Patents Examined by T. Bennett McKenzie
  • Patent number: 11885525
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a display mounted between a front panel of a cabinet of the air purifier and an upper panel of the cabinet. The front panel includes a door which is configured and supported to be drawn in to the cabinet toward the display or drawn out from the cabinet away from the display. A display module including the display is disposed below the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sukchun Kim, Myungjin Ku, Taeyoon Kim, Kunyoung Lee, Sangkyun Baek
  • Patent number: 11872505
    Abstract: A separation device with two-stage gas-liquid mixture and conical spiral fields is provided. A first-stage uniform mixer performs first-stage gas-liquid crushing and uniform mixing process by an outer micropore ceramic pipe, a middle micropore ceramic pipe and an inner micropore ceramic pipe and crushes large bubbles in the gas-liquid two-phase flow into small bubbles. A second-stage uniform mixer performs second-stage gas-liquid crushing and uniform mixing process. A whirlpool-making gas collector adjusts the gas-liquid uniform mixing flow obtained after two-stage gas-liquid uniform mixing into hollow-core type high-speed two-phase spiral flow. A conical degasser performs gas-liquid efficient separation operation in a high-speed conical spiral field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Chunhua Liu, Ji Chen, Zhongxian Hao, Xinfu Liu, Feng Liu, Yongjun Shi, Wenhao Sha, Hui Cheng, Junling Tao
  • Patent number: 11845039
    Abstract: A device for extracting water vapour from a fluid stream includes a carrier structure, a substrate of fibrous material provided on the carrier structure, the fibrous material including a plurality of individual fibres, a quantity of an LCST polymer coating the individual fibres; and a heating provision arranged to selectively heat the LCST polymer to above its lower critical temperature whereby water absorbed by the fibres can be subsequently released on heating. By providing the LCST polymer as a coating onto the fibres, an increased surface area may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Oxycom Beheer B.V.
    Inventors: Berend Jan Reinders, Johannes Antonius Maria Reinders, Mark Hakbijl, Alexander John Banz
  • Patent number: 11833461
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides small diameter tubular porous fiber filters. These tubular porous fiber filters have many uses including but not limited a filtration medium for removing particles of 5 microns or less from liquid or air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Porex Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole Elizabeth Morris-Anastasi, Michael Andrew Clendenning, Michael W. Spencer, Qiang Zhou, Guoqiang Mao
  • Patent number: 11813560
    Abstract: An air purifying system includes an air purifier mechanism, a controller, and a sensing device. The sensing device is configured to measure an air quality parameter of the air entering the housing via the air inlet to generate inlet air quality data, and to measure an air quality parameter of the purified air exiting the housing via the air outlet to generate outlet air quality data. The controller is configured to: receive the inlet air quality data and the outlet air quality data, compare the inlet air quality data and the outlet air quality data with their corresponding predetermined threshold ranges, and determine an action to be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: FELLOWES, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Maletich, Shawn Michael Applegate, Mitch Rydholm, Steven James Barnaby, Jr., Tai Hoon K. Matlin
  • Patent number: 11761649
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a display mounted between a front panel of a cabinet of the air purifier and an upper panel of the cabinet. The front panel includes a door which is configured and supported to be drawn in to the cabinet toward the display or drawn out from the cabinet away from the display. A display module including the display is disposed below the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sukchun Kim, Myungjin Ku, Taeyoon Kim, Kunyoung Lee, Sangkyun Baek
  • Patent number: 11761455
    Abstract: An air flow controller for an air cleaner and an air cleaner are provided. The air flow controller may include a fan, and a housing, the fan being provided in the housing and the housing being movable from an initial horizontal position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a vertical direction to an inclined position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a diagonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaekyun Park, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11732198
    Abstract: Systems and methods for crude oil separations including degassing, dewatering, desalting, and stabilization. One method includes separating crude oil into a crude oil off-gas and a partially degassed crude oil output; compressing the crude oil off-gas; applying the compressed crude oil off-gas for indirect heating through reboilers of the partially degassed crude oil output; and directly mixing with the crude oil a compressed atmospheric pressure gas. In some embodiments, multiple reboilers are used. In some embodiments, heat exchangers are used. Aftercoolers are used after the compressor to cool the gas; knockout drums are used after the coolers to separate liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mohamed Soliman, Samusideen Adewale Salu, Talal Al-Zahrani, Nisar Ahmad Ansari
  • Patent number: 11731069
    Abstract: A dust collector includes an enclosure and a tube sheet separating filter and clean air compartments. The tube sheet forms a filter opening and a filter is located within the filter compartment and includes a filter flange having an air outlet aligned with said filter opening. The flange includes first and second alignment structures located on a first lateral side of the flange. A clamping assembly includes first and second filter clamps that are movable between a sealing position for sealing the filter flange against the tube sheet, and a release position. The first filter clamp engages the first alignment structure when in the sealing position. The second filter clamp engages the second alignment structure when in the sealing position. The dust collector includes means for moving the filter clamps between the sealing position and the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nino V. Silvestro, Brian L. Shetler
  • Patent number: 11701608
    Abstract: A filter element (100) that is to be mounted in a housing (102) has at least one substantially hollow cylindrical filter bellows (10, 20) designed to separate liquid from aerosol, and two cover elements (30, 40) designed to cover axial end regions (12, 14, 22, 24) of the filter bellows (10, 20). The axial end portions (12, 14, 22, 24) of the at least one filter bellows (10, 20) are pressed against the cover element (30, 40) by an axial compressing force. The at least one filter bellows (10, 20) is secured in the axial direction, and one respective sealing zone (16, 18, 26, 28) is formed between each filter (10, 20) and each cover element (30, 40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Panni, Klemens Dworatzek, Janine Schmelzle, Frank Vogt, Goekhan Evcuemen
  • Patent number: 11697084
    Abstract: A fluid filter has a filter housing with inlet opening for fluid to be cleaned and outlet opening for cleaned fluid. A filter element arranged in an element receptacle of the filter housing separates inlet opening from outlet opening. The filter housing has a housing body with an installation opening to the element receptacle, through which the filter element in an installation direction is introduced into the element receptacle. The filter housing has a housing cover for closing the installation opening. The installation opening is arranged in a transverse side of the housing body that is lateral relative to the housing axis. The filter housing has a sealing surface, surrounding the housing axis at least partially circumferentially, for contacting a seal of the filter element. The filter element has a seal support device for the seal and the filter housing has a pressing device for the seal support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
  • Patent number: 11691100
    Abstract: A device is provided that provides an unbiased filtration effect and an effect of removing captured substances through backwashing by causing a fluid to uniformly pass through a filter element over the entire length in an axial direction at the time of backwashing so as to efficiently rotate a captured-substance removal tool in a filtration unit 1 which includes the captured-substance removal tool 20 axially supported inside the tubular filter element 2 to be rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI FILTER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11684898
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a filter with a generally rectangular, non-cylindrical profile. The filter may have multiple pleat packs positioned between pleat covers that define regions and flow channels in a cavity of the filter body. The pleat covers have openings that allow a fluid to flow through the multiple pleat packs via parallel flows or series flows. End caps bonded to the body define flow passages for directing the fluid from an inlet to an outlet via the pleat packs for series or parallel filtration. The pleat packs may be made of the same or different materials and may be configured with the same or different heights based on flow requirements. A cage or a separator may be positioned between the pleat packs. The pleat packs may be made of a continuous pleated membrane with bridges defining a space between the pleat packs to accommodate the cage or separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Kalyan Madhavaram, Bryan Carl Cochran, John Paul Puglia, J. Karl Niermeyer, Krishna Kamath, Christopher Paul Barck, Yoshikimi Douglas Hisano
  • Patent number: 11666849
    Abstract: A filter module and an air purifier according to an aspect of the present disclosure include a supply roller and a recovery roller, a filter wound and installed on the supply roller and the recovery roller, so that it can be used without replacing and cleaning the filter module for a long period of time by allowing a section used in the filter to be recovered in the recovery roller, and also a section not used in the filter to be supplied from the supply roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dah We Park, Gi Hoon Ko, Yeon-Young Nam, Ji Hyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11642614
    Abstract: A reusable activated carbon filter is disclosed. It comprises: an outer mesh hollow cylinder, having a plurality of meshes formed thereon; an inner mesh hollow cylinder, having a plurality of meshes formed thereon, located inside the outer mesh hollow cylinder; two fixing rings, each having a plurality of long curved openings and a plurality of fixing holes, and fixing the outer mesh hollow cylinder and the inner mesh hollow cylinder at the same end; two flexible padding rings, each having a plurality of fixing protrusions, and detachably padding the long curved openings of one of the fixing rings with one fixing protrusion plugged in one corresponding fixing hole; a top connector, removably connected to one fixing ring, having a connecting opening for connecting to an inline fan; and a bottom cover, connected to the other fixing ring. Activated carbon granules are filled between the two mesh hollow cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Yu Hsu, Wilbur Y. Cheng, Jimmy Liu
  • Patent number: 11639656
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon gas capture from a well stream can involve recovering light hydrocarbon gases from liquids and solids via a multiphase separator that is upstream of a sand removal system. Pressure is controlled in the multiphase separator to facilitate hydrocarbon gas capture. The light hydrocarbon gases can be recovered for sale or can be used on-site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TOTAL GAS RESOURCE RECOVERY, LLC
    Inventors: Nick Welch, Tracy Turner
  • Patent number: 11618041
    Abstract: A base body of a dust collector includes a pedestal, and partition plates arranged on the pedestal. The partition plates are made of insulating materials. A plurality of baffle partition plates are arranged in a length direction of the pedestal at intervals. A slot for inserting electrode sheets is formed between the adjacent partition plates. The dust collector includes the base, and further includes a collector electrode sheet and a discharging electrode sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUZHOU BEIANG TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Hongyu Ran, Yigang Liu, Yaoyuan Lu
  • Patent number: 11598537
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a display mounted between a front panel of a cabinet of the air purifier and an upper panel of the cabinet. The front panel includes a door which is configured and supported to be drawn in to the cabinet toward the display or drawn out from the cabinet away from the display. A display module including the display is disposed below the upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sukchun Kim, Myungjin Ku, Taeyoon Kim, Kunyoung Lee, Sangkyun Baek
  • Patent number: 11591993
    Abstract: A filter element may include first and second pairs of opposing walls extending along a longitudinal axis of the filter element. The first and second pairs of opposing walls may create a flow passage between an inlet end and an outlet end of the filter element. The filter element may further include filter media configured to separate particulates from air flowing through the flow passage, and a wedge element associated with an exterior surface of at least one of the first pair of opposing walls. The wedge element may be configured to cooperate with an interior surface of a filter housing configured to receive the filter element. Outlet edges of the opposing walls of the first pair of opposing walls may extend at a first oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the wedge element may extend at a second oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Timothy S. Finn, Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
  • Patent number: 11592198
    Abstract: A humidifying air purifier includes a door assembly supported and configured to be selectively drawn out of a front side of a cabinet and drawn into the front side of the cabinet to respectively open and close an inner portion of the cabinet. The door assembly includes an accommodation portion configured to support an air filter and a humidifying device which are both drawn out of and into the humidifying air purifier with the door assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sukchun Kim, Myungjin Ku, Taeyoon Kim, Kunyoung Lee, Hyunpil Ha