29th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120181378 | GYROPLANE - The invention relates to a gyroplane comprising a motor ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181379 | MOMENT LIMITING CONTROL LAWS FOR DUAL RIGID ROTOR HELICOPTERS - A method of counteracting a rotor moment of one or more rotors of a concentric dual-rotor helicopter includes sensing angular velocity and angular acceleration of a helicopter during a flight maneuver. The angular velocity and angular acceleration are compared to a set of control parameters and one or more control servos change the cyclic pitch of the one or more rotors to counteract the rotor moment. A control system for counteracting a rotor moment of one or more rotors of a concentric dual-rotor helicopter includes one or more sensors configured to sense angular velocity and angular acceleration of a helicopter during a flight maneuver. A computer is operably connected to the one or more sensors and configured to compare sensor data to a set of control parameters. A plurality of control servos change the cyclic pitch of the one or more rotors to counteract the rotor moment. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181380 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A RAPIDLY ELEVATED AEROSTAT PLATFORM - A system and method for deploying a payload with an aerostat uses a mobile transporter for moving the system to a deployment site. Structurally, the system includes a base unit with a rotation head mounted thereon. An envelope container for holding a deflated aerostat is mounted on the rotation head and a rotation of the container on the rotation head positions the aerostat for optimal compliance with the existing wind condition. Also included in the system is an inflator that is mounted on the base unit to inflate the aerostat with a Helium gas. And, the system includes a tether control unit for maintaining a connection with the aerostat during its deployment, in-flight use, and recovery. Preferably, a deployment computer is used for a coordinated control of the rotation head, inflator and tether. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181381 | SELF-RIGHTING AEROSTAT AND RELATIVE TAKEOFF AND RECOVERY SYSTEM - A self-righting aerostat ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181382 | AIRCRAFT ACTUATOR - A plurality of tandem actuators including piston rods in each of which two pistons are provided in series are disposed in parallel. A rod end portion couples the piston rods of the plurality of tandem actuators on the outside of case portions and can be rotatably linked to a control surface. For each of the tandem actuators, first hydraulic chambers on the side opposite to the rod end portion side are in communication with each other in the two piston movement areas, respectively, and second hydraulic chambers on the rod end portion side are in communication with each other in the two pistons areas, respectively. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181383 | HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR SYSTEM - A hydraulic actuator system | 2012-07-19 |
20120181384 | DEVICE FOR PROTECTING PIPING FROM LIGHTNING - A device for protecting piping from lightning. The piping includes tubular metal sections connected to each other by connection parts, a first portion of the connection parts being plastic material parts and a second portion of the connection parts being metal parts. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181385 | NEAR-BETA TITANIUM ALLOY FOR HIGH STRENGTH APPLICATIONS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength near-beta titanium alloy including, in weight %, 5.3 to 5.7% aluminum, 4.8 to 5.2% vanadium, 0.7 to 0.9% iron, 4.6 to 5.3% molybdenum, 2.0 to 2.5% chromium, and 0.12 to 0.16% oxygen with balance titanium and incidental impurities is provided. An aviation system component comprising the high strength near-beta titanium alloy, and a method for the manufacture of a titanium alloy for use in high strength, deep hardenability, and excellent ductility applications are also provided. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181386 | Eccentricity vector control with continuous or quasi-continuous maneuvers - A method of managing an eccentricity vector of a geosynchronous satellite orbit is provided. The method includes determining a desired target locus of an acquisition control of a satellite in a geosynchronous orbit, where the acquisition control ensures that an osculating trajectory of the satellite converges in mean to the target locus. Further, the method includes determining a solar pressure perturbation to the geosynchronous satellite orbit, honoring a hard eccentricity limit constraint of the satellite orbit using an ideal continuously controlled osculating trajectory, and controlling the eccentricity vector of the geosynchronous satellite orbit using a quasi-continuous control or a continuous control to mitigate or eliminate an annual solar pressure perturbation, where the quasi-continuous control or the continuous control maintains the satellite orbit within the hard limit osculating constraint and converges the eccentricity of the satellite orbit toward the ideal continuously controlled osculating trajectory of the geosynchronous satellite orbit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181387 | Inclination vector control with continuous or quasi-continuous maneuvers - A satellite inclination control method is provided. The method includes tracking optimal inclination vector control cycles for a satellite in near geosynchronous orbit, using control rates disposed to counter inclination growth of the satellite, where the control rates include continuously or quasi-continuously firings of a thruster, and where the control rates are disposed to provide convergence to the optimal inclination vector control cycles in the presence of variances in orbit determination, maneuver implementation and orbit propagation modeling errors. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181388 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Drag Augmentation by Reverse Propeller Rotation - An air vehicle configured to augment effective drag to change the rate of descent of the air vehicle in flight via propeller shaft rotation direction reversal, i.e., thrust reversal. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181389 | PASSIVE CONTROL OF ICE SHEDDING - A plate including a body with an aft face at an aft portion of the body, which is attachable to a leading edge of an ice accretion surface such that the body protrudes substantially in a forward direction from the leading edge, and a forward face opposite the aft face, which extends between opposing surfaces of the body and which is oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to the forward direction and a predominant flow direction of air flowing past the leading edge. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181390 | VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle detection system is provided for tracking, detecting, and monitoring vehicles. The system and methods of the present invention are suitable for on-track and roadway vehicles. In particular the present invention provides an improved and cost effective system and methods for tracking, detecting and monitoring locomotives and on-track vehicles. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181391 | RAIL VEHICLE - A rail vehicle has at least one vehicle antenna of a train safety system directed toward the track. To increase resistance to interference, the rail vehicle is configured such that the body of the rail vehicle and an axle arranged in the region of an end of the rail vehicle are electrically connected by way of a capacitive connection and the at least one vehicle antenna is arranged at a greater distance from the end of the rail vehicle than the axle that is electrically connected to the body. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181392 | TRACK-BOUND VEHICLE HAVING A SENSOR DEVICE - A track-bound vehicle has a first and a second car coupled to one another and at least one sensor device for monitoring a region between the two coupled cars. In order to allow particularly reliable monitoring of the region between the two coupled cars, the at least one sensor device is an optical sensor system having at least one optical transmitter on the side of the first car directed at the region to be monitored and at least one optical receiver on the side of the second car. The sensor is implemented for outputting a detection signal if the light path between the at least one optical transmitter and the at least one optical receiver is interrupted. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181393 | PAWL LOCK WITH CLOSURE CLAMP SCREW - A lock bearing for a points setting arrangement has a lock bearing screw penetrating a foot of a setting tongue and a spring package arranged between the foot and the screw head of the screw. Therefore the lock bearing screw can be tightened with a relatively narrowly definable torque range and still has the rotation reserve to bring the position of the head of the lock bearing screw into line with a hole in a safety plate mapping the screw head which then, upon being inserted as previously known, latches in place over the head of the lock bearing screw. An alternative embodiment has a lock bearing with a lock bearing screw penetrating a foot of a setting tongue and an anti-rotation ring enclosing the head of the lock bearing screw in an annular, force-fitted manner with an outer toothing and a safety plate matching the outer toothing. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181394 | PAWL LOCK WITH CLOSURE CLAMP SCREW - A lock bearing for a points setting arrangement has a lock bearing screw penetrating a foot of a setting tongue and an anti-rotation ring enclosing the head of the lock bearing screw in an annular, force-fitted manner with an outer toothing and a safety plate matching the outer toothing. It therefore is possible to tighten the lock bearing screw within a small torque range and only to have to align the lock bearing screw with the pitch of the outer toothing. Therefore if, for example, the outer toothing has 36 teeth, the lock bearing screw only need to be aligned within a range of maximum 10°. The anti-rotation ring functions like an adapter for the toothing mass and contributes to the fact that no modifications need to be carried out on the remaining construction of the lock bearing, which is advantageous as regards safety and approval considerations. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181395 | MODULAR RACEWAY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - A the Modular Raceway System For Electrical Components is provided that includes horizontal members ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181396 | MODULAR PIPE-SHOE, PIPE-SUPPORT SYSTEM - A modular system for supporting, on an underlying framework, and at plural pipe-underside locations, an elongate linear pipe. The system includes (a) for each such location, a shoe anchorable to the pipe's underside at that location, (b) for one pipe-underside location only, an anchor securable to the framework for receiving and anchoring the shoe, and thus the pipe also, at this one location, against any motion relative to the framework, and (c) for each other pipe-underside location, a guide securable to the framework for guidably receiving the adjacent shoe in a manner permitting it, and thus the pipe also, at this other location, solely reversible sliding motion relative to the framework along a line substantially paralleling the pipe's long axis. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181397 | Apparatus for Displaying a Bicycle on a Post - A display assembly includes a post, a first shackle provided around the post, a second shackle provided around the post, and a suspension unit pivotally connected to the second shackle. The second shackle is elastically connected to the first shackle so that the first and second shackles are normally pivoted from each other and hence abutted against the post to position the first and second shackles on the post. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181398 | Portable Section Remote Camera Tower - A portable section remote camera tower is an apparatus that used to elevate a camera off the ground. The apparatus is constructed from thin structural pipes, which makes the apparatus relatively inexpensive and relatively easy to assemble. The apparatus comprises a center support, a plurality of ground plates, a plurality of turnbuckles, and a camera adjustment system. The center support is a vertical structural member that is the main support for the camera from the bottom. The plurality of turnbuckles pulls the top of the center support from all directions towards the ground to keep the center support plumb. The center support and the plurality of turnbuckles are anchored to the ground by the plurality of ground plates. The camera adjustment system is used to tilt and pan the camera. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181399 | Tilt Mounting System - An improved adjustable mounting system for mounting a flat panel display to a surface. A mounting bracket is configured to attach to the surface, while an adapter bracket is operatively connected to the mounting bracket and is configured to operatively connect to the flat panel display. At least one carrier mechanism operatively connects the mounting bracket and the adapter bracket, the first carrier mechanism positioned with a set of substantially straight guide paths or surfaces to couple the adapter bracket to the mounting bracket. When the flat panel display is operatively connected to the adapter bracket and the mounting bracket is attached to the surface, the flat panel display is generally selectively rotatably positionable about an axis substantially parallel to the surface as a result of the interaction of the first carrier mechanism with the set of substantially straight guide paths or surfaces. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181400 | Holding Device for a Displaceable Sensor - A holding device for a displaceable sensor is provided. The holding device has two or three motor-rotatable rings for accommodating a sensor, and the axes of rotation of the two or three motor-rotatable rings are oblique with respect to one another. The axes of rotation intersect at a virtual pivot point. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181401 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS SUCH AS PHOTOS AND SHEETS ON LAPTOP AND VIDEO MONITOR SURFACES - A display device and method for displaying objects at a front or rear face of a screen display or frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop or other framed structure may have flexible, lengthwise deformable band(s) with corner-engaging loops. In another embodiment, one or more flexible bands are joined at each end to the screen display frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop, leaving a central portion of each flexible band movably deformable with relation to the front surface or rear surface of the frame. In yet another embodiment, deformable resilient material is embedded within a slot behind the front surface of the screen display frame. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181402 | ADJUSTABLE BUSHING ASSEMBLIES, PANEL MOUNTING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Adjustable bushing assemblies for mounting panels to a support surface include an upper bushing and a lower bushing. The upper bushing is configured to be secured to the lower bushing and prevent over tightening of a fastener secured through the upper and lower bushings. In addition, systems of at least one implementation of the present invention include a plurality of panels mounted to one or more support surfaces using one or more adjustable bushing assemblies. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181403 | Hanging Device - A hanging device includes a holding set including a loop to hold an object and a fastening structure extending outward from one side of the loop. A supporting assembly includes at least one post, one end of which is axially coupled with the holding set by using at least one axial positioning structure, wherein the axial positioning structure is used to adjust and position the post. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181404 | THIN-SHEET METAL MEMBER MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A thin-sheet metal member mounting structure includes a body member having retaining grooves spaced around the periphery thereof, and a cover member made of a metal material comprising a base portion attached to the top wall of the body member, a wing portion extending from the border of the base portion at a predetermined angle and attached to the periphery of the body member and a plurality of male fastening devices protruded from and formed of a part of the inside wall of the wing portion remote from the base portion by means of a cutting technique and respectively forced into engagement with the retaining grooves of the body member. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181405 | BOTTLE MOUNTING SYSTEM INCLUDING SEPARABLE BOTTLE AND CLAMP - A bottle mounting system includes a bottle holder and a clamp. The clamp can mount to a variety of support members to provide a clamp mount extending either from a vertical surface of the clamp or a horizontal surface of the clamp. The bottle holder has both a rear mount and a bottom mount, each of which can be selectively mounted to the clamp mount depending upon the orientation of the clamp mount. Each of the rear mount and bottom mount of the bottle holder can be mated to the clamp mount in multiple orientations such that there are a large number of different configurations in which the bottle mounting system can be implemented. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181406 | Clamping Apparatus for Firearm Rail Mount - A mounting component for engagement of a scope or other component to a firearm mounting rail. A base of the mounting component features first and second translating halves which can be drawn toward each other by rotation of a lever operating a cam to translate a cross member communicating between the two halves of the base. An adjustment is provided to change the length of the cross member extension between the base halves to allow adjustment of the compressive force caused by lever rotation. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181407 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A FRAME - A locking mechanism provides a base connected to a column. The base, generally square, receives the round column. The base has feet and an opposite lower plate. Within one foot, a pedal extends into the base and engages the column to raise it. Upwardly from the lower plate, the column has an upper plate, a side plate outwardly from the upper plate, and a plurality of bolts secured through the pattern of apertures in the two plates. The side plate has an aperture that receives a stem that has a handle upon one end and a tab upon the opposite end. Turning of the handle places the tab beneath the lower plate, locking the column to the base while turning the handle in the opposite direction moves the tab away from the lower plate so that the column may elevate. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181408 | VEHICLE SEAT SLIDE MECHANISM - A vehicle seat slide mechanism via which a seat assembly is slidably mounted on a vehicle floor is provided with: a lower rail that is mounted on the vehicle floor; an upper rail which is slidably attached on the lower rail and on which the seat assembly is attached; a lock mechanism that locks the upper rail on the lower rail in a releasable manner; and a gap reduction member that is provided between a first face formed at the lower rail and facing in a substantially vertical direction and a second face formed at the upper rail and facing to the first face. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181409 | VEHICLE SLIDE RAIL APPARATUS - A slide rail has an opening allowing insertion and extraction of a slider. The slide rail has an opening. The cover member has an opening which overlaps opening. An open side corner surface of an inner peripheral edge portion of the opening of the slide rail is formed such that it has a rounded configuration. The inner peripheral edge portion with the rounded configuration is formed so as to extend in the direction of the center of the opening and beyond the opening of the cover member. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181410 | STAND FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FOLDING METHOD THEREOF - A stand for supporting a portable electronic device is constructed by a foldable body. The foldable body includes three parallel fold lines dividing the foldable body into a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, a connection portion, and a bottom portion. One end of the first support portion is fixed on the bottom portion. The first supporting portion, the second supporting portion, and the bottom portion forming a triangular structure. A slot is defined in the connection portion adjacent to the bottom portion. A resisting portion is formed on the bottom portion adjacent to the connection portion. The resisting portion extends through the slot. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181411 | ISOLATOR HAVING PUSH AND TURN MOUNTING - An elastomeric assembly is disposed within an aperture defined by a supporting structure of a vehicle. The elastomeric assembly is movable between a first position where the elastomeric assembly can move axial within the aperture and a second position where the elastomeric assembly is prohibited from moving axially within the aperture. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181412 | ISOLATOR HAVING SOCKET MOUNTING - An isolator assembly includes an elastomeric assembly which is disposed within a socket defined by a supporting structure. The socket defines a transition portion, a retention rib and a stopping rib. The elastomeric assembly is positioned in the socket by sliding the elastomeric assembly through the transition portion so that the elastomeric assembly is compressed as it moves into the retention rib. The stopping rib engages an end surface of the elastomeric assembly once it has been properly positioned in the socket. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181413 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR INSULATED INSTALLATIONS - The present invention relates to a system for fixing installations with thermal and/or sound insulation exhibiting easy mounting and fastening, being suitable both as system providing pre-insulation as well as for being used on readily insulated installations, the manufacturing of such system and the use of such system. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181414 | ROTOR SUPPORT MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A rotor support structure includes: an operable unit including a rotor and a casing rotatably supporting the rotor; a support member includes a support member main body configured to accommodate therein the operable unit, and an attachment part to attach the support member main body to a base; and a press part configured, when the support member with the operable unit accommodated therein is attached to the base, to press the operable unit to hold the operable unit in the support member main body. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181415 | PROJECTOR MOUNT - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181416 | ADJUSTABLE SLUMP MOLD FOR MOLDING A CLAY SLAB INTO A CERAMIC OBJECT - The present invention relates to an adjustable slump mold for molding a clay slab into a ceramic object. The mold includes a plurality of elongate members. The mold also includes a plurality of connectors connected to and extending from first ends of the elongate members, respectively. Each connector is shaped to slidably receive an adjacent one of the elongate members. The elongate members are thereby slidably connected together via the connectors. The elongate members so connected together form an adjustable mold shape. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181417 | METHOD AND IMAGE SENSOR WITH EXTENDED PIXEL DYNAMIC RANGE INCORPORATING TRANSFER GATE WITH POTENTIAL WELL - A charge transfer transistor includes: a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region; a gate for controlling a charge transfer from the first diffusion region to the second diffusion region by a control signal; and a potential well incorporated under the gate, wherein the first diffusion region is a pinned photodiode. A pixel of an image sensor includes: a photodiode for generating and collecting a photo generated charge; a floating diffusion region for serving as a photo generated charge sensing node; a transfer gate for controlling a charge transfer from the photodiode to the floating diffusion region by a control signal; and a potential well incorporated under the transfer gate. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181418 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a position detection system capable of detecting the position of a line-shaped object. From among two connected lines (E | 2012-07-19 |
20120181419 | COMPACT OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION SYSTEM BASED ON SPECKLES - An optical finger navigation device includes an image sensor, a tracking surface, and an optical element. The image sensor generates an image representative of light detected at a pixel array that has a pixel pitch which at least partially defines a surface area of a pixel. The tracking surface is approximately parallel to the image sensor. A first distance between and substantially orthogonal to planes of the tracking surface and the image sensor is insufficient under a set of illumination constraints to produce at the image sensor a speckle size above a threshold. The threshold is approximately one order of magnitude less than the pixel pitch. The optical element is interposed between the tracking surface and the image sensor. The optical element includes at least one optical redirection surface to redirect light along an optical path of a second distance between the tracking surface and the image sensor. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181420 | Programmable Filters for Improving Data Fidelity in Swept-Wavelength Interferometry-Based Systems - A method, system and apparatus for obtaining a parameter of interest from a plurality of sensors in a fiber optic cable deployed in a wellbore are disclosed. Light having variable frequency within a range of frequencies is propagated along the fiber optic cable. Signals are received that are responsive to interaction of the propagated light with the plurality of sensors. The received signals are filtered using a programmable filter. The parameter of interest is obtained from the filtered signals. In one aspect, the fiber optic cable is coupled to a member deployed in the wellbore and the parameter of interest is related to the member. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181421 | INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - Provided is a method that achieves both of soft ionization and high ionization efficiency of a substance to be analyzed at each measurement site without impairing a two-dimensional distribution state of the substance to be analyzed in desorption ionization mass spectrometry of a substance to be measured. By applying, to a substance to be analyzed, an ionization assisting reagent including an organic acid including a functional group represented by —(CF | 2012-07-19 |
20120181422 | Mass Spectrometer and Methods of Mass Spectrometry - A mass spectrometer is disclosed, comprising: a chamber; an injection device adapted to inject charged particles into the chamber; and field generating apparatus. The field generating apparatus is adapted to establish at least one field acting on the charged particles, the at least one field having an angular trapping component configured to form at least one channel between a rotation axis and the periphery of the chamber, the at least one channel being defined by energy minima of the angular trapping component, the field generating apparatus being further adapted to rotate the angular trapping component about the rotation axis, whereby in use charged particles are angularly constrained along the at least one channel by the angular trapping component to rotate therewith, a centrifugal force thereby acting on the charged particles. The at least one field additionally has a radial balancing component having a magnitude increasing monotonically with increasing radius from the rotation axis, at least in the vicinity of the at least one channel, whereby in use charged particles move along the at least one channel under the combined influence of the centrifugal force and the radial balancing component to form one or more particle orbits according to the charge to mass ratios of the particles. The mass spectrometer further includes a detector configured to detect at least one of the particle orbits. Methods of mass spectrometry are also disclosed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181423 | KINGDON ION TRAPS WITH HIGHER-ORDER CASSINI POTENTIALS - An electrostatic Kingdon ion trap in which ions can oscillate harmonically in the longitudinal direction, decoupled from their motions in the transverse direction is formed from at least three inner electrodes located inside a hollow outer housing electrode. The inner surface of the housing electrode and the outer surfaces of the inner electrodes are formed so that when a potential is applied between the housing and the inner electrodes, the potential distribution inside the housing contains not only a term for a harmonic potential well in the axial direction, but also a term for the potential distribution in the radial direction, that contains, independent of the axial coordinate, the equations for a family of Cassini curves of at least the third order. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181424 | FAIMS Having a Displaceable Electrode for On/Off Operation - A system for analyzing ions comprises: an ion source; a FAIMS cell comprising: (a) a gas inlet; (h) an outer electrode having a generally concave inner surface and comprising: (i) an ion inlet operable to receive the ions from the ion source and a carrier gas from the gas inlet; and (ii) an ion outlet; and (c) an inner electrode having a conduit therethrough and having a generally convex outer surface disposed in a spaced-apart and facing arrangement relative to the inner surface of the outer electrode defining at least one annular on separation region therebetween; and a mass analyzer for mass analyzing ions transmitted by the FAIMS cell through the ion outlet, wherein the inner electrode is moveable between a first position and a second position, the first and second positions facilitating movement of the ions through the at least one annular ion separation region and the conduit, respectively. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181425 | Electron Probe Microanalyzer and Data Processing Method Implemented Therein - In an electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) and a method of use thereof, even if plural sets of X-ray image data are obtained at different timings from regions between which a positional deviation occurs, processing for obtaining the correlation is performed precisely. The sets of X-ray image data are obtained from the same region of a sample using the EPMA at different timings and stored in memory along with sets of electron image data based on detection of secondary or backscattered electrons arising from the region. The sets of electron image data obtained at the different timings are compared, and the amount of positional deviation is calculated. An operation for extracting a region common to the regions respectively producing the sets of X-ray image data obtained at the different timings is performed on these sets of X-ray image data based on the calculated amount of positional deviation. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181426 | Scanning Electron Microscope and a Method for Imaging a Specimen Using the Same - (1) part or all of the number, coordinates and size/shape and imaging sequence of imaging points each for observation, the imaging position change method and imaging conditions can be calculated automatically from CAD data, (2) a combination of input information and output information for imaging recipe creation can be set arbitrarily, and (3) decision is made of imaging or processing at an arbitrary imaging point as to whether to be successful/unsuccessful and in case a failure is determined, a relief process can be conducted in which the imaging point or imaging sequence is changed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181427 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGE DETECTOR - A radiation image capturing apparatus for obtaining a phase contrast image using first and second grids in which either one of the grids is formed of a plurality of unit grids, each corresponding to each pixel circuit, and at least three unit grids in a predetermined area corresponding to one pixel of the phase contrast image are disposed shifted in parallel by different distances with respect to the other grid and arithmetic units for calculating at least two signals for generating the one pixel of the phase contrast image based on pixel signals read out from the pixel circuits corresponding to the at least three unit grids in the predetermined area, the number of the signals being smaller than the number of the pixel signals, are provided in the radiation image detector. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181428 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IRRADIATION SYSTEM - The present embodiments relate to a device for controlling an irradiation system for irradiating a moving target volume. The device includes an evaluation device for evaluating a substitute movement signal. The device also includes an imaging device for recording image data of the moving target volume. The imaging device is activated or deactivated by a control device according to the evaluation of the substitute movement signal. The device includes an image evaluation device for evaluating the image data recorded by the imaging device, and an irradiation device that is activated or deactivated using an irradiation control device according to the evaluation of the image data. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181429 | ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE OF HIGH CURRENT DENSITY AND HIGH OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY - An electric device operable with a THz-range frequency of the device output is presented. The device comprises a photocathode installed in either one of a diode, triode and tetrode configuration, and is exposed to illumination. In some embodiments of the invention, the device is configured as a diode and photomixing is used for illumination of the photocathode with light in the THz range, the diode converting this input light signal into an electrical output in the THz range, which operates a signal transmitter/receiver. In some other embodiments of the invention, the device is configured as a triode or tetrode, where the electrodes have small dimensions (about 1 micron or less) and are spaced from one another a distance not exceeding 1 micron. The photocathode is kept under certain illumination, and electrical signal applied to one of the electrodes results in the THz output at one of the other electrodes. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181430 | INFRARED SENSOR AND INFRARED ARRAY SENSOR - An infrared sensor includes a MOSFET sensor, and a current source MOSFET which is connected to the MOSFET sensor in series and constitutes a constant current source for driving the MOSFET sensor with a constant current, wherein a terminal between the MOSFET sensor and the current source MOSFET constitutes a sensor output terminal, the MOSFET sensor is disposed on a heat-insulated structure, the current source MOSFET is disposed outside the heat-insulated structure, and the MOSFET sensor and the current source MOSFET are constituted by a same conductivity type MOSFET and operate in a subthreshold region. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181431 | Portable Terahertz Receiver for Advanced Chemical Sensing - The present invention is directed to a system and method for advanced chemical sensing utilizing a Terahertz receiver instrument having a compact tunable heterodyne mixer to detect chemical species in a noisy background of pollutants, and provide fast acquisition and analysis of the 0.1-2 THz spectrum. The present invention directly couples a microbolometer with a THz quantum cascade laser (QCL) that is utilized as the local oscillator (LO) source for the receiver. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181432 | OFF-SET COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE FOR DUAL ANALYZER GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods of compensating analyzer offsets in a dual analyzer gas analysis systems. A flow swapping device when in a first configuration delivers the chamber influent to a first gas analyzer, and the chamber effluent delivered to a second gas analyzer. At any arbitrary time, the configuration of the flow swapping device can be switched wherein chamber influent is delivered to the second gas analyzer, and chamber effluent is delivered to the first gas analyzer. By changing the configuration of the match valve, the gas analyzer initially connected to the chamber effluent is connected to the chamber influent. Conversely, the gas analyzer initially connected to the chamber influent is connected to the chamber effluent enabling a determination of offset error between the analyzers. The various embodiments are approximately two-times faster than known methods for dual analyzer systems; the reduced time translates to an overall faster gas exchange measurement. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181433 | Sensor System Comprising Stacked Micro-Channel Plate Detector - A multilayer electronic imaging module and sensor system incorporating a micro-lens layer for imaging and collimating a received image from a field of regard, a photocathode layer for detecting photons from the micro-lens layer and generating an electron output, a micro-channel plate layer for receiving the output electrons emitted from the photocathode in response to the photon input and amplifying same and stacked readout circuitry for processing the electron output of the micro-channel plate. The sensor system of the invention may he provided in the form of a Cassegrain telescope assembly and includes electromagnetic imaging and scanning means and beam-splitting means for directed predetermined ranges of the received image to one or more photo-detector elements which may be in the form of the micro-channel imaging module of the invention. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181434 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a substrate, at least one imaging element, a scintillator, a first heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the substrate to the imaging element, and a second heat peelable adhesive member which fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. An adhesive strength of the first heat peelable member is decreased by heat. A temperature of the first heat peelable adhesive member at which the adhesive strength is decreased is substantially equal to a temperature at which second heat peelable adhesive member fixes the imaging element to the scintillator. A heat transfer quantity per unit time of the substrate is different from that of the scintillator. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181435 | Detection System for High-Resolution Gamma Radiation Spectroscopy with Neutron Time-of-Flight Filtering - A γ-radiation detection system that includes at least one semiconductor detector such as HPGe-Detector, a position-sensitive α-Detector, a TOF Controller, and a Digitizer/Integrator. The Digitizer/Integrator starts to process the energy signals of a γ-radiation sent from the HPGe-Detector instantly when the HPGe-Detector detects the γ-radiation. Subsequently, it is determined whether a coincidence exists between the α-particles and γ-radiation signal, based on a determination of the time-of-flight of neutrons obtained from the α-Detector and the HPGe-Detector. If it is determined that the time-of-flight falls within a predetermined coincidence window, the Digitizer/Integrator is allowed to continue and complete the energy signal processing. If, however, there is no coincidence, the Digitizer/Integrator is instructed to be clear and reset its operation instantly. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181436 | Indirect X-ray Imager Having Semi-Transparent layers - An indirect x-ray imager including one or more semi-transparent layers that reduce lateral spreading of light produced by the scintillator layer. The semi-transparent layers may be one or more layers above and/or below the scintillator, which the light generated by the scintillator goes through prior to being received by an array of photosensors. The semi-transparent layers may have a light transparency that is proportional to the pixel pitch of the photosensor, and/or proportional to a thickness of the layers. The semi-transparent layers have a light transparency that allows a high percent of the light to be received across the thickness of the layer, but restrains most of the light from being received across a lateral distance of more than one pixel pitch. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181437 | High resolution imaging system for digital dentistry - The invention provides methods and apparatus for detecting radiation including x-ray photon (including gamma ray photon) and particle radiation for dental x-ray imaging, radiation monitoring, and related industrial and scientific applications. Flat or shaped small (and small hybrid) area storage phosphor plates, incorporated with a protective frame and a movable front protective layer are available in multiple sizes, are encased in SP-carriers and used as detectors for intraoral dental x-ray imaging as a replacement for analog x-ray film and digital x-ray cameras, offering good detection efficiency, high spatial and contrast resolution, and a wide dynamic range. After removal of the SP-carrier, a small area storage phosphor plate is loaded into a dental storage phosphor scanner for readout. Intermediate and large area storage phosphor plates (including hybrid versions) are suitable for non-intraoral dental x-ray imaging. Suitable storage phosphors may be used in radiation monitoring, replacing current detectors employed in a film badge format. Simple external readers or electronic SP-carriers can provide data readout and thus enable dosimetry. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181438 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a scintillator, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and a substrate having a first surface opposing the scintillator and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The substrate, the photoelectric conversion elements and the scintillator are arranged in this order from the side of the radiation detecting apparatus where radiation enters, and the second surface includes a plurality of depressions arranged in orthogonal projection areas where orthogonal projections of the plurality of projected photoelectric conversion elements are positioned and projections parts of which are positioned in the orthogonal projection areas and the remaining areas other than the parts of which are positioned between the orthogonal projection areas. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181439 | X-RAY IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE - An X-ray image detection device includes a scintillator, a data integration processing unit and a plurality of X-ray image sensors. The X-ray image sensors are arranged in a matrix form, and located on the back of the scintillator and connected to the data integration processing unit. Each X-ray image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has a dual driving pixel structure and includes two thin film transistors and two thin film photodiodes. The source electrodes of the thin film transistors are connected to the cathodes of the thin film photodiodes respectively, and the gate electrodes are connected to an odd row driving line and an even row driving line respectively, and the drain electrodes are connected to a common signal output line. Both anodes of the two thin film photodiodes are connected to a common ground wire of the pixels. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181440 | Pastes For Photoelectric Conversion Layers Of X-Ray Detectors, X-Ray Detectors And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same - A paste for a photoelectric conversion layer used in an X-ray detector includes photoconductive particles, an organic polymer binder, a first organic solvent to dissolve the organic polymer binder, and a second organic solvent. The second organic solvent has a boiling point in a range of between about 150° C. and about 210° C., inclusive. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181441 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING PROGRAM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - The present invention provides a radiographic imaging apparatus including: a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix, each of the pixels comprising: a photoelectric conversion element that generates and accumulates charges according to irradiation of radiation; a read-out switching element that read out the accumulated charges in response to a first control signal, and that outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the charges; and a shorting element that shorts the photoelectric conversion element in response to a second control signal. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181442 | Device And Method For Measuring An Energy Particle Beam - The present invention relates to a dosimetry device for an energy particle beam from a source and including at least two ionization chambers, each of which includes a collector electrode and a polarization electrode, said electrodes in each ionization chamber being separated by a gap including a fluid, an energy beam from a single source passing through said ionization chambers, the device being characterized in that said ionization chambers have different charge collection efficiency factors. Said calculation algorithm for the dose rate deposited by said beam is based on the measurement of an output signal in each ionization chamber of the device and on a gain factor related to a first ionization chamber, said gain factor being theoretically predetermined on the basis of said intrinsic and/or extrinsic parameters of said ionization chambers. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181443 | MASK HEALTH MONITOR USING A FARADAY PROBE - In an ion implanter, an ion current measurement device is disposed behind a mask co-planarly with respect to a surface of a target substrate as if said target substrate was positioned on a platen. The ion current measurement device is translated across the ion beam. The current of the ion beam directed through a plurality of apertures of the mask is measured using the ion current measurement device. In this manner, the position of the mask with respect to the ion beam as well as the condition of the mask may be determined based on the ion current profile measured by the ion current measurement device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181444 | High-Vacuum Variable Aperture Mechanism And Method Of Using Same - A novel technique is disclosed for varying a size of an aperture within a vacuum chamber. A drive mechanism within the vacuum chamber is used to adjust a partial horizontal overlap between at least two blades, wherein a perimeter of the aperture opening is defined by edges of said blades. In one embodiment, a variable aperture mechanism includes first and second blades attached to a first support, and third and fourth blades attached to a second support. The first blade is spaced vertically above the second blade on the first support; a second support, and the fourth blade is spaced vertically above the third blade on the second support. There is a partial horizontal overlap between the first and third blades and between the fourth and second blades, and the aperture opening has a perimeter defined by edges of the four blades. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181445 | ELECTRON BEAM RECORDING APPARATUS | 2012-07-19 |
20120181446 | CLEANING APPARATUS, RADIATION SOURCE MODULE AND FLUID TREATMENT SYSTEM - There is disclosed a cleaning apparatus for a radiation source assembly in a fluid treatment system. The clean apparatus comprises a cleaning sleeve moveable to remove fouling materials from an exterior portion of the radiation source assembly, the cleaning sleeve comprising at least one chamber for receiving a cleaning fluid and a cleaning sleeve inlet in fluid communication with the at least one chamber and a first conduit element for conveying the cleaning fluid to the cleaning sleeve inlet, the first conduit element being configured such that a distal portion of the first conduit element is in fluid communication with the cleaning sleeve inlet and a proximal portion of the first conduit element is disposed outside of fluid being treated in the fluid treatment system. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181447 | ARTICLE SANITIZER - An article sanitizer includes a rigid opaque enclosure open at a door side thereof. An enclosure door is adapted to selectively close the door side of the enclosure. At least one UV bulb is fixed to at least one bulb fixture within the enclosure and extends at least partially into the open internal space of the enclosure. A cage is fixed around each sanitizer bulb. An article fastener is fixed with the cage and is adapted to be selectively fastened to the article for securing the article thereto. An electronic circuit is electrically connected to each sanitizer bulb and is adapted to power each bulb for a present period of time. A switch may be included proximate the door and adapted to electrically close when the door is closed to prevent bulb activation when the door is open. A wheeled support stand may be fixed with the enclosure. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181448 | PRODUCT MARKING - The present invention relates to a method for the authentication of a product, comprising providing said product with at least one marker, wherein said marker is a phosphorescent marker selected from a set of m phosphorescent markers each having a different emission spectrum, wherein m is an integer equal or greater than 3, and wherein said marker is provided at an amount that results in a phosphor-specific emission below background radiation emitted from said product. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING CORRECT ORDERING OF STACK OF COMPONENTS - A method of determining whether a stack of components in a device are in a desired order includes irradiating each of the components in the device with an energy beam. The radiation emissions from each of the irradiated components are detected with a radiation detector. The detected radiation emissions are analyzed using a central processing unit (CPU) to determine whether the components in the device are stacked in the desired order. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIO MATERIAL USING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - An apparatus for detecting a bio material includes: an conjugate of a bio material and a fluorescent material to be excited and emit light of a lower energy than an energy of incident light by virtue of the fluorescent material when the light is incident; and an optical filter for allowing the excitation-emitted light from the conjugate, among the incident light, to be transmitted therethrough. The apparatus further includes a photoelectric conversion device for converting the light transmitted through the optical filter into an electric signal. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181451 | Waveguide-based Sensor - A sensor for sensing a target chemical with high signal-to-noise ratio is disclosed. In some embodiments, the sensor comprises a sensing region that is optically coupled with an attenuation region. The sensing region receives optical stimulation that comprises light characterized by an excitation wavelength. In response to exposure to the target chemical, the sensing region fluoresces at a fluorescence wavelength. The attenuation region receives light from the fluorescing sensing region that includes light characterized by the fluorescence wavelength (i.e., signal) and light characterized by the excitation wavelength (i.e., noise). The attenuation region conveys the light to a detector that provides an electrical output signal based on the target chemical. While conveying the light, however, the attenuation region improves the signal-to-noise ratio by attenuating light characterized by the excitation wavelength more than light characterized by the fluorescence region. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181452 | SEPARATION OF DOPING DENSITY AND MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME IN PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS ON SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS - Methods are presented for separating the effects of background doping density and effective minority carrier lifetime on photoluminescence (PL) generated from semiconductor materials. In one embodiment the background doping density is measured by another technique, enabling PL measurements to be analysed in terms of effective minority carrier lifetime. In another embodiment the effective lifetime is measured by another technique, enabling PL measurements to be analysed in terms of background doping density. In yet another embodiment, the effect of background doping density is removed by calculating intensity ratios of two PL measurements obtained in different spectral regions, or generated by different excitation wavelengths. The methods are particularly useful for bulk samples such as bricks or ingots of silicon, where information can be obtained over a much wider range of bulk lifetime values than is possible with thin, surface-limited samples such as silicon wafers. The methods may find application in solar cell manufacturing for improving the manufacture of silicon ingots and bricks, or for providing a cutting guide for wafering. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181453 | PERSONAL AND AREA SELF-INDICATING INSTANT RADIATION ALERT DOSIMETER - Described is a self-indicating instant radiation dosimeter ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181454 | Laser Processing Device - Provided is a laser processing device capable of preventing laser light from leaking out to the outside of the housing by emitting the laser light to the processing target with the camera detached. The laser processing device includes a laser generator; a scanning optical system for scanning the laser light with respect to a workpiece; a housing frame for accommodating the scanning optical system; a camera for photographing the workpiece, the camera being removably attached to the housing frame and having a light receiving axis branched from an emission axis of the laser light; a camera cover removably attached to the housing frame to cover the camera; a limit SW for detecting detachment of the camera cover from the housing frame; and a laser output control section for prohibiting the emission of the laser light to the workpiece based on a cover detection signal. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181455 | ENERGY BEAM DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An energy beam drawing apparatus includes a member, positioned between an energy beam source and a substrate, on which a deposit is deposited and a removing unit which removes the deposit. The removing unit includes a catalyst for generating, from a gas, an active species for decomposing the deposit by irradiation with the energy beam, a supplying mechanism for supplying the gas to a position where the active species is generated, and a moving mechanism for moving, when executing processing of removing the deposit, the catalyst to a first position which is irradiated with the energy beam, and moving, when executing drawing processing on the substrate, the catalyst to a second position which is not irradiated with the energy beam. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VARYING CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SPOT SIZE - Methods and devices enable shaping of a charged particle beam. A modified dielectric wall accelerator includes a high gradient lens section and a main section. The high gradient lens section can be dynamically adjusted to establish the desired electric fields to minimize undesirable transverse defocusing fields at the entrance to the dielectric wall accelerator. Once a baseline setting with desirable output beam characteristic is established, the output beam can be dynamically modified to vary the output beam characteristics. The output beam can be modified by slightly adjusting the electric fields established across different sections of the modified dielectric wall accelerator. Additional control over the shape of the output beam can be excreted by introducing intentional timing de-synchronization offsets and producing an injected beam that is not fully matched to the entrance of the modified dielectric accelerator. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181457 | COLLIMATOR ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a system for aligning collimators in an imaging system includes a transmitter coupled to a first detector and configured to transmit a beam, and a receiver coupled to a second detector and configured to receive the beam transmitted from the first detector. The alignment system also includes a cart comprising an alignment device with the cart configured to hold at least two collimators. The system includes a control system configured to align the first and second detectors with the at least two collimators using the alignment device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181458 | COATED MICROFIBROUS WEB AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a coated microfibrous web, a process for producing the same, use thereof as a covering of a radiation protection material as well as a radiation protection device. The coated microfibrous web comprises:
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20120181459 | CONTROL ARRANGEMENT - A control arrangement for use in a hydraulic control system including a control valve having at least two movable elements, such as spools or poppets, that is adapted to control a main flow through the control valve. The control arrangement further includes a control unit. In an embodiment the control arrangement is adapted to control the operation of the control valve in accordance with a first control scheme, monitor an operating parameter of the control system, and control the operation of the control valve in accordance with a second control scheme in the event that the value of the operating parameter falls outside of a predetermined range. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181460 | Valves with Hydraulic Actuation System - This invention provides a device comprising at least one diaphragm valve actuated by a hydraulic actuation system. The device comprises a fluidics layer, an actuation layer and an elastic layer sandwiched between the fluidics layer and the actuation layer. The diaphragm valve comprises: a valve inlet and valve outlet comprised in the fluidics layer; a valve seat; a diaphragm comprised in the elastic layer; and an actuator. The diaphragm is actuatable to move into contact or out of contact with the valve seat, thereby closing or opening the diaphragm valve. The actuator comprises: a hydraulic conduit; a translator; and an incompressible fluid contained within the hydraulic conduit, wherein the incompressible fluid communicates with the translator and with the diaphragm. Translation of the translator transmits pressure through the incompressible fluid to actuate the diaphragm. The invention also provides systems including elements to operate the device and methods of using the device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181461 | DRIVE MEANS FOR A SLIDE VALVE AND A SLIDE VALVE - The invention relates to a drive means for a slide valve having two parallel spindles ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181462 | SHOWER WITH WATERWAY SWITCH CONTROLLED BY ELECTRONIC TOUCH - A shower with electronic touch control of waterway switch, has a fixing seat, a power generation mechanism, an effluent unit and a control unit. The fixing seat has a main waterway connecting to the water source and at least two branch waterways, and each the branch waterway is connected to the main waterway through a magnetic valve. The power generation mechanism is fixed in the fixing seat. The effluent unit is fixed to the fixing seat and has effluent functions corresponding to each of the branch waterways. The control unit comprises a circuit board fixed in the fixing seat and a touch panel fixed outside the fixing seat, and the circuit is connected to the power generation mechanism, and the circuit board is connected to the touch panel, and the circuit board is connected to the three magnetic valves with signals to control the magnetic valves with the control signals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181463 | SHUT-OFF VALVE - A shut-off fitting is disclosed for use, for example, in a pipeline of a technical installation with a servo drive. The servo drive can be connected to a control device having a position controller and a signal conditioner device. The position controller can have an analog control input for connecting a process control signal and a binary control input for actuating the servo drive in accordance with a predeterminable speed characteristic. The signal conditioner device can have a feed voltage input, an analog control output, a binary control output, and an energy store. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181464 | VALVE - The invention relates to a valve ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181465 | COMPACT CARTRIDGE COUPLING - The present invention relates to a compact cartridge coupling of the type adapted to connect a pressurized fluid line between a vehicle or apparatus and a utility, which coupling is of the type comprising a female half-coupling adapted to accommodate a male half-coupling. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181466 | CONICAL ROTARY VALVE FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS - A conical rotary valve for chromatographic applications is provided, including a valve stator, a valve rotor, a drive adaptor and a pair of stoppers each mounted to the stator. The drive adaptor is rotatable and coupled to the valve rotor for transmitting a rotating force thereto. The drive adaptor has a body and a pair of radial arms projecting from the body radially outward from the axis of rotation on opposite sides thereof. Each of the pair of radial arms is movable along a respective arcuate travelling course with respect to the stator. The stoppers are each positioned to obstruct one of the radial arms at an end of the corresponding travelling course. The stoppers are positioned to simultaneously engage the radial arms, thereby balancing the reaction forces created within the valve when the radial arms reach the ends of their travelling courses. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181467 | WEAR INTERFACE FOR BUTTERFLY VALVE - A butterfly valve comprises a housing including a bore, a rotatable shaft passing through the bore, a disc mounted to the shaft for controlling the flow of a fluid through the bore, a thrust load reacting section and a wear interface. The thrust load reacting section includes a thrust plug assembled in a thrust reacting end of the shaft and a thrust plate secured to the housing. The thrust plate has a well for axially retaining the thrust plug and the thrust reacting end of the shaft. The wear interface includes a first contact region on the thrust plug with a first contact surface and a second contact region at the base of the well with a second contact surface. A portion of the first contact surface is spherical and in contact with a portion of the second contact surface. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181468 | ENGINE BREATHING SYSTEM VALVE AND PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE SAME - One embodiment may include an engine breathing system valve ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120181469 | THRUST PLATE FOR BUTTERFLY VALVE - A thrust plate for a butterfly valve includes a thrust plate body that defines a recess. The recess extends between a bottom thrust surface, side walls and an open top. A wear-resistant coating is located on the bottom thrust surface. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181470 | CHOKE TRIM ASSEMBLY - A choke trim assembly for use as a shuttle seat in a choke valve including a flange sleeve is disclosed, the choke trim assembly comprising a trim, a trim carrier, and a clamp ring, wherein the trim carrier and the clamp ring each have a tubular member, an outer diameter of the tubular member of the clamp ring being configured to enable a slip fit of the choke trim assembly into an inner diameter of the flange sleeve, the trim being centered in the clamp ring, and an outer diameter of the tubular member of the trim carrier and the inner diameter of the clamp ring being configured to enable a slip fit of the trim carrier into the clamp ring. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181471 | FLOW VALVE - A flow valve that may act as either an excess flow valve or a pressure relief valve has a seat and a valve body for sealing against the seat. The valve body has an integral spring arm for biasing the valve body towards or away from the seat to seal or open a flow of fluid, and a magnet cooperating with the spring arm to position the body relative to the seat to maintain the body in a first position during a normal flow condition and maintain the body in a second position in an abnormal flow condition. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181472 | FLUID ADJUSTING DEVICE - A fluid adjusting device is installed in a valve unit so as to control the volume or pressure of the fluid passing through the valve unit. The fluid adjusting device includes three parts retractably connected to each other and holes are defined through each of the three parts. By expanding or retracting the three parts, the holes can be exposed or hidden to adjust the volume or pressure of the fluid passing through the valve unit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181473 | FLUORINATED CATIONIC SURFACTANT - A composition comprising a fluorinated pyridinium cationic compound of formula (I) | 2012-07-19 |
20120181474 | CERAMIC MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE CERAMIC MATERIAL - A material includes a ceramic material having a general formula of | 2012-07-19 |
20120181475 | PERMANENT MAGNET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof enabling carbon content contained in magnet particles to be reduced in advance before sintering even when wet milling is employed. Coarsely-milled magnet powder is further milled by a bead mill in a solvent together with an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M−(OR) | 2012-07-19 |
20120181476 | PERMANENT MAGNET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a permanent magnet and a manufacturing method thereof capable of efficiently concentrating traces of Dy or Tb in grain boundaries of the magnet and sufficiently improving coercive force due to Dy or Tb while reducing amount of Dy or Tb to be used. | 2012-07-19 |
20120181477 | SIOx AND VAPOR DEPOSITION MATERIAL FOR BARRIER FILM AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY EACH USING THE SAME - Provided is SiO | 2012-07-19 |