Contactless Ion Concentration Method & Apparatus Using Nanoporous Membrane with Applied Potential

    公开(公告)号:US20180319681A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15908606

    申请日:2018-02-28

    IPC分类号: C02F1/469

    CPC分类号: C02F1/4698 C02F2201/46115

    摘要: The current invention is an apparatus for concentrating ions in a water stream and a method for using the apparatus to concentrate ions for detection and/or removal.The apparatus is comprised of an electrically charged barrier, a distal electrode having an electrical charge with a sign opposite to the electrical charge of the barrier, and a proximate electrode having an electrical charge with a sign corresponding to the electrical charge of the barrier. The apparatus further includes a moving water stream which is processed to comprise an ion-depleted stream and an ion-concentrated stream located between the distal electrode and the first surface, a first diversion structure to divert the ion-concentrated stream, a second diversion structure to divert the ion-depleted stream, and an electrical power source operatively coupled with the distal and proximate electrodes.

    Use of an echo signal in synchronization of multiple signal collections from multiple sensors

    公开(公告)号:US10079703B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-18

    申请号:US13782069

    申请日:2013-03-01

    发明人: Wei Su

    IPC分类号: H04L27/00 H04L1/00

    摘要: Various embodiments associated with use of an echo signal are described. A plurality of sensors can be deployed to obtain editions of a signal of interest. The signal of interest may be so far away from the sensors that the editions collected are too noisy to be analyzed. A processing center can send an echo signal to the sensors and the sensors can respond to the processing center with a signal edition of the signal of interest and the echo signal. Since the processing center knows information about the echo signal, offsets among the sensors can be calculated based on the returned echo signals. These offsets can then be used to align the signal editions. At the processing center, the aligned signal editions can be combined into a combined signal and a demodulation scheme for the combined signal can be determined and then used for demodulation of the signal.

    Hand grenade with an explosive train initiation indicator

    公开(公告)号:US10024641B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15615010

    申请日:2017-06-06

    发明人: Richard Lauch

    IPC分类号: F42C15/16 F42C14/02 F42B27/00

    摘要: The subject invention provides a grenade which comprises a means of indicating, to a user, that the grenade's striker assembly has been activated, and thus provides an indication that the grenade has been initiated. Specifically, the subject invention provides such indication of striker activation, and thus grenade initiation, which is evident to the user by touch and feel, without the need for purposeful inspection of the grenade by said user. More specifically, the subject invention modifies the grenade's striker assembly to create a means to obstruct the safety lever from returning to its original position.