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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088190 | Unitary filter element with integral pre-separation Disclosed is an improved axial flow unitary filter element for filtering a fluid stream, examples including a gaseous or an air stream. The filter element includes a primary filter portion and a pre-separation filter portion. The portions of said filter element are ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7883562 | Waved filter media and elements Various high performance, high efficiency filter media are provided that are cost effective and easy to manufacture. In particular, various filter media are provided having at least one layer with a waved configuration that results in an increased surface area, ther... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7763092 | Filter for an air bag gas generator A filter for a gas generator in which the manufacture is simple, which has an adequate filter performance and cooling performance and, furthermore, which has high reliability with little damage caused in actuation of the gas generator, is provided. The filter for an... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7625417 | Filter screen structure A filter screen structure includes a filter screen having air vents distributed thereon, and one or more layers of impedance material attached to the filter screen to increase an impedance of the filter screen and reduce the speed of air flowing through the filter s... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7416576 | Fiber bed assembly and fiber bed therefor A fiber bed assembly for a mist eliminator that operates at high efficiency and inhibits re-entrained liquid from leaving the mist eliminator. The fiber bed assembly has a construction that facilitates rapid drainage of liquid collected by the fiber bed. A pre-filte... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399333 | Filter element and process for producing the same The present invention provides a filter element and a method for producing the same, which do not generate pollution during waste disposal, can be easily produced, improve the pressure loss and reduce the production cost. The filter element and the method for produc... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398887 | Product and method of forming successive layers of face-to-face adjacent media with calculated pore size A filter media product and method of making the same wherein at least two independent filter media thicknesses of differing coarse and fine pore sizes are held in face-to-face relationship with the pore sizes being so calculated that the overall average pore size of... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387656 | Fiber collecting media strip for a mist eliminator A fiber bed mist eliminator has a fiber bed which is formed of a composite fiber bed collecting media strip including a collection layer which is not subjected to needle punching. The fiber bed can be made very thin while retaining high efficiency in removing small ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370766 | Filter cloth and replaceable filter module A filter cloth whose underside comprises substantially parallel, additional yarns 8 that are thicker than the rest of the yarns of the cloth, substantially parallel channels 9 being formed between the yarns, wherein filtered liquid passed through the c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367584 | Gas generating system A gas generator (10) includes an igniter (27) and first and second inflation gas generant compositions (52, 52′) positioned to enable fluid communication with the igniter (27) upon activation of the igniter. Flow regulators (54, 54 | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361300 | Method of making extended area filter Methods are provided for making a porous filter that is useful in polymer melt spinning. The methods include pressing particles, such as a metal powder, to form a filter having a filter body integrally formed with a top cap and a bottom cap. The filter body and caps... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357823 | Disposable filter within a removable chamber A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator and a dirt cup. The dirt cup includes a dirt collection chamber, an inlet and an open end. Additionally, the vacuum cleaner includes a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a filter hou... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7332009 | Separator arrangement for gas/liquid separation; apparatus; and, methods A serviceable gas/liquid separator is provided. The gas/liquid separator has a cross-section with one long axis and one short axis, with an aspect ratio of at least 1.3. A preferred cross-section, is an elliptical cross-section. Assemblies in which the separator uni... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328831 | Method of making a brazed metal article and the article formed thereby A method of making an article that is comprised of a metal foam in contact with a base metal by an intermediate braze composition, in particular, a method of brazing a metal foam to a base metal via a braze composition. In one preferred method, a polymeric foam is c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329311 | Porous sintered composite materials The present invention is directed to porous composite materials comprised of a porous base material and a powdered nanoparticle material. The porous base material has the powdered nanoparticle material penetrating a portion of the porous base material; the powdered ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322918 | Soft container and method of manufacturing the container, and highly viscous conditioned liquid filled body The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrica... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320721 | Chemical filter and fan filter unit having the same In a fan filter unit for filtering and continuously supplying clean air into a clean room, the fan filter unit includes a chemical filter for removing chemical contaminants contained in the air, a fan for sucking and blowing out the air, and a particle filter for re... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320717 | Industrial scale honeycomb type dust collector A dust collecting filter such as a honeycomb-type industrial filter for the industrial filtering of gas containing solid particles is provided. The filter includes a plurality of collateral inlet and outlet channels separated by shared filtering boundaries. The inle... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318853 | Polymer, polymer microfiber, polymer nanofiber and applications including filter structures Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful ap... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311751 | Filter medium A filter medium includes at least a first and a second layer. Both first and second layers have a layer volume VLq and a layer filtering surface SLq, where SLq is the accumulation of all mantle surfaces of the fibers present in this layer q. The first layer has a SL... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311747 | Filter assembly with pleated media V-packs, and methods A generally cylindrical filter element incorporating nonsymmetrical or asymmetrical V-pleated media. The V-pleated media provides increased filter media per given filter volume, extended filter life, and a smaller filter for equivalent filter life. A smaller filter ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300484 | Blower having a carrying frame A blower has a carrying frame provided with a base plate. A fan with a fan housing is mounted on the carrying frame. The fan housing has an intake opening that faces the base plate and is spaced from the base plate. An intake gap is formed between the base plate and... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290668 | Bicomponent fiber wick A bicomponent fiber wick is provided for use in processing an analyte fluid. The bicomponent fiber wick comprises a self-sustaining, fluid transmissive body comprising a plurality of bundled, crimped, bicomponent fibers bonded to each other at spaced apart contact p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291196 | Filamentary pad for improved mist elimination and mass transfer An apparatus and method of making a filamentary pad for improved mist elimination and mass transfer comprising a plurality of layers of mesh, each layer of mesh having a plurality of mesh openings defined therein. A plurality of preferential gas flow openings, each ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280311 | Disk drive including a filter component with coarse and fine sections There is provided a disk drive including a disk drive base, a disk rotatably coupled to the disk drive base, and a spindle motor attached to the disk drive base and configured to support the disk for rotating the disk with respect to the disk drive base. The disk dr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275760 | Multi-chamber gas generating system A multi-chamber gas generating system (10) has a housing (12) with openings (24) formed in a wall thereof. A gas-tight internal divider (42) separates the housing into two chambers (80, 80′). A first gas generating sub-assembly (... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270692 | Air filtration arrangements having fluted media constructions and methods Filter arrangements include a barrier media in the form of fluted media treated with a deposit of fine fibers. The media is particularly advantageous in high temperature (greater than 140 to 240° F.) systems. Such systems may include engine systems, gas turbine sys... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270693 | Polymer, polymer microfiber, polymer nanofiber and applications including filter structures Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful ap... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267703 | Electrically regeneratable filter element An electrically regeneratable filter element comprises at least two flanks, each of these flanks comprising a stiff material layer. Each of these flanks has at least one thermally and electrically insulated side. The filter element comprises further a metal fiber fl... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264652 | Filter for collecting chlorinated organic compound The collecting filter can capture and collect various chlorinated organic compounds in both particulate form and gaseous form contained in a fluid at the same time, and is easy to extract the collected chlorinated organic compounds therefrom. This collecting filter ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264643 | Electrical connection for porous material An electrical connection element for providing an electrical connection to a porous material may include a first electrically conductive plate disposed on at least a portion of a first side of the porous material. A second electrically conductive plate may be dispos... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258723 | Particulate filter assembly and associated method A particulate filter assembly includes an electrode assembly, a particulate filter positioned in an electrode gap defined between two electrodes of the electrode assembly, a power supply electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a controller for controllin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255722 | Gas filter A filtration portion 11 constituting a filter element 3 is composed of a first filtration material 9 wound around the outer periphery of an inner tube 8 and a second filtration material 10 wound tightly around the outer peripheral ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252704 | Filter arrangement and methods A filter arrangement includes a first filter element having opposite first and second ends; an axial length between the first and second ends; and a plurality of flutes. Each of the flutes has a first end portion adjacent to the first filter element first end, and a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235122 | Filtration media for filtering particulate material from gas streams Filtration media are disclosed for use in high efficiency air filters for filtering particulate matter in air. The media make use of at least one layer of fibers having a diameter less than 1000 nanometers sandwiched between two scrim layers to achieve high efficien... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7204512 | Multi-stage inflator with sympathetic ignition enhancement device An airbag inflator (10, 110, 210) is provided which includes a first chamber (20, 120, 220) containing a quantity of a first gas generant composition (16, 116), a second chamber (30, 130, 230) containing a quantity of a second gas generan... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201786 | Dust bin and filter for robotic vacuum cleaner A detachable dust bin for a vacuum cleaner. A container is provided with a removable sidewall which has an outlet opening which is adapted to be coupled to a source of vacuum. The container includes an inlet for connecting to a passageway which is connected to a vac... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191501 | Differentially entangled nonwoven fabric The invention is directed to a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric, the outer surface of which exhibits highly entangled fibers whereas the inner layer exhibits lightly entangled fibers. In particular, the present invention contemplates that a fabric is formed from a fib... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189274 | Exhaust gas filter with at least one filter layer and method for producing a filter layer An exhaust gas filter for cleaning an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes at least one strip-shaped filter layer made of a material through which a fluid can at least partly flow. The filter layer has a length in a longitudinal direction and a widt... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179317 | Polymer, polymer microfiber, polymer nanofiber and applications including filter structures Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful ap... | 02/20/2007 |
