37th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080216904 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fuel supply system includes: a flange mounted at an upper opening in a fuel tank; a fuel pump that discharges fuel in the fuel tank; a high-pressure filter that filters fuel discharged from the fuel pump; and a filter case that accommodates the high-pressure filter and includes an upper case and a lower case, the upper case integrally formed with the flange. The fuel pump is fitted to an underside of the lower case to be positioned substantially coaxial with the high-pressure filter. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216905 | PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH REVERSIBLE ONE-WAY VALVES - A pump assembly includes a housing and first and second valves. The housing has a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port. The first and second valves are substantially identical valves both including a mounting portion, a valve seat and a valve body. The mounting portion has a first end and a second opposite end. The first and second ends are both selectively mountable to a conduit defining a fluid path. The valve seat is interconnected to the mounting portion. The valve body is interconnected to at least one of the mounting portion and the valve seat for movement relative to the valve seat between a seated position and a closed position. The valve body includes a first side and a second side and is operative to seal against back flow from the first side and open to positive pressures on the second side. The first valve is mounted to the fluid inlet port with the first end such that the first valve normally functions to only permit fluid to flow into the housing. The second valve is mounted to the fluid outlet port with the second end such that the second valve normally functions to only permit fluid to flow out of the housing. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216906 | Hydrogen Generating Fuel Cell Cartridges - A gas-generating apparatus ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216907 | HYDRAULIC COUPLING MEMBER WITH ELECTRICAL BONDING CONTRACTOR - A female hydraulic coupling member and/or a male hydraulic coupling member is equipped with an electrically conductive contactor which contacts the opposing coupling member when the coupling is fully made up thereby electrically bonding the coupling members. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216908 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control circuit for a transmission includes a plurality of solenoids and valves in fluid communication with a plurality of actuators. The actuators are operable to actuate a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Selective activation of the solenoids allows for a pressurized fluid flow to activate at least one of the actuators in order to shift the transmission into a desired gear ratio. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216909 | Water Supply Valve Cartridge - A water supply valve cartridge in which a flow rate control rotary disk has a reduced size, so that surface friction between the flow rate control rotary disk and a flow rate control fixed disk is minimized, thus improving manipulation efficiency of the water supply valve while opening or closing the valve, and which does not sensitively respond to flatness allowance due to the reduced size of the rotary disk, thus executing stable opening and closing operation. The flow rate control fixed disk ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216910 | QUICK CONNECT PRESSURE TEST CAP MOUNTED ON A STUBOUT TUBE - A pressure cap assembly snaps onto a stubout tube in a plumbing supply system through a quick connect coupling. The pressure cap assembly may include two parts, with the first part snap fitting to the stubout tube and a second part snap fitting to the first part. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216911 | Integrated spiral duct - Provided is an integrated spiral duct including: a curved duct; and straight connection ducts formed at both ends of the curved duct, wherein the curved duct is integrally formed with the straight connection ducts in spiral type without any joint. Therefore, since a metal strip is continuously wound to form a duct without any joint, it is possible to reduce the number of manufacturing processes to remarkably increase productivity, quality, and durability. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216912 | Device for the Picking of Weft Threads in an Air Jet Weaving Machine - A device for inserting of weft threads in an air jet weaving machine comprising at least one set of main nozzles ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216913 | Apparatus and Method for Dispensing Liquid and Gaseous Hydrogen - A service station, in particular a hydrogen service station for filling a motor vehicle with a gaseous and/or a liquid medium, in particular with gaseous or liquid hydrogen, is disclosed. The station includes a) a reservoir for storing a liquid medium, b) a liquid medium dispensing unit which is supplied with the liquid medium from the reservoir, c) a compressor, an evaporator, a heating system, and an intermediate reservoir for intermediate storage of a compressed gaseous medium, d) a gaseous medium dispensing unit mounted downstream of the intermediate reservoir, e) a fuel cell which is supplied by the gaseous medium coming from the reservoir and/or the intermediate reservoir and supplies power to the compressor, and f) a control unit which is powered by the fuel cell and used for controlling the compressor, the gaseous medium dispensing unit and/or the liquid medium dispensing unit. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216914 | High Pressure Gas Tank Heat Management by Circulation of the Refueling Gas - A heat management system for a high pressure gas tank comprising a loop circulation path for the gas including a path through an internal heat exchanger in the tank and a path through a heat exchanger external to the tank, wherein, in the instance of refueling, the refueling gas circulates multiple times in the loop through the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger and in the course of circulation, a portion of the gas from the refuel line is introduced into the tank. In a reverse circulation during driving, the tank is warmed by heat exchange from the external heat exchanger to the internal heat exchanger. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216915 | Method for vapor phase catalytic oxidation - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for vapor phase catalytic oxidation which is almost free of variations in reaction states in respective reaction tubes of the fixed bed multi-tube heat-exchanger type reactor. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216916 | FUELING SYSTEM VAPOR RECOVERY AND CONTAINMENT PERFORMANCE MONITOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method and apparatus for monitoring and determining fuel vapor recovery performance is disclosed. The dispensing of liquid fuel into a tank by a conventional gas pump nozzle naturally displaces a mixture of air and fuel ullage vapor in the tank. These displaced vapors may be recovered at the dispensing point nozzle by a vapor recovery system. A properly functioning vapor recovery system recovers approximately one unit volume of vapor for every unit volume of dispensed liquid fuel. The ratio of recovered vapor to dispensed fuel is termed the A/L ratio, which should ideally be approximately equal to one (1). The A/L ratio, and thus the proper functioning of the vapor recovery system, may be determined by measuring liquid fuel flow and return vapor flow (using a vapor flow sensor) on a nozzle-by-nozzle basis. The disclosed methods and apparatus provide for the determination of A/L ratios for individual nozzles using a reduced number of vapor flow sensors. The disclosed methods and apparatus also provide for the determination of fuel dispensing system vapor containment integrity, and the differentiation of true vapor recovery failures as opposed to false failures resulting from the refueling of vehicles provided with onboard vapor recovery systems. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216917 | RESIN FILLING APPARATUS, FILLING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A resin filling apparatus, a filling method, and a method of manufacturing an electronic device fill a cavity between a substrate and an electronic component mounted on the substrate with resin. The resin filling apparatus includes a stage for supporting the substrate in an inclined state, and an application head for filling the cavity with resin from a lower side of the inclined substrate. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216918 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DENSE PARTICLE LOADING - Methods and apparatus enable filling a receptacle with solid particles introduced into the receptacle with a controlled flow rate and pattern of distribution of the particles. A pneumatic loader may dispense the particles into the receptacle with ability to adjust the flow rate and pattern of distribution of the particles. Further, a laser sensor may enable detecting a topographic level of the particles loaded by movement of the laser sensor around a point to make linear measurements across the reactor at multiple angularly offset orientations. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216919 | TABLE SAW JIG FOR CUTTING BOX JOINTS - A jig for cutting box joints on a table saw, including guide bar clamps adapted to be joined to guide bars of a table saw; a spacer joined to the guide bar clamps; a spacer strip joined to the spacer, the spacer strip defining spacer apertures; a board clamp joined to an engagement pin, the engagement pin engaging one of the spacer apertures of the spacer strip; and mechanism for offsetting pairs of boards such that grooves and projections on a pair of boards is cuttable offset from a corresponding pair and method of use including joining a jig to a table saw; clamping at least two pairs of boards to the jig; positioning the clamped boards relative to the table saw; cutting a groove through all boards; repositioning the clamped boards relative to the table saw; cutting another groove spaced apart from the first groove; repeating the steps of repositioning and cutting another groove until grooves have been cut from one edge to an opposing edge with projections disposed between the grooves; and interlacing the projections and grooves of the pairs of boards to form a box joint. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216920 | Method of separating a floorboard material - A joint system having a flexible spring located in a horizontal groove of a panel, the spring having an inner flexible part and being displaceable horizontally in the groove. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216921 | LEADFRAME TREATMENT FOR ENHANCING ADHESION OF ENCAPSULANT THERETO - A method is provided for treating a leadframe comprising copper or copper alloy to enhance adhesion of molding compound to it. The leadframe is oxidized in an oxidation treatment bath to form copper oxide on the surface of the leadframe. It is then dipped in a complexing or chelating agent to enhance the purity of the copper oxide formed. Thereafter, the leadframe is cleaned with an acid to remove any contaminants remaining on the leadframe. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216922 | VACUUM CARBURIZATION METHOD AND VACUUM CARBURIZATION APPARATUS - There are provided a method, between a diffusion process and a quenching process, a normalizing process of performing step cooling in which a temperature lowering treatment and a temperature keeping treatment are alternately repeated plural times so that a temperature history from the first temperature to a predetermined temperature satisfies a predetermined condition; an after-normalizing maintaining process of maintaining the temperature of the whole workpiece for a predetermined time after the normalizing process so that the whole workpiece becomes the predetermined temperature, thereby producing fine crystal grains in the workpiece; and a reheating process of raising the temperature of the workpiece to the second temperature, after the after-normalizing keeping process. According to the invention, even when a process temperature is set high to make rapid progress of carburization and diffusion and thus the process time is shortened, uniformity in temperature is achieved between a surface and a inside of a workpiece by the high-temperature process and crystal grains are prevented from being coarse, thereby obtaining a workpiece having a predetermined property value. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216923 | WEAR-RESISTANT ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A material is shaped and sintered into a compact using iron-based alloy powder containing Cr; and a nitriding treatment having no carburizing action is conducted to the compact so that a surface of the compact may have a mixed structure | 2008-09-11 |
20080216924 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN REFINED MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM-ALLOYS - The present invention relates to a method for producing grain refined Mg and Mg alloys by solidifying molten Mg or Mg-alloys in the presence of ZrB | 2008-09-11 |
20080216925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SCALE-FREE SHEET METAL - A method and apparatus for strip casting sheet metal and then conditioning the surfaces of the sheet metal strip to remove iron oxide scale employs first brushing the surfaces with stainless steel brushes to remove the scale without requiring pickle and oil, and then brushing the surfaces with aluminum oxide brushes to further clean and smooth the surfaces of the cast metal strip. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216926 | ULTRA-SHORT DURATION LASER METHODS FOR THE NANOSTRUCTURING OF MATERIALS - The present invention is generally directed to the materials processing regimes obtained with laser processing using ultra-short laser pulses of subpicosecond (i.e., up to hundreds of femtoseconds) duration, and to the altered materials obtained through such materials processing regimes. Thus various aspects of the present invention are directed to, for example, methods for altering materials by exposure of the materials to one or more pulses of a fs duration laser, while other aspects of the present invention are directed to, for example, materials altered by the methods of the invention. These macro-, micro-, and nanostructured materials have a variety of applications, including, for example, aesthetic applications such as jewelry or ornamentation; biomedical applications, especially medical applications involving biocompatibility bioperformance; catalysis applications; and modification of, for example, the optical and hydrophilic properties of materials. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216927 | High Temperature Bolt Material - A high temperature bolt material, characterized in that it is a ferrite steel comprising 8 wt % or more of Cr and having a tempered martensite structure and can be used in a high temperature region of higher than 500° C.; and a method for producing the high temperature bolt material which comprises subjecting the above-mentioned steel material to a heat treatment comprising a quenching or normalizing at a temperature of 1000° C. or higher and then to a tempering at a temperature of 730° C. or higher. The above ferrite steel high temperature bolt material is excellent in characteristics of the resistance to stress relaxation. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216928 | Seamless steel pipe for line pipe and a method for its manufacture - A seamless steel pipe for line pipe having high strength and stable toughness and having resistance to sulfide corrosion cracking at low temperatures to room temperature is provided. A seamless steel pipe according to the present invention has a chemical composition comprising, in mass percent, C: 0.03-0.08%, Si: 0.05-0.5%, Mn: 1.0-3.0%, Mo: greater than 0.4% to 1.2%, Al: 0.005-0.100%, Ca: 0.001-0.005%, a remainder of Fe and impurities including N, P, S, O, and Cu, with the impurities containing at most 0.01% of N, at most 0.05% of P, at most 0.01% of S, at most 0.01% of O, and at most 0.1% of Cu, and having a microstructure comprising a bainitic-martensitic dual phase structure. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216929 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - A first conductive rubber layer is formed by arranging a filament conductive rubber within a ground surface of a shoulder portion of a nonconductive tread rubber so as to be along a tire circumferential direction, before vulcanizing a tire. Further, a second conductive rubber layer is formed by arranging a filament conductive rubber extending to an outer side in a tire width direction along an extending direction of a slit from the first conductive rubber layer and reaching a strip rubber while cutting across a ground end E, before vulcanizing the tire. Further, a tread pattern is formed in such a manner that the first conductive rubber layer vertically cuts across the slit and the second conductive rubber layer is arranged within the slit, at a time of vulcanizing the tire. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216930 | Tyre with rubber tread which contains internal circumferential rubber stabilizer bars - This invention relates to a tyre, particularly a motorcycle tyre having a high camber rubber tread which contains a central internal circumferential rubber stabilization element, or bar, which extends to and is a part of the running surface of the tyre tread and a plurality of additional spaced apart internal circumferential rubber stabilization bars, positioned within the tread outer cap rubber layer of which one or more may optionally be a part of the running surface of the tyre tread. In one embodiment, segments of the tread's outer cap rubber layer are substantially separated from each other, and may be thereby substantially dynamically de-coupled from each other, by one or more of said circumferential rubber stabilizer bars which extend radially outward into said outer tread cap rubber layer from an underlying tread base rubber layer. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216931 | Device for Tire Inflation - A device for inflating a deflated vehicle tire which comprises a tube, a first adapter and a second adapter disposed at each end of the tube, wherein the adapters are suitable for connecting to a valve of a vehicle tire, facilitating air flow, and an air-flow indicator which indicates existence of air-flow within the tube. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216932 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A pneumatic tire is provided in which the degree of freedom in designing markings shown on external surfaces thereof is enhanced without depending upon engraved letters on a conventional mold so as to meet requests from individual users while increasing the visibility of the markings so shown. In a pneumatic tire having markings on external surfaces thereof, thermoplastic resin films of which a center line average surface roughness (Ra) of a surface is in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 μm are affixed to predetermined positions on external surfaces of a green tire of the tire and the green tire is then vulcanization molded, whereby markings are formed. Surfaces of the markings are made up of a specular surface of which Ra is in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 μm, and a background portion | 2008-09-11 |
20080216933 | Rubber composition for inner liner - A rubber composition used for an inner liner layer that reduces an amount of air permeation, lessens density of the rubber composition and does not lower fracture property of the rubber composition is provided. The rubber composition is used for an inner liner layer of an inner surface of a tire and comprises 1 to 30 parts by weight of thermal expansion microcapsules based on 100 parts by weight of rubber components containing a butyl rubber in an amount of not less than 80% by weight, wherein an outer shell portion of independent thermal expansion microcapsules is made of a thermoplastic resin, and an average particle diameter of the thermal expansion microcapsules is 10 to 95 μm. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216934 | Tire with sidewall comprised of low viscosity trans 1,4-polybutadiene, cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber - This invention relates to a tire with a sidewall composition comprised of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural rubber, and high cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber combined with a partial replacement of the cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber with a low Mooney viscosity specialized trans 1,4-polybutadiene. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216935 | Tire with sidewall comprised of emulsion styrene/butadiene rubber, cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber and cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber - This invention relates to a tire with a sidewall composition comprised of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, and high cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber combined with a partial replacement of the cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, particularly natural rubber, with a specialized emulsion polymerization styrene/butadiene rubber (E-SBR) having a glass transition temperature (Tg), similar to the Tg of natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber, from about −70 to about −60° C. and a limited bound styrene content in a range of from about 12 to about 16 percent. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216936 | CEILING TILE CONSTRUCTION - A ceiling tile of gypsum and cellulose fibers formed into a board by initially mixing the fibers and gypsum in a water-based slurry that is felted and thereafter pressed and dried with a desired board thickness, the dried board being processed to form a plurality of holes in a face thereof through at least the majority of the thickness of the board, the collective volume of the holes being sufficient to reduce the weight of the board by at least 10% and increase the NRC exhibited by the board over that which would otherwise be found in a board of the same composition without such holes. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216937 | Elastic laminates and methods of manufacturing same - A method for forming an elastic laminate comprising: bonding a first nonwoven to an elastic film to form a laminate; activating the laminate to form an activated laminate; and bonding a consolidated nonwoven to the elastic film of the activated laminate to form the elastic laminate. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PIPE REPAIR - A system and method of repairing a pipe including securing a reinforcing material, such as a dry fiber structure (e.g., a carbon fibers) to the surface of the pipe. A polymeric material is placed on top of the reinforcing material, self-penetrating the dry fiber structure. The polymeric material substantially saturates the reinforcing material and cures to form a reinforced polymeric composite which may increase or restore the pressure rating or operating pressure capacity of the pipe. Optionally, an outer containment component, such as a sleeve, shell, box, wall, outer pipe, and so on, may be installed around the reinforcing material prior to introduction of the polymeric material. In this case, the polymeric material may be placed (i.e., poured) into the interior of the containment component on top of the reinforcing material. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216939 | VERTICAL FEED SYSTEM FOR NON-SEAMED SHRINK LABELS - A container labeling system includes a vertical feed system. The vertical feed system includes a continuous roll of non-seamed shrink film material, where the non-seamed shrink film material shrinks in a cross-machine direction. A severing device is used to sever the non-seamed shrink film material into discrete lengths of non-seamed shrink material. A vertical feed mechanism transfers the discrete lengths of non-seamed shrink material toward a transport mechanism. A labeling apparatus receives the discrete lengths of non-seamed shrink material from the transport mechanism. The labeling apparatus is configured to form a tube from the discrete length of non-seamed shrink material and to apply the tube to a container for a shrinking operation. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216940 | Plastic Laminates And Methods For Making The Same - In one embodiment, a laminate comprises: a plastic sheet, a second sheet, an adhesive disposed between and in physical contact with the plastic sheet and the second sheet, and an interlayer formed from a liquid filling having a viscosity that does not form bubbles visible to the unaided eye. The laminate has a storage modulus that varies by a factor less than or equal to about 200 at 1 Hz in the temperature range of −40° C. to 200° C. In another embodiment, a laminate comprises: a plastic sheet, a second sheet, an adhesive disposed between and in physical contact with the plastic sheet and the second sheet, and an elastomer interlayer formed from a liquid RTV filling. In one embodiment, a method for making a laminate comprises: adhering a glass sheet to a plastic sheet with an adhesive to form a gap therebetween, and introducing a liquid RTV filling to the gap. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216941 | Tyre Manufacturing Process - A process for manufacturing a tyre which has at least one structural element including at least one first portion made of a first crude elastomeric material, and at least one second portion made of the first crude elastomeric material, the second portion being axially spaced apart from the first portion. The process includes the steps of forming a crude tyre on a supporting device and moulding and curing the crude tyre, wherein the step of forming the crude tyre includes the step of providing the structural element. The step of providing the structural element includes: a) forming the first portion by winding at least one continuous elongate element made of the first crude elastomeric material by means of a roto-translational movement between the supporting device and an erogating device for supplying the continuous elongate element; b) starting to apply the continuous elongate element in a position axially spaced apart from the first portion while continuing supplying the continuous elongate element so as to form the second portion; and c) forming the second portion by winding the continuous elongate element made of the first crude elastomeric material by means a roto-translational movement between the supporting device and the erogating device. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216942 | Method for Continuous Production of Functional Film - There is provided a method for continuous production of a functional membrane whereby a functional membrane in which a functional polymer is filled into the micropores of a porous resin sheet can be obtained both continuously and efficiently. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216943 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING STRETCHED PAINT FILMS AND ARTICLES FORMED USING SAME - Described herein is a process for manufacturing a part or a part pre-form, for example, a vehicle part or vehicle part pre-form, as well as articles of manufacture incorporating pre-stretched paint films and substrates such as extruded sheet. Also described herein is an apparatus useful for the process described, which process includes providing a paint film having a length as measured along a longitudinal axis of the paint film; continuously stretching the paint film in the transverse and/or longitudinal directions of the film over the length of the paint film to form a pre-stretched paint film; and applying the pre-stretched paint film to a thermoformable substrate to form a part or part pre-form. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216944 | TEAR TAPE APPLICATOR FOR REAM WRAP AND OTHER PACKAGING MATERIALS - The present invention relates to a system and method for applying tear tape to a packaging substrate. Features of the system include a tear tape applicator unit comprising a laser/tear tape unwind assembly and a tear tape applicator assembly and a winder comprising an unwind roll and a rewind roll. A packaging substrate is advanced from the unwind roll to the rewind roll. The tear tape applicator unit interfaces the winder such that at least one portion of a tear tape is cut by the laser/tear tape unwind assembly and applied to the web of packaging substrate by the tear tape applicator assembly. Features of the method include advancing a web of a packaging substrate along a rewinding line from an unwind end to a rewind end, cutting at least one portion of a tear tape, advancing said at least one portion of said tear tape toward said rewinding line, and applying said at least one portion of said tear tape to said web. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216945 | Laminated Body, Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Cutter Used for Manufacturing the Same - An apparatus for manufacturing a layered product having a curved surface part with an extremely small radius of curvature while lowering the rate of occurrence a defective product is provided. The manufacturing apparatus is for a layered product in which a decorative material is laminated on a surface and side of a base material, and includes a cutting unit for forming a first cut portion at the corner of the base material and forming a second cut portion having an arc-shaped portion at a portion of a rear surface side of the decorative material opposing to the first cutout part and a bending member for bending the decorative material at the circular arc-like part of the second cutout part. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216946 | ADHESIVE TAPE - An adhesive tape comprises a tape portion including a first side and a second side, wherein the first side includes an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The adhesive tape further includes a handle portion comprising a first edge, wherein the first edge of the handle portion is longitudinally disposed adjacent the first side of the tape portion. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216947 | Temporary Tatoo for Rubber Tires - The present invention is an article and method for applying a moisture transferable image to the surface of a tire, whereby the image retains visual integrity for up to six months. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216948 | Hand-Mouldable Material - A method of providing a self-adhesive mouldable hand grip comprises mixing: a) a first component comprising room temperature vulcanising silicone composition; and b) a second component, one of the first and second components comprising a moist, powdered filler, and the other of the first and second components comprising a hydrolysable cross-linking agent, to produce a self-adhesive RTV silicone elastomer composition, applying the RTV moisture cure silicone elastomer composition to a substrate, and moulding it by hand to form a grip. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216949 | Heat-Peelable Double-Faced Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Sheet, Method Of Processing Adherend, and Electronic Part - A heat-peelable double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which comprises a substrate (a), a heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (b) formed on one side of the substrate (a) and containing heat-expandable microspheres, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (c) formed on the other side of the substrate (a), wherein the heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (b) and the substrate (a) are peelable from each other by heating. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216950 | ADHESIVE WITH DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND ITS APPLICATION FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING - An adhesive adapted with particular optical properties, and its use to couple a substrate to a substrate holder during substrate processing are disclosed. After processing the substrate, the optical properties of the adhesive may be exploited to locate and/or remove adhesive residue that may be present on the substrate. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216951 | Microfluidic Detection Device Having Reduced Dispersion And Method For Making Same - A microfluidic detection device provides reduced dispersion of axial concentration gradients in a flowing sample. The microfluidic detection device includes a cell body and a flow path through the cell body. The flow path has an inlet segment, an outlet segment, and a central segment, which forms a detection cell. The central segment is located between and at an angle with both the inlet segment and the outlet segment. The central segment has a first junction with the inlet segment and a second junction with the outlet segment. The cell body contains two arms that can transmit light to and from the detection cell. At least a portion of a first arm is located in the first junction and at least a portion of a second arm is located in the second junction. The portions of the arms located in the junctions are situated so that fluid entering or exiting the central segment of the flow path flows around the outer surface of one of the portions. By ensuring that the flow velocity is high near the walls both at the beginning and at the end of the conduit, the configuration serves to counteract dispersion caused by the normal parabolic velocity profile of flow through a cylindrical conduit, where the fluid velocity is highest at the center. In addition, the configuration promotes efficient sweeping of the entire volume between the two arms. A method for manufacturing the microfluidic detection device is also provided. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216952 | Adhesive Method Of Optical Components - An adhesive method of adhering a first optical component to a second optical component includes applying a resin on a first predetermined area of the first optical component and a second predetermined area of the second optical component, and then arranging the first and second predetermined areas to correspond to each other, and then shortening the distance between the first and the second predetermined areas until a resin bridge being formed between the first and second optical components, and then lightly shortening the distance between the first and second predetermined areas for the resin being spread over the first and second predetermined areas, and then the resin being spread to be fully filled between the first and second optical components through the second optical component being released and pressing the resin, finally illuminating the resin through ultraviolet ray for engaging with the first and second optical components. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216953 | ENHANCED DEVICE FOR MAKING A MULTILAYER PART COMPRISING AN ASPECT LAYER WITH A GRANULATED SURFACE - A device for making a multilayer part including an aspect layer with a granulated surface. Suction ports open out on a portion of a molding surface of an imprint with a shape complementary to a portion of the aspect layer, such as a peripheral portion. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216954 | Plastic Welding Compound - The invention is a combination of a Methyl Methacrylate liquid monomer and an acrylic powdered polymer that when mixed together will form an extremely strong chemical bond between two plastic substrates by melting into the plastic and filling the space between the substrates. A bond stronger than previously achievable is accomplished by two factors: (1) Substantial use of the liquid as a primer before the application of the mixture in order to prepare the surface for welding. (2) Controlling the temperature of the liquid and the powder, via refrigeration, before mixing. This allows workability of the product without the need for additives that dilute the strength of the mixture. The elimination of the additives also allows for a more pure weld that can be polished to a crystal clear surface for an esthetically pleasing joint. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216955 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A PEELABLE SEAL - A container or array of containers that is are sealed with a peelable seal is transported via a conveyor along a processing path toward a desealing station at which an adhesive surface having a width substantially the same as or greater than the width of the seal is pressed against the upper surface of the peelable seal. A collection rod applies a downward pressure on the adhesive surface, pressing it against the seal and keeping the container or container array in position on the conveyor as the plate moves with the conveyor. As the leading edge of the seal passes the collection rod, the adhesive surface is rolled upward, away from the plane of the seal, pulling up on the leading edge of the seal to separate it from the container or container array while the container or container array is held down by the roller. The removed seal is then discarded. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216956 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - To provide a plasma processing apparatus using a measuring method of a film thickness of a material to be processed, which method is capable of accurately measuring an actual residual film amount and an etching depth of the layer to be processed. The plasma processing apparatus includes: a detector | 2008-09-11 |
20080216957 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CLEANING METHOD THEREOF, CONTROL PROGRAM AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A cleaning method for a plasma processing apparatus includes introducing a cleaning gas containing Cl | 2008-09-11 |
20080216958 | Plasma Reaction Apparatus Having Pre-Seasoned Showerheads and Methods for Manufacturing the Same - Plasma reaction apparatus having pre-seasoned showerheads and methods for pre-seasoning a showerhead of a plasma reaction apparatus are provided. In an embodiment, a method for seasoning a showerhead prior to installation in a plasma reaction apparatus comprises cleaning the showerhead, positioning the showerhead in a deposition chamber, and forming a continuous, substantially uniform protective layer on the showerhead. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216959 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a plasma processing apparatus which has the function of removing a deposit adhering to the periphery of the backside of a sample and has high throughput and low cost. That is, a deposit removal unit for removing the deposit on the periphery of the backside of the sample by pulsed laser irradiation is connected to an atmosphere-side transfer chamber of the plasma processing apparatus. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216960 | Flexible Inductor for the Inductive Sealing of Packages - A sealing device for inductive sealing of containers is provided. The sealing device includes at least one induction coil made from an at least partially flexible conductor. The induction coil has two coil halves arranged at a distance (d) apart between which the containers can be moved, in which the conductor in each case extends essentially parallel to a direction of motion (B) of the containers. The coil halves are connected to the induction coil via at least one flexible conductor loop, which extends perpendicular to the direction of motion (B) of the containers. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216961 | APPLICATOR HEAD FOR FIBERS WITH SYSTEMS OF CUTTING AND LOCKING PARTICULAR FIBERS - A head for applying fibers in order to make components of composite materials, intended to be mounted at the end of a displacement system for applying to a surface a wide strip formed of a number of fibers. The head comprises an application roller, means for guiding fibers on said roller, cutting means including blades activated by activation systems for cutting the fibers upstream of the application roller, and blocking means including blocking studs activated by activation systems so as to block the fibers that have just been cut. The studs and the blades are activated by common activation systems which, for each fiber to be cut and blocked, displace a blade and a stud in order to cut and block the fiber. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216962 | Bead alignment clip and system for its use for locating and maintaining a tire bead positioning onto a tire core build man-drel in forming a core for manufacturing an elastomeric tire - The invention provides tire bead alignment clips for mounting onto each of a pair of tire beads have a U shape to fit over and clamp onto the tire bead that has received a plies sleeve end folded thereover and each tire clip is for magnetic attachment to each of a like number of spaced permanent magnets that are individually secured, at equal spaced locations, to points along radial arcs taken from a center of each of the sides of a cavity mold that are secured to opposite sides of a tire core build mandrel, and the permanent magnets are like horseshoe magnets having a pair of legs that each have north and south pole ends, and each bead clip side is magnetically attractive to couple to which permanent magnet ends, providing for attaching the plies sleeve ends and tire beads to optimum locations on opposite side of the cavity mold side inner surface and spaced apart from the tire core build mandrel that is for use in building a tire core to receive an elastomeric material directed therearound in a tire formation process. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216963 | APPLICATOR HEAD FOR FIBERS WITH PARTICULAR SYSTEMS FOR CUTTING FIBERS - The present invention relates to a head for applying fibers in order to make components of composite materials, intended to be mounted at the end of a displacement system for applying to a surface a wide strip formed of a number of fibers. The head comprises an application roller for applying fibers in the form of a strip, means for guiding fibers on said roller, and cutting means including blades activated by activation systems between a rest position and an active cutting position so as to cut the fibers upstream of the application roller. Said blades and associated activation systems are all placed on the side of the roller relative to said fibers. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216964 | ADHESIVE TAPE APPLICATOR - An Adhesive tape applicator is configured to sandwich a workpiece in a vertical direction with a plurality of guide rollers for engaging with the workpiece from above to roll around and a sandwiching guide roller for engaging with the workpiece from below. It has an application roller for applying an adhesive tape on a tape application face by elastically pressing the adhesive tape and a separation-prevention tape guide for preventing the adhesive tape from being separated from the application roller. A tape positioning part is also formed, which releases an upper end in a tape width direction of a tape insertion gap formed by the tape guide and receives and guides a lower side edge of the adhesive tape on a lower end of the tape insertion gap. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216965 | PANEL TRACK CURTAIN SYSTEM - The panel track curtain system includes a plurality of panels each suspended from a substantially rigid slat which is itself suspended from at least one track of the panel track curtain system. The panels at least partially overlap each other when the curtain system is in a closed position, thus defining an overlapping zone between adjacent ones of the panels. The overlapping zone includes an overlapped region of an underlying panel and an overlapping region of an overlying panel. The panels each have at least one aesthetic characteristic on their front surface, and includes a longitudinally extending band that has a width determined by that of the overlapping zone. These bands create a repeating vertical band pattern when the curtain system is closed. This vertical band pattern reduces a level of perceptibility of the overlapped region, which is visible through the superimposed overlapping region. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216966 | Manually Operated Venetian Blind and Method of Darkening a Room - In one embodiment, a manually operated internal Venetian blind for raising/lowering a plurality of slats is disclosed, and comprises a stationary bearing housing, a longitudinally displaceable bifurcated bearing block, a counterweight interconnected to the bearing block and housing at least one internal magnet, and a first linearly displaceable actuator disposed outwardly to one of two glass sheets and provided with at least one external magnet at a fixed distance from the internal magnet. The displacement of the first actuator is significantly less than the displacement of the longitudinally lowest slat due to the winding of central cords around a ball bearing housed within the bearing block. In another embodiment, a device for tilting the slats to which two outer cords are affixed is provided with two laterally oriented sides and an annular protrusion rotatably supported by a suitable assembly secured to a support surface and transversally extending outwardly from each laterally oriented side, such that the tilting device is rotatable about a transversal axis coincident with the axis of the annular protrusions. An external blind is also disclosed. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216967 | Mechanism for moving all the slats away from the head in vertical direction - A blind includes a firs control unit connected with a top rail and a second control unit connected with a bottom rail. A plurality of slats are connected with each other and connected between the top and bottom rail. The first control unit includes a first operation box and a first rod on which two cords are wrapped and connected to the top rail. The second control unit includes a second operation box and a second rod on which another two cords are wrapped. A clip is connected the top rail and includes a hook to which an operation rod is connected. The top rail together with the slats is able to be pulled a distance from the head of the blind so as to form an uncovered are between the head and the top rail by pulling the operation rod. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216968 | MODULAR STRIP DOOR SYSTEM - A modular strip door system includes a plurality of strips, a bracket and a strip mounting member that may be assembled and placed adjacent to a door or opening. The strip mounting member is configured to retain the plurality of strips and be releasably mounted onto the bracket. The strip mounting member includes an upper channel and a lower channel configured to receive the plurality of strips. The strip mounting member further includes at least one bracket mounting aperture configured to receive at least one mounting protuberance projecting from the inner face of the bracket. In one alternate embodiment the system comprises a plurality of strips configured to be releasably mounted onto a bracket. In yet another alternate embodiment, the system comprises a strip mounting member configured to be mounted to a support surface and retain a plurality of strips. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216969 | Sound absorbing blind systems - The present invention relates to a sound absorbing blind system, which includes: (a) support means for a plurality of window blinds; (b) operational means connected to the support means and to the plurality of window blinds for opening and closing the plurality of window blinds; and, (c) the plurality of window blinds connected to the support means and the operational means, each of the plurality of window blinds being adapted for sound absorption, and each of the plurality of window blinds being an acoustically and insulatively absorptive, unistructural material, having a noise reduction coefficient of at least 0.60 when the plurality of blinds are closed. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216970 | Sunshade assembly suitable for an arcuate window - A sunshade assembly includes a pair of mounting seats, an arcuate rotatable shaft, and a flexible screen body. The rotatable shaft is tubular in shape, defines a curved rotational axis, is coupled rotatably to the mounting seats, and is formed with recesses so as to be rotatable about the curved rotational axis. The flexible screen body is wound on the rotatable shaft. The rotatable shaft is operable to rotate about the curved rotational axis for winding and unwinding the flexible screen body. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216971 | Roller Blind Arrangement - The invention relates to a roller blind arrangement comprising at least one roller blind web ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216972 | Automatically actuable side window roller blind - A side window roller blind for a window opening of a motor vehicle, and a method for fitting, includes a winding shaft, a roller blind web which is fastened at a first edge to the winding shaft, an extension profile which is operatively connected to a second edge of the roller blind web such that the roller blind web can be unwound from the winding shaft. An actuating device and a drive for driving the actuating device are provided. The extension profile can be displaced by the actuating device, and the drive is arranged in the region of the winding shaft. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216973 | Roller blind with perforated band drive - A drive arrangement for roller blinds of motor vehicles is provided. The drive arrangement includes a housing that contains a chamber for accommodating a spring steel band that is pre-formed in a spiral shape in a similar manner to a clockwork spring. The spring steel band is equidistantly perforated in the longitudinal direction and moves over a drive gear that is configured similarly to a barbed wire and driven by a geared motor. The projections of the drive gear engage with the holes of the spring steel band. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216974 | Fabric holder suspension arrangement - A fabric support arrangement for maintaining a flexible fabric in a straight and aligned manner, from a support structure. The fabric support comprises an elongated housing extrusion having an elongated central chamber therein. An elongated fabric clamp assembly may be folded along an elongated flexible mid-portion thereof, and is receivingly disposed within the elongated central chamber. The fabric clamp is comprised of an first fabric frame and a second fabric frame. A flexible fabric is biasedly secured in a generally sinusoidally shaped path within the fabric clamp assembly between the first fabric frame and the second fabric frame. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216975 | Deeply embossed roll paper products having reduced gapping on the machine direction edges - A roll paper product having a machine direction, cross machine direction, two machine direction edges, and one or more plies of a fibrous structure having a pattern embossed on the surface thereof wherein the embossing pattern has a plurality of embossments having a height, one or more first tracts having a cross machine direction width, and one or more second tracts having a cross machine direction width, wherein the first tract has the lower percent unembossed than the second tract; and wherein the roll paper product has been cut such that at least one machine direction edge is tangential to a first tract. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216976 | Security Paper and a Method for the Production Thereof - The invention relates to a security paper for manufacturing security or value documents, such as banknotes, identification cards and the like, having at least two through openings ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216977 | WIPING PRODUCTS WITH CONTROLLED LINT PROPERTIES - Wiping products, such as tissue products, are disclosed containing an additive composition. The additive composition, for instance, comprises an aqueous dispersion containing an alpha-olefin polymer, an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, or mixtures thereof. The alpha-olefin polymer may comprise an interpolymer of ethylene and octene, while the ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer may comprise ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer. The additive composition may also contain a dispersing agent, such as a fatty acid. The additive composition may be incorporated into the base web by being combined with the fibers that are used to form the web. Alternatively, the additive composition may be topically applied to the web after the web has been formed. The additive composition can improve various properties of the wiping product. For instance, in one embodiment, the additive composition can reduce lint and increase softness. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216978 | Cationic polymer latex - There is provided an aqueous liquid domestic composition comprising
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20080216979 | Paper making process using cationic polyacrylamides and crosslinking compositions for use in same - The present invention relates to methods for manufacturing paper or paperboard with improved strength, the methods comprising the addition of the reaction product of a cationic polyacrylamide and an aqueous aldehyde generating compound or a glyoxal releasing compound, or glyoxal itself, prepared at the mill site at high concentrations, then diluted and added into a fiber furnish prior to forming or drying of the paper or paperboard sheet. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216980 | PAPER MACHINE BELT WITH WATER IMPERMEABLE BASE LAYER AND POROUS SURFACE - A belt for use in a paper machine includes a water impermeable base layer and a web-side porous layer coupled with the base layer. The porous layer includes interconnected pores which are of an open cell structure. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216981 | Method for Conveying, Mixing, and Leveling Dewatered Pulp Prior to Drying - System for conveying, mixing, leveling, and flaking dewatered pulp to produce pulp flakes suitable to be used in a dryer. The system produces a consistent flow rate of pulp and uniform pulp flakes in terms of pulp flake size and pulp flake moisture content. The system includes a rotating shaftless screw conveyor for mixing and conveying dewatered pulp. The system includes a belt conveyor. The pulp is deposited from the screw conveyor onto the moving belt conveyor through a chute. The system includes a rotary doctor. The pulp is leveled with the rotary doctor located above the belt conveyor to produce a substantially even rate of mass flow of pulp along a length of belt conveyor. Uniform and consistent quantities of pulp per unit time can then be fed from the belt conveyor to a pulp flaker that then translates into an even rate of pulp mass flow to the dryer. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216982 | Headbox apparatus for a papermaking machine - A headbox apparatus for a papermaking machine is disclosed. The headbox apparatus defines a flow path for stock flowing between an upstream location and a downstream slice lip. The apparatus includes a plurality of blocks which are anchored within the flow path between the upstream location and the slice lip. Each block and an adjacent block of the plurality of blocks define therebetween a flow tube for the flow therethrough of the stock. The flow tube has an upstream portion having an upstream and a downstream end. The flow tube has a downstream portion having an upstream and a downstream extremity, the upstream extremity of the downstream portion extending from the downstream end of the upstream portion. The downstream portion of the flow tube has a volume which is greater than a further volume of the upstream portion of the flow tube such that when the stock flows from the upstream portion to the downstream portion of the flow tube, the stock is mixed within the downstream portion. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216983 | Method for precision casting of metallic components with thin passage ducts - In precision casting of metallic components with very thin passage ducts, in particular turbine blades, by the lost-wax process, the ceramic core pins provided for forming the passage ducts are covered and stabilised via a low-melting reinforcing coat prior to injection of the wax material required for forming the wax pattern for the production of the ceramic casting mold, with the low-melting reinforcing coat being melted out together with the wax material after the casting mold has been formed on. The ceramic core pins are therefore not damaged during the production of the wax pattern, enabling very thin passage ducts to be formed in the precision casting process. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216984 | In Investment Casting - In an investment casting procedure using microwave energy as the heat source virgin wax models are attached to a spree of wax-type pattern material incorporating a susceptor, the spree having a pour cup also of a wax-type pattern material, the pour cup material having a higher percentage of the susceptor than the material of the spree. In use the pour cup will melt first and the spree second, unblocking the path of the virgin wax so that its expansion will not crack ceramic with which it has been coated. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216985 | Method for Producing Grain Oriented Magnetic Steel Strip - A method for producing high-quality grain oriented magnetic steel sheet utilizes a steel alloy with (in wt %) Si: 2.5-4.0%, C: 0.02-0.10%, Al: 0.01-0.065%, N: 0.003-0.015%. The method utilizes an operational sequence whose individual steps (secondary metallurgical treatment of the molten metal, continuous casting of the molten metal into a strand, dividing of the strand into thin slabs, heating of the thin slabs, continuous hot rolling of the thin slabs into hot strip, cooling of the hot strip, coiling of the hot strip, cold rolling of the hot strip into cold strip, recrystallization and decarburization annealing of the cold strip, application of an annealing separator, final annealing of the recrystallization and decarburization annealed cold strip to form a Goss texture) are harmonized with one another, so that a magnetic steel sheet with optimized electromagnetic properties is obtained using conventional apparatus. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216986 | Solar Heating Systems - Solar heating systems are provided which utilize an integrated fixture for transferring heat from a solar collector to a lower-temperature loop, e.g. a domestic hot water system or radiant heating system. The fixture provides a heat exchanger for transferring heat from the solar collector to the lower temperature loop. The fixture may also include a casting, in which are formed solar collector supply and return ports, lower temperature supply and return ports, a solar collector pump volute, and a lower temperature pump volute. The systems also include two pumps, and a temperature optimization control that varies the speed of at least one of the pumps depending on the temperature of the liquid in the solar collector. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216987 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH INTERMEDIATE PLATE - The present invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular, an oil cooler for motor vehicles, constructed from trough-shaped heat exchanger plates which are stacked into one another and from turbulence inserts, having two openings for one medium and two further openings for another medium in order to form collecting ducts for the supply and discharge of the media, with flow ducts for the media being formed between the heat exchanger plates. The heat exchanger also includes flow ducts connected to the associated collecting ducts, an upper closure plate which has convexities in the region of the collecting tanks, and an intermediate plate which is provided with holes. The intermediate plate is arranged between the closure plate and the uppermost heat exchanger plate, and one of the holes, formed as a pressure equalizing opening, interacts with the upwardly aligned convexity in the closure plate to improve the internal pressure stability. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216988 | HEAT ABSORBING DEVICE USABLE TO COOL HOT BEVERAGES - A heat absorbing device usable to cool hot beverages includes a support rim for supporting the device on a brim of a container and a heat absorbing element extending away from the support rim in a first direction. The heat absorbing element includes a thermally conductive material for absorbing heat from a liquid in the container. A handle extends away from the support rim in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The handle is usable for positioning the heat absorbing element in the container and for removing the heat absorbing element from the container. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216989 | WELD BEAD REINFORCEMENT OF CHARGE AIR COOLER HEADERS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A fracture-resistant charge air cooler header is provided. The internal side of the header includes, at select locations most likely to sustain a fracture, a reinforcing weld bead or “nugget” of sufficient height to create a section modulus change. The weld bead is preferably formed from a highly ductile alloy, such as AA 1100 aluminum alloy, and may surround either a portion of the header component associated with a tube or its entire perimeter. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216990 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH A HEAT PIPE - A heat dissipation device comprises at least two heat pipes ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216991 | COOLING DEVICE FOR INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - A cooling device for an information equipment, comprises a heat receiving member composed of a base member thermally connected to a heat generating element, and a casing member, which are defined therebetween a closes space in which a coolant can flow, the base member is integrally incorporated with fins in a predetermined zone of its planar surface on the side remote from the heat generating element thermally connected to the base member, and the base member has a thickness which is thinner in the zone where the fins are formed than in the other zone where no fins are formed. With this configuration, the heat receiving member which can enhance the heat-exchanging performance of a liquid cooling system, can be manufactured at a low cost. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216992 | HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE - A heat dissipating comprising: a plurality of fins; an upper side and a lower side of each fin being folded with folding sheets; each of two sides of each sheet being protruded with a buckling ear; the buckling ear having a T shape; a hole being formed on the folding sheet and being located behind the buckling ear; the shape of the hole being corresponding to that of the buckling ear; a tenon being formed at two lateral walls of the hole and a middle section of the tenon being protruded with a semi-round section. In assembly, the buckling ears of one fin are buckled to the holes of another fin so as to assembly two fins together; the tenon serves to buckle the buckling ear to the hole; more fins are assembled by the same way; the heat dissipating device can be assembled to a computer central processing unit. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216993 | HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE - A heat dissipating device comprises a plurality of fins; an upper side and a lower side of each fin being folded with folding sheets; each of two sides of each sheet being protruded with a buckling ear; the buckling ear being formed by a round sheet and a support plate; the support plate being connected to the round sheet; a hole being formed on the folding sheet and being located behind the buckling ear; a tenon being formed at two lateral walls of the hole and a middle section of the tenon being protruded with a semi-round section. In assembly, the buckling ears of one fin are buckled to the holes of another fin so as to assembly two fins together; the tenon serves to buckle the buckling ear to the hole; more fins are assembled by the same way. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216994 | Vapor-Augmented Heat Spreader Device - A vapor-augmented heat spreader device includes a lower sheet in communication with an upper sheet. The lower sheet includes condensate grooves formed into the upper surface and the upper sheet includes a series of vapor grooves formed therein. The dimensions of the condensate grooves differ from the dimensions of the vapor grooves. For example, the condensate grooves may have dimensions smaller than those of the vapor grooves. The lower sheet may further include a multi-wick structure in communication with the condensate grooves. The lower sheet may be coupled to the upper sheet utilizing one or more of a crest joint or an edge joint. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216995 | Arrangement in a heat exchanger - In the arrangement in a heat exchanger in accordance with the invention, the heat exchanger comprises a shell and tubes. The tubes are placed inside the shell. The first medium entering the heat exchanger can be conducted into the tubes and the second medium between the inner shell surface and outer tube surface, and the first medium from the heat exchanger can be conducted out from the tubes and the second medium out from between the inner shell surface and outer tube surface. The heat exchanger comprises at least two tube rows placed in succession in the direction of the second medium's flow. The first tube row comprises at least two tubes, the first distance being between the two parallel tubes, the second distance being between the first parallel tube in the first row and a tube in the second row, and the third distance is between the second parallel tube in the first row and the tube in the second row. The first, second and third distances form a triangle, each angle of which is smaller than 90° and the second distance is a different length from the third distance. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216996 | Inlet Arrangement - An inlet arrangement ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080216997 | Heat plate construction and attachment for dismounting heat plate - A heat plate construction is provided, which is applicable for being fixed on a circuit board and contacting with a chip to perform a heat exchange. The heat plate construction includes a heat plate body and at least one buffer element. The heat plate body has a plurality of fixing points fixed on the circuit board and located outside the contacting region between the heat plate body and the chip. The buffer element is disposed outside the contacting region between the heat plate body and the chip, and the height of the buffer element is equal to a distance between the heat plate body and the circuit board, such that when the heat plate is dismounted, the buffer element relieves a force for the heat plate to press against the chip, so as to protect the chip from being damaged. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216998 | Thermostat and testing machine provided with the same - A thermostat includes a plate body, a heat insulator, and an electric heater. The plate body defines a cavity therewithin. The plate body has on its bottom two openings, which communicate with the cavity and function as a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet, respectively. The outer periphery of the plate body is covered with the heat insulator. That prevents heat intrusion and/or dissipation from the outer periphery of the plate body in transferring heat between the mounting face and a heat transfer medium within the cavity. That reduces the thermal influence on the mounting face, thereby ensuring more uniform temperature distribution on the mounting face. | 2008-09-11 |
20080216999 | Wedge Device - A wedge device ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080217000 | Casing patch - A casing patch includes a deformable seal configurable to a deformed and undeformed position for sealing and unsealing respectively with a target stub and a pressure based subsystem in operable communication with the deformable seal. The patch may also contain a stop ring to prevent overcompression of the seal. | 2008-09-11 |
20080217001 | Flow control device for choking inflowing fluids in a well - A flow arrangement ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080217002 | Sand control screen having a micro-perforated filtration layer - A sand control screen ( | 2008-09-11 |
20080217003 | Gas injection to inhibit migration during an in situ heat treatment process - Methods of treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Methods for treating a subsurface treatment area in a formation may include introducing a fluid into the formation from a plurality of wells offset from a treatment area of an in situ heat treatment process to inhibit outward migration of formation fluid from the in situ heat treatment process. | 2008-09-11 |