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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kyoo-Chul Park, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shreerang S. Chhatre, Cambridge, MA (US);
Gareth H. McKinley, Acton, MA (US);
Robert E. Cohen, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Assignee:
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/00 (2006.01); B01D 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/083 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0428 (2013.01);
Abstract
A structure for collecting liquid droplets from an aerosol can have a structure and properties that are selected for efficient liquid collection. In particular, the strand radius and spacing of a mesh, and a material for coating the mesh, can be selected to provide efficient collection of water droplets from fog.