47th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090282795 | Blower and rotary rake for debris herding - A debris herding method and apparatus is described comprising a low power air blower and a tilted rotary rake. The air blower acts together with a tilted rotary rake to dislodge and impel the debris. A motor driven chassis transports the blower and the rotary rake across the lawn. The blower and rotary rake can be energetically powered, such as by a solar cell array mounted to the chassis. The present invention is directed to an energetically efficient device for moving debris on a surface, such as leaves on a lawn. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282796 | Riding lawn mower - A riding lawn mower having covers for covering the side part of a cutter deck and the side part of a transmission section. The covers have a plurality of small holes formed in a portion facing the side part of the cutter deck. The accumulation of grass clippings on the upper surface of the cutter deck and the transmission section is reduced, and the state of accumulation of grass clippings is confirmed via the small holes. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282797 | Lawn Mower with Grass Collecting Unit - A connecting mechanism ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282798 | Serrated Edge Bed Knife - A bed knife for a mower includes a cutting implement for cutting a material. The bed knife includes a mounting portion that mounts to the mower, and a cutting area at which the cutting implement cooperates with the bed knife to cut the material. The bed knife further includes a serrated portion including a plurality of teeth. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282799 | Rear Discharge Type Mower Apparatus - A rear discharge type mower apparatus includes a blade housing, a support shaft supported by the blade housing, a rotatable blade supported by the support shaft, and a front guide plate having a shape extending substantially along the rotation path of a corresponding blade. The front guide plate forms an opening for ejecting cut grass rearwardly and has a downstream plate portion located in a downstream position with respect to a rotating direction of the corresponding blade and having an end defining one end of the opening. The downstream plate portion extends rearwardly of the blade housing and a distance from a center of rotation to the downstream plate portion is progressively decreased toward a rear end of the blade housing. At least a part of the downstream plate portion is located radially inside of the rotation path of the corresponding blade. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282800 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE FOR HARVESTING FORAGE - The present invention relates to an agricultural machine for harvesting forage comprising a frame ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282801 | LINE STRUCTURE FOR MARINE USE IN CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention may be embodied as a line structure for use as a mud line assembly. In this case, the line structure comprises a plurality of strands, and each of the strands comprises a core portion, a jacket portion, and a barrier portion. The barrier portion is arranged between the core portion and the jacket portion to inhibit movement of contaminate material into the core portion. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282802 | CARBON NANOTUBE YARN, THREAD, ROPE, FABRIC AND COMPOSITE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - There is disclosed a material comprising an assembly of at least one spun yarn substantially comprising carbon nanotubes, a majority of which are longer than one millimeter, such as longer than one centimeter, chemically interlinked one to another, and arranged in the morphology of spiral configurations. The disclosed materials may take the form of a yarn, thread, rope, or fabric. There are also disclosed composite materials constructed from the disclosed materials. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282803 | Emission reduction system for use with a heat recovery steam generation system - A system and method of maintaining an optimal temperature range for a catalyst section in a HRSG comprising placing a portion of the exhaust stream in a heat exchanger and superheater, diverting a second portion around the heat exchanger and superheater, combining the two portions and contacting the two portions with a catalyst section. Alternatively, a system of heat exchangers are employed to address the fluctuating exhaust temperature caused by the intermittent use of the duct burners. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282804 | RECUPERATORS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - An integrated heat exchanger assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path. The first flow path is configured to be coupled to a compressor and a combustor, to receive compressed air from the compressor, and to supply the compressed air to the combustor. The second flow path is configured to be coupled to the compressor or the first flow path, or both, to receive compressed air therefrom, and to be coupled to the combustor and to supply compressed air thereto. The third flow path is disposed adjacent to the first and second flow paths, and is configured to be coupled to an exhaust section, to receive exhaust air therefrom, and to allow heat transfer from the exhaust air in the third flow path to the compressed air in the first and second flow paths. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282805 | SYSTEMS INVOLVING FIBER OPTIC IGNITERS - A gas turbine engine system comprising, a gas turbine engine including a combustion area, a laser, a fuel nozzle including a cavity operative to transmit a fuel into the combustion area, and an optical fiber engaging the cavity, operative to transmit light emitted from the laser to the combustion area, wherein the light is operative to ignite the fuel in the combustion area. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282806 | Integrated airbreathing and non-airbreathing engine system - An engine assembly includes a gas-turbine engine having a tailcone portion and a bypass duct, a rocket engine combustion assembly located at the tailcone portion of the gas-turbine engine, and a movable nozzle segment subassembly that is selectively engageable with the gas-turbine engine bypass duct in an open position and with the rocket engine combustion assembly in a closed position. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282807 | Internal combustion engine with deactivation of part of the cylinders and control method thereof - Internal combustion engine provided with a plurality of cylinders divided into a first group and a second group; a control unit for deactivating all the cylinders of the second group; a first exhaust conduit and a second exhaust conduit, which are reciprocally connected at an intersection and which are respectively connected to cylinders of the first group and to cylinders of the second group; a catalyzer, which is arranged along the first exhaust conduit upstream of the intersection and is provided with first sensors for detecting the exhaust gases; and a second catalyzer, which is arranged downstream of the intersection and is provided with second sensors for detecting the exhaust gas composition. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282808 | Method and system for improving sensor accuracy - A method and system for improving sensor accuracy of diesel emissions is disclosed. The method and system change the sensor reading as a function of sensor age to provide a more accurate measure of the diesel emissions. By estimating the degree of sensor error and then providing a gain correction factor as a function of sensor age, a more accurate measure of the diesel emissions is provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282809 | Exhaust purification device for internal combustion engine - There are provided a fuel addition means which adds fuel into the exhaust, a NOx storage reduction catalyst by which NOx which has been stored is reduced by fuel which is added by the fuel addition means, and a control means which, based upon the intake air amount of the internal combustion engine, the fuel supply amount to the internal combustion engine, the target air/fuel ratio during NOx reduction, and the rich continuation period over which this target air/fuel ratio should be continued, calculates an added fuel amount to be added during this rich continuation period, and controls the fuel addition means so that fuel is added by dispersing this calculated added fuel amount over this rich continuation period. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282810 | ENGINE EXHAUST TEMPERATURE REGULATION - In one example, a method of operating an engine in a vehicle is described. The method comprises delivering a first substance to a cylinder of the engine from a first injector; delivering a second substance to the cylinder of the engine from a second injector, where the second substance has a greater heat of vaporization than the first substance; and increasing injection of the second substance responsive to an exhaust over-temperature condition. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282811 | DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OVERSTRESS MITIGATION - Methods and systems for reducing overstress of a DPF are provided herein. One example of such a method includes measuring a radial temperature gradient near the exit face of the diesel particulate filter, and adjusting at least one engine operating parameter to control the radial temperature gradient based on the measured radial temperature gradient near the exit face of the diesel particulate filter. One example of such a system includes two exit-face temperature sensors configured to measure a radial temperature gradient near the exit face of the diesel particulate filter and a controller configured to adjust at least one engine operating parameter based on the measured temperature gradient to control the radial temperature gradient. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282812 | System and method of operating internal combustion engines at fuel rich low-temperature- combustion mode as an on-board reformer for solid oxide fuel cell-powered vehicles - The invention provides a distinctive method of operating an internal combustion engine in a low-temperature combustion mode. An engine combustion chamber is provided with fuel and air charges before combustion conditions are reached. The fuel charge is sufficient to provide a fuel-air equivalence ratio of at least 1.05. The fuel and air are allowed to mix prior to combustion. The fuel is provided to the combustion chamber at least 20 crank angle degrees before top dead center. The fuel and air charges are regulated such that the mixture auto-ignites as a result of the heat and pressure generated by the compression stroke. The amounts are further regulated such that combustion occurs below a temperature at which significant soot production occurs. In one embodiment, early intake valve closing is used to limit the air charge. The method provides a rich low temperature combustion mode operation, which has several applications. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282813 | Thermal Stability for Exhaust Emissions Treatment Materials - A storage vessel for emission control liquids such as aqueous solutions of urea is equipped with phase change materials that are calibrated to help maintain the liquid within a proper temperature range. Multiple phase change materials having phase transition temperatures of fifty to seventy degrees Celsius and seventy to one hundred degrees Celsius provide staged high-temperature stability for the urea solutions. Phase change materials can be included that also provide low temperature stability by changing from liquids to solids when freezing of the aqueous solution is threatened. Containers of phase change materials are applied to the interior or exterior surfaces of the storage vessel. Alternatively the storage vessel is included within and surrounded by a housing that forms an annular space with the storage vessel, and phase change materials are installed within the annular space. A method for using the storage vessel in an emissions control system also is presented. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282814 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING VALVES - The invention relates to a method and a device for the catalytic combustion of fuel which is metered into the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine by an injection valve. Preferably, an oxidation catalyst is positioned in the exhaust manifold of the internal combustion engine. The metered fuel is atomized in an exhaust gas flow by the injection valve. An end of the invention valve facing the direction of the exhaust gas flow in an exhaust pipe is continuously or intermittently heated by a heating device. Alternatively, an end of the injection valve which is thermally decoupled from the injection valve is directly heated by the exhaust gas flow. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282815 | PROCEDURE FOR OPERATING A METERING VALVE AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCEDURE - Procedure for operating an electromagnetically operated metering valve, which is impinged with a metering signal, which determines the metering of a reagent or a precursor of a reagent that has to be injected into the exhaust gas area of a combustion engine, is thereby characterized, in that the reagent pressure is detected at an opened metering valve in a default cycle, which indicates the reagent flow and in that the reagent flow is added over the opening time of the valve for determining the actual metering amount. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282816 | Fresh Air Bypass to Cool Down Hot Exhaust in DPF Regeneration Mode at Low Vehicle Speed and Idle - An engine system includes a diesel engine having an exhaust manifold connected to the diesel engine. An exhaust passage is connected to the exhaust manifold and a diesel particulate filter is disposed in the exhaust passage. An air intake passage is provided for supplying fresh air to the diesel engine. A bypass passage is connected between the air intake passage and the exhaust passage in a location downstream of the diesel particulate filter. The bypass passage includes a bypass control valve for opening and closing the bypass passage during a diesel particulate filter regeneration cycle when the vehicle is at low speed or idle. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282817 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes a main body that has an inlet for a purification target gas and an outlet for a purified gas, an insulator honeycomb that includes a plurality of cells that are partitioned by a partition wall and serve as gas passages, a conductor honeycomb that is disposed to be able to transmit heat to the insulator honeycomb, a discharge electrode that is disposed opposite to the conductor honeycomb and forms a pair of electrodes with the conductor honeycomb, and a pulse power supply that applies a pulse voltage between the pair of electrodes, the insulator honeycomb, the conductor honeycomb, and the discharge electrode being disposed in an inner space of the main body. The plasma processing apparatus generates plasma by applying a pulse voltage to promote purification of the purification target gas in the insulator honeycomb by utilizing heat generated by plasma. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282818 | Tail pipe exhaust cooling device - An exhaust cooling device ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282819 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas recirculation device that operates so as to partially open an exhaust valve to introduce exhaust gas into a cylinder in an intake stroke is provided; a secondary air passage capable of supplying secondary air to an exhaust passage is connected to the exhaust passage; and a one-way valve opened by negative pressure applied from the cylinder to the exhaust passage following an operation of the exhaust gas recirculation device in the intake stroke is provided in the secondary air passage. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an exhaust emission control system for an internal combustion engine that allows secondary air to be supplied into an exhaust passage to reduce HC and CO concentrations and also a NOx concentration in an exhaust gas without using an air pump regardless of an exhaust system structure of the internal combustion engine. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282820 | Exhaust manifold with hybrid construction and method - An exhaust manifold and related method have a hybrid clamshell construction including an outer manifold half stamped from a first metal and having a first wall thickness, as well as an inner manifold half stamped from a second metal that is different from the first metal and has a second wall thickness which is different from the first wall thickness. Opposite side edges of the outer and inner manifold halves are rigidly interconnected to define a hollow manifold bottom. Port and outlet flanges are rigidly attached to inlet and outlet sides of the manifold body. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282821 | HYDRODYNAMIC COMPONENT AND FORCE TRANSMISSION DEVICE WITH A HYDRODYNAMIC COMPONENT - The invention relates to a hydrodynamic component, comprising at least two bladed shells forming a torus shaped operating cavity in combination, each comprising a blade array supported by a dish, wherein at least one of the bladed shells comprises no support of the blades through the dish in the radially inner end portion of the particular blades. The invention is characterized in that flow control means are provided in the radially inner end portion of the torus shaped operating cavity in the portion where the dish is missing. The invention furthermore relates to a force transmission device with a hydrodynamic component. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282822 | Systems and Methods for Energy Storage and Recovery Using Compressed Gas - The invention relates to methods and systems for the storage and recovery of energy using open-air hydraulic-pneumatic accumulator and intensifier arrangements that combine at least one accumulator and at least one intensifier in communication with a high-pressure gas storage reservoir on a gas-side of the circuits and a combination fluid motor/pump, coupled to a combination electric generator/motor on the fluid side of the circuits. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282823 | POWER ASSIST HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM WITH ON DEMAND PUMP - A power assisted hydraulic steering system comprises a helm pump hydraulically connected to a first hydraulic actuator. A power assist pump is hydraulically connected to a second hydraulic actuator. The first and second hydraulic actuators are coupled. A flow sensing mechanism is disposed along a hydraulic conduit which hydraulically connects the helm pump to the first hydraulic actuator. The flow sensing mechanism senses when fluid flows from the helm pump to the first hydraulic actuator. A motor actuates the power assist pump when the flow sensing mechanism senses that fluid is flowing from the helm to the first hydraulic actuator. In one embodiment the first hydraulic actuator is a servo cylinder and the second hydraulic steering actuator is a drive cylinder. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282824 | CONCRETE AGITATING DRUM DRIVING DEVICE - A concrete agitating drum ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282825 | Actuator Control Device - In an actuator control device that controls an expansion/contraction operation of a hydraulic cylinder, when a main spool | 2009-11-19 |
20090282826 | THERMODYNAMIC MACHINE WITH CONTINUOUSLY CIRCULATING REFRIGERANT - A thermodynamic machine including a closed circuit for the circulation of a refrigerant fluid, a heat exchanger, a cold inlet, and at the exchanger output, a hot outlet, at least one first variable-volume enclosure acting on a mobile member communicating its movement to an output system, and a cooler. According to the invention, the machine further includes at least one variable-volume enclosure controlled by the output system by being interposed between the cold inlet of the circuit and the cooler outlet, with such a chamber providing, for an operating cycle of the enclosure, reinjection of liquid into the exchanger to maintain the pressure at the hot outlet of the circuit at a substantially constant value. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282827 | Speed booster gas saving device - In the present invention disclosed an speed booster gas saving device that recovers exhaust energy of internal combustion engine, wherein the exhaust force and the heat energy of exhaust gases that is wasted is utilized, to superheat a device to transform water instantly into steam energy upon injected inside in addition to the exhaust force to drive a rotor blades connected to the propeller shaft or to the differential gear, to increase the driving torque, power and speed of a moving vehicle in addition to the engine power to reduce fuel burning and emission of exhaust in the environment. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282828 | Heat engine/ heat pump using centrifugal fans - An engine/heat pump is shown. Most of its parts rotate around the same central axis. It comprises two doubly connected chambers. Blades in each chamber substantially rotate with the chamber and may be firmly attached to the walls of the chamber, thus forming a modified centrifugal pump with axial input and discharge. An expandable fluid is rotated outward by one of the pumps and then heat is added for an engine or removed for a heat pump as the fluid is being sent to the outer part of the second pump. The fluid travels toward the center of the second pump, thus impelling the pump in the rotation direction. Then heat is removed for an engine or added for a heat pump as the fluid leaves the second pump and travels back to the first pump near the center of rotation of both pumps. Rotation energy of the fluid is typically much larger than the circulation energy. A modified centrifugal pump with axial discharge having a casing rotating with the blades is also claimed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282829 | Gravity wheel - The Gravity Wheel is a system/cycle of weights that either accept or deny the force of gravity relevant to their position on the wheel itself. The forward motion of the wheel simultaneously is produced by the gravity while it dictates the constant production of energy due to the nature of the motion utilizing the concept of a shifting fulcrum. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282830 | COMBUSTOR WITH REDUCED CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS - A combustor arrangement for a gas turbine engine ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282831 | METHOD FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM A COMBUSTOR - A modification method for reducing emissions from an annular shaped combustor of a gas turbine plant, having uniformly spaced circumferentially mounted premix burners ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282832 | COLD GAS DYNAMIC SPRAYING OF HIGH STRENGTH COPPER - A process for forming an article, such as a combustion chamber liner, comprises the steps of providing a mandrel formed from a material, such as an aluminum containing material, having a net shape of the article to be made, depositing a powdered metal material onto the mandrel without melting the powdered metal material, and removing the material forming the mandrel to leave a free standing monolithic article. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the powdered metal material comprises powdered GRCop-84. Alternatively, the powdered metal material may be GRCop-42. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282833 | Method and apparatus for cooling and dilution tuning a gas turbine combustor liner and transition piece interface - A combustor liner includes a forward end and an aft end, the aft end having a reduced diameter portion and a cooling and dilution sleeve overlying the reduced diameter portion thereby establishing a cooling plenum therebetween. A plurality of cooling and dilution air entry holes are formed in the cooling and dilution sleeve and a plurality of cooling and dilution air exit holes formed adjacent an aft edge of the liner such that, in use, cooling and dilution air flows through the cooling and dilution air entry holes, and through the plenum, exiting the cooling and dilution air exit holes, thereby cooling and dilution tuning the aft end of the combustor liner without having to remove the transition piece. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282834 | Combined Vortex reducer - A vortex reducer for the guidance of bleed airflows ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282835 | Rotary internal combustion engine for combusting low cetane fuels - This invention presents a compact, light, efficient and high power output rotary internal combustion engine utilizing the waste heat. The engine has a rotor rotatable within a housing, but has no piston. The rotor has a plurality of combustion chambers, with inlets for introduction of fuel and outlets for exhaust of combustion products. The exhaust imparts rotation to the rotor within the housing. Fixed end caps are provided at each end of the housing. The engine is cooled with steam, air and water. The engine is suitable for applications that require efficient, high power to weight ratio, such as aircrafts, ships, and heavy duty transportation. The engine may use low grade fuel with a low cetane number, by using specially treated pulverized coal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282836 | Configurations And Methods For LNG Fueled Power Plants - Contemplated configurations and methods use first and second precoolers, preferably in alternating operation, to provide a combustion turbine with air at a temperature of 50° F., and more typically less than 32° F. and most typically less than 0° F. In such configurations and methods it is generally preferred that a heat transfer fluid circuit provides both, heated and cooled heat transfer fluid to thereby allow cooling and deicing of the precoolers. Most preferably, refrigeration is provided from an LNG regasification unit to form the cooled heat transfer fluid while heat from a power cycle (e.g., from surface condenser) is used to form the heated heat transfer fluid. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282837 | Gas turbine unit and its cooling method - It is the object of the present invention to feed cooling air suitable for cooling the high-temperature part of the gas turbine. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282838 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR COOLING AN OBJECT - A method for cooling an object includes coupling a cooling device to the object, wherein the cooling device includes at least one thermoacoustic engine and a plurality of gas diodes, generating acoustic power with the thermoacoustic engine, channeling acoustic oscillations of a fluid through the gas diodes, and transferring the heat produced by the object to the fluid to facilitate moving the heat away from the object. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STORING AND TRANSPORTING A GAS - An apparatus and method for storing a gas at about room temperature and at a predetermined pressure. The apparatus comprising a storage vessel and a nano-porous media having a plurality of nano-pores and a large specific surface area. The nano-porous media is saturated with a host liquid and gas is brought into contact with the host liquid whereby the gas is caused to be dissolved into the host liquid. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282840 | ENERGY STORAGE AND GENERATION - The present invention concerns systems for storing energy and using the stored energy to generate electrical energy or drive a propeller ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282841 | Cryopump - A cryopump includes: a refrigerator having a first cooling stage and a second cooling stage cooled to a temperature lower than that of the first cooling stage; a radiation shield on side surface of which is formed an opening, in which the refrigerator is inserted through the opening such that the first cooling stage is arranged outside and the second cooling stage is arranged inside, and which is thermally connected to the first cooling stage; and a refrigerator cover thermally connected to the second cooling stage, which extends through the opening from the inside to the outside of the radiation shield, and which is spaced apart from the radiation shield at the opening. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282842 | Cryopump and method for diagnosing the cryopump - A cryopump is provided with: a refrigerator that generates a cold state by a heat cycle in which an operating gas inhaled inside is expanded and discharged; a heat shield thermally connected to the refrigerator so as to be cooled to a target temperature; and a control unit that determines a command value for a heat cycle frequency such that a temperature of the heat shield follows the target temperature, and provides the command value to the refrigerator. The control unit estimates whether the refrigerator outputs a refrigerating capacity corresponding to the command value for the frequency based on a flow rate of the operating gas. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282843 | Cooler Box With Handle Round - A blank, carton, package, and method for enclosing a plurality of containers in a carton is disclosed. The carton includes first and second top panels, first and second side panels, and a bottom panel. The top panels each include separation lines with one top panel disposed over the other top panel when formed as a carton. The carton is openable along the separation lines to expose the containers. The carton is capable of receiving a cooling substance therewithin when the top panels are separated along the separation lines. The carton including at least two handle tear lines with a handle disposed therebetween. The handle capable of being engaged to move the carton or package as desired. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282844 | ICE PRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of producing ice in a refrigerator includes flowing a refrigerant through a cooling system to cool an interior compartment of the refrigerator, flowing a cooling medium different than the refrigerant through a first heat exchanger to decrease a temperature of the cooling medium, and flowing the cooling medium through a second heat exchanger to freeze water that is disposed in an ice mold adjacent the second heat exchanger. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282845 | EXPANDER AND HEAT PUMP USING THE EXPANDER - An expander of the invention includes: n-number of rotary type fluid mechanisms (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), a first suction port ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282846 | ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP WITH HEAT ACCUMULATOR - The invention relates to an arrangement that has an adsorption heat pump with at least one adsorber and at least one heat accumulator with the following features: heat at different temperature levels can be stored in the heat accumulator ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282847 | Hot Box Chill Spray System and Method Of Its Use - An improved chill water system for use with a hot box is discussed. In processing beef preferably a recirculation loop with a chill water system mixes anti-microbial solution in the chill water tank and adjusts concentration with a controller to add chemical treatment to the tank. Additionally, a supply water line to the chill water tank has a flow sensor linked to a controller which can control addition of treatment agent based on input water from the supply source. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282848 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - In a refrigerant circuit ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282849 | Refrigeration System - A refrigeration system ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282850 | EVAPORATOR - An evaporator includes plural refrigerant flow members and corrugate fins disposed in corresponding air-passing clearances between the adjacent refrigerant flow members. Each refrigerant flow member includes plural flat tubes arranged in the front-rear direction. Each corrugate fin extends across all the flat tubes. A vertically extending drain portion is formed between the flat tubes adjacent each other in the front-rear direction. At each connection portion of the corrugate fin, a louver group including plural louvers inclining downward toward the front is provided to correspond to a front portion of each flat tube. At least the front-end louver of the louver group provided to correspond to the front portion of each flat tube except for the flat tube at the front end is located in the drain portion. This evaporator exhibits excellent drainage of condensed water and enables high work efficiency in manufacture thereof. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282851 | Refrigerator and/or freezer comprising a frame and a lid movable relative to the frame - A chest refrigerator and/or freezer with a carcass and a cover movable relative to the carcass, includes a pane, preferably a pane of glass or plastics, or is formed by the pane, with a heating element provided by which the pane can be heated. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282852 | Thin Film Thermoelectric Devices for Hot-Spot Thermal Management in Microprocessors and Other Electronics - A structure, system and method for controlling a temperature of a heat generating device in a solid medium, wherein heat is extracted from the medium into at least one heat extraction device, the heat extraction device dissipates heat into an environment apart from the medium by a heat sink thermally coupled to the heat extraction device; and heat from the medium is dissipated into the heat sink by a first thermal interface material thermally coupling the heat sink to the medium. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282853 | Air Conditioner - An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a main body formed by a plurality of members assembled with each other and an air passage along which air introduced into the main body flows. At least one of the member includes a Kimchi lactic bacterium zymogenic material formed on a portion of the member, which contacts the air flowing along the air passage. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282854 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282855 | UNDER COUNTER ICE MAKING MACHINE - An under the counter ice making machine having a top opposite a bottom, a front opposite a back, and two sides that collectively define an interior. A casing defines exterior-most surfaces of the ice machine. An ice bin is mounted inside the casing of the device, wherein a compressor is mounted inside the ice machine and below the ice bin and an evaporator assembly is mounted inside the casing and above the ice bin. A gear motor is operably connected to the evaporator assembly and is also mounted above the ice bin. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282856 | Refrigeration Device Comprising a Dispensing Device - A dispensing device ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282857 | Refrigerator - Disclosed is a refrigerator capable of purifying water discharged to a spout just before the water is dispensed. The refrigerator includes a spout, a water delivery system guiding water to the spout, and a water purification filter installed on the spout in order to purify the water just before the water is dispensed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282858 | Semi-Closed Air-Cycle Refrigeration System and a Positive-Pressure Snow Removal Cyclone Separator Therefor - A refrigeration system that includes at least one semi-closed air-refrigerated chamber and an air-cycle refrigeration loop for drawing air from the refrigerated chamber(s), cools the air, and returns the now-cooled air to the refrigerated chamber(s). The refrigeration loop includes various compression, expansion and heat transfer stages for cooling the air drawn from the refrigerated chamber(s). The air within the refrigerated chamber and air infiltrating into the refrigerated chamber(s) will typically contain moisture. A positive-pressure cyclone separator located between a final expansion stage and the refrigerated chamber(s) removes snow created in the final expansion stage due to moisture in the air drawn from the refrigerated chamber(s). | 2009-11-19 |
20090282859 | System for Remotely Controlling and Monitoring a Food Refrigerator and its Content | 2009-11-19 |
20090282860 | Cold Buffet Food Tray - This invention relates generally to a food tray designed to keep food cold while being served. More specifically, but without limitation, the invention is directed toward a raised buffet food tray with a refrigeration compartment capable of receiving at least one cooling pack and accessible without lifting or removing the food tray. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282861 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A supercooling heat exchanger of an air conditioning apparatus is configured to exchange heat between a high-pressure refrigerant and a low-pressure refrigerant. The supercooling heat exchanger is divided into first and second heat exchangers. One of the first and second heat exchangers is disposed so that the high-pressure refrigerant and the low-pressure refrigerant flow countercurrent to each other. The other of the first and second heat exchangers is disposed so that the high-pressure refrigerant and the low-pressure refrigerant flow parallel to each other. Preferably, both heat exchangers have a high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe that is wound around the external periphery of a low-pressure refrigerant suction pipe. The heat exchangers are thereby reduced in size. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282862 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A COOLED HYDROCARBON STREAM - A method and apparatus for cooling two or more liquefied hydrocarbon streams. First ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282863 | METHOD TO PRODUCE NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS (NGL'S) AT GAS PRESSURE REDUCTION STATIONS - A method to recover NGL's at gas Pressure Reducing Stations. A first step involve providing at least one heat exchanger having a flow path for passage of high pressure natural gas with a counter current depressurized lean cold gas. A second step involves passing the high pressure natural gas stream in a counter current flow with the lean cold gas and cooling it before de-pressurization. A third step involves the expansion of the high pressure cooled gas in a gas expander. The expansion of the gas generates shaft work which is converted into electrical power by the power generator and the expanded low pressure and cold gas enters a separator where NGL's are recovered. This process results in the recovery NGL's, electricity and the displacement of a slipstream of natural that is presently used to pre-heat gas at Pressure Reduction Stations. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282864 | ISO-PRESSURE OPEN REFRIGERATION NGL RECOVERY - The present invention relates to an improved process for recovery of natural gas liquids from a natural gas feed stream. The process runs at a constant pressure with no intentional reduction in pressure. An open loop mixed refrigerant is used to provide process cooling and to provide a reflux stream for the distillation column used to recover the natural gas liquids. The processes may be used to recover C | 2009-11-19 |
20090282865 | Liquefied Natural Gas and Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process for the recovery of ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbons from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream and a hydrocarbon gas stream is disclosed. The LNG feed stream is divided into two portions. The first portion is supplied to a fractionation column at a first upper mid-column feed point. The second portion is directed in heat exchange relation with a first portion of a warmer distillation stream rising from the fractionation stages of the column, whereby the LNG feed stream is partially heated and the distillation stream is totally condensed. The condensed distillation stream is divided into a “lean” LNG stream and a reflux stream, whereupon the reflux stream is supplied to the column at a top column feed position. The second portion of the LNG feed stream is heated further to partially or totally vaporize it and thereafter supplied to the column at a first lower mid-column feed position. The gas stream is divided into two portions. The second portion is expanded to the operating pressure of the column, then both portions are directed in heat exchange relation with the lean LNG stream and the second portion of the warmer distillation stream, whereby both portions of the gas stream are cooled, the lean LNG stream is vaporized, and the second portion of the distillation stream is heated. The first portion of the gas stream, which has been cooled to substantial condensation, is supplied to the column at a second upper mid-column feed point, and the second portion is supplied to the column at a second lower mid-column feed point. The quantities and temperatures of the feeds to the column are effective to maintain the column overhead temperature at a temperature whereby the major portion of the desired components is recovered in the bottom liquid product from the column. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFICATION OF THE AIR TO BE USED AS RAW MATERIAL IN CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION - A purification method for feed air in cryogenic air separation of the present invention includes purifying the feed air for the cryogenic air separation by using a temperature swing adsorption method, wherein the whole region of a carbon dioxide adsorbent layer packed in an adsorption column is used as a mass transfer zone of a carbon dioxide. Also, a purification apparatus for feed air in cryogenic air separation of the present invention includes at least two adsorption columns; and a moisture adsorbent and a carbon dioxide adsorbent being laminated and packed in the adsorption columns, wherein the packed amount of the carbon dioxide adsorbent is the same as the amount of the carbon dioxide adsorbent in the region of the carbon dioxide adsorbent which a mass transfer zone of a carbon dioxide occupies at the end of an adsorption step, and a temperature swing adsorption method is used. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282867 | Interchangeable earring and necklace kits and methods for their storage and use - Described is an interchangeable earring kit, an interchangeable necklace kit, a combination interchangeable earring and necklace kit and a system of add-on decorative elements for all of the kits. These kits can be used to create a jewelry wardrobe from interchangeable parts. The kits exist as single or combination systems for do-it-yourself jewelry design wear. The kits are contained in compartmentalized boxes to allow for separation of the components. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282868 | JEWELRY ARTICLE FOR A LENS OF EYEGLASSES AND A JEWEL-INSTALLATION TOOL FOR A PAIR OF EYEGLASSES - It is objected to provide a jewelry article for eyeglasses to prevent losing a jewel by fall, which is held by a magnet on a lens of the pair of eyeglasses. A base and a rear surface magnet are attracting each other by a magnetic force through a lens of eyeglasses, therefore, the base and the rear surface magnet are held on a fixed position on the lens of eyeglasses. The base, that holds the jewel, is fixed to the chain part, which is connected with an eyeglass frame. Thus, even if the main body of a jewel falls from the lens of eyeglasses, the jewel is in a state of being hanged down on the eyeglass frame through the chain part. This prevents losing the jewel. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282869 | Decorative bead and other ornamental objects and their method and tools of manufacture - The present invention in one embodiment is a bead formed from bottle caps of a beverage container. In another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from bottle caps of beverage containers. In yet another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from the metal of cookie tins, candy tins, mint tins or similar metal containers. After appropriate preparation, a bottle cap or piece of metal from a tin is placed in a press tool having a punch member forming tool and cutting die that cooperatively interact to reform the bottle cap or metal from a tin, and in some cases punch out a piece of the bottle cap or metal from a tin. This produces, in several embodiments, a component that will be joined with one or more other similar components to form the bead or ornamental object of desire. In other embodiments, the reformed bottle cap or piece punched out of the bottle cap or tin is the desired ornamental object itself. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282870 | POROUS GLASS BASE MATERIAL MANUFACTURING METHOD AND GAS FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided a method for manufacturing a porous glass base material by using a porous glass base material manufacturing burner having an oxidizing gas discharge port. The method includes supplying a gas mixture obtained by blending together an oxidizing gas and an inert gas to the oxidizing gas discharge port at a start of deposition of a glass fine particle, and increasing a flow rate of the oxidizing gas supplied to the oxidizing gas discharge port while decreasing a flow rate of the inert gas supplied to the oxidizing gas discharge port. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282871 | Method and apparatus for measuring transmitted optical distortion in glass sheets - An apparatus and associated method for measuring transmitted optical distortion in a glass sheet includes a glass stand which receives a glass sheet for mounting between a background screen which includes a matrix of spaced apart dots, and a digital camera which captures (1) an image of the glass sheet surface, and (2) an image of the dot matrix transmitted through the glass sheet. The captured images are downloaded to a computer that is suitably programmed to analyze the image data to (1) determine the presence of any markings or elements on the surface of the glass sheet that should be isolated from the dot matrix image, (2) modify the background image to eliminate the image data corresponding to any such surface markings or elements from the image, and (3) determine characteristics indicative of optical distortion in the modified image of the dot matrix background transmitted through the glass sheet. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282872 | Molten Glass Supply Apparatus and Process for Producing Glass Formed Article - A molten glass supply apparatus including a plurality of stirring vessels (K | 2009-11-19 |
20090282873 | Decorative bead and other ornamental objects and their method and tools of manufacture - The present invention in one embodiment is a bead formed from bottle caps of a beverage container. In another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from bottle caps of beverage containers. In yet another embodiment of the invention, pieces of jewelry or other ornamental objects are formed from the metal of cookie tins, candy tins, mint tins or similar metal containers. After appropriate preparation, a bottle cap or piece of metal from a tin is placed in a press tool having a punch member forming tool and cutting die that cooperatively interact to reform the bottle cap or metal from a tin, and in some cases punch out a piece of the bottle cap or metal from a tin. This produces, in several embodiments, a component that will be joined with one or more other similar components to form the bead or ornamental object of desire. In other embodiments, the reformed bottle cap or piece punched out of the bottle cap or tin is the desired ornamental object itself. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282874 | Washing machine and sound control method thereof - Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a sound control method thereof that are capable of canceling noise generated during an operation of the washing machine and, at the same time, informing a user of information related to the operation of the washing machine using a sound. The sound control method includes operating the washing machine according to an inputted operation command, sensing noise generated during the operation of the washing machine, reading a sound to cancel the sensed noise, and outputting the read sound in a state in which the read sound is mapped with the noise. Consequently, it is possible mask the noise, thereby minimizing the noise. Also, it is possible to sense a start and an end of each operation and a change of the operation based on the noise pattern, sense a user's access to the washing machine, and output a feedback sound, thereby informing of the progress information of the washing machine. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282875 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Selectively Blocking a Lock Hasp - These various embodiments can be deployed in conjunction with a movable barrier ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282876 | PORTABLE LOCK WITH ELECTRONIC LOCK ACTUATOR - A lock assembly including a body and at least one locking member. An actuator mechanism within the body is moveable between locked and unlocked positions. The actuator mechanism may be actuated by either a key lock cylinder or an electronic actuator. The lock assembly may also include a memory configured to store user identification information. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282877 | Mortise Lock - A mortice lock is disclosed which has a lock casing which provides a first point of entrapment and a second point of entrapment, a latch bolt which can move between a latching position and an unlatching position, a handle for moving the latch bolt between the latching position and the un-latching position, a key cylinder, an operating assembly and a locking member. The operating assembly can move between a first position in which a deflectable portion of the operating assembly engages with the first point of entrapment and a second position in which the deflectable portion engages with the second point of entrapment. Only the key cylinder can move the operating assembly between the first position and the second position. The locking member (which is not a shoot bolt or part thereof) can move between a locking position in which a portion of the locking member engages with the latch bolt to prevent the latch bolt from moving into the un-latching position, and an unlocking position in which the latch bolt can move into the un-latching position. The locking member is operatively associated with the operating assembly such that moving the operating assembly into the first position moves the locking member into the unlocking position and moving the operating assembly into the second position moves the locking member into the locking position. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282878 | Universal steering wheel lock - A steering wheel lock having a triple hook, a bar receiving, mechanism, a lock box, a bar fixable to the lock box, and a lock is disclosed. The triple hook. via its lock box attaches to the steering wheel of a vehicle and is secured with the lock, which is attached with the bar. The length of the bar is adjusted within the lock box to provide a tight and secure fit customized to the particular dimensions of the steering wheel. A blinking LED alerts a passerby that the lock is engaged. A second embodiment covers the center of the steering wheel to prevent airbag theft and secure opposite sides of the steering wheel. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282879 | LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH ROTARY LOCKING MEMBER - A lock includes a rotary locking member, a locking bolt, and an electrically operable mechanism. The rotary locking member is rotatable about a first axis between a locking position and a releasing position. The locking bolt is configured to hold the rotary locking member in the locking position when the locking bolt is in a first position. The electrically operable mechanism is configured to move the locking bolt in a direction parallel to the first axis from the first position to a second position in response to an electrical signal supplied to the electrically operable mechanism. Movement of the locking bolt to the second position allows the rotary locking member to rotate from the locking position to the releasing position. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282880 | KEYED LOCK DOOR HANDLE - A door handle assembly that can be locked and unlocked using a key. The door handle assembly includes a bolt that is movable from an extended position to a retracted position. The first handle is coupled to the bolt and adapted to cause the bolt to retract when the first handle is pushed. A second handle is coupled to the bolt and adapted to cause the bolt to retract when the second handle is pulled. A key locking mechanism is coupled to the first handle. The key locking mechanism is adapted to selectively prevent the bolt from moving to the retracted position. A safety locking mechanism is coupled to the second handle. The safety locking mechanism is adapted to selectively prevent the bolt from moving to the retracted position. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282881 | LOCK CYLINDER - A lock cylinder including a housing defining a cylindrical cavity, and a plug disposed in the cylindrical cavity and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The plug includes an inner pin chamber aligned with an outer pin chamber of the housing when the plug is in the locked position. An inner pin is housed in the inner pin chamber and is engageable with the outer pin when the plug is in the locked position, and includes an outer surface having a non-axial groove. The non-axial groove has a curved surface that defines a substantially semi-circular cross-section. An engagement member is supported by the plug and has a substantially semispherical end portion extending into the non-axial groove such that the semispherical end portion is substantially engaged with the curved surface. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282882 | PROCESS FOR THE CONVERSION OF LIQUID WASTE BIOMASS INTO A FERTILIZER PRODUCT - A process for the treatment of liquid waste biomass, especially liquid manure compositions, wherein the biomass is converted to a fertilizer product. The process at least includes a nitrification step including a first biological conversion stage wherein ammonium is converted to nitrite using nitritifying bacteria in an aerated reactor, and a subsequent chemical oxidation stage wherein nitrite is converted to nitrate by heating the liquid waste biomass in an aerated reactor under acidic conditions. The process is particularly suitable for treating liquid manure, because of the high ammonium nitrogen contents thereof, which render the process essentially self-regulatory. In addition a process for the treatment of liquid waste biomass wherein organic matters are converted to energy sources, referred to as biogas and green cokes, and wherein nitrogen is fixed in a fertilizer product in the form of ammonium nitrate, is provided, the process including the present nitrification process. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282883 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LEVELING STRIP - A method of leveling metal strip having a thickness ≦1 mm has the steps of passing the strip in a travel direction through an upstream braking-roller set and a downstream tension-roller set and through a group of leveling rollers between the braking-roller set and the tension-roller set. A predetermined tension equal to at least 70% of a yield limit of the strip is applied to the strip between the braking-roller set and the tension-roller set for stretch-bend or tension straightening by differentially driving the upstream and downstream roller sets. The strip is bent between the leveling rollers to correct longitudinal curve. Leveling rollers are used of diameters that increase downstream in the travel direction and that are so great that the strip follows the curvature of the leveling rollers at the predetermined tension. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282884 | Method for Lubricating and Cooling Rollers and Metal Strips On Rolling In Particular On Cold Rolling of Metal Strips - The invention relates to a method for lubricating and cooling rollers ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282885 | Method of forming spring washer blind-holes into a piston for an automobile transmission - The problem to be solved by the present invention is to clear up an eccentric load onto a pin and a problem of deformation and cavity due to flowing material during extrusion when spring washer blind-holes in a piston for an automobile transmission is formed by extrusion with a pin. After an annular region along the peripheral edge portion on the back of an end plate | 2009-11-19 |
20090282886 | MULTIFUNCTION HYDRAULIC HEAD SUITABLE FOR BEING APPLIED TO MACHINES FOR BENDING AND FORMING METALLIC SHEETS - A multifunction hydraulic head for use with forming and bending machines for sheet metal and/or metal profiles is equipped with carriages ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090282887 | METHOD FOR MARKING SHEET METAL BLANKS AND FOR WELDING CAN BODIES FROM MARKED SHEET METAL BLANKS - A method for marking tin coated sheet metal blanks is provided in which the marking is indicative whether the blank comprises an edge region that includes a tin coating thicker than the rest of the blank. This marking is preferably brought on the blanks when a plurality of blanks is cut from a sheet metal plate. In the alternative the marking may have been applied to the sheet metal plate already. The sheet metal blanks thus marked are provided in form of a stack comprising marked and unmarked blanks, depending on whether there is a thicker edge region coating present on the individual blank or not. When making container bodies of these blanks by de-stacking and rounding the sheet metal blanks and welding the longitudinal seam of the rounded container body blanks, the marking is read in the container making apparatus and at least one welding parameter is changed for welding container body blanks with a marking in comparison with container body blanks without marking. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A GROUND BONDING STRAP - A system and method forming a ground bonding strap. A length of cable is measured to determine a segment of cable to stamp to form a pair of connectors. The segment is heated. The segment is stamped to form the pair of connectors. The pair of connectors defining an indentation and a pair of receptacles disposed through the cable. The pair of receptacles being each adjacent to and separated by an indentation. The indentations being positioned to allow a user to cut between the pair of connectors to form a ground bonding strap of a length selected by the user. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282889 | Advanced feed device for a superplastic press forming system - A feed device for a superplastic press-forming press has a slide that moves vertically and a base between which is held a tool having a cover and a bottom die enclosing a forming tool, which includes at least one heating shuttle to transport the bottom die, equipped with the forming tool and a cover, with the heating shuttle adapted to complete the press and constitute the base of the press during a hot-press forming operation. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282890 | Method and Apparatus For Manufacturing A Catalytic Converter - A method and apparatus for manufacturing a catalytic converter is described where the catalytic converter is comprised of an outer tube member having a monolith substrate internally compressed therein with a wrapped mat material surrounding the monolith substrate and intermediate the outer tube. One or more monolith members can be applied within the outer tube and heat shields may also be applied internal to the outer tube and adjacent to the monolith substrate. The assembly of the catalytic converter includes measuring the sequence of compression of the mat material to the monolith substrate in order to understand the possible force characteristics that can be applied during the assembly thereof. The mat material is therefore compressed within the outer tube by way of compression jaws, by compression rollers, by spinning and/or by a shrinker including compression members. The compression of the mat material can be in single or multiple steps. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282891 | Method for Diagnosing the Reliability Performance of a Jump Probe - In a change from a lean to a rich exhaust gas mixture, a characteristic behavior appeal's in a short time interval in the vicinity of the lambda jump of an upstream catalytic converter lambda probe in the signal characteristic which is measured by a downstream catalytic converter lambda probe. From the signals in small intervals, around the instant of changing, the reliability performance of the downstream lambda probe can be deduced without the actual probe jump in curves of the voltage characteristics having to be considered. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME CALIBRATION OF A LIQUID STORAGE TANK LEVEL GAUGE - A system and method are provided that receive a signal representing a reflection of an electromagnetic wave from a liquid and from one or more reference pins in a storage tank. A sensed distance to the liquid and one or more sensed distances to the pins are calculated from the signal, and the sensed distances to the pins are compared to one or more reference distances. A correction factor is calculated based on the comparison of the sensed distances and the reference distances, and a corrected distance to the liquid is calculated based on the correction factor and the sensed distance to the liquid. While the storage tank is empty, a reference signal representing a reflection of an electromagnetic wave from the reference pins may be obtained and reference sensed distances to the reference pins calculated and stored as the reference distances. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282893 | INERTIAL SENSOR MISALIGNMENT AND COMPENSATION - An apparatus for providing information pertaining to the orientation of a vehicle to which the apparatus is coupled includes a chassis having a first interior surface and an inertial-sensor assembly disposed within the chassis and having a first exterior surface. A first sensor element is mounted on the first interior surface, and a second sensor element is mounted on the first exterior surface. At least one of the first and second sensor elements is configured to generate a first signal corresponding to an angle of displacement of the second sensor element with respect to the first sensor element. | 2009-11-19 |
20090282894 | INERTIAL SENSOR MISALIGNMENT AND COMPENSATION - An apparatus for providing information pertaining to the orientation of a vehicle to which the apparatus is coupled includes a chassis having a first interior surface and an inertial-sensor assembly disposed within the chassis and having a first exterior surface. A first sensor element is mounted on the first interior surface, and a second sensor element is mounted on the first exterior surface. At least one of the first and second sensor elements is configured to generate a first signal corresponding to a distance of displacement of the second sensor element with respect to the first sensor element. | 2009-11-19 |