17th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090101358 | Sealing device - A decomposable sealing device is described for use in liquid-filled pipes or boreholes, which is characterised in that the sealing device comprises a sleeve-shaped element ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101359 | High Pressure Wireline Top-Entry Packoff Apparatus and Method - A high-pressure packoff apparatus and method are disclosed. The packoff allows wireline entering a top drive drilling head through a top entry access system to be isolated in such a fashion to minimize the leakage and escape of drillstring fluids to the atmosphere. Optionally, an extension housing containing a flow tube assembly can be employed to accomplish the task. The flow tube assembly effectuates a pressure drop along the wireline conduit run therethrough, thus minimizing the likelihood of fluid escaping. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101360 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WELL COMPLETION AND CONTROL AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING AND CONTROLLING A WELL - An expandable liner assembly including an expandable tubular, a plurality of openings in the tubular, and a plurality of beaded matrixes in operable communication with the openings. A method for completing a section of wellbore. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101361 | Tubular running system - A tubular running system including a running tool system for running wellbore tubulars, a tubular handling system connected to the running tool system, a drive system connected to the running tool system, and the tubular handling system having two spaced-apart extensible arms movable toward and away from the running tool system, in one aspect with an elevator connected to the arms for releasably engaging a tubular to be moved with respect to the running tool system. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101362 | Anchor assembly for slickline setting tool for inflatables - Anchor assemblies for use in downhole slickline strings to set wellbore inflatables are disclosed. In one specific embodiment, an anchor assembly comprises an upper mandrel, an upper piston, radially extendable slips, a release piston in sliding engagement with a release mandrel, and a lower housing in sliding engagement with a lower mandrel. Fluid entering a bore of the anchor assembly forces the upper piston downward and extends the anchors. Thereafter, the slickline is reciprocated to pump fluid down the bore of the anchor assembly into the inflatable to prevent premature release of the inflatable. As the inflatable inflates, the lower housing is pulled downward along the lower mandrel until the inflatable is fully inflated. At a predetermined pressure after inflation of the inflatable, the anchors are retracted by actuation of the release piston so that the anchor assembly can be retrieved. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101363 | Flexible Liner for Drilled Drainhole Deployment - A liner for inserting into a drain hole, comprising a resilient tubular member with a central bore; wherein the tubular member is formed from a first continuous helically wound wire provided with a passageway to allow fluid communication across the member. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101364 | WELLBORE ZONAL ISOLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of completing a wellbore includes the steps of connecting an isolation tool to a conveyance, the isolation tool including a tubular base member having an internal bore and an outer housing forming a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a wall; the first chamber having a first inlet port in communication with the internal bore and a first outlet port formed through the housing; the second chamber having first inlet port in communication with the internal bore and a second outlet port formed through the housing; a first material disposed in the first chamber; and a second material disposed in the second chamber; running the conveyance into the wellbore, an annulus formed between the isolation tool and sidewall of the wellbore; and activating the isolation tool to form a barrier to fluid flow in the annulus. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101365 | Horseshoes and Method and Apparatus for Shoeing Horses - The design of this shoeing system is specifically produced to ensure the maintenance of the breakover function of the hoof. The breakover built into the shoe is specifically produced to ensure the tip of the pedal bone remains the central point of rotation following the addition of a shoe. The dimension of this breakover can be calculated using the following equation: R=A+(B−b)+C. This equation can be used on all horses, all shoes and all terrains offering the trainer/owner/farrier the opportunity to shoe the horse using the most efficient breakover possible. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101366 | Homeland fire suppression system - A fire suppression system for effectively subduing fires. The fire suppression system comprises an underground water tank having a first predetermined size specifically calculated to meet the needs of such property to be protected. A pre-charged foam proportioning device containing dry foam powder is engageable with the underground water tank. The system includes a system engageable with such underground water tank and with such foam proportioning device for dispensing a water/foam mixture for such property to be protected. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101367 | Sprinkler head apparatus - A rotatable sprinkler head apparatus has a sprinkler body and a sprinkler swivel having attaching means for attaching a rotatable sprinkler head apparatus to a source of water. The swivel has a bore therethrough. A spindle has a bore therethrough and is rotatably mounted through the sprinkler swivel bore and connected at one end to the sprinkler body and having a flange at the opposite end thereof. A washer stack has a plurality of washers thereon mounted around said spindle between said spindle flange and said swivel. The washer stack includes a wear washer having an annular generally external ledge for forming a generally L-shape cross section rotatable with the spindle in an annular generally stationary washer adjacent to the swivel and riding on the wear washer external ledge without touching the spindle so that spindle wear is reduced by the wear washer rotating relative to the generally stationary washer. The washer stack also includes a spindle washer positioned between the wear washer and the spindle flange which rotates with the spindle and the wear washer. The stationary washer as well as the spindle washer is made of an elastomeric material. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101368 | FIREFIGHTING DEVICE FEEDBACK CONTROL - A control system for a fire fighting component includes a detector for detecting a position of at least a portion of a fire fighting component relative to an axis, which generates an output position signal indicative of the position of the at least a portion of the fire fighting component, and a controller in communication with the detector and receiving the output position signal. The controller generates a display output signal based on the output position signal. The system further includes a display that is in communication with the controller and receives the display output signal. The display generates an icon that is a graphical representation of the fire fighting device, and configures the icon based on the output display signal wherein the configuration of the icon indicates the position of the at least a portion of the fire fighting device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101369 | BIFOLD TRANSPORT LOCK - An apparatus includes a tongue, a pivotable beam linked to the tongue, a cylinder configured to move the pivotable beam from an operating position to a transport position, which is narrower than the operating position, and a latchable member connected to the pivotable beam. A locking assembly includes first and second dogs which can receive the latchable member. The second dog can move relative to the first dog from an open position to a closed position in response to movement of the latchable member such that movement of the latchable member out of the second dog opening is blocked by the first dog while the second dog is in the closed position. The apparatus includes a locking member that moves in response to movement of the cylinder from an unlocked to a locked position to lock the dogs in the closed position. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101370 | Soil transport surface with anti-adhesion biomimetic features and machine using same - A soil transport machine, such as a track type tractor equipped with a bulldozer blade, includes a soil transport interaction surface (blade) with an array of anti-adhesion biomimetic protrusions that project out of a base surface. The biomimetic protrusions may have a smooth convex shape sized and distributed in a manner that reduces soil adhesion and the associated carryback, especially in adhesive soils such as heavy clay. The biomimetic protrusions may be incorporated directly into the surface of the bulldozer blade, or maybe part of a replaceable liner that is attached to the blade body in a conventional manner. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101371 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT - The invention provides a guidance system for guiding a towed agricultural implement such as seeders, planters, sprayers and the like, along a preferred path between rows of growing crop or standing stubble by sensing the rows of growing crop or standing stubble with a uniquely designed paddle-like sensor means which does not engage the ground. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101372 | WORK MACHINE BLADE DEVICE AND WORK MACHINE INCLUDING THE SAME - A blade has an overall blade width of W, and includes a central front portion, interposition front portions, and side front portions. A straight first edge section is arranged on the lower end of the central front portion. Each of the front surfaces of the central front portion, the interposition front portions, and the side front portions is formed in an arc-shaped surface that has a prescribed radius R | 2009-04-23 |
20090101373 | TRANSPORT LOCK JOINT FOR STACK FOLD TOOLBAR - A transport lock joint is provided for an implement with a center section and wing sections adapted for stack folding to transport positions over the center section. The lock joint includes an insert element mounted on one of the wing sections and a retainer element mounted on the other wing section. With the implement in its stack-folded transport position, the insert element is received within the retainer element and the wing sections are mutually restrained against relative movement, particularly relative movement associated with the over-the-road travel. Unfolding the implement to a field working position disengages the lock joint by extracting the insert element from the retainer element. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101374 | WEED REMOVAL GARDEN HAND TOOL - A plant bed grooming garden tool and particularly for de-weeding plant beds is provided in the form of a scoop having a forward cutting portion integrally formed with a rear basket portion. The root cutting portion has projecting spaced-apart fingers extending from a forward cutting edge of a bottom wall of the rear basket portion. Opposed ones of the fingers have upwardly formed side flanges merging with opposed side walls of the rear basket portion. At least the bottom wall of the basket portion has through bore formations shaped and disposed to permit the passage of earth while retaining earth matter larger than the through bore formations. The basket retains the weeds, cut roots and other earth matter therein while permitting earth to be shaken out of the weed basket portion. A handle is secured to an upstanding rear wall of the basket portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101375 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Mounted on a revolving frame are onboard equipments including engine and heat exchanger. These onboard equipments are accommodated in a housing cover consisted by including a front partition panel. The front partition panel is fixed to a seat screw member which is provided on the revolving frame. At this time, lower end portion of the front partition panel is hung in a floated state above the revolving frame by a stopper which is adapted rest on an upper end portion of the seat screw member. Therefore, lower end portion of the front partition panel is hung in a floated state above a upper surface of a left side frame, facilitating to align a bolt through hole in the front partition panel with a nut of the seat screw member at the time of threading and tightening a bolt into the nut. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101376 | MODE CHANGE MECHANISM FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101377 | BREAKING MACHINE - A breaking apparatus ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101378 | Water Powered Impulsive Unit - An impulsive unit for a jack hammer or rock drill is adapted to be powered by water, and comprises a piston slidable within a cylinder, and carrying a striker portion thereon. At least a portion of the piston and/or cylinder is coated with ceramic. The ceramic is most suitably an aluminum oxide-titanium dioxide composite, which enables the clearance between the internal diameter of the cylinder and the external diameter of the piston to be reduced to between 8 and 10 micro-meters. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101379 | Cordless Power Tool Having Multi-Speed Transmission and Constant Speed in Light Torque Range - A cordless power tool ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101380 | Portable Power Tool with Double Freewheel Drive Shaft Lock - A portable power tool with a rotation motor ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101381 | Coaxial cable of low dielectric constant, and a fabrication method and tool therefor - An electric cable for conveying signals, the cable having a diameter of less than 2 mm and comprising at one conductor in an insulating sheath, the sheath having a dielectric constant ε of less than 1.7. To achieve this, the sheath is made of PTFE and it includes at least one continuous cell. Fabrication is preferably by performing the following operations:
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20090101382 | Sealed expansion module - Improved Sealed Expansion Module is an enclosure for housing electronics, such as circuit boards, POTS/VDSL cables having connectors, a fiber cable having a connector and a power cable having a connector. The preferred embodiment of Improved Sealed Expansion Module is comprised of at least some of the following: an enclosure having two internally undivided chambers (upper and lower), an access hatch attached with captive fasteners to the lower chamber of the enclosure, circuit boards located in the upper chamber of the enclosure, a surge protector and POTS/VDSL, fiber and power cables with connectors within the lower chamber of the enclosure, and a plurality of openings on the bottom of the lower chamber for POTS/VDSL interconnection cables, fiber interconnection cables, power interconnection cables at customer sites. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101383 | MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE - A micromechanical device according to an aspect of the present invention includes, a substrate, a micromachine which is mounted on the substrate, is provided with a mechanism deformed by a function of an electric field, and changes the electrical characteristics concomitantly with the deformation, an inner inorganic sealing film which contains an inorganic material, is provided on a principal surface of the substrate, covers the micromachine through a hollow section containing a gaseous body therein, and is provided with opening shape sections allowing the hollow section to communicate with the outside, an organic sealing film which contains an organic material, is formed on the inner inorganic sealing film, and blocks up the opening shape sections, and an outer inorganic sealing film which contains an inorganic material with lower moisture permeability than the organic material, is formed on the organic sealing film, and covers the organic sealing film. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101384 | Waterproof Structure and Electronic Equipment - With a waterproof structure for the space between a first case and a diaphragm doubling as a display panel provided facing the first case, a first resilient member is integrally formed at a surface of the diaphragm facing the first case, and the first resilient member is press-fitted into a groove formed in a surface of the first case facing the diaphragm side. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101385 | EPOXY SEALED RELAY - A relay assembly is provided that includes an intermediate member to aid in coupling a wire to a housing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101386 | Size unconstrained faceplate display for use with infrastructure device - The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows a display to have a dimension significantly greater than the actual dimension of the matching utility box or traditional utility box device faceplate. Thus, by making the size of the faceplate independent from the size of the matching utility box or traditional utility box faceplate, larger displays are possible which allows for larger size lettering and pictures and also allows for increased electronics within the display itself. In one embodiment, faceplate displays having double, triple or even quad-gang size can be positioned over a single-gang utility box thereby increasing the space for electronics as well as increasing the amount of (or size of) displayable material. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101387 | ANTI-MICROBIAL/ANTI-FUNGAL PLASTIC JACKETED/INSULATED ELECTRIC POWER CORDS - Multiple conductor electrical power cords, signal transmitting wiring and cable is insulated with one or more layers or sheathing of a thermoplastic polymer composition with at least the outer layer of the composition containing contaminant resistant or combating agents that inhibit growth of biological contamination. The microbial resistant cord or wiring has particularly advantageous utility of power cords for use with appliances or electrical products in facilities that affect health, such as medical and food related facilities that require safeguarding against contaminating microorganism attack formation, or growth. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101388 | FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A flat cable assembly includes a plurality of power cables and a bonding medium. The plurality of power cables are parallel with each other, wherein every two adjacent power cables are separated from each other. The bonding medium is used for boding every two adjacent power cables together, thereby cooperatively forming the flat cable assembly having a first surface and a second surface. A first gap is formed between the first surface and the bonding medium and a second gap is formed between the second surface and the bonding medium. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101389 | CABLE-CLAMPING DEVICE - A cable-clamping device, including a base having a through seat for accommodating electrical cables, for example electrical power cables of a household appliance; and a clamping element progressively insertable in the seat in a transversal direction with respect to the same defined in use by an axis (A) laying on a longitudinal symmetry plane of the clamping element, for clamping in use the cables against a bottom wall of the seat; the clamping element being delimited between a first and a second end by a first and a second lateral flank essentially parallel to the longitudinal symmetry plane and by an upper face essentially perpendicular to the lateral flanks, the first and the second ends being provided with coupling means to the base including snappingretaining means made at the second end and an insertion seat for at least one removable clamping element; wherein the insertion seat is defined by at least one first recess open on the first lateral flank, at least one second recess open on the second lateral flank and made immediately adjacent to, and flush with, the first, and by at least one slot made transversally through the first end, in direction essentially perpendicular to the lateral flanks. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101390 | Electronic control unit and process of producing the same - An electronic control unit includes a printed wiring board ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101391 | Circuit board having barcode and fabrication method thereof - A circuit board having barcode and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing a substrate body that has an insulation layer covered with a copper foil; forming a dry film on the copper foil; disposing a film having a circuit pattern and a barcode pattern on the dry film and performing an exposure process so as to harden portions of the dry film at positions corresponding to the circuit pattern and the barcode pattern; performing a development process such that non-hardened portions of the dry film are removed and portions of the dry film that are hardened are remained as an etch mask; and performing an etch process so as to remove portions of the copper foil that are exposed from the dry film. Thus, circuit and barcode are formed in the copper foil at the same time, thereby saving cost and eliminating time for manually attaching barcode. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101392 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE USING THIS, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CIRCUIT BOARD - An object of this invention is to get a circuit board and a semiconductor module with high endurance against thermal cycles, and which is hard to be broken under thermal cycles, even if thick metal circuit board and thick metal heat sink are used, corresponding to high power operation of semiconductor chip. This circuit board comprises, an insulating-ceramic substrate, a metal circuit plate bonded to one face of the insulating-ceramic substrate, a metal heat sink bonded to another face of the insulating-ceramic substrate, wherein (t | 2009-04-23 |
20090101393 | Metallic Laminate and Method for Preparing the Same - The present invention provides a metallic laminate and a method for preparing the same. The metallic laminate includes a metal layer, and at least one polyimide resin layer The polyimide resin layer has a modulus of elasticity of 70 Mpa at 400° C. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101394 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED WIRING CIRCUT BOARD HAVING INSULATIVE COVER LAYER FORMED OF PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - A photosensitive resin composition which is excellent in flame resistance, resolution and flexibility, and substantially free from deposition of components thereof to prevent contamination of a product. The photosensitive resin composition comprises: | 2009-04-23 |
20090101395 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A printed wiring board includes: a component mounting region; a plurality of electrode pads arranged at a peripheral edge portion of the component mounting region; a solder resist film that coats the component mounting region; and a plurality of solder bonding faces arranged at a region surrounded by the plurality of electrode pads. The solder resist film and the plurality of solder bonding faces form an island-shaped pattern such that the plurality of solder bonding faces are isolated with each other by the solder resist film. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101396 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a circuit board having a surface on which a hollow is formed; an electronic component placed into the hollow; a pattern wiring which is formed on a bottom surface of the hollow and whose tip is provided at a position corresponding to a signal electrode of the electronic component; a signal wire connecting a tip of the pattern wiring and the signal electrode of the electronic component; two in-hollow ground patterns formed so as to sandwich the tip of the pattern wiring therebetween on the bottom surface of the hollow; and two or more ground wires that connect two ground electrodes provided on the electronic component so as to sandwich the signal electrode therebetween to the corresponding in-hollow ground patterns, respectively. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101397 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING IMPROVED SOLDER PAD LAYOUT - A printed circuit board ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101398 | Method for fixing an electronic component on a printed circuit board and system comprising a printed circuit board and at least one electronic component - In a method for fixing an electronic component ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101399 | Suspension board with circuit - A suspension board with circuit includes a slider mounting portion provided with three pedestals arranged in mutually spaced apart relation for supporting a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101400 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT-EMBEDDED SUBSTRATE AND COMPONENT-EMBEDDED SUBSTRATE - A component-embedded substrate includes a component embedded in an uncured resin layer of a second layer. After curing the resin layer, a hole passing through the second layer in the vertical direction is formed. The hole is filled with an electroconductive paste to form a second interlayer connection conductor. A first in-plane conductor including a plurality of lands, a first layer, and the second layer are respectively stacked in that order and pressed to join together, and the first layer is heated to form an integrated structure. A method for manufacturing the component-embedded substrate can form an interlayer connection conductor having a small diameter and high straightness and thus can achieve a miniaturized component-embedded substrate including interlayer connection conductors at a narrow pitch. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101401 | WIRING BOARD - A thickness of the portion, which is placed between an electronic component mounting pad and a first wiring, of a first insulating layer (insulating layer in which electronic component mounting pads are placed) is set to be smaller than a thickness of the portion, which is placed between the first wiring and a second wiring, of a second insulating layer. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101402 | CIRCUIT BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A circuit board having a plurality of wiring layers is provided that includes interlayer signal wires that provide an electrical connection between circuit patterns disposed on different wiring layers and ground planes formed in a manner to surround the interlayer signal wire on at least a part of the wiring layers that are penetrated through by the interlayer signal wires. It is desirable that an inner circumference of the ground planes on the wiring layers is a circle centered around the interlayer signal wires. It is further desirable that distances between the ground plane and the interlayer signal wire on each wiring layer on which the ground planes are formed are approximately equal. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101403 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An electromagnetic shield is configured for blocking electromagnetic waves in a mobile communication device. The electromagnetic shield includes an organic glass layer and an indium tin oxide layer. The organic glass layer is configured for providing main body of the electromagnetic shield. The indium tin oxide layer is plated on the organic glass layer for blocking the electromagnetic waves. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101404 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS - Several one-piece unitary easily manufactured and economical products that both facilitate the routing of cable and the storage of extra lengths of cable are provided wherein a cable management apparatus includes a centrally disposed first cable confinement portion mountable to a surface, a second cable confinement portion extending from a first side of the first cable confinement portion, and a third cable confinement portion extending from a second side of the first cable confinement portion opposite the first side such that the first, second, and third cable confinement portions are substantially aligned. Another cable management apparatus includes a stepped mounting member, a first confinement member extending from the stepped mounting member forming a first confinement channel, and a second confinement member extending from the stepped mounting member forming a second confinement channel. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101405 | Electrical-Wire Support Apparatus - An electrical-wire support structure ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101406 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION ASSEMBLY FOR WIRING HARNESS - An electrical junction assembly for a wiring harness ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101407 | HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE FOR LINK - A harness routing structure includes: a supporting portion; a link pivotally supported by the supporting portion; and a harness protector provided on the supporting portion. The harness protector includes a harness guide portion for guiding to lead a wire harness thereto, a harness guide path, successive to the harness guide portion, along which the wire harness is routed, and a harness accommodating portion, successive to the harness guide path, for accommodating the wire harness bendably. The wire harness is led from the link to the harness protector to be routed in the harness protector. An excess length of the wire harness is absorbed into the harness accommodating portion in conjunction with rotation of the link. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101408 | ULTRAFINE-COAXIAL-WIRE HARNESS, CONNECTING METHOD THEREOF, CIRCUIT-BOARD-CONNECTED BODY, CIRCUIT-BOARD MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention offers an ultrafine-coaxial-wire harness that enables connectorless connection to a substrate in a narrow space while maintaining the reliability and speediness of the operation. A multicore ultrafine coaxial wire | 2009-04-23 |
20090101409 | Modular electrical distribution system for a building - A universal power distribution system is provided for routing electrical circuits within a building structure to comprehensively provide electrical power to the building in ceiling configurations, wall-mounted configurations, raised floor configurations and in office furniture configurations. The system components for all of these configurations have common plug connectors that are engagable with each other so as to be readily usable in a wide variety of applications. The system is readily adaptable to form virtually any conventional circuit configuration found within conventional hard-wired systems yet is formed simply through the routing of the cables through the building cavities and interconnection is accomplished merely by plugging components together rather than through labor-intensive manual wiring. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101410 | AC POWERED SERVICE RIG - An electrically-powered service rig utilizes an engine-driven generator to power a propulsion system, a drawworks system and a sandline system, all mounted on a single mobile platform. The rig utilizes lightweight permanent magnet motors to enable integration of the systems onto a single mobile platform which meets transport regulations. The rig's power plant is capable of powering other on-site equipment such as mud pump motors through use of umbilicals connected to the engine-driven generator. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101411 | Low profile rotating control device - A system and method is provided for a low profile rotating control device (LP-RCD) and its housing mounted on or integral with an annular blowout preventer seal, casing, or other housing. The LP-RCD and LP-RCD housing can fit within a limited space available on drilling rigs. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101412 | DRILL-STRING SHOCK ABSORBERS - Implementations of the present invention relate generally to methods, systems, and apparatus for absorbing vibration and shock impulses created during drilling operations. In particular, implementations of the present invention include drill-string shock absorbers adapted to absorb longitudinal forces produced during a drilling operation. For example, drill-string shock absorbers in accordance with at least one implementation of the present invention include a generally cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end coupled together by a radially interlocking joint. Such a configuration can reduce mechanical failure and increase the operating life of the shock absorber by transmitting torsional forces directly between the ends of the housing and reducing stresses from being transferred to fastening means securing the first and second ends of the cylindrical housing together. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101413 | DTH-hammer drilling device and overburden drilling method - The invention relates to a DTH-hammer drilling device, comprising a down-the-hole- (DTH-) hammer ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101414 | Apparatus and Method for Conveyance and Control of a High Pressure Hose in Jet Drilling Operations - A jetting hose is conveyed downhole retracted within a tubing string for jetting lateral boreholes from a main wellbore, is released at the jetting depth and pumped from the tubing string and into a lateral borehole with jetting fluid. A piston is secured to the upper end of the jetting hose, and the pumped jetting fluid drives the piston. A speed control regulates the penetration rate of the jetting hose into the formation independent of the tubing string weight. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101415 | Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling user input - An apparatus including a touch sensitive input device configured to provide an output dependent upon an actuated area; and a processor configured to receive inputs from the touch sensitive input device; wherein the processor is configured to detect a change in orientation of an actuated area and, in response to the detection of the change in orientation, perform a function. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101416 | TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR REGULATING SENSITIVITY OF THE TOUCH PAD - A touch pad includes a touch sensor, a touch detection unit, an atmospheric pressure detection unit, and an atmospheric pressure compensation unit. The touch sensor detects a touch input from users, and generates analog signals. The touch detection unit amplifies the analog signals by a controllable gain to generate amplified analog signals, converts the amplified analog signals to digital signals, and sends the digital signals to the processor to determine a touch location. The atmospheric pressure detection unit measures ambient atmospheric pressure, and generates an atmospheric pressure level. The atmospheric pressure compensation unit generates a gain regulation signal corresponding to the atmospheric pressure level to control the touch detection unit to regulate the controllable gain. A related method for regulating sensitivity of the touch pad is also provided. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101417 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor includes: a first touch sensor section; a second touch sensor section disposed close to the first touch sensor; and a sensor detection section detecting whether a valid touch has been given to the first touch sensor section on the basis of an output of the second touch sensor section. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101418 | APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATING TO VOTING SYSTEMS AND THE LIKE - A digital pen having a body, a sensor to provide an electronic representation of the pen's position on a writing surface, a memory to store data gathered by the sensor and a memory lock whereby unauthorised access to the data may be restricted. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101419 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - There is provided a vehicle controller that is mounted in a box-shaped manner beneath the floor or on the roof of a vehicle so as to supply electric power to vehicle apparatuses. The vehicle controller is configured with a plurality of functional modules | 2009-04-23 |
20090101420 | STRESS-INDUCED BANDGAP-SHIFTED SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOELECTROLYTIC/PHOTOCATALYTIC/PHOTOVOLTAIC SURFACE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - Titania is a semiconductor and photocatalyst that is also chemically inert. With its bandgap of 3.0, to activate the photocatalytic property of titania requires light of about 390 nm wavelength, which is in the ultra-violet, where sunlight is very low in intensity. A method and devices are disclosed wherein stress is induced and managed in a thin film of titania in order to shift and lower the bandgap energy into the longer wavelengths that are more abundant in sunlight. Applications of this stress-induced bandgap-shifted titania photocatalytic surface include photoelectrolysis for production of hydrogen gas from water, photovoltaics for production of electricity, and photocatalysis for detoxification and disinfection. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101421 | Hybrid vehicle and controlling method thereof - When an ignition key is turned ON, a control apparatus predicts the arrival time to a chargeable location (such as home). When the control apparatus determines that the expected arrival time is in the nighttime, it sets SOC control upper and lower limit values for an EV traveling-importance mode that are lower than SOC control upper and lower limit values for an HV traveling-importance mode, and controls an SOC of a battery based on the upper and lower limit values. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101422 | Interchangeable Power Plant for Automobiles - A hybrid automobile chassis, heat engine and secondary battery are designed such that the secondary battery and the heat engine can be swapped easily to address different needs. For regular daily use, the secondary battery will be used. For long distance trips, the secondary battery is wheeled out and the heat engine wheeled in, to generate electricity that will provide motive power to the electric motors. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101423 | MOVING BODY - A moving body is equipped with fuel cells structured to have multiple corners. The fuel cells have a fuel gas exhaust port formed to discharge a fuel gas, which is subjected to an electrochemical reaction at anodes of the fuel cells, out of the fuel cells. The fuel cells are arranged to be inclined to a horizontal plane to position a front side of the fuel cells in a forward direction of the moving body higher than an opposite side of the fuel cells in the forward direction of the moving body and are provided to locate a specific corner closest to the fuel gas exhaust port of the fuel cells among the multiple corners as a lowermost point. This arrangement enables water produced at the anodes of the fuel cells to be efficiently discharged from the fuel cells by taking advantage of the gravity, while the moving body moves on a slope. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101424 | In-Wheel Motor Drive Unit - An in-wheel motor drive unit ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101425 | Ground Interface for a Vehicle - A ground connection for a vehicle comprising a wheel ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101426 | Vehicle - Vehicle for operation on various grounds, including a hull ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101427 | MOTORIZED PERSONAL TRANSPORT VEHICLE - The vehicle ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101428 | Vehicle and control method thereof - The occurrence or non-occurrence of a certain slip of a drive wheel is detected based on only a motor torque used for driving a vehicle, a brake torque, and a rotation speed of a motor computed from an output of a rotational position detection sensor. In response to detection of the occurrence of the certain slip, drive restriction of the motor is activated for slip control. This arrangement enables effective slip control by the simple configuration. The slip control is attainable by multiple different mechanisms, that is, a brake system and the drive restriction of the motor. Even in the event of any failure or abnormality arising in the brake system or in the event of prohibiting traction control of the brake system in response to the driver's operation of a TRC off switch, the drive restriction of the motor accomplishes the slip control. This arrangement desirably prevents slip-induced unstable driving of the vehicle and damages of devices involved in slip control for the vehicle. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101429 | Steer-by-wire steering apparatus with actuatable mechanism - A steering apparatus ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101430 | POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft, a hydraulic power cylinder connected to the steering shaft and having first and second hydraulic chambers, a hydraulic pump that discharges a hydraulic pressure to the power cylinder, a control valve that supplies the hydraulic pressure from the pump to the first and second hydraulic chambers selectively in response to a steering operation, a steering shaft actuation unit driven by the hydraulic pressure from the pump to apply a torque to the steering shaft, a detection unit that detects information about a vehicle, driver and/or road, and a hydraulic control unit that supplies the hydraulic pressure from the pump to either of the control valve and the steering shaft actuation unit according to the detected information and, at the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the steering shaft actuation unit, increases the hydraulic pressure supplied to the steering shaft actuation unit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101431 | Steering apparatus for motor vehicle - A planet gear mechanism | 2009-04-23 |
20090101432 | MEASUREMENT OF SOUND SPEED OF DOWNHOLE FLUID BY HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR - A downhole logging tool is equipped with a modified Helmholtz resonator for facilitating acoustic formation evaluation and reservoir characterization. The resonator permits calculation of sound speed and viscosity of the fluid in the resonator cavity. The presence of gas bubbles in the fluid may also be detected. The modified Helmholtz resonator includes at least two openings so that fluid can flow through the resonator cavity. Because fluid can flow through the resonator cavity, local fluid can be measured under local conditions, e.g., downhole temperature, pressure, and gas influx from formations. Further, the modified Helmholtz resonator utilizes an acoustic signal at or near the frequency of interest for at least some acoustic logging tools. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101433 | INVERTIBLE EAR TIPS FOR AN EAR PIECE - An ear piece for providing audio (e.g., from an electronic device) to the user is provided. The ear piece may include a compliant element operative to be inserted in the user's ear such that the compliant element deforms to retain the ear piece in the user's ear. The compliant element may include a connector portion coupling the compliant element to the ear piece housing, and an outer portion folded over the ear piece housing. To improve the user's comfort, the compliant element may be manufactured inverted, such that parting lines or other defects due to the manufacturing process are located on the outer surface of the inverted outer portion. Then, when the compliant element is inverted post-manufacturing, the parting lines and other manufacturing defects may be hidden from view and from touch (e.g., the parting lines are then on the inner surface of the outer portion). | 2009-04-23 |
20090101434 | INTEGRATED MODULAR EXHAUST SYSTEM - A customizable integrated modular exhaust system is provided having a hollow shell muffler body formed from two symmetrical stamp formed shell members that sealably attach to a tailpipe that transverses the hollow shell, and extends through each end of the hollow shell. Exhaust gases are delivered to the muffler body from an engine, by at least one inlet tube communicably attached to the muffler body and connected to the engine via a flange. The muffler body may have various internal configurations, including a disc baffle or catalytic converter configuration. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101435 | Aerial work assembly using composite materials - An aerial work assembly including components having composite materials including a fabric-reinforced resin for providing electrically non-conductive assembly, by insulating and/or isolating conductive components. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101436 | Telescopic aerial ladders; components; and methods - Truss arrangements utilizable in ladder sections of extendible ladder arrangements are described. Also described are ladder arrangements utilizing in the truss arrangements, and methods designed in use. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101437 | LADDER TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A ladder transport system is disclosed. The ladder transport system comprises a mounting bracket, an axle coupled to the mounting bracket, at least one wheel attached to the axle; and a fender attached to the mounting bracket and disposed in a way that the wheel is protected from being stepped on by a user. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101438 | Selectively Liftable Platform Mechanism, and Method for Erecting a Shooting House - A method for erecting a platform is provided. The method includes providing a selectively liftable platform mechanism wherein the platform mechanism generally includes a platform, a trailer, and a support structure on the trailer. The support structure includes a ladder having a distal end pivotally connected to the platform, and a proximal end pivotally and slidably connected to the trailer. The proximal end of the ladder is movable along the longitudinal axis of the trailer in order to level the platform in a raised position. The support structure further includes at least one support bar having a proximal end pivotally connected to a first end of the trailer, and a distal end pivotally connected to the platform. The platform mechanism further includes a stop member to limit longitudinal movement of the proximal end of the ladder towards a second end of the trailer, and an erection assembly. The method next includes using the erection assembly to rotate the at least one support bar and the ladder so as to raise the platform from a lowered position adjacent the trailer, to a raised position. The method also includes sliding the proximal end of the ladder towards the second end of the trailer to engage the stop member, thereby limiting further longitudinal movement of the proximal end of the ladder towards the second end of the trailer, and thereby leveling the platform in its raised position. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101439 | Transfer platform - A transfer platform for safely transferring a lineman from a helicopter to a utility pole includes a cylindrical hollow member dimensioned to closely fit over the top of the pole, the member having an open lower end and a top cap closing the upper end thereof, the top cap abutting the top of the pole when the member is positioned on the pole, a step extending sidewardly from the member, the step being substantially parallel to and lower than the top cap and an equipment support assembly extending sidewardly from the member. An aperture is formed in the member beneath the underside of the step and an adjustable shim assembly extends through the aperture into the hollow of the member. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101440 | Drain plug housing and drain plug apparatus for use with oil pans - A drain plug housing body coupled to the interior of an oil pan, which receives, via threaded portions, an extended length drain plug. The drain plug housing further comprises a first threaded aperture having a first diameter terminating at the interior of the oil pan and a second threaded aperture having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, with a hollow cavity therein between. The drain plug is a substantially cylindrical bolt of varying diameters having a first male threaded portion and a second male threaded portion on its shaft that are compatible, respectively, with each of the threaded apertures of the drain plug housing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101441 | OIL SUCTION SYSTEM - In an oil suction system for drawing up oil stored in an oil reservoir through a strainer, the oil reservoir is constructed such that, when the liquid surface of the oil is inclined due to movement of the stored oil, the level of the liquid surface close to the suction port varies in accordance with a plurality of directions of inclination of the liquid surface, and the level of the liquid surface close to the suction port is lower in a particular direction as one of the directions of inclination of the liquid surface than those in the other directions of inclination, and an inflow resistance portion is provided at a lowered liquid-level side of the suction port on which the liquid level is lowered when the oil surface is inclined in the particular direction, for increasing the resistance to flow of the oil from the lowered liquid-level side toward the suction port, to be larger than the resistance to flow of the oil from a raised liquid-level side of the suction port on which the liquid level is raised due to inclination in the particular direction, toward the suction port. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101442 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - The hermetic compressor has grooves provided at an upper side and a lower side of outer circumference of a piston. Of outer shape of the grooves, the outer shape of the grooves communicating with a space in the hermetic container at least when the piston is in a bottom dead center is a shape not forming parallel line to an axial center of the piston when the grooves are developed in a plane. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101443 | LUBRICATING DEVICE, PRINTER, LUBRICATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LUBRICATION - An object is to supply a fixed amount of oil determined in advance. In the present invention, a lubricating device that supplies oil to each sliding device of a printing machine includes a lubricating section and a metered valve. The lubricating section ejects oil in an oil reservoir section into a piping when lubrication is performed. The metered valve is configured to eject oil accumulated in an ejection side cylinder chamber from an ejection opening by oil pressure from the oil ejected into the piping. The oil ejected into the piping is accumulated in a supply side cylinder chamber. When a lubricating pump is stopped and depressurized, the oil accumulated in the supply side cylinder chamber moves to the ejection side cylinder chamber. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101444 | GAS TURBINE OIL SCAVENGING SYSTEM - A method for scavenging oil in a gas turbine engine comprises using a driving fluid flow to drive a flow of a fluid collected in an oil system of the engine to pass through an ejector and then the driven flow of the fluid is directed to be discharged into an oil tank. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101445 | Restaurant System - The invention relates to a restaurant system ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101446 | MOBILE ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE CENTRE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A mobile mounting and maintenance center intended to be set up on a free space such as a parking lot of a hypermarket in order to carry out the mounting of tires and the peripheral maintenance of automobiles. The center comprises a first stall ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101447 | Forklift Height Indicator - A forklift may include (a) a mast; (b) forks which are substantially perpendicular to the mast; (c) a load backrest adjacent to the mast, the load backrest and the forks are coupled and moveable along a longitudinal direction of the mast; and (d) a height measuring component determining a location of the forks relative to the mast. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101448 | METHOD AND APPLIANCE FOR COLLECTING ROPE - The present invention relates to a method and an appliance for collecting rope, in which method the rope is arranged to be collected in a collection container ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101449 | Elevator Drive - Disclosed are an elevator drive, a clamping arrangement for an elevator machine, a braking mechanism for an elevator system, and a rotor fixture for an elevator machine. The inventive elevator drive is subdivided into a number of segments, to each of which a converter is assigned. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101450 | Elevator apparatus that detects an accurate running speed of an elevator car that operates over speed - In an elevator apparatus, a car ascends and descends based on a running speed pattern generated by a control panel. Destination floor buttons and landing buttons are connected to an over speed monitoring portion without the intervention of the control panel. The over speed monitoring portion has an over speed setting portion for setting first and second over speeds based on car position information obtained from a car position detector and call registration information obtained from the destination floor buttons and the landing buttons. In the over speed setting portion, a running speed pattern different from the running speed pattern generated by the control panel is independently generated without depending on information from the control panel. The first and second over speeds are set based on the running speed pattern generated by the over speed setting portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101451 | Force Measuring Device for a Parking Brake of a Vehicle, in Particular of a Passenger Vehicle - A force measuring device for a parking brake of a vehicle has a housing, having a Bowden cable for actuating the parking brake and having a force measuring element for determining the cable force. The Bowden cable is guided through the housing and has first and second stops which are fastened to the Bowden cable, wherein under loading of the Bowden cable, the first stop is fixedly supported on a housing inner side and the opposite, second stop is supported on the force measuring element which is provided between the housing and the second stop, wherein a movement of the second stop is generated corresponding to the loading of the Bowden cable, which movement leads, at the force measuring element, to a corresponding measurement value for the force transmitted by the Bowden cable. The force measuring device is provided for parking brakes for passenger vehicles. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101452 | Brake or clamping arrangement for rotatable shafts - In a brake- and/or clamping arrangement for a shaft supported in an apparatus housing or a device housing and comprising a braking disc mounted on the shaft rigidly for rotation therewith and a clamping ring supported in the device housing, the braking disc has a friction area comprising two truncated cone-shaped friction surfaces with at least one brake cone arranged in the device housing and one arranged on an activating member. One brake cone abuts during braking or clamping the brake disc whereas the other cone abuts a clamping ring, which is disposed between the contact areas of the brake cones, the clamping ring are in contact with each other being mounted to the apparatus housing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101453 | Electromechanical Zero Backlash Brake - The invention relates to an electromechanical brake ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101454 | Disk brake and method of producing the same - A disk brake is provided which is free from problems attributed to the obverse-reverse orientation of a cover member as installed. A cylinder portion ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101455 | SELF-ADJUSTING TORSION LOCK PARKING BRAKE - A park brake includes a brake arm movable about a pivot. A release cable is associated with the brake arm for unlocking the brake arm relative to the pivot. A release mechanism is associated with the brake arm, and is positioned about the pivot. A self adjusting mechanism is associated with the brake arm and release cable. The self adjusting mechanism is positioned about the pivot. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101456 | DISK THICKNESS VARIATION TOLERANT BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A corner module, comprising a knuckle, a hub and bearing a caliper assembly including a caliper that carries at least two opposing and spread apart brake pad assemblies, and a rotor having a rotational axis including a hat portion and a disc portion, the disc portion disposed between the at least two brake pads. At least one of the brake pad assemblies and the rotor includes a main body portion having a first stiffness and at least one sacrificial portion having a second stiffness that is less stiff than the first stiffness of the main body portion. In a brake-off position, a first running clearance between the brake pad assembly and the rotor of the at least one sacrificial portion will be lower than a second running clearance between the friction pad and the rotor of the main body portion. In a brake-on position, the axial deflection of the at least one sacrificial portion exceeds the axial deflection of the main body portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101457 | WHEEL HUB FOR CAMSHAFT SERVICEABILITY - A wheel hub includes a hub flange that extends about the wheel hub. The hub flange includes a removed section that is aligned with a camshaft assembly. An insert is used to fill the removed section. The insert is selectively removable from the hub flange to provide access to the removed section such that the camshaft assembly can be removed from a brake assembly via the removed section without having to remove the wheel hub from an axle assembly. | 2009-04-23 |