Patents Issued in October 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170291808
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing chilled wine using a dispensing appliance. The appliance generally comprises a housing or enclosure protecting internal components and providing a chilled chamber for wine storage and an unchilled chamber for electric and other components. An airtight wine “silo” containing a packaged wine is insertable into a cradle in the chilled chamber for attaching to a fluid connector system. The user operates a handle to control wine flow. Identifiers on the silo may be read and transmitted to a server, where learning algorithms can suggest alternative wines the user may like based on user feedback about prior wines used with the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Steve Young, Jeffrey Macler, William Jaouad Ziadi
  • Publication number: 20170291809
    Abstract: Multiple flex units are used to provide predetermined focused areas of flex in a substrate, such as an equine saddle tree, Apertures are placed on the underside and filled with either a combination of stopple and slimy or slurry alone, each forming a flex unit. The placement, dimensions and fill of the flex unit enable a predetermined focused area of flex to be established within the specific area. The slurry is a mixture of carbon fibers and epoxy and the stopples are a mixture of substrate and epoxy to form hard stopples, a mixture of composite and flexible epoxy to form more flexible stopples; or a combination hard and flexible mixture in a stopples. The shape, periphery, diameter and depth each of the apertures and hardness, size and: category of the stopples as well as location of placement determines the area, degree and direction of the flex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Edmund Coffin, Stanley P. Yavoroski
  • Publication number: 20170291810
    Abstract: The invention pertains to upholstery techniques for upholstering the central bust line of mannequins. Particularly a shaping body is coupled to the central line of the upholstery and shaped to conform to the central bust line of an underlying mannequin form. The shaping body includes anchors, preferably, in the form of strings, which can be fed through the mannequin form and tensioned accordingly. The shaping body is preferably elongate with two identical body members coupled by a fold therebetween. The first body member is coupled to a first side of the central bust line seam of the upholstering covering and the second body member is coupled to the second side of the central bust line seam of the upholstering covering. The fold therebetween is shaped to conform to the shape of the central bust line of the mannequin form. The use of such a shaping body results in a natural convex curve of the central bust line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SEVEN CONTINENTS CORP.
    Inventors: Julio JAVIER GUZMAN, Iana Bashura
  • Publication number: 20170291811
    Abstract: Embodiments of multi-frequency excitation are described. In various embodiments, a natural frequency of a device may be determined. In turn, a first voltage amplitude and first fixed frequency of a first source of excitation can be selected for the device based on the natural frequency. Additionally, a second voltage amplitude of a second source of excitation can be selected for the device, and the first and second sources of excitation can be applied to the device. After applying the first and second sources of excitation, a frequency of the second source of excitation can be swept. Using the methods of multi-frequency excitation described herein, new operating frequencies, operating frequency ranges, resonance frequencies, resonance frequency ranges, and/or resonance responses can be achieved for devices and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Mohammad YOUNIS
  • Publication number: 20170291812
    Abstract: A sensor device includes: a sensor portion having a movable thin film and a detection element configured to output a signal corresponding to displacement of the movable thin film; a frame portion disposed to surround an outside of the sensor portion; a spring portion provided between the frame portion and the sensor portion; and a circuit board including a circuit configured to process the signal output from the detection element, in which the frame portion is laminated on the circuit board, and the sensor portion is cantilevered from the frame portion by the spring portion such that a gap is formed between the sensor portion and the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Eiji UMETSU, Hisanobu OKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170291813
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for fabricating electronic devices are provided. In one example, an electronic device includes an electronic device body structure having a substantially hermetically sealed cavity formed therein. A getter film is in fluid communication with the substantially hermetically sealed cavity. Conductive features are accessible from outside the substantially hermetically sealed cavity and are operatively coupled to the getter film for electrical communication with the getter film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Szu Huat Goh, Edy Susanto, Jeffrey Lam
  • Publication number: 20170291814
    Abstract: A quantum nanomaterial having a bandgap that may be tuned to enable the quantum nanomaterial to detect IR radiation in selected regions including throughout the MWIR region and into the LWIR region is provided. The quantum nanomaterials may include tin telluride (SnTe) nanomaterials and/or lead tin telluride (PbxSn1-xTe) nanomaterials. Additionally, a method of manufacturing nanomaterial that is tunable for detecting IR radiation in selected regions, such as throughout the MWIR region and into the LWIR region, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Larken Elizabeth Cumberland, Adam Franklin Gross, Keith John Davis, Nicole L. Abueg
  • Publication number: 20170291815
    Abstract: A machine train for producing nitric acid includes: a steam turbine having a steam turbine rotor rotating at a first rotational speed; a first compressor having a first compressor rotor rotating at a second rotational speed; a second compressor having a second compressor rotor rotating at a third rotational speed; and an expander having an expander rotor rotating at a fourth rotational speed. The steam turbine drives the first compressor. The rotor of the first compressor drives the second compressor. The expander drives the second compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kai ZIEGLER, Stefan UBBEN, Marco ERNST, Klaus HÖRMEYER, Roland EMMRICH
  • Publication number: 20170291816
    Abstract: An apparatus for the extraction of phosphorus from wastewater that includes a precipitation module and a retention module. The precipitation module includes a crystallization vessel, one or more inlets disposed in a lower region of the precipitation module and at least one outlet disposed in an upper region of the precipitation module. The retention module includes a sedimentation vessel, at least one inlet disposed in an upper region of the retention module and at least one outlet disposed in a lower region of the retention module. At least one outlet of the precipitation module is connected to at least one inlet of the retention module and at least one outlet of the retention module is connected to at least one inlet of the precipitation module. The volume VS of the sedimentation vessel is greater than/equal to 0.6 times the volume VC of the crystallization vessel (VS?0.6·VC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Ulrich KNÖRLE
  • Publication number: 20170291817
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for purifying a layer of carbon nanotubes comprising providing a precursor layer of substantially aligned carbon nanotubes supported by a substrate, wherein the precursor layer comprises a mixture of first carbon nanotubes and second carbon nanotubes; selectively heating the first carbon nanotubes; and separating the first carbon nanotubes from the second carbon nanotubes, thereby generating a purified layer of carbon nanotubes. Devices benefiting from enhanced electrical properties enabled by the purified layer of carbon nanotubes are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, William L. WILSON, Sung Hun JIN, Simon N. DUNHAM, Xu XIE, Ahmed ISLAM, Frank DU, Yonggang HUANG, Jizhou SONG
  • Publication number: 20170291818
    Abstract: Discrete, individualized carbon nanotubes having targeted, or selective, oxidation levels and/or content on the interior and exterior of the tube walls are claimed. Such carbon nanotubes can have little to no inner tube surface oxidation, or differing amounts and/or types of oxidation between the tubes' inner and outer surfaces. These new discrete carbon nanotubes are useful in plasticizers, which can then be used as an additive in compounding and formulation of elastomeric, thermoplastic and thermoset composite for improvement of mechanical, electrical and thermal properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: MOLECULAR REBAR DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt W. Swogger, Clive P. Bosnyak, Nancy Henderson, Malcolm Finlayson, Bryce D. Sturtevant, Steve Hoenig
  • Publication number: 20170291819
    Abstract: Methods of making a microscale, free-standing, 3D, polyhedral, hollow, GO (or other graphene-based) structure using an origami-like self-folding approach. The origami-like self-folding process allows for easy control of size, shape, and thickness of graphene-based membranes, which, in turn, permits fabrication of freestanding 3D microscale polyhedral GO structures for example. With the 3D GO, a novel optical switching behavior is created, resulting from a combination of the geometrical effect of the 3D hollow structure and the water-permeable multi-layered GO membrane that affect the optical paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jeong-Hyun Cho, Daeha Joung
  • Publication number: 20170291820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particulate porous carbon material having a continuous porous structure, the particulate porous carbon material satisfying the following A to C: A: branch portions forming the continuous porous structure have an aspect ratio of 3 or higher; B: the branch portions have aggregated through joints interposed therebetween, the number of the aggregated branch portions (N) being 3 or larger; C: a ratio of the number of the aggregated branch portions (N) to the number of the joints (n), N/n, is 1.2 or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki Mihara, Kentaro Tanaka, Kosaku Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20170291821
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method of preparing Silicon (Si) from sand (SiO2).The method includes preparing sand particles with a size less than 50 microns. Further, the method includes obtaining Magnesium (Mg) particles with a size in range of 105-150 microns. Further, the method includes mixing sand and Mg particles in a predefined ratio to obtain a Sand-Magnesium (SM) mixture. Further, the method includes subjecting the SM mixture to heating at a temperature for a predefined time to obtain Si sample. Further, the method includes identifying un-reacted portion of Mg and sand particles. Furthermore, the method includes purifying byproducts of magnesium as well as un-reacted-magnesium and silica to obtain pure Si.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Mohammad Furquan, Savithri Vijayalakshmi, Sagar Mitra
  • Publication number: 20170291822
    Abstract: Described herein is a new crystalline molecular sieve Al-SSZ-63 prepared by a direct synthesis. The synthesis uses N-cyclodecyl-N-methyl-pyrrolidinium cation as a structure-directing agent. A method for directly synthesizing the Al-SSZ-63 is also provided, as are processes employing the Al-SSZ-63 in a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventor: Saleh Ali Elomari
  • Publication number: 20170291823
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for synthesizing molecular sieve SSZ-98 using a structure directing agent selected from one or more of 1,1-diethylpyrrolidinium cations, 1-butyl-1-methylpiperidinium cations, 1,1-diethyl-4-methylpiperidinium cations, and 8-(pyridin-2-yl)-5,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decan-5-ium cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Dan Xie
  • Publication number: 20170291824
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to power plants. The teachings thereof may be embodied in processes for producing ammonia and energy, e.g., a method for producing ammonia and energy comprising: spraying or atomizing an electropositive metal; burning the metal with a reaction gas; mixing the reacted mixture with water; separating the mixture into (a) solid and liquid constituents and (b) gaseous constituents; at least partially converting energy of the solid and liquid constituents and of the gaseous constituents; and separating ammonia from the gaseous constituents. Mixing the reacted mixture may include spraying or atomizing the water or the aqueous solution or the suspension of the hydroxide of the electropositive metal into the reacted mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Eckert, Guenter Schmid, Dan Taroata
  • Publication number: 20170291825
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for treating an organic material, including the steps of transporting the organic material into a first vessel; heating the organic material in the first vessel and applying a negative pressure to the organic material in the first vessel to a boiling point of the organic material, wherein the heat and negative pressure separates a portion of an ammonia from the organic material; removing the portion of the ammonia from the first vessel; transporting the removed portion of the ammonia from the first vessel to an acid solution in a second vessel; and separating a portion of the ammonia from the acid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Wendong Tao, Anayo Thomas Ukwuani
  • Publication number: 20170291826
    Abstract: The present relates to a method for producing calcium sulfate solid crystals and hydrochloric acid (HCl) from a calcium chloride solution comprising the steps of feeding a continuous stirred-tank reactor with a calcium chloride solution, sulfuric acid and water; mixing the calcium chloride solution, sulfuric acid and water in the reactor; and maintaining the reactor a temperature of less than about 70° C., converting the calcium chloride solution, sulfuric acid and water into HCl and calcium sulfate solid crystals. The method described herein can be incorporated as a means for regenerating HCl from CaCl2 solutions which are generated in the metallurgical industry when processing calcium-bearing ores for recovering metals like rare earth elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: George DEMOPOULOS, Thomas FELDMANN
  • Publication number: 20170291827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrometallurgical process which makes it possible to selectively recover at least one “heavy” rare earth metal, i.e. a rare earth metal with an atomic number at least equal to 62, that is in an acidic aqueous phase resulting from the treatment of spent or scrapped permanent magnets. It also relates to a hydrometallurgical process which makes it possible to selectively recover, on the one hand, at least one heavy rare earth metal present in an acidic aqueous phase resulting from the treatment of spent or scrapped permanent magnets and, on the other hand, at least one “light” rare earth metal, i.e. a rare earth metal with an atomic number at most equal to 61, that is also in this acidic aqueous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Manuel MIGUIRDITCHIAN, Victor HAQUIN, Vincent PACARY, Richard LAUCOURNET, Marc MONTUIR
  • Publication number: 20170291828
    Abstract: A method for formation of scorodite and for stabilization of arsenic by formation of scorodite, comprising using sodium hypochlorite as an oxidizing agent. The method comprises producing sodium hypochlorite having a concentration in a range between 1 and 3 w/w % using a diaphragm-less electrolytic cell operating with a sodium salt solution having a salt concentration in a range between 2 and 10 w/w %; diluting a sodium hypochlorite solution to less than 1 w/w % in an arsenic solution at an oxydo reduction potential in a range between 900 and 1100 mV (Pt, AgCl reference) and a pH comprised in range between 0.5 and 2.0; contacting a resulting oxidized arsenic with a ferric salt; and raising the pH to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Dundee Sustainable Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lalancette, David Lemieux, Romain Barbaroux
  • Publication number: 20170291829
    Abstract: A filtration device selectively removes hydrophobic waste from wastewater while leaving other water and surfactant components, which may then be recycled to a point of use. The wastewater treatment system may comprise a filtration unit and filtration media. The filtration unit may comprise a housing having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of a point of use and configured to receive a wastewater stream from the point of use for treatment, and an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the point of use and configured to deliver filtrate to the point of use. The filtration media may be positioned within the housing. The filtration media may comprise an oleophilic foam substrate and a hydrophobic coating on the oleophilic foam substrate. The filtration media may be configured to separate a hydrophobic component from the wastewater stream to produce filtrate comprising water and surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: AquaFresco, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsai-Ta Christopher Lai, Ting-Yun Sasha Huang, Alina Yu-Hsin Rwei
  • Publication number: 20170291830
    Abstract: A system for generating a plasma discharge in liquid utilizes first and second electrodes spaced apart in an interior space of a vessel holding the liquid. A channel can be defined in certain embodiments at least partially by at least one of the first and second electrodes, and an inlet in fluid communication with the interior space is configured to generate a vortical fluid flow in the vessel. A method for generating a plasma discharge in liquid is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jun Kang
  • Publication number: 20170291831
    Abstract: A water purification system includes one or more UV light sources that produce germicidal UV light and provide the UV light to a given amount of fluid contained in a chamber as a batch or as flowing through the chamber. An inner surface of the chamber, that may be reflective, is coated with a thin plastic film, such as polypropylene, that is highly transmissive to UV germicidal light. The thin plastic film separates the inner surface from the fluid, and the UV light passes through the thin plastic film to reach the fluid that is being purified in the chamber. The thin plastic film may be melted at relatively low temperatures to provide heat sealing of the surface to produce the chamber. Alternatively, the thin plastic film may be readily shaped as a bag or pipe that contains or directs fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Maiden, Aaron M. Cox, Karen C. Milliken
  • Publication number: 20170291832
    Abstract: An electrolytic water softener which comprises a container, at least one cathode and at least one anode extending into the container, a power supply operatively connected to the cathode and anode, a vibrating device to vibrate the cathode, and a system for collecting material released from the cathode after operation of the vibration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Ozomax Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Salama, Marianne Salama
  • Publication number: 20170291833
    Abstract: Described is a system for generating a disinfectant using water from a local source. The system comprises water from a local source having a set of characteristics; a set of stable minerals and buffers produced in accordance with the set of characteristics of the water; and an electrical device for delivering electricity to the water to produce a desired disinfectant. By adding the minerals and buffers to the water, a user can control at least one chemical property of the desired disinfectant produced using the water from a local source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Michael FLORMAN
  • Publication number: 20170291834
    Abstract: A surface sensing assembly is in communication with an open channel having a material moveable relative to the open channel. The surface sensing assembly includes a light source directing a light beam toward the material, a photo-detector capturing an image of the light beam interacting with the material, and a controller coupled to the light source, the photo-detector, and at least one actuator. The controller is configured to determine an indication of surface topography of the material based on the image. The controller is also configured to control the at least one actuator to adjust a characteristic of the material based on the indication of surface topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Ramirez, Johann Rudi Strickler
  • Publication number: 20170291835
    Abstract: [Solution] Provided is a water purification agent suitable for use in an automated purification treatment device, when a wastewater purification treatment using a plant-derived water purification agent is performed with the automated purification treatment device. The water purification agent is a granulated product containing a mixture of a plant powder and a polymer coagulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KIMURA, Koji HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20170291836
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automated smart water purification and dispensing apparatus for providing purified water to a plurality of users. The water dispensed by the automated smart water purification and dispensing apparatus employs an ION purification means and an Ozone purification means for the incoming water from the water supply. The automated smart water purification and dispensing apparatus includes a display means for providing visual information and an audio output means for providing audio information to users. The subscribers of a water-dispensing scheme proposed by a central computerized controller can receive water using a storage container having an optical code that can be read using an RFID reader of the automated smart water purification and dispensing apparatus. The central computerized controller communicates with a central server in real time for transferring information about the subscribers and for controlling water dispensing accounts associated with each of the subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Mark Kuzara
  • Publication number: 20170291837
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aeration lateral system designated to be site specific for new septic disposal areas or retro fitting to existing septic disposal areas to break up the biological clogging slug mat at the interface of the wastewater and imported sand or native soil fill under or adjacent to disposal areas of a typical septic system. The lateral system provides uniform or other site specific distribution of fluids about the bio-mat of a wastewater disposal area, with lateral spacing and hole spacing varying based on the type of disposal area being utilized. The lateral system can also be utilized to provide continuous low volume air supply system to a wastewater disposal area or peat filter module. The air lateral installation includes methods to minimize airflow disturbance of the soil and methods to prevent air leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Roy Emr
  • Publication number: 20170291838
    Abstract: A water purification apparatus includes a flow-rate regulating tank, an aeration tank, a solar power generation unit, and an air blowing unit. The flow-rate regulating tank changes flow-rate of polluted fluid to constantly discharge. The aeration tank purifies the fluid using microorganisms by contacting the polluted fluid supplied from the flow-rate regulating tank to an air, and includes a floatable panel supporting part and a purifying part connected under the panel supporting part to purify the polluted fluid. The solar power generation unit is supported by the panel supporting part to generate electric power using sunlight. The air blowing unit receives the electric power from the solar power generation unit to supply the air in the aeration tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SEGI SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hae YANG, Byoung Soon SONG
  • Publication number: 20170291839
    Abstract: A process for converting ammonium (NH4+) of a mainstream of a wastewater plant to dinitrogen gas (N2), including the consecutive steps of i.) removing biodegradable carbon compounds in the mainstream, ii.) converting ammonium (NH4+) in the mainstream to nitrite (NO2?) in an aerated biological process containing ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in a nitration vessel (133a-133d); and iii.) denitrifying the resulting stream from step ii.) to dinitrogen gas in an anammox vessel (200). Growth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in step ii.) is prevented by periodically subjecting the bacteria in said nitration vessel (133a-133d) to water suppressing growth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
    Inventors: Magnus Christensson, Thomas Welander, Maria Piculell
  • Publication number: 20170291840
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a quantity of glass melt comprises a segmented tube including a first tube segment and a second tube segment. A second end portion of the first tube segment is joined to a first end portion of the second tube segment. In further examples, methods of fabricating a segmented torsion tube include joining together segmented torsion tubes at an integral solid-state joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Martin Herbert Goller
  • Publication number: 20170291841
    Abstract: A nozzle deposits a filament of viscous, molten glass onto a print bed, while the print bed rotates about a vertical axis and translates in x, y, and z directions. The deposition is computer controlled, such that the resulting deposited filament forms a desired glass object that is solid after it anneals. One or more motors rotate the print bed such that the direction of deposition of the molten glass is constant relative to the nozzle, even though the print bed is translating in different directions relative to the nozzle. Keeping the direction of deposition constant relative to the nozzle tends to prevent the extruded filament of molten glass from experiencing large, changing, tensile and shear forces that would otherwise occur and that would otherwise damage the filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Chikara Inamura, Daniel Lizardo, Michael Stern, Peter Houk, Tal Achituv, Neri Oxman
  • Publication number: 20170291842
    Abstract: Methods of making a laminated glazing having reduced optical distortion when installed in a vehicle are described. The laminated glazing has first and second sheets of glazing material each separately shaped between a pair of shaping members that are then laminated together. The position for bending the first sheet of glazing material may be deliberately offset from the position for bending the second sheet of glazing material. During the lamination step, the first sheet of glazing material may be displaced relative to the second sheet of glazing material by a lateral and/or longitudinal positional displacement. The first and/or second sheet of glazing material may have been cut such that after lamination at least a portion of the peripheral edges thereof are aligned. Apparatus for shaping a sheet of glazing material for carrying out the aforementioned methods is also described, as is a resulting laminated glazing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter PAULUS, Joachim PILZ
  • Publication number: 20170291843
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped glass article may include heating at least a portion of a mold-facing surface of the glass article to a forming temperature, shaping the glass article in a mold, and removing the multilayer coating from the glass article. The glass article may be coated with a multi-layer removable coating including an inner layer in contact with the glass article and an outer layer disposed over the inner layer. The mold may be in direct contact with the outer layer during shaping. The inner layer may include a first glass having a softening point of at least about 50° C. less than a softening point of the glass article. The outer layer may include a second glass having a softening point of at least about 50° C. greater than the softening point of the glass article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yves Andre Henri Brocheton, Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Michel Prassas
  • Publication number: 20170291844
    Abstract: A method of laser processing a material to form a separated part. The method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a laser beam focal line, viewed along the beam propagation direction, directed into the material, the laser beam focal line generating an induced absorption within the material, the induced absorption producing a hole or fault line along the laser beam focal line within the material, and directing a defocused carbon dioxide (CO2) laser from a distal edge of the material over the plurality of holes to a proximal edge of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Sasha Marjanovic, Garrett Andrew Piech, Sergio Tsuda, Robert Stephen Wagner
  • Publication number: 20170291845
    Abstract: Alkali-doped boroaluminosilicate glasses are provided. The glasses include the network formers SiO2, B2O3, and Al2O3. The glass may, in some embodiments, have a Young's modulus of less than about 65 GPa and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 40×10?7/° C. The glass may be used as a cover glass for electronic devices, a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, or an outer clad layer for a glass laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Adam James Ellison, Jason Sanger Frackenpohl, John Christopher Mauro, Douglas Miles Noni, JR., Natesan Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20170291846
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a paste comprising: i) silver particles; ii) a particulate lead-silicate glass comprising iia) at least one oxide of silicon; iib) at least one oxide of lead; iic) at least one chloride; iid) optionally at least one further oxide being different from components iia) and iib); iii) an organic vehicle. The invention also relates to a solar cell precursor, to a process for the preparation of a solar cell, to a solar cell obtainable by this process, to a module comprising such a solar cell and to the use of a particulate lead-silicate glass as a component in a silver paste that can be used for the formation of an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Gerd SCHULZ, Ryan MAYBERRY, Daniel Winfried HOLZMANN, Christian JUNG, Matthias HORTEIS, Gregory BERUBE
  • Publication number: 20170291847
    Abstract: A lead-through or connecting element is provided that includes an assembly having a carrier body of a high-temperature alloy, a functional element, and an at least partially crystallized glass. The crystallized glass is between a portion of the functional element and a portion of the carrier body. The carrier body subjects the crystallized glass to a compressive stress of greater than or equal to zero, at a temperature from at least 20° C. to more than 450° C. Also provided are a method for producing a lead-through or connecting element, the use of such a lead-through or connecting element, and to a measuring device including such a lead-through or connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Oliver FRITZ, Georg MEIER, Thomas FINK
  • Publication number: 20170291848
    Abstract: A process that anneals a surface of a substrate bearing a coating includes running the substrate under a flash lamp emitting intense pulsed light and irradiating the coating with the pulsed light through a mask located between the flash lamp and the coating. A frequency of the flash lamp and a run speed of the substrate are adjusted so that each point of the coating to be annealed receives at least one light pulse. A distance between a lower face of the mask and the surface of the coating to be annealed is at most equal to 1 mm. A shape and extent of a slit in the mask are such that the mask occults the coating to be annealed in all zones where the light intensity that, in an absence of the mask, would arrive at the coating to be annealed is lower than a threshold light intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Lorenzo CANOVA, Emmanuel MIMOUN, Brice DUBOST
  • Publication number: 20170291849
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than about 0.7·t up to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t) and a maximum central tension in the range from about 80 MPa to about 100 MPa. In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a value at a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the value to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Guangli Hu, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Publication number: 20170291850
    Abstract: Provided are a micro-hole array capable of accurately holding optical fibers or the like and a method for manufacturing a micro-hole array by which micro-holes having high shape accuracy can be formed. A micro-hole array has thirty or more through holes 3 formed per cm2 in a glass plate 2 with a thickness of 0.5 mm to 5 mm, both inclusive, the through holes 3 each having a cylindrical portion 5 having a cylindricity of 5% or less of a hole diameter d1 of the through hole 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Masanori WADA, Toru HIRAO
  • Publication number: 20170291851
    Abstract: An arrangement for burning lime mud into lime in a lime kiln. The lime mud flows counter-currently to flue gases from a feed end to a firing end and the fuel used is flue gas that is produced by gasifying a fuel in the presence of combustion air in a gasifier. The combustion air for gasification is preheated with heat generated in lime mud combustion. The arrangement is provided with a conduit between the lime kiln and the gasifier for leading air from the lime kiln into the gasifier as combustion air. At least a portion of the combustion air for gasification is preheated with heat generated in the lime mud combustion so that air is led into cooling of lime obtained in the combustion and further into the kiln, from or through the firing end of which air is taken into the gasification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Juhani VEHMAAN-KREULA
  • Publication number: 20170291852
    Abstract: Reinforcing filaments or fibers, such as aromatic polyamide (aramid) fibers, can be reliably measured and consistently mixed into asphalt cement concrete by soaking the fibers in a wetting agent, then severing them to a desired length, and mixing the segments with other ACC ingredients. The wetting agent holds the fibers together loosely, so they can be distributed more uniformly throughout the ACC without clumping. The wetting agent soaks into the ACC mixture and/or evaporates, leaving the reinforcing fibers behind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Surface Tech LLC
    Inventor: Steven SANTA CRUZ
  • Publication number: 20170291853
    Abstract: The present specification discloses ceramic matrix compositions, methods of making such ceramic matrix compositions and methods and uses for such ceramic matrix compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Aermist LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Harms
  • Publication number: 20170291854
    Abstract: A sintering-free inorganic ceramic brick-plate and its preparation method are disclosed. The sintering-free inorganic ceramic brick-plate includes following components by mass parts: 25-40 parts of magnesium oxide; 20-35 parts of magnesium chloride; 20-30 parts of fumed silica; 10-20 parts straw powders; 0.1-0.3 parts of graphene powders with a particle size of 2000 meshes; and 0.2-0.4 parts of airgel powders with a particle size of 100 nm. Compared with the prior art, the present invention utilizes a variety of raw natural non-toxic natural mineral raw materials, namely, the graphene powders with the particle size of 2000 meshes and the airgel powders with the particle size of 100 nm for mixing, and then the mixed raw materials can be solidified at room temperature and form sheets, and then the surface of the sheets is processed through printing or spraying glaze, so as to achieve the effect of high-grade tiles and natural marble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Xinqiao He
  • Publication number: 20170291855
    Abstract: Provided axe porous titanate compound particles capable of giving excellent fade resistance when used in a friction material, a resin compound and a friction material each containing the porous titanate compound particles, and a method for producing the porous titanate compound particles. Porous titanate compound particles are each formed of titanate compound crystal grains bonded together and have a cumulative pore volume of 5% or more within a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shogo Kamada
  • Publication number: 20170291856
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for producing an ultra-dense and ultra-smooth ceramic coating. A method includes feeding a solution comprising a metal precursor into a plasma sprayer. The plasma sprayer generates a stream toward an article, forming a ceramic coating on the article upon contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Yikai Chen, Chengtsin Lee
  • Publication number: 20170291857
    Abstract: A soil additive comprising a sugar ferment wherein said ferment contains signalling molecules comprising between about 1-50% of the organic matter present in the ferment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LIQUID FERTILISER SYSTEMS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Peter James Keating