| 06th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
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| 20110030316 | GRIPPING DEVICE FOR PICKING UP CONTAINERS AND CLOSURES AND FOR CLOSING THE CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a gripping device which has a container picking up device and a closure pick up device for picking up and closing containers. The container pick up device is designed to pick up the container, and the closure pick up device is designed to pick up a closure. The closure pick up device is connected to the container pick up device by means of a connecting element which allows a relative movement between the container pick up device and the closure pick up device to take place in order for the container to be closed with the closure. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030317 | PROCESS FOR WRAPPING LOADS, IN PARTICULAR PALLETISED LOADS, AND RELATIVE SYSTEM - The process for wrapping loads, in particular palletised loads, comprises the following phases:
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| 20110030318 | ROBOTIC MAIL TRAY SLEEVER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A novel method and apparatus for placing trays into sleeves is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor system for transporting a mail tray, a sleeve blank presentment device and a robotic arm. The robotic arm is provided with an end of arm tool which retains and opens a sleeve blank. A tray induction system including a plurality of paddles configured to guide a tray into an open sleeve blank is also provided. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030319 | Machine - An apparatus for inserting planar articles into packages having mouths, the apparatus comprising a bed to support a package; an opener to open the mouth of a package; a pusher to push a planar article along an article path into the package when the opener has operated, The pusher comprises a guide adapted to engage in the package mouth while guiding the article to ensure a free path for the article as it is moved into the package. The guide has a generally V-shaped configuration with side walls splayed out from an apex to an open side, and wherein the guide is mounted with the apex substantially facing the bed and the open side substantially facing the pusher, said open side providing an open slot in the article path for receiving and guiding an article and the apex being configured to enter a package mouth as an article is pushed into a package to assist separation of the leaves of a package as they guide an article. Movement of the guide is caused by a pusher action of moving an article into contact with the guide on the article path as it moves towards a package. A bias spring mechanism returns the guides to a home position in the article path and ready for a next article. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030320 | METHOD FOR CLOSING CONTAINERS BY MEANS OF A CLOSURE IN A GRIPPING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for closing containers with a closure in a gripping device. The method consists of a series of steps. First, the closure is picked up in the gripping device, then the container is picked up in the gripping device, the container is closed with the closure in the gripping device, and the closed container is deposited by the gripping device. The gripping device is displaced by a handling unit from a first position in to a second position for transporting the container, and the container is closed whilst the handling unit is displaced by the gripping device. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030321 | Carton With Dispensing Feature - A carton for holding a plurality of containers. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises at least one top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. At least two end flaps are respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The at least two end flaps are overlapped with respect to one another and thereby at least partially form at least one closed end of the carton. The carton comprises a handle in the top panel and a dispenser for allowing removal of articles from the carton. The dispenser comprises a dispenser panel that is at least partially defined by a tear line in the carton and is for being at least partially removed for at least further opening a dispenser opening. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030322 | SUPPLEMENTAL FILTER MEDIA SUPPORT INSERT FOR AN AIR CLEANER - A supplemental filter media support insert is provided for use with a filter element to reinforce the filter media against filter media deformation resulting from fluid flow induced forces. The support insert is configured for installation into an air cleaner near the filter outlet face and includes support ribs which may be generally aligned to overlay reinforcement bands provided on filter media. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030323 | DISCHARGING AIR FILTER - An apparatus comprises a moving, continuously cleaning filter that removes contaminants from air as the air enters an equipment rack and discharges the contaminants into the air as the air exits the equipment rack. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030324 | Sifting Apparatus with filter rotation and particle collection - Sifting apparatus, for sifting solid particles from a gaseous or liquid fluid, having a rotating conical filter and fan blade assembly connected to the filter exterior, both rotated together by a motor/pulley assembly, the fan blades slanted in a direction opposite the rotation direction, so that air is drawn through the filter from its interior to its exterior, having an inlet for admission of air only at the narrow end of the filter, and having a receptacle for collection of the particles at the broad end of the filter. Applications include cleaning of particle contaminants from air; cleaning beach sand by sifting out broken glass, sea weed or other debris; extraction of mineral particles from water slurry; collection of soil samples picked up by an air stream; lawn maintenance collection of weeds, leaves and burrs; biohazard removal operations; and an alternative to auger food particle transport in food processing. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030325 | AIR FILTER - An air filter for a small internal combustion engine. The air filter includes a foam body having at least one flute which increases the outside area of the foam body. The fluid is formed in the foam body by compressing the foam body between two mold halves under pressure and heat until the foam body thermally sets with the formed flute. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030326 | FLEXIBLE ROW CROP HEADER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER - A row crop header for a harvester having a subframe removably coupleable to a feeder housing of the harvester. A pivot assembly is supported by the subframe permitting first and second header sections to pivotably move between raised and lowered positions together or independently of the other. A cross-auger center suspension assembly rotateably supports one end of the first cross-auger section and one end of the second cross-auger section as the first and second header sections pivotally move between the raised and lowered positions. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030327 | LATCH FOR A PIVOTING MOWER DECK - A mower apparatus includes a mower deck having a first deck section, a second deck section pivotable relative to the first deck section, and a latch. The latch is actuable between a first position in which the latch maintains the second deck section in a lowered position and a second position in which the latch maintains the second deck in a raised position. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030328 | TRIMMER WITH CUTTING HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT - A trimmer includes a working head having a housing and a handle that extends outwardly from a rear end of the housing, at least one wheel mounted on the rear end of the housing, a support element for supporting the working head that is located below the housing and mounted on the housing through a shaft, a cutting element coupled to the housing coaxial with the support element, and a cutting height adjustment device which is respectively connected with the at least one wheel and the shaft for adjusting a cutting height of the trimmer via movement of the at least one wheel and the shaft to which the support element is coupled relative to the cutting element. In this manner, no matter the cutting height, a cutting surface of the cutting element can be ensured to be substantially parallel to the ground. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030329 | Microwires, methods for their production, and products made using them - Insulated electrically conductive fibers or microwires of sizes on the order of 1 mil (25 microns) diameter, so as to be suitable for processing into yarns or multi-microwire bundles, for example, for incorporation into conformable fabric products or for use as wearable electronic circuitry are made by coprocessing a core of a lower-melting-point metal within a sheath of a higher-melting-point polymer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030330 | CABLE PROTECTION AND GUIDE DEVICE - The invention provides a cable protection and guide device that steadily protects and guides a cable by rigidly anchoring and preventing a connecting arm from being disengaged upwardly. The device smoothly flexes and reduces torsional deformation. The hinged connecting arm extends across the flexional outer peripheral side of a pair of spaced apart right and left link plates and has a hook portion at one end of an arm body and a hinge portion at another end. An engaging circular arc portion of the hook portion engages with an engaging shaft of the link plate. Engaging projecting portions extend from the edge of the engaging circular arc portion and interengage with engaging step portions provided on the engaging shaft. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030331 | Ammonia Injection System - In one embodiment, a system includes an emissions reduction system including a compressor in fluid communication with a catalyst mixing tank. The compressor is configured to output an air flow configured to deliver catalyst from the catalyst mixing tank to a catalyst injection grid. A temperature of the air flow is increased by the compressor. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUID AIR PRODUCTION, POWER STORAGE AND POWER RELEASE - Systems and methods for storing and releasing energy comprising directing inlet air into a vertical cold flue assembly, a portion of moisture being removed from the air within the cold flue assembly. The air is directed out of the cold flue assembly and compressed. The remaining moisture is substantially removed and the carbon dioxide is removed from the air by adsorption. The air is cooled in a main heat exchanger such that it is substantially liquefied using refrigerant loop air. The substantially liquefied air is directed to a storage apparatus. The refrigerant loop air is cooled by a mechanical chiller and by a plurality of refrigerant loop air expanders. In energy release mode, working loop fluid warms the released liquid air such that the released liquid air is substantially vaporized, and the released liquid air cools the working loop fluid such that the working loop fluid is substantially liquefied. A portion of the released liquid air is directed to the at least one generator and used as bearing air for the at least one generator. The substantially vaporized air is directed to a combustion chamber and combusted with a fuel stream. Combustion gas may be directed from the combustion chamber to at least one expander and expanded in the expander, the expanded combustion gas split into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being relatively larger than the second portion. The first portion may be directed to a first heat exchanger, and the second portion may be directed to a second heat exchanger such that the second portion heats and substantially vaporizes the released liquid air. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030333 | JET ENGINE PROTECTION SYSTEM - A modern jet engine inlet protection system that protects against large birds and operates autonomously, that is dormant in routine aircraft operations, that automatically actuates its protective device(s) only at the immediate point of need, then returning it (them) to a non-interfering position, including a RADAR system and a LIDAR system which detect birds entering the intended flight path of the aircraft, and fast computer-implemented computational algorithms that track and identify those from the detected set that are (1) projected to enter a zone which would lead to ingestion by the engine, and (2) of a size large enough that they would seriously damage the engine if ingested; that includes defensive mechanisms housed in the engine nacelle cowling or center hub, or in the fuselage structure that are instantaneously actuated shortly before arriving at the point of impact to shield, deflect, reduce the size of the approaching bird to an acceptable mass, or destroy it, and, that after the ingestion threat has passed, the devices are stowed/retracted or safely jettisoned. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030334 | SYSTEM FOR PURGING A DEVICE - A system for purging a device for injecting fuel into an exhaust system of an engine comprising a device having an input and an output coupled to an exhaust system, at least one air valve and at least one fuel valve. The air valve has an input an input coupled to an air supply and an output coupled to the device through a check valve. The fuel valve has an input coupled to a fuel supply and an output coupled to the device through a check valve. When the air valve is open and the fuel valve is closed, air flows from the air supply to the device and is injected into the exhaust system of the engine. When the air valve is closed and the fuel valve is open, fuel flows from the fuel supply to the device and is injected into the exhaust system of the engine. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030335 | COMBINED-CYCLE STEAM TURBINE AND SYSTEM HAVING NOVEL COOLING FLOW CONFIGURATION - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to turbines and, more particularly, to steam turbines, single-shaft combined-cycle turbines, and turbine systems having novel startup cooling flow configurations. In one embodiment, the invention provides a single-shaft combined-cycle turbine comprising: a gas turbine; a steam turbine including: a high-pressure section; an intermediate-pressure section; and a low-pressure section having a plurality of stages; a turbine shaft disposed within and between both the gas turbine and the steam turbine; a first cooling steam flow inlet adjacent a first of the plurality of stages of the low-pressure section; and a second cooling steam flow inlet adjacent a second of the plurality of stages of the low-pressure section. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030336 | COANNULAR DUCTED FAN - Secondary air flow is provided for a ducted fan having an engine core driving a fan blisk. The fan blisk incorporates a set of thrust fan blades extending from an outer hub and a set of integral secondary flow blades extending intermediate an inner hub and the outer hub. A nacelle provides a first flow duct for the thrust fan blades and a secondary flow duct carries flow from the integral secondary flow blades. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030337 | WALL COOLING DEVICE - The invention relates to a wall-cooling device for cooling a wall ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030338 | BYPASS TURBOJET ENGINE NACELLE - The invention relates to a bypass turbojet engine nacelle comprising a downstream section equipped with a thrust reverser device comprising a moving cowl ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030339 | Multifunctional propulsive system for an airplane - A propulsive system for aircraft that has a jet engine and a nacelle surrounding the aforementioned jet engine. The nacelle has a front section fixed relative to the jet engine, and a rear extremity behind the front section, and has a rear section with two petals hinged relative to the front section. Each of the two petals in a position called zero-setting forms an extension of the front section of the nacelle in which the inside and outside surfaces of the petals and, respectively, determine the aerodynamic forms of the rear section, which are in geometric continuity with the inside and outside surfaces and, respectively, that determine the aerodynamic forms of the front section. The petals can be set individually at a positive or negative setting angle to put into play the reverser, APU, air brake, vectorial, and taxiing modes of the propulsive system. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030340 | PULSE DETONATION ENGINE - According to the invention, the said engine (I), which comprises at least one flame tube ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030341 | DEVICE WITH SECONDARY JETS REDUCING THE NOISE GENERATED BY AN AIRCRAFT JET ENGINE - An aircraft jet engine including a wall centered about a longitudinal axis and surrounding a stream of gas ejected at a downstream end of the wall in the direction of the axis, primary ducts distributed at the periphery of the downstream end of the wall configured on command each to eject a jet of primary fluid to interact with the ejected stream of gas, the primary ducts of each pair converging towards one another near the downstream end of the wall so that the primary jets ejected form two sides of a triangle that meet at the vertex thereof in a view projected onto a plane perpendicular to a transverse plane, and secondary ducts each associated with each pair of primary ducts and configured on command to eject a jet of secondary fluid directed into the triangle formed by the primary jets. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030342 | Exhaust Gas Control System and Exhaust Gas Control Method - An exhaust gas control system and an exhaust gas control method are provided. The exhaust gas control system includes an exhaust gas throttle valve in an exhaust gas duct and an actuation device of the exhaust gas throttle valve having an actuating rod. An exhaust gas pressure control device controls the exhaust gas pressure occurring upstream of the exhaust gas throttle valve in the exhaust gas duct. The actuating rod also includes a control actuator that interacts with a pressure compensation volume. The pressure compensation volume is pneumatically connected to a throttle opening upstream of the exhaust gas throttle valve. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030343 | SCR REDUCTANT DEPOSIT REMOVAL - An engine exhaust aftertreatment system including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system. The SCR system includes a reductant injection system configured to introduce a reductant into a exhaust stream of a engine, a SCR catalysts configured to reduce NOx in the presence of a reductant, and a SCR monitoring system configured to determine temperatures associated with the SCR system. The SCR system also includes a heat source configured to raise the temperature of the exhaust stream and a controller configured to operate the heat source to reach exhaust stream temperatures in the SCR system of at least about 400 degrees Celsius based on the temperature associated with the SCR system. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030344 | RADIANT HEATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATALYSTS OF EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEMS - An exhaust treatment system comprises M three-way catalysts and N electrically heated catalysts (EHCs). The M three-way catalysts are arranged to receive exhaust gas output by an engine of a hybrid vehicle. M is an integer greater than one. The N EHCs are arranged to receive the exhaust gas and provide radiant heat to the M three-way catalysts when the N EHCs are powered. N is an integer greater than one. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030345 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NITRIC OXIDE IN THE EXHAUST GAS FLOW OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A method is described for reducing nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas flow of combustion engines, especially a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, wherein an air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber of the combustion engine is combusted in the presence of a fuel additive and, in the process, the fuel additive decomposes and the exhaust gas flow is guided through at least one catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber. This method is characterised in that a fuel additive is used, which decomposes in the combustion chamber releasing ammonia and the exhaust gas flow containing ammonia is guided through at least one SCR catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber to reduce the concentration of the nitrogen oxides contained therein. The method according to the invention is highly effective in reducing the nitrogen oxide content in the exhaust gas flow of a combustion engine without an exhaust gas aftertreatment system having to be expensively formed and the installation space having to be increased. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030346 | Treatment System for Gasoline Engine Exhaust Gas - The present invention relates to a treatment system for a gasoline engine exhaust gas stream comprising a particulate filter, said particulate filter comprising: a particulate filter substrate, an inlet layer disposed on the exhaust gas inlet surface of the filter substrate, and an outlet layer disposed on the exhaust gas outlet surface of the filter substrate, wherein the inlet layer comprises Rh and/or Pd, and the outlet layer comprises Rh and/or a zeolite. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030347 | AFTER-TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS RIGHT AFTER A COMBUSTION CHAMBER - Provided is an after-treatment apparatus for exhaust gas right after a combustion chamber, which apparatus comprises a discharge device with an electrode exposed to an exhaust port installed in a cylinder head, an antenna installed on the back face of a valve head, an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in a valve stem with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to and connected to a power-receiving portion, which is positioned at a location fitting into the guide hole or at a location farther from the valve head in the valve stem, and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves to the power-receiving portion. The after-treatment apparatus is configured such that discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line are radiated from the antenna. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030348 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS - An engine system includes an aging factor generation module, a temperature comparison module, and a mode control module. The aging factor generation module generates an aging factor that indicates deterioration of a catalyst in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system. The temperature comparison module compares inlet and outlet temperatures of the SCR system to predetermined effective inlet and outlet temperatures of the SCR system, respectively, wherein the predetermined effective inlet and outlet temperatures are based on the aging factor. The mode control module controls at least one of a throttle and a plurality of fuel injectors based on a first predetermined air/fuel (A/F) ratio when the inlet and outlet temperatures of the SCR system are greater than the predetermined effective inlet and outlet temperatures of the SCR system, respectively. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030349 | QUICK-HEATING OF A UREA SUPPLY CONDUIT FOR AN ENGINE EXHAUST AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEM - A urea supply conduit ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030350 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes an oxidation catalyst provided in a passage through which exhaust gas flows, a urea decomposition accelerator, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst provided downstream of the urea decomposition accelerator and a urea water supplying device for supplying urea water to the urea decomposition accelerator. The urea decomposition accelerator is provided downstream end surface of the oxidation catalyst and has at least one of hydrophilic function and hydrolytic catalytic function. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030351 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS - The exhaust gas purification apparatus includes an oxidation catalyst, an ammonia adsorption portion, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst and a urea water supply device. The oxidation catalyst is provided in a passage through which exhaust gas flows. The ammonia adsorption portion is located in the passage downstream of the oxidation catalyst with respect to the flow of the exhaust gas and operable to adsorb ammonia. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst is located in the passage downstream of the ammonia adsorption portion. The urea water supply device is provided for supplying urea water to the passage upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030352 | TWO-STROKE LEAN BURN GAS ENGINE WITH A SILENCER/CATALYTIC CONVERTER - A low emissions 2-stroke natural gas fueled engine includes at least one cylinder with an exhaust port in communication with a silencer/catalytic converter unit. The unit has first and second volumes in communication with each other. The first volume dampens spurious exhaust pressure excursions and removes particulates in the exhaust. The second volume houses an oxidation catalyst for treating exhaust to reduce exhaust emissions. The engine oil has at most 10 ppm zinc content to reduce metal poisons contained in the exhaust prior to contact with the oxidation catalyst. The engine oil preferably has a very low ash content to minimize sulfur combustion components in the exhaust to reduce masking of the oxidation catalyst. The first volume preferably has a pressure relief valve set to relieve at a pressure greater than the maximum normal operating pressure of the engine to avoid excessive pressure excursions of the engine exhaust from damaging the oxidation catalyst. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030353 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING DEVICE - A support member ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030354 | PARTICULATE COMBUSTION CATALYST, PARTICULATE FILTER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - Provided is a particulate combustion catalyst including a carrier formed of Zr oxide, a carrier formed of a Zr—Ce composite oxide, or a carrier formed of a composite oxide containing Zr, Ce, and at least one metal selected from among Nd, La, Fe, Y, Pr, Ba, Ca, Mg, Sn, and Sr; an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, Mg, and Sr, the metal oxide being supported on the carrier in an amount, as reduced to metal, of 0.5 to 30 mass % with respect to the carrier; and metallic Ag or Ag oxide, which serves as a catalyst component and is supported on the carrier. Also provided are a particulate filter coated with the catalyst; and an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus including a particulate filter coated with the catalyst. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030355 | Catalytic Converter and Process of Manufacture - A catalytic converter cartridge comprises multiple square, rectangular or other flat sided catalyst coated substrates, each substrate of which has each of its flat sides covered by a compressible mat material. These multiple mat covered substrates or modules are arranged into a multiple module array enclosed within a metal shell with each module preferably separated from adjacent modules by sheet metal spacers. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030356 | POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES, REINFORCED MAT MATERIAL FOR USE THEREIN AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A reinforced mat ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030357 | GAS FILTER STRUCTURE HAVING A VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS - The invention relates to a gas filter structure for filtering particulate-laden gases, of the honeycomb type and comprising an assembly of longitudinal adjacent channels of mutually parallel axes separated by porous filtering walls, said channels being alternately blocked off at one or the other of the ends of the structure so as to define inlet channels and outlet channels for the gas to be filtered and so as to force said gas to pass through the porous walls separating the inlet and outlet channels, said structure being characterized in that the inlet and outlet channels share between them at least one wall of constant average thickness d over the entire length of the filter structure, in that the inlet or outlet channels share between them at least one wall of constant average thickness e over the entire length of the filter structure and in that the e/d ratio is strictly greater than 1. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030358 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes an oxidation catalyst, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, a first urea water supplying device, a second urea water supplying device and a controller. The oxidation catalyst oxidizes nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst is disposed downstream of the oxidation catalyst. The first urea water supplying device is disposed upstream of the oxidation catalyst. The second urea water supplying device is disposed downstream of the oxidation catalyst and upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst. The controller controls the supply of urea water to exhaust gas by the first urea water supplying device and the second urea water supplying device according to temperature of the exhaust gas. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030359 | COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM UTILIZING TWO-PHASE FLOW TO FACILITATE HEAT EXCHANGE - A compressed-air energy storage system according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a reversible mechanism to compress and expand air, one or more compressed air storage tanks, a control system, one or more heat exchangers, and, in certain embodiments of the invention, a motor-generator. The reversible air compressor-expander uses mechanical power to compress air (when it is acting as a compressor) and converts the energy stored in compressed air to mechanical power (when it is acting as an expander). In certain embodiments, the compressor-expander comprises one or more stages, each stage consisting of pressure vessel (the “pressure cell”) partially filled with water or other liquid. In some embodiments, the pressure vessel communicates with one or more cylinder devices to exchange air and liquid with the cylinder chamber(s) thereof. Suitable valving allows air to enter and leave the pressure cell and cylinder device, if present, under electronic control. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030360 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A HYDROSTATIC PISTON MACHINE - A hydraulic system includes a hydrostatic piston machine having a plurality of valves that can be actuated using an actuator depending on the motion of the pistons and a control unit for activating the actuators. The switching points at which the valves are actuated are dependent on operating conditions, so that the expected functionality and the essential properties of the hydrostatic piston machine are ensured under different operating conditions. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030361 | HYDROSTATIC LINEAR WIND MILL FOR WIND ENERGY HARNESSING APPLICATIONS - A linearly translating set of aerofoil blades guided along rigid supporting columns that build up hydraulic energy by drawing hydraulic working liquid from a low pressure reservoir and pushing it into a high pressure accumulator through pistons and hydraulic cylinders. The functioning of an intelligent controller senses the motion of the aerofoil blades and controls orientation with respect to the wind and the valves in the hydraulic circuit so that the aerofoil blades, irrespective of their forward or return motion, always draw liquid from the low pressure reservoir and push it into the high pressure accumulator is also described. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030362 | Hydraulic Geofracture Energy Storage System - Energy is stored by injecting fluid into a hydraulic fracture in the earth and producing the fluid hack while recovering power. The method is particularly adapted to storage of large amounts of energy such as in grid-scale electric energy systems. The hydraulic fracture may be formed and treated with resin so as to limit fluid loss and to increase propagation pressure. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030363 | Open center hydraulic system - An open center hydraulic system that includes a variable displacement pump having an inlet, an outlet and a sensing port, the pump configured to provide reduced fluid flow in response to a predetermined fluid pressure differential between the outlet and the sensing port. A first fluid circuit and a second fluid circuit each serve as signal lines with the pump sensing port. During operation of the second fluid circuit, reduced fluid flow from the pump outlet is achieved as a result of the sum of induced fluid pressure reductions of respective controlled pressure reduction devices approaching the predetermined pump fluid pressure differential. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030364 | FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC WORK MACHINE - A flow management system capable of providing adjustable hydraulic fluid flow or pressure at a common line to supply bidirectional pumps in electro-hydrostatic actuation systems and conditioning re-circulated hydraulic fluid. The system enables flow sharing between multiple actuation systems and minimization of energy consumption by a power-on-demand approach and/or electrical energy regeneration while eliminating the need for an accumulator. The system has particular application to electro-hydrostatic actuation systems that typically include bi-directional electric motor driven pumps and unbalanced hydraulic actuators connected within closed circuits to provide work output against external loads and reversely recover energy from externally applied loads. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030365 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION - The present invention discloses an energy production system converting the energy of moving liquid in a reservoir (e.g. sea waves) to extensive power through the use of a float. The energy production system comprises a liquid reservoir in which a liquid periodically changes its level, at least one float at least partially immerged in liquid within said liquid reservoir, a lock system operable to maintain said float at a predetermined base level in said liquid, and a controller system comprising a floating trigger system operable to selectively trigger said lock system to release the float from the base level to wave crest upon identifying a predetermined condition of the float relative to the liquid level thus enabling an outburst and creating high mechanical energy, thereby producing energy power from the liquid level difference within said liquid reservoir. The huge mechanical vertical power may then be transformed to an electrical power by using for example an electrical rotating turbine or an electric generator (e.g. linear) which is attached to the float. The mechanical power may also be used to generate a pressurized liquid by directly connecting between the float and a pump. The energy produced by the mechanical power may be transformed and used for any process requiring energy such as production of electricity, production of pressurized liquid, desalination of liquid, or creation of hydrogen/oxygen. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030366 | STIRLING ENGINE - A Stirling engine that implements a Stirling cycle is described. The Stirling engine may have a power piston and a main displacer coupled to a camshaft by means of a 90°-dwell positive return cam and yoke system. The Stirling engine achieves gaseous working fluid displacement using the main displacer and the co-displacer. The co-displacer alternately locks between the main displacer and the power piston, which enables the main displacer to displace a different volume of gaseous working fluid during a cooling phase of the Stirling cycle than during a heating phase of the Stirling cycle. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030367 | LINEAR MULTI-CYLINDER STIRLING CYCLE MACHINE - An improved method and system for removing blockage from hydrocarbon transfer conduits ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030368 | DRIVING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Disclosed are a driving module that can reduce fears of breakage and failures due to impact force caused by dropping or the like and can be miniaturized, and an electronic apparatus provided with the driving module. The driving module includes: a lens frame ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030369 | PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR - A pneumatic actuator comprises a containment jacket ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030370 | DRIVE TRAIN, PARTICULARLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The invention relates to a drivetrain, in particular for motor vehicles,
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| 20110030371 | SYSTEM USING SUPPLEMENTAL COMPRESSOR FOR EGR - A system for driving an EGR stream for an engine includes an exhaust gas turbine, a main compressor and a supplemental EGR compressor. The turbine drives the main compressor to pressurize intake air and drives the supplemental EGR compressor to pressurize an EGR exhaust gas stream to be introduced into the intake air system. A supplemental EGR compressor takes suction of exhaust gas downstream from the turbine. A three-way valve proportions exhaust gas between the engine exhaust gas discharge conduit and the suction of the supplemental EGR compressor. The turbine drives a shaft and the main compressor and the supplemental EGR compressor are driven by having corresponding compressor wheels fixed onto the common shaft. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030372 | EGR APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A mixing device of an EGR apparatus has a double pipe structure being composed of a first cylindrical member and a second cylindrical member, wherein the first and second cylindrical members are coaxially arranged with each other. Cyclone blades are provided between the first and second cylindrical members, so that EGR gas introduced from an inlet portion into an inside of the first cylindrical member flows along an cylindrical inner wall of the first cylindrical member. A swirl flow is generated in the EGR gas passing through the cyclone blades, so that the EGR gas spirally flows in a downstream side to remove foreign material, such as flocculated water from the EGR gas. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030373 | Air start steam engine - A method and system for an external combustion engine operable using at least two different working fluids to be supplied to an engine to cause it to do mechanical work. The engine is started by providing a compressed gaseous working fluid at a sufficient pressure to the engine. At the same time the compressed gaseous working fluid is provided to the engine, a second working fluid that is liquid at ambient temperatures is provided to a heater to be heated. The second working fluid is heated to its boiling point and converted to pressurized gas form. Once the pressure is increased to a sufficient level, the second working fluid is injected into the engine to generate power, and the supply of the first working fluid may be stopped. After expansion in the engine, the working fluids are is exhausted from the engine, and the second working fluid may be condensed for separation from the first working fluid. The initial compressed fluid is recompressed for later use. Control circuitry controls the admission of the first and second working fluids responsive to monitoring the load on the engine. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030374 | STEAM TURBINE FACILITY - Provided is a steam turbine facility capable of suppressing the possibility of vibration occurrence and a drastic increase in facility cost, thereby realizing an increase in size of the facility, even if steam conditions of 650° C. or higher are adopted. In a steam turbine facility including a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine, the high-pressure turbine is separated into a first high-pressure turbine part on a high-temperature and high-pressure side and a second high-pressure turbine part on a low-temperature and low-pressure side, the intermediate-pressure turbine is separated into a first intermediate-pressure turbine part on the high-temperature and high-pressure side and a second intermediate-pressure turbine part on the low-temperature and low-temperature side, the first high-pressure turbine part and the first intermediate-pressure turbine part are integrated to form a first integrated part, the second high-pressure turbine part and the second intermediate-pressure turbine part are integrated to form a second integrated part, at least any one of the rotors and casings of the turbines into which steam with a temperature of 650° C. or higher is introduced are constructed by joining together a plurality of members formed from Ni-based alloy through welding as a whole. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030375 | AERODYNAMIC PYLON FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTORS - A combustor system includes a pylon fuel injection system coupled to a combustion chamber and configured to inject fuel to the combustion chamber. The pylon fuel injection system includes a plurality of radial elements, each radial element having a plurality of first Coanda type fuel injection slots. A plurality of transverse elements are provided to each radial element. Each transverse element includes a plurality of second Coanda type fuel injection slots. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030376 | Gas injection in a burner - A burner including a gas injector for injecting fuel into the burner for a gas turbine engine is provided. The burner is provided with a quarl, which surrounds a combustion room, at least a first channel emerging into the combustion room for providing the combustion room with air mixed with fuel, a swirler for mixing the air and the fuel located at the inlet of the channel, at least one tube for the provision of fuel at an inlet of at least one channel, wherein the tube is provided with a plurality of diffuser holes distributed along the tube acting as gas injectors for effectively distributing fuel in a flow of air passing through the channel. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030377 | COMBUSTOR - A combustor includes a first wall, a second wall, an injector grommet, a combustor longitudinal axis, and a connection assembly indirectly connecting the first wall to the second wall. A portion of the injector grommet is disposed within a groove of the connection assembly. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030378 | COMBUSTOR TILE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT - A tile is provided for lining the hot side of a wall of a combustor. The tile has a tile body with one or more bosses protruding from the cold side thereof. The or each boss extends, in use, through the wall of the combustor and has a threaded recess formed therein for threadingly connecting with a bolt which is inserted into the recess from the cold side of the combustor wall. The bolt fastens the tile to the combustor wall. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030379 | ENERGY- DEPOSITION SYTEMS,EGUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AND CONTROLING SHOCK WAVES AND SUPERSONIC FLOW - Systems, equipment, and methods to deposit energy to modify and control shock waves and hypersonic or supersonic fluid flow, including systems for controlling, mitigating, and/or effecting air flow in relation to air vehicles, wind tunnels, or other assets, or the like, as well as systems, equipment, and methods for disrupting the shock structure at the inlet for the engine of an air vehicle traveling at supersonic or hypersonic speed; mitigating blast effects on vehicles; mitigating heating of throats in supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels, as well as control the flow parameters and Mach number in their test sections. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030380 | HIGH STIFFNESS SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATED AEROSTRUCTURE - A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuated aerostructure operable to dynamically change shape according to flight conditions is disclosed. Deformable structures are actuated by SMA actuators that are coupled to face sheets of the deformable structures. Actuating the SMA actuators produces complex shape changes of the deformable structures by activating shape changes of the SMA actuators. The SMA actuators are actuated via an active or passive temperature change based on operating conditions. The SMA actuated aerostructure can be used for morphable nozzles such as a variable area fan nozzle and/or a variable geometry chevron of a jet engine to reduce engine noise during takeoff without degrading fuel burn during cruise. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030381 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTARY INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A rotary injector ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030382 | MEMBRANES SUITABLE FOR GAS SEPARATION, AND RELATED ARTICLES AND PROCESSES - A porous membrane structure is disclosed, which includes a porous substrate, a mesoporous, aluminum oxide layer disposed on the substrate; and a relatively thin, continuous, microporous barrier layer disposed on the mesoporous aluminum oxide layer, also formed from aluminum oxide. The membrane is capable of improving hydrogen selectivity within a gas stream, e.g., a synthesis gas composition. Membrane supports containing these structures are also described, as well as gas separation modules, and related processes. Power plants which incorporate the gas separation modules are also disclosed herein. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030383 | HYBRID MULTICHANNEL POROUS STRUCTURE FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION - A hybrid multichannel porous structure for processing between two fluid streams of different compositions includes a housing and one or more structures disposed within the cavity of the housing in a shell and tube configuration. Each structure includes a body made of a porous, inorganic material and a plurality of channels for processing an optional sweep stream. Each channel is coated with a membrane layer. A feed stream introduced into the housing is in direct contact with the structures such that a gas selectively permeates through the body and into the channels. The gas combines with the sweep stream to form a permeate that exits from each channel. The remaining feed stream forms a retentate that exits from the housing. The feed stream may consist of syngas containing hydrogen gas and the sweep stream may contain nitrogen gas. A power plant that incorporates the hybrid structure is disclosed. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030384 | Syngas cleanup section with carbon capture and hydrogen-selective membrane - A syngas cleanup section includes a water-gas shift reactor, a first operation unit and a second operation unit. The first operation unit includes a high permeance membrane with H | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030385 | PROPULSION UNIT - A turboprop propulsion unit for an aircraft comprises a propeller | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030386 | MID-TURBINE FRAME - A mid-turbine frame connected to at least one mount of a gas turbine engine transfers a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing to the mount. The mid-turbine frame includes a single point load shell structure and a plurality of struts. The single point load shell structure combines the first load and the second load into a combined load. The plurality of struts is connected to the single point load structure and transfers the combined load from the single point load shell structure to the mount. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030387 | MID-TURBINE FRAME TORQUE BOX HAVING A CONCAVE SURFACE - A single point load structure transfers a first load from a first bearing cone and a second load from a second bearing cone of a gas turbine engine to a plurality of struts. The single point load structure includes a stem, a branch connected to the stem and a torque box connected to the plurality of struts for absorbing the first and second loads from the stem and the branch. The stem has a concave surface that opens in a radially outward direction with respect to a rotational axis of the gas turbine engine. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030388 | HUMIDITY CONTROL OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The invention relates to a device and a method for dehumidifying and control of humidity inside an enclosure comprising electrical equipment. The device comprises a heating element located to be in contact with the ambient air of the exterior of the enclosure and a cooling element located to be in contact with the ambient air of the interior of the enclosure. Dew condensed at the cooling element is guided to the heating element so that humidity from the air, condensed at the cooling element, may be transported to the heating element to be vaporised wherein the water guiding means comprises a capillary structure. In still another aspect of the invention, the functionality of the heating and cooling elements may be switched so as to reverse the flow of water and provide a humidity control arrangement. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030389 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a thermoelectric module. A first fluid passage is arranged at a heat dissipation side of the thermoelectric module and a second fluid passage is arranged at a heat absorption side of the thermoelectric module. The thermoelectric module includes P type and N type thermoelectric semiconductor elements. An electrical insulator couples the P type and N type thermoelectric semiconductor elements. Heat dissipation side electrodes are exposed in the first fluid passage and heat absorption side electrodes are exposed in the second fluid passage. At least the heat dissipation side of the thermoelectric module includes valleys and ridges with the heat dissipation side electrode being free from projections. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030390 | Vortex Tube - A vortex tube allowing for control of the velocities, flow, and pressure differentials otherwise present in a free vortex like that found in a tornado is disclosed. The presently disclosed vortex tube may be used for the control and implementation of the otherwise chaotic aspects of a true tornado and vortex (i.e., with less energy and a narrowed and more focused and intense vortex) when implementing the critical flow regime in a fluid flow system. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030391 | Mechanical Defrosting During Continuous Regasification of a Cryogenic Fluid Using Ambient Air - A process and corresponding apparatus for regasifying a cryogenic liquid to gaseous form includes a process step and suitable structure to transfer heat from ambient air to the cryogenic liquid across a heat transfer surface by circulating the cryogenic liquid or an intermediate fluid through an atmospheric vaporizer, where the ambient air and the cryogenic fluid or intermediate fluid are not in direct contact; and a process step and suitable structure to mechanically scrape an external portion of the heat transfer surface exposed to the atmosphere to remove frost from the external portion of the heat transfer surface, where defrosting is achieved without the need to discontinue circulating the cryogenic fluid or the intermediate fluid through the atmospheric vaporizer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030392 | EXPANDER SPEED CONTROL - Apparatus and method for controlling the speed for a GM type expander includes relays that interrupt power when the current in the line is zero. The speed controller apparatus limits the maximum speed providing the expander with sufficient gas to meet its cooling requirements. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030393 | Cooling Tunnel And Method For Operating The Same - A cooling tunnel includes an infeed port for feeding objects, a discharge port for discharging objects, successive treatment stations for treating the objects with a cooling medium, and a conveyor system for transporting the objects to be cooled from the infeed port to the discharge port, with the conveyor system travelling through the individual treatment stations. The conveyor system has a first section running through several treatment stations, the first section extending from the infeed port to a turnaround station, a second section running through several treatment stations, the second section extending from the turnaround station to the discharge port, as well as a return section, which is arranged before the discharge port and connects a discharge-side zone of the second section with an infeed-side zone of the first section, to selectively either discharge objects or to cool them further. A method for operating a cooling tunnel is also provided. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030394 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND STORING MORE ICE OVER OCEAN - An apparatus and method for producing and storing ice on the sea using sub-zero cold air of the winter season, to achieve an earlier freezing period, and increasing the area and thickness of the ice layer, to suppress the melting of ice sheets and glaciers and suppress and overcome global warming as well as its side effects. The apparatus and method involve compressing cold air; injecting the compressed cold air into a storage tank; supercooling water using the injected cold air; forming an ice layer by misting the supercooled water into the sea; and increasing a thickness of the ice layer by additionally misting water onto the ice layer formed at water level. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030395 | INLET AIR FLOW GUIDE FOR ACDX FAN COIL - An inlet air flow guide for a condensing unit of an air cooled direct expansion (ACDX) air conditioning unit. The flow guide has a panel having at least a portion spaced from a surface of the condensing unit to define a plenum for cooling air to enter the condensing unit from one side. A condensing unit of an ACDX air conditioning unit has a refrigerant cooling coil disposed in an opening, and the inlet air flow guide defines a plenum to provide an air flow passage to the opening from one side thereof. According to a method, the inlet air flow guide is installed onto the condensing unit of an ACDX air conditioning unit, wherein a panel of the flow guide has at least a portion spaced from a surface of the condensing unit to define a plenum for cooling air to enter the condensing unit from one side. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030396 | HVAC Condenser Assemblies Having Controllable Input Voltages - Assemblies for HVAC systems and methods of operating HVAC systems are disclosed, including a method of operating an HVAC system having a condenser motor operatively coupled to a fan and a controllable bus voltage for powering the condenser motor. The method includes increasing the controllable bus voltage from a first voltage to a second voltage to increase a speed of the condenser motor. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030397 | START-UP PROCEDURE FOR REFRIGERANT SYSTEMS HAVING MICROCHEMICAL CONSENSOR AND REHEAT CYCLE - A refrigerant system has a condenser of microchannel design and construction and includes a reheat cycle. The reheat cycle includes a refrigerant flow control device, such as a three-way valve, for selectively routing at least a portion of refrigerant through a reheat heat exchanger from a location between a compressor and expansion device. A control for the refrigerant system selectively actuates this refrigerant flow control device to route at least a portion of refrigerant through the reheat heat exchanger at system start-up. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030398 | Inhibiting Compressor Backspin Via a Condenser Motor - Assemblies for HVAC systems and methods of operating HVAC systems are disclosed, including a method of operating an HVAC system having a compressor assembly and a condenser assembly. The compressor assembly includes a compressor having a compressor motor that is susceptible to backspining and capable of generating electric power when backspinning. The condenser assembly includes a condenser motor operatively coupled to a fan. The condenser assembly is electrically coupled to the compressor assembly. The method includes using the condenser motor as an electric load to dissipate electric power generated by the compressor motor when the compressor motor backspins. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030399 | REFRIGERANT SYSTEM WITH FUEL CELL FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION - A transport refrigeration/air conditioning system includes a fuel cell which is electrically connected to at least one of the compressor drive motor, evaporator fan motor or condenser fan motor to provide electrical power thereto. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030400 | EVAPORATOR AND COOLING CIRCUIT - An evaporator for a cooling circuit is provided, for cooling at least one heat emitting device by evaporation of a cooling fluid. The evaporator includes a top collector, a bottom collector, and an evaporator body. The evaporator body includes at least one thermoconducting wall that is thermally connectable to the at least one heat emitting device, a plurality of evaporation channels, and a plurality of return channels. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030401 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING WIRING ARRANGEMENT USING INTEGRATED WIRING MODULES - Disclosed are an integrated wiring module for a refrigerator which is capable of simplifying the wiring of a refrigerator by integrating the various power lines and signal lines conventionally necessary to control a refrigerator into only one line, and a refrigerator having a simplified wiring structure adopting the same. The refrigerator includes integrated wiring modules provided at a refrigerator door connected to a main body board and to each actuator means, wherein the integrated wiring modules are connected to each other only through AC power lines so as to control the door and the respective actuator means, thereby being capable of achieving a door-side zero clearance and sliminess by simplifying the wiring within the refrigerator, reducing an error rate or failure rate which may arise due to the wiring, enhancing the insulating effect by reducing the number of wirings passing through insulation, and reducing the size of a main body board of the refrigerator to thereby increase the capacity of the inner space as by much as the reduced size. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030402 | REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - A refrigerating apparatus includes first and second refrigerant circuits including respective first and second compressors, condensers, pressure reducers, and evaporators, connected circularly with first and second refrigerant pipes, respectively, refrigerants discharged from the first and second compressors being respectively condensed at the first and second condensers and thereafter respectively evaporated at the first and second evaporators to acquire a cooling effect; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of an internal portion of a cold storage cabinet, the first and second evaporators being disposed to cool the internal portion simultaneously; and a first control device that controls the first and second compressors such that both of them are operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature, and the first and second compressors are alternately operated each time a temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a second temperature lower than the first temperature. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030403 | HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT - A heat exchanger unit includes first and second plate heat exchangers disposed in series along a refrigerant flow direction. A refrigerant flows from the first plate heat exchanger to the second plate heat exchanger when the heat exchanger unit operates as an evaporator to heat the refrigerant, and the refrigerant flows from the second plate heat exchanger to the first plate heat exchanger when the heat exchanger unit operates as a condenser to cool the refrigerant. The first and second plate heat exchangers have first and second gas-liquid mixing structures to promote gas-liquid mixing of the refrigerant when the heat exchanger unit heats the refrigerant. The first and second gas-liquid mixing structures are configured such that pressure loss becomes larger when the gas-liquid mixing action becomes higher and such that the gas-liquid mixing action of the first gas-liquid mixing structure is higher than the gas-liquid mixing action of the second gas-liquid mixing structure. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030404 | HEAT PUMP WITH INTGERAL SOLAR COLLECTOR - The present invention generally relates to heat pumps that utilize at least one thermal source operating with the same working fluids. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a hybrid solar heat pump comprised of at least one microchannel heat exchanger with integral solar absorber, at least one compression (i.e., mass flow regulator) device as the heat pump for concurrent compression to a higher pressure and mass flow regulator of the working fluid, and at least one working fluid accumulator with the entire system operating with the same working fluid. The present invention also generally relates to heat pump systems that utilize an inventory management system to provide both efficient and safe operation under a wide range of operating conditions. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030405 | HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An object is to provide a heat source system capable of realizing energy saving. In a heat source system including: a chilled-water main control heat pump ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030406 | Cabin For A Work Vehicle - A cabin for a work vehicle comprises: a driver's seat positioned within the cabin; cabin frames including at least a transverse frame located in a rear region of the cabin; a roof supported by at least some of the cabin frames; at least one air-conditioning duct located within the roof an air conditioning unit located rearwardly with respect to a rearward end of a seat portion of the driver's seat and adjacent the transverse frame for conditioning air and for feeding air-conditioned air into the at least one air-conditioning duct. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030407 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus uses supercritical range refrigerant, and includes a multi-stage compression mechanism, a heat source-side heat exchanger, a usage-side heat exchanger, a switching mechanism switchable between cooling and heating operation states, and a second-stage injection tube. The second-stage injection tube branches off refrigerant, which has radiated heat in the heat source-side heat exchanger or the usage-side heat exchanger, and returns the refrigerant to the second-stage compression element. Refrigerant is prevented from returning to the second-stage compression element through the second-stage injection tube at least during a beginning of a reverse cycle defrosting operation, which is performed to defrost the heat source-side heat exchanger by switching the switching mechanism to the cooling operation state. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030408 | ROTATING VALVE AND HEAT PUMP - A rotating valve is provided that includes an inlet region having a plurality of stationary separate inlets for several flows of a fluid and an outlet region having an in particular identical plurality of stationary separate outlets for the flows of the fluid, wherein between the inlet region and the outlet region a switching region having a switching member that can be rotated about an axis is provided, wherein in a first position of the switching member the plurality of inlets are connected to the plurality of outlets in a first association, and wherein in a second position of the switching member the plurality of inlets are connected to the plurality of outlets in a second association, wherein the switching member comprises a plurality of openings through which the fluid flows flow axially in the direction of the rotation axis and which are moved together with the switching member, the openings alternately covering a plurality of stationary, axially directed openings in the course of the rotation of the switching member, wherein the different associations of the inlets with the outlets are carried out by the alternating covering of the axially directed openings. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030409 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus uses supercritical range refrigerant, and includes a multi-stage compression mechanism, a heat source-side heat exchanger, a usage-side heat exchanger, a switching mechanism switchable between cooling and heating operation states, an intermediate heat exchanger integrated with the heat source-side heat exchanger, and an intermediate heat exchanger bypass tube connected to the intermediate refrigerant tube so as to bypass the intermediate heat exchanger. The intermediate heat exchanger is connected to an intermediate refrigerant tube to draw refrigerant discharged from the first-stage compression element into the second-stage compression element, and functions as a cooler of the refrigerant discharged from the first-stage compression element and drawn into the second-stage compression element. The intermediate heat exchanger bypass tube ensures that refrigerant does not flow to the intermediate heat exchanger when a reverse cycle defrosting operation is performed. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030410 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING AN ANTI-JAMMING MECHANISM - A household appliance including a body; a door closing an interior compartment of the body and connected to the body by a hinge; an overlaid decorative plate that is distanced from the door by a gap; a covering element having a first limb that extends over a lateral wall of the body and a second limb that engages in the gap; and a first mounting part that is mounted in the gap on the overlaid decorative plate and that delimits a recess of at least one part of the second limb. The first mounting part has an abutment that defines a maximum depth up to which the second limb is introduced into the recess. A spacer is fixed on the first mounting part to enable mounting of the first mounting part at a distance from an edge of the overlaid decorative plate, wherein the distance is fixed by the spacer. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030411 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator including a main body providing a storage, a dispenser provided to the main body and configured to dispense water or ice, an operable operation part provided to the dispenser, and a dispenser motor driven according to operating the operation part, wherein the dispenser motor includes, a stator generating a magnetic field, a rotator rotatable by the magnetic field, and a compression member applying a frictional force to the rotator while rotation of the rotator is stopped. The dispensing of water or ice is quickly stopped by stopping the operating of the operation part. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030412 | CHECK VALVE FOR A REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a refrigerator ( | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030413 | COOLER APPARATUS - A cooler apparatus is disclosed having an onboard air conditioning assembly. The apparatus may be used to retain and chill food and beverages while simultaneously functioning to cool the surrounding environment. The air conditioner assembly may include a radiator positioned on or in a wall of a housing and an exhaust fan positioned to circulate air through the radiator. A source of air may be provided to the exhaust fan by an air intake fan. Additionally, a fluid reservoir containing a coolant for the radiator may be provided that includes at least one surface positioned proximate the interior of the housing. The coolant may thus be chilled by adding a predetermined quantity of ice to the interior of the housing and the chilled coolant may then be circulated between the reservoir and the radiator by a pump. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030414 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS WITH OVERSPED INDUCTION MOTORS - Air conditioning systems including a refrigeration circuit having at least one fan or blower are provided. The air conditioning systems also include a multi-voltage induction motor coupled to the fan/blower. The multi-voltage induction motor includes motor windings adapted for use when the motor windings are wired in a first voltage wiring configuration and a second voltage wiring configuration, the second voltage being greater than the first voltage. The multi-voltage induction motor may be wired in the first voltage wiring configuration, and a variable frequency drive may be adapted to maintain an operating voltage to frequency ratio of the multi-voltage induction motor at approximately a voltage to frequency design ratio of the multi-voltage induction motor. Also provided are power conductors adapted to transmit power to the variable frequency drive at a voltage approximately equal to the second voltage for operation of the multi-voltage induction motor. | 2011-02-10 |
| 20110030415 | Infrastructure for Portable Cooler - A soft thermally insulated padded shell housing a rigid infrastructure with a series of horizontal shelves forming compartments which are vertically aligned, and includes a pair of opposing vertical and vented walls with shelve support brackets. The pair of vertical and vented walls has a paired series of mating horizontal tracks to receive horizontal slide-in shelves in a spaced vertical array. Each of the pair of tracks are horizontally aligned to form complementary ledges that receive and support the outer edges of the slide-in shelves. The shelves may be releasably attached within tracks of the side walls of the compartment, having snapping receptacles to ensure a snug fit. When the shelves are not in use as being placed within the receiving tracks, the space within the infrastructure is substantially unobstructed and can be used to store various items. Also, the infrastructure and insertable shelves are easily and conveniently removable so that the bag may be folded for storage. Narrow side compartments, immediately adjacent to the vertical, vented walls, house coolant containers. Further, the top section of the infrastructure has segmented compartments arrayed in a horizontal fashion to accommodate a variety of food supplements in pill and powder form. Separate from the rigid infrastructure, but adjoined to the soft thermal insulated padded shell, are other soft compartment housing beverage containers, fruit, silverware, and bulk protein powder storage. | 2011-02-10 |
