Two Or More Separators (e.g., Spaced Filters In Flow Line Or Casing) Patents (Class 55/482)
  • Patent number: 12246790
    Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. A wheel base is defined between the front and rear rotational axes and a vertically-extending centerline of the vehicle extends vertically at the midpoint of the wheel base and is perpendicular to the longitudinally-extending centerline. The vehicle also includes a fuel tank, an airbox assembly, and a battery all positioned relative to the vertically-extending centerline of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Bagnariol, Matthew R. Fronk, Jason A. Warns, Benjamin M. Comana, Matthias Botta, Richard J. Christoph, Philippe Gasdia, Hans-Rudolf Jenni, Martin Pelz, Clark D. Davis, Kory J. Schuhmacher
  • Patent number: 12241392
    Abstract: A cylinder head cover for a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine includes a head cover body and an outlet passage. The head cover body defines a main passage for blow-by gas that has leaked from a combustion chamber to a crankcase. The outlet passage is connected to a downstream end of the main passage and conducts the blow-by gas to an intake passage. The main passage includes a restriction in a middle of the main passage. The cylinder head cover further includes an auxiliary passage. The auxiliary passage is connected to a section of the main passage that is on the upstream side of the restriction. The auxiliary passage conducts the blow-by gas to the outlet passage or the intake passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sho Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12241399
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for increasing mass flow of an exhaust gas through a catalytic converter system for a vehicle. The process may comprise determining a centerline and corresponding cumulative centerline bend angle of a first catalytic converter system spanning from an inlet point at a first end of the catalytic converter systems exhaust pipe to an outlet point at a second end of the catalytic converter systems extension pipe. Once determined, the cumulative centerline bend angle may be increased by increasing an individual bend radius of at least one bend within the exhaust pipe and/or within the extension pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Prototitan, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Clark, Jr., David Rochau
  • Patent number: 12239927
    Abstract: A filtering apparatus is configured to receive pressurized fluid from a pump. The filtering apparatus has a main inlet, a main outlet, and a filtering branch comprising a first filter. An agitator of a tank from which the pump draws is configured to receive fluid flow from the filtering branch via a proportional valve and an inlet connection. A method of operating a filtering system includes influencing fluid flow from a tank to one or more nozzles via a filtering apparatus; and diverting a portion of the fluid flow through plural filters of a different mesh size back to an agitating mechanism through a lower portion of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Lorenzo Trask, Petrus Henricus Johannes Bouten
  • Patent number: 12233369
    Abstract: An air filter element for an air filter for an internal combustion engine is provided with a filter medium surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis of the air filter element. A first end disk is provided at a first end face of the air filter element, wherein the filter medium is embedded in the first end disk at the first end face. A clean air seal is configured to seal a raw side of the air filter against a clean side of the air filter. The clean air seal and the first end disk are embodied together as one piece. The clean air seal protrudes continuously radially past the filter medium. A filter housing for the air filter element is provided with a filter pot and a cover and has a clean air outlet and a raw air inlet arranged at a side wall of the filter pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Torsten Fritzsching, Philipp Hettkamp, Arthur Sudermann, Friedrich Kupfer, Mario Rieger
  • Patent number: 12234760
    Abstract: In a device for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases from an emission source, in particular an internal combustion engine, with an exhaust tract through which an exhaust gas can flow in a direction of flow, with at least one catalytic converter, the catalytic converter having a ceramic honeycomb body has: a catalytically active surface coating, and with an electrically heatable heater, the heater having a metallic electrical conductor, the honeycomb body further having a plurality of flow channels which can be flowed through from a gas inlet side to a gas outlet side, wherein the conductor is integrated in the ceramic honeycomb body, and is arranged downstream of the gas inlet side and upstream of the gas outlet side, as viewed in the direction of flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Rolf Brück, Holger Stock
  • Patent number: 12201928
    Abstract: An air filter includes an air filter pack includes air filtration media folded along fold lines to define adjacent walls separated by connecting peaks at the fold lines; and a beam defined on both sides of the air filtration media and extending transverse to the fold lines. A frame can enclose the filter pack, and methods for making are also disclosed. The beam can be formed of cured adhesive and reinforces the filter against bending due to upstream air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Filtration Advice, Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk ter Horst
  • Patent number: 12176231
    Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body configured to store substrates, a lid that closes an opening of the container body, and a valve unit that controls the flow of gas to the container body. The valve unit includes an elastic valve having a valve opening that connects a first passage communicating with the outside of the container body to a second passage communicating with the inside of the container body, a holding member that holds the elastic valve, and a clamping cap that is inserted in the elastic valve and secures the elastic valve to the holding member. The valve opening is tightly closed by the elastic force of the elastic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12151819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a loop (40) for extracting water from an air conditioning system of a cabin (5) of an air or rail transport vehicle comprising an air cycle turbine engine (20), the loop comprising: a condenser (41); a three-dimensional mesh grid (45) housed in an outlet box (42) of the condenser and configured to be able to capture water droplets in a stream of moist air condensed by the condenser; a water recovery unit (46) opening on the condenser outlet box (42) and arranged under the three-dimensional mesh grid (45) so as to be able to recover, by force of gravity, the water collected by the three-dimensional mesh grid (45); an air return pipe (44) linking the outlet box (42) to a supply interface for directly or indirectly supplying the turbine of the air conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS
    Inventors: Viviane Ciais, Arnaud Caron
  • Patent number: 12134065
    Abstract: An air filtration apparatus includes an airflow powerhead assembly including a fan assembly and a vane assembly, a filter assembly, and a separator chamber housing inside of which the filter assembly is disposed. The separator chamber housing has a chamber inlet at a first axial side and a clean air outlet at a second axial side of the separator chamber housing opposite the first axial side. The filter assembly has a first axial end adjacent the chamber inlet and a second axial end adjacent the clean air outlet. The separator chamber housing includes at least one debris ejection slot extension configured to eject debris from an inner space of the separator chamber housing. The filter assembly includes a debris catch tray disposed at the second axial end, the debris catch tray having a debris ejection slot aligned with the at least one debris ejection slot extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: THE SY-KLONE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Eric L. Ehrenberg, James G. Moredock
  • Patent number: 12134979
    Abstract: A V-type engine includes an engine body including a crankcase configured to rotatably support a crankshaft, and a first and second cylinder banks extending from the crankcase, an exhaust collecting pipe connected to the first and second cylinder banks, a catalyst accommodated in the exhaust collecting pipe, and a muffler detachably connected to the exhaust collecting pipe, wherein the catalyst extends in a height direction of the engine body from a base end side of the first cylinder bank to a distal end side of the first cylinder bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsuki Sugihara
  • Patent number: 12121840
    Abstract: A multi-piece air filter housing, air filter assembly, and method for assembling an air filter for use with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems or stand alone air circulation devices. In one example at least a first sidewall section and a second sidewall section include sidewall connectors allowing the first and second sidewall sections to be connected defining an interior cavity for receipt and support of air filter media. In one example, the air filter housing includes four modular sidewall sections that are connected together to form the air filter housing. A housing connector is used to secure the air filter housing and filter media circumferentially around a forced air passage opening to direct airflow through the air filter housing and filter media. In one example, the air filter assembly is useful for suspending ceiling HVAC vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Airotrust LLC
    Inventors: Matthew J. Carr, Glenn R. Sprague
  • Patent number: 12115482
    Abstract: An air treatment system for an agricultural vehicle includes an air filtration apparatus having an air filter housing for receiving an air filter cartridge and downstream air processing apparatus fluidly connected with the air filter housing by a duct. The system can receive first and second type air filter cartridges having corresponding first and second outlet sealing configurations. The duct has inner and outer conduits that define an inner flow path and an outer flow path. A filter sealing arrangement of the duct can engage with either type of filter cartridge. This enables two different types of filter cartridge, which may be configured to provide different levels of filtration, to be selectively mounted to the system in the same housing. Air flow may be restricted to the inner flow path when one type of air filter cartridge is fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Kögel, Alexander Zeller
  • Patent number: 12084238
    Abstract: In one aspect, a compact augmented permeation system (CAPS) assembly includes a housing defining an interior cavity. The housing further defines a gas inlet for receiving gas within the interior cavity and a gas outlet for expelling the gas from the interior cavity. Additionally, the CAPS assembly includes a gas-permeable membrane positioned within the housing and defining a system boundary across the interior cavity such that gas received within the interior cavity via the gas inlet permeates through the gas-permeable membrane before being expelled from the interior cavity via the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua P. Flach, Kurt R. Eberl, William R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12055084
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes a first exhaust pipe, a first housing, a second exhaust pipe, and a second housing. The first exhaust pipe is coupled to an engine. The first housing is coupled to a downstream end of the first exhaust pipe and houses a three-way catalyst. The second exhaust pipe is coupled to a downstream end of the first housing. The second housing is coupled to a downstream end of the second exhaust pipe and houses a nitrogen oxide occlusion catalyst. The three-way catalyst comprises a first region and a second region. The second region has a lower oxygen storage capacity than the first region. The first region is located on a center axis of a flow of gas that is to be sent from the first exhaust pipe into the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ko Sato
  • Patent number: 12029375
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Tonderys, Andre D. Brown, Daniel Innes, Bastin Antonisami, Jason B. Thorne, Kai Xu, Heliang Chen, Adam Udy
  • Patent number: 12023610
    Abstract: A self-cleaning filtration media for use in hydrocarbon fluid filtration applications has a first layer on an upstream side and a second layer on downstream side of the self-cleaning filtration media. The first layer is composed of polyethersulfone nanofibers having a diameter of 50-1000 nm (0.05-1 micron) and a basis weight of at least 1 gsm. The second layer is a nonwoven substrate suitable for filtration applications. The self-cleaning filtration media exhibits a dust holding capacity of at least 6 mg/cm2 and a filtration efficiency of greater than 90% for 4 micron particles when the self-cleaning filtration media is tested according to ISO 19438 for fuel filtration and according to ISO 4548-12 for oil filtration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ahlstrom Oyj
    Inventors: Jesse Shim, Kevin Kim, Ryan Kwon, Jayden Bae, Patrick Yeo
  • Patent number: 12017177
    Abstract: A filtration media pack is provided having a plurality of layers of single facer media. The layer of single facer media includes a fluted sheet, a facing sheet, and a plurality of flutes extending between the fluted sheet and the facing sheet and having a flute length extending from a first face to a second face of the filtration media pack. A first portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered fluid flowing into the first portion of the plurality of flutes, and a second portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered fluid flowing out of the second portion of the plurality of flutes so that fluid passing into one of the first face and the second face of the media pack and out the other face of the media pack passes through media to provide filtration of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary J. Rocklitz, Robert M. Rogers, Daniel E. Adamek, Ming Ouyang, Anitha M. Mathew
  • Patent number: 12017152
    Abstract: An air amplifier utilizes a high-pressure input stream of air to accelerate a low-velocity input stream of air to provide a high-velocity, high-volume output stream of air. A coupled air amplifier array includes multiple air amplifiers which couple their respective output streams of air to one another to form a single collective output stream of air. Multiple coupled air amplifier arrays can be utilized to form coupled air amplifier array systems to provide multiple collective output streams of air which can be focused toward to an audience within a venue. The coupled air amplifier array system can be implemented within atmospheric effects systems to provide atmospheric effects, such as wind, scent, and/or temperature to provide some examples, relating to an event. These atmospheric effects systems can present these atmospheric effects to the audience to enhance the immersion of the audience as they are viewing the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Anderson, Stuart Elby, Erik Hockman, Michael Allen Rives, Jeffery Lynn Wertz, Darik Wade Beaver, Jason David Adams, Joshua Richard Anderson, Brian Andrew Maier, Richard Neal Fleming, Tony Leonard Oxford
  • Patent number: 12011685
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter system for filtering a fluid has a filter bellows arranged about a longitudinal axis and enclosing an interior of the filter element. A closed end disk is arranged at a first end of the filter element and closes off the interior of the filter element. An end disk with an opening to the interior of the filter element is arranged at a second end of the filter element oppositely positioned to the first end viewed in direction of the longitudinal axis. The closed end disk has a hollow pin projecting into the interior of the filter element in direction of the longitudinal axis. The filter system has a housing for receiving the exchangeable filter element with a housing part closable by a cover. The hollow pin of the closed end disk can be pushed onto a pin of the housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Torsten Fritzsching, Philipp Hettkamp
  • Patent number: 11969133
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic unit comprising a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage. The front end of the first cyclonic stage has a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A latch secures the front door in the closed position. The front door has a first portion which is rotatably mounted to a front end of a cyclone unit sidewall and a second portion angularly spaced around the front door from the first portion, the second portion having the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11930988
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Tonderys, Andre D. Brown, Daniel Innes, Bastin Antonisami, Jason B. Thorne, Kai Xu, Heliang Chen, Adam Udy
  • Patent number: 11920829
    Abstract: An air sterilization system utilizing three stages of sterilization using UVC and microwave energy created by one or more magnetrons powered by solid state high voltage supplies. The first stage is formed by a chamber with concentrated 265 nm UVC generated by two rings of UVC leds, the second stage formed by a chamber with a labyrinth to allow maximum exposure of the air by microwaves generated by 2 magnetrons, the third stage is formed with concentrated 265 nm UVC generated by two rings of UVC leds. There are also HEPA filters at both the inlet and outlet of the unit. The unit can be configured to be free standing without specialized installation required or can be hardwired into a circuit. Only the stand-alone unit incorporates a telescoping inlet to the height to be adjusted up to 12 feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Vincent Bravo
  • Patent number: 11918742
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter apparatus for filtering liquid from a gas, the apparatus having a first housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first filter media disposed in the first housing; a second filter media disposed in the housing; and a second housing forming a first collection basin disposed in the flow path between the first filter media and the second filter media, so that a path is defined for the gas flowing from the inlet, through the first filter media, past the collection basin, through the second filter media, and to the outlet. The present disclosure also relates to a method of passing a gas through a coalescing filter media and through a hydrophobic filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Scott I. Biba, John Falligant
  • Patent number: 11918172
    Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Lewis, Stephen A. Hickey, Russell Walter Morin
  • Patent number: 11865489
    Abstract: A filter element has a sheet of filter media having a first elongate edge and a second elongate edge. The sheet of filter media defines a plurality of pleats, a first set of pleat folds and a second set of pleat folds, where each of the plurality of pleats extend between the first set of pleat folds and the second set of pleat folds. The first set of pleat folds each extend from the first elongate edge to the second elongate edge, and the second set of pleat folds each extend from the first elongate edge to the second elongate edge. Each of the plurality of pleats defines a repeating wave pattern of flute peaks and flute valleys alternating from the first set of pleat folds to the second set of pleat folds. Each of the flute peaks and flute valleys extend from the first elongate edge to the second elongate edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott M. Brown
  • Patent number: 11867105
    Abstract: An apparatus for the catalytic treatment of gas having a casing and a catalytic article within the casing wherein the catalytic article comprises a ceramic honeycomb monolith which hosts a metallic track containing at least one platinum group metal (PGM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Fonte, Gregory Gregori, Nigel Jones, Chris Morgan, Daniel Oakes, Timothy O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11864714
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Tonderys, Andre D. Brown, Daniel Innes, Bastin Antonisami, Jason B. Thorne, Kai Xu, Heliang Chen, Adam Udy
  • Patent number: 11865481
    Abstract: A filter system can include a replaceable filter cartridge having a spinner element structured to swirl a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil, as well as an end cap used to enclose an open interior of a filter media of the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge can be configured to interface with and be supported by a mesh holder. A housing can be attached over the filter cartridge to enclose the system and create a flow path for a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil. The replaceable filter cartridge can be constructed of materials suitable for disposal in a waste incineration process. The mesh holder can be inserted on a combo-block and secured in place by a compression fitting. A stand pipe can extend into the interior of the filter media and be coupled with a central passage of the mesh holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lucas, Christopher Leamon, Daniel Patrick McGuinness
  • Patent number: 11852409
    Abstract: A heating apparatus for supplying heated air to a grain dryer or the like. The apparatus features a biomass furnace with a burn chamber for combustible biomass material, a chimney having a lower end in fluid communication with the burn chamber interior, and air ducting that has a fresh air inlet, an output end connected to the dryer, and directs heated exhaust air from the chimney to the dryer. An airflow control system is configured to both control airflow to the dryer through the air ducting, and control a temperature of said airflow by varying a ratio between the fresh ambient air and the heated exhaust air. The burn chamber has a chain gate with overbed and underbed circulation fans that generate airflow up through the chain grate, as well as tumbling air currents above the chain grate for thorough combustion and cleaner exhaust that won't contaminate the grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Triple Green Products Inc.
    Inventors: David Maendel, Lyall Wiebe
  • Patent number: 11850536
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for transporting and/or harvesting gas from bubbles, as well as associated articles and systems. In some embodiments, transporting and/or harvesting the gas from the bubbles can reduce or prevent the amount of foam that is present within a system. According to certain embodiments, a conduit comprising a porous wall portion can be at least partially submerged into a foam and/or a bubble-containing liquid. The porous wall portion of the conduit can be configured and/or arranged, according to certain embodiments, such that the porous wall portion provides a fluidic pathway through which gas from the bubbles within the liquid may be channeled to a gaseous environment in the interior portion of the conduit. The gas may be transported, according to certain embodiments, along the interior portion of the conduit into an external gaseous environment and/or harvested from the interior portion of the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kripa K. Varanasi, Leonid Rapoport
  • Patent number: 11826688
    Abstract: A filter device is provided with a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. The filter element is provided with an annular filter medium body that has an inflow side. The filter housing has a dirt collecting region in flow communication with the inflow side of the annular filter medium body. The dirt collecting region has an annular circumferentially extending configuration. A flow-tight separation element is arranged at or adjacent to the annular filter medium body. The dirt collecting region adjoins the flow-tight separation element. An inflow region is positioned at the inflow side of the annular filter medium body and immediately adjoins the dirt collecting region. The dirt collecting region has a radial extension relative to a longitudinal axis of the annular filter medium body, and the radial extension of the dirt collecting region is larger than a radial extension of the inflow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Rieger, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Stefan Kunze, Ulrich Dehnen, Johannes Stuerner, Markus Beylich
  • Patent number: 11815018
    Abstract: A box-shaped air intake silencer with vertical baffles for a gas turbine system. The box-shaped silencer has a silencer housing having opposing ends with a first end closed and a second end opened to permit passage of air. Opposing sidewalls extend between the first end and the second end with each of the sidewalls operative to receive a perpendicular flow of intake air. A silencer having vertically, spaced baffles are disposed within the housing. A first end of the baffles face the first end of the housing and a second end of the baffles faces the second end of the housing. Each of the baffles extend horizontally between the first end and the second end of the housing. The baffles receive the perpendicular flow of intake air proximate the first end of the housing and direct the intake air towards the second end of the housing for passage therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ravinder Yerram, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj
  • Patent number: 11801466
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, air cleaner assemblies, components, features, and methods relating thereto, are described. These features, in part, relate to configuration of a preferred seal arrangement and seal surface of the cartridge. Particular arrangements are shown, in which: the filter cartridge includes a seal arrangement having a axial pinch seal surface with a projection/recess contour including at least one projection thereon; and, the cartridge includes a seal contour projection stabilizing portion at a location in perimeter alignment with the portion of the seal pinch arrangement including the first housing engagement projection. Additional features are included that relate to clean air separator section tubes of a precleaner arrangement secured to a cartridge. These features can be used in cartridges including features outlined above, or in alternative cartridges. Additional features of air cleaner arrangements and filter cartridges in accord with the above are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hubert J. Rahn, David J. Burton, Steven K. Campbell
  • Patent number: 11795860
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment assembly for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis. A first exhaust gas treatment unit is inserted in the housing and has a first casing and at least one first exhaust gas treatment unit carried in the first casing. A second exhaust gas treatment unit is inserted in the housing and has a second casing and at least one second exhaust gas treatment unit carried therein. A locking arrangement is for locking a first exhaust gas treatment unit in the housing at least against movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis in a locked state, wherein, when the first exhaust gas treatment unit and the second exhaust gas treatment unit are inserted in the housing, the locking arrangement is blocked in the locked state by the second exhaust gas treatment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Shengxiao Lin, Kirill Karelin, Alexander Kauderer
  • Patent number: 11788453
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for increasing mass flow of an exhaust gas through a catalytic converter system for a vehicle. The process may comprise determining a centerline and corresponding cumulative centerline bend angle of a first catalytic converter system spanning from an inlet point at a first end of the catalytic converter systems exhaust pipe to an outlet point at a second end of the catalytic converter systems extension pipe. Once determined, the cumulative centerline bend angle may be increased by increasing an individual bend radius of at least one bend within the exhaust pipe and/or within the extension pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Prototitan, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Clark, Jr., David Rochau
  • Patent number: 11761141
    Abstract: A filter assembly configured for being used in combination with a machine for drying laundry is disclosed. The filter assembly comprises a frame, a duct defined in the frame configured for being passed through by an airflow, an inlet section configured for allowing the airflow to have access to the duct and an outlet section configured for allowing the airflow to leave the duct. The filter assembly comprises a filter configured for intercepting the airflow and for separating from the airflow possible solid particles carried by the airflow, the filter acting between the inlet section and the outlet section and storage configured for storing the solid particles separated from the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Marco Cagliani
  • Patent number: 11719145
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas heater housing, an exhaust gas heater disposed in the exhaust gas heater housing and an exhaust gas treatment unit housing which, via an upstream end region, adjoins a downstream end region of the exhaust gas heater housing. At least one exhaust gas treatment unit is disposed in the exhaust gas treatment unit housing. At least one exhaust gas heater includes at least one connector element that, in the downstream direction toward the exhaust gas treatment unit housing, extends toward the exhaust gas heater and, in an exhaust gas primary flow direction, overlaps with the upstream end region of the exhaust gas treatment unit housing and/or with an exhaust gas treatment unit disposed in the upstream end region of the exhaust gas treatment unit housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Kresimir Jambrosic, Veronique Guerin, Anton-Bogdan Popescu
  • Patent number: 11648504
    Abstract: An air purification device includes a driving part for changing a location thereof, a fan, a carbon dioxide absorption filter for absorbing carbon dioxide in the air, a filter reproduction part for removing carbon dioxide absorbed into the carbon dioxide absorption filter, and a processor configured to control the driving part such that the air conditioning device moves to an area that can support ventilation, and drive the filter reproduction part for removing carbon dioxide absorbed into the carbon dioxide absorption filter in the area that can support ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeeyeon Kim, Yongwon Jeong, Saemi Kim, Sungwon Kim, Heejin Park
  • Patent number: 11641990
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot includes a removable filter unit configured to receive a supply airflow generated by a blower and to filter debris from the supply airflow, a filter seat, a filter access opening, a filter access door, and a filter presence system. The filter access door is pivotable between a closed position, wherein the filter access door covers the filter access opening, and an open position, wherein the filter access door is displaced from the filter access opening to permit access to the filter seat. The filter presence system is configured to: permit the filter access door to move from the open position into the closed position when the filter unit is disposed in the filter seat; and prevent the filter access door from being moved into the closed position when the filter unit is not disposed in the filter seat. The filter presence system includes a lift arm movable between an extended position and a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Burbank, Christopher Robin Grace, Oliver Majer Lewis, Stephen Albert Hickey, Jude Royston Jonas
  • Patent number: 11633683
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly includes a filter housing extending axially along a longitudinal axis and a cover. The filter housing includes at least one sidewall (e.g., an annular sidewall) extending between a first housing end and a second housing end and a retainer formed proximate at least one of the first housing end and the second housing end. The cover is removably coupled to at least one of the first housing end and the second housing. The cover includes a handle assembly having a latch configured to releasably engage the retainer of the filter housing. The filter element includes filter media and is axially insertable into the filter housing when the cover is removed from the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Louison, Travis E. Goodlund
  • Patent number: 11517690
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide an information processing method and apparatus, wherein the method is applied to a first client side, including: receiving therapy data from a therapy device, wherein the therapy data carries therapeutic effect data, a device identification corresponding to the therapy device, and a therapy parameter; sending the therapy data; and receiving parameter update information corresponding to the therapy data, wherein the parameter update information carries a latest therapy parameter acquired by updating the therapy parameter according to the therapeutic effect data, and the device identification corresponding to the therapy device. The embodiments of the present application can collect the therapy data of a user in time and conveniently, and improves the collecting efficiency of the therapy data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BMC MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Zhi Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11517158
    Abstract: A dust extraction device for a hand-held power tool includes a housing, a mechanical interface for releasably connecting the dust extraction device to the hand-held power tool, a dust-collecting chamber which is connected to a filter unit, and a filter-cleaning unit. The filter-cleaning unit has an impact element which is mounted moveably in and/or on the housing of the dust extraction device. The impact element is designed to act upon the filter unit directly with an impact-like force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Bayha, Charlotte Meiser, Hardy Schmid, Jan-Simon Blind, Joerg Kaiser, Michael Wall, Ralf Maier, Rudi Habermann, Simon Schart
  • Patent number: 11506407
    Abstract: An odor containment and elimination device includes a containment center, first pathway, second pathway, and third pathway. The containment center can be configured to receive an odorous item that emits a contaminated air including an odor. The first pathway can be in fluid communication with the containment center and an outside environment and configured to allow contaminated air to travel from the containment center to a first release point while inhibiting seeping of the contaminated air from the first pathway into the outside environment prior to the first release point. The second pathway can be in fluid communication with the containment center and the outside environment via a first intake. The third pathway can be in fluid communication with the containment center and the outside environment and configured to reduce contaminated air released into the environment and/or direct the contaminated air through a door or window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Shanel A. Lindsay
  • Patent number: 11503973
    Abstract: Central vacuum cleaning system comprising a vacuum source including: a motor within a motor housing and a motor control circuit connected to the motor; a handle to be held by an operator, a flexible hose for connecting the handle to a conduit system that is connected to the vacuum source; a user input interface at an input location on the handle for controlling an operation of the motor through the motor control circuit; and a communications system to transfer control signals from the user input interface to the motor control circuit wherein the communications system comprises an RF wireless transceiver in the handle, and an RF wireless transceiver at the motor control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CUBE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: J. Vern Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11443726
    Abstract: A sound isolation window includes a frame and a plurality of sound blocking bars. The frame has an upper frame portion and a lower frame portion. The frame further has a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected to the upper and lower frame portion. The upper frame portion, the lower frame portion, the first sidewall and the second sidewall form a first opening and an opposite second opening. Each sound blocking bar includes a plane perpendicular to the upper frame portion and the lower frame. The sound blocking bars are arranged along the first direction from the first opening to the second opening and spaced apart from each other. Projections along the first direction of the sound blocking bars over the first opening cover the first opening. The width of each sound blocking bar is less than one-half of the width of the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Tai Wu, Yi-Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 11433342
    Abstract: A frame-type air purifier includes a purifier housing and a front cover. The purifier housing includes a rear plate and a circumferential plate. The circumferential plate surrounds an outer periphery of the rear plate and forms a basin-shaped space. The basin-shaped space is divided into an open chamber and a close chamber. The open chamber includes a front opening. The close chamber includes an air inlet. The close chamber receives a purifier body. The front cover includes a front plate and a side frame. The side frame surrounds an outer periphery of the front plate and extends towards the rear plate. The front cover covers the front opening without contacting. The front plate and the circumferential plate are spaced by a longitudinal spacing. The side frame and the circumferential plate are spaced by a lateral spacing. The longitudinal spacing and the lateral spacing form an L-shaped air inlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAUBER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Kuan-Li Yang
  • Patent number: 11415332
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology are directed to air treatment reactor modules, and associated systems and devices. An exemplary reactor module can include a housing, an ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed within the housing, and a plurality of hollow elongate conduits disposed within the housing and peripheral to the UV light source. The UV light source and individual conduits can extend in a lateral direction perpendicular to the direction of air flow through the reactor module. The conduits can include a plurality of holes and be at least partially coated with a photocatalytic material. The housing can have an inner surface comprising a reflective material that, in operation, reflects UV light emitted from the UV light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Radic8 PTE LTD
    Inventor: Kang Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11408320
    Abstract: An exhaust mixer apparatus, emissions cleaning module, and a method of manufacturing the exhaust mixer apparatus is provided. The exhaust mixer apparatus comprises an exhaust conduit, a first exhaust mixer and a second exhaust mixer. The exhaust conduit is configured to extend in an elongate direction comprising an inlet and an outlet for transporting exhaust fluid. The first exhaust mixer comprises a plurality of elongate mixing blades each having a length extending in the elongate direction. Each elongate mixing blade comprising an outer edge extending in the elongate direction and blades are twisted along their lengths such that the outer edge is rotated about the elongate direction. The second exhaust mixer is configured to impart a swirl on an exhaust fluid and spaced apart from the first exhaust mixer in the exhaust conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Mark Aldred, Andrew Howell, Naseer Niaz, Srikanth Tummala, Jean-Yves Tillier, Matthew Johnson, Edward James Long, Paul David Gaynor
  • Patent number: 11278696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter apparatus for filtering liquid from a gas, the apparatus having a first housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first filter media disposed in the first housing; a second filter media disposed in the housing; and a second housing forming a first collection basin disposed in the flow path between the first filter media and the second filter media, so that a path is defined for the gas flowing from the inlet, through the first filter media, past the collection basin, through the second filter media, and to the outlet. The present disclosure also relates to a method of passing a gas through a coalescing filter media and through a hydrophobic filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Scott I. Biba, John Falligant