11th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090064585 | ODORISATION OF FUEL GAS WITH LOW-SULFUR ODORANTS - The use is described of a mixture containing
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20090064586 | Multi-Fuel Storage System And Method Of Storing Fuel In A Multi-Fuel Storage System - Reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides can be achieved if engines are fuelled with mixtures of gaseous fuels such as hydrogen and natural gas. Storing the gaseous fuels separately is desirable so that the fuel mixture ratio can be changed responsive to engine operating conditions. The present apparatus increases the storage density of gaseous fuels such as hydrogen by storing them in gaseous form at high pressures and at sub-ambient temperatures. A first thermally insulated space for holding a first gaseous fuel in a liquefied form is separated from a second thermally insulated space for holding a second gaseous fuel by a thermally conductive fluid barrier. The second gaseous fuel liquefies at a lower temperature than the first gaseous fuel such that the second gaseous fuel can be stored within the second thermally insulated space in a gaseous form at a sub-ambient temperature. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064587 | NOZZLES FOR USE WITH GASIFIERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method for assembling a nozzle is provided. The method includes providing an injection tube that includes an outlet that is configured to discharge fuel therefrom. A face plate is also provided that extends about the injection tube such that the face plate substantially circumscribes the outlet. A cooling chamber is defined within the injection tube and configured to channel cooling fluid adjacent to the face plate. At least one surface defining the cooling chamber is configured to disrupt a flow of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling chamber. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064588 | Security Screen Assembly - A frame assembly for a security screen comprising an outer frame, a screen, an attachment means, and an interconnecting means, wherein the attachment means attaches the screen to the interconnecting means and the interconnecting means interconnects the screen and the outer frame, and wherein the screen is electrically isolated from the outer frame. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064589 | Brake Shoe Assembly For Sash Window Assembly - A brake shoe assembly is mounted in a sash window assembly. The sash window assembly has a sash window slidably supported within a master frame and the master frame has tracks. The brake shoe assembly has a slider body adapted to be received in the track of the master frame. The slider body has a central opening and further has an upper opening in communication with the central opening. A cam is positioned in the central opening and is adapted to receive a pivot pin attached to the sash window. A clip is positioned in the upper opening. The clip is accessible from proximate a top of the slider body for connection to and removal from the slider body. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064590 | WINDOW REGULATOR - A window regulator includes a carrier member to which a window panel is attached, a pair of sliding elements provided on the carrier member, and a positioning unit which relatively positions the pair of sliding elements in a state where the pair of sliding elements press the guide rail and the pair of sliding elements sandwich the guide rail. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064591 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK - A motor vehicle door and to a motor vehicle door lock and a method for mounting the motor vehicle door lock in a motor vehicle door, the motor vehicle door lock having an inside locking lever, and when installed, being located in a hollow space of the door and coupled to an inside safety element via a connecting rod that extends through a passage opening in an inside wall segment of the door body. To facilitate installation, the connecting rod is formed of two segments, a lower connecting rod segment extending through the passage opening and being connected to a an upper connecting rod segment at a location that is outside of the hollow space in proximity to the passage opening. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064592 | Automotive glass run - In automotive glass run, a main body of glass run assumes a substantially U-shaped cross section consisting of a vehicle-exterior side wall, a vehicle-interior side wall, and a bottom wall. The vehicle-exterior side wall and the vehicle-interior side wall are provided with a vehicle-exterior seal lip and a vehicle-interior seal lip that extend to the inside of the main body of the substantially U-shaped cross section. The vehicle-exterior side wall is formed with a solid material or a microfoaming solid material, and the vehicle-interior side wall and the bottom wall are formed with a sponge material. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064593 | DOOR FOR A WASHING OR DRYING MACHINE - The present invention relates to mechanical apparatuses, such as washing machines or dryers, for washing or drying laundry, and more particularly to a door on a mechanical apparatus, in which a window ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064594 | Structure of Window Opening of Car Door - According to the invention, a car door has a window opening defined by an upward part extending from a rear upper end of a door panel and a sash assembly; a stationary panel fitted in a rear window opening defined by the sash assembly and a center sash; a curved edge of the upward part defines a bottom of the window opening; and a weather strip including a part engaging a periphery of the stationary panel, attached to the periphery of the window opening, serving as a seal, and having an inner lip extending from an inner edge of the part engaging the periphery of the stationary panel and an outer lip extending toward and being in contact with an external part of the curved edge of the outer panel. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064595 | GATE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A gate assembly is provided including barrier means locatable in an opening defined by one or more wall and/or frame surfaces in use and movable between open and closed positions with respect to the opening. Handle means are provided to allow movement of the barrier means between the open and closed positions. At least part of the handle means is slidably mounted on the barrier means to allow sliding movement of the handle means from a raised position to a lowered position in use to allow said barrier means to be moved from the closed position to the open position. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064596 | Opening-and-closing device and robot device - When the opening-and-closing unit is pushed toward the base unit as if making them close such that the facing surfaces of the rotational body pinching units cover the outer surfaces of the rotational body to attach the opening-and-closing unit to the rotational body, the shaft end sections and the angle reference sections fit in the shaft supporting sections and the angle adjustment sections respectively, and thereby hold the rotational body so as to align the rotational range with the opening-and-closing range. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064597 | Polishing Slurry and Polishing Material Using Same - Disclosed is a polishing slurry which enables to suppress damages to an under layer while securing an adequate polishing rate. The polishing slurry contains a resin (A) having an amide group and an organic resin (B). | 2009-03-12 |
20090064598 | Portable barrier - A portable and collapsible barrier that is lightweight and can be easily transported and erected. The barrier includes a base, a top and an enclosed volume such as a diaphragm that can be expanded with a medium such as a gas or liquid to a desired shape. The expanded volume will act as a barrier. When a series of expanded barriers are connected, they will form a wall that can contain bulk materials or liquids. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064599 | SIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for siding a building includes at least two siding pieces each including an end that abuts the other of the siding pieces, and a slip sheet. The slip sheet includes a lip that catches a top surface of at least one of the siding pieces. The slip sheet is positioned behind the at least two siding pieces and backing the abutting ends of the at least two siding pieces. The system also includes a trim flashing apparatus which further includes a trim portion that includes a visible surface and a surface to abut a portion of a siding piece, and a flashing portion attached to the trim portion. The flashing portion is sufficiently thin so that at least a portion of the flashing portion is covered by at least one of the two siding pieces. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064600 | Rollable roof ridge and ventilation element - A rollable roof ridge ventilation element for slanted roofs comprises a ribbon-type, air-permeable carrier material. Edge strips of an elastically deformable film are connected to edge regions of the carrier material. Each edge strip includes an upward-pointing fold in a longitudinal direction of the ventilation element presenting a wind-repelling lip. Each edge strip has transverse undulations, and the wind-repelling lip of an edge strip includes undulations that extend transverse to a longitudinal direction of the wind-repelling lip and correspond to the transverse undulations of the edge strip. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064601 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER - A structural member includes a first meshing element having two prisms disposed in a side-by-side arrangement wherein a space between the prisms defines a first meshing element engagement cavity. Each prism in the first meshing element is connected to an adjacent prism via an arm of a hinge disposed intermediate the prisms. The structural member includes a second meshing element having two prisms disposed in a side-by-side arrangement where a space between the prisms defines a second meshing element engagement cavity. Each prism in the second meshing element is connected to an adjacent prism via an arm of a hinge disposed intermediate the prisms. A prism of the second meshing element is configured to be retained in a first meshing element engagement cavity and wherein a prism of the first meshing element is configured to be retained in a second meshing element engagement cavity such that the first and second meshing elements are movable into locking engagement and each meshing element extends substantially parallel to the other. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064602 | Earthquake-resistant flat expansion joint using hinge - An earthquake-resistant flat expansion joint using a hinge is provided which includes an expansion joint main body disposed between opposite ends of deck slabs of a bridge or an elevated road, hinged to one side of the deck slab at its one end to enable behavior in X, Y and Z-axis directions, and expanded or shrunk depending on temperature variation and vibrations due to earthquakes to be moved in the X, Y and Z-axis directions, an expansion/shrinkage member connected to one end of the expansion joint main body to accommodate the behavior in X, Y and Z-axis directions due to expansion and shrinkage of the expansion joint main body caused by temperature variation and occurrence of the earthquakes, a hinge shaft support member installed at one end of the deck slab to support a lower part and side parts of a hinge shaft part of the expansion joint main body, an expansion joint support member installed at one end of the other deck slab to support lower parts of an expansion part of the expansion joint main body and the expansion/shrinkage member, anchor bolts for fixing the hinge shaft support member and the expansion joint support member to the opposite deck slabs, and a rubber seal disposed under the expansion joint main body and detachably installed at a space between both opposite ends of the deck slabs to collect rainwater and foreign substances. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064603 | VENTING SYSTEM FOR DRYWELL CALIBRATORS - In one aspect of the invention a drywell includes a heated receiver for receiving a temperature probe. The receiver has upper and lower ends and an inner shield positioned around the receiver to define a first air channel extending between the upper and lower ends. A flow plate is positioned above the upper end of the receiver and extends outwardly from the receiver. The flow plate defines a plate opening positioned over the receiver opening and has a lower surface sloping away from the receiver with distance above the receiver. A blower positioned below the lower end of the receiver induces air flow through the air channel. The lower surface of the flow plate directs the air flow away from the temperature probe. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064604 | Underground Shelter - A hole is drilled at a depth of about 5 to 6 m from the ground surface, a shelter outer shell floor slab | 2009-03-12 |
20090064605 | DOCK SEAL WITH PARTIALLY SLICED FOAM CORE - A dock seal, such as a header, side seal or draft pad mounted alongside a doorway of a loading dock, comprises a compressible foam core that includes a plurality of slits of insignificant thickness, wherein the slits can be strategically arranged and sized to adjust the seal's compression characteristics at different areas of the seal. In some cases, the slits extend only partially into the foam core so that the core remains intact as a unitary piece. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064606 | Insulating Panel for Buildings, Provided With an Auxiliary Unit, in Particular a Photovoltaic Unit, and With Improved Means for Supporting and Holding the Auxiliary Unit - A prefabricated insulating panel for making outer surfaces of buildings, integrating an auxiliary panel unit, particularly a photovoltaic unit, is equipped with one or more quick-fit retention members of the auxiliary panel unit, each quick-fit retention members including an engaging portion to retain said auxiliary panel unit in a position thereof resting over the insulating panel, which members can be anchored quickly to said insulating panel without the need to make holes in the insulating panel and/or in the structure of said auxiliary panel unit for the engagement of fixing elements such as screws or the like. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064607 | Adjustable stair rail - The present invention relates to an angle adjustable stair rail assembly comprising a top and bottom rail and a plurality of parallel balusters joined to the top rail and the bottom rail by deforming a cut-out opening in the baluster around a punched web openings in a wall of the top and bottom rails so that the rails and balusters can be moved to any angular disposition keeping the balusters parallel to each other and the top rail and bottom rail parallel to each other. The cut-out opening in the baluster can form a pair of legs. The retention of the baluster is accomplished by a simple clamping action after the legs of the baluster are received in the openings in the wall of the top or bottom rail. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064608 | Interlocking Structural Glazing Panels - Disclosed is an interlocking glazing panel comprising a pair of transparent or translucent lites, and rigid structural spacer located between, and firmly attached to, said lites to define a gap therebetween, said rigid structural spacer extending around at least part of the periphery of said glazing unit and having over at least a portion thereof an interlocking profile to provide a firm interlocking connection to another interlocking panel having a complementary like interlocking profile, wherein said glazing panel can be inserted as a structural member in a wall or roof constructed of interlocking panels. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064609 | Retrofit system for doors, windows and framed openings - By providing a plurality of supporting clips which are quickly and easily mounted to the existing molding of a doorway or window frame and are constructed for receiving and supportingly retaining elongated, longitudinally extending decorative panels which are formed from a wide variety of decorative and visually distinctive appearances, a retrofit decorative molding system is achieved which is capable of being quickly and easily installed to any desired existing frame assembly by any unskilled individual, without requiring the use of mitered corners, abutting junctures, nails, adhesives, and the like. In addition, corner forming elements are employed to complete the construction. Furthermore, disassembly or removal of the existing components is required. By employing the combination of the components of the present invention, any desired frame assembly can be quickly and easily retrofitted with a completely installed decorative molding system for enhancing the visual and aesthetic appeal of any room or building. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064610 | Segments for building spliced prestressed concrete grider and method of manufacturing the segments - Provided are segments of a spliced prestressed concrete girder, which have improved structural integrity at joints, and a method of manufacturing the segments. The method of manufacturing the segments, which are combined to build the spliced prestressed concrete girder, includes: manufacturing one or more joint blocks, each having a first end that has a shear key and is to be spliced to an end of an adjacent segment and having a second end that is bonded to a segment body of the segment; and manufacturing the segment body by using the one or more joint blocks as one or more ends of a formwork in which the segment body is to be made and by casting and curing concrete in the formwork, wherein the one or more joint blocks are fixedly bonded to one or more ends of the segment body in the manufacturing of the segment body. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064611 | FLOOR SYSTEM - A floor system includes a pair of joist rim assemblies each having a web defining a first surface. The web also includes a mounting portion defining a second surface offset from the first surface. The joist rim may also include a prong defining a slot along with the web. A joist connector bracket is received within the slot and is connectable to the mounting portion of the web. A joist extends between the pair of joist rim assemblies and is connected to the joist connector bracket of each joist rim assembly. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064612 | MULTI-LAYER CONSTRUCTION PANEL SYSTEM - A construction panel system formed of a first, substrate panel with a perimeter rim, a number of second panels, and attachments for attaching the number of second panels and the first, substrate panel in a spaced apart orientation to form a construction panel. The perimeter rim on the first, substrate panel is used to attach a number of construction panels to each other and to other structures. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064613 | Seam cover system for crown molding installations - By providing a plurality of support brackets which are quickly and easily mounted to any desired surface and are constructed for receiving and supportingly retaining elongated, lineal crown molding strips, inside and outside corner seam covers, and lineal seam covers, each of which are formed from a wide variety of decorative and visually distinctive appearances, a cornice or crown molding system is achieved which is capable of being quickly and easily installed in any desired location by any unskilled individual, without requiring the use of mitered corners, abutting junctures, nails, adhesives, and the like. By employing a combination of the components of the present invention, any desired location can be quickly and easily decorated with a completely installed molding system for enhancing the visual and aesthetic appeal of any room or building. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064614 | CROWN MOLDING - A crown molding and system for its use where the crown molding is formed from a specially blended plastic as extrusions to have a roughened surface and consisting of an inverted “L” bracket and a facing crown mold member for each crown molding section. The inverted “L” bracket is formed as a right angle section having right angle legs and is to be attached to a wall at points along its lower leg, with the right angle bend fitting into the wall to ceiling junction, and with the top leg end having a coupling end for connecting to a mount of a facing crown molding member. Which coupling edges are preferably mirror image corrugations that fit over and lock together, and with the facing member ends flanges to contact the wall and ceiling surfaces. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064615 | Building Element and a Building Structure Comprising the Building Element - The invention relates to a building element for a building structure such as a floor structure, comprising a member ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064616 | FLOOR SYSTEM FOR A GRAIN BIN - A floor system includes floor planks and supports for supporting the planks. Each plank is formed from sheet metal to define three depending legs with the first and third legs shaped such that the first leg of a second plank can inter-engage with the third leg. Each support is formed from sheet metal folded to define a top rail, a bottom and a plurality of spaced posts arranged in a row along the rails. A first plank has the first leg located on the top rail over the first post, the second leg located over the second post, and the third leg interlocked with the first leg of the next plank located over the third post. The second plank has the second leg over a fourth post and the remainder extending beyond the rail to engage a next support. The supports are bent and include gripping tangs to hold the planks in place. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064617 | Insulated Concrete Wall Section Form - A system, method, and apparatus for forming insulated concrete structures, using a foam panel and lightweight cementious type of material as forms. The assembled forms are then preferably placed into position to form a wall and/or roof type of structure which then has concrete or another cementious type of material filled into at least some of the voids formed in the forms. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064618 | INSULATING AND WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE - An insulating a waterproofing membrane for over-lying attachment to a foam insulation layer of material fixed to a roof or other structure, the membrane including a first layer of a flexible foam material for over-lying attachment to the foam insulation layer, a second layer of a fabric fixed to and over-lying the first layer, and third layer comprising a waterproof outer skin affixed to and over-lying the second layer. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064619 | Building Construction With Lost Shuttering and Construction Method - A plurality of pre-formed panels are provided. Each panel comprises construction boards held apart from each other by spaced apertured metal strength members ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064620 | Tray Ceiling System - A system to form a tray ceiling is disclosed, wherein an L-shaped member is placed against the existing wall and ceiling surfaces proximate to where the existing wall meets the existing ceiling. The L-shaped member is then attached to the existing wall and ceiling surfaces at the edges of the “L”. This is done around the perimeter of the existing ceiling, using a plurality of the L-shaped members, such that the part of the existing ceiling enclosed by the L-shaped members has the appearance of being recessed, as in a tray ceiling. Attaching the L-shaped member against the existing wall and ceiling creates a cavity wherein lights, audio speakers, or other items can be installed if desired. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064621 | DEMOUNTABLE PANELING SYSTEM - A demountable and remountable wall assembly for partitioning room space between an overhead and a floor, the major elements of which are reusable. The assembly provides one or two walls, at lease one of which has an outer fastener-free surface. Additionally, the fastener-free surface may be made substantially smooth and seamless. The walls are arranged in planar congruence, separated by internal spacers or studs, and vertically positioned between the overhead and floor of the room space to be partitioned. Removable tracks or spacers at the top and bottom of the wall assembly serves to interface the wall assembly with the floor and ceiling of the space. The walls are constructed of either finished or unfinished wall panels (e.g., fabric covered or sheet rock panels) which are incorporated into the assembly using a combination of removable fasteners and releasable adhesives. The finished or exposed area of a wall surface includes no fasteners. Any fasteners used to fix a wall panel in place is covered by a removable trim or other removable feature, which make the fasteners readily exposable and easy to remove. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064622 | Joining Clip for Modular Panels - The present document describes a clip for securing a tight connection between two modular panels. The connection has a male portion on a first one of the two modular panels, and a female portion on a second one of the two modular panels. The male portion is for being inserted into the female portion upon assembly of the two modular panels side by side. The clip comprises a first flat member having a first pressure edge, and a second flat member having a second pressure edge. The second flat member is fixedly joined to the first flat member. The panels are assembled in an assembly direction. Upon introduction of the first flat member into the male portion, and of the second flat member into the female portion perpendicularly to the assembly direction, the first pressure edge of the first flat member forces the male portion toward the female portion, while the second pressure edge of the second flat member forces the female portion toward the male portion. These forces secure the tight connection between the two modular panels. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064623 | FLOOR PLANK WITH ADHESIVE PORTION ABLE TO ADJUST THE POSITION - The present invention relates to a double-layered floor plank sheet having a non-adhesive portion, more particularly to a floor plank sheet enabling adjustment of position during installation. When the upper layer of a floor plank sheet is bonded to the lower layer of another floor plank sheet, a non-adhesive portion formed in part of an adhesive portion enables the adjustment of position. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064624 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AND LOCKING TWO BUILDING BOARDS, IN PARTICULAR FLOORING PANELS - The invention relates to a device for connecting and locking two building boards, in particular floor panels, on their longitudinal sides and/or transverse sides in the horizontal and vertical direction through an essentially vertical joining movement. The building boards have a top side and an underside. On their lateral edges (I, II) to be connected to one another are provided with profiles corresponding to one another, and a locking element is provided in the profile of the first building board, which locking element has an inner end and an outer end and is inserted with the inner end in a groove of the first building board, and which interacts with a locking depression provided in the profile of the second building board such that the two building boards are automatically locked in the vertical direction with the joining movement. The locking element is embodied in a foldable manner at a point distant from its outer end to form a locking finger, and is embodied in a foldable manner at a point distant from its inner end to form a closure. On the lateral edge (I) of the first building board between the top side and the groove a projection springing out outwards is provided. At the end of the joining movement the locking element is folded at both points and the locking finger with the outer end engages on the underside of the projection on the first building board and with its other end engages in the locking depression of the second building board. The closure thereby bears against the locking surface of the locking depression, whereby both building boards are locked in the vertical direction. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064625 | Architectural structure - An architectural structure comprises an outer peripheral tube frame as a main frame in which a hexagon structural unit is rigidly connected in a honeycomb-shape. The hexagon structural unit includes a pillar and a beam or one part of a slab. Concretely, the hexagon structural unit provides with two edges such that the right side and the left side are symmetric. Two edges are edges of two inclined pillars are connected. Two inclined pillars are inclined in an opposite direction, along a perpendicular direction. The beam or one of the slabs is respectively placed at an upper edge and a lower edge along a horizontal direction. Thus, an architectural structure comprises a tube frame having a novel basic structure. Thereby, stability and earthquake-resistance of a structure can be obtained in an architecture building, specially, a high-rise and a super high-rise buildings. Stability and earthquake-resistance of the structure are superior to a conventional structure. Further, a design can be more free than that of the architectural structure of a conventional tube frame. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064626 | Channel Anchoring Device For The Construction Industry - The present invention relates to a channel anchoring device for construction industry, which comprises a channel rail with a hollow interior and T-type bolts, anchor shafts or steel base plates attached onto the exterior surface of the web of the channel, the channel anchoring device with anchor shafts is suitable to be embedded into the concrete structure, while the channel anchoring device with steel base plates is suitable to be welded onto the steel structure, the T-bolts are inserted into the gap between the return legs of two flanges of the channel. The said channel rail with a hollow interior is an anchoring channel, preferably manufactured from hot-rolled steel or stainless steel material by the process of hot rolling. The head of T-bolt is locked within the return legs of two flanges of the anchor channel. On the inner surface of the return legs of two flanges of the anchor channel, serrations are arranged respectively. On the lower surface of the head of T-bolt, serrations are also arranged; the serrations of T-bolt head connect with the serrations on the return legs of two flanges of the anchor channel in an engaged lock. The present invention prevents the shift of T-bolt along the channel, moreover no interference to reinforcement concrete installation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064627 | Flush Mount Panels With Interconnects - The present invention provides a system and method of aligning wall or ceiling mounted components. The mounted components are placed within brackets which, in turn, are placed within panels that are embedded into the wall or ceiling. The panels are pre-designed to be installed in precise alignment with respect to one another using various alignment tools or interlocking methods. Once the panels and components are installed into the wall or ceiling, the components are automatically aligned with respect to one another. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064628 | Reflective roofing materials - A roofing and/or siding material having a resulting reflectivity of at least about 50%. The roofing and/or siding material includes a base sheet/membrane, a reinforcement material and a multi-layer reflective film material. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064629 | Flush Mount Panels With Multiple Aligned Receiving Brackets - A panel with multiple openings and brackets can be used to flush-mount multiple components in a wallboard. The panel is installed flush with the wallboard and the junction between the panel and the wallboard is plastered or drywalled to create a uniform appearance. Wall-mounted components can then be installed into the brackets into openings that have been pre-measured and cut to ensure that the components are aligned with precision relative to one another before installation even begins. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064630 | Shower receptor installation method - A method of installing a shower receptor with improved control of moisture and trapped water with one or more of the following improvements: the flange is significantly higher above the threshold than prior art receptors so a membrane can overlap the flange without reaching the ledge; the ledge area has multiple steps adapted to meet the subwall and finish wall materials and position the subwall higher than the finish wall; caulk is strategically applied. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064631 | Sill plate - A sill plate adapted to support drywall above a floor surface to prevent the formation of mold in the drywall. The sill plate has a base section and a first wall associated with the base section. A first shelf is associated with the first wall. The first shelf is adapted to support drywall. The sill plate may also include a second wall associated with the base section where the second wall is opposed from the first wall. The second wall may include a second shelf associated with the second wall. Each of the first shelf and second shelf may extend along a plane parallel to a plane passing through the base section. Drywall may rest on the first shelf prior to being affixed to vertical studs extending from the sill plate. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064632 | Apparatus and Method for Aligning Substructures - Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus and a method for alignment of substructures during the construction of a structure. An embodiment of the apparatus includes an adjustable device for selective attachment to a substructure of an unfinished structure whereby the device acts as a stationary point on which to attach a string for alignment of additional sub-structures. An embodiment of the method includes use of the adjustable device in constructing a structure. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064633 | Telescopic Post and Bracing System for Bedrock Locations - A post assembly for fencing comprises a telescopic post ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064634 | Floor Structure - A floor structure includes a plurality of structural metal components that each have: a plate-shaped supporting portion that is laid either perpendicular or oblique to an installation surface; a plate-shaped top flange that extends from a top end portion of the supporting portion in parallel with the installation surface; a plate-shaped bottom flange that extends from a bottom end portion of the supporting portion in parallel with the installation surface and in the opposite direction from the top flange, wherein the structural metal components are laid on a flat surface in parallel with each other such that the top flange of one of the mutually adjacent structural metal components covers the bottom flange of the other of the mutually adjacent structural metal material. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064635 | STRUCTURE OF A TAPE APPLYING DEVICE OF A BOX SEALING MACHINE - A tape applying device includes a plate, front and rear swinging arms pivoted on the plate, a pressing wheel pivoted on each of the swinging arms to make an adhesive tape stick on a box, a connecting rod pivoted to both the front and the rear swing arms, a cutting mechanism interposed between the front and the rear swinging arms to sever the adhesive tape, a first restoring extension spring joined to the connecting rod, and a second restoring extension spring joined to the rear swinging arm; the front swinging arm is co-movable with the rear swinging arm and the connecting rod, and it has no extension spring directly connected thereto therefore the front pressing wheel won't produce such a reacting force as to cause a box to cave in when the box is moved rapidly onto the front pressing wheel for the adhesive tape to stick thereon. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064636 | Case Sealing Apparatus with Multiple Operational Modes - A case sealing apparatus includes a frame structure including a case conveyance path extending from a case infeed station to a case outfeed station. First and second side conveying units extend between the infeed station and the outfeed station. The first and second side conveying units are moveable toward and away from the conveyance path for engaging opposite sides of cases to move cases of various widths from the infeed station toward the outfeed station. A lower tape head assembly is positioned along the conveyance path to apply tape to case bottoms. The lower tape head assembly is movable between a lowered position for taping and a raised position for changing tape. An upper tape head assembly is positioned along the conveyance path to apply tape to case tops. The upper tape head assembly is vertically movable to accommodate cases of various heights. A control system controls movement of the first and second side conveying unit, the upper tape head assembly and the lower tape head assembly. The control system includes one or more of a multi-size case mode, a case size lock mode and a tape change mode. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064637 | PACKAGING MACHINE - Methods for forming packages from a web of preformed bags. In one exemplary method of forming packages from a web of preformed bags, a first bag is held open with air. A product is loaded into the first bag that is held open with air. An opening of the first bag is sealed. A next bag is indexed such that an opening of the next bag is proximate to an engagement member. The web is engaged with the engagement member. The web may be reverse indexed to pre-open the next bag. The web is disengaged by the engagement member. The next bag is opened with air for loading. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064638 | AUTOMATED FLOWABLE DUNNAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 2009-03-12 |
20090064639 | DEVICE FOR FILLING A CONTAINER - The filling device according to the invention comprises a layering station, a filling station, a first box conveyor designed to convey boxes leaving a folder-gluer and to feed them from said layering station towards said filling station along a feed path, a sampling station, a recovery station, a second box conveyor designed to convey boxes fed by the first box conveyor and to transfer them from said sampling station towards said recovery station along a transfer path. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064640 | SADDLE FOR STEER WRESTLING - A saddle specially adapted for steer wrestling is disclosed. Instead of having a symmetrical cantle having a central point and two cupped side sections, the present invention has a cantle with a straight portion to the dismount side of the saddle to enable a smooth and fast dismount of the steer wrestling competitor. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064641 | Multiple rowel spur - The present invention is for a multi rowel spur which provides for the rotational change of rowels on the spur while attached to the rider' foot, thus allowing for individual adjustment of the spur rowel necessary during training and riding of the individual horse. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064642 | Gas-liquid separation device of engine - A bearing holder ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064643 | Bagless Dustcup - A bagless vacuum cleaner system dustcup assembly and method for using said system with a vacuum cleaner apparatus to separate dirt from a mixture of dirt and air inducted into said vacuum cleaner apparatus. Said bagless vacuum cleaner system generally comprises a dustcup assembly, a handle assembly and a motor intake adaptor. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064644 | SINGLE/MULTIPLE GUARD(S)/CAP(S) AND/OR SCREEN(S) WITH ENGINE ATTACHED APPARATUS AND/OR POLE WITH ROTATIONAL SYSTEM(S) - CENTRIFUGE CHAMBER/MANIFOLD PARTICLE COLLECTOR - This invention relates in general to a guard(s)/cap(s) and/or screen(s) apparatus (single and/or multiple formation) for the nacelle/air inlet for numerous jets, turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines—(Helicopters and other VTOL/VSTOL aircraft) such as power plants or the like. This apparatus contains the rotational system(s) as well as the engine shaft attached apparatus and/or pole that allows the mechanism to function by auto induced movement, without limiting engine thrust. Additional security measures have been introduced to the guard(s)/cap(s) and/or screen(s) apparatus, which includes a centrifuge chamber/manifold for particle collector without limiting engine thrust. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064645 | AIR FILTER HOUSING WITH GUIDES FOR AIR FILTER UNITS - An air filter housing ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064646 | Air filter arrangement; assembly; and methods - An air filter arrangement is ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064647 | FILTER ELEMENT - A filter element ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064648 | Pleated nanoweb structures - A filter including a filter medium with a pleated structure. The medium includes a nanoweb layer and a scrim, wherein the nanoweb layer contains fibers with a number average diameter less than 1 micron and layer thickness less than 50 microns. The ratio of total medium thickness-to-pleat spacing is less than 0.15 and the nanoweb layer has a basis weight of more than about 0.6 gsm. The nonwoven scrim can be a spunbond web, a dry-laid web, a wet-laid web, a cellulose fiber web, a melt blown web and a glass fiber web. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064649 | BUTTON TYPE BLADE BRAKE CLUTCH CONTROL - Button type blade brake controls and methods for using the same are disclosed that can be disposed on a handle of a power machine such a lawnmower. A blade brake clutch control can include a housing having a top portion that has a front side and a rear side. A control bail can have a pin extending therefrom that extends into the housing. A pivot arm can be disposed within the housing and connected to a control cable. A rotatable latch can be secured to the pivot arm. The latch can have a latch head that is aligned with the pin extending from the control bail. A rearward button can be disposed on the rear side of the top portion of the housing. The rearward button can have a contact surface positioned above the latch head. The rear button can be configured for pushing downward so that the contact surface contacts the latch head to rotate the latch head into an engaged position about the pin of the control bail so that, as the control bail is pulled downward, the pivot arm also pivots downward to pulled the control cable forward. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064650 | CUTTING DECK, FRONT AXLE AND STEERING CONTROLS FOR A LAWN MOWER - Improvements in frame designs, cutting deck designs, front axles designs for lawn mowers in general and improvements in steering controls of zero turn radius riding mowers are disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064651 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Composite Cable - A cable winding machine for winding together a multiple number of subconductors into a composite cable includes holding means for holding a first subconductor in the machine direction, and in a predetermined orientation of the first subconductor about its longitudinal axis as it moves through the machine; a first rotating member arranged and rotate the second subconductor around the first subconductor as the second subconductor moves through the machine and one or more further rotating members arranged to hold further subconductors aligned in the machine direction and in a predetermined orientation about their longitudinal axes and rotate the further subconductors around the subconductors wound with one another in the first winding stage of the machine. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064652 | METHOD OF MAKING BUSHING WITH BLIND GROOVES USED AS OIL RESERVOIR FOR CHAIN - A method of making a bushing | 2009-03-12 |
20090064653 | PARTIAL LOAD COMBUSTION CYCLES - The part load method controls delivery of diluent fluid, fuel fluid, and oxidant fluid in thermodynamic cycles using diluent, to increase the Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) and thermal efficiency in part load operation above that obtained by relevant art part load operation of Brayton cycles, fogged Brayton cycles, or cycles operating with some steam delivery, or with maximum steam delivery. The part load method may control the TIT at the design level by controlling one or both of liquid and/or gaseous fluid water over a range from full load to less than 45% load. This extends operation to lower operating loads while providing higher efficiencies and lower operating costs using water, steam and/or CO2 as diluents, than in simple cycle operation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064654 | Turbine engine with modulated combustion and reheat chambers - A turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor and a first turbine operated by a combustion product formed in the first combustor. The turbine engine also includes a reheat chamber in which air, fuel, and exhaust gases from the first turbine are ignited to form a combustion product used to drive a second turbine. The engine further includes a controller that regulates at least one of an amount of fuel and compressed air delivered to the combustor and an amount of fuel, compressed air and exhaust gases delivered to the reheat chamber based on at least one turbine engine parameter measured by a sensor. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064655 | Actuator Arrangement and a Method of Operating an Actuator - Interruption in supervisory position control signals can cause problems with respect to actuators which upon loss of such control signals for the actuator will generally slew to a fixed idle position. In such circumstances a machine such as a gas turbine engine in which an actuator is associated will not sustain performance even though there is continued local power supply to the actuator. By utilising a local controller which stores actuator response profiles for certain machine status stages through perturbation or marginal activation of the actuator an appropriate actuator response profile can be chosen and therefore sustaining control signals presented to the actuator to maintain machine operation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064656 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT, AND COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT USEFUL FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method involved operating a combined-cycle power plant ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064657 | COMBUSTORS WITH IMPINGEMENT COOLED IGNITERS AND IGNITER TUBES FOR IMPROVED COOLING OF IGNITERS - A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided, and includes an inner liner; an outer liner circumscribing the inner liner and forming a combustion chamber with the inner liner; a fuel igniter comprising a tip portion configured to ignite an air and fuel mixture in the combustion chamber; and an igniter tube positioning the fuel igniter relative to the combustion chamber, the igniter tube having a plurality of channels configured to direct cooling air toward the tip portion of the fuel igniter. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064658 | BYPASS TURBOMACHINE WITH REDUCTION OF JET NOISE - In a bypass turbomachine, at least one air takeoff orifice is provided in the primary channel, said orifice leading to an air takeoff pipe housed inside an air inlet sleeve of the nacelle. The air takeoff pipe opens out in the vicinity of the pylon into two air diffusion pipes each secured to a respective maintenance cover, each air diffusion pipe opening out into an air injection pipe secured to a thrust reverser cover and itself opening out to the outside of the nacelle via the trailing edge thereof, each air injection pipe being suitable for uncoupling from the corresponding air diffusion pipe when the corresponding thrust reverser cover slides downstream. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064659 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH FAN VARIABLE AREA NOZZLE HAVING A ROTATIONAL VALVE SYSTEM - A turbofan engine includes a fan variable area nozzle having a multiple of vents through a fan nacelle and rotatable elements rotatable within the vents by an actuator system. Rotation of the rotatable element within each vent changes the effective area of the fan nozzle exit area to permit efficient operation at a multiple of flight conditions. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064660 | NOZZLE WITH YAW VECTORING VANE - An exhaust vane disposed in a divergent section of an aircraft gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle is sideways pivotable about a vane pivot axis. The nozzle vane pivot axis may be centrally located at an unvectored nozzle throat. Transversely spaced apart upper and lower tips of the exhaust vane may be incorporated to sealingly engage a nozzle outer wall along upper and lower surfaces of the outer wall of the nozzle. The exhaust vane has flat or contoured vane sidewalls and contoured vane sidewalls may be concave. The exhaust vane may have transversely biased apart upper and lower vane sections extending transversely inwardly from the upper and lower tips of the exhaust vane respectively. The exhaust vane may be articulated having upstream and downstream sections separately sideways pivotable about the vane pivot axis and a second pivot axis downstream of and parallel to the vane pivot axis respectively. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064661 | ELECTRO-DYNAMIC SWIRLER, COMBUSTION APPARATUS AND METHODS USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a combustion apparatus comprises: an oxidant inlet, a fuel inlet, a mixing zone configured to mix fuel and oxidant to form a mixture, a combustion zone in fluid communication with the mixing zone and configured to combust the mixture, and an outlet in fluid communication with the combustion zone. The mixing zone, the combustion zone, and/or the outlet comprises an electro-dynamic swirler configured to swirl ionized gas. The electro-dynamic swirler comprises a plurality of electrodes in electrical communication with a power source. In one embodiment, a method of creating thrust comprises: mixing a fuel and an oxidant to form a mixture, igniting the mixture to form an ignited mixture, combusting the ignited mixture to form a flame, and using the flame to create thrust, wherein the flame and/or the fuel and oxidant are electro-dynamically swirled. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064662 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A PROBE TO AN EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for installing a probe ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE IN A GAS FEEDSTREAM - An internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas feedstream flowing past a gas sensing device disposed therein. The gas sensor includes an integrated electrical heating element which provides a resistance indicative of its temperature. An unknown input observer is used to determine the exhaust gas feedstream temperature based on the heating element temperature. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064664 | Device for Cleaning Exhaust Gas of Internal Combustion Engine - A device for cleaning exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes a device ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064665 | Method of controlling exhaust gas purification system, and exhaust gas prufication system | 2009-03-12 |
20090064666 | Heatable hose conduit system for an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine - A heatable hose conduit system is provided for an arrangement for the aftertreatment of exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine. The arrangement introduces a liquid reduction agent into the exhaust gas of the engine. The heatable hose conduit system has hose conduits that conduct the liquid reduction agent and are arranged in pairs in close proximity to hose conduits that conduct heating water. At least one end of at least one pair of hose conduits ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064667 | DEVICE FOR DELIVERING A REDUCING AGENT TO AN EXHAUST SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a device for supplying a reducing agent into an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The device includes a delivery pump for delivering the reducing agent from a storage tank into an exhaust tube of the exhaust system. A metering device is provided between the delivery pump and the exhaust tube, which metering device supplies reducing agent, which is delivered continuously by the delivery pump, in an intermittent fashion into the exhaust strand tube. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064668 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING AFTERTREATMENT REGENERATION - An apparatus and system are disclosed for enhancing aftertreatment regeneration. The system includes an internal combustion engine and an exhaust manifold directing the engine exhaust to an aftertreatment system. The system may further include an exhaust gas recycle system and a turbocharger. The system further includes a fuel injector mounted on the exhaust manifold that provides fuel to assist in regenerating an aftertreatment component. The fuel injector is mounted in an apparatus also including a flow dampener, an extender, and a residence chamber. The apparatus allows the fuel to be injected in a high temperature location where it will experience residence time at temperature, and experience shear forces passing through the turbocharger. The extender allows the fuel to be injected at a place in the exhaust manifold where recycling of injected fuel into the engine is minimized. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064669 | ADDITIVE-AGENT DIFFUSION PLATE IN EXHAUST PASSAGE, STRUCTURE OF ADDITIVE-AGENT DIFFUSION PLATE, AND EXHAUST SYSTEM INCLUDING ADDITIVE-AGENT DIFFUSION PLATE - In a structure of an additive-agent diffusion plate in an exhaust passage, the exhaust passage is an exhaust passage for an engine. The additive-agent diffusion plate includes a plurality of collision portions; and a plurality of communication portions that allow exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passage to flow from an area upstream of the additive-agent diffusion plate to an area downstream of the additive-agent diffusion plate in an exhaust-gas flow direction. The additive-agent diffusion plate diffuses an additive agent injected into the exhaust passage, at a position upstream of an exhaust gas purification device, which is disposed in the exhaust passage, in the exhaust-gas flow direction. Each of the collision portions protrudes toward an upstream side in the exhaust-gas flow direction, and a cross section of each of the collision portions increases from the upstream side toward a downstream side of the exhaust-gas flow direction. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064670 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD MADE OF HEAT-RESISTANT CAST STEEL - An exhaust manifold made of heat-resistant cast steel comprising pluralities of flanges each having a hole connected to each exhaust port of a cylinder head of an engine with bolts, pluralities of ports connected to the flanges, and a convergence portion in which the ports are converging, the thickness of the flanges being 80-150% of that of the ports. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064671 | Environment-conservative fuel economizer - An environment-conservative fuel economizer includes a hollow tubular member and at least one ring member. The tubular member has an internal surface forming a reduced neck section. The ring member is mounted to an end of the tubular member. The ring member forms a plurality of cut-off slits, which defines a plurality of deformable leaves. The neck section of the tubular member forms a flow-accelerating passage, which increases speed of air flow passing therethrough to induce secondary combustion. The leaves are allowed to selectively expand/contract to effect complete combustion and reduce pollution. The fuel economizer is installed between an automobile air filter and engine air-intake tube to use the suction force induce by air intake of cylinder to draw in air so that the mixture density of air and atomized fuel is intensified to effect complete combustion of fuel and enhance instantaneously engine torque and reduce fuel consumption. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064672 | COMPRESSED FLUID MOTOR - A compressed fluid motor has a plurality of cylinders with a piston and a piston rod. A main bearing is concentric with a crankpin and coupled to a shaft. Compressed fluid on the piston pushes on the main bearing via its corresponding piston rod. Bearing guide plates hold the one or more piston rod in place on the main bearing. A timing and control mechanism controls flow of compressible fluid to press on the piston and turn the shaft to perform work. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064673 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE - A hydraulic control device according to the invention is of load-sensing design and serves to actuate a first hydraulic load and a second hydraulic load. Also provided are a first control valve for actuating the first hydraulic load and a second control valve for actuating the second hydraulic load. A first load signal can be measured on the basis of a load pressure with which the first hydraulic load is acted on, and a second load signal can be measured on the basis of a load pressure with which the second hydraulic load is acted on. Pressure medium from a pressure medium source can be supplied in parallel to the first control valve and to the second control valve. A load signal path can, in order to actuate an adjusting element which is assigned to the pressure medium source, be acted on with a highest presently measured load signal. A limiting device allows the second load signal to be limited to a predefined signal limit value. A switching means can be actuated by means of the second load signal such that, at the latest when the second load signal reaches the signal limit value, the signal conveyed on the load signal path is limited by the limiting device. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064674 | Accumulator - An accumulator for a hydraulic system, wherein the accumulator comprises a liner, a piston and a housing, that defines a pressure chamber, for receiving hydraulic fluid at high pressure, wherein the piston is biased towards an end position of the pressure chamber for interacting with the hydraulic fluid in the pressure chamber, and the piston is movable in a predetermined range for accumulating hydraulic fluid. The accumulator has at least one outlet port in a sidewall of the liner, which outlet port is covered by the piston in the predetermined range and is uncovered when the piston has moved a predetermined distance from the end position. A hydraulic system is also provided that comprises the above accumulator and an all-wheel drive system comprising the above hydraulic system. A method for de-airing an accumulator according to above is also provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064675 | Flushing system having a single charge relief valve - A flushing system for a transmission is disclosed. The system has a first pump and a first actuator connected to the first pump to form a first loop. The system also has a second pump and a second actuator connected to the second pump to form a second loop. The system further has a charge pump configured to replenish the first and second loops. The system also has a single charge relief valve situated to receive fluid from the first pump, the second pump, and the charge pump. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064676 | HYDROSTATIC DRIVE HAVING VOLUMETRIC FLOW EQUALISATION - The invention relates to a hydrostatic drive comprising a first and a second hydraulic pump ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090064677 | Airflow Balance for a Twin Turbocharged Engine System - As one example, a method of operating an engine system including a first air intake passage branch including a first compression device and a second air intake passage branch including a second compression device, wherein each of the first branch and the second branch are fluidly coupled to at least a combustion chamber the engine via a common intake passage, a first sensor arranged along the first branch and at least a second sensor arranged along the common intake passage, wherein the first sensor is a mass airflow sensor and wherein the second branch does not include a mass airflow sensor. The method comprises increasing the mass airflow through the first branch relative to the mass airflow through the second branch when an amount of decrease in the mass airflow through the first branch is more than half an amount of a corresponding decrease in the combined mass airflow. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064678 | MULTIPLE-TURBOCHARGER SYSTEM, AND EXHAUST GAS FLOW CONTROL VALVE THEREFOR - A multiple-turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a first turbocharger comprising a first compressor driven by a first turbine, the first turbine operable to be driven by exhaust gas from the engine; a second turbocharger comprising a second compressor driven by a second turbine, the second turbine operable to be driven by exhaust gas from the engine; a first conduit arranged for supplying exhaust gas from the engine to the first turbine, and a second conduit arranged for supplying exhaust gas from the engine to the second turbine; and a valve coupled with the second conduit and switchable between an open condition allowing exhaust gas flow from the second conduit to the second turbine, and a closed condition substantially preventing exhaust gas flow from the second conduit to the second turbine but allowing a leakage flow to the second turbine sufficient to keep the second turbine rotating. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064679 | Variable geometry turbine - A variable geometry turbine comprises a turbine wheel supported in a housing for rotation about a turbine axis with an annular inlet passageway defined between a radial face of a movable nozzle ring and a facing wall of the housing. The nozzle ring is movable along the turbine axis to vary the width of the inlet passageway. A substantially annular rib is provided either on the face of the nozzle ring (such that the minimum width of the inlet passageway is defined between the rib and a the facing wall of the housing) or on the facing wall of the housing (such that the minimum width of the inlet passageway is defined between the rib and the nozzle ring). | 2009-03-12 |
20090064680 | Device for the storage of heat energy for subsequent conversion into electrical energy - The invention relates to a device for the conversion of heat energy into another energy form provided with at least one heat input and pressure reservoir module, each comprising a heat-input transmitting device and a pressure reservoir, whereby said device and pressure reservoir are connected to each other for the exchange of fluid and an energy conversion device, connected to the pressure reservoir of the heat input and pressure reservoir module for the exchange of fluid, by means of which the energy built up in the form of fluid pressure in the heat input and pressure reservoir module may be converted into said other energy form. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064681 | Scalloped Flexure Ring - A scalloped flexure ring. An illustrative embodiment of the flexure ring includes a ring body having a first ring body edge and a generally scalloped second ring body edge and a plurality of spaced-apart ring fingers provided in the second ring body edge. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETERMINE COMPOSITION OF FUEL ENTERING COMBUSTOR - Disclosed is a method and system for determining composition of a fuel entering a combustor. The method includes determining a temperature of the fuel entering the combustor, calculating a first estimated total fuel flow utilizing fuel properties and fuel nozzle effective area (A | 2009-03-12 |
20090064683 | POWER TAKE-OFF SYSTEM AND GAS TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAME - A power take-off system for a gas turbine engine includes a starter coupled to a second spool, and a clutch assembly coupled between the starter and a first spool, the clutch assembly configured to couple the first spool to the starter when starting the gas turbine engine assembly. A method of assembling a gas turbine engine assembly that includes the power take-off system, and a gas turbine engine assembly including the power take-off system are also described. | 2009-03-12 |
20090064684 | Systems Involving Inlet-Mounted Engine Controls - Systems involving inlet-mounted engine control components are provided. A representative system includes: a forward keep out zone defined by converging inner and outer walls of a nacelle; an aft keep out zone defined by a containment zone; and an engine control component, at least a portion of which is located between the forward keep out zone and the aft keep out zone, and between the inner and outer walls of the nacelle. | 2009-03-12 |