Patents Issued in February 7, 2017
  • Patent number: 9561932
    Abstract: A method for identifying an elevator allocated by an elevator system for a user of the elevator system is provided, which elevator system includes a plurality of elevators, and an apparatus that communicates with the elevator system, more particularly with the control system of it, and that is available to a user, which apparatus includes a display. In the method a real-time view of the landscape behind the display is transmitted via the display to the front of the display to the user, and predetermined graphics are presented to the user on the display at a point that transmits to the user a real-time view of the allocated elevator, or in the immediate proximity of said point. An arrangement for identifying an elevator allocated by an elevator system for a user of the elevator system, and also to an elevator arrangement is provided, which implement the aforementioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jukka Salmikuukka, Niko Elomaa
  • Patent number: 9561933
    Abstract: In an elevator system, upon registration of a hall destination call from a call registration device, a group control device determines an assigned car caused to respond to the hall destination call. An assigned car notification device indicates information on the determined assigned car correlating the information to a service floor of the assigned car. The group control device determines whether or not a hall destination call registered from the call registration device meets a prescribed review condition, and if affirmative, the group control device does not perform a final determination of an assigned car immediately after registration. Upon final determination of an assigned car for a hall destination call meeting the review condition by the group control device, the assigned car notification device indicates only information on the assigned car and a service floor corresponding to the hall destination call on the indicator for a prescribed period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Koba
  • Patent number: 9561934
    Abstract: An exemplary door frame assembly that is useful in an elevator system includes a plurality of door frame members including a header, a sill and a plurality of jambs. The door frame members are configured to be secured into a desired position along a hoistway. At least one guide rail bracket is supported by at least one of the door frame members. The guide rail bracket is moveable relative to the door frame member between a handling position in which the guide rail bracket is generally parallel to at least one of the header or the sill and a deployed position in which the guide rail bracket is generally perpendicular to the at least one of the header or sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Ericson, Stephen R. Nichols, Daryl J. Marvin, Harold Terry
  • Patent number: 9561935
    Abstract: A method in the manufacture of an elevator, in which is formed an elevator arrangement, which includes an elevator hoistway, at least one elevator unit to be moved in the elevator hoistway, said unit(s) including at least an elevator car, a movable supporting structure in the elevator hoistway above the elevator car, roping suspended from the supporting structure for supporting the aforementioned at least one elevator unit to be moved, in which method the following steps are performed: a) the elevator car is used to transport passengers and/or freight, after which b) the supporting structure is lifted in the elevator hoistway, after which c) the elevator car is used to transport passengers and/or freight. In the method, between steps a) and c), additionally a step x) is performed, in which the section of the roping is lifted, separately from the lifting of the supporting structure, higher up in the elevator hoistway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jussi Perälä
  • Patent number: 9561936
    Abstract: An exemplary elevator door frame includes a sill member and a header member. A plurality of jamb members are generally perpendicular to the sill member and the header member. A plurality of guide rail brackets are supported on at least one of the sill member, the header member or one of the jamb members. The guide rail brackets are configured to receive a portion of a guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Robin Mihekun Miller, Leandre Adifon, Mark Steven Thompson, Harold Terry, Richard J. Ericson, Stephen R. Nichols, Daryl J. Marvin
  • Patent number: 9561937
    Abstract: A counterweight arrangement for an elevator, includes a first vertical guide rail and a second vertical guide rail, the guide rails defining a vertical guide rail plane, a counterweight arranged to travel between the guide rails guided by the guide rails, the counterweight including a frame, which includes a first upright beam and a second upright beam and a cross beam connecting the upper ends of the upright beams, and a diverting pulley mounted between the guide rails on the cross beam of the counterweight frame, the pulley having a vertical plane of rotation, which crosses the guide rail plane. The cross beam is aligned parallel with the plane of rotation of the pulley. An elevator includes the aforementioned counterweight arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Razvan Albu, Erno Lehikoinen, Niko Forsström
  • Patent number: 9561938
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for automatic elevator installation includes marking each door opening in the elevator shaft with door reflectors, and creating a reference coordinate system of the elevator shaft with a robotic total station positioned at a bottom of the elevator shaft, measuring the position of the door reflectors with the robotic total station, fitting straight door lines to the measurements in order to form virtual plumb lines for the doors in the elevator shaft, marking predetermined guide rail positions on the bottom of the elevator shaft and installing lowermost guide rails manually to the shaft based on the guide rail positions, forming vertical guide rail lines, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pekka Kilpeläinen
  • Patent number: 9561939
    Abstract: A hook has a hook body which has an attachment portion to be attached to a rope at a base end portion and which is curved in an L-shaped from the base end portion to a tip end portion, a latching tool which is rotatably supported by the hook body and which is brought into contact with and separated from a curved inner surface of the hook body on the tip end portion side of the hook body relative to a rotation center, a biasing member biasing the latching tool in a direction where the latching tool is caused to abut on the hook body, and a lock pin which is detachable from and attachable to the latching tool between the rotation center and a rotation tip and which abuts on the curved inner surface of the hook body when the lock pin is attached to the latching tool to regulate the rotation of the latching tool against biasing force of the biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Tadano Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyasu Kusaka
  • Patent number: 9561940
    Abstract: A hoist with built-in load sensitive automatic speed change device includes: a high-torque input member coupled to a hand wheel, a magnetic clutch coupled via a speed-increasing mechanism and configured to transmit a low load, and an output transmitting means configured to transmit a rotational operating force of the hand wheel to mechanical brakes via the high-torque input member or magnetic clutch, wherein the hand wheel is axially supported by a drive member coupled to the output transmitting means of the mechanical brakes and rotated thereby, the magnetic clutch is arranged between the speed-increasing mechanism and the hand wheel, the hand wheel and the speed-increasing mechanism are coupled by a hollow input member provided so as to cover the outer periphery of the magnetic clutch, the output transmitting means is fitted onto a boss portion of the drive member so as to allow torque transmission to the boss portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KITO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Kasai
  • Patent number: 9561941
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving instructions to pick up an object with one or more lift elements of an autonomous vehicle. Based on a current positioning of the vehicle, the method further includes identifying the object to be picked up and a particular side of the object under which to place the one or more lift elements of the vehicle. The method additionally includes determining an approach path toward the object for the vehicle to follow to place the lift elements of the vehicle under the particular side of the object. The method further includes causing the vehicle to move along the determined approach path toward the object. The method additionally includes determining that the lift elements of the vehicle are placed under the particular side of the object. The method also includes causing the vehicle to lift the object with the lift elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventor: Kevin William Watts
  • Patent number: 9561942
    Abstract: Apparatus for braking relative vertical movement between two vertical members includes linkage connected either directly or indirectly to a cable pulley-mount that is spring loaded and moves cams that wedge in between two vertically moveable members when cable tension is not present at the pulley. A broken cable, for example, will create a situation where there is no cable tension between a plurality of cable pulleys, the lack of cable tension moves the mechanical cam style linkage to engage the braking members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LIFTSMART, LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Busuttil, Steven Citron, Mark Mattson
  • Patent number: 9561943
    Abstract: A load-carrying truck has a fork lift mechanism mounted on a chassis, a pair of front wheels (24, 26) and a single rear wheel (30). At least one front wheel (26) and the rear wheel (30) are driven wheels whose speed is varied relative to one another differently depending on whether the truck is being driven in a forward reverse mode with the front wheels (24, 26) aligned generally parallel to the front-rear axis of the chassis and with steering controlled by steering the rear wheel (30), or a sideways mode with the rear wheel (30) aligned generally perpendicular to the front-rear axis of the chassis and with steering controlled by steering the at least one of the front wheels (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventors: Martin McVicar, Robert Moffett
  • Patent number: 9561944
    Abstract: A drive handle located behind an operator seat comprises a throttle used to drive a lift truck in reverse without requiring the operator's foot to actuate a floor-based throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Mehaffey, John Timczyk
  • Patent number: 9561945
    Abstract: The bottling installation for bottling a liquid in containers includes at least one filler terminal comprising a filler spout (2) comprising a spout body having a top end portion connected to a filler spout feed duct (7) and a bottom end provided with an orifice (8) fitted with a controlled valve, the filler spout being fitted with a feed-back duct (10) opening out into the spout body (6) above the controlled valve (9) and suitable for being connected by a connection member (11) to a general feed duct (12) between a stop valve (14) and an isolating valve (15), a purge valve (17) being connected to the general feed duct (12) between the isolating valve (15) and the connection member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SERAC GROUP
    Inventor: Bertrand Gruson
  • Patent number: 9561946
    Abstract: A method for filling a product. The method including the steps of cooling the product to be filled before or after the introduction of the gas or gas mixture, filling the product to be filled into a filling container, and heating the filled filling container after filling the product to be filled, wherein the cooling and the heating is performed at least partially by means of one heat pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Danilo Schulz
  • Patent number: 9561947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing headspace (3) from a filled container (1). The method comprises providing a container that is filled with a product (2) and that further holds a gas containing headspace. The container comprises a valve (100) that allows gas to be expelled from the container. The method further comprises applying a pressure difference over the one-way valve to remove gas contained in the headspace through the valve to reduce the headspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Krieg, Özgür Günyol, Leon Bernard Oudehand, Jonkheer Theodoor Hendrik van de Poll
  • Patent number: 9561948
    Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Fahnle, Eugen Gaplikow, Hans Gerd Keller, Michael Krapp, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Vitaliy Rimkevich, Hans Peter Werner
  • Patent number: 9561949
    Abstract: A filler device for a fluid tank, including: a filler duct; a first stopper, for preventing overfilling of the tank, and a second stopper for preventing fluid from leaving the tank in unwanted manner; a first float mechanically connected to the first stopper such that, on being placed in a predetermined position, the first float closes the first stopper; and a holder system for holding the second stopper, which system, when fluid leaves the tank, closes the second stopper, and when fluid enters into the tank, opens the second stopper. In an operating position of the device, and under effect of a heavy element, the holder system acts continuously on the second stopper, tending to maintain the second stopper permanently in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Yannick Cazaux, Sebastien Brotier, Armand Bueno, Lionel Renault
  • Patent number: 9561950
    Abstract: An oil supply unit includes a reservoir connected to an outlet tube. A base has a recessed area defined in the top thereof, and a tubular portion extends from the bottom of the base. The recessed area has a passage which communicates with the tubular portion. The outlet tube extends through the passage and the tubular portion. A securing unit extends through the base and located corresponding to the tubular portion. The securing unit is movable relative to the outlet tube. A board is connected to the base and has a pass hole through which the outlet tube extends. Two springs are biased between one end of the board and one of inside walls of the recessed area. An object is clamped between the base and the securing unit such that the oil supply unit is stably and securely supply oil to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventor: Chin-Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9561951
    Abstract: A tailset crupper for an animal, such as a horse, may be made from a solid casting without lightening features, such as to produce a heavier, less easily dislodged object, such as may have a lower center of gravity, and a center of gravity located closer to the surface of the animal. The trough of the crupper may be predominantly open from below. The distal end of the crupper may have a large curl the bends on a large angle partially back toward the horse. The crupper may be substantially spoonless. That is, the protrusion at the front end of the crupper may be small, and may by shy of the cushioning on either side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventor: Donna St. Louis
  • Patent number: 9561952
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an hermetic-sealing package member including a substrate and at least one frame-like sealing material for defining a sealing region formed on the substrate, in which the sealing material is formed of a sintered body obtained by sintering at least one metal powder selected from gold, silver, palladium, or platinum having a purity of 99.9 wt % or greater and an average particle size of 0.005 ?m to 1.0 ?m, and with respect to an arbitrary cross-section toward an outside from the sealing region, a length of an upper end of the sealing material is shorter than a length of a lower end. Examples of a cross-sectional shape of the sealing material may include one formed to have a base portion having a certain height and at least one mountain portion protruding from the base portion or one formed to have a mountain portion having substantially a triangular shape in which the length of the lower end of the sealing material is a bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Toshinori Ogashiwa, Yuya Sasaki, Masayuki Miyairi
  • Patent number: 9561953
    Abstract: A first semiconductor substrate having at least one integrated semiconductor device is provided. A lift-off layer is formed on a main surface of the first semiconductor substrate. The lift-off layer is patterned so as to form openings in the lift-off layer that are arranged on either side of a first portion of the lift-off layer. The first substrate is connected together with a second substrate by an interconnect structure to form an assembly with the main surface of the first semiconductor substrate being exposed. Exposed surfaces of the assembly are coated with a parylene coating, with a first portion of the parylene coating being supported by the first portion of the lift-off layer. The first portion of the parylene coating is selectively removed using a lift-off technique that removes the first portion of the lift-off layer. The lift-off technique is performed after connecting the first substrate and second substrates together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Klaus Elian, Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 9561954
    Abstract: A method for forming an integrated circuit having Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) includes forming at least two recesses into a first layer, forming at least two recesses into a second layer, the at least two recesses of the second layer being complementary to the recesses of the first layer. An intermediate layer is bonded onto the second layer, the intermediate layer includes through-holes corresponding to the recesses of the second layer. The first layer is bonded to the intermediate layer such that cavities are formed, the cavities to act as operating environments for MEMS devices. The two cavities have different pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shyh-Wei Cheng, Jui-Chun Weng, Hsi-Cheng Hsu, Chih-Yu Wang, Jung-Kuo Tu, Che-Jung Chu, Yu-Ting Hsu
  • Patent number: 9561955
    Abstract: Disclosed is a graphene composite thin film composition composed of nano graphene platelets (NGPs) bonded by a graphene oxide binder, wherein the NGPs contain single-layer graphene or multi-layer graphene sheets having a thickness from 0.335 nm to 100 nm. The NGPs occupy a weight fraction of 1% to 99.9% of the total composite weight. The graphene oxide binder, having an oxygen content of 1-40% (preferably <10%) by weight based on the total graphene oxide weight, is obtained from a graphene oxide gel. The composite forms a thin film with a thickness no greater than 1 mm, but preferably no greater than 100 ?m and no less than 10 ?m. This composition has a combination of exceptional thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and mechanical strength unmatched by any thin-film material of comparable thickness range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Mingchao Wang, Wei Xiong, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 9561956
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for generating electrical power from a compound comprising carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Water is combined with the compound to produce a wet form of the compound. The wet form of the compound is transferred into a reaction processing chamber. The wet form of the compound is heated within the reaction chamber such that elements of the compound dissociate and react, with one reaction product comprising hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas is processed to generate electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Proton Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel C. Weaver, Samuel P. Weaver, Daniel C. Weaver, Daniel L. Hensley
  • Patent number: 9561957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a process for hydrogen production in which at least a part of a hydrocarbonaceous feed gas (a) is passed into a reformer (c), wherein the feed gas is contacted in the reformer with a catalyst and the feed gas is converted to hydrogen and solid carbon, for the direct production of a hydrogenous gas at filling stations for sale to a consumer, and also to a reactor (d) for hydrogen production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BESTRONG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Ernst Hammel, Klaus-Dieter Mauthner, Walter Brichta
  • Patent number: 9561958
    Abstract: There is herein described a process and apparatus for partial oxidation of hydrocarbons. More particularly, there is described a process and an isothermal reactor apparatus for the partial oxidation of methane which comprises a heat transfer surface, a porous catalytic membrane and wherein heat is dissipated and/or removed through the heat transfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Gas2 Limited
    Inventors: Ruben Dario Rodriguez Quintero, Ernesto Manuel Santana Diaz, James Andrew Banister
  • Patent number: 9561959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new compound semiconductor material which may be used for thermoelectric material or the like, and its applications. The compound semiconductor may be represented by Chemical Formula 1 below: Chemical Formula 1 Bi1-xMxCu1-wTwOa-yQ1yTebSez where, in Chemical Formula 1, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Cs, K, Na, Cd, Hg, Sn, Pb, Mn, Ga, In, Tl, As and Sb, Q1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of S, Se, As and Sb, T is at least one selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements, 0?x<1, 0<w<1, 0.2<a<1.5, 0?y<1.5, 0?b<1.5 and 0?z<1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: O-Jong Kwon, Tae-Hoon Kim, Cheol-Hee Park, Kyung-Moon Ko, Chan-Yeup Chung
  • Patent number: 9561960
    Abstract: A synthetic calcium phosphate-based biomedical material comprising gadolinium. The material may comprise a compound having the general chemical formula: Ca10?yGdy(PO4)6?x(SiO4)x(OH)2?x+y where 0<x<1.3 and 0<y<1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: ApaTech Limited, University Court of the University of Aberdeen
    Inventors: Iain Ronald Gibson, Janet Mabel Scott Skakle, Nigel Smith, Thomas Buckland
  • Patent number: 9561961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biocompatible injectable filler composition comprising calcium phosphate particles having a porosity of about 10% to about 90%, a BET surface area of about 1 m2/g to about 100 m2/g, and a mean particle size of about 1 micron to about 30 microns, a thermoreversible hydrophilic gelling agent, a carrier comprising water and an optional persistence enhancer and/or volumizing agent, and methods of its use to restore tissue volume and/or to smooth out tissue defects as in soft tissue or deep tissue augmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Capistron, Edward S. Ahn
  • Patent number: 9561962
    Abstract: A reactor includes a reactor chamber and a carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer. The reactor chamber has an inlet and an outlet. The carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer is suspended in the reactor chamber, wherein the carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer defines a number of apertures, gases in the reactor chamber penetrate the carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer through the plurality of apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Wu, Peng Liu, Yang Wei, Jia-Ping Wang, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 9561963
    Abstract: A method for making a composite carbon nanotube structure is introduced. The method includes the following steps. A carbon nanotube structure and a polymer are provided. The polymer and the carbon nanotube structure are composited together. The composite carbon nanotube structure composited with polymer and the carbon nanotube is then graphitized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Ying-Hui Sun, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 9561964
    Abstract: A method of forming graphene comprises patterning an organic material monolayer disposed on a first substrate to yield a patterned organic material monolayer, and supplying thermal energy to the patterned organic material monolayer. The thermal energy is sufficient to carbonize the monolayer to form a patterned layer of graphene on said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventor: Hamid-Reza Jahangiri-Famenini
  • Patent number: 9561965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for hydrogenating halogen-containing silane compounds having at least three silicon atoms, in which at least one halogen-containing silane compound having at least three silicon atoms and at least one hydrogenating agent are converted continuously to form at least one hydridosilane compound having at least 3 silicon atoms and oxidized hydrogenating agent, and wherein oxidized hydrogenating agent is withdrawn and reduced, and the reaction product of this reduction reaction is sent back to the hydrogenation, to the hydridosilane compounds obtainable by this process and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Min-Zae Oh, Jens Haubrock, Thorsten Schwaertzke, Imad Moussallem, Martin Trocha
  • Patent number: 9561966
    Abstract: The present invention discloses glycoxy silanes as a source of silica and silica precipitated by advantageous chemical reactions preferably beginning with biogenic silica. Alkoxy C—O—S1 are hydrolyzed in a controlled fashion to nucleate formation of nanoparticles of silica. The growth rate of the particles is controlled by various parameters such that particles of known sizes, size distributions, specific surface areas and pore sizes and size distributions are recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: WADHAM ENERGY LP
    Inventors: Richard M. Laine, Julien C. Marchal, Vera Popova, David J. Krug
  • Patent number: 9561967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a zeolite coating preparation assembly and operation method wherein zeolite adsorbents are coated by crystallization process on various surfaces heated by induction. The objective of the present invention is to provide a zeolite coating preparation assembly and operation method; by which time saving is achieved owing to heating by induction, material saving is achieved owing to heating by induction, material saving is achieved since large heating resistances and complicated reactors are not used; and which is thus more economical; and wherein thicker and more stable coatings with high diffusion coefficients are prepared by using a more practical reaction system in a shorter period of time in comparison to the known methods, and wherein mass production is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: INVENTRAM FIKRI MULKIYET HAKLARI YONETIM TICARET VE YATIRIM ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Ayse Senatalar, Melkon Tatlier
  • Patent number: 9561968
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making ammonia are provided. The method can include converting carbon monoxide in a first syngas to carbon dioxide to produce a shifted syngas. At least a portion of the carbon dioxide can be separated from the shifted syngas to produce a carbon dioxide-lean syngas. Carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide-lean syngas can be converted to methane to produce a methanated first syngas. A second syngas can be separated to produce a purified second syngas and a waste gas. The methanated first syngas and the purified second syngas can be combined to produce an ammonia feedstock. The ammonia feedstock can have a hydrogen to nitrogen molar ratio of about 3.5:1 to about 2.5:1. At least a portion of the hydrogen and nitrogen in the ammonia feedstock can be reacted to produce an ammonia product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC
    Inventors: Shashi Prakash Singh, Akhil Jain Nahar, Stephen Allen Noe
  • Patent number: 9561969
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a group of newly discovered intrinsic scintillation compounds. As intrinsic scintillators, these compounds do not require an external activator as a dopant. The new scintillators may include members of two elpasolite families with the general exemplary formulas of A2BMX(6-y)X?y and A3MX(6-y)X?y, (0<y<6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hua Wei, Luis Stand, Mariya Zhuravleva, Charles Melcher
  • Patent number: 9561970
    Abstract: An audio device adapted for altering the structure of water is provided. The device includes a rigid, enclosed cabinet with speakers mounted to the cabinet. The speakers are positioned on opposing walls, facing each other, within the cavity of the cabinet and a watertight container is placed between the speakers. The exterior surface of the container rests directly against with the cone or the voice coil of the speakers, which are connected to an external sound system. Because the container is flush against the surface of the speakers, vibrations from the sound waves generated by the cone or the voice coil are transferred directly through the water. The sound waves alter the structure of the water from a liquid form to a liquid crystalline form, such that the liquid crystalline takes coherent geometric shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Malcolm
  • Patent number: 9561971
    Abstract: An electrodialysis unit 8 comprises a plurality of cathodes 68, a plurality of anodes 70 and a plurality of membranes 71; wherein the cathodes 68 and anodes 70 are arranged alternately in an electrode stack, with membranes 71 in between each cathode 68 and anode 70; and wherein the cathode 68 and the anode 70 are each formed of a single conductive plate such that both surfaces of the cathode plates and anode plates enclosed within the electrode stack are, in use, in conductive contact with the water being treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: OCEANSAVER AS
    Inventor: Aage Bjorn Andersen
  • Patent number: 9561972
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a method for effluent treatment, which enables the separation and recovery of a high-density and high-concentration aluminum sediment from waste water that is discharged in the smelting of a nickel oxide ore and contains aluminum ions. In the present invention, an alkali and an iron-containing solid are added to waste water containing aluminum ions to form a slurry, and the slurry is allowed to stand to perform solid-liquid separation, whereby an aluminum sediment and an effluent is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshii, Keisuke Shibayama, Yoji Kyoda, Yoshitomo Ozaki, Osamu Nakai, Hiroyuki Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9561973
    Abstract: Provided are methods for recovering phosphate from wastewater by treating the wastewater with calcium containing compounds to raise its pH to near neutral values in order to precipitate calcium phosphate compounds, such as brushite, from the wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nutrient Recovery & UpCycling, LLC
    Inventor: Phillip Barak
  • Patent number: 9561974
    Abstract: A system and method for treating water or sewage is provided. The system can include a screening tank, a septic tank, a flocculant and mixing reactor, a primary clarifier, a secondary clarifier, a sludge dewatering tank, a surge tank, one or more filter tanks and a disinfection tank. The method can include the steps of receiving water or sewage to be treated and passing it through a screening tank and septic tank, a flocculant reactor, a primary clarifier, a secondary clarifier, a sludge dewatering tank, a surge tank, one or more filter tanks and a disinfection tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Clearflow Group Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Hanna, Alberto Valdes
  • Patent number: 9561975
    Abstract: A method comprises steps for (a) providing a liquid in a container; (b) flowing a gas to a volume within the liquid, wherein the volume is at least partially submerged in the liquid; and (c) repeatedly increasing and decreasing the volume, wherein the cycles of increasing and decreasing generates a pulsed aerated flow, wherein at least one of the pulsed aerated flow is released within the container and the pulsed aerated flow is released outside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Stone WaterWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny Lee Stone, Avery Matthew Stone, Gerald Donald Richardson
  • Patent number: 9561976
    Abstract: A coupling bioreactor in the form of a tower type seal structure filled with a suspended carrier. A water inlet pipe, an air inlet pipe, and a first microporous aerator are arranged at the bottom of the coupling reactor. The water inlet pipe is connected to a water distributor. The air inlet pipe is connected to the first microporous aerator. A gas inlet pipe and a second microporous aerator are arranged at the middle part of the coupling bioreactor and are connected with each other. An annular overflow weir is arranged at the upper part of the coupling bioreactor and is connected to a water outlet pipe. A gas outlet pipe is arranged at the top of the coupling bioreactor. The ratio of the height to the diameter of the coupling bioreactor is between 3 and 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hongqiang Ren, Ke Xu, Lili Ding, Jinju Geng
  • Patent number: 9561977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for decreasing the contents of metals, metalloids, nitrate and nitrite, respectively, in raw water flowing through a basin (1), whereby water containing either oxygen, oxygen-releasing substances, naturally occurring micro-organisms and/or substrates therefore is intermittently introduced to the basin (1) through horizontally arranged infiltration/extraction means (2) above and below the injection pipes of raw water, and by alternating the withdrawal and infiltration of conditioned water between the horizontal means so that essentially a vertical flow of water is created between these means, thereby creating a reaction zone for purification of raw water before it reaches the central extraction well. The water to be purified is fed into the basin by horizontally arranged feeding pipes (5) and the extraction of purified water from said at least one extraction well (3) is such that a substantially negative pressure is created around said at least one extraction well (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: 2Alfa Hydrotech AB
    Inventor: Rolf O. Hallberg
  • Patent number: 9561978
    Abstract: A screw press has a cylindrical screening section mounted to a frame. The screening section is able to rotate but can be prevented from rotating. A sprayer system is operable to spray water on the screening section. In a cleaning process, the screening section is rotated while water is sprayed against it. Optionally, the power required to rotate the screen may be provided by an auger drive mechanism. The screening section may have openings sized to retain flocculated solids. The screw press may be used to thicken a sludge from a waste water treatment plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Anaergia Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Theodoulou, Juan Carlos Josse
  • Patent number: 9561980
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to optical glass, wherein, in a glass composition based on oxides, a content of P2O5 is in the range of 20˜34 weight %; a content of B2O3 is over 0 weight % but 10 weight % or less; a weight ratio (B2O3/P2O5) is over 0 but less than 0.39; a weight ratio [TiO2/(TiO2+Nb2O5+WO3+Bi2O3+Ta2O5)] is in the range of 0.059˜0.180; and a weight ratio [(P2O5+B2O3+SiO2)/(Na2O+K2O+Li2O)] is in the range of 1.39˜1.80, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.78˜1.83, and an Abbe's number vd of 20˜25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shungo Kuwatani, Yasuhiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9561981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solar control glass panel comprising, on at least one of the surfaces of a glass substrate, a multilayer stack including at least one solar radiation absorption layer, and dielectric coatings surrounding said solar radiation absorption layer. According to the invention, the solar radiation absorption layer is a metal alloy layer made from zirconium and chromium. The multilayer stack includes, between the substrate and the solar radiation absorption layer, as well as on top of the solar radiation absorption layer, at least one coating made of a dielectric material made from a compound selected from among silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, mixed aluminum/silicon nitrides, silicon oxynitride, and aluminum oxynitride. The invention is particularly useful as a motor vehicle glass panel, particularly for the roof, as a building glass panel, or as a household stove door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventors: Stijn Mahieu, Laurent Dusoulier
  • Patent number: 9561982
    Abstract: A method of cleaning thin glass substrates comprises applying a sequence of chemical washing steps as the thin glass substrate is being conveyed in a conveyance direction. In addition, surfaces of the glass substrate may be treated to enhance electrostatic discharge properties of the glass substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Darwin Gene Enicks, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Siva Venkatachalam, Wanda Janina Walczak, Liming Wang