35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140238597 | COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSEL AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method for assembling a composite pressure vessel includes disposing a sealant into each of a plurality of annular slots defined in an exterior surface of a body portion of an end cap. The end cap is aligned with an end portion of a tubular member such that the exterior surface of the body portion of the end cap abuts an interior surface of the tubular member. A force is applied to the tubular member having the end cap aligned with the end portion of the tubular member. The force is applied while rotating the tubular member. The force deforms the tubular member such that the end portion conforms to the plurality of annular slots defined in the body portion of the end cap. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238598 | LAMINATE STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR FORMING, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A method for forming a laminate structure is provided. The method includes selecting a sheet layer that includes a melamine-based resin and selecting a substrate that includes wood, phenolic resin, zinc borate, and a water repellant agent. Heat and pressure are applied to the sheet layer and substrate at a temperature of from about 339° F. to 375° F., at a pressure of from about 23 bar to about 35 bar, and for a predetermined duration of from about 12 seconds to about 22 seconds. The sheet layer is then coupled to the substrate to form the laminate structure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238599 | LAMINATED MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MAKING - A method for making a polymeric microfluidic structure in which two or more components (layers) of the microfluidic structure are fixedly bonded or laminated with a weak solvent bonding agent, particularly acetonitrile or a mixture of acetonitrile and alcohol. In an aspect, acetonitrile can be used as a weak solvent bonding agent to enclose a microstructure fabricated in or on a non-elastomeric polymer such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic or other linear polymer to form a three-dimensional microfluidic network. The method involves the steps of wetting at least one of the opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate components with the weak solvent bonding agent in a given, lower temperature range, adjacently contacting the opposing surfaces, and thermally activating the bonding agent at a higher temperature than the lower temperature range for a given period of time. The contacted polymeric substrates may also be aligned prior to thermal activation and compressed during thermal activation. A laminated, polymeric microfluidic structure is also disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238600 | DECAL TRANSFER PRESS - A transfer press comprising a frame, an upper platen assembly having an induction heatable upper platen, a lower platen assembly attached to the frame. The lower platen assembly is disposed below the upper platen assembly, and an apparatus is attached to the frame and to the upper platen for moving the upper platen between a raised and lowered position relative to the lower platen and for pressing the upper platen against the lower platen. An induction heater is located adjacent the upper platen for heating the upper platen. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238601 | Applying Biaxially Oriented Polyester onto a Metal Substrate - The invention is a laminating process which is directed toward economical production methods for scalable amounts of production which develop properties suitable for a broad based product line. In particular, the product is capable of important key components of commercial properties such as adhesion, scratch resistance, chemical inertness, and bending without failure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238602 | Carpet Backing Adhesive - The present invention relates to a starch-based binder for carpet backings and carpets made therewith. The binder comprises water, a polymer and an oligomeric or polymeric starch hydrolysate compound. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238603 | HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPRISING CYANOACRYLATE CURING COMPOUNDS - A curable adhesive composition comprising (i) 10 to 80 wt-% of a derivatives of cyanoacrylic esters, cyanopentadienoate esters, methyliden malonate esters (ii) 15 to 50 wt-% non-reactive (co)polymer(s) based on unsaturated monomers selected from vinyl esters or alkyl(meth)acrylates, iii) hydrocarbon resins and optionally iv) additives. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238604 | LIFE ENHANCEMENT OF RING ASSEMBLY IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CHAMBERS - The present invention generally relates to a ring assembly that may be used in an etching or other plasma processing chamber. The ring assembly generally includes an inner ring body having a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface, and an outer ring body having a top surface, a bottom surface substantially parallel to the top surface, and an inside surface that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface, the inside surface having a roof covering a portion of the inner ring body when the inner ring body is disposed adjacent the roof, wherein the inner ring body can be flipped into a different position so that a portion of the inner ring body that is not covered by the roof provides a substantially planar surface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238605 | FILM THICKNESS MONITORING METHOD, FILM THICKNESS MONITORING DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, a film thickness monitoring method includes applying light to a laminated body, detecting reflected light from the laminated body and outputting signals corresponding to the detected light, and judging whether a film thickness of an opaque film which is a polishing target has reached a desired film thickness. The laminated body includes a transparent film and the opaque film on the transparent film. A comparison value between the signal before polishing the opaque film and the signal after starting the polishing is obtained at predetermined time intervals, and whether the film thickness of the opaque film has reached the desired film thickness is judged based on a relationship between the comparison value of the signals and a predetermined threshold value. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238606 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS CLICHEUSING LASER ETCHING AND APPARATUS FOR LASER IRRADIATION THEREFOR - A method for manufacturing a glass cliché using laser etching includes a dipping step for dipping a glass cliché, which will be etched, into an etching solution, a patterning step for irradiating laser to the glass cliché dipped in the etching solution to form a pattern therein, and a washing step for washing the patterned glass cliché. This method allows making a cliché with a high aspect ratio and fine line widths in comparison to a conventional cliché manufacturing method using photoresist for etching, and also ensures more efficient energy consumption and higher etching efficiency rather than an etching method using laser only. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238607 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to partition a processing space and a microwave generator configured to generate microwaves for plasma excitation. Further, the plasma processing apparatus includes a dielectric member mounted in the processing chamber so as to seal the processing space, and configured to introduce the microwaves generated by the microwave generator into the processing space. Further, the plasma processing apparatus includes an injector mounted in the dielectric member, and configured to supply the processing gas made in a plasma state due to the microwaves to the processing space through a through-hole formed in the dielectric member. Further, the plasma processing apparatus includes a waveguide plate made of a dielectric material mounted in the injector so as to surround the through-hole of the dielectric member, and configured to guide the microwaves propagated into the dielectric member toward the through-hole to an inside of the injector. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238608 | CERAMIC SHOWERHEAD WITH EMBEDDED RF ELECTRODE FOR CAPACITIVELY COUPLED PLASMA REACTOR - A showerhead assembly for a substrate processing system includes a back plate connected to a gas channel. A face plate is connected adjacent to a first surface of the back plate and includes a gas diffusion surface. An electrode is arranged in one of the back plate and the face plate and is connected to one or more conductors. A gas plenum is defined between the back plate and the face plate and is in fluid communication with the gas channel. The back plate and the face plate are made of a non-metallic material. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238609 | MOUNTING TABLE AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A mounting table includes a base and an electrostatic chuck provided on the base. The base has first and second top surface on which the electrostatic chuck and a focus ring are respectively provided. The second top surface is provided below the first top surface. A coolant path in the base has central and peripheral paths extending below the first and second top surfaces, respectively. The peripheral path has a portion extending along a side surface toward the first top surface. The mounting surface has central and peripheral regions. The mounting surface has protrusions formed in a dot shape. The protrusions are formed such that a contact area between the protrusions of the peripheral region and the backside of an object per unit area becomes greater than a contact area between the protrusions of the central region and the backside of the object per unit area. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238610 | ASSEMBLING AND SHAPING LAMINATE PANEL - A method of assembling and shaping a laminate panel. An intermediate member is mounted on a lay-up table and a lay-up is assembling by laying a series of plies onto the intermediate member on the lay-up table. The intermediate member and the lay-up are then removed from the lay-up table and placed them on a shaped surface. The lay-up is then forced against the shaped surface, via the intermediate member, in a manner that modifies the shape of the lay-up to form a shaped laminate panel. Finally the shaped laminate panel is removed from the intermediate member. The lay-up table can thus support the flexible intermediate member during assembly, and can be relatively flat to enable the lay-up to assembled by an automated process. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238611 | APPARATUS FOR ADHERING A SOFT SLAB AND A COVERING MATERIAL TOGETHER - The present invention relates to an apparatus for adhering a soft slab and a covering material together. The apparatus for adhering the soft slab and the covering material together includes: a moving unit consisting of a plurality of rollers for moving the soft slab; a conveyor unit including a belt configured such that air passes through the top and bottom surface thereof, and a driving unit for driving the belt, the conveyor unit being intended for transferring a covering material seated on the top surface of the belt toward an adhesive surface of the soft slab; and an air suction unit provided at the bottom surface of the belt so as to suction air such that the covering material is tightly attached onto the top surface of the belt, thereby attaching the covering material onto the adhesive surface of the soft slab without generating pleats. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238612 | DEVICE FOR FABRICATING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A device for fabricating a composite structure comprises a multi-axis positioner and an attached end effector comprising an integrated head and creel. The head has a clamp, cut and restart mechanism and a compaction roller with a rotary axis. The creel has a prismatic shape with a coupling device on the top of the creel for attachment to the multi axis positioner and a centerline which passes through the center of the creel and intersects the axis of rotation of the compaction roller. A composite placement head is attached to the bottom of the creel. A plurality of composite material supply spools are mounted on the sides of the creel and face outward from the creel. A plurality of rollers are mounted on the outside surface of the creel for directing the composite material from the supply spools to the fiber placement head. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238613 | LABELING MACHINE - A labeling machine with a rotatably driven carousel in which drive shafts for pallet shafts being parallel to the axis of rotation are rotatable, and having shaft control for rotating the drive shafts in an oscillating manner via translating gear mechanisms that are drivable by roller levers co-acting with a stationary cam system, with each gear mechanism being entirely accommodated in a capsule casing together with a supply of lubricant and the capsule casing is defined in the carousel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238614 | TRANSFER APPARATUS - To provide a transfer apparatus in which a transferred image is not displaced during image transfer and further, finish is excellent on the rear end side of a recording medium subjected to transfer, in a transfer apparatus for nipping a transfer film | 2014-08-28 |
20140238615 | ULTRASONIC COLLET HORN FOR ULTRASONIC WELDER - An ultrasonic collet horn for an ultrasonic welder has a body and a collet over which a replaceable horn tip is receivable. The collet has a plurality of axial slits therein that divide the collet into sections and a tapered axially extending bore that tapers outwardly as it extends axially outwardly. The body has a threaded bore that is threadably engageable with a threaded inner section of a collet lock. The sections of the collet are forced outwardly against an inner wall of the horn tip when the horn tip is received on the collet and the collet lock tightened into the threaded bore to secure the horn tip on the collet. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238616 | PRESS PADS - A press pad is provided for use in a laminate press. The pad comprises a woven fabric of heat resistant strands wherein at least a proportion of the weft comprises a core made up of a bundle of strands within a sheath of an elastomeric material and at least a proportion of the warp comprises metal strands. The strands forming the bundle are dose-packed prior to extrusion of the sheath around them. The transverse cross-sectional profile of the sheath is a regular geometric profile that is other than a circular profile prior to weaving of the fabric of the press pad. Preferably, the transverse cross-sectional profile of the sheath is a splined profile or a regular polygonal profile that is composed of straight lines or arcs. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF A LAYER - A system includes a first drive unit used for driving at least one of a release device, a gripper device, and a second drive unit used for driving a support device. The release device is a vacuum device. The vacuum device is coupled to a vacuum source and applies a suction force against an edge portion of one layer among a first layer disposed on a second layer. Another layer among the first layer and the second layer is held by a support surface of the support device. The vacuum device and/or the support device are movable upwards and downwards for peeling the edge portion of the one layer from the other layer. The gripper device holds the peeled edge portion of the one layer and the support device or the gripper device is movable along at least one axis for removing the one layer from the other layer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238618 | DIE EJECTOR AND DIE SEPARATION METHOD - A die ejector includes a supporting unit configured to support a bottom surface of a film on which a die may be attached. The supporting unit may have a hole formed at a center thereof. The die ejector may further include a ring-shaped elevating unit in the hole and configured to move along a vertical direction, a driving unit connected to the elevating unit and configured to move the elevating unit along the vertical direction, and a pressure controlling unit connected to the hole and configured to control a pressure of the hole. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238619 | Method And Apparatus For Mounting A Tire - A tire mounting device is configured to mount a tire to a wheel having a wheel well. The tire mounting device includes a plurality of tire engaging members including a first tire engaging member, a second tire engaging member, and a third tire engaging member. Each of the plurality of tire engaging members is configured to move into and out of engagement with a sidewall of the tire. The tire mounting device further includes a tire rotating device configured to rotate the tire about an axis. At least one member rotating apparatus is configured to rotate the second tire engaging member and the third tire engaging member about the axis. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238620 | ROTARY EVAPORATOR - A rotary evaporator ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140238621 | ROTARY EVAPORATOR - The invention relates to a rotary evaporator ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140238622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TILTING A BLIND SLAT - Various systems and methods for tilting a horizontal blind slat. More particularly, the present invention relates to a window covering having a lower profile head rail than is traditionally used in the industry for use with Venetian-type horizontal blind slats. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238623 | SYSTEM FOR PIVOTING A BLIND SLAT - Systems and methods for pivoting a blind slat by manipulating one or more tilt cords of a set of blind slats to achieve superior blind closure. More particularly, the present invention relates to a window covering having a blind slat that is rotated clockwise or counter-clockwise by rotating a driving mechanism that is positioned in a horizontal orientation. The present invention further relates to a window covering system that achieves tilting of blind slats without requiring the traditional tilting components of standard Venetian-type blinds. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238624 | WINDOW BLIND - A window blind includes a stationary seat, a blind mechanism, a coupling mechanism and a control pole. The blind mechanism includes a linking rod mounted to the stationary seat and a blind unit wound on the linking rod. The coupling mechanism includes a transmission unit connected to the linking rod and movable between an operable state and a non-operable state, a stop unit for restraining rotation of the linking rod when the transmission unit is at the non-operable state, and a resilient member for biasing the transmission unit toward the non-operable state. The control pole is connected to the transmission unit and is operable for converting the transmission unit to the operable state against a resilient force of the resilient member. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238625 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium includes a substrate, and a deinking agent incorporated in the substrate, on the substrate in a layer, or both in the substrate and on the substrate in a layer. The deinking agent is chosen from an unsaturated fatty acid having from 19 to 23 carbon atoms and combinations of these unsaturated fatty acids. The deinking agent interacts with an ink having been printed on the recording medium to remove the ink during a deinking process. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238626 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS - Provided is a method which is capable of producing a cellulose nanofiber dispersion liquid that has a low viscosity and excellent fluidity even at a high concentration, while exhibiting excellent transparency. In a method for producing cellulose nanofibers, wherein a cellulosic starting material is oxidized in water using an oxidant in the presence of an N-oxyl compound and a compound that is selected from the group consisting of a bromide, an iodide and a mixture thereof and the thus obtained oxidized cellulose is defibrated and dispersed, pulp which is obtained by carrying out kraft cooking after a hydrolysis process is used as the cellulosic starting material. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238627 | METHOD OF MAKING A FABRIC-CREPED ABSORBENT CELLULOSIC SHEET - A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet. A papermaking furnish is compactively dewatered to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber. The dewatered web is applied to a translating transfer surface that is moving at a transfer surface speed. The web is fabric creped from the transfer surface utilizing a patterned creping fabric. The fabric creping step occurs under pressure in a fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric. The creping fabric travels at a fabric speed that is slower than the transfer surface speed. The creping fabric contacts the transfer surface and applies pressure to the web against the transfer surface such that the fibers of the web are redistributed on the creping fabric to form a web with a drawable reticulum having a plurality of interconnected regions of different local basis weights. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238628 | Method for Manufacturing a Security Paper and Microlens Thread - A method for manufacturing a security paper includes an endless microlens thread having a top and an opposing bottom with the top provided at least in fractional regions with microlenses. A paper web having a predetermined ridge pattern is produced and defines ridge regions in which the microlens is embedded in the interior of the paper, and that exhibits, lying between the ridge regions, window regions in which the microlens thread emerges at the surface of the paper web. The microlens thread is introduced into the paper web and, at the same time, is joined on its bottom and, in the ridge regions, also on its top with the paper web. The paper web with the microlens thread forms the security paper. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238629 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING FIBER WEBS - Systems and methods for forming fiber webs, including those suitable for use as filter media and battery separators, are provided. In some embodiments, the systems and methods involve designs which allow improved control of the fiber web forming process. For example, in certain embodiments involving the flowing of more than one fiber mixtures, the amount of mixing of the fiber mixtures may be controlled to produce fiber webs having different structural and/or performance characteristics. In some embodiments, the systems and methods can be used to form fiber webs having a gradient in a property across a portion of, or the entire, thickness of the fiber web. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238630 | STRUCTURES COMPRISING AN ARYL AMINE AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME - Polysaccharides and/or hydroxyl polymers, more particularly, structures, especially fibers, comprising a polysaccharide and/or hydroxyl polymer and an association agent, fibrous structures comprising such structures and processes for making such structures and/or fibrous structures are provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238631 | RF APERTURE COLDPLATE - An RF aperture coldplate for positioning in heat transfer proximity to heat-generating elements of an RF antenna system is presented. The RF aperture coldplate has a front side and a rear side. The RF aperture coldplate includes waveguides each forming an opening therethrough from the front side to the rear side, and passages substantially around the waveguides. The passages are configured to conduct cooling medium around the waveguides and between the front side and the rear side of the RF aperture coldplate. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238632 | METHODS FOR REPAIRING CERAMIC CORES - A method is provided for repairing defects in a ceramic core adapted for use in a casting process. The ceramic core is formed from a slurry comprising at least one refractory powder material suspended in a liquid vehicle. The method includes forming a repair mixture comprising a liquid diluent and the at least one refractory powder material suspended in the liquid vehicle of the slurry. The repair mixture is applied to a region of the ceramic core that includes at least one defect and then the ceramic core is fired to burn off the liquid vehicle in the repair mixture and form a ceramic composition that closes the defect. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238633 | CASTING DEVICE AND CASTING METHOD - A method for manufacturing a cast component with a casting device includes providing a casting device. The casting device comprises a filling chamber, a mold cavity comprising a hollow space, runners comprising at least one of a different length and a different cross-section, and a plunger arranged in the filling chamber. The metal melt is provided in a fluid state in the filling chamber. The metal melt is advanced via the runners from the filling chamber to the mold cavity by advancing the plunger in the filling chamber. Electromagnetic fields are provided. A flow velocity of melt currents in the respective runners is increased or decreased via the electromagnetic fields so that a melt front in each of the runners reaches the mold cavity when the filling chamber has been completely filled by the plunger. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238634 | REVERSIBLE METAL HYDRIDE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND PROCESS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS - High-temperature thermal energy storage and retrieval systems, devices, and processes are described that reversibly store high-temperature heat in metal hydride beds composed of titanium-containing metals or transition metal alloy that reversibly form metal hydrides at high temperatures above about 600° C. and at low temperatures at or below 100° C. The present invention provides exergetic efficiency up to 96% or better. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238635 | RADIATOR STRUCTURE FOR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE - A radiator structure for a two-wheeled vehicle includes a radiator main body having a front surface positioned to face a running direction, and a radiator grill having a mesh part which is positioned in front of the radiator main body to cover the radiator main body. The radiator grill is positioned behind a front wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle and has a mud guard portion which fills in the mesh part in a region SWF onto which the front wheel is projected as viewed from the front. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238636 | COOLING VEHICLE COMPONENTS - A vehicle includes a heat source, a duct system communicating via openings with the exterior of the vehicle and a chamber housing temperature-sensitive components of the vehicle, the openings of the duct system being arranged such that: motion of the vehicle generates a pressure difference between openings of the duct system so as to drive a cooling airflow through the chamber when the vehicle is in motion; and one opening is higher than another of the openings so as to promote a cooling airflow through the chamber by convection when the vehicle is stationary; the chamber being within sufficient proximity to the heat source so as to be capable of reaching temperatures high enough to effectively drive the convection flow and both said airflows being isolated from any airflow to the heat source. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238637 | ION BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE COOLING - A first cooling mechanism is equipped with a heat exchange unit, in which heat exchange between a substrate and a cooling medium takes place, and flexible plastic tubing for channeling the cooling medium to the heat exchange unit; a second cooling mechanism for cooling the substrate by heat transfer; and a cooling mechanism control unit which, at least when the target substrate cooling temperature of the substrate is not higher than the critical cold resistance temperature of the plastic tubing, cools the substrate using the second cooling mechanism while channeling the cooling medium at a temperature higher than the critical cold resistance temperature through the plastic tubing. In addition, comprises temperature sensors are provided that measure the temperature of the substrate and a cooling mechanism control unit which, with controlling the temperature of the cooling medium in the first cooling mechanism, is configured to control the second cooling mechanism. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238638 | RETAINING PANEL FOR RADIANT THERMAL TRANSFER AND METHOD - A panel, for retaining a heating or cooling tube relative to a substrate, has a standoff extending from a primary flap, wherein the standoff includes a tube contacting surface. A lateral fold extends from the standoff and includes a jaw having a tube retaining surface, wherein the tube contacting surface and the tube retaining surface are located to define a tube retaining channel in a closed position of the jaw. The panel can be formed of a single piece of sheet metal, wherein the sheet metal and configuration of the panel bias the jaw to the closed position. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238639 | MODULAR ENCLOSURE SYSTEM AND KIT FOR CONTAINING AND REGULATING AIRFLOW - A modular enclosure system and kit for containing and regulating the flow of air in and around data center and gateway facility equipment (e.g., server racks, equipment racks, cabinets, data storage libraries). The modular enclosure system can readily be adapted to differing types of equipment and to the differing cooling needs of different equipment. The system includes lightweight, thermally insulated, modular, interconnectable wall and ceiling panels adapted to enclose the equipment and an inflow of cool air, vent panels adapted to regulate the flow of air into and out of the enclosure, and cable ports that allow cables to pass into and out of the enclosure while minimizing bypass airflow. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238640 | THERMAL TRANSFER STRUCTURE(S) AND ATTACHMENT MECHANISM(S) FACILITATING COOLING OF ELECTRONICS CARD(S) - Cooling apparatuses and coolant-cooled electronic assemblies are provided which include a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to one or more sides of an electronics card having one or more electronic components to be cooled. The thermal transfer structure includes a thermal spreader and at least one coolant-carrying channel associated with the thermal spreader to facilitate removal of heat from the thermal spreader to coolant flowing through the coolant-carrying channel(s). The cooling apparatus further includes a coolant manifold structure disposed adjacent to a socket of the electronic system within which the electronics card operatively docks, and a fluidic and mechanical attachment mechanism which facilitates selective, fluidic and mechanical coupling or decoupling the thermal transfer structure and coolant manifold structure, the attachment mechanism facilitating the flow of coolant between the coolant manifold structure and the coolant-carrying channel(s) of the thermal transfer structure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238641 | Heat exchanger apparatus with manifold cooling - Disclosed is a heat exchanger having heat exchange plates and a base plate that can help to mitigate the thermal stresses encountered by a heat exchanger, particularly, around the peripheral edge portions of the heat exchanger and the base of heat exchanger. This is achieved by providing a channel of coolant fluid near the peripheral edge portions which is in between the peripheral edge portions and the manifold permitting flow of hot fluid. In addition, the base plate of the heat exchanger is protected from the hot fluid flowing through the manifold by providing deflectors that shield the base plate from the hot fluid. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238642 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE AND METHOD - A heat exchange device comprising a fluid flow passage having a plurality of successive segments in fluid flow communication with one another, the segments being adapted to maintain a developing flow therein and thereby improve heat transfer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238643 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING HEAT EXCHANGERS - A system includes a cooling system and a cleaning system. The cooling system has a first pump, a heat exchanger, a liquid flow path through the first pump and the heat exchanger, a first cooling fan, and an airflow path through the first cooling fan and along an exterior surface of the heat exchanger. The cleaning system has at least one fluid outlet that may direct a fluid jet against the exterior surface of the heat exchanger to clean the exterior surface during operation of the cooling system. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238644 | HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a heat dissipating device includes steps of providing a base, wherein the base includes a clamping portion, a supporting portion and two side portions, the clamping portion is arc-shaped, a first recess structure is formed on an outer surface toward an inner surface of each side portion, the two side portions connect the clamping portion and the supporting portion, and an accommodating space is formed between the clamping portion, the supporting portion and the two side portions; disposing a first end of a heat pipe in the accommodating space, wherein the first end is supported on the supporting portion; and punching the clamping portion toward the supporting portion such that the clamping portion cooperates with the supporting portion to clamp the first end in a tight-fitting manner, wherein the clamping portion is capable of deforming through the first recess structure during punch processing. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238645 | HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURAL AND BIPHILLIC SURFACE ENERGY DESIGNS FOR ENHANCED CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER - An apparatus comprising a base layer, a distribution of separated micro-nucleation sites thereon. The apparatus also includes a distribution nanostructures located on the base layer, each of the micro-nucleation sites being adjacent to some of the nanostructures. Each of the micro-nucleation sites has a hydrophilic surface and the distribution of nanostructures form a superhydrophobic surface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238646 | SLOPED HIERARCHICALLY-STRUCTURED SURFACE DESIGNS FOR ENHANCED CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER - An apparatus. The apparatus comprises a distribution of microstructures on an area of a surface, each of the microstructures having one or more sloping sides. The apparatus comprises a distribution of nanostructures being located on the one or more sloping sides. The distribution of microstructures on the area of the surface is configured to nucleate and grow droplets of liquid from a gas. The distribution of nanostructures forms a superhydrophobic surface for the liquid. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238647 | HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM - An electronic component includes a component enclosure. At least one subcomponent is positioned within the component enclosure. The at least one subcomponent is configured to be thermally coupled to the component enclosure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238648 | Lightweight Thermal Shield - A method of making a lightweight thermal shield that includes obtaining a mold having a shaped support screen with a molding surface configured to allow the passage of air and moisture therethrough, and with the mold being adapted for drawing a vacuum from behind the support screen. The method also includes applying a wet insulation material onto the molding surface of the support screen and drawing a vacuum to withdraw moisture through the support screen and consolidate a layer of insulation material on top the molding surface. The method further includes removing the consolidated layer of insulation material from off the molding surface, installing the consolidated layer of insulation material into an outer shell layer, and drying the consolidated layer of insulation material within the outer shell layer to form a lightweight core insulation layer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238649 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a heat exchanger for heat exchange between fluids, comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet for each fluid, the inlet and outlet for each fluid being connected to one another by a flow path, the flow path of a first fluid comprising multiple heat exchange modules comprising at least one longitudinal hollow tube, wherein the modules are arranged in a matrix configuration that comprises at least two columns of longitudinal tubes and at least two rows of longitudinal tubes, and wherein a module is provided with at least one connector for connecting to a co-operating connector of an adjacent module, such that the space enclosed between adjacent modules defines a flow path for a second fluid, parallel to the flow path for the first fluid. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238650 | ACCUMULATOR AND AN AIR CONDITIONER USING THEREOF - An accumulator and an air conditioner having the same are provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor unit connected to an outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor compressing refrigerant and an accumulator transferring gas refrigerant into the compressor. The accumulator may include a housing, an inflow tube guiding refrigerant into the housing through a guide tube, and a discharge tube discharging the refrigerant from the housing. A portion of the guide tube protrudes out of the housing, and a distance between the discharge tube and a bottom of the housing is greater than that between the protruded portion of the guide tube and the bottom of the housing. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238651 | Heat Exchanger Assembly - The present application provides a heat exchanger assembly. The heat exchanger assembly may include a folded fin core with a ridge end and a trough end, a first end plate positioned about the ridge end of the folded fin core, a second end plate positioned about the trough end of the folded fin core, and with the first end plate and the second end plate including a number of protrusions thereon. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238652 | TECHNICAL PLATE - A technical can cool or heat food by the use of a PCM gel or Phase Change Material, injected at the bottom or the containment chamber of the technical plate. The chamber is designed to contain said PCM material. The technical plate is essentially composed of two parts: an upper and a lower, the upper part forming a support plane whose surface is apt to support, chill or heat the food, and the lower part is in the manner of the box-shaped body having at least a containment chamber of the PCM material. The supporting surface is preferably induction welded, forming an integral part with the lower part or box-shaped body with the containment chamber of the PCM material, after the PCM material has been injected to fill the said containment chamber. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238653 | HEAT SINK OF POROUS GRAPHITE - A heat sink using porous graphite having graphite particle-stacked porous graphite is provided. The heat sink may provide good heat conductivity and improve strength of carbon foam. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238654 | BAROMETRIC RELIEF AIR ZONE DAMPER - A control system for an HVAC system serving at least two zones, each zone receiving conditioned air by way of a zone duct, each zone duct including a zone damper having a first portion and second portion controlled by a actuator to move between an open and a closed position in response to a zone thermostat, a second portion responsive to the static pressure in a HVAC system to open and bleed an amount of conditioned air past the damper when the static pressure of the system increases above a selected level, and a weight adjustment for modifying the torque exerted by the second portion against the system static pressure to adjust the selected level. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238655 | BAROMETRIC RELIEF AIR ZONE DAMPER - A control system for an HVAC system serving at least two zones, each zone receiving conditioned air by way of a zone duct, each zone duct including a zone damper having a first portion responsive to the static pressure in a HVAC system to open and bleed an amount of conditioned air past the damper when the static pressure of the system increases above a selected level, a second portion controlled by a actuator to move between an open and a closed position in response to a zone thermostat, and a coupling mechanism coupling the first and second portions to limit the relative movements of the two portions with respect to each other, and a biasing mechanism exerting a torque against the system static pressure differential. The first portion can be a single one-piece undivided blade pivotally mounted with a shell surrounding the zone damper. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238656 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DATA CENTER - On the basis of position information p(i) denoting a position of an ith unit, and the air flow rate Q(i) through the ith unit, a differential inlet air temperature calculating block | 2014-08-28 |
20140238657 | Erosion Ports for Shunt Tubes - A gravel pack apparatus for a wellbore has a shunt tube disposed along the apparatus near a wellscreen. The shunt tube is typically composed of stainless steel and has an internal passage for conducting slurry. Along its length, the tube has flow ports for passing the conducted slurry into the wellbore. The exit ports can use erosion inserts composed of erodible material, barrier inserts having breakable barriers, flow nozzles with external sheaths or caps, erosion-resistant bushings disposed on the flow nozzles, etc. The tube can also include a tube body having the exit ports and flow nozzles integrally formed thereon. The tube body can couple end-to-end with sections of shunt tube. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238658 | Well Shut In Device - An arrangement for extraction of hydrocarbons includes a flow conduit that leads from a subsurface region to an above-surface region. A normally-closed shut-in valve is located in the subsurface region of the flow conduit. A hydraulic system is arranged to cause the shut-in valve to open when the hydraulic system is pressurised. A release valve releases pressure in the hydraulic system. A wireless interface having a unique identifier is adapted to open the release valve on receipt of a wireless communication from a remote device. A plurality of remote devices each include a wireless transmitter that is compatible with the wireless interface and able to transmit control instructions to the wireless interface. At least one control instruction in any sequence of control instructions is issued by the remote device including the unique identifier. The wireless interface is adapted to ignore control instructions containing an identifier differing from the unique identifier. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238659 | Articulated Wireline Hole Finder - The articulated wireline hole finder is a modular device which attaches to the bottom of a wireline logging tool-string to aid conveyance down irregular shaped and/or deviated boreholes which possess features such as ledges, washouts, and contractions, that might otherwise terminate full descent of the tool-string to the bottom of the borehole and thereby compromise the wireline data acquisition objectives. Elements of the articulated wireline hole finder may include a low friction roller nose assembly and spacer sub, an articulated spring joint, that transfers tool-string weight and directs lateral movement of the roller nose towards hole center, and a pair of five arm centralizers that possess a wide dynamic range. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238660 | Downhole Seal Element and Related Apparatuses - A downhole seal element ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140238661 | THREADED TUBULAR COMPONENT AND RESULTING CONNECTION - A threaded tubular component configured for drilling or working hydrocarbon wells, the tubular component including, at one of its ends, a threaded zone formed on its external or internal peripheral surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type. The end portion is at least partially coated with a dry film, including a thermoplastic or thermoset matrix including microcapsules filled with compounds in liquid form. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238662 | MITIGATION OF DOWNHOLE COMPONENT VIBRATION USING ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATION REDUCTION - An apparatus for reducing vibration in a downhole component includes: an electrically conductive auxiliary mass attached to the component and configured to vibrate in a direction corresponding to a direction of downhole component vibration and absorb a portion of the downhole component vibration; and a magnetic component configured to generate a magnetic field through the auxiliary mass having a direction at least partially perpendicular to the direction of auxiliary mass vibration, the magnetic field configured to induce a current in the auxiliary mass in response to auxiliary mass vibration. The apparatus has an auxiliary mass vibration frequency tuned relative to a selected natural vibration frequency of the downhole component to reduce vibration of the downhole component, the auxiliary mass vibration frequency based on a magnetic stiffness of the auxiliary mass, the magnetic stiffness based on a strength of the magnetic field and/or a resistance of the auxiliary mass. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238663 | Apparatus and Method for Determining Closure Pressure From Flowback Measurements of a Fractured Formation - An apparatus for determining a closure pressure of a fractured formation surrounding a wellbore is disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes an isolation device for isolating a section of the wellbore, a fluid supply unit for supplying a fluid from the wellbore under pressure into the isolated section of the wellbore to cause a fracture in the formation proximate the isolated section, a receiving unit for receiving fluid from the isolated section at a constant or substantially constant rate due to pressure difference between the formation and the receiving unit, and a sensor for determining pressure of the formation during receiving of the fluid into the receiving unit. The apparatus further includes a controller for determining the closure pressure from the determined pressure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238664 | NOISE ISOLATION TOOL - Generally, the present disclosure is directed to noise isolation tools that may be used to minimize or even eliminate the detrimental effects that rogue noise events may have on the noise data acquired by a noise logging tool during a noise logging operation. In one illustrative embodiment, a noise isolation tool that is adapted to be used in a noise logging operation is disclosed, the noise isolation tool including, among other things, a body and at least one noise suppression element mounted on the body, the at least one noise suppression element having a substantially circular disc shaped configuration that is adapted to extend radially across at least a portion of a width of an annular space between the body and an inside surface of a wellbore casing during the noise logging operation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238665 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING STABLE CEMENT SLURRY FOR DOWNHOLE INJECTION - A method for manufacturing stable lightweight cement slurry in a continuous manner for downhole injection comprising the steps of manufacturing a foamed gas having desired density ranging from about 2.15 to about 2.35 lb/cubic ft. and utilizing foam stabilizing nonionic surfactant. And, an apparatus for carrying out the method. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238666 | Method and Apparatus for Magnetic Pulse Signature Actuation - A wellbore servicing tool comprising a housing comprising one or more ports and generally defining a flow passage, an actuator disposed within the housing, a magnetic signature system (MSS) comprising a magnetic sensor in signal communication with an electronic circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the actuator, and a sleeve slidably positioned within the housing and transitional from a first position to a second position, wherein, the sleeve is allowed to transition from the first position to the second position upon actuation of the actuator, and wherein the actuator is actuated upon recognition of a predetermined quantity of predetermined magnetic pulse signatures via the MSS. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238667 | Downhole Fluid Analysis Methods - Fluid analysis measurements may be performed during withdrawal of a downhole tool to the surface. Fluid may be collected within a fluid analysis system of the downhole tool and the collected fluid may be exposed to the wellbore pressure during withdrawal of the downhole tool. Measurements for the collected fluid, such as optical density, the gas oil ratio, fluid density, fluid viscosity, fluorescence, temperature, and pressure, among other, may be recorded continuously or at intervals as the downhole tool is brought to the surface. The measurements may be employed to determine properties of the collected fluid, such as the saturation pressure and the asphaltene onset pressure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238668 | TESTING WHILE FRACTURING WHILE DRILLING - A drilling procedure is operated such that a formation around the wellbore being drilled is fractured and then reservoir fluids from a hydrocarbon reservoir contained in the formation are flowed into the wellbore where the flow of the reservoir fluids is tested. Production predictions for the wellbore are processed from the measurements made on the flow of reservoir fluids and decisions regarding further drilling operations are made based upon the reservoir fluid measurements. By testing reservoir fluids prior to completing the wellbore, drilling operations such as, for example, continuing to drill the wellbore may be made without tripping the drillstring from the wellbore. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238669 | Magnetically Clamping A Downhole Component to A Direction of A Borehole Casing - Systems and methods for magnetically autonomously clamping a downhole component in a select direction of a borehole casing. The systems can include a sensor package that obtains a downhole measurement in a position in a cased borehole. The systems can include an integral magnetic clamp that removably clamps the downhole component (e.g., a downhole seismic shuttle) to the cased borehole. The systems can include a directional detector that outputs a select direction of the cased borehole relative to the downhole component. The systems can include a downhole controller that activates a portion of the integral magnetic clamp of the downhole component closest to the select direction output by the directional detector. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238670 | Downhole Measurement Of Formation Characteristics While Drilling - Methods and apparatus for acquiring mud gas logging data, comparing the mud gas logging data to second data associated with a sidewall fluid sample measurement, and adjusting calibration data associated with a mud gas logging tool based on the comparison of the mud gas logging data and the second data associated with the sidewall fluid sample measurement. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238671 | PHENOL-ALKOXYLATE CO-SOLVENT SURFACTANT COMPOSITION - Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions including a surfactant and a phenol-alkoxylate co-solvent useful in enhanced oil recovery. The compositions and methods provided herein are particularly useful for oil recovery under a broad range of reservoir conditions (e.g. high to low temperatures, high to low salinity, highly viscous oils). | 2014-08-28 |
20140238672 | Systems And Methods For Multi-Fluid Geothermal Energy Systems - A method is disclosed for extracting geothermal energy from a geothermal reservoir formation. The method may involve using a production well to extract brine from the reservoir formation. At least one of nitrogen (N | 2014-08-28 |
20140238673 | METHODS OF STABILIZING WEAKLY CONSOLIDATED SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION INTERVALS - Methods of fracturing a weakly consolidated target interval in a wellbore in a subterranean formation including providing a pad fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and nanoparticulates; providing a fracturing fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and gravel; introducing the pad fluid in the wellbore at or above a fracture gradient rate so as to create or enhance at least one fracture at or near the weakly consolidated target interval, such that the nanoparticulates in the pad fluid penetrate into the weakly consolidated target interval and into the at least one fracture; introducing the fracturing fluid in the wellbore at or above the fracture gradient rate so as to enhance the at least one fracture and form a proppant pack in the at least one fracture; and consolidating the weakly consolidated target interval. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238674 | Clean Fluid Loss Control Additives - Methods of providing fluid loss control in a portion of a subterranean formation comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a plurality of seeds; introducing the treatment fluid into a portion of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore such that the seeds block openings in the subterranean formation to provide fluid loss control; and degrading the seeds over time within the subterranean formation. In some methods, the seeds are present in the treatment fluid in an amount of at least about 5 pounds per barrel. In addition, in some methods the seeds are preferably degradable. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238675 | DOWNHOLE INJECTION TOOL - The present invention relates to downhole injection tool ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140238676 | CEMENT SLURRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - A cement slurry composition is described as having cement, water, and organic polymeric particles. The composition also includes non-ionic surfactants, which may contain ethoxylate groups or contain both ethoxylate groups and propyxlate groups in the hydrophilic part. The non-ionic surfactant acts to disperse the hydrophobic polymeric particles in the slurry and to reduce or prevent foaming. The cement slurry composition is prepared and then pumped into the subterranean well and placed in a zone of the subterranean well. Time is then allowed for the cement slurry composition to set into a solid mass in the zone. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238677 | CHITIN NANOCRYSTAL CONTAINING WELLBORE FLUIDS - The current invention relates to the use of chitin nanocrystals and chitin nanocrystal derivatives. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of chitin nanocrystals and chitin nanocrystals used in oil and gas operations. The chitin nanocrystals and chitin nanocrystals derivatives can be used as additives to cement and wellbore fluids and can be used to inhibit corrosion in pipelines, on downhole tools and on other oil and gas related equipment. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BALLISTIC TAILORING OF PROPELLANT STRUCTURES AND OPERATION THEREOF FOR DOWNHOLE STIMULATION - Propellant structures and stimulation tools incorporating propellant structures may comprise composite propellant structures including two or more regions of propellant having different compositions, different grain structures, or both. An axially extending initiation bore containing a initiation element may extend through a center of the propellant structure, or may be laterally offset from the center. An offset initiation bore may be employed with a composite grain structure. Methods of tailoring ballistic characteristics of propellant burn to result in desired operational pressure pulse characteristics are also disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238679 | TRANSPORT OF HEAVY OIL - Provided herein are, inter alia, heavy crude oil emulsion compositions and methods of making the same. The compositions and methods provided herein are particularly useful for the transport of heavy crude oils. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238680 | DOWNHOLE STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD OF USE - A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238681 | System and Method for Controlling and Optimizing the Hydrothermal Upgrading of Heavy Crude Oil and Bitumen - A system and method is provided for upgrading a continuously flowing process stream including heavy crude oil (HCO). A reactor receives the process stream in combination with water, at an inlet temperature within a range of about 60° C. to about 200° C. The reactor includes one or more process flow tubes having a combined length of about 30 times their aggregated transverse cross-sectional dimension, and progressively heats the process stream to an outlet temperature T(max) | 2014-08-28 |
20140238682 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WELLBORE FLUID TREATMENT - A tubing string assembly is disclosed for fluid treatment of a wellbore. The tubing string can be used for staged wellbore fluid treatment where a selected segment of the wellbore is treated, while other segments are sealed off. The tubing string can also be used where a ported tubing string is required to be run in in a pressure tight condition and later is needed to be in an open-port condition. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238683 | Integrated Arctic Fracking Apparatus and Methods - An apparatus includes a frame structure and one or more fracking fluid tanks carried by the frame structure. The one or more fracking fluid tanks arranged to contain a fracking fluid usable during a fracking procedure. One or more fracking pumps may be carried by the frame structure, the one or more fracking pumps being configured to pump the fracking fluid to a wellhead of a wellbore at high pressure. An integrated piping system connects with the one or more fracking pumps to carry fracking fluid that was contained in the one or more fracking fluid tanks toward the one or more fracking pumps. Mobility-enabling structure supports the frame structure, the one or more fracking fluid tanks, the one or more fracking pumps, and the integrated piping system, the mobility enabling-structure being configured to enable conveyance of the apparatus to a fracking site. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238684 | DEBRIS EVACUATOR FOR CLEANING A MASONRY BORE - A fitting having a cover tube connected to one end and a pressure line in the fitting, connected to a rigid tube projecting from the fitting and through the cover tube. The method includes projecting a rigid tube in a masonry bore, and applying pressurized air to blow debris from the bore to be captured in a cover tube. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238685 | LOCKING MECHANISM - A device for heave compensation of a tool unit that is suspended via one or more wires from a mast mounted on a platform, each wire at a first end being attached to the mast via an attachment and running via a first heave compensation unit, and each wire at a second end being attached to a second heave compensation unit that is connected to the tool unit. The second heave compensation unit includes a movable compensation mechanism, which at its first end is attached to the wire and which at its second end is attached to the tool unit. The second heave compensation unit includes a releasable locking device with which the motions of the compensation mechanism can be selectively prevented and allowed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238686 | INTERNAL RISER ROTATING FLOW CONTROL DEVICE - A rotating flow control device, and more particularly a rotating control flow device for use inside a riser assembly during offshore drilling activities. The rotating flow control device has a stationary housing adapted to mount between the interconnected ends of riser pipe. The bearing assembly of the rotating flow control device is entirely contained within the riser pipe and maybe remotely detached and removed from the stationary housing. The rotating flow control device may be positioned in the riser such that it effectively isolates the riser slip joint from pressurized well bore returns. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238687 | 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 retro-fitted 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. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238688 | Modular Top Loading Downhole Pump - A method and apparatus for improving the production efficiency of a well and preventing gas lock. The apparatus is a downhole pump and comprises a barrel, a reciprocating plunger and a body having a plurality of inlet valves. The apparatus does not require outlet valves. The body and inlet valves are positioned above the barrel and plunger, thus eliminating gas lock. Fluids enter the body through the valves and, during upstrokes of the plunger, are forced up the tubing string to the surface equipment. Modularity of the components permits pump components to be changed as the productivity of the well fluctuates and also allows production of more fluids with a smaller casing. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238689 | Wellbore Packer And Method - A wellbore packer for setting against a wellbore wall in a wellbore, the wellbore packer including: a mandrel including a upper end and an lower end; and an outer housing encircling the mandrel and including a first compression ring, a second compression ring, an annular packing element encircling the mandrel and positioned between the first compression ring and the second compression ring, the sealing element being expandable to form an annular seal about the packer by compression between the first compression ring and the second compression ring; and an anchoring mechanism including a slip that is expandable outwardly into a set position and a slip actuation assembly to drive expansion of the slip. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238690 | CURVED CASING PIPE WITH TIMED CONNECTIONS - A casing pipe assembly can include a first casing pipe having a top coupling member and a pipe curvature, where the top coupling member has first threads in a first direction, and where the pipe curvature substantially corresponds to a wellbore curvature. The casing pipe assembly can also include a second casing pipe having a bottom coupling member and substantially the same pipe curvature, where the bottom coupling member has second threads in a second direction. The casing pipe assembly can further include a coupling device having a bottom coupling member and a top coupling member, where the bottom coupling member has third threads in the first direction that threadably couple to the first threads of the first casing pipe, and where the top coupling member has fourth threads in the second direction that threadably couple to the second threads of the second casing pipe. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238691 | ANTI-ALTERATION WELLHEAD VAULT - A wellhead vault for preventing alteration of the wellhead of a water supply. The vault is a heavy bell-shaped structure, formed of concrete, and having a downwardly facing concavity, and the vault placed over, with the concavity around the wellhead. The vaults too heavy to be removed by human lifting. Lifting elements are provided to allow the vault to be installed and removed by heavy construction equipment. The vault has a vent that communicates between the concavity and the outside, allowing air, but not liquid, liquid or solid contaminants, or animals, to pass through. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238692 | HIGH PRESSURE TIE BACK RECEPTACLE AND SEAL ASSEMBLY - A tie back assembly and method of use is presented. In one method, a tie back seal mandrel is inserted into a tie back receptacle. Both the inner surface of the tie back receptacle and the outer surface of the seal mandrel are tapered to cooperate when mated. A seal assembly forms an annular seal between the tapered surfaces when the mandrel is inserted into the receptacle. Preferably the seal assembly has a burst seal and a collapse seal carried on one of the tapered surfaces, where the seals are spaced apart longitudinally. The seals are positioned at locations along the tapered surfaces to provide adequate wall thickness for support at pressure. Hydrostatic fluid in the wellbore increases the force necessary to withdraw the seal mandrel dues to creation of a lower pressure zone between the spaced apart seals. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238693 | WELLHEAD SYSTEM FOR TIEBACK RETRIEVAL - A wellhead assembly includes a casing head, tubing head, and a production tree mounted on the tubing head. An isolation sleeve is set in a main bore of the wellhead assembly that extends across an interface between the casing and tubing heads so that a portion resides in each. The isolation sleeve is configured so that a fracturing string, and its associated hanger, can be retrieved through the isolation sleeve; which significantly reduces the time and steps required to conduct a fracturing operation in a well. Moreover, the present isolation sleeve can be used without changes to existing casing or tubing heads. | 2014-08-28 |
20140238694 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR USE IN A WELLBORE AND A METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A BARRIER IN A WELLBORE - The present invention relates to a downhole support device ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140238695 | STROKER DEVICE - A stroker device ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140238696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING AND SERVICING SUBTERRANEAN WELLS WITH ROTATING COILED TUBING - A system is provided for drilling and/or servicing a well bore using continuous lengths of coiled tubing in which a turntable assembly rotates a coiled tubing reel assembly and a counter balance system about the well bore such that the coiled tubing is rotated while in the wellbore. A coiled tubing injector may be provided on a separate turntable assembly or on the same turntable assembly as the reel assembly. A swivel support assembly may be provided for managing operation lines associated with the system. | 2014-08-28 |