03rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120012231 | COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cold-rolled steel sheet of the present invention which has a composition containing, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.05-0.30%, Si: 3.0% or less (including 0%), Mn: 0.1-5.0%, P: 0.1% or less (including 0%), S: 0.010% or less (including 0%), and Al: 0.001-0.10%, and remainder being mainly iron, and which has a structure comprising, in terms of area ratio, 10-80% ferrite, less than 5% (including 0%) of the sum of retained austenite and martensite, and a hard phase as the remainder. The steel sheet gives a KAM value frequency distribution curve in which the relationship between the proportion of frequency having a KAM value ≦0.4, X | 2012-01-19 |
20120012232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FRICTION WELDING TO INCREASE TENSILE STRENGTH OF WELDED WORKPIECE - A friction welding method includes a step of friction welding a first workpiece and a second workpiece together by pressing the first workpiece against the second workpiece relatively while rotating the two workpieces relatively, and a step of annealing the friction welded workpiece at a position adjacent to a welded portion thereof with high frequency induction heating. A friction welding apparatus is provided for friction welding a first workpiece and a second workpiece together by pressing the first workpiece against the second workpiece relatively while rotating the two workpieces relatively. The friction welding apparatus includes a high frequency induction heater for annealing the friction welded workpiece at a position adjacent to a welded portion thereof with high frequency induction heating. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012233 | Processing of Alpha/Beta Titanium Alloys - Processes for forming an article from an α+β titanium alloy are disclosed. The α+β titanium alloy includes, in weight percentages, from 2.90 to 5.00 aluminum, from 2.00 to 3.00 vanadium, from 0.40 to 2.00 iron, and from 0.10 to 0.30 oxygen. The α+β titanium alloy is cold worked at a temperature in the range of ambient temperature to 500° F., and then aged at a temperature in the range of 700° F. to 1200° F. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012234 | Age-Hardening Process Featuring Anomalous Aging Time - This document describes a process/strategy for age hardening nickel based alloys to create desirable properties with reduced energy expenditure. The inventive process introduces isolated atom nucleation sites to accelerate the nucleation rate by approximately 36 times, thereby permitting age hardening to occur in significantly less time and with significantly less energy expenditure. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012235 | Compartment system - A compartment system with flexible volumes of space for use within a bag. The compartment system includes a primary compartment and a secondary compartment defined by the inner lining of the bag. The primary compartment is disposed adjacent the secondary compartment such that the sum of the volume of the primary compartment and the secondary compartment remains constant. The total volume of the primary and secondary compartment is approximately the volume of the bag. Increasing the volume of the secondary compartment space simultaneously decreases the volume of the primary compartment space such that the bag maintains a consistent exterior appearance. Access to the secondary compartment is via a compartment access flap disposed on one of the sides of the bag. The secondary compartment can be any size, shape or orientation. More than one secondary compartment can be used. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012236 | TIRE WITH TREAD AND PREPARATION THEREOF - This invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire having a rubber tread of a cap/base construction. More specifically, the invention relates to a tire having a tread with minimized, or inhibited, base peaking. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012237 | Tubeless Tire having a Slitted Inner-Liner, and Process for its Manufacture - Tubeless tire, adapted to be inflated with an inflation gas, comprising: a crown ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120012238 | TIRE CARCASS INCLUDING STABILIZING FABRIC - A pneumatic tire carcass having at least one ply of stabilizing fabric. The stabilizing fabric has a machine direction and a cross machine direction. A plurality of high tenacity reinforcing yarn elements are disposed in the cross-machine direction. A plurality of machine direction yarn elements of relatively lower tenacity than the reinforcing yarn elements are disposed in the machine direction. A segment of the stabilizing fabric is disposed within the carcass with the machine direction yarn elements being in substantial alignment with the direction of tire rotation and with the cross-machine direction oriented radially relative to the direction of tire rotation. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012239 | AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURAL JOINT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A joint for an automotive vehicle may be formed by applying an adhesive to at least one of a first member and a first surface of a composite member, placing the first member in contact with the first surface of the composite member, applying an adhesive to at least one of a second member and a second surface of the composite member, positioning a divot portion of the second member within an aperture of the composite member, placing the second member in contact with the second surface of the composite member, attaching the divot portion of the second member with the first member and curing the adhesives. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012240 | VIBRATION WELDING SYSTEM - A vibration welding system has a pair of electromagnets coupled to a first workpiece support for effecting reciprocating movement of the first workpiece support relative to a second workpiece support, and an electrical drive system coupled to the electromagnets for successively energizing and de-energizing the electromagnets out of phase with each other to effect the reciprocating movement of the first workpiece support. The drive system includes a source of DC current; multiple controllable electronic switching devices for controllably coupling the source to, and de-coupling the source from, each of the electromagnets; current sensors coupled to the electromagnets and producing signals representing the currents supplied to the electromagnets; and control circuitry coupled to the electronic switching devices and receiving the signals produced by the current sensors for turning the switching devices on and off to control the energizing and de-energizing of the electromagnets to effect reciprocating movement of the first workpiece support. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012241 | FRICTION WELD VIBRATION QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS - Friction welding systems and methods including a welding arrangement configured to impart kinetic friction between at least one surface of a first workpiece and at least one surface of a second workpiece to form a weld, a force providing mechanism arranged and disposed for applying a force to one or both of the first workpiece and the second workpiece, and a sensor arranged and disposed to measure a parameter of the welding arrangement, wherein an amount of vibration is determinable from the measured parameter. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012242 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATERIAL PLACEMENT OVER RADIUSED EDGES - A system and method for placement of a strip of material onto a three-dimensional surface having a first face and a second face, with a first radiused edge connecting the first face with the second face. The method may comprise placing one or more strips of material onto the three-dimensional surface along a predefined path requiring various amounts of steering of the strip of material. The method may specifically involve steering the strip of material by a first amount on the first face, steering the strip of material by a second amount on the first radiused edge, and steering the strip of material by a third amount on the second face. The first and/or third amounts may be greater than or equal to the second amount, limiting the amount of steering as the material transverses the first radiused edge. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012243 | METHOD OF MAKING A DUNNAGE PLATFORM - A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In a first of two parts of the combination process, the core is placed in a forming mold with one of its two sides and two thirds of its thickness extending therefrom. A heated sheet of high impact polystyrene is brought into contact with the portion of the core extending from the mold. In a similar manner, the other of the two sides of the core is made to extend from the forming mold for contact with a heated sheet of high impact polystyrene. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012244 | TEMPORARY SUBSTRATE, TRANSFER METHOD AND PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a temporary substrate, the temporary substrate thus produced, and a method of using the temporary substrate for transfer of a thin layer from an original substrate to a final substrate. The temporary substrate has a principle part of the original substrate and a surface layer thereon that includes a plurality of inserts formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion different from that of the material constituting the rest of the surface layer. When exposed to heat treatment, these inserts form detachment zones between the upper face of an attached thin layer and the temporary substrate. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012245 | Production method for a panel - A production method for the production of a panel with a protective layer wherein the panel is produced by lamination of a protective layer on a layer of core material with insulating vacancies and this on one or both sides of the core material by means of a bonding layer between the protective layer and the core material. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012246 | ENCAPSULATION METHOD OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC ELEMENT - An encapsulation method of an environmentally sensitive electronic element is provided. A first substrate is provided, wherein at least one first alignment mark and a plurality of environmentally sensitive electronic elements are formed on the first substrate. A second substrate is provided, wherein at least one second alignment mark and a plurality of limiting cavities are formed on the second substrate. A plurality of cover lids is respectively disposed in the limiting cavities. An adhesive is formed on the cover lids. The first substrate and the second substrate are laminated together with the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark as reference, so that the environmentally sensitive electronic elements are sealed in the adhesive and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate and the cover lids are separated from each other. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012247 | Method of manufacturing insulating sheet and printed circuit board having the same - A method of manufacturing an insulating sheet, the method including providing a reinforcement material having a thermoplastic resin layer stacked thereon; stacking the thermoplastic resin layer stacked on the reinforcement material over a core substrate; and hot pressing the reinforcement material and the thermoplastic resin layer onto the core substrate. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012248 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOOR PANELS, AS WELL AS FLOOR PANEL OBTAINED BY MEANS OF SUCH METHOD - Method for manufacturing floor panels having a top layer having a composition based on a synthetic material. At least at two opposite sides, the floor panels have profiled edge areas that include at least coupling parts. For manufacturing the floor panels, one starts from a board-shaped material, and the floor panels are formed at least partially by way of a laser treatment of the board-shaped material. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012249 | METHOD FOR PRINTING INDIVIDUAL LABELS - A method and software for a consumer end user to print one or more, but generally less than all, labels of a label assembly without the need to run the label assembly though a printer multiple times. A boundary corresponding to the label is printed on a separate paper sheet to allow the label to be positioned for printing. The paper sheet with the label adhered within the boundary is run through a printer to print on the label. The printed label is removed from the paper sheet to applying to the intended object to be labeled. Software can be implemented on a data processor for printing the boundary and/or coordinating the label printing with the printed boundary. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012250 | METHODS OF FORMING AND USING A SOLID-PHASE SUPPORT - Disclosed herein are methods of method of making a substrate for performing a chemical synthesis reaction. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012251 | HOT CURING OR HEAT-ACTIVATED COMPOSITION CONTAINING A SURFACE-DEACTIVATED POLYISOCYANATE - The present invention relates to curable compositions comprising at least one specific blocked amine, at least one surface-deactivated polyisocyanate that is solid at ambient temperature and optionally water or a water-producing substance. Compositions of this type are characterized by an extremely high storage stability as long as they are not heated. Hot curing compositions that cure with the action of heat can thus be produced. Heat-activated compositions can also be produced. When heat is applied the latter compositions are not cured but are activated so that they are able to cure under the influence of moisture. The curable compositions are particularly suitable for use as adhesives. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012252 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus capable of detecting sealing abnormality of each gate is disclosed. This apparatus includes an outer chamber constituting a vacuum vessel, an inner chamber disposed within the outer chamber for permitting a plasma to be formed in a vacuumed processing chamber as internally provided therein, a workpiece table below the processing chamber for holding thereon a wafer to be processed, a first gate valve disposed in a sidewall of the inner chamber for driving a gate to open and close while the wafer is transferred therethrough, and a second gate valve disposed in a sidewall of the outer chamber for opening and closing a gate while the wafer is transferred therethrough. After the wafer is put on the table, a pressure variation of an intermediate room formed between the inner and outer chambers sealed by the gate valves closed, thereby detecting a decrease in sealing performance. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012253 | PLASMA SHIELD FOR ELECTRODE - Provided is a plasma shield for an electrode capable of preventing generation of particles by providing plasma shields at inner and outer diameter sides of an adhesive formed of elastomer for attaching a gas injection plate to an injection plate support member to protect the adhesive. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012254 | GATE VALVE CLEANING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A gate valve cleaning method that can clean a gate valve that brings an atmospheric transfer chamber and an internal pressure variable transfer chamber that transfer a substrate into communication with each other or shuts them off from each other without bringing about a decrease in the throughput of a substrate processing system. Before the gate valve brings the atmospheric transfer chamber and the internal pressure variable transfer chamber into communication with each other, the pressure in the internal pressure variable transfer chamber is increased so that the pressure in the internal pressure variable transfer chamber can become higher than the pressure in the atmospheric transfer chamber. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012255 | Tape Placement Apparatus And Tape Printer Provided Therewith - A tape placement apparatus in which a small roll of wound tape with an adhesive is placed in such a way that a tape can be unreeled freely from the small roll of tape, includes: a rotating table with which a tape end face of the small roll of tape makes contact after being positioned; and a table supporting section rotatably supporting the rotating table. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012256 | Tire Building Method and Rotational Transfer Device for Drum Transfer Support Base in Tire Building Process - The invention can perform building in a process for building a carcass band or a belt/tread band of a tire, in which two drum transfer support bases ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120012257 | DISPENSING UNIT FOR A THIN FILM DISPENSER AND THIN FILM DISPENSER HAVING THE SAME - A dispensing unit for a thin film dispenser has a base, a dispensing head, a wheel assembly, a transmission device, a thin film and a holding tab. The dispensing head is mounted on one end of the base. The wheel assembly is mounted on the base and has a tape supplying wheel and a used tape collecting wheel. The tape supplying wheel and the used tape collecting wheel are mounted rotatably on the base. The transmission device is mounted between the tape supplying wheel and the used tape collecting wheel to drive the tape supplying wheel and the used tape collecting wheel to rotate simultaneously. The thin film is mounted around the wheel assembly and the dispensing head. The holding tab is connected to the base and abutting with a side face of the tape supplying wheel. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012258 | Ultrasonic Treatment Device and Transverse Sealing Sonotrode for the Same - The present invention concerns a sonotrode for a device for continuously processing material webs by means of ultrasound. To provide a sonotrode and an ultrasonic processing device having a sonotrode which is simple to produce and ensures reliable transverse sealing seam production, wherein the energy consumption of the sonotrode is low and the sonotrode also has a high level of rotational truth accuracy and adequate stiffness, it is proposed according to the invention that the sonotrode comprises a substantially roller-shaped core and at least two bars, wherein the bars extend in the direction of the core axis and each have a sealing surface facing away from the roller-shaped core. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012259 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR MOVABLE PARTITIONS - Movable partition systems include a movable partition coupled to and movable along a track. The movable partition may comprise at least two accordion folding sheets of panels, a motor carried by the movable partition, and at least one electronic component unit configured to control the motor. The electronic component unit may be carried by the movable partition and disposed between the sheets of folding panels. Methods of installing a movable partition system include coupling an electronic component box to a floating door jamb within a movable partition. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012260 | RETRACTABLE SHADE ASSEMBLY WITH ADJUSTABLE SIDE GUIDES - An adjustable side channel assembly for use with screens and shades includes a pair of adjustable side guides, each laterally adjustable with respect to a corresponding side frame. Each side guide may be moved to a desired position and then secured to the side frame with a fastener. Each side guide includes an axial fabric retainer configured to receive a side gimp of a shade. Each fabric retainer is loosely retained in a hollow channel within the side guide and laterally movable to enable both sides of a shade to lie substantially parallel when the shade is drawn. A take-up mechanism includes dual rollers with the outer roller having a shorter width to provide space for the side gimps to roll up and not spiral out when the shade is taken up. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012261 | WINDOW SHADE ASSEMBLY WITH RE-CHANNELING SYSTEM, TWO-PART SIDE CHANNELS AND SINGLE SEAL STRIP OF WRAPPING MATERIAL - A window shade assembly includes a flexible shade material having a pair of non-beaded vertical edges positioned in a pair of opposed vertical side channels. A re-channeling system includes a lip to at least partially define a plane of the flexible shade material within the side channels, and a bottom rail irremovably and slidingly received in each side channel. The side channels can be two parts. A single resilient seal strip is used with the side channels to seal the flexible shade material. The seal strip can be an edge of the flexible wrapping material for the side channels. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012262 | WINDOW SHADE ASSEMBLY WITH RE-CHANNELING SYSTEM, TWO-PART SIDE CHANNELS AND SINGLE SEAL STRIP OF WRAPPING MATERIAL - A window shade assembly includes a flexible shade material having a pair of non-beaded vertical edges positioned in a pair of opposed vertical side channels. A re-channeling system includes a lip to at least partially define a plane of the flexible shade material within the side channels, and a bottom rail irremovably and slidingly received in each side channel. The side channels can be two parts. A single resilient seal strip is used with the side channels to seal the flexible shade material. The seal strip can be an edge of the flexible wrapping material for the side channels. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012263 | Method for manufacturing prepreg - A method of manufacturing a prepreg. The method includes step (I) of dispersing a reinforcing fiber bundle to obtain a reinforcing fiber base material, step (II) of providing a binder to the reinforcing fiber base material produced in the step (I), and step (III) of hybridizing a matrix resin composed of a thermoplastic resin with the reinforcing fiber base material provided with the binder produced in the step (II), wherein the steps (I) to (II) are carried out online and the prepreg is one such that the content of the reinforcing fiber bundle relative to the whole portion of the prepreg is from 10 to 80% by mass, the content of the binder relative to the whole portion of the prepreg is from 0.1 to 10% by mass, and the content of the matrix resin relative to the whole portion of the prepreg is from 10 to 80% by mass. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012264 | PRINT MEDIA FOR HIGH SPEED, DIGITAL INKJET PRINTING - Disclosed is a print medium for high speed, digital inkjet printing, which has high brightness and is resistant to yellowing. The print medium includes a base paper formed from a fiber furnish containing at least 30% by weight of mechanical pulp, and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base paper. The coating layer contains a metallic salt, a combination of two different binders at a predetermined ratio, and at least one inorganic pigment. A method of making the print medium is also disclosed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012265 | Paper substrates containing high surface sizing and low internal sizing and having high dimensional stability - This invention relates to a paper substrate containing high surface sizing and low internal sizing and having high dimensional stability, as well as methods of making and using the composition. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012266 | LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS SACCHARIFICATION PRE-TREATMENT DEVICE - Provided a lignocellulosic biomass saccharification pre-treatment device capable of producing a pretreated material for saccharification. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012267 | DOCTOR BLADE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD IN FIBRE PROCESSING - Apparatus for removing fiber webs from fiber conveying supports are disclosed including a doctor beam, a doctor blade having a web contacting edge, a hose for fluids for applying a force between the doctor beam and the doctor blade when pressurized to move the web contacting edge towards the fiber conveying support, the fiber web having a basis weight over 1000 g/m | 2012-01-19 |
20120012268 | BLADE, STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF A BLADE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE AND THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF A BLADE - A blade, in which at least the composite base structure of the blade is manufactured in a pultrusion process by pulling fibres through at least an impregnation stage and a curing stage, the base structure is equipped with at least one wear area and the said blade is detached from a blade blank formed of a base structure and a wear area. The wear area of the blade is formed of an edge-structure part protruding outside the edge of the base structure. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012269 | RECYCLED PAPER SMOOTHING DEVICE FOR USED PAPER RECYCLING APPARATUS - A recycled paper smoothing technology capable of regenerating the wet paper made and formed in the paper making process unit of the paper making unit securely as a smooth recycled paper free from wrinkle, in a very narrow used paper processing space of a used paper recycling apparatus of furniture size. A recycled paper smoothing unit has a smooth surface belt for conveying the wet paper, and a belt guide unit for conveying and guiding the smooth surface belt in a state curved upward toward the running direction thereof, and the wet paper on the smooth surface belt conveyed by the smooth surface belt is provided with a tension uniformly in the conveying and running direction, by the running action of the smooth surface belt, and the curved shape of the smooth surface belt due to the belt guide unit, so that a smooth recycled paper free from wrinkle is regenerated securely. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012270 | SHOE PRESS BELT - A belt (shoe press belt) for papermaking machines having good wet paper web water squeezing capability, and wherein damage, cracks, and abrasion of the outer circumferential belt surface during use is small, and due to the reduced abrasion between the cutting chips, the cutter and the groove walls, the cutter life is long and the surface roughness is small. The cross-section in the cross-machine direction of the water draining grooves is provided in the machine direction in the felt-side surface of the shoe press belt and the groove corner parts formed by the groove sidewalls and the groove bottom part of the water draining grooves are chamfered in the shape of a trapezoid or a rectangle. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012271 | Device for Dilution of Cellulose Pulp - The method and a device is for the dilution of dewatered cellulose pulp that maintains a consistency of 20-30% or greater. By shredding of the pulp to a finely divided dry-granulate, dilution to a homogeneous consistency in the medium consistency range can take place exclusively through hydrodynamic effects from the addition of dilution fluid. The dilution fluid is added to granulate at a position at which granulate is in free fall in a standpipe and above a level Liq.sub.LEV of diluted pulp in the standpipe. A number of nozzles are arranged around the periphery of the stand pipe, directed in towards the centre of the stand pipe, obliquely downwards in the direction of fall of the granulate. It is possible through this simplified procedure to avoid completely the conventional dilution screws, and this reduces the investment costs and operating costs, while at the same time unnecessary mechanical influence of the pulp fibres can be avoided. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012272 | Method and Device for Casting a Cast Part from a Metal Melt - A method and a device for casting a cast part from a metal melt. A casting mould in a pivoted mounting comprising a mould cavity shaping the cast part, a feed system and a pour channel, is rotated into a fill position and filled with metal melt. Due to the effect of gravity, the melt flows through the pour channel, wherein the main flow direction of the melt makes an angle relative to the acting direction of gravity. Filling is continued until the casting mould, including the pour channel, is completely filled. Then, the casting mould is sealed with a stopper and rotated into a solidification position, in which the melt in the feed system is pushed against the melt in the mould cavity. The casting mould is held in the solidification position until the metal melt has reached a solidification state in which the cast part can be de-moulded. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012273 | OPERATING METHOD FOR TWIN-ROLL CASTING MACHINE, AND SIDE WEIR SUPPORTING DEVICE - An operation to acquire a strip with less thickness even if arcuate worn steps are formed on side weirs is disclosed. During an operation of a twin-roll casting machine with arcuate worn steps developing on side weirs due to rotational sliding contact of chilled rolls, the thickness of a steel strip from a nip is reduced, and the center-to-center distance between the rolls is increased with the side weirs in contact with ends of the rolls being displaced upward. This prevents interference of outer peripheries of the rolls with boundary surfaces adjacent to the arcuate worn steps of the side weirs. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012274 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING OF STEEL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRER TO BE USED THEREFOR - An electromagnetic stirrer for stirring molten steel of the liquid core in a width-wise direction of the slab includes an iron core disposed with its length-wise axis along a width-wise direction of slab, and a plurality of exciting coils wound around the outer circumference of and about a length-wise axis of the iron core, wherein two-phase or three-phase alternating current is passed through the coils. The phases of the current in the exciting coils are distributed to impart a stirring flow to the molten that includes flow from the minor sides to the center of the slab or from one minor side to the other minor side with a reversing flow at predetermined time intervals. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012275 | INTELLIGENT AIR MOVER APPARATUS - A system for cooling an electronics enclosure comprises a plurality of fan modules. Each fan module comprises, a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed, a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor, an interface for electronically communicating between the microcontroller and an infrastructure controller external to the fan module, the infrastructure controller providing a target speed to the microcontroller, a memory for storing data including speed avoidance zones, wherein when the target speed falls within one of the speed avoidance zones, the microcontroller controls the motor speed to be slightly outside the speed avoidance zone. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012276 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING THERMAL ENERGY - A thermal energy storage system includes a container positioned within a surrounding body of water and comprising a container wall. The wall has an interior surface exposed to and defining an internal volume of the container and has an exterior surface opposite the interior surface and exposed to the surrounding body of water. The internal volume is substantially full of water, and the container is configured to thermally separate water within the internal volume along the interior surface from water of the surrounding body of water along the exterior surface. A thermal source in thermal communication with the water within the internal volume is configured to transfer a thermal potential to the water within the internal volume. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012277 | Method and System for Controlling Evaporative and Heat Withdrawal Performance of an Occupant Support Surface - A method for controlling performance of an MCM capable support surface having a flowpath for guiding a stream of air along at least a portion of the surface, comprises specifying a desired evaporative rate greater than an evaporative rate achievable with unconditioned ambient air, chilling the unconditioned ambient air to a temperature at least as low as that required to achieve 100% relative humidity, thereby demoisturizing the air, and supplying the chilled, demoisturized air to the flowpath. The method may also include the step of heating the chilled, demoisturized air prior to step of supplying it to the flowpath. A system for carrying out the method includes a microclimate management (MCM) capable support surface | 2012-01-19 |
20120012278 | COLD ROW ENCAPSULATION FOR SERVER FARM COOLING SYSTEM - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow one or more fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves fanless servers installed on the server racks and introduces fan units to draw cooling air from the cold row encapsulation structure through the fanless servers on the racks. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012279 | Systems and Methods for Managing Heat Generated by Electronic Equipment in an Electronic Equipment Enclosure - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for managing heat generated by electronic equipment in an electronic equipment enclosure. The electronic equipment enclosure includes a first pair of equipment rails and a second pair of equipment rails spaced apart from the first pair of equipment rails. The system includes a duct connected to the first pair of equipment rails and a bracket connected to the second pair of equipment rails and spaced apart from the duct. The duct is adapted to receive a first portion of the electronic equipment and the bracket is adapted to receive a second portion of the electronic equipment. The first portion of the electronic equipment includes an air intake opening and the second portion of the electronic equipment includes an air exhaust opening. The duct forms a barrier between the air intake opening and the air exhaust opening for separating cooled air entering the electronic equipment and heated air exiting the electronic equipment. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012280 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STEAM WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY - Steam is produced from a working medium of a steam generator, e.g., a waste heat steam generator, a Kalina steam generator or an ORC steam generator, using a thermal generator mounted upstream from the steam generator. To evaporate the working medium, the steam generator uses a hot heat transmitting medium that is heated in the thermal generator before being supplied to the steam generator, thereby increasing the efficiency of the steam generator. The residual or waste heat of an industrial plant or a geothermal plant using geothermal energy is used, for example, as a heat source for the thermal generator | 2012-01-19 |
20120012281 | HEAT SINK WITH MULTIPLE VAPOR CHAMBERS - A heat sink is disclosed. The heat sink comprises a base ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120012282 | DIRECT AIR CONTACT LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY - A heat exchanger assembly for use in hybrid liquid-air cooling system adapted to provide a liquid cooling mechanism for components in a personal computer system. The heat exchanger assembly consists of a heat exchanger chamber, though which the thermal transfer liquid flows. An air pump injects air bubbles into the heat exchanger chamber through a porous material. The air bubbles rise up through the thermal transfer liquid and exit at the top of the heat exchanger chamber through a semi-permeable membrane which inhibits loss of the thermal transfer fluid. As the air bubbles pass through the thermal transfer liquid, heat is exchanged directly between the thermal transfer liquid and the contained air. The heat is then removed from the system as the heated air is expelled from the heat exchanger chamber. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012283 | HOT AISLE CONTAINMENT COOLING UNIT AND METHOD FOR COOLING - A cooling unit, which is configured to contain and cool air between two rows of equipment racks defining a hot aisle, includes a housing configured to be secured mounted on the two rows of equipment racks such that the housing spans the hot aisle, a heat exchanger supported by the housing and coupled to and in fluid communication with a coolant supply and a coolant return, and an air movement assembly supported by the housing and configured to move air over the heat exchanger. Other embodiments of the cooling unit and methods of cooling are further disclosed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012284 | HEAT SINK WITH STAGGERED HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENTS - Heat sink comprising a base and a plurality of heat exchange elements. The elements are connected to and raised above, a surface of the base. There is a first row of the elements, with each of the elements having a long dimension that is substantially parallel to the long dimension of the other elements of the first row and to the surface. There is a second row of the elements, each of the elements having a long dimension that is substantially parallel to the long dimension of the other elements of the second row and to the surface. The first row and the second row are substantially opposed to each other such that one set of ends of the elements of the first row are staggered with respect to one set of ends of the elements of the second row. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012285 | DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM - A dehumidification system includes: an auxiliary heat exchanger connected to the heating medium circuit in series with the cooling heat exchanger, and provided downstream of a cooling heat exchanger in an air passage; a first air heat exchanger connected to a circulation circuit, and provided upstream of the cooling heat exchanger in the air passage; and a second air heat exchanger connected to the circulation circuit in series with the first air heat exchanger, and provided downstream of the auxiliary heat exchanger in the air passage, wherein the heating medium circuit performs a first action of sending a heating medium which is cooled in a cooling section, and sequentially flowed through the cooling heat exchanger and the auxiliary heat exchanger to the cooling section. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012286 | AIR JET ACTIVE HEAT SINK APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising a heat sink and a plenum. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of heat exchange elements, connected to and raised above, a surface of the base. The plenum is located above the heat exchange elements. The plenum includes a housing configured to hold a positive air-pressure therein, and openings in a surface of the housing. The opening are positioned such that air exiting the plenum through the openings is directed to the heat sink. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012287 | FAN APPARATUS WITH FAN MOUNTING FRAME - An exemplary fan apparatus adapted for dissipating heat from an electronic component mounted in an enclosure includes a centrifugal blower, a mounting frame, a number of first fasteners and a number of second fasteners. A number of engaging portions are formed on the enclosure. The centrifugal blower defines an air outlet at one side thereof. A number of fixing portions are formed on the centrifugal blower. The mounting frame includes a number of connecting portions and a number of mounting portions formed thereon. The first fasteners fix the connecting portions of the mounting frame to the engaging portions of the enclosure, and the second fasteners fix the fixing portions of the centrifugal blower to the mounting portions of the mounting frame. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012288 | DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE ASSEMBLIES OPERABLE WITH SERIAL COMMUNICATION SIGNALS AND WM CONTROL SIGNALS - A dynamoelectric machine assembly for connection to a system controller. The assembly includes at least one input contact for receiving a control signal from the system controller and a processor coupled to the input contact. The processor is configured to operate the assembly in a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode when the control signal is a PWM control signal and to operate the assembly in a serial mode when the control signal is a serial communication signal. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012289 | Annular Axial Flow Ribbed Heat Exchanger - A cylindrical, annular axial flow heat exchanger for use as a gas cooler in a thermal regenerative machine such as a Stirling engine is provided. The heat exchanger includes an outer shell of sufficient strength and thickness to withstand the pressure exerted by the working fluid and a tubular member positioned adjacent to and in contact with the outer shell, the tubular member having spaced apart sidewalls defining a flow passage therebetween. At least one of the sidewalls of the tubular member is embossed with ribs, the ribs being in contact with the inner surface of the outer shell thereby defining axially extending flow passages between the outer shell and tubular member along the circumference thereof for the flow of a second, gaseous fluid through the heat exchanger. The first fluid flows circumferentially through tubular member, while the second fluid flows axially between the outer shell and the tubular member. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012290 | ARCHITECTURAL HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE - An architectural heat and moisture exchanger. The exchanger defines an interior channel which is divided into a plurality of sub-channels by a membrane configured to allow passage of water vapor and to prevent substantial passage of air. In some embodiments, the exchanger includes an opaque housing configured to form a portion of a building enclosure, such as an exterior wall, an interior wall, a roof, a floor, or a foundation. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012291 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION AIR CONDITIONER - It is aimed to enhance the strength of a plate heat exchanger while maintaining the heat exchange capability of the plate heat exchanger. A plate heat exchanger | 2012-01-19 |
20120012292 | EVAPORATIVE HEAT EXCHANGE APPARATUS WITH FINNED ELLIPTICAL TUBE COIL ASSEMBLY - An improved finned coil tube assembly enhances evaporative heat exchanger performance, and includes tubes, preferably serpentine tubes, in the coil assembly. The tubes have a generally elliptical cross-section with external fins formed on an outer surface of the tubes. The fins are spaced substantially 1.5 to substantially 3.5 fins per inch (2.54 cm) along the longitudinal axis of the tubes, extend substantially 23.8% to substantially 36% of the nominal tube outside diameter in height from the tubes outer surface and have a thickness of substantially 0.007 inch (0.018 cm) to substantially 0.020 inch (0.051 cm). The tubes have a center-to-center spacing generally horizontally and normal to the longitudinal axis of the tubes of substantially 109% to substantially 125% of the nominal tube outside diameter, and a generally vertical center-to-center spacing of substantially 100% to about 131% of the nominal tube outside diameter. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012293 | Compact, high-effectiveness, gas-to-gas compound recuperator with liquid intermediary - A liquid-loop compound recuperator is disclosed for high-ε heat exchange between a first shell-side fluid stream and a second shell-side fluid stream of similar thermal capacity rates (W/K). The compound recuperator is comprised of at least two fluid-to-liquid (FL) recuperator modules for transfer of heat from a shell-side fluid, usually a gas, to an intermediary tube-side heat transfer liquid (HTL). Each FL module includes a plurality of thermally isolated, serially connected, adjacent exchanger cores inside a pressure vessel. The cores are rows of finned tubes for cross-flow transfer of heat, and they are arranged in series to effectively achieve counterflow exchange between the HTL and the shell-side stream. The HTL may be water, an organic liquid, a molten alloy, or a molten salt. Alumina-dispersion-strengthened-metal fins, superalloy tubes, and a lead-bismuth-tin alloy HTL may be used for high temperatures. Cumene may be used as the HTL in cryogenic applications. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012294 | HEAT SINK - A heat sink which is mounted in a movable body and which is to be exposed to a traveling air stream generated while the movable body moves includes a base and a heat dissipating portion having a plurality of fins. At least in a front end portion of the heat dissipating portion, the heat dissipating portion includes a rectifying portion provided so as to extend across a predetermined area in a longitudinal direction in front portions of slit-shaped flow paths at an upstanding end (i.e., an end apart from the base). | 2012-01-19 |
20120012295 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A heat exchanger is provided with a cooling fin including a plurality of fin portions and a base portion supporting the fin portions, and a plurality of pins press-fitted into the fin portions. In the heat exchanger, the pins each having a wider width than each space between the fin portions formed in advance in parallel straight shapes are press-fitted into the spaces in a direction from a top end of each fin portion toward the base portion. Accordingly, the fin portions are formed into corrugated shapes by plastic deformation, thereby fixing the pins between the fin portions in positions apart from the base portion. In each space, the pins are arranged at intervals in a longitudinal direction of each space. The pins arranged in adjacent spaces are placed with a displacement in alternating pattern. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012296 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING RAIL WELD ZONE - A device for cooling a rail weld zone according to the invention includes a first cooler cooling a head portion of the rail weld zone, a second cooler cooling a rail web portion of the rail weld zone, and a control section controlling the first and second coolers. The first cooler includes a first temperature detecting section that detects the temperature of the head portion, and a first ejection section that ejects a first cooling fluid to the head portion. The second cooler includes a second temperature detecting section that detects the temperature of the rail web portion, and a second ejection section that ejects a second cooling fluid to the rail web portion. The control section individually changes the kinds, the flow rates, and the flow velocities of the first and second cooling fluids while cooling the head portion and the rail web portion. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012297 | AIR CONDITIONER - In an air conditioner according to the present invention, an indoor unit includes an indoor air temperature detection unit to detect an indoor air temperature, a floor/wall/ceiling temperature detection unit to detect a floor and wall temperature and a ceiling ambient temperature, and a control device including a microcomputer in which a program relating to control of the air conditioner is embedded, wherein, in heating operation or ventilation operation, the control device performs circulator operation of moving air accumulating near a ceiling to a floor when the ceiling ambient temperature detected by the floor/wall/ceiling temperature detection unit becomes higher, by a predetermined threshold value or more, than an indoor air preset temperature set by a user. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012298 | Method and Appratus for Heating an Aqueous Mixture to Vaporization - The present invention is generally directed toward an apparatus and method for the heating of an aqueous mixture to vaporization, more specifically toward the heating of dilution air through a dilution air heating coil that is placed within the path of exhaust gas. In a power plant utilizing an emissions reduction process, such as a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) process, or other type of process, to remove harmful components, such as nitrous oxide (NO.sub.x), from a stream of flue gas wherein the emission reduction process includes the injection of vaporized aqueous mixture into the stream of flue gas, the present invention comprises a dilution air heating coil being placed within the path of exhaust gas to heat dilution air that is then subsequently used in the vaporization of the ammonia. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012299 | Proportional Micro-Valve With Thermal Feedback - A proportional micro-valve for regulating the temperature of an electronic component comprising a cooling subsystem associated with each thermal zone of the electronic component, a cooling circuit carries cooling fluid to a heat exchanger associated with each thermal zone, the flow of which is controlled by a valve element, which is in turn controlled by a sensing circuit which reacts to the temperature of the underlying thermal zone to proportionally increase or decrease the rate of cooling fluid flowing through the heat exchanger based upon the temperature of the thermal zone. Cooling fluid substantially continuously flows through the sensing circuit, regardless of whether the valve element is open or closed. The sensing circuit provides feedback to a temperature-responsive mechanical amplifier for opening and closing the valve element. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY ENGAGING COOLING FANS WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A system and method for cooling an electronic image assembly having a plurality of channels place behind the electronic image assembly. A first fan may be used to force cooling gas through a first grouping of channels while a second fan may be used to force cooling gas through a second grouping of channels. Temperature sensing devices may be positioned so as to measure the temperature of the first and second groupings of channels. The speeds of the first and second fans may be adjusted based on the temperature measurements of the channel groupings. Additional fans with additional temperature sensing devices may be used for further accuracy and control over the temperature gradients of the electronic image assembly. Manifolds may be used to distribute/collect cooling gas to/from the channels. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012301 | Electrical Wiring for Drill Pipe, Casing, and Tubing - An apparatus includes a first pin and a second pin. The first pin has a first joint section. The first joint section has first holes extending a length of the first joint section and terminating at a first preload face. The second pin has a second joint section. The second joint section has second holes extending a length of the first joint section and terminating at a second preload face. The second joint section is adapted to receive the first joint section and the first holes match the second holes when the first pin and the second pin are mated. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012302 | Compact Surface Wellhead System and Method - A low-profile wellhead system having a nested hanger configuration, annular communication, elastomeric seals, and seal verification is provided. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012303 | Retrievable Tool with Ratchet Lock Feature - A releasable locking system for a subterranean tool uses a split housing for a body lock ring that in one mode is retained for its normal locking function by a setting sleeve. The setting sleeve holds the potential energy in the housing that would otherwise cause the housing to grow radially and away from a locking function. The locking is defeated as a surrounding setting sleeve with a recess is moved to juxtapose the recess with the segmented housing allowing the housing to spring into the recess and away from lock ring engagement that previously maintained the locked position. The tool can be released and removed to a surface location. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012304 | COMPLIANT PACKERS FOR FORMATION TESTERS - Compliant packers for formation testers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a base plate having a first aperture to receive an inlet in fluid communication with a downhole tool; a compliant outer cover having a first end terminating at the base plate and a second end terminating adjacent a forward opening of the inlet, the compliant outer cover having a first surface configured to engage a borehole wall and a second surface forming an inner cavity with the base plate; and a core disposed within the inner cavity and having a second aperture forming at least a portion of the inlet, wherein the outer cover comprises a first material and the core comprises a second material more compliant than the first material. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012305 | Downhole C-Ring Slip Assembly - A slip assembly ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120012306 | RETRIEVABLE SLIP MECHANISM FOR DOWNHOLE TOOL - A downhole tool slip mechanism including a cone, cage, and slip disposed on a mandrel. The cone and cage can be move in relation to one another, and the come may be locked into place during run-in and retrieval downhole. The cage contains slip slots contains a spring retaining finger for a spring that resides between the retention finger and the slip. This spring serves to bias the slip inward during run-in and retrieval. The slip slots have load-bearing shoulders used to engage the slip during retrieval. The slips outer surface is completely covered in wickers so that the slip can sustain greater loads when set in place. Additionally, the slip has load-bearing shoulders with an increased thickness cross-section to sustain greater loads during retrieval while minimizing slip and cage failures. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012307 | METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM WASTEWATER IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PROCESS - The method begins drilling a borehole from the surface to an underground shale matrix. A pipe is inserted into the borehole. Openings are created in the pipe in fluid communication with fractures in the shale matrix. The interior surface of at least one section of pipe is coated with a contaminant-capturing substance. Fracturing fluid including water, proppants and various chemicals is pumped through the pipe and into the fractures in the shale matrix. The fluid re-enters the pipe from the shale matrix and moves toward the surface through the coated pipe section where contaminants are sequestered by the coating. Natural gas or oil from the fractured shale then enters the pipe and moves to the surface to be collected. The coated pipe section remains in the ground permanently such that the necessity of disposing of the captured contaminants is eliminated. Alternatively, the contaminant-capturing substance can be coated onto the proppants which remain lodged in the fractures in the shale matrix. The method can also be used in situations not involving gas or oil recovery, such as removing contaminants from the cooling system of a nuclear reactor. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION - A method for determining flow distribution in a formation having a wellbore formed therein includes the steps of positioning a sensor within the wellbore, wherein the sensor generates a feedback signal representing at least one of a temperature and a pressure measured by the sensor, injecting a fluid into the wellbore and into at least a portion of the formation adjacent the sensor, shutting-in the wellbore for a pre-determined shut-in period, generating a simulated model representing at least one of simulated temperature characteristics and simulated pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, generating a data model representing at least one of actual temperature characteristics and actual pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, wherein the data model is derived from the feedback signal, comparing the data model to the simulated model, and adjusting parameters of the simulated model to substantially match the data model. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012309 | Flow Back Recovery System - A system and method for processing flow back from an oil or gas well after a fracturing or other well treatment process includes a first trailer having a high pressure filter, a sand separator, and a choke manifold and a second trailer including a gas separator and holding tanks for water and oil. Each trailer may be equipped with a drip or catch pan to confine any leakage of liquid that may occur. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012310 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING EQUIPMENT AT A WELLSITE - A system for transporting and deploying a natural gas processing system comprises a base. In addition, the system comprises a plurality of natural gas processing units mounted to the base. Further, the system comprises a plurality of jacking units attached to the base and configured to raise and lower the base. Each jacking unit comprises a post, an upper lift member moveably coupled to the post, a lower lift member moveably coupled to the post, and a pair of actuators. Moreover, each actuator has an upper end coupled to the upper lift member and a lower end coupled to the lower lift member. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012311 | Surfactant Mixtures for Tertiary Oil Recovery - Use of a mixture comprising a surfactant and a cosurfactant in the form of an aqueous solution for flooding underground deposits of hydrocarbons for mobilizing and recovering the hydrocarbons from the underground deposits, the cosurfactant being a substance or a group of substances selected from the following list:
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20120012312 | System and Method for Facilitating Downhole Operations - A technique is provided to facilitate use of a service tool at a downhole location. The service tool has different operational configurations that can be selected and used without moving the service string. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012313 | METHOD OF FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION AT OPTIMIZED AND PRE-DETERMINED CONDITIONS - Prior to a hydraulic fracturing treatment, the requisite apparent viscosity of a transport fluid, μ | 2012-01-19 |
20120012314 | LOW DENSITY CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITIONS USING LIME KILN DUST - A manufactured cementitious binder including a hydraulic binder in an amount in the range of from about 40 to 75% by weight of the cementitious binder; metakaolin in an amount in the range of from about 1 to 30% by weight of the cementitious binder; silica fume in an amount up to about 15% by weight of the cementitious binder; lime kiln dust in an amount of from about 5 to 30% by weight of the cementitious binder, and a cementitious accelerator in an amount greater than about 0.1% by weight of the cementitious binder, wherein the cementitious binder provides a cementitious settable composition, when added with water and without a lightweight additive, that has a density lower than about 13 pounds per gallon and greater than about 11 pounds per gallon and a 24 hour compressive strength at 100 F, as hardened, of at least 500 psi. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012315 | LOW DENSITY CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITIONS USING LIMESTONE - A manufactured cementitious binder includes a hydraulic binder in an amount in the range of from 40 to 75% by weight of the cementitious binder; metakaolin in an amount in the range of from 1 to 30% by weight of the cementitious binder; silica fume in an amount up to 15% by weight of the cementitious binder; limestone in an amount of from 5 to 30% by weight of the cementitious binder, and a cementitious accelerator in a controlled amount of at least 0.5% by weight of the cementitious binder, the cementitious binder providing a cementitious settable composition when added with water, wherein for a density lower than 13 pounds per gallon and of at least 11 pounds per gallon obtained without a lightweight additive, said cementitious settable composition exhibits a 24 hour compressive strength at 100 F, as hardened, of at least 500 psi. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012316 | Solid Zirconium-Based Cross-Linking Agent and Use in Oil Field Applications - A solid zirconium cross-linking agent is prepared comprising zirconium and hydroxyalkylated ethylene diamine ligand. Use of the cross-linking agent in compositions for oil field applications such as hydraulic fracturing and plugging of permeable zones is also disclosed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012317 | Solid Zirconium-Based Cross-Linking Agent and Use in Oil Field Applications - A solid zirconium cross-linking agent and use in a cross-linking composition in oil field applications such as hydraulic fracturing and plugging of permeable zones. The zirconium cross-linking agent is prepared by a process comprising contacting a zirconium complex with an alkanolamine and water at particular mole ratios of alkanolamine and water to zirconium. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012318 | Compositions And Methods For Servicing Subterranean Wells - Fluid compositions comprising an aqueous epoxy resin, a hardener and particles comprising silica, aluminosilicate or both are useful for establishing hydraulic isolation in cemented subterranean wells. Upon entering voids and cracks in or adjacent to the cement sheath, and contacting the set-cement surfaces, the composition reacts and forms a seal that prevents further leakage. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012319 | ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY USING MICROWAVE HEATING - A downhole tool utilizing microwave energy for stimulating production of hydrocarbons from a drilled well. A microwave generator is disposed within the body of the tool and supplied with power from the surface. Microwaves generated by the tool are applied to a refractory dielectric material disposed at a lower end of the tool or to dielectric material in fluids circulated into the wellbore, or directly to the formation. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012320 | POLYMERIZING AND ANCHORING A WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER TO AN IN-PLACE MINERAL SURFACE OF A WELL - Methods are provided using an anchoring agent for a water-soluble polymer that is in-place polymerized in a subterranean formation. The anchoring agent comprises a hydrolyzable silyl group that reacts with one or more dangling hydroxyl groups of a mineral surface in the subterranean formation to form “hard” bonds, “anchoring” to the mineral surface. The anchoring agent is selected to have another functional group for covalent attachment to the water-soluble polymer. This can help a water-soluble polymer be anchored to a mineral surface in a subterranean formation. Accordingly, it is believed that monomolecular layers of water-soluble polymer will be formed and anchored to the mineral surface, which will provide excellent elastic properties to the matrix. The monomolecular layers are not expected to interfere with the permeability of the matrix. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012321 | Method for Producing Natural Gas from Hydrocarbon Hydrates While Simultaneously Storing Carbon Dioxide in Geological Formations - The invention relates to a method for extracting methane from methane hydrates, comprising the following steps: feeding carbon dioxide to the methane hydrate deposits; allowing the carbon dioxide to take effect on the methane hydrate to release methane and store the carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate; and removing the released methane, characterised in that the fed carbon dioxide is supercritical carbon dioxide. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012322 | Auto-production frac tool - Fracturing tools for use in oil and gas wells comprise an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, a run-in position, and two operational positions. The inner sleeve comprises two ports and two positions. The first port is aligned with a first port of the housing when the tool and sleeve are in the first operational position and is closed when the tool and sleeve are in the run-in position. After performing the first operation, the inner sleeve is returned to its initial position and the outer sleeve is moved placing the tool in the second operational position in which the second port in the inner sleeve is in fluid communication with a second port in the housing. Movement of the tool from the first operational position to the second operational position so that a second operation can be performed is done without the need for an additional well intervention step. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012323 | METHOD OF FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION AT OPTIMIZED AND PRE-DETERMINED CONDITIONS - Prior to a hydraulic fracturing treatment, ΔSG | 2012-01-19 |
20120012324 | METHOD OF FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION AT OPTIMIZED AND PRE-DETERMINED CONDITIONS - Prior to a hydraulic fracturing treatment, the requisite median diameter of a proppant, d | 2012-01-19 |
20120012325 | HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILIZER FOR WELL TREATMENT FLUIDS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A method of fracturing a subterranean formation by introducing into the formation a high temperature well treatment fluid containing a polymeric gel and an electron donating compound comprising phenothiazine or a phenothiazine derivative. The high temperature well treatment fluid may further contain a crosslinking agent or the polymeric gel may be crosslinked. The electron donating compound performs as a stabilizer in the treatment of wells having a subterranean formation temperature of up to about 500° F. (260° C.). | 2012-01-19 |
20120012326 | Shaped Compressed Pellets for Slow Release of Well Treatment Agents Into a Well and Methods of Using Same - Shaped particulates which have been compressed from a composite of a well treatment agent and adsorbent in a matrix may be introduced into horizontal or deviated oil or gas wells. The well treatment agent of the shaped pellets may be used to prevent and/or control the formation of deposits in a production well. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012327 | Hydraulically Controlled Barrier Valve Equalizing System - A barrier valve has an equalizing feature for the ball or plug when in the closed position before it is opened. A hydraulic open and a close line are connected to a housing so that they can move a piston in opposed directions. The piston ends are sealed and the exterior of the piston is tapered to push one or more bypass valves open to connect tubing pressure across the ball when ramped off its seat. Pressure on the main hydraulic line to close the ball reverses the piston movement and allows a spring bias to close the bypass valve or valves. The equalizing system can be integrated into the barrier valve housing or can be separate as a retrofit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012328 | Dual gradient pipeline evacuation method - The method of removing a first liquid from a subsea pipeline which has a central portion lower than each of the ends of the subsea pipeline by pumping a second lower density fluid into the pipeline and the either removing the second lower density fluid by either displacing it with gas or evaporating the second lower density fluid to a gas. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012329 | Method of fixing a broken oil pipe - The usual safety feature of oil pipes is the shut-off valve. Whenever there is a need, such a valve can be closed, and oil is prohibited from spilling into the surroundings. However, the shut-off valve may sometimes be inaccessible. It may be buried deep in the mud, or even worse, there may be no shut-off valve. Such an oil spill could prove disastrous. Fortunately, our invention would provide a solution to just such a situation. We would need to send submarine robots to the scene of the accident. These robots, controlled from the ship on the surface, would insert our specially designed hydraulic head into the pipe. This head would then seal the pipe, stopping any further oil spill. | 2012-01-19 |
20120012330 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CLOSING AND REOPENING A PIPE - An apparatus which includes a housing defining a chamber, the chamber being sealed from an exterior of the housing, wherein the housing further defines an opening in fluid communication with the chamber and the exterior of the housing. The apparatus further includes a valve in fluid communication with the opening and positioned between the chamber and the exterior of the housing and a member at least partially positioned within the chamber and moveable relative to the housing such that opening of the valve allows fluid to enter the chamber from the exterior of the housing and move the member. A method to operate the same is provided. | 2012-01-19 |