Patents Examined by M. Lawrence
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Patent number: 11905687Abstract: Water generation systems and methods of generating water from air are disclosed herein. Systems for generating water from air can comprise a solar thermal unit comprising a hygroscopic material, composite or assembly configured to capture water vapor from air during a loading cycle and release water vapor to a working fluid during an unloading cycle. Water generation systems can further include a condenser for condensing water vapor from the working fluid to produce water. Methods for generating water from air disclosed herein can comprise receiving a system operational parameter from a loading and/or unloading cycle. Methods of operation can also include determining a loading and/or unloading system operational setpoint based on the system operational parameter. During a loading cycle, the method includes flowing ambient air through the hygroscopic material, composite or assembly to capture water vapor from air.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Source Global, PBCInventors: Cody Friesen, Kamil Salloum, Joel Hayes, Kimberly McGuinness, Emerson Jones, Paul Johnson, Michael Robinson, Jonathan Goldberg
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Patent number: 11896923Abstract: An air filter housing (200) for an air filter arrangement in a vehicle, the air filter housing being configured for receiving unfiltered air and outputting filtered air by passage of the air through an air filter unit (100). The air filter housing (200) forms a filter cavity (201) configured to house said air filter unit (100), and the air filter housing (200) comprises support member (300) being fixedly arranged in the filter cavity (201). The support member (300) comprises a filter holder portion (301) for holding said air filter unit (100) in a use position, in which use position the complete filter holder portion (301) is located inside said filter cavity (201).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventors: Fredrik Lindfors, Hans Rönnings, Leo Ekbom
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Patent number: 11896927Abstract: A radial adsorber comprising: an adsorbent mass containing particles, a cylindrical shell ring extending along a longitudinal axis that is vertical when the adsorber is in operation, an external grid and an internal grid arranged in such a way as to be permeable to the gas and impermeable to the particles, the internal grid and external grid between them forming an annular volume housing the adsorbent mass, an internal chamber located between the vertical longitudinal axis and the internal grid, an external chamber located between the external grid and the shell ring, the internal chamber and external chamber being intended for the circulation of the gas, the external grid being formed by a plurality of wires and a plurality of supports, the supports being mounted transversely to the wires, the supports and the wires being mounted secured to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Lian-Ming Sun, Christophe Sobre, Christian Monereau, Vincent Gueret
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Patent number: 11892192Abstract: A system and method for separating humidity control from temperature control and utilizing multiple energy storage sub-systems to reduce overall energy consumption, and more generally to cool and dehumidify ambient air using such a multitude of energy storage mediums, including electricity, water, moisture and thermal storage The system uses a primary cooling sub-system such as a vapor compressor in combination with one or more energy storage sub-systems to store energy during one period of operation for later use during another period of operation based on an algorithm that determines the most cost efficient or energy efficient usage.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Transaera, Inc.Inventors: Matthew H. Dorson, Ross Bonner, Sorin Grama, Alexander MacFarlane
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Patent number: 11890591Abstract: Disclosed herein are lithiated cyclodextrin metal organic frameworks and method of making and using the same. A metal organic framework comprising a coordinated network of repeating units extending in three dimensions, wherein the repeating unit comprises a cyclodextrin, a first coordinating metal cation, and a second coordinating metal cation.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: Northwestern University, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)Inventors: James Fraser Stoddart, Hasmukh A. Patel, Zhichang Liu, Siva Krishna Mohan Nalluri
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Patent number: 11891407Abstract: Provided herein are methods of novel methods of synthesizing a metal-organic framework system by vapor-phase appending of a plurality of ligands appended to a metal-organic framework. Also, provided are methods of recycling metal-organic framework systems by detaching the ligand and re-appending the same ligand or appending a different ligand to the metal-organic framework to provide a recycled or repurposed metal-organic framework system.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANYInventors: Carter W. Abney, Joseph M. Falkowski, Mary S. Abdulkarim, Anna C. Ivashko, Julie J. Seo, Aaron W. Peters, Matthew T. Kapelewski, Gerardo J. Majano Sanchez, Wesley Sattler, Simon C. Weston
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Patent number: 11883769Abstract: Mist and vapor eliminating filters, devices, methods of filtering aircraft air using the devices, and systems including the devices, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Pall CorporationInventors: James Robb, Stuart M. Skull, Paul D. Roux
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Patent number: 11883775Abstract: The present invention is directed to an intensified process cycle that utilizes the adsorption beds present to a substantially greater degree allowing the processing of significantly more gas and/or the generation of significantly more product. The elimination of purge steps, reduction in equalization step times, and introduction of overlapping feed and equalization steps which normally cause a degradation in performance for equilibrium-based cycles, frees extra step for other actions to be taken, such as additional equalization steps, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Nicholas R. Stuckert, Michael St. James
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Patent number: 11884910Abstract: An incubator for cell and tissue culture under controlled atmospheric conditions has a primary air flow control device that forms a primary, preferably laminar flow, air veil across an opening that allows access to the cells or tissue cultures disposed within the incubator. Preferably, most if not all of the air in the primary (laminar flow) air veil is recirculated, and a secondary air flow control device is used that forms a secondary, preferably laminar flow, air veil between the primary (laminar flow) air veil and a user of the incubator.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Embrient, Inc.Inventors: Kyong-su Son, Royal Q. Le, Barry E. Rothenberg
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Patent number: 11878266Abstract: A heat resistant regenerable air filter assembly for an air supplying application an air permeable adsorbent panel (1) mounted in a frame (2), said panel comprising a heat resistant structure comprising a heat resistant porous adsorbent material for adsorbing molecular contamination and being configured to be regenerated by desorption, and said air filter assembly comprising a heat resistant sealing material (3) between the adsorbent panel and the frame, where the heat resistant sealing material is a carbon fiber felt material arranged between the air permeable adsorbent panel and the frame so as to fill the distance therebetween, thereby preventing leakage of unfiltered air through the heat regenerable air filter assembly; and a method (100) of regenerating the air filter assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Camfil ABInventors: Boon Han Lim, Cheah Wei Ng
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Patent number: 11878907Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a trace nickel-compounded layered magnesium composite material, a method for preparing the composite material, and use thereof. In some examples, the trace nickel-compounded layered magnesium composite material includes a nano-layered magnesium matrix and nano nickel. The nano nickel is distributed on a surface and between inner layers of the nano-layered magnesium matrix. In other examples, the nano-layered magnesium matrix in the composite material has a size of 10-20 nm, a layer thickness of 10-200 nm, and a layer spacing of 10-100 nm. The mass content of the nano nickel in the composite material is 2-6%. The nano nickel in the composite material has a particle size of 3-50 nm.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Xuzhou University of TechnologyInventors: Hui Liang, Junxiang Zhu, Xinhui Shen, Baozhang Geng, Benliang Cao, Jiashun Deng, Sihang Zhu
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Patent number: 11872517Abstract: A gas adsorption and separation apparatus has an adsorption functional module and a functional module. A main functional portion of the adsorption functional module is an adsorption series composed of two or more adsorption units arranged in sequence The adsorption series has a head end and a tail end. A gas to be separated passes through the adsorption series in a direction from the head end to the tail end. When reaching a preset degree of saturation adsorption of the adsorbate gas, the adsorption unit located at the head end is detached from the adsorption series and enters the further functional module and sequentially re-enters the adsorption series from the tail end. Each adsorption unit is an adsorptive fixed bed composed of an adsorbent and a mechanical support structure and has a proper mechanical strength and good permeability.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI SHENCHENG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Chuanzhong Zhang
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Patent number: 11872518Abstract: A portable pressure swing adsorption method and system for fuel gas conditioning. A fuel gas conditioning system includes a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system fluidly coupled to a rich gas stream, the PSA system including a plurality of adsorbent beds and configured to condition the rich natural gas stream and produce therefrom a high-quality fuel gas and gaseous separated heavier hydrocarbons, a product end of the adsorbent beds fluidly coupled to a fuel gas line, wherein the high-quality fuel gas is discharged from the product end and supplied to the fuel gas line, and a feed end of the adsorbent beds configured to be fluidly coupled to the rich natural gas stream or a raw natural gas stream, wherein the produced gaseous separated heavier hydrocarbons are recirculated into the rich natural gas stream or the raw natural gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Coldstream Energy IP, LLCInventors: Jason G. S. Ho, Gerald Bowen Gump, Pedro T. Santos, Xuepei Yuan
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Patent number: 11865491Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a PSA unit having at least N adsorbers arranged in pairs, where each pair is designed to be able to be selectively isolated, a control device, and a plurality of interfaces for accessing the instrumentation of each adsorber. When a first pair is fluidically isolated, the first pair having a first and a second adsorber, the isolating of a third adsorber includes setting the control device to control N-4 adsorbers, fluidically isolating a second pair having the third and a fourth adsorber, isolating one of the first and second adsorbers and the third adsorber, configuring the interfaces so as to swap over the instrumentation of the other of the first and second adsorbers and the instrumentation of the fourth adsorber, placing the first and second pairs in fluidic communication, and setting the control device to control N-2 adsorbers.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Jan Matthyssen, Pascal Meerman, Luc Nelis
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Patent number: 11859372Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for producing liquid water from ambient air. In certain embodiments, a system includes a regeneration fluid pathway configured to receive a regeneration fluid and a thermal unit configured to heat the regeneration fluid. The system can further include a continuous desiccant unit that comprises an adsorption zone and a desorption zone, as well as a batch desiccant unit that includes a regeneration inlet and a batch desiccant housing. The batch desiccant housing can include a batch desiccant inlet configured to input the ambient air, a batch desiccant outlet configured to output a batch output fluid, and a batch desiccant material. A condenser unit can be configured to produce liquid water from the regeneration fluid, and the system can maximize a water production rate of the condenser unit based on an amount of heat carried by the regeneration fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Source Global, PBCInventors: Cody Friesen, Heath Lorzel, Michael Robinson, Grant Friesen, Jonathan Goldberg, Kamil Salloum
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Patent number: 11857911Abstract: A unit for purifying a gas mixture by adsorption, including at least one adsorber having at least one cluster of N identical adsorbent modules operating in parallel, where N?2, each cluster of N adsorbent modules includes a common inlet manifold having a straight inlet duct of axis Xe supplying N inlet nozzles Tei, where i ranges from 1 to N, respectively connected to the inlets Ei, where i ranges from 1 to N, of the N modules of the cluster, a common outlet manifold having a straight outlet duct of axis Xs collecting the flow leaving the N outlet nozzles Tsi, where i ranges from 1 to N, respectively connected to the outlets Si, where i ranges from 1, of the N modules of the cluster.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Christian Monereau, Benjamin Morineau, Guillaume Rodrigues
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Patent number: 11857912Abstract: A process for producing a purified gas stream having impurities, using a production unit for producing a gas stream and a storage reservoir. The process includes producing a first gas stream by means of the production unit. Storing at least a portion of the first gas stream in the storage reservoir. Extracting, from the storage reservoir, a second gas stream corresponding to at least one portion of the first stream polluted by the impurities. Purifying the second gas stream by transfer of at least one portion of the impurities contained in the second gas stream into the first gas stream. And recovery of the purified gas stream at the output of the purification.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Christian Monereau, David Frimat, Vincent Gueret, Pierre Petit
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Patent number: 11850544Abstract: An apparatus is used for concentrating malodorous organic pollutant waste gas by using an adsorption method. The specific solution is to provide a plurality of parallel fixed-bed adsorbers and a set of movable hot air desorption apparatuses which can be connected to at least one of the plurality of parallel fixed-bed adsorbers in sequence, and to respectively complete desorption of all parallel fixed adsorbent beds by means of the movable hot air desorption apparatuses. In the improved solution, the movable hot air desorption apparatus is connected to two adsorption units, and a regenerative heat exchange apparatus is provided on an inlet and outlet pipeline of the hot air desorption apparatus. The desorption process of the regenerative fixed-bed adsorbers is changed from concentrated desorption requiring high-power energy consumption to stepwise desorption requiring low-power energy consumption.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI SHENCHENG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventor: Chuanzhong Zhang
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Patent number: D1016059Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D1016305Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Huizhou Xinminghong Technology Co, LtdInventor: Hongcheng Wang