51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100319797 | MSM COMPONENT AND ASSOCIATED GAS PANEL ASSEMBLY - A gas panel assembly having at least one U-shaped MSM interconnection component is disclosed where the interconnection component straddles at least a pair of adjacent modular inserts and is fastened to planar support plate such that the fluidic inserts are held immobile. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319798 | VACUUM PUMP FOR VEHICLES - Disclosed is a vacuum pump for vehicles which reduces noise of exhaust air generated during operation of the vacuum pump. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319799 | FLUID PRESSURE REDUCTION DEVICES - An example fluid pressure reduction device includes a plurality of nested cylinders forming a hollow structure comprising an inner surface and an outer surface. The device also includes a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces through the nested cylinders. At least one of the cylinders includes first apertures substantially differently shaped from second apertures in a second one of the cylinders. At least one of the first apertures has a first wetted perimeter that is greater than a second wetted perimeter of another aperture having the same area as the at least one of the first apertures. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319800 | PLUG STRUCTURE - A plug structure for sealing an opening end portion of a circular fluid passage formed in a housing comprises a plug being equal in resistance against deformation to, or smaller than, the housing and having an annular flange portion formed on an end portion of a circular column portion; a flange pressure-contacting portion of the opening end portion deformed to be pressure-contacted with a lower surface of the annular flange portion by being caulked with a caulking tool; a contracted diameter portion of a shape gradually narrow in the middle to which the circular column portion is deformed as a result that the fluid passage is deformed by the caulking to be contracted in diameter; and a deformed circumferential portion to which the circumferential edge of the annular flange portion of the plug is deformed by the caulking to be pressure-contacted with the flange pressure-contacting portion of the opening end portion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319801 | SYSTEM FOR WEAVING A CONTINUOUS ANGLE - A weaving loom including a mechanism drawing-in threads, for insertion of picks, and for formation of a weaving shed, so as to render possible formation of a continuous angle or corner by a thread during weaving. The loom preferably also includes a vertical offset system, so that it is possible to weave a three-dimensional surfacic structure, the threads of which are continuous between the faces and at the level of the edges. The loom can be configured particularly for manufacture of continuous tridedral corners that are used as reinforcements for composite structures. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319802 | LINKED COIL FORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING LINKED COILS - [Problem to be Solved] A first coil and a second coil are efficiently formed in the shape of a rectangular cylinder and in parallel to each other, by bending and processing a flat wire, and a linking part of each of the coils, is linked with the same material without welding or folding. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319803 | FUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An improved fueling system is disclosed. Each vehicle is equipped with its own operation means to control the distribution from a fuel pump to the vehicle. This will prevent people from having to touch the same fuel pumps. Each vehicle will have a memory device that will store information such as the type of fuel last used to fill the fuel tank of the vehicle, financial information of the vehicle's owner, and the minimum standard of fuel required by the vehicle. Once the fuel pump receives this data from the vehicle's memory device, then user may then initiate fuel transfer. This system may also prevent a car from refueling the stolen car if the fuel pump recognizes the vehicle's data (e.g. VIN number) as having been reported stolen. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319804 | DEVICE FOR FILLING AND DISTRIBUTING GAS AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - Device for filling and distributing gas comprising a body intended to be placed in the orifice of a pressurized-gas storage reservoir, a gas withdrawing circuit running between an upstream first end intended to be connected to the inside of the reservoir and a downstream second end intended to be connected to a user of the gas, the withdrawing circuit comprising a pressure regulator, a low-pressure chamber and an isolation valve positioned in series in that order from upstream to downstream, the low-pressure chamber being connected to a passage for discharging the gas to the outside of the device via a safety relief valve sensitive to the pressure in the low-pressure chamber and designed to close off the discharge passage when the pressure in the low-pressure chamber is below a first threshold, to open the discharge passage when the pressure in the chamber is higher than the first pressure threshold and below a second pressure threshold, and to close the discharge passage when the pressure in the chamber is higher than the second pressure threshold. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319805 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALLOGRAFT PRODUCTS - There are disclosed systems and methods of delivering sterile fluids aseptically to a sealed canister. In an embodiment, a includes a canister having an inlet, a vent, and a drain outlet, a reagent manifold in communication with the inlet, a bubbler in communication with the vent, and a fluid communicator from the drain outlet. In another embodiment, a method includes providing a canister having an inlet, a vent, and a drain outlet; selectively providing reagents to the canister from a reagent manifold in communication with the inlet, allowing excess gasses to leave the canister with a bubbler in communication with the vent, and selectively purging the reagents from the canister through the drain outlet. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319806 | AUTOMATED ICE BAGGING APPARATUS AND METHODS - An automatic ice vending apparatus including a holding vessel formed with an aperture, the holding vessel being configured and dimensioned to receive and house ice pieces produced by an operatively associated ice supply, an ice metering device, and an ice transferring device at least partially disposed within the holding vessel that facilitates movement of ice pieces located therein in a first direction toward the aperture thereof, and movement of ice pieces in a second different direction from the aperture to the ice metering device, which is adapted and configured to meter a quantity of ice pieces into a readily transportable container. Methods and automated methods of delivering ice to consumer(s) are also included. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319807 | Fuel transfer coupling - Provided herein are couplings useful in the transfer of liquid fuels from a remote storage reservoir to an on-board fuel tank of a motorized vehicle. There is provided a first coupling which is configured to be in fluid communication with the interior of a vehicle's fuel tank, and a second coupling which is intended to be in fluid communication with the contents of a remote fuel storage reservoir. The disclosure also includes a process for charging a fuel reservoir on board of a motorized vehicle from a remote reservoir, wherein the vapor in the fuel reservoir is displaced by an equal volume of fuel delivered from said remote reservoir, and wherein the vapor in said fuel reservoir is simultaneously caused to be transferred to said remote reservoir, thus permitting no escape of the vapor from said fuel reservoir to the surrounding atmosphere. Through use of the present disclosure, spills of fuel are essentially eliminated, and the escape of vapors from the vehicle's fuel tank are prevented, thus preventing atmospheric hydrocarbon pollution. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319808 | Tree Stump Coring Apparatus and Method - A tree stump coring apparatus and method of coring a tree stump using the same is provide. The tree stump coring apparatus includes an elongated cylindrical cutting blade of a hollow tubular body rotatable about a vertical axis with cutting blades on an open lower end of the cutting blade for mounting on a vehicle such as a skid steer loader which provides a means to rotate the cutting blade and a means to move the cutting blade in a generally vertical direction downwardly to core a tree stump and upwardly to remove the tree stump core from the ground. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319809 | ELECTRIC ROUTER - An electric router includes a housing, a base, a motor having an output shaft, a first switch for the motor, a locking member having a first end and a second end, a second switch connected in series with the first switch, and a connecting rod having a first end positioned proximate to the base and a second end positioned remotely from the base. The first end of the connecting rod is connected with the second end of the locking member, the second end of the connecting rod is connected with the second switch, and the second end of the connecting rod selectively keeps the second switch in one of a switch-off position when the first end of the locking member engages with the output shaft and a switch-on position when the first end of the locking member disengages from the output shaft. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319810 | CUTTING TOOL WITH A SUPPORTING BODY - The invention relates to a cutting tool with a supporting body and at least one receptacle ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319811 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHAVING THE INSIDE OF BARRELS - An apparatus and method for shaving the inside of barrels. The invention relates to reconditioning used wine barrels by shaving the inside surface to a predetermined depth, ready for re-crozering, toasting, and re-use. Conventional shaving methods typically involve routing the internal surface by hand, but this technique is problematic in that it is a very slow process, the quality of the wood is often adversely affected, and there is no way of ensuring that the surface will be shaved to the same depth across the entire surface. The resultant internal dimensions of the barrel are not reflective, relatively, of the original barrel surface. The invention includes a scanning device to scan the internal dimensions of the barrel, and a cutting device to shave the internal surface to a predetermined depth relative to the scanned internal dimensions and where the scanning device and the cutting device may be supported by different robotic arms. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319812 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SURFACE-DECARBURISED HOT-ROLLED STRIP - Disclosed is a method which allows steel strip to be produced in which high hardness and good formability are combined. The following steps of operation are followed.
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20100319813 | BARE ALUMINUM BAFFLES FOR RESIST STRIPPING CHAMBERS - Bare aluminum baffles are adapted for resist stripping chambers and include an outer aluminum oxide layer, which can be a native aluminum oxide layer or a layer formed by chemically treating a new or used bare aluminum baffle to form a thin outer aluminum oxide layer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319814 | BAINITIC STEELS WITH BORON - Steel compositions contain micro-alloying additions of boron and titanium, with yield strength of at least 100 ksi (690 MPa), excellent toughness and good weldability. Boron additions are used to increase hardenability. Strong nitride formers, such as titanium, may be added to the steel composition in order to prevent boron nitrides from forming. These compositions may be cooled from hot rolling in air or using accelerated cooling. After air cooling, the composition may be quenched or quenched and tempered. The compositions are suitable for high strength line pipes (for example, X100 in API 5L standard) and other applications. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319815 | METHOD OF MAKING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ARTICLES WITH IMPROVED FATIGUE PERFORMANCE - A method of making articles made of shape memory alloys having improved fatigue performance and to methods of treating articles formed from shape memory alloy materials by pre-straining the articles (or desired portions of the articles) in a controlled manner so that the resultant articles exhibit improved fatigue performance. The shape memory articles are preferably medical devices, more preferably implantable medical devices. They are most preferably devices of nitinol shape memory alloy, most particularly that is superelastic at normal body temperature. The pre-straining method of the present invention as performed on such articles includes the controlled introduction of non-recoverable tensile strains greater than about 0.20% at the surface of a desired portion of a shape memory alloy article. Controlled pre-straining operations are performed on the shape-set nitinol metal to achieve non-recoverable tensile strain greater than about 0.20% at or near the surface of selected regions in the nitinol metal article. The pre-straining operations result in a significant increase in fatigue life of the selectively treated regions and an overall improvement in the fatigue performance of the device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319816 | Thin gauge steel sheet excellent in surface conditions, formability, and workability and method for producing the same - The present invention provides ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet and a method for producing the same where coalescence and growth of inclusions in the molten steel are prevented and the inclusions are finely dispersed in the steel sheet, whereby surface defects and cracks at the time of press forming are prevented, growth of recrystallized grains at the time of continuous annealing is promoted, and a high r value (r value≧2.0) and elongation (total elongation≧0%) are exhibited, that is, ultralow carbon thin gauge steel sheet excellent in surface conditions, formability, and workability comprised of, by mass %, 0.00030.003%≦C≦0.003%, Si≦0.01%, Mn≦0.1%, P≦0.02%, S≦0.01%, 0.0005%≦N≦0.0025%, 0.01%≦acid soluble Ti≦0.07%, acid soluble Al≦0.003%, and 0.002%≦La+Ce+Nd≦0.02% and a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, said steel sheet characterized by containing at least cerium oxysulfite, lanthanum oxysulfite, and neodymium oxysulfite. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319817 | AL-MG-ZN WROUGHT ALLOY PRODUCT AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE - An aluminum alloy wrought product including, in wt. %, Mg 3.0 to 7.0, Zn 0.6 to 2.8, Mn 0 to 1.0, Cu 0 to 2.0, Sc 0 to 0.6, at least one element selected from the group of Zr 0.04 to 0.4, Cr 0.04 to 0.4, Hf 0.04 to 0.4 and Ti 0.01 to 0.3; Fe maximum 0.3, Si maximum 0.3, inevitable impurities, and balance aluminum. The range for the Zn-content in wt. % is a function of the Mg-content according to: lower-limit of the Zn-range: [Zn]=0.34[Mg]−0.4, and upper-limit of the Zn-range: [Zn]=0.34[Mg]+0.4. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319818 | Method for fabricating a copper alloy and copper alloy fabricated by the same - A method for fabricating a copper alloy. Cu and Cr, Zr, and Sn to be doped to the Cu are melt to cast a copper alloy material. Hot working is carried out on the copper alloy material to form a plate material having a rolled texture. Heat treatment is carried out on the plate material. Cold rolling with workability of 80% or more and less than 90% is carried out on the plate material after the heat treatment to form an intermediate plate material. Aging treatment is carried out on the intermediate plate material. Another cold rolling with workability of 20% to 40% is carried out as finish rolling on the intermediate plate material after the aging treatment step. The intermediate plate material after the finish rolling step is heated as stress relief annealing. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319819 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength (TS) of 540 to 780 MPa, only small variations in strength, and excellent uniformity in strength using a general-purpose Ti-containing steel sheet, which is inexpensive. The high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet includes, on a mass percent basis, 0.05%-0.12% C, 0.5% or less Si, 0.8%-1.8% Mn, 0.030% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.005%-0.1% Al, 0.01% or less N, 0.030%-0.080% Ti, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The microstructure have a volume fraction of polygonal ferrite of 70% or more, and the amount of Ti present in a precipitate having a size of less than 20 nm is 50% or more of the value of Ti* calculated using formula (1): Ti*=[Ti]−48/14×[N] (1) where [Ti] and [N] represent a Ti content (percent by mass) and a N content (percent by mass), respectively, of the steel sheet. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319820 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL AND HEAT TREATED ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL - According to the present invention, a process for producing an aluminum alloy material, whereby reduction in toughness and in fatigue strength of the aluminum alloy material can be inhibited even after solution treatment is provided. Also, the following is provided: a process for producing an aluminum alloy material comprising at least the steps of subjecting a heat treatable aluminum alloy material to solution treatment and applying aging treatment to the aluminum alloy material subjected to solution treatment, which further comprises the following step between the solution treatment step and the aging treatment step: the step of subjecting the aluminum alloy material to plastic forming in a manner such that a given amount of equivalent strain is imparted to the aluminum alloy material from at least two directions while the aluminum alloy material subjected to solution treatment is maintained under temperature conditions that do not cause softening of the aluminum alloy material by over-aging. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319821 | ANNEALING OF COLD ROLLED METAL STRIP - A cold rolled strip ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319822 | Apparatus and Method for Gelling Liquefied Gasses - A method and apparatus for gelling liquid propane and other liquefied gasses includes a temperature controlled churn mixer, vacuum pump, liquefied gas transfer tank, and means for measuring amount of material entering the mixer. The apparatus and method are particularly useful for the production of high quality rocket fuels and propellants. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319823 | COPPER COMPLEXES WITH OXALYLDIHYDRAZIDE MOIETIES - Methods of making and resultant compositions thereof, which include copper-oxalyldihydrazide-based complexes, such as pyrotechnic compositions, gas generants, and ignition materials, which are useful, for example, in inflatable restraint systems. Synthesis of one or more copper-oxalyldihydrazide complexes with nitrate and/or hydroxide counter ions provides a composition that may auto-ignite at a low enough temperature to be based with thermally sensitive gas generants. The present copper-oxalyldihydrazide complexes may also be used in conjunction with various oxidizers to produce compositions with sufficient energy to auto-ignite practically any known pyrotechnic composition. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319824 | TIRE HAVING ENHANCED OZONE RESISTANCE - The present invention includes rubber compositions, rubber articles and tires formulated to prevent ozone attack. A particular embodiment of the present invention includes a tire comprising a rubber structure, the rubber structure comprising an essentially unsaturated rubber elastomer, between 0.1 and 0.45 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of the rubber elastomer) of a particular compound 2,4,6-Tris-(N-1,4-dimethylpentyl-p-phenylenediamino)-1,3,5-triazine and between 0.5 and 2 phr of a phenolic resin. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319825 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A proper balance between ride comfort, steering stability, and road noise is achieved. A pneumatic tire ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319826 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR RUNNING ON ROUGH TERRAIN - A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with tread blocks capable of improving running performance on rough terrain, wherein a degree of circularity Eb of a contour shape of a section of the tread block taken parallel with the top surface of the tread block at a block foot position is more than a degree of circularity Et of a contour shape of the top surface. The degree of circularity is: 4×pi×S/L2, wherein, pi is the circumference ratio, S is an area of the contour shape, and L is a circumferential length of the contour shape. The block foot position is defined as being spaced apart from a tread bottom by 10% of a height of the tread block from the tread bottom. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319827 | TIRE WITH METALLIZED ORGANIC SHORT FIBERS - The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire including at least one component. The component includes a rubber composition. The rubber composition includes a diene based elastomer and from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a metallized organic short fiber, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer. The organic short fibers having a length from 1 mm to 5 mm. Both the length and the ends of the short fibers are completely coated with a layer of metal or metal alloy. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319828 | Tire with Shell and Carrier Structure - A tire comprising an envelope made at least partly of rubber, defining an internal annular volume and having a crown ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319829 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are: a pneumatic tire capable of retaining a satisfactory uniformity even though the tire includes film layers superposed by winding a film layer in a circumferential direction of the tire multiple times; and a process for producing the same. The present invention is the pneumatic tire including the film layers of the thermoplastic resin or the thermoplastic elastomer composition made by blending the elastomer with the thermoplastic resin, which are superposed by winding the film layer in the circumferential direction of the tire multiple times, the tire wherein a rubber film is interposed between the film layers. The process for producing the pneumatic tire includes: preparing a laminated body in which the rubber layer is stuck to at least one surface of the film layer; interposing the rubber layer between the film layers by winding the laminated body in the circumferential direction of the tire multiple times; forming an uncured tire which includes the film layers and the rubber layers; and curing the tire. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319830 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR HEAVY LOADS - Provided is a pneumatic tire for heavy loads in which durability and a desired rigidity in circumferential direction are simultaneously attained while achieving a reduction in the tire weight. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319831 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - An object of the present invention is to provide a pneumatic tire in which the structure of a reinforcing layer is optimized to prevent a carcass from being separated from rubber and reliably prevent the carcass from being pulled out of a bead portion, thereby improving durability of the bead portion. The pneumatic tire has a carcass | 2010-12-23 |
20100319832 | Polyolefin Coated Fabric Reinforcement and Cementitious Boards Reinforced with Same - The present invention provides a method making glass fiber fabric reinforcements, cement boards, and glass fiber coatings for such reinforcements. The glass fiber fabric reinforcement includes a glass fabric containing multiple yarns containing glass filaments and a polymeric coating disposed onto the multiple yarns to form a coated glass fabric. The polymeric coating comprises a polyolefin based copolymer composition whereby the glass fabric has a Gurley Stiffness measurement of about 100-3000 mg and an ASTM D 638 (2% Secant) modulus of compression of about 1-100 MPa. The reinforcement is sufficiently drapable and lacking in shape memory so as to be curved around the edge of a cement board during the manufacture of same. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319833 | METHOD FOR MAKING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE MICRO-GRID - A method for making a transmission electron microscope (TEM) micro-grid includes the following steps. A carbon nanotube film and a metallic grid are provided. The carbon nantoube film is laid on the metallic gird. The carbon nanotube film with the metallic gird is treated with an organic solvent. Wherein, the carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of carbon nanotube bundles substantially arranged at the same direction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319834 | REINFORCED PLASTIC FOAM CUP, METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A reinforced plastic foam cup including a body which defines an open top end and a closed bottom end, wherein the top end has a greater diameter than the bottom end. The body includes a reinforced tapered side wall that extends from the bottom end to the top end. A substantial portion of the reinforced tapered side wall includes a plastic foam layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and a rigid material layer. Such reinforced plastic foam cup provides an improved tactile feel and enhanced insulation and rigidity properties. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319835 | Hockey Blade with Wrapped, Stitched Core - A construct for a hockey blade that includes a foam core. The foam core includes a first core face, a second core face, and a core edge. A first layer of resin preimpregnated tape is wrapped continuously around the first core face, the core edge and the second core face. A thread is stitched along the first layer of preimpregnated tape. A second layer of resin preimpregnated tape wrapped continuously around the first layer of resin preimpregnated tape. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319836 | POLYMER PROSTHESIS - A polymer prosthesis with lumen and an axial length and having in a pre-delivery condition a plurality of relatively stiff stenting segments spaced from each other along the length of the prosthesis, the spaces between the relatively stiff stenting segments of a first polymer being bridged by relatively flexible linking segments of a second polymer, different from the first, the relatively stiff stenting segments and the relatively flexible linking segments being alternately arranged along the length of the prosthesis. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319837 | Thermoformable Web Splicer and Method - An apparatus and method are provided for splicing together old and new thermoformable sheets in order to supply a continuous thermoforming operation. The method for joining together thermoformable sheets includes: providing a first thermoformable sheet with a trailing edge and a second thermoformable sheet with a leading edge; forming a terminal edge portion with a hot element along the trailing edge and a complementary terminal edge portion along the leading edge by severing a scrap sheet from each portion; laterally retracting each scrap portion away from the trailing edge and the leading edge; and joining together the first thermoformable sheet and the second thermoformable sheet by interlocking together the terminal edge portion with the complementary terminal edge portion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319838 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF PULTRUDED NON-METALLIC DAMAGE-TOLERANT HARD BALLISTIC LAMINATE - A lightweight and highly effective armor in which engineered ballistic broad goods are encased in exacting alignment within a specialized housing, composed of a polymeric composite, which is simultaneously formed around the dry broad goods by a pultrusion manufacturing process. The product finds use as protective armoring for vehicles, personal armor, siding and roofing for existing structures, and structural panels for construction of ballistic resistant structures. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSULATING A PIPE - A pipe insulation product including a core of insulating material and a laminate. The core includes a cylindrical outer surface; a cylindrical inner surface; and a wall extending between the cylindrical outer surface and the cylindrical inner surface. The laminate includes a metallized polymeric film sheet layer forming an inner layer, a scrim, a porous media sheet layer, and a polymeric film sheet layer forming an outer exposed layer bonded together via an adhesive. The laminate is coextensive with and bonded to the cylindrical outer surface of the core and the laminate and core are flexible so that the core and laminate can be opened, placed about a pipe, and closed without degrading the laminate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319840 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VERSATILE FLEXIBLE COVER - A flexible cover is formed from a rectangular sheet of plastic film material and a continuous elastic or rubber band. The sheet has a predetermined amount of material cut from each corner. The sheet is placed onto a table between four posts that extend from the table. The sheet is positioned so that a post lines up with each corner of the sheet. A rubber band is stretched across the four posts into a similar shaped rectangle and rests just above the sheet. The stretched rubber band now has four sides which correspond to the four sides of the sheet. The side edges of the sheet are folded inward and over the stretched band and heat sealed directly to the sheet. The band is now sealed within a pocket that is formed along the sides of the sheet. Each corner of the stretched band is released from its post, allowing the band to relax and pull the four pockets of the sheet toward the center. This creates a generally circular cover with a near rectangular mouth which can be used on both rectangular and circular shaped containers or plates with similar sized openings. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319841 | NOVEL FABRICATION PROCESS FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE PARTS - A fabrication method of forming a thermoplastic composite laminate material with tailored and varying thickness in a continuous process. This process utilizes automated equipment or hand lay-up to collate parts or components into a multi-layer stack. Each stack contains all plies, including ply build-up areas, tacked in the proper location to maintain orientation and location. The consolidation tooling contains all necessary part features and is coordinated to the customized multiple ply stacks to form a single integrated thermoplastic composite laminate potentially having areas of differing thickness from these multiple ply stacks. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319842 | MULTILAYER RESIN FILM, A RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MULTILAYER RESIN FILM AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a resin-coated metal sheet comprising: laminating two or more kinds of molten resins, to form a multilayer film; extruding the multilayer film through a multi-manifold die onto a metal sheet; wherein at least one kind of molten resin contains a coloring component; wherein said molten resins include a first resin having a high melt viscosity and a second resin having a low melt viscosity; wherein the multi-manifold die has plural resin passages through which plural resins pass; wherein the resin passage through which the first resin passes is maintained at a higher temperature than the resin passage through which the low melt viscosity resin passes; wherein the difference in melt viscosity of adjoining resin layers is 3,000 poises or less at a shear rate of 20 to 500 s | 2010-12-23 |
20100319843 | USE OF A FIBRE-REINFORCED PLASTIC MATERIAL AS A REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM OF A PROFILE FOR A WINDOW OR DOOR FRAME - The use of a fiber-reinforced plastic material as reinforcement strips ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319844 | Semi-fabricated armor layer, an armor layer produced therefrom and method of production thereof - A semi-fabricated armor layer for use in production of an armor panel adapted to protect a body from an incoming projectile comprises a carrier and a plurality of armor elements. Each armor element has front and rear end surfaces and a side surface extending therebetween along a height axis of the element. The carrier is flexible and each of a majority of the armor elements is bonded to the carrier at one of its end surfaces and is free of bonding to adjacent armor elements at its side surface. When the carrier has a planar orientation, at least a majority of the armor elements has their height axes essentially parallel to each other and, when the carrier is at least slightly bent, the height axis of at least one of the elements is inclined relative to the height axis of another of the armor elements adjacent thereto. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319845 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERLEAVING A MODULE OR CHIP - The present invention relates to a method for interleaving a module comprising the cutting out of the module on a strip, the gripping of the cut-out module, the conveying of the module right up to a station for affixing and adhesively bonding modules, the module being heated by heating means via heat conduction of an affixing system upon said conveying and then affixing of the preheated module consisting of positioning the head of a first guiding member on the upper portion of a second guiding member forming a mask showing the imprint of the module or chip ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319846 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING BAG ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of and apparatus for forming a bag assembly by RF welding. A single source of RF energy is used to generate a high frequency electric field having a first strength between tube-welding electrodes of opposing die members and a second strength less than the first strength between perimeter-welding electrodes of the opposing die members. Respective portions of the bag assembly are subjected to this variable-strength field simultaneously so that the bag assembly is formed in one welding operation. Stand-offs are used in some embodiments to limit penetration of the electrodes into the weld areas. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319847 | APPLYING CHIPLETS TO SUBSTRATES - A method of providing chiplets over a substrate including providing in sequence a substrate; coating an adhesive in a layer over the substrate; placing a plurality of first chiplets onto the adhesive layer in separated chiplet location(s) to adhere the first chiplets to the adhesive layer, wherein one or more of the first chiplets do not adhere to the adhesive layer, so that first chiplet(s) are adhered to the adhesive layer in adhered chiplet location(s) and first chiplet(s) are not adhered in non-adhered chiplet location(s); locally processing the adhesive layer in the non-adhered chiplet location(s) to condition the adhesive layer in the non-adhered locations to receive second chiplets; placing second chiplet(s) onto the adhesive layer in the conditioned non-adhered chiplet location(s) to adhere the second chiplets in the adhesive layer in the non-adhered locations; and curing the adhesive. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319848 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING A CATHETER BALLOON WITH A CATHETER SHAFT OF A BALLOON CATHETER - A method for connecting a catheter balloon with a catheter shaft of a balloon catheter that improves the welding quality of a weld between the catheter balloon and the catheter shaft of the balloon catheter. Preferably, a welding energy absorbing device is arranged, preferably in the form of a coloured tubing, in the area of a fixation site after attaching a pre-fixation and then to irradiate this welding energy absorbing device with the radiation energy to carry out the welding. After the welding the pre-fixation and the welding energy absorbing device are removed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST FABRICATING GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER - A method for fast fabricating a glued laminated timber is provided. The method includes the following steps: preparing a plurality of prelaminating pieces, each of the prelaminating pieces having at least two laminating surfaces, arranging the prelaminating pieces to position the laminating surfaces substantially perpendicular with a horizontal plane, and uniformly distributing glue onto the laminating surfaces of the prelaminating pieces; drying the prelaminating pieces having glue distributed thereon to precuring the glue distributed on the laminating surfaces; sequentially stacking the prelaminating pieces one on another to obtain a stack, wherein each of the prelaminating pieces is stacked to another with its laminating surfaces only; conducting a compression treatment to the stack and maintaining the compression treatment for a certain time to obtain a glued laminated timber preform; and conducting a drying treatment to the glued laminated timber preform to obtain the glued laminated timber. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319850 | Thermally protective materials - A mixture comprising an expandable graphite and a polymer resin is described wherein the polymer resin-expandable graphite mixture has a volume increase and structural integrity after exposure to heat. Methods are described for increasing the thermal protective performance (TPP) of textiles and laminates while optionally maintaining comfort, flexibility, and liquid protective properties. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319851 | PLASMA REACTOR WITH FEED FORWARD THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM USING A THERMAL MODEL FOR ACCOMMODATING RF POWER CHANGES OR WAFER TEMPERATURE CHANGES - A plasma reactor having a reactor chamber and an electrostatic chuck with a surface for holding a workpiece inside the chamber includes a backside gas pressure source coupled to the electrostatic chuck for applying a thermally conductive gas under a selected pressure into a workpiece-surface interface formed whenever a workpiece is held on the surface and an evaporator inside the electrostatic chuck and a refrigeration loop having an expansion valve for controlling flow of coolant through the evaporator. The reactor further includes a temperature sensor in the electrostatic chuck and a memory storing a schedule of changes in RF power or wafer temperature. The reactor further includes a thermal model capable of simulating heat transfer between the evaporator and the surface based upon measurements from the temperature sensor, and a control processor coupled to the thermal model and to the memory and governing the backside gas pressure source in response to a prediction from the model of a change in the selected pressure that would compensate for the next scheduled change in RF power or implement the next scheduled change in wafer temperature. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319852 | CAPACITIVLEY COUPLED PLASMA REACTOR HAVING A COOLED/HEATED WAFER SUPPORT WITH UNIFORM TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION - A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece includes a reactor chamber, an electrostatic chuck within the chamber for supporting a workpiece, an RF plasma bias power generator coupled to apply RF power to the electrostatic chuck and a refrigeration loop having an evaporator inside the electrostatic chuck with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet. Preferably, the evaporator includes a meandering passageway distributed in a plane beneath a top surface of the electrostatic chuck. Preferably, refrigerant within the evaporator is apportioned between a vapor phase and a liquid phase. As a result, heat transfer between the electrostatic chuck and the refrigerant within the evaporator is a constant-temperature process. This feature improves uniformity of temperature distribution across a diameter of the electrostatic chuck. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319853 | Gas supply device and apparatus for processing a substrate - A gas supply device may include a first gas supply member that may be disposed in a chamber and around a substrate loaded in the chamber. The first gas supply member may include nozzles for providing a gas onto the substrate. A second gas supply member that may provide the gas supplied from at least one gas supply line to the first gas supply member. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319854 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a plasma processing apparatus conducting surface processing on a sample to be processed with plasma, an upper electrode includes a shower plate having first gas holes bored through it, a conductor plate disposed at back of the shower plate and having second gas holes bored through it, an insulation plate disposed in a center part of the conductor plate and having third gas holes bored through it, and an antenna basic member unit disposed at back of the conductor plate and having a temperature control function unit and a gass distribution unit. First and second minute gaps are formed in a radial direction at an interface between the shower plate and the insulation plate, and at an interface between the insulation plate and the conductor plate, respectively. Centers of the first gas holes are shifted from centers of the third gas holes in a circumference or radial direction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319855 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING UNIT, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING UNIT - Disclosed are a substrate supporting unit, a substrate processing apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the substrate supporting unit. The substrate supporting unit includes a susceptor ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319856 | MIXING DEVICE FOR SYNTHETIC LEATHER TO JOINT WITH A SOLID POWDER MATERIAL - A mixing device for synthetic leather to joint with a solid powder material includes a material mixing unit and a stirring and conveying unit. The material mixing unit includes a mixing body and two feeders. The mixing body is connected with the two feeders and has a mixing chamber therein which is intercommunicated with the two feeders. The stirring and conveying unit is connected with the material mixing unit and has a stirring and conveying chamber therein which is intercommunicated with a solid material container and the mixing chamber. Thereby, a solid powder material, a first material and a second material are respectively disposed in the solid material container and the feeders, and then guided into the mixing chamber to be well mixed for forming a mixture. The mixture is manufactured to form synthetic leather containing the solid powder material. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET - An end of a sheet drawn out form a feeder is clamped by a pair of upper and lower clamping devices of two or more pairs. The sheet is drawn out from the initial position to the end position in a spread state. While the spread sheet is being tentered on pin tenters, another pair of upper and lower clamping devices at the end position is separated from each other and moved along the respective rails into the initial position. The end of the sheet drawn out from the feeder is clamped from above and below at the initial position with the upper and lower clamping devices that has returned to the initial position. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319858 | Hook for suspending a curtain and a curtain with integrated hooks - The curtain is provided with integrated hooks for suspending the curtain from a curtain rod. Each hook is made of two parts that are secured together to sandwich a top margin of the curtain therebetween. Each hook has a rectilinear base and a curvilinear section that has a terminal section that defines a gap with the base and a portion extending angularly from the base. In one embodiment, the curvilinear section of the hook | 2010-12-23 |
20100319859 | LADDER CORD LATTICE FOR WINDOW BLINDS - The present invention provides a ladder cord lattice for window blinds. The ladder cord lattice includes a front strip, a rear strip and multiple slat sustaining portion arranged at intervals between the front and rear strips. There is a connecting and positioning portion, being integrally formed on the top of front and rear strip and lacking the slat sustaining portion. There are tailoring point identification bulges, and snapper locating point identification bulges. There is a clear identification point for tailoring and feeding of ladder cord lattice and for fixing of the snapper via the tailoring point identification bulges and snapper locating point identification bulges, thus reducing the error of feeding and assembly, and improving the operating efficiency, accuracy and quality for higher applicability and industrial efficiency. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319860 | SPRING MOTOR AND WINDOW COVERING - The lift motor comprises at least one motor unit releasably connected to at least one spool unit. The spool unit comprises a spool for winding a cord and a gear operatively connected to the spool. The motor unit comprises a spring motor having a gear for engaging the gear of the spool. A window covering comprises a head rail supporting a motor as set forth above that supports a shade panel by the cord. A method of assembling a window covering comprises constructing a head rail having an internal space for receiving a motor. A motor is assembled based on the shade panel to be supported. The motor is inserted into the head rail and the cord is attached to or near the bottom or top of the shade panel. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319861 | SLIDING SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS - A sliding screen assembly ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319862 | IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESSING OF BIOMASS, THEIR COMPONENTS AND/OR DERIVATIVES, AND MIXTURES THEREOF - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that involve ionic liquids and biomass. Multiphasic compositions involving ionic liquids and a polymer and uses of such compositions for fractioning various components of biomass are disclosed. Methods of making and using compositions comprising an ionic liquid, biomass, and a catalyst are also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319863 | Tissue Sheets Having Good Strength and Bulk - A method of making soft, strong, high bulk tissue is disclosed. The method includes pre-conditioning a wet web by straining the wet web in the cross-machine direction prior to transferring the wet web to a throughdrying fabric. The pre-conditioned web provides improved sheet softness and conforms more readily to the surface contour of the throughdrying fabric, thereby creating greater caliper (bulk) in the resulting dried sheet. The bulk is maintained during a subsequent creping step by maintaining the dried sheet in registration with the throughdrying fabric when the dried sheet is applied to the surface of the creping cylinder. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319864 | MULTI-PLY PAPER PRODUCT WITH MOISTURE STRIKE THROUGH RESISTANCE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A paper product with absorbency and moisture strike through resistance is disclosed. More particularly, a multi-ply paper product with improved strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein at least one ply is a wetting resistant ply comprising at least one wetting resistant compound and at least one ply is an absorbent ply possessing greater absorbency than the wetting resistant ply. In addition, a two-ply paper napkin with improved moisture strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein the wetting resistant ply comprises alkyl ketene dimer and the two plies are separately microembossed, glue laminated together in a point to point configuration, and macroembossed with coin edging. Furthermore, a multi-ply paper product with improved strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein a first ply comprises at least one wetting resistant compound and a second ply possesses greater absorbency than the first ply. Methods of making paper products with absorbency and moisture strike through resistance are also described. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319865 | Pulp for Odor Control - A wood pulp useful for odor control in absorbent products. It incorporates a biocide or a biocide and essential oils. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319866 | MEASURING OF WEB - Optical radiation sources functioning on different optical bands radiate on different optical bands and focus optical radiation on a region in a web surface as pulses in such a manner that illumination areas of the pulses overlap on the plane of the web. At most one optical radiation band is focused on the web from the direction of the normal. The spatial intensity distribution of at least one optical band differs from the uniform distribution and the intensity distributions of at least two different optical bands differ from one another in a predetermined manner. A camera forms still images of the web surface region on each optical radiation band. An image-processing unit determines the surface topography of the web on the basis of the images. In addition, a controller may control the paper manufacturing process on the basis of the determined surface topography. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319867 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PAPER THAT IS USEFUL IN BIOMIMETIC ELECTRO-ACTIVE PAPER ACTUATORS - This invention relates to biomimetic electro-active paper actuators which are ultra lightweight, have a large deformation feature, are operated with low power consumption, are remotely driven by microwaves, and have suitable response speed, which are comprised of paper wherein micro fibrils of cellulose are arranged in a predetermined direction, electrodes which are deposited on both sides of the paper, a film rectenna which receives an electric field from outside and converts it into direct power, and a PAD logic circuit (power allocation & distribution) which receives a signal of direct power and converts/controls it into power force. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319868 | Industrial Roll With Sensors Having Conformable Conductive Sheets - An industrial roll includes: a substantially cylindrical core having an outer surface and an internal lumen; a polymeric cover circumferentially overlying the core outer surface; and a sensing system. The sensing system includes: a plurality of sensors at least partially embedded in the cover, the sensors configured to sense an operating parameter of the roll and provide signals related to the operating parameter; and a processor operatively associated with the sensors that processes signals provided by the sensors. Each of the plurality of sensors includes: a first electrode overlying the top surface of a substrate and a second electrode underlying the bottom surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode overlies the top surface of the substrate and the second electrode underlies only a portion of the bottom surface of the substrate, thereby forming a gap adjacent the bottom surface and a side surface of the substrate; a first sheet of conductive material attached to the first electrode and the side surface of the substrate and extended in a first direction away from the bottom surface of the substrate; and a second sheet of conductive material attached to the second electrode and extended in a second direction away from the bottom surface of the substrate, the second surface being opposite the first direction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319869 | CARRIER BELT FOR WET PAPER WEB - A wet paper web transfer belt | 2010-12-23 |
20100319870 | CERAMIC CORES FOR CASTING SUPERALLOYS AND REFRACTORY METAL COMPOSITES, AND RELATED PROCESSES - A rare earth-based core for use in the casting of a reactive metal is described. The core contains a ceramic composition which includes at least about 10% by weight of monoclinic rare earth aluminate (RE | 2010-12-23 |
20100319871 | METHOD FOR CASTING DISK ROTOR - The method casts a disk rotor which can restrain partial abrasion in a sliding ring part, particularly, in the circumferential outer surface. A mold includes a casting cavity to cast the sliding ring part, an outer circumference forming surface, an inner circumference forming surface, a gate group including a plurality of gates formed in the outer circumference forming surface at positions spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals with respect to a circumferential direction, each of the gates having a central line P | 2010-12-23 |
20100319872 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COMPOSITE ALLOY BONDING WIRE - A manufacturing method for a composite alloy bonding wire is provided. A primary material of Au and Ag is melted in a vacuum melting furnace, and then a secondary metal material of Pd is added into the vacuum melting furnace and is co-melted with the primary material to obtain a Au-Ag-Pd alloy solution. The obtained Au-Ag-Pd alloy solution is drawn to obtain a Au-Ag-Pd alloy wire. The Au-Ag-Pd alloy wire is then drawn to obtain a Au-Ag-Pd alloy bonding wire with a predetermined diameter. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319873 | CONTINUOUS CASTING INSTALLATION WITH A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SOLIDIFICATION STATES OF CASTING STRAND AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The invention relates to a continuous casting installation ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319874 | BIO-BASED BINDER SYSTEM - A bio-based binder system for use in preparing foundry molds. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes the use of a) a polyermizable hydroxyl-containing component comprising a saccharide, b) an isocyanate component, and c) a catalyst, and preferably amine catalyst, component adapted to catalyze the polymerization of a) and b), in the presence of a foundry aggregate such as sand. The system can be used in any suitable manner, including in either a cold box process or no bake process as described herein. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319875 | DISPLACEMENT DIFFUSER WITH HEAT/COOL CHANGEOVER - A displacement diffuser mounted in a suspended ceiling installation for supplying both heated and cooled air and using both displacement and mixing ventilation within an occupied space from a single unit. The diffuser includes a housing, an air inlet in the housing in communication with supply air, and a dual plenum divided by an intermediate wall into a heating plenum for receiving heated air and a cooling plenum for receiving cooled air. A high velocity linear air slot diffuser in directs air from the heating plenum into an occupied space at a high velocity. A low velocity diffuser allows cooled air to move via displacement into an occupied space. A damper within the housing is capable of directing heated air into the heating plenum and cooled air into the cooling plenum in response to an actuator signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319876 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT COOLING STRUCTURE - A semiconductor element cooling structure includes a semiconductor element, a heat sink on which the semiconductor element is mounted, and a heat storage member attached to the semiconductor element in a manner to be located opposite to the heat sink with respect to the semiconductor element and having a case and a latent heat storage material. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319877 | Removable Flow Diversion Baffles for Liquefied Natural Gas Heat Exchangers - The invention relates to liquefied natural gas. Particularly, the invention relates to indirect heat exchange means utilized in liquefaction processes. Specifically, the invention relates to the utilization of flow diversion plates within heat exchangers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319878 | MULTILATERAL CONTINUOUS UNIFORM RAPID COOLING DEVICE OF DOUBLE COOLING STRUCTURE - Provided is a multilateral continuous uniform rapid cooling device of a double cooling structure in which drinking water such as a beverage or liquor can be rapidly and uniformly discharged without a limitation of amount immediately at an optimum cooling temperature to drink and can be drunken. The device includes: a cooling external tube in which a pair of cooling water pipes respectively are connected to one side and the other side that is opposite to the one side, of the cooling external tube and a cooling internal tube installed in the cooling external tube; a plurality of refrigerant circulating pipes, which are continuously installed inside and outside the cooling internal tube in a spring shape, extend thereto and have ends connected as a refrigerant circulating path of a cooling cycle through a bottom portion of the cooling internal tube and a bottom portion of the cooling external tube; and a plurality of drinking water pipes, which are adjacent to the refrigerant circulating pipes and are continuously installed inside and outside the cooling internal tube and in which drinking water is flowed in an end of the cooling internal tube, is rapidly cooled and is discharged into an end of the cooling external tube. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319879 | MULTI-PRESSURE CONDENSER AND CONDENSATE REHEATING METHOD - A multi-pressure condenser has first and second condensers with vacuum pressures. The second condenser has a higher pressure. The first condenser has a first cooling water tube bundle, and a pressure barrier which extends below the first cooling water tube bundle. A heat-transfer tube introduces fluid from outside the first condenser into the first hot well below the barrier. Liquid is dropped into the first hot well through the through holes of the pressure barrier. The second condenser has a second cooling water tube bundle. Condensate generated in the high-pressure chamber is accumulated below the second cooling water tube bundle. The multi-pressure condenser further has a steam duct to connect the gas phase parts of the first hot well and the second condenser, and a pipe to communicate the liquid phase parts of the first hot well and the second condenser. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319880 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A heat dissipation device includes a heat pipe, a base and a heat sink. The heat pipe includes an evaporating section and a condensing section. The evaporating section includes a flat outside surface at one side thereof. The base includes a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The base defines a groove at the bottom surface thereof. The evaporating section is received in the groove with the flat outside surface spaced a distance from the bottom surface of the base. A solidified soldering layer is formed between the flat outside surface of the evaporating section and the bottom surface of the base. A bottom of the solidified soldering layer is coplanar to the bottom surface of the base. The heat sink is arranged on the top surface of the base with the condensing section of the heat pipe extending therethrough. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319881 | HEAT SPREADER WITH VAPOR CHAMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The heat spreader includes a flattened casing which defines a vapor chamber therein, a wick structure formed on an inner face of the casing and a supporting frame received in the vapor chamber. The supporting frame includes a plurality of supporting wires. Each of the supporting wires has a column-spiral configuration. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319882 | ULTRA-THIN HEAT PIPE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An ultra-thin heat pipe and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The ultra-thin heat pipe includes a flat pipe body and a powder-sintered portion. The flat pipe body has an internal wall, a first groove set and a second groove set, wherein the first groove set and the second groove set are disposed on the internal wall and spaced apart from each other, and each groove of the first groove set and the second groove set is extended along an extension direction of the flat pipe body. The powder-sintered portion is disposed within the flat pipe body and connects both the first groove set and the second groove set for forming at least one vapor channel with the internal wall. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319883 | PASSIVE COOLING ENCLOSURE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICS DEVICES - An apparatus for passively cooling electronics. The apparatus for passively cooling electronics includes at least one heat sink configured to be thermally coupled to at least one cabinet. When the at least one cabinet is thermally coupled to the at least one heat sink, the at least one heat sink draws heat from the at least one cabinet. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319884 | SELF-EXCITED OSCILLATING FLOW HEAT PIPE - A self-excited oscillating flow heat pipe includes a heating unit having a wick therein; a cooling unit filled with a working fluid; a connection channel which rectilinearly connects the heating unit with the cooling unit, and has a smaller channel cross-sectional area than the channel cross-sectional area of the heating unit; a liquid plug protruding into the connection channel from the cooling unit and containing the working fluid; and a vapor plug in the heating unit containing the vaporized working fluid. The liquid plug oscillates self-excitedly in the connection channel. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319885 | Fan - A fan is provided incorporating one or more fan blades adapted to move in a back-and-forth sweeping motion about a generally horizontal axis in order to generate air flow both laterally and vertically. Fan blades with large surface areas may be used to generate the desired volumes of air movement. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319886 | HEAT DISSIPATING ASSEMBLY - A heat dissipating assembly includes a heat exchanger and an air duct. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins aligned in a row, and the fins cooperatively define a plurality of heat dissipating channels. A guiding slot is defined in the heat exchanger. The air duct defines a passage. A positioning hook extends from the air duct and engages in the guiding slot to so that the air duct passage and are aligned with the heat dissipating channels so that an air flow is capable of passing through the air duct passage via the heat dissipating channels. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319887 | HEAT-EXCHANGING DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - An exhaust gas installation is provided that comprises an exhaust gas evaporator mounted downstream of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The exhaust gas evaporator has a sandwich-type structure wherein exhaust gas planes and coolant planes are alternately directly adjacently arranged, providing a very compact while very efficient exhaust gas evaporator. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319888 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING REACTION GAS, INCLUDING A TUBULAR CONNECTION BETWEEN A COOLED TUBE AND AN UNCOOLED TUBE - A heat exchanger for cooling reaction gas. A cooled tube receives hot reaction gas from a hot, uncooled tube. The cooled tube comprises a cooled inner tube and a tubular jacket that extends about the inner tube. A tubular connection is disposed between the uncooled and the cooled tubes, and includes a fork-shaped inlet head via which the inner tube is in communication with the uncooled tube. The inlet head is provided with an outer tubular section and an inner tubular section between which is disposed an intermediate space filled with heat-insulating material. The outer tubular section is connected to the tubular jacket. The inner tubular section is spaced slightly axially from the inner tube and is provided with an edge region that juts outwardly and is spaced slightly axially from the inner tube, this slight axial spacing being equal to or less than a maximum thermal expansion of the inlet head. A U-shaped sealing ring is disposed between facing end faces of the inner tube and the inner tubular section, and is disposed in a recess formed in the end face of the inner tubular section, the recess being disposed radially outwardly of the edge region of the inner tubular section. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319889 | Heat exchanger for cooling high-temperature gas - A heat exchanger for cooling high-temperature gas includes a gas tank portion into which the high-temperature gas is supplied through an inlet port of the gas tank portion, a plurality of tubes configured such that the high-temperature gas flowing from the gas tank portion passes therethrough, and a cooling-medium tank portion covering each of the tubes with a gap defined therebetween. Each of the tubes has an expansion portion located at a side of the inlet port. A cooling medium flows in the gap on an outer peripheral surface of the tube. The gas tank portion, the cooling-medium tank portion, and the expansion portion of the tube are stacked such that a partition portion between the gas tank portion and the cooling-medium tank portion has a thickness larger than a thickness of the gas tank portion or the cooling-medium tank portion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319890 | Heat Exchange Assembly and Method - A heat exchanger assembly of the type having a cylindrical coil in an insulated tank, the assembly having different heat exchanger sections having different thermal conductivities. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319891 | METHOD OF MAKING A HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER OBTAINED ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD - The present invention relates to methods for producing a heat exchanger comprising banks | 2010-12-23 |
20100319892 | Heat exchanging structure - Provided are heat exchanging structures | 2010-12-23 |
20100319893 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE - In a heat exchange device, a plate-shaped tube ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319894 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH A MIXING CHAMBER - A heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprises a collector box and at least one longitudinal row of multi-channel flat tubes through which a first fluid can flow. The collector box is made up of stacked plates including:
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20100319895 | HEAT SPREADER STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A heat spreader structure includes at least one carbonaceous matter-metal composite layer having a plurality of carbonaceous particles and at least one metal-mesh layer having a plurality of meshes. The carbonaceous particles are either separately firmly held inside the meshes of the metal-mesh layer or covered and held in place by the metal-mesh layer. The carbonaceous matter-metal composite layer can be coated on a metal-made body through sintering to ensure good bonding of the carbonaceous particles to the metal-made body and accordingly enhance the heat spreading efficiency of the metal-made body. A method for manufacturing the heat spreader structure is also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319896 | THERMAL BLOCK AND THERMAL RAIL - The innovation relates to systems and methodologies for facilitating and/or enhancing heat transfer in a stage machine employed in an industrial or manufacturing environment. A thermal block and thermal rail combination and/or a thermal block and bearing rail combination draw accumulated heat away from a source of heat generated within the stage machine, and such combinations conduct the heat to a base of the stage machine. Each type of combination is conductively coupled such that the conductive coupling facilitates the translation or movement of the stage while maintaining contact to facilitate the conduction through the thermal block and thermal rail of the stage machine. The removal of the heat from the source of the heat or the accumulation of the heat within the stage machine system prevents distortion of the machine or products being manufactured or measured by the machine from the heat. | 2010-12-23 |