Patents Examined by Haidung D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11984285
    Abstract: A fuse device may include a PPTC body; a first electrode, disposed on a first side of the PPTC body; and a second electrode, disposed on a second side of the PPTC body. The PPTC body may comprise a polymer matrix and a conductive filler, wherein the fuse device has a trip temperature of less than 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianhua Chen, Chun Kwan Tsang
  • Patent number: 11981980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfur-doped micro zero-valent metal reducing agent containing a zero-valent metal, wherein a metal sulfide layer synthesized using a ball milling process may be formed on a surface of the zero-valent metal. In addition, disclosed is a method for preparing a sulfur-doped micro zero-valent metal reducing agent including, in a ball milling process using a ball milling apparatus composed of a jar, balls, and a body, a first step of preparing an inorganic mixture by mixing a zero-valent metal and sulfur with each other, and a second step of forming a metal sulfide layer synthesized on a surface of the zero-valent metal by putting the inorganic mixture into the jar together with the balls and performing ball milling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeehyeong Khim, Mingcan Cui, Jongbok Choi, Yonghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11982002
    Abstract: An anticorrosion treatment method for a copper-containing material comprises: carrying out a sealed and pressurized reaction on a copper-containing material and a stabilizer in presence of a polar solvent and any assistant, the stabilizer being a compound capable of providing formates, so that the formates are adsorbed on the surface of the copper-containing material. In the method, formates are modified on the surface of the copper-containing material, accordingly, the oxidation resistance capability and the stability of the copper-containing material can be significantly improved while the electrical conductivity of the copper-containing material is not reduced, and the corrosion resistance of the copper-containing material and especially, the salt and alkali corrosion resistance of the copper-containing material are significantly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nanfeng Zheng, Jian Peng, Shuqiang Hao, Binghui Wu, Xiaoliang Fang
  • Patent number: 11970631
    Abstract: A conductive paste includes: a solder powder having a melting point of less than or equal to 120° C.; a conductive filler; a flux for removing an oxide film of the solder powder; and a solvent, wherein a ratio of a mass of the conductive filler to a mass of the solder powder is 20% to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi Ohashi, Koso Matsuno
  • Patent number: 11964871
    Abstract: To provide a novel immobilized product in which a carbon material and/or a silicon material is/are immobilized on a base material surface by a chemical bond via a linking group, and a method for producing the same. The immobilized product is an immobilized product in which a carbon material is immobilizing on a surface of a base material, wherein the carbon material is chemically bonded on the surface of the base material via a linking group, and the linking group is at least one selected from the group consisting of a —NH group, a —NH—R1—NH group, a —SO group, a R2 group, a —O—R3—O group, and a R4 group (in which the R1 to R4 each independently represent at least one selected from the group consisting of a chain alkyl group, a cyclic alkyl group, a chain alkenyl group, a cyclic alkenyl group, a chain alkynyl group, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STELLA CHEMIFA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ishimaru, Yoshinori Sato, Hironori Matsushita, Kazutaka Hirano, Tetsuo Nishida
  • Patent number: 11952519
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a quantum rod, a quantum rod film including the same, and a display device including the same. The quantum rod includes a core, a shell layer, and a rod-shaped protective layer. The core is composed of cadmium sulfide. The shell layer is composed of zinc selenide and covers the core. The rod-shaped protective layer is composed of zinc sulfide and covers the shell layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Miao Zhou
  • Patent number: 11945997
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel aqueous composition for use in removing petroleum-contaminated barium sulfate scale from a surface contaminated with such, said composition comprising: a chelating agent and a counterion component selected from the group consisting of: Li5DTPA; Na5DTPA; K5DTPA; Cs5DTPA; Na4EDTA; K4EDTA; TEAH4DTPA; and TBAH5DTPA; a scale removal enhancer; and a non-ionic surfactant. There is also disclosed methods to use such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DORF KETAL CHEMICALS FZE
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Stig Magnor Nordaa, Adrienne Lee
  • Patent number: 11949102
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material precursor for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided that includes a nickel-cobalt-manganese carbonate composite represented by general formula NixCoyMnzMtCO3 (where x+y+z+t=1, 0.05?x?0.3, 0.1?y?0.4, 0.55?z?0.8, 0?t?0.1, and M denotes at least one additional element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W) and a hydrogen-containing functional group. The ratio H/Me of the amount of hydrogen H to the amount of metal components Me included in the positive electrode active material precursor is less than 1.60. The positive electrode active material further includes a secondary particle formed by a plurality of primary particles that have been aggregated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Kazuomi Ryoshi, Kikoo Uekusa
  • Patent number: 11937372
    Abstract: A biphasic composition comprises a quantity of liquid GaIn and a plurality of solid particles of Ga2O3 suspended in the quantity of liquid GaIn, the Ga2O3 particles having a median particle size between 8 ?m and 25 ?m, wherein the volumetric ratio of solid particles of Ga2O3 to liquid GaIn is between 0.4 and 0.7. A method of making a biphasic composition of GaIn, a method of making a stretchable circuit board assembly, and a stretchable circuit board assembly are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Shanliangzi Liu, Dylan Shah, Lina Mercedes Sanchez Botero
  • Patent number: 11920035
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns electrically conducting poly(pyrazoles). The concept of oligomerizing and polymerizing substituted aminopyrazole derivatives combined with a monomer activation procedure involving base-mediated conversion of the protonated pyrazole ring nitrogen to amine salt was developed. This disclosure concerns the specific chemistries needed for the synthesis of a pyrazole monomer used in the polymer synthesis. The procedure used for blending the novel polypyrazoles with other compounds needed for construction of solar cells for testing was developed. This disclosure concerns the concept of using these types of heteroatom-rich, electron-deficient oligomers or polymers as n-dopable or p-dopable electron acceptors in photovoltaic cells. This disclosure concerns synthesizing the starting monomer compounds and polypyrazoles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brett D. Martin, Ian D. Giles, Jawad Naciri, Paul T. Charles, Scott A. Trammell, Jeffrey R. Deschamps, Jeffrey C. Depriest
  • Patent number: 11910552
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. The device may include metal structures such as a metal member forming a portion of the housing, a portion of a strap, or other portions of the device. A gold-containing coating such as a layer of elemental gold or a gold alloy may cover the metal member to provide the metal member with a gold appearance or other desired appearance. To protect the metal member and the gold-containing coating, the metal member and gold-containing coating may be covered with a protective coating layer such as an organic protective layer. The organic protective layer may have a fluoropolymer layer with thiol coupling groups to promote adhesion to the gold-containing layer or may contain a polymer layer with silane and thiol coupling groups that serves as an adhesion promotion layer for an overlapping fluoropolymer layer with silane coupling groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Mittal, Brian S. Tryon, James A. Yurko, Jing Zhou, Matthew S. Rogers, Naoto Matsuyuki
  • Patent number: 11897903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-organic framework and an energy storage system having the same, and more specifically, to an energy storage system that is capable of providing excellent electrical conductivity and electrochemical capacity properties, especially excellent electrochemical performance at low temperatures, by means of a novel one-dimensional metal-organic framework having thianthrene-based organic ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Hyun Uk Kim, Seong Ok Han, Jung Joon Yoo, Tae Woo Kim, Se Gi Byun, Hak Joo Lee, Young Hoon Seong, Yogendra Kumar
  • Patent number: 11891703
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibition package for use with an aqueous acid composition, said package comprising: a terpene; a cinnamaldehyde or a derivative thereof; at least one amphoteric surfactant; and a solvent. Also disclosed are compositions comprising said corrosion inhibitor package. Preferably, the corrosion inhibition package meets the environmental requirements for classification as yellow according to the Norwegian North Sea offshore drilling regulatory requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DORF KETAL CHEMICALS FZE
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger
  • Patent number: 11884587
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a silicon-lithium-lead system, a conductive paste and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of solar cells. A silicon-lead-lithium oxide frit includes the following composition: Sia—Pbb—Lic—(Bx—Aly—Biz)-Me-Of, where, 0<a<0.6, 0<b<0.8, 0<c<0.6, x+y+z=d, the x and the y are not zero at the same time, and the z is greater than zero. In the present disclosure, by adding B2O3 and Bi2O3, Al2O3 and Bi2O3, or B2O3, Al2O3 and Bi2O3 at the same time, the prepared frit has greater water resistance, and therefore, a solar cell prepared by using the conductive paste containing glass has good water resistance. In addition, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell prepared by using the conductive paste prepared in the present disclosure can also be maintained, or even be slightly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU RIYU PHOTOVOLTAIC NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
    Inventors: Li Yan, Rui Tian, Song Xu
  • Patent number: 11884795
    Abstract: A compact camera module that contains a generally planar base on which is mounted a lens barrel is provided. The base, barrel, or both are molded from a polymer composition that includes a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer and a plurality of mineral fibers (also known as “whisker”). The mineral fibers have a median width of from about 1 to about 35 micrometers and constitute from about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventor: Young Shin Kim
  • Patent number: 11833745
    Abstract: A method of forming a bulk product includes the step of coating a particulate conductive phase material with a binder phase, and forming the coated conductive phase material into at least one of sheet stock, tape formed into a bulk material. A method of forming a bulk product includes the step of coating a particulate conductive phase material with a binder phase and forming the coated conductive phase material into a bulk material. The conductive phase material includes at least one of two dimensional materials, single layer materials, carbon nanotubes, boron nitride nanotubes, aluminum nitride and molybdenum disulphide (MoS2). A component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Paul Sheedy
  • Patent number: 11826676
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a flocculated material, product and method for making the product are provided including providing a methanotrophic material having an amount of 2.68% Total Suspended Solids (TSS); treating the methanotrophic material with phosphoric acid; providing a lime solution in an amount of 0.0212 M; combining the treated methanotrophic material with the lime to increase a pH of the solution and to precipitate calcium phosphate; generating a flocculated material by flocculating the combined lime and treated methanotrophic material. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOMLINE-SANDERSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jess Ornum
  • Patent number: 11820928
    Abstract: Organic-inorganic perovskite nanoparticle compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a nanoparticle composition comprises a layer of organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals, the organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals comprising surfaces associated with ligands of size unable to incorporate into octahedral corner sites of the perovskite crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Barry Rand, Ross Kerner, Zhengguo Xiao
  • Patent number: 11802075
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lithium and tellurium-silicate binary glass-oxide-complex system and a conductive paste containing the complex system, and belongs to the technical field of solar cells. The present disclosure uses a “functional modularity” strategy in the formula design of a glass-oxide-complex system (GOC). Alkali metal ions with high migration and reactivity are separated from a glass body with high fluidity, thus a binary complex system is constructed, that is, a lithium-containing glass-oxide-complex (Li-GOC) with high activity and a tellurium-silica-containing glass-oxide-complex (Si—Te-GOC) with high fluidity. Through the modularized formula strategy, active ingredients can be better controlled, so as to obtain more balanced contact and open circuit voltage and improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of a solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU RIYU PHOTOVOLTAIC NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rui Tian, Song Xu
  • Patent number: 11718918
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor composition, which includes i) an aqueous alcohol base fluid, ii) a mixture of at least three polysaccharides selected from carboxymethyl cellulose, gum arabic, pectin, a salt of alginic acid, chitosan, dextran, hydroxyethyl cellulose, and soluble starch, with each polysaccharide that is present in the mixture being present in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %, based on a total weight of the corrosion inhibitor composition, iii) silver nanoparticles, and iv) a pineapple leaves extract. A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid cleaning/pickling whereby the metal is treated with an acidic treatment fluid containing an acid and the corrosion inhibitor composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Moses M. Solomon, Saviour A. Umoren