Patents Issued in February 13, 2018
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Patent number: 9890013Abstract: A wire-winding device comprising: an upper cover; a spiral spring; a rotary base having a groove to accommodate the spiral spring on the bottom surface thereof; a transmission line winding around the rotary base; a lower cover assembled with the upper cover; and a pillar, an outlet, and a wire casing formed on one side of the groove, and two spacers surrounding the peripheral edge of the groove, the pillar having a first end portion which shifts outward to the edge of rotary base, the wire casing having a smooth curved surface formed on the bottom surface thereof near the outlet to enlarge the accommodating space near the outlet and reduce the friction between the transmission line and the spacers.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Chi-Ming Chen, Feng Zhou, Kai-Feng Yang
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Patent number: 9890014Abstract: A medium conveyance device includes a placement body having a bundle conveyance face on which a medium bundle is conveyed. A Scott-Russell body includes an abutting portion that abuts the medium bundle. A movement section causes the Scott-Russell body to abut against the medium bundle and moves the Scott-Russell body along the bundle conveyance face in first or second directions, so as to move the medium bundle along the bundle conveyance face in the direction. The conveyance state switching section switches to a first state in which the Scott-Russell body is caused to abut against a second direction side of the medium bundle and conveyance of the medium bundle toward the first direction is enabled, or to a second state in which the Scott-Russell body is caused to abut against a first direction side of the medium bundle and conveyance of the medium bundle toward the second direction is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuuji Kobayashi, Akira Gotou, Kenji Kadota
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Patent number: 9890015Abstract: A method for controlling an elevator group including at least a first elevator and a second elevator, wherein a counterweight balance of the first elevator differs from a counterweight balance of the second elevator, the method including: controlling the elevator group; determining threshold loads for the first and second elevator separately for up and down direction, a threshold load being dependent of the counterweight balance of the corresponding elevator, wherein the threshold load being a load for which consumed energy per up-down run is approximately zero; and controlling, when allocating an elevator in response to a destination call, route determination for the first and second elevator involves minimizing a load difference from the threshold loads.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Henri Hakonen, Janne Sorsa, Marja-Liisa Siikonen
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Patent number: 9890016Abstract: An elevator system (10) includes an elevator hoistway (12) having a plurality of landings (14), an elevator car (16) configured to move within the elevator hoistway (12), and a position determining system (40) having a plurality of landing position indicators (48) and a plurality of dummy position indicators (50). At least one of the landing position indicators (48) is mounted proximate to each of the plurality of landings (14). Each dummy position indicator (50) is mounted within the elevator hoistway (12) at a predetermined vertical position between various of the plurality of landing position indicators (48). The position determining system (40) additionally includes a sensor (42) configured to determine when the elevator car is adjacent one of the plurality of landing position indicators (48) or one of the plurality of dummy position indicators (50). The plurality of landing position indicators (48) and the plurality of dummy position indicators (50) are positioned to form a sequence of unique patterns.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Uwe Schoenauer, Donald F. Cominelli, Shan Li, HengFeng Xie
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Patent number: 9890017Abstract: The object of the invention is a method and an apparatus for measuring the load of an elevator car, which elevator comprises at least a hoisting machine plus shaft, said hoisting machine being provided with a motor, and a traction sheave fitted onto the shaft, and also a brake, and in which solution the load of an elevator car is measured by the aid of a measuring means. The load of the elevator car is measured with the measuring means from the shaft of the traction sheave of the hoisting machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Jorma Mustalahti, Matti Räsänen, Esko Aulanko
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Patent number: 9890018Abstract: An oil collector for a guide rail, its use and a method for collecting lubricating oil from a guide rail are disclosed. The oil collector includes a receiving element for receiving the lubricating oil flowing along the guide rail, the receiving element including a portion formed to be set against the guide rail. The oil collector is wherein the receiving element includes a block of absorbent material absorbing the lubricating oil. The oil collector can further include a releasable fastening member for pressing the block of absorbent material against the guide rail thereby securing the block of absorbent material in place.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Erno Lehikoinen, Jürgen Brucker, Heidi Sederholm
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Patent number: 9890019Abstract: A material transport and installation arrangement comprising a first working platform system in an elevator shaft for reaching a first installation height; and a first material hoisting system for moving elevator components vertically in the elevator shaft is disclosed. The arrangement is characterized in that it comprises a second working platform system in the elevator shaft for reaching a second installation height, the second working platform system comprising a second platform hoist, second platform roping and a vertically moveable second working platform, the second working platform being below the first working platform; and a second material hoisting system for moving elevator components vertically in the elevator shaft, the second material hoisting system comprising a second material hoist, second material roping and a second material holder. Further, a method for parallel transport and installation of elevator components is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Petri Kere, Antti Mertala
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Patent number: 9890020Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crane having a travelable undercarriage and a superstructure which is rotatably supported thereon, to which a boom is luffably connected in an articulated manner, on the one hand, and a counterweight arrangement is telescopically supported, on the other hand. In accordance with the present disclosure, the counterweight arrangement comprises a U-shaped frame in which a likewise U-shaped counterweight frame is telescopically guided. The counterweight plates forming the counterweight are separated into two stacks which are each longitudinally displaceably guided on a side member.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbHInventor: Hans-Dieter Willim
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Patent number: 9890021Abstract: Disclosed is a winch control arrangement, including a retaining device for a cable, a rotatable drum having a rotational axis, and a substantially circular, centric storage part with a storage surface containing at least two windings of cable. The distance of the storage surface to the rotational axis is substantially constant. An eccentric holding part with a holding surface contains at least two cable windings. The distance of the holding surface to the rotational axis varies around the circumference of the holding part. A cable guide lies at a perpendicular distance from the rotational axis and the drum itself, and is movable substantially parallel to the rotational axis between a first position allowing cable winding on the centric storage part and a second position allowing cable winding on the eccentric part. The cable guide is connected to automatic movement unit for moving the cable guide between the two positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NOVATUG HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Robert Rodenburg
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Patent number: 9890022Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a suspension system for a wind turbine rotor blade and methods for suspending said rotor blade from a hub thereof. The method includes positioning the rotor blade in a substantially six o'clock position. Another step includes removing at least one root attachment assembly from an adjacent rotor blade and providing at least one passageway from an exterior surface of the adjacent rotor blade to the root attachment assembly. Still another step includes inserting a cable through the passageway such that the cable engages an interior surface of the adjacent rotor blade and extends from within the adjacent rotor blade to the lowered rotor blade. The method further includes securing the cable to the rotor blade at an attachment location. Next, the method includes lowering the rotor blade a vertical distance from the hub until the blade is supported by the cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ulrich Werner Neumann, Gaylon Mitchell Pfeiffer, Kevin Costain, Stephanie Willman
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Patent number: 9890023Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a winch may include first and second end frames, a drum coupled between the first and second end frames and configured to rotate to wind or unwind a cable, a brake configured to resist rotation of the drum when engaged, a switch configured to cause the brake to engage the drum when the switch is activated, a slack arm frame having a first end engaged with the cable and a second end pivotally coupled between the first and second end frames, where the slack arm frame is configured to pivot between a first position when the cable is taut and a second position when the cable is slack, and a cam coupled to the slack arm frame and configured to rotate with the slack arm frame to activate the switch when the slack arm frame is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand CompanyInventors: Paul M. Codd, Anthony A. Jones
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Patent number: 9890024Abstract: A leveling assembly for a lift device includes a carrier arm, an axle, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The carrier arm includes a base that defines a first interface configured to pivotally couple the carrier arm to a chassis of the lift device to facilitate a pitch adjustment of the leveling assembly, a projection that defines a second interface, and a transition that extends angularly between the base and the projection such that the projection is elevated relative to the base. The axle defines a third interface positioned to engage with the second interface to pivotally couple the axle to the carrier arm to facilitate a roll adjustment of the leveling assembly. The first actuator is pivotally coupled to a first lateral end of the axle. The second actuator is pivotally coupled to an opposing second lateral end of the axle.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: JiHong Hao, Ignacy Puszkiewicz
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Patent number: 9890025Abstract: A mobile drive unit for an inventory system includes a base suspended from a frame by a pivot assembly, such as a first link and a second link. The base supports a platform configured to engage an inventory holder of the inventory system. Movement of the base causes the platform to tip, such as away from a direction of a reaction force acting on the base due to acceleration or deceleration of the mobile drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Peter Thomas Colantonio
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Patent number: 9890026Abstract: A portable hydration and bottle filling station includes a cart having a frame, a plurality of wheels and a shelf on which a liquid storage tank is positioned. A pump unit is connected to the tank and supplies fluid to a plurality of manifolds located along the top end of the cart. At least one of the manifolds includes a plurality of spigots, each having a valve and an elongated spout. A plurality of water bottles are provided, each having a one way valve for engaging the elongated spout. Another of the manifolds includes a plurality of drinking lines having a valve and nozzle along a distal end.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: EMBO, LLCInventor: Gary Bohamed
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Patent number: 9890027Abstract: An object is to allow the users to easily recognize where to put the beverage container for a corresponding nozzle even when multiple nozzles for dispensing beverages are present. Upon reception of a selection operation to select one beverage from options for multiple kinds of beverages displayed on a touch panel, a control section identifies the beverage supply port for dispensing the beverage selected by the selection operation among multiple beverage supply ports and controls the touch panel to indicate a container holder corresponding to the beverage supply port for dispensing the beverage.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Fukushima, Taiki Terada, Atsushi Makino
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Patent number: 9890028Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus and system for controlling the delivery of liquid additives is disclosed. In one aspect, liquid additives are delivered to a beverage preparation system through a multiple inlet pump for preparing a finished beverage. In another aspect, additives from liquid additive containers are delivered to a beverage preparation system through a multiple inlet and pumping section pump for preparing a finished beverage. Other additives are communicated through the beverage dispensing system for maintaining and cleaning the system and the multiple inlet pump for ensuring the hygienical integrity of the system throughout its use.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Kevin M. Chase
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Patent number: 9890029Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a fresh food compartment and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet and including an interior surface in communication with the fresh food compartment when the door is closed. A liquid dispenser is arranged on the interior surface of the door, and a container is supported on the door and configured to receive liquid from the liquid dispenser. A sensor is configured to sense a property of the container, and a control is in communication with the sensor. The control is configured to regulate dispensing of liquid into the container based upon the sensed property of the container. The sensor utilizes a magnetic sensing element located adjacent to the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Cornel Comsa, Zhuochen Shi
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Patent number: 9890030Abstract: A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: fairlife, LLCInventors: Timothy Peter Doelman, Vincent A. Baxter
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Patent number: 9890031Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing an alcoholic beverage from a barrel without the risk of spoilage from oxidation and a method for installing the apparatus in a barrel.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Inventor: Lowell Jooste
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Patent number: 9890032Abstract: The present invention provides a lockable fuel pump dispenser comprising a fuel outflow nozzle, locking means a transferring unit and a converter unit. The converter unit transferring a mechanical motion rendering a locking unit that is having locking means on the fuel outflow nozzle to fixate the fuel outflow nozzle securely inside a fuel tank of a vehicle. The converter unit comprises a battery, a solenoid or an electrical motor, a computer and a transmitter/receiver unit. The converter unit being able to wirelessly communicate with a unit operated from inside the station. The battery is being charged when the fuel pump handle is placed in the pump station.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: NGC INNOVATION ABInventor: Nils Gunnar Carlsson
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Patent number: 9890033Abstract: A silicon-on-sapphire chip with minimal thermal strain preload is provided. The chip includes a sapphire substrate having a first-sapphire surface and an opposing second-sapphire surface; and a silicon layer overlaying the first-sapphire surface. The silicon layer is formed by: creating a plurality of buried cavities in a plane within tens of microns from a first-silicon surface of a silicon wafer; laser fusing the first-silicon surface to the first-sapphire surface at room temperature to attach the silicon wafer to a sapphire wafer; and cleaving the silicon wafer along the plane including the plurality of buried cavities. A silicon-wafer layer is formed from the silicon material between the first-silicon surface and the plane of the plurality of buried cavities. The silicon-wafer layer and the sapphire wafer form a silicon-on-sapphire wafer. The silicon-on-sapphire chip is formed by dicing the silicon-on-sapphire wafer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Gregory C. Brown
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Patent number: 9890034Abstract: A semiconductor sensor device is assembled using a lead frame having a flag surrounded by lead fingers. A pressure sensor die is mounted on the flag and electrically connected to the leads. Prior to encapsulation, a pre-formed block of gel material is placed over the sensor region on the die. Encapsulation is performed and mold compound covers the pressure sensor die and the bond wires. Mold compound covering the gel block may be removed. Additionally, a trench may be formed around an upper portion of the gel block so that the lateral sides of the gel block are at least partially exposed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Zhigang Bai, Zhijie Wang, Jinzhong Yao
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Patent number: 9890035Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a micromechanical component including a substrate and including a cap, which is connected to the substrate and, together with the substrate, encloses a first cavity, a first pressure prevailing and a first gas mixture having a first chemical composition being enclosed in the first cavity. A first crystalline layer or a first amorphous layer or a first nanocrystalline layer or a first polycrystalline layer is deposited on or grown on a surface of the substrate or of the cap. A recess is introduced into the substrate or into the cap for accommodating the first crystalline layer or the first amorphous layer or the first nanocrystalline layer or the first polycrystalline layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Achim Breitling, Frank Reichenbach, Jochen Reinmuth, Julia Amthor
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Patent number: 9890036Abstract: In described examples, a hermetic package of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure includes a substrate having a surface with a MEMS structure of a first height. The substrate is hermetically sealed to a cap forming a cavity over the MEMS structure. The cap is attached to the substrate surface by a vertical stack of metal layers adhering to the substrate surface and to the cap. The stack has a continuous outline surrounding the MEMS structure while spaced from the MEMS structure by a distance. The stack has: a first bottom metal seed film adhering to the substrate and a second bottom metal seed film adhering to the first bottom metal seed film; and a first top metal seed film adhering to the cap and a second top metal seed film adhering to the first top metal seed film.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: John Charles Ehmke, Virgil Cotoco Ararao
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Patent number: 9890037Abstract: For a small sensor produced through a MEMS process, when an electrode pad, wiring, or a shield layer is formed in a final step, it is difficult to nondestructively investigate whether a structure for sensing a physical quantity has been processed satisfactorily. In the present invention, in a physical quantity sensor formed from an MEMS structure, in a structure in which a surface electrode having through wiring is formed on the surface of an electrode substrate and the periphery thereof is insulated, forming a shield layer comprising a metallic material on the surface of the electrode substrate in a planar view and providing a space for internal observation inside the shield layer makes it possible to check for internal defects.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Kanamaru, Masahide Hayashi, Masashi Yura, Heewon Jeong
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Patent number: 9890038Abstract: A monolithically integrated multi-sensor (MIMS) is disclosed. A MIMs integrated circuit comprises a plurality of sensors. For example, the integrated circuit can comprise three or more sensors where each sensor measures a different parameter. The three or more sensors can share one or more layers to form each sensor structure. In one embodiment, the three or more sensors can comprise MEMs sensor structures. Examples of the sensors that can be formed on a MIMs integrated circuit are an inertial sensor, a pressure sensor, a tactile sensor, a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a microphone, a force sensor, a load sensor, a magnetic sensor, a flow sensor, a light sensor, an electric field sensor, an electrical impedance sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a chemical sensor, a gas sensor, a liquid sensor, a solids sensor, and a biological sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Versana Micro Inc.Inventor: Bishnu Prasanna Gogoi
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Patent number: 9890039Abstract: A method of forming at least one Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a beam structure and an electrode on an insulator layer, remote from the beam structure. The method further includes forming at least one sacrificial layer over the beam structure, and remote from the electrode. The method further includes forming a lid structure over the at least one sacrificial layer and the electrode. The method further includes providing simultaneously a vent hole through the lid structure to expose the sacrificial layer and to form a partial via over the electrode. The method further includes venting the sacrificial layer to form a cavity. The method further includes sealing the vent hole with material. The method further includes forming a final via in the lid structure to the electrode, through the partial via.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Russell T. Herrin, Jeffrey C. Maling, Anthony K. Stamper
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Patent number: 9890040Abstract: An apparatus includes a lens material forming a lens. The apparatus also includes a piezoelectric capacitor over the lens material, where the piezoelectric capacitor is configured to change a shape of the lens material in response to a voltage across the piezoelectric capacitor to thereby change a focus of the lens. The apparatus further includes at least one stress compensation ring over a portion of the lens material and over at least a portion of the piezoelectric capacitor. The at least one stress compensation ring is configured to at least partially reduce bending of the lens material caused by stress on or in the lens material.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: YungShan Chang, Ricky A. Jackson, Jeff W. Ritchison, Neng Jiang
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Patent number: 9890041Abstract: Process for the production of synthesis gas from hydrocarbon feed containing higher hydrocarbons comprising bypassing a portion of the hydrocarbon feed around a first pre-reforming stage and passing the pre-reformed and bypassed portions through at least a second pre-reforming stage.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: Thomas Sandahl Christensen, Pia Elholm
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Patent number: 9890042Abstract: A system for containing an emission of sulfur trioxide, the system comprising a first pressurized vessel, the first pressurized vessel containing sulfur trioxide, a relief vessel containing a volume of a solvent solution, wherein the solvent solution comprises sulfolane, and a first relief conduit providing a first route of fluid communication between the first pressurized vessel and the relief vessel. A method for containing an emission of sulfur trioxide, the method comprising routing a first relief conduit so as to provide a first route of fluid communication between a first pressurized vessel and a relief vessel, wherein the first pressurized vessel contains sulfur trioxide, wherein the relief vessel contains a volume of a solvent solution, and wherein the solvent solution comprises sulfolane.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LPInventor: Daniel M. Hasenberg
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Patent number: 9890043Abstract: The present teachings provide, in part, methods of separating two-dimensional nanomaterials by atomic layer thickness. In certain embodiments, the present teachings provide methods of generating boron nitride nanomaterials having a controlled number of atomic layer(s).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Mark C. Hersam, Alexander A. Green, Jian Zhu
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Patent number: 9890044Abstract: An argon gas recovering and purifying method including: introducing waste argon gas containing nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon monoxide from silicon single crystal manufacturing apparatus into waste argon gas storage tank; removing solid matters in pretreatment facility which removes the solid matters in waste argon gas; converting oxygen into water and converting carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide by catalytic reaction; removing the water, the carbon dioxide, and the nitrogen to obtain recovered gas, in the argon gas recovering and purifying method and an argon gas recovering and purifying apparatus, the catalytic reaction is carried out with compression heat alone by arranging a catalyst in a two-stage compressor, and the water is removed by a dryer in advance and then the nitrogen and the carbon dioxide are adsorbed and removed in an ordinary-temperature adsorption tower at the step of obtaining the recovered gas.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Matsushima, Ichiro Onozawa, Wataru Yajima
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Patent number: 9890045Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the simultaneous production of carbon nanotubes and product gas comprising hydrogen and lighter hydrocarbons, from a liquid hydrocarbon comprising feeding a liquid hydrocarbon in a reactor; and converting the liquid hydrocarbon with a catalyst for simultaneous production of the carbon nanotubes, hydrogen and lighter hydrocarbons, wherein the liquid hydrocarbon comprises petroleum crude oil, its products, or mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Naduhatty Selai Raman, Palvannan Mohanasundaram, Narayanam Seshubabu, Jayaraj Christopher, Brijesh Kumar, Anurag Ateet Gupta, Biswapriya Das, Ravinder Kumar Malhotra
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Patent number: 9890046Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to the large scale production of functionalized graphene. In some embodiments, a method for producing functionalized graphene includes combining a crystalline graphite with a first electrolyte solution that includes at least one of a metal hydroxide salt, an oxidizer, and a surfactant. The crystalline graphite is then milled in the presence of the first electrolyte solution for a first time period to produce a thinned intermediate material. The thinned intermediate material is combined with a second electrolyte solution that includes a strong oxidizer and at least one of a metal hydroxide salt, a weak oxidizer, and a surfactant. The thinned intermediate material is then milled in the presence of the second electrolyte solution for a second time period to produce functionalized graphene.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Group NanoXplore Inc.Inventors: Marie Bozalina, Philippe Perret, Soroush Nazarpour
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Patent number: 9890047Abstract: A process comprising: A) contacting one or more of sources of silicon oxide, selected from water soluble.silica sources arid alkali metal silicates, with an aqueous reaction medium, comprising one or more nonionic surfactants and thereby forming mesoporous structures comprising crosslinked silicon oxide units, wherein said crosslinked silicon oxide units have pores of about 1 to about 100 nanometers and wherein the aqueous reaction medium exhibits a pH of about 0 to about 4.0; B) exposing the aqueous reaction medium containing the mesoporous structures to elevated temperatures for a time sufficient to achieve the desired structure and pore size. Preferred water soluble silica sources comprise silicic acid, or polysilicic acids, The aqueous reaction, medium is prepared by combining one or more nonionic surfactants and water, theteby forming an aqueous, reaction medium, comprising micelles. Preferably, the aqueous reaction medium further comprises, a.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Beata A Kilos, Cathy L Tway, Scott T Matteucci, Christopher J Tucker, Anne M Kelly-Rowley
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Patent number: 9890048Abstract: The disclosure provides a water-solvated glass/amorphous solid that is an ionic conductor-an electronic insulator, and a dielectric as well as electrochemical devices and processes that use this material, such as batteries, including rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, electrolysis cells, and electronic devices. The electrochemical devices and products use a combination of ionic and electronic conduction as well as internal electric dipoles.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO, LNEG-LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENEGIA E GEOLOGIAInventors: John B. Goodenough, Maria Helena Sousa Soares De Oliveira Braga, Jose Jorge Do Amaral Ferreira, Preetam Singh
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Patent number: 9890049Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-106, its synthesis in the presence of a structure directing agent comprising 2,3-bis(N-methylpyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane dication, and its use as an adsorbent and a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: Saleh Ali Elomari
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Patent number: 9890050Abstract: A molecular sieve material, EMM-17, has in its as-calcined form an X-ray diffraction pattern including the following peaks in Table 11: TABLE 11 Relative Intensity d-spacing (?) [100 × I/I(?)] % 17.4-16.4 1-10 12.6-12.1 1-20 11.8-11.4 60-100 11.2-10.8 5-30 10.7-10.3 30-80? 8.62-8.38 10-40? 6.09-5.96 1-20 5.71-5.61 1-20 4.23-4.17 1-20 4.09-4.03 1-10 3.952-3.901 10-40? 3.857-3.809 5-30 3.751-3.705 1-20 3.727-3.682 1-20 3.689-3.644 1-10 3.547-3.506 ?1-20.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Simon C. Weston, Karl G. Strohmaier, Hilda B. Vroman
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Patent number: 9890051Abstract: A zeolite having the framework structure of SSZ-31 is synthesized using 1-cyclohexylmethyl-1-ethylpiperidinium cations as a structure directing agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: Dan Xie
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Patent number: 9890052Abstract: A process is disclosed for recovering cyanide used to leach gold or silver from ore. In the course of leaching gold or silver from ore, a barren solution is generated. A portion of the barren solution containing sodium cyanide is recycled to the cyanidation process while blowdown from the barren solution is subjected to pre-treatment, UV photodissociation and pH adjustment. Ultimately, a volatile hydrocyanic acid is formed and is absorbed into a sodium hydroxide solution through the employment of a gas-filled membrane. This forms sodium cyanide that can be recycled and used in the cyanidation process to leach gold or silver from ore.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies SupportInventors: Kashi Banerjee, Herve Buisson
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Patent number: 9890053Abstract: There are provided methods for preparing lithium carbonate. For example, such methods can comprise reacting an aqueous composition comprising lithium hydroxide with CO2 by sparging the CO2 the said composition, thereby obtaining a precipitate comprising the lithium carbonate. The methods can also comprise inserting at least a portion of the precipitate into a clarifier and obtaining a supernatant comprising lithium bicarbonate and a solid comprising the lithium carbonate, separating the solid from the supernatant; and heating the supernatant at a desired temperature so as to at least partially convert the lithium bicarbonate into lithium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.Inventors: Guy Bourassa, Gary Pearse, Stephen Charles Mackie, Mykolas Gladkovas
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Patent number: 9890054Abstract: The present disclosure provides stable magnesium hydroxide slurry compositions and methods for producing stable magnesium hydroxide slurry compositions. The stable magnesium hydroxide slurries of the disclosure comprise magnesium hydroxide at about 50 to about 70% solids by weight in the slurry, a viscosity of less than about 1000 centipoise, and a 7-day pour test of 90% or greater.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, LLCInventors: Aileen Gibson, Lemuel Granada, Jr., Mark Wajer
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Patent number: 9890055Abstract: A method of producing (high-purity) hematite for ironmaking includes adding an oxidant and sulfuric acid to nickel oxide ore and then leaching nickel. The method further includes forming a neutralized residue having a sulfur grade exceeding 1.0% by weight by adding a neutralizing agent to leach slurry and being subjected to solid-liquid separation. The neutralizing agent functions to form plaster by reaction with a free sulfuric acid of surplus acid contained in the leach slurry. The leach slurry is a mixture of a leachate and a leach residue obtained after leaching the nickel. The method then includes heating the neutralized residue at a heating temperature of 600° C. or more and 1400° C. or less to form hematite having a sulfur grade of 1.0% or less by weight.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Sasaki, Yasumasa Kan, Hiroyuki Mitsui
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Patent number: 9890056Abstract: The present invention provides a transportable system is provided for locally providing hundreds of liters of water to a household, the system including a trailer carrier, adapted to be connected to a private car or vehicle, a water container in fluid connection with a filling apparatus and with a delivery apparatus, the filling apparatus comprising a filling conduit and a filing pump, a water filter apparatus, the delivery apparatus including a delivery conduit and a delivery pump, a portable electricity generator and an inverter, wherein the trailer carrier is adapted to carry the water container and water therein, the filling apparatus, the water filter apparatus, the delivery apparatus, the portable electricity generator and the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Mikhol Sahar Ltd.Inventors: Moshe Havi, Shalom Shay Hawai
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Patent number: 9890057Abstract: A method and system for on-site aerial dissemination of oxidatively converted particles with substantial atmospheric disposal of the water component of all regulated and defined leachates and regulated and defined wastewaters. These leachates and wastewaters (defined as water containing 2 or more detectable regulated, defined and known contaminants) may include collecting the leachate or wastewater, having multiple contaminating suspended and perhaps precipitated solids therein, and aerially disseminating and disposing of said leachate or wastewater on the site of its generation. The defined leachate or wastewater is directed to an “Integrated Mobile Aerosolization System (IMAS)” having a turbine and being fully integrated and mobile. Thereafter, the mixture is directed from the IMAS and the contaminants aerially disseminated and disposed of over a defined and designated area on the site where the defined leachate or wastewater is created.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Inventor: Kelly K. Houston
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Patent number: 9890058Abstract: A method and apparatus of minimizing the loss of liquid in a dissolved air flotation desludging process, is disclosed. The method and apparatus creates an ambient airflow over the top of the dissolved air flotation tank directed towards a weir at one end of the dissolved air flotation tank whereby sludge floating on top of the liquid is accelerated over the weir at a higher rate than the liquid, thereby conserving the amount of liquid lost over the weir.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Inventor: Charles H. Peckham, Jr.
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Patent number: 9890059Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 9890060Abstract: A process for treating water containing dissolved organic compounds, including naphthenic acids, for example, oil sands process water, using petroleum coke is provided, comprising: removing petroleum coke from a coking operation; forming a petroleum coke/water slurry by adding the water containing dissolved organic compounds to the petroleum coke; adding a pH-lowering agent to the petroleum coke/water slurry either during slurry formation or after slurry formation to form a treated petroleum coke/water slurry; and allowing the treated petroleum coke/water slurry to mix for a sufficient time in a carbon adsorption reactor to allow the petroleum coke to adsorb a substantial portion of the dissolved organic compounds from the water.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SYNCRUD CANADA LTD.Inventors: Warren Zubot, Gail Buchanan
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Patent number: 9890061Abstract: Methods for removing a target anion entity, such as a phosphate ion, from fluids by treating the fluid with a substrate containing an immobilized rare earth, the substrate being either a first loaded substrate including a first immobilized cationic rare earth, the first loaded substrate being formed by precipitating a rare earth in a clay such that the rare earth is fixed inside a porous structure of the clay and/or fixed on the surface of the clay; or a second loaded substrate comprising a second immobilized cationic rare earth that is bonded to the second loaded substrate via a chelating ligand.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: CHEMTREAT, INC.Inventors: John Richardson, Vladimir Djukanovic, William Henderson
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Patent number: 9890062Abstract: An electrolytic enrichment method for heavy water includes enriching heavy water by electrolysis using an alkaline water electrolysis cell including an anode chamber that holds an anode, a cathode chamber that holds a cathode, and a diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: INDUSTRIE DE NORA S.P.A.Inventors: Akiyoshi Manabe, Yoshinori Nishiki, Akira Kunimatsu