Patents Examined by Christopher P Jones
  • Patent number: 11612856
    Abstract: A method of forming a gas treatment element for use in a gas treatment apparatus, such as a desiccant dryer, is disclosed. The element is formed by casting a sheet material by phase inversion of a dope mixture including a solvent, an adsorbent material such as a desiccant and a polymer binder. Layers of the sheet material are located adjacent one another and this is most readily achieved by rolling the sheet material to form the gas treatment element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: Colin Billiet, James Holcroft
  • Patent number: 11607644
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating water for an end user are provided herein. The systems include a water generating unit that utilizes and/or controls internal heat sources, as well as external heat, electricity, and/or fluid sources, in response to ambient conditions. The systems may be monitored, optimized, and controlled remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SOURCE GLOBAL, PBC
    Inventors: Cody Alden Friesen, Kamil Salloum, Jonathan Edward Goldberg, Grant Harrison Friesen
  • Patent number: 11607635
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for obtaining data representative of the condition of an air filter media of an air filter installed in a powered air-handling system, and for using such data to present an indication of the air filter media condition to a user. The devices, systems and methods use pressure information representative of at least a downstream pressure of the powered air-handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 11607668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet filter material, in particular having an aerosol filter function and/or a particle filter function, preferably having a protective function against chemical, biological and/or chemical harmful and toxic substances, and to a method for the production thereof. The sheet filter material is particularly suitable for producing protective equipment, protective objects, sports and leisure clothing and filters and filter materials of all types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Bertram Böhringer, Rainer Fischer, Congminh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11608998
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems of circulating air in an enclosed environment. In such embodiments, the system may comprise an air handling unit (AHU), the AHU including an indoor air inlet to receive an indoor airflow from the enclosed environment and an indoor air outlet to expel the indoor airflow, a conditioning element arranged between the inlet and the outlet configured to at least heat or cool the indoor airflow as it flows thereover, one or more fan units arranged between the inlet and the outlet configured to provide velocity to the indoor airflow, and an air treatment assembly (ATA) arranged within or proximate the AHU, the ATA including an air inlet configured to receive a portion of the indoor airflow received by the AHU indoor air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: enVerid Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Udi Meirav, Israel Biran
  • Patent number: 11607695
    Abstract: The following disclosure relates to an electrification device and an electrical dust collecting apparatus including the same capable of adsorbing and filtering fine dust included in air in an air conditioning apparatus such as an air conditioner or an air cleaner, and more particularly, to an electrification device and an electrical dust collecting apparatus including the same capable of having uniform electrification by fixing an electrification plate and a wire at accurate positions using a fixing member coupled to a case to support both end portions of the electrification plate and the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Park, Ki Hong Kim, Jae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11602731
    Abstract: A dehumidifying element includes a plurality of sheets that have moisture adsorption and desorption properties and that are stacked on top of each another. At least some of the sheets each have an irregular shape. The sheets each contain a hygroscopic agent having properties of a re-moistening-type glue that exhibits adherence when adsorbing moisture and that solidifies when being dried. The sheets are bonded to each other by the hygroscopic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Shimizu, Shota Yamada, Seiro Yuge
  • Patent number: 11596896
    Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning system comprises a first sub system including a scrubber unit comprising a scrubber arranged to wash the exhaust gas with a scrubber fluid, and a centrifugal separator arranged in communication with the scrubber unit for receiving the scrubber fluid after washing and separate it into a first and a second fraction, which second fraction is more polluted than the first fraction. The exhaust gas cleaning system further comprises a second sub system including a membrane filter arranged in communication with the centrifugal separator for receiving the first fraction output from the centrifugal separator and separating it into a third and a fourth fraction, which fourth fraction is more polluted than the third fraction. A method for cleaning exhaust gas onboard a ship involves cleaning an exhaust gas onboard a ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Sören Mölgaard, Casper Leemreize
  • Patent number: 11590435
    Abstract: A coalescence filter for purifying a fluid which contains a carrier and at least one liquid contaminant by coalescing of the at least one contaminant, where the coalescence filter includes an inlet for supplying the fluid to a filter element present in the coalescence filter, where the filter element includes a primary coalescence medium which is provided for coalescing of the at least one contaminant in the primary coalescence medium during the displacement of the fluid through the primary coalescence medium. The coalescence filter further includes an outlet for discharging the coalesced contaminant from the filter element, where the primary coalescence medium comprises at least one layer of a porous material, where the primary coalescence medium has a total thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Evi Bultinck, Isabelle De Wolf, Ken Goris, Jo Wouters, Gerhard Kasper
  • Patent number: 11590446
    Abstract: Sorbent compositions, comprising a solid sorbent, a dispersive agent, and optionally a capture agent for enhanced wet-Flue Gas Desulfurization (wFGD) or wet scrubber unit function in a flue gas pollutant control stream is disclosed. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with a dispersive agent, designed to enhance the dispersion of the sorbent in an aqueous sorption liquid of a wet scrubber unit, and therefore may be especially useful in EGU or industrial boiler flue gas streams that include one or more wet scrubber units. The sorbent composition may also include a capture agent useful in sequestering mercury and bromine, as well as other contaminants that may include arsenic, selenium and nitrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Mowen Li, Robert B. Huston, Joseph M. Wong
  • Patent number: 11592025
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dry pump and an exhaust gas treatment method which can improve an effect of inhibiting a reaction product from adhering to the inside of a gas outlet port of the dry pump, a gas exhaust pipe, or the like and can also improve an energy saving effect. To attain the object, the present invention includes the gas exhaust pipe disposed to be connected to the gas outlet port of the dry pump and to a gas inlet port of a detoxification device, and a heat exchanger which heats a diluent gas introduced therein using a heat generated from the dry pump and introduces the heated diluent gas into the gas exhaust pipe to heat a used gas to a temperature of not less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Japan Limited
    Inventors: Katsumi Nishimura, Katsunori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11583797
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a dual density air filtration media that comprises a plurality of nanofibers layers formed from nanofibers having different fiber diameters. Due to the presence of these multiple nanofiber layers with different nanofiber diameters, the resulting filtration media of the present invention comprises a gradient density. In particular, the present invention uses a novel combination of two or more layers of nanofibers made via an electrospinning process, wherein the nanofiber layers made up from different fiber sizes are strategically applied to a cellulose or synthetic base material or substrate, to thereby maximize the filtration efficiency and dust holding capacity of the resulting filtration media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NxtNano, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip Ross Burkholder, Alan Smithies, Andrew Albert Lander McDowell
  • Patent number: 11583004
    Abstract: An assembly for a vapor provision device includes a vapor generator for vaporizing source liquid, a liquid conduit for delivering source liquid from a reservoir to the vapor generator, and a liquid capture element in liquid transfer contact with at least a portion of the liquid conduit between the vapor generator and a part of the liquid conduit that receives liquid from the reservoir, and including an absorbent structure providing a lower capillary force than a capillary force of the liquid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Rory Fraser, Howard Rothwell, Jeremy Wright
  • Patent number: 11583799
    Abstract: Process for conditioning a container including a granular material A enabling the adsorption of the nitrogen contained in a feed gas stream, including a step of injecting, into the container, a gas or a gas mixture G such that the adsorption capacity of the material A with respect to G is less than 10 Ncm3/g at 25° C. and 1 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Vincent Gueret, Guillaume Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11584891
    Abstract: Process and plant for recovering LPG in a refinery process combining the use of sponge absorber, deethanizer and debutanizer. The process and plant enable high LPG recovery and removal of hydrogen sulphide in the LPG product to low levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventor: Nghia Pham Phu
  • Patent number: 11583637
    Abstract: Bubble traps for use in medical fluid lines and medical fluid bubble trap systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the bubble trap is configured to trap gas (e.g., air) that flows into the bubble trap from a fluid line. In some embodiments, the bubble trap includes an inlet and an outlet and a chamber between the inlet and the outlet. For example, in some embodiments, the bubble trap is configured to inhibit gas from flowing into the outlet once gas flows into the chamber from the inlet. In some embodiments, the bubble trap is in fluid communication with a source container, a destination container, and/or a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Jay Hachey
  • Patent number: 11583796
    Abstract: A filter element is provided. The filter element includes a filter media pack including an outer surface. The outer surface extending between a first flow face and a second flow face. The filter element also includes a polymeric coating applied to the outer surface of the filter media pack, wherein the polymeric coating is not a molded structure. In embodiments, the polymeric coating covers at least 25% of a span between the first flow face and the second flow face and has an average thickness of between 0.005 and 0.100 in. In other embodiments, the polymeric coating has a surface roughness of at least 50 ?in to provide an outer gripping surface. A method and system for applying the polymeric coating to the filter element are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Baldwin Filters, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy L. Krull, Matthew K. Epperson, Daniel P. Pokorney, Michael J. Von Seggern
  • Patent number: 11577256
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrostatic precipitation method using an electrostatic precipitator including a collection module having a collection electrode and a discharge electrode, a housing having an internal partition wall formed therein, an inlet-side passage switching member, and an outlet-side passage switching member. The electrostatic precipitation method includes collecting dust by applying a voltage to the discharge electrode while gas flows, closing some of the flow spaces, divided by the internal partition wall using the passage switching members, and performing dust collection for one of the opened flow spaces by applying a voltage to the discharge electrode therein, and performing washing for at least one of the closed flow spaces by supplying washing water to the collection electrode therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woon Lee, Sang Rin Lee, Jae Dong Hwang, Sang Chul Moon
  • Patent number: 11577183
    Abstract: One method disclosed herein of processing a process fluid that comprises dissolved gas includes performing a degassing process on the process fluid by heating the process fluid via heat transfer with a heat transfer fluid, wherein at least some amount of the heat transfer fluid condenses in the first heat transfer process and latent heat of the heat transfer fluid as it condenses is used to increase the temperature of the process fluid. Thereafter, the heat transfer fluid is passed through an expansion device so as to produce a post-expansion heat transfer fluid. The temperature of the heated process fluid is decreased by performing a second heat transfer process between the post-expansion heat transfer fluid and the heated process fluid, wherein the temperature of the post-expansion heat transfer fluid is increased and the latent heat that was supplied to the process fluid in the first heat transfer process is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Sander Baaren
  • Patent number: 11571648
    Abstract: An air cleaner disposed in an indoor space is disclosed. The air cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a blowing device including a suction port and a discharging port, a fan motor configured to cause air flow, a purification unit installed in the blowing device to clean air, a flow conversion configured to change a flow direction of air discharged from the discharging port, a communication unit configured to communicate with a moving agent moving in the indoor space, and a processor configured to receive feature information collected by the moving agent and associated with a structure of the indoor space, obtain a type of the indoor space by using the feature information, and control an operation of at least one of the fan motor and the flow conversion device by using the type of the indoor space to adjust at least one of an operation mode, a wind direction, and a wind volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Taehyun Kim