| 04th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20090020312 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONDUCTING POLE - A portable electronic device ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020313 | CIRCUIT LOGIC EMBEDDED WITHIN IC PROTECTIVE LAYER - A system comprising a first layer comprising one or more metal sub-layers and a protective overcoat (PO) layer adjacent to the first layer. The PO layer is adapted to protect the first layer, and a circuit logic is at least partially embedded within the PO layer. The circuit logic couples to one of the metal sub-layers. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020314 | DIRECT EMULSION PROCESS FOR MAKING PRINTED CIRCUITS - A direct emulsion process for making printed circuits and printed circuit boards which includes coating a non-metallized substrate with a solution which creates a light sensitive surface on the substrate, imaging the coated substrate with a circuit design, developing the imaged substrate, and directly plating the developed image onto the coated substrate. Coating solutions which work particularly well in this process include a ferric oxalate and palladium emulsion or a silver based emulsion. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020315 | AUTOMATED DIRECT EMULSION PROCESS FOR MAKING PRINTED CIRCUITS AND MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUITS - A method for making multilayer printed circuits includes a) coating a non-metallized substrate with a solution which creates a light sensitive surface on the substrate, b) imaging the coated substrate with a circuit design, c) developing the imaged substrate, d) directly plating the developed image onto the coated substrate, e) coating the plated substrate with a liquid photoimageable cover coat, f) imaging the coated plated substrate with a predesigned circuitry, g) developing the liquid photoimageable cover coat, and repeating steps a) through d). Steps e) through g) are then repeated followed by steps a) through d) until a desired number of layers is achieved for the multilayer circuit. The method may be automated by having a conveyer like system which automatically unrolls and directs a roll of non-metallized substrate through various coating, imaging, developing, and plating stations. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020316 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHIP ON FILM AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a chip on film (COF) is provided, including: providing a flexible circuit board; and forming a plurality of leads on the flexible circuit board. Each of the leads has a thickness of 8 um˜15 um and a cross-section shape is substantially rectangular. A COF structure, having a flexible circuit board and a plurality of leads formed on the flexible circuit board, is provided. Each lead has a thickness of 8 um˜15 um, and lead widths of the leads are based on pitch widths of a plurality of bumps corresponding to the leads. A COF structure, having a flexible circuit board and a plurality of leads formed on the flexible circuit board. Each of the leads has a thickness of 8 um˜15 um, and a lead width of each of the leads is greater than a bump width minus 4 um. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020317 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD - A wiring board and method of forming a wiring board. The wiring board includes a first substrate and a second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate. A base substrate is laminated between the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond at least one edge of the second substrate. At least one of the base substrate, the first substrate or the second substrate comprises pliable resin, and at least one other of the base substrate, the first substrate or the second substrate comprises an inorganic filler. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020318 | Circuit board, and semiconductor device - A circuit board including a flexible insulating substrate, a plurality of conductive wirings placed in line on the flexible insulating substrate, and bumps provided at end portions of the respective conductive wirings positioned in a region for mounting a semiconductor chip is provided. The circuit board further includes an auxiliary conductive wiring positioned at an outermost corner of the region for mounting the semiconductor chip, being adjacent to and an outside the outermost conductive wiring, and an auxiliary bump formed on the auxiliary conductive wiring in line with the bumps on the conductive wirings. One end portion of the auxiliary conductive wiring is terminated at a position in the outside vicinity of the auxiliary bump in an outward direction of the region for mounting the semiconductor chip, and the auxiliary conductive wiring is bent at the other end portion positioned inside the auxiliary bump in an inward direction of the region for mounting the semiconductor chip, and connected to an end of the adjacent outermost conductive wiring. A break in the outermost conductive wiring, which is caused by concentrated stress at the time of joining the bumps of the circuit board and electrode pads of the semiconductor chip, can be suppressed. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020319 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A multilayer printed circuit board is characterized in that circuit boards | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020320 | GOLD FINGER OF CIRCUIT BOARD AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A method for fabricating a gold finger of a circuit board is provided. First, a circuit board having a board edge for cutting is provided. Next, a copper conducting wire pattern is formed on the circuit board. The copper conducting wire pattern includes a plurality of gold finger bodies and a plurality of tie bars. Each tie bar is connected to a corresponding gold finger body, and the tie bars are disposed across the board edge. Thereafter, a surface of each gold finger body is plated with gold, and the tie bars on the board edge are removed by etching. Because the tie bars on the board edge are removed, tear resistance of the gold finger is maintained after cutting the board edge. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020321 | METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - In the case of a metal-ceramic substrate with at least one metallization, patterned by etching, on at least one surface side of a laminar ceramic material which includes a base substrate made of an aluminum-nitride or silicon-nitride ceramic and to which the metallization is applied by active soldering before patterning, an intermediate layer made of an oxidic ceramic is provided between the at least one metallization and the base substrate. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020322 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATE WITH CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE - A packaging substrate with conductive structure is provided, including a substrate body having at least one conductive pad on a surface thereof, a stress buffer metal layer disposed on the conductive pad, a solder resist layer disposed on the substrate body and having at least one opening therein for correspondingly exposing a portion of top surface of the stress buffer metal layer, a metal post disposed on a central portion of the surface of the stress buffer metal layer, and a solder bump covering the surfaces of the metal post. Therefore, a highly reliable conductive structure is provided, by using the stress buffer metal layer to release thermal stresses, and using the metal post and the solder bump to increase the height of the conductive structure. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020323 | Circuit board structure and method for fabricating the same - A circuit board structure and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, including providing a core board having conductive traces and solder pads respectively formed thereon, wherein width of the solder pads corresponds to that of the conductive traces, and pitch between adjacent solder pads is made wide enough to allow multiple conductive traces to pass through; forming on the core board an insulating layer with openings for exposing the solder pads therefrom; forming on the insulating layer a plurality of extending pads electrically connected to the solder pads respectively, wherein the projection area of the extending pads is larger than that of the corresponding solder pads and covers conductive traces adjacent to the corresponding solder pads. Thus, more conductive traces are allowed to pass between adjacent solder pads and meanwhile, the extending pads provide an effective solder ball wetting area for achieving good solder joints and sufficient height after collapse. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020324 | Wired circuit board - A wired circuit board comprises a metal supporting board, a metal foil formed on the metal supporting board, a first protecting layer formed on the surface of the metal foil, the first protecting layer is made of tin or a tin alloy, a first insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board to cover the first protecting layer, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer, and a second protecting layer formed on the surface of the conductive pattern, the second protecting layer is made of tin or a tin alloy. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020325 | WELDABLE CONTACT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A solderable contact for use with an electrical component includes a pad metallization on a substrate, and an under bump metallization over at least part of the pad metallization. The under bump metallization is in an area for receiving solder. The pad metallization is structured to reveal parts of the substrate surface. The under bump metallization is in direct contact with the parts of the substrate. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020326 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD - A wiring board and method of forming the wiring board. The wiring board includes a first substrate, and a second substrate having a smaller mounting area than a mounting area of the first substrate. A base substrate is laminated between the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate extends beyond an edge of the second substrate, and at least one via formed in at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate. A thickness of a portion of the base substrate that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate is greater than a thickness of a portion of the base substrate that is not sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020327 | Wiring unit, method for producing wiring unit, liquid jetting apparatus, and method for producing liquid jetting apparatus - A wiring unit includes a first insulating layer which is provided with an electrode and a wire electrically connected to the electrode on one surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer which is formed on the one surface of the first insulating layer and which covers the wire; an adhesive layer which is formed on a surface, of the second insulating layer, not facing the first insulating layer; a through hole which is formed through the adhesive layer and the second insulating layer and in which the electrode is exposed; a protective sheet which is detachably adhered on a surface, of the adhesive layer, not facing the second insulating layer, and; and a liquid electroconductive material which is filled in a space defined by the through hole, the electrode exposed in the through hole, and the protective sheet. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020328 | HYBRID ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An electrical component is provided that provides at least a two shot injection molding structure. One of the at least two shots of plastic comprises a laser direct structuring material. Another of the at least two shots of plastic comprises a non-platable plastic. The laser direct structuring material is selectively activated such that a conductive trace can be plated on the laser direct structuring material. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020329 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Utility Line Protection Plate - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for providing a utility line protection plate. In one embodiment of the invention, a system for providing a utility line protection plate can include at least two plate portions configured to resist impact of a penetrating object. The system can also include at least one hinge mounted to the at least two plate portions, wherein the at least one hinge permits the plate portions to be manipulated to a substantially parallel orientation with respect to each other. Furthermore, the system can include at least one mounting device adjacent to an edge of either of the at least two plate portions, wherein the mounting device is configured to permit mounting of the at least two plate portions between two adjacent wall studs. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020330 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS MOUNTABLE ON RACK - An electronic apparatus is mountable in either of a standard mount state in a rack, or an offset mount state which offsets forward from the standard mount state in a depth direction of the rack. A pair of side boards extend rearward from a front panel in the depth direction, and are spaced apart from each other at left and right sides in a width direction perpendicular to the depth direction. A pair of rack angles are attached to the pair of the side boards, respectively. The rack angle is composed of a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate intersecting perpendicularly to the first mounting plate. One of through-holes formed in the first mounting plate of the rack angle and screw holes formed in the side board is positioned in correspondence to both of the standard mount state and the offset mount state, so that the rack angle is selectively attached to the side board in either of the standard mount state and the offset mount state. The second mounting plate of the rack angle is attached to and superposed on an extended part of the front panel in the standard mount state, and otherwise the second mounting plate is spaced rearward in the depth direction apart from the extended part of the front panel in the offset mount state. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020331 | Power supply apparatus for long slide - The present invention provides a power supply apparatus for long slide without drooping or bending a wire harness when a sliding structure is moved. The problems are solved by utilizing a power supply apparatus | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020332 | Interconnection structure for circuit boards and terminal members - An interconnection structure for circuit board and terminal members improves a configuration of a terminal member to be soldered to conductors on boards, and relaxes a stress applied to soldered portions, thereby preventing the soldered portions from a problem, such as cracking. An interconnection structure for circuit boards and terminal members includes two boards positioned away from each other. A terminal support base may be disposed on at least one of the boards and provided with a plurality of juxtaposed terminal guiding-holes, and a plurality of terminal members may be soldered to conductors on the two boards, may penetrate the terminal guiding-holes in the terminal support base, and may be provided with bent portions for stress relaxation at a position where the bent portions do not contact with the terminal support base | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020333 | MEASURING THE WEIGHT ON A DRILL BIT DURING DRILLING OPERATIONS USING COHERENT RADIATION - One embodiment includes an apparatus that includes a coherent radiation source to emit coherent radiation through a signal carrier that is positioned along at least a part of a length of a downhole drilling component. The apparatus also includes a receiver to receive the coherent radiation that is to be emitted through the signal carrier. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020334 | NOZZLES INCLUDING SECONDARY PASSAGES, DRILL ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING SAME AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Nozzles for a drilling tools, such as rotary-type drag bits and roller cone bits, a drilling tool and drilling assembly comprising nozzles, and methods of conveying drilling fluid through a nozzle for use in drilling subterranean formations are provided. A nozzle may include a substantially cylindrical nozzle body having an axis and an inlet port with a primary passage extending therethrough, and at least one secondary passage that diverges from the primary passage at an exit port. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020335 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus that are suitable for use in production of hydrocarbons from subterranean heavy oil deposits employ a subterranean cavity in communication with a borehole. The cavity is preferably formed along a U-tube borehole by coiled tubing reaming operations and/or radial drilling and explosive blasting | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020336 | Drilling fluid flow facilitation - A system for facilitating flow of settled solids with drilling fluid from a container, the system including pressure nozzle apparatus with at least one nozzle from which is flowable fluid under pressure, powered rotation apparatus for selectively rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus so that the at least one nozzle is movable within the container as fluid is pumped through the at least one nozzle into the container; and, in one aspect, translation apparatus for moving the pressure nozzle apparatus with respect to the container as fluid under pressure is pumped to the at least one rotating nozzle. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020337 | Downhole drilling tool - A downhole drilling tool | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020338 | Downhole Assembly and Cutter Assembly - This invention relates to a downhole assembly and to a cutter assembly, and in particular to a downhole assembly including an apparatus for breaking up large-scale material which is present behind a drill bit, and to a cutter assembly for use in such a downhole assembly. The downhole assembly is suitably for use in a drillstring, the downhole assembly comprising a drill bit, a sensitive component, and at least one rotatable set of cutter blades located between the drill bit and the sensitive component. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020339 | Rotationally indexable cutting elements and drill bits therefor - A cutting element for use with a drill bit includes a substrate having a longitudinal axis, a lateral surface substantially symmetric about the longitudinal axis and one or more key elements coupled to the lateral surface. The lateral surface lies between an insertion end and a cutting end of the substrate. The one or more key elements are substantially axially aligned with the longitudinal axis and configured to selectively rotationally locate the substrate in a pocket. A drill bit configured for retaining a cutting element having one or more key elements is also disclosed. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020340 | WEIGHING STATION WITH CONVEYOR ELEMENT - The subject matter of the present invention relates to a weighing station for weighing and sorting objects to be weighed, comprising a rotating conveyor element for transporting the objects further in that, in a conveying step, said conveyor element can rotate by a specifiable angle of rotation about its axis. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020341 | ELECTRONIC BALANCE WITH WINDSHIELD - [Problems] To obtain a stable measurement result in both a measuring-out mode and normal mode, and to obtain a weight value eliminating the influence of convection in the windshield. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020342 | Touch Panel And Interactive Input System Incorporating The Same - A touch panel comprises a substrate having a forward major surface and formed of a plurality of assembled substrate segments. Cover material overlies the forward major surface to reduce the visibility of seams between adjacent substrate segments. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020343 | Resistive force sensor with capacitive discrimination - A resistive force sensor with capacitive discrimination is disclosed. According to an example of the disclosure, a sensor is directed to detect resistance and capacitance in an alternating fashion, the resistance indicating a force being applied to an input area of a device, and the capacitance indicating a proximity of a body part to the input area of the device, and the detected resistance and capacitance are utilized to determine whether the body part has pressed the input area of the device. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020344 | INPUT PEN FOR A TOUCH-SENSITIVE MEDICAL MONITOR - The invention relates to an input pen for a touch-sensitive medical monitor, including: a grip portion, and an input portion, wherein the input portion includes one-dimensional and two-dimensional monitor contact sections. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020345 | METHOD OF PRINTED BILL PAYMENT USING OPTICALLY IMAGING PEN - A method of enabling payment of bills using an optically imaging pen is provided in which a coded tag printed on a bill is optically imaged with an image sensor of the pen, the position of the pen nib relative to the bill during the imaging is computed in the pen, and indicating data is generating in the pen and transmitted thereby to a computer system to enable bill payment. The bill has information on a requested payment and the coded tags. Each tag encodes the bill's identity and it's printed location. The nib position is computed from the tag location identified in the imaged tag, an observed perspective distortion on the imaged tag, and a known spatial relationship between the pen's physical axis containing the nib and the pen's optical axis containing the image sensor. The indicating data is indicative of the bill's identity and the computed nib position. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020346 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY CHARGING - An apparatus including a rechargeable battery pack installed in an electric vehicle, the rechargeable battery pack coupled to a power supply, the power supply operable to provide a charge voltage to perform charging operations on the battery pack, a heating element to heat a fluid to be circulated through the rechargeable battery pack, a comparator circuit to compare a battery voltage of the rechargeable battery pack to a line source voltage, the comparator circuit operable to compare the battery voltage to the line source voltage and to provide an output signal when the battery voltage is less than a line voltage offset value, and a control circuit coupled to receive the output signal of the comparator, and to couple the line source voltage to the power supply, an to bypass the heating element if the comparator is not providing the output signal. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020347 | SADDLE SEAT TYPE FUEL-CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A saddle seat type fuel-cell electric vehicle includes a body frame having a pair of right and left main frames connected at their front ends to a head pipe and extending downward therefrom and a pair of right and left under frames connected at their front ends to the head pipe and extending downward therefrom along the right and left main frames on the lower side thereof. A pair of hydrogen cylinders extend substantially vertically along the body frame between the front side of the head pipe and the front side of the front end portion of the footrest so as to interpose the body frame in the lateral direction of the vehicle. A fuel supply unit is provided in a space surrounded by the main frames and the under frames with the hydrogen cylinders being surrounded by a guard pipe connected to the main frames. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020348 | SADDLE SEAT TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A saddle seat type fuel-cell electric vehicle includes a motor for driving rear wheels, a secondary battery for supplying electric power to the motor, a carrier for carrying luggage and a seat for supporting an operator, the carrier is located behind the seat and above the rear wheels. The secondary battery includes a plurality of cells each having an elongated boxlike shape, and it is stored in the internal space of the carrier, thereby increasing the flexibility of the layout of the vehicle body. Spacings functioning as air passages are defined between the inner wall of the carrier and the secondary battery. The carrier is formed with air inlet openings for introducing an air flow into the internal space and an air outlet opening for discharging the air flow out of the internal space. The plural cells are arranged adjacent to each other with given intervals on the same plane. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020349 | Removable Hood Panel - An engine enclosure for enclosing an engine of a work machine. The enclosure includes a first panel hingedly supported from an enclosure top and extending downwardly therefrom to form an enclosure side portion. A first hinge device joins the first panel to the enclosure top for pivotal movement relative thereto, the first panel pivotable from a closed position to an open position for access of engine components. A second panel hingedly supports and forms another portion of the enclosure side, extending upwardly toward the first panel. A lower portion of the first panel is configured to overlie an upper portion of the second panel when the first and second panels are in a closed position for preventing pivotal movement of the second panel when the first panel overlies the second panel. The second panel is pivotable from the closed position to an open position for access of engine components. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020350 | Folding Electric Scooter - A folding electric scooter comprises a chassis. The front end of the chassis is disposed with a front wheel and a handlebar used to control the direction of the front wheel. The handlebar is a folding structure. The rear end of the chassis is pivotally coupled with a rear rack. The rear rack is disposed with a rear wheel, a motor and a battery. The motor and the battery are used to offer the power to the rear wheel. In addition, the rear rack is disposed with a folding four-bar linkage, which forms the seat. By such arrangements, when the folding electric scooter is not in use, the four-bar linkage can be folded to fold the seat, and the handlebar can be synchronously folded, thus minimizing the whole volume to facilitate the transportation and the storage. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020351 | ARTICULATED VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM SHOULDER JOINT - An articulated vehicle suspension system shoulder joint is disclosed. A vehicle includes a plurality of wheel assemblies; a plurality of rotating shoulder joints, each wheel assembly being mounted to a respective one of the shoulder joints and rotatable in a plane by the respective shoulder joint; and a chassis to which the shoulder joints are mounted. The shoulder joint for use in a vehicle suspension system includes a housing to which a wheel assembly may be attached for in-plane rotation; a drive; and a transmission engaged with the housing and the drive to reduce the speed of the drive motor as it drives the housing. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020352 | ELECTRIC-MOTOR THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE - An electric-motor three-wheeled vehicle includes a motor for applying a drive force to drive wheels, a motor control unit for controlling the motor, a secondary battery for storing electric power generated by a fuel cell, a rear body supporting a pair of left and right rear wheels and a connecting mechanism for connecting the rear body with a front body so as to tilt the front body while the rear wheels are in contact with the ground. The secondary battery is housed in the inside of a luggage carrier above the rear wheels. The motor and the motor control unit, including a motor driver and a main CPU, are mounted between the left and right rear wheels. The voltage converter increases or decreases the voltage of the electric power supplied from the fuel cell. The control drivers controls a supercharger of reaction gas and a electric pump of cooling water. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020353 | Vehicular collision detection apparatus - A collision detection apparatus for a vehicle includes a bumper reinforcement, a chamber forming member, a pressure sensor, collision object determining unit, and a collision position sensor. The bumper reinforcement is mounted on the vehicle and extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle. The chamber forming member is provided at a side of the bumper reinforcement and defines a chamber space that is deformable when the object collides with the vehicle. The pressure sensor detects pressure in the chamber space. The collision object determining unit determines a category of the object by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure sensor with a predetermined determination threshold value. The collision position sensor detects a transverse position, at which the object collides. The determining unit changes the determination threshold value based on the collision position detected by the collision position sensor. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020354 | Drivetrain, Hybrid Vehicle, and Operating Methods Therefor - A drivetrain for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a transmission and electric machine, and an electrical energy store. The electric machine is usable as a generator for charging the electrical energy store and/or as a motor while discharging the electrical energy store. The electrical energy store is implemented as a flywheel mass accumulator having an assigned second electric machine. The flywheel mass accumulator is able to be mechanically coupled to the internal combustion engine via a separate clutch, and thus also is mechanically chargeable and dischargeable. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020355 | Self-Aligning Detent Spring Assembly - An automatic transmission has a park system with a shaft and a parking pawl. The shaft rotates in response to a gear shift lever, and a detent lever positions the parking pawl in response to rotation of the shaft. A detent spring assembly biases the detent lever and has a detent spring, cage, and roller assembly. The cage aligns the roller assembly, while the detent spring is connected to the cage at one end and has a flat reaction surface formed at a second end. A cage notch portion aligns the cage with the detent lever, and the roller assembly into a perpendicular orientation with detent lever teeth. The notch portion engages either a detent tooth or a stationary portion of an internal mode switch (IMS). A shaft inserts into a roller through a side hole in the cage to retain the roller assembly therewithin. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020356 | STEERING DEVICE FOR FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE - A floor cleaning machine having a speed control and steering member which operates under operator-applied deformation thereof. The invention provides improved consumer convenience at steering and/or speed control. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020357 | Articles suitable for use as a medical device cover and methods of making and using the same - Article suitable for use as a medical device cover are disclosed. Methods of making and using the articles are also disclosed. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020358 | Air treatment and sound reduction system - A device for reducing sound from an air treatment unit includes, in one embodiment, an air treatment system, including a wall mount HVAC unit with a supply air opening and a return air opening. A supply air sound reducer is provided in communication with the supply air. The supply air sound reducer includes a housing defining a supply interior provided with sound reducing material. The sound reducing material is overlaid with a layer of perforated material. A return air sound reducer is provided in communication with the return air opening. The return air sound reducer includes a housing defining an interior return volume provided with sound reducing material applied to one or more inside surfaces of the interior return volume and a layer of perforated material disposed over the sound reducing material. Mid-structure including sound reducing material is disposed in each of the supply and return air assemblies. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020359 | Double-Flow Exhaust System For An Internal-Combustion Engine - A double-flow exhaust system for an internal-combustion engine, having exhaust-gas-carrying pipes and at least one muffler and catalyst housing. A separate end muffler is provided for each exhaust line, on which the end mufflers are both fluidically connected by at least one preferably mountable connection pipe. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020360 | LANDING LADDER - The present invention involves a selectively collapsible ladder which permits for adjusting the pitch of the steps between at least two pitches, one pitch being where the ladder collapsed for storage and another pitch whereby the steps are positioned for use by a user. The ladder includes a support structure comprising one or more support rails for extending between the ground and a loading or work surface or storage compartment. The steps are connected together by one or more links for effecting simultaneous movement of the steps. A stop mechanism is provided to releasably fix the step pitch relative to a support rail. The stop mechanism may include a ratchet mechanism that permits setting the pitch of the steps at one of several available pitch settings. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020361 | Device for enabling access to a structure above ground level - The present invention relates to a device for enabling access to a structure above ground level by lowering and/or lifting the device in relation to the structure, the device comprising a first endless frame structure defining an opening, wherein at least part of the first endless frame structure forms a track portion, the track portion being adapted to guide an, in relation to the track portion, movable object, such as a gondola, along the track portion. The device may further comprise a second endless frame structure defining an opening, the second endless frame structure being aligned with the first endless frame structure. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020362 | FOLDING CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM - A construction platform includes an inboard portion that attaches to a floor of a building under construction and an outboard portion that extends beyond the floor to allow loading and unloading of material from a crane. A hinged joint extends through both the inboard portion and the outboard portion of the construction platform to allow the construction platform to fold up for storage and transport. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020363 | Scaffolding fall protection system - A scaffold system includes a scaffold frame, supporting one or more platforms. The scaffold system includes a fall protection system including a safety cable supported above the platform by safety cable supports. End supports include an enclosed end attachment while intermediate supports have guide rings that retain the cable but allow for insertion without threading the cable through the rings. Each worker is attached to the safety cable which can slide along the cable and between the guide rings of the intermediate safety cable supports. The workers arrest system generally includes a harness and a deceleration device. The cable supports are removably mounted to the frame with pin type connectors. A cover may be used for some applications and inclement weather with the safety cable supports passing through a seam in the cover or with the cover extending above and over the fall protection system. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020364 | Scaffolding plank - A scaffolding plank includes a frame, a plank secured atop the frame, and hook members secured to the frame at a respective corner thereof. The frame includes a first longitudinal support, a second longitudinal support, and a third longitudinal support disposed between the first longitudinal support and the second longitudinal support. The frame further includes a first end support secured at first ends of the first, second, and third longitudinal supports and a second end support secured at second ends of the first, second, and third longitudinal supports. The frame still further includes a first center support secured between the first and third longitudinal supports offset from the midpoint of the frame and a second center support secured between the second and third longitudinal supports offset from the midpoint of the frame. The first, second, and third, longitudinal supports; the first and second center supports; and the first and second end supports may be steel manufactured in a c-channel configuration. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020365 | Lubrication arrangement - A lubrication arrangement for interlocking gears | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020366 | LUBRICATION APPARATUS - An oil pan ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020367 | Oil Pan Structure for Internal Combustion Engine - An oil pan structure for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pan and a baffle plate provided inside the oil pan having a storage section for collecting oil that is returned after circulating through the engine to lubricate and cool the engine. The storage section has a generally flat bottom with a generally rectangular shape as viewed in a plan view, and front, left, and right side walls that extend upward from the bottom. The storage section also has an oil drain port through which the oil in the storage section is drained into the oil pan. The opening of oil drain port is near and faces a wall of the oil pan. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020368 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ESPECIALLY FORK LIFT - Industrial truck, in particular fork lift, having an exchangeable battery block ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020369 | Multiple configuration Implement Carrier Kit - This invention relates to an assembly kit composed of quickly easily interchangeable modular components that can be reconfigured in a number of different ways into a number of different versions of a self supporting frame on wheels to form a multimode and multifunction implement carrier. The purpose is: i) to take advantage of a number of different propulsion means, and ii) to accommodate more suitably a wider range of dependent attached small equipment implements than are presently possible on current known related versions of machines referred to as implement carriers, for example utility tractors, front end loader machines and hydraulic boom excavators. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020370 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ELEVATORS - An elevator control method and system. The system comprises a control unit and a memory unit. The memory unit comprises user data segments associated with users for elevators within the system and transponder identification data segments associated with transponders. The method comprises receiving by the control unit, ID signals from the transponders. The control unit associates the user data segments with the ID signals and determines priority levels for the users. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020371 | Elevator evacuation apparatus - An elevator evacuation apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is adapted to enable person(s) trapped in a stopped elevator car to pull a cable outside a car window to activate a cam based pulley and gear mechanism which in turn intermittently releases and actuates a brake, thereby slowly lowering the stopped car until arriving a correct floor. A number of embodiments are possible. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020372 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR - An elevator control system high in security and capable of enhancing operation efficiency is realized. In a system in which an elevator group management device which manages a plurality of elevators as a group is installed, a validation device is installed at a security gate installed at an entrance of a building, and when validation is made by the validation device, the security gate opens to allow a validated person to move to an elevator hall of an entrance floor, the elevator control system includes validation information transmission means which transmits validation information to a corresponding bank out of a plurality of banks of the elevator hall based on destination floor validation information of the validation device, indoor population counting means which counts indoor population of each floor from the validation information, car assigning means which assigns a car to each destination floor of a passenger from the validation information, destination floor display means which displays a destination floor on the entrance floor hall for each assigned car, and call automatic registration means which automatically registers a destination call of the destination floor in the car when detecting riding of the passenger. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020373 | RAPPELLING DEVICE - In a rappelling device ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020374 | Buggy Cart Brake System - A grocery cart braking system is described having a brake release bail bar assembly, a clutch disk assembly, a replaceable sacrificial brake shoe, and a biased brake rod assembly. The clutch disk assembly may be a single disk or a two part disk assembly. The two part disk assembly allows adjustment of the bail bar relative to the biased brake rod assembly. Mechanical advantage may be achieved with the clutch disk assembly allowing greater or lesser braking force for the same actuation force of the bail bar. Braking bias force may be adjusted by positional adjustment of the spring cage or the spring retaining means. The braking system may be applied to one or more cart wheels, preferably two wheels. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020375 | Disc Brake for a Commercial Vehicle - A commercial vehicle disc brake has a caliper that straddles a brake disc that can be functionally connected to brake pads having a brake lining supporting plate and a friction lining secured thereto. At least one closure cover encloses and hermetically seals a chamber for housing functional parts of the brake. The disc brake is designed such that the closure cover is form-fittingly connected to the brake caliper. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020376 | Wheel carrier for vehicles with a disc brake - A wheel carrier ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020377 | DISK BRAKE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a disk brake for a vehicle having a power transmission device that presses a friction pad against a disk by using a worm gear. The disk brake includes a movable friction pad that makes contact with one lateral side of a disk rotating together with a vehicle wheel, thereby generating braking force, a wedge member, which is provided at one side thereof with the movable friction pad and moves toward the disk by means of a driving motor generating a driving force, a guide member for guiding the wedge member such that the wedge member moves back and force relative to the disk; and a power transmission device installed between the driving motor and the guide member so as to convert the driving force of the driving motor into a linear movement in a direction perpendicular to a rotating shaft of the driving motor. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020378 | DISK BRAKE APPARATUS - A thrust transmitting plate | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020379 | Low Mass Multi-Piece Sound Dampened Article - A multi-piece sound dampened brake rotor comprises a relatively light weight hub with a hub flange and a heavier rotor body with a sound damping insert and a rotor body flange. The hub and rotor body are attached at their flanges. The flanges may be mechanically attached such as with bolts. Or the hub and rotor may be attached by casting the hub of a lower melting metal alloy against the rotor body and rotor body flange. The rotor body may have vanes for air cooling and a sound damping insert may be incased in either or both body portions sandwiching the vanes. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020380 | Brake Pad for a Disc Brake - A brake pad for a disc brake, in particular for a commercial vehicle, has a pad retaining spring which is configured as an arcuate leaf spring and is held in a manner which is secured captively and can be deflected radially on a lining carrier plate of a brake pad which carries a friction lining. The pad retaining spring is connected in a form-fitting manner to the pad carrier plate by a hood which is fastened to the pad retaining spring. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020381 | VIBRATION ISOLATORS AND ISOLATION SYSTEMS - In an embodiment, and by way of example only, a vibration isolator is used for coupling between a payload and a base and includes a rod, a magnetic damper, a first spring, and a second spring. The magnetic damper includes a movable section and stationary section. The movable section comprises a conductive material and has an opening through which the rod extends. The stationary section includes a magnet disposed around and spaced apart from the movable section and is coupled to the base. The first spring couples the movable section to the rod. The second spring is coupled to the rod and stationary section. In another embodiment, the vibration isolator also includes a voice coil actuation system. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020382 | Piston With An Integral Electrically Operated Adjustment Valve For A Hydraulic Vibration Damper - A vibration damper includes a cylinder within which a piston is slidably received thereby defining compression and rebound chambers. The piston has a bore with a valve seat through which fluid flows between those chambers. A poppet selectively engages the valve seat and forms a pilot chamber an opposite side of the poppet from the valve seat. The greater pressure within the compression or rebound chambers is applied by a first logic arrangement to the pilot chamber and a pilot spool control a fluid flow between the pilot chamber and a pressure cavity in the piston body. A second logic arrangement connects the pressure cavity to either the compression and rebound chamber which has the lesser pressure. A solenoid that moves the pilot valve element to control pressure in the pilot chamber and thus the amount that the poppet moves to allow fluid flow through the piston. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020383 | DAMPED PART - A part including a body including a metal, and a frictional damping means, the frictional damping means comprising frictional surfaces in local contact but not bonded together, or the frictional damping means including a layer including at least one of particles, flakes, or fibers, the layer having a thickness ranging from about 1 μm to about 500 μm. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020384 | Hydraulic supply system for torque converter impeller clutch - A hydraulic system for supplying fluid to a torque converter of an automatic transmission for a vehicle driven by a power source includes a torque converter including an impeller, a turbine, and an impeller clutch for alternately engaging and disengaging a drive connection between the impeller and the power source, a hydraulic control system producing line pressure and converter charge pressure that communicates with the impeller clutch, a discharge line communicating with the impeller clutch and through which hydraulic fluid discharges from the torque converter at a discharge pressure similar to the first pressure, thereby minimizing a pressure differential across the impeller clutch tending to disengage the impeller clutch, and an oil cooler to which fluid is supplied from at least one of the source of line pressure and the converter discharge line and from which fluid returns to the control system. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020385 | LOCK-UP DAMPER - There is provided a lock-up damper that affords greater design latitude. A lock-up damper | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020386 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INCLUDING CLUTCH DEVICES - An automatic transmission including a first clutch selectively connecting a first rotary member and a second rotary member disposed coaxially with the first rotary member, a second clutch selectively connecting the first rotary member and a third rotary member disposed coaxially with the first rotary member, a first drum in which a first piston of the first clutch is axially slidably received, a second drum disposed coaxially with the first drum, to accommodate the first drum, and in which a second piston of the second clutch is axially slidably received, an abutting portion abutting contact of the first and second drums with each other in an axial direction of the first and second drums, and a fitting portion at which the first drum is fitted in the second drum and that inhibits relative rotation of the first and second drums about a common axis of the first and second drums. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020387 | Compact Clutch Assembly Method and Apparatus - The invention provides a clutch assembly including a drive shaft; a torque transmission member co-axially mounted to the drive shaft; a clutch member operably connected to or integral with the torque transmission member, the clutch member having a first friction face; a disc spring mounted around the drive shaft and having a second friction face engaging the first friction face; a resilient retainer retaining the spring in a compressed condition in which the first and second friction faces are compressed together to allow torque transmission, wherein the retainer includes a fractured ring having first and second ends resulting from the fracture, the ends adjacent and biased towards each other. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020388 | Construction machine, as well as clutch for switching the power flow - Construction machine, with working drum mounted at a machine frame, combustion engine for driving the working drum, drive train between the combustion engine and the working drum, and clutch in the drive train, where the clutch is arranged between a drive shaft and output shaft of the drive train, clutch elements on drive side capable of being engaged with clutch elements on output side, where clutch elements on the drive side or on output side are provided with several clutch part elements that are permanently engaged with one another via at least one mechanical coupling, it is provided that a braking device acting between the drive shaft and the output shaft is arranged at the clutch, said braking device being additionally engaged during engagement of the clutch in order to eliminate or reduce any rotary vibrations caused by play of mechanical coupling between clutch part elements. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020389 | OUTER RETAINER FOR ONE-WAY CLUTCH - An outer retainer includes a pair of annular portions facing each other in an axial direction and a plurality of column members that connects the annular portions. A plurality of window portions is formed by the annular portions and the column members, and an outward flange is provided at one side end thereof. The column member between the window portions in predetermined positions is cut and the cut portion on the outward flange side is bent outward in the radial direction to be an elastic member. Paired cut-away portions are formed in predetermined portions of the outward flange with the elastic member being disposed between the paired cut-away portions. In the thus-configured outer retainer, at least three window portions are disposed between the elastic member and the cut-away portion adjacent to the elastic member in the peripheral direction. The column members between the paired cut-away portions are bent outward in the radial direction to be enlarged in diameter. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020390 | CONVEYORS - An indexing conveyor | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020391 | DEFORMABLE/INFLATABLE WEAR LINER - A deformable/inflatable wear liner is attached to an inner surface of a wall of a granular material delivery passage. Pressurized air may be introduced into a space between the wall and the wear liner to inflate the wear liner, thereby preventing solids from building up in the passage. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020392 | Machining Line for Plate-Type Elements, Particularly Solar Cells, and Method of Machining Plate-Type Elements - The invention relates to a machining line for plate-type elements, particularly solar cells. According to the invention, a machining station and a positioning station for aligning the plate-type elements relative to a reference point with a predefined position tolerance are provided. The positioning station is connected to the input side of the machining station in the flow direction of the material, and conveying devices are provided for moving the plate-type elements from the positioning station to the machining station while maintaining the predefined position tolerance. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020393 | Impromptuly deployable conveyance system and method - Systems for and methods of conveying at least one article in situations that are unprepared for facilitating the conveying. The present invention is impromptuly deployable so as to facilitate conveying an article from one setting to another setting, where the settings and a conveyance path between them are essentially unconstrained other than their possessing capabilities of bearing the article(s) being conveyed and the conveyance path admitting its passage. The present invention facilitates the conveying by mitigating at least one gravitationally related article conveyance complication and is effectively operable immediately upon implementing said impromptu deployment. Multiple embodiments provide differing conveyance capabilities, including adaptability to conveying diverse forms of articles, widely differing conveyance situations, and capacities to fulfill multiple varieties of conveying task requirements. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020394 | GRIPPING DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS - A gripper for containers, in particular for bottles, with at least first and second gripper arms ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020395 | EGG ORIENTING AND ACCUMULATING SYSTEM WITH FORWARD AND REVERSE INTERCONNECTED CONVEYORS FOR PREVENTING EGG OVERFLOW/RIDE UP AND PRIOR TO EXISTING IN INDIVIDUAL ROWS UPON SPOOL BARS - A conveying and orienting system for handling eggs including a main conveyor for supporting thereupon a plurality of eggs and for segregating the same into individual file lines prior to delivery to a spool bar conveyor for subsequent egg handling operations. One or more return conveyors are positioned alongside the main conveyor and communicate with the main conveyor at first and second end locations. A control mechanism independently adjusts a travel speed of at least one of the main and return conveyors, this in order to redirect, along the return conveyors for reintroduction onto upstream locations of the main conveyor, a plurality of eggs which exceed of the present handling capabilities of the individual segregating lanes and spool bar. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020396 | Cellular base structure for a reciprocating slat conveyor - A base structure ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020397 | CONTAINED DRIVE SYSTEM FOR CHAIN CONVEYOR BELT TO REDUCE CATENARY SAG - A conveyor frame assembly for use with a conveyor belt formed from individual links each joined together at pivot points. The conveyor frame assembly includes a drive assembly that pulls the conveyor belt around a drive roller to transition between the upper and lower runs of the conveyor belt. The drive end includes a support block that encloses the side edges of the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt transitions over the drive sprockets. The side frame members each include a continuous retaining channel having a height greater than the thickness of the conveyor belt. The retaining channels formed on opposite sides of the conveyor frame assembly allow the lower run of the conveyor belt to “tent” by creating an angle between adjacent links of the conveyor belt assembly. The tenting of the lower run of the conveyor belt eliminates catenary sag. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020398 | Lever switch - A lever witch comprises first and second rotary levers arranged in outer and inner peripheries of the non-rotary lever, a base mounted in a tip end side of the non-rotary lever and a rotary knob supported by a tip end side of the second rotary lever and rotating together therewith. A through bore is formed in the base for penetrating in a lever rotational axis direction between the rotary knob and the first rotary lever, a pair of contact balls are provided in the through bore to be respectively arranged exposed to both ends of the through bore to put a coil spring between the pair of the contact balls, and detent convex is provided in a rotational direction in the rotary knob to be exposed to one end of the through bore and resiliently contact the contact ball, and a contact edge section is provided along a rotational direction in the first rotary lever to be exposed to the other end of the through bore and resiliently contact the contact ball. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020399 | Electromechanical switch and method of manufacturing the same - Provided is an electromechanical switch and a method of manufacturing the same. The electromechanical switch includes an elastic conductive layer that moves by the application of an electric field, wherein the elastic conductive layer includes at least one layer of graphene. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020400 | Drive Arrangement with a Drive Device of an Electrical Switching Device and Method for Operating the Drive Arrangement - A drive configuration with a drive device is connected via a connecting element to a plurality of moving contact makers of a number of switch poles of an electrical switchgear. The drive device can be disconnected from the moving contact makers by way of a clutch. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020401 | BUTTON UNIT FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS OF VEHICLE - A button unit for an electronic control apparatus of a vehicle is disclosed. The button unit comprises a button and a detector. The button comprises a controlling portion which is pivotably coupled to a front panel of the electronic control apparatus, and an extension bar which extends from the controlling portion into the electronic control apparatus to be pivoted in a direction opposite to the pivoting direction of the controlling portion. The detector comprises a switch which is located within a pivoting radius of the extension bar and can be pivoted under the action of the extension bar, and a detector body on which the switch is pivotably installed and configured to transmit at least a electrical signal to the outside according to pivoting angles of the switch. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020402 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device is provided having a supporting member, a button, an elastic member, and a bearing member. The supporting member has an opening which passes through the thickness direction of the supporting member. The button has a shaft and an engaging portion. The shaft is arranged such that the axial direction of the shaft is parallel to the thickness direction of the supporting member. The engaging portion projects parallel to the axial direction of the shaft. The elastic member is set onto the supporting member so as to cover the opening, and has a projecting portion which engages the end of the shaft. The bearing member is provided between the supporting member and the elastic member, which is provided around the opening and is located nearer to the shaft than the engaging portion in the direction orthogonal to the projecting direction of the shaft. The shaft may press the elastic member so that the elastic member is deformed so as to move along the thickness direction of the supporting member in the opening. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020403 | Apparatus for actuating a switch element - An apparatus for actuating a switch element ( | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020404 | KEYBOARD - A keyboard is disclosed as including at least a key and two switches associated with each key, in which the key includes at least a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth legs, in which only one of the first and second legs is movable to activate a respective of the switches at a time, and the third and fourth legs are movable to each activate a respective of the switches in succession in a first order of activation of the switches, and the said fifth and sixth legs are movable to each activate a respective of the switches in succession in a second order of activation of the switches. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020405 | METHOD OF AND A PLANT FOR COMBUSTING CARBONACEOUS FUEL BY USING A SOLID OXYGEN CARRIER - A method of and a plant for combusting carbonaceous fuel, the method including the steps of introducing particulate oxygen selective sorbent, such as a perovskite type material, into an adsorption reactor of the combustion plant to form a first particle bed in the adsorption reactor, fluidizing the first particle bed by an oxygen-containing first fluidizing gas to adsorb oxygen from the fluidizing gas to the sorbent, conveying oxygen-rich sorbent from the adsorption reactor to a combustion reactor of the combustion plant to form a second particle bed in the combustion reactor, fluidizing the second particle bed by an oxygen-deficient second fluidizing gas to desorb oxygen from the sorbent, so as to produce free oxygen gas, and introducing carbonaceous fuel into the combustion reactor to oxidize the fuel with the free oxygen gas. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020406 | Desalination Using Low-Grade Thermal Energy - This invention describes a low temperature, self-sustainable desalination process operated under natural vacuum conditions created and maintained by barometric pressure head. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020407 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURE XYLYLENEDIAMINE (XDA) - A process comprising: continuously distilling a crude xylylenediamine in a column to form a pure xylylenediamine and a bottom product, wherein the column comprises a distillation column having a side draw and the distillation column is operated under a reduced pressure and a bottom temperature of 185° C. or less; drawing off the pure xylylenediamine from the side draw; evaporatively concentrating the bottom product of the distillation column in an additional evaporation stage to form a condensate; and returning the condensate into the distillation column | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020408 | Substrate Processing Method and Substrate Processing Apparatus - A substrate processing method that achieves enhancement in productivity by making it possible to confirm the end point in the ashing process precisely is provided. The substrate processing method includes: detecting emission intensity; calculating an amount of variance in emission intensity that has been detected; detecting an end point from the calculated amount of variance in emission intensity; making a comparison between the detected end point and a predetermined time; and displaying a result of the comparison. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020409 | Microwave apparatus and methods for performing chemical reactions - The present invention relates to an apparatus and methods for performing chemical reactions. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for heating chemical reaction mixtures. The apparatus applies one or more semiconductor based microwave generators making the apparatus suitable for parallel processing of chemical reaction mixtures. The invention further relates to methods for performing chemical reactions, e.g. methods for heating a plurality of samples simultaneously or sequentially, methods for monitoring a microwave heated chemical reaction, and methods where the optimum conditions with respect to parameters, such frequency and applied power can be determined for the system consisting of apparatus plus sample. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020410 | PHOTOCATALYST ACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING PHOTOCATALYST - Disclosed is a photocatalyst activation system characterized by including (a) a catalyst which includes a photocatalytic material containing cerium oxide, or a catalyst which includes a photocatalytic material containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of transition metal oxides other than cerium oxide; (b) a light source which irradiates the catalyst with light; and (c) a heat transfer device which transfers heat to the catalyst. By this photocatalyst activation system, it is possible to widen a usable wavelength range of light, and to enhance the catalytic activity to a large extent. | 2009-01-22 |
| 20090020411 | Laser pyrolysis with in-flight particle manipulation for powder engineering - Laser pyrolysis apparatuses can provide for the engineering of product inorganic particles in-flight through the use of jet inlets that introduce a composition, such as an inert gas or a surface modifying composition, at high velocity. Under strong mixing conditions, the inorganic particle flow can be manipulated while also reducing particle agglomeration. These strong mixing apparatuses have been found to be effective at forming high quality crystals with structures that inherently grow relatively slowly through the slowing of the quenching process to maintain the crystal development until a desired high degree of crystallinity is achieved. Also, the surface chemistry of the particles can be manipulated in the flow to engineer desired inorganic particle surface chemistry. | 2009-01-22 |
