Patents Examined by Stephen Hobson
  • Patent number: 11898699
    Abstract: An oil mist recovery, separation and purification device for a minimum quantity lubricant (MQL) grinding process, including: a pneumatic separation mechanism, a pipeline and a fan fixedly connected with one end of the pipeline, wherein the fan is configured to form a negative pressure in the pipeline, one cone-shaped filter mesh mechanism is disposed in the pipeline, and a tip of the cone-shaped filter mesh mechanism faces the side of an air inlet direction of the pipeline; and a filtering and recovery mechanism connected with the pipeline and including a case body, a filtering mechanism and a recovery mechanism, wherein the case body is connected with the pipeline through a connecting part, and the filtering mechanism is connected with the recovery mechanism. The device can separate, recover and reuse oil mist particles in the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SHANGHAI JINZHAO ENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changhe Li, Zhenjing Duan, Huajun Cao, Xuefeng Xu, Naiqing Zhang, Lan Dong, Yanbin Zhang, Xiufang Bai, Wentao Wu, Teng Gao, Min Yang, Dongzhou Jia, Runze Li, Yali Hou
  • Patent number: 11879665
    Abstract: A gas exchange device for filtering a gas is provided. The gas exchange device includes a gas-intake channel having a gas-intake-channel inlet and a gas-intake-channel outlet, a gas-exhaust channel disposed aside the gas-intake channel and including a gas-exhaust-channel inlet and a gas-exhaust-channel outlet, a purification unit disposed in the gas-intake channel for filtering the gas passing through the gas-intake channel, a gas-intake guider and a gas-exhaust guider for guiding the gas, a driving controller disposed in the gas-intake channel near the gas-intake guider for controlling enablement and disablement of the purification unit, the gas-intake guider and the gas-exhaust guider, and a gas detection main body for detecting the gas and generating detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang, Chang-Yen Tsai, Wei-Ming Lee, Chin-Wen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11874024
    Abstract: The application discloses a humidifier with a mist outlet, including a water tank; a seat provided with a water groove for receiving water from the water tank and a heating cavity; a first water channel provided on the seat, communicated the water groove with the heating cavity; and a first air duct enabling airflow introduced by an air inlet component to flow through the first water channel to cool the water in the first water channel, and enabling the airflow to flow to the mist outlet of the humidifier after flowing through the first water channel. When the heat in the heating cavity is transferred to the first water channel, the water in the first water channel can be purged by the airflow guided by the first air duct to cool the water. This prevents an increase in a temperature of a humidifier housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Yixiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11874023
    Abstract: A humidifier includes a first housing, a second housing, a water atomization module, an essential oil delivery module, and an essential oil container. The first housing includes an outer wall including a recess. The second housing is fixedly embedded in an upper part of the recess. The water atomization module is disposed in the first housing. The water atomization module includes a first container, a water passage, and an ultrasonic atomizer. The water flows out of the first container, enters the water passage into the ultrasonic atomizer, and is atomized to produce mist. The essential oil delivery module is disposed in the second housing. The essential oil container is connected to the essential oil delivery module. The essential oil delivery module is configured to transfer essential oil from the essential oil container to the water passage so that the essential oil and the water are atomized together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JINGXINTAI HOUSEWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinshan Zou, Shouyong Zheng, Bo Fan
  • Patent number: 11859836
    Abstract: The present application provides a wall-mounted air purifier, which includes a casing, a fan and a purification module; the casing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; the fan is located between the air inlet and the air outlet; and the purification module is arranged at an air flow path of the fan; the purification module comprises a bracket mounted in the casing and a filter inserted in the bracket, a front side surface of the casing is provided with a insertion hole configured for inserting the filter into the bracket, the insertion hole is located at a position corresponding to the filter, the wall-mounted air purifier further comprises a front cover covering at a front side of the casing, and the front cover is detachably connected to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ANTOP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Boliang Yang, Ruidian Yang, Chu Yan
  • Patent number: 11857900
    Abstract: A filtration element assembly for use with a cylindrical filter casing has a prismatic support body with a support body interior space. The side walls of the support body form a polygonal outer cross-sectional shape defining a circumscribed circle with a diameter less than or equal to the casing diameter. At least one side wall has an inlet flow passage with a receiving channel surrounding it. A porous filtration structure is disposed within the receiving channel so as to cover the inlet flow passage. A clamping member attached to each of the at least one side wall has a framing portion and a flange portion. The framing portion has a flow window formed there-through in registration with the inlet flow passage. The flange portion extends from the framing portion and is sized and configured for reception into the receiving channel to engage and retain the filtration element within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Porvair Filtration Group Limited
    Inventors: Nathan D. Gingerich, Paul Nunes, Jerry A. Young
  • Patent number: 11850557
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure feature an intrinsically microporous ladder-type Tröger's base polymer including a repeat unit based on a combination of W-shaped CANAL-type and V-shaped Tröger's base building blocks, methods of making the intrinsically microporous ladder-type Tröger's base polymer, and methods of using the intrinsically microporous ladder-type Tröger's base polymer to separate a chemical species from a fluid composition including a mixture of chemical species. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include ladder-type diamine monomers for reacting to form a Tröger's base in situ, and methods of making the ladder-type diamine monomers using catalytic arene-norbornene annulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Xiaohua Ma, Ingo Pinnau, Holden W. H. Lai, Yan Xia
  • Patent number: 11852374
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose humidifier. A specific implementation of the humidifier comprises: a housing and an inclined flow fan assembly fixed in the housing through a connecting plate, wherein the inclined flow fan assembly comprises a fan motor and a fan hub, the inside of the fan hub is further provided with a first annular water retaining portion, the bottom end of the first annular water retaining portion is connected with the fan hub; the inclined flow fan assembly further comprises a second annular water retaining portion arranged between the fan hub and the first annular water retaining portion and fixedly connected with the connecting plate, the bottom end of the second annular water retaining portion is lower than the top ends of the fan hub and the first annular water retaining portion. This implementation improves the safety and water-resisting property of the humidifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MIAOXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Zhe Li
  • Patent number: 11850617
    Abstract: An electrostatic atomizing apparatus includes an air flow path, a humidifier, and electrode section, and a control unit. The air flow path has an air intake port and an air exhaust port. The humidifier includes a portion of the air flow path and humidifies air taken in through the air intake port. The electrode section includes a portion of the air flow path and produces charged particulate water by causing water in the air humidified by the humidifier to condense on an electrode and applying voltage to the electrode. A flow rate of the air in the air flow path is regulated in accordance with at least one of humidity and temperature of the air taken in through the air intake port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Matsuoka, Takahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11852369
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that includes: a body housing having an air inlet and a filter discharge outlet; a fan module provided within the body housing; a filter supply module provided within the body housing and configured to provide a filter sheet; a filter transportation module configured to transport the filter sheet from the filter supply module such that the filter sheet passes by the air inlet and is discharged at the filter discharge outlet; and a cutting module configured to cut the filter sheet. The filter transportation module includes: a drive supply roller and a driven supply roller; drive and driven discharge rollers that are positioned a distance apart toward the filter discharge sides, respectively, of the two supply rollers; a first roller drive motor configured to drive the drive supply roller; and a second roller drive motor configured to drive the drive discharge roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Deuk Won Lee, Min Kyu Oh, Dae Woong Kim, Bo An Kwon, Yang Hwan No, Hyun Byung Cha, Byung Hoon Park, Yu Na Jo, Ji Hye Lee
  • Patent number: 11826695
    Abstract: A gas separation system has system input inlet configured to receive a stream mixture including a target gas, one or more spray generators positioned to spray a non-sprayable liquid to change a concentration of the target gas in the non-sprayable liquid, one or more system outlets positioned to outlet an output material, wherein at least one of the system outlets outputs a material having a lower amount of the target gas than the input stream mixture, and a recirculating path connected to the one or more outputs and the input inlet to allow recirculation of the non-sprayable liquid. A method of performing gas separation includes absorbing a target gas from an input stream in a non-sprayable capture liquid, and releasing the target gas in an output gas stream by spraying the non-sprayable capture liquid into a heated volume using a spray generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mahati Chintapalli, Jerome Unidad, Kathryn F. Murphy, Ravi Neelakantan, Rahul Pandey, Stephen Matthew Meckler, David Mathew Johnson
  • Patent number: 11819794
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a gas hydrate-based particulate/waste gas simultaneous removal system and method. R134a can be used to synthesize particulates/coking waste gases into gas hydrate, which can realize the simultaneous removal of particulates/coking waste gases with no pollution and low energy consumption. The system comprises a waste heat recovery device, a gas hydrate primary dust removal tower, a solid-liquid separation primary tower, a gas hydrate secondary dust removal tower, a solid-liquid separation secondary tower, a gas hydrate decomposition pool, a gas-solid separation tower and a low temperature fractionation device. The present invention can achieve the removal of harmful substances such as heavy metals and coking waste gases while removing particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yongchen Song, Man Li, Jiafei Zhao, Lei Yang, Zhongwang Sun, Lunxiang Zhang, Weiguo Liu, Yanghui Li, Yu Liu, Mingjun Yang, Yi Zhang, Dayong Wang, Zheng Ling, Lanlan Jiang, Cong Chen, Yuechao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11819797
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for carbon capture optimization in industrial facilities are disclosed herein. An example carbon capture process involves cooling a flue gas stream using at least one gas-to-air heat exchanger disposed upstream of a carbon dioxide (CO2) absorber. Another example carbon capture process involves heating a heat medium for solvent regeneration and CO2 stripping using a fired heater and/or using at least one waste heat recovery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEXT CARBON SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Heichelbech, Ivan Van der Walt, Connor Rivard, Alex Thompson
  • Patent number: 11815288
    Abstract: A humidification and air cleaning apparatus is provided, in which a shield prevents water, discharged from an upper nozzle, from being scattered upward, thereby preventing droplets from being scattered to a discharge port which is open to as upper side of a water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Jung, Seungdeok Yang, Seokho Choi
  • Patent number: 11806680
    Abstract: A method for aerating water in a treatment basin includes positioning at least one bridge above an upper surface of the water in the basin; providing a retrievable mounting frame assembly; securing a guide rail assembly to the bridge; transporting the mounting frame assembly on a transport device to a selected position on the walkway near the guide rail assembly; securing a transfer crane to the walkway proximate the guide rail assembly; transferring the mounting frame assembly from the transport device for connection to the a one guide rail assembly; connecting the mounting frame assembly to the guide rail assembly to provide a supply of air to the first air distribution conduit; moving the retrievable mounting frame assembly from a first position above the upper surface of the water to a second position below the water; and initiating a flow of air to the first air distribution conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Artemis Rubber Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Claudius Jaeger
  • Patent number: 11806671
    Abstract: Mass transfer packing with a minimal surface or a triply periodic minimal surface which enables significantly improved performance for separation and mixing applications particularly with respect to distillation, liquid-liquid contacting, and heat exchange applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GEOSEPAA LLC
    Inventor: Robert C. Ryan
  • Patent number: 11786855
    Abstract: A high capacity and high efficiency vapor-liquid contacting apparatus and process is useful in distillation columns and other vapor-liquid contacting processes. The apparatus is characterized by a half module comprising a downcomer against a shell of a vessel for transporting liquid to a subjacent stage which utilizes a demister to effect vapor-liquid separation at the downcomer outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Zhanping Xu
  • Patent number: 11761648
    Abstract: A humidifier includes a main housing, a fan unit and an air guiding arrangement, which includes a guiding roller and a partitioning assembly. The partitioning assembly is supported in the main housing at a position adjacent to the guiding roller to substantially enclose the water storage compartment. The partitioning assembly defines at least one air slot and an air passage channel, wherein when the fan unit and the guiding roller are driven to rotate, air is drawn from the air inlet and guided to pass through the air slot to reach the water storage compartment for effectively mixing with the water in the water storage compartment to form a predetermined amount of mist. The mist is arranged to pass through the partitioning assembly through the air passage channel and the fan unit, and eventually discharged out of the main housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Xuequn Zhan
  • Patent number: 11761403
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a locking plate may be received between the cover plate and the adjustable valve and be movable to a first position permitting access to the adjustable valve and a second position inhibiting or preventing access to the adjustable valve. In some implementations, a latch assembly may releasably retain the locking plate in its second position. The latch assembly may include a finger carried by the locking plate and releasably engageable with a stop when the locking plate is in its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Walbro LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Braun, Eric L. King
  • Patent number: 11759745
    Abstract: This application relates to an apparatus for reducing fine dust by using lightweight mixed air. The apparatus may include an apparatus main body configured to introduce and mix external air and remove the fine dust through adsorption, a seal type air mixing unit configured to mix the introduced external air and helium gas, an adsorption solution production unit configured to produce an adsorption solution for adsorbing the fine dust. The apparatus may also include an air bubble generation unit configured to generate air bubbles, emitted to outside, by using the adsorption solution, a flow control unit configured to control flow of air, so as to induce air bubble generation in the air bubble generation unit. The apparatus may further include a controller installed in a part of the apparatus main body and configured to control operations of the above units of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dugkeun Park, Sujung Im, Sungwook Kim