38th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100239361 | SELF LUBRICATING PIN ASSEMBLY - This invention provides a pin assembly that is self-lubricating and includes a pin, a pin insert that is received within the pin and a quantity of lubricating agent. The present invention also provides an insert for a pin that may be used in a pin joint that contains an automatic lubrication dispensing mechanism. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239362 | Method and apparatus for locking telescoping members - An apparatus for locking an inner telescoping member into a desired position within an outer telescoping member or sleeve. A locking mechanism is carried by the inner telescoping member and includes locking pins supported for motion between respective retracted positions and respective extended positions engaging detents in the outer telescoping member. A synchronizing ring is operatively connected to the locking pins such that synchronizing ring rotation moves the locking pins between the locking pins' respective retracted and extended positions. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239363 | CONNECTING FLANGE FOR TRANSMISSION ELEMENTS OF CYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES - A connecting flange ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239364 | CONNECTING ASSEMBLY BETWEEN A SHAFT JOURNAL AND A CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT WITH THREADED SLEEVE - A connecting assembly is disclosed. The connecting assembly comprises a shaft journal, a constant velocity universal joint and a threaded sleeve. The shaft journal is axially secured. The constant velocity universal joint has an inner joint part engaged by the shaft journal in a rotationally fixed way so as to transmit torque. The threaded sleeve is at least indirectly connected to the inner joint part so as to be axially secured and freely rotatable relative to the inner joint part. The threaded sleeve comprises a thread which is threaded on to a counter thread on the shaft journal so as to axially fix the inner joint part to the shaft journal. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239365 | DEVICE FOR FRICTIONALLY COUPLING TWO COAXIAL COMPONENTS - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239366 | Connecting device and method for creating a connection - A connecting device ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239367 | STREAMER CONNECTION SYSTEM - A connection system for connecting external devices to specified locations on a marine seismic streamer. Inner collars having raised bosses are clamped to the cable at specified locations along its length. Each inner collar forms a circular race encircling the cable. An external device is attached to a pair of cuffs in the form of C-shaped cylindrical rings each with a circular inner surface. A gap in the ring interrupts the inner surface. The width of the gap is greater than the diameter of the bosses so that the cuffs may be slid onto the collars when the gaps are aligned with the bosses. The bosses are circumferentially offset when the cable is in its normal operating state to lock the cuff and the external device to the collars. The cuffs and the external device can be installed on or removed from the cable by twisting the cable to align the bosses and sliding the cuffs onto or off of the collars. When installed, the cuffs ride on the races to allow the cable to rotate inside the cuffs. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239368 | PORTABLE VIBRATORY LASER SCREED WITH REMOTE GRADE INDICATOR AND FOLDING HANDLES - A portable vibratory wet concrete screed includes a blade, an exciter that is selectively driven to induce vibrations in the blade, at least one operator-manipulated handle connected to the blade and extending upwardly and rearwardly, a laser receiver mounted on the screed at a height above an upper end of the handle, and an indicator that is operatively connected to the receiver. The indicator provides a visual indication of the screed height relative to a desired grade. It is located remote from the receiver at a location which, when viewed from the perspective of a person in the vicinity of a screed operator, is at least substantially in a focal area containing the rear edge of the blade. The handle is mounted on the blade so as to be foldable from an upright, operative position in which it extends vertically and horizontally well beyond horizontal and vertical footprints occupied by a combination of the blade and the exciter to a stowed position in which it is positioned at least substantially entirely within the horizontal and vertical footprints. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239369 | STATIC ADVERTISING SYSTEM FOR ALL TYPES OF GRASS SURFACES - Static advertising system for all types of grass surfaces, such as natural and artificial grass, with a continuous or tiled surface, and others, which consists of preferably placing a series of templates on the grass and then proceeding to cut it with different cutting angles and/or different mowing directions, said templates having their configuration suited to the type of cut to be made, in order to obtain representations with characters and graphics, such as brand names, designs, logos, etc., for advertising or informative purposes. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239370 | HOPPER INSERT AND ROAD PAVER - A hopper insert is provided for a road paver. The hopper insert includes a funnel-shaped base body formed by four side walls. The upper side of the base body is open and at least three of the side walls extend inwardly therefrom to a bottom opening. One of the side walls includes a side outlet which is open to the bottom opening. The base body or the side outlet is adjustable in a width direction extending along the side wall containing the side outlet. The hopper insert is removably disposed in an integrated hopper of a road paver. The integrated hopper includes a rear wall with a gate that is adjacent the side wall of the hopper insert containing the side outlet. The side outlet is adjustable in the width direction to correspond to the width of the gate. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239371 | BOAT LIFT - An apparatus and method are described for lifting a boat out of water. An improved boat lift having at least one support beam upon which the weight of a boat rests, the support beams having an interior wherein components of a cable drive system are mounted, provides lifting force through operation of the cable drive system, which withdraws the support cables to within the interior of the support beams, the cables attached at one of their ends to fixed points external to the beam. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239372 | FLOOD IRRIGATION SYSTEM BY CHANNELS USING PLASTIC FILM - The invention refers to a flood or gravity irrigation system by channels using plastic film that aims to make water consumption more efficient and reduce the loss of water from filtration; characterized by the use of plastic film with the width necessary to form a transport channel for a flow of flood irrigation water between furrows, and long enough to cover the length of the furrows; said film includes along its entire length, distributed equidistantly or not, a large amount of perforations and/or frangible sections defined by tapering lines or by a succession of small perforations or cuts that create different shapes, which can be removed to create successive, alternating, or discontinuous perforations in the film, through which water is distributed to the root system of the crops, according to the type of crop and the required amounts of water. Said plastic film is installed manually or with a machine in the valleys made between the furrows, creating a transport channel for irrigation water and with its side edges buried in the sides of the furrow, completely covering the valleys and part of the sides of the furrow. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239373 | Soil vapor extraction remediation system with vapor stream separation - A soil remediation system comprises an in-ground extraction well and separation apparatus connected to receive extracted soil vapors from the extraction well. The separation apparatus comprises plural pressure swing adsorption (PSA) components, respective ones of the PSA components containing a respective adsorption medium adapted to adsorb a respective species contained in the extracted soil vapors, the plural PSA components being connected in a serial succession to provide respective desorbed species flow streams of the respective species from the respective PSA components, some of the species being re-injected into the ground. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239374 | Protective marine barrier system - A system to protect structures in a marine environment from the effects of an impact force. The system includes a plurality of floatable devices (panels) and a plurality of fibrous networks. The fibrous networks include high tenacity fibers which extend at least in a generally horizontal direction and are in communication with the plurality of floatable panels. The plurality of fibrous networks are disposed in a generally parallel arrangement with respect to each other and are vertically spaced apart by a distance not exceeding about 12 inches (30.5 cm). The system is designed to be spaced from the structure to be protected. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239375 | Diaphragm/ sea retaining wall system - Diaphragm Sea/Retaining Wall System consists of retaining wall that spans horizontally between Deep Beam Diaphragms anchored into bedrock through rock socketed caissons. Deep beam Diaphragm is built of two round column sections that serve as vertical chords of the Diaphragm or as flanges of the Deep beam, and of the concrete web section continuously connected to both round columns. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239376 | HERMETIC LOAD DISTRIBUTOR MAT - Technical Sector: Field of the construction and more specifically in reference to natural land or prepared with earthmoving machinery land cover. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239377 | CUTTING TOOL HAVING COOLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CUTTING FLUID IN A FAN-LIKE PATTERN - A cutting tool includes a body having a forward end and a rearward end. The forward end includes an insert-receiving pocket. The body further includes a coolant delivery system comprising a main coolant passage having a main coolant inlet extending from the rearward end toward the forward end, a primary coolant passage in fluid communication with the main coolant passage and having a primary coolant outlet exiting from the insert-receiving pocket, and a secondary coolant passage in fluid communication with the primary coolant passage and having a secondary coolant outlet exiting into the insert-receiving pocket. The primary coolant outlet intersects the secondary coolant outlet to form an outlet having a substantially non-circular shape. As a result, the coolant fluid exiting the outlet is in a fan-like pattern and is evenly distributed over the cutting edge of the insert. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239378 | END MILL - An end mill having a gash formed in a top portion of a flute. In a cross-section perpendicular to an intersecting ridgeline between an end cutting edge rake face and a gash bottom face of the gash, the gash bottom face and the end cutting edge rake face, and the gash bottom face and the gash wall face are respectively connected together by first and second connecting faces. The connecting faces have a form which either is a concave curve or a substantially concave curve formed with straight lines. A radius of curvature of the concave curve or the radius of a circle inscribed within straight lines forming the substantially concave curve about the front connecting face is larger than a radius of curvature of the concave curve or the radius of a circle inscribed within the straight lines forming the substantially concave curve about the second connecting face. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239379 | Cutting Insert - A cutting insert of the present invention has a body, auxiliary cutting edges of a convex curve shape and main cutting edges. The body has a top surface, a bottom surface, side surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and corner surfaces connecting the adjacent side surfaces. The auxiliary cutting edges are formed at intersections between the top and bottom surfaces and the side surfaces. The main cutting edges are formed at intersections between the top and bottom surfaces and the corner surfaces. The main cutting edge in the top surface extends from an end of an adjacent auxiliary cutting edge to its center in a direction toward the bottom surface and from the center to an end of another adjacent auxiliary cutting edge in a direction away from the bottom surface. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239380 | CARBON SHAFTED REAMING DEVICE - A carbon shafted reaming device includes a rod element, an interface element and a connecting agent. The rod element comprises a first connecting portion having a carbon fiber reinforced structure, wherein the interface element comprises a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are concentrically arranged to each other, and wherein the connecting agent is interposed between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. Either of the rod element and the interface element may be coupled to a reaming tool or a drive. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239381 | Small Hole Saw Mandrel Assembly - A holesaw mandrel assembly has a mandrel with a first shanking end, a body, and a second extending end that includes a threaded spud to receive a holesaw. A first member is secured on the second end. The first member is axially slidable on the second end. The first member also includes a friction surface to contact the holesaw. The friction surface moves between a first engaging position and a second disengaging position. A mechanism on the mandrel moves the friction surface between its engaged and disengaged positions. The mechanism includes a biased collar and a bearing race. A mating connection enables rotation of the collar which, in turn, enables the friction surface to move between its engaged and disengaged positions. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239382 | ROUTER LIFT ASSEMBLY WITH LIFT WHEEL - A rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising a table plate having an opening and an upper surface, a carriage disposed beneath the table plate and adapted for supporting the rotary cutter, and an adjustment mechanism positioned entirely below the table plate upper surface and operable through the opening. A method of operating a rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising the steps of positioning the rotary cutter lifting apparatus having a carriage and an adjustment mechanism entirely below a table plate upper surface having an opening, and operating the adjustment mechanism through the opening. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239383 | ATTACHMENT CLAMP FOR UTILITY VEHICLE CARGO BOX - An attachment clamp for a utility vehicle cargo box with a cylindrical bar along a top surface of the sidewall. The attachment clamp includes an inner plate positioned inside the sidewall, and an outer plate hinged to the inner plate and positioned outside the sidewall. Each of the inner plate and outer plate including a bar gripping element to grip the bar along a top surface of the sidewall. A handle is connected to the plates and pivotable to move the inner and outer plates together to a clamped position around the bar or apart to an unclamped position. The handle may include a lobe that cams the plates together and enters a recess in the outer plate in the clamped position, and a spring urging the inner and outer plates apart toward the unclamped position. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239384 | MOLLY BOLT - A molly bolt has a fastener, a sleeve and a tip. The fastener has a head and a shaft. The shaft is formed on and protrudes from the head and has a threaded segment. The sleeve is mounted around the shaft and has a fixing end, a rim, a compressing segment and an asymmetric structure. The fixing end is disposed adjacent to the head. The rim is formed around the fixing end. The compressing segment is formed from and protrudes from the fixing end. The asymmetric structure is a slot or multiple asymmetric slots respectively formed in the compressing segment. The tip is mounted on the connecting end of the fastener. The asymmetric structure causes asymmetric deformation preventing the molly bolt from loosening. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239385 | LOCKING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device comprises a printed circuit board, a heat sink and a plurality of locking devices securing the heat sink to the printed circuit board. Each locking device comprises a shaft, a knob and an elastic member. The shaft has a plurality of outer teeth protruding outwardly from an outer surface of a top end thereof. The outer teeth are arranged along an axial direction of the shaft. The knob has an inner tooth meshing with the outer teeth of the shaft. The elastic member is compressed between a bottom of the knob and the heat sink. A length of the elastic changes when the inner tooth of the knob meshes with different outer teeth along the axial direction of the shaft to adjust a pressure of the locking device on the heat sink. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239386 | SUPPORTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a support device for supporting an article on a structure, the support device comprising an elongate body having a support head portion located at one end thereof, the support head portion including a head and a shoulder flange, the head and shoulder flange being separated by a neck, the head and/or neck being arranged to engage the article, the shoulder flange having a surface for engaging a corresponding surface of the structure, the elongate body further comprising an elongate shank portion for anchoring the support device at a target site on the structure. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239387 | TAKE-UP FASTENER FOR RESISTING UPLIFT LOADS IN LIGHT FRAMED CONSTRUCTION - A take-up fastener is disclosed for fastening a level in a frame construction to the level below so as to resist upward forces generated by wind and other sources on the framed construction. The take-up fastener in general includes a take-up plate, or washer, fastened to a portion of the upper level and a take-up screw fit through the take-up plate and fastened to the adjacent level below. Once the take-up fastener is fully assembled, the take-up plate includes a pair of tabs which are capable of engaging threads on a take-up screw in a way that allows one-way motion of the take-up screw relative to the take-up plate. In particular, the take-up plate can move downward relative to the take-up screw, for example on constricting of the wooden members to which the take-up plate is affixed. However, the engagement between the take-up plate and take-up screw prevents movement of the take-up plate upward with respect to the take-up screw, for example upon an upward load due to wind or other external force. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239388 | Plate-shaped fastener device - A fastener device includes a fastener member having a planar element and having a cutting member for engaging into a board, and one or more teeth formed on the planar element, one or more reinforcing ribs extended from the planar element for reinforcing the planar element, and a head formed on top of the planar element for being engaged with driving tools and for limiting the engagement of the fastener member into the board. The planar element may include two panels foldable relative to an intermediate board for forming the head and for forming a two-layer structure for the head, and may include one or two longitudinal members extended from the panels. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239389 | Method for coating washers for locking and coated washer for locking - Methods for manufacturing a hardened steel locking washer are disclosed, the washer having a pattern of teeth on one side and a pattern of cams on the other side, the method comprising the steps of providing the washer with an anti-corrosion coating by providing a low-alloy steel washer, hardening the low-alloy steel washing having a carbon content greater than 0.25% by weight, heating to an austenitizing temperature and subsequent quenching, and applying a basic coating comprising zinc flakes non-electrolytically onto the hardened low-alloy steel washer. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239390 | Washer and method for tightening and loosening threaded connectors - A washer for tightening and loosening threaded connectors includes an outer body having a radially inner opening larger than a diameter of a bolt and a radially outer surface adapted to absorb a reaction force of the bolt; and optionally a radially inner segment, and a spacer locatable between the radially inner segment and the nut, so that when only the radially outer body is interposed between the nut and the object for regular applications the washer functions as a reaction washer, when the radially outer body and the radially inner segment are interposed together between the nut and the object for applications when even and accurate bolt elongation is necessary the washer functions as a tension washer, and when the radially outer body, the radially inner segment, and the spacer are interposed between the nut and the object for applications when a precise bolt elongation is needed and a bolt elongation must be controlled the washer functions as a high precision washer. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239391 | Bookbinding device, system, and method - A bookbinding device includes a punch unit to punch a line of ring holes, an aligning unit disposed downstream from the punch unit in the sheet transport direction, including a pair of first aligning members to align a first sheet, each including a sheet loading surface and a side wall perpendicular to the sheet loading surface, and a pair of rotatable second aligning members, each including a lower surface facing the sheet loading surface of the first aligning member and a contact surface perpendicular to the lower surface to align a second sheet smaller than the first sheet, a swing shaft extending perpendicular to the sheet transport direction, rotatably supporting the second aligning members, a driving source to rotate the second aligning members away from and toward the sheet loading surfaces of the first aligning members, and a ring-binding unit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239392 | BOOK BINDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOK BINDING MACHINE - A book binding machine includes a collating machine, a perfect binder and a transfer device disposed between the collating machine and the perfect binder. The collating machine and the perfect binder are actuated by a common control device. In each case, one transport segment is assigned to a respective book block clamp by the control device. The control device also has a program which, if a defective or missing book block clamp is detected, actuates the collating machine in such a way that no book block is collated for that book block clamp. A method for operating a book binding machine is also provided. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239393 | Spine formation device, saddle-stitch bookbinding apparatus, sheet-edge cutting apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus - A spine formation device includes a sheet conveyer, a presser, and a spine formation member. The sheet conveyer conveys a bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle of sheets forming a front end portion of the bundle of sheets. The presser is disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer in a sheet conveyance direction in which the sheet conveyer conveys the bundle of sheets. The presser is movable to press opposed sides of the front end portion of the bundle of sheets. The spine formation member is movably disposed downstream from the presser in the sheet conveyance direction. The spine formation member includes a groove portion that contacts and positions the bundle of sheets to define an amount by which the bundle of sheets protrudes from the presser and a spine formation face that forms a spine at the folded portion of the bundle of sheets. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239394 | INLINE-TYPE WAFER CONVEYANCE DEVICE - There are comprised a load chamber ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239395 | GATE VALVE AND SUBSTRATE-TREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A substrate-treating apparatus includes: a plurality of modules disposed along a first direction, each of the plurality of modules having an inner space containable a substrate; a transfer unit transferring the substrate among the plurality of modules, the transfer unit including at least one track disposed along the first direction and at least one movable transfer chamber moving along the at least one track; and a gate valve fixed to each of the plurality of modules and combined with the at least one movable transfer chamber, wherein the at least one movable transfer chamber is atmospherically isolated from an exterior while moving. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239396 | ADJUSTABLE REPOSITIONABLE SUPPORT THAT CAN BE LOCKED IN POSITION, AND AN AUTOMATED WORK STATION INCLUDING SUCH A REPOSITIONABLE SUPPORT - A repositionable support ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239397 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS - This invention provides a substrate transport apparatus ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239398 | Floating seal stuffing box for silo with reciprocating frame - A silo includes a stuffing box forming for use with a reciprocating frame. A push-rod extends from a hydraulic cylinder through a stuffing box and a silo wall to actuate a reciprocating frame. The stuffing box forms a floating seal around the push-rod capable of moving with the push-rod to accommodate misalignment. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239399 | EXTENDABLE BIN SWEEP - A bin sweep comprising a first auger section configured to be movably mounted to a central support framework of a storage bin, and a second auger section operably engaged with the first auger frame such that the second auger section is moveable relative to the first section frame substantially along an axis. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239400 | OVERHEAD TRANSPORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING ARTICLE - An overhead shuttle is controlled to support a bottom of an article while traveling. A transfer apparatus is controlled to hold the article from above the article, move the article between a position above the overhead shuttle and a position above stations provided on a side of a travel rail, and elevate and lower the article to transfer the article between the transfer apparatus and the station. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239401 | CARRIER TAPE FEEDER FOR CHIP MOUNTER - There is provided a carrier tape feeder for a chip mounter, which consecutively and automatically supplies a carrier tape which retains small electronic components at regular intervals and is sealed by a vinyl cover to the chip mounter to mount the components onto a printed circuit board. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239402 | System and method for cargo handling - A cargo storage for handling of cargo such as containers, comprising at least one unloading and loading appliance for unloading and loading of containers from or to a ship, train, truck or the like, and also a framework incorporating one or more movable main cranes for placing and retrieving containers in the cargo storage, and where the framework has outer lanes which are arranged in the at least partially surrounding one or more of the main cranes. Several auxiliary cranes in the outer lanes are arranged to move in parallel adjacent to the direction of movement of the main cranes in the framework, and to receive respective lifting devices, where said outer lanes parallel with the main cranes comprises the transfer points for transfer of the lifting devices between the auxiliary cranes and said main cranes, and that the lifting devices are arranged to circulate in said outer lanes and for a return to a holding location. Also described is an associated system and method. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239403 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING BY PALLET TRUCK - An apparatus for transferring a load between a pallet truck and a load wrapping surface may include an angled ramp surface configured to support at least a portion of the pallet truck. The apparatus may also include an angled conveyor surface extending alongside at least a portion of the angled ramp surface. The angled conveyor surface may be configured to convey the load between the load wrapping surface and the angled ramp surface. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239404 | STORAGE AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM - The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for handling wellbore tools. In one aspect, a method of placing wellbore tools at a wellsite is provided. The method includes the step of providing a storage and deployment system at the wellsite. The method further includes the step of loading the wellbore tools in a basket. The method also includes the step of placing the basket loaded with the wellbore tools on the storage and deployment system. Further, the method includes the step of moving the basket with the wellbore tools from a loading position to a deployment position. Additionally, the method includes the step of removing one of the wellbore tools from the basket and positioning the wellbore tool for deployment into a wellbore. In another aspect, a storage and deployment system for loading or unloading wellbore tools at a wellsite is provided. In yet a further aspect, a method of removing wellbore tools at a wellsite is provided. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239405 | Boom extension apparatus - A boom extension apparatus is provided for a prime mover such as a skid-steer loader or vehicle wherein the rearward end of the boom extension apparatus is quickly and easily attachable to the forward ends of the boom arms of the skid-steer loader. The forward end of the boom extension apparatus is quickly and easily attachable to the rearward end of an implement such as a bucket, bale spear, etc. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239406 | UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT RECOVERY - An apparatus and method for recovering equipment from within a body of water. The apparatus comprises a frame supporting a mesh and an engagement element. The engagement element is shaped to co-engage with the mesh and is attached to the equipment to be recovered prior to its deployment. Following deployment of the equipment, its recovery can be effected by lowering the mesh supported by the frame onto the equipment to cause the engagement element and the mesh to co-engage. The frame and mesh may then be lifted to the surface of the water bringing the equipment with them. Recovery may include searching for the equipment by monitoring a load associated with the frame and the mesh as it is lowered and raised at different locations, whereby an appropriate increase in load is taken to indicate that the equipment has become attached to the mesh. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239407 | SUCTION PLATE OR BOWL HOLDER - A plate holder can include: a skirt having a top member and one or more side walls forming a cavity therebetween when the one or more side walls are resting on a substrate with the top member oriented away from the substrate; a base coupled with the skirt and located within the cavity, the base having one or more top suction device receptacles and one or more bottom suction device receptacles; one or more top suction devices coupled with the one or more top suction device receptacles such that the top suction device is oriented away from the substrate; and one or more bottom suction devices coupled with the one or more top suction device receptacles such that the bottom suction device is oriented toward the substrate. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRIPPING AND TRANSFERRING PIECES OF LUGGAGE - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for automatically removing pieces of luggage that have different surface properties and dimensions and getting said piece of luggage ready for further transport by means of a gripper which is hingedly connected to a robot arm and is equipped with suction elements. Said method and apparatus have the following features: a) the gripper and the container that is to be emptied are moved close to each other; b) the first piece of luggage that is to be removed and is determined based on specific criteria, e.g. in case of horizontal unloading, is gripped by the suction element holder ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239409 | Method of Using and Reconstructing a Film-Cooling Augmentation Device for a Turbine Airfoil - A method of using a film-cooling insert for a turbine airfoil is disclosed. The method includes forming an airfoil sidewall having a film-cooling hole that extends between an airfoil cooling circuit and an airfoil surface. The method also includes forming a film-cooling insert and disposing the film-cooling insert in the film-cooling hole. A method of reconstructing a film-cooling insert for a turbine airfoil is also disclosed. The method includes removing a remnant of a film-cooling insert from a film-cooling hole of a turbine airfoil. The method also includes disposing a second film-cooling insert in the film-cooling hole. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239410 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor typically for use in a turbocharger comprises a downstream radial compressor impeller wheel, an upstream axial compressor impeller wheel and an intermediate stator. The compressor housing has an inlet with inner and outer walls that define between them an MWE gas flow passage. An upstream opening defined by the flow passage provides communication between said passage and the intake and at least one first slot downstream of the upstream opening provides communication between the passage and the inner surface of the inner wall. The stator comprises a plurality of fixed vanes and is disposed in the inner wall of the inlet between the radial and axial impeller wheels. The position of the slot can be at one of several positions along the gas flow passage, hi other embodiments there are second and third slots and the flow passage is divided into two parts. All the arrangements are designed to improve the compressor map width. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239411 | DUAL-MODE WIND MACHINE - A hybrid wind machine includes a fan shaft to drive a fan, and an electrical motor/generator combination, coupled to the first shaft, so as to allow the electrical motor/generator to drive the fan shaft when the wind machine is operating in a wind generating mode. Further, the coupling of the electrical motor/generator combination to the fan shaft allows the fan shaft to drive the electrical motor/generator combination as an electrical generator when the wind machine is operating in a power generating mode. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239412 | Film-Cooling Augmentation Device and Turbine Airfoil Incorporating the Same - A turbine airfoil is disclosed. The airfoil includes one of a turbine shroud, liner, vane or blade, including an airfoil sidewall having a film-cooling hole that extends between an airfoil cooling circuit and an airfoil surface. The airfoil also includes an insert disposed in the film-cooling channel having a body. The body has a proximal end configured for disposition proximate the airfoil surface and a distal end. The body is also configured to define a passageway that extends between the distal end and proximal end upon disposition in the film-cooling hole. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239413 | APPARATUS FOR TURBINE ENGINE COOLING AIR MANAGEMENT - An exemplary embodiment of the invention is directed to a turbine engine having a first, rotatable turbine rotor assembly, a second, stationary nozzle assembly disposed adjacent thereto and a wheel space which is defined between the first, rotatable turbine rotor assembly and the second, stationary nozzle assembly. The wheel space is operable to receive cooling air therein and includes a sealing feature located on the first rotatable turbine rotor assembly that extends axially into the wheel space to terminate adjacent to a sealing land positioned on the second, stationary nozzle assembly. The sealing feature and the sealing land operate to control the release of cooling air from within the wheel space and the sealing land is constructed of shape memory alloy. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239414 | APPARATUS FOR TURBINE ENGINE COOLING AIR MANAGEMENT - An exemplary embodiment of the invention is directed to a turbine engine having a rotatable turbine rotor assembly, a stationary nozzle assembly disposed adjacent thereto and a wheel space defined therebetween. The wheel space receives cooling air therein and includes a sealing feature located on the first, rotatable turbine rotor assembly and extending axially into the wheel space and a sealing land assembly having a sealing land associated with a moveable member installed in an opening in the second, stationary nozzle assembly. A biasing member constructed of shape memory alloy is associated with the moveable member and operates to bias the moveable member, and associated sealing land, axially into the wheel space towards the sealing feature as the turbine engine transitions from a cold state to a hot state to reduce the release of cooling air from within the wheel space. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239415 | SPRING SYSTEM DESIGNS FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RETRACTABLE SEALS - A spring assembly for a retractable turbine rotor seal supported in an arcuate segment may include in one embodiment a first radially inner restraining plate having a lower surface adapted to engage a surface of a turbine stator, and a flat upper surface provide with an upstanding hub; a second radially outer restraining plate having a flat lower surface and an upper surface adapted to engage a surface of the arcuate segment, the radially outer restraining plate formed with an opening receiving the upstanding hub; and at least one spring telescoped over the upstanding hub and exerting a radially outward biasing force on the second radially outer restraining plate, and adapted to exert a radially outward retracting force on the arcuate segment. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239416 | Wind Turbine Nacelle - A nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle having a first height in its installed position and a second height in its transported position, the first height being higher than the second height, comprising a bottom part having a bottom face and two opposite side faces defining a space and a width of the bottom part and a top part. In the transported position, the top part extends inside the width or outside the width in order to cover at least part of the space. The invention also relates to a transportation kit and a transport method. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239417 | IMPELLER - A pump impeller for a centrifugal pump The impeller is defined by a shroud rotatable about an axis of rotation At least two pump vanes extend axially from the shroud, each of the vanes configured as a blunted tear drop shape and having an inside wall and an outside wall, the leading edges of which are interconnected by a blunt wall The trailing edges of the inside and outside walls merge together A substantially constant width flow channel is defined between the blunted wall of one vane and a confronting surface defined by an inside wall of the other vane The vanes are tapered in the axial directions by inclining the inside wall of each vane radially outwardly. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239418 | COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER - A diffuser for a turbine engine, including an annular casing to seal compressor discharge air and struts attached to the casing to delimit an annular array of intra-strut regions, is provided and includes a ring portion, including a ring shaped annular body with a forward face disposed on a forward side thereof, the ring portion being supportable by one or more of the struts, and a splitter portion, including a ring shaped annular body with an aft face disposed on an aft side thereof to mate with the forward face of the ring portion body, the splitter portion further including a lead edge, on a forward side of the splitter portion body, which is extendable into a flow path of the compressor discharge air to split the flow path into secondary flow paths defined radially outside of and inside of the splitter portion body. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239419 | SLIDABLE COVER FOR CASING ACCESS PORT - A closure device for a casing having at least one access opening wherein the closure device includes a cover member movably disposed within an interior chamber of the casing so as to be slidably displaceable along or in the direction of a casing central axis between an open and a closed position, the cover member being spaced at least partially axially from the access opening in the open position so as to permit access to the interior chamber and generally extending across and substantially obstructing the at least one access opening in the closed position. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239420 | HYDRO-POWER PLANT - Disclosed is a power generating system utilizing hydraulic force, and, more particularly, is a hydraulic power generating system, in which a plurality of water receiving plates are mounted on an elongated looped rail floating on the surface of water, thereby allowing the looped rail to be rotated by hydraulic force. To solve a conventional problem in that each of the water receiving plates on the looped rail receives a deteriorated hydraulic force due to the presence of a preceding water receiving plate and results in low use efficiency of hydraulic force, the looped rail is obliquely installed with respect to a water flow direction by an angle of 10 to 45 degrees, and the water receiving plates are installed at a right angle to the water flow direction. With this arrangement, each water receiving plate can receive a predetermined hydraulic force without deterioration of the hydraulic force due to the presence of a preceding water receiving plate, and consequently, the hydraulic power generating system can achieve improved hydraulic power generation efficiency. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239421 | CONTROLLABLE PITCH BLADE NON-DUCTED PROPELLER FOR JET ENGINE - Controllable pitch blade non-ducted propeller for a jet engine, comprising a rotor member comprising radial housing for mounting blade support plates, each plate being attached in a ring centered and guided in rotation in a housing of the rotor member and comprising external toothing engaged and locked in internal toothing of the ring, to withstand the centrifugal forces to which the propeller blades are subjected in operation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239422 | COMPONENTS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A component for a gas turbine engine having an engine axis includes a rotor disk and a plurality of airfoils. The rotor disk comprises a web and a rim. The web has a first outer surface at least partially defining a plurality of holes and a plurality of slots. Each of the plurality of slots extends from a corresponding one of the plurality of holes and forms a first angle with the engine axis at the point of intersection with the corresponding one of the plurality of holes. The rim has a second outer surface also at least partially defining the plurality of slots. Each of the plurality of slots forms a second angle with the engine axis at the second outer surface, the second angle being different from the first angle. Each of the plurality of airfoils extends from the second outer surface. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239423 | ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOMACHINE - An assembly for a turbomachine comprising: a plurality of components ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239424 | SPLIT DISK ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A split disk assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a forward disk section and an aft disk section, the aft disk section engageable with the forward disk section to retain a multitude of rotor blades therebetween. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239425 | NICKEL-BASE ALLOY FOR TURBINE ROTOR OF STEAM TURBINE AND TURBINE ROTOR OF STEAM TURBINE USING THE SAME - A nickel (Ni)-base alloy for a turbine rotor of a steam turbine containing, in mass %, carbon (C): 0.01% to 0.15%, chromium (Cr): 18% to 28%, cobalt (Co): 10% to 15%, molybdenum (Mo): 8% to 12%, aluminum (Al): 0.5% to less than 1.5%, titanium (Ti): 0.7% to 3.0%, and boron (B): 0.001% to 0.006%, the balance being nickel (Ni) and unavoidable impurities. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239426 | Wind Turbine Blade with Damping Element - A blade for a wind turbine generally comprises a shell body defined by first and second shells extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, an inner spar supporting at least a portion of the shell body, and a damping element coupled to at least one of the shell body or inner spar. The damping element is configured to move relative to the shell body to dissipate vibrations of the blade, and has a greater degree of freedom in a flapwise direction between the first and second shells than in an edgewise direction between the leading and trailing edges. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239427 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT COMPRISING AN INTERNAL STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a component by superplastic forming and diffusion bonding a first layer, a second layer, a first membrane, and a second membrane, the first and second membranes being disposed between the first and second layers with the first membrane adjacent the first layer and the second membrane adjacent the second layer, by a method of applying a stop-off material in a first predetermined pattern between the first layer and the first membrane so preventing a diffusion bond from forming between the first layer and the first membrane across regions defined by said first predetermined pattern; applying the stop-off material in a second predetermined pattern between the second layer and the second membrane preventing a diffusion bond from forming between the second layer and the second membrane across regions defined by said second predetermined pattern; and providing a damping material between the first and second membranes. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239428 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTOR HAVING AN MMC RING COMPONENT AND A UNITARY AIRFOIL COMPONENT - A system for manufacturing an integrally bladed rotor is provided. This system includes a ring component, wherein the ring component further includes at least one metal matrix composite and a continuous radially outwardly facing blade conical surface; an airfoil component, wherein the at least one airfoil component has been created from a single, unitary piece of material and further includes a plurality of individual airfoil blades and a continuous radially inwardly facing blade conical surface; and inertia welding means for frictionally engaging under an axially applied weld load the ring component and the airfoil component to effect an inertia weld therebetween along the conical surfaces. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239429 | WEAR PROTECTION COATING - The English-language Abstract from the international application is to be retained and is therefore not duplicated in the specification. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239430 | COOLABLE AIRFOIL ATTACHMENT SECTION - A rotor blade suitable for use in a gas turbine engine includes an attachment section which defines at least one internal cooling passage along a passage axis through the attachment section. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239431 | Turbine Airfoil Cooling System with Dual Serpentine Cooling Chambers - A cooling system for a turbine airfoil of a turbine engine having dual serpentine cooling channels, an inward serpentine cooling channel and an outward serpentine cooling channel, positioned within the airfoil. The inward serpentine cooling channel may receive cooling fluids from a cooling supply system through the root and exhaust cooling fluids to the outward serpentine cooling channel at the leading edge. The outward serpentine cooling channel may pass the cooling fluids through the outward portion of the serpentine cooling channel and exhaust the cooling fluids through the trailing edge of the airfoil. Such configuration yields a better creep capability for the blade. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239432 | Turbine Vane for a Gas Turbine Engine Having Serpentine Cooling Channels Within the Inner Endwall - A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine having an internal cooling system in fluid communication with cooling channels positioned in the inner endwall is disclosed. The cooling system in the inner endwall may include cooling channels extending outwardly from the leading edge, trailing edge, pressure side and suction side toward the edges of the inner endwall. The cooling channels may be serpentine cooling channels and may be two or more serpentine cooling channels coupled together in series. The cooling channels may exhaust cooling fluids from the inner endwall through a plurality of orifices on an outer surface facing the opposing endwall and on the sides surfaces of the endwall. The pressure side and suction side midchord modulus serpentine flow circuits may receive cooling fluids from one pass of an internal midchord cooling channel and may exhaust those cooling fluids into another pass of the midchord cooling channel. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239433 | CONTINUOUS SUCKER ROD AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A continuous sucker rod preferably comprising fiberglass or composite material for use in an well is described herein. The continuous sucker rod may be connected at one end to a pump drive, via a polished rod, and at a second end to a downhole pump, via sinker bars or other weights. The continuous sucker rod preferably has at least two end fittings, one at each end of the continuous sucker rod. The end fittings, each having two ends and each being attached, at one end, to a respective end of the continuous sucker rod. The end fittings are preferably configured to enable connection to the polished rod and sinker bars respectively. The end fittings are connected to the continuous sucker rod so as to form wedges which enhance the connectability of the end fitting to the rod, and further, the wedge or wedges approach the rod asymptotically so as to avoid any abrupt discontinuities in the wedge or wedges thus substantially eliminating stress concentration areas and potential failure areas in the rod. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239434 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FLUID EVACUATION - The present invention is directed to devices and methods for evacuating fluids from a flexible conduit, particularly to evacuating water from a fire hose. In one aspect, a fluid evacuating apparatus is utilized to evacuate a fluid, such as water, from a flexible conduit, such as, for example, a fire hose. The apparatus may further be utilized to collapse the flexible conduit for storage and/or transport. In exemplary embodiments, a fluid evacuating apparatus may be utilized to evacuate the water from hoses of a wide range of diameters that collapse into a compact form for storage. The apparatus may include a frame with a handle, a mobility mechanism, such as, for example, wheels or rollers, a roller which may evacuate water, and a restraining mechanism which may hold down the hose, such as a roller or rollers. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC COUPLING JET WITH AIR CONTROL - A fluid displacing apparatus, system, and method is provided. The apparatus includes a motor having a first shaft, the motor for rotating the first shaft; a first magnetic element coupled to the first shaft such that rotation of the first shaft causes rotation of the first magnetic element; a second magnetic element coupled to a second shaft, and magnetically coupled to the first magnetic element such that rotation of the first magnetic element causes rotation of the second magnetic element; an input section for receiving a fluid; an output section for outputting the fluid; a channel having first and second openings; and an impeller coupled to the second magnetic element such that rotation of the second magnetic element causes rotation of the impeller, thereby the fluid flows in the input section and out the output section. The flow of the fluid across the second opening of the channel encourages another fluid to flow in the first opening, through the channel, and out the second opening. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239436 | A THERMAL PUMP - A thermal pump for moving a sample fluid to and through an analyzer. The pump may have a lack of moving mechanical parts when pumping except for check valves. The thermal pump may have in lieu of each mechanical check valve a thermal or fluid mechanism that effectively operates as a valve without mechanical parts. The present thermal pump may be fabricated with MEMS technology. The pump may be integrated into a concentrator and/or separator of a fluid analyzer chip. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239437 | FLUID CHANNELING DEVICE FOR BACK-TO-BACK COMPRESSORS - A fluid channeling device including a channeling body, an axial transfer channel, and a radial outlet channel. The channeling body includes first and second annular body sections spaced axially apart and a tubular body section extending between the first and second body sections. The axial transfer channel is defined axially through the channeling body, and is configured to fluidly couple a first compression assembly with a second compression assembly. The radial outlet channel is defined radially through the channeling body and is configured to fluidly couple the second compression assembly with an outlet. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239438 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - A Inlet pipe ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239439 | ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP DISCONNECT MECHANISM - An engine driven pump includes a drive apparatus that is assisted into the disengaged condition prior to disconnect by the ported pressure in the pump. A spring-biased actuator assembly is fluidly connected to a depressure valve of the pump, and along with its spring bias, urges a yoke into a disengaged position to disengage the gear faces of the mechanism. A trigger link held by a solenoid plunger normally retains the yoke in an engaged position. A drive socket can be accessed to return the yoke, and hence the gear faces, into the engaged position. The pump can be disengaged under command during flight or when the aircraft is on the ground, and can only be re-engaged when the aircraft is on the ground. The drive apparatus has few rotating components to reduce rotational inertia; and is enclosed within a housing with no exposed components with all parts continually lubricated. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239440 | Vacuum Pump - The present invention provides a vacuum pump ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239441 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER USE IN THE OFFSHORE AREA - The invention relates to a compressor system ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239442 | PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR SUBSEA SEAWATER INJECTION PUMPS - This invention relates to a pump system, especially for boosting the flow rate of a fluid through a pipe ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100239443 | SCROLL FLUID MACHINE - A scroll fluid machine comprises a housing, two fixed scrolls each of which is fixed on each side of the housing, an endless transmitting member connected to an electric motor, a driven pulley wound by the transmitting member, a thrust-offsetting shaft rotatably mounted at a position eccentric from a axis in the driven pulley, two orbiting scrolls each of which is fixed at each end of the thrust-offsetting shaft which rotates to form a compression chamber with the fixed scroll, and a self-rotation preventing device disposed between the housing and the orbiting scroll. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239444 | LAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP - A piezoelectric element that is capable of achieving a larger amount of displacement and in which migration between electrodes hardly occurs, is included in a piezoelectric pump. The piezoelectric pump includes a first excitation electrode opposed to a second excitation electrode via a first piezoelectric layer in a central area of a layered piezoelectric body, a third excitation electrode opposed to a fourth excitation electrode via a second piezoelectric layer and a third excitation electrode opposed to a fourth excitation electrode via the second piezoelectric layer in peripheral portions of the layered piezoelectric body. A polarization direction and a direction in which an electric field is applied in a first driving area where the first excitation electrode opposes the second excitation electrode are equal to a polarization direction and a direction in which the electric field is applied in second driving areas where the third excitation electrode opposes the fourth excitation electrode and the third excitation electrode opposes the fourth excitation electrode, and bending and displacement in the layered piezoelectric element where the second excitation electrode is isolated from the third excitation electrodes and in a thickness direction and in a central portion of the layered piezoelectric element are used to discharge liquid. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239445 | FLANGE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - The invention relates to a high-pressure fuel pump for operating an internal combustion engine, with the pump being connected to a low-pressure and a high-pressure circuit. The pump includes a pump housing and a pump flange with which the pump is detachably fastened to the internal combustion engine. A pump camshaft is provided in order to compress fuel from the low-pressure circuit by way of the movement of at least one pump piston and to deliver the compressed fuel to the high-pressure circuit. The pump flange is further divided into an inner and an outer part, in a manner such that the inner part receives a bearing of the pump camshaft and the outer part receives elements of the low-pressure circuit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239446 | PROGRESSING CAVITY PUMP WITH SEVERAL PUMP SECTIONS - A progressing cavity pump comprises at least an inner pump rotor enclosed by at least an outer pump rotor so as to collectively form one or more, in principle, separate pump cavities which, according to known geometric principles, will be moved axially through the pump upon bringing the rotors into coordinated rotation. At least two pump sections are disposed therein, each of which comprises one outer pump rotor and one adapted inner pump rotor. The outer pump rotors of all pump sections are fixedly supported and arranged along the same axis, wherein all the inner rotors are supported in fixed positions relative to a pump casing of the pump. The outer rotors of all pump sections are driven by the same motor via at least one differential arranged to allow each pump section to rotate at a mutually different rotational speed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239447 | Shaft Bearings, Compressor with Same, and Methods - A bearing material composition that lines a support includes a combination of a thermoplastic conforming material and abrasive particles which provide a combined effect for remedying the effects due to edge loading that may be caused by misalignment between the bearing and a shaft to which a portion is rotatably mounted. The conforming material may be PTFE such that it does not have a memory and is subject to cold flow and creep. As a result, misalignment problems and edge loading are remedied by the combination of abrasive removal of metal material from the drive shaft at the location of edge loading and creep of the conforming material at the location of edge loading which may provide an overall greater bearing interface surface. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239448 | FKM OR FFKM MULTIPLE LAYERS SEAL - A vacuum pump comprises two stator components and a seal located between the components to provide a fluid-tight seal between the components. The seal comprises an annular plastics tube housing an annular reinforcing member, the tube being at least partially surrounded by a sleeve formed from one of FKM elastomer and FFKM elastomer. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239449 | Gear Pump Having Optimal Axial Play - The invention relates to a pump, in particular an oil pump, for internal combustion engines, comprising a pump case, with the pump case comprising a pump lid and a pump flange, with at least one toothed wheelset being arranged between the pump lid and the pump flange and the pump lid and the pump flange being connected via at least one distance element. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239450 | PUMP INSERT - A pump insert of a vane-type pump having no dedicated housing, the insert being inserted in a gear housing. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239451 | Flake Graphite Cast Iron And Production Method Thereof - The invention provides a flake graphite cast iron being highly strong and excellent in workability such as cutting performance, which is suitable for use, for example, in internal combustion engine parts and the like, and a production method thereof without using a misch metal. Specifically, the flake graphite cast iron according to the invention includes an A-type graphite with a uniformly and disorderly distributed existence form without directionality; and has a chemical composition containing 2.8 to 4.0 mass % of C, 1.2 to 3.0 mass % of Si, 1.1 to 3.0 mass % of Mn, 0.01 to 0.6 mass % of P, 0.01 to 0.30 mass % of S and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the ratio (Mn/S) of the Mn content to the S content is within a range of 3 to 300. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239452 | STRIP OF HOT ROLLED MICRO-ALLOYED STEEL FOR OBTAINING FINISHED PIECES BY COLD PRESSING AND SHEARING - A micro-alloyed low carbon steel strip is obtained by hot rolling at temperature of the pre-strip never lower than 900° C. and shows such metallurgical and geometrical features, as well as relating to planarity and deformability, to render the same suitable to obtain structures of low weight and good mechanical resistance, thus being able for use in replacement of cold rolled strips for the production of finished stamped or cut pieces. Said steel strip, having thickness >0.7 mm, has a ratio yield load/breaking load >70%, a fine grain structure better than grade 10 of ASTM E 112 standard in a percentage higher than 90% of the whole structure and a ratio between breaking limit under strain and yield point σFp/RPo.2>90%. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239453 | IRIDIUM ALLOY EXCELLENT IN HARDNESS, WORKABILITY AND ANTI-CONTAMINATION PROPERTIES - The present invention provides an iridium alloy suitable for a wire rod for probe pins, with zirconium as an additive element contained as an essential element and with aluminum and/or copper further added. In this iridium alloy, the additive concentration of zirconium is 100 to 500 ppm and the total additive concentration of aluminum and copper is 10 to 500 ppm. The present invention will be able to meet such requirements placed on a material for probe pins as that further miniaturization thereof would be demanded in the future and that use environment thereof becomes severe. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239454 | SILVER TERNARY ALLOY - A firestain and tarnish-resistant ternary alloy of silver, copper and germanium contains from more than 93.5 wt % to 95.5 wt % Ag, from 0.5 to 3 wt % Ge, optionally 0.5 wt % Zn and the remainder, apart from incidental ingredients (if any), impurities and grain refiner, copper. In order to further protect an article made from the alloy, it may be surface treated with an alkanethiol, alkyl thioglycollate, dialkyl sulphide or dialkyl disulphide. Embodiments of the above alloy exhibit relatively low elution of copper when subjected to a simulated sweat test. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239455 | COMPOSITE ALLOY BONDING WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method for a composite alloy bonding wire and products thereof. A primary material of Ag is melted in a vacuum melting furnace, and then a secondary metal material of Pd is added into the vacuum melting furnace and is co-melted with the primary material to obtain a Ag—Pd alloy solution. The obtained Ag—Pd alloy solution is drawn to obtain a Ag—Pd alloy wire. The Ag—Pd alloy wire is then drawn to obtain a Ag—Pd alloy bonding wire with a predetermined diameter. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239456 | COMPOSITE ALLOY BONDING WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method for a composite alloy bonding wire and products thereof. A primary material of Au and Ag is melted in a vacuum melting furnace, and then a secondary metal material of Pd is added into the vacuum melting furnace and is co-melted with the primary material to obtain a Au—Ag—Pd alloy solution. The obtained Au—Ag—Pd alloy solution is drawn to obtain a Au—Ag—Pd alloy wire. The Au—Ag—Pd alloy wire is then drawn to obtain a Au—Ag—Pd alloy bonding wire with a predetermined diameter. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239457 | BIOCHIP - Provided is a biochip including a high-sensitivity image sensor. The biochip includes: a biochip layer including a plurality of reaction zones in which biochemical reactions occur formed as concaves, the reaction zone including a reference material at a lower portion and a target material at an upper portion; and an image sensor layer which is formed below the biochip layer and includes a plurality of photo detectors. Since the biochip is implemented as a single chip including the biochip layer and the image sensor layer, light loss in the luminescence or fluorescence operation can be reduced. In addition, additional devices such as a scanner which are needed for a general biochip are not needed, so that sensitivity is improved, and low-cost biochips can be implemented. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239458 | COLLECTION DEVICE FOR ASSAY OF ORAL FLUIDS - An apparatus and process for transporting aqueous fluid from the oral cavity to a lateral chromatographic strip for test is disclosed. A lateral chromatographic strip is placed within a cavity defined in a housing. The lateral chromatography strip extends within the cavity and is disposed along the housing to an inspection site. At least one inspection site to the lateral chromate phic strip is provided to enable inspection of selected sites on the lateral chromatographic strip for test results. A porous wick material protrudes from the housing to a collection site exterior of the housing at one end and communicates to the lateral chromatographic strip at the other end. This porous wick material has particulate construction, the particles adsorbing aqueous oral fluid to transport the fluid from the mouth to the lateral chromatographic strip without substantial absorption. The particles of the porous wick material are bound together to define a continuous interstitial volume for the flow of oral fluid to be transported and are treated to be hydrophilic to the adsorbed oral fluids. The porous wick material readily releases oral fluid to the lateral chromatographic strip. Prevention of reverse flow to the oral cavity from the lateral chromatographic strip naturally occurs due to the circuitous flow path of the porous wick material. By observing the lateral chromatographic strip while the entire test device is in the mouth immediate test results are obtained. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239459 | Multistep Reaction Lateral Flow Capillary - Disclosed is a lateral flow capillary device and uses thereof comprising a unipath bibulous capillary flow matrix and at least two reservoirs each in fluid communication with the capillary flow matrix wherein a reservoir contacts the capillary flow matrix through a passage having a rim pressing the matrix. The pressure that the rim applies on the matrix prevents leakage of liquids out of the capillary flow matrix at the reservoir/matrix interface, allowing accurate sequential draining of liquid from the reservoirs. During use of the disclosed lateral flow capillary device a static interface is formed between the first liquid and the second liquid in an interface creation zone inside the capillary flow matrix wherein the first amount and second amount are such that first liquid substantially remains in the first reservoir and the second liquid substantially remains in the second reservoir subsequent to the formation of the static interface and wherein the interface begins to move only subsequent to exhaustion of a liquid from a reservoir. | 2010-09-23 |
20100239460 | ELECTRONIC ANALYTE ASSAYING DEVICE - The invention is an electronically processed single-step test device for detecting the presence of a preselected analyte in a fluid. The device includes a hollow rectangular outer casing, disposed within co-joined upper and lower sections of the casing are assay material, an electronic processing system, and a LCD display. The LCD display is observable through a viewing window. The assay material is a sorptive material including a fluid sample application region in the form of a sample wick in fluid communication with a test strip. The test strip includes an analyte capture region adjacent to a light shield. The electronic processing system includes red and green LEDs which are alternately pulsed or energized over predetermined periods of time to determine if fluid test results show a marker or markers in the capture region indicative of the presence of a preselected analyte in the fluid. If so, Yes+ is displayed on the LCD. If not, No− is displayed on the LCD. | 2010-09-23 |