Patent • #US8593237B1. The present invention is directed to low temperature cofired ceramic modules having localized temperature stability by incorporating temperature coefficient of resonant frequency compensating materials locally into a multilayer LTCC module. Chemical interactions can be minimized and physical compatibility between the compensating materials and the host LTCC dielectrics can be...
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Locking Side Pull Hoist Ring
Featured Opportunity • An integrated tool with the ability to lift, rotate, and lock a suspended work piece at any angle — eliminating the need for manual operators or additional custom fixtures to accomplish the same Sandia researchers have developed a Locking Side Pull Hoist Ring which presents a significant improvement on commonly...
Locking side pull hoist ring assembly
Patent • #US11192760B1. An assembly for rotating a workpiece including a locking side pull hoist ring removably attachable to a side surface of the workpiece. The locking side pull hoist ring comprises a load bearing structure, a rotation mechanism attached to the side surface of the workpiece that rotates about a rotation...
Long range heliostat target using array of normal incidence pyranometers to evaluate a beam of solar radiation
Patent • #US8664577B1. Various technologies described herein pertain to evaluating a beam reflected by a heliostat. A portable target that has an array of sensors mounted thereupon is configured to capture the beam reflected by the heliostat. The sensors in the array output measured values indicative of a characteristic of the beam...
Long-Lasting Lithium Primary Batteries
Featured Opportunity • Long-lasting lithium primary batteries with a wide operational temperature range and increased safety. There is an ever-growing need to produce safer batteries that have longer run times and better temperature responses. Many current systems use lithium primary batteries because of their high energy densities and wide operational temperature range. However,...
Low Cost TiO2 Nanoparticles
Featured Opportunity • TEM image of TiO2 nanoparticles taken at 50KX magnification demonstrates discrete and stable end product. Current methods of producing titanium dioxide nanoparticles require costly surfactants and/or high temperature and pressure processing. Processing under these conditions results in nanoparticles with extremely wide particle size distributions and significant particle agglomeration. These problems...
Low Inductance DC Power Bus
Featured Opportunity • A low-inductance DC power bus for high frequency, high temperature operation in electric drive systems and next-generation power electronics A new generation of power electronic conversion systems are being enabled by wide-bandgap (WBG) devices. Applications in civilian and defense sectors are already realizing improved power density and efficiency in power...
Low power mixed gas sensor
Patent • #US12422421B2. The invention is directed to a chemically robust, highly-selective, low power sensor that can be used for the direct electrical detection of mixed gases. In particular, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer exceptional chemical and structural tunability as mixed-gas capture materials. As an example of the invention, the influence of interfering...
Low power sensor for NOx detection
Patent • #US11573217B2. Detection and capture of toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) is important for emissions control of exhaust gases and general public health. The low power sensor provides direct electrically detection of trace (0.5-5 ppm) NO2 at relatively low temperatures (50° C.) via changes in the electrical properties of nitrogen-oxide-capture active materials....
Low pressure drop advanced swirl technology gas filter
Patent • #US10537839B1. A media-free filter device for a supercritical fluid process is disclosed. The media-free filter device includes a first pipe section connected in flow communication with a closed-loop system for a supercritical fluid. A y-pipe segment intersects the first pipe section at an intersection joint. The intersection joint intersects at...
Low soot stoichiometric compression-ignition combustion
Patent • #US11629661B1. A combustion system including a combustion mechanism that injects oxygenated fuel into a combustion chamber. The oxygenated fuel mixes with the intake air in the combustion chamber where the air-fuel ratio in a portion of the combustion chamber is stoichiometric. The combustion mechanism includes an ignition mechanism that ignites...
Low Temperature Gasoline Combustion
Featured Opportunity • A high-performance engine technology to replace diesel engines While electrification is playing a major role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from automobiles and light trucks, practical considerations are likely to make internal combustion (IC) engines the power system of choice for heavy duty (HD) line-haul trucks, some medium-duty (MD)...
Low temperature sodium battery comprising an electrochemically active molten inorganic catholyte
Patent • #US11962009B1. A high-performance electrochemically active sodium molten salt catholyte enables a dramatic reduction in molten sodium battery operating temperature from near 300° C. to less than 120° C. As an example, stable electrochemical cycling was demonstrated in a high voltage (3.65 V) sodium battery comprising a sodium iodide-gallium chloride (NaI—GaCl3)...
Low-cost, Low-energy Absorption with Porous Liquids (LEAP-L)
Featured Opportunity • LEAP-L technology offers a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and sustainable solution for gas capture and separation via the use of environmentally friendly materials The reliance on energy sources like biogases, natural gas, and fossil fuels in industrial processes has increased the release of contaminants into the atmosphere. Contaminants can contribute to long-term...
Low-dislocation-density epitatial layers grown by defect filtering by self-assembled layers of spheres
Patent • #US8425681B1. A method for growing low-dislocation-density material atop a layer of the material with an initially higher dislocation density using a monolayer of spheroidal particles to bend and redirect or directly block vertically propagating threading dislocations, thereby enabling growth and coalescence to form a very-low-dislocation-density surface of the material, and...
Low-frequency atomic electrometry
Patent • #US11585841B1. In a method of atomic electrometry, EIT spectroscopy is performed on host atoms of an alkali metal in a vapor cell. The EIT spectroscopy indicates a resonant energy of a probed Rydberg state of the host atoms. The vapor cell is exposed to an ambient electric field. A shift...
Low-inductance direct current power bus
Patent • #US10084310B1. A DC power bus having reduced parasitic inductance and higher tolerable operating temperature is disclosed. In example embodiments, a bus structure overlies a printed circuit board, and an array of capacitors is arranged on a surface of the printed circuit board distal the bus structure. The bus structure comprises...
Low-melting point heat transfer fluid
Patent • #US7922931B1. A low-melting point, heat transfer fluid comprising a mixture of LiNO3, NaNO3, KNO3, NaNO2 and KNO2 salts where the Li, Na and K cations are present in amounts of about 20-33.5 mol % Li, about 18.6-40 mol % Na, and about 40-50.3 mol % K and where the nitrate...
Low-melting point heat transfer fluid
Patent • #US7828990B1. A low-melting point, heat transfer fluid made of a mixture of five inorganic salts including about 29.1-33.5 mol % LiNO3, 0-3.9 mol % NaNO3, 2.4-8.2 mol % KNO3, 18.6-19.9 mol % NaNO2, and 40-45.6 mol % KNO2. These compositions can have liquidus temperatures below 80° C. for some compositions.
Low-melting point inorganic nitrate salt heat transfer fluid
Patent • #US7588694B1. A low-melting point, heat transfer fluid made of a mixture of four inorganic nitrate salts: 9-18 wt % NaNO3, 40-52 wt % KNO3, 13-21 wt % LiNO3, and 20-27 wt % Ca(NO3)2. These compositions can have liquidus temperatures less than 100 C; thermal stability limits greater than 500 C;...
Low-power MEMS wakeup system
Patent • #US10481672B1. There is provided a near-zero-power wakeup system in which a MEMS sensor for mechanical or acoustic signals is coupled to a very-low-power complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). Power consumption can be minimized by operating the ASIC with sub-threshold gate voltages.
Low-temperature nanosolders
Patent • #US9463532B2. A nanosolder comprises a first metal nanoparticle core coated with a second metal shell, wherein the first metal has a higher surface energy and smaller atomic size than the second metal. For example, a bimetallic nanosolder can comprise a protective Ag shell “glued” around a reactive Cu nanoparticle. As...
Lower-Cost Strengthened Glass Substrates
Featured Opportunity • Lower-cost strengthened glass substrates for smart phones, smart watches, tablets, and other durable, impact-resistant applications Glass substrates with enhanced strength and durability are in high demand for use in handheld devices and electronic displays. Currently, glass strengthening is achieved using alkali ion-exchange techniques, where high temperature molten-salt baths are used...
Lung-Targeting Nanobodies and Purification Methods
Featured Opportunity • A new approach for combating infectious disease at lower dose frequencies and amounts by directly delivering enhanced potency therapeutics Immunohistochemistry (IHC) readout of nanobodylocalization and specificity within the lung tissue The combination of high-throughput screening, functional validation assays and sophisticated bioinformatic tools to develop highly potent, neutralizing antibodies has generated...
Lung-targeting single-domain antibodies and purification methods
Patent • #US12421306B1. Disclosed herein are single-domain antibodies (sdABs) configured for targeting to human or mammalian lung tissue. Constructs and methods of using such sdABs are also described herein, such as methods of binding with and transporting other sdABs or other cargo with beneficial functionalities, binding to and transporting biochemical or pharmaceutical...
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