13th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150083304 | WATERPROOF SHEET FOR USE IN BRIDGE PIER REPAIR AND WATERPROOF WORKING METHOD USING THE SAME - When a bridge pier is reinforced or repaired by wrapping a reinforcement around the pier, a waterproof sheet having a sufficient flexibility to attach to and cover the interface between the pier and the reinforcement in a liquid-tight manner is useful. The waterproof sheet is attached to the interface between the pier and the reinforcement to prevent water from penetrating into the interface for thereby preventing the reinforcement from deterioration. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083305 | METHOD FOR APPLYING HEAT RESISTANT PROTECTION COMPONENTS ONTO A SURFACE OF A HEAT EXPOSED COMPONENT - The invention refers to a method for applying heat resistant protection components onto the surface of a heat exposed component. The method including providing at least two separate heat protection components, and joining the at least two separate heat protection components onto their top surface and/or bottom surface and/or at least one side surface by flexible means for obtaining an integrally handable entity. The method further includes fixing the integrally handable entity by applying and brazing the surface of each heat protection component on the surface of the heat exposed component. The materials of the flexible means and for joining the flexible means on the separate heat protection components are selected such that the materials withstand brazing being performed under protective atmosphere, i.e. an atmosphere without or with reduced amount of oxygen, at process temperatures between 700° C. and 1200° C., and that the materials are burned out after brazing during a following oxidizing thermal step. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083306 | TIRE TREADS WITH REDUCED UNDERTREAD THICKNESS - The invention comprises a tire tread, and tire, and a method of forming a tire having the tire tread. Particular embodiments of the tire tread have a tread thickness bounded by a top side and a bottom side, and a groove extending into the tread thickness from the top side and terminating within the tread thickness at a groove bottom. A thickness of the tread extends from the groove bottom to a protruding portion of the bottom side of the tread below the groove bottom such that portions of the bottom side adjacent the protruding portion are recessed within the tread thickness. Such tire tread further includes a plurality of strengthening members forming protrusions extending into the groove from the groove bottom and from at least one side of the pair of opposing groove sides, the plurality of strengthening members being arranged along a length of the groove. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083307 | MACHINE AND METHOD OF FORMING A BEAD-APEX ASSEMBLY FOR TIRES. - A tyre building machine for applying an apex to a bead to form a bead-apex assembly for a green tyre, including a bead holder for holding the bead, wherein the tyre building machine includes a first gripper and a second gripper for engaging and moving the apex in a direction of conveyance towards the bead, wherein the first gripper is moveable between a first start position and a first end position and the second gripper is moveable between a second start position and a second end position, wherein the tyre building machine is provided with wedges, wherein the grippers are biased to a closed state in which the grippers are arranged to engage the apex, and wherein the wedges are arranged for countering the bias of the grippers when the grippers are at one of the start positions or the end positions. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083308 | Alignment film material and Manufacturing Method for Liquid Crystal Display Panel - The present invention discloses an alignment film and the manufacturing method for liquid crystal display panel. The method comprises preparing a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal, at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate being provided with an alignment film; the material of the alignment film comprising a solvent and a substance dissolved in the solvent, the substance comprising at least one first polymer, the first polymer comprising a main chain and a side chain; folding the first substrate and the second substrate, and injecting the liquid crystal between the first substrate and the second substrate to form a liquid crystal cell; applying voltage to the liquid crystal cell, and then irradiating the liquid crystal cell with UV light. Through the above way, the present invention can reduce the mura phenomenon in the liquid crystal display panel and improve the display quality. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083309 | Apparatus and Method for Making Side Seams on Absorbent Articles - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses configured to bond elastic laminates together between a rotating drum and anvil. The drum includes a fluid nozzle and a press member. As such, a first elastic laminate and a second elastics laminate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating drum. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to partially melt substrate layers of the first and second elastic laminates. As the drum rotates, the press member shifts radially outward from the drum wherein a length, L, of the pattern surface extends in the cross direction across a plurality of elastic strands of first and/or second elastic laminates. And the partially melted portion of the substrate layers of the first and second elastic laminates and the plurality of elastic strands are then bonded together by being compressed between the pattern surface and the anvil roll. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083310 | Textured Laminate Structure, Absorbent Articles With Textured Laminate Structure, And Method for Manufacturing - A method for producing a textured laminate structure is disclosed. The method may include the steps of forming a first bonded nonwoven material of polymeric fibers constituting a first layer, creating a pattern of apertures through the first bonded nonwoven material, and following the aperture pattern creating step, discontinuously bonding the first layer to a second layer. The method may also include disposing one or more elastic members between the first and second layers prior to the bonding step. The one or more elastic members may be disposed between the layers while in a strained condition. The resulting structure provides a stretch laminate with tactilely and visually interesting features, and may be used to form components of a disposable absorbent article such as a side panel thereof. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083311 | COLLECTOR MEMBER, POWER GENERATOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLLECTOR MEMBER FOR POWER GENERATOR - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a collector member | 2015-03-26 |
20150083312 | METHOD OF BONDING AND DEBONDING SUBSTRATE - A substrate bonding and debonding method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first silicone glue layer on a peel-off region of the substrate and a second silicone glue layer on a peripheral region of the substrate, in which the first and second silicone glue layers contain the same silicone main agent and silicone curing agent in a different ratio; adhering an opposite substrate to the first and second silicone glue layers; curing the first and second silicone glue layers to bond the substrate to the opposite substrate; and separating a portion of the substrate from the opposite substrate. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083313 | Portable Microfluidic Assay Devices and Methods of Manufacture and Use - A method of forming a pneumatically controlled microfluidic device containing a micro-fluidic network that includes micro-elements in the form of micro-particles or micro-length hollow flow elements, and a pneumatic network that includes pneumatic micro-channels and micro-valve features enabling membrane valves to operate to control fluid conditions in the microfluidic network, including the steps (a) forming two portions, denominated fluidic layer, in which microfluidic channels are formed, and pneumatic layer, in which pneumatic micro-channels and micro-valve features are formed, each having a backing that is rigid in the plane of extent of the layers, (b) providing an intervening elastic membrane, and (c) permanently bonding both layers to opposite sides of the membrane, the permanent bonding of the membrane to the fluidic layer being effective to permanently enclose a set of inserted micro-elements in the fluidic network and relate the two layers to enable pneumatic control of fluid conditions in the microfluidic network. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083314 | REINFORCED MULTI-BODY OPTICAL DEVICES - Disclosed in one example embodiment is a method for fabricating a reinforced multi-body optical device. One method involves applying a coating to sides of an interior plate and bonding two plates to either side of the interior plate. The bonded plates are diced at an angle that is not orthogonal to the bonded plates. The top and bottom portions of a diced section are removed to form a multi-body polarization beam splitter (PBS) having a generally rectangular perimeter. A supporting plate is bonded to the multi-body PBS to form a reinforced multi-body PBS, wherein the supporting plate has a CTE that is within about 0.5 parts per million of the CTE of the multi-body PBS. The multi-body PBS is grinded to reduce the thickness of the multi-body PBS. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083315 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING CAPACITOR ELEMENT - A method for manufacturing a capacitor element includes singulating a mother block into a plurality of laminate blocks having a shape of an elongated, substantially rectangular parallelepiped, by dividing the mother block in rows; rolling each of the plurality of laminate blocks; and singulating each of the plurality of laminate blocks into a plurality of laminate chips having a shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, by dividing the plurality of laminate blocks after rolling in columns. The step of rolling each of the plurality of laminate blocks includes the step of moving the plurality of laminate blocks placed on a stage, along a direction in which the plurality of laminate blocks are arranged side by side, thereby sequentially pushing each of the plurality of laminate blocks to an end portion of the stage and causing each of the plurality of laminate blocks to rotationally fall from the end portion. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083316 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING JOINT BODY OF CONDUCTIVE CERAMIC BODY AND METAL BODY - A method of manufacturing a joint body of a ceramic body and a metal body includes a step of joining them together by passing a current to an abutment surface between them. The joining step includes a step of heating up the abutment surface to a temperature T1 within a temperature range between (Tr-220)° C. and (Tr-50)° C. in a period longer than 10 seconds, Tr being a recrystallization temperature of the metal body, a step of heating the abutment surface for a period longer than 5 seconds at a temperature T2 within a temperature range between Tm×0.3° C. and Tm×0.45° C., Tm being a melting point of the metal body, and a step of heating the abutment surface for a period longer than 3 seconds at a heating temperature higher than Tm×0.48° C. and lower than Tm×0.6° C. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083317 | TRIPLY CURABLE OPTICALLY CLEAR ADHESIVE - The present invention provides an adhesive composition, which can be cured through three ways: UV-radiation curing, thermal-radiation curing and moisture-curing. The adhesive composition comprises a) an oligomer having an isocyanate group and a (meth)acryloxy group; b) a (meth)acrylic monomer and/or oligomer not having an isocyanate group; c) a photoinitiator; and d) a peroxide. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083318 | MULTI-SEASONAL CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN FABRICS AND COATINGS FOR HUNTING - A method of making fabrics and coatings in a camouflage pattern with a printed camouflage pattern ink layer covered by a temperature activated color changing ink layer or layers printed in a camouflage pattern, which matches the pattern in the underlying printed camouflage fabric ink layer. The temperature activated color changing ink layer changes color state with a change of temperature to another color state or a clear state, which reveals the color state of the underlying printed camouflage fabric layer. The temperatures at which the temperature activated color changing ink changes color state occurs at a pre-determined temperature so that the camouflage pattern reveal the color states and the characteristics of the foliage of the season to which the temperature corresponds. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083319 | METHOD OF APPLYING A PHOTOCATALYTIC DISPERSION - A method of applying a photocatalytic dispersion ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083320 | Microfluidic Assay Assemblies and Methods of Manufacture - In assembling a portion of a microfluidic device by conducting bonding action by contacting faces of opposed bondable materials, one comprising a flexible sheet, the method, while maintaining continual contact of the faces in a region R1 until bonding is completed, of employing repeated make-and-break-contact manufacturing protocol on a second region R2 of the contacted faces of the bondable materials, thereby over time neutralizing the tendency for permanent bonds to form in that region R2, thus to enable making and breaking actuated movements of the second region R2 of the flexible sheet relative to the portion of the other material that it opposes. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083321 | CURABLE COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING ADHESIVE - A curable adhesive that is modified to allow spray application and polymerization seamlessly during the process of epoxy resin vacuum infusion. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083322 | Idle Air Control Valve With Plastic Housing And Retention Features - A method provides a plastic housing for an actuator. The actuator has a stator assembly coupled to a connector structure and a rotor assembly that rotates with respect to the stator assembly. The method inserts the stator assembly with connector structure connected thereto into an interior of the plastic housing until a surface of the stator assembly engages a surface of the plastic housing, with an annular end of the plastic housing extending beyond an adjacent annular surface of the connector structure. The annular end of the housing is heated and deformed to capture the annular surface of the connector structure, thereby coupling the plastic housing to the connector structure. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083323 | SEAMING TAPE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A seaming tape for joining pieces of floor-covering together, such as carpet or resilient floor covering material, and a method for using the same to join adjacent pieces of planar material is provided. The seaming tape can include an upper mesh tape portion and a lower blocking tape portion that is narrower in width than the mesh tape portion. The mesh tape portion can further include a pressure-sensitive adhesive to hold the blocking tape portion in position. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083324 | CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITIONS BASED ON ORGANYLOXYSILANE-TERMINATED POLYMERS - Moisture curable silicone adhesives used for sealing joints and for the bonding of substrates such as PVC, concrete, mineral substrates, metals, glass, ceramic, wood, or painted surfaces are prepared from crosslinkable compositions containing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic fumed silicas in a mass ratio of 1:10 to 10:1. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083325 | DIE FOR FORMING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is a die for forming a honeycomb structure, including: a second plate-shaped portion that is formed of iron and the like and has back holes; and a first plate-shaped portion that is formed of tungsten carbide based cemented carbide and has cavities communicating with the back holes and slits communicating with the cavities, wherein the first plate-shaped portion has a first layer arranged in the second plate-shaped portion side and a second layer arranged on the first layer, the cavities | 2015-03-26 |
20150083326 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The present invention encompasses polyurethane adhesive compositions comprising aliphatic polycarbonate chains. In one aspect, the present invention encompasses polyurethane adhesives derived from aliphatic polycarbonate polyols and polyisocyanates wherein the polyol chains contain a primary repeating unit having a structure. In another aspect, the invention provides articles comprising the inventive polyurethane compositions as well as methods of making such compositions. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083327 | ADHESIVES HAVING ADHESION PROMOTERS WITH SULPHONAMIDE GROUPS - Adhesive for adhering synthetic and/or metal substrates, selected from liquid or thermoplastic adhesives which have urethane groups in the polymer chain, wherein the adhesive is selected from NCO-reactive adhesives, silane-reactive adhesives or thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) and include as a constituent 0.01 to 10 wt. % of at least one compound (H) having a molecular weight of less than 500 g/mol, which compound has at least one sulphonamide group having an SO | 2015-03-26 |
20150083328 | ANALYSIS METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR ETCHING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of analyzing data obtained from an etching apparatus for micromachining a wafer using plasma. This method includes the following steps: acquiring the plasma light-emission data indicating light-emission intensities at a plurality of different wavelengths and times, the plasma light-emission data being measured under a plurality of different etching processing conditions, and being obtained at the time of the etching processing, evaluating the relationship between changes in the etching processing conditions and changes in the light-emission intensities at the plurality of different wavelengths and times with respect to the wavelengths and times of the plasma light-emission data, and identifying the wavelength and the time of the plasma light-emission data based on the evaluation result, the wavelength and the time being to be used for the adjustment of the etching processing condition. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083329 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - In a plasma processing apparatus including a processing room disposed in a vacuum vessel, a sample stage located in the processing room, a dielectric film disposed on the top surface of the sample stage and serving as the sample mounting surface of the sample stage, and a plurality of electrodes embedded in the dielectric film for chucking the sample to the dielectric film when supplied with electric power, a part of the sample is chucked by supplying electric power to at least one of the electrodes while the sample is mounted on the sample stage; the sample is heated up to a predetermined temperature; a larger part of the sample is chucked by supplying electric power to the other of the electrodes; and the processing of the sample using the plasma is initiated. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083330 | GAS APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CHAMBER PORTS - An electronic device manufacturing system may include a chamber port assembly that provides an interface between a transfer chamber and a process chamber. In some embodiments, the chamber port assembly may be configured to direct a flow of purge gas into a substrate transfer area of the chamber port assembly. In other embodiments, a process chamber and/or the transfer chamber may be configured to direct a flow of purge gas into the substrate transfer area. The flow of purge gas into a substrate transfer area may prevent and/or reduce migration of particulate matter from chamber hardware onto a substrate being transferred between the transfer chamber and a process chamber. Methods of assembling a chamber port assembly are also provided, as are other aspects. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083331 | Process Chamber, Semiconductor Manufacturing Apparatus and Substrate Processing Method Having the Same - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus including a transfer chamber provided with a substrate moving device to move substrates, a load lock chamber to align the substrates and to load and unload the substrates into and out of the transfer chamber, and at least one process chamber to process the substrates transferred from the transfer chambers. Each of the at least one process chamber includes a chamber provided with a substrate entrance formed on a side surface thereof, a substrate support provided within the chamber such that at least two substrates are disposed on the substrate support, and at least one divider provided within the chamber to align the at least two substrates. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083332 | PLASMA PROCESSOR AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - An etching chamber | 2015-03-26 |
20150083333 | PLASMA PROCESSOR AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - An etching chamber | 2015-03-26 |
20150083334 | FILM ADHERING APPARATUS - A film adhering apparatus for adhering a protective film on a work piece includes a controller, a conveyor belt, a rotating bracket configured to assemble the protective film, a suction driving member, a sensor, a first suction member, a cutting assembly, and a moving assembly. When the work piece is sensed by the sensor, one end of the protective film is pulled by the moving assembly to pass by the first suction member, and the protective film is sucked by the first suction member. The moving assembly releases the protective film and reset to suck the protective film again, and the protective film is cut off by the cutting assembly. The suction driving member drives the first suction member to move toward the work piece and the protective film is adhered on the work piece. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083335 | COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A component mounting apparatus includes a tape attaching unit, a component mounting unit and a component compression unit provided in this order. A time measuring unit measures time having passed after attachment of the adhesive tape in the tape attaching unit. When a predetermined time has passed after the start of measurement performed by the time measuring unit, the substrate, to which the adhesive tape of a measuring target is attached, is forcibly transferred to the downstream side, and the component is compressed to the substrate in the component compression unit. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083336 | COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A component mounting apparatus includes a tape attaching unit, a component mounting unit and a component compression unit provided in this order. A time measuring unit measures time having passed after completion of predetermined work performed on all the substrates transferred to the tape attaching unit, the component mounting unit, and the component compression unit, respectively. When preparation for transferring the substrates to the tape attaching unit is not completed within a predetermined time after the start of measurement performed by the time measuring unit, the respective substrates, which wait in the tape attaching unit, the component mounting unit, and the component compression unit, are forcibly transferred to the downstream sides and predetermined work is performed on the respective substrates that are forcibly transferred to the component mounting unit and the component compression unit. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083337 | LABELING APPARATUS INCLUDING SPRING-LOADED APPLICATORS - An apparatus and method is described herein for applying labels to containers. The apparatus includes a guidance mechanism configured to provide a path for receiving a plurality of labels having a back surface with a fluid activatable adhesive that is non-tacky until activated, an adhesive activation station aligned with at least a portion of the guidance mechanism and configured to apply to the back surface of said labels a fluid to activate said adhesive along said back surface of said labels, and a label application station configured to apply at least one of said labels with said activated adhesive onto an exterior surface of a corresponding object located on a rotatable platform. The guidance mechanism includes at least one rotatable transfer member having a plurality of pallets. Each of the pallets includes multiple openings for communication of suction to enable at least one of the pallets to receive and releasably secure a front of the labels onto at least one pallet, and one or more rollers connected to each of the pallets by one or more tunable complaint members. The label application station includes a servo motor configured to drive a linear speed and a rotational direction of the platform. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083338 | FIBER BUNDLE PROCESSING DEVICE - A fiber bundle processing device (filament winding device ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083339 | DEVICE FOR FEEDING SELF-ADHESIVE OR "PRESSURE SENSITIVE" LABELS TO A LABELLING MACHINE | 2015-03-26 |
20150083340 | DISPLAY MODULE REWORKABILITY - Techniques are disclosed for a cutting apparatus that can be used to cut a target layer within a display module, e.g., a liquid crystal display that includes a protective cover glass. The cutting apparatus includes a platform that supports a track. The cutting apparatus also includes a linear slide that is configured to both hold the display module in place and travel along the track, where the movement of the linear slide along the track is driven by a mass that is in free fall. The cutting apparatus further includes a cutting wire, where the cutting wire is positioned relative to the target layer and oscillates to cut the target layer as the linear slide moves along the track. Additional techniques are disclosed and directed toward a method for operating the cutting apparatus described above. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083341 | HEAT DETACHABLE ADHESIVE CONSTRUCTIONS, ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An adhesive article includes a first substrate, a first adhesive layer positioned adjacent the first substrate, a second substrate, and a first meltable layer positioned adjacent to the first adhesive layer and the second substrate. The meltable layer has a ring and ball (R&B) softening point of between about 60° C. and about 180° C. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083342 | METHOD FOR THERMAL-SLIDE DEBONDING OF TEMPORARY BONDED SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS - A method for debonding two temporary bonded wafers, includes providing a debonder comprising a top chuck assembly, a bottom chuck assembly, a static gantry supporting the top chuck assembly, an X-axis carriage drive supporting the bottom chuck assembly and an X-axis drive control configured to drive horizontally the X-axis carriage drive and the bottom chuck assembly from a loading zone to a process zone under the top chuck assembly and from the process zone back to the loading zone. Next, loading a wafer pair comprising a carrier wafer bonded to a device wafer via an adhesive layer upon the bottom chuck assembly at the loading zone oriented so that the unbonded surface of the device wafer is in contact with the bottom assembly. Next, driving the X-axis carriage drive and the bottom chuck assembly to the process zone under the top chuck assembly. Next, placing the unbonded surface of the carrier wafer in contact with the top chuck assembly and holding the carrier wafer by the top chuck assembly. Next, initiating horizontal motion of the X-axis carriage drive while heat is applied to the carrier wafer and while the carrier wafer is held by the top chuck assembly. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083343 | SUPPORTING MEMBER SEPARATION METHOD AND SUPPORTING MEMBER SEPARATION APPARATUS - A supporting member separation method of separating a laminate formed by laminating a substrate, an adhesive layer, a release layer which is changed in quality by absorbing light, and a support plate in this order, the method including an irradiation step in which irradiation of laser light which is pulse-oscillated with a pulse having a pulse width of 20 ns or greater is performed to the release layer. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083344 | Separation Device and Pickup System - A separation device includes a mount table, projecting portion, and drawing port. The mount table includes a mount surface on which a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, on which an electronic component is stuck, is mounted. The electronic component is stuck on one surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, and the mount surface is in contact with the other surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet. The projecting portion is formed on the mount surface and projects toward the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet mounted on the mount surface. The drawing port is open near the projecting portion on the mount surface, and when a negative pressure is applied, draws the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083345 | CURTAIN PANEL WITH FABRIC TABS AND GROMMETS - A grommet glide curtain panel includes a panel with a front-facing side and a back side, a plurality of grommets each being engaged with a fabric tab, and a plurality of spaced fabric tabs attached to a top section of the back side of the panel. The fabric tab is configured to enclose a section of the D-shaped grommet to the panel and is aligned to receive a curtain rod so that the grommets can glide on said rod for easy care, opening, closing, and hanging the panel. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083346 | Loading and Unloading Apparatus for Truck Beds - Disclosed is an apparatus for moving cargo toward or away from the end of a truck bed. The device includes a cross bar that spans the width of the truck bed. The cross bar comprises a pair of caster wheels that allow the cross bar to travel in the furrows of the truck bed. Each caster wheel is rotatably attached to a plate that is slideably attached to the cross bar by means of a locking mechanism. In this way, the caster wheel can be moved along the width of the cross bar. The cross bar is attached to a telescopic handle that is adapted to lie flat in the furrows of the truck bed. The present invention may further comprise a divider wall that can be removably attached to the handle. The divider wall allows a user to organize the truck bed when carrying cargo. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083347 | ARCHITECTURAL SHIELD APPARATUS AND METHODS - An architectural shield apparatus and methods, involving at least one material sheet having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion adapted for rotatable coupling with an edificial feature, and the lower portion adapted for coupling and decoupling with the edificial feature, and at least one deployment device adapted for coupling with the edificial feature and for coupling and decoupling the lower portion of the material sheet in relation to the edificial feature. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083348 | SNUBBER DEVICES FOR USE IN ROLL-UP DOOR ASSEMBLIES - An improved roll-up door assembly ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083349 | ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROLLER BLIND - An arrangement for retracting and extending a roller blind web has a shaft ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083350 | MOTORIZED TRANSITIONAL SHADE SYSTEM - A motorized transitional shade system may move a covering material between open, closed, view, and privacy positions. The covering material may define respective pluralities of opaque and transparent sections that are arranged in an alternating pattern. A bottom bar that is movably supported by the covering material may define first and second portions of the covering material. The opaque and transparent sections in the first and second portions of the covering material may permit visibility through the covering material in a view position, and may impede visibility through the covering material in a privacy position. If movement of the covering material is halted at an intermediate position that is between the open and closed positions, the motorized transitional shade system may cause the motor to rotate the roller tube to move the covering material to a next lowest privacy position or to a next highest view position. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083351 | SHADE MOTOR WITH LATCH ASSEMBLY AND BRACKET - Presented is a roller shade motor system that includes a motor with an end portion, a latch assembly disposed on the end portion, and a bracket. The latch assembly includes an alignment member and at least one moveable clip. The bracket includes a clip contact surface and defines an alignment member opening dimensioned and arranged for receiving the alignment member. The moveable clip is retracted into the alignment member during insertion of the alignment member into the alignment member opening and is extended out of the alignment member and contacts the clip contact surface after insertion and couples the motor to the bracket. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083352 | CURTAIN PANEL WITH FLIP TABS BEARING GROMMETS - A curtain panel with a front-facing side and a back side includes a panel with a predetermined dimension, a plurality of spaced flip tabs attached to a top section of the back side of the panel, and a plurality of grommets, each of said grommets being embedded in said flip tab through an opening formed in said flip tab. The grommets are aligned to receive a curtain rod and are further configured to glide on said rod for easy hanging, opening, and closing the panel. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083353 | Electrical Insulating Paper - An electrical insulating paper, and methods of making and using same, having a dielectric strength of greater than 40 kV/mm, including 20% to 99% by weight of cellulose and 1% to 80% by weight of mineral fillers. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A HYDROENTANGLED NONWOVEN MATERIAL - A method of producing a nonwoven material by hydroentangling a fiber mixture containing spunlaid filaments, natural fibers and synthetic staple fibers, wherein a fibrous web of natural fibers and at least 10% by fiber weight of manmade staple fibers is wetlaid by means of an inclined wire formation, the wetlaid fibrous web is hydroentangled in a first hydroentangling station and spunlaid filaments are laid on top of said hydroentangled wetlaid fibrous web to form a combined web. The combined web is hydroentangled in a second hydroentangling station. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083355 | FIBROUS PULP AND USE THEREOF IN A COMPOSITE - A composition comprises (i) an elastomer, (ii) from 1 to 5 volume % of fibrous pulp, the pulp having a specific surface area of from 7 to 11 sq.m./g and the fiber having a fiber length of from 0.5 to 1.1 mm, a tensile modulus of from 2.5 to 130 GPa, and a tensile strength of from 1 to 3 GPa, and (iii) from 5 to 14 volume % of yield-strain promoter in the form of fibers, needles, powder or platelets, wherein the composition has a yield strain of at least 70%, an elongation at break of at least 200%, and a yield stress of at least 4 MPa. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083356 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A HOLLOW METAL PART BY MEANS OF CASTING - A method for producing a hollow metal part by casting, wherein a destructible core ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083357 | MOLDING METHOD AND MOLDING APPARATUS - A molding apparatus ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083358 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR MAKING FOUNDRY MOLDS - A binder composition for making foundry molds, comprising an acid-hardening resin, one or more 5-position-substituted-furfural compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 5-acetoxymethylfurfural, and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of urea and derivatives of urea, wherein the content of the 5-position-substituted-furfural compound(s) by percentage is from 1 to 60% by weight of the binder composition. The content of the compound(s) by percentage selected from the group consisting of urea and derivatives of urea is preferably from 0.3 to 10% by weight of the binder composition. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083359 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING AND RECOGNISING COOLANT DISCHARGES FROM COMPLEX HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method for preventing and detecting coolant discharges from complex hydraulic systems. The aim of the invention is to configure such a method in such a way that this method in particular meets requirements for preventing/limiting the development of explosive atmospheres in working areas and for reducing measures from previously otherwise typical requirements for Ex zones. This aim is achieved in that a circuit carrying coolant is divided into small volumes that have stop valves and a relief valve, wherein a leak detection diagnosis can be carried out by means of a pressure sensor that can be integrated. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083360 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL CIRCULATOR DEVICE - A temperature control circulator device for fluidic temperature control that can connect to auxiliary heaters and pump to increase the available heating power and temperature control effectiveness of the temperature control circulator device in when dealing with large fluid volumes. The system can control the auxiliary heaters and pumps and the auxiliary devices may have sensors that feed back to the temperature control circulator device for more precise control of the fluid bath. The system also has a bottom perforated removable housing with a flow or directionally and flow adjustable pump system. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083361 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A heat transfer system including a first heat exchange assembly, a second heat exchange assembly, and a heat transfer circuit interconnecting the first and second heat exchange assemblies, the circuit incorporating a working fluid to transfer heat between the first and second heat exchange assemblies. The heat transfer circuit preferably takes the form of a closed loop heat-pipe system. The heat transfer system is operative in a first mode where the working fluid is at or below a threshold pressure and in a second mode where the working fluid is at a higher pressure than the threshold pressure. A pressure regulating device is also provided to increase the pressure of the working fluid above the threshold pressure to effect change of operation of the heat transfer system from the first mode to the second mode. Optionally the pressure regulating device is a pressure vessel having at least one heat transfer surface. An air-conditioning system for conditioning air in a region, including the heat transfer system wherein the first heat exchange assembly is operative to moderate air temperature in the region and wherein the second heat exchange assembly is disposed adjacent a source/sink of substantially constant temperature. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083362 | DISTRICT PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PIPE NETWORK SYSTEM COMPATIBLE FOR SOURCE SIDE WATER FOR GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND RECLAIMED WATER - A district public water supply pipe network system compatible for ground source heat pump water and reclaimed water comprises a water supply main pipe connected with a reclaimed water outlet side of a sewage treatment system and connected to a plurality of energy stations and a plurality of transmission and distribution station, and a return water main pipe arranged between the adjacent energy stations to connect them. The energy stations are provided with a plurality of shallow geothermal heat exchange system for exchanging heat with shallow geothermal energy in the region. Both the energy stations and the transmission and distribution station are connected with corresponding distribution pipe networks connected with a user terminal water supply system. The system provides the source side water and the reclaimed water to users. It is a district public geothermal pipe network and a reclaimed water pipe network. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083363 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DATA CENTRE WITH EFFICIENT COOLING MEANS - The present invention relates to a method for operating a data centre, which is adapted to house a multiplicity/plurality of racks being designed to provide storage space for IT equipment. The data centre is equipped with cooling means in order to provide dissipation of heat being generated by the IT equipment. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083364 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HEATING PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS WITH SIMULTANEOUS MOUNTING OR REMOVAL RESPECTIVELY OF HEATING ELEMENTS AND SCREENING ELEMENTS - An apparatus for heating plastics material pre-forms includes a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-set conveying path (P). A plurality of holding elements for holding the plastics material pre-forms and a plurality of screening elements for screening off heat are arranged on the conveying device. The apparatus has a plurality of carrier units on which at least parts of the holding elements and at least parts of the screening elements are arranged and these carrier units are capable of being removed from the conveying device jointly with the parts of the holding elements and screening elements which are arranged thereon. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083365 | STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD OF SECURING TUBES WITHIN A STEAM GENERATOR AGAINST VIBRATION - A steam generator includes a tube bundle having a plurality of tubes, arranged in rows and columns. The first column of tubes includes a first tube having a curved center line disposed in a first plane. The second column of tubes includes a second tube having a curved center line disposed in a second plane, the second plane being parallel to and spaced a distance from the first plane. The steam generator further includes a first number of solid anti-vibration bars disposed between the first column of tubes and the second column of tubes; wherein each of the tubes has a tube outer diameter; and wherein each of the first number of anti-vibration bars has a thickness generally transverse to the first and second planes, the thickness being greater than the distance between the first and second planes minus the tube outer diameter. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083366 | MULTI-SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGE WITH VACUUM CAPABILITY AND MAGNETIC SCRAPERS - A multi-surface scraped surface heat exchanger for heating or cooling of liquids or slurries having a series of three or more concentric tubes that provide four or more heat transfer surfaces, three of which are independently temperature and flow controllable. Slurry products are cooled or heated across all of the surfaces in line or in parallel. Scrapers are mounted on a rotor assembly and are magnetically or spring tensioned to increase surface engagement and may be contoured to enhance folding and mixing of product. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083367 | AVIATION BYPASS VALVE INCLUDING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY MATERIAL - An aviation bypass valve for use in a heat exchanger apparatus, including a shape memory alloy material. The heat exchanger apparatus further including an air-cooled oil cooler disposed in a bypass fan duct of an aircraft engine. The heat exchanger apparatus including a bypass valve in fluid communication with the air cooled oil cooler. The bypass valve including a valve body, a piston disposed in the valve body and moveable therein and an actuation component. The actuation component including a shape memory alloy. The actuation component responsive to a change in at least one of a thermal condition and a pressure exerted thereon so as to move the piston, thereby opening and closing the bypass valve. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083368 | DATA CENTER COOLING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A heat exchanger has a liquid-liquid heat exchange region and a gas-liquid heat exchange portion. The heat exchange can define a continuous liquid flow path through the liquid-liquid heat exchange region and through the gas-liquid heat exchange portion. The continuous flow path can first pass through the liquid-liquid heat exchange region and then through the gas-liquid heat exchange portion. In other embodiments, the continuous flow path first passes through the gas-liquid heat exchange portion and then through the liquid-liquid heat exchange portion. In some embodiments, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of liquid-liquid heat exchange regions and a plurality of air-liquid heat exchange regions juxtaposed therewith relative to the continuous flow path. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083369 | METALLIC THIN-FILM BONDING AND ALLOY GENERATION - Diffusion bonding a stack of aluminum thin films is particularly challenging due to a stable aluminum oxide coating that rapidly forms on the aluminum thin films when they are exposed to atmosphere and the relatively low meting temperature of aluminum. By plating the individual aluminum thin films with a metal that does not rapidly form a stable oxide coating, the individual aluminum thin films may be readily diffusion bonded together using heat and pressure. The resulting diffusion bonded structure can be an alloy of choice through the use of a carefully selected base and plating metals. The aluminum thin films may also be etched with distinct patterns that form a microfluidic fluid flow path through the stack of aluminum thin films when diffusion bonded together. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083370 | PUMP SEALING DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for sealing a pump of a nuclear power station. Said includes: a mechanical packing and a fluid header. The header includes:
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20150083371 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE FOR HAND-HELD MOBILE DEVICE - A heat dissipation structure for hand-held mobile device includes a supporting body having a first and an opposite second side and including at least one heat dissipation area. In the heat dissipation area, a heat dissipation element is correspondingly fitted without increasing an overall thickness and volume of the supporting body for the hand-held mobile device. With the heat dissipation element fitted in the heat dissipation area on the supporting body, heat produced by the hand-held mobile device during operation thereof can be quickly transferred to the heat dissipation element for dissipating into ambient air. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083372 | HEAT DISSIPATION UNIT - A heat dissipation unit includes a housing and a heat pipe. The housing has a chamber in which a working fluid is contained. Multiple support posts and multiple fixing members are disposed in the chamber. The heat pipe has a heat absorption section positioned in the chamber of the housing and securely supported by the fixing members, and a heat dissipation section extending from the heat absorption section through the housing and positioned outside the chamber of the housing. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083373 | CAPILLARY-PUMPING HEAT-TRANSPORT DEVICE - A capillary-driven heat transfer device, adapted to extract heat from a heat source and to release this heat to a cold source by means of a two-phase working fluid, includes an evaporator, having a microporous mass adapted to perform capillary pumping of fluid in the liquid phase, a condenser, a reservoir having an inlet and/or outlet port, a vapor communication circuit connecting the outlet of the evaporator to the inlet of the condenser, and a liquid communication circuit connecting the outlet of the condenser to the reservoir and to the inlet of the evaporator. The reservoir includes multiple separate volumes that remain in fluid communication. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083374 | Closed Loop Ice Slurry Refrigeration System - A closed loop refrigeration system comprises an ice slurry mixture which comprises ice, water, and a freezing point depressant. The system also comprises a first storage device for storing the ice slurry mixture, and an agitator disposed in the first storage device. The agitator agitates the ice slurry mixture in at least an intermittent manner. The system further comprises a first conduit connecting the first storage device and a heat load, and a first pump disposed on the first conduit for pumping the ice slurry mixture through the first conduit from the first storage device to the heat load. At least some of the ice melts in the heat load. The system also comprises a second conduit connecting the heat load and a second storage device. The second storage device is connected to the first storage device. The system further comprises a second pump disposed on the second conduit for pumping the ice slurry mixture containing the melted ice through the second conduit from the heat load to the second storage device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083375 | Device for Mixing and Heat Exchange | 2015-03-26 |
20150083376 | COLD-FORMED SACHET MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING - A pouch containing a gas is formed by drawing a first elongated sheet of gas-impermeable material from a supply of the material in a drawing direction. The sheet has a transverse profile perpendicular to the drawing direction that includes a channel. A second sheet of material is drawn, such that a first portion of the first sheet and a first portion of the second sheet are substantially parallel to each other. The gas is injected between the first portion of the first sheet and the first portion of the second sheet. First and second lengths of the first and second sheets are sealed to each other, where the first and second lengths are substantially parallel to the drawing direction, to form first and second side edges of the pouch. Third and fourth lengths of the sheets are sealed to each other to form first and second end edges of the pouch. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083377 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of principal heat exchange sections and auxiliary heat exchange sections. Each of the auxiliary heat exchange sections is in series connection to a corresponding one of the principal heat exchange sections. Of tube number ratios of the number of the flat tubes constituting each of the heat exchange sections to the number of the flat tubes constituting a corresponding one of the auxiliary heat exchange sections, the first principal heat exchange sections which is the lowermost one has the smallest tube number ratio. Consequently, discharge of liquid refrigerant from a lower portion of the first principal heat exchange section is accelerated during defrosting, thereby shortening the time required for defrosting. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING REFRIGERANT TO A PARALLEL FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER USING REFRIGERANT INJECTORS - A heat exchanger is disclosed that includes a plurality of parallel refrigerant paths, and a refrigerant injector operatively associated with an inlet to each refrigerant path for independently metering single phase refrigerant into each of the parallel refrigerant paths. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083379 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a heat exchanger capable of enhancing long-term reliability of the device through prevention of leakage of a fluid while being excellent in heat exchange efficiency, simple in structure, and manufacturable at low cost. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer plates, a plurality of inner fins, and a plurality of leakage preventing plates. Each of the leakage preventing plates has formed therein passage holes through which the fluid is caused to flow. An inner fin of a first channel and an inner fin of a second channel are provided so that the thermal resistivities of two fluids are kept equal to each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083380 | HEAT EXCHANGER ELEMENT OF LARGE SURFACE - Large surface heat exchanger element composed of two metal plates provided with half spheroidal cavities, juxtaposed and united as to conform a sealed space in such way that the so conformed space provides resistance to internal or external pressure similar to a set of interconnected spherical wessels. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083381 | BONDED FLUID HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS - A heat exchanging apparatus has a flow path with air tightness formed by joining a second sheet to a first sheet formed by bending the first sheet by stamping and fluid introduced into the flow path impinges on a wall of the flow path to perform heat exchange. A material constituting the flow path may be a metal sheet or an electrically-conductive plastic, and a small-sized and light-weight heat exchanging apparatus can be manufactured at a low cost. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083382 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a packing comprising at least one external oblique fin having a surface, and a plurality of tubes, each tube having an inlet, an outlet, a wall, an outer surface, and an axis. The plurality of tubes are substantially parallel and separate from each other. The packing may include a plurality of fins arranged in a plurality of columns. Each column includes a plurality of external oblique fins associated with a respective tube disposed along at least part of a length of the respective tube, and first fins in a first column have substantially the same first orientation. The first orientation of the first fins in the first column is different from a second orientation of second fins in a second column. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083383 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGE METHOD - A heat exchanger has a plurality of heat exchange function surface units, capable of suppressing an influence of the gravity exerted on refrigerant and suppressing reduction of heat exchange performance in each of the surfaces. The heat exchanger has the plurality of heat exchange function surface units, and includes an upper header pipe, a lower header pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange pipes provided between the pair of upper and lower header pipes in each of the heat exchange function surface units. The plurality of heat exchange function surface units have a parallel connection relationship, and a plurality of the lower header pipes are connected to a lower collection pipe through a branch current adjusting section. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083384 | APPLIANCE WITH TIMED PREHEATING FOR DISPENSED FLUIDS - A refrigerator appliance is provided that includes a hot water dispenser and/or hot beverage dispenser. The appliance can provide the hot water at a particular time selected by the user. In addition, the appliance can also be equipped to provide the hot water over a particular period of time. As such, the user can avoid an undesirable or inconvenient waiting period for dispensing hot water and certain energy efficiencies can be provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083385 | GAS HEATER / COOLER APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Gas heater/cooler apparatuses and methods of manufacturing thereof are provided. A gas heater/cooler apparatus has a gas pipe configured to transport a fluid inside a heat transfer block. A fluid flow through a cooling pipe in the proximity of the gas pipe or pushed towards the gas pipe by a fan cools the fluid. An electric heater disposed inside the heat transfer block close to the gas pipe may heat the fluid flowing therein via radiated heat. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083386 | CABLE HEAD WITH CABLE SHEAR MECHANISM FOR ATTACHING TO A WIRELINE TO SUPPORT OILFIELD EQUIPMENT IN A WELLBORE - A cable head with cable shear mechanism for attaching to a wireline to support oilfield equipment in a wellbore formed from a housing with a cable bore. The housing comprises a tapered sleeve with a tapered sleeve cable bore, a sliding bell with a sliding bell cable bore, a drive pinch cylinder, a linear biasing mechanism positioned between the tapered sleeve and the drive pinch cylinder, a plurality of shear pins disposed partially into the housing and though the drive pinch cylinder, wherein each shear pin is adapted to withstand from 100 pounds to 2000 pounds of shear load, a pair of slidable cutting segments and a pair of slidable cutting segment guides. When cable load exceeds a preset limit, the shear pins shear allowing the slidable cutting segments to be moved up the slidable cutting segment guides to impact and shear the cable. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083387 | RF ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH SPACER AND SHEATH AND RELATED METHODS - An RF antenna assembly is positioned within a wellbore in a subterranean formation for hydrocarbon resource recovery. The RF antenna assembly includes first and second tubular conductors to be positioned within the wellbore, and having adjacent joined together ends, and first and second RF transmission line segments extending within the first and second tubular conductors and having adjacent joined together ends aligned with the joined together adjacent ends of the first and second tubular conductors. The RF antenna assembly includes a tubular sheath surrounding the first RF transmission line segment and having an outer surface, and a spacer received on the outer surface of the tubular sheath and extending between the tubular sheath and adjacent portions of the first tubular conductor. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083388 | STEAM-IMPULSE PRESSURE GENERATOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF OIL WELLS - A steam-impulse pressure generator includes a burnable membrane separating (1) a heat-generating device, which is an hermetic enclosure, the cavity of which is filled with heat-generating blocks, from (2) a steam-kinetic chamber, which is a non-hermetic, open enclosure, with windows (nozzles), evenly distributed over the entire surface, with the minimum dynamic resistance for an exit of the steam-water mixture, while offering as much interference as possible against the melted material exiting into the well. High temperature melt coming from the main body makes direct contact with the borehole fluid causing a hydrodynamic disturbance of high-intensity in the form of series of steam-pressure pulses, which penetrates into the bottom-hole formation zone (“BFZ”) and improves the filtration properties of the rock formation not only and not so much by the removal of the wax, paraffin and resin depositions, but rather because of layer microruptures in the BFZ. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083389 | NON-ROTATION LOCK SCREW - A non-rotation lock screw for a wellhead assembly is provided that includes a rotating portion and a non-rotating portion. The non-rotating portion includes a distal end configured to engage a component of the wellhead assembly, and may include one or more seals. The rotating portion may be rotating into a component of wellhead assembly such that the non-rotating portion translates in a radial direction. The rotating portion and non-rotating portion may be coupled together via a bearing to enable free rotation of the rotating portion. Systems and methods of operation that include the non-rotation lock screw are also provided. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083390 | Controlled Rise Velocity Buoyant Ball Assisted Hydrocarbon Lift System and Method - A hydrocarbon lift system and method for increasing petroleum production from an enclosed subterranean reservoir to the earth's surface comprises a column of buoyant balls in an outer pipe configured to entrain the buoyant balls into a first fluid in an annulus formed with an inner pipe drill string. A pressure differential in the inner pipe with respect to the reservoir via the entrained buoyant balls in a second fluid therein lifts the second fluid and the entrained balls via the inner pipe to increase petroleum production to the to earth's surface. A controlled rise velocity of the buoyant balls and the second fluid is predetermined by a ratio of a mass density of the buoyant balls to a mass density of the second fluid being greater than a mass density of the buoyant balls to a mass density of the first fluid for an increase over time in oil production. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083391 | CASING RUNNING TOOL - A device is taught for gripping casing joints comprising one or more first cylinders and one or more second cylinders actuated by a singular hydraulic system. A second device is taught comprising a gripping system, said gripping system comprising one or more slips cammed against one or more inclined recesses when the gripping system is rotated to maintain gripping engagement of the casing. A third device is taught comprising a gripping system, said gripping system comprising one or more slips received into one or more inclined recesses. A fourth device is taught comprising one or more dies supported on one or more said slips by means of mating load transfer profiles. A fifth device is taught comprising a tubular guide means. A sixth device is taught comprising an integral fluid compensator chamber. A seventh device is taught comprising a hydraulic swivel comprising one or more sealing means having predictable seal fluid leak rates. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083392 | Subterranean Solids Separator - A debris removal device for subterranean use features a debris laden inlet tube within a housing to define a debris collection space at the lower end of the housing. An eductor draws the debris laden fluid to the top of the inlet tube where the flow stream is returned to a downhole direction with discrete passages formed between the housing and the inlet tube by spaced parallel plates. The plates feature extending tabs on diametrically opposed lower ends of the plates. As a result flow heading back downhole can release debris and turn back uphole in passages defined between the outside of the plates and the inside wall of the housing. The tabs allow the flow turning uphole to make a greater radius turn because of a crossing over effect created by the tabs. There is less turbulence and narrower width to the flowing stream going uphole. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083393 | HYBRID ELECTRIC GENERATION PLANT FED BY SOURCES OF A FOSSIL/SOLAR ORIGIN - The present invention relates to an electric generation plant ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150083394 | PRODUCTION STRING ACTIVATED WELLBORE SEALING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEALING A WELLBORE USING A PRODUCTION STRING - A wellbore sealing apparatus positioned along production string tubing is provided to allow for sealing of a wellbore without needing to use a work string. The sealing apparatus includes an outer sleeve, an inner mandrel telescopically received within the outer sleeve, a sealing element positioned on the inner mandrel, an actuator interaction assembly and top and bottom seal pushers. An actuator positioned along the production rod string is also provided. The wellbore sealing apparatus has a sealed or engaged position and a disengaged position. To seal the wellbore, the actuator is pulled upwardly via the production rod string and couples to the actuator interaction assembly of the sealing apparatus. The continued upward movement of the actuator results in the inner mandrel moving further into the outer sleeve and the top and bottom pushers exerting opposing forces on the sealing element. The sealing element compresses and expands to seal the wellbore. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083395 | MITIGATING LEAKS IN PRODUCTION TUBULARS - A well system can include a generally tubular production string extending to a surface location. A production packer seals off an annulus external to the production string. A swellable packer is interconnected in the production string between the production packer and the surface location. A method of mitigating a leak in a generally tubular production string can include interconnecting a swellable packer in the production string, and the swellable packer swelling, and thereby increasingly restricting flow through an annulus surrounding the production string, in response to fluid leakage through a sidewall of the production string. Another method can include interconnecting a swellable packer in the production string, and the swellable packer swelling, and thereby increasingly restricting flow through an annulus surrounding the production string, in response to a flow of hydrocarbons into the annulus from an interior of the production string. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083396 | TOOL ASSEMBLY APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus, comprising a body extending in an axial direction, a sleeve for the body, and locking means for locking the body and the sleeve. The body and the sleeve comprise complementary mating protrusions and recesses configured to positively interlock the body and the sleeve in the axial direction and configured to positively interlock the body and the sleeve rotationally by the locking means positively engaging the recesses in both the body and the sleeve. A method for fixing axially and rotationally a sleeve to a body, wherein the body extends in an axial direction, comprising the steps of: sliding in the axial direction the sleeve onto the body, positively interlocking the body and the sleeve in the axial direction by rotating the sleeve relative to the body, and positively interlocking the body and the sleeve rotationally by sliding in the axial direction locking means into the body and the sleeve, the locking means comprising extensions positively engaging recesses in both the body and the sleeve. Use of the apparatus or method as above for attaching external tool elements or tool components for operations done in connection with open holes, risers, marine risers, wellbores, casings, or liners. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083397 | METHOD OF INHIBITING FOULING ON A METALLIC SURFACE USING A SURFACE MODIFYING TREATMENT AGENT - Fouling caused by contaminants onto a metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel in an underground reservoir or extending from or to an underground reservoir may be inhibited by applying onto the surface of the metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel a treatment agent comprising a hydrophobic tail and an anchor. The anchor attaches the treatment agent onto the surface of the metallic tubular, flow conduit or vessel. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083398 | PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS - A method and apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation. A first well is provided in the formation, the first well being separated by an isolating material into at least a first and second zone, the first zone being substantially isolated from the second zone. A second well is provided in the formation. The second well is separated by an isolating material into at least a first and second zone, the first zone being substantially isolated from the second zone. A first fracture is provided in the formation, the first fracture extending substantially between the first zones. A second fracture is provided in the formation, the second fracture extending substantially between the second zones of the first and second wells. A fluid is injected into the formation from the first zone in the first well. Hydrocarbons are produced at the second zone of the second well. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083399 | Evaluation of Downhole Electric Components by Monitoring Umbilical Health and Operation - A method for monitoring the health of a downhole electrical system including a umbilical cable that connects a downhole electric tool to a power source or controller includes delivering electric signals, such as voltage pulses, to the downhole electric tool, which may be an electric submersible pump. The signals are delivered via the cable from a signal generator and are partially reflected by impedance mismatches in the cable or at other points in the system. Each such partially reflected signal, or response signal, is received by a controller and compared to the delivered electric signals to determine a condition of the power transmission cable. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING PROPPANT CONCENTRATION - Disclosed are systems and methods utilizing multiple parallel pumps to deliver a mixture of the proppant and clean fluid via a manifold trailer. One method of providing a step-change in proppant concentration includes selecting a first flow rate for a first pump connected between a first input node and first output node, calculating a first transit time for a flow of a fluid at the first flow rate through a first flow path extending from the first inlet node, through the first pump, and to the first outlet node, and calculating a second flow rate for a second pump connected between the first input node and the first output node such that a second transit time for a flow of the fluid through a second flow path extending from the first inlet node, through the second pump, and to the first outlet node is equal to the first transit time. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083401 | DRILLING OPERATION CONTROL USING MULTIPLE CONCURRENT HYDRAULICS MODELS - A control system for drilling a subterranean well can include multiple concurrently running hydraulics models, each of the hydraulics models outputting a pressure setpoint, in real time during a drilling operation. A method of controlling a drilling operation can comprise concurrently running multiple hydraulics models during the drilling operation, and switching between outputs of the multiple hydraulics models to control the drilling operation, the switching being performed during the drilling operation. Another method of controlling a drilling operation can include controlling operation of at least one flow control device, thereby maintaining a pressure at a pressure setpoint, and selecting the pressure setpoint from among outputs of multiple concurrently running hydraulics models. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083402 | Water Fraction Monitoring Technique - A method and system for estimating water cut or water fraction. The method may include independently establishing a production index for a region in a well. An initial flow rate in the region may be computed from the production index. Further, a measured flow rate may also be monitored within the region on an ongoing rate, for example, with a Venturi device. Thus, a comparison of the initial and measured flow rates may also take place on an ongoing basis so as to provide a real time read of fluid density. This, in turn may be used to estimate water cut of anywhere between 0 and 100% for the region in a dynamic manner. As a result, production from the overall well may be optimized with greater accuracy as a determination on the amount of production allowed, if any, is made on a region by region basis with improved water cut accuracy regarding each region. | 2015-03-26 |
20150083403 | DEVICE FOR SAMPLING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE FOR GEOLOGICAL SITE DEVELOPMENT MONITORING - The invention relates to a fluid sampling device comprising a sample chamber ( | 2015-03-26 |