Patents Assigned to AIR
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Publication number: 20240166505Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway, Micah S. Kiffer, Yingying Wei
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Patent number: 11986762Abstract: In the description and drawings a fiberglass product is disclosed. The fiberglass product may have one or more fiber curl layers. The fiber curl layers may have a plurality of generally sinusoidal fiber bundles therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: AMERICAN AIR FILTER COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Alejandro Vinardi, Matthew Shaffer, William Barrows
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Patent number: 11988407Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a machine body having a dehumidification function and a water tank including a receiving cavity. The receiving cavity includes a support boss on an inner side wall of the receiving cavity. The dehumidifier has a working state, in which a bottom of the machine body abuts against the support boss.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhigang Xing, Weiming Li
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Patent number: 11986930Abstract: A high-torque impact wrench is disclosed. The impact wrench comprises a case. The case comprises an engine body and a handhold. A base is provided on the bottom of the handhold. A battery pack is provided inside the base. The rear end of the engine body is configured with a motor, and the front end of the engine body is configured with an output shaft. The front end of the output shaft extends out of the engine body. A spindle is configured between the motor and the output shaft. The rear end of the spindle is provided with a spindle seat. The spindle is sheathed by an impact block. The spindle outer wall is configured with a steel ball track. Inside the steel ball track, there are steel balls matching the impact block.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Zhejiang Rongpeng Air Tools Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaorong Li, Fazheng Yang
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Patent number: 11986167Abstract: Systems and methods for continuous real-time sweat sampling and analysis are disclosed. A sweat collection article and method of collecting sweat from a person's skin using the sweat collection article are provided. The sweat collection article includes: a sweat collecting tube placed adjacent to the person's skin, and at least one piece of flexible material that has an adhesive that adheres the article to the person's skin and is positioned to overlie one end of the tube. The second end of the sweat collecting tube is in fluid communication with an instrument such as a mass spectrometer that analyzes the sweat on a real-time basis. The systems and methods may further include a device for removing salt from the sweat that is arranged so that the sweat is transported to the device prior to being transported to the instrument for analyzing the sweat.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Sean Harshman, Anthony Qualley, Amanda Bowman, Kraig Strayer, Rhonda Pitsch, Michael Brothers
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Patent number: 11988402Abstract: A control method of an air conditioner includes obtaining a first operating frequency of a compressor of the air conditioner; in response to the first operating frequency being greater than or equal to a preset frequency, obtaining a current temperature of an evaporator of the air conditioner; and in response to the current temperature being less than a preset temperature, controlling the compressor to operate according to a second operating frequency greater than the first operating frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Yangyang Wu
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Patent number: 11989035Abstract: Systems and methods to control gain of an electric aircraft are provided in this disclosure. The system may include gain scheduling to provide stability of the electric aircraft at various dynamic states of operation. The system may include a sensor to obtain measurement datum of an operating state. The system may further include a controller that adjusts a control gain of the electric aircraft as a function of the measurement datum. The gain control may be determined by a gain schedule generated by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Jordan Potvin, Jacob Nealy
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Patent number: 11990046Abstract: In an aspect an apparatus for electric aircraft communication is presented. An apparatus includes a first networking component installed on a first electric aircraft. An apparatus includes at least a processor communicatively connected to a first networking component. An apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configuring at least a processor to configure a first networking component to establish a communicative connection between the first networking component and a second networking component as a function of a communication criterion. At least a processor is configured to communicate aircraft data through a communicative connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Thomas Henck
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Patent number: 11987096Abstract: An indirect heat pump system includes a refrigerant unit, a cold water handling unit, and a hot water handling unit. A cold water inlet of the cold water handling unit communicates with an evaporator; a cold water outlet of the cold water handling unit communicates with the evaporator; the cold water handling unit is connected to a plurality of loads in parallel. A hot water inlet of the hot water handling unit communicates with a condenser; a hot water outlet of the hot water handling unit communicates with the condenser; the hot water handling unit is connected to the loads in parallel; and a plurality of hot water two-way valves are disposed in pipelines of the hot water handling unit and are configured to control the on and off of the hot water in the loads.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: AIR INTERNATIONAL THERMAL SYSTEMS R&D (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Qi Liu, Zhaokai Yu, Yu Zhao, Duo Wu, Xiaohua Qu, Jingyang Mu, Guangze Hong
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Patent number: 11987618Abstract: Single-domain antibodies (SAbs) against three Yersinia pestis surface proteins (LcrV, YscF, and F1), nucleic acid sequences encoding the SAbs, and polypeptides comprising two or more SAbs capable of recognizing two or more epitopes and/or antigens. The present invention further includes methods for preventing or treating Y. pestis infections in a patient; methods for detecting and/or diagnosing Y. pestis infections; and devices and methods for identifying and/or detecting Y. pestis on a surface and/or in an environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Camilla A Mauzy, Serge Victor Marie Muyldermans
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Publication number: 20240159423Abstract: Disclosed are a method for controlling a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air conditioner, a VRF air conditioner, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a target indoor unit in a warming stage among started indoor units; determining a target superheat degree according to a working condition parameter of the target indoor unit; and adjusting an operating parameter of an electronic expansion valve of the target indoor unit according to the target superheat degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kui TAO, Dawei ZHUANG, Zhigang HUANG, Haomin CAO, Guoliang DING, Shunquan LI, Hao ZHANG
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Patent number: 11984571Abstract: A cooling assembly for preventing cell-to-cell heat transfer is provided. Cooling assembly may include a battery pack, which may include a plurality of battery cells. Cooling assembly may also include a cooling plate. Cooling plate may include a geometry that prevents battery cells from exchanging heat during operation and/or malfunctions. Cooling plate geometry may include geometric features imprinted in a surface of cooling plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Sean Donovan, Sarah Overfield, Nathan Goldsberry, Sam Wagner, Jeffrey Goldman, Yesaswai Chilamkurti
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Patent number: 11982463Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes an electric control box, a cleaner device, and an electrical wire. The cleaner device includes a filter screen rail assembly and a cleaning assembly configured to drive a filter screen to move on the filter screen rail assembly to clean the filter screen. The cleaning assembly includes an electrical wire connection end. The electrical wire is arranged at the cleaning assembly and the filter screen rail assembly. One end of the electrical wire is connected to the electrical wire connection end, and another end of the electrical wire is connected to the electric control box.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Gen Lu, Xing Liu, Zecheng Sun, Shuyang Pi
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Patent number: 11981623Abstract: Methods for utilizing carbon dioxide to produce multi-carbon products are disclosed. The systems and methods of the present disclosure involve: reducing CO2 to produce a first product mixture comprising an alcohol product mixture comprising one or more alcohols and a paraffin product mixture comprising one or more paraffins; dehydrating the alcohol product mixture to form an olefin product mixture comprising one or more olefins; oligomerizing the olefin product mixture to form a higher olefin product mixture comprising unsaturated paraffins and optionally aromatics; and reducing the higher olefin product mixture to form a higher hydrocarbon product mixture comprising unsaturated paraffins and optionally aromatics. Catalyst materials and reaction conditions for individual steps are disclosed to optimize yield for ethanol or jet fuel range hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Air Company Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Stafford W. Sheehan, Chi Chen, Nicholas J. Steinke
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Patent number: 11984611Abstract: A stack battery pack for an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a first pouch cell comprising a first top surface and a first bottom surface, a second pouch cell comprising a second top surface and a second bottom, wherein the first pouch cell and the second pouch cell are aligned such that the first bottom surface is in contact with the second top surface, an ejecta barrier located between the first pouch cell and the second pouch cell, wherein the ejecta barrier is configured to be substantially impermeable to a cell ejecta from the first pouch cell, and a vent configured to vent the cell ejecta, wherein the stack battery pack is configured to power a propulsor component.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Stuart Denson Schreiber
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Patent number: 11982450Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a body including an air outlet, an outer air deflector arranged at the air outlet and configured to open and close the air outlet, and an inner air deflector arranged at an inner side of the outer air deflector. The outer air deflector includes a plurality of first vent holes penetrating the outer air deflector in a thickness direction of the outer air deflector. The inner air deflector includes a plurality of second vent holes penetrating the inner air deflector in a thickness direction of the inner air deflector.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Maocheng Zhu, Shengqi Li
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Patent number: 11983971Abstract: A system for battery management for a vehicle that includes at least a battery coupled to the vehicle, at least a sensor coupled to the battery, the sensor configured to detect an internal state datum of the battery, and transmit the internal state datum to a computing device, a computing device, the computing device configured to receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor, generate an alert datum as a function of the internal state datum and an alert threshold, transmit the alert datum to a remote device, and a remote device communicatively connected to the vehicle, the remote device is configured to, receive the alert datum from the computing device, and display the alert datum.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: David Churchill
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Patent number: 11983902Abstract: A method of classifying terrain, terrain activity and materials through panchromatic imagery a module programmed to provide such classification and aerospace vehicles comprising such module is provided. Panchromatic images of known materials terrains and terrain activities are taken and processed to form a multiband texture cube, that due it amount of data, is stored as a computer data base. New panchromatic images of unclassified materials, terrains and/or terrain activities are processed and compared via computer with such database that allows for inexpensive, quick and efficient classification of such new images.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Matthew Edward Nussbaum, Marissa Sachiko Herron
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Patent number: 11981445Abstract: An apparatus for preconditioning a power source of an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a power source of an electric aircraft, a computing device, and a user device. The computing device is configured to receive a flight plan, determine a predicted power usage model as a function of the flight plan, and initiate a power source modification on the electric aircraft as a function of the predicted power usage model. The user device is configured to display a flight performance infographic as a function of the predicted power usage model.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Sarah Overfield, Sean Donovan, Sam Wagner
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Patent number: 11982384Abstract: The device (1) for fastening an object (2) on a structure has a base (3) intended to be fastened on the structure, at least one support (4) which adapted for receiving said at least one object (2), for mounting the at least one support (4) on the base (3), and for fastening the at least one object (2) on the at least one support (4). The fastening device, firstly, includes at least one block (7), which equips the base (3), secondly, is adapted to secure the at least one block (7) to the base (3), and thirdly, is adapted for assembly of the at least one object (2), the at least one support (4), and the at least one block (7).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: AMPHENOL-AIR LBInventor: Pascal Miquet
