Patents Issued in March 4, 2014
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Patent number: 8663538Abstract: A method of making a membrane for use with a flow control system is disclosed. A female mold body portion and a male mold body portion are provided. A body portion support member configured to receive at least a portion of the female body portion and at least a portion of the male body portion is provided. The female and male body portions are separated from one another Membrane manufacturing material is provided to a concave portion of the female mold body portion. The sleeve is moved downward. The lower mold portion is lowered until it is just short of its final intended position. Excess membrane manufacturing material, if any, is removed from around the seam of the mold. The upper mold portion is lowered the remaining distance so that the two mold portions are separated by the exact distance desired for the final membrane thickness.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Picolife Technologies, LLCInventors: Farid Amirouche, Matthew Cantwell
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Patent number: 8663539Abstract: A three-dimensional micro-truss structure includes: a plurality of first struts extending along a first direction; a plurality of second struts extending along a second direction; a plurality of third struts extending along a third direction; and a plurality of fourth struts extending along a fourth direction, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth struts interpenetrate one another at a plurality of nodes and wherein at least one of the first, second, and third directions extends at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to a plane, the plane being substantially perpendicular to the fourth direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLCInventors: Joanna A. Kolodziejska, Alan J. Jacobsen
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Patent number: 8663540Abstract: A heater tube is provided for use in a method of producing a diamond or cubic boron nitride (CBN) tipped cutting tool by sintering a mass of crystalline particles to a metal carbide. The heater tube has a cylindrical shape and is comprised of a plurality of windings of an expanded graphite foil which are compressed together. In the method, a heater tube assembly is formed which comprises the metal carbide substrate positioned within the heater tube and a mass of diamond or CBN particles positioned within the heater tube adjacent the substrate. The method includes simultaneously applying sufficient levels of pressure to the heater tube assembly and sufficient levels of electrical current to the heater tube assembly for a sufficient amount of time to cause sintering of the crystalline particles and bonding to the substrate to form a diamond or CBN tipped cutting tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventor: Leland M. Reineke
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Patent number: 8663541Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical device and method of forming the medical device. In particular, the present invention relates to a medical device having a tubular membrane structure over a radially expandable structural frame, and to a method of forming the tubular membrane on the radially expandable structural frame. In one aspect, a structural frame is placed over a spinning mandrel and a fiber is electro-statically spun over at least a portion of the structural frame forming a membrane. A transfer sheath may be used between the mandrel and structural frame to prevent the electro-statically spun fiber from adhering to the mandrel. In another aspect, a first membrane is spun over the mandrel before the structural frame is placed over the mandrel. In this aspect, at least a portion of the structural frame is sandwiched between the membranes. The membrane or membranes and structural frame form a fiber spun frame assembly. The fiber spun frame assembly may be coated with an elastic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Cordis CorporationInventors: Iksoo Chun, Mark B. Roller, David Christopher Majercak
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Patent number: 8663542Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of which the molding efficiency can be improved by a high flowability and a high crystallization temperature while ensuring desired physical properties (e.g., strength) in a molded product, and a molded product of the composition are provided. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises a plurality of thermoplastic resins having a melt viscosity different from each other and containing a unit which comprises an arylene group and an ether group and/or a carbonyl group; when the thermoplastic resin composition at least comprises a first thermoplastic resin having a melt viscosity of 150 to 1500 Pa·s at a temperature of 400° C. and a shear rate of 1216 s?1, and a second thermoplastic resin, and the melt viscosity ratio of the first thermoplastic resin relative to the second thermoplastic resin at a temperature of 400° C. and a shear rate of 1216 s?1 [the former/the latter] is 1.5/1 to 10/1.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Daicel-Evonik Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuteru Mutsuda
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Patent number: 8663543Abstract: A process for blow-molding a container, the container having a handle, whereby the process includes the steps of: (i) introducing a preform into a mold cavity and stretching the preform with a stretch rod; (ii) increasing the pressure within the preform so that the preform expands within the mold cavity in a first blowing step, the pressure in the first blowing step is from 1 to 10 bar; (iii) inwardly moving jaws within the mold cavity so that the expanding preform is partially gripped between the jaws in the handle region; (iv) subsequently increasing the pressure within the preform wherein the maximum pressure in the second blowing step is greater than 10 bar, so that the preform expands to the limits of the mold cavity in a second blowing step to form a container; and wherein the inward movement of the jaws is completed within the first blowing step.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick Jean-Francois Etesse, William John Cleveland Connolly
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Patent number: 8663544Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank including: a) inserting a plastic parison including two distinct parts into an open two-cavity mold; b) inserting a core, bearing at least part of a reinforcing element configured to create a link between the two parison parts, inside the parison; c) pressing the parison firmly against the mold cavities, for example by blowing through the core and/or creating suction behind the cavities; d) fixing the part of the reinforcing element to at least one of the parison parts using the core; e) withdrawing the core; f) closing the mold, bringing its two cavities together to grip the two parison parts around their periphery to weld them together; g) injecting a pressurized fluid into the mold and/or creating a vacuum behind the mold cavities to press the parison firmly against the mold cavities; and h) opening the mold and extracting the tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme)Inventors: Bjorn Criel, Stephane Leonard, Thierry Ferracin, Frederic Jannot
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Patent number: 8663545Abstract: There are provided a honeycomb structure and a method of manufacturing the structure, capable of preventing or reducing generation of CO2 or harmful gas during firing to thereby prevent or inhibit pollution and global warming, and capable of obtaining a honeycomb structure having few defects such as cracks and maintaining high strength and low thermal expansion. In a method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure, in which a forming material containing a cordierite forming material and an organic binder is kneaded and formed to prepare a honeycomb-shaped formed article (honeycomb formed article), and the prepared honeycomb formed article is fired to obtain a honeycomb-shaped structure (honeycomb structure) mainly composed of cordierite: the forming material containing a layered clay mineral whose layer charge (X) is 0.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Tomita, Shinji Kawasaki
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Patent number: 8663546Abstract: Cellular ceramic materials, for example closed cell glass ceramic materials, for use in construction of buildings comprising a clay material, carbon, and water used to form the cellular ceramic blocks, slabs and beams by expansion of the particles inside the ware. The cellular ceramic materials are produced by first mixing the clay, carbon and about 40% to about 70% water by weight of the clay in the mixture, allowing the mixture to cure, drying the cured mixture, then firing the dried mixture at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to melt the surface of the mixture. The clay material can be, for example, surface clays, ball clays, kaolin, shale, fly ash and/or bentonite. In another embodiment a mixture of volcanic ash, carbon and water can be formed and layered with the mixture of clay, carbon and water.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: JWN, Inc.Inventors: Maurice W. Lashley, Larry D. Sheppard, Rebecca A. Stephens
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Patent number: 8663547Abstract: A furnace for heat treating a metal workpiece is provided. A method and system for processing a workpiece also are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Consolidated Engineering Company, Inc.Inventors: Scott P. Crafton, Paul M. Crafton, Ian French, Shanker Subramanian
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Patent number: 8663548Abstract: A composition may have metal nanoparticles having a diameter of 20 nanometers or less and have a fusion temperature of less than about 220° C. A method of fabricating the metal nanoparticles may include preparing a solvent, adding a precursor with a metal to the solvent, adding a first surfactant, mixing in a reducing agent, and adding in a second surfactant to stop nanoparticle formation. Copper and/or aluminum nanoparticle compositions formed may be used for lead-free soldering of electronic components to circuit boards. A composition may include nanoparticles, which may have a copper nanocore, an amorphous aluminum shell and an organic surfactant coating. A composition may have copper or aluminum nanoparticles. About 30-50% of the copper or aluminum nanoparticles may have a diameter of 20 nanometers or less, and the remaining 70-50% of the copper or aluminum nanoparticles may have a diameter greater than 20 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Alfred A. Zinn
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Patent number: 8663549Abstract: To provide an inexpensive heat-resisting steel for engine valves by causing Fe-based heat-resisting steel to exhibit high temperature strength not inferior to that of Ni-based heat-resisting steel. A heat-resisting steel for engine valves excellent in high temperature strength containing, in % by mass, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 5.0% or less, P: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ni: 8.0 to 15.0%, Cr: 16.0 to 25.0%, Mo: 2.0% or less (including 0%), Cu: 0.5% or less, Nb: 1.0% or less (including 0%), W: 2.0% or less (including 0%), N: 0.02 to 0.30%, B: 0.01% or less, and remnants of Fe and impurities, wherein the heat-resisting steel for engine valves satisfies formulae below: 156.42P(%)+0.91Mo(%)+0.73W(%)?12.27Nb(%)+220.96N(%)+120.59?170??Formula (1) 13.70P(%)?6.97Mo(%)?4.32W(%)?3.29Nb(%)+119.10N(%)+27.75?25??Formula (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiko Ohishi, Akihiro Toji
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Patent number: 8663550Abstract: A hot work tool steel family with exceptional thermal diffusivity, toughness (both fracture toughness and notch sensitivity resilience CVN—charpy V-notch) and trough hardenability has been developed. Mechanical resistance and yield strength at room and high temperatures (above 600° C.) are also high, because the tool steels of the present invention present a high alloying level despite the high thermal conductivity. Given the exceptional resistance to thermal fatigue and thermal shock, wear resistance can be severely increased for many applications requiring simultaneously resistance to thermal cracking and wear like is the case for some forging and some parts of die casting dies.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Rovalma, S.A.Inventor: Isaac Valls Anglés
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Patent number: 8663551Abstract: The containment facility ventilation system comprises a two stage scrubber configuration. Exhaust air flows out of an animal containment facility and into a particulate scrubber, which removes particulates and reduces the alkalinity of the exhaust air. The particulate scrubber also reduces the carbon dioxide in the exhaust air. The air then flows into a chemical scrubber which effectively removes ammonia from the exhaust air. The chemical scrubber comprises a potassium bisulfate scrubber solution, and the particulate scrubber comprises a neutral calcium salt scrubber solution.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventor: Philip A. Moore, Jr.
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Patent number: 8663552Abstract: The invention relates to the saturation of different gaseous, liquid, gel-like, solid and mixed media with ingredients emitted by vegetative plants. The method for treating a medium by saturating it with useful substances emitted by plants involves supplying a gaseous medium to a chamber containing vegetative or cut plants and passing the gaseous medium saturated with plant excreta through the medium undergoing treatment. Furthermore, a low pressure or a low and a high pressure is generated in the above-mentioned gaseous medium in the chamber containing the vegetative or cut plants. The medium treating device comprises a means for pumping the gaseous medium, at least one chamber for plants emitting plant excreta, which chamber is connected by a pipe to the above-mentioned means on the intake side and to the pumping means on the discharge side; furthermore, the above-mentioned means is connected on the discharge side to at least one container for the medium undergoing treatment.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventors: Pol' Emanuilovich Blank, Emanuil Ihilovich Blank
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Patent number: 8663553Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling a concentration of descenting particles within a temporary structure. The temporary structure comprises a plurality of sidewalls and a roof interconnecting the sidewalls. A plurality of selectively openable and closeable upper windows and lower vents are disposed in the sidewalls. The lower vents are disposed at a location below the upper windows. An ozone generator is disposed within and coupled to the temporary structure to produce descenting particles that are controlled within a hunting zone of the temporary structure to be between about 0.04 and 0.1 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventor: Scott Elrod
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Patent number: 8663554Abstract: A method of fabricating a biosensor chip includes: forming at least one metallic layer on a transparent substrate to form a composite member; disposing the composite member in a vacuumed chamber, and introducing a gas into the vacuumed chamber; applying microwave energy to the gas to produce a microwave plasma of the gas within the vacuumed chamber, and causing the microwave plasma to interact with the metallic layer so that the metallic layer is melted and formed into a plurality of metallic nanoparticles that are spaced apart from each other and that expose partially the surface of the transparent substrate; and disposing a receptor at the surface of the transparent substrate that is exposed among the metallic nanoparticles. A biosensor chip is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventors: Kuan-Jiuh Lin, Chuen-Yuan Hsu
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Patent number: 8663555Abstract: Vacuum sterilization process with the application of vapour of a mixture of peracetic acid with hydrogen peroxide and residual gas plasma from atmospheric air, excited by pulsed electrical discharge; operational devices and methods used in the sterilization process, preferably a process of sterilization in vacuum, dry, and at low temperature (room temperature).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: CISA S.p.A.Inventor: Tadashi Shiosawa
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Patent number: 8663556Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a method for sterilizing powder or grain by which the heating time is a minimum required time to reduce thermal degradation of the quality of the powder or grain while securing sufficient sterilization effect, and a sterilizing apparatus employing the method. [Means to solve the problem] The problem is solved by a method for sterilizing powder or grain, and a sterilizing apparatus employing the method, and the method includes applying heat and pressure in which powder or grain is supplied into a heated gas flow pipe kept under heated and pressurized conditions, and the powder or grain is transferred while coming into direct contact with a heated condensable gas in the heated gas flow pipe for 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Fujiwara Techno-Art Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kariyama, Toshio Hirata, Fumihiro Sato, Akira Mori, Hidehi Takebe
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Patent number: 8663557Abstract: An analyzers that comprise a container holder for placing containers; a detector for detecting whether or not a container is placed at the container holder; a controller for acquiring the status of the container holder based on the output of the detector; and a display for displaying the status of the container holder is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Sysmex CorporationInventors: Eiji Tanoshima, Yuuji Wakamiya
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Patent number: 8663558Abstract: The invention concerns a device for analyzing a body fluid. The device includes a test tape having a carrier tape and test fields for the detection of an analyte in the body fluid, the test fields being distributed along the carrier tape and raised above the carrier tape and a container for the test tape. The container has a seal for passage of the test tape, wherein the test fields have a leading edge which runs against a sealing edge of the seal when the test field passes through the seal. The leading edge of the test fields or/and the sealing edge of the seal at least in parts are angled or curved relative to the transverse direction of the tape.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventor: Klaus-Dieter Sacherer
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Patent number: 8663559Abstract: A sample analyzer that includes a sample preparing section operative to aspirate a sample from a sample container and a measuring section operative to prepare a plurality of measurement samples from the aspirated sample. A control unit is configured to sequentially measure the plurality of prepared measurement samples, obtain a plurality of measurement data for the respective measurement samples, and obtain an analysis result of a predetermined item of the sample based on the plurality of measurement data.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Sysmex CorporationInventors: Masaharu Shibata, Noriyoshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 8663560Abstract: A flow cell includes: a flow channel through which a sample solution flows; an inlet section which communicates with the flow channel and to which the sample solution is supplied; a transfer section which includes a plurality of opening sections, one end side of which communicates with the flow channel and an other side of which opens to outside air, and which communicates with the flow channel, and draws in and guides the sample solution supplied into the inlet section to the flow channel; a detecting section which faces the sample solution in the flow channel; and a sealing member which unsealably seals at least either one of the opening section or the inlet section.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Horiuchi, Toru Miura, Yuzuru Iwasaki, Michiko Seyama, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Jun-ichi Takahashi, Tsuneyuki Haga
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Patent number: 8663561Abstract: An automated apparatus and method for analyzing liquid samples by forming discrete sample aliquots (boluses) in an elongated conduit which contains a hydrophobic carrier liquid. Aliquots may be analyzed by adding at least one reagent to the sample aliquot that reacts selectively with an analyte contained therein. The reaction product, which is selective for the analyte of interest and proportional to its concentration, is measured with an appropriate detector. Intrinsic sample properties of the sample may also be measured without the need for adding chemical reagents. The invention enables simple and accurate testing of samples using time honored wet-chemical analysis methods in microliter volume regimes while producing remarkably small volumes of waste.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventor: Charles J. Patton
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Patent number: 8663562Abstract: An apparatus and method for spectral analysis of immiscible phases are disclosed. A flow cell for online absorption measurements of immiscible process phases can comprise: a body containing an inlet window and an outlet window in operable communication with a measurement instrument; and a series of partitions that divide the inside of the flow cell into three (3) or more vessels that have an inlet and an outlet, wherein the vessels are connected in series with one another. Optionally, the first vessel is equipped with a porous membrane to facilitate the separation of immiscible process phases.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Mark Erik Nelson, Arkady Samuilovich Dykman, Andrey Vladimirovich Zinenkov, Alexey Leonidovich Moskvin, Lubov Borisovna Drozdova
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Patent number: 8663563Abstract: A reflective diffractometric hydrogel sensor includes an upper layer, including a microfluidic chamber formed from a substantially transparent material and configured to contain a solution, a reflective diffraction grating positioned within the microfluidic chamber, the diffraction grating including a plurality of hydrogel strips configured to change in dimension in response to a stimulus, each hydrogel strip having a top surface coated with a reflective material and a bottom surface in contact with the upper layer substrate, and a reflective surface below the reflective diffraction grating wherein when a coherent light is incident upon and reflected from the upper layer at an angle substantially normal to the upper layer an interference diffraction pattern results, including a first diffraction mode, a light intensity of which indicates the relative distance between the top surfaces of the plurality of hydrogel strips and the reflective surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Cagri Savran, Chun-Li Chang, Zhenwen Ding, Babak Ziaie, Andrew Ellington, Venkata Naga Lakshmi Rekha Patchigolla
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Patent number: 8663564Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to carbon dioxide sequestration systems and methods. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of sequestering carbon dioxide. The method can include mixing carbon dioxide with an alcohol to form a reaction mixture and contacting the reaction mixture with a metal oxide catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to produce a carbonate as a reaction product. In an embodiment, the invention includes a carbon dioxide sequestration system. The system can include a carbon dioxide supply source, an alcohol supply source, and a reaction vessel. A metal oxide catalyst can be disposed within the reaction vessel. The system can be configured to mix carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide supply source with an alcohol from the alcohol supply source to form a reaction mixture and contact the reaction mixture with the metal oxide catalyst. Other embodiments are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Sartec CorporationInventors: Daniel Thomas Nowlan, Clayton V. McNeff
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Patent number: 8663565Abstract: A continuous emulsion aggregation process for the production of particles is presented including a plurality of continuous stirred-tank reactors (CSTR). The plurality of continuous stirred-tank reactors includes at least one feed tank of raw materials, at least one reactor for facilitating cold addition, at least two reactors for facilitating an aggregation process, at least one reactor for facilitating a shell addition process; at least one reactor for facilitating a freeze process, at least one reactor for facilitating a chelating process, at least one reactor for facilitating a ramp-up process and at least one reactor for facilitating a coalescence process, wherein the reactors are sequentially assembled in a series configuration and separated by short conduits to produce toner particles that are narrowly distributed.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Santiago Faucher, Kimberly D. Nosella, David Thomas Borbely, Gaetano Lavigne, Simon C. Burke
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Patent number: 8663566Abstract: Disclosed are a fluidized bed water gas shift membrane reactor and a method for separating carbon dioxide using the same. More specifically, disclosed are a fluidized bed water gas shift membrane reactor provided on the back of a gasification reactor to produce a synthetic gas consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide by reaction of a solid hydrocarbon with water or oxygen, wherein the carbon monoxide present in an amount of 40 to 70 vol % in the synthesis gas reacts with steam in the presence of a catalyst to produce a mix gas of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and the hydrogen is selectively isolated from the mix gas through a Pb—Cu shift membrane to increase the concentration of carbon dioxide present in the mix gas and separate the carbon dioxide, and a method for separating carbon dioxide using the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy ResearchInventors: See Hoon Lee, II Hyun Baek, Won Hyun Eom, Jeong Nam Kim
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Patent number: 8663567Abstract: The present invention is to provide a catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides which is capable of keeping sufficient denitrification performance, i.e., a high removal rate of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas having a high NO2 content especially under conditions where the ratio of NO2/NO in exhaust gas is 1 or higher, a catalyst molded product therefor, and an exhaust gas treating method. The catalyst is designed for removing nitrogen oxides, which is used to denitrify exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides having a high NO2 content, which comprises: at least one kind of oxide selected from the group consisting of copper oxides, chromium oxides, and iron oxides as a component for reducing NO2 to NO; and which further comprises: at least one kind of titanium oxide; at least one kind of tungsten oxide; and at least one kind of vanadium oxide as components for reducing NO to N2.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Nojima, Kozo Iida, Yoshiaki Obayashi, Masashi Kiyosawa, Masanori Demoto
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Patent number: 8663568Abstract: An apparatus for disposal of photocurable fluid waste may include a conduit for conducting photocurable fluid waste from a source of photocurable fluid waste; a dispenser for automatically dispensing a receptacle made of material that is impermeable to the photocurable fluid waste and that transmits radiation capable of curing; a welder or other sealing device for welding the receptacle to form a bag with a portion of the photocurable fluid waste inside; and a source of radiation for curing the photocurable fluid waste in the bag.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Stratasys Ltd.Inventors: Meir Bar Nathan, David Eshed
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Patent number: 8663569Abstract: An ozone generating apparatus according to one embodiment includes a hollow cylindrical sealed container provided with an inlet for a feed gas containing oxygen gas and an outlet for an ozonized gas. A discharge tube including a dielectric tube arranged within the container and a first electrode arranged within the dielectric tube is provided in the container. A second electrode is arranged within the container and surrounds the first electrode, spaced apart from the dielectric tube to form a discharge gap between the second electrode and the dielectric tube. The apparatus further includes a discharge voltage source configured to apply a discharging voltage across the first and second electrodes, and a cooling water jacket surrounding the second electrode. The dielectric tube has an outer diameter of 12 mm or more, but 19 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takaaki Murata, Kiyoyuki Amemori, Ryutaro Makise, Kanako Nakajima, Kazuhiko Noda, Michiko Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8663570Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus and an ion generating apparatus, which generate sufficient amount of cations in a short period of time and also maintain the amount of ions generated at a level that is harmless to the human body. The sterilizing apparatus and the ion generating apparatus optimize the position of an electrode to maximize the generation of active hydrogen. The ion generating apparatus includes a first electrode for generating hydrogen ions and a second electrode located such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a designated distance for generating electrons and superoxide anions. The hydrogen ions generated from the first electrode react with the electrons generated from the second electrode to produce hydrogen atoms, and the hydrogen atoms react with the superoxide anions generated from the second electrode to sterilize the air.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyeon Gi On, Jun Sang Jeon, Eun Ju Ha
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Patent number: 8663571Abstract: A system comprising: a plasma production chamber configured to produce a plasma; a reaction chamber vaporize a precursor material with the plasma to form a reactive mixture; a quench chamber having a frusto-conical surface and a quench region formed within the quench chamber between an ejection port of the reaction chamber and a cooled mixture outlet, wherein the quench region configured to receive the reactive mixture from the ejection port, to cool the reactive mixture to form a cooled mixture, and to supply the cooled mixture to the cooled mixture outlet; and a conditioning fluid injection ring disposed at the ejection port and configured to flow a conditioning fluid directly into the reactive mixture as the reactive mixture flows through the ejection port, thereby disturbing the flow of the reactive mixture, creating turbulence within the quench region and cooling the reactive mixture to form a cooled mixture comprising condensed nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Frederick P. Layman
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Patent number: 8663572Abstract: The present invention provides a microplasma jet generator capable of stably generating a microplasma jet in a microspace at atmospheric pressure with low electric power. The microplasma jet generator is driven with a VHF power supply to generate an inductively coupled microplasma jet and includes a substrate, a micro-antenna disposed on the substrate, and a discharge tube located close to the micro-antenna. The micro-antenna has a flat meandering shape with plural turns.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventor: Takanori Ichiki
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Patent number: 8663573Abstract: An apparatus for producing trichlorosilane, including: a reaction vessel that has a substantially cylindrical wall body, a top plate, and a bottom plate, where a reaction product gas is produced from a raw gas supplied to the reaction vessel through a gas introducing passage provided to the lower section of the cylindrical wall body; and a plurality of heaters that are disposed inside the reaction vessel to heat the raw gas, wherein each of the heaters has a heating element that is elongated in a vertical direction and generates heat by electrification, and a mount that is fixed to the bottom plate and supports the heating element; a flange is provided to intermediate height of the heating element such that the flange is arranged upper than the gas introducing passage and is elongated in horizontal direction; and a passage of the raw gas formed between adjacent heaters is narrowed by the flange.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Naoya Murakami, Wataru Saiki
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Patent number: 8663574Abstract: The invention relates to a method for pasteurizing a liquid product by heating it to a pasteurization temperature which results in any product-harming microorganisms being killed and by maintaining the product at this temperature in a treatment chamber over a holding time.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: KHS GmbHInventor: Ludwig Clüsserath
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Patent number: 8663575Abstract: There is described a sample holder and associated fluid container assembly for optical analysis of a fluid sample within a translucent container of the fluid container assembly. The sample holder includes clamping members rotatably mounted to a frame for rotation, about parallel axes spaced apart from each other, between a container accepting position in which the clamping members are spaced apart from the translucent container, and an analysis position in the clamping members abut the translucent container. The clamping members each define an optical waveguide slot extending therethrough that is substantially aligned with the translucent container when the clamping members are disposed in the analysis position, to thereby provide optical access to the translucent container for optical analysis of the fluid sample therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Canadian Blood ServicesInventors: Elisabeth Maurer, Georg Maurer, Keddie Brown, Gyasi Bourne, Kenneth MacCallum, Paul Charlebois
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Patent number: 8663576Abstract: The present invention concerns the identification of biomarkers and groups or combinations of biomarkers that can be used for non-invasive diagnosis of intra-amniotic infection, and diagnostic assays using such biomarkers.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventor: Thomas H. Grove
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Patent number: 8663577Abstract: A spotter that includes a plurality of spotting heads, each of the plurality of spotting heads having a discharging portion at a tip portion, the plurality of spotting heads form an m×n array (m, n>1) with m spotting heads arranged lengthwise and n spotting heads arranged crosswise; and a pitch varying mechanism configured to vary an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a lengthwise direction and an array pitch of the plurality of spotting heads arrayed in a crosswise direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Masaki Torimura, Hiroaki Tao, Takashi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8663578Abstract: A liquid droplet introducing tank 3A includes a tank body 31, which is formed by mutually opposing top surface 31a and bottom surface 31b, and a side surface 31c. The tank also includes an injection hole 32 that is opened in the top surface 31a. Liquid droplets Dr are injected from the injection hole 32. The center of the injection hole 32 is closer to the side surface 31c than the center of the top surface 31a. The liquid droplet introducing tank 3A enables liquid droplets to be suitably injected therein and is suitable for reducing size.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc.Inventor: Yukihiro Sukawa
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Patent number: 8663579Abstract: This invention provides a biological component-measuring device, enabling the operator to easily calibrate the entire device and capable of measuring biological components accurately, and a method for calibrating the device. The device measures a sample including a body fluid taken through a body fluid sampler by sending it with a pump through a sample channel to a sensor. The device further includes a calibrating liquid channel through which a calibrating liquid can be supplied to the sensor via the sample channel by a switching of a first flow path changeover valve placed in the sample channel at a location upstream of the pump and connected to the channel. The method includes introducing the calibrating liquid in the calibrating liquid channel, via other channels, into the sensor by switching the valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Nikkiso Co., Ltd.Inventor: Motoaki Murakami
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Patent number: 8663580Abstract: A dried biological fluid spot punch device includes a tube, a frit, and a filter disposed on the frit. The tube includes a main section and a distal section adjoining the main section. The main section includes a proximal tube end circumscribing a proximal tube opening, and the distal section includes a distal tube end circumscribing a distal tube opening. The distal section further includes a distal tube having a tapered inside diameter that reduces from the main section to the distal tube opening. The frit is disposed in the distal section at a distance from the distal tube opening and fixed in position by frictional contact with the distal tube wall. The punch device may also include a punching tool. The punching tool may include a body engaging the tube at the proximal tube end and an ejection mechanism configured for disengaging the body from the tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Lee Grenz, William C. Hudson
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Patent number: 8663581Abstract: A chemical pre-concentrator is provided having a support structure, an airflow conduit, and a layer of a reactive chemical compound on a surface of the support structure is used for collecting and pre-concentrating at least one chemical analyte from a dilute sample. A method of concentrating a gaseous sample is provide that includes exposing the chemical pre-concentrator with a dilute gaseous sample that contains at least one chemical analyte; and forming a conjugate of the at least one chemical analyte. A method of diagnosing a disease state in a mammalian patient is provided using the chemical pre-concentrator.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Xiaoan Fu, Richard M. Higashi, Michael Nantz
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Patent number: 8663582Abstract: An integral-type reaction cartridge includes a plurality of reaction containers and at least a separation container. The plural reaction containers and the separation container are integrally formed of plastic and lined along a first direction. The separation container has a first end, a second end opposing the first end, and a hollow accommodating space between the first and second ends, wherein the first end is an open end, the second end is a closed end, and the accommodating space tapers from the first end to the second end. The accommodating space has a first side and a second side along the first direction, as well as a third side and a fourth side along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Near the second end, at least one of the first side and the second side has a greater slope than the third side and the fourth side.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: RBC Bioscience Corp.Inventors: Cheng-Chun Kuan, Wei-Sung Chen
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Patent number: 8663583Abstract: A disposable blood analysis cartridge may include a sample collection reservoir, an absorbance measurement channel, and an optical light scattering measurement channel. One or more valves may be disposed between the sample collection reservoir and the absorbance measurement channel and/or the optical light scattering measurement channel. A negative pressure may be applied to the cartridge to pull sample from the sample collection reservoir through the one or more valves and into the absorbance measurement channel and/or the optical light scattering measurement channel. Once the sample is pulled into the absorbance measurement channel and/or the optical light scattering measurement channel, the one or more valves may be closed. With the one or more valves closed, and in some cases, a pusher fluid may be provided to push the fluid sample to other regions of the disposable fluid blood analysis cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Mark Kelley, Ron Bardell, Robert Janisch, Pam Wong, Eric Peltola
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Patent number: 8663584Abstract: An extraction component enabling the concurrent recovery of gold and/or palladium selectively from a hydrochloric acid media containing the base metals and other contaminants. The disclosed extractant disclosed eliminates the conventional multi-step process for such extraction by providing for an extraction method which uses a single solvent extraction reagent. Further enhancing the conventional multi step process, the conventional scrubbing stage is eliminated by a single stripping stage. The resulting solutions can be obtained from leaching many types of material such as copper anode slimes, the treatment of scrap such as electronic circuit boards and plating effluents, PGM, or refractory gold ores.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventors: Loghman Moradi, Hiwa Salimi, Mohammad Piltan, Issa Yavari
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Patent number: 8663585Abstract: A system, method, and composition for generating a composition made from a combination of fly ash, FGD purge water, a fixation agent such as lime, and/or synthetic gypsum which, when mixed in the right proportions, results in a material that is easily handled and sets up over time in a relatively impermeable manner that significantly reduces the leaching of contaminants that would otherwise be readily available for release into the environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Mississippi Lime CompanyInventor: Thomas E. Siedhoff
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Patent number: 8663586Abstract: A method and system for high performance mercury capture from solid fuel combustion flue gas is provided. The method includes injecting pulverized activated carbon into a mercury capture system with at least a first and a second fabric filter, collecting the pulverized activated carbon captured in the second fabric filter, and injecting the collected pulverized activated carbon from the second fabric filter upstream of the first fabric filter for reuse to capture mercury from the process gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LtdInventor: Dennis James Laslo
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Patent number: 8663587Abstract: Catalysts, catalytic articles, and catalyst systems and methods for treating exhaust gas streams utilizing the catalytic articles are described. In one or more embodiments, a catalytic article includes a first SCR catalyst permeating the porous walls of a substrate and a second SCR catalyst coating the walls of the substrate. Methods for treating an exhaust gas stream are also provided. Methods of making and using such catalysts and catalytic articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: BASF CorporationInventor: R. Samuel Boorse