25th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130152563 | Exhaust Manifolds Including Heat Shield Assemblies - An exhaust manifold including a manifold body made of a first material and at least one heat shield insert provided inside the manifold body and made of a second material. The first material is a low cost material and the second material is a higher grade, temperature-resistant material. The manifold body includes a plurality of runners, collector and an outlet. The shield insert is preferably provided in the collector region adjacent to the outlet. The heat shield insert may have a curved sheet configuration or a tubular configuration depending on applications. The heat shield properly insulates the manifold body from the exhaust gas to protect the manifold body. The exhaust manifold, which is made from a combination of different materials, provides a more cost-effective solution in high temperature applications. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152564 | ELECTRONIC HILL HOLD CONTROL OF A HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION - A hill hold control system and method for a closed loop transmission of a machine is disclosed that includes performing the following steps while the transmission is in neutral: sensing motor shaft movement; and generating fluid flow to offset motor shaft movement and cause substantially zero shaft movement. The method can include comparing a brake timer to a delay value, and activating a brake when the timer exceeds the delay value. The method can include sensing when a brake is applied, and discontinuing the step of generating fluid flow to offset motor shaft movement when a brake is applied. Motor shaft movement can be sensed by sensing rotational speed. Generating fluid flow to offset motor shaft movement can include determining direction and magnitude of fluid flow as a function of the sensed movement; and adjusting the direction and magnitude of fluid flow based on recurring readings of the sensed movement. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152565 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAVING ENERGY RECOVERY - A hydraulic system for a machine is disclosed. The hydraulic system may have a pump configured to pressurize fluid, a swing motor driven by pressurized fluid to swing a body of the machine relative to an undercarriage, and a first circuit fluidly connecting the pump to the swing motor. The hydraulic system may also have an energy recovery motor mechanically connected to the swing motor, at least one accumulator, and a second circuit fluidly connecting the at least one accumulator to the energy recovery motor. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152566 | FLUID FLEXIBLE CONTAINER PUMP - System for converting mechanical energy such as ocean power into fluid power which is directed to energy conversion systems or other purposes. Included are fluid inflatable containers arranged to receive mechanical energy from a plunger mounted on a shaft, such that the flexible wall of the container forms a rolling lobe in response to changes in volume, enclosed within a drum, said shaft running axially through the drum and coupled to the drum by bearings so that the drum and shaft may move in relation to one another, a vane runs longitudinally on the drum and extending radially from an attachment point at the inner surface of the drum to the surface of the shaft. The mechanical energy is connected directly or indirectly to either the shaft or to the drum. Mechanical forces cause the plunger to press into the fluid inflatable container expelling fluid and creating fluid flow. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152567 | Liquid gas power generation - The Lungie Pet Leash system uses an elastic material attached to a static control leash to: reduce and/or eliminate the effects of sudden impact, hyper-extension or other forces caused by a pet's movements; avoid being pulled off balance, or injured; prevent or lessen injury to a pet from sudden stopping during a full tilt run. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152568 | VALVE ACTIVATION IN COMPRESSED-GAS ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS - In various embodiments, valve efficiency and reliability are enhanced via use of hydraulic or magnetic valve actuation, valves configured for increased actuation speed, and/or valves controlled to reduce collision forces during actuation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152569 | Speed Control Strategy - A method for efficiently decelerating a vehicle having front and rear wheel brakes by isolating the rear wheel brakes and applying pressurized brake fluid only to the front wheel brakes. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152570 | FLUID FLOW PATH CONTROL UNIT FOR VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A fluid flow path control unit includes a fluid supply unit supplying fluid to a hydraulic connection/disconnection unit and a fluid supplied portion, and a flow path selector valve disposed on a fluid flow path between the fluid supply unit and the fluid supplied portion or stradding between a hydraulic path communicating between the fluid supply unit and the hydraulic connection/disconnection unit and the fluid flow path. The selector valve includes a valve element switchable between a first operating position and a second operating position, a restoration member biasing the valve element from the second position toward the first position and a fluid chamber accomodating fluid biasing the valve element from the first position toward the second position. The fluid flow path has a flow path resistance differing between when the valve element is in the first position and when the valve element is in the second position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152571 | VALVE ACTIVATION IN COMPRESSED-GAS ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS - In various embodiments, valve efficiency and reliability are enhanced via use of hydraulic or magnetic valve actuation, valves configured for increased actuation speed, and/or valves controlled to reduce collision forces during actuation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152572 | VALVE ACTIVATION IN COMPRESSED-GAS ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS - In various embodiments, valve efficiency and reliability are enhanced via use of hydraulic or magnetic valve actuation, valves configured for increased actuation speed, and/or valves controlled to reduce collision forces during actuation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152573 | HYBRID SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - When the actuator drive torque of a hydraulic pump is lower than a switching torque τ0, a controller closes a solenoid switching valve and makes a rotary electric machine function as a generator. With the increase in the actuator drive torque, the controller controls a pressure compensated flow control valve so that the flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to a rotary hydraulic device decreases. When the actuator drive torque is higher than the switching torque, the controller opens the solenoid switching valve, makes the rotary electric machine function as an electric motor, and controls the pressure compensated flow control valve so that the hydraulic fluid discharged by the hydraulic pump is not supplied to the rotary hydraulic device. Consequently, shocks due to flow rate fluctuation are prevented when operational states of the rotary hydraulic device and the rotary electric machine are switched. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152574 | Working Vehicle Travel Control Apparatus - A working vehicle travel control apparatus, comprising: a variable displacement hydraulic pump; a variable displacement hydraulic motor connected in a closed circuit to the hydraulic pump and driven upon pressure oil from the hydraulic pump; a first control unit controls a motor displacement angle of the hydraulic motor by an electrical signal; a constant mesh transmission includes a clutch device that includes a High clutch section transmits power at a first transmission gear ratio and a Low clutch section that transmits power at a second transmission gear ratio, which is greater than the first transmission gear ratio, the constant mesh transmission transmits or interrupts power from the hydraulic motor; and a second control unit controls the first control unit so as to reduce the motor displacement angle to a predetermined value when the transmission is switched from the first transmission gear ratio to the second transmission gear ratio. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152575 | HYDRAULIC DRIVING APPARATUS FOR WORKING MACHINE - Provided is a hydraulic driving apparatus for a working machine, preventing an excessive decrease in pressure on a meter-in side and moving a load at a stable speed in a lowering direction. The apparatus comprises: a hydraulic pump; a hydraulic actuator; a manipulation device; a working hydraulic circuit including a meter-in flow passage and a meter-out flow passage; a control valve for changing a state of supply of hydraulic fluid to drive the hydraulic actuator at a speed designated by the manipulation device; a meter-in flow adjuster and a meter-out flow adjuster adapted to adjust a meter-in flow rate and meter-in flow rate respectively to respective value corresponding to the speed designated by the manipulation device; and a relief valve. The meter-in and meter-out flow adjusters have respective flow adjustment characteristics such that the meter-in flow rate is greater than the meter-out flow rate. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152576 | Closed Cycle System for Recovering Waste Heat - A closed cycle system for waste heat recovery is provided. The system comprises: a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from an external heat source to a working fluid; an expander fluidly connected to an outlet of the heat exchanger and configured to expand the working fluid and produce mechanical energy; a recuperator fluidly connected to an outlet of the expander and configured to remove heat from the working fluid; a condensing unit fluidly connected to an outlet of the recuperator and configured to condense the working fluid; and a pump fluidly connected to an outlet of the condensing unit and configured to pump the condensed working fluid back to the recuperator, wherein the recuperator is fluidly connected to the heat exchanger such that the working fluid follows a closed path. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152577 | COMPRESSION VAPOR ENGINE - A compression vapor engine which, being at its core a cylinder and piston, the latter attached to a rotary wheel, moves the piston to compress air, thereby heating it; introduces water to the compressed air, converting it from liquid to vapor, water to steam; and uses the expanding steam to move the piston reciprocally: all organized as a reciprocal cylinder-piston engine creating continuing rotary movement which can be made to do work. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152578 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A power generation system in which a thermally expandable fluid, e.g., R134a, CO | 2013-06-20 |
20130152579 | ASSEMBLY MADE OF A COMPENSATING TANK AND A MASTER CYLINDER FOR A HYDRAULIC MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - The invention relates to an assembly made of a compensating tank and a master cylinder for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, wherein the compensating tank has two fastening attachments, each with an opening, wherein openings align with an opening in the master cylinder, and the compensating tank is fastened by a detachable connection by a fastening pin that extends through the aligned openings. In order to improve the installation and possible dismantling of the fastening pin, and at the same time to maintain an optimized assembly weight, the invention proposes that the fastening pin be made of plastic and interact in a positive- or force-locking manner with at least one of the openings of the fastening attachments. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152580 | Method for Regulating Stable Operation of an Exhaust-Gas Turbocharger of an Internal Combustion Engine, and a Corresponding Apparatus - A method and apparatus is provided for regulating stable operation of an exhaust-gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine having a fresh-gas supply device, a switchover valve, a control device, a compressor for generating compressed air and an air-processing unit with a discharge valve. The compressor is operated in a suction intake mode in which the compressor is connected to an air inlet, and based on monitored operating parameters, the switchover valve switches the compressor from the suction intake mode into a pressure-charged in which the compressor is connected to an exhaust-gas turbocharger compressor. Based on monitored operating parameters when in the pressure-charged mode, the switchover valve switches the compressor from the pressure-charged mode into the suction intake mode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152581 | SUPERCHARGING SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A supercharging system ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152582 | COMPRESSOR RECIRCULATION INTO ANNULAR VOLUME - To solve the problems of compressor wheel blade flow separation causing surge type noises when a compressor return or recirculation valve is opened or closed, bypass airflow from a compressor recirculation valve is fed into an annular volume, defined between inner and outer walls or shaped as a radially expanded, axially flattened cylindrical space in the compressor inlet, so that the generally unidirectional radial flow from the compressor recirculation valve is re-directed and organized as it is turned from generally radial to generally axial, merging with the general inlet flow and presenting the compressor wheel with airflow of “circumferentially uniform” flow velocity. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152583 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER AND FLOW RATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME - A flow rate adjustment method for a variable geometry turbocharger may include steps as follows. An adjustment apparatus drives an actuator to an abutment position where a power transmission member abuts a stopper. The apparatus acquires the abutment position opening amount based on an opening detection sensor's signal. The apparatus drives the actuator until the detection amount attains a pre-set amount, moving the power transmission member to a temporary control position. The apparatus acquires a temporary control position flow rate. It is acquired when an adjustment gas inflow apparatus causes the adjustment gas to flow into an exhaust turbine, and a flow rate measurement sensor measures the flow rate of the adjustment gas. The apparatus obtains a correction amount based on a difference between the temporary control position flow rate and a real control position flow rate, which is a proper flow rate corresponding to the pre-set amount. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152584 | METHOD FOR REDUCING SENSITIVITY FOR ENGINE SCAVENGING - A method for correcting a total cylinder air flow during scavenging by way of an oxygen sensor is disclosed. Additionally, cylinder trapped air amount and cylinder scavenging air amount are adjusted based on the corrected total cylinder air flow. The approach may reduce sensitivity between cylinder air flow estimates and fuel supplied for combustion. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152585 | HEAT EXCHANGER - Thermal expansion of U-shaped tubes is permitted to prevent damage to it. A heat exchanger includes a casing having a first fluid inlet provided at one end thereof and a first fluid outlet provided at the other end thereof, the first fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet being connected to each other via a first flow path extending in a straight line from the first fluid inlet to the first fluid outlet; and multiple tube sets accommodated inside the casing so that a fluid that flows through the interiors thereof undergoes heat exchange with a fluid that flows via the first flow path. The multiple tube sets are arrayed along the first flow path, and multiple U-shaped tubes constituting the tube sets are fixed only to a tube plate disposed parallel to the first flow path and located at both ends of the U-shaped tubes. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152586 | Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Generation System and Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Generation Method - An integrated solar combined cycle power generation system includes a solar heat collector for collecting solar heat and generating solar heat steam; a gas turbine; a gas turbine exhaust heat recovery boiler; and a steam turbine; wherein the solar heat steam is decreased in temperature by a solar heat steam desuperheater under a normal condition, and the temperature decrease is stopped or a temperature decrease rate is reduced when the solar heat steam temperature falls due to a cause such as a sudden weather change, wherein the solar heat steam is joined to generated steam by a high-pressure drum or exit steam of a primary superheater, and wherein a main steam temperature control by a main steam temperature control valve is combined so that the main steam, the temperature of which is controlled to a predetermined temperature, is supplied to the steam turbine. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARMING UP A STEAM TURBINE - A system for warming up a steam turbine includes a gas turbine and a controller operably connected to the gas turbine. The controller is programmed to receive a plurality of measured input signals and control the gas turbine to produce an exhaust having a desired energy. A first measured input signal is reflective of a measured operating parameter of the gas turbine and a second measured input signal is reflective of an operating parameter of the steam turbine. A method for warming up a steam turbine includes sending a plurality of measured input signals to a controller, wherein a first measured input signal reflects a measured operating parameter of a gas turbine and a second measured input signal reflects an operating parameter of the steam turbine. The method further includes controlling the gas turbine based on the plurality of measured input signals and producing an exhaust from the gas turbine, wherein the exhaust has a desired energy. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF PRESSURE SETTING SIGNAL TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL STEAM BYPASS CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING STEAM BYPASS CONTROL SYSTEM BY USING THE PRESSURE SETTING SIGNAL - An apparatus for controlling an output of a pressure setting signal to automatically control a steam bypass control system includes a pressure setting signal output unit for outputting a pressure setting signal according to a cold leg temperature of a reactor coolant; a first logic value output unit for outputting a first logic value that is changed according to reactor power; a second logic value output unit for outputting a second logic value that is changed according to a temperature difference between an average temperature of the reactor coolant and a reference temperature; a NAND gate circuit unit for outputting an inverse logic value according to the first and second logic values; and a first output control unit for controlling whether to output the pressure setting signal according to the inverse logic value of the NAND gate circuit unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152589 | DIRECT CONTACT CONDENSER FOR STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine direct contact condenser prevents cooling water sprayed from spray nozzles from reaching turbine blades of an axial-flow turbine, while introducing turbine exhaust gases exhausted by a steam turbine in the horizontal direction to cool such gases. The condenser includes an exhaust gas inlet part that introduces the turbine exhaust gases containing steam of the steam turbine and non-condensable gases in the horizontal direction, a steam cooling chamber that sprays cooling water to the introduced turbine exhaust gases to cool them, and a water storage disposed at the bottom of the steam cooling chamber that stores condensed water cooled from the steam and the cooling water. The steam cooling chamber includes a first cooling water spraying mechanism and a second cooling water spraying mechanism. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152590 | FUEL MANIFOLD WITH JUMPER TUBES - A gas turbine engine fuel delivery system which includes an external fuel manifold fastened to the outer surface of a casing surrounding the combustor of the engine and which includes a plurality of inlet manifold tubes circumferentially disposed in serial flow communication. A plurality of fuel nozzles are mounted to the casing and are axially spaced apart from the fuel manifold on the outer surface of the casing. A plurality of jumper tubes are disposed outside the casing and feed fuel flow from the fuel manifold to the fuel nozzles. The jumper tubes have a rigidity that is less than that of the inlet manifold tubes of the fuel manifold such that the jumper tubes elastically deflect under load. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152591 | SYSTEM OF INTEGRATING BAFFLES FOR ENHANCED COOLING OF CMC LINERS - A system of integrating baffles for enhanced cooling of CMC liners is comprised of a combustor assembly having a dome mount assembly, outer liner and inner liner. Liners include those manufactured from and in a process for CMC (Ceramic Matrix Composite). One or more liner baffles such as outer baffle and inner baffle, are provided to reduce the pressure drop across the liner, allowing the addition of more cooling holes and thereby reducing the cooling hole spacing while not increasing the required amount of cooling air. CMC liners are incorporated, as desired, to take advantage of shapes and hole dispositions made possible by use of CMC over past designs. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152592 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE EXHAUST DIFFUSER INCLUDING CIRCUMFERENTIAL VANE - A flow passage defined between an inner and an outer boundary for guiding a fluid flow in an axial direction. A flow control vane is supported at a radial location between the inner and outer boundaries. A fluid discharge opening is provided for discharging a flow of the compressed fluid from a trailing edge of the vane, and a fluid control surface is provided adjacent to the fluid discharge opening and extends in the axial direction at the trailing edge of the vane. The fluid control surface has a curved trailing edge forming a Coanda surface. The fluid discharge opening is selectively provided with a compressed fluid to produce a Coanda effect along the control surface. The Coanda effect has a component in the radial direction effecting a turning of the fluid flow in the flow path radially inward or outward toward one of the inner and outer boundaries. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152593 | GAS TURBINE AND FUEL INJECTOR FOR THE SAME - A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine may include an injector housing having a central cavity configured to be fluidly coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine. The central cavity may also be configured to direct a first fuel into the combustor substantially unmixed with air. The fuel injector may also include an annular air discharge outlet circumferentially disposed about the downstream end of the central cavity. The air discharge outlet may be configured to discharge compressed air into the combustor circumferentially about the first fuel from the central cavity. The fuel injector may also include an annular fuel discharge outlet circumferentially disposed about the air discharge outlet at the downstream end. The fuel discharge outlet may be configured to discharge a second fuel into the combustor circumferentially about the compressed air from the air discharge outlet. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152594 | GAS TURBINE AND FUEL INJECTOR FOR THE SAME - A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine includes an injector housing having a central cavity configured to fluidly couple with a combustor of the gas turbine engine. The fuel injector may include a fuel nozzle at the upstream end of the central cavity. The fuel nozzle may be configured to direct a first fuel into the central cavity. The fuel injector may also include an annular air inlet disposed circumferentially about the fuel nozzle at the upstream end of the central cavity, and an annular air discharge outlet circumferentially disposed about the exit opening of the central cavity. The fuel injector may further include an annular fuel discharge outlet circumferentially disposed about the air discharge outlet. The fuel discharge outlet may be configured to discharge a second fuel into the combustor circumferentially around the air discharge outlet. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152595 | PROCESS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF POWER PLANT WITH CO2 CAPTURE AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZATION OF THE PROCESS - Improved methods and systems for power plants with CO2 capture and especially power plants with CO2 capture for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) purposes. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152596 | FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED POWER STATION HAVING A REMOVAL APPARATUS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND PROCESS FOR SEPARATING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AN OFFGAS FROM A FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED POWER STATION - A fossil fuel-fired power station having a removal apparatus for carbon dioxide which is located downstream of a combustion facility and through which an offgas containing carbon dioxide may flow is provided. The removal apparatus comprises an absorption unit and a desorption unit. The desorption unit is connected to a renewable energy source. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLAME STABILIZATION - A system and method for flame stabilization is provided that forestalls incipient lean blow out by improving flame stabilization. A combustor profile is selected that maintains desired levels of power output while minimizing or eliminating overboard air bleed and minimizing emissions. The selected combustor profile maintains average shaft power in a range of from approximately 50% up to full power while eliminating overboard air bleed in maintaining such power settings. Embodiments allow for a combustor to operate with acceptable emissions at lower flame temperature. Because the combustor can operate at lower bulk flame temperatures during part power operation, the usage of inefficient overboard bleed can be reduced or even eliminated. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL CONTROL IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a compressor section configured to generate compressed air and a combustor coupled to the compressor section. The combustor is configured to combust a first mixture comprising the compressed air and a first fuel to generate a first combustion gas. The gas turbine engine also includes a turbine section coupled to the combustor. The turbine section is configured to expand the first combustion gas to generate an exhaust gas. The gas turbine engine also includes a boiler coupled to the turbine section. The boiler is configured to combust a second mixture comprising a portion of the first combustion gas and a second fuel to generate a second combustion gas that is routed to the turbine section. In addition, the boiler generates a first steam from heat exchange with the second combustion gas. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152599 | HYDROCARBON FILM PROTECTED REFRACTORY CARBIDE COMPONENTS AND USE - A turbine power generation system with enhanced stabilization of refractory carbides provided by hydrocarbon from high carbon activity gases is disclosed. The disclosure also includes a method of using high carbon activity gases to stabilize hot gas path components. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152600 | SHAFT BREAK DETECTION - A method to detect shaft break includes monitoring first and second parameters and defining a two-dimensional parameter space that is a function of the first and second parameters, the two-dimensional parameter space includes integration regions. The method also includes defining an integration function for each integration region. For measured values of the first and second parameters, the method determines the applicable integration region and applies the integration function to the first parameter to give an integration result; and then sets a shaft break signal to TRUE when the integration result exceeds a predetermined threshold. The present invention also provides a shaft break detection system. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152601 | CONTROLLER - A gas turbine engine has, in flow series, a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section. The gas turbine engine further has a system for cooling the turbine section and providing tip clearance control between turbine blades and circumferentially distributed segments forming an annular shroud surrounding the blades outer tips. The turbine section cooling sub-system diverts a first cooling air flow, regulated by a first valve arrangement, from the compressor section to a heat exchanger and then to the turbine section to cool its components. The tip clearance control sub-system supplies a second cooling air flow, regulated by a second valve arrangement, to an engine case where the segments are mounted, which regulates thermal expansion of the case and controls the clearance between the segments and outer tips. The system further includes a closed-loop controller which issues demand signals to the first and second valve arrangements. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152602 | CONTROLLER - A gas turbine engine has, in flow series, a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section. The engine further has a cooling system which diverts a cooling air flow received from the compressor section to a heat exchanger and then to the turbine section to cool a component thereof. The cooling air flow by-passes the combustor and is cooled in the heat exchanger. The cooling system has a valve arrangement which regulates the cooling air flow. The engine further has a closed-loop controller which estimates and/or measures one or more temperatures of the cooled component, compares values derived from the estimated and/or measured temperatures with one or more corresponding targets, and issues a demand signal to the valve arrangement based on the comparison and a value of the demand signal at a previous time step. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152603 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE, AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN INJECTION SYSTEM IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - A combustion chamber in which the injection system is attached so as to prevent any axial motion of the injection system, the combustion chamber includes: a baffle including a tubular portion having a first upstream end surrounded by a first radially projecting collar; and an injection system including a bowl which includes a cylindrical portion inserted into the tubular portion, the cylindrical portion including a second upstream end surrounded by a second radially projecting collar, the second collar axially bearing against the first collar, wherein the combustion chamber includes a clamp which axially clamps the first and the second collars against one another, and a fastener which retains the clamp clamped on either side of the first and second collars. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152604 | FLUID TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING DEVICE - A fluid temperature adjusting device includes: a heater configured to heat a fluid passing through a fluid passageway; a peltier module including a plurality of peltier elements, the peltier module configured to heat or cool the fluid passing through the fluid passageway; and a controller configured to supply thermal energy from both the heater and the peltier module to the fluid and switch magnitudes of an operation amount of the heater and an operation amount of the peltier module when heating the fluid so that the fluid is kept at a target temperature. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152605 | FLUID TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING DEVICE - A fluid temperature adjusting device includes: a heater configured to heat a fluid passing through a fluid passageway; a peltier module including a plurality of peltier elements, the peltier module being configured to heat or cool the fluid passing through the fluid passageway; and a controller configured to divide a total thermal energy for keeping the fluid at a target temperature into a thermal energy to be supplied from the heater and a thermal energy to be supplied from the peltier module to give the total thermal energy from both the heater and the peltier module to the fluid. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152606 | HEATING AND COOLING DEVICE - A heating and cooling device includes a cylinder having a chamber for receiving a gas. A guiding groove is defined in an inner periphery of the chamber. A piston assembly is movably received in the chamber of the cylinder. The piston assembly includes first and second pistons and a connecting rod connected to the first and second pistons. The first piston is mounted to a side of the second piston and rotatable relative to the connecting rod. Each of the first and second pistons includes a plurality of openings. A guiding block is formed on an outer periphery of the first piston and is slideably received in the guiding groove. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152607 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE VAPORIZATION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND STORAGE THEREOF - A process and plant for the vaporization of liquefied natural gas includes obtaining electric energy during the vaporization operation by way of thermal exchange by transformation of an energy source for obtaining electric power. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152608 | CRYOGENIC INJECTION COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYOGENICALLY MODULATING FLOW IN A CONDUIT - Provided are cryogenic injection compositions, methods and systems to introduce a cryogenic injection composition into a fluid within a conduit such that at least a portion of the temperature of the fluid is reduced to a temperature below which at least a portion of the fluid becomes a solid thereby reversibly plugging the conduit. Also provided are methods and systems for cooling or freezing a conduit and a fluid therein using a pressurized fluid cryogen as a thermal transfer fluid for controlled removal of thermal energy from a thermal conducting metal conduit and a fluid contained therein. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152609 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, AND A CONTROL METHOD OF THREE-PHASE INVERTER - An adder adds a phase θplus, which is n times a size of 60 degrees, to a phase output from a phase switching unit and outputs the phase as a voltage command phase θ. A voltage generation unit generates voltage command value based on the voltage command phase output by the adder and outputs the command value. A drive-signal generation unit, based on an output from the voltage generation unit generates drive signals corresponding to respective switching elements of an inverter, and outputs respective generated drive signals to the corresponding switching elements of the inverter, and generates a high-frequency AC voltage in the inverter. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152610 | Refrigeration Systems Having Prescriptive Refrigerant Flow Control - A refrigeration system for a frozen product dispenser is controlled to have a variable cooling capacity that is determined by variable cooling load demands of the dispenser. This is accomplished, in part, by providing the refrigeration system with a variable speed compressor and one or more adjustable expansion valves for metering refrigerant to associated evaporators that are heat exchange coupled to associated freeze barrels of the dispenser, and by controlling the metering setting of the expansion valves and the speed of operation of the compressor in accordance with the cooling load demands of the dispenser. The arrangement provides for efficient operation of the refrigeration system from an energy standpoint and for a reduction in on/off cycling of the system. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152611 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR AIR-CONDITIONING A VEHICLE - An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant can flow and which is configured as a heat pump circuit and as a cooling system circuit, and associated with these, a compressor, at least one external heat exchanger, at least one internal heat exchanger that is associated with an internal heating condenser, whereby a device is provided for generating an air stream that can be thermally coupled to the internal heat exchanger and to the internal heating condenser, as well as a metering device that can meter the flow of at least a partial stream of the thermally coupled air stream through the internal heating condenser is provided, wherein
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20130152612 | SORPTION COOLING SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CONTROL USING MULTI-CHANNEL THERMAL SWING ADSORPTION - Sorption cooling systems and methods for using sorption cooling systems, particularly to control the interior climate of vehicles, buildings, appliances and other enclosed spaces. The sorption cooling systems may incorporate sorbent beds having a low thermal mass that are capable of rapid cycle times to increase the efficiency of the sorption cooling systems. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152613 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a high-pressure side pressure detection device detecting high-pressure side pressure, a low-pressure side pressure detection device detecting low-pressure side pressure, a high-low pressure bypass pipe connecting a pipe on a discharge side of a compressor and a pipe on a suction side of the compressor, a bypass expansion device disposed in the high-low pressure bypass pipe, a high-pressure side temperature detection device detecting high-pressure side temperature, and a low-pressure side temperature detection device detecting low-pressure side temperature; an outdoor unit side controller that detects circulation composition of refrigerant on the basis of the high-pressure side pressure, the low-pressure side pressure, the high-pressure side temperature, and the low-pressure side temperature; and a relay unit side controller performing at least one of a calculation of evaporating temperature and degree of superheat, and a calculation of condensing temperature and degree of subcooling on the basis of the circulation composition. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152614 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT MODULE AND COOLING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A THERMAL MANAGEMENT MODULE - A thermal management module for the distribution as required of coolant flows in an electric vehicle, including a valve arrangement ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152615 | SMALL-SIZE AND LIGHT-WEIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT FOR AIRCRAFT-EXTERNAL STORES - An environmental control apparatus includes (A) a condensation air flow loop in which a fan driven when the aircraft is moved on the ground or flies performs a thermal exchange with a condenser of a cooling/heating flow loop; (B) the cooling/heating flow loop, including an evaporator, a compressor configured to have a rotating shaft coupled to the shaft of a ram air turbine, a condenser configured to perform a thermal exchange by the condensation air flow loop, and an expansion valve configured to expand the refrigerant condensed by the condenser, wherein the evaporator, the compressor, the condenser, and the expansion valve are interconnected by a refrigerant circulation line; (C) an air circulation loop for circulating and supplying cooled or heated air to a camera/electronic unit so that the camera/electronic unit maintains a constant temperature; and (D) a controller for controlling the driving of the elements in each of the loops. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152616 | Air Catching Apparatus for a Refrigerated Cabinet - A refrigerated air curtain redirection unit can be retro fitted to the front base of a an existing reach-in commercial open-display refrigerated cabinet, or provided as original built-in equipment for a newly manufactured cabinet to reduce refrigerated air spillage. The unit has a body part that protrudes outwardly of the open frontage of the cabinet at an upward angle and there is an inwardly curved part at its top region whereby an air vortex is formed that acts to draw air from the curtain at its base into an air duct of the cabinet. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152617 | REFRIGERATOR WITH ICE MAKER - Provided is a refrigerator with an ice maker. The ice maker includes an ice tray formed of a metal material, the ice tray providing an ice making space in which water for making an ice is supplied to make the ice and a resin layer formed of a plastic resin, the resin layer defining at least portion of the ice making space to smoothly convey the ice. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152618 | VARIABLE SURFACE AREA HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger apparatus includes a housing having a sidewall defining a chamber in the housing for containing a cryogen; and a first insulation member movably mounted for coaction with the sidewall, the first insulation member moveable to a position to expose or cover a select portion of the sidewall to provide a heat transfer effect. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152619 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle that includes a frame having an opening through which an airflow passes, and a sliding door which adjusts an aperture ratio of the opening by being slid along a wall surface formed with the opening of the frame in an upstream side of the opening, wherein the sliding door includes: a shield plate to shield the airflow; and a seal member which extends from the shield plate in a sliding direction of the sliding door and is more easily bent than the shield plate, and which is bent by receiving the airflow, thereby coming into contact with the wall surface of the frame. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152620 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCTS SUCH AS ICE CREAMS, GRANITA OR FROZEN BEVERAGES - A machine for producing and dispensing products such as ice cream, frozen beverages or granita comprises a transparent product container which is provided with a tap for dispensing the product and which contains an evaporator of a refrigerating circuit or cooling the product in the container and a mixer element for stirring the product. The machine comprises means for diffusing a thin stream of moving air over the outer walls of the container. These air diffusion means may comprise a fan which emits an air flow inside a diffuser element which is arranged above the container and which defines a mouth around the top of the container and blows downwards the thin stream of air onto the outer walls of the container. The diffuser element may be advantageously formed in the lid the container. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152621 | REFRIGERATOR, THERMOSYPHON, AND SOLENOID VALVE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A refrigerator may include a body having a freezing chamber and a refrigeration chamber, a cooling circuit for cooling the freezing chamber and the refrigeration chamber, and a power source for supplying power to the cooling circuit. The refrigerator may further include a thermosyphon provided between the freezing chamber and refrigerating chamber. A control circuit may be connected to the thermosyphon to control a flow of refrigerant in the thermosyphon. The control circuit may include a valve provided on a circulation path of the thermosyphon, a electrical power storage device connected between the power source and the valve, and a switching circuit provided between the valve and the electrical power storage device. When the power source does not supply power to the cooling circuit, the control circuit may operate the thermosyphon using power stored in the electrical power storage device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152622 | COLD BEVERAGE SERVER - A cold beverage server includes a container having a body with a sidewall, a base, and at least one external engagement element on the sidewall or the base. An ice core includes a hollow body with at least one internal engagement element for engaging the at least one external engagement element on the container to retain the ice core on the container. The hollow body has a central portion for facing-contact heat-transfer engagement with the base of the container and a chillable medium within the hollow body. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152623 | REFRIGERATING FURNITURE, IN PARTICULAR REFRIGERATING SHELF - The invention relates to a refrigerating furniture, particularly a refrigerating shelf (KR | 2013-06-20 |
20130152624 | POWER CONVERTER AND REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A power converter includes step-up means for varying a voltage applied by a power supply to a predetermined voltage, commutating means for performing a commutation operation for allowing a current flowing through the step-up means to flow through a second path, smoothing means for smoothing a voltage related to outputs of the step-up means and the commutating means to produce power and supplying the power to a load side, and control means for performing control related to voltage varying, such as stepping up, by the step-up means and controlling the commutation operation of the commutating means on the basis of at least one of a voltage and a current related to the step-up means. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152625 | RECEIVER DRIER FOR A VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - The present invention provides a receiver drier for a vehicle air conditioner including: a tubular body into which a desiccant bag is inserted, and on the outer side of which a refrigerant inlet, through which a refrigerant is introduced from a condenser, and a refrigerant outlet, through which a liquid refrigerant flows out into a sub-cooling zone, are formed, the body having an opening at the lower portion thereof; a filter installed in the body; and a cap having a cap body inserted in and coupled to the opening of the body, wherein a lower part of the filter is inserted into the upper peripheral surface of the cap body, and a guide member protrudes from the top surface of the cap body toward the inner side of the filter and guides the refrigerant supplied through the refrigerant inlet to smoothly flow out through the refrigerant outlet. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152626 | FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON COMPOSTION - A composition is described including a first fluorinated hydrocarbon compound according to the formula: | 2013-06-20 |
20130152627 | Method To Produce Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) At Midstream Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) Recovery Plants - A method to recover natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas streams at NGL recovery plants. The present disclosure relates to methods using liquid natural gas (LNG) as an external source of stored cold energy to reduce the energy and improve the operation of NGL distillation columns. More particularly, the present disclosure provides methods to efficiently and economically achieve higher recoveries of natural gas liquids at NGL recovery plants. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152628 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR THE PURIFICATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE USING LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE - The present invention relates to an improved method for removing contaminants from a gaseous stream substantially comprising carbon dioxide. More specifically, the method comprises the step of subjecting the gaseous stream to an absorption step in which the absorbent is liquid carbon dioxide wherein the waste of carbon dioxide is minimized by utilizing a compressing means for generating a pressure difference between two streams in a reboiler. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152629 | "Air cooling and purification apparatus intended for a cryogenic air distillation unit" - An apparatus for cooling and purifying a stream of air comprises a building, a cooling tower, for cooling by direct contact with water, two purification bottles, each of vertical axis, a pipe for sending water to the cooling tower, a pipe for sending air to the cooling tower, a pipe for sending cooled air from the tower to the purification bottles and a system of valves and piping for connecting the two bottles to the cooling tower, this assembly being located inside the building, and the two bottles and the tower being outside the building, the two bottles and the assembly being placed on either side of a wall of the building, the bottles being placed along the wall and the tower being positioned between the two bottles. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152630 | Well being bracelet and watch - This patent covers a use of all products manufactured as well being bracelets, or which may be manufactured and sold or offered as well being bracelets added to or combined with the purpose of a time piece, wrist watch, or other time indicating or device used for the purpose of telling the time. The new use covered by this patent is to include the effects, or the actual existing design of well being bracelets themselves into or attached to a watch. This patent covers the use of two items, a watch and a magnetic well being bracelet combined into one item to wear. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152631 | Toy Bracelet Unit With Detachable Wristband And Interchangeable Key - A toy bracelet unit with chambers and detachable wristband that the user can personalize and interact with a interchangeable key. The chambers can be opened one at a time or multiple chambers can be opened at once, based upon the arrangement of the corresponding notches on the interchangeable key. Each chamber can be personalized by said user, which can be revealed upon opening the chambers, once interaction of the interchangeable key to the toy bracelet unit is committed by said user. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152632 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING VITREOUS SLAG - A process for manufacturing a vitreous slag including
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20130152633 | MIRROR FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER DEVICES - A mirror for concentrating solar power devices, associable with a curved supporting panel, which comprises a flat and thin mirror-finished plate which is flexible, as a consequence of a tempering treatment, for complementary shaping, by inflection, with respect to the panel, which is adapted to support and keep the plate inflexed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152634 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE - In an annealing zone ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152635 | PROCESS AND DEVICE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEFORMATION OF PANELS, IN PARTICULAR GLASS PANELS - For improving a process of three-dimensional deformation of glass panes, said glass panes | 2013-06-20 |
20130152636 | REFRACTORY PRODUCT HAVING HIGH ZIRCONIA CONTENT - The invention relates to a molten cast refractory product comprising, in weight percentages on the basis of the oxides and relative to a total of 100% of the oxides:
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20130152637 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOISTURE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FIBER INSULATION - Apparatus, systems and methods for making a fibrous products form molten material into fibers. The fibers are sprayed with a coolant liquid to cool the fibers. A flow rate of the sprayed coolant liquid is controllable. The fibers are also sprayed with a binder dispersion. The fibers are directed toward a conveyor to form an uncured fibrous pack. A thickness of the uncured pack is measured and the flow rate of the sprayed coolant liquid is controlled based on the measured thickness of the uncured pack. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152638 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOISTURE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FIBER INSULATION - Apparatus, systems and methods for monitoring and controlling the amount of moisture introduced into the forming hood area in the manufacture of mineral fiber insulation products. Moisture from coolant liquids, binder dispersions and binder diluents are all introduced deliberately into a forming hood; ambient moisture and water from combustion are additional sources. A series of global variable control valves, one for each fluid system; as well as individual variable control valves for each fiberizing unit are provided with associated meters. Sensors monitor fibrous pack conditions and ambient conditions and provide inputs to the valve control system. A specific 3-ring liquid dispensing system is also disclosed. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152639 | Latch Needle with Improved Latch Bearing - A latch needle includes a pivot pin connected with the latch in a torque-proof manner, said pivot pin having mirror-symmetrically shaped bearing heads ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152640 | KNITWEAR WITH A PERFORATED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID KNITWEAR - A method for producing knitwear formed at least partially as single jersey knitwear with a perforated structure and a functional textile based on the knitwear, provide very fine knitting stitches and perforated structures with large holes meeting demands of sportswear and underwear. The knitwear is produced on a double jersey knitting machine with first and second oppositely disposed needle carriers and a machine gauge of >24 needles/inch. The first needle carrier has a needle number/inch of latch-type needles corresponding to the machine gauge and the second needle carrier has transfer needles. The needle number/inch of the transfer needles is at most half that of the latch-type needles of the first needle carrier. The transfer needles form loop accumulations with at least one tuck loop per hole subsequently transferred with or without at least one knitting stitch from the transfer needles onto the latch-type needles. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152641 | SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE - A seal assembly and method for sealing a door and a tub in a laundry treating appliance. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152642 | TUBULAR PELT BOARD INNER BAG - Using modern pelt boards ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152643 | LOCKING ARRANGEMENT - A locking arrangement comprising: a handle assembly; a primary locking mechanism comprising a locking bar having a first shoulder and a second shoulder, which bar is movable between an extended locking position and a retracted release position, whereby when the locking bar is in the retracted release position, the handle assembly is movable “between a latched condition and an unlatched condition; a secondary locking mechanism having an override means, wherein when the override means is independently urged against the first and/or second shoulder of the locking bar, the locking bar is reversibly movable between the extended locking position and the retracted release position; and a biased catch means to releasably retain the locking bar in either the extended locking position or the retracted release position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152644 | ACTUATING UNIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS - Actuating unit for automotive applications, especially motor vehicle door locks ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152645 | ACTUATING UNIT FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS - Actuating unit for automotive applications, especially motor vehicle door locks ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152646 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CYLINDER LOCK - An electromechanical cylinder lock includes an outer lock shell and a rotatable lock barrel located therein which is controlled by dual locking features. A side bar or fence selectively blocks and permits rotation of the barrel with respect to the shell in response to insertion of a key into a keyway in the barrel. A slider bar is movable between a blocking position in which the side bar is prevented from permitting rotation of the barrel, and an unblocking position in which the side bar permits rotation of the barrel. Alternately, a blocking mechanism is provided to block motion of tumbler pins in the cylinder lock. A shape memory alloy actuator, such as a wire made of nitinol, disposed in the barrel is activated by an electric current in response to determination by an electronic control device whether an attempt to open the lock is authorized. Thermal interlock protection from external heating of the lock is also provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152647 | LOCK - A lock includes a bolt having latching and unlatching positions, and a locking component having a locking position in which the bolt is prevented from moving from the latching position to the unlatching position, and an unlocking position in which the locking component does not prevent the bolt from moving. A lock cylinder includes a cam having unlocking and deadlocking positions. A deadlocking component has a disengaging position in which the deadlocking component does not prevent the locking component from moving from its locking position to its unlocking position; and when the locking component is in its locking position, an engaging position in which the deadlocking component prevents the locking component from moving. When the cam is in its unlocking position, the locking component is in its unlocking position and a deadlocking component is in its disengaging position, and conversely when the cylinder cam is in its deadlocking position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152648 | LOCK DEVICE - A lock device having a lock cylinder and a flat key having a control gate. The lock cylinder has a cylinder housing and a cylinder core rotationally supported in the cylinder housing and a plurality of plate-shaped tumblers that are supported in the cylinder core so as to be radially slidable with respect to the rotational axis of the cylinder core and which each have a key opening and are at least partially pushed by the spring load into a locking channel of the cylinder housing in order to lock the lock cylinder when the flat key is removed and which are slid into an unlocking position by the control cam guided in the control gate when the key is inserted. At least one stop is associated with each of the tumblers in order to limit the sliding path to conceal the unlocking position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152649 | IMMOBILIZATION OF FERTILIZER ADDITIVES - Fertilizer products, and methods of making fertilizer products are provided that include an additive, such as an agrochemical, coated onto a base fertilizer particle. The outer coating bonds to the inner coating and maintains the inner coating on the base fertilizer particle until the base fertilizer particle undergoes dissolution and releases the fertilizing component. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152650 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF CONTINUOUS OR DISCRETE METAL PRODUCTS - A method for heating an elongated metal product includes heating at a first heating location with at least one burner the metal product, and conveying combustion products from the burner through at least one channel, isolated from the metal product, from the first heating location to at least a second heating location arranged along a conveyor path for the combustion products to impinge upon an opposite surface of the metal product when the metal product passes the second heating location. A device for heating the elongated metal product is also provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152651 | STYLET HAVING A ROUGHENED OUTER SURFACE - A stylet has a proximal end a distal end and an outer surface. The stylet is substantially cylindrical. The outer surface of the stylet is treated, or roughened, preferably by a glass peening or a bead blasting operation, such that its maximum profile peak height is greater than 30 μm, its roughness average is greater than 5 μm, and its root mean square roughness is greater than 8 μm. This results in reducing the removal force of the treated stylet from a silicone catheter. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152652 | SPIN FORMING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLES BY SPIN FORMING - A spin forming process and apparatus is disclosed. A workpiece (e.g. sheet metal) is rotated with respect to a forming roller which bears against one of the outer and inner surfaces of the workpiece to deform the workpiece towards a required shape. First and second support rollers bears against the opposite surface of the workpiece. Computer control of the positions of the forming roller and the first and second support rollers allow non-axisymmetric shapes to be manufactured by spin-forming. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152653 | ANGLE-PROFILE ROLLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A rolling apparatus for rolling angle profiles from rolling stock has upper and lower horizontal profile rolls rotatable about respective parallel upper and lower axes and together defining an open or closed roll gap that lies in a rolling plane perpendicular to a travel direction of the rolling stock. At least one pair of nonhorizontal edging rolls laterally compress the rolling stock and define a rolling plane extending perpendicular to the travel direction of the rolling stock. The rolling plane defined by the profile rolls and the rolling plane defined by the pair of edging rolls are not coplanar with each other. This rolling stand can do angle rolling in reversing and also continuous operating mode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152654 | APPARATUS FOR TEXTURING THE SURFACE OF A BRAKE PLATE - An apparatus is provided for texturing the surface of a brake plate has three die plates and spring supports therebetween. A toothed tooling mounts to the top die plate above an anvil on the centre die plate both of which ride on posts held by the lower die plate. The toothed tooling comprises multiple blades each with multiple replaceable toothed inserts are held in a cartridge arrangement. The anvil receives brake plates from a separately supported plate feed mechanism with greatly reduced reciprocating mass. The complete die set can be set up on the bench and inserted ready to use in any style of press where the press ram contacts the upper die plate. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152655 | PRESS DIE - A press die including a first die, a second die disposed opposite to the first die to perform a press work on a panel together with the first die, a drawing unit configured to hold the panel, a trimming unit configured to cut the panel, and a fluid pressure controlling unit configured to selectively deliver fluid pressure to one of the drawing unit and the trimming unit, thereby operating both of the drawing unit and the trimming unit even with a small fluid pressure by selectively delivering fluid pressure to one of the drawing unit and the trimming unit. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152656 | THIN PLATE BURRING PROCESSING METHOD AND THIN PLATE FEMALE SCREW-FORMING METHOD - A thin plate burring processing method includes a first step of forming a thin portion thinner than an original thickness in a target portion by performing crushing processing on the target portion of a plate-like workpiece, a second step of forming a circular through-hole in the thin portion by punching processing, and a third step of forming an annular portion rising from a surface of the workpiece by performing projection processing with burring processing around the through-hole formed in the thin portion. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152657 | CURVED CANNULA - The cross section of a curved portion of a curved cannula is oval shaped. The oval is oriented such that a major axis of the oval is generally aligned with the curved portion's bend radius. In one aspect, the cannula tube is ovalized so that the radius of curvature of an interior wall approaches the outer radius of an instrument component that contacts the curved portion during instrument insertion. In this first aspect, a wider contact patch area between the instrument component and the cannula results, which reduces friction and stick-slip during insertion. In another aspect, the cannula tube is ovalized so that the radius of curvature of an interior wall is less than the outer radius of an instrument component that contacts the curved portion during instrument insertion. In this second aspect, two contact patches are established between the instrument component and cannula, which also reduces friction and stick-slip during instrument insertion. Also disclosed is a cannula orientation marking that changes circumferential orientation along a length the curved cannula to help a person who is inserting the cannula to properly twist the cannula during insertion. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152658 | Device for and Method of Loading Stents Into Delivery Tubes - A stent loading device is configured to perform a method of loading a stent into a delivery tube that comprises loading a stent into an opening of a crimping device. The stent has an initial uncompressed diameter. The method further comprises crimping the stent via the crimping device in a manner reducing the diameter of the stent from the initial diameter. Still further, the method comprises forcing the stent out of the opening of the crimping device and into a passageway of a delivery tube while oscillating the crimping device. The passageway of the delivery tube has a diameter that is less than the initial diameter of the stent and receives the stent in its compressed state. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRIMPING A PROSTHETIC VALVE - An exemplary system for crimping a prosthetic valve comprises a radially expandable and compressible prosthetic valve, a crimping device positioned around the valve and configured to reduce the diameter of the valve to a delivery configuration, and a sterile package enclosing the valve and the crimping device. The valve can be pre-assembled in a partially crimped configuration within the crimping device. After removing the sterile packaging, the crimping device can be used to crimp the valve from the partially crimped configuration to the delivery configuration, such as by twisting a knob on the crimping device. The system can further comprise at least a portion of a delivery catheter within the sterile package, wherein the valve is pre-mounted on or adjacent to an inflatable balloon of the delivery catheter, such that the valve can be crimped onto the delivery catheter using the crimping device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152660 | THERMOFORMING STATION, THERMOFORMING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR FORMING OR STAMPING ARTICLES PRODUCED - The invention relates to a thermoforming station in which motors are oriented so as to rotate in the same sense on the drive of the upper table ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130152661 | PRESS MACHINE - A press machine includes a lifting mechanism that selectively lowers and lifts a die on a movable side. The lifting mechanism includes a motor driven lifting unit using a servomotor as a drive source thereof, and a hydraulically driven lifting unit using a hydraulic actuator as a drive source thereof. The lifting mechanism is controlled so as to enable the motor driven lifting unit to move the die on the movable side from a standby position to a drive system changeover position immediately before a press start position at which the die on the movable side starts contacting a workpiece to be processed and so as to enable the hydraulically driven lifting unit to move the die on the movable side from the drive system changeover position to a top dead center position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130152662 | BENDING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH A PANTOGRAPH - The present invention relates to a machine for bending a material having the shape of a wire as a tube having vertical movement of the spar by the use of a pantograph lifting device, advantageously reducing the number of devices used for lifting of said spar and advantageously increasing the lateral stiffness of the machine. | 2013-06-20 |