| 07th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
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| 20110036629 | ROTATING CONTROL HEAD LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS - A system and method to detect leaks in the rotating control head and a latching system to latch the rotating control head to a housing is disclosed. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036630 | VIBRATORY DRILLING MACHINE - A vibratory milling machine has a vibratory housing confined to substantially linear reciprocating motion relative to a base, causing a tool carried by the housing to impact a mineral formation or other work piece substantially in a primary milling direction. The vibratory motion may be generated by two or more eccentrically-weighted rotors rotated by a common drive mechanism. The rotors may be arranged in pairs with the rotors of each pair rotating in opposite directions about parallel axes so that lateral oscillations cancel and longitudinal vibrations in the milling direction reinforce one another. In one embodiment, a hydrostatic fluid bearing is provided between the outer surface of each rotor and the housing. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DOWNHOLE ROTATIONAL RATE OF A DRILLING TOOL - A downhole rotational rate control apparatus, adapted for coupling to the lower end of a drill string, includes a progressive cavity (PC) motor, a driveshaft, a mud flow control valve, and an electronics section. Drilling mud flowing downward through the drill string is partially diverted to flow upward through the PC motor and out into the wellbore annulus, with the mud flow rate and, in turn, the PC motor speed being controlled by the mud flow control valve. The control valve is actuated by a control motor in response to inputs from a sensor assembly in the electronics section. The PC motor drives the driveshaft and a controlled downhole device at a specific zero or non-zero rotational rate. By varying the rotational rate of the PC motor relative to the rotational rate of the drill string, the tool face orientation or non-zero rotational speed of the controlled device in either direction can be varied in a controlled manner. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036632 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECTIONAL DRILLING UTILIZING THE SAME - Aspects of the invention provide control systems and methods for directional drilling. One aspect of the invention provides a system for controlling a first module, a second module, and a third module. The system includes: an inlet configured to receive fluid from a fluid source; a first double-stage valve; and a second double-stage valve. The first double-stage valve is actuatable to a first position wherein fluid from the inlet flows through the first double-stage valve to the second double-stage valve and a second position wherein fluid from the inlet flows through the first double-stage valve to the third module. The second double-stage valve is actuatable to a first position wherein fluid flows from the first double-stage valve to the first module and a second position wherein fluid flows from the first double-stage valve to the second module. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036633 | Method and Apparatus for Efficient Handling of Drill Cuttings - A traveling cuttings distributor (TCD) system that is capable of horizontal and vertical positioning for use in vacuuming, auguring or pumping drill cuttings from a drill rig shaker screen trough, drying/minimizing the cuttings and depositing by gravity cuttings while under vacuum into individual cuttings boxes as it moves from one cuttings box to the next or to a bulk system, a cuttings injection system or other cuttings processing system, the system including a vacuum tank having a filter system therein and a large silencer or exhaust system separated by a blower system capable of producing a high vacuum on an opening in the vacuum tank for engaging an opening in a cuttings box or other cuttings processing equipment. The TCD system is capable of being operated without the need for skilled service personnel, while further improving drilling performance, providing reduced environmentally friendly waste material and volumes, recovers expensive drilling mud, thus, reducing the cost of cuttings waste disposal. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036634 | ROCK DRILLING DEVICE - The present invention pertains to a feeder holding device to be used with a rock drilling and/or rock bolting rig, wherein said rock drilling and/or rock bolting rig comprises at least one boom with a first end and a second end, wherein said first end is attached to a carrier, and said second end is designed to support a feed beam by means of the feeder holding device, wherein said feed beam can be adjusted by means of said feeder holding device in a first drilling position in a first drilling direction and in a second position. The feeder holding device is designed for linear movement of said feed beam, in a direction different from said drilling direction, from said first drilling position to said second position, wherein the feed beam in said second position is pointed in a direction parallel to said first drilling direction. The invention also pertains to a rock drilling and/or rock bolting rig. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036635 | Hydrovac with Blower in Tank - An improved hydro-vac excavation apparatus is presented with the blower located on a recessed portion of the mud tank, saving space and eliminating piping. The blower and silencers are oriented so that airflow through the blower and out through the silencers is in a downward direction, eliminating low spots that could trap liquid. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036636 | DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL DRIVE COUPLING - A down-the-hole drill hammer is provided that includes a housing, a piston mounted within the housing, a drill bit mounted below the housing, and a drive coupling operatively engaged with the housing and drill bit. The drive coupling can be configured with a plurality of lugs circumferentially disposed about the drill bit and coupled with the casing for providing rotation thereof. Alternatively, the drive coupling can be configured with segmented lugs configured to circumscribe the drill bit, or as a cylindrical chuck formed out of arch-shaped chuck segments which radially assemble onto the shank of the drill bit. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036637 | SEISMIC TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN ANCHOR INSERTION - A seismic tool assembly for effecting a drill hole and enlarging a lowermost end thereof whereby an anchor can be set more securely therein. A drill bit is inserted through an opening in a stabilizer, which is positioned over a surface where the drill hole is to be made. The bit is placed into the drill hole, attaining a position at the lowermost end thereof. The lower end of the bit has a cutting portion having a cutting radius greater than that of the bit body whereby, when the bit is inserted fully into a lowermost end of the hole and rotated, the cutting portion enlarges the lowermost end of the hole, whereby flanged portions of an anchor will rest within the enlarged area, retaining the anchor in place. The stabilizer has a flanged portion extending into the hole, which provides a space between the bit and the stabilizer to permit limited tilting movement of the bit during drilling to enlarge a lowermost end of the hole, and for aiding in accurately inserting the bit into position. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036638 | Interlocking Low Profile Rotating Control Device - A system and method is provided for a low profile rotating control device (LP-RCD) and its housing mounted on or integral with an annular blowout preventer seal, casing, or other housing. The LP-RCD and LP-RCD housing can fit within a limited space available on drilling rigs. An embodiment allows a LP-RCD to be removably disposed with a LP-RCD housing by rotating a bearing assembly rotating plate. A sealing element may be removably disposed with the LP-RCD bearing assembly by rotating a seal retainer ring. Alternatively, a sealing element may be removably disposed with the LP-RCD bearing assembly with a seal support member threadedly attached with the LP-RCD bearing assembly. The seal support member may be locked in position with a seal locking ring removably attached with threads with the LP-RCD bearing assembly over the seal support member. Spaced apart accumulators may be disposed radially outward of the bearings in the bearing assembly to provide self lubrication to the bearings. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036639 | ROLLER CONE DISK WITH SHAPED COMPACTS - An earth boring drill bit that includes a cutting cone with a cutting disk. Compacts are inserted within the disk having a chisel shaped end set flush with the cutting disk periphery. The compact crests and cutting disk periphery form a generally seamless cutting surface. The cutting cone can further include cutting teeth thereon also having flush mounted compacts. The compacts can be made from a material such as cemented carbide, hardfacing, tungsten, tungsten alloys, tungsten carbide and the cutter made from steel. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036640 | DIAMOND IMPREGNATED BIT WITH AGGRESSIVE FACE PROFILE - A drill bit includes a crown defining a central axis. The crown includes at least one segment. The segment includes a planar portion and a plurality of surface features continuous with and extending away from the planar portion. The surface features are discontinuous within the segment with respect to a first arced path defined at a first radial distance from the central axis. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036641 | METHODS OF FORMING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENTS, CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND EARTH-BORING TOOLS CARRYING CUTTING ELEMENTS - Methods of forming polycrystalline diamond elements include forming a polycrystalline diamond compact comprising a cavity in a surface thereof. A catalyst is at least substantially removed from the polycrystalline diamond compact, and the polycrystalline diamond compact is secured to a supporting substrate. Cutting elements include a diamond table formed with a cavity in a back side surface thereof and a supporting substrate secured to the back side surface of the diamond table. Earth-boring tools comprise a bit body carrying one or more cutting elements including a diamond table, a supporting substrate and an adhesion layer comprising a superhard material between and bonding the cutting table and the supporting substrate. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036642 | NON-PLANAR INTERFACE CONSTRUCTION - A cutting element is provided, including a substrate and an ultra-hard material layer formed over the substrate. At one end of the substrate is an interface surface that interfaces with the ultra-hard material layer to bond the layer to the substrate. The interface surface includes a first or outer annular section that extends to the peripheral edge of the substrate, and a second or inner section that is radially inside the first section. The interface surface includes several spaced-apart projections arranged in an annular row. In one aspect, each projection has an upper surface that defines a groove bisecting the projection. In another aspect, the interface surface may include a bridge coupling adjacent projections. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036643 | THERMALLY STABLE POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CONSTRUCTIONS - Thermally stable polycrystalline constructions comprise a diamond body joined with a substrate, and may have a nonplanar interface. The construction may include an interlayer interposed between the diamond body and substrate. The diamond body preferably has a thickness greater than about 1.5 mm, and comprises a matrix phase of bonded together diamond crystals and interstitial regions disposed therebetween that are substantially free of a catalyst material used to sinter the diamond body. A replacement material is disposed within the interstitial regions. A population of the interstitial regions may include non-solvent catalyst material and/or an infiltrant aid disposed therein. The diamond body comprises two regions; namely, a first region comprising diamond grains that may be sized smaller than diamond grains in a second region, and/or the first region may comprise a diamond volume that is greater than that in the second region. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036644 | PILL COUNTER - The pill counter of the present invention, counts pills by measuring the weight of individual or a small number of pills as they gradually drop onto a weight scale. During the time between each pill drop, the count is obtained by comparing the weight of latest pills dropped to the expected weight ranges of one or more pills. The expected weight range includes pill weight variation and weight scale error. When the measured weight is between two expected ranges, there is at least one broken pill in addition to the whole pill count of the lower expected range. The counter adds the count of each pill drop to obtain the total count of the pills. In different approach, whenever there is a change in the reading of weight scale more than the error of the weight scale or a predetermined value, the count of pills is increased by one. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036645 | COMBINATION MEASURING DEVICE - A combination measuring device has a combination measuring unit. The combination measuring unit has a dispersing section configured to radially disperse articles loaded thereinto from above, a plurality of head sections configured to receive the articles from the dispersing section, and an assembling section configured to assemble the articles, which are contained in hoppers of one or more of the head sections selected according to a target weight. The head sections are arranged on a line formed by cutting away a circular arc from a circle surrounding the dispersing section. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036646 | SUSPENSION ADAPTATION TO MEASURE LOAD OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE - A method and system of a suspension adaptation to measure load of a commercial vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a load measurement method includes loading a commercial vehicle with a weight, compressing a spring suspension system of the commercial vehicle using the weight, and determining the weight using a gas compression device and a vertical change in position of the commercial vehicle. The method further includes acquiring a pressure of the gas compression device to determine a loading level of the commercial vehicle. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036647 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR A SCALE - Transport device for a scale, in particular a dynamic scale that preferably operates with electromagnetic force compensation, with a weighing belt that forms a preload for a weighing cell. The weighing belt is constructed to transport materials to be weighed along the X-direction while weighing. The weighing belt receives the materials from a supply device arranged in an upstream inlet area, including a supply belt or supply rollers for supporting the materials and not forming a preload for the weighing cell. Two weighing-guide elements extending in the X-direction and forming a preload provide lateral support of the materials in the Y-direction to weigh the materials during the transport on the weighing belt in the leaning position. The minimum Y-distance between the weighing-guide elements is greater than the maximum extent of the materials in the Y-direction. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036648 | Notebook Mountable Hand Writing Memory System - A notebook mountable hand writing memory system is disclosed, and particular disclosed a notebook mountable tablet. In the notebook mountable hand writing memory system, a top protective layer, a sensing board and a bottom protective layer is assembled to form the writing member of the notebook mountable hand writing memory system for reducing the weight and the thickness of the notebook mountable hand writing memory system. Therefore, the notebook mountable hand writing memory system has the characteristics of low fabricating cost, low weight, and thinner thickness. Furthermore, a plurality of through holes are provided on the writing member for integrating the notebook mountable hand writing memory system with a conventional notebook. Therefore, the information written on the paper of the conventional notebook can be digitized and stored by the notebook mountable hand writing memory system. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036649 | Multi-Link Bridge In Undercarriage System - The present invention employs a multi-link to an excavator for the first, and restricts a relative movement of the center frame ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036650 | MULTI-PURPOSE GROUND VEHICLE - The invention relates to a multi-purpose ground vehicle ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036651 | PTO DRIVEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - A hydraulic system operably coupled to a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one PTO drive and having a hydraulic system for, in part, cooling hydraulic fluid, includes a closed hydraulic circuit having at least a first and a second hydraulic loop, a pump being a component of each of the at least a first and a second hydraulic loops, the pump being operably, rotatably coupled to the PTO drive, the first hydraulic loop having a feed line fluidly coupled to the vehicle hydraulic system and to the pump and a return line in fluid communication with the pump and operably, fluidly coupled to the vehicle hydraulic system; and the second hydraulic loop having a pressure line fluidly coupled to a output of the pump and a return line fluidly coupled to a pump return inlet, the second hydraulic loop being fluidly couplable to an implement for providing hydraulic power thereto. A method of forming the hydraulic system is included. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036652 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A driving apparatus for a hybrid vehicle | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036653 | Internal combustion rotary engine with intermeshing rotors - A rotary internal combustion engine having multiple intermeshing rotors. Six radial lobes and six radial voids on the uniform rotors intermesh to form sealed volumes that are then compressed as the rotors rotate. The sealed volume is compressed into bevel chambers formed between the intermeshing rotors, and fuel injectors are positioned to inject fuel when the volume is under maximum compression and to maximize combustion. The combustion products are then exhausted as the rotors continue to rotate. An external supercharger compresses air prior to its introduction into the engine to increase the compression ratio. The supercharger also communicates pressurized air into the radial voids after exhaustion to purge any remaining combustion products. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036654 | MOULDED PLASTIC PART FOR ACCOMMODATING A VEHICLE BATTERY - A moulded plastic part for accommodating at least one vehicle battery, said moulded plastic part being reinforced by one or more inserts and having at least one further functional device which is moulded onto the moulded plastic part directly during the shaping process. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036655 | Three-wheeled motorcycle - A three-wheel motorcycle having a support frame with rear wheels mounted on a double axle with differential there between for a drive from a powerful automobile type engine. A front portion of the frame supporting the front motorcycle type single steerable wheel and handlebars mounted thereto for conventional steering. Other features include a unique shock and spring mechanism for the support frame measuring no more than 6 inches off of the ground and having a center of gravity of 14 inches or less powered by an internal combustion engine. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036656 | Electric Front Wheel Drive System for Motorcycle - A two-wheel drive motorcycle having an electric motor driving the front wheel, an embodiment of the present invention, in addition to a conventional rear wheel drive train. The front wheel drive disclosed herein may be adapted to conventional telescoping (or shock-absorbing) front fork suspension systems. The front wheel drive of the two-wheel drive motorcycle may be applied to a number of different types of motorcycles including motocross, enduro, dual-sport and touring motorcycles. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036657 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHASSIS - A chassis for an electric vehicle includes a frame structure comprising two beam members arranged side-by-side with a gap therebetween. Each of the beam members includes a front end connected to the front end of the other beam member and forms a head tube for pivotally retaining a portion of a fork assembly holding a front wheel of the electric vehicle. Each of the beam members includes a rear end fixedly connected to a motor housing. The gap between the beam members is configured for holding one or more battery modules therein. The chassis also includes a swing arm assembly including a front end connected at a pivot point to the motor housing. The swing arm assembly includes a rear end holding a rear wheel of the electric vehicle. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036658 | POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE AND METHODS - A powertrain is adapted to drive ground-engaging elements disposed along longitudinally-opposing sides of a vehicle. The powertrain includes at least one engine, a first electric machine, a second electric machine, a third electric machine, a first differential mechanism and a second differential mechanism. The engine and first electric machine are operatively connected to the first and second differential mechanisms. The second electric machine is operatively connected to the first differential mechanism and the third electric machine is operatively connected to the second differential mechanism. The first and second differential mechanisms are each operatively connected to drivably engage one or more ground-engaging elements disposed on a different one of the longitudinally-opposing sides of the associated vehicle. A vehicle including such a powertrain as well as methods of using the same are also included. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036659 | SUPPORT AND DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - A support and drive arrangement for an electrically driven vehicle or a hybrid-electrically driven vehicle. The support and drive arrangement includes a cross beam having at least two attachment sections permitting the attachment of the cross beam to a vehicle support structure, and at least one electrical drive unit connected to the cross beam via at least one elastic drive mount. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036660 | VEHICLE STEERING CONTROL DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to reduce the possibility of a power assistance failure because of the phenomenon that steering assisting power which an electric power steering unit can generate is lower than the steering assisting power which is required for the electric power steering unit. A vehicle steering control device comprises an electric power steering unit, a steering ratio varying unit which drives an output member relative to an input member driven by steering operation of a driver to vary a steering ratio, and a control means which controls the steering ratio varying unit. The control means decreases in magnitude the relative drive velocity of the output member driven by the steering ratio varying unit relative to the input member when the magnitude of a difference between the maximum value of the steering drive velocity range of said steerable wheels which allows said power steering unit to generate a required steering assisting power and an actual steering drive velocity of said steerable wheels is small in contrast to the large difference. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036661 | Earpiece Member - An ear tip or ear plug ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036662 | Movable Wellhead Platform - A movable platform system for performing workover tasks on a wellhead includes a platform base with a base wellhead access gap at its front end. At least one track is fixed to the upper surface of the platform base and extends from the rear of the platform base to a position near the rearward edge of the base wellhead access gap. A platform support frame with a wellhead access gap at its front end is coupled to the track and configured for movement along the length of the track. An upper platform is connected to the platform support frame and also has a platform wellhead access gap at its front end. The three wellhead access gaps at the three levels of the platform system are substantially aligned when the movable platform support frame is disposed and locked in the working position above the wellhead. Workers on the upper platform have access to equipment surrounding the wellhead. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036663 | Apparatus for supporting a worker on an upper chord of a roof truss - An apparatus is provided for supporting a worker on an upper chord of a roof truss. The apparatus includes a saddle member which is positioned over an installed upper chord of a roof truss and secured thereto to prevent inadvertent movement of the apparatus with respect to the upper chord upon which it is mounted. The apparatus includes a pair of hanger assemblies which are pivotally secured to the saddle member and which extend downwardly therefrom for supporting a pair of footrests thereon. In use, the worker straddles the saddle member and the chord upon which it is mounted with his/her feet resting on the footrests. The footrests may be adjusted to compensate for varying roof pitches. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036664 | PORTABLE PERSONAL DESCENDING ESCAPE SYSTEM - A portable personal descending escape system that includes a flexible, folding body sack designed to hold a small child or animal that can be gradually lowered to the ground by a single individual. The body sack is designed to fold into a small storage bag. The body sack includes a closable top opening and at least one side panel made of mesh material. Attached to the side of the body sack near the top opening is a handle. Attached to the body sack is an elongated strap with a plurality of strap handles attached thereto. The strap handles are evently spaced apart along the handle so that one individual may gradually release the handle to safely lower the child or animal to the ground. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036665 | SCAFFOLDING COMPRISING AN ANTI-RELEASE DEVICE FOR FLOORING UNITS - A scaffolding ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036666 | Retractable Ladder - A retractable ladder includes telescoping rail sections each having left and right side rail members. Each side rail member has two aligned locking holes. A control device includes a shaft disposed rotatably between the side rail members of one of the rail sections, and two locking units each having a controlled piece fixed to and rotatable along with the shaft, two abutment plates, two locking pins, and two spring members biasing the abutment plates to abut respectively against two opposite sides of the controlled piece. The controlled piece is rotatable between a pushing position to push the locking pins to project outwardly from the locking holes in said one of the rail sections and engage respectively the locking holes in the adjacent rail section, and a non-pushing position, where the locking pins are permitted to extend inwardly so as to disengage from the locking holes in the adjacent rail section. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036667 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An elevator apparatus includes a safety circuit section including a plurality of abnormality detection means, a safety control device, failure detection means, and circuit changeover means. The safety control device controls electric power supply to a driving device and a brake device in accordance with a content of an abnormality detected by the abnormality detection means. The failure detection means detects a failure of the safety control device. When the failure of the safety control device is detected, the circuit changeover means forms a failure-time circuit in which the electric power supply to the driving device and the brake device is interrupted directly by the abnormality detection means. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036668 | ELECTRONIC SAFETY SYSTEM FOR AN ELEVATOR - Electronic safety system for an elevator with a controller ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036669 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM, ELEVATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND DESTINATION FLOOR RECEPTION TERMINAL DEVICE - In an elevator system, it is assumed that an elevator user presses a key “1” on a numerical keypad of a destination call registration device on the second basement floor to go to the first floor on the second basement level. In this case, the destination call registration device converts key information corresponding to the key “1” into floor information by using building specification data. The destination call registration device generates a destination call registration request which includes the floor information whereto the operation key information is converted and which requests registration of a destination call, and sends the destination call registration request to the group management control device. The group management control device registers the destination call for a destination floor indicated in the floor information included in the destination call registration request. The group management control device sets building specification data and sends the building specification data to the respective destination call registration devices. The destination call registration device uses the building specification data sent from the group management control device for conversion. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036670 | LIFT GUIDE - The invention relates to a lift guide with a symmetry axis OY, consisting of a mushroom-shaped element ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036671 | BRAKE MECHANISM FOR A NON-MOTORIZED WHEELED VEHICLE - Brake mechanisms for a wheel of non-motorized wheeled vehicle such as, e.g., a shopping cart, are described. In various embodiments, the brake mechanism can provide a variable amount of braking force or torque between zero and an amount sufficient to lock the wheel. In some embodiments, the brake mechanism includes a brake plate that is movable toward and away from a surface of the wheel hub along a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the wheel. The brake plate is configured not to rotate when the wheel and hub are rotating. Frictional engagement between the brake plate and the surface of the wheel hub provides the braking force. The brake plate and/or the surface of the wheel hub can include engagement features such as, e.g., protrusions and slots. In some embodiments, the brake mechanism fits entirely within the wheel. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036672 | ELASTIC CONNECTION ELEMENT WITH VARIABLE RIGIDITY - An elastic connection element with variable rigidity for coupling together components that are spaced from each other. The connection element is a tubular component with coupling points which fix the components to the element. The rigidity of the element, in the state of maximum rigidity, is determined substantially by the coupling points. These are formed by a receiving eyelet and an elastomeric bush bearing press-fit therein. The region located between the coupling points forms a piston/cylinder unit, the interior of which comprises at least two chambers that are separated by the piston and which receive a hydraulic or a pneumatic medium. The chambers are interconnected with one another by a connection line containing a controllable valve. By at least partially opening the valve, the rigidity of the connection element can be reduced in relation to the state of maximum rigidity. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036673 | Load weighting control apparatus - A load weighting control apparatus that suppresses deterioration of a controlled object due to impacts or the like during control, and for which energy usage costs required for control are markedly reduced, and that has a simple structure and therefore inexpensive manufacturing costs and running costs. The apparatus includes a main vacuum cylinder provided with a cylinder tube, end walls, an air vent that passes through one end wall, a valve that is provided in the air vent and serves to open/tightly close the atmosphere inside of the cylinder tube to the outside, a piston that slides back and forth within the cylinder tube, and a piston rod that is linked to the piston and passes through the other end wall and an auxiliary vacuum cylinder that includes a slacking portion where a piston rod produces slackness in the main vacuum cylinder. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036674 | Work Vehicle Control Device - The present invention includes a hydraulic brake device | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036675 | INSERT WITH TABS AND DAMPED PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - One embodiment includes an insert including a body portion; a plurality of tabs extending from the body portion, wherein the tabs are tapered; and wherein the insert is constructed and arranged to provide damping. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036676 | CABLE SPOOL FOR CARRYING CONNECTIVITY CABLE FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A cable spool that has a body including a perimeter façade. An opening extends a thickness of the body. A track structure is formed with the perimeter façade to retain a cable. The opening is dimensioned to retain a terminal that connects to one end of the cable. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036677 | MULTIPLE DISK CLUTCH - The present invention relates to a multi-disc clutch for the transfer of torque between a first clutch part and a second clutch part, having at least one first and at least one second disc that engage one another and that are movable parallel to a rotational axis of the multi-disc clutch, and having a reset device for the reciprocal ventilation of adjacent discs. The first clutch part is connected in a rotationally secure fashion to the first disc and the second clutch part is connected in a rotationally secure fashion to the second disc. The reset device has at least two reset elements that are disposed eccentrically relative to the rotational axis and distributed in the circumferential direction. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036678 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH - An electromagnetic clutch includes a worm wheel driven by a drive motor, an armature rotated in operative association with the worm wheel, a rotor rotatable about a same axis as the armature, an electromagnetic coil configured to cause the rotor to generate a magnetic force for causing the rotor and the armature to be moved and pulled into contact with each other along the rotational axis by the magnetic force, and an elastic member interposed between the rotor and the armature, one side of the elastic member being fixed to one of the rotor and the armature, the other side of the elastic member being in slidable contact with the other of the rotor and the armature, the elastic member urging the rotor and the armature in directions away from each other. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036679 | Torque Limiting Coupling - A torque limiting coupling rotatably arranged around a longitudinal axis A has a coupling hub ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036680 | BILL BOX - A bill box includes a box body for receiving bills from a bill acceptor, and a bill hold-down mechanism, which has a frame base defining therein a bill passage in communication between the bill acceptor and the bill box, recessed portions at one side of the bill passage, a bill-transfer wheel set mounted in the frame base for transferring bills from the bill acceptor into the box body, a bill pusher device operable to push a bill away from the bill passage into the box body, and a non-return device mounted in the frame base for prohibiting back movement of a received bill. The non-return device includes a stop member pivotally mounted in the frame base and biasable into the recessed portion to block the bill passage and a follower member pivotally mounted in the frame base and movable by a bill to bias the stop member into blocking the bill passage when the bill is being pulled backwards after having been delivered into the box body. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036681 | BILL AND VOUCHER/TICKET HANDLING APPARATUS - The invention relates to apparatus for use in the handling of banknotes, tickets and/or vouchers. The apparatus allows the same to be inserted into the apparatus through an aperture and to then be fed to storage or a printing apparatus. The apparatus allows the dispensing of bills, tickets or vouchers and the same are dispensed through the same aperture thereby reducing the size of the apparatus as only one aperture and feed means is required for inserting and dispensing which is in contrast to known apparatus which have an aperture for inserting and a separate aperture via which the banknotes, tickets or vouchers are dispensed. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036682 | BILL PROCESSING DEVICE, REGISTER DEVICE, CHANGE MACHINE, DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - In a bill processing device, a fake bill profile information acquiring unit acquires, from an external distribution device, fake bill profile information that is used in discriminating fake bills, and a fake bill profile information registration unit registers acquired information, and a bill discriminating unit discriminates, on the basis of the information, whether or not a deposited bill is a fake bill, and a fake bill processing unit does not accept a deposited bill that is discriminated to be a fake bill. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING AN UNDERGARMENT - The present invention includes a system and method for packaging an undergarment that as a result of the packaging, the undergarment requires a substantially small amount of storage space that can be carried discretely on ones person during active times, and/or easily purchased when out on the go. The undergarment packaging system packages the undergarment so that it consumes a relatively small amount of space so that it can be easily and conveniently sold and/or vended to consumers in locations where they would most need them, for example in restrooms, gyms, spas, glove-compartments in cars, in airports, and the like. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036684 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ARTICLES - An article configuration system comprising a first conveyor ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036685 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFER OF SIGNATURES - A method and device for transferring signatures. The device includes a first gathering chain which conveys the signatures with the aid of pushers and which transfers the signatures in a transfer region to a second gathering chain. The second gathering chain includes at least one conveying chain provided with pushers that are arranged at a pre-defined distance relative to each other. The second gathering chain includes recesses adjacent to each of its pushers such that each pusher of the first gathering chain corresponds to a pusher of the second gathering chain and can be lowered through a respective recess. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036686 | CONVEYER DEVICE - A conveyer device according to the present invention conveys a component assembly including a female screw component having a through hole defining a female screw, an assembling component to be assembled to the female screw component from above, and a bolt to be screwed to the female screw of the female screw component from above the assembling component to fix the assembling component, and the conveyer device includes a holding member ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036687 | DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PRODUCTS - The invention relates to device for conveying products | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036688 | Conveyor having a grip unit - A conveyor includes a track and a grip unit. The grip unit includes a main body having a slide groove that receives slidably the track, a push piece provided on the track at a predetermined position and having a pushing surface to face the slide groove, a push rod inserted movably into the slide groove to abut against the pushing surface, a resilient restoring element for biasing the push rod upwardly, two grip arms connected pivotally to the main body and disposed respectively on two opposite sides of the push rod, and two spring members each disposed between the main body and a respective grip arm to bias one grip arm toward the other grip arm so that the grip arms cooperate with each other to grip an object therebetween. The push rod is movable downwardly to push the object when the push rod abuts against the pushing surface. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036689 | APPARATUS FOR LOCKING OF SHIFTERS - An assembly for mutual mechanical blocking of actuation of a plurality of electrical switches includes a first locking mechanism assigned to a first switch and actuatable by an actuation device of the first switch, the actuation device being configured to transmit via Bowden cables at least one of an OFF position and an ON position of the first switch to a locking device of at least one other locking mechanism assigned to at least one other switch, the locking device including a two-armed rocker having a center portion configured to lock the at least one other switch and having lever arms, each of the lever arms having a respective bore configured to receive: (a) a driving element for a respective Bowden cable so as to provide a mutual locking of three switches, and (b) a fastening pivot pin for rotatable fastening of the two-armed rocker to a mounting plate that accommodates the first locking mechanism, so as to provide a mutual locking of two switches. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036690 | SWITCH STRUCTURES - A device, such as a switch structure, is provided, the device including a contact and a conductive element. The conductive element can be configured to be selectively moveable between a non-contacting position, in which the conductive element is separated from the contact (in some cases by a distance less than or equal to about 4 μm, and in others by less than or equal to about 1 μm), and a contacting position, in which the conductive element contacts and establishes electrical communication with the contact. When the conductive element is disposed in the non-contacting position, the contact and the conductive element can be configured to support an electric field therebetween with a magnitude of greater than 320 V μm | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036691 | LIQUID SWITCHES AND SWITCHING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A dispensing apparatus includes a housing defining a channel, a plunger slidably engaged with an inner surface of the channel, a substrate with one or more passages each having two or more openings, a liquid in each of the one or more passages, at least one fluid, and a force application system. The substrate is disposed in the channel on one side of the plunger. The liquid in each of the one or more passages has a volume which exceeds an internal volume of each the one or more passages and forms a liquid drop around each of the openings. The liquid drops are fluidly connected to one another and each of the liquid drops is individually adjustable between two or more sizes. Each of the sizes and a location of each of the liquid drops define one of two or more switch positions. The fluid is located in the channel on the one side of the plunger and substantially surrounding the liquid drops. The force application system is configured to individually and selectively apply a force on the liquid in each of the one or more passages to control switching between the two or more switch positions of each of the liquid drops. Engaging one or more of the switch positions moves the plunger along the inner surface of the channel away from the substrate. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036692 | OPERATION PANEL DEVICE FOR AN ELEVATOR - In an operation panel device for an elevator, a switch provided with a switch main body and an operation portion is mounted onto the back surface of a faceplate. A retaining mechanism for retaining the switch main body in a predetermined mounting position is provided between a side surface of the switch main body and the back surface of the faceplate. The retaining mechanism includes an elastic member. The elastic member allows the switch main body to be moved to the mounting position by elastic deformation. Further, when the switch main body is moved to the mounting position, the elastic member is restored to an original state thereof to prevent the switch main body from moving from the mounting position. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036693 | ILLUMINATION BUTTON, ILLUMINATION SWITCH ASSEMBLY, AND BUTTON STRUCTURE HAVING QUICKLY REMOVABLE BUTTON CAP - An illumination button applied to an illumination switch assembly is provided. The illumination button includes a light guide body and a button cap. The light guide body is disposed in the button cap to press a switch element with a pressing bump and to receive light from a light source with a light receiving structure. The light received by the light receiving structure is guided by the light guide body to leave a top surface of the button cap through a light exiting structure. Two connecting members are disposed on an edge the button cap, wherein the two connecting members provided to be clamped by clamping members disposed on an inner surface of a housing, so as to hold the button cap in a button hole of the housing. Therefore, the button cap is able to be installed to the housing quickly with out using a tool. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036694 | Option switch application and operation for automatic turn off or on - A switch having an automatic shut-off or “on” feature which turns off/on the switch after a defined period of time has elapsed. The invention has the option of leaving the toggle or rocker in the original on/off position instead of a physical movement to the other position. The switch would have a timer/sensor for auto turn-off or on, and could have a motion sensor, PIR or Black Body Radiation Detector, clock or any future “human detector” to be developed. One purpose is to make sure the lights, fan or energy using device are guaranteed turned “off” and give the ability to control on/off with other methods. This invention gives the option for the physical toggle or rocked to remain in the original position after switch is turned “off”. It still has the ability to be turned off by manually switching the toggle or rocker to the other position and can continue to use the override buttons. The controls for turning “off” or “on” can be remote, built into the switch itself, with the switch inside the rough-in box or built into the switch cover or remote. The overrides and controls can also be LED illuminated. The invention, if installed into the cover plate, can control another existing switch. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036695 | TRANSFER DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH - Disclosed is a transfer device for an automatic transfer switch. With the configuration of the transfer device, the transfer device, which is installed between a plurality of air circuit breakers to allow switching of a closed state and a tripped state of the plurality of air circuit breakers, can be modularized so as to be easily assembled. A length of a transmission rod can be adjusted so as to facilitate assembly and maintenance of the transfer device and also minimize the probability of occurring an assembly error, allowing accurate closing and trip operations. The transmission rod may be provided with a buffer to reduce impact noise generated upon switching of the closing and trip operations of each air circuit breaker and enhance reliability of the device. Also, the transmission rod can be formed with a preset thickness without being curved (bent), thereby avoiding the transmission rod from being curved (bent), resulting in preventing a mis-operation from occurring during the closing and trip operations. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036696 | ELECTRICAL SWITCH COMPRISING A PUSHBUTTON FIXED BETWEEN A FILM AND A CONTACTOR - The invention proposes an electrical switch ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036697 | Linking mechanism for key switch assembly - A linking mechanism used in a key switch assembly is disclosed to include a first link, which is shaped like an open frame, and a second link, which is receivable within the first link. The first link and the second link are respectively symmetrically configured and obliquely coupled between a key cap and a positioning plate above a circuit module in a crossed manner for performing a scissor action to guide vertical movement of the key cap relative to the circuit module for enabling the key cap to be pressed by a user to trigger the circuit module in producing a control signal. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036698 | ACTUATOR DEVICE AND AN ELECTRIC SWITCH DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - An actuator device including a holder element provided to be fixed against a device operated on by the actuator device. An actuator body is displaceable in a longitudinal direction along the holder element. A guide member is provided so as to guide the actuator body along the holder element. The actuator body includes a first part that is operable from outside the actuator device, and a second part that is movable in the longitudinal direction in relation to the first part. The actuator body is displaceable to a first, non-actuated position, in which the first part and the second part of the body are movable in the longitudinal direction and a second, actuated position, in which the second part is rotationally displaced in relation to the first part and abuts an abutment surface on the holder element such that motion of the second part in the longitudinal direction towards the first position is inhibited. The first part includes a rotational locking member that engages the second part in the second position and locks the second part rotationally in the second position. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036699 | Switch with automatic shut_off feature and override feature - A switch having an automatic shut-off feature which turns off the switch after a defined period of time has elapsed. The invention has additional override features which allow the user to selectively override the automatic shut-off feature. The override feature can be a simple button or switch which the user can manually actuate. The override feature can also be remotely controlled using a hard-wired control line tied to an auxiliary panel, or a wireless control device such as a radio or ultrasonic link. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036700 | APPARATUS FOR MUTUAL INTERLOCKING OF TWO SWITCHES, IN PARTICULAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS - An apparatus is disclosed for mutual interlocking of two switches, in particular circuit breakers. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes two plungers which each engage in one of the two switches and can be moved in the plunger longitudinal direction, wherein, when one switch is being switched on, the plunger which engages in this switch is moved by pivoting of a control disk from its nil-point position to its opening position. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a blocking device which blocks pivoting of the other control disk by moving the plunger to its opening position. In order to achieve a maintenance-free apparatus, in at least one embodiment it is proposed that at least one blocking element of the blocking device is moved by the plunger when this plunger is being moved to its opening position, such that pivoting of the other control disk with respect to the other plunger, which is located in the nil-point position, is blocked. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036701 | CLOSED-AIR CUSHIONED KEY SWITCH STRUCTURE - A closed-air cushioned key switch structure includes an electrical board having multiple contacts, and multiple key switch bodies arranged above the contacts of the electrical board, each key switch body having top press portion for clicking by a user, a conductor at the bottom side for contacting one respective contact of the electrical board to produce a switching signal and an enclosed air chamber defined in between the press portion and the conductor for buffering clicking to give comfort to the user's finger to avoid noises. The key switch bodies are formed in integrity without any gap in therebetween, avoiding penetration of fluid or water through the key switch bodies to contaminate or wet the electrical board. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036702 | PROCESS FOR THE RECTIFICATION OF MIXTURES OF HIGH-BOILING AIR- AND/OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE USEFUL PRODUCTS - According to the invention, a process for the rectification of mixtures of high-boiling air- and/or temperature-sensitive substances which require a high separation efficiency is proposed, in particular a process for the working-up of a VE- or VEA-containing product stream. The process is characterized in particular in that, in a first purification stage, low-boiling products and unspecified isomers of the useful product are separated from the product stream virtually without loss of useful product and that, in a second purification stage, the useful product is removed in a stream having a purity of >97% by weight and a further stream having a purity of >92% by weight. A preferred embodiment of the process serves for working up VEA, in which the loss of useful product in the first purification stage is less than 5%, based on that amount of VEA in the feed which is added to the purification stage per unit time. Furthermore, the first purification stage may comprise a rectification column ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036703 | DESALINATION SYSTEM - A desalination system in the form of a submerged gas evaporator that includes a vessel, a gas delivery tube partially disposed within the vessel to deliver a gas into the vessel and a fluid inlet that provides a fluid to the vessel at a rate sufficient to maintain a controlled constant level of fluid within the vessel. A weir is disposed within the vessel adjacent the gas delivery tube to form a first fluid circulation path between a first weir end and a wall of the vessel and a second fluid circulation path between a second weir end and an upper end of the vessel. During operation, gas introduced through the tube mixes with the fluid and the combined gas and fluid flow at a high rate with a high degree of turbulence along the first and second circulation paths defined around the weir, thereby promoting vigorous mixing and intimate contact between the gas and the fluid. This turbulent flow develops a significant amount of interfacial surface area between the gas and the fluid resulting in a reduction of the required residence time of the gas within the fluid to achieve thermal equilibrium which leads to a more efficient and complete evaporation. Additionally, vapor exiting the submerged gas evaporator is condensed in a condensing unit thus precipitating vapor into a liquid for removal. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036704 | PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF ACRYLIC ACID FROM THE PRODUCT GAS MIXTURE OF A HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED PARTIAL GAS PHASE OXIDATION OF AT LEAST ONE C3 PRECURSOR COMPOUND - A process for removal of a crude acrylic acid from a product gas mixture which comprises glyoxal as a by-product from a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of at least one C | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036705 | PRESSURE STEPPED MICROWAVE ASSISTED DIGESTION - An instrument and method for high pressure microwave assisted chemistry are disclosed. The method includes the steps of applying microwave radiation to a sample in a sealed vessel while measuring the temperature of the sample and measuring the pressure generated inside the vessel and until the measured pressure reaches a designated set point, opening the vessel to release gases until the pressure inside the vessel reaches a lower designated set point, closing the vessel, and repeating the steps of opening the vessel at designated pressure set points and closing the vessel at designated pressure set points to the sample until the sample reaction reaches a designated high temperature. The designated set points can controllably differ from one another as the reaction proceeds. Microwave energy can be applied continuously or intermittently during the opening and closing steps. The apparatus includes a microwave cavity, a microwave transparent pressure resistant reaction vessel in the cavity, a cap on the reaction vessel, a pressure sensor for measuring pressure in the vessel, a temperature sensor, and means for opening and closing the cap at predetermined pressure set points measured by the pressure sensor to release pressure from the vessel. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036706 | System and Method Using a Microwave-Transparent Reaction Chamber for Production of Fuel from a Carbon-Containing Feedstock - Approaches for producing fuel from a carbon-containing feedstock are described. Feedstock is introduced into a substantially microwave-transparent reaction chamber. A microwave source emits microwaves which are directed through the microwave-transparent wall of the reaction chamber to impinge on the feedstock within the reaction chamber. The microwave source may be rotated relative to the reaction chamber. The feedstock is subjected to microwaves until the desired reaction occurs to produce a fuel. A catalyst can be mixed with the feedstock to enhance the reaction process. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036707 | SPUTTERING METHOD - When sputtering method is performed by disposing a plurality of targets in parallel with each other, and by charging power to the targets through a plurality of bipolar pulsed power supplies, power can be charged with higher accuracy to the targets while being subject to less effect by the switching noises by a simple control. In a sputtering method in which, for each of targets making a pair, power is supplied in a bipolar pulsed mode by switching ON or OFF of each of the switching elements SW | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036708 | MAGNETRON SPUTTERING DEVICE - An exemplary magnetron sputtering device includes a target, a magnet arrangement, and a driving system. The target defines a magnet-receiving space therein. The magnet arrangement is received within the magnet-receiving space. The driving system is configured for driving the magnet arrangement to spin and move back and forth. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036709 | PROCESS KIT FOR RF PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a process kit for a semiconductor processing chamber, and a semiconductor processing chamber having a kit. More specifically, embodiments described herein relate to a process kit including a cover ring, a shield, and an isolator for use in a physical deposition chamber. The components of the process kit work alone and in combination to significantly reduce particle generation and stray plasmas. In comparison with existing multiple part shields, which provide an extended RF return path contributing to RF harmonics causing stray plasma outside the process cavity, the components of the process kit reduce the RF return path thus providing improved plasma containment in the interior processing region. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036710 | Ge-Cr Alloy Sputtering Target - A Ge—Cr alloy sputtering target containing 5 to 50 at % of Cr and having a relative density of 95% or more, and a manufacturing method of such a Ge—Cr alloy sputtering target wherein Cr powder having a minus sieve of 75 μm or less, and Ge powder having a minus sieve of 250 μm or less and having a BET specific surface area of 0.4 m | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036711 | SPUTTERING DEVICE - A sputtering device is provided. The sputtering device comprises a housing defining a chamber, and a carrier arranged within the housing. The carrier comprises a base, a plurality of supporting members, a plurality of spacing members, and a cap. The supporting members are spaced from each other and rotatably connected to the base. Each supporting member defines at least one cavity to receive at least one workpiece. The spacing members are fixed to the base, each of which is arranged between two adjacent supporting members. The cap is arranged above the plurality of supporting members and the plurality of spacing members to form a substantially enclosed space. The driving device is used to drive the carrier to rotate and to drive the plurality of supporting members to rotate with respect to the base. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036712 | ANALYZING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an analysis system including a laser beam oscillator | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036713 | BIOSENSOR - A biosensor can supply a sample solution accurately and easily, and includes a capillary for collecting a sample solution and analyzes a specific substance in the sample solution, an air hole, and at least two supply ports, i.e., a sample supply port and an auxiliary sample supply port, so that supply of the sample solution can be performed from either of the supply ports. Even when the sample supply port is closed up with a fingertip or the like and supply of the sample solution is stopped, the sample solution can be quickly supplied from the other auxiliary sample supply port. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036714 | Handheld Electrochemical Sensor - A handheld sensor device is provided for measuring an ion concentration in a solution. The solution is in an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a working electrode, and a reference electrode. The sensor includes a control amplifier configured to provide a current through the counter electrode and the working electrode so as to maintain a predetermined voltage between the working electrode and the reference electrode. The sensor also includes a current amplifier configured to measure the current provided through the counter electrode and the working electrode. In one embodiment, the sensor also includes a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) including a phase accumulator. The DDFS is configured to selectively generate a waveform specified by an electrochemical technique such as square wave voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, differential-pulse polarography, normal-pulse polarography, or other known electrochemical techniques. An example microelectrode array usable with the handheld sensor is also provided. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036715 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor having a sensor element that includes an inner space for introducing a measurement gas therein from an external space and a pump cell which has a first electrode formed on a surface of the inner space and a second electrode formed in a space different from the inner space and is provided to pump oxygen out of the inner space by applying a predetermined voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. Assuming that the length of the inner space in a short-side direction of the sensor element as viewed from the front end portion side thereof is x | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036716 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor, that represses a manufacturing cost, obtains high responsiveness and can effectively reduce adhesion of water to a sensor element and intrusion of water into the sensor element, is provided. In the gas sensor that has the sensor element mainly containing a solid electrolyte with oxygen ion conductivity and a protective cover arranged to surround the sensor element and detects a predetermined gas component in a measurement gas, the protective cover includes an inner protective cover that is formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, has a plurality of inner gas distributing holes formed in two rows on its side surface in a longitudinal direction of the sensor element and surrounds one front end of the sensor element, and an outer protective cover that is formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, has a plurality of outer gas distributing holes on its side surface and surrounds the inner protective cover. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036717 | METHOD AND MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TUBULAR KIDNEY DAMAGE AND ILLNESS - A method for the diagnosis of tubular kidney diseases comprising the step of determining the presence or absence or amplitude of at least three polypeptide markers in a urine sample, the polypeptide marker being selected from the markers characterized in Table 1 by values for the molecular masses and migration times. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036718 | METHODS FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES AND/OR NUCLEIC ACIDS USING ISOTACHOPHORESIS - According to one embodiment, a method includes co-feeding fluids comprising a leading electrolyte, a trailing electrolyte, and at least one of DNA and RNA to a channel, and applying an electric field to the fluids in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the channel for inducing transverse isotachophoresis. In another embodiment, a method includes co-feeding fluids to a channel. The fluids include a leading electrolyte, a trailing electrolyte, biological objects, at least one of DNA and RNA, and a spacer electrolyte having an electrophoretic mobility that is between an electrophoretic mobility of at least some of the biological objects and an electrophoretic mobility of the at least one of the DNA and the RNA. The method also includes applying an electric field to the fluids in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the channel for inducing transverse isotachophoresis. Other methods of isotachophoresis are disclosed in addition to these. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036719 | DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES - The present invention relates to a method and system for determining particle properties. Such properties may for example be charge, size, drift, etc. The method comprises determining ( | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036720 | MICROSTRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a structure that has a thickness of 100 μm or greater and has regular micropores. A microstructure includes an aluminum or aluminum alloy oxide film which has cylindrical micropores extending from a bottom surface to a top surface of the microstructure. The micropores are arrayed at the bottom surface so as to have a degree of ordering as defined by general formula (1) of at least 70%, the center-to-center distance between neighboring micropores is from 300 to 600 nm and the axial length of the micropores is at least 100 μm. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036721 | Electrical Discharge Coating Method and Green Compact Electrode Used Therein - An electrical discharge coating method comprising the steps of: generating pulsed discharge between a green compact electrode | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036722 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HOLDER AND ELECTROPLATING SYSTEM FOR PLATING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A semiconductor wafer holder includes first and second holding members between which a semiconductor wafer is held. The second holding member includes a second conductive element placed in contact with a first conductive element of the first holding member and the semiconductor wafer. A ring clamp is used to press the second holding member against the first holding member for holding of the semiconductor wafer. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036723 | METHODS OF COATING MAGNESIUM-BASED SUBSTRATES - A method of coating a magnesium-based substrate includes applying a first potential of electric current to the substrate and, after applying, immersing the substrate in an electrocoat coating composition. After immersing, a second potential of electric current is applied between the substrate and a counter electrode to deposit the electrocoat coating composition onto the substrate. The second potential is greater than the first potential. The method also includes curing the electrocoat coating composition to form a cured film and thereby coat the substrate. An electrocoat coating system includes the magnesium-based substrate, and the cured film disposed on the substrate and formed from the electrocoat coating composition. The substrate exhibits a negative charge from an applied first potential of electric current of ≦ approximately 40 V prior to contact with the electrocoat coating composition. The magnesium-based substrate is substantially free from magnesium dissolution when in contact with the electrocoat coating composition. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036724 | BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL BATS WITH FUSED NANO-STRUCTURED METALS AND ALLOYS - A sports bat, such as a baseball or softball bat, is electro-deposited with a nanostructured metal. Bats made from aluminum alloys or other metals may be electro-deposited with varying thicknesses of nanostructured metals such as nickel, nickel iron, cobalt phosphorous, or similar materials. The bat substrate alloy can be any metal or alloy. The coating may be done using an electro-deposition process. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036725 | METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING AN OXIDANT AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Novel devices for synthesizing ferrate and uses thereof are described. One aspect of the invention relates to devices and systems for synthesizing ferrate at a site proximal to the site of use. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036726 | GAS DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING GAS - [Object] To provide a gas decomposition apparatus and a gas decomposition method in which no safety problems occur in spite of the application of a relatively high voltage between an anode and a cathode for the purpose of decomposing odorous gases of many types. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036727 | Micro-Current Electrolysis Sterilization Algaecide Device And Method - A micro-current electrolysis-sterilization-algaecide device includes the solution conductivity detector installed in the inlet pipe of the tank, at least a group of electrodes set in the tank in accordance with the order of anode, auxiliary electrode, and cathode, and the controller, which judges the conductance values, controls the electrode polarity and the circuit connections. Said controller includes judging unit to determine the conductance values of water, and according to the results to trigger the corresponding seawater electrolysis-model unit, the fresh water electrolysis-model unit, or the pole-reversing electrolysis-model unit. The device can be used to the seawater and fresh water sterilization algaecide, with good bactericidal algaecide effect, automatic scaling, and a wide range of applications. By adding ultrasonic generator, the device can destroy a variety of bacteria and algae cells. Said device has a simple structure and a wide range of use. | 2011-02-17 |
| 20110036728 | LOW-ENERGY ELECTROCHEMICAL PROTON TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A low energy method and system of removing H | 2011-02-17 |
