Patents Examined by Vivek K Shirsat
  • Patent number: 11974576
    Abstract: A gas-powered oven includes a cooking surface and a heat deflecting frame, such that the cooking surface and heat deflecting frame collectively define at least a portion of a cooking chamber. An outer housing extends around the cooking surface and the heat deflecting frame, with the outer housing having an opening formed therein and in communication with the cooking chamber. A first burner is connectable to a gas source and is located within the outer housing and spaced from the cooking chamber. The first burner is elongate and includes a first array of openings formed therein. A second burner is connectable to the gas source and extends into the cooking chamber toward a portion of the heat deflecting frame. The second burner includes a tapered passageway and an expanding passageway downstream of the tapered passageway to achieve desired flow characteristics of the gas flowing through the second burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Banana Stand Brands LLC
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Raio, Brad Kent, Steve Raio
  • Patent number: 11976536
    Abstract: A flaring boom assembly for a flaring system of a rig is disclosed. The flaring boom assembly includes a tray device comprising an open top, a slanted bottom, and an outlet, and a telescoping mechanism mechanically coupled to the tray device and configured to adjust a relative position of the tray device with respect to a burning head of the flaring system based on a flaring intensity of the flaring system. The spills of the flaring system fall through the open top onto the slanted bottom and move along the slanted bottom toward the outlet based on a gravitational force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11976825
    Abstract: Air conditioning system and a method for controlling same. The air conditioning system is configured to carry out air conditioning in indoor space, and includes an indoor unit body. The indoor unit body includes a cavity and a heat exchanger arranged inside the cavity. The air conditioning system further includes at least one return air inlet connecting the indoor space to the cavity. The at least one return air inlet includes a first return air inlet, and the first return air inlet is located at a lower portion of the indoor space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Haiwei Huang, Kai Wang, Fengqiang Huang
  • Patent number: 11976814
    Abstract: A household stove burner with upper intake air and super-high power includes cup body, distributor base, central distributor, outer ring distributor, ignition needle, induction needle, air intake base, central air intake tube, left air intake tube, right air intake tube, gap between central air intake tube, light tube portion of central tube. The gap between left air intake tube and light tube portion of left outer ring tube, gap is between right tube and light tube portion of right outer ring air intake tube, a lower end of air intake cavity of distributor base is docked with outer ring pre-mixing cavity, outer interface of outer ring distributor is inserted into outer ring fuel gas tank, inner ring wall plate of outer ring fuel gas tank inserted into outer ring distributor. Outer ring flame stabilizing slot to prevent generation of outer ring firm flame to improve dissipation performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG HORISUN KITCHEN APPLIANCES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinquan Liu, Liuming Tan
  • Patent number: 11965657
    Abstract: A cooktop appliance includes a top panel with a gas burner disposed on the top panel. The cooktop appliance also includes a grate with a plurality of fingers. The grate is removably positioned above the gas burner. The plurality of fingers includes a sensor finger. The cooktop appliance also includes a temperature sensor extending from the top panel adjacent to the gas burner. The temperature sensor is positioned outside of a footprint of the gas burner. The cooktop appliance further includes a thermally conductive probe extending from the temperature sensor to the sensor finger above the gas burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Bryan Cadima
  • Patent number: 11958024
    Abstract: Gas flares configured to mix and burn multiple gasses are disclosed. According to one aspect, a gas flare head includes a first and second conduit one inside the other to form an interior region between the conduits. The interior region between the conduits is partitioned into multiple channels by a dividing structure. Each channel is configured to route a gas from a source to a mixing chamber where the gasses are mixed and burned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pruitt Production Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Quenstedt
  • Patent number: 11953202
    Abstract: A combustor having a rectangular prism structure with a burner assembly mounted inside for burning waste hydrocarbon gases with combustion air provided through flame arrestors from outside atmospheric air, the combusted hydrocarbon gas exiting through an opening on top of the structure. The combustor includes a controller for operating an igniter on the burner assembly and thermocouples for measuring the temperature of exhaust gas exiting the combustor and for measuring the skin temperature of the structure. The controller can relay the operational data and the location of the combustor to a central control center through a SCADA unit connected to a telecommunications network. The controller can also relay the volume of waste gas burned to the central control center to determine the carbon credits earned by preventing the waste gas being vented to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Clear Rush Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Lucien Aldrich, Dale Christopher Aldrich, Dallas Lane Rosevear
  • Patent number: 11951896
    Abstract: A mobile pizza cart that allows a user to move to different locations and create personalized pizzas for their customers. The mobile pizza cart incorporates stations surrounding a pizza oven that are adapted to allow a user to create the personalized pizzas in a clean and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Attila Toth
  • Patent number: 11955926
    Abstract: A bifurcated bearing housing for use within a torque tube interface may include a first component defining a first portion of an aperture configured to house a first portion of a rotating bearing, a second component defining a second portion of the aperture configured to house a second portion of the rotating bearing, and a connection interface between the first and second components, wherein, when the first and second components are in an attached configuration, the connection interface lies below a centerpoint of the aperture defined by the first and second components. The bifurcated bearing housing may include one or more of ridges, gussets, and/or hems to increase the structural integrity and rigidity of the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Schuknecht, Kevin Krautbauer
  • Patent number: 11953201
    Abstract: A combustion system includes a distal flame holder, a pilot fuel distributor, a main fuel distributor, an oxidant source, an array of sensors, and a controller. The oxidant source outputs an oxidant. The pilot fuel distributor supports a pilot flame configured to preheat the distal flame holder by outputting a pilot fuel at least when the combustion system is in a preheating state. The main fuel source outputs a main fuel in the standard operating state. The distal flame holder is configured to support a combustion reaction of the main fuel and the oxidant in the standard operating state. The sensors are configured to sense parameters of the pilot flame and the distal flame holder and to output sensor signals to the controller. The controller executes software instructions that include adjusting the flow of the main fuel, the pilot fuel, and the oxidant responsive to the sensor signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ClearSign Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas W. Karkow, Donald Kendrick, James K. Dansie, Christopher A. Wiklof
  • Patent number: 11953297
    Abstract: A portable flamethrower is provided. It includes a fuel supply, including an externally powered fuel pump in flow communication with a nozzle and a fuel tank. An ignition system is provided to effect igniting of a stream of liquid fuel. An electronic control system is provided to effect selective operation of the ignition system and the fuel system, and preclude their operation if operation criteria are not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DP & LC HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Lewis Clanton, Donald Patnaude, Chris Byars
  • Patent number: 11951222
    Abstract: A system includes a containment vessel configured to receive and retain equipment to be decontaminated. The system also includes a solar reflector configured to reflect solar energy towards the containment vessel in order to heat the containment vessel. The system further includes end supports configured to receive and retain the solar reflector and the containment vessel. The system also includes a base having or coupled to multiple side supports, where each side support is configured to contact and support a corresponding one of the end supports. In addition, the system includes one or more semi-transparent solar shades configured to reduce the solar energy reaching the solar reflector and the containment vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: David D. Crouch, Alf L. Carroll, III, John Carcone, Travis B. Feenstra, David R. Sar, Anthony Serino
  • Patent number: 11946646
    Abstract: An oven having water injection system comprising an oven including a compartment enclosed on all sides, a water injector, and a first water valve coupled to the water injector, wherein the water valve includes proportional control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Huijsing
  • Patent number: 11940147
    Abstract: A blown air heating system has a housing having an upstream air inlet and a downstream air outlet and a forced-air device configured to draw air into the housing via the air inlet and force the air out of the housing via the air outlet, wherein the air follows an airflow path from the air inlet to the air outlet. A gas burner is configured to heat the air as it passes through the housing. A gas valve is configured to provide a fuel gas to the gas burner, and the gas valve is located between the air inlet and the air outlet and in the airflow path. A baffle is in the airflow path, and the baffle is configured to divert the flow of air away from at least part of the gas valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart C. Black, David M. Hopley, Philip Eadie
  • Patent number: 11940158
    Abstract: Example dual-burner assemblies for cookboxes of gas grills are disclosed. An example dual-burner assembly includes a first burner tube and a second burner tube. The first burner tube has a first maximum heat output. The second burner tube has a second maximum heat output. The second burner tube is spaced apart from the first burner tube by a distance of no more than 0.750 inches. The second maximum heat output is less than the first maximum heat output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Shoeb, J. Michael Anthony Alden
  • Patent number: 11940148
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a dual ring gas burner wherein the outer ring includes multipoint injection with bottom breathing and the inner ring works with top breathing. Two flame rings are included along with burner ports on the caps. As a result, better heating distribution is achieved along with greater ease in cleaning and combined simmer functions with high ratings by having the outer ring gas flow not interfering with the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Zhi Tan, Huan Liu, Andre Garcia, Michael Dennis Padgett
  • Patent number: 11942893
    Abstract: Split-cell and multi-panel photovoltaic backtracking control systems and methods allow for increased total power generation during low sun elevation conditions by shading a percentage of panel modules, thereby allowing for a lower angle of incidence on unshaded modules. The control systems and methods involve determining a sun elevation angle, a traditional backtracking angle, a split-cell or multi-panel backtracking angle, a single-cell or single-panel relative light transmission (RLT) based on the single-cell or single-panel backtracking angle, and a split-cell or multi-panel RLT based on the split-cell or multi-panel backtracking angle. If twice the single-cell or single-panel RLT is greater than the split-cell or multi-panel RLT, the split-cell or multi-panel backtracking angle is used; otherwise, the single-cell or single-panel backtracking angle is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Fei Gu, Yang Liu, Venkata Rahul Abbaraju, Eric Martinez
  • Patent number: 11933492
    Abstract: A burner has a body suitable for containing at least one injector, a crown disposed on the body, and a cap disposed on the crown. The geometrical structure of the crown and of the cap is such to stabilize the flames with a minimum contact between the flames and the cap, in such a way to minimize the temperature of the cap when the burner is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Armando Elisei
  • Patent number: 11933502
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a self-closing user control for a cooking element that is capable of automatically returning to an off position whenever it is released by a user in a portion of the movable range of positions for the self-closing user control, yet also is capable of maintaining its position in another portion of the movable range of positions for the self-closing user control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Richard W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 11927364
    Abstract: An air handling unit (AHU) for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a housing and a combustion heater disposed within the housing. The housing includes a combustion section with a first channel and a second channel. The combustion heater includes heat exchanger tubes and a tube support that supports heat exchanger tubes within the combustion section. The tube support slidably disposed in the first channel and the second channel. The combustion heater configured to be slidably removable from the AHU. An AHU for an HVACR system includes a housing with a fan section and a fan assembly disposed within the housing. The fan assembly including a pair of grooves slidably disposed on a pair of rails of the housing. The fan assembly configured to be both slidably removable from the AHU and liftably removable from the AHU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Daniel, Jason William Parks, Gregory L. Meeuwsen, Nathan Wagers, Chasity Webb, Anthony Chiles, Gregory Edmund Beltran, Aaron Allison Stevens, Stephen Kowalski, Jason Harpst