Patents Issued in September 24, 2024
  • Patent number: 12098054
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section capable of recording on a medium, a transport belt that is provided with adhesive capable of adhering with the medium and that is capable of transporting the medium, an ultrasonic sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves to the surface of the adhesive and that receives ultrasonic waves reflected from the surface, and a controller capable of determining the state of the surface based on the detection result of the ultrasonic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Yumoto, Junpei Yamashita, Osamu Murayama, Shinya Yamazaki, Nobuaki Kamiyama, Shigenori Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12098056
    Abstract: An elevator may include an elevator motor driving at least one elevator car in a hoisting path, which elevator motor is driven via a frequency converter controlled by a control device of the elevator. The frequency converter includes a rectifier bridge and an inverter bridge and a DC link in-between. The elevator further includes at least one elevator brake acting on a brake element rotating with the rotor of the elevator motor, which elevator brake is driven via a brake drive which is connected to the DC link of the frequency converter an comprises a DC/DC converter having its primary side connected to the DC link and its secondary side connected to a brake circuit comprising at least one brake coil of the elevator brake and at least one rectifying element. In the primary side of the DC/DC converter, a first semiconductor switch is connected which is controlled by the control device of the elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventor: Juhamatti Nikander
  • Patent number: 12098057
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for performing validation of a passenger boarding, where the embodiments include receiving a call request, and detecting beacon information responsive to the call request. The techniques also include validating a boarding status of a passenger that placed the call request based at least in part on the beacon information, and responsive to the validation, transmitting a notification of the boarding status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jayapal Reddy Gireddy, Ganesh Rajarapu
  • Patent number: 12098058
    Abstract: An automatic configuration method of fixture and a fixture. The automatic configuration method of fixture includes: S1: sending, by a fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address to an elevator controller; S2: judging a control function corresponding to the predetermined address; and S3: configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the predetermined address. The automatic configuration method of fixture and the fixture of the present invention have the advantages of being simple, reliable, convenient to maintain and the like, and can automatically configure the fixture during installation and maintenance, effectively improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Heping Qiu, Tan Liu
  • Patent number: 12098059
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sway amount estimation system that can suppress a reduction in user convenience that would occur if the operation method is switched more than necessary. A sway amount estimation system (300) includes a sensing unit (78), a judgment unit (80), and an estimation unit (79). The estimation unit (79) calculates an estimated value of the amount of sway of an elevator rope due to vibration caused by building sway based on the sway sensed by the sensing unit (78) and an estimation model incorporating the effect of the displacement amplification of the displacement amplifier (7). The judgment unit (80) judges if the estimated value calculated by the estimation unit (79) is greater than a threshold for switching the operation method for the elevator apparatus (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Saito, Takahide Hirai, Seiji Watanabe, Daisuke Nakazawa, Daiki Fukui, Tomohiro Asamura, Yusuke Chikada
  • Patent number: 12098060
    Abstract: Hydraulic jack assemblies are disclosed herein. The hydraulic jack assemblies may include a hydraulic unit base that includes a plurality of pump pistons to output hydraulic fluids with different characteristics that can be selectively used based on load conditions. The hydraulic jack assemblies may additionally or alternatively include a hydraulic fluid release valve that may be opened by an electrically powered driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventors: Dustin Nielson, Maggie Hu
  • Patent number: 12098061
    Abstract: A lifting device having an axle and a pair of wheels attached to the axle, a support element secured to the axle, a vertical element secured to the axle at an angle relative to the support element, and a handle secured to the distal end of the vertical element. In some embodiments, a safety arm is rotatably connected to the support element and the safety arm is moved from a closed position to an extended position, and vice versa, by simply rotating a handle grip which actuates a lever thereby moving a release pin from an engaged position to a dis-engaged position. The release pin secures the safety arm in the closed and extended positions. In further embodiments, a tooth is rotatably connected to the distal end of the support element and the tooth is biased inwards towards the lifting device by at least one spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JUNGLE JIM'S ACCESSORY PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kris Hardin, James Thomas Hafendorfer
  • Patent number: 12098062
    Abstract: The present disclosure is an autonomous robotic cargo system for moving and accurately positioning cargo inside an aircraft or at any other designated location in an austere environment. The system has a chassis coupled to one or more tracks for moving the chassis from a first location to a second location. The chassis is also coupled to one or more forks for loading cargo and unloading the cargo. In addition, the chassis has a laser scanner positioned on the chassis to capture data indicative of the chassis' environment. The system further has a control processor that pre-generates a preliminary pathway for the chassis to travel from the first location to the second location based upon laser scanner data received from the laser scanner. The control processor also controls the one or more forks to pick up cargo and controls the one or more tracks to move the cargo from the first location to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert D. Henderson
  • Patent number: 12098063
    Abstract: Mainframes for a self-propelled machine are disclosed. The mainframe includes first and second pockets that extend from the front end to the rear end of the mainframe. A hydraulic reservoir housing extends from the first side to the second side of the mainframe. The hydraulic reservoir housing is disposed between the front end of the mainframe and first and second drive openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brad Thomas, Louis Hartke, Greg Langenfeld, Matt Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 12098064
    Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes lateral battery faces, each including a longitudinal guide structure; the battery receiving space includes opposing guide blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each including a securement portion and a replaceable portion; the replaceable portion of each guide block including a friction-inducing surface and a guiding surface; each friction-inducing surface facing an opposing one of the lateral battery faces; and each guiding surface facing an opposing surface of the longitudinal guide structure, with the removable battery assembly seated in the battery receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Müller, Martin Ma, Jack Yang, Andy Chen, Bruce Xia, Luying Sun
  • Patent number: 12098065
    Abstract: A dual-mode fluid connector includes: a hollow connecting element, comprising a chamber inside the hollow connecting element; a material tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a cleaning tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a head portion, positioned on one terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a connecting opening, wherein the connecting opening can be detachably connected to a material container; a rear portion, positioned on another terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a through hole; a rod, inserted into the chamber via the through hole; and a rotatable element, covered on the rear portion. An outer surface of the rotatable element includes a first area and a second area, and the dual-mode fluid connector operates in a serve mode when the rotatable element is rotated to a status where the first area faces upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: BOTRISTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lee, Wu-Chou Kuo
  • Patent number: 12098066
    Abstract: A dual-mode fluid connector includes: a hollow connecting element, comprising a chamber inside the hollow connecting element; a material tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a cleaning tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a head portion, positioned on one terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a connecting opening, wherein the connecting opening can be detachably connected to a material container; a rear portion, positioned on another terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a through hole; and a rod, inserted into the chamber via the through hole; a bended plate, sleeved on the rear portion; and a rotatable element, covered on the rear portion and the bended plate, and engaged with the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: BOTRISTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lee, Wu-Chou Kuo
  • Patent number: 12098067
    Abstract: A mobile refrigeration unit, including: a container for the storage of beverages; a temperature conditioning means for maintaining a pre-set ambient temperature inside the container, and taking the form of a split system comprising a compressor, a condenser a thermostat, and an evaporator blower. The mobile refrigeration unit also includes a secondary temperature control mechanism for controlling the temperature of products to be dispensed; a pressure system, for controlling the water level in the secondary temperature control mechanism, and a series of refrigeration coils through which products are pumped, and the temperature thereof measured by the thermostat. The combination of the temperature conditioning means and the secondary temperature control mechanism together defining a split cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Filip Gaston Robert Timmermans
  • Patent number: 12098068
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices for removal of undesired materials are disclosed. Production of desired materials may result in the production of undesired materials. The systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices, may provide for removal of the undesired materials from various environments (e.g., industrial, commercial, residential, natural, etc.). The undesired materials may be removed in a substantially continuous manner and may limit or prevent contamination of an ambient environment with the undesired materials. The undesired materials may be removed with high-pressure vacuum through a fluid flow path that keeps the undesired materials from the ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Vacuum Transfer Services USA, LLC
    Inventor: Randall Earl Thomas
  • Patent number: 12098069
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of neural probes from a silicon wafer in which after neural probes are formed on one side of a silicon wafer, the other side of the silicon wafter is subject to a dicing process that separates and adjusts the thickness of the neural probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Sangwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12098070
    Abstract: A method of producing chlorine dioxide is disclosed. The method may include feeding a reaction mixture into a separator. The reaction mixture may follow a helical path through the separator and produce gaseous chlorine dioxide within the separator. Gaseous chlorine dioxide may be withdrawn from the separator and used to disinfect process water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA Inc.
    Inventors: Kun Xiong, Nicholas R. Denny, Shawn Dalke
  • Patent number: 12098071
    Abstract: Provided is a barrier film, comprising: a base layer; and an inorganic layer including Si, N, and O, wherein the inorganic layer has a thickness of 600 nm or less, and the film has a water vapor transmission rate of 0.5×10?3 g/m2·day as measured under conditions of a temperature of 38° C. and 100% relative humidity. The barrier film has excellent barrier properties and optical properties and can be used for electronic products sensitive to moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Shin, Jang Yeon Hwang, Hee Joon Jeong, Bo Ra Park, Hee Wang Yang
  • Patent number: 12098072
    Abstract: A preparation method of a ferrous lithium phosphate material includes the following steps: (1) mixing zinc source, copper source and complexing agent solution, then mixing with iron source and phosphoric acid source, evaporating and dehydrating to obtain a jelly, and then primary sintering the jelly under a protective atmosphere to obtain a solid-phase material; and (2) mixing the solid-phase material prepared in step (1) with a lithium source, grinding and secondary sintering under a protective atmosphere to obtain the ferrous lithium phosphate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., YICHANG BRUNP CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingsheng Zhong, Haijun Yu, Yinghao Xie, Aixia Li, Cunpeng Qin, Changdong Li
  • Patent number: 12098073
    Abstract: An experimental simulation device for hydrogen production by in-situ conversion of a gas reservoir comprises a gas source, a plurality of groups of reactors and an analysis monitoring device, wherein the gas source comprises a methane tank, a helium tank, an oxygen tank and a water vapor generator, the gas source can supply gas to the reactors separately, the in-situ hydrogen production is simulated in the reactors; and meanwhile, a use method of the experimental simulation device for hydrogen production by in-situ conversion of the gas reservoir can achieve accurate simulation of the multi-stage in-situ hydrogen production and multi-well group cooperative hydrogen production processes of different types of gas reservoirs in actual production by adjusting connection states of the plurality of groups of reactors. The experimental result in the present invention can be closer to the actual production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Chaowen Wang, Qunchao Ding, Liehui Zhang, Chunsheng Jia, Xiaolong Peng, Yulong Zhao, Suyang Zhu, Peng Deng
  • Patent number: 12098074
    Abstract: A method of producing a carbon nanotube may include heating a convergent flow nozzle and a flow chamber of a carbon nanotube reactor, flowing a vaporized reactant stream through the nozzle and collecting a carbon nanotube product from an outlet of a heated flow chamber disposed downstream of the heated convergent flow nozzle. The vaporized reactant stream may include a carbon nanotube nucleation carbon source, a carbon nanotube growth carbon source, and a carbon nanotube catalyst precursor. The nozzle may have a nozzle contraction ratio of from 3:1 to 300:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: YuHuang Wang, Xiyuan Cheng, Ayman Alibrahim
  • Patent number: 12098075
    Abstract: A process for obtaining hexachlorodisilane and uses for the same. The process includes contacting at least one partially hydrogenated chlorodisilane of general formula HxSi2Cl(6-x) where x is from 1 to 5 in the liquid state with a solid non-functionalized adsorber material that is selected from the group comprising silicates, aluminosilicates, organic polymer and/or combinations thereof. The process also includes optionally separating the hexachlorodisilane and/or optionally separating the adsorber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Jens Felix Knoth, Uwe Pätzold, Monika Straßer
  • Patent number: 12098076
    Abstract: Provided is silica powder that, when used as a resin filler such as a semiconductor sealant, allows for obtaining a resin composition having excellent gap permeability and low viscosity. The silica powder is such that (1) a cumulative 50% mass diameter D50 of a mass-based particle size distribution obtained by a centrifugal sedimentation method is 300 nm to 500 nm (preferably, 330 nm to 400 nm), (2) a loose bulk density is 250 kg/m3 to 400 kg/m3 (preferably, 270 kg/m3 to 350 kg/m3), and (3) {(D90?D50)/D50}×100 is 30% to 45%. In a silica production method in which a silicon compound is burned, silica powder can be produced by installing a burner having a concentric multiple pipe structure of three or more pipes in a reactor which has a cooling jacket portion provided around the burner, and adjusting flame combustion conditions and cooling conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Saiki, Masayuki Numata, Teppei Ueno, Hiroo Aoki
  • Patent number: 12098077
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an asymmetrically functionalized nanoparticle and a method for synthesizing the same. The asymmetrically functionalized nanoparticle includes a base nanoparticle. The base nanoparticle can include silicon dioxide. The base nanoparticle can have a lipophilic surface. A portion of the surface can be functionalized with a functionalizing material forming a hydrophilic portion. The functionalizing material can include polyethylenimine. A remaining portion of the surface is not functionalized forming a lipophilic portion. The asymmetrically functionalized nanoparticle is amphiphilic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Nouf Mohammed Al-Jabri
  • Patent number: 12098078
    Abstract: A method of supplying ammonia to a gas chromatography-chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry (GC/CI-MS/MS) includes the steps of: providing ammonium carbonate and diethanolamine in a reaction vessel; heating the reaction vessel to a temperature of 50-60° C. to decompose the ammonium carbonate to form ammonia, carbon dioxide and water; absorbing the carbon dioxide and water by the diethanolamine to form diethanolamine carbonate; and supplying the ammonia to the GC/CI-MS/MS. Another method of supplying ammonia to a gas chromatography-chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry (GC/CI-MS/MS) includes the steps of: providing ammonium carbonate and a mixture of monoethanolamine and diethanolamine in a reaction vessel; reacting the ammonium carbonate with the monoethanolamine to form ammonia and monoethanolamine carbonate; and supplying the ammonia to the GC/CI-MS/MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NAIF ARAB UNIVERSITY FOR SECURITY SCIENCES (NAUSS)
    Inventor: Khaled Masoud Mohamed Masoud
  • Patent number: 12098079
    Abstract: A chemical reactor that combines a pressure vessel, heat exchanger, heater, and catalyst holder into a single device is disclosed. The chemical reactor described herein reduces the cost of the reactor and reduces its parasitic heat losses. The disclosed chemical reactor is suitable for use in ammonia (NH3) synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: STARFIRE ENERGY
    Inventors: Joseph D. Beach, Jonathan D. Kinter, Adam W. Welch
  • Patent number: 12098080
    Abstract: Mixed rare earth carbonate may be prepared by mixing a rare earth sulfate solution with a precipitating agent comprising a first sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) solution, to form a first mixture, and generating a higher sulfate rare earth carbonate wet cake from the first mixture. The higher sulfate rare earth carbonate wet cake can be mixed with a second sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) solution to form a second mixture, and a lower sulfate rare earth carbonate can be generated from the second mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lynas Rare Earths Limited
    Inventors: Norazihan Zulkifli, Mohd Anis Shah Mohd Zainal, Luke Darbyshire, Peter Ryan, Aznor Yahya, Ermie Fadhullah Kassim
  • Patent number: 12098081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of new materials, and aims at providing an A-site high-entropy nanometer metal oxide with high conductivity, and a preparation method thereof. The metal oxide has molecular formula of Gd0.4Er0.3La0.4Nd0.5Y0.4)(Zr0.7, Sn0.8, V0.5)O7 and is a powder, and has microstructure of the metal oxide as a square nanometer sheet with a side length of 4-12 nm and a thickness of 1-3 nm. Compared with an existing high-entropy oxide, the product in the present disclosure has high conductivity, and can be well applied to a conductive alloy, an electrical contact composite material, a conductive composite material, a multifunctional bio-based composite material, a conductive/antistatic composite coating and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Lingjie Zhang, Weiwei Cai, Ningzhong Bao
  • Patent number: 12098082
    Abstract: A portable fluid filtration system. The portable filtration system includes a trailer having a ceiling with a predetermined height, and having an openable and closeable ceiling passage. One or more filter assembles are disposed in the trailer. Each filter assembly includes a filter base and a filter cartridge connectible and dis-connectible to the filter base. The filter cartridge has a height such that when it is disposed on the filter base, the filter cartridge extends beyond the predetermined height of the trailer ceiling. The system also has a fluid input/output assembly disposed in the trailer and fluidically connected to the at least one filter assembly, the liquid input/output assembly being for receiving fluid to be cleaned and inputting it to the at least one filter assembly and for receiving filtered fluid from the filter assembly and for outputting it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy Smith, Michael Atkinson, Gerard Simon
  • Patent number: 12098083
    Abstract: A device that treats water with multiple wavelengths of light in order to modify the structure of the water. The device may have two light panels on two different sides of a transparent container that holds water to be treated. Each light panel may have light sources that emit three different wavelengths of light. Specific wavelength combinations have been found to produce the desired structural changes in water. Hydrogen and/or oxygen may be added to the water before or during treatment. Potential sources of hydrogen and oxygen may be an electrolysis unit attached to or integrated into the light treatment device, or a hydrogen bearing mineral that may be added to the water. Experiments that treat and then freeze the water demonstrate a novel structure via the formation of unusual crystalline forms in the frozen, treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SOLETLUNA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: David Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12098084
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for removing minerals from a conductive protonic fluid and creating oxidizers therein. A non-alternating flow of electrons in a conductive protonic fluid selectively precipitates hardness causing heavy minerals from the fluid. The decrease in hardness causing minerals leads to the protonic fluid moving towards a thermodynamic equilibrium that prevents precipitation of the noted hardness causing minerals. By-products from the process, like halogens, help oxidize other minerals and treat bio-life within the source. Systems include a vessel containing the conductive protonic fluid, a conductive protonic fluid flow mechanism, a power supply, a control mechanism, and one or more reaction chambers. The reaction chamber has at least one reaction chamber wall having a conductive surface and a conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dynamic Water Technologies Global, LLC
    Inventors: Melvin Mathew, George Tuan Long Chac, Michael Christopher Boyko, Janco Vermeulen
  • Patent number: 12098085
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of chemical compounds, compositions and processes. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to compositions having a high-loading capacity in an aqueous medium and to compositions, processes and uses thereof as silica coagulants in hydrometallurgical process streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Indorama Ventures Oxides Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ken Deutscher, Sasha Boskovic, Andrew Coveney, Jason Hong, Salvatore Lazzaro, Kate Tildesley
  • Patent number: 12098086
    Abstract: A device for advanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal in sewage treatment includes a pre-denitrification zone, an anaerobic zone, an anoxic zone, an aerobic zone, a sedimentation zone, a biological filtration zone, and a clear water zone, where a sludge return system is provided between the pre-denitrification zone and the sedimentation zone; a nitrification liquid return system is provided between the anoxic zone and the aerobic zone; a filler layer is provided in the biological filtration zone, and the filler layer divides a cavity in the biological filtration zone to form an upper water inlet cavity and a lower water outlet cavity; a backwash aeration pipe is provided in the water outlet cavity, and a backwash water outlet is formed in the water inlet cavity; and the backwash water outlet is connected to a sludge concentration and storage tank or the pre-denitrification zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: YUNNAN HEXU ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wensheng Li, Ranrong Liu, Xin Zhang, Zheng Lv, Yulong Li, Yiqiu Fang, Fei Xia
  • Patent number: 12098087
    Abstract: This application relates to a method and system for cutting a brittle body. In one aspect, the method includes preparing a brittle body having a rotary shaft. The method may also include forming a scribing line by irradiating laser on the brittle body along a preset route by using a laser irradiation unit. The method may further include cutting the brittle body by bringing a vibration unit that vibrates at a preset frequency in contact with a first region of the brittle body, which is spaced apart from the scribing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Meere Company Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Jung Lee, Jae Woong Won, Dae Sung Park
  • Patent number: 12098088
    Abstract: A preform element, its production, and fiber production methods from preform assemblies. The preform element has a length and a center axis along its length, a first and second end defined by its length and an outer preform element surface. The preform element includes a plurality of longitudinal structures disposed to form longitudinal hole(s) in a background material. At least one slot extending from its outer preform element surface and intersecting at least one of the longitudinal holes, wherein the at least one slot does not fully intersect the preform element. The preform element may be a preform center element or a preform ring element and may be assembled to a form part of a preform assembly for an optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: NKT Photonics A/S
    Inventors: Harald Roager Simonsen, Christian Jakobsen
  • Patent number: 12098089
    Abstract: A thermal insulation product based on mineral wool, characterized in that the fibers have a micronaire of less than 10 l/min, preferably less than 7 l/min and especially between 3 and 6 l/min, and in that the material has a thermal conductivity of less than 31 mW/m·K, especially less than 30 mW/m·K. The parameters for obtaining this product are in particular the pressure of the burner, the rotation speed of the fiberizing spinner and the daily fiber output per spinner orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventors: Arnaud Letourmy, Eric Mangematin, Patrice Martins
  • Patent number: 12098090
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises in wt % on an oxide basis SiO2 in an amount greater than or equal to 55 wt % and less than or equal to 80 wt %, Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 2 wt % and less than or equal to 20 wt %, Li2O in an amount greater than or equal to 5 wt % and less than or equal to 20 wt %, P2O5 in an amount greater than 0 wt % and less than or equal to 6 wt %, and ZrO2 in an amount greater than or equal to 0.2 wt % and less than or equal to 15 wt %. A sum of ZrO2 and P2O5 is greater than or equal to 3 wt %. The glass-ceramic article comprises a lithium disilicate (Li2Si2O5) crystalline phase, where the lithium disilicate is between 40 wt % to 60 wt % of the glass-ceramic article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
  • Patent number: 12098091
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to glass compositions incorporating rare earth oxides (RE2O3). In one embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-11 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, and greater than 1 wt. % MnOx. In another embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-11 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, 0-4 wt. % BaO, 0-4 wt. % SrO, and 0-5.5 wt. % ZnO, wherein the sum of BaO+SrO+ZnO is greater than about 2 wt. %. In another embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-11 wt. % MgO, 0.2-1 wt. % Fe2O3, 0.05 or greater wt. % RE2O3, and from greater than 0 to 2.5 wt. % Cu2O. In another embodiment, a glass composition suitable for fiber forming comprises 51-70 wt. % SiO2, 12.5-22 wt. % Al2O3, 0-20 wt. % CaO, 0-12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC.
    Inventors: Hong Li, Paul A. Westbrook
  • Patent number: 12098092
    Abstract: A device for repairing a damaged spot in a repair area of a glass pane includes an attachment portion, a repair portion and a first sensor device. The attachment portion is configured to be releasably attached to a main surface of the glass pane. The repair portion is configured to repair the glass pane. The first sensor device is configured to be brought into data connection with a control device and to determine a contact pressure with which an injector unit, which is configured to be disposed on the repair portion, is pressed onto the repair area in order to release a repair agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: PMA/TOOLS AG
    Inventors: Alexander Zygmanowski, Christopher Bergen
  • Patent number: 12098093
    Abstract: Embodiments of a composite structure are provided, the composite structure including: a substrate layer, a conductive layer and an overlayer. The conductive layer is disposed between the overlayer and the substrate layer. The substrate layer may comprise a material that is optically transparent over at least a part of the electromagnetic spectrum from 180 nm to 20 ?m. The conductive layer includes a thickness of 10 nm or greater, a resistivity of 10 ?-cm or less, and is an optically translucent or opaque over at least a part of the electromagnetic spectrum from 180 nm to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, VIEW, INC.
    Inventors: James Gregory Couillard, Ming-Huang Huang, Xinghua Li
  • Patent number: 12098094
    Abstract: In embodiments, a glass includes from 45 mol % to 70 mol % SiO2; from 11.5 mol % to 25 mol % Al2O3; from 2 mol % to 20 mol % Li2O; from greater than 0 mol % to 10 mol % Na2O; from 9 mol % to 19 mol % MgO; from 4 mol % ZrO2; and from 0 mol % to 0.5 mol % TiO2. In other embodiments, a glass includes from 45 mol % to 70 mol % SiO2; from 4 mol % to 25 mol % Al2O3; from 5 mol % to 20 mol % Li2O; from 0.1 mol % to 10 mol % Na2O; from 6 mol % to 25 mol % MgO; from 0.1 mol % to 4 mol % ZrO2; from 0.1 mol % to 5 mol % K2O; and from 0.05 mol % to 0.5 mol % SnO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Zhihao Liao, Pascale Oram, Charisse Marye Spier, Alana Marie Whittier
  • Patent number: 12098095
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass articles comprising an anneal point (° C.) and a softening point (° C.), and the relationship of (anneal point+softening point)/2 in a range from about 625° C. to about 725° C. are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass articles include a glass composition including SiO2 in an amount in a range from about 63 mol % to about 75 mol %; Al2O3 in an amount in a range from about 7 mol % to about 13 mol %; R2O in an amount from about 13 mol % to about 24 mol %; P2O5 in an amount in a range from about 0 mol % to about 3 mol %, and one or both of MgO and ZnO. Laminates including such glass articles, and methods for making such laminates are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Zhongzhi Tang, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore
  • Patent number: 12098096
    Abstract: A low dielectric sealing glass powder for a miniature radio-frequency glass insulator is made of the following raw materials expressed in molar percentages: SiO2: 70.5-74.0%, B2O3: 20.5-23.5%, Ga2O3: 0.5-2.0%, P2O5: 0.25-2.0%, Li2O: 0.4-6.0%, K2O: 0.1-1.5%, LaB6: 0.05-1.0%, and NaCl: 0.03-0.3%. The raw material components are simple, and the preparation method is easy to implement. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the prepared glass powder are low, and the melting and molding temperature is low, which are convenient for large-scale industrial production. The melting and molding temperature of the low dielectric sealing glass powder ranges from 1320° C. to 1360° C., and the obtained glass has a dielectric constant ranging from 3.8 to 4.1 and a dielectric loss ranging from 4×10?4 to 10×10?4 at a frequency of 1 MHz, and a sealing temperature ranging from 900° C. to 950° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CNBM RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED GLASS MATERIALS GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shou Peng, Chong Zhang, Weiwei Wang, Changqing Li, Jinwei Li, Xiaofei Yang, Gang Zhou, Zhenkun Ke, Xin Cao, Chuanli Shan, Jia Ni, Jiedong Cui, Fengyang Zhao, Zhaojin Zhong, Pingping Wang, Qiang Gao, Na Han, Lifen Shi, Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 12098097
    Abstract: A method of preparing a gypsum-based product comprises the steps of mixing calcined gypsum with polymer particles and water to provide a slurry. The polymer particles comprise principally polyvinyl acetate, and have a particle size distribution, measured using laser diffractometry, such that particles having a diameter of 4.5 ?m or less provide at least 90% of the total particle volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Placo
    Inventors: Kirsty Walton, Nicholas Jones, David Cutler, Nicola Jupp, Laura Brooks
  • Patent number: 12098098
    Abstract: An ultra-high-performance cement composites comprising cement, a polycarboxylate ether-based superplasticizer, fly ash, silica fume, reclaimed asphalt pavement granules, water and red sand. A very low water-to-binder ratio could be obtained using the polycarboxylate ether-based superplasticizer that overcomes the hydrophobic properties of reclaimed asphalt pavement and yields an ultra-high-performance cement composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yousef Rodaiman Alharbi, Abdulrahman Sulaiman Albidah, Galal Mohamed Fares
  • Patent number: 12098099
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent with high adaptability to temperature and a method for preparing the same. The polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent is prepared by introducing an unsaturated macromonomer D with a temperature-sensitive side chain which could be bonded to the backbone of the polycarboxylic acid through free radical polymerization. The polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent prepared by the invention has an adsorption group density that can be automatically adjusted with the change of ambient temperature, and thereby shows similar dispersing capability and dispersion retention capability at different ambient temperatures, demonstrating high adaptability to different ambient temperatures. It can be used in a larger temperature range with a constant dosage, which is beneficial to further popularization and application of the polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent in regions of different climates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: SOBUTE NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD., BOTE BUILDING MATERIALS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaping Liu, Zhen Huang, Yong Yang, Qianping Ran, Xin Shu, Shentong Li, Han Yan, Hongxia Zhao
  • Patent number: 12098100
    Abstract: In general, the present invention is directed to a building panel, such as a gypsum board, comprising a core having a first side and a second side opposing the first side and at least one facing material having a coating comprising at least one fungicide, at least one polymeric binder, and at least one pigment. The panel satisfies at least one of the following: the board exhibits a rating of 2 or less when tested in accordance to ASTM G21-15 or the board exhibits a rating of at least 8 when tested in accordance to ASTM D3273-16. The panel may also exhibit at least a Level 3 finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Gold Bond Building Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Wilson, Joseph J. Bailey
  • Patent number: 12098101
    Abstract: Disclosed is a micro-surfacing sealing coat mixture, comprising the following raw materials in parts by weight: 10-20 parts of a cationic emulsified asphalt, 5-7 parts of an ethylene-1-octene copolymer, 3-6 parts of an organic silicone resin, 8-12 parts of a filler, 80-90 parts of an aggregate, 2-4 parts of a ditertiarybutyl peroxide, 20-30 parts of water, and 0.5-2 parts of an accelerator. The method for preparing the micro-surfacing sealing coat mixture comprises: weighing raw materials other than the filler, aggregate and water, adding to a high-speed shear emulsifier and mixing at a temperature of 170-175° C. for 20-35 min, then continuously shearing at 3000-3500 r/min for 60 min to obtain a modified emulsified asphalt; cooling the modified emulsified asphalt to 20-30° C., adding the filler, aggregate and water thereto, and adding the resulting mixture to a mixer to mix evenly to obtain the micro-surfacing sealing coat mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU ZENGGUANG NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Qingyue Zhou
  • Patent number: 12098102
    Abstract: A concrete slab on ground system includes a first slab portion and a second slab portion. The first slab portion is disposed on a ground substrate and includes geopolymer cement (GC) concrete. The second slab portion is disposed on the first slab portion and consists of Portland cement (PC) concrete. The first slab portion may be mixed in-situ and left in an unfinished state such that only the top or exposed surface of the second slab portion need be finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventors: S. Allen Face, III, Silvia Espenhain Face
  • Patent number: 12098103
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gypsum board and a method of making such gypsum board. For instance, the gypsum board comprises a gypsum core, a first facing material, and a second facing material wherein the first facing material and the second facing material sandwich the gypsum core. The gypsum core comprises a first gypsum core section and a second gypsum core section each comprising gypsum, wherein the first gypsum core section comprises a polyol compound and has a density higher than a density of the second gypsum core section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Gold Bond Building Products, LLC
    Inventors: Eli Stav, Gene Whittington, Bradley J. Busche, R. G. Iyer, Elizabeth Burgess, Joseph J. Bailey
  • Patent number: 12098104
    Abstract: The invention provides novel methods and novel additive compositions and use thereof in a wide range of concrete production for improving properties of concrete materials, such as durability and aestheticity. The methods and compositions of the invention may be applied in a variety of cement and concrete components in the infrastructure, construction, pavement and landscaping industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SOLIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmet Cuneyt Tas, Deepak Ravikumar, Jason E. Bryant