Patents Issued in July 14, 2020
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Patent number: 10711983Abstract: A luminaire that includes a housing having a downlight geometry and containing a light engine including light emitting diodes (LEDs), in which the light engine is positioned to emit light through a light emission end of the housing. The housing contains driver electronics for controlling power received by the luminaire for powering the light engine. An access opening on a back surface of the housing exposes the driver electronics. A junction box supporting at least a portion of a wireless control module. The junction box having an electrical pathway opening is engaged to the back surface of the housing. The wireless control module is contained in the knockout of the junction box. Electrical communication between the wireless control module and the driver circuit is across a physical electrically conductive pathway that extends through the electrical pathway opening of the junction box.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: LEDVANCE LLCInventors: Anil Jeswani, Ahmed Eissa, Renaud Richard, Janet Milliez, Valeriy Zolotykh
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Patent number: 10711984Abstract: A light fixture ground stake that includes a slotted opening through the base disk and central neck. The slotted opening allows for installation of a light fixture with connected electrical wires without the need to pass the wires through the stake before connecting the electrical wires to both the fixture and an electrical source. In addition, a broken stake can be replaced with a new stake without the need to cut or disconnect the electrical wires.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Nate Mullen
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Patent number: 10711985Abstract: A decorative removable lighting enclosed clip made for mounting a light to a support surface such as gutters, shingles or a building structure. The enclosed clip allows for an aesthetically pleasing display of lights with rapid and easy installation and removal of the lighting. This eliminates falling debris from broken clips or clips that fall off the lights during the removal process. A support tab is inserted between the side portions of the structure, at longitudinally spaced intervals along the strip, and are frictionally gripped and retained by the facing side portions of the gutter, shingle or structure. The clips have enclosed end portions which support the light elements of a decorative light string along structure. The enclosed clip is capable of mounting onto a wide variety of gutters, eaves and building structures. The spacing is adjustable and provides a plurality of discrete angular positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Russel Williams Home Services LLCInventor: David Russel Felt
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Patent number: 10711986Abstract: The lamp body structure includes a lamp panel and a power component. The lamp panel comprises a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates connected end to end. The bottom plate and each side plate together form a positioning cavity for the light source assembly, wherein the one side plate is located at the edge of the plate at the opening of the cavity and is disposed away from the bottom plate. The direction of the cavity extends and forms a support plate, and the support plate and the corresponding side plate together form a seating groove. The power component is connected to an external power source and supplies power to the light source component. One end of the power component is inserted into the mounting groove along the corresponding side plate and abuts the support plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventors: Haitao Yang, Lin Yang, Min Liu, Lei Li
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Patent number: 10711987Abstract: The indication system of the present invention includes an indication device and an activation device. The activation device includes a cover and an activator movable with the cover relatively. Wherein a first sensor is assembled inside the cover to generate a first signal by sensing a horizontal displacement of the activator, a second sensor is assembled inside the cover to generate a second signal by sensing a vertical displacement of the activator, and then a transmission unit transmits the first signal and the second signal to the indication device; the activator is constructed with a combination portion and a control portion separately on two opposite sides. When the control portion is driven by a user to move horizontally or vertically, the combination portion can drive an operation member to be displaced synchronously. The indicator light of the bike is activated synchronously in conjunction with the indication system of present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Morr Global Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hung-hsin Ho
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Patent number: 10711988Abstract: Light fixtures for a wide range of installations that can be interconnected to each other in different orientations to permit easy scaling up or down of an installation without requiring renovation or disruption of the surrounding environment. More specifically, embodiments of the light fixtures include an adjustable power connector that can be oriented differently depending on the desired configuration of the installation.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Philip Sieczkowski, Christina Mayo
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Patent number: 10711989Abstract: An object is to provide an LED floodlight that enables efficient use of a cooling means, e.g., a heat dissipation fan, and can pursue a reduction in size. Therefore, it is an LED floodlight wherein a panel-shaped floodlight portion formed as a floodlight surface is formed such that a plurality of LEDs is arranged on a front surface, a heatsink having a plurality of heat dissipation plates on a back surface of the panel-shaped floodlight portion, and a cooling fan configured to send air toward a central portion of the heatsink are arranged in this order, the LED floodlight is formed of an appropriate power supply circuit, wherein a plurality of heat dissipation plates of a heatsink is radially arranged from a central portion to a periphery, a central portion of a coupling surface between heat dissipation plates of the heatsink protrudes toward a cooling fan configured to send air and has a curved surface portion from a central portion to a periphery.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: LIGHTBOY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotoshi Ishizawa, Atsushi Onishi, Taichi Onodera
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Patent number: 10711990Abstract: A light source module includes a heat sink having a mounting region; a light emitting device package having a first surface disposed on the mounting region of the heat sink and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, the light emitting device package including a connection pad disposed on the second surface; a circuit board disposed on the mounting region of the heat sink and spaced apart from the light emitting device package, the circuit board including a connector and a terminal electrically connected to the connector; and a bracket disposed between the light emitting device package and the circuit board on the mounting region of the heat sink, and coupled to the heat sink, the bracket including a lead frame pressing the connection pad and the terminal to connect the connection pad and the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Jeong Yoon, Yoon Joon Choi
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Patent number: 10711991Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture and methods of manufacturing the same. In various embodiments, the LED lighting fixture comprises a lighting fixture body and one or more luminaires. The one or more LED modules are operatively and securely fixed to the lighting fixture body. Each LED module comprises at least one LED, and a heat sink. The at least one LED is mounted within the LED module such that light emitted by the at least on LED is emitted in an upward direction. The heat sink is positioned such that at least a portion of the light emitted by the at least one LED is not incident upon the heat sink. Additionally, the heat sink is permanently fixed to the lighting fixture body.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.Inventors: Alan Barry Feit, Brian Halliwell
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Patent number: 10711992Abstract: An illumination fan includes a housing, a fan blade, a light guiding component and a light source. The housing defines a fan space and an accommodation space. The fan blade is disposed in the fan space. The light guiding component surrounds the fan blade, and at least part of the light guiding component is disposed in the accommodation space. The light source is disposed in the accommodation space and located below the light guiding component.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Shaodong Fan
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Patent number: 10711993Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device includes: a main passage through which an exhaust gas containing a corrosive component flows; a boiler which heats a heat medium using the exhaust gas; a bypass passage connected to the main passage so as to detour around the boiler; a regulation valve member which regulates a flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing into the boiler; a heat medium circuit which circulates the heat medium that is heated to be in a hot-water state by the boiler; a binary electricity generation device which recovers thermal energy from the heat medium in the heat medium circuit and generates electricity; and a valve control unit which controls an opening of the regulation valve member such that a temperature of the exhaust gas passed through the boiler is equal to or higher than a temperature of an acid dew-point of the corrosive component in the exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuo Takahashi
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Patent number: 10711994Abstract: An ignition system includes a pulverized fuel pipe receiving a mixture of pulverized fuel and primary air for injection into a combustion chamber for combustion, and an igniter received within the pulverized fuel pipe for igniting the mixture. The igniter is axially movable within the pulverized fuel pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBHInventors: Dragisa Ristic, Hans-Peter Schommer, Frank Kluger
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Patent number: 10711995Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept provide a dual-fuel gas-pellet burner assembly. The dual-fuel gas-pellet burner assembly can include a cooking gas line, a cooking gas igniter, a motor-driven pellet auger, a combustion air channeling section enclosing the motor-driven pellet auger and at least a section of the cooking gas line, and a dual-fuel sectioned combustion chamber including a gas combustion section and a fire pot section. The gas combustion section includes a terminal end of the cooking gas line and the cooking gas igniter disposed therein. The fire pot section includes a terminal end of the motor-driven pellet auger disposed therein. The gas combustion section of the dual-fuel sectioned combustion chamber is partitioned off from the fire pot section by an internal separator wall. A control unit including a digital temperature display, a temperature dial, and a switch can receive a user selection among three different modes of operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Original Pellet Grill Company LLCInventor: Joe Traeger
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Patent number: 10711996Abstract: A furnace for performing an endothermic process comprising tubes containing a catalyst for converting a gaseous feed, wherein tubes are positioned in rows inside the furnace, wherein burners are mounted between the tubes and between the tubes and the furnace walls parallel to the tubes row and wherein the burners rows and the tubes rows are ended by end walls and are divided into sections with the distance from the end burner to the end wall being B2W, the distance between two adjacent burners in the section being B2B, and half the distance in-between two sections being B2S, wherein the burners in the rows are arranged in such a way that the ratios B2B/B2W and B2B/B2S are greater than 1.3 thus limiting the occurrence of the flame merging phenomenon and reducing significantly the quadratic mean of the tube temperature profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Frederic Camy-Peyret, Julien Cances, Diana Tudorache
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Patent number: 10711997Abstract: A burner box assembly according to aspects of the disclosure includes an outer cover, the outer cover having a sloped bottom face that directs condensation away from a heat-exchange tube, a heat-resistant liner having a plurality of panel members, the heat-resistant liner being disposed within the outer cover, a shield disposed between the heat-resistant liner and the sloped bottom face of the outer cover such that an air gap is formed between the shield and the sloped bottom face, and a tubular member abutting at least one of the plurality of panel members and disposed within the heat-exchange tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Eric Perez, Randal Poirier, Eric Chanthalangsy, Steven Schneider
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Patent number: 10711998Abstract: A fresh-air intake according to aspects of the disclosure includes an outer cover having a pair of side panels disposed in a generally parallel spaced relationship, a top panel coupled to, and disposed generally perpendicular to, each panel of the pair of side panels, a bottom panel disposed generally parallel to the top panel, and a front panel coupled to, and disposed generally perpendicular to, each panel of the pair of side panels and the top panel, the front panel having a window formed therein, a supply line coupled to the bottom panel, a weir extending above the bottom panel and surrounding a junction with the supply line, a baffle disposed inside the outer cover, the baffle being disposed inwardly of the window so as to prevent infiltration of moisture into the supply line, and a weep hole formed in the bottom panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Eric Perez, Randal Poirier, Eric Chanthalangsy, Steven Schneider
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Patent number: 10711999Abstract: An injection and cooling system configured to equip a plasma torch, a plasma torch equipped with the system, an installation for treatment of a liquid solution including such a plasma torch, and a method for treatment of a liquid solution by injection into a plasma generated by such a plasma torch submerged in a different liquid solution.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Jean-Marie Baronnet, Florent Lemont, Majdi Mabrouk, Mickael Marchand
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Patent number: 10712000Abstract: An ash discharge system has a conveyor device which transports clinker ash out of a region that is below a furnace bottom of a boiler furnace; and a separation device provided at a passage of the clinker ash from the furnace bottom to the conveyor device, the separation device including a separator which permits the clinker ash with a predetermined size or less to pass through the separator, and inhibits a large-mass clinker from passing through the separator, the large-mass clinker being the clinker ash with a size larger than the predetermined size.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasutaka Ozeki, Yoshihiko Takemura, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Kei Takakura, Hiroshi Ito, Keiichi Mashio, Hiroshi Aoyagi, Takeshi Kawana, Akira Yamashita, Ryutaro Okada, Keita Tsunemori
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Patent number: 10712001Abstract: The combustion device includes: a burner; an igniter; a fuel supply unit that supplies fuel to the burner; a blower fan that supplies air for combustion; an exhaust port that discharges combustion exhaust; a device control unit that, before ignition of fuel supplied to the burner by operation of the igniter, performs air purge of the burner at a predetermined air blowing amount by driving the blower fan; and a setting means that is set when a check valve for preventing back flow of exhaust is connected to the exhaust port. When the setting means is set to indicate that the check valve is connected, the device control unit controls the operation of the blower fan so that slow-start air purge is performed in which the time interval from the start of air purge until the predetermined air blowing amount is reached becomes longer, than in the case in which no such check valve is connected.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: NORITZ CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Masumoto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Tetsunori Kuriyama, Keiichi Mandai, Makoto Kusakabe, Isao Sato, Tomofumi Kinugasa
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Patent number: 10712002Abstract: A combustor assembly for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor assembly includes a dome assembly, a fuel nozzle coupled to the dome assembly, and a cowl assembly. The cowl assembly includes a radially inner cowl coupled to the dome assembly, and a radially outer cowl including a first cowl member and a second cowl member each positioned about the fuel nozzle. The first and second cowl members substantially align to define a substantially continuous flow path configured to direct a flow of air about the dome assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Matthieu Marc Masquelet, Narendra Digamber Joshi, Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Sarah Marie Monahan
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Patent number: 10712003Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly comprises an annular combustion chamber casing, a combustion chamber, a fuel injector and a tubular seal. The combustion chamber comprises an upstream end wall having an aperture extending there-through. A fuel injector head of the fuel injector is locatable in the aperture in the end wall and the fuel injector head has an axis. The tubular seal is positioned between the fuel injector head and the aperture in the end wall and the tubular seal has a flange and an aperture extends there-through. The tubular seal is movable radially and circumferentially with respect to the axis of the casing. The fuel injector head is locatable in the tubular seal. The aperture in the upstream end wall has a major radial dimension and a minor circumferential dimension relative to the axis of the casing to allow insertion or removal of a lean burn fuel injector head.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventor: Thomas G Mulcaire
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Patent number: 10712004Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a first region in which at least one first opening is formed; a nozzle configured to inject a fuel into the combustion liner; and a first acoustic device mounted to the combustion liner. The first acoustic device includes: a first casing portion having at least one first wall disposed facing the first region on an outer side of the combustion liner and at least one second opening formed thereon. The first casing portion defining at least one first space in communication with an inside of the combustion liner through the first opening; and a second casing portion having at least one second wall disposed facing the first wall on an outer side of the first casing portion. The second casing portion defines, between the first wall and the second wall, a second space in communication with the first space through the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Wataru Kugimiya, Taiki Kinoshita, Atsushi Koyama
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Patent number: 10712005Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite component may include introducing a gaseous precursor into an inlet portion of a chamber that houses a porous preform and introducing a gaseous mitigation agent into an outlet portion of the chamber that is downstream of the inlet portion of the chamber. The gaseous precursor may include methyltrichlorosilane (MTS) and the gaseous mitigation agent may include hydrogen gas. The introduction of the gaseous precursor may result in densification of the porous preform(s) and the introduction of the gaseous mitigation agent may shift the reaction equilibrium to disfavor the formation of harmful and/or pyrophoric byproduct deposits, which can accumulate in an exhaust conduit 340 of the system.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Ying She, Naveen G. Menon, Zissis A. Dardas, Thomas P. Filburn
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Patent number: 10712006Abstract: A gas turbine combustion chamber includes first admixing air holes having first inner and outer center points, and second admixing air holes having second inner and outer center points. The first and second inner center points respectively lie on a side of the first and second admixing air holes oriented towards the combustion chamber. The first and second outer center points lie on a side of the first and second admixing air holes facing away from the combustion chamber. An equation L=D2/D1*(D2?D1)/C2 is fulfilled, with L being a distance between the first and second inner center points and/or the first and second outer center points; D1 and D2 being flow diameters of the first and second admixing air holes respectively at an entry and/or exit side to the combustion chamber and C being an average flow rate coefficient of the first and second admixing holes.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventors: Carsten Clemen, Torsten Voigt, Thomas Doerr
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Patent number: 10712007Abstract: A flow modulator for a fuel nozzle, including: a fixed outer tube, the fixed outer tube including a set of apertures; a movable inner tube concentrically positioned within the fixed outer tube, the movable inner tube including a set of apertures; and a pneumatically actuated component for displacing the movable inner tube within the fixed outer tube to selectively align the set of apertures of the fixed outer tube with the set of apertures of the movable inner tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Stanley Kevin Widener
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Patent number: 10712008Abstract: A combustion chamber comprises an upstream end wall, at least one fuel injector and at least one seal. Each fuel injector is arranged in a corresponding aperture in the wall. Each seal is arranged in a one of the apertures in the wall and around one of the fuel injectors. Each seal has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The second portion abuts the corresponding fuel injector. The third portion is arranged at the downstream end of the seal and increases in diameter in a downstream direction. The first portion is arranged upstream of the second portion and has a plurality of coolant apertures extending there-through. The coolant apertures extend through the first portion with axial, radial and tangential components. The seals produce better mixing between the coolant and the fuel and air mixture from the fuel injectors to reduce emissions produced in the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Emmanuel V. Aurifeille, Nicholas M. Brown, Murthy V V S Ravikanti
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Patent number: 10712009Abstract: A burner head for a burner defines a burner longitudinal axis along which the burner extends. The burner head includes a base body and at least one oxidant duct defining a duct longitudinal axis. The oxidant duct is arranged in the base body at a radial spacing to the burner longitudinal axis. A fuel duct body is inserted into the oxidant duct and at least one fuel nozzle is configured on the fuel duct body so as to open into the oxidant duct.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Duerr Systems AGInventors: Thomas Baumann, Axel Widenhorn
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Patent number: 10712010Abstract: In one aspect, a stove can include a first cover including a cavity, and a second cover including a cavity. The stove can include a main portion including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion can define a first opening and the second end portion define a second opening. In a stowed configuration, the first end portion of the main portion can be disposed in the cavity of the first cover and the second end portion of the main portion can be disposed in the cavity of the second cover. In a deployed configuration, the second cover can be arranged so that the cavity of the second cover is facing in a downward direction away from the main portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Firebox Outdoors LLPInventor: Steven S. DeSpain
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Patent number: 10712011Abstract: The disclosure claims a multi-functional frame for an oven. The multi-functional frame for the oven mainly comprises a base frame, a platform, a pedal, a handle and a protective cover, wherein the pedal is arranged at the lower end of the base frame, the platform is arranged at the upper end of the base frame, the handle is installed on the side wall plate of the platform, and the protective cover is installed at the upper end of the platform. The multi-functional frame for the oven is reasonable and simple in structure. The multi-functional frame for the oven has characteristics of low packaging and transportation costs, convenient and easy use and assembly for a user, and time saving, labor saving and worry saving when use.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Fudu Feng
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Patent number: 10712012Abstract: A fuel burner and optional modular heat utilizing appliances capable of exploiting heat from the fuel burner are shown and described. The burner includes a fire box including a fuel holder, a surrounding inner housing, and an outer shroud surrounding the inner housing. A plurality of air openings including flow adjusters admit air to the fire box. The inner housing and outer shroud are configured to supply air for secondary combustion of the exhaust. The burner may include a fan for forced air induction, and a fuel chute having a slidable closure for recharging the fuel holder from outside. At least one modular heat utilizing appliance may have thermal insulation for retaining heat.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Jesus Alvarado
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Patent number: 10712013Abstract: A stove using biomass pellets as fuels includes a stove body, wherein the stove body comprises a firebox; hopper, wherein the hopper is fixed above the stove body; and feed tube, wherein the top end of the feed tube which is connected to the hopper is fixed outside the stove body, the bottom end of the feed tube which is connected to the firebox crosses the stove body. The stove using biomass pellets as fuels solves the problem that common pellet stoves usually transfer the fuels to the hearth using a screw feeder or other feeding equipment, which expend too much cost.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TANGCHENGXIAN HUALONG MACHINERY PLANTInventors: Zhicun Zhang, Fangwen Cai, Hualong Zhang, Lechun Zhang
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Patent number: 10712014Abstract: A modular linear fireplace gas burner system having a plurality of interconnectable pipe modules and one or more burner members of varying length, each said pipe module having a pipe segment, spuds, orifice mounting blocks and mounting brackets to retain one of more of the burner members, wherein the distance D(o) between adjacent spuds on each pipe segment is equal and for joined pipe segments the distance D(c) between the outermost spud of one pipe segment to the outermost spud of the other pipe segment is equal to D(o).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: EARTHCORE INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Paul Dusky
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Patent number: 10712015Abstract: A grommet is provided for use with a gas valve assembly on a domestic kitchen appliance. The grommet has a collar portion configured to contact a shaft of a gas valve around a complete circumference of the shaft; an upper maintop contacting portion; a lower maintop contacting portion; and a central portion extending between the collar portion and the upper maintop contacting portion and having an inner diameter that increases with distance from the collar portion, the central portion having an inner surface configured to face the shaft. An air space is created in a radial direction between opposite sides of the inner surface of the central portion, the central portion being configured such that the air space exists between the inner surface of the central portion and the shaft in a radial direction, the radial direction being perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH HausgeräteInventors: Drummond Bryant, Michael Petrino
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Patent number: 10712016Abstract: The invention discloses a rotatable multi-functional reflection heating plate structure, comprising a heating component, wherein a reflector is disposed above the heating component; the reflector is connected with a household appliance through a rotating shaft; the reflector rotates around the rotating shaft; the heating component consists of a heating plate, an electrical heating pipe and a fixed board; the fixed board is fixedly connected with the household appliance; the heating plate is disposed above the fixed board; and the electrical heating pipe is disposed in the gap between the heating plate and the fixed board. In the invention, the reflector is fixed above the heating component using the rotating shaft, so the reflector does not fall down because of loose fixation; the heating component plays a good heat reflecting role, so foods can be roasted quickly; meanwhile, the assembling structure is simple and the cost is low.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Wenjun Bu
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Patent number: 10712017Abstract: A household appliance includes a processing chamber having a front loading opening, a door, and hinges to join the door to a remaining structure of the household appliance and to enable the door to horizontally pivot for closing the loading opening. At least one of the hinges is floatingly joined to the remaining structure of the household appliance.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Jérémy Buchmann, Jürgen Desor
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Patent number: 10712018Abstract: A drawer assembly for an oven appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes two slide assemblies mounted within a cooking chamber of the oven appliance for supporting a door and a rack assembly. The rack assembly includes a wire support frame for supporting a cooking tray and two support brackets for mounting the wire support frame to the slide assemblies. In this manner, a user may slide the rack assembly and cooking tray out of the cooking chamber by pulling on the door. The wire support frame may be formed from metal using computer numerically controlled machining and may be welded to the support brackets. In this manner, the rack assembly provides a simple, rigid construction that requires a minimal number of parts and is easy to manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Christopher James Adelmann, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
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Patent number: 10712019Abstract: A combined device includes a cooking surface having a recess. Arranged underneath the cooking surface is a fume extractor to extract air from a space above the cooking surface via the recess. The fume extractor forms with the cooking surface an assembly unit and includes a fan with an air inlet opening. The fan is arranged such that the air inlet opening of the fan faces the cooking surface. The air inlet opening of the fan, when viewed in a top view upon the cooking surface, is located at least partially underneath the recess.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Julien Adam, Nicolas Chabut, Sebastien Flesch
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Patent number: 10712020Abstract: An underlayment system is provided that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from a common base member. The protrusions and base member can include an opening therethrough that allows for subsequent layers of material, such as adhesive, to interact and bond to each other. The protrusions are arranged in such a way to contain a wire, string, or heating element, within a receiving area. The arrangement of the protrusions allow for routing of the wire, string, or heating element in a variety of angles, bends, and other routing layouts.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: PROGRESS PROFILES SPAInventor: David D. Larson
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Patent number: 10712021Abstract: An underfloor heating (UFH) system limits the floor temperature of an environmental entity (for example, a room) by pulsing (pulse modulating) the flow rate through a hydronic emitter (circuit) heating the environmental entity. Once the heated water fills the circuit during time interval Ton, the flow is stopped for a fixed time Toff before allowing the cycle to repeat until a target temperature is reached. The ratio of flow/no flow (Ton/Toff) may be a proportional lower floor temperature compared to a traditional circuit supporting a constant water flow. The UFH system may heat a plurality of rooms, each having different floor temperature limitations. The floor temperatures may be limited differently by pulsing the hydronic emitters (circuits) rooms differently.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Computime Ltd.Inventor: Philip John Smith
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Patent number: 10712022Abstract: The present application relates to a constant pressure switch apparatus and a water heating system.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: A. O. Smith CorporationInventors: Aiguo Wei, Chengjun Zhang, Ziwen Fu
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Patent number: 10712023Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus is configured to suppress damage on hairpin portions at an end portion of an outdoor heat exchanger due to freezing. The outdoor unit includes: an air passage defined inside a casing; an outdoor heat exchanger, which is installed in the air passage, and includes a plurality of heat exchange portions; an outdoor unit fan configured to introduce air into the outdoor heat exchanger; and an air passage blocking object installed in the air passage, and configured to block air flow. The outdoor heat exchanger includes: a heat transfer tube configured to allow refrigerant to pass therein; and a fin connected to the heat transfer tube. The heat transfer tube includes a hairpin portion, which is bent and folded back and to which no fin is connected. The air passage blocking object is configured to cover the hairpin portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yohei Kato, Tsubasa Tanda, Shin Nakamura, Akira Ishibashi
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Patent number: 10712024Abstract: A liquid to air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE) can be used as part of a heating and cooling system to transfer heat and moisture between a liquid desiccant and an air stream to condition the temperature and humidity of the air flowing through the LAMEE. The membrane can be a non-porous film having selective permeability for water, but not for other constituents that form the liquid desiccant. The non-porous membrane can allow for use of liquid desiccants, such as glycols, that had been previously determined to be unacceptable or undesirable in these types of applications. In an example, the membrane can be an ion-exchange membrane or pervaporation membrane.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Nortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.Inventors: Philip Paul LePoudre, Mehran Seyed Ahmadi, John Charles Bolster
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Patent number: 10712025Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus includes first, second, and third heat exchangers; moisture adsorbing material; a fan to force air through the first heat exchanger, the moisture adsorbing material, the second heat exchanger, and the third heat exchanger; a compressor having a discharge side connected to the third heat exchanger; and an expansion valve configured to reduce the pressure of a refrigerant condensed by the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger. The third heat exchanger has a fin pitch smaller than a fin pitch of the first heat exchanger and a fin pitch of the second heat exchanger. The third heat exchanger is smaller than the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. This arrangement provides a small, low-cost dehumidifying apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Keizo Fukuhara, Keigo Okajima, Manabu Tanaka
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Patent number: 10712026Abstract: An air handling system is disclosed that includes an integral chilled water refrigeration system. The air handling system additionally includes a first coil section that provides cooling and a second coil section that provides heating. The second coil section and associated terminal units are in fluid communication with the first refrigeration system.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Daniel P. McCarty
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Patent number: 10712027Abstract: An air filtering assembly for particulate removal includes a housing that defines an interior space. An aperture is positioned in a front of the housing and is configured to allow flow of air into the interior space. An opening is positioned in a back of the housing and is configured to allow flow of air from the interior space. A slot is positioned in a top of the housing. A filter is selectively insertable into the interior space through the slot. The filter is configured to remove particulates from the air that flows through the interior space from the front to the back.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Inventor: Allen Gallo
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Patent number: 10712028Abstract: Presented is a device (100) for filtering air, comprising: an air filter (101) comprising: a first component (102) adapted for filtering air having a humidity level falling within a first humidity level range; and a second component (103) adapted for filtering air having a humidity level falling within a second humidity level range; a control system (106) configured for: receiving a sensed relative humidity of air, and selecting the first (102) or the second (103) component for filtering the air, depending on the sensed relative humidity of the air.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Jing Su, Rui Ke, Ming Sun
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Patent number: 10712029Abstract: An evaporative air cooler for cooling ambient air includes a housing, a tank, a misting structure, a filter structure, and a fan. The housing includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and side panels defining an interior of the evaporative air cooler. The tank is positioned adjacent to the top panel and at least one of the side panels. The tank receives, stores, and releases liquid. The misting structure comprises a mister and a misting structure coupling and creates a mist within the evaporative air cooler. The filter structure has a plurality of filters for absorbing the mist. The fan draws the ambient air into the evaporative air cooler and directs the ambient air through the filter structure and out of the evaporative air cooler. The evaporative air cooler cools the ambient air by at least one of the mist and the filter structure before exiting the evaporative air cooler.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ONTEL PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventor: Scott Barlettano
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Patent number: 10712030Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes two or more air-conditioning devices A, each of which in turn includes a fan adapted to adjust a volume of air blown out into a space to be air-conditioned, an airflow direction adjuster adapted to adjust an airflow direction of outlet air blown out by the fan, a human detection sensor adapted to detect human presence, an inlet air temperature sensor adapted to detect temperature of inlet air sucked in by the fan, a position setting device used to set an installation location of each of the air-conditioning devices, and a controller, in which a positional relationship with an adjacent air-conditioning device is calculated based on data from the position setting device and furthermore a human detection area overlap with the adjacent air-conditioning device is calculated.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Keiichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10712031Abstract: A method of providing cooled air to electronic equipment includes capturing heated air from a volume containing electronic equipment, cooling the heated air by more than fifteen degrees Celsius in an air-to-water heat exchanger, and supplying cooling water to the air-to-water heat exchanger at a temperature above a dew point temperature of the heated air.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William H. Whitted, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Patent number: 10712032Abstract: A building automation system (BAS) platform includes one or more processors configured to provide an operating environment for developing and executing a plurality of building automation and control microservices. At least one of the plurality of building automation and control microservices is configured to receive live data from remote building equipment and provide control signals to the remote building equipment. The BAS platform further includes one or more application programming interfaces configured to interact with third-party building automation and control applications that run within the operating environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Youngchoon Park, Vaidhyanathan Venkiteswaran, Sudhi R. Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger