| 13th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20120073726 | Resin Delivery, Application and Infusion System and Integrated Layup System and Method of Use - An automated in-line feed-through system integrating the delivery, application and infusion of a resin to one or more fiber tows and layup of the one or more infused fiber tows to form a composite structure. The system includes an automated resin delivery, deposition and infusion system configured to deposit the resin on a respective one of the one or more fiber tows and form the infused fiber tows. The system integrates an automated layup system including a compaction roller configured to adhere the one or more infused fiber tows to a substrate. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the resin, control the temperature of the resin, the infused fiber tows and the automated layup system, and control tension of the one or more infused fiber tows within the automated layup system. Other aspects of the automated in-line system are also provided. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073727 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HERMETICALLY SEALED CONTAINER FOR HOLDING THEREIN ATMOSPHERE OF REDUCED PRESSURE - The present invention provides a hermetically sealed container offering a strength and airtightness which are reliable over time. A joining member having a viscosity of negative temperature coefficient, having a softening temperature lower than those of a pair of glass substrates and a frame member, and extending into a frame shape is arranged between one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member so that the joining member contacts both the one of the pair of glass substrates and the frame member. Then, the joining member is heated and thermally melted while being pressed so that the center G of an incoming heat flux distribution in the width direction of the joining member is positioned at an inner space E rather than the center of the joining member in the width direction thereof. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073728 | TIRE BUILDING DRUM AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF UNVULCANIZED TIRES - By increasing the number of segments constituting the outer periphery of a tire building drum, sufficient roundness is ensured for the tire building drum in a wide diameter expansion/reduction range. The tire building drum used for manufacture of an unvulcanized tire is expanded or reduced in diameter in at least a part of the outer periphery by displacing a plurality of extensible/contractible segments sequentially arranged in the drum peripheral direction. Furthermore, the tire building drum is provided with a pair of segment displacing means which expand/contract the plurality of segments, and the pair of segment displacing means are alternately connected to each of the segments in the drum peripheral direction. Each of the connected segments is displaced, respectively, by the pair of segment displacing means. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073729 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING TENSIONED ELASTICATION STRIPS, FOR INSTANCE FOR SANITARY ARTICLES AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A device for forming elastication strips applicable in stretched condition (S′), for example along the waistline of sanitary articles (D) such as diapers and the like, includes at least one pair of combined drawing members ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073730 | System and Method for the Automated Delivery and Layup of Resin Infused Fibers - An automated in-line feed-through system integrating the delivery, application and infusion of a resin to one or more fiber tows and layup of the one or more infused fiber tows to form a composite structure. The system includes an automated resin delivery, deposition and infusion system configured to deposit the resin on one or more fiber tows and form the infused fiber tows. The system integrates an automated layup system including a compaction roller, a guide roller coupled to an extending cylinder, and an auxiliary roller configured to adhere the one or more infused fiber tows to a substrate. The system further includes a controller configured to control system parameters, including the control of tension of the one or more infused fiber tows within the automated layup system. Other aspects of the automated in-line manufacturing system are also provided. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073731 | Rolled Shielding and Insulating Material - A shielding material includes a non-conductive sheet, an elongated adhesive strip and a conductive sheet. The elongated adhesive strip is disposed on a first side of the non-conductive sheet. The adhesive strip is spaced apart from a first edge of the non-conductive sheet and includes a removable cover film that protects the elongated adhesive strip until it has been removed. The conductive sheet is adhered to a second side of the non-conductive sheet. A first end of the conductive sheet is spaced apart from the first edge of the non-conductive sheet so that a first portion of the conductive sheet extends beyond the first edge of the non-conductive sheet. The conductive sheet is also disposed relative to the non-conductive sheet so that the second end is parallel to a second edge and so that a second portion of the non-conductive sheet extends beyond the second end. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073732 | LAYUP MANDREL HAVING CHANGEABLE SHAPE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A layup mandrel includes a shell having a tool surface on which plies may be laid up. The shape of the shell is changed by an actuator. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073733 | PROCESSES FOR MAKING CRUSH RECOVERABLE POLYMER SCAFFOLDS - Methods for making scaffolds for delivery via a balloon catheter are described. The scaffold, after being deployed by the balloon, provides a crush recovery of about 90% after the diameter of the scaffold has been pinched or crushed by 50%. The scaffold structure has patterns that include an asymmetric or symmetric closed cell, and links connecting such closed cells. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073734 | DECORATIVE SYSTEM COMPOSITE AND METHOD - Decorative system composites and methods for forming the same are described. The composites employ new and improved support film systems that have enhanced tensile strength under typical thermoforming conditions, including elevated temperatures. An optional release film can be used in conjunction with the support film. The support film is particularly suitable for use with decorative films used to impart a surface effect, such as paint or color-containing film systems, to a thermoformed plastic component. The support film systems also possess enhanced bag/sag/drape control characteristics. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073735 | RED ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME, DONOR SUBSTRATE AND TRANSFER METHOD USING SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A thermal transfer method for selectively transferring a red organic light material of a transfer layer from a donor substrate to a recipient substrate to form a red organic light emitting element. The donor substrate has a reflecting layer in a planned formation region of the transfer layer and an absorbing layer in a region other than the planned formation region of the transfer layer. The transfer layer is formed on an area on the front face side of the base. The transfer layer in the region where the absorbing layer is formed is selectively removed. the donor substrate and the other substrate are placed in opposition. The transfer layer on the reflecting layer is transferred to the recipient substrate. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073736 | DIRECT FORMING OF NON-TEXTILE FABRIC ELEMENTS FROM PLASTIC PELLETS - A process, and related structure, uses conventional palletized compositions to form the elements of a non-textile fabric by coining a single pellet or briquette of a polymer into an individual element in a single forming step. The steps of the process generally include: a) positioning a pellet in or adjacent to a mold cavity, and b) forcing the pellet into contact with the mold surfaces of the mold cavity to plastically deform the pellet to the shape of the mold cavity. The forcing step preferably uses an energy and speed where the pellet superplastically deforms to substantially fill the mold cavity. This process is repeated with the elements being formed in the appropriate order to form a non-textile fabric. The elements thus formed can have a variety of shapes, and can form base units for the formation of the non-textile fabric of two, three or more elements. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073737 | MULTI-SURFACE APPLIQUING METHOD FOR MELAMINE CONTAINER - A multi-surface appliquing method is provided for a melamine container. The method is process for producing a melamine container that has inner and outer appliques performed with a single mold in a single processing machine. A single mold used in a single processing machine is used to mold a blank formed of a material and the blank provides an adhesion force before being completely cured. The adhesion force is used, together with glitter powders (resin based glitter powders of melamine) adjusted for a different curing time, in such a way that the properties of the two materials, together with producing condition realized through adjusting a hydraulically operated processing machine, allow for production of a melamine container having inner and outer surfaces of applique with a single set of mold. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYING UP BARREL-SHAPED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - A body-of-revolution composite structure is fabricated by providing an OML mold having an interior tool surface on which a composite layup may be formed and moving a manipulator through the interior of the mold. An end-effector on the manipulator is used to apply composite material to the tool surface, and is moved circumferentially over the tool surface. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073739 | ADVANCED UNIDIRECTIONAL MATERIAL COMPRESSION-MOLDED FACE COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a face component of a golf club head from slit plies of unidirectional pre-preg material is disclosed herein. The slitting is preferably diagonally along the unidirectional pre-preg material. The slit plies are placed in a mold in an alternating manner and the plies are compressed to form the face component. The slitting allows the pre-preg material to move within the mold during the compressing step. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073740 | Method for Making an Electrowetting Device - A method for making an electrowetting device includes: (a) forming a surrounding wall on an upper surface of a substrate to surround a microchamber, the surrounding wall having an inner surface surrounding the microchamber and a top surface above the inner surface, the upper surface of the substrate being non-hydrophobic; (b) coating the surrounding wall and the upper surface of the substrate with a hydrophobic coating material; (c) removing a portion of the hydrophobic coating material formed on the top surface of the surrounding wall, thereby exposing the top surface of the surrounding wall; and (d) disposing a liquid into the microchamber. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073741 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - An adhesive composition for forming an adhesive layer for temporarily fixing a substrate, such as a wafer, to a support when processing the substrate, the adhesive composition including a resin (A) produced by polymerizing a monomer component containing a cycloolefin-based monomer, at least one terpene-based resin, rosin-based resin, or petroleum resin (resin B), and an organic solvent capable of dissolving the resins (A) and (B). The resin (A) has a glass transition point of 60° C. or higher, the resin (B) has a softening point of 80 to 160° C. and a molecular weight of 300 to 3000, and the blending ratio of the resin (A) to the resin (B) is (A):(B)=80:20 to 55:45 (mass ratio). | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A system and a method for continuously manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, which can suppress the occurrence of stripe defects, are provided, and the system includes carrier film feeding means; peeling means for peeling off a sheet piece of a polarizing film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive from a carrier film; take-up means for taking up the carrier film; bonding means for bonding the sheet piece to a liquid crystal panel with the pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed therebetween to form a liquid crystal display device; and speed control means for controlling the take-up means and the bonding means so that the carrier film can be folded back while it is allowed to protrude from the front end of the peeling means toward the bonding means at least at a peeling-off end time when peeling off the sheet piece from the carrier film is completed. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073743 | ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An adhesive sheet comprising a release substrate | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073744 | UV AND THERMAL GUARD - An image element having an imperceptible message that becomes readily apparent when the image element is exposed to an excessive amount of heat and/or UV radiation is provided. The image element may be associated with a material such that, upon becoming readily apparent, the imperceptible message provides a warning that the material has been exposed to excessive heat and/or UV radiation. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073745 | LOW VOLUME AUTOCLAVE HAVING CONFIGURABLE SHAPE - An autoclave may be reconfigured to accommodate differently shaped parts by relatively rotating portions of the autoclave. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073746 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLAR PANEL - Processes and apparatus for producing laminated solar panels built up of a plurality of layers, wherein at least one layer is preheated and stores thermal energy. The at least one layer is laminated, under vacuum or in controlled gas atmosphere, with at least one other layer. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073747 | EMBEDDED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an embedded printed circuit board, in which electronic devices having different thicknesses can be embedded together, thus achieving highly dense electronic devices, and when electronic devices having considerably different thicknesses are embedded, two electronic devices which are comparatively thinner can be embedded in a perpendicular direction, thus reducing an embedding area and suppressing warping of the printed circuit board, and an insulating member the thickness of which is variably adjusted is interposed between base substrates, so that spaces between the electronic devices are completely filled therewith, thus solving the problem of void defects, resulting in reliable printed circuit boards, and, when a base substrate includes a core made of metal, the printed circuit board can less warp. Also a method of manufacturing the embedded printed circuit board is provided. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073748 | Device for Coating a Workpiece - The present invention provides a device for coating a workpiece, which comprises at least a deflector means for feeding a material web, downstream of which a pressure means for applying the material web to workpiece surface is arranged, wherein preferred pressure and deflector means comprise cylinders, rollers and/or shoes, wherein the device further comprises at least an energy source, the point of action of which lies in the region of the pressure means, in particular in a region of the pressure means which contacts the material web at least in portions. The device is configured to apply the material web onto the workpiece surface in the inline and/or offline method. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073749 | PRESSING-ON DEVICE FOR PRESSING ON FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS, FIBER ARRANGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING A FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL - A pressing-on device for pressing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic materials onto a mold is described. The pressing-on device has a main body and a pressing-on layer provided on a surface of the main body. The pressing-on layer is implemented in this case using an inorganic material, preferably a ceramic material, and has a flexibility because of its structure which allows it to adapt itself to the contour of a mold. Increased heat resistance of the pressing-on device and improved properties of the processed fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material can be achieved. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073750 | PRESSING APPARATUS AND PRESSING AND DEPOSITING SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING A SLIVER ON A DOUBLE-CURVED SURFACE, AND USE AND METHOD - A pressing apparatus is provided for depositing a sliver on a surface with a first segment and at least one second segment that can respectively roll along the surface. The pressing apparatus furthermore features an assembly frame for holding the segments. The first segment features a first rolling element and a suspension apparatus and the second segment features a second rolling element. The suspension apparatus is designed for attaching the first segment to the assembly frame and for rotatably mounting the first rolling element on the assembly frame. The suspension apparatus is designed for allowing a relative movement between the first rolling element and the second rolling element in a radial direction of the first rolling element. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073751 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a processing chamber for processing a substrate; a material supply unit for supplying a Si material, an oxidation material and a catalyst into the processing chamber; a heating unit for heating the substrate; and a controller for controlling at least the material supply unit and the heating unit, wherein the controller controls the heating unit such that heating temperature of the substrate becomes a processing temperature lower than a deformation temperature of a first photoresist constituting a first photoresist pattern, and the controller controls the material supply unit to repeat an alternate supply of the Si material and the catalyst, and the oxidation material and the catalyst into the processing chamber a plurality of times. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073752 | Adapter Ring For Silicon Electrode - Methods and systems are provided for retrofitting wafer etching systems. The methods and systems use an adapter ring to retrofit wafer etching systems designed for use with multiple piece electrodes such that single piece electrodes can be used in the etching systems. A portion of the adapter ring is disposed in a receptacle formed in a thermal coupled plate in the wafer etching system. Another portion of the adapter ring is positioned in a channel formed in an upper electrode. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073753 | ELECTRODE PLATE FOR PLASMA ETCHING AND PLASMA ETCHING APPARATUS - An electrode plate for a plasma etching is formed as a disc shape having a predetermined thickness, a plurality of gas holes penetrating a surface of the electrode plate perpendicularly to the surface are provided on different circumferences of a plurality of concentric circles, the electrode plate is divided in a radial direction of the electrode plate into two or more regions, types of gas holes provided in the two or more regions are different from each other by region. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073754 | PLASMA CONFINEMENT RING ASSEMBLY FOR PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBERS - A plasma confinement ring assembly with a single movable lower ring can be used for controlling wafer area pressure in a capacitively coupled plasma reaction chamber wherein a wafer is supported on a lower electrode assembly and process gas is introduced into the chamber by an upper showerhead electrode assembly. The assembly includes an upper ring, the lower ring, hangers, hanger caps, spacer sleeves and washers. The lower ring is supported by the hangers and is movable towards the upper ring when the washers come into contact with the lower electrode assembly during adjustment of the gap between the upper and lower electrodes. The hanger caps engage upper ends of the hangers and fit in upper portions of hanger bores in the upper ring. The spacer sleeves surround lower sections of the hangers and fit within lower portions of the hanger bores. The washers fit between enlarged heads of the hangers and a lower surface of the lower ring. The spacer sleeves are dimensioned to avoid rubbing against the inner surfaces of the hanger bores during lifting of the lower ring. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073755 | ELECTRODE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - Electric field intensity distribution of a high frequency power for plasma generation can be controlled without generating abnormal electric discharge. There is provided an electrode for a plasma processing apparatus capable of supplying a gas. The electrode may include a base member | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073756 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an inductively coupled plasma etching apparatus capable of suppressing a wavelength effect within a RF antenna and performing a plasma process uniformly in both a circumferential and a radial direction. In the plasma etching apparatus, a RF antenna | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073757 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber having a dielectric window; a substrate holding unit for holding thereon a processing target substrate within the processing chamber; a processing gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas into the processing chamber in order to perform a plasma process on the substrate; a RF antenna provided outside the dielectric window in order to generate plasma of the processing gas within the processing chamber by inductive coupling; and a high frequency power supply unit configured to supply a high frequency power having a frequency for generating a high frequency electric discharge of the processing gas. Here, the RF antenna includes a plurality of coil segments that are arranged along a loop having a preset shape and a preset size while electrically connected in parallel to each other. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073758 | ROLL OF CONTINUOUS WEB OF OPTICAL FILM LAMINATE WITH PREDEFINED SLIT LINES, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate with predefined slit lines for use in a continuous manufacturing system by laminating optically functional film sheets to liquid-crystal panels. The optical film laminate with predefined slit lines comprises an optically functional film having an adhesive layer which is subjected to a preliminary inspection, and a carrier film releasably laminated to the adhesive layer. Defect-free normal sheets and defective or defect-containing sheets having predefined length corresponding to the dimension of the liquid-crystal panel are formed on the carrier film by sequentially forming slit lines along the transverse direction with respect to the lengthwise direction of the optical film laminate. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073759 | LABEL SUPPLYING DEVICE - A label supplying device is provided, whereby false bonding at a cylindrical label's end is reliably released, and ill-timed supplying of the label to the label supply position hardly occurs. The supplying device includes: a material delivery unit ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article, the absorbent article including an absorbent core and a sheet whereon the absorbent core is placed, including: (A) a transportation section transporting in a transport direction the sheet whereon the absorbent core is placed; and (B) a bending section bending the sheet, in an intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction, while the transportation section is transporting the sheet, (C) a first part of the sheet, positioned in a bending point where the bending section bends in the intersecting direction the sheet, is distant in the intersecting direction from the absorbent core, (D) a second part of the sheet positioned on an opposite side of the first part from the absorbent core, in the intersecting direction, collapses onto a third part positioned on the absorbent core side from the first part, in the intersecting direction, by the bending section bending the sheet at the bending point, (E) the bending section further including a regulation section regulating an approach of the first part to the absorbent core, in the intersecting direction, when the bending section is bending the sheet. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073761 | MANUAL STRIP APPLICATOR, IN PARTICULAR A CORRECTOR - A manual strip applicator that includes a grippable casing; a mobile application head which moves in relation to the casing and which projects from the casing when in the use configuration; a supporting strip bearing a material to be applied to a substrate; a strip-moving device arranged in the casing and designed to move over the application head; where the applicator additionally includes a return device connected to the casing and to the application head, the return device includes at least a first magnetic member (A) and a second magnetic member (M), the first and second magnetic members being arranged in the use configuration to be substantially facing one another and to generate magnetic field lines in opposite directions, the return device being adapted to allow, in the use configuration, a displacement of the application head between a proximal position and a distal position relative to the casing; and exert, in the use configuration, a return force urging the application head towards the distal position. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073762 | Device For Processing A Packing Material Using Ultrasound - A device is proposed comprising at least one bearing shield ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073763 | DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING STERILE INTEGRITY OF CONNECTED FLUID PATHWAYS - A device is provided for ensuring the sterile integrity of two separate fluid pathways during interconnection of the two pathways with a two-part connector assembly. The two-part connector assembly is of the type which comprises a male portion and a female portion, each portion initially having a port covered and protected by a peel-away strip. The device comprises a base assembly, a connector clamp assembly mounted to the base assembly and configured for securing the two-part connector assembly in position for interconnection of the male and female portions, and a strip withdrawal assembly mounted to the base assembly and configured for simultaneous withdrawal of the peel-away strips from the ports of the male and female portions. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073764 | Robotic Weight Apply Station - An apparatus for processing a tire-wheel assembly comprising a single-cell workstation including a plurality of sub-stations. The plurality of sub-stations includes a weight application sub-station, and an audit balancing sub-station. The apparatus also includes a tire/wheel transporting device positioned within reach of all of the plurality of sub-stations. A method is also disclosed. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073765 | Motorized Venetian Blind System - A motorized venetian blind system for covering a window of a space comprising a blind drive unit having two motors to provide for independent control of a position of a bottom rail via a lift cord and a tilt angle of a plurality of slats of the blind system. The blind drive unit has a headrail with a side panel and at least one of the motors is between between the side panel and the lift cord. The blind drive unit also has a spring-wrap brake. The blind drive unit is operable to adjust the position of the bottom rail to a preset position, and to adjust the tilt angle of the slats to a preset angle in response to receiving a single digital message (e.g., a preset command). | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073766 | RETRACTABLE SHIELDING APPARATUS - A retractable shielding apparatus includes an adjusting base, a fixing base, two retractable shields, a shuttle, and a cable. The two retractable shields are assembled to two ends of the shuttle respectively with one corresponding end thereof. The adjusting base and the fixing base are respectively fixed to the opposite other end of the corresponding two retractable shields. The cable adjustably connects the adjusting base, the two retractable shields, the shuttle and the fixing base together. The shuttle is slidably located between the adjusting base and the fixing base and is configured to slide along the path formed by the cable, such that the two retractable shields can be extended or retracted together with the shuttle. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073767 | Bug catcher - The present invention provides a generally rectangular metal screen covering to cover the radiator of a vehicle to protect the radiator from insects and other flying debris from clogging or otherwise damaging the vehicle's radiator. The screen covering is designed to be mounted in front of the radiator and behind the grill inside the body of the vehicle. The size of the covering can be any of a variety of sizes to accommodate a wide range of vehicles, from small automobiles to large SUVs and trucks. To facilitate a secure attachment to an automobile's radiator, the Bug Catcher is outfitted with a series of holes to accommodate attachment to mounting brackets on each side of the covering. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073768 | Sunshade for vehicle - A sunshade for a vehicle includes a pair of guide rails extended at a side edge of a light passing portion provided on a vehicle roof, the guide rails arranged opposite to each other, plural extending portions formed on each of the guide rails and extending towards the opposite guide rail, the extending portions defining slide recessed grooves, a sliding member supported by the extending portions and slidably provided in each of the slide recessed grooves, an engaging portion formed on said each sliding member, and plural shade panels slidably supported in the slide recessed grooves, respectively, via the sliding member, the shade panels being configured to interoperate each other by an engagement of each of the engaging portions during at least one of an opening operation and a closing operation of the sunshade. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073769 | SUNSHADE FOR VEHICLES - The present invention related to composited articles for a sunshade and methods for producing the composite articles. The composite article comprises a reinforcing substrate layer including a fiber phase and a polymer phase; and a cover stock layer. The fiber phase may be a discrete phase or a continuous phase and includes one or more natural fiber. The concentration of natural fibers is about 60 weight percent or more, based on the total weight of the reinforcing substrate layer. The polymer phase has a glass transition temperature of about 100° C. or more. The concentration of the polymer phase should be sufficiently high so that it forms a continuous phase. For example, the concentration of the polymer phase may be about 10 weight percent or more, based on the total weight of the reinforcing substrate layer. The reinforcing substrate layer may have a thickness of about 4 mm or less. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073770 | Collapsible sunshade - A collapsible sunshade according to the present invention has a panel comprising a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, the frame member defining a periphery for the panel with an interior space inside of the peiphery, a meshed material covering the interior space defined by the frame member to form the panel when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation, and a shade fabric having at least a portion thereof removably attached to the panel so that the shade fabric can assume a first position in which the shade fabric completely overlies, in a planar manner, the meshed material, and a second position where the portion of the shade fabric that is removably attached to the panel is disengaged from the panel to expose a portion of the meshed material. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073771 | Screen retention assembly - A retention assembly for securing an edge portion of a screen to a surround arrangement is disclosed where the surround arrangement includes a receiving channel to receive the edge portion of the screen and the receiving channel is formed by first and second opposed wall portions. The retention includes an engagement member to secure the received edge portion of the screen in the receiving channel, the engagement member having a substantially planar surface and an opposed wedging surface, wherein on insertion of the engagement member into the receiving channel, the wedging surface of the engagement member bears against a complementary wedging surface on the first wall portion of the receiving channel to capture and secure the edge portion between the second wall portion of the receiving channel and the substantially planar surface of the engagement member, and wherein upon further insertion of the engagement member into the receiving channel the engagement member releases to allow the edge portion to be removed from the receiving channel. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073772 | GASIFICATION OF SULPHITE THICK LIQUOR - Method for recovering chemicals and energy from sulphite thick liquor containing organic and inorganic compounds obtained when producing pulp by chemical delignification of fibrous raw material using a sulphite pulping process, the method including processing of the organic and inorganic compounds at a global temperature above 800° C. whereby producing partly at least one phase of a liquid material and partly at least one phase of a gaseous material. The processing is carried out by gasification of the sulphite thick liquor in a gasification reactor at sub-stoichiometric conditions and in the presence of an oxidizing medium. The reactor has an opening in its bottom in the form of a chute which opens directly into a quench compartment. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073773 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE DRY STRENGTH OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD, AND CARDBOARD - Process for the production of paper, board and cardboard having high dry strength by addition of
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| 20120073774 | METHOD FOR REDUCING DEPOSITS IN THE DRYING SECTION IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD, AND CARDBOARD - A process for reducing deposits in the dry section in the production of paper, board and cardboard by adding (a) at least one water-soluble cationic polymer and (b) at least one aqueous dispersion of a polymer size to a paper stock, draining the paper stock with sheet formation and drying the paper products. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073775 | METHOD FOR MONITORING ORGANIC DEPOSITS IN PAPERMAKING - A method for monitoring the deposition of organic deposits from a liquid or slurry in a papermaking process is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for measuring the effectiveness of inhibitors that decrease the deposition of organic deposits in a papermaking process. The method may involve monitoring the deposition of organic deposits of a liquid or slurry that simulates the conditions of a papermaking process. The methods may comprise the steps of monitoring the rate of deposition of organic deposits; adding an inhibitor that decreases the deposition of organic deposits from the liquid or slurry; and optionally re-measuring the rate of deposition of organic deposits from the liquid or slurry onto the quartz crystal microbalance, with the rates of deposition determined by measuring the vibration frequency of the quartz crystal microbalance. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073776 | BELT AND METHOD TO MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to a transport or processing belt for a machine for the production or treatment of a fiber web, particularly a paper, cardboard or tissue machine, having a paper side and a conveying side and comprising a polymer coating and a textile load-bearing fabric, wherein the textile fabric has a first side facing the paper side and a second side facing the conveying side. The textile fabric is permeable with a permeability of at least 300 cfm, preferably of at least 500 cfm, and the polymer coating extends in one piece from the first side of the textile fabric though the openings of the textile fabric to the second side of the textile fabric. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073777 | Methods Employing an Impermeable Transfer Belt in a Papermaking Machine - A papermaking machine for making paper includes a forming section, a press section, and a drying section. The paper web is pressed between two press members while enclosed between a press felt and a transfer belt having non-uniformly distributed microscopic depressions in its surface, the web following the transfer belt from the press to a transfer point at which the web is transferred via a suction transfer device onto a structuring fabric, the web then being dried on a drying cylinder. The transfer point is spaced a distance D from the press nip selected based on machine speed, a basis weight of the web, and the surface characteristics of the transfer belt, such that within the distance D a thin water film between the web and the transfer belt at least partially dissipates to allow the web to be separated from the transfer belt. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073778 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING SURFACE QUALITY OF THIN SLAB HOT ROLLED COIL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THIN SLAB HOT ROLLED COIL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of predicting surface quality of a thin slab hot rolled coil. The method includes calculating the Cu equivalent (Cu eq.) of molten steel, applying the calculated Cu equivalent of the molten steel into an equation: 120×(Cu equivalent) | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073779 | METHOD OF CONTINUOUS CASTING OF BEAM BLANK - A method of continuous casting a beam blank adapted for impact absorption is disclosed. The method includes: introducing molten steel into a continuous casting mold from a tundish through an immersion nozzle to perform non-oxidation casting, wherein the immersion nozzle is disposed at one side of the continuous casting mold forming both side flanges of a beam blank, and the molten steel is introduced into the continuous casting mold through the immersion nozzle. The method is advantageous in that it is possible to produce steel adapted for low-temperature impact absorption, and productivity is improved due to the increase of the number of consecutive heats of continuous casting. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073780 | STRIP CASTING APPARATUS FOR RAPID SET AND CHANGE OF CASTING ROLLS - An apparatus and method for continuously casting thin steel strip include a pair of counter-rotatable casting rolls in a roll cassette laterally positioned to form a nip there between through which thin cast strip can be cast, adapted to support a casting pool of molten metal on the casting surfaces, an enclosure to support a protective atmosphere immediately beneath the casting rolls in the casting position, and an upper cover positioned below the casting rolls to move between a closed position covering the upper portion of the enclosure maintaining the protective atmosphere in the enclosure in the closed position and a retracted position enabling cast strip to be cast into the enclosure. A scrap receptacle positioned beneath the casting position movable in either direction to a discharge stations. Further, a movable tundish adapted to be transferred from a heating station to the casting position. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073781 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - The temperature control system includes: a susceptor which allows an object to be processed to be held on a top surface thereof and includes a flow path, through which a temperature adjusting medium flows, formed therein; a temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of the object to be processed held on the top surface of the susceptor; a first temperature adjusting unit which adjusts a temperature of the temperature adjusting medium flowing through the flow path; and a second temperature adjusting unit which is disposed between the susceptor and the first temperature adjusting unit, and adjusts a temperature of the temperature adjusting medium based on a result of the measurement of the temperature measuring unit. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073782 | WASTEWATER HEAT RECOVERY APPARATUS MONITORING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wastewater heat recovery apparatus monitoring system including a heat recovery apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. The heat recovery apparatus comprises: a settling filter unit that receives wastewater and settles sediment contained in the wastewater along a settling processing container; a heat-exchanging unit that receives the wastewater from which the sediment has been removed while passing through the settling filter unit, and simultaneously receives cold clean water, to perform heat exchange between the wastewater and the cold clean water to convert the cold clean water into hot clean water; a filtering unit installed between the settling filter unit and the heat-exchanging unit, for performing a first stage filtering of fine foreign substances contained in the wastewater that passes through the settling filter unit and a second stage filtering of fine foreign substances contained in the wastewater that passes through the heat-exchanging unit; and a heat recovery sensing unit that receives an input valve sensed by a connected wastewater pressure sensor, receives cold clean water temperature information sensed by a cold clean water temperature sensor, receives hot clean water temperature information sensed by a hot wastewater temperature sensor, and receives temperature information of a first wastewater sensed by a first wastewater temperature sensor; and receives temperature information of a second wastewater from a second wastewater temperature sensor. The monitoring apparatus is connected to the heat recovery apparatus through an information communication network to control and monitor the operating state of the heat recovery apparatus, to receive the pressure value, cold clean water temperature information, hot clean water temperature information, temperature information of the first wastewater, and temperature information of the second wastewater received from the heat recovery sensing unit, and to display an operating screen, the operating state, an alarm screen, a temperature graph, and a pressure graph of the heat recovery apparatus. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073783 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR DATA CENTER - A data center room is adapted to include electronic equipment supported by a floor. At least one wall of the room is formed as a heat exchanger that conducts heat generated by the electronic equipment outside of the room. An airflow path is formed across the wall to provide outside air to move heat away from the ceiling. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073784 | MACHINE TOOL WITH A HEAT CONDUCTION STRUCTURE - A machine tool with a heat conduction structure comprises a machine tool and a heat dissipation seat installed on the machine tool. The machine tool has a handle. The handle has an accommodation space accommodating a circuit board and having an opening at one end. The heat dissipation seat has a heat dissipation member arranged on the opening and a carrying member connected with the heat dissipation member and extended to the accommodation space. The carrying member carries the circuit board, contacts heat sources of the circuit board, and conducts heat to the heat dissipation member. As the machine tool is exempted from forming heat dissipation holes on the handle, the present invention can effectively prevent dust from entering the handle and damaging the circuit board. Further, the present invention can dissipate heat generated by the circuit board and maintain normal operation of the circuit board and the machine tool. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073785 | COMPACT HIGH EFFICIENCY AIR TO AIR HEAT EXCHANGER WITH INTEGRATED FAN - A heat exchanger for a sealed enclosure is disclosed that includes a separator plate and a motor secured to the separator plate. The motor rotates a shaft having opposed ends, an ambient air impeller is secured to one end of the shaft, and an enclosed air impeller is secured to an opposite end of the shaft. An ambient shell secured to the separator plate substantially encloses the ambient air impeller and an enclosed air shell secured to the separator plate substantially encloses the enclosed air impeller. Each shell has an axial opening and a radial opening and a plurality of curvilinear fins extending between the separator plate and the shells. Airflow through the enclosed air shell imparts heat to the fins which transfer the heat for rejection by the airflow through the ambient air shell. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073786 | CEILING-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONING UNIT - A ceiling-mounted air conditioning unit includes an indoor heat exchanger disposed on an outer peripheral side of a centrifugal blower. The indoor heat exchanger includes plural heat transfer tubes arranged in multiple stages in a vertical direction and in three rows in a flow direction of air blown out from the blower and are connected to a refrigerant inlet of the indoor heat exchanger in a case where the indoor heat exchanger functions as an evaporator of the refrigerant during cooling, plural liquid refrigerant tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes in a first row on a most upwind side, second row-side gas refrigerant tubes connected to a refrigerant outlet of the indoor heat exchanger during cooling and connected to the heat transfer tubes in a second row, and third row-side gas refrigerant tubes connected to the heat transfer tubes in a third row on a most downwind side. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073787 | COOLING FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MACHINES - A device for cooling superconducting machines has a closed thermal siphon system which can be filled with a liquid coolant and has an evaporator for evaporating the liquid coolant. In order to improve the cooling performance of the device, the surface area of the evaporator which can be wetted with the liquid coolant is increased. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNTHETIC JET COOLING - A method and system for cooling a component are provided. The synthetic jet cooling system includes a plurality of synthetic jet assemblies configured to be positioned adjacent to a component that generates excess heat. Each of the plurality of synthetic jet assemblies includes a driver configured to excite a respective one of the plurality of synthetic jet assemblies at a varying frequency. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073789 | CHIMNEY-BASED COOLING MECHANISM FOR COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for chimney-based cooling of computer components. A method of embodiments of the invention includes determining heat-emitting components of a computing device. The method further includes coupling a chimney to one or more of the heat-emitting components such that chimney effect of the chimney is used to guide air associated with a component in and out of the chimney. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073790 | WASTEWATER HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a wastewater heat recovery device and a method thereof which prevent blockage phenomenon by effectively removing sediment and fine foreign material included in the wastewater. For this purpose, the wastewater heat recovery device comprises: a settling filter unit for settling the sediment contained in the wastewater according to the sedimentation treatment of the wastewater supplied; a heat exchange unit for receiving the wastewater, in which sediment has been removed by passing through the settling filter unit, simultaneously with receiving cold cleans water, and then achieving heat exchange between the wastewater and the cold clean water so as to make hot clean water of the cold clean water; and a filtering unit, which is installed between the settling filter unit and the heat exchange unit, for primarily filtering fine foreign material contained in the wastewater passed through the settling filter unit and then secondly filtering fine foreign material contained in the wastewater passed through the heat exchange unit. In this meantime, the wastewater heat recovery method according to the resent invention, comprises: a settling treatment step of settling the sediment contained in the wastewater according to the sedimentation treatment of the wastewater supplied; a step of primarily filtering fine foreign material contained in the settling treated wastewater; a step of heat-exchanging the primarily filtered wastewater with the cold clean water to make hot clean water of the cold clean water; and a step of secondly filtering the fine foreign material contained in the heat exchanged wastewater. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073791 | Energy Recovery Ventilation Sulfonated Block Copolymer Laminate Membrane - A core unit for an energy recovery system for exchanging heat and vapor between two independent intake and exhaust airstreams without intermixing thereof, the core unit having a fibrous microporous support substrate and a sulfonated block copolymer having at least one end block A and at least one interior block B wherein each A block contains essentially no sulfonic acid or sulfonate ester functional groups and each B block is a polymer block containing from about 10 to about 100 mol percent sulfonic acid or sulfonate ester functional groups based on the number of monomer units, and wherein the sulfonated block copolymer is laminated on the microporous support substrate | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073792 | APPARATUS FOR RECLAIMING WASTE HEAT FROM A HEATING DEVICE FLUE PIPE - A waste heat reclamation apparatus for reclaiming combustion gases from a heating unit. The apparatus includes a flue section that engages the given heating unit's flue stack and selectively bypasses flue gases into a bypass section of the apparatus. The bypass section includes a fluid jacket for heat transfer of waste heat in the flue gases to a heat absorbing fluid of a fluid-based heating system. The bypass section and flue section route flue gases by way of offset conduits which promotes swirling action of the flue gases within the bypass section. The fluid jacket also includes baffles which promote mixing of the heat absorbing fluid along a circuitous path. The swirling action and mixing in the circuitous path increase the efficiency of heat transfer without adding mechanical complexity to the apparatus. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073793 | Heat exchanger - A heat exchanger, in particular for fluid cooling devices, having a package of plane-parallel plates ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073794 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE HEAT CONDUCTING PIPES - A heat dissipation device with multiple heat conducting pipes is mounted on a heat-generating element disposed on a carrier. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation base having at least one heat dissipation body, and a plurality of heat conducting pipes which are connected to the heat dissipation body and protrude outwards. The heat conducting pipes are used to dissipate the heat generated by the heat-generating element via heat conduction and natural convection with air, thus having a double heat dissipation effect. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073795 | THIN FILM COMPOSITE HEAT EXCHANGERS - The invention generally relates to thin film composite heat exchangers and methods of making thin film composite heat exchangers. The heat exchangers can be made with polymers or other materials including, but not limited to, inorganic materials such as silicon, clay, ceramic, brick, or metal. Heat exchangers in accordance with the invention may be made of a material that is non-corrosive, durable, and that may be applied in a thin coating so as to minimize resistance to heat transfer and material costs. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073796 | ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR DIE CASTINGS AND PRODUCTION PROCESS OF ALUMINUM ALLOY CASTINGS - The present invention provides an aluminum alloy for die castings that has superior castability and corrosion resistance. The amounts of Mn, Fe and Cu contained in the aluminum alloy components for die castings were determined to have a considerable effect on the corrosion resistance of the aluminum alloy. Therefore, the aluminum alloy for die castings of the present invention contains 9.0 to 12.0% by weight of Si, 0.20 to 0.80% by weight of Mg, and 0.7 to 1.1% by weight of Mn+Fe, the Mn/Fe ratio is 1.5 or more, the amount of Cu as impurity is controlled to 0.5% by weight or less, and the remainder is composed of aluminum and unavoidable impurities. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073797 | BATTERY COOLING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A battery cooling apparatus for a vehicle comprises a battery mounted in a first line through which cooling air can pass and a PE device mounted in a second line through which cooling air can pass. The first line and the second line are connected in parallel as opposed to in series. With the configuration, it possible to implement the optimal cooling function. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073798 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM UNDERGROUND DEPOSITS - A control system for use in extracting hydrocarbons from an underground deposit is disclosed that comprises an electromagnetic heating system and a processor. The electromagnetic heating system is configured to heat the underground deposit to facilitate fluid flow of a resource for extraction from the underground deposit. The processor is configured to control the electromagnetic heating system in response to temperature data and pressure data for the underground deposit. The processor correlates the temperature data and pressure data with predetermined water phase characteristics to control the electromagnetic heating system so that substantially all water in the underground deposit is maintained in a liquid state. The control system may also generate voxel data corresponding to spatial characteristics of the underground deposit. The spatial characteristics may be presented as a map on a display. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073799 | APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING CARBON DIOXIDE WITH ADVANCED FUNCTION OF ADJUSTING PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE FOR GEOLOGIC INJECTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE - An apparatus for distributing CO | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073800 | PUMP SHAFT BEARING SUPPORT - A device and method of tailoring a pump lift capacity of a pump for an electrical submersible pumping unit (ESP). The pump unit of the ESP has a plurality of stages, each made up of an impeller and a diffuser. The ESP has a pump lift capacity, which is ideally matched with well capacity. The well capacity is, therefore, the target lift capacity. To facilitate matching of pump lift capacity and well capacity, one or more stages of the pump unit may be replaced with a spacer assembly to reduce pump lift capacity by a desired amount. The spacer assembly may include a shaft bearing support made up of an outer ring and an inner ring, wherein the outer and inner ring are connected by webs, which allow oil to flow through the support. The spacer assembly may be axially located on the pump shaft via compression tubes. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073801 | Sand Control Screen Assembly Having a Mechanically Attached Screen Jacket - A sand control screen assembly ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073802 | COMPLEX TOOL FOR WELL MONITORING - A complex tool according to the invention comprises a cylindrical housing, a lever centralizer aligning the tool along the well axis and having at least six levers and a fluid flow temperature sensor and inflow temperature indicator located on the tool axis. A fluid phase composition sensors are located on the centralizer levers and distributed along the well bore circumference. An additional fluid phase composition sensor is located on the tool axis. At least one additional fluid flow temperature sensor and at least one additional inflow temperature indicator disposed on each lever and distributed along the well bore circumference and located on the same line with the phase composition sensors parallel to the tool axis. There is an additional upper lever centralizer in the tail part. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073803 | DUAL ROTARY CENTRALIZER FOR A BOREHOLE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in a wellbore, which comprises two rotating bodies | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073804 | System For Monitoring Linearity of Down-Hole Pumping Systems During Deployment and Related Methods - Systems, program product, and methods for monitoring linearity of a down-hole pumping system assembly during deployment within a bore of a casing of a well positioned to extract hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir and selecting an optimal operational position for the down-hole pumping system assembly within the bore of the casing, are provided. Various embodiments of the systems allow an operator to ensure that a motor and pump of a down-hole pumping system assembly are installed in an optimal position in a well by ensuring alignment across the pump stages casing and motor casing. The alignment and linearity of the pump and motor can be crucial to run life of the pump and/or motor. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073805 | METHOD FOR MONITORING CEMENT PLUGS - A method for method of monitoring the parameters of a cement plug ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073806 | LOW CUT WATER SAMPLING DEVICE - An apparatus for sampling well production fluids comprises a vessel having an inner chamber. In addition, the apparatus comprises a hydrocarbon fluids outlet conduit in fluid communication with the inner chamber. Further, the apparatus comprises a well fluids inlet conduit coaxially disposed within the hydrocarbon fluids outlet conduit and in fluid communication with the inner chamber. The well fluids inlet conduit has a first portion extending from the vessel and a second portion extending into the inner chamber. The second portion of the well fluids inlet conduit includes a plurality of openings configured to direct the well production fluids radially outward from the well fluids inlet conduit. Still further, the apparatus comprises a sample fluids outlet in fluid communication with the inner chamber. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073807 | Coiled Tubing Deployed Single Phase Fluid Sampling Apparatus and Method for Use of Same - A coiled tubing deployed fluid sampler ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073808 | Coiled Tubing Deployed Single Phase Fluid Sampling Apparatus and Method for Use of Same - A coiled tubing deployed fluid sampler ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073809 | DIVERSION PILL AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The invention provides a method made of steps of method injecting into a wellbore, a composition comprising an aqueous solution, a viscosifying agent, a degradable material, and sized salt particulates; and allowing viscosity of the composition to increase and form a plug at dynamic reservoir conditions. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073810 | SITU HYDROCARBON UPGRADING WITH FLUID GENERATED TO PROVIDE STEAM AND HYDROGEN - Methods and apparatus relate to recovery of in situ upgraded hydrocarbons by injecting steam and hydrogen into a reservoir containing the hydrocarbons. A mixture output generated as water is vaporized by direct contact with flow from fuel-rich combustion provides the steam and hydrogen. The steam heats the hydrocarbons facilitating flow of the hydrocarbons and reaction of the hydrogen with the hydrocarbons to enable hydroprocessing prior to recovery of the hydrocarbons to surface. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073811 | IN SITU PROCESS FOR MERCURY REMOVAL - Methods and system relate to in-situ treatment of fluid to remove a heavy metal, such as mercury. The treatment utilizes a sorbent injected into a wellbore and disposed in a flow path of the fluid being produced to above ground. The mercury retained by the sorbent upon contact with the fluid may remain within a reservoir from which the fluid is recovered. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073812 | METHOD OF ISOLATING A WELLBORE WITH SOLID ACID FOR FRACTURING - Apparatus and methods of treating a subterranean formation including introducing a coiled tubing string into a wellbore to a lowest wellbore zone, wherein the string comprises a single packer on a bottom hole assembly; setting a packer at the lowest zone; introducing an acid fracture treatment through the string at a single zone; introducing bridging fluid comprising polyacid particulates through the string; reducing fluid injecting to unset the packer; circulating a portion of fluid in the wellbore while moving the string in the wellbore; introducing a final portion of fluid with a higher concentration of polyacid particulates to further bridge packer formation and consolidation wherein the concentration of particulates in the final portion of fluid is higher than when introducing bridging fluid comprising polyacid particulates through the string; squeezing the bridging fluid to isolate a perforation into the zone; moving the string to next zone; and repeating introducing and moving. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073813 | Novel Weight Materials for Use in Cement, Spacer and Drilling Fluids - A drilling fluid, spacer fluid and cementing compositions for use in subterranean wells are disclosed along with methods for making using same, where the compositions include a weighting system having an effective amount of a metal silicon alloy, mixtures of metal silicon alloys, or mixtures of metal silicon alloys and conventional weighting agents, to produce compositions having a desired high density, while retaining other fluid properties such as pumpability, gas tight sealing, low tendency to segregate, and reduced high temperature cement strength retrogression. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073814 | EXPANSION AGAINST CEMENT FOR ZONAL ISOLATION - A method for improving zonal isolation between formations along a borehole, comprises a) providing a pipe in the borehole, wherein at least a portion of the pipe lies between the formations, b) providing a body of cement in the annulus between the borehole wall and said pipe portion, c) allowing the body of cement to cure until it has reached at least 70 Bearden units consistency, and d) expanding said pipe portion so as to decrease the cross-sectional area of the annulus between the borehole wall and said pipe portion. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073815 | BLOWOUT PREVENTER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Techniques for shearing a tubular of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a blowout preventer are provided. The blowout preventer has a housing with a hole therethrough for receiving the tubular. The techniques relate to a blade assembly including a ram block movable between a non-engagement position and an engagement position about the tubular, a blade carried by the ram block for cuttingly engaging the tubular, and a retractable guide carried by the ram block and slidably movable therealong. The restractable guide has a guide surface for urging the tubular into a desired location in the blowout preventer as the ram block moves to the engagement position. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073816 | BLOWOUT PREVENTER BLADE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The techniques herein relate to a blade assembly of a blowout preventer for shearing a tubular of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The blowout preventer has a housing with a hole therethrough for receiving the tubular. The blade assembly includes a ram block movable between a non-engagement position and an engagement position about the tubular, a blade carried by the ram block for cuttingly engaging the tubular, a retractable guide carried by the ram block and slidably movable therealong, and a release mechanism for selectively releasing the guide to move between a guide position for guiding engagement with the tubular and a cutting position a distance behind the blade for permitting the blade to cuttingly engage the tubular. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073817 | Tethered Polymers Used to Enhance the Stability of Microemulsion Fluids - Of the methods provided in this invention, one method includes: providing a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid, a microemulsion surfactant, and an amphiphilic polymer, wherein the amphiphilic polymer comprises a hydrophobic component, and a hydrophilic component; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the microemulsion surfactant forms a microemulsion that comprises the amphiphilic polymer within the subterranean formation. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073818 | Mixing Tank and Method of Use - A method of transmitting a fluid into an oil well bore provides a frame supporting a vessel, the vessel having an interior, upper and lower end portions, a conically shaped side wall, and an outlet for discharging the fluid from the vessel. A viscous polymeric material is added to the vessel interior. A discharge pipe having a vertical section is placed below the vessel, the discharge pipe being in communication with the outlet. A positive displacement pump is contained within the discharge pipe. The pump transmits fluid from the outlet into the discharge pipe downstream of the vertical pipe section or pump. The fluid is selectively transmitted to either the vessel interior (for recirculating) or into the well. Air is added to the discharge flow line downstream of the pump. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073819 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING - A fracturing operation is done in open hole without annular space isolation. The annular space is spanned by extendable members that are located behind isolation valves. The extendable members can comprise a biodegradable plug that allows extension of the extendable members by application of pressure. With the plug remained in place, additional pressure can be delivered until at least a portion of the degradable material is pushed onto the surface of the formation. At least a portion of the pushed degradable material provides a seal between the end of the extendable members and the surface of the formation to allow pressure to build until the formation frac gradient is exceeded and the formation is fraced. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073820 | Chemical Injector for Wells - A fluid injection sub for a well creates eduction to draw well fluid into a mixing chamber and discharge the well fluid mixed with an injection fluid pumped down a string of tubing to the sub. The injection sub has a well fluid intake passage leading from an exterior of the housing to the mixing chamber. The injection sub also has a mixed fluid discharge passage extending from the mixing chamber to the exterior of the housing for discharging the mixed fluid exterior of the housing. A nozzle at the lower end of the mixing chamber discharges the injection fluid into the mixing chamber. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073821 | Methods for Reducing Biological Load in Subterranean Formations - Methods of treating subterranean formations to reduce bacteria load are provided. Some methods include the steps of providing a treatment fluid, particulates, and tri-n-butyl tetradecyl phosphonium chloride (TTPC) wherein the TTPC is in liquid form or in solution; coating the TTPC onto the particulates; combining the particulates coated with TTPC with the treatment fluid to create a suspension; and, placing the suspension into the portion of the subterranean formation. Other methods involve the use of TTPC in the form of a solid salt. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073822 | Fluid Treatment System - A fluid treatment system comprises a fluid treatment module having a fluid inlet and first and second fluid outlets. A pump is provided to establish a first pressure differential between the fluid inlet and one of the first and second fluid outlets of the fluid treatment module, and an eductor is provided to establish a second pressure differential between the fluid inlet and the other of the first and second fluid outlets of the fluid treatment module. The pump is adapted to deliver a motive fluid to the eductor. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073823 | SYSTEM FOR SUBSEA EXTRACTION OF GASEOUS MATERIALS FROM, AND PREVENTION, OF HYDRATES - A system for subsea extraction of gaseous materials from and preventing the formation of hydrates. | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073824 | Hybride Method For Full Waveform Inversion Using Simultaneous and Sequential Source Method - Method for simultaneous full-wavefield inversion of gathers of source (or receiver) encoded geophysical data to determine a physical properties model for a subsurface region, especially suitable for surveys where fixed receiver geometry conditions were not satisfied in the data acquisition. First, a shallow time window of the data ( | 2012-03-29 |
| 20120073825 | Simultaneous Source Encoding and Source Separation As A Practical Solution For Full Wavefield Inversion - Method for simultaneous full-wavefield inversion of gathers of source (or receiver) encoded geophysical data to determine a physical properties model ( | 2012-03-29 |
