Patents Examined by Ngoc-Yen Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11040886
    Abstract: Processes for producing beryllium fluoride salt systems containing beryllium fluoride, such as lithium beryllium fluoride salts, are disclosed herein. The processes include mixing ammonium beryllium fluoride with a lithium compound, melting the mixture to form a molten phase, purging the molten phase, and cooling the molten phase. This reduces the number of manufacturing steps needed to obtain the beryllium fluoride containing salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Materion Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar E. Vidal, Christopher K. Dorn
  • Patent number: 11040881
    Abstract: A method for preparing a Na3V2(PO4)2F3 material, including at least the steps: a) reducing the vanadium oxide, V2O5, under a reducing atmosphere in the absence of elementary carbon and in the presence of at least one phosphate anion precursor in order to form vanadium phosphate, VPO4; and b) exposing, under an inert atmosphere, a mixture of the VPO4 material obtained in step a) with an effective amount of sodium fluoride, NaF, and at least one hydrocarbon- and oxygen-containing compound which is a source of elementary carbon, to temperature conditions that are favourable for calcining said mixture so as to form said Na3V2(PO4)2F3 compound. Also, a related electrode material, an electrode and a secondary sodium battery using the presented material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ETAUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNES
    Inventors: Nikita Hall, Sylvain Boulineau, Laurence Croguennec, Sébastien Launois, Christian Masquelier, Loïc Simonin
  • Patent number: 11034585
    Abstract: Realized is a solid substance concentration managing method which allows quick detection of an abnormality in a chemical reactor. The present invention is an invention of a solid substance concentration managing method of managing a concentration of a solid substance which is contained in a residue that is discharged in a reaction product gas processing step included in a trichlorosilane producing method, the solid substance concentration managing method including a concentration measuring step of measuring the concentration of the solid substance which is contained in an after-crystallization residue that is obtained by crystallizing part of aluminum chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ishida, Masami Enokuchi, Isao Yamashita, Yoshikazu Kodama, Hiroyuki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11027979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for hydrogenating silicon tetrachloride in a reactor, wherein a reactant gas containing hydrogen and silicon tetrachloride is heated to a temperature between 850° C. and 1600° C. by means of at least one heating element, which comprises a graphite surface, wherein the temperature of the heating element is between 850° C. and 1600° C. The process is characterized in that a nitrogen compound is added to the reactant gas in a substance amount fraction of 0.1 to 10% based on hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Martin Zettl, Andreas Hirschmann, Uwe Pätzold, Robert Ring
  • Patent number: 10995006
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing polycrystalline silicon at a lighter environmental load and at low production cost. A method in accordance with the present invention for producing polycrystalline silicon includes: a silicon deposition step; a separation step; a hydrogen chloride removal step; a hydrogen refining step; an activated carbon regeneration step; and a circulation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Inoue, Masami Enokuchi, Kotaro Okamura
  • Patent number: 10967295
    Abstract: Methods for making high-purity LiFSI salts and intermediate products using one, the other, or both of a reactive-solvent removal/replacement method and an LiFSI purification method. In some embodiments, the reactive-solvent removal/replacement method includes using non-reactive anhydrous organic solvents to remove and/or replace one or more reactive solvents in a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, the LiFSI purification method includes using anhydrous organic solvents to remove impurities, such as synthesis impurities, from a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, crude LiFSI can be made using an aqueous-based neutralization process. LiFSI salts and products made using methods of the disclosure are also described, as are uses of such salts and products and electrochemical devices that include such salts and products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SES Holdings Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajendra P. Singh, Qichao Hu
  • Patent number: 10961160
    Abstract: A fluoride sintered body suitable for a moderator which moderates high-energy neutrons so as to generate neutrons for medical care with which an affected part of the deep part of the body is irradiated to make a tumor extinct comprises MgF2 of a compact polycrystalline structure having a bulk density of 2.90 g/cm3 or more and as regards mechanical strengths, a bending strength of 10 MPa or more and a Vickers hardness of 71 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, DAICO MFG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kumada, Tetsuyuki Nakamura, Takuji Shigeoka, Takeshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10934166
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for producing hydrogen fluoride which can suppress the occurrence of the pasty state over the whole process of producing hydrogen fluoride, reduce the problem of corrosion caused by sulfuric acid, and improve energy efficiency of the process. A method for producing hydrogen fluoride by reacting calcium fluoride and sulfuric acid comprises: (a) mixing and reacting calcium fluoride and sulfuric acid such that a mixture comprising calcium fluoride particles and sulfuric acid substantially maintains a form of particulate to obtain hydrogen fluoride while supplying sulfuric acid to the calcium fluoride particles at a flow rate of 0.002 to 1 mol/min relative to 1 mol of calcium fluoride to such an amount that a molar ratio of sulfuric acid/calcium fluoride is 0.9 to 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Arata Sasatani, Toshiyuki Kinoshita, Toshikazu Yoshimura, Akikazu Tabuchi, Masayoshi Imoto
  • Patent number: 10926190
    Abstract: Methods of removing target impurities from a crude lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) to make a purified LiFSI product. In some embodiments, a purification method includes contacting crude LiFSI with a first anhydrous organic solvent to create a solution containing LiFSI and the target impurity(ies), wherein the LiFSI is soluble and the impurity(ies) is/are substantially insoluble. In some embodiments, a second anhydrous organic solvent is added to the solution to precipitate the target impurity(ies), which is then filtered to obtain a filtrate. In some embodiments, solvent is removed from the filtrate to obtain a solid mass containing LiFSI, which may then be contacted with a third anhydrous organic solvent in which the LiFSI is insoluble. The LiFSI may then be isolated from the third anhydrous organic solvent to obtain the purified LiFSI product. Also disclosed are purified LiFSI products and electrochemical devices utilizing purified LiFSI products, among other things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SES Holdings Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajendra P. Singh, Qichao Hu
  • Patent number: 10913993
    Abstract: A steel for a high-strength bolt that includes from 0.50 mass % to 0.65 mass % carbon, from 1.5 mass % to 2.5 mass % silicon, 1.0 mass % or more chromium, 0.4 mass % or less manganese, greater than 1.5 mass % molybdenum, 0.03 mass % or less phosphorus and sulfur combined, and balance iron and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hamada, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Kosuke Kimura
  • Patent number: 10899964
    Abstract: A perovskite quantum dot preparation method and a perovskite quantum dot solution are provided. The preparation method may include: providing a first solution including caesium oleate, a second solution including lead halide and a third solution including DDAB; adding the first solution, the second solution and the third solution into a non-polar alkyl solution at a preset proportion and stirring to obtain a perovskite quantum dot solution; the perovskite quantum dot solution may include caesium-lead-halogen of pure phase. In this way, the present disclosure can easily obtain the perovskite quantum dot solution including caesium-lead-halogen of pure phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xu Chen
  • Patent number: 10899630
    Abstract: A process of conditioning tungsten pentachloride to form specific crystalline phases are disclosed. The specific crystalline phases permit stable vapor pressures over extended periods of time during vapor deposition and etching processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Feng Li, Sonia Plaza, Jean-Marc Girard, Nicolas Blasco, Yumin Liu
  • Patent number: 10894715
    Abstract: Chlorous acid is generated from a chlorite salt precursor, a chlorate salt precursor, or a combination of both by ion exchange. The ion exchange material facilitates the generation of chlorous acid by simultaneously removing unwanted cations from solution and adding hydrogen ion to solution. Chlorine dioxide is generated in a controlled manner from chlorous acid by catalysis. Chlorine dioxide can be generated either subsequent to the generation of chlorous acid or simultaneously with the generation of chlorous acid. For catalysis of chlorous acid to chlorine dioxide, the chlorous acid may be generated by ion exchange or in a conventional manner. Ion exchange materials are also used to purify the chlorous acid and chlorine dioxide solutions, without causing degradation of said solutions, to exchange undesirable ions in the chlorous acid and chlorine dioxide solutions with desirable ions, such as stabilizing ions, and to adjust the pH of chlorous acid and chlorine dioxide solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: Allison H. Sampson, Richard L. Sampson
  • Patent number: 10882026
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing chlorine by feeding hydrogen chloride and oxygen into catalyst beds which are formed in the reaction tubes of a fixed-bed multitubular reactor and which contain catalysts for use in oxidation of hydrogen chloride, and this process is characterized in that the catalyst beds in one reaction zone in the fixed-bed multitubular reactor are catalyst beds formed by packing catalysts of a plurality of production lots; and in that the catalysts of the plurality of production lots satisfy the following condition (I): Condition (I): a value of AB is smaller than 1.20 (with the proviso that A and B are values of three significant figures, having a relationship of A?B), wherein the pore volume of a catalyst of one production lot optionally selected from the plurality of production lots is A [ml/g], and the pore volume of another one production lot is B [ml/g].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kohei Seki
  • Patent number: 10882752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature/atmospheric-pressure method for producing synthetic hectorite and synthetic hectorite produced using the same, and more particularly, provides a method for producing synthetic hectorite at a low temperature and atmospheric pressure and synthetic hectorite produced using the same such that: a crystallization reaction may be carried out under a low-temperature/atmospheric-pressure condition by introducing a step of forming a precipitate and using a weak basic catalyst when the Li—Mg precipitates are formed; a reaction time may be reduced; synthetic hectorite with excellent major application properties may be prepared; and the properties may be easily controlled by controlling a composition ratio of a reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hun Kim, Je Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10875781
    Abstract: Reactions are disclosed in which phosphine and hydrogen fluoride are reacted to produce a phosphorus pentafluoride containing gas according the stoichiometry: PH3+4F2?PF5+3HF Further reaction using the phosphorus pentafluoride to produce lithium hexafluorophosphate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Gene Lee Hunsucker
  • Patent number: 10865121
    Abstract: Provided is a method of making an inorganic platinum compound. The method includes the steps of: Step (A): providing a platinum material and a halogen-containing oxidizing agent; and Step (B): treating the platinum material with the halogen-containing oxidizing agent in a hydrochloric acid aqueous solution to obtain the inorganic platinum compound, including chloroplatinic acid or chloroplatinate salt; wherein the halogen-containing oxidizing agent excludes chlorine gas. The method of making an inorganic platinum compound is simple, safe, time-effective, cost-effective, and environment-friendly, and has the advantage of high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TRIPOD NANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lin Lu, Kuei-Sheng Fan, Chun-Lun Chiu, Han-Wu Yen, Chi-Jiun Peng, Cheng-Ding Wang, Jim-Min Fang
  • Patent number: 10858756
    Abstract: Crystalline NH4Be2BO3F2 or Be2BO3F (abbreviated as BBF) has nonlinear optical effect, is not deliquescent in the air, is chemically stable. They can be used in a variety of nonlinear optical fields and will pioneer the nonlinear optical applications in the deep UV band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ning Ye, Guang Peng, Min Luo, Ge Zhang, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10858250
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the bromine-facilitated synthesis of fluoro-sulfur compounds, that include SF4, SF5Cl, SF5Br and SF6. The methods described herein generally require lower temperature and pressure, produce higher yields, require less time, do not use corrosive or costly reactants and solvents that are commonly used in the synthesis of the fluoro-sulfur compounds, and do not produce deleterious waste products when compared to previously-used methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: AvantBio Corporation
    Inventor: Rolf W. Winter
  • Patent number: 10850981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of producing a gas at a variable rate, the methods comprising dynamically mixing dry particles comprising a precursor and dry particles comprising a proton-generating species to produce a gas and wherein the gas is produced at a rate that is varied by varying the amount of time the dry particles comprising the precursor and the dry particles comprising the proton-generating species are dynamically mixed, the rate at which the dry particles comprising the precursor and the dry particles comprising the proton-generating species are dynamically mixed, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ICA TriNova, LLC
    Inventors: William Ernst, Thomas Isaac