Patents Issued in January 4, 2024
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Publication number: 20240002201Abstract: A shock absorption pedal with adjustable resistance includes: a fixed guide rail, fixedly connected to a vehicle body; a sliding frame, arranged in a groove of the fixed guide rail, and movable vertically along the fixed guide rail; and a support plate, fixedly connected to the sliding frame. A displacement regulating mechanism is arranged on the fixed guide rail. One end of the displacement regulating mechanism is arranged outside the groove of the fixed guide rail, and another end of the displacement regulating mechanism is connected to one end of a shock absorption spring. Another end of the shock absorption spring is fixedly connected to the sliding frame. A position of the sliding frame is regulable by the displacement regulating mechanism, to adjust a length of the shock absorption spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Dongliang XIAO, Longwen LU
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Publication number: 20240002202Abstract: A straddle fork vehicle includes a generally rectangular frame structure with front and rear forklift assemblies positioned between a set of tread belts. The straddle fork vehicle is designed such that the frame may accommodate, or straddle, agricultural harvesting pallets between the set of treads in a passthrough through area beneath the frame as the vehicle progresses down a field row. Engine configuration and improved braking systems facilitate a safer construction and tighter turning radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: John G. Berry
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Publication number: 20240002203Abstract: A vehicle includes a hydraulic actuator configured to move an implement relative to the chassis, a hydraulic motor configured to propel the vehicle, a drive pump fluidly coupled to the hydraulic motor, a charge pump configured to provide a flow of pressurized fluid, and a valve assembly fluidly coupled to the charge pump. The valve assembly is configured to (a) direct a first portion of the flow of pressurized fluid to the drive pump, the first portion of the flow having a first flow rate and (b) direct a second portion of the flow of pressurized fluid to the hydraulic actuator, the second portion of the flow having a second flow rate. The valve assembly includes a valve element that is configured to vary at least one of the first flow rate or the second flow rate based on a pressure at a position upstream of the valve element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventor: Mark White
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Publication number: 20240002204Abstract: A man basket having a frame with open front, rear and side walls and a floor that is preferably metal mesh material. The man basket includes two saw platforms extending from the top part of the rear wall and two work surfaces on either side of the saw platforms. The saw platforms optionally include saw stops. A material jig is positioned behind the saw platforms and configured to secure material against the jig when the material is laid across the work surfaces. Two telescoping members extend from the distal ends of the top rail of the rear wall and serve to further support material being worked upon by personnel in the man basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Darron Alderman
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Publication number: 20240002205Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a can opener with an adaptation function, including a shell assembly; a circuit board and a speed reduction transmission assembly which are separately arranged in the shell assembly; an eccentric assembly movably penetrating through the shell assembly, wherein the eccentric assembly is in meshing and transmission connection with the speed reduction transmission assembly; an integrated knife flywheel penetrating through the shell assembly and detachably arranged on the eccentric assembly, wherein the integrated knife flywheel includes an integrally formed integrated knife flywheel main body, a resisting slot body, and a cutting tool body; the knife flywheel main body is in a slope design; the resisting slot body is an annular slot; the cutting tool body is a ring tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Wang Liu
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Publication number: 20240002206Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a liquid product into containers includes a conveyor for conveying a plurality of containers through a filling station; a dispensing unit set in the filling station and including one or more nozzles and a system for pumping the liquid product to said one or more nozzles for dispensing the liquid product into the containers that follow one another in the filling station; a tank including a collection chamber and at least one inlet mouth in communication with the collection chamber, the tank being mobile between a resting position and a working position in which the at least one inlet mouth set in a position underlying the one or more nozzles; and a control unit configured for controlling movement of the tank from the resting position (P1) to the working position, and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Luca TESTONI, Daniele GROSSO, Manuele CUCCHI, Stefano SERAFINI
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Publication number: 20240002207Abstract: A dispensing system can include a container defining an interior and including a first portion and a second portion. The system can include a bag positioned within the interior of the container. The bag can be configured to contain a fluid therein. The system can include an inlet positioned on the container. The inlet can be configured to allow gas into the interior of the container. The system can further include a valve. The valve can be configured to move between an open position and a closed position. The end of the bag can extend through the valve. The end of the bag can define a passage in communication with an opening through which the fluid contained in the bag can be dispensed. In the open position, the valve can be configured to dispense the fluid through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Joseph E. Gormley
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Publication number: 20240002208Abstract: A beverage dispensing device includes a housing, a receptacle, means for opening a beverage dispenser, a thermoelectric cooler, an aeration component, and a discharge nozzle. The housing has a flow path. The receptacle is for receiving a beverage container that houses a beverage and for discharging wine into the flow path. The means for opening the beverage container is for releasing beverage from the beverage container. The thermoelectric cooler is positioned in the housing for one of chilling or warming the beverage along the flow path. The aeration component is for aerating wine in the flow path. The discharge nozzle is coupled to the flow path for dispensing the beverage from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: LNJ Group, LLCInventors: Marshal Chang, Jeremy M. Fallis, JR., Brian Orme
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Publication number: 20240002209Abstract: There is provided a system comprising a plurality of reusable and portable beverage containers the system further comprising at least one beverage dispensing station adapted to support one of the beverage containers, and connect to the beverage container such that beverage can be dispensed from the container, said beverage dispensing station comprising an identity tag reader configured to read the identity tag of a beverage container, said beverage dispensing station further comprising a wireless network interface, where the beverage dispensing station has dispensing prevention means which prevents a user from dispensing beverage from the dispenser, the system further comprising a server in communication with the beverage dispensing station, said server having stored a dataset comprising the identities of each of the plurality of beverage containers, wherein a beverage container can be flagged, in the dataset, for activation of the be dispensing prevention means, and the system is configured to, when a beveraType: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Ulf STENERHAG, Mattias LISS, Martin RENCK, Niclas EMDELIUS
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Publication number: 20240002210Abstract: The present invention is an attachment configured to be attached to a hot-water supply faucet including a nozzle portion that has a discharge outlet that is open downward, and a press button that is disposed below the discharge outlet and horizontally rearward of the discharge outlet, with hot water being discharged from the discharge outlet when the press button is pressed rearward, the attachment including: an attachment body; and a fixing means for fixing the attachment body to the hot-water supply faucet, wherein the attachment body includes: a fulcrum portion that is attachable to the nozzle portion; a body portion extending downward from the fulcrum portion; and a support portion that is attached to a lower end portion of the body portion, wherein the body portion is formed so as to extend downward past a front surface of the press button, and when the support portion is pressed by a vessel into which hot water is to be poured, the attachment body is configured to pivot and press the press button with tType: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Kura Sushi, Inc.Inventors: Kunihiko TANAKA, Hidetoshi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240002211Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for smart draft beer taps that can dynamically vary flow rate and control the amount of dispensed head based on one or more of sensed parameters of the beer, the draft beer environment, characteristics of the beer, and on brewery specified pouring standards. The disclosed systems provide networked data communication relating to bar draft beer pouring conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Ahmet Necdet ALPMEN, Yusuf Can ALGÜL
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Publication number: 20240002212Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for smart draft beer taps that can dynamically vary flow rate and control the amount of dispensed head based on one or more of sensed parameters of the beer, the draft beer environment, characteristics of the beer, and on brewery specified pouring standards. The disclosed systems provide networked data communication relating to bar draft beer pouring conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Ahmet Necdet ALPMEN, Yusuf Can ALGÜL
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Publication number: 20240002213Abstract: Extraction valve 100 includes main body section 10, first inflow port portion 11a, second inflow port portion 12a, extraction section 12, first flow path 11b, second flow path 12b, first valve body 13 and second valve body 14, push-in bar 15, and cock 18 connected to an end of push-in bar 15 and used to rotate push-in bar 15. One or both of first valve body 13 and second valve body 14 are moved back and forth on the basis of the rotation of push-in bar 15, and first flow path 11b is opened and closed by the back-and-forth movement of first valve body 13 and second flow path 12b is opened and closed by the back-and-forth movement of second valve body 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Hisaaki GOMI
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Publication number: 20240002214Abstract: A two piece, molded tap is contemplated. The tap is includes a T-shaped body with a rotatable cap serving as a valve element. Camming means are provided on opposing but concealed faces of the cap to enable the smooth and easy rotation of the cap between open and closed positions while rotating the cap less than one full revolution in comparison to the body which remains fixed to a flexible pouch or container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Gary BAUGHMAN
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Publication number: 20240002215Abstract: A fluid delivery system includes a distribution station moveable between a first location and a second location, a pump on the distribution station, at least one manifold on the distribution station and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of hoses connected with the at least one manifold, each of the hoses including a tube and a protective sleeve that circumscribes the tube, a plurality of valves on the distribution station, each of the valves situated between the at least one manifold and a respective different one of the hoses, a plurality of fluid level sensors, each of the fluid level sensors being associated a respective different one of the hoses, and a plurality of sensor communication lines. Each of the sensor communication lines is connected or connectable with a respective different one of the fluid level sensors. Each of the sensor communication lines is routed with a respective different one of the hoses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Ricky Dean Shock
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Publication number: 20240002216Abstract: A circuit includes: integrated circuit (IC) layers; a cavity formed in at least one of the IC layers; and a micro-acoustic resonator suspended in the cavity by an anchor. The anchor includes: a bridge portion coupled to the micro-acoustic resonator and extending over the cavity; a first acoustic reflector portion adjacent the bridge portion, extending over the cavity, and oriented differently than the bridge portion; and a second acoustic reflector portion adjacent the first acoustic reflector portion, extending over the cavity, and oriented differently than the first acoustic reflector portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Hakhamanesh MANSOORZARE, Ting-Ta YEN, Yao YU
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Publication number: 20240002217Abstract: A method for producing sensor devices includes generating a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of sensor chips, wherein each sensor chip comprises a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) structure arranged at a main surface of the semiconductor wafer; forming a plurality of gas-permeable covers over the main surface of the semiconductor wafer, wherein each gas-permeable cover covers a corresponding MEMS structure of the MEMS structures and forms a cavity above the corresponding MEMS structure; and singulating the semiconductor wafer into a plurality of sensor devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Rainer Markus SCHALLER, Klaus ELIAN, Horst THEUSS
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Publication number: 20240002218Abstract: A semiconductor layer having an opening and a MEMS resonator formed in the opening is disposed between first and second substrates to encapsulate the MEMS resonator. An electrical contact that extends from the opening to an exterior of the MEMS device is formed at least in part within the semiconductor layer and at least in part within the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Aaron Partridge, Markus Lutz, Pavan Gupta
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Publication number: 20240002219Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mirror device is a method for manufacturing a mirror device including a structural body that includes a support portion, a movable portion, and a coupling portion, and a mirror layer provided on the movable portion. The method for manufacturing a mirror device includes: a first forming step of forming a plurality of parts on a wafer, each of the plurality of parts corresponding to the structural body; a second forming step of forming the mirror layer on a part of each of the plurality of parts, the part corresponding to the movable portion; a heating step of heating the part of each of the plurality of parts, corresponding to the movable portion, after the first forming step and the second forming step; and a cutting step of cutting the wafer to separate the plurality of parts from one another, after the heating step.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Tomoyuki IDE, Daiki SUZUKI, Mikito TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20240002220Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a self-packing three-arm thermal scanning probe for micro-nano manufacturing, comprising: a three-arm cantilever beam, metal contact pads, a nichrome heating electrode for printing, a nichrome heating electrode for transportation, and a polymer storage area. The present disclosure is manufactured by conventional micro-nano machining processes such as lithography and wet etching. In the present disclosure, a gradient density design of heating electrodes is used to generated continuous change of temperature gradients, thus realizing continuous transportation of a printing material from a storage area to a tip area, which realizes self-packing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Huan HU, Renwei MAO
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Publication number: 20240002221Abstract: A method for producing syngas that comprises providing a feed stream comprising H2 and CO2; heating the feed stream in a first heat exchanger to obtain a first heated feed stream; introducing the first heated feed stream into a first RWGS reactor to obtain a first syngas containing stream; cooling the first syngas containing stream in the first heat exchanger against the feed stream to obtain a first cooled syngas stream; separating the first cooled syngas stream in a first gas/liquid separator to obtain a water-enriched stream and a water-depleted syngas stream; heating the water-depleted syngas stream in a second heat exchanger to obtain a heated water-depleted syngas stream; introducing the heated water-depleted syngas stream into a second RWGS reactor to obtain a second syngas containing stream; and cooling the second syngas containing stream in the second heat exchanger against the water-depleted syngas to obtain a cooled syngas product stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Ronald Jan SCHOONEBEEK, Alouisius Nicolaas Renée BOS, Dominik Johannes Michael UNRUH, Dennis Patrick VAN DER SLOOT
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Publication number: 20240002222Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing hydrogen from secondary aluminum ash, including the following steps: S1. preparing secondary aluminum ash, and subjecting a reaction device to an oxygen replacement treatment; S2. feeding the secondary aluminum ash into the reaction device, adding water, conducting a first hydrolysis reaction to obtain a first gas, and introducing the first gas into a gas collection cabinet; S3. adding calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide subsequently to the reaction device, conducting a second hydrolysis reaction to obtain a second gas, and introducing the second gas into the gas collection cabinet; and S4. subjecting a gas mixture in the gas collection cabinet to separation and purification to obtain hydrogen. The method is conducive to improving a hydrogen yield and reducing the toxicity of process products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Dakang Zhang, Wenhui Kuang, Junli Zhao, Yulu Zhang, Siyi Wang
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Publication number: 20240002223Abstract: The invention comprises a method of operating a water gas shift reactor in a transient state such as during reactor start-up, the method comprising: providing a water gas shift catalyst comprising an alkali metal or alkali metal compound; heating the water gas shift catalyst up to the reaction temperature of the water gas shift reaction under steam condensing conditions, by applying steam as a heat transfer medium for the water gas shift catalyst, and where the water gas shift catalyst has a total pore volume larger than the volume of liquid water that forms during the heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: TOPSOE A/SInventors: Jens SEHESTED, Raul MONTESANO LOPEZ, Susanne Lægsgaard JØRGENSEN, Jeremy Neil BURN, Niels Christian SCHJØDT
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Publication number: 20240002224Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for enriching a synthesis gas in hydrogen by contacting said synthesis gas with a water gas shift catalyst, the synthesis gas being a CO-rich synthesis gas including at least 15 vol % CO and at least 1 ppmv sulfur, and the water gas shift catalyst including Zn, Al, optionally Cu, and an alkali metal or alkali metal compound; the water gas shift catalyst is free of chromium (Cr) and iron (Fe), and has a pore volume, as determined by mercury intrusion, of 240 ml/kg or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: TOPSOE A/SInventors: Jeremy Neil BURN, Raul MONTESANO LOPEZ, Jens SEHESTED, Susanne Lægsgaard JØRGENSEN, Niels Christian SCHJØDT
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Publication number: 20240002225Abstract: Examples relate to methods and systems for controllably pyrolyzing hydrocarbon feedstock to produce hydrogen gas and carbon black in a continuous flow without fowling the equipment. The methods and systems control the pressure and temperature of the hydrocarbon feedstock to induce pyrolysis at selected positions in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: David Hettich, Benjamin McInnis
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Publication number: 20240002226Abstract: A dihydrogen production and delivery unit for a dihydrogen consumer, may include at least one gaseous hydrocarbon supply device, at least one microwave plasma plasmalysis reactor configured to generate, at a pressure equal to atmospheric pressure +/?15%, plasmalysis of the gaseous hydrocarbon supplied by the supply device and which produces, by carbon-free production, at least dihydrogen and solid carbon, the production and delivery unit comprising at least one storage device for the produced dihydrogen and at least one device for delivering to the consumer the dihydrogen stored in the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SAKOWINInventors: Gerard GATT, Yves GEORGE, Giovanni TRIMBOLI, Marilena RADOIU
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Publication number: 20240002227Abstract: Processes are provided which pyrolytically extract hydrochloric acid from a magnesium ion-rich salt mixture. In this regard, a supply of the magnesium ion-rich salt mixture (e.g., bittern) may be directed to a pyrolytic chamber where it is contacted with heated gas (e.g., combustion flue gas) at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to form a vapor product stream comprised of hydrochloric acid and an insoluble pyrolyzed mixed salt stream comprised of magnesium hydroxide and sodium sulfate decahydrate. The solid pyrolyzed mixed salt stream may be separated into separate product streams comprising the insoluble magnesium hydroxide and remaining soluble salt fractions, while the vapor product stream of hydrochloric acid from the pyrolytic chamber may be condensed form an aqueous HCl solution. The magnesium ion rich salt mixture may be dehydrated prior to pyrolysis to achieve magnesium ions in a tetrahydrate state or lower (e.g., a monohydrate to a trihydrate state).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Matthew MERRILL, Greg SIMMS
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Publication number: 20240002228Abstract: Methods of converting a variety of fluorinated materials into anhydrous hydrogen fluoride are described. The methods include thermally decomposing the fluorinated materials into a gaseous effluent comprising hydrogen fluoride and carbon dioxide. This gaseous effluent is then treated with carbon at a temperature of at least 830° C., converting the carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide (CO) and producing a gaseous product comprising the hydrogen fluoride, which can be condensed to generate anhydrous hydrogen fluoride. These methods can also be used to convert water contained in the gaseous effluent into hydrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Markus E. Hirschberg, Kalus Hintzer, Thomas W. Schoettle, Arne Thaler, Achim Schmidt-Rodenkirchen, Thorsten Gerdes, Konstantin Mierdel
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Publication number: 20240002229Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for producing one or more of photon enhanced oxidizing agents, trioxygen, hydrogen and its ions, oxygen and its ions, ROS and electronically modified oxygen derivatives from oxidizing agents that are exposed to photon emissions at a wavelength in a range of 0.01 nm to 845 nm, wherein wavelengths that photo-dissociate trioxygen may be excluded. The methods, systems and apparatuses enhance the effectiveness of photo-oxidation, photocatalytic, and/or photochemical reactions or a combination of these reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Bis Science LLCInventors: Paul DABNEY, Marc W. GUNDERSON
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Publication number: 20240002230Abstract: Provided are methods of stabilizing MXene compositions using polyanionic salts so as to reduce the oxidation of the MXenes. Also provided are stabilized MXene compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Michel Barsoum, Varun Natu
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Publication number: 20240002231Abstract: An ammonia burner comprising an ammonia section for ammonia oxidation and a combined heat exchange section for heating a process stream, wherein said ammonia section and heat exchange section are coaxially arranged in a pressure vessel of the burner and the hot nitrogen oxides-containing effluent gas from the ammonia section is directed to a shell side of the heat exchange section so that said effluent gas transfers heat to the process stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Enrico RIZZI
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Publication number: 20240002232Abstract: A titanium phosphate powder containing plate-like particles with a reduced content ratio of byproducts other than the plate-like particles, and exhibiting crystallinity of titanium phosphate represented by a chemical formula Ti(HPO4)2·nH2O (0?n?1) is provided in the present disclosure. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a titanium phosphate powder exhibiting crystallinity of titanium phosphate represented by a chemical formula Ti(HPO4)2·nH2O (0?n?1), and containing plate-like particles, the method comprising putting an acidic raw material aqueous solution containing phosphorus and titanium in a sealed vessel, and storing the sealed vessel containing the raw material aqueous solution for a period of 2 hours or more, with the ambient temperature of the sealed vessel maintained under a constant temperature condition within a range of 40° C. or more and less than 100° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATEDInventors: Ryo NOMURA, Keiji ASHITAKA, Naoya MIWA
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Publication number: 20240002233Abstract: Oxygen and solid carbon can be produced by reacting captured carbon dioxide with a catalyst in a reaction chamber. A liquid base fluid can form a continuous phase within the reaction chamber with a plurality of liquid metal carrier droplets dispersed in the base fluid. The catalyst can be nano-sized particles that can coat the surfaces of the carrier droplets. Agitation can be supplied to the reaction chamber to maintain dispersion of the liquid metal carrier droplets and increase contact of the carbon dioxide and catalyst particles. The reaction temperature can be less than the temperature required for other processes that produce solid carbon. The solid carbon and the oxygen can be used as a power source for wellsite equipment in the form of fuel cells to generate electricity or power or used to charge batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Philip D NGUYEN, Ronald Glen DUSTERHOFT, Brian Alan EVANS, Stanley Vernon STEPHENSON
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Publication number: 20240002234Abstract: Disclosed are: a method for preparing a porous carbon structure, capable of dramatically increasing the surface area and total pore volume of the porous carbon structure; and a porous carbon structure prepared using same. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: preparing a template having a mesoporous shell; injecting a carbon precursor into the template, the carbon precursor comprising a polymer precursor and a cross-linking agent, the polymer precursor comprising a first component, which has a halogen functional group, and a second component, which does not have a halogen functional group, and the amount of the first component in the polymer precursor being 20-80 wt %; polymerizing the polymer precursor to form a polymer; carbonizing the polymer to obtain a template-carbon complex; and removing the template from the template-carbon complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Jung Ho KIM, Jun Young KIM, Kah-Young SONG, Nakwon KONG, Jusung LEE, Kyoungsik NAM, Chanmi PARK
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Publication number: 20240002235Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for producing graphene, the method comprising the steps of providing a polymeric graphene precursor comprising one or more donor atoms, subjecting the polymeric graphene precursor to a bulk thermal heat treatment to produce graphene and subjecting the graphene obtained from the bulk thermal heat treatment to one or more mechanical exfoliation treatments, wherein the one or more exfoliation treatments comprises ball milling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Lin Li, Yihe Huang
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Publication number: 20240002236Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabrication of blue-fluorescent and non-toxic nanodiamonds from atmospheric particulate matters including total solid suspended particulate matter (TSPM) and particulate matter with size less than 10? (PM10). Mostly, the present invention provides an efficient mitigation process for particulate pollutant by conversion of these pollutants (PM and TSPM) into non-toxic high-value product such as nanodiamond by using the ultrasonic-assisted chemical oxidation method. This method is environmental friendly, simple, and biocompatible for the production of nanodiamonds from such atmospheric particulate matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Binoy K. SAIKIA, Nazrul ISLAM, Tonkeswar DAS, Jatin KALITA
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Publication number: 20240002237Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nanodiamond dispersion composition, the method capable of easily producing a nanodiamond dispersion composition having the reduced number of coarse particles mixed therein. Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a nanodiamond dispersion composition having the reduced number of coarse particles mixed therein, and containing nanodiamond particles having an organic part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro NISHIKAWA, Ming LIU
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Publication number: 20240002238Abstract: The present invention relates to highly pure high performance polycrystalline diamond monolith, a method for manufacturing a single-crystal diamond, and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Alain LARGETEAU, Mythili PRAKASAM, Félix BALIMA
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Publication number: 20240002239Abstract: A silicon-based particle with a core-shell structure, a method for preparing the same, an anode material, an electrode and a battery. The silicon-based particle includes: a core comprising an oxygen-containing silicon-based compound matrix and nano-silicon grains, a molar ratio of oxygen to silicon in the core being 0.5-1.5; a silicon carbide layer covering the core; and a carbon layer covering the silicon carbide layer. The silicon-based particle is used in batteries, and has the characteristics of low expansion rate, long cycle life, high capacity and high coulombic efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: Berzelius (Nanjing) Co., Ltd., Berzelius (Hefei) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhe LI, Hebao ZHANG, Shu LUO, Daosong ZHA, Cen WANG
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Publication number: 20240002240Abstract: The present invention provides a boron-containing silica dispersion having better dispersion stability at a high concentration, and higher binding properties between boron and silica than conventional dispersions. The present invention is a boron-containing silica dispersion containing amorphous silica particles containing boron atoms and a dispersion medium; the boron-containing amorphous silica particles having an average particle size of 10 to 100 nm, as determined from 40 particles selected at random in a transmission electron micrograph; the boron-containing silica dispersion having a solids content of 5 to 30 mass %; and the boron-containing silica dispersion having a sedimentation rate of the particles of 4% or less, when the boron-containing silica dispersion is left standing for 1000 hours, and proportions of SiO2 and B2O3 of 90.0 to 99.8 mass % and 0.2 to 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yasuyuki MURAKAMI, Satsuki MOTOISHI, Hisao KOIZUMI, Satoshi KOMORI, Hironobu OGATA
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Publication number: 20240002241Abstract: Silica aerogels, and associated methods of manufacture, are generally described. The present invention generally describes vertically integrated manufacturing of silica aerogels from various silica sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Steve DE POOTER, Stephen A. STEINER III, Justin S. GRIFFIN
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Publication number: 20240002242Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method for tricalcium silicate powder. The method includes the following steps: taking CaCO3 powder and SiO2 powder as raw materials for preparation, so as to obtain mixed powder having uniform components; pre-pressing the obtained mixed powder to make a blank; and performing sintering treatment on the obtained blank at a temperature of 1,200 DEG C-1,500 DEG C for 0.5 h-1.5 h, so as to obtain tricalcium silicate, where the sintering treatment is to perform mixed sintering by using auxiliary heating bodies and in cooperation with microwave treatment. According to the present disclosure, the tricalcium silicate is prepared through mixed sintering by using the auxiliary heating bodies and in cooperation with the microwave treatment, and a mixed heating mechanism enables a sample to be heated more easily at a low temperature, so that synthesis purity and efficiency are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Rui Zhang, Li Guan, Gaoyuan Wang, Xinyue Zhang, Hailong Wang, Qiancheng Gao, Mingliang Li, Gaoning Cui, Binbin Dong, Bingbing Fan
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Publication number: 20240002243Abstract: The present invention provides a method for separation and recovery of boron trifluoride and complexes thereof in an olefin polymerization reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Tong LIU, Yuanyuan CAO, Yulong WANG, Libo WANG, Xianming XU, Hongping LI, Enhao SUN, Xiuhui WANG, Wei SUN, Han GAO, Hongling CHU, Yongjun ZHANG, Yonggang JI, Kecun MA, Yan JIANG, Qian CHEN, Hongliang HUO, Qi YU
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Publication number: 20240002244Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of preparing NH3, and to a method of regenerating a metal M from MOR1, wherein O is oxygen and R1 is —CH3 and/or —C2H5. The method for preparing NH3 comprises the steps of a) reacting a metal with nitrogen gas to produce a metal nitride, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Li, Be, Mg, Na, Mo, Al, Zn, Ca, Sr, and Ba, b) reacting the metal nitride obtained in step a) with R1OH to produce NH3 and MOR1, wherein R1 represents —CH3 and/or —C2H5, and c) regenerating the metal by electrolysing said MOR1 under formation of HCHO and/or CH3CHO. The method of regenerating a metal M from MOR1, comprises electrolysing of MOR1 under formation of HCHO and/or CH3CHO, wherein R1 represents —CH3 and/or —C2H5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Tanya SRIVASTAVA, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
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Publication number: 20240002245Abstract: A method for forming an insoluble adduct using an acidic medium is provided. A chemical process utilizes acidic media to change the solubility behavior of metal solutes. The method can utilize Group 1 soluble alkali metals but can also be extended to any other soluble salts discussed under the solubility rules. The insoluble salts can be Group 2 alkaline earth metals or other insoluble salts. The insoluble adduct can have the designation XYZ where X is a soluble metal from a metal hydroxide or a metal oxide, Y is an insoluble metal from an insoluble metal hydroxide or an insoluble metal oxide, and Z is the acid ion from an aqueous acidic media.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: CRYSTAPHASE PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: UMAKANT PRAVINCHANDRA JOSHI, AUSTIN SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY GLOVER, JOHN N. GLOVER, JEFFREY SCOTT OLIVER, KRISHNA K. RAO
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Publication number: 20240002246Abstract: A continuous process for the production of sodium bicarbonate crystals from the carbon dioxide of a gas stream including an absorption step of the carbon dioxide from a gas stream into an aqueous solution including a sodium carbonate salt to produce an aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate, then a crystallization step of the sodium bicarbonate salt obtained at the first step. A system for the production of sodium bicarbonate crystals from carbon dioxide of a gas stream including a control unit, an absorption unit and a crystallization unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAINInventors: Patricia LUIS ALCONERO, Vida SANG SEFIDI, Mar GARCIA ALVAREZ, Marie-Charlotte SPARENBERG
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Publication number: 20240002247Abstract: The disclosure relates to core-shell nanoparticle, the nanoparticle comprising a core being one or more selected from vaterite, proto-vaterite, and amorphous calcium carbonate as determined by X-Ray diffraction, remarkable in that the nanoparticle further comprises a shell of polyphenol, wherein said polyphenol is selected to be insoluble in water, to show a pH ranging from 5 to 9 when measured in a solution of one or more polar solvents and water at a concentration of 10 wt. % based on the total weight of said solution and wherein said polyphenol is at least partially soluble in said one or more polar solvents. A method for forming such nanoparticle as well as their use and the use of polyphenol as shell of shell-core nanoparticle is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Lauriane CHUZEVILLE, Jean-Sébastien THOMANN
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Publication number: 20240002248Abstract: The invention discloses a porous intermetallic compound and preparation method and application thereof. The pore structure of the porous intermetallic compound includes micropores and mesopores, and the micropores and mesopores are distributed in disorder, wherein the content of the micropores accounts for 6-68%, and the content of mesopores accounts for 32-92%; the specific surface area of the porous intermetallic compound is 50-1600 m2/g, and the porous intermetallic compound is a porous copper silicide intermetallic compound or porous copper-chalcogen intermetallic compound. The invention provides preparation methods of the porous intermetallic compound, and also provides an application of the porous intermetallic compound as a catalyst in the reaction of acetylene hydrochlorination to synthesize vinyl chloride. The porous intermetallic compound catalyst prepared by the invention can carry out the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction in a wide space velocity range, and has good catalytic activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Jia ZHAO, Xiaonian LI, Yuxue YUE, Saisai WANG, Yihan ZHU
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Publication number: 20240002249Abstract: Medical tubing can have a chromic material such that the medical tubing is configured to transition from a first state of color to a different, second state of color by application of a stimulus to the medical tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventor: Amit Uday LIMAYE
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Publication number: 20240002250Abstract: It relates to tantalum oxide particles containing molybdenum. The tantalum oxide particles preferably have a polyhedral shape, and the crystallite size of the tantalum oxide particles at 2?=22.8° is preferably 160 nm or more. It also relates to a method for producing the tantalum oxide particles, the method including firing a tantalum compound in the presence of a molybdenum compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Shaowei YANG, Jianjun YUAN, Masafumi UOTA, Mutsuko TANGE, Cheng LIU, Meng LI, Wei ZHAO, Jian GUO