Pulsed-plasma-discharge engine and its method of operation

    公开(公告)号:US12092055B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US18474418

    申请日:2023-09-26

    申请人: Sharp Pulse Corp.

    IPC分类号: F02K7/20 F03H1/00 H05H1/48

    CPC分类号: F02K7/20 F03H1/0087 H05H1/48

    摘要: An engine in which thrust is achieved by converting electrical energy into high temperature plasma discharges that, in turn, apply thermal, pressure, and/or kinetic energy to a stream of passing air. The engine comprises a plasma region that includes a pair of gapped electrodes, such that the plasma discharges occur in the electrode gap. An energy storage device generates voltage pulses between the electrodes that electrically break down the air as the operating medium within the electrode gap and create plasma discharges.

    Woven textile
    4.
    外观设计

    公开(公告)号:USD1027460S1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US29752340

    申请日:2020-09-26

    申请人: Casper Sleep Inc.

    摘要: FIG. 1 is a top view of a woven textile showing our new design;
    FIG. 2 is a reference view of FIG. 1 showing the location of area 3; and,
    FIG. 3 is a top detail view of area 3 circumscribed within FIG. 2.
    The dot-dash-dot broken lines surrounding FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 depict the boundaries of the claim and form no part thereof. The broken lines within the perimeter of FIG. 2 and surrounding FIG. 3 denote the boundaries of the detail area and form no part of the claimed design.

    Driving techniques for phased-array systems

    公开(公告)号:US11955109B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17195795

    申请日:2021-03-09

    摘要: Various techniques for driving phased array systems are described, specifically intended for acoustic phased arrays with applications to mid-air haptics, parametric audio, acoustic levitation and acoustic imaging, including a system: 1) that is capable of mitigating the effect of the changes in the air to provide a consistent haptic experience; 2) that produces trap points in air; 3) that defines phased-array optimization in terms of vectors for the production of more consistent haptic effects; 4) that defines one or more control points or regions in space via a controlled acoustic field; 5) that uses a reduced representation method for the construction of acoustic basis functions; 6) that performs efficient evaluation of complex-valued functions for a large quantity of throughput; 7) that generates a Krylov sub-space of a matrix; and 8) that maximizes an objective described by different control points and/or regions to those used to create the acoustic basis functions.

    Features of airborne ultrasonic fields

    公开(公告)号:US11816267B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17354636

    申请日:2021-06-22

    申请人: Ultraleap Limited

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 G10K11/34

    摘要: A method for specifying desired quantities of the energy flux of the combined waves of acoustic radiation pressure to apply producing a mid-air haptic pushing force, which has the effect of simultaneously reducing the harmonic distortion present is described. Further, a method for communicating only the summaries of acoustic field contributions at the required locations in the form of summed portions of the relatively small matrix whose row and column count depend only on the control point count is described. Further, phased arrays of ultrasonic speakers can produce a relatively large amount of acoustic energy which is usually directed in a specific direction or focused to a particular point depending on the application of the array. Further, to allow the system to be driven more strongly than usual, the complex-valued linear system that governs the drive signal to each control point is solved twice. Further, to achieve mid-air haptics with high precision the radiation pressure generated must be modelled accurately.

    Magnetically driven beverage brewing system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11793347B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US18054134

    申请日:2022-11-09

    发明人: Bruce D. Burrows

    摘要: A coffee brewing system includes a brew vessel adapted to receive water and ground coffee to produce and store a brewed beverage. The brew vessel includes a filter and a magnet stirrer in the lower portion of the brew vessel. The magnet stirrer creates a water vortex for brewing the coffee. The used coffee grounds are allowed to settle on the filter creating a bed of used coffee grounds and the coffee is then filtered through both the bed of used coffee grounds and the filter and collected in a coffee storage container.

    Ultrasonic-assisted liquid manipulation

    公开(公告)号:US11740018B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17409783

    申请日:2021-08-23

    IPC分类号: F26B5/02

    CPC分类号: F26B5/02

    摘要: A phased array of ultrasonic transducers may create arbitrary fields that can be utilized to manipulate fluids. This includes the translation of drops on smooth surfaces as well speeding the evaporation of fluids on wetted hands. Proposed herein is the use airborne ultrasound focused to the surface of the hand. The risk is that coupling directly into the bulk of the hand may cause damage to the cellular material through heating, mechanical stress, or cavitation. Using a phased array, the focus may be moved around, thus preventing acoustic energy from lingering too long on one particular position of the hand. While some signaling may penetrate into the hand, most of the energy (99.9%) is reflected. Also disclosed are methods to couple just to the wetted surface of the hand.