Patents Examined by Tinsae B Ayalew
  • Dishwasher appliance equipped with flood protection
    Patent number: 10874281
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance equipped with flood protection features that proactively attempt to prevent, stop, and/or mitigate flood events is provided. The dishwasher appliance may also include features for determining the cause of the flood event. Moreover, methods for flood protection of the dishwasher appliance are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Edward Durham, Craig Curtis
  • Substrate cleaning device, substrate cleaning apparatus, method for manufacturing cleaned substrate and substrate processing apparatus
    Patent number: 10879086
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device 1 includes a substrate holding unit 10 configured to hold a substrate W, a first cleaning unit 11 having a first cleaning member 11a caused to come into contact with a first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, a second cleaning unit 12 having a second cleaning member 12a caused to come into contact with the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10 to clean the first surface WA, and a controller 50 configured to control the first and second cleaning units 11, 12 so that, when any one of the first cleaning member 11a and the second cleaning member 12a cleans the first surface WA of the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10, the other cleaning member is at a position apart from the substrate W held by the substrate holding unit 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakurai, Eiji Hirai, Kaoru Hamaura, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Koji Maruyama
  • Clothes pre-wash compartment for an appliance
    Patent number: 10876241
    Abstract: The specification discloses a basin disposed in a top portion of a drying appliance, the basin having a fluid drain therein connected to a basin drain line. The appliance includes a water valve in fluid communication with a water source having an outlet in fluid communication with the basin and a tee connector disposed in a drain line of a washing appliance for draining fluid from the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ziqiang Hu, Paul R. Staun
  • Alternating wet cleaning and dry cleaning of a flexographic printing plate
    Patent number: 10870304
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a plate cleaner assembly. The plate cleaner assembly further comprises a frame, a roller coupled to the frame, a dry cleaning material coupled to the roller, and a spray assembly coupled to the plate cleaner assembly. The plate cleaner assembly further includes a controller coupled thereto. Moreover, the apparatus further comprises a printing plate cylinder and a printing plate coupled to the printing plate cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. DeVries, Robert Hershfeld
  • System for descaling an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10844785
    Abstract: A descaling system includes injector arranged to inject cleaning fluid over an inlet for inflow of a fuel-air mixture of an internal-combustion engine and a controller that opens or closes the engine's EGR valve according to parameters of the injected cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: FLEX FUEL—ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
    Inventor: Sébastien Alain Le Polles
  • Conveyor dishwasher and method for operating a conveyor dishwasher
    Patent number: 10835098
    Abstract: A flight-type dishwasher or rack conveyor dishwasher has a conveyor apparatus (20) for conveying washware through individual treatment zones (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the conveyor dishwasher (1). The conveyor dishwasher (1) has a detection system (30) designed to detect the presence of washware or a washware carrier (7) in a predefined region (A) at an inlet (10) or at a feed (16) of the conveyor dishwasher (1). A control device (50) is designed to actuate the conveyor apparatus (20) such that the conveyor apparatus (20) is activated when washware or a washware carrier (7) is detected in the region (A) at the inlet (10) or feed (16) of the conveyor dishwasher (1), and that the conveyor apparatus (20) is deactivated when no washware or no washware carrier (7) is detected in the region (A) at the inlet (10) or feed (16) of the conveyor dishwasher (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Harald Disch, Philipp Klumpp, Markus Heidt
  • Low oxygen cleaning for CMP equipment
    Patent number: 10832917
    Abstract: A method is presented for post chemical mechanical polishing (PCMP) clean for cleaning a chemically-mechanically polished semiconductor wafer. The method includes planarizing the semiconductor wafer, subjecting the semiconductor wafer to a de-oxygenated mixture of DI water and PCMP solution, and applying a de-oxygenated environment during the cleaning. The solution can be de-oxygenated by nitrogen degas or by introducing a reducing agent. The environment can be de-oxygenated by purging with an inert gas, such as nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Canaperi, Pavan S. Chinthamanipeta, Raghuveer R. Patlolla, Cornelius B. Peethala
  • Dishwasher appliance with a fine filter
    Patent number: 10827903
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a filter assembly positioned between a pump and a spray body along a flow path between the pump and the spray body. The filter assembly includes a cylindrical filter medium positioned within a housing proximate an inlet of the housing. A plurality of vanes is distributed around the cylindrical filter medium. The plurality of vanes is rotatable about the cylindrical filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Ramasamy Thiyagarajan
  • Drain pump assembly for a washing machine appliance and methods of operating the same
    Patent number: 10829885
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a sump for collecting wash fluid and a drain pump assembly for selectively draining that wash fluid in response to sump pressures measured by a water level detection system. Specifically, a controller is configured for operating the drain pump assembly to perform a drain cycle and obtaining a sump pressure after the drain cycle. A variable flag is set to a first state if the measured pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure, which indicates that a certain amount of wash fluid is present in the sump. During a subsequent operating cycle, the drain pump assembly will be operated at the start of the cycle only if the variable flag was set to the first state during the prior operating cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Lee Welch
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: 10822737
    Abstract: A washing machine including a bubble generator. The washing machine includes a detergent box configured to store a detergent, a detergent box housing configured to accommodate the detergent box therein and a bubble generator to generate bubbles to be supplied and configured to mix water supplied to the detergent box with air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Seuk Park, Boo Keun Yoon, Jeoung Kyo Jeoung
  • System and method of powder removal
    Patent number: 10821485
    Abstract: A powder removal system includes a plurality of tubes including upstream and downstream ends, a manifold fluidly coupled to the tubes, and a pressurized air supply fluidly coupled to the manifold supplying pressurized air to the tubes via the manifold. The downstream ends of the tubes are inserted into a plurality of channels partially filled with powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ananda Barua, Daniel Jason Erno, Arunkumar Natarajan, Ken Ivcar Salas Nobrega, Uttara Vijay Kumar, John Francis Morrison
  • Automatic detergent supply apparatus and washing machine having the same
    Patent number: 10815604
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine capable of improving an external shape by locating a detergent supply apparatus on a bottom inside a body. The washing machine includes a body with an opening portion formed in a front surface thereof, a door provided to open and close the opening portion of the body, a door guide provided on the opening portion, and a detergent supply apparatus which includes a detergent box provided on a bottom of the door guide to be withdrawable toward a center of the opening portion and a detergent supply pump provided to discharge a detergent in the detergent box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Kwon Kim, Kyung Mok Yoo, Seon Ju Lee, Chul Yong Cho, Jong Su Jeon
  • Apparatus for treating laundry
    Patent number: 10801153
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for treating laundry according to the present invention, including: a front cover that forms a front surface and includes a backward bent portion; a pair of side covers that form both flank surfaces, respectively, and that include sideward bent portions, respectively; a back cover that forms a rear-side surface; an outer tank that is positioned inside and holds water; an inner tank that is positioned rotatably inside the outer tank and holds foam; a motor that rotates the inner tank; a front member that is connected to the backward bent portion and extends along the backward bent portion; a pair of lateral members that extend along the pair of sideward bent portions, respectively; and a top cover that is connected to upper ends of the front cover, of the pair of side covers, and of the back cover, and has an insertion hole for the foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Wooje Choi
  • Dishwasher drain assemblies having overmolded volutes
    Patent number: 10799084
    Abstract: An air vent for a dishwasher drain assembly having an overmolded volute is disclosed. The air vent has a surface with a first aperture defined therethrough and at least a portion of the surface sloping downward toward the first aperture. A flexible member having a shape is positioned across the portion of surface. The flexible member flexes toward and sealably engages the first aperture when a force presses the flexible member, and the flexible member is positioned away from the first aperture allowing air to pass through the first aperture when the force does not press the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Rodney M. Welch
  • Method and apparatus for removing conductive film
    Patent number: 10799920
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for removing a conductive film. The method includes: providing a display panel with the conductive film to be removed; treating the conductive film to be removed on the display panel by using a laser; and cleaning the display panel after the treating by using the laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chungkuang Chien
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: 10781547
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic gear apparatus including a rotational magnetic force generator configured to generate rotational magnetic force, a magnetic path creator having a hollow shape so as to be provided at an outer circumferential surface of the rotational magnetic force generator, the magnetic path creator being configured to create a magnetic path of the rotational magnetic force generated from the rotational magnetic force generator, and a rotor provided at an outer circumferential surface of the magnetic path creator, the rotor including permanent magnets provided at an inner circumferential surface thereof and being rotatable by the rotational magnetic force. The rotational magnetic force generator includes one or more pairs of alternately arranged N-pole units and S-pole units. A torque of the rotor may vary as the number of the N-pole units and the S-pole units is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Ikuma Fukui
  • Multiphase liquid cleaning system
    Patent number: 10780463
    Abstract: A cleaning system and wherein one or more surface cleaning devices use high-pressure, high-temperature water from a pressure module for surface cleaning, and wherein the waste water resulting from the surface cleaning is recovered, and wherein the solid waste matter within the waste water is filtered and separated into solid waste matter and clean filtered water, wherein the filtered water is reused by the cleaning apparatus and the solid waste matter is available in a form that can be disposed of by traditional means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Lukin
  • Spraying assembly for dish washing machine and dish washing machine having same
    Patent number: 10779702
    Abstract: A spraying assembly for a dish washing machine includes: a bottom shell, a spraying seat, a sprayer and an actuator. A water storage chamber is formed in the bottom shell, which is provided with a water inlet in communication with the water storage chamber. The spraying seat is rotatably disposed on the bottom shell and provided with a water input passage in communication with the water storage chamber. The sprayer is provided with at least one spraying arm and rotatably disposed on the spraying seat and a rotation center of the sprayer is eccentrically arranged with respect to a rotation center of the spraying seat. The sprayer is provided with a plurality of spraying orifices, each being in communication with the water input passage. The actuator is connected to the sprayer and the spraying seat respectively to drive the sprayer and the spraying seat to rotate around their respective rotation centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WASHING APPLIANCES MFG. CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingfeng Li, Feng Gao
  • Carrier roller assembly for a rack of a dishwasher appliance
    Patent number: 10772481
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a carrier roller assembly for supporting a rack within a wash chamber. The carrier roller assembly includes a carrier body defining a receiving slot for receiving a wire of the rack. A first and a second retention clip extend from the carrier body into the receiving slot for securely locking the wire in position after it is fully inserted into the receiving slot. The first retention clip and the second clip are different sizes for snapping around and securing wires having different diameters such that the carrier roller assembly is versatile and may be universally used with dishwasher appliances using differing wire sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhisek Agrawal, Jeffrey Thomas Kiesler, Sukumar Arrojula
  • Ultrasonic treatment apparatus
    Patent number: 10773280
    Abstract: An ultrasonic treatment apparatus including: an ultrasonic bath for performing an ultrasonic treatment on a treatment target object; a first ultrasonic vibrator provided on the front surface side of the treatment target object; and a second ultrasonic vibrator provided on the back surface side of the treatment target object; wherein the first ultrasonic vibrator does not face the second ultrasonic vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: C. UYEMURA & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisamitsu Yamamoto, Masayuki Utsumi, Yoshikazu Saijo, Tomoji Okuda, Yutaka Nishinaka, Yoshinori Nakanishi