Patents Examined by Robert A. Hopkins
  • Patent number: 11877564
    Abstract: A system for a live well fill pump fulfills the dual goals of keeping the intermittently operating fill pump primed and dissolving gasses in water sourced by the fill pump. A check valve in a water intake assembly cooperates with a check valve in a pump output assembly to keep the fill pump primed in between intermittent pumping operations. Water flowing out of the fill pump through the second check valve undergoes a pressure differential and turbulence. A gas delivery system directs the turbulent water through the output conduit or chamber to dissolve the gas in the water. The gas-saturated water is released through the water outlet into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: JMF Watercraft Design LLC
    Inventor: Jeff M. Falcone
  • Patent number: 11872513
    Abstract: An operation mode of an air cleaner is changed according to the degree of indoor air contamination and an indoor space condition, and one or more filters of the air cleaner can be easily cleaned. The air cleaner includes a housing, an inlet located at a lower part of the housing, a filter assembly, an outlet, and a brush unit. The filter assembly is located above the inlet, and a diameter of the filter assembly is gradually shortened in the direction from an upper part of the filter assembly to a lower part of the filter assembly. The discharge port is located above a second filter assembly. The brush unit is used to eliminate contaminants from an outer surface of the filter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Seok Lee, Dah We Park, Ji Hyeoung Lee, Tim Rochford
  • Patent number: 11874262
    Abstract: A system for producing a high precision blended gas product (BGP), the system comprising: a supply of a volatile analyte in liquid form; a supply of an inert carrier gas; a supply of at least one diluent gas; an analyte gasifier (AG) subsystem for receiving the volatile analyte in liquid form, nebulizing the volatile analyte and mixing the nebulized volatile analyte with the inert carrier gas so as to form an analyte gas stream (AGS); and a gas mixer (GM) subsystem for receiving the AGS from the AG subsystem and mixing the AGS with the supply of at least one diluent gas so as to produce the BGP, wherein the GM subsystem comprises: a gas analyzer (GA) for receiving the AGS and analyzing the same; a gas proportioner for receiving the AGS from the GA, receiving the at least one diluent gas, and proportioning the AGS and the at least one diluent gas based on the results of the GA so as to provide a proportioned AGS and a proportioned at least one diluent gas; and a gas mixing chamber for receiving the proportione
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Automotive Coalition For Traffic Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Dalal, Brian E. Fratto, Kelly Ozdemir, Abdullatif Zaouk, Michael Willis, Clair Strohl
  • Patent number: 11874026
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner for creating a comfortable indoor environment. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit configured to have a carbon dioxide remover for filtering carbon dioxide from indoor air to supply clean air into a room, and discharging the filtered carbon dioxide to the outside, an outdoor unit configured to have an oxygen generator for separating oxygen from outdoor air introduced from the outside to supply the separated oxygen into the room, and discharging residues from which the oxygen is separated to the outside; and a processor configured to control the carbon dioxide remover and the oxygen generator to discharge the filtered carbon dioxide and the residues to the outdoor together. According to the disclosure, by first removing the carbon dioxide from the room and then discharging the carbon dioxide and the residues while operating the oxygen generator, a piping installation operation by a simple piping structure as well as an efficient operation is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungsoo Lim, Kyoungmok Kim, Seulkiro Kim, Sunhee Park, Hyesoon Yang, Kisup Lee, Sinyoung Lee, Jongho Lee, Mingyu Jung, Jeongsu Han
  • Patent number: 11859862
    Abstract: A dry space creation system includes a hollow treatment tank configured to house a material to be treated, an inflatable balloon member having a balloon shape configured to be inflated and deflated by supply and exhaust of air, the inflatable balloon member being provided inside the treatment tank, and being configured to be inflated while leaving a partial area in the treatment tank, a dry air supply unit configured to supply dry air into the area, and an inflation air supply unit configured to supply air into the inflatable balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satonori Iura, Satoshi Yonezawa, Satoshi Aoki, Shigeto Akahori, Shuga Ikeda, Yui Kinoshita, Masaki Kunigami
  • Patent number: 11857905
    Abstract: A vertically oriented dust collector configured to filter dry particulate matter from an air stream comprises a housing containing at least one cartridge. Each cartridge comprises a filter pan having an opening with a filter incorporated into the opening. The filter pan has at least one alignment opening. The housing further comprises at least one pair of rails oriented parallel to each other within the housing onto which each cartridge is mounted and at least one alignment block sized and shaped to correspond to the alignment opening of the filter pan. The alignment block is positioned such that when the cartridge is installed in the housing, the alignment opening of the filter pan aligns with the alignment block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Imperial Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremiah Wann
  • Patent number: 11850337
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air purifier that purifies, disinfect and decontaminate convention air flow by using UV rays. Because the UV rays emitted by the UV light sources are contained within the air purifier, use of the air purifier is safe in that a nearby person can avoid exposure to hazardous UV radiation. Adjustment of operating conditions, such as the UV intensity and wavelength and air speed, is programmable via a remote controller, a smart switch, a smart device, a wireless communication device, a smart home control appliance, a sensing device, and/or a built-in module, which renders the air purifier a smart appliance that may automatically and optimally suits to a user's need based on the user's habit and other physical parameters. Installation and removal of the air purifier, as well as cleaning and replacement of any part thereof, are simple and convenient, as a result of the clever design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Ram Shalvi
  • Patent number: 11850540
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a plurality of cells each extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face, a porous partition wall forming the cells in a partitioned manner, inflow-side sealing parts sealing openings on an inflow end face side of outflow cells where the exhaust gas flows out, and outflow-side sealing parts sealing openings on an outflow end face side of inflow cells where the exhaust gas flows in. Each of the inflow-side sealing parts has a porosity of less than 60%. The partition wall has a porosity of 60% or more and 70% or less. Assuming a pore size, at which cumulative pore volume is 50% in pore size distribution of the inflow-side sealing parts, is d50Pin, and a pore size, at which cumulative pore volume is 50% in pore size distribution of the partition wall, is d50B, the pore size d50Pin is less than 18 ?m, and the pore size d50B is 18 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirokatsu Imagawa
  • Patent number: 11850541
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a plurality of cells extending in a filter axial direction, a porous partition separating and defining the plurality of cells, and a sealing section sealing the plurality of cells alternately at both filter ends. The partition has a void volume of a reduced dale, Vvv, and a material volume of a reduced peak, Vmp, as volume parameters determined in noncontact surface roughness measurement on a surface of the partition, with their total value being more than 1.3 ?m3/?m2 and 1.7 ?m3/?m2 or less. The partition has a mean pore size of 12 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less. The partition also has a porosity of 50% or more and 75% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kayama
  • Patent number: 11850542
    Abstract: A swirl air/liquid air purifier comprises: a liquid accommodating disk, having a liquid accommodating space formed in a recessed status for accommodating a liquid; an air discharging pipe, disposed at a top end of the liquid accommodating disk and upwardly extended so as to be formed as a hollow body, wherein a bottom end thereof has a bottom base which is sealed at the top end of the liquid accommodating disk, the bottom base is formed with a plurality of air inlet holes arranged adjacent to a periphery of the air discharging pipe, one side of the air inlet hole is downwardly extended and obliquely inclined thereby forming an inclined guiding plate/pipe allowing a swirl airflow to be generated; and an air suction fan, disposed in the air discharging pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Chen-Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11845033
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a cell assembly including cells each having a quadrangular cross-sectional shape and a partition wall, seal members, and a skin member. The partition wall has a porosity P1 of 50% to 70%, and the skin member has a porosity P2 of 50% to 70%, the porosity P1 and the porosity P2 satisfy a relationship P1<P2. A difference between the porosity P2 and the porosity P1 is 20% or less. The partition wall includes crossing portions, each cell has at least one part of an outer periphery defined by a corresponding one of the crossing portions, the at least one part is rounded to have a radius of curvature R, each cell has a radius r of a hydraulic diameter, the radius of curvature R and the radius r of the hydraulic diameter satisfy a relationship 0.2<R [mm]/r [mm]<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kana Asaoku
  • Patent number: 11845032
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a cell assembly including cells and a partition wall, seal members, and a skin member. The partition wall has a porosity of 50% to 70%. The skin member has a thickness T of 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm. The partition wall includes crossing portions, each cell has at least one part of an outer periphery defined by a corresponding one of the crossing portions, the at least one part of the outer periphery is rounded to have a value of radius of curvature R being 0.02 mm to 0.6 mm A degree of distortion ? being a degree of change in the external dimensions of the filter in axial direction, is greater than 0 and is 1.5 mm or less. A value of a structural variable X, expressed by Equation 1 below, is 0.05 to 6, X=T×R/? . . . Equation 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kana Asaoku
  • Patent number: 11839837
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to using containers with a multitude of nucleation sites covering a major portion of the inside wall of the container to enable rapid and nearly complete removal of soluble gases from fluid samples, including carbonated beverages and other carbonated fluid samples. A fluid sample is rapidly poured into the described container initiating a catastrophic release of the soluble gas from the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVAPREP, LLC
    Inventors: David Scott Alburty, Michael Lee Hornback, Bryan Charles Long, Andrew Edward Page
  • Patent number: 11840949
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a honeycomb structure part and sealing parts. The honeycomb structure part has a porous partition wall and a plurality of cells defined by the partition wall to form exhaust gas flow paths. The sealing parts seal alternately a gas inflow-side end face or a gas outflow-side end face of the cells. The exhaust gas purification filter includes fine pores with diameters of 10 ?m or less measured by the mercury intrusion method that account for 5% or more of all pores by volume in the honeycomb structure part. The partition wall has a plurality of communication pores communicating between the cells adjacent to the partition wall and has constricted communication pore of which a largest diameter ?1 and a smallest diameter ?2 satisfy relationships ?1?50, 100×?2/?1?20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Koike, Keisuke Mizutani, Kana Asaoku
  • Patent number: 11833466
    Abstract: The method and system disclosed herein present a purification device for purifying air, and an air purifier having the same. The purification device for purifying air comprises a housing, one or more purification assemblies, one or more water inlet pipes, one or more capture assemblies, and an electric motor. The housing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. A cavity, in communication with the air inlet and the air outlet, is defined inside the housing. Each of the one or more purification assemblies is rotatably arranged in the cavity, and is located between the air inlet and the air outlet. Each of the one or more capture assemblies is rotatably arranged at a downstream side of the one or more purification assemblies. The electric motor is used for driving the one or more purification assemblies and the one or more capture assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunqing Han, Chubin Ou, Tongsheng Wang, Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11826691
    Abstract: Assemblies, features, and techniques for pulse jet air cleaner assemblies and their operation are described. Techniques described include methodology and equipment for preferred pulse jet sequencing and operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Wahlquist, Thomas R. Olson, Jason DeGuelle
  • Patent number: 11827547
    Abstract: A transportable system for generating aqueous ozone solution includes a hand truck carrying one or more auxiliary compartments containing respective mixing assemblies that are fluidically coupled to a variably controlled ozone generator. At least one mixing assembly includes a first flow path for water to flow through and a second flow path in parallel with the first flow path. The first flow path includes one or more ozone intake ports that are fluidically coupled to the variably controlled ozone generator. The second flow path includes a control valve that selectively permits a portion of the water to flow through the second flow path to produce a negative pressure in the first flow path so that ozone is drawn into the first flow path and mixed into the water flowing through the first flow path to produce an aqueous ozone solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel W. Lynn
  • Patent number: 11826714
    Abstract: A fine bubble generator may include an inlet into which gas-dissolved water in which gas is dissolved flows, an outlet out of which the gas-dissolved water flows; and a fine bubble generation portion disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The fine bubble generation portion may include a venturi portion including a diameter-reducing flow path and a diameter-increasing flow path, wherein a flow path diameter of the diameter-reducing flow path reduces from upstream to downstream, and the flow path diameter of the diameter-increasing flow path increases from upstream to downstream, a discharging flow path configured to discharge the gas-dissolved water, which flowed out of the venturi portion, out of the fine bubble generation portion; and a recirculation flow path connecting a midstream of the outflow path and the venturi portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shimazu
  • Patent number: 11819809
    Abstract: Gas injection apparatuses include a primary gas chamber, a gas reduction chamber, and a fluid dispensing passageway. The primary gas chamber has a first cross sectional size and is fluidly connected to a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The gas reduction chamber has a second cross sectional size and is fluidly connected to the primary gas chamber, the gas inlet, and the gas outlet. The fluid dispensing passageway is fluidly connected to the gas reduction chamber by a gas delivery orifice having a third cross sectional size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Johnson Stewart Hofius, II, Kimball Edward McKeehan
  • Patent number: 11820684
    Abstract: A system for generating aqueous ozone solution (AOS) is disclosed. The system includes a system enclosure and a cradle mounted within the system enclosure. The cradle has a wall that defines separate compartments within the system enclosure, including a first compartment for electronic components and a second compartment for a fluid path extending from a water inlet to an AOS outlet. The first compartment contains an ozone generator and a relay mounted to the cradle. The fluid path within the second compartment includes a fluid mixer that is coupled to the ozone generator via one or more tubes extending across (e.g., over or through) the cradle wall that separates the first and second compartments. The fluid mixer is configured to inject ozone generated by the ozone generator into water received from a water source via the water inlet to produce AOS that is output via the AOS outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel W. Lynn