| 07th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20100038064 | Reinforced Thermal Module Structure - A reinforced thermal module structure includes a radiating fin assembly, a radiating base, and at least one heat pipe. The radiating fin assembly consists of a plurality of stacked and spaced radiating fins, each of which has at least two notches. The heat pipe includes a conducting section in contact with the radiating base, and a heat-dissipating section extended through the radiating fin assembly to connect thereto. The radiating base has at least two support arms for correspondingly engaging with the at least two notches on the radiating fins. The support arms help in enhancing the structural strength, heat conducting efficiency, and heat-dissipating effect of the thermal module structure. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038065 | Thermal conducting principle and device for prestressed clamping type multi-layered structure - The present invention discloses that the relay thermal conductor being made of material having better thermal conductivity coefficient is heat transfer coupled with the heating or cooling first thermal body at one end or face thereof, and is coupled with interface thermal conductor having higher specific heat capacity at the other end or face thereof, wherein the interface thermal conductor having higher specific heat capacity is the heat transfer carrier between relay thermal conductor and second thermal body. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038066 | Thermal conducting principle and device for prestressed clamping type multi-layered structure - The present invention discloses that the relay thermal conductor being made of material having better thermal conductivity coefficient is heat transfer coupled with the heating or cooling first thermal body at one end or face thereof, and is coupled with interface thermal conductor having higher specific heat capacity at the other end or face thereof, wherein the interface thermal conductor having higher specific heat capacity is the heat transfer carrier between relay thermal conductor and second thermal body. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038067 | CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM - There is a climate control system for open-seat vehicles. The climate control system includes a control module and a heating module operationally coupled to an interface portion of the open-seat vehicle. The heating module includes a device for converting power to heat when activated. The heating module also includes a timing module configured to automatically switch the heating module operation from a first heating mode to a second heating mode that is of a lower heat flow than the first heating mode after a programmed time elapses from actuation of the first heating mode. The control module is configured to be coupled to the handles and accessible therefrom. The climate control system also includes a retrofit kit configured to be added to a open-seat vehicle. The retrofit kit may also include mounting devices for mounting the components and modules to the open-seat vehicle. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038068 | CENTRALIZER-BASED SURVEY AND NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A Centralizer based Survey and Navigation (CSN) device designed to provide borehole or passageway position information. The CSN device can include one or more displacement sensors, centralizers, an odometry sensor, a borehole initialization system, and navigation algorithm implementing processor(s). Also, methods of using the CSN device for in-hole survey and navigation. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038069 | WELL BORE FLUID REDISTRIBUTION AND FLUID DISPOSAL - Redistribution of fluids present in well bore environments is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention may be the redistribution of water produced in a coal bed methane well. The redistribution of water from one aquifer ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038070 | Top suction fluid end - A positive displacement wellbore servicing pump having a power end and a fluid end is disclosed. The fluid end has a main chamber and a suction bore in fluid connection with the main chamber and the suction bore has a suction central axis vector. A discharge bore is in fluid connection with the main chamber and the discharge bore has a discharge central axis vector. A portion of the suction central axis vector is vertically higher than any portion of the discharge central axis vector. A method of providing a wellbore servicing fluid to a wellbore is also disclosed. A method of providing a wellbore servicing fluid to a fluid end of a positive displacement pump is also disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038071 | Multi-Stage Spring For Use With Artificial Lift Plungers - A multi-stage spring system, for use with an artificial lift plunger within an oil or natural gas well includes a first stage adapted for absorbing the initial impact of the artificial lift plunger, and for decreasing the momentum of the plunger, the first stage having a spring with a first spring rate. The spring system also includes a second stage in contact with the first stage, adapted for absorbing the remaining momentum of the plunger, the second stage having a spring with second spring rate greater than the first spring rate. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038072 | SEALING AND ANCHORING DEVICE FOR USE IN A WELL - The present invention relates to a sealing and/or anchoring element for use in pipelines ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038073 | HYDRAULIC WELL PACKER - A hydraulic packing device for wellbores, known in the art as “packer”, which is a retrievable device and is used in downhole operations, that is also part of the tools used in wellbore operations, such as oil, water or gas wells, or wells of similar fluids is provided. More specifically, the main object of the invention is a double-latch packer with hydraulic fastening and packing pressure function, double retreat integrated assembly, with elements of rubber packing, which has the advantage of being able to work selectively on facilities with one packer or multiple packers, with the advantage of fastening or releasing the packer selectively in oil, water or gas wells, or wells of similar fluids. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038074 | ANTI-EXTRUSION DEVICE FOR SWELL RUBBER PACKER - A system for use in a wellbore is disclosed. The system may include a tube, a swell packer surrounding a portion of the tube, a first pair of plates coupled to an outer surface of the tube and positioned at a first end of the swell packer, each of the first pair of plates having a plurality of slots extending inwardly from an outer edge of the plate, the regions between slots defining petals, wherein at least one of the slots of one of the first pair of plates overlaps with at least one of the petals of the second of the first pair of plates, and a second pair of plates coupled to the outer surface of the tube and positioned at a second end of the swell packer, each of the second pair of plates having a plurality of slots extending inwardly from an outer edge of the plate, the regions between slots defining petals wherein at least one of the slots of one of the second pair of plates overlaps with at least one of the petals of the second of the second pair of plates. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038075 | SEAL OR FLUID BARRIER USING STRANDS - The present invention provides for a seal or barrier comprising strands that are woven or wrapped in an overlapping manner such as, for example, helical or circumferential patterns. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038076 | EXPANDABLE TUBULARS FOR USE IN GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES - An expandable tubular includes a plurality of leaves formed from sheet material that have curved surfaces. The leaves extend around a portion or fully around the diameter of the tubular structure. Some of the adjacent leaves of the tubular are coupled together. The tubular is compressed to a smaller diameter so that it can be inserted through previously deployed tubular assemblies. Once the tubular is properly positioned, it is deployed and coupled or not coupled to a previously deployed tubular assembly. The inventive tubular is useful for all types of wells and boreholes. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038077 | Method for Centralized Proppant Storage and Metering - Methods for manufacturing well treatment fluid including delivering to a blending unit a desired rate of proppant by weighing a proppant storage and metering unit storing the proppant; and adjusting the size of a calibrated aperture on the proppant storage and metering unit. Methods also include delivering chemicals from a chemical storage and metering unit to the blending unit; combining the proppant and chemicals in the blending unit; and allowing the well treatment fluid to flow from the blending unit to a well location. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038078 | DOWN-HOLE LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL FOR HYDROCARBON WELLS - This invention provides for an apparatus that controls a liquid level down-hole of a hydrocarbon producing well by physically monitoring the liquid level down-hole having a down-hole liquid level measurer and a signal device connected to the liquid level measurer that causes a pump to adjust its current liquid output based on the liquid level down-hole as measured by the down-hole liquid level measurer. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038079 | DETERMINING A STATUS IN A WELLBORE BASED ON ACOUSTIC EVENTS DETECTED BY AN OPTICAL FIBER MECHANISM - A system for use in a well includes downhole equipment for positioning in the well, and an optical fiber for deployment in the well, the optical fiber to extend to a location of interest in the well in proximity of the downhole equipment. An analysis unit analyzes detected light signals returned from the optical fiber that has been affected by acoustic events generated by the downhole equipment and to determine a status in the wellbore based on the analyzing. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTIC ROTARY MILL CUTTING OF MULTIPLE NESTED TUBULARS - A methodology and apparatus for cutting shape(s) or profile(s) through well tubular(s), or for completely circumferentially severing through multiple tubulars, including all tubing, pipe, casing, liners, cement, other material encountered in tubular annuli. This rigless apparatus utilizes a computer-controlled, downhole robotic three-axis rotary mill to effectively generate a shape(s) or profile(s) through, or to completely sever in a 360 degree horizontal plane wells with multiple, nested strings of tubulars whether the tubulars are concentrically aligned or eccentrically aligned. This is useful for well abandonment and decommissioning where complete severance is necessitated and explosives are prohibited, or in situations requiring a precise window or other shape to be cut through a single tubular or plurality of tubulars. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038081 | METHOD FOR REMOVING SILICA FROM EVAPORATOR CONCENTRATE - A method for removing silica from evaporator concentrate to facilitate disposal of the concentrate. An alkaline earth compound is mixed with the concentrate in a crystallizer. Silica in the concentrate reacts with the alkaline earth compound and precipitates from the concentrate as alkaline silicate complexes. The concentrate having the alkaline earth silicate complexes is directed to a separator where the alkaline earth silicate complexes are separated from the concentrate, producing an aqueous solution and slurry. The slurry is directed to a filter where solids are separated from a filtrate. Both the aqueous solution and the filtrate can be disposed of by deep well injection. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038082 | PORTABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (PRESEOR) USING BIOMASS HAVING NET NEGATIVE CO2 EMISSIONS AND FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY HAVING ZERO CO2 EMISSIONS - The Portable Renewable Energy System for Enhanced Oil Recovery (“PRESEOR”) is a truck mobile system that reforms biomass into CO | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038083 | PROPPANTS COATED BY PIEZOELECTRIC OR MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MATERIALS, OR BY MIXTURES OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, TO ENABLE THEIR TRACKING IN A DOWNHOLE ENVIRONMENT - A method for “tagging” proppants so that they can be tracked and monitored in a downhole environment, based on the use of composite proppant compositions comprising a particulate substrate coated by a material whose electromagnetic properties change at a detectable level under a mechanical stress such as the closure stress of a fracture. In another aspect, the invention relates to composite proppant compositions comprising coatings whose electromagnetic properties change under a mechanical stress such as the closure stress of a fracture. The substantially spherical composite proppants may comprise a thermoset nanocomposite particulate substrate where the matrix material comprises a terpolymer of styrene, ethylvinylbenzene and divinylbenzene, and carbon black particles possessing a length that is less than 0.5 microns in at least one principal axis direction incorporated as a nanofiller; upon which particulate substrate is placed a coating comprising a PZT alloy manifesting a strong piezoelectric effect or Terfenol-D manifesting giant magnetostrictive behavior to provide the ability to track in a downhole environment. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038084 | Cement Compositions Comprising Aluminum Chloride and Associated Methods - A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises cement; a strength-enhancing additive consisting essentially of aluminum chloride and a metal halide; and water; and allowing the cement composition to set. Another method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprises preparing a cement composition that comprises cement, a strength-enhancing additive consisting essentially of aluminum chloride and a metal halide, and water, wherein the aluminum chloride and the salt are not combined prior to preparing the cement composition; introducing the cement composition into the subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038085 | METHODS OF UNDERGROUND FORMATION CONSOLIDATION - Unconsolidated formation sand in the near wellbore region may be uniformly consolidated using a system including a sodium silicate solution and a hardener, such as at least one dialkyl ester of a dicarboxylic acid. Subsequently, a low concentration acid, such as hydrofluoric (HF) acid, is pumped through and into the consolidated sand to create channels or passageways to connect the formation hydrocarbons with the wellbore for production of the hydrocarbons through the wellbore. Hydrofluoric acid may be generated in situ by hydrolyzing a substance to hydrofluoric acid where the substance may include ammonium bifluoride, ammonium fluoride, alkali metal fluorides, alkali metal bifluorides, transition metal fluorides, and the like, and mixtures thereof. The acid may instead or additionally include organic acids and other mineral acids. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038086 | Conformance Control Through Stimulus-Responsive Materials - A method, apparatus and production well system that utilize stimulus-responsive materials for “conformance control” and profile control along the fluid flow path in a well as part of a gravel pack or a coating on a well tool. The stimulus-responsive materials are also known as intelligent or smart polymers and are typically polymeric materials that reversibly or irreversibly swell or collapse in the presence of stimulus such as changes in concentration of a fluid media in contact with the stimulus-responsive material, pH or polarity of the media the stimulus-responsive material is in contact with, salinity, current; or temperature. The stimulus-responsive materials may swell upon contact with a rust stimulus and shrink or collapse upon contact with a second stimulus or vice-versa The changes between production and injection profiles may be automatic with the application of the stimulus-responsive materials and may occur without user intervention. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038087 | EROSION MITIGATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for injecting a fluid, the apparatus includes at least a plurality of nozzles arranged such that at least two of the nozzle streams impinge upon one another. Also disclosed herein is a method for injecting a fluid into a wellbore, the method includes at least: (1) providing an apparatus comprising a plurality of nozzles arranged such that at least two of the nozzle streams impinge upon one another; (2) installing the apparatus downhole; and (3) flowing the fluid through the apparatus. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038088 | Multi-function multi-hole drilling rig - A multi-function multi-hole rig is disclosed which, in certain aspects, includes multiple machines for accomplishing rig functions, e.g. drilling machine(s), tripping machine(s), casing machine(s), and/or cementing machine(s), for producing multiple usable wellbores one after the other. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038089 | WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING SEAL ASSEMBLY WITH AXIAL RESTRAINT - A wellhead system comprising a seal with a restraining member adapted to cooperate with a housing to restrict axial movement of the seal. The seal is adapted to form a seal between the housing, such as a wellhead, and a tubular member, such as a casing hanger. The seal has a latch ring that is expanded outward as the seal is installed within the wellhead. Axial movement of the seal is restricted by engagement between the expanded latch ring and the inner profile of the housing. The seal and housing may be adapted so that a portion of the seal is received by a recess in the inner profile of the housing. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038090 | Umbilical termination assemblies - An underwater termination assembly for use with a subsea system such as a well tree, comprises a construction having first and second limbs substantially at a right-angle to each other, which construction may be lowered having an umbilical connected to one of the limbs so that said one of the limbs sits on the bed of a body of water. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A SUBSEA WELL INTERVENTION SYSTEM - A method, system and apparatus for deploying a subsea well intervention system from a surface vessel to a subsea tree, including connecting a spoolable compliant guide (SCG) to a subsea intervention package on deck of a vessel; testing the connection on the deck of the vessel; lowering overboard the intervention package into a water column using a primary lifting device, including a winch or a crane, in such a way that the SCG does not see a weight of the intervention package; gradually paying out the SCG from a reel thereof as the intervention package is lowered to a seabed; transferring the weight of the intervention package to a secondary lifting device, including a winch or a crane, wherein the intervention package functions as a dead weight to overcome a positive buoyancy of the SCG, a distance between the primary and secondary lifting devices creates and controls a shape of the SCG; and once landed onto a subsea tree with heave compensation, disconnecting the secondary lifting device from the intervention package, and hanging the SCG off at the vessel at deck level. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038092 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DOWNHOLE ACTUATOR - A technique is provided for utilizing a hydraulic fluid metering control module in cooperation with a downhole component. The downhole component is shifted via hydraulic fluid delivered through first and/or second control lines to an actuator of the downhole component. The hydraulic fluid metering control module works in cooperation with the actuator and the control lines to enable shifting of the actuator according to a controlled, incremental process. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038093 | FLOW CONTROL VALVE PLATFORM - A system that is usable with a well includes a tubing string that extends into an isolated zone of the well and a plurality of chokes modules that are disposed in the isolated zone to control communication between a passageway of the tubing string and the zone. Each choke module includes an associated choke, which is removable from the choke module without disassembly of the tubing string. Each choke module is independently controllable relative to the other choke module(s) to selectively enable and disable flow through the associated choke. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038094 | MANIPULATABLE SPIDER COMPONENTS ADAPTED FOR COOPERATION WITH A VERTICALLY RECIPROCATING CONTROL LINE GUIDE - A method and apparatus are provided for installing control lines and pipe into a well. The pipe-holding spider that is normally mounted on the rig floor is adapted for easy disassembly and reassembly when the pipe slips within the spider are not engaged with the outer surface of the pipe string so that upon disassembly, a control line guide becomes vertically movable. The control line guide is adapted for being controllably elevated to a distance above the rig floor, thereby providing personnel access to a portion of the length of the pipe string below the elevated control line guide and above the rig floor for securing control line to the pipe string using a fastener. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038095 | Dual-Saddle Ear Support Apparatus - An apparatus for use in wellbore operations and a method for using it is provided. The apparatus includes a main body, two support ears spaced-apart and projecting from the main body, each having an inner ear part and an outer ear part. The inner ear part is able to support more weight than the outer ear part. In certain aspects, structure for preventing a large support link from being positioned on an outer ear part is provided. The apparatus, may be any of a link adapter, a block adapter, a becket, an elevator, and a drilling hook. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038096 | Downhole Tool with Slip Releasing Mechanism - A downhole tool includes a lock for maintaining a slip in a reduced diameter position when running the tool in the well, and selectively releases the slip to move radially outward to a set position to suspend an anchored portion of the tool within a downhole tubular. The tool includes a mandrel having a through passage, with a hydraulic port within the mandrel that is closed to mandrel internal pressure as the tool is run in the wellbore. A ball seat covers hydraulic ports in the mandrel. A ball may be dropped to seat and increase pressure to open the ports. A piston moves in response to mandrel internal pressure applied through the hydraulic port to unlock the locking device, such that further movement of the piston releases the slip from the reduced diameter position to the set position. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038097 | COILED TUBING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a downhole coiled tubing system. The system includes, a bottom hole assembly, a coiled tubing string attached to the bottom hole assembly, and a conductor comprising an electrical signal carrier disposed within a control line, the conductor is disposed within the coiled tubing string and maintained substantially parallel with the coiled tubing string throughout the coiled tubing string and electrically coupled to the bottom hole assembly. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038098 | All-terrain, Drive-By-Wire, High-pressure, Fire Fighting Apparatus - An all-terrain fire fighting apparatus has a high power-to-weight ratio, a hydraulic skid steer drive system, a drive-by-wire control system, a proportionally joystick controlled nozzle turret, and a 1500 psi foam injecting water supply system which supplies the nozzle turret and a high-pressure hose mounted on a reel. To dissipate heat load from the fire fighting apparatus systems, the fire fighting apparatus cooling system employs a cooling shroud in the form of a box with multiple system radiators stacked on one face of the box and the remaining faces containing exhaust fans mounted to draw air out of the box and through the stacked heat exchangers. The fire fighting apparatus is capable of being operated remotely by means of onboard GPS, real-time imaging, and inputs to the joystick controller and fire fighting apparatus drive-by-wire system. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038099 | 90 Degree Dry Horizontal Sidewall Sprinkler - A horizontal dry fire protection sprinkler includes a housing having a vertical segment and a horizontal segment extending generally perpendicular to the vertical segment. The vertical segment defines an inlet opening. A plug member is disposed in the inlet opening for sealingly closing the inlet opening. A sprinkler is attached to the horizontal segment and includes a base having a passage extending therethrough and defining an outlet opening. A cap is disposed in the outlet opening and a heat sensitive trigger engages the cap. A translation mechanism is disposed in the housing and engaging the cap and supporting the plug member in the inlet opening, wherein when the heat sensitive trigger releases support of the cap, the translation mechanism is allowed to move within said housing to allow the plug member to dislodge from the inlet opening. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038100 | FLUID SUPPLY UNIT - A fully moveable and totally contained fluid supply unit useful in supplying fluid such as water to a site in need of such fluid for drilling, fire control, clean up, and the like is provided comprising a skid or a trailer having mounted thereon a fluid reservoir for holding the fluid; a fluid pumping system for pumping fluids to said site; and an engine for providing prime power to operate the fluid pumping system. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038101 | FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT SYSTEMS AND NOZZLES - A fire extinguishment system may include a fire extinguishment apparatus joined to dry chemical, clean agent and water systems. The fire extinguishment apparatus may include dry chemical, clean agent and water nozzles joined to a housing. The dry chemical nozzle may be a multi-stage nozzle configured to discharge consolidated dry chemical with a substantial charge. The dry chemical nozzle may include chamber segments formed from aluminum, collars formed from stainless steel and positioned between the chamber segments, and a flow disruptor. At least some chamber segments may include rifled surfaces. The dry chemical nozzle may be positioned within the water nozzle to allow water discharged from the water nozzle to at least partially encompass dry chemical discharged from the dry chemical nozzle or positioned offset from the water nozzle to allow for parallel discharge of water and dry chemical streams from the fire extinguishment apparatus. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038102 | Crust Fracturing Implement - An apparatus for fracturing a crust on an agricultural field includes a tool bar and a support attached to the tool bar. A plurality of discs are non-rotatably attached to an axle that is rotatably supported by the support. Each of the plurality of discs include a plurality of spaced apart teeth about the perimeter of each disc. The teeth comprise convex surfaces and concave surfaces that converge at distal ends where the plurality of discs rotate about the support such that the convex surfaces penetrate and fracture the crust and that any debris or trash picked up by the teeth is ejected by the angles of the teeth and angles of the support brackets preventing plugging and destruction of the rowed crop. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038103 | Electrical Power Tool - An electrical power tool includes a housing, an electrical motor, an end-bit holding section, a transmitting mechanism, a cap, and a lighting section. The housing has one end. The electrical motor is accommodated in the housing and is configured to generate a rotational driving force. The end-bit holding section is provided at the one end and is rotatable about a rotational axis. The transmitting mechanism transmits the rotational driving force to the end-bit holding section. The cap is attached to the one end. The lighting section allows an entirety of the cap to be luminous. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038104 | HAND HELD MACHINE TOOL - The invention relates to a hand-held machine tool for driving a bit which can be accommodated in a tool holder, with a rotary and/or hammer action. The machine tool includes a drive train which has a drive side associated with a drive unit and a driven side associated with the tool holder. According to the invention, the hand-held machine tool has at least one decoupling unit that is used to form a rotationally elastic coupling between the drive side and the driven side. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038105 | Reciprocating Tool - A reciprocating tool ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038106 | Portable tool and method of using a portable powered tool - A portable powered tool having an elongate housing with a central axis, a working component on the elongate housing, a drive for the working component on the elongate housing and having different states, and a control with a grip that is configured to be grasped by a user by extending a user's one hand at least partially around the grip and thereby the central axis of the elongate housing to thereby situate the user's one hand in an operating position. The user's one hand, grasping the grip in the operating position, is usable to: a) support and reposition the portable powered tool; and b) move the grip around the central axis of the elongate housing to change the state of the drive. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038107 | SHELL FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A shell for a portable electronic device includes a transparent base shell, a light-transmittable layer, a opaque layer, and a pattern layer. The transparent base shell includes an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite to the exterior surface. The light-transmittable layer is directly formed on the interior surface and only allows a portion of light to pass there through. The opaque layer is directly formed on the light-transmittable layer. The light-transmittable layer is located between the base shell and the intermediate layer. The pattern layer covers over and around the intermediate layer to form a pattern section inside the intermediate layer. The pattern section and the pattern layer are light-transmittable by a predetermined color. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CABLE MANAGEMENT IN LIMITED ROTATION APPLICATIONS - A system for managing a flexible electrical cable for use in limited rotational applications is provided. The system includes a main hub coupled with a substrate, the main hub comprising an outer hub portion, an inner cavity portion and a gap portion, the main hub rotatable about a stationary post disposed inside the inner cavity portion and coupled with the substrate. The system is for managing a contiguous length of flexible electrical cable having a first free end and a second end, the second end electrically coupled to the inner post wherein a first portion of the flexible electrical cable proximate the free end is wrapped around the outer hub portion in a first direction and a second portion of the flexible electrical cable proximate the second end is wrapped inside the inner cavity portion in a second direction and wherein the contiguous length of flexible electrical cable passes through the gap portion of the main hub. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038109 | Joint Structure of Electric Wire, Stator of Rotary Electric Machine, Method for Manufacturing the Same - When electric wires (joint conductors) are disposed adjacent each other in a peeled state of coatings, a gap corresponding to the total thickness of both conductors' insulating films as skin layers is formed between end joined face portions of the conductors. The gap becomes larger because the conductors are tapered. Therefore, the adhesion between both conductors is impaired, with a consequent fear of occurrence of joining imperfection. In opposed joined face portions of electric wires (joint conductors), the conductors are deformed from the tips of their axes to the joined face side in such a manner that exposed portions at the tips of the conductors and insulating film faces located in the vicinity thereof are flush with each other or the exposed portions are projected. The gap formed between the electric wires (joint conductors) can be diminished, whereby the reliability of connection is improved and it becomes easier to perform the work of joint conductors, with the result that the productivity of a stator of a rotary electric machine such as an AC generator for a vehicle could be improved. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038110 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, MECHANICALLY FLEXIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - An electrical device having an electrical connection, which is made of a connecting material, between a first electrical or electronic component which is acted upon by a first thermal coefficient of expansion, and a second electrical or electronic component, which is acted upon by a second thermal coefficient of expansion, there being a difference between the first and the second thermal coefficient of expansion, which is in the range of D>≈10*10 E-6/K. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038111 | Plated article having metal thin film formed by electroless plating, and manufacturing method thereof - The present invention provides a plated article that has a thin seed layer having uniform thickness, formed by electroless plating and allowing formation of ultrafine wiring, and that avoids the complicated formation of a bilayer of a barrier layer and a catalytic metal layer prior to forming the seed layer. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the plated article. The plated article has an alloy thin film formed on a substrate and having a catalytically active metal (A) for electroless plating and a metal (B) capable of undergoing displacement plating with a metal ion contained in an electroless plating solution, and a metal thin film formed on the alloy thin film by electroless displacement and reduction plating. The alloy thin film of the catalytically active metal (A) and the metal (B) capable of displacement plating has a composition comprising 5 at % to 40 at % of the metal (A). The metal thin film formed by electroless displacement and reduction plating is a metal thin film having a thickness no greater than 10 nm and a resistivity no greater than 10 μΩ·cm. Preferably, the metal (B) has a barrier function with respect to a metal of the metal thin film. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038112 | STRANDED COMPOSITE CABLE AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING - Stranded composite cables include a single wire defining a center longitudinal axis, a first multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the single wire in a first lay direction at a first lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a first lay length, and a second multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the first multiplicity of composite wires in the first lay direction at a second lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a second lay length, the relative difference between the first lay angle and the second lay angle being no greater than about 4°. The stranded composite cables may be used as intermediate articles that are later incorporated into final articles, such as overhead electrical power transmission cables including a multiplicity of ductile wires stranded around the composite wires. Methods of making and using the stranded composite cables are also described. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038113 | POWER ADAPTER WITH CABLE ORGANIZER - A power adapter with cable organizer is provided. The power adapter includes a main body; and a containing/fixing portion disposed on the main body and having a first blade and a second blade, wherein the first blade and the second blade face each other to form a receiving portion. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038114 | CORD ORGANIZER AND RELATED METHODS - A cord organizer includes a cover plate and a cord retaining member. The cover plate includes a central portion having a plurality of openings defined therethrough. The openings include a fastener opening, and a receptacle opening. The cover plate further includes a curved, end portion curved inwardly away from a back side of the cover plate, having a slit defined therethrough, and at least one male fastening member extending from the back side of the cover plate. The cord retaining member includes a female fastening opening, and a strap portion. The strap portion of the cord retaining member is capable of passing through the slit of the curved, end portion, and the cord organizer is configured to allow the strap portion to be secured after an end of the strap has passed through the slit of the curved, end portion. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038115 | Electrodeposited copper foil, its manufacturing method, surface-treated electrodeposited copper foil using the electrodeposited copper foil, and copper-clad laminate and printed wiring board using the surface-treated electrodeposited copper foil - It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrodeposited copper foil which has a lower profile and a higher gloss than low-profile electrodeposited copper foil conventionally supplied in markets. For achieving this object, the present invention employs an electrodeposited copper foil which has a super low profile, the surface roughness (Rzjis) of the deposit side of lower than 1.0-micron meter, and the gloss [Gs(60-deg.)] thereof of not lower than 400 irrespective to its thickness. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of an electrodeposited copper foil obtained by electrodeposition using a sulfuric acid base copper electrolytic solution obtained by adding 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid and/or bis(3-sulfopropyl)disulfide, a quaternary ammonium salt polymer having a cyclic structure, and chlorine. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038116 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a copper layer formed on the insulating layer and a reinforcing layer formed on the copper layer at opposite sides of the given portion. The copper layer includes a plurality of electrical traces at a given portion thereof. A thickness of the reinforcing layer increases in a direction away from the given portion. A method for manufacturing the printed circuit board is also provided in this disclosure. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038117 | TAPE WIRING SUBSTRATES AND PACKAGES INCLUDING THE SAME - Example embodiments are directed to a tape wiring substrate including a film having an upper surface including a chip mounting area, the chip mounting area further including an inner area and a peripheral area, the film further including a lower surface, and vias penetrating the film, the vias being located in the inner area, an upper metal layer on the upper surface of the film and connected to electrode bumps of a semiconductor chip, and a lower metal layer on the lower surface of the film. Example embodiments are directed to a tape wiring substrate including a film having an upper surface including a chip mounting area, a lower surface, and vias penetrating the film, an upper metal layer on the upper surface of the film and connected to electrode bumps of a semiconductor chip, and a lower metal layer on the lower surface of the film, the vias being located outside of the chip mounting area. Example embodiments are directed to packages including tape wiring substrates. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038118 | SUBSTRATE PANEL - A substrate panel primarily comprises a plurality of substrate strips arranged in an array, one or more current input lines, a plurality of cascaded lines connecting between the substrate strips, and a current input buffer gate. Current input lines connect a current input side of the substrate panel to the adjacent substrate strips. The current input buffer gate has a frame around the substrate strips and a plurality of meshes where the frame intersects with the current input lines and the meshes intersect with the cascaded lines with both ends of the meshes connecting to the frame. Therefore, the current can be evenly distributed to each substrate strip during plating processes to improve the issues of different plating thicknesses and different plating roughness caused by different current densities and to protect the internal circuits inside the substrate strips from the damages due to current surges and unstable voltages. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038119 | Metal Deposition - Systems and methods include depositing one or more materials on a voltage switchable dielectric material. In certain aspects, a voltage switchable dielectric material is disposed on a conductive backplane. In some embodiments, a voltage switchable dielectric material includes regions having different characteristic voltages associated with deposition thereon. Some embodiments include masking, and may include the use of a removable contact mask. Certain embodiments include electrografting. Some embodiments include an intermediate layer disposed between two layers. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038120 | Layered ceramic electronic component and manufacturing method therefor - Provided is a manufacturing method of a layered ceramic electronic component capable of preventing appearance of a gap between a dielectric layer and a via electrode to achieve reliable conduction between the via electrode and an internal electrode and at the same time, capable of effectively preventing occurrence of structural defects in the dielectric layer and the like. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038121 | Metal Deposition - Systems and methods include depositing one or more materials on a voltage switchable dielectric material. In certain aspects, a voltage switchable dielectric material is disposed on a conductive backplane. In some embodiments, a voltage switchable dielectric material includes regions having different characteristic voltages associated with deposition thereon. Some embodiments include masking, and may include the use of a removable contact mask. Certain embodiments include electrografting. Some embodiments include an intermediate layer disposed between two layers. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038122 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic component module includes: an insulative substrate; a device chip mounted on a first surface of the insulative substrate in flip-chip mounting; a chip component connected to the insulative substrate; a lid provided above the insulative substrate and the device chip; a first metal pattern that is provided in edge portions on the first surface of the insulative substrate so as to surround the first surface of the insulative substrate; a second metal pattern that is provided in edge portions on a second surface of the lid opposite to the first surface so as to surround the second surface; and seal solder joining the first and second metal patterns so as to define a cavity that is formed in a region that is located between the insulative substrate and the lid and is not provided with the first and second metal patterns and is further formed between the insulative substrate and the device chip. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038123 | BOARD UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A board unit includes an electronic component having electrodes; a printed circuit board that has board electrodes each disposed at a position corresponding to a respective one of the electrodes, and that mounts thereon the electronic component; recesses each arranged from the center of a respective one of the board electrodes toward the inside thereof; and joining members that are filled in the respective recesses, and that project from the respective board electrodes upon being heated. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038124 | EMBEDDED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An embedded structure of circuit board is provided. The embedded structure includes a substrate, a first patterned conductive layer disposed on the substrate and selectively exposing the substrate, a first dielectric layer covering the first patterned conductive layer and the substrate, a pad opening disposed in the first dielectric layer, and a via disposed in the pad opening and exposing the first patterned conductive layer, wherein the outer surface of the first dielectric layer has a substantially even surface. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038125 | ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY SINGLE LAMINATION STACKED VIA WITH PLATED THROUGH HOLES FOR MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - Methods of manufacturing at least a portion of a printed circuit board. The circuit board is formed to include a plurality of sub-assemblies, each of the sub-assemblies including a plurality of circuit layers and having at least one countersink and at least one hole, the countersink having a first diameter and a first depth from a first side of at least one of the sub-assemblies and into the at least one sub-assembly, the hole having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and a second depth longer than the first depth from the first side of the at least one sub-assembly and into the at least one sub-assembly at the countersink; a metal metalized within the hole and the countersink; a lamination adhesive interposed between one and a corresponding one of the sub-assemblies and having at least one via formed therethrough; and a counter paste filled within the via. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038126 | INTERPOSER STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Flexible and rigid interposers for use in the semiconductor industry and methods for manufacturing the same are described. Auto-catalytic processes are used to minimize the costs associated with the production of flexible interposers, while increasing the yield and lifetime. Electrical contact regions are easily isolated and the risk of corrosion is reduced because all portions of the interposer are plated at once. Leads projecting from the flexible portion of the interposers accommodate a greater variety of components to be tested. Rigid interposers include a pin projecting from a probe pad affixed to a substrate. The rigidity of the pin penetrates oxides on a contact pad to be tested. Readily available semiconductor materials and processes are used to manufacture the flexible and rigid interposers according to the invention. The flexible and rigid interposers can accommodate pitches down to 25 μm. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038127 | Power-Ground Plane Partitioning and Via Connection to Utilize Channel/Trenches for Power Delivery - An apparatus that includes a plurality of metalized planes, one or more dielectric layers separating the plurality of metalized planes; and one or more conductive trenches connecting to at least one of the plurality of metalized planes. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038128 | Cable Capturing Device - A device is described to assist electricians capture cabling dropped down through a cavity wall. The device ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038129 | CABLE RACEWAY - A cable raceway including top and bottom walls, rear and front walls and a divider extending along substantially the entire length of the raceway. The divider extends in the direction between the top and bottom walls of the raceway. The raceway is comprised of a rear module of the raceway and the next module outward is a front module completing the preceding module passages. A cover over the front module passage completes that passage. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038130 | RE-ENTERABLE SPLICE ENCLOSURE - A re-enterable enclosure for a cable splice includes a first cover member and a second cover member configured for engagement with each other, and movable between an open position and a closed position. The first and second cover members form a cavity for enclosing the cable splice when the cover members are in the closed position. Internal walls in at least one of the first and second cover members are configured to define a sealant containment space that at least partially surrounds the cavity. At least one latch is configured to maintain the first and second cover members in the closed position, the at least one latch configured to exert a compression force along a line extending through the sealant containment space. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038131 | Current Leadthrough for Cryostat - A current lead-through for providing an electrically conductive path between an interior of a vessel and the exterior of the vessel. The electrically conductive path is electrically isolated from the material of the vessel. The current lead-through comprises an electrically conductive pin surrounded by an electrically isolating sealing material, and retained within a tubular carrier body by the sealing material, the electrically conductive pin being exposed at each end of the tubular carrier body to enable electrical connection thereto. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038132 | MOLDED HEADER CONNECTED TO A MEDICAL DEVICE BY LATERAL DEFORMATION OF A SLEEVE/FEEDTHROUGH PIN SUB-ASSEMBLY - A header assembly for connecting an implantable medical device to at least one conductor lead terminating within a patient intended to be assisted by the medical device is provided. The implantable medical device is comprised of numerous feedthrough wires in a dense, non-linear, scattered format extending from the control circuitry and through a wall of the housing. The header assembly is comprised of an insulative body that is mountable on the housing of the medical device. The insulative body supports at least one conductor subassembly comprising a terminal that is directly connectable to the conductor lead, an intermediate conductor wire comprising a distal end connected to the terminal and a proximal end connected to a connector sleeve. Methods for making the header assembly and for connecting the header assembly to the implantable medical device are also disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038133 | Electrical center with vertical power bus bar - An electrical assembly comprises a mounting bracket lift assembly and an electrical center. The electrical center is attached to the mounting bracket lift assembly for plugging wiring harness end connectors into the electrical center. The electrical center comprises a lower housing, a circuit board sub-assembly, an upper housing, electrical components such as fuses and relays that plug into the upper housing and a cover. The circuit board sub-assembly includes a power bus bar that provides a power path for the various electrical circuits of the vehicle via the circuit components carried on the circuit board. Three power bus bars that are configured, oriented and located to reduce the foot print of the electrical center and/or to improve the dissipation of heat generated by the electrical center are disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038134 | Drilling fluid pump systems and methods - A system for pumping fluid (e.g., but not limited to, drilling fluid), the system having pump apparatus; including a plurality of removable pump modules; and, in certain aspects, removable valve cartridges for such modules. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038135 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF STRUCTURE-BORN SOUND - A system for evaluation of conditions in a borehole in an earth formation includes: a downhole tool configured to be disposed in the borehole, the downhole tool forming a portion of a drillstring; at least one sensor associated with the downhole tool for recording sound generated in the borehole by the downhole tool and generating data representative of the recorded sound, the recorded sound having a frequency selected from at least one of an audible frequency, a near audible frequency and an ultrasonic frequency; and a processor in operable communication with the at least one sensor, the processor configured to receive the sound data and identify at least one downhole condition selected from at least one of i) a drilling condition, ii) a characteristic of the earth formation and iii) an integrity of the downhole tool, by comparing the recorded sound data to exemplary data patterns. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038136 | Drill Bit With A Sensor For Estimating Rate Of Penetration And Apparatus For Using Same - An embodiment of an apparatus made according to the disclosure includes a drill bit that includes a tip on a bit body configured to contact a formation when the drill bit is utilized to cut into the formation and a sensor coupled to the tip to provide signals responsive to the displacement of the tip when the tip is in contact with the formation. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038137 | Apparatus and Method for Generating Sector Residence Time Images of Downhole Tools - An apparatus and method for providing images of a downhole tool during drilling of a wellbore are provided. A sensor on a rotating tool occupies a number of azimuthal sectors of the wellbore which are determined by a processor. The processor determines a time during which the sensor is in each of the azimuthal sectors during each revolution of the tool and provides a depth-correlated image of the sector residence times for the tool. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038138 | TRACTOR WITH IMPROVED VALVE SYSTEM - A hydraulically powered tractor adapted for advancement through a borehole including an elongate body, aft and forward gripper assemblies, and a valve control assembly housed within the elongate body. The aft and forward gripper assemblies are adapted for selective engagement with the inner surface of the borehole. The valve control assembly includes a gripper control valve for directing pressurized fluid to the aft and forward gripper assemblies. The valve control assembly also includes a propulsion control valve for directing fluid to an aft or forward power chamber for advancing the body relative to the actuated gripper assembly. Aft and forward mechanically actuated valves may be provided for controlling the position of the gripper control valve by detecting and signaling when the body has completed an advancement stroke relative to an actuated gripper assembly. Aft and forward sequence valves may be provided for controlling the propulsion control valve by detecting when the gripper assemblies become fully actuated. Furthermore, a pressure relief valve is preferably provided along an input supply line for limiting the pressure of the fluid entering the valve control assembly. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038139 | COMPLIANTLY COUPLED CUTTING SYSTEM - A drill bit system for a drilling assembly is disclosed. The drill bit system may include a chassis, a head, and a first plurality of gauge pads. The head may include a first plurality of cutters coupled with an end of the head, and the head may be movably coupled with chassis. The first plurality of gauge pads may include a second plurality of cutters, and the first plurality of gauge pads may be fixedly coupled with the chassis. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038140 | MOTOR BIT SYSTEM - A drill bit system for a drilling assembly is disclosed. The drill bit system may include a chassis, a head, and a first plurality of gauge pads. The chassis may be configured to be operably coupled with a first rotational motion source. The head may include a first plurality of cutters coupled with an end of the head, and the head may be rotatably coupled with chassis. The head may be configured to be operably coupled with a second rotational motion source. The first plurality of gauge pads may include a second plurality of cutters, and the first plurality of gauge pads may be fixedly coupled with the chassis. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038141 | COMPLIANTLY COUPLED GAUGE PAD SYSTEM WITH MOVABLE GAUGE PADS - A drill bit system for a drilling assembly is disclosed. The drill bit system may include a chassis, a head, and one or more gauge pads. The head may include a first plurality of cutters coupled with an end of the head, and the head may be coupled with chassis. The one or more gauge pads may include a second plurality of cutters, and the one or more gauge pads may be movably coupled with the chassis. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038142 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DRILLING OPERATIONS - An apparatus ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038143 | Drill cuttings treatment systems - A thermal treatment system for receiving liquid from drill cuttings material in which a metering screw system feeds material to a vessel of a thermal reactor. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038144 | ROLLER BEARING SEAL COMPANION RING HAVING TEXTURED SURFACE FOR HOLDING LUBRICANT AND SMALL PARTICLES - A roller cone bit is provided that includes a companion ring positioned exterior to a seal, wherein the companion ring includes a textured surface where the inner diameter of the companion ring contacts the bearing pin. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038145 | HARDFACING COMPOSITIONS FOR EARTH BORING TOOLS - A hardfacing composition essentially consisting of from about 50 to 75 percent by weight of a carbide phase having a particle size distribution of ±20% or less of a median particle size; and from about 25 to 50 percent by weight of binder phase is disclosed. Drill bits having such hardfacing compositions disposed thereon are also disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038146 | Bit Cone With Hardfaced Nose - A drill bit for drilling a wellbore, the drill bit having a cutter which has tungsten carbide inserts and a spear point. The spear point has a neck that joins a smooth portion of the cutter and blades that extend from the neck and converge to an apex. The blades define valleys or spaces between them. A layer of hardfacing is applied to the entire spear point including the interim spaces and the neck. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038147 | TOUGH CARBIDE BODIES USING ENCAPSULATED CARBIDES - A drill bit that includes a bit body having a plurality of blades extending radially therefrom, wherein at least a portion of the bit body comprises a first matrix region comprising a plurality of primary carbide particles having an average mean free path of at least about 10 microns; and at least one cutting element for engaging a formation disposed on at least one of the plurality of blades is disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038148 | Intermetallic Aluminide Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) Cutting Elements - Machining and cutting tools including, but not limited to, rotary drill bits, mining tools, milling tools, wood shredders, reamers and wire dies formed with at least one substrate having a layer of polycrystalline diamond disposed thereon. The polycrystalline diamond layer may be generally described as a polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) or PDC layer. The PDC may be formed by using an intermetallic aluminide catalyst. One example of such catalyst may include nickel aluminide used to form diamond to diamond bonds between adjacent diamond particles. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038149 | Device and System for Calculating and displaying the Calories in a Meal by a Built In Weigh-Scale and Computer Program in a Kitchen Plate or a Spoon - A system for calculating the calories in a meal by a kitchen plate or spoon with a built in weigh-scale and dedicated software to support a computer program for calculating the number of calories in a meal or portions of the meal according to the weight of specific kind of food. The program might calculate the number of calories in every bite, specific kind of food, and or the whole meal, remembering this information and providing it with accordance to the wishes and needs of the user. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038150 | PASSENGER DISTINGUISHING APPARATUS - A passenger distinguishing apparatus is provided. The passenger distinguishing apparatus includes: a plurality of lower brackets that are fixed to a floor of a vehicle room; upper brackets that assist mounting of a passenger seat disposed at an upper part of the lower brackets; and a plurality of sensors that are disposed between the lower brackets and the upper brackets to detect a weight of a passenger seated in the passenger seat, wherein in an upper end part and a lower end part of the sensors, male screw threads for bolt-fastening to fastening holes formed at each of the lower bracket and the upper bracket are formed, and in at least one of the upper end part and the lower end part of the sensors, dampers for absorbing assembling tolerance of the sensors while being fixed due to a contact with nuts tightened and fixed to a portion in which the male screw threads are formed, are formed. Therefore, an assembling process can be improved, a cost can be reduced, and durability of the sensor can be improved. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038151 | Method for automatic switching between a cursor controller and a keyboard of depressible touch panels - A method for automatic switching between a cursor controller and a keyboard of depressible touch panels includes at least the following procedures: 1. setting operation modes for a touch panel in a cursor controller state and a keyboard state that are switchable alternately; 2. detecting sliding (movement) of a user's finger on the touch panel in the keyboard state and switching to the cursor controller state when the detected sliding reaches a set value; 3. detecting all depressing signals in the keyboard state and entering designated characters of depressing locations and maintaining the keyboard state; 4. detecting the touch panel depressed by the user's finger in a set condition in the cursor controller state and switching to the keyboard state; 5. detecting the sliding of the user's finger in the cursor controller state and moving the cursor in a corresponding manner on a screen and maintaining the cursor controller state. By means of the procedures set forth above user's requirements can be judged automatically, and instant switching of the touch panel between the keyboard state and cursor controller state can be accomplished to enable users to perform various types of input operations and function execution. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038152 | POSITION POINTING DEVICE AND HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - The present invention relates to a position pointing device comprising a housing ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038153 | SYSTEM FOR RECORDING INFORMATION - A system for recording information from a surface. The system includes a base having a surface provided with a first position code coding locations of a plurality of first points and. In a zone of the surface, a second position code codes locations of a plurality of second points. The system also includes a sensing device having an image sensor for obtaining an image of the surface. A processor is configured for determining whether or not the second position code is present in the image of the surface, determining a location by means of the second position code and determining whether the sensing device is placed in a field on the surface of the base, wherein the field is associated with a function to be performed by the sensing device. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038154 | Lifting and Transportation Device - An improved lifting and transportation device including an attachment means adapted to engage a wheeled device to be transported; and one or more driving wheels adapted to engage the ground to propel said lifting and a transportation device, whereby, said lifting and transportation device is steerable by the independent engagement of said driving wheels; and a controller adapted to control the motion of said driving wheels and control the operation of said attachment means. The attachment means may be an attachment assembly with laterally opposed attachment brackets adapted to engage said wheeled device, whereby, a vertical actuator is used to adjust the vertical height of said attachment assembly and a horizontal actuator is used to adjust the horizontal separation of said laterally opposed attachment brackets | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038155 | Control System for a Work Unit - The present disclosure relates to a work unit with power turning. The work unit includes a frame having a first end, a second end and left and right sides that extend between the first and second ends. A work element is carried by the frame. A left propulsion element is positioned at the left side of the frame and a right propulsion element is positioned at the right side of the frame. A drive arrangement is carried by the frame for driving the left and right propulsion elements. The work unit also includes left and right spaced-apart leverage arms that project outwards from the second end of the frame. At least one of the left and right leverage arms is operatively connected to the drive arrangement such that pressure applied by an operator to the left or right leverage arms in a left or right direction causes the drive arrangement to turn the work unit. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038156 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a fuel tank ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038157 | POWER OUTPUT APPARATUS AND HYBRID VEHICLE - The hybrid vehicle includes an engine; a motor capable of inputting power and a motor capable of outputting power; a power distribution and integration mechanism including a sun gear connected to the inputting motor, a carrier connected to the outputting motor, and a ring gear connected to the engine; and a transmission capable of selectively transmitting power outputted through the sun gear and a first motor shaft and power outputted through the carrier and a carrier shaft to a drive shaft with a change in speed ratio as well as having a clutch and a fixing member for non-rotatably fixing the sun gear of the power distribution and integration mechanism. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038158 | HYBRID VEHICLE AUTO START SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A control system for an engine includes an engine control module (ECM) that operates in a first mode and a second mode. The ECM generates an idle speed signal and a transmission load signal that is based on an idle speed of the engine. The hybrid control module (HCM) increases electric motor torque to increase a current speed of the engine based on the idle speed signal and the transmission load signal. The HCM controls the current speed when in the first mode. The ECM controls the current speed when in the second mode. The HCM transfers control of the current speed to the ECM when at least one of the current speed matches the idle speed and a combustion torque output of the engine is equal to a requested crankshaft output torque. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038159 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a hybrid vehicle | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038160 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a fuel tank ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038161 | Intake Cover - A system to prevent hot air from entering an intake cover is disclosed. The system includes overlapping extended portions disposed on the intake cover and a battery cover. The extended portions are configured to prevent hot air from entering the intake cover and allow water to drain from the intake cover. | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038162 | AUTOMOTIVE CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A ureal water tank ( | 2010-02-18 |
| 20100038163 | COAXIAL TWO-WHEEL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - To provide a coaxial two-wheel vehicle that allows a person to easily get off the vehicle with high safety, and a method of controlling the same. A coaxial two-wheel vehicle according to the present invention includes step portions on which feet are placed, and a handle capable of operating back-and-forth movements, and said vehicle moves with a passenger riding thereon. Upon detecting that the passenger gets off the vehicle by using a getting-off switch or the like, a control device of the coaxial two-wheel vehicle performs an assist control for getting-off the vehicle by increasing an inclination angle of each of the step portions with respect to a direction in which the passenger gets off the vehicle. | 2010-02-18 |
