Patents Examined by Jeffrey D Washville
  • Article containing conductive fibers
    Patent number: 11691338
    Abstract: An article includes a body, which includes a thermoplastic or thermoset material and a plurality of metallic fibers distributed throughout the thermoplastic or thermoset material and has a first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers extending onto a first surface of the body. The manufactured article includes a metallic coating metallically bonded to the first subset of the plurality of metallic fibers. The metal fibers extending onto the first surface are configured to bond with the metallic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ricardo O. Brown, Blair A. Smith
  • Filled polymeric resin materials and methods of making
    Patent number: 11685831
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for articles formed of a filled polymeric resin material. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to polymeric resin materials that include a filler that includes of a mixture of cured rubber granules, foam granules, and/or textile fibers. The filler can be suspended in and/or encapsulated by the polymeric resin material. The polymeric resin material, the filler, or both can include waste or scrap material from manufacturing or from ground post-consumer waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventor: Stephane Bazzana
  • In-mold coating with improved flowability
    Patent number: 11679532
    Abstract: An in-mold coating includes graphene and a base material including an unsaturated polyester and/or a vinyl ester monomer. A part includes a main body formed of a polymeric sheet molding compound and an in-mold coating disposed on the main body, where the in-mold coating includes graphene and a base material that comprises an unsaturated polyester and/or a vinyl ester monomer. A method of creating an in-mold coating includes providing a base material comprising at least one of an unsaturated polyester and a vinyl ester monomer, and the method further includes adding graphene to the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ronald C. Daul, Yana Aliaj, William R. Rodgers
  • Multi-site damage sensing and localization soft-matter electronics and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 11682276
    Abstract: Soft-matter technologies are essential for emerging applications in wearable computing, human-machine interaction, and soft robotics. However, as these technologies gain adoption in society and interact with unstructured environments, material and structure damage becomes inevitable. A robotic material that mimics soft tissues found in biological systems may be used to identify, compute, and respond to damage. This material includes liquid metal droplets dispersed in soft elastomers that rupture when damaged to create electrically conductive pathways that are identified with a soft active-matrix grid. These technologies may be used to autonomously identify damage, calculate severity, and respond to prevent failure within robotic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Carmel Majidi, Michael D Bartlett, Eric J Markvicka
  • Composite molded body and production method therefor
    Patent number: 11673162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite molded body in which a rubber layer in the form of a thin film is formed on a surface of a resin molded body and a production method therefor. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid composition containing a rubber component such as a rubber latex and a peroxide is applied to a surface of a resin molded body such as a polyamide-based resin having an amino group, causing crosslinking to occur in an uncrosslinked rubber layer and forming a crosslinked rubber layer in the form of a thin film. When a co-crosslinking agent is used in combination, adhesion to the resin molded body can be improved even when the thickness of the crosslinked rubber layer is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: DAICEL-EVONIK LTD., NAKANO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuteru Mutsuda, Masaru Kitada
  • Synthetic layered magnesium silicates and their derivatives for high performance oil-based drilling fluids
    Patent number: 11674069
    Abstract: A method of producing a synthetic functionalized additive including the steps of mixing an amount of a magnesium salt with a fluid medium to produce a magnesium-containing fluid, adding an amount of a silane to the magnesium-containing fluid to produce a reactant mix, adding an amount of an aqueous hydroxide to the reactant mix to produce a reaction mixture, mixing the reaction mixture for a mix period, refluxing the reaction mixture for a reflux period to produce a product mix, treating the product mix to separate the synthetic functionalized additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hasmukh Patel, Ashok Santra, Carl Thaemlitz
  • Apparatus and process with a vibratory angled plate and/or fixed horizontal plate for forming fiber-reinforced cementitious panels with controlled thickness
    Patent number: 11674317
    Abstract: A production line and process including a moving carrier web for transporting the panel, and a device for controlling thickness of a formed, but not yet set, fiber reinforced cementitious panel slurry on the web. The thickness control device may include an angled rigid plate for contacting a downstream end of the angled plate with the slurry on the moving carrier web and a mounting stand for mounting the angled rigid. The thickness control device may include a flat horizontal plate at a fixed height over the moving carrier for contacting the entire lower surface of the horizontal plate with a facer on the slurry on the moving carrier web. Or, the thickness control device may include the angled plate and include the horizontal plate that contacts the facer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Brandon Groza, David R. Blackburn, Ashish Dubey, Eugene Scott Stivender, Andrew Henry Bauer, Rajesh Raitani, Nicholas McCartney
  • Method for producing a surface layer on a ceramic matrix composite
    Patent number: 11667580
    Abstract: A method is provided in which a resin coating is applied to a surface of a preform. The resin coating includes a carbonaceous resin and a particulate. The preform is added to a tooling. The preform, which is positioned in the tooling, is cured. The tooling is removed. The resin coating on the surface of the preform is pyrolyzed to form a resin carbon-char layer on the surface of the preform. The preform and the resin carbon-char layer are infiltrated with silicon to form a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component including a layer of silicon carbide. During the infiltration, the silicon reacts with carbon in the resin carbon-char layer to form the layer of silicon carbide on the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES INC.
    Inventors: Pathikumar Sellappan, Sungbo Shim, Kevin Mark Lukhard
  • Rapid mercury-free photochemical microencapsulation/nanoencapsulation at ambient conditions
    Patent number: 11666940
    Abstract: A method of mercury-free photochemical micro-/nano-encapsulation of an active material is a process for obtaining Micro-/nano-capsules by means of curing by UV LED radiation at ambient or even cold temperatures. A stirrer photo-reactor made from glass or transparent plastics can be used but mixed flow reactor could be also employed. Appropriate mixing is sufficient to expose all droplets, which contain an active material surrounded by curable-shell materials in the emulsion to the LED radiation. Using the optimum light intensities and reactions' times is critical for encapsulating the active material with a high efficiency and producing a high quality micro-/nano-capsules, Solar monochromator device can also be used as long as it generate the same radiation with a narrow/single wavelengths as the LED device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF DOHA FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jamal Kurdi, Mohammed Farid
  • Composite for cellulose fiber dispersion and cellulose fiber composition
    Patent number: 11667769
    Abstract: Provided are a composite for cellulose fiber dispersion that can inexpensively and sufficiently disperse cellulose fibers, particularly nanocellulose, in a hydrophobic resin and a cellulose fiber composition containing the composite. A composite for cellulose fiber dispersion according to the present invention has a structure in which a vinyl polymer is grafted to a cellulose derivative. A cellulose fiber composition according to the present invention contains the composite and cellulose fibers and more specifically also contains an organic solvent, a resin precursor, or a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-NAKAMURA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryojiro Akashi, Takuro Nishimoto, Toshikazu Saeki
  • Two-dimensional (2D) bismuth nanocomposite, and preparation method and use thereof
    Patent number: 11667541
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a two-dimensional (2D) bismuth nanocomposite, and a preparation method and use thereof, and belongs to the field of nanobiotechnology. The 2D bismuth nanocomposite of the disclosure is an ultra-thin bismuth nanosheet that is loaded with platinum nanoparticles and modified with indocyanine green (ICG) and surface targeting polypeptide Ang-2. The 2D bismuth nanocomposite Bi@Pt/ICG-Ang2 of the disclosure can not only realize the targeted photothermal and photodynamic combination therapy for tumors, but also realize the dual-mode imaging combining CT and fluorescence imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HENAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bingyang Shi, Jiefei Wang, Ping Shangguan, Yong Zhong, Zhongjie Wang, Xiaoyu Chen
  • Luminescent concrete slurry
    Patent number: 11661381
    Abstract: Luminescent concrete compositions containing cement, fine aggregates such as sand, and a phosphor such as strontium aluminate. Glow-in-the-dark concrete products made therefrom and methods of producing such concrete products are also specified. The glow-in-the-dark concrete products demonstrate good mechanical strength (e.g. compressive strength) and skid resistance. The addition of phosphorescent strontium aluminate provides luminance that persists for up to 10 hours to the concrete products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Muhammad Saleem, Nawaf Isam Ahmed Blaisi
  • Preparation of graphene oxide aerogel beads and applications thereof
    Patent number: 11661347
    Abstract: Graphene oxide aerogel beads (GOABs) are formed that have a core/shell structure where a smooth shell covers a multi-layer core. The smooth shell and the layers of the multilayer core comprise graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide. The GOABs can include a phase-change material encapsulated within the multi-layer core. The GOABs can be combined or decorated with Fe3O4 nanoparticles or MoS2 microflakes for various applications. The GOABs are formed from aqueous slurries of graphene oxide that is extruded as drops into an aqueous solution of a coagulant where GOABs are formed. The GOABs are washed and freeze dried, after which, the GOABs can be reduced as desired by chemical or thermal means. Impregnation can be carried out with the phase-change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jinglei Yang, Jinliang Zhao, Xiaming Feng
  • Non-woven water-soluble wipe
    Patent number: 11654089
    Abstract: Water-soluble cleansing wipes or pads comprising a water-soluble support and their uses in the cosmetic field for cleansing of the skin are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Jean-Pascal Hirt, William Bickford
  • Method for preparing biodegradable microcapsules and microcapsules thus obtained
    Patent number: 11654410
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing microcapsules containing an active substance, the method including: providing an aqueous solution of a surfactant, an oily phase comprising the active substance and a first monomer, and a polar phase comprising a second monomer; preparing an oil-in-water emulsion by adding the oily phase to the aqueous solution of the surfactant; adding the polar phase to the oil-in-water emulsion, in order to obtain a polymer in a reaction mixture, by polymerization of the first monomer and the second monomer; isolating the microcapsules, including a wall formed by the polymer and containing the active substance, from the reaction mixture; wherein the polymer is a poly(beta-amino ester). Microcapsules obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GEM INNOV
    Inventors: Yves Ortais, Thierry Ribeiro, Kaouthar Oudoua, The Hien Ho, Didier Gigmes, Catherine Guillaneuf, Yohann Guillaneuf
  • Polymer blends for stimulation of oil and gas wells
    Patent number: 11649709
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for fracturing a subterranean formation are presented. Also provided are compositions and methods for reducing friction-related losses in a well treatment fluid. In general, the compositions include a copolymer that includes one or more vinylphosphonic acid (“VPA”) monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Subramanian Kesavan, Genyao Lin, Jian Zhou, Hoang Van Le, Changmin Jung, Qi Qu
  • Low temperature carbon/bn/aluminum oxide coating
    Patent number: 11634365
    Abstract: A method of forming an activated coating composition is disclosed. The method includes providing (a) boron nitride, (b) carbon, (c) aluminum oxide and (d) a liquid carrier. Each of the boron nitride, carbon and aluminum oxide are in particulate form. The coating composition is activated to form an activated coating composition. The activated coating composition includes active components having from about 60.0 wt % to about 90.0 wt % boron nitride, from about 16 wt % to about 24 wt % carbon and from about 4 wt % to about 6 wt % aluminum oxide. A coating method, coated substrate and activated coating composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Richter Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Aghasi Torosyan, Hans E. Richter, Bikram S. Kamboj
  • System and method for making microspheres and emulsions
    Patent number: 11623190
    Abstract: Various examples of systems and methods for making microspheres, microparticles, and emulsions are provided. In one example, a system and method for forming microspheres comprises: pumping a dispersed phase liquid and a continuous phase liquid into a levitating magnetic impeller pump to subject the dispersed phase liquid and continuous phase liquid to a high shear environment within the impeller pump's pump chamber. In another example, a system and method for forming an emulsion comprises: pumping a dispersed phase liquid and an inner aqueous phase liquid into a levitating magnetic impeller pump to subject the dispersed phase and the inner aqueous phase to a high shear environment within the impeller pump's pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Oakwood Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Richey, Rachel Galaska, Samantha Cramer, Ford Minaghan, Cory Mahnen, Mark Smith, Fadee Mondalek
  • Odorization system
    Patent number: 11624481
    Abstract: An odorization system is provided that introduces foul-smelling odorant into a natural gas pipeline in order to make gas leaks more easily detectable. The system improves upon prior art odorization systems by using a pumpless mechanism driven by differential pressures. The elimination of pumps from the system reduces the likelihood of system failure and further reduces the likelihood that odorant leaks to atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Welker, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Russell Sams
  • Bioassisted treatment of microbiologically influenced corrosion in petroleum transporting pipelines
    Patent number: 11624116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing or preventing the formation or activity of a corrosion-associated biofilm on a metal surface, wherein the method comprises contacting the metal surface with a liquid composition comprising biocidal preparation. The present invention also relates to a microbicidal composition comprising at least one alcohol, one liquid hydrocarbon, a bacteriophage immobilized on a magnetic nanocomposite, at least one phage releasing reagent and one stabilizer. The microbicide composition and method of the present invention reduces biofilms on surfaces, and consequently, reduces, mitigates, or eliminates MIC in internal surface of the oil transporting pipelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Prakash Chandra Sahoo, Suresh Kumar Puri, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar