Patents Examined by William C Weinert
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Patent number: 11959318Abstract: An oven includes an oven body, a heating element, a frame, and an oven door. The oven body has an inner space inside and includes a front plate, wherein the front plate has an entrance that communicates with the inner space. The heating element is adapted to heat the inner space. The frame is engaged with the oven body and has an abutted portion. The oven door is pivotally connected to the oven body and is located at the entrance. The oven door can pivot to a closed position to close the entrance and can pivot downward to an open position from the closed position to open the entrance. When the oven door is located at the open position, the second surface abuts against the abutted portion of the frame, thereby forming a platform outside the entrance for placing objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh
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Patent number: 11946649Abstract: A cooking appliance extending along a lateral direction between a pair of opposing sides, extending along a transverse direction between a front and a back, and extending along a vertical direction between a top and a bottom, includes a front panel supported by the cooking appliance, the front panel defining an opening; a user interface panel rotatably positioned at the opening, the user interface panel being rotatable between a first position and a second position; and a rotatable support mechanism that carries the user interface panel between the first position and the second position, the rotatable support mechanism positioned proximate to the opening and having an axis of rotation that is spaced apart from the opening and located above and in front of the user interface panel when in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Justin Patrick Todd, Cristopher Lopez Regalado, Luis Enrique Salas Rico
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Patent number: 11940160Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a panel attachable to or detachable from a lower side of the housing and including an inlet to introduce air therethrough, a first filter installable to the panel to filter the introduced air, a second filter installable to the panel and configured to further filter the introduced air using an electrostatic force, and a lifter configured to detach the panel from the lower side of the housing by lowering the panel from an initial position, and to attach the panel to the lower side of the housing by lifting the panel from a maintenance position. When the panel is lowered to the maintenance position, one or more of the first filter and the second filter are accessible for maintenance thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventors: Hyunho Kim, Jihong Kim, Hongyeol Moon, Wooyoung Park, Byungyul So, Mingu Jeon, Changwoo Jung
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Patent number: 11933499Abstract: An oven appliance includes a plurality of sidewalls defining a cooking chamber, a door to selectively open and close the cooking chamber; and a bottom panel assembly removably provided within the cooking chamber. The bottom panel assembly includes a panel defining an aperture, a front air deflector attached to the panel at the aperture, and a retention clip provided within the cooking chamber, the retention clip defining a receiving slot to selectively receive the panel when the panel is in an installed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Pugel, Blake Ellis, Hans Juergen Paller
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Patent number: 11912103Abstract: An air conditioning device mounted on a vehicle in which a cabin on which an occupant boards is open to an outside of the vehicle includes: a front air blowing port provided further forward than a boarding position on which the occupant boards in a front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; a rear air blowing port provided further rearward than the boarding position in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to blow temperature-adjusted air toward the boarding position; and a control unit for controlling the air conditioning device. The control unit performs control to blow the air from the front air blowing port when the vehicle travels forward, and performs control to blow the air from the rear air blowing port when the vehicle travels rearward.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Konishi, Kento Hosono
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Patent number: 11912108Abstract: A vehicle air vent system includes a duct defining an outlet that directs air into an interior compartment. An air register assembly is operably coupled to the duct proximate to the outlet. The air register assembly includes a frame. A vane is rotatably coupled to the frame. A variable resistor is operably coupled to the frame. A user interface has a display. A controller is communicatively coupled to the user interface and the variable resistor. The controller receives a signal from the variable resistor and determines a position of the air register assembly in response to the signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcos Ahuizotl Fragoso Iñiguez, Fernando Mayorga Basilio, Juan Pablo Jiménez de la Rosa
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Patent number: 11850913Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system is provided and includes a heating duct through which internal air and external air are introduced and a cooling duct through which internal air and external air are introduced. A condenser is disposed in the heating duct and an evaporator is disposed in the cooling duct and is connected to the condenser. A phase change material (PCM) stores thermal energy of the internal air passing through the heating and cooling ducts. An internal/external air door controls the mixing of the internal/external air introduced into the heating and cooling ducts, and a PMC door controls the external air introduced through the heating and cooling ducts whether to pass through the PCM.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Gee Young Shin, Seung Sik Han, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim
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Patent number: 11833890Abstract: A coupling rod for manipulating air guiding louvers of a louver assembly which are used in an air vent for vehicles. The coupling rod has a multiplicity of bearing regions, each bearing region being configured to receive a bearing shaft (bearing journal, bearing pin, etc) which is assigned to one of the air guiding louvers in such a way that, in the case of a movement of the coupling rod in an adjusting direction relative to the air guiding louvers, the corresponding bearing shaft which is received in the bearing region is suitably guided.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventor: Werner Lottes
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Patent number: 11813926Abstract: A vehicle system includes: a blower configured to draw air from within a passenger cabin of a vehicle through an inlet; a binding agent source configured to flow a binding agent into the air; and a sensor disposed downstream of the binding agent source in the direction of airflow, the sensor configured to determine an amount of smoke in the air from within the passenger cabin based on a measured characteristic of particulate at the sensor and a predetermined characteristic of the binding agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventors: Sibu Varughese, Martin Nespolo, Thomas Krzyzak, Gareth Webb, Wilson Yim, Matthew Johnson
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Patent number: 11807072Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for heat sanitizing a vehicle. In one example, a method may include, while receiving power from an external power source and responsive to receiving a request for cleaning an interior of a vehicle, operating an electric heater of a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to heat the interior above an upper threshold temperature for a first threshold duration using the power received from the external power source. In this way, the HVAC system may be advantageously used to expose the vehicle interior to temperatures that kill or inactive microbes while vehicle battery power and fuel are conserved by using power supplied from the external power source.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alan Gutowski, Curtis Jones, Fred Koberstein, Stephen White, Peter Mitchell Lyon, John Rollinger, Scott Thompson, M. Scott Christensen, David Hancock, Adam Richards, Steve Skikun, Frank Fusco
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Patent number: 11808461Abstract: A radiant heating assembly including a burner for heating a heat exchanger and a reflector generally disposed about the heat exchanger. The reflector comprising a base defining a first air chamber. The reflector may also comprise one or more wings removably coupled to the base. The wings may be configured to define a second air chamber. The radiant heating assembly may also comprise an air circulation pump configured to draw air through the air chamber of the base and/or wing and provide the air to the burner to improve the efficiency of the combustion process.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Detroit Radiant Products CompanyInventors: Joseph A Wortman, Kevin L. Blissett, Kenneth L. Bachorski, Alex P. Napolitan
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Patent number: 11807077Abstract: An air-conditioning register includes: a movable fin; an operation knob; and a transmission mechanism. A load generating mechanism is provided in a middle of a force transmission path in the transmission mechanism. The load generating mechanism includes a pressure receiving portion, a pressing member, and a spring. The pressure receiving portion has a pressure receiving surface. The pressing member rotates with respect to the pressure receiving portion as the operation knob rotates. The spring generates a load between the pressing member and the pressure receiving portion by urging the pressing member toward a side approaching the pressure receiving surface and pressing the pressing member against the pressure receiving surface. The pressing member and the pressure receiving portion are each formed of a hard resin material, and the pressing member is directly in contact with the pressure receiving surface to generate the load.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroto Watanabe, Hitoshi Fujisawa, Tatsuya Tanikawa
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Patent number: 11767981Abstract: A foldable tray device for a gas cylinder of a stove includes a tray body, a connecting rod and a base. A plurality of universal wheels are arranged at a lower end of the tray body. The connecting rod has an end fixed to a side wall of the tray body and another end hingedly coupled to the base. A locking mechanism is arranged between the another end of the connecting rod and the base. A fixing mechanism configured to be connected to a frame of the stove is arranged on the base.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Ningbo Huige Outdoor Products Co., Ltd.Inventor: Songcun Zheng