Patents Examined by Nicolas A Arnett
  • Vehicle lid device
    Patent number: 11214141
    Abstract: A vehicle lid device includes a housing disposing a fueling port or an electrical charging port inside an opening; and a lid turnably connected to a housing side, and opening and closing the opening of the housing. A connection portion between the housing side and the lid side includes a fitting portion for a shaft and a hole, and in a fully open position of the lid, when an external force at a predetermined value or above is applied in an opening direction to further open the lid, fitting of the fitting portion is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Seiji Yagura
  • Portable water supply apparatuses and methods of use
    Patent number: 11208790
    Abstract: Portable water delivery apparatuses and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a portable frame trailer having: a base; and at least two wheels, a tank configured to be transported on the portable frame trailer, a pump for delivering water in the tank to an interface, means for coupling the pump to a water input in a structure, and a portable power supply delivering power to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Tim Lang, Michael Lang
  • Purge nozzle module for load port
    Patent number: 11201072
    Abstract: A purge nozzle module for supplying nitrogen (N2) to a semiconductor wafer processing apparatus includes a nozzle body with a purge hole formed at a center thereof, and a vacuum pad combined with an upper side of the nozzle body, having a through hole connected to the purge hole formed therethrough, and making close contact with a bottom of a FOUP (Front Opening Unified Pod) by a vacuum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: She Hyun Oh, Joung Youn Kim
  • Side storage pods, equipment front end modules, and methods for operating EFEMs
    Patent number: 11189511
    Abstract: Electronic device processing systems including an equipment front end module with at least one side storage pod are described. The side storage pod has a side storage container and a container plenum. A fan draws purge gas from the equipment front end module chamber into the container plenum where the purge gas is directed into the side storage container to pass over substrates stored therein and is then exhausted back into the equipment front end module chamber. Methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B. Reuter, Dean C. Hruzek, Nir Merry, John C. Menk, Douglas B. Baumgarten
  • Pressure-regulating vial adaptors
    Patent number: 11185471
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor comprises a housing configured to couple the adaptor with a vial, an access channel, a regulator channel, and a regulator assembly. The access channel is configured to facilitate withdrawal of fluid from the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial. The regulator channel is configured to facilitate a flow of a regulating fluid from the regulator assembly to compensate for changes in volume of a medical fluid in the vial. The regulator assembly can include a valve configured to transition between a closed configuration and an opened configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Fangrow
  • Apparatus and method for packaging cones
    Patent number: 11178900
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing cones comprises a cone filler control system; a cone stack feed tube that receives a cone stack; a roller drive motor; a roller coupled to the roller drive motor and that is located below the cone stack feed tube outlet, wherein the roller is rotated for a predefined duration by the roller drive motor when the roller drive motor is actuated by the cone filler control system; and a cone chute located below the roller and above a cone receptacle, wherein the roller rotates to draw the leading cone out from the cone stack feed tube outlet and into the cone chute inlet in response to actuation of the roller drive motor, and wherein the leading cone travels through the cone chute into the cone receptacle after the leading cone has entered into the cone chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cascade Manufacturing Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Giddings, Roger Sunday
  • Hydrogen fueling station with integrated ammonia cracking unit
    Patent number: 11167732
    Abstract: A system comprising an ammonia cracking unit in which ammonia is split into hydrogen and nitrogen and a hydrogen fueling station for fueling of vehicle tanks with hydrogen from the ammonia cracking unit which comprises gas operated valves (GOVs), one or more hydrogen compressing units wherein the hydrogen from the ammonia cracking unit is compressed, and one or more dispensing units for dispensing the compressed hydrogen to vehicle tanks which each comprise a nozzle through which the hydrogen is passed to the vehicle tank, wherein nitrogen from the ammonia cracking unit is used in e.g.: the operation of one or more of the GOVs; for blanketing one or more of said hydrogen compressing units; for blanketing and/or purging one or more of the dispensing units; for drying one or more of the nozzles between uses to prevent nozzle freeze on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Cohen, Simone L. Kothare, Anthony R. Kyvelos
  • Device for inflating automobile tires
    Patent number: 11167733
    Abstract: A device for inflating a tire includes a forward sleeve including an internally threaded head; an air intake assembly including a joining member secured to the forward sleeve and having a constricted section and an air inlet; an air intake extending out of the joining member at an acute angle and having an air channel for communicating with the air inlet through the constricted section, and a connector; and a rear sleeve secured to the joining member; and a valve assembly including a rod through both the rear sleeve and the joining member; a mounting sleeve in the forward sleeve and having a groove at a first end, the groove being in the internally threaded head, and a fitting hole communicating with the groove; a flexible tubular member in the mounting sleeve; a handle secured to the rod; and a snap ring on the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: JINDAI AUTO SUPPLIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jui Meng Huang, Yen Chun Huang, Chang Yu Huang
  • Method for fluid delivery
    Patent number: 11166877
    Abstract: A fill adapter for filling a reservoir and a related method are disclosed herein. The fill adapter includes a button assembly actuator and a pump chamber plunger actuator hingably attached to the button assembly actuator, wherein the actuation of the button assembly actuator actuates the pump chamber plunger actuator and wherein the pump chamber plunger actuator actuates a pump chamber membrane before the at least one button assembly is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Gregory R. Lanier, Jr., Richard J. Lanigan, Stephen L. Fichera, Dean Kamen, Larry B. Gray
  • Automatic frozen food product vending machine
    Patent number: 11166475
    Abstract: An automatic frozen food product vending machine includes a freezer barrel configured to produce a frozen food product, a spigot fluidly connected to the freezer barrel, the spigot for dispensing the frozen food product, a movable platform for supporting a container to receive frozen food product, the movable container movable among a home position and a fill position below the spigot, and a processing circuit configured to open the spigot and fill the container with an amount of frozen food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE VOLLRATH COMPANY, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Gary E. Bruckner, Richard Koehl, Tony J. Kopidlansky, Aamer Mohammed, Douglas J. Shymanski, Dave Wattenford
  • Fuel distribution station
    Patent number: 11167978
    Abstract: An environmentally friendly fuel distribution station includes an upper canopy, said upper canopy including a fuel tank and an outer shell enclosing said fuel tank, a plurality of supporting columns supporting said upper canopy and said fuel tank, a fuel distribution interface suspended from said upper canopy, said fuel distribution interface selectively distributing fuel from said fuel tank during a fueling operation, and a convenience store suspended from at least one of the upper canopy and one or more of the plurality of supporting columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CAPAT LLC
    Inventors: Jose A. Cajiga, Arturo Cajiga Villar, Vicente Cajiga Villar, Alexandra Cajiga
  • Sealing device for sealing a through opening in a vehicle chassis and vehicle having such a sealing device
    Patent number: 11161405
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a through opening in a vehicle chassis includes a sealing element that can be shifted between an open position, in which the through opening is released, and a closed position, in which the through opening can be closed. The sealing device has an adjusting device which includes a guide housing that can be arranged in a spatially fixed manner on the vehicle chassis, in which guide housing a carrier element is translationally and pivotably guided, where the carrier element has the sealing element. A slide guide is provided, via which the carrier element can be translationally shifted and pivoted in relation to the guide housing. A traction element is translationally entrainably connected to the carrier element, and simultaneously connected in a rotationally decoupled manner, via a pivot bearing. The traction element is translationally shiftable by the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schurz, Tobias Rohse, Julius Friedrich Klinger, Andreas Uhrig, Joern Goerlich, Roland Joerg, Frederik Hanel, Wolfgang Much
  • Method for measuring the quantity of gas introduced into a reservoir and filling station
    Patent number: 11162640
    Abstract: A measured quantity of gas is introduced into a gas reservoir via a filling station including a flow meter. The quantity of gas transferred by the filling station to the reservoir is measured by the flow meter. The measured quantity of gas is reduced or increased by a predetermined corrective amount to yield a corrected gas quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Thibaut Francois
  • Air inflation tool
    Patent number: 11161482
    Abstract: A system for an air inflation tool including an air regulator assembly, a clamp assembly, a hose assembly and a housing assembly is disclosed. The air regulator assembly includes an air regulator used to regulate air flow from an air supply. Attached to the air regulator is a clamp from the clamp assembly that permits the air supply to be attached to the air regulator. Attached to an opposite end of the air regulator is an output hose of the hose assembly. The output hose is attached to a tire at an opposite end. When the air regulator determines that the air pressure of the tire is too low, the air regulator will permit for air to continue flowing to the tire through the outlet hose. Otherwise, air flow from the air supply will cease when the air pressure of the tire is as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Jeffrey Klingerman
  • Systems, methods, and components for transferring medical fluids
    Patent number: 11135416
    Abstract: An example of a method of enabling medical fluid transfer between a source container and a destination container can comprise the steps of providing a closed-system fluid transfer module comprising a first closeable, resealable medical connector and a second closeable, resealable medical connector, a multidirectional fluid control valve with a driving interface configured to interface with an electromechanical driver of an electronic medical fluid transfer device, and an intermediate container or an intermediate pumping region; and instructing a user to couple the closed-system fluid transfer module to the electronic medical fluid transfer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Fangrow
  • Container with laminar flow
    Patent number: 11116340
    Abstract: A container such as a beverage container is characterized by a device arranged within the container to impart a laminar flow to a fluid being poured or dispensed within the container. The laminar flow device is arranged in either the central portion of the container or in a side wall of the container. In a preferred embodiment, the flow device includes a plurality of flutes which slow the flow of the beverage into the container. In addition, the container bottom wall is preferably concave to provide a smooth transition for the flow of beverage from the laminar device to the container bottom and up the interior of the container during filling. The laminar device reduces the formation of foam within the fluid during filling of the container. A flow director is also provided for connecting a fluid dispenser with the laminar flow device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: James Cicarelli
  • Remote filling system
    Patent number: 11111128
    Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of ports is capable of automated, remote detection of conditions indicating that refill is required in one of a plurality of remote tanks and causing refill of the tank via at least one of the plurality of ports. Further, the system includes automated monitoring and supply of a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LDJ MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Loren Van Wyk, Daniel John Nibe, Jordan M. King, Aaron J. DeBruin
  • Method and device for filling with a filling product
    Patent number: 11111124
    Abstract: A method for filling with a filling product, for example for filling with a beverage in a beverage filling plant by the free jet method, includes supplying a flow of filling product through a filling product supply line by opening a filling valve disposed in the filling product supply line and opening an associated regulating valve for regulating a volume flow, and closing the regulating valve and the filling valve in order to end the flow of filling product at the end of filling. The closing of the regulating valve and the filling valve are synchronized. A corresponding device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Anton Huber, Josef Doblinger, Florian Angerer
  • Tube holder for a tube filling machine
    Patent number: 11111041
    Abstract: A tube holder has a housing having an upwardly opening tube receptacle into which a tube can be inserted. A plurality of clamping elements arranged in the tube receptacle can be brought to abut an outer wall of the tube and a clamping force acting radially on the inserted tube cab be applied by at least one spring element. The clamping elements are pivotably mounted in a pivot bearing about a horizontal axis. Further clamping element are below the first group of pivot elements arranged over the tube receptacle and are under the action of the spring element and/or at least one further spring element. The clamping surface of at least some clamping elements and/or at least some further clamping elements at least in sections has a convex contour, curved about a horizontal axis, in the direction of a longitudinal central axis of the tube receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: IWK Verpackungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Hoffmann
  • Closure cap for an operating medium tank
    Patent number: 11104224
    Abstract: A closure cap for an operating medium tank is provided with a closure device projecting into a fill socket of the operating medium tank. The closure device has a first cap element, a second cap element, and a sealing ring arranged between the first and second cap elements. A lifting assembly axially moves by an axial travel the first and second cap elements relative to each other for opening and closing the fill socket. The lifting assembly has a pressure member acting axially on one of the first and second cap elements. A grip member is provided that is rotatable about a hub and actuates the lifting assembly. A cover disk covering at least partially the fill socket relative to an exterior is connected fixedly to the pressure member of the lifting assembly. The cover disk rotates, together with the pressure member, about the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Gerstenberger, Helmut Schlessmann