Patents Issued in February 8, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240043242
    Abstract: An elevator system includes a data network and is operated according to a method for identifying a component of the elevator system. The data network has at least one network node including a component of the elevator system. The component of the network node can be identified such that a control unit of the elevator system controls a light source in order to generate a light signal to indicate the network node. The component can be assigned to a light sensor when the light sensor detects the light signal, and the control unit is notified of the assignment of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Antonio Perfetto
  • Publication number: 20240043243
    Abstract: A load-bearing component, an elevator and a method of monitoring operation of an elevator are disclosed. The load bearing component includes at least one printed strain gauge. Sensing data is gathered from the printed strain gauge and based on the data, loadings directed to the elevator can be monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Tapio SIIRONEN, Sami JANHUNEN
  • Publication number: 20240043244
    Abstract: A method for inspecting twist of wire ropes is provided. The wire ropes support an elevator car, and each of the wire ropes includes a plurality of strands. The method is to be implemented by a processor and includes steps of: obtaining, for each of the wire ropes during movement of the elevator car, a number of strand segments that are present within a predetermined length of the wire rope; and comparing the numbers of strand segments that are obtained respectively for the wire ropes for analyzing the twist of the wire ropes, wherein the wire ropes are determined as having equal extent of twist when it is determined that the numbers of strand segments are identical, and the wire ropes are determined as having distinct extent of twist when it is determined that the numbers of strand segments are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Ming-Chu Chen
  • Publication number: 20240043245
    Abstract: A method for setting the state of a scenario detection module of an escalator includes: acquiring running direction information of an escalator; and according to at least the running direction information, setting the states of the scenario detection modules U1, U2, . . . , UN in a scenario detection module set U for the escalator to be activated or disabled. The computing capability required for scenario detection of the escalator can be lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jinquan FAN
  • Publication number: 20240043246
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are provided herein for haptic-based force balance for anti-sway control of a payload. A haptic feedback system for crane operation is provided including: a controller; a first haptic device including a first haptic device tip; a second haptic device including a second haptic device tip; and a structural member connecting the first haptic device and the second haptic device, where the controller is configured to correlate the first haptic device tip to a first reference point on a payload and to correlate the second haptic device tip to a second reference point on the payload, and where anti-sway control of the payload is effected by movement of the structural member by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jing DU, Qi Zhu, Tianyu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240043247
    Abstract: A high-precision positioning system for a monorail hoist in a mine includes two gear carriers symmetrically arranged on both sides of an I-beam track. Each of the gear carriers includes a positioning wheel and a plurality of travelling wheels. The travelling wheels are travelling on an upper end face of a bottom plate of the I-beam track, and the positioning wheel is in engagement transmission with a rack at a lower end of the bottom plate of the I-beam track. The gear carriers include an installation bracket and a connecting seat configured to connect the monorail hoist. The installation bracket includes an inertial measuring unit and a single-chip microcomputer that are electrically connected with each other. The positioning wheel includes a rotation angle sensor and the rotation angle sensor is electrically connected to the single-chip microcomputer. A headstock at both ends of the monorail hoist includes a coordinate updating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Yuxing PENG, Yu TANG, Hua CHEN, Zaigang XU, Mingzhong WANG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20240043248
    Abstract: A self-maintaining crane system including a bridge, a trolley, a hoist, and sensors for use within a hostile environment, such as a wastewater treatment facility, is presented. The bridge is movable along a pair of runway rails. The trolley is movable between the runway rails. The hoist with extendable-retractable cable is movable with the trolley. Bridge sensors determine whether the bridge has engaged home and end positions. Trolley sensors determine whether the trolley has engaged home and end positions. The bridge and the trolley are movable between home and end positions. Hoist sensors determine whether the cable has engaged a hoist home position and a hoist end position. The cable is extendable away from the home position and retractable toward the end position. Sensors facilitate automated movement of bridge, trolley, and cable so as to minimize functional impairment of the crane system by the hostile environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Steven R. Cordell
  • Publication number: 20240043249
    Abstract: A davit used for abseiling purposes and adapted to anchor to a parapet roof includes a davit base assembly and a mast base assembly associated with a mast and configured to rotation about the davit base assembly. The davit base assembly includes a mounting plate sub-assembly adapted to anchor to the roof, and a removable base sub-assembly configured to cooperate with the mounting plate sub-assembly. The mast base assembly includes a roller bearing arrangement configured for contact with a sleeve of the removable base sub-assembly during rotation of the mast and the associated mast base assembly about the davit base assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Oscar William Ratalino, Jamie Price
  • Publication number: 20240043250
    Abstract: A lifting gear, in particular a telescopic boom crane, including at least one boom, a boom adjustment unit including at least one hydraulic actuator for adjusting the boom, and a control device for controlling the movement of the hydraulic actuator, the control device being provided with a displacement controller having at least one pump for adjusting the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Neubert, Dirk Wehner, Julian Hafner
  • Publication number: 20240043251
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining an actual achieved pre-load value by monitoring a leg load characteristic during pre-loading. The method further comprises determining an actual crane or cantilever operations envelope taking into account the actual achieved preload instead. The method further comprises taking into account other data such as environmental loads or crane or cantilever movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kayo VANDERHEGGEN, Frederik VANHEE
  • Publication number: 20240043252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a remote-controlled, retractable accessibility device for ceiling and wall fixtures, such as for lighting fixtures, ceiling fans, speakers, mobiles, and the like. The device allows for the raising and lowering of the fixture via a remote wireless or wired control. The device is designed with electrical connectors that automatically disengage and reengage to cut off the flow of electricity when the fixture is lowered so that the fixture can be safely accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Seas II Day, LLC
    Inventor: Robert M. Dietz
  • Publication number: 20240043253
    Abstract: A machine system includes a first wireless transceiver, a plurality of second wireless transceivers, and a processing circuit. The first wireless transceiver is configured to couple to a first portion of a machine. The plurality of second wireless transceivers are configured to couple to a second portion of the machine. The first portion is movable relative to the second portion. The processing circuit is configured to determine a position of the first portion based on time delays in communication between the first wireless transceiver and each of the plurality of second wireless transceivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Korry D. Kobel, Stefan Eshleman, Robert S. Messina
  • Publication number: 20240043254
    Abstract: A clamp device for a mobile lift system and a mobile lift system is provided, where the clamp device has a supporting part and two gripper arms movably connected to the supporting part. An actuating system is arranged on the supporting part, where an actuator is connected to each of the gripper arms. The actuators functions as a main cylinder and a slave cylinder respectively. At least one accumulator is connected to the slave cylinder where the accumulator creates an opposing pressure as a result of the gripper arms' position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Erling PEDERSEN, Mark Weber VIND, Søren Dam ELLEGAARD
  • Publication number: 20240043255
    Abstract: A breading station for breading food has a housing including a well defining an ice bath compartment sized and shaped to receive an ice bath and one or more pans and a hydraulic lift system arranged to raise and lower the well relative to a surface on which the breading station rests on. The hydraulic lift system includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic linear actuator, and a hydraulic line fluidly connecting the hydraulic linear actuator to the hydraulic pump system. The hydraulic pump system and the hydraulic linear actuator are disconnectable and removable from the housing without having to break the fluid connection between the hydraulic pump system and the hydraulic linear actuator. An exterior panel blocks access to the hydraulic linear actuator and is removable to permit access to the hydraulic linear actuator. An adjustable pan frame can be used to organize the well to receive different pan sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Michael McGaha
  • Publication number: 20240043256
    Abstract: A concave personnel basket for an aerial work platform such as a boom lift is disclosed. The personnel basket is configured with a middle portion, facing away from the boom lift, that is recessed several feet towards the boom lift. The basket also has two opposite ends, also facing away from the boom lift, that protrude several feet outward relative to the middle portion. As a result, the personnel basket can partially envelop convex target structures such as cell towers and building corners. Personnel standing in the basket can thus access multiple sides of the target without needing to command the boom lift to reposition the basket. This improves work efficiency and safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Ralph Frescas
  • Publication number: 20240043257
    Abstract: A floating device for an aerial work platform, comprising a pressure oil source (100), a controller (200), a left floating device, and a right floating device, a chassis (700), and a swing axle (600).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: HUNAN SINOBOOM INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Guoliang Liu, Junbo Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240043258
    Abstract: An apparatus is for performing parts of an operation to install a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine has a tower, wherein the apparatus has a travelling car for travelling up and down along the tower for the wind turbine, and wherein the travelling car has a movable portion of a deck of the travelling car, wherein the movable portion of the deck is configured to carry an item to be installed as part of the wind turbine to a height for installation of the item and for moving the item substantially horizontally into a position for installation of the item when the travelling car is in a vertical position for installation of said item. Further is disclosed a method of installing at least a part of a wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Nekkar ASA
    Inventors: Yngvar BORØ, Ricardo Nuno CORREIA, Adrian Mihai ORASANU, Arild ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20240043259
    Abstract: A re-stacker assembly used to stack container closures that are output by a can liner system includes at least one offloading assembly having a receiving portion, at least one loading device coupled to the offloading assembly, and a motion control system for detecting motion of the container closures and, in response to detecting such motion, driving the loading device to stack, or re-stack, the container closures in a predetermined manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Albert Zumberger, Bryan Lee Schoenlein, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
  • Publication number: 20240043260
    Abstract: A beverage infusion apparatus includes: beverage infusion apparatus comprising: (a) an infusion module for infusing a nitrogen containing gas into a beverage to form a gas infused beverage, wherein: (i) the infusion module comprises a gas draw venturi device for drawing the nitrogen containing gas into the beverage as a result of flow of the beverage through the gas draw venturi device to form the gas infused beverage; (b) a dispensing valve for dispensing the gas infused beverage and constructed to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein: (i) the open position permits dispensing of the gas infused beverage from the beverage infusion apparatus; (ii) the closed position prevents dispensing of the gas infused beverage from the beverage infusion apparatus; and (iii) the dispensing valve is constructed to move between the open position and the closed position by a user of the beverage infusion apparatus; and (c) a pump constructed to move the beverage, under pressure, from a beverage reservoi
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Derek Vermeulen, William Bostic
  • Publication number: 20240043261
    Abstract: A flow-through pressure-vacuum valve includes a valve body having a tank-side opening and a vent-side opening. A pressure relief valve (e.g., a ball held in a corresponding seat by gravity) is positioned within a first passageway through the body. The ball is moved from the first valve seat to open the first passageway when pressure at the tank-side opening exceeds pressure at the vent-side opening by a predetermined pressure differential. A vacuum relief valve is positioned within another passageway (e.g., a serpentine passageway). The vacuum relief valve (e.g., also a ball held in a corresponding seat by gravity) is positioned within the serpentine passageway. Analogously, the ball is moved from the valve seat to open the serpentine passageway when pressure at the tank-side opening is less than the pressure at the vent-side opening by a predetermined pressure differential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Rodger Preston Grantham, Douglas Alan Harty, Gregg Marshel
  • Publication number: 20240043262
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate; a fixed structure, disposed on the substrate; a floating structure, connected to the fixed structure and separated from the substrate, wherein a first surface of the floating structure facing the substrate includes a plurality of recesses; and a capping layer, disposed on the first surface of the floating structure, wherein the capping layer exposes a portion of the floating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: JHENG-HONG JIANG, SHING-HUANG WU, CHIA-WEI LIU
  • Publication number: 20240043263
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical microelectromechanical device, includes forming, in a first wafer of semiconductor material having a first surface and a second surface, a suspended mirror structure, a fixed structure surrounding the suspended mirror structure, elastic supporting elements extending between the fixed structure and the suspended mirror structure, and an actuation structure coupled to the suspended mirror structure. The method continues with forming, in a second wafer, a chamber delimited by a bottom wall having a through opening, and bonding the second wafer to the first surface of the first wafer and bonding a third wafer to the second surface of the first wafer so that the chamber overlies the actuation structure, and the through opening is aligned to the suspended mirror structure, thus forming a device composite wafer. The device composite wafer is diced to form an optical microelectromechanical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Luca SEGHIZZI, Nicolo' BONI, Laura OGGIONI, Roberto CARMINATI, Marta CARMINATI
  • Publication number: 20240043264
    Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of manufacturing a plurality of MEMS devices, each device including a first material and a second material with different CTE. The method includes providing a carrier with substantially equal CTE as the first material, the carrier comprising a plurality of cavities. The method also includes positioning a plurality of components in respective cavities of the carrier, the components comprising the second material. In some embodiments, the method includes positioning a layer of the first material on the second material components. In some embodiments, the method includes bonding the first material layer and the second material components. The method also includes removing the carrier and singulating the first material layer to produce the plurality of MEMS devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Obsidian Sensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Tallis CHANG, Sean ANDREWS
  • Publication number: 20240043265
    Abstract: Electronic device including: a MEMS sensor device including a functional structure which transduces a chemical or physical quantity into a corresponding electrical quantity; a cap including a semiconductive substrate; and a bonding dielectric region, which mechanically couples the cap to the MEMS sensor device. The cap further includes a conductive region, which extends between the semiconductive substrate and the MEMS sensor device and includes: a first portion, which is arranged laterally with respect to the semiconductive substrate and is exposed, so as to be electrically coupleable to a terminal at a reference potential by a corresponding wire bonding; and a second portion, which contacts the semiconductive substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giorgio ALLEGATO, Silvia NICOLI, Anna ALESSANDRI, Matteo GARAVAGLIA
  • Publication number: 20240043266
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for graphite slider arrays in batches. In this method, a grain structures examination step is added to a process of manufacturing graphite slider arrays, and a subsequent etching step is controlled so that only one horizontal grain boundary exists inside the graphite mesas, and when cleaved, the sliders slide away on the only grain boundary. The slider arrays prepared by this method have uniform easy-slip surfaces and thickness with good consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Quanshui ZHENG, Haiyang JIANG, Kaiwen TIAN
  • Publication number: 20240043267
    Abstract: A method for generating hydrogen by means of energy radiation. The method comprises: bringing a composite catalyst in contact with at least one hydrogen-containing source, and subjecting the composite catalyst and the hydrogen-containing source to energy radiation, so as to generate hydrogen molecules, wherein the composite catalyst includes at least one nano-substrate structure and at least one atomic site, the atomic sites includes one or two or more of the chemical elements Ru, Rh, Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Os and Ir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: BEIJING GUANGHE HYDROGEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cong WANG, Haibin HUO
  • Publication number: 20240043268
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to systems and methods for generating hydrogen from ammonia on-board vehicles, where the produced hydrogen is used as fuel source for an internal combustion engine. The present invention utilizes an electric catalyst unit operating in series with a heat exchange catalyst unit. The electric catalyst unit is used to initiate an ammonia cracking process on-board during a cold start or low load operating condition of the internal combustion engine, where the ammonia cracking process occurs in the heat exchange catalyst unit once exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine has been heated to a threshold temperature suitable to perform the ammonia cracking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: James L. Wall, II
  • Publication number: 20240043269
    Abstract: A system and a method for producing hydrogen and electrical power from an aqueous ammonia solution are provided. An exemplary system includes a distillation unit to produce ammonia gas from the aqueous ammonia solution, a compression unit to boost the pressure of the ammonia gas, a membrane separator to catalytically convert the ammonia gas to nitrogen and hydrogen and remove the hydrogen as a permeate, and a micro turbine to combust a retentate to generate energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter, Aqil Jamal, Kunho Lee
  • Publication number: 20240043270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing hydrogen by means of energy radiation. The method comprises: causing a composite catalyst to contact at least one hydrogen-containing source, and performing energy radiation on the composite catalyst and the hydrogen-containing source so as to produce hydrogen molecules, wherein the composite catalyst comprises at least one nano-base structure and at least one atomic site, and the atomic site comprises one or two or more chemical elements selected from Mn, Co, Fe, Al, Cu, Ni, Zn, Ti, and La.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: BEIJING GUANGHE HYDROGEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cong WANG, Haibin HUO
  • Publication number: 20240043271
    Abstract: An energy production device may include: a supply device for hydrocarbon gas; energy converter configured to convert the energy supplied by the H2 into electrical, thermal, and/or mechanical energy; H2 producer fluidically between the supply device and the energy converter; the H2 producer including a plasmalysis reactor configured to generate plasmalysis of the hydrocarbon gas so as to produce at least one dihydrogen directed towards the energy converter; a controller configured to generate a control instruction for the H2 producer with information on H2 present in a H2 distribution area arranged fluidically between the plasmalysis reactor and the energy converter, the H2 distribution area including a storage assembly at the plasmalysis reactor outlet and hydraulically connected to the plasmalysis reactor and energy converter, the storage assembly including a compression device, storage tank, and expander, the compression device being positioned to transfer H2 exiting the plasmalysis reactor into the storage
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAKOWIN
    Inventors: Gerard GATT, Marilena RADOIU, Yves GEORGE, Giovanni TRIMBOLI
  • Publication number: 20240043272
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hydrogen production as well as apparatuses useful in such systems and methods. Hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon in a gas heated reformer that is heated using one or more streams comprising combustion products of a fuel in an oxidant, preferably in the presence of a carbon dioxide circulating stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Rodney John Allam
  • Publication number: 20240043273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for production of H2 from natural gas, solid fossil fuels or biomass. The method comprises the following steps: reacting natural gas in a reformer or reacting solid fossil fuels or biomass in a gasifier to form syngas, reacting the syngas to form a shifted gas mixture, comprising H2 and CO2, in a water-gas-shift (WGS) section, separating the shifted gas mixture into a H2 gas and a H2 depleted tail gas mixture or retentate gas mixture in a H2 separation unit, separating the H2-depleted tail gas mixture or retentate gas mixture into a CO2 liquid and a CO2-depleted tail gas mixture in a CO2 capture and liquefaction unit, and recycling the CO2-depleted tail gas mixture from the CO2 capture and liquefaction unit without recompression to the WGS section and to the reformer or the gasifier. The CO2-depleted tail gas mixture is at a pressure in the range from 25 to 120 bar when recycled to the WGS section and to the reformer or the gasifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: David BERSTAD, Julian STRAUS
  • Publication number: 20240043274
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a preparation method for a blue indium phosphide quantum dot. According to the present disclosure, at a predetermined temperature, the kernel of the indium phosphide quantum dot and the first zinc precursor are mixed, and the thiol is added for reaction to form the second mixed solution containing an intermediate product of the indium phosphide quantum dot; and then the anionic precursor having a lower reaction activity than the thiol is added for continuous reaction to obtain the blue indium phosphide quantum dot having a wavelength range of 450-480 nm. The blue indium phosphide quantum dot has a pure wavelength; and when the blue indium phosphide quantum dot is applied to an electroluminescent device, the brightness is greater than 100 nits, and external quantum efficiency is high up to 1.8%, and the application range of the indium phosphide quantum dot is widened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yuliang SHAN, Yunjun WANG
  • Publication number: 20240043275
    Abstract: Described is a method for producing fluorapatite crystals, the method having the steps of: a) providing a first aqueous solution comprising a phosphate source and a fluoride source, said first aqueous solution being supersaturated with respect to the phosphate source and the fluoride source, b) providing a second aqueous solution comprising a calcium source, said second aqueous solution being unsaturated with respect to the calcium source, c) mixing the first aqueous solution and the second aqueous solution thereby providing a mixture containing fluorapatite crystals and a further aqueous solution, d) optionally stirring the mixture of step c), e) optionally heating the mixture of step c) and/or step d), f) separating the fluorapatite crystals from the further aqueous solution, g) optionally drying the fluoroapatite crystals of step f), and h) optionally milling the fluorapatite crystals obtained in step f) or step g).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Sebastian Franco-Tabares
  • Publication number: 20240043276
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a hard carbon anode of a lithium/sodium ion battery by biochar, which includes the following steps: S1 biochar pretreatment, S2, preparing a precursor material and S3 pyrolysis carbonization, by a modification of the biochar, setting carbonization temperature and carbonization time, and controlling a cooling rate, so that the obtained biochar generates amorphous carbon after carbonization with low graphitization degree, few surface defects, larger charge-discharge specific capacity, and stable performance in the cycle charging and discharging process; at the same time, the process of the application is relatively simple, and a special complex process is reduced; the present method is suitable for a large-scale industrial production without special adjustment or control of a morphology; and the product performance is relatively good and thus has certain competitive advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Chen, Heng Zheng, Yan Mo, Bokai Cao
  • Publication number: 20240043277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fullerene production device that enables improving fullerene yields. The fullerene production device includes: a reacting furnace (2) in which fullerenes are generated through incomplete combustion of a raw material gas containing a hydrocarbon; a first injection unit (23c) configured to incompletely combust the raw material gas while injecting the raw material gas into the reacting furnace (2) to form a first combustion flame; and a second injection unit (25a) configured to combust an auxiliary gas containing a hydrocarbon that is the same as or different from that in the raw material gas while injecting the auxiliary gas into the reacting furnace (2) to form a second combustion flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi IINO, Eiji KAMBARA
  • Publication number: 20240043278
    Abstract: Provided is a technique related to oxidized carbon nanotubes having excellent dispersion stability and dispersibility in water. The oxidized carbon nanotubes include oxidized single-walled carbon nanotubes, have a ratio of the oxidized single-walled carbon nanotubes relative to the total number of oxidized carbon nanotubes of more than 50%, and have a BET specific surface area of 100 m2/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arinobu KATADA, Hirokazu TAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240043279
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of making a zeolite. The method includes mixing an aluminum nitrate with an aqueous solution of NaOH to form a first mixture followed by mixing silica gel with the first mixture to form a second mixture. The second mixture is heated with microwave irradiation to form a first sample. The method further includes washing, drying, and ion exchanging the first sample with ammonium nitrate to form a second sample. The method includes calcining the second sample to form the zeolite, wherein the method does not use a seed or a structural directing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Akolade Idris BAKARE, Galal A. NASEER, Mohammed Ahmed SANHOOB, Zain Hassan YAMANI
  • Publication number: 20240043280
    Abstract: A superconducting material is described. The superconducting material includes a rare-earth barium copper oxide (ReBCO) matrix, 0.01 to 0.5 weight percentage (wt. %), WO3 nanoparticles, based on the total weight of superconducting material, and 0.01 to 0.5 wt. % barium titanate nanoparticles, based on the total weight of superconducting material. A method of making superconducting material is also described. The method includes mixing WO3 nanoparticles, barium titanate nanoparticles, and ReBCO particles to form a particulate mixture; pressing the particulate mixture at a pressure of 500 to 1000 megapascals (MPa) to form a solid sample; and heating the solid sample at 800 to 1100 degrees centigrade (° C.) for 1 to 24 hours to form the superconducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Yassine SLIMANI, Sarah Awwadh ALOTAIBI, Munirah Abdullah ALMESSIERE
  • Publication number: 20240043281
    Abstract: A photoresist, a photoresist composition, a method for patterning a photoresist and a method for preparing a printed circuit board are disclosed in the present application. The photoresist includes an organic solvent and titanium zirconium oxide nanoparticles. The general molecular formula of the titanium zirconium oxide nanoparticles is TixZryOzLn, wherein x, y and z are each independently an integer in a range from 1 to 6, n is an integer in a range from 5 to 30, and L is an organic ligand including a free-radical polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: HONG XU, XIANG-MING HE, XIAO-LIN WANG
  • Publication number: 20240043282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising a semiconducting material, wherein the semiconducting material comprises a compound comprising: (i) one or more first monocations [A]; (ii) one or more second monocations [BI]; (iii) one or more trications [BIII]; and (iv) one or more halide anions [X]. The invention also relates to a process for producing a semiconductor device comprising said semiconducting material. Also described is a compound comprising: (i) one or more first monocations [A]; (ii) one or more second monocations [BI] selected from Cu+, Ag+ and Au+; (iii) one or more trications [BIII]; and (iv) one or more halide anions [X].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: HENRY JAMES SNAITH, AMIR ABBAS HAGIGHIRAD, FELICIANO GIUSTINO, MARINA FILIP, GEORGE VOLONAKIS
  • Publication number: 20240043283
    Abstract: A bead string of tin oxide crystallite or a bead string of complex oxide crystallite of tin oxide and titanium oxide contains tantalum and has specific hue as well as a crystallite size on the order of nanometer, and exhibits excellent conductivity and improves the catalytic activity. A bead string includes a tin oxide crystal particle aggregate or a crystal particle aggregate of a complex oxide of tin oxide and titanium oxide, in which the crystal particle aggregate contains at least one particle having a crystallite size of 5 to 50 nm, and when the crystal particle aggregate is pressed under a pressure of 0.1 MPa to have a thickness of 1 cm, in the color of the resultant particle aggregate represented by Lab color space, a lightness L* value is 80 or less, a chromaticity a* value is ?4 or less, and a chromaticity b* is ?3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chisato ARATA, Sumitaka WATANABE, Katsuyoshi KAKINUMA
  • Publication number: 20240043284
    Abstract: Provided are a spinel-type lithium manganese oxide excellent in terms of charge-discharge performance at high temperatures and a lithium secondary battery excellent in terms of charge-discharge performance at high temperatures. A spinel-type lithium manganese oxide comprising a phosphate, the spinel-type lithium manganese oxide being represented by chemical formula: Li1+xMn2?X?YMYO4 (where 0.02?X?0.20, 0.05?Y?0.30, and M represents Al or Mg), wherein the phosphate has an average particle size of 0.1 ?m or more and 2.0 ?m or less, and primary particles of the spinel-type lithium manganese oxide have an average size of 1.5 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less, a method for producing the spinel-type lithium manganese oxide, and applications of the spinel-type lithium manganese oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Naoto SUZUKI, Jun TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240043285
    Abstract: Provided are a water purifying apparatus and a refrigerator including the same. The water purifying apparatus includes a filter configured to purify incoming water and discharge the purified water, a head in which the filter is detachably coupled and a water inlet portion and a water outlet portion are formed, and a shaft provided inside the head and rotatably mounted between the water inlet portion and the water outlet portion, the shaft being provided with a bypass flow path directly connecting the water inlet portion and the water outlet portion and a filtering flow path connected so that water flowing in through the water inlet portion is discharged to the water outlet portion via the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Youngjae KIM, Changhwan YOON
  • Publication number: 20240043286
    Abstract: A device for the treatment of drinking beverages by modifying a characteristic of the beverage, the device including a vessel for containing the beverage and, adjacent to the vessel, a passive electromagnetic resonator having a resonance frequency in the MF/HF/VHF radio bands
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: BE WTR SA
    Inventor: Pier RUBESA
  • Publication number: 20240043287
    Abstract: A preparation method of a crop straw-based seawater desalinator and a product thereof, and the preparation process is as follows: (1) crushing crop straws, and screening the crushed crop straws through a mesh sieve to obtain straw powder; (2) calcining the straw powder at a high temperature under nitrogen protection to obtain biochar, and then putting the biochar into a ball mill for ball milling to obtain ball-milled biochar; (3) adding the straw powder into a sodium hydroxide solution for reaction, and centrifuging a reactant to obtain a viscous product; and (4) stirring the viscous product uniformly with the ball-milled biochar to obtain a mixture, pouring the mixture into a mold, and freezing and drying the mixture to obtain a seawater desalinator. The evaporator features high evaporation rate and the photothermal conversion efficiency, and the ion concentration of the water body after evaporation is greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: JIANGSU ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Nina YAN, Lei XU, Zhiyu ZHENG, Jingwen CHEN, Xizhi JIANG
  • Publication number: 20240043288
    Abstract: The invention is directed to use of polystyrene wastes, such as Styrofoam® wastes, and carbon nanofibers to produce a highly hydrophobic composition or composite that can separate oil and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh AWADH, Nadeem BAIG
  • Publication number: 20240043289
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for treating saltwater and removing chlorine in water to make a variety of sodium-based byproducts and chlorine gas is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a feed tank for receiving water. The feed tank is coupled to a plurality of Radio frequency (RF) chambers. Each of the RF chambers comprises an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is coupled to a treated water effluent manifold. Further, each RF chamber is coupled to a vacuum manifold. Each RF chamber comprises a recirculation pipe to pump water back into the feed tank. The RF chamber comprises a RF system used for bombarding RF energy at predefined frequencies on the water in order to liberate chlorine isotope. Additionally, the RF system bombards RF energy to stretch hydrogen bond in the saltwater to a point of breaking a molecule by applying low pressure. The hydrogen bond captures chlorine. Subsequently, the water is sent through the outlet to the treated water effluent manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey T. Clifton
  • Publication number: 20240043290
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to an ultraviolet fluid sterilizing box structure. A box (10) includes a chamber (100), a water inlet (101) and a water outlet (102). The water inlet (101) and the water outlet (102) are located on different sides of the box (10). The partition (20) is disposed in the chamber (100) and includes an outer cylinder (21) and an inner cylinder (22). The outer cylinder (21) includes an outer cavity (210) and an inflow inlet (211). The inner cylinder (22) includes an inner cavity (220) and an opening (221). The ultraviolet module (30) is disposed on one side of the box (10) and includes a light-transmitting plate (31) and an ultraviolet lamp set (32). The light-transmitting plate (31) seals the outer cylinder (21). The ultraviolet rays irradiate the inner cavity (220) and the outer cavity (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Hung LU, Chia-Te LIN, Chih-Hsin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240043291
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid dispensing device. The liquid dispensing device includes an internal member coupled to a sink and a nozzle. A sterilized liquid module is provided in the internal member and includes a casing having an inner space to receive the liquid, and at least one electrode positioned parallel to a longitudinal direction of the casing, installed in the inner space of the casing, and configured to generate the sterilized liquid through electrolysis of liquid in the inner space of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jewook JEON, Dongkoo Han, Jingyu JI, Sangnam Kim, Jongwon Yun, Junki Yeo, Youngseok Kim