20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090120318 | Device for the assembly and disassembly of a fastening device, more preferably a rail fastening device on a support body - The invention describes a device for the assembly and disassembly of a fastening device, more preferably of a rail fastening device on a support body, wherein the device is designed as screw adapter and the screw adapter is to be placed on the rail fastening device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120319 | FAIRGROUND RIDE - A fairground ride | 2009-05-14 |
20090120320 | OVERHEAD TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF BUFFER IN THE SYSTEM - An overhead traveling vehicle system includes traveling rails that are hung parallel or substantially parallel to each other from a ceiling while being spaced from each other. A side buffer is disposed between the traveling rails and supported by the opposing traveling rails. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120321 | Narrow Slot Roller And Guide System For High Density Mobile Storage Systems - A narrow slot roller and guide system for high density mobile storage systems having a plurality of storage units. The roller and guide system includes a longitudinally extending axial guide defining a first slot in a floor and a drive rail parallel thereto defining a second slot in the floor. The axial guide includes a roller arrangement adapted to engage a downwardly extending guide member coupled to the carriage of the storage units. The engagement of the roller arrangement and guide member serves as a guide for the storage units as the storage units are moved axially along the axial guide and drive rail. Further, the present invention limits the width of the first and second slots to a very narrow width, e.g. less than one half inch, thereby easily permitting disabled individuals to freely travel across a floor in which the roller and guide system is mounted. The roller and guide system may include an anti-tip assembly to prevent the tipping of the storage units as the storage units are moved along the axial guide and drive rail. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120322 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM GROUND COIL UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a magnetic levitation transportation system ground coil unit in which inside an annular coil conductor that is annularly wound, a mounting bush | 2009-05-14 |
20090120323 | HOLLOW RAILROAD CAR STRUCTURE - An hollow railroad car may be a have a lading containment structure that is a pressure vessel. The car may be a covered hopper car having one or more hopper discharge sections. Each hopper discharge section may include a transition from a substantially rectangular upper inlet to a substantially circular outlet. The transition may include developed plate formed as partial conic sections fitted as valleys between respective pairs of fore-and-aft slope sheets and side slope sheets. The car may have substantially planar internal ring reinforcement assemblies that serve to form a jig and a welding surface for the fore-and-aft slope sheet, a self-jig for the skins of the side wall and roof sheets, and which define buckling nodes for longitudinal compression of the car. The rings form local T-sections in combination with the adjacent wall skins, and do not employ out-of-plane formed sections such as hat sections. The reinforcement may be fabricated from flat sheet or flat bar. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120324 | Container car side sills - A railroad freight car that may include multiple units, the body of at least one unit including a container well for carrying intermodal freight containers, the body including a pair of side sills generally of closed box beam configuration with holes and reinforcing rings and with longitudinally extending reinforcing members in the top or bottom, or both, of the beams. The ends of the longitudinally extending reinforcing members are tapered and have their extremities attached to a portion of a side sill web spaced apart from the extreme top or bottom members of the beam. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120325 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION, ORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION OBTAINED BY THE SAME, AND INK-JET RECORDING INK AND PAINT USING THE DISPERSION - A method of producing a dispersion of organic fine particles having a volume average particle diameter (Mv) of 10 nm to 100 nm, which has the step of: subjecting an organic fine particle dispersion liquid containing a high molecular compound to heating treatment under flowing through a channel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120326 | CLAY DISPERSION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND CLAY THIN FILM - A clay dispersion, wherein an organically modified clay is dispersed in a polar organic solvent, and the clay dispersion is obtained by: dispersing a swelling clay in a liquid which includes water as a main component; adding organic onium ions to the liquid to cause ion-exchange between the organic onium ions and hydrophilic cations existing on the surface of the swelling clay to obtain an organically modified clay; removing the ion-exchanged hydrophilic cation to obtain the organically modified clay which is in a condition that water exists in the clay; and adding the organically modified clay from which the ion-exchanged hydrophilic cation is removed to an polar organic solvent. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120327 | Method for Controlling Microbial Contamination, Mineral Suspensions Obtained and Uses Thereof - The invention concerns a process for disinfection and/or conservation and/or reduction and/or control of microbial contamination of aqueous dispersions and/or aqueous suspensions of mineral matter, providing satisfactory stability in terms of Brookfield™ viscosity for the said aqueous dispersions and/or suspensions of mineral matter. It also concerns the said aqueous dispersions and/or suspensions thus obtained, together with their uses in the mineral, paper and paint industries. Finally it concerns the end products obtained. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120328 | FUMED SILICA DISPERSION - Dispersion of fumed silica comprising a silanized, structurally modified silica and a solvent. It is used for producing coating materials. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120329 | Hardening and Setting Accelerator Additive, Use of the Latter and Method for Producing Said Additive - The invention relates to a hardening and setting accelerator additive consisting of two components. The first component contains agents for developing the rigidity of the binding agent and the second component is an activating component and/or a texturing component. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120330 | LOAD BEARING ROBOTIC TURNTABLE - A load bearing robotic turntable includes a first rotating sine table, a second rotating sine table, and a rotating and tilting workpiece table. A motor rotates the first rotating sine table. The second rotating sine table is rotatable with respect to the first rotating sine table to change a tilt of a top surface of the second rotating sine table. The workpiece table is rotatable with respect to the second rotating table to present different faces of a workpiece mounted to the workpiece table. A first actuator cooperates with the second sine table to change the tilt of the top surface of the second sine table with respect to the horizontal. A second actuator cooperates with the workpiece table to rotate the workpiece about a tilted axis. Rotation and changes to the tilt are obtained solely by positions of the actuators and rotation of the first sine table by the motor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120331 | Apparatus for shaking stacks of sheet material - An apparatus for shaking stacks of sheet material includes a base frame with a table movably mounted thereon for vibratory motion. A rear stop is positioned along a rear portion of the table. First and second lateral stops are positioned along a side portion of the table. The first lateral stop is disposed adjacent the rear stop to contact the adjacent edges of the sheet material stack when the table is vibrated and is inclined toward the rear and first stops. The second stop is movable between a stop position and a non-stop position. The table includes a main table portion and a movable table portion disposed along a forward portion of the table that shifts between a support position and a non-support position for the sheet material stack. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120332 | Interlocking pallets, and shipping and storage systems employing the same - Shipping and storage containers, racks, and pallets including interlocking mechanisms are provided. An embodiment of the pallet includes openings, interface fittings aligned with the openings, respectively, and sized to fit into openings of identical sizes and configurations as the first and second openings, respectively, locking components operatively connected to one another, and an actuator for moving concomitantly the locking components into and out of the openings, respectively. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120333 | Molded pin for coupling two or more members - A connecting pin includes a head and a body having a first end connected to the head. The body includes an underside having at least one surface arranged on a first plane parallel to a longitudinal direction. The body also includes a nose at a second end, the nose having an lower surface that extends upwardly and outwardly from the body underside. The body further includes an inclined surface extending to from an upper surface of the nose in the direction of the head. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120334 | Tabletop for Outdoor Use Having Metal Frame - A tabletop for use on an outdoor table is disclosed. A metal frame having at least one horizontally oriented transverse member defines the general shape of the tabletop. A fiber fabric layer is affixed to the top of the transverse member. A decorative layer comprising a plurality of spaced apart decorative elements provides the outer surface of the table top. A mesh layer is positioned between the fiber fabric layer and the decorative layer. The elements are adhered together by a binder comprised of adhesive material. The binder is interposed between and contacting the at least one transverse member and the decorative layer so that the layers of fiber fabric and mesh are embedded within the binder and the decorative layer is fixedly adhered to the at least one horizontally oriented transverse member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120335 | Apparatus and Method For Pyrolysis of Scrap Tyres and the like - A reactor ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120336 | IMPULSE COMBUSTION CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system comprises a vessel having a surface to be cleaned. A impulse cleaning device defines a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce supersonic combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel. A sensor is associated with the impulse cleaning device. The sensor is for detecting a condition within the impulse cleaning device and generating a signal in response to a detected condition. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120337 | BOILER FOR COMBUSTION OF SOLID FUEL - A boiler for combustion of solid fuel, especially biomass, a first combustion stage with a primary air supply, an igniter, a fuel supply, a second combustion stage a burn-up and calcination space, a combustion chamber which is upwardly open and with a flue, the burn-up and calcination space being located underneath the combustion site such that fuel can be moved from the combustion site of the first combustion stage into the burn-up and calcination space. The primary air supply is located within the combustion chamber above the combustion site such that air can be blown into the first combustion stage, flue gases which form in the burn-up and calcination space are routed essentially passed the primary air supply means and the combustion site so that the flue gases of the second combustion stage do not adversely affect the combustion of the fuel at the combustion site. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120338 | Process and Apparatus for Low-NOx Combustion - The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for low-NOx combustion with at least one burner ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120339 | Spreader based fungicides - The present inventions generally relate to compositions and methods for providing agricultural chemicals comprising active ingredients (A.I.s) combined with a top dressing for application to cultivated areas of turfgrass. Specifically, the compositions are in the form of moist formulations for providing top dressings comprising active ingredients. Further, the inventions relate to compositions and methods for delivering active ingredients simultaneously with a top dressing composition to golf course turf. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120340 | FERTILIZER KNIFE AND POINT STRUCTURE - A knife assembly includes a unique finned point with angled soil-engaging surfaces defining several fracture areas and preventing slabbing to avoid excessive soil disturbance and knife wear. The knife has an extended length between the point and upper mounting brackets to facilitate operation of the point over a substantial range of depths, and the mounting brackets operate above ground level even at maximum point depth operation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120341 | Cuddy Cabin Vessel with Separate Privacy Enclosure - A privacy enclosure separate from the vessel hold and having at least one entranceway accessible from outside the hold of the vessel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120342 | Roll Motion Damping Device for a Floating Body - The present disclosure relates to techniques for reducing roll motion experienced by a floating vessel. The disclosure reveals several different techniques for damping roll motion, which may be used alone or in conjunction to stabilize a floating vessel. A typical disclosed embodiment of a roll motion damping device would employ a sponson on each side of the vessel. Each sponson would typically encompass one or more baffles. And a wing keel could be located on the outside of each sponson. When all of these features are used in conjunction, they work synergistically to maximize the resistance to roll experienced by the floating vessel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120343 | PROPULSION AND STEERING ARRANGEMENT FOR A SHIP - The invention relates to a steering and propulsion arrangement for a ship. The inventive steering and propulsion arrangement comprises a screw propeller | 2009-05-14 |
20090120344 | FLOATING DOCK - A floating dock for supporting a personal watercraft out of the water when not in use. The floating dock comprises an elongate platform having a recess on its upper surface. The recess is shaped to receive the hull of the personal watercraft and has a forward wall portion for engaging the bow of the hull. A rub-rail post extends upwardly from the upper surface of the platform, forward of the recess, to engage the rub-rail of the personal watercraft in the event that the personal watercraft is moved too far into the recess, thereby preventing the personal watercraft from riding up and over the floating dock. In one embodiment, the platform is a unitary structure formed in a rotational molding process and includes inserts molded therewith to facilitate securing accessories to the platform. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120345 | Floating wind turbine installation - A method for coordinating a floating wind turbine installation. The wind turbine installation comprises a buoyant body ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120346 | Self-propelled hydrofoil device with flexible steering assembly - A self-propelled hydrofoil device that includes a front foil, a rear foil, a user platform, a steering shaft and a frame that couples these components. The steering shaft preferably has a top section and a lower section, the top section being substantially rigid and the lower section being flexible relative to the top section. The top and lower sections may be formed of different materials or may be formed of the same material, integrally or non-integrally. The top and lower sections are preferably offset by an angle, α, to achieve more ready bending of the lower section. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120347 | Ship Bow - The invention relates to a ship's bow with a central inclined plane area and starboard and port catamaran-like runners laterally thereto, the inclined plane area and runners in the midships direction pass roughly into a fictional keel line. The aim is to create such a ship's bow which, whilst being very economic when operating the ship can be used in modular manner for the most varied ship types and operating zones. To this end the runners are given a wedge-like construction and at the front runner end is provided a free flow attack opening for the inclined plane area, which is constructed with a specific inclination angle α. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120348 | Bodyboard with Hull and Planar Sections - An improved bodyboard and bodyboard shape are presented. The bodyboard includes both a hull section and a planar section formed in the bottom surface of the bodyboard. The bodyboard presented herein provides a hydrodynamically-shaped object that allows a rider to ride waves, typically in a prone or kneeling position on top of at least a portion of the bodyboard. The bodyboard provides the rider more control, speed and maneuverability, without adding substantially to costs to manufacture and maintain the bodyboard. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120349 | ARM COVER WITH INTEGRAL BANNER - An arm cover with an integral banner is presented that may be provided to sports fans, political fans, etc., as a novelty item. The arm cover includes a tubular member sized and shaped to comfortably fit over a person's forearm, wrist, hand and base of the fingers of a wearer. A banner is attached either temporarily or permanently to the tubular member and it can constitute a national/team flag, pennant, a logo, or provide other promotional information. In one embodiment of the invention, the banner is folded and tucked into a pocket or slit formed in the tubular member in order to hide it when it is not in use. The wearer can display the banner by pulling it out of the pocket or slit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120350 | Firehose Coupling Exit Indicator - A direction indicator device captured between couplers of ends of firehose sections that point to the source of the firehose and to safety. The direction indicator device includes a gasket-like annular body which fits over the male threads of the male coupler and is captured between annular ends of the abutting male and female coupler bodies. Direction pointing fingers, integral with the annular body, point toward the hose section to which the male coupler is attached and are angularly oriented to fit between longitudinal lugs of the male coupler. A lip is provided on an inwardly facing surface at each finger tip to hinder removal and to prevent inadvertent removal of the device from the male coupler body. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120351 | Method for Growing Single Crystals of Metals - A method for growing large single crystals of metals is disclosed. A polycrystalline form of a metal specimen is initially heated in a non-oxidizing environment. A minimum plastic strain is then applied to the heated metal specimen to initiate the growth of a selected grain within the heated metal specimen. Additional plastic strain is subsequently applied to the heated metal specimen to propagate the growth of the selected grain to become a large single crystal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120352 | Semiconductor Single Crystal Manufacturing Device and Manufacturing Method - In order to provide a semiconductor single crystal manufacturing device and a manufacturing method using a CZ method wherein the resistivity and oxygen concentration of a silicon single crystal can be controlled and wherein a single crystal yield can be improved, in the present invention, there is provided a wall | 2009-05-14 |
20090120353 | REDUCTION OF AIR POCKETS IN SILICON CRYSTALS BY AVOIDING THE INTRODUCTION OF NEARLY-INSOLUBLE GASES INTO THE MELT - A process is provided for controlling the amount of insoluble gas carried by a charge of granular polycrystalline silicon. The process comprises (i) charging a feeding container with granular polycrystalline silicon, (ii) forming an ambient atmosphere in the feeding container, the ambient atmosphere having a mole fraction of at least 0.9 of a gas having a solubility in molten silicon of at least about 5—10 | 2009-05-14 |
20090120354 | CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD, CRYSTAL GROWTH APPARATUS, GROUP-III NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND GROUP-III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A group-III nitride crystal growth method comprises the steps of: a) preparing a mixed molten liquid of an alkaline material and a substance at least containing a group-III metal; b) causing growth of a group-III nitride crystal from the mixed molten liquid prepared in the step a) and a substance at least containing nitrogen; and c) creating a state in which nitrogen can be introduced into the molten liquid prepared by the step a). | 2009-05-14 |
20090120355 | Surface-Treated Doctor Blade - The surface-treated doctor blade having nickel-phosphorus-based alloy plating which does not include irregularities of planar diameter exceeding 50 μm at least at the blade edge end can have an improved conformability of blade edge and at the same time improved wear resistance of the blade edge, thereby enabling reduction in exchange frequency of the blades. Moreover, it is preferable that the plating include 20 or less irregularities of planar diameter more than 30 μm per 1 m in the longitudinal direction, more preferably the plating includes 10 or less irregularities of planar diameter more than 20 μm per 1 m in the longitudinal direction, particularly preferably the plating includes 5 or less irregularities of planar diameter more than 10 μm per 1 m in the longitudinal direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120356 | LUBRICANT APPLICATION APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A lubricant application apparatus including a lubricant application member and an elastic member. The lubricant application member applies lubricant to a lubricant receiving member moving in a given a surface movement direction. The elastic member contacts the lubricant receiving member in a counter direction with respect to the surface movement direction of the lubricant receiving member, and smoothes the lubricant applied on the lubricant receiving member. The elastic member is in contact with the lubricant receiving member at a contact area of the elastic member, in the counter direction. The elastic member is positioned in a downstream side of the surface movement direction of the lubricant receiving member with respect to the contact area of the elastic member. The elastic member is in contact with the lubricant receiving member at the contact area with a contact angle of 85 degrees or more. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120357 | LIQUID DELIVERY APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a liquid delivery apparatus capable of cutting the number of installation steps, eliminating the necessity of connectors such as couplings, and reducing the apparatus size. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120358 | Spray coating member having excellent injury resistance and so on and method for producing the same - For the purpose of solving problems inherent to a white Al | 2009-05-14 |
20090120359 | Solution Deposition Assembly - Methods and devices are provided for improved sputtering systems. In one embodiment of the present invention, a deposition system for use with a substrate, the system comprising a solution deposition apparatus; at heating chamber; and at least assembly for holding solution over the substrate to allow for a depth of at least about 0.5 microns to 10 mm. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120360 | Plating Jig - A plating jig can perform the processing of plating wherein a thickness of a plating film formed on each object to be plated becomes even when a plurality of objects to be plated are plated at a time. The plating jig is horizontally disposed, immersed in plating solution, and rotated about a rotational axis. The plating jig includes a plurality of supporting rods and a pair of end plates which support both ends of the supporting rods. The supporting rods are disposed on the circumference of the end plates. A plurality of notches are formed on the supporting rod at regular intervals along the rotational axis. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120361 | Coating device for water-based lacquer that is dried by near-infrared light - The invention relates to a coating device by means of which a water-soluble compound is applied to at least one edge of a moving oblong part and is dried by NIR light. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120362 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus is configured to provide in series a plurality of processing blocks, each block including a processing unit and a transport robot transporting a substrate. A substrate rest is provided in a connecting portion of adjacent processing blocks. A sensor plate with sensor coils is provided spanning over support pins of the substrate rest. Once a temperature-measurement substrate with temperature-measuring elements, each element formed by connecting a coil to a quartz resonator, is placed on the support pins, a transmitter-receiver transmits transmission waves corresponding to the characteristic frequencies of the quartz resonators to the temperature-measuring elements through the sensor coils. After the stop of the transmission, the transmitter-receiver receives electromagnetic waves from the temperature-measuring elements through the sensor coils, and the temperature computer computes the substrate temperature based on the frequencies of the electromagnetic waves. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120363 | Gas Supply Pipe for Plasma Treatment - Peeling off of a deposited film formed on the outer surface of a gas supply pipe is effectively prevented, and adhesion of a deposited film which has been peeled off to the inner surface of a container or to a nozzle-sealed surface can be prevented as much as possible. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120364 | GAS MIXING SWIRL INSERT ASSEMBLY - A gas mixing system for a semiconductor wafer processing chamber is described. The mixing system may include a gas mixing chamber concentrically aligned with a gas transport tube that extends to a blocker plate. The gas mixing chamber and the transport tube are separated by a porous barrier that increases a duration of gas mixing in the gas mixing chamber before processes gases migrate into the transport tube. The system may also include a gas mixing insert having a top section with a first diameter and a second section with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and concentrically aligned with the top section. The processes gases enter the top section of the insert and follow channels through the second section that cause the gases to mix and swirl in the gas mixing chamber. The second section extends into the gas mixing chamber while still leaving space for the mixing and swirling around the sidewalls and bottom of the mixing chamber. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120365 | Substrate processing apparatus - To provide a substrate processing apparatus capable of easily installing a plasma discharge electrode having flexibility at a prescribed position in an electrode protective tube, and is capable of holing the plasma discharge electrode having flexibility at the prescribed position. This apparatus includes: a processing chamber that houses a plurality of substrates, with a space provided from each other in a state of being stacked; a gas supply unit that supplies a desired gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust unit that exhausts an atmosphere in the processing chamber; electrodes having flexibility that extend in a stacking direction of the substrates; a protective tube that contains each electrode; a first fitting member fixed to the tip end of each electrode; and a second fitting member disposed in a tip end part of each protective tube, the electrode being contained in the protective tube, with the first fitting member and the second fitting member connected to each other. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120366 | MICROWAVE PLASMA CVD DEVICE - The present invention provides a microwave plasma CVD device that can satisfactorily perform plasma position control under a condition capable of fabricating a large-area high-quality diamond thin film or the like. A microwave plasma CVD device includes: a vacuum chamber | 2009-05-14 |
20090120367 | Plasma immersion ion implantation reactor with extended cathode process ring - The disclosure concerns a process ring for the wafer support pedestal of a toroidal source plasma immersion ion implantation reactor. The process ring improves edge uniformity by providing a continuous surface extending beyond the wafer edge, in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the process ring includes a floating electrode that functions as an extension of the wafer support electrode by RF coupling at the bias frequency. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120368 | ROTATING TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SUBSTRATE PEDESTAL FOR FILM UNIFORMITY - Substrate processing systems are described. The systems may include a processing chamber, and a substrate support assembly at least partially disposed within the chamber. The substrate support assembly is rotatable by a motor yet still allows electricity, cooling fluids, gases and vacuum to be transferred from a non-rotating source outside the processing chamber to the rotatable substrate support assembly inside the processing chamber. Cooling fluids and electrical connections can be used to raise or lower the temperature of a substrate supported by the substrate support assembly. Electrical connections can also be used to electrostatically chuck the wafer to the support assembly. A rotary seal or seals (which may be low friction O-rings) are used to maintain a process pressure while still allowing substrate assembly rotation. Vacuum pumps can be connected to ports which are used to chuck the wafer. The pumps can also be used to differentially pump the region between a pair of rotary seals when two or more rotary seals are present. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120369 | Sure feed automatic feeder - The present invention, an automatic animal feeder, comprises a barrel, spinner plate, and control unit. Barrel is free standing large container for storing the feed. The bottom of the barrel forms a funnel for conducting the food into a spinner plate. A spinner plate is disposed directly below the funnel of the barrel. An elongated shaft extends vertically upward through the spinner plate and into the funnel of the barrel. A control unit containing an operationally timer is positioned below the spinner plate. The timer is set to come on at predetermined intervals throughout the day. When the timer in the control unit comes on, the shaft rotates within the funnel thereby facilitating the conduction of the feed into the spinner plate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120370 | WATER DRINKING CONTAINER FOR ANIMALS - A water drinking container for animals is provided with which the temperature of water placed therein can be suppressed over a long period of time, especially during a period of high air temperature, to make water readily drinkable for a dog or other animal to weak from heat and make it easy for the animal to weather the heat by adequate hydration, the water drinking container being simple in arrangement, being available inexpensively, and including: a water container, having an upwardly-open, water containing recess; a cold reserving material, contained in a bag or a plastic case; and a cold reserving material container, holding the cold reserving material in a state of contact with a bottom rear surface of the water containing recess of the water container. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120371 | Apparatus for Use in Controlling The Spread of Ectoparasite-Borne Diseases | 2009-05-14 |
20090120372 | Edible Pet Chew - An edible pet chew having a non-branching body configured to at least partially enclose an open space between portions of the body, and is preferably in the form of a ring with a central opening. The width or thickness of the chew is sized to fit within the mouth of pet of pre-determined size for chewing action, but the overall dimension of the chew is such that the chew cannot be swallowed whole by the pet. One or more lines of weakness may also be formed in the body of the pet chew to serve as pre-determined fracture lines along which the pet chew will break into smaller pieces. The pet chew may be formed of segments that are sized to provide a recommended single portion for the pet. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120373 | Ultrasonic trainer with user selectable frequency ranges - An ultrasonic device is provided for training a dog to cease from certain undesirable behaviors using a short ultrasonic burst that sweeps across multiple frequencies in one of several user-selected ranges. The user can program the device to a particular range by stepping through the available frequency ranges and noting the animal's response to ultrasonic bursts at each frequency range. Once the frequency range most disturbing to the animal has been identified, the user can set the device to operate in that range. In response to bark detection in an automatic mode or to a manual trigger in either an automatic or manual mode of operation, the device administers a short ultrasonic burst in the programmed frequency range for a fixed time duration. When triggered manually, the length of the burst is the same regardless of how long the manual trigger remains activated. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120374 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING INJURY ON WILDLIFE - The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for averting wildlife, where an apparatus may contain means for exerting stimuli, where the apparatus may contain means for exerting varying stimuli as variants of at least one basic stimulus. It is the object of the invention to substantially reduce damage caused by wildlife on crops and in afforestations and to reduce the number of traffic accidents caused by wildlife, even if a stock of game is rising. This may be achieved if the apparatus contains at least one memory, where the memory may contain various basic stimuli, where the memory may contain a plurality of variable stimuli within the various basic stimuli, where the apparatus may contain means for selecting basic and variable stimuli, where the apparatus may contain means for emitting selected stimuli. Hereby may be achieved that a combination of various stimuli may be exerted or transmitted within light, sound, movement or scent. Advantageously, an apparatus may be designed so that a combination of stimuli is selected depending on the actual time of the day. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120375 | Retractable leash safety strap - A safety strap for use with a retractable leash is described in which a wrist engagement and a leash engagement portion are longitudinally oriented with respect to one another and connected via a connection member. The wrist engagement portion is configured to fit around the wrist of a user and the lease engagement portion encircles the handle of the retractable leash itself. The longitudinal orientation of the two portions ensures that the handle of the retractable leash is oriented such that it can be grasped by the user. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120376 | Dual pet leash - The present invention is directed to a dual pet leash, including a spherical-shaped or ellipsoid-shaped or cone-shaped or cylindrical-shaped or egg-shaped detangling element, a handle located adjacent the detangling element, and two or more pet attachment portions or straps extending from the detangling element, the pet attachment portions spaced approximately equidistant from each other, or spaced on approximately opposite sides of the detangling element. Latches for attaching to the pet attachment portions to a pet's collar or pet's harness are also provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120377 | Fashionable harness garment for pets - This invention is a harness garments for pets. The garment preferably consists of 3 main pieces, which are an outer garment, an inside lining and a loop for a hook attachment, which is used to provide for leash is attachment to harness garment. In order to fabricate the device, fabric is cut out for the outer garment using a pattern. The lining for main garment is also cut out using pattern, which may be but does not necessarily have to be the exact same patter used for the fabric. The lining pattern will, however, preferably be of the same general shape, although the size may be smaller around the periphery. The outer garment and lining are connected together to form a body, which has securing mechanism for attaching the device to a pet, as well as embellishments to create a more attractive and aesthetically pleasing harness. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120378 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CATCHING EXCREMENT - Excrement catching device for a quadruped is disclosed, comprising a harness and a receptacle-holder connected to the harness, wherein the connection between the harness and the receptacle holder is configured to respond to the gravitational force acting on the receptacle-holder by allowing movement of the receptacle-holder between a loosen neutral position when the quadruped stands or walks and an excrement-catching position when the quadruped pose being its customary position to defecate. Excrement catching method is disclosed accordingly, comprising configuring a device to be responsive to gravitational force by taking an operative position for catching excrement automatically when the quadruped takes a particular pose. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120379 | BOILER HAVING AN INTEGRATED OXYGEN PRODUCING DEVICE - A system is described wherein a boiler | 2009-05-14 |
20090120380 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WATER HEATER - A system for detecting stacking and controlling temperature in a water heater. A controller with a connection to a temperature sensor and heating element in a water tank of the heater may be designed to limit stacking and its effects. The controller may use a sensing and calculation technique to detect the stacking. If stacking is detected, then the setpoint for the heater may be lowered so that the outlet water temperature is within a safe limit. If stacking is not detected, then the setpoint may be gradually restored to optimize water heater capacity. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120381 | WATER HEATER WITH IONIZED IGNITION AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE - A water heater is controlled by an electronic system that initiates the operation of the heater when a flow detector sends a demand signal for hot water flow to the electronic card, which ignites a burner as function of a temperature programmed by the user. The burner is lit gradually by an electrical spark emitted by a spark plug connected to the electronic card, which in turn controls gas feed to the burner. As soon as the burner is lit, the electric current generated by the first spark plug is transformed by the ionization effect, changing the polarization of the current, which is detected by another spark plug that emits the change signal to the electronic card for further control of the heater. The heater operates without a permanently lit pilot light. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120382 | Method for Maximum Efficiency of Non-Condensing Boiler - Provided is a method for operating a non-condensing boiler at maximum non-condensation efficiency, and more particularly a method for operating a non-condensing boiler, capable of supplying an appropriate amount of excess air for combustion of a burner, avoiding damaging a heat exchanger due to the condensed water generated at the heat exchanger, and effectively improving the heat efficiency. The method comprises the steps of: sensing a temperature of exchange water introduced into a heat exchanger and a temperature of supply water discharged from the heat exchanger and calculating an average temperature from the two temperatures to obtain a maximum concentration of CO using information stored in a controller; calculating a ratio of excess air (λ) from the maximum concentration of CO using a combustion equation chosen depending on a fuel used; checking from a combustion characteristic curve whether or not the excess air ratio (λ) is within a stable combustion region; when the excess air ratio (λ) is within the stable combustion region, setting this excess air ratio to the control target value, and when the excess air ratio (λ) is less than a lower limit of the stable combustion region, setting a minimum excess air ratio of the stable combustion region to the control target value; calculating a target value of air flow suitable for the current consumption amount of fuel based on the set excess air ratio; and performing feedback control with respect to the air flow target value and a value input from an air flow sensor. With this configuration, no condensation takes place during operation of the non-condensing boiler, so that the boiler can have increased durability, be easily assembled at inexpensive production costs, be made compact, and obtain maximum heat efficiency under a non-condensation condition. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120383 | Pipe assembly - The invention relates to a pipe assembly ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120384 | LOW BED PRESSURE DROP CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER AND COMBUSTION PROCESS - A method, system and apparatus for a low bed pressure drop circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler associated with fast bed CFB combustion are disclosed. The CFB boiler may be operated according to the following set of conditions. In an upper area of a combustor of the boiler, a flow pattern of the two-phase gas-solid flow may be placed in a fast bed fluidization state. The combustor temperature may be within a range of 850° C.-930° C. The fluidizing air velocity may be within 4 m/s and 6.2 m/s. An average size of a bed material in the combustor may be smaller than 300 μm. The gas-solid flow above of the secondary air inlet in the combustor may be kept in the fast bed fluidization state while maintaining a solid concentration of between 1 kg/m3 to 5 kg/m3. An inventory of bed material per unit area and/or the pressure drop in the combustor may be less than 8 kPa. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120385 | Method And Apparatus Of Fuelling An Internal Combustion Engine With Hydrogen And Methane - A gaseous-fuelled internal combustion engine and a method of engine operation improve combustion stability and reducing emissions of NOx, PM, and unburned hydrocarbons. The method comprises fuelling an internal combustion engine with hydrogen and natural gas, which can be directly injected into the combustion chamber together or introduced separately. Of the total gaseous fuel delivered to the engine, at least 5% by volume at standard temperature and pressure is hydrogen. For at least one engine operating condition, the ratio of fuel rail pressure to peak in-cylinder pressure is at least 1.5:1. A fuel injection valve introduces the gaseous fuel mixture directly into the combustion chamber. Two separate fuel injection valves could also introduce the methane and hydrogen separately. An electronic controller controls timing for operating the fuel injection valve(s). The engine has a preferred compression ratio of at least 14:1. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120386 | Control Apparatus and Control Method for Hydraulically Driven Cooling Fan - An invention relating to a control apparatus and a control method for a hydraulically driven cooling fan for reducing the peak pressure produced upon reversing the switch position of a switching valve, without stopping an engine, and without greatly modifying existing hydraulic circuitry or increasing the apparatus cost. In the invention, in the case that a reversing switch has been operated so as to output a reversal processing commencement instruction signal, control is carried out such that, under the condition that the rotational speed of the engine has decreased to not more than a stipulated rotational speed, capacity adjusting means is controlled, so as to reduce the capacity of a hydraulic pump, and thus reduce the fan rotational speed, and then the switch position of the switching valve is reversed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120387 | ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH COOLING WATER CHAMBER - An engine includes an engine block with at least one cylinder, configured for a piston to be provided therein. A wet liner is provided in the cylinder such that a gap is defined between the wet liner and the cylinder. The engine block defines a coolant inlet to transport a coolant to the gap, a coolant chamber, a coolant outlet to transport the coolant from the gap to the chamber, and a supply opening to transport the coolant from the chamber to an exhaust gas recirculation system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120388 | Electro-hydraulic hybrid camshaft phaser - A hybrid camshaft phaser comprising a conventional vane-type hydraulically-actuated phaser to which is coupled an electric motor and gear transmission. The transmission output shaft is coupled to the phaser rotor, optionally via an intermediate clutch mechanism. Under engine operating conditions in which the response of a hydraulic phaser is poor, the electric motor operates to augment the hydraulic actuation. Such conditions include at least low ambient temperatures at which oil viscosities are high, and high ambient temperatures and/or low engine speeds at which oil pressures are low. Preferably, at engine speeds above about 1500 rpm, the electric motor is de-energized. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120389 | HYDRAULIC UNIT FOR A CYLINDER HEAD OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH HYDRAULIC, VARIABLE VALVE TRAIN - A hydraulic unit ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120390 | Control device and method for internal combustion engine - This control device for an internal combustion engine includes a variable intake valve device and a variable exhaust valve device; and it performs fuel cut-off for a plurality of cylinders of the internal combustion engine. And it further includes: an intake valve control means which, when the fuel cut-off execution condition has come into effect, controls the variable intake valve device, so as to keep in a closed state the intake valve of a cylinder, for which an exhaust valve is not kept in a closed state; and an exhaust valve control means which, when the fuel cut-off execution condition has come into effect, controls the variable exhaust valve device, so as to keep in an open state an exhaust valve of at least a pair of cylinders, between which gases in the pair of cylinders come and go via an exhaust passage as the pistons operate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120391 | Device For Varying The Control Times Of An Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a device ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120392 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane supporting portion, a vane member, a limiting member, a fitting hole, and an atmosphere communication hole. The housing is rotatable about a rotation axis. The housing includes a peripheral wall and side walls to define a receiving chamber. The vane member is received integrally with the vane supporting portion in the receiving chamber. The vane member defines an axial hole therein. The limiting member is reciprocably received in the axial hole. The fitting hole and the atmosphere communication hole are provided to one of the side walls. The fitting hole is communicated with atmosphere via the communication hole. The limiting member limits the vane member from rotating relative to the housing when one end of the limiting member is fitted with the fitting hole. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120393 | VARIABLE VALVE SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve system has a drive shaft having a drive cam, a rockable cam opening/closing an engine valve, a transmission mechanism converting torque of the drive cam into a rocking motion and transmitting it to the rockable cam, a control shaft, and a control cam. When the variable valve system varies a valve lift amount of the engine valve by changing the rocking fulcrum of the transmission mechanism, the rocking fulcrum during a small valve lift control is set in an area outside an arc locus drawn with the drive shaft being a center of the arc and passing through a rocking fulcrum position positioned at a maximum valve lift and also inside an arc locus drawn with a pivot of the one end side of the transmission mechanism being a center of the arc and passing through the rocking fulcrum position positioned at the maximum valve lift. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120394 | RESONATOR ASSEMBLY - A resonator assembly is described having a longitudinal axis and generator section, an inductance section, a capacitance section, and an ignition section arranged in sections in a common housing along the longitudinal axis. The housing surrounds all the above-mentioned sections and has an opening in the region of the ignition section, and the housing is made of an electrically conductive material or has at least one conductive surface. An electrical series circuit comprising an inductance section and capacitance section constitutes electrically an oscillatable dipole to which the housing acts as a return conductor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120395 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IGNITING A FUEL-AIR MIXTURE IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device is provided for igniting a fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine with the aid of electromagnetic radiation, in particular light. The device includes at least two laser radiation sources, each having an optical resonator. The resonators are spatially oriented with respect to one another in such a way that modes of the laser radiation sources are coupled to one another and are able to generate time-shifted pulses of the electromagnetic radiation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120396 | METHOD FOR COLD STARTING OF ETHANOL-FUELED ENGINES - A method for starting an internal combustion engine under cold conditions. The intake manifold throttle valve is held closed and spark ignition is suspended. Fuel and air are admitted into the cylinders and the pistons are cranked for a plurality of revolutions. During each engine revolution cycle, the fuel/air mixture is compressed and heated adiabatically by the energy of the engine starter motor, and the mixture is exhausted into the exhaust manifold. During valve overlap a portion of the mixture is withdrawn into the cylinder and recompressed in the next cycle. Additional fuel may be injected to replace lost fuel. After several engine cycles, the fuel/air mixture becomes heated to a temperature above the flashpoint of the mixture. Sparking is re-established to fire the warmed mixture, and the intake throttle valve is re-enabled. The first firing can provide sufficient heat to continue spark-firing of newly-introduced mixture thereafter. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120397 | Internal Combustion Engine Starting System and Method - A starting system is provided for delivering pressurized fuel to an engine to start the engine without a starter. The starting system includes an accumulator for storing pressurized fuel during engine operation and engine shut-down. During engine start-up, the accumulator delivers the stored pressurized fuel to the engine to start the engine. The accumulator is in fluid communication with a low pressure fuel reservoir and the engine. The accumulator includes an accumulator housing defining an accumulator cavity and including an accumulator piston and spring assembly, which is moveable longitudinally within the accumulator cavity. An electronic control module (ECM) is in electronic control with the starting system and the engine. The ECM is operable to activate the accumulator, forcing pressurized fuel stored within the accumulator into a high-pressure fuel line for injection into the engine, to generate at least one starting combustion event to start the engine without a starter. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120398 | Supercharged Tube of a vehicle Air Intake Structure - A supercharged tube of the vehicle air intake structure comprises a body including first and second channels radially provided on two side walls thereof respectively, the first and second channels communicating with each other, the first and second channels serving to communicate with an air pipe system of a brake booster and an intake manifold individually; the body being axially provided with a third channel communicating with an exterior; in the third channel being received a tubular member with two ends, one end including a first filter and another end including a second filter, the first and second filters includes first and second mesh layers formed on outer end surfaces thereof individually, the first and second mesh layers being axially mounted plural first and second passages individually, inner diameters of the first and second passages being gradually reduced from outside to inside of the first and second mesh layers. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120399 | Intake port of internal combustion engine - An internal combustion engine wherein the top wall surface of the intake air inflow passage part of the intake port is formed by a first top wall surface and a second top wall surface lower than the first top wall surface and wherein a lower layer flow passage and an upper layer flow passage are formed at the height position of the second top wall surface as a boundary. When the intake valve opens, a lower layer flow flowing through the inside of the lower layer flow passage passes through the intake valve opening region, flows to the circumferential direction of the combustion chamber, and generates a swirl, while an upper layer flow flowing through the inside of the upper layer flow passage passes through the helical part and flows into the combustion chamber. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120400 | Intake Port Structure Internal Combustion Engine - An intake port structure for an internal combustion engine according to the invention includes a valve shaft provided in an intake port; and an airflow control valve that is supported by the valve shaft at one end of the airflow control valve or at a position near the one end. A gap is formed between the airflow control valve and a wall surface of the intake port, which is positioned on one side of the valve shaft. Because intake airflow passes through the gap that is formed, the generation of a deposit is suppressed, and the locking of the airflow control valve is avoided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120401 | Flywheel Assembly - A system for a flywheel assembly for use in conjunction with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The flywheel assembly includes a flywheel in rotational association with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The flywheel assembly further includes a cooling fan mounted over the flywheel, and capable of rotation therewith. The cooling fan and the flywheel are secured in a constant axial position relative to the crankshaft by virtue of a drive-cup and a retaining nut. Further, the flywheel includes a plurality of integrally formed, intersecting support ribs, for providing excellent dynamic stiffening (e.g., damping) capabilities to the flywheel assembly for substantially reducing and/or eliminating radiated noise. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120402 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Angular adjustment of a camshaft in an internal combustion engine. A vibrational condition of the camshaft is recorded, and an enabling of the camshaft adjustment and/or the use of the instantaneous value of the camshaft position are/is dependent at least temporarily on the recorded vibrational condition. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120403 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - An engine assembly for a vehicle, including a tie-rod connected to the engine, a suspension for fixing to the vehicle chassis, and a connector fixed to the engine, on which the tie-rod and the suspension are mounted. The connector is configured to physically decouple the tie-rod from the suspension. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120404 | Force Transfer Mechanism for an Engine - A force transfer mechanism is provided for an internal-combustion engine. In the most preferred configuration, the force transfer mechanism comprises two inter-connected first class levers that are driven by four pistons. Each of the pistons is driven through its non-powered strokes by the action of the piston in its powered stroke on the first class levers. The force transfer mechanism also drives the crankshaft through a single connecting rod. The force transfer mechanism provides for less frictional loss, and greater efficiency, than a typical internal combustion engine. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120405 | System with a Compressor and with a Consumer in a Motor Vehicle - A system has a compressor and a consumer which are coupled to a drivetrain and extract energy through the drivetrain. The consumer is suitable for varying an absorption of power, which is made available to it by the drivetrain, as a function of a power which is required for compressor operation and which is supplied from the drivetrain to the compressor. A pump has at least one pump chamber which generates a pumping power during pumping operation. The pump additionally has at least one pump chamber which generates no pumping power or a reduced pumping power during pumping operation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120406 | ROTARY PISTON AND CYLINDER DEVICES - A rotary piston and cylinder assembly having two rotary piston and cylinder devices, each device including a rotor and a stator, the stator at least partially defining an annular cylinder space, the rotor being in the form of a ring, and the rotor having at least one piston which extends from the rotor ring into the annular cylinder space. In use the at least one piston is moved circumferentially through the annular cylinder space on rotation of the rotor relative to the stator, the rotor body being sealed relative to the stator, and the device further having cylinder space shutter means which is capable of being moved relative to the stator to a closed position in which the shutter means partitions the annular cylinder space, and to an open position in which the shutter means permits passage of the at least one piston, the cylinder space shutter means including a shutter disc, wherein the devices are connected by a transfer passage. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120407 | Internal combustion engine with toroidal cylinders - The instant invention provides a torodial internal combustion engine with lengthened pistons that move through three perpendicularly intersecting torodial cylinders. The engine includes one central power ring and a pair of charge rings which intersect opposite quadrants of the power ring at right angles to supply a fuel/air mixture to the power ring for combustion. The charge rotors are connected to the power rotor, through a gear-train, so that all of the rotors rotate at the same rate. The fuel/air mixture is combusted within a combustion chamber formed entirely within the power ring. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120408 | Start-UP control of internal combustion engines - An electric power generation system ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120409 | Engine speed control apparatus - The invention achieves a good engine speed control without increasing a cost and a lowering a reliability of an apparatus in a general purpose engine. In a rotating speed control apparatus of an engine in which an electronic control unit ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120410 | IGNITION TIMING CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND IGNITION TIMING CONTROLLING METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A 90° integrated value calculating unit of an engine ECU calculates a 90° integrated value obtained by integrating a magnitude. A calculating unit calculates a knock magnitude by dividing 90° integrated value by a BGL. A value obtained by subtracting a standard deviation σ from a median value of 90° integrated value is determined as the BGL. An ignition timing control unit controls the ignition timing depending on whether knock magnitude is equal to or larger than a determination value. A median value calculating unit calculates median value of 90° integrated value. A standard deviation calculating unit calculates standard deviation of 90° integrated value. A first stop unit stops updating of median value and standard deviation when 90° integrated value is smaller than a first threshold value or is equal to or larger than a second threshold value. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120411 | Machining method - A method of manufacturing a metal housing ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090120412 | Plunger Type High-Pressure Fuel Pump - A plunger type high-pressure fuel pump includes a plunger reciprocated in a cylinder. A fluid pressurizing chamber of the pump has a chamber with a capacity that changes with reciprocation of the plunger. An electromagnetic valve is provided between the pressurizing chamber and a fluid suction passage; as well as a discharge valve. The electromagnetic valve includes a valve member including a suction valve; a solenoid coil adapted to displace the valve member; an anchor made of a magnetic material provided integrally with the valve member; and a core forming a magnetic circuit to attract the anchor by the electromagnetic force and dividing the inside of the electromagnetic valve into a hermetically closed space and an external space communicating with the fluid suction passage. The anchor or the core is provided with a fluid passage through which fluid can flow between the hermetically closed space and the external space formed by the anchor and the core, respectively when the suction valve is in an opened state. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120413 | Fuel delivery module for high fuel pressure for engines - A fuel pump module comprising a fuel pump, a pressure regulator, a supply line check valve, a relief valve, and a flange adapted to engage a fuel supply line that fluidly links the fuel pump module with an injector rail. The pressure regulator is adapted to maintain a predetermined fuel pressure between the fuel pump and the supply line check valve. The supply line check valve is adapted to facilitate a minimum fuel pressure in the fuel supply line. The relief valve is adapted to limit the maximum fuel pressure in the fuel supply line. The supply line check valve, the relief valve, and the flange are integrated to form a single fluidly interconnected structure disposed within a fluid path between the pressure regulator and the fuel supply line. An integrated casing may house the fuel pump and the pressure regulator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120414 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING COMBUSTIBLE GASES PRODUCED BY THE ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME - An engine system comprising an electrolysis apparatus interconnected to an internal combustion engine. The electrolysis apparatus cleaves water into a mixture of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The mixture of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas is input into, and fuels, the internal combustion engine. A vehicle comprising the engine system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120415 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND EMISSIONS OF COMBUSTION - An apparatus improves the efficiency and emissions of a combustion process by producing sufficient amounts of ozone in the air flow to the combustion chamber to enable more complete and cleaner combustion of the fuel. A plurality of ozone elements for producing ozone are disposed within a housing that is placed in the air intake to a combustion chamber such as a diesel engine. The ozone elements are bonded together in a cross-shaped pattern inside the housing. The apparatus includes one or more vortex scrubbers or vanes in the housing to cause the air flow to have a vortex action to increase the amount of ozone that flows into the combustion chamber. The vortex scrubbers comprise multiple double fins that are attached inside the housing. The vortex scrubbers include holes and/or serrated edges to increase the disturbance of the air flow over the ozone elements to increase ozone production. The mass of the ozone elements have a preferred ratio. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120416 | Fuel activator using multiple infrared wavengths - This invention relates to a fuel activating device and method consisting of at least two separate infrared-emitting bodies, each infrared-emitting body being engineered to have specific peak wavelength and spectral luminance in 3-20 um (micrometer) wavelength range, that provides an effective means for enhancing combustion of hydrocarbon fuels in internal combustion engines, resulting in better engine performance with increased power, improved fuel economy, and reduced emissions. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120417 | Exhaust Gas Re-Circulation Apparatus For Internal Combustion Engine - In an exhaust gas re-circulation apparatus for an internal combustion engine ( | 2009-05-14 |