Using Solid Work Treating Agents Patents (Class 134/6)
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Patent number: 12201211Abstract: A rotating grooming brush comprising a brush hub having grooming elements and shroud elements, and method for grooming a surface having an unwanted material thereon. The elements extend from the brush hub and may be positioned near its outer periphery. The elements may be grooming elements forming an array and shroud elements forming a shroud array. A rigid or elastomeric shroud extending from the brush hub surface may optionally be included about the edge of the brush hub, to the outside of the grooming elements. Rotation of the grooming attachment brush causes a low pressure region to build in the central area of the brush. This low pressure region creates a resulting force that forcefully attracts the grooming attachment brush to the surface to be groomed. The resulting force is controlled by the diameter of the brush hub, arrangement, of the elements and the speed of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Florida Institute of Technology, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Swain, Michael Harper, Melissa Tribou, Harrison Arthur Gardner, Caglar Erdogan
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Patent number: 12189117Abstract: A lens cleaning system is disclosed herein. The lens cleaning system includes a main case, a lens shield, an actuator means, a cleaning member housing, at least one cleaning member, and a power supply system. The lens cleaning system attaches to a camera to allow for longer shot durations without having the image obstructed by debris. The self-cleaning camera lens system may be particularly designed to be self-cleaning, self-contained, mobile, discrete, easy to use, easily attachable, unobtrusive and at least partially self-maintaining and self-powered.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Inventor: Jeffrey Mackey
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Patent number: 12161285Abstract: A robot cleaner of the present disclosure includes: a traveling unit configured to move a main body; a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning function; a sensing unit configured to detect a surrounding environment; and a controller configured to perform a previous cleaning, to map a cleaning zone based on information detected by the sensing unit, and to control to perform cleaning by matching different cleaning methods according to a shape of the mapped cleaning zone. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the efficiency by providing an accurate cleaning zone definition and the division of the cleaning zone, and by providing an optimum cleaning traveling mode according to the divided cleaning zone.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sunhee Cheon
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Patent number: 12163293Abstract: The present invention provides a wet-pressed, wet-laid tissue product that is soft and durable. The tissue product includes regenerated cellulose fibers providing 25% or less of the total weight of the wet-laid tissue product. The tissue product can include a DSF value of greater than 1.22. The DSF value is defined by the equation: DSF=(Durability Value/TS7 Softness value)/number of plies of the wet-pressed, wet-laid tissue product.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Bo Shi, Thomas G. Shannon, Brent M. Thompson, Michael A. Zawadzki
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Patent number: 12083056Abstract: An infection control vehicle includes a floor material. The floor material includes a plurality of holes that is open on an upper end. The holes are configured to capture a droplet. For example, a dimension of each of the holes is set so that the droplet inside the hole remains inside the hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Tomizawa, Shozo Takaba, Ayako Shimizu, Hojung Jung, Daisuke Sato, Yasuhiro Kobatake
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Patent number: 12087602Abstract: A wafer cleaning method for cleaning contaminants on a wafer is provided, wherein the backside of the wafer has a clear area and an unclear area, and the contaminants are located in the unclear area. The wafer cleaning method includes inspecting the backside of the wafer and generating an inspection signal by an inspection device. The wafer cleaning method includes generating a control signal according to the inspection signal by a process module, wherein the control signal includes movement information of a brush element according to coordinates of the contaminants obtained from the inspection signal. The wafer cleaning method includes controlling the brush element to clean the contaminants on the backside of the wafer according to the control signal by a control device along a predetermined path.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kuo-Shu Tseng, Yao-Yuan Shang, You-Feng Chen
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Patent number: 12074561Abstract: A surface cleaning device for cleaning a surface of a solar panel, wherein the surface cleaning device may include a motion delay assembly, a first dust carrying member and a second dust carrying member that are coupled to a motor; wherein the first dust carrier member and the second dust carrier member are wipers. The motor is configured to cyclically move the first dust carrying member and the second dust carrying member along a path. The motion delay assembly is configured to cyclically introduce a momentarily delay in a progress of the first dust carrying member along the path, while the second dust carrying member contacts the surface thereby reducing a gap between the first dust carrying member and the second dust carrying member, compress the air within the gap, and induce air that is compressed in the gap to exit the gap and progress along the surface and remove dust that precedes the second dust carrying member.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: AIRTOUCH SOLAR LTD.Inventors: Yanir Allouche, Henry Ouri Allouche
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Patent number: 12070824Abstract: A system and a method include a tool having an operative portion. The tool is disposed in relation to a first side of one or more components. An anvil is disposed in relation to a second side of the one or more components. The second side is opposite from the first side. The anvil includes a first portion separated from a second portion by a gap. A fluid circuit includes a fluid stream that extends through the gap. The fluid circuit is configured to remove foreign object debris generated in relation to the second side of the one or more components.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John W. Bennett
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Patent number: 12065791Abstract: Systems and methods determine a current production rate of a piece of equipment processing first paving material at a worksite, receive first information indicative of an amount of power within a battery of the piece of equipment, receive second information indicative of a characteristic of the worksite, and determine predicted production rate of the piece of equipment to process second paving material at the worksite. The systems and methods further determine an amount of power required by the piece of equipment to process the second paving material at the worksite and determine that the amount of power within the battery of the piece of equipment is insufficient for the amount of power required by the piece of equipment to process the second paving material at the worksite.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Francisco Romero, John L. Marsolek, Brian R. Dershem, Jonathan A. Anderson
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Patent number: 11987301Abstract: A drive track for a cleaning robot moving on inclined surfaces such as photovoltaic panels has a multilayer structure comprising: an internal layer formed by a continuous belt having an internal face able to engage with means for driving the track; an intermediate layer including a plurality of damping blocks disposed over the entire length of the continuous belt of the internal layer with a predefined separation (e); and an external running layer coming into contact with the surface on which the track moves, the running layer being formed by pads supported by the damping blocks. The damping blocks are made of elastomer material and have a cellular structure with a plurality of parallel trough-channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SOLARCLEANO S.À R.L.Inventor: Christophe Timmermans
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Patent number: 11973176Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a feeding device for loading a material into a container, which relates to the technical field of product assembly. The feeding device is configured to load a material into a container having an opening. The feeding device includes a pressing unit. The pressing unit includes a pressing member having a pressing plane, and a driving member configured to drive the pressing member to move cyclically along a closed track. The closed track includes a first planar track segment, and when the pressing member moves along the first planar track segment, the pressing plane forms surface contact with the material and keeps extending in a material loading direction, the material loading direction being a movement direction of the material relative to the container. The feeding device can reduce damage to the material during a feeding process.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Guangyao Wang, Xiang Fan, Gang Lin
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Patent number: 11945258Abstract: An easy-to-use paint roller cleaning device with multiple cleaning members sized for interfacing with rollers and naps of various sizes while the user holds onto the device along a handle. The cleaning members have an opening encircled by a roller interface wall which squeezes tightly over the nap while its paint-scraping rim removes the paint or other liquid from the roller nap and the paint-guiding wall urges the liquid downward to exit the nap. The paint roll cleaner tool will scrape the entire length of the nap before clearing the tip of the nap farthest from the painting handle. The cleaning structures come in sizes suited for standard and mini rollers with a variety of naps including ¼ inch, ? inch, and ½ inch.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Port86, LLCInventors: Patrick A Williams, Kimm L. Reid
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Patent number: 11946670Abstract: A system 100 for cleaning solar panels 304 arranged in a row includes a frame 102, rotating members 106 and a stationary brush 110. The frame 102 moves along the row of solar panels 304. The rotating members 106 interfaces with surface of the solar panel 304. An axis of rotation of the rotating members 106 is incident at an angle to the solar panels 304. The plurality of rotating members 106 are connected to the frame 102 to move with the frame 102 along the row of solar panels 304. The stationary brush 110 is engaged to the frame 102. The brush 110 interfaces with the surface of the solar panel 304 to unsettle foreign particles present on the surface of the solar panel 304, as the frame 102 traverses along the row of solar panels 304.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: AEGEUS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITEDInventor: Praful Roogi
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Patent number: 11919051Abstract: A processing solution containing solvent and solute is supplied onto a substrate (9). The processing solution transforms into a particle retention layer as a result of at least part of the solvent being volatilized from the processing solution and causing the processing solution to solidify or harden. The particle retention layer is removed from the substrate (9) by supplying a removal liquid onto the substrate (9). A solute component contained in the particle retention layer is insoluble or poorly soluble in the removal liquid, whereas the solvent is soluble. The solute component contained in the particle retention layer has the property of being altered to become soluble in the removal liquid when heated to a temperature higher than or equal to an alteration temperature. The removal liquid is supplied after the formation of the particle retention layer, without undergoing a process of alternating the solute component.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukifumi Yoshida, Ayumi Higuchi, Naoko Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11882912Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate makeup blending and application is disclosed. The makeup blender includes a body that provides a steady state vibration and is easily grasped by a human hand. The makeup blender is electrically powered by replaceable batteries or rechargeable batteries. The makeup blender provides for an attachment interface that facilitates easy snap on or off, for attachments such as a brush or a cotton ball holder. The electrically powered consistent vibration on an attachment such as a brush provides for even and smooth blending of makeup over the skin.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: RDP SERVICES, LLCInventor: Rhonda Perkins
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Patent number: 11872605Abstract: The substrate processing method includes a hydrophilization step of hydrophilizing a surface of a substrate, a processing liquid supplying step of supplying a processing liquid to the hydrophilized surface of the substrate, a processing film forming step in which the processing liquid supplied to the surface of the substrate is solidified or cured to form a processing film on the surface of the substrate, and a peeling step in which a peeling liquid is supplied to the surface of the substrate to peel the processing film from the surface of the substrate. The peeling step includes a penetrating hole forming step in which the processing film is partially dissolved in the peeling liquid to form a penetrating hole in the processing film.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventors: Katsuya Akiyama, Yukifumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11858473Abstract: An imaging device images rearward of a vehicle through a windshield from inside a cabin of the vehicle, and a vehicle washing device includes a wiping device and a controller. The wiping device is capable of reciprocatingly wiping a predetermined range of the windshield. The predetermined range of the windshield includes an imaging range for the imaging device. The controller switches operation of the wiping device to one of a first mode or a second mode in accordance with an input. In the first mode, the wiping device wipes the predetermined range of the windshield. In the second mode, the wiping device wipes the imaging range of the windshield preferentially compared to the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Aoyama, Kento Hashimoto, Daisuke Shirakura
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Patent number: 11837477Abstract: A substrate washing device includes a roll washing member, a single tube nozzle and spray nozzle. The roll washing member linearly extends over the entire length of the diameter of the substrate and comes into slide-contact with the surface of the substrate. The single tube nozzle discharges washing liquid onto a roll winding side of the roll washing member so that the first washing liquid lands in the front center of the substrate. The spray nozzle sprays a second washing liquid in a fan shape toward a second area when the roll winding side area is divided into two areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoatsu Ishibashi
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Patent number: 11820929Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to etching compositions that are useful for, e.g., selectively removing silicon germanium (SiGe) from a semiconductor substrate as an intermediate step in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Mick Bjelopavlic, Carl Ballesteros
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Patent number: 11820963Abstract: The product of the invention allows cleaning products to be obtained by substantially increasing the oil-to-soap conversion rate to minimise the amount of product to be used, with minimum energy use and maximum transformation speed, allowing work with large volumes of oil. For this purpose, the product for obtaining cleaning products from vegetable oils comprises the following composition in % by weight: sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) between 9 and 11%, anhydrous trisodium phosphate between 4.5 and 6%, sodium stearate between 0.1 and 0.3%, xanthan gum between 0.5 and 0.7%, optionally brightener and/or perfume, and the amount of water needed to reach 100%.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SAMSARAPPS, S.L.Inventors: Sergio Alejandro Fernandez Fernandez, Alberto Balfagon Costa
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Patent number: 11780535Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to marine geophysical surveying. More particularly, embodiments relate to an underwater application system for application of a streamer coating to a surface of a streamer. An embodiment may comprise a marine geophysical survey system. The marine geophysical survey system may comprise a streamer and an underwater application system operable to apply a streamer coating to the streamer as the underwater application system travels axially along the streamer.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: PGS Geophysical ASInventor: Jostein Lima
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Patent number: 11756804Abstract: In a chemical mechanical polishing system, a platen shield cleaning assembly is installed on a rotatable platen in a gap between the rotatable platen and a platen shield. The assembly includes a sponge holder attached to the platen and a sponge. The sponge is held by the sponge holder such that an outer surface of the sponge is pressed against an inner surface of the platen shield.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Sumit Subhash Patankar, Nathan Arron Davis, Allen L. D'Ambra
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Patent number: 11723359Abstract: An antimicrobial wipe is provided including a textile comprised of natural fibers untreated with a chemical bonding agent, the textile is treated with an antimicrobial composition, the antimicrobial composition comprising a quaternary ammonium compound and an organic acid, wherein the antimicrobial composition is surfactant free, emollient free, and polymeric free. A method of preparing such wipes is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Wendy Chan, Sherri Tischler
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Patent number: 11685878Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a detergent composition for removing hydrophobic residues and pigments on manufacturing or packaging devices or any other hardware used for manufacturing or packaging cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, said detergent composition including: a non-ionic surfactant selected from among the alkoxylated fatty alcohols; a non-aromatic co-surfactant selected from among the amine oxides, alkyl sulfates and alkyl sulfonates; and an organic alkaline agent selected from among the amino alcohols, excluding monoethanolamine, the non-aromatic co-surfactant being contained in the detergent composition in an amount of from 1 to 15 wt % in relation to the total weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Gaétan Rauwel, Jacques Criquelion, Sebastién Terrier, Bertrand Letartre
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Patent number: 11642702Abstract: The invention relates to a self-cleaning optical housing arrangement comprising a first cylindrical shell, a shaft, a motor, a second cylindrical shell, a cleaning pad, a shaft magnet and a cylinder magnet. The shaft magnet and the cylinder magnet are arranged in order to magnetically interact such that a rotation of the shaft causes the shaft magnet to exert a force on the cylinder magnet causing the second cylindrical shell to rotate with the shaft. The cleaning pad will upon rotation of the shaft and the second cylindrical shell, sweep across and thereby clean at least a part of an outer surface of the first cylindrical shell.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SUBMERGED ASInventors: Lars Martin Sandvik Aas, Håvard Lein Braa
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Patent number: 11624808Abstract: Provided is a lidar sensor having a driving motor of which the entire portion is covered under an inclined surface of a scan mirror having an opened bottom surface and an A-shaped cross-section. A rotating shaft of the driving motor may be connected to the bottom of a backing surface disposed under the inclined surface, a magnet may be disposed at the bottom of one or more of the backing surface and a support surface which are connected to the inclined surface of the scan mirror, and a hall sensor may be disposed at the bottom surface of the lidar sensor corresponding to the position where the magnet is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung Rin Kim, Sung Eun Jo, Won Gyum Kim, Young Shin Kim
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Patent number: 11612292Abstract: A vacuum cleaner that includes a suction source configured to generate a suction airflow, a dirt collector in fluid communication with the suction source and configured to separate debris from the suction airflow and the dirt collector is configured to store the debris separated from the suction airflow. The vacuum further includes an infrared sensor operable to output a signal corresponding to a distance to an amount of debris stored in the dirt collector, a controller that receives the signal, and the controller is operable to determine a fill level stored in the dirt collector based on the signal. A visual display displays the fill level stored in the dirt collector.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Steven Marcus, William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr.
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Patent number: 11612291Abstract: A vacuum cleaner that includes a suction source configured to generate a suction airflow, a dirt collector in fluid communication with the suction source and configured to separate debris from the suction airflow and the dirt collector is configured to store the debris separated from the suction airflow. The vacuum further includes an infrared sensor operable to output a signal corresponding to a distance to an amount of debris stored in the dirt collector, a controller that receives the signal, and the controller is operable to determine a fill level stored in the dirt collector based on the signal. A visual display displays the fill level stored in the dirt collector.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Steven Marcus, William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr.
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Patent number: 11545371Abstract: In a chemical mechanical polishing system, a platen shield cleaning assembly is installed on a rotatable platen in a gap between the rotatable platen and a platen shield. The assembly includes a sponge holder attached to the platen and a sponge. The sponge is held by the sponge holder such that an outer surface of the sponge is pressed against an inner surface of the platen shield.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Sumit Subhash Patankar, Nathan Arron Davis, Allen L. D'Ambra
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Patent number: 11529017Abstract: A cleaning device having a handle and one or more cleaning members. A first of the cleaning members has a first finger, a second finger spaced apart from the first finger, and a compliant member extending from the first finger to the second finger. The compliant member is constructed at least partially from a metallic material. The first finger is spaced from the second finger to accommodate a cross-member of a cooking grate between the first finger and the second finger such that the compliant member contacts the cross-member. A second of the cleaning members has an elongation and a first bar and a second bar extending transverse to the elongation, the second bar spaced from the first bar along the elongation. The second of the cleaning members is configured to be inserted between adjacent cross-members of a cooking grate and, after insertion, rotated.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: MIW Associates LLCInventor: Marvin Weinberger
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Patent number: 11511423Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a method of moving, using a drive system, a mobile robot within an area. Detecting, using at least one sensor of the mobile robot, at least one of air within the area, a surface within the area, and/or an object within the area. The area may be mapped in three dimensions based on the detecting of at least one of the air, the surface, and the object as the mobile robot moves within the area. Ultraviolet (UV) light may be emitted from a light source of the mobile robot to disinfect at least a portion of the area. A representation of the emission of the UV light may be plotted onto the mapped area to generate an exposure plot, where the representation is of the UV light emitted on at least one of the air, the surface, and the object in the area.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: UVD Robots ApSInventors: Efraim Vitzrabin, Rune K. Larsen, Thomas Rubaek, John Erland Østergaard
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Patent number: 11470956Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a brush, a method of forming a brush, and a structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process are provided. The brush includes a body and a channel configured to deliver a cleaning liquid through holes in the body. The method forms the brush using 3D printing. The structure provides details for making the brush. The disclosure herein allows a method of forming a brush that does not require the removal of active porogen.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventor: Rajeev Bajaj
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Patent number: 11466901Abstract: The present invention relates to self powered and timer based solar panel cleaning system that is operated by self generating electrical power from solar energy and reduces wear and tear problem of moving parts. In this system, the microcontroller (54) is interfaced with motor driver (51) and brush driver (52). Said motor driver (51) and brush driver (52) control the speed of wheel motor (32) and brush driver (33). When ultrasonic sensor (5) sends signal to microcontroller (54), said microcontroller (54) generates and transmits signal to wheel motor driver (51) and brush driver (52). Thus, when structure reaches nearby the end edge of the solar panel array, said drivers gradually reduce r.p.m. of wheel motor (32) and brush motor (33) and then motors stop when machine reaches to opposite platform. Thus, during alteration of mode, r.p.m. of motors will be at substantially low that prevents the moving parts from damage.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: WEISMACHER ECO PRIVATE LIMITEDInventors: Rajeshkumar Hariprasad Acharya, Yusuf Nazmuddin Ghadiali
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Patent number: 11460859Abstract: A system has a first floor processing device guided manually by a user within an environment, a second, exclusively automatically operated floor processing device, and a computing device. The first floor processing device has a detection device for detecting a parameter of the environment and/or a surface to be processed, and the second floor processing device has a navigation device for navigating and self-localizing in the environment. In order to enable an optimal floor processing of the environment with as little assistance by the user as possible, the computing device is set up, based on the parameter detected by the detection device of the first floor processing device, to determine whether a specific partial surface area of the surface to be processed is suitable for floor processing by the second floor processing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Arnold, Thomas Buening, Benjamin Fleczok, Robert Frielinghaus, Martin Helmich, Lorenz Hillen, Christian Holz, Gerhard Isenberg, Andrej Mosebach, Roman Ortmann, Kevin Schmitz, Fabian Vitz, Niklas Van Teeffelen, Uwe Kemker, Georg Hackert
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Patent number: 11447721Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand dishwashing cleaning composition including a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system includes an anionic surfactant and a co-surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant includes a mixture of a linear anionic surfactant and a branched anionic surfactant with a defined degree of branching on an alkyl ethoxy sulfate surfactant. Such compositions exhibit surprising and unexpected improved sudsing profile, preferably stable suds, especially when the manual dishwashing is performed in a sink full of water with the cleaning composition diluted in it.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Roel Krols, Christopher Stephen Jones
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Patent number: 11441102Abstract: The need for a container and detergent composition with reduced or no clogging of the spray nozzle, and improved visibility of the spray on the surface, even without the presence of a mesh in front of the spray nozzle and even when spraying at larger spray angles, is met when formulating the detergent composition to comprise a branched alkoxylated alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean-Francois Bodet, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte, Cindy Jean, Olga Barbara Kaczerewska, Muriel Cuilleret, Valerie Perdigon
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Patent number: 11413662Abstract: A processing solution containing solvent and solute is supplied onto a substrate (9). The processing solution transforms into a particle retention layer as a result of at least part of the solvent being volatilized from the processing solution and causing the processing solution to solidify or harden. The particle retention layer is removed from the substrate (9) by supplying a removal liquid onto the substrate (9). A solute component contained in the particle retention layer is insoluble or poorly soluble in the removal liquid, whereas the solvent is soluble. The solute component contained in the particle retention layer has the property of being altered to become soluble in the removal liquid when heated to a temperature higher than or equal to an alteration temperature. The removal liquid is supplied after the formation of the particle retention layer, without undergoing a process of alternating the solute component.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventors: Yukifumi Yoshida, Ayumi Higuchi, Naoko Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11386384Abstract: Methods and systems for recipient-assisted recharging during delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. During a UAV transport task, a UAV determines that the UAV has arrived at a delivery location specified by a first flight leg of the transport task. The UAV responsively initiates a notification process indicating that a recipient-assisted recharging process should be initiated at or near the delivery location. When the UAV determines that the recipient-assisted recharging process has recharged a battery of the UAV to a target level, and also determines that a non-returnable portion of the payload has been removed from the UAV while a returnable portion of the payload is coupled to or held by the UAV, the UAV initiates a second flight segment of the transport task.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Wing Aviation LLCInventors: Jesse Blake, André Prager, Eric Teller
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Patent number: 11335941Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park
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Patent number: 11254795Abstract: A process for producing a melamine-formaldehyde foam by heating and foaming an aqueous mixture M using microwave radiation, said mixture M comprising at least one melamine-formal-dehyde precondensate, at least one curative, at least one surfactant, at least one blowing agent and at least one linear polymer with a number average molecular weight Mn in the range from 500 to 10,000 g/mol and at least two functional groups selected from OH, NH2 or COOH as well as a melamine-formaldehyde foam obtainable by this process and its use.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Johann Martin Szeifert, Bernhard Vath, Tobias Heinz Steinke, Bettina Wester, Cecile Schneider, Sebastian Alexander Weisse, Peter Wolf, Werner Lenz, Axel Kirste, David John Pung, Megan Roberts
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Patent number: 11241718Abstract: Systems for cleaning electroplating system components may include a seal cleaning assembly incorporated with an electroplating system. The seal cleaning assembly may include an arm pivotable between a first position and a second position. The arm may be rotatable about a central axis of the arm. The seal cleaning assembly may include a cleaning head coupled with a distal portion of the arm. The cleaning head may include a bracket having a faceplate coupled with the arm, and a housing extending from the faceplate. The housing may define one or more arcuate channels extending through the housing to a front surface of the bracket. The cleaning head may also include a rotatable cartridge extending from the housing of the bracket. The cartridge may include a mount cylinder defining one or more apertures configured to deliver a cleaning solution to a pad coupled about the mount cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Antony Jonathan, Kyle M. Hanson, Jason A. Rye, James E. Brown, Gregory J. Wilson, Eric J. Bergman, Tricia A. Youngbull, Timothy G. Stolt
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Patent number: 11237388Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that displays the camera captured image via the spin window on the display and the condition of the travel direction even in the bad weather can be more reliably checked. The image processing apparatus includes a camera that captures an image via the spin window, an image processor that generates a display image, and a display that displays the generated image by the image processor. The image processing apparatus further includes a pulse light output unit, and the camera includes a first camera and a second camera that capture images at timings after elapse of different times from a pulse light output timing of the pulse light output unit. The respective cameras capture images of different spaces, and the image processor generates a differential image between the images captured by the respective cameras and displays the differential image on the display.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Eiji Oba, Tsuyoshi Toukairin
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Patent number: 11225630Abstract: The need for a liquid hand-dishwashing composition which provides further improved sudsing volume and longevity when washing dishware using diluted liquid hand dishwashing compositions, especially in the presence of greasy soil and particulate soil, while still providing the desired cleaning, is met when the composition is formulated with a surfactant system comprising a specific level of alkyl sulfate surfactant and a co-surfactant, when the alkyl chain of the alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant has a mol fraction of C12 and C13 chains of at least about 50%, and the C13/C12 mol ratio of the alkyl chain is at least about 57/43.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jan Julien Marie-Louise Billiauw, Kristof Crets, Phillip Kyle Vinson
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Patent number: 11217452Abstract: It is an object to carry out a chemical treatment for a peripheral edge part of a substrate while suppressing an amount of consumption of a processing liquid and a time required for processing. In order to achieve the object, a substrate processing device injects heating steam to a peripheral edge part of a substrate to heat the peripheral edge part when carrying out a chemical treatment for the peripheral edge part of the substrate while rotating the substrate in a substantially horizontal posture. Moreover, the substrate processing device injects a gas from above the substrate toward a predetermined injection target region defined within a range surrounded by a rotating track of the peripheral edge part of the substrate in an upper surface of the substrate, thereby generating, on the substrate, a gas flow which flows from the injection target region toward the peripheral edge part of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Izumoto, Nobuyuki Shibayama
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Patent number: 11208714Abstract: An apparatus for in situ steam generation oxidation are provided. The apparatus includes a reactor chamber. The apparatus also includes a radiant source over the chamber. The radiant source includes a plurality of lamps for heating the reactor chamber. The apparatus further includes a lamphead over the radiant source for adjusting the temperature of the radiant source. In addition, the apparatus includes a gas inlet system coupled to the lamphead. The gas inlet system includes a mass flow controller for adjusting the flow rate of cooling gas into the lamphead. The apparatus includes a gas outlet system, on the opposite side of the cooling gas inlet system, coupled to the lamphead. The gas outlet system includes a pressure controller for accelerating the exhaust rate of the cooling gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTDInventor: Chun-Hao Chang
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Patent number: 11211242Abstract: A cleaning material, device, and method for predictably cleaning the contact elements and support hardware of a tester interface, such as a probe card and a test socket, in which the cleaning pad has a predetermined configuration appropriate for the particular pin contact elements and a substrate having a defined functionalized surface topology and geometry which can be introduced into the testing apparatus during the normal testing operations. The cleaning material has a predetermined topography with a plurality of functional 3-dimensional (3D) microstructures that provide performance characteristics which are not possible with a non-functionalized and flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL TEST SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Alan E. Humphrey, Jerry J. Broz, Bret A. Humphrey, Alex S. Poles
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Patent number: 11191407Abstract: An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive operable to move the autonomous cleaning robot across a floor surface; a cleaning assembly configured to clean the floor surface; a receiver configured to receive an indication of cat activity in a cat box; and a controller configured to navigate the autonomous cleaning robot to the cat box to execute a cleaning mission in response to the received indication of cat activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Anders Bialek, John Sinnigen, Colin Angle, Michael J. Halloran
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Patent number: 11148177Abstract: The present invention describes an insulator stack cleaner to remove dust and dirt from power line transmission insulators. The cleaner autonomously cleans an insulator stack. The cleaner has two cleaning cups that counter-rotate during cleaning. The cleaner moves along an insulator stack by opening one cleaning cup while the other cup is locked onto an insulator, then the cleaner's transitional motors somersault the open cup onto the next insulator in the stack, and the open cup subsequently closes around the next insulator. A rack and pinion mechanism rotates the closed cup around an insulator and a cam mechanism opens and closes the cup around an insulator. Bristles on the cleaning cups scrub the insulators. The cleaner can be installed onto an insulator stack by a drone.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Inventor: Venkata Rama Subba Rao Chundi
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Patent number: 11135624Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a substrate cleaning method including: supplying of a liquid cleaning solution containing a thermoreactive polymer resin in a solvent to a substrate; trapping of particles by gelling the liquid cleaning solution by phase transition through first heat treatment; liquefying of the gel-state cleaning solution with the particle trapped therein by phase transition through second heat treatment; and removing of the liquefied cleaning solution by supplying a rinse solution.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Mi Young Jo, Da Jeong Kim, Ye Rim Yeon, Jun Taek Koo
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Patent number: 11114302Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes an upper cup part including a first tubular portion and a second tubular portion that are formed each in a tubular shape capable of surrounding a substrate held by a substrate holder, the second tubular portion being connected to an upper side of the first tubular portion. The substrate processing apparatus also includes a cup moving unit that moves the upper cup part in a vertical direction with respect to the substrate holder to stop the upper cup part at each of a position where the first tubular portion surrounds the substrate, and a position where the second tubular portion surrounds the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Tsuda, Nobuyasu Hiraoka, Nobuaki Okita, Takayuki Nishida