| 05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
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| 20100025092 | Core substrate and multilayer printed circuit board using paste bumps - A core substrate using paste bumps, the core substrate including a first paste bump board having a plurality of first paste bumps joined to a surface thereof; a second paste bump board having a plurality of second paste bumps facing the first paste bumps joined thereto; and an insulation element placed between the first paste bump board and the second paste bump board. In the core substrate, the first paste bumps and the second paste bumps are electrically interconnected. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025093 | MULTILAYERED CIRCUIT BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A multilayered circuit board of the present invention has a single-side laminated structure and does not include a core substrate having via-holes formed therethrough and vias for providing electrical connection through the via-holes. The multilayered circuit board includes a plurality of pairs of layers, each pair including a conductor circuit layer and an insulator layer, wherein a glass transition temperature of each insulator layer is 170° C. or higher, a coefficient of thermal expansion at the glass transition temperature or lower of each insulator layer is 35 ppm or less, and a modulus of elasticity of each insulator layer is 5 GPa or more. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025094 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRINTED WIRING BOARD, RESIN COMPOSITION VARNISH, PREPREG, METAL CLAD LAMINATE, PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD - An epoxy resin composition for printed wiring board, characterized by containing (A) an epoxy resin component containing an epoxy resin (A-1) having nitrogen and bromine atoms in the same molecule, (B) a phenolic curing agent component containing a phenol resin (B-1), and (C) a curing accelerator component containing an imidazole-silane compound (C-1). | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025095 | Device Carrying an Intergrated Circuit/Components and Method of Producing the Same - A method of forming an integrated circuit component on an insulating substrate ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025096 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PROVIDED WITH SAME - A connector is provided that includes: a molded base part having a substrate and elastomers arranged on both sides of the substrate; a plurality of through holes in the molded base part, which pass through the molded base part in a stacked direction of the substrate and the elastomers, and are arranged in parallel at predetermined spacing; and L-shaped contacts arranged via the through holes from one surface side of the molded base part to another surface side, wherein: the elastomers incorporate a plurality of first protruding parts whose top faces are inclined, and second protruding parts that protrude from top faces of the first protruding parts in a dome shape; said contact has dome shaped convex parts whose insides are hollow, and said convex parts are formed at two ends of the contact, and the convex parts are arranged such that they cover the respective second protruding parts. Also provided is an electronic component provided with this connector. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025097 | CIRCUIT CONNECTION STRUCTURE - There is provided a circuit connection structure that can provide satisfactory electrical connection between opposing circuit electrodes and that can sufficiently increase the long-term reliability of electrical characteristics between circuit electrodes. A circuit connection structure | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025098 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITY OF ANTENNA THEREOF - A wireless communication device includes a circuit board, a metallic plate, and at least one conductive member. The circuit board includes a grounding point. The metallic plate is positioned on the circuit board. The at least one conductive member is sandwiched between the circuit board and the metallic plate, and is configured for electrically connecting the metallic plate to the grounding point of the circuit board. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025099 | Circuit board and method of manufacturing the same - A circuit board is manufactured by filling a via-hole formed in an insulating substrate with conductive material, disposing conductive layers on both sides of the insulating substrate, and forming alloy of component material of the conductive material with component material of the conductive layers. In the circuit board, therefore, the conductive material filled in the via-hole formed in the insulating substrate is securely connected electrically as well as mechanically to the conductive layers on both sides of the insulating substrate with high reliability. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025100 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMERIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELD COMPRISING THE COMPOSITION - Provided is a transparent complex conductive polymer elastomer composition that maintains electromagnetic-wave shielding performance and that has a favorable light transmittance. The composition is a transparent elastomer provided in the immediate vicinity of a viewer's side of a display unit, the transparent elastomer being composed of a conductive particle complex and a non-conductive organic polymer | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025101 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENT PHYSICAL PROTECTION - A method and apparatus for protecting a heat sensitive component from high temperature, mechanical shock and moisture are provided. An enclosure includes an outer housing surrounding an inner cavity configured to receive a heat sensitive component therein, a cover configured to matingly engage the outer housing such that the inner cavity is sealed from an environment external to the enclosure, wherein at least one of the outer housing and the cover are formed from a ceramic material. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025102 | Electrical junction box provided with electric current sensor - An electric current sensor is disposed in an upper end part of a casing in an electrical junction box. A detecting bus bar penetrates a through-hole in the electric current sensor so that opposite ends of the detecting bus bar project from the through-hole. A bolt hole is provided in an input side portion on one end projecting from the through-hole. Bolt holes are provided in an output side portion on the other end projecting from the through-hole. A bolt hole is provided in an input side bus bar. The input side bus bar is disposed below the input side portion so that the bolt hole is communicated with the bolt hole. Bolt holes are provided in output side bus bars. The output side bus bars are disposed below the output side portion so that the bolt holes are communicated with the bolt holes. Bolts are inserted downward into the communicated bolt holes to secure the electric current sensor to the input and output side bus bars. The electric current sensor can be removed from the input and output side bus bars by releasing the bolts. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025103 | Coil retention assembly for electronic assembly - An assembly for retaining a coil wire assembly in the pocket of an electronic assembly such as, for example, a sensor. The retaining assembly comprises a cover which is snap-fitted over the pocket to retain and prevent the movement of the coil assembly in the pocket. In one embodiment, the ends of the coil wire assembly are retained in respective grooves formed in the cover and also in respective grooves formed in respective terminals which extend into the pocket. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025104 | Electrical bushing, pressure applications, and method for manufacturing such a bushing - Electrical bushing, in particular for pressure applications, with a housing with at least one housing passage and with at least one electrical conductor, which is passed through the housing passage, protrudes at both ends on two housing sides, which are spaced apart from one another, out of in each case one opening of the housing passage out of the housing and is fixed in the housing by means of a tightly sealing material which fills at least the majority of the housing passage. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025105 | BUSBAR PACK - The invention relates to a busbar pack comprising n busbars ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025106 | Method and device - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a rock drilling process, in which an impulse-generating device comprising an impact element transmits a shock wave to a tool connected to the impulse-generating device, whereby a portion of the energy of the shock wave is transmitted to the rock by means of the tool and a portion of the energy of the shock wave is reflected and brought back to the impulse-generating device as reflected energy. The method comprises steps of generating at least one parameter value representing the reflected energy, and regulating the interaction of said impact element with said tool at least partially based on said value or values to control the rise time and/or length of said shock wave. The invention also relates to a regulation device, an impulse-generating device and a drilling rigg. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025107 | ADAPTIVE POSITIVE FEED DRILLING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for a drilling operation. In one advantageous embodiment, the drilling operation may comprise a motor, a rotary sensor, and a controller connected to the rotary sensor. The rotary sensor may be capable of generating a signal in response to rotary movement of the drill motor. The controller may be capable of monitoring a speed of the air motor from the signal generated by the rotary sensor and may be capable of identifying a change from a current layer in a stackup to a new layer in the stackup using the signal. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025108 | METHOD FOR DRILLING ROCK - The invention relates to a method for drilling rock, wherein holes to be drilled are determined prior to drilling as a drilling pattern wherein for each hole, a starting place, direction and hole depth for drilling are determined with respect to the rock to be drilled. In the invention, hole-type-specific drilling parameters are determined for the holes to be drilled, and during a drilling phase a drill rig automatically selects drilling parameters for each hole to be drilled on the basis of the hole type of the particular hole. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025109 | Apparatus and Method for Generating Formation Textural Feature Images - Apparatus and methods for providing an image of a formation textural feature are disclosed, which in one aspect may include defining a plurality of sectors for a wellbore, obtaining wellbore image data corresponding to each sector over a wellbore depth, obtaining a gray level co-occurrence matrix from the wellbore image data for a selected textural feature of the formation, and generating from the gray scale co-occurrence matrix an image of the selected textural feature over the wellbore depth. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INTEGRITY OF A DRILLING SYSTEM - A system for monitoring and controlling a load on a downhole component of a well drilling system is disclosed. The system includes: a downhole tool disposed in a drillstring and configured to be movable within a borehole, the drillstring configured to allow a drilling fluid to be advanced therethrough and into the borehole; at least one sensor disposed within the downhole tool for in-situ measurement of at least one physicochemical property of an environment surrounding the downhole tool; and a processor configured to monitor the at least one physicochemical property and at least one of i) provide physicochemical property information to a user during a drilling/steering operation, ii) adjust a load on the downhole component based on the environment information and iii) shut down the system in response to a detection of a measured physicochemical property beyond a selected threshold. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025111 | Direct Drive MWD Tool - The present invention relates to a measurement-while-drilling tool [ | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025112 | IN-SITU REFRACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for estimating a fluid property downhole includes an electromagnetic energy emitter, a window having an input interface that receives electromagnetic energy emitted from the electromagnetic energy emitter and converges the electromagnetic energy entering the window, a fluid interface and an output interface. A detector detects electromagnetic energy exiting the window from the output interface. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025113 | Method of Circulating While Retrieving Downhole Tool in Casing - Retrieving a down hole tool at a lower end of a string of casing can be performed with drill pipe during a casing-while-drilling operation. The operator suspends the casing in the well from a drilling rig floor opening. A string drill pipe is lowered into the casing while the casing is suspended for engaging and retrieving the down hole tool. When circulation is desired, the operator secures a circulation tool to an upper end of the drill pipe, then lowers the drill pipe and the circulation tool to close off an upper end of an inner annulus between the drill pipe and the casing. The operator circulates fluid down the circulation tool and the drill pipe and back up an outer annulus surrounding the casing. The connection between the circulation tool and the casing allows the operator to reciprocate the casing. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025114 | PCD Percussion Drill Bit - An insert for a percussion drill bit for drilling a hole in rock comprises a cylindrical portion and domed cutting surface. The domed cutting surface that comprises polycrystalline diamond has a tip radius that is between 0.3 and 0.4 times that of the diameter of the cylindrical portion. The diameter of the cylindrical portion is preferably greater than the gauge diameter of hole multiplied by 0.2. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025115 | DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DRILLING SYSTEM - A drilling system, comprising: a non-rotating conveyance system; a tool connected to the non-rotating conveyance system and including anchors by which the tool can be anchored in position when located in a borehole; a drill bit connected to the tool; a motor for rotating the drill bit; and a directional control system interposed between the tool and the drill bit; wherein, in use, with the drilling system located in a borehole, the directional control system can be operates so as to displace the drill bit away from the axis of the borehole. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025116 | STEERABLE ROTARY DIRECTIONAL DRILLING TOOL FOR DRILLING BOREHOLES - The present invention provides a directional drilling apparatus and method for use in drilling bore holes. The apparatus comprises a plurality of movably mounted cutting elements, wherein the cutting elements are movable between radially retracted and extended cutting positions. A rotary valve is provided for synchronizing the movement of the cutting elements between their respective extended and retracted positions. Control of the directional drilling system is affected by synchronized movement of the cutting elements from an inner to an outer radial position in accordance with the angular position of the drill bit. Means are provided for directing high pressure cutting fluid to the region between the cutting elements and the rotatable body to prevent the accumulation of debris that could prevent movement of the cutting elements. The cutting elements enlarge the bore hole formed by the drill bit, so that the cutting elements continuously engage the wall of the bore hole. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025117 | Spring load seal assembly and well drilling equipment comprising same - A top drive apparatus for a well drilling head comprises a top drive structure, a seal body and a plurality of resilient members. The top drive structure is configured for being fixedly attached to an upper end portion of a bearing assembly and having a seal-carrying portion. The seal body has a mounting portion and a wiper portion extending from the mounting portion. The mounting portion is slideably disposed within a groove of the seal-carrying portion of the top drive structure. The plurality of resilient members are disposed within the groove between the mounting portion of the seal body and the top drive structure such that the entire seal body is resiliently displaceable with respect to the top drive structure. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025118 | APPARATUS - A cushion sub | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025119 | HYBRID DRILL BIT AND METHOD OF USING TSP OR MOSAIC CUTTERS ON A HYBRID BIT - An earth boring drill bit comprising: a bit body; a plurality of fixed blades extending downwardly from the bit body, each blade having a leading edge; a plurality of fixed-blade cutting elements arranged on the leading edge of the fixed blades; at least one rolling cutter mounted for rotation on the bit body; and wherein the rolling cutter is configured to act as a depth-of-cut limiter, thereby reducing the risk of damage to the fixed-blade cutting elements. The fixed-blade cutting elements may include thermally stable polycrystalline diamond wafers mounted on tungsten carbide substrates and/or a mosaic of geometrically-shaped thermally stable diamond elements cooperatively arranged and bonded to form a unitary cutting surface. The rolling cutter may be positioned, relative to the fixed blades, to also limit rate of penetration and/or exposure of the fixed-blade cutting elements. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025120 | Casing Shoe and Retrievable Bit Assembly - An earth boring bit assembly has a tubular mandrel carried by a casing shoe at the lower end of a string of casing. The casing shoe has stabilizer blades spaced circumferentially apart from each other. A cutter arm seat is formed on the leading edge of each blade at a lower end of the casing shoe. Windows are formed in and spaced circumferentially around the mandrel. A cutter arm is pivotally mounted within each window of the mandrel and movable from an extended position located within one of the cutter arm seats to a recessed position within its window. The cutter arm seats support the cutter arms for torque and axial weight. A sleeve inside the mandrel prevents the cutter arms from pivoting to a recessed position until the sleeve is moved to a released position. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025121 | EARTH BORING DRILL BITS WITH USING OPPOSED KERFING FOR CUTTERS - A drill bit configured having eight blades thereon with secondary cutters on four blades using opposed kerfing for the secondary cutters located on four of the blades. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025122 | Image-Sensing Module and Image-Sensing System - An image-sensing module includes an image-sensing chip and a processing unit. The image-sensing chip has a first image-sensing area and a second image-sensing area. The processing unit is electrically connected to the first image-sensing area and the second image-sensing area. In addition, the image-sensing system including the image-sensing module and a panel is also provided. The panel has a plane and a region located on the plane. The image-sensing module is disposed near the region. The image-sensing chip is disposed on the plane. The sensing range of the first image-sensing area covers the region. The sensing range of the second image-sensing area covers the region. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025123 | METHOD OF GENERATING KEY CODE IN COORDINATE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VIDEO DEVICE CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - A video device controller and method for generating a key code enable key code generation by a single instance of manipulation of the controller by a user, obviating repetitive keypad manipulation and thereby facilitating controller operation. The video device controller includes a touch pad ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025124 | WALK-WITH APPARATUS - Walk-with apparatus ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025125 | Method and Apparatus for the Operation of a Vehicle - In a method and apparatus for the operation of a vehicle having a battery with a plurality of series or parallel connected individual cells, a coolant flows through the respective cell housings and/or a battery housing that encloses the entire battery. The coolant is delivered within a coolant circuit by a pump unit, and is thermally coupled with a refrigerant circuit through a heat exchanger. A refrigeration compressor placed in the refrigerant circuit is thermally coupled with the coolant circuit through the heat exchanger, depending on a current ambient temperature and/or a current speed of the vehicle. The speed of the refrigeration compressor may be regulated depending on the current ambient temperature and/or the current speed of the vehicle. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025126 | Power Conversion Apparatus and Electric Vehicle - The metallic case of a power conversion apparatus includes a casing having a side wall, as well as an upper case and a lower case, a first area being formed between a cooling jacket provided at the inner periphery of the side wall and the lower case, the metal base plate dividing the first area between the cooling jacket and the upper case into a lower side second area and an upper side third area, first and second power modules being fastened to a top surface and a capacitor module being provided in the first area, driving circuits that drive inverter circuits of the power modules respectively being provided in the second area, and a control circuit that controls the driver circuits being provided in the third area. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025127 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle is identified as a vehicle including a first drive unit ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025128 | Power Plant - There is provided a power plant which is capable of enhancing driving efficiency with which the power plant drives driven parts. The power plant | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025129 | DRIVE TRAIN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025130 | FUEL ENGINE SERVO LOADING DEVICE AND OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY OPERATING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A fuel engine servo loading device is disclosed, which comprises a permanent magnet machine having a first rotor and a second rotor, the first rotor of the machine is directly connected with the output shaft of the fuel engine, the second rotor of the machine is directly connected with a driving shaft, power is transmitted between the first rotor and the second rotor via electromagnetic coupling, characterized in that, the fuel engine servo loading device further comprises a servo driver, which controls the electromagnetic torque between the first rotor and the second rotor according to set conditions so as to control the torque load of the fuel engine and the output torque of the driving shaft; wherein, a speed/position sensor is provided on the first rotor shaft, and a position sensor is provided on the second rotor shaft for performing torque servo control; and a conductive slip ring is provided on the rotor shaft at which an armature winding is mounted, wherein the conductive slip ring connects the winding with the servo driver. Thereby the engine always operates in accordance with the optimal efficiency operating curve so as to output maximum mechanical energy at the same fuel consumption. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025131 | ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a motive power device for a vehicle, which is preferably retrofittable as front or rear axle. In a first embodiment, the device comprises a chassis ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025132 | Vehicle battery systems and methods - The invention provides for a high occupancy or heavy-duty vehicle with a battery propulsion power source, which may include lithium titanate batteries. The vehicle may be all-battery or may be a hybrid, and may have a composite body. The vehicle battery system may be housed within the floor of the vehicle and may have different groupings and arrangements. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025133 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system is provided for supplying power to a first drive device and a second drive device functioning as a drive source of a moving body. A fuel cell and a storage battery device are connected via a power conversion device. The fuel cell can supply power to the first drive device and the storage battery device can supply power to the second drive device, respectively, without using the power conversion device. When an output request from the moving body is a normal output request, power is supplied to each of the drive devices by the fuel cell and the storage battery device, respectively. Only when power to be supplied to the first drive device as in the output request from the moving body is greater than an amount of power that can be generated by the fuel cell, that power supply from the storage battery device to the first drive device via the power conversion device is permitted. Thus, in a power supply device that is formed of a plurality of power supply devices connected via a power conversion device, it is possible to avoid, to the extent possible, decrease of efficiency of power supply to a drive device of a moving body. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025134 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An electric power supply system, equipped on a mobile body to supply electric power to a drive apparatus that functions as a drive source of the mobile body, that includes a first power source apparatus that generates and supplies electric power to the drive apparatus, a second power source apparatus provided separately from the first power source apparatus and that supplies electric power to the drive apparatus, an insulation type converter provided between an electric power supply section including at least one of the first power source apparatus and the second power source apparatus, and a mobile body drive section including the drive apparatus, and ensuring insulation between these sections while transmitting electric power from the electric power supply section to the mobile body drive section. An increase in the supply voltage and adequate insulation performance can both be achieved when supplying power to a drive apparatus. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025135 | VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC MACHINE WHICH CAN BE OPERATED AS A GENERATOR - A vehicle has at least one electric machine that can be operated as a generator, an electrical energy accumulator and a control unit for controlling the at least one electric machine and the electrical energy accumulator. The control unit operates so that in a recovery phase the vehicle can be decelerated by the generator load of the electric machine operated as a generator ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025136 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A counterweight ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025137 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE - The present invention provides an electrical vehicle battery system comprising a battery base unit ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025138 | CENTRIFUGAL ADVANCE MECHANISM - A centrifugal advance mechanism has drive and driven members connected with one another to rotate about a common axis as they move toward and away from each other along the common axis. A resilient element biases the members toward each other. A ramp on one of the members has an inner end portion and an outer end portion. The inner end portion is closer to the common axis than the outer end portion, the ramp rising as it moves from the inner end portion toward the outer end portion. A bail contacts the ramp and the other member. The resilient element biases the ball down the ramp, the ball traveling radially outward and up the ramp as the members rotate at increasing angular velocity thereby causing the members to separate from each other against the bias of the resilient element and to rotate with respect to each other. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025139 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE AND COAXIAL TWO-WHEEL VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle body which constitutes a coaxial two-wheel vehicle including two wheels coaxially arranged. The vehicle body includes: a parallel linkage that includes horizontal links and vertical links and is rotatable in a left-and-right direction of the coaxial two-wheel vehicle; and step plates respectively provided to upper end portions of the vertical links. A load of a passenger riding on the left and right step plates acts on the parallel linkage at a position inside or outside of a line which passes through a ground contact point of one of the wheels respectively mounted to the vertical links and which is in parallel with the vertical links. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025140 | STEERING SYSTEM FOR MOTORCYCLE AND MOTORCYCLE - A steering system for a motorcycle includes a head pipe, a steering stem, a top bridge, a bottom bridge, a front fork, and a steering handlebar. The steering stem is supported by the head pipe. The top bridge has a center portion, a side portion extending from the center portion, and a holding portion provided at the side portion. The top bridge is supported by the steering stem at the center portion to steerably move around the head pipe. The bottom bridge is supported by the steering stem to steerably move around the head pipe. The front fork is held by the top bridge through the holding porting and is held by the bottom bridge. The top bridge has a protruding portion provided on an upper face of the top bridge and extending from the holding portion toward the center portion of the top bridge. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025141 | Electro-Pneumatic Brake Control Device - An electro-pneumatic brake control device is provided for controlling a parking brake of a vehicle having a service brake and a parking brake, the service brake having a brake pedal and pneumatically actuatable brake cylinders operatively connected to the brake pedal for actuating wheel brakes. At least one brake cylinder is a spring brake cylinder with a spring store part for actuating the parking brake. In the event of a failure of the electrical energy supply, the spring store part of the spring brake cylinder is permanently vented by actuating the brake pedal in order to activate the parking brake. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025142 | GEAR DAMPER - A vehicle may have a device that is movably connected to the vehicle and a gear damper used to control the motion of the device. If the vehicle is subjected to crash acceleration, the viscosity of the damper fluid increases to prevent the motion of the device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025143 | SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE AND A HEAVY VEHICLE - A heavy vehicle includes a drive unit arranged substantially along a longitudinal geometrical axis of the vehicle. The drive unit is inclined by being pivoted about an axis whereby the drive unit forms an angle relative to the longitudinal geometrical axis. The pivot axis is situated in an intersectional point between the longitudinal geometrical axis and a longitudinal center axis of the drive unit, and the intersectional point is situated in a position within the extension of the drive unit. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025144 | CONTROL ADAPTATION OF VARIABLE GEAR RATIO STEERING - An adaptive control VGR steering system that varies the steering gear ratio between a vehicle hand-wheel angle and the road wheel angle based on vehicle speed and one or more of hand-wheel angle, driver attentiveness and a driver's driving style and skill. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025145 | PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A pressure wave generator ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025146 | Baffle plate operating mechanism for muffler - A baffle plate operating mechanism for an exhaust which is connected an engine installed on a motor vehicle, e.g. motorcycles or automobiles, the baffle plate operating mechanism comprises a solid sleeve passing through and welded into the multiple layers of the muffler, a plurality of bushings mated in the solid sleeve and having a slit respectively, a shaft inserted into the sleeve, and a baffle plate mounted on the shaft and disposed inside the muffler. When the hot air exhausts from the engine, the solid sleeve isolate the thermal deformation between the multiple layers; and the bushing facing different directions can maintain the smooth rotation of the shaft completely. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025147 | DAMPING MATERIAL, METHOD OF FORMING THE DAMPING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF USING THE DAMPING MATERIAL - A damping material is disclosed along with a method of forming and/or using the damping material. The damping material may be used in a variety of applications, however, has been found particularly useful in aerospace applications. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025148 | FALL ARREST HARNESS - A fall arrest harness comprises a pair of shoulder straps, a pair of leg straps and a rear section extending therebetween, a lanyard connection member being connected to a sternal or chest region of the shoulder straps, the rear section defining a seat portion, adapted to lie across the sub-pelvic region or seat of the wearer, and a back portion, adapted to overlie at least a portion of the back of the wearer, the shoulder straps extending between side regions of the seat portion, preferably adjacent a lower edge thereof, and an upper region of the back portion, whereby the wearer, when suspended in the harness by the lanyard connection member, lies in a supine position with the weight of the wearer supported by the seat portion and back portion of the rear section and the shoulder straps with no load being borne by the leg straps. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025149 | Ladder With Stretcher - The ladder with stretcher including two elongated side members aligned generally parallel and connected to one another by a plurality of rungs, wherein at least one side member includes a storage cavity extending along a majority of a length of the side member, and a curtain that is reversibly stored within the storage cavity in a first configuration for use as a ladder and in a second configuration is joined to each of the two side members at opposing longitudinal ends to form a stretcher. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025150 | Security cone-door for a ladder - A first embodiment of the security apparatus comprises a retaining collar; a plurality of segments forming a generally frusta-conical enclosure, with one or more of the segments having an access opening therein; and a lockable access door covering the opening. The retaining collar is separable into portions that conforms to the shape of the periphery and are coupled together around the structure. The segments have an upper portion that attaches to the collar; and have a bottom portion that extends radically downwardly from the collar at an angle of about 30 degree; with the radial edges interconnected forming the enclosure. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025151 | INTEGRAL SAFETY SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION - This system consists of; support pieces ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025152 | SCAFFOLDING PLATFORM WITH MATERIALS LEDGE - Scaffolding for use along a wall of a building includes at least one mast and a platform supported in an elevated position on the mast. The platform has a deck and a walk board below the front edge of the deck for supporting workmen along the wall of the building. In addition, the platform has a materials ledge that is located above the deck immediately behind the front edge of the deck, so that workmen on the walk board may easily retrieve materials and tools that are on the ledge. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025153 | ACCESSORY HOLDING DEVICE FOR LADDER ASSEMBLY - An accessory holding device for a ladder assembly includes a body member and at least one mounting member. The body member includes a primary compartment and a plurality of secondary compartments integrally configured with the primary compartment such that the primary compartment is disposed between a first compartment and a second compartment of the plurality of secondary compartments. The primary compartment and the plurality of secondary compartments of the body member are capable of receiving accessories therein. Further, the at least one mounting member adjustably coupled to one of the primary compartments and the plurality of secondary compartments of the body member. The at least one mounting member is capable of removably mounting the body member to the ladder assembly for holding the accessories. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025154 | MODULAR LADDER - A modular ladder system is provided, wherein segments may be joined without limit to form a ladder of any desired length. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025155 | Reusable Mud-Sill - A reusable mud-sill to replace the conventional wooden-mud-sills and to capture without the use of tools the small-metal-plate conventionally found at the bottom of scaffold legs. Mud-sills are used to interface the bottom ends of scaffold legs, or the like, to the ground and to provide reasonable ground pressure while inhibiting side movement of a leg. The reusable mud-sill captures a small-metal-plate with two fixed opposing side-blocks, a fixed overlapping-retainer, and a sliding overlapping-retainer that may be locked to the reusable mud-sill when the conventional small-metal-plate has been captured. The cooperating, capturing parts are all centrally placed on the top of a flat-plate that is significantly larger than the small-metal-plate. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025156 | Emergency evacuation system for multi-story buildings - An emergency evacuation system includes one or more walkways that extend from a first multi-story building, at designated floor levels above the ground floor, to an adjacent multi-story building. The emergency walkway has a series of interconnecting, telescopically extendable sections that are normally stowed in a retracted arrangement within the first building. When the emergency walkway is deployed, safety walls raise and lock into an operable, vertical position along the entire length of the walkway, from the first building to the adjacent building. The system may include a rotatable base at the first building to allow adjusted angular positioning of the extended walkway so that the opposite end of the emerging walkway docks at the desired location on the side of the adjacent building. Emergency access to both the first building and the adjacent building, at opposite ends of the walkway, is normally closed and only opens when the emergency evacuation system is deployed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025157 | Self-Rescue Safety Device - A self-rescue device includes a rope operatively connected to a lifeline connector. The lifeline connector is releasably operatively connected to a frame member of the self-rescue device, and should a fall occur, the user releases the lifeline connector from the frame member. A centrifugal braking mechanism controls the rate at which the rope is paid out, which controls the rate of the user's descent. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025158 | Gas Turbine Engine Systems and Methods Involving Oil Flow Management - Gas turbine engines systems and methods involving oil flow management are provided. In this regard, a oil pressure analysis system for a gas turbine engine is operative to: receive information corresponding to measured oil pressure and rotational speed during a start up of the engine; correlate the information into data sets, each of the data sets containing a measured oil pressure and a corresponding rotational speed; and determine whether the oil flow valve is functioning properly based on the information contained in the data sets. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025159 | LUBRICATION SYSTEM WITH PROLONGED LOSS OF LUBRICANT OPERATION - A lubrication system includes an external pump system which pumps air out of the housing and develop negative pressure therein in response to a loss of lubrication condition. The negative pressure operates as an air lock to minimize or prevent lubricating oil loss from the housing while an internal lubrication system continues to distribute lubricating oil—which although now increasing in temperature—still operates to lubricate the gearbox components. For further ballistic tolerance, the housing is a compound housing that reduces or closes the penetration and further minimizes lubricating oil and negative pressure loss. The housing may be still further hardened by an armor layer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025160 | Gravity Powered Rail, Road and Runway transportation systems - A set of Gravity Power Towers with built in intelligence and connected with each other with a transport guide ways or path ways for the mass to be transported on wheels, form the transport network for transporting people and cargo point to point, powered by gravity. A Gravity Power Tower is a gravity based embodiment for storing substantial potential energy in a number of relatively heavy and vertically moving masses, embodied as Power Mass Modules; release the said potential energy in a controlled manner using a continuously variable intelligent gear system and high speed traveling power transmission cable; the force so applied to accelerate at a fraction of acceleration due to gravity or sustain at steady speed any rolling mass of relatively of a fraction of the size of the masses in said Power Mass module; along a generally horizontal or graded path way; and when the said rolling mass needs to come to halt, the embodiment converts the kinetic energy back to augmenting the potential energy of the vertically moving masses in the Power Mass Module; any shortfall to gain back original status of the potential energy of the masses is made up using external energy like electrical motors; thus the embodiment creates new gravity powered elevated and underground railway, gravity powered road way and gravity powered runway at airports. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025161 | Elevator Cross-Dispatching System with Inter Group Relative System Response (IRSR) Dispatching - During elevator modernization, a cross-dispatching system receives hall calls and assigns each hall call to either a group of existing elevator car controllers or a group of new elevator car controllers. The cross-dispatching system creates an inter group relative system response (iRSR) value for the hall call for both the existing group of elevators and the new group of elevators, based upon information from each group such as car location, in-service status, load, and direction. If the group assigned the hall call does not answer the call within a redispatch time period, the cross-dispatching system again calculates the iRSR for each group and reassigns the hall call. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025162 | Elevator Apparatus - In an elevator apparatus, a brake device stops a car from running. The brake device has a brake control portion for controlling a braking force generated at a time of emergency braking to adjust a deceleration of the car, and a timer circuit for invalidating the control of the braking force performed by the brake control portion after a lapse of a predetermined time from a moment when an emergency braking command is generated. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025163 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - In an elevator system, a group supervisory control apparatus selects a car responding to a destination call registration performed on a landing destination operating panel. A limit value of the number of destination call registrations for stop floors existing in the same direction from the same stop floor is set in the group supervisory control apparatus in a manner corresponding to the stop floor. The group supervisory control apparatus counts the number of destination call registrations for the stop floors existing in the same direction from the same stop floor in response to the destination call registration performed on the landing destination operating panel, and limits the number of destination call registrations to be allocated to the single car according to a limit value corresponding to the stop floor. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025164 | Aircraft brake assembly having steel-backed carbon pressure plate - An aircraft brake assembly ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025165 | Disk Brake Comprising an Energy Store - A disk brake is provided, the disk brake including at least one energy storing element and a deflecting mechanism which is controllably configured to deflect the force flux of the energy storing element in a transverse direction toward a brake disk in order to clamp at least one brake lining against the brake disk. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025166 | CALIPER BRAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A brake caliper ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025167 | Braking system for an off-highway machine involving electric retarding integrated with service brakes - The disclosure describes, in one aspect, a method of braking a machine having an electric drive configuration. The electric drive configuration includes at least one electric retarding system connected to a first set of wheels. Additionally, a first friction brake system connects to the first set of wheels to provide a braking output torque. A second friction brake system connects to a second set of wheels and provides a second braking output torque. The system calculates and applies a braking ratio between the electric and friction braking systems based upon both user controls and conditions encountered. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025168 | Noise Damping for a Quiescent-Current-Actuaged, Electromagnetic Spring Pressure Brake - The invention relates to a quiescent-current-actuated electromagnetic spring pressure brake, having torque transmission sleeves ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025169 | Brake disk for a disk brake - A brake disk for a disk brake includes a friction ring as first connection partner and a carrier part as second connection partner, wherein the connection partners are connected to one another for co-rotation by radially-oriented projections, which are formed as single pieces onto one of the connection partners and engage in positive fit in correspondingly shaped cut-out apertures of the respective other connection partner. The brake disk according to the invention can be manufactured cheaply, guarantees high operational reliability, and at the same time has optimized behavior under the influence of the heat which is unavoidably generated during a braking procedure. This is achieved in that at least one of the projections has a passage channel, and in that at least one ventilation channel is formed in the friction ring for conducting away ambient air or for introducing ambient air into the passage channel of the individual projection. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025170 | Railroad freight car brake beam assembly - A railroad freight car brake beam with a strut having a pair of generally parallel and joined side walls disposed to opposite sides of an axis of the strut and having a central hollow portion along with a longitudinally elongated slot adapted to be inclined a predetermined number of degrees from vertical for accommodating an elongated brake lever extending through the strut. Each side wall of the strut defines a bore opening to the hollow center portion and to an exterior of the strut. The bores defined by the strut are aligned relative to each other to accommodate at least a lengthwise portion of a brake lever pivot pin extending through the strut and serving to connect the brake lever to the strut. The aligned bores in the strut also define a pivot axis for the brake lever. The strut further includes a pair of bushings which journal the brake lever pivot pin. One bushing is accommodated in each bore defined by the strut. Cooperating instrumentalities inhibit inadvertent displacement of the brake pin bushings away from the axis of and relative to the strut thereby fixing the pivot axis of the brake lever relative to the strut. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025171 | Brake assembly with brake shoe and brake lining plate, and associated method - A brake assembly of the type having a brake shoe platform and one or more brake plates mounted on the platform, each brake plate having a brake lining and a backing plate attachable to an outer surface of the platform, is characterized in that the platform has a series of circumferentially spaced apertures each adjacent its rear edge, and a series of circumferentially spaced recesses communicating with its front edge. The backing plate has two rear flanges each being L-shaped and having an inner portion depending from its inner surface and a rearwardly projecting outer tongue portion, these rear flanges being sized to pass through the apertures in the brake shoe platform. Also, the backing plate has two front flanges, each having an inner portion depending from its inner surface and an outer tongue portion, these front flanges being arranged to slide into the recesses at the front edge of the platform. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025172 | SEGMENTED HEAT SHIELD ASSEMBLY - A heat shield assembly for a wheel and brake assembly ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025173 | DAMPING DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE VARIABLE DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE DAMPING OF MOVABLE FURTNITURE PARTS - Damping device ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025174 | Retractable suspension - A wheeled transport device that includes a body, a handle coupled to the body, a suspension system coupled to the body, and at least one wheel rotatably secured to the suspension system. The suspension system is retracted toward the body when the handle is moved from an extended position to a retracted position. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025175 | LOCK-UP CLUTCH FOR A HYDROKINETIC COUPLING DEVICE INCLUDING IMPROVED CONNECTION MEANS - A lock-up clutch ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025176 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A power transmission apparatus includes a first power transmitting member, a second power transmitting member, a synchronizer ring, arranged between the first power transmitting member and the second power transmitting member, a sleeve held at the first power transmitting member, a synchronizer key arranged between the first power transmitting member and the sleeve, and a drag restricting member arranged between the first power transmitting member and the sleeve. A synchronizer ring engaging portion is formed at a side of the drag restricting member facing the second power transmitting member so as to protrude in the radially inward direction, and a drag restricting engagement portion is formed at the outer circumferential surface of the synchronizer ring at a side thereof facing the first power transmitting member, the drag restricting engagement portion being engageable with the synchronizer ring engaging portion. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025177 | FLUID COUPLING DEVICE - A fluid coupling device, includes a driving rotor, a driven rotor including an operation space, a valve unit supplying fluid stored in a storage space to the operation space and stopping supplying the fluid in accordance with a change in air temperature, and a pump portion for returning the fluid from the operation space to the storage space. A valve member of the valve unit is movable between a closed position and an open position, and includes an intermediate flow passage for keeping a predetermined amount of the fluid in the storage space and supplying the rest of the fluid to the opening when the valve member is in a predetermined position between the closed position and the open position. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025178 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER COMPRISING A SECTIONAL PRIMARY ELEMENT - A torsional vibration damper includes a drive-side primary element having at least one primary dog, an output-side secondary element having at least one secondary dog, and at least one spring device between the primary and secondary dogs for spring-elastic coupling of the primary element to -the secondary element. The primary element has also an inner part and an outer part, on which the primary dog is arranged, and at least one damping part for vibration damping between the inner and outer parts. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025179 | MOUNTING BASE APPARATUS - A mounting base apparatus can be attached semi permanently to the base of a small engine, or built into the base of the engine, or into an implement of power equipment. This mounting device engages a singular point or a plurality of points provided for this purpose, to allow quick disconnection of the engine, so that the engine may be used on other implements conveniently. Because a single engine is to be used on various implements, provision is also made (on each implement) to support the rotating (work piece or transmission shaft) via an auxiliary spindle assembly on the implement in the absence of an engine. Further, provision is made to transmit torque from the engine through this auxiliary spindle shaft via a flexible coupling arrangement. Further, provision is made to transmit the motion (generally push-pull) of the throttle cable, where applicable, to the engine, also in a quick-disconnect manner. Where applicable, provision is made for a handle to comfortably lift the hot engine from one implement to another. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025180 | TWIN CLUTCH DEVICE - In twin clutch device used in an engine transmission, there are coaxially and adjacently arranged a first disk clutch and a second disk clutch of a hydraulic pressure type that displace a pressing member in an axial direction with externally supplied hydraulic pressure to exert a predetermined engagement force, and the first disk clutch and the second disk clutch respectively have: an engagement side hydraulic chamber that gives the pressing member a pressing force towards a clutch engagement side; and a pressure compensation hydraulic chamber that gives the pressing member a pressing force toward a clutch disengagement side to compensate a pressure of a returning action thereof. Furthermore in this twin clutch device there are provided: a first actuator that controls hydraulic pressure supply to the engagement side hydraulic pressure chamber of the first disk clutch, and a second actuator that controls hydraulic pressure supply to the engagement side hydraulic chamber of the second disk clutch; and a hydraulic pressure cut-off device that brings the first disk clutch and the second disk clutch into a disengagement state. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025181 | CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a clutch arrangement having a component which is fixed to a housing, having a piston which is arranged so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis relative to the component which is fixed to the housing, having a hollow cylindrical or annular chamber which surrounds the piston at its end-side region, and having a line arrangement which, for conducting a pressure medium for actuating the piston, leads to the chamber through the component which is fixed to the housing, wherein the chamber is formed as a constituent part of the component which is fixed to the housing and which forms a cylinder, and wherein the piston is arranged in the chamber so as to be rotatable. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025182 | One-way clutch - This invention provides a one-way clutch capable of hindering the generation of a coating between each sprag and each of inner and outer rings thereby preventing sprags and inner and outer rings from being damaged due to the slip therebetween and thereby lengthening the life of the engagement between each sprag and each of the inner and outer rings. The difference in surface hardness between each sprag ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025183 | Transportation Withdrawal And Inventory Verification Of Cash Handling Device - A system and method for automatically conducting an inventory verification of a cash recycler are disclosed. Upon receiving an indication of a malfunction or other service issue, the cash recycler will automatically conduct an inventory verification of the cash storage portion of the cash recycler upon completion of the repair of the malfunction or service issue. In some arrangements, the automatic inventory verification will occur at regularly scheduled intervals. In still other arrangements, an upcoming transport of funds will initiate a transfer of funds from a storage region to a transport region. The cash recycler will automatically rebalance funds in the storage region upon completion of the transfer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025184 | MERCURY REMOVAL APPARATUS FOR LIQUID HYDROCARBON - A mercury removal apparatus for a liquid hydrocarbon of the present invention includes a conversion device | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025185 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR HANDRAIL DRIVE DEVICE - An exemplary device for driving a handrail of a passenger conveyor includes a handrail drive member configured to engage a handrail. A motor is associated with the drive member such that a driving output of the motor is exclusively for moving the handrail drive member. An exemplary passenger conveyor includes a step chain and a handrail. A step chain motor is associated with the step chain for moving the step chain. A handrail motor that is distinct from the step chain motor is associated with the handrail for moving the handrail. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025186 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A conveyance device has two endless arrangements of tread steps, step plates or pallets driven in a transportation direction by a drive. Adjacent to a first longitudinal side of the first arrangement is a first balustrade with a handrail, and adjacent a second longitudinal side of the first arrangement is a second balustrade and handrail. The second arrangement is located parallel and next to the first arrangement and is also driven by the drive. The second balustrade is configured as a center balustrade between the two arrangements to be used by persons on both arrangements. A third balustrade and handrail is adjacent a second side of the second arrangement. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025187 | Chain bed conveyor for cylindrical modules - In one embodiment, a system for removing a plastic wrap from a cylindrical module includes a conveyor transporting the cylindrical module toward a disperser with the cylindrical axis of the module parallel to the direction of conveyor movement. In another embodiment, the disperser is a travelling head disperser thereby providing relative movement between the modules and the disperser. The direction of the wrap around the module is determined and the cover is removed during rotation of the module, either by unwrapping the plastic or by slitting the plastic and then rotating the module. The equipment used to handle a cylindrical module is moved out of the path of movement of a conventional rectangular module so an installation can handle both rectangular and wrapped cylindrical modules. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025188 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PICKING UP, TRANSFERRING AND HANDLING PLASTIC CONTAINER PREFORMS - A process and a device for picking up, transferring and handling plastic container preforms molded by a special molding machine, wherein gripper pick up and transfers the preforms from the mold or from an ejector to a conveyor device. The preforms are deposited and carried on the conveyor in a standing position. The conveyor device ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025189 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UNIFYING IMBRICATED FLOWS - A method and a device are provided for combining overlapping flows (S | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025190 | CONVEYOR FOR CONVEYING AND BUFFERING ARTICLES - A conveyor is provided for conveying and buffering articles (G) and the like along a vertically extending, substantially helical path. A conveying assembly such as a conveyor belt or conveyor rollers is supported by a frame and driven by a drive unit and extends along said helical path and conveys articles along said path. The substantially helical path is divided into zones (Z), each zone being provided with switch members, in such a manner that the conveyor can be switched in each zone between a conveying position, in which the conveying assembly conveys the articles, and a buffering position, in which the articles present in said zone are stationary. Buffering devices distributed over the length of the conveyor and being present in each zone support the articles in the buffering position. The drive unit and/or the conveyor belt/rollers on the one hand and the buffering devices on the other hand are vertically movable with respect to each other in each zone (Z), in such a manner that the articles (G) in question are in contact with the drive unit in the conveying position and with the buffering devices in the buffering position in said zone. In this way a simple and reliable buffering system can be realised. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100025191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LOGS - The present invention relates to a method of processing logs by means of an apparatus comprising a transportation level in the advancing direction (P) of the logs, where they are arranged to be transported in a position perpendicular to their advancing direction (P), and where orifice members going therethrough and extending in the advancing direction (P) of the logs. In the method, at least two support member units spaced from each other are arranged below the transportation level whereby each support member unit comprises at least one elongated support member, which is arranged rotatably parallel to the transportation level and perpendicular to the advancing direction (P) and protruding therefrom, and said axis of rotation of each support member unit is adapted so that when rotating, the support members protrude through the orifice members above the transportation level whereby the logs are received in one or more receiving spaces formed between the support members protruding above the transportation level. The invention also relates to an apparatus for implementing said method. | 2010-02-04 |
