Patents Issued in May 21, 2024
  • Patent number: 11986736
    Abstract: A computer system operates an off-chain electronic game that includes in-game assets stored off of a blockchain. The computer system detects an occurrence of a progression event related to a particular in-game asset associated with a particular player. In response to the occurrence, the computer system increases an upgrade capacity of the particular in-game asset. The upgrade capacity controls a maximum number of attribute upgrades that can be applied to the particular in-game asset at a time. The computer system then permits or prevents application of attribute upgrades to the particular in-game asset based on the upgrade capacity. The computer system further permits or prevents application of attribute upgrades based on whether the attribute upgrades are being applied to other off-chain electronic games. An interoperability API is used to determine whether a given attribute upgrade is being used in another game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS REALITY, INC.
    Inventors: Tawsif Khan, Beau L. Button
  • Patent number: 11986737
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to objectively identify and classify cheating behaviors in players of virtual games, namely identity fraud or any type of software-based fraud or other unsportsmanlike or unethical behaviors. A method to use that information to inform the players, the game, the game servers, or any other external entity of the cheating behaviors found, allowing these entities to trigger disciplinary or punitive actions as per the regulations of the game or competition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ANYBRAIN, S.A.
    Inventors: André Pimenta Ribeiro, Peter Villax, Davide Rua Carneiro
  • Patent number: 11986738
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to methods for making user activity recommendations. In some aspects, a process of the technology can include operations for receiving a free-to-play indication, the free-to-play indication specifying availability of a user associated with a media system, retrieving, via the network interface, peer information indicating an availability of one or more online peers of the user, and retrieving, via the network interface, activity information indicating one or more activities available to the user, and at least one of the online peers. In some aspects method can further include operations for providing an activity recommendation to the user based on the peer information and the activity information, wherein the activity recommendation includes a suggestion of at least one activity that can be conducted by the user with the media system. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kunieda, Yumiko Tanaka, Daisuke Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11986739
    Abstract: An extended-reality projectile-firing gaming system includes a projectile-firing device that includes a projectile repository, a battlefield object, a network configured to provide communication and control connectivity in accordance with at least one protocol to the projectile-firing device and the battlefield object, an extended-reality gaming application, and an extended-reality device. The extended-reality device includes at least one display and is configured to provide computer-aided vision of real and virtual objects and a computer-aided interface for interaction with the real and virtual objects, the computer-aided interface configured to receive commands or instructions associated with the real and virtual objects and corresponding to the gameplay configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GEL BLASTER, INC.
    Inventors: Colin Guinn, Ben Godwin, Jay Ramirez, Eric Davis, Obediah Klopfenstein, Peyton Healey
  • Patent number: 11986740
    Abstract: A method for gaming, including receiving from a client device of a user selection of a video recording of game play of a player for a gaming application, and streaming the video recording to the client device. The video recording is associated with a snapshot captured at a first point in the recorded game play. Selection of a jump point in the recorded game play is received from the client device. An instance of the gaming application is initiated based on the snapshot to initiate a jump game play. Input commands used to direct the game play and associated with the snapshot are accessed. Image frames are generated based on the input commands for rendering at the client device, the image frames replaying the game play to the jump point. Input commands from the client device are handled beginning from the jump point for the jump game play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Warren Benedetto
  • Patent number: 11986741
    Abstract: A game apparatus including a plurality of first and second player game pieces, each having a first portion that is a chess piece, such that the plurality of first and second player game pieces include all the pieces for a first and second player, respectively for a game of chess. Each of the plurality of first and second player game pieces has a second portion fixed to a corresponding first portion. Each second portion has a recess so that a cube can be inserted into the recess so the cube cannot be seen from a front of the second portion. The game apparatus may further include a base; a grid; and a first and/or second plurality of insert pieces. The grid and the base form a chessboard pattern of a plurality of grid spaces. Each of the insert pieces fits within a space of the plurality of grid spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Jason Bryan Young
  • Patent number: 11986742
    Abstract: An object manipulation system comprising a storage device and a plurality of objects, which are configured to be placed within the storage device and separately taken from the storage device. The object manipulation system helps stimulate cognitive abilities of a user and provide quality of life moments without the need for supervision by allowing the user to arrange the items according to one or more arranging cues. The object manipulation system also helps stimulate blood flow of the hands and arms of the user and provides the added stimulating benefits of exercise and flexibility by enabling the user to bend and manipulate one or more manipulative devices of the system. Particularly, in some embodiments, the plurality of objects are bendable and are able to be bent and manipulated as the objects are taken from the storage device and arranged according to the one or more arranging cues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Geri-Gadgets, Ltd.
    Inventor: Angela L. Fairhurst
  • Patent number: 11986743
    Abstract: A water ride system configured to provide passengers of boats new and exciting experiences via enhanced storytelling opportunities. The water ride system is designed to allow ride designers to provide 2-dimensional guiding of the boat traveling in a flume in a direction of travel (DOT) coinciding with the direction of water flowing in the flume. The water ride system uses a combination of a guideway (or track) within the flume and a new guide bogie. The guide bogie has a square body and four corner-mounted guide wheels, and the bogie is mounted on the bottom of the boat so as to ride within the guideway to provide guided boats with various headings. Specifically, the boats can be oriented in many different directions rather than having a single fixed orientation, such as with a front of the boat facing in the DOT, as was the case with traditional water rides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Kristopher M. Laffin
  • Patent number: 11986744
    Abstract: A top toy is used in a game table including a guide member having a guide surface on which first teeth are formed at an equal interval. The top toy includes a shaft part, a body being configured on the shaft, and a trunk part being configured on the shaft. The shaft includes second teeth that are engageable with the first teeth on an outer periphery thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TOMY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei Bando
  • Patent number: 11986745
    Abstract: A toy top launcher for launching a toy top including a launcher adapter, the toy top launcher having a housing; a barrel formed in the housing and configured for receiving the launcher adapter; and a lever arm pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the lever arm has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the first end of the lever arm extends into the barrel, wherein the second end of the lever arm extends out of the housing, and wherein the barrel comprises a first screw thread configured for cooperating with a mating screw thread on the launcher adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Peter de Fine Licht, Ruben Romijnders, Henrik Larsen
  • Patent number: 11986746
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yokono, Midori Kawano, Natsuko Ozaki, Jingjing Guo, Jianing Wu, Sayaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11986747
    Abstract: A modular wing, adapted to be used on a flying device such as a toy airplane, drone, or other small fixed wing flying device, or form a part of a wind turbine or any other apparatus that requires a wing or blade, that is compatible with all block-based toy systems such as LEGO®, DECOOL® or KAZI®. The modular wing is comprised of a series of modular aerodynamic surfaces that may be suitable for manufacture by a low-cost method such as molding or additive manufacturing such as 3D printing, typically but not necessarily from plastic, to form wing sub elements which, when assembled together, form a wing or blade such as an airplane wing or turbine blade. The modular wing may comprise cambered or symmetric wing shapes. The modular wing may be used in a static display model fully flying aerodynamic aircraft, sailing hydrodynamic boat, or aerodynamic functioning turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: J. Russell Consulting, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Russell
  • Patent number: 11986748
    Abstract: The invention is a poseable doll and methods of making a poseable doll. The doll includes an internal wire that extends across a torso region widthwise and into both arms. Two wires extend separately into each leg, through the torso, and into the head of the doll. Alternatively, a single wire can be bent with its bend in the head so that the bent single wire can extend through the central region and into both of the legs. Terminal ends of all the wires can be curled. The method may include retrofitting a non-poseable doll in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Amy Lynn Welsh-Brockman
  • Patent number: 11986749
    Abstract: An immersive theater system includes a theater device having a projection room and a displaying screen unit, a multimedia audiovisual assemblage disposed in the projection room, and a central control device connected to the multimedia audiovisual assemblage. The multimedia audiovisual assemblage includes lighting units, speakers and projectors. The projectors are installed at different angles to face different display screens of the displaying screen unit. The central control device includes an audiovisual source coupled to the projectors and the speakers, and the audiovisual source is firstly divided and then displayed on the display screens to create an immersive environment whereby audience members in the projection room feel them to be immersed in lifelike surroundings caused by activating the multimedia audiovisual assemblage under the control of the central control device. The immersive theater system can be disposed in a mobile carrier to increase the mobility and the frequency of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: PHALANITY Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Po-Lun Chu
  • Patent number: 11986750
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method of reducing contamination from plastics. The resulting purer plastic can be used in demanding applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norman Scott Broyles, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Anthony Frederick Cappel
  • Patent number: 11986751
    Abstract: Described are apparatuses, devices, and systems implementing seals for separation devices. An apparatus for a separation device may include an end nut shaped to be positioned on one of an inlet side and an outlet side of the separation device. The end nut may be further shaped to mate with a connecting fitting. The apparatus may further include a face seal having a device side and a fitting side. The face seal may be positioned, at least in part, in the end nut on the device side of the face seal. The face seal may be positioned to interface with the connecting fitting on the fitting side of the face seal upon the end nut being mated with the connecting fitting. The apparatus may also include a face seal bore of the face seal being axially alignable with at least one of an inlet and an outlet of the separation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Belanger, Wade P. Leveille, Sr., Michael O. Fogwill, Joseph D. Michienzi, Jeffrey Musacchio
  • Patent number: 11986752
    Abstract: A water purification system utilizes an ionomer membrane and mild vacuum to draw water from source water through the membrane. A water source may be salt water or a contaminated water source. The water drawn through the membrane passes across the condenser chamber to a condenser surface where it is condensed into purified water. The condenser surface may be metal or any other suitable surface and may be flat or pleated. In addition, the condenser surface may be maintained at a lower temperature than the water on the water source side of the membrane. The ionomer membrane may be configured in a cartridge, a pleated or flat plate configuration. A latent heat loop may be configured to carry the latent heat of vaporization from the condenser back to the water source side of the ionomer membrane. The source water may be heated by a solar water heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventors: Bamdad Bahar, Luyu Jin, William Parmelee, Jacob Zerby
  • Patent number: 11986753
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter housing lid, a filter cartridge, an endplate, and a seal member. The filter housing defines a first cavity and comprises a return passage in fluid communication with the first cavity. The filter housing lid is selectively coupled to the filter housing and defines a second cavity coextensive with the first cavity. The filter cartridge is positioned within the first cavity. The endplate is coupled to a first end of the filter cartridge. The endplate is configured to interface with the filter housing. The seal member is coupled to the endplate and is configured to be received in the return passage. The endplate is configured to partially separate the filter housing from the filter cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Swati Sakharam Yesane, Hariprasad Mohan Bhalerao, Wassem Abdalla, Gerard Malgorn, Mehvish Jamil, Sunny Nabhiraj Masutage, Gregory D. Shope, Travis E. Goodlund, Prethi Thomas, Philip Wayne Martin, Joshua Luther Young, Nilay Shah, Alain Olier, Gauthier Hochart
  • Patent number: 11986754
    Abstract: An alkanolamine gas treatment unit system that may comprise an absorber column, a regenerator column, and a once-through natural circulation vertical thermosyphon reboiler comprising a reboiler tube and a shell. The reboiler may be a steam driven one having a process side and a shell side, wherein the process side is inside the reboiler tube, the process side of the reboiler and the regenerator column are in fluid communication with one another, an inner surface of the reboiler tube, on the process side, has a surface roughness of 0.06 ?m or greater, the shell side of the reboiler is in fluid communication to a steam source, and the regenerator column and the absorber column are in fluid communication with one another. An absorbent regenerator system that may comprise the regenerator column and the once-through natural circulation vertical thermosyphon reboiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Hasan M. Alshafei
  • Patent number: 11986755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a double pipe and, more specifically, to a double pipe for uniformly distributing a flow, which can distribute as uniformly as possible a flow which should be distributed toward branch pipes thereof. The present invention relates to a double pipe for uniformly distributing a flow, and can be applied to a seawater desalination device or a water purification device using a membrane and can be thus employed in the water treatment plant industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Young-Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 11986756
    Abstract: A filter medium includes a plurality of layers each including an undulating strip of solidified material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Javier A. Rodriguez, Darrell Lee Morehouse, III, Philip Carl Spengler
  • Patent number: 11986757
    Abstract: A filtration filter according to the present invention includes a surface layer composed mainly of Pd, a base material inside the surface layer and composed mainly of a PdNi alloy, and an intermediate layer between the surface layer and the base material, wherein the intermediate layer is composed mainly of a PdNi alloy in which a Pd:Ni ratio changes from a surface layer side toward a base material side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Banju, Takashi Kondo, Shusuke Yokota
  • Patent number: 11986758
    Abstract: A filter element, which has an oval cross-section in a longitudinal direction thereof and includes a circumferential sealing device for, in particular, radially sealing the filter element off from a filter holder for the filter element, wherein the sealing device has two first curvature sections arranged one facing the other and two second curvature sections arranged one facing the other, wherein the first curvature sections each have a first radius of curvature and the second curvature sections each have a second radius of curvature, and wherein the first radius of curvature differs from the second radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Beate Brandt
  • Patent number: 11986759
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle comprising a wheel with an associated air-cooled motor, and a ventilation path for passing outside air from outside the vehicle into the motor. An electrostatic device is disposed proximate to the ventilation path. When the electrostatic device is energized, particles or debris in the outside air are attracted toward or repelled from the electrostatic device, such that the particles or debris are removed from the outside air before the outside air enters the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Ryohei Tsuruta, Umesh Gandhi
  • Patent number: 11986760
    Abstract: A portable air purifier may include a housing provided with an inlet through which air is suctioned, a filter, and a fan module and forming an air flow path in a vertical direction, a discharge disposed at an outlet of the housing and configured to guide a discharge direction of air, a rotational supporter which is connected to the housing, movement of which is restricted, and which supports the discharge in a rotatable manner, and a rotational guide disposed respectively at the discharge and the rotational supporter and configured to guide rotation of the discharge to allow the discharge to rotate within predetermined angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seong Woo An, Dongeun Kim, Min Kyu Oh, Deukwon Lee, Daewoong Kim, Boan Kwon
  • Patent number: 11986761
    Abstract: A filter unit for use With a filtrating fluid flow system is configured to receive a flow of a fluid containing particulate matter. The filter unit comprises a filter structure formed of a filter material configured to at least partially filter the particulate matter from the flow of fluid. The filter unit further comprises an entry plate located proximate the filter structure entrance. The filter structure and the entry plate together define a fluid cavity within the filter unit, the entry plate having at least one orifice defined therein through which the flow of fluid can pass into the fluid cavity. The orifice is configured to form a choke, creating a Venturi effect for temporarily increasing the velocity of the flow of fluid through the entry plate and within the fluid cavity, and onto the filter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Products Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott B. Beier
  • Patent number: 11986762
    Abstract: In the description and drawings a fiberglass product is disclosed. The fiberglass product may have one or more fiber curl layers. The fiber curl layers may have a plurality of generally sinusoidal fiber bundles therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN AIR FILTER COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Alejandro Vinardi, Matthew Shaffer, William Barrows
  • Patent number: 11986763
    Abstract: A remote control system for gas detection and purification is disclosed and includes a remote control device, a gas detection module and a gas purification device. The remote control device includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The gas detection module is disposed in the remote control device and in communication with the gas outlet to detect the gas located in an indoor space. The gas detection module provides and outputs a gas detection datum, and the remote control device transmits an operation command via wireless transmission. The gas purification device is disposed in the indoor space and receives the operating instruction transmitted from the remote control device to be operated. When the gas purification device is under the activated state, the gas in the indoor space is purified, and the purification operation mode of the gas purification device is adjusted according to the first gas detection datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang, Chun-Yi Kuo, Yang Ku, Chang-Yen Tsai, Wei-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 11986764
    Abstract: Embodiments include an air filtration media element comprising a plurality of layers of fluted media, each layer comprising a facing sheet and a fluted sheet, the fluted sheet comprising a first plurality of flutes and a second plurality of flutes, the first and second plurality of flutes being arranged in a parallel flow configuration; wherein the first and second plurality of flutes exhibit regular repeating differences in flute shape, flute size, flute height, flute width, cross-flute area, or filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Adamek, Scott M. Brown, Mark A. Sala
  • Patent number: 11986765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for separating an exhaust gas, in particular an exhaust gas of a boiler, comprising introducing a gas stream of exhaust gas inside a washing chamber, dispensing a pressurized liquid shaped as drops inside the washing chamber, wherein the delivery pressure is adjusted according to the specific particulate to be separated so as to provide, during the separating step, a physical interaction between the delivered liquid drops and the particulate particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Alma Mater Studiorum—Universita' di Bologna
    Inventors: Cesare Saccani, Augusto Bianchini
  • Patent number: 11986766
    Abstract: An installation and method for recovering gaseous substances from gas flows comprising a first gas-treatment module (module 1) to receive a first inlet gas flow (1) in which the temperature and pressure are controlled in order to dry said flow by removing water, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, unburned substances and other solids in suspension, a second CO2 separation module (module 2) in which the first outlet flow (13) from module 1 is treated using a PSA adsorption/desorption process to separate the gases selected, thereby enriching the third outlet flow (27), and a third, optional module (module 3) in which the CO2 purification process is carried out and in which the third outlet flow (27) from module 2 is treated using a PSA adsorption/desorption process to separate the gases selected, thereby enriching the fifth outlet flow (44) from module 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BLUEGENERATION, S.L.
    Inventor: Padilla Moreno Carlos M.
  • Patent number: 11986767
    Abstract: An improved regenerative separating device for separating impurities from an airflow, in particular a process exhaust airflow, provides a better distribution of the airflow in an annular gap between a rotary separating unit including a plurality of filter blocks for adsorbing impurities from the airflow and a circumferential wall of a housing incorporating the rotary separating unit. The airflow inlet provided in the circumferential wall for introducing the airflow into the annular gap and a regeneration system for regenerating the filter blocks of the rotary separating unit by a regenerating stream passing through the filter blocks to desorb impurities adsorbed in the filter blocks are both positioned in the same circumferential sector of maximum 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DÜRR SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Ankit Kukreja, Erhard Rieder, Jason T. Schroder, Sven Meyer, Lars Mast
  • Patent number: 11986768
    Abstract: An air purification and recirculation system positioned within an animal rearing/sheltering facility. The system draws untreated air into an elongated air treatment apparatus having a dust scrubbing section, an ammonia scrubbing section, and acid scrubbing section, configured so that the treatment sections are positioned in series. At the end of the air treatment process, the treated air is exhausted back into the animal rearing facility so that the air is circulated within the facility. Acid and water used during the air treatment process are continuously recycled and directed back through the scrubbers in the air treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: Philip A Moore, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11986769
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of mineralization of carbon dioxide. The method comprises delivering hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice to a mill capable of reducing the particle size of the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice; processing the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice in the mill so that the processed hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 ?m; and exposing the hyaloclastite, a volcanic glass or pumice to carbon dioxide in gaseous, liquid or solid form during or after the particle reduction process. Optionally a carbon dioxide sorbent or carbonation enhancing agent is added to the hyaloclastite pozzolan or mineral during the grinding or post-grinding process and combined with carbon dioxide during grinding or post grinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 11986770
    Abstract: A method for recovering a helium product or intermediate product, wherein a first natural gas stream containing helium is supplied to a first natural gas processing unit and at least one second natural gas stream containing helium is supplied to at least one second natural gas processing unit, at least the first natural gas processing unit comprising helium recovery means via which the helium product is formed from at least a part of the first natural gas stream. At least temporarily a helium transfer from the at least one second natural gas stream to the first natural gas stream by means of a helium transfer arrangement comprising a membrane unit is performed before the first natural gas stream is provided to the first natural gas processing unit and before the at least one second natural gas stream is provided to the at least one second natural gas processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Linde GmbM
    Inventors: Martin Bauer, Konstantinos Rallis
  • Patent number: 11986771
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to plant-based air purification systems and more particularly to wall mounted systems for removing impurities from indoor air using plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Biome, Inc.
    Inventors: Collin Cavote, Collin Stoner
  • Patent number: 11986772
    Abstract: The present invention provides compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance. The invention further provides filtration systems (e.g., TFF systems) and processes (e.g., SPTFF processes) employing compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventor: Jonathan Steen
  • Patent number: 11986773
    Abstract: A membrane defect inspection method that can detect damage in a filtrate membrane and can detect presence or absence of damage or a seal defect in a membrane module; and the method is for a membrane module set including multiple membrane modules connected under gas detection piping communicating with primary spaces of the multiple membrane modules where raw water is supplied or secondary spaces in multiple membrane modules where treated water is extracted after the raw water is filtrated by membranes. The method includes a gas injection process where gas is injected into spaces opposite the primary or secondary spaces communicating with gas detection piping in the multiple membrane modules while the gas detection piping is filled with water, and a vibration detection process where a vibration sensor is brought into contact with a protrusion protruding outward from the gas detection piping to detect vibration of the gas detection piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keishi Watanabe, Shintaro Nishimoto, Tetsuya Uenaka, Fang Zhao, Akira Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11986774
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing a porous ceramic support for an ultra-thin enzyme-assisted membrane, and a new membrane that can be used for gas filtration purposes to remove/separate carbon dioxide or other gases from a gas mixture such as those from power production or enhanced oil recovery or fuel production or air, and recycle/collect/utilize carbon dioxide. In some embodiments, a method may include blocking the pores of a porous substrate with a removable medium, and polishing the surface, coating a silica sol-gel solution onto the support, and removing the blocking medium and sol-gel surfactant to leave a well-confined porous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Memzyme, LLC
    Inventors: Caroline Rempe, Ying-Bing Jiang, Yongqian Gao, Jimin Guo
  • Patent number: 11986775
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown are provided. In one disclosed arrangement a plurality of apertures are formed. The membrane comprises a first surface area portion on one side of the membrane and a second surface area portion on the other side of the membrane. Each of a plurality of target regions comprises a recess or a fluidic passage opening out into the first or second surface area portion. The method comprises contacting all of the first surface area portion of the membrane with a first bath comprising ionic solution and all of the second surface area portion with a second bath comprising ionic solution. A voltage is applied across the membrane via first and second electrodes in respective contact with the first and second baths comprising ionic solutions to form an aperture at each of a plurality of the target regions in the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
    Inventors: Ping Xie, Ken Healy, Justin Millis
  • Patent number: 11986776
    Abstract: A method is described for forming a body having at least one through-going passage, said method has the steps of: a) providing a mixture comprising particles and at least one liquid pocket inside a curable matrix, b) subjecting said mixture to a first alternating voltage having a first frequency to form a body in which said at least one liquid pocket extends from a first surface of said body to a second surface of said body thereby forming at least one through-going passage lacking curable matrix, and c) curing said curable matrix into a cured matrix, wherein at least some of said particles are located at an interface between said at least one through-going passage comprising liquid and said cured matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CONDALIGN AS
    Inventors: Henrik Hemmen, Tina Bryntesen, Linn Cecilie Sørvik, Marie-Audrey Marguerite Adrienne Raux, Guttorm Johan Osborg
  • Patent number: 11986777
    Abstract: Hollow fiber membranes, membrane contactors, and related production and use methods. The membranes include a substrate having a multiplicity of pores and a skin layer overlaying the porous substrate. The porous substrate includes a first semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer resin and a nucleating agent in an amount effective to achieve nucleation. The skin layer includes a second semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer resin derived by polymerizing at most 98 wt. % of 4-methyl-1-pentene monomer with at least 2 wt. % of linear or branched alpha olefin monomers. Preferably, the first thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer is different from the second thermoplastic polyolefin (co)polymer. The skin layer is less porous than the porous substrate and forms an outer surface of the hollow fiber with the porous substrate forming an inner surface. The hollow fibers are formed by co-extruding the porous substrate resin and the skin layer resin through an annular die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kuan-Yin Lin, James C. DeLozier, Aurore Y. J. Mercelat, Mark McCormick, Jinsheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11986778
    Abstract: A gas separation apparatus includes a gas supply part and a zeolite membrane. The gas supply part supplies a mixed gas at a pressure greater than or equal to 10 atm and less than or equal to 200 atm. The mixed gas contains at least CH4, CO2, and N2. A water content of the mixed gas is made less than or equal to 3000 ppm. The zeolite membrane allows CO2 and N2 in the mixed gas to permeate therethrough, to thereby separate CO2 and N2 from CH4. The zeolite membrane is made of zeolite. The zeolite contains Al. A ratio of alkali metal to whole framework elements in the zeolite is less than or equal to 6.0 mol %. An amount of substance of the alkali metal in the zeolite is less than an amount of substance of Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Noda
  • Patent number: 11986779
    Abstract: The present invention is directed at the synthesis and characterization of recrystallized HI-6 dimethylsulfate (DMS). The method can comprise dissolving HI-6 DMS in an alkyl-based glycol and adding an antisolvent to recrystallize HI-6 DMS or dissolving HI-6 DMS in methanol and adding dimethoxy ethane or dimethyl formamide as the antisolvent to recrystallize HI-6 DMS. The recrystallized HI-6 DMS indicates a resistance to moisture absorption and/or a DSC melting point onset (MP Onset) at least at or above 160.0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shawn T. Blumberg, Paul W. Miguel
  • Patent number: 11986780
    Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing a hot melt adhesive foam onto a substrate is described. The dispensing system comprises a pump having a first input to receive a hot melt adhesive and a second input to receive a gas, where the pump mixes the hot melt adhesive and the gas to produce a solution. The dispensing system also includes a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the solution, a dispenser to receive the solution from the pump and dispense the solution, and a controller. The controller instructs the pump to operate at a first speed, receives the temperature of the solution, and instructs the pump to operate at a second speed that is different than the first speed in response to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Laurence B. Saidman
  • Patent number: 11986781
    Abstract: A carbonation machine may include a carbonation head, a holder that is configured to hold a gas canister, the holder comprising a connector with a socket configured to enable linear insertion of a valve of the canister into the socket, the socket including a seal with at least one lateral opening to enable fluidic flow between one or more laterally oriented ports of the valve and a conduit of the holder while preventing leakage of gas from the fluidic flow, and a holding mechanism configured to hold a lateral projection from the canister after insertion of the valve into the socket such that the valve remains in the socket, and an activation mechanism configured to operate the valve to release the gas from the canister when inserted into the socket so as to enable the gas to flow via the conduit to the carbonation head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sodastream Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Guy Danieli, Avi Cohen, Oren Shalev, Mark Funt, Allan Ring, Amnon Shkedi, Dvir Brand, Eyal Shmueli, Amit Avigdor, Eran Shaashua, Hagai Harduff, Doron Krom
  • Patent number: 11986782
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to devices, systems and methods for mixing particulate matter such as salt with moisture. In various implementations, the mixer is transportable. In various implementations the mixer comprises a hopper, at least one auger, and a mixing housing. Various implementations, additionally include at least one liquid tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Arthofer
  • Patent number: 11986783
    Abstract: Dispensing system for dispensing a mixture of a first component and a second component, the dispensing system comprising: (i) a dispensing gun comprising an inlet body with a first passage for feeding in the first component under pressure and a second passage for feeding in the second component under pressure, the first and second passages respectively comprising a closable first outlet and a closable second outlet, which may be operable by means of a handle or trigger of the dispensing gun; (ii) a static mixing nozzle, detachably connectable to the outlets of the body and provided for mixing and dispensing the components, the static mixing nozzle comprising a first section containing a first chamber and a second chamber for conducting the first and second component respectively and a second section, subsequent to the first section (in forwards flow direction), containing a mixing chamber with static mixing elements which promote mixing the first and second components and conducting the mixture to a nozzle ti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Soudal
    Inventors: Peter Geboes, Ivan Boeykens, Thomas Duijsters, Lieven Sichien
  • Patent number: 11986784
    Abstract: A mixer system comprising a sealed tube (2) provided with inlets and outlets (4,5) for a process fluid which is rotatable in arcs around the longitudinal axis of the tube (3) and contains one or more blades (11) mounted at each end on a blade carrier (10) supported within the tube (3) in a manner that allows the one or more blades (11) to rotate in the same direction and angular velocity (in degrees per second) as the tube (3) rotates in arcs and the use of such a system as a reactor and/or for mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ASHE MORRIS LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Ashe, Gary Eccleson, Christopher Gaunt
  • Patent number: 11986785
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mixer having a mixer housing which encloses a mixing chamber, an input part which can be connected to the mixer housing and has at least two input openings for the components to be mixed, and a mixing element, at least some sections of which extend into the mixing chamber, wherein each of the input openings is flow-connected to the mixing chamber via at least one input duct, wherein there is also in the input part at least one compensation duct which connects the input openings to each other, and/or at least one holding chamber is provided in the mixing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: 3LMED GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Bublewitz, Jens-Peter Reber