06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090035065 | COMPACTOR - A hand controlled compactor ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035066 | Shore guard.TM. - shoreline erosion control system - ShoreGuard™ is a flow and erosion control system that is a prefabricated breakwater structure with a series of Louvers that is placed off shore to have a slowing effect on the velocity of the current both incoming and outgoing. The slowing of the current allows sand and sediment to accumulate on the shoreline side of the structure, therefore, building a beach or adding to the existing shoreline. The structure can be very aggressive in this effort the closer to the shore that it is installed. However, it is recommended to be installed in 14 feet of water at low tide for safety. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035067 | Gas Eduction Tube for Seabed Caisson Pump Assembly - A seafloor pump assembly is installed within a caisson that has an upper end for receiving a flow of fluid containing gas and liquid. The pump assembly is enclosed within a shroud that has an upper end that seals around the pump assembly and a lower end that is below the motor and is open. An eduction tube has an upper end above the shroud within the upper portion of the caisson and a lower end in fluid communication with an interior portion of the shroud. The eduction tube causes gas that separates from the liquid and collects in the upper portion of the caisson to be drawn into the pump and mixed with the liquid as the liquid is being pumped. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035068 | Fixed Security Barrier - A barrier for stopping unwanted watercraft and subsurface intruders from entering into a port or off-shore structure is provided. In one embodiment, the invention is a barrier comprised of a vertical net structure supported from the sea floor. The barrier comprises vertical supports and a net assembled between the vertical supports with a system of ropes and energy absorbing devices. The structural components of the barrier are designed and configured in a manner as to absorb and displace the kinetic energy generated by an explosive laden small watercraft traveling at a high rate of speed. In another embodiment, invention is a barrier system installed around the perimeter of a water side or offshore facility. This barrier system comprises a bottom founded perimeter fence having a gate system and a series of barriers comprised of a vertical fence structure supported from the sea floor. This barrier system is designed to control access and to protect a water side or offshore facility from potential terrorism threats. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035069 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - Protective structures for offshore installations and methods for using same are provided. The protective structure can include a body adapted to be disposed at least partially about a primary structure of an offshore installation, and a support system can be disposed on the body. One or more protrusions can be disposed about an outer surface of the body. The protrusions can have a first end adapted to break ice. The support system can be adapted to isolate the one or more bodies from the primary structure such that the one or more bodies can absorb at least a portion of ice generated vibrations. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035070 | Method for installinig an arch-type underbracing on a utility pole for an overhead line by using extendable excavating unit for auger crane - A method for installing a utility pole and arch-type underbracing has developed by using an extendable excavating unit mounted on an auger crane. The method comprises two steps of excavation that: the primary hole is excavated about 75 cm in depth by extending an arm about 80 cm diameter of the extendable excavation unit. The secondary hole is excavated to have a standard depth for erecting the utility pole. Then, orientation of the arch-type underbracing is determined for setting on the primary hole. An underbracing hook is installed to the arch-type underbracing for lifting and attaching a U-bolt temporarily to the arch-type underbracing by surround the utility pole. A lead wire of the arch-type underbracing is connected to an earth wire of the utility pole. The arch-type underbracing is tightened with the U-bolt surrounded the utility pole. The excavated soil is filling back into the gaps around the utility pole and the holes by tempering. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035071 | Friction tube anchor and inflation adapter for the latter - A friction tube anchor has a tube ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035072 | SHIELD SUPPORT - A shield support for underground mining has a slider and a roof bar between which a ram is arranged, with an inclination detector being provided with which the inclination of the roof bar can be measured. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035073 | HIGH CAPACITY PARTICULATE LOADER AND TRANSFER APPARATUS - A high capacity particulate loader having an intake hose on one sidewall thereof which communicates with a source of negative pressure formed by a multi-stage suction mechanism, to create a high suction, high volume and high speed air stream that draws particulate materials through the hose and propels them into a separation chamber where they separate from the air stream and are directed into a discharge auger assembly on the opposite sidewall of the loader. The multi-stage suction mechanism communicates with a separation chamber and/or a settling chamber, the settling chamber providing an area where dust or fine chaff from the suctioned particulate materials, which may be present in the air stream, can settle, through gravity, on a bottom surface of the settling chamber, thus avoiding contact with the blowers so as to prevent clogging of the blowers and rotor wear thereof. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035074 | Integral cutting insert clamping mechanism - An integral insert clamping mechanism for transferring clamping forces away from the screw hole of the insert to relieve stress at the screw hole by way of protrusions located on the bottom surface of the clamp plate. The clamping mechanism functions by a clamp plate being seated within an indentation on the top surface of the insert and a screw inserted into screw holes of the clamp plate and the insert and then threadably engaged with a threaded bore of a milling cutter. The top surfaces of the screw, the insert and the clamp plate being substantially coplanar. In an alternative embodiment, the clamp plate having a chip breaker. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035075 | CUTTING TOOL, TOOL BODY AND CUTTING INSERT THEREFOR - A cutting tool has a tool body and a cutting insert releasably retained in a pocket of the tool body. The cutting insert has first and second rear insert abutment surfaces and a third forward insert abutment surface and the pocket has first and second rear pocket abutment surfaces and a third forward pocket abutment surface. The first and second abutment surfaces are separated from the third abutment surface by a bore. The third forward pocket abutment surface can be either a socket recessed in a pocket base surface or a protrusion protruding from the base surface; and the third forward insert abutment surface can be correspondingly either a protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the insert or a socket recessed in the inner surface. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035076 | CUTTING TOOL AND CUTTING INSERT THEREFOR - A cutting tool has a cutting insert retained in an insert pocket by a retaining screw. The rear surface of the cutting insert has an insert engaging element that comprises first insert rear abutment surfaces that are spaced apart and make an insert engaging angle with each other. The rear surface of the insert pocket has a pocket engaging element that comprises first pocket rear abutment surfaces that make a pocket engaging angle with each other. In a retained position, the first insert rear abutment surfaces abut the first pocket rear abutment surfaces, second insert rear abutment surfaces abut second pocket rear abutment surfaces and insert lower abutment surfaces abut pocket lower abutment surfaces. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035077 | Tool Dust Collector - The present invention includes a device and method for collecting debris discharged from a penetrating surface. The tool dust collector generally employs a substantially flat part with a substantially curved part to form a substantially non-rigid container to be positioned on or near the penetrating surface. The tool dust collector may include adhesive bands to position the device at the penetrating location. The device allows an individual to collect dust and debris safely, efficiently, and without a great deal of preparation. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035078 | Fixation Device for Fixating a Portable Orbital Drilling Machine to a Drilling Template - A fixation device ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035079 | Removable countersink bit - A removable countersink bit comprises a body, a flange, at least one clamp, and a plurality of cutting teeth. The removable countersink bit creates countersink holes for receiving manhole fixtures and the like. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035080 | ALIGNING A MACHINE TOOL WITH A TARGET LOCATION ON A STRUCTURE - An apparatus for aligning a machine tool with a target location on a structure. A machine plate positionable on the structure has a plate bushing providing a hole through the plate. The apparatus also includes a nosepiece for guiding a distal end of the tool through the plate bushing to the target location. The nosepiece has a collet configured to be moved at least partly through and sideward in the plate bushing to center the nosepiece on an element projecting from the structure at the target location. The nosepiece can be attached to the plate bushing to establish normality of the tool relative to the projecting element. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035081 | Device for machining workpieces, in particular aeronautical parts manufactured from solid blocks of raw material - Complex workpieces, particularly aeronautical parts made of solid stock presenting a bottom wall and at least one stiffening rib transverse to the bottom wall, are machined using a device having a tool head furnished with a transmission component rotatable about a relative longitudinal axis, and a tool, typically a milling cutter, connected to the transmission component and capable of piercing the transverse rib. The longitudinal axis of the tool is disposed obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the transmission component so that the stiffening rib can be pierced at a point close to the bottom wall of the workpiece. The device also incorporates a feeler mechanism associated with the tool head and designed to engage the bottom wall during the movement of the tool toward the machining location, in such a way that the position of the tool head can be actively controlled and the tool deployed at a selected distance from the bottom wall. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035082 | HOLE SAW SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED SLUG REMOVABILITY - There is provided a hole saw system comprising a hole saw including a bottom portion and a body portion; a mandrel, including apparatus for receiving the hole saw; wherein the hole saw includes a plurality of slot pairs, the slot pairs being offset from each other on the body portion allowing a tool to be inserted into one of the slot pairs for removal of a slug. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035083 | DOUBLE TIPPED DIAMOND DRILL BIT - The present invention is a drill bit with a generally cylindrical bit body. The body of the drill bit has a starter tip region adapted to be releasably secured to a drill spindle. The starter tip comprises a diamond or diamond coated starter tip. There is a drill tip disposed at an opposite end from the starter tip and extends generally outward. The drill tip has two or more cutting edges with a surface and two or more helical grooves. Each of the cutting edges has a layer of diamond crystals on its surface. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035084 | Aligning a machine tool with a target location on a structure - An apparatus for aligning a machine tool with a target location on a structure. A machine plate positionable on the structure has a plate bushing providing a hole through the plate. The apparatus also includes a nosepiece for guiding a distal end of the tool through the plate bushing to the target location. The nosepiece has a collet configured to be moved at least partly through and sideward in the plate bushing to center the nosepiece on an element projecting from the structure at the target location. The nosepiece can be attached to the plate bushing to establish normality of the tool relative to the projecting element. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035085 | ALIGNING A MACHINE TOOL WITH A TARGET LOCATION ON A STRUCTURE - An apparatus for aligning a machine tool with a target location on a structure. A machine plate positionable on the structure has a plate bushing providing a hole through the plate. The apparatus also includes a nosepiece for guiding a distal end of the tool through the plate bushing to the target location. The nosepiece has a collet configured to be moved at least partly through and sideward in the plate bushing to center the nosepiece on an element projecting from the structure at the target location. The nosepiece can be attached to the plate bushing to establish normality of the tool relative to the projecting element. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035086 | Method of Operating a Gearwheel Machining Tool - In a method of operating a gearwheel machining tool having a machining wheel situated on a drive axis, for reworking a gearwheel, a fixed axial distance between both wheels is set. In this manner, the engagement of the gearwheel in the teeth of the machining wheel may be performed without damage in a technically simple way, which is achieved in that the gearwheel to be machined is placed on the arbor in an arbitrary rotational angle position, tooth areas of its lateral external faces facing toward the machining wheel coming to rest on lateral tooth areas of the machining wheel, upon which the machining wheel is set into rotation and the gearwheel to be machined slides axially on the arbor into its machining position. After which the tooth gaps of the two overlapping areas of the wheels are rotated one over the other and the wheels are mutually engaged. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035087 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool comprises a shrink fit holder fixed to a lower end of a rotatable spindle, and a high frequency induction heating unit configured to heat the shrink fit holder by high frequency induction. The high frequency induction heating unit is configured to move between a retracted position and the shrink fit holder by a Z axis carriage and a V axis carriage. The retracted position is a position where the high frequency induction heating unit is separated from the shrink fit holder to such an extent that there is no obstruction to machining. A cooling unit is provided on the high frequency induction heating unit, the cooling unit being configured to supply compressed air for cooling the shrink fit holder. A supply pot and a collection pot are provided side by side and are configured to respectively hold a tool. These pots are configured to move between their retracted positions and the shrink fit holder. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035088 | Wheel chock With Restraint - A wheel chock for restraining movement of a vehicle tire on a supporting grating during transit includes a base, a grate lock mechanism for locking the base to the grating, and a ramp on the base for engagement with a circumference of a vehicle tire. A strap connected with the base is extensible around the vehicle tire to help restrain movement of the tire on the grating. The chock includes a retractor for retracting the strap and for taking up slack that forms in the strap during transit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035089 | Blind rivet - A blind rivet assembly is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a blind rivet has ends that are received within countersinks in one or more workpieces and a mandrel head is completely pulled through the rivet without being severed from a mandrel stem. A further aspect of the present invention includes a mandrel with one or more ribs located on an outwardly tapering shoulder. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035090 | FASTENER RESTRAINT ASSEMBLY TO PREVENT ROTATIONAL LOOSENING OF MECHANICAL FASTENERS, FASTENER AND METHOD - An engagement fitting attaches to a rotational fastener, and is anchored to a point stationary relative to the fastener. A rotational coupling attaches the engagement fitting to an anchor member, allowing uni-directional rotation of said engagement fitting on the rotational fastener, relative to the anchor member, about the fastener axis, in a loosening direction of said rotational fastener, to prevent self-loosening of the fastener. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035091 | THREADED BOLT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A threaded bolt having a shank of basic cylindrical form and with a root end and a head end is provided with a spiral-shaped external thread, which has at least one principal flight and in the vicinity of the root end has at least one lead-in flight, adjoined by the principal flight, where the lead-in flight has a lead-in surface which differs from the principal flight and is formed in order to come into crossing-free engagement with flights of a complementary internal thread of an element. The lead-in flight and the principal flight are interrupted by at least one groove, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the shank in order to form a free space for the accommodation of lacquer residues. The flights and the grooves are initially formed by rolling. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035092 | Screw for Use in Thermally Loaded Surroundings - The invention relates to a screw having a lower and an upper end for connecting a first component to a second component. A hollow space which is arranged in the longitudinal direction is formed in the screw. A medium is filled into this hollow space. The hollow space is configured as a heat exchanger tube, as a result of which satisfactory cooling is achieved for the screw. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035093 | Bookbinding Method, and Bookbinding Unit and Image-Forming System Equipped with the Same - Bookbinding unit that in binding an inner-leave sheet bundle together with a cover enables accurate binding of the cover onto the bundle's spine and meanwhile forms folding scores in the cover flaps. Furnished with: a stacking tray unit; a process path for sequentially transporting bundles from the tray unit into adhesive-application and cover-binding locations; an adhesive application unit, disposed in the adhesive-application location, that applies adhesive to bundles from the tray unit; a cover-supply unit that supplies covers to the cover-binding location; and a cover-binding unit, disposed in the cover-binding location, that binds sheet bundles from the adhesive-application location together with covers. The cover-binding unit has a shoulder-pressing unit that forms spine creases in the spine portion of the covers, and a flap-pressing unit that forms folds in the spine-creased sides of the covers. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035094 | APPARATUS FOR PRESSING A BOOK CASING OR A SLIP-FOLD AGAINST AN ADHESIVE-COVERED BACK - An apparatus is provided for pressing a casing or a slip-fold against an adhesive-covered back and adjacent side flanks of a book block, which is conveyed while clamped into a circulating clamp of a perfect binder with the book back projecting downward. The apparatus includes a back pressing device for pressing the casing against the adhesive-covered back and a flank pressing device for pressing the casing against the side flanks. These devices are driven synchronized with the timing of the book binder clamps for conveying the book blocks. At least the flank pressing device is assigned an individual drive unit which is connected to a control device of the perfect binder. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035095 | Bookbinding Unit and Image-Forming System Equipped with the Same - Bookbinding unit to avert sheets coming loose and other problems that, due to adhesive leakage in coating an adhesive onto a sheaf and pasting on a cover sheet, lead to poor binding. Provided with unit housing, sheaf retainer for retaining in an adhesive-application position sheets collated into book blocks, adhesive container for storing hot-melt adhesive, heater built-in to the adhesive container for melting the adhesive at a predetermined temperature, temperature controller for controlling the heater, applicator for applying adhesive to sheaves, and cover binder disposed downstream of the adhesive-application location for binding sheaves coated with adhesive together with cover sheets. The controller has a first sensor for detecting the adhesive temperature the adhesive container, and a second sensor for detecting ambient temperature inside the unit housing, and controls the heating temperature of the heater according to the temperatures detected by the first and second sensors. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035096 | OPENING CURLED PORTION OF METAL CAN AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF - A method for configuration of an outwardly curled portion formed on an opening portion of a metal can, in which both inner and outer faces of a metal sheet forming at least around the opening portion are covered with a resin film, in which the curled portion formed above an inclined face by curling an upper end of a trim end portion so as to confine it inside of the curled portion, as being squeezed in the can radius direction so as to contact a lower end thereof with the inclined face, and in which the metal sheet layers are folded in the can radius direction via the resin films except around both upper and lower ends of the curled portion. Accordingly, the trim end portion of in the curled portion can be prevented from getting rusty, and deterioration in the appearance of the curled portion can be avoided. Moreover, the strength of the curled portion is enhanced so that the resistance against the deformation is improved. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035097 | REMOTELY OPERATED MACHINE WITH MANIPULATOR ARM - A remotely operable machine ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035098 | LID OPENING/CLOSING SYSTEM FOR CLOSED CONTAINER AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD USING SAME - An object is to provide a FIMS system that can be loaded with a plurality of low profile pods that are arranged vertically one above another. A tunnel is provided between a position on a support mechanism on which a pod is to be set and a mini environment that is in communication with the FISM. The position of the pod at which a lid of the pod is detached from the pod after the lid is held by a FIMS door and a position of the pod to which the pod is brought after the detachment of the lid and at which a wafer can be brought into/out of the pod are designed to be inside the tunnel. In addition, the lid detached from the pod and the door can be located in a housing space provided in the tunnel. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035099 | LID OPENING/CLOSING SYSTEM FOR CLOSED CONTAINER AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD USING SAME - Adjacent to an opening portion | 2009-02-05 |
20090035100 | METHOD OF PROCESSING AN OBJECT IN A CONTAINER AND LID OPENING/CLOSING SYSTEM USED IN THE METHOD - A partial pressure of oxidizing gas in an opened state FOUP fixed in a FIMS system is reduced when the FOUP is closed. Purge gas supply nozzles are placed outside of two vertical sides of an opening portion ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035101 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFER STATION USED AS INTERFACE BETWEEN A PROCESS TOOL AND A TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - By providing a space-efficient transfer buffer system in a manufacturing environment, which may act as a local interface between an automated transport system and the load port assembly of a process tool under consideration, the I/O capability of the process tool may be significantly enhanced, while not unduly contributing to the overall width of the process tools. In particular embodiments, an array-like arrangement of respective buffer places is used, wherein each buffer place is accessible by the transport system and may also interact with each of the load ports of the process tool. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035102 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALLY BUFFERING SUBSTRATE CARRIERS IN AN OVERHEAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING INPUT/OUTPUT CAPABILITIES OF PROCESS TOOLS - By providing an overhead buffer system between an automatic transport system and a load port assembly of a process tool, the efficiency of the respective load ports may be significantly enhanced, for instance, by reducing the idle time of empty carriers, thereby providing the potential for covering a wider range of operational scenarios compared to conventional strategies. For instance, for the same number of load ports, the overhead buffer system may provide a continuous operation, even if small lot sizes are used. The buffer system may comprise a dedicated transport mechanism for directly serving the load ports and respective buffer places, while respective transfer places may provide direct interaction with the automated transport system. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035103 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes first and second transfer chambers, first and second load lock chambers for exchanging one or more substrates with respective ones of first and the second transfer chambers, and a substrate transfer unit, located between the first and second load lock chambers, for transferring the one or more substrates to the first and second load lock chambers. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035104 | TRANSPORTING SYSTEM, AND TEACHING METHOD IN THE TRANSPORTING SYSTEM - A transporting system includes: a track portion; a plurality of loading platforms, disposed along the track portion, whose positions differ from each other in at least one direction; a plurality of transporting vehicles, each having a travelling device travelling along the track portion and a loading device, for loading transported objects; a first detecting device for detecting a first reference position, of the loading device when a reference transporting vehicle loads the transported object; a second detecting device for detecting a second reference position, of the loading device when each of the other transporting vehicles other than the reference transporting vehicle loads the transported object; and a teaching device for providing information on the position of the loading device with respect to each of the other loading platforms when each of the other transporting vehicles loads the transported object, on the basis of the detected first and second reference positions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035105 | Apparatus for separating chip, a method for fabricating the apparatus, and a method for separating a chip - Provided are an apparatus, method for separating a chip and a method for fabricating the apparatus. An apparatus for separating a chip, according to example embodiments, may include a suction holder. The suction holder may include an upper surface with at least one suction hole to suction and fix an adhesive tape to which a plurality of semiconductor chips may be attached. The apparatus for separating a chip may also include a rotatable plunger in the suction holder. The rotatable plunger may include an upper end configured to pass through the at least one suction hole and to project over the suction holder upon rotation of the rotatable plunger. The apparatus for separating a chip may also include a vertically movable plunger lifter. The vertically movable plunger lifter may be configured to rotate the rotatable plunger by contacting and raising a lower end of the rotatable plunger. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035106 | Method of receiving and transporting solid waste - A method of receiving and transporting solid waste includes providing a strong, disposable waste container and a disposable pallet for supporting the container when the latter is loaded with waste. After loading, both the pallet and the container can be lifted onto a rear transporting section of a truck. In one version, the pallet and container are placed on a rear end section of the truck and moved to a forward position by a conveyor system. A forklift unit can be used to lift and move the container and pallet. In another version, the truck has movable sidewall members that can be moved from an upright position to a second position that allows the pallet and container to be loaded from a longitudinal side of the truck. For this method, the truck is equipped with a tiltable rear transporting section to allow the container and pallet to be dumped at the disposal site. In one version, this truck is tilted towards one longitudinal side in order to dump. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035107 | Tire Rotating Robot - A tire rotating robot used to rotate the tires of a vehicle. The robot can remove two tires sequentially without having a human to manually lift the tires. The robot for rotating tires comprises of a mobile base, a body connected to the base, a pivotally mounted two-position rotating beam connected to the body, two arm guide assemblies displaced within a channel of the beam, a motor that powers the robot, and an interface that controls the robot. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035108 | Quick release apparatus for a spare tire - A quick release apparatus mounted on or within the rear bumper of an automotive vehicle for releasing a spare tire located behind the rear wheels and subjacent the undercarriage includes a winch assembly that includes a drum housing a cable coiled upon a rotatable spoke extending through drum with the spare tire resting on and supported by a crossbar and the distal cable end extending through the center of the tire for attachment to the crossbar with the winch assembly also including a pivotal handle having a winch key and a release button so that setting the winch key disengages a ratchet mechanism mounted within the drum and interconnected to the spoke whereupon pressing the release button actuates the unwinding of the cable and the lowering of the spare tire. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035109 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING A VESSEL TO A TRAILER - Systems and methods for attaching a vessel to a trailer. A system for attaching a vessel to a trailer having a winch tower includes an attachment device coupled to the vessel. A release mechanism configured to suspend the attachment device in a stand-by position. When activated, operable to release the attachment device, such that it engages the winch tower on the trailer, the result is the attachment device being in the engaged position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035110 | Backfilling apparatus with dual telescopically positionable material dispensers - A vehicle for transport and placement of fill material in trenches and for backfilling. The vehicle features a tiltable hopper connected to a central portion of a chassis which may be tilted to adjust the vehicle's center of gravity. Two conveyors deposit two independent volumes of fill material on or adjacent to a target through the positioning of one conveyor a distance from the hopper further than the other. The speed of the conveyors or the volume of fill material placed thereon may be varied to vary each respective discharged volume of material from each conveyor. The conveyors and hopper may be engaged to the base of the vehicle on a chassis that is rotatable on the base and fluid dispensers may be positioned over each conveyor to dampen the fill material. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035111 | COUNTERBALANCE ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLD OUT RAMP - A counterbalance for a ramp assembly includes a chain assembly and a spring assembly. The spring assembly includes a spring and first and second spring fittings. The first spring fitting restrains a first end of the spring when the ramp portion is between a neutral position and the stowed position and moves the first end of the spring toward a second end of the spring when the ramp portion moves from the neutral position toward the deployed position. The second spring fitting is spaced from the first spring fitting and restrains the second end of the spring when the ramp portion is between the neutral position and the deployed position. The second spring fitting moves the second end of the spring toward the first end of the spring when the ramp portion moves from the neutral position toward the stowed position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035112 | COUNTERBALANCE ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLD OUT RAMP - A counterbalance for a ramp assembly includes a chain assembly and a spring assembly. The spring assembly includes a spring and first and second spring fittings. The first spring fitting restrains a first end of the spring when the ramp portion is between a neutral position and the stowed position and moves the first end of the spring toward a second end of the spring when the ramp portion moves from the neutral position toward the deployed position. The second spring fitting is spaced from the first spring fitting and restrains the second end of the spring when the ramp portion is between the neutral position and the deployed position. The second spring fitting moves the second end of the spring toward the first end of the spring when the ramp portion moves from the neutral position toward the stowed position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035113 | COUNTERBALANCE ASSEMBLY FOR A FOLD OUT RAMP - A counterbalance for a ramp assembly includes a chain assembly and a spring assembly. The spring assembly includes a spring and first and second spring fittings. The first spring fitting restrains a first end of the spring when the ramp portion is between a neutral position and the stowed position and moves the first end of the spring toward a second end of the spring when the ramp portion moves from the neutral position toward the deployed position. The second spring fitting is spaced from the first spring fitting and restrains the second end of the spring when the ramp portion is between the neutral position and the deployed position. The second spring fitting moves the second end of the spring toward the first end of the spring when the ramp portion moves from the neutral position toward the stowed position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035114 | Transfer apparatus - A transfer apparatus includes a stationary base, a lift base, a lifting mechanism for vertically moving the lift base, a rotary base mounted to the lift base, a rotating mechanism for rotating the rotary base about a vertical rotation axis, a linear moving mechanism supported by the rotary base, and a work hand supported by the linear moving mechanism. The lifting mechanism includes a slide guide mechanism for vertical movement of the lift base, and first and second screw-feeding mechanisms. Each screw-feeding mechanism includes a rotatable vertical screw shaft, and a nut member provided on the lift base and screwed onto the screw shaft. The first and the second screw-feeding mechanisms are spaced from each other, with the rotation axis of the rotary base being located between the first and the second screw-feeding mechanisms. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035115 | Apparatus for removing and reinstalling the hardtop of an automobile - An apparatus for removing and reinstalling the detachable hardtop of an automobile; the hardtop comprising a pair of opposite side panels, each panel comprising a downwardly extending pin at its bottom. The apparatus comprises a bracket for engaging the pins, an overhead winch for elevating and lowering the hardtop about the bracket, and adjustable straps for balancing the hardtop such that the hardtop is maintained in the same horizontal position as on the automobile when elevated and/or lowered. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035116 | LOAD LIFTING APPARATUS - A device for loading and unloading objects onto a truck including two support members and a rigid substantially L-shaped support. The support members and rigid substantially L-shaped member are subject to force from at least 3 actuators. The operation of actuators maintains the horizontal portion of the rigid L-shaped member in substantially horizontal orientation during the flexion and extension of the joints connecting the members, and the joint connecting the device to the truck. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035117 | REMOVING A PROCESSED PART - A machine tool is provided for processing a workpiece, e.g., a metal sheet. The machine tool comprises at least one support configured to, in a support position, support a part of the workpiece on an upper surface, the part being completely separated from the workpiece, and a motion unit for moving the support downwards out of the support position into a discharge position located underneath the support. The motion unit is configured to accelerate the support, at least in a region of the part lying thereon, out of the support position along a gravitational direction with an acceleration which is greater than an acceleration of the part in the gravitational direction, and to move the accelerated support into an open position located outside a path of movement of the part at a speed such that the workpiece part attains the discharge position in free fall. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035118 | Device for aligning disordered sheet-type products - The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning disordered sheet material. The apparatus according to the invention in particular has the advantage, that disordered sheet material is fast and reliably aligned, so that the sheet material can be formed into bundles. Since the alignment of the sheet material can be carried out automatically by the apparatus, i.e. in particular has not to be carried out by an operator, moreover, a cost-effective alignment of the disordered sheet material is permitted. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035119 | HANDLING MECHANISM OF TRAYS WITH WHICH ELECTRONIC PARTS ARE FED AND INSPECTION DEVICE OF THE ELECTRONIC PARTS USING THE MECHANISM - In the present invention, through the provision of a tray placing rack for storing trays in multi steps, the trays accommodating electronic parts after inspection are received in the racks and through the provision of a tray stacking rack above the tray placing rack, an empty tray emptied by having been inspected of the electronic parts before inspection at an inspection stage is stacked on the tray stacking rack. When a certain tray is filled with electronic parts after inspection and is discharged, an empty ray is taken out from the tray stacking rack and the empty tray is fed to the rack position of the discharged tray to permit re-use of empty trays | 2009-02-05 |
20090035120 | TRANSFER UNIT FOR TEST ELEMENTS - The invention relates to an analysis apparatus with an analysis device for analyzing body fluids, and a magazine for test elements with a fresh supply container and a transfer unit that comprises a transfer element. At least one aperture for receiving a test element is formed in the circumferential surface of the transfer element. A waste container is provided in which used test elements are stored again after use. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035121 | Fluid Flow Modulation and Measurement - In fluid flow measurement applications, apparatus and associated systems, computer program products, and methods may include a positive displacement fluid flow meter having an actuator to control fluid flow through the meter, and further having two or more rotating members with substantially parallel axes that rotate in response to the actuator and to fluid flow through the meter. In various implementations, the actuator may promote and/or retard a fluid flow being measured through the meter. In some examples, the fluid flow meter may operate as a pump to controllably increase a line pressure, controllably regulate a fluid flow rate by opposing rotation of the rotating members, substantially stop a fluid flow, and/or reverse a base fluid flow direction. In an illustrative example, the meter may operate to accurately monitor and control fluid flow (e.g., fluid pressure, velocity, and/or volume) before, during, and/or after a line break. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035122 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR, IMPELLER AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - A centrifugal compressor is equipped with an impeller having a blade angle distribution that makes it possible to achieve a relatively wide operating range. The blade angle of a shroud side facing a circular plate of a blade is termed a first angle and a blade angle of a hub side disposed at the circular plate is a second angle. The shroud side is formed in a curved shape having an angle distribution from a front area in a shaft direction toward a centrifugal direction in which the first angle is the local maximum point before a substantially middle portion and the local minimum point after the substantially middle point. The hub side is formed in a curved shape having an angle distribution from the front area in the shaft direction toward the centrifugal direction in which the second angle is the maximum local point before the substantially middle portion. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035123 | Vacuum pump - A vacuum pump ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035124 | Hot-Gas-Ducting Housing Element, Protective Shaft Jacket and Gas Turbine System - Disclosed is a hot-gas-conducting housing element for a hot-gas-conducting housing of a gas turbine system encompassing a compressor, a turbine, and a turbine rotor. The hot gas-conducting housing element is embodied so as to surround a protective shaft jacket placed around the turbine rotor and conduct a hot gas to the turbine. The hot gas-conducting housing element comprises: —at least one hot gas inlet; —an opening facing the turbine; —a section for conducting the hot gas from the at least one hot gas inlet to the opening facing the turbine, said conducting section being provided with an inner housing hub which is configured so as to surround the protective surface facing the protective shaft jacket. Said rib extends in the circumferential direction, protrudes from the circumferential surface, and is disposed in the zone of the circumferential surface bordering the opening that faces the turbine. The rib and/or the inner housing hub is/are fitted with cooling fluid ducts. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035125 | IMPINGEMENT COOLED STRUCTURE - An impingement cooled structure includes a plurality of shroud members disposed in a circumferential direction to constitute a ring-shaped shroud surrounding a hot gas stream, and a shroud cover mounted on radial outside faces of the shroud members to form a cavity therebetween. The shroud cover has a first impingement cooling hole which communicates with the cavity and allows cooling air to be jetted to an inside thereof so as to cool an inner surface of the cavity by impingement. The shroud members each has a hole fin. The hole fin divides the cavity into a plurality of sub-cavities. Further, the hole fin has a second impingement cooling hole which allows the cooling air having flowed through the first impingement cooling hole to be jetted obliquely toward a bottom surface of the sub-cavity adjacent thereto. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035126 | IMPELLER FOR A COOLING FAN - An impeller ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035127 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for channeling compressed air to a gas turbine engine augmentor is provided. The method includes coupling an annular slide valve to a gas turbine engine separation liner, coupling a valve seat to a gas turbine engine diffuser such that an airflow passage is defined between the annular slide valve and the valve seat, and channeling compressed air to the annular slide valve to facilitate regulating the quantity of fan bypass air channeled to the gas turbine engine augmentor. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035128 | COOLED TURBINE BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE AND USE OF SUCH A TURBINE BLADE - An aspect of the invention is a turbine blade for a gas turbine, comprising a blade root, adjoining which one after the other are a platform region having a transversely running platform and then a blade profile curved in the longitudinal direction, comprising at least one cavity which is open on the root side and through which a coolant can flow and which extends through the blade root and the platform region into the blade profile. The cavity is surrounded by an inner wall, on the surface of which structural elements influencing the coolant are provided. In order to prolong the service life of such a turbine blade, the invention proposes that a section, lying at least in the blade profile and adjoining the platform region, of the surface of the inner wall be free of structural elements. Such a turbine blade can preferably be used in a stationary gas turbine | 2009-02-05 |
20090035129 | Vane air-cooling system for automatic transmission torque converter - A cooling system is provided for automatic transmission torque converter assemblies having a housing shell and flex plate. The cooling system includes a housing cover having opposing exterior and interior surfaces that define a wall portion and a preferably circular base portion. The base portion is configured to attach to the flex plate, preferably by one or more stud members, to be rotated thereby. The wall portion extends from a periphery of the base portion and is configured to attach to the housing shell. The cooling system also includes a plurality of vane members positioned along the outer periphery of the base portion. The vane members are configured to increase convective dissipation of heat from the torque converter assembly to surrounding ambient air by increasing the heat transfer coefficient and surface area. Optimally, the vanes have a turbine fin configuration, but may alternatively have curved fin or a straight-fin configuration. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035130 | SHAPE OF GAS PASSAGE IN AXIAL-FLOW GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An axial-flow gas turbine engine includes a plurality of inlet guide vanes (V) which are radially disposed in an annular gas passage defined between an inner peripheral wall (Ch) and an outer peripheral wall (Ct) of a turbine. The inner peripheral wall (Ch) of the gas passage includes inner peripheral concave portions (Cc | 2009-02-05 |
20090035131 | Component for a gas turbine engine - Blades for gas turbine engines which are formed from composite materials have problems with respect of resistance to impacts such as bird strikes. Previous blades formed from metals had some ductility towards the trailing edge which could accommodate the whiplash effects of impacts. With regard to composite materials such ductility is not present. By providing projections | 2009-02-05 |
20090035132 | Housing for a centrifugal fan, pump, or turbine - A housing for a blower, fan or pump or turbine, the housing adapted to be associated with a rotor adapted in use to cooperate with fluid flowing through the housing wherein the housing comprises a shroud for guiding the fluid moving in association with the rotor, the rotor having at least one vane adapted to cooperate with the fluid to drive or to be driven by the fluid, wherein the shroud is configured to promote vortical flow of the fluid through the housing. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035133 | Delta Blade Propeller Apparatus - A method of using a delta shaped blade as an aircraft propeller, helicopter or autogiro rotor, or wind turbine propeller is presented. The invention combines the delta blade system with the use of torsion bars to achieve desirable control of blade twist. The invention uses blade twist to control the air loading on the craft; hence better control of maneuvering is achieved. The invention also optionally includes adjustable blade roots such that the sweep and aspect ratio of the delta blade is controllably variable. Compared to traditional propeller blade configurations, the invention boasts improved performance and enhanced aeroelastic properties. The invention is a far more efficient system providing economic advantages, higher speeds, and more durable designs. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035134 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH WINGLETTED CAM-TILTABLE BLADES - A vertical axis wind turbine with wingletted cam-tiltable blades is provided, including: a generator, a shaft interconnected with the generator, and a plurality of blade sets coupled to the shaft. Cam members are provided inside the shaft and have guide sections of predetermined shapes. The blade set includes blades that are coupled to crank arms in contact with the guide sections. Thus, when the blades are located in a windward position and a leeward position respectively, the blades are caused by the guide sections to automatically and easily set at an optimum pressure-receiving condition and a least wind-resistance condition respectively, for receiving wind energy from variable directions so that the shaft can be rotated in low wind speed conditions to drive the generator for power generation. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035135 | Wind Generator - Comprising a tower ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035136 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BALANCING A ROTOR - A method for balancing a rotor of a rotary machine, wherein the rotor includes at least two rotor blades and a rotor shaft, includes receiving at least one measurement of either a load, an acceleration, or a displacement that pertains to at least one bending moment acting on the rotor shaft, determining at least one value of the at least one bending moment acting on the rotor shaft based, at least in part, on the received at least one measurement, and determining a pitch offset angle value of at least one rotor blade that facilitates reducing the at least one bending moment acting on the rotor shaft. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035137 | Helicopter vibration control system and rotary force generator for canceling vibrations - Helicopter rotating hub mounted vibration control system for a rotary wing hub having periodic vibrations while rotating at an operational rotation frequency. The vibration control system includes a housing attachable to the rotary wing hub and rotating with the hub at the operational frequency. The housing is centered about the rotary wing hub axis of rotation and has an electronics housing cavity subsystem and an adjacent rotor housing cavity subsystem. The rotor housing cavity contains a first coaxial ring motor with a first rotor and imbalance mass and a second coaxial ring motor with a second rotor and imbalance mass. The electronics housing cavity contains an electronics control system which receives sensor outputs and electrically controls and drives the first motor and the second motor such that the first imbalance mass and the second imbalance mass are driven at a vibration canceling rotation frequency greater than the operational rotation frequency wherein the helicopter rotary wing hub periodic vibrations are reduced. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035138 | Bladed rotor balancing - A method of manufacturing a rotating component ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035139 | Hub-profile connection system for axial fan and axial fan provided with this connection system - A hub-profile connection system for axial fan, consisting of a hub to which one or more blades provided with an air displacement profile are fixed, said system comprising two separate and distinct flexible elements both fixed on-hub side, to a fastening block and, on blade side, to a corresponding fastening block. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035140 | QUICK ASSEMBLY BLADE FOR A CEILING FAN (2) - A quick assembly blade for a ceiling fan includes a blade frame, a blade and a press board. The blade frame has at least three studs respectively secured thereon with a fastener to be fitted in the insert holes of the blade and the engage holes of the press board. The engage holes of the press board have their rear ends respectively expanded to form a receiving hole with a comparatively large diameter. The blade is bored with a positioning hole among its insert holes, and the press board is disposed with at least one stopper at a location corresponding to the positioning hole of the blade. Thus, when the press board is assembled on the blade, the engage holes is respectively fixed with the underside of the fasteners, and the stopper is stuck in the positioning hole to prevent the press board from disengaging, thus quickly finishing assembly of the blade. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035141 | QUICK ASSEMBLY BLADE FOR A CEILING FAN (4) - A quick assembly blade for a ceiling fan includes a blade frame, one stop member, a blade and a press board. The blade frame has a pan-shaped body fixed with three projecting bases protruding upward. The blade and the press board are respectively and correspondingly bored with insert holes and engage holes to be respectively fitted on the projecting bases. The stop member is secured on one of the projecting bases and inserted through a through hole of said blade, having its free end formed with a stop portion received in a receiving hole of said press board and stuck on the inner wall of the receiving hole. When the press board is moved backward horizontally, the blade can be quickly and stably assembled on the blade frame, and the stop member is concealed in the receiving hole not exposed to outside, able to elevate the integral beauty of the ceiling fan. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035142 | QUICK ASSEMBLY BLADE FOR A CEILING FAN - A quick assembly blade for a ceiling fan includes a blade frame, a blade and a clamping member. The blade frame is fixed therein with at least three studs spaced apart equidistantly for a fastener to be respectively locked therein. The blade has one end bored with insert holes at the locations corresponding to the studs of the blade frame for the fasteners to be respectively inserted therethrough. The clamping member plate-shaped is secured on the blade at a location matching with the blade frame, having one end cut with two engage notches corresponding to two adjacent fasteners below and the other end provided with an elastic engage portion. The clamping member can be quickly pressed and fixed on the blade by means of its engage notches and its elastic engage portion to enable the blade to be assembled on the blade frame quickly and stably. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035143 | QUICK ASSEMBLY BLADE FOR A CEILING FAN - A quick assembly blade for a ceiling fan includes a blade frame fixed in side with at least three studs respectively for a fastener to be inserted therein. A blade to be secured on the blade frame is bored with three assembling holes at the locations corresponding to the studs of the blade frame, and a clamping member made of elastic material is fixed on the blade. The clamping member is cut with three engage notches at the locations corresponding to the fasteners. The clamping member has its opposite sides compressed transversely to be received among the fasteners and, after released, the clamping member will recover its elastic force and have its engage notches respectively and quickly engaged on the fasteners, thus achieving effect of quickly and stably assembling the blade of the ceiling fan. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035144 | QUICK ASSEMBLY BLADE FOR A CEILING FAN (3) - A quick assembly blade for a ceiling fan includes a blade frame, a blade and a press board. The blade frame is fixed with three studs and an engage position-limiting unit located among the three studs, with the engage pin able to be shifted up and down at the top end of the position-limiting unit. The blade is bored with a through hole at a location matching with the position-limiting unit of the blade frame. The press board is pressed and fixed on the blade, provided with a position-limiting portion. When the press board is pushed to move horizontally to the rear end of the blade, the engage pin will automatically be inserted in the position-limiting portion to keep the press board in position and prevent it from disengaging from the blade, able to quickly assemble the blade on the blade frame. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035145 | Airfoil shape for a turbine bucket and turbine incorporating same - Third stage turbine buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z′ set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z′ values are non-dimensional values from 0 to 1 convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z′ values by the height of the airfoil in inches and adding the radius of the airfoil base. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X, Y and Z distances may be scalable as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled up or scaled down airfoil section for the bucket. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelope of ±0.0.060 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035146 | Airfoil shape for a turbine bucket and turbine incorporating same - Third stage turbine buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z′ set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z′ values are non-dimensional values from 0 to 1 convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z′ values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X, Y and Z distances may be scalable as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled up or scaled down airfoil section for the bucket. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelope of +/−.0.040 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035147 | Blade For an Impeller Wheel - Blade for an impeller wheel which is suitable for use for an impeller wheel power station. The special design of the blade ensures relatively low swirling of the water flow behind the blade and increases the utilization of the inflowing water flow as a result. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035148 | Wind Turbine Blade Drainage - A wind turbine includes a tower supporting a drive train with a rotor, at least one hollow blade extending radially from the rotor; a drain hole arranged in a tip portion of the blade; a baffle, arranged inside the blade and inboard of the drain hole, for impeding a flow of particulate matter to the drain hole; a flexible drain conduit arranged inside the blade for connecting to the drain hole; and a non-flexible drain conduit arranged inside the blade for connecting to the flexible drain conduit, the non-flexible conduit having a plurality of openings for receiving fluid from inside the blade. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035149 | FAN ROTOR - A fan rotor includes a hub ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035150 | Surface aerator impeller design including stabilizer cylinder - A surface aeration impeller incorporating a stabilizer cylinder that damps out and eliminates any sustained oscillatory or vibratory displacements normal to the axis of rotation when the impeller is in operation. The surface aeration design operates in a mechanically stable fashion under diverse loading conditions and at any static liquid level submergence of the impeller. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035151 | VACUUM PUMP SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD, VACUUM PUMP SELF-DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND VACUUM PUMP CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM - There are provided a vacuum pump self-diagnosis method, a vacuum pump self-diagnosis system, a vacuum pump central monitoring system capable of making self-diagnosis of a dry vacuum pump. A vacuum pump self-diagnosis method decides the occurrence of failure and generates an alarm when a predetermined alarm set value is exceeded by an integrated value or an average value of a current of a motor for rotating a rotor of said vacuum pump. In a vacuum pump self-diagnosis system for making self-diagnosis of a vacuum pump which comprises a casing and a rotor rotatably arranged in the casing for sucking and discharging a gas through rotations of the rotor, the rotor comprises a plurality of stages and a pressure sensor is provided between the rotor stages. A self-diagnosis unit is provided for calculating an integrated value or an average value of a current of a motor for rotating said rotor, and making self-diagnosis of the vacuum pump when the integrated value or average value exceeds a predetermined alarm set value. The self-diagnosis unit switches from one self-diagnosis calculation method to another or interrupts the self-diagnosis calculation based on a pressure value detected by said pressure sensor. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035152 | FLUID PUMP WITH DISPOSABLE COMPONENT - A pump having a disposable fluid contacting portion which defines a fluid inlet and outlet and a fluid path there between is presented. The pump includes a drive portion configured to engage the disposable portion to cause fluid to be moved from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The disposable portion is configured to be selectively coupled to the drive portion. The disposable portion includes a driven membrane which forms a portion of the fluid path, and the drive portion includes a drive membrane. The two membranes are vacuum coupled to each other, whereby movement of the drive membrane causes the driven membrane to move, causing fluid to be pumped through the disposable portion. The pump has particular utility in the medical field for moving fluid from a source to a patient. The pump may include features such as an air-trap, bubble detection, fluid flow controls, and pressure detection. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035153 | Jet pump retention and seal method with living hinge - A fuel supply unit includes a fuel reservoir ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035154 | SERIAL FAN MODULE AND FRAME STRUCTURE THEREOF - A serial fan module includes a first fan, a second fan and a plurality of guide elements which are disposed between the first fan and the second fan. The first fan has a first frame body and a first impeller. The second fan has a second frame body and a second impeller. Each of the guide elements has an axial extended part and an inclined part, and the inclined part meets the axial extended part at a camber angle. The guide elements guide an airflow from the first fan into the second fan. Also, a frame structure is disclosed. The frame structure includes a first frame body, a second frame body and a plurality of guide elements disposed between the first frame body and the second frame body. Each of the guide elements comprises an axial extended part and an inclined part and the inclined part meets the axial extended part at a camber angle. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035155 | Axial piston motor - An axial piston motor, particularly an air-conditioning compressor for motor vehicles, including at least one piston with an essentially cylindrical piston skirt and with a wrap-around element, which wraps around a swivel ring or a swash plate and a piston slipper that slides on this swivel ring or this swash plate. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035156 | CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - [Problems] A control valve for a variable displacement compressor, where sliding resistance by movement of a valve is reduced as much as possible to stably and accurately regulate the rate of air flow, enabling a suction pressure corresponding to solenoid thrust to be maintained. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035157 | VACUUM PUMP INCORPORATING SAFETY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A safety device for a vacuum pump, arranged to be associated with a duct putting the interior of the casing of the vacuum pump in communication with the outside environment, The safety device comprises a breakable member ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035158 | COOLING FAN - A cooling fan includes a fan housing ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035159 | Thrust and Intake Chamber for Pump - A pump end assembly has a centrifugal pump and a motor separated by a chamber. The chamber contains a thrust bearing as well as an intake for the pump. Fluid flowing into the intake flows through the thrust chamber and to the inlet of the pump. Some of the fluid also flows through the thrust bearing for lubricating the thrust bearing. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035160 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A hermetic compressor and a refrigeration cycle device having the same are provided. An oil separator is installed either outside or inside of a casing to separate oil from a discharged refrigerant and an oil pump driven by a driving force of a motor is used to recollect the oil separated in the oil separator, whereby the separation between oil and refrigerant can effectively be performed and also a fabricating cost can be reduced. Also, an introduction of the separated refrigerant back into the compressor can be prevented so as to improve a cooling capability of the refrigeration cycle device. In addition, the oil pump is driven by the driving force of the motor, resulting in a simple configuration of the compressor and a reduction of a fabricating cost of the compressor. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035161 | PUMP ASSEMBLY - A pump unit is provided having a wet-running electric motor, wherein a rotor of the pump unit can be driven by the electric motor at a maximum speed of greater than 20,000 rev/min, and the rotor is sealed off axially in the region of a suction port. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035162 | COOLING FAN - A cooling fan includes a fan housing (10) having a central tube (14) extending upwardly therefrom, a bearing (30) received in the central tube, a stator (40) mounted around the central tube, and a rotor (20). The rotor includes a hub (22), a magnet (28) adhered to the hub, and a shaft (24) extending from the hub into the bearing. The stator includes a stator core (42) having a ring-shaped main body (420) and a plurality of claws extending radially and outwardly from the main body, coils (44) being wound on the claws, and a PCB (426) being electrically connected to the coils. At least one balancing structure (100) made of magnetizable material extends from the printed circuit board corresponding to a position between two adjacent claws of the stator core and exerts a downwardly attractive, magnetic force on the magnet. | 2009-02-05 |
20090035163 | Reciprocating Diaphragm Pump - A reciprocating pump ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090035164 | VOLUMETRIC FLUIDICS PUMP - A pump for moving a fluid through a fluidics system includes a surface and channel disposed along at least a portion of the surface. The pump also includes a driving mechanism having a rotatable shaft and a plurality of haptics operably coupled to the shaft. A closed portion is formed in the channel as the channel is compressed between the surface and at least one of the haptics, the closed portion having a thickness between the surface the haptic. The pump additionally has a circular path and a shaft path. The haptics are completely disposed inside the circular path and traversing the circular path during operation of the driving mechanism. The shaft path is traversed by shaft during operation of the driving mechanism, such at least one of the haptics is always in contact with the channel. The surface has a radius of curvature in the vicinity of the closed potion that is greater than the sum of a radius of the circular path and the thickness of the closed portion. | 2009-02-05 |