| 02nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20110005670 | Simplified Absorbent Article Construction - A method includes moving an absorbent composite in a machine direction, severing the composite at a first cut oriented in a direction that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular with the machine direction, severing the composite at a second cut oriented in a direction that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular with the machine direction, severing the composite at a third cut oriented in a direction that is perpendicular to the machine direction, and separating the composite along the first cut, the second cut, and the third cut into discrete absorbent articles. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005671 | END DISK - A plastic end disk for a hollow-cylindrical filter element has an end face plastic layer and a neighboring plastic layer. The end face plastic layer is transparent for infrared radiation. The neighboring plastic layer is absorbent for infrared radiation. The plastic end disk is connected to a folded filter medium in that the end face plastic layer is trans-irradiated with an infrared radiation source, wherein the infrared radiation is absorbed in the neighboring plastic layer so that a portion of the neighboring plastic layer and a portion of the end face plastic layer are completely melted. The infrared radiation source is removed and the filter medium is pressed into a melted area of the end face plastic layer. The filter medium is secured in the pressed-in position in the end face plastic layer until a fixed connection of filter medium and end face plastic layer has been formed. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005672 | CONTAINER WITH INSULATIVE LABEL - An insulative label is provided for a beverage container to reduce heat transfer, particularly heat transfer by conduction from a consumer's hand to the beverage container. The label comprises a dual-ply construction, with a grid pattern placed between the layered materials. Preferably, the label comprises a film base layer secured to the container, the grid pattern comprising an ink and varnish mixture printed over the film base layer, and a laminate top layer secured to the film base layer. Air is trapped in the gaps or spaces between the protrusions created by the grid pattern, and the trapped air insulates the container. The label has a very thin profile, thereby not perceptibly changing the appearance of the label or the container. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005673 | MOUNTING MAT - An embodiment of a mounting mat has a first portion that is non-tacky and substantially non-porous. The first portion is configured to suctionally attach to a mounting device that is attachable to a device to be mounted. A second portion of the mat is permanently attached to the first portion. The second portion is pliable and tacky and is configured to removably grip a surface for removably affixing the mounting mat to the surface. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005674 | FUSIBLE TEXTILE FABRIC - A method for forming a textile fusible sheet material includes producing a fibrous web from fibers on a laydown apparatus so as to form a backing ply and applying a mixture of a binder and a thermoplastic polymer to selected areal regions of the fibrous web. The method further includes thermally treating the fibrous web so as to dry and bond the fibers of the fibrous web using the binder to form a bonded fibrous web nonwoven fabric and so as to sinter the thermoplastic polymer with a surface of the bonded fibrous web nonwoven fabric. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005675 | POWER TRANSMISSION BELT AND CORD ADHESIVE SYSTEM AND ADHESION METHOD - A power transmission belt incorporating an adhesive treatment system and method for bonding fiber to rubber which includes an optional primer coat based on a low-molecular-weight isocyanate, followed by an overcoat including: (a) a prepolymer based on an isocyanate-terminated diene oligomer, and optionally (b) a low-molecular-weight isocyanate, and/or (c) a thermoplastic urethane comprising the reaction product of the same prepolymer with MDI and EHD. A polyester, aramid, or carbon fiber tensile cord for rubber reinforcement may be treated with the primer coat and the overcoat. A power transmission belt or other dynamic rubber product having ethylene-alpha-olefin elastomer as the primary rubber constituent may be reinforced by the tensile cord. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005676 | WIPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a wiper which is which is highly retentive of water, soft to the touch, and improved in sheet strength and a method for manufacturing the same. An interlining layer contains pulp fibers, first and second surfacing layers contain non-fusible fibers, and a reinforcing layer contains fusible fibers and rayon fibers. The fusible fibers are fusion-bonded but the non-fusible fibers remain unfused. Sheet surfaces are free from the fusible fibers. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005677 | Optical waveguide film, optical substrate, and methods for manufacturing the same - An optical waveguide film includes a clad layer having an adhesive function; and a core layer covered by the clad layer. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005678 | CORRUGATED BOARD USING ACID TREATED ZEOLITES - A method of manufacturing corrugated board uses acid treated zeolite to maintain the freshness of various natural food products for an extended period of time. The method of manufacturing corrugated board using acid treated zeolite comprises a zeolite acid treating process, an adhesive making process, an adhesive applying process, and a board assembling process wherein a corrugated sheet is layered between an upper liner sheet and a lower liner sheet which is then bonded to form a corrugated board. A significant advantage of this invention is that removing the filth or dirt by pre-processing the zeolite with acid treatment maximizes the freshness of food products stored in the corrugated box. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005679 | PLASMA UNIFORMITY CONTROL THROUGH VHF CATHODE GROUND RETURN WITH FEEDBACK STABILIZATION OF VHF CATHODE IMPEDANCE - Plasma process uniformity is controlled by maintaining near an optimum value an impedance of a ground return path for VHF source power from an overhead electrode through a workpiece support. A feedback control loop controls a variable reactance element of a reactive circuit that provides isolation between the VHF source power and a lower frequency bias power match circuit. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005680 | TUNABLE GAS FLOW EQUALIZER - A tunable gas flow equalizer is described. In an embodiment, the tunable flow equalizer includes a gas flow equalizer plate having primary opening and a secondary opening. The primary opening may surround a substrate support, and the secondary opening may be configured with a tuner. In an embodiment, the substrate support may be vertically adjustable with respect to the gas flow equalizer plate. The flow uniformity may be fine tuned by adjusting a tuner configured with a secondary opening in the gas flow equalizer plate and/or by adjusting the height of a vertically positionable substrate support plate having an inwardly tapered skirt | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005681 | Plasma Generating Units for Processing a Substrate - Apparatus and method for plasma-based processing well suited for deposition, etching, or treatment of semiconductor, conductor or insulating films. Plasma generating units include one or more elongated electrodes on the processing side of a substrate and a neutral electrode proximate the opposite side of the substrate. Gases may be injected proximate a powered electrode which break down electrically and produce activated species that flow toward the substrate area. This gas then flows into an extended process region between powered electrodes and substrate, providing controlled and continuous reactivity with the substrate at high rates with efficient utilization of reactant feedstock. Gases are exhausted via passages between powered electrodes or electrode and divider. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005682 | Apparatus for Plasma Processing - Apparatus and method for plasma-based processing well suited for deposition, etching, or treatment of semiconductor, conductor or insulating films. Plasma generating units include one or more elongated electrodes on the processing side of a substrate and a neutral electrode proximate the opposite side of the substrate. Gases may be injected proximate a powered electrode which break down electrically and produce activated species that flow toward the substrate area. This gas then flows into an extended process region between powered electrodes and substrate, providing controlled and continuous reactivity with the substrate at high rates with efficient utilization of reactant feedstock. Gases are exhausted via passages between powered electrodes or electrode and divider. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005683 | PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS - Provided is a plasma generating apparatus. The plasma generating apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, an ElectroStatic Chuck (ESC), an antenna unit, and an antenna cover. The vacuum chamber has a hollow interior and is sealed at a top. The ESC disposed at an internal center of the vacuum chamber receives an external bias Radio Frequency (RF). The antenna unit covers and seals the through-hole of an insulating vacuum plate. The antenna cover covers a top of the antenna unit and has a gas injection port. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005684 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus in which it is possible to efficiently perform maintenance of a processing chamber. A plasma processing apparatus | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005685 | PLASMA REACTOR WITH UNIFORM PROCESS RATE DISTRIBUTION BY IMPROVED RF GROUND RETURN PATH - In a plasma reactor having an RF plasma source power applicator at its ceiling, an integrally formed grid liner includes a radially extending plasma confinement ring and an axially extending side wall liner. The plasma confinement ring extends radially outwardly near the plane of a workpiece support surface from a pedestal side wall, and includes an annular array of radial slots, each of the slots having a narrow width corresponding to an ion collision mean free path length of a plasma in the chamber. The side wall liner covers an interior surface of the chamber side wall and extends axially from a height near a height of said workpiece support surface to the chamber ceiling. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005686 | LOADING TABLE STRUCTURE AND PROCESSING DEVICE - A loading table structure which is adapted, in order to prevent damage to the loading table, so that large thermal stress does not occur in the loading table and so that the amount of supply of a purge gas for corrosion prevention to the loading table is minimized. The loading table structure is formed in a processing container capable of discharging gas contained therein and is used to load thereon an object to be processed. The loading table structure is provided with a loading table on which the object to be processed is loaded and which consists of a dielectric, a heating means which is provided to the loading table and which heats the object to be processed loaded on the loading table, and protective strut tubes which are mounted so as to vertically rise from the bottom section of the processing container, which have upper ends joined to the lower surface of the loading table to support the loading table, and which consist of a dielectric. A functional bar extending up to the loading table is inserted into each protective strut tube. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005687 | WAVY-EMBANKMENT TYPE CONTAMINATION-FREE ADHESIVE TAPE DISPENSER - A wavy-embankment type contamination-free adhesive tape dispenser includes a body composed of mated plastic-made halves. The body has a top forming a cutting opening to which a cutter is rotatably mounted. The body halves form central bores each having an inner circumference from which a positioning rim inward extends. The body halves form projecting pegs and hollow cylindrical projections that are fit to each other for coupling, whereby an adhesive tape roll, once received in the dispenser body, is completely enclosed with the positioning rims fit into ring grooves defined in side faces of a central hub of the adhesive tape roll to allow the adhesive tape to be withdrawn through the cutting opening. The outside exposure of the central hub allows a user to access and contact for assisted positioning of the adhesive tape in the operation of withdrawal and cutting of the tape. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005688 | STRUCTURE OF CUTTING OPENING OF ADHESIVE TAPE DISPENSER - An adhesive tape dispenser includes a top forming a cutting opening. The cutting opening has an end forming a pivotal joint holed seat to pivotally couple a cutter that also serves as a cover. The pivotal joint holed seat has a bottom from which an extension board extends to a middle portion of the cutting opening so that a free end of the extension board defines an enlarged reception slot with respect to an opposite end of the cutting opening for withdrawal of adhesive tape, whereby a segment of the adhesive tape is adhesively attached to a flange surface under the cutter and an end face of the extension board in a stretched form. After the adhesive tape is cut off, the segment of the adhesive tape can be synchronously curved and received into the slot to thereby facilitate the withdrawal and cutting and subsequent reception of the adhesive tape. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005689 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS, FOLDABLE PARTITIONS EMPLOYING MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS, METHODS OF MONITORING THE OPERATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS AND FOLDABLE PARTITIONS - Motor control systems comprise a motor control circuit, a processing circuit operably coupled to the motor control circuit, and a current sensor operably coupled to the processing circuit. The current sensor may be configured to sense a current and to convey a signal to the processing circuitry proportional to the amount of current sensed. The processing circuitry may be configured to sample the signal to obtain a plurality of current values, to store the plurality of current values and to generate an operation profile from the plurality of current values. Folding partitions comprising motor control systems are also disclosed, as well as methods of monitoring the operation of an electric motor and of monitoring for an obstruction of a folding partition. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005690 | Window Covering - A window covering offers significant options and control with respect to the amount of light that enters a room. The invention is embodied in a first illustrated embodiment with an upper blind portion that has a head rail attached to a header plates and which is adjustable from the top down, and a separate lower blind portion that has a bottom rail attached to the sill plate and is similarly but independently adjustable from the upper blind portion. The two portions in combination provide a highly variable window covering system. In an alternative embodiment, the upper and lower components of the window covering share a middle rail that defines a lower rail for the upper component, and an upper rail for the lower component, in which the upper and lower rails of the respective upper and lower components are separable from the associated header and sill plates. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005691 | ACCORDION PARTITION - An accordion partition has a pair of panels having adjacent vertical inner and outer side edges interconnected by a hinge. Horizontal and generally parallel upper ceiling and lower floor tracks extend above and below the pair of panels, and upper and lower trolley hardware on each of the panels rides in the respective tracks so that the panels can move horizontally relative to one another. Respective latches on each of the outer edges can move between locked positions engaged in one of the tracks and an unlocked position clear of the one track. Coupling elements on both of the latches interengage only in the extended use position for shifting both of the latches synchronously between the respective locked and unlocked positions. An actuator on only one of the latches manually shifts the one latch between the locked and unlocked position. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005692 | MODULAR EXHIBIT STRUCTURE - Components for assembling a modular exhibit structure are provided. These components include: frames, connectors (for connecting together frames), panels (for mounting within frames), cover plates (for mounting over sides of frames), and dust covers (for mounting over top of connected frames). These components are configured to allow a single person to assemble an exhibit structure without any specialized tools or mechanical skills. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005693 | Curtain System Comprising Several Flat Panels - A curtain system includes several flat panels made of curtain fabric or other planar materials. The top of each flat panel is provided with a horizontal metal, wood or plastic horizontal slat on which the curtain fabric or flat panel hangs in a loose manner. Both ends of the horizontal slat include a fastening device for rollers or sliders. The rollers or sliders at one end of each horizontal slat are guided inside a first common track, while the rollers or sliders located on the other end of each horizontal slat are guided inside a second common track, such that the flat panels can be slid on top of each other. The flat panels extend at an acute angle relative to the first and second common tracks and can be slid on top of each other until the flat panels nearly overlap when the first and second common tracks are mounted parallel to each other, because the fastening device therefore is designed so that the fastening device does not laterally protrude from the horizontal slat or the alignment thereof. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005694 | Adjustable Spring Assist for Window Coverings and Awnings - There is provided a spring assisted electric motor driven lifting mechanism for lifting and lowering a blind which permits the quick and easy matching of the spring assist pre-rotation to the torque output of the electric motor. The device includes an elongated cylinder coupled to the blind such that rotating the cylinder about its axis lifts and lowers the blind. Coupled to the elongated cylinder is an electric motor which is configured to rotate the elongated cylinder about its axis. A torsion spring is coupled to the cylinder for biasing the elongated cylinder to at least partially neutralize the weight of the blind. The torsion spring is in turn coupled to a spring preload adjuster which is configured to adjust the tension on the torsion spring by moving an adjustment member. The spring preload adjuster is further configured such that the adjustment member extends perpendicularly away from the axis of the elongated cylinder. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005695 | Transportable Modular System Permitting Isolation of Assets - A system comprising inexpensive composite panels and a configuration that holds them, all components of which are man portable. Select embodiments protect assets against external force and impacts from airborne projectiles. An open box-like stackable frame module holds thin panels along a longitudinal axis of the frame. Multiple frames a reconnected to construct a protective barrier, such as a wall. The panels may be formulated of a very high strength portland cement-based concrete with one side, both sides, or both sides and all edges, covered with elastic material, the combination of which significantly reduces penetration of projectiles. A panel may be covered with specially formulated elastic material comprising multiple layers, each layer of a different type or thickness of elastic material. The elastic material may include reinforcing material such as fabric woven from available COTS high-strength fibers. The panels may be fabricated using basic means available in rural locations. A method of installing is also provided. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005696 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DILUTION OF CELLULOSE PULP - A device and a method for dilution of cellulose pulp of a consistency of between 20% and 45%. The cellulose pulp is arranged to fall down in a pulp chute during an addition of dilution liquid. The dilution is performed to a consistency in the range of 6-18%, above a level of established diluted pulp in a bottom of a pulp chute. A central distribution device with nozzles for addition of dilution liquid to the falling pulp above the level of established diluted pulp in the bottom of the pulp chute is arranged in the center of the pulp chute. The nozzles of the distribution device are fed with dilution liquid via a pipe that is arranged at least partly through the pulp chute. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005697 | PROCESS AND COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING A LIGNOCELLULOSE-BASED PRODUCT, AND THE PRODUCT OBTAINED BY THE PROCESS - A process for the manufacture of a lignocellulose product, the process comprising the step of mixing in a reaction medium (i) a phenolic polymer being substituted with a phenolic hydroxy group; (ii) a lignocellulose containing material having immobilized to a cellulosic fraction thereof a fusion polypeptide, the fusion polypeptide including an enzyme being capable of catalyzing the oxidation of phenolic groups and a cellulose binding peptide; and (iii) an oxidizing agent. A composition of matter for use in the process and a lignocellulose product obtainable by the process are also disclosed. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005698 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING A MOVING WEB - Devices and methods related to a web stabilizer for stabilizing a moving web with a surface adjacent the moving web and with a supply of moving fluid in a direction parallel to the moving web and a supply of moving fluid in a direction perpendicular to the moving web. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005699 | MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A FIBROUS WEB - A machine for the production of a fibrous web including a fibrous stock suspension unit for the production of an aqueous suspension, a web former for dewatering the aqueous suspension and forming the fibrous web including at least one inclined wire progressing, at least in sections, at an angle to horizontal and at least one single layer headbox, one binder wire section progressing substantially horizontally and including at least one binder headbox, one drying unit including a drying wire, one winder, and at least one blowing device positioned between the binder wire section and the drying unit for contactless floating guidance of the fibrous web by one of air and another free flowing medium, wherein the blowing device includes a plurality of blowing zones transverse to a direction of travel of the fibrous web, the blowing zones configured to be controlled/adjusted independently of each other. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005700 | PAPERMAKER'S FORMING FABRICS INCLUDING MONOFILAMENTS COMPRISED OF A BLEND OF POLY(ETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE) AND POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) - Papermaker's forming fabrics including extruded thermoplastic monofilaments formed from a polymer blend consisting of from about 51%-90% pbw (parts by weight) of a poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) polymer having a melt point of from 249° C. to about 278° C., most preferably between about 262° C. and 273° C., and an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.45 to about 0.95, preferably from about 0.65 to about 0.85, along with from about 49%-10% pbw of a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of between about 0.55 to about 1.05, preferably from about 0.85 to 1.0. Monofilaments formed from the novel polymer blend exhibit physical properties differing from those obtained from monofilaments formed of 100% PEN polymer, making them particularly suitable for use in weaving and processing the forming fabrics of the present invention. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005701 | MOLD FOR INJECTION MOLDING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - This invention provides a mold for injection molding and a method of manufacturing thereof, The method of manufacturing a mold for injection molding includes the following steps. At least one temperature control element is provided. The temperature control element is covered with a first material. The first material is mechanically processed to form a mold body with a cavity. The mold for injection molding includes a mold body, a temperature control element, and a heat insulating layer. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005702 | USE OF BRANCHED ALKANE DIOL CARBOXYLIC ACID DIESTERS IN POLYURETHANE-BASED FOUNDRY BINDERS - The invention relates to a molding material mixture for production of molded products for the foundry industry, comprising at least one fire-resistant base molding material and a polyurethane-based binder system comprising a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component. According to the invention, the polyurethane-based binder system comprises a portion of a carboxylic acid diester of a branched alkane diol, said portion being at least 3 weight-%, and a portion of aromatic solvent of less than 10 weight-% of the binder system. A preferable carboxylic acid diester is 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentandiol-diisobutyrate. The molded products produced from the molding material mixture for the foundry industry are characterized by a high strength and a lower generation of fumes and smoke during pouring | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005703 | Flask unit and cope-and-drag molding machine and line - A flask unit for producing a cope and a drag that are stacked, comprising at least two uprightly disposed connecting rods ( | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005704 | Method for casting composite ingot - A method and apparatus are described for the casting of a composite metal ingot having two or more separately formed layers of one or more alloys. An open ended annular mould is provided having a divider wall dividing a feed end of the mould into at least two separate feed chambers. For each pair of adjacent feed chambers, a first alloy stream is fed through one of the pair of feed chambers into the mould and a second alloy stream is fed through another of the feed chambers. A self-supporting surface is generated on the surface of the first alloy stream and the second alloy stream is contacted with the first stream. By carefully selecting conditions and positions where the alloy streams meet, a composite metal ingot is formed in which the alloy layers are mutually attached with a substantially continuous metallurgical bond. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005705 | MOLD FLUX FOR CONTINUOUSLY CASTING STEEL AND METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY CASTING STEEL USING THE SAME - Mold flux for continuously casting steel which contains SiO | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005706 | Method for Online Cleaning of Air Preheaters - A method of cleaning air preheaters of the type having a rotor which passes through a stream of flue gas and a stream of intake combustion air is disclosed. A soot blower is operated in step-wise fashion to blow a soot blowing medium through passageways in the rotor. The passageways are arranged in concentric rings and move at a tangential velocity which depends on the speed of the rotor and the location of the passageway relative to the center of the rotor. In the present method the speed of the rotor is adjusted in accordance with the position of the soot blower so that every passageway moves over the soot blower at the same or substantially the same tangential velocity. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005707 | HEAT EXCHANGER EQUIPPED WITH A PARTITIONING MEMBER FOR USE IN A VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. Air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a partition plate. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005708 | HEAT EXCHANGER EQUIPPED WITH PARTITIONING MEMBERS FOR USE IN A VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a pair of first and second partitioning members. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005709 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit, and which is heated by the heater core, is blown from the fifth front passage alongside the heater core directly into the sixth front passage via sub-defroster dampers, and is blown out toward the front seat of the vehicle from a defroster blow-out port, which is disposed in the sixth front passage. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005710 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a connection duct connects a first blower unit having a first blower fan to a side of a casing forming air passages, whereas a second blower unit having a second blower fan, different from the first blower unit, is connected to a lower portion of the casing. By driving the first blower fan and second blower fan simultaneously, air is supplied to a vehicle compartment from the first blower unit and the second blower unit through inside the casing. A controller controls the driving of the first blower fan and the second blower fan. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005711 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a pair of covers are provided on the respective sides of the casing that is constituted by respective air passages. The covers rotatably support a pivot shaft for a defroster damper and a pivot shaft for a sub-defroster damper. The sub-defroster damper is disposed in a passage directly connecting the heater core with the defroster blow-out port, and is disposed on an upstream side of the defroster damper. First and second blower units supply air into the casing. The sub-defroster damper is disposed so as to face a passage which is disposed even inside the casing. Thus, the flowing direction and the amount of air is adjusted. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005712 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heater core is inclined at a predetermined angle such that an end thereof on the front side of a vehicle is positioned below the other end thereof. A supply conduit for supplying heated water and a discharge conduit for discharging the heated water having circulated through the heater core are connected to a side surface of the heater core. A baffle plate having a substantially L-shaped cross-section is disposed inside the heater core and extends along the extension direction of the supply and discharge conduits. Heated water supplied from the supply conduit is supplied into the heater core. The water flows from the end of the heater core along the upper side of the baffle plate, and thereafter turns round at the other end of the heater core. Then, the water flows along the lower side of the baffle plate and is discharged from the discharge conduit. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005713 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side of a casing constituted by respective air passages. On a lower portion of the casing, a second blower unit different from the first blower unit is connected. A center plate is disposed centrally in a lateral direction of the casing. Air is supplied from the first blower unit to the interior of the casing, whereby cool air cooled by an evaporator and warm air heated by a heater core are mixed together and blown respectively and separately to a driver's seat side and a passenger seat side of the front seats. Also, Air supplied from the second blower unit to the interior of the casing, after being adjusted to a predetermined temperature in the evaporator and the heater core, is supplied to a rear seat side of the vehicle. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005714 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. Air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by a pair of ribs, which are formed to face toward a heater core. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005715 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a partition plate. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005716 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the second blower unit are prevented from mixing together mutually inside the casing by first and second ribs, and by ribs, which are formed respectively to face toward an evaporator and a heater core. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005717 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED THEREBY - Air is supplied to the interior of a casing from first and second blower units, such that cool air that has been cooled by an evaporator and warm air that has been heated by a heater core are mixed together and blown out toward a front seat side and a rear seat side of the vehicle, respectively. At this time, a temperature control damper, which adjusts the temperature of air that is blown into the vehicle compartment, causes a flow of warm air having undergone heat exchange in the heater core to be deflected toward a direction where the evaporator is installed. Mixing of the warm air and the cool air can thus be carried out suitably by causing the flow of cool air, which has undergone heat exchange in the evaporator, and the flow of warm air to be oriented in mutually opposite directions. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005718 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first partitioning member and a second partitioning member are installed at a boundary position between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is separated into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In the case that air is not blown in either one of the passages that are disposed in the first cooling section and the second cooling section, air that flows through the other of the passages is prevented from flowing into the one passage through the interior of the evaporator. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005719 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heater core is inclined at a predetermined angle such that an end thereof on the front side of a vehicle is positioned below the other end thereof. A supply conduit for supplying heated water and a discharge conduit for discharging the heated water having circulated through the heater core are connected to a side surface of the heater core. A baffle plate having a cross-shaped cross-section is disposed inside the heater core and extends along the direction in which the supply and discharge conduits are arranged. Heated water from the supply conduit is supplied into the heater core, flows from the end of the heater core along the upper side of the baffle plate, and thereafter turns round at the other end of the heater core. Then, the heated water flows along the lower side of the baffle plate and is discharged from the discharge conduit. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005720 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicular air conditioning apparatus is equipped with a casing having respective air passages therein, and first and second blower units are connected to the casing. Further, the casing is constituted by first and second divided casings. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first and second blower units. Moisture, which is generated when the air is cooled by an evaporator, is guided to forward bottom surfaces of the first and second divided casings and the moisture is discharged to the exterior from first drain ports disposed at terminal end positions of inclined surfaces that decline gradually toward opposite sides of the casing. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005721 | Integrated cooling lapdesk without electronics - A cooling lapdesk comprises an interior cushion layer including a rear, a front, a left side and a right side, the rear being thicker than the front, the left and right sides having equal thickness at a given proximity to the front or rear, the interior layer elastic throughout its length and width. The cooling lapdesk also has a hollow exterior cover layer tightly surrounding and urged to be in contact with the interior layer on all sides of the interior layer, the exterior layer including a cooling top section integrally formed with the exterior layer, the cooling top section having a coolant such as granules of sodium sulfate decahydrate embedded therein, the granules capable of absorbing heat striking the cooling top section. The granules may be housed in compartments on the top surface of the top section of the exterior layer that are elevated. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005722 | Heat Exchanging Apparatus and Method of Making Same - A heat exchanging apparatus comprising of plurality of disk type heat exchanger units, disk type heat exchanger units having an inlet and an outlet as a tubular member. Disposed within a disk type heat exchanger unit is a chamber to facilitate flow of heat exchange media, having a heat exchange medium directing member disposed within the chamber to direct flow of heat exchange media herein, said disk type heat exchanger units having connecting members disposed within to provide additional structural support. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005723 | IONIC LIQUID STABILIZER COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one ionic liquid and CF | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005724 | HEAT TRANSPORT DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND HEAT TRANSPORT DEVICE - [Object] To provide a heat transport device manufacturing method and a heat transport device that has a high hermeticity and is manufactured without increasing a load applied at a time of performing diffusion bonding. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005725 | PLATE TYPE HEAT PIPE AND HEAT SINK USING THE SAME - A heat sink includes a fin assembly including a plurality of fins and a plate type heat pipe attached to the fin assembly. The plate type heat pipe includes a sealed shell in which a working fluid is filled, a wick layer formed on an inner face of the shell and a supporting member disposed in the shell. The supporting member includes a plurality of supporting portions and a plurality of bodies connecting the supporting portions. Each supporting portion includes a plurality of convex portions contacting a top of the wick layer and a plurality of concave portions contacting a bottom of the wick layer. The convex portions and the concave portions of each supporting portion are alternately arranged. Each convex portion and an adjacent concave portion cooperatively enclose a first through hole for the working fluid flowing therethrough. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005726 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A heat dissipation device includes a heat pipe and a heat sink. The heat pipe includes a condenser section and an evaporator section. The condenser section has a planar outer surface. The heat sink includes a supporting surface for contacting the outer surface of the condenser section. A guiding line is defined in the supporting surface for spreading a solder therealong. The guiding line has a width smaller than a width of the outer surface of the condenser section. The condenser section of the heat pipe is mounted on the supporting surface of the heat sink along the guiding line and firmly connected to the heat sink by the solder. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005727 | THERMAL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thermal module includes a substrate and a heat pipe integrally embedded in the substrate by insert molding technique. An end of the heat pipe protrudes laterally out of the substrate. The heat pipe includes a tube, a wick structure attached to an inner surface of the tube and a working fluid filled in the tube. A method for manufacturing the thermal module includes following steps: providing a tube with a wick structure attached to an inner surface thereof, an end of the tube being open; placing the tube into a mold; injecting a molten metal into the mold to form a substrate with the tube being integrally embedded in the substrate and the open end of the tube protruding laterally out of the substrate; filling a working fluid into the tube via the open end; sealing the open end of the tube. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005728 | HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE - A heat dissipation module comprises a heat pipe forming a condensing section, and a first fin unit and a second fin unit contacting with the condensing section of the heat pipe. The first and second fin units are located neighboring to each other and have different heights. The first and second fin units each comprise a plurality of fins stacked together. A protruding member protrudes from one of the fins of one of the first and second fin units to abut a corresponding neighboring one of the fins of the other one of the first and second fin units, to thereby separate the first fin unit and the second fin unit to limit relative movement of the first fin unit and the second fin unit in a protruding direction of the protruding member. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005729 | COOLANT DISTRIBUTION FOR TOOL COOLING - The invention relates to a cooling system for cooling a tool via cooling sites ( | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005730 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, an evaporator is retained in an inclined position in a casing including air passages. Due to air blown upward through a first front passage and a first rear passage, which are separated from each other, moisture is generated at a lower portion of the evaporator. The moisture is discharged to first drain ports by a first guide panel and to a second drain port by a second guide panel. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005731 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A casing comprises substantially symmetrical first and second divided casings. A second blower unit is provided at a joined region of the first divided casing and the second divided casing. Air is supplied from a first blower unit into the casing, and then, the air cooled by an evaporator and the air heated by a heater core are mixed and supplied to front seats in the vehicle. Air supplied from the second blower unit into the casing is directed toward the front seats and adjusted at a given temperature by a second cooling section of the evaporator and a second heating section of the heater core, and thereafter, supplied to rear seats in the vehicle from a third rear passage which extends so as to surround a first rear passage. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005732 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing, and a second blower unit is connected to another side portion of the casing. A rotation control device for the first blower unit and a rotation control device for the second blower unit are arranged on an exterior side of the connection duct, at a location where a flow passage cross sectional area of the connection duct is maximal. Cooling devices made up of heat radiation fins are disposed on an inner side of the connection duct corresponding to the arranged positions of the rotation control devices. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005733 | PIEZOELECTRIC FAN AND COOLING DEVICE USING PIEZOELECTRIC FAN - A piezoelectric fan includes a piezoelectric vibrator that vibrates in a bending mode when a voltage is applied thereto and a plurality of parallel or substantially parallel blades connected to or integrated with the piezoelectric vibrator. The blades are arranged between heat-radiating fins of a heat sink such that the blades bend parallel or substantially parallel to side surfaces of the heat-radiating fins. A joint that connects the blades to each other is disposed at free ends in a longitudinal direction of the blades. When the blades are excited by the piezoelectric vibrator and warm air between the heat-radiating fins is blown, the joint prevents the blades from twisting. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005734 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing constituted by respective air passages. On a lower portion of the casing, the first blower unit is connected together with a second blower unit. As a result of a controller controlling driving of an ventilation switching damper, based on a load voltage to a second blower fan of the second blower unit, a first front passage and a first rear passage are placed in communication, whereby a portion of the air from the first blower unit passes through the first front passage, a communication opening, and the first rear passage, and is supplied to a second cooling section of an evaporator, such that when the second blower fan is rotated at a low speed, freezing of water droplets in the second cooling section is avoided. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005735 | LINE FOR GUIDING A MEDIUM - An arrangement for guiding a medium, preferably compressed, gaseous hydrogen, is described. The arrangement encompasses a medium line, a cooling medium return line which surrounds the medium line, and a cooling medium feed line. The cooling medium return line and the cooling medium feed line are hereby preferably arranged in direct heat contact. The arrangement can furthermore be surrounded by a jacket tube. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005736 | HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A heat exchanger, in particular for an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of flat tubes that extend parallel to one another and are each oriented with a longitudinal side in a primary flow direction of a fluid, and a base, wherein a plurality of passages into which each of the flat tubes terminate are provided in the base, wherein at least four rows of flat tubes are arranged one behind the other in the primary flow direction, all of which terminate in the base. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005737 | FLUID MICROJET SYSTEM - A device for generating fluid micro streams comprises a body portion with a fluid supply cavity therein and a plurality of fluid micro channels interconnecting the fluid supply cavity with an external outlet face of the body portion, the body portion being formed from a plurality of stacked plates, said micro channels being formed at interfaces of at least certain of said stacked plates. The micro channels have an oblong cross-sectional profile over a certain section leading to the outlet face, with a major width that is greater than two times a minor width thereof, where the minor width is less than 200 um. The device can be used in apparatus for freezing of food, cooling a gas or inducing a chemical reaction between a liquid and a gas. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005738 | SOLDERED FLAT TUBE FOR CONDENSERS AND/OR EVAPORATORS - The present invention relates to a soldered flat tube for condensers and/or for evaporators in air-conditioning systems, in particular in motor vehicles, which can be produced by deformation of endless aluminum sheet-metal strips, has two narrow sides and two wide sides and also has inner passages with a hydraulic diameter which is greater than or equal to 0.254 mm, and the flat tube has a tube wall thickness of less than 0.25 mm, wherein both narrow sides are reinforced by having at least double the thickness of the remaining tube wall thickness. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005739 | Copper Alloy for Heat Exchanger Tube - An alloy comprising copper, nickel, tin and, optionally, phosphorus which can be used in, for example, a copper alloy tube for heat exchangers that provides excellent fracture strength and processability for reducing the weight of the tube and for use in high pressure applications with cooling media such as carbon dioxide. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005740 | COMBINATION HEAT SINK - A combination heat sink including a first radiating element having a first plane section and a second radiating element having a second plane section. Multiple first radiating fins integrally upward extend from the first plane section. Each two adjacent first radiating fins define therebetween a first connection section. Multiple second radiating fins integrally upward extend from the second plane section. Each two adjacent second radiating fins define therebetween a second connection section. The first and second radiating elements are connected with each other in an alternating manner with the first radiating fins attaching to and contacting with the second radiating fins to form the heat sink. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005741 | Low Pressure Drop Thermal By-Pass Valve - A thermal by-pass valve for a heat exchange circuit includes a housing forming a chamber and a by-pass valve port surrounded by a valve seat. The valve port is located between first and second sections of the chamber. First and second oil ports open into the first section. At least a third port opens into the second section. A thermally sensitive actuator is mounted in the first section and has a body and a piston located at one end. The body is movable in the chamber in response to extension of the piston. A valve member is operably mounted on the body and is movable by extension of the piston. A spacer projects from and is connected to the body and forms a passage through which the piston extends. The spacer acts to maintain the adjacent end of the actuator body at least the length of the passage away from an end of the chamber. The spacer can have a valve portion to close a further valve port. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005742 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A fluid distribution apparatus including a housing configured to receive a drilling material and direct the drilling material onto a separatory surface; and a damper coupled to the housing and configured to distribute a flow of the drilling material onto the separatory surface is disclosed. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005743 | Mounts for Blowout Preventer Bonnets and Methods of Use - A mount for a bonnet of a blowout preventer includes at least one support member coupled to a body of the blowout preventer, and a bonnet mounting member moveably coupled to the at least one support member and adapted to move substantially normal to a face of the body of the blowout preventer, wherein the bonnet is coupled to the bonnet mounting member. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005744 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING AN ISOLATION DEVICE FOR PREVENTING GAS INTERFERENCE DURING DOWNHOLE LIQUID REMOVAL OPERATIONS - A flow control system includes a pump positioned in a wellbore to remove liquid from the wellbore. An isolation device is positioned downhole of the pump and is expandable within the wellbore between a sealed position and an unsealed position. The isolation device in the sealed position substantially reduces gas flow at the pump during removal of the liquid. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005745 | SAMPLING AND EVALUATION OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION FLUID - A method of sampling a subterranean formation fluid may comprise extracting a first fluid sample from a portion of the subterranean formation, altering a temperature of the portion of the subterranean formation, and extracting a second fluid sample from the portion of the subterranean formation having altered temperature. The temperature of the portion of the subterranean formation may be altered based on the relative position of a subterranean formation fluid temperature and the multiphase region envelope in the phase diagram of the subterranean formation fluid. The method may further comprise determining a property of the subterranean formation fluid. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005746 | SURFACE FORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A subsurface formation monitoring system and method is provided. The system comprises a conductive piping structure having a conductive tubing, a surface installed power and communication module coupled to the conductive piping structure, and a downhole installed conductive tubing sub. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005747 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - A system and method for gas injection enhanced oil recovery is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of burning solid fuel and an oxygen-bearing gas in a combustion chamber. The method also includes the step directing an output stream of the burning step through a fluid pathway extending from the combustion chamber and underground to push oil toward a well. The method includes the step maintaining the pressure in the combustion chamber above ambient during the burning step. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005748 | RECOVERING HEAVY OIL THROUGH THE USE OF MICROWAVE HEATING IN HORIZONTAL WELLS - A process to enhance secondary recovery of underground formations having heavy hydrocarbons through the use of a horizontal source well and a producing well. The horizontal source well is equipped with a plurality of microwave source emitters and the producing well is equipped with an artificial lift system. The horizontal source well is positioned within close proximity to the underground hydrocarbon formation and microwave energy is emitted from the microwave source emitters into the underground hydrocarbon formation. The microwave radiation heats up the heavy hydrocarbons, thereby lowering their viscosity, which allows the hydrocarbons to more easily flow into the producing well. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005749 | WATER PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system comprising a well drilled into an underground formation comprising hydrocarbons; a water supply; a steam production facility, the steam production facility comprising a filter to remove at least 80% of a quantity of divalent cations in the water supply; an exchange resin to remove at least 80% of a quantity of divalent cations in a filtered water stream that has already passed through the filter; a steam injection facility connected to the well and the steam production facility, adapted to inject the steam into the well. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005750 | OIL SAND PRODUCTION WITHOUT CO2 EMMISSION - A plant for generation of steam for oil sand recovery from carbonaceous fuel with capture of CO | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005751 | PRODUCTION OF STEAM AND ITS APPLICATION TO ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - The invention relates to a method for producing steam comprising the successive steps of:
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| 20110005752 | Water Sensitive Porous Medium to Control Downhole Water Production and Method Therefor - Water production produced from a subterranean formation is inhibited or controlled by consolidated water sensitive porous medium (WSPM) packed within the flow path of the wellbore device container. The WSPM includes solid particles having a water hydrolyzable polymer at least partially coating the particles. The WSPM is packed under pressure within the flow path of the wellbore device container to consolidate it. The WSPM increases resistance to flow as water content increases in the fluid flowing through the flow path and decreases resistance to flow as water content decreases in the fluid flowing through the flow path. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005753 | Methods of Fluid-Controlled Geometry Stimulation - Methods for stimulating a high-permeability subterranean formation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises the step of selecting a target fracture geometry for a portion of a subterranean formation. The method further comprises the step of introducing a pad fluid comprising a fluid-loss-control additive into the portion of the subterranean formation to create or extend one or more fractures in the portion of the subterranean formation, wherein an amount of the fluid-loss-control additive is determined based at least in part on the target fracture geometry. The method further comprises allowing a barrier to form along at least a portion of the one or more fractures, wherein the barrier comprises the fluid-loss-control additive. The method further comprises introducing a slurry fluid comprising proppant particulates into the one or more fractures, wherein a tip screen-out occurs in at least one of the one or more fractures. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005754 | METHODS OF PRODUCING FLOW-THROUGH PASSAGES IN CASING, AND METHODS OF USING SUCH CASING - Methods of making and using wellbore casing are described, one method comprising providing a plurality of flow-through passages in a portion of a casing while the casing is out of hole; temporarily plugging the flow-through passages with a composition while out of hole; running the casing in hole in a wellbore intersecting a hydrocarbon-bearing formation; and exposing the composition to conditions sufficient to displace the composition from the flow-through passages while in hole. Methods of using the casing may include pumping a stimulation treatment fluid through the casing string and into a formation through the flow-through passages in the first casing joint; plugging the flow-through passages in the first casing section; and exposing a second casing joint of the casing string to conditions sufficient to displace the composition from the flow-through passages in the second casing joint. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005755 | Downhole Casing Cutting Tool - An oilfield downhole cutting tool is provided. The cutting tool comprises a tool body that comprises a non-cutting stabilizing section. The cutting tool further comprises a plurality of cutters coupled to the tool body forward of the non-cutting stabilizing section, wherein a maximum cutting diameter defined by the cutters is less than 1.1 times a diameter defined by the non-cutting stabilizing section. The cutting tool further comprises a cutting rate limiting component coupled to the tool body. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005756 | USE OF ZETA POTENTIAL MODIFIERS TO DECREASE THE RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION - Compositions and methods for their use are disclosed, where the compositions comprise an amine component, an amine/phosphate ester component and optionally a solvent component. The compositions are adapted to coat solid materials, substrates and/or surfaces of producing of reservoirs and formations and methods for making and using same, where the coating agents modify surface properties of the solid materials, substrates and/or surfaces of producing formations decreasing residual oil saturation. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005757 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FLOWING BACK WELLBORE FLUIDS - A method for heating flowing back wellbore fluids or heating fluids to treat wellbores or pipelines having a tubing string is disclosed. The wellbore will intersect a hydrocarbon reservoir. The method will include providing a diesel engine that produces heat as a result of its operation. The engine will in turn produce a gas exhaust, a water exhaust, and a hydraulic oil exhaust. The method would further include channeling the exhaust to a series of heat exchangers. The method may further include flowing a wellbore fluid into the heat exchangers and heating the wellbore fluid in the series of heat exchangers by heat transfer from the exhaust to the wellbore fluid. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005758 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR CURING LOST CIRCULATION - The invention provides a system made of fibers and a material able to stick fibers in a network when activated, such activation can be temperature or pH change. The invention preferably is used in a well and as a method to cure lost circulation. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005759 | FRACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A telescoping unit for a downhole tool including an innermost portion of the telescoping unit; a block defining a restriction disposed within the innermost portion of the telescoping unit; and an erodable coating on the block to segregate the block from downhole fluids and method. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW DAMAGE FRACTURING - A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising at least in part shale formation, comprises providing a carrier fluid; providing a particulate blend including a first amount of particulates having a first average particle size between about 100 and 2000 microns and a second amount of particulates having a second average particle size between about three and twenty times smaller than the first average particle size, such that a packed volume fraction of the particulate blend exceeds 0.75; combining the carrier fluid and the particulate blend into a fracturing slurry; fracturing the formation with the fracturing slurry to create at least a fracture; and removing the second amount of particulates from the fracture. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005761 | Degradable Diverting Agents and Associated Methods - Methods and compositions that include a method comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising at least a plurality of degradable diverting agents that comprise at least one degradable material selected from the group consisting of a fatty alcohol, a fatty acid salt, a fatty ester, a proteinous material, and a combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation during a subterranean operation via a well bore. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005762 | Forming Multiple Deviated Wellbores - A system includes a primary wellbore and a plurality of secondary wellbores. The primary wellbore includes a substantially vertical portion extending from a terranean surface to a predetermined location above a first target subterranean formation; a curved portion coupled to the substantially vertical portion and extending through the first target subterranean formation above a second target subterranean formation containing at least one of oil or gas; and a substantially horizontal portion coupled to the curved portion and extending through the first target subterranean formation and adjacent the second target subterranean formation. The plurality of secondary wellbores are coupled to the primary wellbore and extend angularly downward into the second target subterranean formation. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005763 | Subterranean Valve Operated by String Relative Movement - A valve is mounted to a tubular string and has an actuation assembly that is isolated from well fluids. The valve member can be a ball that rotates on a pivot and is actuated by relative rotation of string components that straddle the ball. Rotation of one string component is linked to the closure ball by an external slanted slot with an operating ball that rides in it and connects the rotating string component to the closure ball. Travel stops limit the desired rotation of the closure ball in opposed directions. The closure ball can alternatively be rotated by relative longitudinal string component movement that is converted to relative rotation such as through the use of a j-slot mechanism. Internal seals isolate the slanted slot and operating ball from well fluids. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005764 | TOOL FOR CONNECTING PIPELINES - The invention concerns a tool for a tool for connecting an end of a first pipeline ( | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005765 | Sampling Skid for Subsea Wells - A system for sampling production well production fluids from a manifold interface panel on a subsea production manifold. In some embodiments, the system includes a remotely operated vehicle, a skid coupled to the remotely operated vehicle, a sample tank supported on the skid, and a fluid transfer pump operable to convey production fluid from at least one of the production wells through the manifold interface panel into the sample tank. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005766 | Deployment System - A downhole deployment system comprises a spoolable tubular member ( | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005767 | RISER SYSTEM COMPRISING PRESSURE CONTROL MEANS - The present invention regards a riser system comprising at least one riser extending from a subsea wellhead to a surface vessel, tension means for keeping the at least one riser tensioned, which tension means are connected to the vessel, a upper workover riser package (UWRP) located at the upper section of the riser and arranged to seal off the riser passage. According to the invention the UWRP is located below the connection point of the tension means to the vessel, giving the UWRP a position stationary relative a seabed, and that the UWRP comprises an interface adapted for the connection of different kinds of workover equipment. The invention also regards a method for inserting tools into a riser. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005768 | Method and apparatus for motion compensation during active intervention operations - This patent application applies to an Active Motion Compensation system for use during intervention or other work on subsea wells, pipelines or other structures. It could be used on existing floating production platforms such as Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) and Spar structures where intervention work including Coiled Tubing, Slickline, Electric Line, Wireline, as well as snubbing or Hydraulic Workover activities are being utilized. It could also be deployed over the side of or through the moon pool of a vessel without the need of any other compensation device. | 2011-01-13 |
| 20110005769 | ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING SWIVEL APPARATUS AND METHOD - What is provided is a method and apparatus wherein a swivel can be detachably connected to an annular blowout preventer thereby separating the drilling fluid or mud into upper and lower sections and allowing the fluid to be displaced in two stages, such as while the drill string is being rotated and/or reciprocated. In one embodiment the sleeve or housing can be rotatably and sealably connected to a mandrel. The swivel can be incorporated into a drill or well string and enabling string sections both above and below the sleeve to be rotated in relation to the sleeve. In one embodiment the drill or well string does not move in a longitudinal direction relative to the swivel. In one embodiment, the drill or well string does move longitudinally relative to the sleeve or housing of the swivel. | 2011-01-13 |
