Patents Examined by Kuangyue Chen
  • Patent number: 11969821
    Abstract: A system includes an energy source, a focusing system, and a controller. The energy source is configured to output energy pulses to the focusing system. A chamber surrounds at least a portion of a metallic substrate and contain a liquid in contact with a surface of the metallic substrate. The controller is configured to cause the energy source to output energy pulses and cause the focusing system to focus a focal volume of the energy pulses at or near the surface of the metallic substrate that is in contact with the liquid to create micro-scale or smaller surface texturing on the metallic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangnan He, David A. Ruben
  • Patent number: 11963639
    Abstract: A moka pot includes a lower chamber, an upper chamber connected to the lower chamber, the upper chamber having a handle mount, and a handle. The handle has a first end pivotally attached to the handle mount and a second end spaced away from a side of the upper chamber. The handle is pivotable between a first position in which the handle extends along the side of the upper chamber and a second position in which the handle extends away from the upper chamber such that the second end of the handle is spaced further from the side of the upper chamber in the second position than in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BRADSHAW HOME
    Inventor: Flavio De Roma Leao
  • Patent number: 11963633
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking utensil having an excellent design. The cooking utensil includes a bottom and a side extending substantially upward from a perimeter of the bottom. The bottom includes a bottom laminate film on an inner surface thereof. The side includes a side laminate film that is different from the bottom laminate film on an inner surface thereof. The bottom laminate film and the side laminate film have different color tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiko Shigenai, Hiromichi Momose, Yasukazu Nakatani, Tomohiro Shiromaru
  • Patent number: 11949329
    Abstract: Disclosed is an induction heating cooking apparatus. The induction heating cooking apparatus includes a countertop having plurality of cooking areas in which each cooking container can be seated, a plurality of coils provided under the countertop, a main substrate, and an auxiliary substrate separated from the main substrate. The main substrate is provided with a plurality of inverters each connected to a plurality of coils, a noise filter providing a plurality of inverters with a voltage from which noise from an external power supply is removed, and a plug connectable to the external power supply. The auxiliary substrate is provided with an input terminal to which the power line from the plug is connected, an output terminal to which the power line facing the noise filter is connected, and a discharge circuit part connected to the noise filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsun Yun, Hyunkwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11945051
    Abstract: A heater-sensor complex 10 includes a heating wire 12, a lead wire 14 which is made from the same metal of the heating wire 12 and connected to the proximal end of the heating wire 12, the lead wire 14 having a bigger diameter than the heating wire 12, a non-heating wire 16 constituted by a different metal from the metal constituting the heating wire 12, and a sensor head 18 constituted by a metal different from the metal constituting the heating wire 12 or the metal constituting the non-heating wire 16. The sensor head 18 have a lower thermal conductivity than the non-heating wire. To the sensor head 18, the distal end of the heating wire 12 and the distal end of the non-heating wire is connected. The heating wire 12 and the non-heating wire 16 electrically conducts at least through the sensor head 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HAKKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuhiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11938567
    Abstract: A laser fusion welding device includes a 1.9 ?m laser light source, a control unit and a light spot adjusting device. The control unit is configured to control the laser light source and the light spot adjusting device to adjust a laser power density at an object to be subjected to fusion welding. The 1.9 ?m laser light source has output power of 100-500 W. The control unit includes a time control unit, a power control unit and a light spot control unit. The time control unit is configured to control a turn-on time of the laser light source. The power control unit is configured to control the output power of the laser light source. The light spot control unit is configured to control the light spot adjusting device to adjust a size of a light spot at the object to be subjected to fusion welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Linjun Li, Shilie Pan, Xiaoming Duan, Yu Zhou, Yingjie Shen, Qianqian Hao, Yuqiang Yang, Xin He
  • Patent number: 11921221
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system for intelligently leveling with an automatic temperature control function and a method thereof. The system includes a handcart-type leveller, indoor GPS positioning devices, an AGV trolley temperature measuring device and a control system. The control system processes position parameters of the AGV trolley temperature measuring device and the handcart-type leveller; converts the position parameters for the handcart-type leveller into position parameters for a leveling region, controlling the AGV trolley temperature measuring device to arrive at a lower part of the leveling region by a control chip and measuring temperatures in the leveling region; controlling an operation status of the AGV trolley temperature measuring device and transmitting data with the AGV trolley temperature measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Xiaonan Chang, Changwen Yang, Yefan Wang, Jiayang Gu, Yuankai Zhou, Xue Zuo
  • Patent number: 11924949
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an induction heating device comprising: a heating coil provided in a main body; a knob switch, detachable from and attachable to a knob area formed on one surface of the main body, for adjusting a heating power of the heating coil by rotation when attached to the knob area; a resonance detecting unit for outputting a frequency pulse corresponding to an impedance inflection point that varies according to a degree of rotation of the knob switch; and a controller for controlling the heating power of the heating coil according to the frequency pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byungsang Jung, Gyunghwan Yuk, Seong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11924951
    Abstract: This application relates to a wireless power transmission system. In one aspect, the wireless power transmission system includes a power transmitting module that provides wireless power to a power receiving module. The power receiving module can include transparent heat generating elements that are heated by power wirelessly received from the power transmitting module. The power receiving module can include a first coil pattern. The power transmitting module can include a battery and a second coil pattern that can wirelessly transmit power supplied from the battery to the first coil pattern of the power receiving module. The wireless power transmission system can be included in a head mount device such as a fire mask, a gas mask, or a helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ITED INC.
    Inventor: Jee-Hoon Seo
  • Patent number: 11924950
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a cooker, wherein a separate-type cooking module is arranged above a fixed-type cooking module to be charged with power or operated, and when used separately, the separate-type cooking module and the fixed-type cooking module are respectively operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonghun Lee, Bongsik Kwak
  • Patent number: 11911844
    Abstract: A shaping apparatus is equipped with: a beam shaping system having a beam irradiation section that includes a condensing optical system which emits a beam and a material processing section which supplies a shaping material irradiated by the beam from the beam irradiation section; and a controller which, on the basis of 3D data of a three-dimensional shaped object to be formed on a target surface, controls a workpiece movement system and the beam shaping system such that a target portion on the target surface is shaped by supplying the shaping material from the material processing section while moving the beam from the beam irradiation section and the target surface on a workpiece (or a table) relative to each other. Further the intensity distribution of the beam in the shaping plane facing the emitting surface of the condensing optical system can be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 11914165
    Abstract: A method using femtosecond laser for nano precision preparation. Initial damage nanoholes formed by using femtosecond laser multiphoton excitation are used as a seed structure, and the energy and polarization state of subsequent laser pulses are adjusted in real time, such that uniform and directional optical near-field enhancement is generated near the seed structure and finally the high-precision removal of machined materials is realized. Benefiting from the high localization of near-field spot energy in space, the method uses femtosecond laser pulses having the wavelength of 800 nm to achieve a machining accuracy having the minimum linewidth of only 18 nm, and the linewidth resolution reaches 1/40 of the wavelength; and the method using femtosecond laser for nano precision preparation does not need a vacuum environment, having good air/solution machining compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JILIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hongbo Sun, Zhenze Li, Qidai Chen
  • Patent number: 11910511
    Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of heating coils each including an inner circumferential coil provided on an innermost circumferential side and an outer circumferential coil provided on an outermost circumferential side; and a supporting base that is provided below the plurality of heating coils, and support the plurality of heating coils. The supporting base is formed in the shape of a flat plate and made of a nonmagnetic body, and has a plurality of openings under the outer circumferential coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuro Suga, Hayato Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11898126
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for extraction of soluble flavoring components from a solid flavor carrier material into a brewing liquid. The system comprises a process vessel and a filtration device. The process vessel comprises an inlet for solid flavor carrier material, a circulation inlet for material comprising brewing liquid and a circulation outlet for material comprising brewing liquid. The filtration device is arranged for separation of solid components from material comprising brewing liquid and is a cross-flow filtration device comprising at least one cross-flow filter, a circulation inlet for material comprising brewing liquid, a circulation outlet for unfiltered material comprising brewing liquid and a closable outlet for filtered material comprising brewing liquid. The process vessel and the filtration device are comprised in a recirculation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventor: Denis Martin
  • Patent number: 11903114
    Abstract: A method for operating an induction hob (100), wherein the induction hob (100) comprises: an inverter (1), which is supplied with a supply voltage (US), at least one capacitor (2, 3), and an induction heating coil (4), wherein the at least one capacitor (2, 3) and the induction heating coil (4) are interconnected such that they constitute an oscillating circuit (5), and wherein the inverter (1) is configured to generate a pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) for the oscillating circuit (5) from the supply voltage (US), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) generation of the pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) having a predefined voltage characteristic, b) measurement of a resulting oscillating circuit current (iS), particularly by means of the induction heating coil (4), c) determination of electrical oscillating circuit parameters, according to the voltage characteristic of the pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) and the measured oscillating circuit current (iS), d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: E.G.O. ELEKTRO-GERAETEBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Egenter, Max-Felix Mueller
  • Patent number: 11895758
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes: a working coil, an inverter configured to output a resonant current to the working coil, a current detector configured to detect the resonant current and output a detection value corresponding to the resonant current, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the inverter to flow a first resonant current through the working coil, control the inverter to flow, through the working coil, a second resonant current having a frequency different from the first resonant current, and determine, based on a difference between a first detection value for the first resonant current and a second detection value for the second resonant current, whether a target object that is located adjacent to the working coil is a predetermined object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Euisung Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunwook Moon
  • Patent number: 11889224
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus, method, and system for acquiring at least one image inside a cooking device including a housing having a front surface, back surface, and an interior; at least one attachment element removably coupled to the back surface of the housing, the attachment element configured to secure the housing to an external surface of the cooking device; a camera positioned at least partially within the interior of the housing, the camera configured to acquire the at least one image; and a controller configured to manage i) acquisition of the at least one image acquired by the camera and ii) transmission of the at least one image to a remote electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: C. Douglass Thomas, Adrienne Yeung
  • Patent number: 11882640
    Abstract: An induction heating apparatus is configured to determine a third driving frequency corresponding to a third required power value when the required power value of the first working coil or the second working coil is changed to the third required power value, to calculate a difference value between the driving frequency of the working coil (the required power value of which is not changed) and the third driving frequency, to change an operation mode or a power control mode of the first inverter circuit or the second inverter circuit when the difference value is included in a predetermined first reference range, and to change an output power value of the working coil (the required power value of which is changed) to the third required power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sihoon Jeong, Kyelyong Kang, Hanna Kim
  • Patent number: 11882641
    Abstract: An induction heating type cooktop include a case, a cover plate connected to an upper end of the case, the cover plate having an upper surface configured to support thereon an object to be heated, a thin layer disposed at the cover plate, a heat insulator disposed vertically below the thin layer, a working coil disposed inside the case, a cooling fan configured to blow air toward the working coil, and a bracket that defines a cooling passage. The cooling passage is configured to guide the air to pass through the working coil and to discharge the air to an outside of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seongjun Kim, Wontae Kim, Seonghoon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11873106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cabin air inlet module (16). The cabin air inlet module (16) comprises a streaming channel body (8). The streaming channel body (8) comprises at least one wall which limits a streaming channel wherein incoming air (5) is supplied to a zone (2) of a cabin (3). The cabin air inlet module (16) comprises an electric heating element (9) which is used for heating the incoming air (5). According to the invention it is proposed that the electric heating element (9) is embodied as a two-dimensional heating element (in particular as a heating paper, a heating web, a heating foil or a heating varnish). The two-dimensional heating element extends along a wall of the streaming channel body (8). The inventive cabin air inlet module (16) is arranged upstream with a small distance (25) from an inlet opening (6) into the zone (2) of the cabin (3). The inventive cabin air inlet module (16) is used for a tempering zones (2) of a cabin (3) of an airplane according to the needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT- UND RAMFAHRT E.V., DIEHL AVIATION LAUPHEIM GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Bosbach, Tobias Dehne, Felix Werner, Florian Hesselbach, Norbert Staudigel, Sven Utikal