11th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110065475 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING TO EXTERNAL SITE FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for accessing to an external site and a mobile communication terminal using the same to gain access to a site according to a country of the user. According to the method for accessing to an external site, a mobile communication terminal automatically accesses an external site which provides a service for a particular country corresponding to country information extracted from memory such as a subscriber identification card. A user can access a site which provides a service for his or her country, often in the primary language used the user's country, simply by use of their mobile communication terminal, without performing an additional operation for selecting a country. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065476 | ANTENNA DEVICE - The present invention provides an antenna device comprising: a contact substrate with a plurality of electrical contacts, an antenna substrate, and a connecting member connected between said contact substrate and said antenna substrate. Said connecting member is flexible and foldable and is provided with at least one corner portion. Said corner portion defines at least one horizontal section and at least one vertical section to render the antenna device better adaptability. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065477 | MULTIBAND BUILT-IN ANTENNA FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A multiband built-in antenna for a portable terminal is provided, which includes a feeding part electrically connected to a Radio Frequency (RF) connector of a terminal main board; an antenna radiator comprising at least two ground parts electrically connected to a ground means of the terminal and formed at different locations; and a switching means commonly linked to a ground line of each ground part of the antenna radiator, and selectively connecting one or more of the at least two ground parts electrically to the ground means according to a switching operation | 2011-03-17 |
20110065478 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SETTING ITEMS USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of setting items in a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal and the method of setting items in a mobile terminal can easily set positions of items in a graphic user interface including a plurality of items. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065479 | Portable Electronic Apparatus Having More Than one Display Area, and a Method of Controlling a User Interface Thereof - A portable electronic apparatus having first and second display areas is presented. The apparatus has an orientation sensor that provides an orientation sensor output signal indicative of a spatial orientation of the apparatus. The apparatus also has a display controller coupled to the first and second display areas and to the orientation sensor. The display controller is responsive to the orientation sensor output signal to selectively control the first display area and the second display area. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065480 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal having a user input unit is discussed, by which various visual effects including a 3-dimensional effect can be provided to an exterior of the mobile terminal. The present invention includes a display unit, a control unit configured to control the display unit, a body configured to load the display unit, and a 3D (3-dimensional) member provided to at least one partial region of the body, including a lens sheet configured to arrange convex lenses in a grid form, and a transparent sheet provided under the lens sheet, wherein a pattern of a specific is printed on a position corresponding to a focal distance of the convex lenses of the lens sheet. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065481 | ADVANCED FEATURES ON A REAL-TIME EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A real-time exchange (RTX) interfaces to a wireless communications system to provide enhanced features for advanced voice services (AVS), which include Voice Activated Floor Management, Voice Short Message Services (SMS) and Address Book Backup. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065482 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING PULSE METER - A mobile terminal ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110065483 | Network support for mobile special alerting - An apparatus in one example has: a mobile terminal having at least first and second modes of operation; and a special alerting code; wherein, in response to the calling party entering the special alerting code, the mobile terminal changes from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation. The system allows a mobile terminal in a silent/meeting mode to go into a vibrate and/or ring mode when a calling party enters a special alerting code. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065484 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, CHIPSETS, AND HANDS-FREE MODE CONTROLLING METHODS THEREOF - A wireless mobile communication device is provided. The wireless mobile communication device has, a wireless communication module for performing wireless communications, a hands-free conversation module for providing a hands-free mode of a phone conversation during the wireless communications, a speed value generation module for receiving location or velocity information to generate a speed value, and a hands-free mode controller for determining whether the speed value has exceeded a predetermined threshold value, and activating the hands-free conversation module in response to the speed value exceeding the predetermined threshold value. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING STANDBY TIME FOR MOBILE STATIONS - A method and system for determining standby time for a mobile station uses a battery simulator, a base station emulator, a computer to control the test equipment and MSUT for testing a mobile station. The computer includes a module for determining a radio off battery voltage, a module for deriving a battery capacity in dependence upon the radio off battery voltage, a module for measuring battery capacity usage in a predetermined time while the mobile station is in standby mode and a module for determining a standby time for the mobile station in dependence upon the battery capacity and the battery capacity usage, where the predetermined time is less than the standby time. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065486 | Ergonomic hard case for communication device - The present invention relates to a hard case for the containment of a communication device, such as a cell phone, PDA, or pocket PC. Also, the disclosed invention is a method for use of the hard case as follows, communication device is accessible by pressing push button releasing to open position cover. Further, the disclosed invention has two modes of use. The first mode is the tabletop mode in which the hard case is placed on a surface with hand holding element in open position thus angularly elevating hard case for easy viewing and use of enclosed communication device. The second mode of use, hard case is placed in a single hand with fingers engaging finger holes and hand palm engaging grooved non-slip grip. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065487 | User interchangeable ornamental portions of electronic devices - A method and apparatus is disclosed for the customization of electronic equipment of which portable audio players, portable disc players, portable digital games and laptop computers are representative. The electronic equipment may be fitted with a substantially transparent faceplate that may cover removable inserts. These inserts may be customizable to provide unique decorative appearances to the electronic equipment upon which they may be fitted. Decorative designs may either be preprinted on the inserts or a user may produce a customized design. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065488 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Data obtaining means repeatedly obtains acceleration data. Acceleration vector generation means generates first acceleration vector in accordance with first acceleration data obtained by the data obtaining means, and generates second acceleration vector in accordance with second acceleration data time-sequentially obtained by the data obtaining means following the first acceleration data. The cross product direction calculation means calculates a direction of a cross product between the first acceleration vector and the second acceleration vector. The swing direction identification means identifies a swing direction in which the input device is swung in accordance with the direction of the cross product. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065489 | Games of Chance Based on Event Databases - A system and method for implementing a game of chance based on historical events. The method consists of randomly selecting a set of competitors from an event database. The competitors are presented to a player. A set of criteria comprising a subset of the competitors are received from the player. The database of events is filtered to produce a set of events comprising those events that match the set of criteria. A single event is randomly selected from the set of events to determine an outcome for the game. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065490 | GAME OF CHANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LOTTERY GAME - A lottery system including a device to receive and input a unique identifier associated with a lottery ticket wherein the unique identifier including a coded predetermined outcome. The lottery system also includes a remote server to receive a download request from the device and the device downloads software from the remote server. The device executes the downloaded software and the device transmits the unique identifier into the software upon a prompt from the software. The software verifies the unique identifier and validates the device to access to a program from the software. The device executes the program and the execution of the program reveals the coded predetermined outcome. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065492 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING NEAR-MISS CONFIGURATION - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to implementing a near-miss outcome on a gaming device. The display characteristics of the near-miss outcome including the representative indicia that makes up the near-miss outcome and the display positioning of this representative indicia is determined. The near-miss outcome may be directly selected as a game outcome from a plurality of possible game outcomes, or may be identified as the result of a triggering game event and displayed instead of or in conjunction with a determined game outcome. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065493 | SECOND PLAYER BONUS GAME - In one embodiment, a method includes determining an event at a gaming device during game play for a first player. One or more bonus event symbols are determined in response to the event. The method sends the one or more bonus event symbols for a bonus game to a second player. When one or more of the bonus event symbols match a predetermined outcome, the second player is awarded a bonus award. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a bonus event symbol from a second gaming device during game play on a first gaming device for a first player. It is determined if the bonus event symbol provides a match to a predetermined outcome. The second player is awarded a bonus award if the match is determined. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065494 | Sports wagering exchange and method therefor - A system and method for purchasing and trading wagering shares representing one of two possible outcomes of an event before and during the event. During each of one or more stoppages of the event, the price of the wagering shares representing a first outcome of the event and the price of the wagering shares representing a second outcome of the event are adjusted according to a progression of the event and to market supply and demand for the wagering shares. Purchasing, by bettors, of the wagering shares prior to the start of the event and trading, between the bettors, of the wagering shares prior to the start of the event and during each of the stoppages of the event is facilitated by an exchange. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065495 | NETWORKED COMMUNITY CHEST - A wagering game in which a bonus event is triggered and during the bonus event possible bonus awards are displayed on corresponding displays of electronic gaming devices (EGDs) and eliminated one at a time until the predetermined bonus award remains and is revealed to the player. The EGDs are linked together to a main controller, and a predetermined bonus award is randomly determined for each EGD. The main controller stores all of the predetermined bonus awards for all of the EGDs participating in the bonus event, and communicates a subset of possible bonus awards to each of the EGDs, where each subset includes the predetermined bonus award to be awarded at each EGD and at least one decoy bonus award that will not be awarded. The EGDs display a bonus award show in which the decoy bonus awards are eliminated, one at a time, preferably such that the highest valued decoy bonus awards are eliminated last, until one remaining predetermined bonus award is revealed to the player. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065496 | AUGMENTED REALITY MECHANISM FOR WAGERING GAME SYSTEMS - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting, at a gaming machine, a fiducial marker in one or more images captured by an image capture device of the gaming machine, determining an orientation of the fiducial marker, and detecting a fiducial code embedded within the fiducial marker. The operations can also include providing, via a network, fiducial code information and fiducial marker orientation information to a wagering game server to identify an augmented reality object associated with the fiducial code and determine attributes of the augmented reality object. The operations can further include receiving, at the gaming machine, wagering game content and the augmented reality object from the wagering game server, incorporating the augmented reality object within the wagering game content, and presenting the wagering game content comprising the augmented reality object on a display device of the gaming machine. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065498 | AUTOMATED TRANSACTION MACHINE - An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit card or smart card reader is used for both the ATM and the Internet kiosk functions, the same control screen activates the ATM functions and the Internet functions, and etc. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065500 | GAMING SERVER PROVIDING ON DEMAND QUALITY OF SERVICE - The present invention teaches methods and systems for providing a gaming server system (Gaming System) for enabling a quality-of-service on-demand (QoS) broadcast system to provide a gaming computer or game console with premium levels of quality-of-service. The gaming server provides premium network connection service levels based upon customer profile, current activity, account status or other criteria. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065501 | SILENT SIGN-IN FOR OFFLINE GAMES - Techniques are disclosed to silently sign in a user of an offline game title onto an online service. The user is afforded access to select online services to facilitate future online gaming. In a described implementation, a method is disclosed. The method silently signs in a user of an offline game title onto an online gaming service. As a result, the signed-in user may receive one or more online services such as an in-game notification, a friend request (e.g., inviting a user to become a friend), a cross-title game invitation, and/or data corresponding to a friends list. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065502 | SLIM TERMINAL GAMING SYSTEM - A computer gaming system and method of operation thereof are provided that both drastically reduce the cost of gaming stations and allow contemporaneous access to multiple game programs from a single gaming station. The computer gaming system of the present invention allows for transparent modifications and upgrades to the gaming programs by executing gaming programs on a server/host computer connected to a plurality of client/terminal computers via communication pathways. Each client/terminal computer comprises a client/terminal program that allows input and output streams of the gaming program executed on the server/host computer to be separated and redirected to the client/terminal computers. Since the gaming programs are executed entirely on the server/host computer, with only wagering input and display output operations being executed on the client/terminal computers, the cost of the hardware and software required for each client/terminal computer is greatly reduced. A patron of a client/terminal computer can access any of the gaining programs executed on the server/host computer. Modifications and upgrades of the gaming programs only need to be performed on the server/host computer. By using a stereo head-mounted display together with a joystick input device and wireless communication pathways, the present invention allows a patron to participate in a mobile gaming environment. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065503 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING SOUND PRODUCED BY A GAMING APPLICATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to modify sound produced by a gaming application according to an otological profile of a user. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065504 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE EXERGAMING - In a first aspect, a system for playing a video game is provided that includes (1) one or more sensors adapted to monitor one or more biometric parameters of a user and communicate the one or more monitored biometric parameters (MBPs); (2) a computing device adapted to communicate with the one or more sensors and to receive the one or more communicated MBPs; and (3) a video game having an avatar adapted to move an object on an incline, the video game adapted to execute on the computing device. The video game is adapted to control the avatar to perform an action in the video game based in part on the received one or more communicated MBPs. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065505 | VIRTUAL REALITY ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF PHANTOM LIMB PAIN AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Visual feedback systems and methods implementing the system are disclosed that use computer generated images of lost limbs to display visual images of the limb being used in activities on a display unit providing visual feedback of the use of the missing limb to the brain to ameliorate, reduce, treat or eliminate phantom limb pain. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065506 | MEGA-MESH SCULPTING FOR ENVIRONMENTS - A method for sculpting a three-dimensional, graphical environment. The method comprises receiving structure data that structurally defines the graphical environment at a first resolution, and storing composite data based on the structure data received. The composite data includes a first subset defining the graphical environment at the first resolution. The method further comprises exporting section-localized data based on the composite data, the section-localized data defining a section of the graphical environment at least structurally, and receiving refined section-localized data defining a section of the graphical environment at a second resolution finer than the first resolution. The method further comprises augmenting the composite data to include a second subset, which, in combination with the first subset, defines at least the section at the second resolution, according to the refined section-localized data received. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065507 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING A CONDITION IN A GAMING APPLICATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a gaming console having a controller to receive a request to decrease or increase at least one of a plurality of sounds generated by a gaming application to enhance at least one condition in the gaming application, and modify sound produced by the gaming application according to the request. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065508 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a game device for executing a game of a sport to be played by using a moving object including: a position acquiring section for acquiring an initial position of the moving object when the moving object starts to move in a game space; a direction acquiring section for acquiring an initial direction of the moving object when the moving object starts to move in the game space; and a movement control section for causing the moving object to start to move based on the initial position acquired by the position acquiring section and the initial direction acquired by the direction acquiring section, to thereby move the moving object, in which the movement control section changes a moving direction of the moving object a plurality of times to a moving direction determined based on an original moving direction of the moving object and a random number. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065509 | ACCESSORY FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPLICATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an accessory having a plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source emits a controllable spectrum of light through a corresponding one of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and a controller coupled to the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and the plurality of light sources. The controller can be operable to detect tactile contact of each of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, receive status information associated with a video game, and adjust the spectrum of light emitted by at least a portion of the plurality of light sources according to the status information to indicate one or more aspects of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065510 | Game control thumb grip - Apparatus for controlling gaming analog sticks, comprising an upwardly generally concave thumb support, and attachment means underlying the thumb support for adjustably attaching the support to upper extent of a gaming analog stick. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING LEADERBOARDS FOR MOBILE GAMING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method of receiving a leaderboard associated with a software game executed at a wireless device is provided. The method includes monitoring at least one metric associated with the software game while the software game is played. The method further includes collecting a value of the at least one metric when the game is over and comparing the value of the at least one metric to a device leaderboard. The method additionally includes transmitting the value of the at least one metric to a game server when the value of the at least one metric is a best value when compared to the device leaderboard. The device leaderboard may indicate a ranking of scores achieved by playing the software game at the wireless device in which the software game is executed. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065512 | SERVER, GAMING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SERVER - An object of the present invention is to provide a server, a gaming system, and a control method of the server capable of adding a new feature to a payout related to a jackpot to produce a new entertainment property. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065513 | ELECTRONIC GAMING TABLE - Method and arrangement for providing an electronic gaming table ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110065514 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine having an illuminated object made up of a specific area and a non-specific area different from the specific area, the illuminated object being disposed on a front surface of the gaming machine, the gaming machine includes: a first light source for emitting light caused to enter the specific area from a rear-surface side of the illuminated object; a second light source for emitting light, the second light source being different from the first light source, and a light guide body for causing the light emitted by the second light source to enter the non-specific area through the rear-surface side of the illuminated object, the light guide body being disposed in a position spaced apart from the illuminated object. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065515 | CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT AND METHOD OF MAKING - A constant velocity joint is disclosed that includes a first rotatable shaft, the first shaft comprising an axle portion having on one end an enlarged pocket end, the pocket end having a plurality of circumferentially and radially spaced ball pockets and a distal end; a corresponding plurality of spherical balls disposed in the pockets; and a second rotatable shaft comprising a joint housing, the joint housing having a central bore with a corresponding plurality of axially extending, circumferentially and radially spaced ball grooves disposed about the second longitudinal axis and a base, the joint housing disposed over the pocket end with the corresponding plurality of balls disposed in the grooves, the joint providing a range of angular and axial movement of the first shaft relative to the second shaft, each of the plurality of ball pockets having a recessed lubricant reservoir, the lubricant reservoir having a lubricant disposed therein. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065516 | Element For Transmitting Pulling And Pushing Forces As Well As Torque - An element for transmitting pushing and pulling forces as well as torque having a straight configuration and a bent configuration comprises a base plate, an end plate and bellows arranged between the base plate and the end plate. The base plate and the end plate are connected with a connecting element. A plurality of washers is arranged within the bellows, the washers having a tronconical shape at least one of their major surfaces. The washers are in mutual contact with each other or with the base plate or the end plate respectively, both in the straight configuration and the bent configuration, such that element can transmit pushing and pulling forces both in the straight configuration and the bent configuration without substantially changing the length of the element. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065517 | LOW NOISE FLEXIBLE SHAFT - A rotary flexible shaft for coupling between driving and driven member having female couplings has ends of noncircular cross-section. A strand of compressible material such as flocked yarn is helically wrapped around each end so as to leave spaces between turns which expose portions of the lateral surfaces of the ends. A coating of a silicone adhesive or other elastomer, or of a highly ductile material such as polytetrafluoroethylene, covers and is adherent to the strands and the exposed portions of the lateral surfaces of the shaft ends. Instead of a strand, the compressible material may constitute spaced ridges, islands, and/or protuberances adhering to the shaft ends. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065518 | CONSTANT VELOCITY COUPLING - Disclosed herein is a constant velocity coupling of a new design and manufacture comprising an input shaft having a first wave surface thereupon, wherein the first wave surface comprises mounds and valleys. The constant velocity coupling additionally comprises an output shaft having a second wave surface thereupon, wherein the second wave surface comprises mounds and valleys. The constant velocity coupling additionally comprises a housing substantially enclosing the first wave surface and second wave surface, wherein rotational force exerted upon the input shaft is translated through the lobes of the first wave surface to the lobes of the second wave surface and to the output shaft in turn, and wherein the first wave surface and second wave surface transmit rotational force therebetween through any range of angles to a maximum output angle between a rotational axis of the input shaft relative to a rotational axis of the output axis. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065519 | FIXED UNIFORM-MOTION UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided is a fixed type constant velocity universal joint of an eight-ball undercut-free type, which is capable of achieving an improvement of torque capacity at a high operating angle while ensuring durability at the time of a low operating angle. In the fixed type constant velocity universal joint of the eight-ball undercut-free type, a center of a track groove ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110065520 | ELECTRONIC LASER LIGHTED POOL GAME SYSTEM - A pool game system includes a pool table having a playing surface, rails and pockets. A plurality of pool balls and at least one cue stick are provided. A plurality of illuminating components is within the rails of the pool table. A plurality of contact sensors are each within the rails and pockets of the pool table. A computer within the pool table causes one illuminating component to flash when one contact sensor detects one pool ball propelled by the at least one cue stick, when in a first instance the pool ball bounces off a rail and when in a second instance the pool ball enters a pocket of the pool table. A cue stick includes a battery, a control switch circuit, a crossed-hair slot and a built-in light emitting element in a forward end, to produce a red laser beam for identifying a path to a specific pocket on the playing surface of the pool table. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065521 | Golf Ball Dispenser - A golf ball dispenser includes a golf ball storage container and associated placement means for reception of a golf ball from the storage container and automatic placement of the golf ball on an associated tee for striking by a golfer. The golf ball storage container comprises a removable golf ball magazine which is demountably engagable with the placement means. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065522 | RAIL - GOLF SWING GUIDE - The Rail, rail or rail assembly uses a turret assembly to secure a swing plane rod. The tension of the turret assembly is adjusted such that the swing plane rod stays in place, yet yields to impact from a golf club. The swing plane rod guides the shaft section of a golf club along a swing plane spanning the shoulder height to the foot level of the golfer. A stabilizer rod attaches to one end of the rail and may be used to indicate the golf ball position relative to a golfer's feet. The stabilizer rod also acts as a counter force to keep the rail from tipping over due to the position of the swing plane rod. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065523 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club having a shaft, a grip, and a head provides improved balance and feel. The shaft has a shaft distal end, a shaft axis defining a vertical plane, and a forward bend section proximate the shaft distal end. The head is secured to the shaft distal end and includes a striking face, a trailing edge, a club head center of gravity, a heel section having a heel section center of gravity, and a toe section having a toe section center of gravity. The heel section center of gravity is forward of the striking face and the club head center of gravity is further from the trailing edge than the striking face. The forward bend section of the shaft projects from the vertical plane at an attachment angle such that the shaft distal end is forward of the heel section center of gravity. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065524 | GRIP - The disclosure herein includes a grip for a golf club with a flexible tube and a layered sheet. The tube includes a tubular body and raised portions extending from the tubular body. The outer surface of the raised portions cooperates with the layered sheet to form a gripping surface. The grip reduces impact shock and provides a feeling of tackiness while providing increased variation in the physical characteristics of the gripping surface. The disclosure further provides a golf club grip that includes a resilient strip spirally wrapped about an underlisting sleeve having a cap and a nipple. The underside of the cap is formed a downwardly facing circumferential slot that receives the upper edge of the strip. The nipple is formed with an upwardly facing groove that receives the lower portion of the strip. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065525 | GOLF PUTTERS HAVING CENTRALLY ALIGNED HOSELS - Golf putters having centrally aligned hosels are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment of the presently disclosed subject matter, a golf putter includes a head defining a surface for striking a golf ball. The putter also includes an elongated shaft having an axis spaced forwardly a predetermined distance from a plane containing the striking surface. Further, the putter includes a hosel connected to an end of the shaft. The hosel is connected to a portion of the head substantially aligned with a center of the golf ball when the head lies in striking position with respect to the golf ball. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065526 | GOLF CLUB SHAFT AND GOLF CLUB - A golf club shaft has a function of attenuating the vibration of the shaft at the time of impact and also having a function of stabilizing the struck ball. A shaft has an inner bias layer having a fiber direction that was inclined with respect the shaft axial direction and an outer bias layer having a fiber direction that is inclined with respect to the shaft axial direction in a direction opposite from that of the inner bias layer laminated as a fiber-reinforced resin layer, and a vibration-damping material sheet layer having a vertical-direction length of about 110 mm to about 150 mm disposed between the inner bias layer and the outer bias layer, with region of the position of the end of the grip attachment location as the rear end in the vertical direction. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065527 | METAL WOOD CLUB WITH IMPROVED HITTING FACE - A hitting face of a golf club head having improved flexural stiffness properties. In one embodiment, the hitting face is made from multiple materials. The main portion of the hitting face is a plate-like face made from a first material having a first density. A dense insert made from a second material having a second density that is greater than the first density is attached directly or indirectly to the plate-like face at or near the geometric center thereof. The dense insert increases the flexural stiffness of in a central zone of the hitting face so that a golf club head that has a larger zone of substantially uniform high initial ball speed. In another embodiment, the hitting face includes an insert that includes main plate and at least one wing extending therefrom. The insert is welded to the golf club head so that the main plate does not deflect separately from the remainder of the hitting face. The geometry of the insert controls the stiffness in the axial directions. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065528 | MULTIPLE MATERIAL GOLF CLUB HEAD AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A GOLF CLUB HEAD - A method for forming a golf club head having a volume of approximately 460 cubic centimeters, the method comprising the steps of casting a face component, attaching a bonding flange, stamping a metal sheet of titanium alloy to form a sole component, welding the sole component to the face component to create a golf club head subassembly having a weld line of approximately six inches and polishing the weld line. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065529 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GOLF BALL AND GOLF BALL - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a golf ball having a solid core formed of a rubber composition and a cover of at least one layer encasing the core, which method includes the steps of treating a surface of the core with a solution containing a halogenated isocyanuric acid and/or a metal salt thereof, and covering the treated core with a cover material. The invention also provides a golf ball obtained by such a method. Golf balls obtained by this method have a good feel and a good scuff resistance, and also have a high durability to impact. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065530 | Alignment Guide for a Golf Ball - A golf ball with an alignment guide includes at least two lines of printing. A first line of printing includes arrows at opposite ends of the line of printing to act as the alignment guide. A second line of printing is printed with a different color than the first line of printing. The second line of printing is legible when viewed from a first angle and appears to fade when viewed from a second angle so that the second line of printing does not distract the golfer's eye from the alignment guide. The second line of printing may include metallic particles to enhance this effect. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065531 | GOLF BALLS WITH CLUSTERS OF DIMPLES HAVING NON-UNIFORM DIMPLE PROFILES - Golf balls include an exterior cover having a plurality of dimples arranged thereon, wherein from 5 to 95% of the dimples have a non-uniform dimple profile. At least a majority of the dimples having a non-uniform dimple profile on the golf ball body may be arranged in 2-24 repeating dimple clusters on the exterior surface of the ball. In some example structures, the exterior surface of the ball will include from 4-18 repeating dimple clusters, from 4-12 repeating dimple clusters, or even from 6-10 repeating dimple clusters. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065532 | RECONFIGURABLE GOLF BALL STRUCTURAL TEE SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SUPPORT A STATIONARY GOLF BALL - A golf tee system comprising a card stock having a thickness, a width, a length with bend lines and break lines formed on the card stock, a tee element formed within the card stock, wherein the card stock is approximately flat and configured to allow at least one tee element to be removed from the card stock and assembled into a structural tee device for holding a golf ball, a top portion, a bottom portion, a body portion connected to and extending upward from the bottom portion, having a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the first side wall and a second side wall when folded toward each other at least partially bound and define an inner cavity within the body portion, wherein a folded upper crown of the top portion defines a ball receipt surface configured to receive and hold the golf ball off of a ground surface and wherein the reconfigurable golf tee is detached from scored card stock. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065533 | TETHERED BALL GAME PREPARED FOR BEING CONNECTED TO A WATER SUPPLY - The invention relates to a tethered ball game system comprising a vertical pole secured in its one end such as to the ground, a ball, a tether which in the one end is connected to connecting means of said system, and in the other end is connected to said ball, and a water unit with connecting means for connecting the water unit to a pressurised water supply, said water unit is suitable for spraying water, wherein the tethered ball game system comprises direction control means prepared for directing said sprayed water in one or more directions, said directions are being controlled in dependency of the movement of the ball. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065534 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BASKETBALL AND GOLF GAME - A method of playing a game including the steps of arranging at least one marker on a surface into a configuration, counting the number of strokes from the first marker including shooting a ball at a substantially cylindrical hoop from the first marker, shooting the ball from a rebounded location if the shot from the first marker is missed, shooting the ball from the first marker if the ball bounces out of bounds on the missed shot, continuing to shoot the ball until a shot is made, wherein each shot counts as one stroke, and totaling the number of strokes from the at least one marker for a total number of strokes for the configuration. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065535 | CUTTING WHEELS ARCHERY BROADHEAD - A cutting wheels archery broadhead includes a ferrule with an upper fork, a lower fork and a forward tip. An upper sharpened cutter wheel is rotatably mounted in the upper fork. A lower sharpened cutter wheel is rotatably mounted in the lower fork and such wheels overlap within the ferrule. A sharpened arrowhead is mounted in the forward tip portion of the ferrule to assist in broadhead penetration and rotational cutting of the cutter wheels. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065536 | SPORTS BALL - New designs for a sports ball comprising at least two polygonal panels and having an improved performance and uniformity. Each panel has doubly-curved edges that curve along and across the surface of the sphere. The panels are p-sided curved polygons, where p is an integer greater than 1. The single panels, in an imagined flattened state, have curved edges where each edge curves inwards, outwards or undulates in a wave-like manner. The edges are arranged so each individual panel is without mirror-symmetry and the edge curvatures are adjusted so the panel shape can be varied to achieve more uniform panel stiffness as well as economy in manufacturing. The ball also has a possible shape-induced spin due to the panel design and the overall rotational symmetry of the design. In various embodiments, the ball comprises at least two multi-paneled layers that are topological duals of each other, wherein each layer provides a compensatory function with respect to the other layer such that the ball has a uniformly performing surface. Applications include but are not limited to designs for soccer balls, baseballs, basketballs, tennis balls, rugby, and other sports or recreational play. The shape of the ball can be spherical, ellipsoidal or other curved convex shapes. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065537 | Isolator decoupler - An isolator decoupler comprising a pulley, a shaft, a bushing slidingly engaged with the pulley and slidingly engaged with the shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft by a bearing, a one-way clutch fixed to the shaft and engaged with the bushing whereby the bushing rotates in unison with the one-way clutch, a torsion spring engaged between the pulley and the one-way clutch to resiliently couple the pulley to the shaft, and the pulley non-resiliently directly coupleable to the shaft in a temporary predetermined loaded condition. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065538 | CHAIN TENSIONER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A chain tensioner includes a base frame secured to each of front and rear banks, a slider plate shiftable in the extending direction of the base frame, and a tensioner provided to straddle between the base frame and the slider plate. The slider plate is biased to elastically deform and arcuately bend the tensioner, which applies a tensile force to each of cam chains transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft. In the chain tensioner, upper securing portions are provided in an upper portion of the base frame so as to be secured to each of the front and rear banks in the bending direction of the tensioner. A lower end of the base frame extends to a position facing the inside of the crankcase to provide a lower securing portion which is secured to each of the front and rear banks perpendicularly to the bending direction of the tensioner. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065539 | Engine Accessory Drive With Belt Tensioner and Same Plane Idler - A belt tensioner for a starter generator drive is provided. The belt tensioner comprises a carrier having a pivot defining a first pivot axis at a first end and a carrier arm extending from the pivot to terminate in a second end. An idler pulley is rotatably mounted to the carrier for rotation about the first pivot axis and a tensioner pulley is rotatably mounted to the carrier at the second end of the carrier arm for rotation about a second axis. The second axis extends parallel to and is arcuately moveable relative to, the first pivot axis. A tensioner is in communication with the second end of the carrier arm for biasing the carrier arm and the tensioner pulley against a drive belt for tensioning the drive belt engaged by the idler pulley and the tensioner pulley. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065540 | BELT DRIVE MECHANISM WITH BELT TENSIONER - A belt drive mechanism with belt tensioner has a driving pulley pivoted to a fixing frame, a driven pulley pivoted to the fixing frame, with a belt wrapping thereon, and a tensioner which has a wheel pivoted to a mounting block of the fixing frame and rests against the running belt, and a cap rotatably covered to a top of the wheel. The cap has a through hole engaged with the mounting block and is capable of moving along a direction substantially perpendicular to a running direction of the belt at a contact position with the wheel. An elastic element is mounted between the mounting block and an inner side of the through hole and compressed by the moved cap to store an elastic force which releases to bring the wheel to press the running belt away from the mounting block for compensating a tensile force of the running belt. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065541 | SPROCKET ASSEMBLY - A sprocket assembly of the present invention includes a first sprocket and a bigger second sprocket. The first sprocket has a small-diametered tooth having a beveled edge. The beveled edge is tapered from a first face to a second face along a transmission direction. The second sprocket has a big-diametered tooth, which is clockwise adjacent to the small-diametered tooth having the beveled edge, having a thinner section. The thinner section is stepped at an outer face of the second sprocket. A chain of a bicycle selectively surrounds the first sprocket or the second sprocket, and a travel path thereof shifts quickly and easily via the beveled edge and the thinner section. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065542 | SILENT CHAIN - In a chain transmission incorporating a silent chain engaged with a sprocket, the plates of the chain are connected by sets of rocker pins extending through pin holes in the plates. The pin holes are elongated toward the center of each plate, and the elongation of each pin hole is greater than the maximum amount by which the distance between points on the respective rocker pins of each set increases when said chain is inflected to the maximum extent permitted by the sprocket in a portion of the chain in seating engagement with said sprocket. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065543 | VARIABLE-SPEED MOTOR-GENERATOR ACCESSORY DRIVE SYSTEM - An accessory drive system for a motor vehicle is provided including first and second gear sets having first, second, and third members configured to selectively connect vehicle accessories to an engine and motor/generator. The first member of each gear set is continuously interconnected to the other. The second member of each gear set is continuously interconnected to the other. The motor/generator is configured to drive the accessories at a selectable rate independent of engine speed. A first torque transmitting device is operatively connected to the gear sets to allow the motor/generator to re-start the engine and power the accessories while restarting the engine. A second torque transmitting device is operatively connected to the engine's output shaft to allow the motor/generator to power the accessories while the vehicle is off. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065544 | ELECTROHYDRAULIC TORQUE TRANSFER DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED CLUTCH AND ACTUATOR UNIT - A power transmission device includes a housing, a rotatable input member and a rotatable output member supported in the housing by a pair of bearings. A friction clutch is operable to selectively transmit a requested magnitude of torque between the input member and the output member. The clutch is axially positioned between the bearings. An actuator is operable to provide an actuation force to the friction clutch to generate the requested magnitude of torque. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065545 | BEVEL GEAR TRANSMISSION - A conical gear drive comprising an input element that interacts with a truncated conical gear via which an output element can be driven. A number of different output elements or variably selectable output elements should be able to be connected to the truncated conical gear drive. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065546 | VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE OF A POWER WINCH - A variable speed control device of a power winch includes a low-speed transmission mechanism and a high-speed transmission mechanism, and a clutch mechanism is fastened to a gear box for switching between the high-speed transmission mechanism and the low-speed transmission mechanism; the high-speed transmission mechanism includes a shifting gear ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110065547 | STACKABLE MOTOR - A vehicle comprises a plurality of motors operatively connected with one another. The vehicle is powered with the plurality of motors individually and in combination with one another to primarily operate each of the plurality of motors within a predetermine efficiency range. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065548 | Brake Assisted Vehicle Engine Restart on a Road Grade - A method for restarting an engine of a vehicle stopped on a grade, comprising the steps of engaging a gear of a transmission through which the engine and wheels of the vehicle are driveably connected mutually, using brake pressure to engage wheel brakes and produce a road gradient wheel torque that holds the vehicle stationary on the grade, initiating an engine restart, operating the engine to produce wheel torque equal to or greater than the road gradient wheel torque, and releasing the brake pressure. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065549 | REAL TIME AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF SPORTING GOODS AND CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a real time automatic control system and more particularly, there are provided a system providing sports suitable for a user by automatically controlling sporting goods by considering health history information and state information of a user in real time while the user is playing sports using the sporting goods, and a control method using the same. For this, there is provided a real time automatic control system of sporting goods that includes: a sensor device outputting condition information including a rating of perceived exertion of a user in real time; a server device storing profile information including health history information and sporting history information of the user; and an exercise intensity setting device setting an optimal exercise intensity by using the condition information and the profile information, and controlling the sporting goods in real time in accordance with the optimal exercise intensity. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065550 | Isometric Grip Device and Method of Exercise - There is provided a device and method of exercise using an isometric gripping device. The device is a lightweight, portable and compact exercise device which enables a user to perform isometric exercises in a manner permitting the user to quantify results and time the length of the isometric contraction. The device is designed for static contractions where there is no visible movement of the device when force is applied. In practice, the device has a grip movement of about 0.020″ under contraction. The device comprises a body section with a handle portion grip on each side opposite another, an internal frame assembly with electronic circuitry, power source (e.g. batter operated), a power switch, electronic display, strain gauge bar with attached sensor, and a timing mechanism. The user is able to visually see the level of force on a display screen and set the duration of time of the exercise. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065551 | Free stride elliptical exercise apparatus - The present invention relates to a standup exercise apparatus that simulates walking and jogging with arm exercise. More particularly, the present invention relates to an exercise machine having separately supported pedals for the feet and arm exercise coordinated with the motion of the feet where the pedal stride length is determined by the movements of an operator. The exercise apparatus is easy to start and has generally elliptical shaped curves throughout stride variations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065552 | Climber appliance - An exercise apparatus to simulate climbing is described that includes such features as arm handles that move in synchronism with the motion of foot pedals to provide a total body workout; side handrails; a mounting step; linear foot movement at a simulated climbing angle; a three point support structure using a vertical support column; pedal track covers; a mechanism to provide constant resistance to pedal motion; and pedal impact absorption. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065553 | Body Mounted Muscular Brace - A portable, easily body-mounted, light-weight hinged brace to build muscle groups by adding adjustable resistance at the joint | 2011-03-17 |
20110065554 | EXERCISE MACHINE - An exercise machine which has a seat and a backrest which are mounted for independent pivotal movement about an axis to respective chosen inclinations, structure which is fixed to, and which is movable together with, the seat, and resistance bands which are located on the structure. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUSH UP EXERCISES - An apparatus having a handle device having a handle, and a base having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The apparatus may be used with an identical second apparatus by an individual for performing a push up exercise. The handle device may be connected to the base so that the handle device can rotate from a first state in which the handle is temporarily fixed at a position which is closer to the top surface of the base than the bottom surface of the base, to a second state in which the handle is temporarily fixed at a position which is closer to the bottom surface of the base than the top surface of the base. The handle device may include a C-shaped member having a first end and a second end, wherein the C-shaped member can rotate with respect to the base about an axis passing through the first end and the second end of the C-shaped member. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065556 | Container Having A Rim Or Other Feature Encapsulated By Or Formed From Injection-Molded Material - A tray or container which may be hermetically sealed having a flange, rim, handle, rib, bottom surface, sidewall, or other portion that is encapsulated by or formed from injection molded material | 2011-03-17 |
20110065557 | CARTON ASSEMBLY HAVING A WATERPROOF LINING - A carton, a method and an apparatus for forming a novel carton, having a waterproof lining are disclosed. The carton preferably may include a base portion, leading and trailing end edges, first and second side edges, leading and trailing end flaps, and first and second side flaps. The waterproof lining may be affixed to the carton by an adhesive pattern disposed on the at least a portion of the carton. Upon folding of the flaps about the base portion, a container having a waterproof lining may be formed for retaining objects. The waterproof lining may include a bag and may further include a means for sealing the bag for enclosing wet objects, such as seafood products, therein. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065558 | Fully Enclosed Carton - A fully enclosed paperboard carton having a top, a base, a pair of oppositely disposed sides and a pair of oppositely disposed end panels. Each end panel being substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and top. Each side having a lower portion that is substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and an upper portion that is substantially planar and tapers inwardly towards its edge connection with the top. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065559 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR FORMING A CONTAINER - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for forming a Bliss-type container having main portion with side and bottom flaps and a side support portion. Systems can include a mandrel movably mounted on a path, a hopper providing the side support portion, a feeder providing the main portion, and a folding assembly configured to fold the side flaps over the support portion. The systems may further include a plurality of plows and compression plates for bending side panels of the main portion, the side support portion, and the bottom flaps over the mandrel. Methods can include moving a mandrel forward along a path inside a machine, engaging the side support portion on a first side of the mandrel, and engaging a bottom panel of the main portion on a front of the mandrel such that an edge of the support portion is aligned against said bottom panel. Side panels of the main portion may be bent over opposing sides of the mandrel which are generally perpendicular to the first side of the mandrel. After the side panels are bent, the side flaps may be bent over the first side of the mandrel by a plurality of folding members having extended and retracted positions. Apparatuses can include a folding member on a frame having an opening for receiving a mandrel. The folding member may have a portion movable in a direction generally orthogonal to a direction of movement of the mandrel, and may be configured to fold the side flaps between about 30 to 90 degrees towards the side support portion. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065560 | FOLDING DEVICE COMPRISING UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM BLADE SHAFTS OR COMPARABLE TOOL SHAFTS - In a device ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110065561 | Leaflet Production - A leaflet is produced from a pre-printed sheet of material by folding the sheet with at least one crease-line along the line of advancement of the sheet but preferably with two or more such crease-lines so that the sheet is fan-folded. The crease-lines are squeezed by a roller nip and then the sheet is fed into a diametral slot in a mandrel of elliptical cross-section. The leading edge of the sheet is gripped within the slot and then the mandrel is rotated to wind the sheet around the outer surface thereof. The wound sheet is then removed from the mandrel and is squeezed through a roller nip so as to form a substantially flat folded leaflet. The leaflet may be converted to a booklet by joining together the overlying sheets along one folded edge of the compressed leaflet and slitting open the other folded edge of the compressed leaflet. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065562 | CUSTOMIZED TAB MACHINE - Disclosed is a tabbed divider making apparatus preferably adapted for use with smaller, more individualized jobs in an office or the like. The apparatus preferably includes a paper feeder, a film provider, a knife package for shearing a portion of the paper to create a tab, at least one strut, a pivotable arm, at least one spring, and a cam having an oblong shape. The rotation of the cam preferably causes movement between loaded and unloaded positions of the spring, which causes the knife package to shear the paper. Also disclosed is a removable film cartridge for use with the apparatus. The cartridge preferably includes a housing, a roll of film, one or more rollers, a creasing finger for creasing the film, and two or more opposed extensions for folding the film along the crease. Further disclosed is a method of producing a tabbed divider utilizing the above-mentioned apparatus. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065563 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND SHEET FOLDING METHOD - According to an embodiment, a sheet folding apparatus includes: a conveying roller pair configured to convey a sheet; a conveying path provided on a downstream side of the conveying roller pair, an opening being formed in a part of the conveying path if the sheet is triple-folded and being closed if the sheet is double-folded; a retracting conveying path, an inlet of which is opened to the opening of the conveying path and an outlet of which is closed by a stopper, the retracting conveying path leading the front end of the sheet, which is conveyed through the conveying path, from the inlet to the stopper and temporarily retracting the front of the sheet if the sheet is triple-folded; a first folding roller pair disposed near the inlet of the retracting conveying path, the first folding roller pair nipping, if the sheet is triple-folded, a bend caused by pushing of the sheet led by the conveying rollers into the retracting conveying path to form a first fold and nipping, if the sheet is double-folded, the front end of the sheet, which is conveyed through the closed conveying path, and conveying the sheet further downstream; and a second folding roller pair configured to further form a second fold in the sheet on which the first fold is formed to triple-fold the sheet, and form only the second fold in the sheet on which the first fold is not formed to double-fold the sheet. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065564 | Optical glass - The invention provides a novel optical glass which has a refractive index (nd) of 1.78 to 2.2 and an Abbe value (νd) of 16 to less than 40 and is suitable for precision mold press molding by virtue of its having a low glass transition temperature, namely, an optical glass which contains by mole in terms of oxides 25 to 60% B | 2011-03-17 |
20110065565 | ALUMINA CERAMIC - An alumina ceramic contains a Ba | 2011-03-17 |
20110065566 | Apparatus for separation of constituents from matrices - The present invention provides an apparatus useful for the separation of hazardous and non-hazardous organic and inorganic constituents from various matrices. A method of separating such constituents is also provided. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065567 | Apparatus and Process for Isomerizing a Hydrocarbon Stream - An apparatus and process for isomerizing a hydrocarbon stream rich in a C4 hydrocarbon and/or at least one of a C5 and C6 hydrocarbon which includes a first drier and a second drier; and a reaction zone communicating with at least the first drier. The first drier operates at a first condition to dry the reactant and the second drier operates at a second condition during regeneration. The used regenerant remaining in the second drier after regeneration can (1) pass through a vent-to-flare assembly in a batch-wise manner; (2) pass through a downflow-depressure-to-low-pressure-device assembly in a batch-wise manner; (3) pass through a cross-over piping purge assembly to minimize upsets in the reaction and fractionation zones when the second drier is placed back in operation; or any combination of (1) (2) and/or (3) to minimize upsets in the reaction and fractionation zones when the second drier is placed back in operation. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065568 | CATALYST FOR PURIFYING NITROGEN OXIDE - A nitrogen-oxide-removing catalyst includes β zeolite bearing a rare earth metal oxide, and titanium dioxide bearing a rare earth metal oxide; includes β-zeolite bearing a rare earth metal oxide and iron oxide or iron hydroxide, and titanium dioxide bearing a rare earth metal oxide and iron oxide or iron hydroxide; or includes a carrier made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the nitrogen-oxide-removing catalyst supported on the carrier. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065569 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM CATALYST - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a film catalyst, including forming a catalyst layer on one side or each side of a base material to obtain a film catalyst, bending the film catalyst, and optionally cutting the film catalyst, wherein the bending step is conducted by bending the film catalyst with a bending tool composed of two gears that are oppositely arranged as meshing each other while a protective material having a compressibility of 40 to 95% is inserted between the catalyst layer of the film catalyst and the two gears. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065570 | Electrode Catalyst of Carbon Nitride Nanotubes Supported by Platinum and Ruthenium Nanoparticles and Preparation Method Thereof - Electrode catalyst of carbon nitride nanotubes supported by platinum and ruthenium nanoparticles have been produced by a simple, rapid, effective and green process: taking use of the affinity of carbon nitride nanotubes to platinum and ruthenium atoms, Pt and Ru nanoparticles could be directly deposited on carbon nitride nanotubes by the reduction reaction, hereby avoiding the pre-activation or modification process needed by carbon nanotubes. The electrode catalysts produced in this way are suitable for proton exchange membrane fuel cells or direct methanol fuel cells, as well as other chemical reactions catalyzed by Pt and Ru. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065571 | CATALYST PRODUCTION - The present disclosure utilizes an emulsion aggregation (EA) process to produce ceramic catalysts of controlled surface area, in particular, extremely high surface area powders. In embodiments, resins are utilized to form resin catalysts including the active catalysts. These resin catalysts may be in powder form, having a high surface area. The particle size, particle size distribution, and shape of the produced powders can be controlled to a great degree. In embodiments, the powders can also be made porous. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065572 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A HETEROGENEOUS, HIGH-ACTIVITY PLATINUM-CONTAINING, SUPPORTED HYDROGENATION CATALYST - The present invention is an improved method for preparing a heterogeneous, supported hydrogenation catalyst that comprises a Group VIII A metal and a catalyst support (for example, SiO | 2011-03-17 |
20110065573 | POLYLACTIC ACID FIBERS - A biodegradable fiber that is formed from a thermoplastic composition that contains polylactic acid, a plasticizer, and a compatibilizer is provided. The compatibilizer includes a polymer that is modified with a polar compound that is compatible with the plasticizer and a non-polar component provided by the polymer backbone that is compatible with polylactic acid. Such functionalized polymers may thus stabilize each of the polymer phases and reduce plasticizer migration. By reducing the plasticizer migration, the composition may remain ductile and soft. Further, addition of the functionalized polymer may also promote improved bonding and initiate crystallization faster than conventional polylactic acid fibers. The polar compound includes an organic acid, an anhydride of an organic acid, an amide of an organic acid, or a combination thereof. Such compounds are believed to be more compatible with the generally acidic nature of the polylactic acid fibers. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065574 | IMAGE DECOLORING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECOLORING METHOD, AND SHEET TRANSFER APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image decoloring apparatus including a plurality of, at least three, sheet load portions, each of the portions being able to be loaded with a sheet, an decoloring portion which performs decoloring an image on a sheet formed with the decolorable colorant, a first sheet transfer portion which transfers the sheet loaded in each of the plurality of sheet load portions to the decoloring portion, and a second sheet transfer portion which transfers the sheet after the decoloring is performed thereto by the decoloring portion to each of the plurality of sheet load portions. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065575 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - To provide a thermosensitive recording material, containing a base, a thermosensitive recording layer disposed on the base and containing a leuco dye and a color developer, an intermediate layer disposed on the thermosensitive recording layer, and a protective layer disposed on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin, and an aziridine compound. | 2011-03-17 |
20110065576 | LASER-SENSITIVE COATING COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a laser-sensitive coating composition comprising titanium dioxide in the anatase form or polymeric particles comprising a polymeric matrix comprising one or more water-insoluble polymers and titanium dioxide in the anatase form encapsulated in the polymeric matrix, and a polymeric binder. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the compositions, processes for preparing substrates coated with the coating compositions, substrates coated with the compositions, processes for marking the substrates coated with the compositions, and marked substrates obtainable by the latter processes. | 2011-03-17 |