04th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110017335 | System for controlling elongation of a conduit within which flowable material is conveyed - A conduit system having a conduit with an elongate body having a length between spaced first and second ends and bounding a passageway for communication of flowable material between the first and second spaced ends. The conduit has first and second end fittings connected respectively at the first and second ends of the body. An elongate element has a length and extends between the first and second ends of the body. The elongate element has a construction that resists elongation under applied lengthwise tensile forces to a greater extent than the body. The elongate element is connected to each of the first and second end fittings and is substantially unconnected to the body over a substantial length thereof so that elongation of the body is resisted by the elongate element. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017336 | MUFFLER ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - An engine includes an exhaust conduit having an exhaust port on an end of the exhaust conduit. The exhaust conduit has an angled inside surface that has a cross section that widens toward the exhaust port. The engine further includes a muffler having a housing with an intake pipe. The intake pipe is inserted through the exhaust port such that the intake pipe is wedged into the angled inside surface of the exhaust conduit. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017337 | FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR TRANSPORTING CRYOGENIC FLUID AND STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING LEAKAGE OF FLUID IN TUBE - Provided is a flexible tube which is used to load fluid from a floating facility on the sea onto a tanker, which is suitable for transport of cryogenic fluid such as LNG, and which is capable of quickly and reliably detecting leakage of the fluid in the tube. Also provided is a structure for detecting leakage of fluid in a tube. A water impermeable and heat insulating layer is provided on the outer periphery of a heat insulating layer. The water impermeable and heat insulating layer, together with the heat insulating layer, thermally insulates LNG flowing through a corrugated tube from the outside of a flexible tube. Unlike the heat insulating layer, the water impermeable and heat insulating layer is poor in liquid permeability, and fluid such as LNG hardly permeates the water impermeable and heat insulating layer. That is, the water impermeable and heat insulating layer serves as a water impermeable layer between the inside and outside of the water impermeable and heat insulating layer. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017338 | ALUMINUM FOIL BASED HOSE - An ultra low permeability fluid member for conveying a fluid (e.g., a hose, tube, etc.) having a metal vapor barrier layer ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017339 | METHOD FOR ROLLED SEAMLESS CLAD PIPES - A method of forming clad piping or tubing includes the steps of forming an assembly of a support billet having a cladding surface and a cladding material billet, sized to cooperate with the cladding surface of the support billet, with an interface gap defined between the cladding material billet and the cladding surface of the support billet, sealing the interface gap, evacuating the interface gap and metallurgically bonding the cladding material billet to the support billet by a Hot Iso-static Pressing or weld overlay process to form a composite billet, and hot-rolling through a rotary mill the composite billet to form the clad piping or tubing. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017340 | Syntactic Foam Compositions, Pipelines Insulated with Same, and Method - Syntactic foams and thermal insulation as described containing epoxy resin, hollow microspheres, and dried sol-gel or fumed metal oxide for forming a thermal insulating layer on a substrate such as a pipeline. Methods for forming such thermal insulating layers are also described, which can include formulating with blowing agents for forming closed cells in the finished insulating foam. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017341 | Non-skid protective cloth or pad - A two-layer, non-skid protective cloth or pad for use as a painter's drop cloth or as a protective pad for surfaces such as boat decks, airplane wings or other surfaces where a non-skid pad is essential. The pad has a woven upper member, typically of a cotton canvas-like material, and a lower, resilient member. The two layers are typically stitched together. The lower, resilient member typically comprises downward-projecting dimples, often of two or more different sizes. The dimples are joined by a grid of resilient material. In alternate embodiments, an impervious member may be inserted between the upper and lower members. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017342 | WIRE UNTWISTING TOOL - A wire untwisting tool includes a housing having a wire gripping end, an actuation end and a cavity. A plunger is received in the cavity. The plunger is movable between a retracted position and an actuated position and includes a gripping head movable with the plunger between the retracted position and the actuated position. The gripping head is configured to hold the twisted pair of wires in the retracted position, wherein rotation of the housing in an untwisting direction untwists the wires. Optionally, the wire may be fixedly held remote from the gripping end, and the housing may be rotated about the location at which the wire is fixedly held. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING A CONTAINER HAVING A TUBE SPOUT FITMENT - A machine and method for filling a container having a tube spout fitment. The machine includes a filling tube interconnected to a first reservoir. The first reservoir holds a product intended to be delivered to the container. The machine preferably a valve controls the delivery of the product from the first reservoir to the container. The fill tube includes an opening configured to fittingly engage the opening of the tube spout fitment. The machine is operable to mount the fill tube onto the tube spout container such that the inner surface of the fill tube is in contact with the outer surface of the tube spout fitment so as to deliver products into the container. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017344 | AN INLET FOR A TANK - The invention relates to an inlet for a tank which is intended for a liquid food product. The inlet is placed in the side wall of the tank and at the upper end of the tank. The inlet is further designed so that the inflowing product is distributed in fan-shape along the inside of the tank. The application also includes a method of supplying liquid food product to a tank. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017345 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING IN PARTICULAR LARGE-VOLUME CONTAINERS - The present invention relates to a method and a device for filling in particular large-volume containers ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING A BENEFICIAL AGENT INTO AN EXPANDABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to method and apparatus for dispensing a beneficial agent into an expandable medical device. The method includes the step of placing an expandable medical device on a mandrel, the medical device forming a cylindrical device having a plurality of openings and dispensing a beneficial agent into the plurality of openings. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017347 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF PRE-FILLED PLASTIC SYRINGES - A novel method for the preparation of a pre-filled plastic syringe, and preferably the preparation of a plastic syringe pre-filled with a diagnostic contrast agent wherein said syringe comprises as components a barrel, a tip seal capable of sealing the nozzle of the barrel and a piston capable of sliding in the barrel and sealing the open end of the barrel opposite the nozzle, comprising the steps of:
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20110017348 | METHOD OF LOADING SOLID PARTICLES INTO A FIXED-BED MULTITUBULAR REACTOR - A method of loading solid particles into reaction tubes of a fixed-bed multitubular reactor, comprising the step of loading two or more kinds of solid particles into each of the reaction tubes so that the respective kinds of the solid particles are stacked in layers in a direction of an axis of the tube, wherein a gaseous fluid is introduced into the reaction tubes at least once every time the each kind of the solid particles is loaded in the layer. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017349 | Misfuelling Prevention Assembly - There is described a misfuelling prevention assembly ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017350 | METHOD FOR CARBURIZING STEEL COMPONENTS - A carburizing process for increasing the hardness of a case region of a steel component. In one form the application includes plating the outer surface of a stainless steel component with nickel prior to carburizing. One component includes a stainless steel object having a hardened case substantially free of continuous phase grain boundary carbides. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017351 | NITROCARBURIZED RAW MATERIAL FOR CRANKSHAFTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - It is devised to further enhance strength and straightening ability of a nitrocarburized raw material for crankshafts. A nitrocarburized raw material for crankshafts is formed so as to have a composition composed of C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cr, V, S, s-Al, Ca and N in prescribed % by mass, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and having a structure of ferrite+pearlite; after smelting a steel having the foregoing composition, hot forging is performed; thereafter, a normalizing treatment is applied to the subject hot forged material at a treatment temperature in the range of from 780° C. to 850° C.; and straightening process for correcting bending to be caused due to the nitrocarburizing treatment is later applied. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017352 | CONTINUOUS METHOD FOR TREATING THE SURFACE OF METAL STRIPS - A continuous method for surface treatment of metal strips applies a finish coat having a thickness of not more than 3 μm, the apparatus employed for application being equipped with at least one IR sensor which faces a coated side of the strip, operates in reflection geometry, and serves to measure the coat thickness of the finish coat, with the strip running. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017353 | METHOD FOR MAKING A REFRACTORY CARBIDE LAYER ON A PART MADE OF C/C COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method of making a refractory carbide layer on the accessible surface of a C/C composite material, the method including a step consisting in placing the composite material in contact with a reactive composition in solid form that contains an atomic proportion greater than or equal to one-third and less than or equal to 95% of a metal that is a precursor of a determined carbide having a melting temperature greater than 2000° C., and an atomic proportion of silicon that is greater than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to two-thirds. The method further includes a step consisting in impregnating the accessible surface of the C/C composite material with the reactive composition melted at a temperature that is greater than or equal to the melting temperature of the metal that is a precursor of a determined carbide. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017354 | MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ECOLOGICAL AMMUNITION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides an ODS type material (Oxide dispersion strengthened or particle dispersion) which comprises an alloy metal matrix and a dispersion of strengthening particles distributed therein which provide the same with optimum density and deformability. Said metal matrix is constituted by an alloy of zinc and bismuth, of zinc and aluminium, of tin and bismuth, or of tin and zinc, the strengthening material being of tungsten or ferro tungsten, oxides of both, carbides of both, or derivatives of the same. Said new material can substitute for lead in the production of ecological ammunition, hooks for fishing, inertial counterweights in automobiles, X-rays and ionising radiation screens, golf sticks, water pipes and plumbing fittings, as well as in electrical and magnetic applications. The invention also provides an ecological ammunition manufactured from said composite material, such as, for example, pellets. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017355 | FERRITIC HEAT-RESISTANT STEEL - Disclosed is a ferritic heat-resistant steel which has the following chemical composition (by weight): C: from 0.01% to less than 0.08%; Si: 0.30-1.0%; P: 0.02 or less; S: 0.010% or less; Mn: 0.2-1.2%; Ni: 0.3% or less; Cr: 8.0-11.0%; Mo: 0.1-1.2%; W: 1.0-2.5%; V: 0.10-0.30%; Nb: 0.02-0.12%; Co: 0.01-4.0%; N: 0.01-0.08%; B: not less than 0.001% and less than 0.010%; Cu: 0.3% or less; and Al: 0.010% or less, provided that the chemical composition satisfies the following equations: Mo (%)+0.5×W (%)=1.0-1.6, and C (%)+N (%)=0.02-0.15%, and which comprises a tempered martensite single-phase tissue produced by thermal refining and contains 30% by weight or less of δ ferrite. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017356 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL PLATE EXCELLENT IN DROP WEIGHT PROPERTIES AND BASE STEEL TOUGHNESS - Disclosed is a steel plate having a specific chemical component composition. The steel plate has an F value defined by the following expression (1) and satisfying the following condition: 3.20≦(F value)≦4.50, has a tempered bainite microstructure having an average equivalent area diameter of grains surrounded by high-angle boundaries with a difference in orientation between two grains of 15° or more of 4 μm or less, and has a tensile strength of 585 MPa or more: | 2011-01-27 |
20110017357 | COPPER ALLOY MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS, AND ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC PART - A copper alloy material for an electrical/electronic equipment, containing Ni 3.3 to 5.0 mass %, having a content of Si within the range of 2.8 to 3.8 in terms of a mass ratio of Ni and Si (Ni/Si), and containing Mg 0.01 to 0.2 mass %, Sn 0.05 to 1.5 mass %, and Zn 0.2 to 1.5 mass %, with the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein when a test piece with thickness t of 0.20 mm and width w of 2.0 mm is subjected to 90° W-bending with bending radius R of 0.1 mm, no cracks occur on the test piece; and, an electrical/electronic part obtained by working the same. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017358 | COPPER ALLOY MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS, AND ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC PART - A copper alloy material for an electrical/electronic equipment, containing Ni not less than 2.0 mass % and less than 3.3 mass %, having a content of Si within the range of 2.8 to 3.8 in terms of a mass ratio of Ni and Si (Ni/Si), and containing Mg 0.01 to 0.2 mass %, Sn 0.05 to 1.5 mass %, and Zn 0.2 to 1.5 mass %, with the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein when a test piece with thickness t of 0.20 mm and width w of 2.0 mm is subjected to 180°-bending with bending radius R (mm), a value of the minimum bending radius R causing no cracks is 0 mm to 0.1 mm; and, an electrical/electronic part obtained by working the same. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017359 | HIGH STRENGTH L12 ALUMINUM ALLOYS - High strength heat treatable aluminum alloys that can be used at temperatures from about −420° F. (−251° C.) up to about 650° F. (343° C.) are described. The alloys are strengthened by dispersion of particles based on the L1 | 2011-01-27 |
20110017360 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN FATIGUE PROPERTIES AND STRETCH-FLANGE FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This hot-rolled steel sheet contains, in terms of mass%, C: 0.015% or more to less than 0.040%; Si: less than 0.05%; Mn: 0.9% or more to 1.8% or less; P: less than 0.02%; S: less than 0.01%; Al: less than 0.1%; N: less than 0.006%; and Ti: 0.05% or more to less than 0.11%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein Ti/C is in a range of 2.5 or more to less than 3.5, Nb, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, B and W are not included, a microstructure includes a mixed microstructure of polygonal ferrite and quasi-polygonal ferrite in a proportion of greater than 96%, a maximum tensile strength is 520 MPa or more and less than 720 MPa, an aging index AI is more than 15 MPa, a product of a hole expansion ratio (A) % and a total elongation (El) % is 2350 or more, and a fatigue limit is 200 MPa or more. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017361 | Method for Coating a Hot-Rolled or Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Product, Containing 6-30% wt. Mn, with a Metallic Protective Layer - A method for coating a hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel flat product, containing 6-30% wt. Mn, with a metallic protective layer by hot-clip coating in a melt bath. The coating, achieved with increased production reliability, is optimised by the steel flat product being subjected to a pickling treatment in which the manganese oxide adhering to the steel flat product is essentially fully removed in the pickling bath before the steel flat product enters the melt bath. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017362 | STEEL FLAT PRODUCT HAVING A METALLIC COATING WHICH PROTECTS AGAINST CORROSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METALLIC ZN-MG COATING, WHICH PROTECTS AGAINST CORROSION, ON A STEEL FLAT PRODUCT - A steel flat product having a Zn—Mg—Al coating. The coating, which in addition to zinc and unavoidable impurities, comprises in wt. %: Mg: 4-8%, Al: 0.5-1.8% and optionally one or more of the following: Si: <2%, Pb: <0.1%, Ti: <0.2%, Ni: <1%, Cu: <1%, Co: <0.3%, Mn: <0.5%, Cr: <0.2%, Sr: <0.5%, Fe: <3%, B: <0.1%, Bi: <0.1%, Cd: <0.1%, REM<0.2%, and Sn<0.5%. The steel flat product according to the invention is not only outstandingly protected against corrosion, but also welds well and coats well with an organic layer applied subsequently. The invention also relates to a method for producing a steel flat product having a Zn—Mg—Al coating. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017363 | HIGH STRENGTH THIN STEEL SHEET EXCELLING IN WELDABILITY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are a high strength thin steel sheet having tensile strength of about 800 MPa or more, and a manufacturing method thereof. The thin steel sheet is mainly used for construction materials, home appliances, and automobiles. The thin steel sheet has excellent plating characteristic, welding characteristic, bending workability, and hole expansion ratio. The thin steel sheet includes, in weight %, C: 0.02-0.20%, Si: 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.5-3.0%, P: 0.001-0.10%, S: 0.010% or less, SoLAl: 0.01-0.40%, N: 0.020% or less, Cr: 0.3-1.5%, B: 0.0010-0.0060%, Sb: 0.001-0.10%, and including at least one material selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.003-0.08%, Nb: 0.003-0.08%, and Mo: 0.003-0.08%, and includes Fe and other inevitable impurities as a remainder. Here, Si, Mn, B, Sb, P, and S meet conditions of 5<(Si/Mn+150B)/Sb<20 and C+Mn/20+Si/30+2P+4S<0.27. Also, the manufacturing method can secure workability of the thin steel sheet. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017364 | HEAVY AUSTEMPERED DUCTILE IRON COMPONENTS - A component for wind turbines includes cast austempered ductile iron containing about 3.0 to about 3.8 weight percent carbon, about 1.9 to about 2.8 weight percent silicon, up to about 0.3 weight percent manganese, up to about 0.8 weight percent copper, up to about 2.0 weight percent nickel, up to about 0.3 weight percent molybdenum, about 0.03 to about 0.06 weight percent magnesium, less than about 0.05 weight percent chromium, less than about 0.02 weight percent vanadium, and less than about 0.01 weight percent sulfur. The component is preferably a drive shaft or gearbox component having a mass of more than about 3 tons. A method of manufacturing the component is also provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017365 | ALLOY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLOY - To provide an alloy which can suppress minute temporal deformation of a Super Invar alloy as much as possible, and a method for producing the alloy. The alloy of the present invention includes iron, nickel, and cobalt, which are the basic components of a Super Invar alloy, and is characterized in that an amount of a fraction which has not carbidized in carbon contained in the alloy is 0.010 wt % or less. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017366 | 7000-SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUDED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing an aluminum alloy extruded product comprising: casting a billet using a 7000-series aluminum alloy having Mg of 0.95 to 1.95 mass %, Zn of 5.10 to 7.90 mass %, an excess mg or Zn content relative to a stoichiometric composition shown by MgZn2 of less than 0.5 mass %; an A=Zn−5.36×Mg (mass %) of −2.64 to 0.50; and at least one of Mn, Cr and Zr with a total content thereof being less than 0.25 mass %; homogenizing the billet at 450 to 550° C.; preheating the homogenized product at 480 to 540° C.; extruding the preheated product with a die heated at 440 to 500° C.; and subjecting the extruded product to press quenching at an air cooling rate of 29° C./min or more, wherein a proof stress increase due to natural aging is 15 Mpa or less and a hardness HV increase due to natural aging is seven or less. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017367 | MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A magnesium alloy having excellent strength and elongation at high temperatures and further having excellent creep characteristics at high temperatures. Also provided is a process for producing the alloy. In producing the magnesium alloy, a magnesium alloy containing yttrium and samarium in respective specific amounts is cast and the resultant cast is subjected to a solution heat treatment, subsequently hot working, and then an aging treatment, thereby reducing the average crystal grain diameter of the structure. In addition, the amounts of the yttrium and samarium in solution in the magnesium matrix are balanced with the number of precipitate particles of a specific size in the crystal grains. The magnesium alloy thus obtained has excellent strength and elongation at high temperatures and further having excellent creep characteristics at high temperatures. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017368 | Steel Material, Process of Fabricating Steel Material, and Apparatus of Fabricating Steel Material - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a process of fabricating a steel material by performing a heat treatment to a steel material having high strength, in order to reduce hardness at one part of the steel material to less than hardness at other parts of the steel material, wherein the heat treatment comprises a heating step in which a portion having a certain depth from a surface of the steel material is rapidly heated by induction heating or direct energization heating, and a cooling step in which the steel material, which has been subject to the heating step, is rapidly cooled a predetermined time after the heating step, and a heating temperature in the heating step is Ac1 transforming point or more. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017369 | TITANIUM PLATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a titanium plate having both high strength and good workability. The titanium plate is made of a titanium material in a plate shape, the titanium material consisting of by mass: more than 0.10% and less than 0.60% iron; more than 0.005% and less than 0.20% oxygen; less than 0.015% carbon; less than 0.015% nitrogen; less than 0.015% hydrogen; and balance titanium and unavoidable impurities, provided that the iron content is greater than the oxygen content, wherein the titanium plate has a two-phase structure of an α phase and a β phase and the circle-equivalent mean diameter of α phase grains is 10 μm or less. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017370 | ALUMINUM ALLOY SHEET WITH EXCELLENT POST-FABRICATION SURFACE QUALITIES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Disclosed is an Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy sheet that can prevent ridging marks during press forming and has good reproducibility even with stricter fabricating conditions. In an Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy sheet of a specific composition, hot rolling is performed on the basis of a set relationship between the rolling start temperature Ts and the rolling finish temperature Tf ° C., whereby the relationship of the cube orientation distribution profile in the horizontal direction of the sheet with the cube orientation alone or another crystal orientation distribution profile at various locations in the depth direction of the sheet is made more uniform, suppressing the appearance of ridging marks that develop during sheet press forming. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017371 | TIRE RETREAD APPARATUS - A device for extending the life of a tire and providing a new tread layer, principally for off road truck tires has a mechanically attached surface tread of rubber blocks cooperatively connected with a cable system and specialized tensioning. The apparatus is generally suited to tires of very large size, typically used on dump trucks in open pit mining applications. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017372 | STUDLESS TIRE - The present is intended to provide a studless tire capable of enhancing ice performance without complicating the structure and the material. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017373 | Anti-Slip Tread Pattern for Shoes - An exemplary tread configuration having improved slip-resistance includes a tread element having a length and a width. The tread element also includes a long longitudinal groove extending a substantial length of the tread element and a long latitudinal groove extending a substantial width of the tread element. Additionally, the tread element includes at least two short longitudinal grooves extending a fraction of the length of the tread element and aligned substantially parallel to the long longitudinal groove. At least one of the at least two short longitudinal grooves is located each side of the long longitudinal groove. The tread element further includes at least two short latitudinal grooves extending a fraction of the width of the of the tread element and aligned substantially parallel to the long latitudinal groove. At least one of the at least two short latitudinal grooves is located on each side of the long latitudinal groove. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017374 | Device for Tread - Tire comprising a tread having a tread surface ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017375 | PNEUMATIC RADIAL TIRE FOR HEAVY LOAD - The present invention provides a pneumatic radial tire for heavy load, having lug grooves in respective side regions of a tread surface, in which tire an amount of slip of the trailing edge of each of land portions defined by the lug grooves, with respect to a road surface, when the tire is rotated with load applied thereon is advantageously reduced without causing decrease in partial wear resistance of the land portions at a road contact surface thereof and generating cracks at the lug groove bottom. The pneumatic radial tire for heavy load, having a plurality of lug grooves | 2011-01-27 |
20110017376 | Layered Cable Gummed in Situ Suitable for a Tire Belt - Metal cord (C- | 2011-01-27 |
20110017377 | OPTIMIZED LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE FOR BEARING SUPPORT AND OPTIMIZED BEARING SUPPORT - A load-bearing structure for a bearing support intended to be mounted on a rim inside a tire fitted on a vehicle to support the tread of the tire in the event of a loss of inflation pressure is provided. The load-bearing structure includes a base, a crown, and an annular body connecting the base and the crown. The body includes a plurality of partitions distributed regularly circumferentially, extending axially substantially from one side to the other of the body and radially from the base to the crown with a mean orientation relative to the radial direction of between 10 and 50 degrees, in that two circumferentially adjacent partitions exhibit contrary orientations relative to the radial direction and in that two adjacent partitions define with the base and/or the crown cavities in the form of triangles or trapezoids. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017378 | POLYESTER FIBER AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND TIRE CORD, TIRE, BELT-REINFORCING FIBER MATERIAL AND BELT COMPRISING THE POLYESTER FIBER - There is provided a polyester fiber which has few defects such as voids due to catalyst particles, and low variation in physical properties and minimal fluff generation. The polyester fiber of the invention comprises laminar nanoparticles composed of a divalent metal and a phosphorus compound and having side lengths of 5-100 nm and an interlayer spacing of 1-5 nm. There are also provided a tire cord, tire, belt-reinforcing fiber material and belt, comprising the polyester fiber. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017379 | Carcass Reinforcement for Airplane Tire - An airplane tire in which the carcass reinforcement comprises at least one inner layer ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017380 | MAPPING TOW SPLICES IN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - The three dimensional (3-D) locations of splices in pre-preg tows placed by an automatic fiber placement machine to form a laminated composite structure are mapped to allow visualization of alignment patterns in the splices. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017381 | Visual Fiber Placement Inspection - An apparatus and method are provided for performing, on-the-fly, real time inspection of a composite structure formed by an automated fiber placement machine, through comparison of a visual image of at least a portion of the composite structure to a virtual image of the composite structure. Proper formation of the structure, and/or anomalies within the structure, are determined by comparing the visual image to the virtual image. The automated fiber placement machine, and/or tooling upon which the fiber is placed, are manipulated, and a visual indicator are provided to facilitate inspection and/or repair of any detected anomalies during fabrication of the composite structure. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017382 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING WINDOW FILM ASSEMBLY - An assembly, method, and kit particularly adapted for use in mounting a window film structure in spaced apart and juxtaposed relationship to a window of a window assembly. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017383 | Sports ball - A sports ball includes an inflatable bladder, and a ball carcass. The ball pocket is constructed to have a true roundness shape, having an interior cavity receiving the inflatable bladder therein, wherein when the inflatable bladder is inflated, the ball pocket retains a true roundness shape of the inflatable bladder. The ball carcass includes a ball cushion and a plurality of carcass panels. Each of the carcass panels has a peripheral edge and a flat bottom surface defined within the peripheral edge, wherein the bottom surface of each of the carcass panels is entirely affixed to the ball cushion at a position that the peripheral edge of each of the carcass panels is fittingly aligned with the peripheral edges of the adjacent carcass panels to form a roundness carcass of the sportsball in a stitch-less manner. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017384 | COMPOSITE FUSELAGE FOR VEHICLES - A method of assembling a vehicle includes providing a mandrel that approximates the shape of a fuselage to be formed, winding a fiber around the mandrel by rotating the mandrel with a driver, heating the fiber to form the fuselage having a structural, hardened shell, removing the mandrel from the fuselage, and mounting the fuselage onto a frame rail of the vehicle. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017385 | Method of producing a composite article - A method of producing a composite article includes: hot pressing a stack of prepreg sheets in a mold to form the composite article, the mold having a mold cavity; producing a fine ridge pattern on a surface of the stack of the prepreg sheets during the hot pressing of the prepreg sheets in the mold cavity, the fine ridge pattern having a plurality of ridges which are substantially as fine as those of a fingerprint; and removing the composite article from the mold cavity. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017386 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BLANK MADE FROM THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL, ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING TOOL AND USE OF THE METHOD TO PRODUCE STRUCTURAL AIRCRAFT PARTS - A method of manufacturing a blank made from thermoplastic composite material, in which a pressure and temperature cycle is applied by pressing on top of a compacting plate that is itself on top of a stack of fibers including continuous fibers pre-impregnated with a thermoplastic resin, which stack has been previously placed on a board with the film enveloping the stack being brought into contact with fixing blocks arranged at the periphery of the board, and by heating the stack so as to reach at least the melting temperature of the resin while leaving the film infusible and smooth, and allowing the gas(es) present in the stack to escape through at least one opening left in the enveloping film and then through at least one emerging channel formed in the compacting plate and/or in the board and/or in the fixing blocks. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017387 | Manufacture of Pivoting Resilient Skin Contacting Members - A molding process for forming a wet shaving razor including the step of placing one or more of the blades into a first mold cavity. A first generally rigid polymer is injected into the first mold cavity to form a housing and to secure the blades. A second generally rigid polymer is injected into a second mold cavity to form a handle that is adjacent to and spaced apart from the housing of the first mold cavity. A generally flexible polymer is injected into a third mold cavity to interconnect the housing and the handle, wherein the generally flexible polymer forms a gripping portion on the handle and a resilient skin contacting element between the housing and the handle. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017388 | GASTRO-LARYNGEAL MASK - A method of making a device by integrally molding. The device includes an inflatable mask comprising a relatively stiff component and a relatively soft compliant flexible component. The mask is insertable, at least when deflated, through a mouth of the patient to an inserted location within a patient. The inserted location is near a laryngeal inlet of the patient. The device also includes an airway tube and an evacuation tube coupled to the mask. The relatively soft compliant flexible component of the mask is integrally formed in a single moulding operation. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017389 | DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL PIECE THAT COMPRISES SMOOTHING PANELS WITH SLIDING JUNCTIONS AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SMOOTHING PANELS WITH SLIDING JUNCTIONS - A device for the production of a part of an aircraft made of composite material of which one surface is able to be in contact with aerodynamic flows includes a male mold, and at least two smoothing panels ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017390 | Method and Article - A method of making an article | 2011-01-27 |
20110017391 | ADHESIVE TAPE JOINING METHOD AND ADHESIVE TAPE JOINING APPARATUS - A wafer holding table that suction-holds a wafer of a mount frame moves downward below a frame holding table when a joining roller passes over an exposed portion of an adhesive tape between the wafer W and the ring frame f. Here, the exposed portion of the adhesive tape inclines obliquely downward, thereby joining the adhesive tape to the mount frame. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017392 | MECHATRONIC GUN FOR TAPING A HARNESS - A portable mechatronic tape gun for the automatic taping of a single spot on a wire harness by a user. A user places the drum of a mechatronic taping gun over a wire harness and actuates an activation button on a handle. The actuation of the activation button causes a rotational movement in the drum. The rotational movement of the drum causes tape to be cut and rolled around the wire harness. The user then removes the mechatronic taping gun from the harness, and moves to a different spot on the wire harness for additional taping of the wire harness. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017393 | Method and Installation for Applying Foil Material Onto Successive Sheets - There is described a method for applying foil material ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017394 | System and Method for Placing a Resistive Implant for Welding Assemblies of Plastic Components - An implant applicator and method for positioning a resistive implant material on a first plastic component to be used to form a resistive implant weld between that first plastic component and a second plastic component. The resistive implant material is heated and pressed into a targeted surface of the first plastic component to tack the resistive implant into place. The second plastic component is positioned over the tacked resistive implant and a weld formed in a known manner. The resistive implant material can be heated for tacking by passing an electric current through it before it is pressed into the first plastic component by a second member or by contacting the resistive implant material against a separately heated surface prior to pressing it into the first plastic component. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017395 | Composite resin tile system - The composite resin tile system is essentially an inner sleeve formed from tiles that is applied to the inner walls of a Flue Gas Desulfurization scrubber/absorber system that forms part of an emission system in a plant that generates corrosive gases as a by-product of its process (such as a power plant), in order to provide chemical corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance. In a preferred embodiment, the novel corrosion and abrasion resistant material is formed from either vinyl ester resin or epoxy resin (about 60% to about 75% by weight) and aluminum oxide (about 25% to about 40% by weight). The instant material may be formed into interlocking tiles that are applied to the inner surfaces of Flue Gas Desulfurization components. This tile system is particularly useful in areas within the scrubber/absorber system where aqueous reagents and liquid waste are contained, transported, or used in the scrubbing/absorbing process. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017396 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element that includes a working electrode, an counter electrode that is bonded to the working electrode through a bonding layer disposed in an outer periphery area of one surface of the working electrode, and an electrolyte layer that has an electrolyte arranged in a gap thereof as a main body, and is a manufacturing method of a photoelectric conversion element at least including: a step of forming the electrolyte layer by filling the gap with the electrolyte through a through hole that is disposed in the working electrode or the counter electrode in advance under a decompressed environment; and a step of acquiring the photoelectric conversion element by sealing the through hole while maintaining the decompressed environment. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING ELECTRIC COMPONENT - An electronic component mounting apparatus is capable of significantly reducing a warpage amount of an electronic component warped in a case of thermocompression bonding using a non-conductive adhesive agent having a low minimum melt viscosity and having no conductive particle where a thin electronic component having a thickness smaller than or equal to 200 μm is mounted on a wiring board. In the mounting apparatus, a non-conductive adhesive film having the minimum melt viscosity lower than or equal to 1.0×10 | 2011-01-27 |
20110017398 | Indirect Printing of AGM - The present invention relates to a method of applying absorbent gelling material (AGM) granules by indirect printing onto an carrier layer for use in an absorbent article, particularly diaper for babies or adults, training pants, pull-up diapers (diaper pants), sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like. These articles typically comprise the carrier layer with the AGM particles together with further layers, making up the complete article. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017399 | LAMINATED PANEL - A method for the production of a laminate is provided, comprising the steps of: 1) providing a stack of layers including a decorative layer, a core layer, and optionally an overlayer; 2) impregnating one or both of the decorative layer and overlayer with a resin formulation that includes nanoclay particles disposed within a thermoset resin, wherein the concentration of the nanoclay particles within the thermoset resin is great enough to form a physical barrier within the resin and low enough to avoid a hazy appearance; and 3) subjecting the stack of layers to sufficient heat and pressure to cause the layers to bond to one another. According to an aspect of the present invention, a laminate is provided producible by the above-described method. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017400 | ANTI-BLEED COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - The invention is based on the discovery that addition of certain carboxylic acid derivatives of siloxanes to thermosetting adhesive compositions and die-attach pastes renders such compositions and pastes extremely resistant to resin bleed. The present invention provides siloxane-carboxylic acid compounds useful as anti-bleed additives. Also provided are adhesive compositions and pastes containing the compounds of the invention, which are particularly useful in applications that require little to no resin bleed prior to curing of the compositions (such as e.g., electronic packaging applications). | 2011-01-27 |
20110017401 | Electron induced chemical etching and deposition for local circuit repair - Systems and methods of imaging and repairing defects on and below the surface of an integrated circuit (IC) are described. The method may be used in areas as small as one micron in diameter, and may remove the topmost material in the small spot, repeating with various layers, until a desired depth is obtained. An energetic beam, such as an electron beam, is directed at a selected surface location. The surface has an added layer of a solid, fluid or gaseous reactive material, such as a directed stream of a fluorocarbon, and the energetic beam disassociates the reactive material in the region of the beam into radicals that chemically attack the surface. After the defect location is exposed, the method uses the energetic beam to etch undesired materials, and deposit various appropriate materials to fill gaps, and restore the IC to an operational condition. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017402 | Method and Apparatus for Producing a Three-Dimensionally Molded, Laminated Article with Transfer-Printed Surface Decoration - An apparatus includes a heating station, a laminating and transfer-printing station, and a molding station in succession, and a transport arrangement that transports the material being processed among the stations. In the heating station, a substrate is pre-heated and consolidated. In the laminating and transfer-printing station, a decorative cover layer is laminated onto the substrate and simultaneously a surface decoration (design, pattern, image, colors, text, etc.) is transfer-printed by sublimation of inks or dyes from a transfer paper onto an outer surface of the decorative cover layer. The resulting laminated body with a transfer-printed surface decoration is then three-dimensionally deformed and molded to form a three-dimensionally contoured, molded, laminated article with the transfer-printed surface decoration. The article may be a motor vehicle interior trim component. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017403 | Rigid Core for Making Tires - A rigid core which at least partly defines a manufacturing form for the inside surface of a tire, the core comprising a plurality of circumferentially adjacent segments ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017404 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING INSULATING GLASS PANES WITH A GAS OTHER THAN AIR - A method for assembling insulating glass panes from two or more glass sheets filled with a gas other than air, two plates facing each other, arranged parallel to each other vertically or inclined with adjustable mutual distance, a horizontal conveyor arranged near the lower edge of the plates, a first sealing device and a second sealing device, positioned at the protruding edges of both the plates or near these edges or between the plates and can extend between the horizontal conveyor and a point lying above the horizontal conveyor, and having means for feeding a gas other than air into a chamber, delimited on both the sides by the two plates and by the two sealing devices. For assembling overlong insulating glass panes, the glass sheets, at one of which a frame-like spacer is attached on both the sides, are positioned between the plates opposite each other. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017405 | BONDING APPARATUS - A bonding apparatus for bonding a first substrate and a second substrate includes a base body, a first stripping device, a second stripping device, at least two vacuum bonding devices, and a loading mechanism. The first stripping device removes a film from the first substrate, and the second stripping device removes a film from the second substrate. The at least two vacuum bonding devices are arranged on the base body and aligned with each other. The loading mechanism includes a slide-rail on the base body and an adjustment assembly slidably connected to the slide-rail. The loading mechanism transfers a first substrate and a second substrate into one vacuum bonding device, and then, sliding on the slider, transfers another first substrate and another second substrate to another vacuum bonding device. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017406 | Applicator for Automatically Dispensing Self-Adhesive Products - A device employed by a user for applying a self-adhesive product to a surface may include an outer housing configured for gripping by a single hand of the user, the outer housing having a distal end, and a volume of self-adhesive product disposed within the outer housing. An automatic dispensing mechanism is disposed within the outer housing and operatively coupled to the outer housing and the volume of self-adhesive product, the automatic dispensing mechanism configured to advance at least a portion of the volume of self-adhesive product through the outer housing distal end in response to a manual actuation force applied to the outer housing. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017407 | CHIP SORTING APPARATUS - A chip sorting apparatus comprising a chip holder comprising a first surface and an second surface opposite to the first surface; a wafer comprising a first chip disposed on a first position of the first surface; a first chip receiver comprising a third surface and an fourth surface opposite to the third surface, wherein the third surface is opposite to the first surface; a pressurization device making the first chip and the third surface of the first chip receiver adhered to each other through pressuring the second surface at where corresponding to the first position; and a separator decreasing the adhesion between the first chip and the first surface. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017408 | Venetian Blinds With Magnetic Controller For Regulation - Magnetically actuated Venetian blinds may be positioned within a sealed double pane window. The blinds can be rotated or tilted, and lifted and lowered, by external battens. The blinds hang on a freely rotating bearing hollow pipe. Magnets on the bearing hollow pipe are magnetically engaged by magnets on an external regulating top batten. Gliding magnets along the batten engage magnets at the edges of the freely rotating bearing hollow pipe to rotate the slats through 180° of movement. One or both of the external regulating battens may be used to move the Venetian blind up or down by engagement of the batten magnets with the bottom section magnets. The Venetian blind may be positioned to shade any part of the window. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017409 | VERTICAL BLIND TIDY - A device for securing the louvres of a vertical blind is provided. The device comprises a base plate that is adapted for fixing to a surface adjacent the blind and an integral retaining member which is adjustable to releasably secure a variable number of louvres against the base plate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017410 | TELESCOPIC COVER - A novel telescopic cover of the present invention has a plurality of protection covers having top plates and vertically-suspended plates vertically suspended from the top plates, and being arranged so as to cover a guiding portion of a machining tool or the like in a freely stretchable manner between every adjacent pair of the protection covers, while being linked with each other by a linking mechanism which is configured by a plurality of linking elements linked so as to be rotatable around connecting shafts, wherein the telescopic cover has a plurality of guide rails provided to the plurality of protection covers, each having a guide groove which has one and the other guiding surfaces opposed with each other, in the direction normal to the direction of stretching and shrinkage of the entire portion of the protection covers; and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in guide groove, so as to be freely rotatable around each connecting shaft which extends in the depth-wise direction of the guide groove. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017411 | ELECTRIC CURTAIN VIA ACCURATELY CONTROLLING A STOP POSITION OF ITS COVERING SHEET - An electric curtain mainly utilizes a covering sheet furled at an upper limit position, which simultaneously impels an actuating member of a zero device to relatively cooperate with a sensor of the zero device, so that the covering sheet would not continue operating and a counter in the zero device would recount once a processing unit of a controlling device receives a signal from the sensor. Thus, the processing unit would drive the counter to recount in every following drop of the covering sheet to accurately control the suspending position without incurring an accumulative counting error and increase an operative convenience. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017412 | REVERSIBLE SUNSHADE - A reversible sunshade for keeping the interior of a vehicle cool in the summer or heating the interior in the winter has at least one panel with a light-reflective surface and a light-absorbing surface. The sunshade may be attached to the windshield of a vehicle with suction cups that extend through holes in the panel. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017413 | SHADE AND SHADING SYSTEM - A shading system for a window comprising a panel having a shape and size that covers at least a portion of the window when the panel is placed over the window. The shading system may include a first plurality of magnets in the panel and a second plurality of magnets for securement to the inside surface of the window. The first and second plurality of magnets removably securing the panel over the window of the vehicle. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017414 | Method for making mineral fiber paper - Disclosed is a method for making fiber paper. In this method, mineral fibers and PVA resin are blended in water, thus forming first solution. Polymer fibers and PVA resin are blended in water, thus forming second solution. The first solution is mixed with the second solution. A wet paper-making machine is used to make mineral fiber paper from the mixture. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017415 | WET-END MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR BITUMEN-IMPREGNATED FIBERBOARD - A process for manufacturing fiberboard by preparing a fiber slurry mixture including containing cellulose fibers and water then atomizing a liquid bituminous material, such as asphalt. The liquid bituminous material is atomized by mixing it with a pressurized gas, such as compressed air, forming a mist comprising droplets of bituminous material having a diameter between 20 microns and 50 microns. A water spray solidifies the bituminous material droplets thereby forming bituminous particles which fall into the fiber slurry within the spray chamber. From there the slurry is sheared, dewatered, and dried, forming a finished fiberboard. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017416 | WET-END MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR BITUMEN-IMPREGNATED FIBERBOARD - A process for manufacturing fiberboard by preparing a fiber slurry mixture including containing cellulose fibers and water then atomizing a liquid bituminous material, such as asphalt. The liquid bituminous material is atomized by mixing it with a pressurized gas, such as compressed air, forming a mist comprising droplets of bituminous material having a diameter between 20 microns and 50 microns. A water spray solidifies the bituminous material droplets thereby forming bituminous particles which fall into the fiber slurry within the spray chamber. From there the slurry is sheared, dewatered, and dried, forming a finished fiberboard. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017417 | Sizing Composition for Hot Penetrant Resistance - A process to increase the resistance of paper board to hot penetrants using a sizing agent containing fatty acid anhydride, and an insolubilizing agent is disclosed. Additionally a composition useful to impart hot penetrant resistance is disclosed | 2011-01-27 |
20110017418 | PRESS FELT AND ITS USE - A press felt ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017419 | PAPERMAKING SHOE PRESS BELT - A papermaking shoe press belt is formed of a reinforcing fiber base material and a polyurethane layer integrated with each other. The reinforcing fiber base material is embedded in the polyurethane layer. The papermaking shoe press belt includes, as the polyurethane layer, a polyurethane layer obtainable by curing a composition composed in combination of a urethane prepolymer and one or more curing agent. The urethane prepolymer is obtainable by reacting a p-phenylene diisocyanate compound with a long-chain polyol. The at least one curing agent is selected from 4,4′-methylene bis(2,6-diethyl-3-chloroaniline), 4,4′-methylene bis(2-chloroaniline), methylene bis(2-ethyl-6-methylaniline), 4,4′-methylene bis(2-ethylbenzeneamine), methylene bis(2,3-dichloroaniline), 4,4′-methylenedianiline, 3,5-dimethylthiotoluene-2,4-diamine, 3,5-dimethylthiotoluene-2,6-diamine, 3,5-diethyltoluene-2,4-diamine, 3,5-diethyltoluene-2,6-diamine, polytetramethylene oxide di-p-aminobenzoate, poly(tetramethylene/3-methyl tetramethylene ether)glycol bis(4-aminobenzoate), trimethylene bis(4-aminobenzoate) and isobutyl 4-chloro-3,5-diaminobenzoate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017420 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS USAGE OF MULTIPLE DIE CASTING TOOLS - A die casting apparatus and method evidencing increased apparatus output including the ability of using multiple die tools. The apparatus includes an indexing assembly removably engaged with at least one die block assembly for transporting between four stations, including an injection station, a cooling station, an ejection station, and a recovery station. The injection station includes a frame, a clamp assembly attached to the frame for clamping and releasing the die block assembly, a shot sleeve assembly engaged with the die block assembly for receiving molten material, such as metal, from a furnace means and injecting the molten material into the die block assembly, and a shot cylinder releasably coupled with the shot sleeve assembly for controlling the injection of molten material. The ejection station includes an ejector lift assembly which engages the die block assembly for ejecting a finished part from the die block assembly, and the recovery station includes an ejector drop assembly which engages the die block assembly for placing a preload on the die block assembly. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017421 | VEHICLE SEAT AIR-CONDITIONER AND VEHICLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER - A vehicle seat air-conditioner includes a seat on which an occupant sits, a seat temperature adjustment device that adjusts the temperature of a conditioned gas, a blower that supplies the conditioned gas to the seat, a seat covering layer provided on a surface of the seat and facing the seated occupant, and a flow channel provided on an underside of the seat covering layer that pass the conditioned gas that is introduced by the blower. The vehicle seat air-conditioner is adapted to convey heat of the conditioned gas to an occupant side of the seat covering layer by directly blowing out a portion of the introduced conditioned gas to the occupant side of the seat covering layer, and to perform heat exchange with the occupant side of the seat covering layer by circulating a portion of a remainder of the conditioned gas through the flow channel. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017422 | Geothermal Heat Transfer And Intensification System And Method - This invention uses an innovative closed-loop steam cycle with a primary geothermal boiler and a recirculating arrangement to deliver a portion of the enthalpy of that produced steam as a higher temperature and pressure steam to the surface. The geothermal boiler operates at as low a pressure as needed to boil water using heat from relatively low-temperature geologic formations typically found in abandoned oil wells. This system can be deployed in such well bores to extract geothermal energy either as a stand-alone enterprise or in conjunction with tertiary oil recovery efforts. The geothermally-boiled steam provides most or all of the energy to power the process. It is the ability of this system to extract useful heat from below atmospheric boiling temperature heat sources that offers its greatest potential. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEAT RECOVERY - The invention relates to a method for heat recovery in the production of anodes in an annular anode furnace ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017424 | HEAT EXCHANGE PEDESTAL WITH COATING OF DIAMOND-LIKE MATERIAL - A substrate heat exchange pedestal comprises: (i) a support structure having a contact surface comprising a coating of a diamond-like material, and (ii) a heat exchanger in the support structure, the heat exchanger capable of heating or cooling a substrate. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017425 | Heat Exchanger For An Air Supply Circuit Of A Motor Vehicle Engine - A heat exchanger ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017426 | Aircraft cooling system - An aircraft cooling system ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110017427 | BLOWER AND HEATPUMP USING THE SAME - A now-noise blower is provided which reduces the turbulence of incoming air flow itself even if there is un-uniformity resulting from circumferential positions around a rotation shaft of air inlet passage. Such a blower includes a blade | 2011-01-27 |
20110017428 | PLANE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - The present invention relates to a plane type heat exchanger that has a simple structure and can be easily manufactured by substituting a rectangular plane type for a spiral cylindrical type of the structure of a heat exchange pipe according to the related art which is used for a heat exchanger using combustion gas that is heated by a burner and makes laminar flow. According to the present invention, the plane type heat exchanger having heat exchange pipes, through which heating water flows, and makes heat exchange by contacting with laminar-flow combustion gas, the plane type heat exchanger, includes: a plurality of heat exchange pipes that have a rectangular cross section with a larger width of a side, which contacts with the combustion gas, than the height, and are arranged at regular intervals in parallel with each other; inner plates where both ends of the heat exchange pipes are inserted to be fixed at regular intervals; and outer plates that are communicated with the heat exchange pipes through the inner plates and form spaces covering the outer surfaces of the inner plates. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017429 | Method For Vaporizing Cryogenic Liquid Through Heat Exchange Using Calorigenic Fluid - A method of vaporizing cryogenic liquid, for example liquefied natural gas, by heat exchange with a calorigenic fluid, for example gaseous nitrogen is provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017430 | THERMAL MODULE - A thermal module includes a mounting plate, a centrifugal fan with a fin assembly arranged at an air outlet thereof, and a heat pipe connected the fin assembly with the heat mounting plate. The centrifugal fan includes a fan housing and an impeller rotatably received in the fan housing. The fan housing is disposed immediately neighboring to the mounting plate and mounted to a lateral side of the mounting plate via a securing structure formed between the fan housing and the mounting plate. The fan housing consists of a base and a cover. The base is made of a plastic material. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017431 | FLEXIBLE THERMAL GROUND PLANE AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for flexible thermal ground planes. A flexible thermal ground plane may include a support member. The flexible thermal ground plane may include an evaporator region or multiple evaporator regions configured to couple with the support member. The flexible thermal ground plane may include a condenser region or multiple condenser regions configured to couple with the support member. The evaporator and condenser region may include a microwicking structure. The evaporator and condenser region may include a nanowicking structure coupled with the micro-wicking structure, where the nanowicking structure includes nanorods. The evaporator and condenser region may include a nanomesh coupled with the nanorods and/or the microwicking structure. Some embodiments may include a micromesh coupled with the nanorods and/or the microwicking structure. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017432 | COMPACT EVAPORATOR FOR CHILLERS - A compact evaporator including a suction baffle system is provided for use in a refrigeration system. The suction baffle system includes a suction baffle and a passageway. The suction baffle includes a plurality of walls and is adjacent to the interior wall of shell. The passageway extends below one of the walls of the suction baffle toward the lower portion of the shell and is adjacent to the interior wall of the shell. A suction tube having an inlet is attached to the evaporator shell and the inlet is adjacent to the passageway and located partially below the suction baffle. The passageway minimizes the possibility of liquid carry-over in the suction tube that feeds into the compressor. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017433 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A HEATING DEVICE - A heat exchanger for a heating device, especially a fuel value heating device, made up of at least two vertically aligned members, and, in each case, one cover at the end face, which form a combustion chamber, and laterally border at least one heating gas flue, that leads from the combustion chamber in the upper region downwards to an exhaust collector in the lower region, having heat exchanger surfaces which, on the heating gas side, are provided with elements that increase the size of surfaces, especially in the form of ribs, optionally having at least one middle member between the two bordering outer members, and having a plurality of channels guiding the heating medium flowing through in parallel and/or in series in the members and/or the covers. The present system provides a compact heat exchanger for a heating device, and which is light and is especially suitable for the fuel value operation. In the present system, the members and the covers are connected to one another at the end face to form a block that is leak-proof to the heating gas, whose channels guiding the heating medium correspond to one another. The heat exchanger surfaces, acted upon by heating gas, of two adjacent members, over their length have a greater distance from one another in the middle, and thus form a wider heating gas flue than in the edge regions, the ribs each having a greater height in the middle and overlapping one another over a greater surface than in the edge regions. | 2011-01-27 |
20110017434 | Sealing Means For A Heat Exchanger Header Box - The invention relates to a header tank for a heat exchanger, comprising a header plate intended for the fixing of a plurality of tubes through which at least one fluid flows, and a cover intended to close the header tank at least in part when fixed to the header plate, and an elastic sealing means ( | 2011-01-27 |