45th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080271821 | R-T-B BASED SINTERED MAGNET - An R-T-B based sintered magnet according to the present invention has a composition comprising: 12 at % to 17 at % of a rare-earth element R; 5.0 at % to 8.0 at % of boron B; 0.1 at % to 1.0 at % of Al; 0.02 at % to less than 0.2 at % of Mn; and a transition metal T as the balance. The rare-earth element R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements, including Y (yttrium), and includes at least one of Nd and Pr. The transition element T includes Fe as its main element. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271822 | HEAT RESISTANT SUPER ALLOY AND ITS USE - A heat resistant super alloy suffices the following conditions: | 2008-11-06 |
20080271823 | Method for Steel Strip Coating and a Steel Strip Provided With Said Coating - Coating steel strips comprising, in % by weight, C: ≦1.6%, Mn: 6-30%, Al: ≦10%, Ni: ≦10%, Cr: ≦10%, Si: ≦8%, Cu: ≦3%, Nb: ≦0.6%, Ti: ≦0.3%, V: ≦0.3%, P: ≦0.1%, B: ≦0.01%, the rest being iron and unavoidable impurities, and a method of forming steel strips are described. Up to now, such steel strips were not adequately coatable, with a metal coating ensuring outstanding corrosion-resistance and good welding properties. This is ensured by applying an aluminium layer to the steel strip before final annealing and applying the metal coating to said aluminium layer after final annealing. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271824 | Spring Steel Wire - The present invention provides a spring steel wire which has a tempered martensitic structure brought about by quenching-tempering. The present spring steel wire has a 40% or higher reduction of area and a 1,000 MPa or higher shear yield stress after subjected to heat treatment for at least hours at a temperature ranging from 420° C. to 480° C. The present steel wire preferably constitutes, based on mass %, C: 0.50-0.75%, Si: 1.80-2.70%, Mn: 0.1-0.7%, Cr: 0.70-1.50%, Co: 0.02-1.00%, and remnants consisting of Fe and impurities, or constitutes, based on mass %, C: 0.50-0.75%, Si: 1.80-2.70%, Mn: over 0.7-1.50%, Cr: 0.70-1.50%, and remnants consisting of Fe and impurities. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271825 | Gas generant - Gas generant compositions contain the mono-ammonium salt of bis (1(2)H-tetrazol-5-yl)-amine, an oxidizer such as phase stabilized ammonium nitrate, and a first additive selected from fumed oxides such as fumed silica. Gas generators 10 and gas generating systems | 2008-11-06 |
20080271826 | Pnuematic tire - A pneumatic tire has a ground contacting tread. The tread is located between a pair of opposing tire shoulders. The tire shoulders have circumferentially spaced sets of raised ribs. Each set of raised ribs has two to ten ribs, each rib extending in the radial direction relative to the center of rotation of the tire. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271827 | Pnuematic tire - The tire has a ground contacting tread portion, the tread comprising at least one straight circumferentially extending groove. The groove defines one lateral side and a lateral boundary of a plurality of tread elements. At least one tread element has a chamfer within the tread element and inward of the lateral boundary of the tread element. The chamfer extends in the circumferential direction of the tire and has an inclined radially outer surface. The chamfer has at least one traction element in the radially outer surface, the indentation extending radially inward of the radially outer surface of the chamfer. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271828 | Anti-Slipping Device for Dual Tires - Provided is an anti-slipping device for dual tires including: a plurality of spike members | 2008-11-06 |
20080271829 | Heavy Duty Pneumatic Tire - A heavy duty pneumatic tire, which allows the inside narrow-width belt layers to have a wide width as desired, and which suppresses the amount of strain generated at side edge portions of the belt layer to be sufficiently small thereby effectively preventing the separation of the belt layer, therefore the belt, in which two inside narrow-width belt layers | 2008-11-06 |
20080271830 | Tire for motorcycle | 2008-11-06 |
20080271831 | CARCASS REINFORCEMENT FOR TIRE INTENDED TO BEAR HEAVY LOADS - A carcass reinforcement for a tire which is intended to bear heavy loads, comprising a composite fabric which comprises a rubber composition of reduced hysteresis and metal cables reinforcing the composition. The elastomeric matrix thereof comprises natural rubber or a synthetic polyisoprene in a majority proportion, and a reinforcing filler comprising a carbon black which meets all of the following conditions:
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20080271832 | Thermo-conductive, heat-shrinkable, dual-wall tubing - A tubing system (or construction) comprising an inner wall composed of a thermo-conductive adhesive composition, wherein the thermo-conductive adhesive composition comprises a thermo-conductor admixed with an adhesive, and the thermo-conductor is at least about 45% of the weight of the thermo-conductive adhesive composition; and an expanded polymeric outer jacket surrounding and in contact with the inner wall, wherein the expanded polymeric outer jacket recovers (i.e., shrinks) at a predetermined temperature, e.g., when heat is applied. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271833 | Personalizing device and method - A device for personalizing a predetermined object is provided. Such device includes a covering member having pre-selected indicia thereon for at least one of encircling and covering a predetermined portion of such predetermined object. Such covering member is manufactured from a predetermined material, and has a predetermined size and a predetermined shape. Such device also includes a securing mechanism for securing such covering member at least one of to and around such predetermined portion of such predetermined object. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271834 | Method and device for applying a film piece to a can body - The invention relates to a method for producing a can body ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271835 | Method for Relaxing a Stressed Thin Film - A method relaxing a strained thin film, secured via a first main face of an initial support, the second main face of the thin film being a contact face. The method supplies an intermediate support including a polymer layer having a main free contact face, the polymer's thermal expansion coefficient being greater than that of the thin film, adhesively brings into contact the contact face of the strained thin film with the contact face of the polymer layer, eliminates the initial support, realizing relaxation of the thin film through formation of wrinkles and revealing the first main face of the thin film, increases the polymer layer temperature to stretch the relaxed thin film and eliminate the wrinkles, secures the first main face of the thin film with one face of a receiving substrate, and eliminates the intermediate support to obtain a relaxed thin film integral with the receiving substrate. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271836 | Device for Embossed Foil Printing - For transferring a coating in the form of a desired image coating from a backing film to a printed sheet, an adhesive layer in the form of the desired image is applied to the printed sheet. The transfer foil comprising the image-type coating is rolled over the printed sheet using contact pressure in a coating unit ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271837 | Adhesive tape adhering device for wafers and method of adhering adhesive tape on wafers - An adhesive tape adhering device includes a table unit, a wafer bearing unit, an adhesive tape pull-tight unit, an adhesive tape clipping unit, and a rolling unit. The wafer bearing unit movably disposes on the table unit upwardly and downwardly for bearing a wafer. The adhesive tape pull-tight unit has a bundle of adhesive tape, and the adhesive tape pull-tight unit disposes on the table unit and next to one side of the wafer bearing unit. The adhesive tape clipping unit disposes on the table unit and next to the other side of the wafer bearing unit for tightly clipping an end side of a tape of the bundle of adhesive tape. The rolling unit slidably disposes on the table unit and next to the other side of the wafer bearing unit for uniformly rolling, pressing and adhering the adhesive tape on the at least one wafer | 2008-11-06 |
20080271838 | Preform for Blowing a Container and Process for Manufacturing Thereof - Preform for the blow-molding of a container comprising a neck section ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271839 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR CREATING A PASSIVE SHIM LOCATION WITHIN A GRADIENT COIL - A method for creating a passive shim location in a gradient coil assembly of a magnetic resonance imaging system includes placing at least one tool in a volume between an inner gradient coil assembly and an outer gradient coil assembly. The tool includes an inner core and an outer sleeve. The inner core is removably housed in the outer sleeve. The volume is then filled with a bonding material. Once the bonding material has cured, the inner core is removed from the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve may also be removed from the volume. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271840 | Floor Covering Containing Polyvinyl Butyral and Method of Making the Same - A floor covering comprising polyvinyl butyral is provided. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271841 | Decal Organization Tool - A decal organization tool for products needing large numbers of decals utilizes a single large sheet on which all product decals for a specific product or product model are carried. The invention includes a means by which the previously unavoidable irregular margins surrounding the decals are effectively hidden from the eye and allows large sheet printing of decals with an aesthetically satisfactory overall appearance. An irregularly zone is added to the edge of each decal, and along with an ultraviolet responsive additive placed in the decal adhesive, allows the decal to form an indelible footprint on the product to which it is applied. The footprint, invisible to the eye, becomes visible under ultraviolet light, allowing identification of a specific decal and proof of its application to a product, even when the decal is no longer on the product. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271842 | Methods of Reducing Surface Checking on Wood Compositions - A process is provided for producing a wood product exhibiting enhanced resistance to checking. The process comprises selecting a wood component, heating the surface of the wood component, and applying a radiation-curable composition to the surface. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271843 | Transparent conductive multi-layer structure, process for its manufacture and device making use of transparent conductive multi-layer structure - A transparent conductive multi-layer structure having a smooth base material | 2008-11-06 |
20080271844 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A GLASS CONVENIENT FOR TRIMMING, A GLASS THUS OBTAINED, AND METHOD FOR TRIMMING SUCH A GLASS - The aim of the invention is to provide a method for making appropriate for trimming a glass comprising a hydrophobic and/or oil-repellent surface coating. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271845 | Process for Temporary Fixing of a Polymeric Layer Material on Rough Surfaces - Process for temporary fixing of a polymeric layer material on rough surfaces, wherein the polymer layer material encompasses at least one viscoelastic layer, wherein the process involves laying the layer material on the rough surface, introducing energy in order to lower the viscosity of the at least one viscoelastic layer, in such a way that flow onto the rough surface takes place, and the layer is crosslinked in such a way as to produce a layer which has at least some elastomeric character and which at least to some extent wets the rough surface. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271846 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE AND DETACHABLE STRIP FORMED FROM IT - Pressure-sensitive adhesive for single- or double-sidedly tacky pressure-sensitive adhesive strips redetachable without residue or destruction both by extensive stretching substantially in the bond plane and by peeling, the pressure-sensitive adhesive being composed at least of ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271847 | Gas diffusion electrode assembly, bonding method for gas diffusion electrodes, and electrolyzer comprising gas diffusion electrodes - In a gas diffusion electrode assembly, and in an electrolyzer using the same, a bonding piece having on at least one surface a perfluorosulfonic acid layer, a perfluorosulfonyl fluoride layer or an alkyl ester of perfluorocarboxylic acid layer is positioned at its perfluoro compound layer surface with respect to the gas diffusion electrode assembly. Adjacent gas diffusion electrodes are heat fusion bonded together, or heat fusion bonding is carried out using the bonding piece in a frame form. Adjacent gas diffusion electrodes are sealed up by heat fusion bonding, using a material that is similar to the material that forms the gas diffusion electrodes. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271848 | Silane-Modified Dispersion Powders - The invention relates to water-redispersible polymer powder compositions obtainable by means of free-radical-initiated polymerization in aqueous medium of one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, methacrylic esters and acrylic esters of alcohols having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, vinylaromatics, olefins, dienes and vinyl halides and subsequent drying of the polymer dispersion obtained, characterized in that one or more silanes of the general formula (RO) | 2008-11-06 |
20080271849 | HOLLOW ANODE PLASMA REACTOR AND METHOD - The plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma chamber, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plasma containment device. The plasma containment device has a plurality of slots and is electrically coupled to the first electrode. The containment device is configured to confine plasma within an inter-electrode volume while facilitating maximum process gas flow. When plasma is generated by applying electric fields to process gas within the inter-electrode volume, the containment device electrically confines the plasma to the inter-electrode volume without significantly restricting the flow of gas from the inter-electrode volume. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271850 | High-Pressure Gluing in a Fiber Mixer - The invention relates to a method for gluing fibers or chips, in particular, wood fibers or wood chips by atomizing the glue and subsequently applying the atomized glue to the fibers or chips. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271851 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF A BONDING STAGE - A bonding apparatus is provided comprising a bonding stage for holding a bonding tool, an air distribution system mounted to the bonding stage and an air inlet attached to the air distribution system. The air distribution system is connected to the air inlet for receiving air from the air inlet, and is operative to pass the air over multiple surfaces of the bonding stage for the purpose of temperature control. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271852 | Apparatus for the Selection and Labelling of Test Tubes for Analysis Laboratories and the Like - This invention comprises a machine for the selection and labelling of test tubes for analysis laboratories and the like. Said machine is designed to provide the doctor taking the blood sample with test tubes already selected and labelled, according to the request by the patient from whom the sample is taken. This invention comprises an automated, computerised machine, comprising loading means for test tubes, means for the selection and transport of the test tubes, means for printing labels and sticking them onto the body of the test tubes, means for depositing the labelled test tubes, electronic control and management means, data entry and video communication means, and independent power means. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271853 | Shipping and Packing Tape Dispenser and Mount - A shipping and packing tape type dispenser having a generally vertical handle and a dispenser body rotationally mounting a roll of tape for one-handed application to packages, boxes and the like. The dispenser has an improved tape guiding and applying path, an improved spool and anti-reverse and rotation-tensioning features, and a complementary storage bracket for quickly securing the dispenser on a wall or under a shelf or cabinet in one of three modes: a one-handed dispensing mode, a quick storage mode, and a more-secure quick storage mode, depending on which way and at what angle the dispenser is inserted in the bracket. The dispenser also has storage provision in the handle for shipping accessories such as pens and box-cutters and replacement cutting blades, and further includes a retractable tape measure and/or a retractable weigh scale, both easily accessible near the handle region. The dispenser also uses a cutting blade frictionally mounted in an open-ended slot through a sidewall portion of the dispenser. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271854 | Stamping Cylinder - A cylinder for stamping planar substrates, such as sheets of paper comprises at least a pit with clamping means for holding a stamping medium on said cylinder, said medium comprising at least a row of stamps distributed along the medium. The medium is formed by a stamping plate or by stamping strips and said cylinder further comprises at least a supporting piece forming a bridge over said pit. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271855 | DECORATIVE SHUTTER COVER KIT - A kit for attaching a decorative shutter cover to an associated window shutter is disclosed. The kit comprises a shutter cover which covers a portion or a substantial portion of the window shutter. The kit may further include an attachment member that attaches to the top of the window shutter. The top of the shutter cover and the attachment member can connect to each other. The kit may further comprise a securing member for securing the bottom of the shutter cover to the window shutter. The shutter cover may include a graphic display thereon, such as decorative or artistic representations. Additional interchangeable shutter covers may also be provided with the same or different graphic displays depicted thereon. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271856 | Daylight Shielding Device - A daylight shielding device comprising: a plurality of slats for shielding daylight from a room; a housing for attachment to a window sill or the like, and controls for controlling the position and orientation of the slats, and an illumination device for illuminating said slats. According to the invention, the illumination device and the slats are configured so as to reflect light from said illumination device via said slats into the room. In this way, the slats can be actively used as an indirect illumination source. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271857 | Foldable shades for aircraft cockpits - Disclosed is a system for shielding the interior of an aircraft cockpit. The system utilizes a number of individual shades that can be deployed over the various windshields that make up the canopy of an aircraft cockpit. Each shade has both a substantially flat, deployed configuration and a folded, stowed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the edges of the shade can be secured within the edges surrounding an associated canopy windshield. In this manner the shade is retained adjacent the windshield and is used to reflect sunlight and otherwise protect the internal components of the cockpit from direct sunlight. The shade can be deployed over a windshield in any orientation due to a resilient wire loop that is positioned within a peripheral edge of the shade. In the stowed configuration, the shade is folded over onto itself for storage and transport. The various details of the present invention, and the manner in which they inter-relate, and are described in greater detail hereinafter. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271858 | Window covering having roll-up shade segments - A window covering has a plurality of shade elements, each having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge. The shade elements are positioned sequentially below a headrail, and each shade element is made of a window covering material that can be rolled about the first longitudinal edge. A first rail or panel of fabric or film extends from the headrail past the first longitudinal edge of each shade element and is connected to lowermost shade element or the bottomrail. A second rail or panel of fabric or film extends from the headrail and is attached to the second longitudinal edge of each shade element. Rungs extend between the first rail or panel and the second rail or panel such that there is one rung below and corresponding to each shade element. The first longitudinal edge of each shade element rests upon a corresponding rung when the window covering is in a closed position. A control mechanism is connected to at least one of the first rail or panel and the second rail or panel. The control mechanism is capable of moving at least one of the first rail or panel and the second rail or panel. Such movement causes each of the plurality of shade elements to roll or unroll about the first longitudinal edge of the shade element. A flap may be attached to and extend from the second longitudinal edge of each shade element or the rungs. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271859 | Door Controller and Locking Mechanism - A door controller ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DISTRIBUTE THE INFLOW OF LIQUORS IN BATCH DIGESTER - Method and apparatus for introducing liquors into a batch digester to produce enhanced or plug-flow of the liquors through the bed of cellulosic material. Wash out liquor can be introduced into the digester during the discharging of delignified cellulosic material in a manner to add wash out liquor into the digester in order to maintain consistency of the delignified cellulosic material and to prevent formation of a vortex of delignified cellulosic material during discharge. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271861 | Method for Oxygen Delignification of Cellulose Pulp by Mixing of Chemicals - The method is for the improved oxygen delignification of cellulose pulp with a medium consistency of 8-16%. The fraction of dissolved oxygen can be maintained at a high level throughout the process by the use of high pressure, greater than 15.0 bar, and by repeated agitative mixing while maintaining the high pressure. A fraction just over 20% of the total oxygen added is dissolved in the fluid phase such that the amount of oxygen in the fluid phase is maintained at a high level throughout the complete high-pressure section. This means that the amount of oxygen that is dissolved in the fluid phase and that penetrates the cellulose fibers can be maintained at an optimal high level throughout the process for improved delignification of the cellulose. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271862 | Tissue sheets having good strength and bulk - A method of making soft, strong, high bulk tissue is disclosed. The method includes pre-conditioning a wet web by straining the wet web in the cross-machine direction prior to transferring the wet web to a throughdrying fabric. The pre-conditioned web provides improved sheet softness and conforms more readily to the surface contour of the throughdrying fabric, thereby creating greater caliper (bulk) in the resulting dried sheet. The bulk is maintained during a subsequent creping step by maintaining the dried sheet in registration with the throughdrying fabric when the dried sheet is applied to the surface of the creping cylinder. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271863 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HYGIENE PAPER PRODUCT, APPARATUS FOR SUCH MANUFACTURE AND HYGIENE PAPER PRODUCT - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a hygiene paper product includes: providing a continuous paper web, moving the continuous web in the direction of its longitudinal extension, applying a repetitive creative structure relative to the longitudinal extension of the web as a first pattern to the web with a first roll, applying a repetitive functional structure relative to the longitudinal extension of the web as a second pattern to the web with a second roll, while enabling the first pattern to be in register with the second pattern by concurrently controlling the repetitive surface speed of continuous web and the phasing between the first roll and the second roll. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271864 | Soft tissue paper having a chemical softening agent applied onto a surface thereof - A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of the tissue paper product has an aqueous chemical softening agent applied and substantially affixed thereto is disclosed. The chemical softening agent is applied to a web substrate at a concentration ranging from about 0.45% to about 0.25%. The chemical softening agent provides the tissue paper product with a raw dispensing dust value of less than about 4893. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271865 | PIGMENTS FOR COLORED PAPER - Compositions and methods of producing colored paper products and agents for making such products are disclosed. Surface-modified pigments can be manufactured to provide selected coloring in a paper product. The pigment can include filler particles that are bound to one or more dye components with a coupling agent, such as a silane coupling agent or a polymer such as a polycation. The pigment can also be formulated to produce a paper product with better particulate and/or fines retention, and/or higher strength by including components that can interact favorably with the fibers of a paper material. The surface-modified pigments can also be utilized to make coloring formulations such as inks for printers and other applications. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271866 | Paper substrate containing a functional layer and methods of making and using the same - The invention relates to the papermaking art and, in particular, to the manufacture of paper or paperboard substrates, paper-containing articles such as multilayered paper or paperboard or corrugated-based packaging, having a functional layer, as well as methods of making and using the same. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271867 | Soft tissue paper having a chemical softening agent applied onto a surface thereof - A tissue paper product having at least one ply wherein only one outer surface of the tissue paper product has a chemical softening agent applied and substantially affixed thereto is disclosed. The chemical softening agent provides the tissue paper product with a raw dispensing dust value. The raw dispensing dust value is at least about 13.6 percent less than the raw dispensing dust value of a tissue paper product not having the chemical softening agent applied and substantially affixed thereto. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271868 | Forming Sieve for the Wet End Section of a Paper Machine - A sieve for the wet-end section of a paper machine is described, in which the sieve has been compressed by at least one of increased temperature, pressure and/or moisture. Such a treatment leads to a sieve which has at least one side wherein the thread floats and knuckles are reshaped and the sieve presents at least one substantially flatter surface for the production of paper. This process does not cause any physical damage to the surface of the sieve, as current techniques of abrasively polishing the surface do, and therefore leads to cloths with improved properties and lifetimes. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271869 | Tissue paper winding and cutting apparatus - A tissue paper winding and cutting apparatus includes a first winding roll, at least one core support plate, a pinch roller, and at least one arm. A channel is formed between the core support plate and the first winding roll. A tissue paper is attached to a lower half of the first winding roll for winding around a first core. The pinch roller is arranged below the first winding roll to partially project into the channel, and the arm is extended to a lower side of the first winding roll and has a bottom protuberance facing the pinch roller, so that a narrowed passage is formed in the channel. A second core rolling to and hindered by the narrowed passage holds the tissue paper thereto, and the tissue paper is pulled broken by a pulling force from a rolled tissue formed on the first core. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271870 | Metal Mold, and Formed Body Molding Method by the Metal Mold - A metal mold capable of preventing a nonuniform wall thickness from occurring in a cylindrical formed product, wherein a gate ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271871 | Magnetic brake for continuous casting molds - The invention relates to a continuous casting mold, in particular a thin slab mold in which the flow of a liquid metal in the mold is influenced by a magnetic field generated by permanent magnets, wherein the permanent magnets have, over the width and/or height thereof, different magnetic strengths or are spaced from each other by different distances for a different field strength, so that to provide for variation of the magnetic field strength, the permanent magnets are differently adjusted in groups for changing a field strength distribution. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271872 | Ingot Mold for Casting Slabs - Ingot mold for casting ultra thin slabs to be used, for instance, in a manufacturing plant for the manufacture of metal strips, having two wide concave walls ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271873 | PRODUCTION OF THIN STEEL STRIP - A method of controlling in a twin roll strip caster the thickness of as-cast strip by determining and operating at a target depth of the casting pool and a target speed of the casting rolls. The as-cast strip may be cast to a customer-specified thickness or may be subsequently rolled to a customer-specified thickness. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271874 | THERMAL ENERGY EXCHANGER - A thermal energy exchanger assembly ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271875 | RE-WORKABLE HEAT SINK ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY - A re-workable heat dissipation assembly may include a non-removable adhesive layer. A first interposer layer may be adhered to a device via the non-removable adhesive layer. A removable adhesive layer may be adhered to the first interposer layer. A heat dissipation assembly may be adhered to the removable adhesive layer. Use of an interposer layer and a removable adhesive layer in combination with a non-removable adhesive layer, provides a high performance heat dissipation assembly while enabling re-working of the assembly following initial manufacture. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271876 | Process and apparatus for cooling a metal part during a welding operation - A process and apparatus are provided for cooling an airfoil of a blade during a welding repair operation on the airfoil. At least one polymeric pouch is positioned adjacent a surface of the airfoil, and a coolant fluid is passed through the polymeric pouch during the repair operation on the airfoil. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271877 | APPARATUS FOR MULTI-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TURBULENCE PROMOTERS - An apparatus is provided employing multi-tube heat exchangers that include turbulence promoters, which are easy to clean, thus maintaining sanitary conditions; prevent catching or trapping of product flowing or pumping through the tubes; and aid in maximizing heating and cooling efficiency of flowable or pumpable product flowing within the apparatus. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271878 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR USE IN PRECISION COOLING SYSTEMS - An improved precision cooling system for high heat density applications comprises a heat exchanger having more fluid outlet conduits than fluid inlet conduits to optimize the pressure drop across the heat exchanger at a given fluid flow rate. The heat exchanger may be of microchannel or tube fin construction, and the cooling system may utilize single phase or multi-phase pumped or compressed fluids. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271879 | Radiator for a Motor Vehicle - A radiator for a motor vehicle has a block formed from several parallel tubes, through which flows a coolant, there being provided tubes with at least two different depths. Two or more spaced-apart tubes have a depth greater than a depth of the tubes lying in between and are configured as support tubes. In this way, fatigue strength problems of the radiator are avoided. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271880 | Coiled Heat Exchanger Having Different Tube Diameters - A coiled heat exchanger having a plurality of tubes which are wound around a core tube is disclosed. The heat exchanger having a casing which delimits an outer space around the tubes, where the tubes of a first tube group have a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter and the tubes of a second tube group have a second inner diameter and a second outer diameter. The second inner diameter is different from the first inner diameter and/or the second outer diameter is different from the first outer diameter. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271881 | Automatic Switching Two Pipe Hydronic System - Disclosed is an automatic switching two pipe hydronic system for conditioning a space. In one embodiment the two pipe hydronic system enables automatic switching from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation or vice versa in a reduced span of time. The present invention saves fuel, energy and water, when there are lower load conditions that affect boilers, chillers, and cooling towers. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a system for simultaneously heating and cooling a first portion and a second portion of a space by utilizing a plurality of boilers, chillers, heat exchangers, condenser pumps and closed loop pumps by using a plurality of sensors indicating the temperatures inside and outside the space and a controlling module controlling the operation of the system. The present invention can be easily achieved by making minor configurational modifications to existing systems thereby increases system versatility. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271882 | Controlled gas-lift heat exchange compressor - A reciprocating hydraulic compressor capable of pumping liquids, gases or liquids mixed with gases. An apparatus and process for simultaneously compressing liquids and gases and exchanging the heat of compression with fluids which may be the same liquids and gasses compressed. An apparatus and process for heating maintenance fluids using heat generated when the lift gas is compressed. The compressor may be used for recovering oil and gas from a subterranean formation wherein the production rate is controlled by the gas pressure at the well head, resulting in very slow strokes or pulses and bubbles of lift gas 500 feet long or longer. It may also be used for well maintenance using cooled injection gas from the well and heated fluids, which also may come from the well and be mixed with the well gas during compression, may be conducted without interrupting production. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271883 | OIL WELL COMPLETION TOOL HAVING SEVERABLE TUBING STRING BARRIER DISC - An oil well completion tool having a tubular assembly defining an elongated main passage is adapted to be connected to a multiple-section tubing string within an oil well casing. A severable plug is mounted in the tubular assembly in normal blocking relationship to the passage. A movable shear cylinder unit has a plug-severing edge operable to sever an entire central segment of the plug from a remaining peripheral portion thereof. Separate hinge structure has an elongated U-shaped leg portion connected to the central segment of the plug. The leg portion of the hinge structure, which undergoes elongation, is operable to retain the severed central segment of the plug in the main passage while allowing the central segment of the plug to bodily shift independent of and in a direction away from the peripheral portion of the plug. The severed central segment is received in a recess therefor in the tubular assembly wall structure in order to prevent interference of the severed central plug segment with the main passage. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271884 | DROPPING SUB METHOD AND APPARATUS - In one embodiment a method and apparatus for an improved loading sub method and apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment the method and apparatus can be used to pump various pump down means into the well bore from the rig. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271885 | Granular electrical connections for in situ formation heating - A method for heating a subsurface formation using electrical resistance heating is provided. In one aspect, the method includes creating a passage in the subsurface formation between a first wellbore located at least partially within the subsurface formation, and a second wellbore also located at least partially within the subsurface formation. An electrically conductive granular material is placed into the passage so as to provide electrical communication between the first wellbore and the second wellbore. Electrically conductive members are provided in the first wellbore and second wellbore so as to form an electrically conductive flow path comprised of the electrically conductive members, the granular material, and a power source. An electrical current is established through the electrically conductive flow path, thereby resistively heating at least a portion of the conductive members which in turn heats the subsurface formation. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271886 | Downhole Gas Compressor - A method for producing gas from a well with low pressure involves running a bottom hole pressure test to graph a P-Q curve. The operator computes a frictional pressure drop due to friction of the gas flowing through the production tubing to the surface. A packer is set above perforations in the well. A screw pump is selected that has a capacity equal to the sum of the frictional pressure drop plus a desired wellhead pressure. The screw pump has a flow rate capacity determined from the P-Q curve. The operator may vary the frequency of a downhole motor to achieve the desired wellhead pressure. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS AND FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION IN WELLS - A method for performing operations and for improving production in a well includes the steps of: providing radio identification devices at known locations in the well, and providing a reader device configured to read the identification devices, and to control the operations responsive to signals from the identification devices. The method also includes the steps of providing a process tool, and transporting the process tool and the reader device through the well. The reader device is programmed to control the process tool upon reception of a response signal from a selected identification device. The method can be used to perform perforating processes, packer setting processes, bridge plug setting processes, logging processes, inspection processes, chemical treating processes, and cleaning processes. In addition, the method can be performed dynamically by controlling the tool as it moves through the well, or statically by stopping the tool at a particular location within the well. A system for performing the method includes the identification devices, the reader device, the process tool, and a computer or controller. In addition the identification devices can be placed in casing collars of the well and can be configured as passive devices or as active devices. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271888 | Methods of Using Viscoelastic Surfactant Gelled Fluids to Pre-Saturate Underground Formations - Viscoelastic surfactant (VES) based fluid systems are effective to pre-saturate high permeability subterranean formations prior to a treatment operation that would undesirably suffer from high fluid leakoff. The fluid systems may include brine, a viscosity enhancer, as well as the VES, and a high temperature stabilizer. The stabilizer may be an alkaline earth metal oxide, alkaline earth metal hydroxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, Al | 2008-11-06 |
20080271889 | METHOD OF ISOLATING OPEN PERFORATIONS IN HORIZONTAL WELLBORES USING AN ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT - An improved method for building a plug in a horizontal wellbore using a fluid pill pumped into the wellbore at the end of a fracturing treatment. The fluid pill includes a high concentration of an ultra lightweight proppant, such as a neutrally buoyant proppant or an ultra lightweight proppant mixture. The fluid pill is pumped down the wellbore until it almost reaches fractures within a zone of interest. The pumping is then ceased or reduced, allowing the fractures to partially close. The ultra lightweight proppant remains suspended within the fluid pill while stationary. The pumping is then resumed at a very slow rate or as a short pump burst, thus causing the proppant in the fluid pill to bridge off until a bridge plug is formed. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271890 | Fracture Stimulation Of Layered Reservoirs - A hydraulic fracturing process consisting essentially of drilling a wellbore through at least one reservoir formation, installing in said wellbore at least one conduit, ensuring pressure communication between said wellbore and said reservoir formation, at a higher effective stress formation, selecting the location of said pressure communication between said wellbore and said reservoir formation for control of said hydraulic fracturing process and pumping a hydraulic fracturing treatment comprising a fracturing fluid and a proppant, at a sufficient pressure via said conduit to create at least one fracture in said higher effective stress formation. Also disclosed are processes for increasing conductivity near a wellbore and producing fluids from a lower effective stress permeable formation via a fracture extending from the higher effective stress fracture formation into the lower effective stress permeable formation. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271891 | Methods of Limiting Leak Off and Damage in Hydraulic Fractures - Methods for treating a formation penetrated by a wellbore which improves fluid loss control during treatment. In some aspects, the treatments include preparing an aqueous fluid including one or more water inert polymers and an optional viscosifier, injecting the aqueous fluid into the wellbore at a pressure equal to or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure, and thereafter injecting into the wellbore a proppant laden fluid at a pressure equal to or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure. The water inert polymer may be a polymer such as an emulsion polymer or a latex polymer. Some methods of the invention use a fluid which may have a normalized leak off coefficient (C | 2008-11-06 |
20080271892 | Radially expandable downhole fluid jet cutting tool having an inflatable member - Downhole fluid jet cutting tools having extendible and retractable arms with cutting heads on the ends are disclosed. The jet cutting tools permit casing and other downhole surfaces to be cut utilizing a cutting fluid forced through a jet nozzle assembly. Inflation of an inflatable member within the passageway of the tool moves the jet nozzle assembly when cutting fluid pressure inflates the inflatable member. As a result, a cutting head of the jet nozzle assembly is extended and cutting fluid is forced at high pressure from the passageway to the cutting head where it is expelled through nozzles for cutting casing and the like. The jet cutting tools permit the cutting head to be extended, retracted, and re-extended or redeployed multiple times without the need for being retrieved from the wellbore. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271893 | Method and Apparatus for Continuously Injecting Fluid in a Wellbore While Maintaining Safety Valve Operation - A kit for converting an existing wireline retrievable surface controlled subsurface safety valve ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271894 | Method and apparatus for subterranean fracturing - A subterranean formation stimulation system, comprising a gas generator, a high pressure seal, and means to activate the generator. The high pressure may be a packer and or plug having an outer sealing surface on its outer periphery. The outer sealing surface is configured for metal to metal contact with the inner circumference of wellbore casing. The gas generator can be compressed gas or a propellant. The means to activate the generator includes a shaped charge. The system is disposable in a wellbore on wireline, slick line, or tubing. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271895 | Method and a device for regulating a fluid flow between an outside and an inside of a well pipe - A method and a device for regulating a fluid flow in a reservoir ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271896 | Device in Connection with Heave Compensation - The present invention relates to a heave compensator for a riser, particularly a working riser ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271897 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A SUCKER ROD GUIDE - A fluid powered tool is disclosed for assembling a two piece guide on a sucker rod at a well site. The tool includes a table ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271898 | Pressure Isolation Plug for Horizontal Wellbore and Associated Methods - A wellbore pressure isolation apparatus is deployed in a wellbore and has a sealing element that can be activated to seal against an interior surface of a surrounding tubular. Once set, a ball valve in the apparatus restricts upward fluid communication through the apparatus, and another ball valve in the apparatus can restrict downward fluid communication through the apparatus. These ball valve can have disintegratable balls intended to disintegrate in wellbore conditions after different periods of time. To facilitate deployment of the apparatus in a horizontal section of the well bore, the apparatus has a plurality of rollers positioned on a distal end. In addition, the apparatus has a ring disposed about the body between the distal body portion and an adjacent body portion. The ring has an outside diameter at least greater than that of the adjacent body portion to facilitate pumping of the apparatus in the wellbore. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271899 | Adjustable Inductive Heating Apparatus for Shoeing a Horse - An adjustable inductive shoeing apparatus including an inductive heating element, an adjustable mounting structure, and a control circuit is described. The inductive heating element is substantially U-shaped and disposed in a serpentine arrangement to replicate the U-shape of a horseshoe at least twice. The adjustable mounting structure supports and secures a horseshoe adjacent to the inductive heating coil so as to facilitate heating of the horseshoe and/or an adhesive. The adjustable mounting structure includes a pair of jaws and/or a plurality of brackets which are movable to conform to the lateral extents of a horseshoe. Brackets are disposed in a substantially U-shaped pattern along the adjustable mounting structure. In some embodiments, brackets contact the inductive heating element so as to adjust the inductive heating element to the shape and size of a horseshoe. In other embodiments, inductive heating element passes through the brackets. The control circuit controls the heating function of the inductive element. In some embodiments, a sensor measures the temperature of the horseshoe and/or adhesive to terminate heating at a pre-determined temperature. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271900 | Method and Device for Controlling and/or Putting Out Fires - The object of the inventive method and device for controlling and/or extinguishing fires is to extend the range of means for transporting devices to a fire site, substantially reduce the time for the operating preparation thereof and to exclude a fragmentation field caused by the device explosion which ensures the momentary conversion of a fire-extinguishing composition into a fine cloud associated with a simultaneous airblast effect produced to a fire area and a maximum distribution of said fire-extinguishing composition through the fire volume. Said method for controlling and/or putting out a fire consists in effecting the fire area by an airblast and the high-speed flow of the air-dispersed mixture of the fire-extinguishing composition ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271901 | Compact mobile fire attack vehicle mountable to an emergency vehicle - A compact mobile fire attack vehicle detachably mounted to an emergency vehicle. The compact mobile fire attack vehicle is intended to be mountable to the rear end of a fire truck. In response to an emergency call, the mobile fire attack vehicle can be quickly disengaged and deployed to the fire. Likewise, after the emergency has been mitigated, the mobile fire attack vehicle can be quickly and conveniently be re-mounted to the fire truck. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271902 | Fire prevention and extinguishing system and method of using same - A fire prevention and extinguishing system and method designed to prevent and automatically extinguish Christmas tree fires. The system preferably includes a case containing a fire extinguisher, controls, a ground fault circuit interrupter (“GFCI”) receptacle, a strobe light and a siren. A cable having heat sensors is connected to the case. The cable has a length sufficient to enable the heat sensors to be positioned throughout the Christmas tree. A hose is connected to the fire extinguisher and includes a portion which is positioned in the tree. The system is powered via 110 vac. Christmas light strings are plugged into the GFCI receptacle which automatically shuts off the power upon detection of an electrical short in the light strings, thereby preventing the occurrence of an electrical fire. Upon the occurrence of a tree fire, the heat sensors immediately detect the fire and activate the automatic fire extinguishing portion of the system. Upon activation, the fire extinguisher discharges its contents via the positioned hose and extinguishes the fire, electrical power to the GFCI receptacle is automatically shut off, the strobe light is turned on, and the siren sounds a loud warning. Within seconds, the occupants are warned and the tree fire is extinguished. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271903 | Portable, Modular, Active Fire Protection Installation - The invention relates to a fire protection installation ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271904 | Power hand tool - A power hand tool includes a housing, a motor, a speed change gear set, gearshift position control device, and a display member. The housing includes a longitudinal sliding slot. The motor mounted inside the housing. The speed change gear set is mounted inside the housing. The gearshift position control device is movably mounted in the longitudinal sliding slot to shift the speed change gear set to one of a series of gearshift positions for multi-speed output of the motor, having an indication zone and a display member. The indication zone has multiple numerical signs corresponding to the gearshift positions. The display member is fixedly mounted in the longitudinal sliding slot, having a light-penetrable display zone capable of magnification and corresponding to the indication zone for magnifying one of the numerical signs, and a lamp mounted inside the housing for illuminating the indication zone. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271905 | Hammer drill - The object is to provide a hammer drill having an elastic means without using a coil spring or the like on an intermediate spindle, and being capable of compacting a housing and decreasing cost. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271906 | DRILL/DRIVER - A drill/driver ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOOP DETECTOR INSTALLATION - A pre-fabricated ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped according to a predetermined planar pattern. In some embodiments, the predetermined planar pattern can be multiple contiguous polygons within a larger footprint used for establishing a sensor for the detection of moving vehicles. The footprint may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or a circle, and/or other shapes or configurations. Similarly, each of the multiple contiguous polygons may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, and/or other shapes or configurations. A loop sensor housing is arranged to enclose a continuous loop sensor wire configured in the predetermined planar pattern. The prefabricated loop sensor is inserted in a groove web pre-cut in a receiving medium to match the predetermined planar pattern. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271908 | Hermetic Sealing Cap, Method of Manufacturing Hermetic Sealing Cap and Electronic Component Storage Package - Cap for airtight sealing ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271909 | Insulated non-halogenated heavy metal free vehicular cable - Described is an insulated non-halogenated, heavy metal free vehicular cable comprising an inner core of a copper based metal wire having a cross sectional area of at least about 0.1 mm | 2008-11-06 |
20080271910 | POLYGONAL OVERHEAD CABLE - An overhead cable including a plurality of element wires stranded to form a naked stranded cable, which has a cross-sectional shape of an equilateral polygon inscribed in a circle having a diameter of 18.2 mm to 38.4 mm as a fundamental cross-sectional shape, in which two sides of this equilateral polygon that are located at positions farthest from each other are outwardly projected, has two flat-plate-shaped projections corresponding to the two sides, wherein the number of angles of the equilateral polygon is set depending to the diameter of the circle. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271911 | Submerged Electrode and Material Thereof - [Problems] To provide an electrode that is stable in liquid and is capable of processing a large volume of liquid and a small electrode that is capable of processing a large volume of liquid at high speed; provide a liquid processor and method of processing liquid in which the electrode is used; provide and electrode material being hard to be damaged by thermal stress; and provide an electrode, liquid processor and method of processing liquid in which the electrode material is used. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271912 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a printed circuit board which can be improved in plating adhesiveness to give high reliability and productivity by reducing development residues in opening portions such as a minute pad formed in a predetermined region of an alkali development type solder resist layer, and a manufacturing method thereof. An alkali development type solder resist layer containing a carboxyl group-containing urethane (meth)acrylate compound as a carboxyl group-containing resin is formed on a substrate surface with a conductor pattern formed thereon, and the alkali development type solder resist layer is exposed in a predetermined opening pattern, developed in a dilute aqueous alkaline solution, washed with water containing 30 to 1,000 ppm of divalent metal ions, and then thermally cured to form an opening portion at a predetermined position of the alkali development type solder resist layer. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271913 | Three-Dimensional Wiring Body for Mounting Electronic Component and Electronic Component Mounting Structure - An electronic components mounted wiring body ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080271914 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a printed wiring board includes, a main body including an obverse side with an obverse wiring layer, and a reverse side with a reverse wiring layer first pads provided on the obverse side in a first region defined thereon, and to be connected to terminals arranged on a surface of a first semiconductor chip, second pads provided on the reverse side in a second region defined thereon and overlapping with the first region, and to be connected to terminals arranged on a surface of a second semiconductor chip, and interlayer wiring electrically connecting those of the first pads, which are located in an overlapping region, to those of the second pads which are located in the overlapping region. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271915 | METHOD FOR MAKING A CIRCUIT BOARD AND MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE WITH PLATED THROUGH HOLES - A method for making a circuit board includes the following steps. At least two substrates are provided, wherein each substrate includes two surfaces, two circuit layers respective formed on the two surfaces and at least a via passing through the two surfaces. A metal layer is formed on the side wall of the via, wherein the metal layer electrically connects two circuit layers on the two surfaces of each substrate to each other. An insulating film is at least formed on the surface of the metal layer by an electrophoretic deposition process. Vias of two substrates are aligned with each other and two substrates are laminated to each other, so as to form a multi-layer substrate. Another metal layer is formed on the insulating film, wherein each metal layer is an independent electrical channel. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271916 | GASKETS FOR PROTECTING FINGERPRINT READERS FROM ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SURGES - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of gaskets that can protect fingerprint readers from receiving electrostatic discharge surges when a user's finger is placed in contact with the electronic scanning portion of the fingerprint reader. In exemplary embodiments, a gasket can provide an electrically-insulative barrier between the exposed contact points on the sides of the fingerprint reader, the electrostatic discharge, and the electrically-conductive side of the gasket. The gasket can also include an electrically-conductive side that provides a relatively short path to ground for the electrostatic discharge. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271917 | ELECTROSMOG SHIELDING FOR CABLE CONDUIT - In combination with a alternating-current-carrying electric power cables and a guide holding the cable. The guide is constructed such that electrical or magnetic radiation emitted by the cable can pass through the guide, an electrosmog shield has a channel formed of a material capable of blocking low-frequency electrical and magnetic radiation and dimensioned to fit with the conduit. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271918 | Corner Duct with Co-Extruded Hinges - The present invention is directed to a one-piece corner duct that routes wires in a corner of an enclosure. The one-piece corner duct includes a back wall and sidewalls. The back wall has at least one co-extruded hinge that enables the back wall to pivot to allow the one-piece corner duct to conform to a corner of the enclosure. The sidewalls have a plurality of fingers that retain the wires in the corner duct. The fingers also maintain a cover on the one-piece corner duct to provide access to the wires therein. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271919 | BUNDLED COMPOSITE CABLE WITH NO OUTER OVER-JACKET - A composite cable is formed by wrapping plural separately jacketed cables in a helical fashion by an outer containment element, such as a jacket formed as a strip of material. Air gaps may exist between wound strands of the outer jacket to expose the inner cables. Two or more strip-like outer jackets may be helically wound about the plural cables in opposing directions wherein one outer jacket overlaps the other outer jacket. Alternatively, the two outer jackets may overlap and underlap each other and form a basket weave pattern. The outer jacket material may be stored on a spool and unwound to helically wrap the bundled cables. | 2008-11-06 |
20080271920 | System for Supplying Electrical Energy to Assimilation Lamps in a Glasshouse, Glasshouse Lighting Power Current Cable for Use in a Glasshouse - The invention relates to a glasshouse lighting power current cable for supplying electrical energy to assimilation lamps in a glasshouse. The glasshouse lighting power current cable according to the invention has at least three electrically insulated through conductors embedded in the cable for the transmission of three-phase current, the cable being provided with a plurality of connecting points distributed along its length, at which connecting points the conductors are exposed. The connecting points can each be provided with a connector, which connector can be connected to each of the conductors, the connecting points in each case being situated at a fixed, predetermined distance from each other. | 2008-11-06 |