07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090038846 | Perforating gun - An improved perforating gun having a tubular housing, a tubular carrier and a charge carried by the tubular carrier. The tubular carrier comprises an inside diameter, an outside diameter and an opening disposed between the inside diameter and the outside diameter. The charge comprises a forward end positioned in the opening between the inside diameter and the outside diameter. The tubular carrier increases a collapsible-pressure rating for the housing and positions the charge closer to the formation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038847 | User interface for rock drilling rig - The invention relates to a control apparatus for controlling a rock-drilling rig performing a multiphase rock-drilling event. The control apparatus is arranged to display a working phase indicator on a display, and rock drilling phase-specific information elements is associated with different working phases. The control apparatus is arranged to specify the phase of the rock-drilling event and to update the working phase indicator to display at least one display information element in accordance with the specified working phase. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038848 | PEIZOELECTRIC GENERATOR PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH WELLBORE DRILLING EQUIPMENT - An electric power generator includes a conduit disposed in a wellbore penetrating subsurface formations and at least one piezoelectric transducer in contact with the conduit. The piezoelectric transducer is configured to undergo stress in response to vibration in the conduit. The transducer includes a plurality of piezoelectric crystals stacked in a thickness direction and each polarized in the thickness direction. The transducer comprises at least one of a composite rubber layer disposed between successive piezoelectric crystals, and at least one support at a longitudinal end of the transducer configured to cause the crystals to bend in response to vibration in the conduit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038849 | Communication Connections for Wired Drill Pipe Joints - A drill pipe includes a pin end connector, a box end connector, a first communication connector and a second communication connector. The pin end connector includes a first region to form a threaded connection to join sections of the drill pipe together, and the first region includes at least one thread that begins at one end of the first region and ends at the other end of the first region. The box end connector receives the pin end connector, and the box end connector includes a second region to mate with the first region to form the threaded connection. The first communication connector is attached to the pin end connector and is located in the first region; and the second communication connector is attached to the box end connector and located in the second region to form a communication connection with the first communication connector. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038850 | Advanced Steering Tool System, Method and Apparatus - A steering tool is movable by a drill string to form an underground bore along an intended path. A sensing arrangement of the steering tool detects its pitch and yaw orientations at a series of spaced apart positions along the bore, each position is characterized by a measured extension of the drill string. The steering tool further includes a receiver. At least one marker is positioned proximate to the intended path, for transmitting a rotating dipole field to expose a portion of the intended path to the field for reception by the receiver. The detected pitch orientation, the detected yaw orientation and the measured extension of the drill string are used in conjunction with magnetic information from the receiver to locate the steering tool. The steering tool may automatically use the magnetic information when it is available. A customized overall position determination accuracy can be provided along the intended path. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038851 | SPINDLE FOR MUD PULSE TELEMETRY APPLICATIONS - A spindle for a mud pulse telemetry tool includes a seal section having an outer surface for contacting a lip seal of a spindle housing in which the spindle is mounted; a top section attachable to at least part of a valve assembly for generating mud pulses; and a base section having a proximal end attachable to a drive motor for moving the spindle and a distal end attachable to the top section such that the annular seal is fixed between the top and base sections. The seal section can be made of a ceramic material such as yttrium-stabilized zirconia. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038852 | Pumping System - The invention relates to a pumping system for transporting drilling mud during the driving or sinking of bores. In said system, the pump assembly is interactively connected to the rotary drive unit ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038853 | Mini Core Drilling Samples for High Resolution Formation Evaluation on Drilling Cuttings Samples - An apparatus and method for mini core in drilling samples accumulated in the cups by sample catcher. It allows the explorations to obtain high resolution formation evaluation on drilling cuttings samples. The mini core apparatus includes a narrow tubular with a piston or cap. The thin wall tubular is rotated and/or vibrated and pressed in to the cup with wet sample of drilling cuttings. The piston or cap is placed after the desired depth of sample is reached and the vacuum is re-established. The core is pulled out from the cup and then analyzed within the tubular or squeezed out on a flat tray for horizontal analysis. The micro layering can be visually separated, before they are mixed as in conventional sample and the information is lost. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRILLING WELLBORES - A system and method are provided for drilling a wellbore. The wellbore is formed with a drilling tool that cuts through a formation. A pumping system removes cuttings from the drilling tool and also transports the cuttings along at least a portion of the wellbore formed behind the drilling tool. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038855 | Variable Density Fluids and Methods of Use in Subterranean Formations - Herein provided are variable density fluid compositions and methods for using such compositions in a subterranean formation. One exemplary embodiment of the variable density fluid compositions of the present invention comprises a variable density fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a portion of elastic particles, the elastic particles having an isothermal compressibility factor in the range of from about 1.5×10 | 2009-02-12 |
20090038856 | Injection System And Method - An injection system and method is described. In several exemplary embodiments, the injection system and method may be a part of, and/or used with, a system and method for excavating a subterranean formation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038857 | Apparatus for stabbing pipe when using an iron roughneck - Drilling apparatus for receiving, moving and aligning pipe sections as they are added to a string of pipe on a drilling rig when using an iron roughneck. After the iron roughneck is moved to well centerline and engaged with the box connection of the pipe suspended in the well bore, a hydraulically controlled pipe engagement mechanism is extended radially away from the iron roughneck and in the general direction of the pipe rack. Said pipe engaging mechanism receives the lower end of the next stand of pipe to be added and is the hydraulically retracted to lock around said pipe stand and bring said pipe stand into alignment with the pipe string suspended in the well bore. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038858 | USE OF NANOSIZED PARTICULATES AND FIBERS IN ELASTOMER SEALS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR ROLLER CONE BITS - A bit for drilling subterranean formations that includes a bit body including a bearing surface; a cutting structure mounted on the bit body, and including a bearing surface, and an annular seal for retaining a grease between the bearing surfaces, the annular seal comprising a flexible and resilient seal body formed from an elastomer composition, wherein the elastomer composition comprises an elastomer material, a curing agent, and 10% or less by volume of a nanomaterial additive selected from one of nanotubes and clustered nanodiamonds is disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038859 | Measuring Method And Measuring Device Using Quartz Oscillator - An object of the present invention is that any of mass load, viscous load and viscoelasticity load is measured separately from other load whereby properties of the substance to be measured are able to be measured correctly. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038860 | Interactive projection apparatus - An interactive projection apparatus is provided, which utilizes a control module to monitor the image of the touch control display screen to generate a control signal, then referring to the content mark of the display image, and so as to make the projection apparatus of the present invention have an interactive function with users. Therefore, the interactive projection apparatus of the present invention has the advantages including reader interaction, simple structure and relative cheapness, such that it can be widely applied as a children toy, a talking book, an interactive reading matter and a teaching assistance apparatus. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038861 | Omni Direction Vehicle - An omni direction vehicle with a frame having a round surface about its perimeter with no apparatus mounted on the frame extending beyond the perimeter. Two independent drive wheels located on an axis through the center of the frame are mounted at the same distance from a central vertical axis through the frame. Each wheel is powered independently of the other and can rotate at variable speeds in either direction. The vehicle is capable of movement in any direction by rotating the axis of the drive wheels to a position which is perpendicular to the desired direction of travel. The vehicle can spin about its vertical axis such that the axis of the drive wheels can be oriented at any direction without changing the original footprint of the space that the frame occupies over the ground. Thus, the vehicle requires a zero turning radius and requires only the space it occupies to change its forward orientation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038862 | Omni-directional vehicle with full circumferential revolvable hitch - An omni-directional vehicle (ODV) with a circular frame revolvably coupled to an appendage ring using a full circumferential coupling assembly. The appendage ring serves as a point of attachment for a push bar, trailer, tool, vehicle chassis, or other device. Two independent drive wheels located on an axis through the center of the frame are mounted at the same distance from a central vertical axis through the frame. Each wheel is powered independently and can rotate at variable speeds in either direction. The ODV is capable of movement in any direction by rotating the axis of the drive wheels to a position which is perpendicular to the desired direction of travel. The ODV can spin about its vertical axis such that the axis of the drive wheels can be oriented at any direction without changing the original footprint of the space that the frame occupies over the ground. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038863 | VIRTUAL-WHEELED VEHICLE - A virtual wheel provides a leg pair as a conveyance mechanism for a land vehicle. The virtual wheel propels the vehicle across a surface using a repetitive motion of the legs that contact the ground as would a wheel, due to their geometry. Vehicle embodiments include at least two-, three-, four- and six-wheeled vehicles, both transverse and in-line. Additionally, the invention provides a bipedal walking robot. One embodiment provides a robotic mule—a payload-carrying vehicle. The invention combines the flexible mobility of bipedal vehicles with the stability and functionality of very large-wheeled vehicles. Additionally, a bimodal conveyance mechanism readily converts between walking and rolling modes | 2009-02-12 |
20090038864 | REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE GOLF CART AND METHOD FOR STEERING A CART - The invention relates to a cart for carrying one or more a golf bags and/or other things, which cart is moveable on wheels and operable in response to transmission of one or more command signals generated in response to activation of at least one operator input device, preferably mounted on or in a remote control, and a method for steering a cart. In one aspect, the cart includes a front-located drive wheel assembly with a drive motor for moving the cart forward by driving at least one drive wheel, and at least one rear-located steerable wheel assembly for turning the cart while it is moving forward. The steerable wheel assembly comprises a steering motor, a center-lock device, and a cart steering wheel. The steering motor and center-lock device may be electrically coupled to one another for coordinating their respective activations in response to one or more of the command signals for holding the steering wheel against pivoting, releasing the hold, and pivoting the cart steering wheel. And, the method includes steps that can be carried out by operation of such a cart. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038865 | Cooling Structure for In-Wheel Motor - A cooling structure for an in-wheel motor includes an in-wheel motor mounted within a wheel of a vehicle to drive the wheel or to be driven by the wheel, and an oil channel and a fin serving as “heat radiating portions” to facilitate cooling of the in-wheel motor. The in-wheel motor has a case serving as a “housing”. The “heat radiating portion” is located apart from the case. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038866 | Power unit - A power unit which makes it possible to attain the reduction of the size and manufacturing costs thereof, and improve turnability. A power unit drives left and right rear wheels. A first rotating machine and a second rotating machine are configured to be capable of inputting and outputting energy. A first and a second planetary gear units are disposed between the first and second rotating machines and the left and right rear wheels, respectively, for transmitting energy between the first rotating machine and the left and right rear wheels and between the second rotating machine and the same. The first rotating machine, the left rear wheel, the right rear wheel, and the second rotating machine are in a collinear relationship in rotational speed, and are in a line in this order in a collinear chart representing the collinear relationship. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038867 | MOBILE BODY MOUNTED WITH FUEL CELL | 2009-02-12 |
20090038868 | Battery charger for vehicles - The invention incorporates a free air charging system where the air is compressed by the forward movement of the vehicle through a venturi-type inlet tube and associated outlet. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038869 | Endless Track Vehicle With Light Weight Drive Train Having A Sprocket And Chain Reduction - Disclosed is a snowmobile with a drive train arrangement that saves weight by eliminating the jack shaft and retains a chain drive final reduction while maintaining a balanced weight distribution. A sprocket and chain final reduction and the continuously variable transmission are disposed together on a common side of the frame. The sprocket and chain final reduction is disposed inboard of the continuously variable transmission. The sprocket and chain final reduction is disposed forward or rearward of the engine. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038870 | Motor-driven cycle having a foot-operated throttle control - A motorcycle ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038871 | Motorcycle - A motorcycle is provided with a vehicle body, front and rear wheels, an engine and a power transmission mechanism for connecting the engine to the rear wheel. A centrifugal clutch and a transmission having a plurality of gears are arranged in the power transmission mechanism. A handle is provided on the vehicle body. An accelerator grip is provided on the right side of the handle and a clutch lever is provided on the left side. A shift pedal for changing the transmission gear ratio of the transmission and a side stand are provided on the left side of the vehicle body. A rear brake pedal for braking the rear wheel is provided on the right side of the vehicle body. The motorcycle is also provided with a rotation suppression mechanism for suppressing the rotation of the rear wheel at least when the engine is stopped. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038872 | Fuel safety control apparatus for vehicle - A fuel safety control device includes a fuel pump disposed in a fuel tank and coupled to a vehicle engine with a fuel piping system, a fuel system safety controller coupled to the fuel pump for controlling the driving direction of the fuel pump, and an impact detector coupled to the fuel system safety controller for supplying an impact signal to the fuel system safety controller and to reverse the driving direction of the fuel pump, and to draw the fuel from the fuel piping system back to the fuel tank when receiving an impact signal, in order to prevent the impact firing from being occurred. A transformer circuit may be coupled to the fuel pump for increasing the driving speed of the fuel pump when required. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038873 | Method And Device For Controlling Automatic Emergency Braking - A method and a device for controlling automatic emergency braking of a motor vehicle to reduce the severity of a collision of a vehicle with an object, the position and/or speed of the object with respect to the host vehicle being determined via an object detection device, and this information being sent to a collision detection device which ascertains whether a collision with an object is imminent and, on detecting a collision, triggers emergency braking and ascertains a collision instant, emergency braking being terminated after the period of time until the determined collision instant has elapsed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038874 | Locking Assembly And Vehicle Having Same - A locking assembly is provided for installation on a saddle-type vehicle such as an ATV. The locking assembly has a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration and comprises a removable portion and a receptacle. The receptacle is configured to engage the removable portion. The locking assembly is configured to unlock and allow powering of the vehicle when the removable portion is engaged in the receptacle and to lock and prevent powering the vehicle when the removable portion is not engaged in the receptacle. The removable portion includes an actuator configured to select from a first operable engine condition and a second inoperable engine condition. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038875 | OFF-ROAD ENGINE CONFIGURATION WITH NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM - An off-road vehicle for traveling over land includes a frame, an engine, a transmission, and a seating arrangement. The vehicle may include side-by-side or tandem seating positions. An engine cover is configured to substantially cover the engine and operate as a sound insulator to reduce engine noise from reaching an audible location relative to the seating positions. The engine cover may take the form of a console located between the seating positions and substantially covering the engine. Further, a backing member may be coupled to the engine cover to help channel engine noise toward the rear of the vehicle. The engine cover and the backing member may include, be made from, or be lined with an acoustic material. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038876 | Steering System - A steering system, comprising: an input cylinder having a first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic chamber; a transmission mechanism, wherein a transmission efficiency for converting and transmitting a linear motion of the input cylinder to a rotary motion of a steering wheel is less than a transmission efficiency for converting and transmitting the rotary motion of the steering wheel to the linear motion of the input cylinder; an output cylinder connected to a steerable vehicle wheel and having a third hydraulic chamber and a fourth hydraulic chamber; a first hydraulic passage for connecting the first hydraulic chamber to the third hydraulic chamber; a second hydraulic passage for connecting the second hydraulic chamber to the fourth hydraulic chamber; a flow rate control mechanism for exchanging hydraulic oil with: a first hydraulic circuit including the first and third hydraulic chambers and the first hydraulic passage; and a second hydraulic circuit including the second and fourth hydraulic chambers and the second hydraulic passage, in order to adjust a ratio of hydraulic oil quantities in the first and second hydraulic circuits; a steering actuator for providing the steerable vehicle wheel with a steering power assistance; and
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20090038877 | Electrical steering device for motor vehicles - The invention relates to an electrical steering device having a ring gear arrangement made of one ring gear ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038878 | Acoustic diaphragm and speaker - An acoustic diaphragm includes a diaphragm formed of a uniform material and a first standing wave suppression member provided on a surface of the diaphragm along a first direction of passing through a center of the diaphragm. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038879 | MUFFLER UNIT FOR GENERAL-PURPOSE ENGINE - A muffler unit for a general-purpose engine includes a muffler ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038880 | Air Intake Noise Reducing Device, Internal Combustion Engine Fitted with the Same and Structure for Fitting the Same to the Internal Combustion Engine - The present invention provides an air intake noise reducing device, an internal combustion engine fitted with the air intake noise reducing device and a structure for fitting the air intake noise reducing device to the internal combustion engine. The air intake noise reducing device comprises a gasket ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038881 | SOUND-ABSORBING MATERIAL, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SOUND-ABSORBING MATERIAL, AND SOUND-ABSORBING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a sound-absorbing material, which has a flow resistivity R of 3.3×10 | 2009-02-12 |
20090038882 | ANGLED CONNECTOR - An angled connector having at least two legs ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038883 | SOUND-ABSORBING PANEL - The present invention relates to a sound-absorbing panel in which the structure of a vibration type sound-absorbing panel for absorbing and offsetting sound waves belonging to a low frequency band is modified to improve a sound absorption effect. A sound-absorbing panel comprises a panel body opened on a lower end thereof and formed on the lower end thereof with a rib which extends outward by a predetermined length, and a plurality of sound-absorbing holes defined on an upper surface of the panel body and possessing a sectional shape of a predetermined figure, each sound-absorbing hole being tapered downward to have an inside space which has a gradually decreasing size and then linearly perforated to have an inside space which has a constant size. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038884 | Safety harness - An improved safety harness and method of using same that allows for self-rescue and suspension trauma relief from either a vertical or horizontal anchor, such as a tree or an overhead beam, the safety harness having an adjustable front tie-in assembly whereby the distance between the waist strap and the thigh straps can be adjusted. The wearer is able to change from rear suspension to front suspension after a fall without the necessity of completely detaching from a safety line. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038885 | VEHICLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A vehicle access system and method with retractable access means ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038886 | LADDER ASSEMBLY FORMED FROM INTEGRAL MATERIAL BLANK - A ladder is formed from an integral material blank having a pair of opposed side portions integrally joined to a central portion disposed between the side portions. The central portion includes a number of step portions spaced from one another along the length of the side portions. Each step portion includes a front edge integrally formed with the side sections and a step surface integrally formed with the front edge. The front edge of each step portion is joined to each of the pair of side portions and o the step surface along a pivot line that enables the side portions and the step surface to be manually bent with regard to the front edge when assembling the ladder assembly from the material blank. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038887 | Ball screw device having lubrication warning device - A ball screw device includes a number of bearing members engaged between a ball nut and a screw shaft, and a warning signal generating device for generating a warning signal when the lubricating oil is not good enough to lubricate the ball nut and the screw shaft or when the lubrication for the balls or the bearing members or between the ball nut and the screw shaft has become fail or when the lubricating oil may not be suitably supplied to the balls or the bearing members or between the ball nut and the screw shaft, such that the users may be aware when the lubricating oil is not suitably filled or supplied into the raceway and may refill the lubricating oil into the raceway right away. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038888 | Lubricant Dispenser - A lubricant dispenser has a housing that has a bottom with a housing opening, a lid, and a housing mantle between them, a lubricant reservoir, and a gas generator disposed in the housing for pressing the lubricant out. The housing mantle is transparent or translucent, at least in some sections, and has at least one barrier layer. The barrier layer has a polymer base substance and an admixture of typically inorganic layer substances to improve the barrier properties. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038889 | Portable non-motorized automatic lift and transport system for small vehicles - A non-motorized low cost lift with an attached platform whose platform lifting mechanism is activated by the wheels of a motorized wheelchair, motorcycle, ATV, tiller or other small motorized equipment. A vehicle coupling assembly attached hereto that transports the lift assembly and a safety device that holds the elevated platform and vehicle in place. Whereby a wheelchair, motorcycle, ATV, tiller or other motorized vehicle can be safely attached, quickly elevated and transported. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038890 | OPERATION DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR - An operating apparatus for an elevator is equipped with a landing chair having a storable seat portion and provided at a landing, a landing chair displacement device for displacing the seat portion, and a control device for controlling the landing chair displacement device. The seat portion can be displaced between a landing chair storage position and a landing chair service position allowing a passenger to sit. The landing chair displacement device performs a storage execution operation of displacing the seat portion from the landing chair service position to the landing chair storage position to hold the seat portion at the landing chair storage position, and a storage releasing operation of releasing the seat portion from being held at the landing chair storage position. The control device has landing chair control means for controlling the landing chair displacement device based on information from operation detecting means for detecting an operational state of the elevator. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038891 | EVACUATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR - A building is provided with an elevator and evacuation stairs. Each floor is separated into an elevator region in which the elevator is provided and a stair region in which the evacuation stairs are provided. In an event of a fire in the building, an evacuation assistance device for the elevator sets a predetermined service floor as a rescue floor, and supervises an operation of the elevator so as to convey those stranded in the building from the rescue floor to an evacuation floor. A rescue floor crowdedness detecting device detects crowdedness or uncrowdedness of the elevator region at the rescue floor. An evacuation guidance device for reporting to those stranded in the building accessibility information representing the accessibility of those stranded in the building to the elevator region at the rescue floor from the stair region is installed in the building. Information from the rescue floor crowdedness detecting device is transmitted to an emergency control device. The emergency control device has an evacuation operation performability determining portion for determining whether or not those stranded in the building can be conveyed from the rescue floor to the evacuation floor, and an evacuation guidance device control portion for controlling the evacuation guidance device based on information from the evacuation operation performability determining portion and the information from the rescue floor crowdedness detecting device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038892 | EVACUATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR - In a building, a service zone including a plurality of floors is set. The building is provided with an elevator that is assigned to the floors in the service zone as service floors. In an event of a fire in the building, an evacuation support apparatus for the elevator controls the operation of the elevator to convey those stranded in the building to an evacuation floor. The evacuation support apparatus has an emergency control device and an evacuation guidance device. The emergency control device has a rescue floor setting portion for setting at least a predetermined one of the service floors as a rescue floor, and an evacuation operation command portion for controlling the elevator such that evacuation operation is performed to vertically reciprocate a car between the rescue floor and the evacuation floor. The evacuation guidance device is installed in the building to impart to those stranded in the building evacuation information including information for specifying the rescue floor, based on information from the emergency control device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038893 | Bicycle brake device - A bicycle brake device includes a holder arm having a pivot shaft for attaching to a rear fork, two brake caliper having middle portions pivotally attached to the end portions of the holder arm, and having brake shoes attached to the lower portions, and a brake cable for selectively forcing the lower portions of the brake calipers and the brake shoes toward each other, the brake calipers may be balanced for effectively forcing the brake shoes to solidly clamp the wheel rim, and a spring biasing device may bias the brake shoes away from each other when the brake cable is released. A coupling device may couple the middle portions of the brake calipers together. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038894 | Cam activated bicycle wheel brake - A wheel brake for a bicycle or other vehicle has a pair of pivoting arms. Each arm is configured to support a brake pad. A first arm pivotally supports a cam. A second arm defines a cam surface and a cable guide. The cam has a first end for mounting of a cable and a second end having a roller which rests on the cam surface. When the cable is actuated, the cable pulls the first end of the cam, causing the cam to pivot and causing the second end of the cam to roll along the cam surface. Force applied by the cam compresses the arms, causing associated brake pads to move inwardly into engagement with the wheel. The brake is compact and efficient in design. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038895 | Multi-disc brake hub assembly with disc slide pins - A brake hub assembly including a hub defining a central axis, a plurality of guide pins, each of the plurality of guide pins extending from the hub and being generally aligned with the central axis, and a disc having at least two friction surfaces, the disc defining a plurality of guide pin receiving bores, wherein each of the plurality of guide pin receiving bores are positioned to receive an associated one of the plurality of guide pins therethrough such that the disc is moveable relative to the hub along the central axis. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038896 | Fluid filled type vibration damping device - A fluid filled type vibration damping device having an orifice passage formed in a partition member to connect a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber, wherein a first end section of the orifice passage extends in along a plane of the partition member, and a communication hole is formed to bend at a right angle from the first end of the orifice passage and open towards the pressure receiving chamber to form a dead water region by orthogonal wall faces of a terminal end face and a bottom face of the orifice passage in a connecting corner section of the orifice passage with the communication hole. A shunt hole of smaller cross-sectional area than the orifice passage and the communication hole is formed in a bottom wall so that the pressure receiving chamber and the equilibrium chamber communicate through the shunt hole in the dead water region. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038897 | Shock absorber - A shock absorber includes a piston coupled to a hollow piston rod fitted in a cylinder and a reservoir disposed at an outer periphery portion of the cylinder. A rod chamber in the piston rod communicates with a piston chamber in the piston via a radial passage. A hollow rod fixed to a partition wall member is inserted into the piston rod and the rod chamber is connected to the reservoir by the hollow rod. An extension-side disk valve generates damping force during an extension stroke of the piston rod and a compression-side disk valve generates damping force during a compression stroke. Because the hollow rod connects the rod chamber to the reservoir at the outer periphery of the cylinder, it is possible to secure sufficient reservoir capacity. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038898 | Vibration Damper - Disclosed is a vibration damper comprising a cylinder in which a piston rod is guided in an axially movable manner. A first piston is mounted stationarily on the piston rod while a second piston that is equipped with at least one valve disk biased by a spring assembly is mounted on the piston rod so as to be axially movable counter to a force of at least one support spring. The spring assembly is provided with at least one spring plate on which the spring assembly rests. The second piston is retained by a fixing sleeve which supports the at least one spring plate. The structural unit encompassing the fixing sleeve and the at least one spring plate is fitted with an axially effective separating joint for a locking connection inside the structural unit. The entire structural unit can be axially displaced towards the at least one support spring. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038899 | AUXILIARY HANDLE DEVICE - An auxiliary handle device, in particular for a hand-held power tool, has an auxiliary handle and a damping unit with at least one absorber mass element. The absorber mass element is designed in the shape of a sleeve along a main extension direction of the auxiliary handle device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038900 | TRAVEL CASE FOR COSMETICS - A travel case for liquid cosmetics, medications and the like includes an interior pocket with a separate transparent plastic pouch for the liquid materials such as cosmetics. Access to the interior of the bag may be effected through a principal access opening in the top of the bag. Access to the interior pocket which holds the pouch may also be effected through an auxiliary opening in the side wall of the bag. The access opening to the pocket within the bag as well as to the interior of the bag are all oriented in the same direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038901 | LOCKING CASE - A locking case includes a lightweight plastic shell covered by a soft fabric, such as a woven nylon. A case hardened wire grid is fitted into each side of the plastic shell, and a foam pad, such as urethane, is fitted into the wire grid. A metal tab extends out of the case from each side of the shell. A zipper assembly has two zipper tabs with holes, such that when the case is closed, a lock can be inserted through both zipper tabs and both tabs. A security or metal cable is securely attached to the case, such as to the wire grid, where the metal cable has a loop that can be extended outside the case, wrapped around a fixed object, and locked to the four tabs by a padlock. One or more metal plates can be plated along interior sides of the shell for added protection. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038902 | Method of providing electricity to a moving automobile - This invention describes a new method of supplying a moving automobile with electricity. Electrodes placed beneath the automobile pass over electrodes embedded in the roadway. The capacitance between the electrodes beneath the car and the electrodes embedded in the roadway closes the circuit and high voltage pulses or a high voltage sinusoidal signal is transferred from the electrodes in the roadway to the electrodes beneath the car. This power is used to charge the car batteries. Hence the charging occurs while the automobile is in motion so that the automobile can travel from city to city without ever stopping. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038903 | Torque converter with piston centered in clutch plate - A torque converter including a cover and a bridging clutch for selective connection to the cover, the bridging clutch including a clutch plate fixed to the cover and having an inner radial surface and having a piston having an outer radial surface opposite the inner radial surface. A method for assembling a torque converter is also provided. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038904 | Wedge clutch assembly - A wedge clutch assembly for power tools, drilling rigs and like machinery utilizing rotating drills. The wedge clutch assembly has a pinion shaft adapted in shape to support a pinion gear, a bronze clutch cup, an optional thrust bearing, and a steel wedge clutch spring washer retained by a fastener. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038905 | Wet clutch - A wet clutch having friction surfaces, where at least one friction surface consists of a porous friction lining with essentially flat surface placed on a supporting part. In order to achieve better cooling of the friction lining and supporting part and of the opposing friction surface by means of cooling oil pressed through the porous friction lining under pressure, the friction lining is provided with at least one cut-out. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038906 | SEAL INTEGRAL TYPE PISTON - To maximize pressing area of a clutch pressing portion ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038907 | CANCEL PLATE - In order to prevents a crack from being generated in an end portion of stoppers ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038908 | Friction clutch having a hydraulic actuator, and drive unit having at least one such friction clutch - The invention relates to a friction clutch having a single-acting actuator which is a piston-cylinder unit and is connected in a controllable fashion to a pressurized fluid source. In order to be able to carry out a fast pilot stroke up to the point at which the clutch makes contact, the piston-cylinder unit has a stepped piston whose first step of small diameter delimits, by means of its cylinder, a first pressure space, and whose second step of relatively large diameter delimits, by means of its cylinder, a second pressure space, a pressure line being connected to the first pressure space and, by means of a first non-return valve which opens at a certain pressure, to the second pressure space, and it also being possible for the second pressure space to be connected via a discharge line and a suction line, which contains a second non-return valve, to the fluid reservoir. The invention also relates to a drive device having clutches of said type. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038909 | Apparatus for receiving and dispensing documents of value - An apparatus for accepting and for outputting documents of value is provided with a checking device for checking the authenticity of fed documents of value, a storage unit, which comprises at least two storages for storing at least two different types of documents of value, so that a document of value of each of the two types, independently of the order of input of the documents of value into the storage unit, can optionally be outputted from the storage unit, a temporary storage unit for a, preferably singled, temporary storage of at least one, preferably at least two checked documents of value, and a transport system, with the help of which documents of value coming from the checking device can be transported to the storage unit, wherein the storage unit is held in a rotatable and/or swiveling fashion between an operating position and an open position in such a way, that in an operating position receiving and/or outputting documents of value is possible, and in the open position the portion of the transport system kept away from a manual access by the storage unit during the operating position is exposed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038910 | PANEL-CARRYING-OUT APPARATUS - A panel-carrying-out apparatus used for conveying panels ejected from a press machine includes: a semicircular sorting conveyor adapted to be driven switchably in a normal direction or a reverse direction; and a pair of straight conveyors respectively disposed at ends of the sorting conveyor. Each of the panels from the press machine is mounted on the center position of the sorting conveyor in terms of a conveying path. Specifically, an arced conveyor included in the sorting conveyor, on which each of the panels is initially mounted, is adapted to be driven switchably in the normal direction or the reverse direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038911 | TUBULAR BELT CONVEYOR - To provide a pipe conveyer in which a twist or depression of a rounded conveyer belt is simply and efficiently detected by effectively using permanent magnets and the closability of the conveyer belt is improved. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A conveyer belt ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038912 | Method and Apparatus for Turning Paper Rolls - Method and arrangement for changing the direction of travel of a reel being moved by a incoming conveyor ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038913 | Food Product Conveyor and Handling Systems - A conveyor system for assembling and stacking sliced food products is provided. The conveyor system includes an assembly area, wherein groups of a predetermined quantity of sliced food products travel from a slicer on a conveyor and are deposited on discrete carrier sheets on a downstream conveyor. The assembly area is configured to delay advancement of the carrier sheets on the downstream conveyor until a group of the predetermined quantity is formed. The slicer is configured to calculate the number of slices in each group and determine whether a group is complete. A stacking area of the conveyor system includes a nose conveyor that extends and retracts to deposit each carrier sheet onto a pair of initial supports. The initial supports reciprocate away from each other in opposing directions to drop the carrier sheet onto a subsequent level, with the initial supports reciprocating each time a carrier sheet is deposited thereon. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038914 | CONVEYOR FOR SHEET-SHAPED THIN PLATE AND METHOD OF CONVEYING SAME - A conveyor for guiding and conveying a plurality of sheet-shaped thin plates in rows arranged side by side to a welding position at which ends of the adjacent thin plates are butted and welded to each other, includes a plurality of conveying paths, which are adjacent to each other, having different conveying surfaces which are placed on a same horizontal plane, and a guide unit disposed between the adjacent two conveying paths for guiding the thin plates on one of the conveying paths with respect to another one thereof toward the welding position. Each of the conveying paths is composed of a plurality conveying rollers, and the guide unit includes guide rollers each having a guide surface for guiding the thin plate on the one of the conveying paths in a state that the thin plate on the one conveying path is partially depressed with respect to the another one of the conveying path. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038915 | Apparatus For Removing Objects Advanced On A Conveyor - The invention relates to an apparatus for removing objects ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038916 | Helical Conveyor without Overdrive - The invention relates to a conveyor assembly, such as a stacker, comprising: a vertically arranged drum having a substantially smooth peripheral surface; a conveyor belt, at least one full turn wound along the peripheral surface of the drum, said belt comprising support elements to support portions of the belt on top of each other; wherein the bottom part of the drum widens outwardly and the remaining part of the drum is cylindrical. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038917 | Transport system including vertical rollers - A transport system for conveying articles along conveyance paths including straight, curvilinear, horizontal, inclined and declined conveyance sections. The articles are conveyed between a pair of vertical belts while being supported by protrusions extending from the vertical belts. The vertical belts are guided using a multiplicity of vertical rollers that are configurable into straight, curvilinear and dynamically changing conveyance sections. Multiple conveyance sections can be joined end to end to transport articles over complex paths and over long distances. The articles conveyed may include semiconductor wafers. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038918 | GANGED POWER CIRCUIT SWITCHES FOR ON-BOARD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN MOTOR VEHICLES - This current invention is about a switching implement ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038919 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes plural operation buttons, through which each switch on a board can be compressed, and a connection part configured to connect two operation buttons out of the plural operation buttons with each other while maintaining the two operation buttons apart from each other, and to return a compressed operation button through an elastic force, wherein the connection part is arranged below an operation button that is located between the two operation buttons among the plural operation buttons. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038920 | SWITCHING DEVICE - In a switching device ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090038921 | Rotary Selector - A rotary selector forms a control element for inputting a setting value to an electronic control system, in particular for a control device of an electronic domestic appliance, such as a washing machine, a dishwasher, or the like. The rotary selector has a rotatably mounted control portion and an adapter non-rotatably connected to the control portion. The adapter has a latching section with side faces arranged uniformly about its periphery. Coaxially with the latching section of the adapter is a stationary spring element formed with elastic legs arranged uniformly about a periphery of the latching section and which extend tangentially relative to the side faces of the latching section. The number of the side faces of the latching section is an integral multiple of the number of the elastic legs of the spring element. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038922 | PRESS-KEY STRUCTURE - A press-key structure is disclosed, which comprises: a keycap, configured with a bottom surface; a substrate, being disposed under the keycap; and a pressing part, being arranged between the keycap and the substrate. In an exemplary embodiment, the pressing part further comprising: a frame, disposed on the bottom surface to be used for sustaining a pressing force from the keycap directly; and a plurality of supporting legs, being arranged surrounding the edges of the frame while extending outwardly from the same; wherein by connecting the outward-extending ends of the plural supporting legs to the substrate, the frame is supported and propped up by a specific height. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038923 | KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a keycap, a pivot structure, a base and an X-structure. The keycap includes a bottom surface, a first edge and a second edge. The pivot structure includes two first engaging portions and two second engaging portions. The first engaging portions are disposed on the bottom surface and have a first distance away from the first edge. The second engaging portions are respectively disposed corresponding to the first engaging portions and have a second distance away from the second edge. The base is disposed under the keycap. One end of the X-structure is connected to the pivot structure of the keycap and the other end of the X-structure is movably connected to the base, thus, the keycap moves upward and downward corresponding to the base. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038924 | AUTOMATIC TIMING SWITCH DEVICE - An automatic timing switch device includes a switch control wheel, a driving assembly, and a plurality of push switches. The switch control wheel includes a plurality of wheel-shaped structures stacked sequentially, wherein each of the wheel-shaped structures has at least one notch formed on an outer periphery of the switch control wheel, and the diameters of the wheel-shaped structures reduce sequentially so that the switch control wheel is in tapered shape. The driving assembly drives the switch control wheel to rotate. The push switches are switched by engaging into or separating from the notches of the wheel-shaped structures as the switch control wheel rotated by the driving assembly. Since the switch control wheel is in a tapered shape, so that the switch control wheel is easily to be formed monolithically and is convenient to be installed to the case of the automatic timing switch device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038925 | MOVABLE CONTACT AND PUSH SWITCH USING THE SAME - A movable contact includes a dome portion having substantially a dome shape and a periphery, and four projections provided on a concave surface of the dome portion. The periphery of the dome portion has substantially an oval shape having a longitudinal direction. The periphery having two linear peripheries in parallel with the longitudinal direction and two arcuate peripheries connected to the two linear peripheries at four corners. The four corners are arcuate. Two diagonal lines connecting the four corners intersect at a center of the dome portion. The four projections are located on the two diagonal lines at identical distances from the center. The movable contact contacts a fixed contact stably with an excellent click feeling on a pushing operation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038926 | DOUBLE-SHOT MOLDED BUTTON AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A double-shot molded button includes a main portion including an operation surface and at least one inserted portion embedded in the main portion. The inserted portion includes an exposed surface exposed from the operation surface to configure a symbol for denoting an operation function and being pressed. An orthographic projection image of the inserted portion on the exposed surface is enclosed within the exposed surface. A method for making the double-shot molded button is also provided. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038927 | POWER CABLE - An exemplary power cable includes a power plug comprising a first prong and a second prong for being plugged into an electric outlet; a cable comprising a live line and a neutral line each having an end connected to the first and second prongs of the power plug respectively; and a socket comprising a first jack and a second jack, wherein the first jack is connected to the opposite end of the live line via a switch. Therefore, users can turn off a standby power of a computer system by turning off the switch. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038928 | SPRING LOADED CONTACT FOR ROTARY INTERFACE - An electrical contact member for use with a rotary interface within a connector assembly is provided. The electrical contact member includes a lower portion adapted to receive an electrical wire; and a laterally deflectable upper portion connected to or formed integrally with the lower portion. The upper portion further includes a first lateral extension arm having a first contact point formed at the tip thereof and a second lateral extension arm having a second contact point formed at the tip thereof. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038929 | SWITCH APPARATUS - In a switch in which an operation knob is rockable in an optional direction, the fluffy unsteady feeling is removed from the operation. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038930 | FOIL-TYPE SWITCHING ELEMENT WITH ENHANCED CARRIER FOIL - A pressure sensor comprises at least one first carrier foil, which is mounted on a supporting element so as to span an active area of said pressure sensor. According to the invention said first carrier foil comprises a material chosen from the group consisting of polyetheretherketone, polyethersulfone, polyphenylsulfone, polysulfone, polycarbonate, copolycarbonate, polyphenylene ether, cyclo-olefin-polymer, polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polycarbonate/polybutylene terephthalate, polycarbonate/polyethylene terephthalate, polyphenylene ether/polyamide, or mixtures thereof. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038931 | DEVICE FOR EXTRACTION OF ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WITH TOXIC PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE PRESENT IN ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES, BY USING SOLVENTS HEATED BY THE APPLICATION OF FOCALIZED MICROWAVES IN OPEN SYSTEMS (NOT PRESSURIZED) - Device to extract organic chemical compounds from particulate material (MP) that comes from atmospheric samples, using solvents heated by the application of focalized microwaves (MW), performed in open systems, which consists of:
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20090038932 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NONINVASIVE ULTRASONIC TREATMENT OF FLUIDS AND MATERIALS IN CONDUITS AND CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS - A system, method, and device are described for ultrasonic treatment of viscous fluids, including, e.g., crude oils that provide a variety of desired modifications. The invention includes a container having a circumvolving outer wall configured to allow passage of a quantity of a material within a passageway therein and ultrasonic transducers that attach to and circumvolve the outer wall of the container. The ultrasonic transducers transmit ultrasonic energy into material within the container at preselected frequencies thereby achieving desired effects. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038933 | Decomposition of Natural Gas or Methane Using Cold Arc Discharge - A cold arc discharge is used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. The cold arc discharge is generated by a pulsating high voltage discharge imparted through a capacitor to a high voltage electrode or a plurality of high voltage electrodes or through a high voltage electrode to a plurality of capacitor—connected electrodes placed in a reaction zone. The apparatus for performing this process may have a tubular reactor with a cylindrical ground electrode in the middle and a cylindrical outer wall through which the high voltage electrode or electrodes extend into the reaction zone. The apparatus may also have a cylindrical shaft in the middle made of dielectric material in which a plurality of electrodes are embedded, this shaft being surrounded by a high voltage tubular electrode. Natural gas or methane is passed through the reaction zone where it is subjected to the cold arc discharge or discharges and the resulting products flow out of the reactor and solid carbon particles are separated from the remaining gases that are then analysed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038934 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAMOND PRODUCTION - An apparatus for producing diamond in a deposition chamber including a heat-sinking holder for holding a diamond and for making thermal contact with a side surface of the diamond adjacent to an edge of a growth surface of the diamond, a noncontact temperature measurement device positioned to measure temperature of the diamond across the growth surface of the diamond and a main process controller for receiving a temperature measurement from the noncontact temperature measurement device and controlling temperature of the growth surface such that all temperature gradients across the growth surface are less than 20° C. The method for producing diamond includes positioning diamond in a holder such that a thermal contact is made with a side surface of the diamond adjacent to an edge of a growth surface of the diamond, measuring temperature of the growth surface of the diamond to generate temperature measurements, controlling temperature of the growth surface based upon the temperature measurements, and growing single-crystal diamond by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition on the growth surface, wherein a growth rate of the diamond is greater than 1 micrometer per hour. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038935 | THERMAL BARRIER COATING RESISTANT TO PENETRATION BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS - A turbine engine component includes an electron beam-physical vapor deposition thermal barrier coating covering at least a portion of a substrate. The thermal barrier coating includes an inner layer having a columnar-grained microstructure with inter-columnar gap porosity. The inner layer includes a stabilized ceramic material. The thermal barrier coating also includes a substantially non-porous outer layer, covering the inner layer and including the stabilized ceramic material. The outer layer is deposited with continuous line-of-sight exposure to the vapor source under oxygen deficient conditions. The outer layer may further comprise a dopant oxide that is more readily reducible than the stabilized ceramic material. During deposition, the outer layer may also have an oxygen deficient stoichiometry with respect to the inner layer. Oxygen stoichiometry in the outer layer may be restored by exposure of the coated component to an oxidizing environment. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038936 | HIGH RESISTIVITY REFRACTORY WITH A HIGH ZIRCONIA CONTENT - A novel fused and cast refractory product with a high zirconia content having improved electrical resistivity includes, as a percentage by weight relative to the oxides and for a total of more than 98.5%:
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20090038937 | Household Appliances Which Utilize an Electrolyzer and Electrolyzer that May Be Used Therein - A household appliance incorporating an electrolyzer for electrolysis of water to H | 2009-02-12 |
20090038938 | MICROFLUIDIC CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT AND MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE - A software-driven device named the Microfluidic Central Processing Unit (μfCPU). The device is a chamber encompassing a contiguous physical volume equipped with actuators (electrodes, pressure membranes or other) capable of inducing physical forces on liquids, gases and particles contained in it, for the purpose of performing at least the 5 basic microfluidics operations: mixing, concentration, separation, transport and reaction within one integrated chamber. The device can have one volume where all of the operations are performed or can be spatially divided into several “processing areas” between which there are transport routes enabled by the software-regulated actuation. A device that contains more than one μfCPU employed in parallel or in series or both. A device that is composed of one or more than one μfCPU's and where fluids and particles are transported using a central pump together with integrated micropumps. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038939 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF CHEMISTRY PATTERNING FOR A MULTIPLE WELL BIOSENSOR - Methods and systems for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a blood sample and, more particularly, to methods of chemistry patterning reagent layers for multiple well biosensors. A first capillary is first configured to receive a dispensed reagent layer such that the reagent layer is distributed in a substantially uniform manner within the first capillary. The first capillary may also configured to isolate the first capillary from other capillaries present in the biosensor. After the reagent layer has been dispensed and dried, the first capillary may then be reconfigured to allow the first capillary to receive a blood sample. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038940 | Reference Electrode - The present invention discloses a reference electrode. According to the invention, a capillary structure is plugged in a solid state electrolyte layer of the reference electrode. By capillary phenomenon, a test solution is sucked to the solid state electrolyte layer to have reaction. Therefore, according to the invention, a test solution can be measured by simply placing the capillary structure of the reference electrode into the test solution. The lifetime of the reference electrode can be greatly extended. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038941 | Device for Determining the Concentration of a Component in a Gas Mixture - In an apparatus that ascertains a concentration of a component in a gas mixture, the apparatus includes:
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20090038942 | PARTICLE FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING PARTICLES BY USING THE SAME - In a particle focusing apparatus and a method for focusing particles, the particle focusing apparatus includes a channel, a fixing member, a fluid feeding portion and a power supply. The channel has first and second ends and extends substantially in a line. The fixing member includes a first fixing portion connected to and fixing the first end, and a second fixing portion connected to and fixing the second end. The fluid feeding portion feeds fluid having particles into the channel. The power supply has first and second terminals. The first terminal passes through the first fixing portion and is electrically connected to an anode of the power supply. The second terminal passes through the second fixing portion and is electrically connected to a cathode of the power supply. Thus, particles fed into the channel may be more easily and efficiently focused to a central region inside the channel. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038943 | METHOD OF ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS OF MULTICOMPONENT SOLUTIONS AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - The present invention relates to analytical chemistry, more particularly, to methods of electrophoretic analysis, and can be utilized to analysis of multicomponent solutions. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038944 | FLUID TREATMENT DEVICE - A fluid treatment device is disclosed. The fluid treatment device includes at least a first electrode and a second electrode in direct contact with the fluid. The fluid treatment device may include a control device which adjusts a parameter of an alternating potential difference provided between the first electrode and the second electrode based on the indication of the conductivity between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2009-02-12 |
20090038945 | Method and device for producing by electrophoresis fully ceramic tooth element having a predefined spatial shape - The invention relates to a method and device for producing by electrophoresis fully ceramic tooth elements having a predefined spatial shape, wherein an electric conductive plate ( | 2009-02-12 |