07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090038345 | APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING AN OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD FOR SEALING A DRAWING FURNACE - In an apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber, the apparatus includes a drawing furnace provided with an insertion opening for receiving an optical fiber perform, a feed mechanism configured to support one end of the optical fiber preform so as to feed into the drawing furnace, a first sealing unit configured to seal a clearance gap between the optical fiber preform and the insertion opening, and a second sealing unit configured to seal a gap between the optical fiber preform and the first sealing unit when a tapered portion formed at the one end side of the optical fiber preform passes through the insertion opening. As a result, the available entirety of the optical fiber preform can be changed to an optical fiber, so that the cost for fabricating the optical fiber can be significantly reduced. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038346 | Particle Deposition System and Method - A deposition system for depositing a chemical vapor onto a workpiece, including a deposition chamber having a plurality of components for performing chemical vapor deposition on the workpiece. The deposition chamber includes an inner skin made of Hasteloy for sealing the plurality of components and the workpiece from the air surrounding the deposition system, and an outer skin that encloses the inner skin and is separated from the inner skin by an air gap. The outer skin includes vents that create a convection current in the air gap between the inner skin and outer skin of the deposition chamber. The deposition system also has a gas panel for regulating the flow of gases and vapors into the deposition chamber, and a computer for controlling operation of the gas panel and the components in the deposition chamber. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038347 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Redundancy in Monitoring the Lid Switch and Basket of a Washing Machine - A method and control system for automatically halting operation of a washing machine by stopping operation of the washing machine motor is provided. The washing machine that implements the method includes a motor controller having a primary microprocessor and a secondary microprocessor which serves as a backup redundancy processor in the event there is a malfunction with the primary microprocessor or the primary microprocessor fails to halt washing machine operation within a prescribed window of time. The primary microprocessor controls operation of all of the washing machine electrically controlled components. The secondary microprocessor is electrically connected to a lid switch and the washing machine motor and is configured to halt operation of the motor in response to the primary microprocessor failing to halt motor operation after the lid is open. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038348 | MULTIFUNCTION APPARATUS FOR EXECUTION OF EXERCISES OF STRENGTHENING OF MUSCLE SYSTEMS - Apparatus for dyeing and/or washing delicate garments includes a body equipped with a dyeing bath containment basin. Within the dyeing basin, there is a drum hinged to a rotational hollow shaft provided with a lot of bath movement paddles. Internal to the drum, there is a basket whose rotational axis is housed inside the hollow shaft of the drum where a pulley is keyed to the rotational hollow shaft of the drum and a pulley is keyed to the rotational axis of the basket. Each pulley is conventionally moved by belts with independent electric motors in such a way that the movement of the drum and the movement of the basket are independent. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038349 | DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE - Disclosed is a drum type washing machine. The drum type washing machine includes a sealing member for preventing water between a tub and a drum from penetrating into a bearing for supporting a rotation shaft and a water penetration preventing unit for preventing the water between the tub and the drum from penetrating into the sealing member. Accordingly, it is doubly prevented that the water between the tub and the drum penetrates into the bearing, thereby preventing corrosion of the bearing due to the water. As a result, it is capable of preventing vibration and noise caused by the corrosion of the bearing and of stably supporting the rotation shaft with maintaining the initial performance of the bearing, thereby preventing the drum type washing machine from being out of order. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038350 | Locking Mechanism For An Image Forming Device - The present application is directed to methods and devices for a locking mechanism to connect input components for use within an image forming device. Two or more input components are placed in a stacked arrangement. The locking mechanism of a first input component engages the locking mechanism of a second input component to connect the input components. The locking mechanism may be activated automatically when the input units are stacked. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038351 | CYLINDER LOCK DEVICE - A cylinder lock device includes a rotor case in a cylindrical shape, a rotor arranged to be rotatable inside the rotor case including a key insert hole being formed to extend in an axial direction, a sleeve arranged to be rotatable between the rotor case and the rotor and having an engaging groove, and a plurality of tumblers provided in the rotor to be movable in a radial direction to engage with the engaging groove of the sleeve when biased to an outer radial direction and to release the engagement with the sleeve by disengaging with the engaging groove when a regular key is inserted into the key insert hole. A position in a circumferential direction and a size of the engaging groove of the sleeve is configured to contact with an inner surface of the engaging groove at a different position in a circumferential direction with respect to at least two tumblers among the plurality of tumblers | 2009-02-12 |
20090038352 | Lock system of small article compartment in vehicle - A lock system includes a lock mechanism for holding a lid element in a locked state, an electric actuator for driving the lock mechanism to an unlocking side based on an operation of an open switch, and a key cylinder adapted to be operated to rotate by a key so as to be switched through the rotational operation to an “UNLOCK” position where the open switch is enabled to function and a “LOCK” position where the open switch is disabled from functioning, whereby unlocking of the lid element is prohibited through a rotational operation of the key cylinder to the “LOCK” position. An operating unit of the lock system causes the key cylinder and the lock mechanism to be mechanically linked with each other by a wire cable, whereby the lock mechanism is forcibly driven to the unlocking side through a: rotational. operation of the key cylinder to the “OPEN” position. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038353 | Dual lock apparatus - The present invention relates to a dual lock apparatus ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038354 | Locking Device - Disclosed is a locking device which comprises a housing, and a cylinder device rotating within the housing, wherein the housing is provided with a protrusion therein to prevent the cylinder device from being rotated, and the cylinder device includes a motor, a cylinder receiving the motor, a tilting mechanism located at the front of the cylinder, having an upper portion tilted to be fixed to the protrusion of the housing by forward rotation of the motor and a recess released from the protrusion of the housing by reverse rotation of the motor, and a locking plate adapter fixed to the tilting mechanism, and a locking plate fixed to the adapter. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038355 | AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION - Agricultural compositions which comprise: (i) a secondary nutrient or micronutrient; (ii) benzoic acid or a biologically acceptable derivative thereof; and (iii) a water soluble salt of Formula (I) wherein R | 2009-02-12 |
20090038356 | Method for Lubricating Milling Material - Disclosed is a method for rolling milling material, especially for hot wide-strip rolling in a finishing train or a continuous casting and rolling plant, in which a lubricant is applied directly to the surface of the working rollers or indirectly to the surface of the support rollers, the lubricant then being transferred to the surface of the working rollers, before the milling material is fed into the roller gap of a roll stand. A highly adhesive lubricant film forms on the surface of the working roller, said lubricant film resulting in a reduction of friction in the roller gap as an intermediate layer between the roller and the milling material. According to the inventive method, the lubricant is applied along the entire length of the milling material such that the lubricating effect comes into play along the entire length of the milling material. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038357 | Piercing device of hydroforming mold - Disclosed is a piercing device of a hydroforming mold with a lower steel having a cavity therein, which can make the replacement of the pierce punch easier. The piercing device comprises: a pierce punch, the front edge portion of which is inserted into the cavity, for punching a hole through a molding material; a pierce cylinder for providing hydraulic pressure; a rod connected to the pierce cylinder, which is to be operated by the hydraulic pressure; and a pierce block connecting the rod and the pierce punch, wherein the length between the front edge portion of the rod and the pierce punch is greater than the length of the pierce punch. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038358 | Method of manufacturing seamless pipe and tube - It is a problem of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing the seamless pipes having better mechanical properties, by means of a pipe manufacturing method with large energy-saving effect to continuously carry out processes from pierce-rolling to heat treatment. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038359 | Method of manufacturing seamless pipe or tube - A billet is provided on a pass line between a pusher and a plug, and the billet is advanced and caught between a plurality of inclined rolls. At least between when said caught billet contacts said plug and when the piercing and rolling reaches a steady state, the advancing speed of the billet is not less than the advancing speed of the billet when the piercing and rolling is carried out without pushing the billet forward by the pusher in the steady state. By this manufacturing method, inner surface defects at a tip end of a hollow shell can be restrained. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038360 | Method for producing ultra thin wall metallic tube with cold working process - An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a method for producing an ultra thin wall metallic tube by cold working method with significant wall thickness reduction. In a method for producing the metallic tube with a cold pilger mill according to the invention, cold rolling is performed while tube diameters are being expanded using rolls having tapered groove dies whose calibers increase from an engaging entry side toward a finishing exit side. In a method for producing the metallic tube with a drawing machine according to the invention, cold drawing is performed while the tube diameters are being expanded using a solid die whose calibers increase from an engaging entry side toward a finishing exit side and a plug of a tapered mandrel bar whose diameters increase from an entry side of the die toward an exit side. In the metallic tube producing method, a maximum diameter of the plug or tapered mandrel bar may be larger than an outside diameter of the mother tube. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038361 | Flying roller hemming anvil process - A roller hemming system for edge hemming vehicle closures from nested metal panels includes an anvil robot moveably supporting a hemming anvil having a working surface, a clamping spider cooperable with the anvil robot for clamping the nested metal panels on the working surface, an anvil register including a base and a registration feature for matingly positioning the hemming anvil thereto, a hemming robot including a multi-axis controllable arm, a roller hemming apparatus mounted on a distal end of the multi-axis arm, the roller hemming apparatus being moveable along edges of the nested metal panels on the anvil to hem the panels together. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038362 | Refractory metal plates with improved uniformity of texture - A refractory metal plate is provided. The plate has a center, a thickness, an edge, a top surface and a bottom surface, and has a crystallographic texture (as characterized by through thickness gradient, banding severity; and variation across the plate, for each of the texture components 100//ND and 111//ND, which is substantially uniform throughout the plate. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038363 | Method and Device for Changing/Transporting Rolls - The invention relates to a method for changing/transporting a fire roll set ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038364 | TUBULAR ARTICLES WITH VARYING WALL THICKNESS - A method for manufacturing a one-piece axle tube housing with localized sections of increased wall thickness includes providing a tube blank, inserting a mandrel having a reduced diameter profile, passing the tube through an extrusion die to conform the tube to the shape of the mandrel; and extraction of the mandrel from the tube to cause outward deformation of the tube at specific locations. A further reducing step may be used to form the final desired profile, including reduced inner and outer diameters along sections of the axle tube housing. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038365 | PRESS FORMING METHOD FOR ALUMINUM ALLOY SHEET AND PRESSING DEVICE - The invention provides a press forming method of an aluminum alloy sheet and a press device capable of forming a large panel which is an automobile body outer panel such as a luggage outer panel and the like and is of a shape difficult in forming. In a method of press forming of the aluminum alloy sheet | 2009-02-12 |
20090038366 | Mechanical pipe-end expander and a method of manufacturing seamless steel pipe - The present invention provides a mechanical pipe-end expander comprising a cone and a die having tapered wedge bodies whose outer radius is larger towards a flangeless end direction from a flange end, wherein a pipe-end zone is expanded by a wedge effect of the die, which results from a procedure that the cone and the die are inserted together into the pipe-end zone to be expanded, and that then only the cone is axially drawn outwards leaving the die within the pipe-end zone. A seamless steel pipe with an expanded pipe-end zone is manufactured by applying a mechanical pipe-end expander comprising a die having tapered wedge bodies whose outer radius is larger towards a flangeless end direction from a flange end. The resulting seamless steel pipe has satisfactory pipe-end dimensional accuracy, and exhibits characteristics with excellent field welding workability. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038367 | Apparatus for pipe end sizing and method for pipe end sizing - An apparatus for sizing a pipe end comprising: a plug | 2009-02-12 |
20090038368 | CASTING DIE WITH CHANGEABLE MALE AND FEMALE DIE CORES - A press casting die able to change its female and male die cores, in which mainly a movable-side fixed plate of a die seat is provided behind a male-die recess with a plate receiving recess of a larger area, the plate receiving recess can be mounted therein with a changeable pressure bearing plate having thereon holes for insertion of pushing-out pins, the pressure bearing plate is abutted against by a pair of die-foot blocks in its rear to thereby have sufficient bearing capability to assure its durability for a high pressure in material injection. Therefore, when life of use the die cavity is exhausted, only the female die core, the male die core and the pressure bearing plate are necessarily changed, thereby the cost of the die is largely reduced, and benefit of environmental conservation can be provided. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038369 | MICROWAVE SYSTEM GENERATOR AND CONTROLLER FOR GAS AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A solid state, radiant energy power generator and control system for heating an object in a radiant energy cavity—a radiant energy heated oven—is disclosed, where the system includes a digital processing unit (DPU), an DPU interface, a device controller, a frequency regulator, a voltage control oscillator, a power regulator, an amplifier, and a reverse/forward power sensing means. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038370 | CALIBRATION AND VERIFICATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A DETECTION APPARATUS - The calibration tool is provided for use with a detector, such as a detector for detecting trace amounts of one or more substances of interest. The calibration tool includes a body with at least one reservoir for retaining the calibration solution therein. A nib projects from the body and communicates with the reservoir. The nib can be wiped across a detection surface and the detection surface then may be presented to a detector. The detector then can be calibrated for the particular substance of interest in the calibration solution. The calibration tool may include plural reservoirs isolated from one another and plural nibs for applying the calibration solution to a detection surface. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038371 | Method and Apparatus for Evaluation of a Device for Measuring Lung Diffusion Capacity - A method of evaluating a measuring device for measuring, in normal operation, a diffusion capacity of a person's lungs by measuring a change of concentration of a gas species in a mixture, when the mixture is inhaled and subsequently exhaled by the person or imposed by an artificial ventilator, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the mixture in a compartment; (b) circulating gas from the compartment back to the compartment through a circulation circuit; and (c) selectively reducing partial pressure of the gas species in the circulation circuit to a predetermined level. A device for implementing the evaluation method is also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038372 | HEATED TRANSFER LINE FOR USE IN HIGH TEMPERATURE MICROWAVE CHROMATOGRAPHY - A heat transfer line assembly is disclosed for microwave heated chromatography instruments. Analytical instruments incorporating a microwave oven including the heated transfer lines are also disclosed as well as methods for making and using same. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038373 | Fuel Quality Evaluation Apparatus, Fuel Quality Evaluation Method and Recording Medium - A fuel quality evaluation apparatus and evaluation method enable a reliable evaluation at a low cost. The apparatus includes a combustion chamber which causes an injected fuel to combust, temperature control means which adjusts an interior temperature of the combustion chamber before injection, injection control means which controls the injection, light intensity measurement means which measures flame combustion light intensity, and analysis means which analyzes the measurement result and evaluates a fuel quality. The analysis means causes the fuel to combust a plurality of times, identifies a transformation of a flame light intensity, and evaluates the quality of the fuel based on a variation in the light intensity transformations for each combustion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038374 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN WHOLE, CLOSED AND/OR SEALED CONTAINERS - A non-invasive and non-destructive apparatus and testing method for analytes in sealed containers are provided, which are especially useful for identifying bottles of wine that are contaminated with 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA) without destroying the value of uncontaminated wine by opening the bottles or marring the containers or labeling. The apparatus and method are applicable to non-destructively testing any “stream-of-commerce” containers such as shampoo bottles, aerosol containers, toothpaste tubes, and soft drink cans, and other such containers for the presence of contaminants, explosives, poisons, drugs, and other dangerous or illegal materials. The method provided is orders of magnitude more sensitive than other methods, and can detect the presence of diffused substances at the nanogram per liter (parts-per-billion) level. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038375 | PHOTOACOUSTIC FREE FIELD DETECTOR - The invention relates to a photoacoustic detector including an acoustically open measuring area which is not completely surrounded by a housing. The detector includes an arrangement for introducing excitation light into the measuring area, such that the excitation light can be absorbed by absorbent materials which are located in the measuring area and which are used to produce acoustic energy. The invention also relates to a detector which includes at least one acoustic sensor and an arrangement is provided in order to concentrate the acoustic energy, in order to reach a local maximum of the acoustic pressure on at least one position. The at least one sensor is arranged in the vicinity of the at least one position, whereon the local maximum of the produced acoustic pressure is present or can be produced. The invention also relates to an associated method. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038376 | GAS ANALYZER WITH A TRACE MOISTURE SENSOR - An apparatus for measuring moisture in a gas flowing in one direction through an enclosed chamber includes a moisture sensor placed in the chamber. The moisture sensor includes a first and second electrode supported by a non-conductive member. Each of the first and second electrode has at least one elongated finger and a coating made of a moisture absorbing material. At least one elongated finger of the first electrode is substantially parallel with at least one finger of the second electrode. The apparatus further includes a gas temperature sensor, a moisture sensor temperature sensor, and a cooling element for controlling the temperature of the moisture sensor based on the data from the gas temperature data and moisture sensor temperature data. Further, the apparatus includes a source of electrical current providing a voltage across the first and second electrode. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038377 | OIL MIGRATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a system is provided that may be utilized to determine oil migration and oil displacement from a pre-oiled air filter. The present invention may also be utilized to determine if oil is displaced from the air filter onto a portion of the apparatus for visualization to a user. The present invention utilizes a demonstration apparatus having a system for forcing air through the oil subjected air filter thereby attempting to force displacement of the oil from the air filter. The apparatus utilizes a blowing means whereby the oil infused air filter is subject to higher than normal air flow and whereby the apparatus has a deflection portion whereby if oil is displaced from the air filter, it is deflected onto the deflection portion where it would be physically viewable to an observer present in the vicinity of the apparatus. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038378 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DATA FOR CHEMICAL REACTOR TUBES - A device and method for measuring the back pressure in chemical reactor tubes includes many automated features. Inflatable tube seals may be automatically inflated. The device may measure several tubes at once. It may transmit data electronically to a remote computer for analysis and graphic display. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038379 | Method And Installation For Determining Rheological Characteristics Of A Fluid, And Corresponding Identifying Method - The method comprises:
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20090038380 | Oral Fluid Assays for the Detection of Heavy Metal Exposure - Methods for measuring the concentration of heavy metals such as lead in oral fluid are provided. The concentration of lead in oral fluid can be accurately correlated with the concentration of lead in the blood serum. The methods are useful for, among other things, diagnosis and monitoring of heavy metal exposure. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038381 | AUTOMATED PACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMNS - A column packing system comprises a control unit provided with software for monitoring the column interior pressure and/or flow through the column for use in calculating the breakpoint where a movable adapter comes into contact with a consolidated bed of bed media. The calculated breakpoint is used by the control unit to determine how much further the movable adapter has to move into the column in order to achieve a desired amount of bed compression. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038382 | PROBE AND CANTILEVER - [Object of the Invention] To provide a probe | 2009-02-12 |
20090038383 | PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION DEVICE AND PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD - Provided is a photomask defect correction method including: an observing step of scanning plurality of lines one after another while controlling a distance between the probe tip and a surface ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038384 | KNOCKING DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Out of synthesized waveforms of vibrations in a first frequency band A to a third frequency band C, a knock magnitude N is calculated by using a portion β having an integrated value greater than a reference magnitude in a knock region but not using a portion having an integrated value greater than the reference magnitude out of the knock region (i.e., a region obtained by excluding the knock region from a knock detecting gate). In a case where knock magnitude N is greater than a determination value V(KX), it is determined that knocking occurs. In contrast, in a case where knock magnitude N is not greater than determination value V(KX), it is determined that no knocking occurs. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038385 | PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A pressure monitoring system for a combustion engine includes, but is not limited to of combustion chambers and pressure sensors associated to at least some of the combustion chambers. A multiplexer has inputs connected to at least a first one and a second one of the pressure sensors. A non-zero phase shift exists between the operating cycles of first and second ones of the combustion chambers associated to the first and second pressure sensors. A controller controls the multiplexer to output data from the first pressure sensor while the first combustion chamber is in a predetermined portion of its operating cycle and pressure data from the second pressure sensor while the second combustion chamber is in the predetermined portion of its operating cycle. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038386 | SENSOR STRUCTURE IN PARTICULAR FOR A HARSH ENVIRONMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A sensor structure is disclosed, notably for a harsh environment in a motor vehicle. The sensor includes a sensor body having, at one end, an element sensitive to the quantity to be measured in the harsh environment and, at another end, a circuit for connecting it, placed outside the harsh environment, physically separated from each other, connected by means for transmitting data without a connection, and between which means are provided that are permeable to data, for protecting the connecting circuit from the environment. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038387 | Abnormality determination device and abnormality determination method of vehicle - An abnormality determination device and an abnormality determination method of a vehicle that includes a stepped type automatic transmission capable of forming a plurality of speed change steps are provided. The presence/absence of an abnormality of an element related to formation of a predetermined speed change step is determined in a state of the vehicle where the predetermined speed change step is formed. Information about the abnormality determined to be present is then stored. If the information about the abnormality is stored when the vehicle is to newly start to run, the predetermined speed change step where the abnormality stored occurred is established, and the presence/absence of the abnormality of the element related to the formation of the predetermined speed change step is re-determined. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038388 | Pressure sensor for vehicle and brake fluid pressure control apparatus for vehicle - Disclosed is a pressure sensor | 2009-02-12 |
20090038389 | Formation gas pore pressure evaluation on drilling cuttings samples - An apparatus and process for measuring the formation gas pore pressure in drilling cuttings samples in a container. The Apparatus includes vertical holder for container, for placing the cutting sample and pipette for adding measurable quantity of liquid. The container may be vibrated to facilitate separation by grain size. The process includes measuring the gas bubbles size and volume in the test tube and the height of liquid covering the bubble. The volume and the pressure of the gas emitted out of the pores is calculated. By adding/subtracting liquid and/or pressure to the sample and increasing/decreasing the height and the pressure of the liquid on the pore, the test is repeated and the measurements documented in the tables for math processing to obtain the error corrections and standard deviation of the measurements. The results are expressed in Emission=V/P=mm3/Pa, Total Volume=V=mm3, Maximum Pressure=P=Pa. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038390 | Method and system for monitoring soil properties - The present application is directed to a method and apparatus for monitoring soil hydraulic properties, and for collecting soil pore-water samples, in relatively undisturbed soil conditions, by means of a vadose zone probe ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038391 | THROUGH-MILL WELLBORE OPTICAL INSPECTION AND REMEDIATION APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY - An optical inspection instrument includes a housing configured to move along the interior of a pipe string in a wellbore. The pipe has a cutting structure at its bottom end. The instrument includes a probe extending from a bottom end of the housing. The probe has an output from a light source and a light input to a video camera. The probe has a diameter selected to enable extension through an opening in the cutting structure. A method for inspecting a wellbore includes moving an instrument through an interior of a pipe string in the wellbore. The pipe has a cutting tool at its lower end. At least part of the instrument is moved outside the bottom end of the pipe through a port in the cutting tool. Optically transparent fluid is moved into the wellbore proximate an end of the instrument outside the pipe string. Objects proximate the fluid are inspected. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN DEPTH FOR MEASURMENTS MADE WHILE DRILLING - A method and system is disclosed for automatically correcting for depth errors in measurements taken from a drill-string during the drilling phase of the construction of a hydrocarbon wellbore. The correction is based on a stress profile which in turn is based on the states of the drilling rig, drill string description length spec, borehole description trajectory, friction factor and weight on bit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038393 | LIQUID LEVEL SENSING APPARATUS WITH SELF-DIAGNOSIS FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR SELF-DIAGNOSING THEREOF - A liquid level sensing apparatus with self-diagnosis function suitable for sensing liquid level in a storage tank is provided. The liquid level sensing apparatus includes a lifting apparatus, a separated tank, and a liquid level sensor. The separated tank is disposed on the lifting apparatus and communicates with the storage tank. The liquid level sensor is disposed inside the separated tank. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038394 | Apparatus for Measuring the Filling Level of a Liquid in a Container - Apparatus for measuring the filling level of a liquid in a container comprising a transmitting device | 2009-02-12 |
20090038395 | LIGHT SENSING CONTACTLESS FUEL LEVEL SENSOR - A contactless, sealed fuel level sensor for determining a fuel level in a fuel tank and producing a level indicative signal includes a frame, a cover, a float arm, a float and a light-responsive sensor. The frame is configured to have a cavity formed therein. The cover is connected to the frame to enclose the cavity. The float arm is coupled to one of the frame or cover. The float is connected to the float arm and configured such that the float moves the float arm as a level of fuel increases and decreases in the fuel tank. The light-responsive sensor is configured to generate a fuel level signal indicative of a fuel level in the fuel tank based on the movement of the float arm. The fuel level sensor may also include a light source such as a light emitting diode (LED). The light-responsive sensor may be a single photoelectric sensor located in the sealed cavity, or an array of photoelectric sensors located in the sealed cavity. The fuel level sensor may also include a rotatable hub connected to the float arm for movement as the arm moves and where rotation of the hub varies an amount of light impinging on the photoelectric sensor. The light responsive sensor may also include a CMOS sensor located in the sealed cavity. The light responsive sensor may also include a digital, optical-based displacement encoder mounted on the float arm used in combination with a rotary scale applied to the cover opposite the encoder. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038396 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting a Change in a Specific Gravity of a Fluid - Provided is an apparatus for detecting a change in a specific gravity of a fluid surrounding the apparatus wherein the fluid moves upwardly and downwardly with respect to the apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing having a top and a plurality of openings for allowing the fluid to enter the housing. A first floatation device is provided having a first specific gravity and being located within the housing. The first floatation device includes a magnet. A second floatation device is provided having a second specific gravity and located within the housing adjacent said first floatation device. The said second floatation device includes a magnet aligned to have the same polarity as the magnet of the first floatation device. A switch fixedly attached to said top, the switch having an open state and a closed state where when one of said magnets is in proximity to the switch, the switch is in a closed state and wherein when both of said magnets are in proximity to said switch, the switch is in an open state. A signaling device is coupled to the switch wherein said signaling device is activated when the switch is in the closed state. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038397 | VIBRATION SENSOR - A method for measuring a vibration from four or more equidistant points in a chamber, comprising centering a chamber surface around a center point, containing a fluid within the chamber surface, measuring a fluid vibration from at least four measuring points in juxtaposition with the chamber surface, wherein at least two measuring points are located along a first axis passing through the center point and at least two measuring points are located along a second axis passing through the center point. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038398 | MOTORIZED BRACELET ASSEMBLY FOR MOVING SENSOR MODULES AROUND A PIPE - A motorized bracelet assembly for ultrasonic crack detection in a pipe. The bracelet has a motorized frame adapted for installation around the pipe and a sliding arrangement slideably mounted onto the frame. The sliding arrangement guides a displacement of sensor modules in periphery of the pipe. A first driving device controllably drives the sliding arrangement and thereby displacing the sensor modules in periphery of the pipe at desired operating positions. The bracelet comprises biasing devices for biasing the sensor modules against the pipe and a second driving device for controllably driving the frame along the axial direction of the pipe at a desired operating position. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038399 | Pressure sensor - A pressure sensor is provided. The pressure sensor includes a body, a sensing element, and a projection part. The body has an internal space and an introduction passage. The internal space is in communication with an outside of the body through the introduction passage. The sensing element is disposed in the internal space of the body and capable of detecting pressure of air in the internal space. The projection part is disposed in the internal space of the body or the introduction passage of the body, and inhibits liquid from entering the internal space. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038400 | Pressure Sensing Devices and Fluid Assemblies - Pressure sensing devices and fluid assemblies may sense fluid pressure, including, for example, a difference in pressure, or differential pressure, between a fluid at a first pressure and a fluid at a second pressure. The fluid may be a gas, a liquid, or a mixture of gases, liquids, and/or solids. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038401 | Load indicating member with identifying element - A load indicating member is provided with an identifying element which can be accessed and used to determine ultrasonic measurement parameters specific to the load indicating member to provide more precise and more reliable load measurements by compensating for differences resulting from manufacturing variations in individual load indicating members. The parameters specific to the load indicating member can be stored in coding applied to the load indicating member or in a database that can be accessed remotely, for example, using the Internet. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038402 | Thread forming fasteners for ultrasonic load measurement and control - An ultrasonic load measurement transducer is mated with a thread-forming fastener to provide a load indicating thread-forming fastener that can be used for the precise and reliable assembly of critical bolted joints, such as those in the automobile and aerospace industries, among others. Steps can then be taken to accurately measure and control the load in the thread-forming fastener during tightening, and to inspect the load in the thread-forming fastener after assembly. A similar result can be achieved for a thread-locking fastener by mating an ultrasonic transducer with the thread-locking fastener assembly. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038403 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A sensor assembly includes a elongate article and a plurality of elongate piezoelectric elements provided to the elongate article. Each of the piezoelectric elements is configured so that when a load is applied in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the piezoelectric element, a short axis direction of the piezoelectric element becomes a sensitivity direction in which a voltage is generated, and a major axis direction becomes a non-sensitivity direction in which a voltage is not generated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038404 | METALLIC THIN FILM PIEZORESISTIVE TRANSDUCTION IN MICROMECHANICAL AND NANOMECHANICAL DEVICES AND ITS APPLICATION IN SELF-SENSING SPM PROBES - Thin metallic films are used as the piezoresistive self-sensing element in microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems. The specific application to AFM probes is demonstrated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038405 | Measuring system for a medium flowing in a process line - A measuring system for measuring a density of a medium flowing in a process line along a flow axis of the measuring system in the case of a medium which is variable as regards a thermodynamic state, especially a medium which is, at least in part, compressible. Included are: at least one temperature sensor placed at a temperature measuring point, reacting primarily to a local temperature, θ, of medium flowing past, and delivering at least one temperature measurement signal influenced by the local temperature of the medium to be measured; at least one pressure sensor placed at a pressure measuring point, reacting primarily to a local, especially a static, pressure, p, of medium flowing past, and delivering at least one pressure measurement signal influenced by the local pressure, p, in the medium to be measured; as well as a measuring electronics communicating, in each case, at least at times, with the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor. The measuring electronics ascertains, with application both of the temperature measurement signal as well as also at least the pressure measurement signal, a provisional density measured value, which represents a density, which the flowing medium only apparently has at a virtual density measuring point, especially a virtual density measuring point predeterminably spaced from the pressure measuring point and/or the temperature measuring point along the flow axis. Additionally, the measuring electronics produces, with application of the provisional density measured value as well as at least density correction value determined at run-time and dependent both on a flow velocity of the medium as well as also on the local temperature reigning at the temperature measuring point, at least at times, at least one density measured value, especially a digital density measured value, differing from the provisional density measured value and instantaneously more accurately representing than the provisional density measured value a local density, ρ, which the flowing medium actually has at the virtual density measuring point. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038406 | Measuring system for a medium flowing in a process line - A measuring system for measuring a density of a medium flowing in a process line along a flow axis of the measuring system in the case of a medium which is variable as regards a thermodynamic state, especially a medium which is, at least in part, compressible. The measuring system includes at least one temperature sensor placed at a temperature measuring point, reacting primarily to a local temperature, θ, of medium flowing past, and delivering at least one temperature measurement signal influenced by the local temperature of the medium to be measured; at least one pressure sensor placed at a pressure measuring point, reacting primarily to a local, especially a static, pressure, p, of medium flowing past, and delivering at least one pressure measurement signal influenced by the local pressure, p, in the medium to be measured; as well as a measuring electronics communicating, in each case, at least at times, with the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor. The measuring electronics produces, with application both of the temperature measurement signal as well as also at least the pressure measurement signal, at least at times, at least one density measured-value, especially a digital, density measured-value, representing, instantaneously, a local density, ρ, which the flowing medium has at a virtual density measuring point, especially a locationally fixed, virtual density measuring point, predeterminably spaced from the pressure measuring point and/or from the temperature measuring point, along the flow axis. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038407 | METHOD OF GAS OR LIQUID FLOW VISUALIZATION ON AN OBJECT SURFACE - The invention relates to the field of experimental aero- and hydrodynamics, particularly to optical methods of studying a structure of a gas or liquid stream on object surfaces. The invention makes it possible to study several flow modes per a single preparation of an object. A surface to be studied is coated with a viscous liquid (VL) layer having optically foreign particles insoluble in the VL. Particles subjected to an outer stream move together with the VL. Two or more sequential images of a particle distribution on the object surface to be studied are recorded in a gas or liquid flow mode of interest. Particle motion parameters are determined by analyzing the recorded sequence of images. Reconstructing the pattern of the gas or liquid flow on the object surface. The object can be used for studying other flow-around mode without additional preparation due to sufficiency of a small displacement of particles for reconstruction of the flow pattern. To visualize surface flows on a movable object, an ensemble of markers rigidly bound with the object surface and optically distinguishable from the particles introduced into the VL are applied onto said surface, images of said marker ensemble are recorded simultaneously with recording particle distribution images, motion parameters of the object as a whole are determined by analyzing the recorded sequence of marker images, parameters of a particle motion within the viscous liquid layer are compensated by a motion of the object as a whole, and the gas or liquid flow pattern on the movable object surface is reconstructed from the obtained parameters of the compensated particle motion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038408 | Electromagnetic Flow Control, Methods and Uses - Actuation for control of surfaces is provided through use of a conducting material comprising electrolyte particles electrically charged with electromagnetic fields in boundary layers. Interactions of the electrically charged particles with electromagnetic fields in boundary layers are coordinated for generation of control forces for various applications. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038409 | Measuring device - A measuring device, embodied, for example, as an in-line measuring device and/or flow measuring device, serves for registering at least one measured variable of a medium, for example a medium flowing in a pipeline, and is made, at least in part, of a solid, biologically degradable, synthetic material (BDM). | 2009-02-12 |
20090038410 | OPEN BORE TURBINE FLOWMETER - According to the invention, a system for determining at least one property of a fluid flow through a conduit is disclosed. The system may include a bearing, at least one blade member, and a monitoring device. The bearing may be coupled with an interior of the conduit, and may include an inner race, where the inner race may rotate. The blade members may be coupled with the inner race, and may extend from the inner race toward the interior of the conduit. The blade members may rotate when a fluid flows through the interior of the conduit, and the inner race of the bearing may rotate when the blade members rotate. The monitoring device may be configured to determine a rate of rotation of the blade members. At least one property of the fluid flow may be determined based at least in part on the rate of rotation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038411 | Coriolis Flow Meter With Vibrating Direction Restriction Means - A Coriolis flow meter ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038412 | TERTIARY MODE VIBRATION TYPE CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - A tertiary mode vibration type Coriolis flowmeter ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038413 | Force/moment sensor for measuring at least three orthogonal loads - In a force/moment sensor for measuring at least three orthogonal loads, there are provided rod-shaped elements formed as glass fibers which have no support structure and are fixed in platforms. In one embodiment, the rod-shaped portions can form one continuous glass fiber or a small number of glass fibers, with the one or plurality of fibers being wound in an undulating configuration around a virtual cylinder. The glass fibers can be provided with a coating. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038414 | Sensor-Equipped Bearing for Wheel - The wheel support bearing assembly is for rotatably supporting a vehicle wheel relative to an automotive vehicle body, which includes an outer member having an inner periphery formed with a plurality of rows of raceway surfaces, an inner member having raceway surfaces formed therein in face-to-face relation with the raceway surfaces in the outer member, and a plurality of rows of rolling elements interposed between those raceway surfaces, respectively; a sensor unit including a sensor mounting member and a strain sensor fitted to the sensor mounting member, the sensor unit being fitted to a stationary member, which is one of the outer member and the inner member; and wherein the sensor mounting member includes at least two contact fixing portion relative to the stationary member and the strain sensor is arranged at at least one location between the contact fixing portions. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038415 | DISPENSING APPARATUS - A dispensing apparatus ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038416 | System and method for biological sample collection and analyte detection - A system and method for acquiring biological and chemical samples for determination of the presence of analytes. In some embodiments a system may include a sample receptacle, sample director, sample manipulator, and at least one indicator. In some embodiments a sample receptacle may include a magnifying transparent portion that provides for visualization of the indicator. In some embodiments the director may be configured to conform to various parts of the human or other animal body from which samples are to be taken. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038417 | FLUID INJECTION PORT - Fluid injection port. An elastomeric injection nipple is supported within a compression fitting and the injection nipple includes a slit. A first via is provided that connects the slit in the nipple to a flow channel leading into a fluid reservoir. A venting channel is provided in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and also in fluid communication with a second via. When a pipette is inserted into the slit in the injection nipple, the nipple deforms allowing the second via to be in fluid communication with space on either side of the pipette tip whereby air can be discharged. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038418 | REUSABLE MATERIAL FOR COLLECTING SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS - A particle-harvesting material includes a flexible, reusable, and thermally conductive material including a rough surface having dimples of a size within a first range of sizes, a microstructure including interstices of a second range of sizes, the second range of sizes including sizes smaller than the first range of sizes, and an etched portion on the rough surface configured to attract particles upon contact between the particles and the etched portion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038419 | Sample System For Fluid Samples - The present invention relates to a sampling system for fluid samples having sample receiving vessel for receiving the sample, which is sealed by a septum and holder for the sample receiving vessel for receiving and holding the sample receiving vessel and also a sample probe for dipping into a fluid volume and for taking a fluid sample from the fluid volume, the sample probe being configured as a hollow volume which, at one end, has a first opening for introducing the holder and the sample receiving vessel and, at another end, is sealed by a first valve which is provided with a hollow needle which projects into the interior of the sample probe said valve being able to be opened by contact with the holder and/or with the sample receiving vessel and then connecting the exterior of the sample probe to the inner volume of the hollow needle. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038420 | Rack System and a Method for Processing Manufactured Products - A rack system and method are provided for processing manufactured products prior to shipment. To simulate reality, the design of such rack system and method contemplates replicating field conditions for use of the manufactured products. A rack system for processing units of manufactured products may comprise one or more plates coupled to a frame. A preferred approach includes designing the rack for use by an operator without specialized skills. This approach includes verifying that there is a match between the configuration of the unit mounted on the plate and the operating mode of the plate before processing can commence. The rack may include a detector for obtaining data from the plate and unit and a processor for comparing the obtained data to determine whether there is a match. A rack system designed using this approach can be useful in processing outdoor units of a split-mount system such as a microwave radio system. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038421 | JOINT ASSEMBLY - A joint assembly is provided which includes a drive assembly and a swivel mechanism. The drive assembly features a motor operatively associated with a plurality of drive shafts for driving auxiliary elements, and a plurality of swivel shafts for pivoting the drive assembly. The swivel mechanism engages the swivel shafts and has a fixable element that may be attached to a foundation. The swivel mechanism is adapted to cooperate with the swivel shafts to pivot the drive assembly with at least two degrees of freedom relative to the foundation. The joint assembly allows for all components to remain encased in a tight, compact, and sealed package, making it ideal for space, exploratory, and commercial applications. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038422 | Device for adjusting angle of monitor for vehicle - A device for adjusting an angle of a monitor includes a guide unit fastened to a roof panel of a vehicle. The guide unit includes at least one toothed rail with a horizontal track part and an arc-shaped track part. The device also includes a rotation shaft mounted to the monitor, having gear teeth engaged with the toothed rail. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038423 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission, includes: a shift member, adapted to be moved in a shifting direction and a selecting direction; a plurality of shift lugs, each of which has a pair of first claw portions spaced apart from each other in the shifting direction, and which are arranged in the selecting direction; and a plurality of shift forks, connected to the shift lugs via shift rails. On a predetermined shift lug of the plurality of the shift lugs, a second claw portion is provided in such a manner as to project from one of the first claw portions in the selecting direction so that, in a shifting position, the second claw portion accommodates a displacement of the shift member from the adjacent shift lug side in the selecting direction, and the second claw portion is brought into abutment with the shift member in association with the shift member being displacement from the displacement accommodated state in the shifting direction so as to cause the corresponding shift fork to move from the shifting position to a neutral position. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038424 | Method for shifting a neutral state of an automatic multi-Stage Transmission - Method for shifting a neutral state of an automatic multi-stage transmission of a motor vehicle, where, to engage and to disengage gear stages of the transmission, shift couplings, at least one of which is equipped with a synchronizing device, can be actuated by a transmission actuator. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038425 | Automated Shift Control Device and Straddle-Type Vehicle Equipped With the Same - An automated shift control device suppresses overload of the shift motor and reduces the time from beginning to completion of a gear shifting operation. A transmission has a plurality of pairs of speed change gears and a gear selecting mechanism. A shift motor drives the gear selecting mechanism. A shift power transmission mechanism transmits power from the shift motor to the gear selecting mechanism. A torque limiter has a third reduction gear and a third shaft forming a part of the shift power transmission mechanism. The torque limiter transmits power from the shift motor as torque. When the transmitted torque is not more than a predetermined limit torque, the third reduction gear co-rotates with the third shaft. When the transmitted torque exceeds the predetermined limit torque, the third reduction gear rotates relative to the third shaft to limit the transmitted torque to the predetermined limit torque or less. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038426 | Haptic Gear Shifter - The subject of the present invention is a haptic gear shifter and a method of controlling a haptic gear shifter for use in a vehicle or a vehicle simulator. A method is disclosed for establishing gear shifter characteristics, for calibrating a haptic gear shifter, and for operating the haptic gear shifter. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038427 | BICYCLE OPERATING DEVICE - A bicycle operating device is provided with a base member, a brake operating lever and a shift operating member. The base member is configured to be attached to a bicycle. The brake operating lever is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis to perform a braking operation when the brake operating lever is moved in a first direction. The shift operating member is movably arranged to move from a rest position in a second direction to perform a gear shift operation. The shift operating member is further movably arranged to move from the rest position to a full stroke position in a third direction different from the first and second directions without causing the gear shifting operation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038428 | Metal Member With Through Hole And Manufacturing Method Therefor - A structure and method are provided for forming a through hole at one portion of a side wall of an expanded portion made by plastically deforming one part of a metal tube radially outward, in a portion where the plate thickness gradually changes. A slide tool is withdrawn from inside a punch hole while applying hydraulic pressure to the inside of the side wall. Regarding a tip end face of the slide tool, a portion facing the portion of the side wall where the plate thickness is relatively thick is recessed. At the instant of commencing withdrawal of the slide tool, the degree of progress in the shearing for the portions of the side wall matching with the two side edges of the punch hole is made different. Then, the timing for moving from shearing to rupture is made to coincide, so that of the side wall, the portions matching with the punch hole, are made reliably into a blank, and are extracted from the side wall. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038429 | Rack guide and rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus having the rack guide - A rack and pinion steering device has a pinion rotatable in the R-direction, a rack bar having rack teeth meshing with the pinion and rectilinearly movable in the A-direction, a housing for rotatably supporting the pinion, a rack guide for slidably supporting the rack bar, and an elastic means for pressing the rack guide toward the pinion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038430 | ACTUATOR, RANGE CHANGEOVER DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND PARKING DEVICE - An actuator for a state changeover element that is actuated in a manner interlocking with the tilting of a tilt member is provided. The actuator is equipped with a rotational power generating portion, an output shaft coaxially and integrally rotatably coupled to a tilt spindle of the tilt member to output a rotational power generated by the rotational power generating portion, a casing that covers the actuator and having an opening for exposing one axial end side of the output shaft to an outside. The actuator is further equipped with a rotational angle limiting unit provided between the output shaft and a wall portion of the casing radially facing the output shaft to physically limit a rotational angle of the output shaft. A range changeover device for an automatic transmission equipped with this actuator and a parking device equipped with this actuator are provided. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038431 | COMPACT PEDAL ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED NOISE CONTROL - A compact vehicle pedal includes a mounting bracket having a lower arm with guide slot. A swing plate having a mounting face and upper arm with guide slot is pivotally interconnected to a mounting bracket upper arm at a first axis by a pivot pin disposed within the swing plate guide slot, and the swing plate upper end has a first degree of freedom. An electronically controlled pedal arm assembly is mounted on the swing plate. A screw member connected to a drive apparatus has an end connected to the swing plate and operatively connected to the mounting bracket slot at the second axis, and the swing plate lower end has a second degree of freedom that is greater than the first. Activation of the drive apparatus displaces the screw member to pivotally constrain movement of the swing plate about the first axis and the second axis. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038432 | Straddle Type Vehicle - A vehicle includes a handlebar and a handlebar cover. The handlebar cover includes a front cover for covering a front side of the handlebar and a rear cover for covering a rear side of the handlebar. The front and rear covers are fastened to each other by a fastener member. The fastener member is covered by a cover attached to the handlebar cover. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038433 | RECLINING APPARATUS - A vehicle seat reclining apparatus is provided in which the strength of a connecting portion positioned directly or nearly directly below a receiving wall face of a guide portion of a fixed-side housing is higher than in a conventional reclining apparatus. A protruding guide portion is provided in a fixed-side housing used to configure a reclining apparatus. A receiving wall face that makes contact with a locking gear used to configure the reclining apparatus and which thus guides movement of the locking gear, and a top face that is continuous with that receiving wall face, are formed in the guide portion. A tapered chamfer portion is present at an edge of the receiving wall face where the receiving wall face and the top face of the guide portion intersect. A thick portion with a tapered face that corresponds to the chamfer portion is provided directly or nearly directly below a base end portion of the receiving wall face. A connecting portion that connects the guide portion with other parts of the fixed-side housing is thickened at this thick portion. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038434 | Wave generator, wave gear device, and method of preventing reduction in efficiency of wave gear device - A wave generator ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038435 | SPLIT TORQUE GEARED POWER TRANSMISSIONS WITH COMPOSITE OUTPUT SHAFTS - A light weight, split torque, geared power transmission having a reduced number of gears and useful for, e.g., transmitting power from an engine to the main rotor of a rotorcraft, includes a ring gear having a pair of oppositely facing angular bevel gears respectively formed on opposite sides of a medial plane thereof, and a first pinion having an elongated drive shaft extending through the medial plane of the ring gear and disposed at an oblique angle relative thereto. The first pinion includes a pair of cylindrical gears mounted coaxially on the drive shaft and respectively disposed in conjugate meshing engagement with respective ones of the bevel gears of the ring gear. An elongated annular output shaft made of a strong, light weight composite material is coupled to a circumferential periphery of the ring gear. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038436 | Starter motor - [PROBLEMS] To provide a starter motor enabling the easy and accurate aligning of holes when an idle shaft is mounted. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038437 | Stirring device for increasing capacity of trash bin - This invention discloses a stirring device for increasing the capacity of a trash bin. The lower portion of the trash bin has a stirring device that can stir shredded paper. The stirring device includes an actuator and a comoving element. The actuator is pivotally connected with the trash bin, with the pivotal point as the connecting position. The comoving element is fixed on the actuator and moves synchronously with it. When a force is imposed on the actuator, the comoving element performs a reciprocal motion using the pivotal axis as the supporting point. The comoving element stirs and flattens the shredded paper, thereby reducing the space between shredded paper and increasing the capacity of the trash bin. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038438 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING A FURNACE MELT - A method and apparatus for accessing a furnace melt are provided. Preferably, the method and apparatus provide for the safe and efficient access to the melt. According to one aspect of the invention used in a steel-making process in an electric arc furnace, a furnace aperture burner/lance provides a flame for heating the melt, a lance device for injecting oxygen into the furnace, or both. To access the melt, the furnace aperture burner/lance is disengaged, access is provided to the melt through the furnace aperture, and the furnace aperture burner/lance is reengaged when the access is concluded. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038439 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STEEL FOR HIGH-CARBON STEEL WIRE MATERIAL WITH EXCELLENT DRAWABILITY AND FATIQUE CHARACTERISTICS - The present invention provides a method suitable for manufacturing a steel material for obtaining a steel wire rod with decreased amount of hard nonmetallic inclusions and improved drawability and fatigue property by adequately controlling the conditions of secondary refining and manufacturing conditions in a converter. Converter blowing is performed by taking molten iron, cold iron, and steel scrap as main raw materials to be charged into a converter, the ratio of these components based on all the main raw materials being such that the molten iron takes 96 to 100% (means wt. %, same hereinbelow), the cold iron takes 4% or less, and the steel scrap takes 2% or less, and by setting an average P concentration in all the main raw materials to 0.02% or less, and operations are carried out such that a flow rate of gas for stirring molten steel during secondary refining after completion of the converter blowing is set to 0.0005 Nm | 2009-02-12 |
20090038440 | Method for the Recovery of Gold from Sulphide Concentrate - The invention relates to a method for recovering gold from a sulphidic concentrate, particularly one containing arsenopyrite and/or pyrite, hydro-metallurgically. The concentrate is first subjected to leaching with a concentrated solution of alkali chloride and copper (II) chloride, by means of which the copper minerals and some of the gold in the concentrate are made to dissolve. Elemental sulphur and precipitated iron and arsenic compounds are separated from the leaching residue using physical separation methods, whereby the first intermediate is obtained, which contains gold-bearing sulphide minerals and gangue minerals as well as the gold that remains undissolved. The free gold that remains undissolved is separated by means of gravity separation methods. After gravity separation, additional comminution is carried out, after which the sulphide minerals are decomposed and the gold-containing solution or residue is routed to the concentrate leaching circuit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038441 | CATALYST REPROCESSING - A process for re-processing of a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst is described comprising the steps of; (i) de-waxing the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, (ii) subjecting the de-waxed catalyst to hydrometallurgical leaching or extraction to separate catalyst metal or metals from catalyst support material, and (iii) recovering the separated catalyst metal or metals, wherein the de-waxing step is performed using a pressurised near-critical or supercritical fluid under conditions that minimise catalyst metal spinel formation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038442 | Method and apparatus for retaining polycrystalline diamond cutters in a drill bit body of matrix or steel - As a more friendly, environmentally sounder replacement process for retaining PDC cutters in drill bits, compared to the known high temperature metallic brazing processes, a process is described for using a low temperature resin which cures in the range of 350° F. to 450° F., while having a melting point below 1250° F., to prevent degradation to the PDC cutters usually occurring at 1250° F. in the drill bit repair cycle. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038443 | Tool for removing shingles from a skip sheet roof - A tool for removing shingles from a roof having skip sheeting comprises a lifting blade connected to a first end of a shaft, a handle attached to a second end of the shaft, and a fulcrum bar attached at a preferred vertical distance from a bottom surface of the lifting blade to a side of the shaft. A length of the fulcrum bar is selected to enable the fulcrum bar to rest on a top surface of two or more adjacent sheeting boards in a roof having skip sheeting. A position of the fulcrum bar on the shaft enables placement of the lifting blade between adjacent sheeting boards and below a back surface of a shingle. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038444 | Wrench - A wrench includes a body having a shorter first section with a compartment and a longer second section. First and second plates are respectively mounted to two sides of the first section. A drive member is rotatably received in mounting holes in the plates and the compartment. The first plate is sandwiched between the first section and a flange on an end of the drive member. A retainer is coupled with a coupling portion on the other end of the drive member to rotatably retain the drive member in place and to secure the first and second plates and the body together. A pawl is slideably received in the compartment and includes a toothed section biased by an elastic element to engage with an annular toothed portion of the drive member. The first and second plates and the body have aligned fixing holes through which a fastener extends. | 2009-02-12 |