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  • Calculation method of total artificial precipitation in seeding area compared to non-seeding area
    Patent number: 11782187
    Abstract: A method is provided of calculating the total amount of artificial precipitation in a seeded area compared to a non-seeded area, which is capable of increasing the reliability of quantitative determination of seeding effect, observation data, and numerical model prediction data obtained from artificial precipitation experiments, of increasing the amount of water resources through weather modification experiments, of accomplishing various effects (drought reduction, forest fire prevention, fine dust reduction, fog reduction, hail suppression, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Yonghun Ro, Ki-Ho Chang, Joo-Wan Cha, Sanghee Chae, Woonseon Jung, Chulkyu Lee
  • Method and apparatus for local modification of atmosphere
    Patent number: 8988847
    Abstract: The invention concerns environmentally compatible methods and apparatuses for local modification of atmosphere, and in particular, for causing precipitation, dissipating fogs and/or clouds, removing air-pollutants in a target area. SUBSTANCE: the method involves applying air ionizers (1a, 1b, 1c) to generate ion flows into atmosphere to form convective flows and/or spatial charges. To control characteristics of the ion flow, it is proposed to use one or multiple air ionizers (1a, 1b, 1c) provided with variable-inclination electrode working cells. EFFECT: wide application of an air ionizer (1) with variable layout (inclination angle) of the electrodes in weather condition modification over a target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Sergey Bologurov, Roman Rodkin
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 9241060
    Abstract: The communication device comprising a first weather implementer, a second weather implementer, a first weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, and a second weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Inventor: Iwao Fujisaki
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 10175846
    Abstract: The communication device comprising a first weather implementer, a second weather implementer, a first weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, a second weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, and an audio playback implementer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Iwao Fujisaki
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 10503356
    Abstract: The communication device comprising a first weather implementer, a second weather implementer, a first weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, a second weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, and an audiovisual playback implementer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Iwao Fujisaki
  • Anatase White Pigment with High Light and Weather Resistance
    Publication number: 20120288715
    Abstract: TiO2 pigments in the anatase modification with increased light and weather resistance have the advantages of blue tint, low hardness and abrasiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: SACHTLEBEN CHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Wolf-Dieter Griebler, Ulrich Gesenhues
  • Solar-powered airplane
    Patent number: 6045089
    Abstract: A Satellite Weather Modification System (SWMS) uses earth satellites to harness solar energy to modify the thermodynamics and composition of the earth's atmosphere. SWMS has three subsystems: The first subsystem includes a network of earth satellites called Satellite Engines (SEs) used to reflect solar energy and/or transform solar energy into other forms of energy beams discharged at specified locations. The media at these locations and the media through which the energy beams pass absorb these energies and change them into heat. The second subsystem includes a large network of Remote Sensing Devices (RSDs). These sensors are used to measure local media compositions, dynamic parameters and thermodynamic properties. Sensor measurements are fed back to the third subsystem, which includes a network of Ground Control Stations (GCSs). GCSs provide energy beam guidance by estimating each beam's characteristics and its aim point trajectory as functions of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventor: Franklin Y. K. Chen
  • Weather-resistant electrical outlet cover
    Patent number: 7484973
    Abstract: A weather-resistant cover for an electrical connection box is constructed of a resilient elastomeric material. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the elastomeric cover is immovably sandwiched between an outlet face plate and an electrical receptacle and the box to which the receptacle is secured. The cover prevents moisture and airborne particles from getting into the connection box. Self-closing slots cut into the elastomeric cover are in alignment with the prong opening in the electrical receptacle. An electric plug may be plugged into the receptacle by inserting the plug's prongs through the slots in the cover and into the receptacle. When an electric appliance is plugged into the device, a seal is formed between the face of the plug and the elastomeric cover. When the plug is removed, the slots in the cover automatically close due to the elastic memory of the resilient material of which the cover is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Inventor: Walter W. Westhoff
  • Weather-resistant electrical outlet cover
    Publication number: 20080081496
    Abstract: A weather-resistant cover for an electrical connection box is constructed of a resilient elastomeric material. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the elastomeric cover is immovably sandwiched between an outlet face plate and an electrical receptacle and the box to which the receptacle is secured. The cover prevents moisture and airborne particles from getting into the connection box. Self-closing slots cut into the elastomeric cover are in alignment with the prong opening in the electrical receptacle. An electric plug may be plugged into the receptacle by inserting the plug's prongs through the slots in the cover and into the receptacle. When an electric appliance is plugged into the device, a seal is formed between the face of the plug and the elastomeric cover. When the plug is removed, the slots in the cover automatically close due to the elastic memory of the resilient material of which the cover is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventor: Walter W. Westhoff
  • All-weather precision landing system for aircraft in remote areas
    Patent number: 5208601
    Abstract: An all-weather aircraft landing system includes a plurality of ground based passive 90.degree. dihedral reflectors for producing two-bounce reflected signals without ground reflections, and an airborne radar system which may transmit and receive "same sense" circularly polarized radiation, while completely rejecting "opposite sense" polarization returns or else utilizing them to indicate weather conditions. Radar clutter from objects such as rain, buildings and trees which produce opposite sense reflections are rejected by the "same sense" receiver or switched to an "opposite sense" receiver to provide weather/obstacle condition information. By properly orienting a plurality of 90.degree. dihedral angle reflectors of a particular size in a predetermined array pattern and tilt-angle adjacent a runway, the reflections from airborne radar signals are processed and displayed to provide a visual means for determining glide slope deviation and approach vector of the landing aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Gerald E. Hart
  • AERIAL ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM FOR WEATHER MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20210352856
    Abstract: The system uses a specifically modified spray assembly to spray electrically charged fluid into selected clouds. In addition to rain enhancement, the system is also designed for snow enhancement, hail suppression, fog dissipation, and smog remediation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: DANIEL E. MARTIN, Arquimedes Ruiz-Columbie
  • AERIAL ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM FOR WEATHER MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20200008370
    Abstract: The system uses a specifically modified spray assembly to spray electrically charged fluid below selected clouds so that an updraft carries the charged fluid into the cloud and induces precipitation. The size, charge, and design of the sprayers are specifically designed to elicit precipitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: DANIEL E. MARTIN, Arquimedes Ruiz-Columbie
  • Weather risk estimation system and method
    Patent number: 8280633
    Abstract: A method of presenting a visual representation of a probable impact of a weather phenomenon to a location includes obtaining an impact function for the location by combining a weather function corresponding to a characteristic of the weather phenomenon with a damage function associated with the same characteristic. A graphic representation of an interest at the location is obtained. A visual representation of a probable impact of the weather phenomenon on the interest by modifying the graphic representation of the interest, where the modification is based on a predicted impact to the interest determined using the impact function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Strategic Design Federation W, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Eldering, Edward A. Ehrlacher
  • Aerial electrostatic system for weather modification
    Patent number: 11116150
    Abstract: The system uses a specifically modified spray assembly to spray electrically charged fluid below selected clouds so that an updraft carries the charged fluid into the cloud and induces precipitation. The size, charge, and design of the sprayers are specifically designed to elicit precipitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture, Active Influence and Scientific Management, SP
    Inventors: Daniel E. Martin, Arquimedes Ruiz-Columbie
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 9060246
    Abstract: The communication device comprising a voice communication implementer, a first software program implementer, a second software program implementer, an area dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, and a weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Inventor: Iwao Fujisaki
  • Temporary Footwear Modification Device
    Publication number: 20150143719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temporary footwear modification device, more particularly a temporary footwear modification device for converting ordinary footwear such as shoes or boots into use for golf. Many golfers wear special shoes with spikes attached to the soles. Changing shoes for a small period of time playing can be frustrating, especially in bad weather. According to the present invention there is provided a temporary footwear modification device; comprising a holster placed over a shoe in use, to provide a sole and netting, wherein said netting grips the footwear heel and toe; and said sole presents a plurality of rigid spikes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Jon Fosbrook
  • METHOD AND MEANS FOR STORING HEAT IN THE SEA FOR LOCAL WEATHER MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20190307080
    Abstract: Heat storage of the sea is increased during the summer time by pumping relatively warmer surface water with wave-action pumps to the deeper layers with relatively cooler water. In locations where currents are minimal in these deeper layers, the lateral displacement of the warmer water introduced by wave-inertial pumps will be minimized. During the winter season, this additional heat will intensify evaporation from the sea, which will increase precipitation in the nearby continental zone. This “natural desalination process” using the energy of surface waves will bring additional freshwater to arid coastal areas during wintertime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander V. Soloviev, Cayla W. Dean
  • COATING AGENT FOR POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) PANEL NANO IMPRINTING AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20110130483
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating agent for poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) panel nano imprinting, more particularly, a coating agent for PMMA panel nano imprinting comprising a UV curable resin, a photoinitiator, an additive for surface modification and a weather-resistant stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Choon Soo Lee, Min Hee Lee
  • Method and means for storing heat in the sea for local weather modification
    Patent number: 10687481
    Abstract: Heat storage of the sea is increased during the summer time by pumping relatively warmer surface water with wave-action pumps to the deeper layers with relatively cooler water. In locations where currents are minimal in these deeper layers, the lateral displacement of the warmer water introduced by wave-inertial pumps will be minimized. During the winter season, this additional heat will intensify evaporation from the sea, which will increase precipitation in the nearby continental zone. This “natural desalination process” using the energy of surface waves will bring additional freshwater to arid coastal areas during wintertime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander V. Soloviev, Cayla W. Dean
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 11112936
    Abstract: The communication device comprising a weather implementer, a weather dependent shortcut icon modification implementer, and an audiovisual playback implementer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Iwao Fujisaki
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