25th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100154392 | Adjusting nitrogen oxide ratios in exhaust gas - A method of adjusting a ratio of NO to NO | 2010-06-24 |
20100154393 | Combination partial flow particulate filter and catalyst - The present disclosure is directed to a filtering element. The filtering element may comprise at least one channel defined by at least one wall. The at least one wall extends longitudinally from a first end of the channel to a second end of the channel, the at least one channel having an unobstructed first end and an unobstructed second end. The filtering element further includes at least one partial barrier configured to reduce a path of a flow of exhaust through the at least one channel, the at least one partial barrier being positioned within the at least one channel so as to redirect a portion of the exhaust flow within the channel. The at least one channel includes a selective catalytic reduction catalyst on at least a portion of one of a surface of the at least one partial barrier or a surface of the at least one wall. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154394 | Exhaust heat recovery system - An exhaust heat recovery system | 2010-06-24 |
20100154395 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HEATING, CONCENTRATING AND EVAPORATING FLUID - Systems and methods are provided for heating a fluid comprising an opened-loop heating circuit or a closed-loop heating circuit both comprising a rotary heating device, such as a water brake, and a closed-loop direct-fired boiler heating circuit; and systems and methods for evaporating a fluid and systems and methods for concentrating a fluid based on these heating circuits. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154396 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - An exhaust gas treatment device, in particular for an internal combustion engine, is fitted with a housing including an entrance and an exit. At least one porous substrate is accommodated in the housing and has an exhaust gas flowing through the substrate. The porous substrate is arranged in the flow path from the entrance to the exit. At least one thermoelectric generator is provided on the housing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154397 | EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM - Exhaust gas systems and methods are disclosed. A system includes an extensible duct assembly to communicate an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine to an exhaust gas receiver. An angularly positionable ball joint assembly may be coupled to the duct assembly to fluidly and sealably couple the duct assembly to at least one of the outlet and the exhaust receiver. A method of installing an exhaust gas system includes presenting a first portion of the exhaust gas system to one of an exhaust gas outlet and an exhaust gas receiver, and positioning a second portion of the exhaust gas system relative to the other of the exhaust gas outlet and the exhaust gas receiver. The first portion and the second portion may be adjusted to achieve an alignment, and the first portion and the second portion may be sealably coupled to fixedly retain the alignment. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154398 | FLUID PRESSURE UNIT - A pressure sensor ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154399 | METHOD FOR RECUPERATING POTENTIAL ENERGY DURING A LOWERING OPERATION OF A LOAD - method is provided for recuperating potential energy during a lowering operation of a load, wherein a hydraulic system is adapted to lift and lower the load. In the method, at least two energy recuperation modes are provided, one of the modes is selected in response to a current operating state, and the hydraulic system is controlled according to the selected mode | 2010-06-24 |
20100154400 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING FEED-FOWARD CONTROL - The present disclosure is directed toward a hydraulic control system. The system may have a pump and a tool actuator configured to move a tool with a flow of pressurized fluid provided by the pump. The system may further have a tool control valve configured to control the flow of pressurized fluid to the tool actuator. The system may also have a controller operably connected with the tool control valve and the pump. The controller may be configured to receive a tool movement request. The controller may further be configured to estimate a change in a flow demand across the tool control valve associated with the tool movement request. The controller may also be configured to command adjustment of a discharge flow rate of the pump based on the estimated change in flow demand to satisfy the tool movement request. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154401 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING FLOW FORCE COMPENSATION - A hydraulic control system for a machine is disclosed. The hydraulic control system may have a pump configured to pressurize fluid, a displacement control valve configured to affect displacement of the pump, and a tool control valve configured to receive pressurized fluid from the pump and to selectively direct to the pressurized fluid to a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic control system may also have a controller in communication with the displacement control valve. The controller may be configured to determine a pressure gradient across the tool control valve substantially different than a desired pressure gradient, to determine a desired condition of the displacement control valve based the pressure gradient, and to determine a flow force applied to the displacement control valve based on the desired condition. The controller may be further configured to generate a load sense response signal directed to the displacement control valve based on the desired condition and the flow force. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154402 | Flow Rate Control Device of Hydraulic Pump in Power Steering System - A flow rate control device of a hydraulic pump in a power steering system, may include an upper cam ring having a cam profile, which is fixedly installed, a lower cam ring having a cam profile, which is engaged with the upper cam ring to be relatively rotatable about the upper cam ring, and a rotor including a plurality of veins and engaged with the upper and lower cam rings to form an inner space therebetween to pressurize oil by protruding the veins in the inner space by centrifugal force while rotating. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154403 | System and method for operating a variable displacement hydraulic pump - A control for a variable displacement pump disposed in a hydraulic system obtains a requested signal from a manual control device and provides a command signal to a valve operating to adjust a displacement setting of the variable displacement pump. The control provides the command signal based on the requested signal, and scales the requested signal based on a sensed or calculated load of the system. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154404 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - A hydraulic system includes an engine driven adjustable hydraulic pump which supplies fluid to a hydraulic consumer, and an electronic control unit. The adjustable pump includes flow controller for controlling a pressure difference between the consumer and the adjustable pump to a pre-determined control pressure difference. The flow controller includes an actuator controlled by the control unit, through which the pressure difference can be controlled. The electronic control unit receives an engine speed signal and controls the actuator to control the pressure difference, in order to make power delivery of the adjustable pump conform to the operating conditions of a vehicle. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154405 | BUOYANCY ENGINE USING A SEGMENTED CHAIN - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and system for a buoyancy engine is presented. In an exemplary embodiment, the buoyancy engine includes a divider to separate a liquid environment from a gas environment, and a reservoir aperture in the divider. A rotating element, approximately opposite the reservoir aperture, provides tension to, and helps rotate, a segmented chain. The segmented chain is configured to form a solid inner surface when transitioning between the liquid and gas environments, but separate during vertical travel. As the segmented chain travels between the liquid and gas environments, a rotary motion is created which can be captured as electrical or mechanical energy. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154406 | COOLING TOWER APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION - A cooling tower system is provided that can exhibit increased energy efficiency. The cooling tower system includes a cooling tower unit, an expansion engine and a power operated component such as a fan or pump. The process fluid is first used to heat a working fluid for an expansion engine before being sent to the cooling tower for cooling. Power generated by the expansion engine is utilized to operate a component of the cooling tower such as a fan or a pump. The cooling tower is also utilized to provide cooling to condense the working fluid from a vapor to a liquid form cooling tower is used to remove waste heat from a process fluid. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154407 | BRAKING CIRCUIT MASTER CYLINDER LIP SEAL - Master cylinder of a hydraulic braking circuit, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a piston ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154408 | BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING A FORCE-CONTROL SIMULATOR - The invention relates to a brake control system for motor vehicles comprising a brake pedal ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154409 | Fluid pump device for vehicle braking systems - A pump device and method minimizes the quantity of air in a vehicle brake system by reducing the volume of detrimental space. The device includes a piston movable between first and second end points, a line system that conducts fluid through the device, and a closing element, movable between an open position releasing the flow of the fluid and a closed position interrupting the fluid flow, that selectively releases the flow of the fluid through the device. The line system includes a through-line formed in the piston for conducting the fluid through the piston. By virtue of a section of the through-line that receives the closing element in the piston, a force is generated that is transmittable from the fluid to the closing element that moves the closing element in the direction of its closed position when the piston is moving in the direction of the first end point. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154410 | INTEGRAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - Integral multifunctional system for motor vehicle including a gas turbine ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154411 | Exhaust-Gas Aftertreatment System Upstream of a Turbocharger, Method for Purifying Exhaust Gas and Vehicle Having the System - An exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle includes at least one exhaust line, at least one turbocharger and at least one exhaust-gas converter. The at least one exhaust-gas converter is provided between the internal combustion engine and the at least one turbocharger and has a first volume of at least 0.6 liters. A method for purifying exhaust gas and a vehicle having the system, are also provided. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154412 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A SYSTEM - An embodiment is an apparatus for providing thermal management of a diesel aftertreatment device. The apparatus includes an intake throttle, at least one exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve coupled to the intake throttle, a turbine bypass valve coupled to the at least one EGR valve and a control mechanism coupled to the intake throttle, the at least one EGR valve and the turbine bypass valve for selectively actuating at least one of the valves based on an engine operation profile. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154413 | GAS-DYNAMIC PRESSURE WAVE MACHINE - The invention relates to a gas-dynamic pressure wave machine for charging an internal combustion engine comprising a cell rotor ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154414 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - An internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas manifold, an exhaust gas line, an exhaust gas turbocharger, by which the compressor provided to charge combustion air for the internal combustion engine is driven, and a bypass line, which branches from the exhaust gas line and in which a power turbine is arranged, wherein a short-circuit line branches from the bypass line and leads to a section of the exhaust gas line located downstream of the exhaust gas turbocharger. In addition, a first valve is positioned in the section of the exhaust gas line located downstream of the exhaust gas turbocharger in such a way that exhaust gas leaving the exhaust gas turbocharger is diverted into the short-circuit line and then to the power turbine. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154415 | Exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine - In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, comprising a turbine rotor, which is rotatably housed in a rotor chamber through which exhaust gas coming from the internal combustion engine is conducted and wherein the flow around the turbine rotor is conditioned by means of a guide apparatus comprising a support ring with rotatably mounted guide vanes. For fixing a first distance (A) between the support ring and the contour sleeve, at least one spacer element with a longitudinal axis, an outer surface and a cross-sectional area is provided so as to have a streamlined shape forming in the exhaust gas flow only a relatively narrow wake line and the spacer element is so arranged that the wake line formed thereby extends essentially through a flow space between two adjacent guide vanes without disturbing the exhaust gas flow around these guide vanes. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154416 | CROSSOVER EXHAUST DUCT - A crossover for ducting exhaust produced by an engine. The crossover includes a front inside passage and rear outside passage. The front inside passage is configured to direct exhaust from one or more cylinders associated with a front of the engine to an inside volute of a turbocharger turbine. The rear outside passage is configured to direct exhaust from one or more cylinders associated with a rear of the engine to an outside volute of the turbocharger turbine. The inside volute is closer to the rear of the engine than the outside volute is. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154417 | Hybrid Power Solar Facilities - A hybrid power plant is disclosed wherein a first power plant produces secondary steam of a first, relatively low temperature using a renewable source of energy such as geothermal or solar. The steam from the renewable source plant is passed through a solar power plant that has an operating temperature higher than that of the first temperature which results in superheating the first temperature steam to the higher temperature in the higher temperature solar power plant. Higher efficiencies are obtained. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154418 | Solar energy from the volume change of water - Water expands in volume when it is heated up and contracts in volume when when heat is taken out of it. This invention relates to systems where solar energy causes volume changes in water so electrical energy is thereby produced. In a first preferred embodiment a field of solar mirrors concentrate solar energy on two targets alternately. Pipes feeding pressure to either side of a common piston are thereby energized alternately causing reciprocal movement of the piston. Through a gear mechanism an generator is then energized to produce electricity. In a second preferred embodiment the sun shines directly on a large bourdon tube. In a day temperature rises and falls. This causes the bourdon tube to coil and uncoi, energizing attached gearing and an electrical generator. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154419 | ABSORPTION POWER CYCLE SYSTEM - An absorption power cycle system utilizes the working fluid from an absorption circuit to produce mechanical work. Such a system is useful in a wide range of absorption cycle applications. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154420 | Rotary displacement steam engine - A steam engine of a simple constitution capable of efficiently obtaining mechanical energy not only from a heat source of a high temperature but also from various heat sources in a low-temperature state such as the exhaust heat of an internal combustion engine. The engine comprises a displacement engine | 2010-06-24 |
20100154421 | RANKINE SYSTEM WITH GRAVITY-DRIVEN PUMP - A gravity-driven pumping unit has an inlet valve connected to a condenser, an outlet valve connected to a boiler, and a staging zone between the inlet and outlet valves. The inlet valve, the outlet valve, the liquid line and entire path established between the condenser and boiler are oriented, sized and shaped to allow for the vapor refrigerant to freely move upward from the boiler to the condenser and to allow for the liquid refrigerant to freely drain downwards from the condenser to the boiler by gravity. A control system opens and closes the inlet and outlet valves in a proper sequence, which enables gravity-driven movement of liquid refrigerant from the condenser to the staging zone and then from the staging zone to the boiler, against a positive pressure differential between the boiler and condenser. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154422 | CMAS MITIGATION COMPOSITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND CERAMIC COMPONENTS COMPRISING THE SAME - Calcium magnesium aluminosilcate (CMAS) mitigation compositions selected from zinc aluminate spinel, alkaline earth zirconates, alkaline earth hafnates, rare earth gallates, beryl, and combinations thereof wherein the CMAS mitigation composition is included as a separate CMAS mitigation layer in an environmental barrier coating for a high temperature substrate component. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154423 | SYSTEM FOR MIXING GAS FLOWS IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE, GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - A system is provided for mixing gas flows in a gas turbine engine. The system includes an annular wall structure which internally delimits a channel for a first gas flow. The wall structure includes a plurality of first wall portions. At least one of the first wall portions is movably arranged in a radial direction between a first position and a second position for mixing an external gas flow with the first gas flow. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154424 | Low cross-talk gas turbine fuel injector - A pilot assembly for a fuel injector of a gas turbine engine may include a longitudinal passageway having an outlet end. A mass flow in the longitudinal passageway may generally flow towards the outlet end during operation of the engine. The pilot assembly may also include a liquid fuel nozzle that is positioned to direct a mixture of liquid fuel and air near the outlet end, and a compressed air inlet that is configured to direct air compressed by a compressor of the engine to a compressor discharge pressure into the longitudinal passageway without a substantial loss of pressure. The longitudinal passageway may also include a flow restriction section. The flow restriction section may be a narrowed section of the longitudinal passageway, in which an upstream side of the flow restriction section may have compressed air at substantially the compressor discharge pressure and a downstream side may have air at a lower pressure and a higher velocity. The pilot assembly may further include a nozzle for injecting one of assist air or gaseous fuel into the longitudinal passageway. The nozzle may be positioned at the flow restriction section or on an upstream side of the flow restriction section to reduce cross-talk. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154425 | STRAIN TOLERANT THERMAL BARRIER COATING SYSTEM - A method for forming a thermal barrier coating on a combustor panel or a fuel nozzle comprises the steps of: providing a component selected from the group consisting of a combustor panel, a bulkhead heat shield, and a fuel nozzle; optionally depositing a first layer of a metallic alloy onto the component; and depositing a ceramic composition layer using an electron beam physical vapor deposition technique. If the component is formed from a yttrium or other active element doped single crystal superalloy, the first layer may be omitted and the ceramic composition layer may be deposited directly onto a surface of the component. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154426 | COMBUSTOR LINER WITH REVERSE FLOW FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A combustor liner ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154427 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR LUBRICATION LINE - A flow restrictor is provided for a lubrication circulation system. The flow restrictor comprises a body configured to obstruct a flow of lubricant within the lubricant circulation system. The body has one or more through holes communicating with upstream and downstream portions of the lubrication circulation system. Each of the one or more holes has a cross-sectional area sufficiently small, and a length sufficiently long, to prevent turbulent lubricant flow therethrough at temperatures below a first predetermined reference temperature. The one or more holes have sufficient aggregate cross-sectional area to allow a desired lubricant flow rate through the body at temperatures at or above a second predetermined reference temperature. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154428 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - An embodiment of the present invention may provide a variable speed booster, which receives air from a compressor of a gas turbine through an intercooler, to supply air at a relatively constant pressure to an air processing unit. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a speed adjustable booster turbine to energize a variable speed booster; which provides air at a relatively constant pressure to an air processing unit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154429 | Water Purification - A water purification system has a water electrolysis system, combustion water vapor production, and condensation chambers; hydrogen and oxygen channels; and a water vapor conduit. The water electrolysis system generates hydrogen and oxygen from water. The hydrogen and oxygen are transported to the oxygen chamber in channels. The hydrogen is combusted in the oxygen in the combustion chamber to generate heated water vapor. The water vapor production chamber generates water vapor from water. The water vapor conduit is disposed between the water vapor production chamber and the condensation chamber. Heated water vapor from the combustion chamber traveling from the combustion chamber into the condensation chamber generates a vacuum on the water vapor conduit, drawing water vapor from the water vapor production chamber into the condensation chamber. The condensation chamber receives water vapor from both the combustion chamber and the water vapor production chamber. Water vapor from the combustion chamber and the water vapor production chamber are condensed into purified liquid water. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE USING VANADIUM-CONTAINING FUELS - A method of operating a gas turbine that utilizes vanadium-containing fuels at a combustion stage of the turbine thereby producing a combustion product having vanadium gaseous species, the method comprising increasing the volatility of the vanadium gaseous species in the combustion product atmosphere generated in a combustor of the turbine by increasing concentration of water vapor in the combustion product. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154431 | LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A carbon dioxide absorbent comprising a liquid, nonaqueous oligomeric material, functionalized with one or more groups that either reversibly react with CO | 2010-06-24 |
20100154432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - An embodiment of the present invention may provide a variable speed booster, which receives air from a compressor of a gas turbine through an intercooler, to supply air at a relatively constant pressure to an air processing unit. An embodiment of the present invention may provide an external power source to energize the variable speed booster; which provides air at a relatively constant pressure to an air processing unit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154433 | TURBINE COOLING AIR FROM A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - A gas turbine engine turbine cooling system includes an impeller and a diffuser directly downstream of the impeller, a bleed for bleeding clean cooling air from downstream of the diffuser, and one or more channels in fluid communication with the bleed. Each of the channels having a generally radially extending section followed by a generally axially aftwardly extending section terminating at an annular cooling air plenum connected to accelerators. The radially and axially aftwardly extending sections may be connected by a bend section of the cooling air channel and the axially aftwardly extending section may be angled radially inwardly going from the bend section to the cooling air plenum. Each of the cooling channels includes an inner wall formed by a forward end wall extending radially outwardly from an inner combustor casing, an annular cover covering a radially inner portion of the forward end wall, and the inner combustor casing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154434 | Gas Turbine - Disclosed is a gas turbine enabling turn down operation, of which the system and the operation can be simplified, and also the production cost and the maintenance cost can be reduced. Specifically disclosed is a gas turbine comprising: a compressor section ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154435 | TURBINE ENGINE HAVING TWO OFF-AXIS SPOOLS WITH VALVING-ENABLED MODULATION BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW POWER MODES - A turbine engine particularly suited for VTOL aircraft is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the core of the turbine engine includes two spools—a low pressure (LP) spool and a high pressure (HP) spool—where the LP spool is independently mounted remote to the HP spool. The engine may be modulated for operation by a modulation diverter valve assembly and through the fuel flow to the engine. The power output from the engine can be modulated from high levels to low levels and vice versa through control of the air flow through the engine using the modulation diverter valve assembly. In lift mode operation both the LP and HP spools may be operational, while during the forward flight cruise mode of operation the HP spool is operational and the LP spool may or may not be operational depending upon the power required for the flight condition. For HP spool only operation, the LP spool may be shut down using the modulation diverter valve assembly and an inlet flow diverter valve assembly. The convertible configuration may be achieved by the diverter valving-enabled modulation of the engine airflow direction to produce a characteristic for one embodiment having shaft power output for the vertical lift mode to propulsive thrust output for forward flight mode. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154436 | Forward sleeve retainer plate and method - In a combustor section, wherein a forward sleeve is disposed to encircle a leading end of an impingement sleeve comprised of first and second impingement sleeve parts abutted along a longitudinal junction thereof, a retainer member disposed to overlie the longitudinal junction. The retainer member is welded to at least one of said forward sleeve and the impingement sleeve. The retainer member has first and second axial end edges disposed transverse to the longitudinal junction, and at least one of the axial end edges has a cutout defined therein and disposed to overlie the longitudinal junction. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154437 | Thermoelectric Dehumidifier and Enclosure Vent Drain Assembly - Embodiments of the invention provide a dehumidifier and a vent drain assembly to reduce moisture in an electrical enclosure. The dehumidifier can include a thermoelectric module, a drain pan, and a fitting to release the collected moisture from the drain pan. The vent drain assembly can receive the collected moisture from the drain pan and the fitting. The vent drain assembly can include a valve body, a float, and a cap. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154438 | ICE THERMAL STORAGE - A system, configured to be disposed in a information technology equipment rack for providing ice thermal storage, includes a tank configured to hold water, a heat exchanger disposed in water in the tank and configured to convey a two-phase liquid and vapor refrigerant and to transfer heat between the water and the refrigerant, a first valve connected to a liquid and a vapor refrigerant line and configured to selectively connect the liquid refrigerant line to a first port and the vapor refrigerant line to a second port in a first mode and to connect the liquid refrigerant line to the second port and the vapor refrigerant line to the first port in a second mode, a thermostatic expansion valve connected to an inlet of the heat exchanger, and a liquid/vapor pump connected to an outlet of the heat exchanger and to the second port of the first valve. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154439 | COOLING SYSTEM USING POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT CRYOGENIC LIQUID PUMP - A cooling system employs a single-acting positive displacement bellows pump to transfer a cryogenic liquid such as liquid nitrogen from a storage dewar to a heat exchanger coupled to a measurement chamber of an instrument, wherein cooling takes place by vaporizing the liquid. Preferably, the capacity of the pump is greater than the maximum cooling requirement of the instrument, wherein both vapor resulting from vaporizing of the cryogenic liquid circulated through the heat exchanger and liquid that does not vaporize when circulated through the heat exchanger are returned to the storage dewar, wherein the vapor is subsequently vented from the dewar. Preferably, with the aid of a weir in a return line, the level of liquid in the heat exchanger is maintained full and constant, and the cooling demands are automatically met without the need for other control of the flow rate or level of the liquid. Also, unlike conventional systems, liquid transfer from the dewar does not require dewar pressurization, so that the dewar may be refilled whenever necessary without interrupting the experiment in progress. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154440 | RE-GASIFICATION OF LNG - The invention relates to a device for use in an LNG re-gasification system comprising a suction drum wherein said suction drum is sectionised by one or more baffles wherein said baffles are perforated. The invention further relates to a system and a process for use in re-gasification of LNG. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154441 | Linear Compressor With a Gas Spring - A refrigeration appliance, in particular at least one of a refrigerator, freezer and an air conditioning unit, includes a cooling chamber; a linear compressor having a piston housing; a compressor piston disposed within the piston housing and configured for reciprocatory motion along an axis within the piston housing; and buffer means for storing kinetic energy associated with the motion of the compressor piston, wherein the buffer means is configured to store the kinetic energy of the compressor piston in an interim manner by compression of a gaseous fluid during reciprocatory motion of the compressor piston. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154442 | Portable Refrigerant Recovery Machine - A refrigerant recovery machine having two opposed and off-set pistons and its use are provided. The pistons are received in cylinders that are able to move depending on the alignment of the pistons. The two pistons in the compressor allow more volume of refrigerant than a single piston and because they are opposed and off-set allows for more even load on the motor. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154443 | CONTROL METHOD OF REFRIGERATOR - The present invention provides a method of controlling a refrigerator, including a main body having a plurality of storage chambers; a plurality of evaporators installed to independently cool the plurality of storage chambers, respectively; and a refrigerant control valve for controlling refrigerant introduced into the plurality of evaporators, the method includes a refrigerant control valve opening step of opening the refrigerant control valve so that the refrigerant can be introduced into at least one of the plurality of evaporators; an evaporator defrost step of, when an opening integration time of the refrigerant control valve is higher than a defrost setting time of the evaporator, at which the refrigerant is introduced by the refrigerant control valve, operating the refrigerator in a defrost mode of the evaporator in which the refrigerant is introduced; and an evaporator defrost end step of, when temperatures sensed by defrost sensors of the evaporators that are being defrosted are higher than return setting temperatures after the evaporator defrost step begins, ending the defrost mode of the refrigerator. Accordingly, the present invention is advantageous in that it can defrost each evaporator efficiently at an exact point of time at which defrosting is required. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154444 | Trans-Chloro-3,3,3-Trifluoropropene For Use In Chiller Applications - The present invention relates to refrigerant compositions containing trans-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233zd(E)) useful for chiller applications and processes using 1233zd(E). | 2010-06-24 |
20100154445 | Cooling unit - A cooling unit for cooling an enclosed interior space of a vehicle. Also provided are methods of cooling the interior of the vehicle. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154446 | Refrigerator and controlling method thereof - Disclosed herein are a refrigerator capable of preventing frost from forming on an evaporator by mounting a dehumidifying unit and a recycling unit on both sides of the evaporator, respectively, and a controlling method thereof. Cold air in a storage chamber is dehumidified as the air passes through the dehumidifying unit and is sent to the evaporator. The cold air thermally exchanged in the evaporator is humidified as the air passes through the recycling unit and is sent to the storage chamber. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154447 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner performs a refrigerant quantity judging operation to judge the refrigerant quantity in a refrigerant circuit, and includes a heat source unit, utilization units, expansion mechanisms, a first refrigerant gas pipe, a second refrigerant gas pipe, a refrigerant liquid pipe, switching mechanisms, temperature detecting means, and a controller. The heat source unit includes a compression means and a heat source side heat exchanger. The first refrigerant gas pipe is connected to the discharge side of the compression means. The switching mechanism can switch between a first state and a second state. The temperature detecting means are mounted on the first refrigerant gas pipe, and configured to detect a refrigerant temperature on the first refrigerant gas pipe side and output a refrigerant temperature detection value. The controller corrects the refrigerant quantity judged by a refrigerant quantity judging operation based on the refrigerant temperature detection value. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154448 | MULTI-MODE COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING - A air channeling sub-system may include a mechanical cooling section and a direct evaporative cooling section. The direct evaporative cooling section may be downstream from the mechanical cooling section. Cooling air is channeled through the air channeling sub-system and into the room. If a first set of control conditions is met, the air channeling sub-systems is operated in an adiabatic mode. The adiabatic mode includes channeling cooling air through the direct evaporative cooling section to evaporate water into the cooling air. If a second set of control conditions is met, the air channeling sub-system is operated in a hybrid mode. The hybrid mode includes channeling cooling air through the mechanical cooling section to remove heat from the cooling air and channeling the cooling air through the direct evaporative cooling section to evaporate water into the cooling air. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154449 | Regenerative Electric Drive Refrigerated Unit - The present invention affords a regenerative electric drive refrigerated unit for a conveyance vessel, thereby providing temperature cooling in a compartment of the conveyance vessel. An electricity generator powers a compressor unit in the refrigeration unit. The electricity generator is powered by a drive mechanism obtaining its energy from the motion of the conveyance vessel such that when the invention is employed, a diesel engine that normally powers the compressor unit in the refrigeration unit is disabled and stops running, thereby saving energy and reducing air pollution otherwise generated by the burning of fossil fuels when the diesel engine is running. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154450 | Air Conditioning System Using Dehumidifying Cooling Device - An air conditioning system using for a dehumidifying cooling device has developed that comprising a heating source for producing hot water, a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the hot water to circulating water, a circulation pump for circulating the resulting hot water heated in the heat exchanger, a heating pipeline connected to the circulation pump for conveying the hot water to a heat supply target area, a user heat exchanger connected to the heating pipeline for conveying hot water to the heat supply target area, a dehumidifying cooling device connected to a hot water pipe of users heat exchanger and installed in each household within the heat supply target area, the dehumidifying cooling device removing moisture from the air by using hot water supplied from the hot water pipe to deal with latent heat load and to lower the temperature of the dehumidified air via evaporation of water contained in the air. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154451 | Refrigerating Apparatus - An optional unit ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154452 | PORTABLE ELECTRIC COOLER - The technology described herein provides a portable electric cooler for meat storage, tenderizing, and aging in a temperature and humidity controlled environment. The portable electric cooler includes a first and second sets of low pressure coils coupled to a compressor and three-way solenoid valves in order to alternate in a timed pattern the refrigerant flow in order to allow one set of low pressure coils to defrost while the other set circulates the refrigerant. The cooler includes a temperature sensor. The cooler includes a humidity system having a sensor, a controller, a water reservoir, at least one air duct coupled to the water reservoir to channel humidified air drawn from the water reservoir through the refrigeration chamber, and a solenoid configured to direct the fresh outside air being pumped in, to only travel through a set of coils that currently is in the rest mode. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154453 | LINE SET BOX FOR PROTECTING REFRIGERANT LINES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A line set box, and a method of use thereof, comprising a generally rigid conduit box panel having a removable front cover, wherein the box panel has knockouts and insertable sealing grommets enabling sealed passage of conduits from inside a structure to outside the structure. Thus, the conduit box functions to house and protect end portions of refrigerant lines, drain lines, and/or control lines of an air-conditioning system during construction of a building until the refrigerant lines and the control lines are connected to a compressor of the air-conditioning system located outside the building. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154454 | AIR COOLING DEVICE - A vest including inflatable tubes or chambers which receive cool air from a blower box. The vest includes an outer surface and inner surface, the two surfaces joined to defined a multiplicity of tubes. The tubes carry jets which may vent cool air, received form a remote cool air blower box. The jets will ventilate the skin of the wearer both where it is exposed and where the skin is covered by the garment itself. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154455 | Dehumidifying Cooling Device for District Heating - Disclosed is a dehumidifying cooling device for district heating which comprises; a case having a first partition to divide the interior of the case into a wet channel and a dry channel and a second partition to divided the wet channel into a first wet channel and a second wet channel, a sensible heat exchanger to heat exchange the outside air in the first wet channel with the outside air in the second wet channel, a heating coil for raising the temperature of the outside air in the second wet channel, a rotatable de humidifying wheel for adsorbing and removing moisture contained in the circulated air within the dry channel, and a regenerative-evaporative cooler for cooling the circulated air in the dry channel. With this configuration, the device can carry out an air cooling operation by use of hot water supplied by district heating systems and gas or oil boilers installed in individual households, thereby achieving a reduced device size via the implementation of the cooling operation under the atmospheric pressure state and reducing manufacturing costs by virtue of a simplified system configuration. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154456 | Race car luggage and/or cooler device - A piece of luggage is formed in the shape of a racing automobile and employs a paint and sticker scheme of a particular racing team. The luggage includes a frame that has sidewalls that include radial extensions. Zippers are arranged about the luggage to allow access to the various compartments arranged in the respective hood area, canopy region and passenger compartment of the piece of luggage. In an alternative embodiment, the invention is formed as a cooler. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154457 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - An insertion-type hinge assembly may include a first hinge member including a mount unit and a shaft that is separated from and coupled to the mount unit, and that is positioned in parallel to the mount unit. The hinge assembly also includes a second hinge member that receives the shaft therein so as to rotatably couple the first and second hinge members. The first and second hinge members may be installed in corresponding recesses of a door and a main body such that they are not exposed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154458 | ICEMAKER FOR A REFRIGERATOR - An automatic icemaker for a refrigerator is disclosed. The automatic icemaker includes an ice mold body having a front side, a back side, and a plurality of ice chambers for containing water therein for freezing into ice cubes, each ice chamber having a top opening having a frontal portion adjacent the front side; an ice stripper disposed along the front side and extending over the ice chambers, the ice stripper being configured to completely cover the frontal portion of the top opening of each ice chamber; and an ice rake disposed between the front side and the back side, the ice rake including a rotatable shaft, and a plurality of rake fingers extending outward from the shaft for moving ice cubes out of the respective ice chambers and onto the ice stripper. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154459 | LIQUID FLOW CONTROL AND BEVERAGE PREPARATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Apparatuses, methods and systems for liquid flow control and beverage preparation are disclosed. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention include liquid flow control and beverage preparation capsules, pods, cartridges, pouches, systems, and modules for controlling and directing flow streams of liquid through a beverage preparation process. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention may be used in combination with or included as an integral assembly of any apparatus, method or system for liquid dispension. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154460 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator body having a food storage space; a door opening/closing the storage space; a heat exchange chamber provided inside the refrigerator body and in which an evaporator is installed; an ultra-low-temperature storage separately provided in the storage space; and a supply unit directly supplying cooling air generated from the heat exchange chamber to the ultra-low-temperature storage. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154461 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is disclosed. A freezing chamber evaporator and a chilling chamber evaporator are installed at an inner side of a partition wall that partitions a freezing chamber and a chilling chamber from each other. Accordingly, the freezing chamber and the chilling chamber have deep depths thus to have large available capacities, thereby freshly receiving a large amount of food items. Furthermore, a cool air channel is formed at the freezing chamber door and the chilling chamber door so as to be connected to a cool air channel of the partition wall. Accordingly, a temperature difference between an inner space and a door basket does not occur, thereby storing food or beverage items received in the door basket with a fresh state. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154462 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - A domestic appliance including a door that has an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein each of the inner wall and the outer wall has longitudinal edges and transverse edges, and wherein the inner wall is connected to the outer wall along the longitudinal edges. A closing element is connected to a respective transverse edge of the inner wall and/or the outer wall and has a groove that is open towards an exterior side of the door. A ledge, which is supported by the outer wall and arranged along at least one of the transverse edges and which is angled towards the inner wall, is engaged in the groove of the closing element. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154463 | COOLER FOR USE WITH A BEVERAGE KEG - A cooler is provided and includes a housing having a sidewall portion defining an open compartment of a size larger than a beverage keg. The housing also having a wall portion defining a partially opened base member configured to support the compartment and provide a seat for at least a portion of the beverage keg. The base member includes an opening configured to receive a spout operatively associated with the beverage keg. A sealing member is configured to provide a substantially fluid tight seal between at least a portion of the beverage keg and the base member. An anti-lift plug is operatively associated with the housing and is adapted to releasably couple to the spout of the beverage keg and contact a portion of the opening of the base member such that the beverage keg is prevented from floating during dispensing of a beverage contained within the beverage keg. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154464 | TRAVEL COOLER WITH COLLAPSIBLE SIDEWALLS - A portable cooler assembly includes sidewalls connected by a bottom wall. The sidewalls and bottom wall collectively define an interior space. A rim is attached to a top of the collapsible side walls, and a lid is supported on the rim and encloses the interior space. A base defines a container receiving recess within which the bottom wall is received and supported. A drain conduit defines a passageway in fluid communication with a lower portion of the interior space. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154465 | Refrigeration Apparatus - For the supply of refrigeration oil accumulated in an oil return compressor ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154466 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED CABINET - A temperature-controllable equipment cabinet comprising a diffusion-absorption refrigeration cycle system ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154467 | Gas-Liquid Separator and Refrigeration System With Gas-Liquid Seperator - A refrigeration system includes a refrigerant circuit including a gas-liquid separator ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154468 | Air flow around blower resistor and at evaporator - A climate control system includes a compressor that circulates fluid between a condenser and an evaporator, an electric motor that drives a blower that includes a quantity of fan blades, and a duct fluidly coupling the blower and the evaporator. The blower forces air through the duct to the evaporator. A resistor is in electrical communication with the motor and has a quantity of fins extending into the passage of the duct. The duct may include a contoured wall that bulges outward and away from the resistor fins to enlarge a volume of the duct adjacent or beside the quantity of fins to allow a first portion of the air from the blower to flow around the fins while a second portion of the air cools the fins. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154469 | Process and system for liquefaction of hydrocarbon-rich gas stream utilizing three refrigeration cycles - A process is disclosed for liquefying a hydrocarbon-rich gas stream such as natural gas by indirect heat exchange with refrigerants in a cascade of three closed loop refrigeration cycles, namely pre-cooling, liquefaction and subcooling. Each of the closed loop refrigeration cycles utilizes a different refrigerant composition. The pre-cooling cycle utilizes a first mixed refrigerant; the liquefaction cycle utilizes a pure refrigerant; and the subcooling cycle utilizes a second next refrigerant. The refrigerants closely match the enthalpy curve of the hydrocarbon-rich gas, thereby improving the energy efficiency of the liquefaction process. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154470 | Method and system for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) - A method and system for optimizing the efficiency of an LNG liquification system of the gas expansion type, wherein an incoming feed gas is first separated in a fractionation column by counter current contact with a cold reflux fluid, and a gaseous stream introduced into the heat exchanger system at a reduced temperature such that an intermediate pinch point is created in the warm composite curve. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154471 | Imported LNG treatment - The process of treating imported heating grade source LNG to form engine fuel grade LNG, and/or produce power. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154472 | BRASSIERE HAVING REMOVABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - Brassieres having removable display apparatus are disclosed. The display apparatus is securable around a band between the cups of a brassiere. The display apparatus may have a cincture to secure the relative position of the body of the display apparatus and the band of the brassiere. The methods disclosed include securing a display apparatus to brassiere and displaying a message or image on a display device of the display apparatus. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154473 | Round brilliant cut diamond and its incision method - The present invention discloses a round brilliant cut diamond. The diamond includes a crown, a girdle, and a pavilion, the cut crown includes one regular octagon table, eight first facets, eight second facets, and sixteen third facets, wherein the cut pavilion has sixteen quadrangular fourth facets, sixteen quadrangular fifth facets, and sixteen sub-triangular sixth facets. The sixteen fourth facets meet at a point, which forms an apex, and each fourth facet, fifth facet and sixth facet meet a point. A depth of the fourth facets is smaller than 21.6% of the total girdle diameter D. The present invention also discloses methods for preparing above mentioned round brilliant-cut diamond. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154474 | REDUCED STRIAE LOW EXPANSION GLASS AND ELEMENTS, AND A METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The invention is directed to a method for reducing striae in ultra-low expansion glass, for example, silica-titania glass, by heat-treating the glass at temperatures above 1600° C. for a time in the range of 72-288 hours. The silica-titania glass is formed by substantially simultaneously forming, collecting and consolidating a silica-titania soot formed in one or a plurality of burners using silicon-containing feedstock and a titanium-containing feedstock. In one embodiment of the invention the glass is heat treated without forcing the glass to flow or “move”. The invention was found to reduce the magnitude of striae in an ultra-low expansion glass by at least 50%, and particularly reduces most of the “higher frequency” striae. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154475 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY ELEMENTAL SILICON - This invention relates to a process for the production of high purity elemental silicon by reacting silicon tetrachloride with a liquid metal reducing agent in a two reactor vessel configuration. The first reactor vessel is used for reducing the silicon tetrachloride to elemental silicon, resulting in a mixture of elemental silicon and reducing metal chloride salt while the second reactor vessel is used for separating the elemental silicon from the reducing metal chloride salt. The elemental silicon produced using this invention is of sufficient purity for the production of silicon photovoltaic devices or other semiconductor devices. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154476 | System and Method for Frit Sealing Glass Packages - A sealing device and method are described herein that can be used to manufacture a hermetically sealed glass package. In one embodiment, the hermetically sealed glass package is suitable to protect thin film devices which are sensitive to the ambient environment (e.g., oxygen, moisture). Some examples of such glass packages are organic emitting light diode (OLED) displays, sensors, and other optical devices. The present invention is demonstrated using an OLED display as an example. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154477 | Solar cell using low iron high transmission glass with antimony and corresponding method - A high transmission and low iron glass is provided for use in a solar cell. The glass substrate may be patterned on at least one surface thereof. Antimony (Sb) is used in the glass to improve stability of the solar performance of the glass upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and/or sunlight. The combination of low iron content, antimony, and/or the patterning of the glass substrate results in a substrate with high visible transmission and excellent light refracting characteristics. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154478 | MULTIMODE FIBER HAVING IMPROVED INDEX PROFILE - A graded index multimode fiber and method of producing the graded index multimode fiber utilize a technique of reducing an index profile of the core of the multimode fiber below a standard parabolic index profile. This can be done by changing dopant concentrations in the fiber core over the radius of the fiber core. The result is a multimode fiber having differential mode delay characteristics that are intentionally not minimized. The index profile can be reduced below the standard parabolic index profile over the entire radius of the core, or only for radii above a specified radius. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154479 | Method and Device for Manufacturing an Optical Preform - Disclosed is a method and device for manufacturing an optical preform. The method includes supplying dopant-containing glass-forming gases to the interior of a hollow glass substrate tube. Furthermore, the supply flow of dopant-containing glass-forming gases includes a main gas flow and one or more secondary gas flows. The secondary gas flows are divided into subflows, which are supplied to the interior of the hollow glass substrate tube together with the main gas flow. The method further includes effecting deposition of glass layers on the interior surface of the hollow glass substrate tube. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154480 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER BASE MATERIAL - A method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material having very little impurity which deteriorates the transmission characteristic of an optical fiber is provided. The method of manufacturing an optical fiber base material including: producing a core member for the optical fiber base material by dehydrating and transparently vitrifying a base material formed by depositing glass particles; and drawing the core member and then adding a cladding thereto at a desired core to cladding ratio, wherein the dehydrating includes suspending the base material in a furnace tube having a heating region in a first atmosphere at a first temperature, the base material passing through the heating region as upwardly moving, and the transparently vitrifying includes situating the base material below once and then allowing the base material to pass through the heating region in a second atmosphere at a second temperature as upwardly moving again. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154481 | BUSHING BLOCK - A refractory article including a bushing block having a body comprising an opening extending through the body, wherein the bushing block is formed from a composition comprising a primary component comprising tin oxide. The composition for forming the bushing block body can further include at least one additive selected from the group of additives consisting of a corrosion inhibitor, a sintering aid, and a resistivity modifying species, or a combination thereof. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154482 | Knitting device for making a thick double-sided textile - The invention relates to a knitting device for making a double-sided textile comprising two outer laps ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154483 | CIRCULAR KNIT GARMENT BLANKS - A circular knit garment blank is provided. The blank has an internal dimension defined by a series of courses, a length defined by a series of wales, and a pair of cut lines. The length is sufficient to encircle a torso of a wearer. The cut lines are defined in the blank for severing the series of courses along the length to form two brassieres. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154484 | RFID TAG - A radio frequency identification, RHD, device ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100154485 | Laundry handling apparatus with a cuff and a filling support - The invention relates to a laundry treatment device, which in particular serves as a washing machine or washer drier, having a housing and a container suspended in the housing. Also provided is an elastically deformable seal, which, is connected, on the one hand to the housing and, on the other, to the container. In addition, a dispenser housing with a filling connector is arranged in the housing. The seal has on a tubular projection an opening with one end of the filling connector being inserted into the seal at the opening of the seal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154486 | Fabric treating apparatus - A present invention relates to a fabric treating apparatus including an inside cabinet which forms a treating chamber in which the fabrics treated, and a heating unit for supplying any one between hot wind and steam to the treating chamber, and a driving unit for generating driving power, and a driving unit frame is disposed the upper side of the inside cabinet for fixing the driving unit, and a sealing unit is pressed by the driving unit frame and penetrates the driving unit frame and the inside cabinet. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154487 | Double Cylinder Lock - By providing a lock such as a padlock or deadbolt lock wherein the components forming two wafer or pin cylinder assemblies, interconnected so that one key and wafer cylinder locks and unlocks the shackle or deadbolt and the other key and wafer cylinder when key actuated blocks and unblocks access to the first key cylinder's key insertion hole therefore double locking the overall mechanism, resulting in increased security, creating multi-levels of security and various additional methods of security which is attained through standard key and cylinder key bit configurations. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154488 | LOCKING SKEWER FOR SECURING BIKES TO A RACK - A skewer assembly for a rack mount having a cam disposed against a cam follower actuable from an open configuration to a closed configuration, the skewer assembly further having a lock assembly integrated with the cam follower and a locking member located within a radial contact surface perimeter of the cam. The skewer further having a tightening assembly with a ratcheting nut which is incapable of being loosened when the skewer is placed in tension. Moreover, the skewer assembly covers the access holes to the internal hardware of the rack mount when inserted therein. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154489 | LOCKING PADDLE HANDLE LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR CLOSURES AND THE LIKE - A locking paddle handle assembly for closures has a housing with a paddle handle pivotally mounted therein, a latch which latches and unlatches the closure upon rotation of the paddle handle, and a exterior key lock with a movable member that shifts between locked and unlocked positions. A latch lock selectively engages the latch, such that when the movable key lock member is in the locked position, the latch is retained in the latched position, wherein the closure cannot be opened. A deadbolt lock selectively engages the closure frame in the locked position to positively retain the closure closed. Both the latch lock and the deadbolt lock are operably connected with the movable key lock member, such that movement of the latter between the latched and unlatched positions contemporaneously shifts both the latch lock and the deadbolt lock between the locked and unlocked positions. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154490 | High Security Lock for Door - A high security locking system can be used in a conventional pivot door adapted for use with a latch and deadbolt lock combination. The high security system can be a multi-point lock, received in a recess formed in a locking edge side of a door stile, cooperating with a linkage or other mechanism in a conventional deadbolt/location. The lock can be actuated with a keyed cylinder and thumb turn combination. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154491 | Locking Device for a Shipping Container and System for Releasably Locking Container Components Together - A locking device for a shipping container and system for redundantly locking container components together include a socket, upper and lower arms, upper and lower braces, and a clasp. The socket has upper and lower parts connected together to form a hinge at a rear of the socket with a socket cavity having an opening at a front of the socket. Also, the upper and lower arms of the device are fixedly connected to the upper and lower parts at the front of the socket. Further, the upper and lower braces of the device are fixedly connected to the upper and lower parts at the rear of the socket. The clasp is adapted to engage the socket to retain the socket and the components locked together in the assembled container. | 2010-06-24 |