Patents Issued in September 15, 2020
  • Patent number: 10773218
    Abstract: Described herein is a graphene material such as graphene oxide and polymer based selectively permeable element that provides selective permeability between polar and non-polar molecules such as fluid, gas or vapor. The methods for making these selectively permeable elements and related devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shijun Zheng, Peng Wang, Rebecca Romero, Isamu Kitahara, Weiping Lin
  • Patent number: 10773219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a polymer composition for preparing a hydrophilic separation membrane, containing sulfonated inorganic particles, preferably, sulfonated titanium dioxide; and a hydrophilic separation membrane prepared therefrom. The hydrophilic separation membrane of the present invention has advantages of having excellent water flux and an excellent antifouling property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Young Ho Ahn, Sivasankaran Ayyaru
  • Patent number: 10773220
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining a product chemistry from a solid block is provided. The product is housed within a dispenser, which utilizes a liquid and a gas to erode the block and produce a concentrate solution. The liquid and gas characteristics can be adjusted in the field to achieve a predetermined concentrate level in the solution. The introduction of air into the dispenser saves water, while producing higher concentrate levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Ronald Schwartz, Ryan Joseph Drake
  • Patent number: 10773221
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for dissolving ammonia gas in deionized water. The system includes a deionized water source and a gas mixing device including a first inlet for receiving ammonia gas, a second inlet for receiving a transfer gas, and a mixed gas outlet for outputting a gas mixture comprising the ammonia gas and the transfer gas. The system includes a contactor that receives the deionized water and the gas mixture and generates deionized water having ammonia gas dissolved therein. The system includes a sensor in fluid communication with at least one inlet of the contactor for measuring a flow rate of the deionized water, and a controller in communication with the sensor. The controller sets a flow rate of the ammonia gas based on the flow rate of the deionized water measured by the sensor, and a predetermined conductivity set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Alfred Brammer, Johannes Seiwert, Christiane Le Tiec
  • Patent number: 10773222
    Abstract: An extrusion apparatus configured to releasably secure therein a filter and two syringes so as to provide stability during the extrusion process. The extrusion apparatus includes a body that is rectangular in form. The body includes a top surface wherein the top surface has formed therein a filter receiving member. The filter receiving member is centrally located on the body. Operably coupled to the filter receiving member on opposing sides thereof is a first syringe channel and a second syringe channel. The first syringe channel and the second syringe channel include a passage having an outer wall. The outer wall of the passage of the first syringe channel and the second syringe channel is annular in form and has a circumferential radius that requires longitudinal insertion of syringes and inhibits the upward movement thereof once the syringes are disposed therein. A heating assembly is further included in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Graham Jeffrey Taylor, Nima Tamaddoni Jahromi
  • Patent number: 10773223
    Abstract: A device for dispersing a water-soluble polymer includes a primary water inlet circuit that feeds an overflow, at the bottom end of the cone, an assembly including a chamber for grinding and draining the dispersed polymer, having a rotor driven by a motor provided with knives, a stator, over all or part of the periphery of the chamber, a ring fed by a secondary water circuit, the ring communicating with the chamber by way of slots for spraying pressurized water onto the stator The slots of the stator and/or the knives of the rotor are tilted at an angle of between 20° and 80° relative to the horizontal plane of the stator and the lateral face of the blade next to the stator is curved in such a way as to make the distance separating the two components substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: S.P.C.M. SA
    Inventors: Julien Bonnier, Emmanuel Pich
  • Patent number: 10773224
    Abstract: A continuous mixing apparatus for a powder/granular material and a viscous liquid, with a mixing cylinder, a shaft member which is on a central axis of the mixing cylinder and rotates inside the mixing cylinder, and a plurality of mixing paddles disposed on a surface of the shaft member, wherein the mixing cylinder is with a powder/granular material feed port on one end portion, a mixed material discharge port on the other end portion, and a viscous liquid injection unit between the powder/granular material feed port and the mixed material discharge port, and the plurality of mixing paddles are disposed on the shaft member so as to form a spiral around the central axis, the plurality of mixing paddles being, in at least a portion between the viscous liquid injection unit and the mixed material discharge port, attached to provide first rows having an attachment angle of 5° to 60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahumi Oba, Tatsuyuki Aoki, Mikio Yoshino, Taisuke Horie, Yukinori Aoki
  • Patent number: 10773225
    Abstract: A dynamic mixer comprises a mixing chamber having a plurality of inlets and an outlet as well as a mixing element rotatably arranged in the mixing chamber. The mixing takes place by a to and fro movement of the mixing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10773226
    Abstract: A sanitary mixing tank steady bearing is replaceable without lifting a mixing tank shaft. The steady bearing is insertable into and removable from the bottom of a bearing support attached inside the base of the sanitary mixing tank. The steady bearing may thus be replaced by a service technician working through a man way/man hole on the top of the tank allowing service without lifting the mixing tank shaft. Gaps are provided between the bearing support and steady bearing allowing flushing material from around the steady bearing to easily maintain a sanitary environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio Villarino, Jr., Sergio Villarino, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10773227
    Abstract: A blender system includes a blender base that is selectively and operably engaged with a container. The blender base may include a housing that houses a motor operatively driving a mixing blade, and a fan. The fan may operate independent of the motor. The fan may force air through the blender base to cool the motor and other operative components of the blender base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Kolar, Fred H. Mehlman, Bradford J. Paskert
  • Patent number: 10773228
    Abstract: A self-sealing container, used for transferring one or more air sensitive samples between vacuum systems, includes a housing with a cavity that holds the sample(s), and a lid disposed on top of the housing. The lid is configured to interface with the housing to form a seal over the cavity when the lid is closed. At least two flexure systems, each coupled to the housing and the lid, are disposed on opposing sides of the housing. The flexure systems apply forces to the lid that move the lid horizontally and vertically above the housing, into an open position. A pneumatic actuator, movably coupled to the housing and the lid, that is actuated by a change in ambient pressure. When actuated, it applies forces that move the lid horizontally and vertically to the closed position, in opposition to and in excess of the forces applied by the flexure systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick Simon, Lukas W. Porz
  • Patent number: 10773229
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to steam reformers for the production of a hydrogen rich reformate, comprising a shell having a first end, a second end, and a passage extending generally between the first end and the second end of the shell, and at least one heat source disposed about the second end of the shell. The shell comprises at least one conduit member comprising at least one thermally emissive and high radiant emissivity material, at least partially disposed within the shell cavity. The shell further comprises at least one reactor module at least a portion of which is disposed within the shell cavity and about the at least one conduit member and comprises at least one reforming catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: IVYS, INC.
    Inventors: Jian L. Zhao, Changsik Kim, Yanlong Shi
  • Patent number: 10773230
    Abstract: A steam reformer, with a combustion chamber, catalyst tubes arranged in several rows, with burners for heating the catalyst tubes, with feed conduits each for supplying the catalyst tubes with educt gas and the burners with air and fuel gas, with collecting conduits for discharging the product gas, with channels for discharging the burner waste gases from the combustion chamber, wherein the ceilings of the channels each are formed by the bottom or the ceiling of the combustion chamber, and wherein the channels for discharging the burner waste gases are designed such that the flow velocity of the burner waste gases is constant along the entire length of the channels, as seen vertically to the catalyst tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Antonio Coscia
  • Patent number: 10773231
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for colloidosome-type microcapsules elaboration from solid particles microcapsules obtained by ionic gelation. In the process, an (O/W) type emulsion is initially generated stabilized with the solid particles microcapsules, and then the particles are fixed to the interface by adsorption of polyelectrolytes, cross-linking, heat treatment or fatty coating, generating the colloidosome with the water-insoluble phase encapsulated in the core and covered by the shell particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Nexentia S.A.S., Universidad de Antioquia
    Inventors: Herley Casanova, César Augusto Pérez Zapata
  • Patent number: 10773232
    Abstract: De novo synthesized large libraries of nucleic acids are provided herein with low error rates. Further, devices for the manufacturing of high-quality building blocks, such as oligonucleotides, are described herein. Longer nucleic acids can be synthesized in parallel using microfluidic assemblies. Further, methods herein allow for the fast construction of large libraries of long, high-quality genes. Devices for the manufacturing of large libraries of long and high-quality nucleic acids are further described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Twist Bioscience Corporation
    Inventors: William Banyai, Bill James Peck, Andres Fernandez, Siyuan Chen, Pierre Indermuhle
  • Patent number: 10773233
    Abstract: Provided is a continuous production apparatus and a continuous production method capable of preventing the countercurrent of evaporation components generated at the time of polymerization so that continuous solution polymerization reactions can progress reliably. A continuous production apparatus (100) includes a housing chamber (2) configured to house a plurality of reaction vessels (1a to 1d); wherein a reaction mixture is formed by subjecting monomers to a polymerization reaction in a solvent in at least one of the reaction vessels; the reaction vessels communicate with one another via a gas phase part (4); the reaction vessels are sequentially connected; the reaction mixture successively moves to each of the reaction vessels; and the housing chamber includes a baffle (9) configured to narrow the cross-sectional area of the gas phase part at the boundary between at least one pair of adjacent reaction vessels or in the vicinity of the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakabe, Michihisa Miyahara, Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10773234
    Abstract: A range of carbon materials can be produced using lignin in combination with synthetic phenolic resins or naturally occurring lingo-cellulosic materials. The lignin, which is essentially a naturally occurring phenolic resin, has a carbon yield on pyrolysis similar to that of the synthetic resins, which aids processing. The lignin can be used as a binder phase for synthetic resin or lignocellulosic materials allowing the production of monolithic carbons from a wide range of precursors, as the primary structural material where the thermal processing is modified by the addition of small quantities of synthetic resin materials or as structure modified in the production of meso/macro porous carbons in either bead, granular or monolithic form. A carbonised monolith is provided comprising mesoporous and/or macroporous carbon particles dispersed in a matrix of microporous carbon particles with voids between the particles defining paths for fluid to flow into and through the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Neoteryx, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Robert Tennison, Michal Kowalski, Thomas Avery, Susan Rachel Sandeman, Carol Angela Howell, Yishan Zheng, Ganesh Ingavle, Sergey Victorovich Mikhalovsky, Mambet Nuraliyev
  • Patent number: 10773235
    Abstract: A modified active carbon material for adsorption of airborne lower aldehydes. The activated carbon is impregnated with triethylenediamine (TEDA) and has a copper deposition. A filter media is formed from a method of preparing triethylenediamine (TEDA) activated carbon with deposited copper for removal of toxic formaldehyde from the environment, such as a process of making surface modified granular activated carbon media that is highly efficient in removing formaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Marmon Water (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nabin Kumar Pal, Rama Kumari
  • Patent number: 10773236
    Abstract: Amine functional solid sorbents for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration may be prepared from metal oxide foam solid sorbent supports by treating an appropriate metal oxide foam solid sorbent support with an amine material. Desirable are metal oxide foam solid sorbent supports with a foam structure and morphology at least substantially absent hollow sphere, layered sphere, wormlike and amorphous structure and morphology components. The amine materials may be sorbed into the metal oxide foam solid sorbent support, or alternatively chemically bonded, such as but not limited to covalently bonded, to the metal oxide foam solid sorbent support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Emmanuel P. Giannelis, Liling Fu, Genggeng Qi
  • Patent number: 10773237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer exhibiting improved liquid permeability, gel strength, absorption rate and the like while maintaining excellent absorption performance. The method for preparing the super absorbent polymer comprises the steps of: carrying out a crosslinking polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least partially neutralized acidic groups in the presence of an internal crosslinking agent to form a hydrogel polymer including a cross-linked polymer; drying, pulverizing, and classifying the hydrogel polymer to form a base polymer powder; and surface-crosslinking the base polymer powder by using a surface crosslinking liquid containing a surface crosslinking agent of an alkylene carbonate having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, in the presence of hydrophobic silica particles having a water-contact angle of more than 10° and 150° or less and hydrophilic silica particles having a water-contact angle of 10° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Ki Yoon, Dae Woo Nam, Hyemin Lee, Chang Sun Han, Sung Jong Seo
  • Patent number: 10773238
    Abstract: Embodiments of templated polymeric materials capable of binding lysophosphatidic acids (LPAs) are disclosed. Methods of making and using the templated polymeric materials also are disclosed. The disclosed templated polymeric materials are molecularly imprinted polymers that bind LPAs and facilitate the production of lysophosphatidic acid-enriched samples, for instance through extraction of lysophosphatidic acids from biological samples, such as plasma or serum samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Portland State University
    Inventors: Robert M. Strongin, Martha Sibrian-Vazquez, Jialu Wang, Jorge O. Escobedo-Cordova
  • Patent number: 10773239
    Abstract: A solid form adsorbent including a plurality of discrete adsorbent particles spatially bound in place by point bonding by a binder. At least about 25% of the external surface area of a majority of the particles is not sealed off by the binder and is available for adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FLOW DRY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David Victor Flaugher, Rodney Lee Dobson, David S. Kress
  • Patent number: 10773240
    Abstract: A method for solid-phase extraction is disclosed. The method includes fabricating a solid-phase extraction medium by incorporating a plurality of modified mesoporous silica particles within pores of a cotton fabric matrix, putting the solid-phase extraction medium in contact with a fluid containing metal ions including one of immersing the solid-phase extraction medium in the fluid containing metal ions or passing the fluid containing metal ions through the solid-phase extraction medium by continuously circulating the fluid through the solid-phase extraction medium, and extracting the metal ions from the fluid by adsorbing the metal ions onto the solid-phase extraction medium responsive to a contact between the solid-phase extraction medium and the fluid containing metal ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Reza Ghiasvand, Mina Behfar, Fatemeh Yazdankhah
  • Patent number: 10773241
    Abstract: The present invention provides a separating medium including porous resin particles which has a sufficient pore diameter suitable for liquid chromatography applications and which has high strength, is reduced in pressure loss during liquid passing, has the excellent property of separating a desired substance, and has low nonspecific adsorption properties. The separating medium of the invention is a separating medium obtained by treating porous epoxy resin particles and having an average pore diameter of 10 to 2,000 nm, or a separating medium obtained by treating porous epoxy resin particles and having a water content of 50% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, EMAUS KYOTO, INC., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Norio Ishizuka, Kyoko Konishi, Toshikazu Oda, Yoshinobu Tsujii, Keita Sakakibara, Shoya Yoda
  • Patent number: 10773242
    Abstract: Cement-based photocatalytic composition, which comprises: (a) at least one cement binder; (b) at least one photocatalyst; (c) at least one cellulose ether; (d) at least one fluidizing agent; (e) at least one first calcareous filler in the form of particles of which at least 95% by weight has a size not greater than 100 ?m; (f) at least one second calcareous filler in the form of particles of which at least 95% by weight has a size not greater than 30 ?m; (g) at least one silane supported on an inorganic support in the form of powder. Such composition can be employed as a water paint for obtaining wall coatings with very low thickness, in particular the outdoor applications, which ensure a high and stable photocatalytic effect over time even with relatively low quantities of photocatalyst, generally lower than 10% by weight, with optimal results in terms of uniformity of the coating and resistance of the same to weathering agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Massimo Bernardoni
  • Patent number: 10773243
    Abstract: Tin-containing catalysts are provided comprising a compound of formula I. I: L1, L2, L3, and L4 are each independently selected from —O—, —S—, —OC(?O)—, —OC(?S)—, —SC(?O)—, —SC(?S)—, —OS(?O)2O—, —OS(?O)2— —N(R6)-, and —OP(?O)(R6)-, wherein R6 represents hydrogen or a monovalent aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic group having up to 20 carbon atoms. R1, R2, R3, R1?, R2?, and R3? each independently represent a divalent aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic group having up to 20 carbon atoms; and R4, R5, R4?, and R5? each independently represent hydrogen or a monovalent residue derived from reaction of a respective N—H group with an isocyanate, an ethylenically unsaturated compound, a lactone, a dilactone, a thiolactone, a lactam, a thiolactam, a carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, or an epoxide. Also provided are curable compositions containing these catalysts and methods of controlling the rate of cure of curable compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongying Zhou, Scott J. Moravek, Davina J. Schwartzmiller, Jun Deng, Jonathan Thomas Martz
  • Patent number: 10773244
    Abstract: The present invention provides amorphous bi-functional catalytic aluminum metallic glass particles having an aluminum metallic glass core and 2 or more transition metals disposed on the surface of the aluminum metallic glass core to form amorphous bi-functional aluminum metallic glass particles with catalytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
    Inventors: Santanu Das, Sundeep Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 10773245
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a crystalline transition metal molybdotungstate material or metal sulfides derived therefrom, or both. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline transition metal molybdotungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart R. Miller, Susan C. Koster
  • Patent number: 10773246
    Abstract: A method of making silica-layered double hydroxide microspheres having the formula I: (i) wherein, Mz+ and M?y+ are two different charged metal cations; z=1 or 2; y=3 or 4; 0<x<0.9; b is 0 to 10; c is 0 to 10; P>0, q>0, Xn? is an anion; with n>0 a=z(1?x)+xy?2; and the AMO-solvent is an 100% aqueous miscible organic solvent; comprises the steps: (a) contacting silica microspheres and a metal ion containing solution containing metal ions Mz+ and M?y+ in the presence of a base and an anion solution; (b) collecting the product; and (c) optionally treating the product with AMO-solvent and recovering the solvent treated material to obtain the silica-layered double hydroxide microspheres. Preferably, M in the formula I is Li, Mg, Ni or Ca. Preferably, M? in formula I is Al. The invention further provides silica-layered double hydroxide microspheres having the formula I. The silica-layered double hydroxide microspheres may be used as catalysts and/or catalyst supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SCG CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dermot O'Hare, Chunping Chen
  • Patent number: 10773247
    Abstract: A hollow porous carbon nitride nanospheres composite loaded with AgBr nanoparticles, preparation method thereof, and its application in dye degradation are disclosed. Using silica nanosphere with core-shell structure as a template and hydrogen cyanamide as precursor, melting to enter the pores of mesoporous silica, after calcination, the silica template is etched with ammonium bifluoride to obtain hollow porous carbon nitride nanospheres; dispersing hollow porous carbon nitride nanospheres in deionized water, adding silver nitrate and sodium bromide in sequence, and obtaining silver bromide nanoparticles by in-situ ion exchange method, stirring, washing and centrifuging to obtain the hollow porous carbon nitride nanospheres composite. The hollow porous carbon nitride prepared by the template method has good photocatalytic effect on dye degradation after composite with silver bromide; and it has the advantages of easy production of raw materials, good stability, reusability, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianmei Lu, Dongyun Chen, Jun Jiang
  • Patent number: 10773248
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and a BEA framework type. The nano-sized, mesoporous zeolite particle may also include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The zeolite particles may be integrated into hydrocracking catalysts and utilized for the cracking of heavy oils in a pretreatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Lianhui Ding, Manal Al-Eid, Essam Al-Sayed, Kareemuddin Shaik, Abdennour Bourane
  • Patent number: 10773249
    Abstract: A process of preparing a catalyst composition which process comprises the steps of (a) treating ZSM-5 zeolite with an alkaline solution having a pH of at least (8) followed by ion exchange to obtain a treated zeolite, (b) extruding a mixture of the treated zeolite and binder and contacting the zeolite with a fluorocompound containing solution, (c) increasing the temperature of the extrudates obtained in step (b) to at least 200° C., and (d) combining the extrudates obtained in step (c) with one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Group (10) and (11) of the IUPAC Periodic Table of Elements and a process for the conversion of an aromatic hydrocarbons containing feedstock using a catalyst composition prepared by such process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Yuriy Yanson, David Allen Cooper, Hong-Xin Li
  • Patent number: 10773250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a modified crystalline aluminosilicate of the Framework Type FER having Si/Al framework molar/ratio greater than 20 characterized in that in said modified crystalline aluminosilicate the ratio between the strong acid sites and the weak acid sites, S/W, is lower than 1.0 and having the extra framework aluminum (EFAL) content lowered to less than 10 wt % preferably 5 wt % even more preferably less than 2 wt % measured by 27Al MAS NMR. The present invention further relates to a process for producing olefins from alcohols in presence of said catalyst composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Nikolai Nesterenko, Delphine Minoux, Nadiya Danilina, Jean-Pierre Dath, Vincent Coupard, Sylvie Maury
  • Patent number: 10773251
    Abstract: The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising an oxidising catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Philip Gerald Blakeman, Gavin Michael Brown, Sougato Chatterjee, Andrew Francis Chiffey, Jane Gast, Paul Richard Phillips, Hanako Oyamada, Raj Rao Rajaram, Satoshi Sumiya, Andrew Peter Walker, Lifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10773252
    Abstract: A catalyst for treating an exhaust gas comprising SO2, NOx and elemental mercury in the presence of a nitrogenous reductant comprises a composition containing oxides of: (i) Molybdenum (Mo) and/or Tungsten (W); (ii) Vanadium (V); (iii) Titanium (Ti), and (iv) an MFI zeolite, wherein the composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition: (i) 1 to 6 wt % of MoO3 and/or 1 to 10 wt % WO3; and (ii) 0.1 to 3 wt % V2O5, and (iii) 48.5 to 94.5 wt % TiO2; and (iv) 35 to 50 wt % MFI zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Silvia Alcove Clave, Paul Andersen, Maria Brandmair, Manop Huber, Michael Nash, David Repp
  • Patent number: 10773253
    Abstract: The invention provides chemical compounds for binding to a liquid phase cation having the formula R1—SO2—S—R2—SH, wherein R1 comprises a support molecule, such as a polymer, and R2 comprises an alkyl. The polymer may be a crosslinked, polystyrene divinylbenzene copolymer having a plurality of pendant benzyl groups to which the —SO2—S—R2—SH ligand is attached. The alkyl group may be ethyl or propyl. The chemical compound may be used to complex cation lead or mercury, in which the cation is complexed with mercapto-sulfur of the thio-sulfonyl moiety and the terminal mercaptan to form a heterocyclic ring-like geometry incorporating the cation. A method for removing cations from a liquid stream using the chemical compounds of the present invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: San Jose State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Leon Yengoyan
  • Patent number: 10773254
    Abstract: An anion exchange stationary phase includes a negatively charged substrate particle, a base condensation polymer layer, a crosslinked ethanolamine condensation polymer, and a glycidol condensation layer. The crosslinked ethanolamine condensation polymer layer can be covalently attached to the base condensation polymer layer. The crosslinked ethanolamine condensation polymer layer can be formed by a condensation reaction product of a polyepoxide compound and ethanolamine. The glycidol condensation layer can be formed by the treatment of glycidol. The anion exchange stationary phase are suitable for separating a variety of haloacetic acids and common inorganic anions in a single chromatographic run in less than 20 to 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Dionex Corporation
    Inventors: Charanjit Saini, Christopher A. Pohl
  • Patent number: 10773255
    Abstract: A cartridge and a method for testing a biological sample are provided, wherein the cartridge is filled, in an open packaging, with the sample to be tested, and wherein the packaging holds and/or supports the cartridge in a latching manner in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH
    Inventor: Hannah Schmolke
  • Patent number: 10773256
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for detecting an analyte in liquid sample, including a channel for arranging the test strip, with one opened end and the other end is closed, wherein the channel includes an anti-flooding structure where the cross sectional area of the channel is reduced. The apparatus provided in the present invention can prevent the flooding phenomenon of the test strip, and reduce the error rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hangzhou Biotest Biotech Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Wu, Yangyu Zhu, Liang Hong
  • Patent number: 10773257
    Abstract: A device for stirring at least one liquid includes a fluidics module rotatable about an axis of rotation, a liquid chamber for the liquid within the fluidics module, an introducer for introducing mutually separate phase volumes of a phase different from the liquid, said phase volumes having a different density than the liquid, into the liquid within the liquid chamber, and a driving device for subjecting the fluidics module to such a rotation that the phase volumes are moved radially inward or outward in relation to the axis of rotation through the liquid due to the different density of the phase volumes and of the liquid and due to the centrifugal forces caused by the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft fuer angewandte Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Nils Paust, Arne Kloke, Felix Von Stetten, Jens Liebeskind
  • Patent number: 10773258
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments related to an apparatus and methods for biological sample processing enabling isolation and concentration of microbial or pathogenic constituents from the sample. Sample may be obtained directly from a specimen container, such as a vacutainer, and processed directly without risk of user exposure. The disclosed methods and apparatus provide a convenient and inexpensive solution for rapid sample preparation compatible with downstream analysis techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Tangen Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: John Nobile, John F. Davidson
  • Patent number: 10773259
    Abstract: An eccentric assembly for use in a gyratory or cone crusher is provided. The gyratory or cone crusher includes a main shaft having a longitudinal extension along a central axis of the crusher, a head assembly including a crushing head provided with a first crushing shell, and a frame provided with a second crushing shell, wherein the first and second crushing shells between them define a crushing gap. The eccentric assembly is provided with an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface eccentrically arranged relative to the inner circumferential surface, wherein the inner circumferential surface of the eccentric assembly is arranged for being journalled to the main shaft so that the eccentric assembly is adapted to rotate about said central axis, and wherein the outer circumferential surface of the eccentric assembly is arranged for being journalled to the crushing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej Niklewski, Paulo Barscevicius
  • Patent number: 10773260
    Abstract: A waste processing machine for reducing waste material and having a safety device for shearing lines. A housing defines a cutting chamber and an intake opening in communication with the cutting chamber for receiving waste material. A disc is disposed in the cutting chamber, rotates about an axis, and has an axial surface facing the intake opening. A cutting member is fixed to the disc for revolution about the axis concurrent with rotation of the disc for reducing waste material. A cutting anvil is coupled to the housing adjacent to the intake opening and faces the axial surface of the disc for reducing waste material between the cutting anvil and the cutting member. A line shear element is attached to the housing, extends into the cutting chamber toward the axial surface of the disc, and is spaced from the cutting anvil for shearing lines caught by the rotating disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Bandit Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Ryan Walcutt
  • Patent number: 10773261
    Abstract: A deflector ring includes a generally annular body, and a plurality of static straightening vanes arranged interior to the body, the vanes dividing the body into a plurality of substantially equal sections. The vanes are configured to straighten a swirling flow of solid particles as they enter the annular body, and to divide the swirling flow into a plurality of straightened flows that are communicated to a turret positionable above the deflector ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph David Bianca, Paul John Chapman
  • Patent number: 10773262
    Abstract: A device for the processing and separation of biological fluids into components comprises a hollow centrifugal processing chamber (10) fitted with an inlet/outlet head (20) and preferably with an axially movable piston (18). The inlet/outlet head has two separate inlets/outlets, for instance an axial inlet (29) and a lateral outlet (40). The processing chamber (1) is fitted with an internal flow guide (30) enabling operation of the device in a continuous processing mode wherein biological fluid to be processed is continuously intaken by say the axial inlet (29) and at the same time processed components are continuously removed via say the lateral outlet (40). The continuous processing flow can be driven by an external peristaltic pump (59) and/or by axial displacement of a piston (18) in the chamber (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSAFE S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Pierre Camisani, Yannick Andre Sublet, Pau Mato Sabat
  • Patent number: 10773263
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a controller in a control cabinet, a touch screen having a plurality of control icons, a controlled device, and a single safety sensor. The controlled device is a continuous flow centrifugation system. The controller prevents operation of the controlled device without simultaneous contact by a user of both the single safety sensor and a respective one of the plurality of control icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ALFA WASSERMANN, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Spiegel, Sorin Weissman, Bill Lepse, Blaine J. Marsh
  • Patent number: 10773264
    Abstract: An apparatus for coating glass articles includes a housing structure defining a chamber for receiving air or other fluid from a source of pressurized air that is in fluid communication with the chamber. The housing structure has an open end and a surface defined along at least a portion of the open end. A hot-swappable insert is removably positioned on the surface. The hot-swappable insert has a series of apertures for distributing the air or other fluid from the chamber and onto a surface of the glass articles that are positioned adjacent the insert. The insert can be replaced with another insert to adjust the flow path of the air or other fluid onto the glass articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Jon Nihart, Ryan Christopher Smith, Jeffery Lee Stricker
  • Patent number: 10773265
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coating plant components and an assembly of such components for a rotary atomizer. The components may be a bell cup and/or an atomizer ring. The component includes a metal main part and a non-metal material at least partially covering or coating the main part. The coating or insert of non-metal material is positioned to provide a barrier to inhibit metal-on-metal contact between, e.g., a bell cup and an atomizer ring. The present disclosure further provides a method for applying non-metal material to a coating plant component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Seiz, Michael Baumann, Hans-Jürgen Nolte
  • Patent number: 10773266
    Abstract: A system may include an electrostatic spray tool having a turbine generator configured to generate electrical power to electrostatically charge a spray. The spray tool also may include a controller configured to monitor the electrical power from the turbine generator and to instruct a gas supply to vary a gas flow to the turbine generator based on feedback received from one or more sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Carlisle Fluid Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Paul Baltz, Tait Russell Swanson
  • Patent number: 10773267
    Abstract: PROBLEM: To provide a large device and a method which is advantageous for forming a large-area amorphous film. SOLUTION: A device of the invention sprays a flame including a particulate material with a spraying machine toward a substrate, melts the material with the flame, and cools the material and flame by cooling gas before they reach the substrate to form an amorphous film. The spraying machine has particulate material spraying ports and flame spraying ports such that the flame including the material has an oblong cross section. Inert gas spraying ports are successively placed on both sides across the ports of the material and flame. Mist spraying ports are successively placed on both sides across the ports for the material, flame and inert gas. A skirt is attached/detached depending on a combustion gas or a film width to restrain film width narrowing and increase of film thickness deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: USUI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryurou Kurahashi, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Junji Takehara, Yoshihisa Fukutome