34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110203627 | Walking device - An improved walking device is disclosed wherein the walking device comprises an elongated body that is more than one foot in length, a movable arm coupled to the elongated body, a power source, and a first sensor, and wherein the first sensor is capable of detecting an orientation of the walking device and producing an electronic signal based on the orientation, and wherein the electronic signal is capable of at least partially causing a movement of the movable arm. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203628 | Support System for Tents and Shelters - A system for structural support of light weight outdoor tents and shelters utilizing two or more hiking or trekking poles and a connecting light weight ridge pole assembly that serves as the roof support truss providing the occupant(s) will full head room use for the width of the ridge pole assembly. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203629 | HUNTING BLIND AND FRAME SYSTEM - The invention includes a hunting blind and frame tall enough to allow an adult male to stand upright within the frame. Horizontal frame members are connected to vertical frame members to increase the strength of the frame. The horizontal frame members also serve as weapon rests. The blind may include several selectively openable and closable openings having a lower edge positioned vertically proximate to the horizontal frame members. The blind can include magnetic and/or ferromagnetic elements disposed proximate the opening. The elements are useful for magnetically detachably attaching a window to the blind to cover the opening. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203630 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A photovoltaic device that can prevent performance degradation caused by electrodeposition generated as a result of moisture penetration. In the photovoltaic device, two or more intermediate insulation portions that electrically insulate solar cell unit cells positioned adjacently in the X-direction are formed on the substrate center side of side insulation portions so as to extend in the Y-direction in a parallel arrangement across the X-direction, a conductive portion that electrically connects solar cell unit cells positioned adjacently in the X-direction is provided in a position partway along each of the intermediate insulation portions, and the solar cell unit cells where the conductive portion is positioned are electrically insulated from a solar cell unit cell positioned adjacently in the X-direction by another of the intermediate insulation portions positioned distant from the conductive portion in the X-direction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOLING AND ENERGY CAPTURE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA A PHOTOVOLTAICS - A method and apparatus for cooling and capturing energy in an electronic device using photovoltaic cells is disclosed. A power supply powers electronic components inside the electronic device. The electronic components produce heat and infrared energy. The photovoltaic cells convert the infrared energy into an electric current to reduce the overall heat level of the electronic device. A power recovery circuit conditions the electric current into a conditioned power signal usable by a system power path manager of the electronic device. The system power path manager uses the converted infrared energy to power the electronic device and/or to charge an energy storage unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203632 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES USING SEMICONDUCTING NANOTUBE LAYERS - Photovoltaic (PV) devices employing layers of semiconducting carbon nanotubes as light absorption elements are disclosed. In one aspect a layer of p-type carbon nanotubes and a layer of n-type carbon nanotubes are used to form a p-n junction PV device. In another aspect a mixed layer of p-type and n-type carbon nanotubes are used to form a bulk hetero-junction PV device. In another aspect a metal such as a low work function metal electrode is formed adjacent to a layer of semiconducting nanotubes to form a Schottky barrier PV device. In another aspect various material deposition techniques well suited to working with nanotube layers are employed to realize a practical metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) PV device. In another aspect layers of metallic nanotubes are used to provide flexible electrode elements for PV devices. In another aspect layers of metallic nanotubes are used to provide transparent electrode elements for PV devices. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203633 | ARCUATE-WINGED SOLAR CANOPY ASSEMBLY - The invention is an assembly of elements to collect solar energy and rain water. Solar energy is converted to electricity by either photovoltaic film or laminate panels or sheets mounted atop arcuate, curved canopy structures that are formed and positioned like “wings”. Rainwater is collected by the low-incidence arcuate curved wings and directed to a central trough along the wings' structural spine, which conducts it through a support column to a water container or vessel. In a preferred embodiment the vessel is an underground container extending parallel to and as long as the above-ground structural spine of the assembly. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203634 | Method and Structure for Tiling Industrial Thin-Film Solar Devices - A method for integrating photovoltaic module includes providing a cover plate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface and supplying photovoltaic devices respectively formed on substrates. The photovoltaic devices include photovoltaic cells electrically coupled to each other, and each cell is characterized by a thin-film photovoltaic layer sandwiched between a first electrode material and a second electrode material. The first electrode material overlies the substrate and the second electrode material overlies the thin-film photovoltaic layer. The method further includes disposing the solar devices side by side to laminate with the cover plate by means of a first organic material filled between the second electrode material and the second surface. Each of the solar devices has a peripheral edge region being sealed by a second organic material. The method further includes electrically coupling the solar devices to each other. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203635 | PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS, IN PART HAVING SWITCHES FOR SHORT-CIRCUITING OF MODULES - A photovoltaic generator is provided that has at least one string of multiple series-connected photovoltaic modules, each of which has a plurality of series-connected photovoltaic cells. One quarter to one half of all photovoltaic modules of the at least one string can be short-circuited by means of a switch. Activation of the switch takes place when a predefined voltage value across the string is exceeded. The shorting switch is only present in some of the arrays making up the photovoltaic generator, which reduces cabling costs. Because of the parallel connection of the arrays, the voltage of the arrays without shorting switches is drawn down to a lower voltage that is safe for the inverter. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203636 | SOLAR PANELS FOR RECEIVING SCATTERED LIGHT - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to solar panels to generate electrical energy. In particular, solar panels configured to efficiently receive scattered light are disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203637 | Efficient Installation Solar Panel Systems - An efficient solar panel system is mounted to a roof using various attachments and supports for solar panel modules ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203638 | CONCENTRATING LINEAR PHOTOVOLTAIC RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A photovoltaic receiver for a concentrating photovoltaic module comprises a photovoltaic cell comprising an active area with an electrically conductive gridline; an encapsulating layer disposed substantially about a predetermined portion of the photovoltaic cell where the encapsulating layer comprises a transparent portion disposed over a predetermined portion of the photovoltaic cell active area; and a prismatic cell cover attached to the transparent portion. The prismatic cell cover is dimensioned and configured to refract focused sunlight away from the electrically conductive gridline on the solar cell. The receiver may comprise a carrier; a first thermally loaded adhesive layer disposed above the carrier; a dielectric layer disposed above the first thermally loaded adhesive layer; a second thermally loaded adhesive layer disposed above the dielectric layer; a solar cell assembly disposed above the second thermally loaded adhesive layer, further comprising a photovoltaic cell comprising an active area further comprising an electrically conductive gridline; an encapsulating layer disposed substantially about a predetermined portion of the photovoltaic cell, the encapsulating layer comprising a transparent portion disposed over a predetermined portion of the photovoltaic cell active area; and a prismatic cell cover attached to the transparent portion, the prismatic cell cover dimensioned and configured to refract focused sunlight away from the electrically conductive gridline on the solar cell. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203639 | Solar Panel - A solar energy collecting panel includes a support substrate and one or more solar energy receiving surface disposed on the support substrate. The panel is mountable to extend in a mounting plane across an underlying structure. The support substrate is configured so that when the panel is mounted to the underlying structure at least a portion of the solar energy receiving surface is at an inclined angle to the mounting plane. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203640 | SOLAR TRACKING DEVICE FOR PANELS - The invention relates to a solar tracking device for panels. The device includes a modular structure in which each module is formed by a plurality of pairs of coplanar panels ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203641 | Nighttime Solar Panel - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an improved solar panel that will produce electricity at night. The improved solar panel generally includes an array of photovoltaic cells, a thermally-conductive, rigid backing, and an array of thermocouples sandwiched between and in thermal contact with the array of photovoltaic cells and the thermally conductive, rigid backing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203642 | ENVELOPE MATERIAL SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL MODULE INCLUDING SAME - An encapsulant sheet for solar cell modules comprising a transparent soft resin film having a plurality of hemispherical concave parts of varying sizes formed on one or both surfaces of the transparent soft resin film, can disperse pressure generated in the process of combining the encapsulant sheet and a solar battery cell to prevent damage to the solar battery cell and suppress bubble generation by allowing air to escape easily. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203643 | SOLAR CELL BACKSHEET AND SOLAR CELL MODULE PROVIDED WITH SAME - The present backsheet for solar cell ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203644 | QUASI-SOLID-STATE PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL FORMED USING INKJET PRINTING AND NANOCOMPOSITE ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIAL - Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding photoelectrochemical solar cells formed using inkjet printing and nanocomposite organic-inorganic materials, such as for converting solar energy into electricity. An exemplary solid photoelectrochemical solar cell formation includes thin layers of nanocomposite organic-inorganic materials. A specific exemplary solid photoelectrochemical solar cell may include: a negative electrode comprising a transparent electroconductive glass plate; a thin transparent film of mesoporous nanocrystalline titanium dioxide of controlled thickness above the negative electrode, formed by dip-coating, spin-coating or inkjet printing, and having a photosensitizer dye comprising a ruthenium organometallic complex, a merocyanine dye, or a hemicyanine dye; a layer of a solid gel electrolyte formed above the titanium dioxide layer and including a nanocomposite organic-inorganic material and a redox couple; and a positive electrode comprising a second electroconductive glass plate having a thin layer of deposited electrocatalyst made of platinum, carbon, or both, in the form of nanostructures, including nanoparticles, nanotubes, conjugated conductive polymers, or their mixtures. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203645 | SOLAR CELL - The present invention relates to a solar cell comprising a double tube composed of two glass tubes differing in the diameter and a photovoltaic conversion layer formed between the two glass tubes, the double tube being sealed at both ends of a part in which the photovoltaic conversion layer is formed, wherein at least one of the two glass tubes is composed of a glass comprising, in mass % based on the oxides, from 60 to 70% of SiO | 2011-08-25 |
20110203646 | COMPOUND THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a thin-film compound solar cell having an n-type buffer layer formed therein for providing a heterojunction with a p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer formed on a back electrode by applying a chemical bath deposition (CBD) process using an aqueous solution for dipping the light absorbing layer to deposit particles on the surface thereof. In this process, the temperature of the solution is controlled from low to high to increase sizes of the particles to be deposited on the light absorbing layer so as to form the buffer layer which possesses a high optical transmittance, tight adherence to the light absorbing layer and conformity with the transparent electrode formed thereon even if it would be made of InS material generally possessing a small bandgap and hard to pass light of short wavelengths. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203647 | Methods to Improve Efficiency of a Solar Cell - Methods to convert heat into electricity using pyroelectricity piezoelectricity are disclosed. The pyroelectric material requires temporal temperature gradient Dt/dt to convert heat into electricity. The first disclosed method uses stack of materials with varying specific heat to create a temperature wave and standing temperature wave which provides the required dT/dt. The second method utilizes piezoelectric resonance to provide required dT/dt for the pyroelectric. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203648 | LASER PROCESSED HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Heterojunction devices and associated methods of making and using are provided. In one aspect, for example, a heterojunction photovoltaic device can include a crystalline semiconductor layer, a first doped semiconductor layer coupled to the crystalline semiconductor layer, and a second doped semiconductor layer coupled to the crystalline semiconductor layer opposite the first doped semiconductor layer. The first and second doped semiconductor layers form junctions with the semiconductor layer. The device can further include a laser processed semiconductor region coupled to the crystalline semiconductor layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203649 | USE OF INDANTHRENE COMPOUNDS IN ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS - The present invention relates to an organic solar cell which comprises at least one photoactive region which comprises at least one indanthrene compound which is in contact with at least one fullerene compound, and to the use of indanthrene compounds in organic photovoltaics, especially in the form of a component cell of a tandem cell. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203650 | OPTICAL CONVERTER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE OPTICAL CONVERTER DEVICE - A photovoltaic converter device includes a first conductivity type substrate (a p-type single crystalline silicon substrate | 2011-08-25 |
20110203651 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A solar cell includes a graphite substrate, an amorphous carbon layer having a thickness of not less than 20 nm and not more than 60 nm formed on the graphite substrate, an AlN layer formed on the amorphous carbon layer, a n-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the AlN layer; a light-absorption layer including a nitride semiconductor layer formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; a p-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the light-absorption layer; a p-side electrode electrically connected to the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; and an n-side electrode electrically connected to the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The amorphous carbon layer is obtained by oxidizing the surface of the graphite substrate. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203652 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film solar cell including a substrate, a first conductive layer, a first photovoltaic layer, a second conductive layer and a crystallization layer is provided. The first conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The first photovoltaic layer is disposed on the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is disposed on the first photovoltaic layer. The crystallization layer is at least partially disposed between the first photovoltaic layer and the first conductive layer or between the first photovoltaic layer and the second conductive layer. A manufacturing method of the thin film solar cell is also provided. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203653 | PHOTOVOLTAIC BUSS BAR SYSTEM - Disclosed is a warm window system and photovoltaic system that utilizes individual buss bars. The buss bars of the warm window system are placed within the space between an inside window pane and an outside window pane and creates sufficient physical force to create an electrical contact on the tin oxide layer on the inside surface of the inside pane of glass. The buss bars have a modulus of elasticity to ensure sufficient electrical contact with the tin oxide layer and the photovoltaic layer to prevent the formation of hot spots and securely hold the buss bars in place. Both a z buss bar and c buss bar are also disclosed that are capable of generating a sufficient amount of reactive force to create a secure electrical contact to minimize hotspots and to hold the buss bar in place. The buss bars provide a large contact surface area to provide sufficient electrical contact with the photovoltaic layer to prevent hot spots. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203654 | ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A main object of the present invention is to provide an organic thin-film solar cell in which a short circuit hardly occurs between the electrodes and which has high photoelectric conversion efficiency even when formed to have a large area. To achieve the object, provided is an organic thin-film solar cell comprising: a transparent substrate, a mesh electrode and a transparent electrode laminated in any order on the transparent substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the mesh electrode and the transparent electrode, and a counter electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer, characterized in that the mesh electrode has such a thickness that no short circuit occurs between the counter electrode and the mesh electrode and the transparent electrode. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203655 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE PROTECTION LAYER - A photovoltaic structure can include a protective cap, which can include sodium. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203656 | Nanoscale High-Aspect-Ratio Metallic Structure and Method of Manufacturing Same - Nanoscale high-aspect-ratio metallic structures and methods are presented. Such structures may form transparent electrode to enhance the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes. These structures can be used as infrared control filters because they reflect high amounts of infrared radiation. A grating structure of polymeric bars affixed to a transparent substrate is used. The sides of the bars are coated with metal forming nanowires. Electrodes may be configured to couple to a subset of the rails forming interdigitated electrodes. Encapsulation is used to improve transparency and transparency at high angles. The structure may be inverted to facilitate fabrication of a solar cell or other device on the back-side of the structure. Multiple layered electrodes having an active layer sandwiched between two conductive layers may be used. Layered electro-active layers may be used to form a smart window where the structure is encapsulated between glass to modify the incoming light. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203657 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL SUBSTRATE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A photovoltaic cell substrate and a photovoltaic cell including the same. The photovoltaic cell substrate includes a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive film formed over the transparent substrate. The transparent conductive film includes a zinc oxide thin film layer doped with a dopant, and both a (0002) growth plane and a (10 | 2011-08-25 |
20110203658 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL SUBSTRATE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A photovoltaic cell substrate includes a transparent substrate and a zinc oxide thin film layer doped with a dopant. The zinc oxide thin film layer is formed over the transparent substrate. The zinc oxide thin film layer has a (0002) crystal plane and a (10 | 2011-08-25 |
20110203659 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - The present invention is directed to a thick film conductive composition comprising: (a) electrically conductive silver powder; (b) zinc-containing additive; (c) glass frit wherein said glass frit is lead-free; dispersed in (d) organic medium. The present invention is further directed to an electrode formed from the composition above wherein said composition has been fired to remove the organic vehicle and sinter said glass particles. Still further, the invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device from a structural element composed of a semiconductor having a p-n junction and an insulating film formed on a main surface of the semiconductor comprising the steps of (a) applying onto said insulating film the thick film composition detailed above; and (b) firing said semiconductor, insulating film and thick film composition to form an electrode. Additionally, the present invention is directed to a semiconductor device formed by the method detailed above and a semiconductor device formed from the thick film conductive composition detailed above. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203660 | Transparent Solar Cell Method of Fabrication via Float Glass Process - The present invention provides improved devices such as transparent solar cells. This patent teaches a particularly efficient method of device manufacture based on incorporating the solar cell fabrication into the widely used, high temperature, Float Glass manufacture process. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203661 | OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - The optically pumped semiconductor according to the present invention is an optically pumped semiconductor that is a semiconductor of a perovskite oxide. The optically pumped semiconductor has a composition represented by a general formula: BaZr | 2011-08-25 |
20110203662 | STEPPED FLOW-LINE CONCENTRATORS AND COLLIMATORS - One optical system comprises a first optical surface, a faceted second optical surface, and a faceted third optical surface. The optical system is operative to convert a first bundle of rays that is continuous in phase space outside the first optical surface into a second bundle of rays that is continuous in phase space outside the third optical surface. Between the second and third optical surfaces the rays making up the first and second bundles form discrete sub-bundles each passing from a facet of the second optical surface to a facet of the third optical surface. The sub-bundles do not form a continuous bundle in a phase space that has dimensions representing the position and angle at which rays cross a surface transverse to the bundle of rays. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203663 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ENHANCED LIGHT TRAPPING SOLAR CELL - This invention relates to a high efficiency solar cell comprising: (a) a top surface of an anti-reflective coating layer; (b) an engineered photonic crystal material layer, (c) an active photovoltaic layer; (d) a photonic crystals with an integrated diffraction grating; (e) a metallic diffraction grating reflective layer, and (f) a metallic back reflector;
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20110203664 | Photovoltaic Cell Module And Method Of Forming - A photovoltaic cell module, a photovoltaic array including at least two modules, and a method of forming the module are provided. The module includes a first outermost layer and a photovoltaic cell disposed on the first outermost layer. The module also includes a second outermost layer disposed on the photovoltaic cell and sandwiching the photovoltaic cell between the second outermost layer and the first outermost layer. The method of forming the module includes the steps of disposing the photovoltaic cell on the first outermost layer, disposing a silicone composition on the photovoltaic cell, and compressing the first outermost layer, the photovoltaic cell, and the second layer to form the photovoltaic cell module. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203665 | ADHESIVE SHEET AND SOLAR CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - An adhesive sheet having an improved durability is provided by preventing yellowing. The adhesive sheet of the invention is characterized by including ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, an organic peroxide, and an epoxidized fatty acid ester compound, the content of the epoxidized fatty acid ester compound being in the range of 0.1 to 14 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203666 | HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELL USING IIIB MATERIAL TRANSITION LAYERS - A solar cell including a base of single crystal silicon with a cubic crystal structure and a single crystal layer of a second material with a higher bandgap than the bandgap of silicon. First and second single crystal transition layers are positioned in overlying relationship with the layers graduated from a cubic crystal structure at one surface to a hexagonal crystal structure at an opposed surface. The first and second transition layers are positioned between the base and the layer of second material with the one surface lattice matched to the base and the opposed surface lattice matched to the layer of second material. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203667 | FLUOROCARBON ELECTRODE MODIFICATION LAYER - An organic device including at least two electrodes; at least one organic active layer, wherein the organic active layer is disposed in between two electrodes; and an electrode modification layer, wherein the electrode modification layer is disposed in between two electrodes and in contact with one of the electrodes; and the electrode modification layer includes a fluorocarbon compound selected from the materials having a chemical structure of (C | 2011-08-25 |
20110203668 | TRANSMISSION OIL CIRCUIT - The invention concerns a transmission oil circuit
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20110203669 | ENGINEERED FUEL STORAGE, RESPECIATION AND TRANSPORT - Techniques, systems and material are disclosed for thermochemical regeneration of biomass into renewable engineered fuel, storage of the renewable engineered fuel, respeciation of the renewable engineered fuel and transport. In one aspect, a method includes generating low density hydrogen fuel from biomass dissociation at a first location of a low elevation. The low density hydrogen fuel is self-transported in a pipeline to a second location at a higher elevation than the first location by traveling from the first location to the second location without adding energy of pressure. A high density hydrogen carrier is generated at the second location of higher elevation by reacting the low density hydrogen fuel with at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor and an oxygen donor harvested from industrial waste. The high density hydrogen carrier is delivered to a third location of a lower elevation than the second location while providing pressure or kinetic energy. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203670 | CONTINUOUS FLUID CIRCULATION VALVE FOR WELL DRILLING - Fluid circulation valve ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF FLUID IN A VORTEX AMPLIFIER - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining fluid flow in a flow path of a vortex amplifier. The method comprises the steps of preventing flow of control fluid in a direction substantially opposite to a primary direction of purge fluid flow in a purge flow path of a vortex amplifier. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203672 | Dual valve method and apparatus for limiting toilet water flow - A dual valve assembly for limiting flow into a toilet tank comprises a fill valve, such as a float valve or ball cock valve, and a piston valve positioned between a water supply line and the fill valve. The piston valve operates independently of the fill valve, and is designed to shut off water flow after an approximate flow volume or time. The dual valve assembly may be provided in a single housing replacement part. The dual valve assembly may be provided as an adapter kit comprising a housing and piston valve which is installed in a toilet tank to accept a fill valve. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203673 | Microjet Control for Flow & Noise Reduction in Automotive Applications - The present invention comprises a method and associated devices for reducing the noise produced by an open cavity within a moving automobile (such as open sunroofs and open windows). The invention proposes placing microjet orifices proximate the open cavity. These inject small but rapidly moving columns of air into the prevailing flow. The projected columns reduce the formation of large coherent structures in the prevailing flow. As these large coherent structures are a critical component of the resonance which is responsible for much of the noise produced across the open cavity, the overall noise level is reduced by the microjets. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203674 | PRESSURE RELIEF SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE VESSELS - A pressure relief system for depressurizing a bottled pressure vessel. In one embodiment, the system includes a pressure relief device having a hollow outer member coupled to a fluid port in the vessel and an inner member at least partially disposed in and movably supported by the outer member. The system may further include a rupture disk disposed in the port between the vessel interior and exterior. In operation, the outer member remains stationary while the inner member is advanceable therein towards the pressure vessel. In one embodiment, the inner member includes a piercing element which is projectable to penetrate the rupture disk and into the vessel interior through material deposits that may obstruct the fluid port thereby releasing captive pressure in the vessel. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203675 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A maintenance and hygiene method and apparatus ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203676 | PIPE PIG AND METHOD OF CLEANING A PIPE - A pipe pig for refinery heater tubes is disclosed. The pipe pig has arcuate cleaning elements which form an expandable circumference. Each of the arcuate cleaning elements has a scraping edge. A spring element biases the arcuate cleaning elements radially outward. The pipe pig may have structural components made from titanium alloys and arcuate cleaning elements made from carbon-carbon composites. A method for cleaning coking out of refinery heater tubes using the pipe pig is also disclosed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203677 | TUBE-SOCKET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A tube-socket assembly and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The tube-socket assembly includes: a tube in which first and second beads are formed; and a socket fastened to the tube and including a penetration opening portion in which a penetration opening is formed by a predetermined length and a guide portion separated by a predetermined distance from the tube, wherein a first taper portion having an inclined surface is formed at one side of the first bead and forms a beadlock by line-contacting with an inner vertical end portion of the penetration opening portion positioned within the socket. Thereby, by reinforcing seal between the socket and the inner bead of the tube, coupling between the tube and the socket can be more securely performed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203678 | MULTI-POSITION MICRO-FLUIDIC VALVE SYSTEM - A micro-fluidic valve system is provided which includes a micro-fluidic valve actuator apparatus, a fluid distribution manifold and a micro-fluidic POD apparatus. The POD apparatus includes a POD housing that defines an interior central passage extending from a distal mounting end of the housing to a proximal portion thereof. The POD apparatus further includes a stator device disposed in the interior central passage, and includes a distal stator face that cooperates with an opening in the distal mounting end to define a gasket receptacle. A relatively thin, elastomeric gasket member is disposed in the gasket receptacle of the housing in abutting contact between the stator and a communication face of the manifold. A fluid-tight seal is then formed between each respective stator communication port of the stator device and a corresponding manifold communication port of the manifold. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203679 | Bidet conversion kit - The present invention is a bidet conversion kit to convert a toilet into a bidet that includes a 4 way connector with a built-in stud to reduce water leakage and a washer that is set around the built-in stud, a cap with a built-in stud and a place holder to accommodate a washer to help prevent and block water leakage and an elongated handle with a T-shaped bracket that is removably integral to a pressure control valve of the toilet. There is also a primary water jet with a seamless tube and an angled flange that is integral to the flexible tube from the pressure control valve and an end jet that includes tubing, a strengthening support wedge, an aperture disposed on the distal end and a high pressure nozzle that disperses the water to wash a user. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203680 | Locking non-metallic single lever control - A single lever control for manually manipulating a hydraulic valve spool of a directional control valve, which comprises an elongate shaft encased within an outer casing and having first and second ends each being fixedly attached to an end cap and a pivot block, respectively. The outer casing comprising a cylindrical cup for housing a biasing element whereupon an applied upward force on the cylindrical cup causes the outer casing to move upwardly to the extent of lifting a latching member pivotally connected to the pivot block and releasing a locking mechanism. The mounting assembly comprising an adapter plate integrally connected to a vertical support member and having a large aperture for receiving a moveable stem associated with the hydraulic valve spool, an arrangement of which allows a valve-actuating stem associated with the pivot block to movably interact with the moveable stem as the single lever control is selectively manipulated. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203681 | PILOT FILL VALVE - A pilot fill valve includes a float that is separated into upper and lower cavities by an angled partition through which a drain outlet and an overflow outlet are disposed. When the level of the float drops, a portion of the water supplied to the fill valve is diverted to a tank to raise the float, while the remainder is diverted to the upper cavity increasing the weight of the float. As the float begins to rise, the water in the upper cavity drains through the drain outlet and overflow outlet, making the float lighter, and causing the float and pivot arm to rotate with increased velocity, allowing the pilot cap carried by the pivot arm to fully shut off the valve. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203682 | FAILURE DETECTING APPARATUS FOR HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT OF GEARBOX - A failure detecting apparatus for a hydraulic circuit of a gearbox includes an operating-state detector. The operating-state detector is configured to detect an operating state of a subject to be controlled with a control-signal pressure output from a solenoid valve. A current setting device is configured to set an electrical current supplied to a solenoid so as to close an output oil passage when a modulator valve is normal and to open the output oil passage when an open failure occurs in the modulator valve, while the solenoid valve is conductive. A failure determining device is configured to detect a failure of the modulator valve when the operating state of the subject to be detected by the operating-state detector is abnormal after a value of the electrical current to be supplied to the solenoid is set at the current setting device. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203683 | Regulator for Corrosive Gas Tapping in Under-Atmospheric Conditions - The invention relates to a device for regulating a pressurised gas, said device including: a stopper ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203684 | DEVELOPMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A CONDENSATE RECOVERY SYSTEM - A condensate recovery system may comprises a plurality of drain lines for draining condensate from an associated steam plant. Each drain line may incorporates a steam trap and feeds into a common condensate return line running between the drain lines and a condensate receiver tank. The system further may comprises an acoustic sensor positioned along the common condensate return line, upstream of the receiver tank, for providing an acoustic output indicative of the collective steam loss through steam traps upstream of the sensor. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203685 | APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A POSITION OF A VALVE - Methods and apparatus to indicate a position of a valve are described. An example position indicator apparatus includes a status indicator to provide an indication that corresponds to a displacement of a poppet relative to a seat ring of the fluid valve to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operational positions of the fluid valve. A follower is coupled to the poppet to follow movement of the poppet between the plurality of predetermined operational positions of the fluid valve. A coupler operatively couples the status indicator and the follower. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203686 | Method and Apparatus for Waste Water Level Indication - Disclosed is a liquid level indicator suitable for use with an electrical power source comprises: a liquid level indication rod at least partially immersed in the liquid, the liquid level indication rod including a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on a surface of a non-conductive material; a level indicator transmitter in electrical communication with the liquid level indication rod and with the electrical power source, the level indicator transmitter functioning to measure current flow from each of the plurality of contacts to a ground in the liquid so as to determine which of said plurality of electrical contacts lie beneath a surface of the liquid. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203687 | AIR SPRING SYSTEM - An air spring system is disclosed. The air spring system has a compressor, which has a suction side and a delivery side, a pressure reservoir, a first valve device and a second valve device. Each valve device is connected between the compressor and the pressure reservoir. In order to provide the air spring system, which is of simple construction and can be produced economically, the first valve device and the second valve device are each embodied as 3/2-way valves. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203688 | NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION ON CURVED GLASS SURFACES - Processes for extracting nucleic acid from a biological sample and related assemblies and kits are disclosed. The processes comprise the steps of (a) providing a device comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, a first port, and a second port, wherein the inner surface is composed of unmodified, smooth glass and defines a tubular lumen providing fluid communication between the first port and second port, wherein the lumen is circular, oval, or elliptical in cross-section, and wherein the lumen is essentially free of nucleic acid-specific binding sites; (b) introducing a nucleic acid-containing sample into the lumen of the device via the first port; (c) allowing nucleic acid in the sample to bind to the unmodified smooth glass surface; and (d) washing the bound nucleic acid. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203689 | Temperature controlling valve - A temperature controlling valve includes a base; a housing installed to the base; a valve core limited to rotate in the housing and actuated to move upward and downward axially so that between communicating and overlapping portions of a second bore and a first bore is defined a cross sectional area to flow hot water, between communicating and overlapping portions of a second orifice and a first orifice is defined a cross sectional area to flow cold water, such that the cross sectional area to flow the hot water becomes increased or decreased with the change of the cross sectional area to flow the cold water, thus adjusting a mixed rate of the hot and the cold waters to obtain a predetermined temperature; a rotating element actuated by a driving motor to rotate at an original position to further actuate the valve core to move. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203690 | MIXING VALVE INCLUDING DUAL FLOW CONTROL - A mixing valve for use with a faucet. The mixing valve includes a rotatable flow control member having a flow control channel with circumferentially space flow control portions for controlling temperature and flow rate of outlet water. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203691 | NON-RETURN VALVE - A non-return valve includes a valve housing having at least one inlet, at least one outlet, a first valve seat and a second valve seat; and an at least partially flexible sealing member forceable into a scaling engagement with the first valve seat in response to a first differential pressure and forceable into a sealing engagement with the second valve seat in response to a second differential pressure. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203692 | Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, more preferably of a road vehicle with a housing, in which at least one exhaust gas treatment element is arranged and mounted by means of a bearing mat and with an outlet pipe which is fluidically connected to an outlet chamber formed in the housing. The risk of a contamination of the bearing mat with water can be reduced with a separating bottom which is arranged in the housing and separates the outlet chamber from a collecting chamber. The separating bottom includes several passage openings through which the outlet chamber is fluidically connected to the collecting chamber and which are each enclosed by a collar protruding into the outlet chamber. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203693 | CLOSING DEVICE - A closing device, particularly for closing channels conducting pressure medium in a valve receiving body, has a rotationally symmetrical closing element ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203694 | REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a repair apparatus and method for pipe and fittings. In one form, the method relates to utilizing fabric-like material which is intermixed with an adhesive. In one form, the adhesive is a two-part adhesive which hardens to a semi-rigid state to avoid stress fractures through repeated expansion and contraction due to physical movement or temperature variation in the pipe and/or fittings. In one form the method and apparatus are particularly useful in thermoplastic pipes. In other forms, the method is particularly useful in metal pipes and fittings, or in non-pipe structures. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203695 | FLEXIBLE PIPE - The invention relates to a flexible pipe comprising a plurality of layers surrounding a longitudinal axis of the pipe, the plurality of layers comprising from inside and radially outwards an internal sheath, a pressure vault and one or more tensile armouring layers. The pressure vault comprises at least one helically wound folded metal strip, which folded metal strip is interlocked with itself in consecutive windings or interlocked with another helically wound metal strip. The at least one folded metal strip is folded along both of its edges to form protruding edge sections of two or more strip material layers, each of said protruding edge sections protruding in one of the directions towards or away from the longitudinal axis of the pipe. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203696 | Pope and pipe fittings - The pipe has a non-circular cross section that generally looks like that of a squashed circle. The pipe would not deform significantly from that having the squashed circle cross section under the condition in which the inside pressure is the same or less than that of the internal pressure of the pipe that carries ordinary cold tap water. The cross section of the pipe gets deformed to become rounder and larger when the water within the pipe is frozen, and the rounder and larger cross section is large enough for the pipe to contain the frozen water or ice without having any damages. The pipe is made of material such as high carbon content steel that allows the pipe to change its shape back to the pre-frozen shape as the water inside is thawed out. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203697 | Fluid Filter Apparatus and Methods - Particular aspects of the inventive technology may, in embodiments, relate to a fluid filter apparatus that includes a filtered fluid conduit that has a length that is at least three times a characteristic diameter; and a plurality of holes, wherein at least one of said holes has a first shape and engages an end cap during fluid filter operation, and wherein at least one other of said holes has said first shape and passes filtered fluid from outside of said filtered fluid conduit to a conduit interior during fluid filter operation. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203698 | DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A THREADED TUBULAR COMPONENT AND TUBULAR COMPONENT PROVIDED WITH THE DEVICE - A device for protecting the end of a tubular component, the end including a first threaded zone. The device includes a protecting end including a second threaded zone configured to cooperate with a first threaded zone of the tubular component, and a ring configured to cover a portion of the outer surface of the end of the tubular component. The ring is bound up with the protecting end such that the ring is free to turn about itself independently of the end. Such a device may find application to components used for drilling and operating hydrocarbon wells, for example in particular expandable components. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203699 | CHEMICAL MIXER - A chemical mixing apparatus has a mixing tank having an inlet and an outlet, means for introducing a liquid into the mixing tank, and a tubular conveyor assembly having a first end and a second end. The second end of the conveyor assembly is sealably connected to the inlet of the mixing tank. A portable hopper having a sealable inlet and a sealable discharge conduit is detachably and sealably connected to the first end of the conveyor assembly such that a solid chemical contained in the chemical storage chamber of the portable hopper may be transported within the portable hopper from a remote location and conveyed from the portable hopper to the mixing tank without exposing the area surrounding the mixing tank to the solid chemical. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203700 | INTERFACING AN INLET TO A CAPILLARY CHANNEL OF A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM - The invention relates to microfluidic systems, and more specifically to a microfluidic system comprising a capillary channel ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE FILLING OF TARGET CONTAINERS - A container is filled to a predetermined target mass of a free-flowing substance with the help of a device that dispenses measured doses of the substance. The dispensing device has a valve for variably adjusting the mass flow rate of the substance from a reservoir into the container. The dispensing device further includes a device to measure the elapsed time from the beginning of the filling process, a balance for determining the mass of the substance in the container, and a controller unit with a valve control module. The controller unit includes an adjusting module, where a predetermined desired mass flow rate is stored. At an elapsed time, if the mass flow rate is smaller or larger than the desired mass flow rate, the flow rate is, respectively, increased or decreased by a flow rate adjustment. An adaptive filter of the controller unit determines the mass flow rate. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203702 | Gauge and frame for a portable sawmill to make wooden box culvert - A gauge and frame for a portable sawmill to make wooden box culvert has a frame adapted to receive the portable sawmill, the frame including a pair of spaced guide members; each the guide member includes a worm screw member adapted to linearly move a retainer member, a holding member adapted to orient the retainer member at a desired angle, and an angle selecting member adapted to move the retainer member; a beam rotating member rotatably attached to the frame and located between the guide members, the beam rotating member including a support member adapted to hold wooden beams, and a handle member used for rotating the support member in a plurality of axes, such that wooden beams can be manipulated and held in desired orientations and thereby cut in chosen angles and shapes by a ribbon saw of the sawmill. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203703 | Method for forming a bevel cut at an end of a wood member - A method for forming a bevel cut at an end of a wood member is disclosed. A wood member is placed on a support table and a plurality of cutters mounted on and spaced along a shaft extending in parallel to the end of the wood member on the table is moved relative to the table in a direction inclined with respect to the wood member thereby to make a first cutting to form a plurality of bevel cuts. The support table is shifted in the direction parallel to the end of the wood member and a second cutting is made by the relative movement between the cutters and the table. During the first and second cutting, the wood member is pressed against the support table by a pressing member at a position adjacent to the end of the wood member and between any two adjacent cutters. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203704 | BULK METALLIC GLASS MATRIX COMPOSITES - A method of forming bulk metallic glass engineering materials, and more particularly a method for forming coarsening microstructures within said engineering materials is provided. Specifically, the method forms ‘designed composites’ by introducing ‘soft’ elastic/plastic inhomogeneities in a metallic glass matrix to initiate local shear banding around the inhomogeneity, and matching of microstructural length scales (for example, L and S) to the characteristic length scale R | 2011-08-25 |
20110203705 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN AMORPHOUS TRANSFORMER FOR ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY - This method of producing an amorphous transformer for electric power supply comprises forming and shaping an iron core by laminating amorphous alloy thin bands and forming a winding, subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to an annealing treatment in which a temperature of a center portion of the iron core during annealing is 300 to 340° C. and a holding time is not less than 0.5 hr, and applying a magnetic field having a strength of not less than 800 A/m to the iron core while subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to the annealing treatment. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203706 | FORMED PRODUCT OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND MAGNESIUM ALLOY SHEET - A formed product of a magnesium alloy having excellent impact resistance and a magnesium alloy sheet suitable as a material for the formed product are provided. The formed product is produced by press-forming a magnesium alloy sheet having an Al content of 7% by mass to 12% by mass and has a flat portion that is not subjected to drawing deformation. In a metal texture in a cross section of the flat portion in the thickness direction, the number of coarse intermetallic compound (Mg | 2011-08-25 |
20110203707 | NICKEL-BASE ALLOY, PROCESSING THEREFOR, AND COMPONENTS FORMED THEREOF - A gamma prime nickel-base superalloy and components formed therefrom that exhibit improved high-temperature dwell capabilities, including creep and dwell fatigue crack growth behavior. The superalloy contains, by weight, 10.00 to 22.0% cobalt, 10.0 to 14.0% chromium, 4.0 to 6.0% tantalum, 2.0 to 4.0% aluminum, 2.0 to 6.0% titanium, 1.5 to 5.0% tungsten, 1.5 to 5.0% molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.5% niobium, 0.05 to 0.6% hafnium, 0.02 to 0.10% carbon, 0.01 to 0.40% boron, 0.02 to 0.10% zirconium, the balance essentially nickel and impurities, wherein the titanium:aluminum weight ratio is 0.7 to 1.5. The superalloy is hot worked and heat treated to contain cellular gamma prime precipitates that distort grain boundaries, creating tortuous grain boundary fracture paths that are believed to promote the fatigue crack growth resistance of the superalloy. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203708 | SHOCK ABSORBING WHEEL - The present invention relates to a shock absorbing wheel with shock absorbing properties, the wheel comprises a hub, arms and a rim. The hub comprises radial junctions between the arms and the hub, additionally the rim comprises radial junctions between the arms and the rim, wherein between the radial junctions of the hub and the rim the arms are arranged with a substantially sinusoidal shaped form. The arms further comprise a first, a second, a third and a fourth section, wherein in the first section, the arms extend from the radial junctions between the arms and the hub in a first radial direction A, and in the forth section, the arms extend from the radial junctions between the arms and the rim in a second radial direction B. The sinusoidal shaped form is arranged in the second and the third sections of the arms. The present invention is said to provide for a cost effective wheel with good shock absorbing properties. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203709 | PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE - A pneumatic vehicle tire includes a tread rubber that is divided into tread elements, such as tread bars or circumferential ribs, by circumferential grooves and transverse grooves. A groove flank of a circumferential groove facing away from an outer shoulder runs at a first angle of inclination relative to the radial direction, and a groove flank opposite the groove flank facing away from the outer shoulder includes two flank portions respectively running at a second angle of inclination and a third angle of inclination relative to the radial direction. The radially inner flank portion has elevations that form a ribbed structure. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203710 | AUTOMATIC TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dynamic tire-pressure control and monitoring method and system includes a pressure sensor, a control unit, and a built-in air compressor. The pressure sensor can be mounted on a wheel rim associated with a tire for detecting a tire pressure with respect to each wheel. The built-in compressor mounted on the wheel compresses air via an electronic valve from a reservoir to the tire when the tire pressure detected by the pressure sensor is below a predetermined value. The control unit regulates the sensed air pressure from the sensor and controls the operations of the compressor. The air pressure from the tire can also be released when a vehicle collision occurs in order to prevent explosion of the tire. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203711 | TIRE VALVE AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING IT - Inflation valve ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203712 | Rubber Composition for Tires Incorporating a Novel Antioxidant System - Rubber composition, especially for a tire, based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and an antioxidant system, wherein said antioxidant system contains at least two antioxidants “A” and “B”:
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20110203713 | TIRE PAIR FOR MOTORCYCLE - A tire pair | 2011-08-25 |
20110203714 | NANO-LAMINATE-BASED IGNITORS - Sol-gel chemistry is used to prepare igniters comprising energetic multilayer structures coated with energetic materials. These igniters can be tailored to be stable to environmental aging, i.e., where the igniters are exposed to extremes of both hot and cold temperatures (−30 C to 150 C) and both low (0%) and high relative humidity (100%). | 2011-08-25 |
20110203715 | Method and Apparatus for Forming A Batt of Particulate Material for Use as A Component in an Absorbent Core Assembly - A method and apparatus for forming a batt of particulate material which may be used in an absorbent article. The apparatus may include a vacuum zone, an air impermeable fence zone adjacent to the vacuum zone, and an air permeable fence zone adjacent to the vacuum zone. The air permeable fence zone may comprise an ambient air entry conduit in communication with an ambient air exit port. The method may include providing a laydown drum and a first web of material, positioning the first web of material substantially adjacent to the laydown drum, generating a vacuum through the laydown drum, depositing particulate matter onto the first web of material, and rotating the laydown drum. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203716 | LABEL PAPER PROCESSING IN A LABEL PRODUCING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a label producing device includes a feeding unit, a detecting unit and a controller coupled to the detecting unit. The feeding unit may be configured to feed a label paper along a paper path. The label paper may have a plurality of labels affixed thereon. The detecting unit may be configured to detect a transmittance or a thickness of the label paper. The CPU may be configured to identify a label free portion of the label paper. In one embodiment, the label free portion of the label paper may be identified based on the detected transmittance or thickness. The CPU may be further configured to determine a cut point in the label free portion. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203717 | PROCESS FOR MAKING NOISE ABSORBER CARPET - A process for making a noise absorber carpet including a fabric layer and a resinous backing layer, the process including providing an uncured resinous backing layer within a mold having perforation pins, heating the backing layer to activate the resin, providing a fabric layer, pressing the fabric layer into the backing layer while maintaining the heating process to the backing layer, and providing a cooling medium to cool the mold to fix and cure the perforations within the backing layer thereby forming noise absorber perforations in the resinous backing layer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203718 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A HONEYCOMB STRUCTURED PANEL - A method of fabricating a panel ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110203719 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REPAIR THE JUNCTION OF A SEWER MAIN LINE AND LATERAL PIPE - A liner assembly and method for lining a damaged pipe junction between a main and lateral pipe is provided. The liner assembly includes a main liner member and a lateral liner tube. A collar disposed near the juncture between the main liner member and lateral liner tube is impregnated with a liquid hydrophobic or hydrophilic material capable of curing in a flexible or rigid state with the material expanding in the presence of water. The hydrophobic or hydrophilic material can also be applied without the use of the collar. When the liner assembly is pressed against the main and lateral pipes, a portion of the hydrophilic or hydrophobic material is forced into the damaged pipe junction. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203720 | PROCESS FOR MAKING FIBER-ON-END MATERIALS - Processes for making fiber-on-end materials from multicomponent fibers and hollow fibers are provided. The fibers are arranged parallel to each other and continuously thermally fused into a ribbon or fabric, which in turn is thermally fused into a fully consolidated block of material that is skived to produce membranes or capillary arrays having narrow, well-defined pore size distributions. The skived materials are particularly useful in filtration and protective clothing applications. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203721 | INTEGRATED SEALING FOR FUEL CELL STACK MANUFACTURING - A seal and corresponding method of manufacture of stacks enabled by the physical properties of the seal are provided. In the instance of a fuel cell or other electrochemical stack, the seal provides low-cost manufacturing and reliable/durable operation in high temperature (e.g., 120° C. to 250° C.) and acidic environments. The seal provides an elastomeric material characteristic providing resiliency and flexibility, and a protective characteristic that protects the seal from the high temperature acidic environment, such as found in high temperature PEM fuel cells. The seal is affixed to a plate of a fuel cell stack assembly prior to assembly of the stack, such that there is no requirement to apply an adhesive seal, gasket, free flow to solid sealing material, or the like, to each plate during assembly of the fuel cell stack, or during a disassembly and re-assembly process. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203722 | Ultrasecure Card Package - A package for securing a card is disclosed where the card is retained between two panels that are secured together by a heat-activated adhesives and/or a combination of polymeric and adhesive constituents to drastically hinder surreptitious access to the contents of the package. The package may include additional features for activating or accessing the card and increasing the aesthetic appeal of the package. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203723 | ROLL MOLD, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THIN FILM PATTERN USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a roll mold, a method for fabricating the same and a method for fabricating a thin film pattern using the same, to prevent dimensional variation of the mold and simplify the overall process. The method for fabricating a roll mold includes providing a rigid substrate or flexible substrate provided with a master pattern, providing a base roller arranged on the substrate provided with the master pattern, forming a mold surface layer on the substrate provided with the master pattern, forming an adhesive resin layer on the mold surface layer or the base roller, rolling the base roller over the rigid substrate or flexible substrate to form the adhesive resin layer and the mold surface layer on the base roller, and curing the adhesive resin layer and mold surface layer formed on the base roller to adhere the adhesive resin layer and the mold surface layer to the base roller and fix the same thereon. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203724 | Composite Wood Products and Methods for Manufacturing the Same - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure a method for making a composite wood product is provided. The method includes extruding a mass having fiber material and thermoplastic resin to form a composite wood base. The method further includes heating the composite wood base and laminating a sheet of surface material onto the composite wood base with a film application device to form a composite wood product, the film application device capable of wrapping a single sheet of the surface material onto the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the composite wood base. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203725 | COMPOSITE DUCT ASSEMBLY - A method of manufacturing a carbon composite duct assembly includes providing a first carbon composite fabric layer having a first section. The first section is formed into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is separately moveable relative to the second portion. The first portion overlaps the second portion to define a first corner of the first carbon composite fabric layer. The first carbon composite fabric layer is formed into at least a portion of a duct extending along an axis. | 2011-08-25 |
20110203726 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN MOLDING - A method for manufacturing a resin molding that uses a laser beam can provide a high level of adhesion, an excellent appearance, and can include very strong welded portions. The method can include preparing a light-transmitting resin member having a protruding portion formed on a rear surface of the light-transmitting resin member and having an end surface, the protruding portion having both side surfaces having asymmetric inclination angles with respect to the normal of the end surface of the protruding portion. The method can also include arranging and pressing together the end surface of the protruding portion that is a welded region of the light-transmitting resin member, and a welded region of a corresponding light-absorbing resin member so that they are opposed to each other. A laser beam can be emitted from a laser light source to be incident on a surface of the light-transmitting resin member while the laser beam is refracted. The method can also include repeatedly irradiating the laser beam onto the welded regions to heat and fuse the entire welded regions to weld the light-transmitting resin member and the light-absorbing resin member while opposed to each other and pressed together, wherein the inclination angle of the side surface of the protruding member near the laser light source is equal to or more than a travel angle of the refracted laser beam. | 2011-08-25 |