Patents Examined by Ciel P Contreras
  • Patent number: 11629416
    Abstract: A fluid electrolysis apparatus includes: a body part which includes an inlet port and an outlet port formed thereon and is provided with an inner space through which a fluid introduced through the inlet port passes to be discharged through the outlet port; an electrode part mounted in the inner space and including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, to which external powers of opposite polarity are applied, respectively, wherein the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are alternately arranged while being spaced apart from each other, to form a plurality of fluid channels between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; and a conductive connection terminal part integrally formed with the body part so that at least a portion of a body thereof is embedded in the body part to apply external power to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Won Kee Sung
  • Patent number: 11613821
    Abstract: An electrolyzed water generator includes an anode, a cathode, a cation exchange membrane, a housing having a first through-hole and a second through-hole, a first feeder shaft, and a second feeder shaft. Each of the first feeder shaft and the second feeder shaft has an engaging portion. Each of the first through-hole and the second through-hole has an engaged portion. The engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other to inhibit a positional shift of the first feeder shaft against the first through-hole in the given direction and to inhibit a positional shift of the second feeder shaft against the second through-hole in the given direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11608281
    Abstract: A method for operating a wastewater treatment system is disclosed wherein the wastewater treatment system comprises at least one electrochemical cell comprising dimensionally stable electrodes having the same catalyst composition, the electrodes being immersed in wastewater and being connected to a power supply and wherein the voltage at the power supply is monitored and the polarity of the electrochemical cell(s) is reversed when the recorded voltage increases by a predetermined voltage difference. The wastewater treatment system can comprise at least one electrochemical cell which is kept inactive while the active electrochemical cells are operating. The inactive cell(s) can be activated when all the electrodes of the active cells are consumed as indicated by another increase in voltage at the power supply after the polarity of the active cells has been once reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Axine Water Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Julia Lynne Krasovic
  • Patent number: 11608563
    Abstract: An electrochemical deposition system for depositing metal onto a workpiece, comprises a deposition chamber adapted to receive plating solution, a workpiece holder for holding a workpiece in a first plane, a shield holder for holding a shield in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane, an agitation plate having a profiled surface to agitate plating solution, wherein the workpiece holder, shield holder and agitation plate are all adapted for insertion into and removal from the deposition chamber, and further comprising an actuator operable to change a relative distance between the workpiece holder and shield holder, in a direction normal to the first and second planes, while they are located within the deposition chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASMPT NEXX, INC.
    Inventors: Arthur Keigler, Dave Guarnaccia, Demetrius Papapanaiyatou, Jon Hander, Robert Moon
  • Patent number: 11603596
    Abstract: An electrolytic cell, including a plurality of electrodes arranged to define a plurality of channels between adjacent electrodes is disclosed. Each channel is in fluid communication adjacent a first end with a first adjacent channel and is in fluid communication adjacent to a second end with a second adjacent channel. The electrolytic cell may be optimized for high concentration output of hypochlorite. The electrolytic cell may be used in conjunction with a plurality of cells operated collectively to provide operational efficiencies as compared to traditional hypochlorite generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Electrichlor, LLC
    Inventors: Kent Douglas Henry, Malcolm Barrie Bentley
  • Patent number: 11598012
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to the electrochemical separation of target gases from gas mixtures are provided. In some cases, a target gas such as carbon dioxide is captured and optionally released using an electrochemical cell (e.g., by bonding to an electroactive species in a reduced state). Some embodiments are particularly useful for selectively capturing the target gas while reacting with little to no oxygen gas that may be present in the gas mixture. Some such embodiments may be useful in applications involving separations from gas mixtures having relatively low concentrations of the target gas, such as direct air capture and ventilated air treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sahag Voskian, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Patent number: 11584998
    Abstract: An electrolytic device and to a method for operating an electrolysis of water with at least one electrolysis cell, the electrolysis cell having an anode compartment having an anode and a cathode compartment having a cathode. The anode compartment is separated from the cathode compartment by a proton exchange membrane. The anode compartment is suitable for holding water and oxidising the water on the anode to form a first product including oxygen and the cathode compartment is suitable for holding water and reducing the water on the cathode to a second product including hydrogen. Furthermore, the electrolysis device includes a first gas precipitation device for precipitation of oxygen, the first gas precipitation device for carrying out a natural water circulation being arranged above the electrolysis cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Hahn, Hagen Hertsch, Stephan Rückert, Thomas Purucker, Alexander Spies, Jochen Straub, Richard Wagner
  • Patent number: 11585002
    Abstract: A controller stops flow of posolyte through a positive electrode chamber of a flow cell to trap the posolyte within the positive electrode chamber and hydraulically isolate the flow cell without stopping flow of negolyte through a negative electrode chamber of the flow cell, discharges the flow cell until hydrogen gas is evolved at a reactive surface of the positive electrode chamber while the posolyte is trapped within the positive electrode chamber, and subsequently discontinues the discharge and restarts the flow of the posolyte through the positive electrode chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ViZn Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Mannington Street, Derek C. Tarrant
  • Patent number: 11578416
    Abstract: The plant control method includes the following. Calculating a first reference amount to be supplied for an amount of hydrogen to be supplied to a second production device (40). Making a decision on whether or not the amount of remaining hydrogen in a storage device (20) at the beginning of a subject term falls within a reference range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Hoshino, Yasushi Fujimura, Sho Fujimoto, Mototaka Kai
  • Patent number: 11560633
    Abstract: An electrolysis system and an electrolysis method wherein the electrolysis system includes a pressure-electrolytic cell and a throttle in the catholyte line, by which the catholyte flow can be divided into a gas and liquid phase. In this way, (by-)products of the electrolysis can be recycled, while the electrolytic cell can be operated effectively at a high pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Linde GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Hentschel, Andreas Peschel, Marc Hanebuth, Günter Schmid, Dan Taroata
  • Patent number: 11519082
    Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode that includes a cathode catalyst layer used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride and also includes a cathode chamber; an anode that includes an anode catalyst layer used to oxidize water to produce protons and also includes an anode chamber; and a gas introduction unit that introduces, into the anolyte at a certain position, a certain gas used to remove at least one of the hydrogenation target substance and the organic hydride that have passed through the electrolyte membrane and been mixed into the anolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, DE NORA PERMELEC LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Mitsushima, Kensaku Nagasawa, Yoshinori Nishiki, Akihiro Kato, Setsuro Ogata, Awaludin Zaenal, Akiyoshi Manabe, Koji Matsuoka, Yasushi Sato
  • Patent number: 11512404
    Abstract: Printhead for a 3D manufacturing system that uses metal electrodeposition to construct parts; embodiments utilize a grid of anodes to achieve high quality parts with features that may be small and detailed. To support grids with thousands or millions of anodes, the printhead may use matrix control with row and column drivers similar to display backplanes. Unlike display backplanes where the design goal is to display images using minimal current, the printhead may be optimized for high current density for fast electrodeposition, and for anode longevity. Current density may exceed 1000 mA per cm-squared, at least an order of magnitude greater than that of display backplanes. Anode longevity may be enhanced by using relatively large anodes compared to the grid pitch of the printhead, by lengthening the conductive paths through anodes, or both. Embodiments may be constructed by adding anode and insulation layers on top of matrix-controlled switching circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FABRIC8LABS, INC.
    Inventors: David Pain, Andrew Edmonds, Jeffrey Herman, Charles Pateros, David Wirth, Kareemullah Shaik
  • Patent number: 11504494
    Abstract: An environment control system utilizes oxygen and humidity control devices that are coupled with an enclosure to independently control the oxygen concentration and the humidity level within the enclosure. An oxygen depletion device may be an oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell that reacts with oxygen within the cell and produces water through electrochemical reactions. A desiccating device may be g, a dehumidification electrolyzer cell, a desiccator, a membrane desiccator or a condenser. A controller may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of oxygen reduction and may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the dehumidification electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of humidity reduction. The oxygen level may be determined by the measurement of voltage and a limiting current of the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell. The enclosure may be a food or artifact enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FFI IONIX IP, INC.
    Inventors: Bamdad Bahar, Jacob Zerby
  • Patent number: 11502308
    Abstract: A catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) for use in a water electrolyser, having a laminate structure comprising: a first layer comprising a first membrane component having a cathode catalyst layer disposed on a first face thereof; a second layer comprising a second membrane component having an anode catalyst layer disposed on a first face thereof; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and second layers, comprising a third membrane component having a recombination catalyst layer disposed on a first face thereof is disclosed. The CCM is useful within a water electrolyser. The recombination catalyst layer reduces the risk associated with hydrogen crossover and allows thinner membranes with lower resistance to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Emily Rose Price, Edward Anthony Wright
  • Patent number: 11492715
    Abstract: A controller stops flow of posolyte through a positive electrode chamber of a flow cell to trap the posolyte within the positive electrode chamber and hydraulically isolate the flow cell without stopping flow of negolyte through a negative electrode chamber of the flow cell, discharges the flow cell until hydrogen gas is evolved at a reactive surface of the positive electrode chamber while the posolyte is trapped within the positive electrode chamber, and subsequently discontinues the discharge and restarts the flow of the posolyte through the positive electrode chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Mannington Street, Derek C. Tarrant
  • Patent number: 11492714
    Abstract: A dual gas flow device including: a first cooling plate structure, a second cooling plate structure, a plurality of electrode plates, wherein the first cooling plate structure, the second cooling plate structure and the plurality of electrode plates are arranged in a stacked configuration, wherein the first cooling plate structure forms a first end of the stack and the second cooling plate structure forms a second end of the stack, wherein the plurality of electrode plates are arranged between the first cooling plate structure and the second cooling plate structure, wherein each electrode plate includes a plurality of cooling channels extending through the electrode plate, distributed along a peripheral portion of the electrode plate, each cooling channel being aligned with the corresponding cooling channel of the other electrode plates in the stack, wherein each of the first cooling plate structure and the second cooling plate structure is provided with a plurality of connecting channels, each connecting cha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hymeth ApS
    Inventor: Sumon Bishwas
  • Patent number: 11479872
    Abstract: Fabricating a doped bismuth vanadate electrode includes spray coating a substrate with an aqueous solution with vanadium-containing anions and bismuth-containing cations to yield a coated substrate, heating the coated substrate to form crystalline bismuth vanadate on the substrate, and doping the crystalline bismuth vanadate with lithium ions to yield a doped bismuth vanadate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Umesh Prasad, Jyoti Prakash, Arunachala Kannan
  • Patent number: 11479868
    Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic apparatus capable of pressurizing hydrogen gas produced by the electrolytic apparatus and removing impurities in the produced hydrogen gas. In the electrolytic apparatus, gas compression means 101 including an ejector 110, a storage tank 103 storing a circulation liquid, a circulation pipe 105 circulating a fluid mixture of hydrogen gas and the circulation liquid to the ejector, and a circulation pump 104 is provided in a discharge line 12 for hydrogen gas produced by electrolysis, a hydrogen gas discharge pipe 106 and a first valve V1 are provided in the storage tank 103, impurities in the hydrogen gas are transferred to the circulation liquid to remove the impurities from the hydrogen gas, and a pressure of the hydrogen gas stored in the storage tank 103 is raised by controlling a flow rate of the circulation liquid circulated from the storage tank 103 to the ejector 110 and opening and closing of the first valve V1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Manabe, Masahiro Ohara
  • Patent number: 11459663
    Abstract: A device and process for using the device are provided for the production of commodity, specialty, performance or fine chemicals by redox enzyme systems which require the addition of reducing equivalents. The device allows operating conditions to be conveniently altered to achieve maximal electrochemical efficiencies for a given enzymatically mediated redox reaction or series of reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Biocheminsights, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Armiger, David R. Dodds
  • Patent number: 11441737
    Abstract: A system uses existing pipelines, e.g., natural gas, oil, etc., to transport hydrogen to one or more distribution points. The disclosed hydrogen distribution system enables use of water, sewer, storm drain and other existing pipelines for local distribution. Hydrogen is produced from an energy source at a producing location. A safety pipe is located inside an existing pipeline configured to carry a first product and a hydrogen delivery line, configured to carry hydrogen, is placed inside the safety pipe such that a channel is formed between an exterior of the hydrogen delivery line and an interior of the safety pipe. Hydrogen is injected into the hydrogen delivery line and a sweeper gas is injected into the channel to purge any hydrogen that might be leaking from the hydrogen delivery line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: H2 Clipper, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Ewan, Robert H. Shelton, Rinaldo S. Brutoco