Specially Formed Or Adapted To Fit Material To Be Heated (e.g., A Pipe) Patents (Class 219/535)
  • Patent number: 11673348
    Abstract: A sensorless temperature sensing and control system and method uses electrical voltage and current feedback signals to monitor and control the temperature of heating elements used in a heat sealing process wherein sensors are not physically connected to a heat seal bar during the heat sealing process. After calibration of a heat seal bar using a sensor, voltage and current feedback signals are processed by a programmable logic controller (PLC) to calculate the real-time electrical resistance of each heating element. Data and electrical resistance is used to calculate real-time temperature of the heat seal bar during heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AMERIGLOBE, LLC
    Inventors: Brody Alan Viator, Clifford Dunlap
  • Patent number: 11674446
    Abstract: A torch ignitor system includes a torch wall defining a combustion chamber therein with a flame outlet passing out of the torch wall downstream of the combustion chamber. A fuel nozzle is mounted to the torch wall to issue fuel into the combustion chamber. An ignitor is mounted to the torch wall, extending into the combustion chamber to ignite fuel issued from the fuel nozzle. A cooling passage is in thermal communication with the ignitor for cooling the ignitor with fluid passing through the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ryon, Lev A. Prociw
  • Patent number: 11654651
    Abstract: A sheet includes a pseudo-sheet structure including a plurality of linear-bodies with a volume resistivity R of from 1.0×10?7 ?cm to 1.0×10?1 extending in one direction, aligned parallel to one another, and spaced apart from one another, satisfies the relation: L/D?3, wherein D represents the diameter of the linear-bodies, and L represents the spacing between adjacent ones of the linear-bodies, and also satisfies the relation: (D2/R)×(1/L)?0.003, wherein D represents the diameter of the linear-bodies, L represents the spacing between adjacent ones of the linear-bodies, R represents the volume resistivity of the linear-bodies, and D and L are in units of cm. A heating element and a heating device each include the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: LINTEC CORPORATION, LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Kanzan Inoue
  • Patent number: 11649058
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ice protection system for an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, a surface having a flow facing side and an inwardly facing side that opposes the flow facing side, the system having: a perforated sheet configured for disposal in the surface; a heating source connected to the perforated sheet; and a suction source disposed to draw ice melted by the heating source through the perforated sheet and heating source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sugumaran Selvaraj, Sathish Thangavel
  • Patent number: 11639034
    Abstract: Electrofusion tape and method for the production thereof for welding together with plastics pipes in particular for use in a fixed-point fastening, consisting of a jacket element preferably of an electrically insulating plastics material, at least one heating element of electrically conductive plastics material and at least two contact elements for supplying electricity to the heating element, wherein the jacket element and the heating element take the form of tapes, wherein the jacket element surrounds the heating element at least in part, wherein the contact elements are arranged in the mutually opposing marginal regions of the heating element and extend parallel to one another along the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG
    Inventor: Andreas Brunner
  • Patent number: 11634862
    Abstract: A cable for a bicycle is provided, including: an inner tube, a metal layer, a woven layer and an outer layer. The metal layer includes at least one metal wire disposed around an outer periphery of the inner tube. The woven layer is disposed around an outer periphery of the metal layer and includes a plurality of yarn threads interlaced with one another. The outer layer is disposed around an outer periphery of the woven layer, and the plurality of yarn threads are partially embedded radially within the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Yuan-Hung Wen
  • Patent number: 11606975
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main unit including a power supply; and a cartridge removably mounted to the main unit and including: a liquid storage portion to store a liquid, a heater assembly including a flat-shaped fluid-permeable heating element, including first and second surfaces, the first surface arranged in an upstream position to receive a liquid, and the second surface arranged in a downstream position to release the liquid in vaporized form, and a capillary body having a first elongated end and a second end, the first elongated end extending into the storage portion to contact the liquid, the second end contacting the first surface of the heating element, a cross-sectional area of the capillary body at the second end is greater than that at the first elongated end, the capillary body including capillary fibers at the first elongated end and at the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Rui Nuno Batista
  • Patent number: 11602015
    Abstract: A control and protection circuit of a heater, a towel heating barrel and a control method thereof are provided in this disclosure. The control and protection circuit of the heater includes a power module, a power supply module, a control module, a temperature detection module and a heating module. The power module, the power supply module and the heating module are connected in series to supply power to the heating module, the control module is in signal connection with the power supply module to control on and off of the power supply module, and the temperature detection module in signal connection with the control module. The power supply module includes a high-temperature protection switch, a fuse and a relay. The control and protection circuit of the whole heater has three levels of protection, which can not only effectively provide high-temperature protection, but also ensure service life of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Wenfeng Peng
  • Patent number: 11562666
    Abstract: Various implementations include a Human Thermoregulation Simulator (HTRS) that simulates the natural and primary thermoregulatory functions of a patient that are relevant during therapeutic hypothermia procedures. For example, in various implementations, a HTRS includes a core container configured to be at least partially filled with water, and the core container includes a heat generator configured to heat the water inside the core container. A middle container is disposed concentrically around the core container, and the middle container includes a foam layer configured to be saturated by water. An outer container is disposed concentrically around the middle container, and the outer container includes a network of tubing disposed on at least a portion of an inner surface of the outer container. The HTRS also includes a pump configured to circulate water from the core container through the network of tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Diller, Priya Chacko, Ali Seifi
  • Patent number: 11533782
    Abstract: A heater system includes a plurality of heater cores defining zones, a plurality of power pins extending through each of the heater cores and made of different conductive materials, and at least one jumper connected between two of the plurality of power pins being made of dissimilar materials. The jumper is in communication with a controller to obtain a temperature reading of the heater system proximate the jumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jack Reynolds, Louis P. Steinhauser, Jake Spooler, William Bohlinger
  • Patent number: 11511687
    Abstract: The steering heater 11 is provided on the surface of the skin material 23. The resistance value of the steering heater 11 is set to a level at which a heat quantity for heating the steering wheel 2 to a desired degree according to a voltage supplied from a power supply 32 which will be described later can be secured. The resistance value of the steering heater 11 is 1? or less, or the like, for example. When the resistance value of the steering heater 11 is set to 1? or less, for example, if the power supplied from the power supply 32 is about 13V, the heat quantity of the steering heater 11 is about 170 W and thus can appropriately heat the steering wheel 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shotaro Odate
  • Patent number: 11516888
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of manufacturing far-infrared radiation thermal wire and far-infrared radiation thermal wire thereby, more particularly, a method of manufacturing far-infrared radiation thermal wire and far-infrared radiation thermal wire manufactured thereby, in which electric power is supplied with a predetermined resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Se Yeong Kim, Dong Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11503674
    Abstract: A heater cable produces a substantially level voltage across its cross-section, providing a uniform and controllable thermal output along its length. The heater cable includes at least one center bus wire extending axially along a central axis of the heater cable, and at least one radial bus wire extending axially through the heating cable and positioned adjacent to the center bus wire. The heater cable further includes a thermally and electrically conductive interstitial material disposed around the at least one center bus wire and the at least one radial bus wire, and a jacket disposed about the interstitial material, the at least one center bus wire, and the at least one radial bus wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: nVent Services GmbH
    Inventors: Linda D. B. Kiss, Mohammad Kazemi, Peter Martin, Edward Park
  • Patent number: 11495923
    Abstract: A cable cap for a heating cable, and a heating cable assembly including a heating cable and a cable cap, in which the cable cap includes a power indicator that illuminates when sufficient power is supplied to the distal end of the heating cable. The indicator gives an installer or a user an indication that the heating cable is functioning properly the entire length of the heating cable. The cable cap may further include a connection feature, such as an aperture, that provides a connection point for a cable pulling device such as a fish tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Steve Kuhl
  • Patent number: 11480285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a triple pipe heating device for heating an exhaust gas in a semiconductor and LCD manufacturing process, which has a triple pipe structure capable of effectively heating an exhaust gas with only a small amount of heat without using nitrogen gas, is expandable and bendable so as to be easily installed, and is capable of quickly detecting exhaust gas leakage and overheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: J-SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11470985
    Abstract: A pacifier-securing device includes a spring clamp to hold a pacifier and a gooseneck arm connected to the spring clamp. The spring clamp includes a first arm and a second arm separated by a gap in a longitudinal direction between the first arm and the second arm, such that a mouth shield of the pacifier is held in place by a force exerted by the spring clamp in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A handle of the pacifier protrudes from the spring clamp along the transverse direction, and an elongated teat of the pacifier protrudes from the spring clamp in the transverse direction opposite the handle. The gooseneck arm holds the spring clamp in a substantially fixed configuration under a weight of the pacifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Maura Crowther
  • Patent number: 11454405
    Abstract: An electric water heater having a water holding tank defined by a cylindrical side wall, a top wall and a dome-shaped bottom wall. A cold water inlet is disposed for releasing water under pressure in a lower portion of the tank. Two or more resistive heating elements heat water in an upper and lower region of the tank. The lower portion of the cylindrical side wall and the outer circumferential portion of the dome-shape bottom wall form a circumferential cavitated area inside the tank in which sediments deposit forming a bed in which bacteria can proliferate. A conduit is secured about at least a substantial circumferential portion of an outer surface of the cylindrical side wall adjacent the cavitated area. A resistive heating wire is disposed in the conduit and has connection leads extending out of a free open end of the conduit to an access area to provide connection to power terminals and a control for controlling the supply of power to the resistive heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Claude Lesage, Jean-Claude Lesage
  • Patent number: 11439778
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a first section for containing an aerosolizable substance from which a flow of aerosol can be generated; and a second section for containing a material. In use, a flow of aerosol generated from aerosolizable substance in the first section flows through material in the second section before being inhaled by a user. The first section and the second section are located in a side-by-side arrangement in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventor: Ugurhan Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 11438970
    Abstract: Heating devices, systems, and methods of making and using a heating device. Such a heating device includes a tubular body having a passage therethrough, at least an inner layer surrounding the passage, and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer. The inner layer is electrically resistive and the outer layer is electrically insulating, and the passage is sized and configured to receive therethrough a tubing. The heating device further includes electrical contacts located at oppositely-disposed ends of the tubular body. The contacts are configured to functionally couple with a power source to provide an electrical current to the inner layer, such that applying an electrical current to the inner layer increases the temperature of the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: James Robert Zimmerman, Ryan Tyler Hilger
  • Patent number: 11432373
    Abstract: An electrical heater and method includes heating member, a cable, and a connector. A resistance heating element is within a sheath of the heating member. A proximal end of the sheath is inserted into a slot of a first fitting and welded to the first fitting with first and second leads extending into the first fitting. The second fitting is threadably engaged with the first fitting. The second fitting defines a central bore disposed about the axis. An end of a power cable extends into the second central bore. A first wire is coupled to the first lead. A second wire is coupled to the second lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad McDonnell, Curt St. Clair, Michael Ruhr
  • Patent number: 11413411
    Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a bushing defining an aperture at a first end of the bushing and a cavity at a second end of the bushing; a potting compound disposed within the cavity; and an elongate electrical heater extending from the first end of the bushing, where a portion of the elongate electrical heater extends through the aperture and into the cavity. An aerosol-generating device, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of assembling a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Sze Chiek Aw, Jean Luc Fringeli, Chow Kian Yeo
  • Patent number: 11350668
    Abstract: A needle-type heater (9) includes a needle-shaped heating body and a heating element (20), wherein: the needle-shaped heating body includes a tapered cap (18) and a heater substrate (19) connected with a bottom of the tapered cap (18); and the heating element (20) is attached to the heater substrate (19) in a way of coated printing. A production method of the needle-type heater (9) and an electrically heated cigarette with the needle-type heater (9) are also provided. The needle-type heater (9) can fully heat a tobacco product, and the tobacco product is easier to be inserted into a heating cavity (8), so that it is convenient to replace the tobacco product and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Hubei China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huachen Liu, Yikun Chen, Aijun Dong, Weichang Ke, Bing Liu, Chenghao Luo, Tengfei Deng
  • Patent number: 11304472
    Abstract: The use of select knitting processes allow the production of a cap liner with a separate eye opening and several distinct mesh structures that are individually designed to enhance the comfort of the eyes, nose, and mouth of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Jack Ji
  • Patent number: 11304265
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a layered heater includes: applying a dielectric material on a substrate to form a dielectric layer; thermal-spraying a resistive material on the dielectric layer to form a resistive layer on the dielectric layer; forming a plurality of conductive overlays at predetermined locations on the substrate; and forming a plurality of cuts into the resistive layer by laser cutting to form a resistive circuit pattern that overlaps the conductive overlays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Elias Russegger, Gerhard Schefbanker, Martin Wallinger, Kevin Ptasienski
  • Patent number: 11229238
    Abstract: The present application refers to a tobacco evaporator and a heating control method comprising a housing and a suction nozzle connected to the housing; a first chamber and a second chamber which are defined inside the housing, a heating element is defined in the second chamber; a mesh filter layer structure is defined between the first chamber and the heating element to position a substance to be evaporated, and uniformly heat the substance to be evaporated when the heating element generates heat; a thermal insulation structure is defined outside the second chamber to thermally insulate the second chamber while the heating element generates heat. The present application realizes technical effects that the tobacco evaporator has short preheating time, small battery energy consumption, and can bake softly tasted and uniformly baked smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN JIANAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventor: Jianjun Ding
  • Patent number: 11215309
    Abstract: A heating device for being attached to and heating a heated object that requires to be heated and has an uneven exterior shape. The heating device including: a conductive member having thermal conductivity and being configured to be attached to a recess of the heated object; and a heater configured to cover and heat the heated object and the conductive member in a state where the conductive member is attached to the recess of the heated object. The heater has a portion to be in contact with a bulge portion of the heated object in a state where the conductive member is attached to the recess of the heated object and where the heated object and the conductive member are covered with the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Toshiyuki Anji, Kenji Iida, Daisaku Seki
  • Patent number: 11198239
    Abstract: An improved heater band for a hot runner injection molding machine. The heater band includes a cylindrical sleeve adapted to be disposed about a nozzle body in combination with a first wire heating element and a second wire heating element. The first wire heating element includes two contact terminals and an intermediate portion therebetween. The intermediate portion of the first wire heating element is disposed within the cylindrical sleeve. The second wire heating element includes two contact terminals and an intermediate portion therebetween. The intermediate portion of the second wire heating element is also disposed within the cylindrical sleeve. The intermediate portions of the heating elements are adjacent to and axially offset from one another within the cylindrical sleeve. The first wire heating element and the second wire heating element can be alternatively connected to an electrical power supply to extend the operational life of the heater band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Plastic Engineering & Technical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Tooman, Bruce Casey
  • Patent number: 11193516
    Abstract: A thermostat retention strap member including a thermostat housing, a thermostat positioned in the thermostat housing and upwardly extending from an upper surface of the thermostat housing, a first electrical cable extending into a first end of the thermostat housing, a second electrical cable extending into a second end of the thermostat housing, a retention strap extending from a first side of the thermostat housing, a retention strap receptacle positioned on a second side of the thermostat housing, wherein the retention strap is adapted to extend around a water pipe such that when the retention strap is extended through the retention strap receptacle the thermostat is in engagement with the water pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Appleton Grp LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Donlan, Paul E. Mazur, Jacob Holfeuer
  • Patent number: 11136131
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ice protection system for an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, a surface having a flow facing side and an inwardly facing side that opposes the flow facing side, the system having: a perforated sheet configured for disposal in the surface; a heating source connected to the perforated sheet; and a suction source disposed to draw ice melted by the heating source through the perforated sheet and heating source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sugumaran Selvaraj, Sathish Thangavel
  • Patent number: 11131414
    Abstract: An electroweldable branch fitting for high diameter pipes comprises at least a first collar (20, 20?) provided with a predetermined radius of curvature (R), wherein the collar (20, 20?) identifies on opposite sides a concave surface (21) and a convex surface (22), further comprising at least one first electrical wire winding (23) associated with the concave surface (21) of the collar (20, 20?) and carrying one first pair of electrical terminals (24), arranged on the convex surface (22) of the collar (20, 20?) for applying an electric current adapted to cause the electrofusion of the collar (20, 20?), wherein the concave surface (21) of the collar (20, 20?) is continuous, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NUPI INDUSTRIE ITALIANE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Genoni, Arturo Petruccelli
  • Patent number: 10932326
    Abstract: A flexible heated hose assembly for an aircraft is provided. The flexible heated hose assembly including: an inner fluid tube enclosing a fluid passageway, the inner fluid tube having tubular shape; a first silicone liner located radially outward from the inner fluid tube; and a printed positive temperature co-efficient (PTC) heater located radially outward from the first silicone liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GOODRICH AEROSPACE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventors: Raghavendra Hassan Venkataramu, Rhushikesh Patil, Gururaja Bambila, Aruna Kumar Huluvangala Krishnappa
  • Patent number: 10907754
    Abstract: A composite strip which extends in a main direction between first and second ends and which comprises a main strip comprising first fibres embedded in a matrix. The first fibres are made of carbon, an electrically conducting material, and the matrix is made up of at least one polymer. The composite strip further comprises a junction layer formed of an electrically conducting junction material. The junction layer is placed on the main strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOTAL SA
    Inventors: Alexandre Lewandowski, Franck Rey-Bethbeder, Dominique Delaporte, Alain Lechon, Maurice Geli, Yann Buzaré
  • Patent number: 10849600
    Abstract: A sample extraction device and a desorption device for use in gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS), liquid chromatography (LC), and/or liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS) are disclosed. In some examples, the sample extraction device includes a lower chamber holding a sorbent. The sample extraction device can extract sample headspace gas from a sample vial by placing the sorbent inside the vial and creating a vacuum to increase recovery of low volatility compounds, for example. Once the sample has been collected, the sample extraction device can be inserted into a desorption device. The desorption device can control the flow of a carrier fluid (e.g., a liquid or a gas) through the sorbent containing the sample and into a pre-column and/or a primary column of a chemical analysis device for performing GC, GCMS, LC, LCMS, and/or some other chemical analysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Entech Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel B. Cardin
  • Patent number: 10785831
    Abstract: An ice protection heater element includes a carbon allotrope heater with micro-perforations across up to about sixty percent of the carbon allotrope heater's surface. The micro-perforations allow uniform heating across the heating element and tailored electrical resistances for ice protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Casey Slane, Jin Hu, Galdemir Cezar Botura, Nathaniel Ching
  • Patent number: 10729126
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to sample thawing. Features described herein may limit power requirements of the thawing device and may thereby increase the portability of the thawing device. The device may include a housing; a heater block housed within the housing and forming a vial receptacle; a thermally-conductive compliant material may line an inner surface of the receptacle; and a heating element may be coupled with the heater block. The thermally-conductive compliant material may be molded to a shape of a bottom portion of the vial so as to fittingly mate with the bottom portion of the vial. In some embodiments, the heater block does not have moveable components and may be a single non-segmented piece. An ejection pin may be provided configured to break contact between the vial and the thermally-conductive compliant material. Additionally, the receptacle may be localized to the vial region adjacent to the frozen sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: BioLIfe Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas McPherson, Brian Schryver, Scott Comiso
  • Patent number: 10696458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a receptacle system and component parts thereof, for example a carafe with a lid, wherein an elongated object, for example a (stirring) rod can remain in the opening of the receptacle when the lid is in place. The previously known receptacle systems are susceptible to damage. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide advantageous components of a receptacle system and an advantageous receptacle system per se, wherein the susceptibility to damage is reduced. This object is achieved by a holding device, a lid device and a receptacle system as disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, the holding device essentially has a hollow cylindrical device body, which in turn is composed inter alia of two cylinder portions which are connected to one another by means of a folding device. Both cylinder portions are connected to one another by means of the folding device, such that they can pivot about a pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VitaJuwel GmbH
    Inventor: Ewald Eisen
  • Patent number: 10596759
    Abstract: An extrusion assembly, a method of constructing an extrusion assembly, and an additive manufacturing system including an extrusion assembly are disclosed. The extrusion assembly includes an extrusion die; a channel having an inlet and an outlet, which is in fluid communication with the extrusion die; and a heating element that melts a filament material drive through the channel so that the melted material is extruded by the extrusion die. The heating element can be helically wound about the channel or extend parallel to the channel, among other configurations. Further, the extrusion assembly includes a temperature sensor that is positioned adjacent to the channel between the extrusion die and the heating element. The channel, heating element, and temperature sensor are enclosed together within a sheath as a single integral unit. An additive manufacturing system utilizing the extrusion assembly can include a drive assembly, a support assembly, and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CHROMALOX, INC.
    Inventors: Adam N. Heiligenstein, Paul R. Neilson, Martin P. Konieczny
  • Patent number: 10520257
    Abstract: A heat transfer element includes curved mounting surfaces configured to mate with an outer surface of a pipe for attachment thereto; and a channel configured to receive a tracer therein. The heat transfer element is configured to effect conductive heat transfer from the tracer to the pipe, or to process flowing through the pipe, when attached with heat transfer cement (HTC) to both the pipe and the tracer. A system includes a pipe and a tracer; HTC; and a heat transfer element having curved mounting surfaces configured to mate with an outer surface of the pipe and attached thereto via the HTC, and a channel in which the tracer is received and secured via HTC. The heat transfer element is configured to effect conductive heat transfer from the tracer to the pipe, or to process flowing through the pipe, when attached with HTC to both the pipe and the tracer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: CONTROLS SOUTHEAST, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas William Perry
  • Patent number: 10458592
    Abstract: A double tube is provided, which can reliably prevent buckling and flattening of an inner tube even when bending is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yagi, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Tomohiro Takagi, Makoto Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10274108
    Abstract: A method lays lined pipeline which actively and successfully removes air pockets which might be trapped in the annulus between the liner and the host pipe by progressively flooding the lined pipeline. Further, the liner is brought into closer contact and engagement with the host pipe. The removal of air in the annulus enables the pipeline test pressure to stabilize more quickly and avoids the risk of potential collapse during operational service life in the event the pipeline pressures fluctuate or a vacuum is created during an emergency shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Pioneer Lining Technology Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Barnes
  • Patent number: 10247153
    Abstract: A heating device for a fluid line has a heat-conductive pipe segment to be flowed through by a fluid. An electrical heating element that heats the pipe segment is provided. An electrical plug connection device is provided, wherein contact elements connect the heating element electrically to the plug connection device. A fastening element attaches the heating element and the contact elements to the pipe segment. A plastic housing encapsulates the fastening element, the heating element, and the pipe segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Mueller, Peter Hoehn, Ralf Werner, Thomas Lenk
  • Patent number: 10022934
    Abstract: A tube assembly includes glass fiber, a heat-recovered heat recoverable tube surrounding at least a portion of the glass fiber, an adhesive having an adhesive composition comprising a reactive polyethylene and a reactive propylene copolymer. The adhesive adhesively couples the heat-recovered heat recoverable tube to the glass fiber. The adhesive composition includes a reactive polyethylene, such as, a maleic anhydride modified linear low density polyethylene resin, and a reactive propylene copolymer, such as, a maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene copolymer. The adhesive composition is capable of adhering to glass fiber with an axial load of 5 N at 70° C. for a period of at least 60 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS BELGIUM EC BVBA
    Inventors: Lester T. Toy, Danny Verheyden, Vijay Daga
  • Patent number: 9884685
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for use in an AoA sensor is described herein. The heating apparatus includes a heating element bonded to a support element. The support element is configured to be attachable to and removable from the AoA sensor. The heating element may receive an electrical current, causing the temperature of the heating element to increase. The temperature increase is designed to reduce the probability that ice forms in certain locations of the AoA sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary L. Bartz, Bryan Galbreath, Julie F. Asfia, Arthur D. Sandiford
  • Patent number: 9457553
    Abstract: A system for repairing a structural component, in particular an aircraft structural component, includes a repair patch which is connected to the structural component in such a manner that it covers an opening in the structural component resulting from removing a damaged region of the structural component. A sensor is fastened to the repair patch in a region of the repair patch covering the opening in the structural component and is designed to detect strains and/or stresses occurring in the repair patch. An evaluating device is adapted to evaluate the strain values and/or stress values detected by the sensor and, in dependence on the result of this evaluation, output a signal which is characteristic of the quality state of the connection between the structural component and the repair patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Heiner Stehmeiner, Clemens Bockenheimer
  • Patent number: 9310012
    Abstract: Sleeve part of a pipe joint wherein the sleeve part includes a chamber space, into which the opposing butt ends of the pipe parts to be connected together are placed such that the sleeve part extends a distance from the point of connection of the pipe parts to be connected together on top of both pipe parts. The sleeve part includes heating member, such as resistance wires. As a consequence of the heating of the resistance wires a joint forms between the sleeve part and the pipe parts. An inspection aperture is formed in the sleeve part through the wall of the sleeve part from the exterior to the interior to a point where the positioning of the opposing butt end surfaces of the pipe parts to be connected together can be verified. The invention also relates to a pipe joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MARICAP OY
    Inventor: Göran Sundholm
  • Patent number: 9097152
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of providing energy to a dwelling. An engine is housed within an inner tank, which is in turn housed within an outer tank. The engine provides electricity which is used for a dwelling. Exhaust fumes from the engine are piped through a series of heat-exchanging tubes within the outer tank to heat potable water within the outer tank. Water enters the potable tank at a bottom of the tank, and warms as it rises through the outer tank toward an outlet near a top of the outer tank. Hot, potable water is provided from the top of the outer tank to the dwelling. Condensate from the exhaust is captured and used as potable water. Heat, vibration, and acoustic energy from the engine is captured by the fluid in the inner tank and transferred to the outer tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: McAlister Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Roy E. McAlister
  • Patent number: 9072322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mouthpiece device of an electronic cigarette, includes an atomizing device for vaporizing tobacco substance into aerosol, a reservoir for storing tobacco substance and a guiding tube for guiding tobacco substance from the reservoir to the atomizing device, which are all set in a shell. The guiding tube has one end inserted in the reservoir and the other end communicated with atomizing device. The mouthpiece device further includes a preheating device for heating solid tobacco substance in the reservoir to generate liquid. The preheating device is set in the end of the reservoir near the guiding tube, and seals solid tobacco substance in the reservoir. The present invention solves existing problems such as fluid leakage, complicate manufacturing, high cost, bad heat insulation and filtering aerosol; and obtains perfect leakage proof, simple manufacturing, lower cost, good heat insulation and well filtering aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9055617
    Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one electric heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element of a first cross section electrically connected to a plurality of elongate support elements. Each support element has a cross section greater than the first cross section. At least one of the support elements is integrally formed with the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand, Flavien Dubief
  • Patent number: 9018569
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical heating system for at least one section of a fluid transport pipe, the pipe comprising a casing in which the fluid to be transported flows, the heating system comprising electric wires arranged around the casing and intended to be powered, via connection elements, by an electrical power supply comprising several phases, system in which the electric wires are arranged in at least one set of several groups each comprising several electric wires, each of the groups in said set being intended to be supplied by a distinct phase, the electrical heating system comprising connecting units to perform an electrical connection and linking together the electric wires of each of said groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ITP SA
    Inventor: Christian Geertsen
  • Patent number: 8993935
    Abstract: A heating device (100, 200), which can be arranged at an object (101, 201) to be heated, especially an injection molding die, has an inner jacket surface (111, 211) and an outer jacket surface (112, 212), with a heating element (105, 205) and with a thermocouple (103, 203). The thermocouple (102, 203) has at least one positioning section, in which the cross section of the thermocouple (103, 203) deviates in at least one direction of the cross-sectional area from the cross section of at least one section of the thermocouple (103, 203) located adjacent to this positioning section. The heating device (100, 200) has at least one device for locking this positioning section against displacement in and/or opposite to the direction in which the thermocouple (103, 203) extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Türk & Hillinger GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Schlipf