Patents Examined by Sonji Turner
  • Patent number: 11484890
    Abstract: An electrostatic precipitator is provided capable of preventing a reduction in dust collection effect of ionic wind, and increasing dust collection efficiency. The electrostatic precipitator includes: a plurality of collecting electrodes (4) in the form of circular pipes arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the electrodes; and a plurality of protrusions (5a) protruding toward the collecting electrodes (4) and arranged offset in parallel with the orthogonal direction. An equivalent diameter of a cross section of the collecting electrode (4) is 30 mm to 80 mm. An opening ratio of the collecting electrodes (4) arranged at predetermined intervals is 10% to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Tomimatsu, Masaya Kato, Yasutoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11484889
    Abstract: The present invention 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 improving dust collecting efficiency by performing stable electrification at an accurate position using an electrification electrode in which an electrification pin and an electrode rod are formed integrally with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Park, Ki Hong Kim, Jae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11452960
    Abstract: A filter media includes flat sheets that are corrugated into a honeycomb matrix wherein air flows through the material and airborne contaminants are captured on the sidewalls of the material, wherein an active electrostatic field is applied to the flat sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Environmental Management Confederation, INC.
    Inventor: Forwood C Wiser
  • Patent number: 11453013
    Abstract: A variable bidirectional electrostatic filter system with an adjustable distance between a charging part and a dust collecting part is provided herein and includes a high voltage applying means configured to supply a high voltage; a filter housing; a dust collecting part; a forward charging part; a reverse charging part; a forward movement rail installed in the filter housing and configured to adjust a distance from an amplification section while forming the amplification section between the forward charging part and the dust collecting part; a reverse movement rail installed in the filter housing; and a control unit providing an amplification section, in which the charged capturing targets are agglomerated, between the charging part and the dust collecting part and by adjusting the distance from the amplification section prevents unnecessary waste of energy and maintain dust collecting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ROYAL INDUSTRIAL TECH CORP
    Inventor: Seung Whan Lee
  • Patent number: 11440024
    Abstract: A conductive fabric filter includes a non-woven fabric coated with copper by electroless plating, and the non-woven fabric has pores and is conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: CS E&L Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Jae Han
  • Patent number: 11413626
    Abstract: A carbon fiber charging device and an electrical appliance therefor are provided. The carbon fiber charging device includes a carbon fiber electrode configured to generate electrons and charge surrounding dust, a protective case configured to cover the carbon fiber electrode such that a foreign object having a size of a human finger is not able to contact the carbon fiber electrode, the protective case including a top wall facing a tip of the carbon fiber electrode and provided with a through hole and a side wall surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the carbon fiber electrode, and an electron generation stabilization device provided in the protective case and configured to allow the carbon fiber electrode to generate electrons stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kochiyama, Kyuho Shin, Soyoung Yun
  • Patent number: 11413627
    Abstract: Apparatus for reducing the translucence or opacity caused by smoke within a closed environment includes a fibrous substrate comprising non-conductive fibers. The apparatus further includes elongated, substantially parallel electrodes disposed on the substrate arranged as one or more pairs of adjacent electrodes, wherein a discharge gap is defined between each pair. The apparatus additionally includes a component configured for applying a voltage between each pair to generate a non-thermal microplasma in a corresponding discharge gap to collect or bind one or more airborne particulate combustion byproducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Stitch Partners
    Inventors: Justin McCarthy, Warren J. Jasper
  • Patent number: 11413628
    Abstract: An electrostatic air cleaning device comprises a particle charging section, a particle precipitation section, a current sensor for measuring an electric current flowing through electrode plates of the precipitation section and a relative humidity sensor. The voltage applied to the electrode plates and the air flow through the device are controlled in dependence on the measured current flowing through the electrode plates. In this way, control is provided to prevent excessive electric leakage currents inside the precipitation section, that may lead to a hazard, and to optimize the energy efficiency of the cleaning device in relation to its cleaning performance. The relative humidity information also enables diagnosis of the cause of the high leakage current and the status of the precipitation section concerning the amount of precipitated particles therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Marra, Achim Gerhard Rolf Koerber, Cornelis Reinder Ronda
  • Patent number: 11406990
    Abstract: An electrostatic-precipitator air cleaner includes a base, a shell, a fan, a barrel, a high-voltage discharge module, a distribution module and a precipitation module. The shell is connected to the base. The fan is connected to an upper portion of the shell. The barrel is connected to the shell above the base. The high-voltage discharge module is connected to the base and inserted in the barrel. The distribution module is connected to the high-voltage discharge module. The precipitation module is inserted in the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Ching-Wen Liu
  • Patent number: 11376609
    Abstract: A filter assembly for an active field polarized media air cleaner includes a conductive screen that conducts a high voltage therethrough, a probe that delivers voltage to the conductive screen, and a conductive patch adhered to the conductive screen. The probe delivers the high voltage to the conductive screen through the conductive patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Environmental Management Confederation, Inc.
    Inventor: Forwood C. Wiser
  • Patent number: 11369975
    Abstract: A filter unit for an extractor hood includes a housing and an electric contact element arranged on a wall of the housing such as to be accessible from outside. Accommodated in the housing are an ionization unit and a separation unit which is mounted in the housing downstream of the ionization unit in a direction of flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Hepperle, Daniel Vollmar, Jens Herbst, Holger Eich
  • Patent number: 11369976
    Abstract: A filter assembly having two frames. The two frames are connected by a hinge about which they rotate. The two frames hold a filter media there between. The two frames are locked using one or more latches that are located along a side rail of the at least one of the two frames. The one or more latches are flushed with an edge of the side rails of the two frames, to couple the two frames in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Environmental Management Confederation, Inc.
    Inventors: Forwood C. Wiser, III, John Augustus Lang, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11358153
    Abstract: An electric dust collecting device is provided. The electric dust collecting device according to an embodiment includes a mixing part into which outside air flows, an electrostatic sprayer configured to spray droplets charged to the mixing part to be combined with contaminants contained in outside air, a dust collecting part configured to form an electric field and adsorb droplets combined with contaminants, and a draining part combined with the dust collection part to discharge the droplets adsorbed in the dust collecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-young So, Kyu-ho Shin, Young-min Cheong, Jae-youl Jeong
  • Patent number: 11344895
    Abstract: The pulse firing pattern for a transformer of an electrostatic precipitator comprises first elements indicative of a pulse to be fired and second elements indicative of a pulse to not be fired. The pulse firing pattern further comprises couples of adjacent second elements and at least two first elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ANDRITZ AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Carl Marcus Williamsson, Nanda Kishore Dash, Anders Nils Gustav Karlsson, Inger Elisabeth Önnerby Pettersson
  • Patent number: 11338302
    Abstract: An apparatus and test method for simulating spark discharge of a high-voltage electrostatic precipitator are provided. The simulation apparatus includes a pulse power supply configured to provide a test voltage, an anode cylinder configured to simulate an anode of a precipitator, a cathode rod configured to simulate a cathode of the precipitator, a pulse capacitor unit configured to simulate an electrode capacitor of the precipitator, an insulating support configured to hang the cathode rod, a voltage divider configured to measure an electrode voltage, and a grounded current sampling unit configured to measure grounded current. The simulation apparatus simulates a discharge process of the high-voltage electrostatic precipitator to measure discharge characteristic parameters such as discharge current and discharge energy of the high-voltage electrostatic precipitator. In this way, characteristics of spark discharge of the precipitator under different load conditions are simulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: Hubei University of Technology, XIANGYANG JIUDING HAOTIAN EP EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxing Zhang, Rui Zhang, Qianjun Deng, Yinghao Guo, Shuo Jin, Wenhao Han, Tiezhou Wu, Lan Xiong
  • Patent number: 11331678
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a charging apparatus and precipitator. The charging apparatus includes a plurality of counter electrodes formed in a plate shape and arranged in a direction intersecting with a ventilation direction to allow respective surfaces thereof to follow the ventilation direction, and a plurality of high voltage electrodes formed in a wire shape and installed between the plurality of counter electrodes. The plurality of counter electrodes includes a first counter electrode having a first electrode area, and a second counter electrode having a second electrode area less than the first electrode area. The first counter electrode and the second counter electrode are alternately arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Takezawa, Seiro Yuge, Daisuke Fukuoka, Kazutoshi Takenoshita
  • Patent number: 11311888
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electrostatic precipitator comprising an ionisation stage, a collector stage and a power supply. The power supply comprises a first high-voltage power supply unit for applying a first DC high voltage to the ionization stage and a second high-voltage power supply unit for applying a second DC high voltage to the collector stage. The first high-voltage power supply unit is configured to operate the ionization stage current-controlled. A current sensor required for this is advantageously arranged in the return line carrying low voltage, for which purpose the first high-voltage power supply unit and the second high-voltage power supply unit are galvanically isolated from the mains connection and from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Clean Air Enterprise AG
    Inventor: Kaspar Schindler
  • Patent number: 11298706
    Abstract: An example of a system for use in collecting fluid from a gas stream includes one or more collection panels and a frame for arranging the panel(s). Each of the collection panel(s) may comprise an emitter electrode assembly member, comprising one or more emitter electrodes, physically attached to an electrically insulated from a fluid collection member comprising one or more collection electrodes. The frame may be sized and shaped to be disposed near a gas outlet or a duct. An example of a method for collecting fluid from a gas stream includes providing the collection panel(s) disposed in a path of the gas stream; providing the gas stream; generating and maintaining a voltage at the one or more emitter electrodes of each of the collection panel(s); and collecting an amount of the fluid from the gas stream with the one or more collection panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Infinite Cooling Inc.
    Inventors: Maher Damak, Karim Khalil, Kripa Varanasi
  • Patent number: 11292011
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for purification of air, is disclosed. The apparatus includes: (a) a mist generator, is configured to generate water micro droplets, (b) a charging chamber, is configured to transfer electric charges to the micro droplets, (c) an interacting space is configured to act as a physical barrier and provide sufficient space for adsorption of air pollutants, (d) a collecting chamber is configured to collect the contaminated micro droplets and convert them to a liquid form, (e) and a water recycling section, is configured to remove the contaminations and provide a usable clean water for the mist generator. The collecting chamber of the apparatus is incorporated with a plastic grid enhanced with surface modified nanofibers to promote the micro droplet collecting efficiency. Further, a method of fabricating a plastic grid enhanced with surface modified nanofibers for an air purifier apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Abdurahman Hosseinifar, Maryam Fakhraei-farouji, Ramin Zibaseresht
  • Patent number: 11285491
    Abstract: An air filtration system has a housing. The housing has an inlet, a filter unit, an outlet, and a fan that pulls air into the inlet, pushes the air through the outlet, and has the air pass through the filter unit. The filter unit has a first metallic plate, a second metallic plate and a frame unit. The first and second metallic plate (a) is coated with a dielectric conducting and antimicrobial agent polymer layer, and (b) respectively has a first and second plurality of apertures. The second apertures do not align with the first apertures when the first and second plates are properly positioned in the housing. The frame unit ensures plates are properly positioned in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Americair Corporation
    Inventors: Jim Woods, Gregory Inns