Patents Examined by Viet Le
  • Patent number: 10378783
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a blowing apparatus with expandable functions, an expansion device, and an operating method. The blowing apparatus has an electrical interface used to connect one of the expansion devices with various functions. The blowing apparatus has a control unit used to identify an operating mode of the expansion device connected with the blowing apparatus. A control signal is therefore generated. According to the control signal, the control unit controls rotating speed of a fan unit and a heating temperature of a heating unit. The expansion device can be disposed with a mist unit having a container and a mist generating unit. The mist unit sprays the mist to an outlet cap of the expansion device. The blowing apparatus then blows the mist out of the outlet cap by means of the rotating speed of fan unit and the temperature of heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: JIYONSON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yun-Long Tun
  • Patent number: 10376904
    Abstract: A head and shoulder showerhead system includes a fluid diverter having a fluid inlet portion for engaging a shower arm of a water supply, a first fluid outlet portion, and a second fluid outlet portion. A first fluid dispenser is in fluid communication with the first outlet portion of the diverter and includes a circular shape with a plurality of dispensing nozzles. A second dispenser is in fluid communication with the second fluid outlet portion of the diverter via an elongated hose. The second dispenser includes a rectangular shape with a plurality of dispensing nozzles. An elongated rod is positioned beneath the first dispenser and the second dispenser is slidingly connected to the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Inventor: Diane Jack
  • Patent number: 10378496
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve configured to suppress bouncing of a valve element that is caused as a result of the valve element being rendered elastic when the valve element collides with a valve seat. The fuel injection valve of the present invention includes the valve element configured to come into contact with the valve seat for closing an injection hole and to separate from the valve seat for unclosing the injection hole, an elastic member urging the valve element toward the valve seat, a movable iron core disposed to be in and out of contact with the valve element, a fixed iron core disposed to be opposed to the movable iron core, and a coil configured to generate electromagnetic force for moving the movable iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyasu Miyamoto, Motoyuki Abe, Yoshihito Yasukawa, Takao Miyake, Akira Iizuka, Kiyotaka Ogura
  • Patent number: 10369585
    Abstract: A rinse monitoring and control system for a self-propelled sprayer is configured to allow automatic rinsing of plumbing components and tubing of the sprayer with a liquid rinse by automatically controlling the timing and sequencing of electronic valves upon receiving a rinse command. Aspects of the rinsing can be configured by an operator, such as the whether the product tank is rinsed, the duration of each rinse, and the number of rinse cycles. The valves and liquid flow can be monitored in real time from a touchscreen HMI during the rinsing. Accordingly, the sprayer can be thoroughly rinsed by pressing a single button to generate the rinse command, without requiring the operator to manually actuate valves and/or recall stages of the rinse sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Nathan P. Brooks, Roy A. Bittner
  • Patent number: 10369589
    Abstract: A nozzle adapter for a caulking tube nozzle. Such a nozzle adapter includes a shoulder portion which has a hole into which a tapered nozzle of the caulking tube is inserted, a header portion which is protruded on the shoulder portion and configured to engage with an external nozzle which the user may select depending on a working environment; and a clutch plate which is provided under the shoulder portion and configured to engage with the tapered nozzle and fix the hole of the shoulder portion at the tapered nozzle. The header portion, the shoulder portion and the clutch plate forms an internal passageway through which the tapered nozzle is inserted and a caulking material flow from the tapered nozzle of the caulk tube to the external nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventor: Alan Dale
  • Patent number: 10369393
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for aircraft fire extinguishing with heated tubing. One example is a fire extinguishing system that includes a container configured to store a fire extinguishing agent, a tube configured to transport the fire extinguishing agent from the container to a compartment of the aircraft, and a valve configured to initiate a discharge of the fire extinguishing agent from the container and through the tube. The fire extinguishing system also includes a heating element thermally coupled with the tube, and a control member in a cockpit of the aircraft configured to direct the heating element to heat the tube prior to initiating the discharge of the fire extinguishing agent via the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert S. Wright
  • Patent number: 10363447
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for use in fire suppression systems for use in vehicle and industrial fire protection systems. The actuator assembly engages a cartridge of pressurized gas and releases the gas contained therein with a puncturing assembly. The actuator assembly includes a receptacle that controls the manner in which the actuator assembly and cartridge engage one another. The actuator assembly is configured for electrical and pneumatic actuation for rupturing the seal of the cartridge of pressurized gas. The actuator assembly has a housing that includes at least one inlet port that is coupled to a pressurized gas source, which is formed between a first chamber for electrical components sealed from the operative environment of the actuator assembly and a second chambers for the puncturing assembly. The actuator assembly allows for serial interconnection of multiple actuator assemblies for operation by a single source of pressurized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Chad L. Ryczek, Richard J. Biehl, Brian L. Counts
  • Patent number: 10358801
    Abstract: A sprayer including a fluid carrier having an inlet configured to receive water from a water source and an outlet for emitting water, and including a vibration source coupled to a portion of the fluid carrier between the inlet and the outlet. When the sprayer is in a first mode of operation, water is emitted from the outlet in a first pattern; and when the sprayer is in a second mode of operation, the vibration source is configured to oscillate the fluid carrier such that water is emitted from the outlet in a second pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Amruta Shyam Velapure, Fred Ogreenc, John C. Esche
  • Patent number: 10358736
    Abstract: Provided are a purge gas spraying plate and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a purge gas spraying plate which sprays a purge gas and a method of manufacturing the same. The purge gas spraying plate is formed by coupling a first plate and a second plate, and a flow path is formed in at least any one of the first plate and the second plate. Thus, compactness of a fume removing apparatus having the purge gas spraying plate is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Bum Je Woo
  • Patent number: 10350617
    Abstract: A composition for a single-component polyurethane foam and a nozzle for spraying the same. The composition comprising a polyurethane pre-polymer dissolved in liquid hydrocarbons, wherein the polyurethane pre-polymer further comprises polyethers or polyesters, wherein at least one of the polyethers or polyesters is a diol with an average functionality ƒ=2, a hydroxyl value within 35-180 mg KOH/g, and with an acid value not exceeding 0.2 mg KOH/g. The single-component polyurethane foam composition being sprayable onto a surface at a rate of 6 to 10 grams/second from the nozzle of the present invention wherein a coating depth of up to 30-55 mm is obtained over a 1 m2 surface after one minute of product application. The nozzle of the present invention comprising design features to produce a cone-shaped spray pattern of the foamable product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Konstantin Dragan, Vitalii Titorov
  • Patent number: 10350623
    Abstract: A changing device for coating media, including supply units that each have at least one inlet connection connectable to a reservoir, and an outlet connection, between which a flow channel extends. A coupling unit has an input connection and an output connection, connectable to an application device, between which input connection and output connection a through-channel extends. The coupling unit is movable in a positioning movement direction relative to the supply units by a positioning device. The input connection of the coupling unit is complementary to the outlet connections of the supply units so that the input connection of the coupling unit is movable in a coupling movement direction relative to one of the supply units and can be coupled to or disconnected from the outlet of the supply unit. The positioning device only moves the coupling unit in a plane in which the coupling movement direction also lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: EISENMANN SE
    Inventor: Jürgen Fleisch
  • Patent number: 10342934
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sprayer which may include, but is not limited to, a main body with a neck an inner cross section area of which gradually decreases; an air blowing module installed for air in the inside of the main body to be discharged to the outside; a liquid medicine container installed at a lower side of the main body and having air holes at a lid of the liquid medicine container; a nozzle cap having a minimum diameter part at an inner intermediate portion and assembled to the neck of the main body; a nozzle a rear end of which is open and connected to an end of a liquid supply pipe; and a rib which is configured to support in such a way that a central axis of the nozzle can position on a central axis of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SMBURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gi Sool Hong
  • Patent number: 10335806
    Abstract: The fluid-ejection device (100) comprised a first member (110) having an inlet suitable for being connected to a source of fluid (120); a second member (130) that can be moved relative to the first member (110); and a control member (150) arranged to be at least in a first condition, in which the control member (150) is at least substantially inside the second member (130) preventing the flow of fluid through the second member (130) to define a first stroke (S1) of the second member (130) where no discharge of fluid is allowed out of the device (100); and a second condition, in which the control member (150) is at least substantially outside the second member (130) allowing the flow of fluid through the second member (130) to define a second stroke (S2) of the second member (130) along which discharge of fluid is allowed out of the device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: FICO TRANSPAR, S.A.
    Inventors: Miguel Mota López, Olallo Alcaide Hernández
  • Patent number: 10328295
    Abstract: A cellular phone case in combination with a flexible packet holding an admixture of water and super absorbent material to provide heat dissipation, heat indication, and fire extinguishment properties. The cellular phone case has a translucent rear surface and the packet fits inside the case between the bottom surface of the case and the underside of a cellular phone. The packet dissipates heat during a recharging condition, and provides a fire retardant agent to arrest a lithium battery meltdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GelTech Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Cordani
  • Patent number: 10328398
    Abstract: A dispenser for mixing and dispensing a liquid chemical concentrate with a dilutent from a container. The dispenser includes two slideable eductors one of which is also rotatable. Both a high and low flow rate can be obtained with simultaneous adjustment of concentration of the chemical concentrate. The dispenser has a high degree of accuracy of the amount of dilution of the chemical concentrate as well as positive positioning of the high and low flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis H. Hubmann, Robert C. Halstead, Matthew E. Young, Elizabeth A. Slater, Richard I. Simpson, Reuben Wu, John A. Boticki
  • Patent number: 10323616
    Abstract: A valve assembly is provided with a valve body, a valve needle and an armature. An actuator assembly surrounds the valve assembly. The actuator assembly includes a housing and a coil. The coil can be energized so as to induce a force for axially displacing the armature. A flow characteristic of fluid to be injected by the injector is adjusted by axially shifting the valve assembly and the actuator assembly relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Stefano Filippi, Mauro Grandi, Francesco Lenzi, Valerio Polidori
  • Patent number: 10322432
    Abstract: An aerosol generator (100) has a vibratable plate (1) with apertures therein and an annular piezo (2) which causes movement of the vibratable plate (1). An annular support member (3) supports the piezo (2) and the vibratable plate (1). A first electrical power conducting pin (10) engages directly with a first, top, surface of the piezo (2). A second electrical power conducting pin (11) indirectly conducts electrical power to a second surface of the piezo (2), by contacting an extension tab (103) of the support member (20), also on its top side. There is a film of cured epoxy adhesive on the tab (103), providing excellent gripping force between the pin (11) and the support (3). The aerosol generator (100) avoids need for soldered joints for electrical contact, and the pins are conveniently mounted parallel to each on the on the same lateral and top side of the piezo and support member. The pins may have multi-point tips (50) for particularly effective electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: STAMFORD DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Brendan Hogan, Kieran Hyland, Anthony Redmond
  • Patent number: 10322425
    Abstract: A water atomisation device for water evaporation and/or dust control. The device includes: a generally longitudinally hollow housing; a fan; a motor; and a hollow manifold. The housing extends between an inlet end and an outlet end, with the inlet end defining a first air inlet to an interior of the housing. The fan is within the housing, between the inlet end and the outlet end. The motor drives the fan. The manifold is shaped to generally correspond to that of the outlet end and has a plurality of water injector nozzles directed substantially inwardly and away from the outlet end. A distal edge of the outlet end is longitudinally spaced apart from a proximal edge of the manifold to define a second air entrainment inlet to an interior of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MINETEK INVESTMENTS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Garth John Bird
  • Patent number: 10322421
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a housing having a tubular axle, a control device including a base coupled at the housing, a bridge upwardly extended from the tubular axle, a first cover including a top platform and an assembling unit downwardly extended from the top platform, and a second cover, having a center through hole, coupled at a top rim of the base. The bridge has two or more bridge ribs and the assembly unit has two or more corresponding windows. The first cover is coupled at the second cover at a position that the assembling unit is downwardly extended through the center through hole until the in center through hole is covered by the top platform, such that the bridge ribs of the bridge are engaged with the windows of the assembling unit of the first cover to securely couple the control device with the housing in a screw-less manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: YUAN-MEI CORP.
    Inventor: Shun-Nan Lo
  • Patent number: 10315214
    Abstract: A low profile, lighted waterfall apparatus for producing a sufficiently lit artificial waterfall having a light source chamber, distal to a waterfall slot/primary outlet and substantially aligned on the same plane therewith, and a port for accessing the light source, such that the light source can be easily accessed, inserted, removed, and/or replaced. The light source chamber having a transparent, semi-transparent, or translucent divider to shine light towards and across the waterfall slot/primary opening via a spreading manifold/area/passage that is configured to spread the flowing water, and direct the water as a fluid wave guide towards the waterfall slot/primary outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Custom Molded Products, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary T. Vogtner, Xiurong Smith