Patents Issued in September 29, 2020
  • Patent number: 10786805
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising cadmium sulfide quantum dot photocatalysts and methods and systems utilizing as much (e.g., for the reduction of a nitrobenzene to an aniline).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jensen, Emily A. Weiss
  • Patent number: 10786806
    Abstract: The invention provides a catalyst system and method for the deoxygenation of hydrocarbons, such as bio-oil, using a sulphide-sulfate or an oxide-carbonate (LDH) system. The invention extends to a pyrolysis process of a carbonaceous bio-mass wherein a first combustion zone is carried out in one or more combustion fluidised beds in which a particulate material including chemically looping deoxygenation catalyst particles is fluidised and heated, and a second pyrolysis zone carried out in one or more pyrolysis fluidised beds in which the hot particles, including the catalyst particles, heated in the combustion zone are used for pyrolysis of the bio-mass, said combustion zone being operated at a temperature of from 250° C. to 1100° C., typically around 900° C., and the pyrolysis zone being operated at a temperature of from 250° C. to 900° C., typically 450° C. to 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: University of Pretoria
    Inventors: Michael Heydenrych, Olinto Del Fabbro, Walter Focke, Frederick Labuschagne, Ryan Merckel
  • Patent number: 10786807
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres. The ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres may contain substantially no clay or calcined clay material. The ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres may have a ZSM-5 zeolite content of at least 70 wt. %. Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of forming ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres including treating microspheres with at least one alkali solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Xingtao Gao, Christopher R. Castellano, Brendan Patrick Dowd
  • Patent number: 10786808
    Abstract: Described is a selective catalytic reduction material comprising a spherical particle including an agglomeration of crystals of a molecular sieve. The catalyst is a crystalline material that is effective to catalyze the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant at temperatures between 200° C. and 600° C. A method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides and an exhaust gas treatment system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Natalia Trukhan, Ulrich Müller, Michael Breen, Barbara Slawski, Qi Fu, Jaya L. Mohanan, Martin W. Kraus, Ahmad Moini, Xiaofan Yang, John K. Hochmuth
  • Patent number: 10786809
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an additive and a catalyst composition for a catalytic cracking process of vacuum gas oil for preparing cracked run naphtha having reduced liquid olefin content, and increased propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction. The process makes use of a catalyst composition which is a mixture of an FCC equilibrated catalyst and an additive comprising a zeolite, phosphorus and a combination of metal promoters. The process is successful in achieving high propylene and butylene yields in the LPG fraction along with a lower liquid olefin content and increased aromatic content with increase in RON unit in the resultant cracked run naphtha, as compared to that achieved using an FCC equilibrated catalyst alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Raman Ravishankar, Peddy Venkata Chalapathi Rao, Nettem Venkateswarlu Choudary
  • Patent number: 10786810
    Abstract: Provided is a multichannel pipette whose number of channels can be arbitrarily set and managed to improve usability of the multichannel pipette and improve productivity, quality control, and maintainability in a research site. A multichannel pipette includes a pipette main body, a lower part attached to a lower end portion of the pipette main body, and a plurality of chip holder units housed inside the lower part, wherein each of the chip holder units has a connecting portion attachable to and removable from any of a plurality of to-be-connected portions provided in a unit case inside the lower part, and each of the chip holder units is attachable to and removable from the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoto Izumo, Hisanori Oda
  • Patent number: 10786811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of detecting one or more targets of interest in a sample. In one instance, the target can be correlated to an active infection (e.g., by a virus and/or a bacterium). Methods can include treating the sample with a dissociation agent, thereby releasing the target of interest for more accurate detection (e.g., by use of a sedimentation-based centrifugal microfluidic devices). Also described herein are microfluidic devices and systems for use with a dissociation agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Chung-Yan Koh, Anup K. Singh, Julia Litvinov
  • Patent number: 10786812
    Abstract: Provided are a medical analysis device and a cell analysis method which can capture many cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM. The medical analysis device includes a flow channel zone, and also includes a chamber zone. The inner surface of the flow channel zone is at least partially provided with a layer of a hydrophilic polymer having a thickness of 2 to 200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Minagawa, Masaru Tanaka, Takashi Hoshiba, Tomokazu Shibuya
  • Patent number: 10786813
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for isolating circulating tumor cells from a peripheral blood supply in order to diagnose early stage cancer and/or evaluate tumor status. In one example, a system for capturing circulating tumor cells includes a substrate having a cell-capturing region, the cell-capturing region having a curved, switchback-like shape and including an array of micropillar structures within the curved, switchback-like shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Lian Liu
  • Patent number: 10786815
    Abstract: A rotor for a device for disintegrating feed material, comprising a drive shaft, a plurality of rotor disks mounted on the drive shaft, and disintegration tools arranged in the region of the outer circumference of the rotor disks. A holding flange is provided for each rotor disk for connecting the rotor disk to the drive shaft, wherein the holding flange is permanently connected to the drive shaft and detachably connected to the rotor disk. Devices for disintegrating feed material, in particular impact hammer mills, may thus be operated with a rotor, in which the risk of a shaking out and a lateral wandering of the rotor disks is largely eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KHD HUMBOLDT WEDAG GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Lompa, Rainer Kirchmann
  • Patent number: 10786816
    Abstract: A device for separating plants and plant byproduct, the device comprising: a housing; a basin located in the housing, the basin configured to hold plant material; at least one rotating arm located in the basin; a shelf located below and adjacent to the basin, the shelf comprising a plurality of shelf holes; a blade configured to cut material extending below the shelf through the shelf holes; a first sieve located below and generally adjacent the shelf, the sieve containing a plurality of holes of a first sieve hole size; and a bottom container located below the sieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Cecchi, Paige Cecchi
  • Patent number: 10786817
    Abstract: The invention features devices and methods for the deterministic separation of particles. Exemplary methods include the enrichment of a sample in a desired particle or the alteration of a desired particle in the device. The devices and methods are advantageously employed to enrich for rare cells, e.g., fetal cells, present in a sample, e.g., maternal blood and rare cell components, e.g., fetal cell nuclei. The invention further provides a method for preferentially lysing cells of interest in a sample, e.g., to extract clinical information from a cellular component, e.g., a nucleus, of the cells of interest. In general, the method employs differential lysis between the cells of interest and other cells (e.g., other nucleated cells) in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, GPB Scientific, LLC
    Inventors: Lotien Richard Huang, Thomas A. Barber, Bruce L. Carvalho, Ravi Kapur, Paul Vernucci, Mehmet Toner, Zihua Wang
  • Patent number: 10786818
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for an ionization device that includes a base portion, a first pair and a second pair of opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from the base portion to form an upper edge, a top portion is engaged to the upper edge, and a cavity is formed within the base portion, the two pairs of opposed sidewalls, and the top portion. A probe assembly is disposed on the top portion, wherein the probe assembly comprises a probe seat selectively secured to an exterior portion of the top portion and a wire extends through the probe seat for supplying electrical current to an emission portion that emits ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Aviation Clean Air, LLC
    Inventors: Jimmy Devoy Galbreath, Mallie Jamieson Seckinger, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10786819
    Abstract: A process to beneficiate oxidized iron ore can include the steps of: (1) adding a polysaccharide to the oxidized iron ore; (2) adding at least one amine; and (3) adding at least one salt; wherein the pH of the process is below 10 and greater than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Matthew Albert Mlinar, Tom Steven Petersen
  • Patent number: 10786820
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for citrus fruit processing comprising the steps of introducing liquid citrus fruit material to be processed via an inlet to a centrifugal separator being mechanically hermetically sealed at the inlet and at the liquid outlets; separating the citrus fruit material in the separator to obtain at least a liquid heavy phase and a liquid light phase, wherein the density of the liquid heavy phase is higher than the density of the liquid light phase; discharging the liquid heavy phase via a liquid heavy phase outlet and the liquid light phase via a liquid light phase outlet of the separator; measuring at least one parameter of the discharged liquid heavy phase and/or liquid light phase, wherein the parameter is related to a concentration of the heavy phase in the liquid light phase, or vice versa; and adjusting the counter pressure of the liquid heavy phase outlet with respect to the liquid light phase outlet, or vice versa, based on the measurement in step d) so as to control
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Lennart Bergström, Morgan Persson, Bram De Meulemeester
  • Patent number: 10786821
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coating with shear and moisture sensitive materials are disclosed. A method of coating a product includes filling an inner bellows chamber of a bellows, which is provided within and isolated from an outer bellows chamber of a tank, with a predetermined amount of the coating material. The method of coating the product further includes supplying a pressurized material to the outer bellows chamber to pressurize the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to an operating pressure, and supplying the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to a spray gun at the operating pressure. The method of coating also includes determining that a measured actual pressure is within a predetermined control range of the target pressure and subsequently coating the product by spraying the product with the coating material from the spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: John Roos, Todd Frenk, Robert Sims, Benjamin S. Price
  • Patent number: 10786822
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a thin shower head and a waterway switching device. The water switching device includes a body, a switching shaft disposed in the body and a driving mechanism. The body has a hollow portion and a water inlet end and a water outlet end. the water outlet end has two waterways in communication with the hollow portion. The switching shaft includes a water-division section located in the hollow portion and a traction section extending out of the water outlet end. The driving mechanism is disposed outside the body, for driving the switching shaft to reciprocate in an axial direction, such that the switching shaft is switched between at least two switching positions, wherein at least one waterway is opened correspondingly at each of the switching positions. The driving mechanism includes a driving member and a one-way rotational device for connecting the driving member to the switching shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde Lin, Mingfu Zhang, Tianming Wang, Wenxing Chen
  • Patent number: 10786823
    Abstract: A sprinkler can include a turbine, a nozzle, a gear drive and a reversing mechanism. The gear drive and the reversing mechanism rotatably couple the turbine and the nozzle. The gear drive can shift a direction of rotation of an output stage that is coupled to the reversing mechanism. The reversing mechanism can include a shift member coupled with the gear drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Clark, Zachary B. Simmons
  • Patent number: 10786824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a low energy spray gun for spraying thin film materials with a thickness of <40 microns such as high performance, thin viscosity nano-paints, lacquers, varnishes and the like. The spray gun comprises a main body (12) having a fluid inlet (14a) connected to an external fluid source (not shown) and a fluid outlet nozzle (16a). Gas outlets (16b-d) on the main body carry entrained fluid droplets emitted from the fluid outlet (14a) the shape of which are controlled by horn outlets (24) positioned beyond the fluid outlet (14a) and gas outlets (16b-d). First and second gas conduits (20, 22) are connected between a common gas inlet (18) and gas outlets (16b-d) and horn outlets (24) respectively. The cross-sectional area of a portion of the first gas conduit (20) is reduced relative to that of the second gas conduit (22) thus creating a pressure drop and a discernible improvement in fluid atomisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Jim Lindsay Ltd.
    Inventor: James Lindsay
  • Patent number: 10786825
    Abstract: The invention concerns a disposable container (1), intended to contain at least one liquid component to be sprayed and having a bottom (3), at least one peripheral side wall (2) extending from the bottom (3) to an open end spaced apart from and facing said bottom (3), which is provided with a closable vent device (6), characterised in that the closable vent device (6) comprises an aperture (7) forming an air passage, provided in the bottom, and a rotary valve (8) mounted on an outer surface (3a) of said bottom (3) in the extension of the aperture (7), in order to close and open the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Michel Camilleri, Joseph Guarino
  • Patent number: 10786826
    Abstract: Embodiments of an equalization system include a spray system with a spray boom and a plurality of nozzles that have fluid flow measurement sensors to measure flow rate from each nozzle or each section of nozzles for different boom configurations. Based on a comparison of the flow indicators to the average value, target value or reference value, a deviation from a target nozzle outflow rate is determined. The deviation is proportionally applied to adjust pulse width modulated nozzle control to equalize the performance of the nozzles or sections of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Dennis J. Sullivan, Richard A. Humpal
  • Patent number: 10786827
    Abstract: A liquid material is discharged in a constant amount per unit time regardless of a relative moving speed. The liquid material application apparatus includes a discharge head, a robot moving the discharge head relative to a workpiece, a movement control unit controlling relative movement of the discharge head and the workpiece, and a discharge control unit controlling an operation of discharging a liquid material from a discharge head, wherein the discharge control unit executes, in a switchable manner in accordance with an application program, first mode discharge control of changing a discharge amount of the liquid material, which is discharged from the discharge head per unit time, depending on a relative moving speed between the discharge head and the workpiece, and second mode discharge control of operating the discharge head to discharge the liquid material in a predetermined discharge amount per unit time regardless of the relative moving speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Patent number: 10786828
    Abstract: This invention discloses an anti-corrosion coating sintered at low temperature for steel rebars. The composition of coating includes 30-50 weight percent nano-silica, 20-40 weight percent flux, 9-20 weight percent calcium fluoride, 2-10 weight percent thickener, and 2-14 weight percent adhesion, agent. This invention also discloses the coating method of above-mentioned anti-corrosion coating. The method includes seven steps: 1. dry mixing, 2. wet mixing, 3. pretreatment, 4. coating, 5. baking, 6. sintering, 7. cooling down at room temperature. The coating of this invention has high strength, high density, high corrosion resistance, good capacity to bond with concrete, and maintains the mechanical properties of steel rebars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dongming Yan, Yi Liu, Luodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10786829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous roll-to-roll process for improving the water tolerance of bio-based polymers, in particular cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) films. Furthermore, the invention provides a method, which combines surface modification/functionalization for improving water stability and wet strength, UV/Ozone treatment, corona treatment or plasma activation for purifying and activating the surface and thus increasing the reaction efficiency, and further hydrophobization of the surface of CNF film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
    Inventors: Jari Vartiainen, Tero Malm, Vesa Kunnari, Tuomas Hänninen, Tekla Tammelin, Maria Soledad Peresin, Monika Österberg, Leena-Sisko Johansson
  • Patent number: 10786830
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, composition and method employing a dust mitigation coating that also mitigates or repels water, ice, and other liquids. Techniques to coat the surfaces of equipment and items with these dust, liquid, and ice mitigation coatings, minimizing or eliminating mission problems caused by dust, liquid, or ice accumulation, particularly in outer space or on another planetary body or moon. Further, the dust mitigation coatings should exhibit a Lotus-like effect, making the coated surfaces ultra-hydrophobic. The present invention is also directed to techniques for improving the functioning of terrestrial-based equipment and systems where dust, liquid, or ice accumulation is a problem, such as in hospitals and other health contexts to prevent contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Sharon A. Straka, Mark M. Hasegawa, Kenneth M. O'Connor, Victoria J. Stotzer
  • Patent number: 10786831
    Abstract: A vibrator assembly includes a housing defining a longitudinal central axis and a rotor in the housing and spaced apart from the central axis. The rotor defines a longitudinal rotational axis that is parallel to the central axis. The rotor is configured to rotate about the rotational axis and, in response, to rotate about the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Magnus Steijner, Stjepan Begic, Olof Simonsson, Martin Nystrom
  • Patent number: 10786832
    Abstract: A method of sorting articles with a sorter apparatus and a sorter apparatus having a conveying surface that is adapted to transport articles in a direction of conveyance and a mechanism adapted to displace articles on the conveying surface, the sorter apparatus having an endless web of bodies travelling in an endless loop defining the conveying surface includes a distributed drive system having at least one drive that is adapted to produce to provide force with at least one of the bodies to propel the endless web. A diagnostic device traveling with the web and positioned at one of the bodies of the endless web. The diagnostic device is adapted to monitor operation of the sorter apparatus and includes at least one sensor that is adapted to detect at least one parameter of a proximate drive that is proximate to the at least one sensor, and a controller adapted to receive the at least one parameter from the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Dematic Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Nowicki, Randall J. Carlson, James R. VanOeffelen, Martin J. Stanish
  • Patent number: 10786833
    Abstract: A pruner cleaning machine scrubs gummy sap and foreign matter from pruner blades inserted into its cleaning chamber. The machine includes a motor turning a drive shaft assembly having scrubbers coupled thereon. The scrubbers have scrubbing surfaces facing each other and a central scrubber element resides between the scrubbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Robert R Tupper
  • Patent number: 10786834
    Abstract: A one-step method of cleaning a girth gear set of a mill in preparation for inspection is provided, the method comprising: substantially emptying the mill; inching the gear; spraying a low, very low or non-Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) cleaning formulation at high pressure onto the gear, the cleaning formulation comprising a non-VOC aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, an extreme pressure lubricant, a fretting wear lubricant, a non-ionic surfactant, and a mixture of non-VOC unsaturated fatty alcohols; and continuing to spray the low or very low VOC cleaning formulation on the gear for sufficient time for the formulation to clean the gear, thereby providing a so cleaned gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Cleansolv International LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Shumka, Jason Shumka
  • Patent number: 10786835
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaner according to the present invention includes a vibrating part 222 for enlarging ultrasonic vibration of a BLT 100 on a side surface side in a cleaning tank 211, generates cavitation by the ultrasonic vibration with respect to cleaning liquid supplied into the cleaning tank 211 by driving the BLT 100 on the periphery of a nozzle without unevenness, and is capable of performing effective nozzle cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Horie, Tomohiro Inoue, Takamichi Mori, Kouhei Nonaka, Masato Ishizawa, Isao Yamazaki, Hitoshi Tokieda, Akihiro Nojima
  • Patent number: 10786836
    Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a chemical liquid supplying step of supplying a chemical liquid to a substrate, an elapsed period measuring step of measuring an after-the-end elapsed period, a recovery step of controlling the switching unit to be in a recovery guiding state, when, at a start of the chemical liquid supplying step, the after-the-end elapsed period is less than a predetermined first period, and a draining step of controlling the switching unit to be in a drain guiding state, in which the liquid led to the recovery space is led to the drain line, when, at the start of the chemical liquid supplying step, the after-the-end elapsed period is not less than the predetermined first period and then switching to the recovery guiding state based on establishment of a predetermined draining ending condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuyasu Miura, Kazuhiro Fujita, Hiroki Tsujikawa, Yuya Tsuchihashi, Kenji Takemoto
  • Patent number: 10786837
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a substrate processing apparatus has a chamber (1), a stage (4) for holding a substrate (W) to be processed in the chamber (1), and a nozzle part (13) from which a gas cluster is blasted onto the substrate (W) to be processed, and has a function for processing the substrate (W) to be processed by the gas cluster. Cleaning of the inside of the chamber (1) is performed by: placing a prescribed reflecting member (dW, 60) in the chamber (1), blasting a gas cluster (C) onto the reflecting member (dW, 60), and applying the gas-cluster flow reflected by the reflecting member (dW, 60) onto a wall section of the chamber (1) to remove particles (P) adhered to the wall section of the chamber (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukimasa Saito, Toshiki Hinata, Kazuya Dobashi, Kyoko Ikeda, Shuji Moriya
  • Patent number: 10786838
    Abstract: A ball valve has a purge fluid inlet passage into a cavity between a valve body and a flow control element, and has a purge fluid drain. The inlet passage is oriented at an angle relative to a normal line to the spherical ball surface at the location of the inlet passage, to promote vorticial flow of the purge fluid. A method introduces a purge fluid into a ball valve body cavity; removes the purge fluid from an outlet drain; and induces a vortex in a flow path of the purge fluid through the body cavity. The method can flush debris from the body cavity between operating cycles of the ball valve by at least temporarily opening the inlet and outlet before and/or after operation of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Mogas Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gifford Zach Decker, Asmaa Sadek Kassab, Anthony Neal Hodge, Robert D. Dibbern, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10786839
    Abstract: A pipe cleaning tool has a longitudinally extending hollow shaft with a honer head on the forward end and stabilizing legs behind the honer head. The shaft is adapted to be connected to a machine for pulling the tool through the pipe while rotating the tool such that the cutting elements on the reamer head remove debris from the inside wall of the pipe. The legs center and stabilize the reamer head to prevent contact with the internal pipe wall during the cleaning operation. Water or other lubricating fluid is ejected from the shaft during use of the tool to lubricate the tool in the pipe, and to flush loose debris out of the path of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Ted R. Dimitroff
  • Patent number: 10786840
    Abstract: Implementations of an airflow capture hood plate may include a plate including a plurality of openings therethrough. The plate may be configured to couple to a hood to guide airflow through the hood when the hood is placed over a diffuser of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and the plurality of openings in the plate may be configured to align with a plurality of ribs of a grid in the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Evergreen Telemetry LLC
    Inventor: Russell Peter Secor
  • Patent number: 10786841
    Abstract: A sealant system for operation with a metal workpiece comprises a frame, a cam assembly mounted to the frame, a sealant reservoir, a sealant application unit connected to the sealant reservoir, and a control module for coordinating operation of the cam assembly and the sealant reservoir, wherein the control module comprises a temperature sensor for monitoring the temperature of the sealant, an integrated heating system for heating the sealant and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor and the integrated heating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MESTEK MACHINERY, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Kerska
  • Patent number: 10786842
    Abstract: A method of forming a finished stamped product includes positioning a blank on a blank holder between an upper die and a lower die, inserting a movable wedge block between the blank holder and the upper die to establish a first binder gap, and while the movable wedge block is inserted, performing a first strike of the blank by lowering the upper die a first distance to contact and partially form the blank, the movable wedge block limiting downward movement of the upper die relative to the lower die. After the first strike, withdrawing the movable wedge block to establish a second binder gap between the blank holder and the upper die, and while the movable wedge block is withdrawn, performing a second strike of the blank by lowering the upper die a second distance to finally form the blank into the finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Dajun Zhou, Changqing Du, Robert D Miller
  • Patent number: 10786843
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molded member includes carrying out a multi-stage drawing process and at least one finishing ironing process on a base metal sheet, the molded member including a tubular body and a flange formed at an end portion of the body. The multi-stage drawing process includes a preliminary drawing process for forming a preliminary body having a body element from the base metal sheet, and a plurality of compression drawing processes performed after the preliminary drawing process, the compression drawing processes drawing the body element while applying compressive force along a depth direction of the body element to a circumferential wall of the body element. The at least one finishing ironing process is carried out such that a mold clearance of an upper portion of the body element is narrower than a mold clearance of a lower portion of the body element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naofumi Nakamura, Yudai Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10786844
    Abstract: A balanced panel punch drive system. The system includes a main hydraulic drive including an outer casing forming an internal housing and a main piston slidably disposed within the internal housing. A main fluid chamber, a first output chamber and a second output chamber are formed within the internal housing. A pump is fluidly connected to the main fluid chamber by an input line. A first die hydraulic cylinder and a second die hydraulic cylinder each have an outer casing forming an internal housing and a die piston slidably disposed within the internal housing. An opening is formed through an end of the outer casing sized to receive a distal end of the die piston therethrough. A first output line fluidly connects the first output chamber to the first die hydraulic cylinder and a second output line fluidly connects the second output chamber to the second die hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Myron Milo Oakley
  • Patent number: 10786845
    Abstract: An actuator device includes two drive units for an actuator output element. The first drive unit has a first piston chamber and a first piston displaceable therein and also first hydraulic means for displacing the piston. The second drive unit has a second piston chamber and a second piston displaceable therein and also second hydraulic or pneumatic means for displacing the piston. The second piston is joined to the actuator output element for conjoint movement therewith and can be coupled to the first piston for thrust, so that the second piston is displaceable in an outward direction by the first piston. The first drive unit is configured for a larger thrust force than the second drive unit, while the second drive unit is designed for a greater stroke speed than the first drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hatebur Umformmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Mihai Vulcan, Bernhard Zervas
  • Patent number: 10786846
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bearing includes the following steps: a) providing of an outer part with a concave running surface which forms a receiving area for receiving an inner part, b), providing an inner part that is arranged inside the outer part, which inner part is shaped annularly, c) arranging the inner part within the outer part in a machining position in which at least a part of an outer surface of the inner part is exposed for machining, and d), generating of a convex running surface of the inner part, which running surface engages with the receiving area of the outer part whereby the inner part is held captively in the outer part. Subsequently, the inner part may be tilted from the machining position into a running position in which the inner part is concentric with the outer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Napp, Thorsten Michael Wienberg
  • Patent number: 10786847
    Abstract: A hydraulic forging press machine and a control method, whereby surging of the forging load or dead zones where the forging speed goes to zero is suppressed, and forging is performed with high precision throughout a wider range than the prior art, from low to high load. Pressure cylinders have a main pressure cylinder configured so working fluid is supplied during forging, and secondary pressure cylinders are configured so supplying and stopping of the supply of working fluid thereto are switched in response to the forging load, head-side hydraulic chambers of the secondary pressure cylinders being connected to a head-side hydraulic chamber of the main pressure cylinder via electromagnetic switching valves. Only the main pressure cylinder is used until the forging load exceeds a set load, and the number of secondary pressure cylinders used is sequentially increased as the forging load increases after the forging load exceeds the set load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN AEROFORGE, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuwano, Shinya Ishigai
  • Patent number: 10786848
    Abstract: An expandable poly methyl methacrylate particle including a polymer, which is obtained by a process including polymerizing monomers including 100 parts by weight of an acrylic monomer and from 0.05 to 0.15 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer. The acrylic monomer includes 90% to 98% by weight of methyl methacrylate and 2% to 10% by weight of an C2-8 alkyl acrylate, relative to a total weight of the methyl methacrylate and the C2-8 alkyl acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kirito Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Tamura, Tatsuya Henmi
  • Patent number: 10786849
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving, by a simulation model, a thermal gradient and a cooling rate associated with a 3D printing material as inputs for the simulation model. The systems and methods further include generating, by the simulation model executed by a processing system, characteristics associated with the 3D printing material as outputs of the simulation model based on the thermal gradient and the cooling rate associated with the 3D printing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ANSYS, INC.
    Inventor: Javed Akram
  • Patent number: 10786850
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an additive manufacturing system that includes a build plane having a first region and a second region. Multiple energy source can be positioned above the build plane and configured to direct energy into the first and second regions of the build plane. The system includes optical sensors configured to monitor an intensity of light emitted from the energy sources. A processor associated with the additive manufacturing system is configured to adjust the sensor outputs in response to the energy sources coming into close proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SIGMA LABS, INC.
    Inventors: R. Bruce Madigan, Mark J. Cola, Scott Betts, Darren Beckett, Alberto M. Castro, Lars Jacquemetton, Martin Piltch
  • Patent number: 10786851
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein: the coating layer has an alternating laminate structure of an alternating laminate of: a first composite nitride layer containing a compound having a composition represented by formula (1) below: (Al1-xCrx)N??(1) ?(wherein x denotes an atomic ratio of the Cr element based on a total of the Al element and the Cr element and satisfies 0.10?x?0.50); and a second composite nitride layer containing a compound having a composition represented by formula (2) below: (Ti1-ySiy)N??(2) ?(wherein y denotes an atomic ratio of the Si element based on a total of the Ti element and the Si element and satisfies 0.00<y<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10786852
    Abstract: A support assembly for a core drill uses an improved reinforcement. The reinforcement can include an extension extending between a center of the tool and a perimeter of the tool the extension can be a non-planar structure having a channel along a portion of the structure. The reinforcement can include a slanted element that can be associated with the extension, that can be formed monolithic with the extension, or otherwise combined with an extension. Multiple slanted elements can be used to form an extension. A top plate can be included for strengthening the reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Western Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Baratta
  • Patent number: 10786853
    Abstract: A rotary tool includes a shank, cutting portion, coolant inlet, coolant outlet, and channel system. The cutting portion is connected to and extends from the shank. The cutting portion includes a cutting edge. The coolant inlet and the coolant outlet are disposed in the shank. The channel system is contained in the rotary tool and is a closed circulation loop system such that the coolant is contained within the channel system as the coolant is circulated within the rotary tool. The channel system includes a delivery path and a return path. The delivery path is fluidly connected to the coolant inlet and includes a shape corresponding to a shape of the cutting edge. The return path is fluidly connected to the coolant outlet and to the delivery path at a location in the cutting portion of the rotary tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Zhigang Wang, Changsheng Guo
  • Patent number: 10786854
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a table saw assembly includes a motor assembly, an electrically conductive belt operably connected to the motor assembly, an arbor shaft operably connected to the belt, a drop arm assembly rotatably supporting the arbor shaft, and a first pulley rotatably supporting the belt, the first pulley including an inner bore and an outer surface, the first pulley configured to electrically isolate the inner bore from the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Robert S. Doumani, Eric Laliberte, Timothy Szweda, Brian Taylor
  • Patent number: 10786855
    Abstract: A leg cutting system with a leg support clamp 2 with a height for maintaining a structural integrity of the leg 1 during and after the leg 1 is cut. The system includes at least two leg support clamp parts joined in at least one clamp structure joint 11 with releasable mechanical fasteners for joining or releasing the at least two leg support clamp parts along the at least one clamp structure joint. A wire saw 6 with a wire saw support frame 7 and longitudinal saw tracks 16 for longitudinal displacement of the sawing wire along said longitudinal saw tracks 16 can be fixed to the leg support clamp. A wire replacement unit 9 with a plurality of sawing wires with a joint allowing the wires to be joined is located adjacent the wire saw. The embodiment(s) furthermore relates to a leg support clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: 1 DIAMOND, LLC
    Inventor: Harald Ramfjord