08th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100047016 | Porous Ceramic Paving Material - The disclosure is directed to a method of constructing a porous, ceramic pavement that is permeable to aqueous fluids and more resistant to acidic rainwater than concrete. The method includes selecting a porous, ceramic paving material having a compressive strength sufficient for a particular use of a surface to be paved. A base material can be selected to serve as a support for the paving material, wherein the base material is permeable to aqueous fluids. The base material is applied to the surface to be paved, and the paving material is positioned on top of the base material to provide a porous, ceramic pavement. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047017 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING DUST FORMATION DURING DEMOLITION WORK - In a method for preventing dust formation and the release of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, quartz particles and asbestos particles, among other substances, during demolition work, at least part of an object, such as the upper layer of a road surface is fragmented into small pieces by a working device and discharged, and a mist is created by a liquid at least around and above the point of contact between the working device and the object, with the mist droplets having a diameter of less than 30 μm. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047018 | WAVE-MOTION REDUCING STRUCTURE - A wave-motion reducing structure comprises wave-motion reducing means ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047019 | Shape Stabilized flood Protection Wall Segment - The flood protection wall's shape stabilized segment affords an increased level of protection and is made up of a water fillable bag whose shape, when full, is defined by the plane of the base and the dome-shaped casing with a convex surface that is attached to the base by two plane faces. It is characterized by the fact that the complex convex casing surface ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047020 | STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR COVERING LANDFILL - A modular roof like enclosed structure has attachments suitable for handling by lifting machinery to be placed on a landfill site and a perimeter strip extension which abuts or overlaps an adjoining module on the site. The modular structure is vented to allow ventilation of the landfill and the vent contains a filter to extract harmful gasses and odors. The structure also contains a liquid spray system to spray insecticide and deodorant onto the landfill and a fire retardant system which is activated automatically when smoke is detected. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047021 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF FLOWABLE THERMAL BACKFILLS - The invention includes a method of making and using a flowable thermal backfill. The flowable thermal backfill has a low thermal resistivity, useful for filling trenches containing electrical cables and other lines that generate heat. The method includes process steps of blending ingredients of stone, sand and fly ash, making a flowable thermal fill by mixing the blended stone, sand and fly ash with Portland cement and water, and pouring the flowable thermal fill in an excavation containing heat generating lines, immediately after mixing the flowable thermal backfill. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047022 | SUBSEA FLOW LINE PLUG REMEDIATION - A technique enables removal of a hydrate plug or other similar plug from a deep water flow line. When the existence of a plug in the deep water flow line is determined, a temporary flow line loop is created to enable remedial procedures. The temporary loop can be created by deploying a spoolable compliant guide and connecting the spoolable compliant guide to the deep water flow line. The connection is made in a manner that enables access to both sides of the unwanted plug. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047023 | Subsea Pipeline Repair and Maintenance Tools and Method for Replacement of Broken Pipelines - A pipeline repair connector ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047024 | RISER TENSIONER RESTRAINT DEVICE - An apparatus to restrain a riser tensioner of an offshore drilling rig includes a restraint cone configured to fit within hydraulic cylinders of the riser tensioner, a hoist configured to extend and retract the restraint cone, and a tension member extending from a lower end of the restraint cone, the tension member configured to engage a lower end of the riser tensioner and maintain a wedging action between the restraint cone and the hydraulic cylinders. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047025 | INTERLOCKING RETAINER TIES - A retainer tie system | 2010-02-25 |
20100047026 | ROUGHING INSERT AND ROUGHING END MILL - This roughing insert is provided with an insert body, and a waveform cutting edge which is formed on an intersecting ridge line portion between a rake face and a flank face of the insert body, and which undulates along this intersecting ridge line portion. The waveform cutting edges are formed on the insert body respectively at positions which are rotationally symmetrical at predetermined angular intervals around a reference line of the insert bodies. These waveform cutting edges which are positioned rotationally symmetrically to each other are formed such that, when the insert bodies are rotated by the predetermined angle around the reference line, one or more portions of the waveform cutting edges do not match each other and are mutually asymmetrical. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047027 | Tight-space drilling product - A tight-space drilling product for drilling in a confined space between a workpiece and an opposite surface includes a drilling implement with a confined space configuration where the drilling implement contacts both the workpiece and the opposite surface. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047028 | Cutting Insert, in Particular for Counterboring and/or Countersinking Operations - In the case of a cutting insert, in particular for counterboring and/or countersinking operations, the cutting insert has two longitudinal sides and two narrow sides between an upper side and an underside. A cutting edge is formed between one longitudinal side and one narrow side and runs obliquely in relation to the underside and extends over at least approximately the entire depth of the cutting body. A cutting face running between the upper side and the underside is provided in the longitudinal side that is facing the cutting edge. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047029 | Aligning a Machine Tool with a Target Location on a Structure - An apparatus for aligning a machine tool with a target location on a structure. A machine plate positionable on the structure has a plate bushing providing a hole through the plate. The apparatus also includes a nosepiece for guiding a distal end of the tool through the plate bushing to the target location. The nosepiece has a collet configured to be moved at least partly through and sideward in the plate bushing to center the nosepiece on an element projecting from the structure at the target location. The nosepiece can be attached to the plate bushing to establish normality of the tool relative to the projecting element. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047030 | Hole saw with waste plug ejector - A hole saw having a tubular cutting portion, a pilot drill bit, an ejection plate disposed within the tubular cutting portion and a compression spring cooperating with the plate further includes a guide structure fixed to the ejection plate and slidingly cooperating with a helical flute of the pilot drill bit. The compression spring and cooperating guide structure provide a combination of linear and rotational ejection of a waste plug from the hole saw. A duel set screw feature facilitates waste plug removal if needed and includes a first set screw frictionally engaged with a flat surface of the drill bit and a second set screw cooperating with a circular groove running about the drill bit. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047031 | Crankshaft Milling Cutter - The present invention concerns a method of machining bearing journals, with a first step for rough machining and with a second step for fine machining, wherein in the first step the journal is roughed with a crankshaft milling cutter and in the second step the journal is smoothed with a crankshaft milling cutter. To provide a method as well as a milling cutter and an indexable cutting plate for that milling cutter, which make it possible to machine crankshaft journals more quickly, less expensively and at least with the same quality as in the state of the art, it is proposed according to the invention that the fine machining method exclusively comprises the second step which concludes the dimension-changing machining of the bearing journals. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047032 | UNITARY VOID FILLING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH VARIOUS PALLET SIZES AND LOADS, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A unitary void filling apparatus for use as a lengthwise void spacer which is capable of preventing movement of a load disposed on a pallet, protecting the load from end-to-end forces, and acting as a dust cover. The apparatus consists of a frame folded to make a central area, which fits on top of the load, and two vertical sides, which hangs over opposite ends of the load. Attached to each vertical side are covered void fillers, each adapted to substantially fill any lengthwise underhang and protect the load from end-to-end forces. The central area of the frame supports the vertical sides to which the void fillers are attached, thereby holding the void fillers in the proper position and also preventing dust from accumulating on the cargo. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047033 | Screw having a sealing washer assembly - A screw including a sealing washer assembly and a shank which defines a screw axis and has a thread in at least a portion thereof and whose one end is provided with a head. The sealing washer assembly is disposed on the shank and includes at least one sealing washer and a reinforcing washer, said reinforcing washer having a thickness, and the sealing washer assembly having a cumulative thickness is disclosed. The sealing washer assembly is spaced, along the screw axis, at a distance from an underside of the head facing the shank, said distance being greater than the thickness of the reinforcing washer and smaller than the cumulative thickness of the sealing washer assembly. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047034 | Hybrid composite-metal male fastener - A composite metal male fastener is provided. The metal fastener includes an elongate hollow shell made of metal. The shell includes a threaded exterior for insertion or retraction from the threads of a female fastener. In addition, the shell element includes a central bore and a radially extending flange. The male fastener further includes a core element made of a composite material including plastic, fiberglass or carbon fiber or the like. The core element fills the shell's central bore and extends from the shell to encapsulate the shell's flange to form a male fastener head. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047035 | Fastening element - A fastening element having a torque-receiver for a setting tool and having a shank bearing a tapping thread that has a free end facing away from the torque-receiving means, and that has a thread-core diameter. The thread has one thread having a thread leading end in the region of the free end of the shank, whose outside diameter, starting from the free end, increases to a maximum outside diameter and, starting from its maximum outside diameter and continuing toward the torque-receiving means, decreases quasi-continuously to a smaller outside diameter. The thread-core diameter of the shank, starting from a region next to the torque-receiving means and continuing toward the free end of the shank, decreases quasi-continuously to a smaller thread-core diameter of the shank. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047036 | FIXING DEVICE FOR ROTARY BLADE - When a conventional tool-less clamp is applied to exiting circular saw machines, an inclination angle and a cutting depth in the case of an oblique cutting operation have been sacrificed because the size in the radial direction or the thickness direction becomes larger. The present invention is aimed to make a saw-blade fixing device to be tool-less without sacrificing these functions. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047037 | NUT | 2010-02-25 |
20100047038 | Bolt protectors for subsurface pipe fittings and associated methods - A protective covering for protecting an exposed portion of a threaded fastener comprises a body cavity, sized and shaped to be positioned over the exposed portion of the threaded fastener. The body cavity includes at least two ends and a quantity of a protectant material is disposed within the body cavity. A rupturable membrane is disposed over at least one end of the body cavity. The rupturable membrane operable to: retain the protectant material within the body cavity during storage and transport of the protective covering, and be ruptured during positioning of the body cavity over the exposed portion of the threaded fastener. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047039 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED PHOTO BOOKS - A manufacturing system for manufacturing a personalized photo book includes a computer configured to receive image data from a user, a digital offset printer configured to print a first image on a book page in response to the image data received from the user, a digital silver-halide printer that can print a second image on a book cover in response to the image data received from the user, and a book binder configured to bind the book page and the book cover to form a personalized photo book. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047040 | DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM - A deployment system ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047041 | Ocean Commerce Transfer System - A non-permanent system for the unloading and loading of ocean-going cargo vessels is described using a cargo transfer system which is supported by dirigibles or airships. The cargo transfer system is comprised of a moving transfer cable, a cargo lifting device and a cargo staging device. The system is used to transfer cargo between at least one sea terminus and at least one land terminus. Cargo is moved along the transfer cable from one terminus to another by means of dirigibles or airships. The sea-terminus of the system may be a floating temporary dock or a large ocean vessel such as an aircraft carrier. The system can be developed so that it is fully transportable and can be assembled and launched from a large ship, as well as recovered for movement to another location. The system may also be used at inland ports. The system can be sized to the port requirements using one transfer system or multiple systems. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047042 | Mobile Drill Cuttings Drying System - Apparatus for drying drill cuttings (“cuttings”) at multiple drilling locations. A commercially available cuttings drying unit is mounted on a means for transporting the cuttings drying unit between drilling sites, such as a truck. A means for conveying cuttings to an inlet of the cuttings drying unit, such as an auger, moves wet cuttings from a collection container to the drying unit. The cuttings are then dried. A means for conveying dried cuttings from a discharge of the cuttings drying unit to another cuttings container, such as a discharge auger, is provided. Preferably the discharge auger is mounted on the truck so as to be rotatable between a first position, wherein the truck can legally move down a roadway (preferably, contained within the width of the truck), and a second position usually to one side of the truck, where the dried cuttings can be discharged into a container. The cuttings drying system can be readily transported between drilling locations, remaining only long enough to process the wet cuttings on location. In one embodiment of the invention, the inlet auger is mounted on the truck, so that it is moved from location to location as well. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047043 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PLACEMENT SYSTEM - This invention relates to a dice placement assembly for placing dice on a carrier. The assembly includes a support platform with a clamp mechanism configured to clamp the carrier onto said platform, and at least one camera operatively directed at the platform to detect alignment fiducials on the carrier. The assembly also includes a placement device having a vacuum mechanism to retrieve the dice from a supply mechanism, said placement device having actuators to align the dice with the carrier and to place the dice thereon once aligned, and a heater to heat the dice prior to placement on the test bed. Further included is a controller operatively controlling the clamp mechanism, the camera and the placement device, to facilitate accurate placement of the dice on the carrier. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047044 | PLACEMENT HEAD FOR A DIE PLACING ASSEMBLY - The invention provides for a placement head for a die placing assembly of an assembler for assembling dice on a carrier. The assembler has an enclosure with a support assembly for operatively supporting a wafer with dies thereon, a die picking assembly for picking dice from said wafer, a die placement assembly for placing the dies onto the carrier, a die conveyance mechanism operatively conveying the dies from the die picking and placement assemblies, and a control system controlling the assembler. The placement head includes a first translation stage mounted on the die placement assembly, said first stage operatively displaceable along a first axis relative to the die placement assembly. The placement head also includes a second translation stage mounted on the first stage, the second stage displaceable perpendicular to the first stage. The placement head further includes a third translation stage mounted on the second stage, the third stage displaceable orthogonally to the first and second stages, as well as a die placer head mounted to the third stage, the placer head shaped and dimensioned to operatively receive a die from the dice conveyance mechanism and to place the dice onto the carrier. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047045 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING SUBSTRATE FOR THE APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a main load unit, a buffer load unit, and a transfer unit. Containers each accommodating substrates are placed on the main load unit and the buffer load unit. The buffer load unit is disposed above the main load unit and movable into and outward from a process module. Therefore, more containers can be placed in the substrate processing apparatus without increasing the footprint of the substrate processing apparatus, and thus it is possible to reduce equipment idle time during which standby substrates wait before being processed, thereby improving productivity. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047046 | LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY CARRIER - A carrier having a platform or deck mounted on a subframe tiltable relative to the vehicle chassis. The platform is preferably slidable relative to the subframe. Sufficient clearance is provided such that the subframe is preferably located between the vehicle chassis frame and the rear wheels, and below the top of the chassis frame. The resulting carrier has a platform with a height substantially lower than that of previous carriers, providing it with a lower center of gravity, enabling a reduction in load angle, an increase in payload height, and enhanced dynamic road stability. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047047 | REFUSE TRUCK HAVING DOUBLE BARREL STORAGE AND METHODS - The present disclosure is directed to a mobile refuse vehicle and related methods. The mobile refuse vehicle includes first and second storage tanks, a refuse collector, and a vacuum pressure source. The first storage tank includes a first inlet and a first outlet. The second storage tank includes a second inlet and a second outlet. The refuse collector is operably connected in fluid communication with the first and second storage tanks via the first and second inlets. The vacuum pressure source is operably connected to the first and second storage tanks to selectively provide a vacuum pressure condition in the first storage tank or the second storage tank to fill the first or second storage tank with refuse through an inlet thereof using the refuse collector while refuse is being emptied from the other of the first or second storage tank through an outlet thereof. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047048 | LIFTING LOADING PLATFORM - Loading platforms ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047049 | VERTICAL WAFER BUFFERING SYSTEM - A wafer buffering system is provided herein. In some embodiments, a wafer buffering system may include a frame having a vertical shaft disposed therethrough; two storage platforms, coupled to the frame on either side thereof, each to receive a wafer carrier thereon; and a transfer mechanism coupled to the vertical shaft and capable of vertical movement therealong and lateral movement along an x-axis extending in either direction from the frame at least sufficient to move over the two storage platforms. The transfer mechanism may further include a telescoping fork arm capable of laterally extending in a first direction and in a second direction corresponding to lateral positions of the two storage platforms on either side of the frame. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047050 | ROBOT FOR HANDLING ROLLS - A robot for handling rolls of web material, is disclosed. The robot includes an articulated arm ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047051 | DEVICE FOR TREATING AND/OR HANDLING ARTICLES - A device for treating and/or handling articles ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047052 | Wafer positioning system - The invention provides for a wafer positioning assembly for an assembler for assembling printhead integrated circuits on a carrier. The assembler includes an enclosure with a support assembly for operatively supporting a wafer with dies thereon, a die picking assembly for picking dice from said wafer, a die placement assembly for placing the dies onto the carrier, a die conveyance mechanism operatively conveying the dies from the die picking and placement assemblies, and a control system controlling the assembler. The wafer positioning assembly, in turn, includes a displacement assembly having a base plate with first and second stages mounted thereon, and a wafer support plate assembly rotatably mounted on the second stage. The support plate assembly is configured to receive the wafer and has a motor under control of the control system to rotate the support plate assembly underneath the die picking assembly. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047053 | DIE PICKER FOR PICKING PRINTHEAD DIE FROM A WAFER - The invention provides for a die picker for picking printhead integrated circuitry from a wafer. The picker includes a wafer platform having a displacement actuator to displace said platform which operatively receives the wafer, and a picker head having a vacuum mechanism to lift a dice of the circuitry from said wafer. The picker also includes an alignment sensor configured to detect a position of the dice on the wafer, and a controller arranged in control signal communication with the displacement actuator, the picker head and the sensor to facilitate aligning the wafer with the picker head, and to pick the dice from the wafer with the head for transport to a transfer apparatus. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047054 | TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a turbocharger ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047055 | Plasma Enhanced Rotor - A compression system is disclosed, the compression system comprising a rotor having a plurality of blades arranged around a centerline axis, each blade having a blade airfoil and a blade tip, and at least one plasma actuator located on a blade. Exemplary embodiments of a detection system for detecting an instability in a compression system rotor and a mitigation system comprising at least one plasma actuator mounted on a blade to facilitate the improvement of the stability of the rotor are disclosed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047056 | Duplex Turbine Nozzle - A duplex turbine nozzle includes a row of different first and second vanes alternating circumferentially between radially outer and inner bands in vane doublets having axial splitlines therebetween. The vanes have opposite pressure and suction sides spaced apart in each doublet to define an inboard flow passage therebetween, and corresponding outboard flow passages between doublets. The vanes have different patterns of film cooling holes with larger cooling flow density along the outboard passages than along the inboard passages. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047057 | Aerofoil - An aerofoil comprising a pressure-side wall, a suction-side wall and an intermediate wall extending from a free end of the pressure-side wall at an acute angle relative thereto towards the suction-side wall. A cooling fluid passageway extends through a region where the intermediate wall meets the pressure-side wall at an apex. The fluid passageway has an opening, at least in part, in the face of the pressure-side wall. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE SENSING IN TURBINES - A method for measuring temperature of a rotating body such as a steam turbine is provided. The method includes striking a light beam onto the rotating body onto the rotating body and measuring a reflectance of the light beam from the rotating body. The method further includes obtaining a temperature of the rotating body based upon the measured reflectance. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047059 | BYPASS TURBOJET - The invention relates to a bypass turbojet engine comprising an outer fan duct and an inner fan duct (IFD), between which the secondary flow passes, and a high pressure compressor having an outer casing. In characteristic manner, the IFD is fastened on the outer casing. The invention is applicable to a turbojet engine having a high pressure compressor of the axial-centrifugal type. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047060 | Plasma Enhanced Compressor - A gas turbine engine is disclosed, comprising a compressor having a circumferential row of blades, a casing surrounding the tips of the blades, located radially apart from the tips of the blades and at least one plasma generator located on the casing. The plasma generator comprises a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric material. The gas turbine engine further comprises an engine control system which controls the operation of the plasma generator such that the stable operating range of the compressor is increased. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047061 | GRID CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR GAS TURBINE SHROUD RING SEGMENT - A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component such as a ring seal segment ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047062 | STATOR HEAT SHIELD - A stator heat shield ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047063 | Use of a Tungsten Bronze Structured Material and Turbine Component with s Thermal Barrier Coating - A tungsten bronze structured ceramic material as a thermal barrier coating is described wherein the tungsten bronze structured ceramic coating material has the formula AO—B | 2010-02-25 |
20100047064 | MULTIFREQUENCY CONTROL STAGE FOR IMPROVED DAMPENING OF EXCITATION FACTORS - An exemplary control stage of a steam turbine is disclosed, which includes plural staging valves circumferentially distributed around the turbine for regulating steam admission flow so as to control the loading of the turbine. Nozzle chambers are connected to a downstream end of each staging valve. An arc of admission forms the downstream portion of each nozzle chamber, and control stage nozzles in the arcs of admission define the downstream end of the nozzle chamber. Each nozzle chamber has at least two arcs of admission, each with a different circumferential dimension. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047065 | BLADE STRUCTURE OF GAS TURBINE - To reduce secondary flow loss and to improved turbine efficiency, a section located radially outward of a border section | 2010-02-25 |
20100047066 | EXTERNAL FAN DUCT CASING IN A TURBOMACHINE - Twin-flow turbo-jet engine, comprising a cylindrical casing externally defining an annular flow space for a secondary flow, wherein the cylindrical casing is formed from a lattice framework and from removable cowling panels fixed to the framework, said framework comprising an upstream annular flange for fixing to an intermediate housing, a downstream annular flange for connecting to an exhaust housing and rigid beams parallel or inclined relative to the axis of the turbo-jet engine, connecting the two flanges to one another. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047067 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE BLADE CONTROL SURFACE ADJUSTMENT - A system and methods for reducing vibration in a rotatable member are provided. The system includes a blade tracking sensor, a rotatable member comprising an adjustable aspect, and a control computer. The control computer is configured to determine an axial position of each blade, determine a first blade that is displaced by a greatest distance along the axis in a first direction, modify an aspect of the first blade to facilitate reducing a vibration in the rotary blade system, determine if the vibration level in the rotary blade system is reduced, and select another rotatable member to modify such that a vibration in the rotary blade system is facilitated being further reduced. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047068 | AEROENGINE - A method of operating a contra-rotating propeller engine that preferably comprises a 12 bladed front and a 9 bladed rear propeller. As is conventional, the engine is operated during at least a take-off phase, a cruise phase and an approach phase; during the cruise phase the engine operates with a generally constant propeller tip speed. The method is characterised by the step of operating the engine such that the tip speed of either or both of the propellers, during at least one of take-off, climb or approach, at least 10% greater than cruise tip speed. With a specific front to rear propeller spacing, increasing the tip speed reduces overall noise generated by the propellers. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047069 | Vertical windmill - This invention relates to improving the performance of the conventional vertical windmills. The following strategies are employed to accomplish the objectives:
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20100047070 | OPTIMISED WIND TURBINE BLADE - The invention relates to an optimised wind turbine blade including: a first component ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047071 | HORIZONTAL MOTION WAVE POWER GENERATOR - A paddle wheel-driven horizontal wave generator system which is situated on the ocean shore for converting shore waves to unidirectional rotational force for generating power. By the use of a pair of one-way clutches on a single power shaft the incoming and outgoing motion of ocean waves is converted into continuous unidirectional rotational force to drive an electric generator. The generator system is attached to a base having troughs. The lower portions of the paddle wheels are positioned in the troughs, and engage incoming and outgoing shore waves which rotate the axle of the paddle wheels in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction. The one-way clutches convert the bi-directional rotation of the paddle wheel axle to unidirectional rotation of the power shaft. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047072 | TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a turbocharger ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047073 | TURBINE BLADE ASSEMBLY - A turbine blade assembly, in particular of a gas turbine, is provided. The turbine blade assembly includes a turbine disc with rotor blades inserted into notches of the turbine disc and locking plates that are placed inside circular grooves with rims in the turbine disc and in the rotor blade. The edges of the locking plates that are oriented towards the center of the turbine disc are castellated by providing teeth and accordingly a part of the rim of the circular groove of the turbine disc is also castellated by providing gaps and whereby the gaps of the rim match the teeth of the locking plates. The locking plates have a spring-back force to provide both locking and sealing capabilities during engine operation. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047074 | Wind turbine lightning protection system - A glass-reinforced fiber or carbon-reinforced wind turbine blade having a suction side and a pressure side includes a tip portion adapted with an electric field control region disposed solely on or within the tip portion. The electric field control region is in electrical communication with or galvanically connected to an electric discharge conduction mechanism, wherein the electric field control region and the electric discharge conduction mechanism together operate to protect a wind turbine and its associated blade(s) from damage due to a lightning strike at the tip of the wind turbine blade(s) by controlling an electric field at the tip portion(s) caused by the lightning strike. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047075 | Thermal Barrier Coating Compositions, Processes for Applying Same and Articles Coated with Same - A process of coating an article includes the steps of (1) applying a ceramic compound to at least one surface of an article to form a layer of ceramic compound; (2) applying at least one inert compound upon the ceramic compound layer to form a protective layer, wherein the at least one inert compound is composed of a first inert compound having a cubic crystalline structure of formula (I) A | 2010-02-25 |
20100047076 | BETA TITANIUM ALLOY - A beta titanium alloy comprises 25 wt % vanadium, 15 wt % chromium, 2 wt % aluminium, up to 0.15 wt % oxygen, 0.1 to 0.3 wt % carbon and the balance titanium plus incidental impurities. The carbon is present in the form of titanium carbide precipitates distributed throughout the beta titanium alloy matrix, the titanium carbide precipitates refine the grain size of the beta titanium alloy matrix and remove oxygen from the beta titanium alloy matrix to reduce precipitation of alpha titanium in the beta titanium alloy matrix to increase the ductility of the beta titanium alloy. The alloy is useful for gas turbine engine compressor blades ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047077 | Ferry Flight Engine Fairing Kit - A fairing kit for a gas turbine engine, where the engine has a core gas turbine engine, a fan rotor, and a plurality of external fan blades attached to the fan rotor and powered by the core gas turbine engine. The core gas turbine engine has an annular splitter for directing a portion of incoming airflow into the core gas turbine engine. The fairing kit comprises: a) a fairing; b) a plurality of fasteners for securing the fairing to the core gas turbine engine; and c) a conformable seal for sealing mating surfaces of the fairing and the core gas turbine engine. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047078 | Blade - Cooling arrangements have been provided for blades and in particular turbine blades utilising gas turbine engines. Generally for internal strength a leading passage has been separate by a solid wall from a feed passage as impingement apertures may diminish structural strength as centres for stress concentration. However, impingement apertures allow impingement jets which have improved cooling efficiency. By providing a leading passage which is divided at least into a lower section and an upper section the lower section can have a wall which is solid for structural integrity whilst an upper section has impingement apertures for greater cooling efficiency. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047079 | Method for the Predictive Closed-Loop Control of a Linear Drive or of a Linear Compressor and Linear Drive or Linear Compressor Subject to Predictive Closed-Loop Control - A method for closed-loop control of a linear drive including a stator, a rotor configured for reciprocating movement along a drive axis therein, and a drive coil through which coil current flows, in particular for a linear compressor including a piston housing and a compressor piston configured for reciprocating movement along a piston axis therein, and driven by the linear drive wherein the coil current is subject to closed-loop control, the method including the steps of determining a target coil current and applying an actual coil current wherein the actual coil current and the target coil current are substantially the same value. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047080 | METHOD OF OPERATING A PUMPING SYSTEM - A pumping system for evacuating an enclosure comprises a pumping mechanism ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047081 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE GENERATING APPARATUS - A control apparatus for a negative pressure generating apparatus that includes an ejector that generates a negative pressure whose magnitude is larger than that of a negative pressure to be taken from an intake passage in an intake system for an internal combustion engine provided in a vehicle; and state change means for making the ejector function or stop functioning. The control apparatus includes prohibition control means for prohibiting the state change means from making the ejector function, according to a temperature of intake air. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047082 | FAN SYSTEM AND DETECTOR THEREOF - A fan system including a motor, a driving unit, and a detector is disclosed. The driving unit is electrically connected to the motor and generates a driving signal to drive the motor and a detection signal. The detector is electrically connected to an output terminal of the driving unit and receives a voltage signal and the detection signal. When the motor operates normally, the detector outputs an examined signal to the output terminal of the driving unit. When the motor operates abnormally, the driving unit asserts the detection signal, and the detector is controlled by the asserted detection signal to transform the examined signal to an alarm signal according to the voltage signal to detect the abnormal state. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047083 | HIGH PRESSURE PUMP OF VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT - A variable-volume pump comprises one or more reciprocating pistons within respective reciprocating cylinders. The phase relationship between the reciprocating piston(s) and the reciprocating cylinder(s) determines the volumetric output of the pump. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047084 | FUEL PUMP DEVICE - A fuel pump device includes a fuel pump in which pressure-generating components in the form of a movable piston movable through a cylinder in the fuel pump together are operable to pressurize the fuel in a chamber exposed to the components to high pressure. To prevent the clearance between the pressure-generating components from increasing with increased heating of the fuel pump and to maintain a predetermined clearance between the piston and the surrounding cylinder, a temperature-regulator maintains a temperature within a predetermined temperature range in a region of the fuel pump which includes the clearance and at least portions of the pressure-generating components. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047085 | PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR - A wheelbarrow compressor is disclosed that includes first and second reservoirs having first and second portions, a handle assembly attached with the first portion and a wheel assembly attached with the second portion, and at least one first secondary handle and at least one second secondary handle. The at least one first secondary handle is attached to at least one of the reservoirs. The at least one second secondary handle is attached to at least one of the reservoirs. One of the secondary handles is located closer to the second portion than the other of the secondary handles. The handle assembly is not either of the secondary handles. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047086 | Fuel pump - A housing has a compression chamber and a first passage, through which the compression chamber communicates with an accumulation chamber. A discharge valve is provided in the first passage and configured to open to supply fuel from the compression chamber to the accumulation chamber in response to increase in pressure in the compression chamber. A second passage is configured to communicate the accumulation chamber with the compression chamber via the discharge valve. A valve element allows fuel flow from the accumulation chamber to the compression chamber. A biasing unit biases the valve element to seat the valve element on a valve seat of the second passage. The sidewall of the valve element and the inner wall defining the second passage therebetween define a throttle midway through the second passage for restricting fuel flow from the accumulation chamber to the compression chamber. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047087 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A rotary compressor includes a rotation compression element, a discharge port and a muffler. The rotation compression element is configured to compress gas as a result of rotation of a crankshaft about a rotation axis. The discharge port is configured to discharge the gas compressed by the rotation compression element. The muffler is arranged to cover the discharge port and surround the crankshaft. The muffler has a muffler crankshaft hole through which the crankshaft passes, and a muffler discharge region configured to discharge the compressed gas discharged from the discharge port toward an outer surface of the crankshaft. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047088 | ROLLER VANE PUMP WITH INTEGRATED MOTOR - A pump includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a stator that generates a rotating magnetic field and defines a pumping chamber. A rotor mounted for axial rotation within the pumping chamber has salient poles to interact with the field. The rotor mounts eccentrically such that a gap between the rotor body and stator varies circumferentially. The rotor defines hollows intermediate the salient poles with cylindrical rollers for free radial movement therein. Fluid-filled volumes are formed between the housing, the rotor and the rollers. On each side of a plane passing through the rotor axis and the housing axis, the pumping chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet or outlet, respectively. The volume expands on one side of the plane and contracts on the other. As the rotor spins, the expanding volume draws fluid from the inlet and the contracting volume expels fluid from the outlet. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047089 | HIGH TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ESP - An electric submersible pump device, comprising an electric motor having stators and coils; a pump coupled with the electric motor; a thermocouple or RTD for measuring temperature of the motor windings. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047090 | FUEL DELIVERY MODULE - A fuel delivery module comprising a substantially fuel tight housing having a fuel inlet and at least one fuel outlet, a fuel pump located in a first chamber defined within the housing, said fuel pump comprising an electric motor and a positive displacement pump assembly drivingly connected to the motor for pumping fuel from the fuel inlet to said fuel outlet, at least a substantial part of said housing being formed from a plastic material. Electrical conductors are connectable to the electric motor within a high pressure region of the first chamber, said electrical conductors being arranged to extend within a wall region of the housing from a high pressure region of the first chamber to a low pressure region before exiting the housing from said low pressure region. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047091 | Motor-pump unit - The invention relates to a motor-pump unit having an electric motor and a pump, the pump having a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, and the electric motor comprising a motor housing which is enclosed by a cooling housing, whereby a cavity is formed, it being possible for cooling liquid to be fed to the cavity via a cooling-housing inflow and to be conducted away therefrom via a cooling-housing outflow, and the cooling-housing outflow being in flow connection with the suction inlet. In order to develop the motor-pump unit such that, if required, a flow connection can easily be made from the cooling-housing inflow to the suction inlet via the cavity and the cooling-housing outflow, it is proposed that the motor-pump unit has a connecting device which is disposed laterally alongside the pump and has a first connection, which is connected in a releasable manner to the cooling-housing inflow via a first flow channel, and a second connection, which is connected in a releasable manner to the cooling-housing outflow via a second flow channel and is connected to the suction inlet. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047092 | Piezoelectric fan, method of cooling a microelectronic device using same, and system containing same - A piezoelectric fan comprises a blade ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047093 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor has a hermetic container filled with a lubricant and accommodates an electric element provided with a stator and a rotor and a compressing element, wherein the compressing element includes a shaft, a cylinder block, a piston, a connection mechanism, a bearing, and a thrust ball bearing provided between the rotor and a bearing end surface as an end surface of the bearing, and wherein the thrust ball bearing includes a plurality of balls, a holder portion for holding the balls, upper and lower races disposed on and beneath the balls, a rotation regulation portion for regulating a rotation of the lower race, and a thrust surface provided at the bearing end surface so as to contact with a lower surface of the lower race. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047094 | AMPHIBIOUS MODULAR PUMPS - “Modular Amphibious Pumps.” The objective of this invention is to provide a modular pump ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047095 | VACUUM PUMP - A vacuum pump ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047096 | TURBO VACUUM PUMP AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A turbo vacuum pump is suitable for evacuating a corrosive process gas or evacuating a gas containing reaction products. The turbo vacuum pump includes a casing having an intake port, a pump section comprising rotor blades and stator blades housed in the casing, bearings for supporting the rotor blades, a motor for rotating the rotor blades; and a rotating shaft comprising a first rotating shaft to which the rotor blades are attached, and a second rotating shaft to which a motor rotor of the motor is attached. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047097 | Roller vane pump with integrated motor - A pump includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a stator that generates a rotating magnetic field. A pressure boundary assembly defines a pumping chamber. A rotor mounted for axial rotation within the pumping chamber has salient poles to interact with the field. The rotor mounts eccentrically such that a gap between the rotor body and stator varies circumferentially. The rotor defines hollows intermediate the salient poles with cylindrical rollers for free radial movement therein. Fluid-filled volumes are formed between the housing, the rotor and the rollers. On each side of a plane passing through the rotor axis and the housing axis, the pumping chamber is in fluid communication with the inlet or outlet, respectively. As the rotor spins, expanding volume draws fluid from the inlet and contracting volume expels fluid from the outlet. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047098 | Peristaltic pump - A peristaltic pump, for propelling liquid through a flexible pump tube, includes an outer casing having a guiding channel wherein an operating portion of the pump tube extends along the guiding channel. The peristaltic pump further includes at least two pressuring rollers supported at the outer casing in a radially movable manner which can move outwardly to press against the operating portion of the pump tube. A center driving mechanism is supported at a center portion of the outer casing to radially push the pressure rollers and to drive the pressuring rollers to concurrently rotate such that the pressuring rollers roll against the operating portion of the pump tube for continuously propelling the fluid in the pump tube in the direction of rotation. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047099 | MICROPUMP - A micropump includes: a tube unit which includes a tube having elasticity and a circular-arc-shaped part and a tube guide frame for holding the tube; a control unit which has a plurality of fingers extending from the center of the circular-arc shape of the tube in the radial directions, a cam for sequentially pressing the plural fingers from the inlet side to the outlet side of the tube, a drive unit for giving rotation force to the cam, a control circuit unit for controlling operation of the drive unit, a device frame for holding the plural fingers, the cam, the drive unit, and the control circuit unit; a reservoir communicating with an inlet port of the tube; and a power source for supplying power to the control circuit unit, wherein the tube unit is detachably attached to the control unit substantially in the horizontal direction with respect to the rotation surface of the cam and attached to the inside of a space produced by the device frame. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047100 | TUBE PUMP AND ROTOR FOR TUBE PUMP - A tube pump rotor including a rotor element, a plurality of first swing portions supported pivotally at their base end portions by the rotor element, second arm-shaped swing portions supported pivotally at their base end portions individually by the first swing portions, rollers supported rotatably by the individual free ends of the second swing portions, and buffer members made to confront the side faces of the second swing portions so that the rollers may be individually directed radially outward of the rotor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047101 | Scroll compressor with extended profile - A scroll type compressor, according to the invention, comprises first and second scroll members each having an end plate and a scroll wall projecting from the end plate. The scroll members have their scroll walls interleaved with one another to define therebetween a compression chamber and upon relative orbiting movement between the scroll members the compression chamber migrates to compress a compressible medium. The scroll walls are each comprised of a plurality of alternating straight line wall portions and circular arc portions. The straight line wall portions can be modified to house a catalyst or a fluid port. Or the straight line sections may be telescopically extendible in length to thereby adjust the displacement of the compressor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047102 | GEAR PUMP WITH REDUCED PRESSURE PULSATIONS ON THE PUMPING SIDE - The invention relates to a gear pump in which the amplitudes of the pressure impulses in a pressure chamber can be significantly reduced by a suitable embodiment of a first groove and/or a second groove. The circumferential walls of a pump chamber containing the pressure chamber, in an angular range extending toward the pressure chamber, each have a respective groove communicating with the pressure chamber, by which grooves a radial spacing between the outer circumference of two gear wheels disposed in the pump chamber and the circumferential walls is increased. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047103 | Integral Slide Valve Relief Valve - Various embodiments of the invention provide a screw compressor for compressing a refrigerant in a refrigeration system. The screw compressor includes a rotor case, which accommodates a primary helical rotor that is intermeshed with at least one secondary helical rotor, to compress the refrigerant in the rotor case. The rotor case also includes a slide valve supporting member that is fixed on an inner wall of the rotor case. Moreover, a slide valve, located in the rotor case, slides axially on the slide valve supporting member. The slide valve controls the volume of refrigerant during compression. The slide valve is fitted with at least one internal pressure relief valve, to relieve internal pressure in the screw compressor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047104 | FLUID MACHINE - A housing ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100047105 | Lean Austenitic Stainless Steel - An austenitic stainless steel composition including relatively low Ni and Mo levels, and exhibiting corrosion resistance, resistance to elevated temperature deformation, and formability properties comparable to certain alloys including higher Ni and Mo levels. Embodiments of the austenitic stainless steel include, in weight percentages, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-9.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 15.0-23.0 Cr, 1.0-9.5 Ni, up to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.05-0.35 N, (7.5(% C))≦(%Nb+%Ti+%V+%Ta+%Zr)≦1.5, Fe, and incidental impurities. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047106 | Forging steel - This invention provides a forging steel excellent in forgeability, which forging steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.001 to less than 0.07%, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 0.01 to 4.0%, Cr: 5.0% or less, P: 0.2% or less, S: 0.35% or less, Al: 0.0001 to 2.0%, N: 0.03% or less, one or both of Mo: 1.5% or less (including 0%) and Ni: 4.5% or less (including 0%), and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities; wherein Di given by the following Equation (1) is 60 or greater: | 2010-02-25 |
20100047107 | STEEL MATERIAL SUPERIOR IN HIGH TEMPERATURE STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - A steel material superior in high temperature characteristics and toughness is provided, the fire resistant steel material containing by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.40% to 2.00%, Nb: 0.03% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to less than 0.040%, and N: 0.0008% to less than 0.0050%, restricting P: 0.030% or less and S: 0.020% or less, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the contents of C and Nb satisfy C—Nb/7.74≦0.004, and Ti-based oxides of a grain size of 0.05 to 10 μm are present in a density of 30 to 300/mm | 2010-02-25 |
20100047108 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL BLANKS - The invention relates to a manufacturing process for steel blanks. The invention relates in particular to a manufacturing process of a steel blank comprising electroslag remelting (ESR—ElectroSlag Remelting) or vacuum arc remelting (VAR—Vacuum Arc Remelting) to obtain very good mechanical properties. The blanks obtained can be used especially in the field of the manufacture of pressurised equipment elements and especially cannon tubes. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047109 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A MAGNESIUM-ALLOY MATERIAL - The invention offers (a) a method of producing a magnesium-alloy material, the method being capable of obtaining a magnesium-alloy material having high strength, (b) a magnesium-alloy material having excellent strength, and (c) a magnesium-alloy wire having high strength. A molten magnesium alloy is supplied to a continuous casting apparatus provided with a movable casting mold to produce a cast material. The cast material is supplied to between at least one pair of rolls to perform an area-reducing operation (a rolling operation). The rolling operation is performed such that pressure is applied to the cast material using the rolls from at least three directions in the cross section of the cast material. A magnesium-alloy material obtained through the above-described production method has a fine crystal structure and is excellent in plastic processibility. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047110 | Ni-base superalloy and gas turbine component using the same - A Ni-base superalloy of the present invention essentially includes, by weight %, Co: 9 to 11%, Cr: 9 to 12%, Mo: up to 1%, W: 6 to 9%, Al: 4 to 5%, Ti: 4 to 5%, Nb: up to 1%, Ta: up to 3%, Hf: 0.5 to 2.5%, Re: up to 3%, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, B: 0.005 to 0.015%, Zr: up to 0.05%, and the balance of Ni and inevitable impurities. This alloy, as a component material of an industrial gas turbine, has an excellent resistance to corrosion at high temperatures to deal with low-quality fuel and a resistance to oxidation at high temperatures and high-temperature strength to deal with improvement in thermal efficiency due to high-temperature demands and can ensure a high yield at a casting process. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047111 | MAGNETIC SHIELDING MATERIAL, MAGNETIC SHIELDING COMPONENT, AND MAGNETIC SHIELDING ROOM - Disclosed are: a magnetic shielding material having excellent magnetic shielding property at a low magnetic field; and a magnetic shielding component and a magnetic shielding room each using the magnetic shielding material. Specifically disclosed is a magnetic shielding material comprising the following components (by mass): Ni: 70.0-85.0%, Cu: 0.6% or less, Mo: 10.0% or less and Mn: 2.0% or less, with the remainder being substantially Fe. The magnetic shielding material has a relative magnetic permeability of 40,000 or more under a magnetic field of 0.05 A/m and a squareness ratio (Br/B | 2010-02-25 |
20100047112 | COPPER ALLOY SHEET EXCELLENT IN STRENGTH AND FORMABILITY FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - Disclosed is a Cu—Ni—Si copper alloy sheet that excels in strength and formability and is used in electrical and electronic components. The copper alloy sheet contains, by mass, 1.5% to 4.5% Ni and 0.3% to 1.0% of Si and optionally contains at least one member selected from 0.01% to 1.3% of Sn, 0.005% to 0.2% of Mg, 0.01% to 5% of Zn, 0.01% to 0.5% of Mn, and 0.001% to 0.3% of Cr, with the remainder being copper and inevitable impurities. The average size of crystal grains is 10 μm or less, the standard deviation of crystal grain size satisfies the condition: 2σ<10 μm, and the number of dispersed precipitates lying on grain boundaries and having a grain size of from 30 to 300 nm is 500 or more per millimeter. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047113 | AL-SI-MG-ZN-CU ALLOY FOR AEROSPACE AND AUTOMOTIVE CASTINGS - The present invention provides an aluminum casting alloy with a composition including 4%-9% Si; 0.1%-0.7% Mg; less than or equal to 5% Zn; less than 0.15% Fe; less than 4% Cu; less than 0.3% Mn; less than 0.05% B; less than 0.15% Ti; and the remainder consisting essentially of aluminum. The inventive AlSiMg composition provides increased mechanical properties (Tensile Yield Strength and Ultimate Tensile Strength) in comparison to similiarly prepared E357 alloy at room temperature and high temperature. The present invention also includes a shaped casting formed from the inventive composition and a method of forming a shaped casting from the inventive composition. | 2010-02-25 |
20100047114 | Al-Mg-Si ALUMININUM ALLOY EXTRUDED PRODUCT EXHIBITING EXCELLENT FATIGUE STRENGTH AND IMPACT FRACTURE RESISTANCE - An aluminum alloy extruded product includes 0.3 to 0.8 mass % of Mg, 0.5 to 1.2 mass % of Si, 0.3 mass % or more of excess Si with respect to the Mg | 2010-02-25 |
20100047115 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF AIR - The methods and apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention provide substantially complete and rapid air cleaning and/or disinfection in the rooms that are substantially closed to outside air and have the typical complement and arrangement of furniture and people present, i.e. a “normal”environment. A study of air flow patterns in a variety of room configurations and arrangements demonstrates that EFA location within the room as well as furniture and people play a crucial role in air movement and airflow throughout the room, in minimizing or eliminating “dead spots” of stagnant air, and in achieving a goal of cleaning and disinfecting substantially all of the air. | 2010-02-25 |