28th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120174573 | MULTI-SEGMENTED ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATOR - A multi-segmented active material actuator producing a variable, tailored, or staged/staggered stroke in response to an activation signal, including a plurality of segments joined in series, having differing constituencies and geometric configurations, and presenting differing activation thresholds, activation periods/rates, and/or strokes as a result. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174574 | Drive module and electronic apparatus - A drive module includes: a lower plate spring | 2012-07-12 |
20120174575 | FLUID PRESSURE BOOSTER FOR BRAKING DEVICE - A fluid pressure booster for a braking device includes a control piston on which an input brake operation acts in an advancing direction, and a reaction force based on fluid pressure of a booster fluid pressure generation chamber acts in a retracting direction. A pressure increasing valve is provided between a valve chamber communicating with a fluid pressure generation source and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. A pressure reducing valve is provided between a release chamber communicating with a reservoir and the booster fluid pressure generation chamber. At least one contraction portion is formed between an outer periphery of a front portion of the pressing rod and an inner periphery of a front portion of a valve seat member. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174576 | SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF SAID TYPE - A supercharged internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises a cylinder; an intake line in an intake system, for supplying charge air to the cylinder via an inlet manifold on an inlet side of the internal combustion engine into an inlet opening on the cylinder; an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gases; an exhaust-gas turbocharger including a turbine arranged in the exhaust line and a compressor arranged in the intake line; an exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement including a recirculation line which branches off from the exhaust line downstream of the turbine and opens into the intake line upstream of the compressor; and a charge-air cooler in the intake line downstream of the compressor, the charge-air cooler arranged above the inlet opening of the cylinder. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174577 | TURBOCHARGER SYSTEM FOR AIR-THROTTLED ENGINES - A turbocharger system for an air-throttled engine includes a variable flow expander (VFE) in the intake air conduit system that supplies intake air to the engine. At part-load operation, the VFE expands the air by an amount that is controllable, and thus regulates the air flow as needed by the engine. The power extracted by the VFE from the intake air flow is fed to the turbocharger, which helps to achieve quicker turbocharger response and improve scavenging of exhaust gases from the engine. The VFE can be a variable expansion ratio turbine. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174578 | SUPERCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF SAID TYPE - A supercharged internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises a cylinder, an intake line in an intake system, for supplying charge air to the cylinder, an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gases, an exhaust-gas turbocharger including a turbine arranged in the exhaust line and a compressor arranged in the intake line, an exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement including a recirculation line which branches off from the exhaust line downstream of the turbine and opens into the intake line upstream of the compressor, and a sensor for detecting the concentration C | 2012-07-12 |
20120174579 | SUPERCHARGED LIQUID-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A supercharged liquid-cooled internal combustion engine is provided. In one example, a bearing of a turbocharger is cooled in response to a thermal load of the turbocharger. In this way, coolant flow rate to the bearing may be provided based on cooling demand. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174580 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH CYLINDER HEAD AND TURBINE - The disclosure relates to an internal combustion engine which is optimized with regard to the cooling of a turbine. The engine has at least one cylinder head and block, forming at least one cylinder, and at least one turbine. Each cylinder has at least one exhaust opening for discharging the exhaust gases from the cylinder. An exhaust gas line is connected to each exhaust opening, the exhaust gas lines converging to produce at least one combined exhaust gas line, thereby forming at least one exhaust manifold, which opens into the at least one turbine having a turbine housing. The turbine has at least one flow channel conducting exhaust gas through the turbine housing, and at least one coolant passage integrated in the housing forming a cooling facility. At least one chamber is arranged between the at least one coolant passage and the at least one flow channel conducting exhaust gas. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174581 | Closed-Loop Systems and Methods for Geothermal Electricity Generation - A system includes at least one pipe system defining a closed-loop fluid conduit configured to circulate a fluid into a cased well and through at least a portion of a subterranean thermal reservoir to heat the fluid. The system further includes a thermal power system coupled to the at least one pipe system and configured to generate electricity from heat carried by the fluid. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174582 | HYBRID SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR, AND SOLAR POWER PLANT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SUCH COLLECTOR - A collector is provided including at least one photovoltaic cell for converting solar energy into electric energy, and at least one heat sink for converting solar energy into heat energy by heating a fluid, arranged so as to receive solar energy through the photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic cell includes a plurality of vertically adjacent semiconductor junctions having different forbidden energy bands, each semiconductor junction having a forbidden energy band of greater than or equal to 1.2 eV, in particular greater than or equal to 1.4 eV. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174583 | DUAL REHEAT RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A rankine cycle system includes a heater configured to circulate a working fluid in heat exchange relationship with a hot fluid to vaporize the working fluid. A hot system is coupled to the heater. The hot system includes a first heat exchanger configured to circulate a first vaporized stream of the working fluid from the heater in heat exchange relationship with a first condensed stream of the working fluid to heat the first condensed stream of the working fluid. A cold system is coupled to the heater and the hot system. The cold system includes a second heat exchanger configured to circulate a second vaporized stream of the working fluid from the first system in heat exchange relationship with a second condensed stream of the working fluid to heat the second condensed stream of the working fluid before being fed to the heater. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174584 | POWER PLANT SYSTEM HAVING OVERLOAD CONTROL VALVE - A power plant system and a method for operating a power plant system are provided. An overload control valve is disposed in an overload line and can be actuated by means of a pressure regulator wherein the overload control valve opens before a diverting control valve opens the valve forming a bypass between the high-pressure steam inlet and the high-pressure steam outlet as soon as a target valve is exceeded. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174585 | CLOSED LOOP THERMODYNAMIC MACHINE - According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a thermodynamic machine operating according to the Brayton cycle and including a closed loop fluid circuit for circulating working fluid. A fluid compressor ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174586 | DUCT WITH TRANSITION SECTION FOR TURBINE EXHAUST - An exhaust duct for a gas turbine includes a transition section having an inlet for receiving turbine exhaust gas and a relatively larger outlet for interfacing with an auxiliary section housing an auxiliary device. The transition section has an interior surface extending from the inlet to the outlet. The interior surface has a segment generally adjacent to the inlet that is curved to induce a Coanda effect in which the turbine exhaust gas is caused to flow along said curved surface and to expand for distribution of the turbine exhaust gas over the auxiliary device in the auxiliary section. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174587 | FUEL FLOWMETER HAVING AN IMPROVED REGULATOR DEVICE - A fuel flowmeter for being fed by a pump including an inlet and an outlet, including: a metering valve including an inlet and an outlet, and arranged downstream from the outlet of the pump; a return circuit connecting the inlet of the metering valve to the inlet of the pump; and a pressure regulator device including: a movable valve member to close and open the return circuit, a pressure difference detection surface fastened to the valve member and axially separating a first chamber in communication with the inlet of the metering valve from a second chamber in communication with the outlet from the metering valve, a piston axially separating the second chamber from a third chamber connected to the outlet of the metering valve, and a channel putting the second chamber in communication with the third chamber. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174588 | GAS-TURBINE LEAN COMBUSTOR WITH FUEL NOZZLE WITH CONTROLLED FUEL INHOMOGENEITY - A gas-turbine lean combustor includes a combustion chamber ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174589 | Combustion Chamber End Cover Without Welding or Brazing - An end cover assembly is provided in combination with a gas turbine combustor for capping a back end of a combustion chamber. The end cover assembly includes an end cover plate securable to the back end of the combustion chamber, and a monolith block secured to the end cover plate. The end cover plate is constructed without welded gas passage plates and without brazed flow passage inserts and includes fuel channels therethrough, where the fuel channels are sized and positioned to interact with fuel nozzle inlet ports. The monolith block includes internal fuel gas passages positioned relative to the fuel channels in the end cover plate to commute fuel gas to the fuel channels of the end cover plate. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBUSTOR OPERATING CONDITIONS BASED ON FLAME DETECTION - A system is disclosed that includes a combustor having an end cover and at least one fuel nozzle assembly extending from an inner face of the end cover. A cartridge may extend through the end cover and into the fuel nozzle assembly. The cartridge may define an opening for receiving light emitted from within the combustor. Additionally, a fiber optic cable may be disposed within the cartridge and may be configured to capture at least a portion of the light received through the opening. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174591 | Fuel Line System, Method for Operating of a Gas Turbine, and a Method for Purging the Fuel Line System of a Gas Turbine - A fuel line system for a gas turbine and a method for purging the same is provided. Parts of the line system may be purged using a comparatively low quantity of purging medium. To this end, a control valve is provided in each of the fuel line segments located immediately upstream of the fuel injection nozzles, the control characteristics of the control valve being adjustable by means of a fluid or gaseous control medium | 2012-07-12 |
20120174592 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE - A method for operating a gas turbine includes supplying fuel via at least one control valve regulated using an open-loop control system based on a predetermined load setpoint value. A valve stroke control command (s | 2012-07-12 |
20120174593 | BLADES IN A TURBINE SECTION OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An exemplary gas turbine engine includes a turbine section operative to impart rotational energy to a compressor section. The turbine section includes at least a low-pressure turbine and a high-pressure turbine, and a number of stages in the low pressure turbine is from three to five. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174594 | TURBOMACHINE FUEL DELIVERY METHOD AND ASSEMBLY - An example method of fuel delivery to a turbomachine includes reaching a light-off speed of a turbomachine and delivering fuel to a combustor of the turbomachine at a first rate. The method also increases the rate of the delivery. The combustor achieves light-off at a fuel flow rate on or in-between the first rate and a second rate that is greater than the first rate. An example turbomachine fuel delivery assembly includes a fuel delivery component and a controller configured to adjust the fuel pump to increase a rate of fuel delivery from a fuel supply to a combustor of a turbomachine. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174595 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MAINTAINING FLOW TO AN AIR INLET OF AN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT ASSEMBLY - An example auxiliary power unit air inlet assembly includes a noise attenuating component disposed within a conduit. The conduit is configured to communicate a first flow of fluid to an auxiliary power unit. A second flow of fluid is communicated to the noise attenuating component. The second flow of fluid limits formation of ice in the conduit. The first flow of fluid is different than the second flow of fluid. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED COMBUSTION OPERATIONS - Systems and methods for improving the operation of a combustion device using a low heating value fuel that includes providing a supply of a low heating value fuel, introducing an oxidizing agent that includes an enriched oxygen source into the low heating value fuel, and directing the low heating value fuel and the oxidizing agent to the combustion device, whereby the operation of the combustion device is improved. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174597 | MAGNETIC MATERIALS FOR MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION, MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING SYSTEM - A magnetic material for magnetic refrigeration of an embodiment has a composition represented by the formula, Gd | 2012-07-12 |
20120174598 | METHOD FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DIAGNOSIS OF A HEAT STORAGE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting the point in time of commencement of crystallization of a heat storage material ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174599 | THERMOELECTRIC COMPRESSED AIR AND/OR INERT GAS DRYER - A gas dryer is provided. The gas dryer includes a first opening structure forming a cooling pathway fluidly connected to the first opening; a first thermoelectric device thermally connected to the structure forming the cooling pathway and a heat exchanger. A condensate drain is located near an end of the cooling pathway and configured to drain condensate formed when a fluid is cooled along the cooling pathway. A structure forming a warming pathway is located between the condensate drain and a second opening, and a second thermoelectric device thermally connected between the structure forming cooling pathway and the structure forming the warming pathway and connected to exchange heat between the cooling pathway and the warming pathway. A method of drying a gas is provided. The method includes directing the gas through a cooling pathway, removing heat from the gas in the cooling pathway with a first thermoelectric device to a heat exchanger, condensing a fluid out of the gas. The method further includes draining the condensed fluid from the gas, directing the gas though a warming pathway and removing heat from gas in the cooling pathway with a second thermoelectric device and inserting that heat into gas in the warming pathway. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174600 | Flow Control of a Cryogenic Element to Remove Heat - A system provides the flow control of a cryogenic element to remove heat from an environment. The system includes a cryogenic storage to store a cryogen; a cryogenic delivery system coupled to the cryogenic storage to transport the cryogen; a distributor coupled to the cryogenic delivery system, the distributor having a plurality of distribution lead tubes to evenly distribute the enthalpic potential of the cryogenic element; and a heat exchanger coupled to the distribution lead tubes. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174601 | ARTICULATED CURTAINS FOR ICE MAKING MACHINES - Articulated water curtains for ice making machines are comprised of two portions, an upper portion hingedly connected to the upper portion of the machine, and a lower portion that includes a bottom edge of the two-piece water curtain and that is pivotally-mounted to a lower portion of the machine or to the lower portion of the water curtain. Ice making machines utilizing two-piece or portion articulated water curtains are disclosed. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174602 | SYSTEM FOR THE OVERALL CONTROL OF HEAT FOR ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED MOTOR VEHICLE - A system for overall control of heat for a passenger compartment and for electrical units in a motor vehicle that is completely or partially propelled by an electric engine powered by a battery, including a heat-control fluid circuit coupled to a heating device and/or to a cooling device enabling the fluid to store calories or frigories when the system is plugged into an electrical network outside of the vehicle. The fluid circuit is capable of releasing calories and/or frigories to the air of the passenger compartment, in an alternating manner, either through a heat exchanger between the circuit and the air of the passenger compartment, or using a climate circuit forming a heat pump and/or an air-conditioning system. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174603 | CLEAN WATER RECLAMATION FROM HUMID AIR - An apparatus for water reclamation includes an inlet head for admitting warm humid ambient air, a buried pipe coupled at a first end to the inlet head and sloping downward in the ground from the first end. Water condenses as the air is cooled in the buried pipe and collects in a cistern coupled at a second end of the buried pipe. A tube coupled at a lower end near the second end of the buried pipe includes a heated element extending at least partially into the tube from an upper end of the tube. Cooled air is heated by the heated element and is expelled at the top of the tube. A heater is coupled to an upper end of the heated element. The heater may be a solar collector with a Bernoulli aperture. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174604 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH A DISTRIBUTOR HAVING A FLOW CONTROL MECHANISM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A SYSTEM - A method of controlling a refrigeration system with a closed circuit for circulating a refrigerant wherein the closed circuit has a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for receiving and condensing at least part of the compressed refrigerant, an evaporator for receiving and evaporating the condensed refrigerant, and a return conduit for returning the refrigerant from the evaporator to the compressor. The evaporator has several evaporator sections with corresponding conduits that may be individually controlled so as to obtain individual refrigeration effects of corresponding individual evaporator sections. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174605 | LIQUID-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER IN A VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a compressor having a suction port and a discharge port, an air-cooled heat exchanger operatively coupled to the discharge port, a liquid-cooled heat exchanger operatively coupled to the air-cooled heat exchanger, a coolant pump operatively coupled to a liquid coolant inlet conduit of the liquid-cooled heat exchanger, an evaporator heat exchanger unit operatively coupled to the liquid-cooled heat exchanger and the suction port, a coolant pump operatively coupled to the liquid coolant inlet conduit for pumping a liquid coolant, and a controller operatively associated with the liquid coolant inlet conduit for controlling the flow of liquid coolant into the liquid-cooled heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the liquid-cooled heat exchanger comprises a low-profile enclosure defining an interior volume. The enclosure has a liquid coolant inlet port and a liquid coolant discharge port fluidly coupled to the interior volume, and a continuous refrigerant tube sealingly disposed within the enclosure. The refrigerant tube is fluidly isolated from and in heat exchange relationship with the interior volume in which the liquid coolant flows. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174606 | BUILDING HEAT LOAD REDUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A building heat load reduction system is provided having a series of spray nozzles located on a building roof that are connected to a cooling liquid supply. A temperature sensor on the roof is connected to a controller and, depending upon the heat on the roof, supplies liquid coolant to the spray nozzles which sprays the liquid coolant onto the roof. A moisture sensor on the roof or in the roof drain provides a signal to the controller so that once the top of the roof is wet, the sprinkler is shut down so that excess water is not wasted. A liquid coolant/surfactant mixing system is provided which mixes a surfactant with the cooling liquid to provide enhanced cooling. The surfactant causes the liquid coolant being sprayed to have a smaller droplet size which creates a relatively higher specific surface area for the water droplets. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174607 | REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE WITH OPTIONAL STORAGE MODULE - A distributed refrigeration appliance system for use in a residential kitchen and other locations in a dwelling and includes multiple separate refrigeration appliance modules, a central cooling system and a cooling circuit. The system can include one or more satellite stations having a heat exchanger for supplying chilled air to one or more refrigeration appliance modules. One or more refrigeration appliance modules can include a thermal cascade cooling device to cool the module to lower temperatures than the cooling circuit can attain. One or more refrigeration appliance modules can be refrigeration/storage modules that can provide refrigerated, unconditioned or heated storage space. The central cooling system can be a vapor compression system having a refrigerant circuit connecting the modules. Alternately, the central cooling system can cool a secondary cooling medium circuit. The refrigeration system can have more than one refrigeration machine providing cooling to the secondary refrigeration loop. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174608 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device controls a swing action of flaps of an air conditioning apparatus. The flaps are swung up and down. The control device includes an operation mode determining section, a swing pattern storage area and a control command generator. The operation mode determining section determines at least an air-cooling operation mode and an air-warming operation mode that are operation modes of the air conditioning apparatus. The swing pattern storage area stores a plurality of swing patterns that include information pertaining to the swing action. The control command generator generates a control command of the air conditioning apparatus on the basis of a swing pattern corresponding to the mode determined by the operation mode determining section from among the plurality of swing patterns. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174609 | HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM - Upon newly installing a system or installing an additional heat source apparatuses, manual adjustment of a number-of-units control device should be eliminated. Provided is a heat source system including a plurality of heat source apparatuses connected in parallel; and a number-of-units control device that controls on and off of the plurality of the heat source apparatuses and allocates a load to an active heat source apparatus according to a load demand, wherein the heat source apparatuses each possess COP map unique to the respective heat source apparatuses that indicates a relationship among operating status, coefficient of performance, and load factor, each of the heat source apparatuses sets the appropriate operating region in correspondence to the operating status from the COP map and sends it to the number-of-units control device, and the number-of-units control device performs number-of-units control of the heat source apparatus and load allocation on the basis of the appropriate operating region that is sent from each of the heat source apparatuses. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174610 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle formed by a first compressor, a radiator, an expander that expands a refrigerant that has passed through the radiator, and an evaporator. A bypass piping has one end connected to a discharge piping of the expander and the other end connected to a suction piping of the first compressor. A pressure sensor and a temperature sensor detect the suction pressure and suction temperature of the expander as physical quantities of the refrigerant to be sucked into the expander. A bypass valve controls the flow rate of the refrigerant. A control device determines the appropriate discharge pressure of the expander on the basis of the suction pressure and suction temperature of the expander, and opens the bypass valve when the pressure at which the expander discharges the refrigerant is higher than the determined appropriate discharge pressure. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174611 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - To provide an air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving energy saving, a pump control of controlling the operating capacity of a pump is performed such that an opening degree of a heat medium flow control device, controlled by a heat-medium-flow-control-device control, approaches a target opening degree, and a refrigeration cycle of a refrigerant circuit is controlled such that the temperature of a heat medium, whose flow rate is controlled by the heat-medium-flow-control-device control and the pump control, approaches a target temperature. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174612 | Computer Room Air Conditioner With Pre-Cooler - A computer room air conditioner (“CRAC”) has a cabinet having an air inlet through which return air from an area is drawn and an air outlet through which air cooled by the CRAC is exhausted. An air moving unit is disposed in the cabinet as are a plurality of cooling coils, which are in separate cooling circuits. The cooling coils are arranged so that the air passes through the cooling coils in serial fashion, that is, first through an upstream cooling coil and then through a downstream cooling cool. The upstream cooling coil acts as a pre-cooler to the subsequent downstream cooling coil. The CRAC includes a controller that controls the cooling provided by the cooling circuits. The controller controls the cooling provided by the upstream cooling circuit so that when it is being used to provide cooling, it provides only sensible cooling. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174613 | ICE MAKING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - A refrigerator includes a separate cool air supply channel formed in an ice making chamber door so as to supply cool air to a crushing chamber formed in the ice making chamber door, which is connected to the front portion of an ice bank storing ice dropped from an ice making tray, to open and close an ice making chamber, thereby preventing ice remaining in the crushing chamber from melting. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174614 | AIR CONDITIONER - According to the present invention, an air condition comprises: a first compressor and a second compressor which compress a refrigerant through multiple stages; a condenser which condenses the refrigerant compressed by the second compressor; a first flow channel through which a portion of the refrigerant condensed by the condenser passes, in order to be cooled; a supercooling heat exchanger having a second flow channel for exchanging heat with the first flow channel; an expansion instrument which expands the refrigerant cooled by the supercooling heat exchanger; a shell-tube-type evaporator which evaporates the refrigerant expanded by the expansion instrument, and which is connected to a location requiring cold water via a water pipe to supply cold water to said location requiring cold water; a first bypass channel which guides the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to the second flow channel; a supercooling expander installed in the first bypass channel; and a second bypass channel which interconnects the first and second compressors and the second flow channel, thereby decreasing discharge superheat, and thus increasing the degree of subcooling, and improving the efficiency of supplying cold water. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174615 | AIR CONDITIONER - According to the present invention, an air conditioner comprises: a first circulation channel which drives a thermodynamic cycle while normally circulating a refrigerant; a second circulation channel which is branched from an outlet of a condenser of the first circulation channel to recover oil from the refrigerant to a compressor and to cause the refrigerant to pass through a supercooling heat exchanger; and a third circulation channel which is directly branched from an evaporator of the first circulation channel, to recover oil from the refrigerant and send the same to the compressor, and to cause the refrigerant to pass through the supercooling heat exchanger, thereby preventing the wet compression of the compressor to achieve improved reliability of the compressor, and preventing the degradation of heat-exchange performance. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174616 | GENERATOR - A generator includes a liquid tank, a high temperature device and a nozzle unit. The liquid tank has a receiving room. The high temperature device is disposed on a surface of the liquid tank. The nozzle unit includes a tank, an injecting tube, a nozzle and an oscillating device. The tank is disposed in the receiving room and filled with a working fluid. The injecting tube has one end communicating with the tank. The nozzle is disposed on a surface of the tank and faces the high temperature device. The oscillating device is disposed on the tank to induce oscillation of the working fluid in the tank, wherein the oscillation changes the pressure of the working fluid so that the working fluid is pulled towards the nozzle and is sprayed on the high temperature device by the nozzle. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174617 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigerant compressor includes a compression unit having a roller and a vane for compressing refrigerant. The vane has a film having first to fourth layers on its metallic base member. The first layer is made of chromium. The second layer is made of chromium and tungsten-carbide. The third layer is made of metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide. The fourth layer is made of non-metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing carbon and hydrogen. In the second layer, chromium content-rate on a first-layer side is larger than on a third-layer side, and tungsten-carbide content-rate on the third-layer side is larger than on the first-layer side. In the third layer, content-rate of the at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide on a second-layer side is larger than on a fourth-layer side. The roller with which an end-edge of the vane slidably-contacts is made of flake graphite cast iron containing molybdenum, nickel and chromium. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174618 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A rotary compressor ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174619 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A rotary compressor ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174620 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - A closed compressor provided for achieving a wobbling suppressing effect of a rotating shaft by a bearing frame portion and improving a reliability thereof by preventing a bearing frame portion from being deformed due to a gas load includes a bearing member provided between the one end in the axial direction of the closed container and the electric motor and includes a bearing portion pivotally supporting the rotating shaft and a bearing frame portion holding the bearing portion, and the bearing frame portion includes a high rigidity portion and a low rigidity portion in a circumferential direction and the bearing frame portion is arranged in the closed container such that a direction in which a load acting on the bearing portion becomes maximum coincides with a direction in which rigidity of the bearing frame portion is high. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174621 | CARBON DIOXIDE LIQUEFACTION SYSTEM - Systems are disclosed herein for enhancing energy usage while pressurizing a carbonaceous gas. Such systems include a carbon dioxide (CO | 2012-07-12 |
20120174622 | SYSTEM FOR GAS PROCESSING - A power plant for the generation of electrical energy with a system ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING A SUBSTANCE BY MEANS OF ANTI-SUBLIMATION AND MELTING - The invention provides a method and a system for extracting a substance comprised in a gaseous mixture, the extraction being carried out in a cyclic manner in 2N chambers (AA, BB, CC, DD), each provided with a heat-exchanger (A, B, C, D), N being an integer greater than or equal to 3. Each chamber carries out a cycle comprising the following four steps in succession: a frosting step, a defrosting step, a step of recovering the liquid phase and the residual gas phase, and a temperature-reduction step of reducing the temperature of the heat-exchanger. Further, sequencing the passage from one step to another in each of the chambers is such that the number of chambers carrying out the frosting step and also the total number of chambers carrying out the defrosting, recovery, and temperature-reduction steps are both equal to N. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174624 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AT LEAST ONE AIR SEPARATION APPARATUS AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION UNIT - The present invention relates to a process for operating at least one air separation unit and an oxygen-rich gas consumer, comprising a carbon fuel combustion unit or a gasification unit, the oxygen-rich gas consumer being capable of generating electricity. The consumer is supplied with an oxygen-rich gas coming from the air separation unit or units. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174625 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A GASEOUS PRESSURIZED OXYGEN PRODUCT BY CRYOGENIC SEPARATION OF AIR - Process and apparatus for producing a pressurized gaseous oxygen product by cryogenic air separation | 2012-07-12 |
20120174626 | JEWELRY SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE ELEMENTS - A jewelry system comprises a main strand and at least one harmonizing strand. The main strand has a supporting string, first and second clasps, and a first bead pattern and second bead pattern each including at least one signature bead that identifies a theme of the jewelry system. The at least one harmonizing strand has a supporting string, first and second clasps, and a harmonizing bead pattern including at least one signature bead that corresponds to the theme of the jewelry system. In this manner, the multiple strands are conducive for trading and collecting among members of a social category or environment. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174627 | MULTI-SIZE ADJUSTABLE CASTINGS FOR JEWELRY - An adjustable jewelry head or casting is provided. The head includes a track and a plurality of mounting members, at least one of which is slideable along the track. One or more pins connect the mounting members to the track. The pins are moveable to allow sliding adjustment of the mounting members with respect to one another. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174628 | Vertical Glass Distribution Habituating Control System and Method - A system and method for automatically adjusting I.S. machine timing to maintain desired vertical glass distribution to improve process yield and quality while reducing dependence on operator skill. Deficiencies in the vertical glass distribution are rapidly addressed by automatically varying the start of final blow to allow more or less stretching of the parison, and more fundamentally addressed by adjusting the cooling of the parison mold. The cooling time of the parison mold may be adjusted by using final blow timing error correction or by also using parison mold temperature error correction. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174629 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING A QUARTZ GLASS CYLINDER FROM A MELT CRUCIBLE - The invention relates to a known method for drawing a quartz glass cylinder from a melt crucible comprising an inner crucible chamber extending in the direction of a center crucible axis and bounded by a side wall and a floor, wherein SiO | 2012-07-12 |
20120174630 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOTS BY INDUCTION METHOD - An apparatus for producing multicrystalline silicon ingots by the induction method comprises an enclosure, which includes means for start-up heating of silicon and a cooled crucible enveloped by an inductor. The crucible has a movable bottom and four walls consisting of sections spaced apart by vertically extending slots, means for moving the movable bottom, and a controlled cooling compartment arranged under the cooled crucible. The inside face of the crucible defines a melting chamber of a rectangular or square cross-section. The walls of the cooled crucible extend outwards at least from the inductor toward the lowest portion of the cooled crucible to thereby expand the melting chamber, and the angle β of expanding the melting chamber is defined by the equation β=arctg[2·(k−1.35·10 3·b)/d], where d is the dimension of the smaller side of the rectangle or of the side of the square of the cross-section of the melting chamber at the inducer level, b is the dimension of the adjoining side of the cross-section of the melting chamber at the inducer level, k is an empirical coefficient, which is 1.5 to 2. The apparatus makes it possible to decrease silicon melt spills and to increase the quality of multicrystalline silicon thus produced. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174631 | CONTROL METHOD OF A LAUNDRY MACHINE - A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174632 | DETERGENT CASE AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A detergent case includes a remaining water discharge hole formed on a bottom surface of a liquid detergent accommodation space, and an opening and closing unit to open and close the remaining water discharge hole due to buoyancy of a liquid accommodated within the liquid detergent accommodation space. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174633 | REMOTELY OPERATED LOCKING PADDLE HANDLE LATCH ASSEMBLY - 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 an exterior key lock with a movable member that shifts between locked and unlocked positions. A deadbolt lock selectively engages the closure frame in the locked position to positively retain the closure closed. The deadbolt lock is operably connected with the movable key lock member, such that movement of the latter between the latched and unlatched positions contemporaneously shifts the deadbolt lock between the locked and unlocked positions. A remotely operable controller may be mounted either horizontally or vertically relative the handle assembly and is operably connected to a multi-armed lock cam to power shift the deadbolt lock between the locked and unlocked positions from a remote location. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174634 | CLOSURE SYSTEM - A closure system is provided, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a lock device, which is arranged in or on the outer side of a wall element, in particular of a motor vehicle, and which has an opening, into which an unlocking and/or locking device, which is implemented as corresponding to the opening in particular and is manual in particular, is insertable in an insertion direction, and having a cover device, which can be or is arranged on the lock device, so that it entirely covers the opening of the lock device at least in the insertion direction, and which is at least partially removable from the lock device to expose the opening for the unlocking and/or locking device. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174635 | ANTI-THEFT SEAL, PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR APPLICATION TO SLENDER PARTS OF PRODUCTS SUCH AS EARPIECES OF EYEGLASSES AND THE LIKE - An anti-theft seal, particularly adapted for application to slender parts of products such as earpieces of eyeglasses, which comprises two complementary jaws, which are provided, on opposite sides of a central part thereof adapted to grip a product, with elements for mutual retention which can be deactivated by magnetic action, at least one plate, which is connected to at least one first one of the jaws, in the central part, so as to tilt with respect to at least one extraction direction of a slender part of product which during use is comprised between the jaws, for the jamming of the plate against the slender part upon an attempt to extract it from the anti-theft seal. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174636 | SPIN-AND-CLICK COMBINATION DIAL LOCK ASSEMBLY - A resettable, combination dial lock assembly has a housing, a shackle, and a dial with indicia thereon. A subset of the indicia defines an unlocking combination. The dial is rotatable relative to the housing to positions corresponding to each of the indica subset. A selector is coupled to the dial. Combination members rotate upon rotation of the dial and are each associated with a respective one of the subset of indicia comprising the combination. Rotary members are coupled to the combination members, wherein rotation of the combination members causes rotation of the rotary members. The rotary members and combination members allow entry of the combination by rotating the dial in any direction and independent of a number of rotations made by the dial for activation of the selector to select each of the indicia comprising the combination to unlock the lock assembly. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174637 | Key Container With Security Liner - A key containment apparatus includes a key container having a pocket and a liner positioned in the pocket of the key container, the liner being shaped to receive a key. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174638 | SEWAGE COMPOSTING METHOD - A method for creating Class A compost for sale to the public from waste products, especially municipal sewage, involving lower expense and improved versatility over prior methods. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174639 | Food Waste Concentration System and Related Processes - A forward osmosis system and process for producing fertilizer and recycling water from a food waste methane digester wastewater stream. The process includes: forming a residual wastewater stream from food waste using digesters; coarse filtering the residual wastewater stream; acid treating the filtered, residual wastewater stream so that ammonium is retained therein; diverting the acid treated, filtered, residual wastewater stream to one side of at least one forward osmosis membrane; and concentrating the acid treated, filtered, residual wastewater stream to form fertilizer by contacting a saturated salt brine in a forward osmosis draw loop to an opposite side of the at least one forward osmosis membrane and osmotically pulling water across the at least one forward osmosis membrane from the acid treated, filtered, residual wastewater stream to the saturated salt brine, thereby diluting the saturated salt brine. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174640 | Agricultural Compositions and Methods for Making and Using the Same - Soil amendment/foliar nutrient compositions and methods for their manufacture and use are provided. The compositions are aqueous compositions that include a carbon skeleton energy component (CSE); a macronutrient; a vitamin cofactor; a complexing agent; and at least one of exotic micronutrient component and an ionophore component. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174641 | SURFACE ACTIVE INGREDIENT COMPOSITION - The invention provides a surface active ingredient composition, which includes a base liquid including water which has dispersed therein in percentages by volume: Sodium Chloride—1 to 3%; Magnesium—1 to 2%; Calcium—1 to 2%; Potassium—1 to 2%; Sulfate—1 to 2%; Carbon—0.5 to 1%; Nitrate—1 to 2%; and Phosphate—1 to 2%; sodium chloride dissolved in the base liquid; and sodium alkyl ether sulfate dissolved in the base liquid, with the portion of the base liquid to sodium chloride and sodium alkyl ether sulfate being between 1:1:1.5 and 1:1:5. The invention further provides a process for producing same and uses thereof. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174642 | MULTI-ROLL MANDREL MILL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEAMLESS TUBES - A multi-roll mandrel mill for compacting of roll chock portions has a plurality of grooved roll bodies as a roll pass which performs a reduction rolling of a shell, and a plurality of roll stands each having backup rolls for driving the grooved roll bodies, wherein bearings are internally contained in the grooved roll body. A multi-roll mandrel mill for optimizing the design of roll chock portions for every setup has a plurality of grooved roll bodies as a roll pass which performs the reduction rolling of a shell and a plurality of roll stands each having roll shafts and roll chock portions for driving the grooved roll bodies. According to a tube-making setup of the mandrel mill, at least one of either or both of the roll shafts and the roll chock portions is replaced with a part(s) having a different shape(s) in addition to the grooved roll bodies. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174643 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY STRETCH-BEND-LEVELING METAL STRIPS - The invention relates to a method and a device for continuously stretch-bend-leveling metal strips, wherein a strip under a tensile stress below the elastic limit is alternatingly bent about at least four straightening rollers in the plastic or elastic-plastic region and thereby undergoes plastic stretching. The bending radii of all four straightening rollers are thereby set dually and independently of each other, as the straightening rollers are set up having individually controlled positions. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174644 | LEVELING MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE ROLLERS - A machine for leveling a strip of material contains a lower stationary back plate from which extends vertical beams located on either side of a longitudinal axis. A lower stationary leveling chassis and an upper leveling chassis are provided. Each chassis contains spaced apart rollers. An upper stationary back plate is rigidly secured to the upper end of each beam, and a moving coupling device couples the upper leveling chassis to the upper back plate. A device allows a vertical translational movement of the upper leveling chassis in relation to the upper stationary back plate between a rest position where the rollers of the upper leveling chassis are moved away from rollers of the lower leveling chassis and a leveling position where rollers of the upper leveling chassis are moved towards rollers of the lower leveling chassis and the strip is forced to travel along an undulating path. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174645 | COOLING APPARATUS AND COOLING METHOD FOR HOT ROLLING - A cooling apparatus for hot rolling is installed on a downstream side of a finishing mill of a continuous hot rolling mill, and cools a steel sheet rolled by the finishing mill while being conveyed. The cooling apparatus includes first pinch rolls which, during an interval when the steel sheet fed out from a final stand of the finishing mill moves from a position of the final stand to a position where a surface temperature of the steel sheet reaches 850° C. or less, pinch the steel sheet while applying tension of 3.9 MPa or greater. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174646 | RETRACT MANDREL MILL AND METHOD FOR ROLLING TUBE BLANK - A retract mandrel mill, comprising a mandrel mill and an extractor, the mandrel mill including a mandrel bar and being configured to roll a tube blank into which the mandrel bar is inserted, the extractor being configured to extract the mandrel bar from the tube blank that has been rolled in the mandrel mill, wherein the distance between the mandrel mill and the extractor is adjustable, and a method for rolling a tube blank by using the retract mandrel mill. As the result of the adjustable distance, even when a tube blank which is shorter than usual is rolled, there is no need to add an extra extension to the length of the tube blank to be elongation-rolled, and the wear of the mandrel bar can be suppressed so that the tube blank can be rolled efficiently and with high yields. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174647 | GUIDE DEVICE FOR A STRIP ROLLING INSTALLATION - The invention relates to a guide device in an installation for deforming a material ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174648 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A ROLLING ACTION OF A CURVED TOOL ALONG A FLAT STATIONARY SUBSTRATE - The apparatus comprises a crank arm in a crank-arm press with a curved tool at the end of the crank arm being constrained to move so the curved tool makes rolling contact across a flat, stationary substrate. The crankshaft rotates about an axis, the crank arm is rotatably mounted at one end to the crankshaft, a curved tool is mounted at the other end of the crank arm, a line on the surface of the curved tool and parallel to the crankshaft axis of rotation is constrained to move perpendicular to a plane while the curved tool is in rolling contact with the substrate, said plane being the plane of the flat stationary substrate, the radius of curvature of the curved tool being greater than the length of the crank arm; and with the radius of the curved tool, the length of the crank arm, and the eccentric radius of rotation of the crankshaft being selected to maintain the contact line of the curved tool in the substrate plane during the rolling contact. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174649 | PIPE VISE STAND - A pipe vise stand having increased utility and greater useable work space, particularly during use of vise provisions associated with the stand, is described. The stand features a base plate having a unique configuration in which one or more pipe benders are located within a workpiece support region defined along an upwardly directed face of the plate between vise provisions and corresponding support provisions | 2012-07-12 |
20120174650 | Aerosol Collection Apparatus and Methods - The lifetime of aerosol monitoring, concentration and collection equipment is extended by acoustic cleaning of accreted particle deposits from internal surfaces where fouling occurs by application of acoustic energy to the particle accretion surface, optionally in combination with a liquid wash or sampling volume. In one application, acoustic cleaning or sampling of particle deposits for analysis is triggered by a signal indicating changes in gas flow associated with particle loading. In another application, electro-acoustic transducers may be used to prevent particle buildup without interruption of particle monitoring. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174651 | Mouth Alcohol Tester - This application discloses a system for detecting mouth alcohol which is integrated with a breath-measuring instrument. In an embodiment, the breath-measuring instrument comprises a single fuel cell system, wherein the single fuel cell measures an individual's alveolar breath as well as detection of any mouth alcohol. In a further embodiment, the breath-measuring instrument comprises a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell, wherein the first fuel cell measures alveolar breath and the second fuel cell detects mouth alcohol. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A MASS OF PARTICULATE MATTER ACCUMULATED IN A PARTICULATE FILTER - A particulate estimation system is configured for estimating a mass of particulate matter accumulated in a particulate filter of an exhaust system. The system includes a memory device, an interface, and a controller. The memory device stores a plurality of modules. Each of the plurality of modules is configured to uniquely estimate an amount of the particulate matter accumulated within the particulate filter over a period of time. The interface receives a plurality of input signals. The plurality of input signals correspond to a plurality of modules that are stored in the memory device. The controller derives a hybrid model based on the input signals. The hybrid model is configured to provide an output that is an estimation of the amount of particulate matter accumulated within the particulate filter over the period of time as a function of the plurality of input signals. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174653 | PM EMISSION AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - Providing a PM emission amount estimation device for the diesel engine wherein the accuracy of the correction in correcting the basic level of the PM emission amount by use of the PM emission amount estimation map can be enhanced; and, the PM emission amount particularly during the transient state of the engine operation condition can be accurately computed so as to estimate, with high precision, the PM emission amount and the PM emission accumulated-amount (integrated amount) during the whole engine operation conditions including the transient state as well as the steady state. A PM emission amount estimation device for estimating the amount of the PM for estimating the amount of the PM that is emitted from a diesel engine and collected by a DPF provided in the exhaust gas passage of the engine, the device including, but not limited to: a PM emission amount estimation base-map | 2012-07-12 |
20120174654 | Hydrostatic Test Tool and Method of Use - Hydrostatic testing tool and methods for testing a test article, such as a hose or container having an external threaded aperture. The preferred testing tool includes a housing, a piston and a collet body having a plurality of collet segments collectively forming a cylindrical inner perimeter having a variable diameter, each collet segment having a threaded surface on the inner perimeter such that the piston can selectively actuate the collet body to vary the diameter of the inner perimeter. In preferred embodiments, the hydrostatic testing tool utilizes a handle assembly that is arranged and configured such that only one hand is needed to operate the hydrostatic testing tool. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174655 | Contaminated water detecting and monitoring and warning device and system and method using single sensors in tandem or cascade - This novel device and method provide immediate, direct, reliable, continuous and inexpensive warnings of potential contamination of a water supply to the user. It uses but is not limited to individual or a cascade of water pressure, turbidity, and total dissolved solids detectors to trigger audible and visual alarms and warn the user at the point of use and at remote sites, of damage to or intrusion into their water distribution system and thereby their water supply. It can be installed into any existing or new system with minimal expertise. It can be used to notify authorities of such problems without any action on the part of the user. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174656 | Zinc Oxide Sulfur Sensor Measurement System - A measurement system is disclosed for determining a sulfur concentration in a liquid, such as a liquid fuel. The measurement system includes a first electrode that is at least partially coated with zinc oxide and, more specifically, zinc oxide microstructures. The zinc oxide microstructures have a crystal lattice structure that is oriented in the (002) plane. The first electrode may be connected to an electrometer which, in turn, may be connected to a second electrode. The second electrode may be disposed on a common substrate with the first electrode or may be in the form of a plate disposed substantially parallel to the first electrode. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174657 | Method for Measuring Bacterial Growth and Antibiotic Resistance using Suspended Microchannel Resonators - Methods for improving measurements of bacterial growth, such as mass, in Suspended Microchannel Resonators (SMR's). Methods include techniques to provide for bacterial growth over time in response to changing fluid environment to aid in determining parameters such as drug resistance and drug susceptibility. In particular the methods include trapping multiple bacteria in the SMR for a time period and varying the fluid to include sequences of nutrients and antibiotics, and measuring the rate of mass change of the bacteria in response to the changes in fluid composition. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174658 | MEASURING CELL FOR THE INFRARED ANALYSIS OF FLUIDS, MEASURING SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A MEASURING CELL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A MEASURING CELL - The invention relates to a measuring cell ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120174659 | IMPACT PENETROMETER SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING SOIL PROPERTIES - A dual aerial-drop penetrometer system includes a high-velocity (>30 m/s) penetrometer aerial unit combined with a low-velocity (<10 m/s) penetrometer aerial unit. The primary penetrometer is formed as an outer shell having the secondary penetrometer received in telescoping fashion within, which is ejected by a spring ejection mechanism upon impact of the outer shell. Both penetrometers provide deceleration information as they penetrate the soil of interest. The data from the two penetrometers, after analysis, can be used to assess soil strength as well as trafficability for the deployment of remotely-controlled vehicles, for example. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174660 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER PRESSURE SENSOR FOR RECORDING A PRESSURE IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A combustion chamber pressure sensor is provided for recording a pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the combustion chamber pressure sensor has a housing having an inner space that is at least partially enclosed by the housing. At least one mechanical-electrical transducer element, for recording the pressure, is accommodated in the housing. The housing has at least one housing opening. The housing opening is sealed by at least one diaphragm. The diaphragm has at least one convex curvature towards the inner space. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174661 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING A TIRE TREAD COMPOUND, AND A TIRE TREAD COMPOUND MADE BY SAID METHOD - The present invention relates to a methodology for determining various rubber composition factors that play a role in the structural and functional attributes of the rubber. The present invention also relates to tire treads that are derived using the methodology for optimizing the same as described herein. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174662 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE ELEVATION OF PARTICLES IN A VERTICAL TUBE - A measurement device for measuring the elevation of particles in a vertical tube, including a reel, means for driving said the in forward and backward directions, a cable wound onto the reel and having a free end, a sensor mounted on the free end of the cable, the sensor including a particle contact portion, and trigger means responsive to the particle contact portion's contacting the particles in the tube. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174663 | PRESSURE SENSOR WITH INTERNAL BELLOWS - A pressure sensor includes an outer body defining a sensor cavity and a resonator element located at least partially within the sensor cavity. The pressure sensor also includes a bellows having an outer side and an inner side and that is located at least partially within the outer body. the inner side of the bellows defines an internal volume and is configured to receive a measured fluid into the internal volume. The pressure sensor also includes a measuring fluid filling at least a portion of an area between the outer side and the outer body. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174664 | Amplitude profiling in filling-level measuring devices - An electronics unit and a method for a filling-level measuring device for determining a filling level. The unit including an arithmetic unit determining a functional relationship between a distance between a filling material surface and the filling-level measuring device and an amplitude of a signal component reflected by the filling material surface and received by the filling-level measuring device; an amplitude profiler creating a profile of amplitude values of filling level echoes which have been measured so far; and an amplitude evaluator determining an expected amplitude of the filling level echo at a particular location with help of the profile of amplitude values. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174665 | Fill-Level Measuring Device - A fill-level measuring device with a membrane, which is placed in such a manner on one of the two end region of a tubular housing that it seals the housing on such end region. An oscillatable unit is placed on the side of the membrane facing away from the housing, with a driver/receiver unit, which is composed of a plurality of piezoelectric elements arranged in a stack. The driver/receiver unit is placed via a pressure screw unit in such a manner in the housing that it oscillates in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the housing between the membrane and the pressure screw unit. The driver/receiver unit excites the oscillatable unit via the membrane to execute oscillations, with a control/evaluation unit, which evaluates amplitude, frequency and/or phase of the oscillations of the oscillatable unit and with a temperature sensor for determining temperature of the medium. The temperature sensor is integrated in a fill-level measuring device element, which is in thermal contact with the medium via the membrane or the housing, wherein the element is so selected that the oscillatable unit oscillates unimpaired by the temperature sensor. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174666 | WATER LEVEL MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - It is described a method and a device for measuring the water level in a water storage tank by means of a pressure measuring device comprising a pressure gauge, a pressurising bulb and a tubing. The pressure measuring device is provided in an enclosure and the tubing comprises an inner tubing coupling the pressure gauge and the pressurising bulb inside the enclosure, and an outer tubing having one end which is branched from the inner tubing and exits the enclosure. The other outer tubing end while joined to a dead weight is advantageously capable of being conveyed through an overflow or aerating tank piping to the bottom of the water storage tank. The enclosure protects the device against mechanical damage, dust and dirt, as well as moisture and light. This is particularly important in rural areas where life- and environmental circumstances leave much to be desired. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174667 | FLUID LEVEL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A fluid level measurement apparatus supports multiple fluid level sensors of different types, each of which detects a level of fluid and produces an output indicative of the detected fluid level in a different way. The fluid level measurement apparatus is connected to any one of the supported fluid level sensors to measure the fluid level. The fluid level measurement apparatus includes a calculation circuit, multiple output circuits, a determination circuit, and a selection circuit. The calculation circuit calculates the fluid level from a detection voltage. Each output circuit generates the detection voltage based on the output of a corresponding fluid level sensor. The determination circuit determines the connected fluid level sensor. The selection circuit selects the output circuit corresponding to the determined fluid level sensor and allows the calculation circuit to obtain the detection voltage generated by the selected output circuit. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174668 | Gravity modulator and gravity-modulation reception - An arrangement of gravity modulator and gravity-modulation receiver where photons or electromagnetic radiation is modulated electronically or mechanically to reach either a solid, liquid or mixed target possibly through or followed by a surrounding medium to produce gravity modulation in the target to effect gravity signaling which is received by a gravity-modulation receiver in or not in physical contact with the target. In the receiver, one or more piezo-electric transducer/s or quartz crystal/s receive the gravity modulation amplified for further signal processing. When not in physical contact with the target, the piezo-electric transducer/s is/are loaded with a resonator mass of natural resonant frequency either equal to, half, one third or one fifth of the frequency of the gravity modulator, the quartz crystal/s is/are gravity biased with a high-density metal piece along one direction of the oscillation mode of the crystal/s with natural resonant frequency similar to the resonator mass. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174669 | COLLISION SENSOR HOUSING AND MODULE - A collision sensor module configured to be attached to a surface of a vehicle. The module includes a collision sensor circuit board configured to detect acceleration indicative of a vehicle collision event. The exterior of the module is defined by a housing that includes a rigid part and a flexible part. The rigid part is configured to define a wing portion for attaching the rigid part to the surface, provide an underside surface of the rigid part to couple the collision sensor circuit board to the surface in a manner effective for the circuit board to detect when the vehicle is involved in a collision event. The flexible part is configured to sealingly contact the rigid part and the collision sensor circuit board in a manner effective to seal the protective cavity when the rigid part is attached to the surface and thereby protect the collision sensor circuit board. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174670 | Inertia Sensors With Multi-Directional Shock Protection - A sensor including: a base; at least one component which moves relative to the base; and one or more locking mechanisms for locking the at least one component in a predetermined stationary position in response to external stimuli exceeding predetermined thresholds in at least first and second directions, where the first direction is different from the second direction. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174671 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL, PROCESS VARIABLE - A method for determining and/or monitoring at least one physical, process variable of a medium with an oscillatable unit, wherein a transmitting/receiving unit excites the oscillatable unit by means of transmission signals to execute oscillations. The oscillations of the oscillatable unit are received in the form of received signals, and the process variable is determined and/or monitored based on the frequency and/or the amplitude of the received signal and/or phase shift between the transmission and the received signals. The time behavior of the amplitude of the received signal is examined and evaluated as a function of a time variation of the exciting of the oscillatable unit, and is determined therefrom whether accretion has formed on the oscillatable unit. | 2012-07-12 |
20120174672 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR, TACTILE SENSOR, GRASPING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic sensor includes: a substrate; an ultrasonic transducer disposed on the substrate, and configured and arranged to transmit ultrasonic waves that propagate as plane waves in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the substrate; an acoustic refracting part contacting the ultrasonic transducer, and configured and arranged to refract the ultrasonic waves transmitted from the ultrasonic transducer; an elastically deformable elastic portion contacting the acoustic refracting part; and an ultrasonic reflecting member disposed within the elastic portion, and configured and arranged to reflect the ultrasonic waves. The acoustic refracting part is configured and arranged to refract, toward the ultrasonic reflecting member, the ultrasonic waves transmitted from the ultrasonic transducer. | 2012-07-12 |