Patents Examined by Cephia D. Toomer
  • Patent number: 11180708
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for using cold rolling magnetic filtration waste, comprising using the cold rolling magnetic filtration waste as a fluxing agent for a high-ash-fusion coal so as to achieve the technical requirements of a high melting point coal in dry coal powder gasification and liquid slagging. The cold rolling magnetic filtration waste contains solid particulates with very fine particles (iron-containing particles mainly produced by friction), and the surface thereof has a cold rolling oil attached thereto, and same reacts with other aluminosilicates in coal ash at a high temperature to produce low temperature eutectic compounds such as fayalite (Fe2SiO4) and hercynite (Fe2Al2O4). The fluxing agent has characteristics such as having fine particles, being free of inorganic mineral substances, having an effective ingredient in a high content, operation thereof being simple, and being free of pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangjian Wang, Peilei Qu
  • Patent number: 11162043
    Abstract: A combustible log torch which can be ignited to provide heat for warmth or cooking, and light for illumination can be made by compacting a mixture of wood sawdust and a food grade binder. Such combustible log torches are convenient and safe to use and provide optimal characteristics of quickly providing a bonfire without the need for a fireplace or a fire pit. The fire produced by such combustible logs is also optimal for safely and conveniently cooking food items. Such a combustible log torch can be manufactured by a method which comprises compacting a composition which is comprised of a mixture of wood particles and a food grade binder under a pressure of at least about 5 psi (0.034 megapascals) in a mold to produce the combustible log torch having at least one vertical cavity (hole) which extend vertically through the entire length of the combustible log torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Campfire Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: David W. Hodsdon, Michael L. Wahl, Phillip P. McDonald
  • Patent number: 11162052
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrorheological fluid, which includes a dielectric particle, a conductor particle and insulating oil, and the dielectric particle is evenly dispersed in the insulating oil; wherein the conductor particle is evenly dispersed in the insulating oil or inlaid in an interior and on a surface of the dielectric particle. The electrorheological fluid has the advantages of high shear stress, long service life, good temperature stability and small leakage current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhaohui Qiu, Xiaomin Xiong
  • Patent number: 11162049
    Abstract: Provided is a lubricant composition comprising a lubricant base oil (A), a neutral phosphorus compound (B), an acidic phosphorus compound (C), a sulfur compound (D), and a secondary amine compound (E), and having a flash point of 172° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Narita
  • Patent number: 11134694
    Abstract: An improved method for applying an electrically charged lubricant on an oppositely charged carcass trolley in a meat packing plant meeting the requirements of (1) adequate lubricity, (2) “drip-resistance,” (3) safety, (4) rust resistance, (5) economy of manufacture and use, and (6) the ability to be removed by cleaning methods is provided by preparing a mixture of mineral oil, a fatty acid, a silicone oil, and a polybutene, each being acceptable for incidental contact with food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: BIRKO Corporation
    Inventors: Terry L. McAninch, Bob Ogren, Elis Owens
  • Patent number: 11136516
    Abstract: Provided are octane enhancing additives and methods that improve a liquid fuel composition's octane rating. A liquid fuel composition may comprise a liquid fuel and an octane enhancing additive. The octane enhancing additive may comprise an indoline compound with a bicyclic ring structure, wherein the indoline compound comprises a six-membered aromatic ring and a five-membered aliphatic ring that share a carbon-carbon aromatic bond. The five-membered aliphatic ring may be heterocyclic and may comprise a nitrogen positioned in an alpha position to the six-membered aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: David J. Abdallah, Krystal B. Wrigley
  • Patent number: 11130914
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, reactor systems and catalysts for converting biomass and biomass-derived feedstocks to C8+ hydrocarbons using heterogenous catalysts. The product stream may be separated and further processed for use in chemical applications, or as a neat fuel or a blending component in jet fuel and diesel fuel, or as heavy oils for lubricant and/or fuel oil applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: VIRENT, INC.
    Inventors: Paul G. Blommel, Brice Dally, Warren Lyman, Randy D. Cortright
  • Patent number: 11130925
    Abstract: A carbon nanotori-based lubricant composition for tribological applications, specifically for use in machining operations, which includes distilled water and a specific content of carbon nanotori having specific properties, which make them suitable for proper dispersal in distilled water without precipitation and remaining stable for a long time in dispersion without the need to add surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY
    Inventors: Laura Peña-Parás, Demófilo Maldonado-Cortés, Oxana Vasilievna-Kharissova, Patsy-Yessenia Arquieta-Guillén
  • Patent number: 11124721
    Abstract: There is disclosed an antifoam component which includes at least one poly(acrylate) copolymer for use in a diesel fuel. Poly(acrylate) polymers prepared by polymerizing a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising C1 to C30 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (“multifunctional monomer”) are also disclosed. Other poly(acrylate) polymers prepared by polymerizing (i) a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising C1 to C4 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (“solubility monomer”); (ii) a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising C5 to C12 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (“surface tension monomer”); and (iii) optionally at least one additional monomer comprising a solubility monomer, a surface tension monomer, a monomer comprising C1 to C30 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid (“multifunctional monomer”), or combinations thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: James H. Bush, David M. Nickerson, Rochelle L. Kovach, Jayasooriya Sujith Perera, Elizabeth A. Schiferl, Kevin J. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11124728
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a continuously variable transmission oil composition containing a base oil containing a metallocene polyalpha olefin (mPAO) polymerized with a metallocene catalyst, a viscosity controlling agent containing Polybutadiene hydrogen phosphate Comb Polymethacrylate, and a clean dispersant, and contains mPAO and PHP Comb PMA, which have not been used previously, at a specific ratio to maximize the reduction in low-temperature viscosity while effectively forming an oil film, thereby enhancing fuel efficiency, and at the same time, enhancing durability of a transmission by increasing viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jung Joon Oh
  • Patent number: 11118084
    Abstract: The present invention discloses novel flame retardant aqueous formulations comprising micronized particles of brominated epoxy polymers having a predetermined molecular weight, their use as flame retardant coating of wood-based substrates, their preparation and flame-retarded wood-based substrates prepared by using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BROMINE COMPOUNDS LTD.
    Inventors: Meyrav Abecassis Wolfovich, Smadar Swissa, Jakub Lison, Ella Rapaport
  • Patent number: 11118134
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a triglyceride oil possessing an extremely low cloud point and low viscosity concomitant with a higher than anticipated saturated fatty acid content, very low polyunsaturated fatty acid content, and low iodine value. While many naturally occurring triglyceride oils possess one or more of these properties, natural triglyceride oils lack one or more of these attributes, thus making them less than ideal in industrial applications, such as lubricants, fuels, or dielectric fluids. The combination of attributes possessed by a triglyceride oil described herein, achieved without the addition of any additives, is unique compared with natural counterparts and as such, can find wide applications in the aforementioned fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Checkerspot, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Franklin
  • Patent number: 11091716
    Abstract: This invention provides processes and systems for converting biomass into high-carbon biogenic reagents that are suitable for a variety of commercial applications. Some embodiments employ pyrolysis in the presence of an inert gas to generate hot pyrolyzed solids, condensable vapors, and non-condensable gases, followed by separation of vapors and gases, and cooling of the hot pyrolyzed solids in the presence of the inert gas. Additives may be introduced during processing or combined with the reagent, or both. The biogenic reagent may include at least 70 wt %, 80 wt %, 90 wt %, 95 wt %, or more total carbon on a dry basis. The biogenic reagent may have an energy content of at least 12,000 Btu/lb, 13,000 Btu/lb, 14,000 Btu/lb, or 14,500 Btu/lb on a dry basis. The biogenic reagent may be formed into fine powders, or structural objects. The structural objects may have a structure and/or strength that derive from the feedstock, heat rate, and additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Despen, James A. Mennell, Steve Filips
  • Patent number: 11091712
    Abstract: A method for producing biodiesel and triacetin includes steps as follows. A bio-oil source is provided; the bio-oil source is palm oil acid or palm oil sludge. A bio-oil source pretreatment step is performed, wherein the bio-oil source is mixed with ash to decolor. A pre-esterification step is performed, wherein methanol and a pre-esterification catalyst are mixed, so as to form an organic phase solution and an aqueous phase solution. A transesterification step is performed, wherein the methanol and a lithium silicate catalyst are mixed, so as to form a crude biodiesel phase solution and a crude glycerol phase solution. A washing step is performed, wherein purified biodiesel is collected. A glycerol separating step is performed, wherein purified glycerol is collected. A glycerol esterification step is performed, wherein triacetin is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Chin-Chang Chen
  • Patent number: 11089803
    Abstract: Granular food composition comprising: Fat, Starch; wherein the food composition comprises gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Kai Jürgen Ewald, Christian Hugo Grün, Holger Julius Mütsch, Winfried Rupp
  • Patent number: 11091715
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe binder materials from birch bark, methods of making the binder materials, fuel compositions comprising the binder materials, methods of forming the fuel compositions in the form of pellets and/or briquettes, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Oksana Kolomitsyna, Matthew Young, Timothy Hagen, Donald Fosnacht, Eric Singsaas
  • Patent number: 11091859
    Abstract: A knitted metal fabric of at least two rows of loops, the rows of loops comprising metal chain knitted together to form a knitted metal fabric. The metal chain comprises a plurality of links of metal linked together to form the chain. The knitted metal chain fabric may be made into garments or used in any manner as other fabrics. A method for making the fabric includes providing at least one metal chain of links flexibly linked together, feeding the metal chain into a knitting machine, maintaining an even tension on the chain, knitting the metal chain into a knitted pattern to form a fabric, and weighting the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Natalia Fedner Design
    Inventor: Natalia Fedner
  • Patent number: 11089804
    Abstract: An oil-in-water type composition which can provide a chewy texture both in a non-cooked state and a heated state and does not show water/oil separation, including: an alkyl cellulose, a 1% by mass aqueous solution of which has a viscosity at 20° C. of from 4,000 to 11,000 mPa·s when measured with a Brookfield type viscometer and a 1.5% by mass aqueous solution of which has a storage modulus G? (65° C.) at 65° C. of from 2,500 to 4,500 Pa; an edible oil or fat; and water. Also provided is a food using the alkyl cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SE TYLOSE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Akira Kitamura, Mitsuo Narita, Heiko Nebel, Anita Hirte
  • Patent number: 11085003
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe water-resistant and durably high energy-density binder materials from cutin-containing materials, methods of making the binder materials, fuel compositions comprising the binder materials, methods of forming the fuel compositions in the form of pellets and/or briquettes, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Oksana Kolomitsyna, Matthew Young, Timothy Hagen, Donald Fosnacht, Eric Singsaas
  • Patent number: 11078330
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin composition capable of providing a molded article having an excellent wear resistance while maintaining a high mechanical strength; a molded article; and a method for manufacturing a polyamide resin pellet. The polyamide resin composition includes a polyamide resin and an inorganic filler, wherein the polyamide resin includes diamine-derived constituent units and dicarboxylic acid derived constituent units; 70 mol % or more of the diamine-derived constituent units are derived from 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane; a molar ratio of cis:trans of the 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane is from 35:65 to 0:100; 70 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived constituent units are derived from an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 8 to 12 carbons; and the polyamide resin includes phosphorus atoms in a ratio of from 20 to 100 mass ppm and comprises calcium atoms so as to be phosphorus atoms:calcium atoms of 1:0.3 to 0.7 in a molar ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hatsuki Oguro, Tomonori Kato, Ryusuke Yamada