| 37th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
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| 20080216702 | Model railroad track scrubbing car - The invention is a model railroad track scrubbing car with rollers set at a scrub angle of about 30° to scrubs the tops and sides of the track rails. The rollers freely rotate about fixed axels under the chassis of the weighted car. Each roller is preferably a conventional paint roller with an inner sleeve and an outer tubular roll made of an absorbent, compressible, resilient foam material. The active working surfaces of each roller compress against, frictionally engage and deform around the tops and sides of the rails. The scrub angle and rollers provide across-the-rail scrubbing action and possibly along-the-rail scrubbing action. The circumferential working areas of the rollers are wider than the width of their associated track rails. The scrub angle and height of the roller axels above the track rails are adjustable to set the amount of roller compression and scrubbing action against the track rails. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216703 | Rake of rail cars for passenger transport - A rake for use in trams and suburban vehicles comprising modules and single-articulation devices for connecting the modules, having an axis of rotation, or dual-articulation connection devices having two axes of rotation which are spaced-apart along the longitudinal line of the rake is disclosed. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216704 | Conformal Coating - A conformal coating comprises a binding layer and a particulate which provides shielding against conductive crystalline structure growth. The particulate comprises materials that provide a tortuous path to substantially inhibit the growth of conductive crystalline structure on electrically conductive surfaces. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216705 | Corrosion resistant coatings with modified metal salts of corrosion resisting organic anions - A corrosion-responsive agent comprising a neutralized metal salt of a corrosion inhibiting organic anion and methods of making and using it are described. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216706 | Metallic Pigment Composition and Uv Metallic Ink Composition or Uv Metallic Coating Composition Using the Same - The invention provides a metallic pigment composition capable of preventing gelation of a UV metallic ink or a UV metallic coating material containing an ultraviolet-curable resin and providing good metallic effect and the stability with lapse of time and a UV metallic ink composition and a UV metallic coating material composition using it. The metallic pigment composition contains metal flakes and a nitrocellulose as essential components and the nitrocellulose is contained at a ratio in a range of 0.1 to 12 parts by mass to the metal flakes 100 parts by mass. The UV metallic ink and a UV metallic coating material are provided by adding the metallic pigment composition. The surfaces of the metal flakes are preferable to be coated with a phosphorus compound. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216707 | Compositions for imparting images on fibrous structures - A composition suitable for printing onto a fibrous structures and/or absorbent paper products is disclosed. The composition is provided with an ink composition and a silicone composition. The ink composition contains from about 0% to about 50% pigment, from about 0% to about 50% resin, and from about 100% to about 0% water. The silicone composition contains from about 1% to about 75% of silicone, from about 99% to about 25% emulsion, and from about 0% to about 99% water. The composition comprises from about 50% to about 99.75% of the ink composition and from about 0.25% to about 50% of the silicone composition. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216708 | Organically modified siloxanes and their use for producing preparations for water-repellent impregnations - The invention relates to organomodified siloxane compounds of the general formula (I) | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216709 | CATIONICALLY STABILISED AQUEOUS SILICA DISPERSION, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND ITS USE - Cationically stablished aqueous silica dispersion, method for its production and its use. A method is described for the production of cationically stabilised silica in which silica is cationically stabilised in the form of an aqueous dispersion or a powder by mixing with an acid aminosilane solution. A cationically stabilised silica powder may be obtained by removing the solvent. The cationically stabilised silica dispersion obtained is highly storage stable. Mixing with organic binding agents such as PVA is possible without a significant increase in viscosity. The dispersions are particularly suitable for coating slips for printing media, such as inkjet paper, but also for the surface treatment of substrates, e.g. for the hard coating of plastics, or in parting compounds or abrasives and polishing agents. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216710 | Method of Processing Mica - Disclosed are methods of processing mica, compositions resulting from these methods, and paints comprising the mica. One method relates to a method of processing mica comprising dry attrition grinding a micaceous material to produce a micaceous product having a particle size distribution such that at least about 60% by weight of the micaceous product passes through a 325 mesh screen. The dry grinding can be performed with at least one non-mica grinding media, such as a ceramic ball mill. The methods described herein can use mica from the Spruce Pine Mining District of North Carolina. The methods can allow the use of micaceous materials having a wide range of grit content with minimal adverse effect on the brightness. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216711 | RUTILE-BASED PIGMENT AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention covers a fine-particle, brilliant and strongly hiding rutile-based pigment that is devoid of any metal or reactive metal compounds relevant to mill abrasion detectable by application technology but whose particle-size in terms of particle diameters ranges from 50 to 1000 nm, for mono-, bi-, tri- or oligo-modal size distribution and a primary maximum ranges from 230 to 400 nm, wherein optionally for a bi- or poly-modal frequency distribution, a secondary maximum is less than 25% of the primary maximum between 400 and 1000 nm. The process for producing said pigment comprises treating an inorganic mixed-phase rutile structured oxide pigment by high-speed grinding in suspension in a ball grinding mill provided with a mechanically and chemically resistant coating until said particle-size and a substantially isometric rounded particle shape are attained. The invention optionally provides for viscosity adjustment and surface conditioning of the pigment. The inventive pigment differs from prior art by improved gloss, low whiteness or reduced whitening, relatively high hue saturation, by extremely high hiding power which had been unattainable in said class of products up to now and exhibits a low photoactivity with respect to known fine-particle rutiles. In practice neither abrasivity nor interaction of possible grinding residues with an application matrix are observed. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216712 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING LIME PELLETS - A lime pellet for use in asphalt applications is prepared to include lime fines and an asphalt-compatible binder. The pellet is characterized as having a rigid structure with a dimension greater than about 1.5 mm and being compatible with a hot mix asphalt so as to dissolve in liquid asphalt. The pellet is manufactured by mixing the lime fines with the asphalt-compatible binder and forming pellets therefrom. A benefit of the present method is the elimination of steps that cost time and money because limestone can be converted to quicklime, the quicklime is hydrated, and the pellet is formed in a continuous process or in a single system. The pellets are useful for conditioning an end product of hot mix asphalt during the manufacture of such an asphalt. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216713 | FLUORSPAR-BASED FILLER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A filler material that includes a metal fluoride compound which is coated with silica. The filler material can be used in various types of covering agents. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216714 | FLUORSPAR-BASED FILLER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A filler material that includes a metal fluoride compound which is coated with silica. The filler material can be used in various types of covering agents. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216715 | LOW DUST WALL REPAIR COMPOUND - A wall repair compound useful for filling and repairing cracks, holes, and other imperfections in a wall surface includes a conventional filler material, a conventional binder material, and a dust reducing additive which reduces the quantity of airborne dust particles generated when sanding the hardened joint compound. Airborne dust reducing additives include oils, surfactants, solvents, waxes, and other petroleum derivatives. The additive can be added to conventional ready-mixed joint compounds and to setting type joint compounds. A method of reducing the quantity of airborne dust generated when sanding a fully hardened joint compound includes mixing a sufficient quantity of the dust reducing additive with the joint compound prior to when the joint compound has been applied to the wall. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216716 | Fresh Concrete and Admixture for Fresh Concrete - The invention relates to a composition of fresh concrete and admixtures for fresh concrete and can be used in the construction industry for producing monolithic and precast concrete and ferroconcrete structures, in spraying mixtures and in the oil extraction industry for producing squeeze cement and insulation cement products. The admixture for fresh cement comprises super plasticizer C-3 and hydrophobing agent Lignopan B having a molecular weight ranging from 10 to 50 kJ, an antifoaming agent as the hydrophobing agent (139-282) and fixing salt and/or ammonium rhodanide or sodium and sodium carbonate having the following ratio of components (mass proportion): 0 to 40 of the super plasticizer C-3, 0.02 to 0.06 of the indicated hydrophobing agent, 10 to 20 of the indicated Lignopan B, 40 to 55 of the fixing salt and/or the ammonium rhodanide or sodium, 1 to 2 of sodium carbonate. The inventive compositions accelerate the setting and hardening of the fresh concrete and increase the strength of the concrete. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216717 | ADJUSTABLE WORK SURFACE WITH TILT - The invention is directed at workstation having a workstation that is able to be tilted The tilting assembly for the workstation includes a actuator, a cable and a gas cylinder. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216718 | LOADING BASE ARRANGEMENT - A loading base arrangement for a motor vehicle has a rear seat with a back rest and a seat cushion. Furthermore, there is provided a base element which can be moved in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle and on which items can be deposited. The base element is connected to the back rest and, when the base element is extended, covers the seat cushion. As a result, it is possible, when necessary, to improve the loading space for transporting bulky items. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216719 | TABLE - A table may include a table top with first and second sections that are connected by a hinge to allow the section to move between a folded position and an unfolded position. The table may also include legs that are movable between a use position and a storage position relative to the table top. The hinge may facilitate folding of the table top when the legs are in the storage position. On the other hand, the hinge may resist folding of the table top when the legs are in the extended position. In addition, the table may include components that expand and/or contract in different fashions in response to changes in temperature. For example, the table top and the frame may be constructed from different materials with different coefficients of expansion in response to temperature changes. The table is preferably sized and configured to accommodate these differences in expansion and contraction. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216720 | Embroidery Machine - An embroidery machine includes a sewing arm having an upper shaft for providing a driving force, a needle bar support case, which is assembled to a front portion of the sewing arm so as to be laterally movable, a needle bar provided in a needle bar support case, the needle bar having a needle at a lower end thereof and vertically carrying the needle using a rotation driving force of the upper shaft, and a presser foot, which is provided in the needle bar support case so as to be vertically movable, characterized in that each of the needle bar and the presser foot is operated by an individual drive mechanism. The presser foot is separately driven by its own drive source, independent of the drive source of the needle bar. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216721 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium storing sewing machine operation program - A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a sewing needle attached to the needle bar, a needle bar vertical movement mechanism, a sewing machine motor for driving the needle bar vertical movement mechanism as a drive source, an embroidery frame that holds a work cloth, and an embroidery frame movement mechanism that moves the embroidery frame. The sewing machine further includes a user-operated operation device with an operation member for outputting an output signal corresponding to an operation state of the operation member and a movement determination device that determines a movement direction and a movement distance of the embroidery frame based on the output signal outputted by the operation device. The sewing machine also includes an embroidery frame movement mechanism control device that drives the embroidery frame movement mechanism to move the embroidery frame according to the movement direction and the movement distance of the embroidery frame determined by the movement determination device. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216722 | Sewing machine - A sewing machine includes a rotating hook, a lower shaft rotating the rotating hook in synchronization with vertical movement of the needlebar, a lower shaft gear including a helical gear and slidably mounted on the lower shaft, a hook gear including a helical gear capable of mesh engagement with the lower shaft gear and mounted on the rotating hook, a drive force transmission mechanism supporting the lower shaft so that the lower shaft is axially moveable and transmits rotation of the lower shaft to the lower shaft gear, a cam mechanism axially moving the lower shaft gear to adjust at least one of a left encounter timing for seizure of the needle thread loop by the hook beak when the needle occupies a left needle location and a right encounter timing for seizure of the needle thread loop by the hook beak when the needle occupies a right needle location. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216723 | Method Of Making An Item Of Clothing - A method of treating an article of clothing can include the steps of disposing a portion of embroidery on the article of clothing and abrading the portion of embroidery. The article of clothing itself can also be abraded. The portion of embroidery can be abraded before and/or after the embroidery portion is disposed on the article of clothing. The portion of embroidery can be disposed on the article of clothing by way of one or more needles to directly embroider on the article of clothing, or a patch can be directly embroidered, and then the patch can be attached to the article of clothing, or a fabric can be embroidered and attached to the garment, or the fabric itself can be made directly into a garment. The abrading can be accomplished by rubbing with a brush, rubbing with sandpaper, sand blasting, and/or chemical means. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216724 | Sewing machine, sewing mark, and computer-readable recording medium storing sewing machine control program - A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which a sewing needle is attached, a sewing machine motor that drives a needle bar mechanism for vertically driving the needle bar via a drive shaft, an information reading device, and a control device. The information reading device is disposed in the vicinity of a needle drop position of the sewing needle and reads out sewing information relating to sewing conditions for the sewing machine each time a mark attached to a work cloth enters into a communication range as the work cloth is moved, the sewing information being stored in an RFID tag included in the mark. The control device controls sewing based on the sewing information read out by the information reading device from the RFID tag. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216725 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium storing sewing machine operation program - A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a sewing needle mounted to the needle bar, a needle bar up-and-down movement mechanism that raises and lowers the needle bar, a needle bar up-and-down movement mechanism that raises and lowers the needle bar and a sewing machine motor for driving the needle bar up-and-down mechanism. The sewing machine further includes an operation device that is provided separately from a body of the sewing machine including at least one operation member to be operated by a user that outputs an output signal corresponding to an operation state of the operation member. The sewing machine also includes a command determination device that determines a command which corresponds to the output signal output by the operation device as a determined command and a drive control device that controls a predetermined operation of the sewing machine in accordance with the determined command determined by the command determination device. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216726 | Method and apparatus for producing a sewn product - The present invention relates to a method for producing a sewn product, especially a mattress panel, a quilt or the like, having corner areas which deviate from an orthogonal pattern, preferably from several layers of sewn product material which are to be stitched together, as a segment of a sewn product material, in which method the sewn product material is provided with at least two stitched seams between two sewn products that are arranged adjacent to each other in the sewn product material, by means of a sewing device which is movable transversely to the conveying direction of the sewn product material, and in which the sewn product material is subsequently cut between the two stitched seams, wherein the sewing device includes a sewing unit with needles and an oscillating shuttle box including shuttles which are assigned to the needles, in order to produce in a simple and inexpensive way sewn products having corner areas which deviate from an orthogonal pattern, wherein with a device at least one sub-area of a transition area of adjacent sewn products arranged in the conveying direction of the sewn product material is removed, said removal of said sub-area covering both sewn products that are arranged adjacent to each in the sewn product material and being performed prior to or during the stitching of the seams transversely to the conveying direction. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216727 | Stealth Armed Surface Ship - The invention relates to an armed stealth surface vessel ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216728 | Apparatus and method to optimize sailing efficiency - This invention provides improvements in the efficiency of a sailing vessel through the use of flaps, hydrofoils, or members on the keel of a sailing vessel. One or more are positioned at the top, or root of the keel of the vessel, which primarily generate a force in the windward direction to provide a counter-leeward drift force. One or more are located at the bottom, or tip of the keel of the vessel, which primarily generate a force in the leeward direction to provide a counter-heeling moment. Among other benefits, operation of these flaps, hydrofoils, or members during sailing increases the vessel's efficiency, in particular its velocity made good. Further, since they are mounted on one appendage, sailing vessels of a rudder and keel design can be equipped with counter leeward-drift and counter-heeling attributes without the need for additional appendages. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216729 | Hull For Sailing Craft Whereof The Bottom Enables Water Gliding Performances To Be Enhanced | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216730 | FIN STABILIZER TO REDUCE ROLL FOR BOATS IN TURNS METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to a fin stabilization system adapted to minimize roll about the longitudinal axis of the boat during sharp cornering at very high speeds. In one form, equipment such as a machine gun is mounted to the bow of the boat and targets are adapted to be engaged in high-speed maneuvers when cornering and the deck of the boat is not excessively rolled whereby blocking visibility in a turn. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216731 | Latch for a Boat Storage Compartment Cover - A latch assembly includes a housing assembly having a thru-bore, a handle assembly selectively pivotally engaged with the thru-bore of the housing assembly, wherein the handle assembly includes a handle and a base portion; and a catch assembly selectively engaged with the handle assembly, wherein the handle assembly selectively rotates about the catch assembly to latch and unlatch the latch assembly when the latch assembly is in a closed position. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216732 | AUTOMATIC BOAT WASHING ASSEMBLY - An automatic boat washing system including several brush assemblies mounted on a vertically movable cage supported by a mainframe assembly and side ballast tanks is disclosed. The vertical position of the movable cage and brush assemblies may be adjusted in relation to the mainframe and ballast tanks during operation of the system. Rollers are used for supporting and drawing boats through the automatic boat washing assembly. The automatic boat washing assembly of the present invention may be used to clean powerboats in areas below the waterline in order to improve boat performance. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216733 | Cargo Transport Device for Towing Behind Watercraft - A hitching device permits towing a cargo transport device behind a kayak. The cargo transport device comprises a watertight container and a connection member extending along a longitudinal axis between the container and the watercraft. The connection member includes a swivel such that the container and watercraft on opposite sides of the swivel are freely rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to one another. This free pivoting allows relative rotation between the container and watercraft such that each can react to outside forces, for example those exerted by waves, independently. As a result, rolling of the container does not tend to induce rolling of the watercraft and so the ride quality of the watercraft is not significantly reduced by the hitching device. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216734 | MARINE TELESCOPING GRAB BAR - The marine grab bar of the present invention is intended for use on a boat wherein a passenger needs a gripping post when standing. The grab bar assembly includes a base mounted to a wall or upright surface in the boat, and a telescoping bar moveable between a lower retracted storage position and a raised extended gripping position. A lock is provided in the assembly for retaining the bar in the raised position relative to the base. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216735 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A BOAT - A boat deck cover includes a flexible, generally water impervious, non-elastic central sheet with a peripheral, elastic strip having fasteners along the outside edge thereof for attachment to compatible fasteners on the boat. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216736 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH DIFFUSION BETWEEN ADJACENT LUMENS - A microfluidic method is provided that comprises: delivering a first fluid to a first lumen of a microfluidic device and a second, different fluid to a second lumen of the microfluidic device, the first and second lumens sharing a common wall which allows for diffusion between the lumens over at least a portion of the length of the lumens; and having the first and second fluids diffuse between the first and second lumens. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216737 | CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A crystal manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a group III nitride crystal includes a crucible that holds a mixed molten liquid including an alkali metal and a group III metal; a reaction vessel accommodating the crucible in the reaction vessel; a heating device that heats the crucible with the reaction vessel; a holding vessel having a lid that is capable of opening and closing, accommodating the reaction vessel and the heating device in the holding vessel; a sealed vessel accommodating the holding vessel in the sealed vessel, having an operating device that enables opening the lid of the holding vessel for supplying source materials into the crucible and taking out a manufactured GaN crystal under a sealed condition, and closing the lid of the holding vessel that is sealed in the sealed vessel, the sealed vessel including an inert gas atmosphere or a nitrogen atmosphere; and a gas supplying device for supplying a nitrogen gas to the mixed molten liquid through each of the vessels. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216738 | Ultimate cove corner tool - A ultimate cove corner tool is provided for use in applying plaster material or a drywall taping compound to an inside corner joint between drywall panels to form a controlled and smoothly radiused surface. The tool includes a tool head in the form of a forwardly open resilient cup carried at a forward end of a tool handle, wherein the cup is adapted to support a quantity of the plaster or a drywall taping compound as the handle is manipulated to press and spread the plaster material or a drywall taping compound inside corner joint. The resilient cup deforms upon engagement with the drywall panels at the corner joint to spread the plaster material or a drywall taping compound material with a desired and smoothly radiused surface. The specific radiused geometry of the plaster material or a drywall taping compound surface in variably controlled by varying the orientation of and manual pressure applied to the resilient cup. At the end of the handle are threads which a person can screw a paint pole onto to give added length to the handle for reaching the higher inside corner joints between the drywall panels. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216739 | Apparatus for imparting three-dimensional images and indicia to planar coated surfaces - An apparatus for imparting indicia to a wet-film of resinous liquid and magnetically positionable particles located on a substrate. The device employs a planar magnet abutting a planar metal sheet imaging indicia formed thereon. The planar metal sheet interacts with the magnetic field communicated to the wet-film to form indicia into the wet-film through migration and reorientation of the particles along the lines of the field. The letters, numbers, logos, or other images formed as indicia may be formed such that when viewed they appear three dimensional. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216740 | Resist coating method and apparatus - A resist coating method includes a dummy dispensation step for discharging a resist onto a semiconductor substrate in response to a dummy discharge signal, a pre-wet step for applying and then drying a pre-wet solvent on the semiconductor substrate, and a resist coating step for applying the resist onto the semiconductor substrate in response to a resist discharge signal. The resist discharge signal is output at a timing that precedes a predetermined dry time being elapsed by a delay time, which is calculated between the timing for outputting the dummy discharge signal and the timing for actually discharging the resist, thus normally maintaining the predetermined dry time constant. This makes it possible to stably produce pre-wet effects, to improve the uniformity regarding the thickness of a resist film formed on the semiconductor substrate, and to reduce dispersion regarding pre-wet effects between resist coating apparatuses. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216741 | DYNAMIC FILM THICKNESS CONTROL SYSTEM/METHOD AND ITS UTILIZATION - A dynamic film thickness control system/method and its utilization consisting of a minimum of one mask plate arranged between a substrate and a vapor source. A film thickness control device is utilized for real-time control over deposited film thickness and gradually moves the mask plate according to the film thickness control value acquired by the film thickness control device, enabling the mask plate to mask film zones on the said substrate to achieve the film thickness of a design objective. When the required zones of deposition are masked, the deposition of a particular film layer is completed. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216742 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus having a support for holding a wafer, a processing chamber for accommodating the wafer, a gas supply hole for supplying desired processing gas in a parallel direction to the surface to be processed of the wafer to be accommodated in said processing chamber, an adjustment plate to be arranged with facing the surface to be processed of the wafer accommodated in the foregoing processing chamber, and an exhaust means for exhausting atmosphere in said processing chamber. A substrate processing apparatus wherein distance between the surface to be processed of wafer and the center part of the adjustment plate is narrower than distance between the surface to be processed of wafer and the circumference part and the midway part of the adjustment plate, in a direction perpendicular to a supply direction of processing gas. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216743 | CHEMICAL PRECURSOR AMPOULE FOR VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESSES - Embodiments of the invention provide chemical precursor ampoules that may be used during vapor deposition processes. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating a chemical precursor gas used in a vapor deposition processing system is provided which includes a canister having a sidewall, a top, and a bottom forming an interior volume and a solid precursor material at least partially contained within a lower region of the interior volume. The apparatus further contains an inlet port and an outlet port in fluid communication with the interior volume and an inlet tube connected to the inlet port and positioned to direct a carrier gas towards the sidewall and away form the outlet port. In one example, the solid precursor contains pentakis(dimethylamido) tantalum (PDMAT). In another example, the apparatus contains a plurality of baffles that form an extended mean flow path between the inlet port and the outlet port. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216744 | Apparatus for Manufacturing Magnetic Recording Disk, and In-Line Type Substrate Processing Apparatus - An apparatus for manufacturing a magnetic recording disk includes a magnetic-film deposition chamber in which a magnetic film for a recording layer is deposited on a substrate; a lubricant-layer preparation chamber in which a lubricant layer is prepared on the substrate in vacuum; and a cleaning chamber in which the substrate is cleaned in vacuum after the magnetic-film deposition in the magnetic-film chamber and before the lubricant-layer preparation in the lubricant-layer chamber. The apparatus may further include a transfer system that transfers the substrate from the cleaning chamber to the lubricant-layer preparation chamber without exposing the substrate to the atmosphere. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216745 | Arc Suppression - An arc suppression arrangement suppresses arcs in a gas discharge device that is operated with an alternating voltage from a power supply. The arc suppression arrangement includes an arc suppression device and an arc identification device that controls the arc suppression device. The arc suppression device includes at least one controllable resistor that is connected in series in an electrical line that extends from an alternating voltage source to an electrode of the gas discharge device. An arc can thereby be prevented from being provided with energy. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216746 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device bakes a first semiconductor substrate on which a sacrifice film is formed in a reaction chamber to preliminarily coat an inner wall of the reaction chamber with a component of a gas generated by the sacrifice film, and bakes a second semiconductor substrate on which a predetermined film including the same component as that of the sacrifice film is formed in the preliminarily coated reaction chamber, while irradiating electron beams on the predetermined film to change quality of the predetermined film. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216747 | Coating Installation And Gas Piping - A coating installation coating installation includes a process chamber and a gas line system for supplying a gas into the process chamber. The gas line system has at least one feed opening for feeding gases into the gas line system and outlet openings for letting the gas out of the gas line system. Lines are each arranged between the feed opening(s) and the outlet openings. The flow resistance of the lines between the at least one feed opening and the outlet openings is essentially equally large. The gas line system has at least one branch point at which a first line section opens into at least three second line sections connected to the first line section. The first and second line sections are arranged in different levels and branch out like a tree structure. The line sections may be milled as a recess and/or depression in plates. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216748 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING DEPOSITED FILM - A method of forming a deposited film according to the present invention includes: introducing a starting gas into a discharge space in a reaction vessel; and applying electric power to generate discharge to decompose the starting gas, wherein, when a self-bias voltage value which is generated at an electrode applied with first electric power reaches a preset threshold, second electric power higher than the first electric power is applied to the electrode to change the self-bias voltage value to another self-bias voltage value larger in absolute value than the threshold, and the deposited film is formed. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216749 | EVAPORATION TUBE AND EVAPORATION APPARATUS WITH ADAPTED EVAPORATION CHARACTERISTIC - An evaporation crucible is described. The evaporation crucible includes: an electrically conductive chamber tube ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216750 | METHOD OF STIMULATING THE TEATS ... - A method of stimulating the teats of the udder of an animal comprises determining the dead milking time per udder or per quarter during a number of milkings and checking, on the basis of these historical data, whether a respective quarter has to be pre-stimulated and, if so, during what period of time. A pulsator controlled in three phases, makes it possible to adapt the suction-rest ratio of the pulsator at quarter level on the basis of the milk flow profile of the respective udder quarter. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216751 | DEVICE FOR MILKING ANIMALS - A device for milking animals includes a milking robot for automatically connecting at least two teat cups to the teats of an animal to be milked. The milk yielded is collected in a milk container. In each milk line, between a respective teat cup and the milk container, there is provided an auxiliary reservoir for collecting milk obtained at the beginning of the milking process. The auxiliary reservoir has an outlet aperture with a closing device. Each auxiliary reservoir is disposed in a respective mounting block, the various mounting blocks being arranged side by side, and the device is provided with an arrangement for simultaneously operating the closing devices. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216752 | Pet bed - A pet bed that includes a fabric shell and a fill material contained therein. The shell defines a support region and sidewalls radially emanating therefrom. The sidewalls are defined by stitching which also define the support region and radially extending from the support region to substantially the outer edge of the sidewalls thus defining pocket regions therein. The sidewalls are sized to extend diagonally from the support region in a first orientation when in use and forming a substantially planar surface with the support region in a second orientation during storage. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216753 | Pet feeding utensil - A pet feeding utensil is provided, comprising a main body having a receiving space, in which the bottom portion of the main body is combined with a footrest pad, the extended width of the footrest pad being the width of the inner diameter of the main body such that pet inevitably steps on it and the pet feeding utensil is fixed in place during eating. Further, a transparent member is inserted onto the main body so that a gap is formed between the transparent member and the receiving space to clip a picture concerned with pet education, such as a photograph of the master. In this manner, there is an opportunity of teaching the pet during eating so that intimate interaction between the pet and the master will be further enhanced. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216754 | RAISED DOG FOOD BOWL WITH INTEGRATED FOOD STORAGE - An animal feeder includes a storage region having a bottom wall, and sidewalls extending upwards from the bottom wall. The animal feeder further comprises a cover with at least one depression in the cover to receive a feeding bowl. The cover forms an airtight with the storage region. The feeding bowl is isolated from the storage region when it is seated in the depression. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216755 | Efficiency promoting water drinking container for animals - A first embodiment of the present invention contemplates a rectangular cubic container including five sub-chambers generally separated from one another by parallel partitions, with each partition having a small weep hole near its bottom. The weep holes are designed to facilitate equalization of water level in each sub-chamber. Each sub-chamber has an elongated length dimension and a width that is relatively narrow and designed to approximate the width of an animal's tongue. When an animal is drinking water from one of the sub-chambers of this embodiment, as the tongue is lapping, the sides of the tongue are close to the inner walls of the sub-chamber, thereby precluding some of the water resting on the tongue from falling off the tongue as the water is lifted into the animal's mouth. In this way, the efficiency of drinking using the lapping technique is enhanced. The inventive device may be made with sub-chambers having differing widths to accommodate to animals of different sizes and different tongue widths. In a further embodiment, a second sub-chamber provides a reservoir for replenishing the first sub-chamber as it drains down through a small weep hole near the bottom of a common wall between the sub-chambers. The second sub-chamber may be designed to receive an inverted bottle filled with water so that continuous replenishment of the drinking sub-chamber through a weep hole connecting the supply sub-chamber may be accomplished. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216756 | Method Of Cultivating Animals To Develop A Desired Color And To Increase Their Rate Of Growth - The present invention provides an animal feed consisting of photosynthetic bacteria which is useful for imparting desired color to an animal and for increasing the growth rate of the animal. Specifically, the feed is given to farm raised aquatic animals such as salmon so that they develop a more palatable pink flesh. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216757 | Breeding tank - A breeding tank comprising at least two dish-like breeding tubs each having a breeding space and each having a tub bottom and an opening surrounded by a periphery of a top of each of the dish-like breeding tubs, the tub bottoms of all the dish-like breeding tubs are arranged in a mutually vertically stacking mode, and the opening of each lower dish-like breeding tub is larger than that of its-upper dish-like breeding tub, all the dish-like breeding tubs are made of transparent material except the lowermost dish-like breeding tub. The present invention thus can make multiple vertically stacking breeding spaces in a limited space for breeding aquatic animals such as fishes, shrimps and crustacea etc. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216758 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDUCING ARTIFICIAL HIBERNATION OF MARINE ANIMAL - A method and an apparatus for inducing artificial hibernation of marine animal, wherein the temperature of sea water with marine animals is gradually lowered in stepwise process, while the sea water temperature is kept as is for a predetermined period of time at each step of lowering temperature, whereby the predetermined period of time maintained for each step of the lowered temperature is gradually increased to a point where changes of oxygen consumption by the marine animals greatly decreased or the changes of oxygen consumption is reached almost zero, and starting from this point, the time of constantly maintaining the sea water temperature at each step is gradually reduced to thereby ensuring a long survival rate (viability) of marine animals. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216759 | Structure Used in Seawater, Copper Alloy Wire or Bar Forming the Structure, and Method for Manufacturing the Copper Alloy Wire or Bar - A fish cultivation net | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216760 | PET CARRIER - A pet carrier includes a hand access opening that communicates with the interior of the carrier and allows a pet owner to put a hand through the hand access opening to contact the pet without opening a pet opening on the pet carrier. The hand access opening is sized substantially smaller than the pet opening, thereby allowing the pet owner to put a hand through the hand access opening without fear of the animal in the carrier escaping through the hand access opening. The hand access opening allows a pet owner to pet and comfort the pet enclosed in the pet carrier without removing the pet from the pet carrier and without fear of the pet escaping. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216761 | CUBICLE CONSTRUCTION AND A COUPLING FOR SUCH A CUBICLE CONSTRUCTION - A cubicle construction for forming a partition of an animal place has a partition element extending in the longitudinal direction of an animal place and a coupling for fastening the partition element to a support. The coupling comprises a support portion for fastening to the support and a partition element portion for fastening to the partition element, the partition element being movable in height by rotation about an axis of rotation. The coupling comprises a closing element for making the partition element portion detachable from the support portion via a movement of the partition element portion perpendicular to the axis of rotation. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING HOOF CARE, SANITIZING, OR TREATMENT SOLUTIONS TO THE FEET OR HOOVES OF ANIMALS - A foot bath for animal hoof use is continuously or intermittently replenished with treatment solution while in service. This technique maintains a consistent concentration of treatment chemical, dilutes organic matter deposited in the foot bath and effects removal of fibrous material while maintaining the foot bath in continual service for efficacious treatment. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216763 | Scratching Device - A scratching device is provided comprising a support base that is shaped to allow a like base to be stacked thereon and a post having a scratchable surface that extends upwardly from the support base. The base advantageously allows the device to be readily stacked for storage. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216764 | Confining Animal Training Device and Methods of Use - An animal training device that can be used to confine an animal during training, as well as methods for its use, is described. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a marginally unstable base that makes the device prone to rocking or toppling when physically disturbed by the movement of an animal in the device. Animals usually find the rocking or toppling unpleasant. An advantage of the animal training device is that an animal receives negative feedback from its undesirable behavior (excessive movement in or straining against the device) in the absence of disciplinary action by a human trainer. Additional advantages of the confining animal training device include, but are not limited to, reducing physical stress on a human trainer and decreasing the time required to train an animal. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-CONTROLLED ANIMAL TOY - A computer-aided training and management system that uses a computer or other processor in wireless communication with an instrumented dog collar and/or optionally, one or more dog interaction devices, such as, for example, video monitors, loudspeakers, video cameras, training toys (e.g., ball, bone, moving toy, etc.), an animatronics “trainer,” a treat dispenser, a food dispensing and monitoring device, a water dispensing and monitoring device, tracking devices, a dog door, dog-monitoring doghouse, a dog-monitoring dog toilet, is described. In one embodiment, the instrumented dog collar is in two-way communication with a central computer system. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216766 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE IMPEDANCE OF ELECTRODES AND FOR CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY OF AN ELECTRIC STIMULUS - A remote receiving circuit for providing and controlling an electric stimulus applied to an animal including an electronic switch powered by a battery in series on a primary of a high-voltage transformer and whose on/off state can be modified by control pulses to create a source of alternating current to supply the primary of the transformer. The circuit further includes a first electrode and a second electrode configured to be in contact with the animal and connected to the respective ends of a secondary of the transformer, and a device for measuring the peak intensity of a stimulus current applied by the electrodes to the animal's body. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216767 | Animal leash with a handle - A pet leash including a handle, the handle having a grip portion, a capsule portion and an anchor portion. A cavity within the capsule portion is adapted to contain a payload such as a collapsible dog dish or a pet feces collection bag. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216768 | Illuminated pet leash - An illuminated pet leash has an elongated light-emitting member mounted in a transparent sleeve and extending alongside a non-extensible tethering line. An electrical power is delivered to the light-emitting member, making the tethering assembly visible in the dark. The light emitting member is secured between a stop member in the handle of the leash and an anchor fitted in a hook-shaped connector. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216769 | PET LEASH WITH RESILIENT, COILED, NON-TANGLING LANYARD AND COMFORTABLE WRAP AROUND HANDLE - An animal leash includes a resilient elastomeric coil having a distal end and a proximal end, a resilient elastomeric distal lead attached to the distal end of the coil, a resilient elastomeric proximal lead attached to the proximal end of the coil, a distal swivel attached to the distal lead, a proximal swivel attached to the proximal lead, a spring clip coupled to the distal swivel, a cushioned handle and a coupling adjoining the handle to the proximal swivel. The coil and distal and proximal leads are configured to provide two modes of stretching, including a spring mode wherein the coil substantially linearly extends as increasing tensile force is applied, and a strain mode wherein the coil and distal and proximal leads are strained according to a modulus of elasticity. The swivels resist twisting. The handle provides a comfortable structure that can be gripped or worn as a wrist band. Additionally, excess cord may be wrapped around the cushioned handle without causing discomfort to the user. A supplemental handle may be disposed between the distal end of the coil and the proximal end of the clip. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216770 | Water heating system - A water heating system including a water container having a cold water inlet that connects to a water supply, a hot water outlet, a water heater outlet and a water heater inlet; an instantaneous water heater mounted to the water container and having a tank supply inlet connected to the water heater outlet, a tank supply outlet connected to the water heater inlet, a burner, and a heat exchanger located adjacent the burner between the tank supply inlet and the tank supply outlet; a pump connected between the water container and the instantaneous water heater that moves water between the water container and the instantaneous water heater; and a controller that operates the pump and the burner. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216771 | Control System For Modulating Water Heater - A control system is provided for a modulated heating system including a plurality of modulating water heaters, which may be modulating boilers. A deadband control scheme provides for reduced cycling of the modulating heater when total system heat demand falls between the maximum output of one heater and the sum of the maximum output of that one point and the minimum firing point of the next subsequent heater. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216772 | HIGH EFFICIENCY WATER HEATER - A collector assembly is provided for directing products of combustion between segments of a flue of a water heater. The assembly includes an insulator at least partially defining a chamber configured to direct products of combustion between the flue segments. The assembly also includes a cover configured to at least partially surround the insulator. The cover is also configured to be coupled to a water tank of the water heater. The insulator in an uncompressed state is dimensioned to extend outwardly from the cover when the insulator is positioned in the cover. The insulator in a compressed state is dimensioned to permit coupling of the cover to the water tank. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216773 | Home appliance system using high temperature fuel cell system and method of supplying super heated steam - The home appliance system includes a high temperature fuel cell system in which fuel is reacted with oxygen to generate electricity and super heated steam, a steam path through which the super heated steam is transferred, and a home appliance connected to the steam path to use the super heated steam. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216774 | System For Producing A Hydrogen Enriched Fuel - A system for producing, dispensing, using and monitoring a hydrogen enriched fuel includes a producing system configured to produce the hydrogen enriched fuel, a vehicle having an engine configured to use the hydrogen enriched fuel, and a dispensing system configured to store and dispense the hydrogen enriched fuel into the vehicle. The system also includes a fuel delivery system on the vehicle configured to deliver the hydrogen enriched fuel to the engine, and a control system configured to control the producing system and to monitor the use of the hydrogen enriched fuel by the vehicle. A method includes the steps of producing hydrogen gas and a hydrocarbon fuel, blending the hydrogen gas and the hydrocarbon fuel into the hydrogen enriched fuel, using the hydrogen enriched fuel in the engine, and tracking emissions during the producing step and during the using step. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216775 | Automotive Coolant Pump Apparatus - An automotive coolant pump has movable vanes, which are adjustable as to their orientation in accordance with the temperature of the coolant, whereby the rate of coolant flow through the pump impeller accords with coolant temperature. A thermal-actuator is operated by a thermal-sensor, and serves to rotate a vanes-drive-ring to cause the vanes to change orientation in unison. The cooling system includes a bypass-port, which is open during warmup and closed once coolant has acquired working temperatures; the same thermal-actuator serves also to operate the bypass-port-blocker. Additionally, the same thermal-actuator may serve also to operate a radiator-port-blocker, which serves to block flow through the radiator during engine warmup. The vanes may be arranged to close completely together, and to be sealed at closure. Sealing is effected e.g by elastomeric sealing elements arranged on the appropriate surfaces of the vanes. The vanes lie sandwiched between top and bottom plates, which press the vanes with a small resilient force. The plates and vanes, together with a retainer, form a pre-assembly module. The vanes also are profiled to maximise efficiency over the range of orientations and conditions. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216776 | Coolant Controller and Method for Its Manufacture - A coolant controller for a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine has a housing and a thermostat valve arranged therein. The thermostat valve has at least one valve closing member loadable by a working element as a function of a temperature value, a temperature sensor as well as a heating element for the working element. The housing is provided with at least one plug from which connecting lines extend to the temperature sensor. A current supply for the heating element is present. The plug, the temperature sensor, the connecting lines and the current supply for the heating element are provided as a pre-manufactured assembly and this assembly is integrated into the housing. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216777 | Engine cooling system with overload handling capability - A cooling system for an internal combustion engine incorporating a heat accumulator to temporarily store heat during peak heat loads. In automotive vehicles, the heat accumulator may store excess heat generated during vehicle acceleration or hill climbing and it may dissipate stored heat during vehicle cruise, deceleration, or engine idle. The heat accumulator contains phase change material with a solid-to-liquid transition temperature higher than the normal operating temperature of the cooling system. The invention enables reducing the size and weight of engine cooling system without compromising its performance. This is particularly important for improving fuel economy and reduction of emission in automotive vehicles. In addition, the invention enables reducing the coolant inventory in the system thereby allowing for faster engine warm-up and reduced emissions of harmful pollutants during a cold engine start. The invention may be also used for thermal management of engine oil, transmission fluid, or hydraulic fluid. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216778 | Pump System and Decoupler for Supplying Pressurized Hydraulic Fluid to a Hydraulically Actuated Valvetrain - A pump system for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic valve actuation system for operating engine valves of an internal combustion engine comprises a substantially conventional main pump, driven by the engine, which supplies the necessary volume of pressurized hydraulic fluid when the engine is running. The system comprises a booster pump that supplies in conjunction with the main pump the necessary volume of hydraulic fluid during starting/cranking of the engine. The main pump is preferably designed and constructed for operating efficiency during engine operating conditions while the booster pump is preferably designed and constructed for operating efficiency during cranking/starting of the engine. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216779 | Apparatus for and Method of Controlling a Starting Operation to Restart an Engine - In an engine provided with a variable valve mechanism which varies an operating angle of an intake valve and a lift amount thereof, when an engine operation is automatically stopped after the establishment of an idling stop condition, the operating angle of the intake valve and the lift amount thereof are varied to be smaller, so that a load of the variable valve mechanism at an engine operation restarting time is low. Then, when the engine operation restarting is requested, a first explosion pressure is obtained by performing fuel injection and ignition on a cylinder stopped in an expansion stroke, so that the engine operation is started. Further, after a first intake stroke, the operating angle of the intake valve and the lift amount thereof are increased. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216780 | Variable valve actuating apparatus for internal combustion engine and process of controlling the same - A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust turbocharger. An intake valve characteristic varying section is arranged to vary an operating angle and a lift of an intake valve. An exhaust valve characteristic varying section is arranged to vary an opening timing and a closing timing of an exhaust valve. In response to an increase in a desired value of an output of the engine, a control section advances an opening timing of the intake valve, retards a closing timing of the intake valve, and advances the opening timing of the exhaust valve. In response to an increase in a boost pressure of the exhaust turbocharger, the control section increases the operating angle and the lift of the intake valve, and retards the opening timing and the closing timing of the exhaust valve. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216781 | DRIVE MOTOR FOR USE IN VARIABLE VALVE OPERATING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An actuator of a variable valve operating device includes an electric motor for varying the distance by which an intake valve of an internal combustion engine is lifted. The electric motor has a hollow cylindrical magnet assembly disposed around a hollow cylindrical holder, and a shaft rotatably supported in a housing, with a hollow region being defined between the shaft and the holder. The magnet assembly is skew-magnetized at a predetermined angle to the axis of the magnet assembly. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216782 | METHOD FOR POSITIONAL DETERMINATION OF AN EC MOTOR - A method for positional determination for an EC motor ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216783 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING MECHANISM-EQUIPPED ENGINE - A variable valve timing mechanism-equipped engine is provided which allows a mount installing section and a hydraulic control valve of a variable valve timing mechanism to be positioned in a chain case without limitation of positioning of accessories such as a water pump, air conditioning compressor, power steering oil pump and alternator, and which simplifies an operating oil passage for the hydraulic control valve. In the variable valve timing mechanism-equipped engine, a mount installing section is positioned below an actuator cover section and is offset toward one side with respect to a cylinder axis, and intake- and exhaust-side hydraulic control valves are disposed sideward of the mount installing section with axes inclined toward a direction perpendicular to the crankshaft axis, the intake- and the exhaust-side hydraulic control valves overlapping one another. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216784 | Valve Drive Having a Mechanical Valve Play Position and Method for the Mounting Thereof - The valve drive has a cam follower ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216785 | Lash adjuster - A lash adjuster includes a plunger and a cylinder. The cylinder includes a high-pressure chamber defined therein. The plunger has a valve port provided through a bottom wall thereof. The valve port includes a seat. A spherical valve body is accommodated in the high-pressure chamber. The valve body is made of ceramic material containing silicon nitride. The valve body is arranged to have a surface roughness average (Ra) of equal to or less than 0.13 μm. The valve body is arranged to have a contact pressure of equal to or lower than 1386 Mpa with the seat in a state where the valve port is closed by the valve body. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216786 | Glow Plug with Integrated Pressure Sensor - A glow plug includes: a tubular body ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216787 | Method for starting an internal combustion engine - To achieve a reliable and exhaust-optimized combustion starting already from the beginning of a combustion phase in the startup of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine is brought to a target speed by an electric motor in a drag phase, the target speed being higher than the previously known starting speed. The target speed corresponds approximately to an idling speed assigned to the internal combustion engine, for example. After exceeding the starting speed, first a mixture enrichment is determined, taking into account a prevailing state of a wall film here in particular. Only after reaching the target speed is the fuel metered and does the combustion take place in the combustion phase. The fuel is metered here in particular on the basis of the mixture enrichment determined after exceeding the starting speed. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216788 | Arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine - In an arrangement and method for operating an internal combustion engine with at least two intake pipe tracts connected each to one group of cylinders, with each of the intake pipe tracts including at least one independently adjustable throttle element for controlling the intake air pressures in the respective intake pipe tract, at least one pressure equalizing means is provided for equalizing the intake pipe pressures in at least one operating mode under the control of a control unit which actuates the throttle element and the pressure equalizing means depending on the engine operating state. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216789 | Engine balancer system - An engine balancer system is provided in which a balancer housing ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216790 | Piston for an Internal Combustion Engine - A piston for an internal combustion engine is provided that comprises a piston head, onto which a piston hub and a piston skirt are formed, as well as reinforcing ribs, which extend between piston hub and piston skirt and which each comprise two portions that are curved in opposite directions. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216791 | CONNECTING ROD-CRANK PISTON PIN FOR THE CARRYING OUT OF AN ECCENTRIC CONNECTING ROD SYSTEM PREFERABLY FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES - A piston pin carries out an eccentric coupling of connecting rod and crank connected with the driving shaft. The piston pin is shaped like a cylinder, has two cuts disposed orthogonally to the axis of the piston pin. The cuts form three sectors. The two external sectors correspond to the connection with the crank and the internal sector is coupled to the connecting rod. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216792 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT ROTARY VANE ENGINE - The present invention is an engine, which includes a positive displacement compression process, a variably fueled, continuous combustor and/or heat exchanger, and a positive displacement, work-producing expander. This arrangement avoids the traditional stochiometric mixture requirements utilized in spark-ignition based engines and the emission problems associated with diesel engines. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216793 | Engine - A method for use in controllably generating mechanical power from a piston engine without combusting fuel, wherein the piston engine includes:
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| 20080216794 | Throttle assembly for intake air and V-type engine therewith - A throttle assembly for intake air protects a link mechanism for interlocking throttles with each other from water and mud and maintains the throttle operability in a satisfactory state. The throttle assembly for intake air includes a plurality of throttle devices for injecting fuel into intake air to generate an air-fuel mixture; a power transmission mechanism for interlocking the driving portions of the throttle devices with each other, a power transmission mechanism housing chamber defined by an outer wall member for forming a power transmission mechanism housing chamber and housing the power transmission mechanism, and seal means provided to the connected or mated portions of the outer wall member and a different member or the connected or mated portions of a plurality of outer wall configuring members which configure the outer wall member. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216795 | Engine braking method for an internal combustion engine having two serially arranged exhaust-gas turbochargers - In an engine braking method and an internal combustion engine including an engine braking arrangement, wherein the engine has high pressure and low pressure exhaust gas turbochargers connected in series, with a bypass ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216796 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system and method for an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold for directing airflow to a plurality of cylinders of the engine and an electronically controlled throttle valve disposed within the intake manifold for regulating airflow into the engine. An engine retard control determination module determines whether retard control of the engine is disabled. A throttle control module communicates with the electronically controlled throttle valve and modifies a throttle return trigger point during a transmission upshift when the retard control determination module determines that retard control of the engine is disabled. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216797 | HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a high pressure fuel pump control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which has a high pressure fuel pump of an engine driven type capable of pressure feeding a controlled amount of fuel by driving a fuel suction valve to close at predetermined timing in a fuel delivery stroke, fuel pressure in an accumulator is swiftly raised by reliably pressure feeding a maximum amount of fuel from a fuel delivery stroke immediately after engine starting while avoiding heat generation by a solenoid for controlling the fuel suction valve, whereby deterioration of a combustion state and exhaust emissions at engine starting can be prevented. A starting time control section continuously energizes the solenoid over a period from the beginning of engine starting until when it becomes possible to perform valve closing timing control on the fuel suction valve based on the rotational position of the engine after completion of cylinder identification. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216798 | COUPLING DEVICE AND FUEL SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT - A coupling device ( | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216799 | Method for Operating a Fuel Pump - In a method for operating a fuel pump of a motor vehicle, the fuel pump is driven by an electric motor in such a way that the fuel pump is driven by an energized electric motor in a defined rotational direction in order to feed fuel in the direction of an internal combustion engine. Accordingly, if it is detected that the fuel pump is blocked, the rotational direction of the fuel pump is changed at least once for a specific time period. | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216800 | Fuel delivery module for low installation height applications - A fuel delivery module | 2008-09-11 |
| 20080216801 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fuel supply system provided in a fuel tank includes: a fuel pump that sucks fuel reserved within the fuel tank via a suction filter and discharges the sucked fuel; a pressure regulator that maintains pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel pump within a predetermined range; a pump holder that holds the fuel pump and the pressure regulator; and a cushioning rubber extending in radial and axial directions of the fuel pump between the pump holder and the fuel pump for damping vibrations associated with driving of the fuel pump. Excess fuel is introduced in a flow path from the pressure regulator to the suction filter. The flow path includes: a gap defined between the pump holder and the cushioning rubber; and a gap defined between the cushioning rubber and the fuel pump. | 2008-09-11 |
