Patents Issued in October 18, 2016
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Patent number: 9468898Abstract: A reactor and a reaction method are provided with which temperature changes due to a large amount of reaction heat generated immediately after confluence of raw material fluids can be suppressed. A reactor (2) includes reaction passages (22) and temperature control passages (42). Each reaction passage (22) includes first and second supply passage parts (24, 26), a confluence part (30), and a reaction passage part (28) connected in this order from upstream to downstream. Each temperature control passage (42) includes: first temperature control passage parts (44) extending at least along a particular range of the corresponding reaction passage part (28); and a second temperature control passage part (46) connected thereto, which is fewer in number than the first temperature control passage parts (44). Each second temperature control passage part (46) has a cross section area larger than that of each first temperature control passage part (44).Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Matsuoka, Akitoshi Fujisawa, Koji Noishiki
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Patent number: 9468899Abstract: A multi-chamber continuous tubular reactor for the transesterification of oil (e.g., waste cooking oil and the like) and methanol into glycol and fatty acid methyl (ethel) ester. The reactor includes a plurality of tubes, a plurality of fluidly coupled chambers, an inlet fluidly coupled to a first chamber of the plurality of chambers for receiving reactants, and an outlet fluidly coupled to a second chamber of the plurality of chambers for receiving products generated during a reaction within the plurality of chambers. At least one of the plurality of tubes is at least partially disposed within a lumen of another one of the plurality of tubes. The plurality of fluidly coupled chambers are defined, at least in part, by the plurality of tubes. The reactor is configured to generate a generally helical flow pattern through at least one of the plurality of chambers.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Masdar Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Isam M. Janajreh, Rasha Abd Rabu
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Patent number: 9468900Abstract: The present invention relates in general to a method of producing activated carbon. Dregs are removed from a pulp mill green liquor clarifier and washed with an acid to produce an activated carbon. The activated carbon slurry can be used to remove mercury from a waste gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: S&S Lime, Inc.Inventors: John C. Stuever, Susan C. Stuever
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Patent number: 9468901Abstract: A polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) pyrolyzate adsorbent is described, having utility for storing gases in an adsorbed state, and from which adsorbed gas may be desorbed to supply same for use. The PVDF pyrolyzate adsorbent can be of monolithic unitary form, or in a bead, powder, film, particulate or other finely divided form. The adsorbent is particularly suited for storage and supply of fluorine-containing gases, such as fluorine gas, nitrogen trifluoride, carbo-fluoride gases, and the like. The adsorbent may be utilized in a gas storage and dispensing system, in which the adsorbent is contained in a supply vessel, from which sorbate gas can be selectively dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.Inventors: Shaun M. Wilson, Edward A. Sturm
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Patent number: 9468902Abstract: The method of synthesizing zinc oxide polymer nanocomposite comprises: dissolving equal molar ratios of a sulfonic acid acrylic monomer and a co-monomer with a cross linking agent to form a solution; dispersing the zinc-oxide nanoparticles into the solution; polymerizing the sulfonic acid acrylic monomer with the co-monomer by adding a free radical initiator followed by heating up the solution to a temperature up to 50° C.; raising the temperature up to 60° C. until a zinc oxide polymer nanocomposite is formed; and curing the nanocomposite by heating to at least 105° C. for about 24 hours to form the zinc oxide polymer nanocomposite, wherein the ionic liquid monomer is 2-ccrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof and wherein the co-monomer is selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylic acid and N-isopropyl acrylamide monomers.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITYInventors: Ayman M. Atta, Hamad A. Al-Lohedan, Abdelrahman Osama Ezzat
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Patent number: 9468903Abstract: Nanocomposite adsorbent materials and methods for their preparation and use are described. As an example, a polyaniline-graphite nanoplatelet nanocomposite may be used to adsorb carbon dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Indian Institute of Technology MadrasInventors: Ramaprabhu Sundara, Ashish Kumar Mishra
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Patent number: 9468904Abstract: A sorbent composition such as for the removal of a contaminant species from a fluid stream, a method for manufacturing a sorbent composition and a method for the treatment of a flue gas stream to remove heavy metals such as mercury (Hg) therefrom. The sorbent composition includes a porous carbonaceous sorbent such as powdered activated carbon (PAC) and a solid particulate additive that functions as a flow-aid to enhance the pneumatic conveyance properties of the sorbent composition. The solid particulate additive may be a flake-like material, for example a phyllosilicate mineral or graphite.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: ADA Carbon Solutions, LLCInventors: Sarah G. McMurray, Jacqueline Cecil de Peyer, Robert B. Huston, Joseph M. Wong
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Patent number: 9468905Abstract: A composition for an outside surface, includes at least a mixture of a microporous mineral of the zeolite type and a salt in order to allow for an adsorption and/or desorption effect, the composition including a permeable film at least partially coating the microporous mineral.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Benoît Pintat
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Patent number: 9468906Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous inorganic body comprising pores A having a pore size SA in the range of from 0.005 to 20 micrometer and a total pore volume VA, and comprising pores B having a pore size SB in the range of from more than 20 to 1000 micrometer and a total pore volume VB, wherein the total pore volume of the pores having a pore size in the range of from 0.005 to 1000 micrometer is VC and wherein the ratio RA=VA/VC is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 as determined via mercury intrusion porosimetry.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christian Baltes, Tobias Rosendahl, Igor Shishkov, Torsten Mäurer, Wolfgang Rohde, Martin Kraus, Norbert Güntherberg, Isa Alexandra Queiroz Da Fonseca, Alfons Jochum, Siegbert Bouche
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Patent number: 9468907Abstract: An exhaust gas component purification catalytic material 1 for use in removal of particulates in an exhaust gas through combustion includes: composite oxide particles 2 containing zirconium and neodymium and not containing cerium; and praseodymium oxide particles 3 in contact with the composite oxide particles 2.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Takashi Baba, Koichiro Harada, Masahiko Shigetsu, Akihide Takami
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Patent number: 9468908Abstract: Disclosed are catalysts comprised of platinum and rhodium on a support selected from the group of zirconia, stabilized (doped) zirconia, zirconia-metal oxide composites, and mixtures thereof, wherein the outer surfaces of the support are selected from the group of zirconia, stabilized zirconia, and mixtures thereof. More particularly, the supported catalysts comprise platinum and rhodium, wherein the molar ratio of platinum to rhodium is in the range of about 3:1 to about 1:2. The average pore diameter of the catalyst supports is in the range of about 5 nm to about 70 nm and the surface area is in the range of about 15 m2/g to about 200 m2/g. Also disclosed are methods for the hydrodeoxygenation of carboxylic acids, mono- and/or di-lactones thereof having at least one hydroxyl group on the backbone thereof to corresponding acids where the backbone hydroxyl group has been reduced in the presence of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Renovia Inc.Inventors: George Fredrick Salem, Guang Zhu, Alfred Gerhard Hagemeyer, Eric L. Dias
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Patent number: 9468909Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst (ORR) and a method for making the catalyst are provided. The method may include depositing a metal oxide on a graphitized carbon or graphene substrate. A platinum catalyst may then be deposited over the metal oxide to provide an ORR catalyst for use in, for example, a PEMFC. The metal oxide may be niobium oxide and may have an amorphous structure. The platinum catalyst may form a thin, electrically interconnected network structure overlaying the metal oxide. The ORR catalyst may be prepared by alternating the deposition of the metal oxide and the platinum catalyst, for example, using physical vapor deposition. The ORR catalyst may have a specific activity of at least 1,000 ?A/cm2 Pt and may approach or achieve bulk Pt activity.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jun Yang, Chunchuan Xu, Patrick Pietrasz, Kerrie Gath, Benjamin Pence, Mark John Jagner, James Waldecker, Shinichi Hirano, Michael Alan Tamor
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Patent number: 9468910Abstract: The present invention pertains to novel core-shell particles comprising a core of alumina and a shell of cobalt oxide, characterized in that they are spherical with a number average diameter, as measured by TEM, of between 10 and 30 nm. This invention also pertains to the method for preparing these core-shell particles and to their uses in the manufacture of a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Total Raffinage ChimieInventors: Vincenzo Roberto Calderone, Nirappurackal Raveendran Shiju, Gad Rothenberg, Daniel Curulla-Ferre
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Patent number: 9468911Abstract: It relates to a type of catalysts for preparation of chirality-selective and conductivity-selective single-walled carbon nanotubes. The catalysts have chemical compositions of ABy, wherein A is the metal tungsten (W), B stands for one or more metals selected from a group consisting of the transition metals manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, chromium, vanadium, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, platinum, gold, silver, osmium, iridium, and the lanthanide rare earth metals, and y is in the range of 0.01-20.0. This catalyst can be used to catalyze the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes with desired chirality and conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: PEKING UNIVERSITYInventors: Yan Li, Feng Yang, Fei Peng, Juan Yang
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Patent number: 9468912Abstract: Variations of ZPGM bulk powder catalyst materials, including Cu—Co—Mn ternary spinel systems for TWC applications are disclosed. Bulk powder catalyst samples are prepared employing a plurality of molar ratio variations, including disclosed Cu—Co—Mn spinel on Praseodymium-Zirconia support oxide made by incipient wetness method, or Cu—Co—Mn spinel on Niobium-Zirconia support oxide, which may be synthesized by co-precipitation method. A plurality of bulk powder catalyst samples may be tested by performing isothermal steady state sweep test, employing a flow reactor at inlet temperature of about 450° C., and testing a gas stream from lean to rich condition and influence on TWC performance measured/analyzed, which may lead into significant improvements in the manufacturing of ZPGM bulk powder catalyst materials for TWC applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Zahra Nazarpoor, Oguzhan Selim Yaglidere, Stephen J. Golden
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Patent number: 9468913Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for preparation of chlorine by catalytic gas phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride with oxygen, in which the catalyst comprises at least tin dioxide as a support material and at least one ruthenium-containing compound as a catalytically active material, and comprises, as an additional secondary constituent, a compound of an element or an element selected from the group of: Nb, V, Ta, Cr, Mo, Au, In, Sc, Y and lanthanoids, especially La and Ce.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Aurel Wolf, Leslaw Mleczko, Oliver Felix-Karl Schlüter
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Patent number: 9468914Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of phosphorous containing mesoporous alumina catalyst for selective dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether. The process provides a single step selective vapor phase dehydration of methanol to produce dimethyl ether over phosphorous containing mesoporous alumina (P/Al2O3) catalyst at a temperature in the range of 150-350° C. The process provides methanol conversion of 45-100% with a selectivity of the DME up to 100%.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHInventors: Ankur Bordoloi, Reena Goyal, Subhasis Das, Rajib Kumar Singha, Chandrashekar Pendem, Laxmi Narayan Sivakumar Konathala, Rajaram Bal, Sandeep Saran, Madhukar Onkarnath Garg
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Patent number: 9468915Abstract: Described are SCR catalyst systems comprising a first SCR catalyst composition and a second SCR catalyst composition arranged in the system, the first SCR catalyst composition having a faster DeNOx response time when exposed to ammonia than the second catalyst composition and the second SCR catalyst composition has a higher steady state DeNOx performance than the first catalyst composition. The SCR catalyst systems are useful in methods and systems to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Marius Vaarkamp, Edgar V. Huennekes, Arne Kuhlmann, Stefan Kah
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Patent number: 9468916Abstract: Provided is a method that is for producing a PAU zeolite and that can have an environmental impact that is reduced while, as much as possible, not using a structure-defining agent. The method for producing a PAU zeolite produces by means of (1) mixing a silica source, an alumina source, an alkali source, and water in a manner so as to result in a reaction mixture having a composition represented by a specific mole ratio, (2) using as the seed crystal a PAU zeolite that does not contain organic compounds and has a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 4-15 and an average particle size of at least 100 nm, and adding same to the reaction mixture at a ratio of 0.1-20 wt % with respect to the silica component in the reaction mixture, and (3) subjecting the reaction mixture to which the seed crystal has been added to sealed-vessel heating at 80-200° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: UniZeo Co., Ltd., The University of TokyoInventors: Keiji Itabashi, Tatsuya Okubo, Kenta Iyoki
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Patent number: 9468917Abstract: This disclosure is directed to uses for a new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-100.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Stacey Ian Zones, Dan Xie, Cong-Yan Chen, Ann Jia-Bao Liang
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Patent number: 9468918Abstract: An aluminum phosphate-modified metal-supported crystalline silicoaluminophosphate NOx-reducing catalyst includes metal-supported crystalline silicoaluminophosphate particles having a surface modified with aluminum phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Mitsui, Yuka Seto, Takaki Mizuno, Tsuguo Koyanagi
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Patent number: 9468919Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for asymmetric reduction, which can be produced by a convenient and safe production method, has a strong catalytic activity, and has excellent stereoselectivity. The present invention relates to a ruthenium complex represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group or the like; Y represents a hydrogen atom; X represents a halogen atom or the like; j and k each represent 0 or 1; R2 and R3 each represent an alkyl group or the like; R11 to R19 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like; Z represents oxygen or sulfur; n1 represents 1 or 2; and n2 represents an integer from 1 to 3, a method for producing the ruthenium complex, a catalyst for asymmetric reduction formed from the ruthenium complex, and methods for selectively producing an optically active alcohol and an optically active amine using the catalyst for asymmetric reduction.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Takasago International CorporationInventors: Taichiro Touge, Hideki Nara, Tomohiko Hakamada
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Patent number: 9468920Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing ultra-porous photocatalytic materials, to the ultra-porous photocatalytic materials obtained by such a method, as well as to the uses thereof for producing hydrogen, treating wastewater and polluted water, treating polluted air, or furthermore to the use of same as catalytic membranes in fuel cells. Finally, a last aim of the invention relates to articles chosen among hydrogen production devices, self-cleaning glass panes and antipollution walls.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: Aix-Marseille Universite, FaldesInventors: François Arnaud D'Avitaya, Viatcheslav Safarov, Nadzeya Alexandrovna Zalatarevich
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Patent number: 9468921Abstract: A honeycomb structure including a tubular honeycomb structure portion having: porous partition walls with which a plurality of cells extending from one end surface to the other end surface are formed to partition through channels of a fluid; and an outer peripheral wall positioned on an outermost periphery, an electrical resistivity of the partition walls is from 1 to 200 ?cm, at least a part of the outer peripheral wall is formed by a low Young's modulus portion configured to have a Young's modulus lower than that of the partition walls, and a ratio of the Young's modulus of the low Young's modulus portion to the Young's modulus of the partition walls is from 2 to 95%. Provided is a honeycomb structure which is a catalyst carrier and also functions as a heater when a voltage is applied thereto and which has an excellent heat shock resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshimasa Kondo, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yusuke Hosoi, Atsushi Kaneda, Kazumi Nagareda
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Patent number: 9468922Abstract: Pyrolysis of machined osseous tissue results in a monolith of carbon interwoven within the HA scaffold native to the original tissue. This HA framework prevents the collapse of the carbon to dense forms during pyrolysis. Upon removal of the HA scaffold after pyrolysis, a monolith that preserves the macroscopic form of the carbon remains. The monolith is placed in a solution of catalyst, noble metal ions for example, which is then reduced to facilitate the precipitation of nanoparticles of the catalyst. The novelty of this invention is that a high number of particles are contained within a relatively small, extremely high surface area solid support. The current invention demonstrates that the pyrolysis of intact bovine cortical bone produces high-carbon-surface-area monoliths, which can be used as a scaffold for reusable catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Paul A. Goodman
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Patent number: 9468923Abstract: Porous polymeric networks and composite materials comprising metal nanoparticles distributed in the polymeric networks are provided. Also provided are methods for using the polymeric networks and the composite materials in liquid- and vapor-phase waste remediation applications. The porous polymeric networks, are highly porous, three-dimensional structures characterized by high surface areas. The polymeric networks comprise polymers polymerized from aldehydes and phenolic molecules.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Alexandros Katsoulidis
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Patent number: 9468924Abstract: The disclosure includes a method for producing a dispersion composition of fluorine-containing ion exchange resin comprising a copolymer represented by formula: wherein x and y represent numbers satisfying 0?x<1, 0?y<1, and x+y=1; Z represents H, Cl, F, or a perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m represents an integer of 0 to 12; and n represents an integer of 0 to 2.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Asahi Kasei E-materials CorporationInventors: Takahiko Murai, Kohei Kita, Naoki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 9468925Abstract: A container for storing a biological sample for molecular diagnostic testing and/or histological testing is provided. The container includes a first chamber for receiving a sample holder therein, a second chamber, and a closure for enclosing the container. A breakable membrane, such as a piercable foil, extends within the container and separates the two chambers. When the breakable membrane is broken, fluid can pass between the first and second chambers. The membrane may be broken through an activator on the closure, such as a depressible member or a rotatable carrier, causing the sample holder to break through the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Benjamin R. Bartfeld, C. Mark Newby
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Patent number: 9468926Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for conducting immunoassay test. The apparatus includes a groove unit having a groove along a vertical direction configured to hold a rod-shaped portion of a probe along the vertical direction, and a push pin configured to move along a horizontal direction, the push pin being capable of residing at a first position and a second position. A tip of the push pin is capable of pressing the rod-shaped portion of the probe against the groove when the push pin resides at the first position. The distance between the tip of the push pin and the groove is larger than a diameter of the rod-shaped portion of the probe when the push pin resides at the second position.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: ACCESS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hong Tan, Ming Xia, Yushan Tan, Jun Chen, Erhua Cao, Genqian Li, Robert F. Zuk
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Patent number: 9468927Abstract: A device for amplifying a nucleic acid sample may include a sample holder configured to receive a nucleic acid sample, a heating system configured to raise the temperature of the sample, a cooling system configured to lower the temperature of the sample, and a controller configured to operably control the heating system and the cooling system to cycle the device through a desired time-temperature profile. The cooling system may include at least one heat pipe and a heat sink and the at least one heat pipe may include a first portion disposed proximate to the sample holder and a second portion disposed proximate to the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Alexander Dromaretsky, Thomas C. Au
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Patent number: 9468928Abstract: A crushing ring of a crushing roll includes a base body with a through-opening, for connecting it to a shaft in a rotationally rigid fashion. At least one crushing tooth is in the form of a projection that is provided on the outer circumference of the base body and extends radially outward. A crushing cap encases the projection. The crushing cap includes a front wall section, a rear wall section and a head section that connects the two. A first pin-shaped connecting member detachably mounts the crushing cap on the projection. A second pin-shaped connecting member also detachably mounts the crushing cap on the projection. The second connecting member extends through the rear wall section of the crushing cap and is separably held in the projection.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Hazemag & EPR GmbHInventors: Jochen Emmerich, Thomas Woestmann
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Patent number: 9468929Abstract: A reducing machine having an air cooled cutting discs is disclosed. The air cooled discs have cutting surfaces on both sides. The cutting surfaces have edges which are sharpened for cutting input material when the cutting surface is facing the cutting surface of the opposed disc. When the cutting surface of the stationary disc is facing the housing, the cutting surface acts as a heat sink to air cool the stationary disc and the mill assembly in general. Air inlets in the housing lid permit air to flow over the cooling surface. A damper restricts air flow over the air cooling surface to control the temperature of the reducing machine, such as during start up.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Orenda Automation Technologies Inc.Inventors: Hristos Lefas, Friedhelm Roderich Feder
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Patent number: 9468930Abstract: A rotatable throat assembly for a coal pulverizer which includes a plurality of throat segments secured to a ring seat in the pulverizer, a plurality of ledge cover segments on the throat segments, and a plurality of air seal segments secured on top of the ledge cover segments wherein the air seal segments each includes a layer of flexible, durable, high temperature-resistant polymer/rubber material projecting to within close proximity to the inner wall of the pulverizer to substantially block air flow between the rotatable throat assembly and the inner wall of the pulverizer.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Techinomics, Inc.Inventor: Bruce N Alfee
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Patent number: 9468931Abstract: The present invention describes a valve/mill arrangement (1) comprising a valve (2) having a valve housing (11) with an inlet opening (12) and an outlet opening (13), and having a closure element (14) for closing the inlet opening (12). The valve/mill arrangement (1) also comprises a mill (3) having a mill rotor (20) with at least one mill tool (22), having at least one mill screen (23) and having a drive device (24) for driving the mill rotor (20). The mill rotor (20) and the mill screen (23) here are arranged, at least in part, in the valve housing (11), and a travel path of the closure element (14) runs, at least in part, coaxially in relation to an axis of rotation (25) of the mill rotor (20). Unused space in the interior of the valve housing (11) is thus utilized by the mill (3). This means that a compact construction of the valve/mill arrangement (1) is possible.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Martin Gross
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Patent number: 9468932Abstract: A system for fragmenting material includes an energy source, an acoustic transmitter, and a controller. The acoustic transmitter is coupled to the energy source and includes a unit acoustic source configured to emit an acoustic wave through a volume of ground material. The controller is coupled to the acoustic transmitter and is configured to engage the unit acoustic source such that the acoustic wave fractures the volume of ground material at a target location.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Michael H. Baym, Terry Briggs, Robert Dunne, Clark J. Gilbert, W. Daniel Hillis, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Conor L. Myhrvold, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Clarence T. Tegreene, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
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Patent number: 9468933Abstract: A document shredder with a motor, a cutting unit, and a motor control, wherein the motor control may start, stop and reverse the motor. The motor control may limit the maximally allowed load of the motor to a predetermined load limit value. In case the motor reaches the maximally allowed load limit value, the load limit value may be increased for a predetermined time, either manually or automatically. In this way a short overload does not lead to a paper jam and the shredder does not have to be reversed, which may cause a paper mess in the workplace. The motor may be a direct current motor and/or a series motor, so that the load limit value may be defined by a maximally allowable motor current.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Hermann Schwelling
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Patent number: 9468934Abstract: A device for separating components of a mixture, particularly industrial fluids but also gases including air, allows for targeted components of the mixture to be attached onto a separating bar and removed from the mixture. The separating bars traverse a track formed within the body of the separating device and through respective tank, cleaning, free roll, and compression regions in a controlled cleaning system. The separating bars are detached from one another and allowed to move through the separating device independently of one another. The device removes the use of chains to connect cleaning bars traversing through a cleaning system.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Exactration, LLCInventors: Richard E. Fogel, Brent D. Terrell
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Patent number: 9468935Abstract: Disclosed is a system for filtering airborne particles from an occupied space. The system permits the removal of airborne particles by manipulating both the charge and the size of the particles, thus enabling the capture of particles that most other typical filtration systems leave behind. More specifically, the system captures small airborne particles through the use of a series of electric fields, forcing them to be trapped in a series of filters or collide to form larger particles, whereby their movement and capture are subsequently governed primarily by airflow. The system controls particle behavior by utilizing specific electromagnetic fields to collide particles, capture particles, and deactivate live pathogens that get captured.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Donald H. Hess
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Patent number: 9468936Abstract: Technologies are presented for applying electrical energy to a combustion reaction to produce agglomerated combustion particulates. For example, a system may include: one or more electrodes configured to apply electrical energy to a combustion reaction; a combustion zone configured to support the combustion reaction of a fuel at a fuel source; and an electrical power source operatively coupled to the one or more electrodes and configured to apply electrical energy to the combustion reaction. The combustion reaction is controlled to produce a distribution of agglomerated combustion particulates characterized by an increase in at least one of an average particulate diameter or an average particulate mass.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATIONInventor: David B. Goodson
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Patent number: 9468937Abstract: An air purification device includes a controller configured to perform a normal discharge operation in which a discharger generates streamer discharge to purify air, and an emergency discharge operation in which, in order to remove substances, which are components contained in air, adhering to electrodes of the discharger due to the normal discharge operation, a higher voltage than that in the normal discharge operation is applied to the electrodes to cause the discharger to generate spark discharge. The controller adjusts an application voltage such that a current value between the electrodes is maintained constant, and the upper limit V of the application voltage is set at a value greater than an inter-electrode distance of d×1.2 (V?d×1.2).Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Tanaka, Kenkichi Kagawa, Shunji Haruna, Tatsumi Enokida, Kei Suzumura
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Patent number: 9468938Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a handheld shower head sprayer with a flexible hose arrangement that automatically expands or contracts according to user convenience. The handheld shower head sprayer comprises shower arm, handheld shower sprayer, and flexible shower hose. The shower hose comprises an elastic inner tube concentrically positioned inside a non-elastic outer tube. When shower water valve is opened, water passes through the shower hose and expands the shower hose up. The radial expansion of the inner tube is constrained by maximum diameter of the outer tube. When the shower water valve is closed, the water pressure inside the shower hose is released and the shower hose automatically contracts to the unexpanded length of the hose.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Jeff Oblak
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Patent number: 9468939Abstract: A shower device and a faceplate assembly for a shower device. The faceplate assembly may include a faceplate having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of apertures being defined between the front surface and the rear surface, the faceplate being at least partially formed of a transparent material proximate the front surface, and an opaque material located proximate the rear surface. A pattern may be formed from facets, adjacent facets meeting at an intersection, at least one of the plurality of apertures being positioned at an intersection. A shower device may include a nozzle plate having a surface and including a plurality of nozzles for discharging water, at least one of the plurality of nozzles having a barb; and a faceplate snap-fit to the nozzle plate by the barb.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Kenneth S. Hanna, Jeffrey A. Schumacher, Gregory de Swarte, Leila M. Rubin
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Patent number: 9468940Abstract: An ammonia applicator system is provided that has adjustable orifices with openings having variable sizes that can be changed remotely, without having to disassemble exit lines from a distribution manifold. In this way, the restriction of the exit lines and, thus, line flow rate can be adjusted remotely and/or automatically, even during ammonia application use. Each adjustable orifice may include a valve and an actuator that controls the valve for changing the size of the opening of the adjustable orifice. The actuator may be a rotary actuator, such as a stepper motor, and the valve may include an adjustment knob and a screw that can rotate to allow a needle to advance or regress through an opening of a valve body of the valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.Inventors: James W. Henry, Mohammad Vakil
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Patent number: 9468941Abstract: An applicator head for discharging media from a reservoir, including a housing with a coupling device for coupling to the reservoir, an inlet opening, an applicator opening for discharging medium into a surrounding atmosphere, a conveying device for conveying the medium from the inlet opening to the applicator opening and an actuating handle, movable relative to the housing to actuate the conveying device. The housing is a one-piece injection molded part formed from two plastics having different properties. The coupling device is constructed of a first of the two plastics. A ring seal surrounds the inlet opening and is arranged to bear tightly against the reservoir when coupled to the applicator head. A venting valve with an aperture which opens in a pressure-dependent manner and through which ambient air flows from the surrounding atmosphere into the reservoir, is constructed of the second of the two plastics.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBHInventors: Thomas Bruder, Tobias Baumann
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Patent number: 9468942Abstract: A device for calibrating a spray gun and an associated method are provided. The spray gun has a nozzle that is opened and closed by moving an internal needle out of and into sealing engagement with the nozzle. A virtual position of the needle is tracked and recorded by the control system. The control system is recalibrated when the virtual position and the actual position of the needle do not correspond. The device includes a sensor structured to detect characteristics of the current used to power the solenoid, and to identify an anomaly in solenoid current characteristics associated with an actuator member seating against said solenoid. During calibration, the solenoid is placed in a calibration configuration and the identifiable anomaly is detected. When the identifiable anomaly is detected, the spray gun is returned to an initial configuration and the virtual needle position is reset.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLCInventors: Neil A. Zumberger, Steven W. Holt
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Patent number: 9468943Abstract: A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Patent number: 9468944Abstract: A system includes a plurality of stations positioned along a direction of conveyance. Rails span the length of all stations and include at least first, second, and third rails configured for independent vertical movement. A plurality of objects is supported by and movable along the first, second, and third rails between the stations. Each of the plurality of objects has first, second, and third supports coupled to the respective first, second, and third rails so that all of the plurality of objects tilt in unison about a first set of parallel axes in response to the first, second, and third rails being positioned in a first configuration of vertical heights, and all of the plurality of objects tilt in unison about a second set of parallel axes in response to the first, second, and third rails being positioned in a second configuration of vertical heights.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: SST Systems, Inc.Inventors: Chad Martin Andreae, Bradley M. Andreae, Bradley S. Andreae
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Patent number: 9468945Abstract: Apparatus to apply a coating to media. The apparatus includes a first roller for receiving a continuous belt. The continuous belt is for receiving a coating from a second roller and for transferring the coating to media. The first roller is arranged to provide an adjustable width of the continuous belt to the second roller. The width of the continuous belt provided to the second roller is adjustable to substantially correspond to the width of the media.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.Inventor: Alex Feygelman
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Patent number: 9468946Abstract: A wiping pad includes: a scraping edge provided to cross a long side direction of a discharge port and come into contact with the discharge port and nozzle side surfaces, and a lead-out passage provided ahead of the scraping edge in a moving direction along a nozzle long side direction to drain a treatment solution scraped away with the scraping edge, wherein the lead-out passage is a V-shaped groove formed along the moving direction on a pad upper surface side, and the V-shaped groove has the scraping edge formed at a rear end edge portion thereof and is formed to gradually increase in groove width and depth toward a front thereof from the scraping edge.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Toshifumi Inamasu, Yukio Ogasawara, Kei Tashiro
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Patent number: 9468947Abstract: The empty seed shell removing apparatus has a main body including an interior, an interior floor portion, a top portion including air intake openings, a front portion having a front opening, and a front portion having an air exhaust opening. A fan assembly attached within the interior of the main body and including a fan member adapted to create an air stream from the air intake openings, around and through the interior, and out through the air exhaust opening; and a shell container sized and shaped to removably slide and fit within the front opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Joseph Issa