33rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100206512 | Process and Refractory Metal Core For Creating Varying Thickness Microcircuits For Turbine Engine Components - The present disclosure is directed to a refractory metal core for use in forming varying thickness microcircuits in turbine engine components, a process for forming the refractory metal core, and a process for forming the turbine engine components. The refractory metal core is used in the casting of a turbine engine component. The core is formed by a sheet of refractory metal material having a curved trailing edge portion integrally formed with a leading edge portion. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206515 | HEAT DISSIPATING SYSTEM AND DUCT COVER THEREOF - A heat dissipating system includes a chassis, a number of heat dissipating members received in the chassis, and a number of duct cover. The chassis defines a number of cavities corresponding to the outlets of the heat dissipating members is defined in the chassis. Each duct cover includes an outer flap and an inner flap. An opening is defined in the outer flap. The outer flap is rotatably mounted to the chassis to cover or uncover the corresponding cavity. The inner flap is rotatably mounted to the outer flap to cover or uncover the opening. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206516 | HEAT EXCHANGER, PARTICULARLY AN OIL COOLER - The present invention provides a heat exchanger including a stack of plates which form ducts. Each of the plates can have at least two openings which, in the plate stack, form at least one collecting duct and one distributor duct which connect the ducts in terms of flow. A base plate can be arranged on the plate stack and can have a seal for sealing off the heat exchanger and a flow deflector for manipulating flow through the heat exchanger. The seal and the flow deflector can form a common component. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206517 | COOLER USING COOLING MEDIUM | 2010-08-19 |
20100206518 | CORRUGATED HEATING CONDUIT AND METHOD OF USING IN THERMAL EXPANSION AND SUBSIDENCE MITIGATION - A method of maintaining the structural integrity of heating conduit used to heat a permeable body of hydrocarbonaceous material enclosed within a constructed permeability control infrastructure. The method includes obtaining a heating conduit with corrugated walls and configured for transporting a heat transfer fluid, burying the heating conduit at a depth within the permeable body of hydrocarbonaceous material and with an inlet end extending from the boundary of the constructed permeability control infrastructure, operably coupling the inlet end of the heating conduit to a heat source of the heat transfer fluid, and passing the heat transfer fluid through the heating conduit to transfer heat from the heat transfer fluid to the permeable body, with the corrugations in the corrugated walls mitigating longitudinal axis thermal expansion of the heating conduit and allowing the heating conduit to conformably bend in response to subsidence of the permeable body. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206527 | In-Situ Treatment of Metallic Surfaces - A method for in-situ treatment of a metallic surface utilizing a nanoparticle dispersion to increase at least one of (i) the critical heat flux. (ii) the boiling heat transfer rate, or (iii) the corrosion resistance of the metallic surface when in operation without a nanofluid heat transfer liquid, comprising: (1) cleaning the metallic surface: (2) conditioning the metallic surface to enhance nanoparticle binding to the metallic surface by applying a polymeric binding agent; (3) forming at least one thin film layer of nanoparticles on the metallic surface by contacting the nanoparticle dispersion with the metallic surface at a temperature and pressure sufficient to boil the nanoparticle dispersion; and, optionally (4) curing the nanoparticle layer by heating the metallic surface to a temperature higher than the temperature sufficient to boil the nanoparticle dispersion. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206528 | COUNTER-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A counter-flow heat exchanger for a vehicle air conditioning system includes a first lateral tank having an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. The first lateral tank includes an inlet port fluidly connected to the inlet chamber and an outlet port fluidly connected to the outlet chamber. The outlet port is positioned adjacent an uppermost portion of the first lateral tank for reducing air pockets. A second lateral tank is laterally spaced apart from the first lateral tank. A first set of tubes fluidly connects the inlet chamber of the first lateral tank to the second lateral tank. A second of tubes fluidly connects the second lateral tank to the outlet chamber of the first lateral tank. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206529 | A Brazing Piece, a Method of Making a Brazing Piece, and a Method of Brazing and Components Made From Said Brazing Piece - The invention relates to a self-fluxing brazing piece. The piece comprises a composite material comprising at least one inorganic material distributed in a metal or metal alloy matrix, the inorganic material forming a flux during brazing to promote the formation of a thermally induced metallic bond. The matrix may be an aluminium silicon brazing alloy and the inorganic material may be a potassium-fluoro-aluminate flux. The piece is made by spray forming. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206530 | AIR-SUPPLIED DRY COOLER - An air-supplied dry cooler for the condensation of water vapor includes at least one direct-flow condenser and at least one counter-flow condenser (dephlegmator), wherein heat exchanger pipes of the counter-flow condenser are connected to an upper suction chamber, and wherein a cover reducing the discharge cross-section of at least one heat exchanger pipe is provided with cover orifices. The sum of the cross-sectional surfaces of the cover orifices corresponds to no more than the cross-sectional surface of a suction pipe connection to the suction chamber. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206533 | Heat exchanger - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes in which a thermal fluid flows, and a tank located at one longitudinal end portion of each tube and is brazed to the longitudinal end portions of the tubes to communicate with the tubes. The tank and the tube are respectively made of clad material plates in each of which a brazing material is clad on at least one surface of a core material. The brazing material of the tank and the brazing material of the tube respectively include Si content. Furthermore, a rate of the Si content in the brazing material of the tank is lower than that in the brazing material of the tube, and is in a range larger than 0% and equal to or smaller than 6%. Thus, meltage of the tube due to molten brazing material can be reduced during brazing of the tube and the tank. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206534 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF - The invention concerns a heat exchanger and a method of producing thereof. The heat exchanger comprises a coolant housing with two opposing wide side walls and two header plates of an inlet air tank and an outlet air tank, respectively. The header plates are channel-shaped with longitudinal flanges extending over and being brazed to the wide side walls. Tubes extend in parallel through said housing between the two header plates, said tubes being brazed to apertures in said header plates. The coolant housing has two opposing narrow side walls tightly fitting said wide side walls and said header plates and defining together with these wide side walls and header plates a first coolant tank and a second coolant tank opposing the first one. Each air tank comprises a cowling tightly fitting and being brazed to one of said header plates each and having an air inlet and an air outlet, respectively. At least one of said two side walls is welded to said wide side walls and said header plates thus enclosing said housing. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206535 | HEAT EXCHANGERS HAVING BAFFLED MANIFOLDS - A heat exchanger for a fluid having a vapor-phase and a liquid-phase is provided. The heat exchanger includes a first manifold, a second manifold, a plurality of parallel channels, a mixing device, and one or more baffles. The parallel channels are in fluid communication with the first and second manifolds. The mixing device mixes the fluid flowing into the first manifold so that the fluid is a substantially homogeneous two-phase mixture of the vapor and liquid phases. The baffles are within the first manifold and ensure that the fluid enters the parallel channels as the substantially homogeneous two-phase mixture. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206536 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE NON-FLAT COMPONENT - A method for producing a composite from at least two metal components that have perforations or openings, especially for producing a cooler or cooling elements or heat sinks that have at least one composite. The components are joined to each other to yield the composite by heating them to a process temperature while using a joining agent or joining surfaces defined by surface faces of the components. To produce components having complicated geometric shapes, thereby increasing their cooling capacity, at least a first component is not flat, and is joined to at least one flat or non-flat component to yield the composite. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206539 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air by passing a coolant therethrough; and an anti-freeze apparatus which prevents the freeze of water on the surface of the heat exchanger by supplying energy to the heat exchanger. The air conditioner can prevent the freeze of water on the surface of the heat exchanger during its operation, and thus, there is no need to perform a defrost operation during the operation of the air conditioner. In addition, the air conditioner can continuously and efficiently perform an air conditioning function. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206540 | CENTRALIZED MONITORING APPARATUS - A centralized-monitoring apparatus, which centralized monitors a device including a storage, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature therein, and a temperature-variable device to cool or heat inside the storage such that the temperature reaches a set object-preservation temperature, comprises: an input device to be input with first information indicative of a time zone in which the temperature-variable device performing power-saving operation and second information indicative of a set temperature of the time zone; a storage device to store the first-and-second information from the input device; a timing device to measure a current time; and a control device to control the temperature-variable device, based on the first-and-second information and current time, so as to start operation of turning the temperature to the set temperature when the current time reaches a starting time of the time zone, and terminate the operation when the current time reaches an ending time thereof. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SEAL MULTIPLE CONTROL LINES - A system in some embodiments includes sealing system including an energizing member that simultaneously seats a plurality of sealing elements about a plurality of control lines, respectively. Further embodiments provide a method including disposing a plurality of sealing elements about a plurality of control lines, respectively, and fastening an energizing member to simultaneously seat each of the sealing elements. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206546 | Apparatus and Method for Recovering Fluids From a Well and/or Injecting Fluids Into a Well - Methods and apparatus for diverting fluids either into or from a well are described. Some embodiments include a diverter conduit that is located in a bore of a tree. The invention relates especially but not exclusively to a diverter assembly connected to a wing branch of a tree. Some embodiments allow diversion of fluids out of a tree to a subsea processing apparatus followed by the return of at least some of these fluids to the tree for recovery. Alternative embodiments provide only one flowpath and do not include the return of any fluids to the tree. Some embodiments can be retrofitted to existing trees, which can allow the performance of a new function without having to replacing the tree. Multiple diverter assembly embodiments are also described. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206549 | Overpressure Protection in Gas Well Dewatering Systems - Configurations for gas well dewatering systems having overpressure protection to protect a pump and its peripheral equipment from damage due to overpressure are provided. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206550 | SLIP SEGMENTS FOR DOWNHOLE TOOL - A downhole tool has a mandrel with slip assemblies positioned thereon above and below a packer element. The slip assemblies are positioned in a manner to anchor the downhole tool in the well. The slip assemblies include a slip ring which has a plurality of slip segments. Each slip segment has inserts disposed in cavities therein. The cavities are oriented such that the longitudinal central axis of each cavity is parallel to the longitudinal central axis of each of the other cavities in the slip segment. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206553 | Coated oil and gas well production devices - Provided are coated oil and gas well production devices and methods of making and using such coated devices. In one form, the coated oil and gas well production device includes an oil and gas well production device including one or more bodies, and a coating on at least a portion of the one or more bodies, wherein the coating is chosen from an amorphous alloy, a heat-treated electroless or electro plated based nickel-phosphorous composite with a phosphorous content greater than 12 wt %, graphite, MoS | 2010-08-19 |
20100206554 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH DOWNHOLE EQUIPMENT - A power transmission system for use with downhole equipment in a borehole includes a power source that is positioned at the surface providing a DC power supply, a downhole DC/DC converter and a two-conductor cable connecting the power source and the downhole DC/DC converter. The power transmission system receives the DC voltage supply as an input and provides an output DC supply at a different voltage to the DC power supply for provision to the downhole equipment. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206555 | DRAINING A RESERVOIR WITH AN INTERBEDDED LAYER - Methods and systems relate to recovering hydrocarbons from within formations in which hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs are separated from one another by a fluid flow obstructing natural stratum. Relative to the reservoirs, the stratum inhibits or blocks vertical fluid flow within the formation. Drilled bores arranged to intersect the stratum provide an array of fluid flow paths through the stratum. Fluid communication established by the drilled bores enables production utilizing a producer borehole deviated from vertical and processes that rely on techniques such as gravity drainage through the fluid flow paths and/or injection through the fluid flow paths. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206556 | ENHANCING THE RECOVERY OF CRUDE OIL WELLS - Described is a method for introducing at least one manufactured gas in the area of an oil reservoir for the purpose of enhancing the recovery of the oil reservoir. The gas is at least temporarily introduced in shock waves. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206561 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Connection and Disconnection Speed of Downhole Connectors - An apparatus ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206562 | CENTRALIZING DEVICE FOR AN ELONGATED BODY IN A MOUSE HOLE MACHINE - A centralizing device ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206567 | Gel Capsules for Solids Entrainment - The present invention is a method for treating a subterranean wellbore. More specifically, the invention is a method for removing wellbore solids. A first, polymer containing fluid is placed in the solids bed. A second, viscosifying fluid is then placed into the solids bed thereby agitating the solids in the bed and causing the formation of a gel capsules when mixed with the biopolymer fluid. These gel capsules are capable of trapping or entraining the agitated solids. The gel capsules typically have a relatively high volume and a relatively low density, thereby making their removal from the wellbore easier. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206568 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Equalizing Pressure in a Gas Well - Devices, systems and methods for equalizing pressure in a gas well are provided. A jar device is coupled to a pump deployed in a gas well between areas of low pressure and high pressure. The jar device includes a mandrel and a no-go sleeve. A jarring tool is operated to transfer an axial force onto the jar device that is large enough to shear a shearable connection between the mandrel and no-go sleeve and thereby cause the mandrel to slide from a first position to a second position with respect to the no-go sleeve. A seal that seals between the no-go sleeve and mandrel when the mandrel is located in the first position is unsealed as a result of the movement of the mandrel and thereby fluid communication is allowed between the area of high pressure and low pressure. This allows for easier retrieval of the pump. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206569 | THERMOTHICKENER POLYMER AND SURFACTANT COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF EMPLOYING THE COMPOSITION - The present disclosure is directed to a thermothickening composition comprising: a surfactant; and a thermothickening polymer that is the product of at least the following monomers: a non-ionic hydrosoluble unsaturated amide monomer; an ionic monomer; and an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid half ester having a heat sensitive functional group. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206570 | CIRCULATED HEATED TRANSFER FLUID SYSTEMS USED TO TREAT A SUBSURFACE FORMATION - A method for heating a subsurface formation includes applying heat from a plurality of heaters to at least a portion of the subsurface formation. A portion of one or more of the heaters are allowed to move relative to the heaters respective wellhead using sliding seals to accommodate thermal expansion of the heaters. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING AN INFLATABLE PACKER IN A SUBHYDROSTATIC WELLBORE - An embodiment of an assembly for setting an inflatable packer within a wellbore comprises a coiled tubing, an inflatable packer to be set in a wellbore, a back pressure valve, and a drain valve operable to allow fluid flow therepast and prevent inadvertent inflation of the inflatable packer. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206572 | STAGE CEMENTING TOOL - A cementing tool for use in a well has a housing and a closing sleeve received thereabout. An operating sleeve is received in the housing and is interconnected with the closing sleeve so that movement in the operating sleeve will cause the closing sleeve to move. The closing sleeve is detachably connected to the housing and is movable from the first or open position to a second or closed position in which it covers cementing ports defined in the housing. The tool has a plurality of lock rings that are moved with the closing sleeve. A plurality of locking grooves are adapted to receive the lock rings such that the engagement of any of the lock rings with any of the locking grooves will prevent the closing sleeve from moving out of the closed position. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206575 | Self-Energizing Annular Seal - An annular seal assembly for forming a seal between two annular surfaces. The seal assembly includes an annular base including a sealing surface. The seal assembly also includes a pair of spaced apart rims extending from the annular base opposite the base sealing surface and in opposite directions, the rims also including sealing surfaces. The base is elastically deformable and the rims are elastically deformable relative to the base to effect a self-energized seal between the two annular surfaces. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206576 | Apparatus and Method for Recovering Fluids From a Well and/or Injecting Fluids Into a Well - Methods and apparatus for diverting fluids either into or from a well are described. Some embodiments include a diverter conduit that is located in a bore of a tree. The invention relates especially but not exclusively to a diverter assembly connected to a wing branch of a tree. Some embodiments allow diversion of fluids out of a tree to a subsea processing apparatus followed by the return of at least some of these fluids to the tree for recovery. Alternative embodiments provide only one flowpath and do not include the return of any fluids to the tree. Some embodiments can be retrofitted to existing trees, which can allow the performance of a new function without having to replacing the tree. Multiple diverter assembly embodiments are also described. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206579 | FAIL AS IS MECHANISM AND METHOD - A technique enables failsafe control over actuators used to actuate downhole tools. The technique may utilize a well system having a tool with an adjustable member. An actuation mechanism serves as a fail-as-is mechanism and works in cooperation with the adjustable member. The actuation member is shiftable upon receiving a predetermined input; however the actuation member does not move the adjustable member upon each shift. Once the actuation member has been shifted the requisite number of times to move the adjustable member to another position, at least one subsequent shift of the actuation member is not able to cause movement of the adjustable member. The result is a fail-as-is technique for ensuring the tool is not inadvertently actuated to another operational position. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206580 | Tools and Methods Useful with Wellbore Reverse Circulation - A method for reverse circulating a tool upwardly through a wellbore, the method including: providing a manipulator tool including an upper end and a lower end, conveying the manipulator tool down hole to a position adjacent a downhole tool, using the manipulator tool to manipulate the downhole tool, and reversing fluid flow through the well to create a pressure differential about at least one of the manipulator tool and the downhole tool such that the at least one of the manipulator tool and the downhole tool is lifted upwardly through the wellbore. A manipulator tool for use in a reverse circulating method is also described as are a tool catcher, a tool catching assembly and a tool catching method. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206587 | One Trip Cemented Expandable Monobore Liner System and Method - An apparatus to protect the mounting area of casing and a locating profile and optionally a sliding sleeve valve and a flow path from the outside of the valve to the annulus when subsequent attachment of an expanded liner is intended and the expanded liner is to be cemented in place. A barrier sleeve, nose, and outer sleeve define a sealed cavity having a loose incompressible material inside that covers the mounting location on the casing. A locating profile and an optional sliding sleeve valve and a flow path from the outside of the valve to the annulus can be provided. The cementing of the casing takes place through the barrier sleeve. After the cementing, the sleeve and nose are drilled out and the incompressible material is removed to the surface with the drill cuttings. A liner is inserted in the casing and is preferably expanded into sealing contact with the mounting location on the casing. After expansion a cement retainer positioned at the bottom of the expanded liner and the sliding sleeve located either above the mounting location of the liner in the casing shoe or in the liner below the mounted top section allow cement to be delivered outside the expanded liner and the displaced wellbore fluid to return into the casing through so that the liner can be cemented. The cement retainer can be delivered with either the liner or the expansion tools to allow expansion and cementing in a single trip. A shifting tool can be run on the expansion string to actuate the sliding sleeve and if necessary to allow for cement to be pumped from the drill string into the annulus through the sliding sleeve. The cement retainer can be milled out in a separate trip. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206588 | SEAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system in some embodiments includes a tool for setting an annular seal, including an inner body, wherein the inner body is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the tool and is configured to bias a retaining ring, a first outer body coaxial with the longitudinal axis and configured to couple to a portion of a mineral resource system, and a second outer body coaxial with the longitudinal axis, wherein the second outer body is coupled to the first outer body, and the second outer body is configured to move along the longitudinal axis to bias the annular seal. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206589 | METHOD OF CREATING AN ANNULAR SEAL AROUND A TUBULAR ELEMENT - A method is disclosed of creating an annular seal around a tubular element for use in a wellbore. The method comprises providing at least one seal layer of a flexible sealing material susceptible to swelling upon contact with a selected fluid, the seal layer having a first edge and a second edge, and helically winding each seal layer around the tubular element so that the first and second edges extend opposite each other along the tubular element and so that the first and second edges seal relative to each other upon swelling of the flexible sealing material. The tubular element is lowered into the wellbore, and the selected fluid is allowed to contact each seal layer so as to induce swelling of the flexible sealing material whereby the first and second edges seal relative to each other. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206590 | LONG HANDLED GARDENING TOOL - A gardening and landscaping tool may include a handle attached to a blade, with the blade being bent at an angle relative to the handle. The tool may be useful for removing weeds, unwanted grass, plants, and the like. The tool may use a pushing/sliding force to slide the blade at or just below the surface. The blade may include a sharp edge that may cut through the ground with ease. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206593 | Striking mechanism and hand-held power tool - A striking mechanism includes a working space whose first section is surrounded by a first electromagnet and whose second section is surrounded by a second electromagnet; a striking element that can move along a striking axis inside the working space and that has a magnetizable material; an anvil whose striking surface delimits the working space in the striking direction and which protrudes into the first magnetic coil and which is made of a magnetically soft material. A spring element is provided which exerts a force onto the striking element in every position in the working space in the direction of the anvil. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206594 | HANDHELD POWER TOOL WITH A HANDLE VIBRATION-DAMPED BY COMPENSATING MEANS - A hand-held power tool is proposed, having a drive device for driving a tool, which is arranged in a housing of the power tool. A handle of the power tool, which is movably connected to the housing of the power tool, is vibration-damped by a movable compensating element. For this purpose, the movable compensating element is operatively connected to the handle and/or the housing of the power tool by a deflecting system. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206597 | Power Tool With Optical Control - An optical control is disclosed which is particularly suitable for application as a switching device, regulating device or sensor device for a power tool. At least two optical waveguides are provided one of which being configured as a transmitting waveguide is coupled to a light source, a second one of which being configured as a receiving waveguide cooperating therewith is coupled to an evaluation circuitry. Both waveguides cooperate with a control element that is movable at least between two positions in which light signals of different magnitude are transmitted from the transmitting waveguide into the receiving waveguide. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206598 | REGULATOR FOR A POWER TOOL - A regulator for a power tool for tightening a fastener in order to unite two or more pieces into a joint. The regulator regulates the power tool when tightening the fastener such that the fastener is tightened to a predetermined target. The regulator calculates an output signal to the power tool, which output signal is based on the product of the torque exerted by the power tool on the fastener and the angle for turning the fastener about its axis. The output signal is used for tightening the fastener to the predetermined target. The regulator is also applicable to a power tool for a rivet joint. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206599 | MACHINE-TOOL SPINDLE HEAD - A machine-tool spindle head makes it possible to prevent the size of the entire device from increasing and can easily control drive motors compared to a related device. A machine-tool spindle | 2010-08-19 |
20100206600 | SEAL FOR AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL LINE - An electrical line is to be insulated from fluid or corrosive media penetrating along the electrical line in an advantageous and cost-effective manner from the standpoint of production engineering. The electrical line having an electrically conductive inner conductor and an insulating jacket surrounding it includes a sealing element, which is disposed on the insulating jacket in a spring-back manner via a first subsection, and which covers the inner conductor across a partial length via a second subsection. The sealing element contains a soluble, in particular fluid sealant, which is pressed into the individual conductors of the inner conductor implemented as stranded wire, and cures in a sealing manner. The electrical line is used, for example, in the automotive industry for a cable harness plug. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206603 | LATCHING FLOOR BOX COVER - An electrical box cover includes a frame securable to an electrical box. The frame defines an opening to permit access to the electrical box. A lid is pivotally mounted to the frame and movable between an open and closed position. A lid biasing device is disposed between the lid and the frame, the lid biasing device urging the lid away from the closed position. A latch is disposed on the frame and movable between a latched and unlatched position. The latch, when in the latched position, engages the lid and retaining the lid in the closed position. When the latch is in the unlatched position, the lid biasing device lifts at least a portion of the lid at least partially above the frame. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206604 | HIGH-VOLTAGE OUTDOOR BUSHING - An exemplary high-voltage outdoor bushing is disclosed which includes a conductor extended along an axis, a condenser core and an electrically insulating polymeric weather protection housing molded on the condenser core. The condenser core can contain an electrically insulating tape which is wound in spiral form around the conductor. Capacitance grading insertions can be arranged between successive windings of the tape. A cured polymeric insulating matrix embeds the wound tape and the capacitive grading insertions. A moisture diffusion barrier can be incorporated inside the condenser core prior to molding the weather protection housing. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206609 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SUPPORT-SEPARATORS FOR COMMUNICATIONS CABLES PROVIDING SHIELDING FOR MINIMIZING ALIEN CROSSTALK - The present invention includes a high performance communications cable that provides for wireless fidelity applications and includes core support-separators having profiles which define a clearance to maintain spacing and/or channel between the transmission media and power conductors. The core may be formed of a conductive or insulative material that have, principally, polymer blends that include olefin and/or fluoropolymer and/or chlorofluoropolymer based resins. The polymer blends can also be utilized for fabricating shielding materials. The core support-separators have both a central region as well as a plurality of shaped sections that extend outward from the central region that are either solid or partially solid, foamed or foamed with a solid skin surface. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206610 | SHIELDED WIRE - A shielded wire includes an internal conductor, an insulating layer covering the internal conductor, a shielding layer covering the insulating layer, and a protective layer covering the shielding layer. The shielding layer includes a first electromagnetic shielding layer and a second electromagnetic shielding layer which is directly provided on an outside of the first electromagnetic shielding layer. The first electromagnetic shielding layer has at least one of a metal braid and a metal foil, and the second electromagnetic shielding layer has a conductive resin. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206611 | INSULATING VARNISH AND INSULATED WIRE - An insulating varnish for forming an insulating covering on a conductor includes a polyimide resin including a repeat unit represented by a general formula (1): | 2010-08-19 |
20100206612 | COILED RIBBON AS CONDUCTOR FOR STIMULATION ELECTRODES - One aspect is a coil including a laminate having metal layers. The coil is configured for the electrical connection of stimulation electrodes. One of the metal layers exhibits good electrical conductivity and another metal layer great mechanical strength. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206615 | FLUID-INSULATED ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A fluid-insulated electrical apparatus includes a grounded tank which is an airtight metal vessel filled with an insulating fluid. A conductor to which a high voltage is applied is disposed in the grounded tank. A metal plate that is press-processed to have an inclined portion and a groove between adjacent head top portions is fixed to and electrically connected to an inner wall of the grounded tank. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206616 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBMARINE SOLID CABLE AND SUBMARINE SOLID CABLE - The invention offers a submarine solid cable that can suppress the movement of the insulating oil when the cable is used and the production method thereof. The method of producing a submarine solid cable forms an insulating layer by lapping insulating tapes, each of which includes a resin film, over the outer circumference of a conductor and impregnates the insulating layer with medium-viscosity insulating oil. The insulating layer is formed by lapping insulating tapes, each of which includes a resin film, over the outer circumference of the conductor | 2010-08-19 |
20100206617 | ELECTRICAL ISOLATING STRUCTURE FOR CONDUCTORS IN A SUBSTRATE - A substrate has a first dielectric layer; a first conductive layer on the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer on the first conductive layer; an elongated signal conductor embedded within the second dielectric layer; a second conductive layer on the second dielectric layer; a first conductive groove and second conductive groove through the second conductive layer, the second dielectric layer, the first conductive layer and into the first dielectric layer and extending continuously along the length of and on opposing sides of the signal conductor, the grooves having conductive side walls providing an electrical connection between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; first and second conductive end walls joining the first groove and second groove; and at least one insulating area through at least one of the first and second conductive layers to provide conductor access. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206618 | Coreless Substrate and Method for Making the Same - The present invention relates to a coreless substrate and a method for making the same. The method for making the coreless substrate includes: (a) providing a carrier and a first conductive layer, wherein the carrier has a first surface and a second surface, and the first conductive layer is disposed on the first surface of the carrier; (b) forming a first embedded circuit on the first conductive layer; (c) forming a first dielectric layer so as to cover the first embedded circuit; (d) removing the carrier; (e) removing part of the first conductive layer so as to form at least one first pad; and (f) forming a first solder mask so as to cover the first embedded circuit and the first dielectric layer and to expose the first pad. Therefore, the coreless substrate of the present invention has high density of layout and involves low manufacturing cost. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206619 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE STRUCUTRE WITH CAVITY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A package substrate structure includes a substrate with a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, a via connecting the first side and the second side, a cavity in the substrate and on the first side, and a patterned conductive layer disposed on at least one of the first side and the second side, filling the cavity and the via, and including a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer. The second conductive layer is different from at least one of the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206620 | Printed Board, Image Pickup Apparatus and Camera - The present invention relates to a bendable printed board, an image pickup apparatus, and a camera. The bendable printed board is provided with: a first end connected to a moving body movable in an arbitral direction within a predefined plane; a second end connected to a fixed body with slack providing movability to the moving body; and a slit formed on at least a part of a slack portion of the printed board. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206623 | NONCONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND FILM AND METHODS OF MAKING - To provide a nonconductive adhesive film, for electrically connecting a flexible printed circuit board to a circuit board, which is superior in both storage stability and curability and which suppresses the formation of air bubbles at the time of press bonding. A nonconductive adhesive film substantially comprising a heat-curable epoxy resin, a latent curing agent, and organic elastic fine particles of an average particle size of approximately 1 μm or less, a film being formed by aggregation of the organic elastic fine particles, is provided. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206624 | Electric Multilayer Component - An electric multilayer component includes a stack of dielectric layers and electrode layers arranged side by side. External contacts have different polarities that are arranged at an outer surface of the stack and are flip-chip contact-connectable. The electrode layers are connected by one end in each case to an external connection having the same polarity. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206635 | Tunneling Apparatus Including Vacuum and Method of Use - The present disclosure relates to a tunneling apparatus including a pipe string having a distal end and a proximal end. The pipe string includes a plurality of pipe-sections connected end-to end. The pipe string also includes a cutting head coupled to a distal-most one of the pipe-sections. The pipe string defines a vacuum passage that extends through the pipe string from the proximal end to the distal end of the pipe string. A source of vacuum is in fluid communication with the vacuum passage for drawing cuttings through the vacuum passage. A blockage sensor can be used for sensing whether a precursor blockage condition exists within the vacuum passage. A source of air pressure can be used to force air distally through the pipe string to assist in moving cuttings proximally through the vacuum passage. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206636 | Backreamer for a Tunneling Apparatus - The present disclosure relates to a backreamer including a distal end configured for connection to product and a proximal end configured for attachment to a distal end of a drill string. The backreamer includes a backreaming cutter having a cutting side that faces toward the proximal end of the backreamer. The backreamer also includes a proximal assembly that extends between the proximal end of the backreamer and the backreaming cutter. The proximal assembly defines a vacuum passage for removing material cut by the backreaming cutter. The backreamer further includes a drive stem for transferring torque to the backreaming cutter for rotating the backreaming cutter. The drive stem is rotatably supported within the proximal assembly such that the drive stem and the backreaming cutter are rotatable relative to the proximal assembly. The backreamer additionally includes a distal assembly that extends between the backreaming cutter and the distal end of the backreamer. The distal assembly includes a vacuum blocking plate positioned distally with respect to the backreaming cutter. The backreaming cutter and the drive stem are rotatable relative to the vacuum blocking plate. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206637 | Cutting Unit for a Tunneling Apparatus - The present disclosure relates to a cutting component for a tunneling apparatus. The cutting component includes a cutting unit main body having a front cutting side and a rear side. The cutting unit main body includes a hub portion defining a socket providing a torque transfer interface. The socket extends through the hub portion in a rear-to-front orientation and has an open end at least at the rear side of the cutting unit main body. The cutting unit main body defines an axis about which the cutting unit main body is rotated during cutting. The axis extends through a central region of the socket in the rear-to-front orientation. The cutting unit main body also including a plurality of cutting arms connected to the hub portion. The cutting arms project generally radially outwardly from the axis. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206638 | HOLE OPENER ASSEMBLY AND A CONE ARM FORMING A PART THEREOF - An improved hole opener assembly for horizontal drilling is disclosed that is less prone to failure as a result of cone arm break out or pocket side wall fracture. The interface between the cone arm and the pocket employs a key and slot configuration with a tighter fit than between the arm and the pocket to reduce the stress on the pocket side wall during drilling. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206639 | Infiltrated Carbide Matrix Bodies Using Metallic Flakes - A matrix powder for forming a matrix bit body, wherein the matrix powder includes: a plurality of carbide particles; and a plurality of first metal binder particles having an aspect ratio of at least about 3. Drill bits formed from metal binder particles having an aspect ratio of at least about 3 and methods of forming such bits. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206640 | Matrix Body Fixed Cutter Bits - A drill bit that includes a bit body having a plurality of blades extending radially therefrom, at least a portion of the plurality of blades comprises a first matrix region comprising a plurality of first carbide particles separated by a first binder phase, each of the first carbide particles comprising a mixture of WC and W | 2010-08-19 |
20100206645 | Data Entry Device Utilizing Writing Implement Rotation - A writing implement and system using that writing implement are disclosed. The writing implement includes a pen having an elongated body with a plurality of light sources arranged around an outer surface of the body. Each light source has a unique identity. A pen controller that activates each light source to emit light such that the identity of that source can be ascertained by a detector external to the pen. The number of light sources is greater than or equal to 3, and the light sources are arranged such that at least one of the light sources is visible to a detector external to the pen at any time. The detector can then determine the angle of rotation of the pen relative to a fixed reference direction. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206646 | OXYHYDROGEN VEHICLE - An oxyhydrogen vehicle includes an oxyhydrogen generating unit for electrolytically converting an electrolyte into oxyhydrogen gas, a combustible fuel supply unit for storing combustible fuel, an engine unit coupled to the oxyhydrogen generating unit and the combustible fuel supply unit, and an electric power supply system electrically connected to the oxyhydrogen generating unit for providing electric power thereto. The electric power supply system includes: a storage battery; an alternator driven by the engine unit to generate an electrical output, and electrically connected to the storage battery; a current controller electrically connecting the storage battery and the alternator to the oxyhydrogen generating unit for controlling electric current flow to the oxyhydrogen generating unit; and an auxiliary electricity generating unit electrically connected to the storage battery, and driven by renewable energy resources so as to generate an electrical output for charging the storage battery. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206649 | Transaxle - A transaxle includes an axle and a multiple motor generator unit for driving the axle. The multiple motor generator unit includes a common rotor shaft drivingly connected to the axle, armature windings serving as a first stator and a second stator aligned opposite each other in the axial direction of the rotor shaft, a common rotor member fixed on the rotor shaft, and permanent magnets provided on the common rotor member so as to serve as a first rotor facing the first stator, and as a second rotor facing the second stator. The first stator and the first rotor constitute a first motor generator. The second stator and the second rotor constitute the second motor generator. A total motor output torque of the first and second motor generators for rotating the rotor member and the rotor shaft can be changed in correspondence to a load applied from the axle to the rotor shaft. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206650 | Transport Vehicle - There has been proposed a transport vehicle designed to move in a self-contained transport system as well as on the automobile roads, comprising a frame consisting of a lower part, to which a plurality of wheels is secured, and of a top part comprising at least two arc-like curved rods to each of which electric rail drive units used as current collectors are connected in such a way that they are displaceable along a supporting current-conductive rail and along the arc-like curved rods. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206653 | CANISTER RETAINING STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - A motorcycle can include an engine, a fuel tank, a seat, and a canister. The fuel tank can have an upper surface and an inclined surface arranged to extend obliquely downward from a rear end of the upper surface toward a back of the motorcycle. The seat can include a seat front portion and a seat rear portion. The seat front portion can be provided on the inclined surface, and the seat rear portion can extend toward the back of the motorcycle. The canister can be arranged between the inclined surface and the seat front portion. The canister can store fuel gas generated in the fuel tank, and supply the fuel gas to the engine. At least one of the inclined surface and the lower surface can have a first cavity that stores the canister. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206654 | OPTIONALLY CONNECTABLE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - An optionally connectable four-wheel drive vehicle having: an engine having a drive shaft; two main drive wheels; a main power train permanently connecting the drive shaft to the main drive wheels and, in turn, having a transmission and a main differential; two normally driven secondary drive wheels; an optionally connectable secondary power train for also connecting the drive shaft to the secondary drive wheels, a gear drive with at least two different, alternatively selectable velocity ratios, and at least one secondary clutch, which is connected on one side to the drive shaft upstream from the transmission and on the other side to the secondary drive wheels. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206657 | POWER STEERING DEVICE FOR A SADDLE-RIDDEN VEHICLE - To suppress temperature rises of an electric power steering device provided at a vehicle equipped with a diff lock device and to restrict the operation of the electric power steering device at times other than during diff locking. An electric power steering device that is coupled to a steering shaft fitted with handlebars at an upper end and that generates auxiliary force that supplements the steering force, and a diff lock unit that selects a differential state and a non-differential state (diff lock) of a differential device are provided. An ECU reduces the maximum value of the auxiliary force generated by the electric power steering device to a prescribed limit value when the diff lock is detected by the diff lock sensor is also provided. The ECU releases limiting of the maximum value of the auxiliary force when release of the diff lock is detected by the diff lock sensor. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206658 | Enclosing adsorbent material - An apparatus comprises an agglomeration of adsorbing members, each of the adsorbing members comprising a porous outer layer configured to enclose an amount of adsorbent material, the agglomeration being configured such that every cross-section through the agglomeration comprises at least one gap between adjacent adsorbing members. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206659 | DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER USING THE DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER - A speaker diaphragm which includes a woven cloth which contains a thermosetting resin of thermo-cured state, and a paper board bonded and integrated with the woven cloth at the back surface. The woven cloth has its weave texture exposed on the front surface. The diaphragm has a high strength because it is made with a woven cloth; furthermore, its hardness is high because the thermosetting resin impregnated in woven cloth is in thermo-cured state. Thus the diaphragm helps implementing a speaker which demonstrates superior vibration characteristics in the high frequency sound region. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206660 | WATER-PROOF SOUND-TRANSMITTING MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-PROOF SOUND-TRANSMITTING MEMBRANE, AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE USING THE MEMBRANE - A water-proof sound-transmitting membrane | 2010-08-19 |
20100206669 | ELEVATOR - An elevator has a car, a balance weight, a traction sheave, a driving unit, deflector sheaves and main ropes. The balance weight moves in a back region. The traction sheave has a rotational plane disposed in parallel with a back wall in the back region of the uppermost portion of the elevator shaft. The deflector sheaves have rotational planes disposed in parallel with a lateral inner wall of the elevator shaft in a side region. The driving unit is installed on the rotation center line of the traction sheave, and at least a part of the driving unit is disposed in the side region. The direction of the winding plane of the plurality of main ropes is changed between the traction sheave and the deflector sheave. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206670 | Guide Wheel Assembly - A guide wheel assembly for a carriage of a guide system is provided. The guide wheel assembly includes guide wheel and a stud shaft. The stud shaft operably supports the guide wheel for rotation about a guide wheel axis. The stud shaft includes a tool engagement section. The tool engagement section has a generally cylindrical periphery and includes a plurality of angularly spaced apart flats formed in the cylindrical periphery. Adjacent ones of the flats are separated by an arcuate section of the cylindrical periphery. The stud shaft may also include a locating pilot region for locating the stud shaft within a bore of a device to which the guide wheel assembly is mounted. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206671 | BRAKE WEAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A brake measurement system comprising a measurement mechanism for measuring brake wear operatively coupled to a moveable member of a brake assembly is provided. The system further includes a displacement sensor and a visual indicator. The displacement sensor is operatively coupled to the measurement mechanism, wherein movement of the moveable member is converted by the measurement mechanism into a displacement sensed by the displacement sensor. The visual indicator is operatively connected to the measurement mechanism, wherein the visual indicator displays the movement of the moveable member and consequently the wear of the brake stack at a point on the exterior of an aircraft brake housing for inspection. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206672 | EMERGENCY BRAKE - An emergency brake. The emergency brake includes a pack of disks and counter-disks. A resilient actuator acts on the pack to push the disks and counter-disks into a braking condition. A piston acts on the pack in opposition to the resilient actuator in order to disable braking. A hydraulic circuit has a pressurized hydraulic fluid controlling the piston, which can be activated to actuate the piston in a condition releasing braking of the pack. The hydraulic circuit also has a branch delivering actuator fluid to the braking pack to lubricate and cool the braking pack when the circuit is deactivated. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206673 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A brake system for a motor vehicle which simplifies the hydraulic design and avoids a vacuum prevailing over a relatively long period of time. The first hydraulic unit has a suction volume, which is connected to the suction side of the pump and which, in the event of a change in the pressure on the suction side of the pump, provides a pressure and volume equalization by means of the brake fluid stored in the suction volume, with an elastic element. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206674 | Disc Brake Rotors with Tilted Vane Geometry - A tilted vane brake rotor. The tilted vanes are tilted in the sense of being oriented with respect to the inside disc surfaces at other than 90 degrees, defined by an acute intersection angle with respect to either of the inside disc surfaces. The tilted vanes may be, for example, paired and oriented serially around the circumference of the rotor discs so as to provide a series of vane pairs in the form of: a series of alternately inverted V-shapes, a series of same oriented V-shapes, or a series of X-shapes. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206677 | PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM - A vehicle parking brake system for a vehicle including: a non-rotary body; a rotary drum; brake shoes; an anchor member disposed between anchor-member-side end portions of the respective brake shoes; a transmitting member interconnecting transmitting-member-side end portions of the respective brake shoes; and a parking-brake operating apparatus configured to predict a torque application direction in which a torque is to be applied to the wheel during stop of the vehicle, and to press the brake shoes against an inner circumferential surface of the rotary drum, by moving a primary one of the brake shoes that serves as a primary shoe upon application of the torque to the wheel, in a direction away from the anchor member, without moving a secondary one of the brake shoes that serves as a secondary shoe upon application of the torque to the wheel. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206678 | CONSTANT STRAIN SPRING COMPENSATION DEVICE - A constant strain spring compensation device, mainly comprising the grooved pulley, compensation cable, left end plate, spindle, oil seal, bearing, right end plate, contact flat spiral spring, housing, fastening angle steel, mounting base, pin, and wire-breaking arresting device. Said grooved pulley is fixed on the spindle, said compensation cable is wound and one of its ends is fixed on the grooved pulley, and the other end is connected to exterior overhead contact lines. Said spindle is supported on left end plate and right end plate by using the oil seal and bearing. Said left end plate, right end plate, housing, fastening angle steel, and mounting base form a closed box base. Said pin is connected to the side of the mounting base remote from said box base. Said contact flat spiral spring is arranged within said box base with the inner end hook being connected to the spindle and the outer end hook being connected to the fastening angle steel of the box base. The constant strain spring compensation device of the present invention is compact, small in size and weight. It may maintain a certain strain on the overhead contact lines of electrified railway to reduce the contact loss rate of its pantograph. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206681 | CLUTCH COVER ASSEMBLY - A clutch cover assembly ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206682 | FRICTION CLUTCH DISCONNECT FOR WATER PUMP - The invention uses a frictional clutch to disengage the vehicle water pump. Actuating methods for the clutch include electromagnetic, vacuum piston and an external solenoid. The clutch is engaged with a diaphragm spring. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206685 | TORSIONALLY ELASTIC COUPLING - Torsionally elastic clutch
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20100206686 | Gearbox Output Switcher - A gear switching mechanism for a printing machine comprises at least one pair of input and driven gears, each pair rotationally mounted on a corresponding common axle. The input gear of each pair may be coupled to a common drive, while each driven gear is coupled to a separate output. A rotational gear coupling is mounted to translate along each axle to selectively engage and disengage the corresponding pair of input and driven gears. The rotational gear coupling includes a cam follower that slides along a cam profile of a cam shuttle. The shuttle defines a cam profile that is normal to the common axles. In one embodiment, the cam shuttle translates linearly, while in another embodiment, the shuttle rotates. The cam profile is configured to selectively engage and disengage the rotational couplings of each pair of input and driven gears. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206689 | PAPER MONEY PROCESSOR - A paper money processor according to the present invention includes a transaction slot where paper money is at least either inserted or dispensed with an orientation such that one of lengthwise ends of the paper money is positioned at a side of a first lengthwise end of the transaction slot. The transaction slot includes a main opening which opens on a second lengthwise end of the transaction slot, and a lateral opening which is continuous with the main opening, and opens on a first widthwise end of the transaction slot. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206690 | Mechanical Coin-Acceptor Unit - There is proposed a mechanical coin-acceptor unit with a coin running channel which has a running rail for rolling a coin, in or on which testing arrangements for testing the properties of the rolling coin are provided, having a coin-acceptor shaft and a return shaft disposed below the running rail, where the running rail is mounted on a basic body and has a recess in the running direction of the coin for testing the thickness of the coin which falls possibly through the recess into the return shaft, and the running rail is mounted rotatably on the basic body via a point of rotation. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206691 | STEPS OR PLATES FOR A CONVEYING DEVICE, AND CONVEYING DEVICE - Step cheek ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206692 | STEP FOR ESCALATOR OR PLATE FOR TRAVELATOR, AND ESCALATOR OR TRAVELATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION - The escalator step ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206695 | DEVICE FOR STRIPPING IMPURITIES OF A BELT WEBBING FROM CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEMS - A device for stripping soiling from a belt webbing in a conveyor belt system includes at least one lamella support disposed on a system carrier so as to be pivotable about a first axis and at least one stripping lamella disposed on the at least one lamella support so as to be pivotable about a second axis, the at least one stripping lamella having a first arm facing the belt webbing and a second arm facing away from the belt webbing. The device further includes at least one spring device attached to the first axis and having at least one spring element configured to bias the at least one stripping lamella towards the belt webbing such that in a stripping position the first arm lies flush against the belt webbing and at least one coupling element. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206696 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An acoustic wave device applicable to a wider scope and field and used for transporting a substance of any of wide variety of types to be transported with an improved efficiency without needing to clean a piezoelectric substrate and simultaneously transporting two or more physically separated substances along the propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave. An acoustic wave device has an exciting electrode for exciting a surface acoustic wave formed on a piezoelectric substrate generating a surface acoustic wave by a piezoelectric effect. A transport path plate is disposed adjacently to the exciting electrode over the piezoelectric substrate with a water layer (W) interposed therebetween. When current is supplied to the exciting electrode, a surface acoustic wave is generated on the piezoelectric substrate. The surface acoustic wave causes a longitudinal wave to be emitted into the water layer (W) and attenuates. The emitted longitudinal wave is propagated to the transport path plate, and a droplet (Dp) placed on the transport path plate is displaced by the emission pressure. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206701 | INTERLOCK SYSTEM - An interlock system for actuating a switch to interrupt a flow of electrical current to a component of a domestic electrical appliance is described. The current is interrupted unless a sensor indicates that the appliance is in a safe condition, and the system includes a rod-like member which is turned about its own axis through at least a predetermined angle, when the appliance is safe, to actuate the switch to permit current to flow. The safe condition is typified by the secure placement of a lid or cover on a receptacle in a manner intended for operation of the appliance. Moreover, the lid or cover for the receptacle may be formed with an upstanding, chimney-like feed-tube through which food items can be added for processing in the receptacle, and a “pusher” device, sized to fit closely within the feed tube, is further provided, by means of which a user can urge foodstuffs into the receptacle for processing. In such circumstances, and where a feed-tube is of relatively wide dimensions is employed to enable relatively bulky food items to be added to the receptacle, the system senses not only that the lid or cover is in place, but also that a pusher device has been inserted into the feed-tube, before the switch can be actuated. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206702 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH SWITCH DEVICE - A cable assembly ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206705 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device has a slider that advances and retreats in a front-back direction, a push button that is integrally provided at a front end of the slider, a switch contact whose on and off states are switched according to an operation for pushing down the push button to cause the slider to retreat, a biasing member that biases the slider in an advancing direction in order to return the push button and the slider to a non-manipulated position, a case in which the switch contact, the biasing member, and the slider are assembled, the push button being disposed in an opening at a front end of the case, a front-portion constituent member that is attached to the case while disposed around the push button in the opening, and a coil that is wound around a bobbin formed in an outer circumference of the front-portion constituent member. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206706 | LOAD-BREAK SWITCH - The invention relates to a load-break switch, in particular for mounting on busbars, comprising a housing and a cover arranged pivotally thereon, a snap switch mechanism to produce or to interrupt an electrical connection between associated contacts, and an actuating lever for switching between a current operation and a current interruption operation, a control mechanism which, as a function of the position of the actuating lever, frees or blocks a release element for a movement, the release element being coupled with a locking device which is arranged such that it can be engaged with or disengaged from the cover. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206709 | Method and Apparatus for Separating Volatile Components from Feed Material - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for the separation of volatile components from a feed material. | 2010-08-19 |
20100206710 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR THE FRAME OF A COKE OVEN RETORT - The invention relates to a cleaning device for the frame of a coke oven retort with a tool carrier which can be positioned between anchor stands ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100206711 | METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING NITROGEN ISOTOPE - The present invention provides a method for concentrating nitrogen isotope comprising a step for obtaining a final product nitrogen, in which the stable nitrogen isotope, | 2010-08-19 |