Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
  • Patent number: 11905609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-step process for preparation of “in-situ” or “ex-situ” self-organized and electrically conducting polymer nanocomposites using thermally initiated polymerization of a halogenated 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer or its derivatives. This approach does not require additional polymerization initiators or catalysts, produce gaseous products that are naturally removed without affecting the polymer matrix, and do not leave by-product contaminants. It is demonstrated that self-polymerization of halogenated 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer is not affected by the presence of a solid-state phase in the form of nanoparticles and results in formation of 3,4-polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) nanocomposites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
    Inventors: Alevtina Smirnova, Michael McGraw, Praveen Kolla
  • Patent number: 11905610
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate. The method comprises: (a) electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable electrodepositable coating composition to form a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) heating the substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure the coating on the substrate. The electrodepositable coating composition comprises a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin electrodepositable on a cathode; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component comprising an inorganic, platelike pigment having an average equivalent spherical diameter of at least 0.2 microns. The electrodepositable coating composition demonstrates a pigment-to-binder ratio of at least 0.5. The coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Silvia Bezer, Steven R. Zawacky, Egle Puodziukynaite
  • Patent number: 11905611
    Abstract: Provided is a maintenance member or the like capable of easily maintaining an electric contact in a substrate holder. It relates to a maintenance member to maintain a substrate holder including an electric contact configured to supply power to a substrate. The maintenance member includes an abrasive body having a shape corresponding to the substrate that is a holding target of the substrate holder, and disposed to come in contact with the electric contact when held by the substrate holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Satake
  • Patent number: 11905612
    Abstract: In a plating method for mounting a tubular workpiece having openings at both ends in an axial direction thereof on a power feeding clip and immersing the tubular workpiece in a circulated plating solution to plate the tubular workpiece, the mounting of the tubular workpiece on the power feeding clip is performed by inserting the power feeding clip into the tubular workpiece from one of the openings of the tubular workpiece. The power feeding clip is configured by a folded metal plate, and includes a plurality of elastic contact pieces that can elastically contact the inner surface of the tubular workpiece to hold the tubular workpiece and supply power to the tubular workpiece, and a restraining part that is located inside the tubular workpiece and restrains flow of the plating solution in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeharu Naito, Osamu Hashiguchi, Yumiko Kobori, Akifumi Nakamura, Yosuke Honda, Masanori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11905613
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an electroplating bath for depositing chromium which comprises at least one trivalent chromium salt, at least one complexing agent, at least one halogen salt and optionally further additives. Moreover, the invention refers to a process for depositing chromium on a substrate using the mentioned electroplating bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Coventya S.p.a.
    Inventors: Diego Dal Zilio, Gianluigi Schiavon
  • Patent number: 11905614
    Abstract: A terminal material having a base material in which at least a surface is made of Cu or Cu alloy; an Ni layer with at thickness of 0.1 ?m to 1.0 ?m inclusive on the base material; a Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer with a thickness of 0.2 ?m to 2.5 ?m inclusive on the Ni layer; and an Sn layer with a thickness of 0.5 ?m to 3.0 ?m inclusive on the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer, when cross sections of the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer and the Sn layer are analyzed by the EBSD method with a measuring step 0.1 ?m and a boundary in which misorientation between adjacent pixels is 2° or more is deemed to be a crystal boundary, an average crystal grain size Dc of the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer is 0.5 ?m or more, and a grain size ratio Ds/Dc is five or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Miyashima, Kazunari Maki, Shinichi Funaki, Seiichi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11905615
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing an aperture plate includes depositing a releasable seed layer above a substrate, applying a first patterned photolithography mask above the releasable seed layer, the first patterned photolithography mask having a negative pattern to a desired aperture pattern, electroplating a first material above the exposed portions of the releasable seed layer and defined by the first mask, applying a second photolithography mask above the first material, the second photolithography mask having a negative pattern to a first cavity, electroplating a second material above the exposed portions of the first material and defined by the second mask, removing both masks, and etching the releasable seed layer to release the first material and the second material. The first and second material form an aperture plate for use in aerosolizing a liquid. Other aperture plates and methods of producing aperture plates are described according to other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Stamford Devices Limited
    Inventor: Hong Xu
  • Patent number: 11905617
    Abstract: A method produces semiconductor wafers of monocrystalline silicon. The method includes: pulling a cylindrical section of a single silicon crystal from a melt contained in a crucible, wherein the oxygen concentration in the cylindrical section is not more than 5×1017 atoms/cm3; subjecting the melt to a horizontal magnetic field; rotating the crucible at a rotational velocity and in a rotational direction during the pulling of the cylindrical section of the single crystal; and removing the semiconductor wafers of monocrystalline silicon from the cylindrical section of the single crystal. An amount of rotational velocity, averaged over time, is less than 1 rpm and the rotational direction is changed continually and the amplitude of the rotational velocity before and after the change in the rotational direction is not less than 0.5 rpm and not more than 3.0 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SILTRONIC AG
    Inventors: Walter Heuwieser, Karl Mangelberger, Juergen Vetterhoeffer
  • Patent number: 11905618
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method growing a SiC single crystal, a PVT growth apparatus is provided with a single crystal SiC seed and a SiC source material positioned in spaced relation in a growth crucible. A resistance heater heats the growth crucible such that the SiC source material sublimates and is transported via a temperature gradient that forms in the growth crucible in response to the heater heating the growth crucible to the single crystal SiC seed where the sublimated SiC source material condenses forming a growing SiC single crystal. Purely axial heat fluxes passing through the bottom and the top of the growth crucible form a flat isotherm at least at a growth interface of the growing SiC single crystal on the single crystal SiC seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: II-VI ADVANCED MATERIALS, LLC
    Inventors: Xueping Xu, Ilya Zwieback, Avinash Gupta, Varatharajan Rengarajan
  • Patent number: 11905619
    Abstract: A method of forming a plurality of diamonds provides a base, epitaxially forms a first sacrificial layer on the base, and then epitaxially forms a first diamond layer on the first sacrificial layer. The first sacrificial layer has a first material composition, and the first diamond layer is a material that is different from the first material composition. The method then epitaxially forms a second sacrificial layer on the first diamond layer, and epitaxially forms a second diamond layer on the second sacrificial layer. The second sacrificial layer has the first material composition. The base, first and second sacrificial layers, and first and second diamond layers form a heteroepitaxial super-lattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: M7D Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Ciraldo, Jonathan Levine-Miles
  • Patent number: 11905620
    Abstract: Preparations of a highly coherent diamond nitrogen vacancy (NV?) and a diamond anvil are provided. A graphite is used as a carbon source, a diamond is used as a crystal seed, aluminum/titanium is used as a nitrogen remover, and a single crystal diamond is synthesized under a high temperature and a high pressure, and high-pressure-high-temperature (HPHT) annealing is performed on the synthesized diamond; after the annealing, multiple NV?s are generated in <100> and <311> crystal orientation growth regions from scratch, while native NV?s in a <111> crystal orientation growth region are disappeared; and the <100> and <311> crystal orientation growth regions do not contain defects related to ferromagnetic elements. The high-density and highly coherent NV?s are produced under nondestructive conditions, and the diamond anvil with controlled NV? depths are prepared to achieve a precise detection of the NV? at a pressure above 60 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaobing Liu, Xiaoran Zhang
  • Patent number: 11905621
    Abstract: A SiC single crystal, wherein difference between the curving amount of the atomic arrangement surface on the cut surface cut along the <1-100> direction through the center in plan view and the curving amount of the atomic arrangement surface on the cut surface cut along the <11-20> direction that passes through the center of view and is perpendicular to the <1-100> direction is 60 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Resonac Corporation, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Noguchi, Yohei Fujikawa, Hidetaka Takaba
  • Patent number: 11905622
    Abstract: Compositions comprising Group V/III nanowires, and methods of making such nanowires are described. Some compositions comprise one or more core-shell nanowires comprising a core and a first shell surrounding or substantially surrounding the core. The core is formed from GaAs(1-y)Sby, where y=about 0.03-0.07 and the first shell is formed from GaAs(1-x)SbxN, where x=0.27-0.34. The nanowires have an average emission maximum of 1.4-1.7 ?m. Some nanowires further comprise a second shell surrounding or substantially surrounding the first shell. The second shell is formed from a Group V/III material such as Ga1-mAlmAs, where m=0-0.2. Some nanowires have the structure GaAs(0.93-0.97)Sb(0.03-0.07)/GaAs(0.66-0.73)Sb(0.27-0.34)N/Ga(0.8-1)Al(0-0.2)As.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: North Carolina A&T State University
    Inventors: Shanthi Iyer, Jia Li, Prithviraj Deshmukh, Manish Sharma
  • Patent number: 11905623
    Abstract: Some aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for evolving recombinases to recognize target sequences that differ from the canonical recognition sequences. Some aspects of this disclosure provide evolved recombinases, e.g., recombinases that bind and recombine naturally-occurring target sequences, such as, e.g., target sequences within the human Rosa26 locus. Methods for using such recombinases for genetically engineering nucleic acid molecules in vitro and in vivo are also provided. Some aspects of this disclosure also provide libraries and screening methods for assessing the target site preferences of recombinases, as well as methods for selecting recombinases that bind and recombine a non-canonical target sequence with high specificity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, David B. Thompson, Jeffrey L. Bessen
  • Patent number: 11905624
    Abstract: Disclosed are porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes and a production method therefor. In one aspect, methods for producing porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes are provided comprising: (a) preparing an admixture comprising metal-acetylacetonate precursors, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and a solvent component; and (b) producing a nanocomposite from the admixture, wherein metals of the metal-acetylacetonate precursors comprise a non-radioactive alkali metal stable isotope and a non-radioactive alkaline earth metal stable isotope. As such, porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes having a single-phase multivalence may be obtained in high yield without using harmful chemical substances. In addition, the polymer electrolyte membrane including the porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes may have maintained and improved mechanical strength, and thus may have maintained durability even during cell operation and may also have improved proton conductivity even at low humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ju Ahn Park, Sangaraju Shanmugam
  • Patent number: 11905625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device for a yarn forming element of an air-spinning nozzle, to a spinning position of an air-spinning machine and to a method for cleaning a yarn forming element of this type. In order to provide a spinning position of an air-spinning machine and a method for cleaning a yarn forming element of an air-spinning machine which allow long and trouble-free operation with constant quality and strength of the yarn produced, it is provided that the cleaning device has a cleaning strip and a storage unit for providing and retracting the cleaning strip, a fixed end of the cleaning strip being fastened to the storage unit, and a free end of the cleaning strip being able to be provided for cleaning and retracted again after the cleaning. Furthermore, the cleaning device has a cleaning strip guide for feeding the free end of the cleaning strip to the yarn forming element of the air-spinning nozzle for mechanical cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Saurer Intelligent Technology AG
    Inventors: Karoline Guenther, Sarah Meissner, Chandrassekaran Seshayer
  • Patent number: 11905626
    Abstract: The present invention provides an easy settable stretch fabric comprising three types of yarns: a rigid fiber, an elastic fiber, and a low-melt fiber, wherein the low-melt fiber comprises low-melt polymer which can be fused in the temperature between 60° C. to 200° C., being higher than the temperature used for normal textile process and household laundry, but lower than the temperature used for heat setting elastic fiber. The low-melt fiber can be selected from a group of fibers made from modified polyester, nylon, and polypropylene and the copolymer from them in the form of staple or filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Tianyi Liao, Geoffrey D. Hietpas, Brian Scott Alcott
  • Patent number: 11905627
    Abstract: A system for continuously humidifying a textile electrode during its use by a human is disclosed. The electrode can be part of a garment or textile where the textile electrode is positioned against the skin. A reservoir positioned against the electrode and opposite the user's skin can be made from a material with hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, such as natural wool or a skincore material. The reservoir receives and retains moisture from the user's skin through the electrode, as well as from a pre-wetting of the exposed user-facing side of the electrode. A seal can surround the reservoir and the electrode, with the seal extending beyond electrode. The seal can be a patch with heat activated adhesive at the edge to flow the textile to form a moisture barrier around the electrode. An electrical contact on the electrode can connect conductive wires from outside the seal to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Propel, LLC
    Inventors: Clare King, Anjali Khemani, Birgit Leitner
  • Patent number: 11905628
    Abstract: A cut resistant fabric and a method of manufacturing a cut resistant fiber is disclosed herein. The fabric comprises a Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) material and a sheet shaped wollastonite filler. The sheet shaped wollastonite filler is treated with a coupling agent and mixed with the UHMWPE material. A thickness of the sheet shaped wollastonite filler is less than 10 micrometers (?m). The method comprises providing the sheet shaped wollastonite filler having a thickness of less than 10 ?m and treating the sheet shaped wollastonite filler with a coupling agent at a first predefined temperature to obtain a uniform solution. The method further comprises mixing the uniform solution with a fiber solution comprising UHMWPE resin at a second predefined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Lei Han
  • Patent number: 11905629
    Abstract: A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Podhajny, Daniel D. Sunshine, Kathryn P. Crews
  • Patent number: 11905630
    Abstract: A double-faced fabric of knitted construction has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer forms a first outward-facing surface of the fabric, which includes a first yarn that includes first inherently fire-resistant fibers and optionally first elastane fibers. The second layer forms a second outward-facing surface of the fabric, which includes a second yarn that includes second FR viscose fibers and optionally second elastane fibers, other cellulosic-derived fiber, synthetic fire-resistant fiber, antibacterial fiber or combination of such. The first layer and the second layer are attached to each other by interlocking relationship between the first yarn and the second yarn. The first outward-facing surface and the second outward-facing surface of the fabric may used for a garment's outer surface and the inner surface, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Mahsa Kalantari, Patricia Dolez, Jessica Buchinski
  • Patent number: 11905631
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stitch-bonded string comprising at least one stitched line extending in a machine direction and fibers emanating from the at least one stitched line. The at least one stitched line comprises a plurality of loops and said plurality of loops enclose substantially all of said fibers. The stitched line is gathered to reduce a dimension of the plurality of loops holding said fibers within the loops. The stitched line's weight is less than 20%, preferably less than 10%, and more preferably less than 5% of the total weight of the stitch-bonded string. The fibers have a basis weight ranging between 30 and 400 grams/meter2, preferably between 40 and 350 g/m2, preferably between 50 and 300 g/m2 or between 100 and 250 g/m2. Methods for making the string are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Xymid, LLC.
    Inventors: Dimitri Zafiroglu, Jason Billups, H. T. Than
  • Patent number: 11905632
    Abstract: A method for producing a trim part includes the following steps: generating a surface covering, wherein a knitted semi-finished product is generated on a flat knitting machine; the knitted semi-finished product is washed; the washed knitted semi-finished product is heat set; and laminating, in particular press-laminating or compression-laminating, the generated surface covering onto a carrier part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Aumann, Florian Dechant, Johann Gasslhuber
  • Patent number: 11905633
    Abstract: A nonwoven composite for high temperature applications requiring Sow flammability, smoke, and/or toxicity, including a fibrous structure having one or more nonwoven material layers including a scrim layer. The scrim is formed from inorganic fibers, at least some of which are adapted to withstand temperatures of up to about 1150° C. The scrim is formed from a wet-laying process. The composite further comprises one or more fiber matrix layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ZEPHYROS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Thompson, Kendall Bush, Christophe Chaut, Marc Engel, Paul Lockyer, Michael Czaplicki
  • Patent number: 11905634
    Abstract: A dry adhesive including a non-woven fabric of nanofibers comprising a polymeric material. The nanofibers include an average diameter within a range of from 50 nm to 10000 nm, and the non-woven fabric of nanofibers has a thickness within a range of from 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m. The dry adhesive has a shear adhesion strength that is higher than the normal adhesion strength. Additionally disclosed is a dry adhesive fiber mat including substantially aligned fibers extending lengthwise from a first region to a second region, each of the fibers having a diameter that is less than or equal to 10 microns. The dry adhesive fiber mat is selectively repositionable to, from, and between a mechanically interlocked state wherein the fibers at the first region are intimately positioned within void spaces between the fibers at the second region and a separated state not intimately positioned as such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Shing-Chung Josh Wong, Johnny F. Najem, Pei Chen
  • Patent number: 11905635
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus, a second treating apparatus, and a control panel disposed signally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus, and the first treating apparatus includes a lower frame disposed rearward of the control panel and coupled to the control panel to fix the control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daehan Kwon, Donghyun Jin, Youngho Jung
  • Patent number: 11905636
    Abstract: A method for operating a laundry machine having a rotatable drum a tub enclosing said drum; a water supply; a control unit a laundry treatment agent dispensing device configured to hold and deliver at least one of a laundry detergent and a laundry softener; and a control system configured to provide a softener signal that alternately assumes a first value indicating that no laundry softener will be delivered, and a second value indicating that laundry softener will be delivered. The method comprises: performing a washing phase in which detergent is delivered into the tub; and performing a number of rinsing phases wherein detergent from the washing phase is removed using water from said water supply apparatus, wherein the control unit sets the number of rinsing phases according to whether the softener signal assumes the first value or the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Andrea Zattin, Martino Bondi, Elisa Stabon
  • Patent number: 11905637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine. A drain laundry treatment machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure: an inverter converting a direct current (DC) voltage from a converter into an alternating current (AC) voltage based on a switching operation and outputting the converted AC voltage to a drain motor; an output current detector to detect an output current flowing in the drain motor; and a controller to control the drain motor to rotate at a speed lower than a first speed when the output current flowing in the drain motor decreases in a state where a speed of the drain motor is the first speed. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a pressure in a vortex chamber of the drain pump during dewatering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungwan Kim, Jieon Kim, Jongseok Jung
  • Patent number: 11905638
    Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance with a combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior, and a rotatable drum located within the tub interior and defining a treating chamber, and an air recirculation conduit, the method comprising supplying water to the treating chamber, rotating the drum, and draining the water from the laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Marcos Javier Rios Acebal, Eric G. Griswold, Brooke M. Gundersen, Nicholas Leep, Adrian A. Rodriguez, Brian K. Rogers, James B. Sutton, Nicholas B. Vaive
  • Patent number: 11905639
    Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a water tub configured to be disposed in a cabinet and to store wash water, a rotating tub configured to be rotatably installed in the water tub and to include an opening formed in an upper end portion thereof, and a driver configured to be connected to the rotating tub and to rotate the rotating tub, wherein a deviation preventer configured to prevent wash water in the rotating tub from being deviated to one side during rotation of the rotating tub is formed at an upper end portion of the rotating tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-mo Lee, Sang-ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-woo Lee, So-dam Han, In-hwan Kil, Jun-hyun Park, Do-yeon Kim, Hoon Wee
  • Patent number: 11905640
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is provided, which includes a laundry treating drum, and further includes a water supply valve, a water container member, an atomizer and a driving board. The water supply valve is connected to the atomizer by the water container member. An outlet of the atomizer is disposed toward an inner cavity of the laundry treating drum. A container structure is disposed on the water container member. The driving board is disposed in the container structure and is communicatively connected with the atomizer. The laundry treating apparatus can reduce manufacturing difficulty of a laundry treating apparatus having an atomizer, such that the laundry treating apparatus can fully utilize the atomization function of the atomizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghong Xu, Tao Huang, Bencai Huang, Xueli Zhao
  • Patent number: 11905641
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detergent additive box. The detergent additive box is a closed box structure having a cavity inside. The detergent additive box is provided with a one-way ventilation valve and a liquid outlet. An on-off valve is arranged on the liquid outlet. A suction device is arranged in the detergent additive box. An inlet of the suction device is communicated with the cavity, and an outlet of the suction device is communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve. The detergent additive box of the present disclosure cooperates with a switching mechanism of a washing machine and a feeding pipeline of the washing machine to realize automatic drainage and multi-time drainage, so that the detergent additive box does not need to be mounted at each time of washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi Lv, Baozhen Cheng, Tao Huang
  • Patent number: 11905642
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub arranged in the cabinet, a drum arranged in the tub and formed of a metal material, and an induction module configured to inductively heat the drum, wherein the induction module includes a coil formed by winding a wire, and a base housing including a base body arranged on the tub, and a fixing rib arranged on the base body to fix the coil, wherein the wire is drawn into the base body in one direction, wound around the fixing rib, and drawn out of the base body in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngjoo Lee, Sangwook Hong
  • Patent number: 11905643
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance is provided including a sump positioned at a bottom of a wash tub for collecting wash fluid, a drain pump assembly for selectively draining the sump, a measurement device configured for measuring movement of the wash tub, and a water level detection system comprising a pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the sump. A controller is configured to operate the drain pump assembly to drain the wash fluid, measure the movement of the wash tub using the measurement device, measure a water level within the sump using the water level detection system, and identify a fault condition in the water level detection system upon determining that the measured movement indicates that the sump is empty and the measured water level indicates that the sump is not empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Derek Hibdon, Darrin R. Smith
  • Patent number: 11905644
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior. A drum is rotatable within the cabinet interior, and at least partially defines a treating chamber. The treating chamber has a treating chamber air inlet and a treating chamber air outlet. A drying air circuit is fluidly coupled to the treating chamber air inlet and to the treating chamber air outlet. The laundry treating appliance can include first and second air temperature sensors, at least a first humidity sensor, and a controller operably coupled with the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Roy E. Masters
  • Patent number: 11905645
    Abstract: A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus includes a dry cloth sensing operation of sensing an amount of clothes put into a drum, a wet cloth sensing operation of sensing a washing load based on a moisture content of the clothes by supplying water into a tub, and a cloth material sensing operation of sensing a cloth material of the clothes put into the drum based on a rpm gap and a motor-constrained state where rotation of a motor is restricted. The rpm gap is a difference between a target rpm of a rotator in the drum and an actual rpm of the rotator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunho Lee, Youngjong Kim, Dongcheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11905646
    Abstract: A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Grayson Stopp, Thomas Crisp, Lk Lin, Carry Zhu
  • Patent number: 11905647
    Abstract: Used is a method for producing a thermal insulation sheet, including: composite-forming including impregnating a nonwoven fabric with a basic sol prepared by adding a carbonate ester to a water glass composition to form a hydrogel-nonwoven fabric composite; surface-modifying including mixing the composite with a silylating agent for surface modification; and drying including removing liquid contained in the composite through drying at a temperature lower than the critical temperature of the liquid under a pressure lower than the critical pressure of the liquid. Used is a thermal insulation sheet including an aerogel and a nonwoven fabric, where the thermal insulation sheet exhibits a compressibility of 40% or lower at 0.30 to 5.0 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Oikawa, Tooru Wada, Shinji Okada, Shigeaki Sakatani, Rikako Shono
  • Patent number: 11905648
    Abstract: A metalized fabric and method for metallization of fabric. The fabric is formed using two threads with different affinities for metallization, but which threads are not metalized prior to forming into the fabric. The threads will typically be woven using an unbalanced weave to provide one side of the fabric with a resultant greater amount of metallization than the other but this is not required. Once the resultant fabric is metalized, it will typically be more suitable for consistent color dying than fabric which was formed from both metalized and unmetallized threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Noble BioMaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Fisher, Carl Jones, Jodi Wallis, Dino Aimino, Thomas Dougal, Greg Gianforcaro, David Curry
  • Patent number: 11905649
    Abstract: A fiber cord for reinforcement has an adhesive treatment agent attached to a surface thereof and includes, in an inner layer part thereof, two kinds of compounds each having a molecular weight of less than 1,000. The main compound is an aromatic compound or contains an ?-dicarboxylic acid component, and the other compound is an aliphatic compound or an alicyclic compound. It is preferable that the adhesive treatment agent is a resorcin-formalin-latex-based adhesive, that the fiber cord includes a twisted synthetic fiber, that the aromatic compound is a heterocyclic compound, that the main compound is located only in the inner layer part of the fiber cord, that a compound having a hexamethylene diisocyanate trimer structure is present, and that no latex is present in the inner layer part of the fiber cord. This fiber cord is produced through a two-stage treatment with a pre-treatment liquid and adhesive treatment liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Shimada, Shuhei Okamura
  • Patent number: 11905650
    Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent agent contains cellulose nanofibers, a compound having at least one functional group of an oxazoline group, a carbodiimide group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, as a crosslinking agent, and a perfluoroalkyl compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HOKUETSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Tamura, Shota Fukushima, Koji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11905651
    Abstract: A composite structure is provided that includes a polymer layer and an auxetic material layer disposed within or partially within the polymer layer. The auxetic material layer provides increased conductivity and elastomeric reinforcement to the polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Swift Textile Metalizing LLC
    Inventors: Alexander T. Smith, Jared D G Butlin
  • Patent number: 11905652
    Abstract: Disclosed is composite comprising four layers, two of the layers is a polymer film and two of the layers are non-woven materials, that is suitable for use as a primary backing material and/or a secondary backing material in the manufacture of textile carpet compositions. Also disclosed is a method for making the disclosed composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventor: Kam C. Lui
  • Patent number: 11905653
    Abstract: A method for decorating a natural leather comprising the following steps: a) holding by vacuum suction the natural leather with its corium side to an air-permeable support onto a vacuum support of an inkjet printer; and b) inkjet printing a decorative image on the natural leather wherein the air-permeable support is partly covered by said natural leather. The air-permeable support comprises a fibrous layer in contact with the corium side of the natural leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventor: Luc De Roeck
  • Patent number: 11905654
    Abstract: A steel cord that is suitable for reinforcing rubber articles such as tires. The inventive steel cord enables to completely eliminate the presence of cobalt in a tire when combined with the proper cobalt free compound. Advantageously the steel cord adheres equally well to rubbers containing organic cobalt salts. The inventive wire is different from prior art steel cords in that the brass coating now comprises iron particles. The iron particles have a size between 10 nm and 10 000 nm. The presence of iron mitigates the adhesion retention loss of the rubber to steel cord bond in a hot and humid environment. It is a further advantage that the inventive steel cord does not contain any intentionally added cobalt thereby contributing to the elimination of harmful substances in the production area as well as the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Baoxing Wang, Yunfang Tang, Yohann Hamon
  • Patent number: 11905655
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and compositions for reducing the viscosity of black liquor. Also provided are methods of inhibiting deposition of scale and methods of processing black liquor. In some embodiments, the compositions include a carboxylate-containing polymer and an inorganic salt. In some embodiments, the compositions include a carboxylate-containing polymer, an inorganic salt, and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA Inc.
    Inventors: Luiz Wanderley Bratfisch Pace, Prasad Yogendra Duggirala
  • Patent number: 11905656
    Abstract: A process to separate lignin from a lignocellulosic feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: providing said lignocellulosic feedstock; providing a composition comprising; an acid; a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of: sulfamic acid; imidazole; imidazole derivatives; taurine; a taurine derivative; a taurine-related compound; alkylsulfonic acid; arylsulfonic acid; triethanolamine; and combinations thereof; a peroxide salt; and a peroxide; exposing said lignocellulosic feedstock to said composition for a period of time sufficient to depolymerize substantially all of the lignin present in said lignocellulosic feedstock into lignin oligomers and lignin monomers; wherein said process is carried out at atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SixRing Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Markus Pagels, Kyle G Wynnyk, Matthew Dewit, Andrew M Corbett
  • Patent number: 11905657
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing cellulose nanofibers by refining pulp fibers, wherein the method enables obtaining cellulose nanofibers in which a decrease in a molecular weight of cellulose is suppressed, and which can demonstrate superior strength and the like. The present invention is a method for producing cellulose nanofibers, the method including: pretreating pulp fibers in a slurry; and refining, using a high-pressure homogenizer, the pulp fibers in the slurry, the pulp fibers being pretreated, wherein a weight average molecular weight of cellulose of cellulose nanofibers obtained through the refining is 65% or more of a weight average molecular weight of cellulose of the pulp fibers before the pretreating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Okawa
  • Patent number: 11905658
    Abstract: A refining member for a pulp refiner comprising a refining body with a refining surface comprising refiner bars separated by refiner grooves and teeth. Each of the refiner bars extend from a radially inward position on the refining surface to a first radially outward position on the refining surface, and the teeth extend to a second radially outward position on the refining surface. The second radially outward position is nearer to an outermost part of the refining body than the first radially outward position. The refiner bars are adapted to refine wood fibers, and the teeth are adapted to break up fiber bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventor: Dwight Edward Anderson
  • Patent number: 11905659
    Abstract: A refiner segment for a refiner of lignocellulosic material includes a first bar, a second bar, a first dam, and a second dam. The first bar has a width and includes a first bar weakening section. The first bar weakening section includes two planar faces defining a wedge-shaped recess with a tip and a base. The two planar faces meet at the tip. The tip is separated from the base by a depth. The depth is greater than or equal to half of the width and less than or equal to the width. The first dam extends between the first bar and the second bar. The second dam extends between the first bar and the second bar. The first bar, the second bar, the first dam, and the second dam define a first essentially box-shaped region. The first bar weakening section is positioned within the first essentially box-shaped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET AB
    Inventor: Thommy Lindblom