11th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090064685 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A TURBINE ENGINE - A device and a method for mounting a turbine engine, e.g., a gas turbine system, are described, in which a rotor unit is mounted to rotate inside a stationary external housing, having at least two supports for taking up the weight of the turbine engine, these supports being arranged at a spacing from one another in an axial longitudinal direction in relation to the external housing and at one side being articulated directly or indirectly on the external housing and at the other being supported directly or indirectly on a base frame. At least one support provides at least one support face which is supported exclusively in partial regions on at least two support plate elements. The at least one support face of the support is in operational engagement with the base frame by way of the support plate elements. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064686 | QUICK THAW/QUICK CHILL REFRIGERATED COMPARTMENT - A food refrigeration appliance having a refrigerated cabinet, a thaw/chill compartment, and a controller for selectively operating the thaw/chill compartment. The compartment is located within the refrigerated cabinet and is heated or cooled by a magneto-caloric element present within the compartment. The controller is electrically coupled to the magneto-caloric element for selective operation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064687 | PORTABLE COOLED MERCHANDIZING UNIT - A portable cooled merchandising unit including a product container assembly and a thermoelectric assembly. The product container assembly includes an exterior frame and an interior container forming a floor and side panels defining an interior region. Openings to the interior region are defined opposite the floor. Airflow paths are defined at an exterior of the panels and are fluidly connected to the interior region via the opening. The thermoelectric assembly includes a thermoelectric device connected to a heat sink that is fluidly connected to the airflow path away from the opening. A fan is positioned to circulate air from the thermoelectric device and into the interior region via the airflow paths. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064688 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VAPORIZER WITH HEATING TOWER - A method of vaporizing liquefied natural gas includes passing liquefied natural gas through a submerged combustion vaporizer having a water bath at a bath temperature and a burner to provide a vaporized gas output at a send-out temperature, drawing water from the bath of the submerged combustion vaporizer and supplying it to an atmospheric heating tower having an ambient air temperature, returning water from the atmospheric heating tower to the bath of the submerged combustion vaporizer, modulating the operating rate of the burner of the submerged combustion vaporizer, and modulating the operating rate of the atmospheric heating tower. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064689 | SUPERCOOLING APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD - The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for supercooling which can stably maintain the contents in a supercooled state for an extended period of time by controlling energy. The apparatus for supercooling includes a means for taking energy from the contents, and a means for causing at least one of rotation, vibration and translation to water molecules of the contents, by supplying energy smaller than the taken energy. The contents arc maintained in a liquid state below a phase transition temperature. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064690 | System and method for cryogenic enhancement to mechanical freezers - A cryogenic enhanced mechanical freezer system and method are provided. The disclosed system includes a mechanical freezer compartment adapted for freezing food products, a cryogen injection system adapted to directly inject cryogen into the mechanical freezer compartment, an exhaust system adapted to rapidly evacuate cryogen vapors from the freezer compartment; and a freezer control system adapted to operatively control the exhaust system and cryogen injection system in response to selected inputs. The selected inputs may include user inputs as well as inputs received from a temperature sensor disposed in the freezer compartment and a gas analyzer adapted to monitor concentrations of selected gases within the freezer compartment. Access to the freezer compartment is prevented during cryogen injection and when the atmosphere in the freezer compartment is not safe as determined by the gas analyzer. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064691 | Goods presentation refrigerator - The invention relates to a cooling goods presentation refrigerator for presenting refrigerated goods or frozen goods, with a vertical access opening to the goods chamber that is subdivided into vertically superposed compartments. The current of cooling air is conducted out of the head part directly into the shelf compartments arranged underneath it, during which the cooling air flows from the top downward through one shelf compartment after the other and from the lowest shelf compartment it is trapped in a collection chamber arranged underneath it and subsequently prepared by the cooling unit for the next circulation. The head part of the goods presentation refrigerator comprises an air-permeable separating wall against the adjacent shelf compartment. The shelf compartment bottoms are air-permeable, so that the current of cooling air can flow successively downward through the shelf compartments. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064692 | Cooling Recovery System And Method - A cooling recover system and method are disclosed. A fluid, such as water, is chilled and provided to a cooling coil to cool and dehumidify air passing over the cooling coil. The fluid is output from the cooling coil through an outlet, and at least a portion of the fluid from the outlet of the cooling coil is provided to an inlet of a heat transfer coil to reheat air passing over the heat transfer coil. The fluid is warmed as it passes through the cooling coil, which warmer temperature serves to reheat the air passing over the heat transfer coil. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064693 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM FLUID SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sensor system and method for analyzing a fluid contained within an environmental control system, comprising the steps of providing a system including a passage for containing a thermal change fluid; placing a sensor including a mechanical resonator in the passage; operating the resonator to have at least a portion thereof translate through the fluid; and monitoring the response of the resonator to the fluid in the passage. A preferred sensor includes a tuning fork resonator. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064694 | Baffle for HVAC systems - A vehicle HVAC system comprises an evaporator, a heater core, a variable airflow control device, and a baffle positioned downstream of the evaporator. The baffle has a geometrical configuration, e.g., apertures sufficient to prevent the formation of vortex like airflow patterns near the downstream side of the baffle when the HVAC system is in use. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064695 | Air Conditioner for Vehicles - An air conditioner for vehicles in which the probability of executing pre-air conditioning is increased so that it may be prevented that the inside of the vehicle cannot be often in a comfortable state before the driver gets into the vehicle. The air conditioner performs air conditioning of a vehicle having a traveling motor and an engine as drive sources and comprises a pre-air conditioning main switch. The crew permits operation of pre-air conditioning by turning the switch on. When the pre-air conditioning main switch is set on, an engine control section performs charge preference control where battery charge takes precedence of engine fuel consumption and performs normal control where engine fuel consumption takes precedence when the pre-air conditioning main switch is set off. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064696 | AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An alternatively powered vehicle includes electrically powered cabin heaters and coolers. An operator sends a signal to his vehicle instructing the vehicle to bring a cabin temperature to a desired temperature. In response, the vehicle determines whether a battery state of charge exceeds a threshold and if so, activates the appropriate cabin heater or cooler to condition cabin air to the desired temperature. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064697 | Air conditioning system - An air conditioning system ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064698 | Condensate liquid pumping system - A condensate liquid pumping system pumps from a reservoir outlet condensate liquid received from an air-handling apparatus. A filter located upstream of the reservoir outlet filters the condensate liquid. A filter blockage sensor located upstream of the filter senses a predetermined liquid level upstream of the filter which is indicative of blockage of the filter. The filter and the filter blockage sensor may be disposed inside the reservoir. The filter may be a removable filter that can be easily withdrawn for service or replacement without disassembling the reservoir or disconnecting or disturbing any of the tubing or other components of the reservoir or the condensate liquid pumping system. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064699 | DRAIN PAN LINER, DRAIN PAN KIT, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A drain pan liner usable with a drain pan is provided. The drain pan liner includes a plurality of elongated foam lining portions, an adhesive film disposed on a rear portion of each of the foam lining portions, and a release sheet to cover the adhesive film, the release sheet being removable from the adhesive film by peeling to expose the adhesive film. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064700 | Modular refrigerator - A modular refrigerator, comprising a first planar thermally-insulated element, a second planar thermally-insulated element and further planar thermally-insulated elements, connected together and which can be subsequently detached, forming a housing of the refrigerator when assembled, a refrigerant circuit, with an evaporator, a condenser and a compressor, a first electrical line, arranged in the first planar element, a second electrical line, arranged in the second planar thermally-insulated element and an electrical contact/counter-contact device, by means of which both electrical lines may be electrically connected. The contact device is integrated in the first planar thermally-insulated element and the counter-contact device is integrated in the second planar thermally-insulated element such that contact device is automatically electrically connected to the electrical counter-contact during the mechanical connection of the first and second planar element. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064701 | Modular refrigerator - A modular refrigerator, comprising several planar thermally-insulated elements, each of thickness, which may be connected together and detached from each other and which, when connected, form a housing for the refrigerator. Two of the planar thermally-insulated elements are connected to each other by a connection surface in the joined state. The connection surface has a first extent from the inside of the housing to the outside and a second extent along the housing. The first extent of the connection surface is greater than the thickness of the two connected planar thermally-insulated elements. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064702 | REFRIGERATOR WITH PLUG-IN POWER SUPPLY - A plug-in power supply for a refrigerator used to charge portable electronic devices includes an auxiliary power supply mounted in an auxiliary power supply compartment, and a removable module, having an electrical connector, mounted in an electrical connector cup. A portable electronic device is charged by placing the device in the connector cup and coupling the device to the electrical connector. Power is then supplied from the auxiliary power supply to the portable electronic device. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064703 | ICE-MAKING DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to an ice-making device for a refrigerator. An ice-making device for a refrigerator according to the present invention comprises an ice maker | 2009-03-12 |
20090064704 | TILT-OUT ICE BIN FOR REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator having an insulated cabinet and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet having an exterior face including a dispenser cavity. An ice maker in the refrigerated storage space is arranged to make and harvest ice pieces. An ice delivery system on the inside of the door dispenses ice pieces into a dispenser cavity in the exterior face of the door. The ice delivery system can include an ice bin including a generally open top and having a bottom opening pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis below the ice maker. The ice can receive ice pieces harvested by the ice maker and discharge ice pieces through the bottom opening and the ice delivery system in a first position. The ice bin can tilt out to permit access to ice pieces, and can be removed from the ice delivery system, in a second position when the door is open. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064705 | DOCKING STATION FOR A REFRIGERATOR - The present invention provides a refrigerator having a docking station for holding electronic accessories tight against the door of the refrigerator. In one aspect of the present invention, the refrigerator includes a body having one or more doors, a docking station associated with the door, and having a receiving portion adapted to receive a module, and at least one spring associated with the docking station adapted to keep the docking station and the module flush against the door to eliminate variation and fit between the module and the door. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064706 | Refrigerating Appliance With Circulating Air Cooling - The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance having an evaporator area and at least two cooling areas partitioned off from one another inside the housing of the refrigerating appliance. A wall has a solid inner skin, a solid outer skin and a layer made of expanded insulating material located between the inner and outer skin. A cold air supply channel in the wall extends from the evaporator area past the first cooling area to the second cooling area. A shaped part made of an insulating material extends between the cold air supply channel and the inner skin of the wall. The cold air supply channel is separated from the expanded insulating material by a partition. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064707 | FAST FREEZE SHELF - A refrigeration appliance includes an insulated cabinet forming an interior cavity and a refrigeration system for cooling the interior cavity. A thermally conductive shelf forms a support surface within the interior cavity, and a thermal sink is operatively coupled to the conductive shelf. The thermal sink is adapted to facilitate the transfer of thermal energy from the thermally conductive shelf. In one example, the thermal sink includes a plurality of thermal sinks operatively coupled to the conductive shelf. In another example, the thermal sink is removable from the interior cavity. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064708 | Oil separator for air conditioner - An oil separator for an air conditioner includes a cylindrical housing; a refrigerant discharge pipe communicating with the housing for discharging refrigerant gas; an oil discharge pipe for circulating oil collected in the lower portion of the housing; and a refrigerant inflow pipe having one end facing the inner surface of a side wall of the housing in the tangential direction for supplying a refrigerant-oil mixture to the inside of the housing. An insertion hole, into which the refrigerant inflow pipe is inserted, is easily formed, the efficiency of the oil separator is increased, and noise and vibration generated from the oil separator is reduced. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064709 | REFRIGERATING AIR CONDITIONER - A refrigeration air conditioner includes a first equalizer pipe connecting a bottom portion of a first hermetic vessel, which contains a main compression mechanism and lubricating oil, to a bottom portion of a second hermetic vessel, which contains an expansion mechanism, a sub-compression mechanism, and lubricating oil. A second equalizer pipe connects a side of the second hermetic vessel at a position higher than a minimum oil level to a suction side of the main compression mechanism. The space within the second hermetic vessel is isolated from the expansion mechanism and the sub-compression mechanism, and the pressure within the second hermetic vessel is not dependent upon the pressure within the expansion mechanism and the pressure within the sub-compression mechanism. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064710 | Cooling apparatus - A cooling apparatus which stably cools a target. The cooling apparatus includes a primary circuit that has a first heat exchanging section which is provided at a heat exchanger, and vaporizes a liquid-phase primary coolant to be a gas-phase primary coolant, and a condenser which condenses the gas-phase primary coolant to be the liquid-phase primary coolant, and lets the liquid-phase primary coolant flow to the first heat exchanging section from the condenser through a liquid piping and lets the gas-phase primary coolant flow to the condenser from the first heat exchanging section through a gas piping. The cooling apparatus further includes a secondary circuit having a second heat exchanging section, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a compressor connected together by a coolant piping. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING HOT GAS REHEAT FOR HUMIDITY CONTROL - A humidity control method is provided for a multi-stage cooling system having two or more refrigerant circuits that balances humidity control and cooling demand. Each refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. A hot gas reheat circuit having a hot gas reheat coil is connected to one of the refrigerant circuits and is placed in fluid communication with the output airflow from the evaporator of that refrigerant circuit to provide additional dehumidification to the air when humidity control is requested. The hot gas reheat circuit bypasses the condenser of the refrigerant circuit during humidity control. Humidity control is only performed during cooling operations and ventilation operations. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064712 | Method and Apparatus for Liquefying a Natural Gas Stream - The present invention relates to a method of liquefying a natural gas stream, wherein the natural gas stream ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064713 | Method and Apparatus for Liquefying a Natural Gas Stream - The present invention relates to a method of liquefying a natural gas stream, wherein the natural gas stream ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064714 | PROCESS FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE SEPARATION OF AIR - In a low-temperature separation of air in a distillation system, having at least one high-pressure column ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064715 | Method and device for drawing a tubular strand of quartz glass - In a known method for drawing a tubular quartz glass strand, a crucible is fed with SiO | 2009-03-12 |
20090064716 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS - The present invention provides a process for producing glass, which can reduce energy consumption and which enables to obtain homogenous high quality glass products containing extremely few bubbles and containing no unmelted raw material. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064717 | Glass Frit And Sealing Method For Element Using The Same - The present invention relates to a glass frit and a sealing method for an electric element using the same, and more particularly, to a glass frit which provides a good sealing effect to moisture and gas and is processable at low temperatures, and a sealing method for an electric element using the same. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064718 | Method and apparatus for producing glass fiber - It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for continuously producing high quality glass fiber that shows excellent characteristics required to various glass fiber products in terms of fiber length, fiber quality and fiber distribution and, at the same time, that allows to prolong the service life of the rotating body, that improve the productivity, and that suppress any increase in the producing cost. An axial and/or circumferential rows of orificeless sections are provided in a peripheral wall of a hollow rotating body. Also, a gas flow is provided around a flame flow, and a compressed gas flow are also provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064719 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCING A KNITTED FABRIC FROM FIBRE MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE - A machine is described for producing a knitted fabric with at least partial use of fibrous material ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064720 | CORDUROY FABRIC - The corduroy fabric includes a plurality of transverse weft yarn sets. Each consists of at least three yarns and includes a plurality of pile yarn warp loops consisting of yarns having yarn forming at least one pile end, and a plurality of binding yarn warp loops consisting of at least two yarns. Each of the binding yarn warp loops is located respectively at two sides of a selected number of the pile yarn warp loops and has one common yarn winding a selected number of the pile yarn warp loops to form a binding yarn cross with the pile end. The pile yarn warp loops and the binding yarn warp loops of one transverse weft yarn set are crossly woven consecutively with longitudinal neighboring pile yarn warp stitches and the binding yarn warp loops of a next transverse weft yarn set to form a plurality of longitudinal warp loop pile zones. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064721 | Warp Knitting Fabric and Its Manufacturing Method - A warp knitting fabric, excellent in a dimension stability and a shape stability or the like and preferably used for underpants or panty, or a shirt or the like, including: tube-shaped fabric parts that form articles in a predetermined pattern; marginal fabric portions that are knitted simultaneously with said fabric parts, and to be eventually cut therefrom; and bridging portions formed by knitting at a predetermined interval in wale direction, each of which connects a fringe of said fabric part onto the marginal fabric portion contiguous to the fringe; and wherein the bridging portions are formed by knitting to have a dimension of 2-20 courses in the wale direction, at an interval of 2-50 courses. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064722 | Laundry treatment machine and method of controlling motor of laundry treatment machine - There are provided a laundry treatment machine and a method of controlling the motor of the laundry treatment machine. In the laundry treatment machine and the method of controlling the motor of the laundry treatment machine, when it is sensed that the motor is overloaded, the motor is driven by setting the rotation starting point of the motor back from the previously set position. Therefore, the motor is prevented from being restrained due to the overload of the motor so that it is possible to prevent the abnormal noise of the motor from being generated, to prevent the temperature from rising, and to improve the mobility of the motor. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064723 | Laundry treatment machine and door switch thereof - A laundry treatment machine and a door switch thereof are provided. The door switch includes a switch housing unit, which is a predetermined distance apart from a cabinet. Thus, water flown along the cabinet may be able to be discharged through the space between the cabinet and the switch housing unit. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the infiltration of water into the switch housing unit and to improve the durability and the safety of the door switch. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064724 | Oil Damper for Drum-Type Washing Machine - Oil damper for a drum type washing machine including a hollow cylinder having an oil chamber for filling oil therein, a tub holder fixedly secured to one end of the cylinder for securing the damper to a tub side, a shaft passed through, and exposed from the other end of the cylinder, a base holder fixedly secured to the shaft at an end thereof exposed to an outside of the cylinder for securing the damper to a base side of the cabinet, and a piston having a plurality of oil holes, for sliding inside of the cylinder, wherein at least one of above components is formed by plastic injection molding, thereby providing a new oil damper which reduces a production cost significantly, and has a good productivity, and high operation reliability. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064725 | Washing machine - The present invention discloses a washing machine having high reliability. The washing machine includes a housing, a tub provided in the housing for holding washing water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub for washing laundry, a door having an outer frame and an inner frame secured to an inside of the outer frame, for opening/closing an opening in the housing such that the housing is in communication with the drum, a hinge arm joining the housing and the door, and rotatably coupled to the housing and the door respectively, and a holder provided between the outer frame and the inner frame for holding a portion of the hinge arm arranged in the door. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064726 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR WASHING MACHINE - A driving apparatus for a washing machine is disclosed which includes a dual-motor type motor. The driving apparatus includes a tub which contains washing water, and receives a drum such that the drum is rotatable, a dual rotor which includes an outer motor including magnets supported by an inner peripheral surface of the outer rotor, the inner rotor arranged inside the outer rotor, the inner rotor including magnets supported by an outer peripheral surface of the inner rotator, a bearing housing which is formed at a rear wall of the tub in accordance with an insert molding method such that the bearing housing is integral with the tub, the bearing housing rotatably supporting a drum shaft connecting the drum and the dual rotor, a motor mounting bracket which is mounted to the rear wall of the tub, and a stator which includes a core arranged such that opposite surfaces of the core face the magnets of the outer rotor and the magnets of the inner rotor, respectively, an insulator made of an insulating material, the insulator enclosing the core, coils wound around the insulator, a molded member formed in accordance with an insert molding method to enclose the insulator and the coils such that the molded member is integral with the insulator and the coils while allowing the opposite surfaces of the core to be exposed, and a coupling member extending from the molded member, the coupling portion being mounted to the rear wall of the tub via the motor mounting bracket. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064727 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR WASHING MACHINE - A driving apparatus for a washing machine is disclosed. The driving apparatus includes a tub containing washing water and provided with a drum rotatably installed therein; a double rotor comprising an outer rotor provided with magnets supported by the inner surface thereof, and an inner rotor installed at the inside of the outer rotor and provided with magnets supported by the outer surface thereof; an internal bearing fixed to the rear surface of the tub for rotatably supporting the inner portion of a drum shaft connecting the drum and the double rotor; an external bearing supporter provided with an external bearing for rotatably supporting the outer end of the drum shaft; and a stator fixed to the rear surface of the external hearing supporter so that the stator is disposed between the outer rotor and the inner rotor, and generating magnetic energy for rotating the double rotor by electrical energy supplied from the outside. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064728 | WASHING MACHINE WITH DOUBLE ROTOR TYPE MOTOR - The present invention relates to washing machines with double rotor type motors, and more particularly, to a washing machine with a double rotor type motor in which a structure for mounting a bearing housing thereof is enhanced. To achieve the object of the present invention, the present invention provides a washing machine including a tub for holding washing water, a double rotor having an outer rotor with outer magnets supported on an inside circumferential surface, and an inner rotor on an inner side of the outer rotor with inner magnets supported on outside circumferential surface, a bearing housing at a rear of the tub for supporting a rotation shaft connected to the double rotor, a cover insert molded with the tub as one body therewith, to cover an outside surface of the bearing housing, and a stator having cores with opposite surfaces arranged to face the outer magnets and inner magnets respectively, a coil wound on an outside surface of each of the cores, a molded portion insert molded to outside surfaces of the core and coil so as to be exposed to the opposite surfaces of the core, and a fixing portion extended from the molded portion and secured to the fastening portion. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064729 | Drum-type washing machine - Disclosed is a drum-type washing machine having a tub provided therein for storing wash water with an improved structure, the tub including a center tub formed in a hollow cylindrical form for rotatably providing a drum therein; and a back tub including a base plate for covering a rear side of the center tub, a first bending part bent backward from an outline of the base plate, and overlapped on an inner surface of the center tub, and a second bending part bent frontward from the first bending part, and overlapped on an outer circumferential surface of the center tub. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064730 | Household Appliance with a lye Container - A household appliance having a detergent container at least partially formed from plastic defining a plastic area and further including at least one ballast weight having a plastic body attached to the detergent container, wherein a mechanical connection of the plastic body of the ballast weight to the plastic area of the detergent container is formed using a plastic welding process. The household appliance includes at least one raised connecting element formed on at least one of the plastic body of the ballast weight and the plastic area of the detergent container, configured for contact with a contact surface of at least one of the plastic body to be connected and the plastic area to be connected, wherein the at least one raised connecting element is configured for bonded connection to the contact surface using a plastic welding process. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064731 | Steam generator and washing/drying machine having the same - Disclosed are the steam generator and the washing/drying machine having the same, the steam generator including: a case having an opening at one side thereof, a heating unit formed to penetrate the opening, and a fixing assembly mounted at the opening so as to seal the opening and supporting the heating unit, wherein the fixing assembly includes a sealing member for sealing the opening, and the opening includes a leakage prevention portion for preventing a gap formation between the opening and the sealing member when the sealing member is deformed, thereby preventing a leakage between the opening of the case and the sealing member even though the case or the sealing member is thermally deformed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064732 | TWO-WAY OPENED PADLOCK - A two-way opened padlock, having a block in the housing, the padlock enabling the dials of the housing to open and close the lock, a key can also be used to rotate the tumbler to enable force opening of the lock, when the dials are in an unlocked state, a rod moves relative to the housing, a block being also moves relative to the housing, and a rod and a block can move in the same direction. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064733 | Lock core - A lock core includes a lock core base, a button, a cover, a connecting member, a bayonet base, a bayonet and two compression springs. It can be applied in diverse locks, such as a transmission lock, a door lock or a safe deposit lock etc, able to achieve an excellent anti-theft effect because it is installed invisibly, locked by just pressing a button and opened without a key and with a remote controller. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064734 | SURVEILLANCE DEVICE - An EAS tag is provided, which includes a tack with a shank that can enter an internal cavity of a tag body. One or more sensors are housed inside the cavity and the body defines one or more key apertures through which detacher keys can pass into the cavity. The tag includes a lock mechanism inside the cavity that is displaceable between a lock condition in which the end of the shank is held captive within the lock mechanism a free condition in which the shank can be withdrawn. The tag further includes two or three release mechanisms, a first of which is configured to release the lock mechanism by a key entering the cavity. The second and/or third release mechanisms can also be key operated or can use a magnetic field to displace a lock body to release the lock mechanism. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064735 | Lock for a domestic appliance - The invention relates to a lock for a movable closing element, especially a door, a cover, a flap, or similar on a domestic appliance such as a dishwasher, a washing machine, a refrigerator, or similar. The lock includes a closing hook that can be made to engage with the closing element when being closed and made to disengage therefrom when being opened. The closing hook can be made to engage with a cavity in the closing element. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064736 | Latch Assembly - A latch assembly includes a latch bolt, a housing, an actuating plate connected with the latch bolt, a positioning casing, a lower connecting plate and an upper connecting plate engaged with each other and disposed in the positioning casing, and a driving plate disposed between the actuating plate and the lower connecting plate. The actuating plate is formed with a long slot and two symmetrical protrusions projected from the bottom. The driving plate includes a square hole, whose front end can be engaged with the protrusions and driving the actuating plate to move. The upper connecting plate includes two pair of symmetrical recesses and the positioning casing includes two protrusions corresponding to the recesses of the upper connecting plate. By connecting the protrusions of the positioning casing with two pairs of the recesses, the latch assembly can be adjusted from a backset to the other backset dimension. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064737 | Latch Assembly - A latch assembly having adjusting backset includes a casing, a latch bolt and a latch rear section. The latch bolt includes a bolt body and a fixed member connected with the bolt body. The top of the fixed member includes two positioning notches adapted to different backsets. A positioning member and the fixed member are disposed in a slide. The positioning member includes a positioning projection corresponding to the positioning notch at the front portion thereof. The latch includes a pin that can lift the positioning member to disengage the positioning projection from the positioning notch. Then, the positioning projection is moved to another positioning notch, thereby changing the backset. The latch assembly includes a positioning spring to keep the positioning projection fixed in the positioning notch. The latch assembly may include an upper connecting member, a lower connecting member and an assembly member to strengthen the latch assembly. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064738 | DOOR LOCK - A door lock includes outer assemblies, latch assemblies and inner assemblies. The inner assemblies has a turning switch, fixing bolts, an interior rose and a detent device that includes an inner plate, a stop plate, a stop seat, a rotating spring, a retaining spring and a sprag. By pressing down the stop plate as the latch bolt is in a casing, a protruding block of the stop seat is engaged with a protruding member of the stop plate. The spindle can not rotate backward and maintains in an unlocked state. After the stop plate is pressed upward, the turning switch returns to a locked state and the latch bolt extends out of the casing. Therefore, the detent device can keep the latch bolt in the casing and keep the lock in the unlocked state. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064739 | LOCKING DEVICE WITH ARRESTING PART - The invention relates to a locking device for the locking and/or unlocking of a component essential for the function of a vehicle with a casing, which more preferably serves for the fastening of the locking device to the component essential for the function and a moveable locking member, which can assume at least two positions, namely a locking position, in which the locking member protrudes from the casing through an opening and is actively connected with the component essentially for the function and an unlocking position, in which the locking member is not actively connected with the component essential for the function and an arresting part which in an arresting position arrests the locking member in the locking position in the event that the locking device is opened without authorization. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064740 | VALET KEY STORAGE DEVICE - A valet key storage device, includes a valet key storage portion for storing a valet key having an opening, a locking bar for locking the valet key, a driving section for driving the locking bar to be inserted into the opening of the valet key, and a control section for controlling the driving section to insert the locking bar into the opening of the valet key or remove the locking bar therefrom. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064741 | VALET KEY STORAGE DEVICE - A valet key storage device, includes a valet key storage portion for storing a valet key having an opening, a locking bar for locking the valet key, a driving member for driving the locking bar to be inserted into the opening of the valet key, a locking pin for locking the locking bar, a driving section for driving the locking pin to lock the locking bar; and a control section for controlling the driving section to plunge or remove the locking pin into or from the locking bar. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064742 | BURGLARPROOF DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A drive of a steering-lock actuator is controlled such that a lock member takes a steering lock state from a steering unlock state if there occurs a change in the state of a vehicle door detected by a door-state detecting device and a stop state of the vehicle is detected by a vehicle-stop-state detecting device when an ignition switch is in an OFF state (step S | 2009-03-12 |
20090064743 | Tree Stand Lock Apparatus and Method of Use - A tree stand lock apparatus comprises a ratchet buckle part and a wire rope part. The ratchet buckle part comprises a spool with a transaxial bore, a ratcheting lever handle, a locking means and a base affixed to a hook. The wire rope part comprises a wire rope, one end of which is affixed to a hook. The lock may be employed by wrapping the wire rope around a portion of a tree stand, hooking the hook of the rope to the hook of the ratchet buckle and threading the wire rope through the transaxial bore. The ratchet buckle is operated to render the wire rope taut and the buckle is locked in the closed position. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064744 | Instant clearing electronic lock system after key-following cipher use and realizing method therefor - A kind of method for electronic lock system making the key-following password tidy up immediately after use, in which: a. establish human characteristic sensor and temporary password memory on the main body of the electronic key and data transmission unit of the lock password, lock controlling unit and user's database on the lock main body; b. firstly, human characteristic sensor gathers every user's human characteristic information that can be changed into corresponding authentification code in the producing unit for the password and deposited into the temporary password memory temporarily, meanwhile transported into data transmission unit of the lock password through data transmission unit of the key password; secondly, the password is deposited into the user's database after being registered and confirmed; c. when the human characteristic sensor leaves the human body or the authentification code is conveyed successfully, the temporary password memory is tidied up. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064745 | Combination mechanism - A combination device that, when operated through a dial through one of multiple pre-determined combinations, rotates internal Barriers and aligns a system of holes that allow an optical emitter to extend a beam of light to an optical receptor which sends a signal to a locking mechanism to disengage its lock. Also, by rotating the dial outside of the pre-determined combinations, the Barriers' holes are out of alignment and thusly no signal may be sent, which sends a signal to a locking mechanism to engage its lock. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064746 | Method, apparatus, and system for an electronic key usage history indicator - A system and apparatus are disclosed for indicating interactions between a key and a lock, and presenting this interaction information to the user. These apparatus and system are not specific to certain types of key or lock. In embodiments, the apparatus includes a number of detector switches to identify that the key has entered the lock. In other embodiments, the usage time is measured and presented to the user. In certain embodiments, the action performed with the key, ‘lock’ or ‘unlock’, is identified by a number of tilt switches or accelerometers to detect the direction of key rotation in the lock. An electric scheme and mechanical design of some apparatus embodiments are disclosed. A method for reading information by the user on the time of usage for a particular apparatus embodiment is described. A method for processing the interaction information in the form of records is also provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064747 | Liquid Fertilizing Compositions - Liquid fertilizer compositions and methods of making liquid fertilizer compositions are set forth herein. In one embodiment, a liquid fertilizing composition includes an aqueous ammonium chloride solution having a pH between 6.5 and 8.5, a dispersant selected from anionic polyacrylamides, and a corrosion inhibitor. In another embodiment, a liquid fertilizing composition includes an aqueous solution having a pH between 6.5 and 8.5. The solution includes at least 16.5 percent by weight of ammonium chloride and between 0.5 and 1.0 percent by weight of dispersant. In yet another embodiment, a liquid fertilizing composition has a pH between 7.5 and 8.5. The composition consists essentially of at least 16.5 percent by weight ammonium chloride, between 0.5 and 1.0 percent by weight dispersant, an effective amount of corrosion inhibitor, and water. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064748 | Process for manufacturing a seamless tube - A high quality hollow shell in which the occurrence of internal surface flaws caused by the rotary forging effect and/or shear deformation is prevented by suppressing the rotary forging frequency and shear deformation in a transient region at the stage of billet gripping and a worsening of thickness deviations in the top portion of the hollow shell is also prevented is reliably produced with preventing miss-rolling such as incomplete billet gripping and troubles in bottom withdrawal and an increase in the outer diameter of the hollow shell in the bottom portion. A billet is pierced while being rotated and advanced to produce a hollow shell, from which a seamless tube is finally manufactured, using a pair of skew rolls, a pair of disk rolls, and a plug under such conditions that each of the ratio (Dg/d) of the diameter Dg of the gorge portion of the skew rolls and the outer diameter d of the billet, the ratio (Dd/d) of the diameter Dd of the groove bottom of the disk rolls and the outer diameter d of the billet, the ratio (Dd/Dg) of the diameter Dg and the diameter Dd, the inlet face angle θ | 2009-03-12 |
20090064749 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STAINLESS STEEL PIPE - A process for stainless-steel pipe production which comprises piercing rolling a raw material stainless steel containing, by mass, Cr: 10-30%, to give a hollow shell, elongating rolling the hollow shell using a mandrel bar, together with a graphite-free lubricant, to give a finishing rolling blank pipe and heating the blank pipe in a reheating furnace and subjecting the same to finishing rolling by sizing rolling to produce a hot-finished pipe, and then subjecting this pipe as a mother pipe to cold working to produce a stainless-steel pipe. In the reheating furnace, the finishing rolling blank pipe is heated to 1000° C. or more and subjected to heating in which an oxidizing gas is blown into the pipe inside, whereby a stainless-steel pipe which is inhibited from forming a carburized layer in the pipe inner surface can be produced. When the finishing rolling by sizing rolling to give a cold working mother pipe is carried out by stretch reducer rolling at 860-1050° C., an annealing heat treatment of the mother pipe for cold working can be omitted. Thus, a stainless-steel pipe having excellent surface quality can be efficiently produced. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064750 | Device for Adapting Working Rolls to a Rolling Line - The invention relates to a device for adapting working rolls, in particular of four-high stands, to a rolling line with at least one pair of wedges ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064751 | Pressing System - Apparatus for pressing blanks in a coining, stamping or press forming operation includes a rotary pressing table to which the blanks are fed, a store receptacle for the blanks and a feed system for feeding the blanks dispensed from the store receptacle to the rotary pressing table. The feed system has a guide conduit into which the blanks pass following dispensing from the store receptacle and along which the blanks are urged to file one behind another to an exit from the guide conduit. The blanks pass directly from the conduit into a receiving station of the rotary pressing table. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064752 | PROCESS FOR STRAIGHTENING TUBE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUBE THEREWITH - In straightening a tube using a roll straightening machine provided with drum type straightening roll pairs vertically opposingly disposed, at least an outer layer portion of a roll main body is made of elastic material having spring type hardness Hs (JIS K 6301 A type) of 50 to 100 in at least three pairs of straightening rolls on an outlet side of the roll straightening machine, and an offset amount is imparted to a tube engaged in the three pairs, at least, of straightening opposing rolls such that η defined by an equation (1) ranges from 1.0×10 | 2009-03-12 |
20090064753 | WORK CONVEYANCE DEVICE, PRESS MACHINE AND BAR REMOVAL METHOD - A plurality of workpiece holders | 2009-03-12 |
20090064754 | Hydraulic compression tool for installing a coaxial cable connector and method of operating thereof - A hydraulic compression tool for securing a compression type cable connector to a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The tool can include a hydraulic assembly having an axially extendable ram, and a connector frame detachably attached to the hydraulic assembly. The connector frame can include a cable cradle configured to accommodate cables of various sizes and a sleeve for engaging a cable connector. The connector frame can further include a sliding guide structure attached to the cable cradle. The sliding guide structure can include a sliding bar and one or more sliding guides. The sleeve can be attached to the sliding bar. The sleeve can be configured to accommodate connectors of various sizes. Activating the hydraulic assembly can cause the ram to extend, which in turn can cause the sliding bar to move along the longitudinal axis of the cable connector compressing the compression member and connector body into operative engagement with the cable. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064755 | Method for the calibration of a flow measurement in a flow system, and flow system for carrying out the method - The invention relates to a method for the calibration of a flow measurement in a flow system ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064756 | VACUUM GAUGE CALIBRATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CALIBRATING AND TESTING WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a vacuum gauge calibration apparatus capable of calibrating and testing a vacuum gauge without displacement or separation of the vacuum gauge, the vacuum gauge being attached to a vacuum device under operation together with developing a movable vacuum gauge calibration device, and an operating method thereof. According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for calibrating and testing a vacuum gauge to be calibrated without displacement, the vacuum gauge being connected to a vacuum device, the apparatus comprising: a vacuum shut-off valve for opening and closing a piping for connecting the vacuum device to the to-be-calibrated vacuum gauge; and a movable vacuum gauge calibration device connected to the to-be-calibrated vacuum gauge, wherein the movable vacuum gauge calibration device includes: a reference vacuum gauge, a vacuum connection valve, a vacuum chamber, a gate valve, and an exhaust device which are connected to the to-be-calibrated vacuum gauge side in series; a gas supply source connected to the vacuum chamber for generating pressure in the vacuum chamber; a leak valve for controlling gas flow in the gas supply source and supplying the gas the vacuum chamber; and a vacuum gauge for the vacuum chamber for measuring vacuum pressure in the vacuum chamber. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064757 | SELF-CALIBRATING LIQUID LEVEL TRANSMITTER - The present disclosure generally relates to a capacitance sensing apparatus equipped with self-calibrating capacity and method of use thereof. The disclosure contemplates the determination using a secondary means of precise fluid levels according to five possible embodiments, and the use of the determined fluid level to recalibrate the capacitance sensing apparatus along its continuous analog level, namely, a variation of the thickness of the insulation of a capacitance sensing apparatus, the variation of the surface geometry of the capacitance sensing apparatus, the use of a dual-probe sensor including a probe with a varied surface geometry, the use of an electromagnetic sensor adjoining the capacitance sensor, and the variation of the electromechanical sensor to serve as a capacitance sensing apparatus. The disclosure also contemplates methods for using the sensing apparatus previously disclosed to measure a fluid level using a self-calibrating capacitance sensing apparatus. Finally, the present disclosure contemplates the use of an improved mathematical method associated with a variability measurement, such as an exponential smoothing method, to determining locally discrete changes in the variability measurement of the capacitance in order to determine a fixed fluid level. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064758 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GAS CONCENTRATION IN A MEASURING GAS BY MEANS OF A GAS SENSOR - The invention relates to a method for determining a gas concentration in a measuring gas by means of a gas sensor. In a first mode of operation of an internal combustion engine, in which the gas concentration in the measuring gas is known, a gas concentration signal and a pressure signal are detected. A compensation parameter of the gas sensor is determined from said signals. The thus determined compensation parameter is taken into account in at least one of the two modes of operation of the internal combustion engine for determining the gas concentration. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064759 | Environmental sensing unit - A duct mounted environmental sensing unit includes a plurality of sensors for detecting respective parameters of a fluid in a duct. The sensing unit enables at least three sensors to make contact with the fluid through a single insertion point in the duct. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064760 | CONTAINER CLEANLINESS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A container cleanliness measurement apparatus capable of preventing particles from being adhered to substrates, while improving the operation efficiency of a container for housing substrates. An FOUP inspection apparatus includes a particle-separation promoting nozzle for promoting separation of particles adhered to an inner wall of an FOUP and to carries for holding peripheral portions of wafers inside the FOUP, a particle collecting nozzle for collecting particles separated from the inner wall of the FOUP, etc., and a particle counter for measuring an amount of collected particles. The particle-separation promoting nozzle and the particle collecting nozzle constitute a probe nozzle which is adapted to enter inside the FOUP. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064761 | Device for detecting a measured value - A device for detecting a measured value includes a measuring transducer and a channel sensor, which is implemented as an essentially cylindrical tube having a first end and a second end and may be mounted in a wall when the measuring transducer is situated on the channel sensor. A detachable fastening device is included for fastening the measuring transducer to the channel sensor and may be disposed between the measuring transducer and the channel sensor. The channel sensor may be connected to the measuring transducer via a cable. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064762 | KNOCK SENSOR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - A knock sensor diagnostic system may include a knock sensor. A bias circuit applies a bias voltage to the knock sensor. An input circuit receives an input signal based on the bias voltage. A control module indicates a short circuit associated with the knock sensor based on the input signal. A knock sensor diagnostic system may also or alternatively include a signal generator that generates and applies a test signal with a predetermined frequency to the knock sensor. Another input circuit receives another input signal that is based on the test signal. A control module indicates an open circuit associated with the knock sensor based on the other input signal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064763 | PRESSURIZED OXYGEN FOR EVALUATION OF MOLDING COMPOUND STABILITY IN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING - A test environment and an associated method of testing and analyzing a semiconductor package material containing a molding compound, for stability in a sustained oxygen environment. Test samples are exposed to a pressurized gas containing oxygen, under elevated temperature below the glass transition temperature of the molding compound. Control samples are exposed to a pressurized inert gas under similar or more severe conditions of gas pressure, temperature, and humidity. At least one characteristic common to the test samples and the control samples is measured. A determination is made as to whether there exists at least one significant difference between the at least one measured characteristic of the test samples and the control samples. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064764 | Anomaly judgment device - There is provided an anomaly judgment device that is capable of detecting an abnormal state of a system highly accurately and obtaining an accurate result. The anomaly judgment device comprises a plurality of anomaly judgment means for judging an anomaly of the system and, in cases where it is judged by the plurality of anomaly judgment means that there is an anomaly, judgment means judges that a system anomaly exists. Hence, even in the event of a localized abnormal state judgment by one anomaly judgment means or failure, a final judgment is not made based on that anomaly alone, and at least one other anomaly judgment is made, whereby erroneous judgments can be eliminated and a highly accurate anomaly judgment is possible. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064765 | Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including the step of: carrying a substrate into a reaction tube; processing the substrate by supplying a gas into the reaction tube from a gas supply line, while exhausting an inside of the reaction tube through the exhaust line by means of an exhaust device and controlling pressure in the reaction tube on the basis of an output from a pressure sensor provided in the exhaust line; carrying the processed substrate out from the reaction tube; and carrying out a leakage check for a gas flowing path including the gas supply line, the reaction tube and the exhaust line, wherein, in the step of carrying out the leakage check, the gas flowing path is divided into plural sections connecting with at least the pressure sensor and the exhaust device, the respective sections are exhausted by means of the exhaust device with an upstream end of each section being closed and pressure in each section is measured by means of the pressure sensor to judge for every section whether leakage is found in the gas flowing path or not on the basis of the measured pressure. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064766 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE VISCOSITY OF NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS, IN PARTICULAR ENGINE OPERATING MATERIALS - A method and a device for measuring the viscosity of non-Newtonian liquids, in particular engine operating materials, a first and a second viscosity measurement being carried out using a viscosity sensor device, and a differing excitation of the non-Newtonian liquid taking place for the first and second viscosity measurement. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064767 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING AN ETHANOL CONTENT OF A FUEL - Method for ascertaining an ethanol content of a fuel with the steps: ascertaining the vapor pressure of the fuel, ascertaining the temperature of the fuel and ascertaining the ethanol content of the fuel as a function of the vapor pressure and the temperature, which were ascertained. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064768 | Devices for Determining the Release Profile of Macromolecules and Methods of Using the Same - The present invention is directed to devices useful for determining the release profile of a macromolecule from a pharmaceutical composition comprising the macromolecule and methods of using the device. Transport of a macromolecule across a semi-permeable barrier is measured as a function of time using the device, the results of which can correlate with an in vivo release of the macromolecule from a pharmaceutical composition, a bioavailability of the macromolecule, or the stability or purity of the pharmaceutical composition comprising the macromolecule. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064769 | System and Method for Determining a Center of Gravity of an Aircraft - According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a method of determining a center of gravity of an aircraft includes receiving a strut length for each of the gears of an aircraft, determining an arm length for each of the gears, and determining a center of gravity of the aircraft based on a relationship between the center of gravity and respective arm lengths for each of the gears. The arm length of each of the gears is determined according to the strut length of a gear strut of a respective gear and a relationship between the strut length of the gear strut to another gear of another aircraft and the arm length of the respective gear. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064770 | DETECTION OF INGRESS OF WATER IN AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER USING ACOUSTIC RESONANCE TECHNOLOGY - An apparatus and a method for determining a moisture ingress in an insulating layer surrounding a pipe, the insulating layer being surrounded by a tubular jacket. The apparatus includes an acoustic transducer in communication with an exciter adapted to provide a brief and broad banded acoustic signal which includes frequencies which by their propagation in the material of the jacket has a wavelength which corresponds to twice the thickness of the jacket or an odd multiple of twice the thickness of the jacket, and to process a reverberation signal emitted from the jacket in response to sending into the jacket the brief and broad banded output signal from the transducer. The signal processor is adapted to make a frequency analysis of the received reverberation signal for producing a frequency response curve, to establish features of the frequency response curve which are characteristic of a moisture content in the insulation material on the inside of the jacket, and to output an indication being specific for the moisture ingress. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064771 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE IN TAPPING MODE WITH A REDUCED IMPACT FORCE - In a tapping mode Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) system, a probe is excited at an excitation frequency other than the probe's first natural frequency to produce a response signal manifesting a grazing bifurcation between “non-collision” and “collision” states of the AFM system, so that an additional characteristic frequency component is generated in the “collision” state. The magnitude of the additional characteristic frequency component is monitored in real time, and the probe-sample separation is adjusted to maintain the monitored magnitude at an optimal value to operate the AFM system at near-grazing conditions. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064772 | Atomic force gradient microscope and method of using this microscope - A scanning probe microscope in which the probe is oscillated at a frequency lower than its resonant frequency, a force sensor that is sensitive to the bending of the cantilever and minimally sensitive to the oscillation is used to measure tip-sample interaction force. The sensor signal is then converted to a force gradient signal by electronics. The gradient signal is kept constant by a feedback mechanism as the tip is scanned across the surface of a sample, and force and topographical information are mapped. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064773 | Systems and Methods for Determining Airflow Parameters of Gas Turbine Engine Components - Systems and methods for determining airflow parameters of gas turbine engine components are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: receiving information from multiple test systems regarding a first airflow parameter of a gas turbine engine component; and using the information to establish a desired performance parameter that is to be exhibited by a repaired component. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064774 | Method and device for referencing the position of an actuating element - In a method for referencing the position of an actuating element of a functional unit, in particular of a clutch in the drivetrain of a vehicle, the attainment of a reference position of the actuating element is assessed for plausibility in that it is checked whether a variable which can be applied to the actuating element varies in a predetermined way in a predetermined spacing of the position of the actuating element from the reference position. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064775 | VEHICLE PROTECTION DEVICE DIRECTLY FORMED ON INFLATION VALVE - A vehicle protection device includes a wiper externally mounted on the wheel rim as fastened by an inflation valve fixed in the wheel rim, and a sensor holder engaged with the inflation valve and positioned inside the wheel rim for holding a tire pressure sensor within the wheel rim and within a tire; whereby the sensor will sense the tire pressure for safely monitoring the tire pressure; and the wiper will scrape the rain water (or snow) outwardly from the wheel for enhancing driving safety. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064776 | Floatless rain gauge - A rain gauge device is provided that uses a plurality of conductivity sensors to determine liquid levels. Certain rain gauge devices include a plurality of conductivity sensors fixed along the length of a support member, wherein each conductivity sensor comprises at least two selectable electrodes for sensing the presence of a liquid by measuring a conductivity of the liquid between these electrodes when a liquid is present between the sensing electrodes, and an electronic command unit adapted to apply a voltage between a common electrode and a selected electrode. Level measuring devices are also provided that comprise a collector, a measuring tube, a plurality of conductivity sensors and an electronic command unit for applying a voltage across the conductivity sensors and for converting the conductivity measured into a digital output for each increment. Methods of use and operation are also provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064777 | Apparatus for measuring and/or controlling liquid levels - An apparatus for measuring and/or controlling the level of a liquid, specially fuel, contained in a reservoir. The apparatus comprises means supporting a pivot member inside the reservoir, the pivot member comprising a stationary body fixed relatively to the supporting means and a rotary body connected to a lever, the free end of which carries a float. The rotary body includes a permanent magnet and the stationary member houses a magnetic sensor located within the magnetic field of the permanent magnet. Angular movement of the lever produces rotation of the magnet and is detected by the magnetic sensor which emits signals to a micro processor which, in turn, transmits such signals to external processing means. The processing means correlate such signals, which are proportional to variations in the liquid level, to the volume of liquid contained in the reservoir. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064778 | Gravity Gradiometer System - A methods and apparatus for an improved gravity gradiometer are disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064779 | VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE, MOUNTABLE SPEED SENSOR - The invention relates to a method for mounting sensors ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064780 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SENSOR WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL DECOUPLING OF SENSING AND DRIVING MODES - A driving mass of an integrated microelectromechanical structure is moved with a rotary motion about an axis of rotation, and a sensing mass is connected to the driving mass via elastic supporting elements so as to perform a detection movement in the presence of an external stress. The driving mass is anchored to a first anchorage arranged along the axis of rotation by first elastic anchorage elements. The driving mass is also coupled to a pair of further anchorages positioned externally thereof and coupled to opposite sides with respect to the first anchorage by further elastic anchorage elements; the elastic supporting elements and the first and further elastic anchorage elements render the driving mass fixed to the first sensing mass in the rotary motion, and substantially decoupled from the sensing mass in the detection movement, the detection movement being a rotation about an axis lying in a plane. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064781 | Readout method and electronic bandwidth control for a silicon in-plane tuning fork gyroscope - Disclosed are methods and a sensor architecture that utilizes the residual quadrature error in a gyroscope to achieve and maintain perfect mode-matching, i.e., ˜0 Hz split between the drive and sense mode frequencies, and to electronically control sensor bandwidth. In a reduced-to-practice embodiment, a 6 mW, 3V CMOS ASIC and control algorithm are interfaced to a mode-matched MEMS tuning fork gyroscope to implement an angular rate sensor with bias drift as low as 0.15°/hr and angle random walk of 0.003°/√hr, which is the lowest recorded to date for a silicon MEMS gyroscope. The system bandwidth can be configured between 0.1 Hz and 1 kHz. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064782 | SENSOR AND SENSING METHOD UTILIZING SYMMETRICAL DIFFERENTIAL READOUT - A sensor and sensing method capable of full-differential symmetry to minimize bias drift and improve stability of the sensor output. The sensor includes a sensing element, sense electrodes capacitively coupled to the sensing element to generate capacitive outputs that vary in response to the motion of the sensing element, and a differential readout device. The sense electrodes are electrically separable into at least two pairs of differential sense electrodes. The readout device performs a sampling sequence of at least two sampling cycles during which the readout device samples the capacitive outputs of the sense electrodes and produces at least two differential outputs based on the difference between the capacitive outputs within each pair of differential sense electrodes. The readout device then calculates an average of the differential outputs of the sampling sequence to produce an output of the differential readout device, and thereafter repeats the sampling sequence and calculation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064783 | INERTIAL FORCE SENSOR - An inertial force sensor includes a detecting device which detects an inertial force, the detecting device having a first orthogonal arm and a supporting portion, the first orthogonal arm having a first arm and a second arm fixed in a substantially orthogonal direction, and the supporting portion supporting the first arm. The second arm has a folding portion. In this configuration, there is provided a small inertial force sensor which realizes detection of a plurality of different inertial forces and detection of inertial forces of a plurality of detection axes. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064784 | MICROMACHINED SENSORS - The present invention provides a micromachined sensor. The micromachined sensor includes a proof mass movable with respect to a substrate. The proof mass includes a first portion, a second portion separated from the first portion and a third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion. A frame is positioned on the substrate and encloses the proof mass. A plurality of springs connects the proof mass to the frame. A plurality of first and second electrodes extends from the frame. A plurality of third electrodes extends from the first portion of the proof mass and is interleaved with the first electrodes. A plurality of fourth electrodes extends from the second portion of the proof mass and is interleaved with the second electrodes. A first support beam extends from the frame to the area between the first and second portions of the proof mass. A plurality of seventh and eighth electrodes extends from the first support beam. A plurality of fifth electrodes extends from the first portion of the proof mass and is interleaved with the seventh electrodes. A plurality of sixth electrodes extends from the second portion of the proof mass and is interleaved with the eighth electrodes | 2009-03-12 |