Patents Examined by Stephen J. Castellano
  • Patent number: 11377256
    Abstract: A packaging element for accommodating at least one product includes a blank which has a number of portions connected to one another by folding lines. The portions include an accommodating portion having at least one receptacle, the shape of which is matched to the shape of a product to be accommodated, a first side-wall portion, a first cover-wall portion, a second side-wall portion, and a second cover-wall portion. The first cover-wall portion may have at least one hollow, and the second cover-wall portion may have at least one protrusion with a shape and position complementary to the hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: PAPACKS SALES GMBH, GOERNER FORMPACK GMBH
    Inventor: Tahsin Dag
  • Patent number: 11370579
    Abstract: A metal cup and method of forming the same is provided. Metal cups of the present disclosure comprise a plurality of thin, straight-walled sections and a tapered profile. A domed portion is provided in the bottom of the cup. The cup may comprise a disposable cup, a reusable cup, or a recyclable cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BALL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Anthony J. Scott
  • Patent number: 11375627
    Abstract: A modular, non-metallic enclosure with a first enclosure having an open end between first and second side panels and a second enclosure having an open end between third and fourth side panels. At the open end of the first enclosure, the first and second side panels each include a guide rail having a male guiderail member and a female guiderail channel. At the open end of the second enclosure, the third and fourth side panels each include a guide rail having a male guiderail member and a female guiderail channel. The male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the first sidewall are configured to engage with the opposite of the male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the third side wall. The male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the second sidewall are configured to engage with the opposite of the male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the fourth side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Douglas Paul O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11370297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic tank which provides storing of gasoline and urea liquid called adblue, used in automotive industry, particularly in vehicles which operate with gasoline and which reduces the damage of vehicles, which operate with gasoline, to the environment, in a single tank with two chambers, and relates to a special core heating system designed for production of this tank by using rotation technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FLOTEKS PLASTIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventor: Veysel Celal Beysel
  • Patent number: 11358789
    Abstract: An air flowing garbage can assembly for includes a garbage can that has a garbage bag being removably positioned therein to store garbage. The garbage can has a plurality of air holes integrated into the garbage can to pass air into an interior of the garbage can. A plurality of conduits is each coupled to the garbage can and each of the conduits is positioned in an interior of the garbage can. Each of the conduits is in fluid communication with a respective one of the air holes in the garbage can. In this way each of the conduits ventilates the interior of the garbage can when the garbage bag is removed from the garbage can thereby inhibiting a vacuum from forming in the garbage can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: John Goines, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11355907
    Abstract: An integrated latching mechanism includes a slider button extending along a first direction, curved elastic arms that extend from the slider button in a second direction and then curve back in an direction opposite thereto, a locking part contiguous with the slider button and extending away from the slider button and the elastic arms in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. In response to ends of the elastic arms being held at fixed positions and an external force urging the slider button in a direction opposite to the third direction, the locking part moves in the same direction, and the urging of the slider button distorts the elastic arms such that upon removal of the external force, the elastic arms move the slider button and the locking part in the third direction. The elastic arms, slider button, and locking part form a single piece of elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Pedoeem, Gregory Sorrentino, David Paolazzi
  • Patent number: 11352162
    Abstract: Provided is a plastic container with a bottom area and a main body, which adjoins the bottom area in a longitudinal direction of the plastic container, wherein the main body includes a wall which extends all the way around in a circumferential direction of the plastic container and an opening area which at least indirectly adjoins the main body in the longitudinal direction and has a container opening, wherein the circumferential wall of the main body includes at least one first groove and/or elevation extending in a first direction and at least one second groove and/or elevation extending in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Mario Casper, Milena Huber
  • Patent number: 11345510
    Abstract: A container apparatus having at least one containment member is disclosed that may include a bottom and at least one sidewall, an interior and an open end. The container may also include a flange that extends around a free end of the at least one side wall, and a plurality of wall members (or castellations) connected to/formed with/that extend from the flange. The plurality of wall members may be separated by ventilation apertures, with the plurality of wall members and the ventilation apertures extending around the perimeter of the free end. A sealing material, such as a removable film, may extend over the open end to enclose the containment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Mastronardi Produce Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeanne Clark, Ricardo Astorga
  • Patent number: 11346501
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage tank for a hydrogen fueled aircraft. The tank has a wall made of layers of aerogel sections around a hard shell layer, sealed within a flexible outer layer, and having the air removed to form a vacuum. The periphery of each layer section abuts other sections of that layer, but only overlies the periphery of the sections of other layers at individual points. The wall is characterized by a thermal conductivity that is lower near its gravitational top than its gravitational bottom. The tank has two exit passageways, one being direct, and the other passing through a vapor shield that extends through the wall between two layers of aerogel. A control system controls the relative flow through the two passages to regulate the boil-off rate of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Brooks, Bart D. Hibbs, David R. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11346500
    Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner includes a body portion having a cylindrical shape. The liner is configured such that a gas is filled in the liner. The reinforcing layer is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient lower than a linear expansion coefficient of a material of the liner. The reinforcing layer is formed in contact with an outer surface of the body portion. The reinforcing layer is configured to cover the liner from outside the liner. A thickness of the body portion is set to such a value that the outer surface of the body portion is not separated from the reinforcing layer when the gas that has been filled in the liner is discharged out of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Osamu Sawai
  • Patent number: 11339907
    Abstract: A bladder and attachment member assembly for use with a container comprises an elastomeric gas-filled bladder comprising a valve stem. A first attachment member is disposed over the valve stem within the container with the bladder. A second attachment member is disposed over the valve stem and over the first attachment member. The second attachment member is outside of the container interposed between the valve stem and a container opening. Rotational movement of the valve stem is fixed relative to one or both of the first and second attachment members. In an example, the valve stem comprises one or more surface features that register with one or more surface features of the first and/or second attachment member to thereby fix relative valve stem rotational movement. In an example, the valve stem surface feature is a flat surface that registers with a flat surface of the second attachment member inside diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Young Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Winston B. Young
  • Patent number: 11332305
    Abstract: A liquid storage vessel having a base with a bottom and an interior floor; a continuous side extending vertically from the base and having an interior surface, the bottom and continuous side each including an internal layer and an external layer separated by a material barrier, and configured such that the interior layers form an inner containment liner, and the external layers form a continuous exterior structural shell enclosing the inner containment liner. A top is affixed to the continuous side and has an interior ceiling. Access to the tank interior is provided by one or more manways. Mounting and connecting structures enable the tanks to be stacked directly atop one another and then structurally connected. The exterior structural shell is fabricated from high performance fiber reinforced concrete, and the inner containment liner is fabricated from a geopolymer concrete blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Rosenblatt, Carl Finney, David I Jensen
  • Patent number: 11333301
    Abstract: A pressure vessel and a system of a vehicle with such a pressure vessel, wherein the pressure vessel is suitable for storage of pressurized fluids, comprising a housing which extends along a longitudinal axis. The housing defines an inner volume. The shape of the housing, in longitudinal cross-section, is defined by the circumference of a set of circles. The set of circles comprises a central circle, with a center point which is defined by the longitudinal axis, and four primary peripheral circles each of which intersects with the central circle at two points. The primary peripheral circles are axially distributed on the central circle in opposing pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Lightweight Engineering B.V.
    Inventors: Faris Saad, Jan Jacobus Matthijs Koppert
  • Patent number: 11326741
    Abstract: A cryogenic storage vessel having an inner vessel defining a cryogen space; an outer vessel spaced apart from and surrounding the inner vessel, defining a thermally insulating space between the inner vessel and the outer vessel; and a receptacle defining passages for delivery of liquefied gas from the cryogen space to outside the cryogenic storage vessel. The receptacle has an elongated outer sleeve defining an interior space in fluid communication with the thermally insulating space that is sealed from the cryogen space; an elongated inner sleeve extending into the interior space defined by the elongated outer sleeve defining an inner receptacle space that is fluidly isolated from the thermally insulating space; and a collar extending around an inner surface of the elongated inner sleeve which seals against a cooperating surface of a pump assembly when a pump assembly is installed in the cryogenic storage vessel thereby dividing a warm end from a cold end of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Robbi L. McDonald, Ankur H. Vayeda, Kenneth W. Kratschmar, Michael Ebbehoj
  • Patent number: 11325749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container including a container body with a removable tray wherein the container can house at least two materials that must be kept separate until use. The container also may have upwardly extending fingers in the removable tray for securing a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Slawek Witkowski, R. Michael Schock, Laura Boatwright, Michael L. Thornton
  • Patent number: 11312228
    Abstract: A tank adapter has a body with first and second ends and an axial hole. A hollow cylinder of the body has an external tapered thread from the first end toward the second end of the body. A flange between the first and second ends has a flat face extending radially outward from the hollow cylinder to a flange outer diameter. A gage mount portion has a gage mount outer diameter that is less than the flange outer diameter and extends from the second end toward the first end and has gage mounting features for securing a level gage. A gasket mates with the flat face. In a first configuration, the external tapered thread engages an internal tapered thread of a first tank opening. In a second configuration, a collar nut compresses the gasket between the flange and a top rim of a second tank opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: R.W. Beckett Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Christopher Allen Fildes, Timothy Ryan Brewster
  • Patent number: 11312568
    Abstract: A medially stabilized surge suppressor has longitudinal members joined together at opposite ends of the members and a medial disk supporting the members. The longitudinal members are fastened to the medial disks by tabs that pass through elongate slots located in the longitudinal members. The longitudinal members each include a number of flow orifices that enable fluid through the flow orifices as well as between the longitudinal members. The end portions of the longitudinal members are joined at each of first and second junctions by a pin and a washer forming a non-rotable connection between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Liquid Surge Control LLC
    Inventors: Gary K. Maurer, Gerald Edward Russell
  • Patent number: 11304588
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting glassware particularly those pieces of glassware having stems from being damaged when placed in a dishwasher or a sink. The apparatus comprises a shroud having an opening at one end to receive the glassware so that the shroud surrounds the glassware, wherein the shroud has at least one perforation on a side thereof and at least one perforation on a top thereof. Multiple shrouds of varying size can be provided which are similar in shape so as to be stackable onto each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Martin Dolan
  • Patent number: 11305911
    Abstract: A packaging for modified atmosphere packaging includes a flangeless cardboard tray having a bottom and an upstanding peripheral wall. A plastic flange is arranged on top of the edge of the peripheral wall. The plastic flange has in cross-section a first part extending horizontally, substantially parallel to the bottom of the tray, a second part depending from the first part downward along the outside of the peripheral wall and a third part depending from the first part, opposite of the second part, along the inside of the peripheral wall. A plastic barrier foil is adhered to and lines the inside of the cardboard tray and extends over the plastic flange to fix the plastic flange onto the flangeless cardboard tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Packable B.V.
    Inventor: Ronald Zwaga
  • Patent number: 11292635
    Abstract: A plate attachment assembly that includes a first plate shell and a second plate shell configured to interlock with one another. The first plate shell and the second plate shell each have a bottom wall and a surrounding sidewall with a flange disposed thereon. The first and second plate shells are operably configured to selectively removably couple together in a watertight configuration using a locking tab disposed on one of the plate shells and a raised sidewall disposed above the flange of the first plate shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Mundy, Johny Ismar Delvar