Patents Issued in August 29, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240286112
    Abstract: Provided herein are post-synthesis methods of thermally stabilizing a metal-organic framework having defects that decomposes after about 12 hours at a first temperature. The methods include contacting the metal-organic framework with a stabilizing solution to provide a treated metal-organic framework. The treated metal-organic framework is thermally stable after 12 hours at a second temperature at least about 50° C. greater than the first temperature. Also, the treated metal-organic framework has a PXRD pattern that is substantially the same as the PXRD pattern of the untreated metal-organic framework. Provided herein are also post-synthesis methods to improve CO2 adsorption of metal-organic frameworks. Provided herein are also modified EMM-71 metal-organic frameworks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph M. Falkowski, Mary S. Abdulkarim, Julie J. Seo
  • Publication number: 20240286113
    Abstract: Hybrid materials are disclosed including molecular/protein crystals integrated with synthetic polymers. The disclosed materials combine the structural order and periodicity of crystals, the adaptiveness and tunable mechanical properties of polymeric networks, and the chemical versatility of protein building blocks. Some of the properties of the disclosed materials include the following: 1) allows crystals-which are typically rigid and brittle—to expand and contract reversibly; 2) incorporates polymers to increase the mechanical toughness of the crystals and allow self-healing; 3) reversibly expand/contract crystal lattices and mobilize the protein components therein may provide a new means to improve X-ray diffraction quality and explore otherwise inaccessible protein structural states using 3D protein crystallography; 4) creation of chemically and mechanically differentiated domains within single crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Faik Tezcan, Jake Bailey, Ling Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240286114
    Abstract: Provided are a superabsorbent polymer exhibiting excellent biodegradability without deterioration in physical properties of the superabsorbent polymer, such as water retention capacity, absorbency under pressure, etc., and a preparation method thereof. The biodegradable superabsorbent polymer comprises a base polymer including a crosslinked polymer of a non-modified or acidic group-containing modified polysaccharides and a first crosslinking agent, wherein at least part of the base polymer is crosslinked by a second crosslinking agent, the first crosslinking agent includes a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride, and the second crosslinking agent includes an epoxy-based compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungrok Ham, Beomshin Cho, Soonhee Kang, Hyungsam Choi, Haesung Yun
  • Publication number: 20240286115
    Abstract: Method of preparing a catalyst comprising catalytic species consisting of transition metals deposited on a support, comprising the steps of contacting a solution of a metal-carbonyl or other organometallic complex of the transition metal with a support, carrying out the deposition and the surface interaction of the transition metal on the surface of the support and causing the carbonyl metal or the organic complex to decompose as a result of at least one heat treatment. The catalyst obtained is advantageously used in the production of synthesis gas and in other high temperature industrial chemical processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Luca Eugenio Riccardo Basini, Gaetano Iaquaniello, Annarita Salladini
  • Publication number: 20240286116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for producing carbon nanotubes, a method for preparing the catalyst, and a method for producing carbon nanotubes using the catalyst which includes a support, and an active layer formed on a surface of the support, wherein the active layer contains CoO and Co3O4, and has, through XRD pattern measurement, one peak at 2?=35° to 38°, and one peak at 2?=41° to 44°, and a proportion of CoO among the CoO and Co3O4 is 55 at % or more. The catalyst according to the present invention can efficiently synthesize low-diameter carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Eui Tae Kim, Eun Jeong Lee, Ki Hwan Kim, Eu Gene Oh, Sung Eun Park, Geun Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20240286117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a carbon nanotube-producing catalyst using chemical vapor deposition method. Using the above preparation method, a uniform and thin coating layer can be formed even on the surface of a support having a high-specific-surface-area having a 3D structure, and high-quality and low-diameter carbon nanotubes can be produced using the catalyst prepared through this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Eui Tae KIM, Eun Jeong LEE, Ki Hwan KIM, Eu Gene OH, Sung Eun PARK, Geun Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20240286118
    Abstract: An electric field catalyst containing Ni, Y, Zr, and O and having a composition NixYyZr1-x-yO2, where 0.10?x?0.45 and 0.05? y?0.30, a crystal structure of the electric field catalyst is free of a monoclinic crystal, Ni in a metal state and Ni in a hydroxide state are contained as the Ni, and a content A (at %) of the Ni in a metal state and a content B (at %) of the Ni in a hydroxide state with a total amount of Ni being 100 at % are such that: A>30 at %, and a ratio ? of the content B to the content A is 0.15?a?0.63.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Naoya MORI, Yasushi SEKINE, Kaho NAGAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240286119
    Abstract: A nanocatalyst for methane dry reforming has a fluorite structure and has a plurality of transition metal or noble metal particles dispersed on a surface thereof. The nanocatalyst is represented by the Chemical Formula, A1-aCeaO2-?. In the Chemical Formula, A is selected from rare earth elements excluding Ce, and a and ? are real numbers of 0<a<1 and 0???1, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: DRM CATALYST INC.
    Inventors: Gun-Tae KIM, Jin-Kyung OH, Kyung-Joong YOON, Ji -Su SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240286120
    Abstract: A method for making a magnetic-nanoparticle-supported catalyst includes reacting a ferrocenyl phosphine compound with an amino alcohol compound to form a ligand having a phosphine group, an amine group and at least one hydroxyl group; anchoring the ligand to a surface of magnetic nanoparticles via an oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group to form a ligand complex; combining the ligand complex with a metal precursor comprising Rh to bind the metal precursor with the ligand complex and form the magnetic-particle-supported catalyst. The magnetic-particle-supported catalyst is a Rh complex of magnetic-Fe3O4-nanoparticle-supported ferrocenyl phosphine catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: M. Nasiruzzaman SHAIKH, S. M. Shakil HUSSAIN, Md. Abdul AZIZ
  • Publication number: 20240286121
    Abstract: A method for making a magnetic-nanoparticle-supported catalyst includes reacting a ferrocenyl phosphine compound with an amino alcohol compound to form a ligand having a phosphine group, an amine group and at least one hydroxyl group; anchoring the ligand to a surface of magnetic nanoparticles via an oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group to form a ligand complex; combining the ligand complex with a metal precursor comprising Rh to bind the metal precursor with the ligand complex and form the magnetic-particle-supported catalyst. The magnetic-particle-supported catalyst is a Rh complex of magnetic-Fe3O4-nanoparticle-supported ferrocenyl phosphine catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: M. Nasiruzzaman SHAIKH, S. M. Shakil HUSSAIN, Md. Abdul AZIZ
  • Publication number: 20240286122
    Abstract: Methods for modifying a catalyst system component are disclosed in which a feed mixture containing a fluid and from 1 to 15 wt. % of a catalyst system component is introduced into an inlet of a hydrocyclone, an overflow stream containing from 0.1 to 5 wt. % solids and an underflow stream containing from 10 to 40 wt. % solids are discharged from the hydrocyclone, and the underflow stream is spray dried to form a modified catalyst component. Often, from 4 to 20 wt. % of the catalyst system component in the feed mixture has a particle size of less than or equal to 20 ?m, or less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Scott, Evan Merk, Carlos A. Cruz, Mitchell D. Refvik, Max P. McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20240286123
    Abstract: An anion exchange membrane is composed of a copolymer of 1,1-diphenylethylene and one or more styrene monomers, such as 4-tert-butylstyrene. The copolymer includes a backbone substituted with a plurality of ionic groups coupled to phenyl groups on the backbone via hydrocarbyl tethers between about 1 and about 7 carbons in length. High-temperature conditions enabled by these copolymers enhance conductivity performance, making them particularly suitable for use in anion exchange membranes in fuel cells, electrolyzers employing hydrogen, ion separations, etc. The properties of the membranes can be tuned via the degree of functionalization of the phenyl groups and selection of the functional groups, such as quaternary ammonium groups. Several processes can be used to incorporate the desired ionic functional groups into the polymers, such as chloromethylation, radical bromination, Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation, sulfonation followed by amination, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sangwoo LEE, Chulsung BAE, Carrie Lynn TRANT
  • Publication number: 20240286124
    Abstract: A device for treating samples in sample containers under vacuum comprises a housing, a vacuum chamber arranged in the housing and interacting with a vacuum pump, a cover via which the vacuum chamber is closed in vacuum-tight manner and opened to load and unload sample containers, a sample holder with a base surface and a plurality of sample container receptacles for receiving sample containers. A sample holder axis runs perpendicular to the base surface of the sample holder, a drive unit mounted in the vacuum chamber and connected to the sample holder drives the sample holder about the sample holder axis, and a drive mechanism is arranged outside the vacuum chamber and drivingly coupled to the drive unit. The sample holder axis is aligned at specified fixed acute holder angle (?) relative to a longitudinal axis of a safety vessel which delimits the vacuum chamber in certain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ulrich MASSING
  • Publication number: 20240286125
    Abstract: An injection device comprising: a first barrel for containing a first fluid, and having a first plunger; a second barrel for containing a second fluid, and having a second plunger, the second barrel being arranged to one side of the first barrel; a flow converging chamber in fluid communication with the second barrel, for receiving, in use, a flow of the second fluid from the second barrel when the second plunger is advanced within the second barrel; a first inlet to the flow converging chamber, in communication with the first barrel, for receiving, in use, a flow of the first fluid from the first barrel when the first plunger is advanced within the first barrel, simultaneously with the advancement of the second plunger, and arranged to introduce the flow of the first fluid in a concentric manner within the flow of the second fluid, at a meeting point within the flow converging chamber, to produce a concentric flow of the first fluid within the second fluid; and an outlet of the flow converging chamber, for o
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: James MOORE
  • Publication number: 20240286126
    Abstract: Disclosed is an in vitro diagnostic chip having multiple levels of hydrophilicity, which differentially controls the flow rates of a liquid sample and thus enables the liquid sample to be evenly distributed all the way to corner or edge regions of a reaction space. The in vitro diagnostic chip having multiple levels of hydrophilicity comprises: a well array comprising a plurality of wells; and a multi-hydrophilic coating layer coated on the well array and controlling the flow rates of a sample so as to be mutually different. The hydrophilic coating layer is formed on the well array so as to have high hydrophilicity in accordance with the center region of the well array, and to have low hydrophilicity in accordance with the peripheral region of the well array, and thus the formation of an air pocket in the reaction space may be blocked. Accordingly, the occurrence of an error caused by the air pocket in a PCR test result may be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Seung Sun CHO, An Shik CHOI, Byoung Joo KWAK, Sergiy OLEKSANDROV, Jae Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240286127
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a cellulose-based vertical flow assay, the apparatus comprising: a holder for supporting a cellulose substrate having a plurality of test zones thereon, the holder having a base plate and engaging members; and a lid for reversibly engaging with the engaging members of the holder such that when engaged, the lid is disposed over the base plate and a gap exists between the lid and the base plate, wherein the lid comprises a plurality of openings for allowing access to the test zones on the cellulose substrate. Also provided are related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sing Mei Lim, Hoi Lok Cheng, Patthara Kongsuphol, Huan Jia, Say Yong Ng, Hadley Sikes Johnson, Peter Preiser, Megan Earley McBee
  • Publication number: 20240286128
    Abstract: A kit for forming a microplate assembly for absorbance measurements of liquid samples comprises an upper plate (1) comprising at least one plurality of rods (12), each rod (12) having a flat rod bottom surface (121), a lower plate (2), and alignment guides for aligning the upper plate (1) and the lower plate (2) relative to each other as well as spacers for determining the distance of the upper plate (1) and the lower plate (2) relative to each other. The lower plate (2) comprises a plurality of wells (22), each having a flat well bottom surface (221). The alignment guides are configured and arranged such that each well (22) accommodates one rod (12) of each plurality of rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Sven Matthias AMRHEIN
  • Publication number: 20240286129
    Abstract: A system includes an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor has a field of view positioned to include a first fluid channel defined by a body. The processor receives a first image including a region of interest of the first fluid channel. The processor further receives a second image including the region of interest of the first fluid channel. The second image is captured after the first image. The processor further generates a comparison of the second image to the first image, generates a binary image using the comparison, and uses the binary image to determine whether a fluid is present in the region of interest of the first fluid channel. If the processor determines that the fluid is present in the region of interest of the first fluid channel, the processor ceases communication of the fluid through the first fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Chu, Tamas Czimmermann, Kenneth Jordan, Ximiao Wen
  • Publication number: 20240286130
    Abstract: A structured biochip may include a structured film disposed on a substrate, where the structured film includes a plurality of sensing regions spatially distributed across the substrate, and where the plurality of sensing regions provides spatially-varying optical characteristics across the substrate. The structured film may be functionalized with binding molecules configured to selectively bind with one or more analytes, where binding of the one or more analytes to the binding molecules generates an adlayer, and where a thickness of the adlayer impacts the spatially-varying optical characteristics of the plurality of sensing regions. At least one of a presence or a concentration of at least one of the one or more analytes may be determinable based on the spatially-varying optical characteristics of the plurality of sensing regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ioannis Raptis, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Theofilos Kotseroglou
  • Publication number: 20240286131
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pathogen testing system that can analyses multiple samples at once in order to provide guidance on the presence of an infection in a given environment. This reduces the number of individual tests that are needed and provides enhanced confidence as to the levels of pathogen in a given environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Crossley, Giles Sanders, Jonathan Casey, Keiko Yata, Oliver North, James Stein, Simon Pickhaver, Christopher Smith, William Paterson, Victoria Sheridan
  • Publication number: 20240286132
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a device comprising a first adhesive material; a substrate configured to move a fluid by capillary action, wherein the substrate has a first substrate side and a second substrate side opposite the first substrate side, further wherein the first substrate side is coupled to at least a portion of the first adhesive material; a second adhesive material, wherein the second adhesive material is coupled to at least a portion of the second substrate side; a first line of a non-delaminating ink and a second line of the non-delaminating ink disposed on the first substrate side, wherein the first line and the second line define a channel; and a third line of a delaminating ink extending between the first line and the second line disposed on the first substrate side, and other embodiments thereof. Further provided are methods of using the device as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Fatih SARIOGLU, Dohwan LEE, Tevhide Ozkaya AHMADOV
  • Publication number: 20240286133
    Abstract: A cassette, including: a frame defining an accommodating chamber; an intermediate member coupled to the frame and movably arranged in the accommodating chamber, the intermediate member having a through hole in the middle; a cover rotatably connected to the intermediate member and configured to be closed to cover the through hole; a base connected to the intermediate member and configured to receive the tissue sample; and a retaining member connected to the cover and configured to pass through the through hole to retain the tissue sample in the base, the retaining member having a three-dimensional structure made of a two-dimensional porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Changhong WU, Zhongqiu LI, Xufeng YU, Jue CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240286134
    Abstract: Described herein are various liquid reservoirs that may be used in a laboratory setting. The liquid reservoirs minimize waste of pipetted liquid sample or reagents and may be used, e.g., in combination with a multi-well plate such as in NGS processes. Other reservoirs include those configured for compatibility with centrifuge rotors or multichannel pipettes with 12 or more channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: CLICKBIO, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. HARDINGHAM, Quinn Curtis James Wilson CHAPMAN, Jessica S. GAGLIANO
  • Publication number: 20240286135
    Abstract: The disclosed pathology slides may include a substantially transparent substrate that includes a top major surface, at least two regions on the top major surface of the substantially transparent substrate having a size sufficient for receiving at least two respective biopsy tissue sample sections on the substantially transparent substrate, and at least one visibly perceptible separation mark on or in the substantially transparent substrate separating the at least two regions from each other. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew O. Leavitt, Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Publication number: 20240286136
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a test tube capper-decapper device comprising an arrangement for switching an array of cap grippers comprising at least three cap grippers between a one-dimensional array of cap grippers and a two-dimensional array of cap grippers, an arrangement for being comprised within a test tube capper/decapper device, whereby it is made possible to switch an array of cap grippers comprising at least three cap grippers between a one-dimensional array of cap grippers and a two-dimensional array of cap grippers by action of a switch on the array of cap grippers, whereby the versatility of the test tube capper/decapper device can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: LABSOLUZ APS
    Inventors: Stig CHRISTENSEN, Lars Weber HOVENDAHL
  • Publication number: 20240286137
    Abstract: A microtiter plate, preferably in the form of an injection-molded part composed of plastic, having at least one first and one second fluid chamber, which are designed in particular as measurement chambers and are connected to one another by a fluid channel which, in cross section, is closed or enclosed on all sides or all the way round, and the fluid channel is assigned a bubble trap, by way of which the movement of air or gas bubbles moving along a top wall portion or a top wall of the fluid channel, the top wall portion or the top wall closing or enclosing the fluid channel upwardly, in particular from one fluid chamber to another fluid chamber, can be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: InnoME GmbH, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Inventors: Jürgen Hubbuch, Carsten Radtke, Marie-Therese Schermeyer, Martin Woywod, Daniel Baasner, Jannik Jungmann
  • Publication number: 20240286138
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Q-LINEA AB
    Inventors: Anders Lind, Henrik Soderstrom, Henrik Svanberg, Jan Grawe, Johan Skaborn
  • Publication number: 20240286139
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transferring a fluid sample from a fluid sample collection apparatus to a liquid sample analyzer. The apparatus includes a barrel having a first end, a second end, a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, an inner surface defining an internal chamber, and an external surface defining at least a portion of a chromatographic assay chamber in fluid communication with the internal chamber. The first end has an inlet opening with a clot catcher extending across the inlet opening upstream of the passage and the second end has an outlet opening. A chromatographic assay assembly is housed in the chromatographic assay chamber for detecting presence of free hemoglobin in the fluid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Janine Cox, Michael Chen, Justin Davis, Justin DeSilva, Mark Vaughan, Joshua Joseph
  • Publication number: 20240286140
    Abstract: An elastic-ring device for holding biological containers in position for the automatic reading of identification codes or of information printed directly on the containers or on labels applied to the containers, and more particularly to automated identification of blood-collection sample tubes and additionally other types of biological-product containers passing through the automated system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Benoit LAGARDE
  • Publication number: 20240286141
    Abstract: A detection device according to an embodiment detects a presence or absence of a processing material adhered to an interior wall of a drum of a mill pulverizing a mineral. The detection device is configured to store an initial torque detected at a preset initial rotation angle, calculate a maximum torque based on the initial torque, the initial rotation angle, and a rotation angle greater than the initial rotation angle, calculate a ratio of a torque at the rotation angle divided by the maximum torque, compare the ratio and a preset threshold, and determine that the processing material is adhered to the interior wall of the drum when the ratio is equal to the threshold or greater than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Shuzo IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240286142
    Abstract: A food recycler includes a case, a control system within the case, and a set of user interface components that are usable to at least cause the control system to initiate a food recycling cycle. The food recycler also includes a motor within the case and a bucket that has a volumetric capacity between 2.51 and 10 liters. A filter system configured to accommodate air filters is also included in the case of the food recycler. To remove water from waste food items, the food recycler includes a drying component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Jonathan Brice HAYMAN, Bradley CREPEAU, Meng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240286143
    Abstract: Solid-liquid separation equipment includes a pulverizing and drying device. The pulverizing and drying device includes a pulverizing device and a drying device connected with one another. The pulverizing device has a pulverizing shell, an inlet, a main shaft and impellers, and the main shaft and the impellers are arranged in the pulverizing shell. The impellers are configured to rotate around the main shaft. The inlet forms a sidewall of the pulverizing shell and is intersected with the main shaft or an extension line of the main shaft. A gap is defined between an outer peripheral end of the impeller and the wall of the pulverizing shell. The sludge is efficiently and deeply dried in a condition with no phase change. The sludge is graded, pulverized and dried. During the pulverizing and drying process, the water is liquefied and centrifugally separated, and the water is not completely phase-transformed and removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: University of Science and Technology Beijing, Suzhou Weihang Environmental Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen HONG, Yanxiao SI, Jirong LI, Yang WANG
  • Publication number: 20240286144
    Abstract: Aggregate processing systems, methods, and apparatus are described. In some embodiments, a plant is configurable in one of a plurality of configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Doug Lambert, Mark Crooks, Lafe Grimm, Matthew Gordon
  • Publication number: 20240286145
    Abstract: Provided are a method of and apparatus for evaluating immune cells using magnetic particles. According to an aspect of the method, magnetic particles may be used to measure interaction of the magnetic particles with immune cells, thereby diagnosing or evaluating a degree of activation of immune cells of a subject or immune-related diseases of the subject. Further, according to an aspect of the apparatus, a phenomenon of interaction of magnetic particles and activated immune cells via endocytosis may be used to collect magnetic particle-immune cell complexes resulting from the interaction with the magnetic particles by applying a magnetic field, thereby effectively isolating the activated immune cells in a short period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Joo Hun Kang, Se Yong Kwon, Min Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20240286146
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric dust collecting device including: a semi-conductive structure including at least one of a semi-conductive filter mesh or a semi-conductive grille, a plurality of low-voltage electrodes disposed on a downstream side of an air flow path than the semi-conductive structure, including a first dielectric layer and a first conductive electrode layer in the first dielectric layer, and configured to receive an applied low voltage, and a plurality of high-voltage electrodes arranged alternately with the plurality of low-voltage electrodes, including a second dielectric layer and a second conductive electrode layer in the second dielectric layer, and configured to receive an applied high-voltage, wherein the second conductive electrode layer includes a first discharge portion exposed to the outside of the second dielectric layer in an air flow direction and a second discharge portion adjacent to the first discharge portion, and a distance P between the first discharge portion and the seco
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Myungseob SONG, Myungsoo KANG, Hyongsoo NOH, Kyuho SHIN, Joonoh SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240286147
    Abstract: A piston for centrifugation according to an embodiment may comprise: a piston body including an inner body surface; a valve including an outer valve surface and a recess part; and an inner sealing part which is positioned at the recess part, is in contact with the inner body surface, is configured to space the outer valve surface apart from the inner body surface, and is configured to, at the time of centrifugation, seal a gap between the inner body surface and the outer valve surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Jun Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20240286148
    Abstract: An injection nozzle configured to spray a thermal interface material to a surface of a rechargeable battery housing, the injection nozzle includes a main nozzle that is configured to receive the thermal interface material from a source and spray the thermal interface material to the surface of the rechargeable battery housing; and a plurality of sub nozzles that are coupled to the main nozzle in a lateral direction, the plurality of sub nozzles being configured receive the thermal interface material from the main nozzle and spray the thermal interface material to the surface of the rechargeable battery housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Gangyul KIM
  • Publication number: 20240286149
    Abstract: A shower head contains: a body, a showering assembly, a switch button, a shift assembly, and a flushing pipe. The body includes a handle, a head portion, an inlet segment, a water supply chamber, an outlet segment, a tab, and a notch. The showering assembly is connected with the water supply chamber. The switch button includes two locking extensions. The shift assembly includes a water distribution projection which has a central orifice, a coupling portion, and a hemispherical rubber ring. The movable seat has a first conduit and an actuated element. The movable seat has a water guider and a spherical abutting face. The flushing pipe includes a channel, and an end of the flushing pipe is connected on a top of the central orifice of the water distribution projection. The flushing pipe includes a washing segment and a spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Jeff Chen
  • Publication number: 20240286150
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a dual-port showerhead that includes a set of openings for receiving water from a first water supply and a second water supply. The openings are associated with separate water collection cavities that keep the water from the two water supplies separate such that they do not mix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sean MCFETRIDGE, Alisha MCFETRIDGE
  • Publication number: 20240286151
    Abstract: Fluid sprayers for powertrains are disclosed along with methods of manufacturing the fluid sprayers. The fluid sprayers include a unitary body forming a fluid passage therein extending from an inlet at a first end of the body to a nozzle at or near a second end of the body opposite the first end. The fluid sprayers include a mounting portion formed at the first end of the body opposite the second end for connection with a fluid system of the powertrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: Cummins Inc., Achates Power, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Earl HOYE
  • Publication number: 20240286152
    Abstract: A showerhead assembly is provided which includes a housing having a primary conduit, a front cover with one or more nozzles projecting therefrom, and a gear assembly. The front cover and the housing are affixed so as to form a cavity, wherein the gear assembly is assembled therewithin. The primary conduit is in fluid connection with the gear assembly, which is in fluid connection with the one or more nozzles so as to transport water therethrough. Moreover, a portion of the gear assembly is in toothed engagement with the nozzle(s). In this manner, as water enters the gear assembly, its components rotate and ultimately cause the nozzle(s) to rotate. The nozzles are configured to spray a flat, fan shaped spray of water, and can do so as at the same time as they rotate. As such, the showerhead assembly produces a pinwheel-like, massaging spray pattern. The nozzle can rotate synchronistically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: David Hofman
  • Publication number: 20240286153
    Abstract: A spray device that atomizes and applies coating material to a coating target object includes a tip portion provided with a coating material supply port to supply coating material, an atomizing air supply port to supply air designed to atomize the supplied coating material, a plurality of pattern air supply ports to supply pattern air designed to adjust a spray width of the supplied coating material onto the coating target object, and first twisted supply paths to each of the pattern air supply ports, and a shielding plate that is provided adjacent to the outside of the pattern air supply ports and protrudes from a lower surface of the spray device toward the coating target object to prevent inflow of air outside an outer wall of the spray device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CARLISLE FLUID TECHNOLOGIES RANSBURG JAPAN KK
    Inventors: Kazuki TANAKA, Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Shigefumi HASHIMOTO, Shokichi ISHIBASHI
  • Publication number: 20240286154
    Abstract: A spray system for mixing multi-part liquids and spraying a mixed liquid product onto a spray target includes first and second spray nozzles. The first spray nozzle dispenses a first constituent liquid part of the mixed liquid. A second spray nozzle dispenses a second constituent liquid part of the mixed liquid product. The first spray nozzle and the second spray nozzle are oriented relative to each other and the spray target such that the first constituent liquid part and the second constituent liquid part impinge on each other while airborne and prior to reaching the spray target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Stéphane Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20240286155
    Abstract: A powder conveying chamber for a dense-phase powder pump for conveying powder, in particular coating powder, has an end region via which the powder conveying chamber is or can be fluidically connected to a powder line, wherein the end region of the powder conveying chamber is configured as a transition region and designed to reduce an effective flow cross-section of the powder conveying chamber to an effective flow cross-section of the powder line and/or to an effective flow cross-section of a valve arranged between the powder conveying chamber and the powder line, in particular a pinch valve. In particular, a cleaning system is associated with the end region, with which the end region can be supplied with cleaning air in the form of pressurized air, in order to keep the end region free of powder deposits or in order to remove powder deposits in the end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Sanwald, Hanspeter Michael, Erich Sutter
  • Publication number: 20240286156
    Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a method that includes obtaining a spray application system that is configured to apply a fluid material to a surface. The spray application system includes (i) an airless spray device that is configured to receive the fluid material and to spray the fluid material onto the surface, and (ii) a receptacle that is attached to the airless spray device and is configured to supply one or more components to the fluid material. The method further includes supplying the fluid material to the airless spray device, supplying one or more components to the fluid material via the receptacle, and spraying the fluid material and the one or more components onto the surface using the airless spray device of the spray application system. The one or more components are capable of triggering curing of the fluid material. This invention further relates to a spray application system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Lingtao Yu
  • Publication number: 20240286157
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a spray gun cup receptacle that includes an open end for receiving a liner within a cavity and a base end opposite the open end. The base end is positionable such that a base plane passing through the base end is parallel to the work surface. The sidewall of the receptacle includes one or more apertures through which the cavity is visible, and a tactile feedback member is positioned directly adjacent one of the apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Dominic M. Pitera, Stephen C.P. Joseph, Scott D. Gullicks
  • Publication number: 20240286158
    Abstract: A reusable fluid dispenser (100) and a disposable fluid pack (200) for use with the reusable fluid dispenser (100) is provided for dispensing fluids. Multiple different disposable fluid packs (200) may be interchangeably used with the same reusable fluid dispenser (100) such that multiple different fluids may be dispensed at multiple different flow rates. without cross contamination of the fluids. The reusable fluid dispenser (100) comprises a housing (102). a motor (106). a controller (114). a power supply (104) and a decoder (110) and a lens array (116). The disposable fluid pack (200) comprises a fluid reservoir (202). a pump (204) and an encoder (206).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst, Ken Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240286159
    Abstract: A trigger dispensing head for a dispensing device is provided. The trigger dispensing head has a frame, a manually operable trigger, a piston chamber, a piston, a dispensing duct, a suction duct, pre-compression valves, suction valves, a locking member and a nozzle having a gripping wall equipped with an actuation compartment and an interference element. The nozzle is movable between an opening position, in which the locking member is freely movable in the actuation compartment, and a closing position, in which the locking member engages the interference element, preventing an actuation stroke of the manually operable trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Riccardo ALLUIGI
  • Publication number: 20240286160
    Abstract: A nozzle evaluation system is provided for an agricultural baler with a nozzle apparatus having at least one nozzle. The system includes a sensor associated with the at least one nozzle and configured to collect vibration patterns of sound emanating from the at least one nozzle of the nozzle apparatus during application of a fluid upon a respective bale; and a controller configured to: receive the vibration patterns collected by the sensor during application of the fluid upon the respective bale; evaluate the vibration patterns for the at least one nozzle for a clog condition; and record, upon detecting the clog condition based on the vibration patterns, information associated with clog condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mohan A. Vadnere, Mahesh Somarowthu
  • Publication number: 20240286161
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a system for touchless dispensing of cosmetic samples. The present disclosure includes systems and methods for metered dispensing of cosmetic samples through a pump system with a universal bottle adapter and a proximity sensor induced droplet production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Laurent FOUCHER, Wim MEULENKAMP