Patents Assigned to Research
  • Patent number: 11414614
    Abstract: A fuel pellet includes a pellet body made from a mixture of (a) hemp byproduct, kenaf byproduct or hemp and kenaf byproduct, (b) sawdust and, optionally, (c) coal fines. The fuel pellet may be made without adding a binder. A method of making the binderless fuel pellet is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas Keene, Darrell Neal Taulbee
  • Patent number: 11419029
    Abstract: A gateway-switching method includes: a control plane network element receives a switch request message; when determining, according to the switch request message, whether gateway switching is desired by user equipment (UE), the control plane network element allocates to the UE a UE Internet Protocol (IP) address corresponding to a target distributed gateway; the control plane network element sends to the target distributed gateway the UE IP address; and the control plane network element sends to a target base station the UE IP address, wherein the UE IP address is used by the target base station for sending data to the UE. Also provided in the embodiments of the present invention are a communication apparatus and non-transitory computer storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tao Sun, Dan Wang, Lu Lu
  • Patent number: 11416129
    Abstract: The system, method, and computer readable medium described herein provide improvements in the ways that user interfaces present multi-dimensional relationships between data samples to a user. The disclosed user interface framework provides users with a visualization of the complex relationships between data samples having multi-dimensional attributes which allows the users to quickly and intuitively grasp the relationships between data samples for a large number of attributes at a glance and in a single data map visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Klaus Mueller, Shenghui Cheng
  • Patent number: 11412883
    Abstract: Coffee machine (10) comprising a machine frame (12), a pot (14) which has a bottom wall (16), a circumferential side wall (18), an inlet opening (20) provided in an upper portion of the pot (14), and an outlet opening (22) provided in a lower and outer portion of the pot (14), wherein the pot (14) is mounted to the machine frame (12) in a manner so as to be pivotable relative to the machine frame (12) about a horizontal pivot axis (24) between a coffee preparation position and a coffee distribution position, in which the outlet opening (22) is positioned at a lower vertical level than in the coffee preparation position, a valve mechanism (26) including a closure element (28), wherein the closure element (28) and the pot (14) are movable relative to each other between a closed position, in which the closure element (28) closes the outlet opening (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Research, Investment & Development S.A.L. (Holding)
    Inventor: George Michel Al Najjar
  • Patent number: 11416899
    Abstract: Disclosed is an estimation method for a whole life cycle cost of a power battery in echelon utilization. In this method, echelon utilization grades are established for the power battery according to an SOH of the power battery; a whole battery capacity model is constructed corresponding to the echelon utilization grades; a cost model is constructed corresponding to the echelon utilization grades; and a variation trend of the whole life cycle cost of the power battery is estimated according to the echelon utilization grades for the power battery, the power battery capacity model and the cost model, and a result of estimation is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: STATE GRID JIANGXI ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, NANCHANG KECHEN ELECTRIC POWER TEST AND RESEARCH CO., LTD, NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ping Liu, Wenhua Zhang, Rui Xu, Fayuan Wu, Yongqiang Deng, Xiaomin Dai, Jinhui Tang, Hongxia Xiao
  • Patent number: 11418125
    Abstract: A bidirectional AC power converter, having a front-end comprising parallel sets of three switches in series, which connects multi-phase AC to coupling transformer through a first set of tank circuits, for synchronously bidirectionally converting electrical power between the multi-phase AC and a DC potential, and for converting electrical power between the DC potential to a bipolar electrical signal at a switching frequency, controlled such that two of each parallel set of three switches in series are soft-switched and the other switch is semi-soft switched; the coupling transformer being configured to pass the bipolar electrical power at the switching frequency through a second set of the tank circuits to a synchronous converter, which in turn transfers the electrical power to a secondary system at a frequency different from the switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Kalyan Yenduri, Sunil Dube, Pritam Das
  • Patent number: 11413688
    Abstract: A method of three-dimensional printing of target material can include filling a receptacle with a matrix suspension comprising a powder matrix suspended in a first liquid. A second suspension can be extruded into the matrix suspension, where the second suspension can include a target powder suspended in a second liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xuan Song, Li He
  • Patent number: 11415139
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel method to detect an imminent compressor stall by using nonlinear feature extraction algorithms. The present disclosure focuses on the small nonlinear disturbances prior to deep surge and introduces a novel approach to identify these disturbances using nonlinear feature extraction algorithms including phase-reconstruction of time-serial signals and evaluation of a parameter called approximate entropy. The technique is applied to stall data sets from a high-speed centrifugal compressor that unexpectedly entered rotating stall during a speed transient and a multi-stage axial compressor with both modal- and spike-type stall inception. In both cases, nonlinear disturbances appear, in terms of spikes in approximate entropy, prior to surge. The presence of these pre-surge spikes indicates imminent compressor stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nicole Leanne Key, Fangyuan Lou
  • Patent number: 11413572
    Abstract: A method with corresponding systems for reducing emission of amines to the atmosphere. The method includes a a) introducing a gas containing CO2 into an absorber; b) flowing the flue gas through an absorber having an absorbent with a water-lean solution having less than 50% water and one or more amines, with the absorbent capturing the CO2 and forming a reduced CO2 content gas having a baseline CO2 content; and c) washing the reduced CO2 content gas in a wash column with a wash solution comprising carbonic acid formed by addition of gaseous CO2 into the wash solution. In this method, the washing removes the amines from the reduced CO2 content gas and produces a reduced amine content gas exiting from the wash column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: Aravind V. Rayer Rabindran, Vijay Gupta, Paul D. Mobley, Jak Tanthana, Shaojun Zhou, Finn Andrew Tobiesen, Thor Mejdell, Andreas Grimstvedt, Geir Haugen
  • Patent number: 11414974
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon wells including crosslinked polymer granules as a proppant, methods of forming the hydrocarbon wells, and methods of operating the hydrocarbon wells. The hydrocarbon wells include a wellbore that extends within a subsurface region and a downhole tubular that extends within the wellbore and defines a tubular conduit. The hydrocarbon wells also include a plurality of perforations formed within the downhole tubular and a plurality of fractures formed within the subsurface region. The hydrocarbon wells further include the proppant positioned within the plurality of fractures. The proppant includes a plurality of crosslinked polymer granules, and each crosslinked polymer granule has a characteristic dimension of at least 100 micrometers and at most 2 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Pavlin B. Entchev, Robert M. Shirley, Alan A. Galuska, William Handy, Dragan Stojkovic
  • Patent number: 11413567
    Abstract: Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve performing modeling to generate a swing adsorption system to manage a feed stream to produce a product stream within specification. The process may be utilized for swing adsorption processes, such as TSA and/or PSA, which are utilized to remove one or more contaminants from a gaseous feed stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11415523
    Abstract: A system for monitoring an analyte concentration in liquid is provided. The system includes a coupon comprising an absorbent body with a window through the absorbent body wherein the liquid is maintained in said window by capillary action and surface tension. A reactant is in the absorbent body wherein the reactant is capable of diffusing into the window to react with an analyte in the liquid, or the reactant is able to react with the analyte within the coupon itself, with color-indicating by-products of the reaction diffusing into the window, wherein the analyte is present in an analyte concentration, to form a reactant with a color wherein the color has an intensity which correlates to the analyte concentration. A light source is provided which is capable of passing light into the window wherein the light is attenuated by the color proportional to the analyte concentration to form attenuated light. A detector is provided which is capable measuring an intensity of the attenuated light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Clemson University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert A. Latour, George Chumanov, Alexandra Czynski
  • Patent number: 11413812
    Abstract: Systems and methods for continuous printing of a three-dimensional (3D) object are provided. The system includes a resin tank, an optical image source, a support fluid reservoir and a pumping structure. The resin tank is where the 3D object is printed and includes a print bed to form a base of the 3D object. The optical image source modulates light in accordance with a 3D image to vary a degree and pattern of crosslinking in a photocrosslinkable resin in the resin tank. The support fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the resin tank and includes a support fluid which is immiscible with the photocrosslinkable resin. And the pumping structure is configured to transfer the support fluid from the support fluid reservoir to the resin tank such that the support fluid rises in the resin tank at a same rate as vertical height of a top of the 3D object as the 3D object is printed on the print bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Weijie Cyrus Beh, Yiqi Seow, Sau Yin Chin
  • Patent number: 11414217
    Abstract: A large reflector inflatable telescope. The telescope has an inflatable hull with a conical lower portion and a hemispherical upper portion. The conical portion is transparent to electromagnetic waves so that radio or light waves can reach an inner reflector, which is interposed between the conical portion and the hemispherical portion. The presence of the inner reflector allows the conical portion and the hemispherical portion to be inflated at different pressures such that the reflector becomes spherical or parabolic. If desired, the reflector can be made adjustable with a membrane behind the reflector that provides electro-static force to shape the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: William Dean Perry, Ira Steve Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11418328
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for performing key management of an in-vehicle network. The key management system of the in-vehicle network includes a reception unit configured to receive a shared secret key of a central gateway and a domain gateway, a memory configured to store a program for performing key management of the in-vehicle network using the shared secret key, and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor generates a secret key to be stored in a node of the in-vehicle network using the shared secret key and a unique ID of the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hong Il Ju, Dae Won Kim, Jin Yong Lee, Boo Sun Jeon, Bo Heung Chung, Byeong Cheol Choi
  • Patent number: 11414545
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided. The resin composition includes a polyimide resin; a hydrocarbon resin or a fluorinated polymer resin; and a silica that is modified by a surface modifier. The content of the hydrocarbon resin is in a range from 1 to 13 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyimide resin. The content of the fluorinated polymer resin is in a range from 1 to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyimide resin. The content of the silica is in a range from 1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyimide resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MICROCOSM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chiu-Yen Chiu, Jui-Hsiang Tang, Shi-Ing Huang
  • Patent number: 11414429
    Abstract: Provided are 2-(piperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, each characterized by having a 1,8-diazaspiro[4.5]deca-3-ene, 1-oxa-8-azaspiro[4.5]deca-3-ene, 2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]deca-3-ene, 2-oxa-8-azaspiro[4.5]deca-3-ene, 2,9-diazaspiro[5.5]undeca-3-ene, 1-oxa-9-azaspiro[5.5]undeca-3-ene, 1,9-diazaspiro[5.5]undeca-4-ene, or 3,9-diazaspiro[5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: RIKEN, JAPANESE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Hiroyuki Seimiya, Masayuki Okue, Yoko Yashiroda, Fumiyuki Shirai, Takeshi Tsumura, Yuko Kano, Kenichi Washizuka, Nobuko Yoshimoto, Yasuko Kouda, Takehiro Fukami, Tsubasa Chikada, Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11416649
    Abstract: A method of classifying design criteria includes receiving design criteria for a product part. The criteria comprise one or both of performance and manufacturing criteria. The design criteria are sorted into different classes of one or both of one or more objective functions and one or more constraints based on when they can be satisfied or optimized. Constraint violations are determined. A design workflow is produced to generate one or more designs of a part to comply with one or more of satisfying constraints and optimizing objective functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Amirmassoud Mirzendehdel, Morad Behandish, Saigopal Nelaturi
  • Patent number: 11418008
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser device. The laser device includes a substrate, a pump light source which is disposed on the substrate and provided with a light emitting layer configured to generate pump light, and an upper waveguide which is disposed above the pump light source in a first direction and provided with an upper resonator configured to allow laser light to be generated and resonate by using the pump light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jin Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11415457
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration sensor, which comprises a circuit board having an accommodating space. A sensing assembly is disposed in the accommodating space. A recess for magnet sliding is disposed in the sensing assembly. Dispose a magnet in the recess and then dispose a coil layer on an arbitrary side or both sides of the sensing assembly. Furthermore, a lubricating layer is coated on the recess. Alternatively, the recess can be a vacuum structure or a hollow cross-sectional structure for reducing the friction between the recess and the magnet. Alternatively, the coil layer can be coated with a protective layer or multiple layers can be stacked. Without increasing the area of the sensor, the sensing on the variation of magnetic flux can be improved. Accordingly, the vibration sensor according to the present invention can achieve wideband detection of vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Lai, Jui-Min Liu, Hsu-Chun Cheng, Mei-I Li, Chun-Chi Chen, Cheng-San Wu, Jia-Min Shieh