05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120024436 | HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-DUCTILITY STEEL FOR SPRING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SPRING - A steel for spring includes C: 0.5 to 0.6%, Si: 1.0 to 1.8%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.1 to 1.0%, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.035% or less, by mass %, and residue consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, as the overall composition, wherein an area ratio of an internal structure on an optional cross section comprises bainite: 65% or more, retained austenite: 6 to 13%, and martensite: residue (including 0%), and average C content in the retained austenite is 0.65 to 1.7%. The steel for spring can have high strength in which tensile strength is 1800 MPa or more and have high ductility. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024437 | PRECURSOR OF AN EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE IONIC LIQUID AND A METHOD OF DESENSITIZING AN EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION - An ionic liquid is disclosed. A precursor composition that comprises at least one ionic liquid and at least one energetic material is also disclosed, as is a method of synthesizing an ionic liquid and a method of desensitizing an explosive composition. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024438 | HANDBAGS WITH INTERCHANGEABLE COVERS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING HANDBAGS - Handbags, including soft handbags, are easily customizable by attaching or changing handbag covers of virtually any design. The handbag covers can include, at least in part, an essentially collapsible material, and are relatively small and easily stored. Accordingly, the aesthetic and design of handbags can be easily altered without requiring the purchase of different handbags of different styles. In at least one implementation of the present invention, the handbag covers essentially envelope the base handbag. Additionally, one or more implementations of the present invention include handbag covers that attach to a base handbag via a plurality of attachment forces. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024439 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire including a separatable pair of mechanical fasteners wherein a first fastener of the pair of mechanical fasteners is provided on a tire inner surface. In this pneumatic tire, the obtained engagement force of the pair of mechanical fasteners is great and is essentially free of variations (positional variation within the tire and variation from tire to tire); the engagement force deteriorates/declines minimally over time due to extreme usage conditions including repetitive deformation and compaction over an extended period of time caused by tire rotation at high speeds in a state of relatively elevated temperatures; and the desired engagement force can be maintained over an extended period of time. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024440 | MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR RUNNING ON ROUGH TERRAIN - A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain comprises a tread portion provided with a plurality of blocks including a cut block. The cut block is provided with a U-shaped cut so as to define a sub part of the cut block surrounded by the cut and a main part of the cut block outside the cut. The top surface of the sub part and the top surface of the main part are displaced from each other in a normal direction to the tread surface, and an exposed outside wall surface of the sub part and an exposed outside wall surface of the main part are displaced from each other in a lateral direction parallel with the tread surface, wherein the exposed outside wall surface of the sub part is defined as extending radially inwardly from the edge of the top surface of the sub part, and the exposed outside wall surface of the main part is defined as extending radially inwardly from the edge of the top surface of the main part and positioned on each side of the exposed outside wall surface of the sub part. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024441 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a rubber tread of a cap/base construction comprised of an outer rubber tread cap layer containing an outer running surface and an underlying rubber tread base layer, wherein said tread cap layer is comprised of a plurality of circumferential, longitudinal rubber tread cap zones of graduated physical properties, wherein said tread cap zones individually extend from said tread cap running surface radially inward to said tread base layer: wherein said tread cap zones are comprised of two primary tread cap zones and one central tread cap zone;
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20120024442 | Tire Tread - Tread band for a tire having a tread surface and comprising a plurality of recesses of total depth H* opening onto the tread surface, each recess comprising at least two cavities of a first type of cavities, each of these cavities of a first type being delimited by a main wall and having a depth Hi, the main wall of each cavity of the first type is such that its intersection with a virtual surface parallel to the running surface in the new condition and passing through the points of the said wall that are furthest towards the outside of the tread forms an exterior contour that is closed and of length Ce, the main wall of each cavity of the first type is such that its intersection with a virtual surface parallel to the running surface in the new condition and passing through the points of the main wall furthest towards the inside of the tread forms an interior contour which is closed and of length of length Ci, this tread band being characterized in that the cavities of a first type are arranged at different levels in a direction oriented from the tread surface towards the inside of the tread strip, and in that the length Ce of the exterior contour of a cavity is less than the length Ci of the interior contour of the same cavity. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024443 | MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR OFF-ROAD TRAVELING - An off-road motorcycle tire | 2012-02-02 |
20120024444 | PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE - A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular for heavy commercial trucks, having a tread with a number of circumferential grooves which run in the circumferential direction and which separate profile positives, such as block rows or profile ribs, from one another. The circumferential grooves are each bounded by a groove base and two groove edges. In order to effectively prevent the occurrence of tears at the groove base of the circumferential grooves, in particular at the groove base of the circumferential grooves which extend on the shoulder side, the groove base extends, viewed in cross section and in the axial direction, at an angle of inclination of 3 degrees to 15 degrees with respect to an envelope which encompasses the outer faces of the profile positives. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024445 | CONSTANT PRESSURE PNEUMATIC BALANCING TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM - A constant pressure vehicle tire inflation system includes an air supply source. A first wheel valve is in fluid communication with a first tire of the vehicle, and a second wheel valve is in fluid communication with a second tire of the vehicle. A pneumatic conduit extends between and is in fluid communication with the air supply source and the wheel valves. At least a portion of the pneumatic conduit remains charged with air from at least one of the supply source and the tires. The system includes means for distributing air flow between the pneumatic conduit and the first and second wheel valves, in which the wheel valves and the means selectively maintain fluid communication between the first and second tires and the pneumatic conduit to provide pneumatic balancing between the tires, and the wheel valves provide emergency protection when a tire experiences significant pressure loss. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024446 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR A MOTORCYCLE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle which secures a sufficiently large lateral force in the intermediate region contacting the ground particularly when a middle camber angle is applied to the tire and increases a driving force and a braking force. The tire comprises a tread portion | 2012-02-02 |
20120024447 | POLYMER SHEET FOR INNER LINER, POLYMER LAMINATE FOR INNER LINER, AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire is provided which includes a polymer sheet for an inner liner composed of a polymer composition including: a polymer component containing more than or equal to 5% by mass and less than or equal to 40% by mass of a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer and more than or equal to 60% by mass and less than or equal to 95% by mass of a rubber component of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, isoprene rubber, and butyl rubber; and more than or equal to 0.1 part by mass and less than or equal to 5 parts by mass of sulfur with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer component. The pneumatic tire has sufficient tackiness before vulcanization and vulcanization adhesiveness between the inner liner and a member adjacent thereto, and exhibits excellent air permeation resistance. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024448 | Printing ink, transfers, and methods of decorating polyolefin articles - The ink of the invention comprises a mixture of finely subdivided polyethylene powder, an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon solvent, a dispersing agent, an indicia material additive such as a dye or pigment and/or a physical property enhancing additive such as alumina, glass beads, silica, metal flakes, etc. Preferably high and very high molecular weight polyethylene is used, alone or in mixture with lower density polyethylene in amounts from 25 to 45 weight percent in the ink. The polyethylene can have a particle size from 1 nanometer to 150 microns, preferably from 0.1 to 100 microns. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024449 | PARASITIC PLASMA PREVENTION IN PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBERS - Parasitic plasma in voids in a component of a plasma processing chamber can be eliminated by covering electrically conductive surfaces in an interior of the voids with a sleeve. The voids can be gas holes, lift pin holes, helium passages, conduits and/or plenums in chamber components such as an upper electrode and a substrate support. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024450 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURES CONTAINING A FLUORINATED COPOLYMER RESIN LAYER AND AN ETHYLENE TERPOLYMER LAYER - Disclosed is a multilayer film laminate comprising a layer consisting essentially of a fluorinated copolymer resin and a layer consisting essentially of an ethylene terpolymer. The ethylene terpolymer layer can be used as an encapsulant layer for solar cells and the multilayer laminate is useful as a component of photovoltaic modules. Methods for preparing photovoltaic modules are also included. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024451 | Kit and Method for Customization of Golf Balls - The present disclosure provides to a kit for customizing and recycling golf balls, and related methods. The kit includes one or more sets of golf ball covers, may include one or more sets of golf ball cores, and may further include a golf ball cover removal device and a golf ball cover application device. A golfer may select a golf ball cover from a set based on a desired play characteristic. For example, the golfer may select a relatively hard cover from a set of golf ball covers having different hardness values. The golfer may then apply the selected golf ball cover to a golf ball core using the golf ball cover application device. The core may be selected from a set of cores in the kit, or the core may be obtained from a recycled golf ball using a golf ball cover removal device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In a case where components such as side flaps and crotch portions are arranged on multiple webs which are being conveyed while being arranged side by side in the width direction of the webs, articles in various sizes can be handled easily by a web conveying step of conveying a front waistline web | 2012-02-02 |
20120024453 | STRUCTURE INCLUDING HOLDER UNIT AND DEVICE UNIT AND FIXING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A structure includes a holder unit including a peripheral portion and a step portion that is higher than the peripheral portion; and a device unit including a bonding portion, an elastic portion, and a support portion that are formed integrally with each other, the support portion being elastically supported with respect to the bonding portion by the elastic portion. The bonding portion is fixed to the peripheral portion of the holder unit. The support portion is caused to contact the step portion by a restoring force of the elastic portion in an elastically deformed state. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024454 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN ANTI-FATIGUE MAT EMPLOYING MULTIPLE DUROMETER LAYERS - A method is disclosed for fabricating an anti-fatigue mat that employs a layer of resilient gel material that exhibits a first durometer. The method employs a frame assembly that receives a flexible support sheet. The frame assembly includes an aperture that receives a layer of heated liquid gel which cools to form the layer of resilient gel material exhibiting the first durometer. In one embodiment, a barrier layer exhibiting a second durometer is situated on the gel layer that exhibits the first durometer. In one embodiment, the barrier layer prevents the flow of oils from the gel layer to a flexible base sheet disposed on the barrier layer. In another embodiment, the flexible base sheet may exhibit a second durometer. In either embodiment, the layers exhibiting the first and second durometer cooperate to influence the feel of the mat to the user. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024455 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STIFFENED PANEL OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A process for the production of a stiffened panel made of composite material includes the stages of depositing the fibers that constitute the panel on a rigid device, depositing at least one stiffener, covering the unit with a sealed wall, and then polymerizing, and providing—for each stiffener—a rigid counter-mold in contact with the convex surface of the stiffener, covering the zone(s) of the panel that is/are not covered by the stiffener with at least one band sufficiently rigid to transmit compression forces by allowing play between the band and the stiffener, and then depositing a seal such that the seal, the band, and the rigid counter-mold form the sealed wall, whereby the seal is able to have two states, a first malleable state during application so that it adapts to the profile of the lateral edges of the stiffeners, and a hardened state to ensure transmission of compression forces in a manner essentially identical to the rigid counter-molds or to the bands arranged on either side of the seal so as not to generate a pressure gradient. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024456 | SUBSTRATE BONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODIFYING THE SAME - The embodiments described provide apparatus and methods for bonding wafers to carriers with the surface contours of plates facing the substrates or carriers are modified either by re-shaping, by using height adjusters, by adding shim(s), or by zoned temperature control. The modified surface contours of such plates compensate the effects that may cause the non-planarity of bonded substrates. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024457 | Method and System for Bonding Wind Turbine Blades - A method and associated system are provided for bonding component parts of a wind turbine blade along a bond line. A barrier is placed within an internal cavity of the blade at a defined bond line width along the length of the bond line. A plurality of spaced apart external access ports are defined along the bond line into the internal cavity. A bond paste is sequentially injected into the plurality of access ports to fill the bond line. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024458 | Process of Making Fastening Members with Indicium - A fastening member, a process of making a fastening member and an absorbent article that includes a fastening member are disclosed. The fastening member includes a tape, an actual fastener and an indicium in the form of a macro-mechanical fastener. The macro-mechanical fastener indicium helps a care giver attach the fasteneing member to a complementary surface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024459 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER FOAM - A method for manufacturing multilayer foam where easy generation of dead air and improvement in foam magnification is offered. Multilayer resin that has non-foam layer outside foam layer is pushed out, the innermost side of the multilayer resin is bonded mutually, and multilayer resin laminating body is formed. Multilayer resin laminating body is clamped in the empty space between outermost side of multilayer resin laminating body and cavity side with metal mold. Multilayer resin laminating body is molded in the shape along cavity side, and the multilayer foam is molded. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024460 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED STENT RETENTION - Methods for improved stent retention on an expandable member during delivery are disclosed. Methods include fabricating delivery systems including a degradable or water soluble sheath over the stent, the expandable member, or both for improving retention of the stent on the expandable member during delivery. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024461 | ELECTROLYTE SUPPORTED CELL DESIGNED FOR LONGER LIFE AND HIGHER POWER - A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, and a solid oxide electrolyte located between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The cathode electrode is a porous ceramic layer infiltrated with a cathode catalyst material, and the anode electrode is a porous ceramic layer infiltrated with an anode catalyst material, and the electrolyte is a ceramic layer having a lower porosity than the anode and the cathode electrodes. A ceramic reinforcing region may be located adjacent to the riser opening in the electrolyte. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024462 | Prosthesis and method for lowering abdominal pressure - A two-sheet fascial expander prosthesis for temporary use and method of using it to treat abdominal hypertension and associated organ system function impairment, in which each flat sheet is attached to the fascia only at opposite sides of an incision. One side of each sheet is armed with mating fastening elements that bond when united to bring about high tensile shear strength and low tensile peeling-off resistance permitting easy separation for diagnostic and therapeutic abdominal entry. The invention is useful because it expands the fascia and adds compliance to the envelope of the abdominal cavity by bridging the gap between free borders of the incised fascia containing intra-abdominal organs without strangulating their blood supply and retaining some tension on the fascia to prevent retraction and bringing the edges closer together as healing progresses, and permitting final removal of the patch and fascia-to-fascia closure. The method of producing and testing biocompatibility of the two-sheet fascia prosthesis also is disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024463 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A STABILIZER WITH A STABILIZER BEARING - In a method of producing a stabilizer for a motor vehicle, a stabilizer bearing portion of a stabilizer is chemically pre-treated by applying an adhesive. The stabilizer and two vulcanized elastomer-metal bearing half-shells are then placed in a joining apparatus for subsequent bonding of the bearing half-shells with the stabilizer bearing portion. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024464 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - In the building of a carcass structure for tyres of vehicle wheels, the step of reinforcing with a loop at least one annular anchoring structure associated at the axially opposite end edges of a carcass ply is carried out on at least one radially expandable/contractable service drum and includes the steps of: setting the service drum to a predetermined radial dimension selected according to the fitting diameter of the tyre to be manufactured, depositing the loop on the service drum, loading the annular anchoring structure onto the service drum in a radially outer position with respect to the loop, radially expanding the service drum up to lock in position the annular anchoring structure, rotating the service drum about a longitudinal axis thereof and, during the rotation, turning the loop up about the annular anchoring structure. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024465 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STATOR BAR PRESS TOOLING - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for providing stator bar press tooling. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for pressing and curing insulation material on a shaped element. The method can include providing tooling. The tooling can include an inner press and an outer press, wherein at least an inner press surface associated with the inner press and an outer press surface associated with the outer press are fabricated at least in part by sintering. The method can include applying at least one of pressure or heat to insulation material in contact with a shaped element with the tooling, wherein the inner press surface and the outer press surface of the tooling conform to least an external portion of the shaped element. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024466 | WRAP FOR HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus to cover a perimeter of a hand-held electronic device with a wrap. The wrap provides the hand-held electronic device with a more pleasing appearance. The wrap also serves as an insulating cover over sections of the device's perimeter. Without the wrap, when the sections are gripped, signal quality in the hand-held electronic device can be reduced. The wrap also serves as a protective material on the device's perimeter reducing damage caused by foreign objects. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024467 | Protecting surfaces and frangible structures - A method of protecting a surface, such as the surface of a windscreen of a motor vehicle, comprises providing a cylindrical roll of a plastic film one side of which has an adhesive coating afforded by a solvent-based acrylic adhesive and in which the plastic film is formed with a plurality of spaced transversely extending rows of perforations, applying the adhesive-coated side of the plastic film to the surface or structure using two spaced resilient rollers, unwinding a desired length of the plastic film from the roll and rupturing the plastic film along a selected row of perforations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024468 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STIFFENED PANEL OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A process for the production of a stiffened panel made of composite material, includes the stages of depositing the fibers that constitute the panel on a rigid device ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024469 | FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION, AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PRODUCTION - The present invention relates to a film for semiconductor device production, which includes: a separator; and a plurality of adhesive layer-attached dicing tapes each including a dicing tape and an adhesive layer laminated on the dicing tape, which are laminated on the separator at a predetermined interval in such a manner that the adhesive layer attaches to the separator, in which the separator has a cut formed along the outer periphery of the dicing tape, and the depth of the cut is at most ⅔ of the thickness of the separator. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024470 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR TRANSFERRING SUBSTRATE MATERIAL AND PARTICULATE MATERIAL - An apparatus for transferring, at high speed and in a very effective and accurate and cost effective manner, particulate material from a first moving endless surface with reservoir(s) to a second moving endless surface carrying a substrate material, such as a nonwoven web material, and transferring said combination of substrate material with particulate material to a further apparatus unit; said second moving endless surface is adjacent and in communication with a first and a second vacuum chamber, with different vacuum pressures and/or different size. Also a process is provided, using the described apparatus. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024471 | NOZZLE PLATE FOR IMPROVED POST-BONDING SYMMETRY - A nozzle plate for bonding to a chip for configuring a printhead of a printing device is disclosed. The chip comprises a plurality of energizing elements. The nozzle plate comprises a substrate layer, an adhesive layer and a plurality of nozzle holes perforated in the substrate layer and the adhesive layer. The each nozzle hole is capable of being associated with an energizing element of the plurality of energizing elements. The each nozzle hole comprises an asymmetric flow-feature configured by ablating at least a portion of a wall of the each nozzle hole prior to bonding the nozzle plate to the chip. The nozzle plate provides a substantially symmetrical flow-feature for the each nozzle hole on bonding to the chip. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024472 | MULTICOMPONENT BIOACTIVE INTRAVAGINAL RING - Intravaginal ring devices have multicomponent drug releasing substrates loaded with at least one bioactive agent and designed to effect contraception and/or provide means to treat and/or prevent diseases caused by infectious bacteria, fungi, virus, and retroviruses, without compromising the primary function of normally occurring, useful vaginal microflora in female patients. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024473 | Antibacterial protective envelope - A protective envelope for a lid of a plastic cup comprises a vacuous plastic film stuck on the top of the lid which was beforehand vaporized by an antiseptic liquid, without alcohol, then dried. The plastic film includes a detachable part, activated by a thread to be pulled, which is positioned above the opening to drink of the lid. So, when a consumer is ready to drink, he removes the detachable part by pulling the thread, so freeing the opening to drink. With such protection the lid is protected from bacteria and virus which can cause diseases. In brief, the steps of conception of the antiseptic lid are: to vaporize the lid with an antiseptic liquid without alcohol, to dry the lid, to put a thin film of plastic onto the lid by positioning the detachable part over the drink opening and to stick the film onto the lid by means of a vacuum. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024474 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED STENT RETENTION - Methods for improved stent retention on an expandable member during delivery are disclosed. Methods include fabricating delivery systems including a retention layer over the stent, the expandable member, or both for improving retention of the stent on the expandable member during delivery. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024475 | DISPLAY BONDING DEVICE AND METHOD - A display bonding device includes a stage configured to place an adhesive tape and an adherend thereon, a pressure head configured to press the adhesive tape onto the adherend with a pressure surface having a tapered shape or a curved shape which is tilted with respect to the stage, and a movement mechanism configured to move the pressure head toward the adhesive tape through a pressure rod which is coupled to the pressure head. The pressure head is configured to rotate around the pressure rod. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024476 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEATING CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHEET - A device for manufacturing a corrugated cardboard sheet includes a conveyor which conveys a corrugated medium and a liner, a starch applicator which is arranged along a conveying path of the corrugated medium and the liner and applies liquid starch to flute tops of the corrugated medium, a bonding unit which bonds the liner and the corrugated medium by placing the liner on the corrugated medium to which the liquid starch is applied and by heating and pressing the corrugated medium and the liner to gelatinize the liquid starch; and a spraying unit which is arranged on an upstream side of the bonding unit and sprays moist air on the flute tops of the corrugated medium to which the liquid starch is applied. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024477 | ROOM TEMPERATURE CURING EPOXY ADHESIVE - Room temperature curing epoxy adhesives are described. The adhesives contain an epoxy resin, an acetoacetoxy-functionalized compound, a metal salt catalyst, a first amine curing agent having an equivalent weight of at least 50 grams per weight of amine equivalents and a second amine curing agent having an equivalent weight of no greater than 45 grams per weight of amine equivalents. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024478 | Showerhead - A showerhead is disclosed in this invention. The showerhead includes a bottom plate, a channel plate, and a top plate. The bottom plate includes a plurality of cooling channels and a plurality of gas holes, wherein the gas holes includes at least one first gas hole and at least one second gas hole. The channel plate includes a first trench area and a second trench area, wherein the first gas hole is connected with the first trench area, and the second gas hole is connected with the second trench area. The top plate is coupled to the channel plate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024479 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF A GAS IN A PROCESS CHAMBER - Apparatus for controlling the flow of a gas in a process chamber is provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for controlling the flow of a gas in a process chamber having a processing volume within the process chamber disposed above a substrate support and a pumping volume within the process chamber disposed below the substrate support may include an annular plate surrounding the substrate support proximate a level of a substrate support surface of the substrate support, wherein the annular plate extends radially outward toward an inner peripheral surface of the process chamber to define a uniform gap between an outer edge of the annular plate and the inner peripheral surface, wherein the uniform gap provides a uniform flow path from the processing volume to the pumping volume. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024480 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A TIRE BEAD - A triangular-shaped can be held in an upright posture to be stuck to an outer peripheral surface of a bead core and a leading end and a trailing end can be butted against each other a crack. A filler rubber is held uprightly to be wound around an outer peripheral surface of a bead core supported by a rotary support body, and in joining a leading end and a trailing end of the filler rubber cut to a predetermined length, the neighborhood of the leading end and the neighborhood of the trailing end, respectively, are interposed by first and second interposing means and one of the interposing means is displaced toward the other from a state, in which the leading end and the trailing end are opposed to each other whereby end surfaces of the leading end and the trailing end are butted against each other. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024481 | BAND DETACHING METHOD IN BAND BUILDING DRUM AND BAND BUILDING DRUM - The invention enables a built band (B) in a cylindrical shape to be easily and surely detached by peeling off the band (B) from being brought into close contact with a drum peripheral face in an expandable and contractable band building drum (D) constituted by two kinds of pluralities of segments ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024482 | System and Method of Making Tapered Looped Suture - A system for forming a looped suture having a tapered cut is provided. The system includes a base for selectively retaining a portion of thread, a clamping device for receiving a first end of the thread, a tensioning device for receiving a second end of the thread, a welding assembly configured to join a first and second section of the thread to form a loop, and a cutting assembly configured to form a tapered end on the first section of the thread. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024483 | REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR SLIDE SHUTTER - A reinforcing structure for a slide shutter deters unauthorized entry of an intruder into a building and allows easy opening and closing of the shutter. The reinforcing structure ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024484 | Door machine mechanism of fireproof door - A door machine mechanism of the fireproof door comprises a force exerted end which is activated to roll a rotary axle and a loading end for receiving the weight of the door curtain. The rotary axle comprises an internal axle and two external axles. The force exerted end and the loading end are applied on the internal axle and the external axle respectively. The internal axle and the external axle are normally coupled via a clutch mechanism. A torsion spring brake mechanism is used to normally brake the rotary axle against the load of the loading end by changing the inner diameter of the torsion spring, or when the torsion spring brake mechanism is subjected to an external force from the force exerted end, the rotary axle is released. As such, the clutch mechanism is controlled to interrupt the coupling of the internal axle and the external axle in the event of the fire alarm such that the door curtain falls and shuts the fireproof door. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024485 | Modular anti-reversible power spring apparatus and method - In a shade system with a bracket supporting a shade storage roll, an anti-reversible power spring apparatus includes a biasing member and a housing with a receiver end and a connector end where the housing encloses the biasing member and the receiver end and the connector end contain the biasing member within the housing. A connector device is connected with the housing and a receiver device is connected with the housing where the connector is connectable with a receiver and where the receiver is connectable with a connector. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024486 | FIBROUS WEB FORMED ON A STRUCTURED FABRIC - A fibrous web including a fibrous construct having at least one formed surface feature. The surface feature including a topographical pattern reflective of a weave pattern in a fabric used in a papermaking machine. The fabric including a single layer of yarns arranged in a repeating weave pattern, each weave pattern including a plurality of warp yarns substantially oriented in a machine direction (MD) defining MD yarns; and a plurality of weft yarns substantially oriented in a cross machine direction (CD) defining CD yarns. The MD yarns each having at least one long float within the weave pattern. Each long float being adjacent to at least one other long float of an MD yarn. The weave pattern being a plain weave apart from the long floats. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024487 | FIBROUS WEB FORMED ON A STRUCTURED FABRIC - A fibrous web including a fibrous construct having at least one formed surface feature. The surface feature including a topographical pattern reflective of a weave pattern in a fabric used in a papermaking machine having a through-air drying system. The fabric including a single layer of yarns arranged in a repeating weave pattern, each weave pattern including a plurality of warp yarns substantially oriented in a machine direction (MD) defining MD yarns; and a plurality of weft yarns substantially oriented in a cross machine direction (CD) defining CD yarns. The MD yarns each having at least one long float within the weave pattern. Each long float being adjacent to at least one other long float of an MD yarn. The weave pattern being a plain weave apart from the long floats. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024488 | PAPER PRODUCT - The invention relates to a supercalendered paper product comprising first cellu-losic fibres and a gypsum-fibre composite product as a filler pigment or coating pigment, wherein the gypsum in the gypsum-fibre composite product appears as crystals on the surface of the fibre, and wherein the gypsum crystals are obtained by contacting calcium sulphate hemihydrate and/or calcium sulphate anhydrite and an aqueous second fibre suspension. The invention also relates to a process for producing a supercalendered paper product. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024489 | STRUCTURED FABRIC - A fabric for a papermaking machine, the fabric including a single layer of yarns arranged in a repeating weave pattern, each weave pattern including a plurality of warp yarns substantially oriented in a machine direction (MD) defining MD yarns; and a plurality of weft yarns substantially oriented in a cross machine direction (CD) defining CD yarns. The MD yarns each having at least one long float within the weave pattern. Each long float being adjacent to at least one other long float of an MD yarn. The weave pattern being a plain weave apart from the long floats. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024490 | PULP FEEDER FOR USED PAPER RECYCLING APPARATUS - A pulp feeder capable of obtaining recycled paper of uniform texture, stable in the weight of the wet paper made on a mesh belt, in a very narrow used paper processing space of furniture size. A pulp feeding unit (pulp feeder) includes a retention unit disposed slidably on the upper side of an running mesh belt, for retaining a pulp suspension sent from a pulp manufacturing unit, and a paper making frame body for defining the supply width of the pulp suspension on the upper side of the mesh belt, in which the leading end position of this paper making frame body is provided with an overflow unit for keeping constant the water level of the pulp suspension retained in the retention unit. The pulp suspension supplied in the retention unit is retained to the water level defined the overflow unit, and is uniformly dispersed and supplied on the upper side of the mesh belt by cooperative action of this retention action and the running action of the mesh belt. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024491 | Method For Casting Component - A cast component having localized areas of improved physical properties is disclosed. The component may initially be produced having a void portion in a predetermined area requiring improved physical properties. A second molten material may be added to the void portion such that it chemically bonds to the void portion. The component may then be finished such to a final shape with a localized area of improved physical properties. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024492 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING AN INGOT AT INITIAL STARTUP - A continuous casting furnace for producing metal ingots includes a molten seal which prevents external atmosphere from entering the melting chamber. A startup sealing assembly allows an initial seal to be formed to prevent external atmosphere from entering the melting chamber prior to the formation of the molten seal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024493 | SERVICE WATER HEATING UNIT - The invention relates to a service water heating unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024494 | COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A cooling assembly for a motor vehicle provided with a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine. The assembly has a radiator intended to be supplied with a flow of a liquid coolant coming from the engine, a condenser for use in an air-conditioning system of the vehicle, mounted facing the radiator, and a ventilation assembly. The ventilation assembly includes a plate-like shroud mounted facing the condenser, on a side remote from the radiator, and carrying a motor-driven fan capable of inducing a flow of air through the radiator and the condenser. The ventilation assembly is connected directly to the radiator, and the condenser is directly connected to the ventilation assembly and/or the radiator such that it is separately detachable and extractable, and possibly mountable again, leaving the ventilation assembly and the radiator in place. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024495 | HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS - A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat sink, a resilient pressing member, and two fasteners. The pressing member includes an abutting portion to press the heat sink, and two locking portions extending from opposite ends of the abutting portion. The fasteners are respectively latched to the locking portions. When the heat sink is mounted to a heat-generating component by the fasteners, the abutting portion is stretched to be resiliently flexed by the locking portions latched by the fasteners. The abutting portion abuts against the heat sink toward the heat-generating component, thereby urging the heat sink to be in intimate thermal contact with the heat-generating component. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024496 | SERVICE WATER HEATING UNIT - The invention relates to a service water heating unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024497 | TWO PHASE HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND EVAPORATORS AND CONDENSERS FOR USE IN HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS - A heat transfer system includes a first loop and a second loop. The first loop includes a condenser having a vapor inlet and a liquid outlet, a vapor line in fluid communication with the vapor inlet of the condenser, a liquid line in fluid communication with the liquid outlet of the condenser, and primary evaporators fluidly coupled in series with the liquid line and in parallel with the vapor line. The second loop includes a reservoir, a secondary evaporator having a vapor outlet coupled to the vapor line and a fluid inlet coupled to the reservoir, and a sweepage line in fluid communication with the reservoir and the primary evaporators. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024498 | Fluid Recirculating Economizer - A flue gas heat recovery device is described. The device includes a packing tower. The packing tower is adapted to receive a flue gas stream. The packing tower also contains at least one water inlet, a water collection reservoir and a packing tray positioned between the inlet and reservoir. An air induction assembly may be attached to the packing tower or the inlet. A fuel gas line is in thermal communication with the reservoir. The fuel gas line has two ends a first end in close spatial relationship to a distal end of said reservoir, and a second end in close spatial relationship to a fuel output. Finally, a fluid conduit connects the second end of the fuel gas line and the water inlet. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024499 | LOOP TYPE PRESSURE-GRADIENT-DRIEN LOW-PRESSURE THERMOSIPHON DEVICE - A loop type pressure-gradient-driven low-pressure thermosiphon device includes a case sealed by a cover to define a chamber with a vaporizing section. The vaporizing section includes a plurality of spaced flow-guiding members and first flow passages formed between adjacent flow-guiding members. The flow passages respectively have at least one free end communicating with a free zone in the chamber. A pipeline is connected at two ends to two opposite sides of the case, and has a second flow passage communicable with the vaporizing section. The pipeline extends through at least one heat-dissipating element, so that the pipeline and the heat-dissipating element together define a condensing section. In the thermosiphon device, a low-pressure end is created through proper pressure-reduction design to form a pressure gradient for driving steam-water circulation, and the working fluid can be driven to circulate and transfer heat in the pipeline and the case without any wick structure. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024500 | THERMOSYPHON FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A thermosyphon including an evaporator section, a condenser section coupled to the evaporator section, and a condensate guide lining an inner portion of the evaporator section and inner surfaces of the condenser section. The condensate guide defines a vapour core in the evaporator and condenser sections and is configured to return condensate to the evaporator section regardless of an orientation of the thermosyphon. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024501 | THERMOELECTRIC-ENHANCED, LIQUID-COOLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DISSIPATION OF HEAT - Thermoelectric-enhanced, liquid-cooling apparatus and method are provided for facilitating cooling of one or more components of an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a liquid-cooled structure in thermal communication with the component(s) to be cooled, and a liquid-to-air heat exchanger coupled in fluid communication with the liquid-cooled structure via a coolant loop for receiving coolant from and supply coolant to the liquid-cooled structure. A thermoelectric array is disposed with first and second coolant loop portions in thermal contact with first and second sides of the array. The thermoelectric array operates to transfer heat from coolant passing through the first loop portion to coolant passing through the second loop portion, and cools coolant passing through the first loop portion before the coolant passes through the liquid-cooled structure. Coolant passing through the first and second loop portions passes through the liquid-to-air heat exchanger for cooling thereof. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024502 | ENCLOSED-AISLE DATA CENTER COOLING SYSTEM - An aspect of the disclosure provides a method comprising: providing a first portion of an exhaust gas from racks of computer devices in an enclosed aisle arrangement for cooling in an air cooling device; and diverting a second portion of the exhaust gas from the racks of computer devices to an underfloor plenum for mixing with a cooled gas provided by the air cooling device, forming a mixed cooling gas in the underfloor plenum; and providing the mixed cooling gas to the racks of computer devices. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024503 | Enhanced Hand Operated Personal Cooling Fan - An apparatus for cooling ones self by a traditional manual back and forth fanning movement of the invention. The apparatus has the capability to spray a mist of water into the moving air created by the apparatus so as to aid in the cooling process. The invention can also be used as a sound board or tambourine to create a sound to imitate traditional hand clapping for a signal or for celebratory expression. Also, in one embodiment, the invention serves as a sign or billboard for image or print media advertising. In another embodiment it serves as a traditionally recognizable symbol or trademark. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024504 | HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT - The invention relates to a heat exchanger unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024505 | HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM AND HEAT TRANSFER METHOD USING THE SAME - A heat transfer medium and a heat transfer method using the same are provided. The heat transfer medium comprises a film coated with a plurality of nano particles, which absorb light incident to the film to thereby transfer heat to a target object. When nano particles are applied onto a target object, the particles are removed by etching, and when a transparent film coated thereon with the nano particles is positioned, as a mask, on a target object requiring heat transfer, and then is exposed to infrared rays, heat is transferred to a specified portion of a target object under the coated nano particles, thereby obtaining a heat transfer effect without leaving unnecessary heat generating materials. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024506 | SWITCHGEAR - In order to obtain a switchgear which can improve heat dissipation efficiency, in the switchgear which dissipates heat outside an apparatus vessel, the heat being generated from an electrical apparatus placed in the apparatus vessel, the switchgear includes a first heat conductor in which one side is connected to a heat generation portion of the apparatus vessel and the other side is extended toward the apparatus vessel side, a second heat conductor in which one side is disposed near the other side of the first heat conductor and the other side is extended outside the apparatus vessel, and an insulating member between conductors disposed between the other side of the first heat conductor and one side of the second heat conductor. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024507 | MUFFLER WITH A BUILT-IN HEAT EXCHANGER - A muffler having an inlet and an outlet, through which exhaust gas flows; a tubular main body; a heat exchanger inside the main body; a noise-deadening first conduit, which extends at least partly inside the main body, from a fork region located directly downstream from the inlet, to a converging region directly upstream from the outlet; a second conduit, which extends through the heat exchanger and at least partly inside the main body, from the fork region to the converging region and parallel to the first conduit; and a regulating valve located outside the main body, to selectively direct exhaust gas flow along the first conduit or the second conduit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024508 | REINFORCEMENT PLATE FOR MULTIPLE ROW HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a pair of manifolds each extending between manifold ends and defining a plurality of slits disposed in a plurality of parallel slit rows and each slit having a center axis. The center axes of the slits in each of the slit rows are aligned in a row plane. Reinforcement members extend between reinforcement ends each of which have at least one tab for connection thereof to one of the manifold ends. Each of the manifolds has at least one retainer for clamping one of the reinforcement members thereto. Each of the tabs include at least one connector extending toward the adjacent manifold end. One of the connectors is centered on each of the row planes to define row isolating openings between adjacent connectors to isolate each of the row planes from differential forces of adjacent row planes. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024509 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER HAVING THE HEAT EXCHANGER MOUNTED THEREIN - A heat exchanger ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024510 | HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR A HEATING ELEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A heat exchanger, in particular a heating element for motor vehicles, is provided that includes a block that has flat tubes and corrugated fins and a collecting tank on the inlet side and on the outlet side, wherein the flat tubes comprise flat sides having embossed vortex generators, and a coolant can flow through the flat tubes. The flat tubes can have an inner diameter in the range of 0.9 to 1.2 mm, preferably of 1.0 mm, and the corrugated fins can have a height in the range of 6.3 to 8.0 mm, preferably of 8.3 mm. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024511 | Intercooler - An inner fin arranged in a flat tube has a wave shape constructed by alternately connecting first walls and second walls. The first wall connects two of the second walls in a connecting direction. The first wall has a protrusion with an extending dimension in the connecting direction and a protruding dimension protruding from the first wall. A ratio of the extending dimension to a height dimension of the first wall is defined as a length ratio x/Fh, and a ratio of the protruding dimension to a width dimension of the second wall is defined as a protrusion ratio y/Fw. The ratios x/Fh, y/Fw are set to have values having a predetermined relationship. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024512 | HEAT SINK DEVICE AND METHOD OF REPAIRING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of repairing a semiconductor device includes turning a press member to apply pressure on an electronic component which is mounted on a substrate. A heat sink which is provided on the electronic component via a bonding layer is thus displaced with respect to the electronic component in a transverse direction. The heat sink is removed from the electronic component by shearing the bonding layer with the press member. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024513 | COOLING STRUCTURE, HEATSINK AND COOLING METHOD OF HEAT GENERATOR - A cooling structure includes a heat dissipation structure having a heat generator and a heatsink that is adhered through an insulating adhesive layer to at least a surface of the heat generator that faces a cooling fluid and made of a metal foil having the flexibility. A fluid flow path is disposed outside of the heat dissipation structure so that the cooling fluid flowing inside thereof and the heatsink may directly come into contact. Further, a fine recess is disposed on a surface of the heatsink that directly comes into contact with the cooling fluid. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024514 | PLATE COOLING FIN WITH SLOTTED PROJECTIONS - A plate cooling fin with slotted projections comprises a plate member and projection parts on the plate member with slots disposed at the periphery of the respective projection and spacing apart from each other for the cold airflow being guided to pass through the slots and turned into a turbulent flow with eddy currents at the periphery of the cooling fin to extend the stagnation time of the airflow. As a result, more heat can be carried outward the cooling fin to enhance the heat dissipation efficiency. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024515 | DATA CENTER AND HEAT DISSIPATING SYSTEM THEREOF - A container data center includes a plurality of server systems installed in a container. Each server system includes a power distribution units (PDU) used to manage power and a heat dissipating system to dissipate heat. The heat dissipating system includes a fan and a fan controller connected to the PDU. The PDU detects output power of the corresponding server system and transforms the output power to a corresponding fan rotation speed control signal transmitted to the fan controller, the fan controller controls rotation speed of the fan according to the fan rotation speed control signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024516 | Method and Apparatus for Achieving Higher Cooling Rates of a Gas During Bypass Cooling in a Batch Annealing Furnace of Cold Rolling Mills - A method and apparatus to increase the cooling rate of gas used in a batch annealing furnace of cold rolling mills under bypass cooling. The invention makes use of the higher heat transfer capacities of nanocoolants developed by a high-shear mixing of nanoparticles and stabilizers in a basic aqueous medium for cooling heated hydrogen flowing through a heat exchanger during bypass cooling of the batch annealing furnace. The nanofluid is prepared in a nanofluid preparation unit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024517 | Heat Cycle System - A heat cycle system includes: a refrigerating cycle system that circulates a refrigerant; a medium circulation circuit that includes a circulation pump for circulating a heat-transfer medium, and adjusts a temperature of a temperature control target with the heat-transfer medium; a heat exchanger that executes heat exchange between the refrigerant in the refrigerating cycle system and the heat-transfer medium in the medium circulation circuit; and a volume altering unit that alters a volume of the heat-transfer medium circulating in the medium circulation circuit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024518 | SERVICE WATER HEATING UNIT - The invention relates to a service water heating unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024519 | Methods and Devices for One Trip Plugging and Perforating of Oil and Gas Wells - A tubing conveyed tool for use in perforating a well bore utilizing abrasive perforating techniques. The perforating tool is particularly useful in non-vertical wells. The perforating tool is designed to permit running and setting a bridge plug, and then perforating the well bore without requiring the removal of the tool string. An eccentric weight bar can also be used to allow for directional perforating in non-vertical wells. The eccentric weight bar uses gravity to cause the bar to rotate to a predetermined position. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024520 | WELL SCREENS CONSTRUCTED UTILIZING PRE-FORMED ANNULAR ELEMENTS - Construction of well screens utilizing pre-formed annular-shaped elements. A well screen includes a filter layer configured to filter fluid flowing through the well screen and a drainage layer which radially supports the filter layer, the drainage layer including multiple individual annular-shaped elements. Another well screen includes a drainage layer configured to support the filter layer, with the drainage layer including at least one cavity molded therein. Another well screen includes a base pipe and a layer made up of multiple individual annular-shaped elements stacked coaxially on the base pipe. A cavity is formed in at least one of the elements. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024521 | Hydraulic lubricator for use at a wellhead - A lubricator for use at a wellhead such as an oil or natural gas well. The lubricator has a polished rod on which an item, such as a back pressure valve, may be disposed for placement, for example to isolate the wellhead from the well pressure to permit wellhead servicing. The rod is moved by hydraulic power, rather than manually. A piston is connected to the polished rod within the lubricator barrel. Hydraulic pressure within the barrel, above or below the piston, is controlled to cause the rod to move up and down, under power, to permit the rod and items thereon to be lowered and retrieved. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024522 | Electric Submersible Pump Band Basket Catcher - A basket catcher for catching debris such as broken metal bands from an oil borehole casing as production tubing is withdrawn. The basket catcher has a collar that includes a series of spring-tensioned blades directed upwardly catch debris as the basket is withdrawn through the casing, preventing the debris from occluding the borehole. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024523 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FORMATION PARAMETER - An apparatus and method of measuring a parameter characteristic of a rock formation in an oil well is provided with a device for generating a sensing field within a volume of the rock formation and a device for causing a flow through the volume in the presence of the sensing field, further including sensors responsive to changes in the volume, wherein a sensor response is indicative of the amounts of fluid, particularly hydrocarbon and water saturations and irreducible hydrocarbon and water saturations. Measurements can be made before the flow affects the measuring volume and after onset of the flow through the measuring volume. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024524 | Method for Monitoring Oil Field Development - The invention relates to the oil industry, in particular to methods for monitoring the development of oil fields. In order to increase the monitoring efficiency of the oil field development by the fuller recording of parameters that characterize a deposit to be developed, for hydraulically unrelated areas with equal values of desirability functions, the method involves additionally measuring the stability of a water-oil emulsion in each well, calculating the mean value of the water-oil emulsion within each area and advising the use of methods for increasing oil recovery at the areas according to the incrementation of the water-oil emulsion value. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024525 | FRACTURING FLUID WATER REUSE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods of processing a fluid recovered from an oil or gas extraction operation for reuse in a hydraulic fracturing fluid are described. The methods include providing an amount of a produced fluid composition containing iron and suspended solids and controlling at least one of the conductivity, iron content, oxidative strength, and pH of the composition, such that Fenton's reagent is formed in situ. Also described are hydraulic fracturing fluids produced using fluid recovered from an oil or gas production process and treated in accordance with the methods described herein as well as systems for preparing a hydraulic fracturing fluid having, as a fluid source, fluid recovered from an oil or gas production process that has been treated in accordance with the methods described herein. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024526 | Self-Diverting High-Rate Water Packs - A method for diverting fluids across a perforation tunnel in high-rate water pack operations may include providing a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, wherein a perforation tunnel provides a fluid connection between the wellbore and the subterranean formation; providing a diverting particulate that comprises a degradable plasticized polymer coating on a particulate; placing the diverting particulate into the perforation tunnel, wherein the step of placing the diverting particulate forms a particulate pack within the subterranean formation and the perforation tunnel; allowing the degradable plasticized polymer coating to deform and fill the interstitial spaces within the particulate pack in the perforation tunnel such that the fluid conductivity between the wellbore and the subterranean formation is substantially blocked; and allowing the plasticized polymer coating to degrade over time thereby substantially restoring the fluid conductivity between the wellbore and the subterranean formation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024527 | CEMENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING A SUBSTITUTED ETHOXYLATED PHENOL SURFACTANT FOR USE IN AN OIL-CONTAMINATED WELL - According to an embodiment, a well treatment composition comprises a surfactant comprising a substituted ethoxylated phenol having at least one substituent, 1 to 14 moles of ethylene oxide, and the substituent being an alkyl, alkene, or alkyne with a carbon chain length in the range of 4 to 25, wherein the substituted ethoxylated phenol is selected from the group consisting of: ortho-, para-, or meta-substituted ethoxylated phenol; cardanol ethoxylate; derivatives thereof; and combinations of any of the foregoing. Preferably, the surfactant comprises cardanol ethoxylate, a substituted cardanol ethoxylate, and derivatives thereof. According to another embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprises: introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises: (A) cement; (B) water; and (C) the surfactant; and allowing the cement composition to set. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024528 | Firing assembly for a perforating gun - The present disclosure discloses a firing assembly for detonating charges of a perforating gun. The firing assembly includes: one or more casings connected together to form a firing head containment body, the firing head containment body comprising a detonation chamber and actuation chamber; a detonator configured in the detonation chamber; a moveable actuator configured in the actuation chamber and operatively connected to the detonator, wherein the actuator is retained in a first position in the actuation chamber by a retention detent; a coupler operatively connected to the actuator opposite the detonator, wherein the coupler comprises a channel for communicating pressure through the coupler to the actuator that overcomes the retention detent and allows the actuator to move in the actuation chamber to a second position, wherein the detonator activates in dependence upon the actuator moving to the second position. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024529 | Stimuli-Responsive High Viscosity Pill - A method comprises providing a treatment fluid having a first viscosity comprising an aqueous base fluid; a viscoelastic surfactant; and a stimuli-responsive water-soluble polymer; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment fluid viscosity to change to a second viscosity in response to a stimulus. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024530 | Increasing Fracture Complexity in Ultra-Low Permeable Subterranean Formation Using Degradable Particulate - A method of increasing the fracture complexity in a treatment zone of a subterranean formation is provided. The subterranean formation is characterized by having a matrix permeability less than 1.0 microDarcy. The method includes the step of pumping one or more fracturing fluids into a far-field region of a treatment zone of the subterranean formation at a rate and pressure above the fracture pressure of the treatment zone. A first fracturing fluid of the one or more fracturing fluids includes a first solid particulate, wherein: (a) the first solid particulate includes a particle size distribution for bridging the pore throats of a proppant pack previously formed or to be formed in the treatment zone; and (b) the first solid particulate comprises a degradable material. In an embodiment, the first solid particulate is in an insufficient amount in the first fracturing fluid to increase the packed volume fraction of any region of the proppant pack to greater than 73%. Similar methods using stepwise fracturing fluids and remedial fracturing treatments are provided. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024531 | AUTOCHOKE SYSTEM - Back pressure control devices used to control fluid pressure in a wellbore require various utilities for operation, such as an air supply. Apparatus disclosed herein provide for the continued operation of one or more back pressure control devices when supply of utilities for operation of the back pressure control devices are intentionally or unintentionally interrupted. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024532 | Pressure Vortex Device to Allow Flapper Closure in High Velocity Fluid Applications - The problem of flappers that will not close due to high velocity gas rushing past and creating a vortex that has zones of high pressure pressing the flapper against the force of the torsion spring is reduced or overcome with modifications in the passage through a subsurface safety valve so as to reduce the intensity of the vortex to allow the torsion spring to pivot the flapper to closed position. Various shapes are inserted adjacent the flapper base to create turbulence to minimize or prevent the vortex and the associated pressure increases that would otherwise prevent flapper closure with the flow tube retracted. Inserts that create turbulence are placed in a recess that in part holds the flapper when it is rotated to the open position. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024533 | Apparatus for collecting oil escaped from an underwater blowout - A large diameter conduit extends from a subsea location surrounding a wellhead to an area above the water surface. The conduit is designed to channel escaped oil and gas from the underwater well to a floating collection facility. The conduit has a portion formed from polyvinyl chloride to reduce paraffin solidification and methane gas icing. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024534 | SUBSEA MACHINE AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING COMPONENTS OF A MATERIAL STREAM - Systems and methods include using a subsea machine for separating a mixture received from a seabed well. The subsea machine includes: a chamber configured to receive and separate by gravity the mixture received from the seabed well. The chamber includes: a housing configured to contain the mixture received from the undersea well during separation, and a piston provided inside the housing and separating the housing into a top section and a bottom section. The piston is configured to move in a first direction along an axis to create more space in the top section for receiving the mixture from the seabed well and to move in a second opposite direction along the axis for removing the mixture from the chamber after separation has occurred. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024535 | Suction Pile Wellhead and Cap Closure System - Various embodiments of underwater wellhead closure systems are described that include a template having first and second anchoring ports and that is configured to be secured to a floor of a body of water. A suction pile having a cylindrical body with a head portion and an open bottom can be coupled to the first anchoring port, such that the suction pile can provide additional hold down force to the template. The system can also include a suction cap coupled to the second anchoring port, and having a cylindrical body with an open bottom and a head portion having at least one suction pump. | 2012-02-02 |