Patents Examined by Umashankar Venkatesan
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Patent number: 11969748Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing a liquid onto a substrate are disclosed. A dispensing assembly includes a housing, a valve stem, and a control valve. The housing receives the liquid to be dispensed. The valve stem is disposed in the housing and has a first configuration, in which the liquid is allowed to exit the housing, and a second configuration, in which the liquid is prevented from exiting the housing. The control valve receives pressurized air from a pressurized air source. The control valve has a first position, in which the pressurized air acts on the valve stem to move the valve stem to the first configuration or to the second configuration, and a second position, in which the pressurized air is moved out of the dispensing assembly through an exhaust passage defined therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventor: Thomas Burmester
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Patent number: 11971144Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a processing container configured to accommodate a substrate; a storage tank connected to the processing container via a gas supply pipe; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the storage tank; a valve provided in the gas supply pipe between the processing container and the storage tank; and a controller configured to control an opening degree of the valve based on the pressure in the storage tank detected by the pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Seiya Nasu
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Patent number: 11959563Abstract: A membrane valve, with a valve housing, in which a housing interior is formed, in which housing interior a flexible control membrane is arranged. A drive plunger lies opposite a valve seat and the drive plunger has a shank body with a peripheral outer lateral surface. The outer lateral surface of the shank body of the drive plunger at least in the region of a guide section has a polygonally contoured prismatic shaping with a succession of outer side edges and outer side surfaces, wherein the edges and surfaces extend in the plunger longitudinal direction and the succession alternates in the circumferential direction of the drive plunger.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Bühler, Bengt Erich Wunderlich, Tobias Schuster
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Patent number: 11953114Abstract: An air valve with a SMA wire for switching is located in an air chamber in which at least two air holes are formed. The air valve comprises a base, an air piston, a driving component, and the SMA wire. The base is provided with two supporting blocks, and two conduction components near one of the two supporting blocks. The air piston determines a ventilation state of one of the two air holes. The air piston comprises a rod body on the two supporting blocks and with a first triggering part, and a spring sleeved on the rod body. The driving component is sleeved on the rod body and with a second triggering part matched with the first triggering part. The SMA wire is connected with the two conduction components and the driving component, and is turned by the supporting block opposite to the two conduction components.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TANGTRING SEATING TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Jian Zeng, Jun Xie, Qing-Yi Feng
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Patent number: 11953155Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing compressed gas, for example hydrogen or natural gas, comprising a storage line (1) to which at least one compressed gas container (2) is connected via a valve (3). According to the invention, the storage line (1) has at least one connection port (4) for the gas-tight connection of the at least one compressed gas container (2), and a safety element (5), which has a filter function and a shutoff function, is integrated in the connection port (4). The invention further relates to a vehicle having a device according to the invention for storing compressed gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Udo Schaich
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Patent number: 11946558Abstract: Disclosed are a valve body connection structure and a valve assembly with the valve body connection structure. The valve body connection structure includes: a first connector including a first connection part and a first plug-in part, wherein the first connection part is fixedly connected to the main valve, and the first plug-in part is disposed on the first connection part; and a second connector including a second connection part, a second plug-in part and an extension part, wherein the second connection part is fixedly connected to the pilot valve, the second plug-in part is disposed on the second connection part, the first plug-in part matches the second plug-in part in an insertion manner, the extension part is disposed on the second connection part, and the extension part is provided with an assembly hole allowing a pipeline of the pilot valve to pass through.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG DUNAN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhiguo Song, Haibo Liu
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Patent number: 11946560Abstract: A valve for a pneumatic system, has: a first enclosure defining a first chamber and a first connection port; a second enclosure defining a second chamber and a second connection port; a first shell subjected to a first pressure differential and movable from a default position to a reversed position via snap-through buckling upon the first pressure differential reaching a threshold; and a second shell having a shape different than a shape of the first shell, the second shell resiliently movable from an initial position to a deformed position when subjected to a second pressure differential, wherein a first flow rate of a fluid via the first connection port induces deformation of the second shell followed by a snapping of the first shell thereby generating a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITYInventors: Damiano Pasini, Lu Liu, Chuan Qiao
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Patent number: 11933416Abstract: A gate valve device includes a cleaning component, a first lifting component, and a second lifting component. The cleaning component is arranged on the second lifting component. The first lifting component is configured to control whether an opening on a side of a vacuum chamber close to a swing gate valve is in a closed state. The second lifting component is configured to, in a case that the opening on the side of the vacuum chamber close to the swing gate valve is in the closed state, control the cleaning component to clean the swing gate valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Zhengzheng Wang, Liuguang Wang, Hongyang Wang, Jianqiao Yao
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Patent number: 11933419Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic valve that has a two-stage con-struction that provides for higher fluid flow and lower power consumption. The present disclosure also relates to a hydraulic valve that may be constructed to include a pilot-poppet, a pilot-poppet valve seat, and a main-poppet. The main-poppet may be mechanically isolated from the pilot-poppet by the pilot-poppet valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Danfoss A/SInventors: Nilesh Anant Sutar, Varun Tyagi
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Patent number: 11927278Abstract: A system for a two-step activation for a valve includes at least one valve control selector having an output representative of a valve position and a touch sensor having an output representative of a permission to operate said valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Richard W. Cowan, Nathan E. Nelson, Daniel J. Trice
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Patent number: 11920689Abstract: A loose type pneumatic valve and a loose type pneumatic valve module, the loose type pneumatic valve including a valve body including a pneumatic passage therein; a valve head on the valve body, the valve head being coupleable with an actuator; a stem on the valve head, the stem being configured to open and close the pneumatic passage; and at least one alignment socket on the valve head, the at least one alignment socket being configured to align the valve head with the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongkyu Kim, Kwangjun Kim, Beomsoo Hwang
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Patent number: 11913564Abstract: A valve housing (1) has first and third openings (1.1, 1.3), and first and second actuating elements (6.1, 6.2) that are movable along a longitudinal axis of the housing (1). A return element (5) is between the actuating elements (6.1, 6.2), and exerts a force to keep the actuating elements (6.1, 6.2) in a rest position to close or open the first and third openings (1.1. 1.3). First and second wires (4.1, 4.2) are formed from a shape memory alloy. The first wire (4.1) is on the first actuating element (6.1) and the second wire (4.2) is on the second actuating element (6.2). An electric current to the first or second wire (4.1, 4.2) contracts the respective wire (4.1, 4.2) and moves the corresponding actuating element (6.1, 6.2) into an activated position against the force exerted by the return element (5).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: A Kayser Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Kenny Pagel, Christoph Eppler, Benjamin John, Heiko Freter
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Patent number: 11913684Abstract: A fluid circulation circuit includes a flow passage switching valve. The flow passage switching valve includes a body and a switcher. The body includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and outlets including a first outlet. The switcher is capable of switching a passage configuration to a state in which a fluid that has flowed in from the first inlet flows out of either one of the outlets and a state in which the fluid that has flowed in from the second inlet flows out of either one of the outlets.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi Makihara, Yoshiki Katoh, Takahiro Maeda, Kuniyoshi Tanioka, Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Takuya Hamada
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Patent number: 11898660Abstract: A fluororesin diaphragm valve includes a valve portion, a sealing mechanism and an adjusting mechanism for the opening degree of the valve. The valve portion includes a valve body, a valve shaft, and a valve upper cover. The valve body includes a square portion, an annular portion, and a valve chamber. The sealing mechanism includes a diaphragm, an upper valve body, a tightening ring and an annular portion of the valve body. The adjusting mechanism is installed on the top of the valve upper cover. The sealing mechanism is installed in the annular portion and at the minimum diameter area of the annular portion, having annular lattice-shaped ribbed plates with horizontal openings to increase the structural strength of the diaphragm seal and improve the heat dissipation effect.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Bueno Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huan-Jan Chien, Po-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 11892094Abstract: A valve arrangement having a main valve and having a pilot valve which is provided for controlling the main valve and which is inserted into a pilot valve receptacle in an insertion direction, wherein, through closure of the pilot valve, a pressure is able to be built up within a pressure chamber which is closed off by a diaphragm, whereby a valve seat between a main valve inlet and a main valve outlet is able to be closed off. By opening the pilot valve, it is possible to set a release of pressure within the pressure chamber by water flowing away via an inflow, connected to the pressure chamber, of the pilot valve receptacle and via a pilot valve inlet, adjoining the latter and formed by a main body of the pilot valve. A pilot valve outlet, formed by the main body, and via an outflow, adjoining said pilot valve outlet, into the main valve outlet, opens into the main valve outlet on the outflow side of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NEOPERL GMBHInventors: Yichao Bian, Marc Tempel
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Patent number: 11885428Abstract: A valve includes a substrate, a shape-memory wire, a conductive polymer, and a current source. The substrate defines an opening therethrough and includes at least one flap selectively extendable across the opening. The shape-memory wire is coupled to the at least one flap. The conductive polymer is coupled to the at least one flap. The current source is coupled to the shape-memory wire and the conductive polymer, such that electrical current from the current source selectively energizes the shape-memory wire and the conductive polymer thereby moving the at least one flap between a closed position and an open position.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Shardul S. Panwar, Deborah Bumgardner, Ryohei Tsuruta
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Patent number: 11885432Abstract: A rigid piston assembly for use in a conventional flush valve includes a rigid piston and a solenoid configured to fixedly engage within the valve body. A flush valve for a plumbing fixture as well as a method of retrofitting a piston valve into a diaphragm flush valve body which includes a rigid piston and solenoid configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SDB IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Shawn D. Bush, Ryan W. Nottage
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Patent number: 11885431Abstract: This invention provides a valve-module that is operative with relatively low-pressure pilot-air despite its small size and has excellent durability with less performance-variations than among other similar products. The valve-module of the present invention includes a pilot-port and a biasing-means for biasing the piston-portion in the opposite direction, and controls the opening and closing of the valve by supplying and discharging pilot-air. The first-permanent magnet is held by the first magnet-holder of the valve-rod, and the second-permanent magnet is held by the second magnet-holder of the piston housing. A magnetic-attraction force acts between both permanent magnets and drives the piston in the first direction and increases with the mutual approach of both magnets.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TRINITY INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuhiro Ishikawa, Naohiro Osawa
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Patent number: 11879637Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas mixing apparatus for a boiler, and the gas mixing apparatus includes a housing provided in the form of a hollow pipe opened at upper and lower sides thereof and having a first gas inlet port through which fuel gas is introduced from the outside, and a mixing pipe including a pipe body provided in the housing and configured to allow air to flow therein, the mixing pipe having a second gas inlet port provided at a lateral side of the mixing pipe and configured to allow the fuel gas to be introduced therethrough, and fluid guides provided at an outer side of the pipe body and configured to guide a flow of the fuel gas from the first gas inlet port to the second gas inlet port.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventor: Jin Min Choi
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Patent number: 11879562Abstract: A valve arrangement for a pressurized fluid source includes a valve housing comprising an inlet, an outlet, and a main fluid channel extending along a longitudinal axis of the valve housing. The valve arrangement further includes a spool and a regulating poppet valve coaxially located in the main fluid channel. The spool and a regulating poppet valve are both configured to translate along the longitudinal axis of the valve housing independent of each other. In response to the spool moving to an open position, the poppet valve regulates the flow of a pressurized fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet of the valve housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Poly Puthur John, Vasanthakumara Jnanegowda