35th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120216525 | METHOD OF STARTING AND OPERATING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY HEAT ENGINE - A shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley, a second rotatable pulley, and an SMA material disposed about the first and second rotatable pulleys and between a hot region and a cold region. A method of starting and operating the SMA heat engine includes detecting a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region using a controller, decoupling an electrical generator from one of the first and second rotatable pulleys, monitoring a speed of the SMA material about the first and second rotatable pulleys, and re-engaging the driven component if the monitored speed of the SMA material exceeds a threshold. The SMA material may selectively change crystallographic phase between martensite and austenite and between the hot region and the cold region to convert the thermal gradient into mechanical energy. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216526 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY HEAT ENGINES AND ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS - An energy harvesting system in thermal communication with a hot region and a cold region includes a hot end heat engine in thermal communication with the hot region, a cold end heat engine in thermal communication with the cold region, and an intermediate heat engine disposed between the hot end heat engine and the cold end heat engine. The hot end heat engine includes a hot end shape memory alloy (SMA) element, the cold end heat engine includes a cold end SMA element disposed, and the intermediate heat engine includes an intermediate SMA element. A hot side of the intermediate SMA element is in thermal communication with a cold side of the hot end SMA element. A cold side of the intermediate SMA element is in thermal communication with a hot side of the cold end SMA element. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216527 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY HEAT ENGINES AND ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS - A heat engine includes a first rotatable pulley and a second rotatable pulley spaced from the first rotatable pulley. A shape memory alloy (SMA) element is disposed about respective portions of the pulleys at an SMA pulley ratio. The SMA element includes a first wire, a second wire, and a matrix joining the first wire and the second wire. The first wire and the second wire are in contact with the pulleys, but the matrix is not in contact with the pulleys. A timing cable is disposed about respective portions of the pulleys at a timing pulley ratio, which is different than the SMA pulley ratio. The SMA element converts a thermal energy gradient between the hot region and the cold region into mechanical energy. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216528 | VEHICULAR ENGINE HAVING TURBOCHARGER AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME - An engine comprises an intake manifold, first and second cylinder banks, a turbocharger, a flow passage, and first and second cylinder banks The first and second cylinder banks are each in fluid communication with a respective output of the intake manifold. The turbocharger is associated with the second cylinder bank and includes a compressor input port and a compressor output port. The flow passage is in fluid communication with each of the compressor output port and an input of the intake manifold. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216529 | ENGINE EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - An internal combustion engine including a two-stage turbocharger configuration is described. Located between the turbines of the two-stage turbocharger may be an oxidation catalyst and a passive NOx adsorber or an oxidation catalyst and an SCR device. An exhaust path extending from an engine body of the internal combustion engine to the second turbine of the two-stage turbocharger configuration may also include one or more hydrocarbon sources or one or more ammonia sources. A bypass valve arrangement may permit decreased flow through the first stage of the two-stage turbocharger arrangement as well as one or more of the elements positioned between the turbines of the two-stage turbocharger. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION - An engine system includes a first cylinder group, a second cylinder group, an inlet manifold coupled to the first cylinder group and the second cylinder group, an inlet passage coupled to the inlet manifold to provide inlet air to the inlet manifold, a first exhaust manifold coupled to the first cylinder group, a second exhaust manifold coupled to the second cylinder group, and a mixer pipe positioned within the second exhaust manifold and/or the intake passage to mix exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gases exhausted by the second cylinder group that are delivered through the second exhaust manifold with inlet air. The mixer pipe forms an inlet end that is coupled to the second exhaust manifold and an outlet end that is located upstream of the cylinders in the first cylinder group and the cylinders in the second cylinder group. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216531 | Method of Operating a Vehicle Equipped With a Pneumatic Booster System - An apparatus and method for improving vehicle performance by application of pneumatic boost to vehicle engines, including diesel engines having at least one turbocharger supplying air to the engine, in a manner which increases engine torque output while minimizing the potential for exceed various operating limits to the maximum practicable extent. The vehicle's pneumatic booster system controller implements strategies for shaping the rate of the air injection during a boost event, tailoring the air injection to obtain maximum engine torque output while respecting the operating limits, by controlling the timing, duration, quantity and/or injection pattern during a boost event to achieve a refined distribution of compressed air injection over the course of the boost event to provide desired engine torque output and fuel efficiency while minimizing the potential for exceeding a wide variety of operation limits, regulatory, engineering and passenger comfort limits. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216532 | Method of Operating a Vehicle Equipped With a Pneumatic Booster System - An apparatus and method for improving vehicle performance by application of pneumatic boost to vehicle engines, including diesel engines having at least one turbocharger supplying air to the engine, in a manner which increases engine torque output while minimizing the potential for exceed various operating limits to the maximum practicable extent. The vehicle's pneumatic booster system controller implements strategies for shaping the rate of the air injection during a boost event, tailoring the air injection to obtain maximum engine torque output while respecting the operating limits, by controlling the timing, duration, quantity and/or injection pattern during a boost event to achieve a refined distribution of compressed air injection over the course of the boost event to provide desired engine torque output and fuel efficiency while minimizing the potential for exceeding a wide variety of operation limits, regulatory, engineering and passenger comfort limits. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216533 | Method of Operating a Vehicle Equipped With a Pneumatic Booster System - An apparatus and method for improving vehicle performance by application of pneumatic boost to vehicle engines, including diesel engines having at least one turbocharger supplying air to the engine, in a manner which increases engine torque output while minimizing the potential for exceed various operating limits to the maximum practicable extent. The vehicle's pneumatic booster system controller implements strategies for shaping the rate of the air injection during a boost event, tailoring the air injection to obtain maximum engine torque output while respecting the operating limits, by controlling the timing, duration, quantity and/or injection pattern during a boost event to achieve a refined distribution of compressed air injection over the course of the boost event to provide desired engine torque output and fuel efficiency while minimizing the potential for exceeding a wide variety of operation limits, regulatory, engineering and passenger comfort limits. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216534 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND SETTING AN ACTUATOR OF AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER, AND AN ACTUATOR INTENDED FOR A CHARGING DEVICE - A method for mounting and setting an actuator of an exhaust gas turbocharger and a suitable electric actuating device are provided. The actuating device has an axially movable actuating rod which is connected to a coupling element which for its part is connected via a pivot pin to an actuation section of a bypass valve, the actuation section being configured as a lever arm. In order to set the desired closed position of the bypass valve during a predefined actuation of the actuating device, the coupling element is first connected to the actuating rod while still being displaceable. Before the fixing, the position of the actuating device which corresponds to the closed position is set by application of the corresponding voltage to the electric actuating device. Subsequently, a prestressing force is applied to the coupling element coaxially with respect to the actuating rod via a pneumatic actuator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216535 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A SOLAR THERMAL RANKINE CYCLE - A cooling system for solar thermal Rankine cycle is provided. The cooling system includes a fluid reservoir filled with a cooling fluid. Moreover, at least one condenser with a reservoir side and a steam side, which is in thermal connection to the solar steam turbine to cool and condense the steam from the solar steam turbine, is provided. A respective solar steam turbine including a cooling system as well as a method for cooling and condensing steam from a solar steam turbine are also provided. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216536 | SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE POWER CYCLE CONFIGURATION FOR USE IN CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS - Methods and solar power generation systems including a working fluid circuit providing for the flow of supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO | 2012-08-30 |
20120216537 | Solar Receiver - A solar receiver for a solar thermal power system includes a silicon carbide body having a passage therethrough. A coating on an outer surface of the silicon carbide body may increase absorption of solar radiation relative to the silicon carbide body. A plurality of silicon carbide fins may extend outwardly from the silicon carbide body, the fins oriented such that when the receiver is placed on a tower of a solar thermal power system having a plurality of heliostats, the fins are substantially perpendicularly to solar radiation received on the silicon carbide body from the plurality of heliostats. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216538 | STIRLING ENGINE SOLAR CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM - A Stirling engine solar concentrator system including a primary reflector ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216539 | MODULE-BASED OXY-FUEL BOILER - A boiler system for producing steam from water includes a plurality of serially arranged oxy fuel boilers. Each boiler has an inlet in flow communication with a plurality of tubes. The tubes of each boiler form at least one water wall. Each of the boilers is configured to substantially prevent the introduction of air. Each boiler includes an oxy fuel combustion system including an oxygen supply for supplying oxygen having a purity of greater than 21 percent, a carbon based fuel supply for supplying a carbon based fuel and at least one oxy-fuel burner system for feeding the oxygen and the carbon based fuel into its respective boiler in a near stoichiometric proportion. The oxy fuel system is configured to limit an excess of either the oxygen or the carbon based fuel to a predetermined tolerance. The boiler tubes of each boiler are configured for direct, radiant energy exposure for energy transfer. Each of the boilers is independent of each of the other boilers. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216540 | COAL POWER PLANT HAVING AN ASSOCIATED CO2 SCRUBBING STATION AND HEAT RECOVERY - The invention relates to a method for recovering heat by joining a plurality of heat flows of a fossil-fired, in particular carbon-fired, power plant ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216541 | MULTISTAGE PRESSURE CONDENSER AND STEAM TURBINE PLANT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A pressure bulkhead has a plurality of holes and divides a low-pressure chamber at low pressure in the vertical direction. A cooling-tube bank is located in an upper section of the low-pressure chamber and performs heat exchange with low-pressure steam guided to the low-pressure chamber by introducing coolant therein to condense the low-pressure steam to low-pressure steam condensate. A reheat chamber serves as a lower section of the low-pressure chamber and stores the low-pressure steam condensate falling from the holes in the pressure bulkhead. A high-pressure-steam introducing unit introduces high-pressure steam within a high-pressure chamber at high pressure to the reheat chamber. A plurality of plate members are parallel to each other below the pressure bulkhead and extend in a falling direction of the condensate falling from the holes in the pressure bulkhead. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216542 | Combustor Mixing Joint - The present application and the resultant patent provide a mixing joint for adjacent can combustors. The mixing joint may include a first can combustor with a first combustion flow and a first wall, a second can combustor with a second combustion flow and a second wall, and a flow disruption surface positioned about the first wall and the second wall to promote mixing of the first combustion flow and the second combustion flow. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216543 | DIFFUSING GAS TURBINE ENGINE RECUPERATOR - A gas turbine engine recuperator including exhaust passages providing fluid flow communication between an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet, the exhaust inlet being oriented to receive exhaust flow from a turbine of the engine and the exhaust outlet being oriented to deliver the exhaust flow to atmosphere, the exhaust inlet having a smaller cross-sectional area than that of the exhaust outlet, and a cross sectional area of each exhaust passage progressively increasing from the exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet such as to diffuse the exhaust flow. Air passages are in heat exchange relationship with the exhaust passages and provide fluid flow communication between an air inlet and an air outlet designed to sealingly engage respective plenums of the gas turbine engine. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216544 | SWIRL REDUCING GAS TURBINE ENGINE RECUPERATOR - A gas turbine engine recuperator recuperator including exhaust passages providing fluid flow communication between an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet, the exhaust inlet being oriented to receive exhaust flow from a turbine of the engine and the exhaust outlet being oriented to deliver the exhaust flow to atmosphere, the exhaust passages having an arcuate profile in a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the recuperator to reduce a swirl of the exhaust flow. Air passages are in heat exchange relationship with the exhaust passages and providing fluid flow communication between an air inlet and an air outlet, design to sealingly respective plenum of the gas turbine engine. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216545 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM SUPPLY PRECOOLER BYPASS - A precooler for cooling compressor bleed air for an environmental control system includes a heat exchanger in fluid communication with a source of cooling air and operable for cooling the bleed air. A variable bypass valve between a bleed air source and environmental control system is operable for bypassing at least a portion of the compressor bleed air around the heat exchanger. The cooling air may be a portion of fan air modulated by a variable fan air valve. The bleed air source may be selectable between the low pressure bleed air source and a high pressure bleed air source. One method includes flowing the compressor bleed air from a single low pressure source only and increasing thrust sufficiently to meet a minimum level of pressure of the bleed air during one engine out aircraft operating condition during approach or loitering. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216546 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TURBO GENERATOR COOLING - A method and apparatus for the operation of a gas turbine unit with an evaporative intake air cooling system in the intake air pathway, wherein the return water flow of the evaporative intake air cooling system is used for the cooling of components of the gas turbine unit and/or of a generator coupled to the gas turbine unit and/or of another element coupled to the gas turbine unit, and a gas turbine unit adapted to be operated using this method. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216547 | POWER PLANT FOR CO2 CAPTURE - An exemplary fossil fuel fired power plant is disclosed with minimum impact of the CO2 capture system on a power part of the plant. A power plant is disclosed which is ready for the retrofit of a CO2 capture plant, and a method is disclosed for retrofitting an existing plant into a power plant with CO2 capture. A power plant part is disclosed which can provide steam and power to operate CO2 capture system, and provide a CO2 capture system, which has the capacity to remove CO2 from flue gas flow of the power part, and of the additional power plant part. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216548 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING MULTIPLE TORQUE PATHS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - Systems and methods involving multiple torque paths of gas turbine engines are provided. In this regard, a representative method for reducing overspeed potential of a turbine of a gas turbine engine includes: providing a first load to the turbine via a first torque path; providing a second load to the turbine via a second torque path; and operating the turbine such that: mechanical failure of a component defining at least a portion of the first torque path does not inhibit the second load from being applied to the turbine via the second torque path; and mechanical failure of a component defining the second torque path does not inhibit the first load from being applied to the turbine via the first torque path. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216549 | SYSTEM, PROPULSION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - One embodiment of the present invention is a unique vehicle. Another embodiment is a unique propulsion system. Yet another embodiment is a unique system. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for vehicle propulsions systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216550 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A CRYOGEN - A fluid spray device system ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216551 | CASCADE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH FLUOROOLEFIN REFRIGERANT - The present invention relates to a cascade refrigeration system which circulates a refrigerant comprising a fluoroolefin therethrough. The cascade refrigeration system includes a low temperature refrigeration loop and a medium temperature refrigeration loop. The fluoroolefin circulates through either loop, or both. In a particular embodiment, the fluoroolefin circulates through the medium temperature loop. In a particular embodiment, where the cascade refrigeration system includes a first and a second cascade heat exchanger, and a secondary heat transfer loop which extends between the first and second cascade heat exchangers, either the first and/or second refrigerant may be, but need not necessarily be, a fluoroolefin. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ABSORPTION CHILLER CONFIGURED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCE COOLING AND HEATING - A system for controlling an absorption chiller includes feedback control loops determining adjustments to system cooling and heating capacities and a controller for simultaneously adjusting positions of an energy input valve, a hot water valve, and a chilled water valve. The controller adjusts valves based on desired adjustments to system cooling and heating capacities and performance maps characterizing relationships between cooling capacity and heating capacities and valve positions. A method for controlling an absorption chiller includes the step of obtaining a performance map characterizing heat energy input to cooling and heating loops as functions of valve positions. To obtain the map, the hot water valve is held in a substantially constant position while the chilled water valve is modulated. Similarly, the hot water valve is modulated while the chilled water valve is held in a substantially constant position. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216553 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING WIRE CONNECTIONS IN A VAPOUR COMPRESSION SYSTEM - A method for determining wire connections in a vapour compression system ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216554 | INTELLIGENT ENERGY-SAVING AIR CONDITIONER - An intelligent energy-saving air conditioner includes a control device ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216555 | MEDIATING APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioner selectively executes a first control which carries out an air conditioning by driving a compressor by a frequency which is controlled based on a set value and a space temperature, and a second control which carries out an air conditioning with a predetermined air conditioning capacity. The operating apparatus switches an activeness and an inactiveness of a signal based on a scale relationship between the space temperature and the set temperature. An instructing part instructs the air conditioner to start the second control with an input to a inputting part as a trigger, and instructs the air conditioner to finish the second control with a switch of the signal as a trigger. An estimated value of the set temperature is calculated based on the space temperature with the switch of the signal as a trigger, and is transmitted as the set value to the air conditioner. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216556 | REFRIGERATION MANAGING APPARATUS - A refrigeration managing apparatus that can reduce the time taken to determine refrigerant piping groups which connect refrigerant supply devices and cooling devices is provided. When determining cooling devices connected to refrigerant supply devices using refrigerant pipes, the refrigeration managing apparatus detects changes in the temperatures of evaporators of the cooling devices when the refrigerant supply devices are operated/stopped in accordance with change patterns which are stored in advance, which are determined on the basis of the number of refrigerant supply devices, and in which the states of the refrigerant supply devices are changed with time by being switched between an in-operation state and a stopped state. The refrigeration managing apparatus determines that, among the cooling devices, a cooling device having the evaporator whose temperature changes in synchronization with the in-operation/stopped state of a refrigerant supply device among the refrigerant supply devices is connected to the refrigerant supply device. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216557 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM - To determine whether or not integral control is performed when a requested compressor output value is limited by an upper or lower limit, based on an evaporator temperature deviation, prevent divergence of an integral value, and make an evaporator temperature follow a target evaporator temperature during the integral control, an evaporator temperature deviation calculation means, integral control means for calculating an integral value based on an evaporator temperature deviation, and output value calculation means for calculating a requested compressor output value based on the integral value and limiting the requested compressor output value to calculate a compressor output value are provided. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216558 | Packaged HVAC System For Indoor Installation - A pre-packaged air conditioning system for providing heating, cooling, ventilation and energy recovery, the system comprising: an energy recovery ventilator, condenser, condenser fan, compressor, expansion device, flow reversing valve, evaporator and evaporator fan; an inlet for providing outside air to the evaporator, the inlet for extending beyond a wall of a host structure; and an exhaust duct for exhausting air outside of the host structure, the exhaust duct for extending beyond a wall to the host structure; wherein the energy recovery ventilator, condenser, condenser fan, compressor, evaporator and evaporator fan are housed within a single envelope configured for installation inside the host structure. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216559 | MOUNTING DEVICE - A mounting device includes a mounting body for mounting thereon a target object to be subjected to a predetermined process; and a cooling mechanism for cooling the target object via the mounting table. The cooling mechanism includes a heat exchanger provided at a bottom surface of the mounting table, and a cooling unit having a heat absorbing unit for absorbing heat from a heat transfer medium of the heat exchanger. Further, the cooling unit is fixed to the heat exchanger through the heat absorbing unit. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216560 | REFRIGERATOR - Embodiments relates to a refrigerator that makes it possible to improve water supply performance by disposing an air exhaust unit in a water supply channel connected to the output side of a pump supplying water from a water tank to an ice maker or a dispenser, and effectively return water remaining when the use of dispenser is finished, by using an opening/closing member in the water supply channel, and a water tank for a refrigerator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216561 | ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - An ice maker including a heating type ice-making tray capable of securing ice ejecting and a refrigerator including the ice maker are disclosed. According to a refrigerator including the ice maker, the ice may be securely ejected from the ice-making tray. As a result, reliability of ice ejecting may be improved. The water generated when the ice is ejected in the ice maker may be prevented from falling to an ice container efficiently. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216562 | UNITARY HEAT PUMP AIR CONDITIONER HAVING A HEAT EXCHANGER WITH AN INTEGRAL ACCUMULATOR - The disclosure relates to a unitary heat pump air conditioner (Unitary HPAC) having a plate type exchanger assembly, an electrically driven compressor, and coolant pumps. The plate heat exchanger assembly includes a plurality of plates stacked and hermetically sealed between an upstream end plate and a downstream end plate. The stacked plates define a condenser/chiller portion adjacent the upstream end plate, an accumulator portion adjacent the downstream end plate, and an evaporator/chiller portion sandwiched between the condenser/chiller portion and the accumulator portion. A refrigerant passageway extends through the plate type heat exchanger assembly, a hot coolant passageway extends through the condenser/chiller portion, and a cold coolant passageway extends through the evaporator/chiller portion. The cold coolant passageway and the hot coolant passageway are in non-contact thermal communication with the refrigerant passageway. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216563 | SURFACE FEEDING AND DISTRIBUTION OF A REFRIGERANT FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER IN SORPTION MACHINES - The invention relates to an evaporator for sorption machines, comprising a heat exchanger provided with at least one tube and/or preferably tubular accessories, and a porous material which allows vapour to pass through is in contact with the tubes and/or the tubular accessories. The invention also relates to the use of fibrous material as filing material in an evaporator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216564 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR RECOVERING VOLATILE LIQUIDS - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for recovering volatile liquids collected in volatile storage tanks (T). The apparatus comprises absorption and condensation chambers ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216565 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CONSTANCY OF COMPRESSIVE STRESS IN GLASS IN AN ION EXCHANGE PROCESS - The present disclosure is directed to a method for producing constancy of the ion-exchanged product stress profile through adjustment of ion-exchange conditions by taking account of the influence of salt bath poisoning on the bath's useful lifetime. The present disclosure is directed to a method of ion-exchange in which the salt bath temperature and salt bath time are adjusted as a function of the amount of alkali metal ions that exchange in the bath. That is, temperature and time are adjusted as a function of salt bath poisoning. Temperature is set to its highest value and time to its shortest value in the starting un-poisoned salt bath, those values chosen to hit target values of surface compressive stress and exchange depth of layer. Temperature is then reduced and time lengthened as salt bath poisoning proceeds, those changes chosen to maintain the same surface compressive stress and exchange depth of layer. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216566 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING GLASS DEFECT SOURCE, FUSION CAST REFRACTORY AND GLASS MELTING FURNACE USING IT - The present invention provides a method for identifying a glass defect source, whereby a glass defect source can directly be identified without using a mathematical simulation. The method for identifying a glass defect source, which comprises a step of constructing a glass melting furnace by using, as lining furnace material, a fusion cast refractory containing at least one tracer component selected from Cs | 2012-08-30 |
20120216567 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ULTRASONIC ACOUSTIC ENERGY TO A GLASS MELT - A method of applying ultrasonic acoustic energy to a glass melt by monitoring a glass melt temperature T | 2012-08-30 |
20120216568 | GLASS MELTING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - A glass melting furnace is operated under a set of control parameters. A glass batch is fed into the glass melting furnace and melted into molten glass. During the melting, a surface layer comprising a portion of the glass batch and foam forms over the molten glass. A plurality of thermograms of the interior of the glass melting furnace is obtained. The thermograms are analyzed to determine whether there is instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer. The set of control parameters are then adjusted to reduce a determined instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216569 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CONSTANCY OF COMPRESSIVE STRESS IN GLASS IN AN ION-EXCHANGE PROCESS - The present disclosure is directed to a method for producing constancy of the ion-exchanged product stress profile through adjustment of ion-exchange conditions by taking account of the influence of salt bath poisoning on the bath's useful lifetime. The present disclosure is directed to a method of ion-exchange in which the salt bath temperature and salt bath time are adjusted as a function of the amount of alkali metal ions that exchange in the bath. That is, temperature and time are adjusted as a function of salt bath poisoning. Temperature is set to its highest value and time to its shortest value in the starting unpoisoned salt bath, those values chosen to hit target values of surface compressive stress and exchange depth of layer. Temperature is then reduced and time lengthened as salt bath poisoning proceeds, those changes chosen to maintain the same surface compressive stress and exchange depth of layer. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216570 | LOCAL STRENGTHENING OF GLASS BY ION EXCHANGE - This disclosure describes a process for strengthening, by ion-exchange, the edges of an article separated from a large glass sheet after the sheet has been ion-exchanged to strengthen by exposing only the one or a plurality of the edges of the separated article to an ion-exchange medium (for example without limitation, a salt, paste, frit, glass) while the glass surface is maintained at temperatures less than 200° C. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216571 | GLASS-MELTING FURNACE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MOLTEN GLASS, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PRODUCTS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PRODUCTS - Glass raw material particles are dropped from an oxygen combustion burner | 2012-08-30 |
20120216572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING PHOSPHORUS AND BORON FROM POLYSILICON BY CONTINUOUSLY SMELTING - The present invention relates to the polysilicon purification technology field with physical metallurgy technology, especially to a method for removing P and B impurities in the polysilicon using electron beam melting technology. In this method, two electron guns are used for irradiating electron beam to melt polysilicon, meanwhile, P and B are removed in a dual process. P will firstly be removed, and then B will be further removed through further melting for evaporation. At last the low-B and low-P polysilicon evaporated on the deposit board is collected. In the equipment used, the vacuum cover and vacuum circular cylinder constitutes the shell of the device; the inner part of vacuum circular cylinder is the vacuum chamber, which is formed by the left and right part and divided by the separation plate. This method effectively improves the purity of the polysilicon and achieves the requirements for solar grade silicon with perfect purification effect, stable technology, and high efficiency. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216573 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MASS PRODUCING 3D ARTICLES FROM 2D GLASS-CONTAINING SHEETS - An apparatus for mass production of 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets includes a heating section having a heating station that includes a heating chamber adapted to receive a 2D glass-containing sheet, a pneumatic bearing system proximate to the heating chamber for suspending the 2D glass-containing sheet inside the heating chamber, and a heater system proximate to the heating chamber for supplying heat to the heating chamber. A forming section downstream of the heating section has a forming station that includes a mold system adapted to shape a heated 2D glass-containing sheet into a 3D article. A cooling section downstream of the forming section has a cooling chamber adapted to controllably cool off one or more 3D articles. A method of mass producing 3D articles from 2D glass-containing sheets involves use of the apparatus. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216574 | Process for Melting and Refining Soda-Lime Glass - A process for making soda-lime glass includes calcinating calcium carbonate in solid phase and at elevated temperature to form calcium oxide and release gases such as carbon dioxide. Sodium silicate glass is formed separately in liquid phase while releasing gaseous reaction products. The calcium oxide and the sodium silicate glass intermediate products are mixed in liquid phase to form a soda-lime glass melt. Formation of sodium silicate glass as an intermediate product before mixing with the calcium oxide has the advantage of promoting release of gaseous reaction products in the sodium silicate due at least in part to the relatively low viscosity of the sodium silicate glass. The calcination step and/or the sodium silicate-forming step and/or the final mixing step can be carried out under reduced pressure further to promote release of gases and reduce bubble formation. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING VOLATILIZED MATERIALS FROM AN ENCLOSED SPACE IN A GLASS MAKING PROCESS - An apparatus and method for removing volatilized chemical compounds from within enclosed or partially enclosed spaces containing molten glass. One or more condensing devices are positioned within the enclosure to produce preferential condensation of the vapor on condensing elements of the condensing devices, thereby facilitating easy removal of the condensates from the enclosure. The condensing elements may have a variety of shapes and sizes depending on the design of the enclosure. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216576 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY FOR APPLYING ULTRASONIC ACOUSTIC ENERGY TO A GLASS MELT - An ultrasonic transducer assembly is provided comprising an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic booster, an ultrasonic probe, and a booster cooling unit. The ultrasonic booster is connected to the ultrasonic transducer to amplify acoustic energy generated by the ultrasonic transducer and transfer the amplified acoustic energy to the ultrasonic probe. A seated end of the ultrasonic probe is positioned in a probe seat of the ultrasonic booster. The booster cooling unit is positioned to regulate the temperature of the probe seat of the ultrasonic booster such that the assembly supports a temperature dependent press-fit engagement of the seated end of the ultrasonic probe and the probe seat of the ultrasonic booster. The temperature dependent press-fit engagement is such that the seated end of the ultrasonic probe can be reversibly moved in and out of the probe seat at an elevated temperature T | 2012-08-30 |
20120216577 | MOLTEN GLASS DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL QUALITY GLASS - A molten glass delivery system is modified to match it with the overflow downdraw process. A substantial number of defects not removed by the finer are diverted to the unusable inlet and distal edges of the sheet. In one embodiment, the stirring device is relocated from the outlet to the inlet of the finer. In another embodiment, the basic shape of the finer is preferably changed from a cylindrical shape to a Double Apex (or Gull Wing) shaped cross-section, whereby the apexes of the finer contain the glass that will form the unusable inlet end of the glass sheet. The finer vent or vents are preferably located at these apexes such that any homogeneity defects caused by the vents are diverted to the unusable inlet end of the glass sheet. The finer cross-section has a high aspect ratio for increased fining efficiency as compared to a cylindrical finer. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216578 | GLASS FURNACE HAVING CONTROLLED SECONDARY RECIRCULATION OF THE GLASS - The invention relates to a furnace for melting and fining glass, which includes: a vault provided with a heating means, a hearth ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216579 | ADAPTIVE WATER LEVEL ADJUSTMENT FOR AN AUTOMATIC WASHER - An apparatus and method for determining the degree of engagement between a clothes mover and fabric items during a wash process, and a method for setting the liquid level in the automatic washer based on the degree of engagement between a clothes mover and the fabric items. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216580 | WASHING MACHINE - A washing machine which has an improved structure to easily assemble guide members guiding a connected position of an upper cover to the frames with the upper surfaces of frames. The washing machine includes frames forming the external appearance of the washing machine, an upper cover connected to the upper portions of the frames to form an inlet, and at least one guide member connected to the upper portions of the frames to guide the upper cover. The at least one guide member includes a guide protrusion connected to the upper cover, a fixing hook to connect the at least one guide member to the upper portions of the frames, and at least one fixing protrusion provided around the fixing hook to prevent movement of the at least one guide member connected to the upper portions of the frames. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216581 | COMPUTER LOCK - The present invention discloses a computer lock including a lock body, a guide seat, a lock tongue seat, a spring, a hook cylinder, and a cable rope set. The hook cylinder has a hook part extending outwards from the front end thereof. The hook part is arranged at inner wall of a slot of a computer; by lock actuation of a key, the guide seat is actuated to guide the lock tongue of the lock tongue seat to outstretch forward and enter the slot along the guide groove on the front end of the hook cylinder. By the foregoing mechanism, the computer lock is of being easy operation and can be locked and unlocked conveniently to prevent the computer from being stolen. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216582 | HANDLE DEVICE COMPRISING A SHELL-SHAPED BEARING - The invention relates to a handle device ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216583 | ARRANGEMENT HAVING A LOCK CROSSBEAM AND A HOOD LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An arrangement for a vehicle body of a motor vehicle is provided. The arrangement includes a lock crossbeam having a front wall and a hood lock fastened on the front wall of the lock crossbeam and having a lock case. The front wall has a first depression in which the hood lock is at least partially accommodated. The first depression is stepped. The front wall has a front stop surface that is spaced apart from a rear stop surface. The lock case presses against the front stop surface and the rear stop surface while a middle part of the lock case is accommodated in the first depression. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216584 | ROTARY-STYLE COMBINATION LOCK ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The present disclosure describes rotary-style combination locks and associated methods of manufacture and use. In one embodiment, a lock includes a locking member movable between locked and unlocked configurations with respect to a housing and a dial having characters around the circumference that align with an indicator to enter the lock's combination. The lock can include combination discs having tabs oriented thereon that allow the lock to have a predefined combination including adjacent characters on the dial. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216585 | LOCK CYLINDER - The invention relates to a lock cylinder ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216586 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL FITTINGS - A method of manufacturing a ball and cone fluid fitting includes providing a first conduit with a generally spherical-shaped exterior surface, and providing a second conduit with a generally conical-shaped interior surface. The generally conical-shaped surface is coined with a master ball to create a seating surface for the generally spherical-shaped exterior surface of the first conduit. At least a portion of the generally spherical-shaped exterior surface is coated with a softer metal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216587 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PRESTRESSING COMPONENTS BY ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE - An apparatus for pre-stressing a component, the apparatus includes means to direct a beam of radiation in a path through a medium adjacent to the component between a pair of electrodes to produce ionisation in the path through the medium and means to produce an electrical discharge between the pair of electrodes in the path through the medium to produce a pressure pulse in the medium adjacent to the component without the electrical discharge directly contacting the component, the pressure pulse impacting a surface of the component to produce a region of compressive residual stress within the component. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216588 | WIRE ROLL STAND WITH INDIVIDUAL DRIVE - The invention relates to a roll stand ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216589 | PRETENSIONER AND PRETENSIONER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pretensioner is provided, of which the cylinder, including a restriction portion, can be inexpensively formed, the cylinder having the restriction portion for positioning a gas generation unit to be mounted to a cylinder, and a pretensioner manufacturing method for manufacturing such a pretensioner is provided. In the pretensioner, since the cylinder is molded by forging, an inexpensive material compared with a stainless pipe member can be used for the molding. In addition, since the positioning portion can be molded during forging-molding for molding the entire cylinder, cost can be reduced even in this regard. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216590 | METHOD OF FORMING INDUSTRIAL HOUSINGS - A method of forming a housing which includes roll forming a steel tube radially inwardly with a plurality of rollers each having a rolling axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube, the rollers compressing the tube and forming reduced diameter portions and enlarged diameter portions. The method then includes cutting the tube perpendicular to the longitudinal axis generally midway through an enlarged diameter portion and a reduced diameter portion, forming a plurality of minor image preforms. Finally, the method includes cold working the preforms into the desired shape of the housing and increasing the strength of the steel at least 15% and forming a housing member having enlarged diameter open end and a reduced diameter open end. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216591 | Crimping Apparatus - An apparatus for crimping an end fitting onto a flexible drilling hose is described. The apparatus includes a frame supporting a plurality of crimping dies arranged in a circular pattern and extending along a radial axis from a common longitudinal axis. The frame is manually movable along a linear slideway parallel to said longitudinal axis to position said crimping dies with respect to the assembly to be crimped. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216592 | HOT STRETCH FORMING DIE HAVING DISTORTION-MINIMIZING CHARACTERISTICS - A hot stretch wrap forming die typically includes a rigid backing section, a series of spaced ribs extending forward from the backing section, and an elongated face sheet secured to the ribs forward of the backing section with a convex forward-facing die face. The ribs elastically deflect during thermal expansion of the face sheet when a heated metal bar is forced against the die face so that the metal bar transfers heat to the face sheet. The die typically includes stiff ribs secured to the backing section and the face sheet which provide substantially fixed points for the face sheet during its thermal expansion. The face sheet may include several face sheet segments which together from the die face. The face sheet may also include contour plates which form respective portions of the die face and which may be used to adjust the specific contour of the die face. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216593 | ELECTRONIC CHEMICAL TRACE DETECTOR - A hotplate chemical trace detector comprising a heatable conducting plate with a heater element having a predetermined temperature-power characteristic. A balancing circuit comprises an adjustable resistor for tuning the heater element to a predefined resistor value. A processor is provided for adjusting the adjustable resistor so as to provide a stabilized temperature in said heatable conducting plate and a detection circuit is provided for detecting a change of resistance in the heatable conducting plate in accordance with the presence of a chemical trace reacting in the presence of the conducting plate. According to the invention a test circuit is provided for measuring a dissipated power in the heater element and for calculating a real temperature from the dissipated power in the heater element based on the predetermined temperature-power characteristic. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216594 | FRAMEWORK WITH STANCHIONS FOR A PROVER - A prover mounted upon a supporting lower framework includes a piston supporting rod extending longitudinally through a cylinder, which cylinder receives and discharges a fluid to measure the flow rate of the fluid by translation of the piston from the fluid receiving end to the fluid discharging end. Motive means supported on a frame mounted on the prover draws the rod toward the fluid receiving end of the cylinder. An upper framework is attached to the lower framework through a plurality of stanchions. Various I-beams formed as part of the upper framework enhance rigidity to the combination of lower framework and upper framework. The combination of lower framework and upper framework provides support for the prover in a horizontal or a vertical orientation without affecting the operation, repair or maintenance of the prover. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216595 | FRAMEWORK ENVELOPING A PROVER - A prover mounted upon a supporting lower framework includes a piston supporting rod extending longitudinally through a cylinder. Motive means supported on a frame mounted on the prover draws the rod toward the fluid receiving end of the cylinder. An upper framework is attached to the lower framework through a plurality of stanchions. Various I-beams formed as part of the upper framework enhance rigidity to the combination of lower framework and upper framework. The combination of lower framework and upper framework provides support for the prover in a horizontal or a vertical orientation without affecting the operation, repair or maintenance of the prover. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216596 | Systems And Methods For Impact Testing - A testing system having a retainer configured to selectively retain a specimen and a carrier configured to selectively carry the retainer along an at least partially predefined space curve from a first point along the space curve to a second point along the space curve, wherein a gravitational potential energy of the retainer at the first point is greater than a gravitational potential energy of the retainer at the second point. The retainer is configured to release the specimen in response to the retainer moving to a location that provides the retainer a predetermined gravitational potential energy. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216597 | SAMPLE PRECONCENTRATOR - There is provided a sample preconcentrator. The sample preconcentrator in which a sample gas injection port is coupled to a dried gas supply source and a gas analysis system to concentrate a sample gas comprises a sample concentrating unit containing an absorbent that is composed of carbon nanotube-metal nanocomplexes; a conduit switching valve for selectively coupling the sample gas injection port to the dried gas supply source and the gas analysis system and controlling the absorption and desorption of the sample gas from the sample concentrating unit; and a plurality of conduits for connecting the sample gas injection port, the dried gas supply source, the gas analysis system, the sample concentrating unit and the conduit switching valve. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216598 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ABSOLUTE QUANTITY OF EACH COMPONENT OF GAS USING QMS - The present invention relates to a system for measuring an absolute quantity of each component of a gas using a QMS, more particularly to a system for measuring an absolute quantity of each component of a gas using a QMS, which is capable of performing not only a qualitative analysis but also a quantitative analysis in an accurate manner, using just a trace amount of gas introduced through a pinhole. According to the present invention, the productivity of products can be improved, and production management can be performed in an efficient manner, thereby improving industrial competitiveness. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216599 | GAS SENSOR, CONTACT MEMBER OF GAS SENSOR AND SENSOR ELEMENT RETAINING MEMBER FOR CONTACT MEMBER OF GAS SENSOR - To provide a gas sensor which can stably carry out a retention of a sensor element by a contact member and a reservation of an electric continuity between them. A contact member has an insertion port in which the sensor element is inserted and retained to obtain an electric connection with the sensor element. The contact member is provided with a plurality of sensor element retaining members which respectively have a plurality of abutting parts abutting on the sensor element, at least a part of a plurality of abutting parts is a first abutting part which has a leading end part formed as a linear shape or a point-like shape, and the leading end part of the first abutting part is a free end part which applies an elastic force to the sensor element while having point contact or line contact with the sensor element. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216600 | SELF-MONITORING FLOW MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - self-monitoring flow measuring arrangement includes a pipeline system flowed through by a medium, a control device installed in the pipeline system on the inlet-side, which varies a flow rate of the total medium flowing into the pipeline system according to a predetermined time-dependent periodic change profile; at least one flow measuring device installed in the pipeline system, which is located at a measuring location, which is located behind the control device in the flow direction, and through which the entire medium flowing through the pipeline system flows, and which measures the flow rate (Q | 2012-08-30 |
20120216601 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR ANALYZING CELL MOTILITY - Methods, apparatus, and systems for analyzing the motility of motile cells, such as neutrophils, are described. The microfluidic devices described herein generally include a main channel and one or more side channels and can be used for causing migration of cells in response to a biochemical gradient. The main channel has an inlet and an outlet and can be sized to receive the cells. The side channels that branch from the main channel terminate in a closed end and are sized such that the cell migrates into and through the side channel in response to a concentration gradient established between the main channel and the interior of the side channels in which the biochemical stimulus is trapped after priming and loading. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216602 | Pressure Monitor Optimization Of Fluid Path Utilization - A device comprising a pressure monitor and a control means that receives a signal representing measured pressure at the pressure monitor and controls the controllable elements of a fluid system is utilized to monitor a fluid system for error conditions, to optimize operations and to diagnose the fluid system. By following a testing protocol that selectively enables parts of the system, the control means narrows the list of possible failing components. Comparing the measured pressure against normal pressures allows the device to identify error conditions. Determining the volume of fluid being transported and controlling the duration of the flow optimizes operation of the fluid system. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216603 | Adaptive real-time contaminant detection and early warning for drinking water distribution systems - A method for monitoring water in a distribution system is disclosed where the sensor sampling schedule is changed in real time in response to a contaminant or other chemical passing through the sampling location. This results in finer determination of where the contaminant is located in the water distribution and identification of the contaminant with a lower false rate than random or scheduled sampling. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216604 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE BY SUBSTITUTIONAL STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY AND A SENSOR CHIP USED THEREFOR - Provided are a method for quantifying a chemical substance with high accuracy by substitutional stripping voltammetry, and a sensor chip used therefor. A method for quantifying a chemical substance in a sample solution, comprising the following steps: (a) preparing a sensor chip having a stripping gel covered with a protection gel, (b) supplying the sample solution to the surface of the sensor chip to cover the surface with the solution, (c) applying a potential to the first working electrode with potentiostat, and connecting the second working electrode to the stripping electrode to generate reactions on the electrodes, (d) applying a potential to the stripping electrode in a condition where no potential is applied to either the first or the second working electrode to measure a current through the stripping electrode, and (e) calculating, on the basis of the current, the concentration of the oxidation-reduction substance to quantify the chemical substance. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216605 | Amperometric Sensor System - A sensor system that measures at least one parameter of water includes an electronics subsystem and includes a sensor housing electrically and mechanically coupled to the electronics subsystem. The sensor housing encloses a chamber that receives water via at least one inlet and that releases water via at least one outlet. At least one sensor has at least one electrode exposed to water in the chamber. A flow generator causes water to flow through the chamber. A plurality of objects within the chamber move in response to the water flow and abrasively clean the at least one electrode. Preferably, the sensor system includes a chlorine sensor having at least two electrodes. The electronics subsystem applies a first differential voltage between the two electrodes during a measurement interval and then applies a second differential voltage between the two electrodes during an interval following the measurement interval. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216606 | INSPECTION OF INSTALLED/MANUFACTURED MATERIAL - An apparatus and a method for monitoring a ratio of at least two mixed components use a sensor for detecting taggant particles in one of the components of the mixed material after installation. The sensor is positioned adjacent a surface of the installed mixture and is connected to a control device for displaying an indication of a mixture ratio of the components below the surface. The control device also generates a profile of the mixture ratio of the installed mixed material versus a distance from the surface. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MOISTURE AT AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A system is provided for detecting moisture at an absorbent article. The system includes a device arranged to be attached on the absorbent article and a resonance circuit including a moisture sensitive part, wherein the resonance circuit has a first resonance frequency when the moisture sensitive part is in a dry condition and a second resonance frequency when the moisture sensitive part is in a moist condition. The system further includes a monitoring unit being arranged to transmit a test signal to the device, receive a response signal from the device, determine a frequency of the response signal and generate a detection signal if the determined frequency corresponds to the second resonance frequency. There is also provided a method for detecting moisture at a device attached on an absorbent article. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216608 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PARAMETERS OF FLUID FLOW IN TURBOMACHINERY - A system, including, a boundary layer rake, including a rake body, a coolant path extending through the rake body, and a first probe coupled to the rake body, wherein the first probe is configured to measure a first parameter of a first boundary layer flow along a first wall. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216609 | Method for Determining the Delivery Rate of a Liquid Conveying Device - The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the delivery rate of a liquid conveying device, in particular a concrete pump, wherein on the basis of measured values concerning the pressure of the liquid the number of the pump strokes of the concrete conveying device is determined, in particular substantially calculated, by series-connection of a plurality of filters with adaptive filter length and variable detection limits. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a liquid conveying device and to a construction vehicle with a liquid conveying device. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216610 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS - An automatic analysis apparatus that can suction a target sample through an sample dispensing probe at a single sample dispensing position by transferring a sample rack holder having one or more sample containers from a first sampler unit to a second sampler unit and by moving the transferred sample rack in a horizontal direction and up-and-down directions at the fixed single sample dispensing position. By fixing a fluid sampling position of a sample container held by a sample rack at the single position, a sample dispensing accuracy of an automatic analysis apparatus can be increased. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216611 | PROSTHETIC COMPONENT HAVING A COMPLIANT SURFACE - A prosthetic component suitable for long-term implantation is provided. The prosthetic component measures a parameter of the muscular-skeletal system is disclosed. The prosthetic component comprises a first structure having at least one support surface, a second structure having at least one feature configured to couple to bone, and at least one sensor. The electronic circuitry and sensors are hermetically sealed within the prosthetic component. The sensor couples to the support surface of the first structure. The support surface of the first structure is compliant. The first and second structure are coupled together housing the at least one sensor. In one embodiment, the first and second structure are welded together forming the hermetic seal that isolates the at least one sensor from an external environment. The at least one sensor can be a pressure sensor for measuring load and position of load. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216612 | LOW INERTIA FRAME FOR DETECTING CORIOLIS ACCELERATION - A sensing frame is disclosed. The sensing frame includes a first rail and a second rail. The first and second rails are constrained to move along a first axis parallel to the first and second rails. The frame includes a base and at least two guiding arms for ensuring that the first rail and the second rail move in anti-phase fashion along the first axis. First and second guiding arms are flexibly coupled to the first rail and second rail. The first guiding arm is flexibly suspended to the base at first anchoring points for allowing rotation of the first guiding arm, and the second guiding arm is suspended to the base at a second anchoring point allowing rotation of the second guiding arm. The sensing frame includes a plurality of coupling flexures and a transducer for sensing motion of the first and second rails. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216613 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - An angular velocity sensor includes: a frame including a pair of first beams extending in a first direction and opposed to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a pair of second beams extending in the second direction and opposed to each other in the first direction, and connections between those pairs; a drive unit that vibrates the frame in a first plane, to which the first and second directions belong, in a vibration mode in which when one pair of those pairs move closer to each other, the other move away from each other, and vice versa; a first detector that detects, based on the amount of deformation of the frame in the first plane, an angular velocity around an axis of a third direction orthogonal to the first plane; and a support mechanism including a base portion and joint portions. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216614 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR, RESONATOR GYRO ELEMENT, RESONATOR GYRO SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A piezoelectric substrate includes vibrating arms, a base portion to which one end portion of each vibrating arm is connected, spindle portions formed in the other end portion of each vibrating arm, formed to have a large width, and having first groove portions formed therein, and second groove portions that are formed along the resonator center line of each vibrating arm, and flexure-torsional combined resonator is excited. A piezoelectric resonator element has flexural resonator of flexure-torsional combined resonator that is excited as its principal resonator and sets the cutting angle of the piezoelectric substrate, the widths and the depths of the first groove portion and the second groove portion, and the thickness of the vibrating arm such that the frequency-temperature characteristics represent third-order characteristics with respect to the temperature. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216615 | METHOD OF MEASURING ACCELERATION USING A FIBER OPTIC PARTICLE MOTION SENSOR - A method of measuring acceleration using an optical sensor. In the optical sensor, acceleration, acoustic velocity, or displacement (vibration) causes a corresponding shift in the center wavelength of the sensor output. The sensor can be coupled to a high-speed interferometric interrogator through an unbalanced fiber interferometer. The unbalanced interferometer functions to translate optical wavelength shift into phase shift, which is easily demodulated by the interrogator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216616 | MEMS Device With Enhanced Resistance to Stiction - A MEMS device ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE ULTRASOUND TESTING - Methods, systems and computer program products for nondestructive ultrasound imaging are provided. An example method defines a plurality of subarrays, each comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements. The method transmits a plurality of ultrasound beams from each of the plurality of subarrays, each ultrasound beam being transmitted at a preset beamsteering angle. Subsequent to each transmit, the method receives, at the array, a plurality of ultrasound reflections corresponding to the plurality of ultrasound beams. For each point to be imaged, the method selects one set of received element data for each of the plurality of subarrays. The selected set of element data corresponds to an ultrasound beam having a focal point closest to the point to be imaged. Finally, the method reconstructs a point to be imaged based on the selected received element data, and constructs an ultrasound image by repeating this process for each point to be imaged. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216618 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING INTERNAL RAIL FLAWS - A method for imaging internal flaws of a rail is disclosed. The method may include transmitting multiple ultrasound pulses into the rail along transverse and longitudinal axes of the rail, acquiring reflected ultrasound data from the rail, processing the reflected ultrasound data by applying an ultrasound migration technique to the reflected ultrasound data, and mapping the internal flaws of the rail based on the reflected ultrasound data processed by the ultrasound migration technique. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216619 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING SOUND SOURCE DISTRIBUTION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A device for measuring a sound source distribution in three-dimensional space is provided in which tracer particles included in a steady flow around an object ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120216620 | RESONATOR INCLUDING A PASSIVATION LAYER, A VIBRATING SENSOR INCLUDING SUCH A RESONATOR, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A resonator has a body of silicon-based material with at least one resonant part having at least one portion covered in an electrical conduction layer and at least one portion not covered in a conduction layer. The portion of the resonator not covered in a conduction layer is covered in a passivation layer in such a manner that, in the resonant part, the silicon-based material is completely covered by the conduction layer and by the passivation layer in combination. A vibrating sensor is also provided which includes such a resonator and a method of fabricating the resonator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216621 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A supporting frame section of a diaphragm layer and a fixing section of a pressure sensor are joined using a first joining material. A pair of bases of a pressure sensitive element layer and a pair of supporting sections are joined using a second joining material having a melting point higher than the melting point of the first joining material. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216622 | ROBUST DESIGN OF HIGH PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE - In a pressure sensing element made of piezoresistors formed into a silicon substrate, thermally-induced stresses on the piezoresistors and thermally-induced voltage offsets can be reduced by thinning the substrate prior to forming the resistors and then forming the resistors into the thinned-out recess. Forming a circular or disk-shaped recess in the substrate and then forming the resistors therein is believed to cause thermally-induced stresses to be evenly distributed and/or cancelled out on all four piezoresistors of a Wheatstone bridge circuit. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216623 | In situ roof covering test method & device - A machine for testing shingles and structure covering with a measuring devise supported above the surface, The way it measures shingle strength, Database of new undamaged shingle strength values based upon manufacture, shingle type and approval ASTM test method, How the devise attaches to the shingle specimen, Moveable and repeatable results, and Compares damaged and non-damaged shingles based upon their ASTM test method certification. | 2012-08-30 |
20120216624 | VISCOELASTICITY MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is a viscoelasticity measuring apparatus in which an undesirable sample shape change such as a buckle caused as a result of thermal expansion of a sample is eliminated so as to prevent a deformation in a displacement detector direction due to the thermal expansion and a bending of the sample between a sample grasping member and a chuck, to thereby improve accuracy of measurement. In the viscoelasticity measuring apparatus, a thin part is provided in a part of an elastic arm for holding the sample so as to be easily deformed by a thermal expansion force of the sample. Thus, an undesirable shape change such as the buckle generated when the sample is expanded thermally is effectively eliminated, and necessary stiffness is maintained with respect to a load of the sample and hence accuracy of measurement is improved. | 2012-08-30 |