Patents Issued in December 4, 2018
  • Patent number: 10145596
    Abstract: An outdoor device of an air conditioner includes a compressor, an outdoor fan, and an outdoor control board. The outdoor device includes: a control unit that controls the compressor and the outdoor fan; and a temperature detector that detects an ambient temperature of an electric component provided on the outdoor control board. The control unit, when the compressor is stopped, stops the outdoor fan and then determines whether a temperature detected by the temperature detector is equal to or higher than a threshold, and, when it is determined that the temperature detected by the temperature detector is equal to or higher than the threshold, operates the outdoor fan at a protective rotation number that is lower than a rotation number of the outdoor fan while the compressor is in operation so as to circulate air, thereby cooling the outdoor control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeo Umehara
  • Patent number: 10145597
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner including a plurality of indoor units and one outdoor unit connected to the plurality of indoor units to be operated as a cooling cycle or a heating cycle is provided. The indoor unit includes: a communicator receiving setting information for performing air conditioning in a room from a control terminal apparatus; and a controller determining whether the received setting information is valid setting information applicable to the indoor unit depending on whether the air conditioner is operated as the cooling cycle or the heating cycle and setting the setting information in the indoor unit depending on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-hun Hur, In-jung Baek, Jin-ho Lim, Min-gyu Kim, Yun-nam Kim
  • Patent number: 10145598
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, a liquid receiver, a first opening-and-closing valve, an expansion valve, and an evaporator are connected sequentially by pipes and through which refrigerant circulates. The refrigerant is HFO1123 or a refrigerant mixture containing HFO1123. A ratio of a refrigeration capacity to an opening area of the first opening-and-closing valve is within a range of 0.25 to 0.6 (kW/mm2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Sugimoto, Tetsuji Saikusa
  • Patent number: 10145599
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a refrigerator which includes a compressor capable of generating cooling capacity for executing at least one of a refrigerating operation and a freezing operation, a temperature sensor capable of sensing an internal temperature of the refrigerator, to which cold air is supplied, at a specific period, in response to at least one of the freezing operation and the refrigerating operation, and a controller capable of calculating a rate of change in the internal temperature using the sensed internal temperature, and controlling the cooling capacity of the compressor based on the calculated rate of change in the internal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Shinhyun Park, Buhwan Ahn, Sangil Lee
  • Patent number: 10145600
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body including a freezing-compartment inner case forming a freezing compartment and a refrigerating-compartment inner case forming a refrigerating compartment, and a heat transfer module including a thermosiphon part having a portion provided in the freezing-compartment inner case and another portion provided in the refrigerating-compartment inner case and having a closed loop in which working fluid for transferring heat flows and a heating member coupled to one side of the thermosiphon part to heat the working fluid. Other configurations are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seokjun Yun, Changho Seo, Sanggoo Park, Rajat Goyal
  • Patent number: 10145601
    Abstract: An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes an air-sending-device chamber including a heat exchanger disposed at least on the rear side within an outdoor unit body, a propeller fan having a plurality of blades and disposed on the front side of the heat exchanger, and a bell mouth disposed on the front side of the propeller fan to face an air outlet, a machine chamber in which a compressor is disposed, and a partition plate that separates the air-sending-device chamber and the machine chamber. The partition plate has a protruding shape protruding from the air-sending-device chamber toward the machine chamber. The partition plate has, on the side of the air-sending-device chamber, a recessed area corresponding to the protruding shape. The amount of recess of the recessed area is maximized at a position equal in height to the center of rotation of the propeller fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kono, Takahide Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 10145602
    Abstract: An active gas-gap heat switch may significantly reduce the time required to transition between the open and closed states, reduce the heat require to warm the getter, and reduce the heat that leaks from the getter to the switch body. A thermal interface at one end of the active gas-gap heat switch may include a plurality of fins. A getter assembly may be hermetically attached to the thermal interface and a containment tube may surround and house the plurality of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Peter J. Shirron, Mark O. Kimball
  • Patent number: 10145603
    Abstract: A refrigerator wherein a front part of a storage chamber opens; and a door assembly is rotatably coupled with a main body, and configured to open and close the open front part of the storage chamber, wherein the door assembly includes a door plate including a front plate and a side plate bent in a rear direction from both side edges of the front plate, wherein a bent portion is formed in an upper end of the front plate, a door cap is configured to cover a top of the door plate, wherein a gripping groove is formed between the door cap and the bent portion, the griping groove opening in a up direction; and a door cap support includes a coupling portion coupled with the door cap, and is fixed at the bent portion such that the coupling portion is positioned behind the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Mo Kim, Sun Gyou Lee
  • Patent number: 10145604
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body; a storage compartment; a first door and a second door; and a rotating bar coupled to the first door and configured to close a gap between the first door and the second door when the first door and the second door are closed. The rotating bar includes a case having an accommodating space; a cover; a metallic plate positioned at a front side of the cover and having an end portion bent toward the cover; and a sealing member disposed at a longitudinal end portion of the rotating bar, the sealing member including a first portion engaged with the end portion of the metallic plate and a second portion extending from the first portion of the sealing member in a longitudinal direction to cover a gap formed between the body and the longitudinal end portion of the rotating bar when the first door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Mo Kim, Jee Hoon Lee, Myoung Hun Kim, Hak Gyun Bae, Hee Tae Shon, Jong Hoon Oh, Sinn Bong Yoon, Kun Eui Hong
  • Patent number: 10145605
    Abstract: The refrigerator includes item storage units arranged in multiple layers in a storage compartment, horizontal frames arranged in multiple layers, the horizontal frames respectively supporting the item storage units, a vertical frame coupled to each of the horizontal frames, the vertical frame extending vertically, first rail units arranged in multiple layers, the first rail units respectively supporting the horizontal frames so that the horizontal frames is movable in a front-to-back direction relative to the storage compartment, a link to connect any one of the horizontal frames arranged and the door to each other so as to move the horizontal frames in the front-to-back direction in response to rotation of the door, and a second rail unit located between the item storage unit and the horizontal frame arranged in the same layer so as to movably support the item storage unit in the front-to-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Changwoan Yang, Seungjin Choi, Hanhyo Kim, Yoomin Park
  • Patent number: 10145606
    Abstract: An illustrative refrigeration unit door includes a transparent window portion that receives light from a light source such that the light exhibits total internal reflection within the window portion. A series of uniformly-sized prisms with non-uniform spacing ejects light from one face of the transparent window portion at angles around 60 degrees and 30 degrees. Collimated light can be used to reduce the amount of light ejected from a second face of the transparent window that is opposite the first face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David G. Pelka
  • Patent number: 10145607
    Abstract: A method for operating a refrigeration system in order to perform temperature control of a closed volume is disclosed. The refrigeration system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected in series in a refrigerant flow path. The refrigeration system further comprises one or more fans arranged to cause a flow of air across the evaporator. The compressor is controlled by switching the compressor on or off in accordance with a measured temperature, Tsup, of air which has passed across the evaporator and is being supplied to the closed volume, and in order to achieve a set point temperature, Tset, in the closed volume. During this a compressor switching pattern is determined. Temperature fluctuations inside the closed volume are minimized, and energy is conserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Maersk Container Industry AS
    Inventors: Lars Mou Jessen, Poul Kim Madsen
  • Patent number: 10145608
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator body including a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment cooling circuit including a refrigerating compartment compressor for compressing refrigerant, a refrigerating compartment condenser, a refrigerating compartment expansion unit, and a refrigerating compartment evaporator for causing the refrigerant to exchange heat with the refrigerating compartment; a freezing compartment cooling circuit including a freezing compartment compressor for compressing refrigerant, a freezing compartment condenser, a freezing compartment expansion unit, and a freezing compartment evaporator; a refrigerating compartment temperature sensor; a freezing compartment temperature sensor; and a control unit for controlling the refrigerating compartment compressor and the freezing compartment compressor to be concurrently operated so as to proceed to a concurrent operation mode when the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment are under a c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunam Chae, Kyungseok Kim, Kyeongyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10145609
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for argon recovery in which an impure argon stream is separated from air within a cryogenic air separation unit having an argon rejection column and a reflux type argon condenser disposed internally within the lower pressure column. An impure argon stream is subsequently recovered from the argon rejection column and purified within an integrated adsorbent based argon refining and purification subsystem to produce product grade argon. The waste stream from the adsorbent based argon refining and purification subsystem is recycled back to the argon rejection column so as to improve the argon recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Neil M. Prosser, Yang Luo
  • Patent number: 10145610
    Abstract: An automatic vacuum drying device comprises a drying oven, a heating device used to heat the drying oven, a vacuum extraction device used to evacuate the drying oven, a nitrogen input device used to input nitrogen into the drying oven, and a transporting device located inside the drying oven and used to transport materials, two first openings are located at two opposite sides of the drying oven, an automatic sealing door is mounted on at least one of the first openings, the automatic sealing door includes a first door plank and a second door plank parallel to the first door plank, an elevator structure is located between the first door plank and the second door plank, the elevator structure is used to lift the first door plank and the second door plank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TIME HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventor: Hanrong Tian
  • Patent number: 10145611
    Abstract: A cosmetic sponge drying and storage container has a plurality of components, including at least a first component and a second component, the first component being moveable with respect to the second component to position the container in at least an open condition and a closed condition. At least one of the first component or said second component is perforated with perforations. A cosmetic sponge may be placed within the container when in the open condition and the perforations provide at least 10% ventilation when the container is in the closed condition. Preferably, both the first and second components are perforated to provide for cross-ventilation. In addition, a base may be provided to support the first and second components, and most preferably the base may be perforated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NYC Designed Inspirations LLC
    Inventor: Samantha Palmer
  • Patent number: 10145612
    Abstract: Flicker values to be expected may be determined and achieve a high probability from suitable state and operating variables which are acquired during the first minutes in the initial smelting phase. In this way, flicker can effectively be reduced and kept below predefined limiting values. This is in particular suitable during steel production using electric arc furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arno Doebbeler, Ralf Engels, Thomas Matschullat, Wolfgang Meusel, Detlef Rieger
  • Patent number: 10145613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metal element (12) for anchoring an anti-erosion coating that is intended to be fastened alone in an isolated manner to a metal wall or assembled with other identical anchoring elements. The anchoring element (12) has an edge (12a) for fastening to said metal wall and an anchoring body firmly attached to the fastening edge (12a) and having an upper edge (12b) that is away from the fastening edge and intended to be covered by a composite material of concrete type. A section of this upper edge (12b), which is not intended to be juxtaposed and assembled with an upper edge of an identical anchoring element, is provided with a delimiting tab (16) in order to delimit a height of composite material that must cover the upper edge (12b) of said anchoring element, said delimiting tab (16) having a delimiting edge (18) that is a predetermined distance away from a plane defined by the upper edge (12b) of the anchoring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Total Raffinage Chimie
    Inventors: Sébastien Decker, Hubert Simon
  • Patent number: 10145614
    Abstract: A furnace door sealing device for a low-pressure diffusion furnace is provided. The furnace door sealing device includes a furnace door, a fixed shaft and a fixed base which are coaxially arranged in sequence from front to back. A bearing pedestal is fixed at the center of the rear end surface of the furnace door. A centripetal knuckle bearing is arranged in the bearing pedestal. An outer ring of the centripetal knuckle bearing is fixed in the bearing pedestal. An inner ring of the centripetal knuckle bearing fixedly sleeves the front end of the fixed shaft. The rear end of the fixed shaft is fixed in the fixed base. A supporting plate is also fixed on the front end surface of the fixed base. Multiple spring adjusting assemblies are arranged on the supporting plate at an interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: S.C NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baoli Yang, Yong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10145615
    Abstract: A structure of composite crucibles and a high temperature adiabatic method in an arc heating process are disclosed. The structure may include a conventional water-cooled copper platform on which one or more graphite platform(s) are disposed and the topmost graphite platform is configured for disposing one or more metallic specimen(s). When arc smelts the metallic specimen(s) in the furnace in vacuum, and the heat of the metallic specimen(s) is transferred to the graphite platform, the graphite platform can reduce heat loss and improve heat preservation so as to cause the metallic specimen(s) to remain stable for the process of heating and melting to complete. The heat of the graphite platform is further transferred to the copper platform for lowering the temperature of the graphite platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Swe-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 10145616
    Abstract: A method for denitrification of flue gases and a system, wherein flue gases generated in a rotary kiln are conveyed to a calcining zone for the deacidification of raw cement meal. Aqueous ammonia solution, ammonia, or ammonia-releasing substances for denitrifying the flue gases injected into the calcining zone according to the method of selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR), and the flue gas stream, together with an ammonia slip generated during the denitrification, is passed through a heat exchanger and through at least one dedusting device. The flue gas is guided through a exhaust gas line via a catalyst for the decomposition of excess ammonia with residues of nitrogen oxide in accordance with a method of selective catalytic reduction (SCR), wherein the catalyst is arranged in a reactor provided in the exhaust line, and is no larger than is required for a sufficient decomposition of the ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH
    Inventor: Heiko Schürmann
  • Patent number: 10145617
    Abstract: An oven temperature monitoring system including a box top and a box body formed out of an alkene fluorocarbon material for monitoring the temperature and duration of a powder coat curing cycle is provided. The box top includes a receptacle in communication with a printed circuit board and an antenna that are secured within a housing on the inward facing surface of the box top. A pair of thermocouples are attached to an item that has been powder coated and communicates temperature data back to the electronic device that can be transmitted out of the oven during curing cycles to a computer monitored by a user. This information can be used to ensure proper curing time and temperature and significantly reduces wasted thermal energy due to incomplete or repeated cure cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Temperature Monitoring Systems, LLC
    Inventor: M. Joseph Young
  • Patent number: 10145618
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a portable heat treatment machine comprising a forge body having a burn chamber surrounded by a housing, shell, or forge body. The openings are provided at the front side and at the back side of the forging body to move a forging material in and out of the burn chamber. The openings of the burn chamber and the forge body are covered with a sliding door. The sliding doors are opened to the desired degree to prevent a heat loss. A tab is provided to limit the movement of the sliding doors. Any desired off-shelf burner is inserted through a burner insert hole provided at the side of the forge body and is held and supported by a bracket attached to the forge body. Several legs are removably attached to the forge body to adjust the height of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel Stuart
  • Patent number: 10145619
    Abstract: A heat pipe is disclosed in the present invention. The heat pipe includes a first pipe and at least a second pipe. The first pipe is formed with an enclosed space. The second pipe is disposed in the enclosed space. There is no wick structure disposed between the first pipe and the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Lin Huang, Chiu-Kung Chen, Sien Wu, Ti-Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 10145621
    Abstract: A multi-zone heat exchanger has a first end and a second end and a width divided into a plurality of parallel airflow zones. Each zone defines an airflow section of the heat exchanger that receives a portion of the airflow through the heat exchanger. A first tube of continuous construction is coupled to an inlet port and to an outlet port and forms a first refrigerant circuit spanning three or more passes from the first end to the second end. The first refrigerant circuit passes between at least two zones of the plurality of zones. A second tube of continuous construction is coupled to the inlet port and to the outlet port and forms a second refrigerant circuit spanning three or more passes from the first end to the second end. The second refrigerant circuit passes between the at least two zones of the plurality of zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy D. Anderson, Ken Nguyen, Paul R. Laurentius
  • Patent number: 10145622
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a textile fiber, thread or yarn. The fiber, thread or yarn is generally for production into a fabric. Alternative aspects are described for achieving a cooling effect, energy harvesting, heating, energy generation, energy emission, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Philip Leonard
  • Patent number: 10145623
    Abstract: A vehicle heat exchanger tube (2) comprises at least a first and a second separate fluid channel (14, 16). A tube stiffener (38) has a first stiffening portion (40) stiffening the first channel (14) of the tube (2), and a second stiffening portion (42) stiffening the second channel (16) of the tube (2). The first stiffening portion (40) comprises a first supporting surface (46) supporting the first larger surface (20) of the first channel (14), and a second supporting surface (48) supporting the second larger surface (22) of the first channel (14). The second stiffening portion (42) comprises a first supporting surface (56) supporting the first larger surface (26) of the second channel (16), and a second supporting surface (58) supporting the second larger surface (28) of the second channel (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TitanX Holding AB
    Inventors: Arnaud Contet, Anders Brorsson, Ulf Bergman
  • Patent number: 10145624
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a wavy fin, a heat exchanger having the same, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, a method of manufacturing the same, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the method. The wavy fin is configured such that top and bottom parts are alternately formed in a width direction while being connected by side parts, and the top, bottom, and side parts extend in a longitudinal direction so as to form a wave such that ridges and valleys are alternately repeated, and includes a front part in front of each ridge or valley of the wave in the longitudinal direction, and a rear part beyond the ridge or valley of the wave in the longitudinal direction. The front and rear parts are offset from each other in the width direction so as to be misaligned at the ridge or valley of the wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Gwang Hoon Rhee, Gun Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10145625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gasketed heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger plates, wherein each of the heat exchanger plates has a plurality of dimples. The dimples have tops and bottoms. Furthermore, the tops of at least one heat exchanger plate are connected to the bottoms of another neighboring heat exchanger plate. In order to prevent plastic deformations of the heat exchanger plates under external forces and internal fluid pressures the dimples are elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DANFOSS A/S
    Inventor: Lars Persson
  • Patent number: 10145626
    Abstract: A heat recovery steam generator (“HRSG”) includes a first casing having an interior enclosing at least one duct for gas to flow therein along a gas flow axis. Each duct is defined by duct defining members that are spaced apart from each other and extend into the interior of the first casing. A plurality of stiffening members are elongated along the gas flow axis. Each of the stiffening members are positioned between two of the duct defining members. The stiffening members and duct defining members have a substantially similar coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Donald Richard Palmer, Richard F. Moore, Ashok Prabhu
  • Patent number: 10145627
    Abstract: A nanotube-based insulator is provided having thermal insulating properties. The insulator can include a plurality of nanotube sheets stacked on top of one another. Each nanotube sheet can be defined by a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The plurality of carbon nanotubes can be configured so as to decrease normal-to-plane thermal conductivity while permitting in-plane thermal conductivity. A plurality of spacers can be situated between adjacent nanotube sheets so as to reduce interlayer contact between the nanotubes in each sheet. The plurality of spacers can be ceramic or alumina dots or provided by texturing the nanotube sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NANOCOMP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David S. Lashmore, Diana Lewis
  • Patent number: 10145628
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a first casing, a second casing, a thin pump, and a cooling member. The second casing is connected to the first casing to form a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space adjacent to and communicating with the first accommodating space. The thin pump is disposed in the first accommodating space. The cooling member is disposed in the second accommodating space and has a plurality of spacers, and the spacers and the thin pump are disposed on the same plane of the first casing. A portable electronic device having the heat dissipation device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Chao-Wen Lu
  • Patent number: 10145629
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a metal-containing apparatus including a substrate member constructed of a metal that is highly resistant to pitting corrosion and wear in aggressive media. An exemplary metal-containing apparatus is a plate heat exchanger. The metal includes an oxidation layer on the surface thereof and a thin metal oxide nanoporous film on top of the oxidation layer. The nanoporous film is highly compliant and is comprised of oxygen and aluminum, titanium, silicon, zirconium and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconson Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, M. Isabel Tejedor, Ole Christensen
  • Patent number: 10145630
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers, containing 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of Si; 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of Fe; 0.8 to 1.8 mass % of Mn; and 0.4 to 2.5 mass % of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a metallographic microstructure before braze-heating is such that a density of second phase particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of less than 0.1 ?m is less than 1×107 particles/mm2, and that a density of second phase particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.1 ?m or more is 5×104 particles/mm2 or more, wherein a tensile strength before braze-heating, TSB (N/mm2), a tensile strength after braze-heating, TSA (N/mm2), and a sheet thickness of the fin material, t (?m), satisfy a relationship: 0.4?(TSB?TSA)/t?2.1, and wherein the sheet thickness is 150 ?m or less; and a method of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukumoto, Junichi Mochizuki, Akio Niikura
  • Patent number: 10145631
    Abstract: An M240 machine gun barrel assembly with a barrel with a muzzle end at the distal end of the barrel and a breach end at the proximal end of the barrel; a handle connector connecting the barrel to a handle assembly; and the handle assembly having a free end and a connected end, the connected end operably connected to the handle connector; the handle assembly operable between a first position with the free end of the handle assembly pointing proximally and a second position with the free end of the handle assembly pointing distally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ronnie Barrett, Christopher Gene Barrett
  • Patent number: 10145632
    Abstract: A receiver for an AK-47 style firearm includes an upper receiver and a lower receiver. The upper receiver includes a first side element, a second side element coupled to the first side element, a trunnion support formed between the first side element and the second side element proximate a forward end thereof, and a pivot block formed between the first side element and the second side element intermediate the forward end and a rearward end thereof. The lower receiver is hingedly coupled to the pivot block and movable between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Eric Dienno
  • Patent number: 10145633
    Abstract: An improved jig for manufacturing a firearm lower receiver is comprised of a power tool mount; an adapter; a guide plate with plate screws; a rear support with mounting screws; a front support; and at least one of a carriages with at least one locating pin. A guide plate is disposed below the top surface of a lower receiver in conjunction with an adapter. The jig is a universal fitment and includes a bearing to support a rotary tool and at least one guiding feature can be used to facilitate in the guidance of the rotary tool without placing the rotary tool in direct contact with any of the guidance features. A removable locating pin is situated a long the front and rear takedown pin holes of a firearm receiver that is not threaded and is provided with at least one of a pull, string or other handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: 5D Tactical LLC
    Inventor: Wayne R. Partington
  • Patent number: 10145634
    Abstract: A captive recoil spring assembly includes a guide rod surrounded by a coil spring. The spring is captured between a base at one end of the guide rod, and a body at its opposite end. The body is shaped to engage the spring at one or more sectors, leaving one or more remaining sectors free to engage the slide. Use of such a body permits a round wire spring to be used without the need for close dimensional tolerances on the engaging parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Smith & Wesson Corp.
    Inventor: Gary Zukowski
  • Patent number: 10145635
    Abstract: Magazine loaders for sequentially loading cartridges into an uppermost cartridge space of a magazine are disclosed. A magazine loader may comprise a housing including a plurality of wall portions defining a housing cavity. The wall portions may define opposing arcuate pin receiving channels. The magazine loader may also include a pin and a tool. The pin may include a starboard end and a port end. The starboard end of the pin may be disposed inside a starboard channel and the port end of the pin may be disposed inside a port channel so that translation of the pin is constrained to movement along a path defined by the channels. An intermediate portion of the pin may extend through the bore defined by a central portion of the tool so that the tool is supported by the pin and the tool follows the path defined by the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon T. Hefer, Brandon K. Trostrud, Sean Higgs
  • Patent number: 10145636
    Abstract: First round shot noise and flash caused by combustion of oxygen contained in the air residing in a firearm sound suppresser can be reduced by providing a valve that communicates with the baffled interior space of the suppressor, and connecting a source of non-flammable gas such as CO2 to the valve in order to inject the gas into the suppressor. The non-flammable gas displaces the air in the suppressor, removing the oxygen available for combustion when the first shot is fired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: David B. Stark, Martin F. Stark, Anthony J. Parilllo
  • Patent number: 10145637
    Abstract: A blast control device for a firearm is disclosed. The blast control device may include a muzzle brake comprising a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, a bore, one or more baffles, one or more gas openings disposed between the one or more baffles, an alignment channel disposed on the top, one or more gas holes disposed on the top within the alignment channel, an alignment groove disposed at an end of the alignment channel, and a latch notch. The blast control device also may include a blast shield attachable around the muzzle brake. The blast shield may include an alignment protrusion, a latch assembly, a plurality of internal ribs, and one or more gas ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Fortis Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Sukho Hwang, John J. Hwang, Richard Brady Olsen
  • Patent number: 10145638
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for limiting the amount of rotation of a upper assembly in relation to a sub-assembly is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pin corresponding to a pinhole of a sub-assembly of a firearm. A bumper is coupled to the pin by a connector. When the pin is placed in the pinhole, the bumper will prevent full rotation of the upper in relation to the sub-assembly while allowing some separation. The method comprises replacing a front pin of a firearm with a pin such that bumper abuts the upper and the sub-assembly when the upper is rotated about the pin. When the upper is rotated, the magazine is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: D. Austin Bonderer, Bradley Sheridan
  • Patent number: 10145639
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted weapon station is configurable to adjust the height of a rotational elevation axis thereof. The weapon station is provided with at least one fixed hanging ammunition container that is reloadable under the armored protection of the vehicle and the weapon station shell. The weapon station may have both electrically-powered and manually-powered drive systems for rotating a pedestal about an azimuth axis relative to the vehicle, and for rotating weaponry and operational units about the elevation axis, wherein the electrical and manual drive systems transmit power through the same output gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lung, Frank Mueller, David Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10145640
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of sports weapons. The crossbow comprises a bow with a bow string, a shoulder stock and a tubular stock which connects said bow and shoulder stock and has two diametrically arranged longitudinal helical grooves, the helical grooves in the stock are of through design, and the bow string is passed through the helical grooves, wherein the helical grooves have a length of not less than the value of the bow string tensioning motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Aleksei Mossudovich Rassulov
  • Patent number: 10145641
    Abstract: A crossbow cable saver may have a cable engagement portion designed to engage at least one crossbow cable and a main beam engagement portion designed to engage the crossbow main beam. The cable saver may be operable to pivot with respect to the main beam between a first position where a first surface of the main beam engagement portion contacts the main beam and the second surface does not; and a second position where the second surface contacts the main beam and the first surface does not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hunter's Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob A. Hout
  • Patent number: 10145642
    Abstract: An archery bow comprises first and second limb levers pivotably coupled to first and second limbs about first and second lever pivot axes. The levers include intermediate sections between forward and rearward sections on forward and rearward sides of the pivot axes. A bowstring is coupled to the rearward sections, a first cable is coupled to the forward section and to the intermediate section of the second limb lever, and a second cable is coupled to the forward section and to the intermediate section of the first limb lever. One or both of the cables is coupled to its respective limb lever in a central plane perpendicular to and centered across the respective pivot axis, and/or is coupled to the intermediate section of the other limb lever in a location such that the first cable is intersectable with the other lever pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Rex F. Darlington
  • Patent number: 10145643
    Abstract: A composite tube for an archery bow limb or arrow shaft preferably includes a first fiber sheet with fibers parallel and substantially perpendicular to a lengthwise axis of the composite tube; a second fiber sheet with fibers parallel to the lengthwise axis; a third fiber sheet with fibers oriented substantially 45 degrees from the lengthwise axis; and fourth fiber sheet with fibers parallel and substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise axis. The first fiber sheet is wrapped around a mandrill; the second carbon fiber sheet is wrapped around the first fiber sheet; the third fiber sheet is wrapped around the second fiber sheet; and the fourth fiber sheet is wrapped around the third fiber sheet. The mandrill with the first, second, third and fourth fiber sheets is baked in an autoclave. The spacing between fibers in the first, second, third and fourth carbon fiber sheets may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: Dorge O. Huang
  • Patent number: 10145644
    Abstract: A bow balancing tool according to various embodiments can include a mounting assembly, a floating bracket and a cradle assembly which provides a user an indication on where the bow is balanced to provide an improved shooting experience, better aiming stability and ultimately a more accurate configuration. The mounting assembly includes an elongated mounting plate attached to a housing having a pivotable shaft. The mounting assembly is configured to attach the bow balancing tool to the at least one flat surface. The floating bracket is attached to the pivotable shaft. The cradle assembly includes a clamping hub section, a clamping block section and a protective mechanism. The cradle assembly is attached to the floating bracket and holds the bow in a balanced configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dead Center Archery Products
    Inventor: Todd A. Reich
  • Patent number: 10145645
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device that releases a bow string in response to engagement of parts fitted over the teeth of a user. The present invention provides a release signal transmitting device that includes at least one switching means and a signal transmitter, and a release signal receiving device that includes a signal receiver, a controller and an actuator. The release signal transmitting device has a mouthpiece structure that is fitted over the teeth of the user. The release signal receiving device has a shooting mechanism that is interlocked to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventor: In Gyu Song
  • Patent number: 10145646
    Abstract: A bowstring release is described herein. The bowstring release has, in an embodiment, a release body and a hook for holding a bowstring. The bowstring release includes a hook engager configurable to adjust the sensitivity of the bowstring release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Scott Archery LLC
    Inventor: Daniel N. Kelly