Patents Issued in May 7, 2024
  • Patent number: 11976209
    Abstract: Described herein is a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a polymeric backbone and at least two kinds of side chains (S1) and (S2) attached to the polymeric backbone, which are different from each other, namely one or more side chains (S1) including at least one tin-containing moiety and one or more side chains (S2) bearing at least one ester group of formula —O—C(?O)—R1, where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, acyclic aliphatic residue having at least 18 carbon atoms, a method of preparing the copolymer, a method of using the copolymer as catalyst in crosslinking reactions in coating compositions and/or for lengthening the pot life of coating compositions and/or for lowering the curing temperatures of coating compositions, a coating composition including the copolymer and a method of coating a substrate including applying the coating composition to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventor: Zhongliang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11976210
    Abstract: Aqueous cathodic electrocoat compositions with improved edge protection and methods for preparing such electrocoat compositions are described herein. In an exemplary embodiment, an electrocoat composition includes water; a crosslinkable resin comprising a binder of an epoxy-amine adduct and a crosslinking agent; a neutralizing agent for neutralizing the epoxy amine adduct, wherein the neutralizing agent has a pKa value of greater than 0; and a pigment paste. The pigment paste may comprise silica, barium sulfate or silica and barium sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Huesmann
  • Patent number: 11976211
    Abstract: A prepolymer comprising an acid group is made by a process comprising the step of contacting: (i) a di-isocyanate, (ii) a polyol containing an acid group, and (iii) a polyol without an acid group, the contacting conducted under reaction conditions and in a solvent consisting essentially of: (A) a first component consisting essentially of at least one glycol ether ketone, and (B) optionally, a second component consisting of at least one aprotic glycol ether. The prepolymer is useful in the preparation of water-based polyurethane dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Felipe A. Donate, Rebecca J. Wachowicz, Ellen D. Hock, Jason L. Trumble, David S. Laitar, Keosha L. Cade
  • Patent number: 11976212
    Abstract: Provided herein are surface treating compositions for imparting beneficial surface properties to substrates. The compositions can be prepared by reacting a bio-based polyol with an isocyanate and an ionogenic molecule. The compositions can be used to treat a variety of substrates to provide enhanced properties to a surface of the substrate. Also provided are methods for the chemical modification of triglycerides and fatty acids and use thereof in creating beneficial surface treating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Checkerspot, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Franklin, Zoran Petrovic, Jian Hong, Milica Lovric Vukovic, Jasna Djonlagic
  • Patent number: 11976213
    Abstract: Methods and high visible-light reflective reactive resinous coatings that increase visible light inside a grow house and enhance plant growth therein. A pre-dispersion of a resin, zinc oxide, one or more fillers, and retroreflective microspheres, is mixed with a one-part or two-part reactive coating system to provide a high-reflectance reactive resin coating composition. At least one or more layers of the high-reflectance reactive resin coating composition is coated onto a substrate inside the grow house and allowed to cure. The cured high-reflectance reactive resin layer has a light reflectance increase up to 60% in lumens increasing an amount of visible light inside the grow house to enhance plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Laticrete International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ayaz Kutubuddin, Brandon Serraile, Eerik Maandi, Ben Lampi, Aaron Hogan
  • Patent number: 11976214
    Abstract: The antiglare film of the present invention is provided with an antiglare layer having a haze value in a range from 60% to 95%, an internal haze value in a range from 0.5% to 15.0%, and a standard deviation of luminance distribution of a display in a case where the antiglare film is mounted on a surface of the display in a range from 0 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Sugawara
  • Patent number: 11976215
    Abstract: Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed. Wax seeded latex polymers admixed with an added wax in architectural compositions and optionally with polyurethane resin are utilized to create paint films that are resistant to scuffing and chipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Dugan, Ashlee Agens, Ed Ament, Glenn Cooper, Johanna Garcia, Jeff Hood, Kevin Lee, Kate O'Connor, Rogina Saad, Marie Saturne, Jeffrey T. Spillane
  • Patent number: 11976216
    Abstract: An electrically conductive and corrosion resistant graphene-based coating composition, including a binder, high-pressure airless-sprayed expanded graphene stacks, carbon fibers, and a dispersing agent, wherein the graphene-based coating composition has an electrical conductivity of at least 2 S/cm and a pull-off adhesion of at least 2 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Vijaykumar S. Ijeri, Stephen P. Gaydos, Patrick J. Kinlen, Priyanka G. Dhirde, Anand Khanna
  • Patent number: 11976217
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of coating a substrate. A method includes depositing a conductive coating including an electrically conductive material over the substrate to form a conductive layer having a sheet resistivity of about 10?/? to about 1000?/?. The method includes depositing an anti-icing layer comprising nanomaterials over the conductive layer to form a coating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick J. Kinlen, Dimitris Priftis
  • Patent number: 11976218
    Abstract: The present application relates to a cathode, a method of manufacturing the same, and a battery including the same. The present application may provide a cathode and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the cathode comprises an active material layer that contains an acrylic polymer and exhibits excellent resistance to an electrolyte, excellent dispersion of its components and great adhesion to a current collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Ae Yoon, Han Na Chi, Sung Soo Yoon, Su Jee Kwon
  • Patent number: 11976219
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses a photo-cleavable surface binding compound of the Formula I and Formula II: wherein the variables EG, EG1, SP1, SP2, SP3, Ar and BG are as defined herein. In another embodiment, the application discloses a method for forming a coating on a surface of a substrate using the surface binding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ormco Corporation
    Inventors: Byung Jun Ahn, Bruce H. Lipshutz, Sam L. Nguyen, Roscoe Linstadt
  • Patent number: 11976220
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing composition which contains a water-soluble polymer and is suitable for reducing LPDs. The polishing composition provided in this application includes an abrasive, a water-soluble polymer, and a basic compound. In the polishing composition, the content of a reaction product of a polymerization initiator and a polymerization inhibitor is 0.1 ppb or less of the polishing composition on a weight basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Hisanori Tansho, Yusuke Suga, Taiki Ichitsubo, Takayuki Takemoto, Naohiko Saito, Michihiro Kaai
  • Patent number: 11976221
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a thermoplastic adhesive composition comprising: at least one maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-based polymer; at least one at least one ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer having a molecular weight distribution (MWD) ?2.5, wherein MWD=Mw/Mn, wherein Mw is weight averaged molecular weight and Mn is number averaged molecular weight, which are both determined by gel permeation chromatography; a very low density polyethylene (VLDPE) having a density in the range 0.885 to 0.915 grams/cm3; and optionally at least one ethylene alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer, wherein the alkyl group comprises one to four carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Camille Olry, Karlheinz Hausmann, I-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11976222
    Abstract: Disclosed are solvent cement formulations having beneficial stability and performance characteristics that include a thermoplastic resin, one or more organic solvents, an inhibitor of an oxidation-reduction reaction, and a heat stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Oatey Co.
    Inventor: Amrit Parhar
  • Patent number: 11976223
    Abstract: An adhesive composition according to an embodiment includes an acrylic copolymer, and a compound containing a sulfide group and having a refractive index of 1.57 or more. The adhesive sheet prepared from the adhesive composition may have a low glass transition temperature and high refractive index, such that an image display device may not include a separate high refractive index pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Moon Jung, Hye Rim Kwon, Geon Shin, In Oh Hwang
  • Patent number: 11976224
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive and a liquid crystal cell including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a pressure-sensitive adhesive having a storage elastic modulus of 700 kPa or more at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 6 rad/sec, and a gel fraction of 35% or more, wherein the gel fraction is defined by Equation 1: B/A×100??[Equation 1] wherein, A is an initial mass (g) of the pressure-sensitive adhesive, B is a mass (g) of an insoluble content after the pressure-sensitive adhesive is immersed in a solvent at 60° C. for 24 hours and then dried at 150° C. for 30 minutes. The press-sensitive adhesive is advantageous for implementation into a flexible element between upper and lower substrates of a liquid crystal cell, and providing excellent electro-optical properties and appearance uniformity by minimizing defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Sun You, Dong Hyun Oh, Jin Hong Kim, Jung Woon Kim, Min Jun Gim
  • Patent number: 11976225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for bonding substrates, wherein the bond is a bond that can be released by heat treatment at a temperature of 50° C. to less than 200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolai Kolb, Gabriele Brenner, Bernhard Schleimer
  • Patent number: 11976226
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of forming uncured sealant assemblies and also methods of forming seals between various parts using such assemblies. In some examples, an uncured sealant assembly comprises two protective layers and an uncured sealant layer, disposed in between. The uncured sealant assembly is stored and provided at a cure-inhibiting temperature, selected to minimize the curing rate of the uncured sealant layer. The size and the shape of the uncured sealant layer are specifically selected to ensure the complete coverage of the faying surfaces, filling of all gaps and voids between the faying surfaces, and controlling the shape and size of uncured sealant squeeze out between the faying surfaces. In some examples, the size and shape of the uncured sealant layer maybe be specifically selected to have no uncured sealant squeeze out between parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Eric K. Moyer
  • Patent number: 11976227
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a crystalline A/M/X material, which crystalline A/M/X material comprises a compound of formula [A]a[M]b[X]c wherein: [A] comprises one or more A cations; [M] comprises one or more M cations which are metal or metalloid cations; [X] comprises one or more X anions; a is a number from 1 to 6; b is a number from 1 to 6; and c is a number from 1 to 18. The process is capable of producing crystalline A/M/X materials while precisely controlling their stoichiometry, leading to products with finely tunable optical properties such as peak emission wavelength. The invention also relates to process for producing a thin film comprising the crystalline A/M/X material of the invention, and to a thin film obtainable by the process of the invention. An optoelectronic device comprising the thin film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuya Sakai, Bernard Wenger, Henry James Snaith
  • Patent number: 11976228
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a ceramic sintered body having improved light emission intensity, a ceramic sintered body, and a light emitting device. The method for producing a ceramic sintered body comprises preparing a molded body that contains a nitride fluorescent material having a composition containing: at least one alkaline earth metal element M1 selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg; at least one metal element M2 selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Tb, and Mn; Si; and N, wherein a total molar ratio of the alkaline earth metal element M1 and the metal element M2 in 1 mol of the composition is 2, a molar ratio of the metal element M2 is a product of 2 and a parameter y and wherein y is in a range of 0.001 or more and less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Ooguri, Shoji Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11976229
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of liquid crystal materials, and in particular relates to a negative liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal display element or liquid crystal display containing the liquid crystal composition. The present invention discloses a negative dielectric nematic liquid crystal composition, comprising a compound represented by Formula I, one or more compounds represented by Formula II, and one or more compounds represented by Formula III. The liquid crystal composition has a relatively low rotational viscosity (?1), a high clearing point (Cp), a good solubility and a high stability to heat and light (VHR) on the basis of maintaining an appropriate optical anisotropy (?n), and can be used for developing a liquid crystal display element or liquid crystal display with a low cell thickness, a wide temperature for display, and a fast response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Shijiazhuang Chengzhi Yonghua Display Material Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Qing Cui, Gang Wen, Sumin Kang
  • Patent number: 11976230
    Abstract: A composition includes an isomerized polymer containing a structural unit containing an isomerized structure and an isomerized low molecular weight compound, the composition being fluidized by light irradiation from a solid state and being reversibly non-fluidized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukiko Nakai, Kouji Sugama, Haruo Horiguchi, Toyoko Shibata, Hirofumi Hayata
  • Patent number: 11976231
    Abstract: A family of low-molecular-weight, main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline co-polyimides (TLC-CoPI) that are crosslinkable, and based on a unique, liquid-crystallinity (LC)-enabling diamine, namely, 1,3-bis[4-(4?-aminophenoxy)cumyl]benzene (BACB) and two or more mesogenic dianhydrides, at least one of which is a diphthalic dianhydride (DPA) that contains one or more thermally reactive and crosslinkable moieties similar to that of phenylethynyl (PE) is disclosed. Processes of making and using such low-molecular-weight, main-chain thermotropic liquid-crystalline co-polyimides are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Loon-Seng Tan, Zhenning Yu, Bingqian Zheng, Hilmar Koerner
  • Patent number: 11976232
    Abstract: Nonlinear optical chromophore compositions which display lyotropic nematic liquid crystal phases in polar organic solvents and provide a mechanical anisotropic effect allowing for the formation of a non-centrosymmetric chromophore-polymer matrix without the application of an electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Lightwave Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Pecinovsky, Barry Johnson, Ginelle A. Ramann
  • Patent number: 11976233
    Abstract: A composition contains a compound of formula (1), and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound or a liquid crystalline polymer compound. n represents 1 or 2; Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 each represent a 1,4-phenylene group or a divalent sulfur-containing aromatic heterocyclic group; At least one of Ar1 and Ar2 has a fluorine atom; R1 represents a single bond or a group selected from —OC(?O)—, —C(?O)O—, —C?C—, —CH?CH—, —CH?N—, —N?N—, and —N?CH—; R2 represents an alkylamino group or an alkoxy group; R3 represents a group selected from an alkanediyl group, an alkanediyloxy group, an alkanediyloxycarbonyl group, and an alkanediylcarbonyloxy group; and R4 represents a polymerizable group or a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Keisuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11976234
    Abstract: Embodiments are described herein to provide refrigerant and/or refrigerant composition that is suitable for providing lubrication to, for example, moving parts of a chiller system. Embodiments are also described herein to provide an additive, such as a corrosion inhibitor and/or stabilizers, that can be added to the refrigerant to form refrigerant compositions that is suitable for providing lubrication to, for example, moving parts of a chiller system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Anthony Kujak
  • Patent number: 11976235
    Abstract: Disclosed are high enthalpy thermochemical energy storage materials that exhibit high thermal conductivity and stability at high temperature reaction conditions. Disclosed materials include hydride-based alloys that can undergo high temperature reversible hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions without phase change of any metal or metalloid components of the alloy. The materials undergo a reversible exothermic hydrogenation reaction to form a metal hydride and a ternary alloy that includes a high thermal conductivity metal that, in its pure state, would exhibit a phase change at the hydrogenation reaction conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick A. Ward, Ragaiy Zidan
  • Patent number: 11976236
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing wellbores and propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: drilling with a drilling composition at least a portion of a first wellbore, wherein the drilling composition comprises a base fluid, a resin, and a thermally conductive filler; introducing a fracturing fluid into the first wellbore at a first pressure sufficient to create at least a first set of fractures extending from and in fluid communication with the first wellbore; and introducing a first plurality of proppant particulates into at least the first set of fractures, wherein a second wellbore penetrates at least a second portion of the subterranean formation, and wherein a second set of fractures extends from and is in fluid communication with the second wellbore into the subterranean formation, and the first set of fractures is in fluid communication with the second set of fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alan Evans, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11976237
    Abstract: A method may comprise operations for expanding a cement mixture with an alkali-silica reaction. The method may include positioning a cement mixture around a casing string downhole in a wellbore. The cement mixture may include a cement material and a silica material. The method may include curing the cement material to cause the cement material to contract. The silica material and alkali in the cement material may undergo an alkali-silica reaction to produce a gel that expands the cement mixture. The rate of expansion of the cement mixture from the gel may be equal to or greater than the rate of contraction of the cement mixture from curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Gillies, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Patent number: 11976238
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations to mitigate lost circulation are provided. The methods of the present disclosure include forming a treatment fluid including one or more geopolymer lost circulation materials; introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation that includes at least one loss zone; activating the geopolymer lost circulation materials to form a geopolymer that imparts a thixotropic property to the treatment fluid; and allowing the treatment fluid exhibiting the thixotropic property to at least partially reduce a rate of loss associated with the loss zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Heloisa Helena Fabricio Fernandes, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Juan Humberto Martinez
  • Patent number: 11976239
    Abstract: Non-aqueous drilling fluids may be removed from a wellbore or tubing nor casing within the wellbore by introducing into the well a biodegradable aqueous fluid comprising banana.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Angela Anh Doan, Violeta Ramos-Edwards, Andrew Christopher Holley
  • Patent number: 11976240
    Abstract: A method of removing condensate banking in a subsurface formation using a treatment fluid includes injecting a treatment fluid including nanoparticles and a thermochemical component, the thermochemical component including sodium nitrite and ammonium chloride, into a wellbore having condensate banking, thereby exposing the treatment fluid to subsurface formation conditions. The method further includes allowing a temperature of the wellbore to activate the thermochemical component, causing an exothermic reaction generating nitrogen gas, pressure, and heat. The method further includes allowing the treatment fluid and generated nitrogen gas to mix with the condensate banking, thereby forming a homogenous multi-phase foam and lowering hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore. The method further includes allowing the homogenous multi-phase foam to flow back to the surface due to the pressure generated by the exothermic reaction and lowered hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore, thereby removing the condensate banking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Bader Ghazi Alharbi, Mohammed Ali Al Yami
  • Patent number: 11976241
    Abstract: A variety of particles forming microencapsulated thermochromic materials. The particles can include a thermochromic core and a metal oxide shell encapsulating the thermochromic core. The thermochromic core can include one or both of an organic thermochromic material and an inorganic salt thermochromic material. In some aspects, the particles include a dye selected from a crystal violet lactone dye, a fluoran dye, and a combination thereof. In still further aspects, the particles include a color developer selected from a hydroxybenzoate, a 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenyl propane, a hydroxycoumarin derivative, a lauryl gallate, and a combination thereof. In some aspects, the metal oxide shell is a TiO2 shell. The particles can be used in cements and paints and for a variety of building materials. Methods of making the particles and building materials and methods of use, for example, for removing a volatile organic carbon from a building material, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Ram, Elias K. Stefanakos
  • Patent number: 11976242
    Abstract: A system for use in carbon negative emission methods, a nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system, an air supply device and a flow control module. The system for use in carbon negative emission methods enables biomass to produce inorganic carbon and pyrolysis gas/gasification gas to realize negative emission of carbon. The nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system enables fuel to be in mixed combustion with the pyrolysis gas/gasification gas to remove nitrogen oxides, which realizes ultra-low emission of the nitrogen oxides. The air supply device is in communication with a biomass pyrolysis coupling partial gasification and is in communication with the system for use in carbon negative emission methods and the nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system. The pyrolysis gas/gasification gas enters the nitrogen oxide ultra-low emission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhongyang Luo, Qinhui Wang, Chunjiang Yu, Jinsong Zhou, Mengxiang Fang, Yinchen Wang
  • Patent number: 11976243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of separating and purifying products from a hydrothermal and/or solvothermal conversion process of carbonaceous material adapted to convert a feed stream comprising carbonaceous material at a pressure of at least 100 bar and a temperature of at least 300° C., where the converted feed stream (product mixture) comprises a mixture of CO2 containing gas, an oil phase, an aqueous phase comprising water soluble organics and dissolved salts, and inorganic solid phase; where the product mixture is cooled to a temperature in the range 40 to 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: STEEPER ENERGY APS
    Inventors: Steen Brummerstedt Iversen, Claus Uhrenholt Jensen, Henrik Egholm, Anders Bach Velling, Esben Ravn
  • Patent number: 11976244
    Abstract: A method may include: hydropyrolyzing a bio feedstock in a hydropyrolysis unit to produce at least a hydropyrolysis oil; introducing at least a portion of the hydropyrolysis oil with a hydrocarbon co-feed into a fluidized catalytic cracking unit; and cracking the hydropyrolysis oil in the fluidized catalytic cracking unit to produce at least fuel range hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Xiaochun Xu, Yunming Fang, Yudi Zhao
  • Patent number: 11976245
    Abstract: Processes herein may be used to thermally crack various hydrocarbon feeds, and may eliminate the refinery altogether while making the crude to chemicals process very flexible in terms of crude. In embodiments herein, crude is progressively separated into at least light and heavy fractions. Depending on the quality of the light and heavy fractions, these are routed to one of three upgrading operations, including a fixed bed hydroconversion unit, a fluidized catalytic conversion unit, or a residue hydrocracking unit that may utilize an ebullated bed reactor. Products from the upgrading operations may be used as feed to a steam cracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC, Saudi Aramco Technologies Company, Chevron Lummus Global LLC
    Inventors: Essam Abdullah Al-Sayed, Ujjal Mukherjee, Kareemuddin Shaik, Pedro Santos, Theodorus Maesen, Mazin Tamimi, Julie Chabot, Ibrahim Abba, Kandasamy Sundaram, Sami Barnawi, Ronald Venner, Raghu Narayan, Meredith Lansdown
  • Patent number: 11976246
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of thermal conversion reactors and assemblies/units, systems, and methods including the same for thermally converting landfill-bound plastic waste (broadly, polymeric materials) into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Conversion Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Reardon, Roger Masterson
  • Patent number: 11976247
    Abstract: This invention provides a system and method/process for treatment of fuel used in internal combustion engines that advantageously reduces greenhouse gasses and pollutants given off during combustion and provides all the above effects without the need to include additional traditional additives that increase costs and may be environmentally harmful. Nanoparticles of one or more metals are added to a fuel mixture, where the mixture consists of hydrophobic or hydrophilic biofuels of plant or animal origin and/or sulfur containing petroleum distillates. An electro-chemical process/method can then be employed, by passing a current through the mixture, to produce metal nanoparticles. These metal nanoparticles have a wide range of benefits when added to the fuel solution, and allow the user to avoid the use of such traditional fuel additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Unique Equipment Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Oleksandr Yuriiovych Mykytiuk
  • Patent number: 11976248
    Abstract: The invention provides dispersions comprising I) at least one oil-soluble polymer effective as a cold flow improver for mineral oils, II) at least one organic, water-immiscible solvent, III) a dispersant comprising, based on the total amount of dispersant, a) 10-90% by weight of a salt of an ethercarboxylic acid and b) 90-10% by weight of a nonionic surfactant, IV) water and V) at least one organic, water-miscible solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dorf Ketal Energy Services LLC
    Inventors: Michael Feustel, Matthias Krull, Victor Goncharov
  • Patent number: 11976249
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating composition for a wiper blade comprising graphene and a wiper blade coated using the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a coating composition for a wiper blade comprising graphene that may improve durability, an abrasion resistance, and a slip property of a wiper blade, a wiper blade coated using the coating composition, and a method for manufacturing the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CAP Corporation
    Inventors: Ki-Young Kim, Jong-Yuen Kim
  • Patent number: 11976250
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detergent additives and methods for preparing a sulfurized alkyl phenate product to achieve a high sulfurization ratio and low levels of unsulfurized alkyl phenols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Kondracki, Edward Standefer, Peter Hou
  • Patent number: 11976251
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for controlling lubrication of a rotary shaft seal. The method involves providing an apparatus having a bulk lubricating oil reservoir, a rotary shaft that passes through the bulk lubricating oil reservoir, and a rotary shaft seal. The rotary shaft seal has a sealing edge in proximity with the rotary shaft creating a contact zone. The contact zone has a film of lubricating oil. The method also involves increasing the rate of heat flow along the rotary shaft to reduce temperature of the film of lubricating oil in the contact zone. Increasing the rate of heat flow along the rotary shaft is accomplished by using rotary shaft materials of construction having sufficient high thermal conductivity, rotary shaft coatings having sufficient high thermal conductivities, or increasing the surface area of the rotary shaft. This disclosure also relates to a method for controlling heat transfer in a contact zone, and a method for improving performance of an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary Christensen, David A. Racke, Mark Sitko
  • Patent number: 11976252
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detergent additives and methods for preparing a sulfurized alkyl phenate product from polyalphaolefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Tian, Jason Bell, Steven Anderson
  • Patent number: 11976253
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of separating lipids from a lipids containing biomass by demulsification under mild conditions, to an oil and to a delipidated biomass as obtained by such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Annika Heining, Martin Heining
  • Patent number: 11976254
    Abstract: The present disclosure is: a free polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing composition, which comprises at least one free polyunsaturated fatty acid having 20 or more carbon atoms, the content being at least 80.0% of the fatty acids in the composition, and satisfies at least one selected from a group consisting of conditions (1) and (2): (1) the content of conjugated unsaturated fatty acid is 1.0% or less of the fatty acids in the composition, and (2) the Gardner color is less than 3+; and a manufacturing method for the free polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing composition comprising the preparation of a raw material composition containing at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid having 20 or more carbon atoms, and hydrolysis of a reaction solution containing the prepared raw material composition, a lower alcohol, water and an alkali catalyst at a temperature of 10° C. or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Nissui Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhei Kosuge, Hideaki Yamaguchi, Nobushige Doisaki
  • Patent number: 11976255
    Abstract: The invention relates to solidification of liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a binder to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and a binder and optional carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Wendy Lo, Erik C. Olson, Jon D. Hansen, Katherine J. Molinaro, Corey Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 11976256
    Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster, wherein the cleaning booster is of formula (I) wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkylidene group; wherein each occurrence of R2 is independently selected from a C2-5 alkylene oxide group; and wherein the sum v+x+y+z is 4 to 1,600.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Asghar A. Peera, Michael L. Tulchinsky, Stephen J. Donovan
  • Patent number: 11976257
    Abstract: An all-natural, moisturizing soap composition that allows for high vegetable butter fat content while also being capable of processing for high quality bar soap (moisturizing properties without sticky pellets, brittleness, cracking, and/or inhibition of lather formation) and a method for making the same and other soaps is provided. The soap composition may contain up to 50% vegetable butter fat(s). The semi-continuous process for saponification provides a fast and energy efficient alternative to prior art methods, while also allowing for high quality bar soap that contains a high content (up to 50%) of vegetable butter fat(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Vanguard Soap LLC
    Inventor: Scott Smith
  • Patent number: 11976258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brewing plant for continuously or discontinuously obtaining and treating a wort in the beer brewery or beverage industry; wherein the wort derived based on a surface filtration, is obtained continuously or discontinuously. In a second device the wort obtained as such, is set to a first temperature between 0 and 85° C. after completing of the thermal treatment of the wort; and an enzyme-containing substrate is added by means of an apparatus. Therein, the first apparatus for setting the temperature of the wort to a first temperature is arranged downstream to an apparatus for keeping hot or boiling of the wort. The apparatus is arranged downstream to the first apparatus for setting the temperature of the wort to the first temperature. Moreover, a corresponding method and corresponding uses are suggested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ZIEMANN HOLVRIEKA GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Gehrig, Klaus Karl Wasmuht, Tobias Becher, Konstantin Ziller, Tom Benninghaus