Patents Issued in June 18, 2019
  • Patent number: 10322399
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compounds, systems, and methods for adsorption of CO2 onto nanoclusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Takuya Harada, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Patent number: 10322400
    Abstract: Provided is an adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide and a method for manufacturing same, and more particularly, to an adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide, including a magnesium oxide/titanium dioxide composite having wide surface area, large pore volume and good CO2 adsorption performance, and a method for manufacturing same. According to the present invention, a novel MgO based composite metal oxide which may stably adsorb CO2 at a low temperature such as room temperature is provided. The adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide, including a magnesium oxide/titanium dioxide composite has good thermal stability, and controls basic sites easily, and is used in various fields for capturing carbon dioxide. In addition, by controlling the molar ratio of the metal ions of the magnesium oxide/titanium dioxide composite and controlling morphology, an adsorbent for capturing carbon dioxide having large surface area and pore volume and strong basic sites may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MYONGJI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeong Gil Seo, Vishwanath Hiremath, Soon Ha Hwang
  • Patent number: 10322401
    Abstract: The magnetic adsorbent for organic pollution removal is an adsorbent material, preferably in the form of microcapsules, for adsorbing organic pollutants, such as methylene blue, onto the microcapsules from contaminated water. Each of the magnetic adsorbent microcapsules is formed from magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) particles embedded in a nitrogen-enriched porous carbon matrix. To make the magnetic adsorbent microcapsules, urea and formaldehyde are mixed to form a pre-polymer solution. Magnetic Fe3O4 is mixed with an aqueous epoxy resin in hexane to form a mixture, which is then sonicated and added to the pre-polymer solution to form a polymeric solution. A surfactant, such as sodium lauryl sulfate, is added to the polymeric solution to form a suspension of magnetic microcapsules. The magnetic microcapsules are washed, filtered and dried before annealing in a tube furnace to form the adsorbent microcapsules, which are then washed and dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: King Saud University
    Inventors: Saad M. Alshehri, Tansir Ahamad
  • Patent number: 10322402
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method of storing a compound using a metal organic framework (MOF). The method includes contacting one or more MOFs with a fluid and sorbing one or more compounds, such as O2 and CH4. O2 and CH4 can be sorbed simultaneously or in series. The metal organic framework can be an M-soc-MOF, wherein M can include aluminum, iron, gallium, indium, vanadium, chromium, titanium, or scandium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dalal Alezi, Youssef Belmabkhout, Mohamed Eddaoudi
  • Patent number: 10322403
    Abstract: A catalyst coating for use in a hydrolysis catalyst (H-catalyst) for the reduction of nitrogen oxides, a manufacturing method for such a coating, a catalyst structure and its use are described. The H-catalyst includes alkaline compounds, which are capable of adsorbing HNCO and/or nitrogen oxides and which include alkali and alkaline earth metals, lanthanum and/or yttrium and/or hafnium and/or prasedium and/or gallium, and/or zirconium for promoting reduction, such as for promoting the hydrolysis of urea and the formation of ammonia and/or the selective reduction of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DINEX ECOCAT OY
    Inventor: Teuvo Maunula
  • Patent number: 10322404
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a unique crystalline transition metal oxy-hydroxide molybdate material. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline ammonia transition metal oxy-hydroxide molybdate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Miller, Susan C. Koster
  • Patent number: 10322405
    Abstract: Supported catalysts having an atomic level single atom structure are provided such that substantially all the catalyst is available for catalytic function. Processes of forming a catalyst unto a porous catalyst support is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Xin Xiao, William D. Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10322406
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that can achieve high purification performance while suppressing H2S emissions. The object is solved by an exhaust gas purifying catalyst in which the top layer of a catalyst coating layer comprises a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore-type ordered array structure, in which the ceria-zirconia composite oxide contains at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, lanthanum, and yttrium at 0.5 to 5.0 mol % in relation to the total cation amount, and the molar ratio of (cerium+additional element):(zirconium) is within the range from 43:57 to 48:52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Suzuki, Takeru Yoshida, Masahide Miura, Yuki Aoki, Isao Chinzei, Yoshinori Saito, Daisuke Ochiai, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Toshitaka Tanabe, Akihiko Suda, Masanao Sato, Akiya Chiba, Akira Morikawa, Hirotaka Ori
  • Patent number: 10322407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst and a process for the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) to produce carbon dioxide gas (CO2). The process provides a process which selectively oxidizes CO to CO2 in presence of excess hydrogen. The process provides a selective oxidation of CO to CO2 gas over Cu/CeO2 catalyst between temperature range 40° C. to 90° C. at atmospheric pressure in presence of excess H2, H2O and CO2. The process provides a CO conversion up to 100% without deactivation till 100 h.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Rajaram Bal, Chandrashekar Pendem, Ankur Bordoloi
  • Patent number: 10322408
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molybdenum disulfide powder includes conducting a precursor solution preparation step and a hydrothermal synthesis step. The precursor solution preparation step includes providing sodium molybdenum oxide dihydrate and thiourea, and conducting a mixing step. In the mixing step, an acid solution is mixed with the sodium molybdenum oxide dihydrate and the thiourea by titrating so as to form a precursor solution. In the hydrothermal synthesis step, the precursor solution is put into a hydrothermal container for reacting at a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 350° C. for 8 hours to 40 hours, thus the molybdenum disulfide powder is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jyh-Ming Wu, Wei-En Chang
  • Patent number: 10322409
    Abstract: A hydrothermal method of preparing uniform, monodisperse ceramic lanthanum hydroxyl carbonate (LaCO3OH) having cherry-blossom-like nanogears and/or nanocubes is described. The method produced a hexagonal crystal with a crystal lattice in which at least on lanthanum ion is substituted with calcium ion. The ceramic nanoparticles produced by the method are good catalyst for the reduction of nitrogen oxides with a hydrocarbon. A method of reducing exhaust gases is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventor: Md. Hasan Zahir
  • Patent number: 10322410
    Abstract: A compound having a chemical formula according to Formula (I) is disclosed where one of Z1, Z2 and Z3 is and one of the Z1, Z2, and Z3 that is bonded to a carbon atom that is adjacent to the carbon atom bonded to is P(AR1)(A?R2). Metal-based catalyst and pre-catalysts, such as nickel-based catalysts and precatalysts, where the metal is complexed to the compound are also disclosed. Methods of forming C(sp2)-N bonds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Mark John Stradiotto
  • Patent number: 10322411
    Abstract: A microfluidic system includes a substrate, a set of input ports coupled to the substrate, and a set of output ports coupled to the substrate. The microfluidic system also includes a microfluidic processing system coupled to the substrate and including a plurality of processing sites. The microfluidic processing system is coupled to the set of input ports and the set of output ports. The microfluidic system further includes one or more microfluidic logic devices coupled to the substrate and operable to control at least a portion of the microfluidic processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Fluidigm Corporation
    Inventors: Naga Gopi Devaraju, Marc A. Unger
  • Patent number: 10322412
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 10322413
    Abstract: An actuator pin incorporating a lateral stabilizer for an upper jaw of a demolition shear. The actuator pin includes a head. The head has an outer periphery configured to be receivable within a complimentary configured keeper attached to one side of the clevis end of the actuator such that the head is rotationally fixed with respect to the keeper. A pin cap is secure to a distal end of the pin. The pin cap has an outer periphery configured to be receivable within a complimentary configured keeper attached to another side of the clevis end of the actuator such that the pin cap is rotationally fixed with respect to the keeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Genesis Attachments, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Raihala
  • Patent number: 10322414
    Abstract: Cone crushers with differing main bearing styles therein being manufactured with interchangeable parts and with a common exterior configuration so that a roller bearing cone crusher could be replaced at a crushing site by a plain bearing cone crusher without the need for any modification to either the plain bearing crusher or the crushing site. Methods of manufacturing roller bearing cone crushers which have components therein which are interchangeable with components in a plain bearing cone crusher is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Terex USA, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph E Musil
  • Patent number: 10322415
    Abstract: Apparatus and system of components to mechanically exfoliate particulate materials using a multi-axis approach to deliver predetermined forces to a particulate material, including containers to hold particulate material and media, also including media, and, the associated parameters for operating such equipment along with methods and compositions provided by the apparatus and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: XG SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Scott L. Murray, Jim L. Peyton, Korey Morris
  • Patent number: 10322416
    Abstract: A sensor detects the presence of an upper cup in a pair of cups, between which pills are crushed by machine. Operation of the crushing machine is prevented if the upper cup is absent, and enabled if the upper cup is present. The sensor may be a photodiode that is sensitive to a beam of laser light that is directed over the lower cup. The beam passes when the upper cup is absent and is blocked by the upper cup when present. An optional sensor may be included to detect whether the drawer containing the cups and pills is closed, which is used as a further condition that must be satisfied before crushing can be started. Also, an interlock can be included to prevent the drawer from opening during the crushing process. By ensuring the presence of the upper cup, the escape of powdered medication can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Edward Fader, Yin Kwong William Tang
  • Patent number: 10322417
    Abstract: Briefly, the invention provides a method for magnetically assisting demulsification of extraction phases, the method having the steps of contacting a first solution of a first solvent and a solvated paramagnetic metal ion with a second solvent, where the second solvent is immiscible with the first solvent; mixing the first and second solutions to create an emulsion having a first phase of the first solvent and second phase comprising the second solvent where the phases of the emulsion contain different concentrations of the paramagnetic metal ion; and applying a magnetic field gradient to the first and second phases of the emulsion to accelerate separation of the first phase from the second phase. Also provided is a system for demulsifying phases used in the extraction of paramagnetic moieties from solution having a lumen with an interior region, an interior surface, and exterior surface; and a magnetic field gradient present within the interior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventor: Ross J. Ellis
  • Patent number: 10322418
    Abstract: A magnetic separator apparatus for the removal of magnetic particles from gold bearing sands provides one or more magnetic separator assemblies along a sluice box channel to remove the magnetic particles using spinning strong earth magnets within a magnetic separator assembly, removing the magnetic particle where they are removed from the apparatus and evacuated as waste, while the valuable non-magnetic particles are left within the sluice for further separation, classification and processing to remove the precious metal particles contained therein, the apparatus used in a wet or dry application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: David Urick
  • Patent number: 10322419
    Abstract: A rotor (10) of a dual centrifuge which can be rotated about a drive axis (A) in a centrifuge, which rotor comprises at least two rotary units (26) that are arranged symmetrically to one another and have a bearing (32) and a rotary head (30) which is connected to the bearing (32) and which is mounted in the bearing (32) so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis (R1, R2), which rotary head (30) can be driven about the rotational axis (R1, R2) relative to the rotor by another rotary mechanism (46) of the centrifuge and has a rotary head receiving unit (80) for at least one sample container or at least one sample container receptacle (100, 110), with the rotational axis (R1, R2) of the rotary head (30) being inclined relative to the drive axis (A) of the rotor, the rotary head receiving unit (80) being designed to receive an elongated sample container receptacle (100, 110) or an elongated sample container, and the longitudinal axis of the sample container receptacle (100, 110) introduced into the rotary head
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ANDREAS HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus-Guenter Eberle, Ulrich Massing, Jovan Dobos, Vittorio Ziroli
  • Patent number: 10322420
    Abstract: A pressing waterway switch device and shower includes a fixed housing and a pressing switch mechanism, the pressing switch mechanism includes a button, a switching component, and a transmission component, the button, the driving piece and the switching component are all or part of connected with an elastic piece. The pressing waterway switch device is installed in a shower body with the button disposed outside. By pressing the button makes the water outlet function changed in switch manner, and the water outlet function includes shower spray function, massage spray function and shower spray combined with massage spray together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Qiqiao Liu, Xiaoqing Deng, Jun Xu
  • Patent number: 10322421
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a housing having a tubular axle, a control device including a base coupled at the housing, a bridge upwardly extended from the tubular axle, a first cover including a top platform and an assembling unit downwardly extended from the top platform, and a second cover, having a center through hole, coupled at a top rim of the base. The bridge has two or more bridge ribs and the assembly unit has two or more corresponding windows. The first cover is coupled at the second cover at a position that the assembling unit is downwardly extended through the center through hole until the in center through hole is covered by the top platform, such that the bridge ribs of the bridge are engaged with the windows of the assembling unit of the first cover to securely couple the control device with the housing in a screw-less manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: YUAN-MEI CORP.
    Inventor: Shun-Nan Lo
  • Patent number: 10322422
    Abstract: A sprinkler can include a turbine, a nozzle, a gear drive and a reversing mechanism. The gear drive and the reversing mechanism rotatably couple the turbine and the nozzle. The gear drive can shift a direction of rotation of an output stage that is coupled to the reversing mechanism. The sprinkler can include at least one arc adjusting gear that moves and arc adjusting tab to contact a shift arm to cause the shifting mechanism to change direction. The arc adjusting gear can engage with the arc tab for adjusting the arc setting and disengage from the arc tab for normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary B. Simmons
  • Patent number: 10322423
    Abstract: An irrigation nozzle with a rotating deflector is provided whose rotational speed may be controlled by a friction brake. The nozzle may also include an arc adjustment valve having two portions that helically engage each other to define an opening that may be adjusted at the top of the sprinkler to a desired arcuate length. The arcuate length may be adjusted by pressing down and rotating a deflector to directly actuate the valve. The nozzle may also include a radius reduction valve that may be adjusted by actuation of an outer wall of the nozzle. Rotation of the outer wall causes a flow control member to move axially to or away from an inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel C. Walker, Lee James Shadbolt, David Eugene Robertson
  • Patent number: 10322424
    Abstract: An electrostatic fluid delivery system is configured to deliver fluid, such as a disinfectant fluid, onto a surface by electrically charging the fluid and forming the fluid into a mist, fog, plume, or spray that can be directed onto a surface, such as a surface to be cleaned. The system atomizes the fluid using a high-pressure air stream and passes the fluid through an electrode inside a nozzle assembly to charge, such as negatively charge, droplets of the atomized fluid. The system uses a unique nozzle design that is configured to optimally atomize the fluid into various sized droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Victory Innovations Company
    Inventor: Clifford Wright
  • Patent number: 10322425
    Abstract: A water atomisation device for water evaporation and/or dust control. The device includes: a generally longitudinally hollow housing; a fan; a motor; and a hollow manifold. The housing extends between an inlet end and an outlet end, with the inlet end defining a first air inlet to an interior of the housing. The fan is within the housing, between the inlet end and the outlet end. The motor drives the fan. The manifold is shaped to generally correspond to that of the outlet end and has a plurality of water injector nozzles directed substantially inwardly and away from the outlet end. A distal edge of the outlet end is longitudinally spaced apart from a proximal edge of the manifold to define a second air entrainment inlet to an interior of the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MINETEK INVESTMENTS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Garth John Bird
  • Patent number: 10322426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vibrating sieving apparatus and a real time powder sieving system. The apparatus includes a powder pump assembly connected to a vibrating device through a powder suction tube wherein the vibrating device (120) is configured for real time sieving of powder just before spraying. The apparatus further includes a housing (130) connected to the vibrating device (120) wherein the housing (130) includes a sieve section (140) and an anti blinding section (135).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Amal Bhupendra Shah
  • Patent number: 10322427
    Abstract: A liquid soap dispenser includes a container having a flexible outer wall and including a quantity of liquid soap therein. The upper surface of the container can be moved between an upper position and a lower position but is spring biased into the upper position. A pump within said container pumps a portion of the liquid soap onto the upper surface when it is moved downwardly into its lower position. A normally closed valve at the bottom of the container opens to dispense liquid soap from the bottom of the container when the container is squeezed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Scrub Daddy, Inc.
    Inventor: John O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10322428
    Abstract: A sprayer device with a trigger operated pump is operative for pumping and spraying liquid from an attached liquid container. The sprayer device includes an integrally molded valve body provided with a base portion that is configured to be mounted to the neck of the liquid container and a delivery nozzle from which the liquid is sprayed. A pumping chamber in the valve body is in fluid communication with an inside of the fluid container and is further in fluid communication with the delivery nozzle. The valve body is further provided with a head portion that has a filling passage extending between the head portion and the base portion such that a liquid received in the head portion flows through the valve body, around the pumping chamber and exits the base portion into the mounted liquid container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Van Houten, Joseph Krestine, Leah Flynn, Alejandro Espinoza
  • Patent number: 10322429
    Abstract: A method for managing a live stream of waste stream fluids in which a controller of an applicator unit accesses data indicative of a first concentration of at least one contaminant in a volume of waste stream fluids loaded in the applicator unit, and a contaminant capacity profile indicative of an amount of the at least one contaminant to be applied in the land area. At least a portion of the volume of waste stream fluids loaded in the applicator unit is applied on at least a portion of a land area based on the first concentration of the at least one contaminant in the volume of waste stream fluids and the contaminant capacity profile. The controller generates an updated contaminant capacity profile based at least in part on the volume of waste stream fluids applied on the land area and the first concentration of the at least one contaminant in the volume of waste stream fluids applied to the land area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: J & L Oil Field Services, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William F McLain, Daniel Adam Kelln, Brady Cole Bay
  • Patent number: 10322430
    Abstract: A painting stand for vehicle bumpers includes a base frame supported by a plurality of casters together with a vertically supported post. A post extension is telescopically supported within the vertical post and is adjustable in its elevation. The upper end of the post extension is coupled to a support, to which is coupled a pivoting support rack. The support rack is comprised of upper and lower transverse/horizontal member(s). These transverse members are rigid in the middle and semi-rigid at both ends and serve as a mounting surface to which bumpers in need of paint or repair are affixed. The support rack's unique configuration allows the operator to easily affix and detach a wide variety of bumper shapes and sizes to the stand quickly and efficiently. Said support rack pivots. The pivoting function of the support rack is actuated and controlled by a foot pedal connected to the support rack by a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Harold Dean Miller
  • Patent number: 10322431
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and methods are presented for a new and improved ultrasonic aerosol generation apparatus and air/gas and deployed aerosol movement system, which is able to increase and improve the reliability and quality of coverage and treatment of the various targeted surfaces within an enclosed space, with the generated and deployed disinfecting aerosol, by providing an improved system to detect one or more of any layers and stratifications of gas(s) and deployed aerosols within the atmosphere of the treated area(s) at any time, and a means to remove and effectively disrupt, the said layers, so the deployed aerosol can effectively treat the targeted area(s), as well as additional enhancements to the systems used for processing the atmosphere in the targeted area(s) after the treatment cycle has completed deploying the aerosol, such as improving the cleaning of the dehumidification device, and the effective operation of the dehumidification and filter components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Ricciardi, Carl L. Ricciardi
  • Patent number: 10322432
    Abstract: An aerosol generator (100) has a vibratable plate (1) with apertures therein and an annular piezo (2) which causes movement of the vibratable plate (1). An annular support member (3) supports the piezo (2) and the vibratable plate (1). A first electrical power conducting pin (10) engages directly with a first, top, surface of the piezo (2). A second electrical power conducting pin (11) indirectly conducts electrical power to a second surface of the piezo (2), by contacting an extension tab (103) of the support member (20), also on its top side. There is a film of cured epoxy adhesive on the tab (103), providing excellent gripping force between the pin (11) and the support (3). The aerosol generator (100) avoids need for soldered joints for electrical contact, and the pins are conveniently mounted parallel to each on the on the same lateral and top side of the piezo and support member. The pins may have multi-point tips (50) for particularly effective electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: STAMFORD DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Brendan Hogan, Kieran Hyland, Anthony Redmond
  • Patent number: 10322433
    Abstract: Described are metering dispensers (10) having a body (100) configured to hold a flowable composition in a chamber, a drive screw (300) coupled to the body, and a plunger (400) threadingly coupled to the drive screw. The plunger includes at least two annular lips (416) that form a fluid seal with the chamber as the plunger travels along the drive screw through the chamber. A base (200) is rotationally coupled to the body with a cam (208) that contacts at least one tab (114) extending externally from the body so that the tab enters at least one low point (222) on the cam by traveling over a trailing edge (226) of the low point, and the trailing edge then prevents the tab from exiting the low point in the direction of the trailing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DOSELOGIX, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gayle Phipps, Daniel Lee DeYoung, Dale Melton Coker, Craig Jay Cochran, John Britton S. Mockridge, Nicholas H. Reaves, Ellen Y. Brown
  • Patent number: 10322434
    Abstract: Provided are a heat insulation sheet and a method for manufacturing the same. The heat insulation sheet includes: a nonwoven fabric having a plurality of pores; and first and second coating films which are coated on both sides of the nonwoven fabric and made of a polymer material, wherein the plurality of pores are implemented as air pockets for thermal capture by the first and second coating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Song Hee Koo
  • Patent number: 10322435
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a natural composite material multilayer structure includes: manufacturing a felt layer; spraying a thermosetting resin onto one surface or both surfaces of the felt layer; forming an intermediate layer of the sprayed thermosetting resin to form a composite material; heat-pressing the composite material through a heated mold; and cold-pressing the heat-compressed composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun-Dae Cho, Myoung-Ryoul Lee, Oh-Deok Kwon, Ki-Sung Kim, Dong-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10322436
    Abstract: A method of applying a riblet structure coating on the internal surface of a pipe includes coating the internal surface of a pipe with a resin layer and applying a cavity mold having a reverse riblet pattern structure to the coated internal surface of the pipe. A flexible air bag is inserted into the interior of the pipe and charged with air to hold the mold against the coated internal surface of the pipe. The air bag may be charged with air for a sufficient amount of time to allow the coating to cure in the riblet shape of the mold. Afterwards, the air bag and the mold are removed from the pipe to yield a pipe coated with an internal riblet structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NANO AND ADVANCED MATERIALS INSTITUTE LIMITED
    Inventors: Su Ping Bao, Lei Gao, Man Lung Sham, Chun Ping Wu, Chi Wai Li
  • Patent number: 10322437
    Abstract: A stacked ultrasound vibration device is provided with a plurality of piezoelectric bodies between two mass materials, in which brazing materials with an elastic constant smaller than elastic constants of the two mass materials and the plurality of piezoelectric bodies are used to bond the plurality of piezoelectric bodies as similar material bonding portions by a first metal bonding layer with a first thickness and to bond the plurality of piezoelectric bodies and the mass materials as dissimilar material bonding portions by a second metal bonding layer with a second thickness thicker than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Koichi Shiotani
  • Patent number: 10322438
    Abstract: A material handling system reduces or eliminates human interaction with articles sorted and deposited into an order container to maintain validation and integrity of the order. Validated articles are inducted onto a sortation conveyor that selectively dispenses or deposits each article at a destination into a container. A shuttle vehicle moves along a first side of row of such containers to replace an empty container in place of any container that holds a completed order and moves the latter onto a transport conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Engel, David Huff, Christopher Clinton Arnold, Justin Leib, Ralf Buerkle
  • Patent number: 10322439
    Abstract: System, tool and method for cleaning a tank that stores oil products. A jetting tool has a first nozzle (114) and a second nozzle (116). The jetting tool may be movably disposed within the tank, such as vertically and/or horizontally and is configured to receive fluid from a flowline (105) to expel the fluid through at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle of the jetting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: IDRABEL ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Maurizio Mastroianni
  • Patent number: 10322440
    Abstract: Provided is a nozzle header which sprays pressurized water to a high-temperature object, capable of inhibiting a member provided to spray nozzles from being deformed or damaged by heat at the time of operation, caused by radiation heat from the high-temperature object. The nozzle header for spraying water to a targeted object includes a header which supplies pressurized water, one or more of spray nozzles which spray the pressurized water supplied from the header, and a heat removal structure attached so as to be in contact with at least one of the spray nozzles, wherein the heat removal structure includes a coolant passage through which a cooling medium for cooling the heat removal structure itself and the spray nozzles passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Haraguchi, Koichi Sakamoto, Manabu Eto, Yuji Ikemoto, Kenji Horii
  • Patent number: 10322441
    Abstract: A ratcheting hand tool (or “Hickey bar”) for bending rebar comprising a ratchet mechanism, a handle attached to the ratchet mechanism, and a Hickey bar tool head attached to the ratchet mechanism, which tool head may be a detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Manuel David Lauer
  • Patent number: 10322442
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a metal strip coil for blades includes performing, on a steel band after a finishing cold rolling, a slit process that divides the steel band into a plurality of metal strips via joint operation of circular upper and lower blade cutters, and winding the metal strip into a coil shape after the slit process. In the slit process, a clearance of the upper and lower cutters is set within 5-25% of a metal strip thickness; an overlap amount of the upper and lower cutters is set within 5-80% of the metal strip thickness; and a clearance variation during the slit process is 30% or lower of the clearance. After the slit process, the metal strip is wound into a coil shape so that sag formed on an edge of the metal strip is positioned toward an axis center of a reel winding up the metal strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Thanh-Nghia Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10322443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a press-forming tool having a top die and a bottom die, which can be moved toward one another, forming a forming cavity between the top die and the bottom die when the press-forming tool is closed, wherein a die clamping plate is arranged on a press ram and/or on a press table, wherein a top die or bottom die, which can be moved relative to the die clamping plate, is supported on said plate while incorporating at least one resilient adjusting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Frost, Oliver Luetkemeyer, Josef Koester
  • Patent number: 10322444
    Abstract: An apparatus for rotating an inner stamped part with respect to an outer stamped part is provided. The inner stamped part is nested within an aperture formed within the outer stamped part. The apparatus includes a plurality of grippers that include at least a first gripper positioned at a first edge of the inner stamped part and a second gripper positioned at a second edge of the inner stamped part opposite to the first edge. The plurality of grippers is configured to grip the inner stamped part at the first edge and the second edge, respectively. The plurality of grippers is further configured to rotate the gripped inner stamped part about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation intersects the first gripper and the second gripper. The plurality of grippers is also configured to open to release the inner stamped part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: William R. Moore, Emily Germann, Paul Adams Thompson, John Scott McQueen, Jeffrey Frank Teubl
  • Patent number: 10322445
    Abstract: A high shear liquid metal treatment device for treating metal includes a barrel, a rotor shaft, rotor fans, and stator plates. The barrel has a longitudinal axis that extends between an upper end and a lower end, and an opening at its upper and lower ends. The rotor shaft is mounted centrally through, and parallel to the longitudinal axis. The rotor fans are mounted along an axial length of the shaft. The stator plates are formed on an inner surface of the barrel and are located between adjacent rotor fans. Each stator plate has at least one passage formed therethrough to allow fluid to pass through the plate; and upper and lower surfaces of each stator plate are formed to be within the minimum distance of an adjacent rotor fan. The minimum distance is between 10 ?m and 10 mm. The device allows improved treatment of liquid and semi-liquid metals during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Zen Cassinath
  • Patent number: 10322446
    Abstract: There is provided a nitrided layer repair method in which a molten metal is pressurized and solidified, and thus a nitrided layer formed on a cavity surface of a mold used to form a casting object is repaired. In the nitrided layer repair method, a nitriding source is applied to the cavity surface, and the cavity surface of the mold is nitrided by heating and pressurizing the cavity surface using the molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TETRA CO., LTD, TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Eiji Tabata, Yuichi Furukawa, Yoshiki Tsunekawa, Hiroyuki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10322447
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a carbon nanotube metal matrix composite. The method may include forming a molten mixture by combining carbon nanotubes with a molten solution. The carbon nanotubes combined with the molten solution may be dispersed therein. The method may also include transferring the molten mixture to a mold and applying a magnetic field to the molten mixture in the mold to substantially align at least a portion of the carbon nanotubes with one another. The method may further include solidifying the molten mixture in the mold to fabricate the carbon nanotube metal matrix composite, where at least a portion of the carbon nanotubes may be substantially aligned in the carbon nanotube metal matrix composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventor: Nicholas Pillon
  • Patent number: 10322448
    Abstract: An alloy modifying agent for use in preparing a metal semisolid slurry, where the components and mass ratio thereof is silicon:iron:copper:manganese:magnesium:zinc:titanium:lead:aluminum having a mass ratio of (6.05-6.95):(0.15-0.45):(0.12-0.65):(0.002-0.006):(0.001-0.5):(0.025-0.05):(0.002-0.08):(0.002-0.06):(90.5-93.2). Also, a method for preparing the alloy modifying agent and a method for using the alloy modifying agent. The alloy modifying agent is capable of increasing the solid-liquid ratio and the spherical crystal content of the semisolid slurry, increasing the preparation efficiency of the semisolid slurry and the quality of the slurry, and ensuring the quality of a final die casting product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Zhuhai Runxingtai Electrical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Huaide Ren, Victor Wang, Gunan Li, Ying Zhang