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20090275689 | ULTRASOUND ASSISTED CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR DISPERSION OF NANOFIBERS AND NANOTUBES IN POLYMERS - The present invention relates to processes for producing high performance polymer composites via ultrasonic treatment after initial mixing. These high performance polymer composites made from a combination of polymer and nanofibers and/or nanotubes. The ultrasonic treating method of the disclosed allows a more highly dispersed polymer composite mixture which provides increased thermal, mechanical and electrical properties. | 11-05-2009 |
20100152325 | Process for preparing polymer nanocomposites and nanocomposites prepared therefrom - The present invention relates to nanocomposites and a process for preparing polymer nanocomposites (e.g., a continuous process). More particularly, the present invention relates to polymer nanocomposites containing a combination of one or more polymers (e.g., one or more polyolefins or one or more polyamides) with one or more types of nanoparticles, and to methods to produce such nanocomposites. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to polyamide nanocomposites wherein organoclay particles are intercalated with a polyamide polymer. | 06-17-2010 |
20140163129 | SINGLE AND TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS WITH ULTRASOUND HORNS FOR DECROSSLINKING AND DEVULCANIZATION - Processes for decrosslinking crosslinked plastic and devulcanizing vulcanized rubber include advancing such materials through single screw or twin screw extruders including special ultrasonic treatment zones wherein threadless shaft (single screw) or shafts (twin screw) rotate under an ultrasonic horn having a distal end aligned with the shaft or shafts and being shaped complimentary thereto. Special arcuate (single screw) or double-arcuate ultrasonic treatment flow paths confine the materials to flow under the horn where the material is subjected to ultrasonic waves to decrosslink the material, in the case of crosslinked plastic, or devulcanize the material, in the case of vulcanized rubber, with the extrudate leaving the die as a continuous stream or rope as is typical of virgin plastic or rubber. | 06-12-2014 |
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20080236005 | Menu board assembly - An illuminated display device includes a cabinet containing at least one illumination lamp and at least first and second sides. Each of the sides includes a first door rotatably connected to the cabinet, and a second door rotatably connected to the cabinet and sharing a common rotation axis with the first door. The second door is positioned between the first door and the illumination lamp when both the first and second doors are oriented in a door closed position. A door frame of the second door has opposed frame members each including incrementally spaced slots positioned as opposed pairs of slots. The slots releasably receive divider members, proximate ones of the divider members being adapted to releasably retain a sign insert. The sign insert is illuminated by the lamp and is visible through the first door in the door closed position. | 10-02-2008 |
20090325051 | Battery Module Having a Rubber Cooling Manifold - A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cell assemblies having a plurality of heat exchangers therein. The battery module includes a first rubber cooling manifold configured to route a fluid into the plurality of heat exchangers. The first rubber cooling manifold has a first tubular member, a first inlet port, a first plurality of outlet ports, and first and second end caps. The first end cap is coupled to a first end of the first tubular member. The second end cap is coupled to a second end of the first tubular member. The first inlet port is disposed on a top portion of the first tubular member for routing the fluid into the first tubular member. The first plurality of outlet ports is disposed collinearly and longitudinally along an outer surface of the first tubular member and spaced apart from one another. The first plurality of outlet ports extend outwardly from the outer surface of the first tubular member. The first plurality of outlet ports route the fluid from the first tubular member into the plurality of heat exchangers for cooling the plurality of battery cell assemblies. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325054 | Battery Cell Assembly Having Heat Exchanger With Serpentine Flow Path - A battery cell assembly is provided. The battery cell assembly includes a battery cell and a heat exchanger disposed adjacent the battery cell configured to cool the battery cell. The heat exchanger has an outer housing. The outer housing defines an interior region and first and second flow guide members. The first and second flow guide members define a serpentine flow path in the interior region. The first and second flow guide members are tilted generally upwardly in the interior region. The serpentine flow path extends from an inlet aperture in the outer housing to another flow path in the outer housing. The another flow path extends from the serpentine flow path to an outlet aperture. The another flow path has a smaller cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of each portion of the serpentine flow path such that air bubbles in fluid entering the inlet aperture are urged upwardly through the serpentine flow path and accelerated through the another flow path to exit the outer housing at the outlet aperture. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325059 | Battery Module Having Battery Cell Assemblies With Alignment-Coupling Features - A battery module having battery cell assemblies with alignment-coupling features is provided. The battery module includes a first battery cell assembly having at least first, second, third and fourth alignment-coupling features thereon. The battery module further includes a second battery cell assembly having at least fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth alignment-coupling features thereon. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth alignment-coupling features of the second battery cell assembly are configured to engage the first, second, third and fourth alignment-coupling features, respectively, of the first battery cell assembly to couple the second battery cell assembly to the first battery cell assembly and to align the second battery cell assembly relative to the first battery cell assembly. | 12-31-2009 |
20100105258 | INTERCONNECT DEVICE FOR BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLIES - An interconnect device for battery cell assemblies is provided. The interconnect device couples a first set of electrodes at a first polarity in series with a second set of electrodes at a second polarity in a battery module. | 04-29-2010 |
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20130029204 | BATTERY MODULES HAVING INTERCONNECT MEMBERS WITH VIBRATION DAMPENING PORTIONS - Battery modules having interconnect members are provided. An interconnect member includes a first plate portion having a first thickness. The interconnect member further includes a second plate portion having a second thickness equal to the first thickness. The second plate portion extends generally parallel to the first plate portion. The interconnect member further includes a first vibration dampening portion coupled to the first and second plate portions. The first vibration dampening portion has a third thickness greater than the first thickness, such that vibrations induced on the first plate portion are attenuated when a portion of the vibrations pass through the first vibration dampening portion to the second plate portion. | 01-31-2013 |
20130309542 | BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COOLING FIN FOR THE BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY - A battery cell assembly is provided. The battery cell assembly includes a cooling fin having a rectangular-shaped aluminum plate, a tube, and a flexible thermally conductive sheet. The plate has a first side and a second side. The tube is coupled to the first side of the plate and extends on at least first, second, and third peripheral edge portions of the plate. The flexible thermally conductive sheet is disposed on the first side of the plate. The battery cell assembly further includes a battery cell disposed against the flexible thermally conductive sheet of the cooling fin. | 11-21-2013 |
20140120390 | BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COOLING FIN FOR THE BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY - A battery cell assembly is provided. The assembly includes a cooling fin having a tube and a flexible thermally conductive sheet disposed on the tube. The tube has first, second, and third tube portions. The first and second tube portions are substantially perpendicular to one another. The third tube portion is substantially perpendicular to the first and second tube portions and extends between the first and second tube portions. The sheet is coupled to at least the first and second tube portions and has a first sheet portion extending between the first and second tube portions. The assembly further includes a battery cell disposed against the first sheet portion of the sheet of the cooling fin. | 05-01-2014 |
20140147709 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING A BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY - A battery system having first and second battery cells and a cooling fin disposed between the first and second battery cells is provided. The cooling fin receives heat energy from the first and second battery cells and transitions a two-phase refrigerant into a gaseous refrigerant within an internal flow path. The compressor pumps the gaseous refrigerant into a condenser. The condenser transitions the gaseous refrigerant into the liquid refrigerant by extracting heat energy from the gaseous refrigerant. | 05-29-2014 |
20140308558 | BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COOLING FIN FOR THE BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLY - A battery cell assembly having a cooling fin with a tube and a flexible thermally conductive sheet disposed on the tube is provided. The tube has first, second, and third tube portions. The sheet has first, second, and third sheet portions. The first and second sheet portions are disposed on at least the first and second tube portions, respectively, and the third sheet portion extends between the first and second tube portions. The assembly further includes a first clamping member clamping the first sheet portion to the first tube portion, and a second clamping member clamping the second sheet portion to the second tube portion. The assembly further includes a battery cell disposed against the third sheet portion. | 10-16-2014 |