Patents Examined by Vivek K Shirsat
  • Reusable candle vessel
    Patent number: 11608980
    Abstract: A candle or candle vessel in which the vessel includes an upper portion and a lower portion. At least a portion of the lower portion of the candle vessel is displaceable relative to the upper portion to allow a meltable solid to be easily removed from the candle vessel. The lower portion may include a flexible, non-adhesive, and heat-resistant interior part which lines the lower portion that is in contact with the meltable solid. An exterior of the vessel may be wrapped in a sturdy, durable shell for additional design and structure of the candle vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Lindsay Raquel Pasteris, Nathan Steven Donovan
  • Ventilation fan and ventilation system
    Patent number: 11609002
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a body unit, which has a fan disposed in a body case and a fan controller operable to control an air volume of the fan. The ventilation fan also includes a sensor module having an indoor environment detecting sensor and a module controller operable to control a detecting operation of the indoor environment detecting sensor. The body unit has a module mount on which the sensor module is mounted and another sensor module can be mounted in place of the sensor module. The module mount is connected to the fan controller. The module controller outputs detection information obtained based on a detection result of the indoor environment detecting sensor to the fan controller, which in turn controls the air volume of the fan based on the detection information inputted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosato Sakai, Hidenori Syougen, Nobuyuki Morimoto, Tsuraki Nakajima, Shingo Takenawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Kazuki Doumoto
  • Air vent
    Patent number: 11602976
    Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle or vehicle canopy includes an external and an internal duct. The external duct has an inlet and an outlet. The height of the outlet is less than that of the inlet. The inlet and the outlet are arranged such that, in use, an uppermost point of the inlet is located above an uppermost point of the outlet. The internal duct is in fluid communication with the external duct via one or more openings arranged in the internal duct or at a junction between the internal duct and the external duct. The internal duct is configured to be in fluid communication with an interior of the vehicle via a slot defined by the vehicle. The or each opening is arranged such that, in use, the uppermost point of the outlet of the external duct is located below a lowermost point of the or each opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ROCK SOLID INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL (PTY) LTD
    Inventor: Michael Voss
  • Draft inducer blower
    Patent number: 11603851
    Abstract: A draft inducer blower assembly includes a blower having a fan, a dilution air intake passage, an exhaust gas intake passage, and a discharge passage. The blower is configured to operatively connect to a heater system in a manner to facilitate flow of combustion air into a combustion chamber and to draw dilution air into the blower and to mix the dilution air with the exhaust gases and to facilitate flow of the mixed air and exhaust gases through the vent. The dilution air intake passage is positionable in at least a low flow configuration and a high flow configuration. The dilution air intake passage is more restrictive of intake of dilution air in the low flow configuration than in the high flow configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Steven W. Post
  • Filter, manufacturing method for filter and air conditioner
    Patent number: 11598553
    Abstract: A filter, a manufacturing method for a filter, and an air conditioner are provided. The filter includes a casing (10), a transition tube (20), and a filter screen assembly (30). The filter screen assembly (30) is provided in the casing (10), fitted with and connected to an inner wall of the casing (10), the casing (10) is an integrally formed piece, and two axial ends of the casing (10) have neck sections (11), and two neck sections (11) are both fixedly connected to the transition tube (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tiegang Zhang, Yongfeng Xu, Tongbing Lao, Yandong Wu, Shiqiang He, Chunlei Cui
  • Pre-mix burner assembly for low NOx emission furnace
    Patent number: 11598557
    Abstract: A burner assembly according to aspects of the disclosure includes a burner surface carried by a burner, the burner surface extending outward from a front side of the burner, a housing coupled to the burner on a side opposite the front side of the burner, a gasket disposed between the burner and the housing, a thermally anisotropic protective covering located on the front side of the burner and surrounding a perimeter of the burner surface, and an igniter positioned adjacent to the burner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Perez, Randal Poirier, Eric Chanthalangsy, Steven Schneider, Glenn W. Kowald, Ian Burmania
  • Multi-dimensional ceramic burner surface
    Patent number: 11598528
    Abstract: A plaque for a radiant heating system can include a main body defining an outer surface and a plurality of pores defined within the main body, wherein at least some of the plurality of pores are disposed in a non-parallel relationship with at least some others of the plurality of pores, or wherein at least some of the pores are parallel with each other. A burner assembly including a plurality of adjacently arranged plaques reduces the ignition time and delay for adjacent plaques after the central plaque has been ignited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Pinnacle Climate Technologies
    Inventor: Sukru Erisgen
  • Grill with battery power system and measurement
    Patent number: 11583138
    Abstract: A portable grill with a battery power system includes a primary direct-current power source and a secondary direct-current power source. The primary power source can connect onto the outside of the grill via a clip. The secondary power source, which can be disposed within the grill so as not to be exposed to outside elements, can continue to power the grill when the user removes and/or replaces the primary power source during the operation of the grill. A user feedback system can remotely alert the user with information regarding the time or power remaining in the primary power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Traeger Pellet Grills, LLC
    Inventor: Michael V. Colston
  • Cooktop appliance and sensor assembly for a griddle
    Patent number: 11583137
    Abstract: A cooktop appliance or griddle assembly may include a cooking platter, a spring-loaded platform, and a sensor body. The cooking platter may define a top surface and a bottom surface. The spring-loaded platform may be mounted below the cooking platter. The sensor body may be attached to the spring-loaded platform in biased conductive engagement with bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Patrick Todd, Rafael Martinez
  • HVAC air distribution device to promote temperature stratification
    Patent number: 11577582
    Abstract: An HVAC air distribution device to promote temperature stratification within a larger volume. The device comprised of a front side coupled to a back side defining a cavity for directing a flow of air. The front side comprised of a pliable material and configured for the distribution of the flow of air within the channel. Accordingly, the front side comprises an air permeable portion to release flow from the channel to provide a low velocity of uniform air flow across a length of the device. This low velocity uniform air flow encourages temperature stratification within a distinct area of the larger volume to increase comfort of an occupant and promote efficiency of HVAC systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Lattin, Sesha Madireddi, Martin Duffy
  • Burner head of burner for gas cooktop, burner for gas cooktop, and gas cooktop
    Patent number: 11578872
    Abstract: A burner head of a burner for a gas cooktop, a burner, and a gas cooktop are provided. The burner head includes a plurality of supports, where each support includes a support surface for supporting a cooking utensil, the support is further provided with a plurality of gas ports from which gas flows out and forms a flame, and each support has a first working position and a second working position. When the supports are in the first working position, the burner head has a flat upper surface, and the support surfaces of the supports constitute the upper surface, and when the supports are in the second working position, the burner head has a concave surface, and the support surfaces of the supports constitute the concave surface. The shape of the burner head is changeable, so as to adapt to cooking utensils having different bottom outlines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Xingen Yao, Xinxin Zhao
  • Burner device
    Patent number: 11573007
    Abstract: A burner device for supplying a mixture of a fuel gas and a combustion-supporting gas into a combustion region includes: a mixing path configured to inject the mixture from a downstream end portion of the mixing path into the combustion region; a fuel gas injection nozzle configured to inject the fuel gas into the mixing path toward the combustion region; and a combustion-supporting gas supply swirler configured to inject the combustion-supporting gas such that at least a part of the combustion-supporting gas collides directly with the fuel gas injected from the fuel gas injection nozzle, in a direction of a tangent line that is tangent to a fuel injection hole of the fuel gas injection nozzle on a cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO METROPOLITAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Oda, Toshiaki Sakurazawa, Ryosuke Oshima, Saburo Yuasa, Takashi Sakurai, Koichi Nozaki
  • Orifice holder
    Patent number: 11566791
    Abstract: An orifice holder includes a body defining inner wall portions facing each other and spaced apart at a first distance for receiving a portion of a stem of a spreader therebetween. The body further defines a first cup and a second cup, each extending outwardly from opposing sides of the inner wall portions. Each of the first cup and the second cup has a peripheral rim extending around an upper perimeter thereof and open at respective adjacent ends of the inner wall portions to define a fluid path past the peripheral rims, through the respective first and second cups, between the inner wall portions, and into the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick J. Duffy, Ken E. Johnson, Victor H. Manrique
  • Thermal transfer device for covers
    Patent number: 11561026
    Abstract: The solar thermal collection and radiant heating system for a spa comprising upper and lower absorber members having fluid passageways and in thermal communication, a skin member encasing said upper and lower absorber members and an insulative member located therebetween the upper and lower members and a solar collection device located on the skin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: John Joseph Tandler, Christopher Michael Pearson
  • Damper test switch fail-safe actuator
    Patent number: 11555623
    Abstract: A firestat for providing an output for controlling an opening and closing of a fire/smoke damper. The firestat includes a fire/smoke damper test switch and an actuator configured to depress the fire/smoke damper test switch. The firestat is further configured to release the fire/smoke damper test switch in response to a depressing force applied to the actuator, wherein melting or other damage to the actuator causes a release of the test switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AIR DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGIES IP, LLC
    Inventors: Edward N. Koop, Jeffrey Scott Beneke, Kent S. Maune, Vikas Ashok Patil, Raguraman Gnanavadivel
  • Modular slim sight-proof air intake assembly
    Patent number: 11555632
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed relate to an air intake assembly, wherein the air intake assembly comprises: a frame comprising a plurality of openings, wherein each one of the plurality of openings comprises a V-shaped cross-section. The air intake assembly further comprises a plurality of slats, wherein each one of the plurality of slats comprises a V-shaped cross-section. The air intake assembly further comprises a stiffener configured to provide structural support to the plurality of slats, wherein the stiffener is disposed within an interior of the frame. The plurality of slats are disposed within the frame through the plurality of openings of the frame and through the stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba International Corporation
    Inventors: John Kelley, Enrique Martinez
  • Control panel unit for machine tool
    Patent number: 11547016
    Abstract: A technology downsizing a control panel unit is provided. The control panel unit for a machine tool comprises a casing, a duct, and a fan. The casing has an openable door. A control device is arranged in an internal space, which is closed when the door is closed. The duct has a groove and a ventilation opening. The groove is closed at a closed end and open to the internal space at an open end. The ventilation opening connects the groove with the internal space in a position nearer the closed end than the open end. The duct is fixed to an inner wall of the casing in such manner as the groove faces the inner wall. The fan is mounted on the ventilation opening. The air in the internal space is taken into the groove enclosed by the inner wall and the duct by the operation of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Tajima, Katsuhiro Shinomiya
  • Vessel for transferring thermal energy to and inducing convection in a contained fluid
    Patent number: 11540658
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a wall portion having a wall inner surface and a wall outer surface, a base portion having a base inner surface and a base outer surface, at least a portion of the wall portion and the base portion forming a vessel to retain fluid therein, at least part of the base portion configured to receive heat, and a plurality of shaped portions with at least three sides extending above, each shaped portion of the base inner surface including at least three sides and polygonal shaped tops, each of the plurality of shaped portions capable of supplying heat from the sides to fluid adjacent to the sides, the plurality of shaped portions including the polygonal shaped tops to induce creation of a plurality of hexagonal convection cells in contact with a surface of the fluid which increases heat transfer from a heating source to the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Richard J. Schoofs, Gregory R. Schoofs
  • Fire pit cooking system
    Patent number: 11540665
    Abstract: The fire pit cooking system is configured for use with a fire and a foodstuff. The fire pit cooking system suspends the foodstuff above the fire. The fire pit cooking system is adjustable such that the position of the foodstuff relative to the fire is adjustable. The fire pit cooking system comprises a pedestal, a telescopic stanchion, and a jib structure. The telescopic stanchion attaches the jib structure to the pedestal. The telescopic stanchion forms a load path that transfers the load of the jib structure to the pedestal. The pedestal is a structure that forms a load path that transfers the load of the telescopic stanchion and the jib structure to a supporting surface. The jib structure suspends the foodstuff above the fire. The jib structure attaches to the telescopic stanchion such that the elevation of the jib above the supporting surface is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Santele
  • Air conditioner
    Patent number: 11536485
    Abstract: An air conditioner is disclosed. The disclosed air conditioner can comprise: a housing having an inflow port and a discharge port; a partition disposed inside the housing so as to divide the inside of the housing into a first space at the inflow port side and a second space at the discharge port side, and having at least one opening for allowing the first space and the second space to communicate; at least one blower unit disposed in the first space, and including a duct, which passes through the opening so as to protrude toward the second space and discharges the air of the first space to the second space; and a heat exchanger disposed in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eomji Jang, Sehoon Shin, Joonho Yoon, Kwonjin Kim, Yeonseob Yun