Patents Issued in June 30, 2020
  • Patent number: 10696542
    Abstract: A micromechanical component including a mounting support, a coil winding retained by a coil brace, and an adjustable part, the coil brace and the adjustable part being connected to each other and via at least one spring element with the mounting support in such a way that the adjustable part is adjustable relative to the mounting support about at least one axis of rotation, and a stop support being fixedly disposed or developed on the mounting support and being at least partially framed by the coil brace, which stop support has at least one first stop area protruding on a surface of the mounting support, which limits a relative movement at least of the coil brace in at least one direction relative to the mounting support by a contact of the at least one first stop area with the coil brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Grutzeck, Joerg Muchow, Johannes Baader
  • Patent number: 10696543
    Abstract: A waterproof MEMS chip package structure includes a substrate having aa through hole cut through opposing top and bottom surface thereof, a waterproof membrane disposed in the through hole, an along chip bonded to the top surface of the substrate, a MEMS chip stacked on the analog chip and electrically connected to the substrate and the analog chip by wire bonding, and a top cover mounted on the substrate to form an accommodation chamber that accommodates the analog chip and the MEMS chip and communicates with the outside through the through hole. Therefore, the MEMS chip package structure of the present invention utilizes the waterproof membrane to block water vapor from entering the accommodation chamber through the through hole, thereby achieving the effect of protecting the chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LINGSEN PRECISION INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chiung-Yueh Tien, Ming-Te Tu
  • Patent number: 10696544
    Abstract: A synthetic resin molded article includes an electric element part extending in a distal direction and a primary molded part. The primary molded part has an element covering portion and a body portion. The element covering portion has a distal end surface exposed in the distal direction and a first side surface extending in a proximal direction opposite to the distal direction. The element covering portion covers a proximal portion of the electric element portion, and a distal end portion of the electric element portion projects from the distal end surface in the distal direction. The body portion has an intermediate surface exposed in the distal direction and a second side surface extending in the proximal direction. The body portion is disposed on a side of the element covering portion in the distal direction and is integrally connected to the element covering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomi Ishikawa, Norihito Yoshida, Ryosuke Izumi, Hiroyuki Yamakawa, Hodaka Mori
  • Patent number: 10696545
    Abstract: The application describes a package for a MEMS transducer. The package has a package substrate having an acoustic port formed in the package substrate. The acoustic port comprises a first acoustic port volume portion and a second acoustic port volume portion, the first acoustic port volume portion being separated from the second acoustic port volume potion by a discontinuity in a sidewall of the substrate. The cross sectional area of the first acoustic port volume portion is greater than the cross sectional area of the second acoustic port volume portion. A barrier may be attached to the upper surface of the package substrate so as to seal or cover the acoustic port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksey Sergeyevich Khenkin, David Patten
  • Patent number: 10696546
    Abstract: An auxetic interposer includes: a frame enclosing an interior space; a pad arranged within the interior space; and a plurality of micro auxetic lattices extending between the frame and the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Raviv Perahia, David W. Shahan, Christopher P. Henry, Hung Nguyen, Logan D. Sorenson
  • Patent number: 10696547
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first silicon layer disposed between second and third silicon layers and separated therefrom by respective first and second oxide layers. A cavity within the first silicon layer is bounded by interior surfaces of the second and third silicon layers, and a passageway extends through the second silicon layer to enable material removal from within the semiconductor device to form the cavity. A metal feature is disposed within the passageway to hermetically seal the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Julian Daneman, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin
  • Patent number: 10696548
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing an oxide for hydrogen storage, including (a) mixing and calcining vanadium oxide and titanium oxide to provide an oxide, (b) impregnating the oxide obtained in step (a) with a noble metal precursor aqueous solution, and (c) subjecting the oxide obtained in step (b) to heat treatment in a reducing atmosphere, wherein the oxide obtained in step (a) has the composition of Chemical Formula (1) below and is composed of a single-phase TiO2 crystal phase: V1-xTixO2,??Chemical Formula (1) where 0.05?x?0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Seung Wook Baek, Jung Hyun Kim, Chang Ho Ahn, Mee Kyung Kim, Gyo Ri Park, Sun Woong Song, Ki Chae Jung
  • Patent number: 10696549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for processing a gas mixture comprising methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon and traces of olefins and oxygenates. Methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, and optionally hydrogen, can be recovered from the gas mixture in a very efficient way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sivakumar Sadasivan Vijayakumari, Parag Kotak, Arjan Allert Jonckers, Hubert Willem Schenck, Julie Hélène Emond Duncan, Eduardo Jorge Festa Pereira Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 10696550
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for generating oxygen, comprising at least one oxygen source, at least one ionic liquid, and at least one metal salt, wherein the oxygen source comprises a peroxide compound, the ionic liquid is in the liquid state at least in a temperature range from ?10° C. to +50° C., and the metal salt has an organic and/or an inorganic anion, and comprises one single metal or two or more different metals. The present invention also relates to charge components for filling or refilling the devices, and to the use of ionic liquids as dispersants or solvents for the reaction participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kallfass, Florian Groche, Fritz E. Kuehn, Andreas Hinterberger
  • Patent number: 10696551
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatus, systems, and methods for the continuous production of BNNT fibers, BNNT strands and BNNT initial yarns having few defects and good alignment. BNNTs may be formed by thermally exciting a boron feedstock in a chamber in the presence of pressurized nitrogen. BNNTs are encouraged to self-assemble into aligned BNNT fibers in a growth zone, and form BNNT strands and BNNT initial yarns, through various combinations of nitrogen gas flow direction and velocities, heat source distribution, temperature gradients, and chamber geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BNNT, LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Smith, Jonathan C. Stevens, Kevin C. Jordan, R. Roy Whitney
  • Patent number: 10696552
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing wet-process phosphoric acid and at the same time obtaining alpha-hemihydrate gypsum as well as high-purity and high-whiteness alpha-hemihydrate gypsum, including: mixing phosphoric acid and phosphate rock powder and performing extraction reaction; adding sulfuric acid solution to continue the reaction so that 30% to 50% of calcium ions are generated into dihydrate gypsum; transferring the dihydrate gypsum to a crystal transformation tank; adding a crystal transformation agent and controlling the crystal transformation conditions to obtain 30% to 50% of normal hemihydrate gypsum; after separation, introducing phosphoric acid extraction solution containing other 30% to 50% of calcium ions in a form of calcium dihydrogen phosphate into decalcification reaction tank; adding sulfuric acid solution diluted by washing liquid and performing decalcification reaction; controlling the crystal transformation conditions and performing crystal transformation reaction to convert the solid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Kingenta Norsterra Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaoping Hu, Hualong Yao, Hongkun Chen, Shihua Pang, Yongxiu Liu, Chengzhi Li
  • Patent number: 10696553
    Abstract: A method of forming carbon fibers having internal cavities. The method includes applying a polymer material to a tooling component to form carbon fiber precursor hollow tubes, oxidizing the carbon fiber precursor hollow tubes, and carbonizing the carbon fiber hollow tubes to form carbon fibers, each having a hollow inner cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Haibo Zhao, Patrick James Blanchard
  • Patent number: 10696554
    Abstract: Multi-layer sheets of graphene-based material having a plurality of pores extending therethrough are described herein. Methods for making the sheets are also provided and include exposing a graphene-based material comprising multilayer graphene having from 2 to 10 layers of graphene to a particle beam comprising nanoparticles, the nanoparticles having an energy of at least 2 keV per nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Peter V. Bedworth, Jacob L. Swett
  • Patent number: 10696555
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for methods of oxidizing carbide anions, or negative ions, from salt like carbides at low temperatures below about 600° C. In another aspect, the disclosure provides for reactions with intermediate transition metal carbides. In yet another aspect, the disclosure provides for a system of reactions where salt-like carbide anions and intermediate carbide anions are oxidized to produce pure carbon of various allotropes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alfred H. Stiller
  • Patent number: 10696556
    Abstract: The selectivity of a process for preparing trichlorosilane (TCS) by reaction of metallurgical silicon (mg-Si) and HCl, is improved by utilizing mg-Si having a titanium content greater than 0.06 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Marek Sobota, Anne Alber
  • Patent number: 10696557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aerogel sheet and comprises: a step (a) of impregnating an acid solution into a fiber sheet to clean the fiber sheet by using the acid solution and impregnating a binder solution into the fiber sheet that is cleaned by using the acid solution to manufacture a pre-processed fiber sheet; a step (b) of impregnating a silica precursor into the pre-processed fiber sheet; and a step (c) of a gelling catalyst into the fiber sheet into which the silica precursor is impregnated to gelate the silica precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Hon Kim, Je Kyun Lee, Kyoung Shil Oh
  • Patent number: 10696558
    Abstract: A novel zeolitic imidazolate framework material comprises a partially saturated benzimidazole or a partially saturated substituted benzimidazole as a linking ligand, optionally together with unsaturated benzimidazole or an unsaturated substituted benzimidazole as a further linking ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Falkowski, David C. Calabro, Yi Du, Mobae Afeworki, Simon C. Weston
  • Patent number: 10696559
    Abstract: The present invention concerns Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity having an Si/Al atomic ratio strictly greater than 1.4 and less than or equal to 6, having controlled and optimised crystallinity, and having mesoporosity such that the mesoporous outer surface area is between 40 m2·g?1 and 400 m2·g?1. The present invention also concerns the method for preparing said Y-type FAU zeolites with hierarchical porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Serge Nicolas, Ludivine Bouvier, Cécile Lutz
  • Patent number: 10696560
    Abstract: A molecular sieve material, EMM-17, has in its as-calcined form, a total surface area of greater than 550 m2/g and/or an external surface area of greater than about 100 m2/g as measured by the BET Method, and a specific X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Ivy D. Johnson, Nadya A. Hrycenko, Theodore E. Datz, William W. Lonergan, Karl G. Strohmaier, Hilda B. Vroman, Keith C. Gallow, Simon C. Weston
  • Patent number: 10696561
    Abstract: A method for treatment of process condensate (1) in an ammonia plant, wherein the ammonia plant comprises a front-end section producing a make-up gas and a synthesis section where the make-up gas is reacted to ammonia, and said process condensate (1) is collected from one or more equipment of the ammonia plant and is an aqueous solution comprising ammonia, carbon dioxide and methanol. Said method comprises: stripping said process condensate with low-pressure steam (4), obtaining a vapour phase (5) comprising ammonia, carbon dioxide and methanol stripped from the process condensate; condensing said vapour phase, obtaining a solution (11) enriched of ammonia and methanol; re-introducing a first portion (12) of said solution to said stripping environment; recycling a second portion (13) of said solution to said ammonia plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Casale SA
    Inventors: Sergio Panza, Luca Pasco
  • Patent number: 10696562
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, techniques, and processes for enhancing the purity of a mixed rare earth solution. In one embodiment the rare earth mixture may include Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Scandium, and/or Yttrium. In one embodiment, the resin is a chelating resin that interacts poorly with one or more rare earth elements. In one embodiment a rare earth is selectively excluded for example, Lanthanum (sometimes considered a transition metal), Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Scandium, and/or Yttrium. In one embodiment, yttrium is selectively excluded from the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin V. Kronholm, Corby G. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10696563
    Abstract: It is one of objects of the present disclosure to provide hexagonal plate-shaped zinc oxide particles which can be used suitably for a cosmetic, a filler, a resin composition, an infrared radiation reflective material, and a coating composition, and a method for producing the same. Hexagonal plate-shaped zinc oxide particles having a primary particle diameter of 1.1 ?m or more and a D90/D10 of 3.0 or less in particle size distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Yoshida, Satoru Sueda, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Mizuho Wada
  • Patent number: 10696564
    Abstract: Selective scaling in water treatment systems in which desalination is performed is generally described. According to certain embodiments, the location of the formation of solid scale within a water treatment system is controlled by adjusting one or more system parameters, such as the temperature and/or flow velocity of a saline stream within the water treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Gradiant Corporation
    Inventors: Prakash Narayan Govindan, Steven Lam, Maximus G. St. John, Jonn-Ross Andrews
  • Patent number: 10696565
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of flowing a flow of relatively cold fluid along at least one photovoltaic solar panel being heated by solar energy towards and into a fluid treatment device, at least heating the flow of fluid in a fluid treatment device to divide the flow of fluid into a flow of a first fluid part and a flow of a second fluid part, flowing the flows of the first fluid part and the second fluid part from the fluid treatment device along the flow of relatively cold fluid. Before entering the fluid treatment device the flow of relatively cold fluid is preheated by the relatively warm photovoltaic solar panel and the relatively warm flow of the first fluid part and the relatively warm flow of the second fluid part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DESOLENATOR B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Janssen
  • Patent number: 10696566
    Abstract: A power generating and water purifying system. The system includes a closed loop power generator, a closed loop heat exchanger, and a closed loop water purifier. Hot brine water vapor travels from a reactor to a turbine, which generates electricity. The hot brine water vapor is then cooled by the closed loop heat exchanger and travels back to the reactor. The electricity powers generators. The electricity further powers an ammonia pump and a coolant compressor of the closed loop heat exchanger. Dirty water enters through a water inlet and is chilled by the closed loop heat exchanger. The water is then directed to a hot water accumulator, in which the water is heated by the closed loop heat exchanger. The water is vaporized by a hot plate and a UV light source. The distilled water is then cooled in a cooling tower and delivered to water tower as purified water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: Shawn Erick Lange
  • Patent number: 10696567
    Abstract: A method of water treatment includes flowing water that includes nitrogen and phosphorus compounds through a sorption media composition within at least one chamber of a water treatment system. The composition comprises iron filings comprising at least 5 volume (vol) % of the composition, sand particles comprising at least 10 vol % of the composition; and clay particles comprising at least 2 vol % of the composition. The iron filings, sand particles, and clay particles are mixed together. During the flowing the clay particles attract the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds which become absorbed onto a surface of the iron filings and the clay resulting in a removal of the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and the generation of reaction products. Nitrogen and phosphorus are then recovered from the reaction products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Ni-Bin Chang, Martin P. Wanielista
  • Patent number: 10696568
    Abstract: The invention provides an injector device for a water treatment apparatus, and a method of use. The injector device comprises a first coupling for fluid connection to a source of liquid to be treated; and a second coupling for fluid connection to at least one liquid treatment vessel arranged to expose liquid in the vessel to ultraviolet radiation in an advanced oxidation process reaction. The device comprises at least one injection port for injecting at least one gas into a liquid flowing through the injector device. The injector device is at least partially formed from a material that is transmissive to ultraviolet radiation. In another aspect, a water treatment apparatus defines a plurality of parallel flow streams between the inlet of the apparatus and the at least one liquid treatment vessel. The injector device comprises an injection port for each of the plurality of parallel flow streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Greenthread Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Henderson, Brian Nutley, Kim Nutley, Ross Clarke
  • Patent number: 10696569
    Abstract: In a system for generating potable water by water desalination using a reverse osmosis filter having a product outlet and a reject outlet, a system for re-mineralization of the potable water comprising two reactors comprising a first reactor and a second reactor, the two reactors configured to be used simultaneously, the first reactor for collecting lime or calcium carbonate from a stream out of the reject outlet in a first cycle, and for dispensing said collected lime or calcium carbonate to a permeate stream out of the product outlet in a second cycle; and the second reactor for dispensing lime or calcium carbonate into the permeate stream-in the first cycle and for collecting lime or calcium carbonate from a stream out of the reject outlet in the second cycle, wherein a DC voltage sufficient to separate the water into hydrogen (H+) ions and hydroxyl (OH?) ions is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: UET-INDUSTRIAL WATER RECYCLING LTD.
    Inventor: David Sherzer
  • Patent number: 10696570
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell for wastewater treatment is disclosed comprising a catalyst coated membrane, an open pore mesh placed next to the catalyst coated membrane, on each side of the membrane, and a compression frame placed next to each of the open pore meshes. The open pore meshes and the compression frames are made of a conductive material. Each compression frame has compression arms spread within the area delimited by the perimeter of the frame to apply a uniform compression force across the anode and cathode active areas through fasteners which protrude through the compression arms, the open pore meshes and the catalyst coated membrane. A stack comprising at least one such electrochemical cell is immersed in a reactor tank containing the wastewater to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: AXINE WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: David Harvey, Barathram Jayasankar, Brendan Wood, Victor Leung, Goran Sparica, Thierry Lebel, Alexander Bellemare-Davis
  • Patent number: 10696571
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a capacitive deionization system which makes use of a controller, a first capacitor acting as a first electrode, a second capacitor acting as a second electrode, and a first inductor for storing energy received from the first capacitor, and transferring the stored energy to the second capacitor. A first plurality of electronic switches are controlled by the controller to control communication between the first inductor and the first capacitor, and between the first inductor and the second capacitor. An additional energy transfer subsystem is included which has a second inductor for receiving energy from the first capacitor while the first inductor is transferring stored energy to the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Stadermann, Steven L. Hunter
  • Patent number: 10696572
    Abstract: Disclosed are advantageous systems and methods for treating building water systems, especially the interior surfaces of premise plumbing, to remove biofilm and inactivate biofilm-associated pathogens, including protozoa, using disinfectant formulations at concentrations at in excess of those used for drinking water treatment, and further, in co-applying complexing agents to mitigate corrosion of the materials treated; and using these in conjunction with off-gas containment devices that allow flushing of taps without the liberation of toxic fumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GORDON & ROSENBLATT, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Rosenblatt, Gilbert Gordon
  • Patent number: 10696573
    Abstract: The invention provides structures, methods, and assemblies for bioretention systems, including tree box filters with substantially permeable panels integrated into a bottom portion of the tree box filter. The invention also provides methods and additional structures that are useful for managing stormwater flow and inhibiting the flow of pollutants, debris, and other contaminants into drainage systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Oldcastle Infrastructure, Inc.
    Inventors: James Ferguson Holtz, Chris Ryan Demarest
  • Patent number: 10696574
    Abstract: A method for treating reverse osmosis concentrated water, comprises adding precipitant and oxidant to reverse osmosis concentrated water for treatment, filtering to obtain clear liquid, and adding catalyst for water treatment to clear liquid for catalytic oxidation to obtain a first-stage treated water. Optionally, the liquid may be subjected after catalytic oxidation to an adsorption treatment; performing reverse osmosis treatment on first-stage treated water to obtain second-stage reverse osmosis product water and second-stage reverse osmosis concentrated water; and adding oxidant to second-stage reverse osmosis concentrated water for oxidation treatment to obtain directly discharged effluent water. The obtaining of effluent water may further comprise subjecting liquid after oxidation treatment to adsorption treatment. The above method can recycle 75-85 wt % of water, and operates easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongke Zhang, Zhenlong Fan, Junjun Wang, Xiaogao Liu, Meirong Duan, Bo Zhou, Rui Wang, Hua Heng, Weiqi Hua
  • Patent number: 10696575
    Abstract: A mobile water purification system having a trailer, a pretreatment subsystem having a cyclonic separator, a filtering subsystem fluidly connected with the pretreatment subsystem, the filtering subsystem having at least one bedded filter; a reverse osmosis subsystem fluidly connected with the filtering subsystem, the reverse osmosis subsystem having a waste output and a product output; a collection tank fluidly connected with and downstream of the reverse osmosis subsystem; a distribution subsystem fluidly connected with and downstream of the collection tank; a source water inlet mounted to the exterior and fluidly connected to the pretreatment inlet, the source water inlet outside of the at-least partially enclosed space; and a discharge water outlet mounted to the plurality of sidewalls and fluidly connected to the pressure tank, the discharge water outlet having an outlet opening outside of the at least partially-enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Waterfleet, LLC
    Inventor: Alan Pyle
  • Patent number: 10696576
    Abstract: An electric induction system and method is provided for induction heating and melting of basalt charge for the production of molten process basalt that can be used for molten basalt processes that produce basalt articles of manufacture including cast basalt articles and continuous basalt casting processes for producing basalt articles such as fibers and filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INDUCTOTHERM CORP.
    Inventors: Satyen N. Prabhu, Joseph T. Belsh, Aleksandr Olegovich Spiridonov
  • Patent number: 10696577
    Abstract: A mold and neck ring cooling system for a glass molding machine is characterized by a cooling air guide, in which separate and in particular independently switchable air guides for a neck ring cooling section- and a mold cooling section are provided. Here, a cooling piece serving the cooling air feed in the mold is connected to a station box via a cooling channel which is articulated on both sides and slidably connected on one side for length compensation, wherein the height position of the cooling piece is constant relative to the station box. A cooling structure intended for the neck ring cooling section is adjustable in its height in relation to the station box by means of a drive. All valves and bearing points are arranged protected against an environmental influence of a glassworks containing abrasive substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Heye International GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Sagebiel, Daniel Hardekopf, Benedikt Felgenhauer, Ralf Schöttelndreier
  • Patent number: 10696578
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for fabricating a vehicle interior trim part. The proposed method comprises the step of providing a glass panel with a backside and a first and a second region. In a further step, a first stiffener is attached to the first region of the glass panel. Thereby, a stiffened region of the glass panel is formed. The method further comprises the step of bending the second region of the glass panel by cold forming so that a bent region of the glass panel is formed in a region adjacent to the stiffened region. The method further comprises the step of holding the glass panel in shape using a means of fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Othmane Faik, Stephen Bellagamba
  • Patent number: 10696579
    Abstract: A method for repairing surface smoothness of heat-bent glass includes: providing a fluid which is transparent and solid at room temperature on an inner side of a heat-bent clear glass used for manufacturing a screen protector of an electronic device; by utilizing a mold having a pattern corresponding to the surface smoothness of a screen of the electronic device, pressing the inner side of the heat-bent clear glass and at the same time processing the fluid on the inner side of the heat-bent clear glass through a molding process so that the fluid fill a curved and uneven surface of the inner side of the heat-bent clear glass; and curing the fluid so that the inner surface of the heat-bent clear glass has a curvature and smoothness that match the curvature and smoothness of the screen of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: Xiulan Wu
  • Patent number: 10696580
    Abstract: An optical fiber with low fictive temperature along with a system and method for making the optical fiber are provided. The system includes a reheating stage that heats the fiber along the process pathway to a temperature sufficient to lower the fictive temperature of the fiber by relaxing the glass structure and/or driving the glass toward a more nearly equilibrium state. The fiber is drawn from a preform, conveyed along a process pathway, cooled and subsequently reheated to increase the time of exposure of the fiber to temperatures conducive to lowering the fictive temperature of the fiber. The process pathway may include multiple reheating stages as well as one or more fiber-turning devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Bruce Warren Reding, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: 10696581
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-modulus glass fiber composition, a glass fiber and a composite material therefrom. The glass fiber composition comprises the following components expressed as percentage by weight: 55-64% SiO2, 13-24% Al2O3, 0.1-6% Y2O3, 3.4-10.9% CaO, 8-14% MgO, lower than 22% CaO+MgO+SrO, lower than 2% Li2O+Na2O+K2O, lower than 2% TiO2, lower than 1.5% Fe2O3, 0-1.2% La2O3, wherein the range of the weight percentage ratio C1=(Li2O+Na2O+K2O)/(Y2O3+La2O3) is greater than 0.26. Said composition can significantly increase the glass elastic modulus, effectively inhibit the crystallization tendency of glass, decrease the liquidus temperature, secure a desirable temperature range (?T) for fiber formation and enhance the fining of molten glass, thus making it particularly suitable for production of high-modulus glass fiber with refractory-lined furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: JUSHI GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuqiang Zhang, Guorong Cao, Lin Zhang, Wenzhong Xing
  • Patent number: 10696582
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle window glass which is not susceptible to cracks, and a method for manufacturing the vehicle window glass. A vehicle window glass 1 of the present invention is provided with: a glass plate 11; a color ceramic layer 12, which is formed on the surface of the glass plate 11, and has a thickness more than 10 ?m but equal to or less than 25 ?m; and an electrically conductive layer 13, which is formed on the surface of the color ceramic layer 12, and has silver as a main component. The electrically conductive layer 13 and a terminal electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer 13 are connected to each other using a lead-free solder 14. In the vehicle window glass 1 of the present invention, since the thickness of the color ceramic layer 12 is more than 10 ?m, the glass plate 1 is not susceptible to cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Furuhashi, Takao Niitsu
  • Patent number: 10696583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for strengthening glass. The composition may incorporate one or more of a surfactant, a silane, and an adhesive resin. The composition may further incorporate one or more of a water-based solvent, a defoamer, a glycerol, and an alcohol. A strengthened glass laminate may be formed of a glass base and a coating made up of the glass strengthening composition. The strengthened glass laminate may further comprise a film. The coating may adhere the film to the glass. A method for making a strengthened glass laminate may include providing a glass base and spraying the glass strengthening composition on the glass base. The present composition has the combined advantages of both optical clarity, high adhesion to glass, and dimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: C-Bond Systems, LLC
    Inventor: James Jackson Milham Henry
  • Patent number: 10696584
    Abstract: A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes at least one silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one contact layer of or including Ag, Ni and Cr. The provision of a contact layer(s) including at least Ag, Ni and Cr, directly over and contacting a silver-based IR reflecting layer, has been found to advantageously increase visible transmission (Tvis) of the low-E coating. Such low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic windows, insulated glass (IG) window units, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Guardian Europe S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Anton Dietrich, Bernd Disteldorf
  • Patent number: 10696585
    Abstract: A method of treating a glass substrate includes providing a glass substrate and strengthening the glass substrate by providing a mixed molten salt including a strengthening molten salt and an aluminum salt to the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoikwan Lee, Seung Kim, Seungho Kim, Cheolmin Park, Eun-kyung Yeon, Jong-hoon Yeum, Jeongseok Lee
  • Patent number: 10696586
    Abstract: A method of making a glass having antimicrobial properties and high compressive stress. The method includes a first ion exchange step in which potassium cations are exchanged for sodium cations in the base glass to provide a surface layer under compressive stress, followed by a second ion exchange in which silver cations are exchanged for potassium and lithium ions in the glass to produce the antimicrobial glass. In some embodiments, the antimicrobial glass has a maximum compressive stress that is at least 80% of the maximum compressive stress obtained by the potassium-for-sodium exchange in the first bath. A base glass and an ion exchanged glass antimicrobial having antimicrobial properties are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: John Christopher Mauro
  • Patent number: 10696587
    Abstract: A glass sheet includes a symbol marked in the interior of the glass, the symbol forming a code. The symbol is marked in at least two dimensions including the dimension of the thickness of the glass sheet, portions of the symbol being marked at various depths in the thickness of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Mimoun, Brice Dubost
  • Patent number: 10696588
    Abstract: A curable formaldehyde-free binding composition for use with fiberglass is provided. Such curable composition comprises an aldehyde or ketone and an amine salt of an inorganic acid. The composition when applied to fiberglass is cured to form a water-insoluble binder which exhibits good adhesion to glass. In a preferred embodiment the composition when applied to fiberglass provides a sufficient blackness required in facer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Bernd Christensen, Kiarash Alavi, Souvik Nandi, Jawed Asrar, Mingfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10696589
    Abstract: This glass bonding material (21) is made of a cladding material (1) in which at least a first layer (11) made of an Al-based alloy and configured to be bonded to glass and a second layer (12) made of an Fe—Ni based alloy having a thermal expansion coefficient from 30° C. to 400° C. of 11.5×10?6 (K?1) or less are bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yokota, Ryoji Inoue, Yoshiharu Tsuboi, Masaharu Yamamoto, Masaru Fujiyoshi, Naruaki Tomita, Kouji Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10696590
    Abstract: An activator composition for a non-OPC hydraulically-active material comprises CaO or lime and a polycarboxylate-ether-based (PCE) superplasticiser, and is mixable with a hydraulically active material comprising ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and/or pulverized fuel ash (PFA) to form a cementitious binder. The cementitious binder does not comprise any Portland cement and is, therefore, more environmentally friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DB GROUP (HOLDINGS) LTD
    Inventors: David Martin James Ball, Martin Liska, Peter Hewlett
  • Patent number: 10696591
    Abstract: A composition comprising thermoset polymer, shape memory polymer to facilitate macro scale damage closure, and a component for molecular scale healing has the ability to repair structural defects by a bio-mimetic, close-then-heal process. The shape memory polymer serves to bring surfaces of a structural defect into proximity, after which the healing component moves into the defect and provides molecular scale healing. The component for molecular scale healing can be a thermoplastic, such as fibers, particles or spheres, which are heated to or above the thermoplastic's melting point, and then the composition is cooled below that melting temperature. The compositions can not only close macroscopic defects, but they can also do so repeatedly even if damage recurs in a previously healed/repaired area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Guoqiang Li, Harper Meng