Miscellaneous (e.g., Carrier Or Support Per Se Or Process Of Making, Etc.) Patents (Class 502/439)
  • Patent number: 12128392
    Abstract: A catalyst gauze and gauze pack comprise a knitted catalyst gauze containing a first layer of a first wire material, wherein the first wire material is made from a platinum-rhodium alloy, and wherein the first layer contains an activator in the form of a second wire material which is knitted among the first wire material, and which is made from un-alloyed platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Asgar Mohamed Hussein Alibhai, Helen Theresa Goddin
  • Patent number: 12104519
    Abstract: A catalyst support for induction heating includes: a honeycomb structure including a pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion having: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from an end face on an inlet side to an end face on an outlet side in a gas flow direction to form a flow path; a catalyst supported onto an interior of the partition wall; and at least one magnetic body provided within the honeycomb structure, wherein the catalyst support has a region A where the catalyst is not supported, at least on the end face side of the catalyst support on the inlet side in the gas flow direction, and wherein the magnetic body is arranged at least in the region A in the gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Miyairi, Masaaki Masuda, Shuichi Ichikawa, Takuya Ishihara, Kai Matsumoto, Norihisa Fujie, Yoichi Aoki
  • Patent number: 12060269
    Abstract: A non-autothermal adiabatic reactor is described, including a reactor vessel defining an interior volume therein for adiabatic reaction, an inlet assembly including one or more inlets arranged to introduce reactant(s) to the interior volume of the reactor vessel, a foam material body having a conversion catalyst thereon and/or therein, positioned in the interior volume of the reactor vessel for contacting thereof by the reactant(s) introduced to the interior volume, and an outlet arranged to discharge reaction product(s) from the reactor vessel. The non-autothermal adiabatic reactor is advantageously used to produce hydrogen from an ethanol or other hydrocarbon feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PCC HYDROGEN INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Griffith Fogarty, Jeffrey Baker Harrison, Devendra Pakhare, Timothy David Appleberry, Joshua Aaron Gubitz
  • Patent number: 11980870
    Abstract: A solid-supported Pd catalyst is suitable for C—C bond formation, e.g., via Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions, with a support that is reusable, cost-efficient, regioselective, and naturally available. Such catalysts may contain Pd nanoparticles on jute plant sticks (GS), i.e., Pd@GS, and may be formed by reducing, e.g., K2PdCl4 with NaBH4 in water, and then used this as a “dip catalyst.” The dip catalyst can catalyze Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross coupling-reactions in water. The catalysts may have a homogeneous distribution of Pd nanoparticles with average dimensions, e.g., within a range of 7 to 10 nm on the solid support. Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions may achieve conversions of, e.g., 97% with TOFs around 4692 h?1, Mizoroki-Heck reactions with conversions of, e.g., a 98% and TOFs of 237 h?1, while the same catalyst sample may be used for 7 consecutive cycles, i.e., without addition of any fresh catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventor: M. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh
  • Patent number: 11969709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting member for wrapping and mounting a pollution control element in a casing of a pollution control device, the mounting member comprising: inorganic fiber material; and inorganic particles, wherein the inorganic particles are distributed throughout most of the mat and comprise an average diameter of 800 nm to 15000 nm (DV 50), preferably of 1000 nm to 15000 nm (DV 50) measured according to DIN ISO 13320.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ulrich Kunze, Kerstin Rosen
  • Patent number: 11918986
    Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas purification device that shows a high HC removal performance under a condition in which a rich air-fuel mixture is introduced. The exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate, a first catalyst layer, and a second catalyst layer. The substrate includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The first catalyst layer is disposed on a surface of the partition wall in an upstream region including the upstream end of the substrate. The second catalyst layer is disposed inside the partition wall in a downstream region including the downstream end of the substrate. The first catalyst layer contains a first metal catalyst and alumina-zirconia composite oxide. The second catalyst layer contains a second metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Sugiura, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Akemi Satou, Keisuke Murawaki, Takaya Ota, Masatoshi Ikebe, Kohei Takasaki, Takeshi Morishima
  • Patent number: 11878947
    Abstract: A ceramic precursor mixtures for extrusion and firing into porous ceramics. The ceramic precursor mixtures include ceramic beads and green inorganic shear binder agglomerates. The green inorganic shear binder agglomerates can include inorganic filler particles and a polymeric binder. The green inorganic shear binder agglomerates can deform under an applied shear stress during mixing and/or extrusion such that they are smeared into a plurality of interbead gaps between adjacent ceramic beads or pore former particles. During firing, the smeared green inorganic shear binder agglomerates can sinter and react to form ribbons extending between, and interconnecting adjacent ceramic beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Linda Kay Bohart, Kimberley Louise Work
  • Patent number: 11845073
    Abstract: Provided are a continuous crystal transformation and ion exchange device and process, belonging to the technical field of molecular sieve manufacturing. The continuous crystal transformation and ion exchange device comprises M+N reaction tanks which are in serial connection, wherein a feed opening of a latter reaction tank communicates with a discharge opening of a former reaction tank by means of a reaction solution circulation pipeline, and a discharge opening of an M+Nth reaction tank communicates with a feed opening of a first reaction tank by means of a reaction solution circulation pipeline. No more than M reaction tanks are used for a crystal transformation process, and no more than N reaction tanks are used for an ion exchange process. The method is used for preparing a finished zeolite molecular sieve product, and has the advantages of high exchange capacity, simple process, low cost and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CATLION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Gong, Yongheng Yuan
  • Patent number: 11824207
    Abstract: Fuel cell electrocatalysts and support structures thereof are described herein. The support structures include a suboxide core comprising an oxygen deficient metal oxide and a dopant, and an outer shell covering the suboxide core. The outer shell comprises the dopant in oxide form. The dopant of the suboxide core provides for the suboxide core to be conductive. Methods of forming fuel cell electrocatalysts and support structures thereof are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of Ontario Institute of Technology
    Inventors: E. Bradley Easton, Reza Alipour Moghadam Esfahani
  • Patent number: 11680020
    Abstract: A titanium-containing calcium hexaaluminate material and preparation method thereof is disclosed. The technical solution is: using 60˜80 wt % alumina micro powder, 5˜20 wt % calcium-containing micro powder, 10˜20 wt % titania micro powder and 1˜10 wt % manganese oxide micro powder as raw materials, blending the raw materials evenly in a planetary ball mill to obtain a blend, machine pressing the blend at 100˜200 MPa to obtain a green body, drying the green body at 110˜200° C. for 12˜36 h, and incubating the dried green body at 1500˜1800° C. for 1˜8 h to obtain the titanium-containing calcium hexaaluminate material. The present disclosure has low cost and simple process, and the prepared titanium-containing calcium hexaaluminate material has the characteristics of good chemical stability, high thermal shock resistance and strong melt resistance to titanium-aluminum alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lvping Fu, Huazhi Gu, Ao Huang, Meijie Zhang
  • Patent number: 11638911
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to mesoporous metal titanate materials composition. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a mesoporous metal titanate material composition that is active for multiple reactions, including aromatic alkylation, alkene coupling, alkene cyclization, alkyne oxidation, alcohol dehydrogenation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Steven L. Suib, Wimalika Rasangi Kumari Thalgaspitiya, Tharindu M. P. K. Kapuge
  • Patent number: 11583832
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a catalyst composition, catalyst devices, and methods for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream. The catalyst composition including manganese oxide, optionally one or more of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, iron, binder, an inorganic oxide, or carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: David Weinberger, Wolfgang Ruettinger, Pascaline Tran, Laif Alden, Ting Gu, Feng Zhao, Anju Shi, Nils Lawrenz, Lukas Wengeler
  • Patent number: 11581548
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a support for a catalyst of a fuel cell. The method may include preparing an admixture including a carbon material and a cerium precursor into a reactor, providing the admixture in a reactor, raising a temperature of the reactor to a predetermined temperature, and introducing water vapor into the reactor to perform an activation reaction of the carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Geon Hee Cho, Ji Hoon Yang, Kook Il Han, Jin Seong Choi
  • Patent number: 11541412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to catalytic static mixers comprising catalytic material. The static mixers can be configured for use with continuous flow chemical reactors, for example tubular continuous flow chemical reactors for heterogeneous catalysis reactions. This disclosure also relates to processes for preparing static mixers. This disclosure also relates to continuous flow chemical reactors comprising the static mixers, systems comprising the continuous flow chemical reactors, processes for synthesising products using the continuous flow reactors, and methods for screening catalytic materials using the static mixers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: William Henry, John Tsanaktsidis, Christian Hornung, Andrew Joseph Urban, Darren Fraser, Dayalan Romesh Gunasegaram, Michael David Horne, Jean-Pierre Veder, Theo Rodopoulos
  • Patent number: 11471861
    Abstract: A solid-supported Pd catalyst is suitable for C—C bond formation, e.g., via Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions, with a support that is reusable, cost-efficient, regioselective, and naturally available. Such catalysts may contain Pd nanoparticles on jute plant sticks (GS), i.e., Pd@GS, and may be formed by reducing, e.g., K2PdCl4 with NaBH4 in water, and then used this as a “dip catalyst.” The dip catalyst can catalyze Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross coupling-reactions in water. The catalysts may have a homogeneous distribution of Pd nanoparticles with average dimensions, e.g., within a range of 7 to 10 nm on the solid support. Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions may achieve conversions of, e.g., 97% with TOFs around 4692 h?1, Mizoroki-Heck reactions with conversions of, e.g., a 98% and TOFs of 237 h?1, while the same catalyst sample may be used for 7 consecutive cycles, i.e., without addition of any fresh catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventor: M. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh
  • Patent number: 11472061
    Abstract: A system and method to dry plug cement in a ceramic honeycomb body during the manufacture of plugged ceramic honeycomb bodies. The system includes a heating element (520) configured to immediately heat without contact a face (502) of a ceramic honeycomb body (500) plugged with a wet plug cement (510) to rapidly dry and stiffen the plug cement (510) on the face (502) of the ceramic honeycomb body (500). The method includes immediately applying heat without contact to a face (502) of a ceramic honeycomb body (500) having wet plug cement (510) disposed in channels (508) of the ceramic honeycomb body at the face, and rapidly drying and stiffening the plug cement on the face of the ceramic honeycomb body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Keith Norman Bubb
  • Patent number: 11472718
    Abstract: An adsorption structure unit prevents water leakage from an adsorption structure and improves the durability of the adsorption structure and the durability of the adsorption structure unit. An adsorption structure has a filter portion having a plurality of flow paths divided by a plurality of partition walls and a plugged portion shutting a feed water inflow or outflow end of the plurality of flow paths, a water-impermeable outer tube accommodating the filter portion, and a seal material blocking a gap between the filter portion and the outer tube in at least one end portion of the filter portion. An adsorption structure unit has the adsorption structure, a housing supplying feed water from one end of the adsorption structure, and discharging the feed water from the other end, and a ring member disposed between end portions on both sides of the outer tube and an inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Toshitaka Ishizawa, Yoshio Katayama, Atsuhiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11452989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide coated composite comprising a core consisting of a mixture of a La stabilised AI2O3 phase and an Ce/Zr/RE2O3 mixed oxide phase, the core having a specific crystallinity, specific pore volume and a specific pore size distribution, and a method for the production of the metal oxide coated composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sasol Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Marcos Schoneborn, Noelia Guillen-Hurtado, Thomas Harnening, Dirk Niemeyer, Diane Howe
  • Patent number: 11448580
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a biodetector based on an interference effect of a thin film with ordered porous nanostructures. The biodetector includes a detection cell, a sensing unit disposed in the detection cell, and an optical fiber spectrometer for detecting reflectometric interference spectra of the sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit is an ordered porous thin film provided with three-dimensional ordered nanopores, and diameters of the nanopores are 20 nm-500 nm. The present invention further discloses a method for using the biodetector to detect biomolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weiping Qian, Qianqian Su, Chen Qian
  • Patent number: 11446636
    Abstract: Chemoselective and regioselective hydrogenation can be conducted using green sources, e.g., metal nanoparticles on plant stem supports in water. Heterogeneous catalytic systems, including “dip catalysts,” can catalyze transfer hydrogenation of, e.g., styrenics, unfunctionalized olefins, quinolines, and other N-heteroaromatics. Palladium nanoparticles having longest dimensions of, e.g., 15 to 20 nm, may be anchored on jute plant (Corchorus genus) stem supports, i.e., “green” supports (GS). Pd nanoparticles can be decorated onto the jute stem (GS) by in-situ reduction of, e.g., K2PdCl4, in aqueous medium at 70° C., using formic acid as the reducing agent. The Pd-GS show uniform distribution of Pd on the cellulose matrix of the jute stem, and can conduct chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of numerous styrenics, olefins, and heterocycles (including aromatics) with high functional group tolerance, even in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventor: M. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh
  • Patent number: 11444243
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising a stack structure comprising one or more stacks of materials and a metal oxide material adjacent to the stacks of materials. The materials of the stacks comprise one or more chalcogenide materials. The metal oxide material comprises aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate, hafnium oxide, hafnium silicate, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, or a combination thereof and the metal oxide material extends continuously from an upper portion of the one or more stacks of materials to a lower portion of the one or more stacks of materials. Additional electronic devices are disclosed, as are related systems and methods of forming an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Santanu Sarkar, Robert K. Grubbs, Farrell M. Good, Adam W. Saxler, Andrea Gotti
  • Patent number: 11359533
    Abstract: A catalytic converter for exhaust gas aftertreatment, with a matrix and a casing, the matrix is formed from a coiled layered stack of metal sheets and is inserted into the casing and bonded thereto only in portions and a method for producing a catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Dung, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers
  • Patent number: 11345641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina fiber having the content of sodium oxide of 530 to 3,200 ppm and a mass ratio (A/B) of the content (A) of the sodium oxide to the content (B) of calcium oxide of 5 to 116.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Teruhiro Aikyo, Yasutaka Oshima, Hiroyuki Ohashi, Koichi Fuji, Yosuke Goto
  • Patent number: 11325111
    Abstract: Catalysts including at least one microporous material (e.g., zeolite), an organosilica material binder, and at least one catalyst metal are provided herein. Methods of making the catalysts, preferably without surfactants and processes of using the catalysts, e.g., for aromatic hydrogenation, are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Paul Podsiadlo, Quanchang Li, David C. Calabro, Kiara M. Benitez, Machteld M. W. Mertens, Scott J. Weigel, Doron Levin, Randall D. Partridge
  • Patent number: 11319250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina fiber having a mass ratio (A/C) of the content (A) of iron oxide as expressed in terms of ferric oxide to the content (C) of titanium oxide of 2 to 121; and a mass ratio (B/C) of the content (B) of calcium oxide to the content (C) of titanium oxide of 0.4 to 14, with a sum total of the content (A) of iron oxide, the content (B) of calcium oxide, and the content (C) of titanium oxide being 0.0170 to 0.1180% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Teruhiro Aikyo, Yasutaka Oshima, Hiroyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11266982
    Abstract: A substrate (11) of an exhaust gas purification catalyst (10) includes inflow-side cells (21), outflow-side cells (22), and porous partition walls (23), each porous partition wall separating the cells (21, 22) from each other. A first catalyst portions (14) is provided at least on a portion of a side of the partition wall (23) that faces the inflow-side cell (21), the portion being located on an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a second catalyst portion (15) is provided at least on a portion of a side of the partition wall that faces the outflow-side cell, the portion being located on a downstream side in the exhaust gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kurihara, Yu Sakurada, Yusuke Nagai, Yoshinori Endo, Takeshi Nabemoto, Shingo Akita
  • Patent number: 11253842
    Abstract: A surface coating composition may include titanium dioxide optionally combined with copper oxide to permanently bind to any surface to create a long lasting, self-cleaning, deodorizing, and antimicrobial surface, and preparation method thereof. A method of continuous flow process to create anatase TiO2 crystals with particle sizes ranging from about 0.1 nm to about 200 nm, or further ranging from about 0.1 nm to about 20 nm in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TiCoat, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd W. Hodrinsky, Marcel Janse
  • Patent number: 11208931
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying catalyst according to the present invention, a substrate includes inflow-side cells, outflow-side cells, and porous partition walls, each partition wall separating the inflow-side cell from the outflow-side cell. Catalyst portions include: first catalyst portions, each first catalyst portion being provided on a surface of the partition wall that faces the inflow-side cell on an upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and second catalyst portions, each second catalyst portion being provided on a surface of the partition wall that faces the outflow-side cell on a downstream side, and the exhaust gas purifying catalyst satisfies the following expressions: IB1/IA×100?60%, IB2/IA×100?60%, IC1/IA×100?3%, and IC2/IA×100?3%, where IA, IB1, IB2, IC1, and IC2 represent pore volumes, definitions of which can be found in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kurihara, Yusuke Nagai, Shingo Akita, Yoshinori Endo, Takeshi Mori, Takayuki Watanabe, Tomoko Tsuyama
  • Patent number: 11192058
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for exhaust gas aftertreatment, having a multiplicity of stacked layers. Flow channels are formed between the layers, which extend along the axial extent of the honeycomb body and are flowed through in the axial direction. The honeycomb body has first structured layers formed by successive wave peaks and wave valleys. Protuberances in the direction of the wave peaks belonging to a respective layer are formed from adjacently arranged wave valleys of a first structured layer. The adjacently arranged protuberances of a first structured layer form a channel-like structure extending in the circumferential direction in the first structured layer into which a second layer is inserted to be is fixed in the axial direction with respect to the first structured layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Christoph Pabst
  • Patent number: 11179706
    Abstract: A lean NOx trap catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The lean NOx trap catalyst comprises a first layer for storing nitrogen oxides (NOx) under lean exhaust gas conditions and releasing and/or reducing stored NOx during rich exhaust gas conditions, and a second layer, said second layer comprising a first zone for oxidizing carbon monoxide (CO) and/or hydrocarbons (HC), and a second zone for oxidizing nitric oxide (NO), and a substrate having an inlet end and an outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Gregory Gregori, Paul Phillips, Julian Pritzwald-Stegmann, Stuart David Reid, Wolfgang Strehlau
  • Patent number: 11097260
    Abstract: A substrate (11) includes an inflow-side cell (21), an outflow-side cell (22), and a porous, gas-permeable partition wall (23) that separates the inflow-side cell (21) and the outflow-side cell (22) from each other, and also includes a first catalyst portion (14) that is provided on a side of the partition wall (23) that faces the inflow-side cell (21) at least at a portion in upstream side in an exhaust gas flow direction, and a second catalyst portion (15) that is provided on a side of the partition wall that faces the outflow-side cell at least at a portion in downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kurihara, Yu Sakurada, Yusuke Nagai, Yoshinori Endo, Takeshi Nabemoto, Shingo Akita
  • Patent number: 11090642
    Abstract: A pillar-shaped honeycomb structure for supporting catalyst, including partition walls partitioning a plurality of cells extending from a first end face provided with a fluid inlet to a second end face provided with a fluid outlet, wherein the partition walls include a first region with a high initial water absorption speed and a second region with a lower initial water absorption speed than the first region, and the initial water absorption speed of the second region is 15% or more lower than the initial water absorption speed of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11059029
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an adsorption agent for treating compressed gas, which includes the steps of providing a monolithic supporting structure; producing a coating suspension that includes an adsorbent; applying the coating suspension on the supporting structure to form a coating; applying a thermal treatment to the coated supporting structure in order to sinter the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Carlo Lammers, Steven Hans Rik Wouter Mullens
  • Patent number: 11046859
    Abstract: A coating material for a honeycomb structure, the coating material containing: from 1% by mass to 10% by mass of first ceramic fibers having an average axial length of from 80 ?m to 200 ?m in an inorganic raw material; and from 0.1% by mass to 15% by mass of second ceramic fibers having an average axial length of from 50 ?m to 70 ?m in the inorganic raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kimura, Suguru Kodama
  • Patent number: 10994258
    Abstract: A highly adsorptive structure, includes: a substrate; and a metal-organic framework (MOF) comprising a plurality of metal atoms coordinated to a plurality of organic spacer molecules; wherein the MOF is coupled to at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the MOF is adapted for adsorbing and desorbing a refrigerant under predetermined thermodynamic conditions. The refrigerant includes one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: acid halides, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chlorofluorocarbons, esters, ethers, fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, halocarbons, halogenated aldehydes, halogenated amines, halogenated hydrocarbons, halomethanes, hydrocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, hydrofluoroolefins, inorganic gases, ketones, nitrocarbon compounds, noble gases, organochlorine compounds, organofluorine compounds, organophosphorous compounds, organosilicon compounds, oxide gases, refrigerant blends and thiols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore F. Baumann, Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Joseph C. Farmer, Todd Bandhauer
  • Patent number: 10870082
    Abstract: A honeycomb-like porous filter for collecting PM in exhaust gas is provided in an exhaust gas passage of an engine. The exhaust gas flows from inflow side cells 12 of the filter through pores 16 of partition walls 15 of the filter to outflow side cells 13. A catalyst 17 is supported on surfaces of the partition walls 15 constituting the inflow side cells 12 and on inner surfaces of the pores 16 of the filter. The catalyst 17 is supported on the surfaces of the partition walls 15 more thickly than on the inner surfaces of the pores 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eijiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10821430
    Abstract: A process for preparing a silver-containing catalyst for the selective oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide including the steps of: (a) providing a multimodal support, (b) preparing an impregnation solution comprising a silver component, (c) impregnating, at least once, the multimodal support of step (a) with the silver-containing impregnation solution of step (b) to form an impregnated support; (d) subjecting the impregnated multimodal support from step (c) to a removal means, such as a centrifuge, at least once, for a time sufficient to remove impregnated silver impregnation solution from the multimodal support and to control the amount of silver in the pores of the multimodal support by selectively removing impregnated silver impregnation solution from a set of larger pores in the multimodal support; (e) roasting, at least once, the multimodal support after the step (d); (f) optionally, repeating the impregnation step (c), (g) optionally, repeating the centrifugation step (d), and (h) optionally, repeat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Technology Investments LLC
    Inventors: Mohmed A. Syed, Apoorva Kulkarni, Vera P. Santos Castro, Victor J. Sussman, John C. McKeen, Cathy L. Tway, Clifford S. Todd
  • Patent number: 10653998
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body including porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells serving as fluid passages extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face. A porosity of the partition walls is from 45 to 65%, an open frontal area of pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 ?m or more is from 20 to 40%, a pore density of pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 ?m or more is from 350 to 1,000 pores/mm2 and a median opening diameter of the pores having an equivalent circle diameter of 10 ?m or more is from 40 to 60 ?m, where the median opening diameter is the median value of the equivalent circle diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Yamamoto, Yudai Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 10646825
    Abstract: Provided is a metal catalyst support including: a case having a space through which exhaust gas passes; and flat plates and corrugated plates which are alternately stacked in the case and coated with a catalyst, wherein the corrugated plates are formed such that a first corrugated plate and a second corrugated plate are disposed with the flat plate therebetween, the first corrugated plate and the second corrugated plate are disposed such that a first corrugated portion and a second corrugated portion are alternately and repeatedly formed, and the vertex of the first corrugated portion and the vertex of the second corrugated portion face and coincide with each other, to thereby minimize deformation during thermal expansion due to external impact, vibration and temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung Soo Kim, Tong Bok Kim
  • Patent number: 10648380
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure body has an outer skin, cells arranged in an inside of the outer skin, and partition walls having pores. The partition walls are arranged in the inside of the outer skin. Each of the cells is surrounded by the partition walls. The pores have communicating pores which communicate with each other adjacent cells. Exhaust gas emitted from an engine passes adjacent cells through the communicating pores. The number of the communicating pores is at a density of not less than 18000 [pores/0.25 mm2] before a catalyst is supported in the pores. An exhaust gas purification filter having the honeycomb structure body with the catalyst is arranged in an exhaust gas pipe to purify exhaust gas containing PM emitted from an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kayama
  • Patent number: 10604459
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there are provided a catalytic body, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same. The catalytic body includes an inactive support; an intermediate layer disposed on a surface of the inactive support; and an active layer disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein the active layer includes catalyst powder and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Jung Kim, Jae Woo Kim, Yong Hee Yun, Ji Won Park, Kyoung Ho Row
  • Patent number: 10465585
    Abstract: An article, includes a porous ceramic honeycomb body and a housing disposed on at least one of an outer periphery of the porous ceramic honeycomb body and opposing end faces of the porous ceramic honeycomb body, wherein the housing exerts a compressive force on the porous ceramic honeycomb body in at least one of radial direction and axial direction. A method of making the article, includes heating to greater than or equal to about 200 C the housing, crimping the housing tightly around the honeycomb body while the housing is greater than or equal to about 200 C, and cooling the housing. The housing exerts a compressive force on the porous ceramic honeycomb body in at least one of radial direction and axial direction by shrinking on cooling more than the honeycomb body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Pushkar Tandon, Christopher John Warren
  • Patent number: 10464055
    Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a photocatalyst element comprising: a porous resin base material that comprises interconnecting pores, and a three-dimensional network skeleton forming the pores; and a photocatalyst which is supported on a surface of the three-dimensional network skeleton of the porous resin base material and/or contained in the three-dimensional network skeleton of the porous resin base material. The photocatalyst element has excellent antimicrobial effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Keita Mine, Guang Pan
  • Patent number: 10457705
    Abstract: A carrier for ligand immobilization obtained by shrinking polysaccharide porous beads not less than 10% by a shrinkage rate defined by the following formula, and crosslinking the polysaccharide porous beads: Shrinkage rate (%)=(1?V2/V1)×100 (wherein, V1 indicates the gel volume of polysaccharide porous beads before shrinkage, and V2 indicates the gel volume of polysaccharide porous beads after shrinkage).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Okubo, Yoshikazu Kawai, Masaru Hirano, Fuminori Konoike, Keiichi Karasugi, Tatsuya Honda
  • Patent number: 10434705
    Abstract: A process for making an article by additive manufacture having resistance to dripping when burned comprising (1) depositing a multitude of thermoplastic monofilament strands using a fused deposition modeling apparatus in a pattern and (2) fusing the multitude of strands together to make an article of manufacture having voids therein; wherein the article of additive manufacture has (a) at least 50% of the monofilament strands oriented within 45 degrees of the long part of the axis; (b) the multitude of strands is greater than 10; (c) having a specific micro structure; and (d) is made from a thermoplastic polymer composition that is either the combination of a thermoplastic polymer with a flame retardant compound, a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties, or a combination of a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties with a flame retardant compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Russell Gallucci, Thomas Hocker
  • Patent number: 10363546
    Abstract: Provided is a novel continuous single-step method of manufacturing a multilayer sorbent polymeric membrane having superior productivity, properties and performance. At least one layer of the polymeric membrane comprises sorbent materials and a plurality of interconnecting pores. The method includes: (a) coextruding layer-forming compositions to form a multilayer coextrudate; (b) casting the coextrudate into a film; (c) extracting the film with an extractant; and (d) removing the extractant from the extracted film to form the multilayer sorbent polymeric membrane. The sorbent membrane of this disclosure can find a wide range of applications for use in filtration, separation and purification of gases and fluids, CO2 and volatile capture, structural support, vehicle emission control, energy harvesting and storage, electrolyte batteries, device, protection, permeation, packaging, printing, and etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Liso Plastics LLC
    Inventors: Kwangjin Song, Jennifer M. Song, Jane M. Song
  • Patent number: 10328419
    Abstract: A photoexcitation material includes: a wurtzite type solid solution crystal containing t gallium, zinc, nitrogen and oxygen, wherein a peak (A) of an existence ratio of nitrogen or oxygen which is a first adjacent atom of the gallium or zinc and a peak (B) of an existence ratio of gallium or zinc which is a second adjacent atom of the gallium or zinc satisfy a relational expression of A>B in a relationship between a distance and the existence ratio of the adjacent atom of the gallium or zinc, the relationship being obtained from an extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihisa Anazawa, Yoshihiko Imanaka, Toshio Manabe, Hideyuki Amada, Sachio Ido, Fumiaki Kumasaka, Naoki Awaji
  • Patent number: 10315192
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb substrate having porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face, and one-side plugging portions configured to plug the cells in the one end face in accordance with a predetermined arrangement standard, and the partition walls include catalyst impregnated partition walls formed in a first region of a predetermined length extending from the one end face in which the one-side plugging portions are provided, along an axial direction of the honeycomb substrate and formed by impregnating a catalyst into partition wall inner portions, and catalyst layer partition walls formed in a second region of a predetermined length extending from the other end face along the axial direction of the honeycomb substrate and having catalyst layers which coat partition wall surfaces with the catalyst in the form of layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10300166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fibrous haemostat composition that is able to safely gradually and fully degrade in a human or animal body within about 30 days and so can be utilised by physicians to stem a flow of blood and promote healing both after as well as during surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRADE PRODUCTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Craig Hardy, Andrew Hoggarth, June Gladman
  • Patent number: 10232362
    Abstract: A honeycomb core for carrying a catalyst includes a flat metal foil and a corrugated metal foil, which are layered. The corrugated foil is configured by repeating a concavo-convex shaped part including a first top surface that is in contact with one of the flat foils, a second top surface that is in contact with another flat foil and is disposed at a position where the second top surface avoids the first top surface, and an inclined leg surface that has one end connected to the first top surface through a first bent part and another end connected to the second top surface through a second bent part, and extends in a direction inclined with respect to the first top surface and the second top surface, and has an offset part having different wave phases between front and rear in an axial direction of the honeycomb core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tooru Inaguma, Yasuhiro Tsumura, Shogo Konya, Masayuki Kasuya, Masafumi Omizu