Patents Issued in January 9, 2024
  • Patent number: 11867328
    Abstract: A plug-in connection system for fluid-conducting components of fire extinguishing systems that has a first component having an outer peripheral surface and a first recess in the peripheral surface, and a second component having an inner peripheral surface and a second recess in the inner peripheral surface, wherein the first and the second component can be plugged into one another such that the recesses lie opposite one another and define a locking element channel. A locking element which can be inserted into the locking element channel until an interlock position is reached and at least part of which engages in both recesses in the interlock position. A locking element safety device is provided for reversibly releasably securing the locking element on the first and/or second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Minimax GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Felberg, Wolfgang Habitzl
  • Patent number: 11867329
    Abstract: A fluid connection device comprising a body formed of one single part and comprising a first tubular nozzle comprising a male part, and at least two elastically-deformable tabs provided to retain the male part in a female part, wherein the device further comprises a lock mounted on the body and mobile in translation from a first position wherein the tabs are released, allowing their elastic deformation, to a second position wherein the tabs are blocked, preventing their elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Stéphane Ully, Julien Mongendre
  • Patent number: 11867330
    Abstract: A connector for forming a substantially aseptic connection is provided, said connector having a connector member a coupling end with a coupling element for engaging a similar coupling element on a similar connector to form a seal. A method for connecting and disconnecting two such connectors is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cytiva Sweden AB
    Inventor: Klaus Gebauer
  • Patent number: 11867331
    Abstract: This female element of a quick connector that connects to a male element and has a hollow body, which extends along an insertion axis and which delimits a receiving volume for the male element. Radial openings, formed in the body along a radial axis, open into the receiving volume. Each radial opening receives a latch, translatable in relation to the body along the corresponding radial axis, between a locked and an unlocked position. The female element has an actuating ring arranged about the body and translatable between a locked and an unlocked position. The ring has guide grooves, which interact with pins of each latch. The guide grooves associated with each latch are geometrically carried by a guide plane inclined in relation to the insertion axis so that each latch is driven between its locked and unlocked positions when the actuating ring is moved between its locked and unlocked positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: STAUBLI FAVERGES
    Inventors: Olivier Pastore, Serafim Marques Barroca
  • Patent number: 11867332
    Abstract: Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, disconnection functionality that can substantially limit fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be functionally reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Colder Products Company
    Inventor: Timothy Charles Benson
  • Patent number: 11867333
    Abstract: A fluid coupling has two similar coupling halves, each with a rotary body of a valve. A drive device for closing/opening the valve is associated with each rotary body. Each half has a coupling means for connecting/decoupling the halves by relative rotation. Securing means secure the connection when at least one valve is open and close the two rotary valves to disconnect/connect the halves. The drive device is arranged on one half and has a drive shaft which is associated with a valve shaft of the rotary body of the other half. A locking connection is configured which, when the halves are connected, connects the drive shaft on one half to the valve shaft on the other in a non-rotatable/releasable manner such that the rotation of the rotary body is controllable and relative rotation of the halves is blocked but the relative rotation when the valves are closed is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Stäubli Hamburg GmbH
    Inventors: Hauke Peter Hamkens, Jan-Oliver Sylla, Eugen Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11867334
    Abstract: A plastic coolant fitting for a hybrid module includes an upper coolant tube with a first straight section and a rounded section, and a lower coolant tube with a second straight section fixed to the rounded section by spin welding. The rounded section may include a ring-shaped groove and the second straight section may include a ring-shaped protrusion installed in the ring-shaped groove. Prior to spin welding, the ring-shaped groove and the ring-shaped protrusion may include respective complementary trapezoidal cross-sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ricardo Humberto Garcia, John Ramsey, Richard Fraley
  • Patent number: 11867335
    Abstract: A flexible tap tee fitting for attaching a plastic drain pipe to a corrugated plastic drain pipe main of single-wall or double-wall construction. The tap tee fitting has a plurality of elongated tabs, some long and some short, with a circumferential ridge on the ends. The ridge biases the tabs inwardly as the tap tee fitting is pushed through a hole in the main and locks on the inside of main. The long elongated tabs engage the wall of a single-wall main and the short elongated tabs engage the wall of a double-wall main.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Curtis A. Yoder
  • Patent number: 11867336
    Abstract: A foreign material exclusion device that is adapted to seal an area of a construction, such as a tube or pipe or other cavity, from foreign material or debris temporarily, wherein the device includes a cylindrical plug that has a plurality of resilient bodies for holding the device within a particular construction. The bodies are substantially planar, and semicylindrical in shape wherein two bodies are utilized. A flexible cover includes a first pouch which contains a first body therein and desirably a second pouch of the cover contains a second body therein, with the cover having a hinge between said first and second pouches. When the device is not in use, the bodies can be folded against one another in a closed position until they are inserted into a tube or pipe whereupon they can be opened to an open position and generally form a disk having a snug, fitted connection with a wall of the tube or pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED F.M.E. PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Nolfi, Chase Penix
  • Patent number: 11867337
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for curing at least one leakage in a pipeline, the system including at least one fiber-in-sealant-in carrier fluid (FISIC) composition and at least one gel pig composition; wherein the at least one FISIC composition and the at least one gel pig form a pig train, are adapted to move along the pipeline to a region of the leakage and to seal and cure the at least one leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Curapipe System, Ltd.
    Inventors: Piter Goligorsky, Peter Paz, David Hercky
  • Patent number: 11867338
    Abstract: A process and system is provided to allow rehabilitation of asbestos concrete (AC) pipe to remain in place while rendering the AC pipe harmless, in a manner that protects the ecosystem and saves huge amounts of money lost to bypass, digging, remediation and disposal. The method and system provide for encapsulation of the old AC pipe in place without any digging or disruption to the surrounding area. No dewatering is required, saving the costs required with dewatering. There is minimal disruption to the community's use of the piping system while completing the repair, as such repairs can be done on a manhole-to-manhole basis. Finally, there are no hazardous material disposal requirements, or the costs associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Danny Warren Consulting, LLC
    Inventor: Danny Warren
  • Patent number: 11867339
    Abstract: A motorized apparatus for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall defining an interior cavity is provided. The motorized apparatus includes a body assembly extending along a longitudinal axis, at least one maintenance device coupled to the body assembly, and a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around the body assembly. The motorized apparatus also includes a plurality of drive mechanisms coupled to the plurality of leg assemblies. The plurality of drive mechanisms are configured to interact with the sidewall. The plurality of drive mechanisms include at least two wheels. The plurality of drive mechanisms are arranged to move the body assembly in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, move the body assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and rotate the body assembly around the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Todd William Danko, Alexander Kyle Duncan
  • Patent number: 11867340
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for routing resources may include an adapter coupled to a conduit, such as to an end of a conduit. The adapter may include a central passage extending along and concentrically disposed about a central longitudinal axis. The adapter may include a first end portion that includes a plurality of apertures that are circumferentially arranged about the central longitudinal axis and extend transversely relative to the central longitudinal axis; a tapered portion that tapers about and along the central longitudinal axis; and a first grooved portion disposed between the first end portion and the tapered portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Thomas M. Campen, Douglas A. Nimrick, Cameron J. Butler
  • Patent number: 11867341
    Abstract: Disclosed is the treatment of the interior walls of a fluidic channel with a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ACULON INC.
    Inventors: Eric Hanson, Eric Bruner
  • Patent number: 11867342
    Abstract: A surface-treated fluidic channel is provided comprising a dispensing device that comprises a microarray of microchannels. The fluidic channel is made from metal and comprises a surface and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid adhered to the surface. A mesh nebulizer comprising a reservoir and a dispensing device comprising a microarray of microchannels is also provided. A metal surface layer is applied to the interior and exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device, and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising an organo-silicon or a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid is adhered to the metal surface layer, usually on the exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device. A hydrophilic polymeric coating layer may be chemically bonded to and propagated from terminal functional groups on the hydrophobic coating layer on the interior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ACULON INC.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Hanson, Eric L. Bruner, Justin Hardin, Edward W. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11867343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe having a thermoplastic casing surface and a glass-fibre-reinforced thermo-setting coating surrounding the thermoplastic casing surface. The thermo-setting coating is formed from multiple layers of glass-fibre matting or glass-fibre fabric, or a combination of the two, wherein the layers are applied to the thermoplastic casing surface in a wet-on-wet method using a vinylester, polyester or epoxy resin. According to the invention, an outer layer of the thermo-setting coating is formed from cross-wound glass-fibre fleece or glass-fibre fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TDC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventor: Daniel Welker
  • Patent number: 11867344
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a self-molding composite system for insulation and covering operations. The self-molding composite system may be cured to form any desired shaped for insulation and covering operations. The composite system comprises one or more layers that may create a rigid layered composite when cured. The one or more layers of the composite system may include at least one structural reinforcement layer that is a braided, knit, or non-woven fiber based substrate, an interstitial matrix layer, and customizable top coat. The customizable top coat may be a solvent based polymer solution that includes various additives that may include color pigments, additives for additional abrasion protection, additives for thermal protection, and/or additives for creating various textures or visible appearances to the composite system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NELSON GLOBAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Jacque Goulet
  • Patent number: 11867345
    Abstract: An insulation material comprising an insulation material substrate with a substrate surface, the insulation material further having a plurality of protrusions affixed to or integrated into substrate surface, each protrusion having an abutting surface distal to a protrusion base and a protrusion body connecting the abutting surface and the protrusion base, and each protrusion having an abutting surface height of at least 2 mm, wherein the abutting surface height is the shortest distance between the plane of the abutting surface and the plane of the protrusion base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PITTSBURGH CORNING EUROPE NV
    Inventors: Lucas Smout, Rudi Diepvens, Steven R. Badger, Joseph Van Loo
  • Patent number: 11867346
    Abstract: A device for the rapid and convenient mounting of an electronic product on a supporting rack includes a holding rack, an engaging element, and a lock mechanism. A holding plate of the holding rack engages a first edge of the supporting rack, and holds the electronic product. An extension plate with first position and second position holes is connected to the holding plate, and the engaging element can pivot on the holding plate. The lock mechanism disposed on the engaging element can be selectively inserted into the first position hole and the second position hole. When the electronic product is mounted on the supporting rack, the lock mechanism is inserted into the first position hole, the holding plate is engaged with the first edge, and the engaging element is engaged to a second edge of the supporting rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Chung
  • Patent number: 11867347
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a laser module lifting apparatus with a protecting function. The apparatus comprises a slide block for being fixedly connected with a laser module. The slide block is provided with a sliding groove, and the sliding groove is provided with a lifting slide rail in a liftable manner. A locking block is arranged between the lifting slide rail and an inner side wall of the sliding groove, and a side of the locking block away from the lifting slide rail is provided with a locking screw. By arranging the locking block at a locking end of the locking screw, a conventional way of jacking the lifting slide rail directly by using the locking screw is converted into a way of jacking the lifting slide rail by the locking block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DONGGUAN ORTUR INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weixu Zeng
  • Patent number: 11867348
    Abstract: Disclosed are a rotating assembly, a supporting stand, and a photographing device. The rotating assembly includes a head adjusting structure including a first button, a first toothed disc, a second toothed disc, and a first elastic member. The first toothed disc is fixedly connected with a first head connector. The first elastic member is configured to enable teeth on the second toothed disc to mesh with teeth on the first toothed disc. The first button is configured to overcome an elastic force of the first elastic member under the action of an external force, so that the teeth on the second toothed disc are disengaged from the teeth on the first toothed disc. The angle of the first head connector fixedly connected to the first toothed disc is adjusted by using the first button, the first toothed disc, the second toothed disc, and the first elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PGYTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinghua Tang, Xiuzhi Yu
  • Patent number: 11867349
    Abstract: A self-balancing Two-Rotation Driving Mechanism (TRDM) uses parallelogram and has low weight, high load, high accuracy, quick response and good adaptation with multi equipment. A longitudinal rotation motor assembly is constrained fully with a base assembly and drives a longitudinal rotation assembly through connecting rod parallelogram. The lateral rotation motor assembly is assembled in the hub of a longitudinal rotation assembly and rotates an equipment clamping assembly in a lateral direction. Generally, the TRDM can drive equipment clamping assembly in two rotations, with longitudinal rotation in the range of ±45° and lateral rotation in range of ±20°. A rotation limitation is reached when limitation shafts touch the end of respective grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VIETTEL GROUP
    Inventors: Pham Tuan Nguyen, Kim Bao Le, Van Dinh Pham, Anh Tuan Cao, Quoc Toan Tran, Duy Tung Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11867350
    Abstract: A universal ball joint adjusting mechanism and adjusting method thereof are provided. The universal ball joint adjusting mechanism includes a ball joint, an adjuster, and a brake. The ball joint is arranged inside the adjuster, and the adjuster is movably connected to the ball joint. An end of the brake is arranged in the adjuster, and can move in a first direction to apply pressure to the ball joint or be away from the ball joint. The ball joint has a large volume, and thus the adjuster is more stable during load bearing adjustment. In addition, an outer surface of the ball joint is in surface-to-surface contact with an inner surface of the adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaohui Ye
  • Patent number: 11867351
    Abstract: A configurable stand and tie base of an object, the configurable stand and tie base including a base member including a front portion and a rear portion; and a channel disposed on the front portion of the base member, the channel is configured to receive a flexible tie, wherein the flexible tie is disposable substantially in its entirety in the channel when not in use or partially in the channel while in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Zachary California, Laura California, Randall John California
  • Patent number: 11867352
    Abstract: Adapters that can mount phones or other electronic devices on camera stabilizers, where the adapters are portable, can capable of charging, and can allow cameras on the phones to be easily leveled or adjusted to any orientation. An adapter can include a base portion having an opening, where a fastener in the opening can attach the adapter to a camera stabilizer, as well as an upright portion having an enclosure and a contacting surface. The enclosure can house a first magnet array for magnetically attracting a second magnet array in a phone, such that the phone can be readily mounted to a camera stabilizer. The enclosure can further house near-field communication circuits and components for identification. The upright portion and base portion can be connected by a fixed right angle or by a hinge, which can allow the adapter to fold into a more convenient form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Rasmussen, Christopher S. Graham, Eric S. Jol, Aaron A. Oro, Miranda L Daly, Ibuki Kamei
  • Patent number: 11867353
    Abstract: A tee-bolt for use with an accessory mounting track provides a quick and easy removable attachment of various devices. The tee-bolt comprises a head comprising upper and lower surfaces and a female threaded hole passing therethrough between the upper and lower surfaces, and a stud comprising a male thread having an end threaded through the head so that the end is flush with the lower surface of the head and a portion of the stud extends from the upper surface of the head. The end of the stud is flared outwardly within the threaded hole and flush with the lower surface of the head by the application of pressure to form a flare that interacts with the head to inhibit separation of the head and the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: YakAttack, LLC
    Inventor: Luther Cifers
  • Patent number: 11867354
    Abstract: A clamp includes a fixed gripper, a moveable gripper, a driven member, an actuator, and first and second tracks. The driven member is configured to slide within the first and second tracks. The moveable gripper is operatively coupled to the driven member. The actuator is configured to move the driven member towards a first position to thereby move the moveable gripper towards the fixed gripper. The actuator is further configured to move the driven member towards a second position to thereby move the moveable gripper away from the fixed gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partneship
    Inventors: Larry B. Gray, Thomas A. Friedrich, Erik N. Sabin, John M. Kerwin, Richard J. Lanigan
  • Patent number: 11867355
    Abstract: An adjustable support arm capable of providing users with a wide range of height, depth, tilt, and swivel options. The adjustable support arm may comprise an arm assembly releasably mounted to a base assembly. In further embodiments, the adjustable support arm may also comprise an articulating joint connected to the arm assembly, and an accessory bracket assembly connected to the articulating joint. A quick-release joint comprising a spring-loaded pivot latch may be utilized to releasably connect the arm assembly to the base assembly. To dampen side-to-side movement of the arm assembly, the adjustable support arm may also comprise a friction cartridge assembly comprising a taper-lock bushing and one or more set screws. A ring-shaped, adjustable panning insert can be coupled to the arm assembly to restrict the range of side-to-side motion of the support arm. The adjustable arm can further comprise a quick-release accessory fastening mechanism for easy removal and attachment of a mounted object (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Humanscale Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Glickstein, Steve Bender, Ross Velazquez, Travis Yoch
  • Patent number: 11867356
    Abstract: A rotary multiport greasing valve having an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve within the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve has at least one inlet port and at least 2 outlet ports. The inner sleeve has an inlet port, a central passageway, and an outlet port. The inner sleeves inlet port is fluidly connected to the outer sleeve's inlet port. The inner sleeve rotates within the outer sleeve so that the inner sleeves outlet port is circumferentially aligned with a selected outer sleeve outlet port creating a fluid pathway from the outer sleeve inlet port into the inner sleeve's inlet port through the central passageway through the inner sleeve's outlet port and finally through the outer sleeves outlet port to create an open flowpath. In certain instances, the inner sleeve inlet port is longitudinally shifted so as not to align with any portion of an outlet sleeve outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Patriot Research Center, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Cotton, Brandon Cain
  • Patent number: 11867357
    Abstract: A deaeration system for an engine lubrication system, the deaeration system comprising: a deaeration rotor rotatable about an axis and including: a rotor inlet extending circumferentially around the axis, a first and a second rotor outlet, a first rotor passage in fluid communication between the rotor inlet and the first rotor outlet, and a second rotor passage in fluid communication between the rotor inlet and the second rotor outlet in parallel to the first rotor passage; and a deaeration conduit including: a conduit inlet, a splitter downstream of the conduit inlet relative to a flow of lubricant through the deaeration conduit, a first conduit outlet and a second conduit outlet downstream of the splitter, the first conduit outlet in fluid communication with the rotor inlet, the conduit inlet having a curved portion extending away from the splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Ivan Sidorovich Paradiso
  • Patent number: 11867358
    Abstract: A tank suitable for storing a product at a cryogenic temperature, including a fluid tight interior barrier, a fluid tight exterior barrier, surrounding the first interior barrier, an intermediary volume interposed between the interior and exterior barriers and at least one insulating layer positioned in the intermediary volume and including at least one thermal insulation mat, with very low thermal conductivity. The intermediary volume contains microspheres outside of the thermal insulation mats and has an enhanced level of vacuum. This solution makes it possible to maintain satisfactory performance in terms of thermal insulation even in the event of a loss of vacuum in the intermediary volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Bruno Estebe, Julien Laverne
  • Patent number: 11867359
    Abstract: Canisters are provided that include a cylindrical body and a cap welded to the body to define a cavity filled with carbon dioxide or other fluid. The canisters may be loaded into a medical device, e.g., to provide an energy source for operating the device. Methods for making such canisters are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PICOCYL, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew McCawley, Matthew Flowers, Peter L. Bliss, Jack R. Auld
  • Patent number: 11867360
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a field of soil-covered tank and includes a gas collecting and exhausting unit, a safety sealing unit and a closed-loop ventilation unit; a gas collecting pipe is located in a valve chamber and a channel, and the gas collecting pipe, a fan and an exhaust pipe are connected in sequence; a gas monitor of the safety sealing unit is used for monitoring concentration of combustible gases, a controller is connected to the gas monitor, a temperature sensor, a valve and a fan by conducting wires, and the controller set a warning temperature value and a warning gases concentration value and is capable of controlling actions of the valve and the fan; and the closed-loop ventilation unit is formed among a plurality of gas collecting and exhausting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: SHANDONG CHAMBROAD HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD., SHANDONG CHAMBROAD EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE INSTALLATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunsheng Ma, Liqiu Zhao, Chenghe Zhang, Shiheng Ma, Bo Yan, Qingsong Zhao, Bingzhan Li
  • Patent number: 11867361
    Abstract: A gas station for delivery of gas to appliances, in particular in a building, comprising a casing (12) and a gas regulation device (13) with several components comprising a gas regulator 14 and one filter (32), wherein the gas regulation device (13) is mounted or mountable within the casing (12), wherein the casing (12) comprises a ground plate (10) and a cover element (11) being securable or secured onto the ground plate (10), wherein the ground plate (10) is configured for mounting to a wall or to an external mounting post (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cavagna Group S.p.A.
    Inventor: Bernard Schlick
  • Patent number: 11867362
    Abstract: A wireless lighting control system is provided to create a lighting pattern by remotely controlling a plurality of lighting devices according to groups, thereby improving a lighting effect. The wireless lighting control system includes a first lighting device electrically connected with a first smart device to act as a master, and a plurality of second lighting devices electrically connected with a plurality of second smart devices to act as slaves, respectively. If a group for lighting control and control pattern information according to groups are selected from the first smart device, the first lighting device transmits the control pattern information according to the groups to the second lighting devices through a wireless communication scheme. At least one of lighting units of the second lighting devices and display units of the second smart devices is controlled based on the control pattern information according to the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FANLIGHT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Lim Song
  • Patent number: 11867363
    Abstract: The solution relates to lighting technology, namely to LED lamps powered directly from the AC mains. The technical result is to simplify the design, improve heat dissipation and reduce the labor intensity of manufacturing high-power lamps of general use, resistant to external influences>IP65, and with a minimum cost and labor intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Yuriy Borisovich Sokolov
  • Patent number: 11867364
    Abstract: Light emitting diode (LED) light tubes having rotatable end cap assemblies are described. The LED light tubes include a hollow tube and a circuit board with LED chips thereon. The end cap assemblies are provided on either end of the tube. Each end cap assembly includes a socket cap, a plug having a plug body and at least one connector, and an end cap body, one end of which engages one of the ends of the hollow tube. A cam locking mount that is positioned within the plug body and on the opposite side has projections to be positioned in the bore of the end cap body. A rotation cam is seated in the cam locking mount and provides for controlled rotation of the LED tube relative to the end caps. Methods of installing the LED light tubes in new installations and retrofit installations and for use in sign assemblies are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Keystone Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Brown, Evan Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 11867365
    Abstract: An LED luminaire having a housing positionable at a structure location for providing illumination. At least one first LED light engine is located within the housing. The housing has at least one light output boundary and is configured to direct light therein toward the light output boundary. A light guide is configured to be located at the light output boundary to receive light contained within the housing to emit non-directional light at the light output boundary. The at least one first LED light engine includes at least one first LED light source providing directional light at the light output boundary. The first LED light engine includes a shroud adjacent the light guide providing directional light from the LED light source to a target location beyond the luminaire. The shroud structure provides an optical path from the LED light source through the light guide for providing non-directional light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Howard Yaphe, Andrew Miles, Giuseppe Caluori, Alejandro Mier-Langner, Cedric Stevenin, Jeffery Robert Parker, Frank Shum, Yupin Sun, Don Peifer
  • Patent number: 11867366
    Abstract: An LED module may include at least one LED and an indicator. The indicator may include one or more diffusing surfaces defining an angular diffusing groove. The diffusing groove may receive the LED such that the LED is at least partially located within a volume space defined by the one or more diffusing surfaces. The diffusing groove may diffuse a light emitted from the LED and incident on the one or more diffusing surface of the diffusing groove such that the light is diffused into an interior of the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongyun Baek, Jaehong Park, Yusuf Cinar, Hanhong Lee
  • Patent number: 11867367
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar light kit, comprising: a housing comprising a removably attached solar panel and a removably attached battery; a PCB comprising one or more light sources, the PCB configured to connect to the solar panel and the battery; a lens for diffusing light from the one or more light sources of the PCB, wherein the lens is configured to connect to the housing and the PCB; a plurality of removable fasteners for connecting the lens to one or more of the PCB and housing; and a tool for fastening the plurality of removable fasteners, wherein the housing, the PCB, the lens, the plurality of removable fasteners, and the tool are bundled together unassembled in a kit package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SolarBuddy.org Ltd
    Inventor: Simon James Doble
  • Patent number: 11867368
    Abstract: A two-wire non-polar multifunctional filament and a light string are provided. The two-wire non-polar multifunctional filament includes a transparent substrate, a first conductive terminal, and a second conductive terminal. The first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal are disposed at an end portion of the transparent substrate. At least two layers of wires are disposed in the transparent substrate, and the at least two layers of wires include a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer. The first circuit layer includes a one-way conduction diode, a single-chip microcomputer control chip, and a plurality of first LED light-emitting chip units, and the second circuit layer includes a plurality of second LED light-emitting chips. The light string may switch a lighting function and a light changing function through changing positive and negative electrodes of electric current, which has a better visual effect and is low in product cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGMEN CITY SHENGDA LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Juhui Ren
  • Patent number: 11867369
    Abstract: Linking assemblies are provided for attaching multiple lamps together. One example lamp assembly includes a linking member and first and second fastening devices. The linking member includes first and second sides. The first side includes surface defining a first channel, and the second side includes a surface defining a second channel. The first fastening device is configured to extend through the first channel, thereby securing the first side of the linking member to a side of a first lamp. The second fastening device is configured to extend through the second channel, thereby securing the second side of the linking member to a side of a second lamp. An angle between the first side of the linking member and the side of the first lamp is adjustable based on contact of the side of the first lamp along the surface of the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Diode Dynamics, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Trevor Dobbins, Tom Kornblum
  • Patent number: 11867370
    Abstract: An automotive lighting device, a vehicle and a method for operating an automotive lighting device are described. To economically fulfil different lighting functions the automotive lighting device includes a first and a second lighting unit. The first lighting unit is disposed to emit a first light of a first colour. The second lighting unit is disposed to emit a second light of a second colour different from the first colour. A mixing space is arranged to merge the first light and the second light to a third light of a third colour. The third light is disposed to fulfil a first automotive lighting function and the second light is disposed to fulfil a second automotive lighting function. The first automotive lighting function requires a colour within a first colour range and the second automotive lighting function requires a colour within a second colour range which is different from the first colour range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Jozef Henricus Kessels, Aloke Gaur
  • Patent number: 11867371
    Abstract: A vehicular light guiding body and a vehicular lam unit are configured to perform fine light distribution control. The vehicular light guiding body includes an incidence surface on which light from a light source is incident, a first reflection surface that internally reflects the light incident from the incidence surface, a second reflection surface that has a shape based on a paraboloid of revolution which reflects substantially parallel light from the first reflection surface toward a focus point, a light blocking part that blocks a portion of the light reflected by the second reflection surface, and an emission surface that emits the light internally reflected by the second reflection surface to pass through the light blocking part and that projects a headlight pattern toward a front of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei Onoma
  • Patent number: 11867372
    Abstract: A vehicle light guide body includes an incident surface that light from the light source enters, a first reflective surface that internally reflects the light that has entered from the incident surface to form nearly parallel light, a second reflective surface that internally reflects the light from the first reflective surface, a third reflective surface provided in a position located in front of the second reflective surface in a front-rear direction and in a portion in at least one of end faces in a left-right direction, a light shielding part that shields a part of the light reflected by the second reflective surface, and a light emitting surface that emits the light that has been internally reflected by the second reflective surface and has passed through the light shielding part to illuminate a headlight pattern in front of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei Onoma
  • Patent number: 11867373
    Abstract: Lighting devices, methods of manufacturing a lighting device, automotive lighting systems including the lighting device are described. A lighting device includes at least one light guide with an elongated recess. Multiple light-emitting elements are embedded into the recess of the light guide, arranged on a flexfoil that is bendable in three different connections, and connected to one another to mimic a filament. At least one encapsulating material encapsulates, at least in part, the at least one light guide. The at least one encapsulating material includes at least one opening and at least one reference element for aligning the at least one light guide in relation to the encapsulating material so that the multiple light-emitting elements emit light exiting the opening. The at least one encapsulating aterial is flexible so that the lighting device is bendable in three different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Christian Kleijnen, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets, Danny de Kreij
  • Patent number: 11867374
    Abstract: A light assembly includes a light source and a lens. The lens includes a hardcoat surface that protects the lens. The light source is positioned close to the lens, and a microtexture is defined in the hardcoat material to increase diffusion of the light to overcome the limitations of the close spacing between the lens and the light source. The hardcoat material and microtexture may be applied to both sides of the lens or one side of the lens. The light source may be a plurality of spaced apart LEDs. The microtexture may be applied to the entire surface of the lens or select regions of the lens. The microtexture is defined after the hardcoat is applied, and is defined via removal or disruption of hardcoat material. The microtexture may be defined in different ways to vary the appearance of the microtexture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lacks Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave Walters, Aaron Johnson
  • Patent number: 11867375
    Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer for generating electromagnetic radiation. The semiconductor chip also includes a reflector at a side surface of the semiconductor layer sequence having a reflector surface facing the semiconductor layer sequence and extending obliquely with respect to the active layer. The semiconductor chip further includes a top surface extending transversely with respect to the reflector surface and having a first emission region. The semiconductor chip additionally includes a further reflector situated opposite the reflector. The semiconductor chip is configured such that electromagnetic radiation generated in the active layer during operation is reflected by the reflector and emerges from the semiconductor chip via the emission region of the top surface. A main emission direction of the emerging electromagnetic radiation together with the active layer form an emergence angle of between 30° and 80° inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Laura Kreiner, Bruno Jentzsch
  • Patent number: 11867376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a warning lamp structure, includes a lamp holder, having a receiving slot disposed therein, a circuit board accommodated in the receiving slot, and a lamp cover made of silicone material correspondingly covering an opening of the receiving slot of the lamp holder, wherein the circuit board has a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged thereon. Therefore, the use of silicone materials is to maintain the accuracy of the light projection of the light-emitting elements, and when the vehicle accidentally collides with other vehicles or a wall of a building while driving, and the lamp cover is impacted by the collision, since the lamp cover is made of silicone rubber and other elastomers, and has the characteristics of UV resistance and crack resistance, the lamp cover can therefore be prevented from being broken and damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Po-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 11867377
    Abstract: A lamp for the rear of a vehicle is disclosed with a light transmissive cover having a red first illuminated surface area and a clear second illuminated surface area. It has a first LED light emitter located directly beneath the red first area, a second LED light emitter located directly beneath the clear second area, and a third LED light emitter, also located directly beneath said clear second area. The third red LED light emitter is for emitting red light through the clear second area simultaneously with light transmitted through the red first area, whereby the first and second areas are adapted to collectively form a contiguous red illuminated surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Norris, Randall Staggs, Nakul Anand, Shawn S. Smith, Christopher C. Riley, Mark D. Noe