Patents Examined by Stephen J. Castellano
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Patent number: 12269642Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventor: Kyung Hwa Kim
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Patent number: 12269219Abstract: An insulated cooler comprises a body and a lid at least partially connected to the body, where each is comprised of soft thermoplastic material. The body includes a base comprising rigid plastic connected to the body via a first thermoplastic sealing strip heat welded to the bottom edges of the body, and sewn to top edges of the base. The lid includes a top comprising rigid plastic connected to top edges of the lid via a second thermoplastic sealing strip heat welded to the top edges of the lid, and sewn to bottom edges of the top. The cooler also includes a waterproof liner disposed along inner surfaces of the body and the lid, insulation disposed between the liner and the body and lid, and a zipper closing the lid to the body. A method of manufacturing an insulated cooler is also disclosed. This is helpful for transporting cooler conveniently and increasing the capabilities of the cooler.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventor: Guoping Chen
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Patent number: 12262843Abstract: A device and system for a divider insert for a food-heating appliance comprising a divider insert of a geometric shape to create a container to receive uncooked food. A user may select one or a plurality of different geometric shapes to receive different volumes of food. Multiple foods may be cooked simultaneously according to the number of containers and shapes selected.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Happier, LLCInventor: Emilie Wren
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Patent number: 12264779Abstract: A pressure vessel for containing pressure, for example, high pressure associated with storage of compressed gaseous fuels, includes a wall which surrounds an interior space. The wall includes an arrangement of wall threads and a matrix. An internal structure having a number of internal threads is provided for bracing, the internal threads having portions embedding in the matrix adjacent to the wall threads. A method for producing a pressure vessel of this type is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Hans-Ulrich Stahl
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Patent number: 12246914Abstract: A base for a cargo container including a bottom plate, a top plate, risers, and a bracket. The top plate has a top surface that faces away from the bottom plate. The risers interconnect the top plate and the bottom plate. The bracket extends between the top plate and the bottom plate and is configured to maintain a distance between the top plate and the bottom plate. The bracket is replaceable from the base without access to the top surface of the top plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Advanced Composite Structures, LLCInventor: Thomas R. Pherson
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Patent number: 12240687Abstract: An enclosure structure in the form of a security cage is attached to a top surface of a cargo carrier as the security cage is assembled on the top surface of the cargo carrier. The assembled security cage enclosure structure encloses and secures objects supported on the cargo carrier in an interior volume of the security cage enclosure structure. The construction of the security cage enclosure structure eliminates the need for separate fastener assemblies to attach the assembled security cage enclosure structure to the top surface of the cargo carrier.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: ETRAILER CORPORATIONInventors: Craig Obermark, Daniel Perotti, Brenden McIntyre
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Patent number: 12240652Abstract: A container and systems for use during an external sterilization process of a plurality of drug delivery devices are provided. The container may include an outer housing and at least one partition at least partially enclosed by the outer housing. The at least one partition may include a plurality of first dividers and a plurality of second dividers. The at least one partition may also be positioned an open configuration, wherein the plurality of first dividers and the plurality of second dividers cooperate with each other to define a plurality of chambers configured to receive at least one of the plurality of drug delivery devices. The at least one partition may also be positioned in a closed configuration wherein the plurality of chambers are substantially completely collapsed.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: AMGEN INC.Inventors: Anthony Bitong, Jessica Liu, Mads Schjoth Due, Wael Mismar, Greg Payne
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Patent number: 12241591Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a liner that includes a body that is cylindrical in shape and a pair of dome portions each of which is provided at a respective end of the body in an axial direction, and a reinforcing layer provided on an outer circumferential face of the liner. The reinforcing layer includes a pair of resin rings each of which is provided encircling a respective end portion of an outer circumferential face of the body, a hoop layer that covers part of the outer circumferential face of the body, between the resin rings, and a helical layer that covers the resin rings, the hoop layer, and the dome portions. The resin rings are configured to cover part of the body from boundary portions between the body and the dome portions, and increase in thickness from the boundary portions toward a middle of the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Kobayashi, Koji Katano, Takeshi Ishikawa, Daisuke Satoya
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Patent number: 12239817Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: 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
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Patent number: 12235038Abstract: A refrigerating appliance includes an inner liner, an outer wrapper and a trim breaker extending between the inner liner and the outer wrapper to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The trim breaker includes a liner portion coupled with the inner liner, a wrapper portion coupled to the outer wrapper and an outer glazing member that extends between the liner and wrapper portions. An external surface of the outer glazing member defines a contact surface that is configured to receive a seal of an operable panel in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Aaron M. Stewart
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Patent number: 12226744Abstract: A mixing bowl for a stand mixer includes a body defining an interior and an exterior. The body has first and second mounting flanges extending outwardly from opposite sides of the exterior and defining respective cavities open at least on bottom sides of the mounting flanges. The mixing bowl further includes first and second inserts fixedly received in the respective cavities of the first and second mounting flanges. The inserts define respective pin holes for receiving mounting pins of a bowl-lift mechanism of the stand mixer, the first and second pin holes being located relative to each other at a first tolerance and relative to the respective first and second flanges at a second tolerance lower than the first tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Prabhjee Anand, John W. McConnell, Brandon Tyler Mock, John Jay Myers, Nicholas Hill Schutte, Ben C. Shao
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Patent number: 12227066Abstract: A fuel tank includes an internal component having a head portion, a neck portion, and a shoulder portion, in which the internal component is fixed on a tank main body by shaping a parison to the head portion, the neck portion and the shoulder portion during molding of the tank main body. Here, in the fuel tank, the head portion has a rotation-stopping shape. The rotation-stopping shape is preferably an elliptical shape or an oval shape. Further, the rotation-stopping shape is preferably a broad bean shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Nakaya, Masaki Morisaki, Kazuyoshi Morooka
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Patent number: 12227330Abstract: A basket assembly is provided. The basket assembly includes a molded basket body having opposed side walls with minimal draft angles. The basket body defines a front opening for receiving fluid and items, an interior area of receiving and holding the items, and a plurality of perforations for allowing the fluid to escape the interior area while retaining the items within the interior area. The perforations are placed, oriented, sized, and configured to maximize fluid flow and item retention while the basket assembly is positioned in flowing fluid of a washing machine wash tank. Support pins retain the basket assembly at the top of the wash tank and handles extending therebetween facilitate removal of the basket assembly from the wash tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: ELECTROLUX PROFESSIONAL, INC.Inventors: Richard Seiss, Roger Moore, Michael P. Licata
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Patent number: 12222072Abstract: Cryogenic tank for storing liquefied fluid, having an inner shell delimiting a storage volume for liquefied fluid and an outer shell arranged in a spaced manner around the inner shell, the space between said inner and outer shells having a thermal insulation, a first mechanical connection having a first support wall of truncated cone shape whose larger-diameter end is rigidly connected to the outer shell and whose smaller-diameter end is connected to the inner shell, wherein a second mechanical connection has a second support wall of truncated cone shape whose larger-diameter end is rigidly connected to the outer shell and whose smaller-diameter end is connected to the inner shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: CRYOLORInventors: Lucien Varrassi, Etienne Gibaux
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Patent number: 12213606Abstract: The utility model provides a straw cup, comprising a cup body and a cup cover connected to the cup body, wherein the cup cover is provided with a mounting hole, and a sealing element made of an elastic material is connected in the mounting hole; and a suction nozzle extending upward vertically and communicated with the inner cavity of the cup body is arranged at the top of the sealing element, and the sealing element and the suction nozzle are integrated in one piece. An insertion hole communicated with the suction nozzle is arranged at the bottom of the sealing element, a straw is arranged in the cup body, and one end of the straw is detachably connected in the insertion hole and is in interference fit with the insertion hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Ningbo Hailan Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shuibing Zhou
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Patent number: 12213607Abstract: The device herein overcomes the problem of holding a messy food item by providing a food holder having corrugations of resilient material, where the corrugations are arranged to provide, in use, a compressive force to hold the food in place. The food holder has two opposing sides joined by a gusset, the gusset having corrugations of resilient material, where the corrugations are arranged to provide, in use, a compressive force to hold the food in place. The opposing sides have an open edge and at least one closed edge where the gusset joins the sides together along at least one closed edge, and where the gusset is arranged to allow all of the edges of the opposing sides to move towards and away from each other. The container is of one-piece construction and the corrugations are semi-circular, and the proportions of adjacent corrugations are different.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Inventors: Ismail Miah, Mohammed Islam
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Patent number: 12215826Abstract: A cryogenic dewar may include an inner tank and an outer tank. The cryogenic dewar may further include a plurality of trunnion mounts. A first four of the trunnion mounts may be coupled between a front half of the inner tank and a front half of the outer tank. A second four of the trunnion mounts may be coupled between a rear half of the inner tank and a rear half of the outer tank. The trunnion mount may be further strengthen with a plurality of pie-shaped reinforcing pads welded to each other and to an outer surface of the inner tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: PLUG POWER INC.Inventors: Bob Ernull, Nidhi Shah, Mark Ollweiler
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Patent number: 12208937Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottle having a cylindrical shape with a bottom and formed of a synthetic resin material. In the bottle, a bottom portion includes a bottom wall portion, and a cylindrical heel portion. A plurality of recessed portions are provided in the bottom portion at equal intervals in a circumferential direction. A bottom surface of each of the plurality of recessed portions has a rectangular shape extending in the radial direction when viewed from below. When an interval in the circumferential direction between upper end portions located at the heel portion, among bottom surfaces of recessed portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the plurality of recessed portions, is defined as A, and a size in the circumferential direction of the upper end portions of the bottom surfaces of the recessed portions is defined as B, 1.0<A/B<3.2 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuro Usami
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Patent number: 12202644Abstract: Disclosed is a hole-in-the-ground beverage cooler, comprising a plastic jacket tube which can be inserted vertically into a hole in the ground and which is provided at the bottom with a tightly sealing base and at the top with a removable cover, and in the interior of which jacket tube a support device is situated that can be moved axially upwards and out of the jacket tube, on which support device a plurality of axially-spaced-apart disc-shaped beverage holders are fastened. The beverage holders can be slid into the jacket tube and are each provided with a plurality of hooking-in openings for hooking in the necks of beverage bottles, which hooking-in openings are distributed around the circumference of the beverage holder and are accessible from the periphery.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: FEDERTEC PRODUKTIONS-GMBHInventor: Constantin Dehghan-Manshadi
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Patent number: 12203278Abstract: A drywall mud pan that combines the shape retaining and mud dispensing properties of the traditional metal mud pan with the advantage of resilient easy to grip pan. A lightweight rigid support frame has upstanding mud tool engagement band edges. A flexible resilient mud retaining insert is supported within and interlocked by insert flange engagement between support frame spaced alignment end tabs which as assembled allows the user to comfortably grip and hold the pan by its flexible resilient insert while having the advantages of a rigid tool engagement scraping edges as found in traditional mud pans.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventor: William H. VanValien, III