24th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220185605 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, a cover openably and closably supported between a first closed position and a first open position, a first supporting portion movable between a second closed position and a second open position, an interlocking portion configured to move the first supporting portion from the second closed position to the second open position in a case where the cover is opened from the first closed position to the first open position, a second supporting portion drawably supported by the first supporting portion, and a feed portion configured to feed the sheet supported by the first and second supporting portions. A moving angle of the first supporting portion in moving from the second closed position to the second open position is smaller than a moving angle of the cover in moving from the first closed position to the first open position. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185606 | DOCUMENT CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document conveyance device includes a supply tray, a discharge tray, a conveyance part, a discharge part, and a lifting and lowering part. The lifting and lowering part lifts the supply tray and the discharge part according to a feeding of the document. When the feeding of the document to the document conveyance path is completed and then the supply tray is lifted, in a small number of documents discharge state where the height of the documents stacked on the discharge tray is less than the specified value, the lifting and lowering part positions the supply tray at a taking out position depart upward from the specified value by a predetermined space. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185607 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING PAPER JAM, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYING METHOD - A sheet conveying device includes a separation member, a second conveyance member, a third conveyance member, and a first drive control portion. The separation member separates a sheet in contact with a first conveyance member from another at a first position where the first conveyance member comes into contact with the sheet. The second and third conveyance members are respectively downstream of the first and second positions. The first drive control portion stops driving the first conveyance member (1) after the leading edge of the sheet reaches the second position and before the trailing edge of the sheet passes through the first position when the sheet length is not exceeding a specific distance based on a distance between the first and third positions and (2) after the leading edge reaches the third position and before the trailing edge passes through the first position when the length exceeds the specific distance. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185608 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - The rotation of a lifting and lowering plate | 2022-06-16 |
20220185609 | ROTATABLY MOUNTED IDLER - In many continuously webbed machines, media is fed through the machine with rollers mounted to one or more rotating shafts. These shafts may be supported on each end with a cylindrical journal bearing. The rollers move at the same rate as the media to maintain traction with the media to control media position as it moves the media from one process to another through the sequence of processes in the webbed machine. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185610 | GRIT ROLLER FEEDER ROLLERS FOR STICKY MEDIA - A system and method for advancing sticky media through printers includes one or more feed rollers comprised of a grit roller. The grit roller contacts an adhesive side of liner-less label stock removed from a roll or stack for printing. The grit roller works cooperatively with an opposing, counter-rotating roller to remove the label stock from the roll and feed it to a printer. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185611 | TAPE DISPENSER - A tape dispenser according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lower case configured to accommodate a tape therein, and including a tape support to which a portion of the tape is adhered; an upper case connected to the lower case; a blade portion coupled to the upper case to cut the tape; and a protection cap assembly provided on a bottom surface of the upper case to cover the blade portion, wherein, when the protection cap assembly is pressed by the support, the protection cap assembly is inserted toward the bottom surface of the upper case to expose at least a portion of the blade portion to an outside. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185612 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - At the point in time when it is determined that the number of sheets constituting one sheet bundle exceeds the maximum number of sheets that can be crimp-bound, a sheet bundle that has already been shifted to a crimp-binding position is discharged to a crimp-binding discharge position without being subjected to crimp-binding. Thereafter, succeeding sheets are shifted as a bundle to the crimp-binding position and discharged to the crimp-binding discharge position without being subjected to crimp-binding. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185613 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet post-processing device includes a folding portion, a discharge portion, a stacking tray, a shift unit, a pair of alignment members, and a controller. The pair of alignment members include first and second alignment members at one and the other side of sheets stacked on the stacking tray. When a sheet bundle sorted and stacked on the stacking tray includes a folded sheet, executes a second alignment mode in which it performs, for sheets shifted to a first position at one side on the stacking tray, alignment with only the first alignment member and, for sheets shifted to a second position at the other side, alignment with only the second alignment member, or does not perform alignment process. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185614 | Dynamic Graduated Media Collation System - A system for collating and stacking long cut retail edge marker strips exiting a roll fed high speed slitter/perforator/cutter apparatus includes a media collation apparatus that facilitates automated collation of the long retail edge marker strips by collecting them off a surface and through the use of a device of graduated stair configuration separately lifting the retail edge markers from the surface for downstream accumulation. Individual bundles of slit retail edge marker strips are moved in a cross-process direction on integrated shelves of the media collection apparatus by a connected pusher. This allows the bundles to be transferred through the cross-process move in separate bundles before being collated at the end of the move when the pusher retracts to drop the bundles onto a receiving platform. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185615 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms an image on a sheet of paper, a detector that detects a physical property of a sheet of paper, a receiver that receives paper identification information used in identification of a sheet of paper designated by a user, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor performs: first judgement of judging whether or not there is a correspondence between the paper identification information received by the receiver and a detection result by the detector, second judgement of judging whether or not there is a correspondence between a detection result by the detector of a first sheet of paper conveyed and a detection result by the detector of a second sheet of paper conveyed; and operation control of the image former based on a first judgement result in the first judgement and a second judgement result in the second judgement. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185616 | FOLDING DEVICE AND FOLDING METHOD - A plurality of folding units is arranged in a circumferential direction R of a drum that rotates about an axis. Each of the folding units includes: a pad for holding each workpiece while a center portion of the workpiece as viewed in a lengthwise direction is placed on the pad; and a first folding member and a second folding member arranged adjacent to both end portions of the workpiece respectively as viewed in the lengthwise direction and used for folding the workpiece so as to stack the both end portions over the center portion. The first folding member and the second folding member are arranged at the same position as the pad of each of the folding units as viewed in the circumferential direction, and a width direction of the drum parallel to the axis is defined in the lengthwise direction of the workpiece. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185617 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - To enable highly accurate fold processing by properly moving a sheet that has been subjected to fold processing. In a sheet processing apparatus that that performs fold processing in such a manner as to apply first fold processing to a sheet and then apply second fold processing at a position different from a fold line formed in the first fold processing so as to make one end of the sheet folded in the first fold processing lie inside the folded sheet, the first fold processing is applied to a sheet conveyed to an intermediate tray by a fold roller pair and, when a regulating stopper is moved to move the folded sheet that has been subjected to the first fold processing to a predetermined position of the intermediate tray, the folded sheet is gripped by a grip unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185618 | DYNAMIC TENSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR NARROW FABRIC - A dynamic tension control system is described herein for driving linear material off a roll in a controlled manner. The dynamic tension control system may include a frame, a shaft for holding a roll of linear material, a motor for driving the shaft, and a dancer tensioning control system for controlling the motor. The dancer tensioning control system may include an actuator assembly through which the linear material passes and a proximity sensor for detecting whether the actuator assembly is proximate to the proximity sensor. When the linear material is pulled from the roll, tension is created in the linear material, which lifts the actuator assembly away from the proximity sensor. The dynamic tension control system may be configured to command, based on detecting that the actuator assembly is not proximate to the proximity sensor, the motor to drive the shaft to unwind linear material from the roll. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185619 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF ABNORMALITIES IN A REEL - A device for detecting the presence of abnormalities in a reel includes an image capturing module for capturing images of the reel including at least one camera, a displacer for displacing the reel in a field of view of the at least one camera, an analyzer for analyzing the images captured by the at least one camera and detecting the presence of abnormalities. The image capturing module including an upper capturer and lower capturer, the upper capturer fixed on a movable support arranged for being movable with respect to lower capturer, the upper capturer and/or the lower capturer including at least one three dimension camera arranged for providing a three dimension image of the reel. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185620 | WINCH COMPRISING A WINDING DEVICE - The invention relates to a winch comprising a winding device, which is simply constructed and works very reliably, regardless of the position and orientation of the winch. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185621 | SELF-RETRACTING REEL - A retractable reel system includes a reel, a gear assembly, a paddle wheel and a spring. The reel includes a concentric wheel shaft where the reel and wheel shaft rotate to wind and unwind a length of material from the reel. The gear assembly engages with an end of the wheel shaft to provide a gear reduction ratio between the wheel shaft and an output shaft of the gear assembly. The paddle wheel is connected to and concentric with the output shaft, and the paddle wheel includes a paddle that extends beyond an outer edge of the paddle wheel that rotates with the paddle wheel. The spring is arranged outside the outer edge of the paddle wheel. The spring is compressed by the paddle to store an energy when the reel is rotated to unwind the length of material from the reel. The stored energy is used to rotate the reel to wind the length of material around the reel. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185622 | PASSENGER GROUPING FOR ELEVATORS - Provided are embodiments for a system and a method for performing passenger grouping in an elevator system. Embodiments includes receiving a call request placed by a user, and receiving user condition data for a user obtained using one or more sensors operably coupled to the controller. Embodiments also include calculating a final exposure rating based at least in part on the user condition data, and assigning the user to an elevator based at least in part on the final exposure rating. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185623 | SAFETY TORQUE OFF DEVICE FOR INTERRUPTING THE GENERATION OF TORQUE BY AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION DRIVE MACHINE SUPPLIED BY A POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A safety torque off (STO) device interrupts torque generation by an elevator installation drive machine supplied by a power supply device being part of an inverter device, for example. The STO device includes a control input, signal input terminals connected to signal generation device outputs and signal output terminals connected to driver circuit inputs. Each of the STO signal input terminals is electrically connected to an associated one of the signal generation device outputs via first and second signal transmission switches connected in series. The control input is connected to first and second control units, wherein the first control unit, controlled by a control signal applied to the control input, switches switching states of all the first signal transmission switches and the second control unit, controlled by a control signal applied to the control input, switches switching states of all of the second signal transmission switches. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185624 | LEVELING DEVICE OF A PIT, LEVELING METHOD AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A pit leveling device for elevators, a leveling method and an elevator system. The pit leveling device includes a base having supporting portions and a plurality of supporting feet, wherein the plurality of supporting feet are detachably disposed below the supporting portions; a plurality of lifting devices disposed below the supporting portions for pushing the supporting portions away from at least a part of the supporting feet during an upward movement; and height compensators detachably disposed in gaps where the supporting portions are pushed away from at least a part of the supporting feet by the lifting devices. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185625 | Camera-based sensing devices for performing offline machine learning inference and computer vision - A sensor module includes at least a camera module and one or more machine learning (ML) inference application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which are configured to detect the presence of people in an elevator. The sensor module includes at least one processor, which executes instructions that enable the sensor module to detect, count, and anonymously track one or more persons in an elevator. The sensor module may also sensors, such as an accelerometer and an altimeter, which are used to estimate the kinematic state of the elevator. The camera, ML ASIC(s), sensors, and embedded application enable the sensor device to anonymously monitor the movement of people through a building via the elevator. The ML ASIC(s) allow the sensor module to count occupants in the elevator in near-real time, enabling the sensor to transmit signals for controlling aspects of the elevator system. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185626 | ELEVATOR PIT SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An elevator pit safety system is provided, along with methods of use thereof. An elevator pit safety system may include a control system, an emergency stop switch, and a power switch. The emergency stop switch may be configured to stop an elevator cab. The power switch may be configured to operate a lighting system. The control system may prevent either from being used without the other. The elevator pit safety system may be configured to allow overriding the safety features. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185627 | RUNNING SYSTEM FOR ELEVATOR, AND MULTI-CAR ELEVATOR RUNNING SYSTEM - A running system for an elevator. The running system comprises a car ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220185628 | DETERMINATION OF THE STATE OF A SUSPENSION MEANS - A method and an apparatus monitor the physical state of a suspension means that is connected to an elevator car and can move the same. The support means has markings along its length that divide the support means into segments. The strain difference of the suspension means is monitored segment by segment using a first strain at a first load and a second strain at a second load being determined by a signal processing unit from a distance between two selected markings detected by a detection device, and a strain difference representing the elastic behavior of the segment is calculated from the two strains, wherein the load acting on the suspension means between the two selected markings is measured by a load measuring device. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185629 | DUEL SOURCE LIGHT SYSTEM - Elevator systems, methods, and devices comprising dual source light systems are described herein. Such elevator systems may be associated with or located within wind turbines and wind turbine towers. In embodiments, an elevator cabin may comprise a dual source light system further comprising at least one light source, a supercapacitor unit, an electronic circuit electrically connected to the at least one light source and the supercapacitor, and a housing unit. The dual source light system can receive energy from an external power source, convert one or more characteristics of the energy, e.g., voltage or current, and distribute the energy to the at least one light source. Any excess energy can be used to charge the supercapacitor such that when energy from the external power source is insufficient to power the at least one light source, such as during an outage, the electronic circuit draws energy from the charged supercapacitor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185630 | MOUNTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT AN INSTALLATION PROCESS IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A mounting device and a method for carrying out an installation process in a vertically extending elevator shaft of an elevator system include a carrier component, a mechatronic installation component and a displacement system. The displacement system displaces the carrier component vertically within the elevator shaft. The installation component is held on the carrier component and, at least semi-automatically, performs a mounting step as part of the installation process. The displacement system also displaces the carrier component horizontally in a shift direction within the elevator shaft between adjacent vertical car tracks. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185631 | SELF-CLIMBING INSTALLATION PLATFORM FOR INSTALLING AN ELEVATOR DURING CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING - The self-climbing installation platform comprises two decks positioned upon each other. Each deck comprises guide means supporting the deck movably on guide rails and locking means locking and unlocking the deck to the guide rails and/or to guide rail fixing means. Lifting means move the two decks along the guide rails in relation to each other. At least one power source provides power to the lifting means. The installation platform climbs stepwise along the guide rails by alternatingly locking and unlocking the lower and the upper deck to the guide rails and/or to the guide rail fixing means and thereafter raising the unlocked deck. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185632 | TANK COVER LIFTING TOOL - A tank cover lifting tool is configured to remove or attach tank covers. The tank cover lifting tool includes a handle center support, a first handle connected to one end of the handle center support, and a second handle connected to another end of the handle center support. In addition, the tank cover lifting tool includes a first lifting block that is locked on the handle center support and that is configured to engage a first tank cover handle of a tank cover. Further, the tank cover lifting tool includes a second lifting block that is locked on the handle center support and that is configured to engage a second tank cover handle of the tank cover. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185633 | CARRYING MEANS - A carrying means ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220185634 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE AN ANTI-SWAY FUNCTION - For optimizing an anti-sway algorithm for the transport of a load by a hoisting appliance spanning a hoisting area and comprising a trolley, a reeving system and a tool handling the load, a control device is able to:
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20220185635 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A LOAD SUSPENDED ON A CORD - The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling a load suspended on a cord, wherein the movable load has a controllable actuator, and a control unit is provided, which is configured to use control commands for controlling the actuator in order to predict a load countermovement to be expected, so as to compensate for and/or prevent the load countermovement by controlling at least one compensating device controlled by the control unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185636 | LIFTING AND HANDLING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH IDENTIFICATION COMPONENTS TO ESTABLISH A CONFIGURATION AND AN OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC - A lifting and handling device includes a plurality of structural elements, a plurality of operating elements, at least one ballasting element mounted on a structural element, a central monitoring unit, and a plurality of identification components. Each structural, operating and ballasting element is coupled to an identification component, and each identification component includes a radiocommunication module having a radiocommunication range predefined in order to be able to communicate at least with one other identification component. A radiocommunication master unit is connected to the plurality of identification components and intended to receive identification information from each of the components. A method for monitoring an operation of the lifting and handling device is also provided. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185637 | WORK AREA MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LIFTING MACHINES - A system includes a hoist drive mechanism that elevates and lowers a load hook from a boom and a detector that provides obstacle location and identification information. A processor receives the obstacle location and identification information from the detector and provides obstacle avoidance data in response thereto. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185638 | CABLE WINCH AND HOISTING DEVICE HAVING SUCH A CABLE WINCH - The present invention relates to a cable winch, in particular a hoisting gear winch of a hoist, comprising a cable drum, an entry guide for a cable to be wound onto the cable drum, and an actuating drive for adjusting the entry guide relative to the cable drum. The invention also relates to a hoisting device, in particular in the form of a crane, having such a cable winch. According to the invention, a detection unit for detecting an image of the progression of the winding of the cable wound onto the cable drum is provided and the control unit is designed to adjust the entry guide relative to the cable drum depending on the winding progression image captured. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185639 | WIRELESS HOIST SYSTEM - A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185640 | SELF-LOCKING JACK - A jack includes a main body ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220185641 | HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE SLAG TRANSPORTER - A self-propelled slag transporter, The self-propelled slag transporter includes a drive, a chassis, a lifting device with at least one lifting drive and a receiving device for receiving a metallurgical transport container, in particular a slag container, wherein the receiving device is designed to be height-adjustable by the lifting device, and wherein the chassis has at least two crawler tracks. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185642 | CART LIFT ATTACHMENT FOR A FORK LIFT - The forklift attachment allows one or more stacked large waste carts to be easily lifted and transported. The attachment includes an upright back, a standoff boot extending forward from the bottom of the back, a neck extending forward from the top of the back, and a lift saddle welded to the distal end of the neck. The standoff boot includes a tilt plate extending outward from a forward contact surface. The lift saddle is a generally flat, U-shaped plate welded perpendicularly to the distal end of the neck and is configured to seat under the peripheral rim of a large waste cart. The tilt plate extends into a vertical channel formed in the cart body and flange generally abuts the bottom wall of the channel to help prevent waste carts from tipping side to side as the forklift lifts and transports the waste cart. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185643 | LOAD MAP INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHODS - Systems and apparatuses include a load map interface system including one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a load map from an external input; determine a work machine load based at least in part on a sensor array of a work machine; generate a modified load map based on the received load map and the work machine load, the modified load map including an acceptable zone defining an acceptable load threshold and a warning zone defining a warning zone threshold; determine a location of the work machine on the modified load map; and send a notification to a display indicating that the work machine is within the acceptable zone or the warning zone. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185644 | Ergonomic Flexible Grip Container Opener - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for opening and closing containers with lids by hand, which comprises a large flexible padded body suitable for being comfortably gripped, squeezed, and twisted by weak hands, and a region for receiving and gripping a hard material, such as a lid of a container. The more preferred embodiments of the invention comprise one or more types of silicone, and an inner layer of a harder silicone may be used to improve the grip on a lid. The flexibility and stretchability of the apparatus allows it to stretch and adapt to different sizes and shapes of lids. Various embodiments also utilize different ergonomic shapes to accommodate different hand sizes and comfortably fit finger placement, including shapes that are squarish, cuboid, spheroid, star-shaped, cross-shaped, handle-shaped, resemble nuts, or have grooves or scallops for fingers to improve gripping. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185645 | CONTENT FILLING SYSTEM AND VERIFICATION METHOD OF CONTENT FILLING SYSTEM - A preform is sterilized by a preform sterilizer. The preform is blow-molded by a blow-molding device to manufacture a container. Next, the container is filled with a culture medium by a filling device without sterilizing the container by a container sterilizer, and the container is plugged by a plugging device. Thereafter, it is verified how much microorganism survive or propagate in the culture medium in the container. A degree of sterilization in the container sterilizer is adjusted on the basis of a verification result. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185646 | PERSONALIZED DIETARY SUPPLEMENT DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispenser can include: an optional water source inlet; a plurality of supplement cartridges including a supplement composition; at least one dispenser fluidly coupled with the optional water source inlet and plurality of supplement cartridges; a formulation mechanism operably coupled with the optional water source inlet and supplement cartridges, wherein the formulation mechanism is configured for regulating fluid flow from the optional water source inlet and the supplement cartridges to the dispenser; an input device configured to receive input from a user; and a dispenser controller. The dispenser controller can be configured to: receive identification information from a user via the input device; obtain a supplement dosage formulation for the user based on a personalized supplement protocol; and control dispensing of water and supplement composition(s) to provide the supplement dosage formulation to the user. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185647 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER, KIT FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME, AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING AND OPERATING ASSOCIATED THERETO - A beverage dispenser is for dispensing a consumable beverage. A processing line having a fluid path with an input end is fluidly connectable to a source container of liquid for receiving liquid from the container via a driving force, and for processing the liquid into the consumable beverage to be dispensed. A Venturi injector is provided along a fluid segment of the fluid path of the processing line, the Venturi injector being configured for selectively and adjustably injecting gas bubbles into the consumable beverage to alter at least one resulting parameter of the consumable beverage to be dispensed. The beverage dispenser also includes a tap fluidly connectable to an output end of the fluid path of the processing line for receiving the consumable beverage with at least one resulting parameter having been altered, and for selectively dispensing the consumable beverage via an activation of the tap. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185648 | REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE WITH A MESMERIZING DISPENSER - A refrigerator appliance includes a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly includes a dispenser recess with a flexible hose that is in fluid communication with a water supply to deliver water to the dispenser recess. The dispensing assembly also includes an actuating mechanism in operative communication with the water supply to cause the water supply to deliver a flow of water to the flexible hose when the actuating mechanism is activated. The dispensing assembly further includes a vibration generator coupled to the flexible hose and in operative communication with the actuating mechanism such that the vibration generator is activated when the actuating mechanism is activated. The vibration generator moves the flexible hose relative to the dispenser recess when the vibration generator is activated, thereby providing a wave pattern flow of water from the flexible hose. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185649 | COLD WATER PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A cold water production apparatus and method are provided. A cold water production apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: an apparatus body; a water tank which is provided in the apparatus body and which accommodates water flowing in from a water supply source; a cold water production pipe which is provided in the apparatus body so as to be connected to the water tank, and which allows the water accommodated in the water tank to flow thereto, move therein and then be discharged; and a cooling unit which is mounted on the outer surface of the apparatus body, and which cools the apparatus body so that the water accommodated in the water tank and the water flowing in the cold water production pipe is cooled. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185650 | LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a water purifying device and a method for controlling the same. The water purifying device is characterized in that a water discharge module capable of moving vertically is provided with a sensor. Specifically, in the water purifying device of one embodiment, the sensor may measure a height of a container, by transmitting and receiving a signal for measuring a distance at a first point of the water discharge module, and may detect both a height of the inlet of the container and a water level, by transmitting and receiving the signal and measuring a water level at a second point of the water discharge module. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185651 | SMART INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A DISPENSING AND BLEND-IN-CUP BEVERAGE PLATFORM - A smart inventory management system is described for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform including a container having an information tag that is configured to store unique information specific to a particular product, a reader configured to read the stored information from the information tag, a control board configured to host a software based decision engine which is configured to interpret the information specific to a particular product and to control one or more system components based at least in part on the information, a pump controlled by the control board and configured to pump beverage concentrates out of the containers in order to dispense the beverage concentrate into a beverage holder, and a check valve located between an opening on the container and the pump, the check valve configured to provide backflush prevention of foreign solutions into the container. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185652 | LIQUID DISPENSER - A water purifier includes a valve comprising a plurality of valves configured to control a direction of water flow; an integrated water way part in which the valve is inserted along one predetermined direction and a plurality of water ways connected with the valves are provided; and a case covering the valve and the integrated water way part, in a state where the valve and the integrated water way are coupled to each other, the case having one side that is open and closed to expose the integrated water way outside. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185653 | Fluid Interface to Receive Removable Container - A fluidic interconnect includes a first interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a cradle; a second interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a swing bar to engage the cradle, a weight of a container attached to one of the first or second interfaces to drive the liquid port of the first interface into connection with the liquid port of the second interface and the gas port of the first interface into connection with the gas port of the second interface. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185654 | Method For Manufacturing A Cover Layer Of A Fleece Material For An Innerspring Unit And Innerspring Unit - A cover layer of a fleece material for an innerspring unit comprising a plurality of pocketed springs is manufactured by supplying at least two longitudinal fleece webs, which extend substantially parallel in a longitudinal direction and are spaced from one another, and repeatedly attaching a transverse fleece web, which extends between the longitudinal fleece webs in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, to the longitudinal fleece webs. The transverse fleece web segments are attached to the longitudinal fleece webs such that they form together with the longitudinal fleece webs a frame-like structure serving as the cover layer. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185655 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A package structure and its manufacturing method are provided. The package structure includes a substrate with a recess, and a first MEMS chip, a first intermediate chip, a second MEMS chip and a first capping plate sequentially formed on the substrate. The lower surface of the first MEMS chip has a first sensor or a microactuator. The upper surface of the second MEMS chip has a second sensor or a microactuator. The first intermediate chip has a through-substrate via, and includes a signal conversion unit, a logic operation unit, a control unit, or a combination thereof. The package structure includes at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185656 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes following operations. A first substrate is provided. A plate is formed over the first substrate. The plate includes a first tensile member, a second tensile member, a semiconductive member between the first tensile member and the second tensile member, and a plurality of apertures penetrating the first tensile member, the semiconductive member and the second tensile member. A membrane is formed over and separated from the plate. The membrane include a plurality of holes. A plurality of conductive plugs passing through the plate or membrane are formed. A plurality of semiconductive pads are formed over the plurality of conductive plugs. The plate is bonded to a second substrate. The second substrate includes a plurality of bond pads, and the semiconductive pads are in contact with the bond pads. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185657 | ON-CHIP SIGNAL PATH WITH ELECTRICAL AND PHYSICAL CONNECTION - An exemplary microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device comprises a plurality of stacked layers, including at least one layer that includes micromechanical components that respond to a force to be measured. Two of the layers may include respective first and second external electrical connection points. A plurality of conductive paths may be disposed in a continuous manner over an external surface of each of the plurality of layers between the first and second external electrical connection points. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185658 | MEMS ACTUATION DEVICE WITH SPARSE PULSES - A method of operating a MEMS device includes generating a MEMS drive signal, and generating and modifying the MEMS drive signal based upon a control signal to produce a modified drive signal. The method further includes generating the control signal by determining when a feedback signal from the MEMS device is at its peak value, comparing the peak value to a desired value when the feedback signal is as its peak, and generating the control signal depending upon whether the peak value is at least equal to a desired value. The modification of the MEMS drive signal based upon the control signal to produce the modified drive signal includes skipping generation of a next pulse of the modified drive signal when the control signal indicates the peak value is at least equal to the desired value. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185659 | IMAGING DEVICE - There is provided an imaging device including: an imaging element provided with a photoelectric converter for each pixel, and having a light-receiving surface and a non-light-receiving surface opposed to the light-receiving surface; and an electric element including a support substrate and a floating section, the support substrate provided on side of the non-light-receiving surface of the imaging element and opposed to the imaging element, and the floating section provided between the support substrate and the imaging element, and disposed with a gap interposed between the floating section and each of the support substrate and the imaging element. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185660 | MONOLITHIC POST COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATION OF THERMOELECTRIC-BASED INFRARED DETECTOR - A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device embedded with micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) components in a MEMS region is disclosed. The MEMS components, for example, are infrared (IR) thermosensors. The MEMS sensors are integrated on the CMOS device monolithically after CMOS processing. For example, the MEMS sensors are formed over a BEOL dielectric of a CMOS device. The device is encapsulated with a CMOS compatible IR transparent cap to hermetically seal the MEMS sensors in the MEMS region. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185661 | MEMS DEVICE HAVING A RUGGED PACKAGE AND FABRICATION PROCESS THEREOF - A MEMS device formed by a substrate, having a surface; a MEMS structure arranged on the surface; a first coating region having a first Young's modulus, surrounding the MEMS structure at the top and at the sides and in contact with the surface of the substrate; and a second coating region having a second Young's modulus, surrounding the first coating region at the top and at the sides and in contact with the surface of the substrate. The first Young's modulus is higher than the second Young's modulus. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185662 | MEMS TAB REMOVAL PROCESS - A method includes tab dicing a region of a tab region disposed between a first die and a second die. The tab region structurally connects the first die to the second die each including a MEMS device eutecticly bonded to a CMOS device. The tab region includes a handle wafer layer disposed over a fusion bond oxide layer that is disposed on an ACT layer. The tab region is positioned above a CMOS tab region that with the first and second die form a cavity therein. The tab dicing cuts through the handle wafer layer and leaves a portion of the fusion bond oxide layer underneath the handle wafer layer to form an oxide tether within the tab region. The oxide tether maintains the tab region in place and above the CMOS tab region. Subsequent to the tab dicing the first region, the tab region is removed. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185663 | METHODS OF PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN USING A FEEDSTOCK GAS REACTOR - There is described a method of producing hydrogen and nitrogen using a feedstock gas reactor. Reaction of feedstock and combustion gases in the reactor produces hydrogen and nitrogen through pyrolysis of the feedstock gas. Parameters of the process may be adjusted to control the ratio of hydrogen to nitrogen that is produced such that it may be suitable, for example, for the synthesis of ammonia. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185664 | METHODS OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS USING A FEEDSTOCK GAS REACTOR - There is described a method of using a feedstock gas reactor. Reaction of feedstock and combustion gases in the reactor produces hydrogen through pyrolysis of the feedstock gas. At least some of a mixed product stream extracted from the reactor may be recycled to the reactor to drive further pyrolysis of the feedstock gas. A portion of the recycled mixed product stream may be recirculated back to a combustion chamber of the reactor, and a portion of the recycled mixed product stream may be recirculated back to a reaction chamber of the reactor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185665 | ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN COMPRESSION SYSTEM - An electrochemical hydrogen compression system includes a hydrogen gas compression part that compresses hydrogen by applying a current between an anode and a cathode provided on two surfaces of a proton exchange film, and a supply pipeline that guides hydrogen discharged from a hydrogen supply source to the hydrogen gas compression part. The hydrogen gas compression part has an outlet for discharging unreacted hydrogen. The electrochemical hydrogen compression system further includes a film resistance meter and a voltmeter that acquire information related to a wet state of the proton exchange film, a fourth opening/closing part and a fifth opening/closing part that regulate discharge of hydrogen from the outlet, and a control device that controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part. The control device controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part based on at least the wet state of the proton exchange film. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185666 | A PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE - A pressure swing adsorption process (PSA) comprising the following steps: feeding an input gas containing H | 2022-06-16 |
20220185667 | POROUS CARBON AND RESIN COMPOSITION - A porous carbon has an I | 2022-06-16 |
20220185668 | INFRARED STEALTH CLOTH AND INFRARED STEALTH CLOTHES - An infrared stealth cloth includes a cloth substrate and an infrared light absorber located on the cloth substrate. The infrared light absorber includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other to form a network structure and a plurality of carbon particles in the network structure. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185669 | CARBON SHEET - Provided is a material that has excellent handleability and processability, and that when used as a support for a different material, enables support of the different material up to an inner part thereof. A carbon sheet contains one or more carbon nanotubes and has a porosity of not less than 48% and not more than 90%. The carbon sheet preferably includes: a porous substrate made from carbon; and the carbon nanotubes, attached to the porous substrate. The carbon nanotubes contained in the carbon sheet are preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. Moreover, the carbon nanotubes contained in the carbon sheet preferably have a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 600 m | 2022-06-16 |
20220185670 | REACTOR FOR CARBON NANOTUBE AND NANOFIBER PRODUCTION - Systems and methods are provided for production of carbon nanotubes and H | 2022-06-16 |
20220185671 | LIGHT ABSORBER PREFORM SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A light absorber preform solution includes a solvent, a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other to form a network structure, and a plurality of carbon particles in the network structure. The plurality of carbon nanotubes and the plurality of carbon particles are in the solvent. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185672 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF NITROGEN-DOPED SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOHORNS FROM ANODE GRAPHITE OF WASTED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES - The present disclosure relates to a method for production of nitrogen-doped single wall carbon nanohorns from anode graphite of wasted lithium-ion batteries. The method includes the following steps: a first step: forming recycled graphite powder into graphite blocks; and, a second contact step: when the first step is completed, using a DC arc plasma device to produce the graphite blocks into N-SWCNHs. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185673 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL GROWTH OF GRAPHENE, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND FILM FORMATION SYSTEM - A method for detecting abnormal growth of graphene includes: measuring, through spectroscopic ellipsometry, a reflection spectrum of a measurement object having a graphene film formed through CVD on a substrate; creating a film structure model, calculating polarization parameters, and matching calculated values of the polarization parameters to measured values through fitting; and detecting abnormal growth of the graphene based on a value of goodness of fit obtained when fitting the polarization parameters. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185674 | GRAPHENE FUNCTIONALIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE PRODUCT - Provided are a method of functionalizing graphene on a substrate, the method comprising the step of: exposing a substrate having a layer of graphene thereon to a plasma comprising helium and at least one functionalizing compound; as well as an apparatus for conducting the method and products formed by it. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185675 | ZINC OXIDE GRAPHENE COMPOSITE - Various embodiments provide a zinc oxide graphene composite. A zinc oxide graphene composite includes zinc oxide crystallites and graphene. A method of forming the composite includes combining graphene and zinc oxalate to form a mixture and heating the mixture to produce the zinc oxide graphene composite. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185676 | HETEROATOM-DOPED NANODIAMOND - The present invention is to provide a heteroatom-doped nanodiamond, the heteroatom-doped nanodiamond being doped with at least one heteroatom, the heteroatom-doped nanodiamond satisfying criteria (i) and/or (ii) below: (i) a BET specific surface area being from 20 to 900 m | 2022-06-16 |
20220185677 | HAFNIUM CARBIDE POWDER FOR PLASMA ELECTRODES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, HAFNIUM CARBIDE SINTERED BODY, AND PLASMA ELECTRODE - Hafnium carbide powder for plasma electrodes is represented by a chemical formula HfC | 2022-06-16 |
20220185678 | PROTECTING VALVE PARTS FROM EROSION - A coating that is configured for use on parts of a control valve. The configurations may incorporate various material layers, preferably that form a layered structure on a base or substrate (for example, an Inconel body). In one implementation, the layered structure can be arranged as “stacked” individual layers that exhibit different concentrations or ratios of materials, including by example tungsten carbide and nickel alloy. The concentration of tungsten carbide may increase from an innermost layer to an outer most layer. This feature can extend service life of the parts, particularly when in use with highly-erosive process fluids, like particle-entrained fluids commonly found in hydrocracking or refining operations. Manufacture of the layered structure on the parts may require use of additive manufacturing technology in order to deposit layers of material of varying composition and thickness on the unique fluted design contemplated herein. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185679 | NEUTRON ABSORBER SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - A neutron absorber synthesis system that can synthesize boron carbide that is a raw material for a neutron absorber, by recycling boron (B-10) of a mass number 10 that can absorb boron, particularly neutrons existing in boric acid waste fluid, is provided. The neutron absorber synthesis system includes: a pre-processing unit to which a radioactive waste including boron is supplied from the outside and inflows to the inside and a compound is produced by removing moisture of the radioactive waste by heat treatment by a first heat source; and a boron carbide synthesizing unit to which the compound produced from the radioactive waste is inflowed inside and a boron carbide is synthesized from a raw material containing the compound and carbon by heat treatment by a second heat source. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185680 | SILICENE QUANTUM DOTS-CONTAINING SILOXENE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a silicene quantum dots-containing siloxene thin film and a preparation method therefor, which belong to the field of fluorescent functional nanomaterials. A siloxene thin film embedded with silicene quantum dots is prepared by uniformly mixing CaSi | 2022-06-16 |
20220185681 | METHOD OF PRODUCING NANOPARTICLES - Disclosed is a method for producing silicon nanoparticles in a plasma reactor including a reaction chamber presenting an inner surface. The method includes introducing a halogen gas into the reaction chamber of the plasma reactor. The method further includes igniting a plasma within the reaction chamber while the halogen gas is present within the reaction chamber. Atoms of the halogen gas at least partially form a coating on the inure surface of the reaction chamber. The method includes introducing a reactant gas mixture including a silicon precursor gas and a first inert gas into the reaction chamber of the plasma reactor. The method also includes forming the silicon nanoparticles in the plasma reactor. A silicon nanoparticles composition is also disclosed. The silicon nanoparticles composition comprises the silicon nanoparticles produced according to the method. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185682 | A novel process for the hydrophobization of porous silica - A process for the hydrophobization of a porous silica based compound involves the steps of providing a composition (I) containing a porous silica based compound, treating the composition (I) with a composition (II) containing hexamethyldisiloxane or its hydrolyzed form, and removing the treated silica based compound. The porous silica based compound obtained by the process is useful. A porous silica based compound obtained or obtainable by the process can be used for medical and pharmaceutical applications, as adsorbents, for cosmetic applications, as an additive for food, as a catalyst support, for the preparation of sensors, or for thermal insulation. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185683 | Methods for Producing Seed for Growth of Hollow Spheres - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing seeds that are transformed into hollow spheres. A seed includes a core and a coating. Upon heating, the coating becomes viscous and expands responsive to an internal gas pressure created by the core. Example applications for the seeds and/or cores are disclosed, including bricks and other construction materials having the hollow spheres incorporated therein. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185684 | SHEET SILICATE LAMELLAE WITH A HIGH ASPECT RATIO - The present invention relates to sheet silicate lamellae of a 2:1 sheet silicate with a high aspect ratio, to a method for producing these sheet silicate lamellae and to an aqueous dispersion which comprises the sheet silicate lamellae. The present invention further relates to the use of the sheet silicate lamellae of the invention for producing a composite material, and also to a corresponding composite material comprising or obtainable using the sheet silicate lamellae, more particularly for use as a diffusion barrier or as a flame retardant. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185685 | ORGANOTEMPLATE-FREE SYNTHESIS OF A ZEOLITE OF TON FRAMEWORK TYPE - An organotemplate-free synthetic process for the production of a zeolite of TON framework type structure is provided. The process includes the steps of: (1) preparing a mixture comprising: (a) an alumina-coated silica; (b) a source of an alkali metal; (c) an alcohol; (d) a source of hydroxide ions; (e) seed crystals comprising a zeolitic material having a TON framework type structure; and (f) water; and (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1). | 2022-06-16 |
20220185686 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE - An arrangement for recovering lithium hydroxide from a mineral containing lithium, by pulping the raw material containing lithium in the presence of water and an alkali metal carbonate, leaching the obtained slurry twice, first at an elevated temperature, and secondly in an aqueous solution containing an alkali earth metal hydroxide, separating the thus obtained slurry into solids and a solution containing lithium hydroxide, the latter being purified, whereby lithium hydroxide monohydrate can be recovered from the purified solution by crystallising, and finally separating the solution obtained during the crystallization from the process and recycling it to one or more of the previous process steps. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185687 | METHOD FOR PREPARING LITHIUM CARBONATE FROM LITHIUM SULFATE - The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium carbonate by mixing lithium sulfate with a carbon material and heat-treating same in a carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide atmosphere. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185688 | ACID WASH OF RED MUD (BAUXITE RESIDUE) - Bauxite residue recovery includes mixing a solution of hydrochloric acid (HCL) according to a predetermined concentration, and adding the HCL solution to a quantity of raw red mud recovered from industrial operations as waste material. The highly alkaline property of the bauxite residue, commonly known as red mud is at least partially neutralized from the HCL, and makes the resulting washed red mud more amenable to subsequent uses in various applications in fields such as construction, wastewater treatment, and metal recovery processes. The process recovers washed red mud from the red mud and HCL solution by filtering the raw red mud and HCL solution for generating a stream of leach liquor from the filtrate and the recovered washed red mud from the residue. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185689 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALUMINA - A process for preparing high purity alumina from aluminium-bearing materials originating from the Bayer process. The process comprising digesting the aluminium-bearing materials with hydrochloric acid to produce an aluminium chloride liquor and acid-insoluble solids and separating said solids from the aluminium chloride liquor, depleting the aluminium chloride liquor of one or more impurities, producing aluminium chloride hexahydrate solids from the produced aluminium chloride liquor, and thermally decomposing the produced aluminium chloride hexahydrate solids to produce high purity alumina. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185690 | METHOD OF APPLYING HIERARCHICAL POROUS ZRO2 MATERIAL - A method of applying a hierarchical porous ZrO | 2022-06-16 |
20220185691 | Positive Electrode Active Material For Secondary Battery, Manufacturing Method Thereof, And Secondary Battery Including Same - The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery, which includes a lithium transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), and at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn), and a combination thereof. The lithium transition metal oxide is characterized in that the content of nickel (Ni) in the total transition metal elements is 80 mol % or more, and the cation mixing ratio of Ni cations in a lithium layer in the lithium transition metal oxide structure is 1.1% or less. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185692 | PRECURSOR MATERIALS FOR LI-ION BATTERY CATHODE SYNTHESIS - Provided are processes for the production of particles for use as a precursor material for synthesis of Li-ion cathode active material of a lithium-ion cell comprising: a non-lithiated nickel oxide particle of the formula MO | 2022-06-16 |
20220185693 | SYNTHESIS OF TRANSITION METAL LAYERED OXIDE MATERIALS FOR BATTERY CATHODES - An improved method of forming a transition metal layered oxide material for alkali-ion battery cathodes include combining an alkali-containing precursor and at least one transition metal precursor or other metal precursor at a low temperature of less than 100° C. to form a liquid eutectic alloy mixture. The mixture is then heated at a temperature between 300° C. to 500° C. to pre-calcinate the mixture, and subsequently the pre-calcinated mixture is subjected to a final calcination at a temperature of 500° C. to 1000° C. to obtain a crystalline oxide material. A P2-type or O3-type cathode may be formed with the layered oxide material, and a sodium-ion battery cell may include the so-formed P2-type or O3-type cathode. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185694 | METHOD FOR FORMING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material with high capacity and excellent charge and discharge cycle performance, a positive electrode active material with high productivity, a positive electrode active material that suppresses a decrease in capacity, or the like is provided. Alternatively, a high-capacity secondary battery, a secondary battery with excellent charge and discharge characteristics, a highly safe or reliable secondary battery, or the like is provided. The positive electrode active material is obtained by a first heating step of heating a mixture of a first material, a second material, and a third material and a second heating step of heating a mixture which is a mixture of the mixture, a fourth material, and a fifth material and has a total amount of 15 g or more. The first material is a halogen compound including an alkali metal, the second material includes magnesium, the third material is a metal oxide including a metal A and cobalt, the fourth material includes nickel, and the fifth material includes aluminum. Each heating is performed in an atmosphere including oxygen. A temperature in the first heating step is lower than a temperature in the second heating step by 20° C. or more. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185695 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS - A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such lithium-ion secondary battery are provided. The positive electrode active material includes matrix particles and a coating layer covering an exterior surface of the matrix particle, where the matrix particle includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, and the coating layer includes an oxide of element M | 2022-06-16 |
20220185696 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF, POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND RELATED BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK AND APPARATUS - The present application discloses a positive electrode active material including a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, the molar content of nickel in the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide accounts for 60%-90% of the total molar content of nickel, cobalt and manganese, and the lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide has a layered crystal structure of a space group R | 2022-06-16 |
20220185697 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS RELATED THERETO - This application discloses a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, battery pack and apparatus related thereto. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, where the primary particles are a lithium transition metal oxide, and a transition metal site of the lithium transition metal oxide includes nickel and a doping element; and a Young's modulus E of the primary particles satisfies 175 GPa≤E≤220 GPa. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185698 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode plate, a lithium-ion secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and apparatus containing the lithium-ion secondary battery are provided. The positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles, where the primary particles include a layered nickel-containing lithium composite oxide, and the nickel-containing lithium composite oxide includes a doping element; and when the positive electrode active material is charged from an 11% delithiated state to a 78% delithiated state at a rate of 0.1C, a lattice of the primary particles has a maximum shrinkage rate satisfying Δa | 2022-06-16 |
20220185699 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND RELATED BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS - This application relates to a positive electrode active material and a preparation method thereof, a lithium-ion secondary battery and related battery module, battery pack, and apparatus. The positive electrode active material of this application includes a composite oxide of lithium, boron, and a transition metal element, where the transition metal element includes element nickel, and a molar ratio of element nickel to element lithium ranges from 0.55 to 0.95; the positive electrode active material includes secondary particles formed by primary particles; at least 50% of the primary particles in the secondary particle are arranged radially; in the outermost layer of the secondary particle, 70% or more of the primary particles each have at least two parallel sides; and in a cross section through the center of the secondary particle, 60% or more of the primary particles each have at least two parallel sides. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185700 | KRAFT PULPING FOUL CONDENSATE TREATMENT PROCESS AND APPARATUS - Processes and systems for treating Kraft pulping foul condensate are provided. The processes comprise removing volatile compounds from the foul condensate to produce a resulting condensate and removing methanol from the resulting condensate. The systems comprise a volatile compound removal stage and a methanol removal stage downstream of and in fluid communication with the volatile removal stage. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185701 | LOW-ENERGY WATER TREATMENT - An above-ground low-energy method of dewatering highly contaminated waste e.g. leachate contaminated with at least a first group of contaminants and PFAS is described. The method comprises the step of removing the PFAS before removing the first group of contaminants. The removal of PFAS is undertaken by actively aerating the contaminated waste comprising PFAS to produce a waste stream comprising a concentration of PFAS and a liquid stream having at least some of the first group of contaminants. The one or more liquid streams are separated from the waste streams so as to dewater the contaminated waste. Optionally, the liquid streams are treated to remove the first group of contaminants. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185702 | CONDENSATION CATALYST SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A reactor system may comprise a housing; and a condensation catalyst layer within the housing comprising a condensation catalyst comprised of at least one of a base-substituted zeolite, a stannous salt, or a phosphonitrile chloride. The condensation catalyst layer may be configured to catalyze a condensation reaction of a plurality of silane diols in water flowing through the housing into a plurality of siloxanes. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185703 | Removal and Detection of Algae, Their Toxins, and Excess Nutrients, Other Contaminants, and Toxic Substances - A method of removing nutrients and/or toxic substances from water by placing an open-cell foam material together with a biochar material into the water, leaving the foam and biochar materials in the water for sufficient time to adsorb/absorb at least some of excess nutrients and/or toxic substances present in the water, and then removing from the water the open-cell foam material together with the biochar material. | 2022-06-16 |
20220185704 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY SYSTEM FOR THE BREAKDOWN AND DESTRUCTION OF ORGANIC WASTE - A microwave applicator box for breakdown of organic waste materials, is provided comprising: an interior defined by at least one wall; a plurality of inclined grates in an alternating arrangement, including: a first grate extending from a first direction, and a second grate extending from a second direction and underlapping the first grate; vibration devices connected to the grates by arms; wherein the area above the first grate is defined as a Zone A and wherein the area below the first grate and above the second grate is defined as a Zone B; wherein a first waveguide is connected to an opening in the wall in the area of the Zone A; wherein a second waveguide is connected to an opening in the wall in the area of the Zone B; and wherein the interior of the waveguides is in communication with the interior of the microwave applicator box. | 2022-06-16 |