Patents Examined by Phillip Y Shao
  • Patent number: 11247162
    Abstract: The present patent of invention application refers to a draining and sealing device (1), belonging to the field of forward flow or reverse flow mist eliminators or polygonal plate systems used in various industries, which consist of a tubular body (10) formed by an optional upper portion (11) comprising a cover e having a closed upper end (12) and radial drainage openings (13); an intermediate attachment portion comprising a thread (14) or welding ring (15) or flange (16); and a lower tubular portion (17) provided with a lower end having drainage holes (18); said drainage and sealing device (1) also being formed by a body of drainage and sealing fibers (20) housed in the lower tubular portion (17) that provides drainage of the collected liquid and sealing against the countercurrent circulation of mist-containing gas; said drainage and sealing device (1) may have the tubular body (10) without no upper portion (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NC Engenharia, Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
    Inventor: Nelson Perella Clark
  • Patent number: 11207626
    Abstract: An apparatus for catching un-vaporized e-liquid prevents un-vaporized e-liquid from exiting the mouthpiece of an atomizer or vaporizer. A liquid catch chamber is positioned after the outlet from a vaporizer's heating element, with a liquid deflection barrier between the outlet from the vaporizer's heating element and the outlet from the catch chamber. Protrusions around the outlet apertures may further restrict the flow of un-vaporized e-liquid out of the outlets. Further, absorbent materials may also be used to retain the e-liquid within the catch chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Vertigo Vapor LLC
    Inventors: Ted Thanh Vo, Thomas Timothy Vo
  • Patent number: 11201342
    Abstract: A method of fuel desulfurization comprises receiving fuel from a source of fuel in a gaseous phase and condensing the fuel in the gaseous phase in a fuel condenser to convert at least a portion of the fuel into a liquid phase. The method further comprises delivering the fuel in the liquid phase directly to a reformer and returning the uncondensed portion of the fuel in the gaseous phase to the source of fuel to inert the source of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Daguang Zheng, Dacong Weng
  • Patent number: 11173445
    Abstract: A method to pre-treat an inlet natural gas stream at gas pressure reduction stations to produce LNG removes water and carbon dioxide from a natural gas stream. The energy required for the process is provided by recovering pressure energy in the inlet gas stream. The process eliminates the conventional gas pre-heating process at pressure reductions stations employing gas combustion heaters. The process provides a method to produce LNG at natural gas pressure reduction that meets product specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: 1304338 Alberta Ltd., 1304342 Alberta Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose Lourenco, MacKenzie Millar
  • Patent number: 11161073
    Abstract: Processes for separating carbon dioxide from a gas mixture that comprises CO2 and N2 that are based upon formation of gas hydrates, and systems useful for implementing such processes, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Matthew S. Mettler, Ashish B. Mhadeshwar, Rustom M. Billimoria
  • Patent number: 11161071
    Abstract: A separating device for separating a liquid from gas is provided with a separating element that has a housing with housing cover closing off an end face of the housing. A filter element is arranged in the housing. A coupling element is provided to couple the separating element to a connector device. The housing cover has a central first gas passage and a second gas passage arranged radially outwardly of the first gas passage. The housing cover has a housing cover thread correlated with the first gas passage. The housing cover thread is to be screwed to a coupling element thread of the coupling element. A fluid discharge channel is arranged within the coupling element for discharging separated liquid from the separating device. The housing cover thread and the coupling element thread, in a position of use of the separating device, are connected substantially seal-tightly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Bertram Bartelt, Klemens Dworatzek
  • Patent number: 11154805
    Abstract: A filter insert for installation in a fluid filter has at least one main separator for separating liquid from aerosol. The main separator is supported at a main separator support tube. The filter insert further has at least one post separator for separating liquid from aerosol that is supported at a post separator support tube. The post separator is arranged downstream of the main separator in a flow direction of a fluid to be cleaned. The post separator is arranged concentric to the main separator and is radially spaced by an intermediate space from the main separator. The post separator support tube is configured to add axial elasticity to the support tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Felix Nimtz
  • Patent number: 11154810
    Abstract: A method for revamping a CO2 removal section for removing carbon dioxide from a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas, wherein the CO2 removal section comprises an absorption section (2) wherein carbon dioxide is transferred to an absorbing solution and a stripping tower (3) for regeneration of the CO2-loaded solution, said stripping tower comprising an upper zone (4) where a first gaseous CO2 stream (10) and a partially regenerated semi-lean solution (11) are produced, and a lower zone (5) acting as a stripping zone where a second gaseous CO2 stream (12) and a lean regenerated solution are produced, the second CO2 stream (12) being a substantially pure stream containing less hydrogen and impurities than the first CO2 stream, and wherein the method of revamping provides the installation of sealing means (16) inside the stripping tower (3), arranged to isolate said second gaseous CO2 stream (12) from the first stream (10), so that the second stream (12) can be exported separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Casale SA
    Inventor: Sergio Panza
  • Patent number: 11130073
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for condensing moisture in a gas stream entering or leaving a bioreactor, the system comprising: a contact condenser container fluidically coupled to the bioreactor through an exhaust line; a condensate accumulator fluidically coupled to the contact condenser container through at least a first condensate line and a second condensate line; the condensate accumulator further fluidically coupled to the bioreactor through a condensate overflow line; a first condensate control device disposed on the first condensate line and configured to control a flow of condensate leaving the contact condenser container and entering the condensate accumulator; and a second condensate control device disposed on the second condensate line and configured to control a flow of condensate leaving the condensate accumulator to be mixed with the gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Richard Lee Damren, Colin Tuohey, Patrick Guertin, Parrish Galliher
  • Patent number: 11131180
    Abstract: A gas separator for use in a wellbore. The separator has an annular, staged separator system, whereby a liquid-gas mixture is separated into its liquid and gas components. Gas components are allowed to escape up the annulus around the separator, while liquid components are captured on each stage and removed through an inner tube. The inner tube has limited entry ports. These ports may be sized such that ports at the top of the string have a smaller, more limited entry than those toward the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Blackjack Production Tools, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Ellithorp
  • Patent number: 11124313
    Abstract: An inerting system for aircraft including a gas circuit with successively at least one air inlet, a compressor and an air separation module. The air separation module includes an outlet for oxygen-enriched gas and an outlet for inerting gas. The air separation module includes gas permeation membranes resistant to a temperature greater than or equal to 100° C. and preferably 140° C., and the inerting gas outlet is connected to a turbine for releasing pressure and cooling the inerting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Pierrick Mailhet, Frederic Tong-Yette
  • Patent number: 11083975
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid inlet device (1) for a separator, comprising a lower part (2) and an upper part (3), wherein the lower part (2) comprises an inner wall surface (4) having a horizontal cross-section comprising a circular arc, a top section (5) comprising a fluid outlet (6), a bottom section (7) comprising a liquid outlet (8), and a tangential fluid inlet (9) for introduction of a fluid flow to the inner wall surface (4); the upper part (3) comprises multiple guiding vanes (10) arranged to guide a fluid flow, entering the upper part through the fluid outlet (6), in a horizontal direction away from the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FMC Separation Systems, BV
    Inventor: Oscar Salazar
  • Patent number: 11083983
    Abstract: A flow-diverger feed inlet distributor and/or a vertical, partially perforated baffle for separating vapor and liquid in a horizontal vessel. The flow-diverger feed inlet distributor comprises multiple pairs of straight-vertical vanes positioned in the horizontal vessel adjacent a feed inlet opening at one head/end of the vessel. The partially perforated baffle is positioned in the vessel adjacent the feed inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BECHTEL OIL, GAS AND CHEMICALS, INC
    Inventors: Charles Joseph Kruse, Qui Truong Poorman, Reni Raju
  • Patent number: 11079305
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention is an apparatus, configured to collect emitted sample dose from a drug delivery device, wherein the sample dose is an aerosol, wherein the apparatus comprises a collection assembly and a removable plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: PROVERIS SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dino J. Farina, Timothy R. L'Ecuyer, Spencer Pallas, Jason Graaf
  • Patent number: 11052328
    Abstract: A fuel stabilization system for removing oxygen from fuel includes an accumulator disposed along a fuel line, the accumulator includes a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet and a heat source disposed in thermal communication with the fuel in or upstream of the fuel inlet of the accumulator to increase the temperature of the fuel within the accumulator. The accumulator is configured to allow oxygen deposits to form therein as a result of the temperature increase of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Delavan Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Tongue, Jonathan Rheaume, Haralambos Cordatos
  • Patent number: 11033088
    Abstract: A hair care appliance comprising a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end and a fluid inlet which is cylindrical and is adjacent the first end of the housing, a fluid outlet, a fluid flow path extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and a cable for supplying power to the appliance wherein the cable connects to the housing at the first end of the housing, wherein the fluid inlet is provided with a filtering system comprising a removable portion wherein the removable portion comprises a filter grille having first and second states and the filter grille is retained in a first state by a magnetic coupling between two portions of the filter grille.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Antoine Francois Atkinson, Adam David Lambert
  • Patent number: 11033870
    Abstract: Providing a method for generating and releasing 1-MCP gas from a complex carrier through the use of a 1-MCP generator that enables the application of at least one physical, releasing force to a carrier complex and/or mixture comprising water and the carrier complex, or the interaction of steam with a carrier complex and/or mixture comprising water and the carrier complex, over a determined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Nazir Mir
  • Patent number: 11020541
    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: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Fangrow, Jay Hachey
  • Patent number: 11015405
    Abstract: A separation apparatus for separating constituents from effluent. The separation apparatus includes a gas diffuser, a hopper, and a tank. The gas diffuser includes an inlet inner tube for receiving effluent from a well. The hopper is disposed at least partially below the gas diffuser, and the tank is connected to the hopper. The gas diffuser is configured so that gas in the effluent is released from the effluent and into the atmosphere before the effluent enters the hopper. The hopper is configured so that liquid effluent in the hopper spills over a top portion of the hopper and into the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: DHI—DALBO HOLDINGS, INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
    Inventor: Gary Coates
  • Patent number: 10987611
    Abstract: Inlet and outlet connections of a well manifold connect to integrated piping of a unitary vessel on a skid. The unitary vessel defines an interior separated into two chambers by a barrier. One chamber has a test inlet for well testing operation, and the other chamber has a production inlet for production operation. Each of the chambers is in communication with a gas outlet for gas, a water outlet for water, and a condensate outlet for condensate. Each of the chambers has a weir plate disposed in the chamber and separating the water outlet on a waterside of the weir plate from the condensate outlet on a condensate-side of the weir plate adjacent the barrier. During use, the second chamber can be isolated so well testing operation can be performed using the first chamber. Also, the first chamber can be isolated so production operation can be performed using the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: William Jacob Management, Inc.
    Inventors: John Weaver, Jayant Desai, Muhammad Shahab