Patents Examined by Laura E. Parker
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Patent number: 11971139Abstract: This high-pressure tank includes a resin liner constituting a hollow fluid filling part, a ferrule including a supply/discharge port which communicates with an internal space of the liner and a flange part which protrudes outward in a radial direction from a circumferential region of the supply/discharge port and abuts on the liner, and a reinforcing layer made of a fiber reinforced resin attached to cover across the liner and an outer circumferential surface of the flange part, in which a discharge hole allowing a gap between abutting surfaces of the flange part and the liner to communicate with an inside of the supply/discharge port and discharging a fluid accumulated between the liner and the reinforcing layer to the supply/discharge port is provided in the ferrule, and a trap groove surrounding a circumferential region of the discharge hole is provided on at least any one of the abutting surface on the flange part side and the abutting surface on the liner side.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11953152Abstract: A storage tank comprises a gas storage chamber and at least one device to hold a component in the storage chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENTInventors: Yannick Godard, Aldric Moussier, Clément Duquet, Clément Grenet
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Patent number: 11939153Abstract: A refuse container lid opening device includes a lid hingedly attached to a container body for covering the container body's top opening. The lid is free of grabbable handles or protuberances but an elongated tongue descending from its underside is received in a slot in the top rim of the container body and is accessible outward of the container body. Upward movement of the tongue when the lid is closed raises the lid above the top rim of the container body to form a manually accessible gap in which a hand can be inserted to fully open the lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventor: Daniel L. Young
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Patent number: 11940097Abstract: The present disclosure provides a storage system comprising a storage tank configured to store fuel at a cryogenic temperature for a predetermined amount of time. The storage tank may have a plurality of layers comprising: a first layer comprising a pressure vessel for containing the fuel at a pressurized state; a second layer comprising insulation for the first layer; a third layer comprising a vapor barrier; and a fourth layer comprising a shell configured to maintain a rigidity of the storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Universal Hydrogen Co.Inventors: John-Paul Clarke, Loris Gliner, John T. Hinchen, Jonathan Kalow, Elena Koukina
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Patent number: 11939111Abstract: A foldable container for pet bathing includes a foldable supporting frame and a container body arranged on the supporting frame and constructed to be unfolded for containing a liquid for the pet to bath, wherein the foldable supporting frame includes two top supporting arms each including a rod body having a fixing cavity and a slot communicated to the fixing cavity, wherein the container body includes a bottom wall and a surrounding wall connected to the bottom wall, wherein the surrounding wall comprises an edge which is detachably mounted in the fixing cavity of the rod body through the slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TAN GROW INC.Inventor: Mengmeng Mu
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Patent number: 11913603Abstract: A pressure vessel includes: a barrel part disposed in a predefined square area and having a diameter corresponding to a length of one side of the square area; a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part; a second nozzle member disposed at an opposite end of the barrel part; and clamp rings disposed in the square area, positioned outside the barrel part, and configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part, thereby improving spatial utilization and a degree of design freedom.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Cheol Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11903529Abstract: A vessel for cooking food is described, including a body which in turn includes a bottom wall and at least one side wall. The side wall extends from the bottom wall to define an inner space of the vessel where food is placed to be cooked. The vessel for cooking food also includes at least one handle, made from a first metal material, preferably steel, and bound to a portion of the body through interposition of at least one connection element made from a second metal material, preferably aluminum. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of the second metal material is greater than the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the first metal material. The connection element is operationally connected to at least one thermal signaling device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ZWILLING BALLARINI ITALIA S.R.L.Inventor: Francesco Ferron
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Patent number: 11891236Abstract: A transport container for carrying objects includes a base for supporting the objects. Opposing first and second side walls are operatively connected to the base. At least one of the side walls is movable between an extended position and a contracted position. The transport container has a first width between the first and second side walls when at least one of the side walls is in the extended position and a second width between the side walls when at least one of the side walls is in the contracted position. The second width is different from the first width. The first and second side walls are also movable between a deployed position and a collapsed position. The transport container has a first height when the side walls are in the deployed position and a second height different than the first height when the side walls are in the collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PVPallet, Inc.Inventors: Luke Phelps, Steven Kottwitz, Bryan Kottwitz, Brian Trushinger
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Patent number: 11879592Abstract: A gas pressure vessel capable of performing processing of removing wrinkles on an inner surface of a dome part and preventing cracking starting from a root of a thread of a neck part is provided. In a gas pressure vessel according to one embodiment, a dome part (12) has an opening whose diameter is 90 mm or greater, and the innermost root of the thread in a female thread part (10a) into which a lid (20) is screwed is provided inside an imaginary plane (B) formed by extending an outer surface of the dome part (12) toward an opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Japan Steel Works M & E, Inc., Tokyo Denki UniversityInventors: Takafumi Hosoya, Yoru Wada, Hirokazu Tsuji
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Patent number: 11852298Abstract: A cap of a high-pressure gas tank includes a first member and a second member. The first member is located on the inner side of a liner. The second member is located on the outer side of the liner and is connected to the first member. A rotation restricting structure includes a first rotation restricting portion and a second rotation restricting portion. The first rotation restricting portion is provided on an inner surface of the liner. The second rotation restricting portion is provided on the first member so as to be fitted into the first rotation restricting portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kosuke Tatsushima
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Patent number: 11828415Abstract: A composite gas storage tank includes a composite wall defining a main storage volume and a hollow conduit portion communicating with and extending away from the main storage volume. A hollow coupling element has a length portion which is partially embedded within and extends substantially parallel to the hollow conduit portion of the composite wall. The hollow conduit portion and the coupling element provide communication between the main storage volume and the tank exterior. A leakage path around the hollow coupling element is significantly longer than those of tanks of the prior art and reduces the rate at which hydrogen leaks from the tank. A carbon fibre filament winding extends over the length of the hollow conduit portion and provides a radially inwardly-directed force biasing the carbon fibre material of the hollow conduit portion into contact with the coupling element, further reducing the leakage rate on the leakage path.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Alexis Lambourne
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Patent number: 11825984Abstract: A protective liner for cookware has a main body with a bottom portion and a top portion. A rim extends laterally inwardly from the top portion of the main body, and a lip extends upwardly from the rim. A recess is disposed in the main body. The main body and the rim are configured to fit adjacent a top edge of a cookware apparatus during use. The recess is adapted to fit around a handle of the cookware apparatus, and the lip is configured to receive a lid corresponding with the top edge of the cookware apparatus. The protective liner reduces a user's risk of suffering a burn in use.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventors: Madison Running, Brian Running
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Patent number: 11828419Abstract: The invention pertains generally to a handle which spans across two cylinders, each cylinder having a pair of collars, in which mating engagement is secured by various fastening approaches employing the peripheral ends of each handle.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: ICP CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Karl W. Burkart, Christopher D. Dolezal, Dujuan McClendon, Jr.
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Patent number: 11821585Abstract: A high-pressure tank, a manufacturing method for a high-pressure tank, and a manufacturing device for a high-pressure tank capable of simplifying a shape of a metal fitting and performing high-speed FW molding without causing an idle rotation of the metal fitting or a deformation of a liner, for example, when performing the high-speed FW molding are provided. A high-pressure tank includes a liner, a reinforcing fiber layer, and a metal fitting. The reinforcing fiber layer is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the liner. The metal fitting is attached to the liner. The liner includes a liner main body and a protrusion part is provided in a part (cylindrical part) of the liner main body. The protrusion part is formed to protrude in a direction moving radially inward from the cylindrical part and to be fittable to a rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11821586Abstract: This manufacturing method is a manufacturing method of a high-pressure tank that is formed by joining dome-shaped side end members to both ends of a cylindrical tube member and that has a first reinforcing layer made of fiber-reinforced resin. The manufacturing method has a joining step of joining the side end members to both ends of the tube member such that an outer wall surface of the tube member and an inner wall surface of each side end member face each other. In the joining step, a margin for overlap between each side end member and the tube member in an axial direction of the tube member is within a range of 5% or more to 35% or less relative to the inside diameter of the tube member.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hirokazu Otsubo
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Patent number: 11807433Abstract: A cap for closing an opening of a receptacle such as for a liquefied natural gas container. The cap includes a main body and a sealing surface for sealing the opening of the receptacle. A lock/release mechanism is provided to lock the cap onto the receptacle, or enable the cap to be removed from the receptacle. A relief valve of the cap is activatable to relieve pressure within the receptacle. A grip overlies the main body and a relief valve actuator, enabling a user to activate the relief valve via the grip. The cap is configured to relieve pressure in a first stage of removal, and then unlock from the receptacle in a second stage of removal. A catch and secondary pressure relief features are provided to control removal of the cap. Magnets may be provided for proximity sensors to indicate proper closure of the cap on the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Benjamin D. Kaminski, Jason Mikulski, Paul E. LeMay, Daniel T. Nicolino
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Patent number: 11794987Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a connector assembly mechanically interconnecting first and second structural entities of an aircraft container. The connector assembly has first and second connector parts fastened to the first and second structural entities, respectively. In a connected state, relative movement of the second connector part is restricted with respect to the first connector part in a first direction along a first axis of action. The connector assembly has a force-limiting arrangement in a connected state that limits relative movement of the second connector part with respect to the first connector part in a second direction opposite to the first direction. When an external force is applied to the second connector part and the external force has a first force component acting in the second direction and exceeding a threshold force the force-limiting arrangement allows the second connector part to move relative to the first connector part.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MUBEA CARBO TECH GMBHInventors: Daniel Wagenhofer, Christian Heigl
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Patent number: 11761583Abstract: A tank includes a liner that includes a barrel portion in a cylindrical shape and a pair of dome portions provided at both ends of the barrel portion in the axial direction, and a reinforcing layer that covers the liner and that is formed from a fiber reinforced resin formed by impregnating a fiber bundle with a resin. A portion of the reinforcing layer that covers the dome portions includes a radial arrangement layer in which fibers of the fiber bundle are arranged radially along the radial direction of the dome portions when seen in the direction of an axis of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Satoya, Koji Katano, Takeshi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11668436Abstract: Disclosed are a pressure vessel boss and a pressure vessel having same, the boss comprising: a boss body in which a through hole configured to connect an interior to an exterior of the pressure vessel is formed; and a boss joint portion which surrounds an outer surface of the boss body, radially extends outward, and has an outer surface coming into surface contact with and joined to an opening surface of a liner, wherein the outer surface has a cross-sectional shape having three or more line segments connecting a top to a bottom of the boss joint portion and including at least one convex corner and at least one concave corner.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: LOTTE CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Dae Gun Kim, Kyo Min Lee, Young Koan Ko
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Patent number: 11667468Abstract: A refuse container lid opening device includes a lid hingedly attached to a container body for covering the container body's top opening. The lid when closed is flush with or recessed below the top edge of a railing extending around the top rim of the container body. An actuator retained in a sleeve on the outer surface of the container body is movable using a first hand between a rest position and an upraised position in which it is received in a slot in the top rim of the container body and engaged with the lid, further upward movement of the actuator opening the lid to form a manually accessible gap between the lid and the top rim to allow the lid to be fully opened using a second hand.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventor: Daniel L. Young