Patents by Inventor Op De Beeck

Op De Beeck 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).

  • Publication number: 20200148075
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention is a fuel cell system architecture provides a good weight distribution, improved trunk space without reducing the security against front-end and rear end collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventors: Joel OP DE BEECK, Bernard GAUTHERIN, Damien BOQUEL, Eric DEPARIS, Paul WOUTERS, Jean-Francois BERARD
  • Patent number: 10627745
    Abstract: A digital printing process for xerography printing with liquid toner is disclosed, said liquid toner including a curable carrier liquid and imaging particles suspended in the carrier liquid. The process includes: forming a latent image as a pattern of electric charge on a surface of an imaging member; transferring the liquid toner onto a development member; developing the latent image by transferring liquid toner from the development member onto the imaging member in accordance with the pattern; transferring the liquid toner from the imaging member to a first substrate; applying a second substrate on the transferred liquid toner; after application of the second substrate, irradiating the liquid toner with actinic radiation or particle beams to cure the carrier liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Xeikon Manufacturing N.V.
    Inventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Werner Jozef Johan Op de Beeck, Wouter Jeroom Maria Van Gaens
  • Publication number: 20200080520
    Abstract: A vehicle system storing an aqueous solution that includes a first compartment; a second compartment; a module that includes a feed pump unit connected for pumping aqueous solution from the first compartment to a feed outlet; a jet pump having a suction inlet, a pressure inlet and an outlet; said feed pump unit being further connected for pumping aqueous solution along a flow path from the first compartment through the feed pump unit, through the pressure inlet of the jet pump to the outlet of the jet pump; and a heater that heats the at least said flow path; said suction inlet being connected to a suction line that receives the aqueous solution from the second compartment; said outlet of said jet pump returning aqueous solution from the suction inlet and from the pressure inlet to the first compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventors: Joel OP DE BEECK, Franck DHAUSSY, Stephane LEONARD
  • Patent number: 10539898
    Abstract: A radiation curable dry toner includes core-shell toner particles. The core-shell toner particles have an average volume-based diameter between 5 and 10 micrometre, and a core-shell toner particle thereof includes an inner portion having a radiation curable first resin material consisting of at least 90 weight %, preferably at least 95 weight %, of the total amount of resin material of the inner portion; an outer shell surrounding said inner portion, said outer shell including a second resin material, said second resin material being any one of the following: cured first resin material; or a resin material which is different from the first resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Xeikon Manufacturing N.V.
    Inventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Werner Jozef Johan Op de Beeck
  • Publication number: 20190314817
    Abstract: A method for producing a chemical reactor, wherein the chemical reactor comprises one or more effective channels which comprise pillar structures, an input connected to one of the effective channels to allow fluid/gas into the effective channels and an output connected to one of the effective channels to remove at least one component of the liquid/gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jeff OP DE BEECK, Paul JACOBS, Wim DE MALSCHE
  • Patent number: 10407623
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a one-step liquid biphasic catalytic process for converting a carbohydrate-containing feedstock, preferably lignocellulose, to light naphtha (e.g., hexane, pentane, methyl cyclopentane, cyclohexane, etc.) in the presence of an acidic reactive aqueous phase and a redox catalyst in the organic extracting/reaction phase. The process provides a cost-effective route for producing light-naphtha components, in presence or not of deoxygenates. The light naphtha components are useful as feedstock for steam and catalytic cracking to produce value-added platform molecules like ethylene and propylene, as precursor for the synthesis of bioaromatics like benzene and as gasoline fuel feedstock, and as fuel additives (e.g., the concomitantly formed oxygenates) to improve the biological origin of carbon in the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Michiel Julien Dusselier, Beau Op De Beeck, Bert Frans Sels
  • Publication number: 20190264907
    Abstract: This invention is intended to produce more energy during the combustion of fuels (solid, liquid or gas). This is achieved by separating the electrons and the cations which are produced at the very beginning of the phenomenon of combustion. This way of making conducts to more violent shocks between the cations (C+++; H+) and the anions (O??); thus more energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Op De Beeck
  • Publication number: 20190203664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle system for injecting an aqueous solution, said vehicle system comprising: a tank (500) for storing an aqueous solution; an injection system (300) configured for injecting aqueous solution from the tank (500) in an injection zone (Z) in the vehicle; and a UV light decontamination device (700) configured for decontaminating the aqueous solution stored in the tank (500) by emitting UV light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventors: Stephane LEONARD, Laurent DUEZ, Beatriz MONGE-BONINI, Joel OP DE BEECK
  • Publication number: 20190146377
    Abstract: A digital printing process for xerography printing with liquid toner is disclosed, said liquid toner including a curable carrier liquid and imaging particles suspended in the carrier liquid. The process includes: forming a latent image as a pattern of electric charge on a surface of an imaging member; transferring the liquid toner onto a development member; developing the latent image by transferring liquid toner from the development member onto the imaging member in accordance with the pattern; transferring the liquid toner from the imaging member to a first substrate; applying a second substrate on the transferred liquid toner; after application of the second substrate, irradiating the liquid toner with actinic radiation or particle beams to cure the carrier liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Werner Jozef Johan Op de Beeck, Wouter Jeroom Maria Van Gaens
  • Publication number: 20190129322
    Abstract: A radiation curable dry toner includes core-shell toner particles. The core-shell toner particles have an average volume-based diameter between 5 and 10 micrometre, and a core-shell toner particle thereof includes an inner portion having a radiation curable first resin material consisting of at least 90 weight %, preferably at least 95 weight %, of the total amount of resin material of the inner portion; an outer shell surrounding said inner portion, said outer shell including a second resin material, said second resin material being any one of the following: cured first resin material; or a resin material which is different from the first resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Werner Jozef Johan Op de Beeck
  • Patent number: 10271796
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for packaging a device, e.g., for bio-medical applications. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining a component on a substrate and separating the component and a first part of the substrate from a second part of the substrate using at least one physical process inducing at least one sloped side wall on the first part of the substrate. The method also includes providing an encapsulation for the chip. The resulting packaged chip advantageously has a good step coverage resulting in a good hermeticity, less sharp edges resulting in a reduced risk of damaging or infection after implantation and has a relatively small packaged volume compared to conventional big box packaging techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: IMEC
    Inventors: Maria Op De Beeck, Eric Beyne, Philippe Soussan
  • Patent number: 10139130
    Abstract: Urea tank and base plate with an integrated heating element in which the heating element comprising at least one resistive track affixed to one flexible film and/or placed between two flexible films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventors: Vincent Potier, Stéphane Leonard, Joël Op De Beeck, François Dougnier, Nadja Walling, Larry Tipton, Volodia Naydenov
  • Publication number: 20180202979
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for separating a phase in a specimen has been described. This is based on a microfluidic trapping area, channels connected to it and integrated inputs and outputs connected onto the channels. An additional integrated input is provided which allows the flow in the device to be controlled and which may prevent leaking of the specimen and the phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jeff OP DE BEECK, Paul JACOBS, Wim DE MALSCHE
  • Publication number: 20180166416
    Abstract: An example embodiment may include a method for placing on a carrier substrate a semiconductor device. The method may include providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a rectangular shaped assist chip, which may include at least one semiconductor device surrounded by a metal-free border. The method may also include dicing the semiconductor substrate to singulate the rectangular shaped assist chip. The method may further include providing a carrier substrate having adhesive thereon. The method may additionally include transferring to and placing on the carrier substrate the rectangular shaped assist chip, thereby contacting the adhesive with the rectangular shaped assist chip at least at a location of the semiconductor device. The method may finally include singulating the semiconductor device, while remaining attached to the carrier substrate by the adhesive, by removing a part of rectangular shaped assist chip other than the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: IMEC VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Maria Op de Beeck, Bjorn Vandecasteele
  • Publication number: 20180161065
    Abstract: A surgical insertion device is disclosed, comprising an elongated central flat region tapering from one distal end having a device area, configured to receive an electronic device, towards the opposite distal end having a sharp tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Imec VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Maria Op de Beeck, Bjorn Vandecasteele, Dries Braeken
  • Patent number: 9924105
    Abstract: A system and a method for inspecting a stream of products (3, 3?, 3?) is disclosed, comprising a scanning focused light beam (5) for scanning the product stream and a camera (7) for detecting light beams directly returned from the scanned product stream, whereby the scanning movement of the focused light beam is synchronized with the exposure time of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Visys NV
    Inventors: Dirk Adams, Pieter Op de Beeck
  • Patent number: 9810121
    Abstract: A system for storing an internal combustion engine exhaust gas liquid additive, and including a tank for storing the additive, the tank including two halve shells manufactured as two separate parts that are assembled, at least one of the shells including an active component fixed inside of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen, Joel Op De Beeck, Jae Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9807377
    Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display device includes a display panel having an array of display pixels for producing a display; and a view forming unit having an array of view forming elements. Each view forming elements is configurable to focus the outputs of groups of the display pixels into views projected towards a user in different directions. The display device further includes a view deflecting unit to selectably change the directions in which the plurality of views is projected towards the user. The view deflecting unit includes at least one birefringent prism having a first refractive index for light having a first polarization direction and a second refractive index for light having a second polarization direction. The view deflecting unit further includes a polarization switch in registration with the birefringent prism for providing the birefringent prism with display light having the first or second polarization direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Martin Gerard Hendrik Hiddink, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Thomas Caspar Kraan, Marc Joseph Rita Op De Beeck, Remco Theodorus Johannes Muijs
  • Patent number: 9785079
    Abstract: A digital printing apparatus using liquid toner comprising carrier liquid, a dispersing agent and imaging particles, the apparatus comprising: an imaging member adapted to sustain a pattern of electric charge forming a latent image on its surface; a development member arranged to receive a quantity of liquid toner; and to develop said latent image by transferring a portion of said quantity of liquid toner onto said imaging member in accordance with said pattern; a melting unit arranged downstream of the imaging member and configured to melt imaging particles of a transferred part of the portion of liquid toner, said part being transferred from the imaging member, wherein there is provided a dispersing capacity modification unit downstream of the imaging member, said dispersing capacity modification unit being configured for reducing the dispersing capacity of the dispersing agent in the transferred part of the portion of liquid toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Xeikon Manufacturing N.V.
    Inventors: Lode Erik Dries Deprez, Werner Jozef Johan Op De Beeck, Geert Gaston Paul Deroover
  • Publication number: 20170190978
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a one-step liquid biphasic catalytic process for converting a carbohydrate-containing feedstock, preferably lignocellulose, to light naphtha (e.g., hexane, pentane, methyl cyclopentane, cyclohexane, etc.) in the presence of an acidic reactive aqueous phase and a redox catalyst in the organic extracting/reaction phase. The process provides a cost-effective route for producing light-naphtha components, in presence or not of deoxygenates. The light naphtha components are useful as feedstock for steam and catalytic cracking to produce value-added platform molecules like ethylene and propylene, as precursor for the synthesis of bioaromatics like benzene and as gasoline fuel feedstock, and as fuel additives (e.g., the concomitantly formed oxygenates) to improve the biological origin of carbon in the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michiel Julien Dusselier, Beau Op De Beeck, Bert Frans Sels