49th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090293967 | VALVE ARRANGEMENT - A valve arrangement for a water heater, including a connection for cold water to the valve arrangement, a connection for cold water to the water heater, a connection for hot water from the water heater, a connection for temperature-controlled hot water from the valve arrangement, and a main channel for the valve arrangement that has a center axis along which there is arranged a plurality of components, at least a thermostatic mixing valve, integrated into the valve arrangement, and which connections are arranged at an angle, preferably perpendicular, to the centre axis of the main channel, with a center for the connection offset relative to the centre axis of the main channel, a rod-shaped temperature sensor of a PT valve for attachment to the valve arrangement being able to extend though the connection and into the water heater without interfering with the plurality of components integrated into the main channel. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293968 | Mobile Gas Supply System - A valving arrangement for a mobile gas supply system includes a primary inlet port, a primary outlet port, a regulator, a secondary inlet port, and a secondary outlet port. The primary inlet port is adapted to be connected to a gas cylinder. The primary outlet port is in fluid communication with the primary inlet port and is adapted to be connected to one or more accessories for delivering gas from the gas cylinder. The regulator is disposed between the primary inlet port and the primary outlet port for reducing the pressure of the gas delivered by the gas cylinder to the primary inlet port. The secondary inlet port is in fluid communication with the primary outlet port. The secondary outlet port is in fluid communication with the primary outlet port and the secondary inlet port. The secondary inlet and secondary outlet ports are adapted for connecting the valving arrangement to one or more additional gas cylinders. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293969 | Emergency Disconnection System - The invention concerns an emergency disconnection system, in particular for a fluid loading arm, of the kind having two valves which are coupled using a collar with controlled opening, an actuator ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090293970 | ROTARY COUPLER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A rotary coupler for directing a fluid flow between a supply of pressurized fluid and a fixture which is rotatable about a fixture axis and which has a manifold plate directing the fluid flow from a manifold inlet and a manifold outlet to a plurality of stations on the fixture positioned about the fixture axis. The coupler including a spindle including a base portion and a shaft portion and which extends in an axial direction from a mounting end on the base portion and a distal end on the shaft portion. The base has a mounting face and a securing arrangement configured to secure the mounting face to a manifold plate such that the mounting face sealingly engages the manifold plate. The shaft portion defines a coupler axis and has a shaft surface generally coaxial to the coupler axis and the shaft surface includes an annular pressure zone and an axially spaced annular tank zone. The spindle also includes an internal pressurized fluid passage and an internal tank fluid passage wherein the pressurized passage extends within the spindle between a pressurized face opening in the mounting face and a pressurized shaft opening in the pressure zone. The pressurized passage includes a check valve limiting flow from said face opening to said shaft opening. The tank passage also extends within the spindle between a tank face opening in the mounting face and a tank shaft opening in the tank zone. The mounting face includes an annular recess and the tank face opening is with this recess such that fluid flow reaching the recess is directed into the tank passage. The coupler further includes a hub with a shaft opening shaped to receive the shaft portion of the spindle such that the hub rotates about the shaft and the coupler axis, at least one of the hub and the shaft has an annular pressure zone channel in the pressure zone allowing the pressurized fluid to flow about the shaft in the pressure zone. In addition, at least one of the hub and the shaft includes an annular tank zone channel in the tank zone allowing the tank fluid to flow about the shaft in the tank zone. The coupler further including a seal separating the tank zone from the pressure zone and the hub has a pressure port and a tank port. The pressure port is the hub is in fluid connection with the pressure zone and the tank port is in fluid connection with the tank zone. The coupler further including a bearing arrangement between the spindle and the hub. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293971 | VALVE HAVING INTEGRATED PRESSURE ASSIST MECHANISM - A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293972 | OMNIBUS QUASI-HYDROSYSTEM - An omnibus quasi-hydrosystem is disclosed. The omnibus quasi-hydrosystem includes a module base, at least two channel switching members mounted in the module base, at least two inlets formed in the module base and at least two outlets formed in the module base. The inlets allow fluid entering into the omnibus quasi-hydrosystem, the channel switching members alter the fluid path in the omnibus quasi-hydro system to a desired outlet to output the fluid. In addition, a modular omnibus quasi-hydrosystem is also disclosed herein. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293973 | TWO-SHUTTER VALVE - A valve including a body that defines first and second ducts that open out into a third duct. The first duct is provided with a first shutter and the second duct is provided with a second shutter connected to drive means arranged to move the shutters in a normal mode of operation in which the second shutter is in the closed position and the first shutter is adjustable in position between an open position and a first closed position, a stop mode in which the second shutter is in its closed position and the first shutter is in its first closed position, and a secondary mode of operation in which the second shutter is in its open position and the first shutter is in a second closed position. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293974 | Piping Unit for Transporting Fuel - Piping unit for transporting a fuel is constructed by connecting a resin tube and a connector for connecting the resin tube to a mating pipe. The connector has a connector body including a retainer holding portion and a retainer for engaging with the mating pipe. The resin tube has a multilayered construction including an inner fuel barrier layer and an outer layer covered with a protective layer. The outer layer has a small outer diameter (od) up to 6 mm, the fuel barrier layer and the outer layer have a wall-thickness (t), and a ratio of the outer diameter (od)/the wall thickness (t) is in a range of 4 to 8. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293975 | FLUID SHUT-OFF DEVICE - The device comes within the field of irrigation devices. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293976 | TWO POSITION THREE WAY VALVE - A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293977 | Spring-tensioned Piston Accumulator With Detent Function - A piston accumulator ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090293978 | SPRING-LOADED PISTON ACCUMULATOR WITH LOCKING FUNCTION - A piston accumulator ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090293979 | METHOD OF LINING PRE-EXISTING PIPES OR PASSAGES AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for lining a pre-existing pipe or passage having at least one curved section or bend along its length with a pipe assembly ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090293980 | METALLIC TUBULAR STRUCTURE - A metallic tubular structure having an inner surface providing a passage for conveying fluid or vapor, an outer surface, a multi-layer, strength-enhanced first end segment, a multi-layer, strength-enhanced second end segment, and a flexible segment intermediate the multi-layer, strength-enhanced first end segment and the multi-layer, strength-enhanced second end segment, the metallic tubular structure comprising: a first inner metallic tubular member, the inner surface thereof providing a fluid- or vapor-conveying passage for conveying fluid or vapor therethrough, the first inner metallic tubular member longitudinally extending the entire length of the metallic tubular structure, the first inner metallic tubular member comprising one or more metallic layers; a second metallic tubular member circumferentially disposed on the outer surface of a first end of the first inner metallic tubular member, the second metallic tubular member longitudinally extending a predetermined distance on the first inner metallic tubular member forming a multi-layer, strength-enhanced first end segment thereat; and a third metallic tubular member circumferentially disposed on the outer surface of a second end of the first inner metallic tubular member, the second metallic tubular member longitudinally extending a predetermined distance on the first inner metallic tubular member forming a multi-layer, strength-enhanced second end segment thereat, wherein each of the second metallic tubular member and the third metallic tubular member form spaced apart tubular members so that the two spaced apart metallic tubular member are not contiguous with one another. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293981 | MULTI-LAYER PIPE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A method for manufacture of a multi-layer pipe ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090293982 | Beading loom with removable warp thread cartridge - The beading loom with a removable warp thread cartridge has warp threads mounted in a cartridge that is removably received in a frame of the loom, allowing the user to bead the threads in a conventional manner, but without having to wrap the threads on the loom manually. Once finished with one beading product, the user may then remove the cartridge from the loom and replace the beaded project with a fresh cartridge of warp threads. The frame has an elongated base having an adjustable length along the longitudinal direction. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293983 | Apparatus And Method For The Insertion Of A Weft Thread In A Rapier Weaving Machine - An apparatus ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090293984 | Hand Tool - This invention relates to a hand tool capable of clipping wires of different diameters. The hand tool of the present invention comprises a main body, at least one first clipping piece, at least one second clipping piece, and at least one elastic element. The at least one first clipping piece is pivoted to the main body, and the at least one first clipping piece forms a first clipping area. The at least one second clipping piece, which is stacked next to the at least one first clipping piece, is pivoted to the main body, and the at least one second clipping piece forms a second clipping area that is different from the first clipping area. The at least one elastic element provides clipping force to the at least one first clipping piece. By the above structure, a wire can be clipped at the first clipping area or at the second clipping area. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293985 | BEVERAGE BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES WITH FRUIT JUICES, BEVERAGE FILLING ELEMENT IN A BEVERAGE BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE WITH SUCH BEVERAGE FILLING ELEMENTS FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS WITH FRUIT JUICES, AND A BEVERAGE BOTTLE FILLING ELEMENT FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS WITH FRUIT JUICES - A beverage bottle filling machine for filling bottles with fruit juices, beverage filling element in a beverage bottle filling machine with such beverage filling elements for filling bottles or similar containers with fruit juices, and a beverage bottle filling element for filling bottles or similar containers with fruit juices. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293986 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO FILL RECEIVING CONTAINERS - A receiving container is filled with a predetermined target mass m | 2009-12-03 |
20090293987 | METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING AND RETAILING LIQUID WASHING/CLEANING PRODUCTS - A method of distributing and retailing a liquid washing/cleaning product includes the steps of inserting the liquid washing/cleaning product at a manufacturing plant in a large bulk container, shipping the large bulk container to a retail location, and providing dispensers at the retail location for removal of the liquid washing/cleaning product from the large bulk container and for dispensing and retailing the product to a consumer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293988 | System for Charging and Purging a Compressed Gas Cylinder - A fixed and/or stationary modular unit consists of a hydraulic fluid tank, a pressurization pump, and a compressed gas transportation system consisting of a cylinder or set of cylinders. Each cylinder has two ends, a charging end and a dispensing end, with actuated valves positioned at each end. A pair of valves are located at each charging end of each cylinder, with one valve connected to an incoming hydraulic fluid line and the other valve connected to a hydraulic fluid return line. A valve is connected at the dispensing end of each cylinder. Adapters at each end of the cylinder have curved J-tubes that extend into the cylinder. The J-tube on the charging end curves downward and the J-tube on the dispensing end curves upward. The cylinder or sets of cylinders are inclined to a desired level for the dispensing process. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293989 | Fuel Dispenser Utilizing Pressure Sensor For Theft Detection - A method of determining whether a measured fuel delivery rate determined by a fuel meter of a fuel dispenser corresponds to an actual fuel delivery rate at which fuel is being dispensed to a vehicle through a fuel flow path. The method includes measuring a fuel delivery rate at a given time during a fueling operation, measuring a fuel pressure of the fuel within the fuel flow path at the given time, comparing the measured fuel pressure to a plurality of fuel pressure values from a data set including a plurality of actual fuel delivery rate values that correspond to the plurality of fuel pressure values, retrieving one of the plurality of actual fuel delivery rate values from the data set that corresponds to the measured fuel pressure value; and comparing the measured fuel delivery rate from the fuel meter to the one actual fuel delivery rate value to determine if the measured fuel delivery rate corresponds to the actual fuel delivery rate at which fuel is being dispensed to the vehicle. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293990 | Modular Bag Filling Apparatus - A bulk bag filling apparatus comprises a first support member having an upper end and a lower end and being oriented in a generally vertical direction; a second support member connected to said generally vertical member and extending at an angle to said generally vertical direction; a filling head for engagement with an opening of the bulk bag, wherein the filling head is connected to and supported by the second support member; a bulk bag support structure for engagement with support elements of the bulk bag, wherein the bulk bag support structure is connected to and supported by the second support member; and a hang-weighing mechanism for weighing the contents of the bulk bag, wherein the bulk bag support structure is connected to said second support member through said hang-weighing mechanism. The hang-weighing apparatus includes one or two load-bearing points at which the bulk bag support structure applies a load to the hang-weighing apparatus. A load cell is preferably provided at each of said load-bearing points, wherein each of said load cells converts said load into an electrical signal representative of the weight of the bulk bag and its contents. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293991 | Planer - A hand held electrically powered planer including a housing; an electric motor mounted within the housing; a work piece engaging shoe mounted on the underside of the housing having an aperture formed therethrough; and a cutting drum rotatably mounted within the housing, which is capable of being rotatably driven by the electric motor when the electric motor is activated. A part of the cutting drum protrudes through the aperture to engage a work piece. A cutting blade is mounted on the cutting drum. A rear handle is mounted on the housing and includes an elongate shaft attached at one end only to the rear of the housing and extends forward in a lengthwise direction over a portion of the housing toward the front end of the housing. A grip is mounted or formed on the elongate shaft and there is a front handle which is mounted on the free end of the shaft forward of the grip. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293992 | System and method for cutting a profile in a workpiece - A system and method for cutting a profile along a linear edge of a wooden workpiece utilizes two spaced-apart rotatable cutting tools whose cutting edges mirror one another and which are mounted for rotation about parallel axes. The cutting tools are rotated in opposite rotational directions, and a support surface supports the workpiece for movement along each of the two cutting tools. By positioning the workpiece upon the support surface so that the linear edge thereof extends between the two cutting tools, the workpiece can be moved in one direction into cutting engagement with a first of the rotating cutting tools and subsequently in the opposite direction into cutting engagement with the second of the rotating cutting tools. By halting and subsequently reversing the movement of the workpiece along the first cutting tool before the cutting edges thereof exit a trailing (side) edge of the workpiece, the likelihood that the workpiece will be damaged from the profile-forming process is reduced. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293993 | Boronization Process and Composition with Improved Surface Characteristics of Metals - Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide methods of boronizing titanium and other metals and metal alloys. The method proceeds, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology, by using a boron source, and placing it in a heated environment, followed by a reduced pressure environment, as is described in the disclosure. In a solid phase embodiment of the disclosure, boronized stainless steel alloys are produced having zero galling at 17,000 psi. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293994 | HIGH THERMAL GRADIENT CASTING WITH TIGHT PACKING OF DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED CASTING - Method for forming directionally solidified articles in tightly packed mold cavities withdrawn into liquid metal cooling bath. The withdrawal rate and the spacing between adjacent mold cavities cooperate to provide a high thermal gradient. The cast articles exhibit primary dendrite arm spacing of between about 6 to about 12 mils (about 150-300 microns). | 2009-12-03 |
20090293995 | NOBEL METAL ALLOY FOR SPARK PLUG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND PROCESSING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a material for a precious metal tip of a spark plug, which has more excellent durability, particularly oxidation wear resistance than a conventional one. The precious metal alloy for the spark plug according to the present invention contains 0.2 to 6.0 wt. % Cr as an essential component, further at least any one of Fe or Ni, and the balance being Ir. Here, the amount of Fe and Ni to be added is preferably 2.0 to 12.0 wt. % in total. According to the present invention, the surface may be oxidized to form an oxide layer made from a Cr—Fe oxide, a Cr—Ni oxide or a Cr—Fe—Ni oxide. The oxide layer is formed by a diffusion treatment by heating the precious metal alloy at 300 to 900° C. in an oxidative atmosphere, and preferably has a thickness of 5 to 100 μm. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293996 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LEAD-BASE ALLOY GRID FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY - The present invention relates to a method for producing a lead-base alloy grid for lead-acid battery having excellent mechanical strength, corrosion resistance and growth resistance, including two-step heat treatment of a Pb—Ca—Sn alley grid containing 0.06% by mass or less of calcium, the first heat treatment being conducted at a temperature of 40° C. to 110° C., the second heat treatment being conducted at a temperature of 90° C. to 140° C., and the first heat treatment being conducted at a lower temperature than the second heat treatment. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293997 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LEAD-BASE ALLOY GRID FOR LEAD-ACID BATTERY - The present invention relates to a method for producing a lead-base alloy grid for lead-acid battery having excellent mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and growth resistance the method including heat treatment of a Pb—Ca—Sn alloy grid being subjected to natural aging for 2 to 750 hours before heat treatment. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293998 | Oil-Tempered Wire and Method of Producing the Same - An oil-tempered wire that has high fatigue strength and toughness after the nitriding treatment, and a method of producing the same, and a spring using the oil-tempered wire are provided. The oil-tempered wire has a tempered martensite structure. A lattice constant of a nitride layer formed on a surface of the wire is 2.870 Å to 2.890 Å when the oil-tempered wire is nitrided. The oil-tempered wire is produced by wire drawing a steel wire and quenching and tempering the wire drawn steel wire. The quenching is performed after the radiation heating is performed at 850 to 950° C. for over 30 sec to 150 sec, and the tempering is performed at 400 to 600° C. | 2009-12-03 |
20090293999 | PURSE WITH DISPLAY CASE - The purse provides a display case incorporated therein which allows a collector to display his/her collectable, such as for example a doll, in a convenient manner. The display case is removably secured to the purse and can therefore be replaced when necessary. The display case has an adjustable back wall which provides for variations in the depth of the display case. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294000 | Variable Stiffness Spoke For a Non-Pneumatic Assembly - The invention described herein provides a non-pneumatic deformable structure having a variable stiffness spoke assembly that provides a method of adjusting the vertical stiffness. The structure comprises an outer annular band having a predetermined stiffness, a set of spoke elements having an outer end and an inner end, where the outer end is connected to the outer band, with the spoke element extending inward and having its inner end connected to a hub, the hub being configured to attach the structure to a vehicle axle or other apparatus capable of rotation about an axis. Each of the spoke elements has a curvilinear length greater than the length of a straight line segment extending from a point of connection of the outer end of the spoke element with the outer annular band to a point of connection of the inner end of the spoke element to the hub. The outer end of said spoke element is tangent to the straight line segment, and the inner end of said spoke element is tangent to the straight line segment. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294001 | VEHICLE TIRES HAVING COATED TREAD - Vehicle tires, particularly for commercial vehicles, contain a profiled tread, which is broken down into profiled ribs or block rows by a number of peripheral grooves and is made of a first rubber mixture. A groove base of the peripheral grooves is made of a second rubber mixture, and the modulus of elasticity of the second rubber mixture is less than the modulus of elasticity of the first rubber mixture of the main part of the tread. In particular, the second rubber mixture has a modulus M 100%, which is 5% to 20% less than the modulus M 100% of the first rubber mixture of the main part of the tread. The two rubber mixtures are based on a substantially identical or comparable polymer system. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294002 | RETREADED TIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A retreaded tire capable of improving unbalance of the tire is efficiently produced. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294003 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire having a tread surface in which two circumferential direction main grooves continuous in a tire circumferential direction are arranged on left and right sides of a tire center, and land portions are defined by the circumferential direction main grooves as ribs or blocks having lug grooves. Multiple fine grooves are provided in each of right and left walls of the circumferential direction main groove, the fine grooves being inclined to the tire circumferential direction and provided in regions along the circumferential direction main groove, covering at least 50% of the entire circumference thereof in total. In each of the two circumferential direction main grooves on corresponding tire shoulder sides, the fine grooves in the right and left walls are inclined to the tire circumferential direction in the same direction in a plan view in a tire radial direction. In each of the two circumferential direction main grooves on a tire center side, the fine grooves in the right wall and those in the left wall are inclined to the tire circumferential direction in directions opposite to each other in a plan view in the tire radial direction. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294004 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR TIRE TRACTION DEVICE INSTALLATION - A tire chain installation tool comprises an elongated member that is connectable to a traction chain or other traction device and that acts as an extension and guide for leading or pulling the traction chain onto a tire. The tool receives one end of the tire traction chain, and an elongated belt of the tool is placed around the tread surface of a vehicle tire. Upon rotation of the tire due to movement of the vehicle, friction between the tire and belt (and capture of the belt between the tire and the ground/road) cause the belt and hence the tire traction chain, to be drawn around the circumference of the vehicle tire. Thus, the traction chain is placed in good position to be fastened without the struggle and discomfort frequently associated with installing chains on a vehicle. The preferred belt is easier to lift and manipulate than the traction chain and does not need to be positioned or manipulated in the space behind the tire (away from the user) or in the space between dual tires. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294005 | Automatic tire sealing and inflating system - Sealing and inflating system incorporated with a vehicular wheel including a tire rim and a tire mounted to the tire rim including a source of sealing and inflating compound arranged in connection with the tire or tire rim, a detecting mechanism for detecting a rupture in the tire, and a release mechanism coupled to the source and the detecting mechanism for releasing a quantity of the sealing and inflating compound from the source when the detecting mechanism detects a rupture in the tire. The source, detecting mechanism and release mechanism can all be arranged in the pressurized interior space defined by the tire and the tire rim. In this case, the source can be attached to the tire rim. One such construction of the source has two substantially semi-circular parts arranged around the tire rim and connected together, with a release mechanism being arranged in engagement with each part. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294006 | CHAMBER OF A PERISTALTIC PUMP FOR TIRE PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT - A chamber ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090294007 | PERFORMANCE TIRE WITH SIDEWALL INSERT - A pneumatic tire is provided having a carcass with at least one carcass ply, an innerliner, a sidewall, a bead comprising a bead core and a bead apex, and a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, The sidewall has only a single crescent-shaped rubber insert located between the innerliner and the at least one carcass ply. The rubber of the at least one crescent-shaped rubber insert has a hardness (Shore A, 100° C.) in a range of about 68 to about 90, and the maximum thickness of the at least one crescent-shaped rubber insert, as measured parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire, is less than 30% of the thickness of the tire sidewall as measured parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire from the axially inner surface of the innerliner to the axially outer surface of the sidewall at the location of the maximum thickness of the rubber insert. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294008 | Leno cap ply for pneumatic tire - A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarns in the longitudinal direction and a weft yarn in the weft direction. The pair of warp yarns comprises a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, where the second warp yarn has a force of elongation of between about 1 and 40% the force of elongation of the first warp yarn, where the second warp yarn is in tension, and where the second warp yarn has an elongation at break of greater than 2%. The leno weave tape is disposed in a flat pattern around the circumference of the carcass in the area of the belt ply. A method of making a pneumatic tire is also disclosed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294009 | Resilient Composite Tire Cord - Elastic metal/textile composite cord (C- | 2009-12-03 |
20090294010 | Leno Cap Ply for Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarns in the longitudinal direction and a weft yarn in the weft direction. The pair of warp yarns comprises a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, where the second warp yarn has a force of elongation of between about 1 and 40% the force of elongation of the first warp yarn, where the second warp yarn is in tension, and where the second warp yarn has an elongation at break of greater than 2%. The leno weave tape is disposed in a flat pattern around the circumference of the carcass in the area of the belt ply. A method of making a pneumatic tire is also disclosed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294011 | HEAVY-DUTY PNEUMATIC TIRE - A heavy-duty pneumatic tire comprises: a carcass ply turned up around a bead core in each bead portion from the inside to the outside of the tire so as to have a pair of turnup portions and a main portion therebetween; and a bead apex and an L-shaped reinforcing cord layer which are disposed in each of the bead portions. The bead apex includes: an L-shaped high-modulus inner bead apex; and a delta-shaped low-modulus outer bead apex. The L-shaped inner bead apex comprises: a base part along a radially outer surface of the bead core; and a radial part along the carcass ply main portion. The delta-shaped outer bead apex is disposed on the radially outside of the base part of the L-shaped inner bead apex and on the axially outside of the radial part of the L-shaped inner bead apex. The L-shaped reinforcing cord layer is made up of an radially inner part extending on the radially inner side of the bead core, and an radially outer part extending along the axially outer surface of the carcass ply turnup portion. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294012 | Radial-carcass tires formed by using specific cohesive, low-hysteresis compositions - The subject of the present invention is the use of cohesive, low-hysteresis compositions comprising small amounts of reinforcing fillers to produce profiled filing members arranged in the bottom zone of tires in order to improve the life thereof. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE WORKS - A method of producing a publication, artwork or packaging ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090294014 | HOT GLUE APPLICATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090294015 | Weather-resistant illuminated ornamental stepping stones and method of manufacture thereof - A method for creating illuminated stepping stones that can include customized graphic art on the interior of the substantially dome-shaped lid of the stepping stone. The method involves the use of a print that is formed, die-cut and molded to the dimensions of the interior surface of the substantially dome-shaped lid. Optionally, a white flood backing can be added. Optionally, the image can extend down the cylindrical sidewall of the stepping stone. Optionally, a non-slip surface can be added to the top of the stone. Optionally, an inverted cup attached to a base can be included on the interior portion of the stepping stone to minimize deflection when pressure is applied when stepped upon. Optionally, an opaque ring can be placed on the interior portion of the cylindrical sidewall of the stepping stone to stop the leak of light through the side. The result is a weather-resistant, decorative illuminated stepping stone that is customizable. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294016 | FLEXIBLE EXTRUDED CABLE MOLDING SYSTEM, METHODS, AND TOOLS - A molding system includes a flexible cable carrier body that defines a sealing opening that provides access to an interior channel. A continuous length of the flexible cable carrier body is wrapped about a spool for storage and for ease of dispensing at a work site. The continuous length of the cable carrier body is cut to desired custom lengths during installation at the work site. An insertion tool having a plow and feeder channel can facilitate payoff of the fiber/cable into the cable carrier body. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294017 | OPTICAL CONTACTING ENABLED BY THIN FILM DIELECTRIC INTERFACE - A method of assembling precision optical or optomechanical components of otherwise incompatible chemistry that provides first and second components having respective first and second polished contacting surfaces to be bonded; deposits a thin film dielectric coating at the surface of the first and or second polished surface, and contacts the coated portion of the first or second components with the respective contacting surfaces to be bonded, while maintaining alignment of the two components, to form a single structure. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294018 | Method for joining aircraft fuselage elements by friction stir welding (FSW) - The invention relates to a method for joining at least two aircraft fuselage segments ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090294019 | BULKY SHEET MATERIAL HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROTRUSIONS - A bulky sheet material having three-dimensional protrusions comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer provided on at least one side of the first fiber layer. The first fiber layer contains thermally shrunken heat-shrinkable fibers. The second fiber layer comprises heat non-shrinkable fibers. The first fiber layer and the second fiber layer are partly joined together at a large number of joints formed by fusion bonding. The joints are formed by melting and solidification of a heat fusible resin having a higher melting point than the shrinkage starting temperature of the heat shrinkable fiber. The second fiber layer forms a large number of protrusions between the joints by the heat shrinkage of the first fiber layer while leaving the joints as depressions. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294020 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer ceramic substrate includes an inner layer portion and surface portions that sandwich the inner layer portion in the stacking direction and have an increased transverse strength because of the surface layer portion having a thermal expansion coefficient less than that of the inner layer portion. At least one of the surface portions covers peripheries of main-surface conductive films arranged on a main surface of an inner portion so as to leave central portions of the main-surface conductive films exposed, so that the main-surface conductive films function as via conductors, thereby eliminating the need to provide a via conductor in the surface portions. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294021 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A CERAMIC COMPOSITE DEVICE - An electrical power generating device having a plurality of ceramic composite cells, each cell having a cathode and an anode. A thermal shell in which the ceramic composite cells are stacked or arranged in electrical series and gas parallel surrounded by shock absorbing and insulating materials, respectively, is preferably included. Also provided are an exhaust fan, thermocouple sensors, a fuel supply, a programmable computer controller with user interface, and a container supporting the assembly and having passageways for providing air ingress and egress to the device, and power output terminals for the electrical power from the device. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294022 | ELECTRICAL DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A SELF-HEALING POLYMERIC COMPOSITE - A composite material provided with a damage detection system, the composite material comprising a fibre-reinforced polymeric matrix, wherein the fibre reinforcement comprises electrically conductive fibres and the polymeric matrix comprises a thermosetting polymer and a thermoplastic polymer, and wherein detection means are provided detect a change in resistance of the composite material, said change in resistance indicating the presence of at least one damaged area of the composite material, said detection means comprising a plurality of spaced apart electrodes mounted on an electrically insulating substrate and electrically connected to the electrically conducting fibres. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294023 | Pressure sensitive adhesives and methods for their preparation - A pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes (A) a bodied MQ resin containing (i) a resinous core and (ii) a nonresinous polyorganosiloxane group, where the nonresinous polyorganosiloxane group is terminated with a silicon-bonded hydroxyl group; (B) a treated MQ resin, where (B)/(A) ratio has a value of 0.3 to 5.0, and (C) a polydiorganosiloxane terminated with a condensation reactable group; where resin/polymer ratio has a value of 2.0 to 3.0; optionally (D) a crosslinker; optionally (E) a catalyst; and optionally (F) a solvent. A pressure sensitive adhesive product prepared by curing the pressure sensitive adhesive composition is useful in structural attachment applications such as structural glazing applications. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294024 | Method of Manufacturing a Tyre Bead and Apparatus Therefor - A method for manufacturing a tyre for vehicle wheels, includes a carcass structure having at least one carcass ply associated with axially opposite annular anchoring structures. The method includes the steps of manufacturing at least one pair of annular anchoring structures of the carcass structure and associating the pair of annular anchoring structures with the at least one carcass ply at axially opposite end flaps of the carcass ply. The step of manufacturing each annular anchoring structure includes the steps of manufacturing a bead core and coating the bead core with a reinforcement tape through an apparatus. The step of coating the bead core includes the steps of winding the reinforcement tape onto the bead core moving a tape deposition member with respect to the bead core. The step of manufacturing the annular anchoring structure further includes a step of loading the reinforcement tape onto the tape deposition member. This last step is carried out simultaneously with at least part of the step of winding the reinforcement tape onto the bead core. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294025 | Process for Forming Pneumatic Tire with Leno Cap Ply - A pneumatic tire containing a tread, a carcass having at least one belt ply disposed below the tread, and a cap ply located between the carcass and the tread. The cap ply comprises at least one layer of an open construction leno weave tape having a pair of warp yarns in the longitudinal direction and a weft yarn in the weft direction. The pair of warp yarns comprises a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, where the second warp yarn has a force of elongation of between about 1 and 40% the force of elongation of the first warp yarn, where the second warp yarn is in tension, and where the second warp yarn has an elongation at break of greater than 2%. The leno weave tape is disposed in a flat pattern around the circumference of the carcass in the area of the belt ply. A method of making a pneumatic tire is also disclosed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294026 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIRE AND A TIRE CURING MOLD - A method for manufacturing a tire and a tire curing mold, capable of preventing a failure that the turned-up portion is moved apart from the main portion of the carcass of a green tire on a rigid core, are provided. Each bead-holding ring to hold the bead portion | 2009-12-03 |
20090294027 | CIRCUIT BOARD PROCESS - A circuit board process is provided. In the circuit board process, a first substrate and a second substrate are stacked to form a cavity for accommodating chips. The top of the cavity is covered by a third metal layer that serves as a mask. The first substrate has a base, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and at least a first conductive structure passing through the base and electrically connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first metal layer is patterned to form a first circuit layer having a number of first pads. A third circuit layer having a number of third pads is formed on the second substrate. The first pads and the third pads are not on a same plane for wire bonding. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294028 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING HIGH DENSITY STORAGE DEVICE WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE MEDIA - A method of fabricating an information storage device comprises providing a media substrate including a first side and a second side, forming a media on the first side of the media substrate, adhesively associating the media with a carrier substrate, thinning a surface of the second side of the media substrate while supporting and protecting the media with the carrier substrate, and forming circuitry on the thinned second side of the media substrate. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294029 | ADHESIVE TAPE AND ITS USE - An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a left and right boundary edge, at least one main carrier and a first layer of self-adhesive on the obverse of the main carrier, the reverse of the main carrier bearing a parting system suitable for effecting an adhesive bond to a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that sticky residues are left neither on the reverse of the main carrier nor on the substrate in the region of the parted bond, the parting system being constructed in the form of a multiply interrupted stripe having a plurality of segments that extends in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape, the individual segments having less of an extent in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape than the adhesive tape itself, and the parting system being suitable for effecting the parting process without the main carrier being damaged. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294030 | ADHESIVE TAPE AND ITS USE - An adhesive system for flying splice (“parting system”), suitable for producing an adhesive bond on a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that adhesive residues remain neither on the reverse of the adhesive tape nor on the substrate in the region of the parted adhesive bond. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294031 | NON-COMPLIANT MEDICAL BALLOON - A non-compliant fiber-reinforced medical balloon comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer embedded in a continuous matrix of thermally-weldable polymer material defining a barrel wall, cone walls and neck walls. The fibers of the first fiber layer run substantially parallel to one another and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The fibers of the first fiber layer have a pattern of different lengths and are divisible into a first group and a second group based on length. Each fiber of the first group begins in the neck wall at one end of the balloon, extends continuously in the longitudinal direction and terminates in the neck wall at the opposite end of the balloon. Substantially all of the fibers of the first group have a generally uniform length. Each fiber of the second group begins in the cone wall at one end of the balloon, extends continuously in the longitudinal direction and terminates in the cone wall at the opposite end of the balloon. The length of the fibers of the second group varies progressively in accordance to their proximity to the fibers of the first group; the fibers of the second group closest to the fibers of the first group being longer than the fibers of the second group further from the fibers of the first group. The fiber of the second fiber layer winds circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the balloon substantially over the entire length of the balloon including the neck walls, the cone walls and the barrel wall. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294032 | ASPHALT-BASED REACTIVE HOT MELT POLYURETHANE ADHESIVE - A novel hot melt adhesive that includes a blend of hot melt polyurethane and petroleum liquid. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294033 | Device and method for cutting and winding a tubular resin film - A device and method are provided for continuously manufacturing a thermoplastic resin film product of any width having a small film thickness and uniform flat surface at an excellent yield. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294034 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR ATTACHING ARTICLES TO SURFACES - Herein are disclosed methods and assemblies for mounting an article to a surface by a double-faced adhesive. At least one spacer is used that is deflectable upon the application of sufficient force. When in a first, undeflected condition, the spacer provides sufficient space between the mounting surface and the double-faced adhesive such that the double-faced adhesive does not contact the mounting surface, thus the position of the article can be adjusted. When in a second, deflected condition, the spacer allows the double-faced adhesive to contact the mounting surface such that a bond can be established between the double-faced adhesive and the mounting surface. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294035 | PARTIAL ENCAPSULATION OF STENTS - A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294036 | PRESS AND METHOD FOR LAMINATING ESSENTIALLY PLATE-SHAPED WORKPIECES - A press and a method for laminating essentially plate-shaped workpieces under the effect of pressure and heat. In the closed state, a lower press half and an upper press half form a vacuum chamber utilizing a peripheral, one-part, or multi-part seals. A flexible membrane divides the vacuum chamber into a product half that can be evacuated that holds at least one workpiece and a pressure half that can be pressurized. The membrane is constructed and arranged so that it presses the workpiece directly or indirectly against a bottom side of the vacuum chamber due to a pressure difference generated in the vacuum chamber due to the evacuation of the product half and/or due to the pressurization of the pressure half. The membrane is mounted on a membrane frame that can be handled separately and that is connected detachably to the upper press half and that can be mounted on the membrane frame or tensioned in the frame from outside of the press. At least one membrane frame with a membrane mounted on the frame is stored as a replacement frame outside of the press in a magazine. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294037 | PROCESS FOR FINISHING A WOODEN BOARD AND WOODEN BOARD PRODUCED BY THE PROCESS - A process for finishing a wood or wooden board, in particular an MDF or HDF board, with an upper side and an underside. The process includes applying a sealing layer of melamine resin to the upper side of the board and printing a decoration onto the sealing layer. A protective layer is applied of melamine resin to the decoration and the board is pressed under the action of temperature until the protective layer and the sealing layer melt and bond to each other with the inclusion of the decoration printed on. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294038 | Intermittent Film Drive and Method - A method and an apparatus for reducing web tension change during intermittent driving of a transfer film in a film transfer unit, include severely impairing the web tension by contact sections before and after a transfer nip of the film transfer unit as the transfer film runs through a channel at the transfer nip. In order to reduce the web tension changes, front and/or rear guide elements before and after the transfer nip are moved time-asynchronously in relation to one other in order to at least reduce web tension fluctuations of the transfer film as it passes through the transfer nip. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294039 | Film Transfer Apparatus, Cassette for a Film Transfer Apparatus and Method for Operating a Film Transfer Apparatus - A film transfer unit is provided on an inking unit of a printing unit. If such a film transfer unit includes an intermittent drive device having dancers then, as a result, access to an ink fountain or an inking unit is generally rather restricted. Adjustable guide elements of the intermittent drive device are provided in a frame of an intermittent drive module which can be pushed, in the form of a cassette, out of an opening of the film transfer unit when the film transfer unit is not to be used to transfer a transfer layer from a transfer film to a printing material, so that an installation space which has thus become free can be used to operate an ink fountain of the inking unit. A cassette for a film transfer apparatus and a method for operating a film transfer apparatus, are also provided. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294040 | Process and jig for manufacturing composite material structures - The invention relates to a process for manufacturing stiffened structures ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090294041 | Method for Manufacturing a Laminated Mould Part - A method for manufacturing a laminated mould part, preferably of a mould part for the inner trim of a vehicle, consisting of a shape-stable carrier part and a visible-side lamination connected to this, of film, fabrics or similar decorative lamination materials, with which a heated blank of a mat-like or plate-like semifinished product of fibre materials containing binding agent, is moulded into a mould part in a moulding tool, and thereby simultaneously is connected to the lamination (one-shot method). The lamination is regionally connected with the help of “rams” before the moulding procedure or lamination procedure with the semifinished product, in order to achieve an exact positioning of a seam or likewise. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294042 | CUTTING METHOD AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting method and a cutting apparatus are provided which are capable of cutting a film without causing the cracking of a hard thin film or the deformation and/or property change of the layer beneath the hard thin film. The cutting apparatus includes: a conveying device that conveys a layered film including a base material and an inorganic film being a surface layer harder than the base material; a laminating section that attaches a laminate film to a predetermined cutting position of the inorganic film of the traveling layered film; a cutting section that cuts the layered film to which the laminate film is attached along the predetermined cutting position from the side opposite to the laminate film together with the laminate film; and a detaching section that detaches the laminate film after the cutting from the layered film. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294043 | ADHESIVE SHEET - A method of providing surface protection during cutting using treatment with a chemical solution or dicing with defined requirements. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294044 | Methods and Apparatus for Attaching Elastic Components to Absorbent Articles - Aspects of the present disclosure involve methods for manufacturing absorbent articles, and more particularly, methods and apparatuses for applying elastic components to a moving substrate or web of material during the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles. Particular embodiments of methods of manufacture disclosed herein provide for the addition of elastic waistbands to various types of diaper configurations. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294045 | APPLIQUE PRINTING PROCESS AND MACHINE - A method and apparatus for creating a design that is melded onto an underlying layer of material that is then cut out and applied onto a final surface to produce an appliqué. The design is first created using a printer to print a design onto a top layer of “puff” or other suitable cloth material. The printed design area is cut out of the top layer material and then the bottom layer, to create a two layer appliqué that resembles a traditional stitched appliqué. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294046 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM AND ADHESION METHOD THEREOF - The invention concerns an anisotropic conductive film used for adhering IC, e.g., LCD displays, etc. The conductive film is characterized by comprising a thermosetting adhesive, super-paramagnetic metal oxide nano-particles, and conductive particles, the super-paramagnetic metal oxide nano-particles and the conductive particles being dispersed in a thermosetting composition. With such a configuration in the invention, it is advantageous that low temperature curing is implemented by means of high frequencies and positions of particles can be controlled by means of a magnetic field in adhering IC, e.g., LCD displays, so that high connection reliability is achieved for connection electrodes of fine pitches. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294047 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WELDING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN ARTICLES - A plurality of thermoplastic articles are superimposed against a support, an infrared transparent solid is superimposed to form a superimposed body and infrared is irradiated to the superimposed body from the side of the infrared transparent solid. For the irradiation source, an Er: YAG laser or fiber laser is used. The interface temperature of the thermoplastic article becomes relatively lower and a high temperature region can be developed within the superimposed body due to the infiltration of laser energy. As a result, degradation of the surface configuration due to thermal damages in the infrared irradiation side surface layer of the thermoplastic articles can be suppressed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294048 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SHEET JOINED BODY - The present invention relates to a method of producing a sheet joined body, the method enabling an improvement in productivity of the sheet joined body The method of producing a sheet joined body according to the present invention includes blowing gas against sheet members so as to bring the sheet members into tight contact with each other to form tight contact parts and, at the same time, irradiating the tight contact parts with laser light to join the sheet members with each other, thereby producing a sheet joined body | 2009-12-03 |
20090294049 | Biodegradable Adhesive Hydrogels - Disclosed are methods for forming adhesive hydrogels on tissue surfaces comprising applying to a first tissue surface at a treatment site a first mixture comprising at least one photosensitive molecule and at least one initiator, exposing the first tissue surface to light having a wavelength sufficient to activate the photosensitive molecule to form an activated tissue surface, applying to the activated tissue surface or to a second surface a second mixture comprising at least one macromer, at least one cross-linking agent, and at least one initiator and contacting the first tissue surface with the second surface thus adhering the first tissue surface to the second surface through macromer cross-linking and resulting adhesive hydrogel formation. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294050 | OPTICAL CONTACTING ENHANCED BY HYDROXIDE IONS IN A NON-AQUEOUS SOLUTION - This invention is a method of assembling precision optical or optomechanical components that provides first and second components having respective first and second polished contacting surfaces to be bonded; generates a hydrophilic surface on at least a portion of at least one of the first or second surfaces; rinses the hydrophilic portion with water or another suitable solvent; and contacts the hydrophilic portion of the first or second components with the respective contacting surfaces to be bonded, while maintaining alignment of the two components, to form a single structure | 2009-12-03 |
20090294051 | OPTICAL CONTACTING ENABLED BY THIN FILM DIELECTRIC INTERFACE - A method of assembling precision optical or optomechanical components of otherwise incompatible chemistry that provides first and second components having respective first and second polished contacting surfaces to be bonded; deposits a thin film dielectric coating at the surface of the first and or second polished surface, and contacts the coated portion of the first or second components with the respective contacting surfaces to be bonded, while maintaining alignment of the two components, to form a single structure. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294052 | Method For Fabricating Component-Embedded Printed Circuit Board - A method for fabricating a component-embedded PCB includes: providing a carrier plate having a plating metal layer plated thereon; disposing an electronic component on the plating metal layer of the carrier plate; laminating a metal layer onto the plating metal layer having the electronic component disposed thereon and the carrier plate by a dielectric film; removing the carrier plate and exposing the plating metal layer; and patterning at least one of the metal layer and the plating metal layer to be a circuit layer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294053 | PRODUCTION, FORMING, BONDING, JOINING AND REPAIR SYSTEMS FOR COMPOSITE AND METAL COMPONENTS - Method and apparatus for the production, forming bonding, joining and repair systems composite and metal components utilising at least one pressure chamber having a displaceable abutment face, wherein fluid is circulated at an elevated temperature and pressure through the pressure chamber. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294054 | ADHESIVE TAPE AND ITS USE - An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a left and right boundary edge, at least one main carrier and a first layer of self-adhesive on the obverse of the main carrier, the reverse of the main carrier bearing a parting system which is suitable for effecting an adhesive bond to a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that sticky residues are left neither on the reverse of the main carrier nor on the substrate in the region of the parted bond, the parting system being constructed in a particular form as described herein. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294055 | Laminated Microfluidic Structures and Method for Making - A method for making a polymeric microfluidic structure in which two or more components (layers) of the microfluidic structure are fixedly bonded or laminated with a weak solvent bonding agent, particularly acetonitrile or a mixture of acetonitrile and alcohol. In an aspect, acetonitrile can be used as a weak solvent bonding agent to enclose a microstructure fabricated in or on a non-elastomeric polymer such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylic or other linear polymer to form a three-dimensional microfluidic network. The method involves the steps of wetting at least one of the opposing surfaces of the polymeric substrate components with the weak solvent bonding agent in a given, lower temperature range, adjacently contacting the opposing surfaces, and thermally activating the bonding agent at a higher temperature than the lower temperature range for a given period of time. The contacted polymeric substrates may also be aligned prior to thermal activation and compressed during thermal activation. A laminated, polymeric microfluidic structure is also disclosed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294056 | METHOD OF MAKING PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MAKING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT - The first support body is pressed against the second support body in response to the softening of the adhesive sheet. The fillers are allowed to reliably contact with one another between the first electrically-conductive land and the second electrically-conductive land. The fillers melt after the adhesive sheet has been softened. The intermetallic compounds are formed between the fillers and the electrically-conductive lands and between the fillers. Electrical connection is in this manner established between the first electrically-conductive land and the second electrically-conductive land. The matrix material and the adhesive sheet are then cured. The first support body and the second support body are firmly bonded to each other. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294057 | CURABLE EPOXY RESIN-BASED ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS - This invention relates to compositions useful as adhesives and more particularly to the preparation of epoxy-based adhesive composition with improved impact resistance and good adhesion to oily metal substrates. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294058 | MULTI-PLY ROLLED PAPER SEPARATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A device for use in connection with a multi-ply rolled paper holder to separate multi-ply rolled paper into distinct individual plies. The device includes at least one arm and at least one member. Each arm has an upper end portion that is configured to releasably couple to a multi-ply rolled paper holder and a lower end portion that couples to the at least one member. The overall length L of the arm may be of a fixed length or may be adjustable through a telescoping or sliding mechanism. Each member has two ends, and a top surface and a bottom surface. When operatively positioned relative to the multi-ply rolled paper holder, the configuration of the member functions to divide the multi-ply rolled paper into the individual plies. A method of use and of assembly of the multi-ply rolled paper separating device are also disclosed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294059 | Remote Center Compliant Flexure Device - An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure system to move about a plurality of axes. An actuation system is coupled to the flexure system to selectively constrain movement of the body along a subset of the plurality of axes. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294060 | Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Apparatus Capable Of Reducing Particle Contamination - A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus includes a process chamber, a conveyance chamber, a conveyance robot, a lock chamber, and a heating unit or temperature adjusting unit for reducing adherence of particles onto a substance to be processed by a thermo-phoretic force. The heating unit enables control of a temperature of the substance to be processed to be higher than a temperature of an inner wall or structural body of the process chamber or the conveyance chamber or the conveyance robot or the lock chamber, in conveying the substance to be processed. The temperature adjusting unit enables adjustment of a temperature of an inner wall or structural body of the process chamber or the conveyance chamber or the lock chamber to be lower than a temperature of the substance to be processed, in conveying the substance to be processed. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294061 | PLASMA REACTOR WITH PLASMA LOAD IMPEDANCE TUNING FOR ENGINEERED TRANSIENTS BY SYNCHRONIZED MODULATION OF AN UNMATCHED LOW POWER RF GENERATOR - A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer using predetermined transients of plasma bias power or plasma source power has unmatched low power RF generators synchronized to the transients to minimize transient-induced changes in plasma characteristics. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294062 | PLASMA REACTOR WITH PLASMA LOAD IMPEDANCE TUNING FOR ENGINEERED TRANSIENTS BY SYNCHRONIZED MODULATION OF A SOURCE POWER OR BIAS POWER RF GENERATOR - In a plasma reactor employing source and bias RF power generators, plasma is stabilized against an engineered transient in the output of either the source or bias power generator by a compensating modulation in the other generator. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294063 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus, whose structure can be simplified, and further, which is capable of forming highly effective plasma and obtaining a satisfactory vertical etching property without involving a problem concerning interference. In the plasma processing apparatus according to the invention, a ground electrode provided at a position opposite to a substrate mounting electrode is configured to be a counter electrode, whose potential is in a floating state, and radio frequency power is branched at an arbitrary position of the radio frequency antenna coil, which generates inductive discharge, into the counter electrode through a capacitor so as to share a part of the radio frequency power used for inductive discharge, thereby generating a self-bias in the counter electrode. In the system, there is provided a mechanism for controlling the radio frequency voltage to be applied to the floating electrode uniformly. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294064 | FOCUS RING AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A focus ring that can eliminate the gap between a mounting stage and the focus ring in a plasma processing apparatus to prevent damage to a side wall of the mounting stage of a plasma processing apparatus and attachment of particles to a substrate to be processed resulting from spread of plasma. The focus ring has an annular shape and is provided in an outer peripheral edge portion of an upper surface of the mounting stage. The focus ring is comprised of a combination of a plurality of focus ring pieces formed by dividing the focus ring in a circumferential direction of the annular shape, and an annular band member that urges each of the focus ring pieces toward a center of the focus ring. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294065 | CEILING ELECTRODE WITH PROCESS GAS DISPERSERS HOUSING PLURAL INDUCTIVE RF POWER APPLICATORS EXTENDING INTO THE PLASMA - A gas distribution plate is formed of a metallic body having a bottom surface with plural gas disperser orifices and an internal gas manifold feeding the orifices. Each one of an array of discrete RF power applicators held in the plate includes (a) an insulating cylindrical housing extending through the plate, a portion of the housing extending outside of the plate through the bottom surface, and (b) a conductive solenoidal coil contained within the housing, a portion of the coil lying within the portion of the housing that extends outside of the plate through the bottom surface. | 2009-12-03 |
20090294066 | Dry Etching Apparatus - A plasma etching and/or cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pedestal for mounting a wafer thereon, a quartz insulator having the pedestal therein, a ceramic top cover covering a portion of the quartz insulator that is exposed to plasma, and a lower pedestal supporting the quartz insulator. By simply covering the quartz insulator with a ceramic cover, a decrease in particles may be observed, and the lifetime of the quartz pedestal is increased. Therefore, maintenance and repair costs of the apparatus can be reduced, thereby enhancing operation efficiency. Furthermore, since the production of particles can be reduced, a more uniform etch rate can be obtained when etching the wafer, thereby enhancing the yield of the semiconductor device. In a further embodiment, the ceramic cover has an upper surface free of holes adapted to contain an alignment pin. | 2009-12-03 |