Patents Examined by Tu B. Hoang
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Patent number: 11889609Abstract: Disclosed is an annealing system integrated with laser and microwave. The annealing system is provided with a microwave system, a laser system, and a measurement and control system. The microwave system provides a microwave energy to a first area of a to-be-annealed object for annealing the first area of the to-be-annealed object. The laser system uses a laser to provide a laser energy to a second area of the to-be-annealed object for annealing the second area of the to-be-annealed object. The measurement and control system monitors and controls a power of a microwave and/or a laser. The annealing system is capable of reducing a time required for an overall annealing, and also capable of avoiding cracks or defects caused by large stress differences.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: HIGHLIGHT TECH CORP., FINESSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chwung-Shan Kou, Wen-Yung Yeh
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Patent number: 11878374Abstract: The present invention relates generally to welding gas compositions used as shielding gases in an electric arc welding process. More particularly, the invention is directed a shielding gas compositions used in gas metal or tungsten metal arc welding processes for welding aluminum or aluminum alloy containing work pieces. The compositions comprise from 200 to less than 400 ppm oxygen; from 200 to less than 400 ppm of a second gas selected from nitrous oxide, nitrogen, and combinations thereof; and the remainder being an inert gas preferably selected from argon, helium, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Philip L. Miller, Kevin A. Lyttle, Jeremy B. Neff, Douglas A. Steyer, Keith G. Pierce
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Patent number: 11866179Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
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Patent number: 11865636Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for laser processing of a ceramic electrolyte material. The system may include a controller, a laser responsive to the controller for generating a beam, and a beam forming subsystem. The beam forming subsystem controls a parameter of the beam generated by the laser. The beam forming subsystem further controls the beam to provide a laser fluence sufficient to produce densification of the ceramic electrolyte material.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Jianchao Ye, John Roehling, Jae Hyuck Yoo
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Patent number: 11871500Abstract: A method for heating a cooking vessel on a hob with a plurality of heating devices is described. Each heating device has a heating region in which a cooking vessel can be arranged in order to be heated by the heating device under the control of a power supply. The cooking vessel has a temperature sensor together with an evaluation apparatus and a transmitting apparatus for transmitting an identification and temperature data. A controller controls the heating device in a specific manner and evaluates the received temperature data using a plurality of plausibility checks in order to determine whether said data match the operation of the heating device. If these plausibility checks are passed, the cooking vessel is assigned to the heating device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: E.G.O. ELEKTRO-GERAETEBAU GMBHInventors: Marcus Frank, Marius Lehner
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Patent number: 11858219Abstract: Adhesive bondlines in a cell-based structural array are thermally cured using tooling blocks inserted into the cells. The tooling blocks have embedded susceptors that are inductively heated by an alternating electromagnetic field generated by an electromagnet.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Joseph Lawrence Hafenrichter, Joseph A. Marshall, Gary Earnest Georgeson, David L. Banks, Robert James Miller, Paul B Mori
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Patent number: 11856656Abstract: A cooking appliance apparatus, in particular an oven apparatus, includes a muffle which defines a cooking chamber, and a heating element to heat the cooking chamber at least partially. A switching unit connects the heating element to a first supply voltage in a first operating state and to a second supply voltage in a second operating state, with the second supply voltage being different from the first supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Carlos Obon Abadia, Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Edgar Jorge Ramirez Laboreo, Alvaro Rigual Iturria, Fernando Sanz Serrano, Rebeca Soria Ruiz
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Patent number: 11852838Abstract: In various embodiments, laser delivery systems feature variable polarizers and beam shapers for altering the polarization and/or shape of the output beam for processing of various materials. The polarization and/or shape of the beam may be varied based on one or more characteristics of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventors: Parviz Tayebati, Bien Chann, Wang-Long Zhou, Francisco Villarreal-Saucedo, Robin Huang
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Patent number: 11844455Abstract: A food steamer includes a base, a cooking container receivable by said base, a lid receivable atop said cooking container, a boiler housed within the base, a steam flow pathway extending from said boiler to said lid for directing steam generated by said boiler into said container through said lid, a control unit configured to control operation of said food steamer in response to a user input. The control unit is configured to automatically deactivate the boiler when the lid is removed from the cooking container.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: CONAIR, LLCInventor: Yau Shan Bernadette Leung
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Patent number: 11844354Abstract: Thermal mold for baking halves of an edible container, including a first heated plate having a recess that replicates an outer surface of a baked half of the edible container; a second heated plate that has at least one protrusion that replicates an inner surface of the baked half. The protrusion mates to the recess with a gap therebetween. The plates are brought together with an offset forming a horizontal surface around the recess and form the gap such that baked dough forms a tray. Second plate has teeth located along the horizontal surface, the teeth are inward and below the horizontal surface for forming cavities on an inner surface of the baked half. The second plate has cavities between the teeth and inward and above the horizontal surface for forming teeth on the inner surface of the baked half. Heater is around the recess and protrusion in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Evgeniy Nickolaevich Nefedov
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Patent number: 11825985Abstract: A cooking appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a plurality of electric heating elements, and a heat shield. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber and an exhaust path downstream therefrom to direct vapor from the cabinet. The plurality of electric heating elements may be mounted within the cabinet. The heat shield may be mounted within the cabinet. The heat shield may extend along a shield plane from a first end to a second end. The heat shield may define a plurality of vent channels spaced apart along the shield plane from the first end to the second end. The plurality of vent channels may be disposed in fluid communication between the cooking chamber and the exhaust path.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Christopher James Adelmann
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Patent number: 11825986Abstract: A grill including a first platen assembly, an second platen assembly movable with respect to the first platen assembly, a motor operable to move the second platen assembly with respect to the first platen assembly, and a control operable to measure movement of the second platen assembly with respect to the first platen assembly while the motor is off.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TAYLOR COMMERCIAL FOODSERVICE, LLCInventor: Daniel L. Kelly
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Patent number: 11825586Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a microwave supply unit, a drawer portion, and a grid body made of metal. The microwave supply unit is configured to supply microwaves to a heating cooking chamber. The drawer portion is drawable with respect to the heating cooking chamber. A heated object is placed on the grid body. The drawer portion includes a moving body made of metal and an engagement portion made of non-metallic material. The moving body is configured to move between an accommodation position inside the heating cooking chamber and a drawn-out position outside the heating cooking chamber. The engagement portion is disposed on the moving body. When the moving body is at the drawn-out position, the grid body is engageable with the engagement portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Ootani, Masahiro Nishijima
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Patent number: 11819946Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing materials to enhancing the material's surface strength, improving the material's cyclic and thermal stability of microstructures, and extend the material's fatigue performance. Embodiments include laser shock peening at material temperatures that are moderately elevated (from the material's perspective) above room temperature. Alternate embodiments include laser shock peening at very cold (cryogenic) material temperatures. Still further embodiments include laser shock peening while covering the surface of the material being processed with an active agent that interacts with the laser energy and enhances the pressure exerted on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Gary J. Cheng, Yiliang Liao, Yingling Yang, Chang Ye
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Patent number: 11813694Abstract: A laser processing apparatus and a laser processing method that can effectively prevent a processing time for one semiconductor film from increasing are provided. A laser processing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes a laser light source (2) configured to irradiate a semiconductor film (M1) with a laser beam, a film state measuring instrument (5) configured to measure a state of the semiconductor film after the semiconductor film (M1) is irradiated with the laser beam, and a laser light adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a timing at which the semiconductor film (M1) is irradiated with a next laser beam and intensity of the laser beam according to the state of the semiconductor film (M1) measured by the film state measuring instrument (5).Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: JSW AKTINA SYSTEM CO., LTDInventors: Naoyuki Kobayashi, Masashi Machida, Hiroaki Imamura
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Patent number: 11812887Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and system to distribute or compact coffee grounds, such as to form a puck in a portafilter. The methods, apparatus, and system may be used to compact coffee grounds wherein a resulting puck of coffee grounds in the portafilter has an even level, a uniform and or continuous density distribution, results in no or reduced formation of channels, no or reduced squirting of extracted coffee, and results in consistent and repeatable results. The methods, apparatus, and system may be used to form multiple layers in a puck, for use in preparing layered espresso.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: HYAQU, INC.Inventors: Edward T. Nista, Colin Jacob Miller, Justin Matthew Knowles
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Patent number: 11813685Abstract: A method of manufacturing a jointed device of a medical instrument includes providing a machining fixture on a wire electrical discharge machine having an electrical discharge wire. The fixture includes member holes each adapted to accommodate at least one workpiece, the workpiece being adapted to form a portion of the jointed device of the medical instrument. At least two workpieces each include a first workpiece and a second workpiece, accommodated within at least two member holes of the member holes. The fixture is associated with the wire electrical discharge machine so that the electrical discharge wire can cut at most one workpiece at a time. The machining fixture is rotated around a fixture rotation axis at a predetermined angle, which is chosen to provide that the electrical discharge wire can cut only one workpiece at a time. The workpieces are cut by the electrical discharge wire.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Medical Microinstruments, Inc.Inventors: Massimiliano Simi, Giuseppe Maria Prisco
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Patent number: 11812885Abstract: An automated beverage brewing apparatus is provided including a controller for identifying a volume of bloom water and a bloom time for preparing a brewed beverage. A user interface provides at least one input to the controller. The controller is configured to vary the volume of the bloom water based on a type of brewed beverage and a size of brewed beverage input via the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Joshua D. Anthony, Justin Riley, Darwin Keith-Lucas
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Patent number: 11813695Abstract: A method for forming a large-diameter special-shaped cross section thin-wall tubular part. A tailor welded barrel blank is adopted as an original blank for forming of the large-diameter special-shaped cross section thin-wall tubular part. After a desired shape is formed, the original weld joint is removed and butt joint tailor welding is performed on the tubular part again. Since the tailor weld joint of the original barrel blank is removed from the final part, there is no need to consider the consistency or coordination of the microstructure of the weld joint and the base metal during the forming process and the subsequent thermal treatment process.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Zhubin He, Shijian Yuan, Kailun Zheng, Wei Du, Jianshu Liu
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Patent number: 11812890Abstract: A compact brewing assembly and method is described. The compact brewing assembly includes a vessel, a filter component, an exterior sleeve and a cap. The vessel includes a vessel top and a vessel bottom, wherein the vessel top includes a fastening component. The filter component is removably coupled to the fastening component of the vessel top. The exterior sleeve includes a top exterior sleeve and a bottom exterior sleeve slidably coupled to the filter component. The cap is removably coupled to the top exterior sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventor: Ralph William Backstrom