19th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090114291 | Pressure relief valve for a container - A pressure relief valve for a container having a liner therein for holding food products includes a hollow body incorporated into a lid of the container and extends inwardly therefrom. A cutter member is mounted in an opening at an outer end of the body and has a knife extending inwardly through the valve body. A piston is slidably connected to the body and has an opening therein for receiving the knife and a compression spring is mounted around the knife and positioned between a top of the cutter and a bottom of the piston to bias the piston inwardly away from the wall. Pressure buildup in the liner causes the liner to expand and push the piston outwardly towards the lid to expose the knife which then punctures the liner and relieves the pressure therein and allows a product to be discharged from the container through the valve. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114292 | Valve assembly - Although modern diesel fuel formulations are intended to reduce emissions of diesel engines, at least some of those modern fuels tend to have relatively low lubricity levels. The control valve assemblies described herein help to minimize any increased wear that would otherwise result from the use of such low lubricity fuels by providing a valve element, a valve guide, and an insert. The valve element is received within the valve guide and is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The insert forms a first sealed interface and a second sealed interface with the valve element and the valve guide. When the valve element is in the closed position, both of the first sealed interface and the second sealed interface are engaged. When the valve element is in the open position, only one of the first sealed interface and the second sealed interface is engaged. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114293 | FLOW CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a flow cell that is free from liquid leakage and excels in chemical resistance. There is provided a preferred form of flow cell comprising flat-plate glass substrate ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114294 | PORTABLE GAS SHOCK OR AIR BAG INFLATOR OR DEFLATOR - An apparatus for hand held inflating or deflating gas shocks or air bags is disclosed that is substantially hand held. A body comprises a high pressure valve, a lower pressure vent valve, and a pressurized plenum between the two valves. A high pressure gas source is connected tot the high pressure valve on one side. An object to be pressurized is connected to the other side to the lower pressure pressurized plenum. A gage is optionally available to monitor the pressure of the object to be pressurized. This device, which may fit into traditionally glove compartments and tool boxes, allows for quick and accurate pressurization of gas filled devices with pressure tunable characteristics. Although described here with a standalone highly pressurized gas source, a standard pressure disconnect can allow the device to be used with conventional tire inflation and deflation with an external pump supplying the high pressure source. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114295 | GAS-PANEL ASSEMBLY - A gas-panel manifold for use in a gas-panel assembly is disclosed. A manifold in the assembly provides a plurality of support surfaces, each designed for supporting a gas-component thereon, and internal passageways disposed within the manifold body for connecting gas components, with such carried on the manifold, for gas flow through the manifold in a generally downstream direction. The adjacent support surfaces in the manifold are in different planes, representing different heights above the support. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114296 | VALVE ELEMENT, VALVE, SELECTOR VALVE, AND TRAP DEVICE - When supplying a fluid to a first flow channel ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114297 | RESIDENTIAL FIRE SERVICE FIXTURE - The invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a plurality of metered service lines to a residential utility system wherein one of the service lines may be independently disabled without affecting the other service lines. For a water utility, the apparatus includes a fixture comprising one input and a plurality of outputs wherein at least one output is configured with a shutoff valve. Be figured is suitably sized to fit inside a standard utility meter box. Alternatively, a standard prior art meter is configured with one input and a plurality of outputs wherein at least one output is configured with a shutoff valve so that they flowed through such outputs may be independently controlled. Additionally, a prior art utility meter box may be configured when one input fixture and an output fixture comprising a plurality of outputs wherein at least one output is configured with the shutoff valve. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114298 | VALVE CONTROL UNIT - A valve control unit that prevents a decline in interlocking operation performance when pilot pressure control of a plurality of pilot-operated control valves is carried out by proportional solenoid valves. First and second proportional solenoid valves include a Common Operation Table of lever operation amount/boom-up pilot pressure characteristics and are inputted with a common boom-up lever operation amount. A third proportional solenoid valve also includes the Operation Table and is inputted with a stick-in lever operation amount common to the fourth proportional solenoid valve. The fourth proportional solenoid valve includes an Operation Table of lever operation amount/stick-in pilot pressure characteristics different from that of the first, second, and third proportional solenoid valves and is inputted with the stick-in lever operation amount common to the third proportional solenoid valve. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114299 | High Flow Nozzle System for Flow Control in Bladder Surge Tanks - A surge tank is sized to retain a volume of fluid. A fluid inlet/outlet port is attached to the tank, and an elastomeric bladder is disposed within the tank and separates the fluid from a volume of gas. A nozzle system is disposed within the tank and has a nozzle member comprising a first plurality of axially elongate perforations, and a second plurality of perforations. The nozzle member can extend a partial or complete distance with tank. The tank body includes a throat that extends outwardly from a portion of the tank adjacent the port, and a portion of the nozzle member comprising the first plurality of perforations is disposed within the throat. An annular space exists adjacent the nozzle member in the neck to facilitate the flow of solid constituent within the fluid from the tank and into the nozzle member. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114300 | FIRE HOSE WITH OUTER INDICATION TEXTURES AND INNER FLOW GUIDE TEXTURES - A fire hose comprises a flexible tube; an inner liner installed to an inner wall of the flexible tube; a surface of the inner liner having a plurality of flow guide textures which are formed along an axial direction of the hose; the flow guide textures protruding or recessed from the surface of the inner liner with a high between 0.5 to 2 mm; and at least one indication texture being formed on the outer surface of the fire hose. Preferably, there are two indication textures which are arranged at two edges at the fire hose is flat as a sheet. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114301 | Double Block and Bleed Plug - A pipe plug comprised of two, pivotally connected plugging heads, each plugging head having a sealing element, which work in combination to double block and bleed a pipe. The first sealing element prevents flow of product in the pipe and the second sealing element captures any leakage past the first sealing element and forces that leakage out through a fitting. A stabilization pad, connected to a flange on a nosepiece of each plugging head, prevents deformation of the sealing elements. A spring-loaded pivot arm connected to the second plugging head allows the yoke that connects the two plugging heads to rotate freely. An outward-facing raised taper projection on the pivot arm, along with a guide wheel connected to the first plugging head, prevent the yokes and plugging heads from becoming entrapped during their installation in or removal from the pipe. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114302 | Double Block and Bleed Plug - A pipe plug includes two or more pivotally connected plugging heads that work in combination to double block and bleed a pipe. At least one of the plugging heads has an expandable sealing element that is in communication with an inflation source. The sealing element may be an inflatable sealing element or a compression packer sealing element. A passageway-sections of which may pass through the pivotal connection and into the plugging head-carries the inflation medium from the source to the sealing element. A bleed port passageway is also provided that passes through the plugging head. The leading plugging head may include a cleaning element for sweeping away debris ahead of the plug. The plugging heads may also include a skid plate that slideably engages the interior surface of the pipe to properly orient the plugging heads within the pipe. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114303 | FLEXIBLE CONDUIT ELEMENT - The present invention refers to a flexible conduit element for an exhaust system of a combustion engine vehicle, comprising a helically or annularly corrugated metal bellows member, an outer flexible member disposed around the bellows member and the resilient member biasing the flexible outer member towards the metal bellows member In order to improve the absorption of vibrations of a combustion engine, the outer flexible member comprises a reticulated structure. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114304 | FLEXIBLE PIPE - The formation of a resin layer, a metal layer and an insulating resin layer on an outer surface of a corrugated metal pipe for flowing a fluid provides a flexible pipe, whose corrugated metal pipe does not suffer from having apertures even with spark discharge by induced lightning. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114305 | CORROSION RESISTANT SHEET METAL JACKETING - A corrosion resistant jacket for insulated pipes comprising an outer polymeric layer, an inner polymeric layer, and a sheet metal layer disposed between the outer and the inner polymeric layers. Also disclosed is a method of making a corrosion resistant sheet metal jacket. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114306 | Method and Device for Forming a Longitudinal Fibre Web and for Forming a Transverse Fibre Web and for Forming a Cross Fibre Web and for Forming an Airbag - A method is described for forming a longitudinal fibre web ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114307 | Energy Absorbing Webbings - A tear-away energy absorbing webbing ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114308 | STATIONARY BAND CLAMPING APPARATUS - A tensioning device is provided that includes a separable punching and cutting mechanism. Provided is an impact head that holds a buckle while the band that resides within the buckle is tensioned. After a predetermined tension is achieved, a mechanism is used to lock the band with respect to the buckle then to cut the band. Various data related to tension and cutting performance may also be outputted by the invention. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114309 | REFRIGERANT FILLING APPARATUS OF REFRIGERATING AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERANT FILLING METHOD OF REFRIGERATING AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a refrigerant filling apparatus of the refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus that can automatically finish filling of a refrigerant after filling to an appropriate amount, without a need to install an extra valve except for a valve provided at a refrigerant cylinder, in between the refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus and the refrigerant cylinder, which is necessary for filling the refrigerant. The refrigerant filling apparatus of the refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus, which includes: a refrigerant circuit having a compressor | 2009-05-07 |
20090114310 | DISPENSING APPARATUS - A dispensing apparatus comprises a cannula which is externally wrapped by a coaxial jacket so as the cannula can keep a plurality of angular positions with respect to the jacket, the cannula being provided with a first opening and the jacket being provided with a second opening, the second opening being arranged for cooperating with the first opening to define a breather passage through the jacket and through the cannula, the first opening and the second opening being shaped so as to define a longitudinal position for the breather passage, the longitudinal position depends on a relative angular position between the jacket and the cannula. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114311 | CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR FILLING A BULK CONTAINER WITH A FLOWABLE SUBSTANCE - A cartridge for storing a flowable substance in a bulk container is disclosed. The cartridge includes a shell having a breakable score line and configured to sit inside the bulk container and a bag positioned within the shell and configured to be filled with the flowable substance. The bag has a port for introducing the flowable substance into the bag and a drain spout in fluid communication with the bag, allowing the flowable substance to be drained from the bag after filling. The breakable score line is configured to separate due to force exerted on the shell as the bag is filled, allowing the bag to expand inside the bulk container. A method of filling a bulk container with a flowable substance using the cartridge is also disclosed. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114312 | Depth Adjustment Mechanism - A router includes a motor housing containing a motor and coupled to a tool holder configured to receive a tool bit that is driven rotationally by the motor. A base receives the motor housing for movement in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the motor housing. A depth adjustment mechanism enables adjustment of a position of the motor housing relative to the base along the axial direction. The depth adjustment mechanism has a threaded shaft rotationally coupled to one of the motor housing and the base and a thread engaging member coupled to the other of the motor housing and the base. The threaded shaft is engageable with the thread engaging member. A seam defined in the base adjacent to the depth adjustment mechanism. A clamp arm clamps across the seam between an open position and a closed position, whereby when the clamp arm is in the open position, the threaded shaft may be rotated to move the motor housing in an axial direction relative to the base, and when the clamp arm is in the closed position, movement of the motor housing relative to the base in an axial direction is prevented. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114313 | Handle Assembly - An apparatus for providing convenient grasping of a router adjacent base/motor housing includes a base for supporting a motor housing for driving a working tool. A generally L-shaped handle including a connecting member and grasping member is connected to the base for permitting a user to comfortably manipulate the power tool adjacent the motor housing. In further aspect, a removable a generally L-shaped handle includes a channel extending through the handle for directing dust and debris away from the working tool. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114314 | Router - A router includes a motor housing, a motor provided in the motor housing driving a collet for turning a cutting tool, and a base for resting on a workpiece. Support columns mounted to the base allow the motor housing to move relative to the base in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the cutting tool. The support columns are spaced apart in a direction transverse to the rotational axis, and the motor housing is connected to the support columns by means of support members spaced apart in a direction parallel to the rotational axis. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114315 | Portable Work Bench - An improved portable work bench includes a beam, legs for supporting the beam, and at least one bracket having first and second surfaces for contacting respective first and second sides of the beam, wherein the second surface is movable between a first position contacting the second side of the beam, and a second position not contacting the second side of the beam. A spring biases the second surface towards the first position. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114316 | Method of Production of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet - The present invention provides a method of production of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet greatly reducing the Watt loss of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and making the magnetostriction as small as possible, that is, a method of production of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with small magnetostriction by improving the magnetic properties by irradiation by a finely focused laser beam comprising using a power modulated laser controlled in maximum power density to 1×10 | 2009-05-07 |
20090114317 | METALLIC MIRRORS FORMED FROM AMORPHOUS ALLOYS - Metallic mirrors made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys, the bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys providing ruggedness, lightweight structure, excellent resistance to chemical and environmental effects, and low-cost manufacturing, and methods of making such metallic mirrors from such bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys are provided. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114318 | Seamless steel pipe for line pipe and a process for its manufacture - A seamless steel pipe for line pipe having a high strength and good toughness and corrosion resistance even though having a thick wall has a chemical composition comprising, in mass percent, C: 0.02-0.08%, Si: at most 0.5%, Mn: 1.5-3.0%, Al: 0.001-0.10%, Mo: greater than 0.4% to 1.2%, N: 0.002-0.015%, Ca: 0.0002-0.007%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, wherein the contents of the impurities are at most 0.03% for P, at most 0.005% for S, at most 0.005% for O and less than 0.0005% for B and wherein the value of Pcm calculated by the following Equation (1) is at least 0.185 and at most 0.250. The steel pipe has a microstructure which primarily comprises bainite and which has a length of cementite of at most 20 micrometers: | 2009-05-07 |
20090114319 | Micro-encapsulation of components and incorporation of such into energetic formulations - Method for controlling the release of a component in an energetic material formulation comprising encapsulating at least one component in the energetic material formulation, said component selected from the group consisting of a stabilizer, a plasticizer, a burn rate modifier, and combinations thereof, in a suitable encapsulation material; and admixing the encapsulated selected components into the energetic material formulation. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114320 | PERSONAL SECURITY WALLET AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A personal security wallet comprising a flashbulb, such as, for exemplary purposes only, a xenon flashtube, contained on the front of the wallet within a window covered by a concentrating lens; a charge storage mechanism within the wallet spine, such as, for exemplary purposes only, a capacitor, wherein the charge storage mechanism is in electrical communication with the flashbulb; an activation switch on the back of the wallet in communication with the charge storage mechanism; a disabling switch inside the wallet in electrical communication between the charge storage mechanism; and an energy source within the wallet spine, wherein the energy source comprises a battery. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114321 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire that can maintain processability and tire performance such as rolling resistance or a wet performance of a tire, overcome the problem of non-conductivity by a tread rubber of silica formulation or the like, and sustain conductive performance of a tire over a long period of time is provided. The pneumatic tire includes a non-conductive tread and a side wall, a rubber member comprising a conductive rubber, penetrating a tread rubber from the outer surface of a cap tread being provided to form a continuous conducting path to a rim via a cap ply, a belt, a carcass and a rim strip, wherein the rubber member includes a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing from 50 to 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 250,000 to 450,000, and from 10 to 30 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N | 2009-05-07 |
20090114322 | TREAD MARKER, TIRE WITH INTEGRAL TREAD MARKERS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BOTH - Disclosed are several embodiments of a colorized tread marker for a tire, a method of manufacturing the tread markers, as well as a tire incorporating the colorized markers within the tire tread and a method for manufacturing the tire. The tread markers serve as both aesthetic complements to the tires' visual appearance, such as indicia of the source of manufacture, distribution, or point of consumer purchase of the tire, as well as tread wear indicators that notify consumers when a tire is in need of replacement to help ensure the safety of a vehicle's occupants as well as the public at large. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114323 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a straight main groove and two wave-shaped main grooves arranged in the center area of a tread, and diagonal grooves arranged in each shoulder area ranging from each wave-shaped main groove to the outer side of the tire, and extending obliquely outward from the wave-shaped main groove to a direction reverse to the tire rotational direction, the rotational direction being specified for the tire. Each diagonal groove is formed to have a convex protruding toward the outer side of the tire, and the extending end portion of the diagonal groove terminates in the shoulder area. Thus, each shoulder area is provided with a non-block pattern in which a land section continues in the tire circumferential direction. Thereby, the pneumatic tire has increased driving stability and uneven wear resistance while substantially maintaining good drainage performance and noise performance against columnar resonance. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114324 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire according to the present invention improves wet performance. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114325 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes a wide cross belt having a width not smaller than 92% and not lager than 100% of a width of a tread; and a narrow cross belt having a width smaller than that of the wide cross belt and a tire width direction outer end positioned on a tire width direction outer side with respect to a tire width direction inner edge of an outermost land portion. The tread has open sipes penetrating through the outermost land portion in the tire width direction and formed along the tire circumferential direction, and lug grooves extending along the open sipes on a contact surface of the outermost land portion and having a tire width direction outer end positioned between a tire width direction outer end of the wide cross belt and the tire width direction outer end of the narrow cross belt. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114326 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FIXING RUN-FLAT SUPPORT BODY TO PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided are a method and a device for fixing a run-flat support body to a pneumatic tire. The method and the device can achieve the prevention of unevenness in the distribution of the lubricant applied to the inner surface of the tire in which the run-flat support body is used, and thus of deterioration in the weight balance of the wheel. In the fixing method, the run-flat support body configured of a pair of elastic rings to be arranged around a rim and an annular shell installed across these elastic rings is fixed to the pneumatic tire which is to be fitted to the rim with the run-flat support body inserted into a hollow part of the tire. The fixing device, for restricting the radial movements of the run-flat support body inserted into the hollow part, is fitted to at least one of bead parts of the pneumatic tire before the pneumatic tire is fitted to the rim so as to coaxially hold the pneumatic tire and the run-flat support body. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114327 | COMPOSITION BASED ON SILOXANE FOR THE MOULDING/UNMOULDING OF TYRES - The invention relates to compositions in the form of silicon oil emulsion to be applied to curing bladders as an adhesion primer during the production of tyres. The invention also relates to curing bladders coated by an inventive adhesion primer. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114328 | INNERLINER FOR TIRE AND TIRE USING THE SAME - An innerliner for tire is formed by laminating a composition containing an elastomer component onto a resin layer and then irradiating energy beams required for generating partial crosslinking between the resin layer and the elastomer component. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114329 | PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING A FLEXIBLE MOLD RELEASABLE PROTECTIVE LAYER - An inorganic powder mold release agent at the surface of an air permeation preventive layer is prevented from falling off, using a thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic elastomer composition. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114330 | Tire For Heavy Vehicles - The invention relates to a tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, which itself is topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls and the axially widest working crown layer being radially internal to the other working crown layers. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114331 | Tire For Heavy Vehicles - The invention relates to a tire having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of inextensible reinforcement elements, which are crossed from one ply to the other, forming angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction, at least one protective layer being radially to the outside of the working crown layers, said crown reinforcement being topped radially by a tread, said tread being joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114332 | Pneumatic Tyre with Improved Bead Structure - A truck pneumatic tyre, the bead core of which includes: a) a plurality of coils of at least one metallic wire, the coils being radially superimposed and axially arranged side-by-side with respect to each other, and b) a retaining member enveloping the plurality of coils, the retaining member including a plurality of mutually substantially parallel elongated reinforcing elements that include at least one preformed threadlike metallic element. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114333 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic radial tire has a pair of opposing bead portions | 2009-05-07 |
20090114334 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METALLIC PANEL HAVING RIPPLE LUSTER - A method for manufacturing a metallic keypad panel having a ripple luster. First, a metallic thin plate is prepared. The metallic thin plate is subjected to an etching process, thereby forming a plurality of hollowed portions on the metallic thin plate. The hollowed portions are used to define a pressing region for the keypad and icons for the surface of the pressing region. The metallic thin plate is cut to form a metallic keypad panel having a predetermined shape. An electroplated layer is coated on the surface of the metallic keypad panel. Then, a layer of protective film is adhered on one side surface of the metallic keypad panel. The metallic keypad panel is disposed into a transparent mold. After an ultraviolet curable resin is injected into the mold, a light source illuminates the transparent mold to cure the ultraviolet curable resin in the mold to form a pattern layer. Finally, after the protective film on the other surface of the metallic keypad panel is peeled off, an adhesive layer is applied on the other surface of the metallic keypad panel. An elastic layer having a plurality of protrusions is adhered on the surface of the adhesive layer. Via the above steps, the metallic keypad panel is manufactured completely. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114335 | Double-layer vacuum container - A double-layer vacuum container includes: an inner container having a bridging member supported by an outer container in a bridging manner; the outer container through which the bridging member extending from the inner container is externally exposed; and a cover member for externally covering the portion of the outer container through which the bridging member is exposed and for sealing a space inside the cover member and a space between the inner container and the outer container in a vacuum state between the cover member and the outer container. With such a structure of the double-layer vacuum container, the inner container other than a lip is supported by the outer container with a good heat retaining property to prevent the displacement or damage of the inner container. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114336 | POLYURETHANE SEALANT COMPOSITIONS HAVING HIGH FILLER LEVELS - In one aspect, this invention is a composition comprising a urethane prepolymer having isocyanate moieties; a catalytic amount of a compound which catalyzes the reaction of isocyanate moieties with water or an active hydrogen containing compound; and untreated calcium carbonate as filler. The composition of the invention can be used to bond a window into a structure especially for the automobile windshield installation with good adhesion strength and durability. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114337 | Method of producing large hollow parts based on composite materials - The invention relates to a method of producing large parts based on composite materials, such as the roots of blades for wind generators. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: helically winding a band of fibre- and resin-based composite material around a mould; applying a removable protective sheet to the surface of the body; applying a heat-shrinkable strip to the sheet; compacting the laminate thus formed under a vacuum; curing the resin; aligning the cured body, machining the transverse surface to be applied to the blade and forming axial housings in said surface; and positioning and affixing inserts in the axial housings in order to secure the blade. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114338 | INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD USING SUCH INTERMEDIATE MATERIAL - An intermediate material which is adapted to manufacture a circuit board includes a prepreg sheet having a through-hole provided therein, a first film provided on a surface of the prepreg sheet and having a first hole communicating with the through-hole, a second film provided on another surface of the prepreg sheet and having a second hole communicating with the through-hole, and a conductive paste filling the though-hole, the first hole, and the second hole. The thickness t | 2009-05-07 |
20090114339 | Movable Injection Passages During the Manufacture of Laminates - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a laminate with the formation of underpressure between a mould and a vacuum foil and supply of resin from injection areas to the layers of the laminate situated in the mould. The novel aspect according to the invention comprises movement of the injection areas while the resin is supplied. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114340 | Water-based adhesive curing process and associated apparatus - A process and implementing apparatus are disclosed by which the curing time of a water-based adhesive is shortened as applied to the bonding of two fibrous substrates, such as paperboard or corrugated fiberboard. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114341 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MOLDINGS AND MOTOR VEHICLES - A method of making a decorated formed product effectively using a decorative sheet without diminishing the beauty of its appearance includes the steps of: (A) providing a formed product body; (B) mounting a first sheet, including an adhesive layer, on the formed product body; (C) heating a second sheet including a decoration layer and a base member that supports the decoration layer thereon; and (D) putting the heated second sheet on the first sheet, thereby bonding the second sheet onto the formed product body. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114342 | SILICONE COMPOSITION AND A PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FILM HAVING A PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER MADE FROM THE COMPOSITION - A pressure sensitive adhesive film comprising a substrate film and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on a surface of the substrate film, said pressure sensitive adhesive layer being prepared from (A) a silicone composition comprising a diorganopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and (C) a polyorganosiloxane having an SiH bond, characterized in that the alkenyl groups are contained in an amount of from 0.0007 to 0.05 mole per 100 g of the diorganopolysiloxane (A) and that the polyorganosiloxane (C) is contained in such an amount that a molar ratio of the SiH bond to the alkenyl group of the diorganopolysiloxane (A) ranges from 0.5 to 20. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114343 | Hot melt adhesive for PTFE - Hot melt adhesives include a thermoplastic terpolymer of vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoro ethylene and hexafluoropropylene and a terpolymer of glycidyl methacrylate, ethylene and an acrylic ester. The adhesives will bond well to a variety of substrates, in particular substrates of very low surface energy such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). | 2009-05-07 |
20090114344 | Methods and Apparatus for Modifying Gel Adhesion Strength - The invention concerns a method for controlling the adhesive bond between an electric-field responsive material and a substrate, which method comprises using an electric field to control the strength and integrity of the adhesive bond. The method may be used, for example, for removing or delaminating a material, which material is responsive to an electric field, from a substrate. The invention further comprises elimination of the application of the electric field and application of the previously removed electric-field-responsive material to the substrate, thereby resuming the strength and integrity of the adhesive bond. The invention includes apparatus for use in the bond controlling process. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114345 | Method for manufacturing a substrate for mounting a semiconductor element - A method for manufacturing a substrate for mounting a semiconductor element includes: a step for forming a predetermined resist pattern by affixing resists on both faces of a base material including a metallic thin plate and using the resist of one of the faces as a masking for plating; a step for performing an etching of a predetermined position on a base material exposed from the resist pattern; a step for forming a plating layer having at least three layers including a lower, a middle, and an upper layer on the etched base material; a step for separating the resists affixed to both faces of a base material; and a step for performing an etching of the middle plating layer to make the middle plating layer narrower than the upper and lower plating layers. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114346 | Substrate processing apparatus - To eliminate unrequited maintenance by re-executing the sequence that is the cause of an error in a substrate processing apparatus. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114347 | Embossing Roller And Method For The Manufacturing Thereof - A method for obtaining an incision in an embossing roller using a hob, with a low-cost technique that enables protuberances that are rounded on top to be obtained, which improve the quality of the embossed material and reduce the wear of the mechanical components of the embossing units. The shape of the protuberances is obtained by machining the cylindrical surface of the roller that is placed between the tailstocks of the lathe using a hob that has teeth, the profile of which in cross-sectional view is complementary to that of the cross-section of the protuberances illustrated in FIG. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114348 | SUBSTRATE BONDING APPARATUS - A substrate bonding apparatus and method are provided. The substrate bonding apparatus may include a board having a receiving surface opposite to a substrate fixed at one side thereof, a plurality of chucking members located between the receiving surface of the board and the substrate, and a substrate separation device to separate the substrate from the chucking members. The substrate separation device includes a pusher for pushing the substrate to separate the substrate from the chucking members, and a base plate installed at the receiving surface of the board, the base plate having an installation space to install the pusher formed therein. The pusher protrudes out of the base plate through an inlet and outlet port located at one end of the installation space to pressurize the substrate. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114349 | CHIP MOUNTER - A chip mounter has a manipulator and a bed. The manipulator picks up an electronic component from an electronic component feeding device, transfers the electronic component to the electronic component mounted surface of a printed board, and mounts the electronic component on the electronic component mounted surface. The bed is located above the manipulator or sidewise relative to the manipulator for mounting the printed board vertically or downwardly. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114350 | APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING SUBSTRATES - A substrate bonding apparatus and method are provided. The substrate bonding apparatus may include a first support member that receives a first substrate, a second support member that receives a second substrate opposite the first support member, and a support pin located at the outside of the first substrate fixed to the first support member. The support pin may be connected to the first support member, and a distance adjustment device may move the support pin upward or downward to adjust the distance between the first support member and the second support member. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114352 | Process and system for calcination of high solids kraft paper pulp mill lime mud - The invention features methods and systems for calcining wet calcium carbonate lime mud produced in a re-causticizing manufacturing operation, for instance, Kraft pulp mill lime mud (“lime mud”) and converting it to re-burned lime by (a) feeding wet lime mud obtained from a re-causticizing manufacturing process into a flash dryer and then feeding the dried lime mud into a bubbling fluid bed calciner thermally linked by moving media heat transfer (MMHT) utilizing solid particulate media to a circulating fluid bed combustor wherein the MMHT provides heat input for calcination and drying; (b) recycling the media being from said calciner to said combustor wherein said combustor receives mill WWTP sludge, or precipitated lignins, or biomass, or NCGs as fuels to re-heat the solid particulate media; and (c) recovering calcined “soft-burned” lime mud from the fluid bed calciner. Steam and heated boiler feed-water are also generated and exported to the mill's steam distribution and generation system as well as hot process water for use in the mill's boiler house and manufacturing operation. The system for calcining calcium carbonate lime mud produced from a re-causticizing manufacturing operation and converting it to re-burned lime comprises a calciner and a combustor linked by a moving media heat transfer MMHT system or apparatus. The MMHT system or apparatus thermally links separate fluid bed combustion (exothermic) and calcination (endothermic) stages. The system further comprises a flash dryer or spray dryer that utilizes exhausted heat from the calcination stage. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114353 | Method of Papermaking - An inventive method of papermaking can be provided for creating an optimum wet end environment. In a preferred method, an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite acidified by hydrochloric acid to have a pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 and adjusted to have an effective chlorine concentration of 1,000 to 10,000 ppm, preferably 3,000 to 8,000 ppm is prepared and charged to a white water pit in a manner to be effective chlorine concentration therein to greater than or equal to 0.5 ppm. Before a step of papermaking, it is preferred that aqueous solution sodium hypochlorite having pH of greater than or equal to 4 and less than 7 is added continuously or intermittently to a raw material water with the expectation that at breaching a residual chlorine concentration becomes greater than or equal to 500 ppm. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114354 | Absorbent paper product having printed indicia with a wide color palette - An absorbent paper product comprising indicia wherein the indicia comprise L*a*b* color wherein the L*a*b* values are outside of the boundary described by the following system of equations: | 2009-05-07 |
20090114355 | ORGANIC FLUORESCENT COMPOSITIONS - A composition comprising an organic fluorophore having a structure of: | 2009-05-07 |
20090114356 | Method of Producing a Fibrous Web - A method of manufacturing a fibrous web comprising a filler. According to the method, the filler is fed into the fibre slush and a fibrous web is formed of the filler-bearing fibre slush, and this web is dried at the paper or cardboard machine. The filler used is a composite material which comprises cellulose or lignocellulose fibrils, onto which light-scattering material particles have been precipitated. According to the present invention, the filler is brought into contact with the dispersant before it is mixed into the fibre slush. With this solution it is possible to significantly improve the light-scattering properties of papers and cardboards, without decreasing the retention of the filler. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114357 | TEMPORARY WET STRENGTH SYSTEM FOR TISSUE PAPER - The invention relates to a composition comprising a (a) a temporary wet strength agent component capable of forming hemi-acetal bonds with the fibers of a tissue web to provide initial wet strength, subsequent rapid degradation of the initial wet strength when the tissue web contacts water; and (b) a sizing agent component capable of imparting water-repelling properties to the tissue web; such that the strength agent component and the sizing agent component are present in sufficient amounts so that when the composition is added to a tissue pulp slurry during a tissue-making process, tissue made from the tissue-making process exhibits a combination of (1) improved initial wet tensile, (ii) improved decay, and (iii) absorbency. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114358 | Sawdust-reinforced pulp material and method of producing the same - A sawdust-reinforced pulp material and its preparation method are herein disclosed Specifically, the method for preparing the sawdust-reinforced pulp material comprises the steps of: mixing 70% to 85% by weight of a pulp prepared from waste paper with 15% to 30% by weight of sawdust, based on the total weight of pulp and sawdust, to prepare a mixture of pulp and sawdust; blending the mixture with an adhesive in the weight ratio of 1:1; pouring the mixture blended with the adhesive into a mold to form a pulp material; and naturally drying the formed pulp material at an ambient temperature of 20 to 25 degrees C to produce the sawdust-reinforced pulp material. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114359 | Method For Use In The Wet End Of A Paper Machine, Cardboard Machine Or An Equivalent Web Forming Machine - The invention relates to a method in the wet end of a web forming process. In the method, at least one electrode pair ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114360 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING PAPERMAKING FEEDSTOCK - A papermaking raw material processor capable of reforming pulp in papermaking a process using cavitation includes a first pump | 2009-05-07 |
20090114361 | Demolding method and equipment - A demolding method and equipment to reduce dents produced in an as-cast product. The method includes the steps of placing a tight-flask cope on a tight-flask drag for mating, such that a gate for the tight-flask cope and drag faces upward; reversing the tight-flask cope and drag after they are poured with molten metal such that the gate faces downward; and drawing a cope, a drag, and an as-cast product from the reversed tight-flask cope and drag, with the gate facing downward, from above to below. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114362 | Pouring method, device, and cast in vacuum molding process - A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided. The pouring method comprises the steps of: sealingly covering the surface of a pattern plate by a shielding member; placing a mold framing on the shielding member and then putting a fill that does not include any binder in the mold framing; sealingly covering an upper surface of the fill and then evacuating an inside of the mold framing to suck the shielding member to the fill to shape the shielding member; removing the pattern plate from the shielding member, thereby forming a mold half that has a molding surface; forming another mold half in a similar way and mating the mold halves to define a molding cavity; pouring molten metal in the molding cavity; and releasing the negative pressure in the mold framing to take out a as-cast product, and further comprises the step of decompressing the molding cavity before pouring molten metal in the mated mold. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114363 | Component for a Continuous Casting Mold and Method for Producing the Component - The invention relates to a component ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114364 | MATERIAL USED TO COMBAT THERMAL EXPANSION RELATED DEFECTS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE CASTING PROCESSES - An additive to foundry sand molding and core aggregates is used to produce sand cores and molds. The additive produces a sand-based foundry molding and core aggregate which resists the formation of some of the defects commonly associated with the production of castings produced by silica sand-based molding and core aggregates. In particular, the additive improves the quality of castings poured at temperatures higher than those of the pouring temperatures of molten iron, such as in steel castings, and in iron castings with “hot spots.” | 2009-05-07 |
20090114365 | MATERIAL USED TO COMBAT THERMAL EXPANSION RELATED DEFECTS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE CASTING PROCESSES - An additive to foundry sand molding and core aggregates is used to produce sand cores and molds. The additive produces a sand-based foundry molding and core aggregate which resists the formation of some of the defects commonly associated with the production of castings produced by silica sand-based molding and core aggregates. In particular, the additive improves the quality of castings poured at temperatures higher than those of the pouring temperatures of molten iron, such as in steel castings and in iron castings with “hot spots.” | 2009-05-07 |
20090114366 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICLE - A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle includes a pair of tanks, a core part and a fan shroud. The tanks are arranged apart from each other in a lateral direction of the motor vehicle. The core part is located between the tanks. The fan shroud is arranged at one of a front side and a rear side of the core part, and the fan shroud is formed with a pair of fan ring portions in which a pair of motor fans is installed, respectively. At least one of an upper end portion and a lower end portion of at least one of the fan ring portions of the fan shroud is protruded from the core part in an upward and downward direction of the core part, and the fan ring portions are arranged at inner sides of the tanks in the lateral direction. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114367 | Selective Warming and Heat Isolation For On Board High Pressure Storage Tanks Installed on Gas Fueled Vehicles - A thermal management system for gas flow from an on board high pressure vehicle gas storage tank comprising an on board heat source operatively interconnected with a heater disposed in proximity to the metal component gas outlet flow control system of the on board tank; a thermostat regulating the flow of heat to the heater such that the thermostat regulates the temperature of the metal component outlet flow control system of the tank to a temperature corresponding to at least the minimum lower limit temperature permitted by the temperature tolerance range of metal component outlet flow control system of the tank; and an optional insulating shroud circumferentially disposed surrounding the gas flow heater installed in the system. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114368 | HEATED OR COOLED STEERING WHEEL - An example steering wheel assembly includes an upper rim and a lower rim secured to the upper rim to establish a flow path. Flow within the flow path heats or cools the steering wheel. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114369 | AIR TO AIR HEAT EXCHANGER - A compact heat exchanger efficiently and cost-effectively exchanges heat from one gas stream to another through counter flow channels between parallel plates. Foam strips are incorporated to form the sides of the flow channels that allow channeling and directing the flow of air on each side of a plate heat transfer surface in patterns to maximize the heat exchanger's effectiveness and maintain the gap between heat transfer plates and form the pressure boundary at the edge of the heat exchanger. Clips are incorporated in strategic locations of each plate to locate and mechanically connect the plates to one another and to maintain the location of the foam strips. The heat transfer of the heat exchange surfaces are enhanced using rounded dimples and protrusions arranged such that these occur on the top and bottom of the flow channels. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114370 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING THE WASTE HEAT OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method for using the waste heat of a computer system with a plurality of processors comprises the following steps. Jobs in the computer system are distributed to the processors in such a way that processors of a first group of processors are operated with a high processor load and processors of a second group of processors are operated with only a minimal processor load. In another method, waste heat is dissipated from the processors by a cooling device, wherein the waste heat dissipated from the processors is regulated in such a way that the processor assumes a temperature that is greater than a given minimum temperature. In both cases, the waste heat of the processors is transferred to a device for using the waste heat. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114371 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC DEVICE - A cooling structure for an electric device includes an inverter, a plurality of cooling medium paths ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114372 | HEAT SINK - A heat sink includes a heat-transfer container incorporating a flow path through which a cooling fluid flows, for cooling a heating element in contact with the heat-transfer container The flow path includes a first cross-sectional portion that becomes narrower as the distance between a given point in the flow path and a side of the heat-transfer container which makes contact with the heating element becomes longer in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the cooling fluid flows, and a second cross-sectional portion that is approximately constant in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the cooling fluid flows. The first cross-sectional portion and the second cross-sectional portion alternately continue in the direction in which the cooling fluid flows causing a three-dimensional flow so the heat-transfer properties are enhanced with a simplified structure. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114373 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a first member and a second member. The first member is provided with a main body and a heat transfer accelerating portion formed on the main body as one unit. The second member is formed with a recess dented from a reference surface and functioning as a flow channel. The first member and the second member are joined with each other at the reference surface in a state where a part, which deviates from the recess when the first and second members are joined, of the heat transfer accelerating portion of the first member is cut off and the rest of the heat transfer accelerating portion is inserted into the recess of the second member. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114374 | HEAT REMOVAL METHOD AND HEAT REMOVAL APPARATUS - A heat removal apparatus able to remove heat with a high heat flux from a large area is provided. A heat removal apparatus | 2009-05-07 |
20090114375 | WATER COOLING TYPE HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A water cooling type heat dissipation module for an electronic device includes a base disk, a suction disk, a water guide and a cover. The base has two containing spaces and a plurality of cooling strips in the containing space. The suction base is attached to the base disk and further includes two water chambers for receiving sucked water, two inlets and two outlets. The water guide is attached to the suction disk with two guide port at the periphery thereof. The cover closes the suction disk and is movably joined to a guide fan. When the heat dissipation module is full with fluid, the fluid can flow therein rapidly while the guide fan rotating such that the fluid is discharged from and flows into the heat dissipation module more effectively. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114376 | OUTDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER - An outdoor unit of an air conditioner is provided in which a wind whistling sound and a vibration noise due to airflow are reduced. The outdoor unit includes an outdoor heat exchanger, a fan, a motor for driving the fan, and a motor support table for supporting the motor. The fan moves air on the outdoor heat exchanger to promote heat exchange between refrigerant and air. The motor support table ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114377 | Air Conditioner - A centrifugal blower is arranged in the casing so as to extend its axis of rotation along the depth direction of an air conditioner. A pair of heat exchangers are arranged on the right and left sides of the centrifugal fan so as to superimpose on the centrifugal fan when viewed from the direction perpendicularly intersecting the axis of rotation of the centrifugal fan. In other words, each heat exchanger is arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane including the axis of rotation of the centrifugal fan. Accordingly, the centrifugal fan and the heat exchanger do not overlap in the depth direction of the air conditioner in the casing. Thus, the air conditioner can be made compact in the depth direction. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114378 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND TEMPERING CONTAINER COMPRISING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger comprises an evacuated reaction chamber ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114379 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a discharge part formed by an opening part of a partition wall to facilitate discharge of oil, air and foreign substances from the interior of the heat exchanger. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114380 | SPIRAL FLAT-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER - A spiral flat tube heat exchanger comprising a first flat tube and a second flat tube thermally coupled to the first flat tube, the first flat tube and the second flat tube forming substantially concentric spirals. A first fluid flows through the first flat tube in a first flow direction, and second fluid flows through the second flat tube in a second flow direction. The flat tubes preferably contain microchannels to increase heat transfer efficiency. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114381 | MODULAR HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A modular heat exchange system for use in a central heat exchange installation in buildings, including at least one heat exchange element equipped for exchanging heat between environmental air and a fluid which is conducted through the heat exchange element. The heat exchange element has a predetermined first shape with opposite lateral sides. At least one non-heat-exchange add-on element, equipped for adding a given additional functionality to the system, has a predetermined second shape with a complementary lateral side to one of the opposite lateral sides of the heat exchange element. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114382 | SHAPED CHARGE FOR ACIDIZING OPERATIONS - A shaped charge includes: a charge case; an explosive disposed inside the charge case; and a liner for retaining the explosive in the charge case, wherein the liner is fabricated from a material soluble with a selected dissolving fluid (e.g., an acid, an acid matrix, an injection fluid, a completion fluid, and/or a wellbore fluid). A method for perforating in a well includes the steps of: disposing a perforating gun in the well, wherein the perforating gun comprises a shaped charge having a charge case, an explosive disposed inside the charge case, and a liner for retaining the explosive in the charge case, wherein the liner is fabricated from a material soluble with a selected dissolving fluid; detonating the shaped charge to form a perforation tunnel in a formation zone; and exposing the material comprising the liner to the selected dissolving fluid. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114383 | GAS LIFT APPARATUS FOR FLUSHING AND SNUBBING WELL - A gas lift production apparatus is provided for use in flushing and snubbing well operation. The apparatus comprises upper production string and lower production string. The upper production string includes at least one side pocket mandrel carrying a gas lift valve, tubular strings connected with every side pocket mandrel, a sliding sleeve installed as part of the production string below side pocket mandrels and a latch seal assembly threaded in the tubular string below the sliding sleeve. The lower production string includes a single bore packer below the latch seal assembly, tubular strings, a landing nipple and a bell mouth at the bottom of the production string. The upper production string are run in and removed as a single unit from the packer which is anchored within the well casing. It is emphasized that this apparatus is provided with three functions such as producing a gas lift well, flushing well and snubbing well operation. Application of the apparatus will prevent flushing or killing fluid from polluting the reservoir and increase production efficiency. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114384 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBON FUELS OR CONTAMINANTS USING ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND CRITICAL FLUIDS - The extraction of hydrocarbon fuel products such as kerogen oil and gas from a body of fixed fossil fuels such as oil shale is accomplished by applying a combination of electrical energy and critical fluids with reactants and/or catalysts down a borehole to initiate a reaction of reactants in the critical fluids with kerogen in the oil shale thereby raising the temperatures to cause kerogen oil and gas products to be extracted as a vapor, liquid or dissolved in the critical fluids. The hydrocarbon fuel products of kerogen oil or shale oil and hydrocarbon gas are removed to the ground surface by a product return line. An RF generator provides electromagnetic energy, and the critical fluids include a combination of carbon dioxide (CO | 2009-05-07 |
20090114385 | METHOD OF STIMULATING A WELL - A tubular introduced into a wellbore is perforated at pre-selected locations after the tubular has been cemented into place. The locations of the perforations are determined by modeling inflow performance of a stimulation fluid within the formation. The inflow performance parameters include reservoir porosity, permeability, pressure, damage skin and intrusion depth, perforation diameter and penetration depth or perforation crushed zone damage and intrusion depth. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114386 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED INTERFEROMETRIC ACOUSTIC MONITORING - This disclosure relates in general to a method and system for monitoring a conduit, a wellbore or a reservoir associated with hydrocarbon production or transportation and/or carbon dioxide sequestration. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide for using an optical fiber as a distributed interferometer that may be used to monitor the conduit, wellbore or reservoir. In certain aspects, the distributed interferometric monitoring provides | 2009-05-07 |
20090114387 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR PRODUCING HEAVY OILS FROM UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS - Described herein are methods for identifying compounds useful for producing heavy oil from an underground reservoir. The methods facilitate the development of chemicals with improved physicochemical features. The methods generally involve first identifying a physicochemical property of a compound that needs to be improved in order to increase the efficiency of heavy oil removal from underground reservoirs. Next, the physicochemical property is calculated by molecular modeling using semi-empirical or ab-initio calculations. By modifying the molecular model of the compound, the targeted physicochemical property can be optimized. After a suitable compound has been identified, the compound can be synthesized and evaluated. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114388 | Equalizing Injection Tool - An equalizing injection wash tool includes a plurality of interconnectable wash tool segments. Each of the segments provides a flow applicator nozzle for transmitting fluid/and or solid from the interior flowbore of the wash tool and into the surrounding formation. Each segment preferably features a plurality of nozzle pipes and nozzles which are oriented about the cross-sectional circumference of the segment in an angularly spaced orientation to provide for a flow pattern that is substantially equalized in an angular manner. In a preferred embodiment, the nozzle pipes have a length that extends into the flowbore of a neighboring wash tool segment. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114389 | Communication Tool for Accessing a Non Annular Hydraulic Chamber of a Subsurface Safety Valve - A communication tool ( | 2009-05-07 |
20090114390 | HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS-BASED ZIRCONIUM CROSSLINKING COMPOSITION AND USE - A fracturing fluid or crosslinking composition suitable for use at high temperature (275-340° F., 135-171° C.) comprising (a) an aqueous liquid, (b) brine, (c) a thermal stabilizer, (d) a non-delaying alkaline buffer sufficient to provide a pH less than 9, (e) an organic acid, (f) hydroxypropyl guar and (g) a zirconium crosslinking agent. The composition is useful as a fracturing fluid in oil field applications, for example, for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation or selectively plugging a permeable zone or leak in a subterranean formation. | 2009-05-07 |
20090114391 | METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF A CHEMICAL INJECTION SYSTEM FOR OIL AND GAS WELLS - A control program for a positive displacement metering system measures the time required for the travel of a free piston in a cylinder of known volume to determine an average flow rate during a full stroke of the piston. The system may also measure and record the inlet and outlet pressures or the differential pressure between the fluid inlet and outlet. The control program positions a four-way valve which may function as an adjustable metering orifice in response to the measured average flow rate and/or changes in the inlet and outlet pressures to achieve the desired flow rate. At the end of each stroke, the four-way valve is repositioned to reverse fluid flow through the metering cylinder. The system may revise the valve position settings for both forward and reverse strokes based on the measured time required for a full stroke at a certain valve position. In this way, the system automatically and iteratively compensates for changes in fluid properties and fluid pressure. A cleaning cycle which progressively opens the valve stepwise and may culminate in full open valve travel in both fluid flow directions is provided in the event of an obstruction of the valve orifice. | 2009-05-07 |