Patents Examined by Steven W Crabb
  • Patent number: 12384225
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating radiator (1) comprising a power supply module (2) and a heating body (3), said power supply module (2) comprising a printed circuit board (20), a plurality of electronic switches (21) and one or more connectors (22) for connecting to an external circuit, said printed circuit board (20) comprising a first zone (200) providing an electrical connection with the heating body (3), a second zone (210) providing an electrical connection with the electronic switches (21) and a third zone (220) providing an electrical connection with the one or more connectors (22), said first, second and third zones being located side-by-side in this order in a direction that is transverse to a plane in which the heating body (2) extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Erwan Gogmos, Yann Couapel
  • Patent number: 12383981
    Abstract: A processing apparatus has: a light irradiation apparatus that irradiates a surface of an object with a processing light; a first position change apparatus that changes a position of at least one of the object and an irradiation area that is formed on the surface of the object by the light irradiation apparatus; and a control apparatus that controls the first position change apparatus to form a structure for reducing a frictional resistance of the surface of the object to a fluid by irradiating the surface of the object with the processing light while changing the position of at least one of the irradiation area and the object to change a thickness of a part of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Shiraishi, Shigeki Egami, Yoshio Kawabe, Yosuke Tatsuzaki, Yuichi Shibazaki
  • Patent number: 12383984
    Abstract: A laser processing device configured to emit laser light on an object to perform laser processing of the object, the laser processing device including: a laser output unit configured to output the laser light; a spatial light modulator configured to reflect the laser light output from the laser output unit while modulating the laser light in accordance with a phase pattern; and an objective lens configured to converge the laser light from the spatial light modulator toward the object, in which the spatial light modulator includes an entrance surface, a reflective surface, and a modulation layer configured to display the phase pattern to modulate the laser light, and a dielectric multilayer film having a high reflectance region in a plurality of wavelength bands non-contiguous with each other is formed on the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Junji Okuma, Mitsuhiro Nagao, Norihiro Fukuchi, Yasunori Igasaki
  • Patent number: 12377459
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise a support for holding a portion of the object and a wire(s) source configured to hold a wire(s) of substantially the same or different diameters. The system may also comprise a print head. The print head may comprise a guide for directing the wire to the support. The system may also comprise a driver roller comprising a groove configured to contact a portion of the wire and direct the wire to the guide, and a power source in electrical communication with the wire and the support. The system may also comprise a controller configured to direct the power source to supply electrical current to the wire and the support. The electrical current may be sufficient to melt the wire when the wire is in contact with the support or the portion of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Relativity Space, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Kilcoyne, Mateo Pena Doll, Salvador Barriga
  • Patent number: 12379265
    Abstract: A system for detecting a fault in a locking pin for use in an aircraft includes the locking pin; means for receiving a static air temperature; and a controller; wherein said locking pin comprises an internal heater element and at least one internal temperature sensor provided therein. The system also includes means for transmitting said measured temperature sensor information from said at least internal temperature sensor and said static air temperature information to said controller. The controller is configured to compare the static air temperature information with said locking pin temperature sensor information and determine if a difference between the measurements is above a static v. internal temperature threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham James Burgess, Daniel Foster
  • Patent number: 12382553
    Abstract: A control device, for a water purifier, that dispenses hot water and that includes: an input unit that is configured to receive a command signal; and a controller that is configured to control the water purifier based on the command signal, wherein the controller is configured to: control power output of a heating unit that is configured to heat water stored in a hot water tank of the water purifier, and based on the power output of the heating unit, control temperature of hot water dispensed by the water purifier is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghyun Kim, Kobong Choi, Jewook Jeon, Siyeon An
  • Patent number: 12370629
    Abstract: A laser cutting apparatus includes a laser module, a vibration module, a motor module, a reflective module, and a concentrating module. The vibration module includes a lens module, and a piezoelectric module coupled to the lens module and configured to repeatedly expand and contract. The motor module is configured to move the vibration module in by transmitting power to the vibration module. The reflective module is configured to reflect the laser beam in such a way that a traveling direction of the laser beam is changed. The concentrating module is configured to concentrate the laser beam in such a way that energy of the laser beam reflected by the reflective surface is concentrated at a focal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ho Lee, Woong Kim, Hyoshin Song, Seungsik Ham, Buemjoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12370630
    Abstract: A method for forming a hollow component includes injecting a fluid into an internal cavity of the hollow component to achieve a pressure of the fluid within the internal cavity that is greater than an ambient pressure. The method further includes drilling at least one hole through the hollow component from an external surface of the hollow component to the internal cavity by applying a laser beam to the hollow component with a laser generator. The method further includes directing the fluid from the internal cavity and through the at least one hole so as to exit the hollow component via the at least one hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Henry H. Thayer, Dmitri Novikov
  • Patent number: 12372249
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic cooking apparatus and a method relating to temperature limiting control of the glass heating area for preventing cooking oil ignition is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIU KANG ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunlei Shen, Yun Bai
  • Patent number: 12369232
    Abstract: An induction cooking apparatus includes a panel forming a cooking surface and a bottom surface. The cooking surface is configured to support a cooking utensil. A housing is in connection with and disposed beneath the cooking surface. The housing forms an enclosure having an internal cavity. The enclosure includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A plurality of induction coils is arranged in at least one linear array beneath the cooking surface. A beam structure includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The beam structure is configured to extend across the housing of the cooking apparatus from the first side to the second side and support the plurality of induction coils. A plurality of spring mechanisms connects the first end portion to the first side and the second end portion to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Davide Parachini, Cristiano Vito Pastore
  • Patent number: 12365047
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the aligning of a melting beam source in an additive manufacturing (AM) system. Methods of the disclosure may include forming a first test article and a second test article of different shapes on a build plate. The method further includes measuring a vertical scale, vertical alignment, horizontal scale, and an alignment of the melting beam source using the first and second test articles. The method includes determining whether one of the vertical scale, the vertical alignment, the horizontal scale, or the horizontal alignment of the melting beam source is not within a corresponding tolerance of a target specification. If at least one of the vertical scale, the vertical alignment, the horizontal scale, or the horizontal alignment is within the corresponding tolerance, the method includes adjusting the melting beam source of the AM system to align the melting beam source to yield the target specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: John Bryan Pourcho, Robert Joseph Rohrssen, Maxwell Evan Miller, James Joseph Murray, III, Michael Ryan Horton, Evan John Dozier, Clay Thomas Griffis, Chad Joseph Dulkiewicz
  • Patent number: 12365050
    Abstract: In order to provide a laser irradiation system, a method for removing a coating, and a laser irradiation apparatus capable of efficiently removing a coating on a surface of a structure and recovering the removed substance using suction, a laser head (3) is configured from an optical system (4) for irradiating laser beam (30), a suctioning means (33) for suctioning removed matter (60) produced at the point where the laser beam (30) is directed, and an attachment (5) configured to be capable of abutting a surface (20) of a structure, the optical system (4) being operated to scan the irradiation point of the laser beam so as to draw a trajectory of a circle having a radius r1 around the optical axis of the laser beam (30) on a surface substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOKOH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Toyosawa, Kazuaki Toyosawa, Kazuhisa Fujita, Shinichiro Okihara
  • Patent number: 12358088
    Abstract: A laser-transmitting machining tool is disclosed. The laser-transmitting machining tool has a plurality of faces including an entrance face, a rake face, a flank face connected to the rake face, a rake side face extending between the entrance face and the rake face, and a flank side face extending between the entrance face and the flank face. The connection of the rake face to the flank face defines a cutting edge. The rake face extends away from the rake side face to define a rake angle. The entrance face is configured to receive and refract a laser beam to the rake face, the flank face, and the cutting edge for causing the laser beam to refract into and heat the workpiece at a compression region extending proximate at least the rake face and a tensile region extending proximate the flank face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Micro-LAM, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak V M Ravindra, Sai Kumar Kode
  • Patent number: 12357029
    Abstract: Described herein is a cartridge for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The cartridge comprises a housing defining a chamber, and a heating device located in the chamber. The heating device is arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The heating device comprises a heating element and smokable material arranged on the heating element. Also disclosed is apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus comprises an assembly having an interface, and the cartridge, wherein the cartridge is for co-operating with the interface of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Litten, Joe Robinson, Harpal Singh
  • Patent number: 12349716
    Abstract: A juice extraction module for a juicer is provided, which includes a container formed with a juice discharge port, a sieve positioned inside of the container, a screw positioned inside of the sieve to extract juice from a material, and a lid coupled to a top end of the container and formed with a input port through which the material is input. The juice extraction module includes a crushing portion formed on a top end of the screw to be narrowed upward, the crushing portion having a crushing blade formed thereon; and a crushing processing portion connected to the input port and formed in a bottom of the lid to be concave for accommodating the crushing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nuc Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Boo Kim
  • Patent number: 12349831
    Abstract: A temperature sensing assembly for a milk frothing apparatus. The assembly including: a temperature sensor element and a resilient support element that receives and biases the temperature sensor element towards thermal communication with the underside of a vessel; wherein the assembly is located towards the end of a protruding portion that extends from the body of the a milk frothing apparatus; and wherein an upper surface of the temperature sensor assembly is adapted to promote liquid movement into a drip tray reservoir. The apparatus may include: a steam source; an air source coupled to an air injector module for mixing the air and steam; a user interface for receiving input from a user; and wherein the apparatus is configurable by receiving input parameters through the user interface, whereby the parameters includes final milk temperature, and an indication of froth amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gerard Andrew White, Nicholas McColl, Daniel Robert Corkin, Con Psarologos
  • Patent number: 12349691
    Abstract: A system and process of producing extended fresh, ambient fresh, milk while harvesting desired components from the milk is disclosed. The system and process use substantially less pressure and low heat that can capture and segregate many beneficial components such as proteins, as well as advantageously harvesting IgG, while still obtaining extended fresh milk, ambient fresh milk equivalent to the shelf life associated with conventional UHT processing, and all at a substantially lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Creative Edge Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Soehnlen, Gregory R. Soehnlen, Daniel P. Soehnlen, Kevin Eddleman
  • Patent number: 12350762
    Abstract: Disclosed is a welding system configured to perform additive manufacturing, particularly a welding system to achieve a stable a laser metal deposition with hot wire process by controlling the contact point between the welding wire and the workpiece. For example, the resistance of the stick-out wire is measured and the measured resistance is converted to a distance signal, which can then be used for comparison to a desired distance. The distance between the contact tip and the workpiece can then be adjusted based on the comparison. The present disclosure also relates to using a constant enthalpy system to determine and control the contact tip to workpiece distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventors: Shuang Liu, Richard M. Hutchison, Erik Miller
  • Patent number: 12343824
    Abstract: An example method of controlling a short circuit welding process includes: setting a heat target for at least a portion of a short state; monitoring output parameters during the short state; calculating a measured heat from the measured output parameters; comparing the measured heat and the heat target; adjusting a pinch current in a subsequent short state in response to at least one comparing from at least one previous short state; and repeating these actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Justin M. Durik, Robert R. Davidson
  • Patent number: 12342954
    Abstract: A compact filtering and additive delivery system which is readily adaptable to a portable container, such as a sports bottle, and receives a modular additive container for the metered delivery of additive, such as flavor concentrate, to a stream of base liquid as the base liquid is drawn or dispensed from the container. The modular additive container configuration on the delivery system allows a consumer/user to experience different additives, such as different flavors or supplement compositions, for a given supply of base liquid, such as water, stored in the container. The system may be readily used with off-the-shelf containers, such as disposable water bottles. An additive container configuration provides modular additive delivery system as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett S. Waggoner, Andrew Gay, Christopher Jasperse