Patents Issued in December 11, 2018
  • Patent number: 10151449
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a light source; a reflector plate which reflects light; and a diffuser plate which is light transmissive and is disposed to face the reflector plate. A gap between the diffuser plate and the reflector plate gradually decreases from a lower portion side of the diffuser plate and the reflector plate to an upper potion side of the diffuser plate and the reflector plate. The light source is disposed on the lower portion side to emit light toward the diffuser plate and the reflector plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Takeshita
  • Patent number: 10151450
    Abstract: A flexible driving device includes: a first driving unit adapted to maintain a specific shape at room temperature; and a second driving unit adapted to be bent at a preset temperature or higher according to an electric signal supplied from an outside, thereby adjusting at least one of a direction and an angle of an object to be driven, which is coupled to the driving device. It is possible to adjust the direction and angle of the object to be driven, which is coupled to the driving device, install the driving device at different places by changing the shape thereof, change brightness and angle of a light source or a panel to an optimum brightness or direction on the basis of the user's movement and peripheral environment information, and change the brightness and angle of the light source or the panel according to a command received from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Chang-soon Hwang
  • Patent number: 10151451
    Abstract: An LED bulb, lamp holder, or adaptor includes a module that extends beyond a shade, cover, or other light blocking element to permit signal or light transmission to or from the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Tseng-Lu Chien
  • Patent number: 10151452
    Abstract: A variable focus lighting fixture includes a fixed sleeve assembly, a moveable sleeve assembly, a light emitting unit, a lens and an actuation assembly. The moveable sleeve assembly penetrates into the fixed sleeve assembly and moves relative to the fixed sleeve assembly. The light emitting unit is secured onto the fixed sleeve assembly. The lens is secured onto the moveable sleeve assembly. The actuation assembly is connected between the moveable sleeve assembly and the fixed sleeve assembly. The actuation assembly includes a spiral curve slot and a sliding pin penetrating into the spiral curve slot. When the moveable sleeve assembly rotates along a central axis of the moveable sleeve assembly, the sliding pin moves along the spiral curve slot to drive the moveable sleeve assembly to move along the axial direction thereof. Accordingly, the projection path of the light from the light emitting unit through the lens is altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CHUN KUANG OPTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chieh Huang, Shun Wang, Shun-Wen Teng
  • Patent number: 10151453
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a front housing having an interior portion and a back wall. A rear housing having a front opening is connected to the front housing. A gasket is positioned between the front housing and the rear housing to seal the front opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Duckworth, Steve Entrekin
  • Patent number: 10151454
    Abstract: End caps for light fixtures that can be used, for instance, to reduce light leaks along lens seams and gaps are provided. In one example embodiment, a light fixture can have a fixture body. The fixture body can have an end portion. The light fixture can further include a lens and a light source positioned within the fixture body so as to provide light through the lens. The light fixture can further include an end cap having a cover plate. The cover plate can have a shape adapted to cover at least a portion of the end portion of the fixture body. The end cap can further include a magnetic coupling element configured to removably secure the end cap to the fixture body. The end cap can have a top portion configured to overlap at least a portion of the lens when the end cap is secured to the fixture body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Farrell, Derek Bruce Baker
  • Patent number: 10151455
    Abstract: A downlight apparatus has a major housing, multiple hook slots, and multiple hooks. The major housing has a surface ring and a main cup. The main cup contains a LED plate and a driver circuit. The LED plate emits light through an opening of the surface ring. The multiple hook slots are located surrounding the main cup. The multiple hooks have bottom hooks inserted and locked in corresponding hook slots respectively and have top hooks to fix the major housing on a ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Shouqiang Hou, Xiaoliang Wen
  • Patent number: 10151456
    Abstract: The utility model discloses a novel lamp holder which comprises a lamp holder for installing a lamp and a base; the lamp holder is fixed to the base, wherein a wire-fixing device is integrally formed at the bottom of the base; the wire-fixing device is composed of a wing-shaped support and a wire-clamping plate; the wing-shaped support is a winding support which is formed by suspended extension towards the left side and the right side of the base from the edge of one side of the bottom of the base; the two sides of the front end of the wire-clamping plate are provided with wire-clamping grooves respectively; and the middle part of the wire-clamping plate is provided with a wire-clamping hole. The novel lamp holder is simple in structure, reduces product parts, lowers production cost and is convenient to dismantle and operate, and a process is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Xiaoyuan Ma
  • Patent number: 10151457
    Abstract: An assembling mechanism for LED downlight includes a cylindrical body, at least one spring fixed on the cylindrical body, and a cover assembled on the at least one spring. Each of the at least one spring includes a fixing portion, a reed extending from the fixing portion along a rotation direction of the cylindrical body, and a catching portion disposed on the reed. The catching portion extends along the radial direction of the cylindrical body. The cover includes at least one clamping gap. Each of the at least one clamping gap includes an open provided along the rotation direction of the cylindrical body. The catching portion is inserted into the clamping gap from the opening by rotating the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoyung Liu, Weibo Li
  • Patent number: 10151458
    Abstract: A fastening element including a shaft; a shaft head arranged at an end of the shaft, wherein the shaft head has a larger diameter than the shaft, wherein the fastening element is provided for arranging a first component and a second component at each other, wherein the first component is provided as a circuit board provided with a LED and the second component is provided as a heat dissipating lamp element, wherein the shaft is insertable through a pass through opening of the first component and the shaft head is configured at least for an indirect contact at the first component, wherein the shaft is arrangeable in a recess of the second component, wherein the shaft is fixable at least through friction locking in the recess of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Herbert Beleke, Karl-Wilhelm Vogt, Detlef Scholz
  • Patent number: 10151459
    Abstract: A holder is provided to support a light emitting diode (LED) array in position. In an embodiment the holder includes a terminal that is insert-molded into a housing. In an alternative embodiment, a terminal can be stitch into a housing and secured with a shield. In the latter embodiment the holder can be configured to provide a desired amount of electrical isolation between the terminal and potential shorting surfaces so as to meet creepage and clearance requirements, thus allowing the use of additional power supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory P. Meyer
  • Patent number: 10151461
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed, in particular for installation behind a flat wall or ceiling element. Further provided is a lighting assembly wherein the wall or ceiling element comprises a first light passage opening, and the lighting device is arranged on a rear side of the wall or ceiling element such that the focal point is located in the first light passage opening and/or in the plane of a front side of the wall or ceiling element opposite the rear side, whereby the lighting device contacts the rear side of the wall or ceiling element in particular flatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Apure Holding LLC
    Inventor: Ulrich H. Petzold
  • Patent number: 10151462
    Abstract: A structural beam and light fixture for a walkable ceiling of a clean room is composed of an elongated channel and a lamp disposed in the elongated channel. The lamp is configured to direct light through the bottom side of the elongated channel. The structural beam and light fixture is attached to adjoining ceiling components and is configured to support a load applied to the adjoining ceiling components. The structural beam and light fixture, combined with other walkable ceiling components, define ceiling top and bottom sides that are flush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AES Clean Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis C Satterfield, Robert G. Satterfield, Robert J Bright, Robert J Geiger, Richard Dobson
  • Patent number: 10151463
    Abstract: An LED light bulb including a heat sink including a base and series of cooling fins arranged around the base defining external threads, an LED light board including at least one LED light on an upper end of the heat sink, a pressure ring surrounding the LED light board on the upper end of the heat sink, and a translucent cover configured to cover the LED light board. The translucent cover includes a cover body and a series of hooks extending from the cover body. Each hook includes a resilient arm and an elastic arm extending inward from a free distal end of the resilient arm. When the translucent cover is connected to the pressure ring, a lower edge of the cover body is pressed against an upper surface of the pressure ring and the elastic arms are pressed against a lower surface of the pressure ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Gardenia Industrial Limited
    Inventor: Hing Chuen Allan Kwong
  • Patent number: 10151464
    Abstract: A user-actuated lighting effect device, to provide a lighting effect for a performer during a performance, includes lower and upper portions. The lower portion has an upper surface with a plurality of devices thereat. The upper portion has a first surface. The upper portion is placeable in (1) a closed state with the first surface directly overlying the upper surface, and (2) an open state with the first surface being in an upwardly facing orientation not overlying the upper surface to provide overhead access to the plurality of devices. The upper portion can be pivotally mounted to the lower portion for movement between the open and closed states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Michael John Ahern
  • Patent number: 10151465
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of bars, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Contemporary Visions, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10151466
    Abstract: A light or pendant is selectively mountable at any point on two rods. The light includes a body with a light source and two wings creating respective interference fits with the rods to support the light and to provide power from the rods to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10151467
    Abstract: An interconnection mechanism for LED bar lighting includes a plug mechanism and a socket mechanism. The plug mechanism includes a hollow socket, a plug, and a connection pin. The hollow socket includes a hollow plug barrel, a stop ring, a wedge importing ring, and at least one opening. A slope of the wedge importing ring extends toward a free end of the hollow plug barrel. The connection pin includes at least one plug locating ring, at least one socket locating ring, and at least one socket locating bar. The plug locating ring is arranged between the stop ring and the wedge importing ring for fixing the relative position of the connection pin and the hollow socket. The socket mechanism includes a hollow socket barrel, and a locating slot. The socket locating bar is engaged with the locating slot so as to fix the relative position of the connection pin and the hollow socket barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bozhang Xu, Zhiming Wang
  • Patent number: 10151468
    Abstract: A lighting device that allows efficient heat discharge from a light source while avoiding accidents such as firing due to a flammable foreign object in contact with the light source or the like and failures such as reduction in luminous efficiency due to dust or the like adhered to and accumulated on the internal surface of a lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: APS JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemitsu Watanabe, Hisanori Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10151469
    Abstract: A modular lighting system may include a support structure, a plurality of heat sink modules physically supported by the support structure, and one or more light source modules coupled to the plurality of heat sink modules. The plurality of heat sink modules may be arranged in a modular manner such that the number of heat sink modules in the modular lighting system is variable, and each heat sink module may be an integral molded structure defining at least one opening or passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Christopher Ladewig, Christopher Michael Bryant, Philip Dean Winters
  • Patent number: 10151470
    Abstract: A heat sink for a light emitting diode light fixture is provided. The heat sink comprises a housing for receiving driver electronics for powering one or more light emitting diodes of the light fixture. The housing comprises a cavity facing a direction of light emission. The cavity is shaped to receive the driver electronics when the heat sink is connected to the light fixture. The heat sink also comprises a heat exchanging portion thermally coupled to the housing. The heat exchanging portion is for absorbing heat from at least one of the one or more light emitting diodes and the driver electronics, conducting the heat to extremities of the heat exchanging portion, and dissipating the heat to an environment external to the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LUMINIZ INC.
    Inventor: Amir Ghasabi
  • Patent number: 10151471
    Abstract: Embodiments of the Lighted Ladder are comprised of a ladder; a plastic housing; one or more LED strip lighting; a cordless battery mounting means; a battery; a controller housing; a control interface; power wiring; potentiometer wiring; and motion sensor wiring. The ladder is weight-balanced by placement of the battery mounting means, the battery, and controller housing in a low position on the ladder. The battery mounting means is designed to accept a cordless tool battery. The battery mounting means is designed to accept a commercially available battery of at least 12V and at least 3.0 Ah. One plastic housing is located on each of the vertical front rails. Each LED strip lighting can illuminate an angular range of 120 degrees (120°) creating a total illumination range of 300 degrees (300°).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Hulet, Donnie Lee Williamson
  • Patent number: 10151472
    Abstract: An LED strip light for shelf signboards, comprises a strip-shaped lamp chamber, and an LED light-emitting module. The strip-shaped lamp chamber comprises a card board connecting edge, a non-transparent edge, an upper transparent edge and a lower transparent edge. The upper transparent edge is parallel to the laminate. The LED light-emitting module comprises at least one LED chip, and a strip-shaped reflective device. The strip-shaped reflective device comprises a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the upper light transparent edge. The second reflective surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the lower transparent edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoqing Zeng, Yuanfang Xue, Jianguo Dong, Kai Xu, Fawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10151473
    Abstract: A switch and electrical outlet cover assembly for displaying illuminated pictures and hanging objects thereupon. The switch and electrical outlet cover assembly includes a wall-mounted assembly including a cover member adapted to be mounted upon a wall over a wall light switch or an electrical outlet and having front and back sides and also having recessed portions disposed in the front side and extending outwardly from the back side and also openings disposed through the front and back sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Marc Jon Olson
  • Patent number: 10151474
    Abstract: A fire tube boiler system including a plurality of oxygen transport reactors that heats a working fluid. Each oxygen transport reactor has a first inner tube with an ion transport membrane that receives air from a first supply line, extracts oxygen from the air, and evacuate oxygen depleted air through a first exhaust line, a second inner tube that surrounds the first inner tube that receives the oxygen from the ion transport membrane and a mixture of fuel and carbon dioxide from a second supply line and produces a oxy-combustion, and an peripheral tube that surrounds the second inner tube and evacuates the exhaust gases produced by the oxy-combustion and transfer heat from exhaust gases to the working fluid and the ion transport membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed Abdel-Aziz Habib, Rached Ben-Mansour
  • Patent number: 10151475
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for determining scaling in a boiler. At least one sensor may monitor a boiler during operation and provide sensor data to a boiler monitoring module including a boiler scaling determination module that may determine an amount of scaling in the boiler. Example sensor data may comprise power input, a temperature of liquid in the boiler and an air temperature within an enclosure housing the boiler. The boiler monitoring module may determine thermal energy transfer to the boiler based on the liquid and enclosure temperatures. A machine learning engine may determine a rate of thermal energy transfer to the liquid in view of the power input, the rate of thermal energy transfer being evaluated by the machine learning engine to identify delay in the rate of thermal energy transfer that quantifies an amount of scaling in the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rita Chattopadhyay, Hoang Van, Trevor Ryan, Paul Hough
  • Patent number: 10151476
    Abstract: A boiler that includes a housing is disclosed. The housing houses a combustion chamber, a heat exchanger system, a heat flow path, an isolating member, and a removable panel. The heat flow path thermally couples the combustion chamber and the heat exchanger system. The isolating member at least partially separates the combustion chamber from the heat exchanger system wherein. When the removable panel is removed a user is provided access to the heat exchanger system. The isolating member is internal to the housing. The removable panel is an internal removable panel positioned on the isolating member. When the internal removable panel is removed, the user is provided internal access to the heat exchanger system. In other embodiments, the panel is an external removable panel positioned on an exterior wall of the housing. When the exterior removable panel is removed, the user is provided exterior access to the heat exchanger system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Central Boiler Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Brazier, Mark Reese
  • Patent number: 10151477
    Abstract: A candle having a body of a meltable fuel and a planar wick. When lit, the candle provides a unique flame formation, usable in a variety of decorative applications. The wick can be configured to evenly deplete the meltable fuel, while allowing for candles having relatively large and unique body configurations. The body of candle and/or the wick may include scented oil to promote the release of fragrance upon heating. The wick preferably is formed of wood, thereby providing an acoustic contribution to ambiance and improved combustion that generates less soot than conventional cotton wick candles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lumetique, Inc.
    Inventor: DayNa M Decker
  • Patent number: 10151478
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a pre-mixed burner capable of preventing a backfire, improving flame stability, and responding to various combustion loads. To attain the object, the present disclosure is implemented by including a flame hole member made of a foam body which is made from a plurality of metal alloys through a sintering process and in which an air hole being a space between struts configuring a framework is formed, and configured to form a flame by allowing a mixed gas of gas and air to be sprayed through the air hole, a flame hole member fixing plate configured to fixedly couple the flame hole member to a burner main body, and a distributing plate provided in front of the flame hole member and at which a plurality of distributing holes are formed so as to uniformly supply the mixed gas to the flame hole member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: June Kyu Park, Gi Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10151479
    Abstract: In various implementations, a burner assembly may include a body coupled to burner heads. The body may include one or more converging and/or diverging parts. For example, the body may include a diverging part proximate one or more of the burner heads of the burner assembly. The body may allow a predetermined fuel/air ratio to be provided to the burner head, in some implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Shiblee Noman, Ian Burmania
  • Patent number: 10151480
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reactor for treating, particularly by hydrothermal carbonization, sludge containing organic matter, including, with: a vessel (100) including an inner chamber arranged to receive the sludge and to form a path of travel for the sludge adapted to allow for circulation of the sludge, a sludge inlet (1) arranged to introduce the sludge into a sludge introduction area of the inner chamber, a sludge outlet (11) arranged to discharge at least part of the sludge contained in the inner chamber, and a steam inlet (3) arranged to inject steam in a steam injection zone of the inner chamber along a steam injection direction, the steam injection direction being different from a sludge circulation direction in the steam injection zone along the circulation path, the steam injection zone being separated from the sludge introduction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SUEZ INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Pierre Emmanuel Pardo, Jean-Louis Bourdais
  • Patent number: 10151481
    Abstract: A material is utilized with an electropositive metal. This can be used as post-oxyfuel process for oxyfuel power stations. Here, an energy circuit is realized by the material utilization. An electropositive metal, in particular lithium, serves as energy store and as central reaction product for the conversion of nitrogen and carbon dioxide into ammonia and methanol. The power station thus operates without CO2 emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: GĂ¼nter Schmid
  • Patent number: 10151482
    Abstract: A system for controlling a gas burning appliance is disclosed. The system includes a central control unit. A pilot valve and main valve controls the flow of fuel from a fuel source to the pilot and main valve, respectively, and are configured for accepting an electrical current from a thermopile and from a power source. A spark generator generates for igniting fuel received by the pilot thereby generating a pilot flame. A flame sensor is adapted for monitoring the presence of a pilot flame. A thermopile proximate to the pilot burner is configured for generating an output electrical current for powering the pilot and main valve control devices. A relay routes electrical current between the power source and thermopile to the pilot and main valve control devices. A flame height regulating device conductively coupled with the power source is configured for adjusting a height of a main flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: DEXEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Shan Teng, Peter Lee Cook
  • Patent number: 10151483
    Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring and controlling combustion in a burner of a fuel gas apparatus, having a sensor with an electrode able to be supplied by a voltage generator and connected to an electronic circuit for measuring the resultant potential. The method includes acquiring and processing data from experimental conditions and a second phase of evaluating the desired combustion characteristic, under an actual operating condition of the burner. A plurality of experimental combustion conditions for the burner are preselected, applying to the burner, in each condition, a power and a further significant parameter of the combustion characteristics, under each of the experimental conditions applying an electrical voltage signal to said electrode and carrying out a sampling of the response signal, calculating, based on the sequence of sampled values, the characteristic parameters of the waveform of the signal for each of the experimental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SIT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Achille Abate, Loris Bertoli, Alessandro Franch, Giancarlo Pirovano
  • Patent number: 10151484
    Abstract: A pilot burner assembly includes a bracket, a thermo-electric device configured to be connected to the bracket, and a unitary pilot guard. The bracket includes a first plate and a second plate spaced from the first plate. Each of the first and second plates have a pilot guard aperture defined therein. The pilot guard has a first end defining a gas inlet configured to receive a gas supply line, and a second end defining a gas outlet. The pilot guard includes an elongate body and a pilot hood disposed at the second end, and is configured be inserted into the pilot guard apertures. The pilot guard further includes a first retention element configured to cooperate with a second retention element on the gas supply line to maintain a connection between the pilot guard and the gas supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: James B. Prichard, Mark H. Stark, Soraya C. Mendoza, Arturo U. Olague, Jorge D. Viesca, John S. Haefner
  • Patent number: 10151485
    Abstract: A turbine engine having an annular combustion chamber formed by two coaxial annular shrouds, an inner shroud and an outer shroud relative to the axis of the turbine engine, which shrouds are arranged one inside the other and are connected together at their upstream ends by an annular chamber end wall that is fastened to an outer casing surrounding the outer annular shroud, the downstream ends of the inner and outer annular shrouds being connected to flanges fastened to an inner casing and to the outer casing, respectively. The upstream end of at least one of the inner and outer shrouds is centered by bearing radially against the annular chamber end wall and co-operates therewith in leaktight axial sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Romain Nicolas Lunel, Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis
  • Patent number: 10151486
    Abstract: A combustor wall assembly has a heat shield and a supporting shell with a cooling cavity defined therebetween. A grommet generally includes a wall defining a dilution hole isolated from the cooling cavity, and a flange projecting radially outward from the wall and into the cooling cavity. The flange is space from the heat shield and a cooling channel is defined between the wall and the heat shield that communicates with the cavity for cooling the wall proximate to a combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jonathan P. Sandoval
  • Patent number: 10151487
    Abstract: The invention refers to a sequential combustor arrangement including a first combustor with a first burner for admitting a first fuel into a combustor inlet gas during operation and a first combustion chamber for burning the first fuel, a dilution gas admixer for admixing a dilution gas to the first combustor combustion products leaving the first combustion chamber, and a second burner for admixing a second fuel and a second combustion chamber. To assure good mixing over a wide operating range, the ratio of the pressure loss of the first combustor to the pressure loss of the dilution gas admixer is in the range of 1 to 6. The invention further refers to a gas turbine including such a sequential combustor arrangement as well as method for operating a gas turbine with such a sequential combustor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Michael Duesing, Ewald Freitag
  • Patent number: 10151488
    Abstract: Example apparatus and methods providing for the improved chemical conversion of the combustible components of a gaseous medium are disclosed. In some examples, the apparatus includes a guiding body that guides the flow of the gaseous medium within a reaction chamber of the apparatus. In some examples, the guiding body of the disclosed apparatus is configured to stabilize a residence period of the gaseous medium in the reaction chamber. In some examples, the guiding body results in a flow path of the gaseous medium within the reaction chamber being optimized and/or maximized, and/or results in a short circuit flow of the gaseous medium in the reaction chamber being suppressed. In some disclosed examples, the guiding body causes at least a portion of the flow path of the gaseous medium within the reaction chamber to take the form of a cyclone flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: DĂœRR SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Widenhorn, Roland Stoll
  • Patent number: 10151489
    Abstract: A combustor arrangement with a front panel, a combustor liner, and a carrier structure element is provided for carrying the front panel and the combustor liner, wherein the combustor arrangement further includes a fastening system for connecting the front panel, the combustor liner, and the carrier structure element to one another. The fastening system includes at least one elastic connection element, the latter being fixedly connected to the carrier structure element and extending therefrom to the combustor liner and to the front panel. The elastic connection element is further fixedly connected to the combustor liner and/or the front panel such as to clamp the front panel, the combustor liner, and the carrier structure element to one another in a substantially fluid tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Rathmann, Naresh Aluri
  • Patent number: 10151490
    Abstract: A portable fire pit is provided that includes a frame, a support structure, and a mesh. The frame can include a plurality of upwardly extending rods and cross-bars extending between the upwardly extending rods. The support structure can include a plurality of supports having an upper wall, a base, and an aperture sized to receive an upwardly extending rod of the frame. The support structure can extend around a periphery of the frame. The mesh can include a base and a plurality of apertures sized to receive an upwardly extending rod of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Wolf
  • Patent number: 10151491
    Abstract: A cooktop and appliance is provided that may include a first hob zone having a fixed gas receptacle, a first interchangeable burner, a second interchangeable burner, and a first gas flow switch. The first interchangeable burner may be selectively positionable at the first hob zone and define a fuel output area. The second interchangeable burner may also be selectively positionable at the first hob and may define a fuel output area smaller than the fuel output area of the first interchangeable burner. The first gas flow switch may be disposed at the first hob zone to selectively engage one of burners. The first gas flow switch may include a valve upstream of the fixed gas receptacle to selectively restrict gas flow upon engagement of the first gas flow switch with one of the first interchangeable burner or the second interchangeable burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Bryan Cadima
  • Patent number: 10151492
    Abstract: An ignition controlling device of a gas appliance includes a high-voltage provider, a controller, and a flame sensor. The gas appliance includes an ignition electrode and a burner, and the ignition electrode is beside burner. The high-voltage provider has an output terminal, and the output terminal is electrically connected to the ignition electrode to provide high-voltage pulses to the ignition electrode. The controller controls the high-voltage provider to provide the high-voltage pulses. The flame sensor is electrically connected to the output terminal of the high-voltage provider to detect a flame around the ignition electrode and the burner. After a flame is detected by the flame sensor, the controller controls the high-voltage provider to stop the high-voltage pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: GRAND MATE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Yen-Jen Yeh, Kuan-Chou Lin, Pen-Liang Liao
  • Patent number: 10151493
    Abstract: A system for igniting a grill can include a solenoid valve, a flame rectification sensor, an igniter, and a control circuit connected to the solenoid valve and the flame rectification sensor. The solenoid valve controls flow of gas to the grill's burner and includes a switch that closes when a handle connected to the switch opens the solenoid valve. The control circuit sends current to the solenoid valve when the switch is closed to hold the solenoid valve open. After the switch closes, the igniter is ignited. After ignition, the control circuit monitors the presence of a flame with a flame rectification sensor. If no flame is detected after a certain amount of time, the control circuit stops sending current to the solenoid valve to close the solenoid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lynx Grills, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. French, Randall Lee Dawson
  • Patent number: 10151494
    Abstract: A hob has a first communications interface which is designed to receive control commands from a portable multimedia device by means of a first radio link. The hob additionally has a second communications interface, which is designed to communicate with the multimedia device via a second radio link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beifuss, Uwe Has, Matthias Jahner
  • Patent number: 10151495
    Abstract: A household appliance light, in particular a light for cooking devices like ovens, microwaves or steam cookers, the household appliance light including a LED configured as an illuminant; a light housing configured to be arranged at a wall of the household appliance; a light exit opening arranged in the light housing which is enclosed by a light permeable cover; a spacer element which is arranged between the LED and the light exit opening and which is arranged in front of a light outlet plane of the LED; and a reflection device which conducts light emitted by the LED to the cover, wherein the spacer element is a light conductor that is made from one uniform material, wherein the reflection device is a reflector which defines a reflector cavity, and wherein the light conductor is run into the reflector cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Olaf Baumeister, Thomas Herbst
  • Patent number: 10151496
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an oven cavity and a door for selectively opening and closing the oven cavity. The door includes an interior space and a latch opening defining a hole into the interior space. A spill receptacle is provided within the door and is aligned with the latch opening. The receptacle defines a compartment that is isolated from the interior space of the door and oriented to capture foreign items that penetrate the latch opening. In one example, a door latch is provided latch for locking the door in a closed position. The latch includes a hook member receivable through the latch opening when the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Tommaso Raggi, Gabriele Gardini, Andrea Creti
  • Patent number: 10151497
    Abstract: An indirect evaporative cooler core is manufactured from a continuous sheet of hydrophobic material. Flocking is provided on at least a partial surface area of at least one side of the sheet, to render the flocked surface area wettable. Air flow guiding structures are formed upon at least one of the first side and the second side of the sheet. Fold lines are defined in the sheet defining plates extending between adjacent fold lines. Slits are formed along the fold lines. Accordion pleating the sheet at the fold lines forms alternating wet and dry passages between the plates, the wet passages formed between opposing wettable surfaces, the dry passages formed between non-flocked surfaces, and the accordion pleating causes the slits in the folds to open and form air inlets and outlets in communication with the air flow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Seeley International Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David Mark Swindon, Nan Chen, Shaun Mahoney, Robert William Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10151498
    Abstract: An absorption cycle system, which permits water heating, dehumidifying, and/or evaporative cooling, includes a desorber, absorber, heat exchanger, and, optionally, an evaporator, is constructed to heat a process water that is plumbed through the absorber, heat exchanger, and condenser. In the absence or isolation of the evaporator, the system can dehumidify ambient air to the absorber. The water vapor released by evaporative cooling at the evaporator can be provided to the absorber in a controlled manner to simultaneously maintain a desired humidity while cooling the air ambient by the evaporator. The absorption cycle system can be housed within a single unit or can be compartmentalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed Moghaddam, Devesh Chugh, Rasool Nasrisfahani, Sajjad Bigham, Seyyed A. Fazeli, Dazhi Yu, Mehdi Mortazavi, Omar Abdelaziz
  • Patent number: 10151499
    Abstract: Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; a visual body coupled to the water tank, disposed over the water tank, and formed of a transparent material; a display module disposed outside the visual body; and a watering housing disposed in the water tank and having a nozzle to spray water. Here, water drops, formed on an inner side surface of the visual body, and the display module are disposed on an eye line of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kunyoung Lee, Taeyoon Kim, Jongsu Lee, Jieun Choi, Sanghyuk Son, Kyoungho Lee