Patents Issued in May 14, 2024
  • Patent number: 11981539
    Abstract: A system and method for remotely monitoring the operation of elevators to determine elevator shutdown. A control box is mounted to each elevator that includes one or more sensors that can detect movement of the elevator, a processor that can process data received from the sensors and a communications device that can transmit the processed data. The method includes determining a usage rate of movement of each of the elevators in the processor using the data, transmitting the usage rate from each of the communications devices to a remote server, and comparing the usage rate of each of the elevators to the usage rate of the other elevators in the server. The method then determines that one of the elevators has shut down or has a low performance if its usage rate is significantly different than the usage rate of the other elevators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LIFT VENTURES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Wurth, Bruce Giese, Jerrod Kuhn
  • Patent number: 11981540
    Abstract: A gripping equipment for lifting apparatuses includes a rigid supporting framework which is adapted to be fixed/attached to the lifting apparatus. The equipment has one or more manually-operated gripping members that are fixed on the rigid supporting framework and are adapted to grasp and hold a specific object to be moved. A revolving joint is interposed between the rigid supporting framework and the lifting apparatus and allows the rigid supporting framework to rotate with respect to the lifting apparatus about a substantially vertical, first rotation axis. At least one adjustment assembly is interposed between the revolving joint and the rigid supporting framework or between two rigid elements of said rigid supporting framework and allows the position/orientation of the rigid supporting framework with respect to the vertical to be manually adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FAMATEC S.R.L.
    Inventor: Fabrizio Zambelli
  • Patent number: 11981541
    Abstract: An under the hook lifting device configured to lift an object is provided. The lifting device includes a boom having a first end and a second end, and a strap having a length extending downwardly from the first end of the boom, where the strap is configured to be secured to an object. A winch is positioned on the boom, where the winch is configured to adjust the length of the strap extending downwardly from the first end of the boom. The lifting device also includes a counterweight extending downwardly from the second end of the boom, and a trolley positioned at the second end of the boom, where the trolley is slidable along the boom. The counterweight is supported by and movable with the trolley, where the position of the trolley along the boom is movable to maintain a substantially horizontal position of the boom. Methods of lifting an object with a lifting device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: P.I.P. Lift LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Noveletsky, Alexandra Noveletsky
  • Patent number: 11981542
    Abstract: Provided is a hoisting implement which can change a hoisting posture of a long object with a simple and light-weight configuration and minimize a possibility of occurrence of operational errors. The hoisting implement includes a first connection part and a second connection part disposed so that a center of gravity comes between the first connection part and the second connection part along the longitudinal direction of the long object. The first connection part allows a first end of the hoist rope to be fixed to the long object. The second connection part includes a link having a distal portion to which a second end of the hoist rope is allowed to be connected, a swing supporting portion fixed to the long object to swingably support the link about a proximal portion of the link, and a holding portion that detachably holds the distal portion of the laid link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Sakai, Akira Koyahata, Hiroshi Nakashioya
  • Patent number: 11981543
    Abstract: A spreader for lifting an intermodal transport container includes a main beam extending in a longitudinal direction, the main beam formed of a first, upper C-beam of a relatively thicker material thickness and a second, lower C-beam of a relatively thinner material thickness; and an indicator configured to provide an indication if a distance in a transversal direction between a pair of twist-locks is set in a wide-body position when lowered onto respective lifting castings provided with top openings separated by a transversal distance corresponding to a standard position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ELME SPREADER AB
    Inventors: Gösta Karlsson, Erik Förander, Örjan Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11981544
    Abstract: A motorized container carrier can be configured to travel along a suspended railway. The motorized container carrier can include at least one motorized trolley configured to move the motorized container carrier along the suspended railway. The motorized container carrier can include a plurality of end beams with container engagement devices configured to interact with containers of various lengths. In some embodiments, the container engagement devices are twist locks. The motorized container carrier can include a system of bumpers and/or guide wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: EagleRail Container Logistics Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Russell, Glenn Luckinbill
  • Patent number: 11981545
    Abstract: A cable guide apparatus has an oscillating link rotatable about an axis and a cable guide for the line cable. The line cable is fed from and into a reservoir based on the distance between the reservoir and the feed device and is guided by the cable guide. A simplified automatic connection of a line cable to a feed device is achieved and provides protective guidance and storage of the line cable by a cable guide apparatus in which the oscillating link can be moved linearly relative to the oscillation axis. A power supply system includes this cable guide apparatus. The related method comprises: a) retracting a connecting element, which is arranged on the line cable, into the cable guide apparatus and before, at the same time or afterwards b) moving the oscillating link from an extended to a retracted position relative to the oscillation axis in a linear manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Maier, Dietmar Lang, Martin Nöltner, Frank Kreiter
  • Patent number: 11981546
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a work vehicle with which it is difficult for an operator to lose a sense of directionality even when the operator performs an operation while seeing an image of a remote control terminal. In a work vehicle (crane 1) which is provided with: a traveling body (2); a boom (7) supported by the traveling body (2); and a camera (61) supported by the boom (7), and which can guide a pivot operation of the boom (7) by means of a remote control terminal (70), an image display device (73) is provided in the remote control terminal (70) and a control device (20) is provided which is capable of recognizing the support direction of the camera (61) by the boom (7) and an angle ? of a location direction of the remote control terminal (70) with respect to the camera (61), whereby an image rotated on the basis of the angle (?) and cut in a circular shape is displayed on the image display device (73).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11981547
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a crane capable of detecting a suspension location of a payload, in order to enable accurate positioning of a hook at the suspension location of the payload. This crane comprises: a freely derricking boom provided to a swivel; and a sub-hook block and a sub-hook suspendedly provided from the boom. The crane also comprises: a boom camera capable of imaging a payload that is to be carried by the crane; hook cameras capable of imaging the payload from different viewpoints than the boom camera; and a control device for controlling the crane. The control device acquires images obtained by imaging the payload with the boom camera and the hook cameras, runs image processing on the images, and calculates a suspension location of the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimasa Minami
  • Patent number: 11981548
    Abstract: A crane includes a boom and a hook suspended from the boom by a wire rope and transports a load in a state in which the load W is suspended from the hook, and further includes a sensor that detects the position of an obstacle, and a control device that generates a transport path CR by arranging a plurality of node points in an area containing a lifting-up point and a lifting-down point of the load and connecting the node points. The control device generates a new transport path after increasing a number of node points arranged around the obstacle when the sensor detects movement of the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Yoshimasa Minami, Soichiro Fukamachi, Kazuma Mizuki, Shohei Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 11981549
    Abstract: Disclosed is a crane, in particular for offshore application. The crane includes a bearing the assembly between a pedestal and a carrier frame. The bearings are distributed over the height of the support structure and include upper bearing, which include a radial contact rolling bearing including rolling elements and a smooth cylindrical raceway, coaxial to the axis of rotation. The radial contact rolling bearing allows a longitudinal translational degree of freedom of the rolling elements over the height of the cylindrical raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: REEL
    Inventors: Karamoko Konate, Bart Burger
  • Patent number: 11981550
    Abstract: A device monitors for bearing capacity failure of a mobile work machine. The work machine has a number of stabilisers. Each stabiliser has a support foot having a support foot plate. When the mobile work machine is in a supported state, the support foot plate of at least one support foot is arranged on a base surface surrounding the work machine or on a base plate. The device for bearing capacity failure monitoring has a number of sensors for sensing a change in position of at least one support foot plate and/or at least one base plate. The device has an evaluation unit, which has a data connection to the number of sensors and is designed to detect a bearing capacity failure on the basis of a change in position of the at least one support foot plate and/or the at least one base plate that has been sensed by means of the number of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Lutzeyer, Martin Mayer, Marc Petrescu, Holger Schlechter
  • Patent number: 11981551
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transmission remover and installer, for removing and installing transmissions, which comprises a plate defined by a top surface and bottom surface; a connecting means at a first end of the plate traversing through a hole in the plate, installed using a first securing means on the top surface and a second securing means on the bottom surface of the plate; a mounting means securing the top of the connecting means using a first protrusion located at the bottom of the mounting means; and a jack adapter coupled at the bottom surface at a second end of the plate. The mounting means has a first hole and a second hole configured to couple with a transmission after identifying a balance point of the transmission and the jack adapter has a coupling means enabling the jack adapter to be coupled with a jack after identifying a balance point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Wendy Paul, Ryan Paul
  • Patent number: 11981552
    Abstract: A pry bar assembly includes a plate that is elongated and has a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an upper surface and a lower surface. The plate includes a claw section, a chisel section and a middle section positioned therebetween. The claw section includes the first end and a rounded heel. The claw section includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is attached to the middle section and curves upwardly and away from the middle section in a semi-cylindrical shape to form the rounded heel. The second portion extends downwardly from the first portion. The chisel section is angled upwardly from the middle section. The upper surface has an elongated crest therein that is spaced from the first and second lateral edges and extends along a length of the middle section and into the chisel section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NCH Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Lenart
  • Patent number: 11981553
    Abstract: A handle head and a carrier with the same are provided, wherein the handle head includes a shell, and a handle shaft axially provided inside the shell. A first isolation component, a second isolation component and a third isolation component are assembled on and provided at intervals along an axial direction of the handle shaft and divide an accommodation space in the shell into four mutually insulated functional areas arranged along the axial direction. The four functional areas comprise a wiring harness area, an electrical component area, a magnetic induction area, and a reset control area. The wiring harness area is configured to accommodate a wiring harness, several electrical components for realizing the control function are assembled in the electrical component area, magnetic induction components and reset components are assembled in the magnetic induction area, and reset control components are configured in the reset control area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG E-P EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qichen Ma, Hongpeng Xu, Minghui Xu
  • Patent number: 11981554
    Abstract: A conveyor for moving four-wheeled vehicles comprises a telescopic frame provided with tire-chock arms movable between a retracted position and a position in which they engage with the treads of the wheels. The conveyor comprises a propulsion unit made up of a front frame to which two lateral subunits are secured, each comprising a motorized and directional wheel, which can be oriented independently of one another and a means for coupling the telescopic frame with the front frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Stanley Robotics
    Inventors: Aurélien Cord, Clément Boussard
  • Patent number: 11981555
    Abstract: A multifunctional mason jar sealing device comprises a mason jar main machine and a sealing converter; the mason jar main machine comprises an isolation plate and a first sleeve, an other side of the isolation plate is arranged with a receiving cavity, and a vacuum pump is arranged in the receiving cavity, the first sleeve is used to install the first mason jar body; both ends of the seal converter are respectively arranged with a connecting part detachably connected with the first and second sleeve, and a circle lid is arranged in the second sleeve; when the mason jar body extends into the sleeve, the vacuum pump draws out the air in the mason jar body and the sleeve to seal the mason jar body and the circular lid. The disclosure can seal the mason jar by the self-contained vacuum pump, and seal the mason jars of different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI XINQI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guodong Yao
  • Patent number: 11981556
    Abstract: Systems and devices for cooling and dispensing a beverage fluid are disclosed herein. One beverage dispensing system includes a beverage tower comprising a tower body, a shank, and a faucet. In some implementations, a coolant line is routed proximal to a beverage supply line through the tower body, through the shank, and into the faucet. In these and other implementations, the faucet includes a removable nozzle having a supplemental portion of the coolant line. In these and still other implementations, the faucet include a removable nozzle having a second coolant line. The coolant line and the second coolant line are configured to transport a coolant medium proximal to a beverage fluid in the beverage supply line to maintain or adjust the temperature of the beverage fluid. Many other features are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TAPHANDLES LLC
    Inventors: David Kaplan, David Zhang, Marcus Alan Latham, Robert Miles Blackmore
  • Patent number: 11981557
    Abstract: The present invention includes one or more nanopores in a SixNy membrane comprising a monoprotic surface termination, methods of making, and methods of using the one or more nanopores, where the one or more nanopores are a chemically-tuned controlled dielectric breakdown (CT-CDB) nanopore membrane, wherein the CT-CDB allows for long-term stability of measurements in the presence of only electrolyte (open pore current stability) and ability to support many molecular detection events. In addition, the CT-CBD has pore that unclog spontaneously, in response to voltage cessation or application, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Buddini I. Karawdeniya, Jugal Saharia, Min Jun Kim, Jason Rodger Dwyer
  • Patent number: 11981558
    Abstract: The MEMS actuator is formed by a body, which surrounds a cavity and by a deformable structure, which is suspended on the cavity and is formed by a movable portion and by a plurality of deformable elements. The deformable elements are arranged consecutively to each other, connect the movable portion to the body and are each subject to a deformation. The MEMS actuator further comprises at least one plurality of actuation structures, which are supported by the deformable elements and are configured to cause a translation of the movable portion greater than the deformation of each deformable element. The actuation structures each have a respective first piezoelectric region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Domenico Giusti, Marco Ferrera, Carlo Luigi Prelini
  • Patent number: 11981559
    Abstract: An example of a cavity structure comprises a cavity substrate comprising a substrate surface, a cavity extending into the cavity substrate, the cavity having a cavity bottom and cavity walls, and a cap disposed on a side of the cavity opposite the cavity bottom. The cavity substrate, the cap, and the one or more cavity walls form a cavity enclosing a volume. A component can be disposed in the cavity and can extend above the substrate surface. The component can be a piezoelectric or a MEMS device. The cap can have a tophat configuration. The cavity structure can be micro-transfer printed from a source wafer to a destination substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Raja Fazan Gul, António José Marques Trindade
  • Patent number: 11981560
    Abstract: A stress-isolated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device and a method of manufacture of the stress-isolated MEMS device are provided. MEMS devices may be sensitive to stress and may provide lower performance when subjected to stress. A stress-isolated MEMS device may be manufactured by etching a trench and/or a cavity in a first side of a substrate and subsequently forming a MEMS device on a surface of a platform opposite the first side of the substrate. Such a stress-isolated MEMS device may exhibit better performance than a MEMS device that is not stress-isolated. Moreover, manufacturing the MEMS device by first forming a trench and cavity on a backside of a wafer, before forming the MEMS device on a suspended platform, provides increased yield and allows for fabrication of smaller parts, in at least some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Christopher Needham, Andrew Proudman, Nikolay Pokrovskiy, George M. Molnar, II, Laura Cornelia Popa, Michael Judy
  • Patent number: 11981561
    Abstract: A sulfuric acid generating system can include: a primary burn chamber; an exhaust pipe extending from the burn chamber at a first end to an opposite second end; a secondary burn chamber located between the first end and second end; and a primary venturi pump having a gas inlet coupled to an outlet at the second end of the exhaust pipe and having an aqueous media inlet and having a fluid outlet. A method of producing sulfurous acid can include: providing sulfur to the primary burn chamber; burning a first portion of the sulfur in the primary burn chamber to form a first portion of sulfur dioxide; burning a second portion of the sulfur in the secondary burn chamber to form a second portion of sulfur dioxide; and mixing the first portion and second portion of sulfur dioxide with an aqueous composition so as to produce aqueous sulfurous acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AGUA DULCE CAPITAL, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Baker, Paul Thomson Baker
  • Patent number: 11981562
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: First Ammonia Motors, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Wall, II
  • Patent number: 11981563
    Abstract: A method to decompose a hydrocarbon reactant into a gaseous product and a solid product includes generating a mist of a liquid material within a reactor volume, heating the reactor volume, introducing a hydrocarbon reactant into the reactor volume to produce a solid product and a gaseous product, separating the solid product from the liquid material, removing the solid product and gaseous product from the reactor volume, and recirculating the liquid material be re-introduced to the reactor volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Divyaraj Desai, Todd Karin, Jessica Louis Baker Rivest
  • Patent number: 11981564
    Abstract: A petroleum residue stream is heated and reacted with an oxygen stream and a carbon dioxide stream in a gasification unit to produce syngas. At least a portion of the carbon monoxide is converted into carbon dioxide to produce shifted syngas. At least a portion of the shifted syngas is separated to produce a syngas feed stream. At least a portion of the syngas feed stream is converted into methanol. At least a portion of the methanol is converted into one or more alkenes (olefins). At least a portion of the methanol is reacted with carbon monoxide to produce acetic acid. Carbon dioxide produced in the process can be recycled to the gasification unit to facilitate the production of the syngas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Chun Han, Salahdine Idrissi
  • Patent number: 11981565
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relates to compositions, method of using and methods of producing a gas mixture. The method includes supplying a composition LaxSryCozMwO3, where x ranges from 0.5 to 1, y ranges 0.0 to 1-x, z ranges from 0.1 to 1.0, and M is a dopant or dopants where w ranges from 0.0 to 1-z; and energizing the composition directly using electromagnetic energy to heat the composition to a temperature above 700° C. The method further includes contacting the composition with a reactant gas mixture comprising methane and an oxidant forming a product gaseous mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Douglas R Kauffman, Jonathan W Lekse, Christopher Mark Marin, Eric J Popczun
  • Patent number: 11981566
    Abstract: Provided is a production method of a carbon sheet having a structure intertwining only carbon nanotubes and having a porosity of 5% to 90%. The method comprises: removing a solvent from a dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes, spacer particles, and the solvent to obtain a primary sheet containing the carbon nanotubes and the spacer particles; and removing the spacer particles from the primary sheet. Alternatively, the method comprises: impregnating a porous substrate made from carbon with a dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes and a solvent, to obtain a dispersion liquid-impregnated porous substrate; and removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid-impregnated porous substrate. Alternatively, the method comprises: dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent to obtain a dispersion liquid, wherein an average bundle diameter of the carbon nanotubes in the dispersion liquid is 0.5 ?m or more and 1,000 ?m or less; and removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Yamagishi, Mitsugu Uejima
  • Patent number: 11981567
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes several embodiments for methods of deagglomerating, debundling, and dispersing carbon nanotubes and functionalizing such carbon nanotubes without damage to the properties of the carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Santosh K. Yadav, Paul A. Rettinger
  • Patent number: 11981568
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a member and a method for producing a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate with high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Yuge, Hideyuki Satou
  • Patent number: 11981569
    Abstract: A method includes the following steps: a first step: the material containing heteroatom and graphite powder are mixed for a preset time by grinding, and the molar ratio of heteroatom to carbon atom is 1%-10%, then the heteroatom precursors are obtained; a second contact step: the heteroatom precursor is filled into a graphite rod with holes and compacted, then the graphite rod is dried for a preset time to obtain a plasma anode and using a DC arc plasma device to prepare the graphite anode into heteroatom-doped CNHs; a third contact step: the heteroatom-doped CNHs are dispersed in a reducing solution, a platinum salt is added to stir evenly, the reduction reaction is carried out by heating and stirring, and after centrifugation, washing and drying, a catalyst with platinum loading is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Feng Liang, Zhipeng Xie, Da Zhang
  • Patent number: 11981570
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a suspension and to a wet powder of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and an organic solvent, wherein the concentration of the reduced graphene oxide in organic solvent is above 0.3 mg/mL, and wherein the mixture is stable for at least 5 days as measured in a Turbiscan™. The invention further discloses a polymer matrix comprising the rGO of said rGO suspension or wet powder and a polymer, and methods for the preparation of the rGO suspension or wet powder and the polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GRAPHENEA S.A.
    Inventors: Rodrigo Paris Escribano, Carolina Ruiz Orta, Amaia Zurutuza Elorza, Amaya Ortega Murguialday, Beatriz Alonso Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11981571
    Abstract: In various embodiments functionalized graphene oxide(s) are provided that demonstrate improved antimicrobial activity, where the graphene oxide(s) are functionalized to increase carbon radical (·C) density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andre E. Nel, Tian Xia, Ruibin Li, Mark C. Hersam, Nikhita D. Mansukhani, Linda Guiney
  • Patent number: 11981572
    Abstract: A method for water-efficient production of graphite of low density from paper includes steeping paper in a vessel in dimethyl sulfoxide to generate paper fibers, admixing polyacrylonitrile to the dissolved the paper fibers with stirring until formation of a paste or a mixture with pastelike consistency, introducing the paste into a mold and subsequently forcing excess liquid from the paste by pressing, to form a presscake, immersing the presscake subsequently in water for curing the polyacrylonitrile for a specified time, until polymerization of the polyacrylonitrile and formation of a cured presscake, initially drying the cured presscake in air at relatively high temperature up to 100° C., heating up the cured presscake for stabilization in air up to 250° C. to remove the residual moisture, and carbonizing the cured and dried presscake in an oven at >1000° C. and then graphitizing it at >2000° C. to give a low-density graphite block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Kornmeyer Carbon Group GmbH
    Inventor: David Klein
  • Patent number: 11981573
    Abstract: A method for selectively chemically reducing CO2 to form CO includes providing a catalyst, and contacting H2 and CO2 with the catalyst to chemically reduce CO2 to form CO. The catalyst includes a metal oxide having a chemical formula of FexCoyMn(1-x-y)Oz, in which 0.7?x?0.95, 0.01?y?0.25, and z is an oxidation coordination number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Wu, Hsi-Yen Hsu, Chao-Huang Chen, Yuan-Peng Du
  • Patent number: 11981574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fine silicon powder and the like including fine silicon particles having a microscopically measured particle diameter of 1 ?m or more and an average circularity determined in accordance with Formula (1) of 0.93 or more, in which an average particle diameter based on volume, which is measured by a laser diffraction scattering method, is in a range of 0.8 ?m or more and 8.0 ?m or less, an average particle diameter based on number, which is measured by the laser diffraction scattering method, is in a range of 0.100 ?m or more and 0.150 ?m or less, and a specific surface area, which is measured by a BET method, is in a range of 4.0 m2/g or more and 10 m2/g or less. Circularity=(4×?×projected area of particle)1/2/peripheral length of particle (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakada, Naoki Rikita
  • Patent number: 11981575
    Abstract: Silicon and silica values are obtained from recycled organosilicon products such as silicones, by introducing a recycle feed containing the organosilicon products into an electric furnace while producing metallurgical grade silicon from a silica source and a carbon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimboeck, Konrad Mautner
  • Patent number: 11981576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recycling supercritical waste liquid generated during a process of producing a silica aerogel blanket, and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket reusing supercritical waste liquid recycled thereby. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for recycling supercritical waste liquid and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket capable of reducing the production costs and preventing the deterioration in thermal insulation performance of a silica aerogel blanket by adding a metal salt to the supercritical waste liquid by the recycling method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Gyeong Kang, Je Kyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11981577
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a zirconium atom. The zirconium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the zirconium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Manoj K. Gangwar, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan
  • Patent number: 11981578
    Abstract: An inhibited hydrofluoric acid aqueous composition, said composition comprising: hydrofluoric acid in solution; and an alkanolamine; wherein said alkanolamine and hydrofluoric acid are present in a molar ratio of at least 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dorf Ketal Chemicals FZE
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Karl W. Dawson, Kyle G. Wynnyk
  • Patent number: 11981579
    Abstract: A present disclosure describes about an improved form of purified crystalline sodium nitrite. The said form of sodium nitrite may comprise a purity level between 99% to 99.2%. The form of sodium nitrite may also comprise an amount of sodium nitrate no greater than 0.7%. The present disclosure also relates to a method of obtaining an improved form of purified crystalline sodium nitrite with minimum impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DEEPAK NITRITE LIMITED
    Inventor: A S Sarma
  • Patent number: 11981580
    Abstract: A method for producing a halide includes heat-treating a mixed material in an inert gas atmosphere, the mixed material being a mixture of M2O3, NH4X, and LiZ. The M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, a lanthanoid, and Sc. The X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of CI, Br, I, and F. The Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of CI, Br, I, and F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Yusuke Nishio, Akihiro Sakai, Akinobu Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11981581
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a stannous oxide, which has excellent solubility and resistance to oxidation, from a stannous oxide powder comprising a stannous oxide and inevitable impurities, the stannous oxide powder having a stannous oxide content of 99.99 mass % or more in dry mass, a specific surface area of less than 0.5 m2/g, a D50 particle size of 20 to 60 ?m, and a half width of the particle size distribution of 5 to 30 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JX Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Takemoto, Toru Imori
  • Patent number: 11981582
    Abstract: A Cu—Cr—Zn—O based pigment includes a Cu—Cr—O based oxide and Zn derived from a zinc oxide added as a modifying oxide and solid-dissolved in the Cu—Cr—O based oxide. The Cu—Cr—Zn—O based pigment has a composition formula of aCuO·bCr2O3·cZnO (mol %), in which 0.1?c?5, 45?a+c?55, and 45?b?55 (a+b+c=100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TOMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Fujiwara, Tatsuo Matoda
  • Patent number: 11981583
    Abstract: A sensor system and process that utilizes impedance/conductivity measurements to track the movement of hardness in an ion exchange media. The impedance/conductivity sensor is a vertical, longitudinally directed, axially lengthwise electrode system having electrodes placed within a bed of ion exchange material and separated by water and the ion exchange material. The electrodes generally run parallel to one another. Hard water is introduced to the water softener and softened by the ion exchange material. A hardness gradient is tracked by the sensor, and regeneration is initiated when it is determined that the ion exchange material is depleted or exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ecowater Systems LLC
    Inventors: George Dimotsis, Malcolm Kahn
  • Patent number: 11981584
    Abstract: In a method for separating low density particles from feed slurries, a bubbly mixture is formed in a downcomer and issues into a mid region in a chamber. An inverted reflux classifier is formed by parallel inclined plates below the mid region allowing for efficient separation of low density particles which rise up to form a densely packed foam in the top of the chamber, and denser particles which fall downwardly to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NEWCASTLE INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin Patrick Galvin
  • Patent number: 11981585
    Abstract: A pulsed electromagnetic irradiation system for water treatment including raw water supply unit in fluid communication with a reaction vessel, a multimode cavity in which the reaction vessel is partially positioned. A magnetron generator is positioned adjacent the multimode cavity and is electromagnetically coupled with liquid within the reaction vessel. A stirring motor is positioned adjacent a bottom surface of multimode cavity and operatively coupled with the reaction vessel to stir the liquid within reaction vessel. A parabolic arm air cooled condenser is terminally connected to the reaction vessel to be in fluid communication with the reaction vessel. A gravity vacuum funnel, where the gravity vacuum funnel is in communication with a first air/water cooled condenser. The first air/water cooled condenser outputs fresh water to a fresh water storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventor: Iqbal Ahmed Moujdin
  • Patent number: 11981586
    Abstract: A system for storing and generating power is disclosed. The system comprises a first storage reservoir configured to store a first fluid, a second storage reservoir located at a lower elevation than the first storage reservoir and configured to store a second fluid wherein said second fluid has a higher density than the first fluid, and a pump. The pump and the first and the second reservoir are operatively connected such that power is stored by displacing the second fluid in the second storage reservoir by pumping the first fluid from the first storage reservoir to the second storage reservoir and such that power is generated by allowing the pumped first fluid in the second storage reservoir to exit the second reservoir. The first fluid is generally a liquid. In some embodiments, a power recovery device may be employed. In some embodiments, the hydraulic pressure of the low density fluid may be employed to pressurized desalination feed and facilitate desalination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Innovator Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Ethan Novek
  • Patent number: 11981587
    Abstract: A disinfection device for performing disinfection cycles of water from at least one water circuit of an apparatus, in particular a heating/cooling device. The disinfection device includes at least one disinfection circuit for passing through the water from the water circuit having at least one electrolysis cell designed as a flow-through cell for the in situ generation of oxidizing agents. The water circuit is connected to the disinfection circuit to form a common circuit. Electronics control the disinfection cycles. Power is supplied to the components of the provided disinfection circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Schelch, Wolfgang Staber
  • Patent number: 11981588
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure can include a system for dispensing purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution. The delivery system can include a fluid reservoir, a sterilization and/or purification mechanism, a solution production mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and a controller. The system can dispense the purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution on-demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION, THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joseph Foss, William Kolosi, Dale Ashby, Gino Banco, Paul Resendes