38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140261857 | FLAVOR AND PORTION CONTROLLER - An example method for analyzing data in a collaborative network in accordance with the present disclosure is receiving a configuration of a divider, the divider being placed in a container, identifying a number of compartments in the container based on the configuration of the divider, determining a size for each compartment in the container based on the configuration of the divider, and storing a portion size for each food product based on the size of each compartment. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261858 | Method for Managing Orders and Dispensing Beverages - A method for managing orders and dispensing products into a container. The method may include the steps of prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station, printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected, reading the indicia at a product dispensing station, and dispensing the product type selected into the container. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261859 | Automatic Three-Way Diverter Valve - A fluid delivery apparatus including a three-way diverter valve assembly, the three-way diverter valve assembly including a valve housing having a valve body and a valve cap, the valve housing providing a first fluid passageway, a second fluid passageway, and a third fluid passageway, and a resilient valve component within the valve housing, where the resilient valve component is movable from a first position which provides a fluid pathway from the first fluid passageway to the second fluid passageway to a second position which provides a fluid pathway from the third fluid passageway to the first fluid passageway. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261860 | VIAL ADAPTER FOR A NEEDLE-FREE SYRINGE - A vial adapter for a needle-free injection syringe and methods of filling a needle-free syringe from a vial of injectable fluid. One vial adapter embodiment includes a housing and a compliant valve. The housing includes a central divider located between a vial opening and a needle-free syringe opening. The housing also includes a hollow center post extending from the central divider toward the needle-free syringe opening and a hollow filling needle extending from the central divider toward the vial opening. Together, the filling needle and center post provide for fluid communication between the vial opening and the needle-free syringe opening. The compliant valve includes a surface forming a fluid tight seal with the central divider and an inner passageway. In addition, a syringe sealing surface provides for a fluid tight seal with a needle-free syringe placed into contact with the compliant valve. The compliant valve includes an opening in the syringe sealing surface which is biased closed when no needle-free syringe is engaged with the vial adapter and which is opened when a needle-free syringe is fully engaged with the opening. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261861 | Seal System for Cannula - A system includes a needle hub having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the needle hub has a connection portion configured to receive a first container. The system further includes a cannula received by the needle hub with the cannula having a proximal end and a distal end and a cannula seal having a resilient sleeve enclosing at least a portion of the cannula. The system also includes a vial adapter configured to be attached to a second container with the vial adapter having a vial seal that is configured to engage the cannula seal. The cannula seal has a first position where the cannula seal encloses the distal end of the cannula and a second position where the cannula seal is retracted to expose the distal end of the cannula. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261862 | VEST WITH INTEGRATED BULK PRODUCT STORAGE - Disclosed are various embodiments for a vest with integrated bulk product storage. The vest may be configured to be worn about a person's neck, with a front portion and a back portion. Each of the front and back portions includes one or more integrated bulk product storage compartments. Bulk product is poured into the compartment via a recloseable filling opening at or near the top of the vest, while bulk product is dispensed from the compartment via a recloseable dispensing opening at or near the bottom of the vest. The vest may also function as a safety vest by exhibiting a safety color and/or pattern. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261863 | Method for Dispensing Compressed Gases - Method for dispensing a compressed gas using at least three dispensing protocols, the selected dispensing protocol depending on the time-averaged dispensing rate. Compressed gas is passed from a plurality of supply vessels, for example a tube trailer, to a plurality of storage vessels, and dispensed from the plurality of storage vessels to a plurality of receiving vessels. The supply vessel providing the compressed gas depends on the compressed gas pressure in the supply vessel and the anticipated time-averaged dispensing rate for the time period. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261864 | Method for Dispensing Compressed Gases - Method for dispensing a compressed gas to receiving vessels wherein a threshold pressure of compressed gas needed to supply the dispensing system is calculated, the threshold pressure depending on the anticipated time-averaged dispensing rate for a time period. Compressed gas is passed from a plurality of supply vessels, for example a tube trailer, to a plurality of storage vessels, and dispensed from the plurality of storage vessels to a plurality of receiving vessels. The supply vessel providing the compressed gas is required to have a compressed gas pressure greater than the calculated threshold pressure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261865 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR RECOVERING, STORING, TRANSPORTING AND USING COMPRESSED GAS - Methods and systems for recovering, storing, transporting, and using compressed gas (such as methane gas and conventional Natural Gas) are disclosed. Exemplary methods generally involve transferring gas from a source to a subterranean capacitor and storing the gas in the capacitor and transferring gas from the subterranean capacitor to a transport or refueling tanker. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261866 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR RECOVERING, STORING, TRANSPORTING AND USING COMPRESSED GAS - Methods and systems for recovering, storing, transporting, and using compressed gas (such as methane gas and conventional Natural Gas) are disclosed. Exemplary methods generally involve transferring gas from a source to a subterranean capacitor and storing the gas in the capacitor and transferring gas from the subterranean capacitor to a transport or refueling tanker. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261867 | LNG DISPENSER - A method is provided for verifying integrity of a recirculation valve in a recirculation line of an LNG dispenser. The method includes: closing the recirculation valve and a fill valve in a supply line that supplies LNG; monitoring a mass of the LNG flowing through the recirculation line to ensure that the mass flowing therethrough is less than an acceptable threshold; and aborting any pending sales if the mass of the LNG flowing therethrough is not less than the acceptable threshold. According to another embodiment, a method is provided for verifying integrity of a vent valve in an LNG dispenser. The method includes: closing the vent valve and opening a fill valve in a supply line that supplies LNG; monitoring the pressure of the LNG within the fill hose to ensure that the pressure remains steady; and aborting any pending sales if the pressure does not remain steady. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261868 | BOTTLE PRESSURIZATION DELIVERY SYSTEM - A container assembly for use with a high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrument is disclosed, in which the container assembly, when coupled to a source of pressurized gas, provides fluid medium to the HPLC instrument at positive pressure. The container assembly has an external exterior container shell, an internal fluid container for holding fluid medium, an interstitial volume between the external exterior container shell and the internal fluid container, a port for fluidly connecting the volume to a pressurized gas source, and a port for fluidly connecting the internal fluid container to the HPLC instrument. As a pressurized gas in the interstitial volume increases, fluid medium flows out of the port connected to the internal fluid bag and container assembly at a positive pressure. A system incorporating the container assembly, and method of use of the same, are also disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261869 | Puncture Repair Liquid Injection Method and Injection Device - A puncture repair liquid injection method injects puncture repair liquid into a tire by using a puncture repair liquid injection device provided with a container having a liquid containing portion containing a puncture repair liquid, along with an outlet for discharging the puncture repair liquid, and an inlet for introducing compressed air; an injection hose connected between a tire valve of a wheel mounted on a tire and the outlet of the container; and a compressor having a pressure adjuster for selecting an air pressure. The method further comprises connecting the injection hose between the tire valve and the outlet of the container, connecting the compressor to the inlet of the container, selecting a reduced air pressure as a pressurizing force by the compressor by an operation of the pressure adjuster, and injecting the puncture repair liquid into the tire by pressurizing the container interior. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261870 | CHEMICAL DILUTION SYSTEM - A dilute chemical solution may be prepared in response to a dispense request by combining multiple concentrated chemicals with a diluent. In one example, a target amount of diluent is dispensed into a container until a measured weight of the diluent reaches a target weight. A first concentrated chemical is also dispensed into the container until a measured weight of the first concentrated chemical reaches a target weight. The liquid solution containing the diluent and the first concentrated chemical is withdrawn from the container and applied on a second concentrated chemical that is a solid state product so as to cause the second concentrated chemical to at least partially dissolve and enter the container. In some applications, the first and second concentrated chemicals react with one another to generate an active molecule in the chemical solution that is not present in either of the two concentrated chemicals. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261871 | Nozzle With Side and Tip Outlet - An flexible structure inflation and sealing assembly that can comprises a driver configured for engaging the flexible structure to drive the structure in a downstream direction longitudinally along a material path and a nozzle configured for reception in an inflation channel that extends through the flexible structure. The nozzle can define a nozzle channel extending therethrough and can have a longitudinal outlet aimed from the body upstream along the path and a lateral outlet disposed downstream of the longitudinal outlet and aimed from the nozzle laterally with respect to the path. The nozzle can have a connection portion configured to connect to a fluid source to deliver the fluid through the channel and expel the fluid from the outlets. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOOD COLLECTION - Blood collection apparatus includes a blood collection container and a mix detection unit operatively coupled to the blood collection container. The mix detection unit includes a device to produce a data signal indicative of the extent to which the blood collection container is moved in a manner to promote mixing of blood collected into the container and an anti-coagulant also present in the container. A method described herein provides for filling a blood collection container with blood, inverting the blood collection container by hand to mix the blood with an anti-coagulant, and viewing or listening to an indication generated by a mix detection device attached to the blood collection container, wherein the indication provides information about the appropriate amount or mixing for the blood. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261873 | AUTOMATIC FROZEN FOOD PRODUCT VENDING MACHINE - An automatic frozen food product vending machine includes a first freezer barrel configured to produce a first frozen food product, a first spigot fluidly connected to the first freezer barrel, the first spigot for dispensing the first frozen food product, a second freezer barrel configured to produce a second frozen food product, a second spigot fluidly connected to the second freezer barrel, the second spigot for dispensing the second frozen food product, a third spigot fluidly connected to both the first freezer barrel and the second freezer barrel, the third spigot for dispensing a mixture of the first and second frozen food products, and a movable platform for supporting a container to receive frozen food product, the movable container movable among a home position, a first fill position below the first spigot, a second fill position below the second spigot, and a third fill position below the third spigot. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261874 | HYDROGEN FUEL DISPENSER WITH PRE-COOLING CIRCUIT - A hydrogen fuel dispenser includes a pre-cooling circuit, a hydrogen fuel storage for storing hydrogen fuel, a nozzle for dispensing hydrogen fuel to a receptacle, and a fueling line connecting the hydrogen fuel storage to the nozzle for communicating hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen fuel storage to the nozzle. The pre-cooling circuit is provided to cool hydrogen fuel in the fueling line, and includes a pre-cooling line connected to the fueling line downstream from the hydrogen fuel storage, and a flow-path selector provided at a connection between the fueling line and the pre-cooling line. The flow-path selector selectively: blocks hydrogen fuel flow between the fueling line and the pre-cooling line while opening hydrogen fuel flow between the fueling line and a nozzle line of the nozzle; and opens hydrogen fuel flow between the fueling line and the pre-cooling line. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261875 | Bag-in-Box Adapter for Water Dispenser - According to the invention, an adapter is provided to receive and hold a bag-in-box container on top of a conventional water cooler and to control the flow of water from the bag-in-box container into a sealed water reservoir of the water cooler to maintain a desired level of water in the water reservoir. Level control of water in the reservoir is provided by controlling the venting of the sealed reservoir to the atmosphere and/or by controlling the flow of water into the reservoir from the water supply line. Venting control can be through use of a hydrophobic membrane or through use of float valves in the vent, and control of flow of liquid into the reservoir from the water supply line can be by a special float valve that allows high flow capacity at low pressures. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261876 | VIAL ACCESS CAP AND SYRINGE WITH GRAVITY-ASSISTED VALVE - Systems and apparatus for providing fluid communications are described. In an example, a vial access cap includes a connector having an opening for providing access to a fluid pathway; a canella extending into an interior of a vial, the canella having a fluid lumen operatively coupled to the fluid pathway and a gas lumen; and a gravity-assisted valve comprising a valve body defining an elongated valve cavity, a first port, a second port operatively coupled to the gas lumen, and a valve member movable between a sealable end of the elongated valve cavity proximal to the first port and a non-sealable end of the elongated valve cavity proximal to the second port. In other examples, a syringe including a gravity-assisted valve and a system including gravity-assisted valves are described. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261877 | System for Closed Transfer of Fluids - A system for the closed transfer of fluids that provides substantially leak-proof sealing and pressure equalization during engagement of a cannula with a vial, during transfer of a substance from a vial chamber to a barrel chamber via the cannula, and during disengagement of the cannula from the vial is disclosed. The leak-proof sealing of the system substantially prevents leakage of both air and liquid during use of the system. The system of the present disclosure also permits pressure equalization between a vial and the system when the system is attached to the vial. The system is compatible with a needle and syringe assembly for accessing a medication contained within a vial for administering the medication to a patient. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261878 | AIR COMPRESSOR HAVING INFLATING AND AEROSOL SPRAYING FUNCTIONS FOR TIRES - The present invention provides an air compressor having inflating and aerosol spraying functions for tires. The air compressor has an innovative actuator with an eccentric cam so that the present invention can not only perform singly inflating function for the flat tire but also perform fixing function for the rupture tire. The present invention comprises a case containing an air compressor and a tire fixing aerosol containing chemical sol therein with an actuator, which enables the present invention to shift the operation of the air compressor and tire fixing aerosol between the singly inflating and fixing functions for tire with easy manipulation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261879 | SINGLE INFRARED EMITTER VESSEL DETECTOR - Provided is a single infrared emitter dispenser monitor for refrigeration appliance that includes a dispenser that dispenses at least one of water and ice. A vessel detector includes an infrared emitter, a first infrared detector, and a second infrared detector. The infrared emitter emits radiation having an angle of dispersion such that both of the first and second infrared detectors receive the radiation emitted by the infrared emitter. The first infrared detector is arranged more frontward than the second infrared detector. In further examples, an elapsed time between detection signals is compared to a minimum elapsed time, and a dispensing signal is only sent if the elapsed time is greater than the minimum elapsed time. By this configuration, the number of input/output lines running into a control device is reduced, and it is possible to detect a failed emitter if both detector signals fall to zero at the same time. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261880 | LIQUID MEDICATION DISPENSING MACHINE - Provided is a liquid medication dispensing machine that can remove a liquid medication from one end of a supply pipe with higher reliability. The liquid medication dispensing machine includes a plurality of supply nozzles located at equal intervals through which liquid medications flow from a plurality of liquid medication bottles containing the liquid medications, respectively, to a prescription bottle. The plurality of supply nozzles are moved sequentially to a supply position where a supply nozzle faces an upper opening of the prescription bottle. The liquid medication dispensing machine further includes a cleaning unit that removes the liquid medication adhering to the supply nozzle. The supply nozzles are moved sequentially to a cleaning position where the cleaning unit removes the liquid medication from the supply nozzle. The cleaning position is provided at a position away from the supply position by a distance smaller than a spacing between the supply nozzles. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261881 | System and Apparatus for Item Management Including Item Detection - Item-management systems, apparatus, and methods are described, preferably for management of items such as medicaments. In embodiments, an item-management system comprises a portable medicament container including plural cells, a docking station to which the container is temporarily docked, a sensor guide which may overlie the container when docked, visible information sources providing visible information to indicate cell into which each medicament is to be hand-loaded, and at least one controller operable to control the visible information. The sensor guide provides for medicament or item detection and for positive feedback confirming that the medicament or other item has been loaded into the correct cell. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261882 | FUEL DISPENSERS - Fuel dispensers are provided that include a controller that controls sales transactions, The controller allows a user to dispense more than one fuel type in a single sales transaction. The types of fuel may include various combinations and subcombinations of liquid natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), gasoline, diesel fuel, and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). A display on the dispensers may be used to display training images. The dispensers may use a novel communication protocol for communicating with a control console of a fuel farm. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261883 | PHARMACEUTICAL TRAY FILLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for facilitating the manual filling of a pharmaceutical tray is provided. The system includes an electronic display device configured to display information adjacent the wells of the pharmaceutical tray. The system includes a controller configured to control the electronic display device to display information representative of a first type of pharmaceutical adjacent to a first well to direct manual placement of the first type of pharmaceutical into the first well and to control the electronic display device to selectively display information representative of a second type of pharmaceutical adjacent to a second well to direct manual placement of the second type of pharmaceutical into the second well. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261884 | NON-PRESSURIZED FLUID LEVEL SHUTOFF FOR FUEL TANK - A non-pressurized fluid level shutoff system for a fuel tank includes a fuel receiver having a flow control valve that opens in a direction opposite a direction of fuel flow, and that cannot be manually overridden. A fuel sensor funnels fuel through a fuel jet outlet orifice to form a stream of fuel across a cutout section, and a supplemental peripheral port connected between an outlet orifice mixing chamber and the interior of the tank is oriented perpendicular to the stream of fuel across the cutout section, to interfere with the stream of fuel when the sensor is submerged in fuel in the tank, to further reduce any residual fluid flow signal when the sensor is fully submerged, allowing the flow control valve in the receiver to close completely. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261885 | System for Dispensing Fuel From a Fuel Pump and Related Device - Disclosed is a system and associated device for dispensing fuel from a fuel pump. The system permits the hand-free operation of a fuel pump, thereby freeing the operator to perform other tasks simultaneously. The device is preferably designed to be carried on the key ring of the user and, when in use, is positioned in association with a fuel pump handle in an orientation that holds the operating lever of the handle in a position that permits fuel to flow. When the user has completed the dispensing of fuel, a rounded end of the device permits easy, carefree removal from the pump handle. For storage, the device can then be placed into a retracted conformation that enables the user to conveniently store and transport the device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261886 | Flowable Stock Sampling Apparatus - A combination includes a container and a coupling configured to receive the container. The coupling has a unitary body having a first side and an opposing second side, the first side comprising a first orifice and a second orifice, the second side comprising a third orifice. The first orifice is disposed in flow-through communication with the third orifice from the first side to the second side, and the third orifice is disposed in flow-through communication with the second orifice from the second side to the first side. A first flow path through the first orifice is disposed parallel with a second flow path through the third orifice, and a third flow path through the third orifice is disposed parallel with a fourth flow path through the second orifice. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261887 | SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING MOTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL, NOTABLY A HUMAN INDIVIDUAL, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | 2014-09-18 |
20140261888 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AND MODULAR TREE REMOVAL AND MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - A lifting apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a primary body that has a support for supporting a person, and a secondary body. A releasable coupling provides selective coupling between the primary and secondary bodies. The lifting apparatus has (a) a first condition in which the primary body is coupled to the secondary body, and (b) a second condition in which the primary body is not coupled to the secondary body, and is configured to be releasably coupled to a vehicle. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261889 | BRUSH CUTTING HEAD - The present invention relates to a brush cutting head for a brush cutter. The brush cutter head includes a cylindrical support body that has a first end, an opposed second end and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. The intermediate portion has a curved surface that defines the circular cross-section of the cylindrical support body. A plurality of collars is mounted to the cylindrical support body at spaced intervals along the intermediate portion. Each collar extends radially from the curved surface of the cylindrical support body. Additionally, each collar cooperates with an adjacent collar to define a mounting station between the adjacent collars. The brush cutter head further includes a plurality of cutting tooth assemblies carried on the outer surface of the cylindrical support body. Each cutting tooth assembly has a cutting tooth for placement within the mounting station and a mounting assembly engageable with the adjacent collars to secure the cutting tooth in the mounting station. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261890 | Tree Felling and Grappling Head - A grappling and severing head for gripping and severing a tree stem, having a grapple assembly and a severing assembly. Grapple arms are attached to a grapple body and extend forward beyond a front face of the grapple body. A severing assembly body is attached to the grapple body and is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. A severing device is attached to the severing assembly body and is moveable between a stowed position and a range of deployed positions. When the severing device is in the stowed position and the severing assembly body is in the retracted position, the severing device and the severing assembly body lie substantially behind the front face of the grapple. body and/or behind the gripping face of at least one of the grapple arms. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261891 | Cutting Knives, Systems And Methods For Forming A Predetermined Pattern Into A Wood Layer - Implementations described herein comprise knives and cutting systems for forming a predetermined impression into a wood layer and methods associated therewith. In some aspects a cutting system comprises at least one knife, and a means for rotating the wood block about a rotation axis. Each knife of the at least one knife can have a cutting portion and a base portion, wherein the cutting portion comprises a cutting surface defining a pattern. The at least one knife can be operatively positioned relative to the wood block such that, upon rotation of the wood block about the rotation axis, the peripheral surface of the wood block is urged against the cutting surface of the at least one knife to form the wood layer and the pattern defined on the cutting surface of the at least one knife is configured to form the predetermined impression into the wood layer. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261892 | Apparatus for Splitting Wood into Kindling - A specialized wood splitting tool and chopping block, used together, enable cutting kindling from ordinary firewood in an effective and safe manner. The splitting tool uses leverage in addition to downward momentum of the cutting head to split wood. The metal handle and metal cutting head are preferably formed from a single piece of steel, in a perpendicular configuration similar to an adz. A splitting wedge blade within the handle exerts transverse shear forces to enhance splitting, and flat upper surfaces of the cutting head and the handle near the joint provide a striking surface. A complimentary chopping block for bracing logs of various diameters in a steady upright position has a V-shaped recess that is open on one end. The chopping block provides resistance to the unique leverage of the splitting tool during the splitting action. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261893 | BORIC ACID FREE FLUX - The invention described herein pertains generally to boric acid free flux composition wherein in some embodiments, a phthalocyanine pigment is used to effect a color change at activation temperature. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261894 | BORIC ACID FREE FLUX - The invention described herein pertains generally to boric acid free flux composition in which boric acid and/or borax is substituted with a molar equivalent amount of potassium tetraborate tetrahydrate. In some embodiments, a phthalocyanine pigment is used to effect a color change at activation temperature. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261895 | Method for Producing a Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Flat Product Intended for Electrotechnical Applications - The invention relates to a method for producing a grain-oriented steel flat product for electrotechnical applications, wherein, in a production step, “decarburising and nitriding annealing” is carried out in two stages. The first stage of the annealing process extends over a first time interval, which comprises heating the cold strip starting from a start temperature to a first target annealing temperature and holding it at this target annealing temperature, and the second stage of the annealing process extends over a second time interval, in which the cold strip is heated to a second target annealing temperature and subsequently held at this target annealing temperature. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261896 | METHOD FOR CONVERSION TREATING SURFACE OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY WORKPIECE - A method for conversion treating a surface of a magnesium alloy workpiece includes the following steps: providing a magnesium alloy workpiece, degreasing the magnesium alloy workpiece, acid pickling the magnesium alloy workpiece in a first acid pickling treatment step, surface conditioning the magnesium alloy workpiece in a first surface conditioning treatment step, acid pickling the magnesium alloy workpiece in a second acid pickling treatment step, surface conditioning the magnesium alloy workpiece in a second surface conditioning treatment step, pre-phosphating the magnesium alloy workpiece in a pre-phosphating treatment step, and phosphating the magnesium alloy workpiece in a phosphating treatment step to form a phosphating film on the surface of the magnesium alloy workpiece. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261897 | Methods of Treating Metal Surfaces and Devices Formed Thereby - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to methods of treating metal surfaces to enhance adhesion or binding to substrates, and devices formed thereby. In some embodiments of the present invention, methods of achieving improved bonding strength without roughening the topography of a metal surface are provided. The metal surface obtained by this method provides strong bonding to resin layers. The bonding interface between the treated metal and the resin layer exhibits resistance to heat, moisture, and chemicals involved in post-lamination process steps, and therefore can suitably be used in the production of PCB's. Methods according to some embodiments of the present invention are especially useful in the fabrication of high density multilayer PCB's, in particular for PCB's having circuits with line/spacing of equal to and less than 10 microns. Methods according to other embodiments of the present invention are particularly useful in the coating of metal surfaces in a wide variety of applications. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261898 | BULK METALLIC GLASSES WITH LOW CONCENTRATION OF BERYLLIUM - Disclosed herein is a bulk metallic glasses (BMG) comprising 0.0001 wt % to 0.7 wt % of Be, 0.0001 wt % to 0.2 wt % of Be, or 0.06 wt % to 0.08 wt % of Be. Be may have the effect of reducing a liquidus temperature of the BMG relative to melting temperatures of individual alloying elements of the BMG. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261899 | AMORPHOUS ALLOY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE COMPOSITIONS FOR LITHIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Negative electrode compositions for use in a lithium-ion electrochemical cell are provided that has the formula, Si | 2014-09-18 |
20140261900 | FRICTION SURFACE STIR PROCESS - A process is described that employs what can be termed a friction surface stirring (FSS) process on the surface of a metal object. The FSS process occurs on some or the entire surface of the metal object, at a location(s) separate from a friction stir welded joint. The FSS process on the surface produces a corrosion resistant mechanical conversion “coating” on the object. The “coating” is formed by the thickness of the material of the object that has been FSS processed. In one exemplary application, the process can be applied to a metal strip that is later formed into a tube whereby the “coated” surface resides on the inside of the tube making it highly resistant to corrosive flow such as seawater. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261901 | Heat Exchanger Life Extension Via In-Situ Reconditioning - A method of in-situ reconditioning a heat exchanger includes the steps of: providing an in-service heat exchanger comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy wherein at least one mechanical property of the heat exchanger is degraded by coarsening of the precipitate, the in-service heat exchanger containing a molten salt working heat exchange fluid; deactivating the heat exchanger from service in-situ; in a solution-annealing step, in-situ heating the heat exchanger and molten salt working heat exchange fluid contained therein to a temperature and for a time period sufficient to dissolve the coarsened precipitate; in a quenching step, flowing the molten salt working heat-exchange fluid through the heat exchanger in-situ to cool the alloy and retain a supersaturated solid solution while preventing formation of large precipitates; and in an aging step, further varying the temperature of the flowing molten salt working heat-exchange fluid to re-precipitate the dissolved precipitate. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A STEEL ARTICLE - A method for forming and treating a steel article of a high strength and high ductility alloy particularly suited for use as armor plate. The method includes the steps of providing a starting material for the steel article, heating the starting material to a peak temperature range in less than ten seconds, holding the heated steel composition at the peak temperature range for between two and six seconds, quenching the heated steel composition from the peak temperature range to below 100° C. (212° F.) at a temperature rate reduction of 400 and 3000° C./sec (752 and 5432° F./sec), removing residual quench media from the surface of the quenched steel composition, tempering the quenched steel composition at a temperature of 100 to 260° C. (212 to 500° F.); and air cooling the tempered steel composition to less than 100° C. (212° F.) to form a steel having desired mechanical properties. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261903 | HIGH STRENGTH BAKE HARDENABLE LOW ALLOY STEEL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A bake hardenable steel and a process for manufacture of a bake hardenable steel. Steel alloy slabs with a predefined chemical composition are hot rolled into hot rolled strip. The hot rolled strip is cold rolled and continuously annealed on a continuous annealing line and then rapidly cooled to at least 600° C. using a cooling rate of between 20-100 K/sec, and optionally cooled to at least 140° C. using a cooling rate of between 3-20 K/sec. As such, the cold rolled and annealed sheet is not subjected to an overageing treatment and yet still exhibits excellent and well defined bake hardening values. For example BH2 values between 25 and 45 MPa are exhibited by the low alloy steel grades. In addition, the bake hardeneable steel sheet has a minimum yield strength of 220 MPa and in some instances has a minimum yield strength as high as 380 MPa.Zone | 2014-09-18 |
20140261904 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMATION AND PROCESSING OF HIGH PRESSURE DIE CAST METAL ARTICLES - A system and method for formation and processing of pressurized die cast metal articles or components includes an injection or casting station in which a series of cast metal articles are formed within a series of dies by the introduction of a metal material into the dies. The dies are then moved to a retention area where the metal material is permitted to solidify to form the castings, after which the dies are opened and the castings removed therefrom, and subsequently are transferred to a short cycle solution heat treatment station. The castings are conveyed through the short cycle solution heat treatment station with the castings maintained within a series of fixtures to dimensionally support and stabilize the castings during solution heat treatment thereof. The castings thereafter are moved through a quenching chamber or station, with the castings further being held or retained in a fixtured, dimensionally stabilized alignment and/or orientation as the castings are subjected to a quenching operation to quench and cool the castings to a normalized or substantially cooled state. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261905 | METHOD OF THIN STRIP CASTING - A method for making alloy strip by continuous casting with tensile strength of at least 900 MPa and total elongation of at least 30%, strip with tensile strength of at least 1200 MPa and total elongation of at least 20%, or strip with tensile strength of at least 1500 MPa and total elongation of at least 15%. Molten metal is introduced forming a casting pool supported on the casting rolls and counter-rotating the A heat flux is provided with a peak heat flux >20 Mw/m2. The strip is cooled at 1000-3000 K/sec. A roll biasing force >40 kN/meter of casting roll length is applied to form thin metal strip. The strip is then conveyed through a first enclosure with an atmosphere having an oxygen content of <5%. The cast strip is rolled through a rolling mill and reduced and modification of the microstructure is initiated. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261906 | BEARING STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A bearing steel includes, as a metallographic structure, inclusions which contain complex oxysulfides including Rare Earth Metal, Ca, O, S, and Al, TiN, MnS, Al | 2014-09-18 |
20140261907 | ALUMINUM ALLOY SUITABLE FOR HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTING - Copper-free aluminum alloys suitable for high pressure die casting and capable of age-hardening under elevated temperatures are provided. The allow includes about 9.5-13 wt % silicon, about 0.2 to 0.6 wt % Magnesium, about 0.1 to 2 wt % iron, about 0.1 to 2 wt % manganese, about 0.1 to 1 wt % nickel, about 0.5 to 3 wt % zinc, and 0 to 0.1 wt % strontium, with a balance of aluminum. Methods for making high pressure die castings and castings manufactured from the alloy are also provided. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261908 | ALUMINUM ALLOY FOIL FOR ELECTRODE COLLECTOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for an electrode current collector and a manufacturing method thereof, the foil having a high strength and high strength after a drying process after the application of the active material while keeping a high electrical conductivity. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including: forming by continuous casting an aluminum alloy sheet containing 0.03 to 1.0% of Fe, 0.01 to 0.2% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.2% of Cu, with the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities, performing cold rolling to the aluminum alloy sheet at a cold rolling reduction of 80% or lower, and performing heat treatment at 550 to 620° C. for 1 to 15 hours. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261909 | HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM SILICON ALLOY AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - A high-strength aluminum-magnesium silicon alloy and its manufacturing process which includes a composition adjusting step to add vanadium (V) and zirconium (Zr) in an aluminum-magnesium silicon alloy to refine grains of the alloy; a material casting step, a material preheating step, a hot forging step and a heat treatment step to melt magnesium and silicon atoms into an aluminum base to cause a lattice distortion and achieve a strengthening effect and precipitate Mg | 2014-09-18 |
20140261910 | NICKEL BERYLLIUM ALLOY COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are nickel beryllium alloys having improved corrosion and hardness characteristics relative to known nickel beryllium alloys. The alloys have a chemical composition with about 1.5% to 5% beryllium (Be) by weight, about 0.5% to 7% niobium (Nb) by weight; and nickel (Ni). Up to about 5 wt % chromium (Cr) may also be included. The alloys display improved hardness and corrosion resistance properties. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261911 | Magnesium Alloy With Adjustable Degradation Rate - An alloy and an implant having a three-dimensional structure based on such alloy. The alloy comprises a MgZnCa alloy containing nanosized precipitates being less noble than the Mg matrix alloy and having a Zn content ranging 0.1 wt. % Zn to 2 wt. % Zn and a calcium content ranging from 0.2 wt. % to 0.5 wt. %, and having less than 0.04 wt. % of one or more other elements with the remainder being Mg. For these micro-alloys, any second phase generated during the solidification process can be completely dissolved by a solution heat treatment. Finely dispersed nanosized precipitates can then be generated by a subsequent aging heat treatment step. These precipitates are used to “pin” the grain boundaries and to prevent the coarsening of the grain structure during further processing to achieve grain sizes below 5 μm. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261912 | THERMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSING OF NICKEL-TITANIUM ALLOYS - Processes for the production of nickel-titanium mill products are disclosed. A nickel-titanium alloy workpiece is cold worked at a temperature less than 500° C. The cold worked nickel-titanium alloy workpiece is hot isostatic pressed (HIP'ed). | 2014-09-18 |
20140261913 | High Magnetic Hardening Assembly and Method - The present invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for heat treating metal parts that are stacked together and moved through an induction heating system and quench system. The present invention is specifically directed to an Induction Thermo Magnetic Processing (ITMP) apparatus, method and system which uses a magnetic field processing with induction high-frequency heat treatment to process metal components so as to inductively hardening materials. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261914 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HOT ROLLED HIGH STRENGTH DUAL PHASE STEELS USING ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER QUENCHING - A process for manufacturing hot rolled high strength dual phase steels. In some instances, hot rolled strip is continuously cooled to less than 100° C. prior to coiling using a cooling rate between 40-70° C./second. In other instances, hot rolled strip is cooled to less than 100° C. prior to coiling using a step cooling treatment. In yet other instances, hot rolled strip is continuously cooled to less than 100° C. prior to coiling using a cooling rate between 70-100° C./second. For hot rolled strip subjected to a cooling rate between 40-70° C./second, or subjected to the step cooling treatment, hot rolled steel sheet with a tensile strength greater than 590 MPa is produced. For hot rolled strip subjected to a cooling rate between 70-100° C./second, hot rolled steel sheet with a tensile strength greater than 690 MPa is produced. Also, the hot rolled steel sheet has a ferrite plus martensite microstructure free of pearlite and bainite. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261915 | LINE PIPE STEELS AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING - A process for producing high strength steel is provided. The process includes providing a steel slab having a chemical composition in weight percent within a range of 0.025-0.07 C, 1.20-1.70 Mn, 0.050-0.085 Nb, 0.022 max Ti, 0.065 max N, 0.0040 max S, 0.10-0.45 Si, 0.070 max P, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel slab is soaked within a temperature range of 1150-1230° C., hot rolled using a roughing treatment in order to produce a transfer bar and further hot rolled using a finishing treatment in order to produce hot rolled strip. The hot rolled strip is cooled using a cooling rate between 10-100° C./second (sec) and coiled within a temperature range of 580-400° C. Finally, the coiled hot rolled strip has a yield strength of at least 80 ksi and a DWTT transition temperature equal or less than −20° C. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261916 | HIGH STRENGTH - HIGH DUCTILITY COLD ROLLED RECOVERY ANNEALED STEEL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A high strength-high ductility cold rolled steel sheet is provided. The steel sheet has a recovery annealed microstructure, a yield strength greater than 820 megapascals (MPa) and a percent elongation to failure greater than 3.5%. In some instances, the steel alloy sheet has a Rockwell B hardness greater than 100 and may or may not exhibit a yield strength-to-tensile strength ratio between 0.25 and 1.00. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261917 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL - A high Si-containing austenitic stainless steel having corrosion resistance in a nitric acid environment at a high temperature is made by hot-rolling a slab of stainless steel and heat treating the hot-rolled stainless steel at a temperature of 1100 to 1160° C. The steel is cooled at cooling rate of at least 100° C./min. The stainless steel has a chemical composition containing: C: at most 0.04%; Cr: 7 to 20%, Ni: 10 to 22%, Si: 2.5 to 7%, Mn: at most 10%, sol. Al: at most 0.03%, P: at most 0.03%, S: at most 0.03%; N: at most 0.035%, a total of one or more of Nb, Ti, Ta, and Zr being 0.05 to 0.7%; and the remainder Fe and impurities. The heating temperature during the hot rolling is T | 2014-09-18 |
20140261918 | ENHANCED WEAR RESISTANT STEEL AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Improved steel compositions and methods of making the same are provided. The present disclosure provides advantageous wear resistant steel. More particularly, the present disclosure provides high manganese (Mn) steel having enhanced wear resistance, and methods for fabricating high manganese steel compositions having enhanced wear resistance. The advantageous steel compositions/components of the present disclosure improve one or more of the following properties: wear resistance, ductility, crack resistance, erosion resistance, fatigue life, surface hardness, stress corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, and/or environmental cracking resistance. In general, the present disclosure provides high manganese steels tailored to resist wear and/or erosion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261919 | LOW CARBON-HIGH MANGANESE STEEL AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - A low carbon-high manganese steel sheet and process for manufacturing the sheet is provided. The process includes soaking a steel slab with a desired chemical composition within a temperature range of 1200-1350° C., followed by hot rolling of the slab into hot strip. The cold rolled sheet is continuously annealed within a temperature range of 730-850° C. and temper rolled between 1.0-2.0%. The temper rolled sheet has a yield strength greater than 280 megapascals (MPa), a tensile strength greater than 400 MPa, an elongation to fracture greater than 30%, an n-value greater than 0.15, and a bakehard index between 15-35 MPa. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261920 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MECHANICAL PARTS, AND MOLD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a mechanical part by hot stamping, and a mold and a system thereof. The method includes: heating a steel plate blank at a predetermined heating temperature; and placing the steel plate blank into a mold of the mechanical part, and stamping the steel plate blank to form wrinkles at a rounded corner of the mold and form the mechanical part in the mold: wherein, the mold of the mechanical part includes a female mold and a male mold, a stamping gap configured to accommodate the steel plate blank is provided between the female mold and the male mold and a width of the stamping gap at the rounded corner of the mold is larger than a thickness of the wrinkles. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261921 | Process to Improve Fatigue Strength of Micro Alloy Steels, Forged Parts Made From the Process and an Apparatus to Execute the Process. - The present invention describes a process to make enhanced fatigue strength micro-alloy steel. In the process of the present invention, the soaking temperature is maintained in the range of 900° C. to 1050° C. and soaking time in the range of 30-60 minutes depending on size of crankshaft to get refined grain size. Distortion of the components is prevented from occurring with provision of adequate supports especially designed for the process. Forged parts made using the process, such as crankshafts, have a refined grain pattern and result into 20 to 25% enhancement in torsion fatigue strength & 10-25% enhancement in bending fatigue strength. The present invention thus provides an enhanced ratio of the strength to material density and a micro-alloy whose torsion fatigue strength and bending fatigue strength are greater than the currently available micro-alloy steels. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261922 | THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING OF ALPHA-BETA TITANIUM ALLOYS - One embodiment of a method of refining alpha-phase grain size in an alpha-beta titanium alloy comprises working an alpha-beta titanium alloy at a first working temperature within a first temperature range in the alpha-beta phase field of the alpha-beta titanium alloy. The alloy is slow cooled from the first working temperature. On completion of working at and slow cooling from the first working temperature, the alloy comprises a primary globularized alpha-phase particle microstructure. The alloy is worked at a second working temperature within a second temperature range in the alpha-beta phase field. The second working temperature is lower than the first working temperature. The is worked at a third working temperature in a third temperature range in the alpha-beta phase field. The third working temperature is lower than the second working temperature. After working at the third working temperature, the titanium alloy comprises a desired refined alpha-phase grain size. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261923 | PROCESS FOR THE CREATION OF UNIFORM GRAIN SIZE IN HOT WORKED SPINODAL ALLOY - Processes for producing a uniform grain hot worked spinodal alloy are disclosed. The processes generate a uniform grain spinodal alloy without cracking and without the need for a homogenization step. The processes include providing an as-cast spinodal alloy, heating the as-cast spinodal alloy between 1200 and 1300° F. for approximately 12 hours and hot working, allowing the spinodal alloy to cool, performing a second hot work on the as-cast spinodal alloy after it has been heated to 1700° F. for a defined time period, exposing the alloy to a third temperature, performing a second hot work reduction, and cooling the alloy again. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261924 | PROCESSES FOR IMPROVING FORMABILITY OF WROUGHT COPPER-NICKEL-TIN ALLOYS - Disclosed are processes for improving the formability of a copper-nickel-tin alloy having a 0.2% offset yield strength that is above 115 ksi. The alloy includes about 14.5 to about 15.5 wt % nickel, about 7.5 to about 8.5 wt % tin, and the remaining balance is copper. The copper-nickel-tin alloy is mechanically cold worked to undergo between 5% and 15% plastic deformation. The alloy is then heat treated at elevated temperatures of about 450° F. to about 550° F. for a period of about 3 hours to about 5 hours. The alloy is then subsequently mechanically cold worked again to undergo between 4% and 12% plastic deformation. The alloy is then further heated to an elevated temperature of about 700° F. to about 850° F. for a period between about 3 minutes and about 12 minutes to relieve stress. The resulting alloy has a combination of good formability ratio and good yield strength. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261925 | ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH COPPER-NICKEL-TIN ALLOYS - The present disclosure relates to ultra high strength wrought copper-nickel-tin alloys and processes for improving the yield strength of the copper-nickel-tin alloy such that the resulting 0.2% offset yield strength is at least 175 ksi. The alloy includes about 14.5 wt % to about 15.5% nickel, about 7.5 wt % to about 8.5% tin, and the remaining balance is copper. The steps include cold working the copper-nickel-tin alloy wherein the alloy undergoes between 50%-75% plastic deformation. The alloy is heat treated at elevated temperatures between about 740° F. and about 850° F. for a time period of about 3 minutes to 14 minutes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261926 | Synthetic Quenching Fluid Composition - A fluid composition is prepared by esterification of (a) at least one synthetic alcohol and (b) a mixture of fatty acids, including at least oleic and linoleic acids, and at least one of a mixture comprising a Miristic acid, Palmitoleic acid, Margarinic acid, Margaroleic acid, α-Linoleic acid, Arachidic acid, Eicosenoic Behenic acid, and Erucic acid. The fatty acids can also include at least one of stearic acid and palmitic acid. The composition can be used as, or as part of, a quenching bath for a metal. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261927 | ENHANCED SLAG FORMATION FOR COPPER-CONTAINING GAS GENERANTS - Gas generants comprising copper are provided that have improved slagging ability. In certain aspects, the gas generants include a fuel, an oxidizer comprising basic copper nitrate, and a large particle size endothermic slag-forming component, such as aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH) | 2014-09-18 |
20140261928 | DESENSITISATION OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS - An energetic material comprises an energetic crystalline material substantially coated in an energetic plasticiser material.
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20140261929 | COOL BURNING GAS GENERANT COMPOSITIONS - Cool burning gas generating compositions having minimal performance variation at temperature and pressure extremes are provided. The gas generants include a primary fuel comprising a metal salt of a dicarboxylic acid (e.g., copper adipate), a secondary fuel (e.g., guanidine nitrate), at least one oxidizer (e.g., basic copper nitrate), and a burn rate modifier (e.g., zinc oxide). Such a cool burning gas generant composition has a maximum flame temperature at combustion (T | 2014-09-18 |
20140261930 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING DEMN EUTECTIC, AND RELATED METHODS OF PRODUCING ENERGETIC COMPOSITIONS - A method of producing DEMN eutectic comprises reacting a reactant mixture comprising ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine with aqueous nitric acid to form a reaction mixture comprising diethylentriamine trinitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate. The reaction mixture is combined with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine to form an aqueous slurry. Water is removed from the aqueous slurry. A method of producing an energetic composition, and a system for producing DEMN eutectic are also described. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261932 | INTERCHANGEABLE PERSONAL BAG - Embodiments are described of methods and systems for interchangeable personal bags, such as shoulder bags, hand bags, totes, purses, clutches, and the like. Personal bags of the present teachings can be adapted to change their appearance. According to various embodiments, a first personal bag can be placed within a compartment, pocket, etc. of a second personal bag (or receiving bag), with a flap of the first bag covering at least a portion of an exterior side of the second bag, wherein the outward appearance of the flap of the first bag differs from that of the covered portion of the exterior side of the second bag. The exterior appearance of the second bag can thereby be changed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261933 | MODULAR HANDBAG - A modular handbag having a main body and one or more removably attachable accessories is provided herein. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261934 | Vehicle Window Cover - A protective cover for a vehicle window comprising a flexible fabric panel having a terminal edge that includes a roll of the panel fabric where the roll is sized and dimensioned to be disposed beneath a closure component of the vehicle in order to secure the terminal edge in place. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261935 | MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR UNEVEN TERRAIN - A tire includes a tread, a pair of beads, a carcass, and a band. The tread includes a large number of blocks which stand substantially outward in a radial direction. The carcass includes a carcass ply which is turned up around each bead. The carcass ply includes a main portion which extends from an equator plane toward each bead; and a pair of turned-up portions which extend from the main portion substantially outward in the radial direction. The band includes a band cord which is helically wound along a circumferential direction. An end portion of the turned-up portion and an end portion of the band overlap each other at an inner side, in the radial direction, of the tread. In the tire, a position of an end of the turned-up portion varies in the circumferential direction. The tire is excellent in handling stability and durability. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261936 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire comprises a tread block having a top face provided with a three-dimensional sipe, the sipe extending along its longitudinal direction with an angle of 0 to 45 degrees with respect to a tire axial direction, the sipe having a first opening configuration extending in a wavy manner with amplitude W and a cycle a1 in a cross sectional view of the block parallel to the top face, the sipe having a second opening configuration extending in a wavy manner with amplitude W and a cycle a2 in a cross sectional view of the block perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sipe, and the sipe satisfying the following relation (1) in a rectangular coordinate system in which the x-axis corresponds to the longitudinal direction, the z-axis corresponds to a depth direction of the sipe: | 2014-09-18 |
20140261937 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with a tread pattern with a designated rotational direction. The tread pattern includes a plurality of V-shaped main inclined grooves that protrude toward the rotational direction and extend from one tread edge to the other tread edge, a pair of connecting grooves disposed both sides of a tire equator between the circumferentially adjacent main inclined grooves, and a center block divided among the circumferentially adjacent main inclined grooves and the one pair of connecting grooves. The center block has a trapezoidal-like shape that comprises a laterally extending leading edge and a laterally extending trailing edge having an axial length larger than that of the leading edge. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261938 | VARIABLE HEIGHT GROOVES IN MULTIPLE WEAR LAYER TREADS FOR RETREADED TIRES - Particular embodiments of the present invention include multi-wear layer treads having variable depth grooves for retreaded tires, retreaded tires, and methods of forming retreaded tires. In particular embodiments, such multi-wear layer tire treads include a thickness bounded depthwise by a top side configured to engage a ground surface during tire operation and a bottom side configured for attachment to a tire carcass, the thickness extending laterally between opposing side edges and longitudinally in a lengthwise direction of the tread. Such tread may further include a top groove extending a variable depth into the tread thickness from the top side, the top groove having a groove bottom that varies depthwise within the tread thickness to form multiple wear layers. In other embodiments, top grooves may or may not be variable depth grooves, while the tread further include a bottom groove extending a variable depth into the tread thickness from the bottom side. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261939 | TIRE AIR PRESSURE MAINTENANCE DEVICE - A tire pressure maintenance device is shown and described. The tire pressure maintenance device may include a sensor mechanism configured to detect at least one predetermined condition of a vehicle. The tire pressure maintenance device may also include a control mechanism operatively coupled with the sensor mechanism, the control mechanism applying a predetermined pressure to a tire of the vehicle in response to the predetermined condition. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261940 | Hubometer Mounting Arrangement for Use With Tire Inflation System - An axle assembly includes an axle member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first axle hub assembly operably coupled to the first end of the axle member, and a second hub assembly operably coupled to the second end of the axle member and including an axle hubcap coupled to the second end of the axle member by a first coupling arrangement located at a first position. The axle assembly further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the second hub assembly by a second coupling arrangement located at a second position that is at least a select one of inwardly and outwardly radially spaced from the first position, and a hubometer attached to the mounting bracket. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261941 | ASSEMBLY - An assembly includes a rotary joint spindle and a rotary joint body rotatably disposed on and in fluid communication with the rotary joint spindle. The rotary joint body is housed by a hub cap and provided adjacent an end of a spindle. A pressure relief valve is disposed between the hub cap and the rotary joint body. The pressure relief valve selectively provides a seal between the hub cap and the rotary joint body. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261942 | TIRE PRESSURE MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A tire pressure maintenance apparatus and system is disclosed. The apparatus and system comprises a high pressure reservoir and a pressure regulator secured to the high pressure reservoir. A high pressure relief valve is also provided. The high pressure reservoir is circumferentially continuous. Further, the pressure regulator has a passive valve in fluid communication with the high pressure reservoir and the pressure regulator opens at a low pressure point and closes at a high pressure point. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261943 | TIRE WITH OUTER GROOVE CONTAINING BONDED TUBE - The invention relates generally to a pneumatic rubber tire which contains an outer, annular, circular groove which contains a flexible tube bonded to the walls of the groove. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261944 | ENCASING FOR RELEASABLY CONTAINING A DEVICE AND TIRE CONTAINING SUCH ENCASING OR ENCASED DEVICE - The present invention relates to an encasing for releasably containing a device and tire containing such encasing or encased device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261945 | PUNCTURE-FREE INNER TUBE - A puncture-free inner tube has a hollow pipe shape, which is to be inserted in an annular space of an outer tire, which is to be mounted detachably on a tire rim having an annular shape. The tube contains a thermoplastic elastomer molded by injection molding into a transversal cross sectional shape that is similar or substantially similar to and is slightly larger than a transversal cross section of the annular space of the outer tire. The tube has a thickness that is gradually increased from a ground part toward an anti-ground part on a side of the tire rim. The tube is formed in an annular shape, and the tube is to be inserted in the annular space of the outer tire in a compressed state with a tensile stress of the outer tire. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261946 | TIRE/WHEEL STRUCTURE - A tire/wheel structure includes a body, such as an automobile tire, and guide blocks mounted to two sidewalls of the body in a circumferentially arranged cascade series. Each guide block has a side facing a forward rotation direction of the body and forming at least one inclined guide face in such a way that the inclined guide face and an adjacent one of the guide blocks define therebetween a wind-assisting groove, whereby when the body is in a forward rotating condition, the inclined guide faces of the guide blocks and the wind-assisting grooves help enhance airflow guiding, reduce wind resistance, and generating an assistive driving force and when the inclined guide faces of the guide blocks and the wind-assisting grooves are moved to a position in a lower half of the circumference of the body, a follow-the-trend driving assisting force and a moving stabilizing effect are achieved. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261947 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TIRE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - A method for manufacturing a tire having a sidewall portion provided with a projecting marking is disclosed. A stencil plate for molding the projecting marking is made of a thin metallic plate whose thickness is 0.2 to 0.8 mm and mounted in a recess formed in a sidewall molding surface of the tire vulcanization mold. A concave marking part for molding the projecting marking is formed by press working upon the metallic plate. Edge portions of the stencil plate are turned back. The backward extension H2 of the turnback is substantially the same as the depth of the concave marking part. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261948 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire has a pair of bead portions each having a bead core embedded therein, a pair of sidewall portions extending radially outwardly from bead portions, a tread portion extending across both side wall portions, an annular outer decorative portion arranged radially outward and formed by means of printing on a side portion consisting of the sidewall and bead portions, and an annular inner decorative portion arranged radially inward of the outer decorative portion and formed by means of printing on the side portion. The inner decorative portion is provided with decoration in which first inner elements and second inner elements are alternately arrayed in a circumferential direction of the tire. The outer decorative portion is provided with decoration different from the decoration provided on the inner decorative portion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261949 | TIRE HAVING A SPLIT BODY PLY CONSTRUCTION - Various embodiments of a tire having a split body ply construction are disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261950 | PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH IMPROVED CROWN DURABILITY - The invention is directed to pneumatic tires for heavy vehicle service that include a carcass, a tread disposed radially outward of the carcass, a sidewall intersecting the tread at a shoulder, and a belt reinforcing structure positioned radially between the carcass and the tread. The belt reinforcing structure includes four belt layers, each layer reinforced by parallel cords the four belts characterized by their cord orientation and angles. A first radially inner belt layer, an adjacent second belt layer overlaying the first belt layer and a third belt layer overlaying the second belt layer are all oriented directionally extending right (R) relative to an equatorial center plane of the tire, a fourth radially outer belt layer overlaying the third belt layer has cords directionally extending left (L). The pneumatic tires of the invention containing these belt layers have improved crown durability and stiffness while maintaining the same overall tire weight. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261951 | TIRE COMPRISING A LAYER OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL REINFORCING ELEMENTS - A tire having a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers each formed of reinforcing elements inserted between two calendaring layers of rubber compound, crossed from one layer to the other making angles of between 10° and 45° with the circumferential direction and the crown reinforcements comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under 10% tensile strain of at least one calendaring layer of at least one working crown layer is less than 8.5 MPa and the maximum value of tan(δ), denoted tan(δ)max, of said at least one calendaring layer of at least one working crown layer is less than 0.100. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261952 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire whose mounting location on a vehicle is specified and which comprises a belt disposed radially outside the carcass and composed of belt cords laid at an angle of from 15 to 40 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction, and a band disposed radially outside the belt and composed of first and second band cords laid at an angle of not more than 5 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The band comprises an inboard first part composed of the first band cord having a first modulus M1, and an outboard second part composed of the second band cord having a second modulus M2 more than the first modulus M1. The number of laminated plies of the band in the inboard first part is more than the number of laminated plies or a single ply of the band in the outboard second part. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261953 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A pneumatic tire includes an elastomeric casing. The elastomeric casing includes a crown portion, opposing sidewalls, and bead areas that are formed along the sidewalls in spaced relation to the crown portion. The bead areas include at least one bead reinforcing element, such as a bead core and/or a bead filler, that is at least partially formed from carbon fibers. A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire assembly is also included. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261954 | METHOD OF PREPARING MAT-FACED ARTICLE - Disclosed is a method of preparing a mat-faced cementitious article composite. A mat-faced article (e.g., board) is formed and the composite is formed upon application of a finish composition (e.g., hydrophobic). In one aspect, the mat-faced gypsum article comprises a mat having an inner surface adjacent to a cementitious core first surface and an opposite outer mat surface. An aqueous cementitious finish composition is applied to the outside mat surface to form the mat-faced cementitious article composite. Desirably, the finish composite can suitably be applied by a roller assembly comprising a finish roller. In some embodiments, the finish roller has an uneven surface, including for example, grooves or depressions (e.g., circumferential or longitudinal) defined therein. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261955 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT - The outer shape of a surface to be bonded of a first optical crystal member is formed as a shape in which the length in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the first optical crystal member differs from the length in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the first optical crystal member. The outer shape of a surface to be bonded of a second optical crystal member is formed as a shape coinciding with the outer shape of the surface to be bonded of the first optical crystal member or a shape obtained by enlarging or reducing the coinciding shape in an orientation in which an optical axis of the second optical crystal member and the optical axis of the first optical crystal member are adjusted to a prescribed angle. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261956 | Tool for Removing Sealant Around a Seal Cap - A method and apparatus for sealing a fastener element. A structure may be positioned over a seal cap that has been adhered and sealed to the fastener element. A number of projections associated with the structure may be moved along an interface formed between the seal cap and an object in which the fastener element has been installed such that the number of projections removes at least a portion of excess material around the seal cap while moving along the interface between the seal cap and the object. | 2014-09-18 |
20140261957 | KIT FOR SCULPTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A sculpting kit is provided that allows individuals with a means to sculpt a three-dimensional object. Components which form the armature of the three-dimensional object may be adfixed to a planar surface as two-dimensional elements. The sculptured object may be prepared by using the kit to lay down successive layers of structures in a pre-arranged fashion. | 2014-09-18 |