Patents Issued in July 21, 2020
  • Patent number: 10717018
    Abstract: One variation of a conductive construction tape for electrifying a stack of bricks in a studded-brick building system includes: a tape substrate defining a first linear array of perforations that each define a circular cross-section configured to receive a stud extending from a brick in the studded-brick building system and offset from an adjacent perforation in the linear array by a standard stud offset distance between studs extending from the brick; and a conductive tape layer applied over the tape substrate; an electrically-conductive material extending along the first linear array of perforations and cooperating with the tape substrate to define a total nominal thickness less than a thickness of the studded building brick; wherein the perforated conductive tape is configured to transiently install horizontally between bricks in the stack of bricks to communicate electrical current laterally across the stack of bricks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Rachel Hellenga
  • Patent number: 10717019
    Abstract: A construction unit may have a main body formed from a flexible material. The main body may have a first side and a second side. The construction unit may have a plurality of magnetic connectors attached to the main body. A kit for construction of a structure may have a plurality of construction units, at least one flexible link, at least one active unit, and at least one control unit. A method of making a structure includes a first step of providing a plurality of construction units. There is second step of connecting at least one of the magnetic connectors of a first one of the construction units with at least one of another one of the magnetic connectors of the first one of the construction units, and at least one of the magnetic connectors of a second one of the construction units, whereby the structure is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Toyish Labs Inc.
    Inventors: Assaf Eshet, Yaron Barlev
  • Patent number: 10717020
    Abstract: The present invention is a spill resistant container apparatus that eliminates the need for pouring of liquid such as bubble solution into or out of the spill resistant container apparatus in order to use the spill resistant container apparatus. The apparatus, which is preferably provided with bubble solution sealingly contained within the apparatus, will, when opened, prohibit the pouring of liquid out of the apparatus regardless of the physical orientation of the apparatus. The apparatus is preferably of such low cost construction that the apparatus is readily disposable after the bubble solution contained within the apparatus is substantially consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Michael R. Schramm
  • Patent number: 10717021
    Abstract: Provided herein is a fractionator and related process for separating solubilized rubber from a co-solvent based miscella.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. White, Michael R. Hartzell
  • Patent number: 10717022
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for separating and preserving biomolecules of a biological fluid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CHROMOLOGIC LLC
    Inventors: Naresh Menon, Peter Bui, Cheryl Tan
  • Patent number: 10717023
    Abstract: A device and method for the separation of a compound or compounds from impurities is described. The device comprises a tube having a mixing apparatus that mixes by convection a feedstock comprising one or more products such that the products can be bound to a resin and then contacted with various buffer solutions. At various distances along the cylindrical module, solutions (e.g., sample products to be purified, buffers, etc.) of various compositions can be sequentially added and removed. The resin particles can be retained within the module by filters or screens at the addition and exit ports. In this way, a slurry of resin particles can be continuously equilibrated, loaded with product, washed of impurities, eluted of processed product(s), stripped, re-equilibrated and recycled for re-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Roddy Kevin Stafford
  • Patent number: 10717024
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a gas liquid separator that includes a chamber, a fluid mixture inlet, a solvent outlet and a gas outlet. The gas liquid separator can include a phase-change inducing mechanism disposed in or proximate to the fluid mixture inlet. Exemplary methods of improving separation of a fluid mixture in a gas liquid separator and CO2-based chromatography flow systems including a gas liquid separator are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua A. Shreve
  • Patent number: 10717025
    Abstract: Degasifying apparatus is for eliminating gases, such as ambient air, from fluids, such as oil. The apparatus has at least one permeable membrane (26) that lets the gas to be eliminated from the fluid (22) penetrate through the permeable membrane and retains the liquid moiety of the fluid within the permeable membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HYDAC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Holger Koehne, Peter Kloft, Herbert Baltes
  • Patent number: 10717026
    Abstract: A well production separation system comprising a cyclonic separator coupled to a spherical separator and configured to separate particulate matter from well production, and to recycle liquids and gases separated in the spherical separator to the overflow region of the cyclonic separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Covenant Testing Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Anderson, Michael W. Joacim
  • Patent number: 10717027
    Abstract: The present invention is a modified apparatus for wastewater recycling including a toilet tank device, a water amount control assembly, and a three-way pipe. The toilet tank device includes a filtering space provided with a filtering apparatus and a water level sensing apparatus and a device area provided with a pressurizing device, at least one filter, and a transfer pipe. The water amount control assembly includes a driving apparatus, a cleaning pipe group, and a wastewater transfer pipe group. When clean water is transferred to clean the filter, the clean water can be transferred through a combination of the cleaning pipe group and the pressurizing device with a water amount controlled by the driving apparatus, and wastewater passing through the filtering apparatus can be transferred through a combination of the wastewater transfer pipe group and the pressurizing device with a water output amount controlled by the driving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Zhen-Fa Guan
  • Patent number: 10717028
    Abstract: A liquid filter assembly includes a porous tubular support member and a filter element removably and replaceably oriented in the interior volume of the support member. A bypass valve arrangement is provided to permit at least some unfiltered liquid to bypass media in the filter element. A dynamic seal can help to seal the bypass valve arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrico Greco, Francesco Marangoni
  • Patent number: 10717029
    Abstract: Disclosed are fibers comprising identification fibers which can be used for tracking and tracing fibers, yarns, fiber bands, and/or articles comprising the fibers through at least part of the supply chain. Each identification fiber exhibits at least one distinct feature. Each group of distinguishable identification fibers can exhibit a taggant cross-section shape, a taggant cross-section size, or combination of the same taggant cross-section shape and same taggant cross-section size. The distinct features and the number of fibers in each group of distinguishable identification fibers can represent at least one supply chain component of the fibers. The distinct features can be detectable in an article comprising the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Andrew Ervin McLeod, Scott Gregory Gaynor, Steven Anthony Wilson, Lydia J. Salyer, Humberto Collazo, Larry Wayne Renfro, Jeremy Kenneth Steach, Brian Douglas Seiler
  • Patent number: 10717030
    Abstract: A device for separating liquid from a volume flow of a gas-liquid mixture may include a separating element and a deflection arrangement for deflecting the volume flow in a direction of the separating element to precipitate liquid on the separating element and thereby separate the liquid. The deflection arrangement may comprise a flow channel that extends axially away from a volume flow inlet and comprises an aperture area that extends axially on the flow channel. The aperture area may be at least partly covered by a covering means that is movable relative to the aperture area. The covering means may be movable to different extents at two axially-spaced locations to influence a magnitude of a part volume flow of the deflected volume flow flowing out of the flow channel through the aperture area at one axial location differently than at another axial location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG
    Inventors: Tony Stein, Ulf Müller, Robert Reichelt
  • Patent number: 10717031
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein relates to a vent assembly having a vent housing that defines a first airflow pathway, a second airflow pathway, and a third airflow pathway. The first airflow pathway is configured for fluid communication with an interior of an enclosure. The second airflow pathway is configured for fluid communication with the external environment, and the third airflow pathway extends between the first airflow pathway and the second airflow pathway. A membrane is coupled to the vent housing such that the second airflow pathway and the third airflow pathway are in communication through the membrane. Coalescing filter media is disposed within the vent housing such that the third airflow pathway and the first airflow pathway are in communication through the coalescing filter media. The vent assembly defines a spacing region between the coalescing media and the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lauden, Michael J. Hebert, Daniel Dotzler, Daniel Little
  • Patent number: 10717032
    Abstract: Expanded metal sheets are used to produce tubular filters. The expanded metal sheet has a multiplicity of rows of openings arranged to reduce nesting when the sheet is rolled on itself. In particular, the pitch between the rows of openings, the sizes of the openings, or both the pitch between the rows of openings and the sizes of the openings are varied to reduce nesting when the expanded metal sheet is rolled on itself. The filters can include external circumferential grooves, rounded corners produced by a point loading process, textured surfaces between openings, and/or torturous internal paths produced by non-perforated areas of an expanded metal sheet. The expanded metal sheet can be composed of carbon steel coated with a material having a higher heat conductivity, e.g., tin. Among other things, the filters can be used in automobile airbag inflators to capture slag and absorb heat produced by the inflator's explosive charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ACS Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: George Greenwood, Michael McCarthy, Richard Pfefferle
  • Patent number: 10717033
    Abstract: A filter element (100) that is to be mounted in a housing (102) has at least one substantially hollow cylindrical pleated filter (10, 20) designed to separate liquid from aerosol, and two cover elements (30, 40) designed to cover axial end regions (12, 14, 22, 24) of the pleated filter (10, 20). The axial end portions (12, 14, 22, 24) of the at least one pleated filter (10, 20) are pressed against the cover element (30, 40) by an axial compressing force. The at least one pleated filter (10, 20) is secured in the axial direction, and one respective sealing zone (16, 18, 26, 28) is formed between each pleated filter (10, 20) and each cover element (30, 40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Panni, Klemens Dworatzek, Janine Schmelzle, Frank Vogt, Goekhan Evcuemen
  • Patent number: 10717034
    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: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Scott, Carolyn Finnerty, Steven Gieseke, Douglas Iddings, William Juliar, Gregory LaVallee
  • Patent number: 10717035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for modifying the crystalline inorganic framework of an adsorbent with coatings to provide rate selectivity for one gas over others is described. The method described herein narrows the effective pore size of crystalline porous solids with pores less than about 5A for rate selective separations. This method of the invention comprises treating the hydrated or partially hydrated zeolite with a silicone derived binding agent followed by subsequent heat treatment. The additive content and treatment are adjusted to match effective pore size to specific separations. The superior adsorbent has the added convenience of bead forming simultaneously with pore modification as well as having the treatment result in the yielding of high crush strength products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Pontonio, Neil A. Stephenson, Philip A. Barrett, Nicholas R. Stuckert
  • Patent number: 10717036
    Abstract: Embodiments include a metal-organic framework (MOF) composition comprising one or more metal ions, a plurality of organic ligands, and a solvent, wherein the one or more metal ions associate with the plurality of organic ligands sufficient to form a MOF with kag topology. Embodiments further include a method of making a MOF composition comprising contacting one or more metal ions with a plurality of organic ligands in the presence of a solvent, sufficient to form a MOF with kag topology, wherein the solvent comprises water only. Embodiments further include a method of capturing chemical species from a fluid composition comprising contacting a MOF composition with kag topology and pore size of about 3.4 ? to 4.8 ? with a fluid composition comprising two or more chemical species and capturing one or more captured chemical species from the fluid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mohamed Infas Haja Mohideen, Karim Adil, Youssef Belmabkhout, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Prashant M. Bhatt
  • Patent number: 10717038
    Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbing liquid for separating and capturing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide-containing gas, the absorbing liquid containing: at least one alkanolamine represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl, R2 and R3 are identical or different and each represent hydrogen or C1-3 alkyl, R1, R2, and R3 are not all hydrogen, and n is 1 or 2; a low-molecular-weight diol compound and/or glycerin; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Firoz Alam Chowdhury, Tsuguhiro Kato, Yoichi Matsuzaki, Masami Onoda
  • Patent number: 10717039
    Abstract: A co-current contactor for separating components in a fluid stream, the co-current contactor comprising a first inlet configured to receive the fluid stream proximate to a first end of the co-current contactor, a second inlet configured to receive a solvent proximate the first end of the co-current contactor, and a mass transfer section configured to receive the fluid stream and the solvent and to provide a mixed, two-phase flow, wherein the mass transfer section comprises a surface feature along an inner surface of the mass transfer section configured to reduce film flow along an inner wall of the mass transfer section, and wherein the surface feature comprises at least one of a hydrophobic surface, a superhydrophobic surface, a porous wall surface, and a nonlinear surface irregularity extending radially inward or radially outward along the inner surface of the mass transfer section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: P. Scott Northrop, Stephanie A. Freeman, J. Tim Cullinane, Edward J. Grave, Norman K. Yeh
  • Patent number: 10717040
    Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure. In some embodiments, the devices may include a permeate frame having at least one membrane support structure that spans at least a substantial portion of an open region and that is configured to support at least one foil-microscreen assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Element 1 Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Edlund, Koji Hoshi, Robert Todd Studebaker, Robert Jacob Studebaker
  • Patent number: 10717041
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a process for separating at least a first gas component and a second gas component by contacting a gas stream comprising the first and second gas components with a carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane under aggressive gas separation conditions in which the partial pressure of the selectively sorbed gas component in the gas stream is high. Despite the high partial pressure of the sorbed gas component, the selectivity of the carbon molecular sieve membrane is not substantially reduced by plasticization or saturation. In some embodiments, the aggressive gas separation process may include contacting a gas stream at supercritical conditions with a CMS membrane to separate at least first and second gas components. The process may be useful for, among other things, the separation of CO2 from a natural gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: SHELL OIL COMPANY, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, William John Koros, Joseph Marshall Mayne, Paul Jason Williams
  • Patent number: 10717042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for taking up one or more nitrogen oxide(s) from a gaseous and/or aerosol or liquid medium using at least one particulate earth alkali carbonate-comprising material and/or at least one particulate earth alkali phosphate-comprising material as well as an adsorbing material comprising said at least one particulate earth alkali carbonate-comprising material and/or at least one particulate earth alkali phosphate-comprising material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Christophe Laporte, Daniel Frey, Kai Max Hettmann, Samuel Rentsch, Detlef Gysau, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 10717043
    Abstract: A multifunctional air purifying device for removing indoor pollution by a thermal decomposition method comprises an air treatment unit and an air collection heater. The air collection heater is provided with an infrared lamp tube and an ultraviolet lamp tube. An annular water tank is arranged on an inner side of the upper part of the air treatment unit. A filter screen runs through the annular water tank and is connected with an air cap, and a fan is provided at a joint between the filter screen and the air cap. The filter screen includes an early effect filter screen, a HEPA filter screen, an activated carbon filter screen and a cold catalyst filter arranged in that order from a bottom to a top. A humidifier connects the annular sink and a nozzle located at an exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Yang Lv, Haifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10717044
    Abstract: Marine engine exhaust includes pollutants such as CO2, NOx and SOx. An on-board system and method for the simultaneous removal of these pollutants includes obtaining seawater from the water on which the marine vessel travels, purifying the seawater to remove a portion of hard ions, concentrating the seawater to yield a concentrated brine solution, treating the concentrated brine solution with a chemical softener to yield a treated brine solution, acidifying the treated brine solution, and utilizing the acidified brine solution in a chlor-alkali process to yield sodium hydroxide. The sodium hydroxide can be used in an acid gas scrubber to remove CO2, NOx, and SOx from the marine engine exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Christos M. Kalamaras, Esam Z. Hamad
  • Patent number: 10717045
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing oxygen from hydrocarbon-containing gas mixtures, characterized in that a hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture containing 50 vol % of one or more hydrocarbons, 2 to 10 vol % of oxygen, and possibly one or more gases from the group comprising nitrogen, noble gases, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and water is introduced into an isothermally operated reactor, in which the oxygen contained in the hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture is at least partially converted into carbon dioxide and water in the presence of one or more catalysts, wherein the specifications in vol % relate to the total volume of the hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture introduced into the reactor and add up to 100 vol % in total.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Peter Schultheiss, Willibald Dafinger, Marc Eckert, Friedrich Frank
  • Patent number: 10717046
    Abstract: A portable water conditioning system is provided that includes a water conditioner, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The water conditioner has a plurality of conditioning stages that condition water. The plurality of conditioning stages include, in a direction of flow of the water through the water conditioner, a reverse osmosis stage and a deionizing stage. The first sensor detects a first condition of the water before the reverse osmosis stage. The second sensor detects a second condition of the water after the reverse osmosis stage. The controller is in communication with the first and second sensors and determines a health status of the reverse osmosis stage based the first and second conditions. The first and second conditions each include a level of total dissolved solids of the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: UNGER MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Paul H. Adams, James M. Buckley, Robert Camp, Kai Hirsch, Stephen Huda
  • Patent number: 10717047
    Abstract: A reverse osmosis system may include a water supply, a filter, and a mixing member. The water supply is connected to a first water tube and a second water tube. The first water tube is connected to the filter, and the filter is connected to a drain pipe which is connected to a wastewater tank. The wastewater generated from the filter under reverse osmosis process can be discharged into the wastewater tank. The mixing member has a water inlet end, a water outlet end, and a wastewater inlet tube, which are communicated with each other, and the water inlet end of the mixing member is connected to the second water tube. When water flows through the mixing member, the negative pressure is generated to pump wastewater in the wastewater tank through the wastewater inlet tube into the mixing member, thereby achieving the effect of water saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Hsiang-Shih Wang
  • Patent number: 10717048
    Abstract: An environmental water system may include an ultrafiltration membrane, a reserves osmosis (RO) system, a waste water tank, a mixer, a total dissolved solids (TDS) controller valve, a connector, and a water tap. The environmental water system can provide pure water which is filtered through the ultrafiltration membrane and RO system. Also, a user can operate the TDS controller valve depending on the actual use requirement so as to have different TDS values of water from the water tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Hsiang-Shih Wang
  • Patent number: 10717049
    Abstract: A membrane element includes a central pipe having, in its outer periphery, holes; a membrane wound body in which a membrane member is wound on the central pipe; end members arranged, respectively, at both ends of the membrane wound body; and an exterior member fitted to at least an outer periphery of the membrane wound body. In this element, the exterior member includes a fiber reinforced resin having a reinforcing fiber wound on the outer periphery of the membrane wound body; the end members each includes flexible portions extended from a main body toward the membrane wound body; and the reinforcing fiber is wound also onto an outer periphery of the flexible portions in a state that the flexible portions are deformed toward an outer peripheral surface of the membrane wound body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Matsuda, Shinichi Chikura, Yasuhiro Uda
  • Patent number: 10717050
    Abstract: A spiral wound membrane module adapted for hyperfiltration and including at least one membrane envelope and feed spacer sheet wound about a central permeate tube to form an inlet and outlet scroll face and an outer periphery, wherein the feed spacer sheet includes: i) a feed entrance section extending along the permeate collection tube from the inlet scroll face toward the outlet scroll face, ii) a feed exit section extending along the outer periphery from the outlet scroll face toward the inlet scroll face, and iii) a central feed section located between the feed entrance section and the feed exit section; and wherein the feed entrance section has a median resistance to flow in a direction parallel to the permeate collection tube that is less than 25% of the median resistance to flow of the central feed section in a direction perpendicular to the permeate collection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, INC.
    Inventors: Steven D. Jons, Michael S. Koreltz, Luke Franklin
  • Patent number: 10717051
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of preparing a membrane by dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent, and preparing a slurry from the dispersion by removing at least a portion of the solvent. The method includes applying the slurry to a first surface, and forming a carbon nanotube membrane by compressing the slurry between the first surface and at least a second surface. Some embodiments forming a composite assembly by sandwiching the carbon nanotube membrane between two or more bleeder cloth layers to form an uncured assembly, and applying a curable resin to a first side of the uncured assembly, and applying a curable resin to a second side of the uncured assembly, and curing the uncured assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Siddhant Datta, Aditi Chattopadhyay
  • Patent number: 10717052
    Abstract: A hybrid type filtration structure for filtering liquid includes a first active layer, a porous supporting layer and a permeable layer. The first active layer has a first nano pore inner wall of which a function group included compound is combined with. The porous supporting layer has a plurality of pores and is disposed under the first active layer. The permeable layer is disposed under the porous supporting layer. The porous supporting layer includes a plurality of lipid bilayers having membrane protein inside of the pore, a molecule of water selectively passes through the membrane protein. The first nano pore passes through the first active layer vertically. The first nano pore and the pore are connected with each other through which liquid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jeong-Hwan Kim, Yeong-Eun Yoo, Jae-Sung Yoon, Tae-Joon Jeon, Sun Min Kim, Seung-Hyun Kim, Moon-Ki Kim, Dae-Joong Kim, Yun Jung Lee, Young-Rok Kim, Young-Ho Seo, No-Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10717053
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated complex according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a laminated complex that includes a sheet-shaped or tube-shaped porous support and a semipermeable membrane layer stacked on an outer surface of the support, the method including a coating step of coating an outer surface of the support with a semipermeable membrane layer-forming composition in which a fluororesin is dispersed in a solvent; an immersing step of immersing the coated surface of the support in water after the coating step; and a heating step of heating water in which the support is immersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Hayashi, Yasuhiko Muroya
  • Patent number: 10717054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chabazite zeolite membrane with a controlled pore size and a production method thereof, wherein the sizes of pore space and pore mouth of the chabazite zeolite membrane are finely controlled through chemical vapor deposition. Through the chemical vapor deposition, defects present in the chabazite zeolite membrane are eliminated, and the pore size is effectively controlled. Thus, unlike hydrophilic membranes showing excellent CO2/N2 separation performance under a dry condition, the chabazite zeolite membrane with a controlled pore size according to the present invention has a hydrophobic surface, and thus can maintain excellent CO2/N2 separation performance even under a wet condition. Accordingly, the chabazite zeolite membrane of the present invention can effectively capture carbon dioxide from nitrogen under various environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jungkyu Choi, Eun-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 10717055
    Abstract: A floating chemical dispenser is provided, which includes: a body portion having a first chamber for receiving solid chemicals, a second chamber for receiving a floating member, and at least one first hole for communicating the first chamber with an external environment, an opening is disposed at one end of the body portion, and the opening is communicated with the first chamber; and a cover, configured to close the opening of the body portion; wherein the cover is detachably connected with the body portion via a first locking mechanism, and the first locking mechanism has a locking position and an unlocking position, and is configured to move between the locking position and the unlocking position via pressing and rotating the cover by a user, so as to control locking or unlocking of the cover and the body portion. Therefore, safety performance of the floating chemical dispenser can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Wenhua Hu, Jinlin Chen
  • Patent number: 10717056
    Abstract: A process for purifying an extracted material extracted from a biomass material, providing a raw extracted material comprising an amount of a solvent or an extractable compound, heating the raw extracted material to a temperature sufficient to provide and maintain a flowable form, and to raise the partial pressure of the solvent or the extractable compound, increasing the surface area of the raw extracted material, passing a purifying gas across the increased surface area of the raw extracted material, to remove solvent and the extractable compound into the purifying gas to produce a stripped extract material, exposing the stripped extract material to a vacuum pressure to remove residual purifying gas, solvent, and the extractable compound to produce a first-stage purified extract material, and repeating one or more times to prepare a purified extract material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Cem Gokay, Kaan Brian Gokay
  • Patent number: 10717057
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fluid mixing system. In an embodiment, the fluid mixing system includes a first vessel; a second vessel disposed within the first vessel; a mixer disposed outside of the first vessel in fluid communication with the second vessel; and a media introduction port disposed outside of the first vessel in fluid communication with the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark McElligott, Eric T Wyatt, Craig R. Maki
  • Patent number: 10717058
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixer insert having a support rod element and at least one vortexing element and a rotary drive connection structure, wherein the mixer insert, for insertion into a tubular passage element, and together therewith, is adapted to a device for mixing at least two fluid components to be placeable by means of the rotary-drive connection structure in drive connection with a driveshaft of the device, when the mixer insert is inserted into the passage element and the passage element is placed in fluid-tight flow connection with at least two component feed lines of the device, characterized in that the rotary-drive connection structure has a bore hole having a bore hole wall which are adapted to a thread on the driveshaft in such a manner that the bore hole, for producing the drive connection, can be screwed onto the thread, wherein the bore hole wall is shaped by the thread. The invention also relates to such a device for mixing and also to a system of such a device and such a mixer insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Udo Tartler
  • Patent number: 10717059
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus for producing aqueous calcined gypsum slurry includes a housing, a rotor assembly, and an actuator system. The housing defines a mixing chamber therewithin. A top lid of the housing includes a lid ring extending along a normal axis toward a bottom thereof. The rotor assembly includes a rotor disposed within the mixing chamber and a drive shaft extending along and rotatable about the normal axis. The rotor is rotatively coupled with the drive shaft and extends radially therefrom. The upper surface of the rotor and the lid ring are separated by a lid ring gap along the normal axis. The actuator system is arranged with the rotor assembly to selectively move the rotor over a range of travel along the normal axis between a lowered position and a raised position to selectively change the lid ring gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Joseph Scaff, Lester Bell
  • Patent number: 10717060
    Abstract: A food mixer is presented having mixing tool detection capability. The food mixer has a base unit with a tool attachment portion, a mixing bowl attached to the base unit, and a motor attached to the base unit. The motor has operational settings and is configured to apply a torque to the tool attachment portion. A mixing tool is removably attached to the tool attachment portion, and a controller unit of the mixer is configured to detect the mixing tool attached to the tool attachment portion and to automatically control the operational settings of the drive motor based on the mixing tool detected. A magnet carrier may be used to detect a magnetic portion of the mixing tool as it moves with respect to a magnetically-sensitive sensor in the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BLENDTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Dickson, Jr., Travis J. Mittanck, Javier E. Jimenez, Tyson D. Triplett, Craig C. Hardcastle, Scott C. Losee, Christian D. Mills, Gregory D. Jackson, Heber J. Redd
  • Patent number: 10717061
    Abstract: A fluidized gas reactor includes a system for preventing a fluidizing gas comprising a reactant from premature reaction. The fluidized gas reactor includes a reaction chamber including a particle bed; a gas distribution plate having a plurality of openings therethrough, wherein each opening opens into the reaction chamber; and a plurality of vertical fluidizing gas inlet tubes, each of the fluidizing gas inlet tubes being in fluid communication with one of the openings in the gas distribution plate. Each fluidizing gas inlet tube is configured to receive a fluidizing gas and transport the fluidizing gas to the reaction chamber. A fluidizing gas source provides a stream of the fluidizing gas to the fluidizing gas inlet tubes. A coolant system prevents the fluidizing gas from undergoing reaction before entering the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: X ENERGY, LLC
    Inventor: Howard Taery Kim
  • Patent number: 10717062
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of a plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: IMMUNOLIGHT, LLC, DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Frederic A. Bourke, Jr., Tuan Vo-Dinh
  • Patent number: 10717063
    Abstract: A polymer synthesis system has a polymerization reactor and a deliquifying-quench extruder downstream of and in fluid communication with the polymerization reactor. The polymerization reactor has an inlet and an outlet with a rotatable shaft positioned axially within the reactor. The deliquifying-quench extruder has an inlet and an outlet, with a shaft assembly positioned axially within the extruder. The shaft assembly includes multiple helical flight configurations and multiple processing zones defined by the multiple flight configurations. The processing zones include an extraction-compaction zone, a sealing zone downstream of the extraction-compaction zone, a vent-cooling zone downstream of the sealing zone, a quenching zone downstream of the vent-cooling zone, and a conveying zone downstream of the quenching zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Cheng-Ming Yeh, Richard D. Hembree, Michael F. McDonald, Jr., Joseph A. Maier
  • Patent number: 10717064
    Abstract: An evaporator comprising an evaporator body (3) surrounded by an evaporator housing (5), wherein the evaporator housing (5) is provided with a feed line (1) for feeding a liquid into the evaporator housing (5) and with an outlet (6) for emitting any vapour produced, wherein the evaporator body (3) comprises a multiplicity of plates (7) which are arranged in a planar manner one above another, wherein a void (8) is formed in each case between adjacent plates (7), wherein each of the voids (8) is fluidically connected to the outlet, wherein a liquid distributor is interconnected between the feed line (1) and the evaporator body (3), wherein the liquid distributor branches off from the feed line (1) in the direction of the evaporator body (3) in at least two distributor lines (VR), and wherein each distributor line (VR) is connected to at least one void (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH
    Inventors: David Tiemann, Karl-Peter Schelhaas
  • Patent number: 10717065
    Abstract: Provided is a water absorption treatment material and a method for manufacturing the same, according to which a clump can be formed after use without incurring a decrease in water absorptivity. A water absorption treatment material includes a granular core portion and an embedded portion. A recessed portion is formed on the surface of the granular core portion. The embedded portion is provided in the recessed portion of the granular core portion. The embedded portion contains an adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ito, Junji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 10717066
    Abstract: The present invention provides titania particles which are formed by providing a titania sol and spray drying the titania sol. A morphology of the dried titania particles is controlled by producing the titania sol from a TiO2 containing slurry and controlling the pH of the slurry to be 3 pH units or more from the iso-electric point of the titania by adding a peptizing agent to reduce an extent to which the titania sol is flocculated, or by producing the titania sol from a TiO2 containing slurry and adjusting the iso-electric point to be 3 pH units or more from the pH of the slurry by adding a dispersant to reduce an extent to which the titania sol is flocculated. The titania particles have a continuous exterior convex surface, a diameter of 30 ?m or less, a BET specific surface area of 50 m2/g or more, and are porous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN P&A UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Karl Lowry, John Lalande Edwards, Darren J Waters, John Robb
  • Patent number: 10717068
    Abstract: A metal oxide catalyst capable of catalyzing an oxidative coupling of methane reaction is described. The metal oxide catalyst includes a lanthanum (La) cerium (Ce) metal oxide and further including a lanthanum hydroxide (La(OH)3) crystalline phase. The catalyst is capable of catalyzing the production of C2+ hydrocarbons from methane and oxygen. Methods and systems of using the metal oxide catalyst to produce C2+ hydrocarbons from a reactant gas are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Wugeng Liang, Sagar Sarsani, David West, James Lowrey, Aghaddin Mamedov, Istvan Lengyel
  • Patent number: 10717069
    Abstract: Zn-promoted and/or Ga-promoted cracking catalysts, such as cracking catalysts comprising an MSE framework zeolite or an MFI framework zeolite can provide unexpectedly superior conversion of branched paraffins when used as part of a catalyst during reforming of a hydrocarbon fuel stream. The conversion and reforming of the hydrocarbon fuel stream can occur, for example, in an internal combustion engine. The conversion and reforming can allow for formation of higher octane compounds from the branched paraffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Brian M. Weiss, Gerardo J. Majano, Tilman W. Beutel, Karl G. Strohmaier, John F. Brody, Samia Ilias, Scott J. Weigel, Shamel Merchant, Eugine Choi, Robert J. Colby, Walter Weissman