Patents Issued in December 24, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200399136
    Abstract: A method of synthesising a molecular sieve of DDR framework type. The method comprises: preparing a synthesis mixture capable of forming a molecular sieve of DDR framework type, said synthesis mixture comprising water, a silicon source, optionally a source of a trivalent element X, optionally a source of a pentavalent element Z, optionally a source of hydroxide ions, optionally a source of a metal cation M, a structure directing agent, and seed crystals having a framework type selected from CHA and LEV; said synthesis mixture being substantially free from fluoride ions; heating said synthesis mixture under static crystallization conditions for a time sufficient to form crystals of said molecular sieve of DDR framework type, said crystallization conditions including a temperature of from 100° C. to 220° C.; and, recovering said crystals of the molecular sieve of DDR framework type from the synthesis mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Marc H. Anthonis, Antonie Jan Bons, Machteld M. Mertens
  • Publication number: 20200399137
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TERRALITHIUM LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Harrison
  • Publication number: 20200399138
    Abstract: Process for preparing alumina gel in a single precipitation step consisting of dissolving an aluminium precursor, aluminium chloride, in water, at a temperature of 10° C. to 90° C. such that the pH of the solution is from 0.5 to 5, for a period of 2 to 60 minutes, then adjusting the pH to 7.5 to 9.5 by adding a basic precursor, sodium hydroxide, to the solution obtained to obtain a suspension, at a temperature of 5° C. to 35° C., and for 5 minutes to 5 hours, followed by a filtration step, said process not comprising any washing steps. Also, novel alumina gel having a high dispersibility index, in particular a dispersibility index of more than 80%, a crystallite dimension of 0.5 to 10 nm, a chlorine content of 0.001% to 2% by weight and a sodium content of 0.001% to 2% by weight, the percentages by weight being expressed with respect to the total weight of the alumina gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Malika BOUALLEG, Olivier LAFON
  • Publication number: 20200399139
    Abstract: Provided is an alumina-based composite oxide having a large initial specific surface area and a small initial mean pore size, with excellent heat resistance of the specific surface area and pore volume; and a production method therefor. Specifically, provided is an alumina-based composite oxide wherein the initial crystallite diameter is 10 nm or less and the initial specific surface area is 80 m2/ml or more; after calcination at 1200° C. for 3 hours in air, the specific surface area is 10 m2/ml or more; the initial mean pore size is 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less; and after calcination at 1200° C. for 3 hours in air, the pore volume retention rate is 10% or more, which is determined by (P1/P0)×100 wherein P0 represents an initial pore volume (ml/g), and P1 represents a pore volume (ml/g) after calcination at 1200° C. for 3 hours in air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hayashida, Yoshikazu Hirose
  • Publication number: 20200399140
    Abstract: A fluid decontamination apparatus is provided having a container body with a plurality of three-dimensional open structure (3DOS) substrates spaced about therein, wherein a contaminated fluid flowing through the container body will contact the 3DOS substrates. Nozzles can be inserted and secured within inlet apertures disposed about the container body, configured to inject the contaminated fluid with/without air to induce the occurrence of hydrodynamic cavitation. The substrates can be porous and permeable enabling the contaminated fluid to flow therethrough, wherein the fluid flow passageway through the pores extends the volume of contaminated fluid exposed to turbulent and cavitation inducing flow conditions. Moreover, the 3DOS substrates may be coated with one or more types of catalysts so as to initiate chemical reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Pontic Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Gerald Voecks
  • Publication number: 20200399141
    Abstract: A method of providing sustained odor control in an extended sewer line is disclosed. The method includes measuring at least one parameter of the sewer line including average wastewater volume, flow rate, and retention time and administering a blended composition which includes an immediate release compound and an extended release compound into the sewer line to control concentration of an odorous compound therein. A method of facilitating sustained odor control in an extended sewer line is also disclosed. The method includes providing the blended composition including the immediate release compound and the extended release compound and instructing a user to administer the blended composition to the sewer line control concentration of the odorous compound therein. A system for providing sustained odor control in the extended sewer line including sensors to measure sewer line parameters and a controller to instruct administration of the blended composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Frank Matheis, Eric Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200399142
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for treating waste water in mobile homes by cleaning waste water in toilets and/or reservoirs in motorhomes, boats, camp trailers and similar mobile homes. The system comprises a combining tank for receiving waste water from grey and black tanks, a pump for pumping the waste water, the pump having a mill and being connected to the waste water tank with a first pipe, an evaporator having a heating source for increasing the temperature of the waste water so that it vaporizes, the evaporator being connected to the heated pump, a separator for separating the vapour and dry particles, a condensor for condensing the vapour, a reservoir for the purified water for collecting the condensed vapour, an electronic controller for controlling the treatment process performed by the device/system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Vilko MAJERIC
  • Publication number: 20200399143
    Abstract: A small processor produces potable water from contaminated water. Its components mount in a hermetically sealed housing, which include a boiler-condenser assembly and a compressor unit. Contaminated water is injected onto one or more aluminum shells' inside surface of the boiler-condenser assembly. Shell rotation enhances boiling heat transfer by causing the water to form thin films on the shells' inside surface. Shell rotation also enhances condensing heat transfer by assisting in removing the purified condensate from the shells' outer surface. The change of phase heat of condensation energy from vapor to liquid transfers through the shells to the boilers to cause boiling. Vapor boiled inside the boiler chambers flows toward the compressor, which raises the vapor's pressure and temperature to drive the process. Shell rotation causes centrifugal force that holds and directs concentrated un-boiled remaining water on the shells' inside walls towards the output pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Steven BITTERLY
  • Publication number: 20200399144
    Abstract: A device is presented for disinfecting a fluid by means of UV light. The device includes: a reactor chamber, which is arranged in the container and adapted to receive a fluid to be disinfected; an inlet, via which the fluid can be introduced into the reactor chamber; an outlet, via which the fluid can leave the reactor chamber; and an irradiation device, which is adapted to provide UV-light rays and to irradiate into the reactor chamber in order to disinfect the fluid therein; wherein the reactor chamber with the inlet and the outlet is adapted to transport the fluid by way a turbulent streamflow from the inlet to the outlet and a fluid guide device facilitating the formation of the turbulent streamflow is provided which has a fluid-guiding element in a reactor chamber area adjacent to the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Maximilian Klink
  • Publication number: 20200399145
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of hydrocarbons and in particular to waterflooding, or the injection of water into a hydrocarbon reservoir to assist recovery of the hydrocarbons. It is often desirable to use produced water (PW) for waterflooding, whereas seawater (which is often more convenient to use) can cause issues such as undesirable precipitation in the reservoir and associated pipelines and equipment. Often there is insufficient PW and the supply of PW needs to be supplemented. It is also often desirable to reduce the salinity of the PW. The invention contemplates an osmotic process in which the high salinity PW acts as a draw solution and lower salinity seawater is used as a feed. The PW supply may be pressurized in preparation for injecting it into the reservoir and then passed through an osmotic membrane element, whilst low pressure seawater is passed through the osmotic membrane element on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Arnold JANSON, Samer ADHAM, Joel MINIER-MATAR, Dareen DARDOR, Ramesh SHARMA, Mashael AL-MAAS
  • Publication number: 20200399146
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to electrochemical devices, e.g., for separation of one or more target organic or inorganic molecules (e.g., charged or neutral molecules) from solution, and methods of using the same. In particular embodiments, the electrochemical devices and methods described herein involve at least one redox-functionalized electrode, wherein the electrode comprises an immobilized redox-species that is selective toward a target molecule (e.g., charged molecule such as ion or netural molecule). The selectivity is based on a Faradaic/redox-activated chemical interaction (e.g., directional hydrogen binding) between the oxidized state of the redox species and a moiety of the target molecule (e.g., charged molecule such as ion or netural molecule).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Xiao Su, Demetra S. Achilleos, Trevor Alan Hatton
  • Publication number: 20200399147
    Abstract: Devices, apparatus, and methods to treat Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and related telomeres including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic (PFOS), and other recalcitrant highly stable organic compounds, substances, organic matter, infectious fluids, bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, endocrine disruptors, pharmaceutical, and otherwise oxidizable material contaminants in water, aqueous fluids, condensates, concentrates, brines, and spent solid adsorbent media. The system can include hydrodynamic cavitation; acoustic sonication; electrochemical oxidation; in-line static mixing; and supplemental reagent precursors to create powerful oxidizing conditions within the equipment, and oxidants by the system that destroy said contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Karl William Yost, Richard W. Alexander
  • Publication number: 20200399148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of electrolyzed aqueous solutions in an electrochemical cell. More particularly, the invention relates to an asymmetric electrochemical cell device for producing electrolyzed water or aqueous solution, while controlling the pH of the solution. The invention further relates to methods of operating said device and to the use thereof for microbial disinfection and/or pesticide removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Eran AVRAHAM, Izaak COHEN, Doron AURBACH
  • Publication number: 20200399149
    Abstract: A desalination battery cell includes a first compartment separated by an anion exchange membrane from a second compartment, each of the first and second compartments configured to contain a saline water solution having a concentration of dissolved salts c1 and having first and second intercalation host electrodes, respectively, arranged to be in fluid communication with the solution, a voltage source configured to supply electric current to the first and second intercalation host electrodes to release cations into the solution, and a controller programmed to adjust an amount of the electric current being supplied to change direction of anions, present in the solution, passing through the anion exchange membrane between the first and second compartments such that the first and second compartments alternately collect and disperse salt from the solution and the first and second compartments release desalinated water solution having a concentration c2 of dissolved salts and a brine solution having a concentration
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Soo KIM, Michael METZGER, Jonathan MAILOA, Mordechai KORNBLUTH, Georgy SAMSONIDZE, Saravanan KUPPAN, Sondra HELLSTROM, Boris KOZINSKY, Nathan CRAIG, Jake CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20200399150
    Abstract: A magnet positioning system for positioning magnets inside pipes includes a first stackable paddle that includes slots for accepting magnets and a second stackable paddle that includes a metal component for attracting the magnets and securing the magnets in the slots when the paddles are stacked together. Once stacked together, the paddles are inserted into position inside a pipe and the metal component is removed to release the magnets which move toward, and attach to, the inside wall of the pipe. A fluid conduit is positioned between the magnets using a spacer and a fixing agent permanently secures the magnets, fluid conduit, and spacer in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Mark K. PAGE
  • Publication number: 20200399151
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly for dispensing a disinfecting water is disclosed. The cartridge assembly has a cartridge for receiving water from a container and a water dispensing mechanism for receiving water from the cartridge and delivering the water to a surface. The cartridge holds an iodinated resin for eluting a quantity of iodine into the water passing through the cartridge. When the water dispensing mechanism is actuated, water is delivered from a container to the water dispensing mechanism and the water is delivered to the surface to be disinfected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Larry MILLER, Ronald S. DIAMOND
  • Publication number: 20200399152
    Abstract: A chlorinator device for chlorinating water to a predetermined chlorination level with chlorine from a source of chlorine. The chlorinator device has an injector that creates a vacuum as water passes through the injector to draw chlorine from the source of chlorine into the injector and an adjustable chlorine flow meter positioned in fluid communication with and between the injector and the source of chlorine to adjust the flow rate of chlorine entering the injector to a predetermined rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Gage Fortson
  • Publication number: 20200399153
    Abstract: A floating dispenser having an external float or an internal float for supporting a cartridge or cartridges for floatingly delivering a dispersant or dispersants to a body of water with the floating dispenser having cartridges rotationally positionable with respect to one another to control the rate of dispensing while the dispenser floats in an upright condition with the floating dispenser changing its flotation orientation in response to consumption of the dispersant or dispersants in the a cartridge to thereby provide a visual alert to replace a spent cartridge with a fresh cartridge. In addition, the inventions described herein permit changing the dispensing nature of the system from a multiple dispensing system to a single dispensing system without changing the floating characteristics of the floating dispensers through replacement of a dispersant in one of the cartridges with an inert or ballast material that has no effect on the water characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Paul Freeberg, Jeffrey D. Johnson, Lyle Enderson, Donald Dalland, Terry Goeman
  • Publication number: 20200399154
    Abstract: The present invention is a water purification system and method including a treatment tank with a water inlet, a chlorine source, and a heating element; at least one storage tank with at least one treated water outlet between the treatment tank and the storage tank(s) through which treated water passes therebetween, and a final water outlet(s) through which treated water leaves the system for the benefit of the end user. A power source powers all elements that require power, such as the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Leon John Davidson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200399155
    Abstract: A modular system for aeration and biosource augmentation of a body of water and a method of using the system to prevent or eliminate an algal bloom in a water body include one or more mechanical basins located outside the body of water and at least two of: one or more residence pods submerged in the body of water that aerate the body of water, dose beneficial biosource, host biosource, and provide biosource to the body of water; one or more residence air pods submerged in the body of water that aerate the body of water, host beneficial bacteria, and provide beneficial bacteria to the body of water; and one or more residence nano pods submerged in the body of water that host, the one or more residence pods or the one or more residence air pods in fluid communication with the one or more mechanical basins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Rigero LLC
    Inventor: Richard Baum
  • Publication number: 20200399156
    Abstract: Wastewater treatment systems are disclosed. A wastewater treatment system includes a wastewater conduit disposed in a wastewater treatment vessel, a pump comprising an intake and an outlet connectable to the at least one opening of the wastewater conduit, and an adapter comprising a first end and a second end. The adapter is configured, in a treatment mode, to provide a flow path for wastewater from the wastewater treatment vessel through the adapter and pump to the wastewater conduit. The adapter is further configured to, in a backflush mode, provide a flow path for wastewater through the plurality of nozzles of the wastewater conduit and through the adapter and pump for discharge into the wastewater treatment vessel. Methods of treating wastewater using the system and adapter are disclosed. Methods of retrofitting a wastewater treatment system by providing the adapter are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Norcross
  • Publication number: 20200399157
    Abstract: It discloses a system for controlling heavy metals and a method for preventing and controlling heavy metals using the same. The system includes a constructed wetland (3), in which several layers of fillers are laid, so that water is allowed to flow through each layer of the filler to remove heavy metals. Preferably, a sandwich wall is constructed around the constructed wetland (3), and organic matters (12) which generating heat through fermentation is filled in the sandwich wall to supply heat to the constructed wetland (3) in winter. The sandwich wall is easy to build and the fermentation materials are cheap and easily available, thereby the present method is able to effectively solve the difficulties occurred in the operation of constructed wetland in winter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: LEI WANG, BEIDOU XI, JINSHENG WANG, MING CHANG, YANGYANG WANG, TONGTONG LI, YALI ZHANG, HUI LIU, FENG WU, QIAN ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200399158
    Abstract: A glass ribbon includes a first major surface extending along a first plane. The glass ribbon includes a second major surface extending along a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. A first thickness is defined between the first major surface and the second major surface along a thickness direction perpendicular to the first major surface. The first thickness is within a range from about 25 ?m to about 125 ?m. An edge surface extends between the first plane and the second plane. The edge surface comprises a height in the thickness direction that is less than the first thickness. Methods of manufacturing a glass ribbon are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Bethany Jon ALDERMAN, Naigeng CHEN, Claire Renata COBLE, Peter Joseph LEZZI, Yousef Kayed QAROUSH, Elizabeth Mary STURDEVANT
  • Publication number: 20200399159
    Abstract: A apparatus for making a three-dimensional object that includes: a gripping fixture having a grip surface or a pedestal having a build surface, the grip or build surface configured to hold an end of a contiguous, preformed material; a feed system having a feed outlet positioned above the grip or build surface, the feed system configured to feed the contiguous, preformed material into a build zone between the feed outlet and the grip or build surface; and a laser delivery system arranged to direct at least one laser beam through the furnace and into the build zone to form a hot spot in the build zone; and a positioning system arranged to effect relative motion between the grip or build surface and the feed outlet. In some implementations, the apparatus for making a 3D object can also include a furnace enclosing the build zone and the feed outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher William Drewnowski, Michael S Fischer, Michael Thomas Gallagher, Xinghua Li, Nicholas Ryan Wheeler, Thomas Michael Zajicek
  • Publication number: 20200399160
    Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a quartz glass crucible by a rotary molding method, having a plurality of grooves that are concentric with respect to a mold rotation axis in at least a straight body portion of an inner surface of the mold, wherein the plurality of concentric grooves are non-penetrating grooves that do not penetrate the mold. This provides a mold for manufacturing a quartz glass crucible by a rotary molding method, having an inner surface made so that it is difficult for quartz powder to slide down when forming a quartz powder compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro SAWAZAKI, Yasuo OHAMA, Katsumi TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200399161
    Abstract: Embodiments of an article comprising a cold-formed glass substrate in a curved shape, a plurality of separate mechanical retainers, and a frame are disclosed. The cold-formed glass substrate has a first major surface, and a second major surface opposing the first major surface. In one more embodiments, the plurality of separate mechanical retainers are attached to the second major surface of the cold-formed glass substrate. The mechanical retainers may be attached to the frame to define a position for each of the plurality of mechanical retainers, such that the mechanical retainers define the curved shape. Embodiments of processes to form such articles are also provided. Such processes can include attaching a plurality of separate mechanical retainers to a flexible glass substrate such that the glass substrate maintains its flexibility, and attaching the mechanical retainers to a frame, such that the mechanical retainers attached to the frame define a cold-formed curved shape for the flexible glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Atul Kumar, Cheng-Chung Li, William Michael Seiderman, Yawei Sun
  • Publication number: 20200399162
    Abstract: A drawing system for polygonal optical fiber is provided, comprising: a clamping moving device, a furnace, a protective layer coating device, at least a protective layer drying system, and a fiber take-up device, all arranged from top to bottom; the clamping moving device clamping a polygonal preform rod and slowly moving the preform rod into the furnace; a polygonal optical fiber extracted from bottom of the furnace passing sequentially through the protective layer coating device, the protective layer drying system, and finally the fiber take-up device controlling drawing speed of the polygonal optical fiber, characterized in that: at least two optical fiber micrometers being disposed between the furnace and the protective layer coating device, and the two optical fiber micrometer respectively measuring two outer diameters of different sizes of the polygonal optical fiber; the fiber take-up device adjusting the drawing speed according to measurement results of the optical fiber micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: KUEI-HUANG CHOU, ZHAO-YING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200399163
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems of manufacturing an optical fiber are disclosed herein. The methods may include heating an optical preform in a draw furnace, drawing an optical fiber from the optical preform, cooling the optical fiber with a slow cooling device, and annealing the optical fiber by passing the optical fiber through an RF plasma heating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Boughton, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Stefan Wolfgang Kramel, Christopher Scott Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200399164
    Abstract: A glass composition with low thermal radiative conductivity at high temperature has the following components in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of the glass composition: SiO2 50-85%; Al2O3 0-30%, B2O3 0-20%; Na2O 0-25%; CaO 0-25%; MgO 0-15%; K2O 0-20%; BaO 0-20%; Fe2O3 total 0.002-0.1%. The glass also includes NiO at a level of 0.0001% to 0.0020% by weight of the total glass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Michel BOGAERTS
  • Publication number: 20200399165
    Abstract: A glass vial including a boron-containing multicomponent glass includes constituents and is partially filled with a pharmaceutical ingredient formulation having a pH in a range from 5 to 9. The glass vial has a total volume of <4.5 mL, a filling level of the glass vial with the formulation is not more than 0.25, and an inner wall of the glass vial has chemical resistance to leaching-out of at least one of the constituents of the multicomponent glass. A ratio of a concentration of a leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 0.5 mL and a concentration of the leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 2 mL is not more than 3 and a ratio between a concentration of the leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 1 mL and the concentration of the leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 2 mL is not more than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Uwe Rothhaar, Florence Buscke, Bernhard Hladik
  • Publication number: 20200399166
    Abstract: Substantially alkali free glasses are disclosed with can be used to produce substrates for flat panel display devices, e.g., active-matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). The glasses have high annealing temperatures and etch rates. Methods for producing substantially alkali free glasses using a downdraw process (e.g., a fusion process) are also disclosed. Consumer electronic products comprising glass sheets are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley Frederick BOWDEN, Heath Aaron FILKINS, Xiajou GUO
  • Publication number: 20200399167
    Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-ceramic, glass-ceramic article or glass-ceramic window that includes 40 mol %?SiO2?80 mol %; 1 mol %?Al2O3?15 mol %; 3 mol %?B2O3?50 mol %; 0 mol %?R2O?15 mol %; 0 mol %?RO?2 mol %; 0 mol %?P2O5?3 mol %; 0 mol %?SnO2?0.5 mol %; 0.1 mol %?MoO3?15 mol %; and 0 mol %?WO3?10 mol % (or 0 mol %<MoO3?15 mol %; 0.1 mol %?WO3?10 mol %; and 0.01 mol %?V2O5?0.2 mol %), wherein the WO3 (mol %) plus the MoO3 (mol %) is from 1 mol % to 19 mol %, and wherein R2O (mol %) minus the Al2O3 (mol %) is from ?12 mol % to 4 mol %, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Stuart Gray, Jesse Kohl, Stephan Lvovich Logunov
  • Publication number: 20200399168
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes a silicate-containing glass and crystals within the silicate-containing glass. The crystals include non-stoichiometric tungsten and/or molybdenum sub-oxides, and the crystals are intercalated with dopant cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Jesse Kohl
  • Publication number: 20200399169
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a powder containing three components of ZnO, Al2O3 and SiO2, wherein each content of the three components is ZnO: 17 to 43% by mole, Al2O3: 9 to 20% by mole and SiO2: 48 to 63% by mole, based on the sum of the contents of the three components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Naotsugu NOGAMI, Takuto OKABE, Motoharu FUKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200399170
    Abstract: The coated glass sheet of the present invention includes: a glass sheet; and a coating film provided on at least one principal surface of the glass sheet and having a smooth surface. The coating film includes: isolated closed pores present within the coating film; and a matrix. The coating film is substantially free of open pores open at the surface of the coating film. For the coated glass sheet of the present invention, a transmittance gain is 2.5% or more, the transmittance gain being calculated by subtracting an average transmittance of the glass sheet as determined by applying light having wavelengths of 380 to 1100 nm to the glass sheet in the absence of the coating film on the surface of the glass sheet from an average transmittance of the coated glass sheet as determined by applying light having the wavelengths to the coated glass sheet from a side on which the coating film lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi KONDO, Takeshi YABUTA, Toru YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200399171
    Abstract: Making a glass-based article having a coating and a target shape which comprises a planar central portion and a perimeter portion which borders at least part of the planar central portion and extends out of the plane of the planar central portion, the perimeter portion having a perimeter edge and a target edge-to-opposite edge dimension. The method includes forming a glass-based part to provide an initial formed part having an initial three-dimensional shape that is different from the target shape for at least the target edge-to-opposite edge dimension. Applying a coating to the initial formed part to form the glass-based article having a coating, the coating imparting a stress to the initial molded part that causes a calculated, warp-induced change to the initial shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: IZHAR ZAHOOR AHMED, JASON THOMAS HARRIS, GUANGLI HU, SAM SAMER ZOUBI
  • Publication number: 20200399172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plate, intended to equip appliances of the chimney insert, stove, chimney, boiler, heating appliance, fireplace or equivalent type and/or to serve as a fire barrier, said plate being formed of at least one glass-ceramic substrate coated on at least one of its faces with the following stack of layers: 1. a first metal nitride layer of thickness comprised in the range from 5 nm to 50 nm, 2. an indium tin oxide layer of less than 100 nm thickness, 3. a second metal nitride layer of thickness comprised in the range from 10 nm to 100 nm. The present invention also relates to a process for obtaining said plate, as well as a device incorporating said plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: EUROKERA S.N.C.
    Inventors: Theo JEGOREL, Clément SIEUTAT, Pablo VILATO
  • Publication number: 20200399173
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article comprise: after mechanical polishing of a glass-based substrate, treating at least one surface of the glass-based substrate for protection of the at least one surface from contamination and/or for removal of contaminants from the at least one surface by a treatment other than ultrasonic cleaning; and exposing the glass-based substrate to an ion exchange treatment after the treating step to form the glass-based article. The treating step includes: exposing the at least one surface to a high pH soaking for removal of contaminants; deionizing the at least one surface for removal of contaminants; and/or applying a temporary coating to the at least one surface for protection of the at least one surface from contamination, and removing the temporary coating prior to the ion exchange treatment step. The ion exchange treatment may comprise a molten salt bath having an increased pH and temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Matthew John Dejneka, Yuhui Jin, Robert George Manley, Jonathan Michael Mis, Pascale Oram, Vitor Marino Schneider, Charlene Marie Smith, Wei Sun, Wanda Janina Walczak, Liying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200399174
    Abstract: A method of performing ion exchange of a thin, flexible glass substrate having an average thickness equal to or less than about 0.3 mm to chemically strengthen the glass substrate is disclosed. The chemically strengthened glass substrate comprises a first compressive stress layer having a first depth of layer, and a second compressive stress layer having a second depth of layer, the first and second stress layers being separated by a layer of tensile stress. A laminated article comprising the chemically strengthened glass substrate is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: SEAN MATTHEW GARNER, Michael Lesley Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20200399175
    Abstract: A method for making a glass article comprising contacting a first surface of a glass substrate with a laser to produce a plurality of light extraction features having a diameter and a depth, wherein the light extraction features produce a color shift ?y of extracted light where ?y<0.01 per 500 mm of length. A glass article as described can comprise a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a plurality of laser induced light extraction features, and wherein the plurality of laser induced light extraction features produces a color shift ?y<0.01 per 500 mm of length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Wagner, James Joseph Watkins, James Andrew West
  • Publication number: 20200399176
    Abstract: A plasterboard comprises a gypsum matrix having fibres embedded therein. The plasterboard optionally has a backing lamina attached to one of the faces thereof. The gypsum matrix of the plasterboard optionally comprises a polymeric additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Glen Hotchin, Nicholas Jones, Adam Richardson
  • Publication number: 20200399177
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are building products comprising a polyurethane formed by the reaction of at least one isocyanate selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates and mixtures thereof and at least one polyol in the presence of fly ash and a non-silicone surfactant, wherein, the fly ash is present in an amount from 40% to 90% by weight based on the total weight of the building product; and wherein, the non-silicone surfactant is present in an amount from 0.5% to 2.2% by weight of polyol used to form the polyurethane. The building products possess desirable surfaces that are substantially free of pinholes, while also possessing a modulus, and other properties, that is comparable to or greater than that of building products substantially free of a non-silicone surfactant. Also disclosed are methods for producing the building products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: BORAL IP HOLDINGS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Edward F. CASSIDY, Ying ZHANG, Xi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200399178
    Abstract: Corrosion mitigating cement compositions and methods for their preparation are provided. The cement compositions are derived from self-cementing pozzolans and chemical accelerators, retarders, mechanical strength modifiers and corrosion inhibitors. The corrosion inhibitors include boron compounds such as boric acid. Concretes prepared using the cement compositions possess low conductivity and a conductivity which further decreases with aging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SCMT HOLDINGS PTY LTD
    Inventor: GLENN OLVEN SCHUMACHER
  • Publication number: 20200399179
    Abstract: Provided herein is a gypsum board comprising a core, said core comprising gypsum; a fluidizing agent; one or more water repellant agents; and glass fibers. Further provided herein is a method for the manufacture of such gypsum board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Claude LECLERCQ, Pauline LOPEZ, Pierre Peyron, Yves Martini
  • Publication number: 20200399180
    Abstract: A marking system includes a composition having at least one color precursor, a moldable substrate having a color developer, and a marking instrument for applying the composition to the moldable substrate to form at least one mark on the moldable substrate. A method of producing a colored three-dimensional molded object includes the steps of manipulating a moldable substrate having a color developer into a molded shape having an outer surface; and applying, on the outer surface of the molded shape, a first composition having at least one color precursor to a first portion of the molded shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Crayola LLC
    Inventor: Robert R. Dentith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200399181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a 3D ceramic structure by adding a 3D structure with one or more layer(s) of ceramic mixture onto a ceramic substrate. The present invention also relates to a 3D ceramic structure as well as to a green 3D ceramic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Gilles GASGNIER, Eric MARCILLOU
  • Publication number: 20200399182
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of making waterproof magnesium oxychloride refractory brick by fly ash from municipal solid waste incineration. The method comprises the following steps: (1) sulfur-containing compound and water are mixed into the fly ash and stirred evenly to make stabilized slurry, the heavy metals are stabilized and CaO is turned to Ca(OH)2 during this process. (2) The aqueous solution of MgO and MgCl2 is added into the stabilized slurry to make magnesium oxychloride slurry by being stirred evenly. (3) The magnesium oxychloride slurry is cured to make magnesium oxychloride gel, (4) and the magnesium oxychloride aggregate is prepared by crushing the magnesium oxychloride gel. (5) The blended slurry is prepared by mixing metastable material, alkali metal hydroxide, Na2SiO3, magnesium oxychloride aggregate and water, (6) after being stirred, molded and cured, the waterproof magnesium oxychloride refractory brick is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jinhui LI, Yang LI, Quanyin TAN
  • Publication number: 20200399183
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a graphite sheet polyimide film, which is derived from a first precursor composition comprising a first polyamic acid and comprises a sublimable inorganic filler and a spherical polyimide-based filler; a manufacturing method therefor; and a graphite sheet manufactured using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: PI ADVANCED MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Su KIM, Jeong Yeul CHOI, Dong Young WON
  • Publication number: 20200399184
    Abstract: There is provided a group III nitride laminate, including: a substrate comprised of silicon carbide; a first layer comprised of aluminum nitride and formed on the substrate; a second layer comprised of gallium nitride and formed on the first layer; and a third layer formed on the second layer and comprised of group III nitride having an electron affinity lower than that of the gallium nitride which is comprised in the second layer, the second layer having a thickness of less than 500 nm, the second layer containing iron at a concentration of less than 1-1017/cm3, and the second layer containing carbon at a concentration of less than 1×1017/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeshi TANAKA, Ryota ISONO
  • Publication number: 20200399185
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure. The method includes molding a molded body from a mixture containing silicon carbide particles, an organic component, and a dispersion medium, removing the organic component included in the molded body to obtain a porous honeycomb body, and impregnating an inner portion of partition walls of the porous honeycomb body with metal silicon. In a state in which the porous honeycomb body is placed on a support inside a container containing solid metal silicon, the impregnating an inner portion of the partition walls is performed by heating the inside of the container to a temperature higher than or equal to a melting point of the metal silicon so that the porous honeycomb body is impregnated with molten metal silicon through the support that is porous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sonosuke ISHIGURO, Yoshihiro KOGA