Patents Issued in July 17, 2018
  • Patent number: 10022653
    Abstract: A water catchment and lawn edging system includes a cap, a channeled drain fixture, and at least one base clip. The base clip, which connects the system to the ground surface, is connected to a bottom end of the channeled drain fixture. Depending upon the length or the profile of the channeled drain fixture, the system can utilize a single base clip or a plurality of base clips to properly support the system. The cap is continuously connected along the channeled drain fixture from a top end of the channeled drain fixture. The cap may include a plurality of drain openings to provide additional drainage for the system. Collectively, the cap, the channeled drain fixture, and the base clip function as a water catchment and lawn edging system so that surface and ground water can be drained and filtered away from a collecting area and discharged into an outfall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Christofer Jay Kachman
  • Patent number: 10022654
    Abstract: A method of distributing gas and liquid through an underdrain system includes: a) positioning an underdrain system on a filter floor, the underdrain system comprising at least one underdrain block and filter media positioned on top of the underdrain block; b) distributing gas sufficiently evenly through the underdrain system at a rate of less than 2 scfm/ft2 by distributing a liquid at a rate of less than 2 gpm/ft2 concurrently with the gas; c) increasing the distribution rate of the liquid, or increasing the distribution rate of the liquid and the distribution rate of the gas; d) stopping the distribution of gas; e) further increasing the distribution rate of the liquid; and f) decreasing the distribution rate of the liquid. A method of distributing gas and liquid during an upflow filtration mode is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS ZELIENOPLE LLC
    Inventors: Dean T. Berkebile, Brian J. Bates, Robert J. Green
  • Patent number: 10022655
    Abstract: A filter cartridge having an endplate formed of polyurethane having a varying hardness is described. A first portion of the endplate is harder than a second portion of the endplate. The first portion of the endplate helps support the filter media of the filter element and maintain the shape of the filter element. The second, softer portion creates a seal between the filter element and a filter housing when the filter element is installed in the filter housing. The first portion and separate portions may be formed from different types of polyurethane or from the same type of polyurethane having a varying composition as a function of the radial distance of the endplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION SARL
    Inventors: Emmanuel Page, Jean-Yves Picard
  • Patent number: 10022656
    Abstract: A filter pad for use in a dewatering container is presented. The filter pad is configured to fit within the interior cavity and substantially line the interior surfaces. Material, which is usually liquids and slurries, is added to the container with the filter in place and gravity is used to filter the sediment, while the water is released through a release nozzle. The solids are retained in the filter pad for later disposal. The filter pad has a portion that can be selectively opened and is configured for placement substantially adjacent the door to permit selective egress of contents of the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Day Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Day
  • Patent number: 10022657
    Abstract: Filter media, including those suitable for hydraulic applications, and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. The filter media described herein may include two or more layers, at least one of the layers having a relatively high percentage of microglass fibers. Additionally, the filter media may be designed such that the ratio of average fiber diameters between two layers is relatively small, which can lead to a relatively low resistance ratio between the layers. The filter media has desirable properties including high dirt holding capacity with low basis weight and a low resistance to fluid flow. The media may be incorporated into a variety of filter element products including hydraulic filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
    Inventors: Milind Godsay, Randall Keisler
  • Patent number: 10022658
    Abstract: A water filter system includes a removable filter unit having a body portion including a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is adapted to be inserted into a filter head assembly. A laterally extending key member is disposed on the body portion and adapted to engage a key slot in the filter head assembly. An engagement protrusion extends from the proximal end. The engagement protrusion includes a first portion that has a first radius of curvature and a second portion opposing the first portion that includes a second radius of curvature that is larger than the first radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kruckenberg, John W. Morrison, Jeffrey A. Spindler
  • Patent number: 10022659
    Abstract: A device for isolating periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells includes a metal filter having depressions that can capture periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells that are in a body fluid, and pores that are formed at the depressions and that can pass therethrough body fluid cells other than periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: AICHI PREFECTURE, OPTNICS PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hayao Nakanishi, Seiji Ito, Seichin Kinuta, Yoshiyuki Ichinosawa, Akiko Yusa, Hiroyuki Honda, Mina Okochi
  • Patent number: 10022660
    Abstract: A filter system for filtering intake air of a gas turbine is presented. The filter system includes a first filter arrangement. The filter system further includes a second filter arrangement located downstream from the first filter arrangement and having a collection efficiency higher than a collection efficiency the first filter arrangement. Furthermore, the filter system includes a guard filter arrangement located between the first filter arrangement and the second filter arrangement, where a collection efficiency of the guard filter arrangement is lower than the collection efficiency of the first filter arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Srl
    Inventors: Marco Santini, Giorgio Marchetti
  • Patent number: 10022662
    Abstract: The disclosed technology regards a wet dust extractor system with a water/solids separator for filtering slurry from the extractor into residue cakes and filtrate water, and related methods of removing dust from an industrial environment and dewatering resulting sludge. The wet dust extractor system has an air inlet, an impeller fan, and an extraction panel. Water is injected at the inlet of the fan impeller, where it is spun with the incoming dust laden air; the resulting slurry then passes to the extraction panel, which removes the slurry from the system by means of a discharge sump. The slurry then is pumped or otherwise delivered to the separator for filtering slurry into residue cakes and filtrate water. The separator includes a frame supporting a plurality of rollers supporting a filter media belt, a plurality of blades and wipers for cleaning the rollers and removing excess filtrate water and cake material, and an inlet water manifold to distribute slurry water uniformly on the filter media belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy Wayne Warden
  • Patent number: 10022663
    Abstract: An air separation system includes an air separation module configured to receive feed air and separate the feed air into nitrogen-enriched air and oxygen-enriched air, a nitrogen-enriched air line for transporting the nitrogen-enriched air from the air separation module to a fuel tank for inerting, an oxygen sensing line connected to the nitrogen-enriched air line, a gas adsorption filter located in the oxygen sensing line, and an oxygen sensor downstream of the gas adsorption filter in the oxygen sensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Catherine Thibaud
  • Patent number: 10022664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a canister for a vehicle having an auxiliary canister, which includes: a main canister that has an inlet and an outlet formed therein, an evaporation gas being introduced into the main canister through the inlet from a fuel tank and the evaporation gas introduced through the inlet being discharged through the outlet to the intake side of an engine when the engine is driven, and has a trapping member therein; and an auxiliary canister that is installed to communicate with the main canister to allow external air to be introduced into the main canister or to allow the evaporation gas to flow when the engine is turned off, and has a second trapping member therein, wherein the auxiliary canister includes the second trapping member therein, which has a plurality of pores in the form of a honeycomb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: LEEHAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Young Park, Cheong Yong Cho
  • Patent number: 10022665
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide an acidic gas recovery apparatus or method capable of efficiently reducing emission of amine to the environment. In the embodiment, an acidic gas recovery apparatus 10A comprises: an acidic gas-absorber 11a; a regeneration tower 12; a gas-cleaner 11b; a cleaning liquid drawing-out line L23; an absorbing liquid drawing-out line L21; and an acidic component-remover 13A. The cleaning water 27c from the cleaning liquid drawing-out line L23 and a purified lean solution 23C from the absorbing liquid drawing-out line L21 are supplied to the acidic component-remover 13A. The acidic component-remover 13A comprises a cathode 53, an anode 54, an absorbing liquid-purification compartment 57 for removing acidic components from the objective lean solution 23B, and cleaning liquid compartments 58-1 and 58-2. The cleaning water 27 is supplied to the cleaning liquid compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Masatoshi Hodotsuka, Tetsuya Kaseda
  • Patent number: 10022666
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method having dynamically reconfigurable air flow paths for supporting polishing and non-polishing operations. The invention includes a first baghouse section and a second baghouse section coupled to the first baghouse section via conduit. A set of valves is disposed along the conduit to direct air flow through the baghouse apparatus. A controller configures the baghouse apparatus by actuating at least one valve in the set of valves. The controller automatically configures the baghouse apparatus in either a polishing operation or a non-polishing operation based on a predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GCC of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Douglas Roark, Gina Nance
  • Patent number: 10022667
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes a first oxidation catalyst, a second oxidation catalyst, and a turbocharger. The first oxidation catalyst is upstream of the turbocharger and includes a first oxidation catalyst formulation. The second oxidation catalyst is downstream of the turbocharger and includes a second oxidation catalyst formulation different than the first oxidation catalyst formulation. The second oxidation catalyst formulation is configured to promote conversion of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhui Zha, John K Heichelbech, Michael J. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 10022668
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-regenerative integrated device for the synergetic oxidation of low-concentration gas and ventilation gas in a coal mine. The integrated device comprises a metal shell (5). A honeycomb ceramic oxidation bed (13) is arranged within the metal shell (5) and divided into a regenerative section (40) and an oxidation section (41) by a heat exchange chamber (14). A first cavity between the regenerative section (40) and the inner wall of the metal shell (5) is divided into a first inlet chamber (6) and an exhaust chamber (8) by an inlet partition plate (7), a second cavity between the oxidation section (41) and the inner wall of the metal shell (5) is divided into a second inlet chamber (22) and a mixing chamber (20) by a partition plate (21) for averaging gas, and a plurality of gas nozzles (28) are provided on the partition plate (21) for averaging gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Baiquan Lin, Qingzhao Li
  • Patent number: 10022669
    Abstract: A process for removing N2O and NOx from offgases by catalytic decomposition of N2O by means of iron-containing zeolite catalysts and catalytic reduction of the NOx by means of reducing agents, the deNOx stage connected downstream of the deN2O stage being operated at inlet temperatures of T<=400° C., and the inlet gas for the deN2O stage comprising water and having a selected N2O/NOx ratio, and the operating parameters of temperature, pressure and space velocity of the deN2O stage being selected so as to result in an N2O degradation of 80 to 98%. Under these conditions, a degree of NOx oxidation of 30-70% is established at the outlet of the deN2O stage, which is defined as the ratio of the molar amounts of NO2 to the total molar amount of NOx. The result of this is that the downstream deNOx stage can be operated under optimal conditions. Also provided is an apparatus for carrying out the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
    Inventors: Meinhard Schwefer, Michael Groves, Christian Perbandt, Rolf Siefert
  • Patent number: 10022670
    Abstract: A vehicle air supply system, in particular in automotive vehicles. The essence of the air supply system according to the vehicle air supply system is that inside the system there is a photocatalyst between at least one air intake (1,2) and at least one supply port (5). The photocatalyst may be deposited on inner surfaces of at least one element selected from the group including vehicle's ventilation/air conditioning system (3), inlet ducts (4), supply ports (5), dampers (7) and filters (9). Preferably, the photocatalyst is given in the form of a bypass (6) or an insert (10) or an adapter (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DR. SCHNEIDER AUTOMOTIVE POLSKA SPÓLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZI-ALNOŚCIA
    Inventors: Daniel Michniewicz, Aleksandra Dudycz, Maciej Zawiślak, Jacek Lis, Aleksander Górniak, Anna Janicka
  • Patent number: 10022671
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes: a wall-flow-structured base material having input-side cells, output-side cells, and a porous partition wall; and a catalyst layer formed inside the partition wall contacting the input-side cells or the output-side cells. The catalyst layer is formed in a region extending from the surface of the partition wall and covering at least 90% of the thickness of the partition wall, and is held by the surfaces of the inside pores of the partition wall in the region. Further, the average filling ratios A, B, and C of the catalyst layer held by pores in respective pore size ranges satisfy a specific relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekine, Suguru Matsui
  • Patent number: 10022672
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a catalyst system for the reduction of the harmful exhaust-gas constituents hydrocarbons (THC), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and the environmentally detrimental secondary emissions ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) of combustion engines operated using gasoline and to a corresponding method for exhaust-gas purification. The system is characterized by a particular arrangement of catalysts and is used in the case of engines which are operated with predominantly, on average, stoichiometric air/fuel mixtures. Here, a three-way catalyst produced in accordance with the current prior art is preferably installed in a close-coupled position. In the underfloor position, there is situated an SCR catalyst produced in accordance with the current prior art, followed by a further three-way catalyst produced in accordance with the current prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Schoenhaber, Marcus Schmidt, Frank Adam
  • Patent number: 10022673
    Abstract: The present application discloses novel systems for conducting the filtration of blood using manifolds. The manifolds integrate various sensors and have fluid pathways formed therein to direct fluids from various sources through the requisite blood filtration or ultrafiltration system steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Neil Fulkerson, Russell T. Joseph
  • Patent number: 10022674
    Abstract: A filter device including a stationary head piece and a movable end piece and a pack of adjacent elements including a recess plate, wherein the pack is arranged between the stationary head piece and the movable end piece, wherein the recess plate includes a base element including a recess forming a filter chamber between the adjacent elements, wherein the filter device includes a filter membrane between the adjacent elements, wherein the filter membrane retains a solid content of a suspension as a filter cake and allows a remaining liquid fraction of the suspension to pass as a filtrate, wherein the recess plate includes a fluid pipe discharging the filtrate, which fluid pipe runs along a narrow edge of the base element, wherein the recess plate includes a fluid duct that connects the fluid pipe to the filter chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventor: Bernd Boehnke
  • Patent number: 10022675
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite for acid gas separation by roll-to-roll process, including: a preparation step for preparing a coating liquid, containing a hydrophilic compound, an acid gas carrier and water, for formation of an acid gas separation facilitated transport membrane; a coating step for coating onto the support the coating liquid for formation at a liquid membrane thickness of 0.3 mm to 3.0 mm; a winding step for drying the coated liquid membrane in a drying oven to form the acid gas separation facilitated transport membrane, and winding around a winding roll the composite formed through formation of the acid gas separation facilitated transport membrane on the support, wherein humidity in a winding step unit in which the winding step is performed is measured to control the humidity to be 10% to 60%, and the winding step is performed under the controlled humidity conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 10022676
    Abstract: The invention provides a membrane comprising tubes extending through a polymer, wherein substantially all of the tubes are parallel with each other. Also provided is a method for producing a membrane, the method comprising: placing tubes on a substrate, subjecting the tubes to a magnetic field for a time and at a magnetic field strength to cause the tubes to align parallel with each other while simultaneously causing depending ends of the tubes to embed within the substrate; applying polymer to the tubes and substrate in an amount to affix the tubes relative to each other and relative to the substrate, and applying an etchant that cleaves a specific type of the bonds within the polymer to unblock the upstream ends of the nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Xing Chen, Patricia Ignacio-De Leon, Emily Jane Rabe, Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Richard W. Brotzman
  • Patent number: 10022677
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for separating components of a gas mixture using gas-separation copolymer membranes. These membranes use a selective layer made from copolymers of perfluorodioxolane monomers. The resulting membranes have superior selectivity performance for gas pairs of interest while maintaining fast gas permeance compared to membranes prepared using conventional perfluoropolymers, such as Teflon® AF, Hyflon® AD, and Cytop®.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenjie He, Timothy C. Merkel, Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Yasuhiro Koike
  • Patent number: 10022678
    Abstract: The technology encompassed by the current disclosure generally relates to membrane composites that can be used in acoustic venting assemblies. In one embodiment of the technology disclosed herein, a venting media composite has a microporous membrane layer and a coating on the microporous membrane layer to form a composite. The basis weight of the composite is at least about 0.5% higher than a basis weight of the microporous membrane layer without the coating. In some embodiments the composite has a decreased insertion loss than its membrane-only counterpart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob Sanders
  • Patent number: 10022679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymer compositions and their manufacture. Specifically, the invention relates to multiblock polymers and copolymers, their fabrication, modification and/or functionalization and use as membranes or films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: University of Notre Dame du Lac, Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: William A. Phillip, Bryan W. Boudouris
  • Patent number: 10022680
    Abstract: Selectively amino- or phosphino-functionalized block copolymers, and their preparation, for use as anion exchange membrane materials. The selectively functionalized block copolymers have at least two end blocks A each of which are substantially free of amino- or phosphino-functional groups, and have at least one interior block D which comprises on average at least one amino- or phosphino-functionalized polymer unit of formula (I) wherein Z is nitrogen or phosphorous; R1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or is tertiary alkyl; R each independently, is hydrogen or is alkyl optionally substituted by a moiety -(A1-NRa)xRb; or two R groups, together with the Z to which they are bonded, form an optionally substituted ring; x is 1, 2 or 3; A1 is straight chain alkylene optionally substituted by one or more methyl and/or ethyl groups; and Ra and Rb, each independently, is hydrogen or alkyl; or a corresponding onium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Carl Lesley Willis, Irwan Hidajat, Mike Heniff
  • Patent number: 10022681
    Abstract: A system and method of injecting a gas enriched and/or emulsified first liquid into a second liquid is disclosed. The injection can cause generation of a high density of bubbles having a mean diameter of a selected size. The mean diameter of the bubbles can be selected and varied based on the characteristics of the injection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: James Richard Spears MD PLLC, Eco Too, LLC
    Inventors: James Richard Spears, James W. Ridgway
  • Patent number: 10022682
    Abstract: To generate homogenized super-micro bubbles of nano-scale in a simple structure and at a low cost, a super-micro bubble generator has a cylindrical casing provided with an opening for the introduction of a liquid at one end and an outlet for delivery of the liquid at the other end, and the cylindrical casing includes: a flow speed increasing part for increasing the flow speed of the liquid introduced from the introduction opening; a gas suction part for drawing gas from the outside into the casing, wherein the pressure is decreased by a liquid flow whose flow speed is increased in the flow speed increasing part; and a super-micro bubble-containing liquid producing part for shearing, by the liquid flow whose flow speed is increased in the flow speed increasing part, the gas that is sucked by the gas suction part and generating a liquid including super-micro bubbles, in this order, from the introduction opening to the delivery opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN
    Inventor: Takashi Hata
  • Patent number: 10022683
    Abstract: A stirring device has at least one at least substantially metallic stirring blade carrier and a plurality of stirring blades, which are connected to the stirring blade carrier, wherein the stirring blades are at least substantially made of a non-metallic material, wherein the non-metallic material is a ceramic material, wherein the stirring blades are releasably connected to the stirring blade carrier, wherein it is possible to release and/or establish a mechanical, namely a negative-fit and/or positive-fit connection between the stirring blades and the stirring blade carrier in a damage-free and/or non-destructive manner, and wherein the stirring blade carrier comprises at least one recess, which is configured to at least partly accommodate at least one of the stirring blades. The recess comprises at least one partial region implemented in a contiguous fashion if viewed in parallel to a rotational axis of the stirring blade carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: EKATO Rühr- und Mischtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Multner, Wolfgang Keller
  • Patent number: 10022684
    Abstract: An impeller mixer of electrode slurry includes a container (100) filled with raw materials of electrode slurry, impellers (110) have different shapes from each other and are multi-layered, the impellers being rotatably provided in the container (100) and configured to mix the raw materials of electrode slurry, and a driving part (120) disposed on a bottom portion of the container (100) and coupled to the impellers (110) through a coupling shaft to rotate the impeller, wherein the coupling shaft is disposed above the driving part. Therefore, multi-layered impellers (11) rotating at a high speed efficiently disperse raw materials of electrode slurry in a short time and also allow the raw materials to be uniformly mixed, resulting in an increase in work efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk Su Kim, Dae Geun Ku, Jun Woo Huh, Hyang Mok Lee, Chang Bum Ahn
  • Patent number: 10022685
    Abstract: Inside a driven cylindrical housing 23 that is a cylindrical rotation member 13, a liquid to be mixed 4 is caused to become an inner circulation current f by extruded plate portions 24A-24D. Discharge ports 22A-22D formed in the cylindrical housing 21 discharge a portion of the inner circulation current f outward as outer discharge current d1-d4 by centrifugal force. At the same time, the outer portion of the liquid to be mixed 4 is sucked into suction ports 23, 30 as suction current e1-e3, h1-h4, thus mixing the liquid to be mixed 4 in the mixing tank 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Uniflex Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Hattori
  • Patent number: 10022686
    Abstract: A system and a method that utilizes wet proppants when creating fracturing fluid by receiving wet fracturing sand at a surge tank, vibrating the wet fracturing sand located within the surge tank, liquefying the wet fracturing sand within the surge tank based on the vibration, and metering the liquefied wet fracturing sand from the surge tank to a blending tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Evolution Well Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Morris, Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Michael Bateman, Neal Jensen
  • Patent number: 10022687
    Abstract: A vacuum mixing device for mixing PMMA bone cement from a monomer liquid and a cement powder, the vacuum mixing device comprising at least one cartridge comprising an evacuable interior for mixing of the bone cement, a mixing device for mixing the content in the interior of the at least one cartridge, which is arranged movably in the interior, a receptacle for receiving a separate container containing the monomer liquid or comprising an integrated container containing the monomer liquid, an opening device, which is arranged in the region of the receptacle in a manner movable relative to the receptacle so that, by moving the opening device, a separate container arranged in the receptacle is openable by means of the opening device, or the opening device is arranged in the region of the integrated container in a manner movable relative to the integrated container so that, by moving the opening device, the integrated container is openable by means of the opening device, a pump, in which a movable plunger for gene
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
  • Patent number: 10022688
    Abstract: An aeration system may have a submersible aerator that may be located on the bottom of a body of water and a floating aerator that may operate directly above the submersible aerator. The submersible aerator may create a laminar column of bubbles and may be powered by an air compressor. The floating aerator may use a motor driven propeller to agitate water on the water surface. A controller may determine when to operate the aerators, and may operate them separately or together in some instances. Some embodiments may have a controller that operates the aerators differently based on energy supply, which may vary in solar powered systems with a battery bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KEETON INDUSTRIES
    Inventor: Jimmie A. Keeton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10022689
    Abstract: A mixing hub for use in semiconductor processing tools is provided. The hub may include a plurality of ports arranged about an axis, a mixing chamber, and a plurality of flow paths. Each of the flow paths may fluidically connect a corresponding one of the ports to the mixing chamber and each flow path may include a first passage, a second passage, and a valve interface. Each valve interface may be configured to interface with a valve such that the valve, when installed in the valve interface, is able to regulate fluid flow between the first passage and the second passage. Each valve interface may be located between a first reference plane that is perpendicular to the axis and passes through the corresponding port and a second reference plane that is perpendicular to the axis and passes through the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Iqbal A. Shareef, Mark Taskar
  • Patent number: 10022690
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for mixing at least two fluids is provided. The method involves using means for providing a spiral stream of a first fluid and a second fluid is injected directly inside the first fluid to achieve effective mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Anders Riska, Sumela Joona, Johanna Vaittinen
  • Patent number: 10022691
    Abstract: A wetting agent according to Formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from a branched alkyl group or linear alkyl group or a cycloaliphatic group or an aromatic group, each having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R3 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R4 is selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; R5 is selected from methyl or ethyl; x ranges from 0 to 5; y ranges from 0 to 10; z ranges from 1 to 10; with the proviso that when x ranges from 1 to 5, R2 is different from R3; and with the proviso that when x=0, R3 is different from R4. The wetting agent also imparts anti-foam properties to aqueous solutions while reducing surface tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Elementis Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart van Vliet, James A. Heck, Eduardus Maria Mangnus, Chitra Jeurkar, Jelle de Vries, Alart Mulder
  • Patent number: 10022692
    Abstract: A Fischer-Tropsch catalyst activation system including separation apparatus configured for separating a product gas comprising primarily hydrogen from a gas stream comprising hydrogen, an activation reactor fluidly connected with the separation apparatus via an activation gas inlet line whereby the product gas may be introduced into the activation reactor, and a circulation loop fluidly connecting a gas outlet of the activation reactor with the activation gas inlet line or with another gas inlet of the activation reactor and fluidly connecting the activation reactor with one or more apparatus configured for removal of H2O. A method of activating a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SGCE LLC
    Inventor: Juan R. Inga
  • Patent number: 10022693
    Abstract: A system used for converting multiple fuel feedstocks may include three reactors. The reactor system combination can be so chosen that one of the reactors completely or partially converts the fuel while the other generates the gaseous product required by utilizing the gaseous product from the second reactor. The metal-oxide composition and the reactor flow-patterns can be manipulated to provide the desired product. A method for optimizing the system efficiency where a pressurized gaseous fuel or a pressurized utility is used for applications downstream can be used to any system processing fuels and metal-oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Liang-Shih Fan, Mandar Kathe, William Wang, Elena Chung, Andrew Tong
  • Patent number: 10022694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a calibration device and method for use in calibrating a thermal cycler having a reaction zone (140), an excitation light source (120) and an optical detector (110), the device comprising one or more ambient condition sensors (210?, 230?), each adapted to sense an ambient condition at a respective position within said reaction zone, one or more emission light generators (220?) adapted to be in optical communication with the optical detector (110), and control circuitry coupled to the one or more ambient condition sensors and to the one or more emission light generators, wherein the control circuitry is configured to alter the emission light generated by the one or more emission light generators based on the ambient condition sensed by the one or more ambient condition sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CYCLERTEST B.V.
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Hendrikx
  • Patent number: 10022695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cover sheet for a microarray reaction device. In one aspect, the present cover sheet or device ensures the reaction units/volumes are stable and/or consistent among assay samples and assay runs, allowing samples (e.g., reaction solutions) to be conveniently added and distributed uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: CapitalBio Corporation, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Guanbin Zhang, Kaijun Zhao, Tao Sheng, Shuang An, Tao Guo, Jia Wang, Wanli Xing, Jing Cheng
  • Patent number: 10022696
    Abstract: A method of making an assay device comprising providing micro-elements in the form of micro-particles or micro-length tube detection elements and thereafter with an automated tool, picking and placing the micro-elements into open-sided microfluidic channels in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cyvek, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Putnam, Jeffrey T. Branciforte, Charles O. Stanwood
  • Patent number: 10022697
    Abstract: An arc reactor and a process for the production of nanoparticles are disclosed. The reactor has a crucible in a gas-tight housing having a carrier gas inlet and a spaced-apart carrier gas outlet. The carrier gas inlet is directed to the side of the crucible opposite the crucible opening. The inlet can be disposed below the crucible and directed to the side of the crucible opposite the crucible opening. The carrier gas outlet is disposed above the crucible and exits the housing above the crucible. The carrier gas outlet is formed by a hood disposed at a distance above the crucible, which is separated from the crucible and formed by an exhaust pipe that connects the hood to the carrier gas outlet of the housing. The reactor housing has at least one inlet for cooling gas. This can be directed at an interstice formed between the crucible and the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Universitaet Duisburg Essen
    Inventors: Frank Einar Kruis, Matthias Stein, Jeremias Geiss
  • Patent number: 10022698
    Abstract: An ethylene oligomerization system is useful for creating 1-butene from ethylene in the presence of an ethylene oligomerization catalyst. The ethylene oligomerization system includes an internal baffle single pass reactor, a separation system and an external motion driver. The external motion driver is operable to induce unsteadiness in the flow of the process fluid contained in the internal baffle single pass reactor by transferring motion into the process fluid. An ethylene oligomerization process is useful for creating a refined 1-butene product from ethylene using the ethylene oligomerization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Kareemuddin Mahaboob Shaik, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 10022699
    Abstract: The present invention provides low profile, thick (“stubby”) longitudinal fins having a cross section which is a parallelogram, trapezoid or a triangle extending from 10% to 100% of a coil pass and comprising from 3 to 45 weight % of a coil in a radiant section of a furnace for thermally cracking one or more of paraffins and naphtha. The fins provide an additional surface through which heat may be transferred to the coil making the coil more efficient reducing greenhouse emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Grazyna Petela, Leslie Wilfred Benum, Edward Christopher Foy
  • Patent number: 10022700
    Abstract: Methods of preparing organosilica materials, which are a polymer comprising of at least one independent cyclic polyurea monomer of Formula wherein each R1 is a Z1OZ2Z3SiZ4 group, wherein each Z1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, or a bond to a silicon atom of another monomer unit; each Z2 and Z3 independently represent a hydroxyl group, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group or an oxygen atom bonded to a silicon atom of another monomer unit; and each Z4 represents a C1-C8 alkylene group bonded to a nitrogen atom of the cyclic polyurea are provided herein. Methods of preparing and processes of using the organosilica materials, e.g., for gas separation, color removal, etc., are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Podsiadlo, Quanchang Li, David Charles Calabro, Lei Zhang, Kiara M. Benitez, Himanshu Gupta, Xiaochun Xu, Scott J. Weigel, Darryl Donald Lacy, Bal Kaul, James William Gleeson, Wenyih Frank Lai, Mobae Afeworki, Simon Christopher Weston, David A. Griffin, Meghan Nines
  • Patent number: 10022701
    Abstract: Methods for coating a substrate with a coating including an adsorbent material and a binder comprising an organosilica material which is a polymer comprising independent units of Formula [Z3Z4SiCH2]3 (I), wherein each Z3 represents a hydroxyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group or an oxygen atom bonded to a silicon atom of another unit or an active site on the substrate and each Z4 represents a hydroxyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group, a C1-C4 alkyl group, an oxygen atom bonded to a silicon atom of another unit or an active site on the substrate are provided. Methods of gas separation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Quanchang Li, Randall D. Partridge
  • Patent number: 10022702
    Abstract: The present invention concerns spheroidal alumina particles characterized by a BET specific surface area in the range 150 to 300 m2/g, a mean particle diameter in the range 1.2 to 3 mm and a particle diameter dispersion, expressed as the standard deviation, not exceeding 0.1, a total pore volume, measured by mercury porosimetry, in the range 0.50 to 0.85 mL/g, a degree of macroporosity within a particle of less than 30%, and in which the dispersion of the diameters of the macropores, expressed as the ratio D90/D50, does not exceed 8. The invention also concerns processes for the preparation of said particles as well as catalysts comprising said particles as a support, and their use in catalytic hydrocarbon treatment processes, in particular in a catalytic reforming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Delphine Bazer-Bachi, Christine Dalmazzone, Aurelie Dandeu, Fabrice Diehl, Vincent Le Corre, Joseph Lopez, Anne Lise Taleb
  • Patent number: 10022703
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an improved method of preparation of nanoparticular vanadium oxide/anatase titania catalysts having a narrow particle size distribution. In particular, the disclosure concerns preparation of nanoparticular vanadium oxide/anatase titania catalyst precursors comprising combustible crystallization seeds upon which the catalyst metal oxide is coprecipitated with the carrier metal oxide, which crystallization seeds are removed by combustion in a final calcining step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
    Inventors: Steffen Buus Kristensen, Andreas Jonas Kunov-Kruse, Anders Riisager, Rasmus Fehrmann