Patents by Inventor Jorge De Oliveira

Jorge De Oliveira 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).

  • Patent number: 10689767
    Abstract: An electrodes/electrolyte assembly and a method for the direct amination of hydrocarbons, and a method for the preparation of said electrodes/electrolyte assembly is disclosed. The presented Solution allows the increase of conversion of said amination to above 60%, even at low temperatures. The electrodes/electrolyte assembly for direct amination of hydrocarbons has: an anode, electrons and protons conductor, that includes a composite porous matrix, containing a ceramic fraction and a catalyst for the amination at temperatures lower than 450° C.; a porous cathode, electrons and protons conductor, and electrocatalyst; an electrolyte, protons or ions conductor and electrically insulating, located between the anode and the cathode, made of a composite ceramic impermeable to reagents and products of the amination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BONDALTI CHEMICALS, S.A.
    Inventors: Adelio Miguel Magalhaes Mendes, Alejandro Franca Gomes Ribeiro, Margarida Dias Catarino, Ana Sofia Pimentel Felix, Mario Jorge De Oliveira Pinho
  • Publication number: 20190203366
    Abstract: An electrodes/electrolyte assembly and a method for the direct amination of hydrocarbons, and a method for the preparation of said electrodes/electrolyte assembly is disclosed. The presented Solution allows the increase of conversion of said amination to above 60%, even at low temperatures. The electrodes/electrolyte assembly for direct amination of hydrocarbons has: an anode, electrons and protons conductor, that includes a composite porous matrix, containing a ceramic fraction and a catalyst for the amination at temperatures lower than 450° C.; a porous cathode, electrons and protons conductor, and electrocatalyst; an electrolyte, protons or ions conductor and electrically insulating, located between the anode and the cathode, made of a composite ceramic impermeable to reagents and products of the amination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Adelio Miguel MAGALHAES MENDES, Alejandro FRANCA GOMES RIBEIRO, Margarida DIAS CATARINO, Ana Sofia PIMENTEL FELIX, Mario Jorge DE OLIVEIRA PINHO
  • Patent number: 10273589
    Abstract: An electrodes/electrolyte assembly—MEA, electrochemical membrane reactor—is described and a method for the direct amination of hydrocarbons, namely for the direct amination of benzene to aniline, and a method for the preparation of said electrodes/electrolyte assembly. The presented Solution allows the increase of conversion of said amination to above 60%, even at low temperatures, i.e., between 200° C. and 450° C.; preferably between 300° C. and 400° C. The electrodes/electrolyte assembly for direct amination of hydrocarbons comprises: an anode (1), electrons and protons conductor, that includes a composite porous matrix, comprised by a ceramic fraction and a catalyst for said amination at temperatures lower than 450° C.; a porous cathode (3), electrons and protons conductor, and electrocatalyst; an electrolyte (2), protons or ions conductor and electrically insulating, located between the anode (1) and the cathode (3), made of a composite ceramic impermeable to reagents and products of said amination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CUF—QUIMICOS INDUSTRIAIS S.A.
    Inventors: Adelio Miguel Magalhaes Mendes, Alejandro Franca Gomes Ribeiro, Margarida Dias Catarino, Ana Sofia Pimentel Felix, Mario Jorge De Oliveira Pinho
  • Publication number: 20160032469
    Abstract: An electrodes/electrolyte assembly—MEA, electrochemical membrane reactor—is described and a method for the direct amination of hydrocarbons, namely for the direct amination of benzene to aniline, and a method for the preparation of said electrodes/electrolyte assembly. The presented Solution allows the increase of conversion of said amination to above 60%, even at low temperatures, i.e., between 200° C. and 450° C.; preferably between 300° C. and 400° C. The electrodes/electrolyte assembly for direct amination of hydrocarbons comprises: an anode (1), electrons and protons conductor, that includes a composite porous matrix, comprised by a ceramic fraction and a catalyst for said amination at temperatures lower than 450° C.; a porous cathode (3), electrons and protons conductor, and electrocatalyst; an electrolyte (2), protons or ions conductor and electrically insulating, located between the anode (1) and the cathode (3), made of a composite ceramic impermeable to reagents and products of said amination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: CUF - Quimicos Industriais S.A.
    Inventors: Adelio Miguel MAGALHAES MENDES, Alejandro FRANCA GOMES RIBEIRO, Margarida DIAS CATARINO, Ana Sofia PIMENTEL FELIX, Mario Jorge DE OLIVEIRA PINHO
  • Publication number: 20130335551
    Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting a steam generator having a first long and flexible video probe intended to be inserted inside the housing of the steam generator and configured to be moveable through a fluid passage orifice defined by a spacer plate and a flow tube, all arranged inside the housing. The first video probe includes at least one ferromagnetic element. The inspection device also includes a second long and flexible probe to be inserted into a flow tube, the second probe including at least one permanent magnet arranged to cooperate with the at least one ferromagnetic element of the first probe so that the first probe can be driven along the exterior surface of a flow tube by the second probe when the second probe is inserted into the flow tube and moved therein, and when the first probe is inserted into the housing of the steam generator and positioned near the exterior surface of the flow tube in which the second probe is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SRA SAVAC
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Mandier, Jorge De Oliveira, Laurent Fanjas