Patents by Inventor Javier Perez

Javier Perez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • HYBRID PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGH-PURITY PARA-XYLENE WITH TOLUENE SOLVENT
    Publication number: 20200223770
    Abstract: Provided is a hybrid process for producing high-purity para-xylene from a feedstock of aromatic hydrocarbon isomer fractions having 8 carbon atoms, in a liquid phase. The process includes a liquid chromatography separation step and a crystallization step of the para-xylene from the purified stream of para-xylene obtained at the separation step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: IFP Energies Nouvelles, Arkema France
    Inventors: Catherine Laroche, Morgane Josserand, Danielle Richard, Javier Perez-Pellitero, Ludivine Bouvier
  • Joining device of a metal segment to a concrete segment in a hybrid hollow tower
    Patent number: 10704285
    Abstract: A joining device of a metal segment to a concrete segment of a hollow tower. The joining device is formed by a set of bolts passing by one of its ends by holes of an anchoring ring and attached to its both sides by a first set of nuts and arranged to be attached by its other end to the base of the metal segment by a second set of nuts. The anchoring ring includes a set of connectors extending externally and internally thereto in a substantially perpendicular direction to the bolts and arranged so do not interfere with reinforcement. The invention also refers to a hollow tower comprising at least one metal segment joined to a concrete segment by the joining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, S.L.
    Inventors: Francisco Ballester Munoz, Jokin Rico Arenal, Jorge Gil Fernandez, Fco. Javier Perez Fernandez
  • ENHANCED CHANNEL SOUNDING
    Publication number: 20200213160
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multi-user uplink channel sounding. A device may determine a channel sounding sequence with one or more access points (APs), wherein the channel sounding sequence comprises a null data packet announcement (NDPA) communicated with at least one of the one or more APs. The device may determine a first group of station devices (STAs) associated with a first basic service set (BSS). The device may cause to send a trigger frame to the first group of STAs to solicit an uplink NDP from each STA of the first group of STAs. The device may identify a first uplink NDP received from a first STA of the first group of STAs. The device may identify a second uplink NDP received from a second STA of a second group of STAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Roya Doostnejad, Juan Fang, Feng Jiang, Laurent Cariou, Dave Cavalcanti, Xiaogang Chen, Timothy F. Cox, Jeffrey Foester, Po-Kai Huang, Qinghua Li, Javier Perez-Ramirez
  • ENHANCED FREQUENCY OFFSET TRACKING IN OPTICAL SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20200213004
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to frequency offset tracking in optical signals. A device may identify modulated light received from a light source, wherein the modulated light is received at a frame rate, and wherein the modulated light is associated with pixel clusters. The device may determine light samples based on the pixel clusters, the light samples including a first light sample and a second light sample. The device may determine a vector norm between the first light sample and the second light sample using an oversampling factor. The device may determine that the vector norm is below a threshold. The device may determine a start frame delimiter (SFD) based on the vector norm. The device may demodulate the symbol based on the oversampling factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: JAVIER PEREZ-RAMIREZ, SPENCER MARKOWITZ, ZORAN ZIVKOVIC, NAGARAJAN MURALIDHARAN, ANKITKUMAR NAVIK, RUFENG MENG, RICHARD ROBERTS
  • Curing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and articles of manufacture
    Patent number: 10688812
    Abstract: Curing apparatus, image forming apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example curing apparatus includes a curing unit to heat an area adjacent a substrate travel path, the curing unit having a width less than a width of the substrate travel path, and a controller to reciprocate the curing unit within the substrate width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Perez Gellida, Luis Fernando Martinez Nieto, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Escanuela
  • PHOTOREACTOR
    Publication number: 20200179896
    Abstract: The photoreactor comprises at least one housing (11) for at least one reaction vessel and at least one light source for lighting said at least one reaction vessel, and the photoreactor comprises: a first module (1) provided with said at least one housing (11) for at least one reaction vessel and comprising a cooling/heating circuit (15) for regulating the temperature of said at least one reaction vessel; a second module (2) provided with said at least one light source; and a thermal insulating layer (5) placed between the first module (1) and the second module (2). It improves reproducibility of the reactions by temperature and light intensity control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT CATALÀ D'INVESTIGACIÓ QUÍMICA (ICIQ), INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS (ICREA)
    Inventors: Julio LLORET-FILLOL, Carla CASADEVALL SERRANO, José Luis LEÓN, Arnau CALL QUINTANA, Alicia CASITAS MONTERO, Joan Jose PLA, Javier PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZ, Francesc Xavier CALDENTEY FRONTERA
  • Process for methanol synthesis using an indium oxide based catalyst
    Patent number: 10676416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for methanol synthesis comprising the steps of providing a syngas feed stream comprising hydrogen and a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, wherein carbon dioxide represents from 1 to 50 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream, carbon monoxide is contained from 0.1 to 85 mol % of the total molar content, and H2 is comprised from 5 to 95 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream; providing an indium oxide catalyst selected from a bulk catalyst and a supported catalyst comprising indium oxide (In2O3) as the main active phase; putting in contact said stream with said catalyst at a reaction temperature of at least 373 K (99.85° C.) and under a pressure ranging of at least 1 MPa; and recovering the methanol effluents. The invention also relates to an indium oxide based catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE, ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Daniel Curulla-Ferre, Charlotte Drouilly, Oliver Martin, Cecilia Mondelli, Javier Perez-Ramirez, Antonio J. Martin-Fernandez
  • Supported indium oxide catalyst and process for methanol synthesis using the same
    Patent number: 10668450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for methanol synthesis comprising the steps of providing a syngas feed stream comprising hydrogen and carbon oxides selected from carbon dioxide or a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, wherein carbon dioxide represents from 1 to 50 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream, carbon monoxide is contained from 0 to 85 mol % of the total molar content, and H2 is comprised from 5 to 95 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream, and a catalyst comprising indium oxide (In2O3) on a support wherein the support comprises zirconium dioxide or is zirconium dioxide; putting in contact said stream with said supported catalyst at a reaction temperature of at least 373 K (99.85° C.) and under a pressure ranging of at least 1 MPa; and recovering the methanol effluents. The invention also relates to a supported indium oxide catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Daniel Curulla-Ferre, Charlotte Drouilly, Oliver Martin, Cecilia Mondelli, Javier Perez-Ramirez, Antonio J. Martin-Fernandez
  • EXTREMELY HIGH THROUGHPUT HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST
    Publication number: 20200137827
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to extremely high throughput (EHT) multiuser hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). A device may determine one or more medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDUs) to be sent to a first station device of one or more station devices, wherein the one or more MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) comprise a first MPDU. The device may segment the first MPDU into a plurality of segments, wherein the one or more segments include a first segment and a second segment. The device may cause to send the plurality of segments to the first station device. The device may identify a feedback frame received from the first station device, wherein the feedback frame comprises error information associated with the plurality of segments. The device may cause to retransmit at least one of the plurality of segments based on the error information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Laurent Cariou, Xiaogang Chen, Po-Kai Huang, Javier Perez-Ramirez, Shahrnaz Azizi, Ravikumar Balakrishnan, Daniel Bravo, Feng Jiang, Thomas J. Kenney, Qinghua Li, Robert Stacey
  • PROBES WITH SHORT SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER
    Publication number: 20200128531
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to probes with service set identifier (SSID). A device may determine one or more access points (APs) in an enterprise extended service set (ESS). The device may identify a probe request received from a first station device, wherein the probe request comprises a service set element, wherein the service set element comprises a variable number of service set fields based on a number of APs in the ESS. The device may determine that a service set that matches at least one of the service set fields in the service set element. The device may cause to send a probe response to the first station device in response to the probe request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Min, Laurent Cariou, Shahrnaz Azizi, Rath Vannithamby, Carlos Cordeiro, Thomas J. Kenney, Ravikumar Balakrishnan, Javier Perez-Ramirez
  • Downhole peristaltic pump assemblies
    Patent number: 10626710
    Abstract: The disclosure herein includes a peristaltic pump assembly for pumping wellbore fluid, which peristaltic pump assembly may include: a pump; a housing having a chamber; a conduit coupled to the pump and the housing, wherein fluid may be capable of ingress into the conduit from the chamber or egress from the conduit into the chamber; and a hose having a portion disposed in the chamber, wherein the portion may be capable of being compressed by fluid disposed in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Danny Javier Perez Romero
  • Electric shaver
    Patent number: 10618186
    Abstract: The invention refers to an electric shaver with a first cutter element and a second cutter element which are movable relative to each other in an oscillating manner along a first horizontal cutter oscillation axis. Each cutter unit is mounted in the cartridge pivotably about a second horizontal tilting axis and axially displaceably parallel to a vertical axis. The first horizontal cutter oscillation axis is perpendicular to the vertical axis and perpendicular to the second horizontal tilting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Erndt, Philipp Berger, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Diana Kappes
  • Electric shaver
    Patent number: 10596714
    Abstract: Electric shaver provided with a handle and a shaver head including at least one cutter element, wherein the shaver head is connected to the handle by a support structure providing for a swivel and/or tilting axis about which the shaver head may swivel or tilt relative to the handle, wherein the cutter element is drivable by a drive unit in an oscillating manner along a cutter oscillation axis, the drive unit including an elongated drive transmitter coupled to the cutter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Peter, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Andreas Erndt, Detlef Gleich, Sebastian Hottenrott, Tobias Schwarz
  • MERGING STORAGE PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20200092399
    Abstract: Methods that can merge storage network protocols and/or system protocols are provided. One method includes assigning a unique identifier to each of a plurality of nodes in a storage network in which at least two nodes of the plurality of nodes implement a different storage protocol. The method further includes utilizing the unique identifier of the at least two nodes of the plurality of nodes to enable the at least two nodes to communicate with each other. Systems and apparatus that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jose Daniel Ramos Chaves, Ricardo Golcher Ugalde, Daniel Alberto Acon Davila, Pablo Francisco Barquero Garro, Meller Javier Perez Nunez
  • FORMULATION FOR THE ETCHING OF POLYMER MATERIALS PRIOR TO COATING OF THE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20200080203
    Abstract: A new formulation of treatment baths for the etching of polymers prior to metallization or coating of the polymer using known technologies described in the state of the art, which are based on the use of salts and/or complexes of the Cr(III) cation, where the formulation includes a salt and/or Cr(III) complex in which the Cr(III) is coordinated to at least one or several mono, bi, tri, tetra, penta, hexadentate or bridging ligands that are coordinated to the chromium by the oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom or several of these atoms of the ligands, such that after the polymer piece has been etched with the Etching formulation described above, the metal coating is carried out by means of the application of chemical and electrolyte baths in the case of metallization, or by means of the application of paint or another organic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Julio GOMEZ CORDON, Luis y OTAÑO JIMENEZ, Javier PEREZ MARTINEZ
  • Electric shaver
    Patent number: 10583573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric shaver comprising a shaver housing, a shaver head including at least one cutter element drivable by a drive unit in an oscillating manner along a cutter oscillation axis and a non-cutting auxiliary function element for applying an auxiliary skin treatment other than hair cutting to a skin portion to be shaved, said auxiliary function element having an applicator head positioned aside the cutter element. The shaver head and/or the at least one cutter element is supported pivotably relative to the auxiliary function element at least about a pivot axis parallel to the cutter oscillation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Erndt, Philipp Berger, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Diana Kappes
  • Augmented reality depth sensing using dual camera receiver
    Patent number: 10586394
    Abstract: An example apparatus for depth sensing includes an image data receiver to receive image data from a communication camera and an augmented reality (AR) camera. The apparatus also includes a modulated light detector to detect one or more modulated lights in the image data from the communication camera. The apparatus further includes a representation generator to generate a visual representation of a local image region for each of the detected modulated lights. The apparatus includes a region matcher to match the visual representation for each of the detected modulated lights with a region in the image data received from the AR camera. The apparatus also further includes a distance estimator to estimate a distance between a dual camera receiver and the one or more modulated lights based on a disparity between a position of the visual representation and a position of the matched region in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Javier Perez-Ramirez, Spencer Markowitz, Zoran Zivkovic
  • Generating heat maps using dynamic vision sensor events
    Patent number: 10582196
    Abstract: An example apparatus for encoding video frames includes a receiver to receive events from a dynamic vision sensor and a video frame from an image sensor. The apparatus also includes a heat map generator to generate a heat map based on the received events. The apparatus further includes a region of interest (ROI) map generator generate a ROI map based on the heat map. The apparatus includes a parameter adjuster to adjust an encoding parameter based on the ROI map. The apparatus also further includes a video encoder to encode the video frame using the adjusted parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Javier Perez-Ramirez, Srenivas Varadarajan, Yiting Liao, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Omesh Tickoo, Ibrahima J. Ndiour
  • COOKING APPLIANCE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COOKING APPLIANCE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200068661
    Abstract: A cooking appliance apparatus, in particular an oven apparatus, includes a first heating element, a second heating element, a control unit configured to jointly operate the first and second heating elements to heat a cooking chamber in an operating state, and a power distributor unit which is configured to divide a total power into a first output power and a second output power in the operating state and to supply the first output power to the first heating element and the second output power to the second heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Jose Galindo Perez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Carlos Obon Abadia, Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Enrique Javier Perez Visa, Edgar Jorge Ramirez Laboreo, Fernando Sanz Serrano, Rebeca Soria Ruiz
  • SUPPORTED INDIUM OXIDE CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR METHANOL SYNTHESIS USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200061582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for methanol synthesis comprising the steps of providing a syngas feed stream comprising hydrogen and carbon oxides selected from carbon dioxide or a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, wherein carbon dioxide represents from 1 to 50 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream, carbon monoxide is contained from 0 to 85 mol % of the total molar content, and H2 is comprised from 5 to 95 mol % of the total molar content of the feed stream, and a catalyst comprising indium oxide (In2O3) on a support wherein the support comprises zirconium dioxide or is zirconium dioxide; putting in contact said stream with said supported catalyst at a reaction temperature of at least 373 K (99.85° C.) and under a pressure ranging of at least 1 MPa; and recovering the methanol effluents. The invention also relates to a supported indium oxide catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel CURULLA-FERRE, Charlotte DROUILLY, Oliver MARTIN, Cecilia MONDELLI, Javier PEREZ-RAMIREZ, Antonio J. MARTIN-FERNANDEZ