Patents Issued in November 29, 2016
  • Patent number: 9505948
    Abstract: A thermally decomposable polymer composition comprising a polyester containing repeating units of an ester of diglycolic acid and difunctional tertiary alcohol are disclosed, which are useful in the forming of microelectronic assemblies. A representative example of a composition comprises a thermally decomposable polymer of the formula: wherein n is at least about 20, which provides both tackiness and solder fluxing, among other benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventors: W. C. Peter Tsang, Andrew Bell, Hongshi Zhen, Keitaro Seto
  • Patent number: 9505949
    Abstract: Provided herein are silicon-based compositions, which after curing is a coating composition having strong substrate adhesion and scratch resistance. The compositions are formed from a mixture of constituents comprising: from about 20% to about 90% (w/w) of a first siloxane selected from the group consisting of silsesquioxane, methylmethoxysiloxane, and combinations thereof; and from about 10% to about 80% (w/w) of one or more silicon compounds selected from the group consisting of a second siloxane, silane, and silazane. Optionally, the compositions may comprise from about 0.1% to about 5% (w/w) alkyltitanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Burning Bush Group, LLC
    Inventor: Chris Fish
  • Patent number: 9505950
    Abstract: A polishing composition includes a water-soluble polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1000000 or less and a molecular weight distribution represented by weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn) that is less than 5.0. The polishing composition is mainly used in an application for polishing a substrate, preferably in an application for performing final polishing on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Shuhei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9505951
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a polishing composition that can sufficiently maintain a high polishing rate for a barrier layer and an insulating film and suppress the occurrence of a surface defect such as erosion or fang. [Solution] Provided is a polishing composition which is used in the application to polish a polishing object having a barrier layer, a metal wiring layer and an insulating film, the polishing composition including abrasive grains, an oxidant, a metal corrosion inhibitor, a pH adjusting agent and water, in which an aspect ratio of abrasive grains is 1.22 or less and a ratio D90/D10 of a diameter D90 of particles when a cumulative particle weight from the fine particle side reaches 90% of the total particle weight to a diameter D10 of particles when the cumulative particle weight from the fine particle side reaches 10% of the total particle weight of the entire particles is 1.5 or more in a particle size distribution of the abrasive grains determined by a laser diffraction scattering method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Takahiro Umeda, Shogo Onishi, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Yoshihiro Kachi
  • Patent number: 9505952
    Abstract: The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition including first abrasive particles, wherein the first abrasive particles are wet-process ceria particles, have a median particle size of about 40 nm to about 100 nm, are present in the polishing composition at a concentration of about 0.005 wt. % to about 2 wt. %, and have a particle size distribution of at least about 300 nm, a functionalized heterocycle, a pH-adjusting agent, and an aqueous carrier, and wherein the pH of the polishing composition is about 1 to about 6. The invention also provides a method of polishing a substrate, especially a substrate comprising a silicon oxide layer, with the polishing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Reiss, Dana Sauter Van Ness, Viet Lam, Alexander Hains, Steven Kraft, Renhe Jia
  • Patent number: 9505953
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a temporary adhesive containing (A) a polymer compound having a radical polymerizable group in its side chain, (B) a radical polymerizable monomer, and (C) a heat radical polymerization initiator, and a production method of semiconductor device having a member processed including: adhering a first surface of a member to be processed to a substrate through an adhesive layer formed from the temporary adhesive; conducting a mechanical or chemical processing on a second surface which is different from the first surface of the member to be processed to obtain the member processed; and releasing the first surface of the member processed from the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Iwai, Kazuhiro Fujimaki, Ichiro Koyama
  • Patent number: 9505954
    Abstract: A method for solvent-less adhesive bonding is provided comprising depositing thin, functional, polymeric films on one or more substrates and bonding the substrates to each other or to other substrates. Depositing the polymeric films, including, for example, chemically reactive polymers and thermoplastics with adhesive qualities, may be accomplished using an initiated chemical vapor deposition technique compatible with a variety of monomers, including monomers with chemically functional moieties such as amine and epoxy groups. The technique allows for deposition of polymeric films on a wide variety of substrates/devices and provides an alternative for other coating/deposition methods that are incompatible with certain substrates/devices and/or do not provide adequate control over the resulting polymeric film. The provided method is advantageous in that it is applicable to fabrication of hybrid devices and is compatible with microfabrication technology, including that in clean-room settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventor: Magnus Bergkvist
  • Patent number: 9505955
    Abstract: The present invention will provide adhesive technology adapted to adhere indefinitely to a surface without leaving a residue or sticky mess after removal. The self-preloading force provided by the electrostatic adhesion enables the present invention to be used in applications where directly applying a preload is not possible. Furthermore, the combination of electrostatic forces and Van der Waals forces allows electro-dry-adhesives to adhere to surfaces where traditional dry adhesives and electrostatic devices fail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Krahn, Carlo Menon
  • Patent number: 9505956
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-melt adhesive composition having a cold resistance, and more particularly, a hot-melt adhesive composition including an aliphatic polycarbonate resin obtained by copolymerization of carbon dioxide and polypropylene oxide, and a cold resistance improver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Young Park, Kwang Jin Chung, Seung Gweon Hong
  • Patent number: 9505957
    Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising a polyolefin composition comprising a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin, and a nucleating agent effective for decreasing the set time for the adhesive composition in comparison to an otherwise identical adhesive composition in which the nucleating agent is absent. The adhesive composition may have a Dot T-Peel of 1 Newton or more on Kraft paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen J. M. Schroeyers, Joseph M. Delucia, James N. Coffey, Marijke Vandevelde
  • Patent number: 9505958
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide compositions which have low-temperature heat sealing properties, are free from stickiness, may achieve a heat seal strength controlled within a certain definite range when heat sealing takes place at low temperatures, have small changes in heat seal strength with time, and are such that in the packaging applications, the strength required to open the packages may be easily controlled within a certain definite range, and high-performance packages may be designed. The invention resides in a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer composition including 99 to 1 parts by mass of at least one olefin polymer (X) selected from propylene polymers (X-1) and ethylene polymers (X-2), and 1 to 99 parts by mass of a 1-butene.?-olefin copolymer (Y) containing 0.1 to 30 mol % of one or more ?-olefins selected from ?-olefins and having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.5 [wherein the total of (X) and (Y) in the composition is 100 parts by mass].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ikuo Akai, Tomohiro Abe, Koya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamaguchi, Shinya Tanaka, Koji Matsunaga, Makoto Egawa
  • Patent number: 9505959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing homogeneously crosslinked polymers, in which at least one crosslinker is added to a polymer in the melt, in which the polymer is further processed from the melt, and in which a thermal crosslinking reaction is brought about by means of the crosslinker, with at least part of the crosslinking reaction taking place after the further processing at a temperature below the melting temperature of the polymer, characterized in that the crosslinker comprises an at least difunctional compound, at least one of the functional groups being an oxazoline group, and the polymer contains functional groups which, at a temperature below the melting temperature of the polymer, are able to react with the oxazolines in a linking reaction in the sense of the thermal crosslinking reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Norbert Grittner, Sven Hansen, Alexander Prenzel, Stephan Zöllner
  • Patent number: 9505960
    Abstract: Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition including an interpenetrating polymer network structure in a cured state, and including an acrylic resin and a crosslinking agent component that consists of a bifunctional crosslinking agent, a polarizer and a liquid crystal display. Provided are the PSA composition, the polarizer including a cured product of the PSA composition, and the liquid crystal display, which have excellent workability and optical properties, durability and reliability, at high temperature or humidity condition, and significantly increase productivity of optical members such as a polarizer, since the time-dependent change of the pressure-sensitive adhesive strength is rapidly ended after fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Park, In Cheon Han, Ki Seok Jang
  • Patent number: 9505961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a monomer containing linear carbonate having an antistatic property. The acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition exhibits an excellent balance between low-rate peel strength and high-rate peel strength, and is capable of lowering the content of an antistatic agent. It also provides excellent releasable property, and protection of the surface of a polarizer due to proper wettability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: No-Ma Kim, Jae-Gwan Lee, An-Na Lee, Suk-Ky Chang
  • Patent number: 9505962
    Abstract: An adhesive composition has a polymer that contains a unit structure of Formula (1): L1-O-T1-O??Formula (1) where L1 is an arylene group or a combination of an arylene group and a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, and T1 is a fluoroalkylene group, a cyclic alkylene group, an arylene group having a substituent, or a combination of an arylene group optionally having a substituent and a fluoroalkylene group or a cyclic alkylene group and contains, at a terminal or in a side chain or the main chain, at least one group containing a structure of Formula (2-A), a structure of Formula (2-B), or both structures:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogino, Mamoru Tamura, Tomoyuki Enomoto
  • Patent number: 9505963
    Abstract: Membrane based on a binder compound with tall-oil pitch Membrane produced on the basis of a binder compound comprising a crude tall-oil pitch in a quantity of 1-65 w. %, more specifically a quantity of 20-55 w. %, even more specifically a quantity of 36-55 w. %, and a polymer in a quantity of 7-40 w. %, more specifically in a quantity of 8-20 w. %, even more specifically in a quantity of 9-17 w. %, and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: S. A. Imperbel N.V.
    Inventors: Hans Aerts, Nicolas Martin, Michel Zwijsen, Eric Bertrand, Renaud Verdebout
  • Patent number: 9505964
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition comprising derivatives of native lignin and an isocyanate-based binder such as methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. The present compositions may further comprise formaldehyde-based resins such as PF, UF, and MF. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that incorporating derivatives of native lignin in isocyanate compositions will reduce incidence of pre-curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FIBRIA INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Alex Berlin
  • Patent number: 9505965
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for blends of glycerin and polyvinyl acetate emulsions which effectively decrease the dust forming tendency of particulate materials such as mineral fertilizer(s). These blends also reduce the caking tendency of mineral fertilizer(s), helping to maintain a free flowing material. Formulations based on these components, possibly including other additives, may also be useful for dust control and/or anticaking on other particulate materials including fertilizers, ores, coal, grain, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventor: Daniel N.T. Hay
  • Patent number: 9505966
    Abstract: A method providing a replacement or alternative refrigerant, wherein the replacement of alternative refrigerant is a gaseous mixture, selected from: the gaseous mixture consisting of: dimethyl ether in a concentration from 85% to 95% by weight and propylene in a concentration from 5% to 15% by weight, and the gaseous mixture consisting of: dimethyl ether in a concentration from 71% to 85% by weight and propane in a concentration from 15% to 29% by weight as a replacement or alternative refrigerant for R134a and/or for other refrigerants which are replacements or alternatives to R134a containing HFC (hydrofluorocarbons), HFO (hydrofluoro olefins) and HFE (hydrofluoro ethers).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TAZZETTI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Mondino, Valentina Longoni
  • Patent number: 9505967
    Abstract: Working fluids comprising a refrigerant blend comprising a fluorinated alkane and a fluorinated olefin refrigerant, and a polyol ester lubricant composition comprising a mixture of alkylcarboxy esters of mono-pentaerythritol, di-pentaerythritol, tri-pentaerythritol and pentaerythritol oligomers, wherein at least 10 wt % of all polyol esters are esters of pentaerythritol oligomers of 4 or more pentaerythritol monomer groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Chemtura Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Benanti, Edward T Hessell, Roberto Urrego
  • Patent number: 9505968
    Abstract: Compositions containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and to the uses thereof as heat transfer fluid, expansion agents, solvents and aerosol. Compositions essentially containing between 10 and 90 wt. % of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, between 5 and 80 wt. % of HFC-134a and between 5 and 10 wt. % of HFC-32. Compositions essentially containing from 10 to 45% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, from 50 to 80% by weight of HFC-134a and from 5 to 10% by weight of HFC-32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9505969
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a vapor space anticorrosive composition comprising corrosion inhibitors, surfactants and possibly thickeners, wherein one surfactant is selected from alkylamine ethoxylates, and being useful as an engine run-in composition and as a coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Harald Dietl, Uwe Nitzschke
  • Patent number: 9505970
    Abstract: Methods and compositions (e.g., comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion) for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, an emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives. In some embodiments, a concentrate is provided which may be used to form an emulsion or microemulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Vaughn, Lakia M. Champagne, James Silas
  • Patent number: 9505971
    Abstract: The current invention provides a method to form a stable blend of polyacrylamide water-in-oil emulsion and breaker surfactants such as silicon polyether copolymer and linear or branched alcohol ethoxylate surfactants. The composition can be employed, for example, as a friction reducing additive for water based fracturing fluid, or a drilling mud additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Mukesh Kumar, Kalman Koczo, John Terracina
  • Patent number: 9505972
    Abstract: Disclosed are lost circulation treatment fluids and methods of sealing lost circulation zones. Embodiments include a method of sealing a lost circulation zone. The method comprises circulating a lost circulation treatment fluid in a wellbore, wherein the lost circulation treatment fluid comprises: pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and water; and allowing the lost circulation treatment fluid to set in the lost circulation zone to seal the lost circulation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin John Iverson, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Kyriacos Agapiou, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Patent number: 9505973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for mineral oil production by means of Winsor Type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O—(CH2C(CH3)HO)m(CH2CH2O)n—XY?M+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to ionic surfactants of the general formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel, Veronika Wloka, Marcus Guzmann
  • Patent number: 9505974
    Abstract: Use of two different methods, either each by itself or in combination, to enhance the stiffness, strength, maximum possible use temperature, and environmental resistance of thermoset polymer particles is disclosed. One method is the application of post-polymerization process steps (and especially heat treatment) to advance the curing reaction and to thus obtain a more densely crosslinked polymer network. The other method is the incorporation of nanofillers, resulting in a heterogeneous “nanocomposite” morphology. Nanofiller incorporation and post-polymerization heat treatment can also be combined to obtain the benefits of both methods simultaneously. The present invention relates to the development of thermoset nanocomposite particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sun Drilling Products Corporation
    Inventor: Jozef Bicerano
  • Patent number: 9505975
    Abstract: Provided is a color filter array panel. The color filter array panel according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a substrate; a color filter disposed on the substrate and including a colorant including at least one of a pigment and a dye, and a solid fluorescent material; and a light source unit supplying light to the color filter, in which the solid fluorescent material is an aggregation induced emission enhancement (AIEE) material of which a liquid state is solidified to increase fluorescence efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Do Kim, Jin Ho Ju, Min Kang, Woo Sub Shim
  • Patent number: 9505976
    Abstract: A series of self-assembled monoacylglycerol clusters with excitation-dependent visible fluorescence have been developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: National Kaohsiung Normal University
    Inventors: Kwang-Ming Lee, Jing-Jong Shyue, Sarah Y. Chang, Thomas C. Yang
  • Patent number: 9505977
    Abstract: A gadolinium (Gd) loaded scintillation gel (Gd-ScintGel) compound allows for neutron and gamma-ray detection. The unique gel scintillator encompasses some of the best features of both liquid and solid scintillators, yet without many of the disadvantages associated therewith. Preferably, the gel scintillator is a water soluble Gd-DTPA compound and water soluble fluorophores such as: CdSe/ZnS (or ZnS) quantum dot (Q-dot) nanoparticles, coumarin derivatives 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin, 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin-3-acetic acid, 7-hydroxycoumarin-3-carboxylic acid, and Alexa Fluor 350 as well as a carbostyril compound, carbostyril 124 in a stable water-based gel, such as methylcellulose or polyacrylamide polymers. The Gd-loaded ScintGel allows for a homogenious distribution of the Gd-DTPA and the fluorophores, and yields clean fluorescent emission peaks. A moderator, such as deuterium or a water-based clear polymer, can be incorporated in the Gd-ScintGel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America Department of Energy
    Inventors: Catherine Lynn Riddle, Douglas William Akers, Ricky Lynn Demmer, Patricia Denise Paviet, Mark William Drigert
  • Patent number: 9505978
    Abstract: A blue light emitting semiconductor nanocrystal having an quantum yield of greater than 20% can be incorporated in a light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Halpert, Polina O. Anikeeva, Moungi G. Bawendi, Vladimir Bulovic
  • Patent number: 9505979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a liquid crystal composition including the same, and an optical film including the same. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound according to the present invention has at least two functional groups making intermolecular interaction possible in its molecule, and thus it is possible to form a liquid crystal layer having high orientation stability by coating the composition including the same. According to this, the optical film prepared by using the composition can be suitably used in anti-reflection films and so on for liquid crystal displays or OLED displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hyung Lee, Young Jee Song, Sung-Ho Chun, Kyung Chang Seo, Hyeong Bin Jang, Ji Young Choi
  • Patent number: 9505980
    Abstract: A subject is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal composition from which an optically anisotropic substance having twist alignment that is excellent in chemical strength (chemical resistance) and has only a small amount of alignment defects can be obtained. A solution is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing an optically active compound having a binaphthol moiety, an achiral polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a photopolymerization initiator having oxime ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirai, Nagahisa Miyagawa, Daisuke Ootsuki
  • Patent number: 9505981
    Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment agent, a liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer composition (A-1) and a solvent (B). The polymer composition (A-1) is obtained by reacting a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride compound (a) with a diamine compound (b). The diamine compound (b) includes at least one type of diamine (b-1) represented by formula (I) and at least one type of diamine (b-2) having the structure represented by formula (II). The liquid crystal alignment agent can be made into a liquid crystal display device having good uniformity of pretilt angle after ultraviolet irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Chi Mei Corporation
    Inventor: Shin-Rong Chiou
  • Patent number: 9505982
    Abstract: A seat system for a coke drum deheading valve can include a groove in the surface of the seat for supplying a lubricant to the surface of the seat. Various channels can be formed in the body of the seat that connect to the groove. In this way, lubricant can be flowed through the channels and into the groove to provide lubrication between the surface of the seat and the blind. The seat system can also include a split ring packing gland to facilitate the formation of a seal within the deheading valve. The split ring packing gland can be used to retain and compress packing positioned between a retaining ring and a dynamic seat such that when the packing is compressed, an improved seal is formed. By improving the seal, less steam can be required during the delayed coking process thereby increasing the efficiency of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: DeltaValve, LLC
    Inventor: Ruben F. Lah
  • Patent number: 9505983
    Abstract: An adjustable chargehole closure for adjusting the closure cover of a charging hole in a coking oven chamber. The adjustable chargehole closure has as an inner frame for a closure cover, and the frame can be rotated both with respect to the closure cover and with respect to an outer frame, designed asymmetrically with respect to a vertical plane, so that the closure cover is displaced along a longitudinal axis when the inner frame is rotated in the horizontal plane. The position of the charging hole opening and the closure cover present therein on the ceiling of a coking oven chamber can thereby be changed without requiring construction measures on the ceiling of a coking oven chamber. The capability is in particular advantageous in order to match the position of the charging hole cover to the precise charging position of the charging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Friedrichs, Helmut Dohle
  • Patent number: 9505984
    Abstract: The invention provides scalable, modular, mobile systems and methods for the continuous on-site production of carbonaceous pyrolysis by-products having physical properties which may be tailored for specific market requirements. The system includes at least on scalable modular unit having a primary reaction chamber, an input aperture for introducing biomass feedstock and atmosphere into the reaction chamber, an external heat source for initiating an exothermic pyrolysis reaction therein, an internal mechanism for controllably agitating the feedstock, atmosphere and pyrolysis by-products to sustain the reaction at a preselected operating temperature range, and an apparatus for removing the by-products from the systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Carbon Research & Development, Co.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mulqueen, James L. Fournier, Thomas B. Reed
  • Patent number: 9505985
    Abstract: A method of converting particulate lignocellulosic material to produce volatile organic compounds and char, comprising, forming a mixture of the particulate lignocellulosic material with a catalyst composition containing polar organic liquid and an acid in the presence or absence of added water, heating the mixture to a temperature sufficiently high and for a period sufficiently long as to convert a major portion of any remaining solid phase of the mixture to char while agitating the mixture, and separating volatile organic compounds and the catalyst composition as a gaseous phase from the solid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: CIRCA GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gregory Ross Court, Christopher Howard Lawrence, Warwick Douglas Raverty, Anthony James Duncan
  • Patent number: 9505986
    Abstract: The aviation fuel oil base of the present invention is obtained by hydrotreating an oil to be treated containing an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oils and fat and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound and then hydroisomerizing the resultant hydrotreated oil, wherein a yield of a fraction having a boiling range of 140 to 300° C. is 70 mass % or more; an isoparaffin content is 80 mass % or more; a content of isoparaffin having 2 or more branches is 17 mass % or more; an aromatic content is less than 0.1 vol %; an olefin content is less than 0.1 vol %; a sulfur content is less than 1 mass ppm; and an oxygen content is less than 0.1 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama
  • Patent number: 9505987
    Abstract: Heavy oils containing metalloporphyrins principally of nickel and vanadium are demetallized using an oxidizing agent such as aqueous hydrogen peroxide and catalytic amounts of phosphoric acid, preferably with tungstic acid in combination with a phase transfer agent. Up to 99% of the Ni and V are deposited in the aqueous phase and are removed from the oil. The homogenous, water soluble reactants and catalyst have the advantage of being separated more easily from the Ni and V dissolved in the aqueous phase than the same metals deposited on solid phase heterogeneous catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Manuel A. Francisco, Roberto Garcia
  • Patent number: 9505988
    Abstract: The invention directed to a method of reducing the increase in viscosity and the drop in the heat transfer coefficient that commonly occurs with quenching media which is repeatedly circulated through a hot reaction vessel. The method comprises adding a preserving composition to the quenching media. The composition comprises: a) high temperature polymerization inhibitor, b) a tar dispersant, and c) a viscosity reducer. The method allows the quenching media to remain effective longer than would otherwise be the case. By doing so this prevents having to devote excessive resources for such problems as: controlling heat recovery, viscosity increases, product downgrades or having to operate equipment at temperatures beyond their optimum performance designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NALCO Company
    Inventors: Maria Beata Manek, Meha H. Shah, Daniel K. Frye
  • Patent number: 9505989
    Abstract: A bitumen stream is upgraded by heating to near-critical or super-critical conditions in the stream. The bitumen stream may be from a water-based extraction process, an in situ bitumen recovery process, or a solvent-based bitumen extraction process. To achieve an appropriate feed stream composition, water and/or clay may be added. The clay offers a catalytic effect. To achieve an appropriate feed stream composition, water may alternatively be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: James A. Dunn, Mainak M. Ghosh
  • Patent number: 9505990
    Abstract: A system for desalting a crude oil stream includes an elongated, vertically oriented vessel that has an interior piping structure arranged concentric to the vessel. The piping structure, which may have more than one level, has a plurality of spray nozzles oriented at a downward angle for atomizing wash water into a downward flowing crude oil stream. The spray nozzles may be located on a same side or opposite sides of the piping structure. Where multiple levels are used, the number of spray nozzles on each level may be the same as or different than the number of spray nozzles on other levels. The pressure drop through each spray nozzle is preferably no greater than 300 psi and the nozzles preferably deliver a dilution water droplet preferably no larger than 300 microns in diameter. A mixing valve, static mixer, or both can be placed downstream of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cameron Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W Sams, Joseph Min-Hsiun Lee
  • Patent number: 9505991
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (1) and methods for processing biomass to produce charcoal, bio-oil(s) activated carbon, recarburizer carbon, or nut coke by means of microwave energy. The apparatus has a rotatable tube (5) for receiving biomass (108), an electromagnetic generator (7). One method provides applying electromagnetic energy to the biomass (108) and an absorbing material (109). An alternative method provides allowing an indirect, black body radiation field to develop, and exposing the biomass (108) to the black body radiation field and the electromagnetic energy. Another method provides allowing plasma to form and exposing the biomass to the plasma and the electromagnetic energy. Another method provides introducing the biomass to a second container (205), introducing the second container to a first reaction container (5), applying electromagnetic energy to the biomass and an absorbing material (109), allowing a plasma to form in the first container, which heats the biomass in the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Carbonscape Limited
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Conner, Forrest John Tyrrell-Baxter
  • Patent number: 9505992
    Abstract: A method of removing water from phase separated fuel in a fluid reservoir, said method comprising the steps of: identifying layers of fluid within the reservoir; determining the heights of the respective fluid layers within said reservoir; providing a vacuum and a first suction tube, said vacuum and said first suction tube providing a first volumetric flow rate; inserting the first suction tube into said fluid reservoir; removing a first fluid layer; replacing said first suction tube with a second suction tube, said second suction tube having a greater cross-sectional area than said first suction tube such that said vacuum and said second suction tube have a second volumetric flow rate; inserting said second suction tube into said fluid reservoir; removing a second fluid from said reservoir; and sending said second fluid through a filtration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Vanover, Greggory Vanover
  • Patent number: 9505993
    Abstract: A process for the concomitant production of at least two hydrocarbon cuts with low sulphur contents from a mixture of hydrocarbons having a total sulphur content in the range 30 to 10000 ppm by weight, by a) hydrodesulphurization in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrodesulphurization catalyst; b) separating hydrogen sulphide from the partially desulphurized effluent obtained from a); c) hydrodesulphurization of the partially desulphurized mixture obtained from b) in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrodesulphurization catalyst, the temperature of the second hydrodesulphurization being higher than that of the first hydrodesulphurization; d) fractionating the desulphurized mixture obtained in c) into at least two desulphurized hydrocarbon cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Julien Gornay, Philibert Leflaive, Olivier Touzalin, Annick Pucci, Delphine Largeteau
  • Patent number: 9505994
    Abstract: An effective amount of at least one antifoulant may be added into a hydrocarbon fluid having at least one potentially fouling causing-component for reducing the fouling by the potentially fouling causing-component(s) as compared to an otherwise identical hydrocarbon fluid absent the antifoulant(s). The hydrocarbon fluid may be present within a location, such as but not limited to an ebullated bed hydrocracking unit feed, a separator, a vacuum distillation column, an atmospheric distillation column, and combinations thereof. The antifoulant(s) may have or include a hydrocarbon backbone attached to at least a first functional group. The hydrocarbon backbone may be or include, but is not limited to, an poly(alpha-olefin), a polyisobutylene, an ethylene-propylene copolymer, a styrene-butadiene copolymer, a polymethyl acrylate, a polyacrylate, and combinations thereof. The first functional group(s) may be polar functional group(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Ossi V. Ovaskainen, Marco Respini
  • Patent number: 9505995
    Abstract: A slag discharge system that includes: a gasification furnace which thermally decomposes and gasifies a pulverized raw material composed of a carbonaceous solid; a slag hopper which is provided at a bottom portion of the gasification furnace and receives slag produced from the pulverized raw material and in which cooling water is stored; a lock hopper which temporarily stores the slag outside of the gasification furnace; and a slag discharge line which makes the slag hopper communicate with the lock hopper. The lock hopper is disposed to the side of the gasification furnace, and the slag discharge system is provided with a water flow forming apparatus for forming a flow of the cooling water which allows the slag to be led to the lock hopper in the slag discharge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tazawa, Naoshige Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9505996
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to system and method for processing material to generate syngas. A reactor chamber is implemented with a plurality of electrodes that can generate an arc within the chamber when electricity is applied to them. The arc can be used to create free radicals which along with the heat and light of the arc breakdown material comprising carbonaceous material, such as Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), into gas components that form syngas. The syngas can be extracted from the reactor chamber and be used for various commercial purposes. The reactor chamber may comprise a material feed system operable to move material from a material input opening in the reactor chamber towards the electrodes at a controlled rate. Further, the reactor chamber may comprise a water injection system within the reactor chamber operable to inject water into the reactor chamber while electricity is applied to the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: RESPONSIBLE ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Robert Christian Jensen, Graham Campbell Houze
  • Patent number: 9505997
    Abstract: The invention comprises a thermal power supply process for a treatment system for raw material. It also refers to a system operating this process and a facility operating said system. The process comprises steps of gasification of dry raw material containing carbon (MPCS) in a first reactor by a gaseous flow of gasification containing CO2, oxidation of gasification gases by oxygen holders in a second reactor and an activation of the oxygen holders as used during the oxidation in a third reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SEE—Soluções, Energia e Meio Ambiente Ltda.
    Inventor: Raymond François Guyomarc'h