17th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090101258 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire using a rubber composition that can reduce rolling resistance of a tire and promote low fuel consumption in a base rubber is provided. The pneumatic tire includes a tread rubber which comprises a cap rubber provided at a road surface side and a base rubber provided at its inner periphery side, wherein the base rubber comprises a rubber composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber component containing from 15 to 50 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber or a styrene-butadiene rubber, its molecular end being modified with a modifier, polymerized using an organic lithium catalyst, and from 20 to 50 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N | 2009-04-23 |
20090101259 | Pneumatic Tire - Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a plurality of land portions and a plurality of fine grooves. The plurality of land portions are formed of blocks and a rib, and are defined in a tread part of the pneumatic tire. The fine grooves with a depth of 0.1 mm to 0.8 mm, a width of 0.1 mm to 0.8 mm and a pitch of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm are formed in the tread surface of each of the land portions to be inclined at an angle of 42° to relative to the circumferential direction of the tire. The inclined directions of the fine grooves relative to the circumferential direction of the tire are reverse to each other on the left and right sides of the equator of the tire. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101260 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire which is capable of securing a driving stability on dry road surfaces and concurrently of improving snow performance without worsening its pattern noise. The pneumatic tire includes four main grooves each extending in its tread part in a tire circumferential direction, and the four main grooves partition the tread part into: a center land part; paired intermediate land parts located with the center land part being interposed in between; and paired shoulder land parts located with the center land part and the paired intermediate land parts being interposed in between. Each of the intermediate land parts and the shoulder land parts includes multiple V-shaped grooves each configured of: a thick groove part extending in a tire width direction; and a thin groove part extending in the tire circumferential direction. The V-shaped grooves are arranged in a way that each paired V-shaped grooves are opposed to each other in the tire circumferential direction with a connecting groove part being interposed between vertices of the respective paired V-shaped grooves. Each thick groove part communicates with the main grooves or the outside of a ground contacting area. Each thin groove part terminates within the land part. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101261 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A TIRE OF AN AIRCRAFT WHEEL TO A PNEUMATIC UNIT OF THE AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a device for selectively connecting a tire to a pneumatic unit of an aircraft, the tire forming part of a wheel mounted to rotate on a hollow axle of the aircraft, the device comprising a stator and a rotor that is mounted to rotate relative to the stator and that includes means enabling it to be rotated by the wheel. According to the invention, the stator is bell-shaped and is designed to be received as a push-fit in the axle, and includes an end wall carrying a first pneumatic port for connection to the pneumatic unit via a tube running along the inside of the axle, the rotor extending substantially inside the stator. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101262 | Wheel and tire assembly with non-matching seat diameters whereof the tire comprises sidewalls wider than the rim - Assembly comprising a vehicle wheel, with symmetry of revolution, comprising a disc and a rim, the said rim comprising a first and a second seat which seats are intended to receive and to hold a first and a second bead of the tire, each seat having a substantially frustoconical bottom locally coinciding with a cone of revolution coaxial with the rim and open towards the other seat, the said rim defining, at the level of an axial straight line passing through the farthermost points of the outer portions, a width Lj and, on the other hand, a tire for a vehicle wheel, comprising two sidewalls spaced axially apart and defining, at the level of an axial straight line passing through the farthermost points, a width Lf, in which when the said tire is mounted on the said rim and inflated close to its nominal working pressure and when the said tire is substantially unflattened, the said width Lf is greater than the said width Lj. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101263 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire with excellent run-flat performance that can improve durability of a tire and promote low fuel comsuption is provided. The pneumatic tire has a reinforcing rubber layer with a nearly crescent cross section at the inner side of a carcass layer of a side wall, wherein the reinforcing rubber layer comprises a rubber composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber component containing from 15 to 50 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber or a styrene-butadiene rubber, its molecular end being modified with a modifier, polymerized using an organic lithium catalyst, and from 40 to 80 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N | 2009-04-23 |
20090101264 | Pneumatic tyre for vehicle, method and apparatus for its manufacture - In a tyre for vehicle wheels, the tread band sidewalls and/or other structural elements of elastomer material have a layered structure which includes at least one first component and at least one second component of a material with different composition from that of the first component. The first and second components have an undulated interface profile, defining elements of mutual mechanical engagement. Also described is a process and an apparatus for manufacturing a tyre. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101265 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire in which the rolling resistance can be reduced without reducing the wear resistance and the durability. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101266 | Layered cord for tire belt - A compact metal cable having two layers (C | 2009-04-23 |
20090101267 | MULTIPLE PLY MODULAR CONSTRUCTION - A tire carcass to be used with any type of tire is shown herein. A tire carcass includes a first ply portion, a second ply portion, each ply portion having an inner sidewall ply, an outer sidewall ply, a first end, a second end, and a bead core, a bridge portion, wherein the first ends of the ply portions are separated by the bridge portion, and at least two bridge plies, wherein the bridge plies span the bridge portion, wherein each of the bridge plies have a first end and a second end. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101268 | Waterproof Method and Construction for a Wire End Joint Portion - A waterproof method for a wire end joint includes expanding a heat shrinkable tube radially outwardly. The method then includes inserting the wire end joint and a melted thermosetting waterproofing agent through an opening at an end of the waterproof protection tube. A solidification starting temperature of the waterproofing agent is set higher than a shrinkage starting temperature of the heat shrinkable tube. The method then applies heating so that the heat shrinkable tube shrinks to the original diameter and so that the waterproofing agent is not solidified. The heating is continued to the solidification starting temperature after the heat shrinkable tube is shrunk to a set inner diameter, thereby causing the thermosetting waterproofing agent to be solidified. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101269 | ADHESIVE TAPE - Adhesive tape, preferably for wrapping elongate material such as, more particularly, lines or cable looms, having a tapelike carrier composed of a weft insertion knit, and having a preferably pressure-sensitive adhesive coating applied at least to one side of the carrier, the weft yarn in the weft insertion knit being composed of a textured filament yarn. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101270 | Method and apparatus for the vulcanisation of tyres for vehicle wheels - A vulcanisation apparatus and method for tyres for vehicle wheels includes the steps of: placing a green tyre, arranged on a toroidal support, inside a vulcanisation mold; connecting a supply device of at least one pressurised primary working fluid and a supply device of at least one pressurised secondary working fluid to the vulcanisation mold in a prevulcanisation and molding station; at least partially vulcanising a radially internal portion of the green tyre on the toroidal support; transferring the mold to a vulcanisation station and completing the vulcanisation of the prevulcanised tyre by supplying the at least one pressurised primary working fluid inside the toroidal support. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101271 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE THEREFOR - A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional structure includes (a) placing a second porous sheet on top of a first porous sheet that has a predetermined external shape and at least part of which contains a first functional liquid, (b) bonding at least a range surrounded by a predetermined shape of the second porous sheet onto the first porous sheet, (c) processing the second porous sheet in the predetermined shape, and (d) after step (b), causing a second functional liquid to be contained in at least part of the range of the second porous sheet so that the first functional liquid and the second functional liquid are brought into contact through the first porous sheet and the second porous sheet. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101272 | ADDITIVE DISPERSING FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of supplying an additive in an oil filter, the method including: forming a dispersement device housing with a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber being sealed from the first chamber by a pair of dividing walls; sealing a first metering opening with an oil soluble material the first metering opening being in fluid communication with the first chamber when the oil soluble material is removed from the first metering opening; sealing a second metering opening with an oil soluble material the second metering opening being in fluid communication with the second chamber when the oil soluble material is removed from the second metering opening; disposing a first liquid additive within the first chamber; disposing a second liquid additive within the second chamber; sealing the dispersement device housing with a cap, the cap being configured to seal the first chamber and the second chamber within the dispersement device housing; and securing the dispersement device housing to a filter element of the filter, the filter element and the dispersement device defining an outlet fluid opening, such that fluid flowing into and out of the filter must pass through the filter element and into the outlet fluid opening and the cap is located between the filter element and the dispersement device housing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101273 | MOVABLE CONTACT UNIT WITH BUMPS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of efficiently bonding bump members of a small cylindrical shape punched out of a highly flexible plastic film without leaving considerable extent of cutting burrs. The method comprises steps of forming bump members | 2009-04-23 |
20090101274 | Single or Multi-Layer Printed Circuit Board With Improved Via Design - A circuit board or each circuit board of a multi-layer circuit board includes an electrically conductive sheet coated with an insulating top layer covering one surface of the conductive sheet, an insulating bottom layer covering another surface of the conductive sheet and an insulating edge layer covering an edge of the conductive sheet. An insulating interlayer can be sandwiched between a pair of adjacent circuit boards of a multi-layer circuit board assembly. A landless through-hole or via can extend through one or more of the circuit boards for connecting electrical conductors on opposing surfaces thereof. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101275 | Cement-Containing Composition for Use With Alkali-Resistant Fiberglass and Poles Made Therefrom - A cement-containing composition, and in particular to a sand free composition employing effective amounts of cement, a superplasticizer, a metakaolin clay, an acrylic based co-polymer, and water, and which is especially adapted for use in manufacturing poles. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101276 | MOLD FOR COMPRESSION MOLDING IN THE PREPARATION OF A UNITIZED MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - The invention provides a mold for use in a compression molding apparatus that has a frame part with a hole through its center; a bottom plunger; and a top plunger; wherein the plungers are fabricated to fit substantially snugly in the hole in the frame part, and wherein at least one plunger comprises at least one low-thermal conductivity insert. The mold is useful in compression molding processes used in the preparation of unitized membrane electrodes. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE RAPID, AUTOMATED CREATION OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE TAILORED BLANKS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite preform from tape material, including feeding a tape section into a tape section guide that suspends the tape across a tooling surface, moving at least one of the tape section guide and the tooling surface relative to each other to position the tape section at a desired location and orientation relative to the tooling surface, moving the tape section toward a pre-existing tape section disposed on the tooling surface, and tacking the tape section to the pre-existing tape section. A corresponding apparatus for manufacturing composite preforms is also disclosed. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101278 | METHODS FOR PREPARING FREEFORM THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES - There are provided methods for the real-time radiation-assisted fabrication of freeform three-dimensional structures. For example, one of these methods comprise depositing on a substrate, by means of nozzle, a filament comprising a curable polymer, while exposing the filament to a radiation so as to cure the curable polymer, and while moving the substrate and the nozzle, with respect to one another, according to the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis or at least two of these axes. Such a method permits to obtain a freeform three-dimensional structure having at least one point of contact with the substrate. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101279 | ADHESIVE, METHOD OF CONNECTING WIRING TERMINALS AND WIRING STRUCTURE - A wiring structure having a wiring-terminal-connection adhesive that includes a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101280 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FLEXIBLE SINGLE-SIDED POLYIMIDE COPPER-CLAD LAMINATE - A method of producing a flexible single-sided polyimide copper-clad laminate having excellent flex properties. The method comprises: (A) forming a polyamic acid coating by applying a polyamic acid to the surface of a copper foil starting material, (B) forming a laminate by bonding a polyimide film to the polyamic acid coating, and (C) heat treating the laminate, wherein the copper foil starting material is a material for which, if the copper foil starting material is subjected to a heat treatment for 30 minutes at 200° C. in a non-oxidizing atmosphere and the intensity of the (200) plane determined by X-ray diffraction following this heat treatment is termed I, and if the intensity of the (200) plane determined by X-ray diffraction of a copper powder that has not been subjected to heat treatment is termed I | 2009-04-23 |
20090101281 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A LASER-INSCRIBABLE SMART LABEL - A method and device for manufacturing a radio-frequency label on an article is provided. The method generally comprises the steps of fixing at least one transponder on a surface of the article, the transponder comprising at least one radio-frequency chip and at least one antenna and at least one carrier film, and fixing at least one cover label on the transponder, the cover label comprising at least one inscribable surface directed away from the transponder. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101282 | Apparatus and method for picking-up semiconductor dies - A die pick-up apparatus and method using a wiper that has a tip end moving in and out of an adherence surface of a die stage and a shutter that is moved with the wiper while blocking a suction window formed in the adherence surface. When picking up a semiconductor die, the tip end of the wiper is aligned with a first end of the die, the wiper is moved along the adherence surface while the tip end of the wiper is protruded from the adherence surface with the die being suction-held by a collet. A suction opening is sequentially opened between a first end surface of the suction window and a seat surface of the wiper as the wiper is moved, and a dicing sheet attached to the die is suctioned into the suction opening that has been opened and sequentially peeled off from the die. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101283 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a plasma etching apparatus, a first high frequency for plasma generation and a second high frequency for ion attraction are respectively applied from two high frequency supplies to a susceptor. Further, DC voltage is applied from a variable DC power supply to an upper electrode via a filter circuit. An annular DC ground part attached to an upper side surface of the susceptor is connected to a filter circuit. This filter circuit allows a specific frequency component of the intermodulation distortion generated in a plasma by a series resonant to selectively flow to a ground line. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101284 | Table for plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing apparatus - An object of the present invention is to suppress damage of an electrostatic chuck, by controlling stress exerted on each part of a table, which includes an electrically conductive material, i.e., an electrode for generating plasma, a dielectric layer for enhancing the in-plane uniformity of a plasma process, and an electrostatic chuck. The table for a plasma processing apparatus includes an electrically conductive member connected with a high frequency power source and adapted for plasma generation, for drawing ions present in the plasma, or for both thereof; a dielectric layer provided on a top face of the electrically conductive member, having a central portion and a peripheral portion that are different in thickness relative to each other, and adapted for providing uniformity of high frequency electric field intensity in a plane over the substrate to be processed; and an electrode film for an electrostatic chuck, provided in the dielectric layer and adapted for electrostatically chucking the substrate onto a top face of the dielectric layer. With such configuration, the stress exerted on the electrostatic chuck due to temperature change can be controlled. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101285 | WAFER SPIN CHUCK AND AN ETCHER USING THE SAME - A wafer spin chuck and an etcher using the same are provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provide a wafer spin chuck device comprising: a spin body which spins a wafer; and a stationary body which holds the spin body and is under the spin body with a space between the spin body and the stationary body, wherein the stationary body includes a blocking unit which blocks the space with a fluid. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101286 | TEAR SEAL MOVEABLE GROUND JAW FOR A TUBING SEALER - Tubing sealers, whether hand held or desk mounted, heat seal liquid filled plastic tubing on command to develop sealed liquid filled easily separable segments serially attached to one another. The sealer generates a source of RF energy to heat seal the plastic tubing on placement of the tubing between a fixed jaw and a tubing compressing moveable ground jaw. The moveable ground jaw serves as a heat sink to dissipate heat and prevents a heat buildup during rapid repetitive operation of the sealer. The configuration of the moveable ground jaw coming in contact with the tubing primarily, but in combination with the degree of compression of the tubing and the RF power applied, controls both the integrity of the seal and the ease with which the sealed segments of tubing can be separated from one another. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101287 | BEAD BREAKER ROLLER HEAD FOR A TIRE MOUNTING-DEMOUNTING MACHINE - The present invention relates to a work head with bead breaker roller for a tire mounting-demounting machine, suitable for bead breaking of a tire (P) from the edge (B | 2009-04-23 |
20090101288 | Window cover and adjustable shade rail - An adjustable shade rail for use with a window covering and method of making the shade rail is provided by combining a first and second rail element. The width of the adjustable shade rail can be adjusted by varying the position of the first rail element in relation to the second rail element. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101289 | COMPACTABLE TEMPORARY VEHICLE WINDOW SCREEN WITH PRIVACY PANEL - A compactable temporary window screen with privacy panel is for use with any motor vehicle having a doorframe wherein the door window is surrounded by a solid window frame structure. The screen comprises a flexible mesh material shaped in such a way as to allow it to be slipped over the door of a motor vehicle when the door is open and then secured in the proper position by closing the door. An opaque privacy panel is also provided to optionally allow privacy and light control. In one embodiment of the invention the privacy panel may be folded into itself and secured in an attached pouch. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101290 | Window covering safety device - A window covering is disclosed that has a safety device that includes a first cord segment having stops spaced along the first cord segment, and a second cord segment having stops spaced along the second cord segment. The first cord segment and the second cord segment extend from respective end caps. The end caps are configured to connect to the ends of a bottom rail. A first anchor is connected to the first cord segment, and a second anchor is connected to the second cord segment. At least one of the first end cap and the first anchor is configured to releasably connect to the first cord segment at a selected stop on the first cord segment and at least one of the second anchor and the second end cap is configured to releasably connect to the second cord segment at a selected stop on the second cord segment. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101291 | Blinds for Vehicles - A vehicle roller blind, in particular sunshield roller blind for motor vehicles is provided. The vehicle roller blind having a roller blind web which is connected to a thrust element, which is rigid in compression and/or bending-resistant, for tensioning the roller blind web, and having an adjusting device which actuates the thrust element, which is embodied in the manner of a single-strand cable window lifter and which is at least partially encapsulated together with the thrust element. The thrust element and the adjusting device are arranged in a housing which holds the thrust element and the adjusting device and which comprises a drive housing for the roller blind drive and a preferably tubular guide channel which holds the thrust element and the flexible traction means. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101292 | Device for detecting an obstacle and limiting the force of an apron in a goods-handling door - The invention relates to a device for detecting an obstacle and limiting the force from the primary edge or sill nosing ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101293 | LIGHT-BLOCKING HEADRAIL FOR ARCHITECTURAL COVERING - A light-blocking head-rail, and architectural coverings incorporating the headrail, include a light-blocking strip adapted to block out light. Embodiments of the light-blocking strip include bristles which tend to block substantially all of the light that might otherwise pass between a top surface of the headrail and a top beam of an architectural opening. The bristles can conform and fill in gaps between the top surface of the headrail and the top beam, and can further be compressed by a bracket connecting the headrail to the top beam of the architectural opening. Additional embodiments of the light-blocking strip are made from a flexible material that can be easily deflected and compressed when installed within an architectural opening. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101294 | PROCESS FOR MAKING BAMBOO FIBERFILL AND ARTICLES THEREOF - A process for producing bamboo fiberfill from raw bamboo fiber includes, obtaining a bale of the raw bamboo fiber, picking up and separating the raw bamboo bale fiber into tufts of bamboo fiber with a bale opener, feeding the bamboo fiber tufts into a blending hopper configured to blend the bamboo fiber tufts, feeding the blended bamboo fiber tufts into a beater configured to open the bamboo fiber tufts, and feeding the opened bamboo fiber tufts into a fine opener configured to reduce the size of the opened bamboo fiber tufts and refine the opened bamboo fiber tufts into the bamboo fiberfill, wherein the bamboo fiberfill has a fiber length of about 30 millimeters to about 60 millimeters and a linear density of about 0.5 denier to about 5.0 denier. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101295 | Self-Bonding Polypridobismidazole Pulp and a Process for Making Same - The invention concerns a fibrous pulp comprising polypyridobisimidazole fiber, the pulp having a Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) of no more than about 650 ml, a specific surface area of from 0.5 to 50 square meters per gram, a length-weighted average length of from 0.5 to 2.0 mm, and a equilibrium moisture content of greater than 10 percent by weight. Also provided are papers made from such pulp and processes for making the pulp. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101296 | Near Neutral Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching of Pulp - Final chlorine dioxide bleaching of lignocellulosic materials is most effective at a near-neutral pH but present industrial practice typically targets a final pH of between 3.5 and 4.0 because of the difficulty in achieving and maintaining near-neutral pH cost effectively. The in situ formation of bicarbonate before the addition of chlorine dioxide provides a way of maintaining the required near-neutral pH. Near-neutral final chlorine dioxide bleaching also produces a bleached pulp that is in a state that responds more effectively to fluorescent whitening or optical brightening agents. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING FIBROUS MATERIALS USING STOKES PARAMETERS - An apparatus ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101298 | Arrangement for the treatment of cellulose pulp - A washing arrangement for washing and dewatering cellulose pulp is disclosed, comprising at least one rotary cylindrical element, against which the pulp is dewatered, and where a seal is located in an end seal holder, so that the seal has a contact surface against the rotary cylindrical element and an application surface placed against an applicator located in a groove in the end seal holder, where the seal has a longitudinal extension, which corresponds to either the entire or at least a greater part of the circumference of the cylindrical element, and is intended to seal against the end of the cylindrical element, and where the seal is a polymer ledge provided with an arming element. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101299 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE TRANSFER OF A MATERIAL WEB - A machine, for at least one of producing and treating a web of fibrous material in which the web is guided along a web guide path by at least one web guide device from one of a web production section and a web input section to pass at least one web treatment device, includes a first apparatus configured for forming a transfer strip of the web and for transferring the transfer strip through the machine, the machine being configured for transferring the web along the web guide path in that the first apparatus is configured for forming the transfer strip which is a leading transfer strip of the web, for guiding the transfer strip through the machine, and for increasing the transfer strip to a full width of the web and thereby performing tail widening; and a second apparatus configured for detecting a break in the web, the second apparatus being configured for responding to a break in one of the transfer strip and the web during a transfer of the web and during an increase in a width of the transfer strip. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101300 | Method and piercing device for creating clearances in the moulding sand of a moulding box - The invention relates to a method for creating clearances in the moulding said of a moulding box, the moulding box being transported into a working area of a robot, a piercing device being brought into a predeterminable position above the moulding box, a piercing implement of the piercing device being moved by a drive predetermined distance in the direction of the moulding said and introduced into the moulding said to a previously defined depth. The invention also relates to a piercing device for creating clearances in the moulding said of a moulding box with at least one connection point at which a mechanical and/or electrical and/or activating connection to a robot is made possible, with a holding device, with at least one drive and with at least one piercing implement, the holding device being connected to the drive and to the at least one connecting point and the at least one piercing implement being movable back and forth along an imaginary longitudinal axis by the at least one drive. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101301 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED SILICON - Provided is a process for producing a purified silicon by cutting off a crude silicon region, without determining the aluminium concentration in a directionally-solidified silicon. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101302 | Dynamic heat exchanger - A rotary heat exchanger includes a housing defining an interior space and heat transfer structure in the interior space. The heat transfer structure includes a plurality of concentric discs disposed in spaced relation to define passageways between the discs. The discs are mounted for rotation within the housing. Partition structure divides the interior space into first and second chambers. When heat transfer structure is rotated and first and second fluids are introduced into the associated chambers and between the passageways, with the first fluid having a temperature greater than a temperature of the second fluid, the discs are rapidly heated thereby removing heat from the first fluid and heating the second fluid. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101303 | Artificial Underground Water Heat Accumulator - Disclosed is a device of a water heat accumulator or storage medium that is composed of water and at least one solid construction material which has a structure with hollow spaces and is specifically designed to absorb the entire amount of water and autonomously retain as much thereof as possible, has a statically load-bearing structure and can thus accommodate a superstructure, and can have water-permeable and/or hygroscopic properties. All additional equipment required for operating and utilizing the heat accumulator is assigned to said water heat accumulator or storage medium. The inventive device is characterized in that the construction material is a foam product or a construction material which is composed of several identical and/or different solid construction materials that are fixedly interconnected. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101304 | HEAT EXCHANGE TYPE COOLING DEVICE - A heat exchange type cooling device includes an enclosure, an inside-air passage allowing inside air in the inside of the enclosure to flow through the inside-air passage and returning the flowing inside air to the inside, an outside-air passage allowing outside air at the outside of the enclosure to flow through the outside-air passage and returning the flowing outside air to the outside, an inside-air blower sending the inside air to the inside-air passage, an outside-air blower sending the outside air to the outside-air passage, a heat-exchanging element exchanging heat between the outside air flowing through the outside-air passage and the inside air flowing through the inside-air passage, and a heater for heating the inside air. The outside-air passage is independent from the inside-air passage. The heater is provided upstream of the heat-exchanging element in the inside-air passage. This heat exchange type cooling device can heat and cool the inside of the enclosure while preventing dust and moisture from entering into the inside of the enclosure. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101305 | Combined potable water-surface heating and cooling system - The present invention relates to a method of heating or cooling a series of indoor spaces using domestic hot water and cooling using domestic cold water systems as a source for an efficient and cost effective distribution system that distributes heating and cooling water that can be used in surface heating/cooling panels built directly into the building construction. These panels form part of the space walls and ceilings and form a cost effective and ascetically pleasing method of delivering heating and cooling to a space. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101306 | Heat Exchanger System - A heat exchanger system, especially for a room, including a thermal element comprising a surface; a heat spreader comprising at least one sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having a density of at least about 0.6 g/cc and a thickness of less than about 10 mm, and further comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the heat spreader is positioned relative to the thermal element such that the heat spreader is at least partially wrapped around the thermal element so that the first side of the heat spreader is in a thermal transfer relationship with a portion of the thermal element surface. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101307 | HEAT SINK SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY - A heat sink system with reduced airborne debris clogging, for cooling power electronics, the heat sink system including a heat sink having a plurality of fins, a housing configured to direct air flow around the side, top, and/or bottom of the heat sink and then through the fins of the heat sink at a back of the heat sink, and an inlet airway passage formed between a wall of the housing and said side, top, and/or bottom of the finned heat sink to allow air to pass within the housing, wherein said side, top, and/or bottom of the heat sink comprises at least one of said plurality of fins disposed directly in contact with the inlet airway passage. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101308 | MICRO-CHANNEL PULSATING HEAT PUMP - A heat pump device and method in which micro-channel embedded pulsating heat pumps are incorporated into a substrate. A volume of fluid in a vacuum is introduced into a micro-channel which will become slugs of liquid. Heating of the contents of the micro-channel at an evaporation (heat source) will cause vaporization within the micro-channel and cooling at a heat sink will cause condensation within the micro-channel, acting to both drive fluid flow within the micro-channel and efficiently transfer heat. Such devices could be used in a number of different configuration, including as a stacked set of micro-channel embedded substrates. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101309 | RADIATOR CONNECTOR FITTING - The invention relates to a device for connecting a heating apparatus to the feed and return sections of a heating system of a building, wherein there is a water inlet channel with an inlet and an outlet connection, wherein the feed section of the heating system can be attached on the inlet connection, and the inlet of the heating apparatus can be attached on the outlet connection, there is a water outlet channel with an inlet and an outlet connection, wherein the outlet of the heating apparatus can be attached on the inlet connection, and the return section of the heating system can be attached on the outlet connection, and there is at least one connection, in particular a side connection, to the water inlet channel and/or to the water outlet channel between the inlet and outlet connections for a measuring device, pump, and/or a connecting hose. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101310 | Articulated Joint with Adjustable Stiffness - A bed of particulate material | 2009-04-23 |
20090101311 | System and Method for Cooling Using Two Separate Coolants - According to one embodiment, a cooling system for a heat-generating structure includes a first cooling loop that directs a flow of a first fluid coolant from a heat-generating structure to a first heat exchanger. The system also includes a second cooling loop that directs a flow of a second fluid coolant from the first heat exchanger to a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger receives thermal energy from the first fluid coolant and transfers at least a portion of the thermal energy to the second fluid coolant. The first fluid coolant has a specific heat and a mass flow rate, and the second fluid coolant has a specific heat and a mass flow rate. A product of the specific heat and the mass flow rate of the first fluid coolant is greater than a product of the specific heat and the mass flow rate of the second fluid coolant. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101312 | Regulating Transmission Fluid and Engine Coolant Temperatures in a Motor Vehicle - A system for controlling the temperature of a transmission fluid includes a first heat exchanger communicating with a source of engine coolant for transferring heat between the engine coolant and the transmission fluid and including a first outlet through which transmission fluid exits the first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger through which air may flow for transferring heat between the transmission fluid and the air and including a second inlet through which transmission fluid enters the second heat exchanger, and second outlet through which transmission fluid exits the second heat exchanger, and a first bypass valve for alternately opening and closing the second inlet and the second outlet when a temperature of transmission fluid exiting the first outlet is greater than a first reference temperature, and for bypassing the second heat exchanger when the temperature of transmission fluid exiting the first outlet is less than the second reference temperature. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101313 | MULTISTAGE HEAT EXCHANGING DUCT COMPRISING A PARALLEL CONDUIT - The heat exchanger having a heat exchanging channel ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101314 | MODIFIED HEAT PIPE FOR ACTIVATION OF A PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE - A heat pipe is disclosed, the heat pipe capable of transferring heat to actuate a pressure relief device by heat transfer through either capillary action involving a wicking material and a working fluid, or by a fuse in the case of leakage of the working fluid from the heat pipe. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101315 | Turbo-guiding type cooling apparatus - A turbo-guiding type cooling apparatus includes a reverse fixed blade unit interposed between the wind exit surface of the fan and the heat sink. The rotation direction of the reverse fixed blade unit is opposite to that of the fan. A receiving chamber is formed under the shaft of the reverse fixed blade unit, and the receiving chamber has at least one-third height of the reverse fixed blade unit. A separation portion extending into the receiving chamber is formed at the center of the top of at least one part of the heat sink. The reverse fixed blade unit includes a reduction cover inward tapered at the periphery of the wind outlet thereof. The height (h | 2009-04-23 |
20090101316 | HEAT DISSIPATING ASSEMBLY WITH REDUCED THERMAL GRADIENT - A device to dissipate thermal energy generated by a heat generating component. The device includes a base plate and a housing secured to and disposed on the base plate to form an enclosed space surrounded thereby. The device also includes a plurality of fins secured to the base plate and disposed in the space; an inlet pipe for introducing cooling fluid into the space and an outlet pipe for exhausting the cooling fluid from the space. The inlet pipe has a flow exit positioned over the fins so that the cooling fluid flows from the top portions of the fins toward the base plate. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101317 | JACKET FOR HEAT DISPERSION DEVICE - An apparatus comprising a heat dispersion device having a first end. The first end has a shape different than that of the remainder of the heat dispersion device. The apparatus also comprises a jacket coupled to the heat dispersion device at the first end. The jacket has another shape associated with that of the remainder of the heat dispersion device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101318 | Electrical connector assembly with heat dissipating device - An electrical connector with a heat dissipating device adapted to physically in contact with an electrical package disposed on a socket connector comprises a load plate having a substantially rectangular configuration defining a central opening having a first length and a first width and a heat plate having longitudinal sides and traversal ends. A heat plate has a heat pipe attached thereon and arranged such that the heat plate is disposed under the load plate, while the heat pipe is arranged above the load plate when rotated. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101319 | Heat Exhanger with Varying Cross Sectional Area of Conduits - A process involving heat exchange that employs heat exchangers where the process material flows over a heat transfer surface in which a process material passes through the process conduit of a heat exchanger wherein the desired velocity profile of the process material passing through the process conduit is achieved by varying the cross sectional area of the process conduit in 3 or more locations along the path length of the process conduit which allows better regulation of heating or cooling within the system which, for some processes, will result in improved temperature control. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101320 | Liquid-Cooled Grill Comprising Wear Plates - The invention relates to a grill consisting of liquid-cooled grill plates and liquid-cooled lateral panels, the surfaces of which are provided with wear plates ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101321 | Heat Exchanger - The invention presents a MONOBLOC fin and plate heat exchanger design preventing internal leakages and intermixing of high-temperature and low-temperature flows, e.g. oil and fuel. This is achieved through a particular configuration of the heat exchanger, whereby its core assembly is completely or partially produced from a one-piece monolithic metallic block. Owing to that, all brazed seams, which in conventional fin and plate heat exchangers contact with both hot medium and cold medium flows, are fully abolished thereby excluding a source for imperfections usually developing in brazed joints and base metal in the process of pressure-temperature cyclic loading. Employing custom-made individual fins allows about two-fold increase in the strength of brazed joints in comparison with ordinary corrugated fins (due to doubling of the brazed surface). As a result, the suggested configuration allows the design of a high reliability compact heat transfer device for much higher operating pressures than what may be achieved in the conventional fin and plate heat exchanger. This invention may be used in different fields of modern technology, especially for aeronautical engine applications, where the challenge of ensuring reliability levels of one failure in millions of (fleet-cumulative) flight hours, and operating pressure levels of thousands of pounds per square inch, must be met. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101322 | Heat Exchange Device - Heat exchange device with a plate element ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101323 | COPPER ALLOY TUBE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER EXCELLENT IN FRACTURE STRENGTH - The present invention provides a copper alloy tube for heat exchangers which is tolerable to a high operating pressure of new cooling media such as carbon dioxide and HFC-based fluorocarbons, and is excellent in fracture strength, even if the tube is thinned, and a copper alloy tube for a heat exchanger which has a composition having specified amounts of Sn and P, has an average crystal grain size of 30 μm or less and has a high strength of 250 MPa or more of a tensile strength in the longitudinal direction of the tube improves the fracture strength as a texture in which the orientation distribution density in the Goss orientation is 4% or less. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101324 | HEAT CONDUCTING APPARATUS - A heat conducting apparatus adopts a design of two oblique slide blocks disposed between and contacted with two objects for conducting heat from one of the two objects to another. The two oblique slide blocks can be adjusted freely according to the different heights of the two objects to conduct the heat produced by a heat generating component to a heat dissipating structure. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING SUPERCONDUCTIVE JOINTS - In a method and apparatus for joining a number of superconductive cables to establish electrical connection therebetween, a cup-like member having a base, a sidewall, and an opening to receive electrically conductive ends of said cables is provided. The base of the cup-like member is attached to a holder device. The holder device is attached to a cryogenically cooled surface. The ends of the superconductive cables are connected together within the cup-like member. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101326 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR A FLUID BEARING PIVOTAL COMPONENT - The invention relates to a connecting element ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101327 | SURFACE INSTRUMENTATION CONFIGURATION FOR DRILLING RIG OPERATION - One embodiment includes an apparatus comprising a surface slip to support drill tubing and having a communications instrument. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101328 | COMPOSITE DRILL PIPE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A lightweight and durable drill pipe string capable of short radius drilling formed using a composite pipe segment formed to include tapered wall thickness ends that are each defined by opposed frustoconical surfaces conformed for self aligning receipt and intimate bonding contact within an annular space between corresponding surfaces of a coaxially nested set of metal end pieces and a set of nonconductive sleeves. The distal peripheries of the nested end pieces and sleeves are then welded to each other and the sandwiched and bonded portions are radially pinned. The composite segment may include imbedded conductive leads and the axial end portions of the end pieces are shaped to form a threaded joint with the next pipe assembly that includes contact rings in the opposed surfaces of the pipe joint assembly, the contact of which is effected by either piercing with a pointed contact from one end into the other to connect the corresponding leads across the joint or contacting opposed rings in each end. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101329 | Water Sensing Adaptable Inflow Control Device Using a Powered System - A device or system for controlling fluid flow in a well includes a flow control element and a water detector. The water detector may actuate the flow control element in response to a measurement of a property of the flowing fluid. The water detector may be a capacitive proximity sensor. The measured property may be a dielectric constant. The flow control element may permit a predetermined amount of fluid flow after being actuated to a closed position. Also, the water detector may measure a property of the fluid flowing after the flow control element is in the closed position. A method for controlling a flow of fluid into a wellbore tubular may include positioning a flow control element along the wellbore tubular; measuring a property of a flowing fluid using a water detector; and actuating the flow control element in response to the measurement. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101330 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - An injection fluid distribution configuration including a tubular having a plurality of openings therein and a plurality of beaded matrixes disposed within the openings. At least one of the beaded matrixes having an injection fluid permeability different than an injection fluid permeability of at least one other of the plurality of beaded matrixes. A method for distributing an injection fluid in a wellbore. A method for making an injection fluid distribution apparatus for distributing an injection fluid in a wellbore. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101331 | Stabilizer for pipe handling equipment - A stabilizer to suppress unwanted pivotal movement in pipe handling equipment suspended from bails. The stabilizer can contain either or both adjustable contacting members and non-adjustable contacting members which are rigidly connected to a portion of the pipe handling equipment. The adjustable contacting members contact the bails on one or both sides of the bail(s) to suppressing motion of the elevator relative to the bail. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING WITH CASING - Methods and apparatus for drilling with a top drive system are provided. In one aspect, the present invention provides for a top drive system having includes a top drive, top drive adapter, and a tubular positioning apparatus. In one another aspect, the system includes a telescopic link system connected to a lower portion of the top drive adapter to move the casing string into engagement with the top drive adapter. In another aspect, the top drive adapter includes a housing operatively connected to the top drive and a plurality of retaining members disposed in the housing for gripping the tubular. In another aspect, the tubular positioning apparatus includes a gripping member for engaging a tubular and a conveying member for positioning the gripping member. A spinner may be provided to rotate the tubular. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101333 | Stripper rubber with integral retracting retention member connection apparatus - A stripper rubber insert comprises a central bore and a plurality of retention member bores substantially perpendicular to the central bore. The retention member bores are angularly spaced apart around a perimeter of the stripper rubber insert. Each one of the retention member bores extends through an exterior insert edge face and an interior insert edge face. Each one of the retention member bores includes a respective retention member securing structure therein. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101334 | MULTILAYERED BALL SEALER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A multilayered ball sealer having a deformable layer. The multilayered ball sealer has an outer or intermediate layer that is deformable under pressure. In the former, the deformable layer may be water-soluble or hydrolysable. In the latter, the outer layer is a sheath that contains the deformable layer and adapts to its shape. A multilayered ball sealer may be used as a diversion agent by being suspended in a fluid injected into a wellbore and applying pressure to deform the shape of the intermediate layer such that the multilayered ball sealer adapts to the shape of a perforation opening on which the multilayered ball sealer has seated. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101335 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - A fluid media tell-tale configuration including a tubular having an inside surface with which a fluid media will make contact during application of the fluid media to a target destination. The fluid media tell-tale configuration further including one or more openings in the tubular having a beaded matrix therein. The beaded matrix being permeable to a fluid transport component of the fluid media while being impermeable to a residue component of the fluid media. A method for applying a fluid media to a target location with a tell-tale confirmation. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101336 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - A drill-in liner assembly including a tubular and a plurality of substantially radially oriented openings in the tubular arranged in a pattern; the pattern selected to substantially maintain torsional strength of the tubular while facilitating in-flow of target fluid. Also including a plurality of beaded matrix plugs disposed within one or more of the plurality of openings such that torsional load placed upon the plurality of openings in the tubular is borne by the plugs. An erosion resistant filtering arrangement including a tubular, a plurality of openings in the tubular arranged in a pattern, and a plurality of beaded matrix plugs disposed within one or more of the plurality of openings. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101337 | Method and apparatus for detecting defects in oilfield tubulars - A sensor system for detecting defects in a tubular string while positioned in the well includes a sensor tool ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101338 | Wellhead flowline protection and testing system with ESP speed controller and emergency isolation valve - An ESP variable speed drive controller functions in conjunction with a safety logic solver, dedicated pressure sensors and a surface emergency isolation valve, or safety shut-off valve (SSV), to perform a full functional test of the complete wellhead flowline system. The method includes the step of using a plurality of pressure transmitters to monitor the flowline pressure during normal operations and during a full stroke test of the safety shutoff valve and adjusting the speed of the downhole ESP during the test to maintain the pipeline pressure within predetermined safe pressure limits. This wellhead flowline protection system and method utilizes the downhole ESP speed controller and an SSV to ensure that dangerous pressure levels are not reached and provides for full functional safety testing of the wellhead system. The ESP motor speed controller is used to permit functional testing and remove the pressure source from protected downstream flowline piping. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101339 | FORMATION EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of evaluating a fluid from a subterranean formation drawn into a downhole tool positioned in a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation is provided. The method involves drawing fluid from a formation into an evaluation flowline, drawing fluid from a formation into a cleanup flowline, measuring a property of the fluid in the evaluation flowline and detecting stabilization of the property of the fluid in the evaluation flowline. Fluid properties in a combined flowline may be generated from the evaluation and cleanup flowlines. The fluid properties of the combined flowline may be used to project future evaluation flowline fluid properties. Contamination levels for a given fluid property of a given flowline may also be determined. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101340 | TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM A LEAK OFF TEST IN A WELL - A technique that is usable with a well includes deploying at least one sensing device in the well and during a leak off test, communicating a signal that is indicative of a measurement that is acquired by the sensing device(s) over a wired infrastructure of a drill string. The technique includes controlling the leak off test based at least in part on the communication. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101341 | Water Control Device Using Electromagnetics - An apparatus for controlling a flow of fluid in a well includes a flow control device and a generator that generates electrical energy in response to a flow of an electrically conductive fluid. The flow control device may include an actuator receiving electrical energy from the generator, and a valve operably coupled to the actuator. The actuator may be configured to operate after a preset value for induced voltage is generated by the generator. The generator may use a pair of electrodes positioned along a flow path of the electrically conductive fluid to generate electrical energy. In one arrangement, one or more elements positioned proximate to the electrodes generate a magnetic field along the flow path of the electrically conductive fluid that causes the electrodes to generate a voltage. In another arrangement, the electrodes create an electrochemical potential in response to contact with the electrically conductive fluid. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101342 | Permeable Medium Flow Control Devices for Use in Hydrocarbon Production - An in-flow control device controls fluid flow into a wellbore tubular using a permeable medium positioned in a flow space. The permeable medium induces a predetermined pressure differential in the flow space. The permeable medium may include separate elements having interstitial spaces and/or solid porous members. In arrangements, a filtration element may be positioned upstream of the flow space. In arrangements, the flow space may be formed in a plug member associated with the housing. In certain embodiments, a flow restriction element, such as a check valve, in the housing may provide parallel fluid communication with the bore of the wellbore tubular. Additionally, an occlusion body may be positioned in the flow space and configured to disintegrate upon exposure to a preset condition. The occlusion body temporarily seals the flow space so that a bore of the tubular may be pressurized. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101343 | HIGH RATE GRAVEL PACKING - A method of gravel packing a portion of a cased wellbore proximate perforations by using coiled tubing is disclosed. The portion of the wellbore containing perforations is isolated from the portion of the wellbore below the perforations. A connection apparatus is installed between a bottom hole assembly and the coiled tubing and this connection apparatus comprises a crossover tool. The bottom hole assembly is lowered into the wellbore using the coiled tubing until the bottom hole assembly is proximate the perforations. Then, a slurry comprising a gravel and a carrier fluid is pumpdown the coiled tubing and into the annulus between the coiled tubing and the casing. A second fluid which is compatible with the slurry is pumpdown the annulus between the coiled tubing and the casing while the slurry is above the connection apparatus between the bottom hole assembly and the coiled tubing. The second fluid and the slurry mixture reduce the slurry concentration prior to reaching the perforations. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101344 | Water Dissolvable Released Material Used as Inflow Control Device - Methods and devices for controlling fluid flow into a wellbore tubular includes an in-flow control device, an element co-acting with the in-flow control device, and a disintegrating medium at least partially surrounding the element. The medium may be configured to release the element upon disintegration of the medium. The disintegrating medium may be configured to disintegrate when exposed to a selected fluid. The element may be configured to at least partially restrict flow across a flow path associated with the in-flow control device when released. The flow path may convey the fluid from the formation to a flow bore of the wellbore tubular and the element may be positioned along the flow path. The element may be: a liquid, a solid, a particle and/or particles. The selected fluid may be water, a hydrocarbon, an engineered fluid, and/or a naturally occurring fluid. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101345 | Liner Drilling System with Retrievable Bottom Hole Assembly - A liner drilling system employs a bottom hole assembly that may be retrieved before reaching the total liner depth. The system includes an outer string made up of a liner and a profile nipple. An inner string including a running tool, drill pipe, and a drill lock tool are lowered into the outer string and rotationally and axially locked to the outer string. Drilling may be performed by rotating the inner string, which also rotates the outer string. The operator may retrieve the inner string by pulling the inner string and the liner upward until the upper end of the liner is located at the drilling rig floor. While supporting the liner at the drilling rig floor, the operator retrieves the inner string, then re-runs it back into the outer string. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101346 | In situ recovery from a hydrocarbon containing formation - An oil shale formation may be treated using an in situ thermal process. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature. Heat input into the formation may be controlled to raise the temperature of portion at a selected rate during pyrolysis of hydrocarbons within the formation. A mixture of hydrocarbons, H | 2009-04-23 |
20090101347 | THERMAL RECOVERY OF SHALLOW BITUMEN THROUGH INCREASED PERMEABILITY INCLUSIONS - Systems and methods for thermal recovery of shallow bitumen using increased permeability inclusions. A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation includes the steps of: propagating at least one generally planar inclusion outward from a wellbore into the formation; injecting a fluid into the inclusion, thereby heating the hydrocarbons; and during the injecting step, producing the hydrocarbons from the wellbore. A well system includes at least one generally planar inclusion extending outward from a wellbore into a formation; a fluid injected into the inclusion, hydrocarbons being heated as a result of the injected fluid; and a tubular string through which the hydrocarbons are produced, the tubular string extending to a location in the wellbore below the inclusion, and the hydrocarbons being received into the tubular string at that location. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101348 | Method of Developing Subsurface Freeze Zone - A method of lowering the temperature of a subsurface formation, e.g., comprising oil shale, includes injecting a cooling fluid under pressure into a wellbore. The wellbore is completed at or below a depth of the subsurface formation, and the wellbore includes a bore formed through the subsurface formation defining a diameter. The cooling fluid comprises a slurry having particles of frozen material. The cooling fluid is circulated across the formation in order to lower the temperature of at least a portion of the formation to a point that is at or below the freezing point of water. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101349 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - A fracing and production configuration including a tubular having a plurality of openings. The openings having a beaded matrix therein, a valve sub in operable communication with the tubular and an underminable plugging material plugging each of the beaded matrixes. A method for fracing and producing from a wellbore in a formation. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101350 | MODULAR BACKUP FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A system and method to allow backup or alternate fluid flow routes around malfunctioning components using removable, modular component sets. In one exemplary embodiment, an ROV establishes a backup hydraulic flow to a BOP function by attaching one end of a hose to a modular valve block and the other end to an intervention shuttle valve, thus circumventing and isolating malfunctioning components. A compound intervention shuttle valve is provided that comprises first and second primary inlets, first and second secondary inlets, and an outlet. A modular valve block is provided that comprises a directional control valve, a pilot valve, a manifold pressure regulator, a pilot pressure regulator, stab type hydraulic connections and an electrical wet-make connection. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101351 | Universal marine diverter converter - A universal marine diverter converter (UMDC) housing is clamped or latched to a rotating control device. The UMDC housing assembled with the RCD is inserted into a marine diverter above the water surface to allow conversion between conventional open and non-pressurized mud-return system drilling, and a closed and pressurized mud-return system used in managed pressure or underbalanced drilling. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101352 | Water Dissolvable Materials for Activating Inflow Control Devices That Control Flow of Subsurface Fluids - An apparatus for controlling flow of a fluid into a wellbore tubular may include a flow control device controlling the flow of the fluid; and a disintegrating element associated with the flow control device. The flow control device may be actuated when the disintegrating element disintegrates when exposed to the flowing fluid. The disintegrating element may disintegrate upon exposure to water in the fluid. A method for producing fluid from a subterranean formation includes: configuring an element to disintegrate when exposed to a selected fluid; positioning the element in a wellbore; and actuating a flow control device using the element. The element may disintegrate when exposed to water. Actuating the flow control device may restrict a flow of fluid into a wellbore tubular. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101353 | Water Absorbing Materials Used as an In-flow Control Device - A device or system for controlling fluid flow in a well includes a flow restriction member that transitions from a first effective density to a second effective density in response to a change in composition of the flowing fluid. The flow restriction member may increase in effective density as the water cut of the flowing fluid increases and/or disintegrate when exposed to a selected fluid in the flowing fluid. The flow restriction member may be formed of a water-absorbing material and/or a porous material. The pores may be water permeable but not oil permeable. A method for producing fluid from a subterranean formation includes controlling a flow of fluid into a wellbore tubular with a flow restriction member. The method may include reducing a flow of water into the wellbore tubular when a percentage of water in the flowing fluid reaches a predetermined value. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101354 | Water Sensing Devices and Methods Utilizing Same to Control Flow of Subsurface Fluids - An apparatus for controlling fluid flow in a wellbore includes a reactive element that reacts when exposed to a fluid and a flow control device configured to control a flow of the fluid. The flow control device may be actuated by a reaction of the reactive element to the fluid. In embodiments, the reactive element reacts by exhibiting a change in a material property. The reaction of the reactive element may be reversible. In embodiments, the reactive element may be a shape memory polymer. The flow control device may include an actuating element operably coupled to the reactive element. The reaction of the reactive element to a given fluid releases the actuating element to actuate the flow control device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101355 | Water Sensing Adaptable In-Flow Control Device and Method of Use - A device and system for controlling fluid flow into a wellbore tubular may include a flow path in a production control device and at least one in-flow control element along the flow path. A media in the in-flow control element adjusts a cross-sectional flow area of the flow path by interacting with water. The media may be an inorganic solid, a water swellable polymer, or ion exchange resin beads. A method for controlling a fluid flow into a wellbore tubular may include conveying the fluid via a flow path from the formation into a flow bore of the wellbore; and adjusting a cross-sectional flow area of at least a portion of the flow path using a media that interacts with water. The method may include calibrating the media to permit a predetermined amount of flow across the media after interacts with water. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101356 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - A screen assembly including a tubular having a plurality of openings therein, a screen disposed about the tubular, and a plurality of devices disposed within the plurality of openings, the devices each including a beaded matrix and a housing. A method for completing a wellbore with a sand screen. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101357 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - A tubing component for use in a downhole environment including a tubular having a plurality of openings therein and a plurality of beaded matrixes disposed in the plurality of openings the beaded matrixes being configured to be pluggable in situ in the downhole environment. A method for controlling flow in a wellbore. | 2009-04-23 |