Patents Issued in August 22, 2017
  • Patent number: 9737872
    Abstract: A process for making a modified, mesoporous activated carbon material from waste oil fly ash. The process involves a physicochemical treatment of a raw waste oil fly ash sample, where the sample is initially refluxed in an acid solution, then activated at about 1000° C. and in the presence of carbon dioxide. The activated carbon may be further functionalized with carboxylic and/or amine groups by refluxing the activated carbon in a second acid solution and/or an ammonia solution. The activated carbon, as prepared, has a BET surface area of 30-400 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0.25-0.50 cm3/g and an average pore size of 40-100 ?. A method for removing hydrogen sulfide from natural gas with the modified activated carbon is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Reyad Awwad Shawabkeh, Ibnelwaleed Ali Hussein, Hafiz Muhammad Zaheer Aslam, Nadhir H. Al-Baghli
  • Patent number: 9737873
    Abstract: An adsorbent for halogenated anaesthetics includes: an inorganic material; and an organic material providing a framework for the inorganic material. The inorganic material may be chromium and the organic material may be terephthalic acid. The adsorbent may be formed or configured such that the adsorbent includes coordinatively unsaturated sites or such that the inorganic material may form octahedral structures. The adsorbent is formed or configured to be substantially regenerated at approximately room temperature and to provide selectivity for sevofluorane in water vapor of approximately 1.0. A method of producing an adsorbent includes: selecting an appropriate chemical containing an inorganic material; selecting an organic material to provide a framework for the inorganic material; dissolving the base chemical in water; mixing the organic material with the dissolved base chemical; heating the mixture; filtering the mixture to remove excess organic material; and drying the filtrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BLUE-ZONE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Mladen Eic, Dusanka Filipovic, Paolo Aprea, Domenico Caputo, Nicola Gargiulo, Ye Hua, Antonio Peluso
  • Patent number: 9737874
    Abstract: A process for producing a water-absorbing polymer composition, comprising the process steps of (i) mixing (?1) 0.1 to 99.999% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups or salts thereof (?2) 0 to 70% by weight of polymerized, ethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with (?1), (?3) 0.001 to 10% by weight of one or more crosslinkers, (?4) 0 to 30% by weight of water-soluble polymers, and (?5) 0 to 20% by weight of one or more assistants, where the sum of their weights (?1) to (?5) is 100% by weight, (ii) free-radical polymerization with crosslinking to form a water-insoluble aqueous untreated hydrogel polymer, and surface postcrosslinking the ground hydrogel polymer wherein blowing agents having a particle size of 100 ?m to 900 ?m are added to the aqueous monomer solution prior to the addition of the initiator and the start of the free-radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Laurent Wattebled, Christoph Loick, Jorg Harren, Stefan Leininger
  • Patent number: 9737875
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for purifying proteins from crude solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Impossible Foods Inc., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Patrick O'Reilly Brown, R. Edward Watts, Pehr Harbury
  • Patent number: 9737876
    Abstract: Provided are a carrier for a dry adsorbent for carbon dioxide, including spherical silica whose surface is engraved in the form of nanowires, and a method for preparing the same. Although the carrier for a dry adsorbent for carbon dioxide including spherical silica that has nanowires on the surface thereof has a very non-uniform shape, it serves better as a host structure adsorbing carbon dioxide as compared to the conventional carrier for a carbon dioxide adsorbent, and thus may be used for a host-guest adsorbent applicable to a fluidized bed process. In addition, the method for preparing a carrier for a carbon dioxide adsorbent provides nanowire-coated silicon spheres having an increased surface roughness and an increased surface area, thereby providing increased carbon dioxide capturing efficiency. Further, since the method for forming nanowires is simple, it is easy to carry out mass production without any separate process, thereby providing excellent cost efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyung Hee Cho, Hokyu Moon, Geehong Choi, Beom Seok Kim, Donghwi Lee, Hwanseong Lee, Hoanju Yoo, Dong Il Shim
  • Patent number: 9737877
    Abstract: The present disclosure features a method of making an engine aftertreatment catalyst, where the engine aftertreatment catalyst includes a metal oxide, a metal zeolite, and/or vanadium oxide when the metal oxide is different from vanadium oxide, each of which can be independently surface-modified with a surface modifier. The method includes providing a solution including an organic solvent and an organometallic compound; mixing the solution with a metal oxide, a metal zeolite, and/or a vanadium oxide to provide a mixture; drying the mixture; and calcining the mixture to provide a surface-modified metal oxide catalyst, a surface-modified metal zeolite catalyst, and/or a surface-modified vanadium oxide catalyst. The organometallic compound can be, for example, a metal alkoxide, a metal carboxylate, a metal acetylacetonate, and/or a metal organic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Randal A. Goffe
  • Patent number: 9737878
    Abstract: A metal catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of metal and a quantity of carrier forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metal and a portion of carrier. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of metals and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metals and a portion of carrier. The system further comprises means for impregnating supports with the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SDCmaterials, Inc.
    Inventors: Maximilian A. Biberger, Stephen Edward Lehman, Jr., Robert Matthew Kevwitch, Qinghua Yin, Jesudos J. Kingsley
  • Patent number: 9737879
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing a finely divided metal-doped aluminogallate nanocomposite comprising mixing a carrier solvent with a bulk metal-doped aluminogallate nanocomposite to form a bulk metal-doped aluminogallate slurry and atomizing the bulk metal-doped aluminogallate slurry using a low temperature collision to produce a finely divided metal-doped aluminogallate nanocomposite, the composition of a nickel-doped aluminogallate nanocomposite (GAN), and a method of NO decomposition using the nickel-doped aluminogallate nanocomposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Md Hasan Zahir, Alhooshani Khalid
  • Patent number: 9737880
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to photocatalytic polyoxometalate compositions of tungstovanadates and uses as water oxidation catalysts. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to compositions comprising water, a complex of a tetra-metal oxide cluster and VW9O34 ligands, and a photosensitizer. Typically, the metal oxide cluster is Co. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to electrodes and other devices comprising water oxidation catalysts disclosed herein and uses in generating fuels and electrical power from solar energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Craig L. Hill, Iourii V. Gueletii, Jie Song, Hongjin Lv, Djamaladdin Musaev, Zhen Luo
  • Patent number: 9737881
    Abstract: A method of producing a regenerated hydrotreating catalyst, including a first step of preparing a hydrotreating catalyst that has been used for hydrotreatment of a petroleum fraction and has a metal element selected from Group 6 elements of the periodic table; a second step of performing regeneration treatment for part of the catalyst prepared in the first step, then performing X-ray absorption fine structure analysis for the catalyst after the regeneration treatment, and obtaining regeneration treatment conditions in which a ratio IS/IO of a peak intensity IS of a peak attributed to a bond between the metal element and a sulfur atom to a peak intensity IO of a peak attributed to a bond between the metal element and an oxygen atom is in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 in a radial distribution curve obtained from an extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimu Iwanami, Takashi Sano, Tomohiro Konishi, Makoto Nakamura, Souichirou Konno
  • Patent number: 9737882
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preparing a chlorine comprising catalyst by (a) providing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst comprising titania and at least 5 weight percent cobalt; (b) impregnating the catalyst with a solution comprising chloride ions; and (c) heating the impregnated catalyst at a temperature in the range of between 100 and 500° C. for at least 5 minutes up to 2 days. The prepared catalyst preferably comprises 0.13-3 weight percent of the element chlorine. The invention further relates to the prepared catalyst and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexander Petrus Van Bavel, Gerrit Leendert Bezemer, Peter John Van Den Brink, Erwin Roderick Stobbe
  • Patent number: 9737883
    Abstract: A hydrotreating catalyst includes a hydrogenation active metal supported on a alumina-phosphorus support and satisfies: a specific surface area being 100 m2/g or more; a total pore volume measured by mercury intrusion being in a range 0.80-1.50 ml/g; a maximum value of pore distribution being present in a pore diameter range 10-30 nm; a ratio of a pore volume of pores with a pore diameter within a range of ±2 nm of a pore diameter at the maximum value to a pore volume of pores with a pore diameter in a range 5-100 nm being 0.40 or less; a pressure capacity being 10 N/mm or more; 0.4-10.0 mass % of phosphorus being contained in the catalyst in terms of P2O5 concentration based on a total amount of the catalyst; and a hydrogenation active metal being at least one metal selected from metals of VIA and VIII groups of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: JGC CATALYSIS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamane, Kouichi Ohama, Shogo Tagawa
  • Patent number: 9737884
    Abstract: The catalytic preparation of an aldehyde from an olefin proceeds in the presence of a monophosphite mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Marie Dyballa, Robert Franke, Dirk Fridag, Dieter Hess, Bart Hamers, Frank Geilen
  • Patent number: 9737885
    Abstract: Provided is a structure for forming carbon nanofiber, including a base material containing an oxygen ion-conductive oxide, and a metal catalyst that is provided on one surface side of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Masayasu Inaguma
  • Patent number: 9737886
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process and an apparatus for producing coated catalysts. A process of the present disclosure includes providing a composition containing a liquid and a catalytically active material and/or a precursor thereof in a stock vessel, providing a support material in a vessel which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis, transporting the composition from the stock vessel through a first conduit to a spray nozzle, transporting a propellant fluid through a second conduit to the spray nozzle, atomizing the composition and propellant fluid in the nozzle to produce an aerosol that flows into the vessel and impregnates the support material present therein, heating the vessel so the liquid present in the aerosol evaporates from the support material and the finely divided support material which has been treated with catalytically active material and/or a precursor thereof is dried, and discharging the vaporized liquid from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Oliver Noll, Guido Walther, Sigrid Evert, Andreas Martin
  • Patent number: 9737887
    Abstract: The present invention provides integrated sample preparation systems and stabilized enzyme mixtures. In particular, the present invention provides microfluidic cards configured for processing a sample and generating DNA libraries that are suitable for use in sequencing methods (e.g., next generation sequencing methods) or other suitable nucleic acid analysis methods. The present invention also provides stabilized enzyme mixtures containing an enzyme (e.g., an enzyme used in whole genome amplification), BSA, and a sugar. Such enzyme mixtures may be lyophilized and stored at room temperature without significant loss of enzyme activity for months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Eshoo, John Picuri
  • Patent number: 9737888
    Abstract: An apparatus with a self-contained, tunable, microfluidic pumping system that utilizes the high air permeability of the matrix material to actuate fluid flow in a network of fluidic microchannels and microstructures is provided. The pumping relies upon partial evacuation of degas/vacuum channels that are located next to the fluid channels to degas air from the fluid channels or structures producing a reduction of pressure in the fluidic channel leading to the flow of fluid from an inlet at atmospheric pressure through the device. The solution is isolated from the pumping apparatus since the liquid does not pass through the diffusion barriers. The apparatus and method can also provide bubble-free microfluidic pumping, without any auxiliary equipment or device pre-treatment, and can fill dead-end channels and chambers, providing a powerful liquid handling tool for a broad range of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Luke P. Lee, Debkishore Mitra, John R. Waldeisen, Jixiao Liu
  • Patent number: 9737889
    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus mounted on a rotation driving unit for inducing a fluid to flow due to a centrifugal force includes: a target chamber that houses a first fluid; a first chamber that houses a second fluid and is disposed closer to a rotation center of the microfluidic apparatus in a radius direction than the target chamber, the first chamber being connected to the target chamber by a first channel; a first valve that prevents a flow of the second fluid through the first channel; and a second chamber disposed closer to the rotation center in the radius direction than the target chamber and connected to the target chamber by a second channel, wherein the first fluid is transported to the second chamber by supplying the second fluid to the target chamber by the centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui-sung Moon, Min-Seok S. Kim, Jong-myeon Park
  • Patent number: 9737890
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microfluidic device which comprises a drive module and a microfluidic platform. The drive module further comprises a rotary unit and a vibration unit for driving the microfluidic platform, and the microfluidic platform further comprises multiple microfluidic elements for performing tests. The present invention also provides a method for operating a microfluidic device. The method comprises steps using the rotary unit and steps using the vibration unit to distribute sample in a microfluidic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SHAOXING PUSHKANG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hui Lin, Bo Yu, Yi-Feng Yang
  • Patent number: 9737891
    Abstract: A thermocycling device and method of operating a thermocycler instrument, the instrument including a sample holder, at least one thermal cycling element, and at least one first and second temperature sensors, for causing the sample holder containing the at least one sample to undergo polymerase chain reaction amplification by repeated cycling between at least a denaturation heating stage and an annealing cooling stage. The first temperature corresponding with the temperature of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one first temperature sensor, and a second temperature corresponding with the temperature external of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one second temperature sensor. Based upon the first temperature and the second temperature, the power that is delivered to the at least one thermal cycling element of the instrument is dynamically controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: STRECK, INC.
    Inventors: Joel TerMaat, Scott E. Whitney, Hendrik J. Viljoen, Matthew R. Kreifels
  • Patent number: 9737892
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermal cycling device comprising: a sample location; a first heating means, wherein advantageously said first heating means is a contact heating means; a second heating means, wherein said second heating means is configured to bring said sample to a second temperature by directing electromagnetic radiation to the first light pipe section end and the light pipe section is configured to direct said electromagnetic radiation through its second end to the sample location, its uses and methods based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Curiosity Diagnostics sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Mellem, Daniel Krzystof Gorzkowski, Seweryn Bajer-Borstyn, Pawel Zawadzki, Piotr Garstecki, Kamil Robert Gewartowski
  • Patent number: 9737893
    Abstract: A holding apparatus includes a top holder having a coupler and a top casing capable of adjusting the distance and tilt therebetween using three points adjustment. When a microfluidic device along with a cover are disposed on a bottom holder of the holding apparatus and the top holder is pivoted with respect to the bottom holder to a closed position, the contact surface of soft plugs on the coupler and the cover can be made parallel by a certain distance with a first surface of the microfluidic device, and the distance between the coupler and the top casing determines the pressure exerted through elastic components onto the microfluidic device, so that external pipes can be seamlessly attached to the microfluidic device and also ensuring no deformation due to external forces should happen on microfluidic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Abnova (Taiwan) Corporation
    Inventors: Wilber Huang, Hann-Wen Guan
  • Patent number: 9737894
    Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a hammer for comminuting various materials. The embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The hammer includes a connector end having a rod hole therein, a contact end for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted, and a neck affixing the connector end to the contact end. The neck is formed with at least one neck recess therein. In other embodiments, one or more shoulders are positioned around the periphery of the rod hole for added strength. In still other embodiments, the contact end is configured with more than one contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Genesis III, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Young, Loren Bakko
  • Patent number: 9737895
    Abstract: A portable rechargeable personal ionic air purifier energizing a personal airspace and cleaning particulate pollutants therefrom in a manner that poses little or no personal shock risk and that minimizes battery drain to maximize battery life includes ionization means and ionization actuation means cooperative to provide ion bursts at regular intervals to energize and to clean particulates from the personal airspace. The ionization means includes an ion emitter and the ionization activation means includes means for providing a pulse train of predetermined frequency and duty cycle. The ion emitter may be removably mounted to a portable housing and/or to a facemask or other objects in the personal airspace via an elongated flexible cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Headwaters Inc
    Inventors: Philippe J. Genereux, Rudy A. Vandenbelt, Troy G. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9737896
    Abstract: A casing that squeezes sludge floc at one end portion, a screw shaft, a first screw blade spirally provided on an outer peripheral surface of the screw shaft, and a second screw blade provided side by side along a longitudinal direction of the screw shaft with the first screw blade with a predetermined interval from the first screw blade, are included. In the casing, a concentration zone and a separated liquid zone, which are substantially divided from each other by the first screw blade and the second screw blade, are formed. By rotation of the screw shaft, the sludge floc is squeezed in the concentration zone to be separated into sludge and separated liquid, and the separated liquid is moved rearward in the separated liquid zone to be discharged, while the sludge is discharged outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Metawater Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9737897
    Abstract: A cover for a centrifugal filter, in which when water separated from oil is discharged through outlets provided in covers, can reduce the amount of oil leaking out with mixed gas and water. The cover constitutes the centrifugal filter by covering a rotor that rotates so as to filter impurities contained in oil by using a centrifugal force. The rotor is provided with at least one nozzle through which filtered oil is jetted. The cover includes: an inner cover configured to cover the rotor and including a first outlet and a first inlet; an outer cover provided outside the inner cover; and an oil leak prevention member provided in the first outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN HEUNG PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Keun Kim, Ho Jin Eum, Kyo Hye Ye
  • Patent number: 9737898
    Abstract: A disposable blood separation set and a centrifugal blood processing system comprising a blood processing chamber adapted to be mounted on a rotor of a centrifuge; a frustro-conical cell separation chamber in fluid communication with the processing chamber, the cell separation chamber having an inlet, a primary outlet and a side tap outlet adjacent the inlet. A valve that is responsive to centrifugal force (a “gravity” valve) selects between the outlet and the side tap outlet. The gravity valve is mounted on the rotor. When the rotor spins at high speed, the gravity valve may open the primary outlet and close the side tap outlet. When the rotor spins at a lower speed, the gravity valve may open the side tap outlet and close the primary outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Holmes, James R. Ladtkow
  • Patent number: 9737899
    Abstract: A water control system including a showerhead and a tub faucet. The faucet has a temperature controlled valve configured in a first mode to automatically restrict fluid flow through the faucet and direct fluid to the showerhead once the fluid flowing through the faucet reaches a predetermined temperature, referred to as a hot mode. The faucet also has a manual override member configured to manually restrict fluid flow through the faucet and to the showerhead to allow cold showers, referred to as a cold mode. The valve includes a piston, and a sleeve configured to establish the hot mode and the cold mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Evolve Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Doss, Jason Swanson
  • Patent number: 9737900
    Abstract: An in-situ applicator for applying a composition in a pipe comprises a flow diverter configured to receive a composition and eject the composition from at least one outlet. The applicator also comprises a hollow conical body having a narrow end, a broad end, and an interior surface configured to receive the composition ejected from the flow diverter. The conical body also has a plurality of holes forming a band that wraps circumferentially around the conical body which defines a flow region on the interior surface between the band and the narrow end. The band includes first holes adjacent to the flow region where each of the first holes has a first average diameter and second holes disposed between the first holes and the broad end, each of the second holes having an average diameter greater than the first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Clinton L. Jones, Ryan B. Prince, Cori S. Apel, Scott M. Fabozzi, Carson MacCallum, Shawn R. Sweeney
  • Patent number: 9737901
    Abstract: A fluid nozzle device includes: at least one fluid nozzle which includes a nozzle body having a first inner surface, a second inner surface that is opposite to and spaced apart from the first inner surface, an inner bottom surface that interconnects the first and second inner surfaces and that cooperates with the first and second inner surfaces to define a receiving space thereamong; a gas-intake tube disposed on top of the nozzle body; a liquid-intake tube formed with a liquid inlet and having at least one liquid outlet that is distal from the gas-intake tube; and a plurality of ejecting channels spaced apart from each other and disposed in the nozzle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ELS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Teng
  • Patent number: 9737902
    Abstract: The fixing plate for an aerosol container includes: an outer wall 12 that covers a mounting cup 4 except an opening 11 exposing two stems 6 and abuts on an upper face of an annular rim 5; a cylindrical wall 16 integrally connected to the outer wall 12 on a lower side thereof and surrounding the annular rim 5; and an engaging claw 16a engaging the annular rim 5, wherein a positioning wall 13 is provided at the opening 11, the positioning wall having an inner circumferential shape following an outer circumferential surface of a projection 7 that protrudes from the mounting cup 4, with the two stems 6 being bound together, and that has a non-circular cross-sectional shape with long sides and short sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 9737903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soap dispenser that is designed to be mounted on a vertical surface such as a wall. More particularly, the soap dispenser defines a reservoir that is designed to accept bulk quantities of soap. The soap is dispensed from the top of the reservoir by a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Tolco Corporation
    Inventors: George L. Notarianni, Alberto Martinez
  • Patent number: 9737904
    Abstract: A caulking gun includes a main body, a pushing rod, a pushing element, a bar-linkage assembly, and a trigger. The main body is formed with a handle extending downward. The pushing element and the bar-linkage assembly are arranged in the main body. The pushing rod is inserted through the main body and the pushing element. The bar-linkage assembly includes two bars aligned horizontally but not parallel to each other. One of the bars abuts against the pushing element. The trigger is pivotally disposed on the main body, and one end of the trigger abuts against a roller between the two bars. When the trigger is pulled, the roller is pushed upward by the trigger to push the pushing element forward via the bar-linkage assembly so that the pushing element inclines to bring the pushing rod move forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SIANG SYUAN FU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 9737905
    Abstract: An implantable or insertable medical device can include a silicone substrate and a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition coating on the silicone substrate. The coating may include a silicon-containing compound. A method of forming the coating is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary M. Byron, Diana K. Ma, James P. Rohl, Hood Chatham, Frank De Francesco
  • Patent number: 9737906
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a method for forming an excellent multi-layer coating film of high chroma and brightness and a rich color. With the method, color mottling does not occur easily in the coating film and the design obtained is homogeneous even without strict control of variations in film thickness during coating. The method for forming the excellent multi-layer coating film comprises: forming a metallic base coating film on the surface of the object to be coated by applying a metallic base coating containing a shiny material; then forming a color base coating film by applying a color base coating; subsequently forming a clear coating film by applying a clear coating on the color base coating film; and heat-curing the metallic base coating film, the color base coating film and the clear coating film obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD., MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Yoshiko Aoki, Hiroshi Kubota, Masafumi Shinoda, Tatsuo Tsuneoka, Fumi Hirano, Sakura Nakano
  • Patent number: 9737907
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer having an inlet that receives engine exhaust gases and an outlet to direct swirling engine exhaust gas to a downstream exhaust component. The mixer has a plurality of internal surfaces that come into contact with the engine exhaust gases. At least one of the internal surfaces has a coating comprised of a low-coefficient of friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies USA, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Brian Hornback, Chris Chapman
  • Patent number: 9737908
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer having an inlet that receives engine exhaust gases and an outlet to direct swirling engine exhaust gas to a downstream exhaust component. The mixer has a plurality of internal surfaces that come into contact with the engine exhaust gases. At least one of the internal surfaces has a coating comprised of a low-coefficient of friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies USA, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Brian Hornback, Chris Chapman
  • Patent number: 9737909
    Abstract: Machine (1) for the plasma treatment of containers (3), which comprises: a chamber (5) suitable for receiving a container (3) to be treated, a cover (8) defining a nozzle (9) in the extension of the chamber (5); a duct (14) for depressurization the container (3), which duct opens into the nozzle (9) and connects the latter to a vacuum source (15); a first valve (19) having a closed position, in which it closes off the depressurization duct (14), and an open position, in which it brings the nozzle (9) and the vacuum source (15) into communication; a duct (27) for pressurizing the container (3), separate from the depressurization duct (14), this pressurization duct (27) emerging in the nozzle (9) beyond the depressurization duct (14) and connecting the nozzle (9) to a pressure source (28); and a second valve (29) having a closed position, in which it closes off the pressurization duct (27), and an open position, in which it brings the nozzle (9) and the pressure source (28) into communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Yves-Alban Duclos, Laurent Danel, Naima Boutroix
  • Patent number: 9737910
    Abstract: An eccentric assembly for a compaction machine comprises an outer eccentric member that is longitudinally elongated cylinder shaped and has a partial longitudinal opening through the length; an inner eccentric member that is longitudinally elongated cylinder shaped and has a partial longitudinal opening through the length and rotatably connected inside of said outer eccentric member so that the inner eccentric member can rotate with respect to the outer eccentric member around the same axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Howard Smith, Edward Magalski, Petar Milkovic, Aman Mahajan
  • Patent number: 9737911
    Abstract: A method is described for operating machines (10) having moving parts and arranged jointly on a support (32), said parts being moved periodically with substantially the same frequency, and wherein the phase of an oscillation of one machine (10) in relation to the phase of an oscillation of a further machine (10) is controlled by shifting the phases with respect to one another such that the amplitude of an oscillation of a structural part, for example of the support (32), remains below a predefined maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Oskar Stephan, Thomas Rosenberger
  • Patent number: 9737912
    Abstract: There is provided a microparticle sorting method including a procedure of collecting a microparticle in a fluid that flows through a main channel in a branch channel that is in communication with the main channel by generating a negative pressure in the branch channel. In the procedure, a flow of a fluid is formed that flows toward a side of the main channel from a side of the branch channel at a communication opening between the main channel and the branch channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsumi Ito
  • Patent number: 9737913
    Abstract: A pouch cleaning assembly that includes a treatment chamber and a guide assembly. The treatment chamber includes an elongated central channel extending therethrough. The guide assembly having a first side guide bar and a second side guide bar. The guide bars defining a channel therebetween that is structurally configured to facilitate the retention of spouts of a plurality of pouches in slidable engagement along the first and second guide bar. Any abutment of adjacent portions of the plurality of pouches within the treatment chamber define relative points of contact. The channel is positioned within the elongated central channel, wherein the channel is undulating in at least one of a vertical and a horizontal direction along the length thereof sufficient so as to substantially expose the relative points of contact between adjacent ones of the plurality of spouts so as to expose the same to the cleaning preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Scholle IPN Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Fitzgerald, Jeroen Pieter Fiere, David Bellmore
  • Patent number: 9737914
    Abstract: A nozzle cleaning device and a method of using the same are disclosed. The nozzle cleaning device has a cavity and a sealed chamber formed therein. The sealed chamber is provided with a cleaning tank, motors, driving bearings connected to the motors, rotation shafts connected to the driving bearings, a cleaning block fitted on the rotation shafts disposed above carrier portions, a heating means, and an ultrasonic wave device, so as to thoroughly clean nozzle portions which the mechanical procedure cannot clean, achieving a better cleaning effect, and being easier to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Zhang, Wei Yu
  • Patent number: 9737915
    Abstract: The present invention provides purge devices having micronozzles and operating methods thereof. The purge device having micronozzles are operated to clean pellicles used in semiconductor manufacturing. The purge devices having micronozzles comprises a base, at least one track configured on the base, a rotation platform, and a micronozzle array, in which the micronozzle array further comprises an air duct and a plurality of nozzles. Additionally, the rotation platform and the micronozzle array are able to move relatively to another along the at least one track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Chin Pan, Zhi-Huang Zhong, An-Pang Wang
  • Patent number: 9737916
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes an inlet grid configured to reduce distortion of an incoming airflow. The system may also include a vibration device coupled to the inlet grid and a controller communicatively coupled to the vibration device. The controller may transmit a vibration signal to the vibration device causing the vibration device to vibrate the inlet grid such that the inlet grid resonates at a natural frequency inducing a mode shape in the inlet grid. The mode shape may break up and prevent ice on the inlet grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: William Schneider, Yvette Wood, Andrew Peduchi
  • Patent number: 9737917
    Abstract: An apparatus for accessing longitudinal bores which includes: a length of resilient tube configured to be extendible along at least a portion of its length; wherein one end of the resilient tube includes a utility head thereon; and wherein the other end of the tube is configured to directly or indirectly connect to, and receive a force from, a physical energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventors: Campbell Alan Booth, Gary Alan Gibson, Patrick David Maguire
  • Patent number: 9737918
    Abstract: A blend of aliphatic hydrocarbons and polyglycol ether(s) is used in a process for cleaning railroad tank cars that have been gravity drained of hydrocarbon fluids but may be left with a residuum containing heavy hydrocarbons, paraffin and noxious gas. A simple recirculation system is established between the chemical source, the contaminated railcar, canister filters and back to the chemical source. Contaminates are removed from the cleaning chemical by the filters and there is no water or steam used which might otherwise damage the railcar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: BioChem Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Jansen, Cody Nath
  • Patent number: 9737919
    Abstract: Portable wet drilling waste treatment. In one example embodiment, a method for portable wet drilling waste treatment may include transporting a transportable frame, maneuvering an open end of a waste conduit, vacuuming air and the wet drilling waste, using a motor-driven vacuum, into the open end of the waste conduit, through the waste conduit, and into a cyclonic separator, separating the wet drilling waste from the air using the cyclonic separator, using a waste auger to transport the wet drilling waste, using a treatment material auger to transport a treatment material, operating the waste auger and the treatment material auger at coordinated rates to transport an effective ratio of the wet drilling waste to the treatment material, using a mixing auger to simultaneously transport the wet drilling waste and the treatment material, and operating the mixing auger at an effective rate resulting in a solidified treated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Dwight Hartley
  • Patent number: 9737920
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting contaminants from a contaminated material, such as contaminated soil and animal manure, includes an extraction tank having an interior, a heating element that is adapted heat the contaminated material to a temperature where contaminants in the contaminated material are released therefrom to the interior of the extraction tank, and an agitator that is adapted to agitate the contaminated material as it is being heated by the heating element. The apparatus also includes an air pump that generates a series of positive pressure air pulses at an outlet thereof and a series of negative pressure air pulses at the inlet thereof. The apparatus further includes one or more contaminant retaining mechanisms, such as a sediment holding tank, a fluid holding tank, and a gas filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventors: Dennis D. Winzeler, Patrick J. Stein
  • Patent number: 9737921
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for strip guidance in a hot medium, comprising a deflection roller (3, 38) which has two roller pins (23, 39) and is mounted to supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) by means of ceramic journal bearings (20, 31), wherein the journal bearings (20, 31) are in each case arranged in a bearing receptacle (45, 55) of the associated supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57). The invention is characterized in that at least one of the journal bearings (20, 31) in its associated supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) is fixed in the bearing receptacle (45, 55) by means of a force-fit that engages on the outer edge of the journal bearing (20, 31) and balances the different heat expansion coefficients of the journal bearings (20, 31) and the bearing receptacle (45, 55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Marc Blumenau, Frank Eisner, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Bert-Reiner Willeke, Tobias Denner, Christian Klatt, Jens Wemhoener