Patents Issued in July 24, 2018
  • Patent number: 10029183
    Abstract: A method of using, computer software implementing, and a system for allowing a fantasy sports contest application to provide to a user the ability to substitute bench players for active players while a corresponding live game is in progress comprising establishing a position clock for each player, subtracting times from the position clocks as a stat feed entry is received, for each player adding active points for active players and inactive points for bench players, and scoring to the user only active points at the end of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Axiom 316, Limited
    Inventor: Dean Lundschen
  • Patent number: 10029184
    Abstract: A plug-in type container including: a bottom plate configured to prevent leaking through the container bottom; side walls; and side columns. The bottom plate, the side walls and the side columns are connected in a plug-in manner to form a trough body. The bottom plate and the side columns are provided with plug-in structures configured to engage with each other. The side columns and the side walls are provided with plug-in structures configured to engage with each other. The plug-in type container is formed by connecting the bottom plate, the side columns and the side walls in a plug-in manner. The components are plate-like or columnar structures and can be directly stacked for packing, thereby occupying little space and convenient to transport and carry. Moreover, assembly of the container can be done in a simple manner, thus a common consumer can assemble the container without using tools or screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Cliff Lam, Terry Lam, Richard Lam
  • Patent number: 10029185
    Abstract: A combined toy top comprises an upper top and a bottom top that are assembled together. The upper top and the bottom top both comprise a central axis body and a top ring fitting over the central axis body. The direction in which the top ring is installed on the central axis body can be turned over between a top face and a bottom face and, therefore, a combined toy top with a variety of assembly ways may be achieved by turning the direction of the top ring on the central axis body. As a result, more powerful attacks and a higher victory rate during games can be realized. Furthermore, a user may form tops of various shapes and centers of gravity by turning the direction of the top ring on the central axis body for adaption to different games and attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Guangdong Alpha Animation & Culture Co., Ltd., Guangdong Auldey Animation & Toy Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Alpha Culture Communications Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongqing Cai
  • Patent number: 10029186
    Abstract: A bobble for bottle neck apparatus and method providing a sleeve for a bottle neck which holds a contoured brace having a nipple which protrudes through a slit in the sleeve, whereby a spring is connected on one end to the nipple of the contoured brace and on the other end to a bobble figurine representing one of a range of symbols, persons, holidays, events, sports teams, logos, and the like, such that the bobble figurine is held extended from the bottle neck and can move about by the flexing of the spring. The bobble figurine is removable and substitutable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Miller, Valerie B. Miller
  • Patent number: 10029187
    Abstract: A toy assembling apparatus is disclosed. The toy assembling apparatus includes at least one connector, and each connector having at least one of a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion includes a connection plate and a connection pillar disposed on the connection plate. The second connecting portion includes a left side board, a right side board, a back side board, a bottom board, and a top board, which jointly form a containing slot for inserting the first connecting portion. The containing slot includes a plate slot for containing the connection plate and a pillar slot for containing the connection pillar. Limit grooves or limit protrudes are formed on the connection pillar. The pillar slot has protrudes or grooves formed thereon correspondingly. The limit grooves match the limit protrudes, such that the first connecting portion matches the second connecting portion of another connector tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Lefeng Liu, Yumiao Wu, Dingkai Xing, Xiongyuan Fang, Xinpu Chen
  • Patent number: 10029188
    Abstract: A distillation unit multiple rejection areas at each of a top of a flask and a top of a lower distillation tube in embodiments. A middle distillation tube is narrower than the lower tube and extends into the lower distillation tube as well as a fraction collector. A distillation key with rings extends downwards through the fraction collector, middle distillation tube, and lower distillation tube, a portion of the distillation key and the lower distillation tube extending into a flask where product to be purified is placed. In this manner, the flask itself acts as a heat jacket in addition to having a heat jacket around all the afore-described parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Elliot Kremerman
  • Patent number: 10029189
    Abstract: A cryopump includes a housing, an electrical control unit which controls the cryopump, a purge valve provided on a passage between an external purge gas source and the inside of the housing, a rough valve provided on a passage between an external pump and the inside of the housing, a vent valve provided on a passage between the inside and the outside of the housing, and a Pirani gauge which measures a pressure inside the housing. The electrical control unit is connected to each of the purge valve, rough valve, vent valve, and Pirani gauge via a wire. Each of the wires is provided with a connector on the component side and a connector on the electrical control unit side. The connector on the component side is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the connector on the electrical control unit side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10029190
    Abstract: An oil-water separator for separating mixed density fluids, such as oil and water, oily sediment laden water and the like, as well as portable, in-tank and towable and anchorable boom containment systems kits and methods employing the same. The oil-water separator employs at least two oil-separation chambers operating in opposing but synergistic separation modes in parallel. The oil-separation chambers alternate distribution of a single mixed fluid density stream between the chambers using a partial vacuum source to draw the stream into one chamber, while concurrently stopping inflow of the stream into another chamber by removing the vacuum source. The apparatus allows each chamber to switch back and forth between (a) actively separating and removing less dense fluid (e.g., oil) when the partial vacuum is applied, and (b) passively separating the less dense fluid (e.g., oil) and removing the more dense fluid (e.g., water) when the partial vacuum source is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Pacific Petroleum Recovery Alaska, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10029191
    Abstract: A liquid-dissolved gas separator includes a metallic separator. The separator has a plurality of open pores that connect a liquid-facing surface of the separator with an opposed vacuum-facing surface of the separator for separating dissolved gases from a liquid traversing the liquid-facing surface of the separator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: William E. Rhoden
  • Patent number: 10029192
    Abstract: A filter is configured to be used in a variety of different devices to filter particulate matter from a fluid (e.g., air or water), such as residential or commercial air filtration systems, automobile filtration systems, and water filtration systems. In one embodiment, the filter includes a filter medium and a support member. At least one inwardly deflected portion of the support member engages at least one portion of the filter medium to couple the support member to the filter medium. In one embodiment, the deflected portion of the support member may be deflected inward at an angle between approximately 90 degrees and approximately 180 degrees. The filter medium may be any suitable filtration material, such as fiberglass, paper, or vegetable fibers (e.g., cotton). The support member may be constructed of expanded metal, wire mesh, or a flat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: WALLNER TOOLING/EXPAC, INC.
    Inventor: Michael H. Wallner
  • Patent number: 10029193
    Abstract: A filtration system is provided. The system provides a first filtration loop that provides one or more passes through a first filter using a first pump and a second filtration loop that provides one or more passes through a second filter using a second pump. The combination of a first pump and a second pump, each with a filter and each running independently of engine speed, provides an effective means of cleaning fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Marty Lehman, Scott F. Shafer
  • Patent number: 10029194
    Abstract: A filter device includes at least one filter housing (1) in which at least one filter element (21) is arranged. Inside the filter housing (1), the filter element separates a clean side (9) from an untreated side (13). On the clean side (9) of the filter housing (1) at least one storage unit (3) having at least one movable separating element (47) is connected. The separating element divides the storage unit (3) into two working chambers or pressure chambers (49) (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC PROCESS TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Thomas Böttcher, Markus Olschok, Jörg Hermann Gerstner
  • Patent number: 10029195
    Abstract: The present technology relates generally to fluid filtration systems. In particular, several embodiments are directed toward compartmentally expandable rotating belt filters and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, for example, a filtering system for contaminated fluid includes a first fluid filtering chamber having a first filter belt movably positioned therein and a second fluid filtering chamber having a second filter belt movably positioned therein. The first filter belt can be operable in parallel with the second filter belt. The system can further include a sensor configured to sense a condition related a volume of the contaminated fluid, a speed of flow of the contaminated fluid, or a level of contaminants in the contaminated fluid. A controller can be configured to initiate, stop, or adjust fluid flow to the first fluid filtering chamber and second fluid filtering chamber individually in response to the sensed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NEXOM (US), INC.
    Inventors: Cornelius Strain, Bradley Messerschmidt, Mark S. Lopp, Eric Skidmore, Kylan Kracher
  • Patent number: 10029196
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes multiple filter element housings with each filter housing receiving a filter element therein; a manifold supporting the multiple filter element housings; and a filter element housing coupling to attach each filter element housing to the manifold, each filter element housing coupling including a filter housing retainer ring bolted to the manifold to couple the filter housing to the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SCHROEDER INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J Schmitt
  • Patent number: 10029197
    Abstract: A fluid filter assembly of a filtration system is described. The filter assembly described includes a cover member and a filter cartridge having at least one filter element and a plate member. The plate member includes a seal surface on one side facing the cover member, and a seal surface on another side facing away from the cover member. The seal surface facing the cover member is configured to seal with the cover member, and the seal surface facing away from the cover member configured to seal with another component of the filtration system. The assembly provides a structure that can retain a seal between sealing surfaces of the cover and the filter cartridge, at least while the fluid filter assembly is being serviced, so as to at least minimize fluid dripping and leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark V. Holzmann, Christopher E. Holm, Brian W. Schwandt, Mike J. Connor, Clint T. Deweese, Roger L. Zoch
  • Patent number: 10029198
    Abstract: An air cleaner assembly is disclosed, along with related methods. In one aspect, the air cleaner assembly has a housing including a housing body and a removable cover that together define an interior volume for holding a filter cartridge. The housing body can include a first plurality of lugs, wherein each of the first plurality of lugs has a first engagement surface disposed at a first angle that is oblique to a rotational plane of the cover. A second plurality of lugs can be provided on the cover, wherein each of the second plurality of lugs has a second engagement surface disposed at the first angle. A lock mechanism can also be provided that is disposed on the cover, wherein the lock mechanism includes a lock member axially movable between a locked position and an unlocked position to selectively secure the cover to the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Eric Adamek, Richard J. Osendorf, Benny K. Nelson, Joseph A. Einberger
  • Patent number: 10029199
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns air cleaners. Preferred air cleaners are shown which include a housing and a removable and replacement primary filter cartridge. Optional and advantageous features are shown. The preferred primary filter cartridge is conical in shape. A preferred optional safety or secondary filter cartridge is shown. Preferred methods of assembly and use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Scott, Carolyn Finnerty, Steven Gieseke, Douglas Iddings, William Juliar, Gregory LaVallee
  • Patent number: 10029200
    Abstract: There is disclosed a plugged honeycomb structure. A plugged honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face to a second end face, and plugging portions disposed in open ends of predetermined cells in the first end face and open ends of residual cells in the second end face, and the partition walls are constituted of a porous body including ?-Al2O3 as a main phase and further including cordierite and Y2Si2O7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10029201
    Abstract: A sealed honeycomb structure may include porous walls dividedly forming inlet cells and outlet cells extending from an end surface of an inlet side to an end surface of an outlet side, inlet and outlet side sealing portion 5b, and an inlet side sealing portion, wherein at least one outlet cell is a reinforced cell where a reinforcing part 6 for reinforcing the outlet cell 2b is formed at at least one corner portion 21a at which the walls on a cross-section vertical to an extending direction of the cell cross each other, wherein the inlet cell is a non-reinforced cell where the reinforcing part is not formed at all the corner portions at which the walls on the cross-section vertical to the extending direction of the cell cross each other, and wherein the reinforcing parts 6 of the reinforced cells 22 are formed at a section of the honeycomb structure from the end surface of the outlet side in the extending direction of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Toyoshima, Akira Takahashi, Yuichi Hamazaki, Jung Min Seo, Won Soon Park
  • Patent number: 10029202
    Abstract: A media pack for including in a filter cartridge of an air filter arrangement, is provided. A variety of configurations for the media pack are described and shown, an example shown being trapezoidal. Filter cartridges including such media packs, air cleaner assemblies and equipment systems are described. Also methods of use assembly are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Benny K. Nelson, David W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10029203
    Abstract: A method of using a separation apparatus, the separation apparatus including a fluid chamber and an inlet to the fluid chamber for receiving a gas component of spent drilling mud. The separation apparatus can also include an outlet for directing a purified gas out of the fluid chamber and a splash plate disposed in the fluid chamber adjacent to the inlet to force the gas component of the spent drilling mud downward in the fluid chamber. Furthermore, the separation apparatus includes at least one separation plate having a plurality of holes disposed therein positioned between the splash plate and the outlet to separate the purified gas from the gas component of the spent drilling mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: White's Equipment Rental, LLC
    Inventors: Billy R. Riggs, Buckly Binder
  • Patent number: 10029204
    Abstract: A system and process for regenerating sieve materials in a gas processing system. The process can include circulating a cooling gas through sieve material of a first bed, the cooling gas having a first concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) suitable for liquefaction into a liquid natural gas (LNG) product. The process can also include circulating a regenerating gas through sieve material of a second bed, the regenerating gas having a second concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is greater than the first concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) of the cooling gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas, Inc.
    Inventors: David Allen Kennedy, John Raymond Zigtema
  • Patent number: 10029205
    Abstract: In various aspects, apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for performing two stage separation of CO2 from a gaseous stream. The first stage adsorbent can be comprised of a plurality of cylindrical or substantially cylindrical rings. The first stage adsorbent can be comprised of a metal organic framework. The second stage adsorbent can be subject to a displacement desorption process. The second stage adsorbent can be comprised of a support and a metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkali or alkaline earth. The first and second stage adsorbent can be arranged concentrically for space and efficiency considerations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Narasimhan Sundaram, Hans Thomann
  • Patent number: 10029206
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for separating a target substance from a fluid or mixture. Capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are provided. The coating is permeable to the target substance. The capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are exposed to the fluid or mixture. The target substance migrates through the coating and is taken up by the stripping solvents. The target substance is separated from the fluid or mixture by driving off the target substance from the capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Roger D. Aines, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Joshuah K. Stolaroff, William L. Bourcier, Jennifer A. Lewis, Eric B. Duoss, John J. Vericella
  • Patent number: 10029207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas separation membrane for separating a target gas species from a mixture of gas species, the membrane comprising: (i) a porous substrate having a first and second surface region between which the mixture of gas species will flow; (ii) a sealing polymer layer of different composition to the porous substrate that (a) forms a continuous coating across the second surface region of the substrate, and (b) is permeable to the mixture of gas species; and (iii) a selective polymer layer in the form of a cross linked macromolecular film that (a) is located on and covalently coupled to the sealing polymer layer, and (b) has a higher permeability to the target gas species relative to other gas species present in the mixture of gas species that is to be subjected to separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
    Inventors: Greg Guanghua Qiao, Qiang Fu, Sandra Elizabeth Kentish, Jinguk Kim
  • Patent number: 10029208
    Abstract: An exhaust purification system for purifying exhaust gas from a combustion engine comprising: an exhaust pipe (10) for the supply of exhaust gas; a pre-chamber (12) for receiving a flow of exhaust gas via a supply pipe (14); a supply valve (16) for controlling a flow of exhaust gas into the pre-chamber; at least one mixing chamber (18), in fluid connection with the pre-chamber for receiving the exhaust gas via the pre-chamber; an ionizing equipment (20) configured to ionize air, connected to the mixing chamber (18) so that ionized air is fed into the mixing chamber and is mixed with the exhaust gas; wherein the supply valve (16) is configured to be controlled based on a flow velocity of exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: AirQone Building Scandinavia AB
    Inventors: Anders Nyström, Niclas Palm
  • Patent number: 10029209
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification material according to the present invention is provided with a particulate filter that traps particulate matter in exhaust gas and contains an SCR catalyst for adsorbing ammonia and reducing NOx in the exhaust gas. A maximum allowable adsorption amount of ammonia adsorbable by the filter differs between an upstream portion of the filter including an exhaust gas inlet-side end, and an downstream portion of the filter including an exhaust gas outlet-side end. A maximum allowable adsorption amount of ammonia A in the upstream portion is smaller than a maximum allowable adsorption amount of ammonia B in the downstream portion (A<B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Tsuji, Hiroto Imai, Shintaro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10029210
    Abstract: In embodiments, an exhaust gas purification apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine initializes a SCR catalyst by heating the SCR catalyst under predetermined conditions without accompanying troublesome procedures and complicated calculations. With the exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, arranged on an exhaust-gas passage of the internal combustion engine and including the SCR catalyst for purifying NOx in exhaust gas in the internal combustion engine, the method calculates and accumulates estimated values of NH3 adsorption adsorbed on the SCR catalyst, on the basis of the amount of NH3 injection from urea-aqueous solution injected into the exhaust-gas passage from the upstream side of the SCR catalyst and the amount of NH3 injection for purifying NOx at the upstream side of the SCR catalyst, and initializing the SCR catalyst by heating the SCR catalyst to initialize the estimated value of NH3 adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ko Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 10029211
    Abstract: A process for the regeneration of a membrane wall in a distillation apparatus, wherein a distillation apparatus having one or more evaporation and condensation stages is provided, each evaporation and condensation stage having at least one flow channel conducting a liquid, said flow channel being at least partially confined by a vapor-permeable and liquid-impermeable membrane wall, wherein vapor emerging from the liquid passes through the membrane wall. The liquid is removed from the at least one flow channel, wherein, after the removal of the liquid, the membrane wall is surrounded on both sides by a gas atmosphere, but is still wetted with liquid, and this liquid is removed by adjusting the gas atmosphere surrounding the membrane wall such that the partial pressure of the liquid in the gas atmosphere is lower than the vapor pressure of the liquid wetting the membrane wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Major Bravo Limited
    Inventors: Markus Wenzel, Sebastian Büttner, Dominik Weisz, Wolfgang Heinzl
  • Patent number: 10029212
    Abstract: A hollow-fiber membrane element for forward osmosis which is a both open-ended hollow-fiber membrane element in which both ends of a wound hollow-fiber membrane body are opened, the wound hollow-fiber membrane body having hollow-fiber membranes arranged in an intersecting manner by winding the hollow-fiber membranes around a porous distribution pipe in a helical manner, wherein a) the number of winds per element length in a region from the outermost layer of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body to at least one eighth of the thickness of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body is 0.33 to 1.75, and b) the number of winds per element length in a region from the innermost layer of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body to at least one fourth of the thickness of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body is greater than 1.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsushige Marui, Koji Tokunaga, Yasuki Terashima, Hajime Suenaga, Atsuo Kumano
  • Patent number: 10029213
    Abstract: A system for separating solids from fluid including a solid-laden fluid may include a base fluid, a first separator configured to receive the solid-laden fluid and separate the fluid into a solids portion and an effluent, and a membrane separator configured to receive the effluent and separate the effluent into a permeate and a concentrate. A method for separating solids from fluid may include obtaining a solid-laden fluid, wherein the solid-laden fluid comprises a base fluid, feeding the solid-laden fluid through a centrifuge, removing at least a portion of high gravity solids from the solid-laden fluids, flowing the solid-laden fluid through a membrane separator, removing at least a portion of low gravity solids from the solid-laden fluid, and collecting a permeate from the membrane separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rahul Dixit, Mukesh Kapila, Yanling Wu
  • Patent number: 10029214
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of ceramic hollow fiber membranes in a spinning process by using a spinning mass, comprising the steps: providing a spinning mass formulation; providing a secondary phase; adding the secondary phase to the spinning mass formulation; manufacturing the ceramic hollow fiber membranes in a spinning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Ehlen, Tobias Woerz
  • Patent number: 10029215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology for manufacturing a nanocomposite membrane comprising a graphene oxide coating layer with a thickness of 1 nm to 50 nm, which is formed on various supports and has nanopores, and a reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite membrane, and applying the membranes to gas separation. The graphene oxide nanocomposite membrane for gas separation of the present invention has excellent gas permeability and selectivity at the same time, and especially, excellent hydrogen gas permeability and hydrogen gas selectivity compared with carbon dioxide, and the reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite membrane has remarkably enhanced hydrogen gas permeability and hydrogen gas selectivity compared with carbon dioxide, and thus the membranes are applicable as a gas separation membrane in an industrial field involving a hydrogen separation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Ho Bum Park, Hyo Won Kim, Myung Jin Yoo, Byung Min Yoo, Byungkook Ahn
  • Patent number: 10029216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device having an improved antioxidant performance, good water permeation performance and blood compatibility performance, and economic rationality. The present invention provides a hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device including hollow-fiber membranes filled in a vessel, in which the hollow-fiber membranes contain a hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and a fat-soluble vitamin, when a hollow-fiber membrane bundle is divided into five sections in a lengthwise direction and divided sections positioned in endmost portions are defined as body end portions, an amount of the fat-soluble vitamin present in at least one of the body end portions is the largest among amounts of the fat-soluble vitamin present respectively in all the divided sections, and an amount of the fat-soluble vitamin per m2 of a hollow-fiber membrane inner surface of the at least one body end portion is 20 mg/m2 or more and 300 mg/m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoko Hori, Yosuke Hata, Junya Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10029217
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of making a crosslinked membrane such as a crosslinked hollow fiber membrane. The method comprises (a) preparing a polyimide polymer comprising carboxylic acid functional groups from a reaction solution comprising monomers and at least one solvent; (b) treating the polyimide polymer with a diol at esterification conditions to form a monoesterified polyimide polymer; (c) forming a monoesterified polyimide membrane or dense film from the monoesterified polyimide polymer; and (d) subjecting the monoesterified polyimide membrane or dense film to transesterification conditions under a CO2 atmosphere to form a crosslinked polyimide membrane or dense film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Nitesh Bhuwania, Shabbir Hussain, Daniel Chinn, John Wind, Stephen Miller
  • Patent number: 10029218
    Abstract: A method and system for a jet pump is provided. The jet pump system includes a pre-mixing bowl includes a nozzle, a mixing section at least partially surrounding the nozzle, and a first inlet opening configured to receive a first flow of fluid and direct the first flow of fluid to an inlet of the nozzle. The pre-mixing bowl further includes a second inlet opening configured to receive a second flow of fluid and to direct the second flow of fluid to the mixing section. The second inlet opening includes a first inlet opening area. The second inlet opening includes an entry angle into the pre-mixing bowl that is oblique with respect to the central axis. The pre-mixing bowl further includes a third inlet opening configured to receive a third flow of fluid to direct the third flow of fluid to the mixing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Mason, Ronald Bruce Schofield, Seth Michael Ray, Benjamin James Schumacher, James Fitzgerald Bonar, George Elliott Moore
  • Patent number: 10029219
    Abstract: A microbubble generating device that is capable of generating microbubbles from contaminated water is provided. The microbubble generating device 10 according to the present invention includes a liquid flow path 11 through which a pressurized liquid flows, a discharge path 12 through which generated microbubbles and a liquid are discharged, a throat part 13 that connects the liquid flow path 11 and the discharge path 12, and that has a flow path area smaller than the area of the liquid flow path 11 or the discharge path 12, and a gas supply path 14 for supplying a gas into the liquid flow path 11 or the throat part 13, wherein the gas supply path 14 has an exit end 143 that opens toward the downstream side of the liquid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EARTH RE PURE INC.
    Inventors: Iwao Tamura, Kazuyoshi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10029220
    Abstract: A fluid path set includes a first fluid line having a proximal end fluidly connectable to a source of a first fluid and a second fluid line having a proximal end fluidly connectable to a source of a second fluid. A flow mixing device is in fluid communication with distal ends of the first and second fluid lines. The flow mixing device includes a housing, a first fluid port provided for receiving the first fluid, and a second fluid port for receiving the second fluid. A mixing chamber is disposed within the housing and is in fluid communication with the first and second fluid ports. A third fluid port in fluid communication with the mixing chamber for discharging a mixed solution of the first and second fluids. A turbulent flow inducing member is disposed within the mixing chamber for promoting turbulent mixing of the first and second fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Ralph H. Schriver, Andreas Maihoefer, James A. Dedig, Michael A. Spohn, Herbert M. Grubic, Michael J. Swantner, Adam Caruso
  • Patent number: 10029221
    Abstract: An agitation blade for agitating a liquid includes a cylindrical core having a central axis of rotation and a plurality of blade portions provided on a side of a first surface of a rotation portion, and the plurality of blade portions are provided to surround the central axis of rotation and provided to be rotated with respect to a center of rotation of the central axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Shima, Masaru Misumi, Takeshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 10029222
    Abstract: An agitator includes a central shaft, a radially spaced array of vanes and a shroud encircling the central shaft so as to intersect the vanes perpendicular to the vanes' depth and along their length, thus defining an inner passageway between the shroud and the central shaft and an outer passageway between the vanes, radially extending outwardly of the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: DAJUSTCO IP HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Peter Francis Van-De-Velde, Nicholas James Guenther, Timothy Andrew Phillip Gjernes
  • Patent number: 10029223
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for producing an orbital movement in a plane (20) is disclosed. The apparatus (10) comprises a lower shaft (40) and an upper shaft (30), being parallelly and eccentrically attached to one another, and a platform (50) mounted on the upper shaft (30). A ring gear (60) is attached to the platform (50) and coaxially rotatable about the upper shaft (30). A gear wheel (80) is coaxially rotatably mounted on the lower shaft (40) and engages with the ring gear (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: STRATEC Biomedical AG
    Inventor: Niels Annau
  • Patent number: 10029224
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of synthesis gas by means of particularly a series arrangement of heat exchange reforming and autothermal reforming stages, in which the heat required for the reforming reactions in the heat exchange reforming stage is provided by hot effluent synthesis gas from the autothermal reforming stage. More particularly, the invention relates to optimisation of the operation and control of an arrangement of heat exchange reforming and autothermal reforming stages and introduction of an additional waste heat boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Lari Bjerg Knudsen, Martin Frahm Jensen
  • Patent number: 10029225
    Abstract: An assembly for loading a refinery and/or petrochemical reactor (100) with solid particles, comprising a dispensing device (110) for loading the reactor with solid particles in a relatively uniform manner, a system (200) for supplying the dispensing device, comprising a flexible sleeve (140) connected to a solid particle tank (130) and to the dispensing device, and a control system (300) comprising a blocking device (310) for blocking the particles flowing in the flexible sleeve, adjacent to a portion (141) of the flexible sleeve and capable, when activated, of moving the walls of the flexible sleeve in such a way as to reduce a cross section of said sleeve at said portion, and an actuating device (350) for actuating the blocking device located at a distance from the blocking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE CHIMIE
    Inventors: Julien Mairesse, Guillaume Berric, Xavier Boce
  • Patent number: 10029226
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a polymerization reactor in a non-sticking regime are disclosed. An exemplary method includes measuring parameters for the polymerization reaction including a reactor temperature and a concentration of an induced condensing agent (ICA) in a polymerization reactor. An equivalent partial pressure ((PICA)equiv) of the ICA is calculated. The polymerization reactor operation is located in a two dimension space defined by a reactor temperature dimension and a ((PICA)equiv) dimension. The location in the two dimensional space is compared to an non-sticking regime, defined as the space between an upper temperature limit (UTL) curve and a lower temperature limit (LTL) curve. Parameters of the polymerization reactor are adjusted to keep the reactor within the non-sticking regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Abarajith S. Hari, Bruce J. Savatsky, David M. Glowczwski, Xianyi Cao
  • Patent number: 10029227
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting spectra in light emanating from chemical or biochemical reactions occurring in at least one reaction vessel (3) of a plurality of reaction vessels is disclosed. Each reaction vessel (3) has a receptacle portion having an emitting area from which light can emanate. The apparatus may include a masking element (5) having an array of apertures (6) through which light from each reaction vessel (3) can escape. A plurality of light waveguides (7) are arranged to guide light from the apertures (6) in the masking element (5) to a light dispersing device (8) for dispersing the light from each waveguide (7) into a dispersed spectrum. A light detecting device (10) detects specific spectra in the dispersed spectra of light substantially simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: IT-IS International Limited
    Inventors: James Richard Howell, Benjamin Masterman Webster, Mark Quentin Clark, Richard Alfred Howell
  • Patent number: 10029228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to calibration and normalization systems and methods for ensuring the quality of radiopharmaceuticals during the synthesis thereof, such as radiopharmaceuticals used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GE Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Torgrim Engell, Julian Grigg, Ingvil Gausemel, Knut Dyrstad, Jonathan R. Shales
  • Patent number: 10029229
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to adjustable chromophore compounds and materials (e.g., ophthalmic lens materials) incorporating those compounds. The adjustable chromophore compounds include a chemical moiety that structurally changes upon exposure to predetermined electromagnetic radiation (e.g., two photon radiation) as well as lens materials, particularly intraocular lens materials that incorporate those compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Joseph I. Weinschenk, III
  • Patent number: 10029230
    Abstract: Olefin polymerization processes are described herein. The processes generally include circulating a slurry including an olefin monomer selected from C2-C12 olefin monomers, a liquid diluent selected from C3-C7 alkanes, catalyst and polyolefin particles under polymerization conditions within a loop reactor. In one or more specific embodiments, in operation, the process has a cavitation number of from 6 to 60 and the polymerization conditions include a polymerization temperature of from 38° C. to 121° C. and a polymerization pressure of from 27 bar to 50 bar. In other embodiments, the process has a Euler Number (Eu) of at least 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Scott E Kufeld, John D Hottovy
  • Patent number: 10029231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous silica material having high selectivity to particular metal ions, and a method for preparing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides an organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous silica material and a method for preparing the same, wherein the organic-inorganic hybrid nanoporous silica material has a closed pore form by capturing a functionalized silane compound in a nanoporous silica material, which is surface-modified with a functionalized silane compound, using a cyclic molecule, and enables the sensing and highly selective adsorption of various metals due to the incorporation of an organic ligand capable of adsorbing metal ions in pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang Sik Ha, Mathew Aneesh, Sung Soo Park, Parambadath Surendran
  • Patent number: 10029232
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent composition which can be easily formed into a film by inflation molding at relatively low temperatures even if zeolite is contained therein, and which is not susceptible to the formation of a pin hole. An adsorbent composition which is a resin composition containing a resin, zeolite and a metal soap, and wherein the metal soap contains a long-chain fatty acid calcium, which is a divalent salt of calcium and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms, and a long-chain fatty acid zinc, which is a divalent salt of zinc and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Koizumi, Midori Kato, Akira Terada, Yoshiyuki Nakazato