Patents Assigned to AIR
  • Patent number: 11992995
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to shape memory films that are tri-functionally crosslinked and that comprise multiple, non-terminal, phenylethynyl moieties. In addition, the present invention relates methods of fabricating such films. Due to the improved properties of such SMPS, the SMP designer can program in to the SMP mechanical property enhancements that make the SMP suitable, among other things, for advanced sensors, high temperature actuators, responder matrix materials and heat responsive packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Loon-Seng Tan, David H. Wang
  • Patent number: 11992814
    Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties and a process for preparing an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas separation performance properties. The process comprises treating a polymeric precursor fiber with a solution containing a modifying agent prior to pyrolysis. The concentration of the modifying agent in the solution may be selected in order to obtain an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having a desired combination of gas permeance and selectivity properties. The treated precursor fiber is then pyrolyzed to form an asymmetric modified CMS hollow fiber membrane having improved gas permeance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, AIR LIQUIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES U.S., LLC
    Inventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, William John Koros, Paul Jason Williams
  • Patent number: 11996878
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel methods for providing an enhanced audio signal adapter. The invention provides an in-line audio adapter that digitally enhances bi-directional radio communication for dismounted and mounted operators. The adapter may be customizable to the hearing ability of the radio user, and compatible with both standard military audio connectors and commercial audio connectors enhancing the operator's in-field capabilities to process, record, share, replay, and operate radio communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Gregory Burnett, Griffin Romigh, Eric Thompson
  • Patent number: 11992804
    Abstract: A single compressor is used to separately compress permeate from cascaded first and second gas separation membrane-based separation units and residue from a fourth gas separation membrane-based separation unit in order to avoid too high a CO2 partial pressure in the compressed permeate. After the permeates from the first and second stages are compressed, the compressed stream is fed to a third gas separation membrane-based separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Karode, Paul Terrien, Cyril Defaye
  • Patent number: 11996916
    Abstract: A method of precoding the power of a channel of a ground terminal in communication with a satellite. The ground terminal is subject to limitations in terrestrial mobile network rates and other congestion conditions. An actual signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio is calculated and adjusted according to a desired signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio for a predetermined time epoch. The actual signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio is adjusted while considering the competing requirements of both: the energy of the difference between the successive actual/desired signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio levels and the energy of the control sequences. The actual signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio is autonomously converged with the desired with the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, subject to the limitations in terrestrial mobile network rates and other congestion conditions, by dynamically minimizing covariance error and predicting gain for the epoch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Khanh Dai Pham
  • Patent number: 11995996
    Abstract: A drone for delivering plural repeaters in a hostile environment and method of delivering plural repeaters from the drone. The drone is controllable from a remote base station and carries a payload of repeaters on a round tray. The tray has a dispensing hole, complementary to the geometry of the repeater for dispensing the repeaters as needed. Repeaters are consecutively dispensed at stations as determined by an operator. A central radial arm sweeps each repeater around the tray, in turn, until the hole is encountered and the repeater gravity drops to a surface below. The drone may have two or more vertically stacked trays to increase payload without increasing footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Joseph Puglisi, Nicholas Black, Mary Hood, Michael Anderson, Joseph Anderson
  • Patent number: 11995222
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for designing combinational logics with resistance to hardware Trojan induced data leakage. The invention solves the untrustworthy fabrication risk problem by introducing a design method such that even when the design is entirely known to an attacker and a data leakage Trojan is injected subsequently, no useful information can be obtained. This invention contains several methods as shown in several embodiments. The methods include randomized encoding of binary logic, converting any combinational binary logic into one with randomized encoding, and partitioning a randomized encoded logic for split manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Yiyu Shi, Travis Schulze, Kevin Kwiat, Charles A. Kamhoua
  • Patent number: 11994328
    Abstract: An electric control assembly for an air conditioner is provided. The assembly has an electric control board, a fan driving circuit and a compressor driving circuit. A ground end of the fan driving circuit and a ground end of the compressor driving circuit are connected with two reference grounds of the electric control board in one-to-one correspondence. The assembly also has a switch isolation driving circuit, a first input end of which is connected with a control end of the compressor driving circuit. A first output end of the switch isolation driving circuit is connected with a controlled end of the fan driving circuit. A second input end of the switch isolation driving circuit is connected with a control end of the fan driving circuit. A second output end of the switch isolation driving circuit is connected with a feedback end of the compressor driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianning Yang, Wenkai Zhang, Wenjie Yi
  • Patent number: 11993363
    Abstract: A portable cockpit seat apparatus, the apparatus including a portable cockpit seat, wherein the portable cockpit seat includes a hinge and has a stowed position, wherein the portable cockpit seat is folded about the hinge. The apparatus further including a headset including a display, and at least a flight control communicatively connected to the headset. The headset configured to and display a cockpit view of an aircraft. The flight control of the at least a flight control is connected to the portable cockpit seat and the at least a flight control, in response to actuation by a user, is configured to send a thrust signal, wherein the thrust signal causes the aircraft to alter its thrust and send a lift signal, wherein the lift signal causes the aircraft to alter its lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Hall, Charles Camron Guthrie
  • Patent number: 11993397
    Abstract: A system and a method for preconditioning a power source of an electric aircraft are disclosed. The system may include a ground service equipment, wherein the ground service equipment may be configured to precondition a power source of an electric aircraft. The ground service equipment may include a positive pressure pump configured to pump a coolant into the power source and a negative pressure pump configured to pump the coolant out of the power source. The system may include a controller communicatively connected to the ground service equipment. The controller may be configured to control the positive pressure pump and control the negative pressure pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BETA Air, LLC
    Inventor: John Charles Palombini
  • Patent number: 11993720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for selective reshaping of nanoparticles in three dimensional articles, three dimensional articles produced by such processes, and methods of using such three dimensional articles. As a result of the aforementioned process, such three dimensional articles can have selective tuning that arises, at least in part, from the reshaped nanoparticles found in such articles. Such tuning provides the aforementioned articles with superior performance that can be advantageous in the areas including such as optical filters, multi-functional composites and sensing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Clare M. Mahoney, Richard A. Vaia, Kyoungweon Park
  • Patent number: 11994318
    Abstract: A refrigeration system, when a set evaporator water outlet temperature To is less than a daily minimum temperature Tmin, starts a cold water unit to cool a cooling pool; when the set evaporator water outlet temperature To is greater than a daily maximum temperature Tmax, starts a natural cooling source to cool the cooling pool; when Tmin?To?Tmax, if Ti?To?a set value, starts the cold water unit to cool the cooling pool, and if Ti<To?the set value, starts the natural cooling source to cool the cooling pool. The refrigeration system not only satisfies the cooling requirements of the cooling pool, but also achieves the purpose of saving energy, reducing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanzhi Wu, Jie Zhang, Jielei Sui
  • Publication number: 20240166506
    Abstract: Processes for cracking ammonia are improved by using heat generated in a compression unit that is used to compress PSA off gas being recycled to a PSA unit to pre-heat liquid ammonia prior to vaporization and cracking. The heat is transferred using a heat transfer fluid such as an aqueous solution comprising from about 50 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of a glycol, e.g., ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240167718
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an air conditioner, an air conditioner and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. After the air conditioner is started and runs for a period of time, the gas phase side valve is controlled to open to switch the air conditioner to the phase separation refrigeration mode. In the phase separation refrigeration mode, the gaseous low-temperature refrigerant can be separated through the gas-liquid separation device, and be controlled to reach the heat exchanger. The refrigerant at the outlet of the condenser is heat exchanged again through the gaseous low-temperature refrigerant and the heat exchanger to increase the cooling capacity of the air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang XIAO, Jiumin XIAO, Jian LU, Rupu HUANG, Lin BI
  • Publication number: 20240166503
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked in at least two adiabatic reactors in series with interstage heating in which the feed temperature to a first reactor is higher than the feed temperature to a further reactor to produce a partially cracked ammonia gas which is then fed to catalyst-containing reactor tubes in a furnace to produce a cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia gas. The use of the adiabatic reactors enables more efficient heat integration within the process and the higher temperature in the first reactor enables the use of a nickel-based catalyst in that reactor as an alternative solution to the potential problem of the presence of oil in the ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166502
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked catalytically in an adiabatic reaction unit to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is heated and fed to catalyst-containing reactor tubes in a furnace to cause cracking of further ammonia and produce a cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia gas. At least some, preferably all, of the duty required to heat the partially cracked ammonia gas is provided by heat exchange with the cracked gas, enabling more efficient heat integration within the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240164557
    Abstract: A flavoring reservoir for storing aromatics and for releasing the aromatics to a drink system. This flavoring reservoir comprises a container which has a wall that encloses a receiving space. The wall has at least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening. The flavoring reservoir further comprises a substrate material arranged in the receiving space, which material is loaded with an aromatic and releases the aromatic to air that flows in through the air inlet opening, flows past the substrate material and flows out through the air outlet opening. The substrate material is a storage material in the form of a porous or micro-porous granulated material. A method is provided for producing the flavoring reservoir. A drink system is provided having a drink vessel and a flavoring reservoir that is assigned to that vessel and is connected or can be connected to the drink vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: air up group GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Ernst
  • Publication number: 20240166504
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure in catalyst-filled reactor tubes in a furnace. The tubes each have an upstream layer of a first catalyst and a downstream layer of a second catalyst, the first catalyst being more active than the second catalyst. Having the more active catalyst upstream reduces the temperature of the outer walls of the tubes in the region of the burner flames and the temperature of the inner walls of the tubes in the region with the highest mole fraction of ammonia. Nitriding of the metal of the tubes in this region is thereby reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166505
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for cracking ammonia comprising providing an ammonia-containing feed gas at a temperature of over 600° C. and a pressure in a range from about 5 bar to about 50 bar; combusting a fuel with an oxidant gas in a furnace to heat reactor tubes to achieve a maximum inner wall temperature of over 700° C. and produce a flue gas, each reactor tube comprising a catalyst bed comprising a first row transition metal-based catalyst; and feeding the ammonia-containing feed gas to the reactor tubes to produce a cracked gas at a temperature of over 600° C. on exit from the reactor tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway, Micah S. Kiffer, Yingying Wei
  • Patent number: D1028654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Brian Stepanski, Andrew Snow