05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090025412 | ADJUSTING SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING CONDITIONS IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A system for adjusting or improving conditions in a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle includes a remote controller and an on-board system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The on-board system includes a communication device, a window-view detector, an air-condition detector and a battery capacity detector. A command to adjust or improve the conditions in the passenger compartment to desired conditions is wirelessly transmitted from the remote controller to the on-board communication device. Upon receipt of the command, a residual capacity of an on-board battery and the conditions in the passenger compartment are detected by the on-board detectors. If the residual capacity of the on-board battery is sufficiently high, a full control is performed for adjusting the conditions, while a limited control is performed if the residual battery capacity is low. The conditions including temperature, humidity and transparency through the windows are properly controlled before a driver gets into the vehicle while saving the battery capacity for driving. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025413 | AIR CONDITIONER HAVING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BOX COOLING MECHANISM - In an air conditioner having an electrical equipment box mounted on the outer surface of a unit body in which an air blowing fan and an indoor heat exchanger are mounted, the electrical equipment box has an accommodating portion in which a control board is mounted, and a projecting portion that is connected to the accommodating portion so that the inside of the projecting portion intercommunicates with the inside of the accommodating portion and has an air inlet port and an air discharge port, and the unit body has an opening formed in the outer surface thereof through which the projecting portion of the electrical equipment box is inserted, the projecting portion being secured to the outer side surface of the unit body under the state that the projecting portion projects through the opening into an air flowing passage of the air blowing fan. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025414 | IN-CEILING MOUNT TYPE AIR CONDITIONER AND INDOOR UNIT THEREOF - An indoor unit of an in-ceiling mount type air conditioner including a box-shaped housing having a top plate portion, a side plate portion and an opening portion at the lower portion thereof, a face panel detachably mounted on the opening portion of the housing, an indoor heat exchanger through which the inside of the housing is compartmented into a primary side and a secondary side, and an air blower secured to the top plate portion of the housing that faces the primary side, has a primary side heat insulating material is provided to the top plate portion so as to face the primary side of the housing and a secondary side heat insulating material provided to the side plate portion so as to face the secondary side of the housing, wherein the primary side heat insulating material is provided with an opening portion through which the air blower is fixed to the top plate portion. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025415 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VACUUM-SEALING A COOLING MEDIUM - A device and a method for vacuum-sealing cooling medium is to allow a work piece being vacuumed for the cooling medium being introduced into the work piece. The device provides a first passage, a second passage, a sucking unit, a cooling medium supply unit and a sealing passage. The first passage and the second passage each have an end being connected to the sucking unit and the cooing medium supply unit respectively. The sealing passage communicates with another end of the first passage and another end of the second passage respectively and provides a sealing component, wherein a conveying passage is provided at the sealing component for the work piece being vacuumed or introduced with the cooling medium via said first passage or said second passage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025416 | Controlling cooling fluid flow in a cooling system with a variable orifice - In a cooling system, a variable orifice controls the flow of cooling fluid through a cooling fluid flow path. The variable orifice includes an adjustable diaphragm shutter through which the cooling fluid flows. Upon manipulation of the adjustable diaphragm shutter, a diameter of an opening of the adjustable diaphragm shutter is adjusted to control the flow of the cooling fluid. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025417 | Sport fisherman's ice chest with integrated cutting board - A cutting board that is integrated into the top lid of any size ice chest coolers manufactured by Igloo, Coleman, Rubbermaid and others. The cooler top lid must be a perfectly smooth and flat surface with no “markings”, imprints, or fish measuring scale. The perceived cutting board is not an “add-on” after market device, but an integral part of the cooler lid and integrated into the “top” during the manufacturing process—not added on by the “after market”. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025418 | HEAT EXCHANGER SUPPORT - A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system having a compressor, a heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a multichannel heat exchanger connected in a closed refrigerant loop. The HVAC&R system may also have a base, a retainer and/or a grommet for providing support to the multichannel heat exchanger and/or substantially isolating the multichannel heat exchanger from the base. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025419 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH COLD RESERVOIR - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular, an evaporator ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025420 | Air Conditioner - An air conditioner that reverses and appropriately controls the stream of refrigerant between paths of a flow divider corresponding to an air conditioner heat exchanger having a plurality of paths to increase the heat exchange capacity is provided. The air conditioner includes a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a restriction device, and an indoor heat exchanger including a plurality of paths. These members are sequentially connected by a refrigerant pipe to form a refrigerant circuit. A flow divider including a plurality of paths is arranged between the indoor heat exchanger, which includes the plurality of paths, and the restriction device. A refrigerant flow amount regulation valve is provided for each of the plurality of paths in the flow divider. In a predetermined operation state, more refrigerant is distributed to a predetermined passage in which the processing capacity is large and the refrigerant temperature at an outlet of the indoor heat exchanger is high in comparison with other paths. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025421 | Mineral recovery system for desalination - The invention relates to a mineral recovery system that processes concentrated brine leftover from a desalination system, wherein the brine is introduced into a crystallization chamber in the form of a spray, and wherein by mixing it with super chilled air from the desalination system, the droplets will flash freeze and form a super chilled slurry mixture, wherein an agitator for mixing the super chilled slurry is provided at or near the bottom of the crystallization chamber. Multiple stilling chambers are preferably provided for further separating the water from the concentrated brine, to produce a heavily concentrated sludge containing mineral solids that can be removed from the brine and recovered for commercial purposes. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025422 | Controlling Liquefaction of Natural Gas - A gas liquefaction process, especially for producing LNG, maintains product flow rate and temperature by controlling the refrigeration so that variation to reduce any difference between actual and required product temperatures is initiated before variation of the product flow rate to reduce any difference between actual and required flow rates. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025423 | Teething Necklace and Related Accessories - A jewelry item includes a plurality of objects that are made of a material that is suitable for infant teething and that have an outward appearance resembling a stone, a bead or other decorative ornamental object. The objects are made from a material that is a non-toxic substance that will retain its structural integrity when subjected to the forces and environment of a baby chewing on the object. In a method of making a teething necklace, a non-toxic resilient material is formed into a plurality of structures that have an ornamental outward appearance. Each of the plurality of structures are strung together by passing a string member through a longitudinal bore defined by each of the structures. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025424 | METHOD OF MAKING CRAMIC ARTICLES - Method of making an article, the method comprising coalescing a plurality of the glass particles. The article may comprise glass, glass-ceramic, and/or crystalline ceramic. Examples of articles include kitchenware (e.g., plates), dental brackets, and reinforcing fibers, cutting tool inserts, abrasives, and structural components of gas engines, (e.g., valves and bearings). | 2009-01-29 |
20090025425 | Method for spray-forming melts of glass and glass-ceramic compositions - The invention relates to a process and apparatus for forming a particulate composition, especially a particle glass composition, through the use of shock waves. A nozzle element is utilized having inlets for introduction of cold and heated gas and a delivery tube for introducing molten material. Through the introduction of the cold and heated gases, droplets are formed from a molten stream, a cone-shaped standing shock wave is formed, and shock waves are formed via a modified Hartmann-Sprenger chamber, the shock waves impinging on the droplet stream to break up the larger droplets. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025426 | UV treated grey glass and method of making same - This invention relates to grey glass that is capable of achieving high light transmittance in the visible range in combination with good solar properties (e.g., reduced IR, UV and/or TS transmission), and/or a method of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the glass is treated with UV (ultraviolet) radiation in order to increase % FeO and/or CeO | 2009-01-29 |
20090025427 | Manufacturing Method for Micro Components - A manufacturing method for micro components includes the steps of manufacturing a large component by molding and shaping a thermally contractible material; heating and cooling the large component, such that the size of the large component can be reduced by the contraction of the material to form a reduced component; duplicating the reduced component to obtain a mold; and manufacturing a further reduced component by the molding and shaping process of the mold. The manufacturing method simply requires the processes of duplicating the component, contracting the material with an equal contraction ratio, and preparing the mold, and thus the manufacturing method is simple, easy and fast. The method can overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, of which the precision and the freedom for the external design of the micro components cannot be controlled easily. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025428 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HOMOGENIZING A GLASS MELT - The invention relates to a method and a device for homogenizing a glass melt using at least one stirring means which is respectively arranged in a stirring vessel having an inlet ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025429 | MOLD ACTUATING AND COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR A GLASSWARE MOLDING MACHINE - In a glassware molding machine, the half-molds of a mold are moved between an open position and a closed position and cooled by an actuating and cooling assembly having a fixed supporting structure and, for each half-mold, a respective supporting and actuating arm fitted to the relative half-mold and hinged to the fixed supporting structure to rotate about a fixed hinge axis; each supporting arm internally defining a chamber communicating with a ring of cooling conduits formed through the half-molds, and the chamber having an inlet formed through an outer lateral wall of the supporting arm to receive cooling air from a compressed-air tank of the machine. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025430 | DIE ASSEMBLY FOR MOLDING OF GLASS ELEMENT - In the initial stage of die-opening operation when an upper core | 2009-01-29 |
20090025431 | FURNACE FOR FABRICATING A GLASS PREFORM OR AN OPTICAL FIBER - In a furnace for heating an optical fiber preform to be inserted from an insertion opening, the furnace includes an annular sealing body for sealing a clearance gap between the optical fiber preform and the insertion opening. The annular sealing body is formed from stacked annular disks respectively having an insertion hole in its center area. The annular disk has slits formed from a inner edge of the annular disk toward its periphery side and flexible portions that are defined by the slits and bend by an interference with the optical fiber preform to be inserted into the insertion hole. When the optical fiber preform is inserted into the insertion hole of the annular sealing body, the flexible portions bend. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025432 | LAUNDRY MACHINE HAVING CHANGEABLE CONTROLLING PART AND DUAL LAUNDRY MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to laundry machines, such as dryers or washing machines, and more particularly, to a laundry machine in which a mounting position of at least an input unit or a display unit of a controller can be changed. The present invention suggests a variety of forms in which at least a component such as a motor or a main control unit in a body of the laundry machine is electrically connected to the changeable controlling unit. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025433 | Armoured Cable Assemblies, Locking Assemblies, Mounting Systems and Anchors - The invention provides an armoured cable assembly ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025434 | Buckling assembly and casing structure using the same - A buckling assembly and a casing structure using the same are described. The buckling assembly is used for fixedly locking a buckled member which may be a panel or a casing. The buckling assembly includes a guide rail, a locking seat, and a rotary handle. The guide rail is fixed on an inner side of the casing or the panel. The locking seat is slidably disposed on the guide rail for locking the buckled member. The rotary handle is pivotally affixed to the guide rail and is turned to drive the locking seat move on the guide rail, so as to lock or release the buckled member. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025435 | INTEGRATED ONLINE DOOR VIA ELECTRONIC DOOR HANDLE - A door security apparatus including a door strike connected to a structure and electrically connected to a first energy transceiver. The door strike is in spaced mating relationship to a door. A door-locking device is coupled to the door for locking and unlocking the door to the door strike. The door-locking device is electrically connected to a second energy transceiver in spaced mating relationship and electrically communicating with the first energy transceiver. The door-locking device includes an access interface communicating with a microprocessor for receiving an access credential. A controlling device is electrically connected to the first energy transceiver, and the controlling device initiates unlocking and locking the door to the door strike using the door-locking device after evaluating the validity of the access credential received from the access interface. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025436 | LOCK ASSEMBLY - A lock cylinder for a door including an opening, and operable to interact with a latch bolt assembly. The lock cylinder includes a housing that has a cavity, and a plug assembly that has a casing and a plug housed in the casing and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The plug is operable to interact with the latch bolt assembly, and the casing is disposed within the cavity. The lock cylinder also includes a spin ring member that at least partially encloses the housing, and an adapter that is configured to be installed in the opening of the door and that includes a spin ring interface engaged with the spin ring member. The adapter further includes a shield portion extendable into the opening of the door, and the spin ring interface and the shield portion are formed as a single piece. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025437 | JOINT ROD LOCK - The invention relates to a jointed bar lock comprising a lock body and a jointed bar hoop which has a first end and a second end, said first end being permanently connected to the lock body and said second end being connectable to the lock body at a latching region of the lock body, with a bolt provided at the lock body selectively being movable into a latched position in which the bolt engages it the second end of the jointed bar hoop when it is connected to the lock body or is movable into a release position in which the second end of the jointed bar hoop is released for a removal from the lock body. The lock has an actuation device which is coupled to the bolt via a connection section and by which the bolt is movable from the latched position, into which the bolt is biased, into the release position. The lock body accommodates a combination locking mechanism to selectively block or release the bolt. The actuation device is arranged disposed opposite the combination locking mechanism with respect to the latching region of the lock body. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025438 | LOCKSET HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED CLUTCH TO CONTROL TRANSMISSION OF ROTATION FROM AN OUTSIDE HANDLE TO AN OUTSIDE SPINDLE - A lockset includes an electric actuator which is disposed within an inside drive assembly and which has an actuator rod extending axially and movably into an outside drive assembly. The outside drive assembly has an outside sleeve connected to an outside handle and receiving an outside spindle. The outside sleeve has an axial cutout, whereas the outside spindle has an axial notch aligned with the cutout. A clutch element extends transversely from the actuator rod into the cutout and is movable within the cutout toward or away from a cutout bottom for sliding into or away from the notch so that the outside spindle and the outside sleeve are co-rotatable or not co-rotatable. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025439 | Device for Starting and Operating an Engine in a Motor Vehicle - Disclosed is a device for starting and operating an engine in a motor vehicle. Said device comprises an ID generator ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025440 | Lock and Key - Embodiments are directed to a lock and key. In one embodiment, the key includes a battery in a body. The lock includes a first pin that engages the body to move to an unlock position and a second pin that moves to an unlock position when the battery provides power to the lock. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025441 | Device for actively threatening extrinsic destruction of a lock - The present invention relates to a device for actively threatening extrinsic destruction of a lock which is formed by a male member and a female member, wherein the device comprises a plurality of container units formed by rigid and brittle materials, such as plastic or glass materials and having a pressurized tear gas or toxic gas filled therein to form sealed structures that are inserted in a space in the female member or the male member, and several alarming marks or characters are marked on a surface of the lock. In such manner, when the lock is subjected to an extrinsic destruction, the deformation of the female member or the male member resulted from the extrinsic destruction will squash the sealed container units to instantly eject the pressurized tear gas or toxic gas out. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025442 | Locking Device with a Locking Cylinder and a Key - The locking device consists of a locking cylinder and a key ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025443 | RADIAL ROLLER HEAD - Radial roller head with rollers distributively arranged in a holder under the same angular separations and in axial separations around a roller axis, the roller surfaces of which have an increasing progression in a spiral manner around the circumference in the counter clockwise direction. A gear wheel drive couples the rollers together. A locking device automatically locks into place after each full roller rotation and is released before each roller procedure via a moveable locking element. A drive device turns the rollers after release of the locking device up to the contact of the roller surfaces with a tool, in order to then be further turned through friction therewith. An electromagnet connected with the locking element, is arranged in the radial roller head with an electrical energy source and a switch connecting the energy source with the electromagnets when the switch is actuated via the work piece or another actuating device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025444 | DIE CUSHION CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a die cushion controller ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025445 | Forming tool for forming hollowware or sheet metal using a pressurized gas or fluid - The invention relates to a tool for shaping hollow parts or metal sheets with the aid of a pressurized gas or fluid. Said shaping tool comprises at least two contour blocks which form a cavity. At least one of the contour blocks can be heated. The contour blocks ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025446 | Production line and a method of shaping profiles | 2009-01-29 |
20090025447 | Method and Device for the Production and/or Machining of Pieces - A device for the production and/or machining of parts, in particular for the production of stampings, by at least one die which is capable of being put under pressure and/or force, and which has at least one plate and one die element, the die element being supported in the plate against pressure elements via a resilient element. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025448 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of a profile element - A method and an apparatus for manufacturing of a profile element including a web portion, a first and second flange portion, which extend from the web portion and are disposed essentially opposite each other. The method includes folding a blank of composite material about a first and second flange forming surface of a forming tool. The method includes setting at least one flange forming surface of a forming tool a distance from another flange forming surface greater than a desired distance between inner surfaces of the flange portions of a finished profile element. The folded blank is cured and a gradual decrease of the distance between the flange forming surfaces is simultaneously controlled. The cured profile element is removed from the forming tool. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025449 | CUSHION LOAD CONTROL DEVICE AND PRESS MACHINE HAVING CUSHION LOAD CONTROL DEVICE - A cushion load control device for a press machine includes a hydraulic cylinder | 2009-01-29 |
20090025450 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING FLANGED ARTICLE - Methods are taught for manufacturing a work having a peripheral flange by pressing a sheet material may include half die cutting the material so as to simultaneously form inner and outer circumferential surface of the peripheral flange while the peripheral flange is simultaneously subjected to isostatic pressures that are directed from the flange inner surface to the flange outer surface or from the flange outer surface to the flange inner surface. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025451 | Crimper device - A crimper tool for closing a pipe support assembly having first and second locking members. The crimper tool includes a first member having a first handle and a first jaw with a first engagement surface for engaging the second locking member. The crimper tool also includes a second member pivotally coupled to the first member and having a second handle and second jaw with a second engagement surface for engaging the first locking member, an upper support surface for engaging an outside surface of the support assembly, a guide surface for engaging a second end of the support assembly, and a lower support surface for engaging an inside surface of the support assembly. Squeezing the first and second handles together pivots the first and second members thereby moving the first and second jaws toward one another and urging the first and second locking members together to lockingly engage. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025452 | DEVICE FOR REPEATEDLY MACHINING ADJACENT WORKPIECES - The invention relates to a device for repeatedly machining workpieces ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025453 | Apparatus and Method of Smoke Detection - An aspirated smoke detector includes an ambient air flow separation element in combination with a smoke sensing chamber. The flow separation element can be an active or a passive element. Separated ambient, carrying relative small particles can flow into the sensing chamber. Ambient carrying relatively larger particulate matter is excluded from the sensing chamber. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN SEALED COMPARTMENTS - The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for reliably detecting leaks in sealed compartments, such as compartments within vehicles. In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus having a sealed compartment, such as a vehicle (e.g., automobile, airplane, etc.), is moved past an array of ultrasonic sensors. An ultrasonic transmitter is placed in the sealed compartment and emits ultrasonic energy as the apparatus is moved past the ultrasonic sensors. The transmitter has a plurality of adjustable transducers allowing the transmit profile of the transmitter to be tailored as may be desired, such as based on the type of compartment being tested. A leak can be automatically and non-destructively detected by analyzing data from the ultrasonic sensors. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025455 | Leak Characterization Apparatuses and Methods for Fluid Storage Containers - According to the invention, an apparatus to characterize leaks in a fluid storage container is disclosed. The apparatus may include a valve coupler, a gas manifold and a processor. The valve coupler may couple the apparatus with a closed valve on the fluid storage container. The gas manifold may be coupled with the valve coupler and may include a first branch connected with a gas monitoring device. The gas monitoring device may scan for a plurality of gases that may be emitted by the closed valve of the fluid storage container. The processor may be operable to receive gas monitoring device data representing masses for one or more of the plurality of gases detected by the monitor. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025456 | Leak Characterization Apparatuses and Methods for Fluid Storage Containers - An apparatus for determining a leak rate of a gas from a closed valve is disclosed. The apparatus may include a vacuum pump, a pressure measuring device, a monitoring device, and a computer. The vacuum pump may be configured to couple downstream of the closed valve and decrease the pressure of the downstream side of the closed valve. The pressure measuring device may be configured to couple with the downstream side and determine the pressure. The monitoring device may be configured to couple with the downstream side and monitor a gas, where the gas may be emitted from the closed valve and be characterized by a mass. The monitoring device may further be configured to determine the mass. The computer may be configured to control the vacuum pump based on the pressure, and determine the leak rate of the gas based at least in part on the mass. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025457 | METHOD FOR LEAK TESTING AND LEAK TESTING APPARTUS - For leak testing closed containers ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025458 | Rate-based monitoring for an engine system - Rate based monitoring includes performing test cycles on a monitored system when predetermined conditions are met. Completion of a test cycle is determined by timing a period that is at least as long as the longer of a time required to detect a correct operation of the monitored system and a time to detect a malfunction of the monitored system, the timing being reset if one or more of the predetermined conditions cease to be met. A count is kept of completed test cycles. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025459 | IMPLANTABLE VISCOSITY MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus includes an implantable acoustic viscosity sensor configured to acoustically obtain a viscosity signal indicative of a viscosity of a fluid in contact with the viscosity sensor. A viscosity measurement circuit produces a viscosity measurement from the viscosity signal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025460 | ULTRASOUND MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE FRACTIONS IN A MULTIPHASE FLUID - An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in the interior and senses a fluid temperature of the multiphase fluid. The apparatus transmits an ultrasonic wave into the fluid and detects the transmitted wave to determine its velocity and attenuation. The apparatus may adjust the determined velocity and attenuation based on the temperature and pressure of the fluid to compensate for a difference between the sensed temperature and pressure and a standard temperature and pressure. The apparatus determines a gas fraction, water fraction, and a non-water fluid fraction of the multiphase fluid based on the sensed fluid pressure, the sensed fluid temperature, and the velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave in the multiphase fluid. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025461 | METHOD OF BALANCING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR - A method of balancing an assembly of rotary parts of a gas turbine engine comprising measuring at least one of the concentricity and parallelism of each component and considering globally all possible component stacking positions to generate an optimized stacking position for each component of the assembly to minimize assembly imbalance. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025462 | METHOD OF SELECTING A DRILLING BIT - A drill bit includes a shank having a wasted shear safety section. Each bit is color coded to different shear safety ratings. The shank is fattened at the chuck end with flats extending on both sides of the wasted section. Safety ratings relate to the risk associated with different drilling situations and user expertise. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025463 | Method for Scanning the Surface of a Workpiece - A measurement system has a surface sensing device mounted on an articulating probe head, which in turn is mounted on a coordinate positioning apparatus. The surface sensing device is moved relative to a surface by driving at least one of the coordinate positioning apparatus and probe head in at least one axis to scan the surface. The surface sensing device measures its distance from the surface and the probe head is driven to rotate the surface sensing device about at least one axis in order to control the relative position of the surface sensing device from the surface to within a predetermined range in real time. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025464 | Surface-roughness/contour measuring apparatus - A surface-roughness/contour measuring apparatus ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025465 | Miniaturized Spring Element and Method for Producing the Spring Element - A miniaturized spring element is intended to be particularly suitable for use as a beam probe or cantilever for detecting atomic or molecular forces, in particular in an atomic force microscope, and, to this end, is intended to make it possible to detect its deflection in a particularly reliable manner and with high resolution. For this purpose, the spring element contains a basic body which is formed from a matrix containing embedded nanoparticles or defects. The spring element is produced using the principle of local deposition with focused energetic particles or electromagnetic waves or by pyrolytically induced deposition. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025466 | Test equipment of engine motoring - The test equipment of engine motoring of the present invention includes a conveying mechanism ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025467 | Abnormality detection apparatus and abnormality detection method for internal combustion engine - A crankshaft of an engine is connected to a carrier shaft of a planetary gear via a damper. The damper includes a torsion member generating elastic force for suppressing relative rotation, when the crankshaft and the carrier shaft are relatively rotated. A control unit estimates engine torque with using rotation angular acceleration of the crankshaft calculated from a detected value of an engine speed sensor, and corrects the estimated engine torque with a correction term of the elastic force of the damper calculated based on a damper torsional angle. Then, the control unit diagnoses an abnormality of the engine based on the estimated engine torque after correction. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025468 | Piezoelectric Combustion Chamber Pressure Sensor Having a Pressure Transmission Pin - A sensor made of a single-crystal, piezoelectric material for measuring the pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a pressure transmission pin, a displaceably mounted heating pin protruding into the combustion chamber being provided as the pressure transmission pin, and the sensor being friction-locked with the heating pin. The sensor is preferably situated between the heating pin and a rigid thrust bearing. The single-crystal piezoelectric material of the sensor is preferably made of lithium niobate (LiNbO | 2009-01-29 |
20090025469 | ADAPTIVE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ESTIMATION - A method of determining a barometric pressure of atmosphere, in which an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is located includes monitoring operating parameters of the internal combustion engine and the vehicle, determining a healthy status of an air filter of the internal combustion engine, and calculating the barometric pressure based on the operating parameters and the healthy status of the air filter. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025470 | TRACER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of monitoring the flow of fluid within or from an oil or gas reservoir includes inserting a solid tracer into the reservoir. The tracer comprises at least one metal selected from caesium, niobium, tantalum, tellurium, terbium, lanthanum, gold, iridium, osmium, silver, platinum, palladium, rhenium, ruthenium, rhodium, hafnium, indium, a metal of the Lanthanide series of the periodic table, or a salt thereof. A sample of fluid within or flowing from the reservoir is collected and analysed to determine the amount of the tracer contained in the sample. A perforation tool allows for insertion of the tracer within the formation. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025471 | Air Out Flowing Controller For Cold Waters In Hydraulic Pipeline After The Water Meter - Air out flowing controller for cold waters to be installed in hydraulic pipelines, having a body, composed of two parts united, forming a structural component whose purpose is to involve the internal system and its components: The piston whose purpose is to control the air out flowing. The spring works by the pressure differential. The spring will allow the piston to flow of the air with an out flowing inferior than the water meter Q.min. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025472 | SENSOR MANIFOLDS - Sensor manifolds include a housing having at least two fluid flow passages communicating with fluid entry and exit ports in the housing that are connectable in line in a full flow fluid line in a system. One or more sensor ports in the housing communicate with one or more of the flow passages for housing one or more sensors for sensing one or more characteristics, qualities or conditions of the fluid flowing through the housing without subjecting the sensor to the full fluid flow through the housing. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025473 | Flow Rate Detection Method and Flow Rate Detection Apparatus Using a Heat Signal - A flow rate detection method using a heat signal that enables accurate flow rate measurement by eliminating sources of measurement error is provided. The flow rate detection method, using a heat signal, of writing a temperature-change heat signal in a medium traveling through a channel and detecting the heat signal with heat signal detecting means provided at a position away from the writing position, to measure a traveling speed of the medium, wherein first and second temperature sensors | 2009-01-29 |
20090025474 | Ultrasonic fuel level monitoring system incorporating an acoustic lens - An ultrasonic liquid level monitoring system includes an ultrasonic transducer unit that is mountable to a tank. The unit has an emitter to generate an ultrasonic beam passing through the wall of the tank. The emitter further receives an echo of the ultrasonic beam off a liquid surface. An acoustic lens is disposed between the emitter and the tank wall to receive and shape the ultrasonic beam to compensate for lensing effects of the tank wall. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025475 | GRIP FORCE TRANSDUCER AND GRIP FORCE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A grip force assessment device, method and system that can provide a grip force map image presenting a detailed image of the complex grip capability/capacity of a human hand including the palm and all digits improving over existing assessment systems and their attendant inaccuracy, poor reliability, and lack of meaningful clinical relevance. The grip force assessment system includes a grip force transducer including a high-resolution tactile array that produces a high-resolution grip force signal. A processing device processes, analyzes and outputs grip force data. A display provides a grip force map image showing distribution of individual finger function relative to entire hand function. The grip force transducer includes a high-resolution tactile sensor wherein the greatest distance between adjacent pressure sensing nodes is in the range of 1.0 mm to 10.0 mm. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025476 | METHOD OF BALANCING A VEHICLE WHEEL - A method of balancing a vehicle wheel in which to calculate the respective balancing masses permissible mass deviations (tolerances) for dynamic balancing are greater than the permissible mass deviation (tolerance) for static balancing. The measuring run is stopped when the calculated balancing masses lie within the predetermined tolerances (FIGURE). | 2009-01-29 |
20090025477 | SENSOR WITH POSITION-INDEPENDENT DRIVE ELECTRODES IN MULTI-LAYER SILICON ON INSULATOR SUBSTRATE - A micoroelectromechanical system (MEMS) includes a housing defining an enclosed cavity, stator tines extending from the housing into the cavity, a MEMS device located within the cavity, the MEMS device including a proof mass and rotor tines extending from the proof mass, each rotor tine being positioned at a capacitive distance from a corresponding stator tine. The rotor tines include a first section extending a first distance from an insulating layer of the rotor tines and a second section extending a second distance from the insulating layer in an opposite direction from the first section. The stator tines include a first section extending a first distance from an insulating layer of the stator tines and a second section extending a second distance from the insulating layer in an opposite direction from the first section, the stator tine first distance being greater than the rotor tine first distance. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025478 | Acceleration sensor - The present invention provides an acceleration sensor that improves endurance by avoiding damage to stopper portions. When a downward vibration is applied to a weight member and the weight member displaces downward, a bottom face of the weight member abuts a bottom plate, and the weight member stops and downward displacement is obstructed. Furthermore, when the weight member displaces upward, peripheral weight portions abut stopper portions, and the weight member stops and upward displacement is obstructed. Because displacement of the weight member is obstructed by abutting the stopper portions, if the strength of the stopper portions is low, the stopper portions may be damaged. However, by providing reinforcement portions which reinforce the stopper portions, damage to the stopper portions may be prevented, and endurance of the acceleration sensor is improved. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025479 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING POROSITY IN A COMPONENT - A computer implemented method, or hardware filtration apparatus, and computer usable program code for measuring porosity in materials. An ultrasonic signal is emitted from a transmitting transducer in an ultrasonic measurement system into a material. A response signal is received at a receiving transducer in the ultrasonic measurement system from the material. The response signal is filtered to pass only frequencies in the response signal within a selected frequency range to form a filtered response signal. A porosity level of the material is identified using the filtered response signal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025480 | System and Method for Optical Sensing of Surface Motions - There is provided an optical perturbation sensing system, including a probing beam incident on a medium, a sensing beam redirected from the medium and incident on a surface area of a photodetector, an array of photodetector elements, and a constructive combiner for constructively combining detected signals from the elements, to form a stronger detected signal. A method for detection of perturbations in a medium is also provided. The invention avoids the need for detection of the phase or the frequency variations of the scattered signal as used in the more complex hitherto-proposed approaches. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025481 | PRESSURE SENSOR WITH DUAL CHAMBER COVER - A pressure sensor assembly is provided for fitting within the valve stem of a vehicle tire. The assembly comprises a substrate assembly defining a plurality of holes. A pressure sensor and a temperature compensation sensor are mounted to the substrate assembly. Each sensor includes a deflectable membrane defining a first chamber and a cap mounted to the membrane to form a second chamber. A cover is provided for engaging with the pressure sensor and the temperature compensation sensor to define an active chamber and reference chamber respectively. The active chamber is exposed to tire pressure when the pressure sensor assembly is fitted within the valve stem whereas the reference chamber is sealed from tire pressure. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025482 | Pressure sensor - The invention refers to a pressure measuring sensor comprising a sensor carrier and a membrane carrier carrying a membrane. The sensor carrier is equipped with a connection channel in order to connect the membrane space arranged in front of the membrane with the pressure measuring space. A deviation is provided through which the gas pressure wave running from the pressure measuring space through the connection channel in the membrane space experiences a cooling. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025483 | Wearable position or motion sensing systems or methods - A wearable system of one or more body position or motion sensors can include a flexible sensing element to be coupled to or worn on a body. When straight, the flexible sensing element defines a longitudinal axis. It includes a lumen carrying a flowable substance, such as a liquid, gas, or gel. A measurable parameter of the flowable substance, such as pressure, volume, or flow, provides an indication of a longitudinal axial bending, twisting, or elongation, such as due to movement of at least one body part to which the sensing element is coupled. The lumen is coupled to a transducer by at least one conduit for the flowable substance. The transducer converts the measurable parameter of the flowable substance into a transducer output signal indicative of the longitudinal axial bending, twisting, or elongation of the sensing element, from which body part position or movement information can be derived. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025484 | Device and Method for Measuring Amounts of Milk in Particular During the Milking Process - The invention relates to a device for measuring the mass flow, in particular of a foaming liquid, comprising a measuring device with two electrodes and at least one electrical means for generation of an electrical parameter and an analytical device. The electrical means is connected to the first electrode at two remote points, such as to be wired in parallel with the first electrode. The second electrode is connected to the first electrode by means of the analytical device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025485 | Device for measuring the mass flow of milk in particular during the milking process - The device for measuring the mass flow of a foaming fluid, in particular of milk during milking, comprises a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a measuring device for determining the mass flow. The housing is structured such that mixing the foam portion with the liquid portion of the fluid can be achieved. To this end, the inlet runs substantially tangentially into the housing interior. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025486 | Static fluid meter - A static fluid meter includes a flow rate sensor having a set of stationary measuring parts, and a measurement tube having one opening that serves as a fluid inlet and another opening as a fluid outlet, the tube containing internally a first set of said measuring parts and supporting externally a second set of said measuring parts. An outer case into which said measurement tube is inserted and fastened in leaktight manner, contains at least parts for processing data from said sensor. The case is made from a box provided with two through orifices in its sides for passing the measurement tube assembly and for leaktight fastening to corresponding flanges arranged on said measurement tube. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025487 | Apparatus and method for attenuating acoustic waves in propagating within a pipe wall - A method and apparatus for damping an ultrasonic signal propagating in the wall of a pipe, the apparatus including at least one damping structure for securing at least one sensor to the wall of the pipe, wherein the at least one sensor includes a transmitter component and a receiver component for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic signal, wherein the at least one damping structure is associated with the outer wall of the pipe for damping the ultrasonic signal propagating within the wall of the pipe and a processor that defines a convective ridge in the k-ω plane in response to the ultrasonic signals, and determines the slope of at least a portion of the convective ridge to determine the flow velocity of the fluid. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025488 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-CONTACT SENSING OF THE TORQUE OF A SHAFT - Torque measurements from a rotating shaft suffer from periodic disturbances known as “shaft run-out.” These are caused by inhomogeneities in the shaft such as frozen mechanical stresses or anisotropic magnetic properties and can make it difficult to identify the underlying torque signal. A method and system for removing or reducing the effect of shaft run-out is disclosed comprising measuring the torque of a rotatable shaft at a position around the circumference of the shaft and correlating the measured torque signal with data indicative of the material properties of the shaft at corresponding positions around the circumference of the shaft. A corrected torque signal is then generated in which the effect of the shaft inhomogeneities are reduced or removed providing a far clearer torque signal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025489 | Apparatus and methods for analysis and sorting of particles such as polymer beads - The present invention relates to an apparatus for analysing beads and particles, such as polymer beads used e.g. for solid phase synthesis. The apparatus in one embodiment comprises a rotatable, circular disc comprising a plurality of through-going inlets, wherein an individual bead from a composition comprising different beads can be fixed to the disc at the end-position of a through-going inlet by applying a pressure drop over said disc comprising said through-going inlets. The pressure drop results in beads being sucked (i.e. detachably fixed) onto the disc on top of the through-going inlets. When the disc is rotated the beads are transferred from the position where they initially became attached to the disc to fixed positions wherein suitable devices for measuring and/or analysing and/or sorting the beads can be operated in order to e.g. measure and/or analyse and/or sort at least one bead of a plurality of beads. More specifically, the invention relates to an apparatus for measuring a plurality of optically detectable beads, such as polymer beads, said apparatus comprising a) a vacuum container comprising at least one planar capture body capable of rotating around a central axis, wherein said capture body comprises a plurality of through-going inlets, and wherein the diameter of each inlet is smaller than the average diameter of the beads to be measured and/or analysed and/or sorted, b) a pressure controlling device capable of controlling the pressure in the vacuum container, c) a device for rotating the vacuum container around the axis of the capture disc, and d) a device for measuring at least one property of at least one bead. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025490 | APPARATUS FOR STRUCTURAL TESTING OF A CYLINDRICAL BODY - Two transducers to be rotated around a circumferential location on a cylindrical body for structural testing of the body are carried on a mounting and drive apparatus including a magnetic attachment which can be manually brought up to a pipe from one side only for fixed connection to the pipe on that side at a position axially spaced from a weld. A collar shaped support for the pair of transducers is formed of a row of separate segments which wrap around the pipe from the one side and is rotated around the axis of the pipe to carry the transducer around the circumferential weld. The segments carry rollers to roll on the surface and are held against the pipe by magnets. The transducers are carried on the support in fixed angular position to track their position but in a manner which allows slight axial or radial movement relative to the pipe. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025491 | METHOD FOR USE IN MONITORING A SWAB TECHNIQUE - A device for use in monitoring a swab method, the device includes a first substrate substantially adjacent a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate having disposed therebetween a test material. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025492 | APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING POSITION OF VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF DUMMY MODEL FOR ESTIMATING FEELING OF SITTING IN SEAT - An apparatus for adjusting a position of the vertebral column of a dummy model for estimating the feeling of sitting in a seat almost exactly mimics the characteristics of the vertebral joints of a human being. The apparatus comprises a pelvic plate; a plurality of lumbar joints, stacked on the pelvic plate so as to be spaced apart from each other, and having joint springs installed in front and rear portions thereof centered around a rotation center interconnecting two adjacent ones thereof; femur joints rotatably installed below the pelvic plate, and connected with one end of each femur bar; and pelvic pivoting members transmitting rotating force of the femur joints, which is caused by vertical pivoting of the femur bars, to the pelvic plate, and changing a vertical angle of the pelvic plate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025493 | Sensor Attachment Device, A Sensor and A Light Emitting Device For A Photo-Electrical Sensor - This invention provides a sensor attachment device that can be easily attached and detached, a sensor and a light emitting device for a photo-electrical sensor. By downward displacement of an operation member after tip ends of a pair of locking hooks are locked to a sensor main body by inserting the sensor main body into an insertion opening with second regions of a pair of facing surfaces respectively facing toward external surfaces of central portions of the pair of locking hooks, the central portions of the pair of locking hooks can be pressed inwardly by first regions of the pair of facing surfaces, thereby fixing the sensor main body to a holding member. Accordingly, the attachment of the sensor main body is easy in comparison with the conventional configuration in which a nut is screwed onto the sensor main body, then rotated and fastened. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025494 | Vertically Movable Slide Unit for an Operating Machine, with an Integrate Anti-Fall Device - A vertically movable slide unit for an operating machine includes a support structure, a slide slidably mounted along a vertical direction on the support structure and drive means of the vertical movement of the slide, carried by the support structure A safety device for preventing an accidental fall of the slide and operatively interposed between the slide and the support structure is foreseen, which is integrated within the slide. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025495 | Davison-drive - My invention will allow mankind the use of a power plant in the science of space travel including the use of a small hand powered unit a person can use to get around when outside the space vehicle. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025496 | Vehicle Transmission - An automatic powershift vehicle transmission comprising an input shaft; an output shaft; first and second intermediate shafts parallel to the input shaft; a lay shaft parallel to the output shaft; gearing providing first, second, third and fourth forward driving paths from the input shaft to the output shaft; a first clutch and a second clutch between the ends of the input shaft to establish driving connections; a third clutch for establishing the first or third forward driving path when the first clutch is operative; and a fourth clutch for establishing the second or fourth forward driving path when the second clutch is operative. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025497 | ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE GEAR-SHIFTING SAFETY DEVICE - A gear-shifting safety device is provided for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), including a gear lever, a gear-shifting hub shaft, a gear-shifting gear set, and a reversing bar. An end of the gear-shifting hub forms a step on which a block is provided. The block and the step form a stop face therebetween. The reversing bar has an end forming a stop section that is positionable on the step and is selectively in abutting engagement with the stop face so that to change to the reversing position, the reversing bar must be first actuated to disengage the stop section thereof from the stop face, allowing the switching fork to move to the reversing position on a position chute of the gear-shifting hub, thereby eliminating the damage of accidentally switching to reversing during the forward movement of the vehicle. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025498 | Transmission assembly for power unit of a vehicle, and power unit incorporating same - A transmission assembly includes a shift drum operable to rotate in first and second directions. The shift drum includes a common speed change position, where both a fastest forward gear and a reverse gear are capable of becoming engaged, in such a manner that a reverse stopper arm fits at a first end of a reverse cam groove formed on the shift drum. When the shift drum is rotated in the second rotation direction, opposite to the first direction, from a state where the reverse gear is engaged, the reverse stopper arm surmounts the outer periphery of the shift drum from the first end of the reverse cam groove, without requiring the application of an external force thereto, so as to become detached and to move towards a second end of the reverse cam groove. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025499 | Drive unit - Object of the present invention is to provide a miniaturized drive unit which has the function of measuring the slide distance of a driven object. The drive unit | 2009-01-29 |
20090025500 | WAVE GEAR DEVICE - A wave gear device is proposed having an anti-ratcheting mechanism having a simple configuration, wherein a center through-hole is formed in a cylinder hub of a wave generator, a small-diameter shaft end portion of a rotating input shaft is concentrically inserted in the center through-hole, and the two members are fastened by a fastening bolt, and a friction ring is concentrically sandwiched between the small-diameter shaft end portion and the cylinder hub and pressed in the radial direction with a prescribed force, whereby when transmission torque from the rotating input shaft to the wave generator | 2009-01-29 |
20090025501 | SHIFTER WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AND SAFETY - A shifter incorporates a shape memory alloy wire (SMA actuator) to control movement of a blocker to selectively prevent moving a shift lever (or pawl) out of its park position until predetermined vehicle conditions are met. A mechanical fuse (i.e., flexible overload spring) prevents damage to the SMA actuator where the shift lever (or pawl) can be frictionally stopped from movement despite the contraction of the SMA actuator. The control circuit for the SMA actuator includes a photo-electric switch for stopping electrical power to the SMA actuator when the shift lever is moved from its park position, and the shift lever includes structure for mechanically continuing to hold the switch open while out of park. Further, the control circuit is operably connected to an ignition key retaining mechanism so that the ignition key cannot be removed when the lever is not in its park position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025502 | Manipulator and robot - A manipulator includes: a first finger having a sequence of first links and first joint shafts, the sequence of first links bending so that rotation angles of the first joint shafts maintain a fixed relationship; a second finger having a sequence of second links bending sequentially from one of the second links assigned at a basal side of the second finger; and drive sources driving the first and second fingers, wherein an adjacent second link next to the second link assigned at the basal side moves after contacting the second link assigned at the basal side with the object. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025503 | For a Low Load Sliding Intermediate Shaft in a Steering Column for Industrial Vehicles - The invention refers to improvements to the intermediate shaft in the claims of the main patent to adjust the depth of the steering wheel to match the driver's measurements, to absorb vibrations which may be generated by the wheels and suspension up to the steering wheel, as well as acting as a safety measure to collapse in the event of an accident which may also be by using the corresponding screw/nut mechanisms comprising a nut rigidly connected to the intermediate shaft on one of the flat surfaces of the female shaft and a screw which turns on it tightening the male shaft via the adjustment spring, so that it gently slides (with a predetermined load deemed to be suitable for facilitating sliding it by hand). | 2009-01-29 |
20090025504 | ACTUATION DEVICE FOR A CONTROL CABLE FOR A BICYCLE GEARSHIFT - The described actuation device comprises a casing, intended for the attachment to the handlebar of the bicycle, a cable-winding bobbin, angularly mobile in the casing about a main axis of the device, a first driving mechanism, acting on the bobbin to rotate it in a first angular direction, a second driving mechanism, acting on the bobbin to rotate it in a second angular direction opposite the first, as well as indexer assembly for removably holding the bobbin in predetermined angular positions. In accordance with the invention, the indexer assembly comprise first countering member, to counter the rotation of the bobbin in the first direction, and second countering member, distinct from the first countering member, to counter the rotation of the bobbin in the second direction. Asymmetric operation is thus obtained which allows active actuation to be set both for upward gearshifting and for downward gearshifting. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025505 | ADJUSTABLE PEDAL SYSTEM WITH RATIO MODIFIER - An adjustable control pedal includes an upper arm and a lower arm carrying a pedal. The lower arm can be selectively moved relative to the upper arm to adjust the position of the pedal between a forward position and a rearward position. A control pin is operably connected to the upper arm for rotation with the upper arm to supply a control signal when force is applied to the pedal. An adjuster is operably connected to the control pin to adjust the position of the control pin relative to the pivot axis so that a ratio of a distance between the pivot axis and the pedal and a distance between the pivot axis and the control pin remains constant as the pedal is adjusted between the forward position and the rearward position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025506 | Vehicle Pedal Controls proof against Misapplication of Accelerator - Vehicle Pedal Controls proof against Misapplication of Accelerator allows inversion-eversion operation of the acceleration pedal by the driver's foot for the better driver's distinction of the operation of the acceleration pedal from that of the brake pedal. And any of the invented vehicle control pedals, operable whether downward or transversely or inverse-eversely, provides for the braking of the vehicle with the strong push down of any pedal, whether the accelerator or the brake one,—that prevents the misapplication of the accelerator. In many embodiments of the invention, the pedal comprises the first part being impacted directly by the driver's foot, the last part being connected directly to the appropriate device of the vehicle (brakes or engine) and the detent holding said first part in mechanical relation to said last part, wherein said detent may be disengaged, for example, at misapplication of the acceleration pedal or certain other condition. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025507 | Vehicular air conditioning control operating apparatus - The invention can securely carry out an operation by a reduced number of the parts. The invention is provided with a base member having a gear lever arranged portion and a pinion member arranged portion, and provided with a communication hole communicating with the gear lever arranged portion in a closed wall portion of the pinion member arranged portion, a gear lever rotatably arranged in a bearing portion, having a gear portion and driving an output member (a control wire) based on a rotation, a pinion member rotatably arranged in the pinion member arranged portion and having a pinion portion engaging with the gear portion via the communication hole, a holder having a retention portion retaining the pinion member in one end, and having a fixing portion fixing to the base member in the other end, and an operation knob arranged so as to be outside fitted to the pinion member and integrally rotating the pinion member. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025508 | Superhydrophobic and self-cleaning powders and fabrication method thereof - The invention discloses nano/micron binary structured powders for superhydrophobic, self-cleaning applications. The powders are featured by micron-scale diameter and nano-scale surface roughness. In one embodiment, the average diameter is about 1-25 μm, and the average roughness R | 2009-01-29 |
20090025509 | Hydrogen storage material and method of producing the same - A hydrogen storage material is formed by mixing and combining particles of a metal A selected from Mg and Al, particles of a metal B selected from Ni and Cu, and particles of an intermetallic compound A-B of the metal A and the metal B, together. A method of producing the hydrogen storage material includes a step of mixing the particles of the intermetallic compound A-B with the particles of the metal B, a step of adding particles of a hydride A-H of the metal A to the mixture and mixing them together, and a step of dehydrogenating the hydride A-H to convert it to the metal A. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025510 | Method for manufacturing nickel nanoparticles - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing nickel nanoparticles and more particularly to a method including preparing a mixture solution by adding a reducing agent, a dispersing agent and a nickel salt to a polyol; stirring and heating the mixture solution; and producing nickel nanoparticles by reacting the mixture solution, so that it allows mass production of nickel nanoparticles having uniformity of size 30 to 50 nm and high dispersibility. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING METALLIC IRON - A method of making metallic iron in which a compact, containing iron oxide such as iron ore or the like and a carbonaceous reductant such as coal or the like, is used as material, and the iron oxide is reduced through the application of heat, thereby making metallic iron. In the course of this reduction, a shell composed of metallic iron is generated and grown on the surface of the compact, and slag aggregates inside the shell. This reduction continues until substantially no iron oxide is present within the metallic iron shell. Subsequently, heating is further performed to melt the metallic iron and slag. Molten metallic iron and molten slag are separated one from the other, thereby obtaining metallic iron with a relatively high metallization ratio. Through the employment of an apparatus for making metallic iron of the present invention, the above-described method is efficiently carried out, and metallic iron having a high iron purity can be made continuously as well as productively not only from iron oxide having a high iron content but also from iron oxide having a relatively low iron content. | 2009-01-29 |