| 01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
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| 20130000904 | Cement Retarder and Method of Using the Same - The reaction product of a polyhydroxy compound and borax is used as a cement retarder for slurries introduced into a wellbore. The molar ratio of the polyhydroxy compound to boron, derived from the borax, is from 1:1 to about 4:1. The polyhydroxy compound may be a sugar such as a gluconic acid, gluconate or glucoheptonate or a salt thereof. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000905 | Gellable Treatment Fluids Comprising Amino Group Gel-Time Modifiers and Methods for Use Thereof - Methods for reducing the amount of water produced from a subterranean formation can include the use of a gellable treatment fluid that comprises a gel-time modifier comprising at least one amino group. The gellable treatment fluids can comprise an aqueous base fluid, a base polymer comprising an acrylamide monomer unit, an organic crosslinking agent, and a get-time modifier comprising at least one amino group. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000906 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000907 | Milling Assembly - A milling assembly and methods for milling an opening for a lateral wellbore in a section of casing or in a cement liner. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000908 | System and Method For Fracturing Rock In Tight Reservoirs - Methods and systems are provided for fracturing rock in a formation to enhance the production of fluids from the formation. In one exemplary method, one or more wells are drilled into a reservoir, wherein each well comprises a main wellbore with two or more lateral wellbores drilled out from the main wellbore. One or more explosive charges are placed within each of the two or more lateral wellbores, and the explosive charges are detonated to generate pressure pulses which at least partially fracture a rock between the two or more lateral wellbores. The detonations are timed such that one or more pressure pulses emanating from different lateral wellbores interact. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000909 | Jarring Method and Apparatus Using Fluid Pressure to Reset Jar - A method and apparatus for delivering repetitive jarring impacts to a stuck object downhole. The jarring tool is deployed on coiled tubing or other tubular well conduit, and fluid pressure is used to cycle the jar without reciprocating the well conduit at the wellhead. A hydraulic reset assembly is included. The hydraulic chamber is in fluid communication with the flow path through the tool. Thus, when the internal fluid pressure inside the tool exceeds the external pressure in the well, the fluid pressure drives the piston in the hydraulic chamber to urge the tool toward the contracted position. In this way, the reset assembly can overcome the tendency of fluid pressure to extend the tool. The reset assembly can be configured to equalize the extension pressure, to prevent undesired cocking of the tool, or to overcome the extension pressure to contract the tool for recocking the jar mechanism. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000910 | Composition and Method Relating to the Prevention and Remediation of Surfactant Gel Damage - Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid (GLDA) or a salt thereof into a subterranean formation. Methods for treating a sandstone formation can comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising GLDA or a salt thereof into a sandstone formation, the treatment fluid having a pH above about 3. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000911 | Gellable Treatment Fluids Comprising Quaternary Ammonium Salt Gel-Time Modifiers and Methods for Use Thereof - Methods for reducing the amount of water produced from a subterranean formation can include the use of a gellable treatment fluid that comprises a quaternary ammonium salt as a gel-time modifier. The gellable treatment fluids can comprise an aqueous base fluid, a base polymer comprising an acrylamide monomer unit, an organic crosslinking agent, and a gel-time modifier comprising a quaternary ammonium salt. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000912 | ALTERING THE INTERFACE OF HYDROCARBON-COATED SURFACES - Methods and compositions are provided wherein microorganisms are used to alter the interface of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon-coated surfaces to increase oil recovery, for improved bioremediation and/or to benefit pipeline maintenance. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000913 | Methods for Stimulating Oil or Gas Production Using a Viscosified Aqueous Fluid with a Chelating Agent to Remove Calcium Carbonate and Similar Materials from the Matrix of a Formation or a Proppant Pack - Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise introducing a treatment fluid comprising dicarboxymethyl glutamic acid (GLDA) or a salt thereof into a subterranean formation, and at least partially removing an iron-containing material in the subterranean formation using the GLDA. Treatment fluids used in the methods may have a pH equal to or greater than about 2. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000914 | Through Tubing Expandable Frac Sleeve with Removable Barrier - Thin wall sleeves are inserted into a well and expanded into sealing position to a surrounding tubular. Each sleeve has a ball seat. A zone is perforated after a sleeve is secured in position below the perforations. The ball is dropped onto the seat and pressure is built up to complete the fracturing. After all zones are perforated and fractured, the balls are removed, preferably by dissolving them and the thin walled sleeves are left in the tubular against which they have been expanded. Production can then begin from a selected zone. The objects can be of the same size for each sleeve. The sleeves can be run through tubing and into casing. Acid can be pumped to dissolve the objects. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000915 | COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR FRACTURING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS - The present invention is directed to novel additives packages, to fluid compositions including the additives, to methods of using the fluid compositions and the additives package, to methods of recovering hydrocarbons, and to petroleum products made from hydrocarbons derived from these methods. The novel additives packages may be used in a fluid composition for fracturing a subterranean. The additives package of the present invention include one or more gelling agents; one or more cross-linking agent; and one or more high temperature stabilizers; wherein the additives package further comprises one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of a clay stabilizer, a metallic base, a cross-link retarded and a gel breaker, and any combination thereof; and wherein the additives package optionally includes a diluent. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000916 | RECYCLABLE CLEANOUT FLUIDS - A method for treating a wellbore or a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes preparing a gelled oil at the surface, introducing the gelled oil into the wellbore, recovering the gelled oil at the surface, adding a base to the gelled oil to reduce the viscosity, allowing entrained solids to settle out, adding an acid to increase the viscosity, and re-injecting the gelled oil. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000917 | CASING FILL-UP FLUID MANAGEMENT TOOL - A fluid management tool for introducing fluids into a casing string incorporates a mud saver valve configured to open and allow fluid flow in response to fluid flow pressure reaching a predetermined opening pressure, and will automatically close when fluid flow pressure is reduced to or below a predetermined closure pressure, thereby preventing fluid spillage when the tool is withdrawn from the casing. The mud saver valve includes a mud saver spool having a slotted spool cage and being axially movable within a longitudinal bore in the main body of the tool, between an upper or open position in which fluid can flow out of the spool cage and into a discharge bore at the lower end of the main body, and a lower or closed position in which the lower end is seated against the exit bore to prevent flow therethrough. A check valve may be incorporated into the lower end of the mud saver spool. The fluid management tool also may incorporate a main seal and air bleed valve subassembly and a secondary suction seal and check valve subassembly. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000918 | FLOW MODULE PLACEMENT BETWEEN A SUBSEA TREE AND A TUBING HANGER SPOOL - A subsea wellhead assembly positions a flow module between an outboard flowline of a subsea tree and a tubing hanger spool flowline. The subsea production assembly includes a wellhead, a tubing hanger spool disposed on the wellhead, and a subsea tree disposed on the tubing hanger spool. Production fluid may flow from the wellhead through the tubing hanger spool, and then through the tree. A tubing hanger spool frame mounts to and extends laterally from the tubing hanger spool and supports a downstream flowline having an upward facing hub. A tree frame mounts to and extends laterally from the subsea tree and supports an upstream flowline having an upward facing hub. A flow module having downward facing flowlines that couple to the hubs so that the weight of the flow module is distributed between the frames of the tubing hanger spool and the subsea tree. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000919 | OIL WELL CONTROL SYSTEM - A system including a combined plug and valve device that may be precisely delivered to and inserted into an uncontrolled undersea oil well. Once positioned in the well, the device is operated in graduated fashion to anchor the plug to the well and gradually stanch the flow of oil from the well. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000920 | Hybrid Seal - A casing hanger seal assembly is lowered into a pocket between a casing hanger and a wellhead housing while in a run-in position. The seal assembly has a metal-to-metal upper seal ring and an elastomeric and metal lower seal ring carried by and below the upper seal ring. The upper and lower seal rings are movable from a run-in position to a set position sealing between the sidewalls of the casing hanger and the wellhead housing by applying a downward force. The downward force required to move the lower seal ring to the set position is less than the downward force required to move the upper seal ring to the set position. A downward force applied to the upper seal ring after the lower seal ring has landed in the pocket transfers to the lower seal ring to cause the lower seal ring to move to the set position before the upper seal ring moves to the set position. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000921 | APPARATUS TO REMOTELY ACTUATE VALVES AND METHOD THEREOF - A production string employable in a multi-zone completion system, the production string includes a passageway enabling passage of production fluids therethrough; a shifting tool including a shifting profile engageable with a production sleeve of the completion system to open a closed production sleeve, the shifting tool sharing the passageway of the production string; and, a remotely controlled hydraulic production valve which controls fluid flow between the passageway and the production sleeve. Also included is a production method useable in a borehole | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000922 | WELL TOOL ACTUATOR AND ISOLATION VALVE FOR USE IN DRILLING OPERATIONS - A well tool actuator can include a series of chambers which, when opened in succession, cause the well tool to be alternately actuated. A method of operating a well tool actuator can include manipulating an object in a wellbore; | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000923 | Downhole Circulation Apparatus - A downhole circulation apparatus comprises at least one tubular body portion defining a first through-flow passage through which drilling fluid can pass along the drill string. A first sleeve is slidably mounted in the tubular body portion and is biased into a position in which the first port means is closed by a biasing means such as a spring. Second port means is formed through the tubular body portion at a location below the first port means in the drill string. The second port means may comprise a plurality of second nozzles, wherein each of the second nozzles has a diameter greater than the diameter of each of the first nozzles of the first port means. Larger nozzles enable large particle size drilling fluid to be bypassed. A second sleeve is slidably mounted inside the tubular body portion. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000924 | EXPANDABLE LINER SYSTEM - A system comprises a tubular releasably coupled to a launcher. An expansion assembly is sealingly engaged with the tubular so that the expansion assembly is moved longitudinally through the tubular by applying a pressurized fluid to the launcher. The expansion assembly radially expands the tubular as it moves longitudinally therethrough. A valve is coupled to the expansion assembly and opens when fluid pressure within an unexpanded portion of the tubular exceeds fluid pressure within the launcher. An extending member is coupled to the expansion assembly and to the launcher. The extending member restricts longitudinal movement of the expansion assembly relative to the launcher once the tubular is radially expanded. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000925 | Apparatus And Method For Directionally Disposing A Flexible Member In A Pressurized Conduit - An apparatus and method for directionally disposing an elongated flexible member in a pressurized conduit, including inserting a bent end portion of an elongated hollow body through an opening in fluid communication with a well valve and defined by a pressurized conduit, the bent end portion being disposed in a pre-determined direction and location within the pressurized conduit; inserting a lead portion of an elongated flexible member into a fluid passageway defined by a primary valve, the fluid passageway of the primary valve being in sealed fluid relationship with the elongated hollow body which, in turn, is in sealed fluid relationship with the pressurized conduit, wherein the lead portion of the elongated flexible member is inserted through the bent end portion and into the pressurized conduit by a pre-determined distance; and retaining in place the inserted elongated flexible member which is directionally disposed in the pressurized conduit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLETING A MULTI-STAGE WELL - A technique includes deploying a string that includes a seat assembly in a well; and running a shifting tool in a passageway of the string. The shifting tool shifts the seat assembly to cause the seat assembly to transition between a first state in which the seat assembly forms a seat that is adapted to allow an untethered object communicated in the passageway of the string to pass through the seat assembly to a second state in which the seat assembly is adapted to catch the object to form a fluid barrier in the string. The fluid barrier is used to divert fluid in the tubing string to perform, for example, a stimulation operation. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000927 | SCALABLE CARGO FIRE-SUPPRESSION AGENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A scalable cargo-fire-suppression agent distribution system and method is disclosed. A supply source unit subset of a set of fire-suppression agent supply source units is selected based on an operation condition to provide a selected supply source unit subset, and a fire-suppression agent from the selected supply source unit subset is distributed during the operation condition. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000928 | INDUSTRIAL FLOOR NOZZLE AND FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM - An industrial floor firefighting system including a grating structured to rest over a trench and a firefighting nozzle attached to the grating, the system preferably characterized in the nozzle having an adjustable discharge gap; in the nozzle barrel being structured with the grating such that the barrel bears essentially no weight from industrial objects on or passing over the grating; in having an adjustable bafflehead/barrel combination that produces a nozzle gap upstream of the nozzle discharge orifice; and/or, as well, producing an annular gap discharge and an essentially annular nozzle discharge. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000929 | Extendable Materials Blade Attachment for a Skid Steer Loader - An attachment device for a skid steer loader and a method of moving materials is provided. The attachment device can have a distal end; a proximal end; at least one side member extending from the proximal end towards the distal end; a blade member positioned at the distal end and extending generally perpendicular to a direction of travel of the skid steer loader; and at least one actuator operative to move the blade member substantially in a direction of travel of the skid steer loader. Materials can be moved by the attachment device by placing the attachment device along a ground surface so that the materials are placed in front of the blade member and, while the skid steer loader remains stationary, activating the actuator to move the blade member away from the skid steer loader to push the materials. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000930 | CONTROL DEVICE AND PITCH ANGLE CONTROL METHOD - A control device for automatically controlling a pitch angle of a blade includes a hydraulic oil amount calculation unit and an open ratio setting unit. The hydraulic oil amount calculation unit is configured to calculate an amount of hydraulic oil passing through a blade tilt cylinder valve. The open ratio setting unit is configured to cause the blade tilt cylinder valve to open at a predetermined open ratio when a request for the pitch angle to be changed has been received, to cause the blade tilt cylinder valve to close when the calculated amount of hydraulic oil has reached a predetermined amount of hydraulic oil required for the change of the tilt angle, and to cause the open ratio to be smaller than the predetermined open ratio while a request for a predetermined action necessitating that hydraulic oil be supplied from a main valve is being received. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000931 | Dual Blade Parallel Garden Hoe - A dual blade garden hoe device is disclosed having a working end mounted to an elongated handle. The working end of the device comprises a perpendicular shaft that creates a T-junction with the handle. A pair of parallel blades is secured onto the perpendicular shaft and disposed at a variable pitch. The blades position along the length of the shaft is adjustable to create different widths between blades. The blades extended downward to provide a dual-hoe device that is adapted to create a pair of parallel troughs through soil, particularly suited for garden beds or farms wherein seed is placed in parallel rows. The parallel blades are oriented from the device such that when the blades are in contact with the working surface, each blade will create a separate and parallel trough, thereby reducing time and effort in making a systematic garden design or alignment of farming rows. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000932 | V-shaped Weed Cutting Garden Tool and Edge Trimmer - A weed-cutting gardening tool for easy cutting of plants and weeds as well as precision edge trimming. The device has an elongated handle secured to a working end with a V-shaped blade head. The blade head has an overall V-shape with a forward facing tip, two front blade edges, two rear blade edges, and two lateral blade edges. The blade edges provide a variety of cutting surfaces for a user to employ when trimming weeds. Different edges may be utilized by merely rotating the device, alleviating the need for a user to position his or her body in awkward positions. The device may also come with an elongated blade member that extends above the blade head and is useful for edge trimming along a sidewalk or garden boundary. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000933 | Method and apparatus for adapting an output of a drive unit to accommodate a changing load in a cyclic action upon material - A drive unit has an output subject to changing loads, where the drive unit consists of fixed and moving parts connected to a power source. The output of the drive unit is controlled in cycles, and for ascertaining the load in a given cycle, the time period required for changing the position of the moving part of the drive unit, or for changing the position of the moving part of the equipment in mechanical contact with the moving part of the drive unit, from one predefined position to another predefined position is measured, whereby the input required in the next cycle is determined according to the time period ascertained in at least one preceding cycle. Where the drive unit is an electric motor, the input required in given cycle is also determined according to electric resistance of the electric motor ascertained in at least one preceding cycle. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000934 | Power Tool Provided With Circuit Board - A power tool includes a motor, an impact mechanism, an output unit, a circuit board, a housing, and a power cord. The circuit board includes a power-source circuit board configured to convert alternate current into direct current and a control circuit board. The housing includes a body section, a board accommodating section, and a handle section. The board accommodating section accommodates the circuit board. The handle section has one end portion connected to the body section and another end portion connected to the board accommodating section. The power cord extends from the board accommodating section. The power cord is positioned opposed to the handle section with respect to the board accommodating section. The control circuit board is located at a position close to the handle section in the board accommodating section. The power-source circuit board is located between the control circuit board and the power cord. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000935 | SHIELD ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER TOOL - The present invention is directed toward a shield assembly for a handheld tool device such as an angle grinder. The shield assembly is selectively repositionable with respect to the cutting tool. A lock mechanism secures the shield assembly in discrete rotational positions relative to the cutting tool. The shield assembly includes a guard member and a bumper member, and an alignment feature configured to align the relative positions of guard member and the bumper member, thereby positing the members in a predetermined relative orientation. With this configuration, the shield assembly is selectively repositionable via a “hands-free” mechanism that permits a user to adjust the position of the shield assembly by simply contacting the shield assembly against a work surface. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000936 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact comprising: a motor ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000937 | IMPACT TOOL - An impact tool in which a tool body can be effectively reduced in size is provided. The impact tool has a motor | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000938 | POWER TOOL - A hand-held power tool comprises a motor, an output section which is rotationally driven by the motor, and an output change section which changes the output of the output section in a stepless manner while normally driving the motor. The hand-held power tool is improved so that the output of the output section during working can be smoothly controlled. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000939 | HYDRAULIC PERCUSSIVE ARRANGEMENT, PISTON GUIDE AND DRILLING RIG - The present invention relates to a hydraulic percussive arrangement comprising a displaceable arrangement ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000940 | CONNECTION DEVICE OF CABLE MANAGEMENT ARM - A connection device of a cable management arm includes a fixing frame having a protrusion portion, a connection member having a contact portion, and a locking member pivotably connected to the connection member. The locking member includes a locking portion and a resilient portion which contacts the contact portion of the connection member. When the connection member is pivotally connected to the cable management arm, the fixing frame is fixed to a rail. When the connection member is connected to the fixing frame, the resilient portion provides a force to lock the locking portion to the protrusion portion of the fixing frame so as to securely connect the connection member to the fixing frame. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000941 | POWER FEEDING WIRING STRUCTURE - A power feeding wiring structure includes a protection tube for wires, a slide door side fixing device adapted to fix one end of the protection tube, and a vehicle body side fixing device adapted to fix the other end of the protection tube. The slide door side fixing device includes a pivot portion which is pivoted about a first rotary shaft, and a biasing portion which rotates the pivot portion in a biasing direction. The pivot portion includes a joint portion which is bent. A center line along a length direction of the pivot portion is located in an area at a front side in the biasing direction with respect to a first plane defined by the position of a leading end of the pivot portion and the first rotary shaft. The pivot portion is pivoted and the joint portion is bent when the slide door is opened and closed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000942 | INDICA-MARKED ELECTRICAL CABLE - An electrical cable includes a sheath that envelops at least two internal conductors, and an indicia visible on the sheath is representative of the internal conductor. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000943 | CENTER CONDUCTOR WITH DESIGNABLE ATTENUATION CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD OF FORMING THEREOF - A center conductor for a cable is provided, the center conductor includes: an interior portion comprising steel and an exterior portion formed over the interior portion. The exterior portion includes at least one layer comprising a metallic material differing from the steel interior portion. The exterior portion is configured to design specific signal loss characteristics, at various operating frequencies, of a signal flowing through the exterior portion. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000944 | INTRAORAL X-RAY SENSOR WITH EMBEDDED STANDARD COMPUTER INTERFACE - An intraoral x-ray sensor with embedded standard computer interface. The sensor includes a data transfer cable with improved mechanical strength and heat transferring properties. In one embodiment, the cable is quad-twisted USB cable and includes two data lines, a ground line, and fillers twisted within a metallic sheath, e.g., a metal braided shield. The cable is symmetrically organized about a centerline. The symmetric cable has an improved life due to the ability to withstand mechanical stress (e.g., rotational stress). The sensor includes a processor and a housing with an inner metallization layer. The sheath is coupled to the inner metallization layer to transfer heat generated by the processor from the inner metallization layer to the sheath. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000945 | ELECTRICAL CABLE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT TRANSMISSION, AND INSULATING COMPOSITION - Cable for high voltage direct current transmission, comprising at least one conductor and at least one extruded insulating layer consisting of a polymeric composition comprising a polyethylene and at least one unsaturated fatty acid. Insulating composition, comprising a polyethylene and at least one unsaturated fatty acid. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000946 | CABLE WITH INJECTION MOLDED COUPLING PART - A cable which includes an injection molded coupling part which is manufactured from a polymer mixture with a thermoplastic material as polymer component, where the cable is distinguished by the fact that the casing contains thermoplastic polyurethane cross-linked by radiation. The cable has a water-tight and fixed connection between the casing of the cable and the section of the coupling part injection molded around the casing. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000947 | CROSSLINKABLE POLYMER COMPOSITION AND CABLE WITH ADVANTAGEOUS ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES - A polymer composition with improved DC electrical properties and a cable surrounded by at least one layer comprising the polymer composition are provided. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000948 | ELECTRICAL CABLE - The invention relates to a cable suitable to send electrical signals, said cable having a diameter of at most 10 mm and comprising a protective cover, wherein said cover comprises high strength polyolefin fibers and wherein the thickness of the cover is at most 10% of the diameter of the cable. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000949 | ULTRASONIC WELDING METHOD AND WELDING SECTION - To provide an ultrasonic welding method for conductors that is capable of suppressing occurrence of insufficient weld strength and a separation which may occur when terminals of a plurality of wires are ultrasonically welded. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000950 | EXTRUDED FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE - The present invention provides an extruded flexible flat cable, which has a superior formability, flexibility, adhesiveness, and fire-retardancy, with a low manufacturing cost. The flexible flat cable of the present invention is adapted for sliding door of a motor vehicle and also other parts. The extruded flexible flat cable has a conductor covered with an insulation layer extrude-formed with an extrusion molding method. The insulation layer is formed from a fire-retardant resin composition containing a modified polybutylene terephthalate and a fire-retardant additive. The fire-retardant resin composition has a melting point of 170-215 degrees C. measured in reference to JIS K7121 with a differential thermal analysis at a rate of temperature increase of 10 degrees C. per minute. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000951 | INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE AND COIL USING SAME - An insulated electric wire includes a conductor and an insulating coating provided around a perimeter of the conductor. The insulating coating includes a first insulating coating film around the perimeter of the conductor, the first insulating coating film being formed of a resin containing an imide structure in its molecule, and a second insulating coating film around a perimeter of the first insulating coating film, the second insulating coating film being formed of a polyimide resin comprising a repeat unit represented by Formula 1, and having an imide concentration of not less than 15% and not more than 36%, | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000952 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS INCORPORATING ADDITIVES AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHODS - A transparent conductor includes a film of a conductive ceramic. Additives are at least partially incorporated into the film. The additives are at least one of electrically conductive and semiconducting, and at least one of the additives has an aspect ratio of at least 3. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000953 | STEERING ROLL CONNECTOR FOR A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a steering roll connector for a vehicle. The steering roll connector includes a roll stator, a roll rotor, a roller plate, and a locking unit. The roll stator is fixed to a vehicle. The roll rotor is coaxial to the stator, is rotatable relative to the stator, and includes a rotor connector provided with a steering wheel connector. The roller plate is rotatably disposed between the roll stator and the roll rotor. When a steering wheel shaft of the vehicle is not installed on the steering roll connector, the locking unit maintains the steering roll connector in a neutral position. When the steering wheel shaft is installed on the steering roll connector, the locking unit enables the roll rotor to rotate relative to the roll stator. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000954 | NARROW FRAME TOUCH INPUT SHEET WITH GOOD ANTICORROSION PROPERTY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a narrow frame touch input sheet having very good anticorrosion properties and suitable for a narrow frame capacitance type touch sensor having a double-layer transparent conductive film pattern. The method uses an electrical conductivity sheet obtained by sequentially forming transparent and light blocking conductive films, and first resist layers, on both sides of a transparent base sheet, exposing and developing the resist layers on both sides simultaneously, etching the transparent and light blocking films simultaneously, removing the resist layers, laminating second resist layers with anticorrosion agent on the revealed light blocking films, etching the light blocking films in center windows and terminal portions to reveal the transparent films, and side etching revealed end faces of the light blocking films at center window and terminal portion boundaries to create visor structured second resist layers that are heat softened as an anticorrosion layer on the revealed faces. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000955 | WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A wiring board includes a main body, a piercing electrode piercing the main body, a first wiring pattern provided at a first surface side of the main body, the first wiring pattern having a pad being electrically connected to one end of the piercing electrode and being where an electronic component is mounted, and a second wiring pattern provided at a second surface side of the main body, the second surface side being situated at a side opposite to the first surface side, the second wiring pattern having an external connection pad being electrically connected to another end of the piercing electrode. A recess and a resin covering the recess are provided at an external circumferential part of the wiring board to surround the first and second wiring patterns and the piercing electrode, the recess piercing the main body of a part positioned at the external circumferential part. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000956 | HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT BOARD - A high-frequency circuit board capable of easily forming a bias line whose resonance frequency is sufficiently separated from operating frequency is provided. On a high-frequency circuit board | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000957 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR A WIRING MEMBER - There is provided a structure for connecting a wiring member to a bus bar in which smooth connection is enabled while ensuring high reliability. In an end portion of a bus bar, a soldering portion which is smaller in cross-sectional area than the bus bar is formed. A connection projecting piece which is raised up in a pin-like manner is formed on the soldering portion. The connection projecting piece is passed through a connection hole which is formed in a connection end of a branch wiring portion of a wiring member configured by a flexible printed circuit board. The connection projecting piece which is passed through the connection hole is soldered to a circuit pattern. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000958 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a multilayer ceramic substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. In a method for manufacturing the multilayer ceramic substrate, which has a ceramic laminate including multiple ceramic layers and allowing interconnection between layers through vias respectively formed in the multiple ceramic layers, the method includes: preparing a ceramic laminate in which a void is formed around a via in at least one ceramic layer of multiple ceramic layers; immersing the ceramic laminate in a precipitating bath in which an electrode solution is contained; putting the ceramic laminate out of the precipitating bath after a predetermined period of time, and then removing a nanoparticle film stacked on a surface of a multilayer ceramic substrate; and applying heat to the multilayer ceramic substrate to form nanoparticles filling an inside of the void, after the removing of the nanoparticle film. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000959 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a base member including a body part and a connection part extended and protruded from the body part; a mesh shaped first transparent electrode formed on one surface of the base member and made of a metal, a mesh shaped second transparent electrode formed on the other surface of the base member and made of a metal; a first electrode wiring formed on one surface of the base member so that one end thereof is connected integrally to the first transparent electrode and the other end thereof is extended up to the connection part; and a second electrode wiring formed on the other surface of the base member so that one end thereof is connected integrally to the second transparent electrode and the other end thereof is extended up to the connection part. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000960 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board includes: a copper pad surface roughness-treated to have a surface roughness of 0.1 to 1.0 μm pitch period; and an electroless surface treatment plating layer formed on the copper pad. According to the present invention, when the copper pad has a surface roughness of a predetermined pitch period, the electroless surface treatment plating layer formed on the copper pad also has a surface roughness of the predetermined pitch period, thereby having an effect of widening a surface area and improving workability at the time of a wire bonding process for connection with an external device. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000961 | CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY-ORIENTED CARBON NANOTUBES GROWN ON FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE FILMS - A thermal and electrical conducting apparatus includes a few-layer graphene film having a thickness D where D≦1.5 nm and a plurality of carbon nanotubes crystallographically aligned with the few-layer graphene film. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000962 | FORMATION OF ALLOY LINER BY REACTION OF DIFFUSION BARRIER AND SEED LAYER FOR INTERCONNECT APPLICATION - An interconnect structure including an alloy liner positioned directly between a diffusion barrier and a Cu alloy seed layer as well as methods for forming such an interconnect structure are provided. The alloy liner of the present invention is formed by thermally reacting a previously deposited diffusion barrier metal alloy layer with an overlying Cu alloy seed layer. During the thermal reaction, the metal alloys from the both the diffusion barrier and the Cu alloys seed layer react forming a metal alloy reaction product between the diffusion barrier and the Cu seed layer. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000963 | MICRO PIN HYBRID INTERCONNECT ARRAY - A micro pin hybrid interconnect array includes a crystal anode array and a ceramic substrate. The array and substrate are joined together using an interconnect geometry having a large aspect ratio of height to width. The joint affixing the interconnect to the crystal anode array is devoid of solder. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000964 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an anisotropic conductive material that facilitates connection between electrodes to enhance the conduction reliability when used for connecting the electrodes, and a connection structure produced from the anisotropic conductive material. The present invention is an anisotropic conductive material comprising: conductive particles ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000965 | DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION, MULTILAYERED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD COMPRISING DIELECTRIC LAYER MANUFACTURED THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE MULTILAYERED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Disclosed herein are a dielectric composition of a multilayered circuit board including two types of inorganic fillers of 10 to 60 parts by weight with respect to an epoxy resin of 100 parts by weight, a multilayered printed circuit board including a dielectric layer manufactured of the dielectric composition, and a method for preparing the multilayered printed circuit board. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000966 | WIRE BONDING JOINT STRUCTURE OF JOINT PAD, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A wire bonding joint structure of a joint pad in which electroless surface treatment plating layers of joint pads configured by a nickel layer/a palladium layer/a gold layer are connected to each other by a metal wire and when the metal wire is joined to the electroless surface treatment plating layer, a depth of the wire bonding pad formed by wedge deformation is 1.0 m or more. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000967 | ELECTRIC JOINT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an electric joint structure including a joint, an intermetallic compound (IMC), and a solder layer, wherein the intermetallic compound (IMC) is generated from an electroless surface treatment plating layer including nickel plating coating of 1 μm or less, a method for preparing the same, and a printed circuit board including the same. The electric joint structure having the intermetallic compound structure according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can have a joint structure capable of improving impact resistance by suppressing the generation of a Ni—Sn based intermetallic compound and a P-enriched layer at a solder joint interface during a reflow process and improving workability including the Ni layer before the reflow process. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000968 | 1-Layer Interposer Substrate With Through-Substrate Posts - A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board is disclosed. A conductive metal layer is formed on a first surface of a dielectric substrate. One or more vias are formed through the substrate. A conductive metal layer is formed on the first surface of the substrate and is patterned to form conductive traces on the first surface of the substrate. A plating mask is formed on the second surface of the substrate. One or more openings are formed in the plating mask to correspond to the location of the via(s). Conductive metal is deposited in the via(s) sufficient to substantially fill the via(s) and make contact with the conductive metal layer on the first surface and substantially to the level of the plating mask. The plating mask is removed from the substrate such that one or more conductive posts extend outwardly from the second surface of the substrate. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000969 | SHIELDING PLATE AND SHIELDING ASSEMBLY WITH SAME - A shielding structure includes a frame and a removable plate. The frame includes a peripheral wall, and the removable plate located in the opening may be fixed to the connecting board, the removable plate defining an access hole. A scored line is defined between the removable plate and the connecting board. The shielding structure further defines an arcuate gap between the removable plate and the connecting board and communicating with the scored line, and a mating hole, the arcuate gap is for increasing the shearing stresses on shielding structure the scored line when the removable plate must be removed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000970 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD - An electromagnetic shield includes a base layer, a wire mesh, and two ground wires. The wire mesh is embedded in the base layer, and includes a number of first wires and a number of second wires intersecting with the first wires to form a number of cells. The first and second wires are made of conductive material. The ground wires are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the wire mesh and connected to the first and second wires. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000971 | PLATE METAL MEMBER, BUS BAR, AND ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX HAVING THE BUS BAR - A bus bar attached to a box main body of an electrical junction box includes: a first terminal portion | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000972 | TERMINAL BOX FOR USE WITH SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a terminal box for a solar cell module that has excellent heat radiation. The terminal box ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000973 | ELECTRICAL LINE FURNISHED WITH SCREEN-BREAK JUNCTIONS - A three-phase, buried, high-voltage electrical line has three phase-conducting cables ( | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000974 | WIRE HARNESS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A wire harness includes a bundle of electric wires and a protector protecting the bundle of electric wires by extending in a longitudinal direction of the bundle of electric wires and surrounding a portion thereof. The protector includes a base material and a binder material having a lower melting point than the base material, the protector being joined in a joint portion thereof by cooling and solidifying the melted binder material. In a case where a first side portion and a second side portion are each provided as a portion along the longitudinal direction in an outer peripheral surface of the protector and the second side portion is disposed opposite the first side portion with the bundle of electric wires therebetween, a portion of the binder material in each of the first side portion and the second side portion is melted, cooled, and solidified such that the second side portion is harder than the first side portion. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000975 | WIRE HARNESS PROTECTION STRUCTURE - A wire harness protection structure includes a bundle of electric wires, and a protector formed into a tubular body that extends in a longitudinal direction of the bundle of electric wires and having a portion of the bundle of electric wires provided in an inner space of the tubular body. The protector is formed of a protection material including a base material and a binder material having a melting point lower than that of the base material. A joint portion of the protector is joined by heating and melting and then cooling and solidifying the binder material. The binder material in an inner peripheral surface is heated and melted and then cooled and solidified such that the inner peripheral surface, which faces the inner space, is harder than an outer peripheral surface of the protector. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000976 | CABLE ASSEMBLY - A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable securing member. The cable includes a metal portion and an insulation surrounding the metal portion. The metal portion includes a connecting end exposed out of the insulation. The cable securing member defines a securing hole. A first receiving opening and a second receiving opening are defined in the cable securing member. The first receiving opening is aligned with the second receiving opening. The first receiving opening is greater than the second receiving opening. The first receiving opening receives the insulation. The second receiving opening receives the connecting end. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000977 | CABLE MOUNTING APPARATUS - A cable mounting apparatus includes a cable securing member, a mounting member, and a mounting bracket. The cable securing member is connected to a cable. A securing hole is defined in the cable securing member. The mounting member includes a positioning tab and a conducting tab extending from the positioning tab. The positioning tab defines a mounting hole corresponding to the securing hole. The conducting tab includes a connecting portion connected to the positioning tab and a conducting portion extending from the connecting portion. The mounting bracket defines a through hole corresponding to the mounting hole and a mounting opening receiving the conducting portion to expose the conducting portion out of the mounting bracket. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000978 | Joint Structures Having Organic Preservative Films - The inventive concept provides methods for inhibiting the formation of one or more oxides on metal bumps during the formation of solder joint structures and solder joint structures including one or more preservative films. In some embodiments, the solder joint structure includes a metal bump having a preservative film disposed on the surface thereof. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000979 | Perforating Gun Assembly and Method for Controlling Wellbore Pressure Regimes During Perforating - A method comprises: a. determining a configuration of a gun string, b. determining, by a computer, a pressure transient at a location in a wellbore, c. comparing the one or more pressures with the one or more pressure thresholds at the location, and d. perforating the wellbore with the gun string using the determined configuration of the gun string when the one or more pressures meet the one or more pressure thresholds at the location. The location in the wellbore has one or more pressure thresholds, and the pressure transient comprises one or more pressures. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000980 | System and Method for Determining Soil Characteristics and Drillstring Instability During Horizontal Directional Drilling - Disclosed is a system and method for horizontal directional drilling (HDD). The system and method utilize predictive algorithms to both characterize the soil within the borehole and to quantify instability within the drillstring. The soil characteristics are represented by a soil coefficient (α), which relates the curvature of the borehole with the length of thrust of the drill rig as well as by comparison of thrust while thrusting with torque while drilling. The value of (α) is obtained by comparison of the historical orientation of the drilling head over the length of the borehole and the borehole shape as determined by an arbitrary navigation sensor. Drillstring instability is determined as a function of historical thrust and torque efficiencies and windup over the length of the borehole. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000981 | CONTROL OF DOWNHOLE SAFETY DEVICES - A drilling system for drilling a borehole includes a drill string including a bottom hole assembly and a telemetry system coupled together and a communication device coupled to the drillstring configured to transmit sensor data to and receive control data from a control unit located at a surface location through the telemetry system. The system also includes a sensor coupled to the drillstring, the sensor providing the sensor data to the communication device and a downhole safety device coupled to the drill string and in operable communication with the communication device, the downhole safety device configured to actuate after receiving an activation signal initiated by the control unit. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000982 | Erosion Resistant Hard Composite Materials - A hard composite composition may comprise a binder and a polymodal blend of matrix powder. The polymodal blend of matrix powder may have at least one first local maxima at a particle size of about 0.5 nm to about 30 μm, at least one second local maxima at a particle size of about 200 μm to about 10 mm, and at least one local minima between a particle size of about 30 μm to about 200 μm that has a value that is less than the first local maxima. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000983 | DRILL ROD SHOCK TOOL - Shock tools can include a rotary top drive box in threaded connection with an outer tube. A center plate tube can run through the center of the shock tool to provide a pathway for drilling fluid and/or mud to flow to the drill bit. A bottom tube socket box holding head can be attached to the outer tube and the center plate tube can be connected to a bottom drive socket. The bottom tube socket box holds a portion of the bottom drive socket within the outer tube. The center plate tube can be slidably engaged with the rotary top drive box. Multiple compression plates separated by compression pads are located in the tool to dampen the shock load by distributing the load across each of the multiple pads, thereby minimizing the load on any individual pad. This arrangement allows for higher load dampening lower failure rates. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000984 | ADJUSTABLE ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEM - A technique facilitates the drilling of deviated wellbores. A steerable drilling system is formed with a pair of components pivotably mounted with respect to each other. A removable strike ring is mounted to one of the steerable drilling system components and is positioned to engage a corresponding strike ring in a manner which limits the maximum pivot angle between the steerable drilling system components. By interchanging the removable strike ring with other removable strike rings, the maximum pivot angle can be adjusted in the field to accommodate drilling of a wider variety of deviated wellbores. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000985 | RECONFIGURABLE DOWNHOLE ARTICLE - A reconfigurable downhole article is disclosed. The article comprises a base material. The article also comprises a removable material disposed on or within the base material that is configured for removal from the base material in response to a wellbore condition, wherein the base material and the removable material define a base article that is configured to perform a first function, and wherein upon removal of the removable material, the base material defines a modified article that is configured to perform a second function that is different than the first function. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000986 | DRILLING MOTORS WITH ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE LOBES - In an aspect, a drilling motor is provided that in one embodiment includes a stator and a rotor configured to be disposed in the stator, wherein the rotor includes a lobe member having an elastically deformable surface configured to provide an interference seal between the stator and the rotor. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000987 | STEERABLE GROUND PIERCING TOOLS - A steerable ground piercing tool includes an elongated outer housing having a lengthwise extending bore and an inner assembly at least in part disposed within the outer housing. The inner assembly includes a rotatable chisel having a longitudinally extending shaft at least in part disposed within the housing bore. The chisel has a first end defining an asymmetric tip and a second end defining a first impact surface for receiving a reciprocating action impact to drive the tool through the ground. The inner assembly further includes a conversion mechanism to selectively convert upon activation thereof at least a first portion of the reciprocating action imparted to the first impact surface into combined reciprocation and rotation of the tool. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000988 | DRILLING UNIT - The invention relates to a drilling unit with a carrier vehicle with a hydraulic supply, a mast, a carriage which can be moved along the mast and a hydraulic cylinder for moving the carriage which comprises a cylinder housing, in which a piston with a piston rod is mounted so that it can be displaced. The piston rod is fixed to the mast and the cylinder housing to the carriage. The carriage is connected to the hydraulic supply and comprises at least one hydraulic connection. The hydraulic cylinder is connected via the hydraulic connection on the carriage to the hydraulic supply. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A COLLAR BORE FOR A SAMPLE BOTTLE ASSEMBLY - A sample bottle assembly is installed in a bore drilled into a drill collar section, wherein the bore may be drilled into a side wall of a pocket in the drill collar. The sample bottle assembly may be passed through the pocket and inserted into the bore. Drill collar material between the bore and the outer surface of the drill collar retains the sample bottle assembly in a radially inward direction, and a retention member in the pocket may retain the sample bottle assembly in an axial direction. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000990 | Replaceable wear band for well drill pipe - A wear band for a well drill pipe which is made up of a coil spring sized to fit at the joint of the well drill pipe or casing. The inner surface of the coil spring includes a textured coating such as a carbide. The outer surface includes a plurality of hydrodynamic dimples defined therein, and preferably both the outer surface and the inner surface are adapted to resist corrosion. The abrasive coating preferably consists essentially of 95% tungsten carbide and a binder of 5% cobalt and coats an amount of the inner surface in the range of 50% to 100%. The hydrodynamic dimples are generally tear drop in shape to act as miniature fluid pumps. As a result, the wear band can be mechanically attached to the drill pipe while eliminating the need for metallurgically-welded hardbands and therefore unaffecting the drill pipe properties and dimensions. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000991 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE OSCILLATIONS IN MAGNETIC COUPLINGS - A drilling system includes a magnetic coupling and an oscillation absorber. The magnetic coupling has a rotor that rotates about an axis of rotation. The oscillation absorber is in operable communication with the magnetic coupling and includes an outer layer coupled to a separator layer of the magnetic coupling to form an enclosed area. An absorber shaft of the oscillation absorber is at least partially within the enclosed area and is coupled to the rotor. The absorber further includes an outer mover arranged such that rotation of the absorber shaft causes the outer mover to rotate due to interaction of inner absorber shaft magnets and outer mover magnets. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000992 | COMPACTS FOR PRODUCING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACTS, AND RELATED POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACTS - A method of forming a PDC cutter having solvent metal catalyst located adjacent the diamond and/or in the diamond and a layer of reactive material on the layer of diamond, the layer of reactive material for promoting the flow of the solvent metal catalyst material from the layer of diamond under high pressure and high temperature. Compacts for producing polycrystalline diamond compacts, and related polycrystalline diamond compacts are also disclosed. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000993 | POLYCRYSTALLINE SUPERHARD CONSTRUCTION - A polycrystalline superhard construction comprises a body of polycrystalline superhard material, and a substrate of hard material bonded thereto along an interface. The body of polycrystalline superhard material comprises a first region abutting the substrate along the interface and a second region bonded to the first region. The second region defines a rake face, a cutting edge, a chamfer and at least a part of a flank face, the cutting edge being defined by an edge of the flank face joined to the chamfer, the chamfer extending between the cutting edge and the rake face. The height of the chamfer in a plane parallel to the plane through which the longitudinal axis of the polycrystalline superhard construction extends is less than the thickness of the second region. The first region comprises a material having coarser grains than the second region. There is also disclosed a method of making the same. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000994 | Solar-powered hybrid vehicles - A solar-powered hybrid vehicle disclosed in the present invention comprises a vehicle body, a vehicle energy configuration system, and a brake energy recovery system. The vehicle body collects solar energy through a collection system of solar energy. The solar energy collected is stored in the vehicle energy configuration system of the vehicle. The brake energy recovery device is connected with a battery through a solar charging circuit. A sensor is provided between the vehicle energy configuration system and the battery. The body energy configure system is connected with an automatic control system, an external charging interface and an electric motor. Through the integration of a number of technical solutions, the present invention reduces energy consumption, improves the level of utilization of solar energy, and is more fashionable and fit for human use. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000995 | TRACK LINK CONNECTOR WITH TEXTURED REGION - A track link connector is disclosed herein that includes an elongate, substantially cylindrical body having a length dimension and including a substantially annular exterior surface and first and second opposing end portions. The track link connector further includes a textured region extending less than 360 degrees around a circumference of the exterior surface of the body at one of the end portions thereof. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000996 | MOBILE MACHINE WITH A SUPPORT SYSTEM - A mobile machine includes a frame and a support system for supporting the frame from a ground surface underlying the support system. The support system may include a swing member pivotally engaged to the frame. The support system may also include journal structure rigidly attached to the swing member. The support system may further include a strut engaged to the journal structure in a manner allowing rotation of the strut relative to the journal structure about a central axis of the strut. Additionally, the support system may include a ground-engaging component mounted to the strut, the ground-engaging component being configured to move along the ground surface. The support system may also include a steering actuator engaged to the frame and the strut to control rotation of the strut about its central axis and thereby control a steering angle of the ground-engaging device relative to the frame. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000997 | ELECTRIC BUS - An electric bus is disclosed, comprising a body including a floor, a rear cabin, and two front wheel wells. The front wheel wells are disposed in a middle section of the body. The body further includes a seat area having one or more seats arranged in one or more rows. The rear cabin is disposed behind a back row of the seats. The electric bus further includes a chassis and a battery system for providing electric power to the electric bus. The battery system further comprises a first battery group disposed above the respective front wheel wells; a second battery group disposed under the floor and proximate to an intermediate row of the seats; and a third battery group disposed under the floor and proximate to a back row of the seats and in the rear cabin behind the back row of seats. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000998 | Viscous Fan Drive for an Engine Cooling System - A viscous fan drive for an engine cooling system has an output coupling defining a fluid operating chamber, an input coupling disposed in the fluid operating chamber, and a driveshaft coupled to the input coupling and defining a driveshaft axis. A main bearing has an inner race coupled to the driveshaft and an outer race coupled to the output coupling, the main bearing defining a bearing axis, wherein the bearing axis is normally substantially coincident with the driveshaft axis. A brace is disposed between the outer race of the main bearing and the output coupling. The engine cooling system may be provided on a machine having a rotatable frame that promotes precession of the output coupling, wherein the brace prevents movement of the main bearing along the driveshaft in response to the output coupling precession. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130000999 | Wheel Loader - A wheel loader includes a cooling chamber, which houses a cooling fan and a cooling device, and a grill through which a cooling air obtained by the cooling fan passes. The grill includes a frame, which is provided by framing four side components, and a ventilation portion, which is made of a punching metal and which also has a plurality of air intakes. The ventilation portion is provided inside the frame, and it is a stepwise member with vertically arranged steps that are created by plastic working the punching metal. The ventilation portion has a three-dimensionally curved surface that bulges bidirectionally toward an outside of the cooling chamber. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130001000 | MOTORIZED BICYCLE WITH TRAINER MODE - An electric powered vehicle, including: a frame that supports a rider; a first wheel coupled to the frame; a second wheel coupled to the frame; pedals coupled to the frame, the pedals adapted to drive at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel; an electric motor coupled to at least one of the first wheel and the second wheel; a battery that supplies electrical power to the electric motor; a physiological sensor that detects at least one physiological parameter of the rider; and a controller that regulates operation of the electric motor based on the at least one physiological parameter of the rider. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130001001 | ANTI-ROLLOVER MOTORIZED VEHICLE - An anti-rollover motorized vehicle includes a chassis, a front wheel and a rear two wheels assembly including a tilting base and a four-bar linkage structure. The tilting base is connected to the chassis through a supporting structure. The four-bar linkage structure suitable for connecting the chassis with two rear wheels includes first, second, third and fourth linkages. The first and second linkages are pivoted to the tilting base. The third and fourth linkages pivoted to two ends of the first and second linkages respectively are connected to the supporting brackets of the two rear wheels respectively. When the chassis is tilted, the tilting base and the supporting structure are also tilted, the first and second linkages are maintained at a constant angle relative to a road surface, and the third and fourth linkages are also tilted, such that track width of the two tilting rear wheels is maintained. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130001002 | AXLE ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTORCYCLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A PAIR OF DRIVEN WHEELS - An axle assembly for a motorcycle having a plurality of drive wheels. The axle assembly is configured to permit a user to replace an endless power-transmitting element without substantially disassembling the axle housing assembly. | 2013-01-03 |
| 20130001003 | High Capacity Motorcycle Oil Cooler - An integrated cooling device for cooling the lubricating oil of an air cooled motorcycle engine. The motorcycle engine will have an oil pump, filter, and reservoir or sump. The device consists of a high capacity tube heat exchanger through which oil is pumped. Energy (heat) within the oil is transferred via conductive/convective diffusion from the oil, to the wall of the tube, and subsequently to the ambient air surrounding the exchanger. The removal of heat from the oil results in cooler operating temperatures which preserve the lubricating characteristics of the oil and reduce mechanical wear within the engine. The device will also function as an engine guard and critical instrument platform. The device will be mounted to the frame of the motorcycle utilizing existing mounting points. Oil from the pump will pass through the filter, through an optional thermostat or bypass valve, into the oil cooling device and back to the motorcycle oil tank or sump. | 2013-01-03 |
