number: 11852350Abstract: A steam oven for a mobile platform (e.g., sized for a galley insert in an aircraft galley) injects water into the oven cavity to generate steam. The water is injected as a horizontal jet over a fan and into an opposing baffle plate, where a portion is heated on contact and immediately evaporates into steam. The steam is then distributed throughout the oven cavity by the fan. The unevaporated portion is drawn downward into the fan, where it too is distributed throughout the oven cavity rather than collecting on the cavity floor. Rather than building up within the injector, scale accumulates on the baffle plate where it may easily be cleaned or removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventor: Martijn Klok
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Patent number: 11841146Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multifunctional appliance for cooking comprising: a cover; a first pot on which the cover is fitted, the first pot being provided with one or more first girds at a predetermined position thereof; a second pot detachably fixed inside the first pot, the second pot being provided with one or more second grids at a predetermined position thereof, the position of the one or more second grids corresponding with the position of the one or more first grids; a first heating member fixed on a sidewall of the first pot, facing right toward the one or more first girds; and a convection member fixed on the sidewall of the first pot, facing right toward the first heating member, such that the airflow generated by the convection member flows into the second pot through the first girds and second grids after being heated.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Rimoo (Foshan) Electrical Appliance Tech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shijie Xu
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Patent number: 11828458Abstract: A steam generator and a cooking apparatus including a steam generator are provided. The steam generator may include a heater, an inflow tube, a steam generation tube, and a discharge tube and an adaptor unit connected to the steam generator may be provided. The inflow tube and the discharge tube and the discharge tube may be connected at a predetermined angle to the adaptor unit. Thus, the steam generation tube connecting the inflow tube to the discharge tube may also be inclined.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hoonseob Sim, Jaekyung Yang, Suyong Lee, Yongsoo Lee
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Patent number: 11800948Abstract: A household appliance (10) is disclosed which comprises a liquid tank (12), wherein the tank is adapted for translational movement between a use position in which the tank is positioned within a housing (15) of the household appliance and a servicing position in which the tank is at least partially extracted from the housing, the household appliance further comprises biasing means (30) for biasing the tank towards the servicing position, and releasable latch means (36; 38; 58) for selectively arresting the tank in the use position or releasing the tank for movement towards the servicing position.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Electrolux Appliances AktiebolagInventors: Marco Carnevali, Nicola Guida, Paolo Faraldi, Alberto Dell'Olio
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Patent number: 11793345Abstract: The present invention relates to a kitchenware, and in particular, relates to a multifunctional cooker. The multifunctional cooker comprise a cooker body (109) and an upper cover assembly, wherein the upper cover assembly is provided with a heating assembly (102) and a wind power assembly (103), and the multifunctional cooker is provided with a first member (600) which is connectable with the upper cover assembly, the first member (600) being capable of sealing the cooker body (109), which conveniently realizes the switch between the function of pressure cooker and the function of air fryer.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG SHUNDE OUNING TECHNOLOGY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenxiong Huang, Yun Yang
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Patent number: 11794253Abstract: The three-dimensional shaping device (100) is provided with a layer forming device (10) to form a layer of metal powder (90) on a shaping object, and a laser light irradiation device (20) to irradiate the layer of metal powder (90) formed by the layer forming device (10) with a laser light (25). The laser light (25) to be used in the three-dimensional shaping device (100) has a pulsed output waveform with a frequency of 5 to 200 kHz, a pulse width of 5 to 200 ?s and a peak output of 10 to 500 W. Further, an overlap rate, which is a rate at which irradiation spots on the layer of metal powder (90) by two successive pulses of the laser light (25) overlap with each other, is 50 to 99.9%. Hereby, it is possible to provide a three-dimensional shaping method and a three-dimensional shaping device which can shape a shaping body having a narrower shaping width.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KOMATSU NTC LTD.Inventors: Hidekazu Maehana, Daisuke Noda, Ayumi Aradachi, Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa, Masayoshi Mizutani
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Patent number: 11780023Abstract: Methods for fabricating high-strength aluminum-boron nitride nanotube (Al—BNNT) wires or wire feedstock from Al—BNNT composite raw materials by mechanical deformation using wire drawing and extrusion are provided, as well as large-scale, high-strength Al—BNNT composite components (e.g., with a length on the order of meters (m) and/or a mass on the order of hundreds of kilograms (kg)). The large-scale, high-strength Al—BNNT composite components can be made via wire-based additive manufacturing.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Tanaji Paul, Arvind Agarwal, Cheng Zhang, Sohail Mazher Ali Khan Mohammed
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Patent number: 11739948Abstract: A method for calculating the humidity level in a cooking apparatus is disclosed. The method includes heating a food load in a cooking cavity of the cooking apparatus and selectively activating a convection fan in the cooking cavity. The method further includes monitoring a humidity signal detected by a humidity sensing apparatus in response to the activation of the convection fan. As a result of the activation of the convection fan, the method may determine an actual humidity level from a plurality of humidity levels based on a change in the humidity signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Giulio Ghiglieri, Marco Giuliani, Davide Parachini, Cristiano Vito Pastore
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Patent number: 11739938Abstract: Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a main body defining a cooking chamber. The example pellet grill further includes a grease deflection bar assembly located within the main body. the grease deflection bar assembly includes a first rack removably positioned on first tabs of the main body, a second rack removably positioned on second tabs of the main body, and a grease deflection bar extending between and removably positioned on the first and second racks.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLCInventors: Brian C. Donnelly, Ryan P. Lundberg, Ethan Albrecht
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Patent number: 11707152Abstract: The present disclosure provides a float valve motion detection device, a pot cover assembly and a pressure cooking appliance, the float valve motion detection device comprising: a float valve, a hollow inductance coil and a detection circuit. A valve core of the float valve is made of materials having permeability unequal to that of air. When the valve core is pushed by the pressure in a pot from a first position to a second position, the volume of the valve core in the hollow inductance coil changes, which changes the inductance of the hollow inductance coil. A detection circuit determines the position of the valve core by means of detecting the change in the inductance of the hollow inductance coil so as to determine whether it is safe to uncover at the current time.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Feng Peng, Fan Zhang
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Patent number: 11691216Abstract: A method includes depositing a plurality of dopant particles within a predetermined region of a transparent material. The method also includes focusing a laser beam along an optical axis to a focal region that overlaps with at least a portion of the predetermined region. The focal region can irradiate at least a first dopant particle of the plurality of dopant particles. The method further includes adjusting a parameter of the laser beam to generate a plasma configured to form an inclusion within the transparent material. The method additionally includes scanning the focal region along a path within the transparent material to elongate the inclusion generally along the path.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Avava, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Ting, Charles Holland Dresser, Jayant Bhawalkar
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Patent number: 11685003Abstract: The invention provides a method for laser modification of a sample to form a modified region at a target location within the sample. The method comprises positioning a sample in a laser system for modification by a laser; measuring tilt of a surface of the sample through which the laser focusses; using at least the measured tilt to determine a correction to be applied to an active optical element of the laser system; applying the correction to the active optical element to modify wavefront properties of the laser to counteract an effect of coma on laser focus; and laser modifying the sample at the target location using the laser with the corrected wavefront properties to produce the modified region.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Martin James Booth, Patrick Salter