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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422623 | Separation membrane by controlled annealing of polyimide polymers This abstract discusses membranes needed to separate fluids for the production of oxygen-enriched air, nitrogen-enriched-air, for the separation of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, and the separation of hydrogen from various petrochemical and oil refining streams. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7393388 | Spiral wound fuel stabilization unit for fuel de-oxygenation A deoxygenator includes a plurality of permeable membranes spirally wound about an exhaust tube for removing dissolved oxygen from a hydrocarbon fuel. The permeable membrane is spirally wrapped about the exhaust tube and defines fuel passages and exhaust passages. T... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393391 | Fabrication of an anisotropic super hydrophobic/hydrophilic nanoporous membranes Anisotropic hydrophobic/hydrophilic nanoporous membranes and methods of forming anisotropic hydrophobic/hydrophilic nanoporous membranes are disclosed. The method of forming the nanoporous membrane includes growing a nanoporous oxide film on a substrate. A nanoporou... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393383 | Separation membrane made from blends of polyimide with polyamide or polyimide-amide polymers Membranes are used to separate fluids for the production of oxygen-enriched air, nitrogen-enriched-air, for the separation of carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, and the separation of hydrogen from various petrochemical and oil refining streams. Membranes are discusse... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7364659 | Preparation of asymmetric polyethylene hollow fiber membrane A porous polyethylene hollow fiber membrane having a pore-size gradient across the inner and outer surfaces thereof is prepared by introducing, during the cooling step of a melt-spun polyethylene hollow fiber, a nitrogen flow and a solvent having a boiling point in ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7344578 | Breather valve device for the container for an electronic control unit A breather valve device for a container for an electronic control unit, includes a support structure including, a substantially planar wall having first and second surfaces intended to face outwardly and inwardly of the container respectively, and in which is formed... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341578 | Ostomy appliance with multiple openings for preventing filter input blockage An ostomy appliance having a vent covered by a filter. Gas inlet and outlet openings are provided that are in communication with a filter body and arranged so that in use gas flows through the filter body from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. The gas inlet o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318859 | Modular adsorbent filters A compact sorbent filter for selectively sorbing contaminants and method of removing contamination from an enclosure with a filter is disclosed. Filters of the present invention comprise two or more modular adsorbent units that can be foldably connected and possibly... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309385 | Efficient 3-D nanostructured gas separation membranes There is provided a high efficient gas separation membrane of two or more layers, which comprises a separating layer of 3-dimensional nanostructure and a supporting layer, wherein the 3-dimensional nanostructure can maximize a surface area per unit permeation area. | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309424 | Filtering apparatus, back wash method therefor, filtering device and power plant A filtering apparatus having a vessel and a filter made from fluororesin and treated before filtering operation by at least one of adding thermal treatment in gas or liquid and penetrating with fluid composed of hot water or steam at a temperature of less than melti... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303609 | Manufacture of polyimide-hollow fibres A process for the manufacture of a polyimide hollow fibre comprising: (i) providing a dope solution comprising one or more polyimides dissolved in a solvent comprising 60-100 wt % N-methylpyrollidone and 0-40 wt % ethanol, (ii) providing a bore fluid, (iii) generati... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291204 | Separation membrane module with hollow fiber and a method of making the same A separation membrane module having hollow fibers, wherein a plurality of hollow fibers are heated and melted to bond and thermally fuse the external surfaces of the hollow fibers with each other; and a method of manufacturing a separation membrane module having hol... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291208 | Grooved active and passive adsorbent filters The invention relates to a device for filtering contaminants, such as particulates and vapor phase contaminants, from a confined environment such as electronic or optical devices susceptible to contamination (e.g. computer disk drives) by improving performance and p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264650 | Ultrahigh-selectivity oxygen enrichment filled elastomeric silicone polymer membrane incorporating nanofillers A semipermeable separation element includes (a) a porous substrate, and (b) a film formed on the microporous substrate; the film comprising a silicone elastomer and a nanoparticle filler. The film preferably has an oxygen enrichment selectivity of at least 30, or ev... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247191 | Crosslinked and crosslinkable hollow fiber membrane and method of making same utility A composition of and a method of making high performance hollow fiber membranes is described. The membranes have a high resistance to plasticization by use of a predetermined amount of crosslinking. The preferred polymer material for the membrane is a polyimide poly... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239656 | Closed-loop purging system for laser A method of minimizing contamination of optical components of a laser resonator is disclosed. The resonator components are located in an enclosure, which may contain contaminants including water vapor and organic favor released by the optical components, mounts of t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7209319 | Disk drive having a disk drive component adhered to the disk drive housing via an adhesive assembly having a leveling layer A disk drive includes a disk drive housing having a breather hole formed through the disk drive housing. A breather filter is configured for attachment to the disk drive housing and for limiting and filtering airflow into the disk drive housing. The breather filter ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188665 | Heat exchanger and heat exchanger ventilator A heat exchanger for realizing a high degree of humidity exchange efficiency at a low cost. The heat exchanger in which partition members respectively separated from each other by a spacing maintained by one of spacing members facilitate circulation of two different... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179322 | Oxygen and nitrogen enriched atmospheres in aircraft A method of supplying oxygen rich air to the passengers and crew on board a passenger aircraft by use of a highly permeable oxygen enrichment unit, wherein the fiber tubes of the hollow fiber membranes used to separate normal air into oxygen rich and nitrogen rich f... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172075 | Defect free composite membranes, method for producing said membranes and use of the same A defect free semipermeable composite membrane having outstanding integrity and high water permeability is provided. Said composite membrane comprises an inside support layer to provide sufficient mechanical strength, an outside barrier layer to provide selective se... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166148 | Gas separation membranes A method of producing composite, hollow fibre gas separation membranes, wherein external surfaces of the porous hollow fibre tubes used in the construction of the membranes are subjected to a modification technique before the external surfaces are coated with a thin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166146 | Mixed matrix membranes with small pore molecular sieves and methods for making and using the membranes A mixed matrix membrane is provided which comprises a continuous phase organic polymer and small pore molecular sieves dispersed therein. The molecular sieves have a largest minor crystallographic free diameter of 3.6 Angstroms or less. When these molecular sieves a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7138006 | Mixed matrix membranes with low silica-to-alumina ratio molecular sieves and methods for making and using the membranes A mixed matrix membrane is provided which comprises a continuous phase organic polymer and small pore alumina containing molecular sieves dispersed therein. The molecular sieves have a silica-to-alumina molar ratio of less than 1.0, more preferably, less than 0.3, a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7097682 | Ventilation filter medium for container, and container and container cap equipped with ventilation filter medium The present invention provides a culture container and a cap for a container having a ventilation filter medium or a medium similar thereto that can exchange carbon dioxide gas in the culture container with atmospheric air, and prevent the contamination of sterilize... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083660 | Casing member and method for manufacturing the same A connector casing E required to have a sealing property includes a cover 2. The cover 2 has a cover main body 10 provided with a large vent hole H0 passing through the connector casing E in an inward and outward direction and having ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083804 | Acid-gas absorbing tablet and method of use An acid-gas absorbing tablet including in relatively sufficient proportions an adsorbent which may be activated carbon or silica gel or a mixture thereof, potassium carbonate, polyvinylpyrrolidinone, and potassium bicarbonate. A method of absorbing acid gases from a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074256 | Phosphazene membranes for gas separations A polyphosphazene having a glass transition temperature (“Tg”) of approximately −20° C. or less. The polyphosphazene has at least one pendant group attached to a backbone of the polyphosphazene, wherein the pendant group has no halogen atoms. In ad... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7046228 | Electrophoretic display with dual mode switching The present invention relates to an improved EPD which comprises both the traditional up/down switching and the in-plane switching modes. In other words, the improved EPD has dual switching modes. The monochrome EPDs of the present invention are capable of di... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025803 | Methane recovery process A system and a process for recovering high concentrations of methane from crude natural gas and solid waste landfill exhaust gas uses a sequential combination of a pressure swing adsorber unit operation to remove volatile organic compounds from the crude feed gas mi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025804 | Method for separating hydrocarbon-containing gas mixtures using hydrocarbon-resistant membranes A method of separating or concentrating hydrocarbon-containing gas mixtures such as hydrogen from hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, nitrogen from hydrocarbons, and hydrocarbons from one another using a selectively permeable membrane. The method is well... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018445 | Polyimide blends for gas separation membranes The present invention provides a selectively gas permeable membrane that has a superior combination of permeability and selectivity. The membrane composition includes a Type 1 copolyimide uniformly blended with a Type 2 copolyimide, which polymers are defined by che... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014690 | Expandable desiccant element An expandable desiccant element for removal of moisture from an air stream. Such expandable desiccant element includes at least one first expandable containment section capable of expanding a first predetermined amount, at least one second expandable containment sec... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003976 | Air conditioner Air conditioner including a case having air inlet and outlet passages therein perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of air inlet and outlets at ends of the air inlet and outlet passages, a regenerative heat exchanger at a cross point of the air inlet and outl... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997971 | Cross-linked polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation A cross-linked, supported polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation is prepared by reacting polybenzimidazole (PBI) with the sulfone-containing crosslinking agent 3,4-dichloro-tetrahydro-thiophene-1,1-dioxide. The cross-linked reaction product exhibits enhanced ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977009 | Metal coated polymer electrolyte membrane having a reinforcement structure A metal-coated, wire-reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane that is permeable only to protons and hydrogen is disclosed. The metal-coated, wire-reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane has a surface microstructure that prevents cracking of the metal coating during h... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6961207 | Apparatus and method for dampening disk vibration in storage devices Aerodynamic forces contribute to disk and actuator vibration leading to track positioning errors in storage devices such as hard disk drives. The invention provides a variety of dampening mechanisms and a method of dampening to alleviate these problems. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6946015 | Cross-linked polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation A cross-linked, supported polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation is prepared by layering a solution of polybenzimidazole (PBI) and α,α′dibromo-p-xylene onto a porous support and evaporating solvent. A supported membrane of cross-linked poly-2,2′-(m-phen... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936093 | Electronic enclosure filter A multilayer filter assembly for use inside an electronic enclosure, such as a hard disk drive enclosure containing a rotating disk, is disclosed. The filter assembly provides filtration of air entering the enclosure, as well as air circulating within the enclosure.... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932859 | Crosslinked and crosslinkable hollow fiber membrane and method of making same A composition of and a method of making high performance hollow fiber membranes is described. The membranes have a high resistance to plasticization by use of a predetermined amount of crosslinking. The preferred polymer material for the membrane is a polyimide poly... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932187 | Protective acoustic cover assembly A protective acoustic cover assembly including a metal foil with perforations, and a treatment on one or more surfaces of said metal foil. The treatment is a hydrophobic or oleophobic treatment, or both. The protective acoustic cover assembly has an average specific... | 08/23/2005 |
