Patents Examined by Stephen J. Castellano
  • Patent number: 12376699
    Abstract: A baking or roasting pan for an oven includes a pan outlet arranged in the bottom or at the bottom of a side of the baking pan for letting out fluid in the pan, and a valve for controlling a flow of said fluid through the pan outlet. The valve has an inlet port for receiving the fluid, an outlet port in fluid communication with the pan outlet, and an actuator for opening and closing the valve. The actuator is operated by an actuator member that engages with an actuator member of a collecting device operated by a user such that the valve opens for the flow of the fluid when being engaged by the collecting device for a safe and clean emptying of the pan. The invention also relates to a kit of parts comprising the baking or roasting pan and a collecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SAUERCONCEPT PATENT A/S
    Inventor: Steen Sauer
  • Patent number: 12357130
    Abstract: The nestable cookware with detachable handle is a kit. The nestable cookware with detachable handle is cookware. The nestable cookware with detachable handle incorporates a plurality of cooking pans, an accessory kit, and a handle structure. The plurality of cooking pans are nestable structures. The plurality of cooking pans includes a collection of individual pan structures. The accessory kit contains cooking accessories that are stored within the plurality of cooking pans. The handle structure forms a grip that detachably attaches to any individual pan structure selected from the plurality of cooking pans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventor: Wilfred J Doucet, III
  • Patent number: 12358640
    Abstract: An aircraft with a multi-walled fuel tank and method of manufacturing is presented. The aircraft includes a blended wing body and a fuel tank attached to the blended wing body configured to store liquified gas fuel. The fuel tank includes an inner wall, outer wall, and interstitial volume in between that is filled with insulation. The interstitial volume includes a reflective film layer and a structural insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: JETZERO, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Tatsuji Kawai, Blaine Knight Rawdon
  • Patent number: 12350876
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel tank including a tank wall which has at least two wall sections opposite one another and a stiffening device situated between the two opposite wall sections. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing such a fuel tank. According to the invention, it is provided that the stiffening device includes at least one connecting strut, each end of which has a profile section, which engages with one complementary profile section each on the two opposite wall sections of the container wall in a tension-resistant manner in such a way that the connecting strut absorbs compressive forces acting on the container wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Albert J. Boecker, Dennis Schwager, Gerrit Michaelis
  • Patent number: 12350812
    Abstract: A storage device system includes a storage case having a base and a cover coupled to the base, and a plurality of insertable bins removably positioned within an interior of the base. The plurality of insertable bins includes a first bin having a first height and a set of second bins each having a second height. The set of second bins is configured to be stackable and have a stacked height when stacked. A depth of the interior of the base, the first height, and the stacked height are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: Milwaukee Electronic Tool Corporation, Keter Plastic LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Hoppe, Matthew Vargo, Yaron Brunner
  • Patent number: 12355223
    Abstract: A one-gang retrofit (old work) electrical box assembly device for low voltage applications is described which comprises a frame with a curvilinear closed thin-walled section configured to fit into a curvilinear wall opening, including an electrical device mounting interface used to secure a low voltage electrical devices, and featuring two types of a wall attachment means integrated by fastening and locking mechanisms to secure the frame to a wall and within the curvilinear wall opening; where none of the referred constituting components of the one-gang retrofit (old work) electrical box assembly device for low voltage applications protrudes beyond defined limits, making this design the only that do not collide with a vertical or horizontal studs behind the wall, near or just in a borders of the wall opening where it has to be installed, while maximizing internal dimensions, robustness, versatility and strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventors: Pedro Bucarano, Regis Fernandez Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 12348020
    Abstract: An outlet box comprises a box body and a lid. The box body defines an internal space and has a lid opening permitting access to the internal space. The lid is releasably attachable to the lid opening of the body in a closed configuration, which prevents access to the internal space, and releasably attachable to an external retaining tab of the body in an open configuration, which permits access to the internal space through the lid opening. An attaching mechanism may optionally be used to releasable attach the lid to the external retaining tab, in the open configuration, and to prevent manual relative rotation of the lid with respect to the lid opening in the closed configuration. A gasket may be co-molded with the lid. The external retaining tab may extend from the base wall and has elongated mounting slots for receiving a mounting mechanism. The elongated mounting slots permit relative movement of the box body with respect to the mounting mechanism when in a semi-tightened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Tianyuan Yang
  • Patent number: 12338955
    Abstract: A triple containment tank includes: a tank foundation; a triple shell including an outer tank, an intermediate tank, and an inner tank; a first anchor strap extending through a first inter-tank region and a second inter-tank region and coupling an inner tank side plate and the tank foundation; and a second anchor strap extending through the second inter-tank region and coupling an intermediate tank side plate and the tank foundation. The first anchor strap includes: a first end portion coupled to the inner tank side plate; a second end portion coupled to the tank foundation; a first intermediate portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion and coupled to an inner wall-side portion of the intermediate tank; and a second intermediate portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion and coupled to an outer wall-side portion of the intermediate tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Umeda, Takeshi Egami, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Takahiro Sato
  • Patent number: 12337745
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in an elongated shipping container for selectively carrying solid freight and bulk liquid freight comprising a frame fixedly secured to the elongated shipping container, the frame comprising at least: two side members and at least one end member connected to the side members, a collapsible liquid container removably connected to the frame, the container having a liquid impermeable outer liner and a liquid impermeable inner bladder arranged within the outer liner, a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the inner bladder and removably connected to the frame, and at least one baffle operatively arranged to removably secured to the frame and on top of the collapsible liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Bulk Cargo Systems, LLC
    Inventors: David Buonerba, John C. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 12336674
    Abstract: A soap dish apparatus for hanging soap from an outside faucet or pipe includes a container with a base wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall extends upwardly from the base wall. The base wall and the perimeter wall define a cavity in the container for retaining soap. The perimeter wall has an open top and a rim surrounding the open top. The base wall has an aperture extending through the base wall into the container. A wire is coupled to the container for hanging the container on a faucet. The wire is coupled to the container at a back portion of the perimeter wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Choat, Tommy Lavene
  • Patent number: 12331882
    Abstract: A tank includes a liner, a neck that has a communicating orifice, a metal cylindrical member that is inserted into a lower end portion of the communicating orifice, and a valve that is inserted into the communicating orifice, wherein a lower end portion of the valve is inserted into the metal cylindrical member. The liner includes a wrap-around portion that wraps around to inside of the communicating orifice, and to contact with an outer circumferential face of the metal cylindrical member. A first O-ring is disposed in a circumferential direction between an inner circumferential face of the wrap-around portion and the outer circumferential face of the metal cylindrical member. A second O-ring is disposed in the circumferential direction between an inner circumferential face of the metal cylindrical member and an outer circumferential face of the lower end portion of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Takami, Chihiro Uchimura, Akira Noumura, Shinichi Nomura
  • Patent number: 12329299
    Abstract: A rotary goblet is provided, it comprises a goblet body and a base, a bottom of the goblet body is connected to a connecting rod, a bearing is mounted at a top of the base, an inner side of the inner ring of the bearing is provided with a internal thread, and an outer side of a bottom of the connecting rod is provided with a external thread corresponding to the internal thread, and the bottom of the connecting rod is screwed connected to the inner side of the inner ring of the bearing; a connecting seat is mounted at the bottom of the goblet body, an internal threaded hole is provided on an inner side of the connecting seat, and a threaded column corresponding to the internal threaded hole is provided at a top of the connecting rod. The top of the base is provided with a mounting hole for positioning and mounting of the bearing. The rotary goblet in the present disclosure is simple in structure, smooth in placement, smooth in rotation and stable in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventor: Guopei Lin
  • Patent number: 12325529
    Abstract: A tank system includes a vacuum tank and a pressure tank. The vacuum tank has a vacuum tank main portion extending between vacuum tank end portions. The pressure tank is mounted within the vacuum tank, and has a pressure tank main portion extending between pressure tank end portions. The tank system includes a deflection control system comprising at least one elongate support member extending from a vacuum tank first side of the vacuum tank main portion, and passing through an opening in a pressure tank first side of the pressure tank main portion, and coupled to a pressure tank second side opposite the pressure tank first side. The elongate support member is configured to support the pressure tank main portion and reduce deflections of the pressure tank main portion relative to the vacuum tank main portion when the tank system is subjected to a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert E. Grip
  • Patent number: 12320474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cryogenic tank comprising an inner shell intended to contain the cryogenic fluid, an outer shell arranged around the inner shell and delimiting a space between the two shells under vacuum, the outer shell extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of reinforcing ribs distributed in planes that are perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the ribs being formed by deformations, for example by knurling, on one and the same wall of the outer shell, wherein the tank also includes at least one reinforcing element for reinforcing at least part of at least one of the ribs, the reinforcing element comprising a strip rigidly connected to the two portions of the wall situated at the base and on either side of the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Guillaume Boye, Loic Jeunesse, Florent Cordeau
  • Patent number: 12313090
    Abstract: An expansion tank for at least temporarily storing a pumped liquid under pressure, the including a thin wailed outer shell and a diaphragm located internally of the tank, and sealingly secured to the inner surface of the shell of the tank to divide the internal volume of the tank into a fluid-tight section for holding a gas under pressure and a fluid-tight section for holding a liquid under pressure. The diaphragm has an enlarged lip around the outer circumference of the diaphragm and being is connected to the interior portion of one of the substantially cylindrical sections via the enlarged lip being fitted tightly into a coupling ring, which in turn presses the enlarged lip of the diaphragm sealingly, circumferentially against the inner circumferential surface of the tank wall when the outer circumferential surface of the coupling ring is sealingly connect to the inner wall surface of one of the tank segments, sealing the enlarged lip against the inner surface of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FLEXCON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Carter
  • Patent number: 12291394
    Abstract: A trash can that can be broken down for washing is disclosed. The trash can includes a lid, one or more intermediate segments, a base connecting segment having a female connector, a base having a male connector, one or more fasteners, and one or more magnets. The one or more fasteners allows the lid to engage with an intermediate segment; an intermediate segment with another intermediate segment; and an intermediate segment with the base connecting segment. The one or more magnets allows the base connecting segment to engage with the base. The one or more female connectors engage with the one or more male connectors. The trash can also includes a link rod sustained by one or more rod supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Jason Hoagland
  • Patent number: 12274855
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for direct drug infusion from a vial to a patient are provided. A movable hanger label is provided to adhere to and support the vial to facilitate direct infusion of a drug, such as one or more pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, and/or biologics, from the vial to the patient. Additionally, a process is provided in which the drug, contained in the vial with the movable hanger label, may be directly infused through a primed infusion line with a rapid infusion rate. A saline flush is incorporated at the end of the administration to flush the infusion line, resulting in a reduced amount of the drug remaining in the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Zheng, Edward Porock, Mahesh Khurana, Geoffrey Colin Wise, Lorenzo Myles Paredes Pesino, Michelle Hatch, Stefan Yohe, Raffaella Claudia Bondi
  • Patent number: 12275300
    Abstract: A frame for a plastic tank for a motor vehicle, containing at least one means for attaching an internal reinforcing element of the plastic tank which is intended to connect two opposite walls of said plastic tank. The at least one means for attaching the internal reinforcing element includes at least one first structure configured to snap-fit at least a portion of the internal reinforcing element. The at least one first structure contains at least two bodies that are movable relative to each other. The at least two bodies are provided with a holding means configured to hold the internal reinforcing element in a direction opposite to a snap-fitting direction, and at least one stop element, separate from the at least two bodies, protruding in a direction opposite to the snap-fitting direction in order to provide a stop for the internal reinforcing element when said element is snap-fit into place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventors: Laurent Duez, Antoine Chaussinand, Damien Reveillard
  • Patent number: 12275554
    Abstract: A collapsible, lid-attached, food-safe storage container includes six panels and is selectively collapsible between an assembled configuration, in which the container is arranged as a rectangular cuboid having a fluid- and/or air-tight hollow interior space delimited by the six panels, and a collapsed configuration, in which the six panels are stacked on top of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Kevin Blumenthal
  • Patent number: 12269642
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bottle for containing liquid content including a body portion, at least part or the entire portion of an upper portion of which is provided with a plurality of guides which protrudes inward from an inside surface thereof and is in a spiral pattern so that the liquid content can be guided towards an opening of a neck portion of the bottle while spirally revolving inside the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Kyung Hwa Kim