Patents Assigned to AIR
  • Patent number: 12152803
    Abstract: A device comprising a fin structure, a vent disposed in the fin structure, a cooling coil disposed in the vent, a light disposed in the fin structure and wherein the fin structure is configured to create a Coanda effect for air exiting the vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Hirsch, Honghui Zhang, Ernest Freeman, Keith Glasch
  • Publication number: 20240384428
    Abstract: An apparatus to purify water and provide the purified water to one or more electrolyzers for manufacture of hydrogen can include a purification unit positioned to receive water from a demineralization unit to purify the water and output the purified water to at least one electrolyzer of an electrolyzer house. The flow of water can be adjusted to maintain a minimum flow of water passing through one or more beds of a polisher while accounting for the demand of water at the electrolyzers. Flow adjustments can be made between providing all the purified water to the electrolyzers during high demand operations to other configurations in which little or no purified water is fed to the electrolyzers and, instead, that water is recycled back to the water purification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: GRAEME RICHARD WILSON, TIMOTHY EDWARD CONWAY, MATTHEW WILLIAM AKHURST, FIONA VICTORIA LESLIE
  • Publication number: 20240382896
    Abstract: Residual ammonia is removed effectively from ammonia cracked gas in a hydrogen PSA system using a non-zeolitic adsorbent such as activated carbon, activated alumina or silica gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Landis Weist, Jr., Shubhra J. Bhadra, William J. Casteel, Jr., Timothy C. Golden, Jeffrey R. Hufton, Garret C. Lau, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240384429
    Abstract: An apparatus to provide purified water to one or more electrolyzers for manufacture of hydrogen can include a polisher positioned to receive at least a minimum flow of water from a demineralization unit to purify the water and output the purified water to at least one electrolyzer of an electrolyzer house. The flow of water can be adjusted to maintain a minimum flow of water passing through one or more beds of the polisher while accounting for the demand of water at the electrolyzers. Flow adjustments can be made between providing all the purified water to the electrolyzers during high demand operations to other configurations in which little or no purified water is fed to the electrolyzers and, instead, that water is recycled back to the water demineralization unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: GRAEME RICHARD WILSON, TIMOTHY EDWARD CONWAY, MATTHEW WILLIAM AKHURST, FIONA VICTORIA LESLIE
  • Publication number: 20240388217
    Abstract: There is provided an electrolyser power system comprising: a transformer arrangement having: at least one primary winding connectable to an AC power source; and a plurality of secondary windings; a first rectifier arrangement comprising: an AC input connected to a first secondary winding of the transformer arrangement; and a first DC output; a second rectifier arrangement comprising: an AC input connected to a second secondary winding of the transformer arrangement; and a second DC output; and a plurality of discrete electrically coupled electrolyser modules, wherein each electrolyser module is electrically connected between the first and second DC outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: SAJJAD FEKRIASL, FAHD HASHIESH
  • Patent number: 12145724
    Abstract: An electric aircraft having fixed pitch lift includes a plurality of flight components, wherein the plurality of flight components further comprises at least a lift propulsor component, wherein the lift propulsor component comprises a plurality of blades configured at an angle of attack, and a flight controller, wherein the flight controller is configured to calculate a flight element using an intermediate representation, and transmit the flight element to the plurality of flight components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua E. Auerbach, Andrew Giroux, Chris Townsend, Timothy Gerard Richter, Matthew John Sheppard
  • Patent number: 12145918
    Abstract: Applicants disclose a family of rod-like dianhydrides that contain two phthalic anhydride moieties linked by a bridge that is comprised of at least one ethynyl and one paraphenylene group and processes of making and using such rod-like dianhydrides. Such rod-like dianhydrides can endow net-work structures with improved mechanical and thermal properties in the crosslinked-polymer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Loon-Seng Tan, Zhenning Yu
  • Patent number: 12146669
    Abstract: An indoor heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger shell, a side plate structure including shell side plates arranged at both ends of the heat exchanger shell, heat exchange fins installed at the shell side plates provided in the heat exchanger shell, refrigerant pipes passing through the heat exchange fins, and connection pipes protruding from an end of the heat exchanger shell and each connected to ends of two refrigerant pipes on same side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Yu, Zhigang Xing
  • Patent number: 12145736
    Abstract: A system for stowable propulsion in an electric aircraft that includes at least a propulsor mounted on at least a structural feature that includes at least a rotor and at least a motor mechanically coupled to the at least a rotor, where the motor is configured to cause the rotor to rotate as a function of an activation datum, at least a sensor communicatively coupled to the at least a propulsor configured to detect a position datum as a function of the configuration, generate a clearance datum as a function of the position datum, transmit the clearance datum to a flight controller, and a flight controller communicatively coupled to the at least a propulsor and the at least a sensor configured to receive the clearance datum from the at least a sensor and generate the activation datum as a function of the clearance datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 12148136
    Abstract: An image processing system receives a digital image and analyzes the digital image to determine a resolution limit, referred to herein as “feature resolution,” for measuring a metric for features of the image within an acceptable margin of error. Specifically, the system segments a digital image and calculates the error associated with the segmented data when features within a certain range a measured metric (e.g., size range) are removed from the segmented data. This analysis can be repeatedly performed with different cutoff values for the metric until at least a threshold amount of error is reached, thereby indicating a resolution limit at the boundary of an acceptable amount of error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Board of Trustees for the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Joseph Stephen Indeck, Kavan Hazeli, Jesus O. Mares
  • Patent number: 12144692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chucking device for a drilling tool for a dental handpiece, as well as a handpiece for dental or surgical applications comprising:—a head (10) in which is inserted in removable fashion a drilling tool (100) able to be actuated in rotation about an axis of rotation (R) by means of a drive mechanism comprising a drive shaft (2) rotating about this axis of rotation (R)—a clamping device for the drilling tool (100), comprising a chucking clamp (4) disposed inside said drive shaft (2) for axial retention of the drilling tool (100) with respect to the axis of rotation (R), the clamp (4) co-operating with a plunger (5), and—a push-button (61) arranged to act upon the plunger (5) in order to release the drilling tool (100); The handpiece (1) contains a permanent magnet (7) arranged symmetrically around the axis of rotation (R) and exerting a force of magnetic attraction (F) on the plunger (5) in direction of the push-button (61).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BIEN-AIR HOLDING SA C/O BIEN-AIR DENTAL SA
    Inventors: Fabio Bernasconi, Davide Sarchi, Sébastien Juillerat, Gaël Guerlesquin
  • Patent number: 12146679
    Abstract: A filtered air vent apparatus has a vent housing body comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall defining a portion of an air passageway that extends between at least a first open end and a second open end. There is a grill hingedly attachable to the vent housing body and securable to the vent housing body. A connector provides a snap-in configuration that permits or effectuates toolless installation of the filtered air vent apparatus. A filter is selectively and removably positioned behind the grill and in the air passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FILTREX PURE AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Dominic Pecchia
  • Publication number: 20240375768
    Abstract: A system for flight control in electric aircraft includes a flight controller configured to provide an initial vehicle torque signal including a plurality of attitude commands. The system includes a mixer configured to receive the initial vehicle torque signal and a vehicle torque limit, receive prioritization data including a prioritization datum corresponding to each of the plurality of attitude command, determine a plurality of modified attitude commands as a function of the vehicle torque limit, the attitude commands, and the prioritization data, generate, as a function of modified attitude commands, an output torque command including the initial vehicle torque signal adjusted as a function of the vehicle torque limit, generate, as a function of the output torque command, a remaining vehicle torque. The system includes a display, wherein the display is configured to present, to a user, the remaining vehicle torque and the output torque command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Beta Air, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Giroux, Timothy Gerard Richter, Nicholas Moy
  • Publication number: 20240380251
    Abstract: A method and device for detecting a foreign matter for a wireless power transmission system, a household appliance and an air conditioning system are provided. The wireless power transmission system includes a transmitting end and a receiving end. The receiving end includes a receiving detection coil and a receiving work coil, and a mutual inductance corresponding to the receiving detection coil is greater than a mutual inductance corresponding to the receiving work coil. The method includes: controlling the transmitting detection coil of the transmitting end to send an electric energy to the receiving end and obtaining a transmitting power of the transmitting end; obtaining a receiving power when the receiving end receives the electric energy transmitted by the transmitting end; obtaining a result of a foreign matter detection based on the transmitting power and the receiving power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaojing HUO, Jianbin ZHANG, Jinqing XU, Ming LI, Chang'an CEN
  • Publication number: 20240375037
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for oxygen production can be configured to utilize flash vapor losses, recovery of regeneration heat and/or utilize a compressor to provide better heat integration and/or less wasteful processing for the recovery of oxygen that can be obtained from electrolysis (e.g., operation of one or more electrolyzers). Some embodiments may utilize all three of these features while other embodiments may use only one of these features or a combination of two of these features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: JAY A. THAKKAR, ALAN D. BERGER, SIMON GIBSON
  • Publication number: 20240377104
    Abstract: A hot water supply apparatus includes a housing, a water tank, a master device, a pipeline, a first temperature sensor, an electric heater, and a controller. The pipeline includes a first coil. The first temperature sensor has a first height. The electric heater has a second height. The controller is configured to: determine a heating time of the electric heater or the first coil; calculate a preset temperature according to the heating time, the first height, and the second height; calculate a changing water temperature according to a water temperature in the water tank detected by the first temperature sensor and the heating time; and adjust an operating state of a heat pump or determine an operating state of the electric heater according to the changing water temperature and the preset temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: QINGDAO HISENSE HITACHI AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie XUE, Weixing CHEN, Zhongchao LIN, Cuilian PAN, Jianfeng ZHOU, Pengfei LI
  • Publication number: 20240375226
    Abstract: An apparatus for modular heat exchanger assembly is provided for horizontal transport and vertical orientation installation can include a frame that can be configured to retain a heat exchanger for transport and installation. The frame can facilitate transportation of the heat exchanger while the heat exchanger is in its horizontal orientation and can also facilitate lifting of the frame to orient the heat exchanger in its vertical orientation for installation and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Butler, Paul I. Debrah, Prasad M. Samarajiva, Heather Lynn Schenk, Kevin E. Tiemann, Damian Luke Vujcich
  • Publication number: 20240378412
    Abstract: A method of topological data analysis feature engineering for data fusion and autonomy is provided. The method comprises providing a Topological Data Analysis AI/ML Pipeline (TDAML) algorithm for multimodal sensor data fusion in autonomy applications system further comprising combining raw heterogeneous multimodal sensor data at the topological level; measuring, recording, and tracking linear representations of an underlying data set; providing a linear representation of the underlying data set which is compatible to existing deep learning (DL) model architectures for training in autonomy tasks; and accessing the entire degree of freedom (DOF) space of raw multimodal sensor data for mitigating sensor modality adversarial threats and environmental attenuation concerns in contested military and civilian (urban) environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Paul Thomas SCHRADER
  • Publication number: 20240380007
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution composition may allow a high discharge capacity and sufficiently satisfactory cycle characteristics and storage characteristics in lithium ion secondary batteries. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution may include a 4a,9a-dihydroanthraquinone compound of formula (1) or a 4a,9a-dihydromethanoanthraquinone compound of formula (2) an electrolyte salt; and an organic solvent. In formulas (1) and (2), R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 may be identical to or different from one another and be a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C1 to C10 alkenyl group, or a halogen atom, and X is a hydrogen atom, a C1 to C10 alkyl group, or a halogen atom. A portion in which solid and dashed parallel lines are drawn represents a single bond or a double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: AIR WATER PERFORMANCE CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Akihiro OKABE, Daisuke SAKAI, Ikumi TERAO
  • Publication number: 20240377060
    Abstract: A method for heating reactor using a multi-function burner comprising feeding primary fuel through an annular channel, feeding oxygen through a central channel within the annular channel, and feeding an auxiliary fuel through a central lance within the central channel to produce a flame extending into a furnace having a temperature and a pressure; wherein the flow rate of the auxiliary fuel and oxygen are increased while maintaining an equivalence ratio below 1 to increase the temperature of the furnace; wherein after the furnace temperature exceeds the auto-ignition temperature of the primary fuel, increasing the flow rate of the primary fuel to increase the equivalence ratio to be greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Daniel D'Agostini, Henry Choisun Chan, Shihong Yan, Zhong Zhou