Patents Issued in October 17, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240344213
    Abstract: A solid oxide electrolyser cell system includes an electrolysis stack comprising an anode, a cathode and a solid-oxide electrolyte. The anode comprises an anode inlet. The system comprises a sweep gas supply for supplying a sweep gas to the anode via the anode inlet, and a sweep gas supply flow path defining a flow path between the sweep gas supply and the anode inlet. The system comprises a first heat exchanger in communication with the sweep gas supply flow path. The first heat exchanger communicates with a stream having a source external to the system and defining an external stream flow path. The first heat exchanger exchanges heat between the sweep gas supply flow path and the external stream flow path. An example method of operating such a system includes exchanging heat between the external stream flow path and the sweep gas supply flow path through the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Ryley, Joao Claudio Buzatti Vianna
  • Publication number: 20240344214
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrolysis device for producing gaseous hydrogen, comprising at least one electrolytical cell extending along a cell axis, at least two flow channels and a sealing means. The sealing means is designed such that advantageous sealing of the electrolysis device and more particularly of its at least two flow channels is ensured. The disclosed electrolysis device having the advantageously designed sealing means is especially characterized by an increased service life of the individual components of the electrolysis device, by increased safety of the electrolysis device per se and by increased eco-nomic economy with respect to multiple possible life cycles of the electrolysis device while at the same time high operational requirements regarding the levels of and fluctuations in pressure and temperature are placed on the electrolysis device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: H2i GreenHydrogen GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar NEUBACHER
  • Publication number: 20240344215
    Abstract: A porous base layer includes a base layer body stacked on a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), and a protrusion pattern provided on one surface of the base layer body that faces the membrane electrode assembly, the protrusion pattern being configured to define a guide flow path for guiding a movement of a target fluid between the membrane electrode assembly and the base layer body, obtaining advantageous effect of improving performance and operational efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, LT Metal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young June PARK, Pil Young LEE, Seung Ho YANG, Jae Gwan SHIN, Sun Ki HONG, Hyeon Jeong JO, Hyo Yoon PARK, Sung Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20240344216
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to catalyst sheet, in particular for a Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer or Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer, comprising a substrate sheet and a deposited catalyst material, wherein the substrate sheet is porous and electrically conductive; and to an electrolyzer comprising such a catalyst sheet, a hydrogen production method, and a manufacturing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Alireza Pezhman SHIRVANIAN
  • Publication number: 20240344217
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a catalyst with maximized activity and stability through synthesizing carbon quantum dots with transition metal elements introduced based on carbon compound monomers containing nitrogen elements that have excellent bonding ability with transition metals. By introducing low-cost transition metal atoms into nano carbon quantum dots (CQDs), a type of highly stable carbon nanostructure, the activity and stability of the hydrogen generation catalyst reaction through water electrolysis are simultaneously increased, so that an economical, highly active, highly stable catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen generation reaction can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Kyu KIM, Unbeom BAECK, Seung Hun ROH
  • Publication number: 20240344218
    Abstract: A porous base layer includes a porous base portion provided between a separator and a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), and a porous reinforcement member provided between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly and configured to suppress separation and deformation of the porous base portion, obtaining an advantageous effect of ensuring performance and operational efficiency and improving durability and reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Young June PARK
  • Publication number: 20240344219
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in a first aspect, to an electrolysis cell E comprising a dividing wall W suitable for use in an electrolysis cell E. The dividing wall W encompasses at least two alkali metal cation-conducting solid-state electrolyte ceramics FA and FB separated from one another by at least one separating element T. Compared to the cases according to the prior art in which the dividing wall W encompasses the solid-state electrolyte in one piece, this arrangement is more flexible and the individual ceramics have more degrees of freedom available in order to react to fluctuations in temperature, for example by shrinkage or expansion. This increases stability with respect to mechanical stresses in the ceramic. The electrolysis cell E encompasses a cathode chamber KK divided by the dividing wall W from the adjacent chamber, which is a middle chamber KM of the electrolysis cell E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Philip Heinrich Reinsberg, Michael Horn
  • Publication number: 20240344220
    Abstract: A method for alkaline water electrolysis of water in an electrolyzer and an electrolyzer configured to carry out the method, the electrolyzer comprising at least one electrolytic cell having an anodic compartment provided with an anode, a cathodic compartment provided with a cathode, and a separator arranged between the anodic and cathodic compartments. The method comprises selecting a threshold current density such that at operating current densities up to the threshold current density, the migration of hydrogen generated in the cathodic compartment through the separator into the anodic compartment is limited, and at operating current densities above the threshold current density, a migration of oxygen generated in the said anodic compartment through the separator into the cathodic compartment is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Daniele NUZZO, Michele SPONCHIADO, Michele PEREGO
  • Publication number: 20240344221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of a powder of metal in an electrolytic cell comprising an anode made of the metal, a cathode and an electrolyte solution, which comprises a) anodic dissolution to form ions of the metal in the electrolyte solution and cathodic deposition of metal particles from the electrolyte solution, b) removal of the metal particles from the cathode into the electrolyte solution, and c) isolation of the metal particles from the electrolyte solution, wherein the metal is copper or silver, and wherein the electrolyte solution comprises (i) an alkane sulfonic acid or alkanol sulfonic acid and (ii) a soluble metal salt of an alkane sulfonic acid or alkanol sulfonic acid. The present invention also relates to the copper or silver powder obtained or obtainable by the process and use an alkane sulfonic acid or alkanol sulfonic acid in an electrolyte solution for production of a silver or copper powder by electrolytic deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Si Jun ZHU, Jin Bo SONG, Jing Cheng XIA
  • Publication number: 20240344222
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electroformed pipe according to the present invention includes a core wire member preparation step, a conductive layer forming step, a support layer forming step, a support-layer-formed core wire member cutting step, a crack forming step, a gap forming step, a fixing step, a block cutting step, a core wire member removing step, and a resin removing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Takaomi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240344223
    Abstract: Arrangement for producing a plurality of nanowires, comprising the following elements, which are arranged in the order indicated: an electrically conductive surface, a foil having a plurality of channels, which extend from a first side of the foil to a second side of the foil opposite to the first side, a first electrolyte-permeable layer, a second electrolyte-permeable layer, which is more compressible than the first electrolyte-permeable layer, wherein the arrangement furthermore has an electrode, and wherein the arrangement is adapted so that the nanowires can be grown onto the electrically conductive surface by electrodeposition from an electrolyte into the channels of the foil by applying an electrical voltage between the electrically conductive surface and the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Olav Birlem, Florian Dassinger, Sebastian Quednau, Farough Roustaie
  • Publication number: 20240344224
    Abstract: The film forming apparatus is a device that forms a metal film on the surface of a base material. The film forming apparatus includes a container containing a plating solution, an electrolyte film that covers an opening of the container formed at a position facing the base material, and a positive electrode disposed above the electrolyte film in the container. It includes a power source that applies a voltage between the positive electrode and the base material. On the surface of the positive electrode, a surface facing the electrolyte film has a plurality of curved surfaces arranged in a convex manner toward the electrolyte film. A through hole passing through the positive electrode is formed between the plurality of curved surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuaki OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240344225
    Abstract: A plumbing fixture having a multi-color appearance includes a first portion including a first finish having a first appearance and a second portion including a second portion having a second appearance that differs from the first appearance. The plumbing fixture further includes a transition region between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the appearance of the third region is graduated from the first appearance to the second appearance between a first end of the transition region adjacent the first portion and a second end of the transition region adjacent the second portion. The plumbing fixture has an ombre appearance as a result of the graduated transition between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Sarfaraz MOH, Gary N. CLARKE
  • Publication number: 20240344226
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing an aperture plate includes depositing a releasable seed layer above a substrate, applying a first patterned photolithography mask above the releasable seed layer, the first patterned photolithography mask having a negative pattern to a desired aperture pattern, electroplating a first material above the exposed portions of the releasable seed layer and defined by the first mask, applying a second photolithography mask above the first material, the second photolithography mask having a negative pattern to a first cavity, electroplating a second material above the exposed portions of the first material and defined by the second mask, removing both masks, and etching the releasable seed layer to release the first material and the second material. The first and second material form an aperture plate for use in aerosolizing a liquid. Other aperture plates and methods of producing aperture plates are described according to other embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Stamford Devices Limited
    Inventor: Hong XU
  • Publication number: 20240344227
    Abstract: A method of making a supercapacitor including mixing aniline and an acid to form a solution, contacting a reference electrode, a counter electrode, and a steel substrate with the solution to form an electrodeposition system, applying a potential of from greater than 0 to about 2 volts (V) to the electrodeposition system, and depositing particles of polyaniline on a surface of the steel substrate to form a polyaniline electrode. The particles of the polyaniline have an oval sheet morphology with an average length of 100-300 nanometers (nm) and an average width of 50-150 nm. The method includes assembling two of the polyaniline electrodes in a symmetrical layered configuration with the surfaces having the particles of the polyaniline facing each other. An electrolyte is present between the two polyaniline electrodes to form the supercapacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Md. Abdul AZIZ, Wael MAHFOZ, Syed Shaheen SHAH, Abdulrahman Faisal AL-BETAR
  • Publication number: 20240344228
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a film, a method of preparing the same, and a display panel. The method of preparing the film includes: providing a solution, providing a first electrode and a second electrode, and providing a power source; two poles of the power source are electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, so that the first electrode have a first electrical property, the second electrode has a second electrical property, first nanomaterials are deposited on a surface of the second electrode, the first monomer materials are cross-linked and polymerized on the surface of the second electrode, so as to form the film on the surface of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyang ZHAO, Hangchuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240344229
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an aluminum-based article having multi-angle visual color change characteristics is provided. The manufacturing method includes the steps of providing an aluminum-based article and performing a first anodizing treatment that at least includes cycling a first operation mode 50 times to 80 times on the aluminum-based article. The first operation mode includes a first constant-current density stage followed by a current density continuous-increasing stage. In the first constant-current density stage, a first current density is controlled to be constant in a range from 0.1 A/dm2 to 1.0 A/dm2 for 60 seconds to 120 seconds. In the current density continuous-increasing stage, the first current density is controlled to continuously increase by 5 to 10 increments, and each of the increments is in a range from 0.1 A/dm2 to 0.5 A/dm2 and within a time period from 3 seconds to 10 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: WEN-DING CHEN, BO-WEI LAI, Shih-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20240344230
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pretreatment composition comprising a Group IVB metal in an amount of 200 ppm to 5.000 ppm based on total weight of the pretreatment composition, total fluoride in an amount of 1.000 ppm to 25.000 ppm based on total weight of the pretreatment composition and an electropositive metal. Also disclosed herein is a pretreatment composition comprising a Group IVB metal in an amount greater than 500 ppm based on total weight of the pretreatment composition and free fluoride in an amount of 50 ppm to 750 ppm based on total weight of the pretreatment composition, wherein the pretreatment composition has a pHI greater than 4. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for treating a substrate. Also disclosed herein are treated substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Rachel Dory Harris, Kristi Maree Allen, Kuldeep Kumar, Lyanne Valdez, Mark William McMillen
  • Publication number: 20240344231
    Abstract: An electrolyser and a method for producing the same. The electrolyser comprises at least two electrolytic cells respectively provided with anodic and cathodic frames where the frames are equipped with feed and discharge channels that reduce stray currents and facilitate cell assembly. The electrolyser may be advantageously employed for high pressure alkaline water electrolysis (AWE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Daniele NUZZO, Mirko LIUZZO, Michele PEREGO
  • Publication number: 20240344232
    Abstract: An electrochemical treatment method includes: implementing an electrolytic cell containing an electrolytic bath; and immersing an electrode and a deformable counter-electrode in the electrolytic bath, both the electrode and the deformable counter-electrode being connected to a source of continuous or pulsed current, the electrode having an electrically-conductive part and the counter-electrode to be brought near the electrode. A geometry of the deformable counter-electrode is adapted automatically, locally, and independently point by point, to a geometry of the electrically-conductive part before the electrochemical treatment is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Nicolas NUTAL, Jean-Francois VANHUMBEECK, Pierre HEMRICOURT
  • Publication number: 20240344233
    Abstract: Provided are a crucible combination and a thermal field assembly. The crucible combination includes a susceptor holder; a susceptor body disposed on the susceptor holder, the susceptor body comprises a crucible installation cavity that gradually increases from the susceptor holder in a direction departing from the susceptor holder; and a crucible disposed in the crucible installation cavity, an outer surface of the crucible is an outer surface that gradually increases from the susceptor holder in the direction departing from the susceptor holder, the outer surface and an inner surface of the crucible installation cavity are arranged oppositely, and a softening temperature of the susceptor body is greater than the softening temperature of the crucible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hong YAO, Chaoguang ZHANG, Weikang REN, Lei CHENG, Qiao LI, Lu CHENG, Hao DENG, Linghang ZHAO, Bin DUAN, Lulu DU, Wei HAN
  • Publication number: 20240344234
    Abstract: A method for growing a straight/non-tapered or a tapered high-transmission single-crystal fiber (SCF) using a fiber growth machine includes receiving, via an electronic control unit (ECU), a set of image data from a camera. The image data includes a first group of pixels of a feed fiber, a seed fiber, and a molten zone formed therebetween using a laser beam. The method includes identifying a feature of interest of the feed fiber, seed fiber, and/or molten zone within the first pixel group and locating position-identifying pixels within the feature of interest as a second pixel group. A horizontal position of the feed fiber is controlled via the ECU using the second pixel group while growing the fiber, including transmitting electronic control signals to actuators of the machine. An automated system for growing the SCF includes the camera configured and the ECU configured to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Canzone, Gisele Maxwell, Andrei Deev
  • Publication number: 20240344235
    Abstract: A method of conditioning MoCl5 comprises heating a container of MoCl5 to a temperature ranging from approximately 140° C. to 190° C. for a period ranging from approximately 2 hours to approximately 100 hours to produce a MoCl5-containing composition comprising approximately 10% weight to approximately 60% weight of Phase 1 MoCl5 and 90% weight to approximately 40% weight of Phase 2 MoCl5 as determined by X-ray diffraction. This MoCl5-containing composition is expected to be more thermally stable and provides stable vapor supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Feng LI, Yumin LIU, Sameh HELMY, Peng ZHANG, Jean-Marc GIRARD
  • Publication number: 20240344236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a diamond substrate, comprising a seed crystal preparing step of preparing seed crystal for a single crystal of high temperature/high pressure grown diamond or for a single crystal of vapor deposition grown diamond, a first growing step of growing the seed crystal through microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a first crystal, a second growing step of growing the first crystal through microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a second crystal, and a third growth step of growing the second crystal through a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a diamond substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Chih Shiue YAN
  • Publication number: 20240344237
    Abstract: A single-crystal silicon carbide wafer of the present invention includes boron at a concentration of 1.0×1016 atoms/cm3 or less, and a region where a misorientation in a crystal plane of the single-crystal silicon carbide wafer (31) is 50 arcsec or less is present on the surface. An area of the region is one fourth or more of an area of the surface of the single-crystal silicon carbide wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomonori UMEZAKI, Kazuto KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20240344238
    Abstract: A Group-III element nitride substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other, wherein, in the first main surface, crystallinity of a first part positioned on a central portion thereof is higher than crystallinity of a second part positioned outside the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuhiro IMAI, Tomohiko SUGIYAMA, Kentaro NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240344239
    Abstract: Silicon carbide (SiC) crystalline materials and related methods are disclosed that provide SiC crystalline materials with reduced optical absorption. In certain aspects, SiC crystalline materials with reduced absorption coefficients for wavelengths of light within the visible spectrum are disclosed. Various peaks in absorption over a wavelength spectrum may be reduced in SiC crystalline materials to improve overall absorption coefficient uniformity across the visible spectrum. By providing such improvements in absorption coefficients for SiC crystalline materials, reduced reflection and transmission losses of light in corresponding devices may be realized. Related methods are disclosed that include various combinations of crystalline growth, with and without various post-growth thermal conditioning steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Tyler Leonard, Elif Balkas, Valeri F. Tsvetkov, Yuri Khlebnikov, Kathryn A. O'Hara, Simon Bubel, David P. Malta
  • Publication number: 20240344240
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for selecting an affinity reagent which binds a desired peptide epitope in a plurality of sequence contexts. The method relies on obtaining a peptide library, each peptide having the sequence ?X?, wherein X is the desired peptide epitope, wherein each of ? and ? comprise an amino acid, using the peptide library to select an affinity reagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua S. KLEIN, Jarrett EGERTSON, Tracy CHAN, Sonal TONAPI, Parag MALLICK, Minyong CHUNG, Abdullah OZER, Elliott SORELLE, David STERN
  • Publication number: 20240344241
    Abstract: Disclosed are proteinaceous coagulation factor XIIa (FXIIa) inhibitors and their use for treating or inhibiting the development of a condition in which inhibiting FXIIa stimulates or effects treatment or inhibition of the development of the condition. Suitable conditions include thromboembolism-associated conditions such as acute coronary syndrome, stroke, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, a thrombosis, a thrombosis-associated hematologic disorder such as sickle cell disease or thrombophilia, and an inflammatory condition or a condition related to the kallikrein-kinin system such as hereditary angioedema, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. The proteinaceous FXIIa inhibitors are also useful for treating or inhibiting thrombus and/or embolus formation. In vitro methods for identifying a disulfide rich peptide which binds to a target substance are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: David James CRAIK, Simon John DE VEER, Yen-Hua HUANG, Joakim Erik SWEDBERG, Hiroaki SUGA, Wenyu LIU, Toby PASSIOURA
  • Publication number: 20240344242
    Abstract: Provided is a chemically-recycled PET fiber with reduced degradation and superior strength and durability, and rubber-fiber composite products, such as tires, using the chemically-recycled PET fiber. The chemically-recycled PET fiber is made by polymerizing a raw material containing at least one of a monomer and an intermediate that are obtained by depolymerization of a PET product, the monomer including terephthalic acid (TPA) and/or dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and the intermediate including bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET). The chemically-recycled PET fiber has a carboxyl end group (CEG) concentration of 15 eq/ton or less and a degree of crystallinity of 40% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro FUJIE, Kenichi SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240344243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of fiber production and provides a method for preparing a polyolefin fiber and a product and use. The preparation method comprises the following specific steps: S1. mixing a silane coupling agent, a dispersant and an organic solvent to obtain a treatment solution; S2. uniformly dispersing the treatment solution on a fully dried ceramic fiber and high-speed stirring, wherein the ceramic fiber is a mixture of nanoscale alumina, microscale alumina, nanoscale silica and microscale silica; and S3. high-speed premixing a polyolefin powder and the treated ceramic fiber to obtain an anti-cutting functional masterbatch, and then melt spinning the same to obtain the polyolefin fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: HuiHong (Nantong) Safety Products Co.Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongliang LIN
  • Publication number: 20240344244
    Abstract: A method for operating a textile machine, comprising: providing a retrieval function for a user interface, the user interface comprising a plurality of interface elements that are called up for outputting machine parameters and/or settings of the textile machine and/or for input by a user in order to operate the textile machine, wherein each of the interface elements is assigned a designation, wherein a retrieval of the designations is provided by the retrieval function on the basis of a retrieval specification in order to determine the designations that correspond to the retrieval specification, the retrieval specification being defined by the user, initiating an output of the designations via the at least one user interface for selection by the user; and providing a navigation function for the at least one user interface, wherein the navigation function calls up the interface element to which the designation selected by the user is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Gais
  • Publication number: 20240344245
    Abstract: A method of forming a substrate includes mapping a three dimensional spatial distribution of at least one structural protein fiber of extracellular matrix of biological material of interest, designing a fiber assembly pattern based on an intrinsic pattern of the at least one structural protein fiber of the extracellular matrix of the biological material, and assembling fibers based on the fiber assembly pattern to form the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Melissa Knothe Tate
  • Publication number: 20240344246
    Abstract: A split webbing is provided, including: a webbing body woven in one piece by a first and second warp set, a first and a second dividing thread arranged side by side and a weft thread, a closed and a split section provided in sequence along the length of the webbing body, the weft thread being interlaced with the first warp set to form a first sub-webbing, and the weft thread being interlaced with the second warp set to form a second sub-webbing, wherein the inner sides of the first and the second sub-webbing are wound around by the first and the second dividing thread respectively, so as to form a gap between the first and the second sub-webbing, where the weft thread are cut off to separate the first from the second sub-webbing. The split webbing has the advantages of simple weaving control procedure and beautiful product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Yuanfen XIE, Xiangcong HUANG, Xiqiu TANG
  • Publication number: 20240344247
    Abstract: A terry fabric includes a first side configured to exhibit absorbency capabilities and a second side configured to exhibit cooling capabilities. The first side can include a spun fiber loop including a plurality of pile warp yarn, and the second side can include a plurality of weft yarn and a plurality of ground warp yarn, wherein at least one of the plurality of weft yarn and the plurality of ground warp yarn includes synthetic filament yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: David Chad LAWRENCE
  • Publication number: 20240344248
    Abstract: A double-sided plush fabric formed by knitting with a circular knitting machine, the double-sided plush fabric includes a basic structure and two plush structures respectively connected to the basic structure and positioned on two opposite sides of the basic structure, each of the two plush structures includes a plurality of cut-loop piles, and a length of the cut-loop piles of the two plush structures is in a range from 3.5 mm to 15 mm, each of the two plush structures includes a plurality of arcuate yarn segments connected with the basic structure, one of the two plush structures is connected to two of the cut-loop piles by the continuous arcuate yarn segments, and the other one of the two plush structures is connected to two of the cut-loop piles by one of the arcuate yarn segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Jen-Wei YU
  • Publication number: 20240344249
    Abstract: Embodiments in this disclosure relate to a knitted strain sensor element comprising an electrically conducting yarn and an elastic yarn. The elastic yarn has a Young's modulus that is substantially lower than the electrically conducting yarn's Young's modulus. The knitted strain sensor element is knitted using a knit stitch pattern comprising knitted stitches and purled stitches on each course. preferably a rib stitch pattern, more preferably a 1×1 rib stitch pattern. The electrically conducting yarn and the elastic yarn are knitted together using a plated knitting technique forming a knitted fabric. the electrically conducting yam forming a core of the knitted fabric and the elastic yarn forming surface of the knitted fabric. Sensors. textiles and garments comprising such knitted strain sensor elements are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Kaspar Maria Bonaventura Jansen, Beyza Bozali, Joris Johannes Franciscus Van Dam, Linda Plaude
  • Publication number: 20240344250
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for obtaining terry or non-terry warp knit fabric with or without pile from 100% cotton yarns with increased elasticity and tensile strength due to modified torsion and twisting values, using warp knitting machines, intended to be used in the design of different constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Mustafa SOYLU
  • Publication number: 20240344251
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed herein. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper and lower drive units can act in synchronization to move the tubes (and the filaments contained within those tubes) in three distinct motions: (i) radially inward toward a central axis, (ii) radially outward away from the central axis, and (iii) rotationally about the central axis, to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Quick, John Coleman Thress, Greg Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20240344252
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed herein. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit can act against the tubes in synchronization to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Quick
  • Publication number: 20240344253
    Abstract: A coform material is provided including a nonwoven web containing a mixture of staple fibers and an absorbent material including pulp fibers. The staple fibers are present in an amount of from about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % and the pulp fibers are present in an amount of from about 50 wt. % to about 95 wt. %. The staple fibers have an average length of from about 5 mm to about 50 mm. The staple fibers and pulp fibers are thermally bonded or hydraulically entangled to form the nonwoven web. Methods and systems for producing coform materials are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Allen Vater, Juha Kemppinen, Doug Gorman, Bryan D. Haynes, Simon Poruthoor, Karen Goeders, Jeffrey Krueger, Scott Snowden, Rebecca Griffin, David J. Trebatoski
  • Publication number: 20240344254
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabrics and composite nonwoven fabrics having a three-dimensional (3D) image imparted therein are provided. The nonwoven fabrics and composite nonwoven fabrics include a plurality of meltblown fibers physically entangled together either alone or in combination with a plurality of cellulosic fibers, and/or a plurality of spunbond fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Ralph A. Moody, III, Abhay Joijode, Mehmet Selcuk Sinangil
  • Publication number: 20240344255
    Abstract: A tooling assembly for debulking a fibrous preform includes a first tooling fixture comprising a plurality of receiving holes, and a second tooling fixture comprising a plurality of pins projecting toward the first tooling fixture, each of the plurality of pins corresponding to and extending towards one of the plurality of receiving holes. The second tooling fixture is engageable with the first tooling fixture to define an inner volume therebetween, the inner volume configured to support the preform during debulking while a compressive force is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Robin H. Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20240344256
    Abstract: A method of forming a patterned carpet in a tufting machine with a sliding needle bar (4) comprising a plurality of needles (5). The method comprising analysing desired pattern data to determine if a problem condition is present for a particular arrangement of tufts in the desired pattern data based on the relative location of at least two stitches in the desired pattern data. Changing the colour of at least one tuft from that required by the desired pattern data to create actual pattern data in which the problem condition is eliminated (or alerting to a user). The problem condition may be the tufts will be spaced by less than a predetermined amount. Alternatively, it may be that a needle (5) forming a tuft in a transitional line is not required to form a tuft for a more than a predetermined number of reciprocations of the needle bar after to the transitional line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Frank MARIJSSE, Kristof OOSTERLIJNCK
  • Publication number: 20240344257
    Abstract: Systems and methods, as well as a machine, which can be used to improve constancy of fabric exposure to chemicals in a liquid bath and particular in the process of metallization. These systems and methods can be used to provide for more effective batch processing of fabric but can also be linked together to provide for what is effectively a continuous process as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Sue Courtright, Vince Cimorelli, Thomas Dougal, Ethan Luke Sibio, Gregory J. Gianforcaro, Theron H. Hausman
  • Publication number: 20240344258
    Abstract: A washing machine including a washing tub, a water supply unit, a front door, at least one hose connectable to the water supply unit to form a first water supply path and a second water supply path, a first valve, and a second valve. The first water path may supply water into the washing tub and the second water supply path may supply water to a front portion of the washing tub. The first valve may be connected to the water supply unit, the washing tub, and the second valve to form the first water supply path and the second water supply path, and the second valve may be connected to the first valve and the front portion of the washing tub to form the second water supply path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doyoung KIM, Joonho KIM, Suhyeon JO
  • Publication number: 20240344259
    Abstract: A laundry appliance or method of coordinating engagement with a laundry appliance may provide a cabinet and a motor in mechanical communication with a rotating element disposed within the cabinet. The method may include receiving an owner input defining a time period of a restricted state and holding the laundry appliance in the restricted state at the defined time period, the restricted state prohibiting activation of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Jose Efren Rodriguez Munoz, Evan Gentry, Collin Dietz, Jason Meurer
  • Publication number: 20240344260
    Abstract: A clothing management apparatus including: a body including a reception space to accommodate clothes to be managed; an optical sensor; a door; a display arrangeable at one side of the door; and a processor which controls the optical sensor to emit ultraviolet light, when reflected light of the emitted light is received through the optical sensor, identifies an allergen value of the clothes to be managed based on an intensity of the reflected light, identifies a degree of contamination of the clothes to be managed on the basis of the identified allergen value, and controls the display to display information on a recommended management course corresponding to the clothes to be managed on the basis of the identified degree of contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., MEDIAEVER.CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Sujin SEONG, Byung-In MA, Kisup LEE, Yong Hoon LEE, Sukyoung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240344261
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a body that houses a motor that selectively operates a drum for processing laundry, wherein the body includes an aperture for selectively accessing the drum. A door panel provides selective access to the aperture. A controller is configured to operate at least the motor. A user interface is in communication with the controller for selecting a laundry-processing operation to be performed. An outer panel at least partially conceals the body from view. An outer selector is positioned proximate the outer panel, wherein the outer selector is in communication with the controller via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin B. Ayers, Seth E. Bixby, Donald E. Erickson, Eric A. Hill, Dennis Kehl, Andrew C. Kubasiak, Sayer J. Murphy, Trevor R. Haney
  • Publication number: 20240344262
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a window that blocks a display from being exposed to the outside and a sealant disposed between an inner circumferential face of the housing and an outer circumferential face of the window to fix the window to the housing or to block inflow of foreign substances into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hyunseung LEE, Kyuchul LEE