Abstract: A polymer consisting of small functional molecules can be integrated into solar thermal fuels in the solid-state for solar energy harvesting and storage. In certain embodiments, a solar energy storage device can include one or more layers of photoswitchable moieties associated with a polymer. Such solar thermal fuel polymers can be used to enable deposition from low concentration solutions, resulting in uniform and large-area thin-films. This approach enables conformal deposition on a variety of conducting substrates that can be either flat or structured and control over film growth via electrodeposition conditions and results in highly uniform and large-area thin films.
Abstract: Disclosed is an adiabatic collector for recycling gas, a liquefier for recycling gas, and a recovery apparatus for recycling gas using the same. More specifically, gas to be recycled is collected in an adiabatic manner, cooled to a temperature lower than the dew point thereof, and stored in the liquid state through a phase change, thereby saving energy required for re-cooling the gas. Particularly, the present invention relates to an adiabatic collector for recycling gas, a liquefier for recycling gas, and a recovery apparatus for recycling gas using the same, in which recycling gas is compressed through a natural inducement method using a difference in temperature and pressure while being collected and liquefied, thereby reducing noise, vibration, and size of the collector.
Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film solar cell for BIPV capable of improving a utility value for the exterior by visually changing a black color of an inorganic thin film solar cell into a color of reflected light therefrom to exhibit an exterior appearance having the color without substantially lowering efficiency required for a solar cell to thereby facilitate commercialization of the inorganic thin film solar cell. Also disclosed is a thin film solar cell for BIPV capable of maintaining a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) required for a solar cell when used as a finishing material of a building envelope, and visually changing a black color of an inorganic thin film solar cell into a color of reflected light therefrom to be suitable for the exterior with only a slight reduction of relative harvesting efficiency and a short circuit photocurrent density without a decrease of an open circuit voltage Voc.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignees:
KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract: A hydrocarbon-based cross-linked membrane used for the proton exchange membrane of a fuel cell, containing a cross-linked composite mediated by the sulfonate groups of SPPSU and SPOSS. Where SPPSU is represented by formula (I), where a, b, c, and d are each independently an integer of 0-4, and the total of a, b, c, and d is a rational number greater than 1 in terms of the average per repeating unit, and SPOSS is represented by formula (II), where each R is independently a hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, a straight or branched C1-20 alkyl or alkoxyl group optionally containing a substituent, or any of the above-mentioned structures, each e is independently an integer of 0-2 for R, x is an integer of 1-20, and the total number of sulfonate groups is a rational number greater than 2 in terms of the average per molecule.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
Abstract: An indicator device is suitable for a mixed reality device. The indicator device includes a body, a light source unit, at least two positioning elements, a triggering unit and a control unit. The light source unit is disposed on the body and generates a light source. The two elements are disposed separately on the body, wherein the light source unit and the positioning elements are disposed on different axes. The triggering unit is disposed on the body and generates a trigger signal. The control unit is disposed inside the body and is connected to the light source unit and the triggering unit. The control unit receives the trigger signal to generate a first control signal, thereby controlling the light-emitting state of the light source.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Inventors:
Shih-Bin Luo, Chun-Chuan Lin, Wen-Hung Cheng, Ming-Che Wang
Abstract: A method of training a gaze estimation model includes displaying a target image at a known location on a display in front of a subject and receiving images captured from a plurality of image sensors surrounding the subject, wherein each image sensor has a known location relative to the display. The method includes determining a reference gaze vector for one or more eyes of the subject based on the images and the known location of the target image and then determining, with the model, a gaze direction vector of each of the one or more eyes of the subject from data captured by an eye-tracker. The method further includes determining, with the model, an uncertainty in measurement of the gaze direction vector and an error between the reference gaze vector and the gaze direction vector and providing feedback based on at least one of the uncertainty and the error.
Abstract: An unbalanced terahertz frequency doubler circuit with power handling capacity is provided, and the circuit includes a RF input waveguide, a quartz substrate and a RF output waveguide, where one end of the quartz substrate is disposed in a waveguide groove of the RF input waveguide and the other end of the quartz substrate is disposed in a waveguide groove of the RF output waveguide, where an input transition microstrip is disposed on the quartz substrate, and one end of the transition microstrip is connected to an output transition microstrip sequentially through a first transmission microstrip, a low pass filter, a RF matching microstrip and a second transmission microstrip, where anodes of four GaAs-based terahertz frequency multiplier diode groups are connected to the RF matching microstrip, and a cathode at the outermost position of each of the GaAs-based terahertz frequency multiplier diode groups is connected to a grounding quartz strip.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
THE 13TH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION
Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and/or cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (CDK6). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK4 and/or CDK6 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK4 and/or CDK6 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK4 and/or CDK6.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
Inventors:
Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Calla M. Olson, Yanke Liang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski, Baishan Jiang, Eric Wang
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for preventing adhesion including mixing methyl cellulose, polyethylene glycol, oxidized cellulose nanofibers and carboxymethyl cellulose. The injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for preventing adhesion is a sol at a low temperature and induces rapid gelation upon in vivo implantation due to thermosensitivity. In addition, the hydrogel can be rapidly changed into physical hydrogel without separate additives or chemical reaction during in vivo condition. In addition, the injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for preventing adhesion exhibits excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility, has no cytotoxicity, inhibits in vitro migration of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs), and exhibits anti-adhesion efficacy in a rat model of sidewall defect-cecum abrasion in vivo, thus being useful as an effective anti-adhesive agent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignees:
SOONCHUNHYANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOREST SCIENCE
Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (Ia) or (Ib): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK8 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK8 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK8.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
Inventors:
Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Calla M. Olson, Yanke Liang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski
Abstract: Provided herein is the use of compounds that modulate the activity of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignees:
SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE, SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Inventors:
Lars Pache, Sumit K. Chanda, Mitchell Dennis Vamos, Nicholas David Peter Cosford, Peter Teriete, John Marlett, Arturo Diaz, John A. T. Young
Abstract: An onboard refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) system includes a main canister, a spare canister, a hydrocarbon sensor, a grade rollover valve (GRV), a fill limit vent valve (FLVV) and a fuel vapor pipe. The GRV and the FLVV are disposed at top portion of the fuel tank, with sides of the GRV and the FLVV hermetically connected with the fuel tank and a gas inlet end of the fuel vapor pipe. The main canister and the spare canister hermetically connect with a gas outlet end of the fuel vapor pipe. The main canister communicates with an intake manifold. The hydrocarbon sensor is disposed in the main canister and electrically connected with a vehicle control unit. The hydrocarbon sensor detects hydrocarbon concentration in the main canister and transmits the detection result to the vehicle control unit. The present invention also provides an automobile having the ORVR system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignees:
ZHEJIANG GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD., ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.
Abstract: Provided is an implant having a controlled generation rate of reactive oxygen species and a method of controlling generation of reactive oxygen species using the same. The implant having a controlled generation rate of reactive oxygen species according to the present invention includes a body formed of a metallic material and having a groove, a first filling metal filling one region of the groove, and a second filling metal filling the groove on the first filling metal, wherein the second filling metal has an ionization tendency different from that of the first filling metal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 3, 2020
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicants:
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Myoung-Ryul OK, Jimin PARK, Yu Chan KIM, Hyun Kwang SEOK, Hyung-Seop HAN, Hojeong JEON, Hyunseon SEO, Jee-Wook LEE, Jin Kyung JEON, Gayoung JUNG, Jong Woong PARK, Ji Hun PARK
Abstract: A system and method for optimizing passive control strategies of oscillatory instabilities in turbulent systems using finite-time Lyapunov exponents are disclosed. The method includes receiving data from one or more measuring devices connected to the turbulent flow system incorporating a control strategy in the flow field. One or more flow characteristics are determined from the data obtained from the measuring devices. The method involves computing critical dynamics from backward time finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) field based on the one or more flow characteristics. Next, one or more regions of critical dynamics associated with impending oscillatory instabilities in the turbulent flow system are identified. The identified region of critical dynamics is disrupted the control the onset of oscillatory instabilities in the turbulent flow system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 5, 2020
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicant:
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT Madras)
Abstract: An object is to provide a method of inspection enabling a slurry of a batch resulting in abnormal accumulation to be identified in advance, and to provide an SWCNT slurry for bioimaging that has undergone the inspection. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a method for inspecting a semiconductor single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) slurry for bioimaging, the slurry comprising: semiconductor SWCNTs oxidized by being directly irradiated with ultraviolet rays in atmosphere and a dispersant composed of an amphiphilic substance that coats surfaces of the SWCNTs, the method comprising: using at least two types of methods selected from the group consisting of absorption spectroscopy, a photoluminescence method, and particle size measurement, confirming that an average particle size of the semiconductor SWCNTs is smaller than 10 nm, isolated dispersibility of the semiconductor SWCNTs is high, and/or the semiconductor SWCNTs are oxidized.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 17, 2017
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicants:
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract: A device for parallel oligomer synthesis having a centrifuge with a plurality of reactor holders configured to retain reactors at an angle and a plurality of siphon based outflow holders are disclosed. A method of parallel solid-based peptide synthesis following the timing protocol of the device and a use of the device for parallel oligomer synthesis are also disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2018
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicants:
THE INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AV CR, SPYDER INSTITUTE PRAHA S.R.O.
Inventors:
Michal LEBL, Zuzana FLEGELOVA, Pavel PONCAR, Petr MUDRA, Ondrej PACES, Matyas KNOR, Michal BUZEK, Jiri SMRZ, Vit POKORNY, Vaclav PESEK
Abstract: A powerless electromagnetic sensor according to an embodiment may comprise: a wireless power receiver for receiving a power signal from an external data receiver unit by using one resonance frequency selected from a plurality of resonance frequencies set therefor; a digital signal converter for converting the received power signal into a digital signal; and a processor for converting the power signal into a magnetic flux density value corresponding to the selected resonance frequency on the basis of the digital signal, and calculating the position and orientation of the electromagnetic sensor on the basis of the converted magnetic flux density value.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 12, 2018
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicants:
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Min Kyu JE, Jun Young KIM, Cheol Jun PARK, Jae Suk CHOI, Hong Seok SHIN, Shin Yoon KIM
Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor for the detection of a botulinum toxin using a carbon nanotube sheet, the sensor including carbon nanotubes and a botulinum toxin receptor formed on the carbon nanotubes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 13, 2017
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicant:
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device and a clock system including a pulse laser-based clock distribution network. The semiconductor device includes a current pulse generator that generates a current pulse train based on a first optical pulse train and a second optical pulse train, a clock distribution network that outputs a clock based on the current pulse train, a CDN detector that detects at least one of status information of the clock distribution network and the output clock to generate detection information, and control logic that generates a control signal for regulating a current of the current pulse train based on the detection information.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 19, 2019
Publication date:
December 10, 2020
Applicants:
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, SEJONG CAMPUS