Patents Issued in June 18, 2024
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Patent number: 12011691Abstract: A fluid treatment method, cycle treatment device, system and medical device are provided, wherein a cycle is formed by allowing a fluid to flow in a pipeline, and the cycle includes a treatment unit to treat the fluid to selectively change structures or concentrations of molecules or combinations thereof in the fluid, thereby avoiding loss of beneficial components; the fluid is treated by at least one cycle, and in any cycle, dynamic equilibrium of the total amount of the fluid in the cycle can be maintained through controlling the rate of adding the to-be-treated fluid into the cycle and the rate of the treated fluid leaving the cycle, so that the cycle is sustainable, and therefore the duration of the fluid treatment method is adjustable and can be determined based on a preset treatment target.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAI XINGUANG BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL LTD.Inventor: Xianghai Li
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Patent number: 12011692Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for a separation device. A separation device includes a separation module having a separation membrane separating an interior of the separation module into a retentate compartment and a permeate compartment. The retentate compartment includes at least one retentate channel, a feed port fluidly coupled to the at least one retentate channel and a retentate port. The permeate compartment includes at least one permeate channel disposed within the permeate compartment and a permeate port fluidly coupled to the at least one permeate channel. a retentate collector fluidly connected to the retentate port. The device further includes a feed reservoir, a permeate reservoir, a fluidic gate located between the feed reservoir and the separation module, a vent located between the retentate channel and the permeate channel end adjacent the retentate port and a pressure differential source applied across the separation module.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SPF TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Erik O. Blomquist, Gaston De Los Reyes, Barry Gaiman
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Patent number: 12011693Abstract: A zeolite membrane and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes: adding an organic binder solution dropwise to zeolite, and thoroughly grinding and stirring; blade-coating a resulting mixture on a substrate at a given thickness; and drying to obtain the zeolite membrane. The preparation of a zeolite membrane does not require a complicated hydrothermal crystal growth process, and the membrane can be prepared directly from natural zeolite or artificial zeolite. A prepared zeolite membrane has the characteristics of simple preparation process, low cost, prominent water permeability, high contaminant rejection rate and high zeolite load. The zeolite membrane, when used for the rejection of contaminants in water, can not only remove macromolecular contaminants in water, but also efficiently remove ammonia nitrogen by way of ion exchange, which is suitable for advanced treatment of wastewater.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITYInventors: Zhiwei Wang, Wei Shi, Huimin Zhou, Xueye Wang
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Patent number: 12011694Abstract: A crosslinked protein-based separation membrane and application thereof. The separation membrane is formed by attaching a crosslinked protein nanomembrane to a porous membrane, the crosslinked protein nanomembrane is formed by crosslinking a two-dimensional nanomembrane which is formed by phase transition of a protein with a crosslinking agent, the separation membrane contains a dense surface layer and a support layer, the dense surface layer is the crosslinked protein nanomembrane, and the support layer is the porous membrane; the protein is any one of lysozyme, bovine serum albumin, insulin, and ?-lactalbumin; the crosslinked protein-based separation membrane has a good biocompatibility, may serve as a dialysis membrane for blood purification, and has a higher retention ratio for large molecular proteins.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Peng Yang, Facui Yang
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Patent number: 12011695Abstract: There is described a cross-flow apparatus for producing an emulsion or dispersion by dispersing a first phase in a second phase; said cross-flow apparatus comprising: an outer tubular sleeve (2) provided with a first inlet (3) at a first end (4); an emulsion outlet (5); and a second inlet (7), distal from and inclined relative to the first inlet; a tubular membrane provided with a plurality of pores and adapted to be positioned inside the tubular sleeve (2); and optionally an insert adapted to be located inside the tubular membrane, said insert comprising an inlet end and an outlet end, each of the inlet end and an outlet end being provided with chamfered region; the chamfered region is provided with a plurality of orifices and a furcation plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: MICROPORE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Bruce Williams, Sam Trotter, Richard Holdich, David Palmer, David Hayward
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Patent number: 12011696Abstract: A continuous process for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to be used in heavy and extra heavy oil wells, where low and/or non-profitable production rates occur is presented. The process is named Hot Crude Gravity Drainage (HCGD), and HCGD may include different components to support the heating of crude produced in the oil well that is later going to be injected at the same volumes as heated crude. The crude may be injected in the sand from which it was produced, in order to continuously supply the required energy to significantly lower the viscosity, which in turn increases mobility in the pores of the producing sand and allows for an increment (e.g., of more than 100%) in production as regards the base or initial production of the oil well, in a 45 consecutive day period. The process unit may be simple, compact, modular and skid mounted.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: DELFOS CAPITAL LLCInventor: Jorge Enrique Echenagucia Cioppa
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Patent number: 12011697Abstract: Methods and systems of admixing hydrocarbon liquids from two or more sets of tanks into a single pipeline to provide in-line mixing thereof. In an embodiment of the in-line mixing system, hydrocarbon liquids stored in at least one tank of each of two or more sets of tanks positioned at a tank farm are blended into a blend flow pipe via in-line mixing and the blended mixture is pumped through a single pipeline. In one or more embodiments, the in-line mixing system employs a separate spillback or recirculation loop that is fluidly connected to each set of the two or more sets of tanks to control the flow of the hydrocarbon fluid/liquid from each set of tanks to the blend flow pipe. Associated methods of operating one or more embodiments of the system include regulation of spillback or recirculation loop flow rate and/or pressure to drive the actual blend ratio towards a desired blend ratio.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LPInventor: Kyle E. Miller
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Patent number: 12011698Abstract: Device and method for intermixing a mass. The device includes a container and a mixing unit arranged on the container. The mixing unit includes at least one piston that is positioned in the container, and is movable in a linear direction and has at least one mixing element. The mixing element extends around the piston and includes an upper planar surface and an opposed lower planar surface. The mixing element further includes cone-shaped extensions extending from the lower planar surface and conically tapering in the linear direction away from the lower planar surface to an opening at an end of the cone-shaped extensions facing a bottom of the container to facilitate movement of the piston in the linear direction for intermixing the mass.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventor: Vinzenz Fleck
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Patent number: 12011699Abstract: A mixing apparatus for mixing fluids, in particular inks of different colours for fountain pens, the mixing apparatus comprising containers (12a-12d), each adapted for storing a fluid, a tube element (13a-13e), for each container (12a-12d), connected to the container (12a-12d) and having a dispensing end portion at its end being opposite the container (12a-12d), a fluid feed device adapted for dispensing fluid from the containers (12a-12d) via the dispensing end portions, and a mixing space part encasing element (45) having a mixing space part in its inner space, the dispensing end portions of the tube elements (13a-13e) are arranged to extend into the mixing space part, and a filling unit (10) having a base portion (44) and a neck portion (40) adapted for holding the mixing space part encasing element (45), and the base portion (44) and the neck portion (40) are configured to be movable relative to each other, and are adapted for encompassing a container (25) being connectible to the fluid discharge portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: M AND M PRODUCTIONS KFT.Inventor: Gábor Megyeri
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Patent number: 12011700Abstract: A microfluidic module for co-encapsulation in droplets of two populations of particles may include first and second modules for sorting the two populations. The modules may have their first outlets including first obstructive valves configured to at least partially obstruct the first outlets. The first outlets may be fluidly connected to a fusion module, including a fusion module means for merging at least one droplet from the first droplet population and at least one droplet from the second droplet population into a merged droplet comprising the two population of particles, and a control unit for controlling the first obstructive valves from information originating from a first and second module detection portion located upstream of the first outlets.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Universite De LiegeInventors: Tristan Gilet, Stéphanie Van Loo
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Patent number: 12011701Abstract: A chemical reactor is implemented on a substrate. The chemical reactor has multiple ducts for transporting a fluid and/or gas during use of the chemical reactor, in which the ducts optionally include pillar structures and at least one connection duct connected between two of the multiple ducts for transporting the fluid and/or gas from one duct to another. In the connection duct, a series of individual pillar structures are positioned behind each other in the longitudinal direction of the connection duct.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: PharmaFluidics NVInventors: Jeff Op De Beeck, Bo Claerebout, Wim De Malsche, Paul Jacobs
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Patent number: 12011702Abstract: Provided is a system and a method for preparing ultrafine silica by leaching silicate ore using hydrogen chloride gas, comprising an ore raw material feeding device, an ejector, a stirring tank and a liquid-solid separation device. A circulated material outlet of a stirred tank is connected with a liquid inlet of an ejector through a circulation pipe; a liquid outlet of the ejector is connected with a circulated material inlet of the stirred tank; a material outlet of a raw ore feeding apparatus is connected with the circulation pipe; and the circulated material outlet of the stirred tank is connected with a solid-liquid separation apparatus. Based on the system and method in the present disclosure, an industrially feasible solution for preparing silica by continuously leaching a silicate ore is provided. The dissolution efficiency of ores and the utilization of hydrochloric acid are greatly increased.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: YUANCHU TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Changjun Yu, Qi Wang
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Patent number: 12011703Abstract: A reactor includes first heat transfer bodies including reaction flow channels through which a reaction fluid flows, second heat transfer bodies stacked on the first heat transfer bodies and including heat medium flow channels through which a heat medium flows and product flow channels through which a product flows that is produced in the reaction flow channels by a heat exchange between the reaction fluid and the heat medium, and product communication parts including communication spaces through which the product flows from the reaction flow channels to the product flow channels.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga Yamamoto, Yusuke Takeuchi, Akihisa Yano, Shigeki Sakakura, Shunji Miyajima
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Patent number: 12011704Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst for an upgrading reaction of biomass pyrolysis oil, a method for preparing the same, and a method for upgrading biomass pyrolysis oil using the same. The catalyst is a composite inorganic oxide, and the composite inorganic oxide includes lanthanum, nickel, titanium, and cerium. When a metal catalyst supported on carbon is used as a catalyst for a first step reaction, by using the catalyst as a catalyst for a second step reaction, the efficiency of the upgrading reaction of bio-oil is increased and a continuous reaction is possible without clogging of a continuous reactor.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chunjae Yoo, Jeong-Myeong Ha, Dong Jin Suh, Jae Wook Choi, Young Hyun Yoon, Kyeongsu Kim, Chang Soo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Thi Lien Do, Jong Hyun Lee, Jin A Eun
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Patent number: 12011705Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a catalyst article comprising steps: (a) preparing a washcoat composition by combining at least the following components: a support material comprising a mixed oxide, a mixture of oxides or a molecular sieve comprising (i) alumina and (ii) silica and/or zirconia; a metal oxide sol comprising at least one of titania, silica or zirconia; a liquid medium; (b) applying the washcoat composition to a substrate to form a washcoating; and (c) drying and/or calcining the washcoating; wherein the method further comprises a step of impregnating the support material with a platinum group metal component. The prepared catalyst article may be suitable for the treatment of emissions from an internal combustion engine or a gas turbine, for example, the treatment of carbon monoxide and/or formaldehyde emissions from a natural gas fueled internal combustion engine or gas turbine.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventor: Kevin Doura
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Patent number: 12011706Abstract: The present invention relates to an ammonia oxidation catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas stream, the catalyst comprising a coating disposed on a substrate, wherein the coating comprises a selective catalytic reduction component being a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron; and an oxidation catalytic component comprising platinum supported on a porous non-zeolitic oxidic support, wherein the oxidation catalytic component further comprises a first oxidic material supported on the porous non-zeolitic oxidic support supporting platinum, wherein the first oxidic material comprises titania.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: BASF CorporationInventor: Marcus Hilgendorff
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Patent number: 12011707Abstract: A catalyst may include a base material, a precious metal, and a metal oxide. At least a portion of the precious metal may form catalytically active sites on a surface of the metal oxide. The catalytically active sites may be formed by depositing the precious metal on the base material to form a catalyst structure, performing a first calcination on the catalyst structure, depositing the metal oxide on the catalyst structure, wherein the precious metal is at least partially encapsulated by the metal oxide, performing a second calcination on the catalyst structure, and reducing the catalyst structure with a reductive material, where at least a portion of the precious metal diffuses to a surface of the metal oxide to form the catalytically active sites.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Fudong Liu, Shaohua Xie
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Patent number: 12011708Abstract: An organic frame material having a cobalt-containing isopoly-molybdic acid metal, a method of manufacturing the same, and applications thereof are provided. The organic frame material having a cobalt-containing isopoly-molybdic acid metal includes a three-dimensional network structure comprising cobalt ions coordinated with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-bis (1,2,4-triazole-1-methyl) benzene ligands and trinuclear molybdate anions. The organic frame material having a cobalt-containing isopoly-molybdic acid metal has higher catalytic activity towards the bulk ring-opening of p-dioxanone. The resulting poly(p-dioxanone) has a weight average molecular weight exceeding 70,000 and is capable of being applied in the field of high polymer materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Changzhou UniversityInventors: Mingyang He, Shengchun Chen, Qun Chen, Junfeng Qian, Meijun Wei, Chengpeng Zhang
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Patent number: 12011709Abstract: Disclosed is a method for providing improved hydrogenation activity by pretreating a catalyst in a three-step manner before selective hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons in an aromatic fraction in the presence of an oxide-type bimetallic (particularly nickel-molybdenum) supported catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Il Lee, Ji Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 12011710Abstract: Bulk catalysts comprised of nickel, molybdenum, tungsten and titanium and methods for synthesizing bulk catalysts are provided. The catalysts are useful for hydroprocessing, particularly hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation, of hydrocarbon feedstocks.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Xiaoying Ouyang, Viorel Duma, Alexander Kuperman, Ibrahim Uckung, Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Axel Brait, Charles Wilson
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Patent number: 12011711Abstract: Methods for synthesizing a mesoporous nano-sized ultra-stable Y zeolite include adding sodium aluminate and colloidal silica to an aqueous NaOH solution and mixing to form a hydrogel having a molar ratio composition of 8 to 12 Na2O:Al2O3:14 SiO2:200 to 400 H2O. The method further includes heating the hydrogel to an autoclave to form a zeolite precursor which is filtered and washed to form a nano-sized Y zeolite. Further the method includes combining the nano-sized Y zeolite with water to form a nano-sized Y zeolite slurry mixture and then adding a 0.1 to 2.0 M aqueous solution of ammonium hexafluorosilicate to form a dealuminated solution. Finally the method includes filtering and washing the dealuminated solution with water to form an ultra-stable Y zeolite precursor, drying the ultra-stable Y zeolite precursor, and calcining the dried zeolite precursor to form the nano-sized ultra-stable Y zeolite.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Faisal Alotaibi, Lianhui Ding
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Patent number: 12011712Abstract: This invention provides a high-efficient single-cell collection method using a specially designed collection well and collection pipet tip for particle/cell collection from the collection well. The structures of the collection well and pipet tip eliminate fluidic dead volume in the collection, resulting in all (or most) of the particles/cells can be brought into the collection pipette tip with the flow. The advantages of this invention in cell manipulation include high cell collection efficiency, low cell damage and easy operation procedure.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTESInventors: Chia-Hsien Hsu, Chuan-Feng Yeh
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Patent number: 12011713Abstract: A system includes a fluidic device, a flow control valve, a first reagent fluid reservoir fluidly connectable to the fluidic device by the flow control valve, a first fluid buffer reservoir fluidly connectable to the fluidic device by the flow control valve, and a common fluid buffer source fluidly connectable to the fluidic device by the flow control valve. The flow control valve permits flow comprising: (i) flow from the first reagent fluid reservoir to the fluidic device, (ii) flow from the common fluid buffer source to the fluidic device, (iii) flow from the fluidic device to the first fluid buffer reservoir, (iv) flow from the first reagent fluid reservoir to the fluidic device, and (v) flow from the first fluid buffer reservoir to the fluidic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.Inventors: Wesley A. Cox-Muranami, Kay Klausing, Bradley Kent Drews, Nicholas Watson, Jennifer Olivia Foley, Murphy Hitchcock, Paul Sangiorgio, Sz-Chin Steven Lin
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Patent number: 12011714Abstract: The present disclosure is notably directed to a microfluidic probe head, or MFP head, comprising a processing surface having a liquid injection aperture and a liquid aspiration aperture thereon. The aspiration aperture is generally shaped so as to partly extend around the injection aperture on the processing surface, although such injection apertures are not completely surrounded by the slit on the processing surface. Further, fluidic and solid barriers to aspiration are considered. The disclosure is further directed to related microfluidic probe devices, and methods of operation of such an MFP head, notably to deposit cells on a surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Bio-Rad Europe GmbhInventors: Emilie Frisan, Laurent Guillon, Robert Lovchik, David P. Taylor, Claudia I. Trainito, Govind V. Kaigala
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Patent number: 12011715Abstract: A method of forming a microfluidic device is disclosed. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate, forming electrodes partially into the first dielectric layer, and forming a second dielectric layer on the electrodes. The method includes filling, with a metal material, two wells formed in the second dielectric layer such that the metal material is in direct contact with the electrodes. The method includes forming a third dielectric layer on the metal material and second dielectric layer. The method includes filling, with a structural material, a channel formed between the wells such that the structural material does not directly contact the electrodes. The method includes forming a fourth dielectric layer on the third dielectric layer and the structural material, extracting the structural material through at least one vent hole in the fourth dielectric layer, and forming a fifth dielectric layer on the fourth dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joshua T. Smith, Benjamin Hardy Wunsch, Adele L. Pacquette, Eugene J. O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 12011716Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatuses, cartridges, and pumps for peristaltic pumping of fluids and associated methods, systems, and devices. The pumping of fluids is, in certain cases, an important aspect of a variety of applications, such as bioanalytical applications (e.g., biological sample analysis, sequencing, identification). The inventive features described herein may, in some embodiments, provide an ability to pump fluids in ways that combine certain advantages of robotic fluid handling systems (e.g., automation, programmability, configurability, flexibility) with certain advantages of microfluidics (e.g., small fluid volumes with high fluid resolution, precision, monolithic consumables, limiting of the wetting of components to consumables).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Quantum-Si IncorporatedInventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Jonathan C. Schultz, John H. Leamon, Todd Roswech, Xiaoxiao Ma
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Patent number: 12011717Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid handling device which can prevent an inclination of a rotary member. The fluid handling device includes: a substrate; a circular first groove disposed on the substrate; a second groove connected to the first groove; a third groove connected to the first groove; a film joined to the substrate so as to cover the first groove, the second groove and the third groove; and a joining area where the film and the bottom of the first groove is joined, the joining area being disposed between a connecting portion of the second groove and a connecting portion of the third groove in the first groove. The surface of the film in the joining area is located closer to the bottom of the first groove than the surface of the film in an area joined to the substrate of the film.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Enplas CorporationInventors: Seiichiro Suzuki, Nobuya Sunaga
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Patent number: 12011718Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood diagnostic device, which includes one or more blood input parts into which blood is injected, a deterministic lateral displacement separation part which communicates with the blood input part to form a blood flow path along which the blood flows and separates white blood cells from remaining blood components, a first microchannel which communicates with the deterministic lateral displacement separation part so that the white blood cells separated through the deterministic lateral displacement separation part flow therein, one or more second microchannels which communicate with the deterministic lateral displacement separation part so that the remaining blood components separated through the deterministic lateral displacement separation part flow therein, a first discharge part which communicates with the first microchannel so that the white blood cells flowing in the first microchannel are discharged therethrough, and a second discharge part which communicates with theType: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)Inventors: Sung Yang, Ji Chul Hyun, Yu Gyung Jung
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Patent number: 12011719Abstract: In accordance with embodiments herein a method for capturing cells of interest in a digital microfluidic system is provided, comprising utilizing a droplet actuator to transport a sample droplet to a microwell device. The microwell device includes a substrate having a plurality of microwells that open onto a droplet operations surface of the microwell device. The sample droplet includes cells of interest that enter the microwells. The method introduces capture beads to the microwells, and the capture elements are immobilized on the capture beads. The method utilizes the droplet actuator to transport a cell lysis reagent droplet to the microwell device. Portions of the cell lysis reagent droplet enter the microwells and, during an incubation period, cause the cells of interest to release analyte that is captured by the capture elements on the capture beads.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Illumina, Inc.Inventors: Arash Jamshidi, Yan-you Lin, Farnaz Absalan, Sarah Stuart, Gordon Cann, Yir-Shyuan Wu, Tarun Khurana, Jeffrey S Fisher
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Patent number: 12011720Abstract: An apparatus is for moving a sample holder on a platform from a loading position where the sample holder can be removed from the platform to a locked position where the sample holder is securely held. The sample holder is configured to rest on wheels within a recessed portion on the platform. The apparatus is configured such that: (i) movement of the platform from the loading position to the locked position causes a vertical clamp to lower down on top of the sample holder, and a horizontal clamp to be pressed to an outer periphery of the sample holder; and (ii) movement of the platform from the locked position to the loading position causes the vertical clamp to rise above the sample holder, and the horizontal clamp to be moved away from the outer periphery of the sample holder.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Q-LINEA ABInventors: Anders Lind, Henrik Söderström, Henrik Svanberg, Jan Grawé, Johan Skaborn
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Patent number: 12011721Abstract: Provided in part herein are static-defeating apparatus for use in multipipettor systems. Multiple pipette tips can be retained by a static-defeating sheet of material. A multipipettor, having multiple pipettes or nozzles, can engage the pipette tips retained by the sheet. After use, the multipipettor can eject the pipette tips, which sometimes are ejected as a single unit due to the pipette tips being retained by the sheet. In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a snap plate having one or more holes, and a base rack for ease of mounting.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: BIOTIX, INC.Inventors: Scott E. Curry, Arta Motadel, Peter Paul Blaszcak
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Patent number: 12011722Abstract: A crusher for cylindrical core samples has two oscillating wear plates. Each wear plate has an angled introductory portion, which open to a mouth sufficiently large to receive core samples having diameter above 100 mm. Each wear plate has at least one intermediate surface extending between each angled introductory portion and a curved central portion of the wear plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: ORBIS MINING PTY LTD.Inventor: Bradley James Hunting
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Patent number: 12011723Abstract: The invention relates to a lever system for force transmission for a grinding roller. A more cost-efficient, simplified lever system is to be created which no longer requires the integration into a mill stand but is more easily accessible for installation and maintenance works. For this purpose, provision is made in particular in that on the central rocking lever of the grinding roller an eccentrically arranged side lever is provided which has a lever arm extending in the opposite direction to the grinding roller and in that the force transmission onto rocking lever and grinding roller takes place via a lever arm of the side lever and a piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: LOESCHE GmbHInventors: Alexander Klokow, Dirk Grube, Thomas Letsch, Jörg Bettenworth
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Patent number: 12011724Abstract: A shredder includes a shredder box and a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box. The shredder rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis and has a plurality of rotor teeth. An access door is pivotally moveable between an open position and a closed position, the access door defining a side wall of the shredder box when in the closed position. A shredder comb is positioned at an interior side of the access door and includes a plurality of shredder comb teeth. When the access door is in the closed position, the shredder comb is positioned at a shredding location to intermesh with the plurality of rotor teeth for shredding material input to the shredder box. The plurality of shredder comb teeth are removable and reversible for use in two orientations.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Clark David Carpenter, Keith Leon Roozeboom
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Patent number: 12011725Abstract: A process for separating Anthracite and low quality carbon from refuse. Crushed refuse is admixed with water from a water storage source. The admixture is transferred to a first cyclone separator to divide the admixture into a refuse rich slurry stream and a carbonaceous rich slurry stream. The refuse rich slurry stream is dewatered through a vibrating screen and the water collected sent to the raw feed sump source. The carbonaceous rich slurry is directed to a second cyclone separator to separate low quality carbon from high quality carbon, the high quality carbon is transferred to a third cyclone separator used to separate the media water therefrom. The separated media water is returned via a siphon leg to the raw feed sump, and the dewatered high quality Anthracite is available for markets requiring higher quality carbon.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventor: John W. Rich, Jr.
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Patent number: 12011726Abstract: A flotation line for treating mineral ore particles suspended in slurry is disclosed. The flotation line includes a rougher part with at least one rougher flotation cell from which overflow is arranged to flow directly into a cleaner flotation line; and a scavenger part with at least two scavenger flotation cells from which overflow is arranged to flow back into a rougher flotation cell, or into a regrinding step and then into a cleaner flotation line. Underflow from a last scavenger flotation cell is arranged to be removed from the flotation line as tailings. At least 75% of the flotation cells include a mechanical agitator including a system for introducing flotation gas into the flotation cell. At least one of the flotation cells of the flotation line includes a mechanical agitator including a microbubble generator for introducing microbubbles into the slurry.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Metso Finland OyInventors: Ian Sherrell, Riddhika Jain, Reginaldo Liberato
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Switching apparatus for high pressure tools and cleaning apparatus having such a switching apparatus
Patent number: 12011727Abstract: The invention relates to a switching apparatus for high pressure tools, comprising a holding device and two or more high pressure tools for cleaning purposes, a drive device, and a rotary body that is rotatable relative to the holding device about an axis of rotation by means of said drive device, an adjusting device with which one of the high pressure tools is selectively transferable from an inoperative position into an operating position, in which operating position the high pressure tool is coupled to the rotary body in a rotationally fixed manner and is rotationally drivable about a tool axis by way of said rotary body, wherein the switching apparatus comprises or forms a supply channel for pressurized cleaning liquid and the respective high pressure tool comprises or forms a tool channel for cleaning liquid, which is in flow connection or can be brought into flow connection with the supply channel during operation, wherein the switching apparatus further comprises a valve device with which the supply chType: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: ECOCLEAN GMBHInventor: Norbert Klinkhammer -
Patent number: 12011728Abstract: The invention relates to an improved blowing nozzle, in particular for stretching systems, which is characterised by the following features, inter alia: the nozzle box (5) is divided in its longitudinal direction (L) into at least two regions, specifically a first longitudinal region (LB1) closer to the inflow side (7) and a second longitudinal region (LB2) that is subsequent and/or downstream and/or further away from the inflow side (7), the first longitudinal region (LB1) is convergent or comprises at least one convergent portion in which the height (H) between the lower face (11) and the upper face (15) is smaller than the height (H1) in the region of the inflow side (7) as the distance from the inflow side (7) increases, and the second longitudinal region (LB2) is divergent or comprises at least one divergent portion in which the height (H) between the lower face (11) and the upper face (15) is greater than the height (H) at the end of the first longitudinal region (LB1) and/or at the beginning of theType: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: BRÜCKNER MASCHINENBAU GmbHInventors: Christoph Höglauer, Georg Waldleitner
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Patent number: 12011729Abstract: An example portable fluid spraying system includes a handheld fluid sprayer. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a fluid reservoir configured to store a fluid, a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid reservoir to an outlet of the handheld fluid sprayer and a handle. The handheld fluid sprayer includes a first trigger proximate the handle, configured to control fluid flow to the outlet. The portable fluid spraying system includes a fluid hose having a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple to the handheld fluid sprayer proximate the outlet and a fluid spray gun. The fluid spray gun includes a gun inlet configured to couple to the fluid hose and receive the fluid from the handheld fluid sprayer, a gun outlet configured to expel the fluid in a spray pattern and a second trigger configured to control fluid flow to the gun outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Sulzer, Joseph W. Kieffer
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Patent number: 12011730Abstract: A shower stabilizer assembly for use in connection with a broken or loose showerhead assembly is provided. The assembly includes a stabilizer plate, one or more spacers of varying sizes/thicknesses, and a plurality of fasteners to secure the stabilizer plate to a structure. The stabilizer plate comprises a cylindrically shaped spacer contact nipple having a first end affixed to a flange that extends outwardly from the spacer contact nipple and has a circular opening aligned with an interior of the cylindrically shaped spacer contact nipple for receiving a shower pipe arm of the showerhead assembly. The opening in the flange and interior of the cylindrically shaped spacer contact nipple are sized to receive the shower pipe arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Laura Holdings, LLCInventor: Dennis Barker
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Patent number: 12011731Abstract: Embodiments of showerheads for use in a process chamber and methods of reducing drooping of a showerhead faceplate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a showerhead for use in a process chamber includes: a faceplate having a plurality of gas distribution holes disposed therethrough; and one or more cables that engage with the faceplate and configured to prestress the faceplate.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Yao-Hung Yang, Shantanu Rajiv Gadgil, Tanmay Pramod Gurjar, Sudhir R. Gondhalekar
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Patent number: 12011732Abstract: An electrostatic oiling system for use with single blanks in batch systems having an open spray chamber without the need for a negative vacuum chamber. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may utilize induction beams and a charge wall that allows for utilization of a smaller vacuum system. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may provide variable blank coverage without the need for metered pumps.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Compass Systems & Sales, LLCInventors: Roger Speece, Jennifer Swenson
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Patent number: 12011733Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for increasing the quantity of electric charges in a chemical solution of an electrostatic sprayer. The method uses a liquid storage cavity of the electrostatic sprayer and an electrostatic module for generating static electricity. The liquid storage cavity is divided into a charging cavity and a chemical solution supply cavity. The charging cavity is isolated from the chemical solution supply cavity. An electrostatic output electrode of the electrostatic module applies static electricity to a chemical solution in the charging cavity in a static state so that the chemical solution carries a high content of electric charges.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NINGBO KEPO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shaoxu Zhu, Yongdu Min
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Patent number: 12011734Abstract: A guide plate for a swirler assembly is disclosed. In various embodiments, the guide plate includes a guide plate flange configured for engagement with a swirler body having a plurality of primary swirler inlets; and a first plurality of purge holes extending through the guide plate flange and configured to introduce a first vectored purge flow into the swirler body.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew W. Justice, Nicholas A. Bunce, Baris A. Sen
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Patent number: 12011735Abstract: A material deposition device for decorating an object. The device has a housing as a structural framework, an object holder, and a container releasably coupled to the housing. The housing has an object support for supporting the object to be decorated. The container creates a volumetric enclosure with the housing. The device is configured to deposit decoration materials onto the object.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SIGNATURE BRANDS, LLCInventors: Sean Moran, Thomas Thiemann, Charles Hodges, Joshua Gordon
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Methods and systems for large area and low defect monolayer ordering of microspheres and nanospheres
Patent number: 12011736Abstract: In an example, a method including dispensing a liquid onto a first portion of a surface of a substrate and dispensing a solution comprising colloidal spheres onto a second portion of the surface of the substrate. The method additionally includes agitating the colloidal spheres to disperse the colloidal spheres along the first portion and the second portion of the surface of the substrate and directing air flow above the colloidal spheres inducing rotation of the colloidal spheres. In another example, a method includes positioning a retaining ring on a surface of a liquid above a substrate below the surface of the liquid and dispensing a solution comprising colloidal spheres onto the surface of the liquid within a surface area of the retaining ring. The method further includes agitating the surface of the liquid and the colloidal spheres to disperse the colloidal spheres along the surface area of the retaining ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Dane Sievers, Sartaj Grewal, Lukas Janavicius, Julian Michaels -
Patent number: 12011737Abstract: A printed matter has a substrate and a glossy layer provided on the substrate. The substrate is at least one selected from the group consisting of a steel plate, a metal plate, a plastic plate, a film, a ceramic plate, concrete, wood, glass, and fabric (the substrate is not a transparent member), wherein the glossy layer comprises a translucent ink, wherein on a surface of the substrate, a first region including a first protrusion formed along a first direction in a plane and a second region including a second protrusion formed along a second direction different from the first direction are formed, and wherein the first protrusion includes a curved part which is curved from the first direction to the second direction and connected to the second region.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SEIREN CO., LTDInventor: Hiroshi Kitajima
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Patent number: 12011738Abstract: A substrate processing method includes forming a film of an ionic liquid on a surface of a substrate, on which a pattern is formed, by supplying the ionic liquid to the surface of the substrate, wherein the ionic liquid has a cation containing a hydrocarbon chain having six or more carbon atoms, and wherein at least one hydrogen atom in the hydrocarbon chain is substituted with a fluorine atom.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takeo Nakano, Hirokazu Ueda, Mitsuaki Iwashita, Naoki Umeshita, Ryuichi Asako, Kenichi Uki
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Patent number: 12011739Abstract: A dielectric elastomer vibration system includes a dielectric elastomer vibrator with a dielectric elastomer layer and a pair of electrode layers, and a power supply device producing a potential difference across the electrode layers. The vibrator exhibits various modes or regions of relationship between potential difference and deformation induced by the potential difference: a high-response region in which a relatively large deformation is induced; a low-response region of lower-potential difference in which a relatively small deformation is induced; and a low-response region of higher-potential difference in which a relatively small deformation is induced or in which a break point of the dielectric elastomer layer is included. The power supply device produces the potential difference by applying across the electrode layers a vibration signal voltage, which is generated by combining an AC voltage with a bias DC voltage corresponding to a potential difference falling in the high-response region.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignees: ZEON CORPORATIONInventors: Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki, Mitsuaki Ito, Makoto Sawada
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Patent number: 12011740Abstract: The present disclosure discloses are an article sorting and conveying apparatus and an article sorting and conveying system. The article sorting and conveying apparatus comprises a conveying assembly, an article carrying assembly, and a driving assembly. The conveying assembly is configured to move circularly; and the article carrying assembly comprises a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt being arranged on the conveying assembly and configured to be driven by the conveying assembly to move in a first direction. The driving assembly comprises a driving source and a driving member, the driving source being in non-contact driving connection with the driving member, the driving member being mounted to the article carrying assembly; and the driving assembly being configured to drive the conveyor belt to move in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wenjun Shan